The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-01 00:00:00

here set out to be correct, while it will be our
province to collect` information of the progress
of the Company, as also of the operations of
oth?r establishments of a like nature.

THE CORN-LAWS AND ELEC-
• TION MOVEMENTS. , • -
(From the Leeds Times.) - •
" Down with the Corn-laws," is the cry that is now
resounding- throughout the land. Down with the Corn-
laws—the deep heart of humanity, in which so long they
have rankled, like a barbed and poiSoned arrow, pleads
for their fall. Down with the Corn-laWs, and whoever
supports them may the low, murmuring tale of misery
which has so long ascended before God—the curse of the
poor—the heaviest of all curses, though often long de-
layed—reach his heart—mingle, like the voice of an un-
welcome spirit, or the still more unwelcome reproaches
of a guilty conscience, With all his joy, making it no joy
to him. - Down with the Corn-laws, and may he who
would uphold this monstrous iniquity be assailed with the
sighs, an groans, and tears, of the fond mother as she
beholds her child pining for. that bread which the land-
lord, rather than permit it to taste, casts into the sea—
may he be haunted by this human misery, the extent of
which God only knows, till his heart relents, or, unre-
lenting— •
_ _ _

Till he wish and pray that life may part,
And not find leave to die."
We yield to none in our hatred of the landlords' mono-
poly—to none in the sincerity with which we cry—Down
with the Corn-laws.

(From the Bristol Mercury.)
Never before, indeed, were. the Liberals so hearty and
united in the cause of any one of their candidates—a
candidate whose abilities And sterling qualities have been
admitted even by his political opponents. Mr. Berkeley
has been tried and not found wanting. Ile has prove'
himself a staunch Liberal, and, when again returned to
Parliament, will (with the single exception of a question
of time on the West India experiment) take his seat as
the firm and determined opponent of monopoly. He
will be one of the minority against the bread-tax in the
present Parliament, and one of the majority against it in
the House of Commons about to be elected by the
people. There is only one circumstrnce which can, in
the slightest degree, militate against the return of Mr.
Berkeley, and that is, blind and overweening confidence
on the part of the Liberal party.
(From the Leeds Times.) •
K i
EIGHLEY.—THE ELECTIONS. - The 'erect' neering
machinery is in full operation in Keighley. n active
canvass has commenced on both sides. The Wliigs have
this advantage - over their oppcnents,—they know for
whom they are canvassing, wheivas- the Tories' do not ;
they are asking for votes for the' " Blues."• W. J3usfeild
Fernald, Esq., is their master spirit, and he in concen-
trating ,his gigantic
.talents, and the knowledgi, he ac-
quired among .!`.. Britain's gentry," into one focus,
namely, some placardism, and .he blazes away', at the
Whigs;in a style-which no man can equal: The Char-
tists are as yet very calm, but they are waiting 'until the
" star" twinkles on Saturday, not knowing u ntil.then
what they are to do in the great siruggle. Mr. 'errand
was astonishing the little boys on Wenesday night last,
by scrambling handsful of silver among them : lie is very
popular with that party, but unfortunately they have
no votes. He addresses the Haworth electors on
Saturday.

CHOICE OF CANDIDATES.—On Tuesday evening last,
a numerous meeting of the Liberal electors of Leeds was
held in the Music Hall, for the purpose of choosing two
candidates to represent this important constituency in
Parliament, in the place of Edward Baines, Esq., and
Sir William Molesworth, both of whom have announced
their intention of retiring from the representati(in of the
borough at the forthcoming election. The sal non and
the gallery of the Music Hall were filled, so that we
should think there could not be less than 1,5001 persons
present on the occasion. The meeting was -lerfectly
cordial and unanimous in the choice of ..Toseph Hume,
Esq., as one of the candidates, but a catrougleeling was
exhibited by great numbers in the meeting against the
proposed Whig candidate, Wm. Aldam, jun., E. 4 The
grounds for the dissatisfaction appeared to be principally
his opposition to the Ballot, his undecisively etpressed
opinions on the Abolition of ChUrch-rates and other
Church questions, and perhaps, above all, his advocacy
of a fixed duty on corn, and not, an immediate and total
repeal of the Corn-laws. The proposition of Geo. Good-
man, Esq., as a candidate, was enthusiastically received
by the meeting, and the cheering which followed !the an-
nouncement of his name was almost deafening.! How-
ever, he declined to become a candidate. All the lead-
n2; and influential Liberals of the town were present in
ithg orchestra.

(From the Somerset County Gazette.) :
The rumour that a peerage is about to be. conferred
upon Mr. Sanford is, we believe, without foundatibn, and
we presume that this • most excellent representative will
offer himself for re-election. Of Mr. Acland's course it
would be difficult to venture a prediction. He has lately
changed, his• way of life ; his. habits and turn of mind in-
cline him more to the study than to public business ; and
marriage, with its incidental expenses, may, very pro-
bably,
determine him to withdraw from a post for which,
great as are his scholarly acquirements, he is by nature
and education peculiarly unfitted. We, therefore, deem
it very probable that Mr. Acland would decline a con-
test, in which case Mr. Sanford and Mr. Dickinson
would be returned, without opposition, and such an ar-
rangement would be approved by. both parties.
In East Somerset, we understand, there will be no
contest. Col. Gore LangtOn will again offer himself, and
again be returned on the Liberal side, and Mr. Miles, as
a moderate: Conservative, and a capital man of business,
cannot and ought not to be disturbed. •
_ _

In Bath, Mr. Roebuck 7mts already made his ippear-
-amse on. the Liberal side, and is purSuing a zettl9us and
effective canvass. Both the present Members are To-
ries. Mr. Roebuck is, ist many of his opinions, too Radi-
cal for us ; but where ,the Radicals are numerotis;- as in
Bath, we really think that the Whigs' ought to support
him, on condition of his friends supporting a Whig
candidate. The division between the Whigs and Radi-
cals was the cause of the defeat of the Liberals here on
the last occasion. Let them be warned by the result
then, and avoid such an error now. Mr. Roebuck is a
man of surpassing talent. • - • •
In Taunton, the strife of parties has begun.. Two
Tory candidates, staunch advocates of Monopoly and -
supporters, of the bread-tax, sugar-ta;;, and provision
takes, have taken the field against the present Members.
Mr. Wilberforce and Mr. Hall are the monopolist cham-
pions, and they do not mince matters. The takers of
bread, and sugar, and. fbod, will assuredly find them-
selves at the bottom of the poll.
In Bridgewater, there has been no movement up to
this present writing (Thursday). But we hear that Mr.
Courtenay retires, and that a Liberal, probably Mr.
Charles Tynte, will supply his place. Should that
liberal and truly independent . gentleman be prevailed
upon to offer himself, his election is secure, and that,
we believe, without any opposition.
In Wells, Mr. llayter, the Liberal and able Member,
whose popularity is unbounded in the City, will be se-
cure of re-election. The other seat, now occupied by
Mr. Blakemore, a monopolist, will, we presume, be
contested, and we doubt not successfully, by Mr. Lee
Lee, as the advocate of the humane and liberal prin-
ciples to advance which the Parliament is dissolved.
In Frome, the seat of Mr. Sheppard, the once Liberal,
now Tory and monopolist Member, will be stoutly con-
tested..

(From the Tyne Pilot.)

The step taken by the Government is one of greater
consequence than any political movement of the present
century. It is a new principle introduced into our Le-
gislature, whose power must soon become paramount
there, and before whose lustre and purity every dark
monopoly must sooner or later disappear. Even amid
all the public distress. which exists, we cannot help
feeling proud of our country at this juncture, and re 7.,
joking that her strength of character is such as to pass
with philosophic calmness and composure through moral
revolutions like that in which she is now engaged—a
moral revolution through which, perhaps, no free state
in the world could pass witirtout bloodshed and anarchy.
The cry of the nation—" forwards,"—long unheeded in
high places, is at length responded to thence; and now;
we firmly believe that nothing can' long retard the tri-
umph of just and free principles in every department of
our national system.
(From the Bolton Free Press.) .

The ReforM electors of Bolton have done themselves
honour by the unanimity of their resolution to call on
Mr. Cobden to become a candidate for the representa-
tion of the borough. They invite him in tha full con-
fidence that they will be able to place him at the head of
the poll, and no body. of electors should, in a crisis like
this, dare to peril the return of such a nan upon a per-
adventure. For a manufacturing constituency to fail in
an attempt to return a leader of the Anti-Corn-law
movement to Parliament would prove a mortifying blow
to the free trade cause, which is the cause of national
prosperity, and even the most remote chance of such an
issue should be avoided.

(From the Wds'
. .
The Tories are rabid they are all but dangerous to'
approach. They have, however, changed the obnoxious
term of " Tory," for the I‘s:retilil'el:,more detestable soubri-
quet
:of " Moneipolist." appellation conveys a
more correct idea of the true spirit..of their party : their
principle has ever been to benefit the few at the expense
3
of the Man to stare,
star, to beggar the middle and
lower classes 7 for. their own aggrandisment. Our
whole • system of taxation proves this fact. These
•Monopolists have held the reins of Coeivril rnm
oftheir.
ent long
enough toenaenact-laws for he roile
own interests, however unequally Pend •
nay bc-ais•upon the.other classes of the community, and
y_ attempt to bring about a more healthy and rational
no4e Of legislation, naturally alarms their hateful pre-
judices,. and awakens their tyrannous spirit of domina-
tion. , They now grasp, as: in the agonies of death,
their daring monopolieS of corn, sugar and timber,
knowing that if the admirable propositions of the Go-
vernment should become the law of the land, they
_must lead to a thorough revision of our entire tariff.
The people have" no real synapatliv with the Tories :
thoSe of the middle and lower classes who swell the
ranks of those grinding monopolists are enlisted either
under' the banner of intimidation or corruption.
• (From the Falmouth Packet.)
,
-Let us direct attention to one most awful and startling
effect, arising from the operation of the Corn-laws—
namely, the disaStrous influence of those laws upon the
health of thousands—nay, millions of our fellow-crea-
tures. It is known that scarcity of food is the fruitful
cause of disease and death. Any regulation; therefore,
tending to limit the :supply of food, is a deadly attack
upon human life. The burdens of the poor have become
to heavy to be borne, and that individual cannot have
the heart of a man who can quietly look on and not -at-
.' tempt to alleviate their sufferings and sorrows. Among
'the facts published by the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law
Association, we find tales of men receiving less than
ilve shillings per week, and of fathers robbing the hog's
.trough to satisfy their own and their children's cravings.
i• we can ourselves name a town in the west of Eng:
i• land whereehildien may be constantly seen raking sci: