The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-30 00:00:00

EVENING SIJN_

PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel has done us the honour to
..vote no small portion of the speech, which our readers
ill find in another part of our columns, to noticing two
-ragraphs, which he has found in the Globe. We
that we have really conferred some obligation on
17T Right Hon. Baronet by furnishing him something to
.1k about,—and we are not surprised that he prefers run-
.ng down such very small deer as the little bits of
)ssip in question, which greatness might afford to dis-
pgard, to meet the more important objections
,nought against him by even Conservatives of sincere
haracter, like those of the British Critic, and which,
leo, we have transferred to our columns. We are quite
fee to say that we believe Sir Robert Peel spotless from
he stigma of secret instructions to his steward to with-
old sixteen and sixpence ; we do not think that our
:amworth correspondent intended to make such a charge ;
,ut if he did, we utterly disclaim intending to entertain
It. As to the other club gossip, that Sir Robert means
e convert the Queen, on that point also, we agree with
l'ie Examiner that it is not likely Sir Robert should have
id so, as he is not so apt to say what he thinks. No; as Sir
lobert says, that would be " acting the part of an irregular
,eactitioner, the part of a quack doctor,and not of a profes-
onal man, who should profess that he had some inva-
eable nostrum which, without being consulted by the
patient, or allowed to feel his pulse, would prove a per-
fect remedy for whatever disease he might labour under.
I therefore, gentlemen, must continue steadily to refuse
to offer my advice until I have access to the patient, and
ill those advantages of consultation, without which no pro-
:er advice can be given." Sir Robert Peel says he refers
e these things without anger or irritation. We can
~,adily believe him : we can well believe that "if they do
ejury to any one it will be to those who occupy them-
selves with such contemptible matters." We can assure
the Right. lion. Baronet that they form no part of the
elements of the judgment we have endeavoured to form,
ea larger grounds, of his public character ; and we only
hope that, since his researches into the columns of the
Globe are so vigilant, he will contrive to find there thins
of more importance than ephemeral on dits. The Right
Hon. Baronet's regard to our humble labours tempts us
to hope that instead of his converting our Queen to To-
ryism, we may possibly have the honour of assisting his
conversion to Liberalism, and gently correcting the less
auspicious tendencies of his character and connections.
STANDARD.—One of the arguments against Lord
"•;tanley's Bill chiefly relied upon was, the rapid diminu-
tion of the freeholders' registry in Ireland already. We
explained at the time that this diminution, whatever it
was, might be the consequence of causes unconnected
.vith any modification of the law, or any particular line
of conduct on the part of landlords ; in short, that if •
t happened not to be a pleasant thing to be a regis-
tered freeholder, the registry would, of course, dechne.
Yow, we copied yesterday from the Carlow Sentinel
a report of a trial, which furnishes inter alia some
eneedotes of the "wild sports" of the priests, that
we. think must prove very clearly the condition of an
leish registered freeholder to be the reverse of agreeable.
tenting has been always a favourite recreation with our
epecies, but it is hunting in the active, not the passive
application. From the days of Nimrod down to the last
rszzie of General Baraguay d'Hilliers, or Fathers Mahon
and Murphy, or of a contractor for the United States
elave market, no human being ever took delight in being
;'!anted. Nevertheless the trial to which we refer proves
'eyelid all doubt that a registered freeholder is in Ire-
Ind regarded exactly as a beast of chase, whom
reverend pastors of the Church of Rome
.asy pursue for their exercise and solace, or any
ether purpose, hunt at pleasure, and having run him
'town, tie him and dispose of him as shall seem to them
Indeed, the reverend sportsmen do not even allow
an" law which is secured to the nobler class of animals of
tis forest. They do not scruple to take him in his form,
7ad even to stop the taniere to ensure that he shall have
e,„ -ensue of escape. This is droll; but what is not droll in
where, having knocked a man's brains out, they
garnish ;he corpse with bow knots, tastefully formed front
is smaller intestines ? Droll, however, as is the holy
ant of feeefaeldere, it is not more droll than certain.
.'he trial to wInT.:II we refer proves the existence of
,lie practice, and the extent to which it is indulged in.
COURlER.—Nothinea it appears, short of the most
-xplicit declaration of principles, and a definite exposition
of .-hat measures the yet unformed Conservative Cabinet
stew deem expedient in the present state of the country,
.m now satisfy the AiThii_.; Press, Their longings in this
eexpect are, we think, as unreasonable as their upbraid-
ne.s and coraplaints are gratuitous and groundless.
,'rlierever and whenever occasion demanded, or a legiti-
--an:-e opportunity offered, we are not aware that Sir
lobee •Peel, or any prominent member of his party,
see sln;miz from a candid and manly avowal of general
nrinelplee, More on their parts were uncalled-for
end un‘visse So far from shrouding their opinions in
ny,stery, or cloaking their meaning under the
!ivenient form of vague generalities, as the Whig prints
.'wisely allege, tfie Conservatives have at all times been
remarkable for the facet, the clearest, and most em-
phatic enunciation of their opinions and principles. There
i 7, no question of the day, whether appertaining to fiscal
regulations, or the higher tenets of general policy, on
Alicia the leading members of the Coneervative party
have not placed on record their sentiments, with mire-
e‘rved, and as some might think, unguarded eendour.
10-ve perfectly groundless is then the charge of a want
of explicitness in their exposition of principles, and how
tiareasonable is the demand now made upon them for a
programme of their intentions and measures. As far as
is consistent with propriety in 141* present position, with
prudence as the head of a Ministry yet to be formed, and
with respect for those destined to be his future col-
leagues, Sir R; Peel has already laid before the country a
clear and complete outline of the principles he will recog-
nise and act upon when in office. The formula in which
this has been expressed ,is as comprehensive as it is ac-
curate. " The Conservatives are resolved upon main-
taining on their ancient fouedations the institutions of
the country, in Church and State? This, which is the
true interpretation of Conservatism—the very essence of
its creed—rpis not, forsooth, sufficiently exP.':lelt to please
the morbid curiosity of Ministerial prints.

NEW MACHINE FOR BLOCK

PEINTING.

The extraordinary improvements which have of late
Tears been introduced into the various branches of the

cotton manufacture; have so entirely changed the dif-
ferent modes and processes of production, that scarcely
any resemblance can now be traced to the original
methods. Block-printing, however, seems, until very
recently, to have been left behind in this march of im-
irovement, and the printing shop presents almost the
same appearance now which it did when the art was first
introduced into this country from the East Indies ; and
for aught we know to the contrary, the precise mode was
still followed which was practised by the ancient Egyp-
tians, with, perhaps, a slight increase in the size of the
blocks. In cylinder printing very extensive improve-
aients have been effected, and are now very generally in
use amongst the trade ; but when brightness and purity
)f colouring are required, block or surface printing is the
mode by which it is effected; and in the article called mous-
selines de laine, and other mixed fabrics, which require to
be well saturated with the colouring matter, the original
mode of printing has hitherto been practised.- On Wednes-
day last, however, we had an opportunity of seeing in opera-
tion at the print-works of Messrs. Thos. Kennedy and
Cq. at Little Govan, a machine invented by a Mr.
IliiTch, engineer, of London, which is likely destined to
make a grett revolution in the printing business, and may
eventually enable printers to execute the most elaborate
patterns in block-printing equal in facility with the cy-
inder machine. The machine which we saw was adapted
or printing patterns in four colours, which it performs
with blocks precisely similar to those in ordinary use,
except that they impress the whole breadth of the piece
at once, and the operation is performed upon a table re-
sembling in appearance that used by the hand-printers.
Each block, after having been twice dipped upon the
colour sieve, (each time in a different place, so as
to meet a fresh surface charged with colour),
is carried on to the printing table, when it is im-
pressed on its exact position upon the cloth ; and in
cases when the colour upon one block is thicker than
what is necessary for another, the consistency is re-
gulated according to the fineness or weight of the objects
upon the surface of
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from block.arethe
cinToalhodetelyr,
troeo. require
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Ia p
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dot
make them
weights,
in producing a sound a set of maidspa,rtofrreweei
particular block, which assists
the
im-
pression. The colours. are supplied anacnlasptrheeadbluopsns
sieves by the action o. f the machine,alm,osctleeaquusailngtoapb'plocaarkad_
sieves are changed with a facility,
printing. There is also a sell-acting
tus, which removes the waste colour from. tahtetcrloouthbieupoanda
which the work is done, and must.
expense in washing and supplying nsaelweplentingerfeblacntkaentsd.
The joinings of the patterns are also most
thep machine'
we were informed that the style of work
was very
was performing, at the time of our inspection, some
difficult, being a heavy black blotch,
.along
delicate pink rosettes and fine outline prints.
who
seemed to give perfect satisfaction to
.the gentlemen
with The result
have been the first to introduce this machine into Scot-
land. We were shown some perfect specimens of six.
colour work which had been printed by one of these
icachines in London, and we understand that one of
them may be seen printing patterns, in six colours, at the
establishment of Messrs. Sharp, Roberts, and Co., engi-
Iteers,. Manchester. We find that the inventor and patentee
of this machine has a practical knowledge of the printing
trade, which must have been of intimate use to him in
constructing this beautiful piece of mechanism. The
machine at Messrs. Kennedy's is worked by half a horse
Doter, and being attended rby two men and a boy, pro-
duces as much work as twenty men and twenty boys
innler the old or usual system ; and it is expected that
.iiiieriority of work will be added to the cheapness and
faci Ity or execution. The machine is also applicable to
the printing of warps, which are afterwards woven, and
the fabric called Chenies ; or it will print paper
nanging3, druggets, or oil cloths. Frona the progress
which has been recently made in calico printing on the
Continent, something like the invention of Mr. Burch-
-,vas extremely desirable to enable the British printers to
..stain their superiority ; and there is nothing in which
workmen .so much excel their continental rivals
5.3 in the skilful. management of machinery. A Swiss,
ai,rman, or French block-printer, is quite a match at an
tine in skilful manipulation to an Englishman, but none
,f them could compete with him in the quantity or qua-
of the work to be obtained from an ingenious ma-
like that which we have been describing.—Glas-
jow Ilei•tild.

NEW POST-OFFICE ORDER.—The Postmas-
ter-General has issued flu order by which petitions ad-
dressal to Parliament, and forwarded by post to Mem-
bers of either Houses, if they do not exceed thirty-two
-flutes in weight, aye exempt from postage, provided th sy
:-,re sent Without covers or in covers open at the sidt
No letter, however, may be enclosed in such petition in-.
tended to be sent free of postage, the practice being the-
_;all and
in if.any enclosure is found
apetition it will be
subject to the full rates 0
f postage. P
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