The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-28 00:00:00

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Austrian, .::tt'er eeni - ----
Portuguese ":one.s,sper cent. --'
3ti.gian, .5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto ................ 34
lit aziciart thin•i•• — Prussian, 5 per cent............. -.-
Buenos Ayres, ti per cent — !Russian Booth, 5 per cent.... .."'
Chilian, ti ter cent
Ce!nintnan, ti cr cent — 'Spanish, S per , en: ............... 21.,/,
Ditto, 1524
Danish, 3 per cent
rench, 5 per cent..........--..
_of. ....c
re Goi, Winds, 15..?3, :')per ct. Exchange
.....e.
Mexican, 5 per cent French, 3 per cent .....r.
Ditto,li isor cvnt., 15.2.5 ..... .... 2844 !,Duteit, ► per cent. ........ .... ---f'l,L4
Peruvian, Iti:„.i per cent..." !Ditto, 5 per cent .....10'..
SHARES
Grand Junction Railway
Gasp:At Junction Railway
i aoidon and Brighton Railway
London anti Btrininghain Railway 15404
North Midland Railway
Di ttft tiew Shares
South Eastern and Dover l%

Mr. Bingham, the Barrister, is appointed a Police
Magistrate.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

(FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.)
(From the Globe.)
The absence of
.fifty-td,ree Liberal Members, without
pairs, from their Parliamentary duties on Thursday Thursda
evening, will account at once for Lord Stanley's Iris
Registration Bill being read a second time. The
jority for the second reading was sixteen. The Tory
Journals arc, of course, chuckling over what they are
pleased to regard—or rather, to please their party, they
are compelled to proclaim—a temporary triuhlPn'
Their exultings are, properly, so many upbraiding.
of the Liberals for their supiness. It would see°,
that the absent Liberals are satisfied with the'r
victory over the Tories at the commencement o'r
the Session, and have retired from the field to repose is
their laurels, while the enemy is still in sight, watching
for a convenient opportunity to recover from the effects
of their repulse, and to regain any ground they have
lost. Thu Tories are proverbial for their vigilsnee•
Their outposts are well planted, and their sentinels sel-
dom sleep. Hence they are always ready for an assault/
especially when their innate hatred of Ireland can be dit'
played with a prospect of even temporary gratificatir
The absence of English members from their posts on I,l°
occasion we allude to is deserving of rebuke ; 30114
terms will express censure sufficiently poignae,
to conseY,
to the absent Irish Members the sew entertained 01
their breach of duty and of faith toward their consti-
tuents? The absence of five Irish county Members'
we must name them--Mr. Villiers Stewart, Majedr
M‘Namara, Mr. Luke White, Sir W. Brabazon, °-
Colonel Fitzgibbon—while it will not be received as 81.11
excuse for the absence of English Liberals, may well v°
pleaded as a palliation.

(From the Standard.)
It is quite impossible to infer anything from the ghat
debate upon Mr. Hume's second motion. As we hat%
intimated, the farce was got up expres-V to exclude t.'"
light. Sir R. Peel, however, use', the opprston's On;
ortunity t°
make a pleasant exposure ov. Lord Palme
sense about the Lord lieutenancy- of Egypt. vit
nonsense, indeed,
characteristic and instructive•
shows that the range of vision in the Whig Ministers
really does not extend beyond the little official system
in which they move. Lord Palmerston can ireagins
nothing of a vassal Governor of a great country, but that
he must be a Lord Lieutenant, with a Lord Morpet",
and a Mr. Drummond—a Mr. O'Connell to direct hem'
and a corps of beef-eaters to guard his person to Church.
if he is like Lord Ebrington—or to othcr places, if P-
is like Lord Ebrington's predecessor.
(From the Courier.)
We are not now to discuss the particular provl---
.ions
of Lord Stanley's Bill ; but suppose that, like alm°6„,
all other measures for effecting important and elts;"t
sive improvements in a corrupt system, some may hno
ileir
perhaps k,e perfectly adapted to procure the object,t,"
authors desire. The Committee of the House tvi"'t -he
doubt, make such alterations as may be requisite for
attainment of this end, but that they wilt venturetpo
reject the Bill, after the exposure In the debates of.
grossness of the corruption which pervades the vrl3°
system of Irish registration, is utterly incredible.

Lord MELBOURNE—But no repeal of the Corn-laws could
ee-ii.._ _
prevent. that. You must expect that the Governments of fo-
rount
reign countries will protect their own people. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield,
Count
Mr. M. PHILLIPS—If we were in constant connection with D'Oreay, and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, occupied one of the
those countries, our relations with them would be very diffe- proscenium boxes at Covent-garden Theatre on TuesdaY 1.0
rent from what they are now. witness Mr. Kent])le's performance of Don Felix.
Mr. SMlTH—Foreign countries do not at present grow corn Lord and Lady Southampton have taken the
tent we may be obliged to call on them.
enough for our consumption, as they do not know to what ex-
Earl of Aboyne's mansion, in Gi eat Stanhope-street, for the
Lord Meetroultoe—There would still be a difference in our season, and are expected in town the week after next, from
corn trade with them, according to the different harvests. Whittlebury Abbey, Northampton.
The price of corn would still fluctuate, as Providence is not NEW TAXES.—What is the cause of the fall'
re.eular in its gifts. It gives three or four years of good, or as ing off in the revenue ? Clearly the poverty of the people'
many years of bad harvests. There are the seven lean kin c which diminishes consumption. Why are the people In P„
and the seven fat kine. verty ? Because money is scarce, commerce crippled, ae,",
Mr. SMITH—If the market were more extensive there would bread dear. Why is money scarce? Because the Cornal"
Whi
be less fluctuation.
have sent all the money out of the country to buy corn.
Lord MELBOURNE—Don't you argue that foreign farmers is commerce crippled?" Because the Corn-laws forbid. the could not compete with our own, in consequence of the charges people to exchange their labour for food. Why is bread desra
of freight and other expenses, even though the trade were Because the Corn-laws prevent our going to the best age
open ?
cheapest markets to buy wheat. Ihe Corn-laws,,then, arent:te
Mr. AIKIN—We argue that opening the ports would not so cause of the falling off in the revenue, and if we'intist hsee,eycee,
tend to lessen the price here as to equalise the prices in every taxes, we shall be indebted for them to the Corn-laws.
,i'__sei,
other country. mark how cruelly these laws oppress all the industrious Va'the
Lord MELBOURNE—I think it would be better for you to and the farmers as much as the rest. They first deprive god
keep the law as it is e under it you can provision your ships at labourer of food, destroy half the profits of the tradesman, 4,
a cheaper rate, though I know that as patriots you would not ruin the farmer; and when they have produced this al
care about that. buolcat
and the people are so much the worse able to bear the
.se A
Mr. Seneir—lt, is not a question of price, but our real object they impose additional taxes. They knock us down a weily
stunning blow on one ear, and try to set us upright bi;:iea'
etbte
is that the markets should be thrown open, and that we should
stand on the same footing as the people of other countries. another stunning blow on the other. Somerset County
Lord MELBOURNE COP
—But you will never get into the markets BIRTHDAY C F PRINCE GEORGE OF
~.0,
of the Continent, whether you repeal the Corn-laws or not. BRlDGE.—Thursdae was the birthday of his Royaeliign:se,
Governments there would never relax the prohibitory enact- Prince George of Cambridge, when his Royal Ilighness,
ment.s in your favour. I greatly respect the talents and activity tamed his majority, having been born on the 26th of Afaeee_j
of Dr. Bowring, but you may depend on it he is mistaken in 1819. During the forenoon most of the Nobility and Fofai
.r„., :
asserting that the markets of the Continent would ever be Ambassadors left their cards at Cambridge House, PicesoL"uee,
throws% open to you. Suppose you were to repeal the and in the course of the afternoon her Majesty, Prince A 1,71,,
Corn-laws to-morrow' and say, .‘ We have repealed our and the other members of the Royal Family, paid congra's„e
Corn-laws, and we hope that you will act with equal tory visits to his Royal Highness and Lis illustrious parents an,
liberality with us,"—they would say, " Yeu did so on ac- family. In Kew, to the inhabitants of which from their ere;
count of the pressure in your own country. and for your own sional residence amongst them the Duke and Duchess of the
convenience, and you cannot expect that we would yield any bridge and their illustrious family are much endeared,
thing in return." You might, after a repeal of the Corn- day was devoted to rejoicings and festivities. On W
laws, smuggle articles into the countries of the Continent ; the day a large place is the centre of the eastern Part °f tee
01
Governments there would never concede any thing. At least. Green was enclosed for the purpose of roasting arid the
that is my opinion, and there is no person attached to those whole, for distribution to the poor of the parish, and
0,
Governments who would not say, we will always look to the in- enclosure was decorated with laurel and other evergreetio
terests of our own country. The general opinions of the world surmounted by the Royal standard of England, while agthip are against free trade ; there is no doubt of that, and it is parti- were displayed union jacks and the flags of all nations. SI; op cularly so on the Continent,
the enclosure two rows of enormous ranges were Plec,l is
A DELEGATE suggested that Russia, at all events, would either side of a trench dug in the earth, and at nine o'clock s
open a new trade with us if the Corn-laws were repealed. the evening, on a platform raised for the purpose, was I" ..-as
Lord NIELBOUILNE would not give an opinion upon that, splendid ox, weighing between 80 and 90 stone which ice.,
but as to Prussia, they would never get into it legally. kept roasting during the night by means of a windlass. ;11
Mr. Serer's— How was corn to be prevented from being terday morning was ushered in by the discharge of ase on
exported from those countries ? park of artillery and the hoisting of a splendid union "acjeno.
Lord MELBOURNE—What I mean is, that you wiil get no the tower of the parish church. About twelve o'clock seeris.
relaxation of the protection they afford their manufactures, tation from the inhabitants, consisting of the officiating iiii"" •
deo '
and you will not be allowed to introduce your own. ter, the Rev.. Philip Lewis; Mr. Scud, the churebv"_,' old
Mr. SMlTH—Russia, according to Dr. Bowring, has gone so Lieutenant-Colonel Girardot, and the Revs. J. H. Ward as
far as to say, that if we yielded they would yield also; and he H. White, proceeded in a carriage to Cambridge Houses pica
Oa
thought that might be a proper subject for negotiation. cadilly, for the purpose of presenting to his Royal Highness'
Lord MELBOURNE—If you repeal the Corn-laws at once the auspicious occasion, an address.
there will be nothing to negociate on--you will give np all, and o a'
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SELF.DEST..-..A,
you will have nothing to get in return. That is not the way
TION. WINDSOR, THURSDAY, MARCH 26. An extrachj
4 heel'
to proceed.
nary excitement was created at the Foot Barracks. .n S „ate
A DELEGATE— To what extent can we calculate on your street, in this town, lase evening, in consequence of a Pr es
Lordship's assistance 1
in the Ilit battalion of the °Rifle Brig .de, named Jhjei,
Lord MELBOURNE—The representatives of a constitutional Only, having attempted self-destruction, by shooting ,in
Government are under great difficulties in answering such a self with a rifle. It appears that about seven o'cloc: ale
question ; fer if we offered any terms they would be liable to
the evening he went to the canteen where he had Ora and
be opposed by Parliament.
with his comrades. Shortly before eight o'clock, he left, his
Mr. SMITH—Is the opinion your Lordship has given with retired to his room alone, where !ea took off the whole
eLeed
regard to the impossibility of introducing our manufactures clothes, with the exception of Le trowsers. He then 17tl,
into the Continent that of the Government or your Lordship his rifle, tied his boot-lace to the seigger, and fastened one ~..d,
alone ?
Lord MELEOURNE—I only speak my own opinion. by means of a noose, to his right foot, and laying d0w.t1L.,1127e.
placed the muzzle of the gun to nis heart, and fired. 107,the
A DELEGATE—Has your Lordship any official information quence, however, of the awkward position in which he 'tal%
on the subject? I think the matter very important, as the ex- muzzle was moved lower down, and the ball entered seine I:: his
pression of such an opinion, on the part of your Lordship, may below the region of the heart, passing completely throug" eis
betwe
be taken up elsewhere.
body, lacerating his:kidneys, andcoming out at his back .1 tee
Lord MELBOURNE—I hive received no official information his shoulders. Upon hearing the report, two of the.oPrdlesee,
in the same regiment were ate-e-ted to the spot, a' hi, so -
on the subject. There is no question but it would be the in-
terest of other nations to take our manufactures, but nations entered just in time to prevent 1,1 tentting an end to
ferinEs %iff' a razor, which it appearedle had secrete e bade
e tlite
do not always see their own interest. [This was a point to
d tine--
which his Lordship often adverted, and it was manifestly the el -, 1 •
P ow of is bed for that purpose, should his first attemFfeen)
wfaeilreediikeUeinidseerdhisiesobveerde
one on which he laid the greatest stress.]
The Mayor of CARLISLE entered next into a long explas (in which
ninew h ihcahl
ball
heearbtar ball was aftTehrweards e fiete
poor_t the
nation of the distresses prevailing among the working classes, was nearly suffocated with internal hemorrhage, but ur'eame-
especially in the manufacturing districts.
two medical officers of the regimeet (whe were almost ~l rough
Mr. BAINES, jun., pointed nut the great dangers to which diately upon the spot) being called in, the orifice
life thus
fires Le us
ti .e commerce of the country was now exposed, and the exert- diately
the ball had passed out was opened, and s he 00
fires sustained of late by our wholesale manufacturers.
far saved; although it is not considered possible that boot
Lord MELBOURNE—But you still have a large foreign trade long survive. He warned those of the privates who were lider
with the Continent.
Mr. BAINES—Yes. , him against the commission of a similar act to th vii. bad
Lord MELB:,UKNE—That is decidedly against you ; for which lie was then suffering the most acute terture.e rjeott
those people will say they are still able to compete with us, been in the regiment about
.eight years, and is about
se
ofyihssis
and we cannot afford to reduce our present tariff. six years of age. Upon being questioned as to the he
Mr. lianees—They are everywhere driving us out of our
tired of the army, and wanted to leave the regale
.n
rashly committing such an act, he gave as a thatreasonnetit er.
sir 11 in c'S
former markets.
bjected to extra —1 , .
Lord MELBOURNE—you do not think that is in consequence
fof his military dettee• A
pears that he has letely been su
sequence of neglecting some por ion
of the Corn-laws. Those countries are now getting on—:that YE has always been the case with nations. THE GREATEST MOSQUITO STORY in,.. the
After some further conversations which were offered on eoints
of interest, the Delegates were about to retire, after having correspondent of the Cincinnati Sun writes
apologised for detaining his Lordship so long, when being in the woods, was exceedingly annoyed b
mosquitoes at Michigan, that a man living
Yb-kett ee
Lord MELBOURNE said—l am verglad t and to.,k shelter under an inverted pots-___e secue, oee,
y to have seen ou.
It is impossible not to be struck with the res hi'and '
pecta i ity in- His first emotions of joy for happy deliverance a" found.
mosquitoes having forts
telligence of such a meeting as this, and with the facts that Jaye asylum were hardly over, when the
h the kettle se eon
been mentioned detailing the flietresses of the counfri. v isey him, began to drive their probesces througnd
he clinche"hets' of
own opinion on the present subject has been already declared, eately he had a hammer in his pock. t,
.a
lust such a " se
and lam sorry I cannot announce any change in it, but you may down as fast as they come throu, until atthat ro
domicile, the? he assured that I will give all the attention in m -i to the
y low them was fastened upon the our man's
and flew away with it, leaving him shelterless.
neee"Gnirc-hee- -ere adz/051,1f
ire;
PRAYER'''.
information and suggestions you have offered.
of
Mr. WALKER said that when he should announce this opi- DAY OF HUMILIATION AND
Cominisionon
niers in Wolverhampton, a new system of agitation would be Yesterday being the day recommended by the
0,, Lemiliatt
commenced there. It had been lately said at a meeting in that the General Assembly to be set apar
town that the inhabitants did not care for Whig, or Tories, and and pi aver, on account of the present po.sition
their only object should be a repeal of the evils of which they there was service in the City churches in the
lied
now complained. He believed that a new system of agitation : evening.—Scottish Standard. of Wednesday.. e the b
would now commence through the iron districts.—(Several , The fail of the cliffs, and opheaving of
nth, a di.l'
voices—. And through the manufacturing districts, too.") I
} {the sea, now reaches from Whitlands Bay to Axm0...0,- of Pa:
A DELEGATE_—I hope your Lordship is not opposed to a .
tance of many miles. This extraordinary phenolle.e"vrhich ,5
Regis, _ this
change of any kind in the present laws ? . : ture forms the leading attraction at Lyme.
parts to se' t ,
Lord MELBOURNE-4 am not pledged to oppose any change. . crowded daily with visiters who flock from alt pa_a.4 ciao e
There are, however, enemy considerations connected with the
wonderful . ffee' °roue of eature's uonvulsion -. —ie i teetioll '
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subject which I cannot explain here. The Bligliton Coal Duties were let
. I
Brown's Hotel.
the delegates then retired, and returned to . _ .
for the
on Aionday for the ensuing sear to Messrs. and.L.eeiy..
t as
a dayolthueu
Mr, &nem again took the chair.
the De-
•5 320/. These duties were let last year for 5,2a01•
ee......0000ea5e
A discussion thee arose as to whether the object of , , afternoon andsCho

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for the
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