The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-11 00:00:00

THE CORN-LAWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
" He that withholdeth • corn, the people shall curse
him."—Proverbs xi. 26.

SLR The above Scripture has been thought to
apply to those who keep back their corn from sale,
thereby creating a supposed shortness, and increasing
the price, and often doing so until it was spoiled. But
may I not ask, how much more does it apply to those
who pass or support laws which withhold it from hun-
dreds of thousands, r.nd thereby, to the poor and to the
labouring man, make him pay more of the shekel for
less of the corn ? thus " falsifying the balance by deceit,
that they may buy the poor," &c.

. . .
Thus, Amos Bth chap. 4th v.," Hear this, 0 ye that
swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the
land to fail. Saying, when will the new moon be go :e
that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we
may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the
shekel great, falsifying the balances by deceit, that we
may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of
shoes ; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat. The
Lard hath sworn by the Excellency of Jacob, surely I
will never forget any of their works; shall not the land
tremble for this ?"

I doubt not our law-makers laugh at this, and the
absurdity cf its application. but the poor workiar man
is made to know and feel it ; while he and his children
are often obliged to suffer, he has this consolation from
Gods word, that "the poor shall not always be forgotten'
Fulham, May 7. A HARD WORKING MAN.

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Not to be had at any other house. •
WILLIS'S ROOMS..—Signor Pistrucci gave his
first concert, . lecture, and improvisazione on Friday morn-
ing at these rooms, and they.. were well attended on the occa-
sion. The lecture was uppn the subject of Italian poetry, and
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of the tendency of some of their writings, and contended that
the main business of the poet lay in the encouragement of virtue
and morality. There was a sert of concert interlude, in which
Mademoiselle Pargiani, Signor Brizzi, and Mrs. Alban Croft
took part,with credit, and in which a Mrs. Percy Earl, a pupil
of Madame de Munck, the mother and instructress of Caradori
Allan, made a favourable debut. This lady has a mezzo-
soprano voice, of good quality, and sang with considerable ex-
pression. - Signor Pistrucci neat improvised with a good deal
of fervour upon a. theme proposed to him from the company,
" I sogno e la speranza," and illustrated it with several warm
poetical developments of subject. His finale was an equivoque
upon a series of last syllables propounded by the company, to,
which he'4ieedily-acnited• lines dn.:II-11pm to suit, and that
with much cleverness and ingenuity. Altogether, the vene_
rable Signor delighted his company, and maintained his repu-
tation.