The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-09 00:00:00

ON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1837.

the land of his birth, ought to be as sacred in the eyes of a
legislator as a rich man's pelf.
The country is weary of sebum ~ h. ,
pretexts for Parliamentary
proc A ei-o
r '—ination. The really
honest and intelligent friends o
;.. Ireland are unanimous in
demanding a Poor Law, as t,lv vat only serve as
.T only measure by which her
condition can be permanentl
y Improved. This is the wheel
to which every man should
. now place his shoulder. When
Ireland is safe, people wi'
,l hearkent more attentively to pro-
jects of further improvejtne

ect it is as significant as the " laughter" of the House of
,ords the other evening, when the subject of Irish ariev-
ences was incidentally alluded to. If Sir R. PEEL chuckles
P t the bare idea of mercy being extended to Irishmen, what
rigid treatment may they not expect from him when once
le regains possession of office! But this, by the bye,
.e • never will ; and it gratifies us to find that he
himself is of the same opinion. Before we take
leave of the Right Honourable Baronet, we cannot help
expressing a wish that when he next ventures to crack
a joke, he will vouchsafe to give the. House some warning _
estry ;ter—
General Ev Avis b
before-hand. It It is unpleasant to be taken by surprise, ,w _ . , .s.s addressed a letter to the Electors
and last night Hon. Members were not aware that he had 0'
.ar which sve cannot make room in our
'this, 4ay—intree.ting them to extend his Parlia-
;elid a good thing, until he himielf announced the startling
Y ite_are of absence. The gallant General expresses
columnsr ?
tact by his own self-complacent chuckle. We should be in ecnot ail
. "aim such signal profs of their sincere regard, will
doing injustice to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, were we to assert a. n A ent hope that rnis. constituents, who have already
that his serious declamation was a whit superior to Sir R. given
?EEL'S drollery. It was in truth sad, vapid stuff—dull ele send to him the indulgence of the few weeks which will
las ditch-water, and dry as a ship-biscuit. The Cumber- r .isw suffice for effectir.t the overthrow of Carlism in Spain.
land Baronet should have been a Tory Bishop. He is fit i -Much as the Electors of Westminster, and the country
for nothing else that we know of, except indeed to 're generally, must regret the absence of the Hon. and Gallant
stuck up as a target for Sir JOHN HOBLICUSE to let fly. his Gentleman from his seat in St. Stephen's, we do not believe
satirical shafts at. Lord J. RUSSELL's reply was bri..4,
to the point. He hinted his suspicions that the o
.
time is ceme when you will have need but
'position
as the last,
i this indeed
'ourself ; for the
`4 all your energy ! that any liberal constituency in the kingdom would insist
upon hie recal at the present juncture in the affairs of the
would be little less tractable this year than it w
Peninsula. General EVANS is fighting the battles of Con-
especially as regards the Irish Tithe Bill. I:
stitutional freedom in Spain more effectually than he could
be so, then, we say—lreland look well to -
hope to do on the floor of the House of Commons. We,
therefore, wish him to be allowed to remain where he is a
--sows— little longer. One blow, well directed, will crush the cause
of Don C,&,rtee's for ever ; but if that blow be not struck in
time, the consequences may be terrible. We will endeavour
to find a place for General EvANs's address to his consti-
ments in to-morrow's Sun.

xitnessing one of those
Yesterday we had the pleasure of
gratifying scenes that enlarge the heart, by stimulating the
best sympathies of human nature in the cause of charity—
it was the celebration of the t'orty-third Anniversary of the
Licensed Victuallers' Society. Much as we have heard and
seen of other charitable institutions, we do not think there
is arty more deserving of public support than this Society,
which provides for the education and maintenance of orphan
children of both sexes, a well as for the support of aged
l members, who, by the dispensations of a hard fie, have
I become helpless, but, who are thus by the liberal bounty of
the Society, not only. rescued from destitution, but placed
in their old age beyond the nec-.:ssity of parish relief. And
all ibis is mainly accomplished through the agency of our
I Contemporary, the Morning Advertiser—a paper which,
1 advocating liberal principles, continues to flourish under the
able and spirit 0. management of its worthy editor, Mr.
ANDRItSON,c,ided by the enlarged views of Mr. CURRY, the
Governor, and Committee of the Society. As we have
given a report of the proceedings in another column, we
shall conclude by quoting the following from the Adver-
tiser of this morning—sincerely wishing the Society all
the success which its benevolent character so eminently
deserves :

The whole of the Paris Papers have been received.
Their contents are unimportant. From the Spanish fron-
tier there arc several communications in which Carlism is
represented as reduced to the lowest ebb of wretchedness.
The contraband trade is stopped at last for want of money.
The Carlists have no cash, and the contrabandists know
their customers too well to give them credit.
The Journal de Paris is henceforth to devote itself to
the service of the KING. It has been purchased by cer-
tain individuals belonging to the Royal Household. For
the last six years it was the official organ of the TutEris'
party—the Ex-President of the Council being constantly
one of its most diligent contributors.
Commodore Lord Jolts HAY has addressed a letter to
Lord RANELAGH, in answer to a communication from that
amateur Carlist Nobleman, on the subject of his exploits
against the QUEEN'S troops before Bilboa. Lord JOHN
HAY charges Lord RANELAGH and all other Englishmen,
who supported the Carlists against the British flag, with
constructive treason.

" Important as were the proceedings last night in the
House of Commons, we must, nevertheless, point the atten-
tion of our readers to the proceedings of another body—the
Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers—ulio yester-
day celebrated the 43d anniversary of the establishment of
this Journal. A more numerous, or a more respectaLle
company never assembled upon any similar occasion ; and
it was meat gratifying to every one present, to learn that the
aTairs of the Society were in the most prosperous condi-
tion. How the Governor of the Society acquitted him-
self upon the occasion will be seen from the report, and
we shall, therefore, bestow no observations upon it.
The Society, for the first time upon a similar occasion,
was honoured by the presence of the Member for the Mon-
mouthshire boroughs, Mr. B. HALL, whose tasteful and
excellent sentiments will be found elsewhere ; as also by
that of other gentlemen, to whom we here record our best
thanks.

The Chamber of Deputies met on Tuesday, but no
business of importance was done. There were but few
Members present.
Marshal CLAUSEL has addressed the following curious
letter to M. CHARLES DUPIN, President of the French
Institute :

" SIR,—On arriving in Paris I read a speech which you
addressed to the King, in the name of the Institute of France,
on the Ist of January. In the paragraph relating to Africa I
remark this phrase :—‘ And we extend its power even into
that country where Rome, already become venal, had the mis-
fortune to send Calpurnius and to meet with Jugurtha.' The
different interpretations which have been given to your expres-
sion force me to demand an explanation, which I trust you will
not refuse inc.—! have the honour to be,

CLAUSEL."

The Marshal must be in his dotage to pay any regard
n such expressions as the above•. Of course, the eloquent

President of the French Institute will set the heart of the
veteran at case on the question of covert censure.

" The illorninj Advertiser of this day is printed by steam,
and in future will be delivered to our readers one hour and
a half earlier than during any previous year. The ma•
chinery, manufactured by Mr. DRYDEN, promises the best
possible results, and, in conjunction. with that preciously- on
cur premises, will enable us to print 8,000 copies in cne
Lour!"

FRENCH FUNDS.—PAIrs, I'm 7.
Five per Cents., !off. 20c. pc 10c.
Four per Cents., 1011
Three per C‘nts. 79C 15c. 20c. Pc.
Bank Actinns, '2,1001.
Rento tic Naples, 9t31 2 c.:toc.
Roman Five per Cents., 10'2N%.
Spanish Actives. 36 25Tii•
:Vanish afreres, It.
Spanish Passives, 7 7M
Portuguese Three per l'ents.
Dutch Two and a Half per ('ents. 54!4.
exeur.rfuE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, ^51..31c. ; mene), 251
Three months, paper, 251. 121/4c.; money, 251 10c
--t oars Authentivie.
LAST PRICES. , , , ,
•
Five per Cents., 10:K. ~,
Three per Cents. -,91'
Rank Acilens, 2,110 t. ;11,449 4.v-dt,!.l
Rente Pe Naples,
.9,3f.4Gc..7*---,,
m .
Re an live pe. Id2-t-4.-
Portug.ucse.rhree p,r Centst.
:-.panisn Actives, .257.4.
N;;;,;isli
Differes,
New Ditli2res, 11.
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents , 5134
Peljian Society, 1,6 J f. 75c.

The English Press actually teems with publications of
all sizes, and of every degree of merit, on the fertile sub-
ject of Irish misery. There is barfly a public man, re-
markable for any degree of talent, who does not consider
himself imperatively called upon to make a speech, or write
a pamphlet, for the purpose of 'propounding acme scheme
for the wsPiire of the sister country. For our own part,
we can honestly state that we arc deluged with plans—nut
one in five hundred of which are practicable. Now there
Is no pion—no matter by •vhom proposed, or by how man-
' supported—worth one straw for Ireland, unless it be practi-
cable.
Utopian projects may do very well as the models of
a conceivable system of government ; bat in the case cf
Ireland, all plans must be so clst as to fit the iron mould
of existing feelings, habits, and circumstances. No person
in his senses would think of treating the queStion of Irish
misery as he would an abstract philosophical inquiry, about
the settlement of which all the learned men in Einopc
might squabble for half a century without annoyance to any
person bat themselves. The question at issue in Ireland is one
of life and death. Every moment spent in useless delibera-
tion is an unnecessary prolongation of human misery. The
friends of Ireland must not trouble themselves about what
is abstractedly best, but with what, being good, is practi-
cally possible. The principle which leads some men to
reject every good which is not perfect, according to their
ideas of perfection, ought, in times like these, to disqualify
them from taking any part in public affairs'. They may be
honest men, but they are sadly deficient in the best of all
guides fur the direction of social improvement—namely, an
appreciation of immediate advantages, tractableness of.dis-
position, and cornmen sense. As for the people, the intel-
ligent among them will accept 'any measure which pro-
motes their interests with thankfulness, without regarding
it as final, because they must be sensible that such a term
belongs not to legislation. We have no final measures—
we cannot have them. Our posterity, to the latest generation,
will have, and no doubt will exercise, the right of thinking
and legislating for themselves. Our chief business, there-
fore, is to consult for the practical welfare of our fellow-
subjects—not to be deterred from making them peaceable
and contented now, because we pretend to foresee, from the
coarse of events, that they will be reduced to as pitiable a
\state of misery two hundred years hence. Ireland, in her
present j3opardy, wants not advice, but prompt assistance.
i She has had enough of plans and projects. It is not coun-
sel, but food and raiment that are sought by her perishing
poor ; and with these necessaries of life, it is the first and
most sacred duty of the Government to supply them.
When their bellies are filled, and their backs covered, they
will be in a better humour to listen to the lectures of the
I
Malthusians,
and the notes of the human screech-owls, so
1 unwearied in their prognostications of calamity from change.

Brussels and Ge.:,nan Papers have been received. By
an Imperial Ukase of the 23th of February, the CZAR has
forbade the University of Dorfut to confer degrees on any
student not well acquainted with the R,lssi tn language, or
to admit scholars not admirers of the Government, and in
heart and feelings thoroughly Russian.
The following important extracts are copied from the
Brussels Papers, under date of the th and 7th inst. We
have not space today for any comment upon them ; but, if

correct, they may-lead to a rupture between Russia and

France :

EXPULSION OF A FRENCHMAN FROM Roa3IA.—A circum-
stance of the most serious nature has just taken place in Russia.
A Professor of the University of Casan, a Frenchman by birth,
and who has acquired immense reputation by his talents and by
his ardour in maintaining the Catholic faith, having incurred the
displeasure of some parties, the latter have obtained against
him four successive supreme Ult...,,ses ordering his expulsion;
but the learned Professor has declared that he will not stir
from Moscow, unless he is dragged away bound hand and foot.
Tie has placed himself under the protection of the French
Ambassador, who decidedly approves his conduct, and has al-
ready three. times applied to the Emperor for the revocation of
these Ukases, without receiving satisfaction, or even any answer.

It is affirmed that this affair. causes such a sensation that the
Ambassador can no longer avoid demanding his passports if he
does not obtain entire satisfaction ; it is hoped that he will
manifest the same energy and the same courage that the Eng-
lish Ambassadors display on similar occasious.—Courrier
Beige.
BIZUS3EI.9, FEB. 7.—The Paris papers of the sth say that
M. de Baranti, the Ambassador of France at St. Peters.
burg, has not obtained leave of absence on account of his
health, but has desired his recall, being unwilling to bear any
longer the supreme indifference of the Autocrat.
This gives weight to the news which we published yesterday
relative to the ill success of his intervention in favour of a
learned Frenchman, who is unworthily persecuted by the
Russian Ministers, against whom he has instituted legal pro-
ceedings, which have bean going on for these ten years, and in
which he has nine times obtained a decision in his favour in
the several Courts of Justice and the Senate, before which this
scandalous affair has again been brought. Several powerful
persons in the Ministry, who would be seriously implicated in
this affair, if they let it take its ordinary course, have obtained,
as we have said, a series of Ukases to get their accusers con-
ducted to the frontiers ; or, in case of need, to Siberia. Such
is a specimen of Russian justice.—Courrier Beige.
rELGIAN tUNDS—Baussns, Fin. 7
Actual Debt, 2,4 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO%
Loan of Thirty Millions.... ..... ...... 924
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent_ 99y,,
Society of Commerce, 444 per Cent. l3O
• Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l3l
—Brussels Papers, Feb. 8.
A usTai AN FUN DS.—VIENNA, JAN. 2i.
Five per Cents. Maalliques «.. 10414
Four per Cents. - 99%
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares 136.3%
Allzemeine Zeitung, Feb. 4.

We have before us at this moment two pamphlets, which
have just been handed to us, proposing remedies for the
miseries of Ireland. The one is entitled " Observations
upon the present State of Ireland," by Sir FRANCIS WORK-
MAN MACNAGHTEN ; and the other, which is called a
" First Step to a Poor Law for Ireland," is by Mr. H. G.
WARD, M.P., whose efforts to eradicate the worst abuses
of the Tithe system have been highly approved of by the
country. The former suggests what we regard as an im-
practicable system of free labour, to be carried on by a
compulsory assessment of five per cent. on income ; the
latter proposes a scheme of extensive emigration—a plan, if
not quite impracticable, yet liable to the strongest objec-
tions. For wherefore should Irishmen be compelled to ex-
patriate themselves to obtain support for themselves and
families ? Is their country over-populated, or cannot there
be profitable employinent found for them at home ? The
gross population of Ireland does not exceed eight millions
of souls ; yet all statistical authorities are agreed that Ire-
lend, if fairly cultivated, is able to maintain in affluence
thirty millions of subjects, and a still greater number, by
means of a more improved system of husbandry. There is,
therefore, in the country abundance of profitable labour for
more than treble its present population—of labour, too,
the most congenial to their habits. It may be argued,
very plausibly, that emigration would render the introduc-
tion of a Poor Law into Ireland less expensive. We are
quite of another opinion. A Poor Law, treading on the
heels of extensive emigration, would complete the ruin of
Ireland. Emigration would drain the country of its best
blood—would deprive it of that health, strength, and enter-
prise, which can alone infuse life and vigour into the new
system. An Irish Poor Law must not be a measure for
supplying c:ipples with crutches ; it must be a radical
scheme for the encouragement of industry, and for the mu-
tual protection of landlord and tenant. As it ought not to
contemplate the extinction of the landlord's rental, but
rather hook to its increase, as a consequence of the in-
creased prosperity of the country—so must it not be made
to hinge upon the expatriation of the industrious peasantry.
The peasant's love of country, and the ties that bind him to

We have received a file of Jamaica Despatches to the Ist
of January inclusive. The House of Assembly has passed
a new Election Law, for the further extension of the fran-
chise. The new Bill is prospective, and will not effect the
disfranchisement of any class of existing voters. The qua-
lification in every case appears to us excessively exorbitant.
For freeholds in fee-simple the qualification is 301. ; to vote
as simple tenants at will, a rental of 501. is required ; and
persons claiming to vote as tax-payers must pay 5/. a-year
in taxes. The rents and taxes for the whole of the preceding
year must be paid before the electors have a right to exer-
cise the franchise. An oath may be administered to the
electors before voting, and a prosecution for wilful and cor-
rupt perjury may be instituted against all persons suspected
of having sworn falsely. This clause is capable of being
made the instrument of the most wanton oppression.

Members of the House of Assembly must lay schedules
of their property, on oath, before the House previous to
their offering to take their seati. The pecuniary qualifica-
tion is 3001. a-year, arising out of lands, houses, or other
fixed property ; or .5,000/. in money, goods, and chattels,
over and above all just and lawful debts. Such a law as
thisi—strictly enforced—would leave several vacant scats in
the British House of Commons.
The island was tranquil up to the date of the latest of
these Despatches. There is not so much as a complaint
of the indolence of the manumitted negroes.

The turn-out in the Staffordshire Potteries is at an
end, and all the mannfacturers have resumed work. The mas-
ters have succeeded in establishing the custom of 12 months'
hiring, for which they contended, and have ,thug reduced the
danger of turn-outs very materially. -

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, FEB. B.—Wind S. W., fresh,—Arrived the Alexan-
der, Nichols, from Waterford ; Asia, Biddle, from Calcutta ;
Cognac Packet, Wallace, and Patriot, from Mauritius.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. B.—Wind S. W., hazy, with rain.—
Arrived the Montreal, Griffin, from New York ; and William
Pearson, Clark, from Cork. Sailed the Trafalgar, Christo-
pherson, Charles Kerr, Arnold, John, Leslie, Pascal, Sal-
comb, Brand, Hibernia, Breadwell, and William Penn, Clark,
for London ; Holland, Strabens, for Amsterdam ; Rosina,
Baker, for Dundee • Medina, Warding, Salisbury, Davison,
and Scotia, M‘Dowal, for Sunderland. The Felix, Ashe, for
London, has gone out of the harbour, but through thick wea-
ther has brought up again at the Motherbank. His Majesty's
ship Ariadne is gone out of the harbour to Spithead.
STANGATE CREEK, FEB. 8.--Arrived the Benjamin, Pitts,
and James and Jane, Williams, from Odessa ; and Hope, Gaw-
thorn, from Ibrail.
ISLR OF WIGHT, FEB. 8. —Off port the Montreal, Griffin,
from New York ; Maas,. Nymph, from Schiedam, leaky, bound
to Boston ; and Perseverance, Adams, from Wilmington, leaky,
bound to Havre.

Li vnarooL, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Reliance, from. Pernam-
buco ; Marquis of Queensberry, Carr, and Westmorland, from
St. John's, New Brunswick ;. Alexander Grant, Potts, and
Joseph Porter, Thompson, from St. Andrew's, New Bruns-
wick ; Oliver, Blanshard, from Naples ; Fame, Baird, from
Licata ; and Parland, Tait, from Halifax, leaky, cargo shifted,
Sze., bound to Calcutta. Feb. s.—The ' Tallyho, Hoggat,
bound to Virginia, has put hack, making 14 inches water, after
being 50 miles westward of Cape Clear.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind S. E., fresh.—Arrived the Bri-
seis Packet, from the West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas's
the 12th ult. Off port the Minerva, Hannah, from Odessa.
LOWESTOFFE, FEB. B.—The Atalanta, of South Shields,
and Wansbeek, from Newcastle, were assisted off the beach
last night, and went into harbour.