The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-29 00:00:00

SIMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.
The Duke d'Aumale arrived at Algiers on the 19th
inst. He was to set out on the 21st for Blidah, to
take part in the expedition against the tribes of the
mountains of Ouanseris.
It is said that the mar-iage of the daughter of the
Duchess de Berri with the Archduke Stephen, sou of
the Palatine of Hungary, definitively decided upon
by the Cabinet of Vienna, involves the political ar-
rangement of placing the young couple in the Pala-
tinate of. Servia and Bosnia, which is expected to re-
vert to Austria on the dismemberment of Turkey.
Colonel Lagorsse, who was employed by Napoleon
in negotiating the Concordat with the Pope died at
,
Gironville on the 17th inst in the 72d year of his
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age.
Cavalier Pietro Campana, the famous antiquary of
Rome, has lately presented to the British. Museun:tiot
Library
a copy •-
of which her
a copy' his fine worlciaestojntyhe Roman 1061
tiquities,
Queen The was most graciousl y pleased to accept.
author was honoured with a gold medal from her Ma" .;!,
jesty during his brief sojourn in London-, -
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A Swiss journal states that Prince Napoleon 13001 i
parte, second son of the ex-King of Westphalia, tna
just passed a fortnight at Geneva, whither he had,_ri
come from Florence, to decide an affair of honoer
nbwitheo tGeneralci7paukbeiihs hise Larochedepi.pn e ather n
epePa. onu.
Paris
hphaaei
papers
e,
r who,accountsar e
which however'inexact;
h ad
vi die ;
two adversaries having merely promised the Gran"
Duke of T
Duke u
s cany
preventedno t t o
the
fight
General his
from
territories.
iea vi
n Thegills
Grand
territories, by refusing him a passport.
Accounts from Buenos Ayres state the number of;
restwar are o vesselsmo
which five vary in force from 28&7 11 guns. 1-'lle
finviietntreyethsoemfnatlailisyizbof the Republic at eleven, ot
Paris, composed . of M. Charlesee
M. Pagnerre, Secretary,
ceived on Thursday by the President of the Council
of Ministers, and presented an address, with 146 sig.-,
Oaltnsde l booksellers
five
oamsnseedmu
ebpe,urbs 1,
President,islien-re.o
natures, in favour of the project of the Customs,.
Union with Belgium. The document comPiains of
the piracy practised in Belgium, the best French
abwnuodtr kensvoetbneoininnlgyt
rodimmediatelyludcetdherineto trieaprnar reprinted
eidni n tghi ayt 1
07pertiLo i
the Council promised the Committee
adopt such measures as should put an end to this
state of things. kf ndai
A fatal duel was fought with swords, on ~..--°
last, at Grenoble, between a lieutenant and a sti, is i
lieutenant of the Orleans Chasseurs, the result ;ea
quarrel arising at cards. The lieutenant WO Pie the
lltehaPtrebseide;t,ula
through the body, in the region of the heart, Viiiia
sword of his adversary ; but, before falling, thrust,
sufficient strength and resolution to return the thr;vo
and wound the sub-lieutenant so severely, th,„atthepew
carried to the hospital in a hopeless state. Inc -
tenant expired on the ground.
The French Board of Customs has sent order,s
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Boulogne to suspend the sale of the cargo savecidirer-
the wreck of the Reliance, which had been a v.,,, i,,
tised for the 25th instant, on the ground that eds,
contrary to law to deliver for consumption sltreli.fied
malted
hey goods
se
and the &qv!
untilina Nlythhoalessbomeeen ascertainedstate, and ob
of
6f. 60c. per kilogramme, imposed on such iMpor7
English vessels, is paid.
PITZILIC OPINION.
We quote the following from the Post:— --- 1
important proclamation has been issised by fail to
Ellenborough. This document, which cannot tau-de.
is
excite the strongest interest among the public A la
and to engage the attention of Parliament" '
' Simla, Ist October.' If we be rightly ° ed
id rtaedi• It
is drawn up in a masterly and powerful style, sintv
to the high moral tone arid sound political vie7:ii, in
which it is distinguished. The Governor-Gene
setu to
a very significant manner, refrains from,alludi.g
Licos
polic, ounded in error and misrePre; eed%
that had led ufs
into Affghanistan, and then pr—sbail
to order that the British forces now there sod
forthwith retire within the Sutlej---` the Ileaciates
boundary of British India.' His Lordship Li how
his intention of leaving to the Affghans th? ;dill
of their own rulers whom he will the Inele
acknowledge as he had been deceived .into su 0
pposlti.g.
that Shah Soojah was really their sle:
stily,
Such, we have reason to believe, is trekable
stance of this remarkable proclamation—renbnpaly,
alike for the boldness with which, however gea,.'r the
it refers to the policy of Lord. Auckland, and for
as
honest and statesmanlike course of atoning', as, draw
possible, for an unjustified aggression, by Witn tiri,
ing at once within our own territory. ibat the, x'wo.
tish good name has been tarnished by an neusl'ern'
is not the fault of Lord Ellenborough, or the 6°' if
ment that he represents ; but having found hi
retires
in it, he satisfies himself with simplYireetires
ing our character as a military nation, all": con"
from all further interference with the domestic rnor-
cerns of an independent people. That the Golly
General will be attacked for his violation of t; the
etiquette that forbids a public officer to reflect but we
conduct of his predecessor, we do not doubt; eor
are equally sure that he will be supported elves have
who,
jority of our countrymen, like ournii ot of
from the first protested against the wanton ett'-i: the
the late Government to force a Sovereign nil or
°
reluctant Affghans by the supposed superiority 0
physical power." late for
The Times says :—" We have received too; yord
any lengthened comment a proclamation the fie-
Ellenborough's, scarcely less important than...la recur
tories by which it has been preceded. wre shii-ast es
to the subject to•naorrow. Meantime, We 'not Go'
press our satisfaction at finding that the prese,er
vernor-General is alive \to the, madness of a,lat tbe
tracted occupation of Affghanistan, and tf;„c4
troops, who have so againved. -the ella.Vi, oar
the British arm,s will be withd.rawn vli" a.O
own frontier. ' The British army in possession,,,e with'
ghanistan,' says Lord Ellenborough, ' will now be
drawn to the Sutlej. The Governor-General 's'
rioeet
it to the Affghans themselves to create a G°ne of the
amidst the anarchy which is the consequenc'Gorera:,
crimes,' and ' will willingly recognise an Which shall
ment approved by the Affghans themselves, w I.rieodlY
appear desirous and capable of maintaining is not
relations with neighbouring States.' tid fro
°
often that we see a successful army reel'''. -o, per"
the scene of its triumphs upon ha destine
formed simply the task for which it was
lid theY
Men are not often content with success file, seem
say they cannot safely rest under defeat. I. eJvitabic
to consider themselves bound by a kind of le to pro'
necessity—a kind of obligation of selfishness dare 00t
secute any just or unjust advantage, as they ter. The
remain under the stain of an unavenged discs 1 in the
man who pauses in the one case is calleatioani_n(iw;
other a coward. And wars of subjega rthtoe
the knife—wars which can only terminate„are the
political existence of one or the other paq we were
results. Such was the prospect with whit ffghania•
threatened by the opening of hostilities in "7"cii roll,
tan ; such is the course of policy to will's,. weal"
thinkers and writers' of the present ash,ankful tO,,
unscrupulously pledge us. We are mostut policy 0:
fiud that it is not and cannot again be t"eitli dant.'
the present Government. And we ferve rwunce-
Lord Ellenborough for-this determined °sod es'
ment of his resolution, while establishing
already
forcing peace, to remain satisfied with theolooger
too ample limits of the British empire, and.n which
to waste in distant warfare those energif%se;
might be employed to enrich and civilize at n°oo :.---
The Chronicle has the following obseryit to the
" What are the poor Tories about in resPec in the
trade in corn ? There is evidently somethinS,en sir
wind. The straw moves from Canada. Iv.',ics of
Robert Peel was deaf to the American stilt's:: 1 of
Mr. Thornely, and to the clauses in American
the sliding scale proposed by Mr. Parker an $
Poulett Scrope, who could have believed United
plot was then under deliberation to give the owe
States some compensation, for its less mans% the
distance, in respect to orders and carg,oes,
Baltic ports ? Yet, can there be a shadow of ato be
but that the sliding scale is now virtuall94big
abandoned; that the pre-eminent wisdom taa that,
policy is to be practically recognised ; an Gladstone
under some hocus pocus, which Mr. .of
will call inter-colonial arrangement, a fixed
_4l so
something very like it will be substituted ?
1 °tuna°
far from regretting this, we consider it most for
to 3 is
for the empire that this act of tardy common se s
Gre-
at length to be proposed. We consider it no kiss
arty
oft the
ditable to the late Government and he
Libera
uPc
_.
that such arrangements can be made by their sei,
the
contrary,iv hata
sons without the smallest risk of opp:osition ;su
to
oth e shillings, he
the Whigs proposed a fixed duty of eight ,
__lit
his Canadian
contrast w i
th
ttoh theeir conductfullan do
f unanimouse I I P
.yen
wed from
fixed duty, no vindictive negative will
bepro% e
interposed sliding a
scale. negative, , %eVn henth the
wi
that quarter; but, in the place of this,
another
tempted,
youthful loves. And Mr. Cobden inayp
hgeropurnodpoosfelsiis attacntne
Ito'
as'
perhaps, to add, that as his first love of roc,
his
ms..
only congratulations at having survived nother reelis
cendancy was conceded to one agitation, s
to another. From the Whigs, however,
turer flirtation with the sliding scale will bhe e swalFirlifibctsevcia
no opposition." ii standing'
The Advertiser remarks as follows :--- jaw), in
aloof from party as we do, we have it and fullest
discus'
range of their veracity and justness. Tons , ,5 ._ its
our power to give expression too pinions inthe
sion of a political question is precisely whit t '
i sidelio,
abstract merits, without reference to any
posub pet of
traneous influence • and in weighing tie ate, "in
the destinies of this sountry in the aggreS
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