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!muted, sent over here to be manufactured. professions of his party, and Lord PALMERSTON,
In the year 1849-50, there was, as shown in with all the pacific character of his long official
Mr. COURT'S official statement, as well as in policy, agree in admitting that some increase in our
Messrs. HOLLINSHEAD'S, a slightly decreased con- defences is requisite. The difference of opinion
sumption; and in the year 1850-51 there was a between them, which resulted in a change of
considerable decrease. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE ministry, is a difference only in detail; for men of
explained how this arose. He said that the year ordinary observation, whose judgment is not warped
1850-51 " was a year of speculation ; and cotton, by crotchets, agree that this is just a case in which
being greatly enhanced in value, the Americans it would be too late to look for shelter when the
sent it to England and Europe, and pocketed the storm has arisen.
enhanced value on the cotton, which was more In military circles, the militia man is looked down
than they could realize on the manufacture." The upon as a sort of policeman ; the officers hold their
cotton manufacture of America, we may remark, is commissions from the lord lieutenant of the county,
confined to heavy goods, combining not above 30 and not directly from the crown; and when we see
to 35 per cent. of labour; and, when cotton is a gallant captain presiding at an agricultural dinner,
dear, these goods are displaced by the finer fabrics or a fire-eating major chaffering in a shop or market
of Great Britain, which contain from 100 to 150 place, our associations point to Ameri
per cent. of labour in their cost. How does Mr. driving omnibuses, or waiting at table in the la.
CARDWELL treat this explanation of the falling off hotels. If ridicule could put down common sense,
in American consumption last year ? He treats however, the latter would have been driven from
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE'S "inference" as being that, the world long ago; and the associations of the
of course, the American sent his cotton hereas being country, connected with a military force and yea-
generally more profitable than manufacturing it; manry cavalry, are not yet so faint as to have
whereas that gentleman expressly confined his banished our respect for their services during the
remarks to a year of high price and expected last war. We glow with enthusiasm at the idea of
scarcity of the raw material. Mr. CARDWELL defending our island empire, and there is no hypo-
disingenuously pers;sts in drawing this false crisp in the hearty response to the sentiment " our
conclusion, notwithstanding his being informed altars and our homes ;" and yet there is not a
by Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE that in the six country in Europe in which the inhabitants in
months ended March Ist, this year, the con- general are so utterly helpless as in England. Our
sumption in America—cotton being cheap--had industrious disposition, conscious security, and love
been 342,000 bales, against 165,000 bales in the of comfort have, in a military sense, unmanned us.
corresponding period of the year preceding. And, With the exception of licensed. sportsmen and
what is more, the very circular of Messrs. HOL- habitual poachers, how few are there who could
LINSIIEAD and TETLEY predicted that this would level a musket properly; and of the "gentlemen of
be the case, well knowing that the decline in the England tho live at home at ease," is there one in
manufacture there had been exceptional, and owing i a million who could bring a broadsword either to
to high prices. They say, " One thing is pretty the stroke or to the parry ? In countries where
certain, which is, that a larger amount than this game is abundant, and game laws almost or
year will be retained in the States for consumption." unknown, every man from his youth up is aeons-
And now with respect to Mr. CARDWELL'S sta- I tomed to the use of fire-arms; and the same effects
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CARDWELL accounts in a sufficiently satisfactory
manner for the discrepancy between the return man in the United States is practically a militi,
furnished to Mr. NEWDEGATE and that furnished man, whether he be enrolled or not; and the un-
to himself. The former included only ships with I erring certainty of many a Canadian rifle has long
cargoes ; the latter all ships, whether with cargo or been on a par with the bow and arrow of TELL.
in ballast. And he says further : If the regular army feel inclined to smile at the
" Gentlemen, before we hegun our free-trade, the ton- militia, we will reply by figures, and show that
nage British of this country, inwards and outwards, in 180,000 men, sufficiently trained, have only cost u
the year, was fire and a half millions ten years ago (hisses
and cheers.) Well, now I am coming to the period, I And the rns
suppose you want to know—in the year 1849—will that
satisfy the gentleman ? (cheers.) In the year 1849 the
tonnage was 8,152,000 tons ; and in the year 1851 it had
increased to 8,535,000 tons."
This is only a little shuffle of the figures. Mr.
BRAMLEY-MOORE'S object had been to skew that,
taken as it is set down in either of the returns, the
British tonnage inwards had been nearly sta-
tionary, whilst there had been a large increase
of foreign tonnage inwards. Mr. CARDWELL
found that a more imposing statement as regarded
British tonnage could be made out by taking the
amount both inwards and outwards ; and he does
so, showing an increase in the two years of 383,000
But although called upon to give the foreign
as well, he shuffles off to another topic. We shall
give the foreign tonnage for him, taken from the
same report as the British. In 1849 the amount
inwards and outwards was 3,348,620 tons. In 1851
it was 4,936,125 tons, showing AN IMCREASE IN
FOREIGN TONNAGE, IN TWO YEARS, OF 1,587,505

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as much as 8,000 soldiers.
strength of ten to one is only part of the effect
they will give a more martial tone to the public
character, which we greatly require;
anything offensive in their proceedings, they will
familiarise our people with the necessity for defen-
sive operations. Besides, there are well known
gradations in the great constituent branches of the
army itself. The "gentlemen of the guards" (for
formerly every private was a gentleman by birth)
look down upon those who are not of the household
troops; the scientific artilleryman claims precedence
of the slashing dragoon ; and the latter looks down
upon the "sidier roy" (red soldier) or soldier of the
line. The militia force will only form another and
lower step in military precedence, but a most im-
portant one that is.
Mr. COBDEN assures the country that there is no
need of precaution, that the Militia Bill is only a
gratuitous and useless increase of taxation, that all
the world is at peace, and that the constituencies
TONS will disapprove of this attempt to arm quiet people.
But we come to the question of the Navigation He could not have advocated these BRIGHT ideas
Laws, with respect to which Mr. CARDWELL has better if he had been in the pay of France ; for the
endeavoured to show that he gave no pledge, and burglar would fain persuade householders that it is
therefore has betrayed none. Upon this matter useless to lock their doors, as all men of late have
we can speak from our own knowledge; and upon been seized with a fit of honesty. The whole peace
pretences question is a great truth or a solemn delusion,
us, therefore, Mr. CARDWELL'S plausible
are thrown away. We were present at the meet- according as we view it in a right aspect or a wrong;
ing referred to by Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE as having and those who make long speeches against our
been held at the Carpenters' Hall, at which an defensive preparations, have a greater development
endeavour was made to draw out from Mr. CARD- of jaw than of brain. We advocate Christianity,
WELL some expression of his views intelligible to I yet guard against an infidelity which is known to
honest men. Well might that gentleman say that exist; we acknowledge morality, yet dai
the shipwright, who expressed his doubts of Mr. that all men have yet learned the lesson ; we pro-
CARDWELL'S sincerity on that occasion, was a mote honesty, yet adopt precautions against thieves;
phrenologist ! Mr. CARDWELL, on that occasion, we would make every reasonable sacrifice for peace,
talked, it is true, in his usual ambiguous style— yet woe to the man who would bring fire and sword
upon the faculty of doing which, by the bye, he into our country or our dwellings. The Manchester
seems to congratulate himself. But Mr. CARD- men's free trade in fighting is like their free trade
WELL stood in that meeting by the side of Mr. in corn ; they will concede everything and claim
BRAMLEY-MOORE whilst that gentleman distinctly nothing. This is very like what is called Irish
expressed his conviction that Mr. CARDWELL felt reciprocity—all on one side. Our Scotch neighbours
as the meeting felt with respect to the question of say that " it's ill reasoning between a hungry man
the Navigation. Laws—that the principle of those and a fu' ane;" and we never desire to hear a
laws should remain intact. Where is that principle foreigner's law of the strong hand laid down,
now? We heard Mr. CARDWELL, too, on the unless we have an equally strong hand to reply to
hustings, when he used the fact of his having the his arguments.
Chairman of the Dock Committee on one hand, It is said by some that the ballot must be resorted
and the Chairman of the Shipowners' Association to, but we do not by any means think so. There
on the other, as a proof of his sincerity upon the are many vigorous fine fellows in partial employ-
same question. This may have been a " cute" ment, who would be delighted to serve their country
rebuff of " a cute electioneering dodge," Mr. without any bounty to induce them ; and there are
CARDWELL; but on neither of these occasions many others who will be attracted by the eclat of
could a doubt have remained upon your mind that soldiering. But independent of this, there is a
you were conveying, wilfully, an impression that widely diffused spirit of patriotism, as the rifle clubs
you were favourable to a Conservative policy with attest ; and we venture to assert that there is not a
respect to the Navigation Laws. And with respect shire in the kingdom that could not raise a regiment
to the correspondence of Mr. CARDWELL with Mr. of volunteers if they were absolutely necessary,
SAMUEL HOLME, and other gentlemen, upon the without the slightest reference to clothing, arms, or
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his pledges, we ask, dare he authorize the whole of

THE FUTURE MEMBER FOR HULL.
AFTER the able and effective speech delivered by Mr.
BRAMLEY Mooan on Thursday last at the Amphitheatre,
we cannot but congratulate the constituency of Hull, who
have secured the services of such a man as their future Re-
presentative in Parliament. His friends in this town have
had many previous opportunities of estimating his great
abilities and high character"; and many have predicted for
him, in a more public and dignified station, the success
and credit which have attended his position in this town
as Its chief magistrate, and chairman of one of its most
important trusts. We now feel confident, however, of
equal success attending his career as a legislator. With a
vigour of mind and manliness of spirit calculated to en-
able him to overleap the artificial impediments which
have prevented so many able men from shining upon that
arena, Mr. BRAMLEY MOORE has shown that he possesses
eminent business ability and commercial information,
combined with the rare power of bringing them to bear
effectively upon an audience. His manner also as a speaker
is excellent, being calm, self-possessed, and full of con-
fidence—the confidence, however, of one conscious of his
mental resources, as distinguished from the assurance of
too many of our praters in Parliament. Mr BRAMLEY
MOORE will prove a valuable auxiliary to the Earl of
DEBBY'S Governmentupon all questions where sound com-
mercial information is required; and, if we mistake not, he
will be a thorn in the sides of the men of blue books and
Board of Trade statistics.

those "private and confidential" letters of his upon

the subject to be published ? Gentlemen do not
publish such letters, unless so authorized, even

when flagrant cases like this would almost excuse
them. Mr. CARDWELL says that, as soon as he

returned, he sat down and read diligently the
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evidence brought before the Committee which was

to decide his course. Excellent schoolboy ! Mr.
CARDWELL knew his lesson long before he came

down to Liverpool to befool and betray his too

confiding friends.

And mark, Protestants of Liverpool—mark, too,
Roman Catholics of Liverpool—mark, all who trust

this double-dealing gentleman ! What did Mr.
CARDWELL do with respect to the question of the

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