The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-13 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION
SOCIETY.—(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the Agricultural Protection Society
took place this day, at Old Bond-street.
There were about forty persons present. Besides
the noble Chairman, the Duke of Richmond, and the
Duke of Cleveland, we noticed, amongst others, Mr.
W. Miles, M.P., Mr. P. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Stafford
O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. Allix,
M.P., Mr. Blackstone, M.P., Mr. Colvile, M.Pi: Mr.
W. R. Beresford, M.P., Mr. Hodgson Barrow, Mr.
Emery, &c.
His Grace the Duke of RICHMOND on taking the
chair said, that as this was the general meeting of the
Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture, the
Committee of the Society, being anxious to see as
many members of the local societies as could conve-
niently attend, present, in order that they might circu-
late amongst the local societies what they had been
doing, the main business of the day would be the
report of the Committee to whom the Society had
confided the management of its affairs, and he would
therefore call on Mr. Miles to read the report.
Mr. Mums, M.P., then read the report, which
stated what the Society bad been doing since the
142514 close of the last session of Parliament. They had
20 circulated 30,000 copies of the address which had
210
been put forth at the close of the last session of Par-
-2 liament, which was considered to be satisfactory.
125
21 The friends of protection to British agriculture in
Isl 4 Parliament had watched over those measures which
640 40 came under the consideration of the Legislature
131 during the last session, and more particularly to
1470 the subject of the repeal of the wool duties,
160 and to the Bank Charter Bill. The former
It! Bill they considered to be favourable to the
360 British agriculturist, and all the modifications made
15
355 respecting the country banks in the latter Bill had
606 been favourable to the agriculturists. The report
sea went on to say that British agriculture had every-
ss
leo thing to hope, and nothing to fear from, the most
las minute inquiry—that the Anti-Corn-law League bad
490
11 ceased to send about their itinerant lecturers, and
We were now become a registration club, a ground where
366.0 the regulations of the Protection Society would pre-
= vent them from opposing them. The report want on
40 to say that it was believed large importations of flour
is 6 had taken place under the Canada Corn Bill, and that
107 an inquiry should take place upon that subject, which
1911
would be brought under consideration at the next
is general meeting, which would be held on the 14th
January.
Mr. EMERY proposed the adoption of the report,
se which, being seconded, was carried unanimously.
1311 Mr. ALNATT said that he did not wish to interrupt
220
the harmony of the meeting, but before it broke up
a he wished to say a few words on the present state of
117 the British farmer. He thought that this Society,
toi% and the other societies, ought to be more energetic, and
meet the Anti-Corn-law League, wherever they went,
to counteract the impression which their fallacies
el% and sophistries were producing. He thought
A they ought to procure clever men to re-
-3 but their arguments at every point.—(Hear.)
211 He would give a challenge to the League to meet
24
123 and discuss the matter in the town of Manchester,
Sit% where they had mere friends than they expected. He
was an agriculturist himself, and he stood there re-
1N 4 presenting the opinions of a great number of farmers.
ivi He would say, as such, that the poorer farmers were
6% in a most wretched condition, and they could not be
Is%
in such a condition without bringing down ruin on
li, the agricultural labourer. He would propose, in
1 order to remedy such a state of things, that their case
634 should be brought before Parliament, with a view to
460 alter the laws which brought about such a state of
„2a. things. If the tenant-farmers bad that spirit which
—:".--- he knew them to possess those laws would and should
IV. be altered.—(Cheers.) Sir R. Peel had declared in
% the House of Commons that they were come to that
It% '
point at which they must depend on themselves ; but
109
10 the result of his measure showed that total ruin would
rot fall on the agriculturists ofEngland if Parliament perse-
-1 vered in such a course.—(Cheers.) He thought that
Is the landlords should make themselves better ac-
-9K quainted with the condition of the tenant-farmers,
and, if they knew their distress, he was sure they
404.
31,, would not allow such ruinous measures to be adopted.
24 s Mr. BENNETT said there was one part of the report
Ise to which he could not give his assent—he meant that
42 portion of it in which it was said that agriculture
had everything to hope and nothing to fear. He was
Ibo
155 i of opinion that protection to British agriculture was
necessary for the British farmer. He feared that
44 further protection was not to be expected under the
14
46% present circumstances of the country ; but he thought
44% that the working of the Canadian Bill should be in-
is quired into.—(Hear, hear.) He begged of Noble
26% Dukes and Noble Lords to consider how the burdens
is% on the land were to be paid if the farmers did not
45 obtain a remunerating price for their produce.
10 Either better prices must be maintained to enable the
la% farmer to pay the burden on land, or taxation must
39
17% be more equitably distributed. He was sure that
2725 where he paid 15s. the manufacturer did not pay 53.
1.% —(Hear, hear.) He did not wish that they should
appear disunited, but he wished that the words of the
22 report to which he alluded should be struck out.
25 20 The Noble CHAIRMAN said that he was sure the
in landlords of England generally felt most deeply the
Pm condition of the agriculturists, not only on account
525 of the good feeling which they had for the tenantry
7% of the country, but because their interests were one
as and the same.—(Hear, hear.) If the small farmer of
7 100 acres broke down, the farmer of 500 acres would
0
32 soon follow; and when that took place, he should like
20 22 to know how long the landlords would subsist? He
60 wai glad that Mr. Bennett and Mr. Alnatt had
42 spoken out their sentiments as they did, for he was an
70
33 advocate for every man speaking out his opi-
-34 nions.—(Hear, hear.) But if Mr. Bennett had
se
is read the paragraph in the report to which
he referred, he would find that what was said was
23 that British agriculture had everything to hope and
226 nothing to fear from inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) With
90
ss regard to the Canada Corn Bill, if he found upon in-
-66 quiry that it would be conducive to the interests'of
57
55 British agriculture to have it repealed, he would
13267 make a motion to that effect. But he would not
make any pledge till after a full and deliberate in-
-79 quiry into the subject. He and his Noble Friend
2534 near him had opposed that Bill at every stage, for he
70% was afraid that when they could not prevent frauds
4
8 taking place in their own Customs-house they would
13Y4 not be able to do so in Canada, and that American
2132 flour would be smuggled in there.—(Hear, hear.)
121 Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN thought that nothing but
147
saki unmixed good would follow from every member of
2736 the Society speaking out his sentiments. They were
13/4
03 all agreed as to the necessity of protecting agriculture;
Isit but of course there must be various opinions as to the
213 means by which it could be best afforded, and the ex-
iting: tent to which it should go. Looking at the spirit
4eyi
le% which characterised the proposition which had been
2„34 put forward that day, and at the concord which pre-
vailed, he could not but rejoice, and give his unqua-
-3% lified support to this cause.—(Hear, hear.)
14 , After a few words from Mr. F. WOODWARD,
116% Mr. NEWDEGATE said he was glad the tenant-
-52 farmers had spoken out as they lad done, but he, as
2,4 a landlord would say for himself, that he most deeply
sl deplored the wretched condition of the tenant-
is% farmers. The spirit and activity which the landlords
57
35 manifested in the different societies to which they
Vati belonged, showed that they were not indifferent to
224 the condition of the tenant-farmers. With regard to
2pthe allusion which had been made to the Anti-Com-
m law League, he saw that Mr. Villiers had said its
111 ghost would haunt them, but it was like the ghost in
Hamlet, who worked underground ; for he knew that
they were secretly corrupting the constituencies of
3%
3 the kingdom.—(Cheers.)
• Mr. MILES said that he knew the tenant farmers
4
7 were enduring the utmost possible distress, and he
ab 74 only wished that they had had more support from
5 the agriculturists when the Canada Corn Bill was
1134 passing through Parliament.
The Duke of CLEVELAND then proposed a vote of
20
26 thanks to the Noble Chairman, which was carried ;
• after which the meeting adjourned till the 3d of
4 February, when the dinner of the Societ is to take
1076 place y

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TEE EVENING PAPERS 07 THIS DAY.
GLOBE.—In the speech of Lord Aberdeen, delivered
at the banquet given by the merchants of London to and
U in bonour of Sir Henry Pottinger, his Lordship remarked
that " the meeting possessed nothing of a political
character." To a certain extent this was true. But,
though the occasion was not decidedly "political," the re-
ig miniscences to which it gives rise are emphatically so. It
s3i leads the public mind back to the debates in Parliament on
the Chinese war; it calls up the House of Commons scenes
when Sir James Graham brought forward his
injustice motion
in condemnation of the Whig Ministers for having un-
dertaken it ; and expatiated on the and the
a impolicy of the Chinese expedition ;it reminds us of the
1 pious and humane Mr. Gladstone's expression, that the
756 poisoning of the water-tanks by the natives was a thing
IT quite "of course." Who that heard and read these
121
5 things could anticipate such an event as that of Wednes-
osday evening ? The Ministers—who as Opposition leaders
condemned the Chinese war, as fraught with the elements
7% of folly and crime—assemble with the members of the
a Administration they assailed on this very question, to
cl% confer honour on the Envoy who was commissioned by
the Government they had long sought to destroy, and
endeavoured to effect its destruction for directing the
war to be commenced. We find these very men paying
, compliments to the Government they then assailed,
as well as to the Envoy they had selected—in fact,
bearing testimony against themselves, by the praises
which, through their colleague, Lord Aber-
deen, they consented =to lavish upon Lord Pal-
merston, and his Chinese policy I In acknow-
ledging the graceful compliments paid to him
by the Noble Lord, his successor at the Foreign-
office, Lord Palnierston gave a gentle hint, which the
company appreciated, and loudly cheered :—" We have
assembled here for a common purpose—men of all
shades of politics are met—members of the Cabinet
which began the expedition, and members of the Ca-
binet which succeeded it, and which, though differing
from their predecessors on many other essential points,

£32,847,905
.RSHALL, Chief Cashier.
cember, 1844.

The Hon. W. COWPER, M.P., moved the fourth ,t 1
which was for the formation of an association to 5
the objects referred to in the other resolutions 'bro
pose of improving the condition of the dwellings el
in towns, and also to receive subscriptions. ciniP
Mr. SLANEY seconded the resolution, which wis,,,A
Mr. SLWGLE proposed, and Mr. Cminmr seconinii
lution, which was adopted, to the effect that the con'
the burial-places in towns should be considered.
Dr. S. Slum then read a petition, setting forth 01
dition of the poor in respect of their clwillingi'l
various means by which they might be improved' 00
ing for legislative interference.
I'h• Earl of SHLLBuittiz moved, and Mr. Ridsif
the adoption of the petition, and that its presentation ,
liament be intrusted to Lord Normanby and Lord Ilan
The resolution was agreed to, and thinks ha
voted to the Chairman, and acknowledged, the
separated.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals—Scotland, Cunningham, from Bong" •
Clyde, sailed Aug. 15, St. Helena Oct. 23; ,
Charlotte, Griffiths, from Bombay, off LiverPoQ4
July 27, St. Helena Oct. 13.
Arrivals at St. Helena—Sumstoa, Duncan, troll"
and Mauritius, and sailed Oct. 17 to London;
Savory, Oct. 19, from Mercury Island, and sailed
l 0
London; Tar, Langley, from Mauritius, nnd ":110
to London; General List, fi orn Batavia. aid `silk
mil 'f)
to Amsterdam ; Triton, Gardit, from
Mauritius; leopard, Dobbin, from Ichabue;
Boyle, from London, and sailed 21st to Ichaboe; 51,0
Benson, from Calcutta, and sailed 21st to Bust0;0011
21st, from Ichaboe, and sailed to Dartmouth; fr,,
bine, Robertson, from Ichaboe, and sailed 22d,1°
Nestor, 21st, from Calcutta; Druid, from SingsP id
sailed 21st to London ; William Shand, from
Canning, 21st, from Ichaboe; Diadem, 22d, from
and Mauritius; Thomas Harrison, 22d, from I crii
Providence, from Ichaboe, and sailed 23d 02,404,
Chins, 23,1, from Bengal and Mauritius; Mari
23d; Flamingo, 22d; Helme, 23d, all from Ichilual
Departures from St. Helena—Mountaineer, Tip
to Dundee; Harvest Home, to Cork; Expresi,ll
Cork; La Fayette, 20th, to United States. get
Arrivals at Mauritius—Samarang, Herbert,
Elphinstone, 21q, from Calcutta.
ASSISTANCE TO THE HOMEWARD B-
ntl
Admiralty, Dec. 11,
Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Comn3ifali
the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the informal°
Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's,i
Commanders-in-Chief at Portsmouth and ,
have been directed to send any small vessels SaV
have disposable to the chops of the Channel, 1/I'ooo
and provisions, to relieve the homeward-bound
taimed by contrary winds.—l am, Sir, your most
humble servant,
JOHN BARB

(Signed)
Wm. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's.

SPORTING INTELLIGLArCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—TUTERDAr.
CHESTER CIIP. "
500 to 10 agst Milton—t. 500 to 10 agst Ag
500 to 10 agst Infidel—t. rist , wia• Or
1000 to 20 agst Foig a-bal- 500 to 10 apb ~.,‘• -,alo,
high —t. 500 to 10 apt C°
The last three taken in one bet.
DERBY. 101
10 to 1 apt Mr. Grevills's Alarm— 11 take --
Il7to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb soh e l
0 fed
18 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger--tait-- 1 0
18 to 1 apt Lord Stradbi•oke's Idaa-20 to i
to 200 L
l'eA 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—l--- .nd.4slw
ol
• 20 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young &Hiss
22 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer ,
30 to 1 apt Mr. Gully's Old England-011:$,
30 to I agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca C-"'" ' 1
35 to 1 apt Mr. Gully's Weatherbit as<i
40 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's colt—CalyPds 0'
50 to 1 agst Ntr.lrwin's Connaught Ranger" j
100 to 1 apt Mr. Coleman's Devil's Dust. , 40 Orj
The only notable changes were in Idas ann,'lool„'
out of Calypso's dam, the former at an outlay 04 10;
20 to 1, advancing to 18 to layers, and the Ist;iiiil4
was backed in the first instance at 50 to 1, ob„i blo:
lift of ten points, the odds quoted above havrsll 4
taken to 751. The betting in other respects was „he'
unimportant. A good deal of discussion took r ie,
the subject of Ironmaster's qualification, resultille,
expression of a wish that the attention
of theliobAr
of the races should be called to the matter
ton
delay. Those who have laid forties and fifties obi'
subject to qualification, are apprehensive that 11
be suffered to stand over, the horse may turn e
for nothing, and they may be left in the mane L b,
ment as in Dr. Allen's case. We have no doultd
ever, that Mr. A. Hill, whose character for 1"11,
foe
forwardness stands deservedly high, will relit
betters round from their difficulty, by at once so
the question to the proper tribunal.

1V SUPERSTITION n,,A , ENTHUSIASM, AND• rur Saturday, November 23, Mr. Roots, of Bidden"— Pal'
ing a daughter very unwell, and efforts by cluilliar
store her proving ineffectual, he determined to sloir
to the notorious enthusiast, Mr. Couchnian, nesr,
den, of whom Air. Roots is a disciple. The youttgl0011:1
objected to the removal, but her father insis
.„,
going, and the consequence was that she died
7.4
t
day. This occasioned considerable excitement, To
picion arose that some improper treatment bilw TrA
place, and that the case required a judicial ingot/son
was called on Tuesday se'nnight, but some circarl34
rendered it necessary to adjourn the decision_Sso;
Monday. It appeared from a post mortem eSsw;; j,
that the deceased's lungs were inflamed, but o.oooj
might have been accelerated by the improper reof ..,
the jury, therefore, could not give a yerdiet
slaughter. The enthusiast, Couchman, was verLderi
13
tinent to C. Willis, Esq., the Coroner, on his L 01(
reproving him for persisting in his folly and de'
Kent Herald. if
ADVERTISEMENT.—An astonishing cure of
~Srr
ward cancer in the lower part of the stop:tau:4' 'l.'"
Quinn, residing at No. 4, Back-lane, St. Gre'r I,IIrJA
the-East, had been in three hospitals for about „ OP:4
months, and was discharged from them as ,'
She was in this state when the ointment was r,„ faro
all over the regions of the diseased
arts, as 1131".07.1
into meat, which effected a cure as sp
eedily as thlo ot or
inward part had been palpable to the eye. AnY I:,
sores, tumours, aches, or pains may be cured I,
kJ
manner. Sold at Professor Holloway's estaloro`sosegiti,
244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis)'
almost all respectable vendors of medicine th
the civilised world.
THE SHARPER OUT-DONE.-7-Abollt
o'clock on Friday evening, as Mr. Western. 14°,4
at Kings-road farm, near this town (Tauctror•
walking up the Castle-green, he observed a wePirois
young man stoop down and pick up something., thei
road. On coming up to him the fanner observelioct.
had in his hands a small case, which spree/0010
tained valuable jewellery. The young teellA
him, stating that he had just picked it up, aer,ies 7,161
do with it he did not know, and that the sew iiiero
worth upwards of 10/. The honest farmer reeoll3 %if
him to have it cried. His companion, thereon ,
a knowing wink, said it would be a pity, as 07,
found the articles, that they should not have ttilf 010
tage of the prize, and that each was entitled to
sod tb
•
For his part he was not in want of such thingsio, for
he would give the farmer possession of the
0114 Pie
couple of sovereigns The honest man was ne,efotS„•,
he pretended to acquiesce in the proposal, but uortie
did so he requested to be allowed to look at the ,5e07,0
No sooner had he got hold of them in his cibit4l4.4
than he placed them in his great coat pocket,,,restelts
coolly buttoned up, and, turning to the scamp.
t'foess 116
to give him into the hands of the police °be bt'A
marched off. The fellow attempted to pie/ t„ issrybe
but the up-lifted ash-stick of the countrymem that'
,41
him that he heel mistaken his man. Findini oNwof
had met with more than his match, the rases
,t
off, looking, as Sam Slick says, " pretty lel
small." It is needless to add, that " the jewerfr-
found ox examination to be not worth half-s Somerset County Gazette. .
BIRTHit.
la
(1K On the 26th of September. at Chingleput, the irAI tfril
Wood, Esq., of the Hon. East India Compel:2lD
vice, of a daughter.
Isr *
On the 9th inst., at Peckham, Mrs. T. Jarvis, °t.
On the 10th inst., at Byfleet, the lady of Ja°l-
- $
Esq., of a son.
Pg. On the 10th inst., at Oddington, the lady of the so
Wiggin, Rector of Oddington, of a son. ha kW.
On the 11th inst., at Hams Hall, Coleshill,l---
Adderley, of a daughter. Ole
On the 10th iasL, at Warwick. square, Kensbigto—
of Heathfield Tupper, Esq., of a daughter.
• SI
On the 10th inst., at Eton College, the wife of
~49
Old Goodford, of a Park-la still-born. Aterrili
On the llth inst., at ne, the wife of Yr— ff Esq., *fa daughter.
dW. sa••
On the 11th inst., at Dulwich, the lady°, "v— off
Esq., surgeon, of a son. the
On the 11U:inst., in West-street, Finsburreircoe'
of the Rev. Henry Brawn, of a daughter.