New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-14
EUROPE.
Free Trade in EnRinnd-Palmerst0n Gone
over 10 the Tories-'rhe French Empire
Things in Authorization of Turkey.

Correspondence Of The y. I. Tribune
LONDON Friday, Nov. 90 1882.
The great parliamentary struggle between
the policy Of free trade in Corn and sugar, and
that OF protection of the agricultural and coloni-
al interests b. import duties, began on Tuesday.
Ii was virtually ended before it begun as
the versatile Chancellor of the Exchequer had
already, Oh the previous Thursday, declaredthat
he was ready to surrender, and 70 give up all
ideas of duty on imported corn. He clings
more to office than 10 principles, and the trI-
umph of the doctrine of the Manchester school
could not be more complete. The question
seemed TO be only what military hOnors were to
be granted 10 the surrendering ProtectiOnist
army, and who should be the person TO whom
the sword of Disraei, the unlueky commander
in-chief Of the defeated party, was TO be de-
liyered ar Golden and his friends would not
listen TO any conditions they urged an uncOn-
ditional surrender, and reloiced to see Disraeli
punished for his protracted warfare against the
principles Of free trade in corn and sugar. They
had the majority of the House; il was pledgedto
support Charles VilIiers's resolution, that the
policy of 1916 was rise and just and the fate OF
the Ministry seemed sealed. But suddenly and
Unexpectedly, Lord PalmerstOn came to rescue
the Cabinet. He proposed an amendment,
which ayoids all the points that are uDpaatabe
10 the ProtectiOnists in their present position,
while it contains an explicit declaration that free
trade and unlimited competition is 10 be IN fu'
the acknowledged principle Of English CEN
mercial policy. The Chancellor of the Exche.
quer Immediately accepted Lord Palmerston's
amendment, and there's no doubt now that the
yilliers resolution will receive hardly a vote
more than the sixty of the Manchester school.
A COLLISION between Lord P:s..ulerston and the
Tories was long ago suspected, but now even his
best friends among the Liberals give him up in
despair. And be had great many friends. He
had such hold on the Liberal press, that twas
entirely impossible to publish an opinion unfa-
vorsble to him, unless it was shaun attack Oh
his liberal policy, because il was known that
such attacks gave him more weight with the
Liberals. The Wing Globe, the semi-radical
ErGminer and the Tory Morning Post were
openly bis organs, the Editors of the last two
papers having got diplomatic Offices from the
then Secretary Of Foreign Affairs. But TIL.
DAILY Nens, The London Ne,cs, The Weekly Dis
patch, The Observer, all the influential publica
lions of the Radicals, were bribed by the courte
~ and the liberal speeches of the noble Lord
who, even in private intercourse, never forgot Il
express his personal respect for everybody con
nected with the periodical press. In this wsy
be succeeded in stultifying the Liberals of Eng
hand for long series Of years, though he serves
the policy of Russia in Poland, in Greece and u
Hungary, though he approved Of the he~ors
ton Of the Pope, while he joined IN sne ou'ci'