The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

SKEGGS V. SKEGGS.

This was a petition on the part of Thomas Watson Skeggs,
praying that a sum of 2,6501., to which he had become en-
titled during his minority, should be paid to him after de-
ducting the costs of Court, he being now of age. It further
prat ed, that the receiver should be discharged from all
further liability.
His LORDSHIP—YOU may take an order for the payment of
the money, but I can grant no order respecting the receiver
till the balance has been paid.

VICE-CHANCERY.---(THIS DAY.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND. )
SMITH v. WARDE.

The further arguthents in this part-heard case occupied his
Honour the whole morning.
At the conclusion of the arguments,
His HONOUR, without calling upon Mr. Bethell to reply,
gave judgment. He considered that if he decided in favour
of what had been called the claim of the infant, the present
Sir Lionel Smith, he should be doing great injustice, because
he never could think that it was the intention of the late Sir
Lionel Smith to give the 12,000/. to the present Sir Lionel
alone. The correspondence had been much relied on
as showing what the intentions of the late Sir
Lionel were. Now as to that the Court had been struck
with the looseness of the expressions in the letters. If the
present Sir Lionel had a claim to the whole sum of 12,0031.,
it ought to be clearly defined at any time, but no one could
say that that clear definition could be made from the letters.
On the whole his Honour was clearly of opinion that the
12,000/. remained part of the estate of the late Sir Lionel
Smith, and that therefore it came under the operation of the
residuary clause.
The effect of this judgment will be, that the 12,000/. will
be divided among all the children of Sir Lionel Smith, in-
stead of going to the present Sir Lionel alone.
(Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
BENSON v. HEATHORNE.—SAME V. EDWARDS.

This suit, brought against the directors of the Bahia Steam
Navigation' Company by the plaintiffs, themselves directors,
came on foi further hearing to-day.
The arguments having been concluded,
His HONOUR said that Mr. Heathorne had been declared
liable to an interest of five per cent., and the liability of his
estate to brokerage had also been declared. The first ques-
tion was as to the liability of the directors for the sum that
ought not to have been paid by the Company, for the vessel
Nieumaha ;" it does not effect Mr. Farmer, but the other
directors are involved. His Honour thought that although
strict investigation might have brought to light more defi-
nite details of the transaction in regard to that vessel, the
Court could not impute any ill intention on the part
of those directory, and therefore did not charge them with
that amount. On the next point tqe question of
commission on brokerage. As the report has found
consent and privity, on the part of these directors, the Court
orders that each be made liable to such sum as their consent
and privity have subjected them to, but this without preju-
dice to their coming in, if they wish, on the bankruptcy of
Mr. Heathorne. As to interest, his Honour thought the
case was not one to be subjected to five per cent., and ordered
four per cent.,-which shall not terminate with the time
of the fiat. As for the discount, there was less diligence
and care over the transactions than there ought to have
been, but, considering the absence of any:unfair intention on
the part of the directors, his Honour thought the Court was
not dealing more leniently with them than it ought under
the circumstances in not making them liable for this amount.
His Honour allowed the plaintiffs their costs out of the estate,
and made the defendant Directors liable for the general costs
of the suit, excepting Mr. Farmer; who should be allowed his
costs, in as far as his case had no connexion with the " Nieu-
maha." The present directors are allowed their costs out of
the funds of the Company.
-(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)

LANGFORD V. BRIGHTON AND HASTINGS RAILWAY.
Injunction was prayed by the plaintiff to restrain the Rail-
way Company from trespassing on his lands.
Arguments will be heard on the motion on Thursday
morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY

DOE V. ANGEL.

In this case the Court heard the whole of the arguments
to the close, and then said it would take time to consider
the intricate law points that had been raised.

WARD V. THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY.

In this case the cause of action was the Commercial Life
Insurance Company against the Blackwell Railway Com-
pany, for the recovery of 1,0001., under the following cir-
cumstances :—lt appeared that there was what is called a
dumb barge at Blackwell, and a plank in connexion with it,
over which persons passed in order to get to; land, or to the
railway. In the use of this plank, a person named Walter
Turner was passing over it, but it was placed so insecurely
that he fell from it, or it fell from under him, before
he could reach the dumb barge, and he was drowned.
His life was insured for one thousand pounds, and the
Company with whom it was insured paid the money, and
sought to recover from the Blackwell Railway Company, on
the ground that the plank had been placed there by them in
connexion with the dumb barge, for the purpose of convey-
ing passengers on to the railway. The case having been
tried in the Court of Exchequer, the jury found a verdict for
defendants upon the grounds that the declaration did not
set forth sufficiently distinct and clear that it was the Black-
'wall Railway Company who had placed this plank there tor
the purpose of conveying passengers on to the railway, and
that, therefore, it was owing to the neglect of the Company
that the party lost his life who was insured in the Com-
mercial Insurance Office, and alto upon the ground that it
did not appear that the person who bad been drowned was
crossing the plank off which he fell, for the purpose of travel-
ling by the railway
Counsel for the plaintiffs applied for permission to amend
the declaration in respect to this point, as he said it was the
fact that the party who had been drowned was crossing the
plank for the purpose of travelling by the Blackwell Railway.
Lord DENAIAN, in giving judgment, said it did not appear
to have been satisfactorily proved that the London and
Blackwell Railway Company had placed the plank in ques-
tion in the position described, for the purpose of con-
veying passengers to their railway, and that, there-
fore, the dangerous state in which it was found
could not be attributable to their neglect. On
this ground the defendants could not be held liable for any
accident occurring by the defective mode of transmission from
the dumb barge to the railway. With regard to the applica-
tion for leave to amend the declaration, in order to show
that the party who was drowned intended to go by the rail-
way, and was crossing the plank for that purpose when he
lost his life 133 the insecure state of the plank, he (Lord Den-
man) took it for granted that when counsel were bringing
cases on for trial care had been taken to draw up declara-
tions in a manner to make the case for their clients appear
in as favourable a view as possible—at least he gave counsel
credit for doing so; therefore he could not now give permis-
sion to amend the present declaration.
Mr. Justice WILLIADLB said he concurred withihis Learned

ust°l'
Brother, for it had not, been shown that the plank in q eats
all
had Leon kept in readiness by the railway coinpan.Y., r
as,
times of the starting of their trains, for. passengers co
•
over it in ore tosget on t the rail Way. as 13S
Mr. Justice WIWITMANo was of the same opinion
Learned Brothers.

BAIL COURT.--(THiS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
THE QUEEN V. LONG,.
In this case, Mr. Peacock appeared to show cause 00.134
a rule which had been obtained for a mandamus again,t
defendant Mr. George Long, one of the Metropolitan Police
magistrates, commanding him to issue a warrant of- dis_tultl.
against Thomas Bird, the occupier of the house No. 15, 5°
tunpton -terrace, Kentish-town. • of
The question in this case arose from the construction
the Acts 4 and 5 of Victoria, relative to the formation ef,l3"
repairs of pavements in the hamlet of Kentish-town. v
te
the 23d mat July, 1845, the commissioners appointed to rega 3„
the foron and repairs of pavements in Kentish-towe tb
!:!:
accordance with certain powers vested in them by
Acts 4th and sth of Vic., ordered the formation of a It).at'hve
meut seven feet wide, which pavement passed in front o
house, No. 15, Southampton-terrace,
powers given to them in section 72 of the above-meat-I_o
the
frou
Acts, they called on Thomas Bird the occupier of
No. 15 for 5-6 the of the cost of thepavement laid down in...,tend
of this house. The payment of this demand was re !tised,
and the result was, that a rule fora mandamus was (Mei
against which Mr. Peacock then appeared to show cause•
lle
urged that, by the 7th George IV., sec. 20, the wallfte'Ll
and in pursuanse
coal
ment of . the metropolitan turnpike-roads Vias
in certam commissionere, and they were empowered to en 5
and alter them as they might see fit. By the Acts 4 arlo
of Victoria, it was enacted that the Commissioners, to will4p,
the power of paving and repairing the pavements n 'flo
hamlet of Kentish Town was given, should have atoe
control over any portion of the road that c. b}'within the jurisdiction of the Commissioners appointe 'f
the 7th of Geo. IV. It was shown in the affidavavos
the opposing parties, that before the present pavernelltvide,
formed there existed a common footpath, only feet. ,it
so that, in order to form a pavement of seven feet well of
was necessary to obtain the consent of the Commissioner,f,„
the Metropolitan Turnpike Roads, to take in two feet et
v"e.
carriage-way. This consent was obtained, and Pates
went was formed, and Thomas Bird was assessed 1, ,be
sum of 31. 7s. 6d., which was five- sixths of the cost et,
pavement before his house, including the two feet
Agri fitted
carriage-road which had been taken in. It was
that the road was vested in the Commissioners under the_ided
of Geo. IV. and he (Mr. Peacock) oned,
that in the term road the footpaths were also Walla!
and that therefore the Commissioners of Paving ba,sess.
right to form a pavement, and therefore no right t°l,3-dthe
He was aware that the 6th and 7th of Victoria reeo'uch
4th and stb and allowed the Paving Commissioners Or
wider powers; but they could not recover under thesell,,e:ree-
acquired powers, as the Act professed not to alter any 70c10
ments or proceedings of the Paving ComrnissioneVhde•
before the passing a the Acts 6 and 7 of Victoria, anu.'-
fore Bird could not be liable for an ex postfacto debt-
fist it
Mr. WIIITEHURST, in support of the rule, though The
would be better to remove the case to a Court of Eer.ed
case was one of considerable importance and contras the
immense number of persons, in front of whose opt,
pavement passed. Mr. Long was only a nominal defea the
as he would be indemnified by the persons concerned In
decision of this case. 0'91;
Mr. Justice PATI'ESON said that there were man-,
ant points in the case, and all the parties t concerne-.1.011"
not be satisfied by his single decision. Under all he el
stances, the better way would be tp make the rule for Pj
damns absolute.
The rule was then made absolute.
The case was withdrawn. it of
Mr. Leen applied for a rule to show cause wbY brit of
habeas corpus should not be issued in order to bring tts he'
sons, now in custody in Whitecross-street Prls°ll32't file
fore this Court. The Learned Counsel stated
circumstances under which the application was 1a,",,e0 01`:
somewhat novel. The persons in custody were '- Jibe'
women, who had been convicted on an information for Jibe
and, in November 1844, a warrant was issued W„ th3t
them before this Court. They were taken e' 'fble
warrant, and lodged in Whitecross-street Pi 4;
prosecutor now declined to bring them up, anu lser,
that he would have nothing to do with them. o.at the;
themselves declined leaving the prison, stating °lathet I!
preferred remaining. One of them is blind, and the (its. th",
very infirm, and as they were a charge to the
visiting Aldermen were anxious to get rid of to_l—.ut
prosecutor was not averse to their being discharge" - bef°'
dined taking the trouble and expense of -bringing thenl
the Court. $lO
be
Mr. Justice PATTESON said that he thought a rule tpc'et
cause why they should not be discharged would rel-
ease better than taking a writ of habeas. .he
The rule as suggested by the Learned Judge Was '--13

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS 301.)1
(Sigs in Banco.) ew-
Parlipioo
It was arranged this morning that Mr. Baron 0
Mr. Justice Williams should commence the winter alio lit
at Liverpool, on the Bth of December ; and Mr. Jll5

and Mr. Baron Platt at York, on the s'ame day.
A.Y.)
COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS
(Sittings in Banco.) f the
LN RE WILLIAM COBBETT.
.vritex I, al
Mr. William Cobbett, son of the late eminent ,---4,oooilesi
same name, was brought up this morning upon yrril • 11,
corpus, obtained on his application and r resent:LW 011.•
oP racial
he was illegally detained in the custody of the Nl'
(.00411
fleet (now in the Queen's Benet),
It appears that in the month of June, 1840, for
was committed by order of the Court of Chanoe'.'„., is t'is
tempt in neglecting to answer a bill filed against ww,,,bi131
Court, at the suit of Oldfield and others, and that .."eboieno
custody under that order, he was served with an ot`-tsie
from the Court of Exchequer for non-payment of te'
action in the latter Court. st 3. •
the
Mr. Cobbett now grounded his application on 4.1
ment that the writ under which he was originally ""-4 trf
custody was illegal on the ground of informality', en o°e
°
being in illegal custody, he could not be detaine-deljed
second process. The Learned Gentleman er,e-
points of informality in the original writs at gr—,a3
and with considerable ability, and he cited muneVoer
to show that the first arrest being illegal, the de""
~;
illegal also, and he was entitled to his discharge.
The COURT could not go into the question of t,,7100ce,"4
or illegality of the writ issued from the Court of
tits ~,
ot,
Their Lordships would not say that if the ".oulutd
illegal, the Learned Gentleman's argument that he -cosrv,d
legally be detained on the attachment from titerte°,,o'
Exchequer, might not be good. However, the 00.1:00
go into neither of those two questions. They he- ordlV
diction over the proceedings of courts at least cledliol
with this. The applicant must therefore be rem iriv he
seek his remedy in the courts by whose authOr"
toy
committed to custody add detained. 0
`00,11!
Mr. Cobbett was accordingly conducted back to,,rtirt
Prison in custody. His appearance in this vunfPfeol
arose.in this way had applied to the Court°l.bicp,loo
quer and Queen's Bench for the writ of habeas,
b" ni."ette"
refused in them, but subsequently (in this term)
the application of Mr. Cobbett in person. JO'
The application occupied the greater part of the
Alr.)
BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS
• (Before Mr. Commissioner Sri:mlool94 de
IN RE JAMES SMITH WILLIAMS. ts 1013D.01'
This bankrupt, who came up on his own Iselpio
scribed as a master mariner, in Clement's-lane'
street. He came up for his last examination. a 11111)f
The Solicitor to the fiat said, that in this coed
signees had been chosen, nor had any creditors Preted Arty
debts. They commiserated the bankrupt, wilno al.oo/
shipwrecked in the West Indies, and lost his s,,whr nor
whole of his property, save two chronometers. ?to III"
application was, that as the creditors did not vasilhie e%the
fere, that the bankrupt should be allowed to pass, a for ;„0
nation, and that an early day should be app
AO'
Court to grant the certificate, as the bankrupt 1'I"' eta'
e
to obtain another ship. tuell•ta
The COMMIS,IONER said the case was one for &boll%
tion, and he would assist as much as possible the 08
100 o 6
to pass. boa t° •
The Solicitor said that as this bankrupt ,„if ell' for ,
whole of his effects, he had to apply on his WI:101;e
of the two chronometers should be given uP h•-galf
captain without a chronometer was like a ship 11' "-
Aer
the
a rudder. orv'„
The CosunisSlONEE said that he bad no powel:,;od
official assignee to give up any property; all he CO „
to order an allowance up to the time of the aPk-
-0100
assignees.
The Solicitor said that it was exceedingluesY tberM
tiom sr'
assignees would ever be appointed; the q ore
was, whether the Commissioner could not order ,h 'lo° s
to be given up ; the bankrupt had, in fact, lost
ot
his effects. • , ,e OP,
The COMMISSIONER—I see he only had 4s. to „dew 011
official assignee. It is a case much to be conimise!-ect to 04
I cannot make any order. I, however, do not oWoisterl
assistance which can be legally given. The chrono
valued at 701.

Yteri
CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS 74 oe vA
ol 0
Three girls, named Adams, Pree, and DOD,
two mere children, were charged with stealiob Hula
cabbageand Day ws, value 6d. tbe
PrFe well were dressed in the uniformeagirstieell,
born union, which induced Mr. Greenwood to nod
their condition. It appeared that these children icisrvoor
" let out " to Mrs. Adams, a dress-maker, St•Apof„„°ric
that Mrs. Adams had sent them out to the garu-as
man named Foniison, residing at Old St. POI°. Der Os
to rob it of its produce. With them she ,se ,en 0013-te`,/'
daughter, the third prisoner, and they were lade all":
spoils of the poor man's garden when theylien
`l
The two poor little paupers burst into tears
rested, whilst Adams jeered and laughed at their et-origP
did not appear that the poor children had been :044 e(
business, and when apprehended they said it /12:,1
fault ; that their mistress had sent them out to 5"-
tables.
erC e
' i
Mrs. Adams, who assumed a very consequerltli
mitted that she
sent the unfortunate children ", bow
child, to take the cabbages, but she heard e're'''
ot
fe
were doing so. f f
Mr. GREENWOOD severely reprimanded her -
duct. He said the children from the workhouse sliew,en
continue under her care—she was unfieto hfitebetn"-ve of
any child. He would discharge them, and send st 00'
the workhouse. Adams he would sentence to P",,Jri,soP
ss. and the value of the cabbages, or five days' •0P
IPle
DEVONFORT INDEPENDENT-OFFICE' tio••
°„f0,551#,
HALF-PAST TWO P.M.-The Archduke Constal„al a voil,
sia, son of the Emperor, landed yesterday fr°",. ipao, Jo
74, now lying in the Sound. He is a fine you %i,
rently about 19. He visited the Port-Milutc.-araile'nsoi,
West, K.C.8., and afterwards Rear-Admiral Sir '0004,00'2
K.C.8., in the Dockyard. His Highness tte,„9o PlijoePhe
by the Russian Admiral, and his ExcelleneY e—ci at -$t tgl
't
the Russian Ambassador, with whom he lanche ur ite
head's Royal Hotel this day. The Archduke P%,1 ssosot,
Royal Hotel, Plymouth, and the Ambassador the, oitP.
the Royal Hotel, Devonport. His Highness cis'reeiveed
and military departments to-morrow. He wa,,Sr
all the honours due to his rank on leaving t'he bleey
landing. is stillocee'
THE HERRING FISHERY.—ProvidenC` tsl',66
sing this part of the western coast with unexewe Isrge'd t';‘,
~00
in the herring fishery. On Thursday night
jle 8119
yet had was made near Mutton Island, withiulcorer
harbour, and the joy of the poor fishermen is e been ~e; rot.'
know not if other portions of the coast Wive, for 1" A
favoured, but the finest field is open at prese,iii;ficatorti fro,
chase of herrings in this market.—Galway calve peel
IBRAHIM PAcHA.—The last advices rebis Oig,teollb
Florence, in date of the 9th instant, state tbatc :ste frl't
will leave Leghorn on the 13th, on board tThbroini gre°o(
frigate, for Genoa. After visiting that town bas 'seati
will proceed to Toulon, the arsenal of which he
desire to see. He will arrive at 111ar=eilles abeti„Vt°ls,lo the '
se°
the present month, and after a short sojourill'is sdr
he will proceed to the baths of Vernet, where'
he will pass the winter months.

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1' of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
1,1,,,j_R031 Ti 310RICDTG PAPERs oF THIS rsa:v.
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1,e,,.;"1:t•••--It was perfectly natural that the Ant.is.Corn-1, _
lifNstitie should take advantage of the present crisis to imo
Are
thenew.il views more strongly en the public mind.t
aNe
sit,e,,_ will have been surprised to hear of the !ree r d 0
:Qhe convened last week at Birmingham ostensibly to d
sour to Mr Charles Villiers, but in reality to make a de •
et°t°3sttarattio_n a.gainst the existence of a corn law in the pre-
be
"sit that eof the country. Surprise will perhaps.. rathereir-
t„, , n at a meeting of this kind, collected under these
be`e'll's
.Cs and by the authority of men who have never
ho.eretingulahed for their tact and moderation, there should•lle
differ
_e. uso little acrimony and asperity art ' "
the h,%lPeakers. The speeches on this occasion were,ina
tee, ' temperate and appropriate; but there remained
has
sade verPlus of those stock niaiseries which usance
b. the dramatic r rt f the League, and which
,`'s subie td • P. °Ye Y. o
•0 say •• e e it to ridicule in quarters where it oughta
steih e been influential. Mr. Cobden talked in 0 _
chea" ,cf puerile exaggeration about the redundance
.f
10._,P. Dread which would result from a repeal of the coma
pro";eJdos_. as if the experience of this very year had rl
tilattbewrnt all !previous information had. suggested-viz.,
luppi3,
afe la neither in Europe nor in Amenc.a tha. abundant
11.,ek
‘,. food which can, in the most propitious times: over-
to dt'ae Markets of any one country. The great objection
karite,_,exiting corn-law is, that it prevents that equable
4oes,ta 'on of food which the aggregate average of the corn.
totioa`', tbtoughout the world is calculated to promote.
of
forei tnat its repeal would inundate us with a vast influx
lierygae,wlieat is contrary both to all experience of foreign
oet„:.11, and, in a greater degree, to common
.sense. _ A__
h,erruld teach us better than a political economist (ind. all
i'llsihriers ate, ea: vi termini, political economists) bow man.
tante e it would be for the people of any nation to co
a.
„bOS. PP(I, tieing cheap wheat for foreign . export a
4atotat law, corn-law contravenes the operationf ot
m.
qtette. law, and embarrasses the mechanism o co
t'
tooleaora ibafity:ei goorta;sere repealed to-morrow, bread would
,
, be
2d. a loaf cheaper, nor the value of
d land be diminished even at first as. much
sal7,Per cent. in value. Mr. Cobden should be cautmus.in thre In tilee grossly coloured misrepresentations. Ag,.i!le,
tilliiilr,",s! as Usual, some Utopian declamation about
etnli-
kyed'4ro.e when the navy of the country shall be t,,,,ta taaritda in , fighting the country's battles, orguardingits
cot-
t'll good, colonies, but in conveying and re-conveying „„
Ntse,d;and other manufactures all over the world. Of
lent . is traditional sentiment was cheered by those pre-
Isa:4 any absurdity will always be by a great
Ice of
"1111141° have met together for the furtherance
ear-
Ince ef,,aslect and with the desire of preserving the spit
..
4','lltar'„°n„iillity But it might be suggested to such semi b4a,.t,,,tli7\,Lat,sluen'that the intrusion of nonsense is alwa3 aof
in
,!13,. a roan ,sage to the interests of a party • and there is
"'nnhen3 throughout the country, with eyes and brains
4_l°4 theZ who is not aware that the greatness of England
;„`u the t,,,a'eatsess of English commerce are indebted as muchte
igen '-'°wess of our naval' and military services, as to
th
6°l. ''ll. u 114;" industryof our manufacturers and merchanms.
r,,,!tiv°o 74 be difficult to indicate countries, which are co
iteotl ) 'gnorant of our manufacturing skill, but which are
ss calibre
familiar with the ‘quality of our three-deckers, and kore'"" of our ss as n The fact is, that as long as human
lila ienlaius what ite.;(a 11 we see no reason for expectingt
tt,xitessrs. Cobden andl Brightn are destined to change it),
,14vr Z. 41711,11 be respected in proportion to its power, and 1
mete 7 her., de respected upon its military resources. When our
iitseia'Zsaa., gereat carr.ying prophecyins.trumnt our s
__ kit
totrete that
muses, it requir no ft of pp to forete
shall losel all our power, and half_ 4or till,meree• liniti? is 'u to observe how far men will ii'llof enlseives to be Ipsocuerssmed with one idea to the exclw. tier every
then'otOnly should recollect that,. ho
ill rnideal
.:311ottoka worid,vfmhseilevhe,s, they have to address tmhenairtdnoca-
in order to be conve , 4tn'ect ed by Iracticable promises, nor provoked be specu-
tf d otchets
i\ 4141, ne other instance of this one -thougdhtedasatyylae,
'ell el.; with important raatters
o necessity for voting
,c4stary 141-9, and there will be n _
Mr. Cob en .
tt,ti,sti learn ief .to Ireland." Indeed! Whereer did Mr.
,' and otitts? Mr. Cobden is a Mem
Ifera tbataat to know something of Ireland.Whwerheeadtid?
tide
ty at. , the Irish are in the habit of consuming
6 ~. anti L° Consume it this year, it will be for the first
11119 get illt',,sits,. Petet that he does.t not intend that they.t
lt,:f'sey faawlatneooul pa) mg for 1 .n_l.f they do pay for 1 ,
g d if they don't pay for
Ni.l4tefor4t:th,_:wifle:l:lo.llolo'ttbuyniet ffroorratheEmn,-thaey 'will go without it, and
(5,1:
.CoLcielle,Ses dear in the English markets. So much
argument about openin the p9rts. yh.e
kr ti,'`.t of ~, ed, however, was not to rotea aanummndfismcnonmely-
tle essr,,-,aney to the Irish, but to vote
employment in some
tt,":ltitsl icfV.! Platrpose of giving them
Ikx_elltion-.(1 pop.osition whic.h meamvphereafter occuPY
'l•;thttlo of i,,,:jue.Legislature as beingemine-Zsdoielvae;dbinnttwhheivehexehde
%? ftiv? grievances and their
4141 'ornes ar`-agne may think entirely beneathßnt
tthheerireamotoicnee.
tea% abieen of having but one idea.
ttoald.%t4latilhavleiafireaedymay infer from their t,
been taught by past experiencev itzli.e,
It would
thre,e 4eea : 1 Party connexions and obligations.t
tlil hof4 :1 for them if they had
influence
le 151)41 •0. They would have game
rat slaty b . bothleareeddlais some two or
silo
Ref that
,_.Y pursuing a course diAamedtriitcailalyrintehaetiorne.-
64e!bith,,alch they have pursued.
thri„ls pro-la-ploy miht not have succeedednal:tehtteerlatthtaern
havethey
4," bett,rgtaiMg their opinions.
an their authors. sotl,„g streo,th
't Nor is it difficult to
ltarid to_ , the League is losi 1 .
FAreseittriade opinions are
toensa; s 7 reason of this. The League
L It dealt in tbe
‘rott'aas also eminently dictatorm _
was eminently
teht2l°4t ti.,'• myectives, the most shamefilal
minn_endoes, and
i ad all dissen-
elsL!taeet`Zottie
imperiousness. It
,44,11,4 s pill 4 0 their country; it denouncedprne tthhee
,'3" ',.s a „g'rs and plunderers; it attac
was
aatCg r ih
uerucili-
I' e s tit o- ° "*„. ~aeY, if not in direct terms
alsith'aY as° - -LNO wonder, therefore, that it
ftqarattto Jatos,oaaetraitteJaeobin club in disguise.. No regarded least
wo_iidweriatihieadt
A ,14 I e „Persons, who, for reasons,commercialvr
'ttis.„`Ltatl„,_tott made in the present corn-law, aloofand
Ire-", etivele4 seemed a combination of radicalism the -t Iltt',4 ;no wonder, also, that m Persons who
tlare'kagoe•'..Mdifferent to the corn-law hiaednvytinhleemntsealynedsinto-
tosilato.ryThe best vehicle for their own
affecting the
tett
denial
~r.tries. Thus a great question 4144.7tations of England with the rest of the world,
died' was tithing), coolness of intellect with moderation of pur-
of,o,tboot C.„ed into a subject of party agitation, ba„,'''e troe'l.'weea two sets of men with all theaheemataaantndodibfiaa+e-
°Spo'e PartiP Party contest. The Lear
shichsolts f Y aware of its past errors. t. nowi leloasmainngo.obnle,
tire, reqii ur repairina• them. A great crisis
duet e, t raa net b .orat , l exaggeration, nor calumnyrnenoarnin.vern-
elic•-•hof Iking from the magazines of me
kboh.)-11slaee'le knowledge, sagacity, and abilityotrmanean.
t k,,"' ofa, and deeplyinterested in the commercial.. _.a
4 --1 P-e cosst .. attributable in its ?rig'
teN, arlia_ ---rY; a crisis, not .
°NI? and d:lielltary enactment, though increwashediehinititsmninast
Ist,ll the ,„L'Posed to a recurrence by a law
s the 1,, sare , _
~R gout(,ae ', to
ery statesman to. revtlieown ajdemmboodclifyy..
t''SiPir.,,:atry out its professed inten
4,4 en l'4iii -114:1(11noesxtprmesosdinegratteheawrniOnh the
ncy-
ges of the
commercialmost in-
Itlr'iti"l3' "t aPleen, acrimony, and
quests n,
wanildl
tot '",g oft' falLeeeed in settling this momentousta tillr,7l.]q it 'tare perils like those which now threatenl us ;-
11( IN
seretarn s original character of ;itntnonoeb-astirudeedt,
So granteaeoesseeti'clique, and it will do as muc.
(41tivarie good cause as under better auspices it might
tktr Ao-,\lce it.
the act fre,,,, LE.--.to the
Chronicle of yesterday we gave an
INlttrPor-t waalsea,tling article in Sunday's Observer, of which-
:I,ET, ,110 ii a further
Capprise
.thehpubolmic.ltahwast,
oftllellas shin 4 protecatilge in t e cting a
4, e slice is to be on or adop fixed nt '
Ministers
Vh, henoannt'-
tle ng.seal made is to b. e ma.detootethmeopLinedcipa.loe
"0 to be duties e but the scale itself is.
is
I'l4, ", alt 'while the mode of taking the averages
of
k -st, i qed as
, rei NI th
cal by excluding the coarser qualities.
Alp sakia , e culation to regulate the. admission_v.etinoerf
ka,rlst, 11,‘"Y the prices fetched at any time b., tn kCorA.rates ,11 8, in effect, to secure
_us always
V• t amg , duties than those which would be fixed
aLe the ' taking I. sth e present mode of the
favtehre-
ip,°mtry. Hof- Observer e • If out as an organ o . ,
to;Illastio this
,s, as wellvs it" f the last), the article
ish idle ek-"cd somelittl as
sensationo in the clubs ; andbe .
‘i•ttls „
tritleroen
„ went aboeutduring the afternoon speiceu.
Mule
dots -uPPosed explanation of the Ministerial po] y
kret„-meilta no such thing. The thing is too preposterous._to
I,lt4Pt t° err as if there were one iota of truth in it. We
g °Ca Pilat es,rr by supposing that Sir R. Peel and hiscol
At the"tarse,„,°" net supposing
act in a straightforward manner,
144 •i
111, Y aVe '4 ebst° ,
do! the necessities and feelings of the country.
„ggi.., huiab i lots after all ; theknow that the country
'4e3,' by tir to be fooled with insignificant changes,ctr
lta. gelikilliialPable frauds. If the corn-laws can be upheld,
sSir o-
7; if ab °A, that theymust be upheld in their present.
,s)lt
,Indoned, that it vill not be possible to deceive
%litli'herat), t° the extent lof the change to be made.t
siten.,g-seeie 'lows well enough that he has tinkered bs
4t at 'ice- to the utmost extent consistent with A
toetosYwaethatilrdretdhat . the squires would be as impatient
~,,eq t.,, 0,
a, _ uction of a pivot, which they look upon as
' 4 fixed
:. ail lion
More rapid diminution of duties, which
I',l°Do "4 rll,l' insuflicient as they would be at the proposal
i•"( 04 al ''''' °r Perhaps' of free trade. As for the
,atic it ~,, teration of the even
of taking the averages, no
Pitt,lit ilaDe°,,,lll(l Meet theepTeosel:tjust outcry against reg.u-
hard'i,,ati°ll by the price of a quantity of inferior
doe.-, le, s at for
If lii -tit J eaciad. human food. But if you I.N hlo ing the inferior qualities from tlfla Nth., wet the existin otection as effeeecgateuvcaetlrlaygoeasusr,
'tll4 i `l, the
thap ?'llo°rtation b • •
Pivot If you get at the average that_
I,ei, it w 'so gaol, Y taking into consideration only the
I.''sh Ida s les, you ensure that average being higher
,a' Ith,q4ott atuaerktlentdser the present law at the same rate of
to the e oes • Upon the same. quantity of corn sold
14 wi,aae,
n.s_aF.e_now returned is 505., the average taken
otettat„
I%,:neatites alone w.ould, very robably, be
4711te, he h. , onsider the habitual amount of. difference
NOON re 'gneat and lowest prices of wheat in the same
Go e l eel coufident that this is not over-rating the dif-
kt,ca,i.tranititoitolrbestult fromtakm. g the average in the pro-
-4414 .'e chlty "suer% therefore, under the present law the
the` 4 utit,, 0, U attaches, under such a system there
be 58. avera,•,' q onlywhere under the present
4414 r Would be estimated at 635., and the duty
11 ell tii,
tt !tolib, at 738. Proposed plan the averag9 serald pro
..bly
I,:kal rti otid' and there would be a shillinduty. t llama!
4,,, too 'karst', the Observer says, "proven s
tcjitleolabsiooef the present system." But womueld it not
ttetate'tt's tois,Y,
.so from the possibility even of coma ry
.1,144 at to '4log its tendency ? And if they are likely
*lie of con such a ,
a.. est.. ew_ relaxation, why not let. them h..ave.the
4-"tq pr,Zeke
ore to free trade openly and without disguise
Llietl nees e„tue,oorn-laws has surely been one of shams
' Neit'' k fresh i'gn, to spare us the necessity of con-
itlt ha
thfabric of fraud for their tomb. We a.re. per-
4, ef.
Ist xpea_ -
%ser.er has in this case been unwittingly
ia :'l4,(koe soil:,.ent., not of a ministerial plan, but of the dea-
,4 cke,, wooid ,?rudia_to Ta
eor Tadpole. It is
great-aimsst
_unchfe
4 ,I,s4l4:_ag.thei'r ygeA itself to those whose
ei li
at dread
tiy pnio,
,!',??,,t3, together ;" who have a.
1043. `,!th, io 't,''taolit sey comprehension of itgr; who have
tb`at b"r cotitt 'le gullibility
l manlier of men, and
.es-
' 3' r 37 gentlemen andfarmers ; and who think
01 Are kteh Pret
%ANA Ilre from erles as these they may escape
411.'' lilt, 'elathl --
without, while they retain. a
4 44b. su-re'ta far of adhering to the principles
.eqed . their party. Such shifts as these are
biqoad irt Peei 41 the last throes of expiring abuses.
th4e4eatis,bellalfoPthhave determined or consented to make.e
1),„ coro!i -es, or b,,_ sliding scale. He may have apprised
ir`t th 41v8 4, "n induced by them to admit that, though
Z° t "akin "st be, repealed, he cannot as Minister pro-
rotb ;or
lat,4%"••he may hviaat we believe to be much more neare i4Attle hat 144v° got tsave made up his mind to give up thd
I off the subject started in the Cabinet, an
stai„ e ahriounci h* •
tit, Wil 'eade out ring Is policy until circumstances
n:, the atev,r 1 a stronger case against the sliding
Oe'lie oef4ll-laws le
Willa!ny have done, or may intend to
I.l°Ntelli,llll,:;i:ndethe a • not last many months longer.
doomed them. All who disapprove
-(1 he sae rtnined that the mischief shall last no
klr. tie
„,, supporters of th
hod Aele, ma reporters . am have avowedly renounced
ket'isis, 11, have
aUg, them. Some, like Mr. Escott and
to , 414, truk 48 lely declared such a conviction. The
watvt•he ruse ho, Iv got to deprecate a " precipitate" repeal.
.of pike the
.11forning Post, still remain staunch
lit ti4ir l'9Y, regard themselves as betrayed, and
ulabilitY to defend their cause. The

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