The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

THE NEWPORT CONVICTS•

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. p
Sin—As a Chartist, it would ill become me to kip
silence, when I owe a debt of gratitude, which Witt j
satisfied by a public acknowledgment. That de: to
owe the present Government for its humane conduct ,
the Newport convicts. Be their crimes heavy, or,
we Chartists say, a mere act of momentary wealtnerlP
they are certainly at the mercy of the hut, and (that
,
itself being no humane guardian), but for the interir
rence of the Melbourne Cabinet, would have had to v 0
dergo the extreme penalty. L gist,
Then, for their humanity to them, let all good C1131,'
cherish the hope that, when so much leniency has w'r
shown, time, and our own good discretion it
may eventually secure a free pardon. At all eves ,:j
loud blustering is not the method, and to all still
would say, Let your madness have a method, for ,fit
bullying and blustering we placed Frost in his Prey ilk
anenviable position, reduced the comforts of his 101:1
to comparative wretchedness, and for ever bligbcd
their prospects. Thanking the Whigs for what L
have done, and believing they may yet do more,
I remain, Sir, with great respect,

Your very humble Servant,
A LONDON CHARTIS
Monday, Jan. 18, 1841.

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GOOD REASONS FOR KEEJ'U •
OUT THE TORIES.
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We would keep in the present Ministers, becense.of
have no doubt, that, whenever a revival of Pordil
zeal shall take place, they will yet do much more ;
we would keep out the Tories, because we believe tof
they would not do any thing for the people under :is
circumstances. But, say the Tory sophists, .4 Ther-0
a dead lock : parties are nicely balanced : the Mir'„is`rief
can do nothing for you : why, then, keep the 'l°,lo
out any longer ?" We confess that we do not 00;11
force of the reasoning. The " dead lock"argumel ;1:e
tell against one party as much as another ; en"hase
Tories, if let in, would still be weaker than !"-
who now hold the reins of government. °Awl
an odd thing to tell us that the sheep-dog should be e,
missed, because the wolves are stronger than they e:re
But eccc signum. We remember a very remarktibeletio
stance of a " dead lock." It took place in one niii-or
early Peninsular campaigns, when the Duke of `'Vice re
ton thought it prudent, for a time, to retreat be. et
the enemy. Accordingly, he fell back upon th° 11-ki
of Torres Vedras. There he halted, and the "dead ail'cri
to which we allude occurred. According to the .14is
idea of things, he should have at once abandoneutv
position, because he could not advance. nu.t
Duke knew better. He was " biding his t',l9-,,g
he was watching his opportunity, caleun'toll'
the moment when he should again make a rye.
and scatter his enemies before him, and, in all vies
bability, was even then anticipating the splendid 1610,
of successful campaigns in which he, subsequently, LI
tiered such essential services to his country.
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so the bare possession of office is the position, in "of
political struggle, to which the Liberal party sre'd 0
the present, driven. But it would be folly to absritig%
the Torres Vedras until our enemies are strong en°,rbe
to force our lines and drive us from thew. -.40
wiser plan would be, like the Duke, to hold our cof
as long as we can, still watching for the time villheed
with the popular support and with union estabisd
amongst all classes of Reformers, we shall be enabl
er
once more to make a forward movement and drive °
adversaries before us.—Liverpool Albion.

The new Census will be taken on the 1St of
July next. Provision is made for taking the intr°,2-t 01
persons who shall sleep in every house on the nig isg
Wednesday the 30th of June. This will happen dertbs
the Sessions in every county town in England, *chef, Oa
population of such towns will be much increased "
influx of strangers. ig
CRETINISM.—A charitable establishment.
about to be formed in the Canton of Berne for the eltbiera ,
tion of cretinism. M. Girard has calculated that e
are 8,000 of these unfortunate creatures in the ea°r,;s
Switzerland. The projected establishment will be ter,,„ota'
the Sisters of Charity at Obendberg, at a height 01 "01
than 3,500 feet above the level of the sea. This eleva..deat
appears to be necessary, as a condition for the treat"-
of cretinism.—Atheneum.
Authors, it appears, like common men, are or
more or less mercenary, and have as keen an eye to Pe.,„
sent profit as other people: they adopt the old adlefe
"a bird ist the hand is worth two in the bush," and p
a draft, payable to " bearer," upon Coutts, or JO-tiot
Loyd, and Co., to an order for ten times its 101,01,
upon the well-known firm of Time, Futurity, and CcurP
A Correspondent says he hears that it is
a, of
tended to propose as a Standing Order of the H°o-ro of
Commons, upon its assembling, " That the pronto° lilt
every railway, or similar private Bill, shall publish a_rdi
of all persons who have applied fer shares, and after Xoo#
refused to take them when allotted, setting forth their 110 JO
arid addresses," This measure will, he is of opini°, par,
more to prevent fraud, than any which the wisdom °' are
liament has yet devised. It is well known that therool
a large number of persons not only in London, but urea ie
of the large towns in the country, who apply for string 0
almost every new company, and sign an underta t'o" pOr
take the shares that may be allotted to them, and, oil
the deposit, without the remotest intention of i°' gee
their agreement in the slightest respect. The Prrtbeir
Standing Order would enable new companies to ber ° ma,
guard against these modern levanters.—RaiheaY 4 iesdero
COUNTY VOTERS.—We remind our r ertf,
who are about purchasing copyhold or freehold prroPor, or
that if the purchaser is in the actual possession there e 300
in the receipt of the rents and profits thereof, from ruarlia'
of January, he may claim to vote for a Member of A 00/.
roe
ment for the county in which the property is site±tr., 1
vided it be of the required value of 40s. freehold,
copyhold. Vide Reform Act, 2 W. 4, cap. 45, Pc'

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