The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-14 00:00:00

The public cannot forget the speeches made by Sir
Cn_tittEs NAPIER on the abuses in that department ;

they cannot be blind to the fact that most of the young men
brought up as apprentices on board our ships have no induce-
ment to remain in the service for which they were especially
intended; that many go into the merchant service, or into
the American navy, where they get better pay; and that the
greater portion of the sailors who man the fleet of England's
great rival are natives of this country. Thus the main arm
of the United Kingdom is weakened by disease at the very
source of life—we have ships of every class in tfoundance
and to spare, admirals in still greater numbers, and every
department, except one, full to overflowing. Where patronage
prevails there is no lack of hands ; but where there
is little or no patronage where the interests of

.he sailor should be consulted, and the best men

that money and rewards can obtain should be found,
we find only poverty and destitution. Should war break out
with America, an event very probable, sailors to man our
fleets could not be obtained without the press-gang, an
instrument to which these rulers of the navy cling
as if it were the only salvation of the country.
Men are thus torn from their lawful and peaceable occu-
pations by the most cruel of all despotisms, hurried on board
a Queen's ship, there to be treated as outcasts, and not. al-
lowed again to touch their native land till they sell them-
selves as slaves. But these are only a few of the grievances
which such men as PEEL, and ELLENBOROUGH, and
Rocs would eradicate, and the public, therefore, can
feel no surprise that they are met by the
fiercest opposition from Sir GEORGE CocKnuuN,
Admiral BOWLES, and the other admirers of the present ruin-

ous system, which they all regard as a model of perfec-
tion. This is only one instance, among many, of the diffi-
culties with which a Reforming Government has to contend,
but nothing great is ever accomplished without difficulty,
and the fact, we trust, will only be a further
inducement for the Government to persevere, and
maintain at every hazard their new appointments. Sir G.
COCKBURN is a man of high character, and a respectable
officer, but his time is gone by; he is above seventy years of
age, he is imbued with all the erroneous notions of his earlier.
days, and is therefore totally unfit for the present crisis. He
can well be spared, and Sir R. PEEL, who has already effected
such important revolutions, in defiance of powers that would
have deterred less daring minds, is not to be frightened by a
worn-out clique of old admirals, or be compelled to submit
any longer to a system which threatens the security of the
British empire. There are plenty of good officers fit to sup-
ply the place of Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, and we know of no
better substitute than the captor of Don MionEL's fleet, the
I hero of St. Jean d'Acre—the. gallant Sir CHAnt.Es NAPIER.

Within the brief interval already occupied by the discus-
sion upon the proposed free-trade measures the fallacy of
just representation in the House of. Commons has, indeed,
been most conspicuous. Party advocates, upholders of class
interests, and in some instances mouthpieces of their own
banking accounts, have successively risen to address the
House—professedly in the cause of national prosperity—
but actually for the purpose of enabling themselves still
to gorge their own purses from the poor man's larder. In
exposing this mock philanthropy, as it was again advanced
by Mr. SCOTT in last night's debate, Mr. WARD acted boldly
but bitterly. Instead of permitting the former gentleman
to swallow that very poisonous bolus, his own opinion

with its pretty tinfoil covering, Mr. WARD stripped
the gilding off with a few cutting sentences and
crammed them again down the other Member's throat.' It
was a pleasant punishment to the spectators, because it was
a punishment so richly merited, especially after the school-

boy violence and urchin• like irritability with which Mr.
ScoTT attacked Si: R. PEEL. And be it remembered, this
same wonderfully calm and wonderfully philosophic
Mr. SCOTT attacked the Right Honourable Baronet
for, what he was pleased to call, his desertion
from the ranks which he had hitherto marshalled so skil-
fully, while—(most consistent corollory !)—admitting that
the proposed measures were only an extension of the system
hitherto adopted by the Conservatives. In reference to this
latter admission, Mr. WARD justly atigmatised the consum-
mate doggedness with which certain nominal politicians plod
forward upon some plan which modern facts have long
proved to be an intolerable grievance--their eyes willingly
bandaged up. With perfect accuracy Aid he remark
" legislation must progress. The laws of England are not in-
fallible !" All history goes to corroborate this declaration ;
all experience, ancient and modern, forms an exemplar of its
justice. That man must be a very zany who would main-
tain otherwise. lie must be something little short of pur-
blind, who would pick from the Commentaries one of those
renowned passages of eulogium upon British legis-
lation uttered by good Judge BLAcKaroNE—and wear
it, so to speak, upon his forehead as the morale
of his political care er. This was not indifferently
insisted on by the lion. Member for Sheffield, while at the
same moment he pelted a few good-humoured sarcasms at
the two (nominal) representatives of Liverpool, Sir H,
DOUGLAS and Lord SANDOY, who, in the words of the Hein.
Gentleman, " had committed to the most stringent mono-
po'y the greatest commercial town in the empire." Much,
in fact, does it behove that vast constituency

to investigate this very unsound position of things ; and to
be henceforth more chary in the selection of spokesmen. That
great stalking-horse of protection, Mr. HusKissost, from
whose vast shadow the agricultural monopoly gentlemen
have been shooting their extremely blunted_ arrows of argu-
ment (?) was not forgotten , last evening by
Mr. WARD ; and a fine expression in point did
he produce from a speech delivered by that
celebrated statesman, on the 25th March, 1830. The lan-
guage used by Mr. HUSKISSON has bees latterly masticated
with much relish by the protectionists. We rather conjec-
ture they will find in the paragraph alluded to a very hard
and unexpected bone, which, in the midst of their pleasant
mouthings, will snap off a few of their teeth. Here is the mor-
ceau—for the anti-Monopolists it will be a toothsome one:—
" It was Mr. Husisisson's opinion that the existing corn-laws
could not be upheld with the existing taxation, and at the
same time increase the national prosperity and the public
contentment." But Mr.WARD had not even then finished his
flagellation of the farming interest gentry. They were to
be scourged again before he had finished his harangue : the
cat-whip had to be fresh leaded and fresh knotted, and a
few final stripes administered to the obdurate back of
that obdurate personage, Monopoly. In this climax of
castigation the Member for Sheffield almost entirely restricts
himself to one, small, solitary, taunt, but that taunt at that
eleventh hour was about the bitterest, smartest, and most un-
bearable they could well have received under all circumstances.
He observed that the peculiar burdens upon land had been
repeatedly harped upon by the opponents to Sir R. BEEL's
present policy, but these burdens had only been spoken of, "the
truth was the agriculturalists could not prove the existence of
those burdens." This is no novel retort, we grant : almost
the same epithets have been employed of late by a score or
two of free-trade orators ; but it was the time and the place,
in the present instance, that imparted to those few and simple
words a sting of the most scorching and intolerable
acuteness. So much did they, indeed, goad and lash
the anti-Ministerial gentlemen, that they cried out
together with the torment. Their cry was, "
can !" but it is a cry only tantamount to an universally ac-
knowledged criminal putting in a plea of " not guilty,',
merely for a vexatious delay. The delay, however, in this
case will be most transitory. The enemies to the pro-
posal of the Prime Minister have nearly every
one of them been foaming plentifully at the
mouth, but with that foam their meagre residue
of strength has evaporated : and not an insignificant portion
of their own party have withdrawn an opposition which is so
ostensibly impotent, and so manifestly unjust, declaring al-
most in the very phrases used by Mr. WARD, that they gave
their " cordial support to the Ministerial proposal, as being
the salvation of the agricultural interest." The solemn as-
surances made by Lord LINCOLN to the Nottingham-
shire electors was indeed anything but rash or precipitate,
when he declared to them that the spirit of one-sided protec-
tion will be dead before many days have elapsed. In the
heart of the people it is already among the bygones : in the
heart of the people free-trade is already the law of the land.

Madrid papers of the 6th have been received, but they
bring no news of interest. General NARVAEZ had recovered
from his late indisposition, and was able to attend the
Chamber, and take part in the discussion on the electoral law.
The Three per Cents. closed at 33 1-16 at sixty days, and
the Five par Cents. at 23 7-16 at 60 days.

The French Ministry, finding the Chamber of Deputies
inclined to support their measures, are resolved to get
through the heavy business of the session with the utmost
dispatch. The Secret Service Money Bill, presented some
days ago, was subsequently snnmitted to the different Com-
mittees for investigation, /toil adopted almost without discus-
sion. TIMERS, BILLAuvr, BILRRYER, and the more violent
of the Ministerial opponents, seeing they had no chance of
thwarting the Bill in the Committees, seven of which con-
sisted of Conservatives, absented themselves. The next
question brought before the Committees was the Bill of M.
Sr. PRIEST, for reducing the interest on Three per Cer;',..
Stock. Four voted for entertaining the Bill, and five agofast
it; but as the consent of three of the bureaux is surf'
warrant theintroduction of a Bill, the question mir cnt to
in the Chamber. The Government, hove-
porthaml ~r~ still op-
edthtoem by a largethescheme,
majority,and ast i
he Ct
" thaneb tt being
carried into effect this session. T
Adulteration of Wine Bill by -ne Deputies had passed the
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PENSIER is in garr' tht regiment of the Duke iIE iklotirz
of Spain, accor .iSon‘ On this occasion the knflinta LocuffsA
come and r by a part of the tpanish Court, will
PraNcEs 4turti the visit paid list suramer by the French
VILLF •CO Panipehtne. In the spring the Prince DE JOIN-
• . Wilt take the tolnmancl of the Mediterranean fleet, now
the death of Baron DE
..‘ter the orders of Admiral I'ARSEVAL DESCIIENES." It
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Railroad
onwilsl4Dorreesttio‘,Deqiiiito,
shares, 1,257 f. 500.; Rouen, 1,022 f. 50c.; Havre, 717 f. 50c. ; Avignon,
98716.f'
Tropes 51kan.d. Villeorzntr'relt.ll7".4s. Of. . Bordeaux,
Basle, 25116.452 f;
25c. ; rampoux, 440f'. ;'DlopPel, 470 f.; Spanish Three per Cents.,
3834
Strasburg,
other lines. :—Paris and
Lyons Definitive, 625 f 4.e
, Paris and ditto, 557 f. 50e.
Tours and Icatlts ditto, 594 f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talahot), 5121. 50C. ; Ditto (Lev:gate), 305 f •• . , •Ditto (oompapte Merkliceale), 40a1:

Bndeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 504 f. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 5121. 50c.;
Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f. ; Caen (Delamarre), 501 f.
LYONS, FEB. 10.—Marseilles and Avignon, 992 L 50c. ; Paris and
Orleans, 1,295 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,0271. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 13.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (En:Meta), 2IA —Central of Spain,
1 —Ceylon, I—Dutch Rhenish, 71A —East Indian, 114—Great North-
ern of France Constituted, 15 —Great Western Bengal, •.4—Louvain
and Jemappc, 2—Luxembourg, 2%—Madrid and Valentin, PA
Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 3%—Paris and Orleans, 49%—Paris
and Rouen, 39—Rouen and Havre, 281/.:

We are glad to learn that Mr. Cobden's health improves,
and that he is now in a fair way of recovery. Should the
heavy debate be protracted till the end of next week, perhaps
he may yet throw some new life into it.

THE INDIAN MAIL.
(From the Times.)

We understand that the mail from India, which arrived
yesterday, has brought no letters or dispatches from the
Governor-General. It is known, however, from the most
unquestionable authority, that the advanced guard of the
British army was attacked, on the evening of the 18th of
December, by the Seikh troops. The enemy was repulsed,
and driven back for-upwards of three miles, with the loss of
seventeen pieces of cannon. This affair occurred at Moodkee,
a place about twenty-two miles to the north-east of Feroze-
pore, and having opened a communication with Sir John

Littler, who commanded at that post, and having been
joined by the corps under that officer, attacked the enemy's
intrenched position at four o'clock in the afternoon of the
21st. The first line of intrenchments was carried ; but
the night was so dark that further operations were
suspended. At daylight en the 22d the second line of in-
trenchments was attacked, and all the enemy's defences were,
in half an hour, taken in reverse, and the guns captured. On
the afternoon of the 22d the enemy advanced with their in-
fantry, and hordes of camels carrying swivels, for the purpose
of retaking the guns they had previously lost. All the at-
tacks, however, which they made were repulsed; and after a
cannonade, which had no result, they withdrew, and retired to
a place called Sultankhanwalla, about ten miles from Fero-
wore, where they had still some heavy artillery. The
British army would be joined by two battalions of native in-
fantry, which were not in the previous actions, and the
enemy's position at Sultanhkanwalla was to be attacked on
the 24th. No accounts have been received of the specific
loss on either side, nor is the name of any officer mentioned.
The captured guns amounted to 65 counted, and there were
some more in a village on the British right.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull. Salts, 4,000
bales. Shares offered no feature.
Messrs. Lamond's Share auction yesterday was well attended, but
the prices of the new lines were again worse:—Dutch Hanoverian,
21. I s.6d.—East Indian, 11. 6s.—North Staffordshire, Churnet, and
Potteries, hi. 16s.—Isle of Axholme, Gainsborough, and Goole,
21. Is. 6d.—Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia, 11. 9s.—Calcutta and
St. George's Point, 10s. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 31. 108.—
Vale of Beath, 21. 19s.—Leicester and Bedford, 11. 4s. -- London and
Manchester (ilemington's), 11. 14s.—Great North and South Wales,
and Worcester, 11. 6s.—Bordeaux and Mediterranean,ll. 19s.—War-
wick and Worcester, 11. Os. (3(1.
There is still an entire absence of ship or other arrivals with foreign
news of interest, if we except the details received from the Continent
respecting the alarming scarcity of food in seine parts, and the riots
resulting therefrom, all indicative of the want of stocks from which
we are at all likely to get largely S pplied, and further showing that
the United States and 'Canada wit nave to be our chief resource.
The following arc the chief points of variation in the Bank of Eng-
land return shown for the week, to the 7th inst.:—
Notes issued • • .. .. £2(6698,620
An increase of • . 111,265
Other Deposits • • .• • • 18,912,445
An increase of .. 1,875,615
Seven Day and other Bills .. • • 983,688
A decrease of .. .. • • 23,414
Other Securities 22,908,661
An increase of .. • • .. 1,441,664
Bullion • • 13,335,645
An increase of • • • • • • 47,301
The Securities and Deposits, therefore, were again under the influ-
ence of the railway lodgments.
The English Stock market opened flatly again this morning, front
the paucity of business ; but it is impossible, while there is a chance
of renewed purchases by the Chancery broker, that stock should be-
come at alt plentiful. Indeed the amount already absorbed must,
until resold, exercise a most important effect in keeping up prices.
Consols have been 36y, to 96% for transfer on Monday, and 97 to
96% for Account. Exchequer-bills have realised 311 s. to 40s. pre-
mium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99 to
98%, and the Three per Cents. 97% to 97.
The Foreign Investments have been very quiet. Spanish Three
per Cents. are 38%; Chilian Deferred, 52%; Buenos Ayres, 4014;
Grenada, 24 to 23% ; Peruvian, 39. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. have benn 98%, and Dutch Twe-and-a-Half per Cents.,
6014.
There has been a fair business done in railway shares, and prices
generally are supported.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
- - -

Bank Stock .. . • • • .. 208%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 97% 97
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities •• 56%%300
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 99 98%75
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
India Bonds, 1,0001. • • .. . • • •
Ditto, under 1,0001. • • • .
Consols for Account • • • • .. • • .. 97 96%
-Exchequer Bills. 1 Xd. 115 d.
1,000/. • • • . • . 35 —— pm.
6001. • • .. • • 38 40
Ditto, Small 40 38
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. •• 4035
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. • • • •
Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • • • 523
Granada, 1 per Cent. • • • • 24 23%
Ditto, Deferred •• • • • • .. 5
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. • • 39
Spanish Yonds, 5 per Cent. • • • •
Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • •
Ditto, for the Account .. • 3815
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 98%
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 6015
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9515 95
Ditto, for the Account 95%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SILARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Bridgewater and Minehead - 425. ...• 15 dis. • • to
Bristol and Exeter .. • • • • .. 70 89 to

••
.. 10 7-16
.. 49

Ditto, New . • • • .. .. • • 5 .... 13 to 12%
Buckinghamshire • • .. • • .. • . 425. .... % p.. to
Caledonian • • .. .. • • • • • • 10.. • ... 14% • ••• to

Ditto Half Shares .. • • .. .. 2%.... 3ai.. to
Corkaiid Waterford • • • . I%• • .. 14.... to
Direct-Manchester (Remington's) .. .... 114 •• . • to
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 514 .... 4 .. • • to
Direct Northern • • • • • . .. • • 21/, .• .• 2% •• .. to
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. • • 5 •• .. 61 •••• ti
Dublin and Galway .• .. 4 .... 4%.... to
Eastern Counties • • • • • • 14/. 16s. 0d..... 22 k .... to
Ditto, New • • .. • • • • 8/. 16s. 01..... 7% pto
Ditto, York ExtenSien .. • . 10s. •• .. 1 %• • to
Eastern Union • • • 25 ••• • .... to -7

Ditto, Extension to Norwich .. • • 2% •• • . 2% •• • • to 3IA
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. .. 50 .... 80 .. ••to
Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. 5 16% %..to
Ditto, New Quarter Shares .. • • 10 16% • • • to
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% •• .. 2% •• • • to
Goole, Doncaster; and Sheffield, &c.• • 425. .... 1%%p to
Grand'lTnion (Nottingham and Lynn) 1%.... Ili% • . to
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 22 .... to
Great Western .• • • • • • • • • 85 •...155 .. • • to
Ditto, Half Shares • • •• • • .. 50 .. • • 87 .• • • to
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 5 .... 18 .... to
Ditto, Fifths .. • • .. .. 20 .... 34% .... to

Hull and Selby . • • • • • .. • . 50 .... to
Leicester and Bedford .. . • . • 225. .. • . % p.. to
Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Janet. 2% 3k. • .. to
London and Birmingham •• • . ..100 .• • .224 ex div to
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. .. 2 .... 27 ... to
I)itto, Fifths • • • • • • • • • • 2 •• .• 25 .• .• to
London and Blackwall .• 161. 13s. 4d. .... 9 •• • • to
Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • 41 •• • • to
Loadon and Brighton • • • • 50 .... 663,y ex dto6T x d
London and Croydon • • 131. 15s. 9d. •• • • 2234 •• • . to
London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. •• • • 9 •• • • to 10
,London and South.Wct,tern •• 411. 6a. 10d. • • • • to _
Ditto, New • • • • • • • • .. .. 12 .• .• 243334.. to
London and York • • • • • 2% •• .. 4% •• • • to 4
I)itto, Half Shares • • • • •• • • 9V,, .. •• .• .. to
Maneh•)ster and Leeds • • • • .. 82 •• • • .. • • to --
Ditto, Extension • • • • • • 425. •• .. 3% p•• to
Manchester and Birmingham • • • • 40 •• • • 79 .. •.to
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. .. 4 •• • • 124 •.•. to
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425. .... i n p• • to
Manchester and Southampton .. • . 2 •• • • 2 %• • to
Midland
Ditto, New • . • .. 12 •••• 28 % % to
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby —lOO • • —l2O .• •• to 122
Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• .. 45 .... to
Ditto, New .. 1 •• .. 10% • to
Ditto, New, Brandling . • • . •. 20 .. •. 09 •••• to
Newcastle and Berwick • . .. 10 •• • • 22% 34 ••to
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • • 2% •• • • 2% .... to
North British • • • • .. . • • 17% ••• • •••. to
Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • • • 1% •• • • 3 .• • . to
North Kent and Direct Dever .. .. 2N • • 334 . to
North Staffordshire • .. .. • • 425. .• 3j4 pto
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 1234 • • •• 15%.. • • to
Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • • • 3% •• • • 414 •••. to
Scottish Central .. • • • • • • •• 71,4 .. • • 16%••• • • to
_ .

Ditto New • . .. • • • • • • • 2 g .. 9.... to
Shrewsbury- and Birmingham •• • • 2% •.. • 3%14, .. to
Shropshire Union • • • • • • • • • 42e. •• .. par..... to
Somersetehire Midland • • • • • • 2% 114 %• • to
South Midland • • • .. • • .• 421..... 234 pto
South Eastern and Dover .. • . 3S) -. • • to
Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • .. .. 2% .... 3%X • to
Trent Valley • . • • . • .. 5 .... 24 23% to 25
Wexford, Waterford, and Valentin, .. 1% • • • to
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 2%.... 3%.... to
Yarmouth and Norwich .. • • .. 20 • • 27% xdto
York and North Midland • • • • • • 50 13,4 .• .• to
Ditto, Extension • • • • .. .. 15 ••• • 33 ••• • to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS. .

Boulogne and Amiens • • • • .. 10 ••• • 12 ••.. to 11%
Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •• • • 21,4 to
Ditto, ditto (Esrelete) • • • • • • 2 •• • • 214 .... to
Dendre Valley • • • • .. • . •• 2 •• • • s••• • to
Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • .. • • 5 •• • • 7 •••. to
Great Northern of France Constituted 6 • • 15 to
Great Western Bengal ......Si. •• • • li•• ••to
Italian and Austrian .. • • .. 3 •• • • 13(:..•• to

Luxembourg .. • - .. 4 •• • • 3 36 .. to
Madrid and Valentia • • • • • . • . 2 .. • • IM.. • . to
Orleans and Bordeaux • • .. .. 6 • • 11% •X •.to
MINES.
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147
—"E as,- SUN"
ExPßEss.—Our enterprising Contemporary
The Sun, with whom energetic enterprise is a constitutional
quality, not satisfied With imttly tioesaiiig mit Robert
Peel's speech on the development of the Ministerial measure,
at the Opening of this important tailipaigti; has been fol.•
lowing up the Weds by sending express editions, contain-
ing the 4913st'e as it proceeds each night up to halr-past eight
(Icir'"-Ic• Tie effect of this MA bee\f tb give seme Of the thost
1 "7-i,ortant srethet to the provinces many- hours before
the arrival of the morning papers: Monday night's debate
was eSpecialty ithpoitant and tiA e*pfestli Of that e'eening
proportionally serviceable, because in giiing the speeches of
the mover and Seconder a the,athendfnent (Aniong others),
We had the *hole tate lat the Oliptisitid; *filth *se,lust dotli..tt at all, at our breakfast table; in this blessed city of
Exeter, the next iiiorilingi. and had tilt digettiott improved
by stehig hii* little the riithlOPOlists had tO say for their
4yet.e.ln. 24he Sun stands still at the head of the movement;
I " Go e-head" is still its 1119491 Western Times:
, l'lgp Sbi;II1 tir_iqii,..ti6i:s.-I‘re received from Mr.
ft.qtri'ergien, at twelve o'clock last night, an Express Edition
of The Sun newspaper of Monday evening, containing be-
tween seven and eight columns of the great debate on the
• repeal of the corn-laws. Our contemporary is well known
. over Great Britain for the liberal exertions it ever makes
iupon occasions like these ; and confers a benefit on the coat-
rciunity by its enterpi ise, which is very generally recognised.
Its report upon this occasion was not only of great length,
lint of much accuracy.—Glasgow Argus.
"THE SUN" EVENING NEWSPAPER.—We were in-
( faked to Mr. Murdo Young, the proprietor of the abovejour-
mai, for a copy of The Sun on Tuesday night, containing a
fell report a the speech delivered by Sir Robert Peel, in
s hich he announced a great reduction in the taxation of the
et i untry, and the prospective abolition of the corn-laws. The
AS lien was forwarded the same evening, by special engines, to
a., 1 parts of the country, and arrived in Paris some hours be-
n re e the morning journals. A special messenger from Bel-
g iron was also supplied with proof slips, with which lie de-
r mu i
d on the instant, and thus was the important Ministerial
s 4 tement read in the Netherlands at least a day earlier than
it c, )uld ire known Varough any other channel. Such activity
Aut iexampled in journalism, and we hope the spirited.pro-
iari• or of The Sun may reap a rich reward for 14s exertions.
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