The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-12 00:00:00

MORNING- EDITION

WALSALL ELECTION AND ANTI- ! LORD CARDIGAN AND Int.,
CORN-LAW LEAGUE SkNDEIANI.

TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sta,—There are some points in connexion with the
contest for Walsall, which mark its paramount impor-
tance at the prevent moment. hitherto the conflict of
Parties has had for its watchwords Whig and Tory.
The fidd of battle has suddenly presented a new party,
standitP, aloof from the two political armies, and ready
t" do 17attle against both. The cry of alarm and dis-
InLaY, mixed with abuse, which has resounded iron,
the camps of the two contending hosts, proves at least
the strength of the Anti-Corn-law party. It proves,
too, the wisdom of its leaders in taking up a flank posi-
tion en the political battle field. But, say the Whigs,
are going to destroy the Liberal party. Now,
'34, the Anti-Corn-law party know no Liberals in the
Persons of bread-taxers. Mr. Cayley is as illiberal to
them as Mr. D'lsraeli ; and I think we are under an
bligation to them for giving a better test by which to
know the character of a man than that of the very vague
denomination of Conservative and Liberal.
Look at the Liberal party in favour of " Justice to
Ireiand,a
it musters 300 and odd at a division upon a
trial of strength upon an appropriation clause ; but
l'hen the question becomes one of vital importance, to
the bread eaters, aye, and potatoe caters of Ir eland,
boa' many of these Liberals are to be found r.t their
posts?: Let me refer you to the division on the 22d of
June last,on Mr. Labouchere's motion for admitt.ing foreign
flour into Ireland. It should be premised that Atneri•
can flour is admitted into England at the •sorr.e propor-
tionate rate of duty as foreign wheat ; ',vh;.ist it is not
allowed to be imported into Ireland at rji. This is, I
presume, a sop to the Irish millers. I.l.rwever, in con-
.sequence of the wet harvest of last year, the flour in
Ireland was quite unfit for human 'food, and the very
„Isealtl. of the people depended on an immediate repeal
14ettile law which shut out the dry American flour.
JaAhe President of the Board of Trade brought in
"11 Bill for that purpose ; and Mr. Wakley, no mean
• authority, declared that all those who voted against it
were voting for typhus fever in Ireland. Well, Sir,
I°w went the division ? By the Anti-Corn-low Al-
manac:l I find that the motion was lost by 90 to 791
There were nine and seventy Liberals only who could
c mustered to save the poor of Ireland from the visita-
;:on of pestilence and famine, whilst 300 and odd might
found to support an appropriation clause ! Now,
what is the maaning of suck cant as " Justice to
Ireland ?" Are those liberal men, who cannot bestow
a few hours attendance in their places in the House of
Commons to secure a sufficiency of wholesome bread
ler the people ?
The Leaguer is scolded for risking the overthrow of
a liberal Ministry. The responsible head of that Mi-
l:ll'4-Y, who can cashier any other Member of the Cabinet,
Just us you would do one of your reporters, not only
!ntes against even inquiry into the Corn-law,
but declares to God the free-traders are mad—
f°t' saying what ?—just that which Mr. Deacon
!Lune, and Mr. M.Gregor, both in the employ
°I the Government, declare would be of the
Peatest advantage—nay, that it is of the most vital
necessity to the State, viz., the abolition of all protec-
tive duties. And is this modern Festus, who declares
illen to be mad for uttering words of " truth and sober-
"le," to be called liberal forsooth ! And are the
people to submit to a monopoly of food, because such a
ii3rolitition and political economist as our nonchalant
len otier must not be disturbed in his palace of indo-
lence? I hold, Sir, that better tests than the hacknied
fortN of Whig and Tory, or Conservative and He-
rter,NTier, are wanted for the future contests of partiesaid ,
'here could we find one so universally applicable
tha of
the bread-tax ? Let all candidates, and
wil,)",,t
1111, those dubbing themselves liberal, be asked
'ether !ley lae for or against the food monopoly.

I :lm, Sir, &e.,

ns 7 1811 A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.
.

WALSALL ELECTION.

(Tltolll OUR CORRESPONDENT)
VSATURDAY EVENING.—Mr. James Acland still eon-
III" lecturing every evening to the inhabitants, on
;co Trade and the iniquitous Corn-laws ; and in gene-
L'a' the meetings are well attended, although we are
to say we can perceive that few of the electors
an'a'l ; and it is certain that none are more needful of
thTiormation on these momentous questions, especially
at portion of them who arc saddlers'-ironmongers, and
Theselikely to be the strongest opponents of Mr. Smith.
gentlemen seem to act under the impression that
,
repeal of the Corn-laws would be their ruin, inns-
as that, deriving their principal support from the
a gri;.l3ltural districts, and being told that the prosperity.
It the farmer depends wholly upon the existence of
-"ese laws—they are thus taught to think the moment
44
"Peal would he effected, they would as certainly be
~,e.Prlved of their trade and means of living. From
lffs delusion, principally proceeds their hostility to Mr.
"341'11, which if overcome, would do much to secure his
election ; and it is the more important to gain them,
lect"g their influence so great over the small manufac-
tlrer3
th, hose goods they are always purchasing ; indeed,.
th,;. cts of last election are yet seen and felt, of
will and power to do injury to those who voted
against them. The League ought to direct their
c:lpec,al attention to this point, and have the particular
retsc. considered in a full and comprehensive manner,
ent
cive to the abolition of the corn monopoly, in a dis-
s„ctl article, and freely circulated amongst the electors.
' an article could not fail to do much permanent
good,
I„)\,Non-Electors' Committee was formed last night,
'uo
atiopt every legal means in their power to influence
‘ ,yoters to support Mr. Smith.
, tit, 15°111 Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Smith are at present
.
`4L
Porarily absent, but the latter will return
on Tuesday
to resume his canvass and abide the issue of the
contest.

OF THE STEAMER THAMES.

(From the UnWq Service Gazete:)
Lord Cardigan has proved to the ;natio' ',ties at the
Horse Guards how unqualified a reliene he has upon
their forbearance, by a fresh exhibition qf his insolent
and overbearing demeanour to his oflir,ers. We allude
to his treatment of Doctor Sandhant, the highly respect-
able surgeon of the 11th Hussars.

It is to be lamented that l':,therto, whenever any of
his Lordship's dclinquencir. have been brought under
the public notice, there ..as always been seine inaccu-
racy in the account, ,:tlich has afforded a handle to his
Lordship's disinterested Newspaper advocates. in the
present case, however, the mistakes and omissions have
been wholly in his Lordship's favour. For the correct-
ness of the followinc:, version of his new entbrogfio we
can undertake, to 'vouch, and it will be found to differ
essentially from the account which has already bee❑
made publ:ic,

It is now somewhat more than a month ago that.
Dr. S'.ndhain was leaving the church at Brighton with
his -zegiment, when the clasp of his cap becoming un-
ho,oked, he was compelled to stop for a moment to ad-
just it. In order that he might the sooner regain
his place, he made a short angle through a little gate
in the churchyard. The men were, at that moment,
forming in line outside the church, preparatory to
marching to the barracks ; having reached which,
they were dismissed, and the officers " fell out." As
Dr. Sandham was walking off the ground, the regi-
mental Adjutant accosted him, and informed him
that it was Lord Cardigan's orders, that when he
(Dr. Sandham) left the church upon any future oc-
casion, he should fall in with the regiment. 1)r.
Sandham replied, " that he was unable to under-
stand the drift of his Lordship's commands, seeing
that he had invariably obeyed them to the very
letter." Lord Cardigan not having left the
ground, however, Dr. Sandham walked up to him,
and respectfully requested the favour of an explana-
tion of his Lordship's meaning. The reply, conveyed in
Lord Cardigan's usually offensive manner, was, " I have
given my ordera to the Adjutant, Sir." Seeing clearly
that his Lordship's object was to provoke him, if pos-
sible, to some disrespectful remark, Dr. Sandham pro-
ceeded to his room, where lie wits soon afterwards
joined by two or three of his brother. officers, who,
having questioned him as to what bad occurred be-
tween Lord Cardigan and himself, he simply replied,
" that he had gone out of the wrong gate." Conscious
of the feeling with which he is regarded by his brother-
officers. and filled consequently with jealous app-ehen-
sion whenever any discussion to which he is not a party
is entered into by them ; or, it may be, misled by some
one of the spies who supply him with pretexts for his
tyranny, it was enough for his Lordship to know that
Dr. Sandham had been speaking to any one. Before the
doctor had reached his private apartment he was sum-
moned by the Adjutant to wiit upon Lord Cardigan,
and, on obeying the order, was told, with great aeerb:ty
of manner, by his Lordship, that "his conduct w as highly
improper and reprehensible, in having made such a
statement to the young officers who had just left him."
Dr. Sandham attempted respectfully to explain to his
Lordship his error in supposing that he had made any
complaint or improper remark upon the subject ; but
Lord Cardigan cut him short, by abruptly and authori-
tatively saying, " Be quiet, Sir, I shall not listen to any
reply !" On receiving this uncourtcous and undeserved
rebuff, greatly as his forbearance had been tested,
Dr. Sandham merely replied, without evincing the
slightest irritation or disrespect, "My Lord, I have
not failed to use my best endeavours to please yonr
Lordship, but I now find that it is impossible so to
do." " Well, Sir," rejoined his Lordship, " you had
better state that fact in writing ; and now, Sir, leave
the room."

Having quitted Lord Cardigan's apartment with
feelings that may be more easily conceived than de•
scribed, Dr. Sandham, after preparing a statement of
facts for the consideration of the Horse Guards, called
upon Captain Douglas and Lieutenant Knowles (the
Adjutant), both friends and supporters of Lord Cardi-
gan, and tree of his Lordship's battues, to say if they
considered that his conduct in the matter had been such
as to justify his Lordship in treating him in so contu-
melious a manner. They were constrained to acknow-
ledge that it had not, and were prevailed upon to re-
duce theftr opinion and testimony to writing. It is
hardly necessary to add, that their statement was strictly
corroborative of the one forwarded to Lord Hill by Dr.
Sandham. The two documents were, of course, trans-
mitted to the horse Guards through the medium of
Lord Cardigan himself, accompanied by such comments
as occurred to him in justification of his conduct. We
have not heard if he adopted his usual practice of
seeking an interview with Sir John Macdonald on the
occasion ; but, indecent as such a course must be ad-
mitted to be, we can hardly hope that it was re-
mitted in favour of Dr. Sandham. However this may
have been, his Lordship did not experience his accus-
tomed indulgence in that quarter. In spite of his great
personal influence with the Adjutant-• General, and the
repeated interference of the Duke of Wellington in his
behalf, Dr. Sandham's complaint did succeed in drawing
down upon Lord Cardigan, in the name of Lord 11111,
a sharp reprimand for his tyrannical and overbearing
conduct. But tor the imperative direction of Lord
Hill to the -....b0ve effect, the long and verbose memo-
randum, a-oncocted on the occasion, would, we have
little doubt, have either contained no reprimand at all,
or some paragraph of censure on Lord Cardigan's latest
iet IM . As, however, the document prepared by the
Adjutant-General on this occasion did convey to his
Lordship the " great surprise and regret of the Ge-
neral Commanding-in-Chief that his recommendation to
the Earl of Cardigan, on a previous occasion, had not
had the effect of preventing applications to the Horse
Guards, by way of complaint of his Lordship's con-
duct," no second copy was, as in the case of Major
Morse Cooper, handed to the complaining party for
the purposes of publication
To show, however, that in the teeth of Lord hill's
known wishes and instructions, there are people at the
Horse Guards who will still protect Lord Cardigan,
coutc qui collie, we may mention that a few days after
the above disgraceful occurrence, Dr. Sandham applied
to Lord Cardigan for leave of absence, which his Lord-
ship had the bad taste to refuse, unless he would admit
himself to have hcen in error, which the Doctor declined
to do : and the result has been, that after this disgust-
ing display of vindictiveness. Lord Cardigan has been
constrained to grant Dr. Sandham the leave to which
he was undoubtedly entitled. His Lordship has lately
ia-
dulged in a similar exldbition of his spleen towards
Captain J. W. Reynolds, another of his victims, who
has eventually obtained a long leave, in despite of his
Lordship's pertinacious refusal.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK-LOSS

FALMOUTH, .JAN. 8,1841— FRIDAY NIGHT.--In-
telligence has just been received of the melancholy loss,
on Monday morning, during a violent snowstorm, of
the London and Dublin Company's steamer Thames,
on her voyage from Dublin to London, on the south-
west rocks of the Scilly Islands, and all on board, con-
sisting of from sixty to seventy persons, drowned, with
the exception of a lady passenger, two stewardesses,
and one man. When the vessel was discovered in her
perilous situation by the islanders, their boats were
aground, but with great efforts they succeeded in
launching a whale-boat through the breakers, and
getting her under the stern of the Thames. The com-
mander, Capt. Gray, insisted on the females being first
hoisted therein, and, unfortunately, as soon as a lady
and two stewardesses had been placed there, the boat
broke adrift, and drove off the land. This was v.x-
ceived by a sailing-boat, which took her in tow, and
succeeded, with great risk, in towing her to the shore
in safety. By this time the wind increased abno3-, to a
hurricane, which rendered it impossible for any other
boat to approach the vessel. G.ptain.Gray then formed
a raft, on which a great many of the crew got, but it was
almost immediately dashed against the rocks, and all
the poor fellows thereon met a watery grave, with the
exception of one man, who was miraculously thrown on
a perpendicular rock, where he remained till the follow-
ing day, when, he was rc-scued in an exhausted state.
The vessel became a complete wreck, and the remainder
of the crew perished. Very littie of' the cargo is saved.
Neither the Great Liverpool not the Tagus steamers
are yet arrived.

TIIE LATE REAR-ADMIRAL SIR PHILIP
Vase Baokr, BAhT., K. C B. —The mortal remains of
the above naval hero were deposited in the family vault
at Nacton Church, Suffolk, on Saturday last.
It has been decided that the detachments which
were a few days ago placed under orders for Bengal and
ladras shall be kept back until the usual period of embark-
ation for India in i\lay next. The detachment for Bombay
will, however, be sent off almost immediately. Tile 14th
Light Dragoons arc to be embarked for the same presidency
in the approaching spring, to relieve the 4th Light Dra-
gcons, to which place the 22d regiment is about to be con-
veyed in the following ships, viz.—The Inglis, Gulsachan,
:►largaret, Tory, and the Ann. The total number of rank
and file, including the regulated proportion of women, for
thorn accommodation has been provided in these vessels,
amounts to 1,096. The departure of the 221 has been dr,-
la)cti beyond the time originally fixed in consequence of un-
foreseen impediments, amongst which may be enumerated
the unavoidable and unexpected difficul►ies which have re-
tarded the completion of the augmentation, which our read-
ers arc aware was not G,zetted until last Tuesday. But
all necessary arrangements being now completed, the re-
giment will sail from Gravesend, where most of the above
vessels are waiting the arrival of their respective allotments
of troops, with all possible despatch. The recently in-
creased establishment of the 22d consists of-1 colonel, 2
lieutenant-colonels, 10 captains, 20 lieutenants, 7 en, igns,
1 paymaster, 1 adjutant, 1 quartermaster, 1 surgeon, 2
assistant-surgeons, 1 sergeant-major, 1 quartermaster-
sergeant, 1 paymaster-sergeant, 1 armourer-sergeant, 1
seLoolmaster-sergeant, 1 orderly-room clerk, 9 colour-
Sergeauta, 35 sergeants, 45 ccrporals, 1 drum-major, 17
drummers and fifers, and 926 rank and file.—United Ser-
I vice Gazelle.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning,
James Jardine, a workman employed at Mucklitt's coal_
pit, near Invcresk, while standing near the mouth of the
shaft, fell into the pit, and was killed on the spot.