The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-06 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF MEWS

AND

Public eptivion.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

The Overland Mail from India brings the highly im-
portant news that the British squadron in the Chinese
seas had taken the strong fortress of Amoy without the
loss of a single man. The Chinese lost 18 war junks,
and 500 pieces of cannon. The accounts elsewhere given
are very interesting.
The steamer Madagascar was lost on the coast of
China, and the officers and lascars fell into the hands of
the Chinese.

There is a probability that there will be no war with
Burmah.

In some conflicts with the Ghilzies in the Koord Pass
of Cabool, the British in the service of the Shah Soojah
lost three officers killed, and ten wounded.

A famine is apprehended in some districts of Bengal.
PUBLIC OPINION.
The Morning Post has an article, the object of which
is to show that it is the bounden duty of Government to
take the lead in inquiring into the present state of the
country, and " to look boldly at the actual condition of
the masses of the labouring poor." The Post adds, that
Government should determine upon discouraging with
all the weight of its influence whatever shall be decided
upon as having led to the distress, and of contributing
with all its ability to the placing of our national indus-
try upon a safer and better footing.
The principal article in the Times is on the subject of
the Revenue, which it seems to consider on the whole
as favourable, observing that, " notwithstanding the ac-
knowledged depression prevalent in many branches of
trade and industry, the general view which this docu-
ment gives of our national resources is, upon the whole,
highly encouraging."
The Herald contains an elaborate article suggested by
the present state of the African slave-trade, wherein our
Contemporary laments that this accursed traffic is regu-
lated by the same principle of political economy which
directs and governs the interchange of lawful commo-
dities, adding that "so long as there is a demand for
slaves, will there be a slave-trade," and that therefore,
"to destroy the slave-trade, slavery should be abol-
ished."

The object of the chief article in the Chronicle—the
hints for which have heen furnished by Lord Stanley's
and Sir James Graham's recent visit to the Duke of
Buckingham—is to show that "it is ridiculous to ima-
gine that the Duke will be made a party to any real or
effective change in the Corn-laws ; and all that may be
done in the way of sound commercial reforms will weigh
but as a straw in comparison of an effective change in the
laws which interfere with the price of food."
The Advertiser arraigns the conduct of the Govern-
ment of the United States as regards the African slave-
trade, and states that "it is discreditable to her character
as a great and enlightened nation."
The Dublin Evening Post thus alludes to the ap-
proaching election for that city :—" We know not whe-
ther there will be a contest—we doubt whether there
will. But if there be, we rejoice to think that nothing
but the ♦ery demon of party can impart bitterness to the
conflict. We believe we are not mistaken in the con-
viction which we entertain, that among those who do
not, in general politics, concur with Lord Morpeth,
there are many who would hesitate long before they
would record their votes against him, and some whom

nothing would induce to chi so."
The York Courant remarks, with reference to the
candidates for the representation of Dublin :—" The
name of one, and of one only, have we yet heard men-
tioned, and yet that one is sufficient. In the City of
Dublin—in the scene where he has on such innumerable
instaices earned the gratitude of Ireland by his support
of equal Irish rights and justice—where he has so often
spurned the attempts of faction to predominate—what
name will speak to generous Irish bosoms like that of
Viscount Morpeth ? The feeling in Dublin on this sub-
ject, we are glad to find, is universal—and though many
warm and proud welcomes await his return to England,
this would be the crowning one of them all."
The Cheltenham Examiner, speaking of the King of
France's Speech to the Chambers, says :—" His Speech
to the Chamber was false and Jesuitical ; it was full of
peace abroad, but contention at home. The barren con-
quest of Algeira, was a set-off to distrust and treason at
home ; the man who rose by revolution condemned dis-
cussion ; he who ought to be the personification of li-
berty has put his foot on the neck of liberty herself.
The Royal mummer delivered his Speech, and returned
as cheerless as he came, and presented a spectacle
which the meanest peasant in his dominions had no
cause to envy."