The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-07 00:00:00

BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On Monday, June 5, came on the long-
expected attack upon Ministers on the subjedct of the
the object was negatived without a division;
whole thus amounting to a sham-fight by the Tories
Spanish correspondence. After a prolon 4ethe
debate,
for the entertainment of their pretender to the throne
of Spain, who was understood to be seated under the
gallery.
In the days of the struggle with Don Carlos, a
British prisoner was not put to death, without its
being suggested, encouraged, and defended, by the
then tenants of the Tory benches. It is a new Par-
liament, and new men ; and the virulence of the
olden time no doubt is considerably softened down.
Nevertheless the animus of political parties survives.
The explanation of most that has taken place, is that
Punch in Spain is played by men holding
the strings here. On the catastrophe of Louia
Philippe in France, the British Ambassador
communicated to the Spanish Government
the most wise and sensible advice in the com-
mon interest, which one set of responsible men could
forward to another. That Government, evidently
taking counsel with some Englishman of the calibre
of the writers of leading articles for the provincial
Tory press, returned an insolent and angry answer.
The English Minister replied by a sort of parody of
the Spanish argument, which, though cutting, was in
every word most just. The Spanish commentaries
reiterate the evidence of English origin. The author
of the passage from the Heraldo printed in the Par-
liamentary papers, assuredly never ate garlic ; the
thing is of English concoction throughout. And
then the Conservative benches turn round on the un-
happy Spaniards, and declaim upon the " gross out-
rage"Arrt hiselheilrieeotyLai
and "flagrant. insult" received by the English
Government, precisely in the manner of men nursing'
a duel. The end of this last policy clearly being to
get up a. quarrel with the existing Government of
Isabella. in Spain, and so far favour the chances of
the rival for the throne who sits to hear.
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are born to thieving and dirt as their inheritance. If
taken young, they appear to be capable of being re-
claimed, and even of making more rapid progress than
the average of the tamer races. But the steps by
which they submit to domestic life, are described as
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, T. PERROT HOMPSON.

THE CHINESE JUNK, "KEYING."—This interest-
ing and novel exhibition, which has been honoured by
a special visit from her Majesty, H. R. 11. Prince Albert,
the Queen Dowager, &c. continues to be daily visited
by a large number of persons, including a considerable
portion of the nobility. Amongst others may be men-
tioned the Prince of Prussia, Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, Prince Paul of Wirtemburg, Prince Metter-
nich, the Dukes of Wellington, Leinster, Northumber-
land, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Dowager
Duchess of Bedford, the Countesses of Wilton, Eglinton
and Blessington, Lady Lyndhurst, the Marquisses of
Anglesca, Douro, Donegal, and Breadalbane, the Earls
of Auckland, Sheffield, Strathmore, Zetland, Wilton,
Lords Hastings, Hill, Lyndhurst, Adolphus Fit zclarence,
Paulet, Denman, A. Paget, C. Paget, and Bridport, the
:Bishops of Durham, Lichfield, Worcester and Salisbury,
Count D'Orsay, the llonble. Capt. Seymour, Miss Bur-
dett Coutts, Madlle. Jenny Lind, &c. &c. The vessel,
surrounded by an ample enclosure, lies in the East India
Docks, adjoining the Railway terminus and Brunswick
Pier, Blackwall, and is easily accessible either by rail-
way, omnibus, or steamboat from all parts of the metro-
i?olis. The "Keying" is the first vessel of Chinese con-
struction that has ever reached Europe, or even rounded
the Cape of Good Hope; and being in every respect as
dissimilar as possible to vessels of European construction,
.and manned by a Chinese crew under the command of
s, mandarin, &c., it forms an object of rational and very
i nteresting curiosity, and will, doubtless, prove one of
t he most attractive exhibitions in the metropolis.
THE LATE FIRE IN WHITECHAPEL.—Yesterday
afternoon, a lengthened investigation was held at
,the
L. )radon Hospital, before Mr. W. Baker, coroner for Last
Wddlesex, concerning the death of John IN bite, aged
40, a labourer, who lost his life by the falling of the
rubas of the large chicory manufactory of Messrs. Brown
and'. Co., in St. Mary's-street, Whitechapel, which was
destt oyed by fire on the night of Tuesday.. After a long
investigation, the Jury returned a verdict " Thatthe
deco: sed lost his life by the accidental falling of a wall,
but -that the jury considered that blame was attached to
Mr. :Frederick Gower in having employed the deceased
in th a conduct of the works relating to the fire, whilst
the p remises were in great danger from the walls being
liable to fall." The inquisition, worded thus, MS then
eigni:d, and the jury were dismissed.