The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-07 00:00:00

SIR R. PEEL'S MANIFESTO.

In the present dearth of domestic news, trifles which
would otherwise be despised, rise in value and are
greedily devoured. On no other principle can we ac-'
count for the prominence given to Sir 'Oben Peel's re-
cent speech at Tamworth. A more. empty and unsatis-
factory harangue was never delivered, and yet during
the past week it has supplied daily, food for the press.
Sir Robert has paid his addresses to the public, but re-.
fused to satisfy- them that his intentions are honourable.
In place of setting forth the principles on which he means
to act, or indicating the measures by which he proposes
to make up the deficiency in the revenue, the Right Ron.
Baronet amused himself with trifling newspaper on dits,
and candidly declared that he would keep his counsel
until fairly ensconced in office.
All this seems very strange, and has laid him open to
the charge of a degree of reserve and concealment, un-
worthy of his position as leader of the party about to re-
sume office. Let us, however, do the Right Hon. Baro-
net justice. Our Liberal Contemporaries proceed upon
the assumption that he possesses some secret—that
having condemned the measures of the Whigs, he has
something to propose in their stead. But no such thing.
To us it appears that he stands very much in the situa-
tion of Canning's knife-grinder,—
" Story! God bless you, I have none to tell, Sir!"
His great object and that of his party has been to defeat
the Whigs. To accomplish this, they have toiled for
years, nnd, through the apathy of the people, they have
at length succeeded. They proposed no measure of re-
form—they came not forward as the advozates of any
popular principle, and the country has no right to expect
any boon at their hands. They are pledged to nothing,
and will yield as little as. possible--the object for which
they have struggled being attained the moment they
enter the Cabinet. Why, then, expect from Sir R. Peel
a manifesto of how he will act? He has been lavish
enough of the stale cant about "maintaining the institu-
tions of the country in Church and State," which means
that he is determined, if possible, to uphold every abuse; .
and the result of the elections has shown that in the pre-
, sent state of ignorance and apathy, it is enough for his
purpose. lie, therefore, proposes nothing—first, because
the corrupt constituencies of England have av„eptrd him
at his own terms ; and, secondly, because he wishes;
do nothing if he can help it. He may be forced to make
concessions to the people, but these are not matters of
which he is anxious to claim the initiative, or of which
he can be expected to boast. Hence the bareness of his
recent speeches, and his refusal to indicate the kind of
measures he will advance. lie neither knows what he
way be suffered to do by his party, nor what he may be
con gelled to do by the people ; and in this state of- ig-
noritoe as to the future, anything very explicit respect-
ing the line of policy,he may find it necessary to adopt,
is of Course out of then question.—Scotsman.

THE EXTENSION. OF RAILWAYS IN IRE-
LAND.—With respect to the appropriation of the stoelr,
the subscription of wltirii is to 51..e_Truposaa—_.
railways in iiiiinight forward under the
direction of Messrs. Goldsmid, Smith, and Thompson, it
is made a stipulation in the letters of appropriation
that, should the Bill not pass, the money will be re-
turned without deduction.
The inhabitants of Camberwell, who, in con-
' sequence of one of the Lords of the Manor having con-
sented to surrender his claim to the holding of Camber-
well fair, have been confidently looking forward to the
suppression of this nuisance, are greatly disappointed at
the determination of the Police Commissioners to sanc-
tion it for this year, on the ground that they must take
the occasion of its being held to give notice of their in-
tention forthwith to put it down.—Corresponden t.
During the past three weeks, ending on Satur.-
day, the 31st ult., no fewer than 10,434 visitors paid for
admission to view the Tower.
The Hon. and Rev. Thomas Cavendish, vicar
of Doveridge, and the Rev. Henry R. Crewe, rector of
Breadsall, were on Friday last chosen by the beneficed
clergy of the Archdoaconry of Derby as the two proc-
tors to represent the clergy of the said Archdcaconryin
the election of proctors at Lichfield on Tuesday, to repre-
sent the whole clergy of the diocese, of Lichfield in the
ensuing convocation, pursuant to her Majesty's writ for
that purpose.—Derby Mercury.
"OUR OWN ORDER."—We had not expected
to find so mach zeal in the cause of free trade as has
marked some of the contests in the south of England.
Sussex, a county without a tall chimney, or ;scarcely a
steam-engine, has done itself honour by the triumphant
return of anti-monopolists for Brighton, Lewes, and Rye.
At Lewes, the banners bore the inscriptions—" Harford,
employment, and plenty !" " Elphinstone and com-
merce !" Honour to the men of Sussex !—honour to
the electors of Lewes ! They have dealt a severe rebuke
to the constituencies of Blackburn, Wigan, by rush-
ing from the plough-tail to the polling-booth, to rescue
from ruin the trade of those towns so shamefully be-
trayed by their own natural protectors. We attribute
the West Sussex return greatly to the efforts of those ex-
cellent journals, the Brighton Guardian and Herald,
whose advocacy of free trade prindples has been long
characterised by first-rate zeal and ability. If the free
I traders of our manufacturing boroughs would secure the
predominance of sound commercial views, they must
support newspapers in their several localities for the dis-
semination of right principles. Anti-Brcad- Tax
Circular.
An accident of the most extraordinary and se-
rious character occurred on "Wednesday last to a lad aged
fourteen years, named John Handley. He wa.s em-
ployed on the scaffolding of the church now erecting in
New Town, and losing his footing he fell from a height
of above fifty feet to the ground. The unfortunate
tthion);
was taken to the hospital, where it was discovered Tract
he had sustained a compound fracture of the jaw,
ture of both arms and both thighs, and dislocated both
wrists. Under the efficient and seien
the medical gentlemen connected
hospital, we are happy to learn that, spite of the ter-
.
rible nature of this calamity, the patient
risc our
e likely to du admirable
treatment of
well.—Cambridge Advertiser.
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or
ph Great American Aloe, which is said to
flower but once in a century, and very seldom blooms in
this country, may just now be seen in great perfection at
Hqm Green, about five miles from Bristol, the residence
of H. B. Bright. Esq. The flower-stem is at present 23
feet high, with 27 branches, on which there are upwards
of three thousand blossoms. The last of these plants
which flowered in this country was at Brislington, and
so powerful was the attraction, that visitors came from a
distance of fifty miles to obtain a sight of it.
DUNGANNON ELECTION.—IMPORTANT
IN-
VESTIGATION.—Mr. Howley, Q.C., has been directed by
the Lord Lieutenant to hold an inquiry at Dungannon,
on Monday, the 9th inst., into the conduct of Major
Snow, Stipendiary Magistrate, of Lord Northland, and
Mr. Pole, J.P., with reference to certain violent proceed-
ings that took place during the election, and also into
the conduct of the police on that occasion.
Sir: Richard Hoare, some time age, caused se-
veral barrows near Stonehenge to be opened, to discover
what these erections of huge stones contained ; in them
a number of curious remains of Celtic ornaments wore
found, such as beads, buckles; and brooches, in amber,
wood, and gold. 1 Viltshire Independent.
Last week Mr. Baird, of Dunkeld, visited the
Breadalbane and Atliol districts of Perthshire, and
offered, on behalf of a Company in Australia, to shep-
herds, willing to emigrate thither, .10/. of yearly wages,
With half-wages during the voyage, besides the board
and lodging usual in that colony. He succeeded in get-
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4iBengaged.—Perth Paper,