The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-14 00:00:00

Paper, of the 6th instant, given a summary of that
Report, we are in justice bound to insert the following
,observations from the Guernsey Star, and the Guern-
sey Comet, of Thursday, in reply to the statements of
the 'Report relative to their island. The Guernsey Star
observes—

" It thus appears that the Commissioners, in the body of
their report, state that, whilst the average quantity of grain
grown in Guernsey during the last five years has been 4,595
quarters of wheat and 3,789 quarters of barley, the average
annual exportations for the United Kingdom have amounted,
during the same period, to 6,444 quarters of wheat, and 226
quarters of barley,—consequently that the quantity of wheat
thus annually exported has exceeded the quantity grown in the
island by nearly 2,000 quarters, and therefore that a conside-
rable portion of the wheat so exported has consisted of foreign
wheat frandulently represented as of local growth. The astound-
ing fact thus broadly stated—which fully accounts for Mr.
Baring's statement in the House of Commons, that if fraud
had been proved against any of the islands, it was against
that of Guernsey—was so manifestly discordant with the re-
turns of the exportations of corn of local growth, known to
have been obtained from the Custom-house here, that it was
immediately concluded a flagrant error must have been some-
where committed. Happily, Mr. Savery Brock arrived here
yesterday morning from London, with a copy of the Com-
missioners' Report, and it was immediately ascertained that
such Report was totally at variance with the documents on
which it was founded, and which were appended to it,—for
whilst the former stated that the quantity of corn exported
exceeded by 2,000 quarters the quantity grown, the latter
showed that the Commissioners had committed a gross error
in neglecting to make a distinction between corn of local
growth, and foreign corn exported as such, and that the ave-
rage annual quantity exported as of local growth and admitted
into England duty free, actually amounted but to 539 quarters
of wheat, and 86 of barley,—the remainder, up to the amount
stated by the Commissioners, having been exported as foreign
corn and paid duty as such on its arrival in England! The
Committee appointed by the States were to meet this day for
the purpose of taking such steps on the subject as might be
deemed necessary."

The following extract is from the Guernsey Comet
of Thursday last. The Editor of that paper, we per-
ceive, has fallen into an error in attributing to the Re-
port the three lines he quotes relative to the insignifi-
cant amount of the total exportation of corn from all
the three islands, which lines formed part of our com-
ment upon the Report. That circumstance does not,
however, affect his argument as to the insignificance of
that exportation :

" Having we trust satisfactorily accounted for the extraor-
dinary mistake which has occasioned so much delusion in the
mother country, and in the British senate, let us for one
moment turn our attention to the Report itself, in order to see
whether there be any justifiable grounds for the measures now
in contemplation against os. After having painted us in the
most hidious colours imaginable, it says,
" It is evident, however, that the total exportation from all
the three islands is too insignificant to form a ground of serious
complaint on the part of th British farmer.'

"Such an admission is worth noticing, especially when it is
considered that the quantity exported from Guernsey has been
swelled above 5000 quarters per annum more than has been
actually imported into England ! Now, if, under such circum-
stances, the quantity is considered too insignificant to form a
ground of objection, &c,' what must it be when stripped of its
enormous addition ?—is it not much more than contemptible,
and dwindles into absolute nothingness, when compared with
the consumption of 52,000,000 quarters of grain per annum, in
the mother country, and clearly manifests the absurd, not to
say unjust conduct of the English farmer,' because it is certain
that the exportation from these islands has not, and cannot add
to the burdens of those men.

" We have stated from the commencement, that looking at
the exportation of corn of our growth, into England, duty
free, in the abstract, we never attached any importance to it,
nor do we now; but contemplating the principle which it in-
volves, we are of opinion the privilege ought not to be ceded
on any account, without previously resorting to every legiti-
mate means in our power, to show that it cannot be taken away
from us, without violating the sanctity of our charters, unless
it can be proved that we have abused the confidence reposed
in us by our Sovereigns.
" We shall forward the " Comet " of to-day, to the Edi-
tor of The Sun, who is too liberal, we feel assured, to deny us
the justice, in his paper, of explaining the cause of the misre-
presentations against us."

We insert to-day the conclusion of the First Re-
port of the Commissioners on Municipal Corporations
in England and Wales. This part of the Report
relates to the defects and abuses in the Municipal
Government of those` cities and towns ; and its state-
ments fully bear out all that has been said respecting
the corruption and mismanagement of those Corpora-
tions. Among such a mass of abuses, it would be
an endless task to comment upon a tithe of them.
We must,, therefore, refer our readers to the extract
itself ; but we would more particularly call their at-
tention to the following points in it :—The Corpora-
tions and the inhabitants have, in most places, ceased to
have any community of interest ; and especially, of
course, where a number of the Corporation are non-
resident. While the great majority of the respectable
inhabitants are excluded from the Corporate body,
paupers, lodgers, and others paying neither rates nor
taxes, form a considerable portion of it. The admis-
sion of freemen for political purposes, and previous to
elections. The exclusion of all but those holding the
political opinions of the party in power from the mu-
nicipal government. The secresy with which muni-
cipal affairs have been managed, and the refusal to
furnish information respecting it to the inhabitants.
The non-residence and neglect of Recorders and other
chief officers. The peculations committed on corpo-
rate property by the members and their friends ; the
bribery, corruption, and feasting to which it has
been • perverted ; the denial by many of such bodies
that they are bound to expend those funds for the ge-
neral welfare of the community ; and the defence of
the application of them to the profit of individuals.
The perversion of education funds, as at Coventry,
where two masters were paid 7001. per annum, and
had only one pupil !