The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-06 00:00:00

persuade other masons not to work for them,
they have no right to denounce those whom
their representations cannot influence; as dogs,
and recommend that, like dogs, they be deprived
of shelter. Such language and conduct are not
moderate and just, and can only have :the effect
of making the public inimical to the masons.
Nor can we think the masons are prudent in
commencing a sort of war against certain news-
papers which do not happen to coincide exactly
with them. If a Journal acted unfairly towards
them, if it stifled all their complaints, and mis-
represented and vilified their conduct, they would
be justified 'in 'refusing to countenance or circu-
late it; but they go too far when they interfere
with all the houses which use Journals obnoxious
to them. They should take care lest, from some
trade interest, or trade jealousy, they bespatter a
newspaper to serve the cause of its rival.
In giving a fair report of their proceedings,
we are bound to say that we give no countenance
to those parts of their conduct which are im-
proper. Their errors may, indeed, find excuse
and apology in the conduct of other men, but
they should be above imitating a bad example.
To defend the rights of industry is in our estima-
tion most praiseworthy, but to be successful, and
to enlist moderate men on its side, it must be
strictly a defence, and must not pass into an in-
, vasion of other men's rights.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
The increasing scarcity of money has at last
occasioned, in combination with the China news, -a tem-
porary re-action in the prices of Stock, for although the
Canton news is called satisfactory in some respects, it is
certainly not yet decisive, except so, fur as Consols for
immediate transfer were quoted 89 to 884, closing at:881
to 886. For Account the prices were 884 to 89. India
Bonds were 1 to 2 premium, Bank Stock remained firm
at 165 to 1654, and India Stock at 247. The New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents were 99 to 984, and the Three per
Cents. 874 to 874.
The Foreign Market was very inanimate. Spanish
Active Stock did not go higher than 214 tot ; Portu-
guese Three per Cents. were at 18; Peruvian at 131 to
14; Colombian at 191 ; Brazilian at 57*, and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 511 to 1, being all a shade
lower.
In Shares a good deal of business was transacted, and
generally they fully supported the improvement of the
last day or two. Great Western Railway Shares closed.
at 14, the New at 61 ; London and Birmingham at 68,
the New at 221•' South Western at 134, and York and
North Midland New 124 premium ; Brighton were 13 ;
Blackwell 16, and Croydon 2 discount. Australasia
Bank Shares were 11 ; London and Westminster 11, and
Provincial of Ireland 154 premium.
The Market for the Foreign Exchanges was steady,
but not at an improvement upon 'T'uesday's rates. On
Paris three months' bills were negociated at 25f. 651 e. to
70c., on Amsterdam at 12 44; on Antwerp at 12 34 to 4;
on Frankfort at 1494; on llamburgh at 13 104, and Ull
Trieste 9 54 to 55.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 4.—The sales of
Cotton to-day scarcely realise 2,000 bales. The Market
is exceedingly heavy, and prices for the descriptions
sold, chiefly American, have a further declining ten-
dency. Common qualities sid. to 6d.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, Nov. 4.—London and
Birmingham, 321. Shares, 214 ; New ditto, 24 ; North
Midland Thirds, 144.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 4.—We have
to-day had a good inquiry for Railway Stock, and the
Market generally closes firm; a fair amount of business
done and very little Stock offering at the close. London
and South Western, 52; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter
Shares, 21. 15s. 3d. to 21. Iss. 24d.; Bank or Manches-
ter, 4L 18s. 9d.; Manchester Assurance, 9 to 94; Man-
chester and Salford Water Works, 54 to 544.
The most important information brought by the Over-
land Mail is the notification issued by Sir H. Pottin-
ger, which has given general satisfaction in the City, but
has produced no effect on the stock Market.
Consols opened a 1 884 89 for Money, and 894 for
the Account ; Bank Stock 1644 1654 ; Spanish Active
Stock 2144 ; Passive 44 5 ; Deferred 1014 ; Portuguese
Five per Cents. 291 30 ; Litto Threes 184. Very little
business doing.
The Hamburg Mail, with letters and papers of Tues-
day, has just arrived. Exchange on London continues
to decline ; the last quotation is 13 144 ; Gold steady
at 248.
The English Stock Market has become flat and heavy
since the opening. Consols have receded to 88 for
Money, and 884 for the Account ; India Bonds are 2 1
prem. ; Bank Stock, 165 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
874 4 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 97i
Very little business doing in the Foreign Market.
Brazilian Bouds are .574 ; Colombian Bonds, 191 ' • Por-
tuguese Three per Cents., 18 ; Spanish Active Stock,
214 214 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 511 511.
Very little business doing in Shares. London and
Brighton, 364 ; London and Blackwell, 91 ; London
and Birmingham, 158 ; Ditto, New, 244 4 ; South
Western, 521; York anorth Midland, New 1 Shares, 27,
4,

The Paris Journals of Wednesday have been
received. We have only space to-day for the
following extracts from them :
The Regent of Spain has sent orders to the agent
of his Government to grant passports to all the non-
commissioned-officers, soldiers, and peasants, who, after
being seduced by O'Donnell and the other insurgent
Chiefs, have taken refuge in France. This, however,
is not to be applied to such persons as had previously
been in the Carlist ranks, nor those who had entered
Spain before under the amnesty, and have now, there-
fore, been guilty of a second offence.—Constitutionntl.
The Phare de Bayonne of , Monday has the following:
—" All the Spanish refugees who were at Marrae have
already been sent off to their ultimate destination. Ge-
nerals and other officers of all ranks, to the number of
534, have received passports for various depots in the
interior."
A letter which we have received from Toulon, dated
29th October, says—" The captains of the Scipion, Ju-
piter, Suffren, and Tulen, have received orders to dis-
charge the scrvitorS of the levy of 1831, and those who
have served 48 months. This measure, which is also
applied to the ships at anchor, or in the road, is actu-
ally carrying into execution, and we are now afraid than
it will be extended to the seamen who have served
thirty-six months. Thus between 7,000 and 8,000 men
will be discharged. This is equivalent to disarming.
A remarkable circumstance however is, that it seems to
be intended to keep the ships in good condition. The
Montebello, which it was said was to be disarmed, has
just changed one of its masts. On the other hand, the
Coronne is going to be brought into the basin. We
have also remarked that the Government, while it
authorised the seamen to enter the merchant service,
gives them notice that they are liable to be recalled in
three months, that is to say in the month of March. All
these circumstances prevent us from clearly understand-
ing the intentions of the Ministry. At all events the
fleet cannot possibly act during this winter. We shall
not know till the Chambers meet whether the disarming
is positively decided.—Commerce.
BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3.

Both Markets are flat and heavy. Consols arc 88i
for Money, and 884 for Account ; Spanish Active
Stock,
Consols, Money, 881 4 ; Do. Account, 884 ; Mcmi •
can, 25-1 ; Spanish, 21i 1.
Much attention has been excited by the intelligence
per Overland Mail ; but it has caused no excitement.
The Tea Market is very quiet upon it, and prices
have ruled steady at the public sales this morn-
ing. Opinions are divided as to whether the pre-
sent r.►tes will be maintained, or what may be the ac-
ual extent of the imports. The East India Markets
present no new feature. Goods sold rather freely, but
at low prices. Money was expected to be easier.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

first Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pricy. Pries.
French 5 per Cents 115 80 ... 115 80 ... 115 60 ... 115 7C
4 per Cents ..... 99 25 ... L 9 25 ... 1,9 26 ... 10 25
3 per 80 15 80 2 r ... 80 15 80 15
Loan
Bank of France
Lattltte ant 1.0001. Si arts IC4O ...IC4O ...IC4U
Belgian 5 per Cents.
S per Ceuti., 1840 102% ... 102% ... 1024 12%
Spanish Active ......... 22 ... ... 21% 21ji
Passive....._ ....... 5 ... 5 43; .. 5
Neapolitan IOS 10 ... 105 10 115 10 ... 10
gllnalh.m..emomemom ..... ..moe 104 mm 104 Ame 104 ... 104

Bank Stock 165 India Stock. .... ....... -.247
3 per Cent Red B7; Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons 88; Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent Red 97a Ditte New Annuities...
New sit per Cent 9B; lEz. Bills, 1,000/....2*d pm
New 5 per Cent —. Ditto 500! --pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small.
Jan 1860 ... 12k Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 — India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. , Consols for Acct 84
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian 80nd5.... s7i Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, per cent
Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic —
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, b per cent 2l*
Ditto, 1824. ..... Ditto, Deferred ~....
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. '-;.-e
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 211 per cent....... 51i
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et, Ditto, 5 per cent.
SHARES
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 79i
Ditto New Shares (50 paid 561-
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 37
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 9
Ditto New Shares ( paid) 3/ 6s 8d
London and Birmingham (90)
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) 2li
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ..
London and South Western
London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk) lll
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... ..
yoDrkittaonQd
Nuaorrttehr
ASihi
da rl
aens
d(
R2a
ipl
wa iady)
(50 p a
id..
_2l
Ditto New Shares (15 paid) ..... 27*
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam CF. 12 '7i Gibraltar 46
Ditto, at sight ......... 12 4i Leghorn ... .... 30 45
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 'Genoa
Antwerp ......... 12 6i ;I‘l ilan
Hamburgh M.B. 13 13frtveni„ ... 47
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per az 118 k
Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Lisbon
Marseilles • ... . 25 85 Oporto s2i
Bourdeaux 25 85 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 150* Bahia

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain 730 ... 730 ... 730 731
Versailles. 2,11 25 201 95 ... 2t.1 25 .. 201 25
R.
Scum ........ 446 25 446 25 446 25 ... 446 25
Orieaus ...... .... 478 75 418 75 ... 412 75 ... 478 75
Strasburg toßale.shares red. 233 15 ..'233 75 ... 231 25 23 125
BELOIAN UNDS—BaussilLe, Nov. 3
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ••••••••••••••••••••• 5254
Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cent................... 101
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 93
• 3per --
71%
(1a411) lOl%
Loan of City, 4 per Cent. .««...»•N.«» 98
Society et Commerce, 4Sper Cent... ...«.» 93
Bank of Belgium, 5 per 71%
National Society •011.1.10•0000.10.00009.141001001110111111
Exchange on Landes. (short) ..... 11 95
—Brussels Papers, Nov. 3.
DUTCH FUNDs.....Amentarau, Nov. 2.
Honey. Bills.
Actual Debt. 234 per Cent ..................... 501 81%
ditto 5 per ceaL 995.1 :93%
Amn e Sendic,4% per cent. ......... 111%
Ditto, ditto, S% per 741 x
Commercial Company. 4% per cent.......... 1545( 155%
Ditto (1835 and 1e37) 5 per cent. .."........ 101% 102
Loan 1(337, 5 per cent. ......».«......».«.»»
Exchange on Louder], One month l2 7%
Two months
liamburgh, One month 35 81%
Two months ...... 95 5654
Dutch Papers, Nov. 3.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS...NNW:I, OcT. 27.
five per Coats. Metalliques •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• HUN
Four per Cents. •••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••«•«•• its
Three NI Cents. .•••••••••••••••••• .......... 7456
Beak Shares • • ••••••••••••••••« •• so ..... 1512
....411gemeine &Hunt. Oct. 31.
• HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, 0CT.30.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents. •.•».••...»•«...•N •.• 107%
Bank Shares 1550
Anglo-Russian Loan 1(634 106
Russian 5 per Cent. lst series, Certificate
Inscription, lit Setis 10•A
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto in Certificates ......... ••••••••• so 98 87%
Nov 4 per Cent. (1840) 26 853 i
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 3oli

,Thirty4even.

Ditto & per Cent --
Polish Bonds
New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75% 75%
Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per CEnt ..
Spanish, New 5 per Cents
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— ButtLlN, Ocr. 30.
Mils. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 41, per cent. 10454 10534
Prussian English Loan, 11339, 4 per cent 102 101Y4
Xxchange on London, three months 6 18% 6 113
—Prussian State Gazette. Oct. 31

l'etersburgb, 3Us ... 37i
8er1in..... ... ............
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 954
Trieste, ditto ........ ... 956
Madrid ... ...... 36
Cadiz 36
Bilbao ... 36
Barcelona
Seville ... 36

Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days sight 46i
Philadelphia... 46
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Portugal Gold Coin £3 17 5
Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars... 0 4 10A
Silver in Bars... 0 5 0

A COLOURED JUDGE.-Mr. Athill, a gentleman of
African descent, has been appointed Chief Baron of the
Exchequer in the Island of Antigua. On occasion of
this appointment the Antigua Herald expresses itself as
follows :—" We are too well pleased with the appoint-
ment announced in last Tuesday's Register to allow it to
pass without giving it our unqualified assent. Whether
we view it as a valuable precedent, or as the means of
admission to one of the highest colonial titles of a highly
respected member of the class to which we belong, we
unhesitatingly pronounce it to be the most important ap-
pointment that has yet been made by the Lieutenant-
Governor during his administration of the general go-
vernment."—[llappening to be well acquainted with the
gentleman mentioned in the paragraph, we are bound to
say that no individual could be more deserving of the
honour bestowed on him. A more unassuming, mild
gentleman, well informed on all matters of trae and
politics, it has never been our lot to meet with. The
Lieut.-Governor of Barbadoes, in conferring a title and
a place on Mr. Athill has done honour to his own discern-
ment.—ED. Sun.]
A RECENT DISCOVERY OF JEWELS in the Exchequer
Office has been the subject of much conversation during
the last week. The treasure found is said to be of con-
siderable value, and, according to all appearances, it has
been hid for 150 years—plainly, for more than a century.
'rho most probable surmise is, that the jewels were
pledged in the reign either of Charles 11. or James IL,
Princes who observed no remarkable regularity in their
financial operations.
We have no inclination to enter into a controversy
with the Shipping Gazette, which has great merit in
wishing to promote the welfare of the mercantile marine.
We should regret; therefore, that an incidental remark
of ours had led our Contemporary into a long disserta-
tion on the subject of providing some test for the quali-
fication of masters of merchant vessels, were it not that
it has furnished him with an additional opportunity of
explaining and enforcing his views. We are at least
not at present disposed to combat them, and willingly
leave him to enjoy the field he has cultivated.

EXTREME MEASURES.

The Sun newsl•aper has startled the monopolist
journals by advocating the doctrine that the people are
the proper judges whether a law ought to be obeyed, and
that the Corn-law, being murderous in its consequences,
ought to be evaded, or if possible resisted. The Sun
puts the matter entirely on the ground that the Cog n-
law violates the great principles of right upon which all
society is founded, the right of every man to live by the
sweat of his brow. There can be no doubt of the truth
of this position. We should deem it meritorious to
evade the Corn-law, and if, to-morrow, we could land a
million barrels of flour on our coasts, and deliver it to
the starving operatives of Yorkshire and Lancashire,
free of the landlord's tax, we should consider ourselves
not merely justified in rendering so great a service to
the cause of humanity, but actually performing a duty
to the God of justice, who has declared in his sacred
volume, that the food of the whole earth was created for
the use of all mankind.

The Sun puts the question of resistance to the Corn-
law as a matter of expediency only ; the people being
left to decide whether they are able to resist it success-
fully. By " the people" we presume our Contemporary
means something more than the great majority of the
people. There can be no doubt that five-sixths of the
community aro opposed to the Corn-law. Would The
Sun then counsel rebellion ? Nothing of the kind. That
able and excellent Journal knows very well that some-
thing more than numerical strength is required. We
mnst have a large preponderance of the mind, the wealth,
and the religions feeling of the country on our side, to
which ,point we are fast approaching, and then we shall
be able to resist the Corn-laws, not by rebellion, but by
the more effectual means of abolishing them.
We have formerly called in question the right of the
landowners to make a monopoly of the first necessaries
of life. Monopolies, by the Sovereign, were declared
illegal by the highest authorities more than a century
ago. They were, in consequence, wholly abolished, and
if our present monarch were to attempt to revive the
system, it would be perfectly legal in her subjects to re-
sist her authority in that particular, and the judges
would give to such resistance the sanction of law. The
time is, we trust, not far distant when it will be held
equally a violation of the law of the land for the land-
lords, or any other class, to do what the Queen is pro-
hibited from doing.
As the Monopolist journals appear to be somewhat
fluttered by the doctrines put forth by The Sun, we must
take the opportunity of telling them that similar views
are rapidly taking hold of the public mind. There is
an increasing distrust spreading, as to the possibility of
abolishing the corn monopoly by peaceful means. Sug-
gestions pour in upon us from many parts in favour of
all sorts of schemes for accomplishing our object. One
of the greatest dangers to which the patrons of the
Morning Post and the other honest advocates of monopoly
(we do not include the hectoring Times in the number)
are exposed, is their profound ignorance of the state of
public opinion. They would do well to regard the doc-
trines so ably advocated by The Sun, however distasteful,
as the opinions of a large and continually increasing
body of the community.—Anti-Breud• tax Circular.

THE ILLNESS OF TIIE QUEEN DOWAGER.—
The continued illness of her Majesty the Queen Dowager,
and the cautiously worded but still alarming bulletins which
are daily issued, have created general apprehensions
that her Majesty is in a state which justifies serious ap-
prehensions for the result. We hive reason to believe
that such is
of disease of the lungs, to obtain relief from which her
really the case. The symptoms indicative
Majesty visited Germany for the benefit of her native air
two or three years since, with considerable benefit, have
again manifested themselves in a more decided form.
The accessions of fever and the frequent recurrence
of a distressing cough, preventing sleep, so essen-
tial to the exhausted patient, have reduced her Majesty's
system to a state of extreme debilitude. We do not
make this statement on slight grounds, and shall be
happy, on the same authority on which we make it, to
announce a favourable change.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1841.

rg
‘44 Ni gia

AND
'tit Optu

" Who tuns may read."

rORMIGN.
important flev.'.3 from China will be found in
another part, of The Sun. Sir 11. Pottinger, the
new Plenipotentiary, had arrived at Hong rong, where
he was waking preparations for right manfully vindi-
cating the honour of the British naive. On the 26th of
September " Plenipotentiary"' Elliot and Sir J. J. Gor-
don Breiner arrived at Bombay, and are on their way to
'England. Are there any of the Tower guns left to salute
as he passes up the Thames Commissioner Lin's illus-
trious prisoner ? Would it be, too much on the part of
the people of England to request that the " great officer"
who Ao amused and out-Heroded the Chinese by the
enumeration of
.his titles, would condescend to pen an
official announcement of his arrival in the metropolis,
that we might tax our poor ingenuity to receive him with
all becoming honour ? The genius of Grub-street will
have in his arrival a theme worthy of its brightest soar-

ings in the region of Parnassus. -
Espartero has granted a free pardon to such Spanish
non-commissioned oilleen, soldiers, and peasants as
during the late insurrection did not stain themselves
with acts of individual atrocity. Passports are to be
given to such of them as took refuge in France,
permitting their return to Spain. This measure is
equally politic and humane. The stubbornness of the
Basques will be best subdued by such unexampled lenity.
From 7,000 to 8,000 men of the naval force of France
are to be discharged. This is an earnest of the pacific
intentions of France. .

The acquittal of 3l'Leod is noticed in nearly all the
French journals. The Debats concludes an article, in
which it rejoices that a war has been prevented, as fol-
lows:—" We are of opinion that the English Govern-
ment has followed the only proper course. It treated
the question according to international laws, and has
succeeded in effecting a pacific solution. We do not
pronounce any opinion here as to the question of
fact ; we merely take into consideration the simple
question of form. We do not take up the cause
of the English Government against that of the
United. States; we, rather advocate the cause of the Cen-

tral Government of America against the agitating pre-
dominance of the local authorities. The doctrine of
States' rights, as it is understood by certain parties in
America, is subversive of all international right. • If
Municipal Councils were to arrogate to themselve the
right of deciding on peace or war ; if the most insig-
nificant Mayory of the most :insignificant commune of
the most insignificant State were to usurp the prero-
gatives of the Executive, there must be an end of all
regular and established relations between the nations of
the globe."
The Constitutionnel says :—" As to France, she had
no interest in seeing the United States and England at
war. France would, indeed, have been bound to limit
her action to insuring, in the most solid way possible,
the neutrality of her flag, and to protecting neutrals ;
but the tranquillity of the seas suits us much better.
The acquittal of M'Leod will, therefore, cause real satis-
faction in France."
The National admits that an immediate cause for war
has been removed by the acquittal of M'Leod ; but it
takes care that the reader shall not lie under the mistake
of supposing that it would be shocked at seeing the two
countries tearing each other to pieces. The National re-
joices at the acquittal, because it prevents a war in which
England would have all the right on her side. It
observes—" We did not desire the .war, which has
just been averted. In the state to which things had
arrived, the appearance of ' right would have been
too much on the side of the English. She could
not, without dishonour, have permitted M'Leod to
be hanged. By going to war for such a cause, she would
have been cure not to have had public feeling in Europe
against her ; and it is not for us, who have so frequently
complained of the criminal cowardice of our Govern-
ment in abandoning on all points, and at all
times, the interests, fortunes, and lives of our
fellow-countrymen abroad,--it is not for us, we say,
to blame our neighbours for showing a susceptibility,
which, on the contrary, we should have rather
been disposed to regard as having been too tardy. We
do not then, at this moment, desire a collision between
England and the United States of America; because,
in the event of a war, we think it would be of use that
the British Government should neither have right, nor
the appearance of right, on its side."
The Presse states that the trial of M'Leod, in despite
of the wishes of the Central Government, is a striking
instance of the defects of the American Constitution,
by showing that at each instant the passions of the
smallest States may lord it over the federal authority.
PITIMIC OPINION._

The Morning Herald, after ringing the changes on
Lord Ellenborough's statesmanlike qualities, proceeds to
observe:—" The country anticipates much from Lord
Ellenborough's government, and great, indeed, will be
the national disappointment should that Government fail
in developing the resources of India, in confirming and
strengthening British influence over the native mind,
and in raising the character of the natives themselves;
Christianity, civilisation, and commerce are alike
deeply interested in his Lordship's success or failure.
That success will prolong our dominion over the
most glorious dependency ever possessed by any
European nation; that failure will tend to disassociate
the eastern and western portions of the globe."—
Lord Ellenborough is undoubtedly an intelligent man,
but we are • not aware that the country: anticipates any
extraordinary amount of benefit from his Indian legisla-
tion. lie has done nothing as yet, whether in. Parlia-
ment or out, to warrant such anticipation. No great
public measure calls him its originator. No enlarged or
generous principle of policy has found in him an expo-
sitor. He 'is nothing more than a dexterous Tory
statesman of the red tape school; and the exaggerated
raises of the Ministerial Journals are perfectly ridicu
us. A mole-hill is not, and never can be, a mountain.
The Times, speaking of the blessings of Tory Go-
vernment—which, like the longitude, are yet to be
discovered—remarks as follows :—" In no part of the
kingdom will the truth of this remark be more power-
fully felt than in Ireland. Not a single important
benefit, but, on the contrary, much practical mischief,
have the inhabitants of that country derived from
Whig sway. Their very Corporation Bill, on the
operation of which they are now entering, with
O'Connell as Lord Mayor of Dublin, was passed in
its present form by the Conservative party, irre-
spective of probable temporary results unfavourable
to Conservative views. Well was it foreseen what
the certain effect of that Bill would be, in filling
the Town Councils of Ireland with Roman Ca holie
Radicals. • But the Conservative leaders generously
trusted the Irish people. No mean party jealousies did
they permit to interfere with their sense of duty. The
question, therefore, now is, will this magnanimous con-
fidence be reciprocated by those who have beep its ob-
jects ? Will the people of Ireland, that gallant, noble,
and warm hearted people, refuse their confidence to the
only Government that can really do them service—a
Government, the head of which, besides having con-
ferred on them their best boons in former days, has re-
cently enlarged their liberties with no niggard hand,
and is now literally courting opportunities, consistent
with the dignity and duties of his position, to prove
himself their firm . and impartial benefactor."—
It was but the other day that the Times abused the
Irish people in the grossest language it could find. They
were then " aliens," " savages,' " bigots;" now, it
sews, they are "gallant," " noble," " warm-hearted."
Unlike the 2Ethiop and the leopard, they have wholly
changed their skin and their spots ; and have become all
dint our Contemporary could desire to see them. And
this marvellous change has taken place within the month,
for it is not longer since the Times bespattered them with
its muddy Billingsgate ! Possibly, in a few days, should
Ireland exhibit a natural distrust of Earl de Grey's Go-
vernment, our weather-cock Contemporary will revert to'
its old opinion, and again denounce the ignorance and•
brutality of the Irish people. As. for the magnanimity.
of the Tories, of whom it speaks in such inflated terms
of panegyrics, where is it, when was it shown, when will
it ever be shown ? Has Ireland, in particular, ever
benefited by it ? Read the history of that country, and
you will find the answer written in characters of blood
and flame I Proclamations of martial-law—penal statutes
without number—Church exactions—partial justice, with
its accompaniments of hangings, torturings, floggings ;
these are the things• that speak trumpet-tongued to the
magnanimity of the Tories towards Ireland !
In reference to the exulting terms in which the High
Churchmen proclaimed the advent of the present Minis-
try to power, the Chronicle observes :—" Jo Triumphe'
has been chaunted over Popery and free trade. The
banners of salvation and starvation have floated,together
on the breeze. Whiggism fell before the war cry of the
Church and no cheap bread. And how does the firebrand
section of High Church Protestants like its success ?
Where is the golden fruit it hoped to gather? What
have its champions done to atone for previous recreancy,
to improve the victory, and to repay the political effer-
vesence of religious zeal that restored them to power ?
The Maynooth grant has been repeated. No symptoms yet
appear of the repeal of Catholic Eniancipation. :The peni-
tence of the Duke and Sir Robert, publicly and clerically
vouched for, ;has evinced itself by no overt act."—
Mother Church has of late greatly lowered her tone,
and is by no means so certain of the support, sympathy,
and uncompromising integrity of the Tory Government,
as she was some months ago. She discovers now that
she has been shouting before she was out of. the wood ;
and has yet to discover that a Tory Minister is no re-
specter of pledges, when those pledges happen to mili-
tate against his interest. Sir Robert will uphold the
Church no further than may suit his views of expe-
diency. By this, and this only, will his conduct be in-
fluenced. As for fixed principle, it is out of the ques-
tion. As well may you expect to find the bump of con-
scientiousness in a lawyer, as sterling, inflexible prin-
ciple in a Tory Minister. When the Bishop of Exeter
gets back his long-coveted rectory of Stanhope, then will
a Tory statesman fling expediency to the winds; and take
principle as his sole rule of action.
The Derby .Repoy ter remarks, in reference to the late
municipal elections in that town :—" The Tories threw
down the gauntlet, with the double object of first gain-
ing power in the Corporation, and, if possible, subse-
quently returning a Tory Member or Members to the
House of Commons. Consequently the burgesses—
placing no trust in the polities of Conservatives, and
anxious to deliver their interests to the keeping of Re
formers, with whose sentiments they agreed—broke
through all considerations of private regard, and gave
the victory to public opinion. In thus acting, they have
only taken a leaf out of the Tamworth Quack'S book of
prescriptions."
The Dublin Pilot says :—" Old Lefroy—the man who
proved himself too bad' even for the Tory Duke of
Northumberland—is to have a seat on the Bench, vice
old Johnson, resigned. Sir Robert Peel's representatives
in Ireland have done many foolish things during their
brief possession of office ; but the elevation of Leiroy—