The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1845.

The division at present existing among the Liberals
in Southwark is deeply to be deplored ; and if by any
chance a Tery should get in through Sir WILLIAM
MOLESWORTH and Mr. MIALL both going to the poll,
and if it be (as we are informed) that Mr. MIALL refuses
to submit to the decision of a majority of the Liberal
electors, as between himself and Sir WILLIAM MOLES..
WORTH, we are sure that no one will afterwards, when
the heat of the contest is over, and the time for cool re-
flection comes, regret more than Mr. MIALL the injury
which he will have done to the Liberal cause.

It is no good policy to shut one's eyes to any of the
possible results of the present division in the Southwark
Liberal camp. The Tories, deriving hope from division
among their opponents, may withdraw Mr. PILCHER
before the day of election, and put forward some can-
didate of greater mark and influence in his stead.
" PILCHER and Protestantism" may do very well as long
as a Tory has not the remotest chance in Southwark ;
but if the tacticians of the Cailton see a glimpse of tic-
tory, Mr. Protestant PILCHER will soon be jostled off to
make way for Mr. BARCLAY, or for some other influen-

tial candidate, who, if the Southwark Liberals persevere
[n playing at cross-purposes, may get in.

Mr. MIALL differs from Sir W. MOLESWORTH on the
question of Maynooth, and is a " Complete Suffragist."
Which goes nearer to complete suffrage, Sir WILLIAM
MOLESWORTH or Mr. FILCHER? But then Maynooth is a
vital question. Would Mr. MIALL vote for anti-Maynooth
FILCHER against Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH? Unless
he would do this, he cannot consistently make May-
nooth a stalking-horse for perseverance as a candidate,
to the possible rejection thereby of another Liberal can-
didate, who agrees more nearly with himself than any
other Liberal politician that does not go the length of
Complete Suffrage ; and if he would vote for Mr.
FILCHER, why, then, it is quite clear that ho ought to
withdraw to prevent the division of Protestant votes.
But we will not do the Editor of the Non-Conformist
the injustice of supposing that he would vote for Mr.
FILCHER. And, if he would not give Mr. FILCHER
direct support, we trust that he will have the good sense
to refrain from aiding him indirectly against Sir WIL-
LIAM MOLESWORTH.

Mr. Mum:B objection to Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH
being that he does not go far enough as a Parliamentary
Reformer, we congratulate Mr. MIALL on the felicity of
his first appearance in public life. Mr. MIALL could
hardly alight on any constituency, represented by a
Literal member or Liberal members, where he would
not find a greater difference between himself and the
Liberal representative. If there is any man among the
Liberal politicians of the present day whom we should
have thought more secure than another against com-
plaints of not going far enough as a Reformer, that man
is Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH.

Mr. MIALL is playing Mr. PILCHER'S game in South •
wark ; and see with what respect Mr. PILCHER'S
friends treat Mr. MULL. A Mr. SHAW, who takes
the chair at one of Mr. PILCHER'S meetings, holds forth
as follows on one who is at present Mr. PILEHER's chief
bsEefactor :—" His principles being public property, he
(the Chairman) would take the liberty of dealing with
them publicly. He had told them that he was a man
who had no public reputation—nobody knew anything
of him in the public line.—(Great laughter and

marks of disapprobation.) He had got no rank
in society, no wealth, no property, no party connexion;
and therefore, he said, having nothing, I ask to be the
representative of the borough of Southwark, and I gdvo-
cate, as a right, that no man who represents it ought to
possess any property qualification.—(Cheers, and loud
cries of • No, no.') So much for Mr. MIALL.--( A laugh.)"
So much for Mr. FILCHER, Mr. MIALL should reply;

and that, at least, would be no laughing matter to Mr,
PILCHER'S friends.

A gentleman of the harmonious name of GRISEN-
THWAITE informed the Southwark electors at the same
meeting that Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH was engaged
in editing an infidel work, the infidel work being
HolmEs's philosophical writings. Does Mr. MALL
countenance this species of opposition ? We are curious
to know what account Mr. GRASENTRWAITE would give
of Mr. MIALL'S writings in the Nonconformist. Infi-
delity has a wide meaning in a Tory mouth, and some-
times means no more than dissent.

A letter from Magdeburg of August 20, in the Co-
logne Gazette, says :---" The day before yesterday public
tranquillity was troubled for some hours, in consequence
of an arrest effected by the police. A crowd increased
rapidly: it was first the intention to give a serenade to
the Commandant of the place, because he had mani

feted sentiments of humanity for the people, but the
police opposed it, in order to avoid the coming together
of two great a meeting of men. At eleven o'clock order
was restored. Nine persons were arrested."

A letter from Berlin, August 19, states that the King
of PRUSSIA has conferred the portfolio of Foreign Affairs
ad interim, during the illness of Baron DE BuLow, on
General DE CANITZ, his MAJESTY'S Envoy at the Court
of Austria.

Letters from Athens of 10th inst. state that,
in consequence of COLETTI'S determination to swamp
the Senate by his recent creation of Senators, METAXA
hael resigned his office of Minister of Finance. Six
officers, charged with being implicated in the con-
spiracy at Nauplia, had been transported to the island of
Zea without trial.

Advices to the 7th have been received from Constan-
tinople. The Porte had communicated to the Ambassa-
dors of the Five Powers the measures it was about to
adopt to restore order in Lebanon. The Ambassadors
met on the 31st to consider the subject, and communicated
to the Turkish Government their approval of the measures
proposed. The disposition to revolt against Turkish
governors, manifested so frequently of late, had showed
itself in various quarters. At Bagdad the sub-governor
had revolted against the governor, but was defeated and
forced to fly into Persia. At Mossoul several Kurdish
Bays had risen against the PACIIA, while at Vau an in-
surrection has broken out of a most serious character.

We learn from the Maltese papers that the Bey of
TUNIS is still apprehensive of an attack from Tripoli'
where 3,000 Annauts are encamped outside the walls or
the city. The Malta Mediterraneo, however, considers
these alarms to be merely the spec. of some consul who
wants to sell the Bey of Turas some gunpowder, as was
the case in April, 1844.

The American frigate Cumberland arrived at Tripo:
on the 7th.

We have received Madrid papers of the 19th and
20th. The capital was quiet on the evening of the 20th
at nine o'clock.

From these papers we are enabled to give the follow-
ing history of the events of the insurrection. On the
18th of August a meeting of the tax-payers was held, at
which nearly every class of socitty was represented, and
which was attended by more than 500 persons, to peti-
tion the QUEEN against the new contributions. In the
evening some disturbances took place ; in the Las Vis-
tillas quarter there was a struggle with the police, and
some of the ringleaders were captured. On the 19th all
the shops were closed, and groups of unemployed work-
men, armed with sticks and knives, assembled in the streets.
The Ministers, who remained in consultation at the
Home Office, ordered strong patrols of infantry and
cavalry to clear the streets. Previous to these orders
being issued, those officers who had been found in the
streets unprotected were wounded with knives, it is said
mortally. The troops charged two or three times, and
about a dozen shots were fired. Several persons were
wounded. Two, it is said, are killed. Three mountain
guns were placed near the Post-office, and a band° was
issued by Pitons URTELA, the Political Chief, contain-
ing the following enactments :
" 1. Any person who, without special permission granted by
me to the contrary, shall not open to the public, within four
hours after the publication of this notice, his shop or other
establishment, shall be considered as an accomplice in the re-
bellion attempted against the execution of the laws voted by
the Cortes and sanctioned by the Crown, and shall be prose-
cuted accordingly.

" 2. The CO& missaries of police of the different quarters
shall, after the publication of this notice, and after the delay,
there set forth, visit their respective districts, and report to me
the names of all parties offending against the said order, that
the due proceedings may be instituted against them.
" 3. Shops for eatables and other articles of first-rate neces-
sity must open immediately, and those who do not do so will be
opened by the authorities, in order that the public may not be
deprived of their supplies.
" 4. Groups of people assembling in the streets are for-
bidden when the number exceeds four ; and those persisting in
remaining after summoned to disperse will be arrested."

At about two o'clock the crowds began to disperse.
The coffee-houses and provision shops were opened, but
almost all the other shops continued closed. The troops
continued under arms the whole day, but the public
tranquillity was not further disturbed. Thirty-seven per-
sons were arrested during the day, of whom, it is said,
three are to be shot forthwith. Extraordinary couriers
were dispatched to the various provinces to inform them
that the tranquillity of the capital had nut been seriously
disturbed. During the evening 100 of the principal
tradesmen were sent for by the Political Chief and re-
commended to open their shop=, which, it is said, they
promised to do. Several merchants were arrested in
the course of the evening. On the morning of the 20th
apermanentcourt-martial was established at the Post-office
for the trial of the prisoners. More than 70persons were
arrested for refusing to open their shops; among them were
some of the principal tradesmen of Madrid. The doors
of the shops in the Calle Toledo were forced open with
swords and axes. One man was killed in this street in
the course of the day. It is stated that the new taxes
have been resisted in a similar manner at Burgos, Sara-
gossa, Toledo, and Seville. During the enteute on the
19th, the cries of " Viva la Regna," " Viva la Constitu-
tion," " Mueran 103 tiramios," wero frequently uttered,
and in many places the cry of " Viva Espartero" was
raised.

The Herald() of the 20th says, that tranquillity is
completely restored, and that the people begin to see the
follv of opposing the law. It states that several shop-
keepers have changed their mind, and purpose recom-
mencing business, and that fur its conduct in doing s)
Madrid deserves freedom. One of the prisoners taken
on the previous day in the act of poignarding an
officer was condemned to death by the court-martial,
and several others, to different terms of imprisonment in
a presidio. The same journal announces that General
BRETEN, Captain. General of Arragon, is appointed
Captain-General of Catalonia, in the room of General
CONCHA, and that General MANS() succeeds BRETEN in
Arragon.

lion FRANCISCO DI PAULA and hi family are about to
proceed to Pampeluna, to meet the Duke DE NEMOURS.

The Clam. - relates a horrid act of barbarity com-
mitted by General SHELLEY, Captain-General of Se-
ville. An inhabitant of the city having in a moment of
intoxication shouted Viva la libertad, SHELLEY had him
seized and beaten to death. The poor victim bas left a
widow and large family.

Two operations only in the Three per Cents., amount-
ing to 6,000,000 reals ; they close at 31-i- at 60 days,
Fives, 221 at 60 days ; amount, 2,800,000 reals.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday. They
all comment on the recent occurrences at Madrid, and
the merits of the newly-appointed Members of. the
Chamber of Peers, are the subject of observationin the
Opposition journals. The Legitimatist papers consider
these appointments as preparatory to a dissolution, but
the Constitutionnel says the object of the recent creation
of Peers is to secure such a majority in the Peers as will
enable the Chamber to resist the wishes of the Deputies
as to the conversion of the Five per Cent. Stock, and as
to the new law in the University.
A letter from Algiers, dated August 15, says :
" Military operations continued in the circle of Orleans-
vine. Two columns scour the country in all directions,
to pursue the bands of insurgents, who still hold out for
the Marabout who instigated the last revolt. It ap
pears that on his side General BOU RJOLLY, at the head
of the movable column of Mostaganem, has again ap-
peared in the Lower Chelitt It is doubtful whether
the fractions of tribes that have taken up arms can be
brought under subjection by the month of October, the
period for commencing the grand operations. The heat
is now excessive, and water fails on almost every point,
so that it is impossible to venture far into the interior.
The movements of the small columns have generally for
object to give confidence to the tribes who have re-
mained faithful. The markets of the interior are well
frequented, which would lead to the inference that
tranquillity has returned."

The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS arrived at
Bayonne on the 20th, and were received with great en-
thusiasm. The Duke laid, the foundation-stone of a new
bridge intended to be built over the A.dour. Their
Royal Highnesses left on the 22d for Pau.

The ,Three per Ceuta. closed, at 84f;30e. ; the New