Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-11-04

III Yet these are the men who felt ana pursued
| the great moral reforms oe this the DlDcteentf
II century, not omltting the greatest OF all-Rc
II ligious Liberty--w which our Eastern breihrei
H Of oiden time allowed to no one but them
H selves. Of a truth were the old Quakers I,
adyance of The timfs.-Phh Nat. GaE.
Il ENGLISH PoLITlcs.--To the best o
our Judgment, founded on "a careful pc
rusal Of the leading English papers OF
both sides, Of the debates in Parliamen
sc. the following letter from London
which we find in tho Montreal Courier,
gives an accurate representation of things
in England as they are DOW and as they
promise for the future. NJ Y. Com.
/ The transition from Wing to Tory
government has been made IA quietly al
the cutting Of a pack Of cards. The
trumps are of n different color, but the
game continues as before. The Wings
went out as quietly as the snuff Of nn ex-
haus,ed candle. True, they had lain Il
train which was to blow up their rivals ia
the very moment OF their triumph, but
from having been left shut up too long, IT
got damp and did not explode Still
there It is, and the moment of its ignition
is only delayed. In truth, the anti-corn-
law agitation, which could not save an
ant .corn-law minis,ry,is still proceeding,
ii has full possession of the towns, and Is
even penetrating into the agricultural
districts, where the farmer, who voted
for Torysm and protection, finds to his
as,onishment that he is brought into d.
rect competition with the foreign grower
Of corn.
In fact, as informed you in my last
would DO the case, the price OF corn grad
ually rose I'LL it reached that point (73s.
the quarier) at which foreign wheat is
admitted at a nominal duty Of Is. ; nnd
the Eng lsh farmer is exposed to CONT
mental competition al The very moment
when, by the partial damage to his own
crops, he is least able to meet it. Hun
1reds Of thousands of quarters of foreign
wheat have been poured into the English
markets, or which the spectators will
make an enormous profit, the expense
both Of the English public and The En-
glish farmer, and for which tho country
must be drained Of it. gold.
1t is thus apparent, that so far as the
argument goes of providing for our own
substance from our own soil, it is absurd:
we are now dependant on foreign corn,
and are compelled to buy it at the most
extravagant rate, because up to the mo-
mcnt of positive necessity we have per-
sisted in the silly declaration that we did
not want it, and would not take it, even
in exchange for goods that are lying rot
ten in our warehouses.
To this system Sir Robert Peel has
declared he will adhere; and ii is the
only clue he has yet given I" his policy
Fora farther development Of his plans, he
demands time and proroga:ion Of Parli-
amcnt, which il is supposed will take
place in the course Of next week. In the
meantime, great suffering exists among
the manufacturing population whole
towns are depopulated and members
have declared in the House, that they
hardly knew whether the constituencies
which had returned them were still in
existence
On various occasions the new premier
has been warmly pressed by the free
trade members ofihe opposition--Cob
VillIers, Brotherton, and othcrs-to ap-
ply some remedy to this state of things;
but Sir Robert contents himself with fall
ing back on tho pledge with which he
A al ha ..,o.,lI
and then bring forward his remedial
measures. In respect Of arguments. the
Ministerial party scarcely design or ven
ture 10 enter the arena with their oppo-
nents; their object is to hasten the ses-
sion to its premature enc, and leave the
rest to Providence and Sir Robert.
The people out of doors, however, IRE
not prepared to take things quite so cool
ly. They cannot understand the joke Of
a doctor deliberating while the patient is
dying. Those who are poor question
the mercy-those who are well off the
safety, olleaving The millions of Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire TO &c, through as
they best can winter in which the
greatest misery threatens them. ln this
spirit, numerous memorials have been
presented TO tho Queen, praying her
Majesty not to exercise her prcrogatvo
in the Propagation of Parliament until the
dsresses OF The country have been in
CURED into.
AT the meetings at which these memo
rials have been adopted, new feature,
indicating the state Of parties, is percep-
tlble; tho Chartists no longer make n
Fictitious opposition; their grievances
arc merged in those of the people, and
abstract political rights have given way
I lo the call for subsistence. The cle
monts of opposition arc gradually con
| gregaiing in the lower social strata in
what way they will be met Heaven only
knows. Every thing at present is vague
and doubtful in the political world
All We know is Tory government and
dlsconlcntod people. II is the task OF
Sir Robert Peel to harmonise these two
elements and the task is difficult one.
/ London, October !.
II Although you sec but few paragraphs now