The Sun.
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the country. If that were the conclusion to which they would
come, if they beliii'ved that some vigorous effort was necessary
for the purpose of relieving the finances of the country, and fur
the purpose of relieving the springs of industry, he appealed
io their justiee to decide upon their means as a whole,'rather
than scrutinise every minute part, in respect of which it
would be difficult to give a satisfactory and conclusive proof of
its propriety. He hoped that Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who
had stated that this measure, as a whole, was excellent, were
still of that opinion, and that the House would decide upon
the general principle included in the resolution of the Noble
Lord. (Lord Howick made some observation across the
table, which was inaudible in the gallery.) This principle
would be most injurious to the colonies, not speaking per-
sonally, but of the permanent interest of the whole people. The
principle of the Noble Lord was not to introduce colonial
articles on a more favourable footing than foreign. The Noble
Lord wished to protect the interests which had sprung up
under the present system, but. he wished to place the colonies
on the same tooting as foreign nations. When they sanctioned
that principle, they ought to sanction the principle that each
colony should declare its own iridependence and provide for itself
Mr. VILLIERS would support the motion of the Noble
Lord, though he thought it was too limited. It did not go far
enough towards the goal of free trade.
Lord J. RUSSELL, amidst cries of " Divide," slid that
he only wished to make a few observations on what had fallen
from the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, and the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, who, finding, he supposed,
that the motion of his Noble Friend was in itself reasonable,
had applied all their arguments to other propositions—to some
proposition which was not before the House—some theory
which they thought they could combat, hut which had nothing
to do with the proposition which the House was called on to
consider. The Right Hon. Baronet proposed new differential
duties on '2OO articles, with regard to which his Noble Friend
said that in themselves they were obviously a loss to the re-
venue, while they conferred no gain on the consumer..( Hear,
hear.) Why thee, asked his Noble Friend, should those duties
be imposed ? And what was the answer ? The answer was, it was
not right to treat the colonies as foreign countries. But that an-
swer had no relation whatever to the question before the House.
—( Hear.) That was a question of abstract theory, and had
nothing to do with the matter now under consideration.—
•( Hear. ) One would have thought that the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman, having devoted the greater part of the recess to the con. '
sideration of this subject, would have been prepared to state the
reasons for introducing eaeh of those articles ; but having re-
fused to state his reasons for each artile, he at least expected
to hear some reasons fel- their introduction generally ; but hr
had not heard a single reason from the Noble Lord, or any of the
The Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite, for the introduction of
those new articles.—(Hear.) He had heard much of co-
lonial dependency, and much of the utility of keeping up
the intercourse between this countryeaud the colonies ;
but that was totally tvside the question.-=( Hear, hear,) He
could agree to a statement of that kind, and yet vote for the
propostion of his Noble Friend, as he should do ; the whole of '
the principles laid down by the Right Hon. Gentleman this
night were totally opposed to those he,propounded the other
evening, when he said that great advantage would be derived
by the people of this country if the duties were lowered, and
if they were to have articles of consumption at a cheaper rate.
—( Hear, hear.) He hoped when they came to the tariff they
would not be satisfied with dealing on Lberal principles with
the smaller articles, but would act in the same manner with
regard to those great articles of consumption, which would
confer real and substantial benefit on the people of this country.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For Lord Howick's motion .. . ...... 108
Against it
_ _

Majority against the motion .. —173
On our re-admission to the gallery we found the House in
Committee, and
Mr. S. O'BRIEN on his legs, objecting to the House pro-
ceeding further that night. He should move that the Chair-
man report progress, and ask leave to sit again.
Sir R. PEEL had no objection to the course proposed, pro 7
vided the House Would allow him to proceed with the tariff on
the Monday after the recess, and on the Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday in that week.—( Hear, hear.)
This suggestion being agreed to, the Right Hon. Baronet
stated it was his intention to proceed with the Army and Ord-
nance estimates on Friday next.
The House then resumed, the Chairinan reported progress,
and asked leave to sit again on Monday week.
The other Orders of the day were then disposed ef, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock.

THE STRAWBERRY HILL SALE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Snt,—lt is nut a little remarkable to observe the
apathy that has distinguished all the leading journals in
respect to the extraordinary conduct which the Times
journal has pursued iu respect to the splendid miscellany
of Horace Walpole, which during the last three months has
so entirely engrossed public attention. From the early
period when the private view commenced, and contintien
up to this period, in the place of -a learned and erudite
critique on acollection renowned throughout the globe—
instead of honouring its columns by a dissertation on
the fine arts, of which this is the emporium—there has
been a most violent tirade of abuse from beginning to
end ; falsehood and slander have prevailed without
intermission.; whie very few, I believe, are
aware of the origin of this vituperation. I wil;
endeavour to illumine you. I have been one of those
who have been daily gratified by witnessing the result
of this classic exhibition, and yesterday the inquiry wa-
very general, as to the reason which has influenced the
paper which has designated itself the "leading Journal
of Europe," to disgrace its columns by so much bitterness
and unfair criticism, when one better acquainted than
myself " with the secrets of the prison-house," and whe
had overheard this disquisition, remarked that the unfor-
tunate scribe---the brainless agent of that journal—had
been disappointed at the outset, having calculated upon
his regular meals and a; bed-room through the progress
of this sale ; and to this alone he said is to be traced his
utter disregard of truth. If his claim had been one that
could be traced to any previous example, why all the
other reporters had the same claim, and yet none have
complained ; and except in their forgetfulness
to chastise this unworthy member of their fra7
ternity,. they have dune their duty alike to the public
and to Lord Waldegrave. This' man, however, is habi-
tually given' to the enjoyment of midnight revels, and
in the morning is necessarily ineapacited,from the duties
of his calling. He was originally ' initiated in the
Church—really don't be surprised, gentle reader, but st
it is—and it is said beat a retreat, somewhat unwillingly,
from having been taught that the evening and morning's
amusement are somewhat opposed to each other; and
he was cast upon the wide world to try his handy work
by earning his dailystipend as a penny-a-liner. I give
you the detail as I heard it ; and his daily conduct gives
strong. presumptuous evidence that it is true. By the.
way, I apprehend his abuse has done no mischief ; it
has been so laboured, there has been such decided evi-
dence that he never encountered history, and is a
perFect stranger to the fine arts—in fact, it will
not .be imputed to him, " that the schoolmaster is
abroad ;" indeed, if we may judge from his puny
efforts, his every day twaddle, he would have
acted wisely, during his sojourn at the Cock and Bottle,
at Twickenham, throughout the progress of the sale, t
have taken advantage of the schoolmaster's leisure and
assistance—he could at least have taught him English
grammar, and given, him a little insight into literature
and the fine arts. If the Times journal continue such
brainless persons on their establishment, the supposed
circulation of 10,000 papers daily would soon fall below
half its number ; but to resume the, observation with
which I set out : " Why is the press silent at such an
unprovoked abuse upon a sanctuary which, for sixty
.years, has been devoted.tci the arts and literature?" Are
they all afraid of this'." apostate print ?" and, if not,
surely such an opportunity to expose the malevolence,
and expatiate upon the ignorance that presides over that
journal, can hardly be again expected. It has been
hinted that the Times indulges in the hope of a " second
tribute" (Inuribug is a better term), for having fearlessly
and certainly alone, volunteered to abuse by means 01
daily slander and falsehood, this sacred tribunal, wherein
is congregated more of intrinsic worth connected witl.
the. arts, and in taste and vertu, than could be found
throughout the globe. They gulled the public and played
the part with considerable tact, but in this case, disgrace
must recoil upon the perpetrators of the sacrilege. Pope
must have had in his inincl!s eye this venal print, when
he wrote the following lines :
"Disturb his web of sophistry in vain,
The cur is at his dirty work again."
And, in order that your readers may not impute ill-
nature as it regards their application, I will illustrate it,
by giving a sample of only one-fortieth part of the last
month's vituperation.

SHORT EXTRACTS FROM THE PARSON'S DIARY IN THE

" TIMES."

The rubbisA throughout predominates greatly over what
is not of intrinsic value.

The catalogue (dull and heavy) contains few thing,
about which any body cares ; indeed in the whole collet

•
Lion, there 'are not (out of 3,000 lots) 100 of any real
valise. Nothing of the higher class of art; nor one soli-,
tary object by which natural taste can be improved.
The purchasers
.are dealers in slaps, the retailers of
rubbish from Strawberry-hill, suited to Rosemary-lane,
and it is to a union of trend, bad taste, and emulation
that Lai congregated this heap ,cf - inexplicable absur-
dities, where there is nothing curious that may not be
surpassed in a very ordinary collection. Public taste is now
improved, and little of the leaven of the old foolery left.
The company has consisted of old women, the Jews
and Gentiles, dealers in teapots and platters, and from
the prices produced, it is evident the reign of bad taste
and of old women is not yet extinct.
In the Tribune the things arc not referable to any..
.thing in art or nature.
In proof of Horace Walpole's bad taste :—indeed, how
little true taste lw possessed Jur the arts is to be traced
io the incongruous pedestals that support the figures.
These were moulded, originally, by a pastry-cook.
I can quote more than 50 other observations of a
similar low and vulgar minded tendency, but. I think I
have already volunteered a dose, and will conclude by
the emphatic observation of Mr. George Robins, during
one of the days of sale,—that a man who would impugn
the taste of Horace Walpole, or abuse the content of
Strawberry Hill, " would pick a pocket or rob a church."
Carlton Club, May 10. . VE lUT AS.

COURSE" OF EXCHAT
Amsterdam C F. 12
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ........:2 U l2 7}
Antwerp l2 7A
Hamburgh M.R. 14 0
Alton
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
25 95
Frankfort on Maine... 152 i
Petersburgh, 3 Us

GE—(YESTERDAY.
Gibraltar ........... 46
Leghorn .... 30 15
Genoa ..... 25 90
Milan ............ 31
Venice ............ 47
Naples ............. 40
Palermo, per OZ .......... 120
Lisbon ..................... 524
Oporto ............. 53
Rio Janeiro ................... 27
Bahia .............. . 26
Buenos Ayres
......... .....
. ..
(New York, 21 days sight 46i
Philadelphia ...... ....... 46
IPRICES OF BULLION, PER oz.
Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold C0in...3 17 5
New Doubloons .0 0 0
New Dollars... ........ 4 9
Silver in Bars... ..... 0 4 113-

Berlin - 7 -
Vienna, effec. ft. 3 M 955
Trieste, ditto 9 56
Madrid

Cadiz
Bilbao ...36

Barcelona

Seville
...36

THE MURDERED JANE JONES.--The unfortunate
victim of Good's horrible depravity was a native of Myfod,
Montgomeryshire. Her father had nut, for a period of six
years, received a communication from her, or the slightest in-
timation of where she was. lie is a poor, but honest and in-
dustrious man, much respected in bit situation in life.—
sdopiars,lournal. _ _ • .;... -

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