The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-11 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
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" Who runs may read."

POREIGN.
The Courrier de la Gironde of the sth inst. publishes a
letter from the delegates of the Sugar Committee of Bordeaux,
giving an account of their reception by the King. They state
that the King appeared to 'oe deeply impressed with the corn-
Plaints of the delegates, rand of the Deputies of the Gironde,
who accompanied there. relative to the perturbation caused by
the postponement of tlae.sugar bill, but observed that he could
only repeat the motivaas assigned by his Ministers for the post-
pOnement, at the saane time confirming the promise made by
'netts to present a bill at the commencement of the next session.
A body of forty
Ithe P linen-manufacturers waited last week upon
resident of the Council and the Minister a of Commerce
and Finances, arsd represented to them, that more than a third
of the manufactories were standing still, and that the linen
trade
was it
a a melancholy position. They in consequence
;'lied for r. 4 increased protecting duty of 10 per cent. on cloth,
3)141T ,15, r,ser cent. on thread, imported from 1 ngland. The
„, elii,a`ant of the Council and his two colleagues promised to
`":" eat in their power to meet the views of the linen trade, after
"l
-e close of the session. The same manufacturers afterwards
rrwcoedod to the Chamber, and obtained a premise of support
,','oni -several Deputies, particularly MM. Victor Grandin and
arblay.
~_ The French Society for the Abolition of Slavery have come
:no resolution to give their sanction to the Government Bills
re before the Chambers, relative to forced expropriations in
-o! colonies, and to the attributes of the Colonial Councils, as
as mg a transition from slavery towards abolition.
• o The seventh anniversary of the birth of The Duke of Bra-
t• heir-presumptive to the Throne of Belgium, was stele-
i"Le, dln Saturday by a grand military review. There were
ci-„ue.j) °motions -in the army, he infant hero of many
sze!, iVratchati nurse-faces was toreceive his first commission
ctilkoss, are all born wise and warlike, and are legislators and
—"era as soon as they have cut their teeth.
it Pfhe ceremony of the exchange of rings, or plighting of
-4°ths between the Princess Sophia of the Netherlands and the
Lhereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar Eisenbach, took
ite*. on the sth inst., at the Hague, in the palace of the
theerdeinde, in the presence of the King and Queen, the parents of
, affisneed bride, all the members of her Minis-
.ers
so ef State, the Officers of the Household,a andy gat numerous
ttrt. In the afternoon there was a grand dinner, and in the
, Felting the young couple received the congratulations of all the
di°Tegn Ministers, and a numerous assemblage of persons of
~.,stinetion. The front of the palace was brilliantly illuminated
1I the cyphers of the affianced 1 air.
4: h„.e Leipsic Gazette of the 4th instant, states that the Bra.
sue arch
had solicited permission from Mehemet Ali
ouernarch, a bOdy of troops through Egypt to the Isthmus of
4 for the purpose of facilitating their arrival in India. The
niae/-4 is said to have replied that he could not grant the re-
-. 4.. Alt without the consent of the Sultan. The object of Semi
iT's visit to Constantinople is to represent to the,. Sultan the
s,ea-pediency of granting a similar permission, and to suggest
Propnety of erecting a line of forts on the coast of the
Sea,
~
The PUBLIC OPINION.
Morning Herald says :—" The position which Sir Ro-
t„o2a a states:nee emphatically invited by the
.nation to re-
-14;7: it from its; embarrassments, has assumed is, both per=
'1117.. and constitutionally, a legitimate one.. Hoving ac-
. thr_tm the ofP.ce tendered to him in such a crisis, it is no more
oi.-7.0 as privihage he may fairly claim to stand. or fall by the ap-
tc yation vs rejection of the general policy which he proposes
thilarcsue ; and if he be somewhat too sensitive or positive on
ozT lor ,itis an error on the right side. It is an agreeable
ti to see a Minister rather mere tenacious of his principles
we ?I his place, and we may therefo-e set off any seeming
htpu-mess of opinion against his evident sincerity of purpose.
LI We must not arid cannot conceal the truth that Sir Ros
et's dominance (if we may so term it) borrows a compara-
114e lustre from the unpoplarity of his predecessors, and that
lac °PPosition are blindly doing their best. to heighten the con-
'en. to their disadvantage."
l)' Chronicle, speaking of Sir Robert Peel's recent bear-
towards the House of Commons, observes :—" Sir R. Peel
tta' been in more passions since the 3d of February, not only
fLan Lord John Russell since his entrance into the House of
Carrion: but all the Whig Ministers put together (including
ti-"rd Stanley) during their ten years of power. It is become
,Z,inson subject of inquiry, when a Member comes into the
ow is
" How is Sir Robert ?" "Ishe in a passion ?"
to °,w is the great man's temper?" "Did he snob Lord
tn„ity ?" " Was he rude to 11.1 r. Baring ?" "Did he bully
for-,,nense of Commons ?" But, whatever fnay have been the
als"„or the Tamworth tempest on former occasions, such a scene
40;fillt of Friday night was never witnessed in the House.
%%gorae minutes the great man was de
a
absolutely hors
tot t• He could not read hand-writing, he could not speak
e,t consecutive sentences. Ho was bearish to the Speaker ;
if the House of Commons permit this vulgar bullying to
okapi there is really an end to the character of British gentle-
fsc:„• Charles Fox used to say that nobody but a man of
titt"Y could lead the House of Commons. Up to the present
4te Sir R. Peel has disproved the opinion of the gifted Whig ;
kla ,t a truth, it seems that prosperity has turned his head ;
et;that he is; not gentlemen enough to deport himself with de-
le a.." to his -opponents. It is, however, a consolation to us
itt•ye that there is some impartiality in these vulgarities; and
lou. but ill for his Government that Lord Stanley is at
14 ~/b4l showing some syniptonis of self-respect, and is beginning
13, discover that the head of the house of Derby ought not. to
qatere dead weight, or of Knatchbull-like dimensions in the
olLatt.”
trott"e following is from the Pas 4 i—“ No ,doubt there are
ktellseho are eargrised—marty Who are. disappointed—at the
Rho urea which the Premier iffse brought forward. But they
tlAt blade him the leader of `the majority did not put him in
Position in order to carry this or that measure which they
in o,llecl. They gave him power because_ they had confidence
althr,4 Judgment, and they have not withdrawn that confidence,
.Wl4;4lth Ile mai have come to deterrninations different from
hearsitheY expected. Within' the last three weeks we have
i..• oundreds of the Tory party stating the objections which
Istot-ed to themagainst the measures which have been brought
kkqetrd, but ending with the assertion that they believed Sir
soil it Peel and the Duke of Wellingtonknew better than they ---
kLlvhat the honour- and interests of the country required,
44. therefore that axe measures of the Government should have
sr support." . '.
VI an article on tho subject of Sir R. Peel's income tax, the
~lea thus expresses itself :—" We do not pledge ourselves
tC-,7i, while, as must have been sufficiently obvious to our
taees, either to all the details of his plan, or to the argu-
cltta 'which have been urged in its support. One such argu-
teelo,eP,ed by Mr. Roebuck, and, we are sorry to say, re-
-410,." 1' a modified shape by Sir R. Peel, in a debate shortly
I'4 : Easter, was well refuted by Lord John Russell. It
tlhno" of those merely popular topics which, from their very
!PolaZess and a certain appearance of point, men use to elicit
:„..aa ca olfrorri their own supporters. The opposition to the
;Lan tattrisitorial was met by the assertion that an honest
l—*lthca Ilot fear the exposure of his affairs. We call such a
eeklett't Ungenerous as oell as unreal. It is the random,
r"es 0, „saaing of a man who knows
Itoothin about the difficul-
4iist.`"e nature of business. is like those sweeping
.hitt •ef strict morality which some people are fond of apply-
;4'4 04ses in which the have no cocern—wide, unpractical
right set which only showy that those who make them have
Sea
;`,t their minds and consciences in earnest to find out
olflu Wrong, have never really dealt with those complicated
lora conscience which every man has now and then to settle
The ac,.lf. Lord J. Russell justly protested against this fallacy.
lellak
114-ieerpool Journal states that the agriculturists are
46114,1 t.IY opposed to the new tariff, and observes :—" Hay-
eh ot Mime to read, mark, and inwardly digest it, and notice
;try try 11,011,1 y it cuts away that ' protection,' which, as they
Stleroal says the present Tory majority in the House was
tot t_o to sustain, they have raised an outcry which has
k.`ts, at7rthe friends of free trade much more than the Minis-
Le is tagei one end of the three kingdoms to the other they
k-Toga,'" arms, and are backed by various other smaller mo-
-42.8, Whose interests are menaced by the proposed
10 C. On the other hand, the resistance to the income
rho
slow, is gathering; and though not formidable in
dice would add, if directed to a resolute opposition to the
tli, to the weight of the other."
~etts tPubfin Evening Post thus alludes to the probable ef-
,ielest:34 the tariff on the glove trade :—" The admirable ten
Z,:eats,°f ork are hanging in the market, and for the Limerick
o‘et ht.'elhioh we really think better than the best Paris we
Otero"— (but, sooty to say, we are not particular in these
°I you cannot make sale. In England, this trade, and
b `rades included in the genuine haberdashery, are suffer-
-414'4 When the duty is lowered, what will become of the
hoa; We might almost say, employed in the work? 'this
~,,Vi+% they will have to answer in England, as best they can.%
eto4lote the following remarks from the Leeds Times
‘‘,4l4otll,;_lY it is in the division of his enemies that Peel's strength,
44_ weakness, consists. An immense
.number of classes
4,,tl)e'est4 are dissatisfied, but all for different reasons—
irpitt ,cause the measure is ton liberal, others because it is
ttatcstch'te and inquisitorial—some because it diminishes the
Ces 01'4°,11 of the home producers, others because it main-
kwNte triost egregious mischiefs of the present system. The
Leshr lariats, the coal-owners, the manufacturers, the shop-
aZt. lol', te.professional classes, are all complaining, more or
riNte",' their opposition has no plan or concord in it : the disc ' Parties cannot coalesce and act together, and conse-
kl:llj,,Peel feels himself strong, and his measure safe."
te 'Woman observes, on the subject of Sir Robert Peel's
ot t'ti tariff:—We will not be entrapped into a hasty c00,,,„,,ii
,,,„,,ii of the proposed ameliorations, however incomplete ;
lON, t4i.i_h certain " working interests" may suffer, the ob-
ta`if "etc f h h oee is to benefit the nation at large.
, sue C a
kkh a e endcon that in the -march of this great principle, not
hilttlC"mtbarriers which ' protect' labour should be spared, how
dcbsic;taelger must be our hostility to that monstrous mono-
thq, ~ ~t, hi order to swell the rent-rolls of the aristocracy,
till 'lto_ e poor not only of bread, but of employment! Yet
Itto7,niaster-grievance for which Sir Robert has dragged
IL t '6'llorred it.come-tax from its grave expressly to defend !"
IN%, gonbrion says:—" It cannot be too often repeated,
, t, the bent Peel came into power to prevent justice being
VeLleCe People. He is the Minister of the monopolists. It
to,llit' to telt him that there is all the difference in the
lI,N o.,P°int of justice between a tax on property and a tax
lls'eta,. dr-eatrie of trades and professions. He is not at liberty
kti thol°el the income tax part of his scheme. He has told
NktitZ' he must carry the income tax or quit office. Of
Nes ;8e of the community, the owners of lend ought, for
Pea_B4htis, to be equally taxed with the owners of per-
h rty . > •
eket 'lt Stask ° VET— I'It.a.DE—COMMERCE.
' kti: 4 -.4'e of trade at Bradford is more animated; at Leicester
44‘111, ,doing in the glove and hosiery lines, but general
142111 proved. At Blackburn and Leeds the aspect of
‘IL vrY depressed ; Manchester is worse.
OS° bee. IVA VAL .B.N 1) MILITARY. . .
t NTarmed steam-vessel, called the Semiramis. built by
bkNesore ship-master, fur the East India Company, has
.11 44 Y launthed at Bombay.
thtkitli toilaerally believed in the naval circles that Admiral Sir
e laYrecopek' G-C.B.a will succeed Admiral Sir G. Moore hi
VII °Naas"' command • Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, G. C. 8.,
4, tolcelth command • and Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker,
ol,:e the successor to Rear-Admiral the Honourable
Altote 'trie, whose time is up in July neat.
44411%, rt He LAW AND, P 0 1.1. C. k.. 1.
~.8. fop 4„" and Jonathan Taylor, convicted at the last York
-404,.`,"e murder of their wives, were executed at York
,4, r,„ •Y last. From 10,00 to 12,000 persons were present.
isrtt tithe SPORTING,
4,LPtfr _ Queen's stao-hounda meet. at Slough: the three
'4 p 3 "lint in the New Forest fixed upon for next week
4, l'i,t 8 tisned.
444.41, 4rthht?, ? VIIT—PASHIONABLE. •
Vtic Zill (.7410P of Canterbury's public dinners at Lambeth
tit fN asclinnence on Saturday next.
ig oc/eS:," Countess of Jersey entertaned a select circle at
~rua•actiw day, in Berkeley-square.
li (hatldao'ePcy Earl De Grey arrived at the family mansion
\tt,.io:sarro'"..nin Dub:iri Castle.
k 4 NS` ' Germaine has arrived at the Marine Hotel,
011. t, il4.tt md
1 %,,0 Isd, . Viscountess Beresford leave Bedgebury Park,
tl'Oal linty/51..0r Cavendish-square.
.1(i,11J"r,,,p Inters left town on Saturday last for Newmarket.
cl 4 0 . has arrived at Alivart's Hotel, from Crewe Hall;
44%14'11't't P eel will give a grand dinner on the 23d inst., at