The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

PUBLIC OPINION.

The Advertiser, taking Lord John Russell's speech in the Corn,
mons last night, i❑ connexion with the party whom he represents,
considers it " little better than an advance in the bidding for that
summit out of doors, without which neither faction can sustain
itself within."

The Chronicle states that Lord John Russell's " able and elo.
quent speech" is a powerful exposure of Sir Robert Peel's " Do-
nothing policy, which all the acuteness and skill of Mr. Gladstone
did not enable him to defend."

The Times expresses itself to the effect that, although Lord John
Russell has taken the lead in opposing the Mlnisaerial measure for
the alteration of the Corn laws, the debate of last night clearly esta-
blished the fact that, between the Noble Lord and her Majesty's
Ministers there is really no difference of principle whatever on this
subject."
The Pust eulogises Sir Robert Peel for having—in his Corn.law
speech—" dared to make a statement which he knew would not at
first be popular with either side of the House; but which he be-
lieved would soon acquire the favour of the honest and judicious,
on acconnt of its skilful appreciation of what it was fair and pru-
dent to do, under all the circumstances of the case."

The Herald, in answer to Lord John Russell's objection to the
maximum of the Ministerial scale, because in effect, it is prohibi.
tory, replies, "but at wh.t average is it prohibitory ° Nut until
wheat is under fifty shillings a quarter—a price barely remunerative
to domestic agriculture, and indicative of ability to do without
foreign importations.
PILIZLZEINZENTA.RX.
In the House of Lords last night, all the law Lords present, and
the Earl of Aberdeen, supported by the legal authorities he had
consulted, united in declaring, as Lord Brougham had stated, that
there is no authority or machinery for giving up or bringing to
trial the negroes who had carried the Creole into Nassau. After this
satisfactory opinion, Lord Brougham declined to press for the cor-
respondence on the subject.

Some routine business was transacted, and their Lordships ad.
journcd.

In the Commons an immense number of petitions were pre.
sented against the Corn-laws.

A new writ was issued for South Salop, in the room of the Earl
of Darlington, now Duke of Cleveland.
In reply to Mr. Hutt, Sir R. Peel stated that the Stade Duties
were now the subject of a negotiation with Hanover.

In reply to Mr. Grantley Berkeley, Lord Stanley admitted that
the price of growing sugar in Demerara was mote tha❑ it would
sell for; and the Noble Lord read the planters a lecture as to the
mode of managing their estates, as if he were inclined to include
in the duties of a Colonial Secretary the task of administering gen
tlernen's property.
Mr. Gladstone, in reply to Mr. Labouchere, intimated that it
was doubtful whether his proposition to levy a duty of 2s. per
quarter on wheat imported into Canada, would be carried into effect.
Mr. Roebuck is to bring the constitutional question involved in
this duty under the notice of the House.
Sir R. Peel, in reply to Mr. Labouchere, stated that he did not
mere to continue the prohibition on importing flour into Ireland.
The House, for the remain der of the evening, diseased the Corn_
law, and we have elsewhere noticed the principal speeches and the
result of the debate.