The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-08 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1835.

Letters pour in upon us from various parts of
Devonshire, all exclaiming against the coercion em-
ployed by the landlords and parsons in the late elec-
tion, and all stating the conviction of the writers, that
the tenant-at-will clause of the Reform Act must be re-
pealed, or the ballot resorted to, for the protection of the
voters. This conviction, we are happy to say, is not
confined to the inhabitants of Devonshire. It is ra-
pidly gaining ground everywhere. The tyrannical pro-
ceedings of the Tory Aristocracy, backed—indeed in most
cases urged on—by the spiritually-minded guardians of
the tithes--have made more converts to the Ballot within
the last six months, than years of speculative discussion
could have done. The truth is that none but those
who have been witnesses to the oppression exercised
by the Tory landlords over their tenants in the rural
districts, can form any idea of the extent to which it is
carried. Those who live in cities see but little of
the evil. There the tradesman who prefers inde-
pendence to interest, and refuses to comply with the
mandate of an imperious tyrant, to violate his con-
science, may perhaps sustain the temporary loss of a
customer ; but the loss is generally made up by a
greater share of public patronage ; and if not, is amply
compensated by the self-respect and moral elevation
which are felt by the man who is conscious of having done
his duty to his country, in spite of the frowns of unprin-
cipled power. He is supported, besides, by the appro-
bation and encouragement of his fellow-citizens, with
whom he is in habits of daily intercourse. But in a
country parish how different is the state of things I
The Squire who in London is lost in the crowd, and
is literally nobody, is there a great man in his own
sense of those words—that is, he has power over those
who cultivate the soil of which he is the proprietor.
This power he uses without responsibility, and without
mercy. He is a despot, and his victims have no
means of escaping from their fate. They have no
choice between obedience and ruin ; and if they apply
to the minister of religion, whom the State has pro-
vided for their comfort and protection, they find him
too frequently as great a tyrant and a bigot to boot.
We select from the letter of one of our Correspon-
dents the following passage, which will show, in a
striking point of view, the internal working of the ma-
chinery by which the Tories have obtained their
" triumph" in Devonshire :

" I have seen in this district the farmers headed to the poll
by the parsons and landlords ; and I have heard them say
after they had polled, that their hearts and consciences
were with Lord John, but they were compelled to vote against
him by these dictators. Many of them wished to keep away
from the poll, but say they, what could we de? Meister
made us come and breakfast with him, to go to the poll in the
carriages provided for us.' As a proof of this, I mention
the parishes of Harford, Cornwood, Yealmpton, and Newton
Ferrers, which, almost to a man, voted for Parker. Doubtless
similar instances can be given in the other districts."
Does this require any comment ?

We can imagine nothing more distressing than Mr.
DISRAELI'S present condition. Burning with an
ambition to distinguish himself in the field of Mars, at
Chalk Farm, he cannot find any gentleman willing to
oblige him, by allowing himself to be put up as -a
target. In vain has he applied to the two O'CoN-
NELLS—father and son—neither of them will heed
" the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely."
In this dilemma, what is the unhappy young Gentle-
man to do ? Will no one go out with him ? Is so
much valuable valour to lie dormant for want of exer-
cise ? Is he to keep the peace in spite of himself ? Is
there no chance of his being accommodated with an an-
tagonist by means of an advertisement ? Alas, no I We
fear his case is a hopeless one ; and that he himself is
of this opinion, is evident from the closing sentences of
his last letter to Mr. MORGAN O'CONNELL--•
" Sir," says he, " it is my hope that I have insulted
your father : assuredly it was my intention to do so.
I shall take every opportunity of holding his name up
to public contempt. And I fervently pray " (pious
youth !) " that you, or some one of his blood, may

attempt to avenge the inextinguishable hatred with
which I shall pursue his existence." Frightful ! The
well-known threat,

" Great Bombardinion has roceived a wound,
And Chrbnonhotonthologos shall die,"
was nothing to the threat contained in this combustible
missive. We hope that Mr. D'ISRAELI, senior, will
do it justice, and in his next edition of the " Curiosi-
ties of Literature," assign it a place among the fore-
most. It is an epistolary phcenomenon, worthy even to
be stereotyped. But we must not jest. The case is
too serious; and the situation of Mr. O'CONNELL,
exposed, as he will henceforth be, to the " inextin-
guishable hatred" of Mr. D'ISRAELI, fills us with
inexpressible alarm. What, in heaven's name, is to
become of him ? True, he has weathered many
dangers, but never a danger like this ! True,
he has had many antagonists, but never one like
D'ISRAELI 1 We are prepared, therefore, to anti-
cipate the worst ; and filled with these gloomy
forebodings, conjure every sincere friend of O'C ort-
NELL to repair instantly to Number 31, A, Park-street,
Grosvenor-square, (we give the Address in full, so that
there shall be no mistake), and intreat the implacable
tenant thereof, as he respects his own omnipotence,
and the helplessness of his rival, to forego his vow of
"inextinguishable hatred" towards O'CONNELL.
Surely, he will not commit Manslaughter, in defiance
of the prayers of such petitioners ! Not he I He will
imitate the magnanimity of Coriolanus, and bidding
the weeping suppliants rise from their knees, say to
them, like his illustrious Roman prototype, " Gentle-
, men, you have conquered. O'CONNELL is safe."

We have received the whole of the Paris Papers of
Wednesday, with various accounts of the second sit-
ting of the Court of Peers on the prisoners of April.
The refusal of the Court to permit the prisoners to
choose their own Counsel, without regard to legal
qualification, threatens to produce serious evils in the
French capital. The public mind begins to recover
from the affright occasioned by the extraordinary pre-
parations made by the Government for carrying on this
trial. The fearless behaviour of the prisoners them-
selves, who appear to regard their sufferings as a mere
preliminary to the triumph of their principles, cannot
fail to make a deep impression on their countrymen,
who see arrayed against them the whole power of the
Government. The gross injustice, too, of confining
the prisoners in their defence to the limits prescribed
by the ordinary course of law is the more striking, in-
asmuch as the prosecution is conducted on a principle
which presumes the necessity of superseding all recog-
nised law. The very Court—the Judges—the officers
in attendance—the indictment itself—every thing con-
nected with the prosecution is a violation of the laws and
charter of France. The prosecution is extraordinary—de-
clared to be so by the Government—and yet the prisoners
are compelled to defend themselves according to the for-
malities observed in the inferior Courts. This is an
instance of the grossest, the most flagrant injustice.
Again, the Peers are wholly unqualified for the office
of Judges of the conduct of the accused. They are
by rank, by principles, by employments, by habits, and
by associations, so totally removed beyond the sphere
of life in which most of the prisoners have moved,
that they are wholly incapable of understanding their
motives, or interpreting their actions. Most of them
too, are the mere tools of the Government—creatures
of the Court, who know no will but that of the Sove-
reign. Others are miserable, worn-out, debauchees—
drivellers in intellect--without an idea beyond the
courtesies of a birth-day, and the formal civilities of a
levee and a ball-room. During the old regim6 the
Peers of France had at least some regard to their
honour ; and would have scorned to be made the tools
of any Government in the prosecution and adjudica-
tion of some two or three artizans, who were mad
enough to think that it was not criminal to imitate the
conduct of their KING, by attempting the punishment
of political apostacy. DLit 1.113 present illustrious
senators of France are troubled with no scruples of
this sort. They live, move, and have their being in
the KING, and are too happy in the execution of
whatever task he is pleased to impose upon them.
There are, it is true, a few gallant exceptions to this
rule. There are among them some persons who
scorn to breathe the corrupting atmosphere of the
present Court of Versailles ; but their influence is
too limited to preserve the equipoise of the balance
of justice. They see the evil, but they cannot pre-
vent it ; they are aware that their compeers are hurry-
ing the country over the precipice of another revolu-
tion ; but they can only admonish, threaten, and with-
draw themselves from all participation in their head-
long proceedings. As for the KING, he is no longer
amenable to counsel from any quarter. He even
boasts that he can laugh at the admonitions that are
daily addressed to him through the medium of the
press, foreign and domestic. As yet he has been
tolerably successful in his headstrong course, but the
Ides of July are not over. And even provided they
were, and that there was not a prisoner of April now
in Paris whose life-blood had not flowed, as a punish-
ment for his treason, is the KING so insane as
to believe that his throne would have acquired any ad-
ditional security ? Does he even affect to be per-
suaded that despotism requires no firmer basis
on which to raise an imperishable dominion than
the heads of two hundred French Republicans ? If
he do, he knows little of France—nothing of mankind.
And why are these trials now proceeded with ?
The country is tranquil. There are no conspiracies
on foot, save such as are being fomented by the police,
for their own and the Government's base purposes.
The crime for which the prisoners are about to be ar-
raigned is now almost forgotten. The culprits them-
selves have, most of them, suffered eighteen months
incarceration in the Government dungeons, and have
therefore more than fully expiated their offences.
Why, then, is the prosecution now undertaken at such
great expense and trouble ? The answer affects, deeply af-
fects, the welfare of France. The prisoners are brought
to trial, not because justice remains unsatisfied, but
because the Royal vengeance is yet unsated. Neither
justice nor the public safety require the further per-
secution of the misguided men ; but the KING'S wrath
is still unappeased, and he knows that he will find
among the Peers plenty of tools with which to wreak
ample vengeance upon the men who dared to question
the omnipotency of his power.
There is no other domestic news of any importance
in the French Journals. The defeat experienced by
Ministers in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, on
the Bill for the Improvement of the Navigation of
Rivers and Canals, was retrieved by the expertness of
their generalship during the sitting of Tuesday. The
Bill, by a vote of the Chamber, in which Minis-
ters were in a minority, was referred back to the
Committee, which is usually reckoned in France
as tantamount to a postponement till the ensuing Ses-
sion. The Opposition, therefore, considered the ques-
tion as settled, when on Tuesday the Bill was returned
by order of the Committee, and, on the motion of the
Minister of the Interior, read and passed. This arti-
fice, by which the Government obtained a signal
triumph, will not be forgotten by the leader,s of the
Opposition.
Letters from Bayonne to the 2d inst. state, that a
courier is on his way to London with despatches from
Lord ELIOT to the British Government, relative to
his interview with the Spanish Chiefs. General VAL-

services.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1835.

DEZ iS said to have sustained some inconsiderable loss
In the late engagements with the Carlists.

FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, MAX 6.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 90c. 95c.
Four per Cents., 99f. 20c.
Three per Cents. 81f. SOc. >;sc. 80c.
Bank Actions, 1,98 f. 1,900 f.
Rente de Naples, 9Sf. 95c. 90c.
Roman Five per Cents., 100,4 iA %.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., SN.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 31%
Royal Spanish Loan, 50% 50 59%.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 50 49% 50%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101% %.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cent, 101 101%.
Haytian Loan, 430 f. 425 f. 430 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money, -f -c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 25c.; money, 25f. 25c.
-fours Authentique.
BOURSE, THREE O'CLOCK.-This being pay-day at the Bourse
for the differences of the end of April, there is scarcely any
other business doing. The price of the Three per Cents. has
been the whole of the day from 82f. to 82f. oc. The Spanish
securities are flat, no business is doing in them, and the prices
are the same as yesterday. Some uneasiness still prevails in
regard to the state trials, so that money is scarce. The con-
version of the Differ6s into passive debt having been determined
upon at Madrid, the decree is hourly expected in Paris.
QUARTER TO FOUR O'CLOCK.-Five per Cents., 108 f. 3c. ;
Three per Cents., 82f. 10c. ; Five per Cents., Spanish, bOi ;
Three per Cents. Spanish, 301 ; Cortes, 50i ; Coupons, 31 ;
Guebhards, 50; Differes, 204; New Loan, 671 ; Defini-
tives, 641 ; Passives, 18 ; Ducats, 99 15 ; Romans, 1004 ;
Belgians, 1011 ; Dutch, 59 50 ; Haytian, 430 f. ; Brabant
Bank, 20.

Letters have been received this morning from Bar-
badoes, five days later than the last accounts, at which
period tranquillity prevailed in the island. The Tyrian
packet had sailed, and may be expected every hour.

German and Brussels Papers have been received.
The Brussels Journals give an interesting and animated
description of the opening of the new rail-roads, which
will be read with much pleasure by every admirer of
national improvement. A rather copious extract of the
proceedings is given in another part of The Sun.

Papers and letters from Lisbon to the 30th ult.
have been received. The QUEEN prorogued the ordi-
nary session of the Cortes on the 22d of April, in a
speech which will be found in another column. On
the 29th, the Duke of PALMELLA and M. FERRAZ
resigned their offices, the former only consenting to
retain the Presidency of the Council. The Duke
was to be succeeded by his brother-in-law, Count
LINIIARES, and M. FERRAZ, to be replaced by M.
LElTAO—both liberals, and men of unquestionable
ability. It is rather singular that no cause is as-
signed for the resignation of these Ministers, who
were known to possess the QUEEN'S confidence.
Of the two the retirement of the Duke of PALMELLA
is the most extraordinary, as the country requires all
the benefit than can be derived from his most active

The Royal Speech addressed to the Cortes of Por-
tugal calls for no particular observation. It is chiefly
important, because it confirms all that has hitherto
appeared relative to the increasing prosperity of the
country.

The pressure of matters of great public importance
has hitherto prevented our noticing an article which
lately appeared in the Westminster Review, on the
subject of " Danish claims," which will now be found
in another part of our paper.

It is lamentable to observe the various evasions,
and mean expedients, to which successive Govern-
ments since the year 1807, have resorted, in order
to delay, and if possible to elude altogether, any repara-
tion of the injuries sustained by British merchants and
ship-owners.

However expedient the policy of that aggression on
a friendly Power, which occasioned the injuries com-
plained of, might at the time be deemed, it must
appear the height of injustice, that a great portion
of the proceeds of the successful result of the measure
should have been appropriated to Royal and State
purposes, whilst many of the unfortunate victims of re-
taliation were perishing in the workhouse. Nothing can
tend more to alienate the affections of the people from
the Crown than such acts of injustice, which are cal-
culated to perpetuate a deep sense of wrong in the
minds of the children of the sufferers, even to the
third and fourth generation.
By a Report recently laid before Parliament, it ap-
pears that some prospect of relief is at length held out
to the sufferers, but it is as ridiculous as it is cruel to
talk about the law of nations and the usages of war in
dealing with those claims. The attack on Denmark,
altogether, was of an unprecedented nature, and the acts
of retaliation on British property were of so sweeping
a description, that vessels returning from the various
ports of the Baltic, could not, from the Danes holding
the key of that sea, escape being involved in the com-
mon ruin. The masters of these vessels had neither
warning given nor protection afforded them. Indeed,
so determined were the Danes on retaliation, and so
little regard did they pay to the law of nations, and the
usages of war, that one of the vessels seized had ac-
tually a British Minister on board.
We understand, with regret, that some of the par-
ties interested in book debts have been using their en-
deavours to obtain a preference for that class of claims ;
but it should be recollected that the large sum realized
from Danish property arose from the sale of ships and
cargoes only—therefore, a portion of this money ought
more particularly to be applied to compensate losses
of ships and cargoes.
Upon the whole, we trust that it is reserved for
the present liberal Government to do justice to the
claimants, and that we are suxe cannot be done, unless
all invidious distinctions in granting compensation be
carefully avoided.

BURTON-ON-TRENT.—An inquest was held on
the body of Ann Hiley, aged 5 years, who was burnt to death
during the temporary absence of her mother. Verdict, " Ac-
cidental Death by burning."—Another inquest was held on
Monday lest, on the body of Jane Godwin, aged 67, who was
found dead in an outhouse on the Sunday previous. Verdict,
" Died by the visitation of God."--Derby Reporter.
At the recent Pontefract Sessions, a witness, of the
name of Greenwood, of Clifton, having, by direction of certain
parochial officers, refused to produce a book (which he had
in possession at the time he was served with a subpcena), he is
to be indicted at the expense of the Riding, by order of Lord
Wharncliffe, Chairman of the General Sessions.— York
Chronicle.

THE MOORS.—The Kaed of Jerbeh drank one
evening at supper, entirely unassisted, four bottles of rum,
which did not prevent his walking about immediately after ;
and one of the servants of Bash-Mamlook, after having swal-
lowed, within an hour, a demijeane of wine, equal to twenty-
two bottles, asked for some rum
WATER CLocic.—An ingenious person (Mr. G.
Coates) has constructed a water clock which is well worth the
inspection of the curious. The horological department shows
the hour and other subdivisions of time ; it also indicates the
day of the week, the day of the month, the moon's age ; and there
is a contrivance by which the proprietor can ascertain the correct
hour in the dark at night without stirring from bed. The most
interesting parts of this curious machine are, the scenic represen-
tations which are enlivened by moveable figures, acted on by the
moving power, either simultaneously or in rotation, according to
the effect intended to be produced. The first in order is a
winter piece, representing people on the ice, skating, sliding,
or curling ; also a locomotive engine on the highway, and the
progressive movements of the whole of these figures are natu-
rally adapted to the proportional speed of each respec-
tively. Scene 2. A sea view, contains three vessels, a
cutter, steam-boat, and barque, all in full sail. 3. Repre-
sents two figures (a man and woman) in the act of quar-
relling. The man appears to do his best, but is sadly
discomfited by the lady, who gives him his quietus, by
knocking him down with a broomstick. 4. Two duellists
are settling a point of honour, which they do a-la- mode, one
of them dropping, and the other retiring with the honours of
war. b. A lady and gentleman waltzing. 6. A child
playing with a dog—offers it something to eat, which the
dog snaps at, and the child pulls quickly back. 7. A fancy
view. When this part revolves there is an alarm drum which
rolls, and shows two persons roused from sleep in their beds.
8. A sea view, with a ship sailing, and mermaids and dolphins
sporting about. The music begins here playing the air of
" Sweet Home," in very good style. The remaining scenes
are occupied with various other figures, such as a Doctor with
his Students, a Merry Andrew, a circle of revolving fancy
figures, Tam o' Shanter pursued by the Witches, also a
Candle-snuffer and Stage-manager, who put out the lights and
drop the curtain.—Greenock Intelligencer.

DENHALL MARKETS,
,y the Carcass.

NEWGATE AND LEA
At per stone, ' _
s d tos d s d to s d
Beef, inferior 2 0 2 2 Mutton; inferior 2 2 2 4
--- middling 2 4 2 6 middling 2 6 3 0
-- prime large 2 6 3 0 prime '3 4 3 8
-- prime small '1 0 3 4 Pork, large 2 2 2 8
Veal
Lamb 4. 4d. to ss. 4d.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Our arrivals this morning are one French mail, one Ostend,
and one Lisbon, by the Pike, which sailed on the 26th April.
We have also arrivals from the East and West Indies, but they
are of old dates.