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London, England, 1836-02-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TILT

were agreed. There was not a dissentient voice as to
the expediency of commuting tithe into a rent charge
We may, therefore, congratulate the country- on the
certainty that this question, so imoortant in its beat-.
lugs on the peace and happiness, as well as on
the agricultural interests of the nation, will it:.
peedily and satisfactorily :,cttled. That there should
be difficulties in the way of its adjustmpt will not sur-
prise any one who considers the complicated nature of
the details in which the subject is necessarily involved.
To wait until a measure shall be contrived which shall
be free from objections, would be to wait till dooms-
day. All
.that the deepest sagacity can accomplish
in cases like this, where a great and pressing evil
is to be remedied, and conflicting interests consulted,
is to make as eqnitable a compromise as circumstances
will permit. This great object, we think, has been
effected by the general plan which Lord JOHN
RUSSELL has submitted to the Legislature—
a plan which, we hesitate not to say, is more
just, simple, and comprehensive than any that has
ever yet been proposed,- and which, while it reflects
great credit on the talents of the Noble Lord who
framed it, entitles the Administration under whose aus-
pices it has been brought forward, to the gratitude of
the country.

As to the particular objections urged against:
the Bill, it is unnecessary to notice them khcre, be-
cause being directed against matters of detail, they
will come under consideration more properly at a
future stage, namely, when the Bill goes into Com-

littee. We shall, therefore, only remark at presen

that we are extremely glad to find, from the official ab-
stract of the Bill, that what we took the liberty to
point out as a defect on its first reading is to be sup-
plied by a provision rendering the rent charge redeem,
able.

We regret to learn that the Carlow Election Com-.
mittee have come to the determination of conduCting
their enquiry with closed doors. The resolution is an
unfortunate one, notwithstanding Mr. RIDLEY COL-,
BORNE'S arguments in its favour, for we cannot pos-
sibly see how it can be " fit and proper for the pun:
poses of justice that the Committee should be closed
to strangers." Wherever there is secresy on the part
of a tribunal, there is always suspicion on the part of
the public—and justly so, for publicity is the very
soul of justice, without which it loses half its value
and august dignity in the eyes of the people. Well,
therefore, might Mr. O'CONNELL say, " I hear with
regret the determination of the Committee which has
been just announced. It will be my duty, as soon as
they meet again, to endeavour respectfully to per-
suade them that they ought not to sit with closed
doors." If ever man was justified in making a com-
plaint of this sort, assuredly Mr. O'CONNELL is that
man ; for he has been attacked openly, and with the most
bare-faced violation of all the decencies and charities
of life, for the last eight months and upwards ; and
my, when he desires to have the charges against him
(as respects the Carlow affair), as well as his own jus-
tification, brought fully before the public, so that they
may be enabled to judge for themselves, he is told,
forsooth, that the public is to be excluded, and the
inquiry is to be conducted with closed doors•! We
hope the Members of the Committee will think better
of the matter.

A Cor►espondent suggests the expediency of print-
ing the speech of Lord DUDLEY STUART on the
ussian question, in a cheap form, in order to facilitate
its circulation among all classes. We highly approve
of this suggestion, which we have no doubt will meet
the eye of some 'enterprising publisher. Lord DUDLEY
STUART'S speech was one of the most able, and the
most comprehensive in its details of Russian policy,
ever delivered in the British House of Commons.

BAIL
We are happy to announce the return of Mr.
for the borough of Clonmel. Mr. BALL is a zealous
supporter of the policy of the present Government, and
anx►ous for the removal of those abuses which are the
principal causes of the disturbed -state of Ireland.

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The whole of the Paris Papers of Sunday have
been received. The following extracts from them con-
tain all that is of any importance in their columns :
PARIS, FEB. 21.—(Xews of the Morning.)—We have
thought it our duty not to consider as wholly certain the com-
position of the Cabinet, which was given as final. It is
certain that yesterday, in the Chamber, some of the Members,
designated as the new Ministers, being questioned by their
colltaues on the subject, said that nothing was concluded—
that further conferences would take place to-day, in which the
forrpation of the Ministry would be definitively settled, or
broken off. The principal difficulty seemed to relate to M.
Persil—the part which he acted in the Cabinet of the three
days' accounts for the efforts of the Doctrioaires to obtain Lis
return, as well as the repugnance felt.,„ fnr him by those who
made part of that ephemeral Cabinet. A certain number of
the confidential adherents of the ancient Ministry have, it is
said, waited as a Deputation on M. Thiers, to inform him that
their support, and that of their friends, depended on two con-
ditions—the admission of M. Persil, and the absolute exclu-
sion of M. Humann.
As for M. Humann, it seems that he cares little about en-
tering into the proposed arrangement. But M. Passy will not
hear'-of M. Persil :it appears that he insists that M. Sauzet
shall have the Seals. - M. Thenard has been spoken of for the
department of Public Instruction, which would give (having
M. Marti.) du Nord in the parquet) four Peers and four
Deputies in the Cabinet.
But then, what van be done with M. Persil, M. Guizot, and
M. Duchatel, for whom it is desired to find offices? It is
said that it has been contemplated to make again Ministers of
State ; for to give the Intendance of the Civil List to one of
I them, is not to be thought of—it is reserved for M. Farin.—
Maasuyer, Feb. 21.

The Speaker will hold two levees at his residence,
7, Carlton-gardens ; the first on Saturday the sth of March ;
the second on Saturday the 12th March.

The Earl and Countess of Darlington arrived at
their residence In Upper Brook-street, on Saturday, from his
Lordship's hunting loige, near Melton Mowbray, where the
sports of the field will be continued until the first week in April.
Sir John Sydney, father of Lord de Lisle, resides
during the greeter part of the year at Osborne's Hotel, in the
Adelphi. The worthy Baronet is one of the stoutest and
most unwearied pedestrians in the metropolis, walking►, upon,
the average, ten or twelve miles a day in the streets of London'.
The Envoy from the Kinj of Oude, will present to
her Majesty, at the Drawing room, or, Wednesday, a magnifi-
cent suite of jewels of the most costly description. They are
said to be of the value of upwards of 60,0001.
THE NEW PA L ACE.-After all that has been said
about the occupation of the new Palace by the King and Queen
in May next, it is now certain that the Royal Family will not
quit St. James's this season, •

. •
His Majesty, through the Baron de la Torre Mon-
aprvo, the Portuguese Minister, has received four boxes of ex
quisitely flavoured oranges. They are presents from her Royal
Highness the Infanta Donna Isabella of Portugal, and
were
brought by the Liverpool steamer from Lisbon,
MATTHEW BELL, ESQ., M.P.—We regret to
learn that the Honourable Member is prevented from attending
his his Parliamentary duties, by indisposition. We understand
however, that he is recovering, but will probably not be able to
resume his seat in the House of Commons for several days.__
Newcastle Journal.
The principal butchers in this town, much to their
credit, have signed a resolution.to do all in their power to pre.
tvheenmt theto a
marrnke, c
and treatment of calves, in the manner of bringingin the slaughter houses. This may be
considered as an earnest of what might he
done by a little
ei
"t
united exertion. —Leeds Intelligences.
inand the danger is now past.
VigNNA, FEB. 10.—The ice the Danube has
broken up without acGi4oo,
SOUTH-WESTERN II AILWAY...-011 Saturday a
numerous and highly-respectable meeting of the subscribers
and others favourable to the above line of railway, was held at
B
the Loudon coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of
considering the !mewl/4y gr imping, a Company to carry the
proposed object into effect. Amongst the geOprnen present
icenoticed ierbert;
,M. P. ; Vr. enett,
Ni.
p, Nlr.Horace Twiss, M.P. -
M.P.MS.ipdn. Sidney
Mr-i. Mr.
Basil gfoqqapei Mr. D. Pollock, &c. J. 'Wright, Esr.l.,
%;the Pointer,H oa .
the
banker, was Gana 0 tie Oh*. Mr. Benett, M.P., pro.
posed a resolution to the effect that ii lifilifliy i:ql44 London to
Exeter, from a convenient point of the London and 'south_
ampton Railway, will be advantageous to the country through
which it will pass. Mr. Shepperd, M.P., seconded the reso-
intion, wi,l4 3,74,;-; agreed to. Other resolutions for the pur-
pose of giving effA to the Fort'
.147;i7 affreed to. , A, book
in the room, and ingess ilian a tluatlerof
was then opened
hour more than 2,000 shares were subscribed 'for. Thanks
havi---, beet) voted to the Chairman the meeting separated.
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FINE ARTS.

THE LAST MAN.

The subject of this•picture,. which no one can mis-
.ake for one of Martin's, is taken from a hint fur-

niched by Campbell in one of his minor Poems. It
represents the " Last Man" sitting- on the precipitous
fragment of a --lofty mountain, surveying with looks of
hopeless anguish the multitudinous dead that lie

thickly heal•cd up, about him, and in all directions.
Behind him is a still, deserted city ; and below, a few
vessels which are rocking to and fro on the water,
without a hand to direct their course. The whole scene
is one. of utter desolation, and would have been still
more striking, had it not been for the introduction of
Martin's favourite lightning—a flashy common-place,
which mars the effect of half his pictures.