The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1844.

or the cel'co-printer. The value of Lord . SIAM-.
FORD'S property, in the vicinity of Ashton aed
Duckinfield, has increased fivefold within the memory
of the existing generation. He has had no toil to
earn this influx of wealth, no care to exercise for
this acquisition of fortune. The power-loom, driven
from its original seat by the short-sighted prejudices
. of some, and the deliberate malice of others, found
shelter in a nook, where there was neither magistrate
nor parson, neither church nor priion, neither bar-
rack nor workhouse; and in this deserted spot ma-
chinery created for itself all the elements of order
and civilisation, and, what was more to his Lord-
ship's purpose, the elements of profit for his mines,
and of rent for his acres. The land which would
scarcely grow rushes offers now to view that most
lucrative of crops—houses ; and the mineral treasures,
which, under former circumstances, would not have
paid the expense of sending them to market, find now
a market at the mouth of the pits. The dairy-
farming of South Lancashire is the principal source
of the prosperity which its farmers enjoy ; but it has
no natural advantages for dairies over the other
counties of England, in fact, it is inferior to most of
them. • Its dairies flourish, because manufactures
have supplied a convenient market for- their produce :
the greater proportion of the wages of the Lancashire
operative finds its way into the pockets of the Lan-
cashire farmer. _ .

very plausible one of etiabliniQueen ISABELLA to.
take the waters, which her ordinary physicians pro-
pm-Ted necssary to her precious health. The same
join-nal contains an article on the state of the Spanish
finences, and denounces a number of contracts signed.
by the late Minister of Finance. The sums raised, it
s' vs, ammounted to 280,000,000 reels, and the condi-
tiors on which they were obtained were so onerous
for the State, that the contractors, by paying one half
in specie and the other in coupons, realised a profit of
70 per cent.
The Bourse remained closed on account of the
Feast of the Ascension.

The discussion, in the French Chamber of Peers,
on the Education Bill, was enlivened, on Tuesday,
by a vigorous speech of M. GUIZOT against the High
Church party. It was in reply to some remarks of
th Count DE MONTALEMBERT, who represents that
fa&ion, and who told the Minister the Bill was "one
of exclusion, and of a thousand vexations, in place of
one of liberty." This roused M. GUIZOT. " You
are," said the Minister, addressing the Noble Peer,
" the representative of a spirit of intellectual and
moral anarchy.--(M. DE MONTALEMBERT cried out
here in denial, but was met with• a cry from the
Chamber of ' Yes, yes, 'lt is true.') Yes, you and
some of your Honourable Friends, are deplorable
examples of an anarchy which glides into men's
hearts, though, in general,, they are repulsed. What !
in the bosom of the Catholic functions, even amongst
the priesthood, the spirit of anarchy can have pene-
trated so far as that the guarantees which please other
nen revolt you, and appear tyrannical and unjust
it is not a spirit of liberty that animates you, but a
spit contrary to all liberty, as well as to all legal and
constitutional authority."
The Government journals have at last broken
s'lence on the pamphlet of the Prince DE JOINVILLE,
rid if Ave are to believe the ,fournal des Debats,
M. THIERS was the cause of all the excitement which
tHs singular publication has caused • throughout
" The Prince DE JOINVILLE," says that
joe-nal, "was President of a Commission formed by
Minister of the Marine to investigate, certain special
questions. He wished to give to his work a. precise
form, and put down the result of his observations in a
note which he, no doubt, intended for the perusal of
his chiefs alone. lie afterwards communicated his
views on the subject to some political friends, perhaps
ex-Ministers. But, we have too high an opinion of
the young Prince not to be convinced that he was an
entire stranger to the singular mode of publicity that
has been given to his note. We are sure that he
must have been more surprised than any one
at seeing it divulged; first, by small portions, and
afterwards circulated in its full extent by journals
and other periodicals under the influence of a former
President of the Council, who regrets the past. We.
do not think we are too presumptuous in taking upon'
ourselves to affirm that the surprise - of the young.
Prince was equally felt in a higher quarter. We,
with the same respect, •believe that hei when finding
himself thus engaged without his knowledge, and
against his wishes, no doubt, yielded to an impulse,
generous in principle, which leads young men into
actions ; and that flatteries, the interested object of
which his own heart and conscientious loyalty would
not allow him to suspect, gave him a taste for that
hollow popularity, the true value of which he has
now already been taught. 7
The Arouvelliste Vaudois, a Swiss journal, pub.

We speak as we think, with utter scorn of the
rrenu"acturers who are traitors to their own-. cause,
folse to' their own order, and suicides of-their own
rosperity ; bat there is little need of our pronouncing
the sentence of their degradation when we know that
they are contemned and despised by the very party
to win whose hollow smiles they have sacrificed all
respect for their own honnur,all regard for their real
r*zerest, all possibility of an approving conscience for •
t!-‘.eir own selves. For such prodigies of political pro-
Piracy, for such unexampled courtiers of -degradation,
for -such slaves of soul-inviting-chains, and soliciting
rs,.there is zs little use in remonstrance as there
rale hope of conversion. T-hey have set the seal
to their`own sentence- of condemnation, and become
ci,iesting witnesses that all the calumnies which the
pzr.iy to which they have given their adhesion has
Vented against the manufacturing classes are true, so
frr as they are personally concerned. Such men
!cove it a perplexing question to determine whether
we have to deal with wickedness or with weakness,
IV; iniquity or with insanity, with confessed knavery
'or unacknowledged stupidity.' Into such a discussion
we should never wish- to-enter, for, in the one case, we
sl-oold have to deal with men above the reach of con-
viction ; and, in the other, with men below the reach
o 7 argument.
_ We address ourselves then- solely to the landowners
and farmers; we tell them what their own experience
amp'v confirms, that every extension of trade has
ras3d the rent of ground and enhanced the value of
agricultnral produce—the manufacturer is to them
the goose laying golden eggs; they have to decide
in the present contest whether the value of land in
South Lancashire shall increase or diminish ; whether
de'ry farms shall continue, and extend or relapse to
their original condition of moss and moor; whether
the farmers of Lancashire shall hold -their present ad
vantages with a prospect of increase, or be reduced to
a more miserable condition than•any farmers in Eng-
land.: The agricultural, not less than the manufac-
turing, prosperity of South -Lancashire is identified
with power and free trade ; the equal ruin of both is
similarly identified with ENTWISLE and Monopoly.

lishes a long account of the disturbances at Sion,
in which it states that the forces of the Upper Valais
have arrived at Sion, and have taken possession of it
without meeting with any resistance. They are from
1,000 to 1,500 in number. They are followed by
some thousands of other troops, all armed and. reso-
lute. Each column has • a priest at its head. It is
presumed that they intend to march on to the Lower
Valais. On the other hand, M. MAURICE BARMAN,
who arrived near Sion between three and four o'clock,
on learning that the town was in the hands of the
forces of the Upper Valais, has retrograded upoh
Ardon, where he will wait for reinforcements. He
will be joined by the columns commanded by Messrs.
Joins and DUFET. All the Liberals of the Lower
Valais capable of marching are under arms, and pro-
ceeding to meet the: other party. It was generally
believed, however, that, through the interference of
the Austrian and French authorities, the differences
between the parties would be arranged without an
appeal .to_ firma.
On Wednesday, the French ;Government received
the following telegraphic dispatch
"TANGIERS, MAT 12.
"Tangiers is perfectly tranquil. Measures have
been taken to drive back the tribes of the interior."
THE BOURSE-WEDNESDAY, MAy 22..
122 05 .. 121 95 .. 121 95
percenta...... 21 95 .;
First Highest Lowest Last
, _Price. Price. Price. ' Price.
Three per Cents.— 84 65 ••84 75 84 65 .. 84 75
French Five 1
Bank of France.. •• ;• •••"3005 .4095 .:3095 _3095
Belgian Fives, 1846 •••'• • " 19,1, • • 106 .. 106 •• 106
Spanish Threes .•• • .. * • • 35} • • 3.5/ .. 351
Active •••• •••• •• •• 33 •• 33 .. 33 33
Passive•••••• •• •• •• '* 511
Neapolitan•••• •••• •• • ** 102 35 .. 102 50 .. 102 35 .. 102 50
Roman, es div— ••••• •• •• 1041 104/ .. 104/ .. 104/
RAILWAY SHARES. •
St. Germain • .......... •• • 830 .. 830 .830 330
• • •• • • 37••• •• •• •• 377 50 •• 377 50 --377 50 .. 37.7 50
247 50 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 247 50
1000 ,•1010 —lOOO ..1000
Rouen
Rouen to Havre;• •• ...... •• 77°- •• 778 75 .. 770 778 75
Orleans ..... ....1015 ..1020 ..1015 ..1020
Strasburg to Bale— •• • • • • • • 257 261 25
~. 257 :50 .. 258 75.
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR TM!. ACCOUNT.
V•L
ersailles, R.B. •••••• • • • • • • 380 380 .. 380 .. 380
247 50 .. 247 5Q 247 50 247 50
1002 50 ••1012 '5O ..1002 50 • 1012 50
...•• 772 50

,
At a meeting of the Committee of the NELSON
Pillar Memorial, 'which took place yesterday, it was
stated that the sum of twenty thousand pounds
which had been raised by public subscription had
already been expended, and that a further sum of
between ten and twelve thousand was wanted, for the
purpose of making lions, bas-relievos, and steps ;
in fact, for completing the design in a worthy spirit.
The Report proceeded to remark that, after numerous
experiments • upon the liberality of, the public, the'
Committee were obliged to express a decided
opinion, that if Government did not come for-
ward . and supply the money for finiihing the
monument, it must remain in its present con-
dition, and be viewed rather as a reproach
upon the metropolis than-a credit to its gratitude
and liberal spirit. The Report concluded with the
statement that, " The committee considered that an
application to Government for the funds, which had
been in vain sought from the public, to complete a tes-
timonial raised by the consent of that Government,
would be attended to at the present moment ; and they
agreed on the propriety of waiting on Sir ROBERT
PEEL to represent the exact state of the case, and to
request his aid in accomplishing that which could not
be Tected by subscription, the design of inscribing on
the pillar the words erected by pub-
lic contributions' having been frustrated." When
_we bear in mind who NELsoza was what
Were the services ' he conferred on his country,
and in what a magnanimOu,s
,and disinterested spirit
he conferred these services, sacrificing peace, health,
and repose of mina and body on the altar of the pub-
lic weal, we can scarcely credit the fact that the
richest metropolis in the world, which can raise its
.thougands upon thousands for charitable purposes,
and lavish annually such sums upon dinners and festi-
cliiei as would Make the fortunes of a hundred pri-
vate individuals;-;we can scarcely believe it' possible,
we say, that a metropolis which has so much wealth
at its COmmand, can' grudge the small pittance of
twelve thousand pounds to complete 'a' monu-
ment in honoar of the 'greatest naval hero
England ever produced —the greatest hero of
ancient and modern times, who by his decisive victory
at Trafalgar annihilated at one blow the naval powei
of- NA roLEox, and whose last famous signal will
serve for ages to embolden the, nature and kindle the
enthusiasm of every generous-minded Briton ! What,
can our higher and middle classes afford to throw
,-'away countless thousands in patronising singers,
opera dancers and . such " small deer"—in giving
splendid bal;s, and routes, and dinner parties to
masses of people who care nothing for, them, and for
whom they, in return, care nothing—and yet
openly profess their reluctance or their inability to
contribute such a paltry sum as tett or twelve thousand
pounds in honour ofa man who rescued them from the
domination, cif the great conqueror of Europe, and gave
to his countrymen, as his dying bequest, the undis-
puted empire of the seas ? Where would have been our
aristocracy—where would have been their sycophantic
imitators, our opulent, thriving, "respectable" middle
classes, had Nf,Lsopt not crushed the maritime power
of France at Cape Trafalgar ? With the abundant
resources, both naval and military, that NAPOLEON

Orleans ...... 101 T 50.
*761 25- 7 • 77800
;4017 50 •.1017 50 ..1017 50
772
50.
:::
Strastverg to ...... 258:75 261 25 .• 253 75 •• 257 50
.

HEit MAJESTY'S BIRTII-DAY.—Yesterday was the
anniversary of the Queen's natal day, when the joyful
event was celebrated by the royal circle at Claremont,
where a select party assembled.

'GnAVESEND. STEAM-BOATS.
. • , • DIAMOND COMPANY.
TO THE EDITOR OF TH.E
Sra,—:-On Wednesday last I was a cabin passenger to
Gravesend, .by one of the Diamond Conway's boats
from London-bridge. My only luggage. was a basket
containing articles from, my house in town, for the use
of my family, at present occuoitig,a house in Graves-
end. It. wasnot bulky, and was under 701bs. in weight.
The Company give notice, that it will not be account-
able for passengers luggage, unless booked and paid
for. At Gravesend carriage was demanded for my
basket, and I was compelled to pity it. I was told that
by luggage wearing apparel only was meant, and that
everything else must pay freight. By coach, by rail-
way, by every public conveyance with which I am pc;
qualuted, 'passengers' luggage has never yet, to My
knowledge, been reduced to mere wearing apparel.
Weight may be a fair limitation as to luggage ; but if
passengers' luggage is to mean only passengers' clothes
on board the Diamond Company's boats, the Directors
ought to state so publicly. I view the demand of freight
for my basket as an imposition, and one which, if gene-
rally practised, will do the Company no good. I paid
sixpen .e.for, this extortion. For the last. month I have
.paid'the Company cabin fare up and down nearly every
day. I preferred the Diamond Company's boats, since
_theytappaaled, to the public against the Blackwell Com-
pany's charge of 2d. for each passenger, whilst other
boats_only paid ld.. I ,shall now goy the Star Com-
--pany, the Thames, or the Railway hoats, in preference
to the Diamond. During the next week they will thus
lose l2s:,by the change.)
• If the public would only mark their sense of imposi-
tion by withdrawing themselves from all who resort to
it, complaints would soon be put an end to, and a word
from you, Sir,' will dO More good than you imagine.
18144.
amfSir, your very obedient, A
LONDONER.
24th May,
`[We have no occasion to add a word, the facts stated
by our Correspondentou speak for themselves.]

then possessed ; with the prestige attached to his
name, and the. terror which it, everywhere inspired,
England would most probably have been subjected to
all the horrors of an. invasion, the entire aristocratic
fabric would have been shattered to atoms, the country
would have been revolutionised after the most approved
French fashion, and the middle classes, who have
so much to lose, would have lost.everything ! Fiom
these calamities they were notoriously preserved by
the intelligence, the heroism, the lofty, self-denying
patriotic spirit of one man ; and yet to this one man
they are either unable or unwilling to raise such a
triumphal monument as may be worthy of their grati-
twig., and his imperishable 'renown! Repeated appli-
cations have been made to them by the NELSON
Committee, but they are, it seems, too poor to
answer the demand; and now all idea of get.

tang any more subscriptions from them is aban-
cloned in desiair ; and the words ".erected
by public contributions," must in consequence be
effaced from the pillar, which, if completed at all,
must be completed at the expense of Goiernment !
Such is the public spirit—such the gratitude evinced
by the upper and middle classes of Englishmen in
the year 1844 ! They can afford to lavish thousands
on the patronage of an Italian Opera; but they can-
not afford to subscribe a comparative trifle in honour
of the memory of a man who, more than any hero of his
day, assisted to rescue them from the worst horrors
of spoliation, anarchy, and revolution !

- •
APPROACHING ALLTANCES..--We understand that
a matrimonial alliance is on the topes between Lord Charles
Wellesley, Clerk. Marshal of the-Household,- youngest' son
of the Puke ,of Wellington, and the accomplished Miss
Piernpont, only daughter pf the
Right Hon. IL Pierrepont,
and niece to. the Marquis of Exeter, Grooinof the Stole to
Prince Albert, and to Earl Manvers. • The contemplated
alliance between the Hon. R. S. Carew,
Her M.P., and Miss Phelp,
is expected to be solemnised shortly.—ald.
It is satisfactory to learn that a 'Communication has
been addressed to the Mayor from the Eastern Counties
Company, and read to the Provisional Committee ap-
pointed owthe day of,the Cambridge and Lincoln Rail-
way meeting, to the effect that, the Company will co-
operate in any way that may be desirable with the Com-
mittee. We learn that both they and the Birmingham
Railway, ,Company are determined to oppose the pro-
jected London and York (direct) line.—Cambridge Ad-
vertior. .
DREADFUL MERDER.—When upon the point of
going to press we ascertain that the police have discovered
the bodies of a woman and three children, in a plantation,
near.Colwick, with their throats cut. . They are identified as
ad.—N
day morning last. The mau pprehende
the wife and children of a William Saville, of this town, who
..was seen taking a walk with them in that direction,
ottinghon Tues-
ain
Review of this day.
RISING WITH THE SUN.--" Come, Sambo, get .up
my good boy •it is after sunrise." " What ob dat,
massa ; what if be after. sun-. yise ? 'Spose if
Sun yise two hours' fore day' poor Sambo must git üb,
because sun yise, .eh? Don't come dat game over dis
nigger, no how."
•

The Madrid papers of the 16th contain various ru
mourn as to the object of the QUERN'S journey to Ca-
talonia. . Some state that an interview is premeditated
by the Queen Mother between her daughter and the
son of Don CARLOS, at the baths of Caldas, and give
the public to understand that the- QUEEN will return
married to that Prince. Another report is, that the
main object of the journey is to modify the constitu-
tion by a decree, and to revive the Estatute real. The
Tiempo contradicts all these reports, and declares that
the -midi ourtey has no other object whatever than the