The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-29 00:00:00

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HE INTENDED DINNER TO MR,
HUAIE, M.P., in TESTIMONY of his EMINENT
PUBLIC SERVICES, and CONSISTENT ADVOCACY
of REFORM, will take place at the Crown and Anchor Ta-
vern, Strand, on WEDNESDAY, May 1.
Admiral Sir EDW. CODRINGTON, G.C.8., M.P., &c.,
in the Chair.
Tickets, 15s. each, may be had at the Bar of the Tavern.
JOHN SCOTT LILLIE, Chairman Of the Dinner
JAMES LEARY, Secretary 5 Committee.

LON.ItON:
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1 Sag.

Sometime ago, a gentleman, so called, was taken
before a Police Magistrate, for, in the most unin-
tentional way possible, putting his umbrella into
the eyes of passers by, and then, with the utmost
coolness, begging pardon and declaring that he did
not mean it. Sir ROBERT PEEL and his party
are a similar sort of persons—they do the most
hostile and offensive thines, and mean nothing.
This may
be very true, but it behoves the public
not to have its eyes
put out by the umbrella-sticks
of the Tories. Having received two lessons,
one in the case of the Irish question, and another
in that of the Jamaica Bill now pending, we shall
do well in being entirely upon our guard and
placing no further trust in them.
It is plain that their game is one of coneilin'tion
in manner, and a thorough determination to do mis-
chief in substance.
In the case of the Jamaica Bill, they propose to
hit at the Radicals, on the one hand, and the Con-
servatives on the other, calculating, too, on a further
increase, of strength, by an addition from the %Vest
India interest. Moreover, they desire that their
11 movement should be made before the Abolitionists
can be made aware of the whole bearings of the
question, and can bring their active energies into the
field, to counteract their tortuous policy. It is to
he regretted that the Government have not disap-
pointed this purpose, by making the postponement
still longer than they have. The question is of
too great magnitude to be disposed of, in a
single night's debate and by a single di-
vision, before all parties can be fully possessed
of the state of the question ; and, on the part of the
great body of Liberals in the country, we earnestly
intreat the Government not to allow the question to
be precipitated.
But whether the delay be further postponed or
not, let the Abolitionists take heed to this matter,
and the Liberals too, for some of their friends
seem disposed, by transferring their veneration
from the substance of a Constitution to its name
and shadow, to jeopardise, once and for ever, the
interests of the great bulk of the population of the
Island of Jamaica. By Captain PRINGLE'S ex-
cellent Pamphlet, it appears that of a popu-
lation of some 350,000 persons, the con-
stituency consists of 1,500, making about
30 votes for each member. Now, if this be the
sort of Constitution of which the Liberals are in
love, why those of Russia, Prussia, Austria, Spain
as it was, and some others, are equally delectable.
on Friday night, Mr. Flume
We notice this point as,
intimated a piirpose of -defending the Constitution
of Jamaica. We always thought that a Constitu-
tion, in the Liberal sense, meant fair representation
of the people, and not the representation of a
few agents of the proprietors of estates. If this is
a Constitution to be admired, why, let us esta-
blish in Ireland a system of representation in which
Catholics shall be excluded, and the representa-
tive body shall consist of the agents of the absentee
landlords. Just such a kettle of fish as they have
made in Jamaica would they make in ieeland ; and
indeed, because such has more or less, in another
fashion, been the policy in Ireland, have they al-
ready made Ireland another Jamaica—a govern-
ment of oligarchs against a population insultingly
and ignominiously excluded from a participation in
the Government.
Surely then, the Liberals will not be such geese
as to stand up in defence of a Constitution such as
the Jamaica one for the sake of 1,500 people
against 350,000 ; nor should we suppose that they
would say that the latter are fit to take their own
affairs into their own hands—that the political wis-
dom of the elder country, which has failed to fall
upon the present Assembly, is likely to fall at
once upon an Assembly composed, m any con-
siderable degree, of the black population. The
change that has taken piace-in the internal relations
of Jamaica requires an entire system of new legisla-
tion upon topics that have well nigh baffled the
accutest intellects at home—we allude to the Poor-
laws, the Vagrancy-laws, and some others—and it
would b. absolute folly to start the negro popula-
tion into a Constitution, where they would have al-
most every thing to do. Not an insignificant
cause of the success of the United States
was that they started With a complete bode of sub-
ordinate laws—the most difficult to be enacted, be-
cause the result of custom—and a long series of
measures adapted t• the habits and feelings of a
people. But here we have almost Called a new
people into existence. Their condition is so abso-
lutely changed, their intellectual state, .through the
neglect of the planters, ill prepared for the exereise
of legislative functions ; and yet though resisted to-
day by the Assembly, their eneinies, to-morrow

they may become proprietors, and therefore consti-
tuents, and also members ; and thus, encountering
their enemies on the threshold of the Assembly, be
called upon to enact laws founded on the subtlest
policy, and casting aside all animosity towards those
who have trampled upon them, to enter coolly and
dispassionately upon the consideration of measures
on which the permanent and temporary interests of
the white and black population are alike to be re-
garded. If we do not find such coolness, dispas-
sionateness, and impartiality at home, where differ-
ent classes are more upon an equal footing, is it
reasonable to expect tribes of different colours,
just escaping from the condition of master and
slave, the one rankling under the recollection
of old sufferings, and the other of lost power, will
exhibit instances of such superhuman virtue ?
Never, in the history of a people, had a Parliament
so high, so difficult, and important a duty to per-
form ; and we trust that, strong in the conviction of
a wise and statesmanlike purpose, the Govern-
ment will not shrink from the responsi-
bility of sacrificing for a moment the shadow of a
Constitution, in order to realise its substance,
end to put the people of Jamaica in a position
really and effectually to govern themselves for the
benefit, not of one class, but of all. Such elements
never yet presented themselves to the founders of a
State, and it will require all the wisdom and energy
of the Government, and all the forbearance and
co-operation of rival parties, to aidin the fulfilment
of the great undertaking-
To make such a subject
matter for a party
struggle,a is to build up the fune-
real pile of the white population in Jamaica, and
to sacrifice all British interests there. Such a
devilish purpose cannot have entered into the heart
of the most rancorous Tory ; but, although that
may not be their purpose, we must yet take care
reliance
We that their mischievous and reckless
eek sconduct
produce the same result. havees a firm
do not
on the great good sense of the people of England, and
doubt not, that if the question be fairly understood,
, they will take a course which shall not place the
interest of large masses of population at the mercy
of these successive sinister, attacks.

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in M.
ODILLON
There is one passage BAR.
RoT's speech in the French Chamber of Deputi„s,
on the Ministerial crisis, which is producing a very
deep impression on the popular mind throughout
France. After showing that neither the French
nation nor the party of the Left in the Chamber
were responsible for the prolongation of the mi_
nisterial interregnum
—that the country had
to
promptly
and emphatically answered the appeal mad
it by the Crown in dissolving the Chambers—.
that there was a decided Liberal majority in that
assembly, although by artifices some of the mem-
bers were prevented from declaring their sentiments,
and that the Ministerial crisis did not commence
the with the Parliamentary majorities against MOLE
Cabinet, but from the moment when the Crown set
aside the principles of Representative Government,
the Hon. Deputy observed, with
.stron—
g emphasis
There is in our modern society an evil which
calls for all your attention—all your severity. It
is that individualism, that personal pride which
decks itself with fine-sounding, titles, and calls
itself personal dignity. as if true dignity con.
sisted not rather in self-denial, than in the
assumption of exagerated pretension. On no
other principle can I explain the invincible
obstacles which (it being agreed that there is no
difference as to things) neither the necessities of
the country nor the deplorable situation in which it
is placed, have been able to surmount. Heavy is
the responsibility of those who have thus sacrificed
the interests of a country which has made them so
great, so illustrious—which has raised them to
so great an elevation that they , might, at. the

THE SUN, LONDi?N, NiONOAY, APRIL 29. k:i!,

` proper time, sacrifice its welfare to such pre-
tensions. Thank God, Gentlemen, there is no
man necessary in our France I All great indivi-
dualities, however great they be, with whatever
rays of glory they may be crowued, are as nothing;
it is not given to them to interdict or paralyse our
institutions, much less to condemn them to
immutability !" This blow, which at the moment
(
of its infliction, prostrated Som„T, is now generally
regarded as rightly aimed at the KING. With the
increase of popular discontent, increases the popular
fury at discovering that France owes her present
difficulties and dangersto the insolent obstinacy of an
individual, who is indebted for all that he possesses
to her bounty. " There is na man necessary to
our France" is the revolutionary a xiom now ringing
from the banks of the Seine to the foot of the-Py-
renees. These symptoms are rrktiher alarming. The
patience of the French nation is, nvidently well nigh
exhausted. The KING must either yield or ab-
dicate before many days elapse, and should
he prefer the latter his dynasty will end
with himself. We verily 1-;elieve that this
would be a fortunate circumsta Tice for France.
It would, at least, clear tlm country of the
BouRBONS, root and branch—a necessary prelude to
the establishment of a really soirml and well-working
system of representative Govern rn,ent.

The proceedings at Truro ox t Friday last, of
which a detailed report is given, in another part of
The Sun, will excite a lively int, !rest in the public
mind. They prove to demons tration the infa-
tuation of those who iinagiu e that they can
put down . by persecution the spirit of resist-
ance to the payment of Cli urch-rates, which
is spreading throughout the co untry. Were the
supporters of the " nefarious e:te ction" capable of
reading history to advantage, the: y would know that
the course which they are pursuits g is the surest they
could have taken to defeat their. object. Had their
been even no religious feeling "nixed up with the
payment of Church-rate, the ;rte is so much in-
justice and meanness in exacting it from
those who, it is admitted, receive no benefit
—nothing in the shape of art equivalent, from
a Church, which has wealth c if its own more than
enough for all its wants, tha t the claim can never
be enforced without stirring up against it and its
abettors the indignation of e very honest mind.
But when it is considered th at, in addition to this
strong cause of hostility and }rifted on the part of
the great mass of the pe.eyle, religion steps
in and forbids compliance with tthe unholy demand,
it is, or ought to be, clear tr 3 every one that the
more compulsion is resorted to the more will
resistance increase. This is 111!e tale told by per-
secution in every age of the wear ld. Yet Mr. Ba-
ron GURNEY, and other would—be friends of the
Church, lay it not to heart. IF they think to suc-
ceed by strained interpretations of unjust laws,
and excessive severity in puni slung those who
will not violate the dictates ; of conscience,
they will find themselves gri e'rously mistaken.
Let them ponder the folio wing sentiments,
delivered by one of their I. tte victims at the
Truro entertainment last wee k, and then say
whether the cause of abolition is' likely to gain or
lose by the persecution of its a dvocates. " If,"
said Mr. EDWARDS, " one mons h of every year
of the remainder of their lives, by- .being passed in
prison, would help to promote the good cause, and
the extension of those principles, :they would most
readily sacrifice it.—(Long-con timued cheering.)
The month's coercion that they :had experienced
had not changed in any way !he! principles by
which they were actuated. Their opponents found
it an easy thing to coerce the bo 13-, but when they
came to try its effect on the mired, they had to do
with a deep without a bottom, with an extent with
out bounds.—(Cheers.)”

By the arrival of the Tagus stearner at Falmouth
on Saturday, from the illediterranie an, we have re-
ceived Lisbon Papers of the 22J. inst. On the
19th the QUEEN, finding that th ere was no likeli-
hood of putting an end to the Mi nisterial crisis by
a less decided course, sent for Bar. )EI DA RIBEIRA

DE SAIIIOZA, to whom her M A.JESTY gave a
carte blanche for the formation of a Cabinet. The
Baron, who is one of the Chiefs of the Septembrist
or Ultra-Liberal party, lost no time, ;in executing the
honourable mission with which he was entrusted,
and in a few hours the following Ministerial ap-
pointments took place :
Baron DA RIBEIRA-President of the Council,
Minister of War—and, .ad interi.nc, of. Foreign
Affairs and Marine;
JULIO DA SILVA SA NCHES---41 1t erior., —• • -
JOA 0 DA CUNHA E ARA N.TO 'Wor-
ship and Justice.
MA NOEL DE CA RVALHO-Fin. ince.
The new Premier in vain solicited milers among
his friends to take charge of the Portfolios of
Marine and Foreign Affairs.. He v ;as not, how-
ever without hopes of speedily rem( wing their ob-
jections. On presenting himself -a s chief of the
Cabinet to the Chambers, he assn red them that
nothing but a deep sense of the duty which he
owed to his Queen and country could induce him to
take office at a• time so pregnant with difficul-
ties ; that although he had n.O programme
to offer he would be guided in all his mea-
sures by the principles of the Constitution
of 183 S ; and that himself and his co lle agues would
study in all things to secure obedience to the laws ;
to impart life and vigour to the national institutions ;
to facilitate the speedy and impartial al luhinistration
of justice ; and to give not only tranciti illity but the '
certainty of it to the people. He auk, ed but a fair
trial—a favour which the Chambers seemed well
disposed to extend to him, as no opposition was
made either to the persons or principle s of the new
Ministry.

in the Provinces bordering can Spain the
Miguelite hordes are almost enCkre ly dispersed,
owing to the increased activity of the Constitu-
tional authorities. Smuggling, how ever, increases,
owing to the rate of impost and er.port duties ;
particularly on the coast of Algarre, where they
set the Government troops at defian.:e. Since the
new Tariff has been brought into cp2ration, there
has
Lisbonfalling off in the, :Revenues de-
rand Opor to Custom and
iv
e dbe fernom: gradualthe
Excise offices. sometimes to the amc.u.nt of 7,000/.
sterling per month, in conseqUence of the extent
to which the high duties held out ( mcouragements
to smuggling.

The-Countess de POVOA, the rich Portuguese
heiress, having attained her twelfth year, was on the
morning of the 22d publicly united by marriage to
the Marquis of FAYAL, eldest son. of the Duke
of PALMELLA. This solemnity will put an end
to the litigation carried on by the relatives of the
heiress for the recovery of her pers. on.
The QUEEN DOWAGER of Emgland having
sailed from Malta on the 12th, was expwcted lo pay
a visit to the QUEEN of Portugal. Preparations
were making for the suitable receptii rn of her MA-
JESTY.

Finding all his efforts and intriabrtes to break up
the Coalition worse than useless, the King of the
FRENCH has so far yielded to circumstancs as to
bring about a -reconciliation between M. TRIERS
and Marshal SOULT. As he was himself the
author of all their misunderstandings and jealousies,
he- was the fittest person to undertake the delicate
task of explaining away what each respectively re-
garded as objectionable in the conduct, opinions,
and pretensions of the other. Marshal SOULT,
at the instance of the KING, was the first to pro-
pose an accommodation highly honourable to M.
THIERS, and the latter manifested how much
he desired to restore tranquillity to the country,
by a frank and manly acceptance of the pro-
ferred friendship and co-operation of the Mar-
shal. On Saturday they breakfasted together,
and it is reasonable to suppose that in the course
of their explanations the Marshal saw the arti-
fices of which he was the dupe. At all events he
seemed willing to concede everything to TRIERS,
as much from an apparent sense of having a re-
paration to make, as from a conviction of his being
indispensable to the formation of any Ministry.
It was reported that all difficulties respect-
ing men and things were overcome, and
that no delay would take place in the
appointment of a Government enjoying the confi-
dence of the Chambers and the country. Among
the on dits of this meeting, it was rumoured in
Paris on Saturday that M. D urn; would be the
new Minister of Justice, and that on his appoint-
ment he would be raised to the Peerage. The ge-
neral expectation was that the new Cabinet would
appear in the .Moniteur of last night or this
morning.
On Thursday the French Government received