The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-12 00:00:00

m3tion in society is the consequence of his insincerity
and his ambition. To gratify the latter he denied and
resisted, year after year, those principles to which in
his tariff he is compelled to do homage. His
insincerity, his pretended continual anxiety to protect
agriculture, is one of the main causes why that spirit of
monopoly has been nursed amor gst the agriculturists
into a strength which is now dangerous for him. It was
ambition made him put an end to the means of improv-
ing the revenue which the Whigs proposed, in
order to put himself and his friends in their places,
and the nine months' delay has made the necessi-
ties of the Government overwhelming. But though he has
been goaded by, by his own fault, into the commission of,a
great folly, the nation must not be injured. It is re-
solved, we believe, to have no income tax, because it is
sensible that such a tax is. too high a price to pay for
the best Government that ever existed in the world, and
an exorbitant price to pay for a Government of arbitrary
Tories and selfish Monopolists.

The income tax and the tariff are obvionsly parts of
the same scheme, by the whole of which Sir R. PEEL
says he will stand or fall. Those who, like the farmers
at Grimsby, hate the tariff, and also hate the income tax,
ought to petition agaillst both. Those who, like the
Anti-Corn-leaguers, and all the shopkeepers of the em-
pire, hate the income tax, ought also to hate the tariff.
Though Sir R. PEEL holds it out as a bribe, it is no com-
pensation whatever for his proposed tax, and those who
hate the latter, ought to spurn the former. All honest
men ought to reject and oppose both ; because, the whole
scheme of tax and tariff is brought forward in a Machia-
vellian spirit of dividing to govern. Sir R. PEEL'S plan
proceeds on the principle of bribing one class to act
against another. It sows dissension in society ; it sets
nian against man. It pretends to offer the middle
classes as a sacrifice to the lower classes, the farmers to
the manufacturers, the manufacturers to the landowners
—and so through every part of society. It seems to us
a devilish scheme, the appropriate offspring of the Devil's
laws ; which should be resisted in toto.

The scene displayed at 13tiekingliam Palace on Satur-
day was one of the most remarkable of the prei-ent
day. A Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin, accompanied
by numerous Members of the Corporation, by a Catholic
Chaplain, and by many officers of State, were admitted
to the presence of a Protestant Sovereign, delivered a
dutiful and loyal address, and were warmly congratulated
by our gracious QUEEN on their faithful attachment to
her person and family. This is an awful innovation for
the bigots to contemplate, and sufficient almost to make
the bones of Lord GEORGE GORDON, and of all the
valiant Protestants of 1780, shake in their graves.
It will excite dire alarm among the 11PGHEES, the
O'SumavAxs, and all the Orangemen of the North of
Ireland. Exeter. hall, next month, will ring again with
denunciations against the Popish intrusion, and the
King of HANOVER, we fear, will notsurvive the hateful
event for even six months. Saturday, indeed, was a ter-
rible day for a certain class of Christians, and will long
be remembered in the annals of the country; but whilst
they mourn, millions will rejoice. They will rejoice to
see our beloved Sovereign welcoming to her presence
her faithful subjects of all sects, encouraging them to
unanimity, and by her manner, as well as her words,
calling upon them to cast off their uncharitable preju-
dices, and live in peace like children of the same family.
ller example will be followed by all the great and good
of the land. In Ireland such impartial conduct will
produce the best results. All that the people of that
country wanted was fair play?; they wished to be placed
on a footing with their fellow-subjects in Britain ;
they laboured for this in season and out of season,
sometimes by petition, and not unfrequently by deeds of
rebellion ; and when their gallant spirit thus manifested
itself against the most cruel oppression that ever
afflicted a nation, they were described by their masters
as a turbulent, lawless, and blood-thirsty race, as unfit
to be trusted with the rights of freemen, and ever and
anon some new Bill was passed to check what was
called their rebellious disposition, and reduce
them to the very lowest depths of slavery.
Their conduct for the last few years has completely
falsified these ungenerous and wicked accusations.
The change that has taken place in the country
since they were treated like rational beings,
has been the most remarkable on record, and
does the highest honour to them as a nation. Ireland
for some time has been the most peaceable portion
of the British dominions. And why ? Because
the Irish now have confidence in the protec-
tion of the law, they receive equal favour
at the hands of the Sovereign with the rest of her
people, and are anxious to show by their deeds
that they are both grateful and. loyal. Let the
Tories, for their own sake, if for no other reason,
adhere to tho wise policy which has effected
such a beneficial change ; let them administer even-
handed justice to Catholics and Protestants, complete
the union of the two countries' by granting them equal
laws and equal privileges, and Ireland, from being for
hundreds of years a thorn in the side of England, will
form the best guarantee for the security and independ-
ence of the empire.

The Government can adopt no measure better calcu-
lated to neutralize the unpopularity of adding largely to
the taxation of the country, than the increase of the
steam naval power of England. Sacrifices which would
be tolerated for no other purpose, are readily and even
cheerfully made by Englishmen when they are demanded
to make the nation powerful and respected at sea. Reports
are in circulation that the Tory Government proposes to
turn this popular feeling to proper account. The
augmentation of our Navy is seriously contem-
plated, and we learn with pleasure that more
regard will he paid to the construction of war
steamers than to any other class of vessels. We
quoted in another part of The Sun, from the Mechanics'
Magazine, a description of the largest steam frigate in
the world, now ordered to be built at Chatham Dock-
yard. Our Contemporary states that this wonder of the
deep " will be 650 horse-power ; have engine room for
600 tons of fuel ; stowage under hatches for 1,000 troops
with four months' stores and provisions, independently
of a crew of 450 men ; and to carry 20 guns of the
heaviest calibre, besides carronades." A dozen such
floating islands of destruction as this would add more
to the naval power of the country than forty sail of the
line. Nor would the expense be so considerable as may at
first appear. For the construction of the one now
about to be built, the Penelope, a forty-four gun
frigate, is to be cut in two, and fifty-five feet
added to the whole length. Now we have an
abundance of nearly useless ships of the line
and frigates in port and afloat, which could
be very well turned into excellent steamers, such
as are most wanted on the coast of China, and such as
we should assuredly most want were we ever to be so
unfortunate as to be driven to engage in a war with
France cr the United States. We ohall return to this
subject.

The Madrid Journals received are to the 3d instant,
but they contain no news of interest although both
Chamlmrs were sitting.
The Five per Cents, were done at -Madrid on the 2d
instant for 294 cash, and 294 at GO days. There was
much business done in the Three per Cents., to the
amount of 44,000,000, at 223 23.

The French Minister of War has received the news
of another engagement between the French and A BD-EL-
KADErr in Africa. The form of its conveyance is a
despatch from General BUGEA UP, inclosing a report
from Gendal BEDEA I, dated the 22d ult., from Hanaya,
where that officer bivouacked. After putting the Arabs
to flight General BuGEAUD appends to the report,
which we here subjoin, an announcement that lie had
ordered the 2d battalion Zouaves to reinforce General
BEDEA U. The following is the report :

Abd-el-Kader came down yesterday near to Tlemcen with
upwards of 1,500 cavalry, and 3,00 foot of the tribe of
Beni Hussen. According to accounts from the prisoners,
other cor.tingents of the Beni Hussens were on their way to
join him, but stopped near the Tafna. I was on my march
to El Bridj, where, on the' preceding day, the Douyain were
beaten, when about nine o'clock I was informed of the appear.
ance of two considerable bodies of troops in the direction of
Hanaya and Saffaif. We at first met a party of between 600
and 700 of the Beni Hussens, of whom we killed seventy, and
took fifteen prisoners. We were obliged to give up the pursuit
of the rest in order to move in the direction of the Sicka.
Abd-el-Kader was retiring by the valley of this river, carrying
with him, it is said, some cattle. From want of sufficient
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the tight with inveteracy, and thus had three sciafa and more
than 15 horses killed, besides more than 40 more men certainly
ei he killed or wounded. The coming on of night permittedthe
main body of the column to reach the Oued-Zeytorne, without
being touched by the columns of the convoy which advanced
upon it. Although we hid marched nearly twelve leagues
during the day, I loft the bivouac of Hanaya at two in the
morning with two thousand men, without their havresacks,
hoping to find Abd-el-Kader at Sidi- Brahim, but he had taken
advantage of the night to remove notwithstanding the great fa.
tigue of his men. This day the horsemen who have rejoined
the camp found several dead bodies and horses, and a quantity of '
havresacks abandoned by the Beni Hussens. Idu not think I
exaggerate in estimating at 150 the number of men lost by the
enemy. It is probable that this essay will disgust the Morocco
tribes, but you will doubtlessly think it necessary to prevent
the renewal of similar attempts. I have had four men killed,
amongst whom is Captain Guide, adjutant-major of the 10th
battalion of foot chasseurs, and 24 wounded, amongst whom is
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