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a remedy was given in our columns a few weeks since
The communication of " Spectator" is important, and shall
meet with attention.
'• P. S. M." must stand over.
The reporter of the paragraph which appeared in our paper of
Friday week. headed "CONVICTION OF —," the accu-
lacy of which has been impugned by Mr. Melhuish, one of
the defendants, desires us to say that it was substantially
correct, and that the insinuation of any persod whatsoever
having interfered so as to induce him to give a colouring
to it is entirely without foundation in fact. The reporter
adds that he has attained pretty much the. position of the
man, the boy, and the ass in the fable, both parties being
dissatisfied with the report—one stating that it was too
strong against the defendants, and the other complaining
that it was not strong enough against them. Before Mr.
Melhuish proceeds to set reporters right, however, he
should learn himself to be accurate. lie had the sum-
' mons in his own possession which stated the nature of the
charge against him, yet for some reason or other he has in-
correctly copied it.

ilinrpoof

4 412
and political iconomiste of thr prPir..nt nna the r-°
century I Mr: Cohan km dioroverea, find on 11"/11.
tinyftizht propounded to the House of Coonnone, 0 af
truth not to ha almlon, that the colonial crill'ire O
great Britain is only maintained et.a positive /ogg,
"financial as well as commercial, to the nation
---tbat
our system of colonization and colonial affairs is one

of unmixed evil and injustice"!
The mode by which Mr. Cobden attempted to prove
this striking conclusion is something eolho-
ing. This country, he argues, " furnishes the
nies with army, navy, and civil and military estahlis '!'
ments all over the world ; she finds them schoolfor.
tern, bishops, and magistrates ; she has built their_
;,._facts, Of
lighthouses and constructed their canals
which, to the sweeping extent in which they are here
hitherto__
alleged, we believed the world at large was
like the follow-
scarcely informed. We have done and resourcesdoing all
this, it is urged. We are developing the of
our rich possessions. We protect, at me cost, the
so f
interests of our fellow countrymen, the inhabitants o
those possessions; and, its a tnercantile sp
the ac-
r•
eculation--
looking at the debtor and per contra sides of
—the nation, Mr. Cobden argues, is a lose
These colonies, he maintains, (by a very absurdlY
overdrawn calculation,) co us annually fromfive t°
g
six millions sterling. They employ for their preserva-
tion three fourths of our army (I) and a considerable
portion of our navy ; nd ordnance; whilst (eaclusice of
the East Indies) they only take, of our exports, to the

count—

amount of ten millions per annum.
Certainly, if we could consent to look at the questit:l6
with Mr. Cobden, in the spirit of a pedlar, and if woai
could adopt his facts; if we could weigh the cost
nd
our colonies to the British empire after his fashi°°' a•on
set that cost against the profit derived
from £10,000,000 per annum of exports ; we
agree with him that, as a mercantile concern, they ail'
a losing one. But we cannot admit that three-fnuried
of the army and navy of Great Britain are
employ
in the preservation of the colonies, leaving out of 07f
the East Indies; nor can we see the reasonablenefisour
by the nauht
omitting, in a calculation of the consumption e 1,24
colonial empire, the amount of exports to the
fact
Indies. We cannot, either, shut our eyes to the .es;
that they are producing as well as consuming ellfor
that they afford convenient and secure entrePets;
our commerce with the rest.of the world, and that they
may almost be regarded as military and naval stai
and fortresses, from which that commerce can, at_
ill
times, and against every enemy, be protected. the Alie
the colonies of Great Britain, and you strike at
a
roots of her commercial power—nay, of herrotver ase
nation. Alienate those colonies, and you destroy to,
fulcra of the levers with which alone you ca
opera
upon the commercial systems of other countries!
serinus
It would be manifestly absurd to argue roll
such a position with such an opponent ; and eye
glad to observe that not a member of the house
teered, on Thursday last, even a passing word of rep vol
to the League's chosen apostle. We refer to trash
'
contemptible only because it proves incontestiblYbis
proof were even wanting, the utter unfitness 01
ton
man's mind to grapple with any question greater t
the peddling statistics with which he enlivens ne ei
corn-law debate. Mr. Cobden's is—par excellenP it
e
the huckster's school of political economy. With
Cop'
nation's greatness is measured by its power of
0f
sliming the cottons of Manchester, the woollens
Leeds, or the hardware of Sheffield ; and in the Ito
of such a man, or of politcians of his cast, how 'of
would the greatness of this empire be onlY a tatierio
past years—a companion picture to the fallen g'°
of a Tyre, a Sidon, or a Babylon 1

nolis
There is a small being in the House of C°llvg
/
named Blewitt—an attorney, we believe, spoilt by Pe'his
converted into a member of parliament—who is

night to move the following resolution ►
" That an humble address be presented to her igkie6totf;
most respectfully rc presenting to her Majesty that the 15(1101
people have ever been jealous of the irtterfereoce °
foreign potentate or state in their domestic policy' tha-t
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an interference is a violation of the British constituti°erhrott.
is
attended with danger to the independence of the 0, that
and to the liberties of the people ; and therefore praYie'ivis.
her Majesty will be giaciously pleased, so long 39,,51 Oa,
jesty the King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland in 9",
shall occupy the Hanoverian throne, not to emploY 003
jesty in any civil or military service, to receive with
any advice which his Majesty, as a peer of the reo l";:t11-
Privy 0,1 t
rivy Councillor, may tender her Majesty, 3 ,bje ;
hold or revoke her Majesty's Royal license to en--
Majesty to vote by proxy in the house of Lords', froo 3
'the insolence of such a motion coining oarl‘•
person like this Mr. Blewitt, we need scarcelY re:a in
upon. The silly individual in question wishes 00$
suit the uncle of the Sovereign—his Majesty

of Hanover. He is anxious to do,
to pain ''onaell, thativh oastehinggresaotecsotntecmripmtiebleinean,"
, of
the eye and
whiggery is, that he never abased his lofty 1111e3gties 0,
character to court the favour of such vulgar °3°-,:arrel
thisot Invaitmheilieisssmaonttilotna.l.enltlteisss
wll(olrrt.hßyloofritt4t.e
raWroyeeti- aalol,l
n
that is a sufficient description of its character'nt of
affords a fair criterion for determining the a°3°llo,eti
contempt with which it will be scouted by
-
honourable mind. f this
Whilst thus declaring, however, our dislike ° 0,00
mean effort of the little mind of Mr. Blewitt, sves,hich
confess that there might be circumstances under', air
we should be disposed to acknowledge that tone Tbe
stract truth is embodied in his proposed noti°,.ll:h in
people of England have "ever been jealous 0' the
terference of any foreign potentate or state,innoter
domestic policy ;" and the circumstance of sue°,,rnoti°
tate being a near relative of the Sovereign won't' ", sos
all cases effectually dissipate such jealousy If/rejig
observed that the visit of any particular -f°colul.
.potentate had ever been the sure forerunner 0 ois le
intrigues, and the instigator of measures dangie.rnallal°
the safety of the constitution, the people 0f ,'Vhotli
might justly view suth visit And interference sritnigieet
jealousy and dislike. For instance, at the yell 111-e 10
when Mr. Blewitt was heralding to the h°,,tzts ''
coming motion, a certain " foreign potot-,,:,tlie
;_peer of the realm and a privy • couticillnc'alore,
King of Belgium,—was landing upon °lir ti; all(/
brought hither upon some mysterious err° ~ ov
with the memory of past intrigues, which 1330`00ge,
tended former similar visits of that RnYal Per:rckioej
before them, the people of England may he !..1)-: st°
if they ask themselves the question, " What "I::"tige dr(
this country a prince with whom we have s° 'l"irin,o'
sire fur renewed intimacy as with Leopold Is.
i t alit3
Belgium ?"
Perhaps Mr. Blewitt will be coulPla'sall of the
virtuous enough to include in his denanciationd of ilia
Protestant King of Hanover the popish hushana to bet
daughter of Louis Philippe. There is nuth;1111.1" ter 11°.
dreaded from the advice of the former, 'lrl'lclst• •
far more to be dreaded from the advice of the
Par
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c bitter ..40,0'
On Friday last a very eminent body 0' of P'" d
cals—the Police Commissioners of the tosv° 0 bei'lri
cnester —held their last sitting, their P°weeq of that
about to merge in those of the Radical Coin gre,,,,
town,—the small nuisance to be absorbed in
...,, It .
atithortil v o,l'
nuisance. Before laying down their
~ „ ces6ar'„,;l4
ever, it appears to have been thought, --e he 'II
3of t apt
they should leave behind them a recto(' i ~ gS ; °,,e),
which has ever actuated their sayings and u:itfiorT, they
accordingly, as their last act, their expirint.ory io,
if,
proceeded to level the following extra °: :heir feil°'
against the Church of England body 43"' .
. they
townsmen. t aning4 feet'
It appears that, amongst their rece° Travis-st The
had directed the paving of a street called silts. jo
c q • t Andre sets
in which is situate the church o, -aln itre" or
custom with respect to the paying °f netWhe.first ftlfea
Manchester has been ordinarily this. °l. are aelie
they a, I) t,
or five years, or until totally iinpassable, , 1,00 ' fire
to remain knee deep in mire; and bleep, at the
take,
owners of the property on each side guar_r., ad Porai.
cost, they are paved by the commission::• The
or
into their future care as public 111111)%va.):ase. Tras at.
nary course was adopted in the press re re toud, %501
street having been to years in its n3tl
vav; tli°
eigit,
length paved and declared a public higb` ",- the n , of
las ca areo
contributions were made by the on't di ,jily
f the leg
bouring property; but in the case
t °
~ . ot
b,
the'e'
i
St. Andrew's, it was discovered iliat 1,05
he chtire
,c,
liable to such a payment, and from t . d.
fore, its prOportion could not be recovetew the 0110" ( tii°
What to do in the emergency was 13°40riti via
enquiry of the Radical and disEenting
.n; 'receive
commissioners. That the chuich should