The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-04 00:00:00

MAJORITY—NOES,
- Gordon, It.
.grey, Sir G.
Handley, H.

Hawes, B.
Hawains, J. H

Hayter, W. G.
Heathcoat, John
Hector, C. J.
Heron, Sir H.
Hill, Lord k M.C.
Hindley, Charles
Hobhouse, Sir J. C.
HobhousP, T. B.
Ho! ond, Robert
Horsman E.
Howard, P. H.
Howard. C. W. G.
Hume. Joseph
Hutt, W.
Hutton, Robert
Jervis, J.
Jervis, S.
Langdale, Hon. C.
Marsland. H.
Maul e, Hon. Fex
Morpeth, Viscount
Morris, David
Morrison, James
Monts, G. F.
Neel, C G.
O'Brien, C.
O'Connell, J.
O'Connell, el J.
Parker, John
Parnell, Sir H.
Pattisen, J.
Pease, Joseph

Pechell, Captain
Philips, G. R:

Philli}oita, John F.
igct, D. R.
PP►uonby, C. F. A.
Pryme.
Rawdon, J. D.

DEPTFORD ANTI-CI
ASSOCIATION,

Petition unanimously adopted at a crowded
meeting, called by public advertisement, in Dept-
ford, on Monday, April 4, and lying for signa-
ture at the White Swan and various other places :
To the Honourable the House of Commons in Parliament
assembled,
The Petition of the Members of the Deptford Anti-Corn-law
Association and others. _ . _

Sheweth—That your petitioners are connected with trade
and navigation, and live in continual sight cf the memorial of
England's naval greatness, which they have been taught is
mainly founded on the same.
'That the existing Corn-laws amount to a confiscation of
their property, of the same nature as would have been inflicted
on the owners of the soil, if the owners of the commercial and
water-borne properties within the country had prohibited the
sale of the produce of the soil in a free market.
That your petitioners also believe the wealth, revenue, and
standing of the country in relation to foreign States, to be cut
down in the same manner as if your petitioners had roguishly
and foolishly procured the prohibition of the free sale of the
produce of the soil, for the sake of importing more provisions
from abroad.
They therefore pray for justice and compensation, first,
through the removal of the present Corn-laws by the subtrac-
tion of three shillings annually from every grade of the exist-
ing scale ; and afterwards, through the substitution of bounties
en the importation of foreign corn, by corresponding augmen-
tations of three shillings annually on each grade of the existing
scale, till the bounties equal the pi esent duties, and then to be
continued for twenty-six years, or so long as shall correspond
to the period during which the property of your petitioners
has been subjected to confiscation. With reservation always,
that such bounties shall at any time be commuted for a per-
manent tax on rent, of such magnitude as to your Honourable
House shall be proved to be a fair equivalent on the part of the
owners of the soil.

MEETING AT DEPTFORD FOR THE ABOLI-
TION OF THE CORN-LAWS.

Yesterday evening, at half-past seven o'clock, a meeting
was held for the above purpose at the Swan Tavern, High-
street, Deptford, Mr. JOHN WADE in the Chair, who stated
that Colonel Thompson would deliver a lecture, after which
a petition to the House of Commons would be submitted to
the meeting for their approval and signature ; and expressed
his gratification at seeing so large an assemblage of persons.
He then begged to introduce the gallant Colonel Thompson, a
tried friend to thequestion at issue.
Colonel P. THostrsoN then rose amidst tremendous cheer-
ing, and dwelt on the evils arising from the present state of
of the Corn-laws.
Mr. JOHN Want.: said that several of the ministers of the
neighbourhood had been requested to attend this meeting—
all, in fact, with the exception of the Rector.
The SECRETARY then read letters from the Reverends Mr.
Hope, Squire, and others, all of whom expressed their regret
at not being able to attend, in consequence of important pri-
vate business.
Mr. PAINE was most happy to think that Government had
taken the question up, and he trusted that thepresent assemblage
would give strong opposition to this obnoxious and starvation
tax, by signing the petition extensively.
Mr. WADE (the Chairman) proposed that the petition be
adopted, which was carried unanimously.
The crowded state of the large room of the Swan Tavern,
which is capable of accommodating upwards of 500 people,
and the numbers that went away, not being able to get stand-
ing room, prove strongly the interest of Deptford for the aboli-
tion of the Corn-laws.

CORN LAWS.
The announcement of the Government of their intention to
prepose an alteration in the Corn-laws, struck terror into the
minds of the landed Aristocracy, which has not yet been al-
layed after they have had three days for its consideration. The
neighbourhood of Whitehall Gardens was crowded this morn-
ing with Tory Members of both Houses--a meeting having
bsrs held at Sir R. Peel's residence, for the purpose of de-
citfing upon the tactics the party are to adopt on the present
emergency. It is said they have determined to murder the
whole strength of the Conservatives on Friday, and attempt to
defeat the :Ministry upon Lord Sandon's motion on the Budget.

DRPIITY. CANADA.
GOVERNOR OF CANADA.--wionei Foster has
been appointed to the command of the forces in the room of
Sir George Arthur.
DISMISSAL OF SIR ALLAN NIESI,--•
From the Hamilton
Gazette we learn that this .1-eat and good man" has been
superseded in his office of Queen's Counsel, by the appoint-
ment of James E. Small, ESC, who has received instructions
from the Governor-Generil to. conduct the Crown prosecutions
throughout the Western Circuit.
CANADA.—
The following address to Lord
Sydenham has
been prepared at Toronto, and received, as we learn from the
papers of that city, a great number of signatures
• We, the undersigned inhabitants of the city of Toronto,
aderess yoer Excellency, er to bring under your notice
the alarming and lawless condition of this city and neighbour-
hood, in which at present, but for the presence of the military,
there would be safety for the lives and properties of her Ma-
jesty's subjects.
"It is our firm belief that all the Injuries and loss of life
lately inflicted on the peaceable inhabitants of Toronto and
the adjoining counties may be traced to the member; of the
Orange Society, encouraged by the inefficiency or connivance
of the city and district magistracy.
" Under these circumstances it cannot be expected, if the late
murderous and lawless proceedings he lett to be investigated
by the city authorities, but that the perpetrators will be
screened from punishment, and that a still more gloomy state
of things awaits the province.
" We. therefore, earnestly implore your Excellency to have
these outrages and their causes inquired into by means of a
Commission composed of men living at a distance from the
spot, of undoubted character; and also to have instituted an
immediate, full, and penetrating inquiry into the effects of the
Orange Society on the peace and security of the country_
convinced that the impartial investigation we claim will cer-
tainly issue in the suppression, by the strong arm of the law,
of all secret political societies, as endangering the lives and
properties of her Majesty's subjects retarding the settlement
and advancement of the province--deetrytive of the operation
of the
claa."w..and as subversive of Brit* authority in North
Ameri

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