The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, MAROH /1, 1844.

Weihavejust :cast our
,eye' over 'the ;Bill to " facil,
tate. the Inelosure and orCommons and
Lands held in common the"-Exchange of Land.s, and
the DiVision of Intermixed. tandS"-4o quote the
formal language of the Preamble—and anything more
perplexing than thiS same •Bill we have not perused
ifor many a long day. To say nothing of its extend-
ing to sixty-eight folio pages, if is so full of verbiage,
vague, technical jargon, and quaint, sprawling- paren-
theses interweaved one 'within the other; so as to pro-
duce. the most distracting state of entanglement, that
We. are almost tempted to come to the conclusion
that it' was drawn up
.for no„other pUrpose than to
,:throw dust inthe eyes of its readers, and conceal its
Teal object from all who may be interested in the mat-
wr: If so; its framers have
_most happily succeeded
irr their intention, and may congratulate .themselves
won h:kviog-produced an enigma which it .requires all
'the ingonuity of an CgDIPUS to solve. If we were
called on ,+-o define the character of this Bill—and far
be it from us to speak irreverently of so striking
'a production--we should be apt to say it was
one to 'take fiom those who have., little or
nothing,. and, give to those who have much—
in other
,words, to be-nefit those who have
deans, at the expense of thme who have none.
One fact at any rate is evident--namely, that the
working out of the measure will be attended with no
little expense,, for whole swarms of salaried commis-
sioners, assistant;commissioners, juries, valuers, as-
sessors, &sc., are pressed into the service of the Bill,
irr,,d, as a matter of course, attorneys also are mixed
up with it, who, like locusts in a rice-ground, cows in a
closer-field, or aldermen at a , turtle feast, :will take
care to make the most of their delectable position, and
gorge themselves to within an ace of suffocation.
-,Here is a pretty little inventory of charges which we
find-inserted under the modest head of " Expenses of
•
InCIOSUreS 4C And be it enacted, that the allowances
and payments to be made to and by the valuer, and
all other the- expenses of every inclosure, except the
loWanceS and salaries to the assistant-commissioner;
sect etary, assistant-secretaries, clerks, messenger; and
ea". -s of the commissioners, and the travelling and
,expenses of the. commissioners' and assistant
other -oners' and, except any expenses which the
gornmi
cotimiiss: toper or assistant-assistant-commissioner,- or any
Court' umt
pa.
-e. the powei of this. Act, shall order to be
COurwi .id, shall,be borne and defrayed by the
othese
several persons
• interested in the land to be inclosed."
The only Clan 'se theme t we can find in the- Bill,
htest
which seems in degree to consult
the :Interests of the poor, is the following:—
" And.. be it ,enacted; that :the 10' Iner in making the
several"several"allotments hereby direjltedf shall have
due regard as well to the situation the respective
Most of the Paris papers give long reports of the
houses or. homesteadi of the persons infer
trial and conviction of the Abbe ComnAloy at the
eated in the I
land to ,be inci;sed, as to the quantity and qua yof
the binitt6 No-Allotted- to theta respectively,
so far aFf in a pamphlet entitled ‘ Memoir addressed to the
.. 1 Paris.assizes, fora libel Onthe'Vniversity of France,
o
may be consistent with the- general convenience
such persons ; ad that such valuer in raa mg e Bishops of France and fathers of families, on the war
allotments shall_ have particular regard to the made • t the Church and the community by the

to be administered ? By whom is the removal of these

human shambles: for the political butchery of Spain to
be effected? For a dozen years of alternating constitu-.
tions and intrigues, parties and influences—these
have been' in full requisition ; affronting the ma-
jesty of law, and menacing the tranquillity of esta-
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Wished iciverninents in surrounding States. Her

own dismantled condition, faction-torn, impoverished,
and deCrepid, would have enabled the great European
Powers at any time to compel her to return to order,

and to the peaceful devel9pment of her own still
gigantic resources fore retrieving her internal eco-
nomy and wealth, and her political importance. But
these Powers have generously, and we should say
wisely and constifutionally, abstained from such an

extreme act of interposition.
If, then, theprmciple of non-intervention with the
domestic policy of a foreign State, salutary as it is

even When pushed to an ipparently' injudicious point,
be still to be respected as to. Spain ; let the same

great Powers exercise their controlling influence, by
a means more indirect, not less efficient, and, we
should apprehend, by the law.of nations, perfectly
justifiable and conclusive.' Let them suspend all di•
plomatic relations with the Spanish Court and Cabinet
until these have brought their agitations and factions
to a closo; or, itt least, under such subjection to the
ancient law and constitution of the country, that
they may no longer burst forth in indessarit and
bloody feuds, and convulsions, that are:Alie a dis-
honour to our common Christian faith, and a revolting
blot on 'Eur°Pfili civilization, in the nineteenth cen-
tury. •

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- Accounts have been received from,Stockholm to the
24th ult., when the kpito remained in nearly the same
state. r The bulletin of the 23d is as follows :—" His
Met.TESTY- has again begun to
re/press a desire for
some nourishment, and feels himself rather stronger,
afterr-a very gtiod night. The affection of the foot is
better, as there is an appearance 'of suppuration."
The Hamburgh papers announce the arrival of the
Stockholth mall Of the 27th, but without any account
whatever of the.lima's health.

According to lgadrid p;pers of the Ist instant,
the QUEEN-DOWAGER was to arrive at Barcelona on
the 2d, where she would remain till the 6th, then
embark for Talencia,'' an 4 .reach Aranjuez on Tues-
day next. These papers furnish no intelligence from
Alicant or Carthagena.
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.The Three per Cents. were done at 30k for cash,
and 301 at GO days ; and the Five per Cents. at' 22i
for cash, and 22t, at 60 days.