The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-17 00:00:00

CORN-LAWS, GLOUCESTER.

GLOITCES'TE :Z, TCESDAY EVENING.—The advocates of
monopoly in the city of Gloucester baking resolved to
oontest the representation of the by placing two
Tory candidates in nomination -on the 'day of the elec-
tion, inscribing upon their banners, •' No alteration in
the Corn-laws," the merchants, the manufacturers, and
various other influential gentle Men in the city convened
a public meeting yesterday (Monday), which was held in
the Shire llail, the Bight Worshipful the Mayor, R. H.
Carter, Esq., in the chair, to consider what course of
action ought to be pursued at the present crisis. The
large hall was croWded with electors, and the utmost
enthusiasm prevailed. John Phillpotts, Esq., M.P., for
the city, was also present; having arrived that morning
from London, with a view to take part in the discussion.
W. RUPER, Esq., moved the first retatition in a speech
of great length, in which he combated successfully, and
with great eloquence, the various. objections urged by
the monopolists against the Ministerial projects. lie
called upon the electors to return to Parliament as their
representatives such gentlemen only who would assist her
Majesty's Government in enacting their proposed Inca-
' sures. The resolution :imply expressed abhorrence at
the fraudulent system of a fluctuating duty on corn.
G. B. li-otrtEnixv, Esq., seconded the motion very
briefly.

.1.. L. ST ' E., nit]. • (brother •,(if .Mr. Joseph Sturge,
of Birmingham), then came iOrtvark anti was ,received
with, loud cheers. lie spoke for upwards of an hour 'in
condemnation of the present system of Corn-laws. He
called upon the electors to combine together in one
common band for the purpose of.preventing the des-
perate faction of Tories from again assuming the reins
of Government. He exhorted them to come to the
rescue of their young and beloved Queen, who was
now looking on with fear and trembling lest she should
be compelled to submit to the dictatorial insolence of
the Tories.—(Enthusiastic cheering.) The question
was simply, whether the working classes shall have
plenty, or be starved ; whether trade shall be paralysed
or quickened ; whether we should have internal peace,
or commotion and ultimate ruin. The speaker then
moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting, indivi-
dually and collectively, pledged themselves to support no
candidates for the city, at the forthcoming election, but
those who were the known advocates of an alteration ig
the Corn-laws.

This resolution was seconded by Mr. FRINCILLON,
and passed unanimously, amidst the most enthusiastic
cheers.

Jolts PIIILLPOTTS, Esq., 31. P., then rose, and was
received with loud cheering. He proclaimed himself as
favourable to a total repeal of the Corn-laws, and ex-
posed, in a strain of sharp invective, the fraudulent
means by which the corn averages are taken in the
country. lie declared himself willing. af;ain to be put
in nomination at the next general electton, and sat down
amidst great applause.
Thanks we re then voted to the chairman, when the
meeting dissolved.— Correspondent of an Evening Paper.

HIGHGATE CEMETERY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,--Knowing that The Sun is a " people's paper," and
that you are anxious to eo everything in your power to make
it so, you will, perhaps, allow me a line or two, with the view
of correcting an evil, which I am sure must be extensively felt.
From a recent arrangenient, it appears that the parties in
whose hands rest./ the management of the affairs of the High-
gate Cemetery, have ordered that, on Sundays, no persons
shall be admitted without a special order. This, Sir, is an
arrangement exceedingly inconvenient to the public,_ inasmuch
as great numbers who are not aware of it go from London and
elsewhere, fully expecting to be admitted. It was truly pain-
ful yesterday, in pas:ine, to observe the gre,,t number of re.
spectable people, who 'had evidently come from
a great dis-
tance, crowded round the gate, experiencing all the vexation
which disappointment in such a case would create:
If people rre to enjoy the fresh air on a Sunday, what place
so fit to excite in the mind the most valuable moral and re-
ligious sentiments as a place like Highgate Cemetery, where,
while the beauty of the scenery reminds one of the great goloa.
ness and bounty of the Creator, the memorials of i
mortaitenyii
rising everywhere around us equally impress upon usthe
of all men, and the neces,ity of being suitably prepared
it? It is, indeed, unfair t, those who are etN>i
tions, to be ex-
cluded from this pleasure on a Sunday. At anbyli rate,
e that such an
measures ought to be taken to acquaint the
Pu
arrangement exists, and thus prevent the recurrence of disap-
sufficient
pointment.-1 am, Sir, &c.
London, June 1841.

p. B. TEMPLETON.

ST. DOMINWL
The following picture of the present condition of the
once beautiful and flourishing Island of St. Domingo, is
furnished in a letter from a French naval officer :
"We embarked on hoard the frigate Nereide, on the
94th December. On the 28th, we were at Fort Royal, to'.
receive orders from the Admiral, who despatched us on
all that I.;
the 29th to St. Domingo, where we were to take on
board the five millions.of francs Which the Consul Ge.•
neral had informed us were ready'. We have been tbreei4,
:lutedre hai'e seen
can say of the people will scarce
sutli.v to rive you .any idea of it.
in
and exhibit a most ludicrous military
days
sl
ahavet atn(:bile!*l ettrili;ie-s7f!etc:eru','° and epe:ebryli:
rnalry on foot manoeuvre like horses at
nothing but degradation and corruption. Men in rip'
&c. Both officers
trnehoa.'eml(pi•ouosertrd'at(ohil command, trot,gallop,
and men soldiers are without shoes ; one has spurs tied
by a cord to his naked feet, another has made himself
spurs with a piece of iron drove into a wooden sole tied
to his foot. and one. whole company, which I inspected
minutely, has not a single musket which would go off.
The officers in rags ask charity.
"" Slothfulness, poverty in its most hideous form—and
in the negro it is most ludeous—alone meet your eye at
the town of Port au Prince. The fields are overrun by
brambleS, logwood trees, and the rapacious lichens,
which obstruct the roads and destroy the old planta-
tions. With the exceptions of a few gardens whiCh are
here and there cultivated by the negroes—gardens far
~
inferior to those of our worst slaves—there is no culti-:
vation whatever.

The only product of the island is coffee, and that
every year diminishes so materially, that the time is not
far distant when it will produce none at all. No more
is planted, and the old coffee plantations are not even
taken care of. The owners gather the crops from their
own
b fields,
ers
tobe
the
en
amithed.tof
one
s not briarsbelil weeds--nog Navnildlinglo‘
o.k for
the other.

The
Marquis of Westminster, with his usual
libeiality, Las oraered Eaton tall, bis priTicel seat in Cheshire,
to be thrown open for public inspection throughout the summer.