The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-02 00:00:00

lONIAN ISLANDS.

The Malta Iflril pultlislit'.3 the foliovving extract
from the speech of the Lord. High Cornir.issioner of
the lonian Islimds on proroguing tho Parliament:—
" Mr. President and Gentlean-;n,—l have tow laid be-
fore you the question;, up, n •t: Lich i cot:ctive that you
tray honourably and u:cful:y co oot.rnte with the Go-
vernment for the brirtfl; of you: e.omalon countri. Ex-
tend the range of those as mut+ es von think- proper.
In the'wcrlc c f internal amelioration—trevi.iou cf the
system cf public edwomion, of ta.matiorrand the remoe;d
of all burdens that press otNqually tirpn the peorile—
there is a wide field of: wility open to yra, and I CIL
have no better guide in ppro-Aelling, it the the deci:iont
of the Assembly. It ioulki e ti.:4.:st pitiful to ui to
think that the pr,Tetleal whieh tray be thuf
achieved is destined again to ho o.i.erit!ce,3

which it is imposs:n.... r an • e ritart.
change in the -policy tit thit. Great European
Powers connected with the East by treaty and
by territorial pots 7.:tious, No stteh chatte. 1 contem-
plated. It has ut?tr, r been :Lc i;.tention t f the Qtwen
abandon o rsitier. under the ealegitat',-t of the
British Crown by fttt., treaty of Um-is. An 4, while :t it
thc.disire or her Ldam: t': to re4;,ot the
stcured to.you b; r.;‘, Cva.-2titutit,n, end to ehich Att
herself added so itirg sly, it will be my duty, as hvr Ma•
jesty'a rr-prerentative, to assert, upon Zit oecasioLs, the
rights which that same Cor.t.s:itution secures to her, and
to maintain thdln it:violate. I ztn compelled to mate
this declaration by the publication of a dor:on-rent to
which some rat reltcrs of the 21,;itrably have their
names, and by the continnarre of an agbation in one
or tr:o of tlit.6e islands, which ctu have no other cifect
than to (.144 rt the minds of the reople from aings that
are prsot]eable and easy of atie.iorcent. I bclisvo this
agitation to rr st neithr.r upon the property nor the inkl-
ligsnee of the country. I have, during the last six
months, been Lrr-ught largely in coutsct with the relit
lutiou of the rural distrietr:, and I sitould do li•tie justice
' to my own fepliug if I wore rut publicly to express wy
grat4tal scare of he reept,ioll that I hale tier:teed,
and my uOrairLtion t f tha?
tog, and intelligence whici, I tu.,:vo found araon. r.
thieve we, geut.N.tun, they think little of t;
theoiit.a, or rivaiittei. They want ge ::o-
verurnsint. They arc occupied with practical

to r( al

mcva!
,-eCurit.y

Their rotas, .hoer school;, the openiug •e"'
wEth scree as en e.uVet for their pr-oh-es,
nf uurceQS,ltry 12Strainte upon titer
propel-:): 1,..e.by an eirectile pollee, tine !L;
adreieizratiou of jeetiee—the,e are th tras:.ione eLien
interest artro ere!. %pen e? eh and all of there they
w 11
find in ree 0e...-a-leboorer. Whet it deeeectle
on me to.. do, eeeeieg.;ceturnerce hem unneees.eiry-
,lieck!ee", eree i 'the communicatiore b?tee
the : , In Whet remeirei to he
I Teem IL •
tedsieg tee.,
ask
at in mind, .yule
nateree. eeee.. [Aide to et,e 'Ll'',;t4-
dour.s of your rat-, retain a lively intereatein
its destieics. Ad triaL I desire is, that you will ac-
cept the geed which the present time may afford, and
niece yourselves ted me in a position to real'ae it, by a
honk and 'opt receenitien of the rights of a power
which desires to etc . freekiy and !egret!) by you, and has
Ito other desire er wish, in the etireiniso:etion of your
etVeire, than to see the principled of constitutional liberty.
des-eloped amongst you under the protection of the
oldest European free states and the greatest of her mari-
time powers. By th-e develepment of constitutional
principles, I mean the best pazkable adininistration of
your internal affairs, by the men who shall show them-
selves to have the best title to the confidence of their
countrymen, and the gradual improvement of the con-
stitution when time and events shall have proved it to be
necessary. I am enabled, heweser, to communicate to
you, in his own words, the ecotiments of Lexel Grey
upon the subject ; he reinitole you, that changes in the
constitution cf the Legislature, anti in the distribution
of political power, although from time to tioae they may
be necessary in every country, contribute nothing
directly to the improvement cf the condition
of the people. They are valuable only as
affording the means by which improvements in the laws
and in the system of raireinioration and economy in the
public expenditure may be secured. So far from being
beneficial in themselves, it is notorious that, so long as
the discussion of-constitutional changes is going on, the
consideration of those practice! measures, which are the
ultimate objects of such alterations, is suspended; while
the frequency of such chenges is in the highest degree
injurious, by destroying that confidence in the stability
of the constitutcti authorities which is one of the main
elements of their strength. It will therefore be much to
be desired that the attention cf the Parliament, when it
re-assembles, should be directed snore to the use of the
powers already granted to the people in the introduction
of practical improvements, than to the consideration of
new plans for further charges in the constitution so
lately established.' Upon this basis I invite you to
concur with me in doing what good we can during the
remainder of the present session, by entering at once
upon a course- of legislation honourable to yourselves
and useful to your-country. I entreat your eid in this
good work, and I rep_eat to you the assurance cf my most
cordial co-operation."

yar co,.nperation. Jn
rvnrthy coue,-,slsioz?-. I
TA.ineic!o f)f nfAlt),nA;:•,

THE TRINITY HOES vacancy is occasioned
among the elder brethren of this Corporation, by the de-
cease of Captain Aaron Charman, the senior of the brethren,
having been elected as far back as 1809. Captain Chapmsn
died on Saturday last, at his residence, Ilighbury Park, in
his SOth year. The deceased gentleman was long known and
highly esteemed in-lre city of London, and in four successive
rattiaments since the Reform Bill. repretkuted the borough
of Whitby in the itcuse of .Commons.
THE COLLISION ON HE. YORE. AND NORT II MID-
LAND RAILWAY.-- SOUTH Ai IL VORD, DEC. ai.—Te-day the
coroner and jury again assembled zt the White Swan, when
the jury gave in their verdict, which was that of " Manslaugh-
ter against Edward Crimston," the guardof the luggage train
which caused the accident. Grin-2ton will, of course, be
committed to take his trial at On Yorkshire spring assises.

We are enableA to state from unqueiticnable au-
thority that the report that Mr. Bennett has retracted his
resignation of St. Paul's, Knightbridge, is wholly devoid of
foundation.— Chr

PRIZE. FIGNTINU IN SuRnEY.—At a maeting of
the Surrey magistrates on Tuesday, a lengthened discussion
took place with reierencs to the conduct of the South-Western
railway Company, in giving a special "train for the use of
the c.)lnhaLtr.ts and ti:eir frienti; on the occasion of the re-
cent tight•betmeen the Tipton Shni.er and Paddock. One of
the mngistrates, Mr. Scott, who is also a director of the corn -
pany, Cu the part of that body stated that they had no know-
ledge of the purpose for which the train was used on the oc-
casion referred to, and gave an assurance that no facility for
a similar demonstration" should be hereafter aforded by
the railway authorities, On the faith of this assurance the
indictment for a misdemeanour has been withdrawn.

SCOTTISH I.IOSPITA L.—The quarterly general
court of the members of this corporation took place yesterday
at the institution, Craae-court, Fleet-street, Sir Walter G.
Stirling, Bart., in the chair. The inflames of the last meet-
ing having been read, some alterations were made in the
bye-laws of the corporation, and a statement was brought
forward showing the position of the Kinloch Fund for the
past year. From this it appeared that 2,000/. had been dis-
tributed during the year to about 500 pensioners. On the
motion of Dr. Webster, it was agreed that the " building
committee" be renewe.l, for the purpose of establishing a
better home and refuge los the pensioners, and that the names
of the chairman, Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, Mr. Bennech,
and Mr. Croll be incluited amongst the members of such com-
mittee. Some formal business was afterwards disposed of,
and the meeting separated.
THE GREAT Faumano2;.—FOßElGN GOODS.--

The Commissioners of the Customs have approved of the
following new form of sight bill of entry to be used for goods
imported from abroad, and intendei for the Great Exhibi•
tion of the Works of Industry cf All Nations, and have or-
dered the same to be adopted and used fur that purpose ac-
cordingly:—" Warehousing Sight—Goods for the Great Ex-
hibition only, viz. (here the description of the goods, with
the requi?ite particulars, is to be given). I, importer, do
hereby declare that the pacicages herein cl,scribed are in-
tended for the Great Exhibition, and that I will forward
them in the same state'as when landed, with due dispatch,
to the building for the Great Exhibition in Hyde-park.
Signed and declared this day of —, 183 I, in the presence
of —, c. P.S. Let this sight pm for the packages above-
mentioned, to be landed and forwarded to the building for
the Great Exhibition in Hyde-park, for exarninati,ii under
the regulations contained in the minute issued on the
I subject."

A WORD FOR Ma. BRlC,NETT.—Whatever we may
say about the conduct of Mr. St. Barnabas Bennett, there is,
at any rate, no doubt that be is adverse to the display of one
very great virtua—resignation.-- Punch.

THE LATE Ma. RAPILIEL, M.P.--The Dublin
Evening Mail contains the following —" The late Member
for St. Albans died without signing the decd transferring
the new churches at Kingston and St. Albans, as well as
Prior-park, near Bath, to the Cardinal. The delay is said to.
have been caused by the Cardinal's objecting to Mr. Raphael
naming the clergyman, and the result is that he has lost about
70,000/. worth of property. Mr. Raphael's 'sister died on
Sunday, so that his nephew cornea in for r.,11. The personal
property has been sworn at 2E0,00044 and the landed property
ie estimated at a larger iiicare.