The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-03 00:00:00

THE SUN,

EDDIRIIRGH—.W ind S.—fine.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock :
, LEatinucx—Wind W., calm—partially cloudy.
CARLOW—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain.
illumiNGAß—Wind S.W., calm—rain.
Pc:out—Wind S.E.,hard wind—overcast.
LEIGHTON—Wind .E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
PErscanortouon—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially

cloudy.
Slim' —Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
BF.Arrocx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 3,
THERMOMETER, IX TUE SHADE.
64—highest since noon yesterday.
46—lowest this morning and during the night.
CO—this day, at noon.
BAROXIME, 2947.
WIND S.S.W.—light breeze and cloudy, with occasional
sunshine.

TO CORRESPONDENTS
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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1851.

Ai3D.EL.KIDER has secured to himself a noble
advocate in the person of the Marquis of LONDON.
DERRY. Already we have commented upon the ex-
ertions made by that generous soldier in behalf of the
illustrious captive, exertions which have hitherto
proved ineffectual in bringing about the EMIR'S
liberation. Again we have reason to refer in terms
of the most earnest eulogium to another instance of
similar magnanimity. Having awaited with no in-
considerable anxiety the results of his first energetic
interposition, having found that the princely senti-
ments expressed by Louis NAPOLEON remained fruit-
less of the happy consequences anticipated, Lord LON-
DONDERRY has once more brought the subject under
the consideration of the PRESIDENT of the French Re-
public through a letter evidencing in its writer an
elevated sympathy for the unfortunate. The document
is remarkable throughout for a vigorous and unaf-
fected eloquence, an eloquence resulting from the
force of those emotions in which the whole of this ge-
nerous interference has originated. The effusion
does honour to the heart of the old soldier : it speaks
no less emphatically for his intellect : it betokens an
entire abnegation of self in the pertinacity displayed
in a renewed application, the precursor of which
had been followed only by very grievous disappoint-
ment.

Since the moment of his interview with the heroic
prisoner in the Chateau d'Amboise the Marquis of
LONDONDERRY has strained every nerve to fulfil
the promise volunteered by him upon that
occasion, the promise of using every means
within his reach to effect ABD-EL-KADER'S
release from incarceration. It should be borne in re-
collection particularly that the Marquis of Lola-
DONDERRY was justified, perhaps more than any other
man, in looking forward to the possibility of inter-
ceding effectively with the Republican Chief
Magistrate. For a like interposition in behalf of
Louis NAPOLEON, when confined in the castle of
Ham, the Imperial Prince was nearly indebted for
his emancipation, the word of the late KING having
been pledged to the foreign intercessor, and only
foregone because of an unlucky bullet fired im-
mediately afterwards by an assassin at Fontaine-
bleau. Strengthened by the remembrance of that
brilliant testimony of his personal friendship for the
Prince Louis NAPOLEON, and satisfied that his en-
treaties, more perchance than those of any other
individual, would, under the circumstances, have
weight with the PRESIDENT of the French Republic,
the Marquis of LONDONDERRY pleaded with the more
confidence the cause of the most chivalric captain of
the age. It cannot be forgotten that the request laid
before Louis NAPOLEON upon this matter was re-
sponded to in terms eminently befitting the nephew
of the modern CHARLEMAGNE. Listening only to the
dictates of: his own heroic and gentle heart, he
avowed at once his solicitude to bring about the
result besought from his Government, adding that
negotiations were already commenced, on the part of
the French Ambassador at Constantinople. Than
this, of course, nothing could be more peculiarly
satisfactory. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, grate-
ful for the spirit and promptitude with which his
appeal had been acknowledged, lapsed again into
silence, confident that every reasonable delay would
be compensated by the ultimate freedom accorded to
the captive of the Chateau d'Amboise. Therefore it
is that, impressed with this conviction, the noble
advocate of ABD-EL-KADER has since then held his
peace, awaiting anxiously, Out with a sentiment
of security, the realization of his magnanimous
hopes.; Yet, propitious as everything appeared at the
outset of the interval which thereupon elapsed, doubts
have gradually thickened over the future; and the
consequence is that Lord LONDONDERRY has ven-
tured to address supplementary entreaties in regard
to the EMIR to the Prince Louis NaroLEox as the
head of the Republican Government. Employing in
this renewal of his demand one of the most graceful
and beautiful among the figures of rhetoric, he thus
addresses himself to the PRESIDENT :—" In the intoxi-
cating fairyland of the Hotel de Ville, where hun-
dreds and thousands of souls poured the wide stream
of flattery and incense around you, did the thought
never occur, ' Where is ADD.EL-KADER ?' In the
splendid array of the ilite of the warlike and noble
army of France, in her Champ de Mars, amidst the
enthusiastic cries of `Viva NAPOLEON 1' did no pang
shoot across your bosom, ' Where was ADD-EL.
KiDER ?' In the delicious groves of St. Cloud, sur- i
rounded by the Commissioners of the Industry
of all Nations, with flattery of diplomatists, and
ladies hanging on your smiles, while the most
conspicuous, from her temporary position, hung
upon your arm, did it never occur to you, ' Where is
ABD-EL-KADER ?" The emotionswhich those words
cannot have failed to excite must have deepened still
further the generous feelings with which, according
to his own assurance, Louis NAPOLEON has hitherto
continued to regard the heroic captive of the Chateau
D'Amboise. Nor can they have failed the less in their
effect from the circumstances that they are accom-
panied by expressions sufficiently indicating on the
part of the writer a gratifying appreciation of his
own elevated and princely character. Having pic-
tured to the PRESIDENT the aspect which any evasion
of the desired liberation would inevitably assume in
the eyes of the people of Christendom,
Marquis of
LONDONDERRY exclaims, moreover,
"thus you may leave,
under timid vacillation and
fearful prejudices to some inglorious successor to
supreme power
andpower in France
to Anr)
ance the crown
ADofEag, thlorwioius
sympathy
which you might now decorate your fair and I still
believe, faultless brow." Warned by these 'words,
from the peril of allowing an opportunity so desirable
to slip by unimproved, Louis NAPOLEON has re-
sponded to his friendly correspondent in language
worthy of his illustrious name, and his unblemished
reputation. He has reiterated with his " princely
word," the assurance of his own personal anxiety to
be in some measure instrumental in liberating the
victim of so much treachery. His intentions
towards the EMIR he still declares to remain
unchanged ; added to which he distinctly observes
that his ambassador has found the Ottoman
Porte ready to welcome ABD-EL-KADER within
the Turkish dominions ; and that the imme-
diate liberation of the latter is only yet a while pro-
crastinated, because of certain temporary but insur-
mountable obstacles. After this interesting corre-
spondence, no doubt can any longer be entertained in
reference to the ultimate release of ABD-EL-K.ADER
from
emancipationofisn
experi-
ence, of the miser'
sympa-
thising in the man
trm.ienatw, tahreeiPrince PRESIDENT being indi-
viduallyo solicitous to accomplish the work of his
character of the Arab chieftain.
great captain shall find the doors of
it must not be forgotten
dumb and indifferent, the
actuated by the feelings of
from. his own personal
les of incarceration, and sympa-
y noble and glorious phases in the
Whenever that
that
tors of his prison opened,
m ;while others remained
4 'tills of LONDONDERRY,
A gallant and veteran

LONDON,

soldier, exerted himself to strike off the fetters of cap-
tivity, and to give once more to freedom the gloriou3
chieftain of the Arabs in whose veins flows the blood
of MAIIOMET

Whatever may be the views and feelings of the
Protectionist " rank and file," and of their would-be
leaders, the PAUL FOSKETTS, CHOWLERS, et hoc genus

omne, it is quite manifest that the more important
members of the party have seen the utter absurdity
of persisting in a vain struggle to bring back the de-
funct corn-laws, or to revive the infamous bread-tax.
At every bucolic gathering we find the principal
guests of the evening giving in their adhesion to the
opinions recently put forward by Mr. DISRAELI at
Aylesbury, and cautioning the tenant-farmers
against indulging in any sanguine anticipations of
legislative interference. They were earnestly advised
to put their shoulders to the wheel and endeavour to
overcome the difficulties and impediments of
which they are complaining by their own exertions

and from their own resources, and informed that if

any aid is to be afforded, it must be sought for in the
only legitimate quarter—from the proprietors of the
soil, who should make abatements adequate to the
exigencies of the case. This is as it should be. It is
of the utmost importance that the British farmer

should learn his true position; that he should prepare
himself for the fair and open competition to which
he must be exposed, and not waste his time in un-

availing grumblings, or in unreasonable expectations
which can never be realized.
At Watlington last week Messrs. HARCOURT and
HENLEY made clean breasts of it. They took the
advantage of the opportunity afforded by
meeting a numerous and influential body of
their constituents to explain their tardy con-

viction, to which they had at length unwillingly
yielded. Nothing could be mere candid or straight-
forward than Mr. HARCOURT. After explaining the
deep personal interest which he, as the owner of land
in five different counties, must necessarily feel in all
relating to the cultivation of the soil, and :the pros-
pects of agriculture, and briefly and gracefully
touching on the sacrifices which he had felt it his
duty to make in order to meet his tenantry halfway,
and participate in their losses, he boldly confessed the
error into which he had fallen in opposing the pro-
position of Lord JOHN RUSSELL for a fixed duty,
and supporting the sliding scale in opposition. The
Honourable Gentleman acknowledged that had he
ten years since expressed that opinion, or
voted with the Whig Minister, it would have
led to the termination of his connexion with
the constituency of the county of Oxford, but he at
the same time asserted, that had he then entertained
his present views, he would have delivered his senti-
ments fearlessly and unequivocally, without reference
to the personal consequences. He then declared that
"the state of things as they were in 1846 and 1847
could not have existed," adding, "it was essential
something should be done."

Warming with his subject, and encouraged by the
cheers with which his previous statements had been
received, the Honourable Gentleman expressed his
belief that " one of the worst votes he ever gave, and
which was most calculated to be prejudicial to the
interests of the agricultural community, was in the
year 1815, when he voted that no foreign corn should
be introduced unless the price was 80s. That year the
price was 803.,' but the distress prevailing everywhere
was such that nothing since had equalled it. The
next year it was 608., when the formers were almost
ruined." Should not these unquestionable facts,
established by the testimony of a trustworthy and
unimpeachable witness, induce the farmers to pause
and investigate the real causes of existing difficulties ?
From the examples cited by Mr. HARCOURT, and
many others that could be adduced, they may see
that " protection" did not help them in the olden
time. It was the tampering with the currency that
led to the distress in those days, and nothing but the
removal of the unjust restrictions since imposed,
which the regulators of the circulating medium were
then preparing for, can provide a fitting remedy.
Let them, if they really wish for relief, look to an
alteration of the monetary code, ;which would indeed
afford protection to every species of British industry.
If Mr. HENLEY did not quite agree with his Hon-
Colleague in regretting his past votes, he was at least
equally explicit as to the future policy that should be
pursued. Without expressing any:approval of the
change that has taken place, his complaint was rather
that the question had not received " a full and free in-
vestigation," than that, the decision then arrived at
was erroneous ; but with respect to that decision he
said—" I see no signs whatever, so: far as my ob-
servation enables me to judge, that would enable those
gentlemen who represent you in Parliament, with any
chance of success, to ask for a new trial and a
new verdict. I know I am speaking to parties
who have had an adverse judgment given.
The judgment has been given against us. lam
speaking technically, of course. You cannot get that
judgment set aside unless you can carry facts to found
a new trial upon. I say, at present we have not these
facts. When we have them we shall know how to
deal with them. But it is useless for gentlemen to
expect their representatives to make out a case, if that
case is not supported by facts out of doors. You
must take facts into Parliament, nothing else is of
any use there, and what is more, these must be of a
nature to show that they are at least emanations from
a majority of the people."
These open confessions were received, like Mr.
HARCOURT'S, with considerable applause. The
farmers of Oxfordshire clearly acquiesced in
the views of their representatives as to
the uselessness of making any further
struggle to bring back protective laws, and the ab -
solute necessity of accommodating themselves to the
present circumstances of the country. In Berkshire,
too, Mr. PALMER, M.P., told the assembled agricul-
turists that, "with the present House of Commons
the restoration of protection was altogether out of
the question ; what might be done, if the country
at the next general election should speak out, no man
could say, but if, on the other hand, the result of the
next general election should be to confirm the policy
adopted in 1846, the county Members could not help it,
and their constituents must patiently accommodate
themselves to circumstances."
With such indications, it requires no extraordinary
foresight to predict the course that will be pursued
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the present. The
real contest will take place when the dissolution o f
Parliament renders an appeal to
the country neces-
sary, and if the Free-traders are then worthy of
themselves, if they duly appreciate the inestt • •
mable
blessing of " a cheap loaf," the h muc -vexed ques-
tion will be at once and for ever set at rest.
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HER MAJESTY'S JOURNEY SOUTHWARD.--It
IS
expected that her Majesty will arrive at Edinburgh on the
evening of Tuesday from Balmoral, and that she will leave
the Caledonian Railway station, Lothian-road, next morn-
ing, between eight and nine o'clock, on her way south
Luncheon has been ordered for the royal party at Lan-
caster, on Wednesday the Bth instant, at two o'clock. The
journey thence will likely occupy from four-and-a-half to
live hours, the distance being 170 miles.—Scotsman.

ACCELERATION OF THE NORTHERN MID-DAY
MAlL—Yesterday the merchants and men of business in the
City were somewhat agreeably surprised by receiving, at
two o'clock, instead of past three o'clock as usual, their let-
ters and newspapers from the north, thereby enabling them
to write off their replies, and leave the ledger an hour
earlier. The convenience is the result of an acceleration of
this mail from the let inst., by direction of the Postmaster-
General, the mail having left Liverpool at 4.15, instead of
6, Aag.

LIB SWELL/. ROCKS.—When Lord John Russell
inspected the Britannia-bridge, during his recent visit to
Wales, his attention was drawn to the Swells Rocks by Mr.
T. Assheton Smith, and it being at the time low water, his
Lordship had an opportunity of
.seeing the great obstruction
which they form
Lordship seemed impressed with the importance of the sub-
ject, and it is confidepntl
de' ermined upon. If empected that their removal will be
these rocks were blasted, nearly the
whole of the Irish trade south of Wicklow-head would find
a direct passage through Straits at a great. saving of time
and distance. The question excites deep interest in the lo-
cality, being of the greatest importance, not only to North
Wales, but also to the whole oftoehwesterr!, coast of Eng-
,of
Ficeisuti.ttm
land. The Premier and family
proceeded to the delightful vales
and.Tanyb-
g Ileddgelert,
wich, and having visited the principal objects
zwolaeencgtts of interest,
and attended divine service on Sunday
church,
passed through Rhyl, to honour with a visit thweTgord.Liett-
tenant of the county, the Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn, M.p.,
at Mostyn-hall.
DEFARTURE OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL. The
Royal Mail steam-ship Dee, Captain Allan, left Southamp.
ton yesterday afternoon, with the usual West India mail
and dispatches from Government to all the West India 'colo-
nies. She took out the large number of 120 passengers,
specie to the amount of 4,0001., and a full miscellaneous
cargo. The homeward mail will bo brought by the Clyde,
Captain AIM:

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