The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-18 00:00:00

SIR GEORGE GREY.

(From the Second Edition of the Devonport IndepenciO n'
Sir George Grey arrived by the mail this afterno°
( Saturday), and was first received at Stonehouse by a at
mime of Gentlemen, appointed by the Electors for tla'

purpose.
Previous to his arrival, the following Resolution bad
been unanimously agreed to :
" That this meeting, having the greatest confideocer/rl,
Sir George Grey, and highly approving of his Par. 0
1
mentary conduct, pledges itself to use its utmost exert
to secure his return as one of the representatives for P)
borough, at the ensuing election." of
The Hon. Baronet having addressed the electors
to
Stonehouse, at the Prince George Hotel, proceeded u,
the Town-hall of Devonport, where he was met by a 11,1.
merous body of his supporters, Dr. Thomas in the ebs..;
when a resolution was also passed, declaratory of the'
determination to secure his re-election, after which the
meeting was adjourned until Monday evening.
Tne reception of the Hon. Baronet both at Stone
and Devonport, was so enthusiastic as to leave no doubt °
his being again returned as Member for this borough.
The election was officially announced by C. Tripe, Esq"
the Mayor, for Wednesday next, at the Town Hall.
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PENINSULAR STEAM PACKETS.—A Public Meeting for
now holding relative to memorializing the Government
the removal of the Peninsular mail packets to this port IP
stead of Falmouth.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Morning Chronicle, in a leading article on the suP;
il
ject of the Canada Correspondence, recently printed,,.tioug-
speaks of the proceedings of the House of Lords,
the last week;—" Lord Durham has committed the ttil
pardonable offence of confiding a copy of his Report t.?
friend, through whom it was published in the Times belle
it was produced on their Lordships' table; and these
and immaculate men, night after night, attach so mu!!:
importance to this heinous offence, that all other Consider,
tions seem to merge in it. We can have no particula:
motive for viewing frith partiality the act by which we' Ire
selves were anticipated in laying the Report before the
public ; but we should be ashamed of ourselves if we itb
not express the indignation which we feel, in common if
our readers, at witnessing night after night, this paltry 41,1
tempt to detract from the services rendered to the natlis
the Earl of Durham, by his masterly Report."
justly and handsomely said. too
The Times has a pointed and spirited article, Aar td
sophistical, however, on the subject of Lord Durban` the
Sir Francis Head, in which our Contemporary takes upnlly
cudgels on behalf of Sir Francis, and alluding incideothis,
to Lord Glenelg's resignation, says—" In the whole 00-
tory of political dealings there never was treatment sOr d e
' bccoming, so offensive, so ungentlemanlike or sO far
served, as that which the Noble Baron, late Secretary 0,
the Colonies, has experienced at the hands ot. his lie
triguing and faithless colleagues." The Timee'nhy,
another leading article on the subject of Lord Norina-or
which is smartly and energetically written, in„ner,
Contemporary's most marked and con amore •rig
but full of ingenious special pleading from the beginu',.,o,
to the end, observes of his Lordship's Irish Administratic4
that " a multitudinous and a bloody tyranny, srcinfigi-
from the earth's surface under the fragrant name --tbe;
ralism has pervaded the whole of Ireland—everywhere `the
ting the law at open defiance—usurping and an foss
functions of public justice. Murder has become an institutl.°r,
It has the regularity of science, and the übiquity effairde
The Morning Post has a leading article in abuse of 1-4° 0..
Durham and Melbourne, wherein our ironical Cont'
rary calls the former " a sensible and sweet tempered
pli-
and the latter "an anxious and severely laborious
net
nister." There is some drollery here, but assuredly
enough to redeem a column of common-place. 001
The Morning Herald in an article upon the Corn-lerw.
says, " the claims of foreign trade against the claims °, la
tive industry—the power of money against the rights oti in
hour—such, and no other, are the might-, issues involve
°
the present attempt to repeal the Corn-laws."

PERSECUTION OF THE poL6.'

_ _ _
Accounts via Paris from Lemberg, in Austrian Ga,"
t¢•
state state that the persecutions in Poland, as well as in tße "of
tenor of Russia, were continued ; sixty-five famililted
Odessa, Kiow, Volgnia, and Podoltc, bad been arrel
r
and transported, partly to the North and pa tly to !: to
These families arc to be confronted with Konawsi,eett
Pole, who has denouncetem. Tir prope bas oid
sequestered, valued at twenty eighthe millions.rtY It is
tvey
also to have been intimated to them, that even should co,
not be condemned as accomplices of Konawski, their Pn r,
perty would be sold, and the proceeds applied to the bey
chase chase of land in the Government of Siberia, wherefac-
will be required to take up their residence in case °
quittal. bo at
From Vilna they write us that Simeon Konawski,
aiucb
the commencement of his captivity, had evinced so der
firmness, had at length made certain confessions, to „nd of
to escape the tortures with which he was menaced, a" by
which they made him experience the first effeelgiok.
feeding him with salt herrings and withholding 'lra he
His prison was of the most loathsome description) an
each day received a given number of lashes.