The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-28 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1844.

The royal procession to the City this day is cha-
racteristic of the habits, the genius, and the industry
of the English people. No similar display was
made at Paris on the opening of one of the finest
buildings of that metropolis—the Bourse. Royalty
did not go in state for the purpose of encouraging
trade and commerce, and throwing a halo around
the occupations of shopkeepers and merchants ; nor
are we aware that any such exhibition, as that which
attracts the notice of two millions of inhabitants this
day, is to be found on record in the history of any
great country. Possibly the Doge of VENICE, or the
first magistrates of the commercial Republics on the
shores of the Mediterranean, who lived, and moved,.
and had their being in trade, might have done similar
honour to commercial enterprise; but it was reserved
for the Queen of ENGLAND to treat with
the same august ceremony the nobles of
the land, the representatives of the people,
and the humble citizens who have toiled and struggled

INFLUX OF TIIIEVES.—We have just been informed
by Captain Raining, Superintendent of the city police,
that there are at present prowling about the streets of
Edinburgh, and of course seeking for prey, between 50
and 60 common and convicted thieves, who have all and
each returned from imprisonment for various periods,
and in various prisons. They are all well known,
especially to the criminal officers, and all the police
constables have their eyes upon them, but of course can-
not interfere unless they catch them in the commLision
of crime. We would therefore advise merchants and
tradesmen, as well as private families, to be upon their
guard against the arts of these rogues, which are so di-
versified. The fact which we have stated, of the num•
ber of known and convicted thieves being at large, may
appear astonishing to those who are not aware of a prac-
tice in our police and other inferior courts, which
is this—that on a first and second conviction, these
offenders are sentenced to a greater or less period
of imprisonment by the presiding judges ; if again found
transgressing, they are then remitted to the
high Court of Justiciary, and, if convicted, are
sent out of the country. The consequence of this very
questionable system is, that the thief having suffered his
first punishment, returns to his old habits, with the com-
fortable conviction that, though again caught, he cannot
yet be sent to a penal settlement—and so does he calcu-
late his chances of escape from a third transgression. A
first conviction is seldom for a first offence ; and if the
crime implies banishment in a superior, we think it
would be well that it did so also in the inferior court.—
Caledonian Mercury.
THE BORING OF VESSELS.—INJURY SUSTAINED BY
TuE liarin.—An idea may be formed of the magni-
tude of the injury to accrue to property, waiving alto-
gether the manifest imminent peril to human life,
from the perpetration of this ghastly crime, by the
mad statesmen, and the misguided SOVEREIGN, who lossC sustained by one vessel alone. The Rapid,
taeinnlyWprhoictee,edbedeingte onethe
rofooit,henowvesnseelasrlybofroeudr,
urged the country on almost to the brink of ruin. hal)
weeks sly pro
she was obliged to put back and
But what remains shows the ability and foresight with unload her cargo. She. then put up on the patent
slip to undergo repairs, the expense of which
charges,of
this exs
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es
ni
theo ie
which our merchant princes carried on their vast
together with ship
amountedcharges s ut
or v elysoorls. ' undertakings. The United States, though separated of protest, &c.,
shipwright's bill alone was 120/., the vessel having been
from the mother country, furnishes a better market r newly planked and trunnelled. This enormous
for English manufactures than any other independent
is solely for the repairs
,of the vessel, and is altogether
:
, independent of the crews wages, provisions, &c.; as also
state. The people have the same habits and the same of the damage done to the cargo, which was consider-
wants—there is a constant commercial exchange going able. The Rapid is now, after four weeks, laden
.again,
and will proceed on its voyage this afternoon. We wish
on between the two nations, and England and it a happy one.—Limerick Reporter
America, though rivals, are still the best sup- i Di:EL.—BAYONNE, OCT. 2l.—Yesterday afternoon
4 ' a duel took place on the Spanish frontier, near St. Jean
porters of each other. Wherever we turn our de Luz, between an English and French gentleman,
named Canning and Chaho. They fought with sharp
ergo's, we find nearly the same results. English
foils, and the former, after receiving a scratch in the
,
ships are found in every sea, exchanging the throat, severely wounded his adversary (who fought left
productions of the country for those of others—aa handed) just under the region of the heart. M. Chaho
exchange equal] was immediately conveyed to the neighbouring village
y advantageous to both. Queen of Biriatore, where he now lies, with but faint hopes of
ELIZABETH, it is true, set the example, and the re- recovery. This unfortunate affair is the generel topic of
conversation here, and has created a deep sensation
stilt only proves bow worthy it is of imitation. It is ' amongst all classes. It appears that Mr. Canning con-
needless to contrast the power of England during her tributes, by way of amusement, to a light weekly jour-
nal published in Bayonne, and called Trilby, whilst M.
reign with its existing Power, its vast wealth, its 1 Chaho is the editor of another hebdomadal periodical,
1 bearing the sob, eject of Ariel. A rivalry soon sprung
countless ships and colonies, its enormous commer_struck our rapers, • dispute, day
M.
Chaho
up between these and the other
clal transactions, because every reader can draw the countryman during a ..ispute, the subject of
which is not kno
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last
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contrast himself. Commerce has made England what this duel. Mre
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Mr. rtenryWire transacted business at the Foreign-
she is, and the Queen of GREAT BRITAIN, therefore,
cannot pay a more noble and more just tribute to its
11 office on Friday.

many a day to raise themselves to independence, and
to establish the character of their country among
commercial nations. Most of the leading men—rMY)
all who were admitted into the royal presence this
day, belong to that class. Some of them have been
saddlers, others paper-makers or stationers ; all of
them have been engaged in some active occupation,
conferring benefits on themselves and their country.
The class, too, to which they belong, have extend( d
the fame and the power of the British name into
every quarter of the globe. A few merchants esta-
blished themselves some two hundred years ago on a
small spot in Hindostan —that spit increased
to a mighty empire, and now forms the
brightest jewel in the British crown. What have
they done, too, in the North American States ?
They peopled the country by their skin and enter-
prise i and if it was finally lost to the Crown, thecan't
was not theirs, hut that of the imbecile generals, the