The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

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" Who runs may read."

YONEIGN.

The sugar question, and the Archbishop of Paris's
pastoral letter, are the leading topics of discussion in the
French Journals received'this morning.
The Presse has the following remarks in answer to the
Courrier Francais, on the subject of the French clergy,
praying for the conversion of the Regent of Spain :
" As Christans, let us not complain of these. prayers,
which only aim at preventing confusion between two
powers—as political men let us respect the wisdom which
knows so well how to divest itself of the political pas
sions which agitate Its—as Frenchmen, above all, let us
not grieve that these prayers are uttered in all parts of
the universal church, order that Spain may escape
from the schism which. threatens her, for schism in
Spain is England. Spain in revolution and Protestant is
English-Spain. It would be sound policy, therefore, fur
France to unite her prayers with those of the Church,
and may heaven hear them ! "
The Univers, in reply to .the assertion of the National,
that the Court of Rome had not ventured to interfere in
defence of CathOlic rights, when they were assailed by
the strong arm of power, says :
" The Court of Rome has contended against all powers.
She has contended, and does so still, against the schis-
matic Emperor who persecutes the Poles ; she has Con-
tended, and continues to' contend, . against the Protes-
tant King who insulted the Catholics on the banks of the
Rhine, in the person of their Archbishop ; and she has
long since taken measures against the introduction of an
Anglican Bishop to the See of Jerusalem. The guardian
father of of the holy sepulchre, the Latin Bishop orthe
holy city, awaited at the tomb of our Saviour the coming
of thorepresentativeS of Anglicanism. They are no*v in
the presence of each othfr, and the future will :ay
whether EngliSh gold is more powerful at the foot of the
Calvary than the Vicar of Jesus Christ."
The Semaphore de Marseilles of the 21i:t instant an•
nounces the departure, on the 15th, from Leghorn, for
Malta, of the British'frigate Belvidere, having on board
Col. Grey and suite, with Lord Durham and family.
A Paris letter states that the Austrian Minister at
Berne had received from Prince Metternich a new note
for presentation to the Swiss Government relative to the
suppressed convents in the canton of Argovia, in which
he demanded the execution of the decree of the Federal
Diet which ordered their re-establishment.
The Madrid Correspon'sal, of the 17th inst., announces
that a courier of the British embassy had been stopped
on the highway near Madrid, 'and robbed of a sum of
30,000 f, the property of Mr. Aston.
The Spanish frigate Cortes arrived at Tangier on the
21st ult., for the purpose of claiming a vessel belonging
to Estepona, which had been confiscated by the Morocco
authorities. The Spanish Commander, attended by the
Consul and Vice-Consul of Spain at that residency,
waited on the. Governor, who received them with great
distinction, and immediately ordered the.vessel and cargo
to be'returned-to their owners. • , • . .
The Cued/ciao states. that a Carlist conspiracy had.
been discovered at Ponteredra, the chief of:Which.had
fiedintd Portugal, where he had been arrested. ,
AccountS from Constantinople of .the Ist inst. state,
hat M.-Mavrocordato, the new Envoy of Greece, had
arrived in that capital; and been , receiv,ed..with. the
Itonourt due to his .rank.,, Accor,diug to the, corresponth7
ence of the Gazette of Upper Germany, M. Mavrocordato
was instructed by his Government to demand the medi-
ation of the Ambassadors of Great Britain, France, and

Russia.
Letters from Hungary, received in Vienna on the
15th inst., state that the Servian Government having re-
fused to grant the Porte an indemnity for the expenses
occasioned to the Ottoman Treasury by the residence of
the Servian Deputies in Constantinople, had resolved to
recover them by force.

- PUBLIC OPINION.
The following is from the Times :—Tho Ministrj may
depend upon it that those, are not their worst friends
who are urging them to consent to the modification
which so many demand. It is
,from no unfriendly feel-
ing, no distrust in the honesty or wisdom of Sir R. Peel
and his colleagues, that we are ourselves taking that
course. Had we any such feeling there would be many
points on which we should think it our duty to adopt a
different tone. We will instance one. We perfectly be-
lieve, with Mr. C. Buller and many others, that the pro-
duce of the tax will be considerably above the esti-
mate of the Premier. His statement represents the
taxable income of the country at 178,580,0001 in
the year 1816 ; that he expects' at present to find it
About 190,000,0001 Now, we can scarcely suppose that,
with the enormous growth in wealth and numbers which
this country has experienced since the peace, the in-
crease in the actual income of the country has not ex-
ceeded 10 or -12 upon near 180 millions ; it is impossi-
ble to suppose that:in 26 years of unintermitting energy,
forced on almost unnaturally by the. urgent wants of a
multiplying population, the 'amount of our annual pro-
duction should have risen no more than about 6 or 7 per
cent.; and this is the supposition. on which Sir Robert
Peel bases his demand fur 3 per cent. upon our incomes.
We think the supposition 'mistaken, but, we do not com-
plain ; we think we shall. be made to pay more than
enough to meet the immediate exigency for which 'Sir
Robert asks our money." •
The Chronicle says :—" It is pleasing to. find at the
present moment something like a rational union of per-
sons of all parties against a common practical griev-
.ll.lllCe. Such is the imposition of the tax on incomes
arising froM professional or mercantile gains. ThiS
strikes alike at the interests Of all, whether Tory or
Liberal ; Tory and Liberal, therefOre, alike oppose it.
In and out of Parliament a commone cause unites those
.who, on all ether points, think differently, and act
advenely.. The reader of newspapers finds that the
leading article • Of the Morning. Oa onicle pursues the
same object , as that of the Times ; and if lie looks to
the reports of the Parliamentary debates, he finds it
almost impossible to discover, from the arguments used,
and the views put forward, whether the speakers are ge-
nerally supporters or opponents of the Government,•
,'whose policy in this particular instance all impugn. The.
opposition to the income tax is evidently no party ques-
tion ; and the point now to' be dOcided is, whether'Sir
Robert Teel, by making it a party question, 'shall be
enabled to force upon the country what the unbiassed.
*udgment of the country would undoubtedly repudiate as
unjust and impolitic. He must not be allowed to do so ;
and,'even in a party sense, it is the interest of the Con-
servative party to prevent his having his own way."
The Advertiser gives the following advice to the
country, as respects the income tax :—" The course
now. to bo taken is clear. No tune is to be lost, and the
recess should be devoted to the active organization of
opposition—not in Parliament but in the nation (where
the only real strength resides),---to the obnoxious in-
come tax. Let every constituency, whether Tory,
Whig, or Radical, if it really dislikes the Premier's pro-
position, have the energy to make its sentiments known-
to its individual representatives.; and if this be strenu-
ously and immediately done, the measure is defeated.
How many thousands are there- thiosighout the country
with voted for candidates that weald oppose the Whigs,
'but who did so in the hope of soii'mfhing better from the
Tories ? Let 41,-men who dislike the income tax come
forward without distinction of party, to remonstrate
against that one measure."
The Herald remarks as folloWs :—" We wish we could
get rid, of the uncomfortable impression that Sir Robert
Peel did not very successfully parry the clumsy thrust
made by the self-sufficient Mr. Benjamin Hawes at the
Conservative party in the last House of Commons—that
it had at no period disapproved of the Affghan war. The
conduct of the Conservatives 'in that House, on this
point, has always been to us inexplicable. They per-
mate' a war against the national independence of a peo-
ple of Central Asia to be commenced and carried en
without notice or discussion ; they allowed a fundamental
principle of what had been for fifty .years -our Indian
policy—that the Indus was the natural boundary and
Persia the advanced defence of our Indian empire—to be
abandoned without remark ; and they tolerated injustice
the most monstrous, and interference the most
,uncalled-
for, without protestation, and without censure.'
MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.
At Nottingham there is a slight improvement in
trade ; but it is stated that the 'system of paying wages
by truck is extending to the cotton hosiery trade. The
County Hall, it is understood, has convicted some of ,
these cases.

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS..
The sea-wall at Exmouth is rapidly approaching com-
pletion. Lord Rolle has expended 25,000/. to iinish
this noble undertaking.
LAW AND POLICE.
Richard Harper, a stout young man, bt4.in rags, was
:brought up at Union Hall on Thursday, tutrged with
breaking a pane of glass in a baker's shop window for
refuaing to give him' bread, and which he did for the
porpoise of being imprisoned. He was committed for five
days, and then ordered to be passed to his parish.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
It was stated at a recent sitting of the Academy of
Sciences, Paris, that a Danish chemist had ascertained
that the air of the Narth Sea has a half per cent. less
oxygen than that of the coast ; and that Professor
Daniel, in England, had, indicated the positive exist-
ence of sulphuretted hydrogen in the air in the latitude
of Sierra Leone.

SPORTING.,
The Marquis of Waterford, during the annual Dublin
steeple-chase on Thursday, was thrown in the second
run by his favourite mare Columbine, and for a few
minutes rendered insensible.

COURT-ramaxoNABLE.
Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy intend leav-
ing Chandos.•housc at the close. of the ensuing week, to
join Prince and Princess Esterhazy at Vienna.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort leave-Badminton,
on Tuesday next, for Belvoir Castle.

The Marchioness of Londonderry has a full dress
assembly at Holderness House, on Thursday week.
The Earl of Charleville arrived in St. George's-place,
on Thursday, from Dublin.

A marriage is on the tapis between the Marquis of
Waterford and the lion. Miss Louisa Stuart, daughter
of Lord .and Lady Stuart de Rothesay, and sister cf
Viscountess Canning. We understand the marriage las
only been brought about, within the last six weeks. The
consent of the father of the fair betrothed is the only
obstacle that delays the iunmedi•ite arrangement of the
necessary deeds of settlement, and it is daily expected to
be received from St. Petersburgh. The nuptials are to
be solemnised previous to the departure, of. Lady Stuart
de Rothesay to join the Noble Lord in the Russian capital.

iviiscEzz.arnaotri.
The Marquis of Hertford's villa, in the Regent's Park,
with all that it contains, has been Lequeathed by his
son's NN ill to the Count anditountesS Zichy.
One of the old customs on Easter-eve was to light a
great taper, called ‘q'ascal taper," which was blessed
with the sound of music and hallowed with frankin-
cense. It. was of. wax, and in
~sonic instances of 'great
'magnitude ; that for the,Abbey •ChurCli Of Weitminster,