The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-28 00:00:00

By B. J. BRODIE and CO., Surgeons, London

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consumption of manufactured goods, and reduce their deO.' ,
nearly to their own means of supply. At the same time, there,
too much reason to apprehend that a similar cause will act
there"
judicially on the home trade, and thus materially endanger
prosperity of those districts which of late have produced so fa
able and so marked an influence on the various interests as
t,ss
country. Nothing could tend so much to avert these danger oy
reduction in the American tariff, which would at once 010
large market in the western states for:our manufactures, and
3,00
us an unfailing security against our own fickle and once
climate. 11,r.
POST.—That distinguished bore, Mr. Bickham Escott ,
having adopted the politics of the Anti-Corn.law League,
';
been makiug a speech on their side of the question at Ilan
.„,
He says Lord Ashley is an able man, and sees truly what is co:1;
We wish the Noble Lord much joy of this voucher for his
Dices,
and foresight. Mr. Escott says he feels aa Lord Ashley hr 0
that" the game of protection is up." What a dignified °rascals
is upon a groat question! He differs, however, with the
bio,
Lord in considering the loss of the corn.laws aths e a cbarir
He does not dread any blow. He thinks - ,or the
is inevitable, but he does not despond 'he 0
result. Certainly the change is inevitable if the Minister ,00
monstrously treacherous to the people, as to take advantage °sit o
willingness of such brainless weathercocks as Mr. fee° we,
deceive and betray their constituents. Of this we a" b
_tef
that Mr. Escott was not returned for Win; :08
as a corn-law repealer. If the Minister be capable Wit
vie
such instruments as he is to work out a kind of legislation,o,
very opposite of what was calculated upon by the persons whel°,..a
such instruments to Parliament, we scarcely know
could be strong enough to denote his worse than unw°
_,,,,16 to
If the change is to be proposed by Government, let the o'pror,
made aware that this is intended, and then let them hare af,„,,,a
tunity of sending fresh representatives to the House of C" 00
If, when they have this 'opportunity given them, they se,cortuir
creatures as Mr. Escott to that House, there Is no ral`._ aid
which dull conceit in legislation can inflict upon them whicnti of
will r.ot amply deserve. But let them have the onferlLin:iisier
using the experience of the last four years. Let not themin Rho
insist that the protection law shall be changed by ,3i3
sit in Parliament under false pretences. Let it not b ae
that gross and palpable cheats have overthrown sve
whatrthinte'co
legislative protection of British agricultural industiy of
can understand men going to their constituents /lir
saying—" We have been obliged to change our Minds,. it's
stream in favour of mercantile liberalism is too
do not find that we have the power to strong for:o,, WV
grapple Witt, t
eve
would break down British agricultural protection. ‘‘,'en: f 1'1°,,,
ledge that you should not have confided in us as chanslain'",lo '"
tection, for our taste is rather to give in, or to iron awns' 401
fight. But G e intit.shief is not yet quite complete. V'' r ,lend 1
representative trust into your hands. You now know n'?„ pre
back to Parliament if you will ; you are aware what 1:00 bal
expect. If you want bolder men, who will really fight ' . wit!
for you, we give way. We can vote with the Minister,.o°, to
him we cannot defend you; se if you do not chops' ,ao'
render yourself to the absolutism of Sir Robert ree/1,,,,Y,
emphatically a commercial Minister, you must find 0'; 0,
for Parliament in our room." We can callreif I, t''''
to be honest although weak, and we should pardon Inen in; f,,,i
this course and used this language. But that men who
_".„- al',
liamentary seats cn the notorious understanding of their Po:woof
the corn.laws should make use of their legislative voices fabe fed
the corn-laws—that indeed were a proceeding calling for tt 00'
roughest species of remedy. And we have no doubt sh' 010
remedy would be soon applied. As for Mr. Escott, We 'ges:
the same excuse for his speech at Ilminster as Lord VorioD6
used to make for Mr. Joseph Hume—namely, his ire il;`,
thick.headedness. His mind is incapable of pursuing eve° °
°e
train of ideas, He sees that, provided the people har cl,rl•„r'
in their pockcss, they are best off when provisions
the
but he is incapable of going so far forward with 'll icohs
of thought as to perceive that by the cheapening ands.ofll,gr l'ie
prodt'ce the wages of agricultural labourers must fa1,",,1 s `,,
great extent disappear altogether. This comes of lentil', quite.
oc, is nO.
0,00:1
chatter-box to Parliament, who Cannot think.
bad as these who can think, but for their own selfish me
rate measures which they well know will render wore
colt of; 0,
the condition of English labourers. We acquit
id
Lc' sr
depravity, because we believe him to be stupid ende.
_,P,„-iaer
understand the consequences of what he is willing 1° be la'not,
trust that before he has an opportunity of voting With o,o' 11
for corn-law repeal, the electors of Winchester will l'„at st I'it
tunity of saying whether he shall vote in Parlialne;iieuf. to!
they give bins that opportunity the fault will then he ,Bono oe',
TIMES.—It is now two years since, in the red' coolf ,1'
exertions, of vigerous perseverance, and unanisannl:Jl I"'''i,„'n
we denominated the Anti-Cert.-law League, a "gi;:ereofir';',.;
was a title which that body had merited alike by ',`iiirtOrie td''',li
and by its fortune—a title which neither the ',...,'' lit',,DP"
members, nor the scurrility of others, could itnpalf-,lni et' t:
it will retain long after the circumstances whiceA the -r,,)‘l•l'r,,
shall have ceased to influence the popular mind, as ices! 1.0 tact
the attainment of which it was devoted shall bare „, fres.:lollV„
lined. We then wrote with its twofold succe't the,' dr-
memory—two elections triumphantly carried aftai°,oost°jti 'll,.
influence of its adversaries, and beyond even the. ose 0 to•
wishes cf its friends. We now write at a znolur°. elect° 5 lat
fluence on the hustings is much diminished, wheniege letslP-2
carried against its candidates, when its public gather-„e of or,
their gloss of novelty, and its pet speakers their inst tile Oafs
arrogance. Yet never was there so fair a prospect 1•." coteto.oasi
of its existence would be accomplished. There i 5 37,4 010.1'w 0
which, like mai,), of its kindred, under an allegory and 5,00) ii is
truth. A certain monster, hideous in aspect an' pcis
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strength, is in vain attacked by various assailants;no, ass ~er
succession worsted, and retires with the most ignonst :13„igil:'''d
defeat and humiliation; for it Is the privilege ofl
1::
•_,,,e r.,1
to stamp upon his human victims his own feras.
ftucr•`"•,,,e6B,3
fearful mien. At last, after many a coitTruseishte i
suli;'`the
0;
signalised, one of the vanquished again en as 0
is forthwith broken ; the work
I both re- transforrrae
the deformed transformed arc aga.n . that of s al!
the ono into
their pristine conditions, a human being. Analogous °oaf
genius, the other into ttret
League and its opponents. The!, ii,'
has
been
the
fate of
against one another. If victo'' l'; 30
battled fiercely and
longside, neither hope nor good tear!,
always been on the one •
of disenchantmenti•
4°lgo;
tOTIOUS oil 'be Or'
been invariably on the other. Even when vic
,u pot.,
ings, or in the registration, the opponents of the Leae, e_tio,
i1).`,1,
vied away with them some marks of the monster with ns os r',,,'
were contending—some of its Irritation, and more of l' • srid,°;,
They have never seemed perfectly satisfied with sucelpe, Po,
feat has always cowed them beyond reason and belorid...efrole cis
now their tactics are changing. They snatch weaPe""ssa 05,.0
armour), of their foe ; they unfurl the hostile banner,oroiet #
to hostile symphonies. The disenchantment of theit-i, aoiali ii
commenced ; the object of the League is attained' lna! it. ;pf
work by the agency of men who once struggles! ga. rosPri)Or
fulfilling its mission by men who are from without'
I lisPinriarts4'
an unacknowledged alliance, and smooths its rule— ,,`,10,
appearance of unasked, but not unwelcome, Co-operay Proitle
forth the League may cease to exist; it may
itosl
solved into its constituent elements; it n'sY ?be jlll,
its professional acrimony and vituperation. „ire ~,,t3
feet is hastening to become a fait accompli. It ing e%;oos.°ol;isof
because its spirit has already been transfused into is vote
The signs of the times are not to be mistaken. The
Oil 1,0r3
shrill 0011 el
the public mind are clear and intelligible. The
_.,s ton" 0 .
of Captain Rous have deepened into the lower 13,0 iso to,
Ashley and Mr. Escott. The question of the corn' 00 * pot ',,
by anticipation. " Their doom is fixed." So '4l,lert it,',, 0 li,'
tired Parliament not to fix that doom, but to "",b o`,"setes .
hasten the termination of those laws. but to retard a";e. s eic!,
surely follow, and the beginning of the end will arrdlo ifil/.1.1,,i,i';‘
Conservative Member—within the pale of Chan ~virce ~
says there is no " fighting with the bellies of the Pefr OW: it '
ficult to conceive that a Minister so amenable to be et!,
popular feeling as the Premier—so blandly CO it 1,4,
strong, so prudishly and circumspectly resisting w"Lbriciti . P,',
should persist in a chivalrous devotion to the :7.0000?
favourite scale. To be consistent he too should 1...n0 iir;i, ,
political loves have never been inconveniently long. n j0170,1P
constant. He has wooed all and deceived aii, fr°n;r /1:, far°o,
Chloe—from the Protestants to the squires--fn° of Inijefis",4
Lees to lean cattle. He is bound by no hopes their _ori,e
fore they have ceased to trust in him. He holds-10,0701 to
by a stronger tenure—that of necessity. The sattange, Mto
Canning is being fully avenged on his deserters. 1., gsins-0.1 et
leader of that political perfidy should be the nn id, ob. At,'
retribution I But the Nemesis of statesmen, th°°' rs? 0 ;
„fea- .dtt A I
lay, fails not in her awards. Has the Premier n" , f r''
betas
opportunity is at hand—atwofold opportunity, t": of
e serr:',/
added to that of scarcity. The staple Prodire'ffli,r 40,)r,
blighted; the 'wheaten food of England is stinted.
stel:eri d'ili
it is made to appear that corn is cheap. But r,.„hernpre ,11;,'
of corn now on sale is very bad ; the best " SO tl'" pa
There is not any fear of scarcity or high is ore'
itlllLo'
engaged on other matters. The gambling fever „e, '',
tion. Speculation is still active and trade thrir.,ol"'n for
employment and remuneration. Wliat A led.-
change I

" Tibi rident mqnora cm%
Fortunate purr tibi flores doodoia goot',o-
- et aspirat tibi snaviter .inlphitr‘" e for ej ce 6
How welcome, at such a season, would be a rileasu.,rdeitc,r,tedtl),
a general irritation—a measure which, while it "'e iiheoll%
merce from unnatural restrictions, at the sable tivio-pro6t!oneCefo
producers of food from the odium of enjoying an
nopoly, and its consumers from the vexation of Par dill so",'
sary impost ! How convenient a plea might be ftne 131cl't
of Ireland and the prosperity of England fora eba"leople:101.-,
relieve the former and not injure the latter ! 112.,; thei„-;do,l;ce
land think differently on the corn-laws to ~" to mitt"!
years ago. The agricultural mind is more at eates-tysid '"to
of their repeal. Small landowners even are leas orshl6pcirlArr-
were. Large landowners are indifferent, or fav-st. ber6o
repeal. Lord Ashley says their doom is fixed' get!
it ougbt to be, Prosperity in Lancashire is 04); 00 011
.0.
perity in Dorsetshire. Will not Sir It. Feel 1. rest the
lis f
as these ? On his decision in this %natter rito
that remains of his pretensions to political ad of 3 tyro' v
as a statesman and his character as the leader °Ordd: sllget
are tacitly resigned to have abandoned a%jteljle.
turn—to have opposed Catholic EtnaticiPat',;; #l.(
wards endowed Maynooth—yet to have adhered 'et; to 1:61e,'
an absurdity as the sliding scale—to have adbeibrese, or re,'
fiance both of friends and foes, of warnings sad ;ion
a difficulty insuperable to the rhetoric of a rd.,tic°° the;oo
tiality of a biographer. But it can only be 3
of
now or a few years hence—quietly or tumultuoul;eosa, 6ti
nity of a statesman conferring a benefit, or of aIL se
is
to a cry. All is fair now. The corn.lsws Inghlrosal%#/,
League dissolved to.morroW but let the suniec* „rear' lief"
Ali
—let another bad harvest corn: in the train of 11.: d: to It' jerer
the horrors of unsuccessful speculation be adtfverish toer
of dearth—let men awake from the fitful ;;evith°tti, 001; S'
making money without work, and
toilbuyng cre—,:beglP.;fri,' col
let them awake and find, in addition neir oarVor the,
stacle however slight or however exaggerSteden,etie ;PIO
aggerate them) to the free expansion of the nationalbut r
Nill
extension of the national commerce—it requires be
ledge of human nature and events to predic. the
Isl,‘
must arise, and the consequences which n3tofr e'
mand a bolder front than the Promier's to Mee
blander tone than his to soothe it.

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BIRTIIS. ,enes-r- , Se.
On the 24th inst., In Gloucester-terrace, ge. sso, ,
Lady Pearson, of a daughter. , cotain /il ii4o/
On :the 2lst inst., at ROchester, the lad,' of - - _AO 4,
Engineers, of a daughter. f n of 13'.- IF
On the 23d inst., the wife of P. Black, 3,••••-•, , yos
of a son. ›. OP'
~_ icy
°f
On the 2M inst., at Tunbridge-wells, tau
cloofg°sP- >if'
Esq., of a son. wile of ‘,- to,(0,
On the 23d inst., at Southampton, the
Esq„ of a son. r tien-'°‘
..4,°l'
On the 24th inst., at Brecknock-crescent, -Oa j, '{,
A. H. Goodhart, of a son. ~,„sel, ~fT
dy of C' '...
0.1113 v
On the 24th inst., at LluntingdOn., the la • .
the ie
Of a son. „,,,,o,
On the 24th inst., at Albion-road, tos Ice Sewing.- o p
On the
allatl
25y,
th inst. lithe lady of J. Scott it of a daghr. asset!, e(l.'
~,
daughter. tvio
lleel
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MA RRIED. 1,10010:4 et 4.,
On the 21st inst., at St. Peter's, in Eastgate,
d LOOP' p v
Esq., of Grecian-place, to Mary Theresa, Oecoo 0
OfonsC.,
Captain Brocklesby, of Lincoln.
Dempster neMinph sgiraeleerri. Lig. eeti4t9BotelY)
k Lin° 11
On the 21st inst., at St. James's, Hyde-Pal: 01360 .e
ILMjul,...ebl2! s t
th
DIED. ~,,,pric4e' f
daOugnhtteher
olfBt3hir.inasntd.,
Sirs.
.BDriegmhpton, ..kinicia Dr''''
On the 21st inst., at Jersey, Mr. Jose
-22 d inst., Mr. John Batten, of Itoehegteesrace,,; 1, ii,
On the - "-rt., at her
Si
DuneXlict of P.' oci,
On the 24th ~..C-1 r 1,'2
the 86th year of her.
Dutton, Esq. .age, 3latilda Sophia,
, Eatoo-50 6,710' .1
On the 23d inst., at WestboUrlitli.: f. 3fatson, Ilri
Stephens, the wife of Commander Henry v ~14).,
brig Daring, aged 26. .
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