The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-01 00:00:00

LONDON', TUESD AY, JUNE 1, 1841

• latter, u ithout harshness or illiberality, but with uncom-
promising firmness wherever a constitutional privilege is
to be upheld, or a legal right to be vindicated.
ADVERTISER.—We regret that by some inadver-
tence the Pritish Queen and Statesman newspape4 of yes-
terday was led into the mistake of stating Commodore Sir
Charles Napier was appointed to the command at Lis-
bon. We suppose the mistake originated froin con-
founding the gallant Commodore with Commander Na-
pier the gallant officer who has been appointed to the
Pelican,f which vessel sailed from Portsmouth on•FrWay
for Lisbon. That the hero of the Syrian war should ap-
pear to be transported to a foreign station by an e'e3-
tioneering trick, may be very agreeable to the wishes of
a certain gentleman who aspires to the representation of
Marylebone; but we assure that aspirant that the worthy
electors of that independent borough are too old birds
to be caught by such young chaff: In any case of
such importance to the interests of the borough of Mary-
lebone there cannot be a question of doubt as to the
man of their choice—the hero who has waved
" the meteor flag of England" over the Syrian coast—
a hero whose fame and naval exploits extend over the
world—and a gentleman whose merit seems to be that
in the liberal borough of Marylebone he has been only
four times rejected ! Our readers will be sorry to see
by a letter from Commodore Sir Charles Napier, in
another part of our paper, that he has resigned his com-
mand in the Mediterranean ; but they will at the same
time be pleased to learn that a man who had done so
much honour to his country on land and sea, is ready and
willing to do his best in the senate if the worthy and
patriotic electors of Marylebone will do honour to them-
selves by sending him to Parliament as their naval Am-
bassador in the cause of Reform for the good of the
people—a representative who will do his utmost against
monopoly in all its various ramifications—whether, it-be
to corn, sugar, or timber. Commodore Napier is pledged
to a thorough reform in all departments, and more esie-
cially in the navy, of which he has proved him4elf the
leading star.
GLOBE.—Lord Worsley has done good service in
asking the monopolists what they have to expect from
Sir R. Peel, when they find two of his most intimate
political associates taking the lead in condemning the
Corn-laws. But his brother-in-law, Mr. George Dawson,
who proscribed them at Portsmouth, and his Colonial
Secretary, who has, at Manchester, outbid Lord J. Rus-
sell by 2s. a quarter, insisting upon 65., rather than Bs.
per quarter -duy, are in perfect harmony with his nearest
relatives in his own neighbourhood at Tamworth. Mr.
William Peel, lately Member for that borough, and beloved
by all classes, is well known to be opposed to the present
laws, while Mr. Edmund Peel, who represented New-
castle in the last Parliament, and is one of the shrewdest
of this long-headed family, has declared himself a. total
repealer. Their cousin, Mr. Robert T. reel, who has
within the last ten days been forced to abandon' the
whole of his factories, cannot be supposed to be deeply
in love with the system which has contributed to in-
volve him in so great a sacrifice of property. Never
did any question make so rapid a progress in the public
mind as free trade has done since it has been recommended
by the goVernment: its bitterest opponents are compelled
to admit that the question is already carried in public opi-
nion. There, then, is the justification of the course which
has been taken by Ministers ! If making the Corn-laws
and the accompanying measures a Cabinet question has
given an impulse to fiscal reforms which no other ch.:-
cuinitance could have given, then all who believe; in the
•urgency otcarrying'those refOrrns must' admit that MN
:dii4fers 'have- been right- in the 'proceeding which they
have_adoptek-.lt is..charged as Unconstitutional, for-
sooth, on Ministers that they are resolved to bring
their measures fairly forward before Parliament and the
country, before they give up a cause for lost'
which they have only just made their own, and which,
since they have done so, has seized hold Of the
public mind more strongly than any questions have
done, since the Reform era. It has been asked, why
Ministers did not espouse the cause of free trade sooner.
The real answer to this question was made by Mr. Ten-
nyson D'Eyncourt, at Lambeth. Had they done so
sooner, they had a certain secession of their own adhe-
rents to apprehend, and no certainty of support out of
doors sufficient to compensate the loss. In a body so
constituted as the House of Commons, the Corn-laws
were not a question to be lightly moved, and when
moved, it is not a question to be lightly let go again.
The party which took it up must be prepared to stake
its whole character, and its whole prospects, on the
merits and success 'of its policy ; and they could not do
so, without strong grounds of reliance on public support.
STANDARD.—A HINT TO LORD WORSLEY.—At
a meeting which was held on Tuesday last, at the' Town
Hall, at Spalding, Lincolnshire, it was unanimously re-
solved that a petition should be presented to the House
of Commons against any alteration in the Corn-laws,
and the following resolution was agreed to :—" That
the petition should be forwarded to the members for
that division of the county for presentation, provided
they voted with Sir R. Peel on his motion of want of
confidence in Ministers, otherwise that the petition be
entrusted to Mr. Christopher alone." In consequence of this
resolution, the Chairman, Mr. Johnson, has addressed
a letter to both of the county Members, Mr. Christopher
and Lord Worsley, requesting an early answer as to
their intentions. Now, we will offer a word of friendly
advice to Lord Worsley, and it is this—if, in the event
of a dissolution, he be desirous of being re-elected a
Member for the county of Lincoln, let him once more
alter his mind. Spalding has always been considered a
stronghold of Whiggery : the meeting on Tuesday
, was composed of all the most weighty and influ-
ential men who are in the habit of attending
the market there—the petition and resolution were
adopted without a dissentient voice. Once more, then,
we recommend Lord Worsley to think better of the
course he has stated he means to pursue on Sir R. Peel's
motion, and we warn Mr. Handley and other Liberal
Members representing agricultural districts to be cautious
how they support Ministers when the division shall take
place ; fur they may rest assured, in the event of their
tieing so, not one of them will ever sit again for the place
he now represents.
COURIER.—We have received, from a respected cor-
respondent in Edinburgh, a report of the proceedings of
the General Assembly in the case of the seven suspended
ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie. The intem-
perance of matter and manner ascribed to Dr. Chalmers
by one, the conscientiousness of whose testimony may be
relied upon, cannot but cause the greatest pain to all the
admirers and who are not ? of that eloquent
and accomplished divine. The Assembly, following
on in its career of violence and injustice, pro-
nounced the sentence of deposition against the
seven 'martyrs of the Church, with the same contempt
of law and order as before evinced in the illegal decree of
their suspension. And finally, so far as in the majority
of the Assembly lay, the sentence of deposition from the
Presbytery and from their parishes was consummated by
that of deposition from the " office of the holy ministry."
A protest, however, was drawn up by Dr. Cook, and
numerously signed, in impeachment of the legality of
these proceedings, and declaratory of the determination of
the 'subscribers still to "regard the deposed as Ministers
of the Church of Scotland." A more salutary curb still
on the headlong fury of the Assembly, was imposed in
the form of a decree of the Court of Session served
upon the Moderator forthwith, by which the execution
of the sentences of deposition was interdicted, so that
in fact all the proceedings so solemnly taken evaporated
in mere smoke, like the previous sentence of suspension.

EQUISITION TO LORD PALMERSTON.—On
Thursday last a requisition to Lord Palmerston, her Ma-
jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
inviting his Lordship to permit himself to be put in nomi-
nation as a candidate for the representation of Liverpool in
Parliament, was opened xt the office of the Liverpool Times,
and. received, in the course of the day, the signatures
of a number of gentlemen 'of the first respectability.
On Friday it received many additional signatures, among
which were those of several gentlemen who have, here-
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tofore, been warm supporters of Lord Sandon, and some,
we believe, of Mr. Creswell also. On Saturday the requi-
sition was laid on a table in the Exchange Newsroom, and
excitedthe general curiosity of the members, who busied
themselves in examining the signatures, and in noting,
more particularly,those of former supporters of Lord San-
don and Mr. Cresswell. In the course of the day
the requisition • received many additional signature.i.
Sheets for the reception of signatures were, on the same
day, placed in the offices of the Liberal Journals and at
Messrs. Wilmer and Smith's, where they will remain for
some days to come. They have been very numerously and
respectably signed already, and, before the time arrives
for forwarding them to London for preSentation to
Viscount Palmerston, they will have received the signa-
tures of many hundreds of the electors of Liverpool.--
Liverpool Albion of May 31.
Men of Liverpoool 1 the Tory papers of the
metropolis sneeringly announce, that the free traders of
this seat of commerce have had another great meeting,
and they quietly insinuate, that it is all to no purpose ;
that "it is great cry and little wool;" that, when an elec-
tion comes, all your talk will end in smoke ; that, in
short, it will be the mountain in labour over again.
" Parturit mons et nascitur ridiculus mus."
But, again, we Say, we will not believe this of you:
You are pledged befdre the whole country to wipe off the
reproach which attaches to you for allowing two mono-
poly-mongers to sit in Parliament for the second port
in • the empire. You must redeem that pledge. Be
united. Surely, there is now an object to be strug-
gled for, to attain which all may bend their common.
energies and efforts. Merchants, tradesmen, and shop-
keepers, what might Liverpool become if the restric-
tions which now fetter and impede our commerce were
removed ? Look what she has become in spite of them,
and then judge of what she might yet attain to, if they
Were scattered to the winds. Workmen ! mechanics !
artisans ! ask your wives and children their
opinion about cheap bread and cheap sugar,
and the increased comforts which your savings in these
two articles would enable you to buy. Electors all ! the
eyes of the whole nation are upon you. Your starving
fellow-countrymen in the manufacturing districts are
stretching out their hands to you, and imploring your
assistance. Disappoint them not. Help them, and you
help yourselves at the same time.—Liverpool
May 31.

The fourth conversazione of Saturday evening
last, at the Society of British Artists, was numerously
and elegantly attended. Several pieces were performed
On the piano, and three short poems were eloquently, read
by Campbell, the poet ; the first, by Briant, the Ame-
rican •, the second, on Napoleon, by Campbell himself ;
and the third, on a Portrait of a Child (now exhibiting
in the Gallery, by Eugenio Latina),
also from his own
pen. The poet excited much attention, and was greatly
applauded. . .

The 61st Regiment will be inspected at Wool.
with in a few days, at which Lord Hill, Commander-in-Chief,
will be present. It is expected the whole of the troops in the
garrisan will be assembled in review order, to gratify some die-
tinomished personages, but the day has not yet been, named.
The Olst
_will leave Woolwich, for illanul,ester, in the coarse
of the next or foijoWiug week, and will be succeeded by, the
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