The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1538.

disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment
of 18s. Ild., the same as for age 20.

A person, age :I 23, by the payment of 2.1. 12s. per annum, will secure,
on attaining the age of 65, the option of an annuity of 40!. Bs. 2d. ; cash
down, 3331. 7s. ; or a policy on his life for 393/. 15s.
A person, aged 30, may secure, on attaining the age of 65, an annuity
of 10/., with the other options, by the annual payment of 19s. 6d., or a
sinple payment of 16/. 7s. ld. ; or on payment of 71. 3s. I ld. for dispa-
rity, he will be entitled to the same benefits, by an annual payment of
10s. 1 ld. ; the same as for age 20.

These are advantages such as are not to be met with by
persons in an humble, or even a moderately respectable
walk of life, in any Assurance-office, Savings'-bank, or
Benefit-society yet established. Extend it so as to include
the great majority of the labouring population, and we shall
hear no more about the anarchical designs of the working-
classes. The moment the working man is made to feel that he
has an interest in the maintenance of established institutions
—that revolutionary anarchy, or national bankruptcy,
threatens the loss of the little annuity to which his pa-
rents, his friends, and his family, have been looking for-
ward for so many years—from that moment may the State
may rely upon the honest zeal of his endeavours to keep up
its gredit and preserve its tranquillity. The best antidote
against revolution is the diffusion of a feeling of individual
independence, having constantly in view the certainty of the
means of becoming so by honest individual exertion. Inde-
pendence gives self-respect, and that is the key to every
virtue which constitutes a good citizen.

In the Committee of Supply last night a discussion took
place on the subject of the disbanding of the yeomanry
force of Great Britain, when Lord JOHN RUSSELL justly
observed that he did. rto.t. think that force ought to be
wholly dismissed, but in paCific times like the present the
services of a portion of it might be safely dispensed with.
This called forth the ire of the 'Tories, who were of course
anxious to maintain the yeomanry corps on their present
footing, " for the purposes of political partisanship," as Mr.
HImIE truly and forcibly declared. Sir ED. KNATCHBULL,
in particular, was quite savage on the occasion, and Col.
SIBTHORP talked as much nonsense as one is usually pre-
pared to expect from him. But Sir ROBERT PEEL was
the great luminary of the evening. "He believed," said
the Right Hon. Baronet, " that one of the most valuable
effects of the yeomanry was, that it was not brought into
collision with the people, but was a dormant strength.
The highest possible compliment that could be paid to this
force, was that it was never called into operation. There-
fore the absence of its active operations was the very
best reason for continuing the yeomanry force."
It would appear from this reasoning that the value of the
yeomanry is in exact proportion to its inutility ; and that
we are bound to keep up the expense of its maintenance,
simply because it does nothing. Its being a " dormant
strength," and" never called into operation" is its great
recommendation. It is invaluable, precisely because it is
utterly inactive. Its very drowsiness proves it to be the
best of all public guardians. Now, upon this principle,
Lord GLENELG should be the best Minister that ever sat
entranced in Downing-street, for the Tories are never
weary of assuring us that he is a " dormant strength." But
let us apply this principle to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S
own personal affairs. Let us suppose him just installed
Prime Minister, and a crowd of hungry courtiers boring
him with their offers of service. Some of the least discreet
and sagacious assure him that they will do their utmost to
discharge effectively whatever public duties he may en-
trust them with ; but these of course he dismisses with
contempt ; and prefers instead to employ those who can
boldly, and with a safe conscience, declare that they will make
all possible haste to fall asleep, and become " a dormant
strength," the instant that he places them into the public
service. Truly, a Government made up of Sir ROBERT
PEEL'S yeomanry principle of " dormant strength," would
be a wondrous boon to the country ! We can imagine how
safe and patriotic would be the deliberations of such a set
of Tory Ministers sitting " dormant" in Downing-street !
What shrewd, and brisk, and statesmanlike suggestions
must emanate from such a drowsy conclave ! But suppose,
that at the very instant their " dormant strength" had
reached the culminating point of inanimateness, a
messenger should burst in with the tidings that the opera-
tives were in open insurrection in the North ! Would
they be startled into activity by such intelligence ? Not a
bit of it. Adopting their Right Hon. Tory leader's
yeomanry principle, that they had a fine, inactive home-
force, irresistible by reason of its " dormant strength," to
protect them, they would merely give orders for the trans-
mission of a cargo of night-caps to the Northern Yeomanry,
and then quietly fall asleep again. We consider Sir
ROBERT PEEL'S arguments last night as the richest speci-
mens of absurdity ever yet promulgated in Parliament.

We understand that the Boroughreeve and Constables
of Manchester, in compliance with a requisition signed by
300 persons, and presented to them yesterday, have called
a public meeting of the inhabitants of that town and vici-
nity, to be held on Thursday next, the 3d of May, to con-
sider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the imme-
diate, entire, and unqualified abolition of the system of
negro apprenticeship in the British colonies. We rejoice
that a town of so much importance, and so celebrated for
its skill and manufacturing industry, is endeavouring, in
concert with so many influential cities and towns in the
empire, to prevent our youthful and beloved SOVEREIGN
from being crowned a QUEEN of Slaves.

The Standard of last night finds great fault with the
answer returned by Mr. DRUMMOND, by command of the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the address of the Tippe-
rary Magistrates, assembled at Cashel on the 7th of
April, because it states that the representations of
these Magistrates are at variance with the Lord-
Lieutenant's official information. The Standard, with a
natural love for unofficial information, calls it official
impertinence to have information at variance with that
supplied by the magistrates. But Lord MULGRAVE knows,
as we know, that magistrates, and particularly Irish ma-
gistrates, and still more particularly Orange magistrates,
do not halt at trifles when a little effect is to be produced
favourable to their party. The country has been inundated
with the non-official information of Orange magistrates
and Orange journals, producing the most unfavourable and
most unjust impressions in England of the character of the
Irish, and everywhere exciting the most bitter and unre-
lenting animosity. We know, though the poor dupes
of Orange journals and Orange magistrates will not
believe it, that nine parts out of ten of the non-official
information is like the evidence which the Standard ascribed
to Mr. O'CONNELL, the false fabrication of some lying
Orangeman or Orange Journal. It is precisely because
the non-official information has a similar tendency and a
similar character to the fabrication of the Standard, and
other Orange Journals, that our Contemporary naturally
loves it, and naturally hates as impertinent the official in-
formation at variance with it, as he hated Lord WINCUIL-
SEA'S and Mr. O'CONNELL'S letters, which exposed his
falsification of Mr. O'CONNELL'S evidence. The poor de-
graded Standard has never dared to renew the subject.
It has not been able to throw off the charge, and it seems
not to have sufficient impudence to avow and defend the
fabrication which its poor dupe Lord WINCHILSEA quoted
from its leader.

Now that the Committee upon Joint-Stock Banks is
about to resume its labours, we earnestly trust that its
proceedings will be conducted in such a manner as will
tend to convince the public that to elicit such facts as may
pave the way for useful legislation, and not to shield an
impolitic monopoly, was its object. We are willing to give
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER every credit for
sincerity and fair-dealing in this matter, but we can assure
him that upon a subject of such vital importance, the eyes
of the country will be steadfastly fixed upon the proceed-
ings of the Committee.

We do maintain that the people will not be satisfied—
nay, that they will be, and with justice, incensed—if they
find the least disposition displayed to frame a report from
ex parte evidence. We do not say that there is any such
inclination ; but to prevent the bare suspicion, an impartial
array of witnesses must be summoned, and the question sifted
to the bottom. Both in England and Ireland we
are aware that a jealous feeling exists upon the part of the
two chartered State Banks, to rival Joint Stock Establish-
ments. We must therefore have the question so tho-
roughly sifted as to enable us to judge how far monopoly in
Banking has been serviceable or prejudicial to the best in-
terests of the country.
The Bank of Ireland Charter has expired, and we
think that no one will assert that the exclusive privileges
which it possessed have been productive of the least benefit
to the Sister Kingdom. Upon the contrary, its affairs
have been managed in the worst spirit of intolerance and

bigotry. Out of the fifteen persons who compose its Board
of Directors, will it be credited that until lately not a
Roman Cathoiic way to be found ; and that even now the
number does not exceed oNE ? Nor does this illiberal
feeling rest here—but extends itself throughout all
its ramifications—so that not solvent industry, but po-
litical partizanship,received countenance and accommodation
from the Bank Potentates of College Green. The last mo-
dification of the Charter was a great blessing to Ireland,
as it enabled Joint-stock Banks to be established there, and
as a proof of their utility, we will content ourselves with
mentioning a single case.
When the Agricultural Bank was first established, an
application was made to it by a Scotch House for the
loan of four thousand pounds, to start a lace manufac-
tory in Limerick. This sum, after proper inquiry, was
lent—the manufactory commenced and prospered—and it is
gratifying to know that 4,000 children, who would other-
wise be idle and starving, are employed in it !! ! The Bank
of Ireland could not, by its Charter, have granted such a
loan ; and without the existence of a Joint Stock Bank, it
is more than probable that for such a purpose it could not
have been procured. Our desire is that freedom in banking,
united with public Security, may be attained—this is
all that should be demanded, and with less, the country
should not be satisfied.

It is our painful duty to announce that many of the
brave Poles, whom a cruel fate has driven from their
native country, arc reduced to the last extremity of desti-
tution, and must perish for want of food, if not saved by
the immediate interposition of a generous public. It
appears from an advertisement in another column,
to which we earnestly entreat the attention of our
readers, that some of these unfortunate men have actually
not tasted food for two or three day:. In such a case as
this, where life is at stake, and when relief, to be of service,
must be promptly administered, we need not, we are sure
urge upon the charitable and the humane, the necessity of
corning forward with their contributions without delay.
Even to those whose political sentiments are not in ac-
cordance with*those of the Polish refugees, we appeal with
confidence in the cause of the miserable exile reduced from
affluence to poverty, and dying of want in a foreign land. In
the contemplation of extreme distress political distinctions dis-
appear ; nature then resumes and vindicates her rights, compel-
ling the human heart to acknowledge the tie of brotherhood
impressed upon it by the hand of Him who has made of
one blood all nations that dwell upon the face of the earth.
Let us then hope, that in this emergency the benevolent of
all creeds and opinions, will act in conformity with that
spirit of Christian charity which recognises none of the petty
distinctions which tend to alienate mankind from one
another.

The Tory Journals in their pitiful attempts to give im-
portance to the acquisition of such a treasure as Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT, are driven to the necessity of fabri-
cating a thousand lies, in order to impose upon the public.
We ought not to be surprised at this course of proceed-
ing. Lying is too common a practice with these or-
gans of a disappointed and desperate faction, to excite
anything in the shape of surprise, and least of all should it
produce this feeling in a case like this, in which, without it,
the "faded beau" would be a dead loss instead of a gain to the
party. What but falsehood of the grossest description can
make anything out of " Old Glory" but a silly, conceited, old
man, who from motives of wounded vanity, acting on a mind
in a state of decay, has deserted every principle which he
formerly advocated, and embraced its opposite. To
white-wash such a character as this, and give it a
crust of external decency, requires the unrestricted
exercise of the mendacious faculty, and accordingly we
find the great adept of Printing-House-square continually
using his gift in this line. It was only the other day this ve-
racious print asserted that a deputation from the Hudders-
field Radical Association had waited upon Old Glory
to express how much the Association were ena-
moured of him, and presented to him a vote of
thanks for his political conduct. 'When this falsehood
came to the ears of the Association they met, and wiped
off the foul stain from their:reputation by passing a resolu-
tion which we subjoin, with the exception of the last two
lines, in which, it appears to us, the Association have gone
out of their way to throw an unmerited censure upon a
public man :

" Resolved—That we, the members of the Huddersfield Radical
Association, beg most unequivocally to deny the fabrication contained
in the London Times newspaper of Monday last, stating that our body
had appointed a deputation to express to Sir Francis Burdett our
gratitude to that gentleman for his past patriotic services in his coun-
try's cause, and to assure him of our entire approval of the whole of his
political career;' no such deputation ever having been appointed by us,
or ever contemplated. And we should feel ourselves unworthy the name
of Radicals or men were we to express onr approval of apostacy and po.
litical delinquency.

Letters and Papers from Mddrid to the 18th inst. in-
clusive, have been received. The Messrs. RICARDO of
London, and M. ARDOAIN, of Paris, are reported to have
offered to contract for the new loan of five millions declined
by M. AGUADO. We doubt the truth of this rumour
however. A loan guaranteed on the produce of mines,
which the Carlists have proved themselves in a condition
to destroy at any moment, would not meet with much
favour in England, even if the language of the Madrid
Cabinet betrayed no disregard of the principles of national
good faith.

The Paris Journals of Thursday are occupied with pre-
mature discussions relative to the trial of their intentional
Regicide, HUBERT, and his accomplices. The ill-timed
and badly advised seizure and prosecution of the National,
for commenting upon the unconstitutional influence of the
Duke of ORLEANS in the affairs of the army, is a subject of
deep regret to the friends of the Orleans dynasty.
The Journal du Havre of the 24th ult., contains the following
article :

" The Gange, whaler, Captain Grandraigne, which sailed from
Havre on the 2d of August, 1837, arrived on the 10th December at
the Bay of Islands, in Newfoundland, having met with very few whales,
and had, till that time, very bad weather. Captain Grandraigne
plains bitterly of the vexatious offensive treatment to which the French
are subjected who touch at New Zealand, and he asks to whom that
island belongs, where the English colours are everywhere flying? He
acids, " The English see with the greatest jealousy that our very recent
intercourse with these countries, is becoming more extensive ; and some
of those new settlers go so far as to endeavour to indispose the natives
towards us, by telling them that we come to revenge the death of the
unfortunate Marion. Accordingly, it is not without distrust that the
New Zealanders consent to deal with us "—Journal desDebats.
VIENNA, APRIL 14.—(Private Correspondence of the Constitution.
nel.)—The three Sovereigns of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, will meet
at Prague. The Kings of Hanover, Bavaria, and Wurtemburg will lac
admitted to this Congress ; but Austria excludes the Italian Princes
from it, considering them as dependent on the empire: and Prussia,
pt oud of the supremacy in Germany, refuses to admit the Princes of
that country into the Sanctuary.
The question of the East and that of Spain, which our diplomatic
gentlemen call the question of the West, will be the only ones discussed'
at this Congress. The King of Prussia reserves to himself the solution
of the religious difficulties, and consents that the Czar shall refuse all ex.
planation with respect to the projects concerning Poland.
The marriage of Mdlle. de Rosny to Prince Max of Leuchtenberg, Is
the object of Prince Metternich, who hopes, that by uniting the Bourbon
of the elder branch with a family which is in some measure a branch of
that of Napoleon, he shall excite some apprehensions in the new dynasty
of France.

Baron Sina, a rich banker, has drawn on himself a severe reprimand,
b,.c:.use he has given 40,000 florins for the sufferers by the inundation
at Pesth, while the Emperor has given only 9.0,000. Prince Metter_
nich said to him, "It seems, Baron, that you do not understand pro
priety. M. Rothschild is richer than you, and yet he has given only
15,000 florins. It appears that you think to set yourself above the
Throne. The Emperor, Monsieur Banker Sina, will not forget
this
trait of beneficence and modesty." It is to be foreseen that the house
of Rothschild will have henceforth the monopoly of financial operations.
Co nstitutionncl.

FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, APRIL 25.
rive per Cents., 107 f. 50c. 55c. 65c 60c. 50c. 55c. sre•
Four and a Half ner Cents. 105 f. 50c.
Four per Cents., 10f1 25c.
pt-r Cents., 80f. 65c. 60c. 55c. 511 c.
Bank Actions, 2,695 f. 2,690 f. 2,692 f. 5Cc.
Nente iie Naples, loaf. 70c.
Roman Five per Cents., 103%.
Spanish Actives, 21%%%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
Belgian Bank, 1,450 f. 1,452 f. 50c.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 2214.
Hzytian Loan, 470 f. 460 f.
BXCHANOR ON LONDON.
thie month, paper, 25f. 50c.; money, 25t. 47%c.
Ilirec months, paper, 25f. 35r. money, 251. 35e,
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 107 f. 65c.
Three per Cents. Sof. 50c.
Bank Actions, 2,692 f. 50c.
Romans' 105
Belgian Bank, 1,452 f. 50c.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 22%.
Hayti., Loan, 460 f.
Spanish Actives, 21%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.

We annex the following resolutions received this day,
relative to the disputed territory in Maine.

" Resolved—That the maritime frontier, and the extensive interior
position of this state, are in a defenceless and exposed situation, and we
rely with confidence that the federal Government will cause suitable
fortifications to be erected for the defence otthe same.
" Resolved, That the erection of a strong fortification in some eligible
position in the eastern section of this State, is imperatively and loudly
called fur, by the increasing necessity of extending the protection of our
laws to the citizens living in that vicinity.
Resolved—That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Re-
presentatives requested, to use their influence to procure suitable appro-
priations for the objects contemplated in the foregoing resolutions.
" Resolved—That the Governor be requested to send one copy of his
message to the Legislature, in relation to fortifications, and one copy of
these resolutions to the President and Vice-President of the United
States, to each of the heads of department at Washington, and to each
of our Senators and Representatives in Congress."

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

We have much pleasure in quoting the following admirable,
and on the whole very just, critique from the Morning Adver-
tiser, not having had the opportunity of witnessing Miss
Elphinstone on her second appearance as Julia. This young
lady is indeed a great acquisition to the stage, and must
awaken the dormant feelings of the playgoing public, by re-
calling the by-gone glories of tragedy in all their beauty,
freshness, and intensity of pathos :

The admirable drama, The hunchback, was repeated at this theatre
on Thursday night. As the public were already familiar with the merits
of the piece and the abilities of the principal performers—with one ex-
ception—the chief object of interest to the critic was Miss Elphinstone's
personation of Julia, a character, as regards the poet's creation, which
for power of conception, and truth of delineation, is, perhaps, un-
equalled in the whole range of dramatic literature. In proportion to
the high-toned and conflicting passions to be represented in nearly
every scene--feelings of the most intense and adverse nature struggling
for ascendency—is the difficulty of the actress undertaking their por-
traiture. There is not, perhaps, on the stage, at the present day,
any actress capable of developing the character in the full height,
depth, and variety of its passions and emotions ; therefore it cannot be
considered the slightest disparagement to Miss Elphinstone to observe,
that while in many passages she realised to very perfection the concep-
tion of the dramatist, in many others she failed to embody or make pal-
pable those inward workings of the mind and heart—those fierce and
terrific conflicts of the pa3ssions—which so essentially constitute the
character. Her transitions of feeling were sometimes too abrupt,
leaving sentiments disjuncted which should either gradually blend toge.
ther or combat for supremacy, and, by suffering one feeling prematurely
to subside or another prematurely to intrude, depriving the per-
sonation of its continuity. To this remark, however, there were
some brilliant exceptions. In the scene where her gay and lively
cousin, in revenge for his treatment of Julia, devises schemes to
mortify Clifford in his reverse of fortune, her enunciation of " Helen!
Helen I hate you," was given with incomparable effect, and contained
in a single phrase a whole volume of emotions. Wherever an un-
mixed or individual passion was to be portrayed, whatever its intensity,
nature's self could not desire a more perfect representative. In being
led off the stage by Master Walter, after he has snatched from her and
torn to pieces Clifford's letter, without allowing her to peruse
it, her attitude and manner of fixing her gaze upon the frag-
ments of the epistle, as if she would by some basilisk fascination
conjure them of their contents, was a splendid specimen
of art. Her acting, when her part in the dialogue was
to listen, though not always responsive to the feeling coincident to
the language of her interlocutor, was, in the scene where she receives
the rebuke of Master Walter, after he has allowed the tempest and
torrent of her own passion to subside, most powerfully expressive. 'We
could enumerate many other instances wherein her representation of
the part left nothing to be desired, ann with the interest inseparable from
the character, itself held the sympathies of the audience irresistibly en-
chained. The more salient points of the character she generally dashed
off with great truth and power, but in those delicate subtleties of senti.
ment—felt only by the few—wherein the strongest passions are re-
strained by fine-wrought motives, firm as adamant, though tremulously
light as the gossamer, and effective only when coherent, the illusion
was not always so complete as we could have wished. This was
especially the case in the scene where Clifford, as the Secretary,
presents the letter of Lord Rochdale : there was a want of co-
hesion in the representation, though it was in a great measure
redeemed by the triumphant manner in which subduing, after
a fearful contest, the tenderer and more impassioned prompt-
ings of woman's heart, she rose indignantly to vindicate the
respect due to her sex and station. Nature has endowed Miss Elphin-
stone with many of the attributes essential to success in her profession—
a good, voice, which a slight peculiarity of intonation can scarcely be
said to mar; a figure, which skilful dressing and drapery could not fail
to make finely impressive ; and a brow which occasionally reminded us
of the regal grandeur of Siddons. These, if moved and directed by
that high-born, incommunicable impulse from within, which no in-
struction or drilling can teach or transfer, will be certain to achieve for
Miss Elphinstone a place with the most eminent of her profession.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have received this morning a New Brunswick Paper of the 31st
March, which contains a long message from the Governor, relative to
the North-Eastern boundary. The following is one of its passages ;
" I think that the most cursory examination of the correspondence
and movements on the part of Great Britain, must satisfy any one
that the leading object which her diplomatists have had in view, since
the result of the arbitration, has been to destoy or lay aside the treaty
line, to lead us away from the clear, unambiguous, definite terms of
the treaty, and involve us in interminable discussions, propositions, and
replies, in relation to conventional lines, no one of which will be
accepted, unless it gives to them a large part of our territory," .
A second message was sent to the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, stating—

" I feel it my duty respectfully to call your attention to the propriety
and expediency of taking some measures before you separate, to express
and urge the claims and rights of the State in relation to the fortifica-
tions and defences upon our coast and rivers. Former Legislatures
have called the attention of the general Government to this subject ;
but the works have not been as yet cumnsenced, and it is unnecessary
for me to enter into a detail of the reasons which at this moment parti-
cularly justify and require a strong and urgent representation addressed
to the general Government on this subject. Maine ought not to be left
defenceless, or exposed in so many points any longer. If her claims
are presented by you as representatives of the people, in respectful but
strong language, we may confidently trust that they will not be ne-
glected or postponed at this important crisis."