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London, England, 1850-10-16 00:00:00

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LORD STANLEY AND THE PROTEC,

TIONISTS,

The tone of Lord Stanley's late speech at Bury
having inspired his supporters with some apprehen-
sion that another :treason" was in contemplation,
Mr. G. F. Young addressed a letter to his Lordship,
to which the following is the reply :

"Knowsley, Oct. 11.
"My dear Sir,--I have this moment received
your letter of yesterday, and hasten to reply to it.
I have observed, as indeed I expected, that my speech
at the agricultural dinner at Bury has furnished
matter for various comments on the part of the press,
though I have not happened to see the articles to
which you refer in the Morning. Clironic'e. Had
I done so, however, I should c qually have abstained,
as I always do, from any public notice of any coin-
merits which may be made by the press on the lan-
guage I had used. I own, however, that whatever
observations might be made on what I said at Bury,
the last inference which I should have expected to
see drawn was that I had changed my opinions on
the subject of protection. In fact, I thought it
right in opening a new society at this
moment to depart from the ordinary course, and
distinctly referring to recent legislative mea-
sures, to state the reasons why, retaining my
opinions on the injurious and ruinous character of
those measures to the agricultural interest generally,
I yet thought that there was room for profitable in-
vestment of capital in the particular district in which
I was speaking. Those reasons I stated to be, first,
that it was not a corn growing district, and little
affected by the price of corn ; next, that not being
even exclusively an agricultural district, it had the
advantages of an inexhaustible market for its produce,
and en unlimited supply of manure at its very doors;
and, lastly, that a great portion of it being wholly
undrained, and consequently full of water, the simple
operation of draining, even if it cost 12/. the Cheshire
acre (nearly double the statute), would increase the
productiveness of the land to an extent which would
amply repay the outlay. The fact is, that the country
round Bury is either in grass or under green crops
for the supply of the great manufacturing towns, and
a portion of it, lying high, is better fitted for rearing
young stock in the summer than for any other pur-
pose ; but a very small portion of it is suited for any
description of corn, and a still smaller for wheat.
It is therefore, as far as the corn-laws are concerned,
an entirely exceptional case ; and I took care so to
treat it, repeating emphatically my conviction, that in
the purely agricultural districts, and most of all in
those where the highest farming prevailed, the recent
changes had inflicted, and must inflict, most serious
injury on landlord, tenant, and labourer. I certainly
said that if good farming would not pay bad could
not ; but I even went so far as to dilate on the dis-
tinction between good and high farming, the latter of
which I contended could not be carried on at such
prices as now rule, and, as I think, must rule under
free trade. You do me justice in supposing that, had
I altered my views, I should have taken a very dif-
ferent opportunity of making the statement, and not
left it to be inferred from any casual expressions ;
but my intention at Bury was wholly different, and I
hoped I had succeeded in justifying my recommenda-
tion to the tenants of that district to do justice to the
land,! while at the same time I adhered most un-
equivocally to all the opinions I have expressed, in
and out of Parliament, as to the effect of our recent
policy on agriculture in general.
" I am, dear Sir, yours sincerely,
" STANLEY.
" G. F. Young, Esq."

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED LN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 12, 1850.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*207
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ...
labercular Diseases;...
••• ••• •••
54
151
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 94
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ".
85
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... 64
'—
Diseases of the Kidneys, 17
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Sze. 6
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 11
Diseases of the Skin, Sce. ... 2
Malformations... 5

Premature Birth ••• •• ••• ••• 28
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 17
Old Ane"
g. ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 35
Sudden D• • ••• ••• ••• ••• 5

Violerce, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 16
Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ... 9

DEATES FROM ALL CAUSES ... 839
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week hi the

1841. of 1849. Week.
West Districts... 301,189 . . 145 ... 123
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 176 ... 152
Central bistricts 374,199 ... 156 ... 131
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 269 ... 196
South Districts .. 503,346 ... 329 ... 237

Totals.... 1,948,369 ... 1,075 ... 839
Males ... ... ... ... ... 445
Females ... ... ... ... ... 394