The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

MORN IN G SUN

efouei., . • . ,
evitira , it is afraid to take a strong decided part, lest it
teai.)otrayinherent weakness, and the distrusts
ve,l'Aeueies that rage within the sacred pale. The
1;01 audacity of the Puseyites, who are daily more and
Kre unmasking their batteries, and revealing their
ile:rior views, are the best proofs of the inherent weak -
°f lef their orthodox opponents.
to Advertiser, in an article on the Corn-laws, and
feerworalising effects produced by this impost, makes
4 following remarks:—" With the fearful commercial
ert,l3ters, and the incalculable amount of individual mi-
thee Pl'?(lnced by the corn monopoly, staring him in the
hc Sir Robert Peel not only gives no intimation of
el;aliriteation to bring forward any measure for abolish-
kratetnonopoly, but even persists in his determination
lik, -atlmmon Parliament together, to devise measures
sod7manistering temporary relief, before the usual pe-
este:'Whe conduct of the Premier, in adopting this
loe'C'' :is as perilous as it is heartless. What may occur
ti,,e7 the 3d of February, in the present dreadful coin-
llaveisis, and with so many of the elements of poli-
te, ,ssatisfaction in full operation, it is impossible to
ill ittlek It is to be hoped that there may be more virtue,,
lit ruled, than there is humanity in the rulers.
hee•eobert Peel may twist and wriggle, and make wry
C0r.8,1 but, despite his reluctance, he must alter the
Ile Caws, or bid a long adieu to office and its sweets.
lee no alternative left him. The question is now come
Ike 4t Pass, that to stop is madness, to go back to hazard
:hole frame-work of society.
(tile Worcester Herald thus refers to the late Derby
e
iticiereney•ef __
" The large assembly of manufacturers,
‘44 the other day at Derby, for the purpose of receiving
hen- paring evidence against the Corn-laws, is an
bight Pregnant with importance. It is impossible too
V6ietiY t° appreciate the value of the, statistical facts
1,11 were published at that meeting.
fejo 6 Dublin Evening Post makes the following obser-
-44118. on the subject of the present manufacturing dis-
tp,,re"• The struggle between the manufacturing
ell t,4tion and the Corn- law monopolists is assuming a
bay aspect. The distress of the manufacturers
hteeT°tne so general and so overwhelming that all seem
hoe 'the necessity of a determined and persevering ex er-
eo,'eaa the only means of averting actual ruin. The
febritnent now in progress throughout Great Britain
Itte,:(*s all descriptions of trade. The statements put
;,7 11l e various meetings prove that 1 the pressure is
ile• ,k-'lst ; and, by all, the Corn-laws are regarded as
lencta cause of the paralysis which has fallen upon
Lational industry."
kr„k,ing of the Treat falling-off in the sale of cheap
1 let—t twns, the Cheltenham Examiner says :—" This
'NC a natural consequence of the growing dis-
tikti ; with work scarce, food dear, and wages depre-
Nll4, the working man cannot spare even the few
he used to devote to his mental improvement ;
l'lterrently the spread of knowledge, that bugbear
Nil:ll°Y and bigotry, is effectually checked, and the
klfjktnain in ignora'nee. This may be all very good
teolfor those who benefit by ignorance, who are no
tlept;elWlee in their generation,' and yet it may not an-
-1 ttftetirirTurpose as well as they imagine. In their
b.ltiltbi,.,agairest knowledge they may be only laying one
NV't to conjure up another more formidable in its
11..11;
Jfb: e-,Fork Courant remarks, in allusion to the late
Conference :—" Surely the startling mass of evi-
N„l.lich is collecting—the intelligence. and the re-
• ~"ItY of the authority upon which it is established
&Nte:r°Press upon the Legislature and the Goveim-
,7 the
awful precipice, upon the very verge of which
eNtpereat —nay, evcn the very vital interests of the
Nee tremble—and arouse them to immediate, and
1 ' and honest exertion."
At CONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.
7gAy meeting of the principal rate-payers, held on Wed-
,7eti,,,_st Birmingham, to consider the causes of the ex-
-It4 taxation ‘axation on the town, and means of their removal,
111,1e4LItated that for the maintenance of the Corporation,
l!fre: Police and poor, no less than 42,0001. per annum
.ee,• -.ldeite, and that the taxation amounted to at least
'e eeete
b,he sip_ on the entire rentals of the population.
rinaii,,, ".eulture, commenced in the Deccan, is pre-
klAV Well- Last July, 8,548 mulberry trees, and
feet 0f hedges were planted there by 71 ryots,
LL sit of the Melee and Koombee castes, and a few
eieens and Banyans. These are watered by wells,
ht4itne-1), and running streams. Mr. Mutti, the chief
ut, 4 r, has sent cocoons and eggs from there to 80rn-
.14 he4ilitli, Poona, Nuggur, line- neir, Kaira, Madras,
~,, ngal.
)0,4, e x COMMERCIAL REFORM.
t,eishedetnlal Anti-Corn-law Association have just
‘`t eh, all address (sold at one penny, and consisting
; the pre! Printed pages), to the inhabitants of Kendal,
,tee,;ateisent state of the borough in connection with
41e;- Sir Edward Coke's intrinsic and audio-
th:f e"roa form its motto, " Freedom of trade is the
iotrea-
'4' ; and all monopolies and restrictions of
44 oeerthrow trade."
hi„ eiarl AGRICULTURAL.
too-7thil a.B thirteen silver cups have been awarded as
regerbe winter by Sir Charles Morgan, B art., for en-
, e,,:t • 14 to agriculture in the Principality.
Q 1 lit I LAW' AND POLICE.
%A." t u
etl,,,,eeee ete„ ndy Williams who had been repeatedly
ieeeefeirr foe examination at Bow-street,
.on the
tititt,44,Zealing.- plate from the Rev. J. A. Giles, ofd
4ie3S,, eii;;illall, was convicted of stealing, at the Old
40C:Ittee,..a.settenced to be transported for seven
'fag !Yee,7o,.teiralty 'Court, Dr. Lushington awarded
to
leree7 th )terrierf the pilot-boat Flora, for the sa -
teei'''itree'ee Basque, a French lugger, off the
ki,Ptilorit, on the 21st of July last. The lugger
tli ''n shc, the Brockenmoor, and the captain and crew
i:k4tlter '" would soon go to the bottom, got on board
Lt
site
.'eesel, and were landed at Cowes. The pilot-
Oitri,linin.g tip' with the derelict .next morning, carried
"qpBl into the same place. The value of the pr 0,41
,41 Worship-street
was 3,2501.. - , ,
,At
a boy, ten years of age, was
1.11 r„, 'with stealing a shoulder of bacon. He told a
eLatteous tale, which the Magistrate, Mr. Broughton,
'Pet'll to be correct. His father, he said, had died
Vet Ite Years ago, and his mother about twelve months ‘v
e erds- His grandmother, who, until lately, gave
Let4'nnty support, had been compelled to go into the
keee3ttle workhouse. He had begged his way up to
th'', where he had procured bread by holding horses
pt!ti:dtreet, but not being able to gain a subsistence by
Na e'• he was compelled, from hunger, to steal. The
Le4rate sent him to the House of Correction, not for
NettNettlbet, and expressed a hope that the boy would be
er • into the House of Refuge.
;4.4 rPn FINE ARTS.
v6%--ent restoration of the Charter-house Hall, and
'ilneeern°r'B Room, furnishes one of the finest specimens
12gal Elizabethan decoration to be found in London.
11 citliZß.R AND SCIENTIFIC.
lel until of the Zoological Society, at their meet-
rottt Sie'Dell 'Wednesday, in lamenting the death of the
ikithe el; ratels Chantrey, passed a high eulogium on him
o,otaracteristic ardour with which that great artist
slas ed hiesowers to the improvements and arrange-
llN°Ltil.eir rdens and Society.
1110 ejl',llrlstafas Waits in their origin are derived from
14 ill i l's °f angels that attended the birth of Christ,
le„44ltiltation of whom the Calabrian Shepherds usher
.‘tioo, .44 with pastorali and rural music. Some Cor-
e in England still keep the Waits in pay.
lititibi
E Sil is THEATRICAL.
Ittrat iti , feted in Spain beyond all precedent. His
of matt the last act of Lucia di Lammermoor excites
(fee' keti,,°lls such as never were heard within the walls
Oat ena'to theatre. He is now the guest of the Duke
-tint tit,l,),Ele of the richest Dukes in Europe, not for-
ith ' "'Graces of Bedford and Northumberland.
% t lil COURT—FASHIONABI.E.
4,, iv,ptreneh Ambassador leaves town at the end of
-* ---, 0
Lat3stl, ,T 1 a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne, at
vete to
, ittivfeva., 1-240 arrived in Portman-square on Tuesday,
4.0k7 Itee-,; to Lord Redesdale in Gloucestershire.
,0.11,is 011ie of Winchester has derived great benefit
feet not If t"enee at Leamington Spa.
Itee. atuzevic has arrived at Badminton, Glouces-
lit e t.°n a visit to the Duke of Beaufort.
lecle /thee! Oef Yarboroueh came to town last week from
k, t lii-Jf 'Lincolnshire'
hie,-etoreVitiss Octavio Macdonald, sister of the pre-
\f•:'; 40,74edonald, was married on Tuesday week, to
heetteeeme,e Johnstone, of Annandale.
to ,ltero-"",t- Vincent and the Hon. W. Yates Peel,
q 1,, fefiee'rehave presented fifty pounds each
Q"gele."' tor Church Extension, in the diocese of
qe„,1414kt,:,- a MISCELLANEOUS. .
tocLtinp ,L-4 Ln. an American paper that in the progress
letatltitiq;',_e Delaware canal, four kegs of gunpowder,
%lel' aterhttwnit 100 pounds, were used for. a single
the
L4OO bkitd had the effect of rending. in pieces more
'Ziclrge:,-,_° Yards of rock. " This," it is added, "is
tomee ele-t‘ °last ever made in the United States!,
I'o4, iiag to Pjoceeds of the Polish Ball and Concert, !tee
Ibe geld wle report of the Committee, whose meeting
sq of °4
1_ 7524._ Saturday last at Guildhall, amount to the
fe.,7leedoe„s• 2d.
NI Ilte. cellists have frequently avenged their. own
1 punt
efoi,o44enriette Sylvie of Nlolera, fought with an-
IleN man in male habits. A lady of Ileaucaire, and
the shies Yof rank, fought with swords in their gar-
teti epe4
streeteah. Mademoiselle Durieux fought in
thtded 11,r with her lover Antinotti, who had of-
tetl4l°et ee But Maupin, a performer at the Opera, was
Tents. Like
female duellist, and killed many op-
;ll.aeenni.'4.,tkie‘instances have occurred as late as 1826.
toil gay ra el ginner of the Charterhouse took place on
°e red for ; 100 sat down to dinner, and 1001. were
8041eur the orator.
hie! Ya10,,,,,e1 Runjeet Singh's swords, the blades alone
lied Ro'-'4,at 1,0001., and the gold and jewels on their
top he Ga,uberds at five times that sum. The greatest
Illec'''Or 4 had was the great diamond called the Kohee-
ko Illy, In
Mountain of Light." It is badly cut, set
4: geld, but valued at three millions and a half of
kttijosatirnlo °lithe fire-offices for the amount of the pro-
tie,. 11 , eyed by fire at the Exeter Railway station
ote„ti • ettlee, and the sum of 11,5501. has been ob-
-11.11 thirritt Compensation for the loss.
Oa; „greet-V, in 1653, Cromwell was declred Protector.
'ln i and laborious Selden was alsao born on this
A iit 584.
illt, ), or
tt -..0 ling Contemporary says, that " Crockford's
b, 1)0. liae IV
'4O lag b as, on Saturday last, in imminent danger
re
naturalurned.”
, We can readily believe this, for what
than that a Hell should be on fire ?
tribe. po Itxrzyroults OF THE DAY.
h Pe is so delighted with the turn regio
Viejo I,,v° taken in England, that he is about to sends
I,,,itriti;;',(lsPo:t °heal to Oxford, to consult with.P.usey_and
of all oth ° the most fitting time for receiving them
Ad Atoteht and
repentant Protestants into the bosom
flit., e Duker Church.
llierhliet of of Sussex, it is said, is to be omitted from
'''-rin 4Pelosors at 'the approaching christening of
A a " t)f. Weles.
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.dit Jr from Brussels of the 10th inst., in the
11% Dorf
UPI-" General Lecharlier, who has just
hmoor at liberty demands the restoration of a sum of
ottl)l4' which, he sas, was taken from his trunk,
Pee of residenyce was seuched by the Police."