The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-27 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We have received Mr. CARNE'S letter from Fraddam, near
Hayle, Cornwall. We deeply regret to learn that the
kind-hearted and well-disposed working men of Hayle
have been deceived by those in whom they confided,
We regret, still more, to understand that there is
reason to suspect the prudence, if not the honesty, of
some of those who offer themselves as leaders and
guides of the working men. At the same time we
cannot publish the letter, even to put other working
men on their guard, charging certain parties with mis-
appropriating funds entrusted to their care, because
that might bring us into a Court for a libel, or would
involve us in a 7,ersonal contest, which it is not our
duty to undertake.
Will Mr. John 51‘Gloin, 90, Great Britain-street, condescend
to give us the name of the town in which he resides. We
have now received three letters from him, but in neither is
tho town written, and we cannot discover it from the post
mark, in consequesice of its being illegible.

111011 WATER. AT LONDON NRIDGI TO-MORROW.
Horning-- 14 minutes after 10 1 Evening 49 minutes after 10.

ISUMONOERS' AND POULTERERS' SOCIETY.
--We understand that it was the most Honourable Robert
Grosvenor, Marquis of Westminster, who generously gave
twenty pounds in aid of the funds of this Society, and not the
Marquis of Westmeath, as stated in our paper yesterday.
His Excellency Earl Granville had, on the 25th,
a private audience or the King and Queen, at which ,he deli-
vered to their Majesties letters of notification of the marriage
of her Britannic Majesty with his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert of Saxe Coburg Gotha.
Lieut.-General Sir Lionel Smith, Bart., K.C.8.,
the new Governor-General of the Mauritius, is expected to
take his departure for that colony on Saturday or Sunday next
in the Andromache frigate.
The Hon. Mrs. Charles Fox, relict of the great
statesman of that name, has taken a villa at Chertsey. In ad-
dition to her subscription towards the purchase of coals, she The Peers did not meet yesterday.
gave away 6/. worth of meat to the poor around her mansion,
in order that they might celebrate the marriage of the Queen. The Commons occupied some time with a debate on
THE POST-OFFICE.—A London correspondent a motion brought forward by Lord G. SOMERSET, that
informs us that the Post-office stamped covers for letters are in th a Cr9ydon Railway Company should have permission
a state of great forwardness. The penny cover is of a blue co-
to, proceed with their Bill, notwithstanding the Report
lour, the heavier ones brownish, and the detached slip (which
may be attached to any cover) is square shaped. The engrav- o 1;
the Standing Orders Committee. It appears that a
ing on all of them is a medallion of the Queen's Most Excellent
Croy-
Majesty. The Post-office, by way of security for valuable par- irg,atc,iation which hadr beene,naeandteDreadreinrtoßbayilrotlLei CC roomy -.
eels, is to give a receipt for any such, when required, on pay. n, u
ment of one halfpenny sterling; and forms of the receipt are Uo
palsies,
eaellnwoi
of which
hßierhil,
to be furnished, to be -filled up by parties taking the letters to rail roads at London are to have the end of their
Bridge, to settle that in common,
the office.— Caledonian Mercury.
The Hon. Captain Howard, M.P., arrived at had failed, and the Croydon and Greenwich Railway
Lord Carlisle's, in Grosvenor-place, last evening, from Mor- Cs unpanies had each proposed to introduce new mea-
perth, for which borough the gallant officer was elected on Sa-
su res. The Greenwich Railway Company had complied,
ttirday last.
W e are happy to state that the th a other had not complied with the Standing Orders,
Cowper,Kient is convalescent. Her Royal Highness, through Colonel
Duchess of a d the motion was to enable the latter to proceed in
has been obliged to decline rresecteoirneindg. adresses of e-pli. it.e. of
bthye,rsulteas4,thine
favour of
Ittbewacs
rdayeediednedcoenna-a
eqogratulation until her health is quite clii ;ision
'TRINITY COLLEGE, --THE NEW FEanL,LI O,OImV--
settPs.—ln our paper of Wednesday we published pa nis,yi
r, .
ii whichu bi
Ethus
ve obtainedno tice leeafveento proeeeamendmentd' to Mr.
ing Sir JonN NEWPORT, to
mented upon the memorial addressed to the Lord Lieutenant on 'LLDDELL's motion concern
the subject of the eight new fellewsh a about to be established
the prayer of
in Trinity College. Our readers will
the memorial. It is asked that the remembercompetition for these new it
iiii
ee effectivil List,that theand apeas i o o a
ls hcoausled
be
ee withdrawnsubmitted t
to the
fellowships shall be open to persons of evertyhepersuasion—to the
members of 11 0 use.
obtained
Dissenters to the Roman Catholic, andspecs
Establishment. We are sure that this memorial has set a tedasl tdso TnriOotNh result,
sub-
the very warm concurrence of our readers. Indeedt,aswcannot
t b la
at the reply
negotiationstoLd -Ni
Awili thN'o LordtherePouAnittmribEe
conceive that it could fortune otherwise. Its justice je et of International Copyright had ye
portance entitle it to the support of every liberal and intelligentini- these negotiations before the House this
man. It will be the cause of much gratification to know
t ac
count
dohuenthaodr no hope of being able to lay any satisfactory
the exertions that have been made to procure signatures have at
been as successful as they were prompt and well-timed. M with
influential members of the legal and other professions havean t 1 me report of the conclusion of a commercial treaty
S'l
ucnTmoeLr.ord SANDON the Noble Viscount replied that
already affixed their names, and zealously undertaken the task IN :epics was not correct. The sulphur monopoly, he
of canvassing for signatures.—Freeman's Journal, a mid, was a violation of existing treaties, and he hoped
QUEEN-SQUARE.--PEROCCHI'S CASE.--On sc on to be able to announce that it had been rescinded.
Tuesday Antonio Peroechi, an Italian courier, surrendered to The Summary Jurisdiction Bill, a pet of Sir E. Wm-
his bail to undergo a further examination relative to the charge efes l'i, was read a second time after a short debate, and
preferred against him of stealing some very valuable diamond a .0c lvisionof 48 to 16. The Bill goes to do away with
rings, and other articles of jewellery, the property of Messrs.
,lie ;eel si in the
case of juvenile offenders, and extend the
Mortimer and Hunt, of New Bond-street. There was also
another charge which had been subsequently
preferred against ju: risdietion of two Magistrates. Several country gen-
him, of stealing some articles belonging to
the Marquis of tle .n.sen were opposed to it, and Mr. MILE. suggested
Clanricarde, his late master. The circumstances attending the
th it it should be referred to a Select Committee,
apprehension and examination of this man have beers so re- Su 4, estion Sir EARDLEY WILMOT seems likely to
peatedly before the public, that it is not necessary to repeat ad ,o'pt. In BUJ:JCR's time the prevalent fashion was to
them. The subject of Perocehi's being set at large was re •DE batwing laws, and then it was some " topping
newed, and, after a long conversation of no public ''interest, it l'a.
was settled that Pe ' '
roceni should be discharged ; but, to prevent wyer,"ss or' " some great manufacturer," who had interest
actions being brought against the constables, who were ordered CC ough with a Member to get him to introduce a Bill
to detain certain articles, the decisionth of the Magistrate was to Puaish some particular depredation with death.
not to be considered as final, but in
against the defendant,
vent of no claim being afternoon, or
made in a month, or charge establisheei
the whole of the property was to be- delivered up to him. De-, c Members, .
ill
ua: Bills were passed of a Wednesday
ter dinner, by a dozen or a score of just as
~., , but be he left the Court he •S:
fondant was then dischareed
been most harshly and un• 4'
Adeelared, in Italian, that he had present fashion being for the country
MlDary Jurisdiction, or Sale of Beer Bills, are now
Y
dealt with.
take the morals of the lower classes
appears that ti le undo, '
jusd,:j. l da _ed ; the
g,eri, 'lemen to Be a letter from Calais it
French Government, having in contemplation a railroad toprotection,o. and promote morality,
mutheation between Paris and the metropolis of this count ry, l'oli'
orderly habits, religion, -
io- ,
_, th,exicrts
c: 1 e Beer Acts, Juvenile De-
Pc,
jciaaileand all that, by Prison Acts,
have commenced considerable improvements '
Cilais, by constructing a newer oatis g basin f-,r the
port of r c'' ' Acts,
~-„in,ql...ents
of modern legislators seems, we own,
elation of shipping, and by terming a large reservoir corm of
to be fill ,ci , and Summary Jurisdiction Acts.
at high water for deepening the entrance of the h f shion of their predecessors,
arbour. Ti is stir than the a
6 ,t, the more important, as competent parties, after mature c 1, le humane
;.
I that is only seeming, and we doubt
• sirferation of the situation of the three ports of Boulryrn Du 1- '. at we are atra. (--it
much derided and condemned
ki,k, And Calais, have asserted, that even supposing chee'l' al
1-
.4 a' e fashion
1 making fashion of 1760
me of whether it
the 1-anging—a"'
rajway to be complete, the communication between Lend n 2 before 1940 as fashion only seem s
and Paris could not be made regular, unless the ports of Dr .el.•?, derided. We say, the modern. .
and Calais were so irdprovel as to be accessible in every f ,t,' '/- is
low
•
will ta.,t be as
e i ~.
.4
he ancient, 1
es-The tide.
annihilated according to t
of the law to be
more humane, inastnu I -s it is better to the victims 1

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LONDON:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, lite.

than to be restrained and tortured according to the
modern practice.
The Resolutions for a New Sale of Beer Bill were
reported, and at Seven o'Clock the House adjourned.

Mr. LIDDELL iS to-night to move the following
Resolutions, on the subject of Sir JOHN NEW-
PORT'S pension in the House of Commons :
That it appears, by a copy of a Warrant on the Table of
this House, that a Pension of 1,000/. a year has been
granted by her Majesty to the late Comptroller of the Ex-
chequer on retirement from that office, on the ground of
" zealous and efficient services rendered to the public
during a period of nearly half a century, in which interval
of time he filled the offices of Chancellor of the Exche-
quer for Ireland, and Comptroller-General of the Ex-
chequer for the United Kingdom."
That it appears that the said Comptroller-General filled
the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland dur-
ing the period of thirteen months only, viz. from the month
of February 1806 to the month of April 1807.
That it appears, by reference to the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4,
c. 24 (by which the granting of Pensions for political ser-
►ices was regulated), that no person is qualified to re-
ceive any Pension on the ground of public duties per.
farmed in the highest offices of the State, unless he shall
have continued in the performance of such duties for a
period of two years at the least.
That it appears that it was also specially provided by the
said Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 24, that the holders of the office
of Comptroller of the Exchequer should be precluded, on
his retirement from that office, from all claim to any of
the Pensions which the Crown was thereby empowered to
bestow for civil or political services.
That it appears that the person holding the office of
Comptroller of the Exchequer now constitutes the sole
check (in lieu of all others formerly existing under the
ancient regulations of the Exchequer) on the expendi-
ture of all public monies issued through the Exchequer by
the authority of the Commissioners of the Treasury; and
it is specially provided that he should be incapable of hold-
ing any other office under the Crown in conjunction with
such Comptrollership, and should be irremevcable from
his office, except in pursuance of an Address from the
two Houses of Parliament ; this officer being thus with-
drawn from the exercise of any influence of the Crown
over him in the discharge of his functions.
That it appears that provision was made in the Act 1 and
2 Vic. c. 2, that the sum which her Majesty might be em-
powered to grant in pensions on the Civil List, in any
cne year, should not exceed the sum of 1,2001. ; and that,
in conformity with a previous resolution of this House,
such pensions should be granted "to such persons only as
might have just claims on the Royal beneficence, or who
by their personal services to the Crown, by the perform-
ance of duties to the public, or by their useful dis.
coveries in science, and attainments in literature and the
arts, had merited the gracious consideration of the Sove-
reign, and the gratitude of the country."
That, considering all these circumstances, and more
especially the great importance of keeping the Comptroller-
General of the Exchequer independent of the influence of
the Crown, as also of ensuring a strict adherence to the
spirit of the resolution of this House on the subject of
Civil List Pensions, this House deems it expedient to ex-
press its decided opinion that the grant of 1,000/. a-year
to Sir John Newport, under the warrant before-mentioned,
ought not to be drawn into a precedent.
Lord MORPETH is thereupon to move the follow-
ing amendment:—
To be proposed before the paragraph of Mr. Liddell's
Resolutions regarding the Civil List Pension—
' That by an Act of 22 Geo. 3, c. 82, it was declared,
" And whereas much confusion and expense did arise from
having Pensions paid at various places, and by various
persons, and a custom hath prevailed of granting Pensions
on a Private List during his Majesty's pleasure, upon a
supposition that in some cases it may not be expedient for
the public good to divulge the names of the persons in the
said List, or that it may be disagreeable to the persons re-
ceiving such Pensions, to have it known that their dis-
tresses are so relieved, or for saving the expense of fees and
taxes on small Pensions; by means of which said usage
secret and dangerous corruption may hereafter be practised;
and whereas it is no disparagement for persons to be re-
lieved by the Royal Bounty in their distress, or for their
desert ; but on the contrary, it is honourable, in just cause,
to be thought worthy of reward, &c :"—That this limita-
tion to persons in their distress, or for their desert, not
having proved a sufficient check on the grant of unmerited
Pensions, this House, in the year 1834, entered into cer-
tain Resolutions concerning Pensions.

To be proposed in placti- of the last paragraph of Mr.
Liddell's Reicsiutions—.

That it appears to this House that the Right Hon. Sir
John Newport, in his official capacity of Chancellor of
the Exchequer in Ireland, exerted himself to the utmost
to restrain useless expenses, to promote Education, and
to improve Trade and Intercourse between Ireland and
the other parts of the United Kingdom; that while in the
said office he directed, and after leaving office suggested,
various inquiries, which led to the adoption by Parliament
of measures, highly conducive to the better administration
of the lsw, and beneficial to the Revenue ; that after
serving for five years in the honourable office of Comp-
troller of the Exchequer, being then upwards of eighty
years of age, and afflicted with bodily infirmity, he with-
drew from public life, respected for the unblemished in-
tegrity of his character, to pass in retirement the remain•
der of his days.
That, considering that Sir John Newport was not in
affluent circumstances when he thus withdrew from office,
this House is satisfied that the grant of a pension to a re-
tired Comptroller of the Exchequer, in circumstances so
peculiar, cannot be drawn into a precedect in favour of
persons who have not " jest claims on the Royal benefi-
cence," and are not distinguished by " the performance
of duties to the public."
This is another party fight, and will cause the
benches of the House of Commons to be crowded.
It is another specimen of the mode in which the
Tories are determined to carry on the war against
the Ministers. For economy they do not care a
rush ; they habitually deride it. Pensions, when
they had the power, they bestowed on the
most mischievous, crawling, and worthless creatures,
They even pensioned Mr. CROKER, and some of
Mr. CRoKER's family. They must be completely
changed if they object to establishing precedents
for giving pensions to anybody, or to everybody,
who could perform those base services the Tories
require. It is all fudge, then, for them to attack
Sir JOHN NEWPORT'S pension on the ground of
economy, or patriotism, or principle ; at the same
time they will use all these as pretexts to justify
the party attack they are to make to-night. It is
clearly a portion of that obstructive warfare which
Lord STANLEY announced in the No-Confidence
debate. Such a proceeding is worthy of Mr.
LIDDELL, and worthy of the Tories.
Amongst the gentlemen who lately met to f grin
an Anti-Corn-law Association there was very gene-
rally expressed a feeling of apprehension should the
present alienation of the working classes from the
other classes, and from the institutions of the country,
continue. We have repeatedly ourselves drawn at-
tention to that circumstance, and it is now so pro-
-1,-rinent that nothing, it is plain, makes the masses
pay taxes, submit to the Courts, or prevents them
from breaking into open revolts but prudential consi-
derations. They have lost all respect for the laws; they
mock at the Constitution ; they are familiar with
the words treason and rebellion as they are familiar
with their own powerful machines, and have the
same feeling towards them. They know that both
the law and the revolving wheel will remorselessly
crush them to death if they get in their way ; but
as they know how to master the wheel, so they are
studying how to master the law, and they are merely
kept in obedience by the conviction that they have
not yet attained knowledge and power sufficient.
All the magic influence which the words treason
and rebellion once had over the mind of the masses
has passed away ; the bugaboo scheme of govern-
ing has come to an end, and the first inoment of
embarrassment in the Government, when it has to
appeal to the masses for help, will be the last of its
power. It is under circumstances such as these
that the Opposition, from whom the people were
wont to expect aid in obtaining redress, when it was
denied by the Ministers, engage in the supremely
ridiculous and contemptible party warfare which
Lord STANLEY announced, and of which Mr.
LIDDELL'S motion is one of the operations. We
have no hope, no wish, that the Tories should act
differently. If they did, we should think they
only meant to beguile and betray us; but we mark
their proceedings at this particular moment
as a proof that while the vital interests of
society, while the Constitution itself is in jeopardy,
they have no eye, no heart, no soul, but for the
meanest and most paltry personal considerations.
They care nothing for the nation, their whole object
is to get office. Thus, if the masses must have
seen reason of late unhappily to give up most of
the hopes they had placed in the Whigs, from the
Tories it is plain they have nothing to expect but
a repetition of insults, contumely, and oppression.
Six weeks has the Parliament now been assem-
bled, and not one measure has yet been proposed by
either party which has the smallest relation to the
oft !site,
strength to
Ntkb'el tcca
nr-i
parisee 'f-Irtoslvna
this
a bn d
tu feelings
additional
viction, already loudly announced, that the whole
scheme of Government is a contrivance to aggran-
dize the few at the expense of the many ? Lord
STANLEY is to give more power to the IriSb land-
lords ; Sir ROBERT INGLIS iS to get more money
for the Anglican priesthood ; and the Ministers
are benevolently inclined towards the Hill Coolies ;
but 110 party thinks the powerful and wild-run
masses of England and Scotland worthy of con-
sideration. Their bread is to be taxed, they
areßu Lull-ring
tsourgeivies
tthoelm)e evengbeanddrivoettitierapaprlatceisf,
btlurety
unuree%tvisn
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appears little better than the mule of the Assassins'

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