The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-07 00:00:00

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[TnE
Last -night -it will be seen that tire pawn--
broking scheme recommended-rather warmly' in
the Report of the Agricultural Committee and
as coldly received by the agricultural interest in
the House, was finally withdrawn, on the motion
of the Noble Marquis who introduced, it. It was
evident, during the whole course of the discus-
sion, that the measure,. which from its fate we
ray now with safety call an absurdity,. would,
if put to the vote, have been rejected ; and there-
fore the tactics of the Ministers dictated, a pru-
dent retreat rather-than haard a certain discom-
tture. The country Gentlemen had been so well
instructed itrits character and consequences', that
they could perceive, if riot its mischief, at least its
inefficiency ;- and the Minister who had agreed to.
present it to the House, in its prepossessing dress,
rather as its nurse thanits father, was surprised
..at the want of parental tenderness in the authors
11 its- being. He called upon them in vain to
support it, and finding that they were ashamed
of it,- or deaf to its cries, he allowed it to expire
amidst the exultations of itYr.enemies.—Mr.
Brougham, on seeing the fate of the first resolu-tion, very significantly asked " if the second was
to follow the first." . Perhaps it Will not ; as the
:Vlinister seems to view the remainder of the
scheme with more fondness.

[NEw mrEs.l
Last niglit'_we received the Paris Journals of
Saturday. They do not contain a single article
or intelligence worth)/ of notice. The Five per
Cents. opened on Saturday at' 8S f. and closed at
87 f. 95 c. From our private, letters we learn
tht the incendiaries continue their diabolical
work with great activity, not only in the depart-
ments of the Oise and the Somme;but-also in the
neighbouring districts : and the same wretches
wilb set fire to, farm houses 'and cottages, scatter
revolutionary" proclamations, to stir up a civil
war. Several detachments of the Garde Royale
haVe been sent into these parts of the country,
sad we are happy to learn that they have
succeeded in arresting some of the Villains,
who will ~instantly be brought to justice,
aid punished, we ,trust, in the most exemplary
manner." The great error of the French Go-
.vernment hitherto has consisted in 'encouraging
offenders by the impunity of crime. The Liberal
factiOn- begin_ to despair of success yin the ap-
proaching elections. Far from gaining ground
oar the Royalists, they will not be able to carry
more than one Candidate out of four, on the
average ; and thus, in the course of a few
elections, the Cole gauche vs ill dwindle into
absolute insignitiCance. Even in Paris, the
head-quarters of revolutionary principle from
1789 to the-present day,. the Royalists .reckon
confidently on carrying six Deputies—viz. four
iu the Great College, and two others in the Col-
leges of Arrondissement. In• the DepartmentS
the Royalists -eregin to understand electioneering
tactics better than they did formerly, and, instead
Of leaving it to chance to decide at the time of
election whom they should propose, they come to
an agreement among themselves whom to sup-
port. Corcelles will be run hard at Lyon.
Etienne and Danthonart are• set up by the Libe-,
raux in the Department of the Meuse.; but it is
tolerably certain that they will be. thrown out.

[BRITISH PIlr..SS.]
The Navigation Bill, to which we lately in-
tited the attention of our readers in more ex-
tended detail,. was last "night read a second time
in the House of Commons, and will this evening
committed, Solely for the purpose of, appoint:
.ff in some particular evening on which the sense
„f the House might be collected upon the prin.
4;iple 'of the measure. Lambton pre-
temted two Petitions from the Shipping' Interests
n Sunderland and South Shields against the
proposed measure ; and the opinion of the Pe-
tititmers against any relaxation in- the simple
strictness of our great navigation law was warmly
re-echoed b.y-sev6rarMembers, of whom some
were on the 'Ministerial Benches. We should
• regret very much if any serious infraction were
svifered in the principle' of the great Navigation
Act, but we think that they who oppose the Bill
now :pending in Parliament have not read it, or at
least 'have not sufficiently considered its enact-
ments, or they would never represent it us -a mea-
sure that would effectually ondermine the whole
fabric of our commercial and I:naval supremacy.
TIP., Bill aims rather at simplifying the existing
or at the fartheSt at giving,thernsomeslight
.morlitication, such as the course of events neces-
sarily demands, rather. than, at -framing a,systerrwholly r
new, and founded upon bases not already
sanctified by • the approval of many generations.
We 'find that all the shipping interest of England
is opposed to the present Bill. `SialilVillian Cur-
tis expressed' with no, feeble voice his wish that'
he bad the voice_ of a Stentor• to make his opinions
• aknown all over England. , The public press will
silently effect this purpose for the worthy Senator,
bat there are some people who may be tempted
to ask whether the worthy Alderman ever, in

point of fart, read tither the Navigation .pct or
the present Bill, and how far his political science
has qualified him, whether Stentor or not, to be-
come the instructor of the whole people of Eng-
land.

[MORNING POST.]
The pictures of distress in Ireland, presented
by the accounts received yesterday, are quite
appalling ; and, alas! we are enabled to vouch
their accuracy from the very highest authority.—
We are therefore the more anxiously led to look
forward to the result of the Meeting at the
City of London Tavern this day, in the confident
hope that it will afford the necessary means of
relief to the famishing tens of thousands of our
fellow creatures, the wretched inhabitants of one
of the fairest and most interesting portions of the
British Empire. The God-like cause is now in
good hands, and as a stronger claim upon the hu-
manity of the Public has never been presented,
we rest satisfied that its liberality will be fully
commensurate with the occasion. In the mean
time, we are rejoiced to find that measures for
this humane purpose are already in progress by
the " New Irish Society," so laudably insti-
tuted by that most amiable and philanthropic
Nobleman the Earl of Blesinton, and that relief
will in the course of a few days arrive in Clare
to the amount of 5001. in seed potatoes, to be sold
at a very low price, or given away, at the, dis-
cretion of 'the stwerintendant appointed by the
Association. The plan of the Noble Earl, who
is indefatigable in the pursuit of good towards
his fellow-creatures, is to supply the little farmers
with agricultural implements at prime cost, to
have a perpetual fund for this purpose, and for
the employment of the poor on useful public
works ;.so that the object of his Lordship is not
merely temporary relief, but permanent benefit
and comfort to the hitherto wretched and starv-
ing peasantry of Ireland.-

NOR NI NG ItE Ln.]
The picture given in the Irish Papers of the
Sufferings of the poor in the S.:-..uth of Ireland,
is at once distressing and humiliating. It is
really melancholy to read the accounts, or rather
the reports, from specific investigation, of a
large majority of the population in many pa-
rishes subsisting upon what may be called
a famine allowanceand that not their own—
and it is humiliating that such a spectacle
of human wretchedness should be present-
ed in an Empire holding, the first rank
in wealth, liberty, humanity, and civilization.
There is, however, a redeeming virtue in the
benevolence of . the British generous-
impulse of charity and public spirit-,-(for in the
relief about to be afforded, there is political as
well as moral virtue)—has been communicated
to the British comMunity,- not only in the
metropolis, but in some of the great . provin-
cial towns, by thy forcible and affecting state-
Ment made by Sir " Edward 011,rien in his
place in the House of Commons. We have the
most earnest hopes that the result will he such
as to make a permanent and auspicious impression
upon the great mass ,Of the people in Ireland.
It will do more than a hundred Actsof Union,to
affect not alone a political.cOnnection but to produce
that sentiment of compatriotship which constitutes
much both of the happiness and: security of an Em-
pire; The Fleeting, which takes place this clay,
'ow the subject of a subicription, will be very nil-
nteronsly,and still more respectably attended.-----
We have heard that contributiOns have already
been made in London.; but the arrangements to
be adopted:at the Meeting. are waited for by se-H
veral whO'propose to contribute.

E 'f INDIES.

On-Wednesccay accounts reached town of an
action having taken place on the fit instant between a portion
of our troops stationed in Rajpootana, and the military force
of the Cotah Rajah, Whose conduct lately has rendered it ne-
cessary for the British authorities. there to interfere in behalf
of Zalim Sing the officiating manager of that part of the coun-
try. The following are the particulars which we gather from
private letters written on the day after the engagement :
All endeavours to settle affairs amicably by negotiation having
failed, the British force and the troops of Raj Rana Zalim
Sint, were put in motion on the Ist instant; at half-past three
o'clock in the morning, to attack the enemy. It was judged ex-
pedient that the troops of Zalim Sing should be made principals
in the onset, or at least that they should take their full share in
measures of hostility. On coming in front of the enemy, it
was fciund that they had two guns and about 5,000 men, and
.had taken up the position in which- they were to wait the
attack. Their' cavalry was stationed on the right, and their
infantry was distributed in broken detachments for about three
quarters of a mile on the left; covered in front by a tank.• They
all appeared determined on death or victory, and allowed the
combined troops to take what positions theypleased,without con-
decending to fire a shot. Their whole camp and baggage were
allowed to remain standing, as if, nothing like defeat- were to be
at all anticipated. A Nullah and broken ground Were in their
rear.
Our force consisted of two weak battalions of infantry; elree
'squadron!; of the 4th, and three of the sth Light. Cavalry, wih
ten ;light field pieces. Six companies of the sth Native Infantry,
a squadron of the sth Light Cavalry, and four guns, were de-,
tached to attack and turn the enemy s left, and eventually to cut
off.thcir anticipated flight towards the south. The remainder of
the troops were drawn up on the right of Raj Rana Zalim Sing's
men.- :The action was commenced by the artillery, of the later,
aided by six pieces of ours, under Capt Campbell, within 350
yards. The Maharao's obstinacy was soon subdued—indeed the
bravest troops could not have stood against such artillery be-
,:yond a few minutes. Unfortunately Zalim Sing's fire could
not be stopped till too lite by at least a quarter of an hour, so
that our troops were thus prevented either from charging or pur-
suing the enemy, a&might have been wished..
• At length, when it did cease, the whole line moved forward,
and Major Ridge, with two squadrons of the 4th 'cavalry, soon
approached the afaharao's cavalry. The latter stood firm.—
Major • Ridge immediately formed and charged with three
troops, leaving one in reserve. The contest was desperate,
and-two of our officers fell on the spot—Lieutenants. Clark and
Made. fie was himself wounded by a sabre in the head, had
his orderlies killed; one valuable horse killed, and another
desperately wounded.
Major Kennedy, with the horse artillery, arrived immediately
after, and soon drove the enemy beyond reach. They were
pursued till twelve o'clock by all the troops, and till near even-
ing by the irregular horse. Two guns were taken, with a great
deal' of baggage, and the whole encampment as it stood.
Phirte Sing, the Maharao's younger brother, was wounded 'and
taken prisoner. Many of the enemy's chiefs also fell in the en-
gagement ; but their loss was not what it would have been,
_had not the movements of our force been cramped by the irre-
gulars. The loss on our side is stated at f 3 killed and 22:
wounded.—( Calcutta Journal, 03:,24:)

By the unfortan4te ship the Albion,- we have
received a letter from New- York, dated the Ist APril ; the fol-.
IoK frig is an -extract :—"- T am very well - pleased with this
country, imr-t'nele is-nothing here preferable to- my own.; living
is- very high, the expense being,greater, for a young-Man par-
ticularly, than in 'London. The consequence is that most
'bachelors, either mercantile or otherwise, reside •at • boarding
houses." -
COMPLETION OF lILAXES4EY.79 GREAT MATCH.--Thin
•thidertaking, •to go •on foot to Exeter and back to -London in
six days. by a circuitous route, making litql miles, was com-
pleted at half-past 11 eleven o'clock on Sunday night by ex-
traordinary perseverance, and it stands-amongst the foremost on
record.