The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-09 00:00:00

-M.O R N NG Kt.) (Ycl

• hostil ty of the agents. from the A,ti-Corn-L's
League." It is clear that ev,n holuiv his opinions r''
garding the Co,ai-!aws were avo,%ed, Mr. Lytteltons
prospects of success were anything bit cheering ; ;ld
it is also `clear that part of the support he lux i was err.
tamed by allowing a misapprel,nsion of his r''
garding the Corti.laws to exist, for ins 1.,w-!y.ct, M.'
Befhan, in a letter to tit.. ifurni,g Cironiele. a!"1"•5
the " secession of sever a' of our most aclive committee-
men, who eutert in Corn.law notions," as soon a, they
knew Mr. Lyttelton's views. Mr. Sinai' MI V succeed
or fail, but he is stronger than Mr. Lytteltae, for 81i
his supporters have had .a frank cxpiaiiation of
opinions beforehand.
• Let the industrious population of the eouori
remember these things. Let them remember wt,e3
attempts are made to bully or seduce old milli-
burs into withdt awing from the League, or to prevent
new ones from joining it, that the Liberal cause liss, tt
anything, been strengthened by the substitution of :Ur'
Smith for Mr. Lyttelton, as candidate fur Walsall ;
that although there has been hostility towards the
League evinced by the partisans of Government, there
has been none shown by the League towards Govern'
ment. The League is independent of all parties—el°
have nothing to do with any of them. It holds ou the
even tenor of its way regardless of the effect it tall
produce upon their interests, but without entertainia
any ill-will towards them.

Still more, let every labourer who has his meal cut•
,ailed—every capitalist who is kept in constant fear of

the Gazette by the Corn-law, remember that men al
only bound to act right—that consequences arc beyonu
their control. Da we blame Huss, Sydney. Wallace,
because their efforts were unsuccessful ? Were their
efforts indeed un,:uccessful because they were martyr!'
and the triumph of the cause for which they died yeas
reserved for a later period ? " The Anti-Corn-l3
League is on its trial," says the Morning Clamtiele.
is; but that trial will not finish with the Walsall eleC

tioa. If that election be lost many may fall off for
time, but the best heads and hearts of the League Nib
persevere, regardless of the storm of words whistling,
round their heads. Their cause is just—their courses °I
action is the only nna which the " impotence of 107
pose" on the part of our leading statesmen has I°4
open to them. Their ultimate triumph may be deferred.
but can only be deferred.

A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.

WALSALL ELECTION.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The contest, being now finally settled to be between
Mr. G. N. Gladstone anj Mr. J. B. Smith, Chairman I
ol the Manchester Camber of Commerce,--he former
a staunch Conservative and supporter of the connection
between Church and State, and the latter a Liberal 00
a thorough Corn-law Repealer,—is now proceeding nea
tively, and both parties seem sanguinary of success;
Mr. G. having been first in the arena has now cornpletee',
his canvass, and from a placard issued by him Yejr
tcray, we perceive he states he has obtaioat:
the pledges of a majority of the electors, and bi°
the utmost confidence of hying returned as the rr,
presentative of Walsall. While, on the other
the friends of Mr. Small seem equally certain of sne.,
cess. They state that so far from Mr. Gladstone'
having got the pledges of more than one-half of the
electors, he has not got one-third ; and that Mr. S.• ee
far as he has yet proceeded, having not yet cnncludl
his canvass, has been promised a large and decided
majority of his calls ; and more, that the able Isr
dresses delivered by Messrs. Smith, Arland, and It4lr
son, on the nature and effects of the iniquitous COY
laws, and the beneficial influence free trade would bnelai
upon Bri,isn industry, enterprise, and happiness, hue;
caus:d many individuals who were supposed t°
have pledged to Mr. Gladstone to withdraw their Orr,
port in favour of the anti-bread-taxer. Betwixt the'',
conflicting statements, there is one thing certain, th,e,
it will be a hard fought. struggle, enhanced in keenne7
no doubt, on account of the very small majority
sters have in the House of Commons, which we;
every vacancy in the representation at present an obJl
of much importance and anxiety to their friends, as 're
as to their opponents.
Mr. Acland, the appointed lecturer for the Lesgetol
accompanied by Mr. Rawson, a retired manufacturer
Nottingham, deliver highly interesting speeches. i)
rather lectures on Political Economy, to the inhabitant,
every evening, in the large room attached to the pled,
Inn ; and what is most gratifying, are well atteade
Indeed, whatever be the result of the contests. Of,
is no doubt the people of Walsall will have reecienuof
vast amount of valuable knowledge and an elevation rd
moral character, which will in due season, richly re's
the labour bestowed.
At the meeting last night, Mr. Smith appeared nil
with Messrs. Ashworth and Beesley, extensive 01ned,
facturers from Bolton. Each of these gentlemen
dressed the meeting in eloquent terms. They PArog
cularly pointed out the serious duty the electors :rist,
to perform in the approaching struggle, and that %ir
Lill being the first arena in which the great and ,341
portant battle of free trade was to be fought, they, '.
earnestly hope they would not fail faithfully to rieid-vere•
the trust confided to them. They triumphsn''' Mr,
lute, several objections which had been urged by ol
Gladstone's party through hand-hills, against the 'epee,
of the Corn-laws, namely, " that the price of corn of
gulates the price of wages ;" that the repeat
_0
the Corn-laws would be the cause of universal distrcir
throughout the country, &c. They called upon most,
electors to do their duty, to form themselves I,eboio
Committees, and exert their influence in every I)ossi,
way, to obtain the return of a man whose prinelP A,
if practically carried into operation, will be their 170
vation. He also hoped that ere long they would boo,
possession of their rights, of which they were an lit°
justly deprived. They called upon Mr. Gladstone v,
come forward and discuss the question fairly and opea
and thereby enable the electors to decide whoa) ,e/t
the better man. They promised them to have a greet
many visitors before the contest was over, and that neAcer
in Walsall will there have been a tougher, hato
fought battle, a more determined stand-up fight, t''"
the one about to take place.
Addresses, we understand, have been received .1.
00
seven or eight Anti-Coro-law Associations, calling °l'd,
the electors and inhabitants to return an anti-brceo
taxer. To-day, 1 understand is to be 4061.'0
first cumber of a weekly periodical, to coat° r
until the election is over, called the " Walsall VI CO
bag ;" and until that awful time arrives, verilY 0
good old town will be shaken to the very foundatleo,
by the thunders of the Corn-law Repealer;, the ildgfia
sates of liberty, and the friends of humanity, truth. 3.4
justice, who, praised Le God, have been sent ato°l3Bl
us to raise our latent spirit of love, freedom, virtne,,eio
intelligence—the Divine portion of our nature—'
becoming activity.
Walsall, Friday morning,

WINN=
IMPORTANT TO OVIIRSEERS

THE POOR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 1
Six—A case has lately been reported that occurr-i
before the Magistrates at Leominster, where overseer
had been summoned for neglect of duty, at the beariel,
of which the Chairman is reported to have said, o°,
was the duty of the churchwardensto see that the ov'e'r4,i
seers executed their duty faithfully. From the tnenil-0
in which the case is reported, it would appear that t-s
Chairman of the Bauch of M igistrates considered tiler
the churchwardens are the masters or superiors 010
those overseers appointed by Magistrates, and have
labours of their own to perform as overseers ; that the'
have merely to see that the others do their work Pr;
perly, and not that the churchwardens are liable to
equal shares of the labours of the office of oversee
deterwit the
generallyoth er
shrink overseers.
ths
duty,
tc;,n fleesas, tnlgta t t
hceh u
onusres eieri
making the rate (being satisfied with merely putti4
their signatures to it), and also collecting the morela
and all other fagging parts, to those overseers apPoite
by the Magistrates ; while they, as overseers ‘",i, of
poor, take little or nothing upon them. The worl
the 43d c. 2, s. 1, are :—" The elturchwOr"3,l
of every parish, and four, three, or two aubstaoPh."
honseholders there, as shall be thought meet, shall "
overseers of the poor."
Hero we find no difference recognized, or gisll
there in any other Act. The churchwarden ie -
overseer by statute, and bound to take equal abler:
of the duties . thtrtfore in parishes where Par'ish
between themselve agree to divide the Par-
into districts for fro collecting the poovrat•
if there be two churchwardens and twe overseers eAP:
pointed by Magistrates, the parish should not be "•,.;
vided info two districts, and the churchwardens real%
idle whilst the other two collect one part each ; but 171,
parish should be divided into four districts, each churc-
warden taking a part,
the
ny churchwarden or other overseer doubting -J,
p sition I have laid down may satisfy himself by
dressing the Poor-law Commissioners, asking the
lowing question
Is a churchwarden bound by law to take upon hiriv
self the duties of overseer of the poor, in all tlilinf;
equally with those overseers appointed by IW:l'w
trates ?" And perhaps it will be as well at the e-o,
time to quote the -13,1 Elizabeth, cap. 2, s. 1. at lean
For several years I filled the office of church
when the parish documents relaing to the poor vit
s gned in the following manner :

--------- Church-
------ S wardens. Overseers °f
the
--- Poor.
the
Thus giving only equal power and a..thority t°
ciarchwardens with the other overseers of the poor.

1 am, Sir, yours, &e..
GOIZDIVS.

Iln. 4, 1841.

AN UNPOPULAR DUCHESS.—My Lord It°111;
11)7 treated the Duchess of Portsmouth yesterday r
Greenwich ; she went thither and came back by
1 don't know but it was ;he wisest war, for the mob beglito
to ask wli,t ,he COIII,S over fcr, and k%h,ctiler she thinks.n,
carry hack 100,000/. wider pr(tenco of arrears of PI ,t
sions; nod some come .ut with it that she shall 11"tii,/,
Christmas pies here.—Junies's Court and Times of I
!jam IIL

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