The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-16 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.

Public opinion in France, so far as it can be
gathered from the journals, is opposed to the regency
of Espartero in Spain. All the secret influence of the
Tuileries is exerted in support of the pretensions of Queen
Christina and her faction. Intrigues are carried on in
Paris, in Lisbon, and in Rome, for the restoration of
Christina, and the abolition of the Constitution. The
Absolutists and the Priests are moving heaven and
earth against Spanish freedom. In this great emer-
gency it would be disgraceful to England were her
unqualified support withheld from the gallant soldier who
acheived the freedom of the Spanish nation.
The Absolutists are said to have made converts of
Donna Maria of Portugal and her Illustrious Consort.
The recognition of their Majesties by the Pope and the
Northern Powers has had a wonderful effect upon theii
political opinions. The Constitution is no longer a topic
of fashionable conversation at the Court of Lisbon. It
is believed that but for a dread of Espartero and the Spa-
nish Liberals the Government of Portugal would make
another attempt to restore the Charter.
There is every prospect of the crops in the West In-
dies being very abundant this year.

PUBLIC OPINION.

The Morning Herald thus remarks on the announce.

ment that Lord Spencer intends to move the Address in
the House of Lords:—" Lord Spencer can do his friends
no good by the forthcoming display, and most assuredly
he will be personally seen to far less advantage than he
was the other day at the Liverpool agricultural meeting."
In a preceding paragraph our Contemporary states that
Lord Spencer " despised and deserted the Whigs"—a
glaring inconsistency, to say nothing of its utter impro-
bability, for what statesman would allow himself to be
drawn from his voluntary retirement, in order to assist
those whom he " despised" and had " deserted ?"
The Times insists tthat Ministers will be guilty of " a

high misdemeanor," if they attempt again to force forward
their " obnoxious Budget;" observing, " When the
Sovereign dismisses an Administration for measures dis •
approved by the country, the constitutional construction
of that proceeding is, that the obnoxious measures are
abandoned, and that the Sovereign is entirely free to
take other steps more consistent with the opinion of the
people. The successors whom the country brings in hare
a right to expect that the Sovereign is prepared to act
upon their advice in general, and mere particularly in
the specific matter on which the decision of the country
has thus been taken." If the broad and intelligent prin-
ciples on which the Whig Budget was based, are to be
altogether thrown overboard by the Tories, as the Times
proposes—if monopoly is to be continued, and free trade
to be scouted as a delusion—how do Sir R. Peel and his
party propose to relieve the distresses of the country ?
Do they mean to rest satisfied with the prayers of the
Church for a more prosperous state of things, or trust
from day to day to the expediency system ? If so, they
will very soon find themselves freezing again in the arctic
regions of Opposition.
The Chronicle states that Sir Robert Peel "has
precluded himself from introducing a Liberal Budget,',
and that "no satisfactory adjustment can be expected
from him." We judged as much from the studied re-
serve he has continued to maintain on the subject of any
remedial measures; but what will the country say to a
Tory Budget based on the Vansittart and Goulburn
principles of humbug and chicanery ? A very few weeks
will suffice to solve this momentous problem. Our Con-
temporary truly adds, that " Parliament cannot possibly
postpone a discussion on the corn question till February."
The Post, in an article on the subject of the Church,
remarks as follows :—" We do not wish to deny or to
disparage the exertions of Christian teachers who are
without the pale of the Church of England ; but as
practiCal and patient observers of what goes on in the
business of life, we are unable to have confidence in the
good effect upon the social community of their unautho-
rised superintendence." The reasoning of this is, that
none are capable of instructing, elevating, and refining
the character of the people, but those who are strictly
orthodox members of the Church of England. All with-
out the pale of the Establishment must necessarily be
ignorant pretenders, whose lessons will do more harm
than good. Verily, this is being more orthodox than
Episcopacy itself !
—• We quote the following from the Leeds Times :

" Lord Egerton's yeomanry scheme is put by for the pre-
sent. If this weather continues, Lord Francis and many
others must set their houses in order. Their fate is sealed.
It is dreadful to contemplate the consequences of their
pig-headed pride and selfishness. They fight against
God, against the laws of the Creator."

The Dublin Evening Post says with reference to a
recent article in the Times, on the subject of Ireland :

"Let Sir Robert Peel take care—some of the armed men
may be wanted for England. To be sure, soldiers are
no answer to a clamour for food—yet the clamourers at
home may find business for'the soldiers. Most sincerely
do we hope not. But it is, we must say, under correc-
tion, rather inconsiderate for the Times to menace Ire-
land with a military government, when troops may
become absolutely necessary to preserve the peace of
Great Britain."

The Cambrian thus remarks on the rumour that
the Tories intend to make material alterations in the
New Poor-law :—" We own that we cannot believe in
the rumoured intentions of the Tories to tamper with
this law. On the hustings and for electioneering pur-
poses, a few Ultras of the party may make a show of
great commiseration for the poor, and of a determina-

tion to restore the old system ; but Peel and the mag-
nates must pause ere they saddle their estates with the
old rates. They will have enough to do in the trying
times that are at hand."

—The Scotsman observes, in an article suggested by the
present state of the country :—" A very little reflection
indeed .will show that the crisis, for the country, is only
now beginning, and that unless the Tory reign shall be
brief, that crisis is fraught with the most serious alarm
to the peace and prosperity, if not also to the freedom of
the empire. Already something of the gloom of 1830
begins to loom again over the political horizon ; and taro
that memorable era be already forgotten."

The Liverpool Journal, speculating on Sir.. R.
Peel's probable course of policy, remarks as fall, 0m •
" Is Sir Robert Peel's grand panacea to be rap- eeiy
fol-
lowing out of the Quarterly Review's adviw, a
to raze half
the large towns in the kingdom to the rAlYJund, and dis-
perse the population over the rural. -_.
uistricts ? If so,
we may congratulate the squirearc
/-LY on the comfortable
prospect they have before them. Ti 'or the last twenty or
thirty years they have regul.arv__ been drifting off their
surplus farmers and labou-xers into the
manufacturing
towns, where most of 0
.lem have been absorbed. The
tide must now be made; to flow in the opposite direction."

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INEY--7.:R.A.DE—COMMERCE.
At Manchestra many failures are taking place, and
some are comp anding with their creditors, but they will
never be knov in to the world unless some untoward event
reveals till' secret. The print-trade is dreadfully bad,
and bo;:ads are only half employed.
At Bradford the wool market is very dull : the
yarn market is the same as usual ; the piece-market has
done this week more than for several past weeks.
--- At Leeds the market has increased in briskness,
and the sales have on some days been extensive.

Trade at Bolton begins to assume a very alarming
appearance. Counterpanes meet with little demand :
quiltings are in a very low state ; the demand for mus-
lins is improved, but the prices are extremely low. One
manufacturer is offering to reduce the wages of weavers
as much as 35 per cent., although their present earnings
barely afford them subsistence.

NAVAL AND MILITANT.
The following vessels are ordered to be brought
forward for commission :—L'Aigle, Volage, and Vixen,
at Chatham ; North Star and Driver at Portsmouth ;
Spartan and Cambrian at Plymouth ; and Styx at
Sheerness.

The Illustrious, 72, has been commissioned for the
flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, who will leave
England about the Ist of next month to take his cow-
mar.il on the West India Station.

LAW AND POLICE.
--A man of property, of the name of Rowed, residing
at No. 4, Upper 13elgrave-place, was held to hail at
Marlborough-street Police-office, on Saturday, in the
sum of 5001., and two sureties of 2501. each, for improper
conduct towards a lad in Kensington-gardens. Sureties
and security were soon obtained for the gentleman, but
the youth, being a minor, and in poor circumstances,
was committed to prison, as he could not find two sure-
ties in the moderate sums of 500/. each.
At Bridgewater, on Friday, a man of the name of
Turner was sentenced to transportation for ten years,
for robbing a farmer living near Shepton Mallet of 180/.
He snatched the money out of the farmer's hand, then
pretended to stuff it again into his pocket, and the
farmer rode off, thinking all was right, till he was half
way home, when he found all was wrong, the notes
having been transformed into an old newspaper.
At Croydon Assizes, on Saturday, the long-pending
case of Punter v. Lord Grantley and another, came on
for hearing. The first charge was against Mr. llackley,
the agent of Lord Grantley, for a trespass, in turning
a
Punter out of the College, when, after -
long speech
from Serjeant Shea for the plaintiff, and the examination
of several wituesses, the Jury returned a verdict of