The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM T 1 cr, EVENING pars RS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.- ^By determining to retain the sliding-
scale, b ert Peeltin effect maintains the old mo-
nopoly. The p Teat fault of the old Corn-law was, that
it excluded foi ).lign supplies till the average had brought
down the duties to the lowest point ; and then the fo-
reign corn in the bonded warehouses was let in upon the
market at one e. Under the old law, the corn of foreign
growth was ex eluded from the market until the price had
risen to 725. o r 735. At what lower rate will the new
law admit the foreign article ? " See," said the Tory
journals, " pi: vast the reduction of duty effected
by the Premier's ameliorated scale of duties—the duty
is absolutely 1 o wered more than one-half! Had the
old law been i i operation, the duty on foreign corn
would have be en 275.; it is now only 135." We admit
the reduction ; but we assert—and the assertion is esta-
blished beyond contradiction—that the duty of, 13s.
is as complett Ay a prohibition, as absolute an exclusion
of the foreign article from the English market, as that
of 275. Of 7 00,000 quarters in bond, not a single
quarter has b et n taken out of bond for home consump-
tion. Why ? .Manifestly because the importers cannot
afford to pay- the duty, and must, therefore; wait
for a higher Tate of average, on which a lower duty
will be paydbk. The Corn-law monopoly is thus
practically nis intained by Sir Robert Peers new
eliding-scale is effectually as it was under the old,
law. The alle...ations are mere sleight-of-hand tricks
played off to delude the vulgar ; but are perfectly
seen through by the initiated. The exclamations of
astonishment acid delight at the tricks of the wonder-
working Katie rfelto, are used by parties hired
for the occasion, for the purpose of more effec-
tually keeping up the delusion, in the profits of
which they are admitted to share. The dissatisfac-
tion expressed_ by a portion of the Tory party at Sir
Robert Peel's Corn-law and Tariff, we are disposed
to regard as equally dishonest. It is employed to
gull the people into a belief that some substantial
good will certainly be achieved by their operation ;
seeing the monopolists themselves appear alarmed at
the changes to be effected by it ! Lest the apprehen-
sions of the farmers that any substantial and
abiding injury should result to their exclusive in-
terests, by the reductions of duty on the importation
of live cattle and meat proposed by the new
Tariff, Sir Robert Peel has employed himself in de-
nwnstrating the impossibility of their interests being
affected by the new scale of duties, and has thus dis-
pelled the delusion. Indeed, so far has the Premier
carried his generous purpose of relieving the anxieties
of his friends, and thus proved his sincere devotion to
their prejudices, that he absolutely sacrifices himself
es a statesman for their sakes, and stultifies his own
declared design in the grand financial and fiscal pro-
ject which he launched with so much pomp in the
house of Commons, amid the cheers of the Opposition

benches.
STANDARD.—Whatever course others may
take, we will not incur the responsibility of silence
-while a chance remains that the New Poor-
law may be either repealed, or modified into
a shape of humanity : this is a responsibility
which we dread more than we dread the
displeasure of any man or set of men. If
gee have carefully abstained from aggravating
the cruelties of which this law has been
the occasion, and we think it will be al-
lowed to us that, of the opponents of the
law, iVe have not been- the least circumspect
in this particular—we have done the violence to our
feelings in the hope that the ascendant humanity of
the benrvolcnt and Christian 'part of the population
would. call imperatively for a mitigation of the harsh
code, and that sounder views of " a true political
economy" would reach those beyond the influ-
ence ot human and religious feelings, with the
effect of causing them to act in conformity with
the call. Our hopes have been disappointed—
at least their realisation has been postponed.
The Whig-Radical law is to be continued for five
Sears at the least, if the people will permit ; and it
is now our duty to appeal from statesmen and Par-
liament to the sense of the people, while the people
can still constitutionally interfere. Let every
elector who gave a vote in the hope of a miti-
gation of the Poor-law, and upon the faith
oF promises for its mitigation, now call upon his
:Representative to redeem the pledge given ex-
p:emly, or by implication, at the hustings. The
question is no party question in Parliament, let it
be none out of doors. Let us then have no angry
remonstrance ; but let gentlemen be held firmly
to their engagements, and warned •of • the cer-
tain consequences of violating those engagements.
The recess, though short, happily affords an
epportunity. As we have said, the question
is not in Parliament allowed to be a party ques-
tion, but, if not a party question, it cannot pos-
sibly be a Ministerial question. . The Minis-
ters, thr,ugh they may be disobliged, cannot be
:injured by a successful opposition. On the other
hand, ilefcat would he a true kindness to them.
LS the to the harsh and insulting operation of the law
has l'een ascribed, and justly ascribed, to its authors ;
but from the day in which it shall be renewed in Sir
.T.innes Graham's Bill, the obloquy under which the
Whig=.3adicals have sunk • will, with equal justice,
attach to the party of the present Ministers.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
CORK COUNTY.
Patrick O'Sullival (in continuation f.om cur Aftev
/tool -ot iesterday) said—l received a corn-
att-on from a person of the opposite party
teat it would he dangerous for him to return front
poll on ?he Tuesday without an escort. He was escorted
home, therefore, by a party of police ; but even so he
thought it unsafe to go home the same road he came,
knowire; that he would be waylaid. No voter in the
Conar..vative interest could be safe, going to or from the
pull, without an escort.
Cross-ex).m;ned by Mr. AuSTEN—Witness was sub-
agent to Lord Bantry, under the head, agent, Mr.
Payne. Was not a driver, but only a collec-
tor of rents. Drivers. were the persons who
executed warrants of distress, and drove off cattle for
non-payment of rent. Witness brought over eight
votere with himself—nine in • all—one, named Sims, a
Pretestant, the other eight O'Sullivans, and Catholics.
Witness bad no trouble in cavassing them. They were
quite willing to vote. He paid their expenses until be
xot into Cork, where he received front one of Leader's.
ugoota the expenses of the voters he brought up. On
tha way to Cork, he took on board the boat, at Bantry, five
-.oters. They were Catholics, except ore Rich. O'Sullivan,
-who was a Protestant. He had not canvassed those
voters, but he had sent them word by one of his drivers
that he would call fur them in the Bay on his passage
f.enn. Beernam to Cork. The boat was about 24 tens
burden. The people threw stones at them when they
were in the broad part of the Bay, but could not reach
them. When the voters were going ashore in a yawl
from the cutter, there being aoout eighteen persons
on board, stones were thrown in amongst then),
and a voter named Murphy was struck. They
tailed witness and his party Tory hacks, as
they were landing. Symes had a double barrelled gun,
by accident, which he was bringing to Cork to be re-
paired. Witness had brought from home a case of I
pistols ; but left them with his luggage on board the
cutter. After three or four of his party had been knocked
down, he took the gun, and held it before him in such a
position, that another move would bring it to the shoulder.
They then got to the hotel, which was close at hand.
Afterwards witness got his pistols, and it was going up
the hill at Upton, that he thought it was necessary to
take them out. Did not usually carry pistols about with him.
There was no one with him but Timothy O'Sullivan.
They would have been pelted by the mob, who obstructed
the road, but that he produced the pistols, and told the
snob that that he would take the lives of two of them at
least, if they threw a stone. They did not throw after
that. All the voters who went to Cork with witness,
except Timothy O'Sullivan, voted for the Conservatives.
.O'Sullivan would have voted, but that, having left the
polling-booth with the intention of returning, he was un-
able to make his way back for the mob in time to vote.
These voters were still in the same tenancies; but it
would be. very hard to get them to go up
to the poll again, if there were to be the
same "goings or."—(A laugh.) There were a great
many soldiers and police with fixed bayonets about the
city. In fact the streets were quite lined with them.
Had seen soldiers before at the Cork election in 1833,
when Mr. Feargus O'Connor was a candidate. He could
not swear that there were soldiers in 1837. There were
either soldiers or mounted police. Would swear that
there were not more military. in 1837 than at any elec-
tion before or since. Had no doubt that there were
military and police at the election in 1835, and at every
contested election since 1817. Mr. Longfield, the Con-
servative, was once returned for the county, though
there was a majority of 6,00 against hitn.-:-(Great
laughter.) He got in on q Connors disqualification.
There had, with that exception always been Liberals
returned for Cork County since 1830 ; and there always
would be if things went on as they did last time.
Re-examined—Five voters left his party at Upton.
They were intimidated by the mob that came from Cork.
Two others were cut off at Bandon. Going up. the hill,
he took out his pistols, through apprehension of injury to
himself and party. The stones which were thrown must
have been pretty large for they knocked down all the
persons that were struck. His own hat was cut through,
and his skull so severely wounded, that he was in
danger for months. The Bantry voters had always gone
up cheerfully to vote for that party, and would go up
again, but for fear of their lives. Had no
doubt that the seven who were " cut off" on the way
to Cork, were afraid of their lives, and were only pre-
vented by that fear from going to the poll.
To the Cc mmittee—Witness was escorted to the poll
with his voters by a large body of their (the Conserva-
tives') own people. They were collected for the pur-
pose, and some of them had sticks.
Mr. A. Warren Payne examined—Was a Magistrate
of the county of Cork. Resided in Bantry, about
fifty yards from the hotel where O'Sullivan and his party
put up on their way to Cork. There was a great crowd
assembled in front of the hotel, making a great noise,
and threatening the party. Witness, considering
the latter in danger, went into his own house,
and loaded a brace .of pistols, with the
intention.of going to .o'Syllivart's assistance. The mob
• attacked his house in the meantime, broke, the windows,
and endeaitured to force the doors. Witness produced
double-barrelled:. gun, and soon after the' crowd dis-