The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-27 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
We have Boston papers of the sth inst., by the
Concordia, arrived to. day.
The President's message had little or no effect on
the Boston Stock Exchange or markets.
The Boston Atlas thus allud( a to it :
" We suspect, from a hasty perusal of the docu-
ment, that it will not turn out to be sufficiently belli-
cose on the Oregon question, to suit the taste of the
rampant war loco focos of the west—and we verylmuch
doubt whether the frigid acknowledgment, that there
is a manufacturing interest in the country, which
deserves some incidental encouragement from the
Government, will be quite in accordance with the
views of Mr. Polk's South Carolina supporters.
" If the Whigs in Congress do their duty fully
and faithfully, as we have no doubt they will, we
think there is little danger of any essential change
in the tariff of 1842—and we think there need be
no very serious apprehensions of any war opera-
tions, for a year at least, upon the Oregon question.
We are rather inclined to the opinion that Mr.
Polk, and his peculiar adherents, have pretty much
made up. their minds to be satisfied with 'the spoils of
office'—and to let Oregon and the tariff take care of
themselves. It was incumbent upon him to say
something on these questions—and he has rid himself
of them as summarily as any loco foco President,
situated as he is, could well be expected to have done."
The New York Express says :—" The President's
Message is now spread before the public, and will he
extensively read. It will not be pretended that its
remarks in relation to Oregon are of the most pacific
character, nor will his views in relation to the tariff, or
Independent Treasury, or a change in the rates of post-
age, he received with much favourlby a large portion of
tie mercantile community. It appears that the con-
dition of 'the Treasury, up to the Ist of July last, was
in a very prosperous state. Its condition since that
period is not stated. We shall now have to wait until
the receipt of the secretary of the Treasury's re-
port for the present receipts and future prospect of
that important department. The commercial public
have so long been accustomed to look upon the Presi-
dent's message as a matter of course, and as the opi-
ni m of an individual only, that it has long since
ceased to have much influence on the operations of in-
dividuals. If the course marked out by the Presi-
dent was to be pursued, very few merchants would
project any long voyages, particularly to India or the
Pacific Ocean, and yet we see that vessels are depart-
ing every day for those distant portions of the globe.
The insurance offices are taking these risks without
the least hesitation. These are strong indications as
to the feelings and the views of the merchants, as to
the belligerent tone of the message. It will take a
day or two for the stock-market t ) he affected—we
shall be very much mistaken, if the document in
question should make any serious impression on it."
The stock-market at New York closed on the
evening of the 4th, at fully as firm rates as before the
receipt of the message.

THE PRESS AND THE LEAGUE.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
Mr. Cobden, and the chief speakers at the great
Manchester meeting, have been summing up the
vast machinery and increased power they possess by
their princely subscriptions, towards effecting the
repeal in the corn-laws. Let us see if there be not
another power, perhaps equally great, moving to
the same end, but not by the same machinery. The
newspaper press of the kingdom is the public organ
as well as the public instructor. The masses sup-
port those journals generally that mirror their own
minds, hence the press may be said to reflect rather
than create public opinion. Such being the case, it
is an important, as well as a curious, inquiry, how
far the press indicates public opinion upon the tre.
mendous question to be brought before Parliament;
or, in other words, what are the relative numbers of
newspaper readers for or against the repeal of ithe
corn-laws, as proved by the last return to the House
of Commons of the stamps issued to each. We
may premise that, in adopting this " last return,"
which extended to the 31st of December, 1843, we
are adopting a test of public opinion very far
below that which a return made at this moment would
furnish, if, as we consider very likely, other Liberal
journals have increased in circulation in a similar pro-
portion to the Morning Advertiser. Taking the cir-
culation, therefore, as it was just two years ago, we
find the following results :—ln the metropolis there
Itre five morning papers, classed in the Parliamentary
return as follows:—Advertiser, Chronicle, Herald,
Post, Times. Now, three of those journals, viz., the
Advertiser, Chronicle, and Times, are for repeal, and
two of them, the _Her ibl and Post, against it. The
circulation was as follow
The three free-trade morning journals, per day,
30,561. The two monopolist morning journals, per
day, 8,327. Exhibiting a majority of nearly four to
one of the readers of the free-trade morning journals
above the readers of the monopolist morning journals.
There are four evening journals, classed as follows :
—Globe, Shipping Gazette, Standard, Sun. Three
of these, the Globe, Sun, and Shipping Gazette, are
for free trade ; the Standard for monopoly. The
following are the comparative nunabers :
The three free trade evening journals per day 7,416
The one monopolist evening journal
Exhibiting a majority of free trade readers of con-
siderably more than two to one.
Of the weekly metropolitan papers, chiefly pub-
lished-oft-Saturday and Sunday, we find the follow-
ing results:—
Fifteen free trade weekly journals, per
week (casting aside the units) .... 214,000
Five monopolist journals (casting aside the
units) per week
Exhibiting a majority of free trade readers of more
than seven to one !
This last list does not include Punch, which, not-
withstanding its drollery, has rendered great and
good service to the cause of the people, or the
League, and Eonomist, which being the organs of
the League itself, may be said to come within its
machinery, rather than that of the separate and in-
dependent body of the metropolitan press, sustained
by the public voice.
4We find now this grand result
The morning journal 3, circulated chiefly in Lon-
don, though largely in the country, more than three
to one in favour of free trade.
The evening papers, circulated chiefly in the coun-
try, though largely in town, more than two to one
in fivour of free trade.
The weekly journals, circulated about equally in
town and country, more than seven to one in favour
of free trade.
01 the provincial papers there appears to be nearly
a similar result.
We have taken all which are at, or above the cir-
culation of the lowest London morning paper, viz.,
the Post.

There are eleven provincial papers, the circulation
of which equalled, or exceeded that of the Morning
Post, daily, viz.:—the Bristol Mercury, the Hamp-
shire Telegraph, the Leeds Mercury, the Leeds In-
telligencer, the Leeds Times, the Lincoln and Stamford
Mercury, the Liverpool Mercury, the Manchester
Guardian, the Manchester Courier, the Manchester
Times, the Newcastle Courant, and the Stajjbrdshire
Advertiser. The whole of these journals, save the
Leedslntellig
eneer and the Manchester Courier, are
for free trade. The result stands thus :
The nine provincial journals above the cir-
culation of the Morning Post, for free trade,
circulated weekly...
The only two provincial journals above the
circulation of the Morning Post, that are
against free trade, circulated weekly ..
Exhibiting more than four to one of newspaper
readers, in the provinces, in favour of free trade.
V§ejnbivsPdliet stittisti63 *ill prove
that
the nation is working to the same
lteh e trust
mn dtha orfthe
result as the money and machinery of the League,
and is, thank God, fully as encouraging.