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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1850.

DEATH

SIR ROBERT PEEL.

A melancholy accident has suddenly deprived this •
country of one of the most illustrious men of our -
generation. Never before has there fallen to our lot,
As journalists, a more painful duty than that of an-
nouncing the death of Sir ROBERT PEEL, an event
which will be felt throughout the United Kingdom
as.nothing less than a great national calamity. Be . ,
Fore uttering another syllable in allusion to this mos,
lamentable occurrence, we must acknowledge that -
our •feelings of regret are so deep, so sincere, and .
poignant as to incapacitate us from adequately giving
expression to our mingled sentiments of sorrow anc
admiration. Under any circumstances the de-
cease of the renowned statesman who has just
expired in the midst of such universal sympathy
would have affected the population of Great Britain
IS a catastrophe depriving them of an Administratot
whose genius has proved to them so often productive
of immense legislative benefactions. Transpiring,
however, as it does with such appalling abruptness,
• the grief of the community becomes necessarily and
deplorably enhanced. We can scarcely realise to
ourselves the fact that that distinguished orator is
no more, the tones of whose eloquence are, as it
were, even now reverberating within the walls of
the Parliament. Only as recently as the mid-
iight of Friday. . the assembled. Commons of
England were listening to those persuasive:
Accents which had been long familiarized, and
we might even say endeared, to them ,by so many
brilliant rhetorical masterpieces. Four days had
scarcely elapsed since the delivery of that oration
before Sir ROBERT breathed his last, In much suffer-
ing, and almost in a state of unconsciousness. Already
nis . contemporaries find themselves transformed by
nis departure into the immediate precursors of that
posterity who will have to estithate the balance of his ,
reputation. Elsewhere in our columns of this evening
will be found the first meagre accumulation of those
naterials which future annalists will have to,
collate in order to arrive at that accurate appre-
ciation of the merits and capacities of the ,
ieparted. What will be the nature of their decision,
what the precise tanour of their deliberate and unim-
passioned judgment, it would be frivolous possibly
just now to anticipate, seeing that any conjecture,;:
favourable or otherwise, might be attributed to in-
fluences of a momentary and evanescent character.
Yet we are fully satisfied that the biographer of the
treat man now lying dead in his mansion near
Whitehall will discover some token of the real value
of his patriotic and illustrious career—a career
beginning on the sth of February, 1788.
And terminating on the 2d of July, 1850—
.n that profound solicitude which was betrayed by,
511 ranks and classes of society, from the moment of
,lis accidental fall from his horse, a few minutes he-
ore five o'clock P.M. on Saturday, up to the moment
.f his decease, at nine minutes after eleven o'clock
P.M. yesterday. That earnest and spontaneous anx-
iety
on the part of the population is, perhaps, the •
noblest eulogium that could be pronounced over his
memory—it was a touching and eloquent testimony
•hat this man was dear to the hearts of the people, that
nis existence was considered by them a subject of na-
cionalimportanoe, that his popularity was as genuine as
it was universal, that his name was cherished as much
in the hovel as in the palace, by the poor as well as
by the SOVEREIGN. Every circumstance connected
with this manifestation of public sympathy will be
lingered over with peculiar significance, and with no
:less satisfaction by the future historian who
will recount how the PRINCE CONSORT in person
hastened to the mansion of the departed
statesman almost immediately after the oc-
eurrence of this most fatal accident, and how
,ince then the purlieus of that classic neighbourhood
cave been thronged- with visitors, seeking eagerly for
the smallest scrap of intelligence that might give
courage to their hopes, or in some measure alleviate
their darker anticipations. Had the sufferer been a
monarch, and that monarch one invested with an ,
• unusual prestige of popularity, more general sym-
pathy could not by any possibility have been betrayed.
by the population. The gates of the Right Hon...
Baronet's residence were literally besieged by in-
quirers during the whole of Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday, insomuch that a strong body of constabulary ,
was required to withstand the pressure of the,
persons assembled together; and these inquirers
were actuated, moreover, not by idle curiosity
as to the state of an individual of large ce-
lebrity, but by solicitude for the safety
i
of one who has gained the affections of the million)
by his patriotism. All the acrimony of partizanship,'
• dl the virulence of political antagonism were merged
I
vin the gentleness of that absorbing solicitude -anti it
was with an emotion rather of pleasure than oft
astonishment that the public observed among the'
multitude of distinguished applicants for information
'the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Buckingham-
shire and the Noble Viscount, her Majesty's Prin-
' cipal Secretary for the Foreign Department. It
was felt that such evidences of sym-
pathy reflected honour at once upon the
illustrious sufferer and upon those who thereby
lowered the brands of political hostility before the awe'
• inspired by approaching dissolution.
Unfortunately, from the experiences of the British .
Legislature,we have every inducement held out to us to
contrast the sudden death Of. Sir ROBERT PEEL with
the abrupt decease of so many of his remarkable prede-
cessors
and contemporaries. These inducements ~
arise out of an insctutable and melancholy
"'coincidence, reminding us now of Caavaasa '
expiring in the arms of his Parliamentary col-
leagues, now of BENTINCK. breathing his last
in the meadows familiar to his boyhood, now of Hits-
. KISSON destroyed by the unexpected movement of a
steam-engine, now of PEECEVAL shot by an assassin
••n the lobby of the House of Commons.
Our emotions of regret, however, are so entirely
absorbed by the lamentable demise of a greater and,
4 nobler man than all, that we refrain from yielding
o the sorrowful allurements of any such comparison.
Among all sections of the community
altaheitiy has,
Intel-
ligence of this most recent and deplorable
even by this time carried feelings
while v t
elingsoferetgorectoaranedaslatdo-:
long
ness, such as must for a .
Everyd shoneri k
kows that truth;
gether defy alleviation.
which almost every one wociutlizensonn f o
of the eemapcikrenowwel
:Aging, that of all the
could have better spared any ratherthanhtishe oenaerwthhiyoi
has just been snatched from
existence. On all hands it is easy to recog-
nise the unassuming grief of the population. Her
Most Gracious MAJESTY has given other and
unaffected tokens of her pergoU3l egard for her

mons."

The English Landlord and Tenant Bill received its
;bird reading in the House of Commons yesterday.
Its provisions were also extended to Ireland, not-
withstanding the protests of Mr. SiLARMA.N CaAw-
FORD and some of the tried and faithful friends of the
tenant-farmers in that country. The objections of
the Hon. Gentlemen who opposed the extension were
Founded on the limited character of the measure.
rhey believed that the remedies which it was calculated
•to supply were utterly inadequate to the exigencies
of the case—that the relationship between landlord
and tenant on the other side of St. George's Channel
required to be placed on a much broader basis, and to
receive more extensive ameliorations than any con-
'emplated by the present Bill, and that no enactments
which were merely " permissive," and which depended
upon a mutual agreement between the owner and
the occupier of the soil, would be sufficient to
ensure the attainment of the object which all
must desire—the improved cultivation and full deve-
lopment of the natural capabilities of the land.
Although we readily admit that Ireland requires
4 much more energetic measure to ensure her welfare
and prosperity, and that nothing short of the full
recognition by the Legislature of the "Ulster tenant-
right," and its extension throughout the entire coun-
rry, will satisfy the people, or lead to the per-
manent improvement of the soil in that coun-
-ry, we cannot conceive that these furnish
iufficient reasons for the rejectio of a measure which
all must agree in considering a step in the right di-
rection, and as an instalment—although a small one-
-)f justice to the occupiers. Its acceptance could not
in any degree interfere with future legislation on the
same subject. It might, in many instances, lead to
judicious arrangements between landlords and,
-enants, which would, under its provisions, be
perfectly valid and binding on all parties
concerned, but which, without it, would be
utterly inoperative against remainder-men, or per-
ions
having contingent interests in the land. Under
the existing system of "entails" and "limited estates'
the tenant would, in the great majority of cases, be
wholly in the power of the future successor, with
whom it would be quite optional whether he would
assent to, or repudiate, the agreements entered
into by his predecessor. Although such •
contracts would be held sacred by every
right-minded man, more particularly when he would
'himself participate in the advantages derived from
their adoption, the sanction of law was wanting, and
consequently there could be no security to the tenants
for their recognition. Unless such security were
"afforded, the mutual distrust which unfortunately
prevails between these classes in Ireland
would prevent the beneficial results that
would follow, where the owner of an
estate for life was disposed to afford the encourage-
, ment to his tenants sufficient to induce them to apply
their labour and capital to the permanent and lasting
improvement of their holdings. The report of the
" Devon Commission" states, and we believe truly,
that there is no indisposition on the part of the
tenant•farmers in Ireland to make the most stre-
nuous exertions for the amelioration of their farms,
if certain that they themselves, or their families, would
oe permitted to reap the legitimate fruits of
their industry, either by retaining possession of the,
Vends until the improvements which they had effected:
t were fully exhausted, or by receiving fair and,
adequate compensation in the event of eviction, or of,
their resigning their holdings in consequence:
of any unfair demand for increased rent.:
The present Bill does not in any degree!
affect or relate to the tenures ; and therefore, as we
have already stated, it is not sufficient to meet thei
full extent of the Irish grievance, but it will insure
compensation in many cases where at present iti
:'could not be relied on. It will be beneficial pro tanto,l
and therefore we congratulate the Irish people upon
,its acceptance by the popular branch of the Legis-'
,lature.

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'at the public thoroughfares of the metropolis We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
l'` will demonstrate very clearly the sentiments ,: The split between the Legitimatists and the Or-
''excited by the news of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S death '-
~ leanists is becoming every day wider.
,
«IThe Opinion Publigue, that organ of the Laroche•
tthe closed shutters at numerous places of business .' jacquelein section of the Legitimatists, expressly re-
s: ': ',:giving silent but eloquent expression to the respect of puetiates any underst.mcling with the partisans of
;the community. A reference likewise to our report'; what it calls the "vie commode" who brought about
'of this morning's proceedings in Parliament will that revolution of 1830. It holds all tradesmen,
a• merchants, and manufacturers in horror, and
will be satisfied with nothing but a restoration
show the sense entertained by the popular branch of t;
of the F of 1788, with all the privileges of the old
J the Legislature as to the loss which has befallen the _
ranee
United Kingdom. After a few solemn allusions to noblesse. This party, anxious to exhibit its power,
the sudden death of the ex-Premier, the House
f
has asked General BEDEAU to start as candidate for
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of Commons was abruptly adjourned—that augustt',.he Presidency of the Assembly, and represented to
1
senate of which the lamented statesman had exclaimed
him that their votes, joined to those of the 220 repre-
is far back as 1835, " For myself the whole of my
t sentatives of the Left, would be sufficient to secure
him a majority over M. DUPIN, the candidate of the
!political life has been spent in the House of Commons ; ':`'Elysal-. General BEDEAU declined the offer.
I"Pity intend to join the Left in their opposition to
:he remainder of it will be spent in the House of Corn- ;
mons ; and whatever may be the conflicts of parties, I, toe Law of the Press, which will most probably be
cur one, shall always wish, whether in a majority or ;`.rejected. It was by their assistance that the Left
a minority, to stand well with the House of Com-
were enabled to defeat the Ministers on the Bill re-
That affecting disclaimer of all ambi g
lating the appointment of the mayors a defeat
whichu has rendered the Ministry exceedingly sore.
sous views in regard to an elevation to the .4' Their organ, the Constitutionnel, has a long article
Peerage has been nobly and gloriously ful- jurging some independent Member to move the revi-
tilled, and the man who might reasonably t sion of the decision on the Law of Mayors.
.iave aspired to, and attained, the possession of a,: The Usury Bill has been read a third time by a
dukedom has afforded his country a signal proof of , majority, of 303 to 295.
his disinterested patriotism ldin u power,!
Ihe Mondeur announces that the PRESIDENT has
, by g p
raised Baron GROS to the rank of Commander in the
yie'-
and patronage, and nobility, and we might even say ..!: Legion of Honour.
a political dictatorship, to his homage for justice 1',.. A new journal, entitled the Proscrit, is to appear
' Ronnial,. MARTIN BERNARD, and RIBEYROLLES, are
and his reverence for principle. Unhappily, we have: in Paris on the sth July. Mazziai, LEDRU
now remaining to us no practicable means of respond-
its contributors.
ing to this self-sacrificing civism, except by the ra A.ILLANT arrived at Toulon from
pomps of a funeral rite in the Abbey at Westminster, ' Admi l V
Naples on the 28th. He will hoist his flag on board
Ind by those other tokens of homage for the the Psyche and proceed to take the command of the
among its
teparted which may emanate from the gratitude of . station at Brazil. Six surgeons left on the 27th for
the people and the beneficence of the SOVEREIGN. ~ La Plata on board the Provencsle, taking a supply
Beautifully and pathetically was it observed by Sir of stores and sixty
Rear-Admiral TREHOUART was
sixty iron bedsteads for the expedi- ,
ROBERT PEEL, on the occasion of his last retirement tionary floti
preparing to leave Naples on the 23d on board the
rom office as Prime Minister of England, that it might Pandora for the Levant station. Admiral PARSEVAL
be that he should leave "a name sometimes remem- DESCHENES and DUBOURDAN only remained at
tiered with expressions of goodwill in those dwellings Naples, where the store-ship Pedrix, towed by
which are the abodes of men whose lot it is the steamer Cacique, had arrived on the 17th from
o labour, and to earn their daily bread by Toulon. From the large quantity of stores sent to
the squadron, it was supposed it would remain in
.he sweat of their brows; that is, a narm those waters for some time longer. Letters of the
remembered with expressions of goodwill when . 23d ult. state that the English seemed to have aban-
hey shall recruit their strength with abundant loned the idea of appearing at Naples.
aid untaxed food, the sweeter because it is no longer . The Grondeur had left Toulon on the 28th for the
leavened by a sense of injustice !" That ele- ast Italy, .of it believed for Civita Vecchia and
cor.. was .
N ales, with pg
errs canes
vated and touching aspiration is already it: ,
tisanding in the Mressin editerraneantches to the officer com-
.
a fair way towards its ultimate fulfilment The Bourse was well attended, and a considerable
the genius, the eloquence, and the wisdom of Sit ' amount of business was transacted in Government
ROBERT are even now among the " household words' Stock. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f., rose to
ff our population, familiar alike in " the cottages of . 95f. 25c., and closed at 95f. 100.; the Three per
Cents. closed at 57f. ; the New Roman Loan at 77f.
Aim who labour" and in the palaces of those
i. 3USINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
who rule; and future generations will morn , LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JULY 2.
calmly but not more acutely feel how in him we have ... Boulogne and Amiens, 61/B—Dutch Rhenish, 2—East In-
lost one of the greatest, one of the noblest, and one of dian, 'A—Northern of France, IVA.
.he most patriotic statesmen who ever presided over
he destinies of England.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have arrived.
The Epoca states that the Council of Ministers had
letermined that the Cortes shall be dissolved imme-
diately after the accouchement of her Majesty, that the
4eneral election will take place about the end of Au-
gust, and that the new Cortes will be convoked for
the 10th of October.
The same journal announces that the leaders of the
Opposition will stand as candidates for Madrid, and
that there is every probability that OLOZAGA, Rios
Roses, Escostnte, and LUJAN will be returned for the