The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-01 00:00:00

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trrtu, their Representative in Parliament. The Hon.
G'
Itlf•mail was proposed by Charles Barclay, Esq., and
(.-eunkled by J. B. Hankev, Esq., and after addressing
the electors in a tolerahly long speech, overflowing with
Conservatism, the meeting dispersed, after giving
three cheers for their triumph—our reporter failed to
disonier over what, there being no enemy or opponent
visible.
THE SPANISH AUXILIARY LEGION.—Such of
?tar readers as have paid any attention to the sub-
Ject of the claims u'nn the Peninsular Governments
of those of our unfortunate countrymen who shed
their blood under the banners of the reigning Queens
of Portugal and Spain, will doubtless remember
appearance of a letter, a short time ago, in
tins Journal, imploring General Sir De Lacy Evans,
and the Commissioners appointed to defray the
'l'll°l, upon the Spanish Government, not to pay the
titfL/oosutof the British Legion, held by money jobbers,
Wibeing satisfied that a fair value was given
ha' them to the original holder, as, in despair of payment,
many of the poor fellows had parted with them for less
than a tenth of their nominal value. This letter at-
tracted the notice of the Tires, and on Wednesday
last that Journal declared in favour of the jobbers, and
41t11114t any inquiry on the part of the Commissioners,
Its to how they obtained papers entitling them to re-
ceive the pay of the distressed Legionites. But the
appeal has, nevertheless, not been unsuccessful. We
Understand that already upwards of an hundred protests
have been forwarded to the Commissioners by officers
of the Legion, praying that their claims may not be
l'quidated without inquiry. In some instances this may
he impracticable ; but wherever the original holders of
the titu/os can be forthcoming, it appears to us just and
reasonable. Where the titu/os have been obtained
frati.lulently or at a mere nominal price, owing
to the distress of the holder, such a pro.
Portion of the sum to be paid, as the Commissioners
may deem reasonable, ought to be handed over to the
titiginal claimant, for whose sake only our Government
Was induced to interfere at all in the matter. Because
10Ine hundreds of brave men have been compelled by
hunger and nakedness to transfer their just claims upon
the! Spanish Government for a pittance to prolong ex-
utenee, is it to be contended that no redress should be
Afforded them now that it is t the power of the Com-
mo_issioners to relieve them from the consequences
.1 _an error rendered inevitable by the previous
faith of the Spanish Government ? We cannot be-
lieve it. We are sure this suggestion will not be over-
looked by the Commissioners, and we trust they will
adopt it as far as appears to them practicable.

RICH AND POOR :
OR, ALL THE DIFFERENCE I

„,” We Would sugge,t the image of the policeman
,r_f_heateley, bleeding and broken headed at the feet of Lord
_Woldegrave and Captain Duff.—Tbe poor ruffian, like tnii,e,
skull,P'topieure, must control his longings; to smash ama
Alorning
r break hislimbs,isforbidden expense, a luxury."
a
Herald of this day.

When the rich Lord knocks the poor man down,
1137 a bludgeon crack on his vulgar crown,
One-sided Justice diecteetly winks,
And tolerant Rishion politely thinks—
With turned-up nose at plebeian folk—
'Twas merely a sportive, innocent joke !

But how changed the case, when some Snob abhorred
Presumes to fl )or a privileged Lord 1
'Tis then no joke, but a black intent
That calls for severest punishment :
Indignant Fashion with scowling eye
benounces the curst atrocity !
And outraged Justice, with awful frown
At the thought of a low, presumptuous clown
Thus daring to knock a great Lord down 1
Imprisons the wretch, to mark the sense
That Law entertains of tilt.. ulfference,
That has ever been, and should ever be,
"Iwizt the follies of men of low degree,
And those of superior quality I
Oh happy England I Where Justice, tender
As Pity's self, to the rich offender,
Is hard, as the bolt of a prison-door,
'When the culprit is low-born, friend less, and poor I

LLoYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY).

Loxnotf, Aua, I.—Wind, this day at noon, light Wes.
t"IT airs anti fine weather.
DEAL, JULY 3L— Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Halcyon,
Le Lacheur, for Rio Janeiro ; Cato, Scott, Demerara ;
with the rest of the outward bound.
LIVEkIOOL, JULY 31,—Wind N.N.W. fresh breezes.
---Arrived the Eveline, Nas,vorthy, frem Bahia; Ward,
Masters, St. John's, New Brunswick, with damage and
very leaky, having struck on the Skerries ; Tamerlane,
fisher ; Devereux ; Prince of W,lterloo, Needham ; and
Ayrshire, from Quebec: Lavinia, Sutherland, Sydney,
ii;S.7,B_reton ; Eagle, Greig, Licata. Off port, the Re-
liance, Bombay ; Captain Ross, Africa.
Hata:ll7• Jur,v 31.—Arrived the Brothers, Pearson, from
h; Highlander. Barker, B )ston.