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London, England, 1844-03-21 00:00:00

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LONDON, Taint:sDA-Y,: MARCH 21,,1844.

The Lords, observing, the good old custom of trans-
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acting nä business. on Wednesday, did not meet yester-
day; and- the Commons, from the little discussion which
took place, seemed inclined,to follow the example.
A new writ was ordered-for the borough of Hastings, in
the room of Mr. .Pl..s.A, Nvho had accepted the Ch
tern Hundreds,

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In answer to agheation from Mr. TuaNtrt,, Sir JAMES
GRAHAM said it was& hot the intention of the Govern-
ment to -introduce a measure to prohibit burials in
churchyards,
The County coroners' Bill went through Committee,
and.was ordered to, be read. a third time on Wednesday
next.

The House went into Committee on the Masters' and
Servants' Bill, and after three clauses had been agreed
to, Sir JAMES GRA.LIAM Said.
_as•he bad not had tame to
consider the Bill carefully, he thought it would be better
to report progress, with leaye to sit again. This motion
was agreed to, and the House adjourned at Half-past
Seven.

An ,then of the great weekly meetings of the-Anti-
Corn7la* League was held last night ,in Covent-garden
Theatre. Immense numbers of freo:traders attended as
usual, and, among them, were, two tenant-farmers,
Mews. •LarristonE and HUNT, who, though deriving
every farthing they possess
,ftoni agrieultare; ydc, in-
veighed. against the principle of Protection is the most
decided and emphatic terms. The former speaker
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tioned a striking prediction made to him when he Was a
mere boy, by an old experienced farmer,; to the effect
that, if the corn-laws were continued for twenty years
longer, the then existing. race, of farMerS Woad; to-
gether with their capital, be entirely annihilated.
This prediction, added Mr. Larnmonz,had been verified
to the letter, for, of the agriculturists -in the, parish to
which it had been 'applied; some were ficthe union
workhouse, others on thoroads; and. the majority in a
state of miserable dependence, their property destroyed,
their hopes blighted, their families ruined ! This anec-
dote wadi a forcible impression on the minds of all who
-heard horrid no wonder, for what could more strikingly
dlmonstrate the egregiinis fallacy of the statements 'Con-
stantly:made by the Monopolists, that the corn-laws are
the greatest possible boon -to the farmer, and that without
them he could no longer ,keep his head above water ?
His Grace of IttcHatorip will, of course, discountenance
an anecdotd of thiS clinching character as " vulgar to the
last degree," and, beneath -the consideration of 'gentle-
:men ; but we doubt. inueh'whether, beyond the walls of
Tar:hot:lent, he will find a majority to agree with
him. But decidedly:the MOW-remarkable lipeeely of the
evening was that made bfilic Earl 614.1.4w:i0n, who
discussed the question of freetrp4e in pli its kkearings,
with a calmness; a perspicuity, and" an ,acnteness . that
were at once, felt and appreciated by all who had the
good fortuno to hear him. He, too,. stated that he was
" wholly and solely connected With the agriCidtural in-
terest," and, like Mr. LATTIMORE, urged thiq„as the
strongest reason why he should be an enemy :,to Pro-
tection. " The population of the country,7! observed his
Lordship; "increases every day at, the rate of a thousand
persons. Non', as the manufacturing- interest: ha;
hitherto absorbed our increasing p,pulation, it is most
desirable, 'you will all adMit, that n) check should be
given to those,manufactures which may be called on here-
after to absorb a much-larger proportion of the agricultural
population." One would imagine that the Monopolists
could scarcely fail to perceiVe the force of this reason-
ing ; but they are a pig-headed race, " styed "—to use
BUIpLN'S apt expression—in . their own inveterate pre-
judices, and rendered blind to all rational considerations
by their` own causeless apprehensions and jealousies.
They seem to think that agrictiltitre*Can only flour4h by
a constant_ -check being put on the movements otcorn

tnerea, though all experience tends to show,that each
acts and re-acts on the other„ and that the farmer is never
80 well off as when the manufacturer is in a thriving
condition. To cripple trade is to 'cripple agrialture ;
to do' injustice to the one, is to make the. other:•the
direct victim of that injustice. _ This is . a truth that is
daily making - itself more and :more - felt. by
the -Itirtaes ; • and • hence the alarm of the
great , land-owners, who fancy that their own
selfish intercsts;are injured ,by their !depegtients, be.

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