The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-15 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'Clock.

Lord ABINGER's recent Charges at Chester
and Liverpool, which have occasioned such
general dissatisfaction throughout the country,
have been .commented on, by Mr. COBDEN—as
will be seen by reference to a report in another
coltimn of The Sun—with a fearless honesty of
purpose that does the Hon. Gentleman infinite
credit.' After disposing of his Lordship's unwar-
rantable assertion, that " the disaffection
of the working classes does not seem to
originate in any voluntary feeling of their own
respecting their privations, or the high price
of provisions," by showing that during the last
session, two millions of petitions for the repeal of
the Corn-laws, and three millions of petitions for
the Charter, making five millions in all, spoke in
the most emphatic terms of the privations to which
they were subject, and their extreme suffering for
want of bread—after thus triumphantly refuting
the Noble and Learned Lord's solihiSriv
COBDEN proceeded to convict him of the
grossest ignorance as respects the question
,of wages,• orr.which, it may be remembered, he
dilated in his Liverpool Charge with anthat.pert,
dogmatic self-sufficiency sO• common to shallow
Pretenders, who wish to bethought oracles of
wisdom. "It is deeply to be dePlored," ob-
served the,Ron. *ember for Stockport, " that
his lordship sliouldso far forget the proper func-
Lions of his office, ,as to be attempting ,to lay
down the law which governs wages, when. his
only duty, as I understand it, is to lay down the
law of the land. At all events,' if he under-
take that; supereiogatory diuty; he should make
himself a little, better acquainted with the laws
of political economy before he. meddles with the
science." Hard hitting- this, but the blow, though
a floorer, is richly deserved. Lord ABINGER has
shown no compassion for, what he is pleased to
call, the ignorance of the Working clasSes ;
and it ,is but just and fitting that.
no quarter should .be given • ,to his own
grosser and more inexcusable ignorance,
Mr. COnnEx concluded by remarking, " I con-
fees that the cliarge. of 'the Noble and: Learned
Lord, in which he:implicates the great body of
the working classes in.felonious and •treasonable.
desighs—l Confess I. think. that charge has .been
so calculated, to prejudice the cause of those who
.have been —tried' at the Special Commis'-.
sion, that •if 'a motion was made in
the 'ifouse ...Comtion4 for' an eadreSs'
to her , M4JEsrry to remit the sentences
of those: .men: - convicted, _pursuant to
the Charge-of-tlie Noble- and Learned Lord—l
say if theNvth'ds/of the L6iki'l7ed Judge he cor-
rectly).4ioifed4'l should vote in flutronr.of such
a motipii,",:The-re is a lioli.in:4ss and. Manliiiesis: in
'these observatious,ol‘lr; COBDEN, that went the
warmest praiie.. .n.e. will, even ..go further, and .
.say, that we earnestly hope that the, Honimr-
able Metritier will himself •Mo've the' Address
to her-MA.iETI', iillnde:; W; for irever
they(' yere illdiitdCliarimpliitetervs&d to be
rigidly inquired iiitsk,:by I?o.ViallwO!—first, from,
'their being.tilledi tbioverflowing exti'uneous
matter:, and secondl, .frocn::.their,perverting
those extraneous inatters on which they expa-
tiated;• so' 'that they must • necessarily have
gree, liable
.to influenc.O.V tkru---41 a word,
c
if ever there were Charges violating in the mostbarsefo.facoedti altinidth dite
manner the
pie
by Lord AnlNGvit: nt hi
they are tile two delivered'
Chester and at -11Kerpo,,. .!. •

which was opened at,
. .
The•§lfecial.Coni•isin;
Liverpool on MondtrV; eloseditS proceedings on
Thursday:,, and, that at ,Stafford will terminate
this evening, after protracted, and numerous
trials; -Which ocdupied the Court for fourteen
Certainly, to know that
days. It is SOille relief, '
these melancholy' investigations • are 'at -an end ;
but, on looking
.at the result's, no one can fail to
be affected by the stifierings which the unfortn-,
nate and misguided
,victims have brought on
them,elves and their numerous ,families. Some,
have been transported for life, great . num,
hers -for periods varying from twe.ity-one
to seven years, and probably not fewer than twohundred have-
been condemned to imprisonment,
generally with bard labour, in their native coun-
try. While many ,lament the severe sentences,
passed on some of the prisoners, and feel- regret,
that so many of their countrymen have thus been
made outcasts from society, it cannot be denied
that grievous offences were' committed, that
much. property. .was wantonly destroyed;! and
great alarm created • through extensive', .-plunder. . But these
dis-
trictsrnen -
haveby nroi and,
only injured •themselves, , they
have done great - mischief 'tb • others, and
not a little damaged the cause 'ivhiCh some of
them professed to serve. 170 Char they have
given a heavy blow and great dikouragernent ;,
'
and those persons.who were anxious to carry out
their plans orreform. in a peacefiil and rational
manner,.have certainly great cause ofcomplaint..
The result, however, will be a lesson to ,the
physical force w
alarming the
.public mind, and madly attemPt-.
ing to , compel the higher and middle classes,
and not a few of the lower classes also, to accept
all the points of the Charter, whether they approve
of them or not. On reviewing the melancholy scene
altogether, it affords great matter for congratu-
lation that the, Criminal Code was revised before
this outbreak, and that the old Tory system of''
hanging criminals for similar offences, has been,
we trust, for ever abolished. In the days of
ELDON, and -'SIDIUOUTII, and CASTLEREAGII,
deeds like thOSe which have lately disturbed
society, could not have been expiated with Out
the sacrifice of many lives, I►ile .not one of the
convicts on this occasion has been ,doomed to
death.

W. have given elsewhere a few extracts from
WiLmcn'S Income-tax tables, and recommend
till little useful publication to the attention of all
those who come within the operation of this new
infliction. They are so arranged as to show at
sight the amount of the duty on fraCtional as well
as integral sums; and besides contain some in
teresting stalisticalinformation.

We have received the Paris papers of
Thurs-
day, from which We. are Glad. to learn that the
negotiations for a revision of the Post-office re-
gulatiOns between the two countries are going on
most favourably, and are likely to be brought to
a speedy conclusiOn. France, it appears, is
anxious to grant every , facility for the rapid and
cheap transit of letter; 'froin
.
England to Mar-
seilles, and thereby obviate lhOse useless and
vexatious delays and jowl' ruptions of which this
country has had just reason to complain,. The
fbllowing intelligence on the
subject is taken
from 'Galignani' 8 iesseve
.
We have great pleasure_ in stating, that the propo,
ll' r of Thursday :
sitioa.for a revision of the. Post-office tariff between
France and England, submitted "to the English Go-
verninent on the pert of the French authorities, have
been received iti a spirit ' which promises the desired
results,. although, there are still, we learn, some diffi-
culties to
,by,esurinounted. . The bases of the prospec-
tive arrangements are under Stood to be as follow :
The French Government ' consents, as regards all let-
ters, to and from England and 'France,- to apply the
same tariff. as fbr letters in the interior,' of this
country ; arid the. English GoVeittrienr, on 'its part,
agrees tureduce the uniform 'charge of ten-pence to
three-pence, so that a letter'fiQin Faris to London, or
from London to Paris, which now coats two francs,
would only cost nine-pence in London, or ninety' cents.
(18 sous) in Paris: and the postage fur letters-beyond
ti,e weight at Which the sing 4 rate, is now charged,
would experience Pa reduction on the same scale.
In addition:it' is' offered by the French Govern-
ment to. reduce considerably the,. charges 'for , the
transit •of 'letters from England through France, to
the East Indies, and other points. In noticing these
propositioir3,' the credit of originating which is, we are 1
assured, due to the 1 French .• Covernmeii f-7-al LI iough
they were met in 'a! spirit of correspoOiog, liberality
by the English' Cabinet and the Post-office authorities,
whose 'routine,- hdwever, does not admit of quite so
prompt It.- termination 91 the , formalities as could be
Wisbed—we think it right to a114.09,Acien5i9.4.,,

made by the .French Government in 1836, to effect
the improvements in the postal relations which then
took place between the two countries, and by which
the necessity of pre-payment of postage was dispensed
with, and a reduction made in the rate of postage then
charged. =The reform of 1836 was considered a great
amelioration, as indeed it was ; but the spirit of pro-
gress since that time has been such as to render a
larger concession necessary, both as regards the mer-
cantile relations between England and France, and
the general international intercourse, which has au-
mented considerably, in spite of the postal barrier that
still existed. The new treaty will, therefore, give
universal satisfaction in England and in France, and
we trust that nothing will occur to prevent its being
speedily put in force.
STOCK EXCHANGE, QUARTER TO Two O'CLOCK,
THURSDAY.—Five per Cents. cash, 118 f. 80c. ;
Threes, 80f. 15c.

AMERICAN NEWS.

EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NIGHT.

Another • very speedy passage has been per-
formed by the British and North American Mail
steamer. Acadia, under the; command of Captain
Rylie, which arrived in the Mersey this
night, about eight o'clock. She left
Boston on the evening of the first,. and
Halifax on the 3d inst., at '5 , with
36 passengers, and has, conskiuently-, made the
entire voyage in 13 days, inclusive of stoppages.
The Colonibia arrived at Halifax at six p.m. :on
the 2d inst.; and proceeded on .16 BoStOn.
Our files of New York papers extend to the,
30th ult: inclusive, being one day only later, than
those
.previously. received by the Great Wes-
tern. They contain no further intelligence of
importance: , • .
From Canada .we learn that, the Legislature
hadj been prorogued to the 14th of November,
a.
when it was anticipated. dissolution winild take
place. T. C. Aylwin, P. P. for Pont-Neuf,. had
been appointed Solicitor-General • for Canada
East.

• The previous accounts of the success of the
Mexicans in Yucatan are in a great Measure
confirmed, but it
.Would appear that no vessels
were taken at Laguna;

'The brig Impulse, -from Baltimore to Kings=
ton,. was wrecked' on the 3d of September, on
Cayugus reef; after having taken off. the crew
"and passengers of the ship St. Louis, which,
vessel was totally destroyed. by fire on her,pas-
..
sage frbm •Boston to-New Orleans. All hands
were Saved-frorti -the Impulse.

The rate of xchange on London was Arm at
108 108 t; .On Paris, X. 314 c. sf. 30c.
Cotou. was .in
.somewhat better request, at
steady prices. -Flour, on the contrary, was less
saleable, On,rather lower terms.

Uer Britannic Majesty's steam-ship Dee, four days
from Nassau, bound to Erighind, touched at Bermuda
on. the 9th instant, toOk in coal, end proceeded on her
voyage. • - • •
The steainet'Medway, bringing-the English mails
to:A.ugnst 1, a'rrived here on the Ist, and exchanged
mails with the Dee;" from Havannah, which arrived
on the-4th inst. ' They sailed on the sth. 'Daring
_the storm 'on 'the .3i and 4th the Medway was obliged
to take`Shelter at 'Coarane's anchorage. •
I' om 13E1tmunA.—.11y the J; 11. Stephens, arrived
this indrang; 'we have. the'Rokcil Gazette' fo' the 'l-3th
instant. It is filled, •to the- exchision of almost every
thing elsecmith the botindary treaty -lately concluded
sbetween this 'country' and Great Britain. • '
Faolu NEw Batikswicit,,BY the steamer Hun!:
:tress, from:St: johribt-z, we have-meiVed the'paiie-s' of
that place to the'26olsinst. The- steamer'' Columbia;
1 Liout.'ostrisght, under the .controul of Capt. Owen,
who acts m's ComModore; his arrived at Campober-,,
to- be employed- in the survey •t?,f the Bay of Frind.:,
the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and other waters adjacent
to the provinces OficeW'Brufi§Wiele and Werifir ScotSiti
and Sable Island. Columbia is to' be employed
during the ensuing 'winter months -in exploring and
surveying the ciuovge's Bahl:.' Capt. oWen has been
low, employed similar duties on the coast of
4nd'elial,dere.

It iAituThoanced in the Halifax papers that here'-
after the 'stew-packets will sail from "Halifax' for
LiverritVo!l-0 the 3tl and -18th • of each. iri tnth, whe-
ther thOse dhis fall on Sunday` or not: They will of
course_ leave .Boston on the Ist and 18. th of each
•inonth::-.H.136.it0n Daily Advertiser. . •

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL. NEWS,
PATE OP' SALES AT THE -,STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 30.
:,..6,000 New York sixes, 1860
' 1,000 Kentucky Bonds .., ......ca5h „77 ,
.25 Shares N..rth American 'Trust Co • ,
18 Shares Ohio Life,and Trust Co 63
25 Shares Mohawk Railroad •..
25 Sio,res Stonington IZailrocd
85 Shares Auburn and Rocheiter Railrit B9
.rrhe'iges. Kthe Ward to-day "Were light. Mohawk
RailrOad close'd at a decline of I,' and Stenington
Railroad or l'per cent. on our final quotations pryeA-
terday. Kentucky Bonds improved percent." A
sale of North American Trut.'Compariy's 'stock ves
made at 4
NEW YORK. MARKETS; SEvf.' 30;
ASIIES.—SaIes of about'lso barrels each of pots and
peae.ls, the former at 550 dOls., the .latter -tit 575 doll.
COTTON.—The sales yesterday amounted to about.
550 bales.

•
.FLOI* niarket'for deserip7
tion is very heavy; and though some holders
are asking 4,561 dols. for Canal; yet several sales have
been mode. at 4,50 dols,. We quote Southern at
4,021 a 4,75 doll. Rye flour sc!rce and brings 3,35
dols. ' •

Wheat is in rather more request. Prime would
bring 90 cents, while inferior is dull of sale at a much
less rate. RyQ is worth 58 a 59 cents ; Southern
corn 54 a 55 cwts weight, and Jersey 58.

AMERICAN PIRACY, by EXPRESS

The following is an extract from a letter dated
New York, Sept. 29 :

"I send with this a new novel,, published in
London, called Perceval Keene.' The first
copy was received by the Great Western, and
republished in thirty-three hours after its arrival
here, and sold for 12i cents (about 6d.) all over
our City, in a paper called the New World."

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO TIJREE.
The Funds. continue firm, and several purchases
have been made for investment, but none of any par-,
ticular moment, beyond one of 10,0001. Reduced, by
the Government broker.. Consols. are 931 934 for
Money, and 931 for the Account, Which is fixed for
the 24th of,November • Three per Cents. Reduced,
92:1 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. .Reduced, 100 i ;
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1011; Bank
Stock, 164 166; India Stock, 250 252 ; Excheciut•&
Bills, 55 57 prem.
. . . _ _

...
In Foreign Securities there has been scarcely any
thing done, and 'prices are avithoUt alterrtion; the ap-
pearance of the market is, however, fiat—Dutch (Two-
and-a-Hale per Cent5.,.524, and the Five per Cents.,
10014 . , .

A speculative demand has arisen for Mexican Bonds,
which are now quoted 321, having been 3211 and 321.
The Share Market has presented no feature worthy
of notice, beyond a veater inclination to purchase.
London and Birmingham have been sold at 183 ;
Eastern Counties,' 8+ ; and Brighton,
The Bonds quoted to-day are—Colombian, 20i;
Portuguese Five per Cents., 37.; the Three per
Cents., 224 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 16i ; and the
Three per Cents., 20i. •

' PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
R A ILWA YS. Paid. Per Share. .
Eastern Counties
Ditto New
Edinburgh and Glasgow ' 50
London an Brighton ...... ..... 50 ..,... 3664 i to
Lomionand Birmingham , 90 lB3 . : to
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
`North Midland
Ditto Third. . 21/. 133. 4d. 181. 10s. .od.
MANcitlisTEß STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 13:—Ouf
market continues very dull and inactive. . London and
Birmingham New 321., ' '3oi ;,. Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 191.04; Manchester and 'Leeds, '691-, 70;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 454- 46 ; Manchester . and
Liverpool District Bank, 16a. . ' '

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, OCT. 15.—Wind this day at noon, W. to
N.W. moderate breeze, fine weather, occasional fogs.
DEAL OCT. 14.—Wind N N.W. to W.N.W., fight.
—Sid. King William, Hobart Town ; Dailius, Cal-
cutta; Reward, Jamaica; Thomas Wood, Adeti ;
Little Grace, Sierra Leone.
OFF THE ITIGIIT7 OCT. 10.—Governor :Anent);
Ocr. 10.—Arrd, Mary Jane,, Long-
more, St. John's, N.B.
FALNlciun, Oc T. 13.—Wind, E., moderate.—
Arrd. Off, Tartar, Byron, Guayaquil,. -
Orr PENZANCE, OCT." 13 .—Ambassaclor, Tait,
Riu Janeiro.
CLYDE, ()CT. 11.—Arrd. Isabel'a,Hyndman;—X.
Sld. LT ra, Demerpra.
YoucitA'r. OCT. 11.—.1.rrd.Wellkgton, St. John's,'
New 13runswick.
OLF Coo pc.r. 1 0.--Jolin
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