The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-01-17

perhaps, be pleased to hear that his ordshp thus
spoke q set little value upon reciprocity treaties
II we take from the foreigner corn, must pay for
it with our manufacturers not directly Indirectly
Sir Edward Knachbull, the Secretary at War and
Cabinet Minister, has delivered speech TO some
of his Kent constituents. Though the meeting was
purely agricultural not word did he utter in sup
port of the corn law, though IN the House OF Com
he declared that the present law was absolutely
requisite for the maintaining OF marriage settlements
He now avows himself ready To grant long leases.
The games up--eyen Knatchbul has not word to
say in its favor.
Your article, on the English Corn Laws and Anne
rican Tariffs, has been copied into the Times, and
nearly every other paper in the country The plthy
warning to the protectionsts, both sides the At
lantic, that il is high time for them to be taught to
live upon their own earnings or starve, the public
having supported them long enough" has been much
reished for its fact and pungency Mr.. Golden al
luded TO it at the late election and it was loudly and
vehemenlly cheered. The public in America, and
in England, now opening their eyes, and getting
convinced Of the truth of your assertion that :" the
system is system of robbery"
Trade Is improved, or, more properly speaking, the
late improvement continues. Many circulars, from
first houses declare that this cannot last the
present month, others however anticipate steadiness
The London shopkeepeIs admit that times mend
ing" and if they contented with the business
doing al this dull of the year the fact augurs
we'll The wholesale establishments in the metropo-
or four weeks, the clearance of articles, calculated
for manufacturing purposes has been so extensive
that the Globe of the 2nd inst in its city article de-
clares that the quantity taken during the eleven
months OF this year, gives excess of 20 to 25 per
cent. over the same period of 1912.
Money has been free, though rather in demand
today, owing to its being the 4th, or settling day.
The English Funds have been particularly firm
Consois having closely approximatcd 97for special
transfer The export of silver to New York, for the
week. has been no. (bO0 IN nces
The commercial treaty with Portugal is at an end,
at least tor the present, the Marquis Pamela having
suddenly broken off oil negotiations and Quilted Eng
land for Lisbon The Brazilian treaty just in the
same position, and the Ambassador from Rio is pack
ing up his trarst to be of home again. The Empe-
rors Envoy will yield one iot as to slavery and
Sir Robert Peel rather bis foreign Secretary, Lord
Aberdeen, in his new born zeal for fine blacks, will
not hear Of the admission of pound of slave grown
sugar into England, unless pledge be given that
emancipation of the negroes shall take place at the
earliest day. that the public safety of Brazil will per-
nit. The commercial treaty with France and Eng
land must be materially procIastinated Ivy the re-
moval of Mr. Edward Lytton Rulwer from the en-
bassy of Paris to be Minister at Madrid though this
apo ntment will materially accelerate the negoa-
tOns for a commercial treaty with Spain
AT the late great fair which held at Frankfort
on the Oder, preference given to British wool
ems, Notwithstanding the heavy duties. The supply
of goods is described as having been immense
amounting to $4,000 cwt.
The astOnlshment created by discovery of frauds
upon the custom-hOuse, was not greater than that
which has agtated the town by the recent extensive
seizure OF contraband tobacco. The duty upon this
article is three shillings and sixpence in the pound
which is quite enough to excite the enterprise and
rapacity OF the smugger. 1t has been long since the
marked opinion of official at the Board of trade,
that not more than two-th rds Of the tobacco sold in
this country contributed to the revenue one farthng
AS far back as 1880 a committee of the House of
(nmmnps declared hot &c rlinro f Toc
tobacco at present carried on to very great ex-
tent, and that all the measures adopted at great
expense to the country, are and will be, Intellectual
to suppress it, SO long the temptation Of evading
duty equal to twelve times the value of the article
upon which 1t is imposed" But Notwithstanding
these facts so well known, the Cove rnment
have taken no steps 10 put down the Wholesale sys-
TEN OF smuggling which they were well aware was
carried on even openly, by the large Houses. The
question, however, has now forced itself upon their
attention, and it expected that the next session OF
Parliament will not pass by without some material
alteration taking place in the present law. The ma
chnery for collecting the heavy duties, and for piss
tectng The revenue against fraud cumbrous and
costly, that the Government defeating their prin-
cpal object by its continuance and have no real
power OF reaching and depressing the evil which
they so plainlvely admit. Had il not been for
spill , as it is termed, between the smuggers, the
present palpable discovery would not have taken
place. As II IS, some of the first houses, both in
now in the hands Of the Attorney General.
Messrs. Taddy & Co. of the Mnores, London, arc
the chief Of the metropolitan delinquents The Off
GERS, having received hint, followed car contain.
ing three hogsheads Of tobacco in stalk and leaf and
when they had arrived at Taddy's, the vehicle was
being unoaded, and one of the partners was actually
experimenting the weighing of portion of the
goods.
The Attorney General has been recovering YER
diets for treble the amount of dues owed to the
Clown from the parties implicated in the late custom
house frauds.
Insanity breaking out in the new model prison a,
Pentonve, which you aware was erected after
what considered to be the most successful system
in the United States. This jail has only been opened
Tor the reception of cuprts since December last and
IT appears that there seven Of temporary,
and two OF confirmed lunacy Tire former rites
are attended to in the prison hos ptal the latter
sent to Bedlam, as recoverable madmen. This
tiac-makng system is arousng a feeling of deep and
thrilling Indignation against the CT vernment, and
will occupy goodly share of the attention of Par
lament The unhappy prisoners in this horrible
place of torture, are all sentenced TO long periods of
transportation, but previously 10 being despatched TO
Botany Bay, or elsewhere, pass eighteen months in
the probationary prison. in state Of silence and SOL
itude. They are taught to work at trades, and if
they conduct themselves properly they are TO have
their freedom on reaching their des nation, and be
found employment II partially bad by misconduct,
they are to have only partial freedom and half of
their earnings but if incorigble, they will be ship
ped 10 Tassman's lsland-a hell upon earth-as it is
proverbiay declared TO be-there to pass the whole
term Of their sentence.
The other new prison, at Parkhurst, in the isle of
Wight for the reformation of the most depraved con-
Wet youths, is progressing very favoraby, and il is
generally believed that the system adopted there
will answer admirably.
There have been two convictions for murder in
London, the homicides having been committed under
circumstances of peculiar aggravation without the
least extenuating point Execution has not followed
the scntence-to die, but tie wretches have been
transported for life. 1t must be a horrible MURDER
after this exercise of the royal prerogative which
will carry the cqlpr to the scafoId. Public feeling
IS completely opposed TO Judicial strangulations, and
it is said that the Queen has strongly expressed
herself upon the subject, and with equal humanity.
In connection with crime should tell you that in