The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-18 00:00:00

▪ t'P the duty on policies of insurance on houses,
3eln'id have the appearance of a fair exchange,
W
or!lhat .01110. be so to a certain extent. We know
/ It yields a larger revenue, but that only
/ !now,
etii how little necessary it wag,
.comparatively
Rao,tt,
I)°, to take the duty off policies on farming
^ It is
insured their
only lately that landowners have
inhabi Herr stock to any great extent. The
fi `ants of towns, who were most exposed.
to
res , ,
'paid '4l! "Me been the great insurers, and. have
diateluie greater part of the tax ; but imme-
Y the people, who have the making of the
their feel that it will draw a few shillings from
from ?wn Pockets, they get themselves exempted
lots ti' As we said yesterday, this is a pure
ua? the public at large. Not a single indi-
lind- at the country, except the owners of
poorose chiefly whose mal-administration
ruin e laws has brought us to the brink of
thoi; will benefit by the reduction the one-
eve 4ntlth part of a farthing. Far from it, for
1,0(:); individual in the country, down to the
withest wretch who lives upon crusts and water,
to tnthe merest rags to his back, will have
to nri, a proportionate increase of taxation
ltitre.ai" up the sum which the law makers
The tuns barefacedly put into their own pockets.
tPrtri,re i 8 One, and only one, mode in which the
'b unity can he compensated for this grant,
ro lt lowering the scale of the duty on foreign
At.; We said yesterday, and we defy Lord
041411°11P, or any other man, to prove the
hbitq) that, in no other way, can the
114)11' this
large reap the value of a cowrie
weak tuis reduction. Is Lord AurtioßP so
the as
to imagine that he will conciliate
tio4;gricultural monopolists by this conces-
it as. No, although the breach of principle
tiot,hi great as if their protecting duty were
flip ed, the amount of the sacrifice is too tri-
Wilrpt° do more than whet their appetites. It
toetify them as an acknowledgment of their
sovereignty, as a pledge of Lord
wop'l°TtP's fealty to the glorious cause of mo-
-I.4);in corn, of regulated starvation, or, as
I '1 o„Cotil,lL-roN'expresied it the other night, of
ALT,'"ed scarcity." Indeed, unless Lord
Prot,-°4P went upon the principle, that the
ire -ting duty on corn is not sufficiently high,
coliteannot assign any rational motive for the
B,e,,he has taken. This augurs badly for
ton.; tilTmoßE's motion, which stands for
ryint, respecting the Corn Laws. It looks
14,11410110 h as if Lord ALTHORP means to ar_sist
Irk& n2polists in maintaining " the modified
)rti IY, till it has become " unmitigated star-
-114°11'" and the people declare, that they, the
,ers
k
ce °I corn, will have a voice in fixing its

We
- are authorized to state that the delay in
f.
ill grog forward the Bill for an alteration o
I;it:Ltatill) and advertisement duties as ordered
roan House of Commons, is entirely one o
than'
of We had begun to fear that there was a
-ge intention.
I,lt direct the attention of our readers to the
:of a Paris correspondent, whose position
144;,ety gives him good opportunities of ascer-
l\, the real state of parties and opinions.
tt clUite agree with him in thinking that
tli,'eserit there is no prospect of the esta-
-4:o"l..rtent of a pure republic in France ; but we
titio `I help thinking, at the same time, that con-
eg misgovernment, or continued indifference.
Public opinion, may give the ultra republicans
4reater degree of power than th would he
Itely to
41e great
acquire under ordinary circumstances.
mass of Frenchmen are, at this
era, anxious only for a change which wouldl
tto them what they were promised in J. u y—a
ItlarehY based on republican institutions.
tole true friends of LOUIS PHILIP will do well
ittl,ativise immediate attention to the just
ttNta.licls of the people, and thus give a
tc,„," degree of liberty than the peopleoar.
c
hktti:PDY, without destroying the forms of mo
h;Y• Should they hesitate much longer, the.
tr, irritated at the delay, and rendered indif -
tli-tikt to the indications of danger in the esta-
Ment of a republic, may throw off their
tht-tice on moderate men, and fly for relief to
lorjuitra-republicans. Louis PHILIP has a
h,,.°118 career before him, if he will but enter
ktt,. it. We are sorry, however, to see that
IN),tl° hooner acquire the external attributes of
?lorry, than they adopt its foibles. Kings are
Itit.hund of courting each other, than of court-
t esteem and approbation of their subjects.
tiktog'efriend of the West Indian interest is
.4tjng what he calls a plan for effecting ne-
ttqe;rilaticipation. It is characterised by ex-
ittt'n'tig Modesty and practicability. The pro-
-811,4 Proposes that art annuity should be
ht,Dt4l;lteed by his Majesty's Government to the
111,tit,etws of slaves of 3/. 10s. for each slave
I'4lrssess for thirty-five years ; that is, as the
lotn'ate estimated to amount to 800,000, that
%1,1",)°00/. should annually be paid by this
I,°,t „.Y to slave owners, for doing that which is
`4144.;C their own throats from being cut. The wor-
,4ar -1.4!') in order that everything may at least ap-
'tit() 14, then proceeds to subdivide the slaves
ktit'asses, valuing the dratt cattle—we beg
?'t°l'' the " field negroes" and " field ne-
tlittl,l444 at so much less than those who under-
tittt'v a trade. Next, in order that, after having
I'lk)t.eti this more than full compensation, the
‘,
other
titt,l may be still kept in bondage, or, as the
ef the plan delicately phrases it, in
theof ‘cto settle the pecuniary responsibility
t} toaster and the servant to themselves,
to
it:Zelationship between all parties, as it is
L'll4w-",,u during the continuance of the above
1:11,t hi' it is proposed that each negro shall
;(Ittthld to give the whole, or at least three-
of his labour for hire to his master,
I,4lti4'llg from him, besides what the law now
;411 -3
Ihe slave to, an annual rate of wages,
u.4i44,1110ch again as the annuity his master has
111,4 Vef't for him, and so much less if only for
4.4 t;-(3llrths of his time. On this scale, says
,-,(10.1.iZ, very gravely the slaves will receive
te:jtll)°/. for- their ,la.bour, three-fourths of
11040,41, should be paid (and the master held
tYcl for so doing) to an officer appointed
aJesly's Government, to be appropriated
e
,100f,„1)4Yrnent and security of the sum of
414,, 3,./UO/
h • guaranteed by the Government.
th':u„ of the thirty-five years, and not till
64 free Lave is to be entitled to the privileges
r4erat,-;4nao• All this means that the existing
strt-::n is not to know the blessings of
"at the able bodied slaves who have
,4,114111;, that they know what their rights are,
aye
n
th Y have ° hope of the freedom for which
iat :fnlong sighed, unless they take it and
844 teod_ their masters at the same tune. This
Praw: ,of emancipation we may expect to
"Y be se
without our taking the trouble to
tkihieotiltit;_tisvelefrititiweo or three millions to bring it
r,
na planters are resolved to expose
erve,
rtiaere .
toe periodical " burnings, rapes,
-..a
SI
oi which they complain, let