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      To Readers And Correspondents. Erkata.—W...

      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . Erkata . —We regret that , owing to the corrected proof having been mislaid , many serious typographical errors were allowed to disfigure the third paper of the series of " Notes of a Social Economist , " which appeared in our last impression . Amongst many of less importance , the following errata are so detrimental to the general sense of the passages in which they occur , that we hasten to call the notice of our readers to their correction . For " as robbers prove sometimes gallant toldiers , soldiers prove often brave soldiers , " read , " soldiers prove often

      brave robbers . " For " the increase of fortune by which the sheep may be said to devour men , " read , the increase of pasture" & c In a previous letter the printer also deviated from the MS . in printing " plebs" " plebes , " " homine" " homini . " All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them .

      [The Following Appeared In Our Second Ed...

      [ The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week . ]

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      Saturday, October 4. It Is Finished. Sin...

      Saturday , October 4 . It is finished . Since Disraeli opened his lips and uttered his oracles at Aylesbury , the county members have " pronounced" against Protection , and frankly given in the contest . It is now left to George Frederick Young and the Duke of Richmond , Mr . Paul Foskett and the Morning Herald . Yesterday the Post confessed as follows . " The Times and other Free-trade journals are more than ordinarily clamorous just now in their triumph over the death and burial of Protection . We were amongst the very first to point out that the old principle of levying duties on corn and other agricultural products , for the special purpose of maintaining rents , and keeping up an uniformly high price of such articles , was dead , defunct , extinct , and had long ago been deposited in the tomb of all the Capulets , never to be revived or resuscitated . Protectionists of the Duke of Richmond ' s school , members of agricultural societies , landlords , and tenant-farmers , were slow to see this , and clung long to the hope of recovering a sliding scale with a twenty shillings maximum on corn . It is only at the agricultural dinners of the present year that we see the truths which we have been impressing upon our readers for the past three years fully recognized and avowed . " Another county member , respected alike for his sincerity and intelligence , has frankly abandoned the buried cause or' 1815 . At the meeting of the North Staffordshire Agricultural Society , on Thursday , Mr . Charles Adderley , M . P ., being invited by Mr . Bass , M . P ., who occupied the chair , to state his views , spoke out in the most explicit manner . "As Mr . Bass lias said , it scorns to be the opinion of everybody—and I frankly say it is no less my own opinion - —that the i ' ecling of this country lias been so

      unmistakeably expressed as to render it little short of madness to suppo . se that the people of England will , at the present , permit a restoration of the corn-laws . ( Cries of ' Jfnar , hear . ' ) Any gentleman in this assembly who may feel disposed to say the reverse of this is either deceived or ignorant of the people of this country ; or else- —an alternative which I should be sorry to believe any member of Parliament or any respectable man guilty of—he is attempting to deceive others . ( Applaii e . ) That being the case , the question for us to consider is what are we to look to and what to do ? It seems to mo . clear

      that if the agricultural interest , which is allowed by all parties to be the basis of the prosperity of the ; country , and which has hern no long sud ' erinR in passing through a transition state , can no longer look for protection , they must look for that which I have always maintained to be the only ground upon which they could < : 1 tim a duty on their produce , namely , a readjustment of taxation . ( dreat ajtjt / ansa . ) Special burdens do undoubtedly fall upon iiujriculturiKt . H , and they have a just claim to relief from them . There are special burdens both in local and general taxation , pressing on the agricultural interests ; and in my opinion nucIi is the justice of the people of Kngland , that when once the hardship is fairly discussed

      and made manifest , they will listen to the appeal in a spirit of fairness . ( Aj ) jd < mse . ) I do not think the people of Knghuid will agree witli iho . se philosophers who argue that there arc no kucIi uiuquul burdens on the luiul . To my mind it is a material tendency of taxation to bear more heavily on the land than on any other interest ; and one , of ouv main points . should be to go for a general reduction of expenditure . ( Applause . ) ltetrcnchinent in local rates and expenditure in undoubtedly important :, but Iho material point is the general expenditure of the c . ountiy . ( Hear ) 1 say thin because 1 bee in I ' lirJianieiit Homo gentlemen who call themselves ' fanners' frientlw , ' but who merely Kay ho with their

      lips and do not net . up to their profession !) . ( Chans . ) 1 saw these ' f . irim . Ta' friends' lam . hchhIou , who said they Jiad abandoned all hope of Protection , and yet allowed money to be voted for such a thankless , useless , huhcIuuvouh war as thatagaiiiHt the Kafirs in Africa . Those are men who do not act up to their professions of retrenchment ; but do you in future look to those who will ^ o ( or a reduction of general and local taxation . ( Cheats . )" Mr . Smith Child , M . P ., echoed tho above speech in terms quite im diHtiuct unil conclusive . Henceforward , therefore , tho " Country Party " muHt uct upon Homo other bawiH . IjhI them depend upon it , that uuy reduction of local or any other

      burdens will not permanently help them . Let them look around and see if there be not a principle with which neither Protection , which was legal robbery , nor competition , which is civil war , can be compared the principle of Concert on which they can build a sound political policy for the future .

      The Lord Provost, Magistrates, And Counc...

      The Lord Provost , magistrates , and council of the city of Aberdeen , gave a dinner to Sir James Graham on Thursday , for the purpose of presenting him with the freedom of the city . Sir James spoke , eloquently in praise of Lord Aberdeen , and paid an affectionate tribute to the memory of Sir Robert Peel . Towards the close he said : — 11 My maxim is to build on the old foundations , improving them and extending them when necessary , but not destroying . ( Applause . ) I am satisfied that , on the wholethe people of this country enjoy more real

      free-, dom and security of life and property than any other people in the world . ( Loud applause . ) Others seeking equality have not obtained freedom ; we , not having and not desiring equality , are in the enjoyment of freedom . ( Applause . ) I hold that precious gift to be above all price , and I would not risk it by dangerous or sudden changes . ( Hear , hear . ) But from time to time , as experience demonstrates the existence of imperfections , let them , with a firm but cautious hand , be removed . To amend , to extend , and to pe rfect that ancient edifice , but not to destroy it , shall be my great object . ( Applause . )"

      The Permanent Committee Of The French As...

      The Permanent Committee of the French Assembly met on Thursday . M . Daru , primed with police reports , spoke of dep 6 ts of secret arms which could not be found , and conspiracies . One of the members , M . Didier , seconded by General C hangarnier , criticised in strong terms the language used by M . Leon Faucher , the Minister of the Interior , in the course of his speech to the Agricultural Association of Chalons-sur-Marne . It will be remembered that M . Faucher , in that speech , declared that France would reelect Louis Napoleon , and would not be prevented from doing so by any obstacles that might be raised by the Constitution . General Changarnier said that the language of M . Leon Fauuher was quite inexplicable , and ought to be disavowed . shi

      It is a seditious act to christen a p La Repubhque , under the present Government in France . M . A . Follin , a merchant and shipowner of St . Valery en Gaux , invited a party of friends to thelaunch of a vessel from his yard on the 27 th ultimo . The occasion -was , according to custom , celebrated as a fete . A large concourse of persons from the town and neighbourhood were assembled to witness the launch , which , favoured by a high tide and fine weather , was superb . After the ceremony , all the workmen of the yard , as well as the owner and his circle , are invited to partake of a feast in honour of the day . The table is no sooner spread U ^ an a rile of [ gendarmes arriv es , and orders the room to be cleared . The reason assigned for this brutal interference is the name given to the vessel , and the person who gave the name , a Kepublican representative .

      M . Follin , prudently desirous of avoiding the chance of a collision , recommended all but his immediate guests to retire . The guests dispersed in search of dinner elsewhere , but every hotel and restaurant was closed to them , by order of superior authority ! They were treated as outlaws and anarchists , whose very presence is an infection . However , at length the master of an hotel was found who went to the Mairie and begged to be allowed to provide dinner for the famished visitors . He was made responsible for consquences , and having signed a paper to that effect , obtained the necessary permission . It is needless to say that the dinner passed off in perfect peace . An agent of the police gave an unofficial look m at the door for a mothe left undisturbed

      ment ; but otherwise meeting was . Five brigades of gendarmerie were under arms , and patrolling the streets to a late hour of the night . What shall we say of such arbitrary and vexatious illegality as this ? Is the Government which dictates proceedings so tyrannical and so frivolous , a Government of law and order , or of provocation and agitation . Where there is no sign of disturbance , a shew of forcible resistance is made . A fete do f ' umille , presided over by a shipowner who gathers round hia table a few friends , a few workmen and sailors , is violently disturbed . The gueata are , in a manner , ostracised by the fear of the inhabitants of entertaining suspected persons . A demonstration of military force in paraded . All because a ship has been launched bearing the constitutional mid national name of La JU ' puUiaue ! What if it had been lSEnipire ' t

      The Itcsolute And The Pioneer Have Arriv...

      The Itcsolute and the Pioneer have arrived in the Yarmouth lto . uJs from the Arctic JS <;; us . Mr . John Shaw ban been nominated to ( ill the post in the Chaitist Executive vacant by the resignation of Mr . Reynolds . The Society of the Friends of Italy have just issued the second number of their Monthly Record . It contains very valuable information on the pouiLiou and prospects of the society and of Italy . ( Jr < at excitement is manifested nil over the country by the near approach of Kossuth to our shores . He is expected at Southampton early next week .

      Liberal claims allowed , 42 ; disallowed , 18 . Conservative claims allowed , I ; disallowed , ' A . Liberal objections Htihtuincd , C >' , i 7 ; failed or withdrawn , tt'A . Conservative objectimiH HUHtaiut'd , ( tl >> ; farled or withdrawn , Mil . Double objections sustained , 17 H ; f . ulcd or withdrawn , 8 . Kxpun ^ ed by the Court , 21 . Adding the claims allowed to the objections sustained , tho result , is—Liberal , f > 7 . ) ; CoaservativeH , 67 <> . A grand fete , hnn been celebrated at lioston in honour of the opening of railway communication direct between the United Htates and the Cauadan . Lord Elgin and hifl auite , as well us the President of the Republic and several Miuietcro , were present .

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      Saturday, Octobek 11, 1851.

      SATURDAY , OCTOBEK 11 , 1851 .

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      There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...

      There is nothing so revolutionary , because ther p nothing so unnatural and con-frulaive , as the strait + 5 keep things . fixed when all the woria is by thevervW S its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Arnold .

      Kosstjth—His Friends And Foes. The Leade...

      KOSSTJTH—HIS FRIENDS AND FOES . The Leader of Hungary , emerging from captivity to the world of freedom and of action , is welcomed by his friends . He receives benefits even from foes ; for no service from a foe can be so great as that of disclosing his hostility and his plans . That disclosure the enemies of Kossuth have made . He is cordially welcomed by the Italians , not less eagerly by the French people—he saw them face to face . The welcome of Southampton advances to meet him on the French coast .

      London City waits to do him honour ; political parties compete to hail his arrival ; the working men of London are preparing to evince their heartfelt sympathy with his exertion and his victories ; imperishable victories which treachery cannot efface , —nor arrest in the future . And what have his enemies done for him ? They

      have shown themselves . More , they have shown their councils . Our readers know that Despotism has a viceroy over it—that same Diplomacy , which governs all Europe , England included , through a system combining solidarity of diplomacy , government by bureaux , standing armies , and national debt ; We have more than suspected that the Government of France was the servant of that master

      and now the fact is evident : while Kossuth is welcomed by the French People , the French Government refuses him a passage across the country . He has enemies even in England . They would have been insidious if they could : they have not the patience , the self-possession , nor the art , to be insidious . Let us trace them . The Globe is the only Whig journal in the press . Its workings on the New Reform Bill have proved at once two facts—that the Globe dehandsome

      sires , most earnestly desires , a courage in the conduct of public affairs j also , that the Globe does know nothing of what Ministers are doing Ministers seem to have other confidants , The Globe of Tuesday had an excellent spirited paper , dashing aside , with easy vigour , the silly tales of Kossuth ' s having secret agents in . London , working among the anti-Haynau brewers ; comparing him to Abd-el Kader , victim of official bad faith ; and glorying in the exchanges ol sympathy between Kossuth and the French People at Maiseilles . The writer of the Globe evidently wisnej that his Whig friends were capable of noble anu

      patriotic sentiments . _ , In the same paper in a paragraph , consp icuously placed , " from a correspondent , " trying to expiam away that very sympathy which the editor applauds with such English heartiness . Kossuin response to Marseilles , says this consp icuous correspondent , " does in no way represent Ins « cn " ments , but is contrary to the uniform current o his principles . " " Kossuth is very imperteciiy acquainted with the French language ' ^ ^ could not have written the manifesto " nO ^ will be surpriwed mortified than lurns imv

      more or win u » j uiuic aiiifjtiiHJu v / i »»»» " « - ~» -- j .. when he learns the sense " of" the language i » which his signature has been obtained "— »» H ' words will , we are assured , dispel the a PP " sions of his friends . " His » friends " ! this pa . u graph can be by uo friend of Kossuth . » " * > it chnrgcH him , a public man , with nlIIXI " A a signature to what he did not understand- «» j j ( spendthrift boy discounting an inheritance , invites him to disclaim what he has uttered in face of Europe—teaches him bow to recant . ^ The invitation is repeated two days later ,. m threat i

      form of a preachment and a , y h Mornintj Post . That journal threatens linn loHintf " all respect and sympathy in ^ f f of « when he rushea into the folly and ™«* T * universal democracy "; accuses him j « J c \\ e and jargon of anarchy , " which * iU recoup people to the iasue of tho struggle With Ausm *

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11101851/page/8/