The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-03 00:00:00

the humane landlord, while practically a tax
would be levied on absentees in the only manner
consistent with national justice and national honour.
No precautions in the way of clearing estates or pre-
venting the industrious portion of the community from
obtaining a footing will be sufficient to save those
who do not improve their properties, and
discharge the duties of a resident landlord, at least
.so far as giving ample employment to the people,
from a heavy payment. We are well aware that
there would be many difficulties interposed in the
way of bringing this plan into execution, but we are
convinced that they are not insuperable, but that, on
the contrary, they could be easily surmounted.
The suggestion at least appears worthy of attentive
consideration on the part of those whose interests are
so deeply involved in the question.

HARRY of Exeter is really a very insupportable

sort of bishop. He is restless as a squirrel in a cage.
We have seen in an exhibition of animals and birds,
styled " the happy family," a most effective and
pleasing restraint imposed upon their natural and
vicious propensities, and perfect harmony prevailing
throughout the group. But whatever wonders may
be wrought, by dexterous management, among the
lower tribes of creation, it would seem that, if the

same system of discipline were attempted to be
universally applied to man, it would not be difficult
to point to a class of sentient beings who would com-
pletely mar the effort. The redoubted Prelate of
Exeter belongs to this class. He is not to be influ-
enced by fear, for he is absolutely fearless. His courage
is as undaunted as was that of the immortal Quixo-rr,
with whose judgment, too, that of the Bishop of EXETER
is as nicely on a par as possible. This mental combi-
nation, which is so curious, striking, and harmonious
in the knight-errant, is nevertheless not equally
palatable, though it is highly facetious, in the
character of a Church dignitary of the nineteenth
century. The Right Reverend PuILroTTs has
happily been of late but very little before the
public eye. This has not been the result of any dis-
inclination on the part of the Bishop to draw the

attention of the public towards himself, but because,
like many a surgical tyro, he has been in want
of a subject. The Bishop has had as much con-
fidence as ever in his modus operandi, but, some how
or other, people prefer keeping aloof from him. We
believe the Prelate has felt very much chagrined

since Lord SEYMOUR declined, with such admirable

contempt, entering into a correspondence with
him. The Bishop, however, could not exist with-
out having a tilt at somebody. Accordingly he
couched his lance the week before last, and made a
desperate charge at the Mayor of Exeter. The par-
ticulars of the tournament are now before the public.
The chivalrous Prelate received a very severe shock.
We understand it will be some time before his Lord-
ship will recover, and that his medical attendants
have advised a discontinuance from these violent pranks
in future. It is rumoured that the Bishop has be-
come wholly unequal to these contests, to which he
has been warmly addicted from his earliest years,
and that the reason of his constantly missing his aim
is attributable to his sight being seriously impaired.
The encounter alluded to arose in this singular way.
A ball was advertised to be held in Exeter, under
most distinguished patronage, in aid of the Irish and
Scottish Relief Fund. The Bishop animadverted, in
his sermon, upon this announcement, and then ad-
dressed a letter to the Mayor, apprising him of what
he had done, but disdaining any intention of being
" personally disrespectful" to his correspondent. The
Mayor replied with crushing effect. After describ-
ing the ball as a harmless amusement, and as a course
directly sanctioned by the personal example of her
Most Gracious MAJESTY, he aptly remarked—
" I am very far from thinking that the end, however
good, can sanctify objectionable means ; but when the
means are blameless in themselves, I am at a loss to
comprehend how their character should be changed by
an ulterior benevolent parpose."
The Bishop is then reminded of the value of his
disclaimer of personal disrespect, by a simple ex-
traction of a few of the choice epithets which he ap-
plied in his discourse to those who approved of the
benevolent project. " Selfishness," " degrading,"
" low," " miserable frivolity," " mockery," and " dis-
sipation," are among the generous and " respectful"
expressions that grace the sermon throughout. HARRY
of Exeter has a code of ethics peculiarly his own,
presenting the rare advantage of enabling a man to
asperse another in the bitterest terms, accompanied with
an assurance that his personal regard for him is unim-
peachably sincere. The veracity of this assurance it is
impossible to impugn. We ought to mention another
singular circumstance. As soon as the Bishop had
recovered from the recoil of the Mayor's buffetings,
as if in repentance of what he had done, and by way
of recompensing any loss which might accrue to the
Relief Fund from his unprovoked proceedings, he
generously offered to publish his sermon, that the
copies might be sold for one shilling each, and the
produce applied to alleviate the distress of the Irish
and Scotch. ;People may admire the Bishop's motive,
but we are satisfied that the compensation will turn
out to be " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare."

The Augsburg Gazette has the following from
Trieste, of 21st ult. :
" 'We have just heard from Naples that considerable
demands of wheat have been lately made in that city,
both for Italy and Sicily, and that, in consequence, an
advance in prices has taken place. The present state of
vegetation is described as exceedingly fine. We have
also received a letter from Odessa of the 10th, which
declares that the cold had returned, and that the port
was so covered with ice as to prevent a number of vessels
from going out. Very little corn was ready for delivery;
but on the other band a large quantity was to be deli-
vered in July. In Southern Russia an abundant harvest
was again looked for. At Theodosia the navigation had
been reopened on Feb. 2."
The Russian Government has officially declared to
the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin, that for the future
no foreign officer will be allowed to take part in the
campaigns of the Russian troops in the Caucasus,
unless he will consent to be naturalised, and to take
, an oath of fidelity to the CZAR.

We have already stated that the Vorort of Berne
had demanded from the Government of the canton of
Lucerne explanations respecting its military prepara-
tions. The Government of Lucerne has replied, that
it does not recognise the right of the Vorort to make
this demand upon a sovereign state, and only replies
to it for the purpose of putting an end to misrepre-
sentation. It asserts that the spirit of turbulence in
other cantons renders it necessary for it to provide for

its own security, and that this is the only object 01
is present military display.

Madrid papers of the 27th ult. have arrived. The
Ministerial crisis still continued, and it was rumoured
that Senor PACHECO had undertaken to form a Mi-
nistry, as the KING of the FRENCH and Queen Cnnis-
TINA were afraid of the consequences of the elevation
of NABNAEz to the head of the Government. The
price to be paid by PACHECO for this neutrality was
the admission of MAZAREDO, the devoted adherent
of NARVAEZ, to the Cabinet, as Minister-at. War.
The following list of the new Ministry has been
handed about :—PAcnEco, Foreign Affairs ; MAza-
REDO, War; BENAVIDES, Interior; SALAMANCA,
Finance; PASTOR DIAz, Justice; SOLLERO, Marine.
The Marquis of MIRAFLORES, Senor ARRAZOLA,
Senor PENN r AGUAYO, Senor Ros DE OLANO, and
Senor LLORENTE, were also spoken of as likely to be
members of the Pacheco Cabinet. The Herald°,
however, declares that there is no authority for these
rumours; and remarks that, as the Tiempo, the organ
of Senor PACHECO, has recently attacked Senor
SALAMANCA, it is hardly likely that they would be
members of the same Cabinet. The Bill authorising
the collecting of taxes until the adoption of the
budget, and annulling the authorisation for the settle-
ment of the debt, has passed the Chamber of De-
puties by a large majority.
MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 27.—The Three per Cents.
closed at 301 for cash ; the Five per Cents., at 19 ;
the Debt without interest, at 51 ; and the Coupons,
at 17.

the alarmist
The Constitutionnel thus replies to
We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
article on the state of the crops which appeared in
the Journal des Debats of the day preceding:—
"It is impossible to understand the strange reasoning
1 of the Journal des Dthais on the question of provisions.
After denying
in October and November last, that is, when it was easy
fhe obvious insufficiency of the last crop
to ascertain the quantity of grain available, we find it
to-day expressing the most lively apprehensions re-
specting the crop in the ground, and of which no one
1 can yet appreciate the results. The Bourse follows with
docility the oscillations of the Ministerial journal, from