The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-04 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY.

The Peers received several petitions,and Lord Beaumont, in
presenting one from the Indian Committee of the Colonial Society,
praying for the production of.documents to elucidate the origin of
the war in Affghanistan, gave a short history of the transaction.
Lord Fitzgerald declined to enter into the subject, or to defend the
policy of the late Government. For him, it was enough to defend
the policy at present pursued. The petition was laid on the table,
and their adjourned till Monday.
On
eßelfast Election Committee in the Com-
monsnthe Lordshipsßepo tt of
th
being brought up, Mr. O'Connell gave notice that, on Mon-
day, he would move to suspend the writ for Belfait, and move for
a Committee to inquire into the corrupt compromise and the
bribery which had taken place.

The Report on the Croydon Railway Bill was thrown out by
148 to 88. Sir E. Knatchbull and Lurd Marsham took the lead
in opposing the measure.

On calling over the Members appointed to compose the Water.
ford Election Committee, Viscount Somerton was absent, and was
ordered to be taken into custody. The Noble Viscount making his
appearance soon afterwards, the Committee was sworn in. The
Athlone Election Committee was discharged on account of the ab-
sence from illness of Sir James Duke, one of its Members.
Lord Stanley stated, in reply to Mr. W. 0. Stanley, that he knew
nothing of the Bishop of Quebec having refused to allow a tablet
:o the memory of a Gallant Officer to be placed in a church, ex-
cept from common report. The subject is to be renewed on Monday.
Mr. Cobden inquired whether the Government had interfered
to relieve the distress at Burnley ? Sir J. Graham said assi►tance
bad been given from charitable funds. Mr. Ferrand then exhibited
the placard which is elsewhere noticed.
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The House was occupied for the remainder of the evening with
a debate on the sugar duties, which were renewed for the year,las
proposed by the Ministets, in spite of two opposing motions brought
forward by Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Labouchere. The House sat till
a Quarter to Two o'Clock.
PUBLIC OPINION.
In an article on the 'subject of bribery at elections, the
Times contains the following remarks We cannot hope
for any real check to corrupt practices till the arm of justice
is enabled to reach them; and justice is not enabled to reach
them till it is enabled to reach them cheaply. It
is a mere farce to expect that the crime of bribery will
be followed up generally by Parliamentary petition,, as long
as these petitions are encumbered by the enormous ex-
pense and uncertainty which at prevent impede their progress.
In many cases the hope of ultimately reconquering a seat in
Parliament may had min to spend their thousands in unseating
an adversary. 'But this motive is now, it appears, to be de-
nounced as corrupt ; at least the Kruse of Commons has
thought itself bound to arm one of its Members with strange
and unprecedented powers, in order to detect and punish those
who have been content to take and act upon this view of a
Parliamentary petition. In some few cases personal animosity
may lead a rice man to undergo all this expense to avenge
himself on a successful rival. In some—very few indeed, we
are afraid—the same sacrifices •be prompted
indignation at rampant and notorious venality. But in all
alike some very powerful and unusual stimulus is necessary to
urge men through the enormous difficulty, and expense, and
trouble, and uncertainty, by which their course is impeded."
The Chronicle returns to the subject of the Bishop of Lon.
don's defcnceof his Right Rev. Brother of Montreal's sectarian
exclusiveness, observing :—" An attempt is made by the Times
to strengthen the Bishop of London's defence of the sectarian
exclusiveness of the Bishop of Montreal in refusing to allow
the erection of monuments in churches to any parties that did
not take the sacrament according to Church of England forms.
We therefore return to the subject, which, although of limited
interest in itself, is yet of great and national importance in the
principles involved in its discussion. he regulations in ques-
tion were, we are told, occasioned by circumstances which had
given reasonable offence to members of the Church.' But the
persons offended by the exclusion are members of the Church
also ; and very reasonably are they offended ; and tn, a much
greater extent than the narticular members (i. e. some of the
frequenters of some one c'bureh in Canada) could possibly have
been by the absence of any such exclusion. Were not the
officers who wished to erect the tablet, members of the Church?
Are not thousands and millions whom the regulation will ex-
clude from posthumous honours, members of the Church ?
We are all born members of the Church of England, and re-
main so, unless excommunicated. To take the sacrament is
not the rule, but the exception. This may be an inconvenience
to the Church in a religious view, but it is the price of being
a national Church. A large majority of its own members are
therefore injured and insulted by this prohibition. The dis-
tinction is most arbitrary. Many abstain from the sacrament
for fear of partaking unworthily. The principle may be a mis-
taken one, but it is the mistake of religious humility. And the
Bishop's dictum is thst the humble in life shall be dishonoured
in death, and by their lowliness of spirit forfeit the well-earned
memorials of virtuous character, public services, and eminent
achievements."

The Post says :—" We, once for all, most emphatically pro-
claim that we consider an hereditary enmity to Fiance the feel-
ing the most opposed to the dictates of civilization and Christi-
anity. Of all nations it would ill become our countrymen—no
nation has a more mixed origin. Our highest blood comes from
a Norman source, and our Royal dynasty, the object of our
warmest affection?, comes from a foreign ►and, and is constantly
recruiter) from a foreign stock. It is the glorious constitution
of our polity, and, above all, the blessed influence of our reli-
gion, which makes men wise, noble, and good, in this dear
land of ours, which even a negro cannot touch without becom-
ing a child of freedom. The only men we hate (politically)
Are the men'who, like a Palmerston and a Thiers, make the bad
passions of men 'minister to their personal designs, and to the
gratification. of their vanity or their ambition. We consider
that far the most judicious course would be to leave La Jeune
France, like a spoilt child, to vent her wayward humours un-
noticed and in isolation, and avoid the chance of receiving on-
pardonabk insult."
—We take the tollow!Tig from the Herald:—" Mr. Crawford's
motion on Monday night was downright nonsense ; it asserted
the incapacity of the Legislature to inert ase Lx.tion bteause
the House of Commons did not represent the people, and yet
proposed that Parliament should at once set about @Mending

the suffrage. Now, if the House be incompetent to impose
taxes to et:valise revenue and expenditure, by how much more I
must it be incompetent to extend the suffrage ? If it be morally
incompetent to perform the minor, it must be still more incom-
petent to enact• the major act. Mr. Crawford complained that
the legislation of the House was class-legislation ; if so, it is in
the matter of taxation class-legislation very favourable to his
adopted clients, the working classes, for it limits increased taxa-
tion to those who are removed from the necessity of earning
their daily bread by their daily labour. The class-financial
legislation of Sir Robert Peel's Government proposes to tax
the richer sections of the community only. As the Chartists
complain of this exceptional legislation, do they demand the
extension of the income tax to their wages ? To be consistent
with their own principles they should do so. Universal dis-
tress, urged Mr. Crawterd, is a proof of bad legislation ; admit
this assertion—which is, however, in reality a vague fallacy—
and what does Mr. Crawford's argument gain thereby ? Uni-
versal suffrage would not remove universal distress in a country
where population presses against the means of subsistence."

/1/101\TEIZ--7['UADE—COIVINIMILCM.
The United Hills Mining Company held their Annual
Meeting on Thursdayin Old Broad-street. From the Report it
appeared that during the twelve months, to the 30th of April,
the net profits of the mine in Cornwall were 2,7871. 6s. 4d.,
and the operations generally successful.
The India Homeward-111ails leave Bombay this year, 1842,
on the following dates :—May 2 and' 3 ; June 18 and 19; and
August 27. '1 he first has just arrived.
The number of persons now out of employment in Dudley
and its neighbourhocd cannot be estimated at less than 15,000.
Of these, at least 14,000 ale voluntarily absenting themselves
from work, and depriving their families of sustenance. There
are at least 1,000 others in a state of comparative destitution.
The resistance of the colliers to the terms of the masters con-
tinues most determined.

Messrs. Wigney's " reclaimed property " was sold on Monday
at the Old Ship, Brighton. The jewellery realised about lOU
guineas, and the " celebrated candelabrum " and its plateau
fetched the same sum. Lord Allinson was the purchaser of
several fancy articles, anct the harp was bought by Mr. E.
Wright for LiOL, is full value.

punzac 17,1";:17,to-zzawr.za-rs.

The sum TS-2i,0607. stated by the Directors of the Dublin
and Kingstown Railway Company to he required for the pro-
posed extension of that fine to Da:key, has been agreed to I),
advanced by the Comnin,sioner of Public Work for that
purpo,e.
11.T.EINTAM AND paxxaTar.v.
Royal Marines were inspected on Thursday by Lieuten-
ant-General Lord Bloomfield.

1...e.V1 21ND POTACM,
The total number of prisoners in the House of Correction at
present is 1,074 ; in the NelV Prison, Clerkenwell, 122.
'1 he long-contested case of the Deanery of St. Patrick's
was decided in the Consistcry Court at Dublin on Wednesday,
asjudging the Rev. Dr. Daly to have been duly elected Dean.
Dr. Willson has neverthless given notice of appeal to the Ceurt
of Delegates from this decision.