New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-10-05
Letters from Mr.. Weed. -. -. No. XIV.
cor.-speadencs of III. Albany Evening journal.

stance would escape your notice There indeec
the change is apparent, IN the absence OF equip
ages and the comparative solitude that pervahes
the palaces and mansions OF the Nobility and
Aristocracy. Every body who have places ID
the country are oft TO them, as every pooy VIC
have invitations to places. AND those WHO iiasc
neither places nor invitations, but do not iach 'le
.nccdful,' go to Chetenham, or Brighton, or MAR
gate, or the Lakes or TO Scotland, OF to the Coh,
tiDent. And though London has thus empted
itself Of it's tens of thousands, yet Cheapsde ana
Lud. rate Hill. and Flect-stteet, and Hlgh,
L.1lborn. and Oxford-street and the Strand ana
Charing Cross, and hundred other thorough
fares. arc no more affected by the absentees tiafi
the Hudson river is by bucket OF Its wafer.
Parliament is drawing one of its longes, ses
.;ooo % !. close If the Tines Standard ana
ha,f . dozen other leading London JourEntals are
TO he taken as authority, there has never Deeh
p.rI;.1,ent 60 barren of all useful action and re-
nils Nor has any former Ministry promised SC
,,,cb and accomplished so little And yet the
Ministry commenced and closed the session with
q strong majority in both Houses. This seems TO
show that the patient is either IN state Tor winch
there is no remedy, or that he IS IN the hands O.
Doctors who do not know what medicine TO adj
minister.
Sir Robert Peel's sliding SCALE as IS agreed on
all sides, works badly. But nothing has been done
to adjust or perfect its machinery. The Agrcu!-
tural interests are willing to pay Tax
as long as the English markets are virtually closed
against those grain. growing nations that nave
their manufacturing done here. But the Manu-
featuring and Commercial interests of England
begin to discover that their business and profits
would be greatly enhanced by an exchange OF
products. 1t is, | say, beginning to be under
81. tri1c
yiduals, that when each party wants what the
other party wants to part with, both can be
benefited by the exchange. England has re-
dundant population, for which she wants employ
ment America has surplus products for which
che wants market The true interests OF the
English people, in this state of things, would be
promoted by an exchange of their manufactures
for our produce. This change of policy, how
ever. will not occur under Englands present form
Of government Nor is ii desirable, so far as the
true interests, prosperity and independence OF our
country are concerned, that there should be any
such change of policy on the part of Great Brit
ain. By the encouragement and protection OF
Home Industry, we can create Home Market
for the products Of our soil, upon which the Farm
a NAV rely with lar greater safety and confidence
TO reward his care and toll. Our course, however,
be it what it may, will not alter things here. Eng
land will not change her policy, in this respect,
without Revolution. The restrictive policy is
to the nobility of England, whose
enormous revenues with here and there an excep
tion are derived from their vast and fertile do
mains. The Corn Laws are continuance by
means Of which the HUNDREDS are made voupu |
,usy rich, while the MILLIONS arc kept wretchcdly
Door. The owners Of the soil are the Peers OF the
Realm, and constituting, as they do, one of the
r 4. br.p Of ibn
will be no change in the Corn Laws, and least
If all such change as would seriously diminish
he income Of their noble selves.
This Government is problem Its very weak
ness seems to constitute its strength. With a
n ational Debt the annual interest on which
amounts to f29, 100000, or nearly ONE HUNDRED
IND FIFTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, capitalists con-
tinue to take its loans, and Merchants, Traders
and Mechanics still invest their surplus earnings
ia the Funds And yet none of these People be-
eve that this debt will ever be paid, and they all
a CONFUSION which must result In its
pudatlon.
When in London, q month ago, | omitted to
deliver my letters to several distinguished gentle
men Since our return from Scotland, having
week on my hands, / ventured to the West End
with the hope Of seeing two of the Literary Lions,
(Mr. LocKIlARr and Sir e. L. BULwER,) butthey
were off with the other fashionablcs to their lars
in the forest.
spoke in former Letter, of the excellence Of
the London Police, and have seen much since to
confirm my high sense Of its efficacy In the pre-
uenton of crime and the preservation OF the order
and tranquility which reign throughout this vast
metropolis. Oliver NJ Lowndcs Esq, who, as
has been long and usetully connected
with the New ork Police and who is now here
participates fully in my admiration Of this most
efficient system of Police. He agrees with me IN
the opinion that with similar organization, New
York would derive advantages, the value OF winch
1t will be difficult TO calculate. had, lew even
ings since, renewed experience of the attention
and civilties of these Policemen. All other et-
forts to ascertain where Father MATHEW lodged
having failed, determined to try the Policemen
Meeting one in Farrng,on-strect | asked if he
could inform me what Inn Father Mathew lodged
att He said he did not know, though he believed
1t was in the ncighborhood of Cheapslde, and adj
vised me to inquire at some of the stations around
ST Paul's Church. And proceeding as he adj
viscd, was informed by another Policeman that
it was in Aldergate. street, but he did not know
the number. He remarked, however, that If
would stop till he went to the end of his beat, he
would take me near the place was IN search of.
Arriving at the end of his beat this way, he trans
ierred me to third Policeman, who conducted
me to the door OF a Private Boarding House,
where the great and good Temperance Rcformer
10 staying. Without the aid Of Policemen
might have devoted week to unavaiing In
quiries.
Father MATHEW has worked like slave since
he came to England, throughout whose towns and
cities he is diflusing happiness and multiplying
blessings. In Liverpool, Birmingham, Manches
ter, York and Sheffield, his benign mission was
triumphantly successful. But in London, | am
sorry to see, he encounters embarrassment, oppo
s,ion, hostility and even opprohrum, The indo