The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-03 00:00:00

4NTERBURY ELECTION.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM TAR DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

(From the Globe.)
The Times and Herald, each in its peculiar way,
have given of; samples of what may be expected while
the Bill for continuing the Poor-law Commission is be-
fore Parliament. It would exclude from our columns
matter far more worthy of public regard, were we to
notice ell the unproved and disproved assertions of the
one, and the: insane garrulities of the other. This is,
however, unnecessary ; for, though they occupy much
space, they contain but little that is new. The Herald
asks, " Is n.it the law which Lord John Russell seeks to
have renew td and perpetuated, a law to prolong the
agonies of hunger—to convert public relief into refined
torture—to brand the destitute with worse than the
felon's sentet Ice ?" and then, answering the questions in
the affirmative, proceeds to vindicate the Conservatives
from any share in passing the Poor-law Amendment
Act. Now, though we wish the Whigs had the exclu-
sive merit of originating a measure which we believe
has preserved the country from universal pauperism,
and the tendency of which is no less beneficial to the
poor than eo the rich, on referring to the Report of the
first Poor-I ew Commission on which the existing Act is
founded, ere find the three first signatures arc—" C. J.
London,"" J. B. Chester," and " W. Sturges Bourne."
The Conservative party in both houses have acted with
fairness. on this questi- n. Indeed, when the Duke of
Wellington and Sir R. Peel geve their unqualified sup-
port and approbation to the Bill, their followers could
hardly dissent. Whatever opposition the measure en-
countered was from the Radical Members ; the Con-
servatives who dissented being the most insignificant of
their class. But we object strongly to the dishonest
use which has been made of the Anti-Poor-law clamour
by Tories out of Parliament, who have been glad to
take the benefit, and throw upon the Whigs the odium
,he Bill. _ .

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',"4BURY, TUESDAY EVENING.
diffeoc„,ls43.lopened at eight o'clock this rnornirg, in seven
whilitoiluue,apr.nol4liinngritybooths d the first hour gave Mr.
of 116 ;anon the next hour's, poll Mr.
1013. El3oed 3, Which reduced Mr. Smythe 's majority
(1041, Prom ten to eleven o'clock there was a trem
411,17 truggio, both Parties polling as quickly as possible ,
46651 voters were polled in the course of that
ltdo'•°.ww„llieb Mr. Wilson had a majority of one, thus
ltej,el:" ""'• Smythe's majority to 12. From eleven to
the total
there Were 150 voters polled, and the result
thjorjett°tfal Poll at that hour placed Mr. Smythe in a
ititch_Yit° 84. To this return the greatest iniere.stt was
s Aouin be a large majority at that bour
then ' would prove a de6isive one. Every chart was
trilhoutled bY the Blues to reduce the majority,
trek,"
ib
Nil* Mr. Stivtloe's preponderance on the poull
t 0163 each tueeessite hour to 106, 120, 130, and finally
The following is the.
FINAL STATE OF THE POLL.
FOUR O'CLOCK.
11bo
............................ 7_8,26
Majority
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u THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Net neferring to ;our paper of last night, you state,
bousd frog of Antwerp, Jan. 27, that the Ocean, steamer,
114,0 r1:44 London to Rotterdam. was aground at Goe
eh'e and that it .was impossible to get her afloat.
Istoe gof you to contradict such a report, and at the
blemionto. state that the Ocean. steamer, Capt. James
HamblenNoß.
to tilt General Steam
heapNavtion Rotterdam. on that day with t utch and
koNelltilh_Mails on board, and arrived off the Custom-
z. next.
to
thectibir Edward 13nks, Capt. R. Stranack, belonging.
4t %line Company ,4 got ashore at Goree, but will getat
At e nett springltides and may be expected here
'el' end of this Week'.
Sir .our most obedient Servant,
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69, Lothard- street, Feb. 2, iTBl4ll°. M A BISHur

(From the Courier.)
.Dome curious rumours have been afloat within, the last
.ew days, touching the passage of certain ill-tempered
notes of late betwixt the English and French Cabinets,
Or rather all the ill blood was in the diplomacy
from this side and the cool courtesy from the
other. The subject concerned the unwillingness
of the French Government to resume the nego-
tiations for the settlement of that new commercial
convention between the two countries, the pro-
gress and promise of which has been the staple sub-
stance for the last two years of- most that has been
said in Parliament, and sung in Ministerial leading
articles out of doors, in praise of the perfection of
foreign policy. Lord Palmerston, if report may be be-
lieved, put out of humour by the civil dismissal of Mr.
Porter from Paris on occasion of the July note and our
Egyptian warfare, and stung more still by the polite in-
difference with which M. Guizot has since consigned to
titer oblivion the commercial discussions and conclusions
arrived at, has taken it upon him to recall the attention
of that Minister to the business, and to inquire what
might be his intentions ; to which the glacial rejoinder,
in most smooth phrase, is said to have been to the effect,
that as it was a matter of no importance, there was no
need to waste more words about it. Tnis sort of cut gen-
teel only made the Foreign Secretary more petulant,
and he is understood to have replied, with much tart-
ness, substantially or in meaning, that, as all cause of
quarrel and jealousy had now been removed by the
victorious career of the British arms on the coasts of
Syria, and by the success of British diplomacy at Alex.
andria, it was idle of France to persist in conceiving her-
self humiliated, to cherish feelings of resentment, and
dream of reprisals or vengeance. He is said to bare in-
sisted besides that, as the commercial negotiations had
proceeded so far as actually to have been embodied, or
ready to embody, in a regular treaty, which wanted
nothing but the formality of signing, he should be en-
titled to construe the non-agreement for signature and
ratification now, taken in conjunction with the vast war-
like preparations simultaneously carrying on in that
country, as evidence of hostile dispositions in the French
Government, if not actually constituting a casus belli.
What the smart return of M. Guizot may be, or have
been, to these home thrusts, we do not profess to have
heard. We give the rumours only to the extent and in
the order in which they have reached us.
(From the Standard.)
The trial of the Earl of Cardigan is properly a sub-
ject of great interest. 'The case is one of the first im-
pression, to borrow the technical phrase; no prose-
cution for a duel, unattended with fatal consequences,
having bean, as we believe, instituted in modern times.
The duty which the Noble Judges will have to dis-
charge is thus a difficult and painful one. On the
one hand, they must decide the question of strict
law, without regard to what may be called the
substantial justice of their decision : or, on the
other side, they must virtually license duelling, by de-
ciding that its formalities, if fairly observed, absolve
from the guilt of attempted homicide—guilt about
which, in any other case but that of duelling, there is no
doubt either in law or practice. A court of justice is
not to be influenced by the wishes of the public ;
but even if the public had the choice, it would
scarcely know how to form a wish as to the
manner in which the question shall be disposed
of ; assuming even all that has been stated in
the preliminary proceeding to be fully proved.—
Nobody can be so cruelly unjust as to desire the punish-
ment of the gallant defendant for an act which, though
Mega!, has been through a long period not merely
sanctioned, but enforced by the usages of society ; yet
all must earnestly desire that the supreme court of jus-
tice in the kingdom should give life and energy to a
law now slumbering in desuetude, by which, once
awakened, the senseless, savage, and unchristian
practice of duelling would doubtless be more effectually
restrained than by any other law which wisdom could
devise. The affair, however, is happily in the best.
bands, and we may hope that the august tribunal be-
fore which Lord Cardigan is to appear may find some
safe mod• of reconciling indulgence (which in the case
is but justice) to his Lordship, with such an affirmation
of the law as shall go far to put an end to duels.

URT CIRCULAR.

Nie
Ro
Qotner• Sal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colone,
kondil° and Lord Alfred Paget. spent the forenoons of
The/ and Saturday-shooting In Claremont Park.. .
!hided ..,11°,Yal dinner prty at Claremont last: evening in.
14 I,,van'Y the LadiesP and Gentlemen of the Household
tier A'
ik ,sty and Prince Albert will leave Claremont
t(h)tr,'ll4 for town; in order to receive the addresses
'444 of Aldermen and the Court of Common
day:1111°311 Highness the Duchess of Kent dined withn
ecuegs of GLucester, at Gloucester House, on Mo
Prin ninrig•
"lottee,ete.7e°rge of Cambridge visited the Duchess of
sir
1.1 r yesterday.
tbetop, benrY Halfurd, and a Deputation, consisting
.oef
rine r• Hawkins and 0. Burruwes, Messrs. Gittirt
14,,,,,e.°,t1 Basco% and Rideout, had an audience with the
lir of Norrnanby yesterday, at the Home-office.
434-.4 yl4,:td I‘ll-YoF had an interview with Viscount Mel-
w crafty, in Downing-street. . tailor allace, M. P had an interview with the
.Channe.
14 be..°l;the Exche ue.; yesterday, at his official residence
1„--rling-street.1
John sitephen French had an interview with Lord
siritjussell yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
de4re 9h4 and Lady, Conroy have arrived at their resi-
vi at Kensington :from Hurts House, in Berkshire. _
llnse°lint"; S.drnouth has arriv.d at Farrance, s Hotel,
Illehttiond Park.
PARi
—ILONABLE INTELLIGENCE
111)1

ARIVALS.
liiiiiV in
of Exeter,
in Grosvenor-square, from Bur-
Nrrin".:s,lls; ne_r Stamford; Viscount and Viscountess
Lord Ts,`°n, in Cavendish-square, from Oxfordshire ;
t,n. ,uurlovr, Portland-pace, from Scotland; the
theibiliegh Choi:noodle M.P., from Vale rtoya ,
e.; the seat of LordY;nd Lady Delamere ; the Earl
'torn kilts* of Mount Edgecumbe, in George-stree.t,
2rosienr.gutco ; Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, in
.iirlit,„°r•Place, from Suffolk ; Lord Muskerry, at the
14e lictcl, Cork-street, from his seat in Ireland
ditt„"tettcue, M. P., and Lady Louisa Fortcseue, at
6re".°4l the Marquis of Ormonde's seat in Ireland ; Mr
s.e; t•P ,at ditto; Mr. A'Court Holmes, at ditto;
hfrs relay at ditto Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart.,
-n"roln his ;cat in Flint.hire • Mr. Ord, M.P., and
1441 Cl 4, in Berkeley-square, from Brighton ; Hon.
7 lirld Mrs. Stanley, in Grosvenor-square, from
the the seat of the Earl of Derby, near
irPresscosteta;t
jo 8043" °f. Lovelace, in St. James's-square,.fro his
mit orsetshire • the Duke of Richmond, in Portland-
Bate' 6.41 Goodwood Park, Sussex; Colonel and Lady
Co liorth, in Arlington-street, from Brighton; the
frZite's of Minto and the Ladies Elliot, at the Admiralty,
li'qicto House Roxburghshire ; the Bishop of Car-i
Irtmc the north% the Hon. Captain Gordon, at Argyl
Akre, from Scotland • the Dowaer Duchess of Bedford,
the L (I*
E, , a les Russell, at Campden-hill, from. Scotland;
eksetie-t. and Countess 'of Hillsborough, from Hillsborough
fro% county Down; Count and Countess De Salis,
alllyknock, their seat in Ireland. Colonel Verner,
yV 81. P f
" rota bis seat in Ireland ; Mr. Lucas, M.P., from
ertstehthire.

DEPARTURES.
liou; uke and Duchess of Beaufort, from Beaufort
144 for Badminton Gloucestershire; the Marquis and
for olnoness of Abercorn,' from Dudley House, Park-lane,
the Priory, Stanrnore; ths Earl of Haddington, from
WitilieleY-squtre, for Sherborne Castle, Oxon ; Lord
c',ulgh,b3r D'Eresby, from Piccadilly, for Gritnsthorpe,
iiitlite-.'nire; Lord and Lady Kinnaird, from the 8ur-
?,11.-pt Hotel, for Fern-hill ; Mr. C. \V.. Codrington,iL
%Id" from Park-place, for Gloucestershire; N .
Lade lth, from Nlivart's Hotel, on a visit to Lord and
the fit-lndhuist; Lord Wriothesley Russell, for Clime; ;
hall,'4". Mr. Talbot, from Mivart's Hotel, for Ingestro
Stafrordshire.

On Saturday the Duke of Wellington, Lady
Burghersh, Lord Maryborough, and Sir Charles Bagel,
honoured Mr. Salter with a visit to his studio in Pall-mall,
to inspect the celebrated picture of the Waterloo Banquet,
previous to its being exhibited by Mr. Moon, in Thread-
needle-street.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey left town on
Monday for Middleton Park, Oxon. At the close of the
week the Noble Earl and Countess go on a visit to the
Duke of Rutland, where a distinguished party is about to
assemble.
THE EARL. OP CARDIGAN.—We understand
that the Attorney-General will conduct the prosecution at
the bar of the House of Loris, and that Sir W. Follett,
Mr. Kelly, Mr. Watson, and another Learned Gentleman
have beet: retained by the Noble Defendant.
Opinions vary whether or not there will be a
brevet on the occasion of the christening of the Princess
Royal, some asserting that so auspicious an event will not
be allowed to pass without being marked by her Majesty's
sense of the merits of the officers of both services, while
others declare Ministers hesitate to recommend the mea-
sure on account of the expense. Can it be possible that
her Graoious Majesty will thus suffer the navy anal
army to continue neglected for so trifling as expense as
the promotion would require? The amount is more
than ten times met by the diminished charge for general
and flag officers, in consequence of the numerous deaths
amongst them within the last few years. The country
is not generally aware that the senior Post-captains are
of the year 1806, having consequently held their pre-
sent rank for thirty-five years, not to mention the many
years passed as commanders, lieutenants, and midshipmen.
The senior Colonels have many of them been from forty-
five years to near half a century in the service, and :sot a
few of them obtained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel for
service in the field and conduct in action, and were in fact
actively employed nearly throu,;hout the whole of the late
war with Franco. Both services equally suffer by this delay
in the advancement of their officers. In no other nation
in Europe has promotion been so slow as in England.
Why is this so? Let those who ought. to blush at read-
ing the fact answer if they can. There is no want of I
remuneration in all Government civil appointments; then
why are those alone to suffer who bear arms ? Let us
hope they will no longer be doomed to disappointment,
but that a well-timed and certainly deserved brevet may be
accorded on the approaching happy occasion, so that the
army anal navy, in accordance with all other classes of her
Majesty's subjects, may have fresh occasion to bless her
name.—John
SIIAKSPEARE'S DESCEND ANTS.—SiIICC the
letter from Miss Anna Russell, which appeared in our
columns of the 2.2 d of last month, and which was written
in consequence of the notice which we gave of the will of
Shakspeare on the 7th of last month, and to both of
which we refer our readers who may feet interested in
this subject, we have received another letter from that
lady, in which she takes upon herself to say that every-
thing stated in her former letter was strictly true, but
that an error was made by our printer in substituting the
word " three" for the word "then," when speaking of the
two children of Lady Peshall, who formed the group
painted by Sir W. Beechey, by order of George
Miss Russell, in ber second letter, informs us that she has
received a letter from a lady, a near relation of Lady
Peshall, who does not wish her name to be mentioned,
stating that her Ladyship is not a descendant of John
Hall and Susannah, the poet's favcurite daughter, but a
descendant of a brother of JJhn Hall. This assertion
Mies Russell denies, and states that she has waited on
Lady Peahalt since she received the letter, and that her
Ladyship has confirmed her former statement most im-
plicitly. Miss Russell concludes her second letter by in-
viting us to call the public attention to the present situa-
tion of Lady Peshall, which we most cordially hope may
be amended, and which, if, as Miss Russell says, she be
the descendant of the great dramatic bard, we think it
imperative upon all who admire dramatic genius to alle-
viate by all the means in their power.—Morning Paper.
THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—The vessels which
were announced to sail on the 30th ult. ate not ready for
sea, nor is it expected that they will all take their depar-
ture during the present month, as it is intended that about
ten days shall intervene between the starting of each.
The Soudan will precede the Albert, each of these vessels
being now engaged in taking in their stores. The Wil-
berforce was not to sail from Liverpool till yesterday, and
will not probably arrive till the 13th or 14th instant, as,
like the others, she will have to call is at Ply usoetis
ores.: iii t.ik(; iu be compleint ..f .111
volunteers for this particular service. The whole of the
crews are complete.

T 1-11 SUN,. LONDON. WEDNESD.AY, FEBRUARY 3, F,41

Gallery would be made to contain one hundred
Ind twenty persons ; that under that another Gal-
lery would be erected, capable of contr,ining
about eighty persons, that in the space below the bar
accommodation would be provided for about siztty per-
ions, and that a space would bo railed in foe the ac-
commodation of Counsel.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY then moved that,
in order to prevent the necessity of sitting on Sunday,
the House should adjourn (on the week of the trial)
from Friday to Tuesday. --Agreed to.
COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Copy-
hold Enfr.anchiserount Bill was read a second time, and
a select committee appointed.
The House then adjourned till Thursday next.

ROUSE O.F COMMONS, Fen, 2:

The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Fonr
o'Clock.

C,Annel FERGUSON was introduced by Sir Ronald
Ferguson and Mr. Bolton Clive, and took the oaths
And his seat for the Is:irke-aidy burghs.
Mr. E AST HOPE presented a petition from William
Bainesonf Leicester. :a prisoner for the nou-payment of
Church-rates amounting to 21. 55., praying the
House to take his case_ into consideration, and stating
thAt the costs amounte, to no less a sum than 2271. 3s.
The Hon. Member the n moved that the petition be read
at length by the clerk xtt:the table, which was accordingly
done. The petitioner prayed that a Bill might be
brought in to abolish Church-rates, or to exempt Dis-
senters from their payment.

Mr. H ANDLEY presented a petition from Mr.
Houghton, cornplaini ag of the inconvenience to which
Jurors were subjecte d in being obliged to attend assize
towns at a great dist ince from their residences, and pray-
ing that they might be allowed to attend the nearest
assize towns only.
EAST INDIA PRODUCE.

Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the
Est India and China Assaciation praying for the
removal of the fis3al restrictions which impedad the
commerce of India with that country, and which
being equally detrimental to the interest of bot coun-
tries should be removed without delay.