The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

SUDBURY ELECTION.

On the motion of Mr. WYNN, the evidence in this
CIISQwas ordered to be printed.

THE FRENCH TAIUFF-DUTY ON ENGLISH
LINENS.

On the Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned
debate on the second reading of the Property-tax Bill
being read,
Mr. LABOUOHERE said he wished to ask a question
on a subject which had created the greatest excitement
among the trading classes of this country. It had been re-
ported that the French Government had increased the duty
on linens and linen yarns, the produce of this country.
He wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman if he was
able to make any statement on this subject. He could not
put the question without expressing regret at the moment
we were pursuing measures for the adoption of a more
liberal course of commercial policy towards other nations,
a step of a nature so hostile to our interests should have
been adopted.
'Sir R. PEEL said, in answering the question of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, he might be allowed to state that
within the last 3 or 4 days her Majesty's Government had
received information on the subject to the effect
that the Minister of France had stated that the
Government of France had power by an ordonnance
to raise the duties referred to, and that the
Government of France intended to exercise that power.
He (Sir R. Peel) could only assure the Right Honourable
Gentleman that they had not permitted a post to leave this
country, without making their communications on the
subject to the French Government, which thought
their duty required of to make, namely, expressing their
regret at the intention expressed to raise those duties.

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(LEFT SITTING.)

USE OF COMMONS
Six O'CLOCK.

A noble trait in her Majesty's character has just
been revealed to the House. Sir Robert Peel has
stated, and his statement was confirmed by Mr.
Lascelles, whose sister is, we believe, the lady
alluded to, that her Majesty, aware that she
might, be exposed to danger, and resolved not to
deny herself the pleasure, and even the duty of
taking relaxation, would not allow any lady to
accompany her, in her carriage, that no other per-
son might be exposed to the assassin's attempt but,
herself. Prince Albert, alone, shared her danger;
but the Lady in ,Waiting was left at the Palace. Her
Majesty is as generous as she is brave.

Since the days of Shakspere " Crowners' quest
law" has been a jest and a bye-word. It was reserved fur our
" Senior Coroner of the County of Dublin" to elevate crowners'
questiudgments into consequence and notoriety. Sir Edo and
Sugden had better look to his laurels. There is a formidable
competitor in the field, as will be seen by the following exqui-
s,te specimen of steeial pleading concocted by Isle. Paisley, the
committal functionary On Sunday a Coroner's Inquest was
held at Kimmage, on view of the body of a labouring man
named John Wallace. The follow in g was the verdict returned :
—" That on the 22d instant the said John Wallaceaceidentally,
casually, and by misfortune, fell into a quarry at Kimmage,
th.ealiroperty of Alr. Madden, and in the water thereof was
su (noted, smothered, and drowned.—JOHN Palmas-, Senior
Coroner, County Dublin."—Dublin Evening Mail.
PRIDE or ANCESTRY.—An anecdote is told of Mr.
Roger, of Werndee, in Monmouthshire, which exhibits the
pride of ancestry in a striking point of view. His house was
in such a state of dilapidation, that theproprietor was in danger
limier
of perishing the ruins of the ancient mansion, which
venerated even in decay. A stranger, whom he accidentally
met at the foot of the Skyrrid, made various inquiries respect-
ing the country, the prospects, and the neighbouring houses, and
among others, " Whose is this antique, mansion before us?"
" That sir, is Werndee, a very ancient house ; for out of it
came the Earls of Pembroke of the hrst line, and the Earls
of Pembroke of the second line ; the Lords Herbert of Cher-
bury, the Herberts of Coldbrook, Ramsay, Cardiff, and
York; the Morgans of Acton; the Earl of Hunsdon ; the
houses of Ircown and Lanarth, and all the Powell,. Out of
this house, also, by the female line, came the Duke of Beau-
fort." " And pray, sir, who lives there now 2" " I do, sir."
" Then pardon rue, and accept a piece of advice ; come out
of it yourself, or you'll soon be buried in the ruins of it."—
Welsh Paper.
The Siecle states, in an article devoted to Paris
gossip, that a short time before M. Aguado quitted Paris for
Spain, on his late fatal journey, he offered to sell one of his
houses to M. Duprez, the celebrated singer, for 500,000 fr.,
and Duprez having observed that he had not that sum to
:pare, M. Aguado aaid—" Never mind, you shall pay me by
way of life annuity." N. Duprez, adds the account, re.
quested time to think of the proposition, and eventually put it
off until the return of M. Aguado, whereas, if he had em-
braced the offer at once, he would have had the house for
nothing, as M. Aguado died before the payment of the first
quarter would have become due.

A Constantinople letter of the 9th inst., says :
" Tahir Pacha has made a proposal to the Council of Minis-
ters to send a commissioner to Tunis, to watch the conduct of
the Dey, but the Sultan opposed it, as being unwilling to do
anything that might give offence to France. Risa Pacha,
Marshal of the Palace, who has alwa)s been an inveterate
enemy to the new system of reform, is so deeply affected by
pulmonary phthisis, that his life is despaired of, and the Grand
Vizier is confined to his bed by the re-opening of an old hound
in his thigh, which, it is feared, will render amputation ne-
cessary."

STRANGERS IN TOWN.—It is supposed that about
fifty tl.ousand strangers will have been in town during the
present week. —New Fork Herald.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 30.
PROPERTY-TAX.

The Order of the Day for the third reading of the
Property-tax Bill having been read,
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD rose to propose the
motion of which he bad given notice. He thought it
was necessary for the House to consider whether they were
in a condition to embrace a mode of taxation heretofore
unprecedented, except in the case of an European war.
He felt he would not be doing his duty as a representa-
tive, pledged to protect the rights of the people, and that
he would not be worthy of the position he held, if he did nut
on this occasion oppose such a principle of taxation as
was now proposed. It was hardly necessary that he should
prove that the principle of taxation and repre-

1,1 not
sentation should be identical. It cow,-
denied that they oft co-exist. That yr'ncoro
was asserted in tile reign of Cilarles the Eirst?ncii,:,
iiga; 11 in the reign el Th"t. pr:110W
was also recognised in the rule that money I3db! ,hut
not. originate in . the House of Lords .but 'their
House in which the people was taxed by _ to
rsl
own representatives. He. now asked the Hou:
consider whether the people were really
sented. It was said that they were vlr!`: h" _O,
represented, because property was represented, but
re.
(Mr. Crawford) denied that there was a virtual
sensation of a great portion of the property of the count
The line upon which the suffrage was formed, we,: other
upon the possess.ion of an interest in land.. •An `',,ret
property.. was left unrepresented to a yery_erest
extent. Any person who had not an I.°' rty-
of 101. in a house could not vote, so that all the pi oyee_.,
under that sum was left unrepresented. But if ttio
sidered the state of the suffrage with regard
It,_
o";
people at large, in its relation to population, then
was no ground or pretence for saying that tlßof
was a lair representation. The propurd°!rso
electors to non-electors in England and 'OOOl
eas 1 to 181 ; in Scotland 1 to 30 ; and in 11'0,4
1 to 77 ; or in the United Kingdom 1 to 44. bise,
1 out •of every 9 families possessed the francoe
The rejection by the House of the motion made
time ago by the Hon. Member for Einsbury
Duncombe) proved what the state of the House
that it it by no means fairly represented the country.
were not forty places in the empire empowered to
Representhtives to Parliament which were
subjeet. to the imputation of bribery. Such
the condition of the representation of the ,
The people complained greatly of the wars in which
country was at present engaged—wars as tin,
they "ere impolitic. One of these wars had
object the annihilation of the rights of
which was friendly until it was provoked ; and
people complained that this tax vv as imposed
them in a great measure to pay the expee=
a war which was so unjust in its character. le c
bororation of these opinions, he would read some '
on the subject ; the first was an extract f!
paper signed by all the Birmingham Delegates,
the exception of two. They were of opinio/
had the people been properly represented in that
these wars would not have taken place. If they ,
to former periods of history, they would And
there was nothing more dangerous than
body to attempt to tax the people without their
a just and fair representation. The proceed; of
reigns of Charles I. and James 11. originailA
tempt to tax the people without the consent af Pr
Now that they were about to pass a new t.
which, in its effects, would press upon all ci
thought the people were justly entitled to call
House to amend the evils of the
system. He wished it to be undo
in bringing forward_ his motion he was
by no party motives. He called upon them to
the principle that representation should be ,
with taxation. He thought that such a print
founded on justice, and he trusted that the
would not refuse to it their sanction. The Hon.
concluded by moving—" That as by the
laws 'a large proportion of the people
realm are excluded from voting for
of Parliament ; and as . it also ap
the Reports of different Election Committees,
rupt practices have been used to an extraordint.
in procuring the return of Members to this presen‘
of Commons; and as, from both these causes, this
cannot be considered a fair representation of the
it is, therefore, unfit that any system of
taxation should be imposed by Parliament anti
causes of complaint with regard to the mode
the Members of this House shall be first redr
'Mr. O'CONNELL seconded the motion. •
Sir ROBERT PEEL hoped the Hoe-
man would not charge him (Sir niabi)
with treating him with disrespect if
elined entering into the discussion
motion and his speech seemed calculated to
(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman
forward a motion of a somewhat similar
few nights since ; that motion had been fully
and on that occasion he (Sir -R. Peel) had •
reasons which had induced him to come to a Cl
diametrically opposed to the conclusion wke
been come to by the Honourable Gentleman.
present proposal of the Hon. Gentleman went
further than his former proposal had gone. The
Gentleman now contended that the House of
was absolutely disqualified from performing any"
constitutional functions.—(Hear, hear.) It it w'
liberty to propose an income-tax ; it could sure)
be at liberty to refuse the tariff.—Olear,
cheers.) It was disqualified from perf
constitutional functions, and an immediate close
be put •to the business of the session. But
one question, which even those who were most
for Parliamentary Reform ought to ask
before voting for the present motion. If the It
thus disqualified from the performance of all its
tutional function_, had it the power to reform
He thought, considering all the circumstances, tl
were good grounds for opposing the motion of
Gentleman, and those grounds had been fully
other evening. He hoped ho should be
from entering into the discussion on tb°
sent occasion, as it appeared to him that the rood(
related to Parliamentary Reform than to the
tax. The Hon. Member professed a great rer
working classes, and he (Sir R. Peel)' would re:
lion. Gentleman that the tinancinirneasuresOftlil
ment, more especially this one of an Income-taX,
culated to aftbrd those classes great relief, by
the burden of taxation from them to the upper
society. lie trusted the Hon. Member would
skier that he (Sir Robert Peel) was tt
(Mr. Sharman Crawford) with any di:
declined entering anew into the diseussi,
question of Parliamentary Reform.—(Loud
Mr. O'CONNELL admitted that the best
discussing the question brought forward
Honourable Friend, would. be as a disc
tion ; but if the Government did
justice to Hon. Members, if they refused exteL.
suffrage, Hon. Members might find themselves
to offer more obstructions to the Government
had hitherto done.

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Mr, HUME had no hesitation in agreeing
Members that the House did not represent
of the country, or the Members who sat
opinions but he thought they were placed in
ticulty, that they were not able to gel
negative or affirmative to the question.
not agree with the McGrew-tax, and was
giving a direct negative to that, as he believed
measures might be proposed. Every hour
new proof that the measures proposed
palliative. The people wanted emplo:
food, which they might have, if they
employ ment. The House by the laws it
and which were now to be continued, had p 7
community under the ban of starvation, till
revival of trade, which never could take place
could have a free exchange with other con:
House had no feeling with the people, and
we re in support of monopoly. He shot',"
the motion of his Hon. Friend, and he mot°
third reading of the Bill in every way he pos.
Lord J. MANNERS opposed the amer
believed it originated with the Society for the
of Parliamentary Reform.

Lord J. RlitibELL. said that the resolution „
capacitate the Home iYom entering into any, 11
whatever. lie should certainly vote against th°
men*..

Straners were then ordered to withdra%
House divided, when the numbers were— g
For the motion
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Against it
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TIIE ATTEMPT ON HER MAJESTI 4
Mr. BARING here rose to bring forward the...
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of which he had given notice, when
Sir ROBERT PEEL said, Sir, whatever IhS,
inconvenience to the public business which Pr
from the adjournment, 1 feel it would be h...
with my atity if I should remain 11'7'
would not be consistent with the position
hold. It would be most satisfactory if. I eot
here ; but still there are considerations-4
Honourable Gentleman was here interruptei
cries of ilear,hear, and Adjourn.) I would AO
the circumstances to the House, but, at the
my own information is so imperfect, that I a
any . statement without great mistrust of itg4
(Hear. hear.) Since.l came into the 1101'
received information that an attempt has been
her Majesty's life, and I have reason to believe
to the usual interference of Providence—thu'
jesty has escaped.—(Loud cheers.) I. have
believe that the assassin is in custodA 4
earliest opportunity will be taken to
to examination, and under the circumstanceS.
will deem my attendance requisite.--(Hear!
Mr. CHARLES WOOD—Is her Majesty
Sir R. PEEL—Entirely safe, and the ' d'
been apprehended; and under these cireVt
I leave it to the House to deterollo ,f'
cries of ~ Adjourn, adjourn.") I Alerot!:a
an engagement to my Noble Friend the .I'ooo .
Dorset that he should bring forward his . a, i
,t ..e 0,
morrow. Then if the House thinks rot ,0
that this question should be discussed, IF' eiVill!,l,
we should take the discussion immediatelo eotesc.ltii
Noble Friend's motion is disposed of. I
star" of f DlD''
that while the House is in such a sta,,e cr
merit they could folloW up the discessijo lifelilp,
question, and not only from respect vie Id,' il;,'
jesty, but from the excited state of tst-ilet4)lo4,o‘
that a public question like this could be s.ltiove 1
cussed, and I therefore beg leave to I'' reo,c" 57
II ouse do now adjourn until to-ie" t t
°' 0,
Right Hon. Baronet appeared through° t.e P 3(
le At. ,
under strong excitement end 40'0
Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to sect: es'oo.l',Vl
tion.—(Cheers.) The natural state oo,ootelf
into which the Douse must have b'l•l.'ed, t litt.
the intelligence they had just recel till' i; 4`,,;i
as it was with the intorinatior:
,der bollios
Sovereign was - safe---(Cheers)—would
tc."l.bet.o.o` ig'
impossible that the House should attend t°here,oeic:o
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under its consideration. - He considered' test ',lo' '
the Right Hon. Baronet had taken the :11011Pcot,
moving the adjournment of the debate, It. safe 030 tie;
see that the assassin should be placed That he i;e11-
Under these circumstances he repeated h't soil' l`concurred in the course Which the Big . orP°K
i ,e,
man had pursued.—(Hear, hear.) 1 the I' ''etl!
The debate was then adjourned, uric_ re; ail
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of the House was next agreed to, at e •
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