The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-07 00:00:00

the salve time, Lord 'John Russell gave nonce of a mo-
tion for a Committee of the whole House to consider the
Corn-laws. This is co: far satisfactory as indicating a re-
cognition of sound psinCi‘pleg. It comes from Ministc; s
only at this twelfth lio*,„ihen. they cannot 40 better, and
too late to do them any.g.o.tid with the people, whose con-
fidence they have long; ale • kost, and will in vain attempt
to regain. The annouficaintsgt,by Lord J. Russell cf
int nide i revision cf thi7.oorts-lavis, produced quite a :c .t e.
in tie house.—Scots Thaw

TIIE NEW 'PRES IDENT.
John Tyler, now P:Olireet of the United States, was
born in the county of 044114 City, Va. lie is the second
son of governor John 'l' r, died in 1815. His f..the.•
was among the most stetsilfast and firm Whigs of the Reso-
lution. He was a fast filend of Patrick Henry, Thomas
Jefferson, Janes Madisein,'Jeraet Monroe, and other di,-
tinguished patriots of the-day. Daring the greater part
of the rovolutionary wai he was a representative in the
General Assembly from the county of Charles City, hav-
ing for his colleague Benjamin Harrison, the father of
William Henry Harrison, who bore a conspicuous part in
the revolution. Governorr Tyler was often elected to re-
present his county without the loss of a siogle vote, and was
for sereral years Speaker of the !louse of Delegates, Judge
of the Court of Admiralty; and one of the Delegates to the
Convention for the Adoption of the Constitution of the
United States, and was Vice- President. In 1608 he was
sleeted Governor of the State of Virginia. In 1810, Mr.
Madison appointed him Judge of the United States Dis-
trict of Virginia.
Few have lived or died more extensively respected or
regretted. lie sacrificed an independent fortune in the
cause of our liberty and independence, and was never heard
to express any other sentiment titan that the sacrifice was
nothing when compared with the end achieved. When
the Legislature of Virginia, then in session, were informed
of his death, they adopted-unanimous resolutions of condo-
lence and regret, and adjourned to the next day, an honour
rarely paid but as a mark of the highest respect. Such
was Governor John Tyler, the father of John Tyler, now
President of the United States. The latter was elected,
immediately after he attained the age of twenty-one, to the
House of Delegates, from his native county of Charles City,
and served in that capacity from 1811 t,) 1815, when he
was elected a member of the Executive Council. In 1816
he was elected a representative iu Congress, being but a
few months in advance of the age required by the Constr.
tution. In that capacity he served five years. In 1825
he was elected Governor of the State fo: one year. In
1826 he was re-elected by a unanimous vote. In 1827 he
was elected to the United States Senate,.and after serving
six years was re-elected.
He was one of those patriotic senators who, on the 28th
of March, 1834, voted for and passed the memorable rero.
lution relative to the removal of the deposits by Geaeral
Jackson, " that the President, in the late executive proceed-
ings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon
himself authority and power not conferred by the Consti.
tution and laws, but in derogation of both."
Subsequently, after the infamous project of Cul. Benton
to mar the journal of the Senate by the expunge, had be-
come a party measure, a jaeobinical legislature of Virginia
passed resolutions directing Mr. Tyler, in conjunction with
his col'eague, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, not only to vote
for sad' a measure, but to introduce the motion for that
purpose. lie at once resolved rather to resign hi; seat than
perform such an act, and immediately addressed a letter to
the Legislature in which he assigned with frankness his
reasons fur declining to obey the instruction. He con-
cluded his letter with the following noble declaration,
which, as far as we know, may be considered as marking
the character of the man :

" I dare not touch the journal of the Senate. The Con-
stitution forbids it. In the midst of all the agitation of
party, I have heretofore stood by that sacred instrument.
It is the only post of honour and t.f safety. Parties are
continually changing. The men of to-day give place to
the men of to-morrow ; and the idol; whicli Olie set wor-
ship, the next destroy. The only object of my political
worship shall be the Constitution of try country. I will
not be the instrument to overthrow it. A scat in the Senate
is sufficiently elevated to fill the measure of any man's am-
bition; and as an evidence of the sincerity of my convic-
tions that your nesolut!ons cannot be executed without vio-
lating my oath, I resign into your hands three unexpired
years of my term. I shell carry with me into retirement
the principles which I brought with me into public life;
and by the surrender of the high station to which I was
called by the •oice of the people of Virginia, I shall act an
example to my children, which shall teach them to regard
as nothing place and office, when either is to be obtained,
or held, at the sacrifice of honour.

" I am, Geotlcruen, your fellow-cifzon,

"JOHN TYLER."

M. T3ler has since livel in comparative r( tirentent, un-
til chosen a delegate to the Ilarrisburgh Convention the
year before last, of which body he was an able and active
member.

A paragraph is is circulation rapectisg the probable do-
mestic arrangements of the President, woich we have rea-
son to believe incorrect. In this it is stated th.a Mr. Tyler
is a widower, and ihit tYie Tidy of the President's house
will be his daughter-in-law, formerly Miss Cooper. The
President, as we are informed, is not a widower, althongit
Mrs has been for sonic time in such feeble heatth
as to incapacitate her from doing the honours of her hus-
band's mansion. This duty will therefore devolve upon his
daughter, Miss T)lcr, as it has done heretofore at his resi-
dence in Virginia.
General flatrison and Mr. Tyler, were bore within five
miles of each other, is the same county, both served in both
branches of Congress, and have always cherished a mutual
esteem and friendship for each other.—New York Paper.

THE MARKETS.
COUNTRY MARKETS.

Wheat. Burley.

Oata.

Bean,.

Yr•se

eer Quarter. s. to s. s. to I. s. to s. s, to s.
Kati)
qlaniltord t. 2 31 32 23 26 45
;;ridport (is —I
Chard 56 t•.? 213 32 IC 25 3b 42
tlloucester .56 68 25 52 21 82 40 50
Exeter
Guildford 68 71 32 37 32 36 46 'U
Newbury 18 71 26 34 24 32 36 41:
Re.uling 50 77 26 35 ,20 30 40 45
SAlisbury 52 62 27 34 20 :e5 40 50
Shcrborhe 513 55 98 31 24 28 140 44
Sneptoil Mallet 54 64 thi 36 of 20 3S 50
Uxbridge 37 42 ,23 25
Warminster 4 'l5 to 23 3J 25 27 i4O 45
Winchester 145 66
lfeoeil 149 56 23 34: 24 24 142 50 j
LEEDS CORN MARKET.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.
York. And Lincoln. (411 b.
Barley, Norfolk anti SuObtk . 'kis. to 333
'
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
- Grinding
13oans 6310. '37s. to 455. ;
t 2 l'otatoe
--Mailing, For. to d Eng. 1: yd. :‘.240. per stone
%belling
DEVIZES CORN MARKET.

s. to s.
40 L 6

40 4:1
3S 44

46 48
38 4.
3 ,46

40 50

Per Sack. s. 41. s. d.
iirst Wheat 3O 41 to 30 6
Second 23 0 29 0
Tlaird
41 it ley 27 0 33 0
CUE LIEN HA
Per Bushel. s.d. to s.d.
Wheat • 7 0 9 0
t3arky 8 (3 4 3
Oats 3 0 3 9
Beans
reas.e
Hay 41.13*
CHELNISFOIi
Wheat, White 64 to 7
Red
Barley 63:1 35
Chevalier .........:35 313
Grtncliug

Per QUM ter. s. d. s.
Oats lO 0 to `.N U
,Beans (per sack) IS 0 25
'Flour (per bag) — 0 44
Bread (pergallon) 1 1 0
11 1:4 Alt K ET&
I _ Per lb.

d. tt d.
Reer.......••• *NOW. 00000 •••• 7 8
Mutton
Veal
l'ork ............... 6 7
Lamb lO 12
to 5/. oe. 01. per ton.
1) 111,x 11. K ET.
Oats
Pease, (4ray
White

23 to 30
39 40
40 42
yti 4:t
24 3)

Beans, 'rick
Mazagan

INTEREST AND DISCOUNT.—These items
form a serious amount of chargcx on trade in the accouLts
of meichantz, manufacturers, and tradesmen in these
troubled monetary times—the saving which may be effected
by the accurate calculation of them, amouuts to a large
sum annually. There aro no tables so well calculated for
general utility, on account of the variety of rates given,
as those by Gummersall, the celebrated bill-broker of Lora
bard-street, a sixth edition of which has lately been pub-
lished at an extremely moderate price.
B LICK INGIIA M SAMERICA.-This work will
appear, we understand, in a few days, and at the present
moment it will be very well-timed ; for besides the gene-
ral information likely to be found in it acceptable to read-
ers of all classes, the following topics will, we under-
stand, receive some elucidation from its contents; namely.
For the Pot:Celan—the working of the systemof Universal
Suffrage, Short Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot. For
the Financier—the State of the Currency, Stocks, Banks,
&c., &c. For the Merchant and Manufacturer—the
questions of the Tariff, Protecting Duties, and the Effect
of the Corn-laws. And for the Churchman and Disseat-
er—the practical effects of Endowments and the Volun-
tary System.

CAMPBELL'S LIFE OF PETRARCII.—It is
sn rare a tiling to meet with a real poet who can and will
descend to the dry duties of a biographer, without putting
off his c4aracter of a bard, that Mr. Thomas Campbell, in
so happily effecting this in his " Life of Petrarcb," ha,
put forth new claims upon that popular favour which he
SQ eminently enjoyed before, This rew work is a singu-
larly happy union of the most elaborate research with
that warmth of poetic feeling, and those graces of style
which are only to be looked fur in the prose of a poet.
The want that has to long been felt of an adequate life of
the most popular of Italian bards may now be regarded as
a Ertuttate one, since it has left the task to be performed
by the writer who was, of all men living, the hest quali
Ged to do it justice. The work is one that will immedi-
ately pass into uaiversal favour.
Patronized by their Majesties the King and
Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses
Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess F.sterliaxY,
the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duel's'
of Ledford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury and the
Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, and Manchester. lu addition to the
above distiwmished patronage to the newly_invented
Lenses and Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, the I,pectaes• e
Messrs.
rsi.,ie
.
and B. Solmnons, opticians and aurists, tlfs, Albemarle street,
cadilly, :\ind 76, King William.street, Bank of Engfa
i,heel great
pleasure to state that their valuable inventions have also gained the
l
sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the
principal members of the medical rrofession ;ae also of numerous
individuals of high distinction, who have heen greatly benefited by
their use. luunediately theseimproved Spectacle Louses are
Placed before extreme imperfect vision, it is at once brought back to
Its natural and original state, every object becomes clear aad
tinet, and the most minute particle is seen, either by day or candle-
light, with ease and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by
which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is not
the least perceptible,
a,i;0716m. oKrieno uncomfortable,reethan
alniakvingNaopi,ec
e
of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly
is heard with exact distinctness.-39, Albentarle.street, opposite
con.
ntie'cxtlorskvitlaebtiteerls'ons of the same name,