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London, England, 1841-11-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, re-

lords continue to uphold such laws, their autho-
rity will be as surely rejected as if they were to
comrn Ind us to drown infants, and stone the aged

o death.

Somewhere about two years ago Mr. MACAU-
LAY found it necessary to vindicate the right of pro-
perty at great length in his addresses atEdinburgh.
It ha d been seriously assailed by large bodies of the
people. His eloquence. did not settle the ques-
tion which is now continually mooted, and nu-
merous bodies of the people have of late em-
phatically asked what right have the landlords
to possess the land. In France and America
the duty of political obedience hangs practically
very loose on the people. So it does in some
parts of this empire. He must be a most ig-
norant or foolish man who supposes that these
subjects, which touch the very foundations of
political-society, can now escape discussion. In
fact such discussion now continually takes place ;
and it is apparently the will of the Post's masters
that the people should come to it maddened by
hunger. Carried on under a calm temper,
when the people were prosperous, at their case,
and well fed, the result would be the improve-
ment of political society, and the establish-
ment of legislation on a sound basis; carried on
as at present, with the multitude rendered savage
by hunger and insults, while their rulers are in-
flated by vanity and ambition, it can only end
in exasperation and destruction. We say then
to the Post's masters—be warned !

At Boston, in Lincolnshire, on Monday last,
Mr. CHRISTOPHER, the Member tbr the Lindsey

division of Lincolnshire, made a long speech, in
\which lie followed the Duke of RICHMOND in

informing, Sir ROBERT PEEL that the landlords
placed him in power, and the landlords would
turn him out if he did not aid them in their ex-

tortions; eulogized the present Corn-laws, and
denounced the Anti-Corn-law League and the
import Duties Committee. Nevertheless, Mr.
CHRISTOPHER is not quite satizfied with the
Corn-law, and thinks, like most of his party, that
it needs some alteration. However much the
Pro-Corn-law men may rave in general terms,
when they come to speak of particulars they al•,
find fault with some part of the present laws
Mr. CHRISTOPHER, for example, thus speaks o
the mode of taking the averages under the best
of all possible laws :

Nothing can be more • fallacious than the present
system of taking the averages. The benefit is reaped by
a few brokers and speculators, both in England and on
the Continent, who combine to keep up nominal prim
in order that they may inundate the market with a
quantity of foreign grain ; whereas, inasmuch as these
prices are purely fictitious, te British grower derives no
benefit from them, and the landed interest incur the
blame of selling their produce at extravagant prices to
the poor people. Is it not perfectly notorious that these
frauds have been lately practised to a large extent ?
So completely is the corn trade in the hands of
Jew speculators, both here and on the Continent,
that under the present mode of taking the averages,
fictitious prices may be returned, to the injury of
the grower in this country, and to every person who
pursues an honest trade in that article.
Of course Mr. CHRISTOPHER has his plan for
remedying these fictitious sales and fictitious
prices, which it will be time enough for us to
discuss when it is propounded to Parliament.
According to our view, the disease has got too
much a-bead to yield to such palliatives. It is,
however, satisfactory to find Corn-law gentle-
men denouncing " fictitious prices," and proving
that they are the consequence of their own fa-

vourite law. But while Mr. CHRISTOPHER is
thus loud in his condemnation of these averages,
he is equally loud in praising them. The
" purely fictitious prices" of the Jew speculators,
both here and on the Continent, produced the
following results :
I will endeavour to ensure to the people a supply of
of food from the Continent, in the event of a deficient
harvest. This is the principle of the Corn-law, and to a
great extent it has answered the intentions of those who
framed it. Within the last few weeks, two millions and
a half of wheat have been set free at a duty of Is. a quar-
ter, when the average price reached 73s ; whereas, on
the principle of a fixed duty of Bs. a quarter, the con-
sumer must have paid 7s. a quarter more for that wheat
which was set free at a duty of Is.
He would, however, alter that part of the law
which has brought about such benefit to the
Consumers. We see what the cunning man
would be at. Ile would alter the sliding scale
so as to take it out of the power of the " JeW
speculators" to import so much corn at such a
low rate of duty. He would levy a duty of
never less than ss. a quarter on wheat, what-
ever may be its price, and 20s. should it fall to
50s. While the consistent and honest gentle-
man praises the present system, because it al-
lowed 2,500,000 quarters of wheat to be set free
at ls. duty per quarter, he wishes to take effec-
tual means, if he can, to prevent such an occur-
rence in future. He is all love for the sliding
scale at one moment as compared to a fixed
duty, and at the next be actually proposes a
minimum fixed duty, to put an end to the very
advantage for which he lauds the sliding scale.
Whether such talk be the offspring of conceited,
forgetful, illogical ignorance, or sheer impu-
dence, we cannot tell; but the speech of Mr.
CHRISTOPHER resembles the speeches of most
of his claSs, and they all proceed from one or
other of these despised qualities.

We have given in another part of the Paper
full details of the great fire which took place in
the Tower of London on Saturday night ; and,
while willing to pay every tribute of praise to
the energy of the officers and soldiers of the
garrison, we cannot sufficiently reprobate the
negligence of the authorities who have charge of
this ancient national, establishment. According
to various accounts which we have received,
no water could be had for at least one
hour. No preparation, in fact, appears to
have been made for such an occurrence ; the
very fire-brigades w7uo came to render assist:
ance, were shut, out; and though the Thames was
flowing pas,t its walls, and a thousand active men
were ready and willing to save the place from
de:,truction, this venerable building was as desti-
tute of protection as the most lonely cot in a
rural district. WO civilians should have sup-
posed that when so many national relics were con-
tained within its walls, and they were entrusted
to the guardianship of the Army, under the Duke
of WELLINGTON as High Constable, some means_
would have been adopted for obtaining a supply
of water at any period of the tide. This could
easily have been done. A communication with
the river, at a trifling expense, could easily have
been made, by which an ample supply of water
could be had at any hour, and thereby have
saved not only a million of money, but also glo-
rious monuments of a nation's fame, -which no
money can restore. What is the use of a Consta-
ble of the Tower and a Deputy Constable, and
fifty other nominal guardians of the place, unless
they perform the duty for which they are amply
paid? Many thousands a year are paid to
them by the public for guarding the place; they
make their °likes sinecures, and the people arc
the sufferers.

We have received Paris JouLals of Friday
and Saturday, with advices from Madrid to the
05th ult. The insurrection in the north of Spain
appears to be completely suppressed, and with-
out that effusion of blood which was generally
apprehended from the sanguinary character of
the Spanish people. The Itioniteur of Saturday
publishes the following telegraphic despatches:—
‘, THE SUB-PREFECT OF BAYONNE TO TM .I,IINI:TER OF THE

INTHRIOR,

" Bayonne, Oct. 28.
" Madrid was quiet on the 25th inst. Brigadier-General
Quiroga y Frias has been sentenced to death."
CATALONIA.

" THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 21ST MILITARY DIVI-

SION TO THE MINISTER. OF WAR.

"Perpignan, Oct. 29.
" The demolition of the bastions, called the King and
Queen of the Barcelona citadel, began on the 26th, at
nine A.M., in presence of the Junta of Vigilance, and of
the municipality. The National Guards afterwards
defiled on the square of the Constitution, before the
Members of the Junta, each individual holding in his
hand a stone of the citadel. General Zabala and the
political Chief have protested against this act of demoli-
tion. The remainder of the troops of the line at Bareo.--
lona had been directed towards the frontiers on tl• - -
In the afternoon the'ad battalion of the • . 25th.
had taken possession of the eit^-' ..v
...,ntional Militia
The same 01-'
dirs

acting as Charge d'Affaires at Alexandria since
M. COCHELET'S departure. Baron DE LANGS..
DORFF, First Secretary of the French Embassy
in Vienna, goes to the Brazils as Minister, in
place of Baron ROUEN. The Marquis DE CHAS-
SELOUP LAUBAT, Deputy, is named Envoy to the
Germanic Confederation, in place of Baron DEF-.
FAUDIS. And Baron DE BORQUENEY for Con-

stantinople, to replace the Count DE Pox Tots.
More diplomatic movements are announced by
the Constitutionnel. That paper states that P.T.

HumANN, jun., will be named First Secretary of
the Berlin Embassy. M. LUTTEROCH will be

appointed First Secretary at the Turin Embassy.
M. HAUSSONVILLE was expected to be the First
Secretary of the French Embassy here, and
MM. MERCIER, DE MERODE, CONASSIN, and
the Marquis DE CONTADES would accompany, as
attaches, M. SALVANDY to Madrid.
• For some clays past we have heard of an intention to
suspend the fortifications and to execute 5 or 600 lea-
gues of iron railway, which will cost 5 or 600 millions

of francs.
It is said that the Deputies who are coming to Paris,
are a little ashamed of having suffered themselves, rast
year, to be led away to vote fur the bastilles ; that the
opinions of the provinces had had its iniiuence on them,
and that on the eve of new elections, they compreheo
the neco3sity of repairing as far as possible the faith
which they have committed.— Gazette de France.
We are assured
.that M. Charles Lucas, Inspector-
General of Prisons, is.goneto Mont St. Michel, with.

instructions from the Minister of the Interior to ascertain
the truth of the statements of -Mme. Caries, sister of
}Tarbes, concerning the internal administration of the

prison.
It was stated yesterday at the Luxembourg that in
consequence of the additional number of persons ar-
rested as accomplices in the attempt of Quenisset, the
reading of the act of accusation is indefinitely. post-
poned.—Temps.
A letter from Berne of the 20th of October says.—
" The Diet in its sitting to-day, foreseeing. the impossi-
bility of a majority being obtained io decide at length,
either one way or the other, the unfortunate affair of
convents of Ar?ovis, has unanimously voted the adjourn.
ment of its sitting till information shall have been re-
ceived: from the Valais, respecting the absence of the
Deputies of that State. Angry words passed betweAl
the Deputy of Berne, President of the Diet, and the De-
puty of Neuchatel."—Commerce.
The Prefect of the Haute-Vienne has just suspended
from his function 3, for a period of two months, M. Fader,
Captain of the National Guard of Limoges, for having
publicly given his adhesion to the address sent to the
National Guard of Toulouse.
An individual suspected of being implicated in the
crime of Quenisset, has been brought this morning from
Melun to Paris. He is confined in the Cancier, where
he is kept without any one being allowed to communi-
cate with him, at the disposal of the Chancellor.
The Indicateur, of Bordeaux, of the 23d, has news
from Madrid of the 20th.
The Cortes had been cqnvoked for the 19th of No-
vember, which is Queen Isabella's fete, in order to coun-
teract the political centralisation of the popular junitas
formed at Barcelona, and other places. A general
amnesty will be proclaimed on the occas!on of her Ma-
jesty's fete fur all the Carlists, without exception, in
consideration of their patriotic conduct during the late
events, having refused to take any part in the insurrec-
tionary movements of O'Donnell.
An army of observation of 60,000 men willbe assembled
between Alcala, Burjon, and Vittoria, to keep the north-
ern provinces in awe, and shortly to bring about a modifi-
cation of fueros in harmony with the constitution of the
Monarchy.—Constitutionned.
'The Journal du Havre gives a report of the captain
and crew of the brig Palmyra, of Lorient, which was
run down at sea on the 14th inst., by the Jane Frances,
Captain Crosby, an English vessel, bound from Sunder=
laud to Marseilles. It appears that in the evening, when
•at about 12 miles to the E.N.E. of Whitby, running
close to the wind, the Palmyra saw the other ship com-
ing down upon her, and hailed her to keep clear, but
she ran aboard of the French ship, with such velocity
and force, that her crew had only time to jump on
board the Jane Frances before their own vessel went
down, carrying with her the cabin-boy, whom it was
impossible to save. The report complains that the people
of the Palmyra stood on the English ship's deck a quar-
ter of an hour before any one belonging to her spoke a
word to them, a proof that all the Englishmen were asleep,
It adds that the Jane Frances continued her eourse
towards Marseilles, but in half an hour, finding that she
had sprung her bowsprit, she tacked about and returned
to Sunderland.
A Berlin letter says—" It is believed that the marri-
age of the Prince Royal of Bavaria is,determined upon;
This affair was of some importance, as the Protestants of
the kingdom required, as a guarantee, that the futtire
Queen should be of the Lutheran Church, as the present
Queen and the Queen Dowager are. The intended con-
sort of the heir to the Bavar►an throne is the sister of the
Queen of Greece;. the Princess Elizabeth Maria Frede-
rica, daughter of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. She
was born on the Bth of June, 1820. The hand of the
Princess Ahlegonda will not, it appears, be granted
El to the Duke de Bordeaux, but to the hereditary "'zinc*.
of -Modena."
BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, OCT. 30.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Priv,. Price
trench 5 per Cents ll5 30 ... 115 40 ... 115 30 ... 115 40
3 per Cents 79 65 —. 79 7e ... 79 65 ... 79 73
Loan
firilt of France
Belgian 5 per Cents.
5 per Cent.., 1840 lOl% ... 102 ... 101% ... P 2
Dutch 2%; per Cents. 52% ... 11% ... 52% ... 52%
sp...insh Acute 21% ... 21% ... '21% ... 21%
.... 4% ... 4%
Passive
.. Neapolitan lO5 105 20 ... 155 ... iO5 20
Bomanl "WA 104 y sH•.A.:RIEO4 ... 104 ... 104
RAILWAY 58.

- -----
St. Germain 725 75 ... 725 ... 725
Versailles.
A. B..•.......••••••••• 311 25 311 25 ... 311 25 ••• 311 25
Rouen ••••••••••••••••••• 00000000000 450 459 0...• 450
)rlean. . 478 75 ... 478 75 478 75 ••• 478 75
Strasburg toßale.shares red. 2'5 . 235 2-35 233

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT: 30.---iiel-
ligence received by the Acadia, has had little or no effect
upon the Cotton Market to-clay The sales comprise
about 3,000 bales to the trade, without any change in
the quotations of yesterday's circular.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. 30.—The Market
continues uniform without any tendency to improvement.
Grand Junction, 190 191 ; Half Shares, 95i ; Quarter
ditto, ; Great Western Half Shares, 54 ; Eastern
Counties Debentures, 71. In Bank and other local stocks
nothing doing.
MANCHESTER STOCK. EXCHANGE, OCT. 30. The
favourable news received this morning by the Acadia,
of the acquittal of M`Lcod, has not materially affected
our market to-day, though an improvement in prices
generally, is anticipated. Some business has been done
in London and South Westerns at 514 ; Liverpool and
Maneheter Half Shares at 92 ; Manchester and Leeds
Quarter Shares, 21. 15s. 3d. ; and Manchester and
Liverpool District Bank, at 91. 18s. 9d. ; Manchester
and Leeds Old Shares may be.quoted at 131 to 14 dis. ;
Bank of Manchester, 51. per share.