The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-08 00:00:00

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ous in the cause of good Government ; but finding,
after long and painful experience, that nothing was
to be hoped for from that party, he, of course, turned
his attention to one which held out better prospects for
his country. He was no otherwise connected with
Ministers than as they are friends to Reform, and,
above all, friends to Ireland ; and so long as they con-
tinue in their present course, so long will he continue
to them his present disinterested support. Passing
from this subject, which scarcely deserves a moment's
notice, Mr. MAULE proceeded to explain his sentiments
on the question of irresponsible legislation. "He hoped
for a Reform,"he stated, "in the opinions of the House
of Lords ; or else in the House itself. He trusted
there would be a Reform in the opinions of that House;
for if not, it was impossible that the opposition between
the people and the aristocracy could long exist; and if
the aristocracy will not bend their minds to the wishes
of the people, the former, as the weakest party, must
go to the wall." If the Tory oligarchy have any re-
gard to their own interests, they will take heed to these
remarks, for they express the true sentiments of the
community. Indeed, we look upon the opinions of Mr.
MAULE and Mr. COKE, on the question of the House
of Lords, as being signs of the times which no heredi-
tary Legislator can neglect, without imminent danger to
his authority.

By order of the Honourable Commissioners of His Majesty's Cus,
to s, on Eatpay, October 16th, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
% ILL BE EXPOSED TO PUBLIC SALE,

At the Custom-house, Weymouth, at a price not less than the

duties,
IX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO Gal-
LY lons of BRANDY; 214 Gallons Geneva, fit for .dealers;
I6lbs. tea ; 6 bottles Ean de Cologne ; lb. Nutmegs ; 1 lb. Su-
gar Candy ; 4 Coloured Prints ; 2 Mock Pearl Necklaces ; 71bs.
Hard Soap ; 16 lbs. Sugar ; 7 bottles Brandy ; 3 bottles Geneva ;
1 pair Leather Shoes ; 3 Scent bottles ; 1 bottle Rum •, 6 gallons
Brandy (samples) ; 3 casks Rum ; 1 cask Wine ; and the mate-
rials of destroyed four-gallon casks. For exportation, 6 Silk hand-
kerchiefs and 2 Silk purses, a part of the stores belonging to the
late Swallow and Hound Revenue cutters. The goods may be
viewed by applying atthe Custom-house two days prior to the
sale only.

HAAII3O, SEPT. 23, 1835.
-Iii_TEINE BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS
for the STATE of HAMBURG'S GREAT LOTTE-
RIES, beg to inform the Public that the Drawing of the 66th
Lottery having terminated to-day, Tickets of the 67th Lottery
will begin selling at Xci ; say Eight Pounds next week.
The Two largest Prizes of the 66th Lottery came up to the fo:
lowing Tickets:—

Bancomarcs.
No. 8,673 a whole Ticket, with the motto " Heine
Brothers, remit to Liverpool"
4.555 a whole Ticket, with the motto " Lots of
Luck to Edinburgh"
A printed authentic List of all the Numbers and Prizes, will ap
pear in a few days.

The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock.

Mr. O'CONNELL has addressed a letter to Wm.
ROCHE, Esq., in which he announces his readiness to
accept of the invitation to a public dinner with which
the citizens of Limerick have honoured him. In this
letter Mr. O'CONNELL says, " We have at length a
Ministry single-hearted, and sincere in its desire to
serve Ireland ; we have also a Lord Lieutenant who3e
conduct has almost silenced the calumny of the most Ca-
lumnious faction the world ever saw--a Lord Lieutetant
who, by his strict adherence to constitutional principle,
easily avoids showing partiality or undue favour to any
party, while his dignified demeanour ensures the re-
spect of eve❑ the factious, and fills with sentiments of
veneration, as well as of gratitude, the entire popula-
tion of Ireland."

The public spirited inhabitants of Edinburgh and
its vicinity have much apparent reason to complain of
the little attention which we seem to have paid to the
great exertions that are about to be made for the con-
struction of a harbour at Granton, in all respects
worthy of the capital, and favourable to the commerce
of Scotland. If we have not been among the first take
notice of the projected improvement, it was not from
any indifference to the scheme or its results, but be-
cause we deemed the time inauspicious, as the public
mind was too powerfully agitated by great political
questions then under review to give an instant to the
consideratioa of measures which might be delayed,
without a possibility of being altogether forgotten.
We were likewise of opinion that where a heavy res-
ponsibility might be incurred by the expression of
particular views, gathered from partial sources, the
safest course would be to wait patiently, until every
party immediately concerned should have an opportu-
nity of stating their sentiments and impressions on the
matter. They have done so to a considerable ex-
tent, and the result is that, though we do not see
the question differently from what we did at first, ne-
vertheless we are more sensible of the necessity of pro-
ceeding cautiously than we were at the commencement.
All parties have agreed in admitting that Leith
Harbour has failed in realizing the object for which
it was constructed, and the question for some years
past has been, whether it could be rendered efficient
at a less expense than a new harbour could be con-
structed on some part of the coast, equally convenient
for all mercantile purposes. Several Surveys of the har-
bour and the adjoining coast were made in consequence,
each so differing from the other that great doubts
existed as to which was most worthy of public confi-
dence. At last the Duke of BuccLEucar, with a
generosity as patriotic as it is unexampled, offered to
supply funds for the construction. of a harbour at
Granton, provided the Company who undertook the
guperintendance of the work, guaranteed the re-pay-
ment of the simple outlay out of the Harbour
profits. Granton and Trinity are the only two
places along the coast where a harbour could
be constructed, with any great advantages over
Leith. Granton is reported to have many consider-
able advantages over Trinity. The water is much
deeper, being twelve feet and a half at low water ; it is
considerably nearer Edinburgh ; and is moreover a
part of the property of the Noble Duke, through
whose liberality the new harbour is about to be
erected, and consequently will meet with that encou-
ragement in the commencement which only a land-
lord has means and opportunities of giving. By
a report made by the Messrs. STEVENSON, civil
engineers, who surveyed the harbour of Leith
and the adjoining coast, it appears that twelve feet
deep at low water would be sufficient for the accom-
modation of ships of the largest class, and that to
obtain this depth of water, the piers at Granton would
only require to be extended 550 yards; at Trinity 730
yards ; whereas at Leith they would require to be
extended 1,500 yards I Leith is only fifteen yards
nearer Edinburgh than Granton ; whereas Granton is
half a mile nearer Bruntisland, thus saving that dis-
tance to 140,000 persons, who annually cross the
Ferry, to the opposite coast of Fife.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 7, 1835.

Mr. IVIAmE, M.P. for Perthshire, who, as our
readers well know, is one of the most upright and in-
telligent Reformers of the day, was entertained by his
constituents on Thursday last, at a public dinner at
Blairgowrie. On this occasion the Hon. Gentleman
entered into a recapitulation of his votes during the
Session, which gave entire satisfaction to all who had
the good fortune to hear him. Alluding to the changes
of Ministry last spring, he observed, " when the Go-
vernment had been constituted, twenty-three Members
of it lost their seats, and of these, twenty-two had been
returned, every Member from Scotland without oppo-
sition. How different was the fate of the Members
of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Government I The Reform
Ministry lost one election ; the Tories eleven ; and
the fear they have of the people is the best safeguard
of the present Reform Government." This is a
useful fact, which may tend perhaps to lower the
tone of the Tories, and awaken them to a recol-
lection of their true position in the country.
They have already, whatever they themselves may
deem to the contrary, exerted all the strength
they have it in their power to exert, and henceforth
can only stir to show their weakness. Many of them,
however, stiill cherish the belief that the mass of the
people is with them ; and with such there can, of
course, be no reasoning, for even facts themselves
would fail to cc .nvince them. Having spoken in terms
befitting their c 'onduct, of the present Ministry, Mr.
MAULE went c n to explain the nature of the connec-
tion between them and O'CONNELL. " A Bill," he
said, " had beet i brought in for the reform of the Irish
Church, but, a las ! it had been thrown out in the
House of L Drds. Other measures for the benefit of
Ireland had ; sharer; the same fate, and men were found
so weak as to, ascribe the passing of those measures to
the influence of Mr. O'CONNELL. But Mr. O'CON-
NELL had not 'dictated to the Government. He agreed
with, and had su .pported the measures of Government—
that was all." Mr. MAULE here puts the support of
Ministers by O'CONNELL 011 its proper footing.
The Hon. and • Learned Member for Dublin only sup-
ported them bet ause he had every reason to believe
that they were earnest in their desire to do justice to
Ireland. As. lar any compact between them and him,
to which the Toric s even now are so fond of alluding,
none was en tered into, because none was necessary.
Mr. O'CoN NELL 'would have had no objection to
support the ( ',onservoatives, had they been equally zeal-
.

We understand that the inhabitants of Leith
are strongly opposed to the erection of the new
harbour at Granton, as they apprehend that it
will injure the trade of the town. We can
sympathize with such feelings, and regret that
it sometimes becomes necessary to lose sight of indivi-
dual interests in the prosecution of national improve-
ment. We understand that the actual debt over
Leith Docks amounts to 273,0001.—a large sum, truly,
but which, we trust, can be so managed that
private individuals will lose nothing by it. Altogether
the question is very complicated, and ought to be'dealt
with in a most liberal spirit. We shall refer to-morrow
to the different statements of the Messrs. CUBITT,
STEVENSON, GRAINGER, and MILLER—aII engi-
neers who surveyed the harbour—in order that the public
may not adopt a premature opinion on a question in-
volving the commercial interests of a whole nation,
and the property of thousands of most enterprising and
deserving individuals.

One of the most gratifying signs of th e present
times as contra-distinguished from the times that are
past, is the prevalence of a charitable spirit in matters
of religion, among the great body of the people. What
a changed aspect does the popular mind present to the
eye of the man who recollects the savage fanaticism
which disgraced the metropolis in 1780, and Birming-
ham at a still later period. In those times it was an
easy matter to excite the passions of the populace
against the Catholics or the Dissenters. The ad-
vocate of intolerance had then little more to do
than to mount the pulpit or the platform and raise the
cry of persecution against an obnoxious sect, when its
members were hunted down and their property given to
the flames, without delay and without compunction.
Now the O'Sullivans and the Cunninghams, though
they out-Heroded all their predecessors in religious rant
and rancour, cannot gain a single proselyte. The
ultra-human ferocity of the denunciations which these
twin bigots launch against their fellow Christians, serve
only to make the saintly old maids, who are almost their
only hearers, stare, and to excite in the public who

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