The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

Ctiz _Suitt

LONDON
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1842.

We admire, and so will the starving people and the
decaying manufacturers, the assurance, to use no harsher
term, of Sir H. PEEL. Last night he dwelt most patheti •
cally on the amount of funds required for carrying on cri-
minal prosecutions for Ireland. He was alarmed, too, for
the service of India, he trembled for the materials of car-
rying on the war with China, and therefore he threw
the responsibility of delaying the supplies an
those who opposed going into a Committee of Supply
in order to procure food for the people. He had
not one thought for them. In substance his statement
was, "Perish the multitude, whom you, Mr. VILLIERS,
wish to relieve ; perish the manufacturers, whom you
seek to uphold ; but 1 must have the means for pro-
secuting the war in Affghanistan and China, and for
punishing Irish criminals." They will not be in due
time denied him; but first let us save our own people,
and obtain resources, in their profitable industry, for
bringing those wars to a speedy conclusion. " Our
skin," says the proverb, "is nearer to us than our
coat ;" but all Sir R. PEEL'S anxiety is not for the skin,
not even for the comfortable coat ; it is for some of
the monstrous and cumbrous trappings with which
fashion has contrived to render it more burdensome
than useful. His admonition not to embarrass the
spending powers of the Government were fortunately
not heeded; and Mr. VILLIERS steadily proceeded to the
one great present business of the empire, and proposed
to substitute for the Committee of Supply a Committee
of the whole House with a view to abolish the Corn-
laws.

Though the object of the motion did not meet the
approbation of Lord J. RUSSELL and his friends, they
approved of the Committee on account of the general
distress, and accordingly voted for Mr. VILLIERS. 11i3
motion found also some converts on the Tory
benches. Appalled by the state of the country,
Sir JOHN HANMER supported it. Sir R. PEEL
evidently falters. At the meeting with the Deputies on
Saturday, he was observed to tremble exceedingly. lie
did not seem to like Mr. COBDEN'S assertion last night,
that the Right Hon. Baronet might meet the fate of Mr.
CANNING, who had been killed in a vain endeavour to
govern both for the people and the aristocracy; and he
evidently begins to doubt the wisdom of his own policy.
He even said that if it were found, after a time, that his
measures did not answer, he would have no objection
tore-consider them. Answer for revenue they may; relieve
the distress of the people they cannot; and he might
therefore as well consent to Mr. VILLIERS' motion now,
as carry something like Mr. VILLIERS' plan into
effect six months hence. As Mr. COBDEN said, no
Prime Minister can maintain the Corn-laws; and nothing
but false shame now makes the Parliament, headed b
Sir R. PEEL, continue to inflict, and it deserves all men's
reprobation for inflicting, great misery on the peoples
Lord
Lord Howicx, at the close of his speech, hisannounced
intention of not bringing forward his motion ounse
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°weeks from the
to find 117 Members,
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ing of the Corn-law,
voting to reconsider that measure.
majority, should not within eight
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