The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-04 00:00:00

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FRS • LONDON
„N—.JAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1842.
T t" • •
,7bour ,er3r mountain, after another long and painful
tor ' lias,-,brought forth another very little mouse.
the Weeks the public have been eagerly looking to
kpe:t°tiees of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,.
4tttlj4 and Postponed again and again, to call the
hill ien of the House of Commons to the Exchequer
learn ra,,,,n(1- Expectation has been all on tip to
or other the Government was to do for the re.linie_f
Propereirwise of the holders of the Exchequer bills
IPolc 3: 'ssned• EVery person, till' Mr. G ULBURN
iaSt ,night, anticipated, we believe, °that the
~olutiGentleman was to state the opinion andt
°4 Of the Government as to paying or not
t:Ping the holders of those Exchequer bills. Some
liposed that
he Would ask for a grant of money
Mettle the matter. The ears of the auditors were
*as se
to catch the information. The noticee
(;4 so worded as to keep up the deleuasllo
the atten-
tioti l‘cLI•olt of the' EXCHEQUER
„tot.
the
late fraud. co,lll°l the House to the subjec
10 eeted with the issue of the Exchequer bills."
the
of the 'surprise of the house, and to the surprise.
CiLt Public, who looked for action not inquiry, the
140,..11cti-Lou. of the EXCIIEQUER concluded. by
4in
for leave to bring in a Bill to appoint a
tiZl,4llBshill to inquire into the receipt, circula-
aad possession of certain forged Exchequer
" • At the. suggestion of Sir R. INGLIS, the word
the •e was added, and placed first in order, to make
Ithille(l443' more complete. But the expected action
Nil:" Perfect Tory Government, which was to leave
inn,i, undone that a Government ought to do, and
11411"hig that a Government ought to leave undone,
n to in establishing another Commission of In
~'Porl,,!? le"ieve the present Ministry from the re-
lity of acting, and throW it on the Parliament.
miee, indeed, are all that the Tory mounid-
Ptis'etnaPesei of PEEL, GOvintinic, and Co., con.,,
Th.511)137 bring forth.
to lee new- features of this Commission are the rtowo-s.
'eas• to itto inquire into the receipt. and. p
„ on
'444. of the Exchequer bills. It is to investigate
elien-44e, bow the parties in possession of the Ethx•
1144.11nier bills obtained them_. It is to inquire into .
therlis'Y and dealings of the holders. It will examine
the ea oath, if they please,. and, having ascertained
to p'teits of each particular: claim, will make a report
litqvaidi.'lalllent, en which Parliament will, we presume,
alViie the slim recommended to be paid by the Corn-
. linviiii°,e,r,B* We do not. say that the plan is unfair, or
trih„:,•l "lough it is possible that one of the ordinaryil
Parr,:ls of the country might have answered.t e
no „s; but it is so trifling, and so sure. to meet with
/:113;111)t siti'au, that there was not the slightest reason
ale ,„1; 'alight not have been stated to the Hon e in
bee ,„;Hutt
—nates onSany night when the Parliament host
the qa;B;etobled since the sth of • February, and no
P•Ass'lltest reason.why the Bill might not have been
the h a law greatly to the relief
15.
Wha hot of those bills before February
PnelDtSpchowe earllplain of is the delay, the mystery, the
enunciation, and the do-nothingperin
t"lptateNite'llptible, unbusiness-like, and quackish at-
tiN• `ol,llalce much out of little, never occurred Am-
(hlr,the, AdMinistration. Why did not the
way, of the 1: xchequer give noi. ein the usual
• fet'll) fr°'n the first, of its
being his intention to move
Ilqueas lave
to bring in a Bill ? Why trick the
did he
krewe aad. the' public, by announcing something .1
inR frulli what he: ntended ? The whole proceed
Inenits worth.Y of • the old days of the Tory Govern
pists, and the unreformed Parliament. The rehde-
geiveakallot forget their old tricks, nor elevate t
" eslly art, to the dignity of sincerity, openness,the tthianal staraanship: We might as well expect
013 tochange his skin.
The gaw
the got of T.„I 0 provide for
—for, oTANLEY'S Bill to pr A
de "crease of the number of Bishoprics and relic
p0rni144.8,,T1 the West Indies, where the bulk of. t
oni)nunn are Baptists,. Methodists, or Presby-teri:.nts,
the a Pertion of the white population belonging
PriesZ eihu.reh, *reminds us of the project -of the
AVII4. "13 as set forth at the meeting of 'Bishops in
copk:na Week last yeqr, to extend the English. Epis-
N. t° all our. coloniea. They' are to begin with
be;wth4ealaild, where the population being as yet chic floy,
P. 403 en all'd squatters, the greatest need, exists 1:1
for "Pal instruction, Next they are to provi«
whey British possessions in the Mediterannean,
11.17 ere the bulk of the population are Roman Catholics,
bruealbers of the Greek ChUrch, and Jews. New
Ara:ick ia to follow, then the Cape of Good Hope,
Diet
Britlten's Land, and Ceylon. Wherever the
I,l,4titsh ttag flies, there, apparently, a Bishop is to be
se`i ; and as we do not pay enough at home for
the.upport of the Church, we are to a for sread-
tn
lt abroad. p y p
wit they have decided on establishing Bishoprics
thein er her MAJESTY has subjects, let us remind
?ea !at India offers' a magnificent harvest to be
~eyPiecl by the magnificent
As they are. go:ng to
A.;nWhy not, to the banks of the Indus ? India,
its 109,90.0,000 population, should suppc 20
clibill'ciPs end 200 Bishops at the least. As to the