The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-20 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

u iH'ARY OF NEWS
AND
Vttbitt eptuton.
" Who runs may rrxid."

Yr roILEIGT4..
1.,1•
th.'here was some approach to
;.., nrsday. A. Commissary of serious tieti in Paris on
- the act of searching for
r,. Pollee ;and his assistants,
an accomplice of Pappard'person 'suspected of being
in the Rue d
Fathom-,s,
were attacked with stones
uSt.. ,in jured. The arrival 0f,,a,71 P toine and seriously in-
him to make th a ' ten rmed force, however, enabled
leaders of
i_ 14, --ko..d arrest, and to capture the ring-
leadero;: aSsembled
'e Ivne• attacked him. In the evening a
turned a-1, or at the Rue Traversiere, where they
ruunicin I anibus and raised a barricade. Mountea
'a- rPfE.rds, however, swept the streets, while a
thoughadron of eergens de cite removed the barricade. But
tured ',Jr..ier was restored, Paris presented a very
_(l6-
Was ~. , appearance. The shops were shut, and alarm
etlitiovi•• ible on every countenance. This shows the little
t 4 ) ence whidi the people have in the supremacy of
lot) 4W. A Government is never strong where a revu-
in is believed to be possible.
The following is the number of ships now in commis-
Fc-sion ' belonging to England and France :—Of line-of-
battle ships, carrying from 120 to 72 guns, England has
ill conlanssion: twenty-seven ; France, twenty--of fri-
gates, carrying from 60 to 36 guns, England has thir-
teen ; Frande, nineteen—of corvette, sloops, brigs, and
Eet4l' sniall"Craft, earring from 30 gtras downwards
ngland ,
'.llg.and ha,Siane)htindred and four ; France, an equal
tPnher--.
tporing and of steamers, exclusive of rmil packets and
a'NesSels-,. from 300 to 100 ho-,;se power, Eng-
id has twenty-nine • France, twenty,-eight,
The r,' iti c.
t.,,-. , government organ, the- e. 7 sager, says that order
Was to , - , - >
+ -8 red in Clermont on the 12th. This order, if a
"enlp orarY lull may be called Iv that name, which is only
Prerserved b h ' ' • .11 1 ing mtary
fo• , - y t-e preseme 04 „an o,er" e m . f
the
1- see ; -and-,yet, in the v‘':fy face of this rebellion o .
reach
.Pe°P-le, rather than pay more taxes, the Courrzer
the zy t•
-F
ancaz'
bellows Pgainst areduction of the army, and
force e 1"al execrates any attempt to reduce a naval
op,o hoe.
of vra. ;-, greater than :
ace, is required for the interests

Th „ PUBLIC
day t rPest, ashamed of its atrocious suggestion yester-
tone
i.augh down Lord John RUssell, thus changes its
that • t.ter the debate of last night:—" If we thought
the distress which exists in some pairts of themanu
,1 • coring districts,- were likely to receve any etir ectuai
I',igation from Parliamentary debates, we should be
rry to say one word against prolonging the present
a ession in order that discussion might go on. But we
cannot perceive any ground for such an opinion. We
have looked into the very wordy statements of those
who advocate Parliamentary discussion, but we can fip.a
nothing in them which has the slightest claim to the cha-
racter of sound argument. As soon as there is ri-Aything
,of importance to say, let it be said; but he ir.as4 be a
singular glutton of discussion who does not T.,elieve that
enough of mere argumentation pro and con upon the ge-
neral question of the policy of the Corn-taws has been
presented to the public.
The Herald takes another and a ezange view of the
51-lect, and argues that the alteray.on of the Corn-laws
Prtoposed by the late Government would raise the price
iLlif Provisions. Sir Robert Peel is, therefore, acting
reifully in maintaining Robert
sliding-scale. Dotage
seould nu further go. "Lord ohn Russell," says this oracle,
s great reason to h.elieve that the new Administra-
tion vvill make no considerable alteration in the Corn-
laws. Lord John has become a prophet; he is a second
lianiel come to 2udgment !' Why, the general election
turned on this -very point, and the kingdom, by an im-
mense majcssity, has decided that no considerable alte-
ration' shall be made ; at least no alteration that would
.Place a Termanent tax on bread, such as the Noble Lord
...`
r°Pcssr4i, and would, at the same time, deeply injurts
native p
agriculture ; far the Whig plan was osses,,sa
ohef a most perverse ingenuity ; it would have raised
.t,
price of bread to the consumer, white it in-
i_dicted irreparable mischief on the home r./swer. The
noble Lord appears on the Corn-laws in- „amble of look-
ing at anything tut the wants of the Tr.sa,tury ; increase
.of revenue is the objectl for which hi vivotikl impose a
-fixed duty on foreign' grain. happily for the
country, Sir Robert Peel has reprAdiated all.such grovel.
ling views on this subject ; he Kill not lay a permanent
tax on the prime necessary of tile, even to make up the
deficit left him by the IVhirts. Lord John Russell con-
eluded by disclaiming all ',-esponsibility in the proposed
delay. Nobody asked e..te Noble Lord to assume any
responsibility ; the co'.intry has, on the contrary, relieved
him of respoissibiliv ; and he may henceforth comfort
himself tha's tlie post of honour is a private station.' "
The Tirses jests on this serious subject in the following
strain Her Majesty's Prime Minister having given
the brief and businesS-like statement' already allued to,
1t °co' Arred to Lord John Russell, as the prime oracle of
tPP asition, that it might be well to take a night to think
it, and frame his response accordingly. He has done
,a,„ and last evening the tint shrill trump of the Noble
Lord's foemanship was formally sounded. Before his
:Lordship's bugle was fully winded to its proper party
pitch, it seemed to emit a few generous and amicable
flourishes. Sundry little militant airs were very sweetly
played. In particular, Sir Robert Peel's Irish appoint-
ments were honoured with a grand fuge. But in a
very short while the noble band-master's esprit de corps
got the better of his chivalry, and ere all was done,
He blew a blast so loud and dread,'
that the whole Conservative ranks must have been
throw n into utter consternation, only his Lordship as-
surer', them that the thing was done, not as betokening a
serisms onslaught, but merely as the make-believe of a
psi' sate Parliamentary trooper. There was, therefore, no
raj schief done. It did not even end in smoke—mere
sciund was all that came of it."
The Chronicle thus exposes the grasping selfishness
and deceitful conduct of Sir Robert Peel, in forcing Lord
John Russell to hasten the meeting of Parliament, on
pretence of the urgency of public business, while he now
sees no necessity for doing anything for six months :
" What makes the present conduct of Ministers yet more
glaringly disgraceful, is the energy with which, three
months ago, Sir Robert Peel insisted that the new Par-
liament should be assembled now, for the express
purpose, amongst others, of settling the Corn-law
question. Having. carried his No-Confidence. reso •
lution, having driven the then Ministry to a disso-
lution of Parliament, and having enforced the early
:meeting- of the new Parliament, by refusing more
than a fraction of the Supplies, he also urged it, ' with
reference to the immense advantage which it must be to all
e..sons enyaged in commercial specniations, or enterprise
of any to know what was to l'e the state of the law
affecting the importation of corn,' Such was Sir Robert
Peel's t,rofessed conviction no longer ago than the 7th
of Juno last ; a conviction backed by the retlisal of the
year's supplies for carrying or, the Government. Under
the
The setticcinstraint which he applied, Parliament is sitting.
settlement which he so imperatively demanded has
bee a recommended from the throne. The powers of
ofrace are in his hanr!.s, He can carry his own mea-
=tires.' He can bestow this immense advantage ;' or,
'b3 withholding it, inflict an immense injury.' But the
real purposes of the party are gained, and commercial
speculation' may wait till next year. The pretence
stands exposed in all its hollowness ; the professed be-
lief and anxiety in all their falsehood."
The _Dublin Evening Post consKers that the Reform
party was never so powerful in T.reland as now, and for
proof points to the dinner given to Lord Morpeth:—
" We have said that the meeting of Tuesday night was
calculated to raise high hopes for the future, and we
said, truly; fer it was itn2cssible to witness that mani-
festation of the increasing strength and the cordial union
cf the Reformers of Ireland, without being convinced
-that she posssesses within herself the power of protecting
and extending her rights against any confederacy of
bigots and re.onovolists, whether they attempt to delude
by fair a ottls, or openly assail her liberties by coercion.'

T SONEY—TR.A.DE—CODSMERCE.
At Venice, a bridge is about to be constructed to unite
that e'.ty to the Continent, and connect it with the Milan
rail ',jut Antoine Pitich is the engineer, and the aver-
age expense is estimated at 4,830,000 livres Austrian.

-• comrezEPcx.a.x. rtErortin.
At Marylebone, on Tuesday, a meeting took place, for
the purpose of for►ring an auxiliary Anti-Corn-law As-
!Eociation, when it was determined to advertise a public
meeting of the entire district on Thursday, the 23d inst.
On Thursday the inhabitants of Portland-town held a
meeting at the Crown, lagh-street, for the formation of
an Anti-Corn-law Association. Mr. Smith lectured,
-- and tho meeting was adjourned till Tuesday, the 28th
•' instant.

NAVAL AND MrLITARY.
V.lO ship Kelso was on Friday raised by the apparatus
of Mr. J. Fraser, and was hauled alongside the quay at
ik.e West India Docks.
A fire at Sheerness Dockyard broke out on Thursday,
-but fortunately, through prompt assistance, only the
furnace .house of the Government establishment was
damaged.

1.197.17 AND POLXCE,
-At Cglueen.square Police-office on Friday a man of the
11ana'.: of Whappum was committed on three charges for
148'.4ing forged 101. notes of the Bank of England.
An Italian artist, named Mazzotti, was committed at
'Union-hall, for assaulting Charles Boussaton, attached
to the concert D'Ete, at Drury-lane, with intent to do
s
some grievous bodily harm. The complainant was
Yerqy wounded in the head with a life preserver, and
tpe prisoner justified the assault on the ground that the
renchman had carried off his mistress.

.CIONEZEING.
Lord Stanley left town on Saturdayfor Lancashire.
The election for Aberdeen is fixed for Tuesday (to-
Izerrow). The Hon. Captain Gordon has addressed the
etorS.
Lord Granville Somerset left on Friday night for Mon-
Irlouth, to canvass for his re-election there.

rhe SPORTIN G.
Duke of Cleveland and Earl of Chesterfield have

acceeted the Stewardship of the Doncaster Races for the
ensuing year.
A match between twelve fast swimmers toot place
on Friday morning, at seven o'clock, in the Serpentine
'liver, for three silver medals, awarded by the British
Swimming Society. The distance of 400 feet was ef-
fected in seven minutes—viz., four minutes in going
across, and three in returning. The names of the win-
ners were Lewis, Kenworthv, and Jones.
The Right don. Edward Ellice, M.P., and Mr. Ed-
ward Ellice, arrived at Inverishie, their shooting seat
in Scotland, on Monday last.

C OURT—r.A.SIEX ONABL E.
Earl Spencer received the Marquis of Normanby,
Lord Lyttleton, and a large circle, at 1,
Yorkshire, during last week.
The Duke of Richmond arrived at Gordon Castle, 11;s seat in Scotland, on Tuesday last. - •

Baroness Brunow, the ]ady of the Russian Ministers
arrived at Ashburnham House, on Fridety
from Stockholm,

rftISCMT,LII.NEOUS.

A meeting of the masons who were employed in build-
ilfig Ile New Houses of Parliament, and who struck last
'Saturday in consequence of the conduct of their fore-
man, Mr. Allen, was held yesterday, and from the re-
presentations made through Lord Ashley to the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests, it appears that the
grievance they complain of is to .be removed, and they
will re-commence on Monday morning. They are highly
praised for their peaceable and forbearing conduct.
Bets of 51. even have been taken that the receipts on
the Brighton Railway in the second week after it has
been opened throughout, will be 4,000/. ; anti Si. to 251.
that the recipts of the two first weeks will equal 8,0001.
It appears from a late report of the Pan; and Rouen
Railway Company, that the Shareholders have bet n too
liberal in the supply of funds ; that the Company I ave
too much money in hand, which the report calls an in-
convenience, and beg the Shareholders not to increase it.
The three steamers on the Niger expedition arrived
safely on the sth ult., in Montserado-roads, on the coast
of Africa.

The Abyssinian expedition, under Captain Harris,
which left Bombay on the 27th of April, has paid a visit
to the curious salt lake of Assal, and are now near Ta-
junah. The people are prejudiced against them, as they
suppose their object to be the suppression of the slaVe-
trade.

Sir Watkin Williams Wynn laid the foundation-stone
of the new market at Oswestry on Monday last, in the
presence of nearly 150 personages of title.
Lord and Lady Farnham received the melancholy in-
telligence of the death of the Hon. Robert Thomas Max-
well, his Lordship's brother, on Wednesday, at Mivart's
Hotel. He died at Newtown Barry on Monday last, in
the 23d year of his age.
At the Special Court of Common Council held yes-
terday, for the improvements in the Law Courts of the
City, the expense was estimated at 8,6001., and the al-
terations voted to be proceeded with by a majority of
18 out of 80.