The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the 10U$L1C JOURNALS.

FROM THE EirIININD PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. .
(From the Standard.)
The country is largely indebted to Lord Denman fur
his explanation in the House of Lords list a'-
though, as a vindication of the Noble and Learned
Lord's conduct, it was p. rfectly unnecessary, The
public @stitisate of Lord Denman's character as a
Jude is the very Liehost, in respect -to his purity,
temper, and iedependence of spirit. All parties
concur in awarding this praise to the admirable Magisrra-e,
and none more sincerely render it than the members cf thtt
party to whom, before his accession to the Bench, the
'Learned Chief Justice was through life mast warmly, not '
to say bitterly, opposed. If there arc any dissentieuts from
the general tribute of grieitude and serves-ice, they
are to be found among his Lordship's former perti,ans.
Although, however, it was quite unnecessary for Lord
Denman to defend himself, it was due to Lis off e, and due 1
to !he public, to show by his exalted example that the 1
Beach has a right to vindicate its honour, by means 1
less questionable than prosecutions, and that the ,
people bare a right on their side to obt in 1
when their most distinguished magistrates arc
accused of misconduct. The man who either resents or
despises public opinion, is ao unsafe public man in a free
'State. He may be an honourable and a giod man, but his
proper place is in a private station ; or if he eze-cise
siebority, and either resent or despise the judgme .t of his
fellow ci.izens, he roust exercise it as a tyrant. As to the
case which was the subject of Lori D. nman's explanation,
t is one upon which a great deal of idle vehe sence has been
squandered. Lo.d W, ldegrsve and anothrr person are
charged to have assaulted a p,llceman. Thii may
be a very gave or a very trifling charge, not
merely as tegurds the degree of injury ieil'eted, but also
with reference to other circumstances. An assault may be
almast anything between a menace with an uplifted finger
arid a cruel battery, verging closely upon homicide.
Again, whatever may be the degaca of personal injury,
wiles circumstances may iufinitcly vary tl e degree
just as we ee a', even in homicide, there
gradually from actual murder
jou
,fp a legalo scale
perfect
g ouit
fi
gujilntnaoscceenncdeing .But at whatever point the
d gree of Lord Wald, grave card his companion's guilt
may be ultimately fixed, it, • is plainly unjust
and feotish for those who know nothing cith:r cf the
amour t of injury or the circumstances of the case, to pro-
nounce upon it. Nor would it have been ever proposed
to do so if the accused bad not been a Fe,-:r. Many thou-
send assault cases, some cf them no doubt cases of
grievous assault, are annually di posed of without • the
pobiic, or any part of the public, assuming beforehand the
r:e,ermination of the proper sentence.
(From the Globe.)
We think Lord Denman owed it no less to his own reputa-
tion as a judge than to the public, for whose interests he
holds the office, to afford the explanation he has given.
'I here is, however, one part of his observations in
which there appears, in our view, mole of soreness
than of that calm dignity which so distinguishes
his Lordship when on the Bench of Justice. .We
allude to the contemptuous expressions in which his Lordship
is represented to have indulged respecting the reports of the
newspapers—" of there it did not become him to take the
slightest notice No one knows better than Lord Denman that
it is the public press which secures the pure administration of
the laws ; and that were it not for the full and faithful " re-
ports"% furnished by the daily journals of what tales place in the
Courts of Justice, there would be great danger that our Judges,
ts itbdrawn as they would be from the public eye, and being no
longer effectually responsible to public opinion, would become
aga n the minions of the Court, and the Ministers of
oppression and injustice. When a distinguished fo-
reigner, visiting the old Courts at Westminster, expressed
Lis surprise at the confined space within which the Justice
of the country, in its supreme Court of Judicature, was
administered, the Lord Chief Justice of that day replied,
pointing to the reporters' box—" By means of those gentlemen
we administer justice in the presence of the whole nation." And
as the public are present by means of the press in the Courts of
Just ice, so have they a right to discuss freely, by the same means,
the conduct: of the counst 1, the Judges, and of all others engaged
in 'the administration of justice. Nor does contempt for that
institution, which is at once the glory and defence of our
count:y, comport with the respect for public opinion, from
shies the laws derive their efficiency, and to which their ad-
ministrators must always look for the vindication of their
authority.
(From the courier.)
The speech of Mr. Fielden, prefatory of his motion for an
instruction of the Committee to introduce a clause for the
repeal of the New Poor Act, will command deep at-
tention by the unanswerable array of facts and reason-
it g which it presents. Unanswered it was, as well as
unanswerable, and it was lost on a division by the large
majority of one hundred and fifty-five to nine. This result will
excite no surprise after the fate of former motions involving the
same intent. the division list elsewhere will show how Members
voted on this occasion, and we take this opportunity to impress
upon all electors the paramount necessity of narrowly
end earnestly scanning the division lists generally, not with
reference only to the votes of the thoroughgoing herd of
Whig and Radical supporters of new Poorslaw barbarism,
who are only wallowing in the mire of their natural
vocation of oppression and hatred of the poor, but
with respect also to the votes of professing Conserva-
tives, which, if in the same sense of hostility to the poor,
we trust will be unsparingly recorded against them for the
day of trial. We have had a great deal too much hollow
and hypoci iiical pretension, much too large doses of lip
service, about and against the new Poor-law, and much
too little practical redemption of professions and pro-
rais.s, to satisfy us of the real good faith of various
showy Conservatives on behalf of the poor. These addle-
headed and cold-hearted people seem always to be con-
Let ling the rental of their estates wish the question of the sup-
Fort of the poor, and to have uppermost in their minds nothing
less than the ranting warning of Lord Brougham to beware
lest their lands, hereddaments and premises, be eaten up by
poor's rates. We a-e far irons de-iring one measure of
justice for Whigs and Radicals, .arid another for professing
Conservatives, on this question of Poor-laws. The consti-
tuency, we tru:t, will serve all alike, and in fitting season, on
proof of delinquency, discharge the one class from future ser-
vice as well as the other.

WALSALL ELECTION COM-

MITTEE.

(Continued from The Sun of yester3ay.)
The room was then clt a-ed, and the ( ommittec having teen
nearly three hours in deliberation, it was announced that the
Speaker was at prayers.' Leave was given on the application
of Mr. Hayter that they should sit until five o'clock. In the
course of a short time, however, the room was opened, and it
as announced that the Committee had come to the following

would be.revenged upcm him for it; he had no &AIM be had
exprpsed that determination in the presence of James Last:-
r.J.,ce. and Ellie. Dollemare; he had tie doubt be had frequently
stated, even within the laSt hklf year, that he would be re-
venged upon him—he could not like him, of coulse;
WILLIAM FORBES M'KENZIE, Esq., M.P., was at Si.
Alban's on the polling day at the last election. He saw
Stebbings frequently -on that day, and was present when
he delivered a parcel to Lord Grimston. Mr. Robert
Grit-Aston wrote a note at the dictation of Stebbings.
'1 he parcel was enclosed in the note, and then taken by him-
self and Lord Grimston to Dr. Webster. Witness waited out-
side ; Lord Grimston was in about five minutes, and in that
time he saw Dr. Webster come up the street. Lord Grimston
addressed him. Dr. Webster made no answer, but looked ex-
ceedingly crest-fallen.

What did Lord Crimston say to Dr. Webster?
Mr. AUSTIN objected; his objection was the same as in the
case of Edwards.

Mr. HILLYARD contended that the question was legitimate,
becau.e it would be impos.ible to support the proof of the
bribery of Dr. Webster, which the cross-examination of an
hour and a half long had been entirely intended to shake.
Mr. COCKBURN argued the point on the same grounds as in
the objection taken to the declarations of Edwards in Vt'tb-
ster's presence, being given in evidence. It was distinctly in
contravention of the resolution of the Committee in the for-
mer ca,,e.

It having been announced that the Speaker was at prayers,
the Committee adjourned.

PROVIDENTIAL AND REMARK-
ABLE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND LIMB.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I have lately taken up my residence in this place.
lam a teacher of youth. The Hon. and Rev. Robert Lid-
dell, our Vicar, called upon and catechised me as to my religi-
ons opinions. I declared myself to be far from what is conveyed
by the word " orthodox"--in fact, I told him that I was my
own priest, and thought for myself. For this honest avowal
he has expelled me and my family from our pew in the
church, besides which lie has been to the parents of my
pupils, warning them not to send their children to my little
school.

I had previously to the Vicar's visit announced by placards
my intention of delivering an intrcductory address on educa-
tion, in the course of which (I stated in the bill) that I
should advert to the advantages that would be likely to re-
sult from the establishment of Reading and News-rooms in
Barking.
Last night (Monday) my lecture was to come off, and long
previous to the hour appointed for me to commence my ad-
dress the room was crowded. I had not commenced my lec-
ture more than a quartrr of an hour when in an ir. 'ant
a portion of my audience suddenly disappeared.
At this the shrieks of the ladies were beyond my power of
description.
The room being so exce.sively crowded had caused that part
of the floor to give way, *hich was over an extensive cellar,
nine feet deep. Sixty Fer,.ons, at least, fell in, and remarkable
to say, not one of them was hurt. The police, my friends, and
self, rendered all the assistance we could to those who fell into
the cellar, as also to the fainting and terrified females. lam
happy to say that there is a most excellent feeling evinced
towards me in the town. . .

I am informed that the circumstance of my proposing to in-
troiuce the subject of " Reading and News-rooms " in Bark-
ing, has b"rn a means of raising the ire of his Reverence.
When I shag have time to communicate more at length
with the press, so as to place the whole of the cireormtances
attending the breach between myself and the Hon. and Rev.
Robett Liddell before the public, I believe it will afford a
subject that will be extensively canvassed. It is a que.tion
which affects the public at large, as well as, Sir, yours.
GEORGE HOWS.
Barking, Tuesday morning.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE

(From the London New Price Current of March 30.)
SUGA R. —The rates previously established have been main-
tained for British Plantation Sugar, and the purchases have
been on a more extended scale for both grocery and refining
purposes, still buyers have operated with caution, and the sales
for the three mai ket days have amounted to only 460 'aids
and tres ; Eerbice dry low greyish brown has been sold at
655. strong grey 69 ' • Jamaica good dry brown grainy at 675,
low middling yellow 70s, good middling grey with some brown
samples on the board 71s to 71s 6d, yellow 72'. Demerara
good mid yellow 725, low mid 70s. St. Lucia low yellow 68s
6d Of fine yellow descriptions the supply is very small.
To-day the market for West India Muscovadoes was in a
dull state ; importers displayed less firmness, and the trifling
quantity disposed of by private treaty was rather under the
rates of Friday. At auction 22 hhds 3 ties 202 brls St. Kitts,
and 6 hhds Berbice were offered ; the former were only
partly sold at 70s to 71s 6d for good greyish yellow, good
yellow 725, low and mid greyish brown 62s to 665; the latter
went at 65s for low dark brown. The total quantity sold to-
day did not exceed 140 hhds and tierces, and the prices taken
were in most cases 6d under those of Friday.
REFINED.—A good demand has existed for Refined Goods
for h me use since this day week, and the stocks being small,
the refiners being only partially at work, buyers have been
compelled to pay rather higher rates.
'I o-day the transactioes in Refined Goods for home con-
sumption, were to a fair extent, and prices were firm. Stan-
dard Lumps were with difficulty to be purchased under
49s Gd pe7 cwt. In the lower sorts of Treacle few
sales were made ; but Patent and best old make, &c., met a fair
demand at 36s to 40s. Pieces and Bastards of good quality
were in st' ady request, and prices were firm. Bonded
Crushed Sugar sell slowly at 32s for first quality. Treacle
only in limited request at 14s 3d to I4s Gd per cwt.
MA U RlTlUs.—This afternoon the Trade operated with cau-
tion, and at the public sales the biddings were languid ;
3,628 bags 19 casks were offered, a large proportion was
taken in, the merchants net being disposed to take lower
rates ; the small quantity, however, that was sold went 6d
to is under Friday's rates, excepting for the fine yellow sorts,
which brought full prices, fine yellow of favourite marks went
at 78s, raid to fine 64s to 765, low brown 45s to 48s Gd, good
mid and good 58s to 62s per cwt.
This afternoon the market was inactive for Bengal, and at
the pubic sales of 2,597 bags the biddings were languid, not
above two-thirds of the quantity offered were disposed of, and
at prices 6d to Is under those of Friday, low white sold at
64s to 65s 6d, middling 67s to 68s, good middling to good 69s
to 70s, fine and very fine 70s 6d to 73s Gd, damps and washed
65s to 69s per cwt. For Foreign East India sorts the de-
mand is lim ted, and 1,073 baskets Java 630 bags Manilla at
aution went off quietly, the former all sold, but is under pre-
vious rates, good and fine brown went a•, 20s to 225, the litter
all taken in at 22s for good yellow but soft.
FOREIGN.—BraziI at steady rates; brown Pernams, sold
for Amsterdam at 21s 6d, one of white Bahia at 23s 3d;
brown Bahia 22; over the ships' side. Brazil taken at
the former value; Bahia middling and good white at 24s
to 261, low soft 22s to '23s 6d, damaged 20s Gd to 23s ;
Brown 20s to 22s Gd, damaged 17s 6d to 19s ; Pernams low
Brown and Yellsw 19s to 22s 6d, damaged 17s to 18s 6tl ; Rio,
good mid white 24s 6d to '2ss 6d, damaged 22s to 235; Yellow
22s ; damaged Brown and Yellow 17s to 21s. Yellow Ha-
vannah has supported former rates. This afternoon prices were
maintained.
TEA. —There has been less demand for Free Trade Tea
since we last wrote, and the transactions by private contract
have been upon a small scale only in either black or green de-
scriptions. Holders have evinced less firmness, and prices
have given way for all descriptions.
The speculative market has been in a dull state, and prices
have declined to Is 7d for Company's Congou cash ; the de-
li, et its of Tea, however, for home consumption have been
again good, and during the last week amounted to 421,0001 b ;
several parcels have been again exported. For auction to-
morrow 4.000 pkga are declared; only one small parcel has ar-
rived since this day week.
To-"'ay the Market was in a dull state for free trade, but
holders were not disposed to submit to lower rates, and it was
difficult to purchase common Congou under Is Gid cash. The
transactions in Company's Congou were extremey limited, and
there were sellers on change at Is 7d cash.
COFFEE.—Prices have been maintained for West India
Coffee, and holders have refrained from offering any at public
sale, but by private treaty there has been only a limited busi-
ness transacted in clean descriptions, and unclean sorts have
been scarcely asked for. The auctions declared for this week
consist of 250 casks, prices of other sorts admissible for con-
sumption, ruling much under those current for West India,
tends to operate against business in this market.
This afternoon there was no public sale of arty description,
and by private treaty the transactions were extremely limited
in both East and West India descriptions ; in prices, however,
little variation took place, but parcels could only be disposed of
or. lower terms. The question as regards the alteration in
the duties being still unsettled, causes the dealers to purchase
with much caution all kinds of Coffee. In Foreign, however,
a fair business was done to-day, and prices were firm.
Cocoa.—Prices have been supported for British Planta-
tion. Foreign has been less in request, but prices remain firm ' •
at public sale 40 bags good red Bahia were taken in at 42s 6d,
there were buyers at 42s per cwt.
AloLassEs.—West India has been in better request, 2s
under the late nominal rates : St. Lucia of good.quality at 295;
Demerara fine 31s, good 29s per cwt.
This afternoon 58 puns St. Kitt's were offered at public sale,
and all taken in at 29s for good fair quality.
Rust, Bass szny, ANr Iloet.astns.—Both shippers and the
home trade have purchased with caution of West. India Rum,
and prices have given way 1/2d to Id per gallon, except-
ing for fine Jamaica, which owing to its scarcity comman's high
rates ; the total s des since this day week have In en only 200
puns, principally Leewards, at 2s 21/2,1 to 2s 3d proof strength.
East India is '2d cheaper ; 250 hhds &c. have been sold, Cal-
cutta proof in hhds, at is sd, puns Is 4d, 26 overproof Is. 9d
to Is 9d ; of Mauritius, 170 hhds have been sold at 2s for two
per cent under : the stock of all descriptions is much large: than
last year at this time. Brandy has_ sustained previous rates,
but the transactions have been on a small scale at the following
rates; Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1836 at 5s 23 to
5s 4d in hhds and puns, do 1837, 5s 2d. do 1838, 4s 10d to ss,
1839, 4s 5d to 4s 7d, do 1840, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. In Geneva a
fair business has been done at 2s to 2s ld for export, and flue
sorts fit for duty have fetched 2s Gel to 2s Bd. British Corn
Spirits have been in fair request, at 9s 10d cash.
SPICES.—This afternoon the market was quiet for most arti-
cles; 1,631 bags black Pepper, 100 bags White, and 407
chests Cassia Lignea were offered at public sale ; black Pepper
was only partly disposed of at rather lower rates ; good Suma-
tra went at 3id 30, white fetched 71e1 to 7%el ; but Cassia
Lignea met with a brisk sale 2s to 3s above former rates, low
coarse fine thin quill fetched 86s to 97s per cwt.
RlCE.—Prices continue on the decline for Bengal, at 12s to
12s Gd for middling and good middling white, and its for low
pinkey, being 3d to 6d under former rates. Java went at 9s
to 11 s for low to good white, and yellow 7s 6d to 8s 6d. Ca-
rolina for home consumption at 34s to 36s per cwt.
Tard_ov;•.—holders of Russian have been more desirous to
realize, prices have given way 9d to is per cwt. On the spot
merchants have accepted 45s to 45s 6d for P. Y. Candle. For
deliscry all next month 44s 6d to 44s 9d; for the last three
months of the year at 475. Petersburgh soap Tallow at
425. 6d to 43s 3d. youth American at 34s to 435, according
to quality. Town Tallow has moved off slowly.
To-day the market was firmer for Russian, still the trans-
actions were not of much moment, but few sellers of P. Y.
Candle on the spot under 45s 6d and for next month at 45 per
cwt; for the last three months 47s to 47s 6d is asked, but few
sales were made.
OILS.—For common descriptions of Fish Oils prices have
given way a little. Pale at 31/ 5s to 311 10s ; Cod 261; South-
ern at 25/ to 28110 s for ordinary to fine quality. Sperm has
given way 41 to 51per tun; 891 to 901 is the value of fine British.
American at 85/ to 881 5s for good and fine quality. Head-
matter is much cheaper. In Linseed Oil prices have
further improved, and there are no sellers now under
30s ; for delivery at 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. In Rape
prices are firm at 43s to 46s Gd for pale, and 453 for brown.
East India Cocoa Nut Oil at 36s to 38s. For Olive prices are
firm. Palm Oil at former rates. Poppy Sad Oil 44s to 45s
6d. Mustard Seed Oil 42s 6d to 46s per cwt.