The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

Suit Office, May 24, 1852,

HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
rag DAY —Morning 43 rata. after 5 Evening 8 min alter 6
To-Moutow—Morning 37 min. after 6 1 Evening 5 min after 7

THE WEATHER.—LBUN OFFICE, NAY 25,
Tinunstorkurrzn, THE SHADE.
62—highest since neon yesterday
46—lowest this morning and during the night.
55 —this day, at noon.

BARD list, 30.02.
Wum N.N.E.—light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather.
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following
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Slate of ntlizUe WindiA 1
pace at Nine o'clock yesterday Monam-
g.—The stations
ire arranged in order of latitude.
Pramotrni.--Virind SEE., strong breeze—overcast.
114.1111i06—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast,
Sourtuatrro;g— Wind W., strong breeze—overcast.
FamorsTost&—Wind.Y.E., gentle breeze—scud.
Tusfasspo fr.—Wind I'4E4 strnng breeze—overcast. .
TIREENW ICU— Wind gentle breeze—overcast,
STROOD —Wind N.E., gentle)breeze—overcast.
Slviztirion ind.E., gentle breeze--overcast. • •
I,oLCsssTEß—Wind'S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
Y ir.240 LTT E —Wind N.E., hard wind—overcast.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the +rind and weather on Saturday morning at nine
)Iciock :
CAntow—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy.
MuLt..nialcu—Wind E. gentle breeze—overcast.
POOLE —Win d E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Llasmias—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
LEiarrrox—Wind E., calm—overcast.
',.OI.CTIFSTER—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.

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,wSDON, TUESDAY MAY 25, 1852.

i,''''Pr-,;°tietict b
Earl of DERr:rf
-y the
leader
her MAJESTY'S Government. The
as, at length, been formally abandoned
last evening. As nothing, we
the five:s-hilling, ind fact, gave " the go by" even to
feel assured, could
are
benothi more satisfactory, so also we
are prsuacled
a eeff could be more explicit : than
icable
the Noble-Lorx,
small impost upon
even a
Le-ora?arrati.nn that the project of re-
vivingat h present day glaringly
foreign corn,
1 has beevo,eativetlYe
!edged head of the great pari
and absolutely impract•
Although the ackno w-
the PRIME AIINISTER is co.! °if;
vor the remarks
Free-traders posses
44 tno7erwed. to allow that the
yesterday
the
exi the majority
throughout the United Ki„,dorn."Finling majority
which fell from th`e np3 of '
had by no means exclusive
whichca
possessed by the Free•traders in
ment-=-te" a subject a g
cause
Parlia-
eXpressly alluded to
of more ex-
the probable traordinaryimpottauce, namely, to
•sulti'bf the next general election, from
re re-
the he anticipated no actual advantage to
protection. The Manner in. which the PREMIER
last
f
night,cplaine4 his. real feeling upon the
subject had
about it:an air of siine6K very seldom witnessed
in the -Confessions a i statesman, and still
less .frequently detected in the revelations of an ad.
ministrator.' lie declared it as still his opinion
thai an impost on corn is desirable, but at the same
time allowed that the- res nsibility of its revival
e
mustliece4").jiL (ivolve titiall the various - icon-
siiinencies. Such a course as the one he should
wish to sRe adopted, he nevertheless admitted to he in

no case " a matter of necessity." He would I yefitr
it himself, but the country might think otherwise;
nay—if it would yield any sort of satisfaction to -the
advocates of the existing system—he was ready ci tn-
didly to acknowledge that from everything he ?nad
heard or learned, his opinion was that there t.er-
tainly would not be that extensive 'Majority without
which, he stated to the House, it would not
be advisable to impose anew the abrogated laws of
protection. Surely, a memorable declaration .! and
one which must materially influence the course to be
pursued by the different constituencies! By its ut-
terance, the Earl of DERBY has warned the avicul-
turists that their hopes are illusive, and that although
he deeply regrets the circumstance himself, and ai n-
cerely condoles with them in their predicament, they
must make up their minds to endure the fiery
ordeal of competition, not for a while, hut
in perpetuity, to bid farewell to the
joys of monopoly, "it may be for years
and it may be for ever," like that memorable early
riser, the lover of KATHLEEN Mavourneen. There
is little doubt that the country party will find this
a more than usually bitter pill to swallow—a bolus,
to., without the customary gilding of false-pro-
mise. Bat, then, there is the glimpse of some vague
boon in perspective. " There be pippins and cheese
to follow." The indefinite manner in which the
leader of the agriculturists endeavours to allay the
anguish of his supporters seems to be on the principle
of the old nursery temptation—" Open your mouth and
shut your eyes, and see what GOD will send you !"
It remains to be seen how far the Protectionists still
have confidence in the so-called champions of Pro-
tection, whose first act, on obtaining power, is the
abandonment of their''long-fading vision of revived'
monopoly. It remains to be seen whether they
will consent to open once more the mouths compelled
of late to swallow so much bitterneaa, and to shut
the eyes which have so long looked only upon the
darkness of an untevealed policy—a policy pain-
fully indistinct, and therefore distractingly incom-
prehensible.

The 'occasion selected by the -Earl of DERBY,
for this fornial and final abandonment of protection
was that of the second reading last night of the Bill
for the income-tax renewal. According to the calcu-
lations made by the CHANCELLOR'Of the ExcnegoEß
in his financial statement, it appeared that even in thei
event of this unpopular tax being retained for another
year, the surplus would only be 450,000/. It war,
therefore, decided by the members of the- Cabinet
that in the.present confused state of parties, and in
the unsettled position of the Legislature,
the income-tax ought to be renewed once
More for twelve months, even though they
are solicitous to relieve the country from a
burthen so very generally obnoxiois. Debarred as
they are from making at this juncture any changes;
either fiscal or financial, the Ministry feel themselves
impelled to Act thus in reference to the income-tax,
even while avowing theirregret at what they call the
necessity of its re-imposition. Schedule D, we can-
not but think, might, without much difficulty, have
been relinquished, or at least considerably modified.
The Cabinet considered otherwise, however, and
hence we are compelled by the force of circumstances
to witness the re-introduction of the old Bill in its en-
tirety—the Palos MINISTER acknowledging, never-
theless, while he proposed the re-imposition of the tax,
that he still looked forward to its eventual removal.
Thereupon the Duke of NEWCASTLE rose, not merely
to announce' his cordial assent to the proposed mea-
sure, but, in consideration of the very greatitincer-
tainty attached to the future, to remind thieffouse,
and through the House to call to the recollection of
the country the precise bearing of this tax upon the
policy in which it origina4d. It was as an epi
sode, or as an incident in the course
of the discussion thus provoked that the
admission of the futility of the hopes of the agricul-
turists was extorted from the recognised representa-
tive of the cause of protection: In testimony of the
astonishing success of the free-trade policy, the Duke
of NEWCASTLE adduced an extraordinary array of
facts, showing the returns in trade and navigation, the
entries of foreign produce for home consumption, the
decrease of pauperism, and the general prosperity
perceptible throughout the United Kingdom. Enter-
ing into particulars, his Grace observed, that while in
1841 the consumption of coffee was 28,500,0001b5.,
in 1852 it
,was 32,500,00011 m. ; that while
the consumption ofd tea in 1841 was 36,500,0001b5.
in 1851 it was 54,000,0001b5. ;. that while the con-
sumption of cocoa in 1841 was 2,500,0001b5., in 1851
it was 3,000,0001bs.; and that while the consump-
tion of sugar was 4,000,00011 m. in 1841, It was
6,500,0001b5. in 1851. So much for the increased
comforts of the population ! He remarked, more-
over, that while in 1841 the tonnage of English
ships registered was 3,500,000 toes, in 1849 it had
reached 4,100,000, and was increased in 1851 to'
4,322,000. An advance scarcely less remarkable, and of
'still greater importance was observable, he remarked,
in the number of seamen employed, a number in-
creased from 210,198 in 1844. to 237,971- In, 1849,
and yet more in 1851 to 240,920. ' By these and a
variety of no less unanswerable statistics the Duke of
NEWCASTLE was enabled to demonstrate with- toler-
able distinctness the marvellously advanced prosperity
of the country 'during the last ten years of free-trade
adminicitration. Later on in the debate, Earl GRAN•
VILLE having referred to the PRIME MINISTER'S
speech on the inauguration of his Govern
meet, as containing a declaration of the ne

cessity of imposing a moderate duty upon
foreign corn for purposes of revenue, the Earl of
DERBY delivered the remarkable explanations already
alluded to, as constituting the deliberate withdrawal
of the claims of the Prot3ctionists. No other con-

struction can by -possibility be placed upon those
memorable words of the PRIME MINISTER, in which
he vindicated his capacity to rule the destinies of
England by forgetting the allurements of faction,
and magnanimously sinking the Partizan in the
Patriot.

BBili
.rl
wi ba
Yesterday
eyps
taseesriedema:vs tt ortihuebtne do
phaontme d n
Corrupt
l ypt
through
l oe
tuiegesehas
tthal leta nu Pour:o Mauve
Electionse co
f
Commons, after a somewhat discursive and occasion-
ally rather amusing discussion. Preparatory to being
read a third time, the measure received two really
important emendations; being extended first to the
counties and afterwards to the universities. The
Bill was then passed, thus enlarged in its ap-
plication. Unfortunately it must be admitted
that there was too much reason for the
interference of Parliament in this matter, if only
foi the conservation of its own fair. charaoter. The
disclosures made during the last session were altoge-
ther too-gross to be passed by without some effort
being made in the way of legislative interposition.
Since the disfranchisement of Sadbury and the reve-
lations made, twenty years ago, as to the deplorable
and at one period prevalent system of rotten-borough-
mongering, no such startling facts had been brought
to light, 6howing how electors calling themselves
Englishmen could barter their political birth-
right for little better than a mess of pottage. The
impudence of the whole scheme recently exposed
demanded at the hands of the House of Commons
the vindication of the honesty of the uncorrupted, and
many of them incorruptible, constituencies. It be-
came not only necessary for the Government to punish
the offenders who had been detected, but to guard, if
possible, against the repetition of these malpractices.
The crime of bribery--politically speaking, scarcely

less than that of leze majeste—required for its sup-
pression the strong arm net merely of the law, but of
the creator of the law—the Legislature.
Hence the Bill passed through the House
of Commons last evening. As an endeavour
in theiway of prevention, we regard the measure, of
course, as laudable, but, at the same time, we are
very far indeed from coinciding with those who are
sanguine of its proving effectual. One principle,
and one principle alone, can secure the electors from
the reach of bribery. One principle, and one prin-
ciple alone, can, by removing the temptation from
the possessors of the franchise, secure the dignity
and the reputation of the lower branch of the Par-
liament. One principle, and one principle alone,
tioTn The
can do this, and that principle—need we add ?—is
the Ballot.
eßmalal
jootrlityAonfdthyeeti
eignissrate-roefheavveerysescsronsidaefrtear-
-B.e.ssion rejected the .proposal of the Ballot as though
it were either some fantastic crochet or some
frightfully perilous experiment. Why, that it
is neither a crochet nor th
_ experimenv „..0

world knows sufficiently well 'by this time. It is
notorious—this fact—not only in Mayfair, but
throughout a considerable "part of Christendom. A
fantastic crotchet ? 'Why the system of the' Ballot
has been known- tolerably well for some
years peat in every 'club-houge in Pall-mall
and Piccadilly. A perilous experiment ? Then
is every frequenter of BELLAMY'S to be designated as
a dangerous experimentalist. . The folly and incon-
sistency of the arguments (supposing they can be
dignified with the name) .brought forward by
the opponents of the Ballot, have been already
too frequently exposed to require at this
moment their detailed repetition. We might
content ourselves with referring in this matter
to the remarks to which we have repeatedly given
utterance, or to the annual speeches of the Hon,
Member for Bristol, many of them speeches of mas-
terly lucidity, and sufficient alone to carry con-
viction to the mind of the unprejudiced. Upon one
point of the discussion of last evening, however, it is
impossible to remain silent, and that is the very ex-
traordinary but, unhappily, by no means isolated in
consistency of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for
Reading, who, while protesting, as he did yesterday,
against a measure like the Corrupt Practices at.
Elections Bill on the plea that it was altogether in-
adequate as means of..morally purifying the various
constituencies, could, nevertheless, vote against the
proposition' of the Ballot, as he actually did vote
when it was introduced, according to custom,
by the Honourable 11:Exur BERKELEY. Remem-
bering this circumstance, we cannot marvel
at the acerbity with which the Member for Finsbury
immediately turned upon Mr. STANFORD, charging
Ilium with impertinence and arrogance, as well as
with inconsistency. It matters very little whether
the Honourable Gentleman is, or is not,
as he himself prophecies, kicked out of
the borough of Reading at the next general
!election by his. present constituents. But if the
course pursued by the electors in so doing be expia-
tory-either of the Honourable Gentleman's flippancy
of last evening, or of his inconsistent antagonism
to vote ballot,'we .can promise him that some, at
least,
Liberals of this island will look
n n
pier with indifference. AcknOwledging
t o
a, f bl
o g t
!that yesterday, was probably the last time he should
ha an opportunity of ever addressing the House,
Mr.'sllrenrean had the incomparable delicacy to de-
clare by one sweeping assertion, that inwardly
the Members valued Parliamentary purity so
little that they regarded the man as an
ass who boldly, enunciated his sentiments. There
was jvit in the ridiculously apt rejoinder of Mr.
%VARLET, who
' inquired " Had the Honourable
111,04Nr been speaking his sentiments ?" and, on re-
eiving an answer in the affirmative, or as
KEELEY says, with that impertUrable face of
his," in the firmament," exclaimec. " Then what
are you ?" addressing himself directly to Mr. STAii
roan. It was with this ludicrous incident that the
debate last evening On the Corrupt Practices at Eleo-
tions Bill was brought to a close, the measure being
Passed through its final stage without a division. In
lieu of the Ballot, the country must perforce, for the
time being, accept it with thankfulness : but it is
earnestly to be Doped, that upon the occasion of the
ensuing appeal, to sthe country by Ministers, more
regard than has hitherto been shown will be paid by
the Liberal possessors of the franchise throughout the
kingdom, to the sentiments entertained in regard to
the Ballot by the fortunate oandidates returned by
them to thecLower House of Parliament.

Ct'D'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 25.—Wind at noon N. to N.E , light
bretze, and cloudy.—The Vesta, of. Sunderland; arrived
in the river 22d instant, leaky, from being in contact
with a brig off Southwold.
MARGATE, MAY 24.--The Express has got off the
sand and proceeded.
SHIELDS..—SId. Ann Mills, Philadelphir,
ST. MICEAEL'B, MAY 13.—The Laporienx, Cadiz to
Newfoundland, called here 11th instant, leaky, and pro,
ceeded for Fayal.
LIVERPOOL. MAY 24.—Wind E. to N.—Arrd. Wash-
ington, New York; Marrhattan, ditto; Niagara steamier,
New York, Sld. Rosanna, Antigua; Juno, Virginia;
Loodianah, Philadelphia; Birkenhead, Boston; Cla-
rence, ditto; Caledonia, Quebec; Electric, Calcutta;
Cambodia, Panama ; Guatemala Packet," GUatemala;
Shackaaiaxon, New York. Off . port, Eucles. Sid.
Chieftain, Quebec. The wreck of a vessel, supposed to
be that of a ship or b2rque, with masts gone 10 feet
above the deck, and two fishing smacks near, was passed
21st March between 133rdsey and the Smalls.
DEAL, MAY 24.—Wied E.N.E., stroug.—Arrd. from
the River and aid. Tuscan, Barbadoes. Sld. Richard
Batteriby, Aden and Bombay.
OFF DovEn.—Sophie, Ttxas, for Bernell; Adelaide,
Bahia, for Hainburgb.
OFF No
MAY 24.-..Wind.:,.Arrd. Arethusa,
Buenos Ayres. SW. Wee Tottie, Bordeaux and Mau-
ritius.
r,
nevEN.Pugh, Buenos Ayres. __—
NEWPORT, MAY 22.-Wind E.—Sld. Auguste, St
Thomas;. Catherine, ditto; Bellona, ditto.
QUEENSTOWN, MAY 23.—Wind E —Arrd. Matilda
Pequena. Sld. Halifax Packet Panama.
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(QUEEN'S

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BBETT DAY )
Lord CAIIIPBE4 intimated' HUDSON.
that the Court would grant
a rule to show ceasewhy there should riot be a new
trial on the question, whether a party to an action could
address the jury, and also be a witness in support of his
own case.

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shirt-maker;
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Ro'-sTREE r____( THIS DAY.)
lIIAMPRUDLEB RoBBERL—John Allen was charged with
No. property Mr. Thomas
stated that about nine o'clock on the
1, Cranbourne-street,
was attending to a lady in the shop,
pLsWrt Leicester-square.
i avne l
The
egi
oen;
utghes
prosecutor
sii bragq rt
l t tt s rs
he
e•
when, on looking through the window he saw the brass-
plate which was on a side window, slowly move, and
immediately after disappear. u,,.
vvitness directly ran out
of the shop and saw the prisoner running down the
street with the plate under his arm. Prosecutor pur-
collared by Stringer, 193 0
sd, who at once took him into
custody. , , , •
sued him. and came np with him just as he had been
Prisoner, in defence, ,said u he was very drunk at the
at all about it.—Committed for
ttrimtael., and knew nothing