The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-12 00:00:00

4°d starving the population when the seasor_s
_unfat-ourab!c.
The Principle, plain and palpable as it is, that
Population cannot exceed the supply of food,
and is' only kept from indefinitely increasing
1 that supply being limited, is continually
overooked. by writers. The necessary conse-
dadce of it is that population and food always
to keep abreast of each other, and must be,
°ll' the average of any number of years, on the
84the Ren^e, writers who defend the law
Which continually shortens the supply of food,
aLlti continually starves down the people to
.flit""t Continually
can say that it has " insured
Peg War and safe supply," that corn has
;h"come cheap, as compared to . 1817, and
Bat the United Kingdom is little exposed.
athe danger of depending on fbreign supply.
i how has the nation been kept independent
Of`'foreign nations ? How has the average price
has much below the price of 1817; and how
nas the supply been kept, politically speaking,
tsaf safe
not regular?. We answer, by starving
,te Population, in dear years, down to our own
°F supply, and exciting population with
ltinl) fearful irregularity, in those abundant
years, which the law impiously converts into a
the to the husbandman. The phenomena ofsvhich
theirle
advocates boast' as the result of
11 are the consequences of large
tur,s3s
" of population being most horribly put to
death
'll.l Years of scanty supply,
st. The st'.eklers for the Corn-I
who are also
stickler` for the Constitution, ought not to over-
look the possible effects, of the former on the
fiatte:r:; and if it be 'endangered by al ernations of
tnine and plenty,they mht not to sacrifice
ought
Irlipt
according to them, the higher interest. for
Chane Viers'
It may be difficult to 'trace the great.
.ges in the Constitution, of which the Conser-
triativ.es complain, to the Corn-law but they will
cootde _
ny that those changes have taken place in
donjunetion with that law. They can hardly
the that greater changes have been made in
sta. C(4nstitution since 1815, when their beloved
other law has been maintained, than in any
actual'
;"3 Years of our history, not being years of
uthal civil war, or, embracing -a revolution.
prir-use Years the Tory Ministry, with all the
the lii les it maintained, was shamefully routed,
bo; Irish Church cut down, and not a few rotten
Th°llghs, though many have been left, cut off.
ph:P au(=ient poor-law, which gave security to
tervietii.t) by giving the poor an interest in pre-
ag it, has been abrogated, and most of our
beeo4 institutions for individual iprotection
1111 superseded by a Frenchi fied system of p oliee.
boYpoPutting an end
to old corporations, to the old
Church°ln°llPerinc.- system, and by curtailing the
tittioti),Preseripti'on, the best safeguard for insti-
a.nth: ',"'as been wholly extinguished, law and
inot:rdY have fallen into contempt, and at this
tiw."t the masses wait and watch for an oppor-
-43, d
Tilat estroy the whole system.
to r, such things would have COM?. so speedily
1473 had trade been steady, and men well fed,
vtleiartt luntZnb.,;lieve. Above all, we are satisfied
but wide-spread and increasing po-
tliesY;ad distress c)1111 have raised in the land
whinfChartism, arid that thorough contempt
tuti,„ now Pervades the masses for the Consti-
haveVrtheir forefathers. Whether the Corn-law
in b • een, as We believe, mainly instrumental
will in
gins about this vast chap no no person
the CenY that the two. have co-existed. While
oin-law has periodically starved the
Pe) it
teristi has stamped its own iniquitous.charac-
has r,es ort.the whole system of legislation. It
14. —used discontent by causing physical suffer-
and .
ob " its detestable, immoral nature has
I, • . .
wish to legislation into contempt. Those who
With us Preserve the Constitution should unitee
)certin' now make one great and needful
estore° t) extinguish the Corn-law, and so
res
'lf Possible the law of Parliament to the
1-eet of. ,
tne people.
CD,e ands

-erstand that at a meeting of the Sub-
jrtlelitte.,„
4441 N, , ot air CHARLES NAPIER; Sir BEN-
I .1
ALL, and Mr. YOUNG, it has been agreed
t°l: ;°,eall a public meeting of the Liberal elec.-
trl'e borourth of Marylebone on Wednbes-
-1:3"-, at the Colosseum, Regent's Park, w en
b-"*eolent of one of the two new candidates
de:°'dePidecl by ballot. As nothing short of such
his f-7.;°4stration on the part of Mr. YOUNG andie
114st-0.1°114s can persuade that gentleman that l
%yr t the confidence of the liberal electors, the
situ si:" Pointed out is one most likely to provebt
thast-ikket°lT to all parties. We have little doubt
their liberal electors thus appealed to will do
nit4,q4tY ntanfully. They
tklite Of the comprehend the
questions upon, which an appeal
Aiiiie„43 thepa by her MAJESTY and her MAJESTY'S
PolFl-al--ers' These questions involve no ordinary
ti~alfonsiderations. They embrace prac-
thotZ 4141 immediately the life or death of
gatil';l3 of oar fellow-creatures subject to the
kid -I,lll's, living under the same institutioes,
4lllietrlitiened with a double share of the toils,.
rpss"4llB, and privations of the most (Its
ele'eter,4 °f the Electoral body. The Liberal
of Marylebone will, therefore, support
thy-lan) under such circumstances, in whom
*411,144-ye not the greatest confidence. Now,
Say :it etacrtaining the shadow of a wish to
discourteous of Mr. YOUNG, we
-reak
441. "14 the language of the Reformers
of
tlj4: Ithen we affirm that he no longer
Weil their confidence. Were he therefore
contest he would retire from a
irthie
w hich he has no chance, and
return ierseverance may have the effect of
tetiieZg a Tory for the Borough. Mr. YOUNG'S
tarno--;2t fl.'o/1-1 the field vvoull secure the re-
irC'IAIILES NAPIER and Sir BENJAMIN
ol• enx in, whom not only the Liberal elec-
f
at 4ar: leboner but the Reformers through-
a reat )3ritain have unbounded confidence.
YouxG is of a different opinion we
Dithii-e7Y leave the decision to the result of the
mean ,;111e'-!1-jor, on Wednesday next. In the
karvatle We implore the Liberal electors of
e4xat4-I"e3 1.11: to bestir themselves in setting a good
(1 the country. Let NAPIER, HALL,
laaP loaf be their watchwords.
,711-

The

______!, we see,
°flees -,,"lwaY-rates lid enables the
Propei, -",10 are very generally turnpike-road
rat; -i—:ors, to
apportion a part of the Highways
4 II: t 0 the repairs of turnpike-roads. It gives
essior of repairs
from the said Justices in Petty
liilii.4
ta otd themselves atQuarterSessions.The only
the 1" is that intbrtnation must be exhibited by
ie—rk. or treasurer that the funds of the trust
tiof ..:Littient to repair the road. If this Bill do
.lohire rise, Fihottld it become a law, to gross
Iva). -g anti gross misapplication of the High-
coor.a.r4tes, it is well adapted to promote and en-
e that customary occupation of country
geotienien.

Sel.
eral of the Tory Journals have made a
gprreat outcry against Lord JOHN RUSSELL, for
Theceeding With the Bribery at Elections Bill on
to Ill's% evening, after he had entered into a
not
It3aet, as they say, with Sir ROBERT PEEL,t_e
7,, `) Proceed with it. If the public believe the
"II") Strvtdard, and currrier, never did Par
iatnentzt .
J. xi, 13' header behave so scandalously asLzrl
. , 1388111-1-• Sir 11. PEEL himself, however,
Steh4ll3 to entertain no such opinion. He was in
nettede 11311se last night, and made a motion con-
Iv with the subject of elections, which was
djailli,.t favourable opportunity to advert to the
a.;-er3r Bill, bad he any Food ground to corn-
wo'n of Lord J. RussEu.'s conduct, but not a
th 1.4
did he say. What can we conclude, but
,11,4 t the Tory Journals have poured out un-
tarranted accusations and reproaches? In fact,
iri°r(l J• Ittsstu., would never think of tak-
Qt.anY step of which the Hozi. Baronet,
c'e.d by his majority of one, would diSapprove.
cl4lfe.-course he took, therefore, had the Sanction
rh'Sir It' PEEL ; and our Contemporaries have
-.lst
:t likellly applied observations which were
1146/led to sortie clauses of the Bill, to the
Im.t)t 'Measure. It would really became the
-`3' Journals to obtain accurate information,