The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

PVENI Nei* sioineß 18114.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On Wednesday, the Ist, Lord Palmerston
proceeded with his reply- to the monster motion. Of
necessity, in the multilicity of sui.jtcts concerned,
there were many cal which a diversity of opinions
has been held, both at the time when the facts took
place and at the present hour. But there is some-
thing approaching to ludicrous, in the attempt to
take a Minister to task for all that has occurred
during his political life, on which a diversity of
opinions may have existed. And the result will be
nothing but to give to the Minister attacked
and to the Ministry with which he is connected,
accessi n of strength both in the House of Com-
mons and out of it. Tbe attack, too, was particularly
unfortunate in coinciding with a period when the
Minister for Foreign Afftirs was laying so deep a
claim to the gratitu!e of the public, by his conduct
in a crisis when the fate of Europe was to a great
extent in: his hands to make ur mar. It was as if
Neptune proclaiming a had been obliged to
turn round to chase a gad fly that assailed him in the
rear. It is to be hoped our brethren of France will
rot fall into the mistake of announcing in a bulletin,
Le minister e Anglais chancele, was les coups des ;growls
orateurs populaires.
The conclusion of Lord Pairnerston's reply being
close upon the hour of six, the House ad,;ourned.
On Thursday the principal debate was on what is
called the " Westminster Nov Palace and Bridge."
The history is interesting in conjunction with the
times.

Eleven years ago the Houses of Lords and Com-
mons were burned down. The opportunity was a
glorious one for members of architectural and pic-
torial tastes to gratify their propensities; at the public
expense. An estimate was made and agreed to,
amounting to 707,0001. Eleven years have passed,
and double the money has been expend' d, and the
buildings are not halt done. What has been
produced is a tawdry toy, discreditable to the
country as the Chinese bridges of George the Fourth,
and only calculated for being turned at some time
into a hospital fur decayed workmen like the
Tuileries. Everything has been done to outrage
popular feeling in the execution. A hall is built for
the assembly of the three branches of the Government
on occasions which require it. Half of this is given to
royalty ; two-thirds of the remainder to seats for the
Lords ; and the fractional residuum is devoted to " no
room for standing, miscall'd standing room,"
for the House of Commons. On the outside
of the building all the hard bargains of English
history are ostentatiously paraded,—the ejected bigot,
the restored reprobate, the executed criminal, and the
unmanly pedant,—while England's "chief of men,"
the opener of the path into which the world is rush-
ing, is commemorated by the exclusion of his effigy.
The very name of the building is a studied insult to
the popular branch of government. The respectable
mover, in his antiquarian studies, has discovered that
the building where the House of Commons held its
sittings before the fire, was within the site of an aban-
doned royal palace. It was in a chapel too, and might
have been in a scullery ; but this forms no reason
why for its re-construction either a palace, a chapel,
or a scullery should be provided. It is the Chinese
argument, which burned a house to roast a pig,
because the first time a pig was roasted it was by
such an accident. The tendencies of this nomencla-
ture are two; the first, to give the slap in the face to
the popular branch as above; the second, to throw
the shield of royal influences over the augmentation
of the expenditure.
But the palace is not all. The amateur legislators
think Westminster-bridge is not quite in the right
place, nor quite in the right style, to suit their toy-
house ; so it is to be pulled down,::and: built over
again. Nor is this the end ; there is yet a further
vision in the distance, which is that of purchasing
half the Surrey side, to make " an approach " on the
opposite bank, in imitation, it is presumable, of the
view at the Madeleine at Paris. The Vatican and
the Escurial have been quoted in support already ;
and the Madeleine will bring up the rear when found
most convenient. From the Pyramids downwards,
architectural demonstrations have been evidences of the
pleasure one class has had in spending the money of
another. . _

Four millions is now spoken of as the ultimate
amount. The lion. Mover defended the expense, on
the ground that it would be a great benefit to the
working classes, and that one-fourth of it might be
expected to come back to the Government in the
shape of duties on articles consumed by them
and quoted the philosopher Southey in support
of the opinion that the more Governments taxed and
spent, the merrier for all.
This was effectively replied to by Captain Bernal
Osborne, who asked whether the money would not
have been as much expended on the working classes,
and as much of it returned to the revenue, if it had
been left to be expended by the owners. You will
see that the fallacy he exposed, is neatly identical with
that involved in the fantastic theory of the Pro-
tectionists, who take care to overlook that money
would he as much expended by the honest owner as
by the dishonest.
This case of the " Palace at Wes tminster" is an
evidence, not inopportune at th! present tnotnent,
that on the question of preventing foolish expendi-
ture to please foolish people, you have virtually no
government. You are an anarchy. And you
wall continue so, till, with all due attention to the
different modes in which we do things here from
other countries, you make a kind of parliamentary
Three Days for the reduction of expenditure, the re-
arrangement of taxation, and the widening of the
electoral basis as the means of holding your ground
when you have got it.
The motion was finallywithdra•,,n, on the Minister's
undertaking the formation of a Commission.
On Friday the debate was on Mr. Hersman's
amendment, " That if the Income-tax be continued,
it is expedient to amend the Act, and not to impose
the same charge on incomes arising from professional
and precarious sources as on those derived from
realised property." As there would not be room for
the full examination of the question, I shall only note
a few of the accidents of the debate. Mr. Goulburn
advanced ari extraordinary proposition on the life-
incomes of physicians and lawyers. It amounted to
saying, that the reason N't by we give a guinea
to these professions is, because we bear in mind
the condition of their wives and children after
their death; and that if it were not for these
considerations, the honorarium would be fifteen shil
lings. The weakness of this appears to be, that it
would equally apply to any amount of misarrange-
ment. if the decision were that physicians and law-
yers should pay treble income tax, there is no doubt
they would do their best to recover it in their fees,
and would partially succeed; but this would not
make the arrangement just. On the popular side,
too, there were fallacies advanced. Thus it was de-
clared that an income-tax was an evil, because it
deprived the working classes of the expenditure of the
money by the taxees. It was only the night before,
that the other side declared taxation to be a good,
because it gave the working classes the benefit of
the expenditure by the Government. Which points
t* the two arguments being mutually destructive,
and ends i❑ showing that the working classes in the
aggregate are neither damaged by the taxation of the
other classes, nor benefited by the expenditure of the
Government, except to the extent that the expendi-
ture of individuals may be for objects leading to the
further extension of industry, which the expenditure

of 6-(vernments never is. Resistance Was also made
(but which possibly enough
arose from some mis-
appl ehension of terms) to the assertion on the Mi-
nisterial side, that if one tax is not or cannot be made
just in its bearings upon all classes, something may be
done in the way of remedy through the intervention
of other taxes which shall bear in a different manner.
of the other;
e both to operate the
Ath iolgaurtgeuhartectertruot tahici,loluiyf tntheoertaie
ft bearingsttilheey
aof one tax are to be of
a
bearingsr
same way. hence to say in the general, that one
unequal tax cannot be mended by another unequal tax,
is a mistake ; and so it vial be found, whenever the
people are able to try their hands at application.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, London, March 6, 1848.

iolcih might have been ex-
as shown himself ani•
We are happy to announce that the line of conduct
taken by the King of Prussia with regard to the French
pßeeept ui.dblif?roims precisely
mated by so constitutional a spirit at home, and who,
while he governs his people in the way hest suited to
amon arethhatw which
their welfare, is ready to admit the right of other
nations to be governed after their own fancies, provided
those fancies do not interfere with the general peace of
Europe. If we are well informed, his Majesty's Ambas-
sador in London made, on Saturday last, an official de-
claration to the British Goveinment to the effect that
Prussia would not interfere in the internal affairs of
France; but that while she (lid not contemplate any ag-
gressive military movement against the new Republic,
she was resolved to i.sist any attempt of France to
violate the territory of her neighbours. It is needless
to add that this decimation of his Prussian Alai„gty has
been received with the greatest satisfaction by the Go-
vernment, for it is in point of fac: an adhesion to the
principle already laid down by Lord John Russell as
that which would guide her Majesty's Ministers in their
relations with the Provisional Government of France.
From the concurrence of two such Powers in this view
of the qutstion it follows inevitably that France may
devote herself to ithe reconstruction of her constitution
without fear of let or hindrance from without.—Times.
A SUGGESTION TO BRICKMAKERS.—A subscriber
to the Builder thus writes;--Will you allow me (through
your paper) to draw the attestion of the manufacturers
of bricks, artificial stone, or other similar materials, to
the desirability of making ornamental or suitable plain
coverings or bands for graves, as well as borders to keep
up the earth. It would be the means of churchyards
and cemeteries always retaining a clean and orderly
appearance, and where CcOllOll3Y WAS required, I conceive
it would have that effect.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.

The New York packet-ship Cambridge, Captain
Peabody, arrived here from that city this afternoon,
with dates to the day of her sailing, Feb 16, inclusive.
She brings specie to the amount of 30,0001. The
stearn•ship Hibernia, which sailed from Liverpool on
the 29th ult., arrived at New York on the 16th Feb.,
after a tempestuous voyage.

There is not any political intelligence of moment
by this arrival.

The intelligence from Mexico states that Mr. Trist
had been in conference with the Mexican Commis-
sioners, and that certain terms for adjusting the dif-
ferences between the two Republics had been agreed
upon. Nothing authentic, however, was known. It
was stated that, at the latest advices from Queretaro,
there was not a quorum of Congress in attendance.
General Anorga had been succeeded by Pena y Pena
as President, and a new one was to be chosen when
Congress assembled. Reports were current that
Origaba had been captured, and that it was in quiet
iiossession of th body. of American troops dispatched
from the city of Mexico. Colonel Hayes and 100 of
the rangers under his command had an encounter with
a party of gueridas, under Father Juranta, whom the
former defeated. The advices from the city of Mexico
are down to the 15th of January.
According to accounts which appear in the New
York papers, it would appear that the Mexicans are
collecting large forces to fall on General Wool, and
mean to retrieve the glory they lost at Buena Vista.
There was a rumour at Vera Cruz that Santa Anna
had made a pronunciamento, by which he called under
arms 20,000 men to continue the war. The report
had been brought to Vera Cruz by an especial express,
but few believed the statement.
Little that was either interesting or important had
taken place in Congress at Washington. The Ten
Regiments' Bill was still_before the Senate ; every
member of that loquacious and august body being
determined to have his say on it, it was left for discussion
in the House of Representatives. Of course there is
nothing new in the arguments contained in the
speeches now before us.
The agitation respecting a new President was being
carried on with much vigour. Mr. Polk i 3 doing all
he can to secure the nomination of himself at Balti-
more. A great meeting has been held at New York
to support General Taylor's claims, but the parties as-
sembled were not unanimous in their opinions, and
the consequence was that an adjournment took place
to the 22d of the same month. Mr. Clay is the
favourite of that locality.
Commercial matters generally were dull, but re-
mained without any material change from that re-
ported on the arrival of the last mail steamer here.
Flour was selling at 5 dolls. 75f. to 6 dolls. 25f. In-
dian corn, 60Ic. to 61c. per bushel. The demand for
cotton was limited, but holders acted firmly. The
provision market was firm, and sales to a moderate ex-
tent had taken place at late prices. Freights remained
nominally the same ; the engagements trifling ; 100
hhds. tallow were taken for Liverpool at 20s.

T HE

The ex-King and Queen of the French, who have as
sinned the title of Count and Countess Neuilly, arrivsd
here on Saturd:y afternoon.
Their ex-Majesties were accompanied from Croydt n
by the Duke de Nemours and the Duke and Duchess
Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha.
ihe Count de Jurnac and Generals Dumas and Ru-
migay were in the suite of the ex-King and Queen.
His Royal Highness Prince Albt rt, attended by
Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Claremont shortly bawe
five o'clock, and had a long interview with the ex-King
and Queen. His Royal Highness subsequently returned
to town.
The Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg re-
turned to Buckingham Palace at a later period of the

evening.
The Count de Jcrnac also took leave of the ex-King.
and left Claremont for London.
The Duke de Nemours left for East Sheen at an earl)
hour is the evening.
This morning their Royal Inghnesses the Duchess f't
Nemours, with their two children, the Count d'Eu and
the Duke d'Alenc.m, and their Royal Highnesses tin
Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, arrived litre
from East Sheen, and joined the other members of
the ex-royal family for the first time since they had left
Paris.

The Duke and Duchess de Nemours left Claremont at
twelve o'clock, and proceeded to town to pay a visit to
her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by the Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Cowper,
arrived here this afternoon to pay a visit to the Count
and Countess of Neuilly. Her Royal Highness returned
to town in the evening.
The Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg
arrived here this afternoon, and remained with their
royal relatives throughout the day.
His Excellency, the Belgian Minister, had the honour
of an interview with their ex-Majesties this morning.
The Count and Countess de tfarna.c have also paid a
visit to the royal exiles to-day.
The ex-King and Queen are in good health, and
rapidly recovering from the excitement and fatigue they
have recently undergone.
We believe we may state on authority that the whole
ex• King's family will assemble and remain at Claremont
for the present.
The ex King and Queen will arrive at Buckingham
Palace this morning to pay a visit to her Majesty.
We subjoin some additional particulars of the ex-
King's arrival and conduct at Newhaven, which will be
found interesting:—
The King, Queen, and a few attendants landed on the
pier from the Southampton steam-boat Express, and
were received by souls ot the Customs' officers, who con•
ducted them to the Bridge Inn about twelve o'clock. The
whole of the rooms there had been engaged early in the
morning for some refugees; but the proprietors scarcely
expected the honour of royalty coming to them. The
news soon spread that the King had at last safely gained
the shores of England ; but to the credit of the inha
bitants of Newhaven, no mob raised tumultuous shouts
or noisy greetings, sounds which would have grated
rather harshly upon the ears of the royal fugitives. The
Deputy• Consul, Mr. Cole, soon waited upon their ex-
Majesties, and the King expressed his anxious desire
to communicate his arrival to Buckingham Palace.
Accordingly, having written a letter to the
Queen, it was dispatched to Mr. Iron, the
secretary of the Steam-boat Company at New-
haven, who immediately set off for Lewes to pro-
ceed to London. On Mr. Iron's departure, it being
thought proper to formally congratulate their Majesties
on their safe arrival, and to offer the hospitality of the
inhabitants of Newhaven, the Rev. Theyre, T. Smith,
the rector, the Rev. F. Spurrell, the curate, and Mr.
Elphick, the principal landowner, sent in their cards to
his Majesty, intimating they had arrived to pay their
respects; and they were immediately admitted to his
presence. The King advanced and eagerly shook hands
with all, expressing his delight at being once more
among the English, whom he said were always
his friends. Mr. Smith addressed a few words
of condolence to his Majesty, and expressed
deep regret at the unhappy circumstances which had
occurred, adding that it was no small source
of congratulation to welcome his Majesty to Newhaven
on having safely arrived at the shores of Britain.
Mr. Spurrell then informed his Majesty that they bad
come also to offer such help and assistance as New.
haven afforded, adding, that should his Majesty prefer
the quiet of a private house, Mr. Elphick had come to
place his at their Majesties' service. Mr. Elphick fol
lowed up the offer of his house by that of his carriage
and horses. and any other service he could render. In
reply, his Majestys aid, he deeply felt the kindness ot
all these attentions and hospitable services, and for which
he felt truly thankful; but it being his intention to pass
the night at Newhaven, he should prefer :remaining at
the inn, where he found himself comfortable, without
accepting Mr. Elphick's generous offers. " Truly happy
and thankful indeed am I," the King said, " that I have
once more arrived in England, and which I will not leave
again. The bullets were striking the windows and
doors when I escaped from the Tuileries, but here I
am, safe and unhurt. I have nothing to tax my
conscience with, and nothing to reflect upon (laying
his hand upon his .heart), and I thank you very
much. But here are only two cards, and there are three
of you, and I wish to take care of them all three,
as containing the names of the kind friends, the first
to welcome me to Newhaven and to England ; where is
the other ?" Colonel Ruinigny accordingly gave the
other card, which happened to be that of the Rector of
Newhaven, to his Majesty. " Mr. Smith ;" exclaimed
the King, after identifying the individuals with their
names, " that is curious indeed 1 and very remarkable
that the first to welcome me should be a Mr. Smith,
since the assumed name was Smith by which I escaped
from France ; and, look, this is my passport made out in
the name of William Smith 1" At the end of the inter-
view 2.1 r. Elphick again offered his house and services,
when the King's resolution seemed shaken ; he accord-
ingly went to ask the Queen, who was in an adjoining
room, but who declined to accept the offer, and his
Majesty therefore declined too, after again and again
thanking the whole party and shaking their hands
repeatedly. The King steamed but little the worse for
the fatigue of travelling, and talked cheerfully and in
good spirits all the time. His Majesty had not changed
his dress since he left France, and few, perhaps, would
have recognised King Louis Philippe in a blue pilot coat,
with a pocket handkerche fur a cravat, without his
usual lofty wig, and with his face bearing proofs of being
untrimmed for many days.
About half-past two o'clock, knowing the distress the
Queen must be in from having no luggage, Mrs. Elphick,
accompanied by her sister, Miss F. Gray, proceeded to
the inn with a chest of linen and toilet necessaries, to
offer for her Majesty's use. Having sent in their cards
and explained the object of the visit to the Queen's at-
tendant, her Majesty immediately desired them to enter,
that sho might return her thanks. On their entering
the room, the King, who was by this time decayed, shook
hands with them and led them to the Queen. Her
Majesty, advancing a step or two, similarly welcomed
them, and set chairs for Mrs. Elphick and her sister on
either side of her ; and having gently forced them to sit
down expressed her thankfulness and joy at her
having arrived safely, and having met with such
kind friends. After condoling with her Majesty
Mrs. Elphick begged her Majesty to make use of the
contents of the box she had brought; but her Majesty,
with tears, distinctly, yet most thankfully, declined the
kindness, " Vous etes trop bonnes," she said, "mais
achete des habits." After conversing some time both
in French and English, and thankfully declining all
assistance, the King said, " Where is Mr. Elphick ? I
wish to introduce him to the Queen; no, no, not to the

Queen, to the Countess de Neuilly." On being informed
that Mr. Elphick was in the adjoining room, the King.
sent for him, and receiving him warmly again intro-
duced him to the Queen, who heartily shook hands with
him. Atter again declining all assistance the Queen
affectionately kissed Mrs. Elphiek and her sister, who
then retired.
THE EX-KING AND QUEEN 07 THE FRENCH.—
NEWIIATEN, SATURDAY, MA RCS 4.—Tbeir Majesties
who slept last night at the Bridge Inn (Mrs, Smith's),
left Newhaven station at eleven o'clock this morning, by
train, via Keymer, for Croydon. His Majesty was loudly
cheered by several hundred of respectable people on his
way from the inn to the railway. A number of persons
arrived to see the King from Lewes, Brighton, Seaford,
&c. His Majesty shook hands with several individuals
at the station. Just before the train started, Mr. Henry
Simmons, of Seaford, had the honour of congratulating
his Majesty on his safety, at the window of the railway
carriage, whom the King cordially shook by the hand,
as also did the Queen, expressing great pleasure at their
reception generally at Newhaven. Count de Jarnac, the
late French Ambassador, who arrived here last night
from Brighton, had an interview with the King, and
slept at Mr. Thomas Stone's. Their Majesties rose
about eight o'clock, and partook of a good breakfast.
Count Duchatel, the ex-Minister of the Interior, and
Mr. Lawrence, and Lady Jane Peel, had an audience at
the inn. Several gentlemen from Brighton, Lewes, Now.
haven, Seaford, &c., were introduced by Mr. Packham
to his Majesty, whom they congratulated on his safe
arrival. The day was most splendid, and the greatest
sympathy was expressed for the fallen Monarch, who
departed in excellent spirits.

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Observer commences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings.
Monday's edition, with that day's markets, best adapted
for the country and abroad, is published at four o'clock
on Monday afternoon.
A most determined act of suicide took place in
Hull on Saturday. Mr. Davey, butcher, residing in
Scale-lane, who has been some time labouring under
mental despondency, occasioned by pecuniary difficul-
ties, went into the shop, an I, with a large knife used in
his trade, nearly severed his head fro:n' his body. Mr.
Davey, a few years ago, was a highly respectable trades-
man, and considered well off in the world.
AN OFFERING FOR CONSCIENCE' SAKE. The
clerk of the 11o1y Trinity Church, in Bridgewater, Mr.
John Hayward, has recently presented to that church an
oak cover for the font, six feet two inches high, designed
and carved by himself, as a memento of gratitude for
restoration to health. When we say that the donor is
an accountant, and having lost the use of his right
shoulder joint, has worked the whole of the cover with
his left hand, our readers will give him credit for much
perseverance as well as a good motive,—,Builder.