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

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDALY EVENING, AUGUST 8, IM2,

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert,
and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of
t•iaxe Coburg
Gotha, and part of the Royal suite attended Divine Ser-
vice in the Chapel at Cumberland Lodge. The Rev.
H. J. Cooper officiated. . .
In the afternoon her Majesty and her Illustrious Con-
sort, and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe
Coburg Gotha, and the whole of the. suite, promenaded
fur some time on the East Terrace of the Castle, amid
the delighted company.
We have authority to contradict the report of the em-
barkation of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
for the Continent on Tuesday next.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite arrived at
the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, in
Euston-square, soon after ten o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing, in two carriages and four, from Bushy House,
Bushy-park. Her Majesty, attended by the Countesi
of Sheffield, Lady in \V lifting, Lady Mary Fielding, and
the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse, left town by
a special train, at half-past ten o'clock, for Gopsall Hall,
Leicestershire, to honour the Earl Howe with a visit.
Several of the Cabinet Ministers went on Saturday
afternoon to Blackwell, and partook of a white bait
dinner.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Lori High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands, and also from the Governor of Malta.

Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert
walked to Adelaide Lodge, and returned through the
Little Park to the Castle.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Mr. and
Lady Mary Stanley, and the Hon. Miss Stanley, and
Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George Edward Anson, joined
the RVal circle at dinner yesterday evening.

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE
to the DUKE of WELLINGTON.

The Anti-Corn-law Deputies now in London, for the
purpose of procuring the total and immediate repeal of
the Corn and Provision-laws, have, in compliance with
the suggestion of your Grace, prepared a brief statement
of their case, which they beg to submit to your Grace's
attentive perusal.
The Corn-law is framed to keep up the price of corn
ac a higher rate in this country than the natural price.
The only way in which this can be effected is by making
corn scarcer here than abroad. The Corn-law, therefore,
to effect its object, must make food scarce and dear.

The middle and upper classes of society being able to
consume the same quantity of bread under any circum-
stances, the effects of scarcity and high price fall upon
the working classes and the poor. Upwards of twenty
millions of our population consist of working men and
their families ; they consume, probably, three-fourths of
all ths food produced in this country, so that it is out of
their wages that the increased price of food is princi-
pally- paid.
The House of Commons has repeatedly declared by
its votes, and the reports of its Committees, that it is
not in the power of Parliament to regulate the. wages of
labour, yet a law is maintained for securing an artificial
price for food out of the earnings of the working classes.
Your Grace is aware that the Corn-law is defended
On the ground that wages rise and fall with the price of
food. The erroneousness of this statement is shown by
the facts—That the rate of wages rose during the
cheaper years 1835 and 1836, and has continued to full
rapidly during the last three-years of dear food ; wages
in Ireland are 6d. a-day, with whet at 60s. a quarter ;
and wages are 4s. a-day in America, with wheat at 40s.
a quarter.
The Corn-law is said to benefit especially the agricul-
tural labourers; but their wages are in ordinary times
lower than those in the trading and manufacturing dis-
tricts, as a proof of which we call the attention of your
Grace to the fact that there has been a constant migra-
tion of labourers from the rural to the manufacturing
counties.

It is said that the repeal of the Corn-law would throw
lands out of cultivation. The Deputies are of opinion
that it would not have such an effect, and they appeal to
the superior practical judgments of Lord Spencer, the
late Lord Leicester, Earl Dude, and other high autho-
rsties, in support of their view.
It is contended that the British agriculturist is not
able to compete with the foreigner. The British manu-
facturer is obliged to compete with foreigners at their
own doors abroad, and why should not the agriculturist
be able to meet their foreign rivals in this market ?
The costs 'of freight and other charges for bringing
wheat from the place of growth in Poland or America,
to England, is upwards of 15g. a quarter. This expense
is a natural protection for our agriculturists, which no-
thing can deprive them of. If our poorer soils produce
about three quarters of wheat per acre, here is a protec-
tion against the foreigner of 2L ss. an acre. This na-
tural protection, even under a perfectly free corn trade,
would place the English manufacturer under a most se-
rious disadvantage.
It is asserted that the manufacturers are protected.
The protection is nominal, and not real. The manu-
facturers have repeatedly petitioned that all protection
duties, so called, imposed professedly for their benefit,
should be abolished along with the Corn-law.
Some persons seem to believe that the Corn-law keeps
up prices generally. This is a grievous error. The
Corn-law does not keep up the rate of wages ; it keeps
up the price of nothing but food ; it depresses the value
of everything besides. Manufactured golds are cheaper
in England than in any other country,
The Corn-law has been defended on the ground that
the land of this country bears exclusive burdens—such as
tithe, land-tax, church-rates, poor-rates, highway-rates,
and county rates. The tithe never did belong to the land-
owner, and therefore ho cannot be justly said to pay that
which has always been the property of the Church. The
land-tax which was settled in 1692, and has not been in-
creased to the present day, notwithstanding that the
value of land has increased probably sevenfold, bears a
smaller proportion to the whole amount of taxes in this
country than in any of the continental states. The
trading and manufacturing population pay their own
church-rates; the cities and towns maintain their own
streets and highways; boroughs corporate support their
own police and maintain their prisons; towns not incor-
porated contribute equally with the agriculturists to the
county rate. It is, therefore, demonstrable that the
towns pay their full share of local rates. But it will be
found that the landed interest are exempted from many
of the general taxes paid by the rest of the community,
of which we need only enumerate probate and legacy
duties.

It is contended that the repeal of the Corn-law would
injure the home trade. It is impossible to separate the
home from the foreign trade. A great part of the home
trade is carried on in the large manufacturing and trading
towns. Manchester is a larger consumer of its own
cotton manufactures than the whole county of Bucks.
You cannot increase the home trade without increasing
your foreign trade, or extend your foreign trade without
extending your home trade. They are one and the same
thing.
It is alleged by our opponents that the object of the
Anti-Corn-law League is to obtain cheap food, for the
purpose of being able to reduce wages. We have fre-
quently declared that we desire not a reduction of
wages, which reduction is rapidly going on at the pre-
sent time, but the maintenance of wages • not to be able
to compete with foreigners—that we already do ; our
object is to exchange our productions for the corn and
provisions of other countries, and thereby to extend
trade, augment the supply of food, and increase the
demand lin' labour,

We ate told that, if the Corn-laws were repealed, it
would be impossible to pay the interest of the national
debt. The bulk of th state taxes, fur meeting the in-
terest of the national debt, and the othfr expenses of the
Government, art paid by e,teiso • and etigtOin ditties
upon tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, soap, malt, and
other articles of general 'consumption, The tax
upon corn yields nu regular revenue to the state.
If the trade in corn were free, by which food
would be obtained at a more moderate and steady
price, the people would have more money to spend upon
tea, sttgar, Ski, and thtts the feOtille *Otlld be. benefited.
In 1835, when corn was 31s. 4d. per quarter, there it it
an overflowing Flxeheltier; During; the last three years,
whilst wheat overflowing
been tiotattla of 0.15.; and population
g:tatuf by nearly three millions, there his heels g deli-
cient revenue. It will be found, as a general rule, that
• whenever food has been abundant, and consequently
cheap-, flit retentie has flourished, and vice versa.
The Corn-law •s defended on the grutind that it would
be. clatift folli tti epelid Upon foreigners for it supply of
food: In 181 d; Witch wo were engaged in war with al-
most every turdpeati Hotter) vte itiipottect i 11491,000 quar-
tefs df Wheat, hourly ilia tt rhillidtt t,t whitili *ere ob-
tained From Prance alone. In the ten years of war, from
1805 tolBlsi during part of which period we were engaged
liOstilitiO wltjt, the whole world, we imported up-
bf lied nillllofli tif Iltlifiefs, No country could
pieient the trarispertatiOn of tan to ti4,Plaild; ttnltsg,s by
exiddrtittioii iliokether flit when one a ship
lidsOtli tlBfl' eves fOf rt Coasting Vcriatre, It is
beyond the control of its GoveriiiiMli," aide shay tconiey
its cargo to any destination.
Wi would especially call your Grace's attention to the
tplesttoli) riq lu how the increasing numbers in this
coutitty are l 0 be el/Wiled ithtl subsisted, unless a free
scope be ;!51i;eft tN tiff foOltill fertile? Thu tigfittultural po-
pttlatioti continues tO ineredseihtit the land clogs tint offer ati
=teasing field fOr tl eiremployment.They have hitherto
Madti flisdffeiJ In ale if Mittel be stopped
the land must support the people in hlitmess:
landowners must either allow the increasing poptilatict
to become their customers in the manufacturing and
• traditto tewtts SUbthit to maintain them as paupers in
the trieki tlOi•
t‘r.e would also direct the attention of ritr Grace to
the increase of local rates during the scarcity and high
price of food, particularly of the poor-rates. The dis-
doittoit Cf the petipte Ita4 also led to an augmentation of
the ta=stily tttit trfi tilt! feet tfltdr, The.Gorn law was
enacted amidst tumult and bloodshed, dud similar scenes
have attended the frequent recurrence of scarcity antler
thc,Operation of the law.
We littfe egad the question thus far as one of policy
and ekpedlettey 1 we finally, slid above all, refer our
ease tti the s(aticlard of eternal justice, and we appeal
triirii the deeisioti rarliatrietttary majorities, Govern-
ilients, and Ministries, to tile tied of duistiV.P.l
Signed, on behalf of the Confcrendo
A. TAYLOR, Chairman.

.THE BELFAST WRlT.—This writ was issued on
Monday, as we expected. It will probably arrive in
Belfast to,dayor to-morrow. With respect to. candi-
dates, we have nothing to add to what we stated on
Tuesday. Mr. Ross and Mr. Emerson Tennent are the
only candidates actually before the electors. The for-
mer gentleman arrived -in town yesterday evening.---
Northern:Whig (Tlitiriday).
Captain Lewi jof the Peninsular Mail steam-packet
Montrose, and Lieut. Fraser, Admiralty agent, arrived
by special train from Southampton, at ten rninuies past
two, P.M., with important despatches from Lisbon to the
.
oreiga-c ffioe..

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE,

We had pleasure, at the \V hitsun holidays, in referring
to the performances at this theatre, which we think we
then stated, having secured the sevvics of the late Mr.
Ducrow's stud and company, had in addition to the above
title, taken into itself the new and more high-sounding
appellation of " New Royal A mphitheatre of Arts." At
the time to which we refer, Mr. R. Honner was the lessee
and manager of the house. •On the lamented death of
Mr. Davidge, however, Mr. Honner became acting-
manager of the Surrey, and having despatched his
talented little wife to Liverpool, Mr. T. Greenwood has,
as we understand, become sole lessee and manager of the
Wells. The performances during the . last week have
commenced with an historical, equestrian, romance,
founded, on the Crimean war of indepmdence' entitled
The Conqueror's Steed Karabagh, or the Prophet of the
Caucasus. This piece is little Mon: than one of those
gorgeous spectacles which we have been accustomed so
often to witness at Astley's in its palmiest days. There is
scarcely any plot in the piece, nor should we deem it neces
nary to describe it if there were, as we learn that it is to be
withdrawn to-day to make roam for Laliu Rookh. The whole
of the new scenery in the piece is exceedingly good, the
properties and decorations are superb, the costumes are
in good taste, and the situations are effective. Several
dames and gymnastic feats are introduced which gave
considerable satisfaction, and a Russian ballet was very
nicely gone through by Master Maskell, Miss Parting-
ton, Miss Sruyalies, and Mademoiselle Susanne. A pretty
little -song, entitled " The nice little man," was very
pleasingly sung by Mrs. R. Barnett. The spectacle was
succeeded by " A grand selection from Ducrow's popu-
lar scenes of the circle." These were of the usual cha
ratter, and gave the greatest satisfaction to a crowded
and respectable audience. Master Andrew Ducrow, is
certes, a most astonishing youth. His feats on the horse,
in our opinion, equalled, if not excelled, those of any of
his compeers, not even excepting Signor Hillier himself.
The Flemish youth, surnamed" the Sprite of Antwerp,"
performed some most fearful and astonishing feats on the
cot-de volunte. The performances concluded with the drama
of The Rock of Arpennaz, in which Messrs. Lyon, C. J.
Smith, Dry, J. Herbert, Richardson, Miss Richardson,
and Mrs. R. Barnett were remarkably good in their re-
respective roles. We are glad to observe that Mrs. R.
Barnett has much better parts assigned to her now than
when Mrs. Honner was at the theatre. Mrs. Barnett is
a lady of a pleasing manner .and considerable talent.
In conclusion, we must observe that we could not but
miss with regret the absence of Mr. Henry Marston, and
Mr. and Mrs. }loaner.

Mr. Lyon, who, we suppose, is meant to supply the
place of Henry Marston, though a fine dashing man, by
no means possesses the sterling qualities for an actor
which rendered Mr. Marston so great a favourite with
the frequenters of this house; neither do. we observe any
one to supply the place of Mr. and Mrs. Honner. The
whole female strength consists, indeed, of Miss Richard-
son and Mrs. Barnett. On the whole, we may safely
say, notwithstanding, that this theatre continues to main-
tain the prominent position which it has long held
amongst the minor theatres of the metropolis.

BURNS'S SISTER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,--I have read in your paper of the 25th instant, a
letter, written generally in good feeling, but erroneous in
some particulars, respecting the subscription for Burns's
sister. As the individual solely concerned in originating
that subscription, and all along conducting it, and as
beinggenerally conversant with the family circumstances
concerned in the case, I can assure you with the greatest
confidence that the three sons of Burns are not fairly
liable to the least shade of censure. Delicacy towards
these gentlemen forbids me to enter into particulars; but
I trust that the public will receive my humble testimony
on the subject in the way in which I am obliged to give
it, and as all that is strictly necessary on the present
occasion.
I am happy to take this opportunity of stating that I
consider the future comfort of Mrs. Begg as now amply
secured.—l remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,
ROBERT CHAMBERS.
St. Andrew's, Fifeshire.

WANT of RESPECT for the DEAD.

TO THE EDI 7 OR OF THE SUN.

- _
beg to call your attention, and that of your
readers, to the following brief statement of the conduct
of the Rev. Mr. Onslow, of St. Mary, Newington Butts,
that being the only remedy afforded for my outraged
feelings as a son, and the only means that I am aware of
by which the Rev. Gentleman may be deterred front
treating others in the like manner.
On the 3d inst. I left my home (Watford, Herts) for
the purpose of attending the funeral of my mother at
Newington. After the service had been read in the
church, we were informed that the grave was too small,
and the above-named Rev. Gentleman said that the body
should remain in the church until the next morning,
under lock and key, and he gave strict injunctions to the
sexton accordingly.
Relying upon the Rev. Gentleman's solemn engage-
ment, I and the other relatives Of the deceased returned
home, and appointed to attend the completion of the ce-
remony the next day.
On our arrival at Newington accordingly we found, to
our horror and astonishment, that the coffin had been
ignominouSly jammed into the grave the evening before,
about seven o'clock, and left exposed during the night.
it was intended that the coffin should lie upon that of
my late father ; bu.; so hastily and uncouthly was it
consigned to the earth, that it lies jammed in about three
feet above the other.
The ceremony was completed, but whether the corpse
remained in the coffin it is impossible for us to say ; but
under the circumstances we are naturally suspicious. and
our feelings are harrowed up by. doubts and tears that it
may have been taken away in the night, as the coffin was
quite bare and exposed.
On our remonstrating with the Rev. Gentleman for
his violation of his engagement, he observed, that if we
felt aggrieved we might make a complaint to the Bishop;
but I informed him at once of the course I intended to
pursue, and that I should prefer making the public ac-
quainted with the facts through the medium of the pui;..m
press, so that, if possible, such scenes might be prevented
in future.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS YOUNG.
High-street, Watford, Herts, Aug. 5, 1842.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Observing in your paper of this evening, under
the head of Concussion Shells," an account of expe-
riments at Woolwich . with shells on this principle by
Sergeant-Major Moore of- the Royal Artillery, I beg to
state that, having read the report with great attention,
I have no doubt the invention alluded to is identical
with my concussion shell, with which I made expe-
riments on the warren at, Woolwich in October last, in
presence of Lieutenant-Colonel Belson (then Saretary
to the Select Committee), and other Artillery offiW:st
and more recently on the sands near Deal, in presence
of Admiral Sir George Cockburn, and Major Hardinge,
Commander of the Artillery.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant, JOHN NORTON,
Late Captain of the 34th Regiment.
Junior United Service Club, August 6, 1842.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HARWICH RACES-WEDNESDAY. '

The TradesMeWs Cup of 60 Boys., added to a Handicap of 15
cots, each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second saves
his stake. Thrice round. (12 Subs., Bof whom declared.)
Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Thompson) 1
Mr, Lees' nd Lady Mary, yrs, 7st 61b
Mr, Smith's The Maid, 5 yrs, 7st 31b .
Won by two lengths.
The Hunter's Stakes of 7 soya. each, 5 ft, with 20 added;
3 yrs, 9st 51b ; 4 yrs, lOst 71b; 5 yrs, 1 Ist 51b ; 6 yrs and
aged, 12st ; winners extra. Heats, twice round and a distance.
Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, aged (Owner) 1 1
Mr, Hindle's Blucher, aged
'the Widonghby Stakes of 5 says. each, with 20 added. Heats,
twice round and a distance.
Mr. Alker's Tariff, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ( Blackburn) 1 1
Mr. Temple's Fanny, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b
Mr. Spink's Margaret, 3 yrs, list 101 b
Won in a canter.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA—DONCASTER, 1841
Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 soy,.
each, 15 ft, and only sft if declared, &c. Leger Course.
Chat** the Twelfth. 6 yrs, 9st 121b—Hyllus. 6 yrs, 9st 91b
—S!elght-thrland, 6 yrs, 9st 71b—Little Wonder, 5 yrs,
9st—Dr. Caitia, 13 yrs, Bst.slb—Middleham, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
—Heslington, 4 yrs, Bst 31i—Galaer, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Ilion,
5 yrs, Bst—Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 91b—Mts38tilten, 4 yrs, 7st 81b
—Ararat, 6 yrs, 7st 71h—Prince Caradne, 4 yea, Ist 71b—Ermen-
gardis, 4 yrs, 7st 71b— krnagill, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Ernest the First,
0 yes, 7st 71b—Humphrey, aged, 7st 61b—Pagan 4 yrs 7st 41b—
CAM Arnold, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Disclosure, 4 yrs, 7st—Our
)tai let=7 hirsk, 4 yrs, 7st—Tubalcan, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Espe-
ren2a, 4 yrs, est 121b—Sybarite, 4 yrs, 6st !ft—Master
Thomas, 3 yrs, Olt iflfb—belle Dame, 3 yr,t, 6st 10Ib—Wiver-
ton, 5 yrs, 6,t 71b—Jacit, a yrs, Est 61b—Seahors.e, 3 yrs,
6st 71b—Scalteen, 3 yrs, Ost 41b--William le Gros, 3 yrr,
6st 61b—Paragon, 3 yrs, 6st 31b —Moss Trouper, 3 yrs, 63t
Woldsman, 3yrs, 6A--Devil-among-the-Tallors, 37r., 1.21 b
—Htuther to Gsrland, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Whistle Hinkle, 3 yrs,
sst 101b—Metrosid filly, 3yrs, hst Gib—Happy-go-lucky, 3 yrs,
/Ist Confocror, 3 yrs, bat 31b,
Cliegvieel:sagde dff, aBnsdt—i rsk , 4 yrs,
Act4tenees fur the
salsenpiao,n, 4 yrs, 7st 41h—
Galaor, 4 yrs, ii3t of the Whistle, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
Compensation, aged, 85E--ite t:
6st 9113—William
7133e1i
19i
111 91b—h
aOur
LaNs
5e,114,
y3r y, r7ss, t
_7st
1,170110a-,t;
is Oros, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Frea, 3 yrs, 6st—fictailarr colt, 3 yrs,
sst bOib

LISTS OF VOTERS.—In consequence of the 31g of
Daly falling on Sunday this year, the lists of voters wean
exhibited tqi the church and chapel doors yesterday,
and on Sundal next, and may be seen at the house
of an overseer during the first fortnight in August. Those
persons who desire to moire their votes should not fail to
see if their names are inserted ; and also that names have
not beet : improperly put on. It 11 better that claims, in
cases of oinisslu7i and objection, ,where there is sufficient
ground should be frtade by a registration society,
where there is one. the f9llowing are the grounds
of objection .—Peers ; aliens, intdsv twenty-one years of
age ; idiot or lunatic ; officers in the Nxcise, Customs,
Stamps, Vogt-of/lee, assessed taxes (if appointed by As-
sessed-tax Commissioners) ; now police ; conviction of
bribery, or anyother crime
; parper; dead; premises not of
sufficient value, not a house, Warehouse, counting-
house, shop, or other building ; chambers, if a street-
dour 'lodger, where the premises are not included in the
above description ; landlords who did not occupy a suf-
ficient part ; servant!. as secretary, anager, or othe-
m
wine, not being owner or tenant; not occupied twelve
months ending the. 31st of July, or le the
premises during
any part of the year ; bankrupt or insolvent I not
or claimed to be rated ; noor-rate not paid ; window
tax not paid ; 'non-residence within seven miles from
the 31st of January to the 31st of July ; partners, where
premises do not give 10/. a-year to each partner ;or not
in partnership for a year ending the 31st of July, or
want of 41iialification in other respects as above. Notice
of objection or of claim must be served on the overseers.
• A. young lady being at enefessinn one day,,after she
had answered a great many questions, the ConfessoFile=
mantled her name, " Why father," tqallied the lady, my
name is not a sin, is it ?" " • " •

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licift,i !vial/ oi- NEWS

AND
Vitbitc Opinion.

" IVho runs nuiy read."

FOREIGN.
The election of the PreSident of the French Chamber
of Deputies has terminated in favour of Ministers. The
total number of Deputies is 459. Owing to double elec-
tions, and other causes, not more than 445 were capable
of voting. The result of the second ballot was, that—
M. Sauzet had 227 votes ; M. Dufaure 184. M. Sauzet
was accordingly declared to be duly elected as President.
The election for Vice-President took place on Satur-
day, as follows :—Number of voters 390 ; absolute ma-
jority 196. M. Salvandy had 223 votes ; M. Bignun
208 ; General Jacqueminot 205. These three, all Con-
servatives, were elected. M. Belleyme, another Conser-
vitive had 162 votes ; De Tracy, Vivier, Ganneron, in
fact all the candidates of Opposition had about 160 voters.
On Thursday the mortal remains of the Duke or
Orleans were committed to the sepulchral vault of
family at Dreux. This vault was built by the Duchess
Dowager of Orleans, daughter and heiress of the Duke
of Penthievre, in an old chateau of her ancestors Counts
of Dreux. It is covered by a chapel, of which the spires
alone rise above the grove arcond it.
The Paris papers of Saturday state that a new loan of
30,000,000 of francs is about to be I;,,ised in Belgium, for
the purpose of completing its several Rios of railroads.
The Montrose Mediterranean steamer arrived at
Southampton on Saturday, and brings the extiVordinni7
intelligence that Spain has declared war agah.'s Por-
tugal. The Spanish troops are already. a,ssemblifig in
large numbers on the frontier, and particularly in the
vicinity. of Braganza, at which point, it is said, hostilitit's
will commence between the two countries. _ _

Theßarcelona journals of the 31st ult. had been re-
ceived at Paris. They state that a sanguinary quarrel
had taken place at Mataro between a Spanish patrol and
some British seamen who landed in that port. One of
the sailors received a bayonet wound, and the others
were obliged to take refuge on board their ship.

PUIILIC OPINION.
The Morning Chronicle alludes to the forthcoming in-
ention of the Earl of Fortescue to call the notice of the
House to the late trials for Ribbonism at the late Armagh
assizes thus :—" Well might Lord Eliot condemn the
proceedings disclosed in evidence on trials at Armagh.
We have no`recollection of anything equally revolting
having ever transpired in a Court of Justice. By their
own account, Hagan and Cox exerted all their powers of
seduction to induce men to become Ribbonmen, and they
wire commissioned by the Magistracy to enter on this
nefarious trade. Strangely constituted must that man's
mind be who can think of justifying the course pursued
on this occasion. It is in utter perversion of the Magis-
terial functions to commission men to provoke to the
commission of crime. To hold out inducemeikts to the
guilty to betray each other, and to employ men to worm
themselves into the confidence of men who entertain
designs against the well-being of society are quite
distinct from the practices disclosed at Armagh. Who
shall say what effect the proclamations issued by the
approvers, and the speeches made by them, may have
had in seducing innocent men from the path of duty I
Magistrates are appointed to discover and repress crime,
but not to create it."

The Post proposes and answers the following. ques-
tion :—" What has been done for Conservatism ui the
Parliamentary session which is now virtually at an end
We own that we cannot suggest a satisfactory answer to
this question. We fear that there is no rational Eneish
politician who feels himself at this moment standing upon
firmer ground than he stood upon this time twelvemontlw.
We fear that there is now even less certainty in the
minds of men than there then was,.as to the permanence
of existing interests and orders of society. We fear that
there is more apprehension of continued struggle and
strife, leading to some undefined new state of affairs,
than there was a year ago. We cheerfully grant to the
present servants of the Crown the merit of one good
Conservative deed, namely, that of putting the sources
of revenue upon an equality with the sources of expen-
diture. The neglect of this was one of the most mon-
strous of the Whig faults. But even in the mode of doing
this we recognise rather the boldness of a man who had
the courage to carry out Whig principles, which the
Whigs themselves had not, than the advancement of
Conservatism.

In allusion to the recent Nottingham election, the
Herald remarks :—" The return of Mr. Walter, at this
juncture, demonstrates that Sir John Hobhouse does not
represent the political opinions of the majority of the
Nottingham electors, but that he sits in Parliament as
Member for that borough by grace of the money spent
and the debts contracted at the last general election by
the agents of himself and Sir G. Larpent. Not all the
ingenuity of his friend Mr. Wakefield can extricate him
from this dilemma. But this display of Conservative
strength at Nottingham is useful, principally for the use
to which it can be applied, whensoever Sir John Hob-
house presents himself for re-election there. The 1,799
electors who have returned Mr. Walter to Parliament can
defeat Sir John Hobhouse; and though the return of the
former be the legitimate object of Conservative triumph,
the defeat of the latter would be one of the greatest elec-
tioneering exploits that the Nottingham Conservatives
could achieve; let them then, in this their hour of suc-
cess, commence to prepare for the great victory which is
hereafter to be gained.
The Times, in commenting upon the result of the
election at Nottingham, says :—" The supporters of Mr.
Sturge may be much belied by public rumour ; but cer-
tainly the world does not scruple to charge them with a
recourse to bribery as gross as the violence they com-
mitted. The world does not scruple to assert, wherever
it got its information, that a sum of something like four
thousand pounds has been expended in the old con-
trivances of bribery, cooping, and intimidation ; and the
world does not scruple to connect these practices with the
great patrons of Mr. Sturge—the Anti-Corn-law League.
The hired mobs, which were collected in the surrounding
villages, marched into the town, and employed through
the night in patrolling the streets, to the intimidation of
all well-disposed persons ; the funds subscribed by rich
and ambitious agitators, or extracted in copper by itine-
rant lecturers from audiences just sufficiently educated
to be seditious—all these means and appliances have
formed the strength of that pacific Radical whose defeat
we are called upon to commemorate. Mr. Walter and
his friends, with a scrupulous abstinence from anything
that even Mr. Patrick Maxwell Stewart could torture
into illegality, with no other aid than the known character
of the candidate, and the good wishes of all honest men,
have succeeded in signally defeating these unscrupulous
efforts."