The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-10 00:00:00

the. course of the day, through,a second edition of this journal,
was perused with deep interest by our commercial men. The
heat displayed upon the Aneod question in the United States
Legislature is greatly coni!emned by the whole of the Ameri-
can trade, and, apparently, by none with so much came mess
as by the Americans connected with that trale thernselves. It

is thought quite incrdtlitle' that a nation which has benefited so
largely by its intercourse with this country can really contem-
plate making war upon us, especially at a moment wh n the
motive for a continuance of amicable relations shoul natu-
rally be stronger than in ordinary times. The English secu-
rities declined in consequence of the news, but recovered in
some degree before the close of business, as it is considered
by many that the existing, difficulty would b:t speedily settled
upon the,accession to office of the Harrison party, on the 4th
of the present month, the more particularly as there can be no
doubt- that the violence of the retiring Ministry has been
brought into play for the express purpose of embarrassing them.

STAFF® D and RUGBY RAILWAY

A very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the
principal landowners and inhabitants of the town and neigh-
bourhood of Tainwort4 was held at the Townball, Tamworth,
on Saturday, March 6, pursuant to a requisition calling upon
the Mayor to convene such meeting, for the purpose of
taking the sense d the town and neighbourhood upon the
above measure.

T. BUCKERFIELD, Esq., the Mayor, was called to the chair,
who opened the business of the meeting by reading the requi-
sition; which he remarked was signed by eighty of the prin-
cipal inhabitants, and added, that he was indeed exceedingly
gratified to see that the -inhabitants of Tamworth took such a
warm interest in the proposed measure, and he thought the
best course they could adopt would be to petition Parliament
at once in favour of the Bill now introduced into the House of
Commons.

HENE.Y STOKES, Esq., Chairman of the Railway Com-
mittee rose and said that he had that morning received a
letter from London, communicating the gratifying intelligence
that the petition for the Bill had passed through the Commit-
tee on Standing Orders in a day and a half, notwithstanding
the noweiful opposition of several combined Companies, who
it will be remembered, succeeded in keeping the promoters
of the measure last time twenty-two days on Standing Orders.
He was convinced this information would be most pleasing to
every well-wisher to the town of Tamworth.—(Applause.)
Jong HALL, Esq. (Magistrate), said he should be very
glad to see this important line of railway carried into effect.
He had, therefore, very great pleasure in moving the resolu-
tion in his hand (for which see advertisement).
Mr. PLATTS having, seconded i.,
The sally,. was put from the Chair, and carriedunanimously.
"Wm. PAnsoNs;jun., Esq. (Alderman), in moving the next
'resolution, statc&that he certainly thought nothing could bet-
ter show the warm interest which the inhabitants of Tamworth
took in this measure, than the fact that the requisition to con-
vene this meeting was signed by eighty of the principal inha-
bitants of the town and neighbourhood. He thought the
few opponents to the Bill in this locality in former sessions
had been worked upon and deluded by interested parties,
seeking rather to uphold monopolies than the public good,
to place themselves in a hostile position to the pro-
moters of this measure, when, if they had considered their
own interest, they would have been warm friends to the
undertaking, and he believed that such was their convie•
tion at the present moment.—( Great cheering.) He
would ask how it waa possible that the Stafford and Rugby
Railway, if made, could injure the town? Had the Birming-
ham and Derby Railway injured Tamworth ? No. On the
contrary, it had given great facility to travelling, and had
afforded great convenience to all parties.—(Cheers.) He
concluded by calling upon all persons present to lend their aid
to the Company in getting the Bill passed into a law.
Mr. Rostwsow briefly seconded the resolution, and it was
carried unanimously.
Mr. STOKES then moved " That the Right Hon. Sir Ro-
bert Peel be requested to present the petition which had been
read and adopted by the meeting to the House of Commons,
and also to support the prayer of it by every means in his
power, "

Mr. BR&MALL seconded the resolution, which was carried
nem. con.

The Mayor having left the chair, and the same having been
taken by John Harding, Esq., of Bonehill, Mr. W. Knight
moved the thanks of the meeting to the Chairman, which, being
seconded, was carried amidst great applause. All parties pre-
sent then proceeded to affix their names to the petition to the
House of Commons before alluded to, and the meeting se-
parated,.

The Right Hon. W. Y. Peel and Edmund Peel, Esq., of
Bonehill, who signed the requisition to the Mayor, were un-
fortunately prevented attending the meeting by severe indis-
position.