The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-04 00:00:00

AIORN TN G- SUN

SPITIiT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

)NICLE.—Sir Robert had an opportunity on
sy of verifying the justice of the commendations
bestowed by the Duke of Wellington on Lord Mel-
bourne. for the success which had attended his lessons to
her :,.I..jesty on her duties as a constitutional Queen. It
appears that the interview between the Premier and her
Majesty lasted exactly eight minutes, during which brief
interval she was able to transact the important business
which required the presence of the Right Hon. Baronet
at the Palace. Not being prepared for this promptitude,
Sir Robert had a considerable time on his hands before
the arrangements he had made would allow him to leave
Windsor, which he devoted to a minute survey of the
state apartments. There are duties " committed to the
care of the wearer of the British Crown"* (for Toryism
knows how to suit its language to the times) which re-
quire occasional intercourse between the Premier and her
Majesty. But Sir Robert owes a very different allegiance
to King Rent. No man knows better than the Right Hon.
Baronet the extent of the power of that doughty sovereign,
and the changes which he has wrought in the Constitu-
tion, through the instrumentality of the Chandos clause,
aided by corruption. We were somewhat amused by
the following naive proof in the Times of the subjection of
the landed interest to Sir Robert Peel :—" The accept-
itnce of office by noblemen, in whom the agricultural in-
terest places unbounded confidence, is a complete an-
swer to the insinuation of which we have lately heard so
much—that the champions of that interest are unwilling
to assist in such a modification of the present Corn-laws
as Sir R. Peel has intimated his intention to propose, for
the purpose of remedying the abuses and evils connected
with the present scale of duties. We never gave
them credit for being so unreasonable ; and we now
see in their accession to the Government a most satis-
factory security for the accomplishment of those neces-
sary changes, without the slightest disturbance of the
union existing between all branches of the Conservative
party." The question is whether, by their acceptance
of office, the agriculturists have got Sir Robert or Sir
Robert has got them. They have taken office nominally
under the Right Honourable Baronet ; but it does not
follow that he is to give the law to them ; and the pre-
sumption rather is, that, as the Duke of Richmond told
• him, they would turn him out as they brought him in, if
he does not do their bidding. Sir Robert Peel is in,
and he wiil obtain a fair trial. If the landed interest be-
come mollified by their triumph over Queen and people,
and it their generosity suffer Sir Robert to ob-
te.in credit for a little liberality by touching the
sliding scale, the people will be agreeably surprised.
For he who runs may read that the constitution of
this country is not now what it was. When the Tories
were frantic on account of 'he ltefsrm Bill, and the
Liberals were to much elated with it, Lord Melbourne
alone had the sagacity to foresee that it would turn out
something very different from what both had anticipated.
In the debate on the second reading of the Bill, he hinted
at some such working of the Bill as we have just seen.
It is now manifest that the Reform Bill, through the
Chandos clause, has placed both Sovereign (or the
wearer of the Crown, as the Tories phrase it) and people
in the power of the landed aristocracy. A complete re-
volution has been effected. In all questions between
the landed interest and the rest of the community,
Sovereign and people go for nothing. That matters
will remain where they are, we do not believe. The
love of monarchy, as well' as of constitutional liberty, is
too deeply engraven in the hearts of Englishmen to allow
them to suffer their Queen to be for ever enthralled by
the landed aristocracy, and to suffer the latter to sacrifice
the prosperity of the country to the most sordid, how-
ever mistaken, interests.

ROM THE DAILY PAYERS OF YESTERDAY.

CHI

" " If, as we fully expect, the Government, thus consti-
tuted, remains true to its principles, if it is conducted, as we
are confident it will be, with patriotism, moderation and jus-
tice, and wish a constant and practically influential regard for
the religious as well as the temporal interests committed to the
care of the wearer of the British Crown."—Times of yes-
terday.

GLOBE.—The discrepancies and disagreements be-
tween the different Members of the New Cabinet on
great questions of national policy, as manifested on
recent occasions in their Parliamentary speeches,
will afford striking illustrations of the unity which
is likely to prevail among them when consulting
the course they shall pursue in conducting the
Government. While the country will see in the anoma-
lous and incongruous elemtints brought together as a
Ministry an encouragement to hope that the period
allotted to its rule will necessarily be short. The at-
tempt to impose additional taxation at a time when the
resources of the country are exhausted by the pressure
of distress, produced by the insane and selfish policy,
which the class-interests insist shall be perpetuated for
their exclusive benefit, will provoke a pressure from
without too strong for effectual resistance from within.
A Cabinet constructed of materials which cannot
amalgamate must give way under such circumstances.
Sir James Graham, as head of the Home Department,
leas especially committed to his custody the preservation
of domestic tranquillity. We urge upon the renegade
Baronet the necessity of providing fur an exigency which
is assuredly approaching, and which he himself has pre-
dicted
~as certainly resulting from the system he once
forcibly denounced, but is now pledged to uphold :
" The feeling of the public mind must be hostile to •
the present Corn-law--the receivers of rent are a very
small body—backed by public opinion, they are almost
omnipotent—in Violation of public opinion, they cannot
long retain an exclusive advantage. The contest is fear-
ful': for on what ground will it be decided ?. On the
very topic which inflames to madness. Hunger, which
breaks through walls, will be arrayed against them—
reason will be heard no onger—the barriers of society
will be broken down ; and estates, distinctions, honours,
SW PIA swm.y in ono resistless torrent."
We do not anticipate so awful a catastrophe as that
which Sir James Graham here predicts in his book.
from which we quote. We believe that though the mo-
nopolists will resist long, and obstinately, they will
yield at last. But we do fear that the rapidly accumu-
lating distress in the -manufacturing districts, occa-
sioned by scarcity of employment and the high prices
of food, will provoke the suffering population to out-
rages, and jeopardise the . public tranquillity. The
Right Hon. .Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, seeing, as he does, the natural tendency of the
present Corn-laws to produce the consequences he has
described, will, we hope, while he provides the necessary
protection to the public security, sympathise with, and
show clemency to, the miserable masses, whom " a blind
and selfish policy, rapaciously grasping at undue gain,"
we use his own words, consigns to the verge of starva-
tion, should they be stimulated to acts which must be
equally deplored and condemned.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

(PROM THE MORNING TAPERS OF YESTERDAY.)

AISV ERT ISER.—The West India mails have arrived.
We come first to our own colonies, whence we have
advices as follows :—Jamaica, July 29 ; Demerara,
July 20 ; Barbadoes, July 20 ; and St. Thomas's, Aug. 4.
In the first-mentioned colony very plentiful and re-
freshing rains had fallen, and this was also the case in
Barbadoes, where the fields, which before presented an
arid and sterile appearance, had gradually become in-
vested with a luxuriant and grateful clothing of verdure
and richness. The canes were improving, and the cul-
tivation of corn and other provisions was become general.
This, it was hoped in Barbadoes, would bring down the
price of food to its former level, and thus prove a material
blessing to the poorer classes. General Darling had as-
sumed the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Barbadoes,
and had addressed the Assembly in a speech that had
given satisfaction to all parties.
Sir C. F. Smith, it was reported, would be the Go-
vernor-General of the Windward Islands ; and Sir G.
Arthur was spoken of as the successor of Sir W. Col-
brooke.

In Jamaica great efforts were making to extend culti-
vation and increase the produce of the crops, with the
view of affording a better supply in future to the mother
country. The prospects of the Mount Vernon copper-
mine seem to be very satisfactory.
At St. Thomas's tlour was seven dollars per barrel ;
American bills were three per cent. ditcount ; and bank
drafts on London, 485 to 490 dollars per 1001.
Each (lay seems to bring with it more favourable intel-
ligence from Madrid, as we hear now of the intention of
Espartero's Government to pay the interest on the:ln-
demnity Bonds. We only hope our countrymen may be
doomed to no more cruel disappointments, where such a
fair prospect is ()penilg before them.
CHRONICLE.—The accounts from Manchester this
morning. do not improve as regards money matters, fur-
ther failures of some importance having taken place.
Money was in considerable demand to-day on the Stock
Exchange. The Hebrew party were said to have been
takers to a considerable amount, preparatory to the ex-
pected appearance of the French loan, but the prices
from Paris do not show much immediate apprehension of
that sort, an advance of ten cents. having taken place
both in the Three and Five per Cents. for the Account.
The general average for die last six weeks shows wheat
at 71s. 4d., and thus foreign wheat may now be entered
for home consumption, at a duty of 6s. Bd. There is
now every prospect that the speculators will carry out
their plans, and bring down the duty with certainty to
2s. Bd., and very probably to Is. when the stock in bond,
equal to 1,000,000 of quarters, will be thrown upon the
home market. Our readers would be fully prepared for
this result ; we have at least taken some pains to make
them so, and that after the bonded corn is disposed of the
new wheats will be dealt in largely, which are not only
generally defective in quality, but, when threshed, deli-
ticient in the yield per acre, and below an average pro-
duce. So much for the sliding scale.
POST.—Her Majesty's ship Hornet has arrived from
Carthagena. That town was blockaded by the troops of Ge-
neral Carmona, a chief of die insurgent party, but it
would be able to hold Out, it appeared, until relief could
be obtained from Bogota. The Hornet brivas 48,000
dollars in specie.

Sydney papers to April Nth have come to hand, but
they have little information of general interest. The fol-
lowing extract from the South Australian Register, re-
lating to the mineral treasures of the Colony, seems to
contain the only matter of importance :
" In addition to the well-proved agricultural and pas-
toral capabilities of the province, it has long been known
to scientific observers that the mountain ranges con-
tained mineral productions of great value. Mr.Menge's
geological collection at present exhibits numerous speci-
mens of gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron ores, found
in the more northernly districts, and no doubt exists
that the hills immediately behind Adelaide are rich
in mineral wealth. A few weeks ago, indeed,
this fact was placed beyond doubt, by the acci-
dental discovery of a splendid mineral in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of the town, combining in
proportions not yet exactly ascertained—lead, silver,
and antimony. The ore is in the greatest profusion,
and of unequalled richness. In the true South Austra-
lian spirit of enterprise, a company has been formed to
work the mine, and arrangements have been already made
to ship a considerable quantity of the ore in the Cygnet,
Captain Valton, now loading for London. Since the
above was in type, and at a late hour last night, we re-