Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-17
FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

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= LONDON, July 25, 1850.
We are glad 70 find an almost universal improve
ment in every branch of the revenue and com
merce. and the increased consumption Of imported
articles Of food and clothing indicates the comfor
table position Of the mass or the people. We d.
not hold II to be- however, necessary proof that
population is improving in condition merely because il spend
But the present increase Of expenditure appear
to be Of safe and healthy description II is not owin
to the construction Of railways for the monthly amount
monthly calls generally less than twohirds Of WHAT
last year. There is, too, just now, singular absenc
Of speculation and almost excessive dsrus Of any enter
prise out of the beaten path Of business This is evidences
by the returns Of the Board Of Trade which are remarkable
for the perfect uniformity with which the increase Of imports
distributed through oil departments Of business To deny
that the sort Of transition state through which the agrcutu
raj class now passing, s attended with great difficulty ana
may be DISTRESS would be SHINING against conviction bu
this state s to be attributed to the present line Of policy
but 10 the having previously departed from it, The Protec
ZIONIST party, having hopes Of getting the corn laws
stored are buyng themselves through the agency and ora
tory of Mr. FHRRAsD, in persuading the people to wea
woolen manufactures in the place of cotton ones This
newght asserted Of his recent addresses that be-
fore Christmas shall find single Lancashire cotton
spinner who will have the hardhood to stand up and de-
clare in public that free trade is blessing instead Of
curse" He and his colleagues telling US that the
cause Of protection the Of the people, and that the
Protectonists are the poor mans friends
There is doubt that the voice of the people will be in
ceasngy expressed in favor Of and demanding reduction
of public expenditure, and consequent relief from taxation
but however willing the Government may be to cuai the
national expenses far possible it is quite certain that
long the interest of the national debt remains what it is
and the Of Europe renders prudent If not absolutely
necessary, to keep up the army and navy about their pre-.
sent extent that the margin within which reduction Of
pendture can be effected will be very limited He
will be bold statesman who shall propose reduce the in
teest upon the national debt and skul nancier who
conplishes such an arrangement We do not think that
Lord JoHS RussELL has enough for such business
Had Sir RoBERT PEEL lived there growing belief that
he would have attempted and accomplished it. and thereby
conciated the asricultursts and the financial reformes
very curious report has just been made to Parliament
respecting public charities from which appears that the
number of public charities in England and Wales 49, $40
of which 27,0s5 have an annual income below 9l00
each l,626 an income between fl00 and Rl IS an
income between 900 and e. 900 and So income of
900 and upwards The aggregate income Of these char
tiles 1876 in 1885, and is considerably in
creased
The new postal regulations which, under the pretence Of
aboshng labor in the post Offices the Sunday, orbds the
sorting and distributing letters that day. found to
have contributed very much the desecaton Of the Sab
bath Persons connected with the Metropolitan Sunday
Schools have observed remarkable falling off in the aten-
dance Of the boys at school the last two three Sundays
1.-The boys having been enced away by the wages they
in distributing newspapers company for conveying
parcels throughout the kingdom receives new impulse
from the transmission Of parcels of newspapers. In Man
CHESTER Liverpool and other large towns persons are
employed in delivering newspapers the Sunday than
formerly employed in the post offices that day. Will
mer s. Smith, Of Liverpool "besdes footrunners, employ
sixty mounted messengers in distributing newspapers on
Sunday mornings So much for the practical working of
his measure Of our purtanical precisionists.
Our city Solons have determined, by an overwhelming
Of nearly to l, TO retain the cattle market in Smith
ied. We trust however, the wisdom Of Parliament to
reverse this decision.
The Royal Agricultural Society has just been holding its
annual meeting at Exeter. MI. ABBOTT LAWRENCE at
ended and made most appropriate Speech which very
much appauded. He spoke as follows
My Lords and Gentlemen: Ihave had placed in my hands
which shall offer with very great pleasure, nasmuch
relates to the great interest Of all other
hose interests if properly regulated And, without touching
lpop any point that give will give the slightest
,rage the slightest ifeeing to any human being, will
without any further remark, announce to you the toast 1t h
Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce" friend, as
am to all those interests believing that the power and the
glory and the interests of this country have been promoted by
he encouragement Of them all rejoice that agriculture
irst. Mr. President came here not foreigne[hear,
,ea- here to claim relationship your
hear II here for the first time in my life, to the
armera 0f Enpland eyes-IRreat cheering
believing that when the farmers Of England the
backbone Of England. Tremendous applause] | know
90 well the history of my ancestors and kindred Of England
know that the farmers Of England have been
md true to the crown. know their history we'll not
Know that the battles Of England and the gories of England
indebted to the patriotism and the power and sacrifices
IF the farmers Of England came here because my
were all farmers and English farmers and came
,ere first the representative Of cosny whose great
ural interests those founded the SOIL [Cheers II
here pledge you and offer you that kind
hat aternal feeling which should exist between two great
nations connected by the ties Of blood 10 offer you the
ympahies and the kind feelings the great body Of farmers
the United States Of America here their repre-
sentative to tell you and to make you feel and realize hahe
feel under great obligations you for the experiments you
have tried, which you, being old and ichiaughter-
enabled try, by your having the capital the skill and what
MORE the science which has been applied the arts in
Great Britain Mr.. President when look to the state Of
agriculture in 1850, and comPsre it in England with the state
Of agriculture in 1920, perfectly amazed Ihave been
TO- day. have much heard much,
hat have not bad time to dsesit Cheers Ihave seen
Today that which have BEFORE When look
back TO this country only thirty years. and In the annals Of
lime is but day, and look to that period, what pro-
iuced find the average product of wheat in this realm
not than twenty twenty-five bushels to the acre.
and high authorities Of all parties and all shades Of poll
ca opinion agree that the average product Of England is
thirty eight bushels per acre. Hear voice.
8 thirty Thirty. then, you please. Hear, hear The