The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-02 00:00:00

FROM THE DAILY PAYERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—As if to prove the correctness of their as-
sertion, that " nothing can be done" in the present Ses-
sion, the Conservative Ministers are frittering away the
time that yet remains for public business ; and if nothing
is to be done, they are at least resolved to occupy them-
selves thoroughly in doing it. We are reminded of the
anecdote of the master who, calling to one of his ser-
vants, " Robert, what are you doing?" was answered,
" Nothing;" and on turning to another, with " Tom, what
are you about ?" was informed that the said Tom was
" helping Robert." Now the country has already
been told that the slew Premier is not prepared for
action ; and any one may, therefore, well exclaim, on
casting his eye down the lung and densely crowded
columns of Parliamentary denates, " Why, Robert,
what are you about ?" and Peel's reply will, of course,
be in conformity with his declaration, that he is at pre-
sent prepared to do "Nothing." But seeing the name
of Mr. Wakley, the Roi disant servant of the public,
studding the pages of the public press, one may natu-
rally ask how Thomas is employed ; and the answer
would naturally be, "Oh 1. I am helping Robert."
We know that even when the Parliamentary Session
is at its height, and the Members are in full activity,
the business done bears a most contemptible proportion
to the words spoken. But when the House actually
professes the fir niente principle, no wonder that it
should outdo itself in the daily supply of milk-and-
water for the columns of the newspapers. The most
popular privilege that the Commons could possibly en-
force would be that by which the publication of their
speeches may be prohibited ; and the most unex-
ceptionable way of bringing about this pleasant
result would be by a resolution on the part of some of
the more diffuse dispensers of the stream of words, to
dispense altogether with the trouble of giving vent to
their emptiness. The well-known pressure of common
air is fifteen pounds to a square inch, but there is some-
thing in the breath of a twaddling and talkative M.P.
that far outweighs the atmosphere, and his speech, when
reported, seems to throw a ponderous load on every
square inch of the newspaper. Talk of water turning
to stone—it is nothing to the transmutation of milk-and-
water into lead, which any one who pores over the de-
bates
will recognise as a matter of frequent occurrence
with regard to the orations delivered in both Houses of
Parliament.
STANDARD.—There is one disclosure in the course
of last night's discussion which, though not adverted to
in the coarse of the debate, strikes us, we confess, as the
most important of all that has been elicited ; we allude
to the dates of the two cases of extreme suffering cited to
prove the present distress of the manufacturing popula-
ton, and the necessity of a revision of the Corn-laws
before Christmas. These cases must have been
recent. It is impossible to suppose that the
.Anti-
Corn-law philanthropists could keep such cases care-
fully boxed up when their friends were in power ;
at all events, they must have occurred during the
expiring agonies of the late Government, when it
might be cruel to " shake the dying sinner's sand."
Nothing of the kind ; the one case occurred before
August, 1839, the other in February, 1840 ; that
is to say. the one case occurred twelve months,
and the other five months, before Lord Melbourne
declared that it would be madness to think of agitating
the Corn-laws. Now, this is conclusive upon two
points : first, it shows that the cases are not honestly
brought forward with a view to the present distress, or
even with a view to the Corn-laws, or they would have
been brought forward the one two years ago, and the
other a year and a half ago ; that they are not
brought forward upon any motive of humanity, or
the first inquiry upon the matter would not be
left for the first Conservative Minister.: The second and
most gratifying proof afforded by the dates is the confir-
mation they afford to Sir Robert's argument of a tendency
to recovery. If any so bad cases of recent occurrence
could be found, it is quite clear that, the Anti-Corn-law
philanthropists would not go back twenty-four months
and eighteen months to exhume cases of suffering-, which
they allowed to lie so long in the grave unlamented and
unmolested.

COURlER.—Referring to our brief notice yesterday
of the appointment of Sir Stratford Canning to the Con-
stantinople Embassy, and to the stress intentionally laid
on the imperious necessity of constant coolness and
command of temper for the efficient discharge of' the
very delicate and important duties connected peculiarly
with that post, we shall frankly confess that we had in
view, as a respected correspondent acquaints us is
the prevailing impression in west-end quarters, certain
popular misgivings that on his former mission in the
same capital many years ago, the Ambassador had
rather afforded indications of susceptibilities too nice,
and of a precipitation astutely and instantaneously
taken advantage of by very wary and waiting
opponents to place him in the wrong. We have no
intention of discussing the credibility of the
potation, but shall content ourselves merely with this'
reference to a • prejudice once prevalent and its origir.
It will be the more easy for a diplomatist of Sir
Stratford's abilities and experience to show hereafter
by his temperate bearing how groundless was the
imputation, and how little he is the man to be
tempted out of the cool and cautious tenor of hls way
by.the alternate insolence and servility of the policy. of
the Seraglio, as dominated from day to day by the in-
trigues and menaces of Russian agents, or acted on by
thole pusillanimous but well founded apprehensions of
Russian ambition, which prompt the expediency of re-
morse to some equally powerful and counteracting in-
fluence elsewhere. The position of the Ambassador
will of course be rendered still more difficult and delicate
by the personal repugnance heretofore understood to
have been expressed towards him by the Russian Auto-
crat, and which was carried so far formerly, as understood,
as to lead to the revocation of his appointment actually
made to represent his Sovereign at the court of st.
Petersburgh.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

F::OM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

TIDIES.—The advances on stock which the Bank
made yesterday, without previous notice, have been the
subject of much conversation in the City. There is no
doubt that nut only were advances made by the Bank-
broker, but that money could actually be had on stock
from the Bank itself during a certain portion of the day.
Such an operation, offering as it does the fullest encou-
ragement to speculations for a rise in the Funds, is in
itself 'most illegitimate, but without a notice it is parti-
cularly blameable, as it shows a design to carry on a
plan, almost in opposition to the notice last 'put:forth.
The Directors themselves must have soon perceived the
wrong course they
.had adopted, for the plan -was soon
given up, and even in the late part of yesterday money
could not be procured by a deposit of stock, nor are any
such means at hand to-day to relieve a pressure for
money. Thus the whole remains a matter of great mys-
tery as to whether it was intended 'as an aid to the Trea-
sury, or as an operation of their own ; but whichever
view is taken, it seems to place the Bank iu an unsatis-

PRICE 5d

factory The Directors certainly ought not to
have embarked in a transaction meant to supply the de-
ficiency in the subscriptions to the proposed conversion,
unless they were quite sure of not being obliged to stop
short in the middle of it, since, in so doing, it was cal.
ciliated to embarrass rather than to assist the Treasury.
'lf they originated the advances for purposes of their own,
they are still less to be defended, for nothing is more
fully admitted in banking affairs than that loans on stock
by a Government Bank are not a strictly legitimate ope-
ration. To begin it, however, even if forapurpose of their
own, and then suddenly stop short, makes it something
more than an error of judgment, and almost ridiculous.
POST.—The advances made by the Bank, in connee-
• tion with the Government measure for the reduction of
the unfunded debt are, we hear limited to parties who
have subscribed for the furnishing of Exchequer Bills.
They are made upon the deposit of this class of paper
until the operation shall be completed, so as to prevent
the ready funds of subscribers from being unnecessarily
locked up during the interval. Such an arrangement
cannot be fairly complained of on the score of partiality
or otherwise when the merits of it come to be properly
understood.

A circular has, it is understood, been sent to some of
the Shareholders of a large Joint Stock Bank in the
country, the management of which has been frequently
animadverted upon of late, calling a special meeting for
an early day ; the object of such meeting being, it is
said, to determine beforehand the mode of proceeding to
be adopted at the annual general meeting of proprietors
about to take place shortly. No comment need be made
on this display of official circumspection.

REVIEW AT COMPIEGNE.
At Compiegne, on Sunday, the King reviewed the
troops of the camp on the plaine de Marigny. His Ma-
jesty, attended by the Dukes of Orleans, d'Auinale, and
Montpensier, Duke Perdinand of Saxe-Coburg and
his son, Marshals Soult and Molitor, the Minister
of Marine, several general officers, and his aides-de-
camp, proceeded to the field, where he was received
by the Duke de Nemours as Commander-in-Chief.
All the diplomatists, whose arrival at the palace on
Saturday we have announced, with many other foreigners
of distinction, were in the suite: The Queen and all the
Princesses followed the King in an open calesh. His
Majesty passed along the whole of the lines, being
everywhere hailed with loyal acclamations. He then
proceeded to an elevated mound, on which were planted
he standards and colours to be distributed. The regi-
ments of each division were formed in close columns, by
platoons, having at their fronts the respective deputa-
tions appointed to receive the colours. The King having
taken a prominent station in front, the Duke de Nemours
came to receive his Majesty's orders, and the drums beat.
Marshal Soult, Minister of War, then addressed the
troops in these terms :

" Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers !
You swear fidelity.to the King of the French, obedience
to the constitutional charter and the laws of the king-
dom. Swear!"—(" We swear.") " You swear to defend
in all times and places the colours and standards which
the King confides to you ; to rally round them under all
circumstances, and defend them with honour and devo-
tion, to die rather than to suffer them to fall into the
hands of the enemies of the King and of France. Swear!"
Upon this the cries of "We swear," were repeated
with enthusiasm. The marshal then called forward
each regiment that was to receive colours, in the order
of their numbers,—viz., 22d. 23d, 24th, and 25th light
infantry; the 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72d, 73d, 74th, and
75th of the line ; 7th, Bth, and 9th of hussars; and the
13th chasseurs. The whine's of each regiment received the
colours from the hands of the King, presented to his
Majesty by Marshal Soult. This ceremony being con-
cluded, the King delivered the following address:—
"My dear Comrades—l regret that my voice cannot
be heard by you to-day in the usual way ; but if my
power of speech is weakened, the sentiments which I
have to manifest to you are not. I was anxious to
present to you with my own hand these colours and
standards, the glorious records of your predecessors, and
which will teach you what you have to do in order to
render yourselves worthy of succeeding them in the
same career, and responding to the confidence of the
country and my own. It is unnecessary that I should re-
mind you that your first duty is to uphold the honour of
the French name and that of the colours which I confide
to your valour and patriotism. We are now in the en-
joyment of the blessings of peace, and in order that we
may have confidence in their duration, we must more than
ever direct our efforts towards maintaining our country
in the glorious situation in which Providence has placed
it. You would do this in war, if France should ever be
under the necessity of resorting to it ; and you will do
the same in the bosom of peace, by your devotion to
the institutions which govern the nation. It is in
this way that you have so efficaciously assisted in pre-
serving your country from the evils of anarchy and the
disastrous consequences which result from it. You
will continue to keep them far distant from us, by never
deviating from the course which you have followed with
honourable perseverance. Yes, my dear comrades, it is
by remaining faithful to discipline, to our institutions,
and to our constitutional monarchy, which guarantees
the right and the security of all, that you will show
yourselves worthy of the glorious name of French sol-
diers, and that the prosperity and greatness of France
will be placed upon a firm basis. lam happy in finding
myself in the midst of you, in speaking of my old affec-
tion for you, of that affection which dates from the time
now long gone by, when I fought in your ranks, and in
repeating to you that lam proud of being the chief of so
fine an army—of an army so worthy of France and of
him who has the good fortune to command it."

•
This address, at its conclusion, drew forth a repeti-
tion of cries of " Vice lc Roi !" followed by a salvo of
artillery. The Duke de Nemours then ordered the
drums to salute the colours, and the deputations bore
them to their respective corps,_ the Colonels causing
their regiments to repeat the oaths they had just taken
in their names. This was done with renewed acclama-
tions of " Vice le Roil' The troops were afterwards
formed into columns, and filed off before the King,
the infantry by battalions, and the cavalry by squad-
rons,. with a steadiness and precision which did high
honour to the Duke de Nemours, excited general admi-
ration, and drew from the King repeated expressions
to his Royal Highness of his entire approbation, as well
as congratulations from the Duke of Orleans, and the
Marshal Minister of War. This fine and interesting
scene was concluded at four o'clock. The spectators
were innumerable, and at every point the King and
Royal Family were greeted with the warmest acclama-
tions In the course of the day the Pope's Internuncio
and the Count and Countess Mole arrived as visitors at
the palace. The King gave a grand banquet in the Salle
de Diane, to which the chiefs of all the corps were in-
vited. At eight in the evening there was a grand dis-
play of fire-works in front of the palace, given by the
town of Compiegne.

SHIPPING INTELI.IIi.ENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)
LONDON, OCT. I.—Wind this day at noon, W.N.W.
DEAL, SEPT. 30.---Wind S.W.—Arrived from the
River the Walter, for Philadelphia. It has blown hard
throughout the day, during which the Orynthia, from
Fernando Po, lost anchor and cable, and proceeded to
Margate Roads. The Constant, from Antwerp to Liver-
pool, lost anchor and cable, and has proceeded to
Ramsgate Harbour. The Agricola has also gone for
shelter. Seven P.N.—The weather has now become
more moderate, and the rest of the outward bound ap-
parently all
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 30.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Ar-
rived the May, Brown ; Bonny Isabella, from Virginia ;
Caroline, Newfoundland. Sailed Lady Scott, Barba-
does ; Chandos, Jamaica ; Monarch, Texas ; Columbus,
Boston. Arrived off, the Britannia steamer, from Hali-
fox ; John Bolton, Quebec ; Paragon.
OFF MARGATE, SEPT. 30.—The Orynthia, from Lon-
don for Fernanda Po.

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 29.—Wind W.S.W., fresh gales
and squally.--Arrived the Swift packet, from the West
Indies—sailed from St. Thomas's sth inst., with 4,500
dollars on freight.
Sciu.r, SEPT. H.—Arrived off the Rapid, Mauritius.
CLYDE, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Caroline, George, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
CORK, SEPT. 27.—Arrived Bridget, Wade, Tobasco
EAMSGATE, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Constant, Ant-
werp for Liverpool, slipped anchor and chain in the
Downs, with sails and spars damaged ; Catharine, Wil-
helmine, Stettin for Jersey, cut cable in the Downs,
and with mainmast sprung ; Robert rand Mary, London
for Weymouth, with bows damaged, having struck on
the piles, at the entrance of the harbour.
DOVER, SEPT. 30.—There is no foundation in the re-
port of the loss of the City of Boulogne, steamer, from
London.

COWES, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Champion, from Lot-
don for Cape of Good Hope.
TORBAY, SEPT. 30.—Sailed the Maria Soames, for
China; Dauntless, Odessa; Sea Bird, Algiers.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Put back, the
Copy, for Rio Gambia. It has 'blown Tory hard 'all night
in squalls, and continues. The Isabella Ellen has been
supplied with an anchor.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 30.—Wind S.W. to W., strong
gales and squally.—Arrived the Dart, from London, for
Madeira. The Eliza, Adams, for Southton, which was
on shore on No-Man's Land 28th inst , get off on the
flood, and proceeded.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The George Canning,
bound to Denia, 12th ult., off.Almeira; Beau Ideal, New-
foundland, to Syra, by the Dania, arrived in the Creek.
Ann, from Africa to Liverpool, July 27, lat. 2 S., lon.
20 W. ; Catharina Afindar,44 Cadiz to Pernam oco,
31st, lat. 1 N., lon. 24, by the Rapid, arrived off,
Scilly.
Quebec packet. of Aberdeen, from Lag-,ia.rl lat. 3
, ‘u
3, lon..
lon. 82 ; Paragon, of Whitehaven, t
b7y4 14th ult., Jon.
by 51_

Amongst the sporting -feats performed in the
Highlands of Scotland this season, we are informed that
on the Ri7pr Ewe, so celebrated by Sir H. Davy in his
" Sahnonia," 104 salmon-were killed angling between the
10th of March and the 14th of July, by J. Young, super-
intendant of the fishings, during his few spare hours ;
and by
.Mr. St. George Gore, who rents Sir Francis
Mackenzie's fishings and shootipohere, 152 salmon and
grilse, between the 15th of July andthe 10th of August,
GOOD ADVICE.—Keep out of bad company,
for the chance is that when the devil fires into a flock he
will hit somebody.

MORNING SUN
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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT• "..
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IN THE 3IATTER OF - TROUTON. 4-7-th
The insolvent in this case carried on business as
a.I,-
woollen-draper and mercer in Oxford-street and also in
the Strand.
Mr. WOODROFFE supported his application to be dis-
charged, and Mr. COOKE appeared on behalf of the' Se-ti", L M 14.
veral creditors.
It appeared that some time ago the insolvent fell into
difficulties, and compounded with his creditors to pay
10s. in the pound, by instalments, which he accom-
plished, and had since entered into business, but was
again unfortunate. He had failed in coming to an ar-
rangement with his creditors, and was consequently
obliged to seek his discharge under the Act.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said it often unfortu-
nately occurred that when persons in business compounded
with their creditors to pay by instalments, and enter
upon business again, they were entrusted with fresh
stock, by which they were enabled to meet the payments
for the moment, but a crash was finally inevitable.
Mr. COOKE, having, on the part of the creditors, ex-
pressed an opinion that the insolvent's conduct was ho-
nourable and straightforward,
The Learned COMMISSIONER said he quite agreed with
Mr. Cooke. The insolvent had 1 een unfortunate, In:
not dishonest. He should order his discharge forthwith.

POLICE IN TE LL IGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

' On Thursday Charles Horton, the driver of a Hammer-
smith omnibus, was charged before Mr. JARDINE with.
assaulting Mr. James Comrie, a gentleman residing at
No. 13, Thayer-street, Manchester-square, under the
followinc, circumstances :
Mr. Comrie stated, that on the evening of the 26th ult.
he got on the outside of an omnibus, iven by the de-
fendant, at Kensingtcn, and desired to be set down at the
corner of Bond-street. On arriving there the defendant
pulled up, when witness tendered him 6d. as his fare,
which he took, and at the same time placed his leg over
his (witness's) legs, and prevented him rising from his
seat, saying that he should not go unless he paid Is.
Witness remonstrated with him, but the defendant per-
sisted in saying that he should not get down, and im-
mediately drove off. On arriving at the corner of Co-
ventry-street he saw a police-constable, and called upon
him to interfere, but as no notice was taken of his request,
he supposed he was not heard. The defendant still refused
to let him get down, and drove on to the City, and one
arriving at the top of. Ludgate-hill, witness saw a policea
man, to whom he related the whole of the facts, and 3111
parties then went to the station-house.

• City Police-constable 365 confirmed the latter part of
the complainant's statement.
In answer to the charge the defendant stated, that in
consequence of the complainant's refusing to pay him a
shilling, the amount of his fare, and also refusing to give
his card, he certainly did drive him further than Bond-
street, but his object in doing so was to seek the assist-
ance of a policeman, in order to obtain the complainant's
address. The complainant had no occasion to have gone
further than the corner of Coventry-street, but might
have alighted there if he had thought proper.
Mr. JARDINE said the defendant had no right what-
ever to take the complainant a step beyond the place
where he desired to be set down.

The defendant—l detained the gentleman in order to
procure his proper fare. He (complainant) was intoxi-
cated at the time, and did not know what he was about.

The police constable stated, that the complainant ap-
peared to be perfectly sober at the time, and gave pre.
ctsely the same version of the affair when he was at the
station-how e.

Mr. JARDINE said the defendant had committed a most
gross assault upon the complainant, and that without the
slightest justification. He had no business whatever to
make a prisoner of the complainant, which it was clear he
had done, or convey him one step beyond the spot he
had desired to be set down at. If the complainant had
refused to pay his proper fare, legal means should have
been resorted to to obtain it. The public must be pro-
tected against such outrages. He should therefore order
the defendant to pay a fine of 405., or in default be com-
mitted to the House of Correction for 14 days.
The defendant was locked up.