The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-01 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR, —Upon the occasion of Lord Palmerston's abrupt
dismissal by Lord John Russell from a post he had filled
for so many years with so much credit to himself and
honour to his country—you were the first to regret, the
first to condemn. You deserve credit for your discern-
ment--your predictions are verified by time. Lord Pal-
merston is now, as he was then, the most important per-
son in the kingdom.
It is agreeable to behold the exhibition of talent under
any circumstances. We all like to see a clever thing
cleverly done ; but when talent is made subservient to
patriotism—when its object is to annihilate faction, to
re-establish permanently the most important principle
that ever triumphed in any country—to rally under one
banner men of talent of every party, with " onward" for
their cry—to trumpet forth in the most unmistakeable
manner (by a stupendous Parliamentary majority) to
Protectionists of every country, that protection is an
error, and that free trade, after a fair trial, has been
proved to be a great truth ; when these are its
objects, the exhibition of talent has an air peculiarly
graceful. Lord Palmerston has not only brought the
Protectionist and the Free-trader to the same pond, but
he has made them drink. Curious enough, it was only
the free-trade horse that kicked—poor Cobden ! We
might say in the words of Byron, Where's Cobden ?
Dished ! Where's Lord John Russell ? Diddled !
Where's Sibthorp, Newdegate, and Mr. Ball ? We
might also add, in the words of the same poet, " Re-
venge is sweet, particularly in " place-hunting Radicals
and well-paid patriots. Lord Palmerston was satisfied
with the triumph of a principle. Cobden and Lord
John Russell would make their enemies bite the dust.
The people of England will not bend down their thumbs
—the vanquished gladiators shall live. The country—.
the world—is indebted to Lord Palmerston for his ad-
mirable tact. England will not be ungrateful.
I conclude, sir, by subscribing myself to be, yours
respectfully,
Cambridge-street, Hyde-park Square.

C. W. S

THE DEBATE LAST WEEk.—The London correspon-
dent of the Edinburgh Advertiser, observes that the
amendment, in a homely phrase, completely took the
wind out of the sails of the factious Opposition. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a speech of great bril-
liancy, made a most triumphant vindication of
the policy of the Government. Bright, and Mr.
Frederick Peel did their best to reduce this great
question of domestic policy to a mere party strug-
gle. The latter gentleman was succeeded by Lord
Palmerston, whose great Parliamentary experience, high
personal honour, and acknowledged Free-trade sym-
pathies, at once secured the attention of the house to
the few sentences of dignified and profound wisdom
which he addressed to it. The noble Lord is, by general
consent, the ablest and readiest debator of the day, and
never to better purpose did he bring to bear his influence,
wisdom, and evperience.
SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—Last evening the
arrangements for the reception of the prize cattle imple-
ments, and to be exhibited during the next week by the
Smithfield Club, were finally completed. With regard
to animals, the admissions will be extended up to 10
o'clock on Saturday night, after which hour no specimen
will, under any circumstances, be received. The ar-
rangements are such that there will be a more distinct
classification of animals than formerly. The judges will
make their inspection and award of their prizes on Mon-
day, and in the evening the show will be illuminated for
private view. On Tuesday morning the exhibition
of the cattle will open to the public, and continue open
daily until Friday night, the 10th instant, when it will
finally close.
A NEW CANADIAN RAILWAY.—A new Canadian
line, called the Hamilton and Toronto Railway, was
announced yesterday afternoon. It will be 40 miles in
length, and the bill authorising it has already passed the
Canadian House of Assembly. The capital is fixed by
the legislature at 450,000/, currency, or 369,0001. ster-
ling, and the Government is, moreover, authorised to
advance one half the entire cost of construction, on loan
at 6 per cent., for 20 years. A contract, however, is
stated to have been made with Mr. George Wythes, of
Reigate, to lay down a single line of rails, complete, for
348,5001., and to pay 6 per cent. per annum on the
capital called up till the opening of the line. The capital
is to be raised by the creation of 212,5001. currency of
share capital in shares of 25/. currency, or 201. 10s.
sterling each ; and by the issue of 1,742 bonds of 100/.
sterling each, bearing 6 per cent. per annum, repayable
in twenty years, and convertable into shares. Only one
half of this capital, however, is to be raised in England,
the other moiety being reserved for Canada.
FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.—A piece of arable
land of 20 acres, in this parish, was, on Wednesday,
knocked down at 2,0001., being 1001. per acre. This is
under free trade, and one of the " sophisms of protec-
tion" was, that land was to go out of cultivation. The
land is not suitable for building purposes, and will
doubtless continue to be cuiltiev,LedAfyolresy Ne
wheat,bu7 ‘2ZhiCh
nobody could grow at the pre .
PLYMOUTH.—Mr.
debut Mead,
on
the THEATRE
Royal SROYAL,
They Plymouth boards on Monday the 22d. The piece
selected was the celebrated domestic play of Tlee Stranger,
and Mr. Mead's interpretation of the chief character Was
undoubtedly a finely drawn and exceedingly clever per-
sonation. Mrs. Haller was taken by Madame Leclercq,
and this lady was never seen to more advantage than
she appeared in that character. Her acting possessed
the very soul of nature, and was highly expressive of the
deep humiliation of a penitent, affectionate wife, who is
convinced that she has cruelly wronged her husband. The
closing Scene wee most effective, Paid tears were noticed

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS PO')

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS:
id
so The Assistant-Judge (Mr. Serjeant Adams) itso
bench of magistrates, sat this morning at the we
01
house, Westminster, to hear bail and apPeal c/vi
which there were four in the paper.
ya„,,o of
CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST A LATE
MERCY.
Anne Campbell, who, it is stated, is very resPelof
connected, and who has gained some notoriety YI go
quence of having published a pamphlet refleetageoi
the system pursued at Miss Sellon's establiOt
Devonport, of which she was an inmate, eai/1
this morning and pleaded not
_guilty to an ill`7 mids,
charging her with having stolen a set of da
iar„loo4
pearl necklace, and other valuable proper*?
to Mrs. Julia Anne Phillips, widow of the La_ _or
Howell Jones Phillips, of Seymour-street,
town. a*
Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, as
Ballantine and Mr. Parry for the defence.
osectiti"
Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case for the pros
foe,:
said that it appeared from the evidence of the P
trix, who at the time of the robbery resided c 1 Iler
Albert-street, Camden-town, that the prisoner Oa
mother were on a visit to her residence, and that ° r sio
19th of October last having occasion to go to Exeln'er,
placed a number of jewels under the care of the Prl'ii-otrg
mother, Mrs. Campbell. On her return from the &5 °I
the whole of the property was gone, and on the
eopty,
October Mrs. Campbell returned the jewel-eases ,r tole:
Finding her property gone she sent to a Mr' -se clicj.
man, who afterwards with Lockerby of the,,beP,
sion of police, went to Knowle-hill,
near Ids'he iv°
and saw the prisoner. The officer told her that !Adel
suspected of stealing a number of valuable art'
belonging to Mrs. Phillips. He was afterno;
shown a trunk from which lie saw the 13,0 4„o
riore'
ing the jewels taken. When he first saw the Pthatb
she did not express the least unwillingness ,
search should be made, but asked if the Mi.rsses 'l3OO
had been questioned upon the matter.
-amr. I.l,•)Ve',
having adverted to the statement made by the P-st
when taken into custody, and in which she said 4.),
had taken the jewels, thinking that the daughters sright to them, said if the jury were of opinion 000
had so taken the property with that intention, tbefusio,
return a verdict of not guilty. He would, in eeel.er
state that he and all parties concerned were e;"„ece°'
sorry at the appearance of the private correspalue-,
the prisoner—a correspondence which ought ele
have appeared, and which by being taken from "Of
fendant and published was against the principles
law and justice.

After a few words from the Learned Judge,
_A to i?.!
Mr. Ballantine said that he was much oblige 0;
learned counsel for the way in which he had st 3 0,
case, and, in conclusion, made some comment TPa 0,
bo,,w
manner in which the defendant had been treale ietr
at the police court and by the publication of her
—letters which had no bearing upon the case. tibe
Mr. Bodkin, after a short pause, withdrew 3:"tioli
prosecution, and the prisoner was, under the 11-04
of the Judge, discharged from custody, the jurf
previously returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The Court was crowded.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
1,1
VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A MEMBER OF PAB.-17
,10 11;
—This morning, the Hon. Butler Johnstone, 31", it
Wltil
Canterbury, appeared before Mr. Henry, the.
magistrate, in answer to a summons charging the,
violently assaulting Benjamin Oliveira, M.P. for
tefract.

Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the defendant. dO/
It appeared from the evidence, which was the
at great length, that on Friday night last, betsnro
hours of land 2, and after the division on the free. th°
motion, brought on in the House of Comma
complainant and defendant were walking along rzwd the
the former in company with Mr. Hastie, M.P., 13r
latter with Lord Drumlanrig. Both parties/ to the,
peared, called a cab, and the cabman driving 11P
,A
the side of the pavement, the complainant 1410'
side, when the defendant struck him in a very d then
manner twice over the shoulder, with a cane, d
,°l/.
ran away. Mr. Oliveira feeling himself aggTie_„—sttr
the following morning took out a summons ar`oftli`,
defendant, and the case was taken this morning out Ifoo
ordergenerally pursued at police courts, it coming °S
the night charges.
Several witnesses were called to prove the above 00
and after some considerable conversation between
parties, 00.6
Mr. Henry, the magistrate, stated that the best 003
to pursue would be to send the case before a./ bosk
let them decide on the matter in issue. . d
therefore, order the depositions to be taken, o'll4oo
defendant to be bound over to appear at the next se'
for the county of Middlesex. pro.
The parties were then bound over to appear 9'-„peAr.
k
secute, and the hon. defendant put in bail for his
ance.
The court was crowded to excess.

Cu'
THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. S. MORTON."-ti,
respondent states that the Procureur of the French Ire
public, or, as he is now called, of the Empire, 1.4-yi the
ceived instructions to commence a prosecution „,,,'-ving
cass of Mr. Bower, the relations of Mr. Morton '7,;ect'
made an application to the Government on this sob e„
CARLOW ELECTION.--Mr. Francis Macdonogh, .but
one of the most successful members of the Irish bar' pi
who has never hitherto taken any part in politics, 0,
offered himself to the electors of Carlow, as at.C5lO
date for the seat left vacant by the death' the
Colonel Bruen. t
SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An acciden
ncha
which a gentleman lost his life, occurred on the
shire and Yorkshire Railway, at Pendleton, near 5110
chester, yesterday morning. The deceased, Mr.
I, the
Longshaw, was rent-collector to Mr. Hugh Ifigs°ciitoll'
manager of the Fitzgerald colliery estates at Pen ia',,
He had crossed the up-line of rails at Windsor-104e,
station to make some inquiries of the clerk in
„,°,4,3%
whose name is William Birch. The latter was sn-oor
between a luggage-train and a coal-train on the ut
line, both of which were stationary. He had Pi.sreace
swered Mr. Longshaw's questions, which had re'ewilea
to the arrival of some cattle-trains from Skipton,iiivoi
a shout of "look out" was raised by one of the rlbester
officials, and the express-train from Bolton to gall°
came up almost immediately along the up-hne•nfor
Longshaw, who was standing on the down-line'
eci i°
tunately mistook the caution and thought it refe‘rt,r.corilf
one of the trains he was standing between. Ire 'line 0„,
ingly stepped backwards, almost close to the ur bait
rails. Scarcely had he done so, when the engin, earaci:
of the express train, which he had not
perceive°,
him on his right side, and dashed him before it, s° ever
he fell across one of the rails, and the train passings
him, cut off his left foot and right hand, at tbirnste;
time dreadfully fracturing his skull. Death was sv
„
taneous. The unfortunate man has left a widow "-
children.
THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES AND THE IRISH tO-•
TION.—The Art Journal, for December, adverting ~0,1;
vast Continental support promised to the Dublinec ll ,
delll,
bition of next year, says—" Our Paris corresP
writes us, that the approaching Irish Exhibition '00.04
nobly supported by nearly all the first-rate mond° AO
of Paris, particularly those connected with the firl,
f,-oer
the whole of the bronze, the best of the bijoutiere, rwitlls'
stainers, carved furniture manufacturers, gul'B-
porcelain manufacturers, bookbinders, silversinitli!o "thos6
pet manufacturers, &c., and by the producers °, I%frti
articles called emphatically 'Articles de Paris' ceive,
Roney, accompanied by his agent, has been re of
with the utmost urbanity by the greater numbereelise
bricants. The President, Louis Napoleon, has
_,Prnfoler
the support of the Government for the transport -issog;
chandise to Havre, the election of a French conininoval,
the contributions of the Gobelins, Sevres, and am
manufactories ; these, added to much goodwi", Ater
fested by our artists, will make no doubt a In`lh'e con
esting exhibition, and novel in point of art, IT i",.-brat'l
trast of the different productions of the most ee'-i
schools of painting of Europe." The whole of 1.01,0 t°
lection forming by the East India-house, which„tacle r
have constituted in itself a magnificent sPe-:- elf I'o
London, next year, will now figure exclus'vo th
Dublin, owing to an arrangement come to betsgee krilre
Royal Society of Arts, through its president, c 1
Albert, and the authorities in Leadenhall-street
East.
, bic nim..
CARRIAGE OF PARCELS. —A case of consioera- co-;
terest between the trading community and railway linty
panics has just been heard in the Liverpool
wee,
Court. The London and North-Western C, °,O, off, ,r;
finding that certain carriers adopted the praebeb-lic a.,"0
warding and delivering small parcels for the Vitheta app
very moderate charge, by making a number of 000 t.
into one large parcel, resolved to increase tbei,roae„o
such parties to more than double the usual on,
These rates were paid under protest, and lie ost,
was brought against the company to recover
one Ir.
charge, their act not allowing them to Place eoother.
dividual in a less favourable position than,ie
To prove that the company had pursued
tial and consequently illegal course, testiorfeiv.
given by several persons to the effect that
itini'excetl;
been in the habit of making up a variety of sze3jeitiOla.t.
into one, and transmitting them to an agent for o their
distribution among their customers and that,: Thef.,
case no extra payment had ever been demanded' carry
also stated that it would be impossible for thew
~„etein,'
on their present business under a different
070100,
"Booksellers and watchmakers," it was isms to '
"were in the habit of sending parcels adclres- and Fe
great number of consignees in one enclostlina w,
would be an enormous expense if each parcel na
ott Sty
sent separately, and the separate carriage Paid ule)rionsif
Even persons who were not in trade would be . in
injured by since they could not send anything The
parcel to be divided between two or more perrineetoice
Judge said l 3 would consider his decision, and
it early in December. eghibi
SALE ,OF A WIFE.—One of these diagrac:ful Avila
tions took place the other evening at the Cardiganiunisbe _
Kirkstall-road, Leeds. From the information ?or. De,!so
by an eye-witness, we learn that a man named', garitilr
has cohabited with a married woman name at
cr,
Spence'_r. _ Spence ; and the woman's hysband,
solicitation, agreed to "sell" her to her
cordingly she was by appointment taken t 0
0,, „e chic
Parathille°Cuardlogg:
Arms in a halter, and sold in the presence__e sy,
pany drinking there for a soveraign. .0t1,740,ti0.„..11
aejonuSTraed.
the "sale " was completewdas, spartedttoywnneartoly
in which the sovereign
rmiog"
Leeds Times. E.—A 13it f(3l.
nnA.Nofc
the
con Five
haiTnilhEOUl
smePraeueribtaiCnoelNdAoGnEe oprertFie
_rn
re.
ost
thousand tons of copper will be req
seven hail
and the
making the copper coinage of the FreunierhedlifoP;
died
toes
issue of the metallic, currency, nearly
firni;
au
of which Will be used" by the Binning
work will probably take four years to complete it.