The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-25 00:00:00

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WITH WHICH
THE 4‘ TRUE SUN " IS NOW

:INCORPORATED.

LONDON :
I'PES DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1838.

Want ( if space prevented our noticing yesterday an
Attio •
very t Post and another in the Herald on the
tal;ntTyl, 0 ° rtant sobject, to the working classes of this
f a free teede in corn. The Tory Journals,
eting that; the masse:3 are beginning to be moved—
that ti,
• eY beg in to call in question, in a tone of deci-
!Yon not t ° '17)0 misunderstood, the right of the Legis-
lature to Starve them for the benefit of the Agricultural
At 4.1 Y other interest, would fain persuade them that
is:Y ire no worse off than the working classes have
en, Ire, and ever must be, so long as man is con-
den,„
-tie( t to depend for sustenance upon the sweat of
tbs hro„ y, Nor do they even stop here. They have
tioeheffre eitery to try to convince them that the starva-
code is a n:.‘tional blessing rather than a curse-
-13
.I.°of of • the tender concern of Tory landlords for
the h
"aPPirvek Is of the poorest no less than the wealthiest
;sh bread consumers. The Post whichun},
'ke the 11, void, though often flippant, is never
viciisessively lul I nor ponderously oracular, commences
4' the foliewn'ng notable attack upon the Liberal
c'urnals who. have not attempted to make the starva-
to
lieode a le .ver for upsetting the present Cabinet :
thejourece
s s really believe the Corn Laws to be inimical
Prosperit: T of the country, and if they think that popular
e2ingsvvt.iuld be better employed in affording demonstratiohnes
g' just th
rept. uS.e la ws than in demanding further alterations of
stied
4ae..„seni,tiative s yatem, why is the Government left unremin
fie
'upon the subject ? Why are these popular
*heh u
lt 'F! .50 olently censured for censuring the Government,
it be true that the abolition of the Corn Laws is the
%V% t and best thing that can be done for the country) the_
tve4ern went deserves the severest blame for not having made
the slightest official move towards that abolition.
:Ye ; shall take leave to answer these questions by
t
o:ng, 01 ie or two in our turn. Will the Post pretend
et,r4Y tt the overthrow of the Ministry would pro-
e for tile people a repeal of the Corn-laws ?
°lll4fir .ROBERT PEEL, if again Premier, eman-
ein.te em from the thraldom of a code which is
tl;it,'
lip too tl kis cou:ltry to the verge of ruin ? The Post
,oasts evcn--that, slight as is our chance of
ote'/eal f the Dev;?'s laws while the Whigs are in
th-14' the return of the Tories to power would render
e
" 41 `doli :ion, by any but physical strength, next to
4811oT8i Wherefore, then, single out the Whigs
its of especial condemnation ? The Tories
vtith-4l these laws for their own sordid benefit, and
The the deliberate intention of famishing the poor.
tepettYlba\ 'e, tooth and nail, opposed every attempt to
the y
w?iri modify them, for the same reasons. That.
fact 1:
1- Th.sue the same line of infernal policy, is a
Ilca.to‘evill,:ch our Contemporary himself glories in
--"T• Whert.:fore,
then, should the shafts of
of an-
Popular " n eance bt hurled exclusively at the heads
the W 1 g
Jigs for a aim.: begotten of Toryism upon
loth. P 1" and which, but Il'.
the Tories, would have
4t4:' disappeared before the
jest indignation of a
bia; virig Pev2ple ? We do not mean to say that no
the a:1 ottributoble to the Whigs, and particularly to
vvh• met nbters of the present Cabinet, for the course
1-34 Le. 7 have pursued upon the Starvation Code.
t,joi the Con trary, they
a havery manifested, upon all occa-
tve, Is,
stmig sympati with the Tory faction, when-
the the
question at issue. was the right of permitting
thk litle-rtoto classes to purchase bread at the
!st shop. For this they have not been spared in
tryst"' dumns of any Journal opposed to the Starvation
Sttei
n—certainly not in the Ileading columns of The
Patti But we have alwayz endeavoured justly to
on our censure ; and therefore we state distinctly,
ttat ,-44 had the Ministers
voted with the Corn-law
:ists when the question was last before Parliament,
would have been left in a minority. But it is
elcss to Pursue this point. The following extract
ti.'e Post admirably exposes the absurdity and
Sliehonest,- of the course recommended to Liberal
`l,o_llrutals Anti-Corn-;ew assemblies :
1 at is an aekno,'ledged principle of Tory policy that to
tl'et._ thine,: steady the country, 511;,1 to do justice to all
-,ties under existine• cumstances, rice of corn must be
11 el it considerably abovo the continentr I coverage Jess price
hn from fifty to sixty shillings for the quarter of wheat
e essarily create a confusioa, embarrassment, and distress in
ktia ,Nffktirs of the cow:try, which. if continued, would bring
"m lOtte fearful convulsion. Jt rnattet6 nothing then to

the Tories—beyond being to them the cause of deep regret—
that the popular ignorance and impatience should demand a
repeal of the Corn-laws—it matters nothing t.) them that
popularity is to ba obtained by advocating the vulgar and
plausible side of the question—it matters nothing that what is
with impertinent vanity described as " the determination of
the popular mind," or the " spirit of the age," should be all
in favour of free trade in foreign corn—the Tories know that
this country is in no condition to bear money cheapnev, with-
out a revolution which would entail much misery upon all
classes of the people, high and low, rich and por. The
Tories will, therefore, under whatever circumstances of dis-
advantage they may fight the battle, continue to fight it
steadily against the clamour for free trade in corn, whether
that clamour be raised insidiously by a dishonest Government,
or openly and sincerely by a mistaken populace.
" It is an acknowledged principle of Tory policy"
that, to rob the working man of the price of a loaf, no
method can be adopted more simple than to compel
him to buy at a shop, which charges for one quarter!)
as much as would serve, over the way, for the purchase
To change this system might be productive
of " embarrassment and distress" among those who
subsist by the robbery of the mechanic and the day-
labourer ; but as regards the poor themselves, the
change would enable them to purchase two loaves in-
stead of one. The Corn-laws are a tax upon industry

for the exclusive benefit of the landed Aristocracy,
and therefore' the people may place the utmost reliance
upon the correctness of the statement in the Post, that
the Tories will never consent to their repeal. There
is no dissimulation here. The people must fight their
own battle, prepared beforehand to see themselves op-
posed by all who have a direct interest in keeping up
the Corn-law robbery. The masses are the only
bread-earners, and while the Whigs enjoy, in common
with the Tories, the unholy gain arising from the
bread monopoly, they may expect to see themselves
opposed by the united influence of both parties. Let
us now attend to the solemn, but more stolid, rea-
soning of our grave Contemporary, the Morning
Herald :

How curiously inconsistent these erudite advocates of free
trade contrive to become, whenever they venture to string to-
gether a few consecutive sentences 1 We are habitually as-
sured by them, that our Corn-laws place our manufacturing
supremacy in jeopardy, by compelling Continental nations to
manufacture for themselves 1 Nay, we are assured that already
we have been driven from many markets by our foreign rivals,
and that, day by day, our inability to sustain the pressure of
their competition developes itself more clearly I We are told,
at the same time, that these foreign nations have no natural
advantages for the business of manufacturing—as England is
declared, on the same authority, to have no natural advantages
for corn-growing. England, in short, it is laid down, pur-
sues a mad policy in consuming home-grown corn ; whilst the
manufacturing countries of the Continent, it is alleged, pursue
a policy, not less mad, in preparing their own manufactures
No political economist ever said, or pretended to
say, that continental nations were guilty of any act of
folly in manufacturing any article which could not be
supplied at a cheaper rate from England. The folly
and madness was, in compelling these ❑ations to be-
come manufacturers in self-defence, rather than take
their wheat in exchange for our cottons. The Herald
cannot comprehend how a commercial system adopted
by England and Prussia, can posibly be injurious to
both. Now nothing is simpler. By compelling
Prussia to manufacture at all, we necessarily entail
upon her the necessity of continuing to manufacture,
whatever natural disadvantages she may have to con-
tend against ; and consequently we narrow the market
for our own goods. She might better afford to grow corn
than manufacture cotton, but having reared an artizan
population, incurred the expense of machinery, and em-
barked capital to a large amount in manufactures, she
is forced to seek in protecting duties an encourage-
ment for her internal trade, analogous to what in Eng-
is claimed by the corn-grower. By the free labour of
the spinning-jenny, the loom, and the furnace, the
British artizan, might raise as much wheat in Prussia
with six hours' work, as he can in England
with twelve ; but the Legislature in its wisdom forbids

him to do so, and thus converts the Prussian peasant
from a grower of wheat into a rival mechanic. It is,
in fact, compelling the tailor to waste a week to make
himself a bad pair of boots, when by bartering with
his neighbour the boot-maker he might obtain a good
pair at the cost of two days' stitching with his needle,
and vice versa. Whatever may be the opinion of the
fkiald, there is in truth no more inconsistency in
asserting that England, in compelling continental na-
tions to leave the more profitable employment of grow-
ing corn which we want, for the production of manu-
factures in which we superabound, injures both herself
and them, than there would be in asserting the same
thing of the boot-maker and the tailor, provided the
former made his own coat, and compelled the latter, in
self-defence, to make all the boots worn by his family.
But to return to the more. important point from
which we set out. We would impress upon the pub-
lic mind that the people themselves must repeal the
Corn-laws. We do not mean by any demonstration
of violence, but by opposing to their longer conti-
nuance a powerful unanimity of moral conviction
which shall scare the Legislature into a compliance
with the popular will. In the meantime the question
cannot be too much agitated out of doors. Anti-
Corn-law Societies ought to be organised in every
town and village ; and, to add to their efficacy, it would
be well to keep the question of cheap bread as widely
as possible apart from questions of irritating party
warfare. The great battle is the people's, and they
must win it for themselves.

A Radical meeting, which was attended by several
thousands of people, took place yesterday at Man-
chester. The Morning Advertiser states that not
less than three hundred thousand were present, but
our Contemporary, we suspect, greatly exaggerates the
number. However, be this as it may, there is no ques-
tion that the meeting was a most imposing one, and
as little that the proceedings throughout were con-
duct2d in the best spirit of order and regularity. Mr.
FIELDEN presided, and addressed the people ►n a
speech whose chief object was to impress on them
the expediency of forthwith comb:ning and agi-
tating for Universal Suffrage. This, he said,
should be their rallying point. There were other
questions, no doubt, of considerable moment to their
interests, and which, therefore, they should by no
means lose sight of—such as the Corn-laws, the
Ballot, Short Parliaments, etc.—but Universal Suf-
frage should be the question to which, before all
others, their best energies should be directed. The
Hon. Member for Oldham deserves more praise for his
sincerity than his discretion in prcffering this advice ;
for its tendency is neither more nor less than this, to
exhort the people to grasp at shadows, and to take no
heed to substances. By combination, discipline, and

perseverance they may, at no distant date, obtain the
repeal of the Corn-laws, Triennial Parliaments, and
the protection of the Ballot ; but Universal
Suffrage—however in accordance it be with
the principles of the Constitution—is a boon they can
never hope to gain till the prejudices of a vast and in-
fluential portion of society are removed, and a new
generation his sprung up actuated by far other feel-
ings than the present. Surely, then, it ware better
for the Radicals to agitate for that which they can
gain, than for that which they can not gain, by agita-
tion ! But Mr. FIELDEN says, No. His advice is,
struggle for the unattainable ! League together and cla-
mour in a voice of thunder for the visionary ! Sad crot-
chet this, and such as fills the souls of all the Corn-law
advocates with rejoicing, who cannot but see in the
proposed combination of the Radicals for Universal
Suffrage, undeniable proof that their darling monopoly
is for the present secure. 'Then, as regards the Ballot
and short Parliamenis;bw can we expect to gain these
Re.fornr ,
which arc really and truly within our reach, if
we expend all of pnerg,ies—dissipate all our meads—in

THE SUN, LONDON, TIJ

struggling for so impracticable a measure as Universal
Suffrage ? Mr. FEARGLTS O'CONNOR expressed
his cordial approbation of all the sentiments contained
in Mr. FIELDEN'S speech ; observing., with infinite
pomp of manner and abundance of grotesque gesticula-
tion, that he spoke as one having authority, inasmuch
as he was not only the representative of Brighton,
but the representative also of the south of England,
and eke of the Democratic As3ociation of the
City of London I FEARGUS is a clever declaimer,
and now and then hits by accident on a happy
idea, and has even been known—however incre-
dible it may appear—to give something like good
advice to his Radical friends and adherents ; but it
must be confessed he is by no means the most modest
of men. The representative of Brighton indeed
Pray, who are his constituents, and when did his
election take place ? We should be glad to be illu-
mined on these obscure points.

The Paris Journals of Sunday have all been re-
ceived. On the 11th inst. Admiral BAUDIN sailed
from Cadiz for the Gulf of Mexico, with three
frigates, and the Creole sloop of war, commanded by
the Prince DE JOINVILLE, third son of the King of
the FRENCH. From Spain the only authentic intel_
ligence communicated in these Journals is embodied in
the following telegraphic despatches :

BAYONNE, SEPT. 22.—8 y decree of the lath, the resigna-
tion of General Latre, as Minister, has been accepted. Ge-
neral Van Haien takes the command of the army of the centre.
Nothing of importance, up to the 19th, respecting Espartero
and Maroto.

SEPT. 23.—0 n the 19th General Alaix left Artajona, in
order to attack the Carlists on the other side the Arga ; but,
attacked by a superior force, he was compelled to retire, after
having lost 200 men. At Puente de la Reyna he was rein-
forced by the column of the Ribera, with which he renewed
the attack. It is said that he was wounded, and that the Car-
list Brigadier Echevanin was killed.
The advices direct from Madrid are of the 16th
inst., but they are wholly made up of speculations,
some of which are gloomy enough. The results
which we stated three years ago would follow the
long continuance of a fratricidal civil war, are be-
ginning to be very generally experienced. Spain is
fast exhausting her moral as well as her physical re-
sources, and unless peace be speedily restored to her,
she must become little better than a nation of banditti.
The cruel and unnatural warfare in which she is en-
gaged, is rapidly debauching the moral feelings and
sentiments of her population.
The following arc extracts from the Journals:—

The Journal de Paris has the following article :
Every day brings with it (so to speak) a new scandal. Yes-
terday evening, at the Opera, much was said of the publica-
tion of a pamphlet, by the former agent of one of our most
important Ministerial departments, which is said to have di:-
closed incredible exactions. Several persons in place aro
seriously inculpated. This pamphlet, it is said, has been
I.rinted at Brussels, and of which there are copies in Paris.

Lord and Lady Holland have just arrived at Paris.
A letter from Toulon of the 18th says that the Hercule, of
100 anus, Captain Cary, bad just arrived from Brest, which
it left on the Ist of this month.
On the 14th the Hercule met the Cyclope and the Zebre off
Barcelona, three days after having sailed from Toulon. The
captain of the Cyclupe communicated with the Hercule. It
seems that the Vulcain bombard, not being so good a sailor as
the other, had been taken in tow by the Cocyte steam-boat,
which would carry it through the straits. A telegraphic dis-
patch had brought orders to hasten as much as possible the
equipment of the other two bombards. It is said that this is of
great importance; but whatever diligence may be used it will
not be possible to fit them for sea in less than a fortnight.
Le Commerce.

......
A correspondent at Milan writes to us:—" The am-
nesty does not admit of any exception. If some of
our friends should have understood the five articles as
establishing classes, do you undeceive them. The will of the
Emperor is, that the fugitives shall be at liberty to return to
their homes. It is said that the illustrious General Zuchi,
who formerly served in company with your best generals, and
who had been confined in the dungeons of Gratz ever since
1831, is already restored to liberty. —Constitutionnel.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

• CITY (TIIIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Our arrivals this morning are very few in number, and of
no importance.

TIM FUNDS

Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of
yesterday, 93i 94 for Money, and 94 to 94i for the Account,
with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 69 71 ; India
Bonds, 69; Bank Stock, for opening, 208209; India Stock,
264 265. _ _

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which closed yes-
terday at 18a with Coupons, has declined to 18/ ; Por-
tuguese, 34,E 35; Three per Cents., 22} 23; Brazilian,
834 a ; Mexican, 221 231; Culombian, 241 251; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half, 533 54 ; Five per Cents., 102 i I:.

PEACES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock - . I•idi.: Sr.:', ----.
3 per Cont. e 3. ......... ....... - Ditto Bonds
3 per Cant. Cons 93% 4 South Sea Sco,k ......

Old _Annuities
New Ditto Ditto ____
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 —_
Exch. 8i1iA...c.1,....... 69 71 it.,
IDitto . .......500 69 ;2 cur
Ditto Smui 7O ',2 pit..
I Ditto CorrirnerciAi
i Ditto Advertised... ..... -
'
Bank Stock for Account .....
India Stock for Account ...
---
i Corgoli for Account 9l
THIS DAY AT ONE O'Ci 0(71:
Peruvian Winds ...
Date Account
Portugues,!Bonds...
Ditto *_dew 1.1,,r's
Mao Account ..
Ditto, i par con, .....
Ditto Accoaat
Pruetiati 11md5...... .......
Rai Bonds, 1.82%.1.........
Ditto Account......_
Ditto Meta11.c....., .... „.,,,
Spanish Bonds _
Ditto Account..... _
Ditto Bonds, 1834
Ditto Account 18%14
French, 5 per cent. ... ~,,. _.i. __',
--- 4 per cent.. ...... ... —f --c
--- '3 por mt.t.. ...... .... 81(. 50:
--. Exch,%nge.
Dutch, 2.. i, per ce-r 5171,
Ditto Account • 53%
Ditto, '. wor cint 1021',4,
Ditto Account .....
;S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
P.t4l. Per Share
Great Western Railway Company 65 tit% ;
Brighton Railway Company
London and Birmingham Railway Company 9O _
Ditto i Shares
51 nchestor and Birmingham Railway .. 10
N rth Midland Railway Company 45
Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac - ..
•
Do. Robinson
olunial Bank
HALF-PAST ONE.
We have no further arrivals since the morning, nor is there
anv news to communicate to the present hour.
The Consol Market continues firm, although little has been
doing in the course of the morning.
Consols may be quoted at present 94 to 941 for the Ac-
count ; money 93994 ; Exchequer Bills, 69 71 ; India Bonds
69 ; Bank Stock, 208 209 for the opening.
Spanish Active 18 i 1 ;__ Portuguese 34i 35 ; Brazilian
831 i ; Dutch Two-and-- Half per Cents. 534 54 ;
Shares are heavy ; Great
Western 16 prem. ; Brighton
11 discount; Birmingham sshares 251 prem.
7'll .REE O'CLOCK.

31,:k, per Cent— ,
Dit o
New 334 per Cent WI% 2
New 5 per Cent..
LunitAnnulticstoexpire
Jan. 5, 1860
Oct. 10, 1,,i50
Jan. 5, ISCO
Jan. 5, leBo
April 3, ISSO
Jan. 5. 1570
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds
Belgian Bonds
Ditto A ccaun` .
Conds . , ...... „„, 83y6
Dttto Account ...... 83%
ilue•.,os Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account
C Bonds
i...1.Zt0 Account .....«.«.«..
C rumbiari Bc.nds
Ditto Account . ......
t;3lumbian Bonds, 1824.
Ditto Account....
0 tiii.ll 80nd?....
Ditto Account
nrc,k BocJ ...........«•«•«••.••
Ditto Bonds, 1825
Ditto Accourt ........
Nl(xtcan Bonts, 5 per cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto, 6 per cent.
Ditto Account..,
s:ea-olt.n
1 PRICES OF SHARES Till

48 8 %

Consols for Account, 94. to 941.
THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red
3 par Cent. Ceus (.:4 IDitto Old Annuities .............
fli,, per Cent lDitto New Annuities ........
:N per Cent. Red l 0.2%; Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2 .',(l. ...... '7l pm.
New 3 per Cent 102 Ditto 59"/ ....... . ............ 72 pm
,:,
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ ................. —72 pit'
Jun. 183 I -
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860
FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian, 5 per cent 138,.:, !Portuguese "ond;, 5 per cent..
Belgian, 5 per cent 103%; Ditto. New Ditto ............... ... :)15V
Brazilian Bonds Si!, ;Prussian, 5 per cent ................
nt ...... 111 N —_
Buenos Ayr.;s, (5 per cent — ;Russian 'loads, 5 per ce
Chilian, 6 per cent — ; D:tto, Metallic. ......................
Colombam, 6 per cent — ISpanish, 5 per cent ..... A ........... IS}4
i ritto, 1824 i Ditto, Consolidated ... ........... ..
I) inisli, 3 per cent 7i a/t French, 5 per cent:............ —f. —4 •
Greek Bonds, 1525, 5 per cent — Exchange ....................... ~of ?c.
Mexican, 5 per cent
Ditto, 6 per cent.. IS,) — I..:teit7hh,,tlMrerc'Clint ;:..................................;,' ,
Peruvian, 1865,6 per cent -
3-
(CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.—(THIS •
DAY).
534
Eastern Counties Railway
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 4 4
Great Western Railw-- . ~ -
London and Brighton RailwaY
London and Illackwall Railway
London and Birmingham Railway
Dilto Quarter Shares
London and S mthampton Railway
London and Croydon Railway
Manchester and Birmingham Railway
North Midland Railway

SHARK CAUGHT IN TIIE FRITH OF FORTH.--
On Wednesday last week the boa's crew of Mr. James Kt.l,ly,
of Cantabay (a few miles east of the town of North Berwick)'
when fishing for herrings in Dunbar-bay, were much sur-
prised in finding a shark of great size entangled in their net',
which they with great difficulty succeeded in netting into the
boat, where they accomplished his destructiol,but not before
one of the crew had his arm slightly lacer,it d. The monster
was upwards of 7 felt is length,3 feet 9 inches in circum-
ference, 23 inches acrcss the tail, had three rows of formida-
ble teeth, and was supposed to weigh from 10 cwt. to 12 cwt.
The fishing village of Cantabay has been in a state of com-
motion ever since the monster was brought to lid.
e
news of his capture having soon spread ar,.und, every one
to walk has repaired to the spat to see the much dreaded crea-
ture. Mr. Kelly intends preserving the skeleton for the in-
spection of the futtire visitors to the Bass Rock, of which he
is the tAckiman. able

SDA Y, SEPTEMBER 25, 18

THE REGISTRATION.-(T HIS DAY.)

MIDDLESEX.

Messrs. COVENTRY and SHADWELL, the Barristers ap-
pointed to revise the Lists of Voters for the county of Mid-
dlesex, held their Court to-day at White Conduit House, for
the purpose of revising the Lists of the parishes of St. Luke,
Old-street, St. Bbtolph Without, Aldersgate, St. James,
Clerkenwell, St. Mary, Islington, St. Mary, Stoke Newing-
ton, St. Johns Hackney, and St. Leonard, Shoreditch. It was
agreed between the two Learned Gentlemen that Mr. Coventry
should take the Lists for St. John, Hackney, St. Mary, Stoke
Newington, St. Luke, Old-street, and Mr. Shadwcll, those
of Clelkenwell, St. Botolph Without, Aldersgate, St. Mary
Islington, and St. Leonard, Shoreditch. The reason why it
was agreed that Mr. Shadwell should take the List for St.
James, Clerkenwell was that on that List the question of rating
the New River Company would have to be discussed, and the
opinion of Mr. Coventry was already known.
Before Mr. COVENTRY.

The Lists for the parish of St. John's, Hackney, was
completed, several names having been struck out. To
the names in this list there were five objections by the over-
seers, four of which were allowed • three objections by the
Reformers, all of which were allowed ; and 27 objections by
the Tories, seven of which were allowed.