Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-11


fifty years ago. the British Parliament against the Of
shoe strings and which succeeded, few years after
wards, by from the mesi buton-makers Of birmingham
against the introduction of eored buttons Certainly abstract
y considered cheap sugar better for the consumer dear;
shoe strings less eumbrous troublesome and expensive
than shoe buckles; and cored buttons neater cheaper
than metal ones and perhaps taking another statement from
the Jamaica petition, may be allowed say that 27si7
independent settlers give better evidence Of comfortable state
society than the number of day labores would do
But nobody doubts that the sugar planters The buckle and
the button Makers and the employers Of cheap laboers
and temporary sufferers by the changes.
The liverpool Albion, talented and liberal paper,
to be good deal moved by the neglect with which the pre-
sent Administration have treated the leading advocates Of free
trade in offering them place and position in the Cabinet
Mr. CoBDEN ought in the editors estimation Chan
ceor Of the Excheque and Mr.. yILLrEns and Mr. Bacnr
in high official dignity.
'rhe Wings says the editor Of the Albion,
red Office the shoulders Of the free aders and hen they
kicked down the ladder OF their elevations fome minis
try which did not include the of any eade OF noe
among the eeade popular party and their rule Of action
has since been with neglect fno with coiumey
every suspected of belonging either OF those sections
"Those who committed this immense mistake continues
the Albion may be taught sooner than they dream OF that
honesty the best policy among statesmen weas other
people, How would they like to have their dreams If official
Immortality and eternal quarter days be disturbed H another
league And how would they like that league b. headed
by the old leaders whom they have snubbed and thrown
overheard And how would they like il to be alled A
league for equaizing taration and enforcing eRomy !?
Such thing not only the cards, but almost the
pet We speak adyisedy when we say We have before
this correspondence the subject between
of not the least formidable in the torn-law
agitation If Mr. Golden be persuaded put himself at
the head of such movement he lOH be The Premier Of Eng
land no distant day. All his old staff and supporters will
join him. The ax-paying community viii be enthusiastic
in supporting such party and Wing ard Tory would speed
lily be swept away by its resistless strength We SHALL
suppose have something hell of this matter
No doubt movement Of this kind would the present
time, meet with supporters, if could toeraby clearly
show what its Objects and the by which they might
be attained The Anti Corn Law League had direct and
single end view, and the obtaining that end of para
mount importancethe Of Obtaining also stiff
GENTLY apparent The combination, spoken of by the
Albion, deficient in all these important qualities cannot
its outset command the attention and win the support of
the Masses the an-corn law agitation did it is rad
cal, too sweeping in its annunciatbn and submit
detail at its commencement its PIN of operations If Lord
JoHS RUSSELL and the Wings to be driven from office,
and Sir RoBERr PEEL and the Conservatives kept from place.
by Mr.. CoBDENs succeeding to it. it will be the chief
of the radical party that he will succeed The leading men
Of both parties aye and the high tod Tories and protection
ISIS too would also form league, aid itwoud be which
effort Of the Radicals form what Hague they would could
succeed against. Mr. Cobden Mr. fright and Mr. Villers
and the other free traders Parliament will consent
officer the radical and destructive patty for any thing which
that party offer, can hope to b able command
Lord G. BESTscK has formally ,signed the leadership of
the Tory party in the House of Commons and the Marquis
of GRANNY, member for Stamford ard eldest the Duke
of Rutland, is spoken Of as his The Marquis
accomplished and amiable young mn (hrtywo years of
age, of but little parliamentary experience, and with very
distinguished power debater Hemade toeraby good
speech protection months go, and that is pretty
nearly all that he has done in evidence his fitness as
leader of the opposition If Tories have stronger man
than he in their ranks, they weak indeed however, the
Chief and Mr.. DIsraei lieutenant has certainly not much
to lose, and chance of gaining something by exchange
Besides the untred Marquis may have good metal in him
he certainly forward under the prestige Of good name
and with the influence Of high and strong parliamentary
connexisn.
FEBRUARY s.-Lord LAysDowSE brought fory rl in the
Lors last evening bill for authorizing diplomats relations
with the Of Rome. II read first time he second
reading being postponed distant day the req Of GER
tain lords who of the sow coach ordr and want some
weeks in which to consider Gas they think i dan
gerous innovation The debate the petition from the
West Indies for relief presented by Lord STANLEY nd Others
did not produce any thing new excepting assertion by Lord
GREY that free labor the West Indies was at he present
cheaper than slave labor had been prevou to ema
cipaon He believed that capital if judiciously and skill
uy applied, could not be invested any where with more adj
vantage than in Jamaica. The following have lust
been made of the enistmens for the Army during the past
year:
IT,