The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-14 00:00:00

steam-boats. This latter tax is, of course, de-
signed chiefly to check the influx of Irish
labourers into Great Britain ; but such a pro-
hibitive enactment appears to us rather short-
sighted. The redundancy of labour is the evil
to be cured ; and that redundancy is at present
a more pressing mischief in Ireland than in
England. It seems, then, somewhat inconsistent
to protest against the repeal of the Union, and
to talk of the intimate connection between the
two countries, if the intercourse between them is
to be restrained by a tax. We refer, of course,
to the principle, and not to the amount, of this
new tax, which is, at all events, moderate, and
would be easily collected. _ _

The grand objection made to Lord AL-
THoRp's plan, however, is in respect of that
part of it which imposes a duty of a half per
cent. on the transfer of funded property. An
opinion is entertained by many persons whose
characters entitle their sentiments to attention,
such as Mr. JOHN SMITH, as well as by others
whose votes upon questions of retrenchment are
the best proofs how little they are guided by
the consideration of the public good,—that the
proposed duty is a breach of national faith,
tending to shake public credit, and contrary to
the stipulations of an Act of Parliament. Now
a very little reflection is sufficient to convince any
candid person of the utter fallacy of such an
objection. The faith of Parliament is pledged,
certainly, to the fundholders, but is it not like-
wise pledged to the nation ? If the people are
to be taxed that the fundholder may receive his
dividend, is it not just that the fundholdershould
be taxed in order that the people, of whom
he is one, should be protected in the en-
joyment of their liberty and property ? Is
not the fundholder living under the security
of the laws ? Has he not an interest in
the preservation of public order and peace ?
Does he suppose that the country has no
other obligations to fulfil than towards him ?
that the landowners have made no sacrifices in
times past ? that the working people are suffer-
ing no privations in times present ? that the
manufacturers have contributed nothing to raise
the country to its present greatness ? that our
navy and army have fought our battles for us
11 without leaving obligations towards them ?
Surely, their ideas of social justice must indeed
be imperfect, who would sacrifice the energies
of a manufacturing and agricultural nation, and
the comfort and well being of twenty-two mil-
lions of people, rather than impose a share—
a trifling and miserable share indeed—of the
public burthens, upon those who live in idleness
on the fruits of the labour of others by the fulfil-
ment of the engagements made to them in other
times, and other circumstances than now exist.

We call upon the manufacturing interests—
we entreat the lauded interests—we exhort the
people—to support the Government against the
hostility of that combination of traffickers in
money, and jobbers in stock, which may not un-
fitly be styled—the Plutocracy. if the country
does not stand by the King's Ministers, she
little knows her real friends. The people of
England must not for ever be offered up as a
sacrifice to Moloch. Let them, therefore, be-
ware of the endeavours of the Plutocracy to per-
petuate the absurd cry of breach of faith and
spoliation. The spoliation is of that description
which is danuzum absque injuriel.

It will be seen by the follov%ing, for which we
are indebted to the promptitude and attention of
the Dublin Morning Post, that Mr. O'CON-
NELL and the other gentlemen who had been
proceeded against, have withdrawn their plea of
not guilty to the first fourteen counts of the in-
dictment, upon which the ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL agreed to enter up a nolo prosequi on the
other counts. Judgment will therefore be given
against the parties at once. We think that Mr.
O'CONNELL and those implicated with him
have thus made some reparation for their past
imprudence, by sparing the people of Ireland
that agitation which must of course hare re-
sulted from the angry feelings engendered during
the trial. in fact they must see and feel that it
was a bad business altogether :

SUPPLEMENTARY EDITION.

Dublin Morning Post Office, Saturday, Two o' Cloc k.

MOST IMPORTANT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCIIONE O'CLOCK.

The Attorney-General—My Lords, if I don't interfere
with the senior bar, I have a motion of a most pressing
nature to make in the ease of the King v. O'Connell and
others. I am, my Lords, on the part of the Crown, to
apply to the Coutt, to fix a later day for the trial than
Thursday next. The grounds on which I make the ap-
plication—

Here Mr. Perrin rose and said—Perhaps, my Lords, I
can render this unnecessary on the part of Mr. O'Con-
nell. I have to apply for liberty to withdraw the plea of
not guilty to the first fourteen counts.

111 r. Holmes—And I am concerned for all the other
traversers, and am instructed to state that they too are
all ready to do the same, as stated on the part of Mr.
O'Connell.

The Attorney-General—Then, my Lords, under those
circumstances, I have to say, on the part of the Crown, I
can have no objection to the application made by my
Learned Friends. The consequence will be, that I
am entitled to judgment on the fourteen counts of the
indictment—that judgment appears to me, my Lords,
to be absolutely sufficient to answer all the objects of
the prosecution, and to fully effectuate the great end of the
administration of justice. Being of that opinion on the part
of the Crown, I think it would be unnecessary and unjust
to prosecute the remaining counts of the indictment—
being entitled to judgment on the first fourteen, I will
therefore enter up a soli prosequi on the other counts,
and I cannot but now congratulate the Court and the
count y, at being spared the agitating conflict which such
a trial would necessarily produce, and I trust in God that
the restoration of tranquillity and peace will be the result
of this measure.

German Papers, received this morning, con-
tain the following from Berlin and the Frontiers
of Poland :

BERLIN, FEB. I.—Our accounts from Poland are now
all warlike. But besides the enthusiastic Polish party
which exercises its influence chiefly in Warsaw, there is
in the whole country a far mere numerous party inclined
to peace, who Would willingly avoid at any price the
contest with Russia ; and the lower classes are already so
far enlightened that they will not serve as the mere instru-
ments of the ambition of the nobles. Prussia has hitherto
observed strict neutrality in the affairs of Poland, only
passports are not new given for travellers or goods for that
country. It is affirmed on good authority that a French
ambassador will speedily arrive at this court. The accounts
brought from Paris by M. Voa Humbvidt are said to Le
of a very pacific nature.
POLISH FRONTIRRS, JAN. 29.—1 t is reprted that the
Deputation of the Diet at Warsaw is now engaged in
naming liplornatic agents, who are to announce ofhcia.ll‘,
to all foreign governments the vacancy of the PolisJti
throne declared by the Diet. It seems doubtful whether