The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
As the dat of discussion and decision in Parliament
of the great national question, the Corn-law monopoly,
approaches, its advocates and opponents are employed
in matshall:ng their means, and strengthening their posi-
dour. , The fact that public opinion has, during the
last year, made rapid strides toward an entire revisal of
the system, with a view to a gradual or immediate aboli-
tion of the monopoly, is admitted by the journals hitherto
the most zealous in its defence ; while the advocates of
abolition refer to the crippled state of our manu-
factures in proof that the abolition of the prohi-
bitory duties on foreign corn is the only means of
averting the impending ruin which threatens our com-
mercial interests.
Those for whose protection the monopoly was pro-
fessedly established begin to open their eyes to the fal-
lacy of the pretences on which the system is made to
rest ; and in several districts the farmers refuse to sub-
mit to the injurious deception so long practised on them
by the landowners, who alone pocket the advantage (if
any), wrung no less from the farmers and labourers
than from the manufacturers and those in their employ.
(From the Standard.)
The Morning Chronicle has reminded us that among
the subjects of discussion which the House of Commons
I might properly prefer to the "privilege question," the
1 " k'sel Club of Glasgow,' or the comparative merits of
the " Bade lights and wax candles"—the operation of the
New Poor-law Bill holds no undistinguished place. Our
contemporary has discovered that the new code cannot go
on in company with the Cora-laws, and so far we agree
with it ; but we go a little further, for we say that the New
PooF-law code cannot go in company with the British
Constitution, or without totally subverting the social
state of Great Britain, such as it has been for cen-
turies. It is well, however, to observe in the outset
that this detected incompatibility of the new Poor-law
Act with the Corn-laws comes suspiciously late. When
,- the former was under discussion the very reverse effect
was predicted. The landlords were told that nothing
but the new law could save their estates, the manufac-
-1 tarers were assured that by raising the character and
stimulating the working classes the proposed innovation
' would render wages to them a matter of comparative
indifference, while a promise of greatly increased wages
was held out to the classes who must live by labour.
(From the Courier.)
The progress of the privilege claims may possibly ter-
minate advantageously to the public by clearing away
1 those obstructions to the discussion of questions which
are important to the nation at large. The fact begins
to he undeniable by the most zealous supporters of old
fortis' that the laws relating to that indefinite offence
called libel should be corrected. It is perfectly evident
that if the House of Commons choose to protect its own
officers in the issue of papers, said to be intended for the
advantage of the whole of society, it will be equally ne-
cessary to extend the like protection to all who assist
1
in the promulgation of the documents which are deemed
so advantageous that they cannot be withheld unless at
a sacrifice.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S—YEsrgenAY,
THE DERBY.
13 to 1 agst Angelica colt
16 to 1 agst Confederate—taken
16 to 1 agst Theon
20 to 1 apt Launcelot
20 to 1 agst Gambia —taken ]
23 to 1 agst Bokhara
30 to 1 agst Monops
-30'to 1 agst Wardan—taken
30 to 1 agst Chameau
33 to 1 agst Melody—taken.
40 to 1 agst Black Bess—taken
40 to 1 agst Torres Vedras
50 to 1 agst Grey Milton—taken
50 to 1 agst Diplomatist—taken
1000 to 10 agst Refresher—taken.
1000 to 10 apt Janus—taken
1000 to 15 apt Molineux—taken
1000 to 15 apt Morgan Rattler—taken
1000 to 20 apt Assassin
1000 to 20 apt Dreadnought—taken.
THE OAKS.

7 to 2 agst Crucifix
8 to 1 agst Black Bess—taken
8 to 1 agst Lalla Rookh—taken
12 to 1 agst Filly out of Rowton's dam
TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Crucifix—taken
43 to 1 agst Wardan
7 to 1 agst Angelica colt—taken
28 to 1 agst Angelica winning 2000 gs. Stakes and Darby—
taken,

Very little doing.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.
A female of respectable appearance named Mary M. Namara,
wife of a hawker residing at the Coach and Horses public-
house, Aldersgate-street, was charged on suspicion with stealing
from the shop of Mr. Mew, 301, High Holborn, a roll of silk
containing 95 yards.
The prosecutor said that on Monday last the prisoner entered
his shop, and was shown by her desire several pieces of silk,
and after being gone about ten minutes the property in question
was missing, but before she had left she purchased three yards
of silk, and not having sufficient money to pay for it she left a
deposit, and. having again called for it last evening,
she was givers into custody. On making inquiry about
her, the accounts received were anything but satisfactory.
The assistant who exhibited the silks proved that after exhi-
biting a dozen pieces she expressed a wish to see a piece which
lay in the window, and he supposed that it was when he went
to get it that the roller was taken. He was only about four
minutes at the window, and there was no person within several
yards of the prisoner in the shop. The prisoner wore a large
silk cloak, and on handing her the bill of what she had pur-
chased she appeared to conceal one hand from him.
Mr. Mew said that when she was taken into custody she
desired that every search would be made at her lodgings.
Mr. Wooler, who appeared for the prisoner, contended that
there was nothing in the evidence to warrant a conviction,
and particularly as she returned to the shop to pay Is. 3d.
which remained due.
The prisoner said that she lived for several years in Bristol,
where she was well known as a respectable person.
Mr. Twreour said that there had been enough proved to de-
tain her on the charge, and should she consent to take the officer
and allow him to search the premises, and that nothing was
%mad, she might be discharged.