The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-10 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We shall endeavour on Monday to do justice to such of our
Correspondents whose communications are in arrear. The
pressure of snore important matter is our only excuse.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1832.

We are happy that the Commons have this
day at length got through Committee on the
Reform Bill. The Report will be brought up
next week; and in the course of the following
the Bill will be sent up to the Lords.

Most of our readers are acquainted with the
old story of the black slave, who, when under-
going his customary course of flagellation, could
not by any means be disciplined according to
his notions of the fitness of things. First his
master flogged too high, then he flogged too
low ; now the stripes were too frequent, now
there was too protracted an interval between
them. The Opposition just now are precisely
in the situation of the unconscionable Sambo.
Let Ministers do what they will, there is no
pleasing the squad. They either flog too high
or too low ; they either concede too much or too
little. Do they make population a test of repre-
sentation ? They are wrong. Do they make
wealth,and the influence thereby derived, a test?
No matter, they are equally in the wrong. A
notable illustration of this impracticable spirit
was displayed last night in the House of
Commons, in the discussion on the borough
of Walsall, on which occasion Mr. CRoKER.
personated Sambo. As, however, the Right
Honourable Gentleman—though he poured forth
as much Irish arithmetic as would have thrown
COCKER into convulsions—had nothing in the
shape of sound argument to allege against the en-
franchisement of Walsall, he very properly betook
himself to a Lament for unrepresented Croydon.
Now had the case been just the reverse ; had it
been Walsall's destiny to lose a Representative,
and Croydon's to gain one, Mr. CROKER'S ob-
jections—judging from the spirit he has hitherto
shown—would have been precisely the same ;
for his arguments are of an accommodating cha-
racter, and will apply to one borough with quite
as much propriety as to another.

Sir J. WROTTESLEY proved, to thesatisfac-
tion of the House, though grievously,' we fear,
to the detriment of the Right Hon. Gentleman s
arithmetic, that:in his statements respecting Will.
sail he had been somewhat poetical in his prose ;
or else he must suppose that he had "travelled
over that part of the country at night, or while
he indulged in a siesta." He accounted, how-
ever, for his blunders by the fact of his having
a " poetic mind,"—a grave accusation, of which
all those who have read his poem of " Talavera"
will honourably acquit the Right Hon. Ex-
Secretary.

But Mr. CROKER, ilia now, may be allowed
some latitude in his speeches, for his Parliamen•
tart' career draws fast to a close. Like the
swan, and with similar melody, he is singing his
last song. Yet a few weeks, and Reform will
have clapped an extinguisher on his farthing
rush-light intellect for ever. Still, even in this
predicament, he will not be without his conso-
lations, for he has a fat salary to solace him, and
the reputation of an author, as eminent for his
editorial, as he is for his arithmetical abilities.

An interesting discussion took place last
night in the House of Commons on the subject
of the recent despatches from the West Indies,
when Lord HowicK stated that the late insur-
rection in Jamaica was wholly suppressed, though
he feared, " not without a frightful destruction
of life and property."

Not content with the settlement of the Glove
Question in the House of Commons, it appears
that Lord STRANGFORD last night tried his
hand at it in the Lords. That this was not done
from any factious motive, We have the assurance

of the Noble Lord, and we are in duty bound
to believe him. His motion for a Committee of
Inquiry had no political object—it was done
purely for the sake of humanity—the most praise-
worthy motive in the world. We are the more
convinced of his Lordship's sincerity in this
good work, because he has drawn the principal
arguments in support of his motion from a re-
spectable body of smugglers—the most credible
authority in England on matters in which they
are so deeply interested—the free trade system.
These gentlemen would of course wish that the
importation of gloves were altogether prohibited,
and this purely as a matter of business,—the
most English argument in the world. But the
Noble Lord's chief objection to the present
system is, that it throws so many poor people
out of employment, and consequently out of
bread. For this we entertain as much regret
as his Lordship, but we cannot agree with him
that the distress is wholly occasioned by the
importation of French gloves. Nor can we believe
that an ad valorem scale of duty would mend
the matter. The distress which unhappily exists
Ls referable to other and various causes—as
Lord AUCKLAND justly observed—an increased
population, as well as a greater investment of
capital than the demand required. The change
of fashion, too, had contributed its effect. A
new species of gloves, cotton, linen, and
worsted, divided the market, and so far reduced
the consumption of kid gloves. Now, an in-
creased rate of duty would only increase smug-
gling, and defeat the object in view—and a re-
duction of the present duty the master of manu•
facturers did not require. What good, then,
could a Committee of Inquiry do to the trade ?
Nothing whatever. It would rather do evil, by
holding out fallacious hopes that could not be
realized. The Duke of WELLINGTON ap-
peared to be of the same opinion, and yet
he voted for a Committee of Inquiry !
The Noble Duke informed the House that
when in power he had granted Committees
on the wool and coal trades, though he was
of opinion that their researches could be
of no use—as the state of the revenue
would not admit of any reduction what-
ever in either branch of industry ! This was
giving trouble for no earthly purpose but
the pleasure of inquiry—mere labour in
vain. As their Lordships are likely soon
to have some other inquiries of a more beneficial
character, we think Ministers did wisely to spare
their energies for such a task. The motion
was accordingly negatived by a small majority.

The news in the German Papers relates sole-
ly to the commercial, agricultural, and other im-
provements which are said to be taking place in
Moldavia and Wallachia. The following ac-
count may be true, but rests on rather question-
able authority—the Odessa Journal:—

ODESSA.

The Odessa Journal contains private letters from Jassy and
Bucharest, of 30th December last year, and 9th January this
year, of which the following are extracts :
" The reform in our institutions, as stipulated in the treaty of
Adrianople, approaches to its completion with the conclusion of
the year 1S:11. It extends to every part of our social relations,
and with it will begin a new era for the natives of Moldavia and
Wallachia, who are in possession of the most fertile soil and
the most honourable recollections. Our history will hencefor-
ward assume a fairer and more tranquil appearance. Legality
In every respect, economy in the use of the resources of the
country, the return to our old maxims and laws, and the removal
of deeply-rooted abuses which have usurped their place—these,
in a few words, are the vivitvinv principles laid down by an en-
lightened, beneficent, and firm Government. The perseverance
of our President, General Kissellt, overcomes all obstacles. The
evils of war, its attendant scourges, the overthrow of all property,
the dissolution of all social ties—all the disasters which
we have endured since 1821, could not discourage a Go-
vernment which has only our welfare in view. Two Divans,
united in general assemblies at Jassy and Bucharest, deliberate
on the most important interests of the country. A national
militia, not indeed very numerous, but remarkable for its ap-
pearance and disci line, draws the attention of the people, who
are happy and proud to find themselves no longer dependent on
the mercy of a handful of Albanian mercenaries. Quarantine
establishments are being raised along the Danube, and these
Places promise to become, in the sequel, so many marks of a free
and lucrative trade. A great number of Bulgarians have
settled on our waste lands, and the example of their in-
dustry, as well as the encouragement offered by ex.
Portation, now freed from the former restraints, will
excite the emulation and industry of our native husbandmen.
The fine forests which cover the tops and sides of our moun-
tains which no longer fall under the blows of the rapacious axe.
Our towns on the left banks of the Danube, the walls of which
formerly cost such immense sums, such expensive materials, and
oppressive careen, are rising rapidly from the ruins of their
entrenchments, and the fortifications are levelled, never
to be raised again. Two Journals, in the language of our
forefathers, which are regularly published, inform us of
every thing that is done to improve and consolidate our fu-
ture situation. Our lands will cease to resemble the deserted
bed of a mountain torrent. To how many vicissitudes of for-
tunes has this ancient Dacia been subject, serving as a passage
for the armies of all nations, from the time of Trajan to Stephen
the Great, and from him to our days ! ,After being so long vic-
tims to their geographical situation, to their elective system, to
sudden
exertions, of extraordinary energy, and to subsequent ex-
haustion, Moldavia and Wallachia are now reviving. If we have
anything yet to wish, it is that popular education may keep equal
pace with the other reforms. The few schools that we possess have
not risen from their state of decay. The universal wish is for a
religious and national education, without which our institutions
will have in themselves no pledge for their duration. In this re-
spect our military organization is unanimously approved. A
great number of young men, throwing off their former ill and
effeminate habits, assemble under the banner ofthe
fonragoe?r.
But shall we still be obliged to send our children abroad
education ? It must be our wish to have gymnasia at Jassy,
Bucharest, Bolochan, and Krajowa, and besides these a propor-
tioMte number of elementery schools.

The following has been received at Lloyd's

to-day :

"BELGIAN CONSULATE, 3, COPTHALL.COURT,
" March 10, 15:32.
Sir,--1 have the honour to inform you that pursuant to a
decree issued on the 2d instant by his Majesty the Ring of the
Belgians, all vessels arriving in Belgium from the port of London,
will be subjected to a quarantine of from ten to thirty days, the
time to be decided upon in each particular case by the Board of
Health at Nieuport, in the canal of which port the quarantine is
to be performed.
" I remain, very truly, Sir, your obedient servant,
CASTELLAIN.
"To John Bennett, Esq., Secretary at Lloyd's."

COMFORT FOR CIGAR SmoKEns.—The
greater and more common part of the cigars vended in the
United Kingdom, and sold at from Rs. to 13s. the hundred, are
prepared from the cabbage leaf, soaked in a strong solution of
tobacco water. Cigars, so composed, arc generally passed off
under the names of Hamburg, Maryland, and Virginia. The
Mme deceptions may be said to exist in respect to the small
cheroots, whether scented or not; they are, with comparatively
trifling exceptions, nearly all of British make.—Nicotiaria.
SINGULAR PUBLICATION.—The first num-
ber of the Girard Journal of Wealth, a neatly printed octavo
of sixteen pages, has been issued at Philadelphia. The pro.
sPectu,, after alluding to M. Girard's death as an era in the
history of Philadelphia, says, the Journal is to be devoted to
the record of his munificent bequests, the illustration of his be.
aevolent designs, the progress of his charitable endowments,
nd the actual application of his funds to their several belie.
rent appropriations."
c. ENGLISH WOMEN.—A drawing-room and
aTobujt
Presentation are always here as ridiculous as the levee of
of
irngotroaster ; and all the pride and aristocracy are lost sight
adornedhe awkward embarrassment of these fair ones, not
dishabilie but
burdened, with diamonds and ornaments. In
young En' and when they are moving in their domestic circle,
in large s'o".h women very often appear to great advantage, but
so thorougheri", hardly ever—for an unconquerable timidity
conversatiOn Y Paralyzes even their intellects, that a rational
European woukw.inth them is out of the question. Of all the
fortable wives, a , I take them to be the most pleasing and corn.
judgment is whlclaliso the most unfit for display and society—a
Prince Puckler the praise is greater than the blame.—
uskows Tuur;