The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

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LONDON :
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, IS4O.

The Livery did not, as was expected yesterday,
cart./ Mr. HARMER. beyond his opponents. To
do so is still in their power. He is persecuted on
account of the opinions of others, which he has
disclaimed. Is it his fault, if great masses of the
people, weary with long suffering, have come to
hate the Monarchy and hate the religion which, in-
stead of being a consolation to them has been allied
with their oppressors, and has scandalously sanc-
tioned the injustice of which they are the victims ?
If the Livery punish Mr. HARMER because strong
opinions, coarsely expressed, find ready acceptance
amongst such a people, they will do a most serious
injustice, and entail much misery on their poste-
rity. It is yet in their power to avoid that by
hastening to the Poll and voting for Mr. HARMER.

Some of cur Contemporaries stem inclined to
make the public believe that her MAJESTY'S ships
and the naval arsenals, are not properly taken care
of To all such we recommend the following obser
vatic's; of the Deeonport Correspondeht of the
Times, published by that paper on Saturday
Like others, ton, the more I reflect upon the matter,
the mor.: I see of the strictness of the discipline main-
tained in the arsenal, and the more I am told cf the
precautions which are taken to guard against fire. the
less am I able to satisfy my own m:nd with any of the
probabilities which suggest themselves ; yet I do not
believe that it was the word of an ine,iediary. li it
be that malice was at the k.ttom of this calamity, and
it be said that the evil-disposed person had con-
cealed himself on board the ill-fated ship or amongst
the wood in the dock-yard, then the question
arises, was such concealment or was escape possible ? ,
To answer this satisfactorily, let me point out the strin-
gent regulations that are adopted to prevent any one
improperly entering or issuing from the arsenel. To
obtain entrance strangers must make a written applica-
tion to the Rear-Admiral Superintendent, and when his
permission is obtained, a policeman is sent round
with the visitor, who never quits him fur on,:. mo-
ment until he leaves the gate by which he entered. By
day and by night, too, sentinels in great numbers are
posted round the yard, and policemen constantly pera,,,'-
/,late over every part of the establishment. '1 hese men
are visited frequently by the officers on duty, and, indeed,
every possible precaution appears to be taken to seem e
the safety of the stores, and to guard especially against
fire. I do not think it possible, therefore, that any
stranger could have set the Talavera on fire. Guarded
by a policeman, and exposed to the observations of the
sentinels and of the workmen, I cannot imagine that any
one coald have found an opportunity, undetected, to fire
that ship. Besides, the utmost suspicion is manifested
ants foreigners, in
partiegare are watched with all the care and caution
which jealousy can suggest. • *
The rritnes of the workmen are called over on en-
tering and on leaving the yard, and no one has been
missed, 4Dr has suspicion even Callen upon a single one
of them. The convicts are also regularly mustered,
tt eir actioros watched with the greatest care, and they are
scarcely ever employed on board the vessels in the
docks. Indeed, no one convict could hive been on
'board the Talavera, nor could one of that body of labour.
erg have obttained possession of combustible materials
to throw on board the ship. Smoking is strictly for-
bidden ; fire is used only when unavoidably necessary,
and is never :made except in certain appointed places ;
and when can lies are used, every possible precaution
is adopted to guard against the danger. Where, then,
ould the fire have been obtained by either workmen or
convict which caused the destruction of so much pro.
I erty ? _ _

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These obser rations are not made by a friend to the
Admiralty ; for the same writer, in the Times of
yester,day, endeawours to show, very unsuccessfully

indeed,
That the fire might have been prevented, had what
is called " economy" been loss strictly enforced, that
the whole establishment is placed in constant danger
_ by an absurd desire to save a fe v pounds, and that
_t was announced a day or two ago that Messrs,
certain measuras which are in contemplation, while i!se- I
BARCLAY and CONIPANY had issued a circular
less and expensive, are at the same time calculated to 1
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stating that in consequence of the high price of hops
render any future fire in the arsenal infinitely more de-
structive than the present.
The only fault, however, we find ascribed to the ! the price of their ale would be raised some 7s. a
present system is, that ~ formerly two men were sta- i barrel. The beer-drinkers then pay immediately
tion'ed every
:eicseamoietime
night on board each vessel in dock, I to the brewers for any rise in the
whether owing to a duty levied on that article or
aid that this judicious practice has been given up-,, !
A score of other to
the same strain, and
Tory. journalists have written in :' a comparative scarcity of it. About tpl . r hops,
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anathemas have been pointed that this circular was issued by Messrs. BARCLAY
ar.ainst the Minister
s, from London to London- ' and CoItPANY the Court Circular announced that
de.rry, for having done away with these two watch- a Deputation of hop planters, headed by Mr.
Hones, on the score of economy. Gentlemen of the HODS, N'T
.....P., and other gentlemen, had waited
L radon, Dublin, and Edinburgh Press may Imo .on the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER) and •
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