The Sun.
London, England, 1834-02-10 00:00:00

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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1834.

We beg to direct the attention of our readers
to the extracts, in another page, from our Pro-
vincial Contemporaries, acknowledging the suc-
cess of our efforts in diffusing the earliest
intelligence with respect to the meeting
of Parliament. At the head of these will
be found a very handsome testimonial from his
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of IRELAND,
by the hands of his Secretary, Mr. MONTGO-
MERY. Next to the satisfaction of having suc-
ceeded in our best endeavours, is the generous
acknowledgment of those who appreciate our
exertions.

We have already so fully expressed out sen-
timents on the case of Mr. SHELL and others
implicated in the charge, that it is hardly ne-
cessary to add a word more on the subject.
The House of Commons can refuse a Committee
of Inquiry, but can they do so with justice i❑
the present crisis ? The only alternative is an
explanation on the part of the Hon. Member.
If he has made use of any hasty expression
which would give a colouring to the charge
against him, let him admit it at once. He should
have done so at the commencement. It would
have come with a better grace then, and would
have had twice the effect, but still it is better to
give it now than to be forced to it by an inves-
tigation. If he is totally innocent of the charge,
then his only course is to demand a full and
fair inquiry.

The affair of ROMARINO and his associates,
at the Lake of Geneva, appears utterly incom-
prehensible ; and out of mercy to them we can
attribute it only to pure madness. What chance
had a handful of foreigners against the whole of
the Sardinian army, backed by the tens of thou-
sands of Austrians in Lombardy ? Every one
of the great powers, too, would have at once
taken part against the intruders, and considered
themselves justified in assisting the King of SAR.
DINIA in putting down an insurrection planned
and carried into effect by foreigners. Inde-
pendently of the hopelessness of the cause, the
conduct of the party excites feelings of a more
painful nature—it shows a want of gratitude
on the part of the Poles, and will afford
grounds for their merciless oppressor to in.
crease further his severity. Owing to their
restless disposition, which we hardly credited at
the time, they were obliged to leave France.
They were received with kindness and hospitality
by the Swiss, who thereby incurred the dis-
pleasure of Austria and Russia, and this act of
kindness they have returned by implicating their
protectors in the quarrel. The regret is dimi-
nished only by the reflection that the authors of
this rash enterprise form but a small portion of
the exiles, and that they were reduced to a state
of despair, which made them look on any
change as a relief. Their enemies, however,
will regard their conduct in a very different
tight ; but, what is of more consequence, it will
afford Russia a pretext for her barbarous po-
licy, and what she will consider an unanswerable
reply to the solicitations of their friends in

England and France. We trust, however, that
these powers will not slacken their endeavours in
behalf of that unhappy people, on account of
the indiscretion of a few adventurers.

It is with great pain we observe that the same
barbarous mode of warfare is still persevered in
by the contending forces in Portugal. At the
taking of Leyria nearly the whole of the garri-
son was put to the sword, and a similar atro-
cious scene took place on the 25th ult. on the
the capture of Torres Novas by SALDANHA.
The place was occupied by about 200 horse and
200 foot, all of whom, with the exception of
78, were put to death by the assailants. The
determination to refuse quarter was such that
the General had difficulty in saving even that
number. Such is the fatal animosity excited by
civil war ! Foreign nations fight with one
another according to certain laws of honour,
which are but too often disregarded by domestic
factions, and their relentless dispositions is only
another proof of the awful responsibility in-
curred by those who recklessly incite people of
the same country to arms. MIGUEL has thus
obtained another claim to the eternal hatred of
his countrymen, and added to the long list of
his crimes. What destruction of property, what
individual suffering and loss of life, have been
caused by the perfidious and treacherous conduct
of one man

New York Papers, to the 17th of January,
have been received, by which we learn that. re-
solutions approving of the withdrawal of the
Government Deposits from the United States
Bank had almost unanimously passed the House
of Assembly—the numbers being 118 to 9.

The French papers contain some account of
the proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies on
the 7th, when the discussion on the street-criers
was resumed, the object of which is to place
under the control of Government the hawkers
and street-venders of stamped and unstamped
publications. The law was opposed with con-
siderable energy and eloquence by the Members
of the Liberal party, but it was ultimately voted,
and every amendment proposed rejected.

The German Papers contain no intellegence
of moment.

VIENNA, JAN. 30.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 95 7-16 ;
Four per Cent., 85 ; Bank Shares, 1,2161.-4/Igen:eine
Zeitung, Feb. 4.

We have given in another part of The Sun
copious accounts of the progress of affairs in
Portugal up to the 2d instant. It appears that
the forces of Don PEDRO are carrying everything
before them. A very decisive victory was obtained
by Gen. SALDANHA on the 30th of January
over a body of 4,000 Miguelites who were
totally put to the rout with the loss of about
1,000 prisoners—and all the materiel of war.
It was expected that a very little time indeed
would put a period to such barbarous and deso-
lating hostilities.

COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

ATTORNEY-GENERILL V. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE

The LORD CHANCELLOR was engaged during the morning in
hearing the resumed arguments in a plea and demurrer in this
matter, upon an appeal from the judgment of his Honour the
Vice Chancellor, which overruled the same.

KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

Sittings before the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.