The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-14 00:00:00

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOUitN ALS

(71t051 THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.)
(From the Globe.)
The attempt to cast censure on the Governm int for
undue severity to the Chartist convi:ts uas a co-11p!ete
failure. It was shown that every int ,rference from the
Herne-office had been in relaxation of the rul,-.s of prison
discipline, and in mitigation of that punishment which
tape law had sanctioned and the Judges had ordered.
The allegations to the contrary were fully answered
in the debate, and we feel it unnecessary to enter upon
them here, but we must express our regret that a
sensible and experienced politician like Mr. T. Dun-
coinbe should have gone so far as to say that he " en-
tirely ooncurred in every word of the libel for the pub
lication of whieti Lovett and Collins were found guilty ;"
and to prevent the possibility of mistake he read the
whole of it. In it the police are styled " a blood-thirsty
and unconstitutional force from London, acting under
the authority of men who, when out of office, sanc-
tioned and took part in the, meetings of the people,
and now, when they share the public plunder, seek
le keep the people in social slavesw and political degra-
dation." In another part of the libel it is stated
that " the arrest of Dr. Taylor affords another convinc-
ing proof of the absence of all justice in England."
We think the Honorable Member for Finsbury,on calmly
reading in the morning what he is reported to have
said at night, will no longer be disposed to concur in
every word or even in those which we have quoted.
Mr. Sturge was said to have published a report re-
flecting quite as strongly on the police, and it was
asked, why was he not prosecuted? Something depends
upon the time at which a seditious libel is issued. There
is a difference betxeen throwing a match into a powder
magazine, when fell, and repeating the act after the
explosion—a jacobite libel which might have been very
dangerous in 1745, would not call for prosecution now.
(Fetim the Standard.)
In the course of the debate upon Mr. T. Dun-
combe's motion on Friday night it was intimated
that Ministers have in hand some scheme for regu-
lating punishmt9t—a part of which is the establish-
ment of a distinction between " political' and other
offences. The most ordinary, if not the only, class of
acts in which political can be connected with other
transgressions, is that class to which the name of
" libels " is indifferently given by lawyers. Now, we
con have no abjection whatever to the establishment of
tie broadest distinction between what are called " sedi-
tious libels" and what are called blasphemous libels,
and libels tending to corrupt morals nn the one side,
and all o..her nets called libellous on the opposite
side. We agree so far in the Ministerial scheme, hut
in or II it.

..1,-=er‘in;y ot a !
poni*lime:il L (oin,
for theinse'ves, are lo,;,:1:4 to
tent time, when, a beiore, ti.cy no;st da,atfec-
tion among the people, in order to climb again into
• dike ; bat a 'theory remarkably opposed to their own
practice, to the first principles of legilation, to the.
principles of justice, and to the fundamental principles
-• of the law of England. The purpose of punishment is
to deter from crimes effecting the well-beieg of society,
'and the s fete and comfott 'of its members. Punish-
ments ar,, therefore, properly proportioned to the
temptation which may cause offences to be frequent,
and to the degree of injury which the offences arc cal-
_ culated to infix%
(From the Courier.)
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In the remarks of the limes this morning- on the
•-• strange opinions rented by Lord Ellenborough during
••• -the latecliscassions'on the Canada Goverment Bill,we
take Nave to express our entire concurrence. A 3 man
▪ is said to he at all times equally wise, and as moreover no
man can he equally learned on all subjects so, by way of
apology for his Lordship, we may assume that his
Canadian studies are by no means on a par with his legal
~ 'attainments, The stronghold of his objections to the
csinsists in the oppressim it is calculaud to work
towards Lower Canada ; in the partiality by which
'Upper Canada i 6 endowed with an equality of votes,
being numerically inferior in population. Now to our
• minds, and we venture to add to thosa of all thinking
- men, the injustice and the peril are both on the
other side. Lower Canada, excepting for its
British population, end that, we fear, inconsiderable
prcportion of the French Canadians who remained loyal
in the worst of times, can have no claims to the rights of
a free constitution at fill, but on the reverse stands
clearly disqualified for any other form of Government
but that of a vigorous although not persecuting despot-
ism. Were it po,sible or politic to withhold for any
length of time from the British of origin or bi-th, in the
lower proiince, tl:c enjoyment of constitutional rights,
which it is not, we should be indisposed to any change
from the system by which at present ruled, and to which,
as so ably *administered by Sir John Colborne, now
Ler& Seaton, its preservation is solely referable.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
(LLOYD'S.)

VESSRLS SPOKEN Wiru —The 'lkon(ldle, tram Liver-
pool to Constantinople, 26tti ult , if Cape St. Vircent ;
Two Filends, of Jersey, 30th, lat. 3, ion. 71, by the Wil-
liam, Strong, arrived at Falmouth. Elizabeth, Moore of
Whi!ohaven, for Valparaiso, 4 h ult., lat. 5, lon. 31 W. ;
Victory. !tuft, Baia to Hamburg, 7th, !at 4 N., lon 33
%V., by the Dolphin, Mille, at-rived cif Falmouth. Ibeiia,
4th inst., off Cave St. Vincent, by the Royal Tar, arrived
at Falmouth. Thames, of Islloa, Qm.bec to Le:.tb, 4th
inst., IM. 50, lon. 35, by the Sarah Ann, T,31 ,r, a7rivi.d
in the Clyde. Tam O'Sluinter, from Fri s'e, 11th ult., off
Gibraltar, by the Charles Edward, arri,cd in the Clyde.
Hunter, Malta to London, 99 b. off !.;ape S, artel, by the
Thornby, Foreman, artived at Gibraltar. Lady Corn call,
Birnie, bound to Rio Janeiro; 28th ult., lat. 48, 12
by the Rowoliester, Swarilr, arrived at Oporto; Exile,
Patty, from Bordeaux, 14 h ult.. off Bar Is'and ; Rich
11i0n..! Castle, Rowcheater, f.ir Prince Elwarti's Island,
20th, bit 45, lon. 56, by the Ridical, Anrierson, arrivcd
at Bridgewate.: ; Theron, Li,innelly to New York, 7th
inst., lat. 51, lon. 9, by the Margaret, Hillrna arriv( dat
Newport; 31.17-y and Ali;7e, London to Ta:magouchc,
25th ult., la'. 47, lou. 43 ; Commedort, Hamburg to New.
fouadland, 20th, lat. 48, lon. 40, by the British Queen,
arrived at Newry.

DISCOVERY OF TILE A NTA RC TI C CONTI-
N Y. NT. —An interesting rather than iruportant geographical tlis-
covvry I as tails, year been made iu the Southern Antarctic
Ocean, cf an island continent with a coast of 1,700 miles from
Not to wes,, hut sit uizted so far to the south as 61 to 66; it will
he unit-callable for tillage or settlement, though highly useful
for 3 'al and whale fishery. The most singular coincidence
that it ;vas discover. dby the French and Americans on the
same day, January 19, 1,410, at the distance of 720 miles from
h other. By refrrenco to the map, it will be seen the above
discoreriro are in the longitude of New S,mth Wales, aml a
e.,ntiouAtion mo,t probal,ly of the same continent ; for a series
of largo islan Is nas discovered in 1530 by Mr. John Bri,eoe,
of tho Navy, who, when commanding the brig Tida, on a seal-
ing vapige, f.ll in with the lawl in lat. (17.. long. 50. (that of
the Maur ties), and coasted it for 300 miles. He was also
driven off by a. rare wea.her aid Sydney Herald.
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NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. -- \Ve arc
sorry to find that some of the shareholders of this concern have
telt disappointed at •lic smlilness of the first week's traffic re-
turns. h they exi.cct 8,0001. or 10,09 r/. a week to flow in
upon thorn at ow c, they must be very inexperionced in railway
matters. Was it so In the London and Birmingham, Great.
Western, Smith-Western, or any other line now possessing large
tr.lfic? The lowness of the returt.s in the London and Bir-
mingham, and Aouih—Western, at first, was notorious, and not
enough to pay the expenses. Ii the judgment of men the most
eperioaced in railway matters is worth anything, this line
mu,t eventually turn out one of the most valuable of the great
trunk lines yet made. Onr advice to the shareholders is not
to he dispirited and sell their shares in a hurry.—Raiiu,ty
Maga e.

WONDERFUL FECUNDITY OF TIIE Cow.—
Mr. Gorge Colebrook, of Netherlands Farm, near Petworth,
has a cove, which has produced him no less than five salvos
within a year, having had twins about ten months ago, and a
few days back producing three at one birth.— Hants Ad-
rertiser.

STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURING AT HEY-
athow.—About twsnty-five years since the principal trade in
• • -Hry.wood was cotton hand-loom weaving of fustians. In
- • •,',1817 there were 10 small cotton mills; in 1833 there were
27 ; the member at present is 34 ; steam-engines, 42 ; carding
eogines, :177 ; power looms, 4,187; spindles, 236,124 ; the
:amount of hands directly employed, 5,190. The description
• goods manufactured are chiefly velveteens, velvets, beaver-
-. teens, swansdowns, pillows, moleskins, &c. About a mile and
a half from Heywood, mad one mile from Bury, is a large
woollen millen mill, t‘s yards in length by 75 it:width, sup-
ported by 2,688 feet of shafting, and 450 gas
jets. Cotton
bandlo,.m weaving at Heywood is almost extinct.— Bo'fon
Free Pr es 4.
DUATH OF THE HON. COLONEL STOPFORD.---
Tke decease of this gallant officer took place on Sunday last,
at Courtoun Castle, the seat of his brother, the Earl of Cour-
toun. eolonel Stopford was the second surviving son of the
late Earl of Courtonn, and cousin of the Duke of Buccleuch, the
Marquis of Lothian, &c. He commanded a company in the
~W 1 or Scots Fusilier Gualrds but sold out of the service seve-
seaffears ago. tol. Stopford married, July 5, 1830, Horatio
Charb‘te, relict of R. Tibbits, Esq., by whom he has left an
infantion. Mr. Sirrpford is also deceased. An extraordinary
mortality has prevailed in the Courtoun family. The present
. ,Earl lost his lady in the dower of her youth, at Rome. She
.was sister t 9 the Duke„of 13uccleuch, and since then Lady Mary
Stopford, the lien. General Sir Edward Stopford, Lady Eliza
Saopford, and the late Earl have dial.
About three years ago two daring burglaries
were osmirnittod at the residence of the Countess of Dy-
',art, at Ham, near Richmond, and the robbers escaped.
"'A few days ago the Honourable Mr. Tollemache, received
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"r o‘. It' letter from Jorws alias Purdy, who was recognized at
zo-i Chelmsford, while in custody, upon a charge of bur-
glary
at Weldon, as having been one of the men
concerned in the murder of Mr. Harvey Combe's gamekeeper
it., at Cobham, and who was convicted at the late Essex sessions,
and srztented to be transported for life, in which he confessed
• , that 'was concerned in both the burglaries at Lady Dysart's
and entered into all the particulars of the robberies. Ile
, states that on the first occasion he went in company with two
others -to the house, and obtained an entrance by the
kitchen window, and after having ransacked that part of
• . . the house, they proceeded to the butler's pantry, where
they got a quantity of plate, which they afterwards sold to a
• Jew in London for 41. The real valise of the plate so disposed
of was nearly 100/. He states that, on the second occasion,
when he went to the house, he was alone, and he obtained ac-
._ in the same way, and was going again into the butler's
room, when he found that a door had been put up, which ar..
. rested his further progress, and he was compelled to retrace his
steps. lie afterwards endeavoured to get into another part of
the house, by one 0 the windows, but, hearing some of the
- " lervatits stirring, he was obliged to relinquish the attempt. It
' is understood that no further proceedings will be taken against
• this man for his share in the murder, as his companions were
only convicted of manslaughter, which would not subject him
.o.rsiti'.;;,, to any heavier punishment than his present sentence.