The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1835.

ites, and Whiteboys in Ireland. This is a novel
specimen of political reasoning in what the Herald
would call a " free country." But passing over this,
and for once admitting the existence of the tyrant's
plea—necessity----will our most venerable contempo-
rary furnish the world with a list of the Rockite,
Whiteboy, and Political Union addresses which his
present Gracious MAJESTY received upon the Throne
since his Coronation ? Or supposing that no such
addresses have been forwarded to the Home Secretary,
would our contemporary approve of the getting up of
a few of them now, by way of set-off to the Orange-
lodge loyalty ? The Orangemen lauded the King
for dismissing his late Ministers, and dissolv-
ing the Parliament ; but so did not the ma-
jority of the assembled Commons of the United
Kingdom, and therefore we are at a loss to perceive
why such loyal effusions should be deemed of such
importance, as to sacrifice to them the dignity of a
British King, and the sacred principles of the British
Constitution.

We are glad that this question has at last been
properly brought under the notice of the House of
Commons. Mr. SHELL'S motion, which was carried
as it originally stood, and for the particulars of which
we refer to the debate, is to be followed up by
another, of which Mr. O'CONNELL has given
notice, to compel the Government to decide whether
Orangemen be or he not a legalized body. This
is exactly the proper course to pursue. It is right,
when Ministers fling themselves in the arms of a fac-
tion, notorious for its infamies, to ascertain in what
position such a faction stands in the eye of the law, in
order that the country may be put upon its guard.
For our own part, we sincerely regret beholding the
SOVEREIGN of this mighty empire constrained, as it
were, to give his Royal sanction to secret societies of
any kind whatever. We consider it as degrading to
the dignity of the British Crown, and insulting to the
good sense and inherent constitutional loyalty of the
British people.

The Marquis of CHANDos's motion for a Repeal
of the Malt Tax, fixed for Tuesday, is likely to be
postponed for a week, in order not to embarrass Mi-
nisters. Sir ROBERT wants time for consideration.

An interesting discussion took place last night in the
House of Commons on the subject of the new Poor
Law Bill, arising out of Mr. ROEBUCK'S presenting
a Petition from Colonel NAPIER, complaining of the
cruel treatment of the poor of Freshford by the over-
seers of that parish. When the case was before the
public, about five or six weeks ago, a Morn-
ing Paper made it the handle for a grave charge
of misconduct on the part of the Poor Law Com-
missioners, and for venting a splenetic effusion
against the Law itself, towards which it has always
evinced the most unfair, as well as unfounded, hos-
tility. We vindicated the Commissioners from the
unmerited imputation which was attempted to be
thrown upon them, and shewed that the blame ought
to fall on the local Magistrates, who had permitted
such abuses as were complained of to remain so long
unreformed. We are glad to find our view of the ques-
tion corroborated by the:authority of Mr. P. SCROPE,
and other Hon. Members. It is now made to appear
that the Magistrates are as culpable as the parish offi-
cers, and we cannot help declaring our opinion, that
justice will not be done if the latter are punished, and
the former allowed to escape. Mr. SCROPE laid down
in a very explicit manner the powers of Magistrates,
under the New Act, and showed that the law, both
before the passing of the late Act and since, gave the
Magistrates sufficient authority to correct the abuses
complained of. It came out also that the parish of
Freshford is precisely as it was before the passing of
the late Act, with respect to magisterial jurisdiction in
poor law cases, as no rules or regulations had
been made by the Commissioners in reference to it.
And to this we may add, that we doubt very
much whether the Commissioners have not exceeded
their power, in interfering at all in the case of the
Freshford paupers ; for they are precluded by a clause
in the Act from taking cognizance of individual cases,
and such are the cases of the two paupers who died in
the workhouse of that parish. What, then, shall we say
of the inveterate prejudice of the Journal which, in the
face of these facts, can reiterate (as the print to
which we have alluded does to-day) charges against
the Commissioners, which a moment's calm considera-
tion must convince it are totally destitute of foundation ?

Calcutta Papers to the beginning of October, re-
ceived this morning, contain the following outline of
the force intended to act against Joudpore, and which
was to assemble at Ajmere by the 4th of November.
Report says, MA UN SING had about 17,000 Arabs
in his service, independent of the Rajpoots, who were
were willing to support him (amounting to about
20,000), and that he was enlisting great numbers of
the disbanded soldiers of the Company's army. He
was at the time employed in obtaining supplies of pro-
visions, and destroying the water-courses of his ter-

ritory.
WESTERN DIVISION of the ARMY of the INDUS, under the
COMMAND of Brigadier-General STEVENSON, C.B.
STAFF.
Lieut.-Colonel E. Barton, Deputy Quarter-Master-General.
Lieut.-Colonel Anquetil, Deputy Adjutant-General.
Captain D. D. Anderson, Assistant Adjutant-General.
Major Burlton, Deputy Commissary-General.
Mr. Panton, Superintending Surgeon.
Colonel Parker, Commanding Artillery.
Colonel Tombs, Commanding Cavalry.
Major Irvine, Field Engineer.
Captain Campbell, Assistant Adjutant-General Artillery.
Captain Dawkins, 2d Light Cavalry, ditto, ditto, Cavalry.