The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-13 00:00:00

Anti-Corn-law League to be " free trade in corn,
and monopoly for themselves." A stern, prominent,
and naked declaration, ungarni,hed even by a syl-
lable of sophistry—a solitary and individualised
assurance, based solely upon the opinions of the
speaker. Yet were the barrenness and dogmatism of
this aspersion greeted with acclamations, a result
which elicited still evidences of the self-opinionated
disposition and oratorical terseness of Mr. E. T.
Yonxic. After stigmatising Lord JouN RUSSELL
for having written himself into the ranks of the
League, he continues :
" Lord John Russell was called upon to form so
Administration, but failed, though he took fourteen
days to deliberate, and Sir Robert Peel and his col-
leagues—with the exception of Lord Stanley—now
ruled the destinies of the nation. He did not like to
use harsh words (considerate Mr. Yorke!), but he could
not help saying that he considered the whole affair as a
political farce!"

Such a miserable absence of all perceptive power
on the part of a Member of Parliament in addressing
his constituency has very rarely been witnessed. What
the Edinburgh Review particularises as one of
the noblest characteristics in the behaviour of the
late Earl GREY—namely, a refusal to take office,
when to do so it was necessary to "abandon a friend
or desert a principle"—what every right-thinking
man must esteem as about the noblest magnanimity
of statesmanship, is christened by the lion. E. T.
YORKE as—what ?—"a political farce!" And then,
ley an unconscionable effort at jocoseness, "he trusted
that it would not be tragic in its effect !" So
much emptiness, so much assurance, such lack
of discrimination, and such lack of delicacy,
is unworthy of the advocate of a class so
numerous as the agriculturists. Nevertheless,
these rhetorical deficiencies are only commensurate
with those few and diminutive arguments by which
the agricultural monopolists endeavour to prop up a
,inking and worthless cause. Whatever logical capa-
cities may exist among its advocates are eclipsed by
an over quantity of obtuseness; still, this peculiarity
is inevitable even with the healthiest matter. Nulla
magna injuria sine mixiura dimentice. Thus, more
especially amidst the debris of a question now almost
annihilated, may be discovered instances of folly and
insufficiency as incessant as they are worthless.
With respect to the Member for Cambridgesivre, his
mind appears to be pinned down exclusively to this
narrow and pernicious principle—his deductions are
as rash as they are flimsy—and notwithstanding the
strangeness of his jolting and epigrammatic style,
he stands forward the representative of a genus•
With all earnestness of heart we can but hope for
their speedy political extinction.

We have received Madrid journals of the 4th.
The debate on the Address in the Chamber of De-
puties commenced on the 3d, when Senor SEIJAS
moved an amendment, the object of which was to
compel the Government to adopt a more constitutional
system, and take active measures for bettering the
condition of the people. The debate was adjourned,
and resumed on Monday the sth, and according to a
telegraphic dispatch received at Paris on Saturday,
the amendment was rejected by a large majority, only
32 Members having voted for it. The Gazette con-
tains a royal ordonnance, announcing that the
QUEEN had accepted the resignation of General
MAN so, Governor-General of Arragon.
On the 3d the Three per Cents closed at 351 for
60 days.

The topic of most interest in the Paris papers is
the debate in the Chamber of Peers on the
Address. On Friday the discussion which, as
we have stated, commenced on the previous
day, was resumed. The only incident of interest
during the day was the re appearance of
M. VILLEMAIN in the tribune. The Noble Peer de-
livered at some length his opinion oil the ordonnances
respecting the University, of which he disapproved.
B.tron Cousin also opposed them, and after a speech
from the Mioister of Public Instruction in their de-
fence, the debate was adjourned. The chief speaker on
Saturday was Baron CHARLES DUPIN, so well known
for his useful publications on public works in Eng-
land. His speech, though opposed to some parts of

the Address, was calm and moderate. He admitted
that the situation of the country was satisfactory, the
Alinistry secure and supported by a considerable ma
jority, the country calm, and the foreign relations
established on an amicable footing; but still he ob-

jected to that paragraph in the Address which stated
that the Committee were happy to hear from his
MAJESTY that the state of the finances was becom-
ing every day more prosperous. He then adverted
to the Budget preEentcd by the Finance Minister,
and contended that the security announced in the

Address was not well founded, for the blinister him

self admitted that the deficit was yearly inert asing.
It resulted, he said, from the returns submitted to the
Chambers that the deficit, which in 1844 was
371,000,000 f., had risen in 1845 to 396;000,000f.,
and in 1846 to 421,000,000 f. This, he knew, was not
alarming, but nevertheless called for a speedy re-
medy. He then referred to the financial position of

England, and observed that a Ministry so partial to
that country should also take it fora model. In 18169

after the war, the budget of England he said,

amounted to 2,150,000,000 f. ; eight years afterwards
in 1824, it was reduced to 1,425,000,000 f.; and in
1844, it had still further decreased to 1,375,000,000 f.
The debt of England had also considerably
diminished, whilst that of France increased in
a frightful proportion. The speaker, in conclusion,
drew a parallel, entirely to the advantage of England,
of the achievements of both Governments, and de-

scribed the extension assumed of late by the power
. .

of Great Britain in every part of the globe, extolled
the admirable expedition executed by the British arms
along the Chinese coast, showed the dominions of
England daily extending, at the same time that her
ex} enditure diminished, and asked the Ministry if
they could boast of similar results, even to justify
the increase of the public burdens ? The Marquis
DE BOISSET, after the general discussion was closed,
made a speech, in which he recommended the resto-
ration of the hereditary peerage. At the hour of
post the Count DE MONTALEMBERT was speaking on
the suffering condition of the Christian population
in Syria. We find no additional intelligence in the
papers from Algiers. The Presse publishes two ad-
dresses from the Oceanie Francaise of Otaheite,
issued by M. BRUAT, so far back as January 7, 1845.
They are very conciliatory, and show that a new
system of government has been adopted. They are
as follows :

" Inhabitants of the Society Islands, the King of the
French, wishing to give an example of the respect du.
to treaties, has agreed to the petition addressed to him
by Queen Pomare, and has decided that the protectorate
of France shall be henceforward established in the
archipelago of the Society Isles. In execution of orders
to this eff ct, the French flag, symbol of the exterior so.
vereignty which we exercise, is to continue to float
alone at all the military posts and all the defensive
points of the island. The flag of the protectorate, that
is to say the old flag of Otaheite, quartered with French
colours, shall be displayed over all the other public esta-
blishments. Inhabitants of the Society Islands, if France
in according you her protection, assures you without
restriction all the advantages which you can reap in re-
posing under the shadow of her colours, henceforward
she is entitled to expect from you a loyal and sincere
friendship, in return for the benefits which she gua-
rantees to you. You will perceive that it is necessary
to your interest that the strictest union should subsist
between you and the military forces which France
keeps up in those islands ; you will see that the presence
of these forces is not only a right resulting from the pro-
tectorate, but an üblication which it imposes on France;
you will observe, in fine, that your concurrence ought to
be for ever given to the protecting Government, to fact.
litate the means of providing for your general welfare,
the restoration of peace, and the entire accompli-hment
of this solemn act of benevolent solicitude which the
King of the French testifies to you. The Goren o the
King's Commissioner, regrets exceedingly that Queen
Pomare, resisting all the offers which have been succes-
sively made by him and Admiral Hamelin, charged to
convey to her the friendly words of the King, has re-
fused to come and participate, by her presence, in the
re-establishment of the protectorate."
In addressing the soldiers and sailors the Governor

says :

" In according her high protection to the inhabitants
of the Society Islands, France desires them to enjoy,
without restriction, the advantages which this protec-
tion ought to ensure to them. Henceforward it is a duty for
you to treat. with utmost the mildness, and to consider as
a new family, a population which France protects with
her flag, and I have no doubt that each of you is dis-
posed to concur, for his part, and according to his posi-
tion, in the accomplishment of this solemn act of the
royal benevolence.'
We subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the
papers:—

" M. C. Remusal has been elected a member of the
French Academy in the room of the late M. Roger-
Collard.

" When in 1840,7 says the Constitutionnd, " the sum
of 140 milliams of francs was demanded for the fortifies-