The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-14 00:00:00

TYE LEAGUE-ITSELF AGAIN!

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Although you give your support only to the de-
serving, I am glad to find that you report the "sayings
and doings" of both friend and foe, so that the publie,
seeing both sides of the question, may hays an oppor-
tunity of judging for themselves, It is on this account
that lam happy to find in your to-day's paper the report
of a meeting of the "lords of the land" for the "protec-
tion of agriculture," that is to say, for their own interests.
I should advise any one who wishes to judge the case,
to look on this picture and on that"—to contrast the
formal discourses of these noble landlords, inspired by
fear and animated by selfishness, with the stirring
eloquence of Mr. Cobden and his fellow-labourers—men,
who without the advantages and without the trammels of
rank and titles, stand forth the champions of the op-
pressed, the indefatigable supporters of the rights of the
many. It is amusing to hear the terms in which the
noble aristocrats speak of the League, the dreaded
opponent they affect to despise It is a ghost—a
thing departed—only a registration club!" Their lord-
ships would be only too happy could they believe, indeed,
that the League was—but is--no more. Their " wish is
rather to the thought"—both alike hopeless. Many
have thought, that if not dead, the League slumbered ;
they were mistaken. Not exhausting its strength in
empty flashes, the steady fire burned on unceasing, and
t about to blaze forth with resistless power, heaping
ooals of fire on the heads of its opponents. Is it likely
the landlords think the League defunct, when they can
only muster forty individuals to " protect agriculture,"
while the meetings of the free traders may be counted by
thousands ? It is a great feature of the spirit of this age
when men only awake to the knowledge of evil, in order
to resolve to overcome it—it is a great sign of the times
that the noble edifice, which was deserted when it essayed
to picture the scenes of the past, aided by the eloquence
of the poet and the genius of the actor, is now thronged
with anxious and eager multitudes, wishing to admire, not
the beauties of imagination, but the brightness of truth—
not willing to gaze on the past, but resolved to improve the
present. Let those who think the League's " occupation
gone" but listen to the cheers of Covent-garden—let
those who are desirous of protecting agriculture but
heed the advice of Mr. Cobden. If they still persist in
their opinions, I can only pity their blindness, and wish
them joy of their error.

Among the numerous converts free trade will gain
next session, I trust we may number the Premier him-
self; he has already half declared in its favour. If he
value the respect, not to say the support, of the country,
he must cut the cables which bind him to the fast sink
ing wreck of Toryism, and. hoisting the banner of prin-
ciple, boldly sit sail ; ratbr r than trust thu coalition of
adverse winds let him confide in the broad stream of pub-
lic opinion, not doubting that a favouring tide will bear
him safely onward when once free from the quicksands
of expediency.—I remain, Sir, yours obediently,
London, Dec. 13. ADRIAN.

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Prosser, a cook in the service of Miss Pottin ger
occupies apartments in Hampton Court Palace, was found
dead in the kitchen by the housemaid. Mr. Baker, the
resident surgeon in the Palace, was sent for, but he could
render no assistance, as life had been extinct some time.
The deceased was only 25 years of age, and was in ap-
parent good health on the previous night. Information
has been forwarded to Mr. Manning, the Queen's Co-
roner.
WHAT NEXT ?—With the view of illustrating, we
apprehend, by an individual instance, Mr. Ferrand's view
of our present position as that of a " nation of humbugs,"
there is exhibited by a respectable chemist, in the neigh-
bourhood of Temple-bar, in his shop-window, a variety
of ugly, clumsy looking metallic rings, by wearing which
we are gravely told that afflicted individuals are cured of,
and preserved from, " gout, rhoumatism, tic-doloroux,
paralysis, head-ache, deficiency of nervous energy, stiff
joints, and persons subject to fits I"
THE COLLIERS AHD THE TURNOUT.--The colliers in
this neighbourhood lately turned in again at Walker,
Oates, and Co.'s colliery, after being out three or four
months. They struck for an advance of wages, which
has now been offered them, and they have set to work
again as soon as the above-named firm gave in to the
demand and the ateeleity.— Wakefield Journal