The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-20 00:00:00

The motion of the Hon. Member he considered very
well-timed; first, because it was introduced when for
long protracted negotiations with the four great com-
mercial nations had utterly and lamentably failed-11°r
was there any prospect of these negotiations being re-
sumed with success. Now the ground was clear before
them—they had given a trial of thirty years to one sri
tern of policy. Let them give us fair and as long a trit,lA
to the system proposed ; but he was convinced it well'7't
prove eminently successful before a fourth part of tlia"
period had expired.—(Hear, hear.) But the motion Ives
well-timed in another sense, because it was impossible fa
any man to look. around him and behold' the present state
of the country without being convinced of the urgent Ile;
cessity there existed for the extension and improselne°
of commerce. It was true the distress was not, as
great as it had been two years ago. He was haPPY,,,,tft
believe that trade had revived to a great extent
11
there was, in some measure, a return of commerci',,.
prosperity ; but no man, who looked deeply into tee"
condition of the country, would say that it.was is
factory. Were not the rate of wages and the. Pre° .
of capital ruinously low ? That the profits were low
was proved by the measure which the Right Hon Ora.;
tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had brour?
forward a few evenings ago. He agreed in the apPreba,,, ;
tion which had been bestowed on the measure fvr.
reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents, hut '
high prices of the funds, which 'caused the introduc-
tion of that measure, must be- regarded as air%
thing but satisfactory. The high prices of the fa
proved that there was great difficulty in finding tp,
means of profitable investment for 1.! apital.—(llea';
When there was a low rate of profit there was a le
rate of wages. The Hon. Member for Stockport had
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adverted, a few evenings ago, in the course of .his hrl
liant and unanswerable speech, to the low rate of l',*°ged,
in the agricultural districts of the south of En;gl,Bl/
and he v- ry properly observed, that he threw no login-
on the employers.—(Hear, hear.) He said the low rate
of wages did not depend on the will of the empl.o)f)'
but on causes far deeper. That was his (Lord Hovnek 51,
opinion too. The same state of things had existed seT
years ago, and the cause was admirably described by tnet
lamented Mr. Huskisson, who said it arose from-the gr,ret
pressure on the springs of productive industry. -1-“ e
same state of things existed now from the same cause.--
(Hear, hear.) It was the great pressure on the 'sprinfs
of productive industry that caused the low Wages (°f. theeDorsetshire labourers, and the miserable earnings ni
London semptresses.—(Hear, hear.) The Right LW'
Baronet told them last night that wages and profits .iZeor,t
ground down to so low a state that they could not au .n.
to make any restriction in the hours' Of labour, even
protecting females from over exertion, which, in the° •
street, was most desirable. That pressureon the
of productive industry arose now as then from a Toi
ciency in the field for the employment' of labour 09,
capital. It was their restrictive' laws, which prev.e°,"-„t
that field from being enlarged—it was these .laws tra
kept down profit and labour to the lowest point• fld
therefore it was those restrictive laws whichit-sheulie
be the first object .of every man to get rid of. Asltjho
of the most important steps towards accomplishing
object, he should concur with his Hon. Friend in lails
down the rule that they should not unite for what_Ap..-/ce,,
termed reciprocity of concession from foreign counind
but ought at once, trusting that other nations we he
follow, our example, take into serious consideration 1;.0,
means of consistently, and upon general principles' up.
during the rate of Custom dutie,s as far as 'revenue r
• poses woulel allow them.—(Loud 'cheers.) lint°
Sir HANMER, after complimenting the he,
Lord on . the ability and force of his speech, 04100,
could not agree in the principles enumerated 11,.. be
Noble Lord. He thought this country should nee be
altogether indifferent to commercial negotiations, 41/eld
thoughtto them it owed much of its greatness. .WhYs'i; of
we allow corn and cotton to come free from the ban...ta
the Mississippi to our ports,' whilst they maintatothis
their present high tariff; or what guarantee had old
country that America, or the European States 1°
renounce their import duties, some of which werif
most prohibitory, if we adopted ever so liberal .an be
restricted a system? This Government should nelreet
indifferent to the reciprocity of concession. A ghee
authority, Lord -Ashburton, had declared in 1833, of
presenting the great petition from the merchandtrsre.
London, that reciprocity was by no means to he 000.
garded,—(Hear.) He was quite as anxious as toe
Members opposite to extend the,trade of this rota
and proinote its conaznerbial prosperity, but 'he di to..
thinkthe course at pr the proposed would have or
dency to affect th6se- oibjeets, and he should therefore
pose it. the
Mr. HUME said.ftf must .-be very gratifying' to .of
ll6usectir..leacl that the "Hen. Member was desire° ht
thng
extending the commerce or" this country. He ---o Go-
neither the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of theidopt
vernment, northe Right -Hot.i. Gentleman the fires ro-
of the Board of .Trade, had--=-judging from their a 'ilot
ments—read the Motion of his Hon. Friend, 'Pr ered
one point adduced by him, he drought, had been an° foto
by them. The Hon. Member vas about enteringthoe
some financial details, to prove the injury whieb„'
restrictions inflicted upon the commerce of this ee"
-when,
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An HoN. MEMBERmoVed that thn,House be eolgtoe
and only thirty-nine Members being floesent, the 'l°:
adjourned at a Quarter to Eight o'clock...
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. SOUTH EASTERN COUNTIES
. RAILWAY. the
' Yesterday, at one o'clock, a special. -m ')
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held
Proprietors and Directors of the above RailwayriB", of
at the terminus, London-bridge, for the pullo 01
taking into consideration the draft of a Bill to adei
improve the harbour at Folkestone, and to form 3 brad;ft
railway from the main line to that place; also theaue
of a second Bill, empoweringthe Company to
branch line from Ashford to Canterbury, Rainsgl`sothol
Margate ; and to consider the propriety °itd-lona'
rising the Directors to raise, by the issue of nu4etlia,g,
shares to the amount of 28,000, a sum not e;t' Cpl
696,000 L, for the purpoie of providing for a corratsi
ing amountinsecurities now existing under the -
the Company:,
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The Chairman of the Company, Mr. BO- tgpi'
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took the chair'at one o'clock, and said, the objee ores
;
present meeting was only to confirm certain ines otos
which had been adopted at the last general, rile inej r
hs
.the Proprietors. As they had so recent/1 arisajjea,
the objects for which the present meeting Waste; iaeiree,
should not' detain them longer than to express u`s/i.optie'
willingness to answer any questions which the
' tors might wish to put to him. •
In reply to questions put to him by several Proll.id eo
The CHAIRMAN 'said that the new shares Ivet_u„a kee°
,be registered until the first instalment of 41 noon
paid, otherwise it would be only a scrip.
__,Yer_iifiefr4r,
-who-paid- -41- would have his -name-enter-eu
Company's book for 6L ss; and be debitecraeee ~roprr
The sutii of money so raised would be strictly. Of:10a
ated to the purposes named in the requisitio tee
fli-e—mbefing; and if there were a residue, --it uich
applied to , the Parliamentary liabilities to . r
Company was. subject. • ' Alec:o4f°
A number CE: resolutions, confirming the
t. - s'
which the meet*g was convened, having ee,o sec
and thanks voted to the Chairman, the taeft'",
rated. ,is
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WITCHCRAFT IN Xi= l9rir CnsiTonl ". of -daY tl
circumstance, showing ,hat even' at this bale
superstitious belief in witt.'heraft among ,„d last ifroo
:country is not yet altogetr.'er eitinct;
in the Town's Muir. A smaM,farrner there .ni'" swot v•,,,er
which the milk fell away, and: I!)elieving it wits c_.0.03.1,005
.",evil eye," sent for a person, p;•ofessing • to.llTett •110 t
_of discovering the agent a the ..mischief- Rein• h to
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called, and Crummy's condition eit),laloc" •jk, OP"
hen's egg,. blew it, and filled the shei:l with tunai -01,1, it
the owner of the cow, and told him te t gut 110
ieTglititiUrS,Ntith it, and that whenwlio:ldn'Sse 10:..018
up he found the milk did not drop in the heel VIC ..etti
did so, there was the destroyer of his csrifs;ile ost
man did as he was desired. From walking, P, Wolll'os
rally became churned, and at a certain nelts:aseaeT el;
drop. The result was, that the occupier" i'_reteoc-ivtisw
pronounced to be the witch. A very serious cou'ailo
held by the owner of the cow and his frienci`k,o4oo
then should be done. The projector of the for 01001,0
was called. He told them the only thing now,feregt4lf
to get a nail and scratch the brow of the srs'wes•Ovi:;,4'
the milk would again come to the- cow. Tl'll. fool
managed, but the cow was, of course, no bette •
erinnuit.---Perth Courier.
• ;pits,
On the 14th inst., atllClaßstlTerfu•S; . thewitietioir,t"VC6o°ll.".
ander Magnay, Esq., her Majesty's 69th RogL wis
On the 16th inst., at Clifton-grove, York, he 011°
tain Darnell, of a daughter. • r
On'the 16th inst., at Laurel Villa, Hatnynelood ier',
ofAnthony Reboul, Esq., of a daughter. ~x• T. abt
On the 16th inst., at Brighton, the • hub' n' A
Esq., 16th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry',,
On the 17th inst., in Upper Thaler-street' •sct
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Lambert Pole, Esq., of a daughter. vaseall-sq ,h,
On the 18th inst., at Montague-street, A*
wife of John Shaw, Esq., of a son. •Mrb, John.
On the 18th inst., at St. James's-plaee,,
squsre, ,e`
of a son. ave"
I Ors'
On the 17th inst., in Eaton-place, Be gr re,
Hopkinson, of a daughter. in'squ4
On the 17th inst., in Park-street, Grasventow hoe°.
George Lewis of a son who only survived ell,
,chie
MARRIED. protesLsitil CfaS
• On the 3d of January, at the Barrac.kk, to lop' der
Berhampore, • Frederick. Arthur ElillZieut.)
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third daughter of W. M. Gray, Esq., melta,`-'cs'eses of
On the 27th ult.. at the Palace. Chap?
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Erasmus Ommanney, R.N., of her Maiest .
of to Amelia Mary, eldest •daughter of Samuel
her Majesty's Dockyard, Malta. •
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• DIED.
Major-General 11. Roberts, Ca, ~te't of
On the sth inst., at Torquay, Maroiaf
ding' '
Lymingt•on, Hants, aged 12. of
On the 4th inst., at Elgin, Jessie, See,
iorfoiordtt,t):Ab.e, et;
late Robert Marquis, Esq., of Durn,_ag.ceig`Fotoo:ll, d !
• On the 29th of February, at Nap! Dar".
field, Somerset. choe idey.';g, Pt/
Sir Peregrine'Palmer Fuller Palmer Aclaa
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At Leicester House, Jersey, Richard
or-ev Waal '4 of
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Orithe"l6th inst., Eliza, the wife
surgeon, Brighton. Eleanclr'
ne
On the 16th inst.,, at Sittingbour,
W. Castle, Esq. child- et. /.11..
On the 16th inst., Catherine, only
relict
Seaton, surgeon, Sloane-street. , Ilenriettei • .
On 'the llith inst., in Curzon-street, ereo
• eft?' •t•
Balfour, Esq. • • on- -FOP, • '
-On the 16th inst. Itobert John Harris.
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Montgoinery.
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Islington, aged 86. corgis' 0,1
On the 17thinst., gr. John Groyes.„ Cb.sritlll3
daOuguhtethreofl37italji al Igarlile'Alie
On the 14th inst., at Woolwich, JOI.
son of Captain J. W. Mitchell, B.A.
orintalclantld,Koeuf tthisehit°!:;:;ra,y,d.

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