The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

e,...y
ege chiefs in alliance with Franceeteg were everywhere
ttreating the adherents of Abd-el-Kader. Lieutenant
tfell had returned to Algiers on the 6th instant, from
ritszia among the tribes -of the East. The victorious
% tenant reconed among his spoils 800 sheep, and
'B°o head of cattle. In his wars with the disarmed
thus
defenceless peasantry he had shot twenty Kabyles,
Iv" covering the French name with immortal glory (?)
e ask for the hundredth time, is not such a buccaneer-
ientode of warfare as this a burning shame to France ?
.-che Moniteur publishes a report to the King from the
ster of the Marine and the Colonies, dated the 15th
ii;St', art the disasters occasioned by the overflowing of
a,e,,senegal, representing that all the places on each
tth•'"'"' of the river bad been so entirely flooded that the
abitants were obliged to traverse the streets in boattsa;t
theat the current had thrown down several houses ; h
thA.. Government warehouses, as well as those of private
t7il'itluals, were more than three feet under water; that
e shops were all closed, commerce at a stand, the
Di°crts unable to sit, and in fine, there had been a com-
ieere stagnation of all business. The report concludes
a recomtnendation that the subsidy for Senegal, of
ere-'°°°f, granted by the budget for 1842, should be in-
k-a as ed to 500,000 f. This proposition is approved by his
rlttnJeSty, and the Report is followed by a Royal Ordon-
Oe:e granting the additional credit meet to the
tiset.er of Marine and Colonies tothe urgency
eitTche Court of Peers in Thursday and Friday's secret
eoilng pronounced the guilt of Quenisset B oncheron,
keleinahister. Braziers Petit, Jarrasse,. Launois, Boggie,.
tad ‘-`s uufaur for the attempt, Quenissett as principal
4the remainder as accomplices.
teantelegraphic dispatch in Saturday's M'oniteur an-
the ces that M. de Salvandy and the persons composing
oe new French Embassy in Madrid, entered that capital
at ,`"e morning of the 12th inst. The evening Moniteur
The
the had been well received on the entire road.
eta liadrid Gazette, of the 11th inst., publishes an
nes tY of the Regent for all private soldiers who took
eremin the revolt of the 7th of October. The officers
excepted.
tha,x, Fate accounts from Athens, dated 30th ult., state
frarance had at last consented to pay, the million of
la4cs,demanded by the Greek Government. The Am-.
Nth ors orAustria and Russia are almost openly at war
saeththe present Greek Government, and vie with one
iems
fr " in their attention to Mavrocordato and his
PUBLIC OPINION.
late
loading article suggested by the proceedings of
oilo-le Manchester Conference, the Chronicle makes the
44. wing remarks:—" We regret to be obliged to ob-
te„,,.',thet there is but too much foundation for the re-
Ils-te7ance which has often been discovered of late
tea °la the aristocracy of France before the Revolution
tria,`ae present aristocracy of England. The French
litat'euracy refused to pay their share of burdens to the
thei • The English aristocracy not only refuse to pay
etc: share of burdens, but actually avail themselves of
soe-a Power as Legislators to tax the industry of the
148*Y for their separate profit. At the revolution. in
ett I nearly the whole of the public burdens were levied
Ge,r(l. Since that event, which gave the powers of
htve-tnnient to the great proprietors, the landowners
1141-r contrived to throw all the burdens off
The own shoulders to those of the other classes."—
Itse is a greater likeness between the French aris!o-
tY before the Revolution, and the present English
,tYse-ee,,racY, than is to be found in the fact that both
to Pay their share of the burdens of the State.
aslhe ~nglish, equally with the old French, aristocracy,
esti, e„, `tiensselves haughtily .aloof from the people ; en-
tags .ge a special ignorance of their pursuits and feel-
Seh;re,ruse to assist them in their distress by sound
glees `a,.' measures of legislation ; and even reject all
that the sympathy with them. Can they wonder, then,
false
e-neef People look on them with other feelings than
l. respect and gratitude ? Rank is fast losing its
the tg hotter in the eyes of the country at large ; and
1144114 c eth i 8 approaching when an English nobleman must
e,reile
ati those of a star a
the e" ifr herecommend would desire ons
tothan maintain the respector of
kleiset ` °et says :—" The opponents of the existing Ad-
telai ration tauntingly demand of its supporters in the
IN att. Press what are the projected measures of which
the t e illustrating the principles, or the necessity, or
The endeney ?
The answer to this is plain enough.
I,bll,lerelisti"g Government did not come into office
They any pledges to any particular measures.
of C 0 acne into office in consequence of the House ,
h -IThn°us avowing, by a large majority, that
testaidt n.° confidencge, in the late lifinistry, _ and.
the. Staid not approve of the plans put forward by
Ministry for raising the public revenue
did \lr " ans
a ount equal with the public expenditur
tigree with the Post in these remarks. The Tories
eet ct come into office from any merits of their own,.
dot solely from the demerits of the Whigs. They did
'‘lres,44;.'under any pledges to any particular mea-
Pettieitm4reocmaustheenmo really serviceable measures were ex-
, except by those who are more sFi-
iNeahan sagacious. It; therefore, they give nothing
a eve th„ 13 by no means unlikely—they will, at least,
Wein,: Consolation of knowing that they have not
't
the public, for nothing was expected from them.
! re(' Imes makes the following hap-hazard observations
"ue to the recent great Manchester meeting :
45 40ther Anti-Corn law meeting has taken place, and
hey ,11,ellester, the great centre of the cotton trade, has
1' the scene of it. Again the items of distress have
tete' minutely particularised, and again the pernicious
i!opt to excite the people against the laws and the
del
stature has been renewed by their pretended and
test
retained advocates. But the thermometer is magi- •
alilyt The atmosphere has been refreshed with •
eee truth from without, and the_ mercury of the League
coolied longer be kept at fever heat. The symptoms of
helg Were very evident at this Convention, which h was •
0
INie Thursday last in the Corn-Exchange-buildings,
r the presidency of Mr. R. H. Greg, the late
thistaher for the town. It had been announced that
reile.nteeting, the object of which was to receive com-
etti'leations respecting the depressed state of the
sal cu trade; would consist of the principal merchantst
stta„Panufacturers engaged in it, who were o
tee-4.stas, deputies from their respective districts in
ttele, "'re, Cheshire, and elsewhere. But the at-
ttete-,,-ree was such as to evince far less the depressed
4f the the cotton trade than of the cotton agitation."--
lie tee Tories will not be convinced by the late great pub-
of
tlel:tings in the manufacturing districts, that the trade.,
'at it (3'l'utry is in a state of extreme depression, ant
derati 's hazardous much longer to protract the consi-
Neene,n of a remedy, we know not by what facts or ar-
Atst„., or warnings or indications, it can be convinced.
ke-e,,lP°rt, at Leeds, at Oldham, at Derby, at Paisley,
-mene—este, and several other places that we could
adhilcit, theta entiments broached and the arguments
BiPli4eee' would, One would th;nk, be quite obvious end
Vbib' evc!-a:',,t enough to bring conviction home to the minds
most prejudiced. But none are so deaf as
(11 .t."° Will not hear—none so blind as those who
iiittlY4L See ; and the Times, like many others of its
Culpas neither eyes nor ears, except for its own par-
(.! The tiviews,or a question.
eNsin -erakf, reverting to the sprightly question of the
iee eoews, remarks as follows :—" Improved details in
rod iirrinr;lTv, so as to regulate the more easy supply of
tr. eencient seasons, to regain a part of the carp?:
hwith South America and the 'West Indies,
more
have of late years lost by our inability to
.sup-
,'"re in-,: countries with flour, and to render grainh
~,sveee Cirrtant item in the commercial exchanges e
Pee i'Ls country and the rest of' the world, are by
.no
ese;,""apatible as we have frequently shown, with
pie
te-it prof to native agriculture. But any Corn-law,
i
that assumes, as Lord John Russell's fixed slaities did,
grn ordinary years the United Kingdom ie-Thcapable.
ti°ll Tying an adequate supply of corn for fleeonsump-
ere:- its inhabitants, will be founded on fatal an
Polier to Provoke the general hostility of all patriotic
Believing that there is in these islands an
Zwietiti
ipmow ve
reor.o, and din Irelanduction— thof ex tee resulnde t in ,
Great
p d
imports-
itd
ti°4,eiirs"tny law which aims at a large annual
toreign grain, and thereby at throwing domestic
we
the
of culture, or by preventing the development
.e tru:eat resources—now in waste—of Ireland, will,
positio4'" Meet with a very general and irresistible op-
le ~n
article on the subject
of the advantages that
"deereeraed to the country from the Reform Bill, the
abouth says :—" All that is intelligent and virtuous
orettisne may be said to arise from the agitation
t-h
Wefrh-P• The deep, earnest, and intense desire. of
-"° st') Men fortli franchise was enkindled du.rilng
they upee _
ay "le with the boroughmongers. The princip es
124 th,°.',v in the Charter (not perhaps the opinions) are
'Nee' 'efeitiraate consequences of the arguments t e
and eished the decayed boroughs of Sarum and Gat ton,
stitleve the franchise to the great metropolitan con.
lit atliteeics• The torch of Chartist enthusiasm was
laiSztb,T,e altar of Whi Reform. It has been fearfully
sad 'eed• With careful guidance, prudent energy,
rented union the Chartists might now have prF-
ita nit phalanx less powerful in its numbers than in
Pley e,ral Weight and influence. Sincerely do we hope
Qat heartily
avoid their former errors, and wouldothey
the coalesce with the middle classes in
a_ str
„e agele for commercial freedom, they would
The
tll,re to secure a favourable consideration
003. demands than by any other course."—
treial artists can never hope to become a really influ-,
their dy, except by abandoning some two or three of
e°rlieee' Present, impracticable opinions, and making
obtain cause with the middle classes in their efforts to
Preetie ne Sound, serviceable Reforms as are really
er 413te-tt One Reform will be sure to pave the way
seal _ nother—it is, in fact, to get the wedge in, which
them- 4t,terwards be driven home. In holding aloof floraite judle classes, and sterols- cleaving to every minute
agitate Political creed, the Chartists are beginning
4,11--! at the wrong end.
the Lublin
to Sir R. Peel's difficulty as regards Ireland,
the has 4'61 Evening Post observes :—." Sir Robert Peel
heanhaneed this difficulty ten-fold by the appointments
pis nee made or sanctioned, and by the wild way in which
the -,"'ecrs have gone to work. We said repeatedly at
theu,°,lElatmencement of Lord De Grey's Lieutenancy, tha
frene the "0, might not receive cordial and earnest support
)'et, tip
at Liberals—this, indeed, he could not expect—
!it ense hn, his Government was conducted. with common
i 5 ' would not experience the opposition with which
,titilemv beset."
,9astlereZ
cotsman after remarking that the reign of
A gh has come again, goes on to remark :
413°d Government appeals to the people's sense of