The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-06 00:00:00

stated to the Howe what was the intention of Government
with respect to the rednctiOn or alteration of the taxes.
Sir Robert Peel declined to give au answer in the affirma-
tive or negative—As an answer in the affirmative should
be followed up by a statement of the taxes which
should be repealed. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
said that the Commission on the subject of the finance
and expenditure of • the Colonies was pursuing its la-
hours, but he was not yet able to communicate any result.
Mr. Baring charged Mr. Hume with exaggerating the dis-
tress of the country. Mr. flume, in answer, defended
himself front the imputation, earl contended that it wa•
Most unfair in the Honourable Member to charge him with
any wish to inflame the public mind merely because he
made a plain and open statement of facts. lie at the same
time gave the great capitalist to understand that he con-
siderably over-rated his importance us a Senator. Upon
this Mr. Baring retorted with some acrimony, telling the
rigid economist that he seamed anxious to take the whole
people of England under his exclusive protection, awl
that, in his new character as Member for Middlesex, his
tone was raised to an unusual pitch. Mr. O'Connell de•
preeated the practice of raising persons to. the Irish
Bench who had nothing whatever to recommend them ex-
cept their political pliancy to the Minister of the Crown.
Mr. Huu►e complained that Government was about to
renew the patent of the King's Printer. A debate arose
and gave rise to some personalities amongst the Honour-
able Members, but the motion was agreed to. Some other
business of a miscellaneous nature was then proceeded
with, but it was devoid of public interest.--Morn.. Her.

In a note attached to an article in the last number of
the Edinburgh Review, an awkward attempt is made to
justify Sir James Scarlett (that " eminent person," as the
writer calls him) from the apparent inconsistency of
sitting as the King's Attorney—General, and, as such, a
Member of Administration, for a seat, the nomination to
which b-longs to a Peer decidedly in opposition. We call
it an awkward attempt, and so our readers will c►msider
it when we state that it is professed to be defended on
these two sorry grounds—...first, that other persons, in.
stancing Dr. Lushington and Mr. Brougham, have done
the same, as if a bad precedent is that which ought to be
followed ; and secondly, because such affairs are matters
of private arrangetnent between the parties—meaning, we
suppose, but which we do not believe, that Lord Fits.
william has been paid by Sir James Scarlett for the seat
in question ; or perhaps Sir James is what the lawyers
call " a tenant for life," with liberty to be Whig or Tory
as suits him best.—Morning Herald.

We learn, with regret, that the dreadful system Of de-
vastation which was lately commenced in the county of
Kent, not only continues, but, as will be seen from the
contents of this day's Paper, that it has extended to Sus-
sex. We know not the causes of these outrages, nor has
any one, in either House of Parliament, attempted to give
an explanation of them ; but there appears to us to be
little doubt that they are the work of ignorant, impo-
verished, and misguided men, who are partly prompted
to their commission by private malice, partly by mis-
chievous persons, and in both instances by their poverty.
A serious and speedy investigation of the causes ought,
however, to be set on foot, and, in the mean time, every
means adopted to discover and to punish the incendiaries.
The effect of them on public credit is incalculable, and
tends to increase the embarrassments which have been
produced by the state of affairs on the Continent, and the
still more alarming nature of the King's Speech.—Morn-
big Advertiser.