The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-28 00:00:00

FALMOUTH.

In compliance with a requisition numerously and respectably
signed by the inhabitants of Falmouth and its vicinity,
S. Blight, Esq., the Mayor, convened a public meeting to be
held on Friday evening, «to consider the propriety of peti-
tioning both Houses of Parliament not to separate, and to
address the Queen not to prorogue Parliament, until inquiry
has been instituted into the causes of the distress prevailing."
This requisition was signed by 83 names, and the originators
of it had prepared the resolutions, petitions, and address, to
submit to the meeting. It seems, however, from a handbill
issued yesterday afternoon, that some persons entertained some
apprehensions as to the expediency of a public expression of
sympathy in favour of the suffering classes, lest such should
operate prejudicially to the interests of Falmouth in the settle-
ment of the Packet station, and the Mayor, acting on these
apprehedsions, postponed the meeting.

THE POTTERIES.
Near 300 of the friends of Reform met at the Roebuck As-
sembly-room, on Monday evening, the 20th inst. After an
eloquent lecture on the present injurious Corn-laws, Mr.
Hargreaves moved that a petition be immediately prepared for
signature, praying her Majesty to continue her present Parlia-
ment until suitable measures be devised for the immediate re-
lief of the distresses of the country, which was seconded by Mr.
S. Prince, jun., and received unanimously.

CORN-LAWS AND THE IRON TRADE.

The follow letter is from Sir J. J. Guest, Bart., one of the
greatest iron masters in Wales :
" Sir—With respect to the action of the present Corn-laws
Wpon the iron trade, there can be no doubt of their injurious
effect. A very large portion of the iron manufactured in this
country is exported to the United States of America, and the
present very distressed state of the trade is mainly caused by
the diminished export to that country, not only of the raw ma-
terial, but of the articles of hardware and cutlery—and this state
of depression would have been very much obviated if we could
have taken from the United States the corn and flour, of which
they have much to spare, in return for our iron and hardwares.
I should think that the iron trade of this district (of Glamor-
gan and Monmouth), employs at least b 0,060 persons, and
gives subsistence to 100,000 in addition to that number of ope-
ratives,. -''Their wages range from 12s. per week (for labour-
ers), to 18s.' and to 2.55. for colliers and miners, and for per-
sons employed in the processes of iron making from 20s. to 303.
per week. Boys and women proportionately less. I should
think tht.,the amount paid in the iron trade of the districts
falls little short of one-and-a-half million to two millions !ter-
ling per.annum.
" I,am sorry to say that at this moment we have a practical
example of the fallacy of the argument of high corn (-riving
high wages, and the reverse. The wages of the neighbour-
hood hare, within the last three months, been reduced 20 per
cent., whilst flour has advanced from 4s. 6d. per 281bs , to
6s. 6d. " JOHN GUEST.
" Dowlais, Aug. )4, 1841."

EDIN,BURGH.
It is matter of some surprise that no movement has been
taken in Edinburgh, except the very creditable resolution of