The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-08 00:00:00

[BRITISH Plt Essd

. The proposed salary of 5,0001. to the President
of the Board of Trade, was again the subject of
debate in the House of Commons last night ; and,
as our renders•must have anticipated', carried by a •
large majority. The necessity of this increased
allowance recommends itself to all who are fami-
liar with the immense mass of business which de-
volves upon this member of the Government. It
is his exclusive province to plan and mature every
measure connected in the remotest degree with
foreign and domestic trade—to adapt them to the
state and circumstances of the Countryto keep
a watchful eye over the march 'of national industry,
and, by a seasonable relaxatioiC of the restrictive,
and a fostering of more liberal regulations, to pre-
serve the commercial system on a fair and equable
balance. Having these important interests to
guard, which in a country like ours are the very
sinews of our strength and greatness, it is the im-
perative duty of Parliament to confer upon the
office whatever lustre mere emolument can
give to it, in order that the possessor might not
have his time and attention distracted by any
other official situation, and be at the same
time informed. of the value which the public
sets upon his exertions. The principle, there-
fore, of the grant we conceive to be sound and
constitutional ; and no individual could have
been more fitly selected to reap its first fruits
than Mr. Haski sson . Ever since he took office,
he has devoted himself to the complex interests
of trade with the most unbending zeal ; and after
sketching the outline of his plans, not with a
Hasty, but with a prudent and a cautious hand, he
has not permitted any factions voice to prevent
his filling up its minute,it parts. Whim he first
announced his determination of pursuing his
present career, his sincerity was questioned ;
or at least his plans were looked upon as a tissue
of fine-spun theories, which Government wopid
not have the courage to reduce to practice.—
How completely these prognostics were falsi-
fied by the result, our readers need not be told ;
and the cheers which accompanied the gradual
development of the commercial policy of the

Right Honourable Gentleman, and the over.
whehning majorities by which they were sanc-
tioned, tended to sweeten the bitter wat rs of
party, and to animate the Minister in his course.
Mr. iluskisson also overcame what his friends
view us his noblest triumph ; the repugnance
with which no inconsiderable portion of the
public naturally looked upon the man who had
burst the fetters of monopoly, which was so heap.
ficial to them, and allowed our national industy to
exhaust itself in the freest competition. The ad.
vantages which his intrepid genius has achieved
for us, ought ever to be held in grateful remem.
brance ; although his best tribute will be found
in the applause of those who value the true hate.
rests of their country.

SINGULAR AND HORRIBLE DEAT/L—Tile
fortunate death of Mr. CHANG., a respectable
farmer, of Landcross, near Bideford, whose body
tram found last week in the road, was attended
with singular circumstances. On his way home
from Torrington, he crossed the ford at Wear
Gifford, and afterwards had to cross the aqueduct.
On opening a gate near its edge, the horse's hind
legs slid down, and he then fell on his side, with
the unfortunate rider under. From the horse some-
times having full bearing for his heels, and
struggling violently in the ditch to extricate him-
self, the deceased is supposed to have died from
extreme pressure, as he was literally buried its
the new earth, nothing but part of his face and
one hand appearhig when found. Not a bone
was broken, and scarcely a blemish appeared an
;his person. It is a remarkable fact that Mr.
Crai( was horn on a Saturday' married on a
Saturday, had three children on a Saturday, and
expired " the Saturday, which brought the
twenty-fourth anniversary of Ms wedding-day.