The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-22 00:00:00

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Ti; for accidental absence at the moment their
are called, tlicus4h they have been waiting
the crowd for many hours before ; for drunken
I:„e,rs°ll4 leaving their houses, though they have
tused to serve them; for allowing their cus-
lers to Shag,
or to remain after a certain hour.
There is scarcely- any species of annoyance to
If_ils
they are not subjected, when it suits the
to inform against them. All this arises
!Jill tale pector
irresponsible power given to Magis-
trates and policemen. by the Lislature—ath
power to which no other class iegn e com-
aiinitY are subjected, and to which they
e compelled tamely to submit to save
d'enlselves and families from ruin. If they
wrong) why should. they not have a
j4ir trial like every other class of her MA-
t4ll7's subjects, and not be punished arbi-
inlY to gratify the whim, caprice, or some
.t more malignant passion of county Ma-
IR
i" ,I,ases ? It is degrading for a body like that
ou- "le licensed victuallers to be thus trampled
(1.1)()/1: Were a few of them to resist the unjust
!elstons of the Magistrates, they would_ be
biked for destruction. But they can act in a
to Y' and they have Themselves therefore only.
ia:ame for submitting to absurd and tyrannical
") from which all other classes are exempt.

another part of our Journal appears an ac-
C:t from the Manchester Guardian of a meet-
oQ:ll Friday to petition for the abolition of the
tioC , laws. Although there was much interrup-
kand
„ confusion—so much, indeed, that the
ex,,ity! of the Guardian concludes it will not be
leeuient to call any more public meetings at
wenehester---yet, in the end, all the resolutions
has carried, and a short, well drawn petition
those adopted. It was indeed plain that amongst
C 0 who would go much further than the
ft4,l.:'aw repealers, who demand universal suf-
is 41-, and an adjustment of the national debt, there
ti` °lie who is an advocate of the Corn-law. They
thas4eciare against it, though they think that the
wtto.,ers
only wish to have it repealed to lower
to
.")which. the masters, they say, would be able
. pawee°iliplish if the abolition were not accom-
-11'4:4 ,i°l* Preceded by. an extension of the suf-
the— Whatever differences may exist between
itreaPitalists and the labourers as to the means
eorleid:ssing their grievances, they all unite in
asser;llning the Corn-law; and we can safely
just]," !flat no law was ever more generally and
hated.ri„
Was th' feature of this meeting deserving notice
appearance of the Rev. Mr. M'KERRow,
ritar:utemnly denounced the Corn-law in the
ltteetei °I religion. We notice, too, that at a
evening held at Darleston, the business of the
This-ing was commenced by an appropriate prayer.
beetils not indeed the first time that religion has
breadiavoked to sanction the proceedings of the.
first e.itax repealers, nor is Mr. M' KERROW the
Str, BergYman who has set the good example.
Course and others have taken the same
‘it but it cannot be too often adopted ;
it ksirteB a solemnity to the whole proceedings;
is all to 'the sincerity of the repealers, and
It,r-"nry of speedy and certain success.
~
hell ao not comprehend the conduct of the
l'hostrieaning Chartists. Some of their leaders,
6064.1)refer confusion to peaceable reform and
trY to i'lllProvement, are quite consistent, for they
butt alai' every attempt to procure redress ;
tiesir:e, conduct of their followers, who really
Nat,- improvement, is that of dupes. * Mr.
tleari" showed the working classes very
Clear
that the capitalists could not lower
t:heeevpc_roerfaentr_riact:livieir pleasure, and to abolish
would improve their condition.
atie Were, however, deaf to this good counsel,
a pee. riot to coalescing with the
seette to demand the repeal.' To us that
hoe - very unwise,
for the consequence of the
to: would be to weaken and degrade the aris-
lierh,e,,Y' who are their principal opponents, and
%Nl's' to make the aristocracy willingly aid
fro, In Procuring better terms or higher wages
Ole capitalists.
gooctutwithstanding their senseless opposition, the.
'tress cause of free trade is making a great pro-
gress
ur. As Mr. COBDEN remarked, all the speak-
igs, Radicals, Chartists, and Socialists,
ivgs " against the Corn-law ;soitis at meet-
151,,,,r an alteration of the Import Duties.
f 511 grades of political opinion, says the Manchester
art,;,","'e read with interest the evidence adduced before the
"V
on Import Duties, and in all parts of the kingdom
5
1 6s have been addressed to the Legislature, praying that
fill'r)111-1,43dUties duties solely for the purpose of the revenue,
,Lsubstituted' for those which are prohibitive and pr?-
.' Ml classes of politicians have taken a part in this
‘4C “I°ternent In the Manchester Chamber of Commerce
44 's
have gone hand in hand with the Reformers,
,a illfordivethe Tories, B. Wanklyn, Mr. William
11,;:tt,
'William Atkinson, Mr. Holland Hoole, Mr.
irbt ,Qardi.ser, and others of the same class, have taken the
Oi;"taanding radical commercial reform.
fit, improvement we heartily congratulate
topt`eaders, and the Manchester meeting will
401:113ute to the same end, though it was not
it; ed to fulfil the intentions of those who called
e cannot quote here any of the passages of
krt c „°lthEN's speech, we must refer to the Re-
the 'eretelY remarking that his description of
food I.'l,_lese allowing all vessels which import
alcvlue exonerated from port charges, is well
It • ated to make us ashamed of our barbarity.
differ very very seldom that we have to express any
livbieellee of opinion. from Mr. COBDEN on the
I'N„," of the Corn-law, but if his notices of Go-
of %-; eats which have prevented the exportation
tt'ue4,,ja order that the people might be at all
11cY Nsvto.rovided be meant to approve of that po-
coev;„ roust at once express our dissent, being
8401,Cced that the best way to secure a plentiful
tioe, 3r,a,t home is to allow of the freest exporta-
tileho `v lien the foreign market can be provided
market will never be deficient.
AO.
qv-, cu Papers of the 13th inst.—The Duke
„IY, ti,°lty was about to confer, on the following
'4l),i-c'e Cordon of Commander of the Order of
pahty 'a the Catholic, on such of the munici-
"l44lf Madrid as took part in the patriotic
Were eof
nations of 1840. Large bodies of troops
capitalthe course of concentration round the
'',,q(l to. 4311 the 11th a Cabinet Council was
`'ebat,„- discuss the Regency question, when the
hl'Att,t,;,,grrew so warm and so personal that Es-
sqor -`43 was compelled to break up the Council
°v the e,°lning to any conclusion. On the Bourse
ksll a 4301, the Five per Cents. closed at 271 for
id 281 for sixty days.
,The
aril Journals of Friday and Saturday
Aaris ball been received. Private letters from
rin
1,,L the
.Bg, the highly important intelligence,
. L LTAN having consented to modify the
444;1' investing MEHEMET ALI with the here-
-1:1,1%-e
g7ernment of Egypt, conformably to the
te
e8,,0' the Great Powers, France had signed
kh "'aventiLondon of the 14th instant.
es, on of
gkre "rther state that Lord PALMERSTON had
e(1 t ' •
n-414 ° make such concessions to France as
'lroti:t fail to satisfy that Power that he had
,11t)tiv4°1-1t been actuated by the most pacific
`t/ be 3 one of these concessions, was reported
,
coner lof
eea- Lord ONSONBI from the Porte
I,llr()peession as much desired by the friends of
All an tranquillity
yin
in England as by any
I°N I k ranee Whether the reports of Lord
. •
to
40t n intrigues against the PACLIAbe o. r
h-orreot
4,- r..ast they are too generally credited. in
-.4411 and West to permit his longer residence
keon sub
at Constantinople to be advanta-
reast bei_t.lier to the honour or the interests. of
itrte Main, An Ambassador's good faith and
well Y.' like a woman's chastity, must not so
k as be
1) • suspected.
ur -1) .Its Was severely handled the Cham-
d,k
v"ate „ ePaties on Friday and Saturday in the
"Ot the supplementary credits for 1840.
b
1,114
iliterize:ss'sa...i.ye charged with putting France to
expense of great armaments,
`)I. 110,48 accused of making ruinous contracts
ialne deres, and brass for cannon. He made a
lailleacbelce, and when pressed hard challenged
~,,14dest'llient. But the charge which pressed
j"O4S. t}tat- iloPf°/1 the. ex-President of the .Council,
laquir into
as an agent to the colonies
le col: into the expediency of emancipating
I:Allanters tired race, a notorious partisan of the
Tut.-; notorious for anti-abolition principles.
e pri 11.8 denied upon his honour that he knew
not helilletP,l;es of his agent—a denial which was
~la, -I;e,en.'' and which, if true, was most dis-
Mia . the part of a Minister of the Crown
rgt,n,
a great national trust. The ableCham-
Wickerr) marked its sense of such disreput-
. ?by disallowing the trifling sum of