The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-18 00:00:00

_EVENING

_ _
), due*
doe
ence in price caused by the cost of transit, fluid
commission, and other eherges of importing, whick at
enhlnce Vie price of continental corn here 10E. a 4,1100 d
leas!. That would be sufficient protection; and whY yir
he seek. a protecting duty of 725. a quarter? no 0,
r rage rice of grsin on the Continent, for the last fewyo,*
was about 319. 101 a quarter ; but in 1815 it was la I.
at 28% a quarter, and by the Corn-laws passed in tb. ,
year and 1828, the labourer here was now made to
b: eid et twice the pricele would pay if corn were adritte"
free. He tht refore entreated Mr. Richardson, and all 4;:
had influence with the working classes, to join in Pitt:fir
these accursed laws repi algid ; and many things woula
low for which Mr. Richardson was an advocate. 0114
the people could have intelliirence iren them, and al(
he taught the best mode of ohtainirg the end they sough
ho was sure they would not get what they so earnestly de-
sired.
Mr. LIVINGSTGN would put it to Mr. Richardson and Mrd
•
Campbell how it could be, when lahour was much vitae
tba. it should fall in price ? Everybody knew when am:Ater
had to look far hands was not the t me to reduce vogegi
Richardson—" But machinery supplies the place °
manual labour."] Then if all the machinery in the country
were to be stopped, would that advance the wages of the
labourer ? He was quite sure that there was no sdvantsge
ether to masters or the community from reducing wage.
—.( Applause.)
The peti:ion was adopted unanimously, and it nation
solved that it should be presented by Joseph Brothe
Eq., he Member fo th ) borouh.
Mr.t C.'Tysoe, the Senior Cungstable, was called to the
Cheir ; and
Mr. CHAkLTON moved a vote of thanks to the /MIT;
rities for convening the meeting, and especially to
tl-
Boroug
scam dehreeve, for his impartial conduct in the chair.
Mr. J. DRACUP d the motion, which passed ace
nimously ; and the Proceedings then terminated, at
.ck.

THE CLIQ OE OF MIDDLESE

MAGISTRATES

NOTICE IS HEREBY that an applica.ion intend;
to be made to Parliament in the next Session, fa leaveat
bring in a Bill to authorise an interchange of pristineOnd
the 'louse of Correction fr.r t::e county of INliddlesex
la-
the Weaminater Bridewell, the by:faking oP of the es
of
blishment of the New Prison at Cler.o:nwell,
of the site and materials thereof and the ar lineation o.f
precemis in aid of the 'county rates, andin:dciV4. ;,(rtrf
vision out c f the county rates for ThP meat 6-1 f
the
to the Chtirrnau cf he General and Quarter Sc' tit
the Pca'e for the said county, And of retiring Provisi°:
for some the cffic2rs of the seid New Prison ; ve- to
d
poser the Justices cf ibe Peace for the said cotiottioo
coron encc their Sessions durirg term, and to ioe,lt „ter
si-h came powers at their General as at their "u"ob•
Sessions ; and far other purposes connected with the
jccts above speciacd.
Dated this 31st day of Octnt e-, 1840.
(Si6nei) ALLEN, GYLBY, and ALLEN'
Carlisle-street, Sob",
Solicitors for the intended 131"

PETITION FOR BILL.
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kiogde7for
The humble petition of several of the Justices of the Yeac
the county of Middlesex. of Sbe
Showeth,—That from the magnitude of the business of
General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the coi' s'ueli
Middlesex, and for the purpose of securing at all titres se your
Sessions their proper dignity and weight, it appears sce,„,oo
petitioners to be expedient that the Chairman of such that
should be a Barrister-at-law of practical experience, an,`,`
his permanent services should be secured by a salary to Pe 't, to
to him out of the county-rate of the said county, adeclna
the important duties of his office.
That it would tend to facilitate the proceedings
neral and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the
ewere
county if the Justices of the Peace for the said oonn.7oriod
empowered, not only to continue to hold (as now au George
by an Act of the 32d year of his late Majesty King 0 son
the Third), but also to begin to hold their Sessions
_tor
after the essoign day of any term, or during the sitting :boo
Majesty's Court of Queen's llnch at Westminster or else
in the county of Middlesex. ye °if'
Your petititioners, therefore, humbly pray that lean
be given to bring in a Bill for ffecting the purposes awurabio
under such regulations and restrictions as to this goon
Ifowe shall seem meet.
Charles Forbes, Bart., J. P.
James Clithero, J. P.
C. Augustus Tulk, J. P.
Henry Pownall, J. P.
George Forbes, J. P. of the
ssieei
Edward Orme, J. P.
Arthur Smith, J. P.
Thomas Russell.
James Whisken
Montague Dand Scott, J. P.
Alexander Annand.

J. M. Strachan.
Samuel Hoare.
Benjamin Edward Halo
William 13. France, J•
Charles Devon.
John J. Hansler, J P•
John Garford. ft
George Bague, R. N. J•
Charles Turner.
F. P. Walesby, J. P.

how follng are the provisions of the Bill :
I. Magistrates may appoint a Chairman of General apo
General Quarter Sessions.
2. No new nomination to the office to be rerinanenct'
made and confirmed at a General or General Quarter ?e;000/.
3. Justices may settle the salary of such Chairman
at
to
per annum.
4. Chairman of Middlesex Sessions, in certain case"
officiate as Chairman of Westminster Sessions. ithottelb
5. Justices may begin any Session of the Pea
3
term may have commenced.
6. Expences of this Act.
7. Public Act.
THE EASTERN QUESTIO

00
110 (
The questior a asked on the 12th inst. in the --ft and
tl°
Commons on the Eastern question, and the a,erptllr°
exp'anations of Lord Palmerston form the staple °,',i-toris%
in all the French journals of Tuesday. The I°""reeSs
extracts from them will convey to English readers' e°
idea of the spirit in which they arc written :--
The (Currier Francais says:— t a to
" The hatti-scheriff was, without doubt, Sllgg• t,cperr'
the Pore; England took the,leading and the ackti•ci doss
The Powers bad no other motive in what they tit bort.'
than to lay a bait for France. if France disarm, tu shit
ditary right will be granted to Mehemet Ali; ilfaZ as
will be withheld. To effect the desired result' hat to
Me ternich puts himself forward as a mediator;
speak frankly, if we had to choose between the 0°
of Lord Palmerston and the interested advances et, 4 hint
Metternich, we should prefer of the two esealatiseigi/
who does not cbnceal his basl intentions. The • tbe
Government would act very unwisely in acceptlngrieer
overtures which are held out to it. It has only t 0
rielst
the Powers to their own declarations. Heredittllo6;
was promised to. Mehemet Ali by the Treaty of allJoise•
let those who signed the Treaty execute their Ptio be
r
If they do not, the shame which will cover thern
equal to that which followed the partition of Follows-
' u,i,g
have no interest in presenting them from disbe°°
themselves." he sePr
The Quotidienne quotes the second article of t- noises
rate act of the Treaty, which says " His Highness
to grant to Mehemet Ali, for him and his descent...apt;
line direct, the Government t f tee Pacbalic of
and then %rgues let°
" The words ' in line di cot' were net inserted ffe DOI
Motive; the words in order of primogeniture' vie.ir oleo
added. This is perfectly true ; but did Mehemet MI pot t 0
he accepted the treaty, contemplate the suit is;
say fraud, which the Quotidienne supposes to have wis act •
tended by the introduction of the word ie lines mdieteff
As regards the clause in the heti-set criff, iater of
0111
the Paclia from the nomination of his officers befa°ooo
grade ef Lieutenant, the Quotidienne quotes Art' ", shalt
separate Act of the T; eat e. hs land and sea forced the
always be considerel as kept up for t'ac service
0 toman empire."
The National concludes a violent article by eta vestion
"In all this affair, hews ver, there is reed' y non p,,.1`
either of the Sultan or the Turkish empire. en beset
merstcn lies to himself, as he lies to the world,wbensbe Ot-
to throw the responsibility of the hatti-scheriff of keels
February on the powerless Abdul- Medjid, and 13,19 if shl
ewtiloxliiliinsiteibssr,etetcihrtosewiis,resoTohnfilupjtr,shkeeayfinrdi
mst nah noe nominally.o riger her own mistress'. le'
csfo lLtdhiceetr st he
Sultan. d Allies
cot'Th ier.
oli6ol
, we
s
then be no necessity even for protest on the part °lf too
hemet Ali, and the Sultan would consider hict tees 00:
happy in being able to purchase his own security eaissi
price of all the rights and privileges for which /11.•
might deign to apply." ecal °
The Prcsse alluding to the demand for the r
just
Lord Ponsonby, says :
'' To us the' declaration which Lord Palmerston ltssreicall
made in Parliament is much more important than treiy lc
of Lord Pensonby. It binds England much more c, °
The
the eyes cf Europe than the recall of an indisidc,ll,,', di t'
conduct of Lord Ponsonby has already once °°-1111 Otsi
',ewe', without his being recalled, and the disso"
t° the
de • h
net the less efficacious on that account. We gnu arito-
d,cree of decheance, which was suggested by the,'ol 1110
Ambassador, and revoked on the formal demean % pee-
Erg;ish Cat iaet. This precedent proves that Lercun wog
sonby is, after all, only a subaltern, who lot lie.ne
protected by powerful friends against (Ten ;cif on!'
disgrace, but whose acts are without imports Tas
they oltsin the approbation of the GovernmesicacieeS
refusal to bestow this approbation upon the, .ed
of Lord Ponsonby is now of a more dett''' 10
ractcr than on the question of the decheanee.. 1010
all that is essentiel for France. The rest 15d, which
the exclusive dome in of the policy of Engla° 0 barn
has to inquire whether it will be proper te ;at
any longer for representative an old mad°3;
is shays more prompt to follow the councils 01_001.
hatred than to consult the real interests f his " „tittle
We wish the Opposition Journals would cease their Pould
about the magnificent advantages which tLeY if it
have resulted now from the note of the Bth Ocovtlir►,arrY
has] been enforced by the present Cabinet. i.'„ it vise
and i,l-tirred note would now, as on the day `",e-peeer°
issued, serve only to erehreit affairr. As Ali, and
fdoirscaivrojwitt,hict
is
sheicvaindeernyt practised upon
het
ja she
announce their deterruir • • t t aid the Per"' b sbe
c to
biteahrtattowntohnueol
dp
000,ni
tliyo
havei na, ictab_ tor cic
le;
great
if
note of the Bth
foremg an open door. Now, when e,p!e make t° nate'
that
a fu,s about their way through an open thes,vcr
ally suggest to others the ilea of clocingdoor i
it, n °ll id gO•
it may be seen how tar such Gaston-hrnY'ry "ceusygterse
Such would infalbbly have been the result of th,.
r.overs
of the note in question ; it would have provoked th.,_r. ft
by its fanfaronade, and re-constituted the CO'•ti'dulicut-
would have cornpLeatett, acid i,reparahly perlialisl_ cf
ties which, i the present state of thing!, arPear
_l% more
nature to elem. themselvee. Let uc, iher, beaf_Re„iiiion
of the posthumous praises of a rolicy which pub""
there
let
ad
ihtasressto.,,justly condemned. Jr is in oblivion;
in TviohelerF:eLord
Palmerston is resolved to persecute to if our
n,s
says—alutionnel, determined not to be behind Its
map
in the e:es
w hie7r policya t
e France
b ofd tthaekeEnnugnlaisLl,ir C
her
uper4t3ii.
tevloiud7pt.tihi„
C,,.i.:ct siu;tild persist in a desire to find grace
of Europe, it can only he as a conquered Power rejig
to its defeat."