The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-15 00:00:00

A CHANGE IN TORY TACTICS.

The following has been received from a well-known
Correspondent, on whose accuracy we have every rea-
son to depend. We give it, however, without vouch-
ing for the truth of its contents :
The Whigs are lucky persons—lucky in the chances
which turn aside the tide of misfortunes when about ap-
parently to overwhelm them—lucky even in the midst of
reverses disastrous enough to upset any common Mi-
nistry, but powerless against their often tried tenacity
and good fortune. It has been their fate to be saved
when, in the judgment of their friends, on the point
of destruction, and appearances just now strongly
support the idea that such will be the case et pre•
sent. Within the last two or three days a change has
come over the Tory dream of place ; their visions of
office have given Ray to other considerations, strongly
enforced upon them by the perilous circumstances in
which the country is placed. A great meeting of Tory
Members took place a day or two since at the Carlton ;
no fewer thin 230 stanch Conservatives having at-
tended the summons of their chief. At this meet-
Mg Sir Robert spoke at considerable length, strongly
urging upon his followers the necessity of laying
aside party feeling: and co-operating with the Govern-
ment in nil the measures which the positiors• of affairs
required, and uniting, in short, heart and soul, in the
adoption of that policy which is best fitted to uphold
the dignity and best interests of the country. That Sir
Robert acted in perfect good faith in tendering this ad-
vice, was evidenced by a further fact which transpired
at this meeting, vie., that a long interview had taken
place between Lord Melbourne and the Hon. Baronet ;
and the counsel given by the latter to his adherents
was consequent upon his conference with the Premier.
However patriotic and wise were his recommendations,
it cannot be doubted that they were unpalatable in the
extreme to a large number of his supporters. To stop
short in mid career of fancied victory—to defer the oft-
threatened blow svhich is to deprive the Whigs of place—
to resign the final hope of reveling in the spoils of many a
well fought Part amentary battle ; this was a horrid trial
to Tory philosophy ; there was, nevertheless, no alter-
native. The counsel was given ; it was too obviously
based on reasons that could not be gaiusayed, and
nothing was left for the hearers of Sir Robert but to
follow it. For the present, then, the Whigs we hold
to be safe. Tory tactics are changed. How much
soever they may desire the expulsion of the Whigs, they
will not just now endeavour to effect it—that is, if the
advice given by Sir Robert be acted upon by the Con-
servatives, of which nothing that took place at the
meeting leads us to doubt. The mild and conciliatory
tone adopted by Sir Robert lately in the House, of
which the discussion on Mr. Gillon's motion on Thurs-
day evening, though on a secondary point, afforded an
example, seeing that nothing could be more popular in
its spirit than Sir Robert's speech—is thought to con-
firm the supposition of his having determined to make
no attempt to embarrass the Government by factious
opposition, or lend the sanction of his name to such an
attempt by others. Lord Stanle)'s postponement of his
Registration Bill to the end of April, also points to the
same resolve to sink all present differences of party and
opinion, in the firm determination to support the mea-
sures called for by the imminent hazard of war, or it
may shortly be, the exigencies of war itself.—Sunday
Times.

SCARCITY OF LABOUR AT

SYDNEY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

-
SlR,—Tbanking you for the prompt insertion of my
later of the 6th instant on this subject, which appeared
in The Sun on the 9th, I now submit to you my pro-
mised letter of facts. Your assertion, that " land-
sharks" are deceiving the people, by stating trades-
men's wages at 10s. per day, the public must receive
only as such, for the Sydney Monitor, of the 12th
August, declares them to be at 14s. per day. It is
needless multiplying quotations, to fill up your space,
so I will give one, which I think will be of .sufficient
weight to influence all unpiejudiced minds, by its re-
spectable character. I extract it from the Glasgow
Argus of March 1, 1841, from a Report of the Com-
mittee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales,
on Immigration, the Lord Bishop of Australia in the
chair. This Report states—" The James Mattison
sailed from Gratesend, November 6, 1839, and reached
Sydney on the Bth February, 1840, making the pas-
sage in ninety-three days. On her arrival, so great was
the demand for labourers, that it was with the utmost
difficulty the Immigration Agent could prevent persons
from engaging the immigrants, even before their disem-
barkation. No sooner were they landed, than they
were rapidly. hired ; and had there been treble the
number, an equal facility would have been experienced
in their disposal. Every department of industry 's
cramped ; and no undertaking, public or privawtf!_:to
be prosecuted, except at an immense expense, u
the exorbitant rate of, wages, and with inconceoirvable
difficulty in procuring workmen, female servants,ldeed, there me-
chanics, upon any terms whatsoever.
no part of the colony, in which it
carryu truly said i
ond that
the
there is not an actual dearth o.
f
anee of sheep-farming,
ordinary business. In
the distress arising from
• t has been attemptedto in-
credible. Every expedient hmancydsbetotr
twh•aendteinro:ivashbelephireormds
tihserannunamsbt
numbers
crease the extent of seerviet3ac.ng
i three or four times the
at present employed, -
under the charge
ordinaryof each
individuala d proper
Yours respectfully, •
shenpuh)m'eErder."of sheep
WILLIAM OMAN.
3, Princess street, Manchester, March 11, 1841.
[We have published this letter for the satisfaction of
our Correspondent, but he will see, on referring to The
Sun of the 17th February, that the article headed
" Australia " referred not to Sydney, but to South
Australia."

his Hag, at Plymiuth, by Captain Peter Richards, to
which ship Corn. Charles Richards, will also be ap-
pointed.

The Tweed, 20, Commrnder Douglas, is waiting
for orders, to proceed to North America and the West
Indies.

The Vernon, 50, Captain W. Walpole, was towed
to the Nore on Thursday, and may be hourly expezted
at Spithea.i.

The Vindictive, 50, and Fair Rosamond, were un-
docked on Saturday, when the Prince Regent, 120,
and Viper, were taken into dock.

The• Fearless steamer, was commissioned at Wool-
wich on Wednesday, by Captain Frederick Bullock ;
and at the same place the Meteor steamer, was corn-
mis:sioned yesterday, by Commander John Washington,
both for the surveying service, the latter vessel will
complete the surveys in progress by the late unfortunate

The British Queen steam ship, L'eutenant E. Frank-
lin, R.N., Commander, arrived on Wednesday morning
from the River, and sailed in the afternoon for New
York. She carries out 65 passengers. Two special
messengers, one the bearer of Government despatches,
and the other with dispatches from the American Am-
bassador, left London for Southampton by the railway
train on Wednesday forenoon at 11 o'clock, which dis-
patches were put on board the Queen, off Cowep,
where she waited for them, and then proceeded.
La Belle Alliance transport is now loading at Dept-
ford with stores for our ships in China ; four Assistant •
Surgeons, from the Queen, take—a passage in her to
join the Melville ; they left on Saturday in the Mercury
teui:!er for the River.

' The Boadicea transport, Lieut. Ward, Agent, has
' been all the week discharging Naval stores brought from
Ascension ; she has taken on board victualling stores,
and will proceed to-morrow for WO76lWich.
WRECK OF THE HEROINE INDIAMAN.—FALMOUTH,
SUNDAY.—The Leeds steamer, which came in from
Gibraltar yesterday, and takes this letter, at '2 p.m ,
brings the disastrous news of a large Indiaman, the
Heroine, having been wrecked off Cape Spartel, with a
considerable loss of life. The Gibraltar Chronicle of
the 23d says—" On the night of- Sunday, the 14th
instant, the British Indianian Heroine, from China
bound to London, was totally lost near Azyla, not far
how Cape Spartel. Out of sixty persons on board,
about thirty-four are believed to have perished, princi-
pally Lascars. The ve.s!.el is a complete wreck, and it
is feared that no part of her valuable cargo can be
saved, though every measure is taken to effect that de-
sirable object, as well as to afford the necessary protec-
tion on the coast. Her Majest3's agent and Consul-
Geaual hastened from Tangiers to the wreck to render
personally ad the aid in his power.
The French frigate Magicienne, of 40 guns, has
been wrecked on the Bombay Shoal, in the Palawan
Passage, on her way to Manilla. Her crew was saved
by the English ships Mysore and Clifford, and the
French vessel Favourite. The French corvette Da-
,' naide had started for the wreck, with a view to save all
1 she coral front it.

At Spitheal—lndus, T►veed, Pelican, Nautilus,
Boadicea transport.
In Harbour,Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal
Gearge, Rapid, Sylvia, Alban, Echo, Bolina, and
Fanny.

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