The Sun. — 1845-12-11 (London, England)

BUCKINGHAM. But the Noble President of the Protection Society is, like all his family, brave and undaunted, and will fight the battle to the last, though even single-handed. "In your hands," said he, "and in the hands of the Protection Societies of England, at the present moment, are the weal and greatness of the country. My opinions are unchanged. I hope and trust that the report which we have heard as to the intention of the Government to move a repeal of the corn-law upon the first or second day of the next session of Parliament is not a correct one. I cannot believe that it is. I cannot believe that such perfidy could enter the minds of any Government. I cannot believe that it should. All I can say is, that if, unfortunately, it has, I hope the House of Commons, the members and representatives of the agricultural interest, will throw it out. And if they do not, I look still to the hereditary Peerage of England for maintaining your interests." These sentiments were responded to with loud cheers, and a petition to the Legislature was proposed and adopted, calling upon them to uphold in their integrity the present system of the corn-laws, or appeal to the constituencies of the United Kingdom—in other words, call upon her MAJESTY to dissolve the present Parliament. The numerous free-trade meetings held lately throughout the country have afforded wel  grounded hopes that the corn-laws cannot last another  session; but these hopes are greatly strengthened by the proceedings which took place on Tuesday at this AntiLeague Society, and especially by the dubious language in which some of the speakers expressed themselves. They have no hopes in the Minister, and even doubt the loyalty of those who were to unmake him. Many of them have already yielded to his gentle insinuations, and more desertions are anticipated; indeed such is the spirit of disaffection, that little confidence is placed in the decision of the Commons, and the only hope is from a new Parliament. This is a dismal prospect for the Protectionists in the present excited state of the country, with such a power ful Opposition pledged to total repeal, and with the wellknown sentiments of Sir R. PEEL in regard to the principles of free trade. If the present Parliament, returned for the purpose of resisting any change in the corn-laws, cannot resist public opinion and the great crisis brought about by the state of the crops, what holm can the Duke of RICHMOND have from an  i+oard, was captured in  trade, but having no slaves on „ the Felicidade, February last by H. M. brig Wasp ; an, of the having been taken possession of by the office._ .I,e Wasp, afterwards captured another Brazilian slaver, t, Echo. Some of the crew of the Echo were taken to the Felicidade, and there left under the charge of Mr. PALMER, midshipman of the Wasp. They fell upon Mr. PALMER and his men, and, after stabbing them with knives, threw them all overboard. The Felicidade was afterwards captured by H. M. ship Star; and ten of the Brazilians concerned in the death of Mr. PALMER and hie men, being brought prisoners to England and landed at Plymouth, were tried at the last summer assizes at Exeter for murder. Seven were found guilty, and sentenced to death. The counsel for the prisoners urged a variety of points, chiefly arising out of the treaties with Brazil for the suppression of the slave-trade, to show that the capture of the Echo, and consequently the detention of its crew, was illegal, and that the prisoners having no other means of extricating themselves from illegal custody than by killing Mr. PALMER and his men, were not guilty of murder, but committed an act of justifiable homicide. Mr. Baron PLATT overruled all the points raised. Mr. Sergeant MANNING, the prisoner's counsel, then urged the Judge, in consideration of the great importance of the case, and of the nicety and newness of the points raised, to reserve these points for the opinion