The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-13 00:00:00

PUBLIC OPINION.

The Post observes, in an article on the disturbed
state of the manufacturing districts :—" We lament
to state that the accounts from the manufacturing
districts are of a very gloomy description. The lead-
ers of the mobs have, it appears, avowed,..that their ob-
ject is to enforce the enactment of the People's
Charter. It seemed, indeed, evident enough from the
first, that distress was not the cause of the riots, for
persons in a state of destitution cannot afford to with-
draw themselves from honest industry to attend poli-
tical meetings, and muster themselves in formidable
numbers, in order to inspire terror among the peace-
able inhabitants of a town. The misguided persons,
who, from the pressure of diitress, have been induced
to take part in these tumultuous proceedings, may be
expected to secede, now that the object is shown to be
one with which the pressure of distress has no sort
of connection. Should they fail to realise this rea-
sonable expectation nothing remains but that they
must share with their more guilty confederates such
coercion to peace, and such, punishment for the
breach of it, as the welfare and safety of society
require. • That the eftbrts of the Anti-Corn-law
League, failing in everything else, have succeeded in
exciting into action a Manchester mob is unfortu-
nately true. We fear that, whoever else may be
hanged in consequence of their reatliinations, the
members of the League, after the usual manner of
demagogues, whether Irish or English, will show
themselves cunning and cowardly enough to keep
their own necks out of a halter, The Chartist
spouters are, we suppose, generally men who have
no other visible means a gaining a livelihood than
that of robbing hen-roosts and stealing turnips from
the field ; and such are not the meri best qualified to
head a popular insurrection,"
We take the following from the Times :--" The
alarming state of things in Manchester and its neigh-
bourhood continues, hitherto the mischief done has
consisted chiefly in the forcible suspension of business.
and in a few acts of violence, trifling in comparison
with what might be apprehended from so numerou,
and occited a populace as that which has, by this
movement, bean thrown out of employment, ft can
scarcely, however, be hoped that the worst is over.
An ignorant and deluded mob, assembled they hardly
know why, yet knowing that they are unlawfully as-
sembled, in a state of compulsory idleness, suffering
under distress, conscious of physical power, and look-
ing to that power for the accomplishment of their
objects, such a material Is, like the waves of the sea,
ready to take a direction from the first wind that falls
upon them. We see no reason to believe that politics,
on the part of the workpeople, had any share whatever
in originating this movement; but once originated, it
may be stimulated and turned to account by political
incendiaries, whose influence with the operative class is
always unhappily great. Our anxiety is for the ope-
ratives themselves, Discreet precautions, and the
judicious employment of the force at the command of
the Magistracy, have already done much for the pro-
tection of the peaced )1y disposedTaatime has been
obtained for such reinforcements as ought to place the
result, so far as the safety of Manchester and other
towns is concerned, beyond all doubt. The idea,
therefore, of any triumph over the law on the part of,
the rioters is not to be entertained. Nothing which
these tumultuous assemblages may do can by any
possibility bring the operatives one inch nearer to the
"People's Charter," (should they be persuaded to
identify the remedy of their grievances with that
chimera), or their masters (if any of them have been
guilty of fomenting the outbreak with such a view)
nearer to the repeal of the Corn-laws. On the con-
trary, any reasonable and beneficial public object
could only be retarded by such methods of enforcing
it upon the Legislature ; while there is enough
strength and majesty left in the law of England to
suppress and put down with a high hand every
attempt to promote unreasonable or mischievous ob-
jects by violence."
The' Chronicle thus alludes to the Speech from the
Throne :—" Parliament was yesterday prorogued.
The Speech from the Throne attributes more import- I

ince to the commercial labours of the Government. '
han the country will be disposed to allow to them.
['lie intelligence from the manufacturing and mining •
listricts supplies a singular comment on the assur-
nice that there are indications of gradual recovery .
from that depression which has affected many branches
of manufacturing industry, and has exposed large '
.;lasses of my people to privations and sufferings,
which have caused me the deepest concern. When,
we ask, did ever a Parliament separate under cireum-
3tances more calculated to fill all reflecting meri vsith
alarm ? Chartist disturbances prevail in Scotland
both in the east and west. Lancashire and Cheshire
are in confusion, and the disturbances in Stafford-
:shire appear to be the result of the same organi-
zation which is at work in the north and west
-if Scotland. Ministers were told by the depu-
ties from the manufacturing districts that the pati-
nce of the people would give way under their
privations, and that without a' relaxation of the corn
monopoly, the peace of the country could not be pre-
served. Patience is a striking feature of the English
,!haracter, but the most patient people may at length
tike counsel froin their despair. It appears that fear-
tll inroads aro everywhere made on property. The
accounts, from Glasgow and Manchester concur in
stating that the people are helping themselves in all
directions. There is no insurrection properly speak-
ing, but a whole people roaming about the country in
hordes. No armed force, no police can make head
igainst such a state of things. The police in Man-
chester are worn out by their incessant exertions. We
do not apprehend any effectual resistance to troops ;
but we see no means equal to the demands of the
,2mergency for the protection of property. And it is
It such a moment that Parliament is dismissed, with
assurances that the people are about to be rewarded
For their patience under privations, by a restoration
to commercial prosperity !"
With reference to the working of the Income-tax,
the Herald observes :—" The Income-tax is beginning
o trouble the land, and we are very much mistaken if
Sir Robert Peel will not, on the meeting of the next
L'arliaMent, very greatly regret the tenacity with
which he adhered to schedule D in all the harsh in-
tegrity of •, Lord Lansdowne's Act. Tradespeople
and merchants, and they who maintain themselves
and their families by their mental industry, or by the
energetic speculation of a small capital, are already
shuddering over the forms which are before them, and
dread the exposure of their affairs which is to follow.
The tax on income, as distinguished from property*
will be found to be intolerable, however skilfully andleniently collected ; and on the re-assembling of the
Legislature the demand for its repeal will be universid•
The Income-tax, 'it will scarcely be denied, is the
price which the British people pay for their detesta-
tion of slavery and the 'slave trade ; it is a price which
they will not consent to pay very long ; it is, more-
over, one which no prudent Minister will allow them
to pay long, because he is in the possession of means t°
enable the British sugar colonies to compete with the
slave-growing countries of the tropics. Apply those
means, and the extinction of slavery and the suppres-.
sion of the slave• trade follow as naturally as a'Aif
other cause and effect ; the present check on the con-
sumption of sugar could be then removed, and the
flow of duties into the Treasury from such increased
consumption would enable Government to abandon so,
cruel and harsh—though perhaps at present unavoid" •
able—a mode of equalising- revenue and expenditure
as by an Income-tax."

MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE.
At the meeting of the Proprietors of the London
and Birmingham Railway, held in Euston-square yes-
terday, it appeared from the net proceeds of the traffic,
And the profit on the sale of new shares, that there
was a disposable balance of 242,2601. 15s. 4d., on
which the Directors declared a dividend of 5 per cent.
for the half year. The passengers carried during
that period were 372,532, and the gross receipts
therefrom 388,2881. 7s.

PUBLIC nvEPROVEMENTS.
The workhouse for the parish of St. Matthelv,
Bethnal-green, is now finished, having been erected
at the cost of 30,000/. It is situated on a part of the
estate formerly the property of Bishop Bonner, and
known as Bonner's-fields. The out-door poor 3t
present amount to 1,200 persons, who have from four
to six loaves weekly for their families.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
The consecration of the foreign Bishops, who We:
keen appointed to the colonies under the new Act °'
Parliament, is to be celebrated on Wednesday, the
24th inst., in the choir of Westminster Abbey. Tne
ceremony will be an imposing one, and the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury will preside.

EXittTIOINIE:2IIUNG.
By the death of Lord Rossmore, a vacancy occurs
in the representation of the county of Monaghan, by
of his Lordship's eldest son the
Henry Robert IVestenra, to the House of Lords. Sir T.
Lennard is spoken of as the Liberal candidate, ar
Mr. Leslie, jun., of Glasslough, who is not of :age .14
the 20th of this month, as standing for the Conserva-
tive side.

WAVILY.. AND It/Ma-TART.
Two hundred rank and file belonging to the East
India -Company embarked yesterday at Gravesend
for Bombay;
.also twenty-five rank and file of the
31st Regiment, and fifty-two rank and file of the
62d for Bengal.
Four companies of the Foot Guards, it is said, were
last night underrorders to be in, readiness to proceed
to Manchester to-day by railway,' if, from. the :IC'
counts received last night, their presence . should be
required.

MAW AND POLICE.
At the Gloucester Assizes held on Thursday, Henry
Nfacarthy, a respectable young man, was indicted for
the murder of William Hopper at Bristol. The Jul
found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter only.
• Francis Henry Cartwright, a labourer from Leices-
ter, was charged at Guildhall, yesterday, with pur:
loining about fifty pears from the tops of the filot
baskets in Farringdon-market. He was remanded
till next day, with the view of convicting him sum-
warily. . _

In the Secondaries' Court, yesterday, Mr. Huggin!,
the marine painter, brought an action against Sic
Joseph Douglas, to recover twenty guineas for a 51;
piece, representing the destruction of the war-jun"
in China, in which. engagethent Sir Joseph was cara-
tain of the. Cambridge merchant-ship, and receivise
the honour of knighthood for his conduct.
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matter was arranged, and a verdict returned for the
amount claimed.
John Sweet, late a " cutter " in the employment
of Messrs. SilVer and Co., outfitters, in Cornhill, Wl°
charged at Lambeth-street, yesterday, with plundef;
ing his employers of calico, lawn, and other goods,
a considerable extent. The prisoner was fully COIII-
- for trial.

TEEATTLICAL.
The last masquerade of the season was held yest'
,lay evening at Vauxhall, when the masks numberet
two or three hundred. The usual round of enter:
tainment took place, and Mdlle. Caroline attracted
usual by her excellent equestrianship.
SPORTING.
Earl Cadogan is still in Scotland on a fishing er.
cursion.
The Duke of Rutland has left Belvoir Castle Pr
Longshawe, Derbyshire, to enjoy the grouse • shooting'

COUIiT---I".aISEUaNII2:3I.M. 1.41'
The Queen Dowager is expected to arrive at 3
vern Wells, on Tuesday next. '
The Duchess and the Princess Augusta have 31..
turned to Kew.

The Earl and Countess of Sheffield have left tool
for Sheffield Park, Sussex. •
Viscountess Forbes and Mr. Vaughan have
to Castle Forbes, the family seat in -Ireland, W 1
they intend to pass several months. •
MISCELLANEOUS. •
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager cOmpletes•
day her fiftieth year, and rejoicings ;it Bushy 3nr
Hampton-courts will celebrate as usual the day of he
birth.
A riot occurred at St. John's, New Brunswick, O
the 12th of July last. It appears that a party riln`liti.
well known in Ireland, had been hoisted on a fl3g,,
taff, in the rear of the city. This, gave offence I,'
some individuals of the opposite party, who accord-
ingly ingly pulled it down. An outbreak ensued, at laic-
-1,000 persons were present. The Mayor and autho-
rities interfered, and three of the rioters were arrested
A sail-boat, containing eighteen reapers,
were about to go to Scotland for the harvest, %s",i
accidentally upset in Lough Suilly on Monday, °I
out of the number fourteen drowned.
The subscription which has been set on foot ta
Edinburgh for the sister of Burns the poet, 111°.
Begg, who has been some time in very necessitous'
circumstances, already amounts to 2001. Her 3(3'
jesty presented 50!., and Barry Cornwall, IA
Macready, the Duke .of Sutherland, and Professor
Wilson, other sums.
Lord Rossmore died at Dublin on Thursday last'
His Lordship was elevated to the Peerage on the
23d June, 1838.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND IN SEPTEW.
BER.—Her Majesty and the Prince will probablS
make an excursion to the Highlands during her stay.
in Scotland, paying visits to the Earl of Kinnota
Lord Mansfield, Lord Breadalbane, and Lord Wil;
loughby.D'Eresby. It is said that her Majesty NO'
reside, while in the neighbourhood u f Edinburgh, nt
the Palace of Dalkeith.
TivERTON—EXTENSIVE PAILI'RE.—The town and
neighbourhood have been thrown into the greatest sin
of excitement in consequence of the cailuro of Mr. Robert
Loosemore, a solicitor in extensive business, and who
possessed the public confidence in an almost unbounded
degree, when it was announced that he was about to be
made a bankrupt, and that his debts were stated to be
upwards of 40,0001., the alarm and consternation was ex-
cessive. We are sorry to announce -that • several indi-
viduals of small means will suffer severely. Mr..J.
Owen, solicitor, is the petitioning creditor, and we are
sorry to hear he is expected to suffer severe]
Times. ifestet
Lively, good-humoured old wonien, cornP"lith
young. ones, are what raisins are to fresh
grape.•
are withered ; but they are also preserved They
, and appear
to advantage in the freshest company

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