The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-29 00:00:00

" Lt 'ening in

LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1846.

Cordially do we congratulate every individual in the
country upon the result of this morning's division in the
House of Lords, by which the aristocracy accede to the na-
tional will, and acknowledge the justice of the proposed
measure. The momentous changes in our commercial policy
recommended in her MAJESTY'S Speech from the Throne,
and demanded by the intellectual and numerical prepon-
derance of the Commons, has now obtained the acqui-
eicense of the only remaining division of the Legislature.
That anxiety which, during so many eventful mutations of
authority has been extending itself throughout the land,
has now developed itself in every quarter of our social sys-
tem ; it has elicited the accordant intimation of
the SOVEREIGN ; it has called forth the most
beautiful, because the most peaceful, enthusiasm of
the multitude, the noblest of the moral and mental capacities
of our statesmen, the fecundity of our insular oratory, the pre-
dominating approval of our representatives, and, finally, it
has evolved the distinctest sympathy of the aristocracy.
What Lord STANLEY falsely applied to the converse of the
division may be appropriately notified as the spontaneous
ebullition of popular gratitude and popular satisfaction, in
the exclamation, " Thank Gon, we hall' a House of Lords 1"
Not, as the scion of Derby would imply, because they blindly
consult class interests and party aggrandisement; not be-
cause they foster their rent-roll by taxing the meal-
bag, and prefer the lustre of a feudal coronet
to the lustre beaming from the countenances of a con-
tented population. Thank Gon, rather, that we possess
a House of Peers! because those Peers are giving evidence
of a desire to obliterate by one decision the avaricious impo-
licy of bygone generations, because they testify a due sense
of the sanctity, the grandeur, and the strength of the national
will, and are ready to consult the interests of the people, not
those alone of some exclusive coterie. By their determina-
tion in favour of the second reading of Sir RORERT PEEL'S
Bill, our nobles have stabilitated their class, and renovated
their influence, and popularised their councils more than
by any reselution possibly that has ever been pronounced
within the walls of their Right Honourable Cham-
ber. Whatever decadence may have encroached
upon their political character by a very notable
ancestral selfishness, however much their over-con-
servation of exploded statutes may have deteriorated from
their original popularity, and have caused those favourable
opinions in their regard to fall into desuetude—the majority
of forty-seven Peers in favour of a free-trade policy will
dissipate all such sentiments, and tend very considerably to
the establishment of a respectful affection between the
people and their aristocratic Legislators—an affection arising
from a sense of mutual dependence. As the ancient ballad
of "Chevy Chase" was wont to influence the poet CAMPBELL,
this majority will in like manner stir the heart of the whole
nation "like the voice of a trumpet." In it, all our most sanguine
expectations have been realised, all our most distinct an-
nouncements have been fulfilled. The Peers have relieved
themselves from a somewhat onerous responsibility, and
that responsibility (unless, as we sincerely trust,
they will perceive the futility of persistanca) will
altogether devolve upon the clamorous supporters of
the protective system. Convinced that the time has ar-
rived when the proposed measure will alone suffice, and
actuated by their own rational conclusions, not by any in-
timidation from without, the aristocracy have
washed their hands of a denial. They have
dispassionately weighed the merits of the question,
and their ultimate opinion as to its advisability
is more eloquently conveyed than by the most elaborate
flourishes of rhetoric, in the cabalistic numerals 47. Although
this only signalises the second reading of the Bill, the div

:ion is in every essential respect conclusive. We look upon
the Great Measure as already accepted by the Legislature ;
and, animated by the ardour of that thought, it is with a
threefold earnestness that we offer our congratulations to the
League, to the Liberals, to Parliament, to the Prime Minis-

ter, and to the People. The commercial code of England is
henceforth free trade.

The Emperor of RUSSIA, accompanied by Count ORLOFF,
arrived in Warsaw on the 17th of May.

Madrid papers to the 21st have been received. They
contain no intelligence whatever.

It being the feast of the Ascension, the Bourse was closed,

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
They are principally occupied with comments on the
escape of Prince Louts NaroLhoN from Ham, an event at
which they almost all express satisfaction.
The Chamber of Peers heard the report of M. FRANK
CAERE on the case of LECOMTE at the sitting on Wed-
nesday.
Although transactlon3 were not numerous, there was some fluetu-
tion on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday. The rise in Consols on our
Stock Exchange produced a corresponding movement at the com-
mencement of business. A fall subsequently took place, but the
Funds rallied towards the close of the market.
The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 15c.; the Five per Cents.,
119 f. 75c. ; the Orleans Itailr,,ad shares, 1,237 f. 50c. ; Rouen,
1,017 f. 50c.; Havre, 753 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 747 f. 50c.
Avignon, 880 f. ; Vierzon, 625 f. ; Bordeaux, 6121, 50c; Boulogne,
490 E; Dieppe, 415 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 505 f. ; Tours and Nantes,
518 f. Mc. ; Paris and Lyons, 541 f. 25c.
PROMISES OF SHARES.
Lyons and Avignon, Definitives, 51fif. ; Bordeaux and Cette,
Definltlyes, 510 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EA CHANGE, MAT 28.
Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Espeleta). 2—Central of Spain, PA—East Indian, ?(—Luxem-
bourg, I%,—Naniur and Liege, 35( —Orleans and Viol zen, 15—Paris
and Lyons Constituted, G%—Rouen and Havre, 28%—Sambre and
Meuse, 5 U .

THE ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER

MAJESTY.

The following bulletin of Queen's health was issue
,his morning :

" Buckingham Palace, May 29, 1846.
" Nine o'clock A.M.
" Her Majesty's recovery goes on without interruption.
"The infant Princess is well.
(Signed)

" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
" ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D.
" No bulletin will be issued till Monday next."

A " Constant Reader" wishes us to correct a state-
medt which appeared In our paper, that the Dowager Countess of
Dunmore was not the last sister of tho Duke of ilimaat9n Lady,in,
Hamilton Is still ally. and troll.