The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-21 00:00:00

flection whatever on Admiral ELLIOTT or Lord
MINTO ; but the public, we believe, will be
inclined to wish that the settlement of the Chinese
business should not be left to the somewhat omi-
nous name of ELLIOTT. We know nothing of
the Superintendent ; we think he has been placed
in a novel, a delicate, and a difficult situation.
We are not aware that his conduct deserves cen-
sure ; but prejudices ought not to be disregarded,
and Mr. ELLIOTT is not favourably looked on
by the public. An unfortunate or an unlucky
name mat• produce disastrous results, by diminish-
ing or extinguishing that confidence in the com-
mander, which is the great element of success
in war.

The side we have taken on the privilege question
will convince our readers that we are not the advo-
cates of tyranny in one House of Parliament. At
the same time we are no more apprehensive of
tyranny from the House of Commons than from the
united Legislature. The worst tyranny is that
which usurps the name and characteristics of law.
The tyranny of privilege is unusual, almost unau-
thoried, and sure to excite attention. The tyranny
of law is customary, authorized, and acquiesced in,
almost without a murmur. What an uproar, for
example, is made by the committal, for a few weeks,
of Mr. STOCKDALE and the Sheriff's, while'JOHN
THOROGOOD has been shut up by law
for thirteen months, though in all re-
spects a more estimable and worthy man
than Mr. SiOCKDALE. So Mr. JONES was
imprisoned by the law, and has died from the in-
justice, and no public meetings are held to protest
against the legal iniquity. If the House of Com-
mons wish to play the tyrant, its wisest and safest
plan is to embody its tyranny into Bills, and how-
ever wide and deep it may strike, it will find a
willing co-operator in the House of Lords to send
home the blow.
It was necessary to bamboozle and cheat the
Commons by the affecting false tales told by
Sir R. PEEL and Lord STANLEY, in order
to get them to pass the Irish
_Coercion Act
the Lords accepted it as a matter of course.
So with Arms Acts, In•mrrection Acts, Six Acts,
and every other measure of coercion which has been
passed or been proposed within our political recol-
lection, the Lords have readily assented to them.
The House of Commons need, therefore, ly; under
no apprehension, if it wish to play the tyrant, of
not finding a willing coadjutor in the House of
Lords ; and to pass B lls, therefore, instead of
wrangling for privilege, is the safest, speediest, and
surest way to erect that tyranny the Tory Journals
accuse it of wishing to establish.
For almost a century, prior to 1830, the two
Houses were animated by ore spirit, and acted as
if they were parts of the same harmonious whole.
Till the House of Commons was reformed, there
was little or no opposition between the two
Rises. What was the result ? Why, the esta-
blishment, by law, of a wide-spread, grasping,
meddling tyranny—coercing our thoughts, preying
on our purses, restricting and ruining our in-
dustry, to which the petty tyranny of privilege
is as a small rod compared to many scorpions.
While The Sun has not stickled for privilege, still
less has it stickled for law. If privilege be, as
the Tories say, the tyranny of the democracy—law,
as we have described it, boroughmonger-made law,
law made when one House was the reflex image
of the other, is the embodyment of Tory tyranny.
Our Liberal readers, therefore, comprehend why all
the Tory Journals rant so much in favour of the
Tory tyranny of the law, and rave so much against
the democratic tyranny of privilege. If our readers
see no reason to support an unreasonable privilege
(I:::narnled by the Howe of Commons, they wi l be s ill
less inclined to join the Tories in de nanding great
deference to boroughmonger-mach law, such law as
that which killed JONES and keeps THOROGOOD
in prison.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

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non arrival of the Lisbon mail we hear, is owing
to her having experienced very stormy weather after she
sailed from Falmouth, and was obliged to put into Vigo to
repair, having received considei able damge.

THE FUNDS.
Owing to the prevailing north easterly winds, not a single
ship-lt.tter has been reported this morning ; and in conse-
qumice of the very great scarcity of intelligence from all
qualers, the operations in the British Funds are at a stand.
Consols opened this morning at the leaving off quota-
tions of yesterday, 90/ ;it for Money; and 90:1 iifor the
Account +;
Exchequer Bills 2 4 prem. ; India Bonds 1 die
1 prem. ; Bank Stock 178 179; India Stock 248 249.
In the Foreign market Spanish, which closed yesterday
at 274 I, are not so good at present, having come i
cent. lower from Paris, and may be quoted 27k / per
; Porta-
guese 331 341; Three per Cents. 231 24; Columbian
251 264 ; Brazilian 774 781 ; Spanish Deferred 12,-t
Passive 71. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half pet Cents. 521 i ;
rive per Cents 100-k i.
P!xici,: or 5.1% % l &
rank Ste,k l7Bit India :Steck -15,4
i par Cent. Red. 9151%14 Ditto Beni.:
I per Cents. Crin . 9l, .ti 3nuth See 'tuck --
ve per Cent , •• Old Annuities --
Ditto Red. II3IIOI ' New Ditto ' --
New :314 pei Cent............. 4354% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire , Ditto
Jan, 5, MO 500 ..4 13 .
m.
Oct. In, 1ea,.,,,,......„ ... 133 i , Ditto Commercial
J.ll. 5, ism.
13 11-IG, Ditto Advertised Jan. --
S, 13**cir — Plank Stock fec Account ... --
April 5, 11VIi — India West for Aesount .. --
.len, 5.13711 ...... -...... - Consoa lir Amceuet ....... itt%
PRICES OF FOREION FL, NOS THIS DAI AT ONE D CLOCk
Austria, Bunts llO% Per
c0unt............ ..
Belgian Bonds -. Ditto Aco ...............
Ditto Account
Brazdii •-i Bowls
-
Ditto Iccolint
3uenos tyres Bonds
Ditto Icco.:nit
Chllian lald t — Prussian Bonds
1) It 3 1,-"T. •
111 - Russian Bonds, 1821..........
onn.:. Lin a: ids — Ditto Account .............
Ditto 12;c. tit
'" Ditto Metallic
Columbian 3; (18,18'24
L: r.::: tr..: 7 Ist ....... ......t.IN 6 Ditto Account 27 4li
Zarils`l Bonds
Z.•,
. — f Passive
Ditto A nt , Dervrred ...................... 13
Ditto
Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent...-. —f. —c.
Ditto Account - 1 per cent..,..,. —f. —e.
-.---.l*. -.
Mexican Bonid3, 6 per Cssr. l. 3 per cent.... .
% — ----. ExchAnge. —f.
,
Ditto Account ........
Ditto, A per Cent.
ccount —
Ditto Account
Neapolitan --Ditto, 5 per seat ...... ... le•X%
Ditto Account...» ......
ertlcgs OF SHARKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Par %am
Brighton Railway
••• 10 11/%11
London and South Western ... • ...... ..... 381. 17,- 94- 444
31 sichestor and Birmliiichain Railway 25 1234
Provincial Batik of Ireland
f's 41
lIALP-P4l7' OMB,
Since the early part of the morning some activity has
taken place in the British market, but more particularly in
the sale of Exchequer Bills and heavy Stock by the Go•
vernment broker, the former to a large amount from eighty
to one hundred thousand; the latter sale has not been so
extensive; in consequence of which money is rather more
scarce than it has been for these few days past.
Consols, which were in the early part of the morning
904 If for the Account, are not so good at present, and
may be quoted 904, with a heavy market.
Exchequer Bills, in consequence of the large sale, re-
ceded to I prem ,at present they are 41 3 prem. India
Bonds, 2 discount, par ; India Stock, 2484.
In the Foreign Mark:t Spanish Active 274 i ; Pas-
sive, 7i ; Deferred, 13.1 ; Colombian, 26 ; Brazilian, 78 ;
i
Portuguese, 34 ; Three per Cents., 23} 1-; Dutch To.
and-a-Half per Cents,, nothing done ; Five per Centws.,
1001 /.

We refer with much satisfaction to the good
conduct, unanimity, and loyalty displayed by the
working classes of Bristol, at a public meeting
held on Monday to address her MAJESTY. A
vast proportion cf those present were Chartists,
and the expressions of fealty, love, and gratitude
towards • the QUEEN, for extendicg mercy to
FROST, WILLIAMS, and JONES, showed that
they are not, as some men describe them, an insa-
tiable and ungrateful sect. What a uobie contrast
their conduct forms to that of the Conservative
clergy and laity of the
.higher ranks I While par-
sons, Members of Parliament, and the Tory
Press, almost without an exception, lose no
opportunity of reviling and insulting Royalty,
the lower classes in this country, nearly the
whole of the Irish nation, and the " democratical,
republican, and infidel Whigs" vie with each other
in rendeting homage, and testifying their unbounded
loyalty to the young and rightful occupant of the
British throne. By persevering in such conduct,
the real and radical Reformers will in time under-
mine the power of the grasping oligarchy, and
obtain a relief from grievances, which physical force
and rebellion would only entail upon them for many
years to come.

Madrid intelligence of the lath inst. has reached us.
The capital was tranquilly awaiting the opening of the
Cortes. Little business was doing on the Bourse, but
the Fives continued at 281 for c ish, and :18:" for sixty
days. The following extracts include the latest news
from the theatre of war :
SaitaGossa, FEB. 13.—The brigade of the vanguard
under Brigadier General Concha, leaves Alionza to.day,
to proceed to Muniesa, where the bead-quarters arc to be
established. But before it goes to the latttr place it is to
secure Belchite and its road ; for this purpose it is accom-
panied by a squadron of Hussars.
Colonel Ramon La Rocha left Nils de las Matas yester-
day. He is gone to take a command in the third division
under General Ayerbe.
On the same day General Valdez arrived, on his way to
Madrid.
The heavy artillery has not yet arrived, but convoys of
ammunition leave our city every day. —Phare des Pyrenees.
The Echo del Aragon says :—•• We know that serious
disturbances have taken place in the Carliat army ; they
can but increase, and this is a proper moment to strike a
decisive blow."

MR. BANNERNIAN.--The gentleman who we
stated yesterday had been thrown from his horse at Naples, and
received serious injury, was not the Member for Aberdeen, but
a Mahon of his of the same name.
1.1-OROUGII OF MORPETII.-The election of a
Member, in the loom of Lord Levison, will take place to-mor-
row. On Monday Major Cadogan, in the Tory interest, arrived
to solicit the votes of the electors, but he did not get more
than fifty votes. Captain Howard is certain of being returned.
MAD ATTEMPT.--This morning, about a
quarter after two, a young man of the name of Morris,
with a friend, climbed round the Waterloo-Bridge Toll
House on the Strand side, and madly attempted to walk on the
ledge of the parapet, when his foot slipped, and he fell on the
Watermin's steps—a height of forty feet. He rolled into the
water, and on an alarm being raised, two bargemen ran to his
assistance, and pulled him out quite insensible. Both his
legs were broken. They carried him immediately to Charing
Cross Hospital.
MOST EXTENSIVE FRAUDS.—On Tuesday,
• Hugh Parker, Esq., and the Rev. William Anderson, Magis..
trates of Sheffield, sat to hear -evidence in the case of Mr..
James Pringle, collectors' cleirk in the Excise-office for the
Sheffield district, on suspicion of being concerned in a series of
frauds; to the extent (it is supisoSed) of several thousand pounds;
The examination was private. Mr. Bicknell, solicitor to the
Chelsea Hospital, appeared for th- prosecution, and Mr. Palfrey-
' man and Mr. Bramtey for the defene... The examination lasted
for two days, during which time a great number of witnesses
were exam'ned, some of whom proved that the pensions of
several soldiers who had been dead for many years had been
paid, and that the prisoner was cognizant of their death. One
of the pensioners in whose name the pension had been obtained
had been dead eight years, and another thirteen years. The
declarations were forged. After Mr. Bicknell and Mr. Pal-
freyman had addressed the Magistrates, they retired to con-
sult. In a short time they returned, and Mr. Parker said that
they had determined to commit Mr. Pringle for trial at York.
The question ofbail would be reserved till Friday.
VIENNA, FEB. 11.---Some German Papers
its fro—

The Barcelona Journals are to the I I th. They give
the details of the victory gained by the army under Cata.
!arm, in the environs of So!sone, and it is affirmed that the
loss of the Carli.its was great.
Major-General Araoza is appointed second in command,
and 13, r General Aristizabal chief of the staff.—El
Gi4ardie National.

•
The discourses pronounced by M, THIEIIB and Gen.
TnEzu., over the grave of the late Marshal MArsori
occupy a prominent place in the Paria Journals of
Wednesday. In the theatrical rhapsody of M. THIERS,
for his oration deserves no better name, Marshal
MAIsoN is repres,:nted us not more distinguished for
valour than for statesmanship ; tind the lively little
deputy, in taking leave of the ashes of the illustrious
deceased, apostrophizes him with the originality
of many
a village tombstone, as an illustrious soldier, a good
citizen, and a faithful friend. Happily for the patience
of the members of the French Academy, the deceased
Marshal did not belong to that learned body, and
consequently they will be spared the heavy
infliction of a dull oration upon him. The custom
itself is exceedingly pernicious, as it constitutes an inva-
sion of one of the sacred provinces of contemporary his-
tory. Were the good sense and habitual acuteness of
the French tempered with a greater sobriety of judg-
ment, and a wholesome contempt for mere stage eff the custom of pronouncing such orations would be in-
stantly abolished.
The Dotation Bill of the Duke DE NEMOURS is uni-
versally reprobated by the Opposition Journals. The
Constitutionnel states that the Mir.isters have been
driven to decline making it a Cabinet question, as they
at first intended.
Three French ships of war have been sent in search
of the two Barbary Corsairs seen off the Spanish coast.
The Gazette de France, a Carlist organ, of no
authority on Spanish affairs, publishes a letter from
Bilhoa, of the 10th inst., which represents the whole
country as in a state of discontent, and the inhabitants
as again rising in hundreds, to range themselves under
the banner of Don CARLOS. The writer states that
300 Carlists had appeared at the gates of that city, and
that some of the QUEEN'S troops deserted to them.
Half of what this Journal states is pure invention.
The Journal de Frangfort states that the Oriental
question will be settled without the striking of a blow,
or the firing of a musket. We are very glad to bear it.
Count MOLE and M. VICTOR HUGO are expected

have accou. ,Its from Vienna, as they say, which state that
from the ..Ist to the 24th •f January there was a furious hur-
ricane. which unroofed hundreds of houses, and was such as
the oldest people did not remember ever to have seen. I can
assure you that there is nut a word of truth in this statement.
METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN-LAW Asso-
CIATION.—At the first meeting of this body on Monday next
at their Office, in the Strand, we are informed thai a deputa-
tion from the Council of the Anti-Corn-law League of Man-
chester will be present. The gentlemen ahosen for this office
are J. B. Smith, Esq., President of the Manchester Chamber
of Commerce, and Richard Cobden, Esq., the well known
Manchester manufacturer. •
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Monday
morning, a person named James Liddell, having occasion to go
to Ford for coals, a distance of sixteen miles, he was not a little
Surprised after reaching the pit, by the crowing of a cock be-
neath his cart ; on looking with a light below the body of the
vehicle, he observed a cock and hen roosting on the axle,
apparently quite at home. Finding that they belonged
to no one about the place, he put them into a sack
and brought them to Kelso. On making inquiry after his re-
turn. he ascertained that the fowls w ,re the property of a
neighbour; and it appears that having gone to roost upon the
axle the previous night, they had kept possc.,sion of their dor-
mitory unperceived by Liddell, and, what is still more singu-
lar, had remained undisturbed by the jolting of the cart during
the journey, until the following morning, when the natural
instinct of the cock Warned him of the approach of day.—Kelso
Chronicle.

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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1840

be the successful cand;dates for the vacant seats in the
French Academy,
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130 UR E.--PAras, INEDNESDAY, FEB. 19.
r first Highest Lowc.,t Fast
French
Price Price. Price Price
per Cents 11:3 10 113 20 113 10 13 10
434 per Cents 1(18 108 108 ... 1(1 4 per Cents 10:? 75 i 3 75 103 75 103 75
3 per Cents S2 10 • 82 20 ... 82 5 ... 82 15
Rank of France 3l S 5
—.3185 —3183
Belgian 5 per ('rots
Spanish Ac ice 2B •
... 2454 ... 27%
Passive 7% 7% 6% ...
New referred
... 1 }9
Neapolitan
Roman 10;3% 103% ... 103 ... 11.32

BRITISH GUIANA AND THE WEST INDIES,_.We
have received a circular from Liverpool, with Sta•isti-
cal Detail., by John S. Kewley, for the purpose of
calling the attention of the public, and especially of
Members of Parliament, to the liant of labourers in
our Sugar Colonies, and urging them to devise some
comprehensive scheme of immigration into the Colonies.
It states that the production of sugar in British Guiana
has fallen off from 65,000 hhds. in 1836, to 34,900 in 1839,
and that from all accounts the crop of 1840 will be much
less than that of the preceding year. It states also
that the falling off in the whole of the West India and
Demerara Colonies has amounted to 75,200 hits. of
Sugar in 1839, as compared with the average of the
six years previous to .1835, and to 42,300 Idols. as elm-
pared with the average of the three years preceding 1838.
As a remedy for this deficiency of production, Mr. Ke
ley recommends the encouragement of immig-ati9n from
India and other places of a climate congenial with that
o+. the West Indian British Colonies. He considers
Gui ma peculiarly applicable to a national experiment of
this sort, there being not less than sixty millions of un-
sold Crown lands capable of producing almost any pro-
duction, and sufficient to render Gre it Britain inde-
pendent of foreign slave colonies for supplies of tobacco,
cotton, indigo, rice, &c. We have no doubt that there is
plenty of Crown land in that colony, and the richest allu-
vial soil, but the great drawback is the unhealthiness of
the climate, at leact as regards Europeans: if,.howeve,r,
it is more congenial to natives of India, who have diffi-
culty in many parts of that extensive country of find-
ing food and employment, it would become a question
whether this country ought not to encourage emigra-
tion from that quarter, to enable the West Indian
planters to compete with the slave-holding colonies of
other nations.

CITY, TWEL O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY. —.The sales
to-day are estimate,' at about 4 000 bags to the trade, with
rather a dull fet•ling in the market.
Our arrivals this morning are the French and Ostend
mails—no ship iettnrs.
( From the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date.)
"6 It appears that the Belgian Government are going to
establish the running of steam-packets between Antwerp
a-. 11 New York. Already the Minister of the Interior
has made known, to a certain point, the proposed plan.
" The Belgian Moniteur of this day publishes the law
which fixes the Budget of the Interior Department for
1840, at 8.513 504 francs, and the law which gives a pro-
visionary credit to the Minister of War is 1.500,000 francs.
ANTWERP, FED. 19.—There was a general calm in
the market this day for Colonial produce.
Th