The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-16 00:00:00

REPLY TO THE ABOVE.
No. 6.

8, Rua de Necessidades, April 29, 1834.
Sir,—Since Captain W. left my house this morning I
have had a consultation with my friends, who are decidedly
of opinion that I cannot meet or hold any communication
with you until you convince the public that the charges
brought against you are without foundation. I was not.,
or am not, your accuser, but, whenever your courtmartial
is held, I, if called forward, will produce the persons, who
will give the documentary evidence which they placed in
my hands, and after what has passed, if you wish it, I will
become the prosecutor myself. J. M. DOYLE.

No. 7. •
ORDER OF THE DAY.—No. '2OB.

Imperial Head-quarters, Lisbon, April 30, 1834.
GENERAL ORDER.

His Imperial Majesty the Duke of Braganza, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Liberating Army, is pleased to
direct that the following order may be communicated to
the army :
No. I.—Major-General (0 Mariscal de Campo) Sir
John Milley Doyle, Aide-de-Camp to his Imperial Ma-
jesty, is exonerated from his situation, and detached from
the Imperial Staff.
(Translation. 'A true copy.) J. M. DOYLE.
Seen by me the first time May 2, 1834. J. M. DOYLE.

No. 8.

A translation in French of No. 4 and No. 5 was imme-
diately sent by Brigadier-General Bacon to his Imperial
Majesty the Duke of Braganza by the Aide-de-Camp on
duty, stating that he was perfectly ready to meet any in-
vestigation if his Imperial Majesty believed the smallest
particle of Sir John's lies.

M. Florent Guiot, who was one of the
Members of the Constituent Assembly, died recently
at Avallon, in the Yonne, at the age of 78 years. He
was also formerly Ambassador to the Court of the
Hague.—Paris Paper.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—DREADFUL Ac-
CIDENT ON BLACKPRIARS BRIDGE.—Last evening an
inquisition was held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
before Mr. Payne, the Coroner, on the body of Chas.
Downer, aged 30, whose death was occasioned by
being run over by a waggon on Blackfriars-bride.
The Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death, with
a deodand of 10/. on the waggon. The deceased was
a journeyman tailor and a unionist.
THE EYE.—There are three modes of per-
forming the operation for cataract, and likewise three
ways of treating it without operating ; the latter arc
the antiphlogisttc, the stimulant, and the counter irri-
tant, each of which ought to be fairly tried ; and it is
only when unsuccessful that recourse should be had to
the knife. In confirmed cataract of several years'
standing nothing can be done but by an operation ; and
when the patient is old and feeble its success is pro-
blematical. Incipient cataract, however, like incipient
deafness, may be cured without an operation ; but
when neglected until it has become structural, there
as in other chronic diseases, little relief to be ex-
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when forming should be let alone till mature ; on the
the better; and further, that the earlier this is attempt-
ed the greater is the probability of cure. For this
purpose
apply-
ing a solution of the potassa cum calce to the affected
organ, and combining with this a course or antiphlo-
gistic and constitutional treatment. I wish it to be
distinctly understood that I speak only of incipient
cataract. With regard to an operation where only one
eye is affected, it ought not to be attempted, since the
sound is thereby frequently injured by inflamtr ation
supervening. Neglect of the disease in its early stage,
and maltreatment afterwards, are commonly the causes
which render operations necessary ; and were diseases
of the eye to be generally taken in time, I am con..
winced that they are as curable as dise ises of the ear,
or those of any other organs of the body.—Curtis on
the Preservation of Sight

HIGH WA', ER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO MORROW.
Morning 49 minutes after S.. Evening...l7 minutes after 9.

RAILWAY IN LONDON.
rivrlE Public are most respectfully informed that
an EXHIBITION is now Open at the BAZAAR,
MAKER-STREET, which accurately shows the MAN-
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on, or who have not been on, this great National Wonder,
it must prove highly attractive, and to persons interested
in Railways it will give a much better explanation than
can be collected from any written description.
Admission from ten till six ; price One Shilling. Ex-
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On

The Munich Gazette says the occurrences
at Frankfort will form a subject of serious con-
sideration at the Congress of Vienna. No
doubt they will, and elsewhere too.

VIENNA, MA Y 5. —Five per Cent. Metalliques, 99X;
Four per Cent., 893/4 ; Bank Shares, 1,272. iillgemetne
Zeitung, May 10.

Mr. TENNYSON'S motion for leave to bring
in a bill to shorten the duration of Parliaments
came on for discussion last night in the House
of Commons, when on a division there appeared
for it, 185, against it, 235 ;—consequently it
was lost by a majority of 50. This very poor
majority, on a question which Ministers op-
posed with all their skill and power, convinces
us that the day is not far distant when Trien-
nial Parliaments will again be the law of the
country. We have read the debates with some
attention, but have been unable to find a single
-sound argument in favour of the Septennial
Act. Lord DALMENEY was sophistical, and
Mr. STANLEY clever and sarcastic, as usual,
but neither one or the other could make any
head against the plain, strong sense of Mr.
TENNYSON'S reasonings. As this hon. mem-
ber's motion was merely to shorten the duration
of Parliaments, without specifying whether they
were to be quinquennial, triennial, biennal, or
annual, the decision of the house must be taken
as putting a veto on the question altogether.
A broad, uncompromising decision like this
comes with peculiar ill grace from the advocates
of a ministry who were themselves the first to
set the wheel of reform in motion. It will not
be forgotten, we are sure, at the next election.

The Standard wishes to have a few Bishops
among the Poor Law Commissioners. Have
not the Bishops enough to do? Idle persons
are of no use in a commission of this descrip-
tion. They may impede the progress of Re-
form, but they are very unlikely to accelerate
it. An ecclesiastical commission for the de-
struction of pluralities, and a restoration of the
ancient practise of the Church in her best days,
when the clergy regarded themselves as trustees
for two thirds of the tithes, one third for the
poor, and another third for building and repair-
ing churches, would be a very good thing.
Some Bishops, as well as Laymen, would be
well placed upon it, but with this great work
to be done, in addition to all their labours,
spiritual as well as temporal, it would not be
right to engage their time and attention in
business which may be as well, arid probably
better, performed without their assistance. We
should hope that the session will not close
before satisfaction has been given to the in-
quiries of the public in reference to ecclesias-
tical reform.

Whenever there are three vacancies in the
Irish peerage for a year, his MAJESTY has the
power of creating one peer. The right is about
to be exercised in favour of Mr. CAREW, a
highly honourable and intelligent gentleman.
We wish that at least twenty or thirty of the
most liberal and independent commoners were
elevated to the peerage. They might, at least,
neutralise the votes of the Lords Spiritual. The
country would be highly gratified with an infu-
sion of liberal blood into the House of Peers.

We are rejoiced to find that Sir JOHN
CAMPBELL starts, with every prospect of suc-
cess, for Edinburgh. Sir JOHN CAM HOB-
HOUSE has handsomely recommended his friends
in that city to support the Attorney-General,
whose brother is, we understand, a gentleman
resident there, well-known, and highly esteemed.
If Sir JOHN should succeed, which we most
earnestly hope he may, he will have little reason
to regret his late failure at Dudley. The
country, however, has lost much, as there was
no abler or more sincere supporter' of reform of
all kinds in the House of Commons than
the Attorney-General. Representing the en-
lightened citizens of Edinburgh, Sir JOHN
will find in them powerful supporters, and
they cannot do a more patriotic deed than
to return him with the utmost possible degree
of unanimity and despatch. It may not be too
late for him to assist Mr. BROUGHAM in his
Bill for the Registration of Births, &c., and to
introduce and carry even this session those two

other measures, scarcely less iniiiortant, which
require his VOWeiful aid, particularly that for
the abolition of imprisonment for debt. In
expectation of the latter, erery creaitoi 'in
the country was advistti., efore it was too late,
to lay hold of the person of his unfortunate
debtor, and hence the prisons are filled to a
greater extent then ever, to the loss of the cre-
ditor, as much as of the families of Me debtors.

Lord WYNFORD moved the second reading
of the Sabbath Observance Bill last night in
the House of Lords, which—after a speech
from the LORD CHANCELLOR, marked by his
Lordship's usual caustic humour and sagacity—
was carried by a majority of-3

New writs were last night ordered to be is-
sued for Edinburgh and Leith, in consequence
of Mr. JEFFREY being appointed Judge of
Session, and Mr. MURRAY, Lord Advocate.

Lord ADOLPHUS FITZCLARENCE refuses
the stall of Worcester. We believe it will be
given to the Rev. Mr. FORTESCUE, who, it
will be remembered, refused the living of
Fulham.

Lord DURHAM is to preside at the annual
meeting of the Society for the Protection of
Religious Liberty to-morrow. This has proved
a very useful society. Its funds are understood
to be very large, and its means of communica-
tion with the congregations in connection with
it are of course very easily, promptly, and effec-
tively employed. If there are only 3,000 con-
gregations connected with it, the subscription
from each being 2/. annually, the supply for
any emergency is of course very large. The
services of the committee being also gratuitous,
and the secretary being honorary, the society
must be in possession of ample funds. We
can conceive of no better application of a part
of them than that which the occasion calls for.
Lord DURHAM will have it in his power to re-
move the unjust impressions which have been
made on the minds of the Dissenters, with
regard to the wishes of that Government
over which his noble father-in-law pre-
sides. He will doubtless embrace the op-
portunity of explaining the views of the Go-
vernment with whose honourable intentions
he must be intimately acquainted, and of dis-
suading the Dissenters from listening to the
counsels of those (if such there be) who per-
suade them that though the Whigs will grant
little, the Tories, if reinstated in power, will
concede all. Lord DURHAM knows the Tories
too well to suppose that they will ever give up
any thing which may be used as a source of
patronage, or which tends to preserve it in their
hands. His Lordship will also, we apprehend,
inform the Dissenters that the effect of a sepa-
ration of Church and State, at present,
would be that of leaving the Clergy in
possession of immense resources, which, if un-
controlled by the Crown or Parliament, might
be used for purposes adverse to the general
interests. Let us first know what the resources
of the Church really are, and then (paying due
regard to life interests) -see how they may be
made most productive of intelligence, peace,
and good feeling to all classes of the community.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

THIS DAY, FRIDAY, MAY 16.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes past
twelve.
On the motion of Colonel LEITH HAY, the StoMeld
and Lossiemouth Harbour Bill was read a third time and
passed.
Mr. NEWTON SHAW E brought up the report of the
committee on the Suffolk Amicable Insurance Company
Bill.

Colonel SEALE brought in a bill for making and re-
pairing roads in the neighbourhood of Kingsbridge and
Dartmouth. Read a first time.

Mr. EWING moved that the Leith Harbour Improve-
ment Bill be read a second time on the 6th June next.
On the motion of an HoN. MEMBER the Ashton Road
Bill was read a third time and passed.
On the motion of Sir J. ASTLEY, the Stoke Ferry
Drainage Bill was read a third time and passed.
Admiral FLEMING presented a petition from an indi-
vidual named Adam, against the Wishaw Railway Bill ;
also a petition praying for an alteration in the Lanarkshire
Road Bill.

Mr. HARCOURT presented a petition against the
Ashton (Oxfordshire) Inclosure Bill.
On the motion of Mr. HARLAND the Hartlepool Rail..
way Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. PHILLPOTTS brought in a bill for converting the
curacy of Hammersmith (Middlesex) into a rectory. Read
a first time.

The How. MEMBER. then brought up the report of the
committee on the St. George's (Southwark) Market Bill.
Mr. VIVIAN brought up the report of the committee
on the Aberavon Harbour Bill.
Mr. WIL KS presented a petition from the ship-
owners of Boston, in favour of the Boston Harbour Bill.
Sir E. WILMOT presented a petition from the dissen-
ters of Birmingham against the Church Rates Amend-
ment Bill.
After a few words from Mr. Baines, Lord Sandon, Mr.
Cayley, and Mr. Wilkes, the petition was laid on the table.
On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL the Dublin Ce-
metery Bill was read a third time and passed.
Lord C. RUSSELL presented a petition from the
friends of civil and religious liberty of Woburn, in favour
of the admission of dissenters to the university. Also a
petition from the dissenters of Dunstable to the same
effect ; and a petition from the hundred of Bromley for the
repeal of the malt tax.
Mr. EGERTON presented a petition from Gately, in
Chester, praying for the appointment of a committee to
inquire into the cause of the increase of drunkenness.
Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the trustees
of the Whitecloth Hall, of Leeds, in Yorkshire, praying for
some effectual measure to remedy the evils arising from
trades' unions. He would support the petition, though he
acknowledged that any interference might produce the
most serious evils. He would rather leave it to the re-
turning good sense of the members of trades' unions them-
selves. Also a petition from a Baptist congregation of
Horsfall, York, praying for the relief of grievances.
Colonel EVANS expressed a hope that Government
would attach some importance to the petition which had
been presented praying for a remission of the sentence
i‘Tihre ordered table,
tafrbolem,
upon the Dorchester unionists.
the
dissenters of Beccles, against the proposed alteration in
the church rates ; and a petition to the same effect from
the dissenters of Hatfield.

Mr GASKELL presented a petition from the members
of the Wakefield Political Union, praying for a remission
of the sentence of imprisonment passed upon an individual
of the name of Webb, for publishing an unstamped
publication.
After a few words from Mr. BUCKINGHAM, Mr.
LLOYD, and Mr. WlLics, the petition was ordered to lie
on the table.

Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition from 3,000
inhabitants of Aberdeen, praying for the separation of
church and state.

Mr. DAWSON presented a petition from the dissenters
of Hinckly, praying for the total abolition of church rates ;
and three other petitions from the county of Leicester to
the same effect.

After a few words from Mr. WILKS the petition was
ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. WIGNEY presented a petition from the dissenters
of Brighton, praying for the relief of grievances ; and a
petition from the licensed victuallers of the same place
against the present Beer Bill.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented petitions from
Penzance, and other places, praying for the repeal of the
Septennial Act ; also a petition from the yeomen of the
eastern division of Cornwall, for the total abolition of tithes.
After the presentation of several other petitions, the
SrzAii left the chair.