The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-27 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch.

Lord JOHN HAY, and one Liberal and en-

lightened Irishman, Mr. GRATTAN, who certainly
did not share the feelings of the Chronicle
There are thousands of persc,a•, is Engittuti, too,
who, when they read that accormtswere as much
delighted with the proceedings as those who
were present at the feast. A hatred or jealousy
of America forms no part of their character. If

Lord ASHBURTON have contributed to its future

prosperity and greatness, he may justly be
proud of it, for he has also contributed, at least,
to the peace of the two countries; and, we be-
lieve, to the prosperity of both. The writer
in the Chronicle is evidently incapable,
at present, of believing, like Lord Asa-
BURTON himself some time ago, that there is a
game at which both parties can win. He fool-
ish ly fancies, contrary to all experience, and con-
trary to all the principles on which commerce is
based, that because one gains another necessarily
loses. The fact is not so, and a treaty which puts
an end to disputes about literally nothing, must
be a gain to both.
The passage in the Morning Chronicle im-
plies a deep anti-national feeling—a jealousy and
a hatred of the prosperity of -America—with an
abhorrence of its liberties, which, out of the
diplomatic and high Tory circles of England, no
Englishman, we believe, shares.
It was delightful to us to learn of the extreme
pleasure which the Americans felt at the corn-

pletion of the treaty, for it was a proof that, in
spite of many incendiary writers—in spite of

sympathisers and expatriated men of a bad cha.
racter, who labour to nourish hostility between
the people—the Americans cherish feelings o
friendship towards us, and cherish an earnest

desire to be at peace with England. We saw in
their joy a full assurance of the permanent
continuance of tranquillity, and of the permanent
realization to both countries—in spite of hostile
tariffs—of the prodigious commercial advantages
which the free-traders promise. One of the

most cheering features, indeed, of the whole
transaction is the proof it affords that numerous

ncendiary writers and unpatriotic statesmen in

both countries have tailed in exciting amongst the
people those hostile feelings which are contrary
to their true interests. Notwithstanding the insidi-

ous efforts of artful diplomacy the people of boll:

countries, we rejoice to say, are animated with
the most friendly feelings, which not only made
the task of negotiating a treaty of peace easy
and pleasant, but which would brand the Go-

verntnents of both countries with eternal dis-

grace if they had failed.

We trust that a

growing conviction in the writer in the chro-
nicle.— giving birth to future improvement—

of having neglected an opportunity of acquiring
honourable fame and consolidating peace between

two brotherly nations, which require only peace

and trade to be mutually prosperous, may be
at the 'bottom of those unjust, unfriendly,
peevish, and jealous sentiments with which the
Chronicle overflows, not only towards Lord

ASR BURTON, but towards the Americans.

Mr. O'CoNNELL, in his capacity of Head Paci-
ficator of Ireland, has renewed--what he whim-
sically calls—his " peaceful agitation" for that
very anti-pacific measure, the Repeal of the
Union. This agitation, which usually sets in
with the autumnal equinox, is formally an-
nounced through the medium of a " Letter to
the People of Munster," wherein the Lord
Mayor of Dublin—the most tempestuous Lord
Mayor on record—strenuously exhorts his "fel-
low-countrymen to be up and stirring," assuring
Chem that " Ireland expects every man will- do
his duty," which duty, it seems, consists in bully-
ing England, so as to frighten her into a conces-
sion of the Repeal. By way of encouragement,
Mr. O'CONNELL assures his countrymen that our
"domestic and foreign relations are such, that if
the Irish people, in sufficient numbers demand
the restoration of their Parliament, that demand
becomes irresistible." He adds that, "if at
the time the recent riots in England were
at their height, Ireland had been or-
ganized with three millions of enrolled
Repealers, Sir ROBERT PEEL, who before yielded
to a combination of not more than one million,
would have gladly conceded Abe Repeal of the
Union." Mr. O'CONNELL here alludes to the
r Premier's concession ofCatholic Emancipation ;
- .

We deeply regret to see the vile passions of
disappointed diplomatists overflowing into the
Liberal Press; and still more do we regret that
the reasonings of that class of men—by no mean s
instrumental in promoting the general happiness
—should be suffered to poison the stream
of Liberal opinions, and taint the cha-
racter of the Liberal party. It is not
less just and benevolent than it is now com-
mercially expedient to cultivate a good under-
standing between the people of England and o f
the United States. Of the free-trade party, that is
the especial business. They dwell truly and
justly on the vast resources of the United States,
and they hold out the full participation in
them, ensuring endless prosperity to both
countries, as the rich and certain conse-
quence of abolishing our own laws restricting
commerce. No journal has more ably enforced
their views than the Morning Chronicle ; but of
what avail can be its arguments, when its oppo-
nents, and our opponents, can turn round on it
and bring proofs from its own writings that
anti-national feelings would at all times endanger
these great commercial advantages. To-day that
journal contains the following passage, which is
as much at variance as possible with all the doc-
trines and feelings of the free-traders, and is as
jealous and narrow-minded as the most mis-
chievous Tory diplomatist could desire :
" The account published yesterday of the dinner to
Lord Ashburton, at New York, is an appropriate
sequel to the scene at Boston. It is difficult to con-
ceive anything more painful to the feelings of a
real Englishman filling the post then occu-
pied by Lord Ashburton, and having just
concluded such a, treaty, than the uncontrollable
burst of triumph Ind exultation which broke forth
from the Americans on that occasion." " Even had
the negotiator before that evening persuaded himself
that he had concluded a treaty fair between the two
countries, he must have retired from that feast with a
heart aching with the secret conviction that the
interests of America had triumphed in his negotiation
over those of England. A true Englishman would
have passed a sleepless night after witnessing such a
scene. Lord Ashburton no doubt had refreshing
dreams of the future prosperity and greatness to which
he had helped the United States to advance."
A real Englishman, then, must see with horror
the prosperity of the United States. But there
was one true-hearted Englishman at that feast,

and infers that because that measure was granted,
Repeal—were proper exertions used—would be
granted also, as a matter of course. Now
nothing can be more wretched than this so-
phistry. Emancipation was conceded because
justice, common sense, and expediency alike
demanded such concession ; because the House
of Commons and the Cabinet were split
into nearly equal parties on the question,
and were, in consequence, hampered in
their movements; because, in short, it was
more dangerous to refuse than to yield the
boon. But is this the case—is it ever likely to
be the case—with the Repeal of -the Union?
Are justice, common sense, and expediency con-
cerned in the dismemberment of the empire ? Is
the House of Commons divided on the
question ? Do the Cabinet entertain two
opinions respecting it? In a word, is it
practicable, and, if practicable, is it safe ?
Mr'. O'CONNELL must know—no man better—
that the answer to all these questions must be
against him. All the great parties in the State
have already declared their invincible determina-
tion never to concedeßepeal, and certainly nothing
has occurred of late that should induce them to
relax in that determination. But this is not the
only blunder that Mr. O'CONNELL is guilty of
in his Letter. Here his a still more absurd one.
He tells his countrymen that there is "inclina-
tion almost universal among them to procure the
Repeal;" and yet, in the very next sentence, be
modestly con tents himself with demanding " three
millions of signatures," just as though—notwith-
standing this " universal inclination,"—he wholly
despaired of getting more ! This is poor reason-
ing, and such as we should scarcely have expected
from a politician of Mr. O'CoNNELL's practised
shrewdness.

We entertain no feelings of ill-will towards the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman; on the contrary,
we admire the general liberality and far-sighted-
ness of his views, and are oftener battling by his
side than against him ; but on the ques-
tion of Repeal we are opposed to him in
toto. It is an idle delusion—the mere phantom
of an excited imagination, which nothing short
of a miracle can ever fashion into a reality.
Why, then, does Mr. O'CoNNELL still cleave to
it with such pertinacity ? Sane on all other sub-
jects, is he a Monomaniac on this alone ? If it
be the stimulus of agitation that his active spirit
requires, surely he can find fitter questions for
agitating than the impracticable one of Repeal !
Are there not the tithe rent-charge—the ex-
tension of the suffrage—the due promotion
of Irish manufactures—the shortening of Par.
liaments—and, lastly,f the protection of the
ballot ? Here are questions for agitation quite
sufficient, we should think, to engToss one man's
attention, even though that man be Mr. O'CON-
NELL; and on each and all of these,we shall be proud
to be found combating by his side. But Repeal
—it is asheer impossibility, and consequently to
agitate it, is as ridiculous as to tilt, like Don
QUIXOTE, with wind-mills. Granted, how-
ever, that it could be carried ; what would
be the inevitable consequence ? A decided
break-up of the unity and integrity of
the empire; an attempt at a Republic in Ire-
land ; a general convulsion, in which the chief
Repealers would be the chief sufferers ; and
finally—by way of wind up—a restoration, at
the request of the Irish people themselves, of the
present established form of Imperial Legislation.

No Englishman can read without shame the
numerous acts of fraud, robbery, and forgery,
committed in our public establishments. It was
the habit of the people of this country, at one
period, to boast of the integrity of officers in
Government departments, and to draw a favour-
able comparison between the conduct of these
functionaries and that of foreigners in similar
situations, who were very generally described as
persons guilty of taking bribes, and rob-
bing their own (Governments, to make up
for their paltry salaries. In Spain and Italy,
possibly, practice of this kind prevails still, yet
though insufficient pay cannot justify either
fraud or robbery, their offences are venial when
compared with many of those committed in Eng-
land. In Government offices here the pay in
general is good; the salaries of the principal
clerks and officers are ample, and the labour
comparatively light; yet we find an income of
400/., or even 1,8001. a-year, does not secure the
public against Exchequer frauds, or the Trea-
sury against the robberies of public servants.
The public had scarcely ceased talking about the
forgeries of SMITH, which for some unexplained
cause were to a certain extent hushed up, when
it was discovered that another disgraceful system
of plunder was carried on in the Custom-house
by officers receiving excellent salaries. The in-
vestigation of this affair appears to be made even
with greater secrecy than that respecting the
forged Exchequer bills; but report states that
the Treasury has been defrauded to an enormous
amount, and that but for this defal-
cation, the Custom-house returns would in
some quarters have exhibited a very different
appearance. We cannot believe plunder to such
an extent has been committed, but beyond all
doubt it is most extensive, and great numbers
are implicated. The public, however, who are
the sufferers, have a right to know every par-
ticular connected with such disgraceful transac-
tions, and we trust, therefore, that a full and
public investigation will be instituted. Possibly
some of these gentlemen, with salarieu of 400/.
a-year, have powerful patrons, and may attempt
to escape public indignation and public punish-
ment by paying a penalty for their crimes. This
mode of settling the business, however, will not
satisfy the country, and in order that all such
suspicions may be set at rest, it is the duty o:
Government to bring the delinquents at once
before a public tribunal. We fear the Cus-
tom-house officers are not the only persons
guilty of such practices; but in most other
departments , affairs ,are better ;managed, and
the Commissioners and Directors keep a better
look out after those under them than the Board
of Customs. It is certainly little to the credit of,
these well-paid gentlemen that a system of'
plunder like this should have been carried on to
such an extent, and so long, without their know
ledge.

Sir ROBERT WILSON has been well rewarded
for deserting his party. After be was turned
out of Southwark, for voting contrary to pledgee
made to his constituents, he was restored
to his rank in the Army by the late KING,
having received some 10,0001. from a gene-
rous public for the loss of his Commission,
and he is now appointed to the important situa-
tion of Governor of Gibraltar. The salary, it is
said, is to be raised, and he may therefore
reckon upon a snug berth for life. We
cannot help thinking there are many meritorious
officers of consistent politics and of long standing
in the Army, who have much better claims for
this office. We suppose that Lord STANLEY,
who presented Sir ROBERT to her MAJESTY, has
a fellow-feeling on the subject, and rejoices to
promote a man who set him the example of
walking over to the enemy.

The accounts from Lisbon of the 19th inst.
possess sonic interest. The Cortes bad been
prorogued on the lath till the Ist of December,
when they are to meet to pass the Douro Wine
Company Bill, and other Government measures
left unfinished. A fresh change of Ministry
had taken place; but this is an event of such
common occurrence in that country, that it
hardly deserves notice. The Ministers of Ma-
rine and Justice have retired. The Duke of
TERCEIRA has given up the Foreign-office, but
remains Minister of War and President of the
Council as before. COSTA CABRAL continued in
the Home Department, and Baron TOJAL in that
of Finance. The Ministers chosen were GOMEZ
DE CASTRO, Foreign Department; Sown E
AZEVEDO, Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs;
and FALCAO, Marine and Colonies.

Baron ToJAL was negotiating an advance of
1,200 contos upon the decima, &c., with the Bank
and Confianca Company, and if able to raise it on
moderate terms, would not issue treasury bills
on the decinia, which he intended otherwise to do.
The Tariff question Was expected to be pro.

601
moted by the appointment of GOMEZ D$ 01
to the Foreign Department; but it lv"
probable that the offer would be to re rocel
po
present such duties as have already be 010
posed, and leave the more difficult quest
another year. ;
A Brazilian fripte had arrived at Lis
escort the future wife of the young ESP
BRAZIL to that country.

The French papers of Sunday contain
of importance. We have received Ma•
papers of the 22d, but they give no account
Levant Mail, which is now overdue some (
SIDI BEN ARACH, called the Serpent hV
Desert „
, former Minister of ACIIMET 01/
Bey of Constantine., passed through Ai
1t;
17th, on his way to Nogent-le-Rotrou, iteoi
been assigned him as a residence by the 00,'
Government. He had been sentenced t°
years' hard labour, for having issued f,tis
,1
and confined hi the fortress of the island 101
Marguerite, on the coast of Provence.
the laot
been lately pardoned by the Kula, ate
cession of his son, he was liberated an 7,0;
by the Prefect of the Var, and illtrnate,r4 Prol
keeping of an officer of the staff and a "Ili
of gendarmerie, who were to conduct
Nogent. corre
A letter from the St. Petersburg,' - ,0,
dent of the Univers states, that
NICHOLAS could not dissemble. his ale I
publication of the recent allocution of ibas,
and had determined on recalling his •4/1,/fiti
from Rome, and to cease all inwreoursego
Pontifical see. In the meanwhile his
to°
persevered in his system of perseeatitad it
•-0'
his Roman Catholic subjects. fin i` haul •
enjoined the Dominican friars thratlL
empire to give in to the authorities a irj
their penitents, threatening, in case theftoi
"the E 0
ri
refuse to comply with the iujuneoll .49
them arrested and conveyed under gto
escort to the frontiers of the eloPire:bei€l#
EMPEROR knows well," continua
ioh
" that the Dominicans cannot, witil°°t Lid 01
their consciences, conform to leis-decree'
accordingly devised this expedient f9.r 6
that religious order from his dotninienho
than recur to a brutal and unjustifiable
cos
exile." 00°' 'oo'
The Austrian Observer of the 17111 a is,
his uncle EPHRAIM,
the presence of Prince MicuAEL of Sell 07'
r r
LINBICZA, in the quarantine at Seltiittt ;
CHITS'', who was in Belgrade, quits odd 14
pretence of going to Panezewa, btosteol 00
appeared in Semiendua, and thence I'tz, 14 Ir
seize the park of artillery at Kragniellll,,,etbi j€
MICHAEL and This mother hastened tutiers
engage the foe, but their troops tied avi .1 V
and his motile.,
shots. A provisional Government exit 0
formed of five members, with Pllanusltie6lll
and WuTscinTsx at its head, and de Pedt°,oo
the seven districts have been suallll°-,,
6011'
grade to give counsel, until the Fortesces: 0$
decided what to do under the circulllat date° I
A letter in the Augsburg Ga:ette' 13°
12th, from the frontier, says that sjoi € 'lO
WITSCH, WIJTSCHITSII, and SnurrsclPi. e%ile,
at the throne, and that the number °f rScullin daily increases. The answer o thebio
MICHAEL to the invitation addresseidat,
the insurrectionists to return, was 'll, icor
tive. To the remarks of the Consilia'buti
Pact-Li observed that the Consuls were 00
mercial agents, and had in no wise to
tbst ,
themselves with politics. It seell,l9l, freP.,!
Russian Consul, as well as the Ellglialer
and Austrian, protested and declared t t
acknowledg
toe no Prince of Servia /I:,eft
MICHAEL. The Commissioners of the fee'
the contrary, maintain their right
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royal family elected. • a tr:si
The following remarks on the
Belgium and France are taken frool
tutionnel (10101
The insufficiency of the new protectinfie fro#l,
linens becomes daily more manifest. Tiija I
-
just as bad as in 1841, except that instea
ruined by English competition we are bliceld
Belgium, proportion.lly pt,duces inororootd'
England, and is consequently a mordan P.
M. Lelievre has fully shown this in a pizt' 01
ming up the linen question. The F. rette,'lo°,iii
turer, says M. Lelievre pays 48 francs ay%
esTohfußs
eiltgicousitslinle2nfrathnacns
tolesol:41:obir:,1
thread, whilst Belgian 'linen can enter*;, 0.1$1'"
k36ilofgraranmcsm.
quantity of English thread. The state,ii awie#
1841 would be preferable for the French
AO"
facturer ; for at present thread is, and ll:An 1010 K :-
cheaper in Belgium, and the Belgians rerhe OelbsiVi
advantages. Such is the industry of2hinert
that notwithstanding the progress joilncile" htiori 040';
Women continue to spin in stray and
thus add to the production a great claain olter00:
better kind of the article in demand. only
protect linen weaving in France, the
would be to limit the quantity of illlPerT,e
tion of the last twelve years, and wile
Belgium. Let an average be taken of t"ibellifly
noverthst es,
tion of the year from Belgium surpass to be.b
tity, let the duty be increased. Ism 1;1100,04
thatci if the Ministry do not adopt this 0"
Chamber of Dceopnusttiteuts will when hen it comes
the
LLOYD'S sllippiNG—(TlOS .ot
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LONDON, SEPT. 27. Wind this del
northerly, fresh, hazy weather. t Oral'
DEAL, SEPT. 26. all' Wind N.E.I e
Exchange and Kerswell, northward,
ward. Sld. Mary Row, Berbice. to Cltll
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 2d.—Wind N •iq -• 4:„.r ,
derate.—Arrd. Liverpool steamer, Glin':,-14•40€1
inst., Cadiz 16th, Lisbon 19th, and Vig,°,' AI
MARGATE, SEPT. 26.—The Susan, tror
to London, get on Margate Sands this
OFF THE START, SEPT, 9
during a gale from the eastward, sank, clietio,N,
SouTii.A.mrrox, SEPT. 23.--.Arrd. ill"
CfM
Carey, Quebec. 11011
3.—Herald,,/its
;1, Ric 'l.O
DUBLIN, SEPT. 24.—Arrd. joei-
HULL, SEPT. 23.—Arrd. Dolphin, rl,l.i°g 11111,4
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 26.—Wind G. .-110
Arrd. Clio, Mesam, Barbadoes •
River ; Magistrate, Mounsey' lone'
China; Ann, Maranham ; Duke' of d
off,
fax ; Bickley, Sierra Leone. Arrd.
Africa ; Priscilla, Paraiba ; Lydia, Antiglt; 'aa!
CORK, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Ceres, Anderst;bec. ep
TROON, SEPT. 22.—Sid. Sarah 3laria, Cer
'Union; 51.6,0,
LiebP"
COWES, SEPTEMBER 25.--Arrd.
Havannah.

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The supply of Hay and Clover was 1°1.15-perLJi
demand middling, at a reduction of full 52. P", ;
Straw 345. per load, being a reduction of 35. r4l r
Clover, 2/. 10s. to 51. 63.; Hay, 21 85. t°
Straw, 1/. 9s. to 1/. 13s.
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