The Sun.
London, England, 1833-03-08 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

VIENNA, FEB.23.—Commercial letters from Constanti-
nople represent the state of things there as very satisfactory.
Ibrahim Pacha, as we have before stated, had ceased hostilities
by command of his father. Mehemet Ali Is said to have been
for some time dissatisfied at the great length of the line of ope-
rations of his army, fearing that in case of a reverse his enter-
prise would totally fail. Upon this consideration, and the cir-
cumstance that he is said to be so in want of money that he is
endeavouring to negotiate a loan, and, lastly, the news that his
army has suffered peat losses by the forced marches and the
frequent battles, seem to have made him more ready to listen
to the proposals made him through the European Powers,
which seem to promise him not indeed total independence
of the Porte which he sought to acquire, but a very great ac-
cession of territory, and security for the future. It is, be-
sides, known to everybody that Ibrahim Pacha owes his rapid
success chiefly to the aversion of the Turks to the reforms
introduced by the Sultan, and to the still existing influence of
the dissolved corps of Janissaries ; and that, if he had been
compelled to retreat, he would have lost the greatest part of
his force. But as matters now stand, he will return to his fa-
ther's in an honourable manner, and with a great increase of
power.
VIENNA, FEB. 9.s.—Five per Cents. Metalliques, 90 `9-16;
Four per Cent., SO 3-5; Bank Shares, 1208 I.3.—Allgemeine
Zeitung, March '2.

PETERSBURGH, FEE. N.—The following is a summary of
the contents of the Imperial manifesto of the 12th of February,
relative to the collection of the Russian laws. By the com-
mand, and under the personal direction of the Emperor,
during the last seven years, all the laws promulgated since the
code of 1649, to the Ist of January 18:32, which have remained
in force up to this moment, amidst all the changes that have
taken place in the lapse of time, have been collected together,
arranged in a uniform system, and divided into codes, accord-
ing to the several branches of the Administration, and the
affairs of Justice. This collection of the laws has been delivered
to the Senate, and is to be in force on the Ist January, 1835.
The Ukases and Ordinances issued since the Ist January, 1832,
are to be published in the sequel in annual supplements. The
ordinances relati% e to the army and navy, public instruction,
and the foreign religious communities are excluded from these
codes. The existing provincial laws remain in force, and are
to be collected in separate codes.—Frankfort Papers, March 2.
BERLIN, FEB. 24.—1 t is asserted that persons of high rank
in society confirm the news recently arrived from Holland,
that the Cabinet, in concert with those of Russia and Austria,
refuses to take part in the deliberations of the Conference so
long as the Conference shall remain at London. It is the ge-
neral opinion that the English Ministers will soon be obliged
to make concessions on that subject to the Tories, and take oft'
the embargo.—Nurer,bure Correspondent, Feb. 28.

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LONDON,
EFRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1833.

Mr. HUME'S motion for " referring to a Select
Committee the report of last Session, relative to the
propriety of erecting a new House of Commons,"
gave rise to a very amusing discussion last night.
The Hon. Gentleman, in the course of some obser-
vations tending to show the necessity that existed
for his motion, said that " several Members had fallen
sacrifices to the discharge of their duties in that
inconvenient arid ill-ventilated place." This fact,
without any further argument, we take to be quite
conclusive on the subject. Hon. Members entering
into Parliament, with the fixed determination to do
their duty to the best of their abilities, have surely
a right to demand that their health and convenience
should not be wholly overlooked ; that they shall at
least have fresh air and elbow room ; nay, that on
particular occas;ons, when, for instance, a dull ultra
is perpetrating a more than ordinarily dull speech,
they shall have, as Mr. WARBURTON slily hinted," six
feet by two, rather than three feet by two!"
Sir ROBERT INGLIS, with a glorious consistency
worthy the Member for Oxford, objected to any site-
t trion in the House, on the ground of " the change of
moral feeling that might be produced by an abolition
of ancient associafous arid the abandonment of a
scene hallowed by recollections of the noblest pa_
tviotism and the most splendid eloquence." The
Hon. Baronet must have been baud pushed for argu-
ments when he put forth such twaddle as this.
Abolition of ancient associations indeed I What!
does he suppose that the House of Commons has no
constant presence—no active lasting existence in
history, but is to die and be blotted out from
memory the instant it is removed from the sire
which it now occupies ? Is the question of
whether it shall be forgotten or remembered,
to be decided by a mere alteration in its position?
Is a few yar. Is higher up or lower down, to
make all the difference ? Does the Hon. Baronet
suppose that the "splendid eloquence" of CHATHAM.
arid BURKE, and PITT, and Fox, and CANNING,
will have no longer existence than the old walls which
rung with shouts of the hundreds whom they held
spell-bound by the magic of their genius ? That a
" change of moral feeling" is to accompany a change
of position in the House of Commons ? Really, Sir
ROBERT, twaddle like this is unworthy even of a
school-hoy. You are not taking an intellectual, bur
a brick-and-mortar view of the question. You are
discussing it, not like a Statesman, but a hod-man.
Is the memory of CICERO extinct because the
Ronsian Forum exists no longer ? Is DlistrosTHENEs
forgotten because Athens is in ruins? No, nor
would the " ancient associations " connected
with the House of Commons, cease, for a mo_
merit, to influence the present and the future,
were its old walls to be razed to the ground, and a
new building to be erected even in the heart of
Wapping. It is in history that St. Stephen's is
immortal. It is here we must look for " ancient
associations," not in the unsightly mass of brick-
and-mortar, which arrogates to itself the proud
title of a British House of Commons.
But even on the Hon. Baronet's own ground of
" ancient associations," we hold that the site of
St. Stephen's should be removed. There are quite
as many painful as proud " associations" connected
with We cannot forget, even while thinking of
CILkTIIAM and Fox, that it was the House which
set in motion every crusade against liberty that the
last century has known—that it was the House
which worshipped PITT, and went on its knees be-
fore CASTLEREAGH—that it was the despotic origina-
tor of the Septennial Bill—of the laws against the
Catholics and the Dissenters, and—coming down to
later times—of the Irish Courtmartial Acts—the
Gagging Bills—the Corn Laws—and God knows
how many hundred other laws, that are remembered
only by their transcendent absurdity. " Associa-
tions" like these will, we fear, more than counter-
balance those inspired by the recollections of a
CHATIIA3I, a Fox, or a CANNING. The sooner
therefore, on Sir R. INGLis's principle, they are got
rid of, the bitter.

Mr. HOWARD, like Sir ROBERT, opposed the mo-
tion, in a style and with a spirit that threw the
House into strong convulsions. Because soldiers
stood within a space of eighteen incites, therefore
the Hon. Member was of opinion that senators
should sit within the same limits. The Romans,
he added, never altered the size of the Forum Ru-
manum, therefore it was incumbent on the House
to exhibit a classic hostility to elbow room. Upon
this principle, the best possible recommendation of
a House of Parliament is, that it should bear a close
resemblance to the pit of a crowded thearre—that
it should subject its inmates to the combined de-
lights of dislocation and suffocation. After some
few remarks • from Mr. O'CoNNELL and Mr. Duri.-

DAS, Mr. HUME's motion was agreed to, and a
Committee appointed.

In the House of Commons, last night, Mr
O'CoNNELL moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
amend the Irish Jury laws, more especially as re-
spected Juries in criminal cases, and also to assimi-
late the Irish law regarding special Juries to that of
England, and to extend the old law of ballot for
choosing juries in criminal cases. The Honourable
Member added, that if Ministers would pledge
themselves to bring in a Bill on the subject, be
would not press his motion. Lord ALTHORP re-
plied that he considered himself pledged to a mea-
sure on the subject, and that one would very soon
be brought into the House of Lords, but that he
would offer no opposition to the present motion.
There is a manly straightforwardness about this that
tells well for the sincerity of Government in their
desire to ameliorate the condition of Ireland. Let
them but be as prompt and decisive in their conci-
liatory as they have shown themselves in their coer-
cive measures, and we shall entertain no fears for the
result. Mr. O'CONNELL'S motion was agreed to.

On Mr. HUDSON'S bringing forward a motion
last night, to reduce the salaries of all persons em-
ployed in the public service, and all superannuation
allowances, Lord ALTHORP took the opportunity of
specifying a number of reductions which had been
made, and observed that he expected shortly to be
able to make still further reductions. His Lordship
added, that there was a Committee appointed to
look into the Board of Excise, and the House
would be satisfied that the inquiry would be pro-
perly made, and that regulations would be adapted,
whereby, if it were possible, many officers
would be reduced, when he mentioned that the
Hon. Gentleman appointed to that Commission
was his Right Hon. Friend, Sir H. PARNELL
With respect to the Board of S►amps, and to the
collection of taxes, it was intended that in the
country the distribution of the one, and the collec-
tion of the other, should become the duties of one
officer. In both these latter departments it was
intended to reduce several of the Commissioners.
These were the intentions of Government—these
the views of economy it had. Without for a mo-
ment considering patronage, Government was re-
solved to make a reduction of officers where-
ever it could be made, and to make that reduc-
tion immediately, without postponing it to such a
period that its original intentions might be forgotten.
These observations are cheering, and will give great
satisfaction to the country. Let but Ministers act
promptly and boldly up to the spirit of them, and
they will fix themselves on a rock of adamant. No
opposition will have the slightest power to harm
them, if they only keep constantly in view Lord
ALTHORP'S memorable declaration, that " the days
of patronage are over."

We are glad to learn, from Lord BROUGHAM'S
speech of last night, on introducing a Bill for the
amendment of the law in certain parts of its ad-
ministration, that his Lordship still bears in mind
his great measure for bringing justice to every man's
door. We are only astonished at the long delay which
has taken place since his first announcement of an
experimental Bill for Kent and two northern counties,
without anything having been done to forward a mea-
sure which so much concerns the people. The House
of Lords has certainly not been very much engaged,
and the Bill is already framed. If there be many
clauses in ir, they may be left blank, as those in the
Irish Coercive B 11 have been; and certainly with so
many law Lords in the House of Peers as there are at
present, a Bill of the kind would have a good chance
of being there brought into a practical shape,and have
all its impeding clauses smoothed down, before be-
ing presented to the Commons. We are willing
to give Lord BROUGHAM credit for having a valid
reason for the delay, as he must be as anxious as a
man can be, to remove the evils he so clearly sees ;
but we trust we shall not much longer have to com-
plain of " hope deferred."

Last night papers arrived from New York, dated
the 16th February ; of the two subjects of interest
before in doubt, viz., the election of the President
and the Tariff question, only one has been settled.
That one is the Presidental election, which has been
decided in favour of General JAcx.soN, the votes for
the respective candidates being as follows :

For Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee 219
For Henry Clay, of Kentucky 49
For John Floyd, of Virginia ll
For William Wirt, of Maryland

Mr. MARTIN VAN 13uREN was at the same time
elected Vice-President, by a majority of 140 over
Mr. SARGEANT, of the state of Pennsylvania, who
came nearest to him.

The Tariff question was in state quo. The new
Tariff proposed by the Government, and given in
The Sue about a month back, had not been agreed
to by Congress. On the other hand, Mr. CLAY, of
Kentucky, had introduced a Tariff Bill of his own
into the Senate, which had been read a first arid
second time, and, on the 13th February, was re-
ferred to a Select Committee. The principle on
which it proceeds, is by annually taking off ten per
cent. of the duty on a'l imports—the duty on which
exceeds 20 per cent.—till the duty is reduced to
20 per cent. He also proposes that, in addition to
the articles which may now be imported duty free,
the following articles from and after the 30th of
September, 1833, until the 30th of September,
1842, may also be admitted duty free, viz. :

" Bleached and unbleached linens, manufactures of silk, or
of which silk shall be the component material of chief value,
coming from this side of the Cape of Good Hope, and worsted
stuff goods, shawls, and other manufactures of silk and worsted.
That from and alter the 30th day of September, IS-0, the fol-
lowing articles shall be admitted to entry free from duty, to
wit: unmanufactured cotton, indigo, quicksilver, opium, tin in
plates and sheets, gum arabic, gum Senegal, lac dye, madder,
madder root, nuts and berries used in dyeing, saffron, turme-
ric, woad or pastel, aloes, ambergris, Burgundy pitch, cochi-
neal, camomile flowers, coriander seed, catsup, chalk, coculus
indicus, horn plates for lanterns, or horns, other horns and
tips, India rubber, manufactured ivory, juniper berries, musk,
nuts of all kinds, oil of juniper, manufactured rattans and
reeds, tortoise shell, tin foil, shellac, vegetables used princi-
pally in dyeing and composing dyes, weld and all articles em-
ployed chiefly for dyeing except prussiate of potash, chromate of
potash, aquafortis and tartaric acids, and all other dyeing drugs,
and materials for composing dyes. That from and after the
30th September, 1542, all articles not exempted from duty shall
pay an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent."
Mr. CALHOUN, the representative of South Carolina
in the Senate, had given his approbation to this
Bill, so that if it should pass, we might look upon
the dispute which threatened a dissolution of the
Union as settled. The Committee of the House of
Representatives, which had been appointed to in-
quire into a branch of the question, had made a re-
port, strongly deprecating the employment of force.
They say—
" The interest in the question from which it has originated
is not limited to a single State, but extends to an entire section
of the country; and among the unhappy results of the applica.
tion of force, there is reason to fear that, from a controversy
between the general Government and a single State, it would ex-
tend to a conflict between the two great sections of the country,
and might terminate in the destruction of the Union itself."

This is the enlightened view to take of the question,
and if the South Carolinians will only on their side
consider how much they have to lose by a sepa-
ration from the Union, even if successful in attain-
ing it without great loss of blood and treasure, they

wisely accept the comp remise which the 1!6,
will .the
gislature, as far as we can see, appears ' t
make with them.

French Papers contain a report of the death °E t'
to teat
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Duchess of BERRY, which seems, howeve
on no foundation.

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We have seen a gentleman who left Omopo the
the sth ult. He states that the sickness ng c
troops was diminishing daily, and that Sollo
had an effective army of 14,000 men, besides 3, ,
national guards. The enthusiasm of the inhabitslith;
far from having abated, had so increased that to
EMPEROR had issued an order restrainivg hem
from taking any part in active service, esrer,,
under. circumstances of great emergency rid'Fir!l
s‘sions, with the exception of salt fish and
.at
ab•eure scarce, but of those articles there wag get
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ndance. The Miguelites had hombarded.o:i
town every night, but without effecting oil inill
worthy of notice. They continued also 10 51;
Mar 1 d the entrance of the Douro; but the ease .ed
which embarkation and disembarkation were Orr' to
on at the Foz, rendered this of little conseqorrice
the Constitutionalks.

The Chevalier DE BARBOZA,
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for Foreign Affairs to the Portuguese itegenio'betl
just left town for Oporto. His Excellenclo vh-gitb
but recently arrived from Pal is, where he etr
ment, had a long conference with Lord 14 hod,
s\Tvo
eNon Portuguese affairs before he left Elig 0.
understand that the Chevalier is chated 16 at
press to Don PEDRO bi
the great regret f
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Cabinet at at the dismissal of the Marquig 0
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The official accounts received by our tx°leted
from Lisbon fully confirm what has been sts.
to the sickness in the Miguelite army.

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