The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-05 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1834.

ARRIVAL OF MR. HUDSON.

Mr. HUDSON arrived in town this morning from
Italy. He left Sir ROBERT PEEL at Rome, from
which the future Premier was to start for England
on the 26th. As Mr. HUDSON had ordered relays of
horses all the way, Sir ROBERT PEEL will arrive in
London on Tuesday next.
We have already stated that Writs for a New Elec-
tion are prepared. We now state that Parliament will
be dissolved in a few days after Sir ROBERT'S arrival.
Probably by this day week, the Proclamation will
appear in The Sun. Let the Refonners look to it :
Union is strength ! Be that their motto—and the
cause of Reform is sure.

Lord BROUGHAM has written a letter to Lord
LYNDHURST, which will be found in another column,
withdrawing his application for the place of Lord
Chief Baron, and alleging as his reason for so doing,
that though he felt anxious to accomplish the two ob-
jects of saving a large sum to the public, and of com-
pleting the reform of the Court of Chancery, by abo-
lishing the office of Vice-Chancellor, yet that he had
recently received_ communications from persons in
whose judgment he could confide, suggesting that his
act7ntance of a judicial situation, though without any
emolument
whatever, might appear to others to in-
terfere with his 15a.'liamentary duties. We think
Lord BROUGHAM'S friends have done him great
service in venturing on these suggstlons, and that
he has shown great sagacity in availing him-
self of them. As a Judge, however exem-
plary he might have shown himself in that
capacity, he could scarcely have failed to be
withdrawn, in some degree, from political life—
for the judicial duties in the Exchequer are no longer
what they were some few years since, little better than
sinecures, but have become so onerous as almost to
monopolize attention. Fortunately, however, for him-
self and the country, Lord BROUGHAM has adopted
the wise and fitting course, and can now plead the
cause of the people with energies wholly unfettered.
He can now bring the schoolmaster's primer to bear
against the Marshal's baton, and in his hands the
weapon will be irresistible. To those who imagine
that interested motives have been at the bottom of Lord
BROUGHAM'S proposition, we who have seen the
original letter, have it in our power to say, that it was
prompted solely by the loftiest and most disinterested
considerations. A morning contemporary endeavoured
to make a great deal of the expenses necessarily attendant
on performing the duties of the Chief Baronship—ex_
penses of circuit and chambers in London. Now these
together, Lord BROUGHAM calculated at about 8001.,
or at the utmost 1,0001., which, subtracted from the

Chief Baron's salary of 7,0001. a year, would create a
saving to the country of 6,000/. per annum. Besides
this saving, the office of Vice-Chancellor would also
have been abolished, by which a further saving of
7,0001. per annum would have been secured
to the country. As a still more convincing proof
of Lord BROUGHAM'S disinterestedness, he expressly
mentioned his intention of declining all the patronage
that might be attached to the office of Chief Baron.
Now, out of these simple facts, his Lordship's ene-
mies have contrived to weave a " web of lies and so-
phistry," in which they are themselves entangled
But though Lord BROUGHAM has defeated all their
puny machinations, still we cannot but regret that he
ever gave them an opportunity of misrepresenting his
conduct. There are few more valuable requisites in a
Statesman than discretion. While on this subject we
cannot but express a wish that Lords BROUGHAM and
DURHAM would consent to lay aside their differences,
and act in harmony together 'for the public good.
This would be more than discretion—it would be a
sacrifice of private considerations on the altar of the
public good, worthy of the best days of Greece and
Rome. It would, besides, strike a moral terror to the
hearts of the Anti-Reformers, and give an impetus to
the cause of justice that would ere long be irresistible.
Reformers, of all classes, are combining ; and we are
sure that Lords BROUGHAM and DURHAM will
not be the last to follow so magnanimous an example.
Their union is the only thing wanting to perfect the
triumph of the popular cause.

We publish, in another part of The Sun, a corres-
pondence between Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE and certain
electors of the city of Bath, to which we beg the
earnest attention of every Reformer, who, at a crisis
like the present, hesitates to sacrifice his own interests
to those of his country. On the first rumour of a
dissolution of Parliament, Mr. HENRY W. Hos-
HOUSE, the brother of the Right Hon. Baronet, a
Whig, who, from local connection, has great influ-
ence with the electors of Bath, determined to offer
himself a candidate for the representation of his native
city, in opposition to Mr. ROEBUCK. The Reformers
became alarmed at this sudden intimation. They
were convinced that, the division which this would
create among the reforming interest, this would clear
the way for a Tory, who, taking advantage of such
unfortunate divisions, would be returned, to the ex-
clusion of both parties. In this emergency they wrote
to Sir JOHN, pointing out to him the extent of their
fears, and requesting his interference with his brother
to prevent so unfortunate a result. The answer of the
Right Hon. Baronet is worthy of one of the best
friends of his country. He recommends the withdrawal
of his brother from a contest involving the hazard of
the defeat of the Reform interest in Bath ; and the
consequence is that his brother has withdrawn. We
trust the people of England will rightly appreciate the
high patriotic feelings by which Sir JOHN HOB'
HOUSE has been solely actuated on this occasion ;
taken in conjunction with his late refusal to,offer him-
self a candidate to his old constituents, the electors of
Westminster, lest thereby he might create dis-
union among the Reformers ; this last act of Sir
JOHN proves that he is prepared to sacrifice
not only his personal feelings, but the interests
of his family, rather than deprive the country
of the legitimate effects of the Reform Bill. This
conduct cannot be too strongly recommended to the
imitation of the Reformers of the United Kingdom.

We direct attention to Lord MELBOURNE'S reply
to an address from the reformers of Derby, in which,
speaking of the dissolution, of the late Cabinet, his
Lordship observes, that though he did not mean to
have it inferred that he had any just cause to feel
aggrieved by his Gracious Master, yet that he could
not " help saying, notwithstanding, that the dissolution
of the Cabinet had occurred abruptly, and at a time
when the public mind was in a state of especial calm
and quiet." His Lordship also said, in -reference to
the report of dissensions in the Government—" I beg
to give a clear, distinct, and emphatic denial to this
assumption. That some shades of difference on im-
portant measures did exist, and would always exist,
might be the case; but that any such variation in sen-
timent has caused the event, is erroneous and untrue."

Lisbon Papers, of the 22d ult., have been received.
The Miguelites are loudly complaining that the arti-
cles of amnesty are constantly being violated in their
persons. The Duke de LEUCHTENBURGH is ex-
pected in the course of this month to arrive at Lisbon,
preparatory to his marriage with the Queen of
PORTUGAL.

The German Papers have been received. The cx
racts are given in another column.

EPIGRAM.
Two steam-" boats" 'tis asserted wait for Peel,
His absence Ulti a-Tories deeply rue ;
For they, poor mortals, now begin to feel,
The premier-" ship" is waiting for him too !
G. T. E.

As soon as the intelligence of the death of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Gloucester reached Bethnal-green, a
meeting of the Committee of the National Schools was imme-
diately held, to take into consideration " the great loss the insti-
tution had sustained in the death of its illustrious patron."

The very interesting story, entitled " Lady Adelaide
Vernon," which is appearing in the Court Journal, and has
attracted so much attention, is actually founded, we under-
stand. on a very recent occurrence, and one well known in the
higher circles. This story, we hear, is to be followed by seve-
ral others, under the title of Episodes of Real Life—Courier.

Lord CLONCURRY has addressed a sensible and
animated letter to the Editor of the Dublin Evening Post,
on the subject of the present crisis, in which he says, " the
liberty, the property, and I believe, the personal safety of
every individual in the three kingdoms, depend on the speedy
discomfiture of the Tories, and of their great Captain."

LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, DEC. 3.
Our Cotton Market to-day has been quiet, the sales merely
reaching 1,000 bales, and our prices are again id. to 4d. per
lb. lower. No speculations, and the business confined to Cot-
tons ( American), 10Id. a 104 d. For anything below this we
have no inquiry.-100 Pernams, 13id.; 40 Maranhams, 130. ;
50 Egyptians, 160. ; remainder oweds, &c.

SEAMEN'S WAGES.—Thursday week the case
between the seamen and the ship-owners of the Tyne was de-
cided by the magistrates of South Shields. The seamen,
who had refused to sail under 51. per voyage, when the general
understanding had been 41., and had been superseded by other
men, demanded their days' pay since their last voyage. The
magistrates decided that the seamen could not recover their
demand, as there was no agreement, a fact which they them-
selves at once admitted. Even if there had been an agree-
ment when they entered for the voyage, they could not have
recovered, for that agreement would have been for 41., and
their refusal to proceed at that rate would have lost them their
days' wages.

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HEROIC CONDUCT OF A LIMERICK FAMILY.—
Sunday night the house of a farmer, named Jackson, near
Toryhill, in this county, was attacked by a number of armed
men, who broke the window, and having effected an entrance,
immediately demanded fire arms. The Jackson family, two
brothers and a son, assisted by the females of the household,
opposed a bold resolute front to those midnight intru-
ders, and, after a brief but desperate struggle, truly
brave and praiseworthy, in which the women acted
like genuine heroines, they made prisoners of the four fellows
who got into the house, and having dispatched a messenger
to the Rev. E. Croker, that gentleman quickly brought the
police to the borne of action, and marched the offenders in
custody to Croom bride Welt, The Ps§olB4l4 were severely
punished in the conflict. The attack was made early in the
night. The spirited conduct of this humble family demands
the highest encomiums.— Tt:pperary Free Press.