The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-27 00:00:00

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THE LORD, MAYOR.--It must be highly gratifying to
the oitizers,- particularly those who never enjoy any of
the good things of the Mansion-house, and are verging
towards decay by the prOStration of business in the manu-
facturing districtS, to find the Chief Magistrate, at this
season ofiinancial and commercial :crisis, chiefly intent
on feasting the BiShops. He probably hopes that he
may ward off the impending evils by; their prayers ; the
citizens, however, take a different view, for they. are to
meet in Common-hall, to petition againSt the corn mono-
poly, wi.ich the Bishops support. Their Chief Magis-
trate may erhaps derive the hostility 'which he pro-
fesses to Corn-law repeal, from his 'dole connection
with the Bishops. We.rc Alderman Harmer now in the
chair, we persuade Ourselves that hi the present crisis
the City would play a part worthy of her most illustrious
dayS.

LONDeN
.DISTRICT POST.—The fEri9.l gross revenue
already obtained in the London District Post,. equals
that produced in the same • department so late' as 1835,
provided that in the last mentimied year the necessary
reduction be mat.he fur the charges on General Post let-
lers.—Mr: Rowland Hies Postage Paper, read before the
Statistical Society, on 17th May. •
GENEnAL ASSEMBLY.--This venerable body, ftS it has
been sometimes called, continued its sitting on Mon-
day (of which we gave an account yesterday) to a late
hour, and ended the labour;, of the day by the -deposition
of the Rev. Thomas Wright, minister of the parish of
Borthwick. He had been found guilty of some imaginary
heterodoxy by the Presbytery of Dalkeith ; the Assem-
bly affirmed the proceedings ; and before pronouncing
sentence, the Moderator called upon one of his brethren
to offer up a prayer. We shall have reason to re-
vert to this painful subject. In the meantime, we
may state that Mr. Wright is the author of the
" Morning and Evening Sacrifice " so well known
and admired by every good Presbyterian, and several
other religious works of great merit, and that the sup-
posed heresy for which he has suffered this grievous
punishment has been before the world for at least twenty
years, mid was not discovered till the wild men that now
rule the Kirk came into power. They would not give
even three days of grace, which was prayed for by the
moderate party, but proceeded at once:to a division on
the question of immediate deposition or delay, and car-
ried their holy purpose by a majority pf 195 against 85.

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THE SUPPLY OF SUGAR.
The West India planters seem to have asser-
tions ready for every use. Scarcely a year has
elapsed since they were dinning the public with
complaints of the. idleness of the labourers, of
the deficiency of the crop of sugar, and of the
ruin of their estates. They contemplated then
making another attack on the purse of John
Bull, on the ground that the compensation
awarded them was whollyinsufileient. As soon,
however, as the question of reducing the dis-
crimitrAing duties was raised, the West Indians
found out that their estates were amazingly pro-
ductive, and that they could, with the help of
their brethren of the East, whom they had a few
months before treated as the vilest intruders,
supply plenty of sugar for the utmost possible.
consumption of the people. Now we have been
favoured with the following extract of a letter
from Tobago, which makes us suppose that the
assertion of abundant crops was made to suit
the:purpose of the moment:—

I Must give you a few words ok the commercial pros-
pects of our islands. The fact is—relying upon a vast
influx of money into the market after the Emancipation,
the merchants have imported so enormously, that all the
West India markets are thuroughlygorged, and recourse
is obligtd to be had to . the. smaller islands to dispose of
the surplus goods of the larger. Tobago, St. Lucia, and
Dominica, have formed the principal outlets ; on the
other islands, goods are being sacrificed at cost, and at
Barbadoes and Jamaica considerably, below it. The
crops will not realiS3 early hOpes formed of them.
"Long erought," and " unseasonable shoWers " will
greatly curtail their prosperity, and mortgagors and
merchants, in debt, will rue this year deeply. -
ihave been disposing of much merchandise (British
manufactures) here, greatly to the annoyance and anger
of my narrow-minded, grasping fellow merchants, who
have hitherto been ruling with most infamous prices,
which my arrival has tended in a great measure to dimi-
nish. The poor inhabitants gaped with wonder when they
saw me sell at a price which their merchants quadrupled
in disposing of their articles! The inhabitants of this
island are taxed to their very bones—poor women who
live by huckstering have to pay a tax of .5/. for their
license to sell.

It may be inferred, too, from the last para-
graph, that the planters "have the same kind of
regard for the labourers as our landlords have
for white labourers, from which it follows that the
resistance given to the redaction of the Sugar
Duties, on the ground that it would injure the
negro labourers, was a mere pretext. It would
appear, too, that the local authorities have a
much better means of promoting the welfare of
the poorer classes, 'by abolishing taxes and re-
strictions, than by taxing the people of England
in the price of sugar to enrich planters a:lel
mortgages.

SIR ROBERT PEEL AND MR.
ASHWORTH.
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The dishonest and manner in which Sir
Robert Peel, in his speech yesterday week, misrepre-
sented a conversation of Mr.. Henry Ashworth's, were
mace sufficiently palpable, at the meeting of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, last Thursday. What will our readers
say, if it should appear that Sir Robert Peel's mis-state-
ment was not one into which he was driven in the ex-
citement'of the moment, by the temptation of making a
good point, and getting the laugh against the deputa-
tion of the Chamber of Commerce, but one which
had been deliberately planned' and resolved on,
and respecting which he had even previously con-
sulted with some of his friends ? It would give us
pain to be compelled to believe that this la the fact ;
yet we are assured that in parliamentary circles it is ac-
tually stated as being so ; and that it was wilfully and
knowingly, and with the approval and sanction of some
of the chief members of his party, that Sir Robert ven-
tured upon the misstatement in question. If this be so,
we scarcely know any degree of condemnation that
would be too great for him, not only on account of the
!gross moral delinquency of the act, but of its beingalto-
gether unworthy of his position, and benetth..his cha-
racter as th-3 leader of a great political party. In any
case, we must say that, for ourselves, we would thr-rather.
be- the objects of such a misrepresentation, than its
authors.—Manchester Guardian.--[A proper and well-
deserved castigation of the man who might perhaps he a
statesman, but who has chosen to degrade himself into
the jack-pudding of the Tories.]

We understand Mrs. Aveling Smith's Morning
Concert will take place next Thursday, at the Hanover-
square rooms.. Among her talented assistants are Ma-
dame Shoedel, Miss Bruce, Mr. John Parry, and Sir
George Smart.

AMERICAN PitiNTs:—At the dose of .the
meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, on
Thursday last, Mr. William Rawson laid on the table
a pattern card, containing 15 patterns of American
prints, which, with a general .similarity of style, had
some variations in pattern, and were very superior to
most of those previously seen here of American produc-
tion. ',l'hese were sent to Mr. Rawson by Mr. F. 'L.
Homere,of this town, American merchant, with a note,
in which .he says, " The goods they represent are 321
inch wide, generally called 9-Bths prints, and under the
present tariff of the United States. English -prints, to
compete with them, should be produced at about l ls. for
24 yards in length, by 32 to 33 inches in width. It' will
be only by a reduced tariff that business with the 'United
States can be increased • and the wise men of the
Western world will not deem it policy to reduce the
tariff of duties on English manufactures, until England
induce such a course by some important reciprocal feel-
ing."—Machester Paper.
THE .LATE MR. MORETON DYER.—The
funeral of this universally-respected gentleman took place on
Tuesday, when he was deposited in tire family vault at the
parish church of St. Marylebone. The fttneral was conducted,
by Mr. R. IL Maddox, of Welbeek-street, and was, in strict.
accordance with the sentiments of the deceased, free from all
ostentation. The chief mourners were his only son, H. C.
Moreton Dyer, Esq., and his cousin, the Hon. Augustus Mo-
reton, M.P. • the other attendants in the mournful' ceremony
consisted of the Rev. Rector, Dr. Spry, and the other clergy
of the parish district; a few private friends, and the late medi-
cal attendants, Sir James Clarke, Bart.., Dr. H. Thompson,
Dr. Chambers, and Messrs. Moore and Illingworth, of Arling-
ton- street. Mr. Moreton Dyer rep elented the elder branches
of the ancient and noble families of Ducie and Moreton, end
was also descended from the Dyers, of Somerietshire, of whom
Sir Thomas Dyer, the well-known Judge, and eir Edward
Dyer, the gay and esteemed fiend of Queen Elizabeth, are
celebrated in history. His kind disposition and amiable man-
ners made him beloved by all who knew him, and few were
there of the number assembled to take their long farewell who
did not bedew his memory with a tear. He had served his
country honourably and faithfully for 45 years.
JEM CROW IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.--E may
be recollected that about a fortnight ago a cart ion crow was ob-
served by one of the keepers to carry off a duck, or rather a
teal (for neither a carrion crow nor raven, taking weight for
weight into consideration, could possibly sustain a full grown
duck in their flight through the air.) The above marauder
was eventually shot, and exposed on • one of the grass slopes as
a warning to his predatory fraternity. The scare-crow, thus
exhibited, it would appear had no better effect than to operate
as an invite to others of his horny-feathered brethren, for in a
day or two afterward.; two more of his " genus" took up their
stations in the:oily elms which are distributed throughout the
enclosure. The keepers succeeded in shooting one of them,
and crippled the other by breaking his leg ; the nether portion
of the limb has since fallen off, yet this daring intruder, shortly
after daybreak, daily contrives to harass the young broods as
they are engaged in picking up insects on the banks'of the lake,
carrying them away as his quarry. He is very wary on the
approach of the keepers, perhaps instinctively impressed with
the sense tithe old adage, " Once bit, twice shy." They have
applied to him, owing to his hobbling gait when traversing the
ground, the soubriquet of " Jem Crow."
MATRIMONIAL ON DIT.—A rumour is in
circulation that a lady, the widow of an Irish Baronet,
herself an Irish gentlewoman, has engaged the affec-•
tions, and has cemented to accept the hand, of the first
personage in this kingdom. Should this be the case,
the noble individual may be considered truly fortunate
in his mission to this country—no matter when his
functions may terminitte—in having secured a lady as
remarkable for her beauty its she is distineuished for her
virtue, and whoSe personal attractions, great as they un-
questionably are, are surpassed by her amiable and esti-
mable qualities of head and .heart. If we arc •to have.
even. a brief continuance of Whig rulers, the lady in
question will. shed a grace and lustre around the circle in
which it will be then her province, not to move; but to
preside.—Evening Mail. [The rumour in the fashiona-
ble circles to-day, and it. appears to be well founded, is,
that the Lord Lieutenant is about being united to Lady
Somerville, the stepmother of the present Hon. Member
for Drogheda. Lady Somerville is the daughter of Mr.
Geale, the Crown Solicitor for the HomeLcircuit,•and she
is possesSed of considerable personal attractions.—
Letter from Dublin.]
RAPID TRAVELLING TO SCOTLAND.--The
Fire King arrived at Ardrossan on Friday, at half-past
nine, from Fleetwood, making the passage in twelve
Is now generally understood
hours. Passengers landed at Glasgow by special train
at a quarter. past cloven. Whole time from London
.cgau, Argus
become a eandidate, along with Mr.
that George Pascoe
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of
Wigan,
Grenfell,
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are moving..-...even in the Standish, for the represent;o:faotihnte.•ehoie:satetrhrleaGfhliosareo:dititle.:nl;,. onlithies
Reform interest. Mr. G•rclifell, as Many of our readers
agri-
cultural
districts. The enclosed notice has been pub-
lished in ;ayeu :—" Cheap bread ! Cheap sugar I
da
TORQ
end Free Trade.
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a. • sister
The inhabitants of Torquay. and
Tormoham are-requested to meet at Boarder's Betel; at
half-1 st six on Tisesday the 25th inst., to'corisider the
propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament in
support of the measures recently announced by her
Majesty's Ministers for the reform of our commercial
code, and the abolition of oppressive monopolies in corn
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sugar, and timber."
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frame work-knitter, of this town,
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(Thurs-
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of this towm
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,ale,best of the fight ; but a chance blow on the right
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Monday he feu
came nigb4 . and, ,altbetgn had the best medical 1:s-
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wh.erthe;talght, be never')ttingham Mercury.

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CONSTITUTION 4L REFORM.

The Coßowing letter has been forwarded by a Corre-
Rondent in reference to that addressed to Lord John
ussell on the subject, which appeared in The Stin of
the 19th inst. :

My Lord—There are some most impartant points studiously
concealed in the Letter which a Correspondent of The Sun
took the liberty cf addressing to you last week.
Once adopt the system he has there laid down, and you ob-
bin a qualification for the whole kingdom. The taxes and
Poor-rates may be paid quarterly, and a receipt given on a piece
or pieces of zinc metal, on which might be stamped the num-
ber of the possessor's vote ;. 3ou thus at once sweep away all the
most expensive, and most vexatious machinery of
the ReVising Courts.
Vote by Ballot might be scattered to the winds,- for only
once convince an Englishman that he his a direct and tangible
interest in the State, and you invest him with a consciousness
of political importance to which he has hitherto been a stranger.
You Bite birth to and call into action a spirit cf manly inde-
pendence, which, disdaining all undue control, and in the con-
sciousness of its own dignity, rises auperior,to the base and sor-
did influences of and glo yirig in the noble exercise of its
constitutional rights and privileges, sets its possessor forth in
all the majesty of man and of a free born Briton.
Old-fashioned Toryism, with alt its blighting and repressive
influences, will be annihilated, and the pure principles of our
glorious Constitution in a purified Church and Reformed
State, Queen, Lords, :rd Commons, would be carried out
to their full extent. England, happy England, would then
indeed become the envy of surrounding nations, and the' admi-
ration of the world.
Liverpool, May 2:2, 1841.

II ®USE OF LORDS DAY.)

Tiwir Lordships sat on a Committee of Privileges to-day at
ten o'clock. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Icenyon, Lord Hawardcn, Lord
Colchester, Lord Hood, Earl Beauchamp, the Earl of Warwick.,
th,, Earl of Bandon, Lord Courtown, and the Bishop of
Chichester.