The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-05 00:00:00

lutve already s!,oed, ilic Bilinfthr lnetror.'litan
provincial it'e;tvapor I'irr3, not Inc Bill ry' tile Go-
ya it qieffefir nftke Clia;;celfor Mr! la j,
aka; tnnnected with th 2 NeWspaper Pr.!ss has
the slighte:A rtas;.o..i-t to complain ; for cvcrt. clause of
the propol,tll Nil was submitted to their inspection,
and, With the solitary exception of the proposed sizt!
New,papers, which, in our opinion, is lan_ler
than it ouqht to have been for a sin,Gle sheet,
was unanimously assented to by them. ri

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now close this aniele, which we tru::t cm',raccs
a complete defence of the conduct of ;.lic Chan-
cellor of the FAchequer with reg,Tard to the Stamp
Duties upon Neweipaper:;, were it not that there
have been put into our hands two periodical phm-
phlets, entitled " AVoice front the House of Commons,
by Thomas Wekley, M.P.," and we unquestionably
would not be doing our duty by .our readers were we
not to recommend to them an attentive perusal of the
echoes of the " Voice." They ;sill learn what we
presume is new to them, that the representatives of
the London Newspaper Press are " rascals." Farther,
" that the F.ditors of the Press arc unknown--:hat the
writers of the papers are unknown—and that if
aoy individual be slandered or maligned in his pri-
vate character, there is no other remedy but all
indictment or a prosecution against the printer."
This sounds tolerably well from a man who, in the
next sentence, declares that " there can be no pro-
tection for the press or for the public against the
issue of slander, or against the consequences of
slander, unless there he some ready and effectual
incanzi of getting at the writers themselves." Here
is a gaging Bill for you, brethren of the Press !—infi-
nitely more • gagging than anything that was ever con-
cocted by yourselves, or agreed to by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer at your suggestion. Heaven save us
from our friends ! We never denied our responsibility
for any article that ever appeared in this journal, still
less have we ever been induced by any threat of prose-
cution to make known the writer of any article which
had appeared in its columns; and what more is wanted
1w any one? Surely those who have the effrontery to
make statements without the presence of the indivi-
dual charged, and who dare not make them in his pre-
sence, are the last who ought to complain that the wri-
ters of Newspapers are " rascals" and anonymous
scribblers.—Morning Advertiser.
The following extract is from a Conservative jour-
nal of Sunday last—we mean the Age, which is not
in the habit of showing much favour either to the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, or any other members of his
Majesty's Government. The light which it throws upon
the diatribes which appeared yesterday morning in the
columns of the Times, the Herald, and the PoR, is of
infinite value at a moment when every art, every ma-
noeuvre, and every species of misrepresentation are em-
ployed to mar one of the most liberal measures which
has ever been proposed by any Government :
" The smuggler always rails against the duties—but it
is high duties alone that enables'him to carry on his nefa-
rious trade. The stamped press have never opposed the
abolition of the duty—but they have demanded from the
Chancellor of the Exchequer that protection which the
honest trader is justly entitled to so long as the Govern-
ment feel it necessary to impose a tax, whether that tax be
fourpence or one penny. To effect this object, the penal
enactmentsannot be too severe—the unstamped ought to
be subjected to the operation of the Excise laws ; and un-
less they are so, we tell the Chancellor that there will be
no security for the fair trader.

" While upon this subject, we must do the Chancellor
of the Exchequer the justice to admit, that he has taken
,great pains to inform himself upon 'the subject, and, as far
as was pessibie, to protect existing- interests, and, with this
view, he has determined that the maximum size of a sheet
of newspaper, subject to one penny stamp, shall measure
1,5f30 inches upon the superficies, an admeasurement which
includes the largcst single sheet at present published, and
very nearly extends to a double sheet of the Times."—
Morning Advertiser.

DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE,

The COMMITTEE met yesterday morning at the usual hour.
Mr. JOY resumed his argument in reply to Mr. TunssirsEa
on the bribery cases, contending that the discrrpancies in the
evidence, if any, were so trifling that they could not warrant
the Committee in rejecting it altogether. The Learned Gen-
tleman in an able argument, maintained that there was good
proof of bribery against the petitioners.
The COMMITTEE, after an hour's deliberation, resolved,
" That it is not proved in evidence that the vote of John
Keating was given under any promise of payment direct or
implied, and that his name must therefore remain on the poll."
" That the votes of Matthew Madden and George Osborne
were given under a corrupt expectation, held out by John
Knaggs, and that their names be therefore struck off the poll."
" That although Patrick Finucane attributes corrupt in-
ducements to Knaggs, Whitty, and Counsellor Oulton, his
evidence contains so much prevarication and contradiction that
the Committee cat place little reliance on it, but that as it is
sufficiently proved that he voted under a corrupt expectation,
and afterwards accepted of payment, his vote must be struck off
the poll."

This placed the petitioners in a minority of three ; and Mr.
Wrangham, on their behalf, proceeded to object to the vote of
John Neilson, on the ground of being in arrear of Wide-street
tax.

The CHAIRMAN, before entering on this cßse, intimated the
opinion of the Committee respecting the witness Knaggs, in
the bribery class, which was, that he was a very bad character,
and that they had for some time contemplated coming to a
special resolution on his conduct.

The petitiOners then proceeded to prove arrears of Wide-
street cess againgt certain of the sitting Member's voters, for
the purpose of restoring themselves to an equality upon the
poll with the sitting Member.
The Committee was occupied with this business up to the
usual hour of adjournment.

HyDRoP:MBIA.—The unfortunate victim was a
14bouring man, named John Lockett, of Eckington, who was
brought to the Institution on Monday evening last, labouring
under unequivocal symptoms of the horrid malady. It seems
that he was bitten by a rabid dog about three months ago,
and that at the same time the same dog bit two cows and a
sheep, all.whieh died from the disorder. Lockett was bitten
in one hand and leg ; the parts were removed, and he was
sent for sea bathing to Weston, near Bristol. However, un-
hippily, all precautions failed to prevent the effects of the hi.
si:lions disease. The wounds in the leg healed, but not those
in the hand, and it is conjectured that it was from the latter
the fatal virus was taken up by the system. The symptoms first
manifested themselves in the poor fellow on Sunday morning
last, when he was noticed to shudder on attempting to drink
some water; he, however, milked the cows on that evening-,
and took his usual drink at supper. When he cme to the
Infirmary the full symptoms were developed ; the horror dis•
played on attempting to drink was dreadful, and the shudder-
ings produced on the slightest motion of the air near him
were appalling. We need rot say that the case received every
attention in the institution which skill could suggest, by vigi-
lant endeavours to avert the fatal consequences of the malady,
and to mitigate the sufferings of the unforturate patient. Ile
was bled copiously ; large doses .of muriate of morphia were
administered ; and solutions of common salt and carbonate of
soda were injected into the veins of the arm and into the
bowels. The disease, however, b'r.filed every Cif:UV) arrest
its progress; the paroxysms became more frequent, and with
increasing intensity, so that it became necessary to strap the
poor victim to his bed, until, at length, about five o'clock on
Tuesday morning, his further sufferings, were terminated by
death.— Worcester Herald.

Baron A. de Rothschild has lost a ring which he
' prized very highly, not on account of its intrinsic value, but
because it had been givim bins by the late Emperor of Rus-
sia as an acknowledg,ment of the financial services rendered the.
Imperial Monarchy by the house of Rothschild. The Baron
oTered a reward of three hundred and fifty florins a year to
the individual who should restore him his regretted jewel.
The daughter of a humble publican was fortunate enough to
find the inestimable treasure. She presented herself with
much humility at the residence of the wealthy hanker, who
recognised the article with the liveliest demonstrations of plea.
sure, and caused live hundred florins to he immediately paid
' to the young woman in advance, though something beyond
• the amount of the annual allowance. He also desired that a
bond might be formally made out for the regulation of the fu-
ture payments. The girl having obtained possession of her
reward, ran to her parents in order that they might share her
happiness and good fortune. The old people could scarcely
find words to express their astonishment that their daughter
• should have been presented with so much property fora bijou
which they had considered of little or no value. After some
days' reflection they conceived that it would be more advadta-
geous to them to touch the capital of the annuity at once,
than to wait for the dividends ; or, at all events, that with
such a sum they might be able to purchase, and become the '
proprietors of, the house they occupied. The girl returned to
the generous banker, who received her with the greatest alia-
bility, and taking back the annuity, gave her in lieu of it the
sum of 7,000 florins in ready money.—Eclaireur de Namur.
The ignorance of the English people has had almost
as great a share in producing. the ills of the sister country as
the ignorance of the Irish; for from English ignorance has
:piling much of the misgovernment which for centuries has
aided in producing disaffection, heartburoings, insecurity of
life and property, and a consequent withering effect on indus-
try. From the time of Elizabeth, when an
ordei in council
was passed, setting forth that Ireland was advancing too ra-
pidly for the safety of England in wealth and prosperity, and
commissioning military leaders to go. throu
avowed
the country,
burning and sacking the towns, with the owed purpose of
reducing Ireland to a lower scale of human comfort and happi-
ness—from these ignorant and barbarous times, till within the
last few years, the English people generally have regarded
the Irish either with callous indifference or with distrust and
jealousy.