The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-01 00:00:00

bon, which occupied Tudela and Cascante, has
Tafalla and Agoiz. Three squadrons of cavalry
rived at Olite."—Commerce.

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By a private letter from the Island of Ascension, we
are happy to hear of the perfect recovery of Captain
William Allen, and the crew of the Wilberforce, from
fever, &c. Captain Wm. Allen remains in command of
the expedition during the absence of Captain Trotter,
who is in England.

Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday, from a
visit to the Queen since Saturday at the Royal Pavilion.
The Duke of Wellington has left his seat at Strath-
fieldsaye, Hants, to attend her Majesty yesterday at
Portsmouth during her inspection of the Royal Arse-
nal. The Earl of Haddington, as First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, left town to receive the Queen and Prince Al-
bert, and their illustrious visitors on their arrival at
Portsmouth. ,

S UM MARAYNDOF NEWS
pubitc opinion.

" Who runs Wray read."

roIinCIGN.
From China the news is of the Ist of December ; the
British troops had taken Hong-kong-foo. At Amoy
symptoms of hostility were manifested, and Captain
Smith, of the Druid, had written for reinforcements.
No overtures for peace had been made to the British
Plenipotentiary up to the 25th of November.
The Emperor of China had ordered Keshen to be be-
headed. Warlike preparations continued at Canton.
The news from Calcutta is of the 11th of January. A
reinforcement of 10,000 troops, with a number of heavy
guns, was then just embarking for China. An advance
upon Pekin was generally talked of as the first grand
movement contemplated by Sir H. Pottinger.
Accounts from the city of Cabool of the Bth of Decem-
ber represent the state of affairs there to be much
worse than they were before ; provisions were becoming
scarce, and the enemy more daring every day. They
had closely invested the intrenched camp at Seca-Sung,
and, it is said, had made overtures of surrender to the
Envoy, the conditions of which were, that he should de-
liver Shah Soojah over to the Affghans, and leave the
country with our troops. Major-General Pollock had
received orders to proceed to Ferozepoor, and thence to
Peishwar, to assume the command of a force assembling
at that point, to consist of 10,000 men, and the object to
relieve the troops in Affghanistan.
From Egypt the news is of the 6th of February, and
from Constantinople three days later. Mehemet Ali
continues his exploration of Upper Egypt, but with
what object is known to no person. They write from
Constantinople that " The departure of the new Am-
bassadors from the Porte to Vienna and London, will
take place immediately, Aali andAki Effendis, these two
diplomatists having received orders to hasten their pre-
parations. They both propose to go by Semlin with their
suites. The Sultan has ordered a scimitar to be richly
mounted with the most valuable diamonds, and finished in
the most magnificent style, to be taken by Aali Effendi
as a present for the Prince of Wales."
A fatal duel took place on the 9th of February at
Malta between Lieutenant Adams, of her Majesty's 88th
Regiment, and Captain Levick, of her Majesty's 59th
Regiment, and now on the retired list. The seconds
were Captain Jeffreys, of the 88th, and Lieutenant
Mattei, of the Royul Malta Fencibles. Lieutenant Adams
expired on the evening of the 10th, his adversary's ball,
after fracturing the small bone of his right arm, having
penetrated his side.
By the Braganza steamer, which arrived at Falmouth
on Friday, we have accounts from L'sbon of the 21st of
February. Everything was quiet in Portugal. The
Ministry was not then completed, the Queen not well
knowing what to do with Costa Cabral.
The French Journals still discuss the pestion of the
ratification of the Slavery-suppression Treaty by the
Four Powers. The Debuts in answer to the furious
tirades of the Opposition press against England, asks
how there can be a coalition against France by Powers
who have merely dune what they were requested by
France to do ? and who, in ratifying the treaty, have
merely exercised a diplomatic right ? The Debats ob-
serves, that if any party has a right to complain in this
affair, it is that against which the ridiculous clamour of
the Opposition journals is raised, and, alluding to the
assertion that the right of search recognised by the
treaty is injurious and degrading to France as it is pro-
fitable to England, our Contemporary inquires how it
happened, if such be really the character of the right,
that the Opposition have so long been silent ? This
right has been exercised, says the Debuts, for eleven
years, and until now they have not discovered that it
was injurious and dishonourable to France.
PARLIAMENTARY.
The Earl of Ripon gave notice that he will bring in
a Bill to regulate the relations of merchant and factor.
Amongst the petitions presented was one signed ex-
clusively by farmers of Roxburghshire, for a total re-
peal of the Corn-laws ; and one from Limerick to in-
crease the duty on oats.
Lord Brougham, after adverting to his own continued
efforts to procure the passing of a Local Courts' Bill,
laid one on the table of the House. Lord Cottenham
has a Bill of this kind already on the table ; and the
Lord Chancellor announced his intention Of introducing
a third, so that the Peers will have three Bills on the
same subject before them to discuss at once.
In the Commons, Mr. E. Tennent postponed the
second reading of the Copyright of Designs' Bill till
March 14th. _ _

Lord Ellenborough, it is well known, receives a large
yearly sum from the country as a compensation for an
office which he held for life in the Court of Queen's
Bench. At present the Noble Lord is gone to India,
as Governor-General, and will have a large salary for
that office. It is natural, therefore, that Mr. Buller
should inquire, as he did, whether the Noble Lord was
to receive both. Sir R. Peel replied, that he had looked
into the Act, and the Treasury had no power to touch
the compensation. The East India Company might
make a reduction in the salary, which is under their
consideration, but which they will hardly do. The
Noble Lord will enjoy both.
The length of time in which corn can be brought
f. o n the United States to Liverpool was the subject of
discussion, and Mr. Thornely referred to a case, sup-
posed to be the one already quoted by Sir Robert Peel,
of corn brought from America in fifty-one days, and
not, as Sir Robert l'eel had stated, forty-four. Sir R.
Peel insisted on his accuracy.
Lord Stanley postponed, till a distant day, the second
reading of the Colonial Passengers' Bill.
The Railway and Van Diemtn's Land Bills were read
a second time.
The Dissenting. Marriages (Ireland) Bill, was
committed after some opposition to the second clause,
and after a division called for by Mr. W. O'Brien,
which was decided in favour of retaining the clause, by
156 to 63.
In Committee on Sir Robert Peel's corn resolutions
the scale as to barley was proposed. Mr. Wodehouse, as
the representative of the barley-growers, objected at
some length that the protection given to the article was
not sufficient •, but he declined pressing his views to a
division, and the scale was adopted. The discussion suf-
ficed, however, to show that the growers of barley are
little pleased with the 'favour shown to the growers of
wheat. The growers of oats, less modest than the
growers of barley, loudly demanded more protection,
and divided on the question of substituting Bs. for 7s.
The landed gentlemen haggle for a penny. Sir Robert
Peel defeated his own friends by a larger force than he
defeated the total repealers, for only 53 supported the
greater protection for oats, and 256 voted for Sir Robert's
scale.

Some objections were also made to the protection
given to flour, which the millers think too little, and put
up Lord Sandon as their spokesman ; but Sir Robert Peel
satisfied the corn millers that his proposition was cor-
rect. He spoke slightingly of the millers, and attributed
much of the dearness of bread to them. The Right Hon,
Baronet had the great satisfaction, which he very seldom
has, of quoting a speech of his own, delivered in 1827,
and showing that on flour he still retains the opinion he
held in 1827. "'
Subsequently a brief discussion took place on Mr.
O'Brien's proposition to 'admit Colonial wheat and flour
at all times at a nominal duty, but finally Colonel Sib-
thorp's and Sir Valentine Blake's amendments having
been withdrawn, and Mr. Barclay's postponed, the resolu-
tion was agreed to, the House resumed, the Report was
brought up, and ordered to be received to-day. Ad-
journed at Half-past One.
PUBLIC OPINION.
The Chronicle contains the subjoined observations,
suggested by the recent Corn-law debates :—" It must
be said for the county Members, that they know their
altered position, and speak with a humility strikingly
contrasted with their former self-importance. The House
takes care they shall be fully aware of it ; and Sir Ro-
bert Peel, at any rate, takes care to remind these
wretched tools of their subordination to him. Through-
out the Session his manner has been one of the most
marked contempt towards them. He has often taken-
great pains to conciliate his opponents; but of his friends '
he has taken no notice, except to snub them, and plead
their prejudices and obstinacy as an excuse for not do-
ing more in the way of concession. His mode of treat-
ing Mr. Christopher on Friday, and of making his disas-
ter a warning to his agricultural followers, was singu-
larly contemptuous."
The Herald has a leading article on the subject of the
Pensions granted to her Majesty's teachers of language,
music, and dancing, wherein our Contemporary remarks:
—" Great as may
Queen by have been the services rendered to the
these persons—Tor which services they were
munificently 'remunerated by that august lady the
Duchess of Rent, to whom the nation is grateful, and
has testified its gratitude—they
i have been, we unhesi-
tatingly and confidently assert, improperly placed on the
civil list. To have successfully taught the Queen sing-
ing, music, and dancing, cannot constitute claims on
the public purse for 3001. a year ; and we venture to
think that equally successful tuition in German, French,
Italian, and writing, can scarcely create better claims