The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

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public Optttion.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The leading articles of the Paris papers of Monday possess
no general interest, being on subjects with which the public is
already acquainted. We may, however, make exception to one
in the Constitutionnel, on the Budget. It will be found in
another column, under a proper head.
The Minister of the Marine, says the Commerce, has sent
express orders to all the ports at which steam-vessels are on
the stocks, to have them finished with the utmost expedition.
The Constitutionnel, considered the special organ of M.
Thiers, contains on the subject of the right of search a long
and most violent article against M. Gil:ant, who is held up as
the only French Minister, who, to remain in office, wilfully
sacrifices the honour of his country.
The ltloniteur Parisien, having stated that it is the inten-
tion of the French Government to raise the duty on linen
threads imported into France to 20 per cent., as soon as the
preSent session shall have closed, the Courrier Francais has
an article in which it strongly condemns the conduct of the

Government en the subject.
The Minister of Marine then brought forward a Bill for
determining the strength of the navy of Spain, which is to be
fixed as follows :—Orte line-of-battle ship, four frigates, one
corvette, nine brigs, eight schooners, four steamers, nine ves-
sels of smaller dimensions, making a naval force of 36 vessels.
The crews are to be fixed at 3,260 men, and the marine
artillery at 2,400, making altogether 5,660 working hands.
Barcelona papers of the 171 represent that city as being in
a state ef great uneasiness. The Carlist bandit chief Felip,
who was supie.sed to have taken refuge in France, had re-ap-
peared in the mountains of Upper Catalonia with more nume-
rous forces. The Constitutional says that it is able to announce,
from a good source, that the French authorities lately cantuted
four of those brigands who hsd arrested Luis Plantes de
Tortilla, and conveyed him to France.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the 16th inst. The ban-
quet given by the Regent on the preceding evening commenced
at seven o'clock and terminated about midnight. Mr. Aston,
the Duke de Glucksberg, the Ministers of Mexico and Bel-
gium, the Captain-General, the Military Governor, the Poli-
tical Chief, the Presidents of the Supreme Tribunals, the
Queen's Guardian, the Intendant of the Civil List, the Pre-
ceptor of the Queen, the Patriarch of the Indies, the Duke of
Baylen, M. Olczaga, and a number of other notable persons
were among the Regent's guests.
In the Madrid Chamber of Deputies the report of the Corn-
, mittce on the Bill relative to the levy of a contingent of 25,000
men was brought up and read, in which it is proposed that coil-
scripts in the infantry shall serve eight years, and those in the
cavalry seven.
Some disturuances took place at Seville on the 10th, 11th,
and 12th, among the workmen employed at the tobacco manu-
factory. The cries of " Death to the Regent ! " and " Viva
la Republica! " were shouted by some of the rioters ; but the
prompt and energetic measures of the local authorities soon re-
stored order. Also, at Chiclana, near Cadiz, serious disturb-
ances broke out on the llth, occasioned by a tax imposed by the
ayuratamiento, for fitting out the provincial militia. A troop
of cavalry was sent against the mutineers, who had several men
killed and a great number wounded.
A letter from Alexandria, 26th ult., in the Lcipsic Gazette,
states, that the chief of an Abyssinian tribe, at war with Egypt,
having been taken prisoner in a conflict with some Egyptian
troops, Mehemet Ali has ordered that he shall be retained as a
hostage until M. Blonde], the Belgian Consul, who, whilst tra-
velling in Abyssinia, was made a prisoner by this tribe, on the
pretext of his being a spy, shall have been released.
The Cologne Gazette states that the Dervish who has ac-
companied the Turkish Ambassador to Vienna was lately pre-
sented to the Princess de Metternich. At his entrance into the
drawing-room, he flung a rose in the face of the Princess,
which caused some surprise. This was, however, speedily dis-
sipated when be declared that it was the custom of his order to
salute ladies of distinction in this manner.
The famous Hurseff Pacha has got a pension of 30,000
piastres per month, with liberty to move about freely, instead of
being cooped up in his country house. The ex-Grand Vizier,
Rauff Pacha, has also a similar pension, and some people judge
from this that the present Vizier, Izett Mebmed Pacha, will, at
no distant period, require such an allowance, by being placed
on the retired list. His zeal for religion and firmness have made
him many enemies among the Franks, but he has been an ad.
mirable Minister to the Turks.
PARWAIVIENTAILY.

The subject of locking passengers into Railway Carriages,
was again mentioned last night in the House of Lords, and the
Earl ot Ripon stated, that after consulting with the Inspector-
General ot Railways, and having ascertained that locking the !
doors was dangerous and unnecessary, he had written to the
Railway Directors, recommending them to discontinue the '
practice. Lord Campbell was sure the communication would
give public satisfaction.
Several petitions were presented by the farmers' friends
against the tariff, and the Duke of Richmond expressed a strong
opinion against the great changes it would make. The Earl of
hipon defended the clause relative to horned cattle, and denied
that it would be productive of injury to farmers.
Both Earl Fitzwilliam and Lord Kinnaird expressed their
satisfaction at this statement. Lord .Kinnaird said of their
Lordships that they did nothing but throw out (rood measures
and pass bad ones, and, to give them something better to do, he
will, on Thursday, move for a Select Committee to inquire into
the distress of the people, when he is also to move for the ',re-
duction of the Queen's letter to beg for the people.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
In 'the Commons Mr. O'Connell moved a new writ for
Meath, he having being elected for that county and for Cork,
having decided to sit for Cork.
Mr. Miles not having succeeded about oxen, Mr. G. Palmer
gave notice of a motion to stop the importation of foreign ve-
getables.
- Sir 11. Peel mentioned that the intercourse he had had with
Capt. Elliot induced him to place the greatest confidence in
his (integrity and ability. We presume, therefore, that the
Gallant Captain will soon depart on his mission to Texas. As
to his qual,fications, we differ entirely from Sir R.. Peel.
Sir R. Peel fixed Friday week for a discussion on the Sugar
Duties, without reference to the state of the tariff.
On going into Committee on the Customs Acts, Mr. Miles
stated that his wish was to impose Id. per pound on meat, and
ss. 6d. per cwt. on cattle of all kinds.
Sir Robert Peel, in spite of some coaxing by Mr. Pusey,
would not assent to this proposition, and a short debate ensued,
of which Mr. Milner Gibsdn's straightforward speech is worthy
of notice. He called on, the Ministers not to attempt to gull
the people any longer. Mr. Ward said the speeches of the
Members were mere valuable than the tariff itself, and he
assured Mr. Gladstone, the Corn-law advocate, that he would
be unable to answer Mr. Gladstone, the advocate of
cheaply provisioning our ships. Mr. Villiers made an
excellent speech, pointing out very forcibly the distress which
existed amongst the people, and moved to substitute Is. per
head for horned cattle,. instead of 20s. The Committee
divided on this question; but the smaller duty, which was
opposed by Lord John Russell, was lost by '209 to 44.
Major Vivian proposed that the duty on cattle, meat, and
other provisions should be the same imported from Canada as
from other places. This -gave rise to another debate, during
which Sir Robert Peel said that 22,000 quarters of corn had
been entered at a 12s. duty under his new law. Major Vivian,
however, did not press his motion to a division.
Mr. O'Brien was not so modest, and he divided the Com-
mittee on a motion to substitute 4s. a cwt. for the ss. per head
on hogs, but the motion was lost by 121 to 32.
The Committee continued to sit through the whole evening,
getting through the article fish, and at one o'clock, after a
smartish debate, divided on a proposition to substitute 5 per
cent., ad valorem, for the proposed duty of 6d. per bishel on
apples, which was lost by 51 to 101.
The House then- resumed, and after passing the Incumbents
Leasing Bill, adjourned at Half-past One.
PUBLIC OPINION.
We take the following :from the Chronicle :-..." An analysis
of the division on Mr. Miles's motion on Monday night girt a
the following results:—
Against.
' .212 Tories
168 Liberals

For.'
86 Tories
27 Liberals

360 • 113
Tories 'who voted for Mr. Miles
Liberals present

281
Supposing the whole Liberals present had voted
with the 86 Tories, Sir Robert Peel would
have hem left in a minority of •••

Sir R. Peel, as all who have paid any attention to the de-
bates in Parliament must remember, never omitted, on all oc-
cassions, taunting the Whig Ministry with their obligations to
him for supporting them against their own friends. It happens,
oddly enough, that, thus early in his Government, he should
be reduced to the predicament of owing his safety to his oppo-
nents. The fact is the more striking, as it is not on an unim-
portant question he has thus been indebted to his political op-
ponents, but one which he deems the boast of his administra-
tion. The measure which he has dwelt on, affording to the
country a compensation for the Income-tax, is the one
which would have been thrown out but for the sup-
port of the Liberals. It may not be amiss here to notice, in
connexion with this circumstance, the avowal made on Mon-
day night by Mr. Gaily Knight. He did not hesitate to admit
that the Tories did not see anythinr, objectionable in the free-
trade principles of the Whigs—had 'no fault to find with their
budget—but, disliking the Whigs, opposed their measures
merely to displace them. " When they were taunted by Hon.
Gentlemen opposite with their sudden conversion to free-trade
principles—(Loud cries of ' Hear, hear,' from the Opposition)
—he would take leave to inform those Hon. Gentleman, that it
was not of those principles they had been afraid ; it was Radi-
calism they dreaded They had never been
afraid of coffee or sugar—(Hear, hear)—or any, such minor
considerations."—(Laughter.) In short, the apposition to the
Budget was founded in no hostility to the Budget. The Tories
viewed the Budget merely as affording them an opportunity
of trying the strength of their party. The farmers were, no
doubt, under a contrary impression. They were taught to be-
lieve that the Tories really viewed the Whig measures as
fraught with ruin to the agriculture of the country, and in that
belief they gave them the most strenuous support at the last
election. '1 his may have been very clever; but the worst of
these experiments on general credulity is, they do not bear re-
' petition. We have never failed to notice with satisfaction the
liberal language held by Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Gladstone
in the course of these discussions. The conversion appeared to
1 us complete, in as far as principles were concerned, however
much the application might fall short ; and we only regretted
that the conversion had not been effected prior to the Budget
of 1841, that the country might have been spared the infliction
of the long delay which has taken place before receiving the
benefit of measures for the relief of trade.
The Times says :—" The much-expected motion of Mr.
Miles has at last come on, and gone off. It has, of course,
proved what every one knew it would prove, a demonstration of
displeasure 'et nihil amplius,' Sir R. Peel finding himself, at
the end of the debate in a majority of 267. We are glad to
tee the temperate tone taken by those who opposed the Govern-
ment measure, and not less glad that their opposition has been
ineffectual. Indeed the motion never had the appearance of a
winning horse. Even if it had been carried, it would have left
the farmer in a state of most complete uncertainty whether his
protection was to be increased or diminished—it merely pro-
posed that the duties to be levied on all live stock imported
from foreign countries, for the purposes of food, be taken by
weight.' They were to be charged at so much the hundred
weight, instead of so much the head. It is clear, however,
as was pointed out in the course of the debate, that the question
in which the farmer is really interested is, that of the amount
of duty, not of the manner of its levying. He could not pos-
sibly know whether Mr. Miles's 'proposal were to be a gain
or a loss to him, till he heard whether the duty of 20s. a head
now proposed by Sir R. Peel, were to be superseded by one of Is.
or of Ss. a hundred weight. The Members of the Government,
however, who spoke on Tuesday evening, rightly addressed
themselves, not so much to the terms of Mr. Allies's motion,
as to the feeling
which it is understood to indicate, and laid
down in a clear, manly, and convincing way, the grounds of
their proposed Change.
The Post thus pithily comments on a remark let drop by Sir
Robert Peel in the House of Commons on Monday last ;