The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-01 00:00:00

MORNING SUN'

we may therefore look for an immediate resun Iption of
the bludgeon, with which, in the good old times of the
Reform Bill, the editor was wont to belabour the whole
Conservative party, not forgetting some smart incl, iental
cuffs for the Queen, who had " done it all," wh en a
cheek was given to the liberal hopes of the irrit, Ited
journalist. But we find, from the concluding paragn:ph
of the article in the Times, that it will postpone until
next Session a further explosion of its anger, and Sir
Robert Peel may theri expect a volcano, indeed ; for till
letting loose, after a !lye months' bottling up and cork-
ing down, of the concentrated essence of thander„ must
lead to a blow-up of the most alarming and des&ating
character.

STANDARD.—" What is the principle of the :New
Poor-law ?" This is a question which it has become ne-
cessary to resolve, as far as we are able, notwithstanding
the proverbial wearisomeness of such inquiries. Sir
James Graham declared on Tuesday night than,
he still adhered to • the principle of the newT
law, and as he may be supposed in this res--
Feet to speak the sense of the Government, it ' is, in.
the actual state of public feeling and public opinion,
very desirable to obviate any mistake upon the snhject.
Our respected 'contemporary the Times gives the foX-
lon.:ing as its understanding of the principle of which we
are in pursuit :—" A floating legislative discretion in
the place of law, and the substitution of a rented' for tc
local authority." We can never dispute the interpretations,
of the Times without diffidence; but here we arc convinced'
thi t the journal is in error. .Aprinciple must be peril. anent..
No.,r, by the very terms of the law, the Commission7'sbut;
temporary and .provisional, and with the Comminsion
must expire both the floating legislative discretion and
the central authority. As we understand the law,- the sole
purpose of the Commission and of its authority, whether
legislative or administrative, was to bring the country by
discipline into a certain order, for the operation of the
new provisions of the law, some of these provisions being;
confessedly experimental, and that having done this,.,
the Commission will be fanctus officio. The Com-,
mission then can be no part of a principle according to.
our understanding. The Tinies'proceeds to say that the
workhouse test is another principle of the law—" the
principle of the administrative .system." The workhouse
test has a deeper root than we could wish; it is the
necessary consequence of the union ,vstem---the origin)
of most that is objectionable in the law, and itself'
the effect of parsimony,' whether the saving of money
was or was not the primary aject of those by whom.
the law was passed; but the workhouse test is net a
principle. Neither the workhouse test, however, nor the
system of unions, can be properly called a principle. The
first has been to some extent already departed from, and
must be very-generally abandoned ini the end; and the
second is far too uncertain and arbitrary to deserve
lie name of a principle. That cannot be principle
which leaves it still doub;ful whether two or
20, LT 200, or 2,000 parishes, shall be incorporated.
Tna fa;•mation of unions we regard as one of the
confessedklv experimental parts of the law ; and it is
an experiment that has failed for every purpot.,e,
except a ino;u9ntary saving, to be balanced by a
frightful pecum:ry loss in the end.. It must be
given up. Sir 'o.ame3 Graham and his concaves
are too wise men 110 t to see that the system of
.onions cannot be permanently maintain d, even were
it desirable to maintain them. For the present they
are tweserved only as part of the provisional discipline,
contemvlated from the first as only. provisional by all
the great, men who supported tl:e introduction of the
law. These are our reasons for respectfully differing
from the Trues as to the proper undergand'ing of the
words employed by Sir J. Graham.

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MONEY MARKET and CITY- NEWS. •
FROM THE MORNING FIFERS OF YESTEIWAY.
TIMES.—It is now ascertained that the div.i.elend due
on the Ist proximo on Brazilian Stock will be paid as.
heretofore ; but it was not known till a late hour of the
day, as negotiations were obliged to take place bet weep
the representative of that Government and the contrac-
tors, before an arrangement .could be come to. ,The
delay in advertising the payment of the dividend in i:T.•
gular course is explained, by the parties connected wite't
the business, as originating the dislike of the Minister
here to draw bills upon Rio for the amount of dividends,
when he was in daily expectation of receiving re-
mittances sufficient to answer all purposes. Finding,.
however, that his expectations were not realised, he.
Tee, we believe, been obliged to adopt that course after
all ; and it is to be regretted that he did • not determine
upon it earlier, instead of allowing the time to press so
closely upon the day of payment, without any notification
whatever concerning it, whereby the credit of the
Brazils has been so severely affected, as demonstrated by
the decline in the value of its Stock of three-and-a-half
per cent. in one day. It is the more inexcusable, as the
expedient he refused to adopt has been on more than one
occasion resorted to.
The English Stocks were
.firmer to-day, the tightness
of money which existed in this and the Foreign market
having been relieved by the advances which the Bank
Broker made on Stock at Five per Cent. ; but what was
something singular, and created gossip in the market,
although it did not affect values, was the refusal made in
the after-part of the day to continue to accommodate on
the same terms.
Attention was drawn in the course of the day to the
following' notice, which was posted at Lloyd's:—
DISCOVERY OF A STRATA OF SULPHUR AT
TRIPOLI.
Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, Sept. 28, 1841.
Sia—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade to acquaint you, for the information of the
Merchants engaged in the Sulphur Trade, that intelligence has
been received from her Majesty's Consul at Tripoli,• of the
existence in that Regency of extensive strata of sulphur of a
good quality.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. MACGREGOR.
William Dobson, Esq., Secretary of Lloyd's.
If the sulphur here alluded to is really of a good qua-
lity, and exists to a great extent, this discovery may be
considered of importance, for at present the sulphur trade,
from the unsatifactory result of the negotiations with the
King of Naples, is in as bad a condition. as possible, the
British owners of sulphur being encumbered with so heavy
an export duty, that they find it an impossibility to,
compete with the Neapolitan Government, which, with
the quantity of sulphur, which it took from Taix and
Co. on nullifying the contract, and which it exported
free of duty, continually bears down the market.. It is
believed that the Neapolitan Government resorted to a
removal of the export duty, almost in self-defence, for it
found itself with a large stock of sulphur on its hands,
while pyrites and such substitutes, by coming into fre-
quent use, are rapidly diminishing the value of sulphur
altogether. The opening of a new vein, entirely uncon-
nected with Sicily, might operate beneficially for our
merchants in two ways—in the first place as a fresh
sourceof supply—and in the second it might act as a
means of bringing the King of Naples to more satisfaec-
factory terms, even in the face of the declining value of
the article.
CIIRON ICLE.—The Bank of England has been
lending money to-day upon stock at 5 per cent., until
the 21st of October. The stock, we understand, will be
taken at 86, thus allowing full 3 per cent. of a margin
against a fall. The Market has in consequence been
favourably influenced to-day, and the pressure for money
has been alleviated.
This is exactly its we expected. Seeing that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had fairly stuck in the
mud, and that the Government which he represents were
unable to obtain a paltry aid of two and a half millions
to help them in their extremity, the Bank of. England
has had pity on their misfortunes, and generously comes
mevard with assistance by giving such ease to the
Money Market as may tend to induce parties to be-
some subscribers for the remaining one and a half ten-
ons, and if they will only take the hint, to do the
equal part also in money. This manoeuvre of the Bank
parlour is much better considered than the half-and-
half project.of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which
had no charms for the Hebrew party, and offered no
adequate inducement to capitalists. We do not know
either that there is much to be said at present
against this operation by the Bank. It will no
doubt be brought forward by the Directors as a
strong ground at the proper season for a re-
newal of their charter on favourable terms. The
public may lay their account with that as an in-
evitable consequence. The Directors will not fail to
remind the Tory Government, " that a friend in aced is
a friend indeed,' and that such obligations are net to be
forgotten or overlooked. But as the Corn averages are
-falling, and the duties rising, there is no great risk of any
drain from fresh importations of corn until the spring-
Barring, therefore, any internal drain of specie, we see
no ground for anticipating that the currency will be r"
posed to fresh derangement for some time, and
esteinis
measure. of relief will be extremely seasonable at. 1'!..21e,
in stopping some appearances of awunfavourable
_trix;
in the west of England, regarding 'confidence in I'll
at issues.
TT,WAY.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGL.A. RALL,
Traffic returns for the week ending Sep,ot.44 14 3
27, 1841:
Passengers .......................
llerch and; ze ........................• 306 G 3
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FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The Times of this morning indulges iu a
column of regret, which is interspersed with a due
seasoning of menace, on the course that is likely to be
taken with regard to the Poor-law by the new Cabinet. ----
There is something in the tone of the leading journal so HOUSE
.BY. FIRE.
curiously alternating betweenblarney and bluster, that we this superb building Was
are reminded stronuly of the individual who expressed in —lVe regret to hear
ntT'uesday niot, and is a heap of
the most polite terms his profound regret at being corn- burned to the ground::.s
only
DESTRUCTION OF
standing. The library,
pelled to use his horsewhip, while at the same time he ruins, the outside
awyoliod e .
d ai of furniture, were saved.
was "laying it on" with an energy which proved the jewels, papers, n,res tore lost, nor was any person hurt.
zest he felt in bestowing the flagellation which circum- Fortunately nveil
araculars which have as yet reached
stances compelled him to administer. The Ministers These are all
~,:t. FlLse is in Denbighshire, and is the fa-
have alread given great 'offence to their lending organ, town. hitit.:AfEt,
16,1,—, of Lord Dinorben, the intimate friend of
by "departsng from the discreet reserve which upon mil•
other subjects they seemed to have prescribed to
TH OF LADY RUCHE. —We record with
themselves, for the purpose of disappointing, in a DEA
in
which we only. sympathise with all who
most material point, the hopes which we (the Times)
fceliniiser inestimable value, the death, at Carass, last
and many others had conceived of them." It is clear knoe.hw,,
after a painful and protracted illness, borne with
from this that the best chance the Government has
snlii,in_ssivn
resignation, of Lady Rcche the beloved
of Sir David Roche, Part., M.P. 'for this city.
of holding together is in standing still ; for,
Roche was daughter of J. Ormsby Vandeleur,
house built with cards, motion would' be fatal to theelv
Lady
flimsy structure, which is bound together on
delayscrcthr'it Esq•+ of Maddenstone House, county Kildare, and was
like
any subject by one principle of union. The,ur
their married on the 14th of February, 1825. 6he has left
is asked Ministers for the purpose of malohn,,,
making four interesting children to mourn her early demise, by
minds, is indicative of the fact that much "osalg four interesting children to mourn her earl ' demise, by
up" is requisite. The only cement the
-arty can which many families of distinction in this city and
is requisite. The only i
.01, I,
und..r the county, and the counties of Clare and Kildare, are thrown
boast is that most inferior stuff wb•at
(11 mortar, for into mourning.—Linzerick Reporter.
name of self-interest, binds, like.
crack and give THUNDERSTORM . On Thursday
apt to week, a
a very brief period,' and is
prosperity'. It can- violent thunderstorm passed over the eastern district of Fife
way beneath the sunshine of.
does not know shire, accompanied by frequent and viv'd Ih • Th Fife-
not r 1I
ig tning.
be said of the Tnnes that. it .
hould be lowing instance of the effects of the electric fluid is peculiar,
how to speak out when .
ens ; and we are told this and worth recording : At the mansion of Balh • ouste, one of
" no mistake" as to what it me
o can tell us, that unless the young cattle, grazing in the lawn, was knocked down by
morning, as plainly as languagir
B.
Peel's Government, the lightning, and upon examination appeared to he in the last
a certain course is taken by 6 agonies of death. On being raised
little hope, its
Journal has con- up, however, it began to
of which the Leading
:•iili as much perseverance as revive, and, after staggering about for a little in a state of ap-
duetors will " wage
w;r11 which the Ministers whom we parent insensibility, walked-off with its neighbour, who stood
ever upon principles with
ill from this time be identified." 1 round
quite
in great consternation. During the afternoon it
(the Times) support , qi recovered. On examining the spot where the acci-
idttly by its expression, "from
Our Conternp,raty et i,.., . , . , dent happened no traces of the destructive fluid could be dis-
• ~ regards the new Cabinet as already identified ,covered, though
this time, though a strong sulphureous odour was very percep-
withhich war is to be;and ' e —Edi
the principles upon ,which waged , tib . nburgh Courant.
a m.tliebfeDimuka:
of
sussex.

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