The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

To-morrow will be published, Bvo., 10s. 6d- 'cloth, the Second
Edition of
LAYS
of ANCIENT ROME. By the Right
Hon. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman&

Just reads, with characteristic Illustrations by Leech,
A WASSAIL BOWL for CHRISTMAS
By ALBERT SMITH, Esq.

Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

EDITED BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ.
In a few days.
FREDERICK THE GREAT,
HIS COURT AND TIMES.

The Third and Fourth Volumes, completing the Work.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street
Orders received by all Booksellers. •

NEW NOVEL BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ.
Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo.,
A D AM BROWN.
THE MERCHANT.

By HORACE SMITH, Esq.,
Author of
Brambletye House," " The Moneyed Man," Sce.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., with Portraits, 21s. bound,
MEMOI El S OF

THE LITERARY LADIES
OF ENGLAND.

By MRS. ELWOOD.
" A work of great merit. The first biography is that of
Lady Mary Wortley Montag' u ; the last, that of Mrs. Maclean,
better known as Miss Landon ; it thus comprises our Blue
stockings from the commencement of the last century down to
the present. Each biography is marked by good taste and ex-
cellent judgment. The author is considered in each mere than
the individual, and yet sufficient narrated of the latter to in-
terest and instruct."—John Bull.

Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE POOR-LAW SYSTEM.

On the the 31st of December, with the Illagazines, wlll be
pub:ished, with Illustrations by a distinguished artist, No. I,
Price One SHILLING (to be completed in twelve Monthly
Numbers),
E S S I E PHILLIPS;
Or, THE PARISH GIRL.

BY

MRS.

TROLLOPE.

Authoress of'' Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy," &c.
" The object the author has had in view in the composition
of this work has ben to call the attention of her readers to the
absolute necessity of some alteration in the law which at pre-
sent regulates the maintenance and management of the. poor.
Her conviction of its tyranny and injustice, of the impractica-
bility of enforcing iPs provisions with uniformity, and of the
cruel hardships which are inflicted on the poor by the attempt
to enforce them, is strong, and she conscientiously believes well
founded."

Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Ma-lborough-street.
•„s Orders received by all Booksellers throughout the
Kingdom.

BETTS' PA' I:E.N '1! BR AN Ift unparal-
leled and still increasing sale of this favourite beverage,
has been attended by its natural consequence—the excitement
of envy in every branch of the Spirit trade. Hence, each suc-
ceeding year brings to notice competitors, whose announce-
ments, under fallacious pretences and high sounding titles, urge
upon the public notice articles, whose only distingnishing fea-
ture is their vast inferiority to the Patent Brandy.
It is to guard purchasers against the consequences of such
attempts, and for that reason only, that J. T. Betts and Co.-are
again induced to state, that the Patent Brandy is manufactured
only at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St.
Jchn-street ; where it may be obtained, pale or coloured, at
Eight'en Shllings per Gallon, of the highest legal strength.

PTILIE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY
1 DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED
by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains
MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO,
£llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £-100, £6OO, Xt4oo, £l,oob,
£1,500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together
to x:72,170 sterling.

Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH.
OUT DELAY, to
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH,
Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.

lIEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a
very short time very large amounts of Money Divi-
dends to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland ;
Dividends of 25,0001., 18,004., 9,000/, 5,000/., and 3,6001.
to London; 3,600/., 800/., and 7001. to Edinburgh; 3,600/.
to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3.600/. to Halifax ; 1,2001.
to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900/.' 700/., and 6001. to Liver-
pool; 9001. to Hull; 900/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 9001.
and'6oo/. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham-
shire ; 700/. to Colne, Lancashire ; 600/. to Cork ; and 6001.
to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those
desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching
EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua-
ranteed by the Government.
'this Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more
than '25,000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain
stoney Dividends of I/. and upwards.
One Share, IL ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 31.; four
Shares, 41. ; live Shales, 51. ; six Shares, 61.; soven Shares,
71. ; eight Shares, Si. ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shares, 101.
Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS,
at Lubeck.

The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis,
upon addressing a line to Ileine Brothers.

THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 16,
Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of THE TEMPEST.
Alonso, Mr. Cooper ; Sebastian, Mr. Diddear ; Prospero, Mr.
Vandenhoff ; Antonio, Mr. J. Vining ; Ferdinand, Mr. C.
Pitt ; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trinculo, Mr. Harley ; Ste-
phano, Mr. Bartley. Miranda, Miss Vandenhoff ; Ariel, bliss
Rainforth.

To conclude with Auber's Opera of MASANIELLO ; or,
THE DUMB GIRL OF POItTICI. Masaniello, Mr. W.
Harrison ; Alphonso, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ;
Fenella, Miss Bailin.

Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Scven.--)ress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ;
First and Second Circles as., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s;
Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is.
Tickets and Places for the Boxes to he taken of Mr. Whit-
low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season
Tickets may by had.
Private Braes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An-
drews, 167, New Bond-street; MA r. l itchell, Old Bond-street;
and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 16,
•
Will be repeated the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE.
Felix Trimmer, Esq., Mr. W. Farren; Richard Sad rope,
Esq., Mr. Buckstone. Mrs. Felix Trimmer, Mrs. Malone
Raymond ; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford; Miss
Bitterton, 31rs. Glover; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews.
After which:a-Drew Drama, in Two Acts, called GRAND-
FATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr.
W. Farren; Drayton, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury ; Langley, (a
Retired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a Lawyer), Mr.
Strickland; Bob Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; Snap,
Mr. Clark ; Edward Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master George
Webster ; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Edwin Yarnokl; Susan,
(Servart to Lsoliley), Mrs. Stanley.
To which s i 1 be added, the Petite Drama of SUZANNE.
Simon Swallow, Mr. Buckstone ; Suzanne, (an Orphan),
Madame Celeste.

To be followed by Mr. C. Mathews' Burletta of PATTER
versus CL Al TER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews.
• To coneln4e with Mr. Bnekstose's original Farce of THE
IRISH LION.

THEATRE. ROYAL, ADELPFII.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 16, Will be repeated the new Burletta entitled THE Merl.
CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. Tire principal characters
• by Mcsg..s. LyOn, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Wright, Maynard,
Wiclarsd, Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan.
After which .a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU
KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith,
Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Faucit, and Miss Murray.
To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled
ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford,
Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche
Giuhilei.
To conclude with a Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and
CLEOPATRA: Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Min
Murray.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-
six, commence at seven o'clock.

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free, and onlegislatiee protection they could not depend.
—(Hear, hear.) lhit if their landlords met them—
if they themselves stood firm in their own position
if they would cultivate their land, and exert them-
selves, he could assure them solemnly, from what he
knew himself, there was no land upon the Continent
—no farmer epon the Continent—no capital upon the
Continent, that ever could compete with them.
Mr. J. A. SMITH also said—
Mr. Goring had told them that they could no lon-
ger rely on legislative protection. It was not for
him to say whether he was right or wrong in that
opinion, but he was sure that Mr. Goring, and others
that expressed the 'same opinion, were acting the
kindest and the truest part towards the farmers of
England, when they encouraged them rather to rely
on themselves than on any legislative protection.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was sure that Mr.
Goring spoke the words of truth and wisdom, When
he told them that, as in every other profession of life,
whether it be the manufacturing or whether it be the
agricultural, capital, intelligence, and industry, car-
ried the day.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It was to these
three great elements of success that this country
owed its proud pre-eminence. It was to these ele-
ments that the English farmer would owe his success,
if success was hereafter to attend his exertions.—
(Hear' as hear.) It w his firm and conscientious be-
lief that, whether in manufactures or in agriculture,
monopoly was an unsound principle.—(Cheers.) He
thought that when they relied upon their own intelli-
gence, skill, and industry, they relied upon something
positive and practicable, they relied upon something
unchanging and certain; but when they relied upon
legislative protection, they relied upon what they had
found to be dependent upon party spirit and party
feeling—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—utterly unsound,
unworthy to be trusted. That was the bane of a
country's prosperity.—(" True.")
Now while this progress towards just senti-
ments is so rapid in the landlords, and we have
sufficient reason to justify us in asserting that it
is still more rapid in the tenants, the progress of
the League towards power is still more remark-
able. All the great towns of the empire are re-
sponding to its call. The metropolis has almost
ceased to be the centre of political opinion, which,
for the present, is at Manchester. The public
eye is turned to that town and to the meetings
of the League. Glasgow has followed the,
example of Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, &c.,
and given its powerful support to the League..
Edinburgh promises to do the same; and though
party politics may make the Members of the:
City of London take a side opposed to the gene-
ral sentiments of the town population, they can
only fora short period keep themselves out of the.
general stream. All the town population, and
all their Members, will demand repeal.
Some journalists say Sir ROBERT PEEL Wil
not again alter the Corn-law and the Tariff for,
ten years ; others say lie will continue for a
session or two longer to inflict decay on our
trade, and starvation on the people, for the
sake of legislative decorum ; but if the bulk of
the town population declare against such a
course, and the agricultural population are com-.
pletely lukewarm on the subject, or even join iii
demanding that the question be now set at rest,
will any person tell us how, in face of this
growing public opinion, Sir R. PEEL can carry,
on the Government ? He may, by the help of
his dissolving party, rub through one more un-
easy and unquiet session ; but if he can find no
expedient to improve trade, no means to give
food and employment to the people, and no
miraculous good fortune should intervene, he
must know, unless he repeal the Corn-law, that
his Administration will, a few short months
hence, be quenches for ever by universal in-
dignation. Such being the prospect, we hold
with the League that now is the time to redouble
its exertions, and that nothing short of total and
immediate repeal, settling the question for ever,
releasing the great business of supplying the
nation with food from the influence and control
of party politics, and making the circumstances
on which the farmer has to depend as certain as
the laws of nature—ought to satisfy it.
Such, too, being the prospect before us, we
hold those Whig journals which promulgate
tales of its being Sir ROBERT PEEL'S intention to
propose a fixed duty, and bring forward argu-
ments favourable to such a duty, to be at present
far worse enemies of the cause of the repeal, than
the discomfited and baffled monopolists. They
seek to snatch from the energetic men of the
north the fruits of their victory, and make a
garland of them for the brows, of the Whigs.
We disposed the day before yesterday of one of
their fallacies in favour of a fixed duty : here is
another, derived from the very same circum-
stance, namely, the vast difference of price
which has taken place under a sliding scale, and
an interrupted trade :
"As matters stand," says Mr. Hubbard, in his
"Notes of a Traveller," " it was a sound .measure pro-
posed by the late Administration to impose a fixed
duty of-Bs. per quarter on wheat, and proportional
duties on other grain ; because, if we do not levy it as
import duty, Prussia and the other exporting countries
will levy it as export duty, and bread will not be
cheaper to the British consumer by the same. amount
of duty going into the Prussian Exchequer, instead of
into the British. We are told, indeed, that this would
be contrary to the interests of the landholders in Prus-
sian Poland, and the districts which supply Dantzic
and the other Baltic ports with grain for exportation,
and therefore no such export duty would be imposed.
But this is the mere ipse dixit of political economists,
looking at the Continent with English eyes."
It is not the ipse dixit of economists looking at
the Continent with English eyes, but Mr. Larsla
judges (.I.a free trade in corn by the trade as it
has existed under a sliding scale. Far be it from
us to affirm that the Governments of Prussia
and Russia will riot levy an export duty on corn,
'or what observer of their successive follies
would guarantee them against the commission of
any absurdity ? but we will be bold to affirm that
if they levy any such duty they will effectually
exclude their grain from our market, and inflict
misery on their own people.
Throughout the country at present the lan-
guage held by the agriculturists is that they have
nothing to fear from foreigners. That is ex-
sage already quoted
pressly stated by Mr. H. D. GORING, in the pas-
lence of our inland communication, the supe-
riority of our ins 1
our climate, k' ,
Which . Lallows us to work out of
Loo kin to the excel-
,
etnents, the open nature of
doors at almost all seasons, the
• and industry of our people,
t great energy
he results of
the liberty they enjoy as compared to the con-
. tinental nations, and looking to the
vast capa-
bility of our soil, we are convinced that Mr. H.
D. GORING IS right ; and that, under.a free trade,
reducing at the outset
the farmer's expenses
perhaps 20 per cent., the price of agricultural
produce would in general rate very little higher
here than in Prussia and Russia. As we have
already said, and as we find Mr. COBDEN said at
Nottingham, if there were no tax on corn, its
price would at no time be higher here than
on the Continent, adding the expense of carriage.
Only in seasons of scarcity, should we require
large importations. In favourable seasons there
would be little or no difference in price. To
levy a duty on corn exported froth either Russia
or Prussia, would not, as Mr. LAING supposes,
compel us to pay that duty, it would merely ex-
clude Russia or Prussia from our market.
No country, be it remembered, has a mo-
nopoly of food. It is not, like silk or tea, the
produce of a comparatively narrow space. Man
does not live by bread alone, and a small differ-
once in price gives a peculiar direction to both
cultivation and consumption. All the world will
supply articles of food. It; therefore, the two
countries mentioned were to levy a duty on corn
exported, our produce and consumption would
adapt themselves to that duty, and we should, in
proportion, grow more grain, and import from
those or other countries more untaxed cattle
cheese, butter, salted meat, cocoa, sugar, &c. Sze!
The greater dost, too, in bringing flour from Ame-
rica than from Dantzic, with a free trade, would
not be such as•to enable Prussia to levy a
duty
on grain exported, without throwing the whole
trade into the hands of the Americans. The
notion, therefore, that our people would have to
pay the duty levied by Russia and Prussia on
exported grain, which is put forward to con-
vince the League and the public to favour the
Whig Bs. fixed duty, seems to us to
be un-
founded, and we trust it will have no effect in
making the League and the public compromise
the great principle for which they have been and
are contending. As the day of triumph arrives,
and it cannot he long postponed, the League
must be on the watch that all the advantages of

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