The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

WICKLOW.—We have heard. that Mr. Tynte stands
with Mr. Acton on the Tory interest for Wicklow. The
Tories are exerting all their strength to secure the sue-
uss.of their candidate, and, from the accounts which
have reached us, unless some active steps be at. once
taken, there is soma danger of their success. The
Liberals seem to be at a loss what to do, owing chiefly
to the conduct of Sir Ralph Howard. If they had a
candidate worth struggling for, they would be certain
of sucess, as it has been ascertained, by a strict scru-
tiny, that they have a majority of 25 on the registry.
The Conservatives are aware of this ; but they rest
their hopes of victory on the apathy and disunion that
provail among their opponents. The.eyes of the Libe-
rals seem to be directed towards one of the sons of Lord
Fitzwilliam. If a- member of this family- could be in-
dtrel to stand with Mr. Grattan, the Tories would have
no chance.—Dublin

Duntax.—A requisition to the MarquiS of Kildare to
start flu- this city as the colleague of Mr. O'Connell, lies
for signatures in Fleet-street and Dublin. If the Mar-
quis responds to the call, the Liberals will have a most
signal triumph.

`bOROUGdOF DUNDALK.—Lord Jocelyn, having, Leeds
in view, Mr. Redington, the present Liberal 31etnber,
will probably have a walk over.
COUNTY .OF LouTn.—Mr. Chester, of Stonehouse, is
candidate on the Liberal side.

COUNTY OF CARLOW.—Colonel Bruen and Mr. Bun-
bury are up against Mr. Daniel O'Connell, Jun., and Mr.
Ashton Yates. Here the contest will be terrible.

ARMY PRIZE MONEY.

Account of Unclaimed Army Prize Money (formerly
made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal Hospital
at Chelsea), from the 18th of January, 1809, to the
31st of December, 1840 ; directed to be annually laid
before the llinves of Parliament by the Act 2 Will.
IV. c. 53.
Da. X. 5. d.

To Cash arising from forfeited and
unclaimed Shams of Prize Money,
Grants, &e.
To Cash arising from the Dividends
or Interest of Monies invested in
the Puhlic Funds, or other Govern-
ment 74eeurities

1,060,061 15 10

209,278 15 4

(From the. New Ynrk .illin•ninq(onrier and. Enquirer,)
Important as was the intelligence whielrwe received
by the last Slimmer, thit the initiatory 'steps had been
taken in the British Parliament for the repeal of the
Corn-laws, it is not more important than the indications
at the same- time given of the intention of that Govern-
ment, to abolish her exclusive Colonial system ; indeed
. if time can sanction error, or national pride and
dice plant it deep in -ch-.
..ifotpr is tv,- fir the
most reins.ri:ahle change.
WP tic, not speak of either of then'. ~s.
mediate, but. as inevitable. The Coro-laws, hovs-ei-er,
we think will be at once abolished, but then an im-
port duty will at the same time be imposed, though a
duty not so high as to prevent importations ; for it is
to this duty the Ministers look as the means of sup-
' plying the deficiency in the revenue. Neither will a
total change in the -Colonial system at once be intro-
duced ; for however palpably inconsistent that system
may now appear with the welfare of the parent
country and her colonies, too many interests have grown
up under it, to permit them at once to be stricken down.
The differential duties, or duties in favour of the Coto-
nies, though diminished, will not be abolished, yet will
they be so much diminished, as to take from the Colonies
the exclusive supply of their home market, a conclusion
more than justified by the fact, that the Ministers also
calculate upon the duties which will be paid on. fo'reign
Colonial produce, as a source of revenue.
however, in the groumg on which these modi-
fications of the British colonial system are brought
forward, in the overwhelming argudents by which
they are supported, that we seek the indubitable evi-
dellce of the approaching dissolution *of the system
itself. The exclusive principle btwolves continual
sacrifices on the part of both, on the one quite as odious
as 'on ' the other, plants the seeds of disunion.
and nourishes them, until -the colony seeks relief
by •'separation. The evidence given to the House of
Commons by the under Secretaries of the Board of
tfrftele, is most . conclusive. on - this point.- The
sacrifices made by the 'people of England-to favour
Colonial timber, are traced froth the imposing struc-
ture of a ship•of war, down to the mean accommoda-
tions of the ixmsaat's hut. The effect of the attempt
to .coutin the people of •England consump-
tion of the produce of their owiflyeit India,Colonies,
'erishing to, under the death-blows abolition",..are
shown, in the priyations. it imposes, on the poer, in its
invasion on the -cloniforts of rte domestic hearth, and the
encouragement% it gives to intemperance. These, are .
arknments compic hended by the humblest capacity,'
which carry couviction to the minds of those even who
are not Yet prepared to receive the great truths Olitieal.
economy now inculcates.
And as to the Colonies themselves, " I have livll4:n
all the British North American 'Colonies," saws Sir
James M‘Gregor, one of the Adel- Secretaries, " and
give them but the benefits of free. trade, they ask no
other boon." This is the language of reason. The
Colonists have sought a. new country for the natural
advantages it offers to their industry. Let them freely
.develope these advantages, and the whole world be open
to their enterprizc, 'not narrowed down to the exigencies
or :mistaken policy- of the mother country. Then the
coriiicetion)s it h 'her will be hallowed' by men's natural
imPtits&; iiat weakened and finally: dis Solved by the
*tempt to reconcile different interests,' totally incom-
patible,.
The apprehended effect on the- cOmmercial interests
of England by an abolition of her, colonial monopoly,
is happily met by one of the witnesses before the
Committee of the House of Commons, who pointed
to the United States and asked Whether it was pro-
bable, that had the restmictions of a colonial system
continued to prevail here—the policy of that time when
Lord Chatham declared that the manufacture of a hob-
nail among us would be sufficient cause for war—whether
it was probable • ,m:rcantile relations between the
two countries would be as extensive or advantageous
as they now are ?

The important changes at which we have glanced,
have however another material bearing. One affect-
ing all other nations, our own among the number and
not the least. The wide field which British Coloniza-
tion has taken in other quarterS of the world, and to
which that in this is comparatively trifling, may now
be regarded by all with a favourable eye, for its benefits
will not be confined to the narrow space in which it has
hitherto moved, but be thrown open to all, and every
new spot brought under the control of civilised man, will
add to the prosperity of the great human family.