The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-10 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1826•

We received last night the Paris Papers of Not,
day, and the Etoile of Sunday morning. They (10
not contain any news of importance. The Jontal
des Debats has a long article, attributing to
frinto
METTERNICH, the•evasive answer which. the Infant"
The teems that he would
the ,Princess Regent of PORTUG' AL, .
bilge an,-.1 subscribe the oath to the NeW Constitution.
DON MIGUEL has given to the desire of his Sister:
. lestly of the aissemblilig chs-
expressed, appeal want
ratter of Austrian p,,licy ; and, it is said, that under
tional system, his real object .4 guarantees for
the plea of ostensibly ,
aenanding some
~u which his letter to the EMPEROR 15
IM tof the Constitu-
tional consequences of the es'Olisl- en , °di.
fication secretly of the system its:lf•
demands of the
The same paper asserts that the d
ar,, considere
Russian Commissioners at Akermann,
pey doe
by the Turkish Ministers so exorbitant, thancosinot to submit them to the Grand Seignor'ar dal.
deration. The proposed arrangement respecting
to obtain some m
'ltalia and Moldavia, would be a virtual disinein'i‘er'
meld of those Provinces from the Turkish M3313-re
r.
f: o '
and the demand for
the payment to Rosso
6,000,000 of silver rubles, is tantamount to req'
an impossibility. The Divan have not the means
making such a payment if they were willing to do
01
and the SULTAN will, we are convinced, Prefer
the
chances of war to the continuance of peace o
9
terms which Russia attempts to dictate. A few 62:5
must put us in possession of the final decision on v.
zation of the Austrian Army
momentous question..
The Etoik endeavours to prove that the re-ore":
affairs in the East : it is hardly, however, to be br
a
lieved, that the probable occupation of Wallachia an
Moldavia by Russia, has had no influence in the o
The
templated military' arrangements of Austrui. i
the Atuerica i
journey to Paris of M. GALLATIN,
Minister, is said to have. been occasioned by sone 11'1,
portant despatches from his Gevennnent, which reiiii,
Extracts of these Papers'
dered it necessary for him to communicate persoilai
e)
with Mr. CANNING, without a moment's loss of lin:er
has nothing to do wiol
column. will be found in anoth

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Cortes Bonds ****************************** 91f.
Royal Bonds .. *********************** 46f. 461.

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EXCHANGPS 4)?11-011P°?'•

whole,
night. The
aFnceoLoNtiisllmiso filsiolo:ulzateiLzilieea,lttttetteel:srlitnieo:snhtclelipematdh3peCiebyrteshecunoolt. Ire ached II 8 I ''''e
gratifying description,
of a and pross 1114 t the
Oporto,rontier Provinces bad been entirely misrepresented. 11
Upper Beira, where some disaffected
public peace, but were immediately put down ; 'lt
_A
bad PrOClaillig"..
King, tranquillity had been tors.l•
In fact, by these papers it would appear that tone ,
lity had been established in all the proinces, and dis`
the universal feeling of the people was ►Il favour of tilt
new order of things. nflatildlie to adttilsPt°ilb.
iittli:hi'
in
Numerous addresses of cotgro-
tulation to the PRINCESS REGENT appear in the

o4a thern ar (1283 dd nit.,t a
Gaxettes.
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observe,it mentioned frbin Alentejo, under
tilt
(We
ktehstoccoen.tinual desertions from

We also received Frankfort Papers
last night to
the 4th instant. Their contents have no political iinti
portance. The King of BAVARIA hxd consoltide
►
to the erection of a Protestant Church in his oPit
the
and had sanctioned measures for removing uni/eP
sity of Landshut to IVlunich. 'This Monarch
had

also as Signed a sum /of 50,000 florins from his Privy
purse t. %yards foun
.ding an establishment for the sup-
port a c I cducatir in of children born blind.

Wen 11181 C all the attention of our readers to a 'very
sensible lettr ,r on the state of Ireland, which will be
found in "another column, from an English Gentle-
man who . has been for some time resident in one of
the Mil Rand Counties of the Sister Kingdom, and
who is , lell qualified, from the society in which he
mom:
ti to form an accurate opinion of the real eon-
a of the people of Ireland, and the causes of
their.; %wretched state. It will be observed, that he con-
s' .dens that the introduction of the system of Poor
Rates would be attended with considerable benefit--
and that the adoption of this measure cannot be long
yostponed.

There are few subjects, more important to the ship-
`p rig interests of this country than the tonnage duties
exacted for lights and harbour dues ; and none, per-
haps, with which the public are so little acquainted,
and to which their attention has been so little directed.
It is true, that in the last Session of Parliament some
returns were printed by order of the House of Com-
mons, which threw a little light upon the question ;
110 measure however was founded on them, but as in the
Present state of our trade, the exactions from our
tradeli will be felt more severely, we have little doubt
that in ;Le next Session the question will be taken up
in a serious manner, with a. view to the adoption of a
system less objectionable in principle, and less oppres-
sive to Our maritime trade.
However little versed in matters relative to naviga-
tion, every one of our readers must be aware of the
immense importance of having lights upon our most
prominent headlands, and upon the most dangerous of
the rocks and sands which exist round our island; and
:they can also estimate the advantage of having piers
.and artificial harbours constructed in points most ac-
,cessible to shipping, in which they may take shelter from
the violence of the weather to which they might be
Aubjected in the open roadsteads of the coast. The
• lihipping interests duly appreciate these advantages,
and most willingly and readily submit to the payment
of such duties and dues as may be necessary for the
maintenance of all these securities to their property.
But they contend, and we think ‘most justly, of
the eollection of any larger sum for these pur-
poses than is actually expended upon them ; and
maintain, that if the present amount collected
be more that sufficient for the maintenance of
these safeguards, the rate of the collection should be
lowered r.ar the surplus applied to the construction and
maintenance of additional Light-houses or Light-ves-
sels. In this argument we entirely agree. We con-
that Light-houses are, on the sea, what turnpikes
are on the land. The tolls payable to the former.
Should, like those of the latter, be regulated by the ex-
penditure, and should never, in any case, be a source
Of
individual profit. If the produce of the tolls of a
turnpike trust, or bridge, be more than sufficient for
the maintenance of the road, the surplus is applied to
lowerincr •
-111. a hill, or some other great improvement
``and When all the requisite improvements have
new, made, the rate of the toll is reduced pro-
portionably. So, in like manner, should be done
with regard to dues for light-houses. If others are
'wanted on the Caine line of coast, let the surplus Re-
venue be so applied—but when no such necessity
exists, the rate of toll should be diminished according
• to the sum required and raised. Contrary, however,
this simple and just principle, light-houses hare, in
many cases, been made the source of large profits ,to
individuals. We speak not of those which belong to
that most respectable body " The Corporation of Tri-
nity House of Deptford Stroud." Their surplus in-
"lle, if any, is laid out in useful measures for the
further safety of the shipping, or to other legi-
tin* purposes within the scope of their objects.
But we speak of other and most important lights,
such for instance as those of Dungeness, Har-
wich) Orfordness, &c. which have at some former
Period been granted to private individuals, by whom,
or by whose descendants, large revenues are now de-
rived from them, .
are credibly' informed
Il •
m Dungeness light-house, we
that Mr. COKE of Norfolk, who
holds it under lease front the Crown, derives an income
of 5,000/. per annum ; and •
mentary Return, that three. appears
of the net amount of
aPpears by a Parlia-
duties collected for Harwich Light •
in 1823, (which
proportion was reserved by dee Treasury, in the lease
granted to Gen. REBOW, at 1/. per annum), amounte
to 8,387/. 2s. ld. Various other similar instancespist,t
and, as by the patent or lease under which these
lights were granted to individuals, certain rates of
duties were guaranteed to them, both from British
ships and Foreigners, (the latter paying higher dues
than the former), no alteration in those rates can
now be fixed, without indemnity to the proprietors ;
end consequently, as the Reciprocity Laws allow
•
%Nil ships to pay only the same dues as our own,
the Government are at this moment actually paying to
the owners of the lights the difference between the
amennt collected from Foreign ships, and that which
would have been collected under the pre-existing re-
&nations applicable to the ships of other countries.
This We say is a system which wants revision. No
1i
Tfiiih_te should be in the hands of private individuals.
rY are objects not only of national importance, but
of imPortance to the commercial interests of the world,
and as such should be all regulated and superintended