The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1843,

We have but just time to point attention to the great
meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League, held at Man-
chester yesterday—the greatest in its results ever
held in a commercial town. In the short space of an
hour or so, nearly SIXTY THOUSAND POUNDS
were subscribed spontaneously— as if by acclamation !
Truly this is a sign of the times which the most per-
verse monopolist will believe, and tremble. The doom
of the Corn-laws is at length sealed—and for ever.

The Message of President PoLK leaves no doubt
whatever of his views respecting the Oregon question.
fie re-asserts the claims put forth in his inaugural
address last session, and calls upon Congress to main-
tain them. The United States can accept nothing
short of the whole of the Oregon territory, and every
English subject must be expelled from the shores of
tl'e Pacific, to make place for the Americans, who
alone are entitled to occupy the disputed ter-
ritcry. This result is only what we antici-
pated, and the arrival of the long-winded do-
cument (nine columns in length), therefore, has
neither taken us by surprise, nor brought any
news for which we were not fully prepared. Any,
person who has been watching with common obser-
vation the proceedings of the American Congress
for the last few years, must have been convinced
that they have determined to allow Europeans no
right to interfere in the arrangements made in
the New World, and that one of the great princi-
ples by which they are guided, is that there shall
be no balance of power throughout the whole length
and breadth of the American hemisphere. That
there may, however, be no mistake about Mr.
PoLes intentions, we quote his own words :—" The
extraordinary and wholly inadmissible demands of
the British Government, and the rejection of the pro-
position made in deference alone to what had been
done by my predecessors, and the implied obligation
which their acts seemed to impose, afford satisfactory
el.idence that no compromise which the United States
ought to accept can be effected. With this convic-
tion, the proposition of compromise, which had been
made and rejected, was, by my direction, subse-
luently withdrawn, and our title to the ' The farce of election at Woof f; tocic is only just
whole Oregon territory asserted, and, as over, when Buckingham is called ippon to enact a like
is believed, maintained by irrefragable facts farce. Sir JOHN CHETWODE'S d eath has made a
and arguments." To the title of the vacancy in the representation of .Buckingham, and
whole territory he firmly adheres, and calls upon the Duke of that name will issue hi; mandate, which
Congress to give the required period—a year's notice will be obyed. The Due will. ardly mi the
—that the mutual occupation shall cease preparatory opportunity of sending hisk young h
hopeful toss vote
to the seizure of the whole of the Oregon. «A year's
says he,
notice, against P , i
EEL. A borough, indeed,, below the dig-
"is required to be given by either nity of the Duke's heir; and Load CHANDOS, it is
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party to the other, before the joint occupancy shall well known, has been nursing for the county, which
terminate, and before either can rightfully assert or his father rules equally with the bo rough. But these
exercise exclusive jurisdiction over any portion of the dignity. are not times for stickling about; dignity. would, in my judgment, be
territory. This notice it
monopoly is fighting for life, Lord € HANDOS must be
proper to give ; and I recommend that provision be in the fight, even though he serve a private. But
made by law fur giving it accordingly, and tenni- whether the Duke of BUCKINGHAM nominates Lord
tieing in this manner the convention of the 6th of Cuasinos, or a chimuey-swee p, his command will
August, 1827." There is no mistake about this, and be obeyed.
there can be none either about the steps to be taken Buckingham, like Woodstock, has about four bun-
. after the year has expired. There are only two alter- dred electors. There are too many other instances
natives—" the whole of the Oregon, or war." The pro, to show that such a constituency is x too small to
position of England, according to his deliberate state • withstand the influence of a great- Duke, or rich
ment,cannot for a moment be entertained by the United neighbour. But if we are to have ni >mination, what
States without an abandonment of their just and clear need of four hundred electors? AR things are, e
territorial rights, their own self-respect, and their Reform Act has only done mischief i the
cases. It
national honour. The only sentence in which we were better to; have Old Sarum, Gah ton,
astitu en and C
ciesorfe
n of
find the slightest semblance of modesty or diffidence Castle, back again, than a set of el.
is, that in which he submits his views to Congress, three, four, and five hundred, return ing Members
which he does " with great deference," and adds, under great men's influence, or throlyi, h corruption.
should they in their wisdom devise any other Mode It is misrepresentation in either case; ca.ci more eon-