The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-12 00:00:00

before they heap calumny and slander on any

In the course of the evening the Report of the
Bill was brought up aid agreed to, without Sir
ROBERT PEEL, or any Tory Member, saying
a single word about the very unlymdsime con-
duct which the Tory Journals hai discovered. in
Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The truth, we believe, is,
that some ingenious person about the Times in-
vented the misrepresentation, and the two hum-
ble followers of that Journal reptated its errors.

" I should not have hesitated," says Sir
LIMES GRAHAM", in his address to the electors
of Pembroke, " to ask for a renewal of you:-
confidence, if circumstances had not occurred
which compel me to renounce this high honor."
The " circumstances" which the Right Honour-
able Baronet thus vaguely and mysteriously
alludeg to, may be easily explained. He
is off and away, to try his luck in Cumberland,
being perfectly well aware that Pembroke has
had quite. enough of him, and is sick of the very
mention of the apostate's name. The Borough,
being thus freed from this heavy Tory incubt
we trust it will be prompt to torn its freedom
the best account. Tithe presses—there is not an
hour to spare. The Pembroke electors must
bear in mind that while they deliberate, the
enemy decide; and they must therefore—
like expert, ready tacticians—make thought
and decision go hand in hand together.
We entreat—we implore them—as they value
the blessings of Liberal -Government and
mitigated taxation, to lose not an hour in
looking about for some candidate worthy
of their confidence. Such a one is easily found,
air the Anti-monopolists gain daily a vast acces-
sion to their numbers, while the Monopolists lose
it in the same ratio. Is there no member of the
Admiralty Board whom the electors can select
as a substitute for the heavY-headed Cumber-
laud Baronet, who, very much against his incli-
nation, has cut and run from them ? We think
they would find little difficulty in suiting them-
selves from this Boad ? At any rate, let them
pick and choose where they will, it is imperatively
necessary, above all things, that they be quick
in their decision. A weighty responsibility de-
volves upon them. They have it in their power
seriously to injure, or greatly to assist, the pro-
gress of enlightened principles of Government ;
and sure we are that when the time of action
arrives—and it is close at hand—they will not be
fbund wanting in their duty.

We have received a file of the Port Nicholson
(New Zealand) Gazette to the 3d of January
inclusive. The Colony is represented as very
flourishing, considering the short time that has
elapsed since its establishment. On the 27th of
December the Blenheim, Captain GRAY, which
sailed from the Clyde on the 24th or August,
arrived safely at Port Nicholson, having on
board 150 steerage and 11 cabin passengers.
They were all in excellent health. Two children
died on the passage out, and six were born. The
editor of the Gazette says of these colonists that
they are just the men to war with a New Zealand
forest, as a few hills or gales of wind will not
frighten them out of their propriety. The
"London," Captain SnUTTLEWORTH, also
arrived safely at Port Nicholson from
the Downs, whence she sailed, on the
19th of August, bringing out 193 - emi-
grants. Of these 43 were cabin passengers.
Rumours of a war between Great :Britain and.
France had reached Port Nicholson—aa event
(happily without foUndation) which the colonists
greatly deplored. A bullock weighing upwards
of 9001bs. was slaughtered by one firm to cele-
brate the Christmas festivities, and the new year
was ushered in with the firing of cannon, ringing
of bells, and salutes from all the vessels in the
harbour. The new colony appears to be very
Moral, if we may judge from the absence of all
reports of serious offences in the Gazette. The
following extract from the " Wholesale Price
Current" of the week endin.g the, Ist. of January,
1841, will give our readers an idea of the cost of
the necessaries of life, as compared with the
wages of labour in the colony. The retail prices
are much higher :

Ale—ln bottle, per dozen, 16s. ; Hewitt and Field's, 71. to
1. lOs.
Bread—Per 21b. loaf, Bd.

Beef—Fresh carcase, per lb., 10id.
Butter—lrish, per lb., Is. 4d. to h. 10d. ; Fresh, 3s. 6d.
Brandy—First quality, per gallon, I Is. to 14s.
Brown Stout—Truman and Co., 71. to 71. 10s.

Coffee—Java, per lb., Is. 3d. to Is. 6d.
Cheese—Cheshire, Is. 3d. to Is. lad. ; Pine Apple, Is. 4d.
to 2s.

Candles—Englith wax, per lb , 2s. 10d. to 3s. ; Mculd,
.o Is. 4d.

Flour-Ist quality, per ton of 2,000 1b5.,301. ; 2nd ditto, 267.
Gin—Pale, ss. 6d. to 9s.
Hams—Yorkshire, per lb., Is. Id. to Is. 6d.

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Mut ton—Carcase, per lb., 9d. to Is.
Alilk—Per pint, 4d.
Pork— Fresh carcase, per lb 41d. to 54.

Pork—lrish, per barrel, ss. -
Potatoes—New Zealand, per ten, 51.
Porter—Dunbar, in bottle, per dozen, 14s. to 16s.
Sugar--Nlauritiw, per ewt. 11. 15s. to 21. ss. ; Refined
loaf, per lb., ed. to 9d.
Salt—Liverpool, per ton, 6/. to 81.
Seap—Hawes's London, per ton, 421. to 601.
Starch—Per lb., Is. 9d. to 2s.

Tea—Hyson, per (hest, 81. to 111. lls.
Turpentine—Per gallon, 84. 6d.
Wine—Sherry, per pipe, 281. to 401. ; Ditto, per dozen,
t. 4s. to 21.
Poultry—Fowls, per pair, lOs. ; Ducks, ditto, 15s.
Exgs— Per dozen, 6s.
Cows—Milch, 201. to 30/.

Mares—Brood, 50/. to 901.
Working Bullocks—Per pair, 40/. to 60/.
Hire of ditto—Per day, a team and driver, I/. 105. to 21.
Wages—Mechanics, per week, 21. 14s. to 31 6s. ; Labourers,
1. 10's. to 2/. 2s.

The news brought by the Madrid papers of the 3d
instant, has been anticipated by Thursday's extraordi-
nary express from Paris. On the Bourse, on the 3d, the
Four per Cents. were done at 221, at 60 days. Then
were twenty-nine transactions in the Five per Cents., for
a sum of 19,800,000 reals, negotiated at 26i for cash,
and at 27k to at 60 days.

The whole of the French Journals of Thursday have
retched us. With the exception of some intelligence
from French Africa they contain very little news of in.
terest. In the Toulonnais we find a letter from Algiers
dated the Ist inst., from which we make the • following
extract :

"'I he expeditionary column under the command of General
Bugeaud is exploring the western part of the Regency, and
vainly attempts to come up with Abd-el-Kadcr, who retires
before our troops. The last accounts received from the army
are dated May 23d. On that day our forces were to enter
Tekedempt, which is the capital of the Emir's possessions,
the centre of his commerce, his general magazine, and the
place where he has established his foundries and mar.ufac-
tories. Tekcdempt is situated at only a short distance from
the desert of Sahara. The prisoners who have resided there
all agree in describing the environs of the town as very pre-
cipitous, and say that lions are seen prowling about at the
foot of the ramparts. General Bugeaud at first intended to
gain possession of Mascara ; but the Arabs have defeated his
intentions by themselves setting fire to the place. A dispute
has arisen relative to some French prisoners who are still at
Tlemccen. 'the Bishop has sworn to obtain their liberty ; but.
General Bar, who commands at Algiers, will not give up the
Arabs who are in his p,ivrer. The Arabs made an irruption a
few days since at Alaustapha, close to Algiers, and several per-
sons were carried (4. Al. Rozey and his domestic narrowly
escaped being captured by five armed Arabs, who fell on them.
'The horses of the carriage in which they were riding were cut
away and carried off. M. Rozey defended himself for some
time with his whip, and at length escaped by flight. During
the struggle he received a sabre wound in the arm. With the
exception of occasional acts of marauding, the plain is tranquil."
l'ne Regency, after ten years' occupation by the
French, offers few temptations to colonists from Europe.
There is something exceedingly unpleasant in owing
the preservation of one's head to the agility of one's
heels in an encounter with a band of marauding Arabs.
A Toulon paper of the 6th inst. publishes the follow-
ing paragraph :
On Tuesday next twelve ships of the line, formed into
three divisions. are to sail under the command of Viee-Adini-
ral Hugaa. The destination of that squadron is unknown;
but some persons are of opinion that its departure is connected
with the events in the East, which are becoming daily more
serious. The sudden return of the divit,ion under the orders of
Rear-Admiral Casy gives additional force to those conjectures."
New troubles are springing up in the Turkish empire.
The Augsburyh Gazette has advises from Alexandria to
the effect that the Sehareef of Mecca has taken up arms
against the SULTAN, and driven the Turkish garrison
out of the holy city. This news, coming, as it does,
upon the heels of the accounts of the insurrections in
Candia and Bulgaria, bodes much mischief. To make
the matter still worse, the young SULTAN'S health is
rapidly declining, notwithstanding his removal to the
valley of the sweet waters.
The Commerce states that the new loan will be issued
in August.
The official part of the Monsieur of this morning contains a
report of the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce to the
King. This document (which fills six columns of the Moni-
tear), gives a general statement of the operations of the Savings
Ranks during tte year 1839.
The Univers of. this morning has the following article
If we may believe private letters which have been communi-
cated to us, it was said at Rome that in the congregation extracr-
dina-y ecclesiastical affairs, it had been proposed to adopt. some
mea ;urea whiih shou!d be taken to prevent the first Secretary
of the Russian Lerraticn from returning to the capital of the
Christian world. °His_frequent journeys from Rome to St.