The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-10 00:00:00

THE CORN-LAWS.

Notpne connected with railways can shut his eyes to the broad
Nistaring truth, that the corn-law is the greatest fee he has to
le with. At the present price of wheat one year's consump-
tion of the nation would cost some twenty-four millions sterling
more than it tlid at the prices which ruled in the market some
twelve wont back. The manufacturing and trading inter.
eats will no doubt suffer from the high price of wheat, and
the accounts from Manchester tell us already that trade is begin.
ning to suffer, but the railway market suffered first and foremost.
The blow was near)), as severe as if some twenty millions of money
had been abglutery lifted from the pockets of the shareholders.
'e railway market has been robbed of that amount by the corn—
law. 'l4le sliding-scale is the real cause of the " falling sickness"
which has attacked all descriptions of railway shares and scrips.
It is the fear of high prices and the drain a bullion which the
Directors of the Bank of England anticipate to pay for food, that
has 'mused them to increase the rate of discount, and may cause
them to increase those *tes still more. Lett( rs of allotment in
railway companies are no longer in demand. Scrips which were dealt
in for tire " coming out " at 3!. and 41. premium are no longer
" paid upon," and when they are "come out" no money will come
in. The public have shut their breeches pockets, and will not
readily open them until they know what is to be the upshot of all
the meetings and consultations of the Cabinet. We are afraid
that flis„do-nbthing pokey is for the present to be the game, but
It cannot long continue, for the price of corn will soon advance, in
spite of the rascally system of averages, to such a height as wil
ronse the people to a sense of the iniquities of these corn and pro-
vision laws, and compel the Ministers to do something effectual,
The English people are slow to move ; they are animals that take
a deal of kicking ; but once they really suffer from the cravings of
an empty belly-, they are not to be trifled with. The mischief
which has been done to so many of the small shopkeepers and
families of the middle classes, by the sudden dept cation of rail-
way property, will increase the general dissati;fleifon , and in-
duce the great bulk of the electoral body to clamour
for
free trade. Some tightness of money may be experienced
at first from the change, because, in this case, as in every other
en
connected with our system of Government, a bad code has be
maintained against all reason and common sense, until the remedy
could not be resisted from a fear of consequences. The change is
thus abrupt and startling, and, like all such rapid and ungracious
Movements, even from bad to good, the process of transition will

be attended with some difficulties ; but they stand in no weight I
balanced against the advantages which would ensue from a repeal
of the corn-laws, and by which the railway shareholder would be
most signally benefited. Surely Mr. Hudson cannot hold fast to
his pro earn-law principles, against the damning evidence of
their doings, which the woe-stricken picture presented by the
official share list now portrays. Discounts rule where pre-
miums formerly held their cheering sway, and even the ad-
vent of his own royal person to the chair does not pre-
vent the shares of the Eastern Counties from drooping to
a lower price. They were done to.day at 20 to %, and
this day last week at 22 to 1/2. 'The holders of shares
in that Company fully expected that the accession of
the Member for Sunderland to their management would be at-
tended with an immediate rise in the value of their shares. They
looked down with pity upon the scripholders of the poor London
and York line, under the leadership of Mr. Beckett Denison, and
generously offered to take them wider their wing by offering them
a slice of the consolidated stock Which was to fill up the vacuum to
be occasioned by their absorption. They have already found this
beautiful vision little better than a dream, and yet, if we had been
blessed with plenty of cheap food for the people, their expectations
as to an advance in their:shares would very likely have been re-
alised. Whether the holders of the London and York scrip would
have accepted the terms of coalition offered them by Mr. Hudson
is another matter, and on that point we own that our opinion is
not very confident. The House of Commons passed the Bill for a
direct line from London to York by such a large majority last
session, that they stand pledged to the principle, and that fact must
naturally induce the promoters of the line to feel themselves of
sufficient importance to fight another battle on their own account.
—Chronicle.

THE PRIVY COUNCIL.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
There can be no doubt whatever that the corn-law has
formed one of the principal, if not the primary, subject for the
consideration of her Majesty's Ministers, in their late and
protracted deliberations in Privy Council ; and the result, at
this critical moment, when starvation, or something very
little short of it, actually stares in the face several millions of
her Majesty's subjects, has been looked for with the greatest
possible anxiety. The result has not been allowed publicly
to transpire, but we are enabled to state upon authority upon
which we can place the most implicit reliance, that a majority
of the Cabinet have resolved upon the continuation of the
corn-laws as they at present exist, and without the slightest
modification.
How this will be received by, the country will remain to
be seen ; but our own opinion is that it will create consider-
ble dissatisfaction throughout the whole of the manufactur-
ing districts, and be received with great pleasure by those
who have lately speculated largely in grain.—Sunday Times
•

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
NEWMARKET, FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1846.
MONDAY.
Match 300 h ft, T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst
71b, agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 7st.
Match : 500, 200 ft A.F. Mr. Gwville's Alarm, 4 yrs, Bst
71b, agst Mr. O'Brien's Traverser, 3 yrs, 6st 71b.
FRIDAY.
Match : 200 h ft. D.M. Lord Maidstone's Tom Tulloch,
Bst 41b, agst Lord Glasgow's f by Retriever, out of Emilia, Bst.
SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1846.—N0 DAY MENTIONED.
Match : 100 h ft, T.M.M. Lord Glamis's Satyr, 5 yrs, 7st
101 b, agst Mr. Shelly's Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, Bst 81b
FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1846.
The Hopeful Stakes, of 40 soya each, h ft, for two-yrs-old
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b ; last half of Ab M.
Lord G. Bentinck's Archness, Jollity, Bethphage, and
Vice-Consul—Lord Chesterfield's The Maid of Saragossa—
Mr. R. Clifton's Conceit by Velocipede, out of Miss Hore-
wood—b fby Hetman Platoff, out of Celia's dam—b c Shy-
lock by Inheritor, out of The Hind—Mr. Coape's bl c Bro.
to Pawnbroker—Mr. Crockford's Kite—Lord Exeter's fby
Hetman Platoff, out of Galata—Mr. Gratwicke's b f Little
Julia by Mus, out of Carlotta, and b f Joyful by Sir Hercules,
out of Fredrica—Mr. Griffiths b f Lady Lift by Sir Hercules,
dam Sylph by Spectre—Col. Peel's ch f Isis by Slane, out of
10, and ch fby Glaucus, dam by Sir Hercules—Mr. Philli-
more's Saddle by The Saddler, out of Potentia—Sir R.
Pigot's Conyngbam—Mr. Newton's b fby the Saddler, out of
Retrospect—Duke of Richmond's b c by Mus, out of Firefly,
and b fby Mus, out of Confusionee—Mr. Stephenson names
ch
.f by The Saddler, dam by Emilius—Mr. Worley's Wintonia.
• THURSDAY.
The Rutland Stakes of 30 sovs. each. 20 ft; for two-yr-olds
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. From the Turn of the
Lands—in.
Duke of Bedford's Bridle—Lord G. Bentinck's Slander—
Mr. Clifton's The Positive Young Man, by The Saddler,
out of Miss Etty—Mr. Crockford's Kate—Lord Exeter's f
by Hetman Platoff, out of Galata—Mr. Ford's Millwood, by
Sir Hercules, out of Miss Betsy—Mr. Jacques's Sir Martin—
Col. Peel's Palma—Duke of Richmond's c, by Mus, out of
Firefly—Mr. Stephenson names ch f, by the Saddler, dam by
Emilius—and b f, by the Doctor, out of Sister to Dromedary
—and Mr. Worley's Wintonia. (Lord G. Bentinck's Vice-
Consul, and Mr. Clifton's Dromedary were also named, but
this stake is limited to twelve subscribers).
No day mentioned.—Match, 300 sovs., 100 ft, T.Y.C.
Mr. Clifton's own sister to Fair Charlotte, Bst 31b, against
Lord Glamis's b f by Hetman Platoff, out of Green Mantle, Bst.
SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1846.
MONDAY.
Match, 200 soya. h ft, D. M. Lord Exeter's Lebanon,
Bst 71b, against the Duke of Bedford's Paragon, Bst 31b.
TUESDAY.
The Clearwell Stakes of 30 soya. each, 20 ft ; for two-years-
old colts Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 51b. T.Y.O
Lord Albemarle's Madge Gray—Lord G. Bentinck's Arch-
ness, Devil-me-care, Jollity, Glentilt, and bI c Blackcock, by
Sir Hercules, out of Celeste's dam—Mr. Coape's b f by Car-
dinal Puff, out of Jinglepot's dam—Mr. Copeland's Marlow
and Cheapside—Mr. Crockford's Kite, Captain Delme's Reso-
lution—Lord Eglinton's b f Themis, and b f Nerissa, by
Launcelot, out of Guerdon—Lord Exeter's c by Hetman
Platoff, out of Valance, c by Hetman Platoff. out of Mar-
mora, c by H. Platoff, out of Galata, and c by H. Platoff. out
of Toga—Mr. Ford's bl f Millwood, by Sir Hercules, out of
Miss Betsy—Mr. Greville's Forina, by Venison, out of Par-
tiality—Mr. Lowtber's b c The Admiral, by Sheet Anchor,
out of lo—Mr. Mostyn's b c by Lanercost, dam by Voltaire,
b c by Lanercost, dam by Blacklock, and b c by Lanercost,
out of La Femme Sage—Mr. Newton's f by The Saddler, out
of Retrospect—Mr. G. Ongley's Maid of Athens—Lord
Orford's c by Clearwell, out of Zipporah—Mr. Osbaldeston's
ais. to Sorella—Mr. J. Osborne's b f Agnes, by Clarion, out of
Annette—Mr. Payne's b c by Venison,:out of sis. to Cobweb,
b f by Venison, out of Cobweb, and b f by Slane, out of
Elisa—Colonel Peel's Sorrel, ch f by Glaucus, dam by Sir
Hercules, and Palma—Sir R. Pigott's Conynham—Duke of
Richmond's b c by Mus, out of Prism, and b c by Mus, out
of Firefly—Mr. Smith's Hornet—Mr. F. Steer's ch c by Red-
shank, out of Dublin—and Mr. Worley's ch c Golightly, by
Velocipede, out of Golden Drop.
THURSDAY.
The Bretby Stakes of 100 soya. each, h ft; for two-yrs-old
fillies, Bst 71h. Last three quarters of R.M.
Lord G. Bentinck's Archness, Devil-me-care, and Jollity—
Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell—Lord Exeter's f by H.
Platoff, out of Galata—Lord Glesgow's b f by Phoenix, dam
by Actmon—Mr. Greville's b f Forina, by Venison, out of
Partiality—Mr. Jacques's br f Miss Martin, by St. Martin—
Mr. Payne s b f by Venison, out of Cobweb—Colonel Peel's
f by Venison, out of Versatility—and the Duke of Rich-
mond's b f by Mus, out of Confusionee.
FRIDAY.
The Prendergast Stake of 50 soya. each, h'ft ; for two-yrs-old
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b. .T.Y.C.
Lord Albemarle's Ingoldsby—Lord G. Bentinck'spevil- me-
care, Archness, Glentilt, and Gabbier—Mr. R. Clifton's
Dromedary by Camel, out of Fanny, gr c The Positive
Young Man, by the Saddler, out of Miss Etty, br f Brown
Bess, ch f Conceit by Velocipede, out of Miss Horewood—
Mr. Copeland's Marlow and Cheapside—Lord Eglinton's b f
Themis and b f Nerissa by Launcelot, out of Guerdon—Lord
Exeter's c by H. Platoff, out of Valance, c by H. Platoff,
out of Marmora, fby H. Platoff, out of Galata, c by H.
Platoff, out of Toga—Mr. Ford's bl c George Barnwell, by
Sir Hercules, out of Ten Pound Note—Mr. Greville's ch c
Mirmillo—Lord Orford's gr c by Clearwell, out of Angelica
—Mr. Osbaldeston's f by Lancercost, out of Camp Follower
—Mr. Osborne's b f Agnes, by Clarion—Mr. Payne's b f by
Venison, out of Cobweb, and b c by Venison, out of Sister
to Cobweb—Colonel Peel's Sorrel f, by Glaucus, dam by Sir
Hercules, and Isis, by Slane, out of lo—Sir R. Pigot's Wol-
verton—Duke of Richmond's b c by Mus, out of Prism—
Duke of Richmond's b c by Mus, out of Firefly, and Mr.
Worley's ch c Golightly by Velocipede, out of Golden Drop.
HOUGHTON AIEETING, 1816.— THURSDAY.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for two-yrs-old ; colts,
Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. Ab. M.
Mr. Ford's ch c George Barnwell, by Sir Hercules, out of
Ten-pound Note—Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Sorella—Mr.
Phillimore's Saddle, by the Saddler, out of Potentia—Duke
of Richmond's b c by Mus, out of Prism—Mr. Stephenson ns
b f by Erymus, out of Event's dam—and Mr. Worley's
Margaret of Anjou.
GOODWOOD, 1846.—XIEST DAY.
The Levant Stakes of 50 soy& each, 30 1t; for two-yrs-old ;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Half a mile.
Lord G. Bentinck's b f Archness, b c Bethphage, b f
Jollity, b c Vice-Consul, and b c Blackcock, by Sir Hercules,
out of Celeste's dam—Lord Eglinton's br c Van Tromp, by
Lanercost, and b f Narcissa, by Launcelot, out of Guerdon—
Mr. Ellis's br f by lon, out of.Ranvilette—Lord Exeter's f by
Hetman Platoff, out of Galata—Mr. Ford's Millwood, by Sir
Hercules, out of Miss Betsy—Lord Glasgow's bl f by Re-
triever, out of Canada—Mr. Gratwicke's b f Little Julia,
by Mus, out of Carlotta—and b f Joyful, by Sir Hercules,
out of Frederica—Mr. Griffiths's b f Appleblossom, by Sir
Hercules—Sir J. B. Mills's Pet of the Herd—Mr. Payne's
f by Vension, out of Cobweb—Mr. Payne's b f by Slane,
out of Elissa—Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—Duke of Rich-
mond's c by Mus, out of Prism—Duke of ,Richmond's b c
by Mus, out of Firefly—Duke of Richmond's b f by Mus,
out of Confusionee—Mr. Smart's Hornet—Mr. Worley's ch c
Golightly, by Velocipede, out of. Golden Drop—Mr. Worley's
Wintonia—and Mr. Wreford's b c by Vension or Sultan, jun.,
out of Monimia.