The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

CORN-LAWS IN 1815.

We have been favoured with the following handbill,
which is in circulation at Manchester. The pet-sons
who signed the requisition which it contains, were, as we
are informed, all Tories. Arc the sentiments of this
class changed now ? Are their interests changed ? The
first name is, we believe, that of the &tiler of Sir Robert
Peel. It is, to say the least, a curious document ;we
should not ho surprised if a few weeks, or months, pro-
duced one of a Tory complexion as least as strong.
44MAscn ESTER. IN THE YEAR 1815.—When this Corn-lbw
was introduced into the House of Commons, at the commence,
ment of 1815, all parties, in the manufacturing districts, merg-
ing political differences, united in determined opposi•Aon to the
proposed bread tax. The following is the requ;.4tion which
was pre.ented to the Boroughreeves and Cons .ables of Man-
chester and Salford :
‘, ' We beg you would be pleased to apr,oint an early pnblie
meeting of the inhabitants of the towel of Manchester and
Saltorit, to take into consideration the. measures now pending
hi the House of Commons, relativ.e to the price of corn, and
the propriety of petitioning Parl:Ament against the same pass-
ing into a, law t
Ro.ltert Peel, ' William Kay,
Philips and Lee, Thomas Peel,
John Burton, William Sandford,
James cioi,lon, George Fraser,
War..er and Bower, Thomas Hardman,
John Bradshaw, James Hibbert,
John Potter, Peter Ewart,
Jer. Fielding, John and 'Thomas Cooke,
Wm. Grant and Brothers Otho Hultne,
Hargreaves and Dugdale, Vt'illiarri Tate,
Thos. Andrew and Sons Edward Turner,
Andrew Tomlin, William 130.0,
James Heald, Parker and Co.,
Oakdrn and Taylor, John Whitehead,
J. R. Lamb,
J. Brooks,
Thomas Hollins,
James Nicholls, Parker, and Co.,
Worthington,
Jos. Blair,
nt,inanthde Saldinfionrd,.
Benj. Sandford,
John Gray.
Brooks and Oughton.'
Jos. Litt,
above requisition, we appoint a
mC,aatdkviiniscka,ndalloga,;,l"atntdie'Co..
" ' In compliance with the
Manchester
to be held on Alonday morining, the
e_ „ . . g•
public meeting of the inhabitantsa2f
eleven o clock precisely.
room of the Exchange-buildings, at .
Boroughrees e
" ' H. H. BIRLEV,
" ' THOMAS WILLIAMS, l 7: h insta
Constables of Manchester.
" ' JOSEPH GREEN,
oSalford.'"
46 6 J. SHERRATT,
" 6 R. HINDLEV, _Boroudreeve
" ' Rn. RINDLOSS,/ Constables f

To TmieatoEcoDrrlecTtOaßverOy FgriTerHousES
errorU
,now,,,g the great influence of your valuable Paper,
Sze,--is•
allow me
of to-day . You state that the meeting
Nw.hich ap-
s 9
oPlaritihSY:Snuocirty, held on the Ist June, last year, when his Royal
Highness Prince Albert took the chair, and accepted the office.
of Pre,ident of the Society, is the same as that which O'Connell
O
had William Allen for their Chairman, and Daniel 'Connell
for a prominent speaker.
Now, Sir, in this assertion you may give displeasure to bath
the Societies. The Society who called the meeting held on the
14th May, never did, and never would find fault with anything
Daniel O'Connell ever did, or ever could say. The Society
which called the meeting at which Prince Albert presidoolt,
though acknowledging, heartily and sincerely, the benefit
which the negro cause had derived through Mr. O'Connell,
knew that they should damage the cause on that occasion by
giving a pre-eminence to that gentleman.
The Committees of these two Societies address themselves to
different portions of the public, and by this means, it is be...
lieved, that much greater benefit accrues to the negro than tas
their junction. indeed, Sir, such is the immense differeset
of the gentlemen composing
the two Committees, that iltey
could not by any possibility
amalgamate. 1
am,
sir, your most obedient Servant,
May 15, 1841. JUSTUS.

Some doubt having arisen as to the P tecise
period when the Treaty between Great Britain and FA:iril
will
expire, we have been requested to state that, une.er any cir.
eurnatances, it will continue in fore. until the 10th. of Nonni-
ber, 18440