The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1842.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE .STEAM-SHIP
COLUMBIA IN NINE DAYS.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, ONE P.M.

At an early hour this morning, the steam-ship
Columbia, Captain Judkins, was announced off this
port, after the most extraordinary passage ever
made from the United States to England. She
sailed from Boston on the night of the 16th, and from
Halifax (where she remained to take in the Canadian
mails) on the night of the 18th, thus completing the voy-
age from Boston to Liverpool in 11 days and 10 hours.
including a stoppage of six hours at Halifax. The
arrival of the Columbia puts us in possession of
papers from New York to the 16th inst., Boston to
the 17th, and Halifax to the 19th. The Britannia,
another of the steamers of this rapid fleet, arrived
at Halifax in eleven days, and would
reach Boston in thirteen days. The whole manage-
ment of this line of mail steam-ships reflects the
greatest credit upon the very able superintendents,
Messrs. M'lver and Co. of Liverpool.
By the activity of these gentlemen on the present
occasion, the North American flails brought by the
Columbia were landed at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and despatched to London by express, seven
hours in advance of the ordinary conveyance.
On this, as well as on many other previous occasions'
we are indebted to the Directors of the London and
Birmingham Railway Companies, for theirso promptly
granting an especial conveyance through to London,
which was performed with the greatest ease and safety
by our Express Messenger, who accomplished the
journey front Liverpool to London in little more than
six hours.

The following extracts compose the only articles of
interest•by this arrival :

NORTH-EASTERN Bo UNDA RY.—The Commissioners
from Maine: and Massachusetts are now all in Washing-
ton. The Commission has been organised, and it is ex-
pected that the deliberations will be closed in five or six
weeks.

In the House of Representatives, the Apportionment
Bill was taken up, and by a vote of 161 to 50, the second
amendment made to it by the Senate- was rejected. The
House refusing to concur in any of the amendments, the
Bill, as it originally passed, was sent back to the Senate.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.—On motion of Mr. Fillmore,
a resolution was passed, 112 to 96, to take the question
at two o'clock, on the Tariff Bill, extending the present
laws to the Ist of August. The subject was debated by
Mr. Gilmer and Mr. W. Cost Johnson, the latter of
whom was speaking when the mail closed.
Jenom TEXAS.—President Houston has convened a
special sitting of Congress for the 27th June.
Judge Terrell, the Attorney-General, has been sent to
the East to concentrate the troops in that section.
Two Mexicans were recently captured on the other
side or Corpus Christi and brought to Galveston. They
were well treated and immediately liberated by General
Houston.

FROM 111Exico.—New Orleans papers of the Ist inst.
announce the arrival of thirteen more Santa Feans, late
prisoners in Mexico, but liberated through the interpo-
sition of the British Minister, the French Minister, and
the Prussian Consul.

It was reported at Vera Cruz that the President,
Santa Ana, was about to liberate all the prisoners—find-
ing the expense of feeding and the trouble of guarding
them rather inconvenient.

FROM FLORIDA.-011 the 19th of May a Mrs. Da-
niells and her fire children were killed two miles south
of the natural bridge on the Santa Fe ; and on the 20th,
still further south, two men were waylaid and put tc
death.

On the night of the Ist inst. the house of a Mr. Ro-
binson, in Jefferson county, just beyond the Ocilla, was
attacked by a party, of Indians, supposed to be 50 in
number. Mr. Robinson's mother and four others of his
family were killed, and the house plundered.
Fiton 11ANTE—At Port au Prince the Legislature
have, on the r, commendation of the President of Idayti,
passed a law exempting from the payment of taxes the
inhabitants of the districts devastated by the earthquake.
CAPE lIATTIEN.—The disorders that prevailed in this
unfortunate city in ruins, of which we hare before heard
so much complaint, have been consummated by the pil-
lage, or rather theft of the public treasure, which had
been hitherto preserved, it is said, by a guard. Letters
announce the conflagration of the rest of the houses
overturned, and not before burned. The first fire con-
sutned only a quarter of the city, and was extinguished
by rain. Generals Obas and Monscardy have gone
thither with instructions from the President to establish
order,

The proclamation of the President; dated May 18th,
after alluding to the facts of the earthquake, says.
"This immense calamity has torn my very heart.
Wherefore have I yet to regret excesses which are come
in to aggravate the measure ?"

ST. :i;ioo.—Letters from this unfortunate city con-
firm the sad news of the overturning of all the bans( s
built with masonry, and of all the public edifices. About
two hundred persons have perished. The earthquake
was perceived at the same time as at Cape Haiti(n.
New shocks, very strong, having continued through the
night and the following days. The rest of the population
removed a half league ftour the city. At the first mo-
ment of this strong convulsion of the earth, the river
Yaque was seen to go up towards its source, and to di-
vide in two parts, leaving a dry passage iu its bed ; then
to descend with astonishing impetuosity.
Tho excesses committed here by the prisoners who
escaped in consequence of the full of the prisons, arc
deplorable. St. J ago is described as a very flourishing
city, that had just begun to acquire the prosperity due
to industry. _ _ _

ST. Dbutsco.—The powerful shock experienced here
was preceded by a terrible noise coming from the
East. The fine Cathedral, commenced in 1514, and
finished in 1540, had resisted every earthquake, especially
those of 1684 and 1691. But it was considerably injured
by that of the 7th inst. The sea was excessively agi-
tated near the harbour. The injnry experienced by the
Cathedral occasioned the fear of its fall ; on which ac-
count the Vicar-General Portez thought proper to take
away the holy sacrament, and carry it to the church St.
Dominick, and afterwards to a barrack constructed in
haste.

SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 15.
1,000 Dols., New York Sevens loli
1,000 Dols., New York Sixes, 1854 . 9G

5,000 Dols., New York Sixes, 186`) 96—b CO
1,000 Dols. ditto ditto
Q,OOO Dols.New York Five-atid-a-lialf,lB6l 89.

1,000 Dols. ditto ditto B9l
4
2,000 Dols. Water loan, 70 B2
1,000 Dols. Illinois Bonds . 19

of the city of St. Louis have,.eceasioneel ,a row in that
city, and that after other people refused them, the
Butchers had a meeting, and resolved to continue to take
them. The consequence was, that many of the citizens
tried hard to keep them up, and many of the traders ad-
vertisea to 'ake them at par.
The President of the City Bank of New Orleans has
publicly expressed his opinion that the State is insolvent.
.
The Bonds issued by the State amount to :7;20,820,889.
There was a great sale of Real Estate in New Orleans
on the 6th inst., the property of John Richardson. The
entire property brought the suns of $170,900, said to be.
not more than two-thirds of the original cost. The
terms of the sale were one-tenth cash, the balance in ibur
equal instalments, without interest, payable in one, two,
three and four years after date of sale.

CRICKET.
MARYLEBONE CLUB v. THE COUNTY OF

SUSSEX.

The match between eight gentlemen and three players
of the Marylebone Club, and four gentlemen and seven
players selected from the several districts of the county
of Sussex, was commenced at Lord's on Monday, and
terminated yesterday afternoon in favour of the latter by
a majority of 145 runs. This is the first &feat the
Marylebone Club has sustained this season, and it is to
be attributed solely to their being overmatched, they
having enly the advantage of Hillyer, Barker, and Bay-
ley, while the eleven of the County included the following
seven "crack" players :--Box (one of the finest wicket-
keepers in the kingdom), Lillywhite,
Dean, llillyard,
Hodson, Hawkins, and Picknell.
The match attracted each day a very large assemblage
of spectators, including the leading members of the
Marylebone Club and other metropolitan, suburban,
and provincial clubs, and comprising most of the Oxford
and Cambridge (University) elevens. Among other
noblemen and gentlemen of high rank and distinction,
we noticed the Marquis of Exeter, Earl of
Vernlam, Earl of Aboyne, Earl of March,
Earl of Winterton, Viscount Drumlanrig, Vis-
count Folkstone, Lord H. Loftus, Lord W. Beresford,
Lord F. Beauclerc, Lord M. Hill, Lord E. Hill, the Hon.
F. Ponsonby, the Hon. S. Ponsonby, the Hon. R. Grim-
stone, and the lion. A. Grimstone.
At the commencement of the game, the betting was 5
to 4 in favour of the County, with plenty of takers, but
after each eleven had played their first innings, the odds
increased to 3 to 1, without, however, any dicrease in
the number of takers.

The Club placed their best men at the principal
stations in the field as follows :—Sir Frederick Ba-
thurst, cover point ; Mr. Nicholson; point ; Ky-
naston, long stop; Mr. Thackerery, long field at the leg;
Bayley and liillyer, bowlers. The County thus dis-
posed of their players :—Hawkins, point ; Millyard,
long stop ; Mr. C. Taylor, cover point ; Picknell, slip ;
Box (wicket-keeper) ; Mr. Ponsonby, as the substitute
of Mr. Lan ;don (long field at the leg) ; Lillywhite and
Dean (bowlers).

The County, having won the toss, went in first. Box
displayed some very splendid batting, and cleared thirty-
nine runs, with two fours, six threes, a two, and eight
ones. Picknell twelve, with a four, twice two, and four
ones. Mr. Langdon ten, with a four and six ones, and
Hodson eight, with a four, a
.three, and a one.
The Club then took the field, Bayley and Mr. Thac-
kerny obtaining the majorit\ of runs, the former marking
nineteen, with two fours, two threes, a two, and three
ones ; and the latter fifteen, with a five, a four, twice
two, and two ones.

In the second innings of the County Mr. Taylor exhi-
bited some very scientific batting, scoring no less than
sixty runs, with a siT, a five, a four, three threes, eight
twos, and twenty ones. Dean nineteen, with a five, twice
two, and ten ones. Hodson sixteen, with a five, a three,
a two, and six ones ; and Box sixteen, with a four, a
three, twice two, and five ones.

In the second innings of the Club, Sir Frederick
Bathurst mAde fifteen, with two threes, twice two, and
five ones ; Air. Thackeray seven, with a four, a two, and
a one ; Mr. Kynaston live, with a three and two ones.
The fielding of both sides was excellent, and the
bowling of Lillywhite and Dean, and of Bayley and
Ilillycr was greatly admired. Dean, in each innings of
the Club, lowered four wickets ; and in the second innings
of the County, no less than six out of eleven wickets were
bowled out by
Subjoined is a copy of the score :
stISSEX.
FIRST Ismscs.

Lillywhile, b by Hillyer
Mi:lyard, run out
Picknell, c by Bayley, U by Hillyer
Hawkins, c by Mr. Anson, b by Bayley 0
Mr. C. Taylor, c by Mr. R. Nicholson, b by Bayley 4
Mr. E. Napper, e by Ilidyer, b by Bayley 9
Box. Üby Bayley .
Mr. G. L. Langdon, b by Hillyer
Mr. C. Barton, b by Ilillyer
Hodson, not out S
Dean, c by Mr. R. Nicholson, b by Bayley
Byes
Wide halls
No balls

SECOND INNINGS.
b by Bayley
Millyard, c by Mr. I. Garth, b by Hillyer
Picknell, b by Hillyer
Hawkins, b by Hillyer
Mr. C. Taylor, b by Hillyer
Mr. E. Nipper, b by ILllyer
Box, cby Bayley, bby Sir F. Bathurst—, ......... ••
Mr. G. L. Lan; don, b by Hillyer
Mr. C. Barton, bby Byer
Hodson, leg before wicket, b by Bayley
Dean, not out
lit es
Wide balls
No balls

~ 60

MA RYLEBONE CLUB.
FIRST INNINGS.
Hillyer, c by Pox, b by Lillywhite
Mr. T. A. Anson, b by Dean
Mr. R. Nicholson, run out
Baker, b by Lillywhite
Mr. H. Kynaston, b by Dean
Mr. E. Bayley. c by Millyard, b by Dean
Mr. F. Thaekeray, b by Dean
Bayley, b by Dean
Mr. R. Garth, e by Hodson, b by Lillywhite
Mr. B. W. Keate, b by Lillywhite
Sir F. Bathnrst, not out
lives
Wide balls
No balls

U

SECOND INNINGS. 44
Hiflyer, cby Box, by b Lillywhite . .. 3
Mr. T. A. Anson, b by Dean
Mr. H. Nicholson, c by Mr. Taylor, b by Lillywhite
Barker, b by Dean o
Mr. B. Kynaston, c by Mr. Napper, b by Lillywhite
Mr. E. Bayley, b by Lillywhite
Mr. F. Thackeray, c by Lillywhite, b by Lillywhite
Bay ley, bby Dean
Mr. H. Garth, not out ... 0
Air. K. W. Keate, b by Dean 5
Sir F. Bathuast, b by Lillywhite
Byes •
Wide balls ......................................... 0
No balls ... 0

SIR R. PEEL and the POOR-LAW.
We have been looking through the more important of Sir
Robert Pea's speeches in which the existing Pour-law is men-
tioned. The result is a distinct conviction that the general
expectation of the Conservative public that he Mould acquiesce
in important alterations or modifications of that law must have
bees founded on the opinion that he would, in some degree,
forego his own individual judgment, in order to concur with
what may be called the popular sentiment of his party. Per-
haps this was an opinion which the public bad no right to en-
tertain. The facts, however, seem to be these—first, that
Conservative candidates and electors did very generally appear
to entertain the notion that the establishment of a Conserva..
ti‘e Government would lead to alterations of the Poor-law in
a direction towards greater generosity and kindness to the
poor ; and secondly, that the Right Hon. Baronet, to whom
they all looked as the head of any Conservative Government
that might be formed, had uniformly and emphatically stated
his own individual opinion to be altogether in favour of the
Poor-law as framed and carried into execution by the Whig
inisters.

For ourselves—considering the praiseworthy feeling in
which Conservative objections to the Whig Poor-law had their
rise, and that these objections were looked on by the common
people as an evidence of kindness towards them—we do not
think there was anythiug preposterous in the opinion that Sir
R. Peel might give up to some extent his own judgment in
favour of the Poor-law, and act upon the less favourable judg-
ment of an immense body of his supporters. But as to his own
judgment, we find it had been frequently most clearly expressed,
and most decidedly in favour of the Whig law.
In the commencement of the Parliamentary Session in 1840,
a motion declaratory of want of confidence in Ministers was
submitted to the House of Commons by Sir J. Y. Buller.
In the course of the debate upon that motion, the Conserva-
tive leaders, and the party generally, were often taunted with
having lent themselves to what was called the Anti-Poor-law
Agitation. Referring to this, in his speech at the close of
the debate, Sir R. Peel said:—
" Mark my answer : to the Poor-law I gave my support,
and so tar from showing any tendency to obstruct that or any
other 'useful measure, if I had not taken the part I did with
respect to the Poor-law Bill, with its good provisions, you
would not have had the remotest chalice of carrying it.),
Here, then, it appears that the Right Hon. Baronet claimed
to be not only a supporter of the law, but to have been mainly
instrumental in causing the law to exist.
The Right Hon, Baronet then proceeded to say :
" But an accusation has been made mthuch more directly
againssutpthpoertebdy
means of declaring my opinions elsewhere, but was ready to
profit at the elections by the outcry that had been raised against
thethe Nvooobrle-la Lordwin
oMoser, pe ), that, after I
hadl took no effeetual
it. To this charge I give a flat contradiction, and I will prove
that contradiction in such a way that it is impossible it can
be refuted. Now, what occurred on the hustings at the elec-
tion of 1837? This was at the commeneement of the outcry
against t he new Poor-law, and at my election I was taunted
with supporting that Bill. Did I shelter myself under any
equivocation? Did I content myself with a silent approbation
of this Bill? What coarse could any man take—what more
effectual means than I did with my constituents, in stating my
opinion on this subject, and explaining the. share that belonged
to me in the support of that measure? The election at the
borough which 1 represent wasinnong the first that took place.
and in the course of my address to my constituents, I said,
Without the aid so rendered to the Government by Conser.
vatives the institutions of the country would have been over-
whelmed with danger.' A person cried out, ' Yen supported
the Poor-law Bill.' I answered that I admitted it—that I had
supported the Poor-law Bill, and further, that my opinions on
the subject of that enactment remained unchanged. I said
that I regarded the mere reduction in the amount of the rate as
one cf the smallest advantages of that measure ; but I valued it
because I saw in it the means of improving the moral condi-
tion of the poor, and that I Was convinced it mould tend to a
beneficial result as regarded the poor, but I should be very glad
to see any hardships in it corrected.
" Could I have declared myself more explicitly on the hust-
ings that when I said that I believed the effect of the measure
would be to raise the character of the poorer classes, and pro-
mote the welfare of the public, Did I shrink then in the
country from taking upon myself the share of responsibility
that devolved upon me as a supporter of that Bill? I have had
this accusation urged against ine for the last two years, that I

had siiently allowed or encouraged the agitation against the
Poor-law to go on for the purpose of getting votes. I have
taken no notice of this charge but in my place in this House,
and I have, on the proper occasion, in this place, never dis-
guised my approbation of that measure. Therefore, the charge
of the Noble Lord against me—that I took no effectual steps to
discountenance the agitation was without foundation, for be-
fore my constituents 1 was ready to take my full share of re-
sonsibility. To this opinion I mean to adhere, and I ant wil-
ling to take my full share of unpopularity for that measure.
I believe that the main enactments of that Bill are wise and
beneficial, although there may be something harsh in some of
its clauses; but on this account to retrace our steps, and re-
store the old order and system of Poor-laws, would be utterly
inconsistent, and contrary to anything like sound legislation."
All this was said in January, 1840, Sir Robert Peel appear-
ing to be then under the same strange impression—if we may
be permitted so to call it—which he is now, that they who ex-
pressed indignation against the New Poor-law, wished to re-
turn to all the abuses of the old.

Well, the resolution against the Government proposed in
January, 1840, was not successful. Things went on until six-
teen months afterwards, when Government proposed what Sir
R. Peel called their foul-weather Budget—his opinion being
that they had two Budgets ready, of which one or other was to
be us: d according to circumstances, and that the more despe-
rate was chosen because their circumstances were desperate.
On the •?7th May, 1841, a motion of want of confidence in
Ministers was again submitted to the House by Sir R. Peel,
and on the 4th of June the Right Hon. Baronet replied to the
arguments which had been urged against his motion. He then
contemplated, as did every one else, his return to office, and he
then spoke of the New Poor-law as one of the improvements
which he should find established, nor did he quality this with
one word of doubt as to the satisfactory working of the law.
He said—

" I should find on being restored to power that we, who left
a clear surplus of two millions of revenue—that we, who in
three years reduced twenty millions of the debt, as well as re-
ducing the interest one million annually, must deal Nish a
deficit of eight milions on an administration of five years !
True I should find reforms ; true I should find a Poor-law ;
true I should find a Jamaica constitution of a defective nature
but for our recommendations; true I should find an amend-
ment on the Canada Bill, which was said to be, if adopted,
fatal to the Bill, nay to the Government; and which, notwith-
standing the prediction of the Noble Lord, did not in the least
impair the vitality of the Government. Among all these dis-
coveries which 1 should have to make, my satisfaction would be
somewhat abated on observing the melancholy state of the
finances, with a deficiency of 7,600,000/."
Here again, then, up to the very eve of the late general elec-
tion, it must be allowed that the declarations of the individual
opinion of Sir It. Peel were strongly in favour of the existing
Poor-law, and yet it is not the less true that the declarations of
his party generally to the constituencies in the country were
not in its favour ; but neither were they in favour of wholly
abandoning the new law, and returning to all the abuses of the
old. They looked to a revision of the new law, and the omission
of certain parts of it which were—or were supposed to be—con-
ducive to harshness, and the production of needless misery.
The question then occurs, whether the Conservative party
should be true to the general understanding with their consti-
tuents., or to the general respect which they owe to the fixed
opinion of their leader ? Its our estimation this is one of the
cases in which lie should be more inclined to give way to them,
than they to him. At all events, their first duty is to see that
their own promises to the people, expressed or implied, be
faithfully performed. We can see no hope of good in political
society unless the common people generally defer to the better
judgment and the good feeling of their superiors in station—
and the continuance of such deference would he much endan-
gered if any promise held out to the people were not faithfully
maintained.—Morning Post.