The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-26 00:00:00

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A NOVEL.
Riohard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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LONDON :
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1842.

k pry effort which can be ought now to be
t, to re-unite in peace and love the separated
i!,;./;;;,-:s of the community, and every effort made
11;1AI that object deserves the kindest considera-
tion ;i.nd the most effectual support. From all
vitiartors we hear one opinion expressed. It is

,:411fatically said " England will be ruined if

tiLe middle and working classes be not recon-
ciled." As long as they are at enmity, a large
military force will be required to keep the peace,
and in its presence liberty is an empty name.
e see, therefore, with satisfaction, that Mr.
.J 00% ex STURGE, as Chairman of the National
Complete Suffrage Union, has issued an address
to the " middle and enfranchised classes," in
order t.,D heal, if possible, our unhappy dissensions.

It is quite natural that for undertaking this
good Is ork Mr. STURGE should be assailed
y atl those who love riot and disorder
;IS 4ile justification of tyranny. Me who has
firm amidst showers of paper bullets
poAred on him by the bribed Press of the slave-
downor and the tyrant in every quarterof Europe
an: America, will fearlessly, we are assured,
ticl';..:lll the missiles of the monopolist Press of
In alluding to him, therefore, we feel
that he does not require us to lift up a

i;gg.

Etl "t)efure him. We shall undertake no su6

urilec'es3ary task, being assured that he despises
and contemns attacks of which the malice
y,4lato.les orOy their authors. It is our duty, how-
f.34. es, to notice some of the points of the Address
acd.-reeonnnead them to the deep consideration
i i:c enfranchised classes. .

~v'ith Mr. STURGE we agree, and we have on
his point the whole Tory Press on our side—that
the I.i.bour/Itg classes are an ill-used and much-
rrono'ed set of men. The soil, and all political
"w` r, have been monopolized; the bulk of the
proillee of their labour is annually, by some
',fent or other, or by some class or other, ex-

from them—while those who undertake

to t.:aolt them, and to provide for their welfare,
i:i retu-,..n for wealth and power, have given them
Lisebil instruction whatever, and have taken
,„, care of their health or their welfare. All liti•

;it; iusCan,ions, every politicail• contrivance—
't;;:u whole duties of Government on the one hand,
:•;1(! .thedience On the other, have for their object

i,:romotion of :the earthly happiness of man.
are to give health and strength ofbody, peace
:17 ini td, and security for enjoyment. That being
t_lt! Intention 'of them, and the working classes.
,i,(:,in;* neither properly fed, properly clothed, nor
9161A:fly lodged, they have a great right to COM-
:3IAI. They have done their duty to society.
nourish it, they provide amply fur others;
4).tr they are, by some means or other, denied
I:eir 1h share of the wealth they produce. Su
Mr.i!TURGE and the Council of the Complete
,Suafra4e Union; but theyplace their remarks at
cunciusioh uf their Address, while we think
ta:;d. pitociple should be the ground-work of
azppeal to all classes. The Address Cori..
desf thus—

.jtoor are wronged ; it is for you (the midd:o
ei,'s.ies) tv eo,we forward at this awful crisis of yuur
in try's istory, and to give your solemn pledge that
will see them righted.
a deAtiration on your part woald act
oil upon the troubled waters,
implore you by iti! the regard which you have for
honour of your country', by the interest you take in
preservation of pea,ce, by the affections you cherish
our own wives and children, by compassion for a
:pig and oppressed labouring population ; and lastly.
or t, le obligations imposed upon you by the ever
and. Almighty God, to give a peaceable expression
, .iur sentirneik-s in favour of the political enfrancnise.-
of your brethren, and tilos to stay the progress of
devastating plague which now threatens universal

itt *pother place it says
Either the just requirements of the people must be
• ted, or their impatience must be controlled by an
'artiv,a,l despotism. There is no other alternative. With
itt remains to decide whether the institutions of
:11ri t:dII =US t be based in :he affections of the people, or
ste,:held by the power of the sword ; ,whether society
be rent in twain—one party amounting guard to
vk the turbulence of the other, or whether our pre-
pt unhappy divisions shall be healed, and order, spring-
t,of respect for law, shall be restored.
flo as:lured, fellow-countrymen, that injustice invari-
aWty draws*,after it its own punishment. You can only
the nulllions in perpetual slavery at the cost of in-
ree,san t. fears, juereased taxation, periodical commercial
:Aka:lgen:lents aid the cession of a large portion of the
liberty Which iou yourselves enjoy.
IVotrust that such exhortations and admoni-
A,A win not be thrown away, and that the
,classes will think it is a duty to them-
their children, that they may hand
;Ifr,\va to ponecity the•civil liberties of England,
;low fiercely essa;led in behalf of a sordid mono-
to see just ice done to the working classes.
.ATunGE is a ,streunotts advocate for the
of the suffrage; the bulk of the people
(I,,,naad it, as a means to an end—and that end is
Oiaro of the armed produce of labour.
Whether the extension cif. the suffrage be the
mea_vs of obtaining 'and securing that is an
i ate viestion which we will not decide ; but
middi e or upper classes, including espe-
ialiy the cle4T3r of all ranks, cannot find any
,;i1:alls of secur:s.ag to the working closes a larger
.11ar2 than at prevent of the benefits of society,
tire afraid that even a military force will not
le aide lug to hold the community' together in

Y.

strange change boa come very suddenly
the Monopolist Journals. For months and

COMPLETE SUFFRAGE.
MEETING in favour of the
• .•5 of COMPLETE SUFFRAGE will be held in the
the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 24:2 A, High
ATONDA Y EVENING, Aug. '29.
JOSEPH STURGE. E-q., in the Chair.
Chair will be taken at Eight o'Clock precisely.

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HAMBURGH, 12TH AUGUST, iti4.2.
lrflS M es-r Y the EMPEROR of
...IL: A. AUSTRIA,
/ND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA,
HA:,itug, it OTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS-
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flircup-j: they are NO LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES
:lb cal ned tiEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH,
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14. .4._ -NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on 15th
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f xr POLISH DISTRIBUTION on 15th MARCH,

AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION on Ist of NEXT
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The, • '4ELEC'I'ION for the AUSTRIAN DISTRIBU-
():'; a;ready taken place, namely, on Ist of JUNE, THE
3UTION 'FAKING PLACE ON THE FIRST
MONTH.

t?_!IT::\TRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 26.
rerfoslned MRS. WEllTE.—Charac• art by Messrs. Gran-
Oxherry, Miss Stanley, Miss Crisp, and Miss Ridgway.
f'.,llowed by THERESE.....Carwin, Mr. Diddearl Theses.,

W h 1-11.1 VNH be added, the Farce of DEA} AS A POST.—
',Appy, Mr Harley.; Sally Maggs, Miss Stanley.
%de wishtbla Builetta of BLUE BEARD.—BIue Beard.
-r. r m.nd; Shackbblack, Mr. Oxberry ; Fatima, Miss Crisp;
Ift ; Stanley.
Pit, Gallery, Is. Hoors open at Half-past Six ;
Ak. even; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine
Priinte l'es to be bol of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ;
and ut ~(-% re. Andrews:Mitchell. Sams. and Batty, at their Libraries.

VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 26.
•--...farninnces will commence with Beldni's LA SONNAM.
A mice, Alisteitemer; Liza Mrs. Serie; Rodolpho, Mr.
Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison; with an increased Band, and a,
r,„ Chorus, condugted y Mr. G. Stansbury.
.4.-ter which, THE QUAKEIL—Steady, Mr. Leffler.
chide with, the Comic Extravaganza of ANGELS AND
RS.—Benjamin Brimstone. Mr. G. Wild; Sally Gingham,
`.'ice., ti.ptivate flexes may be had of Mr. J.lKerselmer, at the
tj7yr Eleven till Four daily.

years they have been writing against cheap
bread. The Post was at the pains, for seven,'
tu9nths, to prove, almost daily, that any pos-
sible reduction of the price of corn would not
amount to half a farthing a loaf, and it held up
to the scorn of the people the demand for the
repeal of the Corn-laws. It affirmed, too, al-
most daily, that to give our people cheap bread
would degrade them to the level of the black
bread and sour trout eating Germans. It main-
tained stoutly that cheap living implied low
wages, and it treated those as the enemies of the
people who asked for cheap bread. The Herald
took a somewhat similar line of argument. We,
therefore, were astonished to find the Post yes-
terday pouring out charges against those who
kept up the price of bread, though
" wheat has fallen during the last few
weeks .20s. per quarter." Far from now thinking
that this fall of 20s. should have no influence on
the price of a loaf, it called those " rogues in
grain" who do not sell their 41b. loaves "for 7d.
at most." We cordially congratulate our Con-
temporary on his conversion to the doctrine that
a cheap loaf is beneficial to the eaters of bread.

The Herald is a convert too. It now takes
the common sense view, and cries out that the
41b. loaf ought to be only 6d. " The bakers
and millers," it affirms, " are at the root of all
the evil of high prices of bread," and" the odium
now thrown on the agricultural classes, is justly
chargeable on the bakers and millers." Both
the monopolist journals, then, have suddenly be-
, come the advocates of cheapness. The clue to
their contradiction is this. It was supposed that
the repeal of the Corn-laws would benefit mill-
owners, manufacturers, and others of the middle
classes; now it is supposed that the high prices
benefit millers and bakers, and in both cases envy
of the well-doing of industrious tradesmen prompts
the contradictory opinions. They are an evidence
of the hatred of tradesmen which the gentry
nourish, and which their organs express, and of
nothing else.
Very little of our own farmers' crops is yet
brought to market. They, therefore, cannot
have reaped the benefit of those high prices
which are maintained for their advantage. Be-
fore they can have sold more than a few bushels
of wheat, prices, the Post says, have fallen 20s.
a quarter, or one-third. What a vast fluc-
tuation in a few weeks. In the next few weeks,
probably, prices will fall still further. Why
should the monied men who command the
market--,and who know,: as wen -as they know.
that two and, two, ma,ke, four, ,that the, 'farmer
must sell--giv,e,him one •farthing morethan they
can, help ? They will not buy on the benevOlnt
principle, though the farmer be wholly unable to
pay his rent.

Two million two hundred thousand quarters of
foreign wheat have been entered for home
consumption, while our own harvest is abun-
dant, and the price of wheat must fall far
and fast. Behold one of the beauties of PEEL'S
sliding scale. Prices were forced up, and kept
up, by all possible means, to catch, if possible,
the bounty of 800,0001. which the law offered to
the adventurous holders of the 2,200,000 quarters
of wheat, could they bring it in at ls. duty. They
have lost the great stakes they played for, and
the bankruptcy of the corn dealers—throwing
their stocks on the market—is the consequence.
The high prices which have ruled of late have
been artificial, and the farmers and millers have
not, in fact, experienced that great reduction
which appears to the public, and on which scores
of writers are now complaining of them for not
lowering the price of flour and bread.

We need not recommend our readers to pe-
ruse the trial of SUISSE, the Marquis of HERT-
FORD'S valet. It is a sort of reading of which
they are greedy, and they will devour it. The
moral lesson which that trial teaches will not at
this time be lost on the public. They will not
fail to remark in what manner the wealth of the
aristocracy is spent, while our artizans are starv-
ing. The connection which exists between their
miserable poverty, and the unwholesome wealth
of such men as the Marquis of HERTFORD, is ap-
parent, and it is equally apparent that a more
equal distribution of wealth than now obtains
would confer immeasurable benefits both on the
poor and the rich.

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