The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-09 00:00:00

SUM ARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

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Almost the only article in the Paris Journals that is not a
mere electioneering address is one in the Quotidienne, on the
negotiations between the French and Belgian Governments, re-
lative to the recent Ordonnanee for increasing the duty on
linens and linen-threads, the Quotidienne says:—" Belgium is
but little satisfied with the Ordonnance of the Minister of Com-
merce. The Belgian Journals speak of reprisals and measures
against France to compel her to adopt a more liberal system of
customs. The pretensions of the Belgians are truly absurd ;
one would almost suppose from what they say feat they were in
a condition to impose upon UR any tariff they chose. We do not
in the slightest degree approve of the consideration, which has
been manifested for the Government of King Leopold, or of the
long negotiations which were one of the causes of the delay in
the promulgation of the Ordonnance."
Never, says the Univers, had the periodical press so many
candidates fur Parliamentary representations as at this moment.
Amongst those of the Paris press are the following dud edi-
tors :—Leon Faucher, of the Courtier Francais; Lesseps, of
the Commerce; Bastide, of the National; Chambolle, of the
Siecle ; de Genoude, of the Gazette de France; Walsh, of the
Mode ; Pages (de l'Arriege), of the Pattie; Emile tie Girar-
din, of the Presse. The other journalists are MM. Saint-blare
Girardin, de Salvandi, and Michel Chevalier, of the Debate;
Louis Be) baud, Duvergier de Hauranne, and de Came, of the
Reveu des Deux- Moudes ; and Blanqui, of the rier Fran-
cais. Amongst the ex-editors ana contributors to Journals are
MM. Remuzat and Duchatel, of the old Globe; Leonce de
Lavergne, of the Journal General de France; Sarrans, of the
Nouvelle Minerve ; Pauwells, of the Journal de Rouen;
Thiers, of the National ; and Guizot and de Cormenin. The
other public writers who are candidates are numerous; they are
MM. d'Angeville, de Pountecoulant, Agenor de Gasparip,
Vatout, H. Passy, Delacroix, Audryane, Cayx, Legraverend,
Duboys-Aime, de Terrebasse, Chevreul, Delyrt, Hello, Geoty
de Busty, Dupin, senior, Oudinot, do Tocqueville, de Beau-
mont, de Jussieu, Yartiot, Dadoucette, de Golbery, Aylies,
Azais, de Tracy, Arago, de Lamartine, Paillet,Chappuis-Mont-
laville, H. de St. Albin, Desjaubert, Isambert, de Wailly, Leon
de Laborde, Auguis, Bervillier. The candidates of the Jewish
persuasion are MM. A. Cremieux,
,Max Cerfbeer, Aronssuhn,
Halphen, Benoit Fould, Achille FOuld.
A letter of the 2d inst., from Bruges, says that the rye har-
vest had been begun for several days, and promised largely both
in quantity and quality. The weather had been also very fa-
vourable for the potatoes and wheat.
A letter from Villefranche, in the Courrier de Lyon, says—
" The vineyards in this arrondissement are not so promising as
they were about a month ago. We reckon that about one-
fourth has been destroyed by the flies and worms, and the hail
which has fallen on several communes. Still there is a stagna-
tion in the sale of wines. This is partly attributed to the sus-
pension of the silk manufactories at Lyons lessening the con-
sumption. The price of corn still keeps up. The harvest has
begun in the canton of Villefranche. A great portion of the
rye is already cut, and the produce will be abundant. The
same is expected from the wheats. A fall in the price may be
looked for when the whole is got in. The late rains have
had a beneficial effect on the potatoes and other productions of
the earth."
A letter from Smyrna, June 19, states that the French
squadron, under the orders of Admiral de la Susse, had arrived
there, and wapexpected to remain some time.
The following circular to the European Consuls was issued
by the Pacha of Tripoli, Askar Ali, after the defeat and destruc-
tion of the Arab chief, Abdel Gelid :—" We have the honour to
inform their Excellencies, the Consuls-General, who represent
the friendly Foreign States, that by intelligence received from
our Imperial camp, we have heard with great pleasure that the
rebel, Abel Gelid, and his brother, Sefenassar (whose heads
have been cut off), and all the chiefs of the rebels, with their
whole force, have been made prisoners. Now the commerce
of Fezzan will be opened, and we see with satisfaction that the
mercantile transactions between Tripoli and those countries
will be renewed as in ,past times."
The Borsenhalle of Hamburgh states that the municipal
authoritiesof Hanover have addressed to the General Assembly
of the States a petition, protesting strongly against the project
of uniting that State to the German Customs' Union. The
principal argument of the petition is, that such an act would
be fatal to the trade of the country.
A Berlin letter gives the following account of an accident on
the Potsdam railroad on the 24th ult., somewhatsimilar to that
at Meudon, but happily without fatal consequences. Some
sparks from the engine set fire to one of the waggons. The
passengers, perceiving the smoke, were anxious to get out, but
the doors were fastened. Their cries, however, were heard by
the conductor, who immediately opened the doors, and the tra-
vellers escaped without injury. The fire was soon extinguished.
PARLIAIMENTAILY.

Some discussion took place in the Lords on presenting
petitions concerning the evidence collected by the Com-
mi,sioners for inquiring into mines, and several Noble
Lords spoke slightingly of the course taken by the Com-
missioners. After a. good deal of conversation on the
subject, Lord Hatherton gave notice of a motion for
Tuesday, for a Committee to inquire into the statements
of the Commissioners. There is to be an inquiry into
the inquiries. The Bill itself, in the course of the
evening, was referred to a Select Committee, which
must delay it for a considerable period.
The Customs' Duties Bill was read a third time and
passed, after a division, when 9 voted against the Bill,
and 52 for it.
The other business done by the Lords was unimportant.
In the Commons a question was asked about our
treaty with Brazil, which only elicited from Sir R.
Peel the old statement that the Brazilian Government
deems that treaty to be at an end in 1842, and our Go-
vernment not till 1844. No notification, he said, had
been given by the Brazilian Government of an intention
to propose to the Chambers a higher rate of duties on
British goods.
An indication of the approaching end of the Session
is to be found in Sir James Graham having declined to
proceed with the Ecclesiastical Corporation Leases Bill
this session. Lord Eliot said he had no intention
of passing a Medical Charities Bill for Ireland this ses-
sion, though lie meant to bring in one. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer said the same as to a Bill for altering
law licenses (Ireland).
The adjourned debate on Mr. Wallace's motion was
resumed by Mr. O'Connell, in an able and outspoken
speech.
The debate was continued the whole evening, though
it was pretty much on one side, only Mr. B. Escott, Mr.
Grimsditch. and Mr. Ferrand having spoken on the Mi-
nisterial side ' • while, on the Opposition, Mr. P. M.
Stewart, Mr. Marsland, Mr. Childers, Mr. M. Philips,
Mr. R. Yorke, General Johnston, Mr. Leader, Mr. C.
Buller, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Villiers, all
delivered able speeches on the motion. On a division, the
resolutins were lost by 174 to 49. The House adjourned
at a Quarter to Three o'Clock:
PUBLIC OPINION.
We take the following from the Chronicle :—" The Royal
letter appears to be a failure. At least, we have only seen
about 20,0001. advertised ; of which, according to the calcula-
tion we made the other day, 4,0001. is taken from the charity-
bread of the poor by the bread-tax for the benefit of the Dukes
of Richmond, Buckiegliam, and their class of landed proprie-
tors. That sum of 4,0001. would indeed do much in the
Grange-moor, and Whitley district, amongst the worsted
weavers. It would munificently replace all that the poor crea-
tures get by consigning their children to the coal-pits. But
the Ducal monopolists and their class show no disposition to
relinquish it ; nor the Government to compel them, had it the
power. No likelihood appears that wheat will be liberated,
duty free, to make charity-bread. The case of the famishing
worsted weavers must therefore come under the general prin-
ciple. They must be allowed, by the repeal of the Corn• laws,
to earn their food of the foreigner ; and they might yet so
earn it; or they must be supported by those who still retain
the ability until that ability is exhausted, and all sink together
into one mass of wretchedness and desperation. Let Lord
Ashley's Bill pass ; every good principle in our nature cries
aloud for its adoption; but let it not pass merely to tax and
despoil those who already are more than half famished."
The Times remarks, in an article suggested by the present
distressed state of the country :—" Let us see how this matter
stands. It is generally true, that as long as there are more
hands in any part of the country than there is employment to
absorb those hands, so long will the employers of the working
classes be able to obtain their labour at such terms as will
barely support life—leaving them without a possibility of mak-
ing provisiou for the future, and therefore involving their utter
destitution when thrown out of employ. And it is not very
easy to say who is exactly chargeable with this grinding sys-
tem. Indeed, it is not so much traceable to any single class
as to the system of eager competition in saving or making money,
which is so grievously characteristic of this country. The
public will always hunt out the cheapest shop at which
they can buy their goods ; 'the tradesman vc ill al-
ways strive to undersell his rivals, and to do so must drive as
hard a bargain as he can with the manufacturer; and the ma-
nufacturer, in the present crowded state of the market, cannot
preserve the custom of the retail dealers, except by such a re-
duction of price as can only be accomplished by pressing down
to starving point the wages of his workmen. The public
screws the tradesmen, the trademan screws the manufacturer,
and the manufacturer screws the working mechanic. If this
last could insist on higher or fairer terms, neither tradesman
nor manufacturer would be worse off—each must and each
would have his profit, but that profit would come, as it should.
out of the pockets of the public. As it should, we say, for we
have no right to the luxuries with which this age abounds un-
less we are ready to maintain in comfort these to whose labour
we owe them. And why does not, why cannot, the working
man insist upon this just profit from his work? Because his
alternative is the workhouse."
The Post says—" We have frequently said that though we
do not think the changes of the new tariff are needful, or that
they will do any good, yet we are by no means so much alarmed
at them as we are at the promulgation of the principles upon
which they are avowedly founded. We believe these principles
to be most pernicious to this country in the state in which it is,
and in which it is likely to be. We can conceive the circum.:
stances of a country to be such, that free-trade principles might
be applied to it with advantage. But in the circumstances '
of this country it cannot bear the operation of free-trade prin-
ciples, and we believe that if persisted in, revolution and ruin
must be the consequences. We may stand against what has
been done, though we think it a step in the wrong direction,
and not called for by the existing circumstances of the country;
but if the principles avowed by the leaders in the Legislature
be persevered with (and we know not how they can be receded
from without a great loss of character,) then we think the
People of this country must look forward to convulsion or to
decay."
The following is from the Thrall:—" Were our ports thrown
open to American flour to-morrew, the immediate consequence
would be a general suspension of employment from panic in the
agricultural districts, and a considerable impulse to inanufac-
turing activity ; there would be an instantaneous transference
of distress from Alanchester to Buckinghamshire. Any imme-
diate benefit from an abolition of the Corn- law i 3 therefore a
matter of uncertainty, while ultimate disaver is almost certain.
What guarantee have we that the ' prosperity' of manufactures,
created by this transference of distress from one district to an-
other, would be of a different character, or productive of other
ultimate re,ults, than was the ' prosperity' of 1838 ? Would
not the history of the past be repeated—would not the produc-
tion of cotton fabrics once more outstrip consumption, and
the means of subsistin the labour engaged in their pro-
duction—wonld not the 'home migration' process be renew, d
—would not new batches of cotton lords and new stacks of
cotton chimneys start up—would not goods be made faster than
corn can be grown—would not over-production be again the
order of the day—and the world's market be reglutted with our
goods? That such would be the case we have the authority of
no less a person than Mr. Cobden himself."
MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.
The very large revenue of Greenwich Hospital is principally
derived from the estates of the extinct Earldom of IDertwent-
water, in the north, which, under the management of the
Commissioners, produces 25,000/. per annum, and the freight
or treasure brought from abroad, which realises on the average
10,000/. per annum.