The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-13 00:00:00

PETITION TO THE QUEEN.

The Petitibn to her Majesty, published in The Sun on
the 3d inst., was forwarded to the Marquis •of Nor-
manby to be presented to her Majesty. The day before
Yesterday the Noble Marquis caused the following. infor-
mation to be conveyed to the Chairman of the petitioners:
" Whitehall, Aug. 11, 1841.
" am directed by the Marquis of Normanby to
inform you that be has not failed to lay before the Queen
.the Pedtion of the Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders,
and others, agreed to at a public meeting, held at the
king's Arms Tavern, Philip-lane, Wood-street, in the
City of London, on the 31st of July..--I am, Sir, your
obedient sertant, " S. M. PIILLLIPPS.
" To John Foreman, Esq., Commercial-
wharf, Old Swan-lane."

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TORY FEARS AND TORY PLANS.
" The work goes bravely on." Some of the Ultra-;
Orange faction, who are looking forward to the restore-
tion, of the Tories to power, as yielding them a fair
Chance of placing their iron heel on the "-sur-
pliced ruffians " of the Times, cannot make
Out what business the Duke of 'Wellington
had at the Whig Duke of Bedford's. These men, not'
being very well versed in the Peerage, and unaware that
by the marriage of some of his family,- his Grace is dis-
tantly connected with the noble house of Russell, attrthe i-
bute the visit entirely to political Motives, and, with '
~ecollection 42+11829 before them, are bawling at the top
of their voices, " No surrender."
This and the recent meeting of the Protestant Asso-
ciation, which is understood to express the sentiments of
a considerable body of the Tories towards Ireland, af-
fords a tolerably fair clue to what will be the Lyndhurst-
Stanley policy, in conducting the Government of " the
gem of the (wean."
If there is any truth in the rumour that, under pretext
'Of settling the Boundary Question, one of the first acts
of the Tories will be putting twenty more sail of the line in
commission, John Bull, between this and the necessary
measure of doubling the army in Ireland, will have a
nice reckoni an to pay at the end of 1842.

CHEAP FOOD AND HIGH WAGES.—Thc
following ex4;racts from a letter, received by a gentle-
Man in Long ton, near Preston, from his brother, who is
sojourning 5,n. Onandago county, State of New York,
North America, will show that cheap provisions and
high wages may co-exist :—" As respects America, it
is the home of the poor hard-working man he is sure to
raise himself here. Meat is very cheap. You may 104
beef and pork from three to five cents. per lb. Other
flesh meat is cheaper, and flour is. about half the Eng-
lish price. Look at this, and then look at a man
getting fully three times the wages he can in Longton.
• • . A nutn that wishes to settle in life, and to render
himself, by, his own industry, independent of the world,
America is the country_ that I would recommend him to
go to. • • . Farm labour is very plentiful here in
the summer-time. A smart man may get 15 dollars, or
More than three English pounds, per month, with bed
and board. I myself was taken for a smart fellow one night
by a farmer that was riding past in his waggon. He of
fered me 14 or 15 dollars per month, if I would
home with him, and almost pulled me into his waggon.
Oh ! how I wished the honest industrious men in Eng-
land had such a chance I"—What will the advocates of
Monopoly say to this ?