The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-24 00:00:00

lead, drive, and cheat, under all manner of pretences, to
sign petitions in favour of the Corn-laws, and the petitions
would be little more than blank sheets of paper. If, how-
ever, those admirers of the Corn-law, who say it
works well, and who taunt the repealers with not calling
a public meeting—if these gentlemen want a public meet-
ing, we invite them, and we venture to do so in the name
of the Anti-Bread Tax Association. We invite them—
we challenge them to call a public meeting to petition in
favour of the continuance of the Corn-law. There is
plenty of time yet. The Duke of Buckingham, Stanley,
Wellington, Peel, Sir E. Knatchbull, and other crack
men, are all before them, with place in view. We, there-
fore, beg and pray of those who approve of the Corn-law
—who say it works well, and who are diSsatisfied at not
having had a public meeting—we entreat them to con-
vene. one to petition in support of the Corn-law. Let
them try the tight coat of monopoly on, and see if it does
not rip in the fitting.
(From the Leicester Mercury.)
There is no time to be lost. The Government
measure—though far short of our standard—would pro-
duce great practical benefit. Repeal will not be carried
at once. But, if we would obtain anything, we must
ask for all. It is politic, as well as dignified and con-
sistent, to maintain the high ground of total and imme-
diate repeal. With a rapidly-declining. commerce, with
a starving population—with woe and misery before us—
these are no times for compromise. Let us attack the
monopolists in their entrenchments—let us dispute with
them, inch by inch, the ground they occupy. Let us
shake off, once and for ever, the iron yoke of a tyrant
aristocracy.

(From the Staffordshire Examiner.)
In point of argument, the monopolists cut a most des-
picable figure throughout. The pretext of humanity was
so torn from them, that all hope of deceiving the people
was destroyed. The grand disappointment to the mono-
polists, however, is the course her Majesty's Ministers
have determined upon pursuing, with regard to the divi-
sion. The Government has wisely resolved not to
allow the grand feature of the Budget—the Anti-
Corn-law project--to be shirked by this event.
They are determined not to dissolve Parliament
until the Corn-question has been discussed. There
is now an interval of ten days before the Corn-
laws will be broached : this interval should be actively
employed in preparing and forwarding petitions expres-
sive of the national feeling on the subject. If we mis-
take not the signs of the times, too, the opportunity will
not be lost. A continuation of the activity, which has
already exhibited itself from one end of the kingdom to
the other, for another fortnight, will suffice to furnish an
overwhelming and irresistible demonstration of the will
of the nation.

(From the Hull Advertiser.)
Great as is the enthusiasm against the Corn-laws ir
England, it is much surpassed by the feeling which exists
in Scotland. There is scarcely a town or district of the
least importance that has not petitioned, prepared to
petition, or taken other measures to accomplish the over-
throw of the landlord's monopoly. In addition to the
immense number of petitions already presented to the
Legislature from Scotland, many, very many, have been
forwarded within the past week.
(From the Dublin Evening Post.).
As we anticipated all along, there will be a dissolu-
tion, but not, we think, immediately. The Tories have
been too cunning for themselves. The Holy Alliance of
the slave-owners (virtually so)—and the saints (so hy-
pothetically)—of the timber merchants and bread-taxers,
have been, we admit, too much for Ministers ; but the
character of the discussion, spread over the unprece-
dented space of eight days, has proved fatal to the com-
bination. That debate goes to the country, and • the
country gentlemen who figured therein will have to ap-
peal in person in the course of a very short time. That
the country will respond to this appeal in the spirit ir
which it will have been made we entertain no manner c
doubt. In Ireland we shall certainly add to our numberr
We shall win back Carlow, Kinsale, and Newry. AV
shall emancipate Bandon, and. in our opinion, founde,
by no means on light grounds, we shall turn Emersoi.
Tennent out of Belfast. But we need not, indeed we
cannot at present, go into any particulars. We were
never better prepared, and we may just add, for the sa-
tisfaction of the Orangemen and all concerned, that it iF
the intention of the Irish Liberals to appeal to most of
the constituencies in this part of the United Kingdom.

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