The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Brighton Gazette.)
PorerssiouTii.—The Southampton, 50, is ordered for
acommission at Chatham, by Capt. William Ilillyar, 1836,
Rearthe Capeo and West African station.
d ship
on
miral Sir Edward King proceeds in her, with red I
at
the mizen, a Commander. in-Chief.
The
Cyclops steam frigate, Captain Austin, reached
Malta frorn Plymouth, on the 27th April, and it is ex-
Ze,ted will send home the Hydra steamer, Commander
ouinsen:.
The Thunderer, 84, Captain Berkeley, nearly ready for
at Plymouth, is to go to Lisbon, pro tempore, t 6 re-
vee.the Revenge, 78, which goes on to Malta to join the
, tertanean fleet.
I he
24,Tscli •rictor, 16, Commander Dawson, and Magicienne,
the ptain Michell, are ready for sea in the harbour, with
e txception of the crews being paid advance. The
.orraer
goes to the West Indies, and the latter to the Me-
diterranean.
That dangerous coast, the Irish Channel, is now being
I.l,lrveyed, under the able direction of Captain Frederick
Beechey, who has at his disposal, for that purpose, the
steamers African, Lizard, and Lucifer.
Captain Edward Chappel, R.N., has received orders
"on; the Admiralty to make a report on the merits of the
new propelling screw used on board the steam-ship
Archimedes, which is fixed under the quarter of the ves-
sel, the unsightly paddle-boxes being removed from the
lien altogether. The Port Admirals here have witnessed
the invention, and have made a favourable report ; but
still forth,r trials arc to be made in trips to Scotland
and Ireland.
Royal salutes were fired by the garrison and shipping,
and Bien de joie by the troops, on Monday, in honour of
the anniversary of her Majesty's birthday. The Royal
Standard floated over the public establishments and ships
of war, and merry peals from the bells and public dinners
aulivened the day.
The following ships were in the Tagus on the 15th of
M‘y :—Donegal, 78, flag ship of Sir J. Ommanney,
Re-
Age, 78, and steamer Pluto; Espoir, 10, at Cadiz; also
4 French corvette, and an American 60-gun frigate.
tia The Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Sir William Sy-
°4(lB, has proceeded on an official tour to Guernsey and
irserse.., in the steam-vessel Fearless, in charge of Mr.
°°,ry y
er, second master.
The
Vesuvius steamer, Lieut. Blount, is gone from this
11:rt to Leith, to bring round the depot of the 72d regi-
-Int, for service in this garrison.
4t Spithead—No vessel of war.
In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Jupiter, Vanguard,
„zeellent, Royal George yacht, Magicienne, Victor, and
"g tender& -
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lb HE LATE FIRE IN YORK MINISTER.—In
1; e e
of Suda, the oors were opened, and the pub--
weres' admitted ton vieyw the d
ruins, of which permission thou-
isln(ll availed themselves. We may mention as a singular cir-
-14r4stance, that no less thanperns came from eds
4,°rin On Sunday, by the York and North Midland RailwaLy,e to
("e havoe which the recent conflagration has made iii the
dsrable Pile. On Monday, there was a very high wind ; in-
rea hsring Some parts of the day it blew quite a hurricane, and
fearsin-
tow were entertained byda many that the south-western
w
er, which has been reduced to a mere shell, would be blown
In the evening, however, the wind abated, and no seri-
(4.mage was caused.
L'ICIDE IN HYDE PARK—Wednesday even-
determined suicide was committed in Hyde Park, by a
untleman, who, on being discovered, was removed to St.
tbrc'rge's Hospital. The circumstance becoming known,
,ir_alighout the Metropolis, by the insertion of the lamentable
oe_s',lnnstance in this morning's papers, numbers of persons pro-
bo",ned to St. George's Hospital for the purpose of seeing the
ser"Ys to, if possible, identify it ; amongst the number was a
pr:',!;.l, who, on viewing it,instantly recognized it as his master.
~i;'_salen Maddox, Esq., a gentleman with whom lie Lad lived
years, in various parts of the west end of the town.
Inquest will be held this evening.
lotote.
01ITY-TDREE PERSONS MURDERED.—" The
his
brigand Gaspareno," asserts a Naples letter, " who
ii 1`1" nts own hand killed no fewer than forty-three persons, but
handle
confined in the prison of Civita Vecchia, has sold the
tistc:_ie of the knife he has carried with him throrghout his pro-
hat
fry life to an English gentleman for 83 napoleons, and his
50 napoleons, to a French tourist."

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LONDON:
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1840.

The Lords did not meet yesterday.

Amongst the petitions presented to the House of
Commons was one complaining of Mr. VINCENT'S
treatment in the Penitentiary, which Mr. Sergeant
TALFoUIW, who presented it, caused to be printed,
and gave notice that he will call attention to the sub.
ject on Tuesday ; and one from a meeting held in
Yorkshire, presented by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, praying
that Mr. O'CONNOR should be removed to the debtor's
side of the prison. We heartily rejoice to see those
cases taken up by the public. Now that the alarm
caused by Chartism is blown over, the better feelings
of the middle classes have returned, and they plead for
those who, a twelvemonth or eighteen months ago,
they were ready to persecute. The Mornin, Post,
even, has become Mr. FERGus O'CoNNon's advocate,
and will now, no doubt, also write in favour of Mr.
VINCENT.

The indefatigable Sir F. TRENCH is to move again
to-day to have his beloved wax-lights restored to the
House of Commons.
Lord JOHN Russ Em. announced his intention of
asking leave to-day to bring in a Bill to appropriate the
Clergy Reserves of Canada.
Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMEE, on the Order of the Day
for !he House to go into a Committee on the Prison
Discipline Bill, brought the case of Mr. O'CoNNon
under the notice of the House, and wa are happy to
say one universal sentiment of indignation was expressed
at the unworthy treatment to which he has been sub-

jetted. We beg to refer to the debate, which we will
not attempt to abridge, but will only remark that the
Government stands exonerated from blame, except, per-
haps, the blame of carelessness or negligere!, and that
steps will be immediately taken to place Mr. O'CoN-
NoR in a better situation.

It was well shown during the debate, that nobody
was in fault but the law-makers themselves. The
Judges did but sentence Mr. O'CONNOR to imprison-
ment ; the Magistrates only executed the Judges' orders
according to the prison regulations, which they are
authorised by the Legislature to make ; and not a soul,
it appears, was to blame but the very stupid members
of the Legislature, who are thoroughly ignorant of the
consequences of their own incessant, but most short-
sighted and blundering activity. This reminds us
of their Act to cause arms to be registered
in Ireland, of which it has lately been said that the
effect is to advertise the disaffected where arms are
kept, and inform them of the amount of resistance they
are likely to encounter in endeavouring to steal them.
In such cases as:the Corn-laws we have to reprobate
rather the wickedness than the folly of the law-makers.
But in the case of the Arms Act, and the Prisons'
Regulation Act, we are called on chiefly to laugh at
their prodigious folly.
The House went into a Committee on the Juvenile
Offenders' Bill, when the interesting discussion ;on Mr.
O'CONNOR'S case was at an end, and, after two divi-
sions on clauses of the Bill, the House was counted
out, and so prevented from committing any more folly
or mischief for the evening.

The Anti-Corn-law League yesterday closed its
sittings, and the Members separated, declaring that
they did not despair. Neither do we. Our con-
viction that the Corn-law is a most iniquitous im-
post is strengthened by what has occurred in the
House of Commons. We believe that to preserve
such an impost for any length of time is beyond the
power of the House of Commons. The debate and
the division of Tuesday may help to hasten the de-
gradation and destruction of the Parliament, but
they can neither alter the public opinion of the na-
ture of the law, nor maintain it in opposition to the
public conviction.
A t the same time, we agree with one speaker at
the meeting of the League yesterday, that more
instruction must be spread abroad on the subject.
It is impossible, we think, to find gentlemen who
represent such constituencies as Whitehaven and
Greenwich, and who are supposed to have, like a
banker of London, and like the Chairman of the
Steam Navigation Company, a strong pecuniary in-
terest in opposition to the Corn-laws, voting
both in opposition to their own interest and
to the interest of their constituents, without
coming to the conclusion, that they be-
lieve this accursed law to be beneficial to the
community. To suppose otherwise would be to
accuse the Messrs. ATTWOOD of sacrificing their
own interest, and acting contrary to their convic-
tions, for the detestable purpose of inflicting injury
on their fellow-men.
Mr. MUNTZ, we see, voted for the Committee,
and we are compelled to believe that his convic-
tion of the injurious consequences of the repeal of
the law is as honest and as sincere as our convic-
tion that the public advantage, and even the pub-
lic safety, require its repeal. We must also be-
lieve that Sir G. SINCLAIR, who so pathetically
bewailed a few nights ago the sufferings and wounds
of the poor, fallen under legislative thieves, has a
thorough conviction that this law does not take
the fragment of a farthing from the property of
a poor man in any part of the king-
dom, and does not diminish by the small-
est conceivable quantity the effective demand
for labour ; or he must, while the wailing was yet
warm on his lips, have recorded his vote in favour
of Mr. VILLIERS' motion. He voted against it.

We see also that gentlemen of such proved hu-
manity and such intense religious zeal as Mr.
PEASE and Mr. PLUMPTRE, Who overflow with
affliction on account of the possible sufferings of
Hill Coolies, and journeymen bakers kept from the
church on the Sabbath, voted against Mr.VILLIERS'
motion; and they must be convinced that the
low wages of the hand-loom weavers, and
of the agricultural labourers—that the disease
which prevails to a frightful extent when
corn is scarce—and that the sorrowful state
of men reduced to steal food from the hog-trough
for their families, and who have not as much per
day, though they toil from sun-rise to sun-
set, as the keep of a dog, are in no degree
caused by the Devil's laws, otherwise they would,
under the influence of Christian love and charity,
have moved heaven and earth to procure the abo-
lition of them. In like manner we must suppose
that the representatives of Norwich, Macclesfield,
Stockport, and other manufacturing towns, who
voted against Mr. VILLIERS' motion, have an
honest conviction that the bread tax is a great
benefit to the starving thousands they represent.
We give all these gentlemen credit for their
motives, but their knowledge must be quickened.
No monitors will more certainly be attended to than
interest and honour, and these gentlemen must be
convinced of their errors through their constituen-
cies, and their religious feelings. We cordially
agree with the League, therefore, in calling on all
the constituencies of the empire interested in the
repeal of the Corn-laws to inform at once all Hon.
Members and all candidates for seats in Parlia-
ment, that, to be returned, a man must be a thorough
repealer.
In the same spirit the League does well to en-
courage the Rev. Mr. SPENCER, and it ought re-
spectfully to solicit him to undertake the conver•
sion of such persons as friend PEASE and
neighbour PLUMPTRE. But whatever means
may be adopted, the League, we are sure,
will remember that it is solemnly pledged not to
desist till it have accomplished the great and noble
task it has undertaken. A much smaller band of
resolute men has before now achieved as great a
work, and if they be only true to themselves, time
and circumstances will be their allies, and will
enable them to put down the accursed thing.
The House of Commons has given, in compari-
son to the time it wasted on the privilege question,
on Irish registration, on want of confidence, and on
other party questions, a most imperfect hearing to
the great question of the tax on the people's food.
It has scornfully and contemptuously rejected the
prayers of a million and a half of suffering men. It
has openly and avowedly sacrified them to the interests
of a few landowners. To do justice to the people
might have reconciled them to the dominion of the
House of Commons ; but to both injure and insult
them will alienate them for ever. So great are their
sufferings, and to such a pitch has their discontent
reached, that they fashion new forms of social
existence, and found new religions on economical
disorders. They do not demand the dismissal of a
favourite, nor do they burn any single Minister in
effigy ; they aim at the whole social system ; and
thousands of them are quite prepared to sacrifice,
in one grand auto dale, both the Church and the
Monarchy. They will be delighted with the deci-
sion of the House of Commons. It confirms their
predictions, and justifies their opinions. They were
right, they will say, when they refused to petition, and
would have nothing but the Charter. Their power
will be increased, their resolution fortified, their
followers augmented; they will gain many new alliei
by the debate and the vote, and, rejoicing in the
denial of justice, they will cry through the land,
Hurrah for Revolution ! To that the aristocracy
have dared the great multitude ; and the great mul-
titude, who have lost their fathers' reverence for
the aristocracy, will probably take up the gage.
To the cry of Hurrah for Repeal I in Ireland, we
shall have added in England, Hurrah for Revo-
lution I

The lay members of the Church of England do
not subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles, but the
whole of the priests do ; but as the whole of the
laymen take their doctrines and their faith from the
priests, who form their faith and their doctrines in
conformity with the Thirty-nine Articles, it is not
a figure of speech nor the smallest exaggeration, but
a plain statement of the fact, to say that the mem-
bers of the Church rely for their faith and their sal-
vation on an Act of Convocation. The one
passed in 1569 is essential to the very existence
of the Church. It " constitutes," as the Times
says, " the essence and stability of the Established
Church," and is therefore essential to the faith and
the salvation of all the members of the Establish-
ment. The Church throws the grace of GOD over-
board as a useless burden, and relies wholly on
works, and we may reasonably doubt whether the
Act of Convocation be even a good work.
The Church is at present placed in a most per-
plexing situation. A number cf clergymen,
among whom is the justly celebrated Dr. ARNOLD)