The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-20 00:00:00

H AMB URGI-1 MAIL.

PETERSBURGH, APRIL 3.--We learn, from pretty
good authority, that the Emperor has, within these few
days, gi-,en his consent to the making of an iron rail-
way between St. Petersburgh and Moscow, which has
been projected for some y ears. It is to be executed by
a Joint-stock Company, which has many offers from
foreign countrie,, of persons willing to take part in it.
In this case it may very probably be commenced this
summer. The late Chevalier Gerstner had made the
preliminary survey of the line.

The Emperor has enjoined the Ministerial depart-
ment, and all the higher branches of the Administra-
tion, to limit, as much as possible, the number of per-
sons employed in the offices.

Orders have been given to tax the passports of all
Russians travelling to foreign countries, as directed by
the Ukase of 1:t September last year.
STOCKHOLM, APRIL 6.—lt is said that very im-
portant ir.teiiigence respecting the Sound Toll hes been
received from London, and that this important question
may be settled to the satisfaction of all the parties in-
terested.

Three Estates of the Diet (without that of the
Nobles) had petitioned the King that the Diet might be
closed on the 15th of May. A letter from the King was
presented to-day by the Minister of the Interior, in
which his Majesty says that though it is manifeat that
the long duration of the Diet is a great expense to the
country, he will not close it till all the important matters
now under discussion, especially the Reform of the na-
tional representation, are decided. Thus the session may
continue till the end of October.

BELGIAN I! UNDS—Baussur, APRIL 17.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C5nt...... ..........
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 9O
---- 3 per Cent.
--- Thirty-seven — . —
70%
(1.340) leO
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent SI
Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent lOO
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... ..........
NationalSocicty
Exchange on Londois (short) ' ll 95
—Brussels Papers, April 17.

ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS.
It is a pleasant faith which holds that there are
the germs of' good in every thing ; which holds that
man, in the lowest depths to which his own vehement
passions, or other uncontrollable circumstances, may
have plunged him, is not altogether divorced from
God and goodness, and, of course, which holds that
in all sects, political or religious, there may be
redeeming features,—men who are better than their
class, and .who may be the means of purifying, and
elevating, and redeeming the body to which they
belong. We say this is a pleasant faith ; who says
it is not ? Who says it is erroneous? We speak of
Toryism, and write against it, from a conviction of
duty ; but among Tories there are men, not a few,
whom we would willingly call brothers. Whiggery and
Whigs—we speak of' these things, not in terms of
praise. We regard Whigs as the Laodiceans of the
nineteenth century, creatures " neither cold nor hot,"
—the halters between two opinions, and, moreover, as
hypocrites, false friends, and cowards, afraid of the
consequences of bold and honest measures ; but we
are willing to admit that there are amongst Whigs,
men capable of becoming excellent Radicals. We
speak of the bloated English Church ; and when we
think of Rathcormac, and similar scenes, we cannot
plead guilty of using too strong language ; but there
are, even in the Law Church, many pious Christian
ministers, though no apostles. And then, Chartism,
the political faith of the masses. We do not care for
the Chartism of which Feargus O'Connor is high priest
—the Chartism which knows nothing of charity, the
first of Christian virtues ; which denounces all who
differ : which would make corr,erts after the fashion
of' Mahommed, with the Charter in one hand, and the
torch and dagger in the other. We do not like Char-
tism when it thus manifests itself, nor when it enters
into all public meetings, acting the farce of " bedlam
let loose." Further, the Chartism which permits its
ackuocledged leader; to become the paid tools of the
Tories, and which shows itself completely ignorant of
the first and simplest principles of political economy, is
not the Chartism after our hearts.

But we never lost faith in the principles of Chartism,
nor doubted that it would ultimately purify itself from
the errors of knaves and fools, and command that re-
spect which its abstract principles so we:l merit,—in
short, that it would become the law of the land.

A better aspect of things is opening up, and we hail
it with joy. We have before us an address " To the
Political and Social Reformers of the United King-
dom," which breathes a right spirit, and yet the spirit
of Chartism. But ihe Chartism put forth in this ad-
dress is (if a kind with which no honest man can quarrel,
and the plan recommended for obtaining it might com-
mand the approbation of Sir Robert Peel himself.—
Leeds Times.

DETECTION OF A GANG .OF BURGLARS.—
Within the last twelve months a gang of burghrs has in-
fested the country within a circuit of twerity or twenty-five
mile; of Warriiigton. The robberies committed were of
frequent occurrence, and the gang gradually became more
daring. At first they paid their midnight visits armed
only with bludgeons and crow-bars, but more recently
they turned out each well equipped with pistols, dark
lanterns, crowbars, centrebits and brace, and a set of
picklocks and skeleton-keys, net to be exceeded in paint
of usefulness by those in the possession of any of the Lon-
don cracksmen. At length the burglary and attempted
murder at the house of Mr. Thomas Shaw, farmer, of
Poulton-with.Fearnhead, about a mile from Warrington,
brought things to such a crisis as to be no longer en-
dured in silence. A handsome reward was offered
for the detection of the offenders, and the hope of a free
pardon held out to caly parties engaged in the robbery who
would come forward and give evidence against their com-
panions. Mr. James Jones, the deputy-constable of War-
rington, rendered himself remarkably active in the in-
quiry, and, after scouting the country for many miles
round Warrington, at length obtained a clue to the offen-
ders, and, assisted by some of the Manchester police,
took nine of the gang into custody. They all turned out
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Macclesfield Courier.
CONSTITUENCY OF GREAT BIZITAIN.—The
number of electors on the various registers of Great Bri-
tain for toe yen. 1839-40 was as follows—viz , England
tot.' number of county voters, 452,651 ; total number of
borough voters, 319,189. Wales—county votei s, 36,833;
borough voters, 10,939; gross total number of electors in
England and Wales, 819,612. In Scotland, the total
number of countaykvinogterashwogasett,rooB22:6a9n9d. thTathuosf
the
ergourogshs
Great Britain amounted in 1839-40 to about
voters 35,697,
m
constituency of
902.311. The gross tota ltoconnlsotlietuetnbacyn o
of n
elfseilxatnhcl
partwas ion
1839 40, 154,687, equal
the constituency of Great Britain, including England,
Wales, and Scotland.
The Leinsler Express contains an account of a
murder which was perpetrated at Ballygonnau, Queen's
county, on Thursday last,
adjoining the demesne of Lam-
berton. A young man, named Byrne, about 23 years of
age, was fired at, from behind a beclg,,, and shot through
the body. He shortly after expired. The only cause
assigned is that his father evicted a defaulting tenant.
THE NEW RIDING SCHOOL AT WINDSOR
CASTLE.---This building, which is one of the most ext Hen;
s ive riling schools in the kingdom, is nearly finished.
Majesty has not taken equestrian exercise since the arrival
of the Court at Windsor.