The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-24 00:00:00

CORN LAWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 100
SIR,—As one among the robbed millions, I beg totend&e,
my best thanks for your present services, in the cause ef state
law agitation ; and at the same time to beg permission to dos
in your columns, what I know to be the feelings of tberaisg
to which I belong—the working people—on this all-abs
o P
subject. les
F, vac
In the first plce, I must express my regret that atesf
on the Corn-lawsa" are not all on the side of their adveetbeir
for, if I mistake not, and as'l shall endeavour to slow,_!„b are
opponents ground their main objections, on reasons wei'cl bale
of very doubtful truth, and which, if plainly true, Wen• ation,
little effect in raising the masses to that pitch of apt vie
which it is necessary to attain, to produce any effect.
orn. '"
i.nws
arguments which I see chiefly urged against the C
are these ;
'
onto
1. That our not taking the corn of foreigners Prev
their buying our manufactures. a these'
2. That the higher price of our food, occasioned "/ toes
laws, prevents our competing with Continental inanuiac.
in foreign markets. rd en'
These I take to be the two arguments mainly' retie coot
to arouse our manufacturing population to oppose the la% 01
system. This reasoning, however, I hold to be fallacions.ri •
that, were it true, the working people have little intesis-
change of system. Besides, the two reasons are reel.Bl4
tent with each other, for if our home products of corn and
meat are to become as cheap as on the Continent, a,,ratio,
of things necessary to make the second argument °Pcioots
of
how is it likely that foreigners would send their pro
coal
these articles for sale to us, which would be equally nee tbat
to make the first argument of any avail. The truth 15_,4
if the Corn-laws were repealed, we should send less 000
manufactures to foreigners than we now do, but consul° est of
ourselves. What would then be saved in the lesser
cow
food, would be mainly sent in
nt in better clothes, and othetrbe set
forts, to produce which more of our fellow-men °,
to less
to work. The cotton-weaver of Manchester, from y._ of
cost of his loaf, would be able to buy from the cloth;tbs
Yorkshire a decent coat for his now bare back, will vfor
clothier of Yorkshire would send more frequently to
Piheir
chester for a new shirt—our industrious classes, out of pal
savings from the less cost of food, thus becoming Mil'
interchangers of each other's products. k in°
Now, Sir, these are tangible benefits, which, as a
man, I can easily understand, and are quite sufficient, °:.'";;°go
regard to any contests of opinion as to the effects on;itr-will
trade, to impel me to exertion to get rid of 100, wh„l- fam
oblige me to go without a new shirt, and no coat, heetser,monfr
compelled to give to a rich Aristocrat landlord, in the.a coma
poly price of bread, that which would purchase me
forts, and at the same time find more employment an working
saquent comforts for my felloa-men. But if th
classes are to be told that their advantage
e
from -eing
peal of the Corn-laws, is to result from their so. t_w_ead,
a
then able to sell their manufactures to foreigners ,
_a pow
and to non-producers at home, at a less price than tncelteho
sell them, it is difficult to see the benefit. If wag" the loaf'
lower, in proportion to the lowering of the cost of
ere is the
as the second argument above noticed supposes, wher
emploYm_oo6
good ? Oh I but it is said there will be more
though at less wages. Employment is doubtles!,is toe.:
thing, but adequate remuneration fur it is better. Itrieg
less, however, to combat this reasoning, for the lowr salve
reasons that regulate the price of all other com
price of food must increase the price of labour, fo.
modit c_..'ee the
increaseu;3ote f.s;
as the Economists truly tell us, the proportion betew'setoollb
supply and demand. When the price of food rises,
of l ibour demanding employment is instantly th., for the
bellies of men cannot be stowed away to wait for 111"
vourable state of the market; but in such case, eerywork
working ten hours for a sufficiency of food at onfietl: to thet,
twelve for the same result, at once adding 20 pert,_ cethis eltthre
supply in the market ; and at the same time tua..; g it' "aa
supply is thrown in, and for the same reasons that h''n th b°••a
number of purchasers of that labour is also reduced':osll, ate
one sweep of this two-edged sword the comforts 0' this ood
live only by labour, are cut down. Let, howeverlee of c°o
will instantly relieve the labour market, for
of things be reversed, and the lowering of the Pr"lioursd-ho
immediately be worked, and so room be found
now have no work at all. If the hours of work b other r/a)roi
fewfoerr' tbrieortior:
toned, the same result will be obtained in a:tirchti°
through the increased employment which the „r•5l ion. type
greater comforts by the present workers would ee•-- tbe
If the lamefits I have endeavoured to illustrate °ral ho
ones, and such as are likely to result from the rePeepon tra,
Corn-laws, Ido protest against the folly of relYingo oPfese
arguments above named, and which I am sure ba,..17 sir, P• 10
tioa on the good sense of the working classes. A" they to
laws
are wicked and unjust, simply and only because if tlP.est
the rich richer, and the poor poorer; and of every
enough to rouse the most strenuous opposition of
ash
man. le fenr.;c6
If these observations find insertion in your valuab e sabiod
I may trouble you with some remarks on the Preffrag:boat
showing g
its bearin on the great estion of the
is ,at spy
why the class to which I belong are convinced,"seti
this is made universal just and equal laws on tb
other kindred questions cannot be obtained. •
I am, Sir, your's respectfully, o fvf-
London, Sept. 21, 1838. A WORK'S
CS'
AS.ider:
VAUXHALL - 189;
OF • TIGER IN A BALLOON.—It had been gene seage-„oeu
stood that the Gardens would finally close for the eesonvir,
night, but, at the termination of the concert, it was aiben„oto.
that the Gardens would be open " next Thursday:ooe, ac doe,
Amburg will ascend in the Royal Nassau ba", and ero-
pinied by his Bengal tiger." This most absure"ef theteobt
gerous experiment may possibly serve the purr's
,A
prietors of the Gardens for a time, but we very -5001`"tiger
whether it will be to their ultimate advantage• e
a% the f the
accident result from this rash attempt—and tam eees °jeers
is, such an occurrence, under all the circurnsre proPr-hoi°
case, is not improbable—we do not see how t_eerteiniatel.
can be held blameless. We shall be curious to ''areb of west.
the " intelligent," the " enlightened," the "n'eetertainsoew
lect" public will regard this catering for thei! ye take°
Messrs. Gye, Huahes, and Green appear to 1111„,,o. ter°
rate measure of the popular taste for rnotastresfil'
_„ efl of
The day before yesterday a well-dressed 01731 sotelog
the office of a money-changer, and offered him
were
discnnoici
the Havre Bank to be changed. While they. o...e,,eff..boP't io-
the rate of exchange, the customer opened his b"d site to
offered a pinch to the changer, who took it, nellcd blue'
stantly was attacked with giddiness, which c°`Z adfie; witb
shut his eyes. The owner of the notes seizefillcurn
and was in the act of laying his hands on two bowls
red fr° e the
gold, when the wife of the money-changer e appearanet the
market, attended by her servant. At th7iri:said that
man fled without his prey, and escaped• it of the
narcotic mixed with the snuff was the powder
air"'
ne• no
Stramonium.
NAVAL PREPARATIONS OF RU
sslAt•e--dto be Op
ing to Sebastopol, we visited the harbour, reln'A Sinop the
ere reP d Per,
rate the largest and most commodious in the wen'e. singner'
rate men-of-war, and some smaller ones, w _eaage
eeolon•
calm surface of the water, while others were
.70nieg. pee'
forming the duties of a quarantine and srlin4ooo 51.0130
Everything bespoke action and enterprise. '-'
solid nseere
merous labourers were engaged in levelling the,_ r cog
~eB,
the otrie., de ; !-
natural fortification of the country ; on , wa/10 „ rive
were erecting artificial defences of colossaol
oden wailsn,ortbera
on a third, the diligent c. ns'ruction or " ti's to
_
ling fir;t7mrlia's boast, seett•ed to intimate c tit'
bounc over
inland power, as if anxious to outstep t a d°rnin!tori
oe
her by Providence, bad resolved to
Travels:
the sea, co-extensive with the vast expanseaetiu rof her terri