The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, JBlO.

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factoring industry is concerned—of inoffensive man-
ners—of sterling integrity, and, so far as questions re-
lating to the commercial interests of the country are con-
cerned, a most able adviser.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)

The Times imputes, " very delicately," as it says,
"to Mr. Mark Philips, as well as to all the Liberal
Representatives of manufacturing constituencies, includ-
ing Messrs. Grog, Muntz, Scholefield, Ward, J. Parker,
Oswald, Dennistoun, Lister, Busfield, E. Ellice, W.
Williams, Stansfield, Baines, Sir William Moles-
worth, Brocklehurst, Sir P. Fleetwood, Brotherton,
Standish, and Ewart, that, let their industry or ac-
tivity be what it may, they are one and all of them
utterly destitute of weight and influence in Parlia-
ment. This somewhat sweeping way of disposing is
the " weight and influence" of all these gentlemen of
adopted in order.to dispose the minds of the Manches-
ter electors, in particular, to make choice of Sir George
Murray, " unquestionably one of the first men in the
country." The Times recurs to what it calls Mr. Gib-
son's " explicit acknowledgment of his own utter unfitness
to represent an immense cotton community, of whose
peculiar trade-economy he declared himself profoundly
igr.orant." May we ask bow much Sir George Murray
knows specially about cotton? Or how much Burke knew
about the staple commodities of his Bristol constituency ?
Or how much the Hull-venerated Wilberforce knew
about blubber ? Thus much Mr. Gibson knows about
cotton, at all events—that Squire Corn should not
drive his cabriolet over it. Does Sir George Murray
choose to know even as much as that ? Ask him,
gentlemen 1 As to the deficiency of " weight and
influence in Parliament," attributed indiscriminately
to all Liberal Members for manufacturing towns,
we place the sentence on record, as amounting
virtually to an avowal that, with the Times and
its party at least, the interests represented by
those gentlemen have no weight. Will the Times
affirm that Sir George Murray is superior
to each and all of these gentlemen in the ap-
propriate knowledge which ought to give weight
as connected with those interests ? Or will it affirm
that the dullest country gentleman is not allowed
" weight" enough to inflict his tediousness on the
House, so that his talk be but of landed interests ?
If, then, what the Times asserts were true to the dis-
advantage of a score of Members, many of whom can-
not be denied to he men of talent and instruction, and
all of them at least up to the ordinary agricultural ave-
rage, then we say that the inference to be drawn from
the statement would be the condemnation, not of those
gentlemen, but of that party at least in Parliament who
have predetermined to allow no weight to the faithful
organs of commercial interests.
(From the Standard.)

We copy from the Globe of lard night a severe at-
tack upon ourselves—less for the purpose of animad-
verting upon it than in order to exhibit a curious illus-
tration of the close approximation of the lower-class
Conservatives to the Ministerial faction. Mr. Frede-
rick Shaw takes Lord Morrell's arm, fetches and'
carries for him in the passages of the House of Lords,
end the Morning Post leans in like manner upon the
Globe. The friends may spar a little with mufflers
before the public, but let the Morning, Post get
into nay serape, and it is sure to have the Glebe
to fight its quarrel. The article which we have
copied is n display of championship such as we
describe. It would.be unjast to the Globe, however, to
deny that, in buckling on its arms for Mr. Shaw and the
Morning Post, it is faithfully and effectually serving its
o•rin party,though most reLcting personstrill see throuA
the stratagem. " You have traitors in the city," said
a great man, more than 2,000 years ago. " I will
give you an unerring test by which to d& test
them. Who are toe men with whom your open ene-
mies traffic and txehange gifts and compfiments ?
Who are the men whom your worst enemy is ever
forward to ai,l and to defend ? They are the
traitors." Tile title of the Globe's Morning Post article
is a falsehood. We said nothing of an Iris/ Peer.
'What we said was, that more than one Noblem:.n,
men as warmly attached to the Duke of Wellington
as it is possible to be, understood certain expressions
of his Grace as "a profession that he had been de.
,cived"— his we repeat. From the Duke's letter
we have inferred that he was misunderstood ; and we
lied .one what we believed to he the whole of our
duty in publishing the pdtt of his Grace's. letter
which affmied the inference. Tun whole litter has
since appeared, and tl:ey who judge candidly will be
able to say why we did not give the whole in the firs
instance, and why we read with pain the part of a
sec:end fetter which Mr. Shaw thought proper to pub-
lish. Every hour co:.vnces of us the propriety of our con-
duet in declining to comply with the il!ustrious Duke's
demand, and we will add that every hour also reconcilers
us to the silence of the noblemen whose unfortunate
misunderstanding of tlie Duke's language was the occa-
sion of whatever error has urisen.

(From tile Courier.)

The Irish Pap- rr afford an instructive specimen of
the sort cf freedom of e'eetion which now exists in Ire-
lan Eve 'y one recolce's the denunciations whic'a
ema-
nated from the se;f-styled Ll,eral party upon the intrc-
flucion of Lord Stanlry"s all, the object of which was
to five the elective franchise in Ireland upon a !air,
secure, and satisfac:ory footh:7,, bat the restless agi-
tators had the hardihood to characterise that measure
a; a Coercion Bill. The fallacy, as well as wickedness
of this assertion has been too often exposed by us to
snake it necessary that we should rots attempt to refute
it. We think it a duty, however, to point out to public
I eprobation the real advocates and practisers of coercion.
They are the Irish priests and revolutionists who abet
the cry of repeal, and who, with freedom of election in
their mouths, are ready to resort to the worst species of
tyranny and intimilation over the honest voters. In
another part of the Courier we give from the Dahlia
Evening Mail a letter addressed ,by a certain Father
Henry to Sir Roger Palmer, in which the Rev. Gen-
tleman, with: most unseemly impertinence, takes upon
hint;elf to say, that the support of Conservative prin-
ciples is the sure road to unpopularity. Without at
the present moment thinking it worth while to refute
this silly assumption, we cannot avoid remarking upon
the indecency of the conduct of one individual, who has
no control over the affairs of another taking upon him-
self the task of a monitor and adviser, and this by a mode
the most objectionable and uncourteous. The Rev.
Richard Henry goes on to say that if Sir Roger
Palmer should use " undue influence with the eke-
tors"—that is to bay if he should exercise the
legitimate rights of property—he, the said Richard
Henry, would hold him " personaqy responsible."
Whether this be a threat of incitement to a duel we do
not exactly know, but if it be only an 'intimation that
Sir Roger cannot exercise his judgment without in-
curring the serious displeasure of the meddiing priest,
we leave it to every reasonable man to say whether in
either case to write such a letter is not akzlost unwar-
rantable and impertinent interference, no:Yfaly with the
freedom of election, but with the courtesy of private
society, and the acknowledged right that every man has
to act according to his notion of propriety and the dic-
tates of his conscience.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
Taft Gloucester House on Wednesday, for Nliddletan Park,
on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey:

Mr. Greg, M.P., for Manchester, remains firm
in his intention to retire from the representation of that
place, in consequence of the state of his health. Mr. Mil-
ner Gibson is at present there, pursuing his canvass with
every prospect of success.

The 13th, 26th, and 49th regiments are to have
" China" upon their colours and appointments, in comme-
moration of the first capture of a territorial possession made
by a British military force in the " Celestial Empire."
TIIE PHILOSOPHY OF SHOP LIGHTING.—
The plan adopted for lighting shops was, until within two
or three years, the moat absurd and unpbilosophical that
could well he contrived. Even now it is only in the principal
streets in London that reason and common sense have been
triumphant in this matter, and still in the greatest thorough-
fares do we frequently find the old mode adhered to. The
former plan was to arrange a number of brilliant lights on a
level with, or below the eyes of the spectators, so that the
dazz!ing effect, though good as an illumination, prevented
• the goods in the shop windows from being seen. It might
be supposed that the object of this plan was to hide the de- '
fects of the goods exposed, instead of displaying their beau-
tie:. Yet such a hold had habit obtained, that even when
the immense improvement was shown of a different ar-
rangement of the light, shopkeepers were reluctant to make
a ceange which seemed to detract from the brilliancy of
their night display. The absurdity of this system at
length forced itself upon the mind of some boldinno-
vator; who, reflecting that the articles exhibited, were
the things intended to be seen, and not the light, which
was only employed to make them visible, he contrived
the plan of shading the light from view, and permitted
its rays to come reflected only from the goods. The great
improvement of this mode was immediately perceived,
and various modes were contrived for producing
this new effect. In some shops lanterns had been
placed outside the windows, haling gas burners and re-
flectors within ; but this gives the shop-front an unsightly
apecarance, which is not compensated by the effect pro-
duced. Others, again, have adopted ground glass over the
dimini,hci the glare of light,
gas burners. This, indeed,
but at the same time reduces its quantity and produces a
great waste! of light inside the ground glass globe. An-
other plan has been to place reflector_shades before
the gas burners. The disadvantage of this arrange-
ment is, that it produces a disagreeable shadow
in the street, and disfigures the wiedow. The sim-
ple.q and most pleasing disposition of the light is
Lo elevate it high above the eves of the pasingaro. By
this nines the rays are. diffusad generally over the
thaonse who sell light, articles in the wiedeer, which
,!--?fl:c.t their several hues to
the eyes of the spectators. unqintinishcd by any offensive
glare or sudden cor.W.st, and eurer:xbetatveltoon ptlr)odthueoertuhlee
ht, or the
tmoolre.t, Polbesaesrivnegdcffinettl;e sTho'Parcoifs
materials from which it is produce.l. In their cases, as
the production of light is the main feature of their busi
ne.,s, their lamps may very properly be made as conspi-
cuous and brilliant as pesailde• The philosophy of shop-
lighting, in shirt, i; this, that the, articles ufferei for sale
should he rtia to pr.minent, anal 1..0wn to the best advati-
tig:,, wilikt the tn;:a.ls b; which they are displayed should
be invisible.—laventor's Advocate.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of bu-
siness. The most important business on the paper was
the notice to receive the Report of the Police Com-
mittee " For the Court to pass the necessary order
for makinc, a rate or assessment for the Police Esta-
blishment6for the year ensuing."

In consequence of the proximity of St. Thomas's day,
when the annual election of Common Councilmen is to
take place, all was bustle.

ADDITIONAL CONSERVATIVE VOTERS.
Sir JAMES SHAW, the City Chamberlain, presented a
list of affidavits for freedoms.
There appeared fourteen applicants from the ward of
Coleman-street alone, all of whom were stated by a
Member to have determined to be freemen, in order to
strengthen the Conservative party in the Court.

Society was applied to the support of clergymen And
otheri who bad heel: worn not 1n ;!,: H.,,rvice of o.ie in•

stitution, and vino had, after ileir great and benevolent
labours, no other support.

Mr. HoOLE opposed the grant, on the ground of the
wellth of the Society, which had, he understood, given
5,0001. to establish bishoprics in foreign parts.
Mr. D. JONES said that it would not become the
Court to run down the Church of England, a disposi-
tion to do which would be evident in the rejection of
the grant. _ _ _

Mr. Low objected to the grant, on account of what
he considered to be the enormous resources of the insti-
tution,

Mr. TAYLOR opposed the grant.
Mr. R. L. JONES regretted that the Committee
had not recommended 500/. for aiding a society which
was doing'so much good.

Aldcrm- an WHITE strongly objected to the idea of
Bishopizing:the colonies. The work of piety had been
commenced not by the Bishops, but by the Mora-
vians ; but now that it proved successful, the former
showed their disposition to come and reap golde❑ ad-
vantages from the labours of those whose sincerity was
established.
The grant was then carried.—Adjourned.