The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-05 00:00:00

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from abroad must be very great, and that " Aldo°
willing to pay a very high price rather than be w fo.
the supply. It, therefore, became difficult to boYOOO
reign corn except at a very large advance But ss then
as the rumour was chew :ered to be groundleesse
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foreign core again became purchaseable at a consid2r:
lower price, and was accordingly purchased for the Drew
market. We must affirm, then, that the forty- one "
other
rants, however well informed they may be 111'°-n of sc.
matters, are exceedingly ignorant upon the subject ir
quiring foreign corn for the English market; or, if
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norant, they are something worse—that is, they at of
promulgators of that which is not true, for the p
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producing an excitement favourable to the views of a 07t-anr
The forty-one declarants use the hackneyed phrase 0f ' Os
pering with the food of the people," as applicable t0_,,,,h
laws which have for their object the protection of 111
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cultivation from undue foreign competition, and th „at
curing to the people a far larger supply from the DISJ;
soil than they would have if no such protective lavt
The use use of such language is, in our judgment, a further
either that the declarants are unacquainted with the 't oie
on which they presume to offer their opinion, or ohs_, d
prefer serving the cause of a faction to serving the en
s
truth. The protection of British cultivation is no rinf.
tampering with the food of the people than the protect'o'f so
forded by the police is a tampering with the libertY inter
people. It ought not to be called tampering. It is any/blob
ference of the law in the people's behalf. It is a poliel, tbs
has for its object the guardianship of these two th'n,„,irjor
productive industry of a very large body of the wool
class, and of the whole nation, from that danger whic!l,,nble
beset it if it were habitually dependent for a consluihoo
portion of its supply of food upon foreign kingdonlst nosy
governments might interdicti that supply fro 111 !Lore-6
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of their own. A more gross and glaring irtdi 0100
unbounded self-sufficiency, egregious vanity, and rih Pf 1!
prejudice than that afforded by the last. paragrap- Ile'
"Declaration," we do not remember to have saw"
it is :
" We declare our deliberate conviction that non rod
can justify the Legislature in tampering with the
the people, or impeding the free purchase of that Sn'-ege
which depends the existence of a large portion of 0.16.A01
Munity ; that the removal, therefore, of all restn'"ol
upon the import of articles of food is essential to themei'
prosperity, as well as to the social peace of this , . or
that it is a measure dictated by all sound princille
firmed by a long and fatal experience of the effects, 0001.,
posite course; that it is demanded by the want a 0501.5
necessities of the labouring classes; that it is sencrtv; tli
the judgment of the educated part of the comnillin ,
tf,o
the present condition of the country renders it a Iced!
immediate necessity, the delay of which must i 1,,
hardships on the labouring classes, must seriously "",, 4.-
with all industrious pursuits, and by pertinaciously re: • ,
ing the obvious and natural means by which the to.:
attendant on a bad harvest might be alleviated, eluLol'•
an universal feeling of dissatisfaction and ill-will deft'
the pence of society and to the safety of the enspire',, 4;
Do these persons really mean to say that there ',
so,
striction upon the freedom of purchasing foreign corly,o, P
there is none, More than upon the purchase of 57,
French silks, or brandy. These people frame tbeit"oftet
tion as if it were against prohibition they were ce"rtjal!
There is no impediment save the payment of WV° of on,
and that impediment applies to hundreds of articlos.dotidm
chandise as well as corn. But the taking off them-of : I
• " essential to the general prosperity and social Pee-thei
country." Do these forty-one persons think that
qualified to dictate upon that matter? Do they gees
that the welfare of the agricultural populationt;d
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nothing, and that social peace is altogether coauecor2
the gratifying of their prejudices or the legislatiofe,
interests? Are we to believe them, Stet then npie
the labouring classes would be rentsvetl by a chalift°o6
which, if it should affect anythin at all, mots Iq'
foreign labourers the production cf that conun,7o 12
hitherto British labourers have produced? 10 if ifil
bankers and merchants think it f, their Infloged
customers entered into arrangemsel far the eill_Moqi/
the capitalists of Hamburgh or Aiiisi.eraam, i.us°`-0.11.•
tinning to deal with them? We are surprised the! veil
have bad some experience of business should put t"e Ofsir
tures to such folly. But their views, they assure 41(4
tioned by the educated part of the community., „,stnd
modest ! What do they mean by the " educated Tiros 'if
community?" Perhaps the " enlightened auw",-000,$'
attend Covent. garden Theatre when the ftn,"" the",
Leaguers perform on that stage. If they meant I.!, oslA
ful and studious part of the community, let them Wool
of the learned pn,fessions, and see what majority Air 2‘
get to endorse their very modest appreciation of 'etyrj
intellectual superiority. Certainly, if en ormoto st's
ciency and inordinate presumption be qualities lo'b've 9
men to respect and influence upon important Pliett rye
tions, these forty-one declarants have an undoubt ;0004K
be listened to. But if this be not so,isve can discovP
either in the matter or in the manner of their dune,'
which should induce any man who loves his 1 ofbri fi
wishes well to its honest industry, to be affecteLle
than by disgust in reading what they have put ''''. '
public attention.
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AU O l
THE REQUISITION TO THE Loul4D A•---1 the ill/
following ar ewer was received yesterday fr°ll/4100,2i0
Mayor by Mr. Ashurat, as the head of the depn',4lariii
waited upon his Lordship a few days since with eLe'sei
to convene a Court of Common Council for the PT.cprO
dressing the Crown on the subject of opening ?fiesetto9
"The Lord Mayor having had under his emir °f Ceßi
requisition for calling a meeting of the Court 'ter AO,
Council to consider the propriety of petitioning ''l if rio
to take all such means as she may constitutieradordi
for throwing open the ports of the United .1'.0001:fli
Great Britain and Ireland for the free importati be:l
is desirous to acquaint the deputation he had thetbe Oro
receive, that although lie differs in opinion witi.h..4,019
tionists, he will afford them an opportunity of er, t12.„,‘ i
subject at a Court which he will hold on Thursek' 1/1",
instant, at two o'clock precisely.—blansion•honee' -op
1845."
CONVICTS FOR BERMUDA.—One bund,ol:§l,
were taken down the river yesterday, in the Iv' tor
packet, from Milbank Penitentiary, and put on 0, if)
Warrior convict hulk, opposite Woolwich deekillsd
tde Barretto Junior is ready for their reception; ~00,9
Woolwich steam-packet took down one hundreds V ,
the same day, and they were also put on board t"" iii
with the others, being for the same destination...dud
BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.—We 1111de' 00,4
the Me.srs, Betts have not availed themselves 1)t 01
advances it: the price of raw spirit to increase sbScttlsi;#o
"Patent Brandy," either in bulk or in capsuledtwoy
that the public have still the advantage of Pure ill ,
in single bottles, at the usual rate. If, howeierosi
quence of the state of the corn-market, and °L ode,
plies, the price of spirits'should still go higher„.„4oo et
there is considerable apprehension—it may " Ifst,tlFe
to obtain a Christmas stock at the present rates. ,eferr,
fore, venture to remind our readers of the old P:111_14
"good store is no sore." And, at the same Patenthnr. npl
do well to observa that the words " Betts's .„eg Itfry
7, Smithfield Bars," are embossed on the P4l`"-- ' All
apsules.—Licapool Journal. Tilg °sr?Al
DUNSTER CASTLE ; A TALE or ,r e !Lir,
REBELLION. BY J. T. HEwLETT, 111 A.---, 213 t"'011°
' Peter Priggins' and 'Parsons and Widows'," ;to' i
.4
Bull, "has established a reputation_whiell "*AtIl el era
11
will extend and confirm. The entire work hall,- be'', f.,
of a master's hand. The characters of Julian " t
de Mohun, Prudence Everard, Antony W vvifert°7o)7l
historian of Oxford, introduced as a student of
_mew
Graveboys and his man Jansen, Capt. Hurstnrwlielo,
_a
the fanatical Puritans Brown and Priver, and ad•
boop,
others, are forcibly drawn, with that nice i`oleatr
which gives prominence and individuality 'be iiii
d t ..i.
manners of the period are well preserved, an_„„eo7,e,
incidents are not overlaid with historical ~$71,0 Olt
death of Hampden is cleverly connected with 11014'
helps to work out its denouement. Upon 001 the
hesitatingly pronounce ' Dunster Castle not on fora lti
Mr. Hewlett's novels, but among the best of ° joiroi
of fiction " - 0:40.0•00
[A DrERTISEMENT.]—The Atra
Hair Dye, the only dye that really answers for sl, 0 10/..
does not require re-doing, but as the hair grli:t cs.gairw
fades or acquires that unnataral red or punt:lost 01).arir
all other dies. Ross and Sons can, with the gri St ta"-sted
recommend the above dye as infallible, if °Tying VlOl
blishrnent • and ladies and gentlemen recll"—seqeeld
quested to 'bring a friend or servant with theta toed
quested pilatorfl ,
used, which will enable them to do it aftertt derieltlf
chance of failure. Several private apartlnen- OP a.
tirely to the above purpose, and some of their_. 040, ro
having used it, the effect produced can be at anre"tvto„oll!‘
think it necessary to add, that by attending Or 0 peorp
structions given with each bottle of dye, nungerlou jf«
succeeded equally well without coming t° '-ibs POI
Ron and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate..stree!' dostof
Perruquiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, and 111110101. 0
Parties attended at their own resiclacaeh
distance. ilyelle
hurOn4o/1,41
[ADVERTIsEmENT.—CUR ES OF FE...- . V. gliil,
SORES IN MALTA, BY OLLOWAY'S PILLS Alereo 011
—Mrs. Duncan,_ whose husband is employed i° 0. tar
Dockyard at Malta, suffered for more than:d4sit nal
ulcerous sores in her feet ; she formerly role
.„ ethSioro
was treated by the best practitioners there, itchdo an'ileca
ever, she derived no benefit whatever, illswh' °AP a ,dilleillY
five or six boxes and pots of Holloway's P„ etstroirklf
perfect cure was effected. The truth of th'itaP ie,„‘
notorious in Malta, that the editor of the 111)5, eeletr
paper was induced to insert the particulars el :0, slw
paper of October 31, 1845. Sold by all drugts#o.
essor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strands