The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING-, JUNE 21, 1842

hands of the Judges of the land, where it ought to be
placed, which the House of Commons directly and
pertinaciously refuses. It is a secret retreat of the Hon.
House from an untenable position.
A SHARK SWALLOWING A NEWSPAPER.—A Scotch
Journal says:—"-On Thursday morning, while some of
the fishermen engaged in- the halibut fishing, a the
Isle of May, were drawing their nets, they discovered in
one of them a young shark, measuring about five feet
and a half in length, which they succeeded in capturing
and bringing on shore. In the evening the animal was
opened, and the amazement cf those present, there
were found in its stomach a tin canister, containing
thirty-four coins, a number of the Edinburgh Evening
Courant, dated 1811, and another of the London Courier
of the same date ! "—Newspapers certainly make their
way into strange nooks and corners, but this is the first
time we ever heard of their being domiciliated in the
epigastrium of a shark. The animal, however, seems to
have been utterly unable to digest the two Journals in
question—a convincing proof that their leading articles
must have contained an unusual quantity of mixed lead
and brass ! As all sharks are Tories, we are not so
much surprised at our Isle of May friend's swallowing
the Courier, as at r_is being too delicate to digest its po-
litics. •

quettions, which, but a few years ago, they were almost
afraid to mention, and never had the courage to oppose
openly. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, when Mr. PAKINGTON,
brought forward his absurd clause to extend the blessings
of the Metropolitan Police to the country, could see no
harm in a poor man enjoying his " cakes and ale" on a
Sunday as well as a Saturday; and Mr. MACAULAY,
the representative of Edinburgh, so famed for the strict
observance of the Sabbath, absolutely turned the motion
of Mr. PLUMPTRE on Saturday, into ridicule. The motion
was to stop all Sunday travelling, except in cases of
charity and necessity—points, no doubt, very difficult to
decide, and the responsibility of which it would be very
unfair to throw upon the Directors of railways.
What one man might consider a work of neces-
sity, another might regard as a gross de-
secration of the Sabbath. An affectionate father,
for instance, would think it a work of necessity and
mercy to pursue a runaway daughter to Gretna Green,
while an old maid would denounce this paternal conduct
as a great sin. A banker, who,was afraid of a run upon
him some fine Monday morning, would consider it a work
of absolute necessity to carry at the utmost railroad
speed his bag of gold, even during the hours of Divine
service, while Sir ANDREW AGNEW would say, " Perish
the bank, but let the sacred day be kept holy." The
motion certainly was extremely absurd, and all the ra-
tional people of Scotland will be delighted to learn that
one of their Members had the manliness to denounce it
in these words :—" If there is any proposition made to
restrain further Sunday travelling, I shall oppose it to
the utmost, and I now object to the adoption of the clause,
because the House would be placed in a most ludicrous
situation, by adopting so extravagant and monstrous a
proposition." This-sentence was loudly cheered from all
parts of the House, and we therefore conclude that while
the present Parliament lasts we shall be saved the
trouble of animadverting on the presumption of
those Sabbatarians who would regulate the con-
duct of every man according to their own bigoted
and superstitious principles. It will be seen from the
list of the division that Mr. PLUMPTRE and Mr. HARDY,
the tellers,. had only eight Members to support them ;
and, to the credit of the Liberal party, they were, with
one exception, Tories. These, of course, are the only
" ten righteous men" in the House.

The division in the House of Commons, on the second
reading of the Poor-law Bill, is another flagrant proof of
the cool assurance with which many of the Tory Mem-
bers violate the pledges they made to their constituents
on the hustings. Such pledges they seem to look on
quite as matters of course—in fact, as pie-crusts, made
only to be broken. A Tory on the hustings differs
as much from the same Tory in Parliament, as white
differs from black, or light from shade. He is all
for the people in the one case ; he is all for his party in
the other. On the hustings his political conscience is
stern and unyielding in an eminent degree ; in the se-
nate, it is so pliant and accommodating that, like Indian-
rubber, it will stretch to any extent. Few but must
remember the highly virtuous and indignant manner
in which, at the last election, many of the
Tories spoke against the New Poor-law. It was
a nuisance, they said, a crying injustice
a flagrant enormity—that could not be too soon done
away with. Let them but once get into Parliament, and
then their constituents should see how active, and zea-
lous, and uncompromising they would be on the subject !
They would pretty quickly make all the supporters of
the heinous measure shake in their shoes ! As for being
influenced by party motives on such a momentous inat-
ter:—perish the base idea ! they were influenced but by one
feeling, and that was, a determination to do their duty to
their respectable and enlightened constituents, by in-

sisting to the utmost of their power on the immediate
repeal of the tyrannical act in question ! Fine words,
and how have they been followed up? In the division of
Friday night but sixty Members voted against the second
reading of the Poor-law measure, and of these sixty
more than one-half were Liberals ; so that actually not
thirty Tories, out of a. body of at least four hundred,
redeemed the pledges they had so eagerly volunteered on
the hustings ! And these are the men who pique
themselves on their honesty, manliness, consistency, and
so forth, and taunt the Whigs with their glaring defici-
encies in these. respects ! One among them—Mr. STUART
WORTLEY—dwelt with special emphasis on his own un-
deviating steadiness of purpose ; but was, nevertheless,
sorely put to it to reconcile his hustings pledges with his
Parliamentary performances. At his election his
intrepid and disintereted patriot. 4 m induced him to in-
veigh most vehemently against the new Poor-law ; but
on Friday night this same patriotism had somehow or oth, r
played truant ; in fact, it was "non tst inventus," and in
its absence, the Hon. Member was found voting for the
second reading of the Bill. To be sure, he seemed per-
fectly aware that he was in—what JONATHAN would
call—" a fix ;" and twisted, and twirled, and wriggle d,
like an eel in a cook-maid's fist, and made all sorts
of wry laces, at the idea of supporting a measure
which he had formerly denounced ; still, he did sup
port it, observing, however, by way of apology for
his tortuous conduct, that he " o.Aly voted for the
second reading in an abstract sense ?" What the
Hon. Member means by the " abstract sense" of a po:,i-
tive, matter-of-fact, business-like vote, it is impossible
for us to conjecture. With just as much propriety
might he talk of being cashiered at the next election in
an " abstract sense ;" or of paying his first half-year's
Inceine-tai in an "an abstract sense 1" Possibly, how-
ever, he intended only to Mystify the House ; and if so,
he has succeeded most effectually ; for his " ab-
stract sense"—like the late Lord CASTLEREAGH'S me-
taphors—is the very perfection of no-meaning. By
the bye, we perceive that he has given notice of two
motions on the subject of the New Poor-law measure,
evidently with a view to maintain his character for con-
sistency, pacify his constituents, and reconeile them to
his vote. This is but clumsy generalship, for every one
knows that his motions will never be carried ; that, in
fact, they are nothing more than a tub thrown out to
the whale ;—mere feints, to induce the Hon. Member's
Yorkshire friends to give him credit for being just as
strongly opposed to the Poor-law, as he professed him-
self to be on the hustings.

The French Journals are destitute of political news
of any interest. They state the KING 13 in excellent
health, and, to prove it, his MAJESTY takes more than
his usual share of exercise.

We have received the following letter :
".ALGIERS, June 10.—The Lieutenant- General •Govern,r
is at this moment at Blidah, with General Changarnier ; they
came from Mostaganem-17,000 men are assembled at that
point. A great convoy is preparing, which will set out to-
morrow for Blidah, with provisions for the army.
Sixty-four prisoners, taken from the Monaaia and the
Beni-Sala, who had just made their submission, and are, with
other Arab prisoners, in the Manion Carree, will leave to-
morrow with the great convoy to return to their families.
The hay harvest is getting on with all haste, and hitherto
oar mowers have not been molested by the Arabs."
Several journals, doubtless on the authority of some English
papers, have pretended that M. de Barante is to have the post
of Ambassador at London, in the room of Count St. Aulaire. We
are assured that M. de Barante's visit to Englard has no diplo-
matic character and that there is no notion of giving a suc-
cessor to an Ambassador to Queen Victoria. Count St. Au-
laire is expected shortly at Paris on leave of absence.— Consti-
tutionnel.
-A
letter from Beyrout says :—" The French ship. of-the-
line Sauti Petri cast anchor before our town on the 12th May.
The appearance of this fine vessel, sent to re-victual the ships
in these seas, produced an excellent effect, for the Turkish au-
thorities immediately hastened to terminate, completely to the
satisfaction of our Consul, various matters connected with our
national interest, which had been long kept in suspense."—
' Commerce.
The Count De Douhoff, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Prussia to the Court of Bavaria, has been
recalled from that post, and appointed Minister to the Ger-
manic Diet.
The King of Sweden has addressed the following letter,
dated June 2, to the Senate of Hamburgh, in reply to one
from that body relative to the late calamity :—" Very
. dear and excellent friends, I have received, through my
Ambassador at your good town, the letter which you cent
me on May 24. The sentiments which you express towards
me cannot be otherwise than precious to me, as well as the just
sense which you entertain of those which, on my side, I have
always preserved towards you. You have been Informed of
the grief which I felt at learning the calamity which has fallen
on your good town, and I add to it the expression of esteem
with Which. your resignation under the calamity, and your
promptitude in taking measures to diminish its dreadful effect,
have Inspired me. I sincerely trust that Providence will bless
your patriotic efforts. On which, I pray God. to keep you in
his good and holy keeping."

OXENSTIERN'S WISDOM.— A Contemporary remarked
yesterday, apropos of Mr. Goulburn's bungling pro-
clamation about the coinage, that " Chancellor Oxen-
stiern's remark on the little wisdom with which the
World is governed, will never be obsolete." That there
will always be bungling Goulburns meddling with and
marring affairs is too probable, but had the celebrated
Chancellor lived till our day, he would npt have adopted
the conclusion that such bunglers govern the world.
The Chancellor himself, in his remark, is a conclusive
proof of the little knowledge, and less wisdom, pos.:
sessed by his class ; for he really seems to have stir-
posed that the meddling Goulburns of all ages have
governed a world which has always run away from
them.. In fact, statesmen, whether they be called GoUl -
burn or Wellington, do not govern the world ; they do
not even govern society ; and the Chancellor's remark
is only strictly true as signifying bow very little wisdom
indeed is to be found amongst that class, all of whom,
like the bungling Mr. Goulburn, continually pretend
to govern the world, and merely produce, in all cases,
as be has done in the case of light sovereigns, continual
confusion and disorder.
Lord John Russell's Bill for the better discovery of
bribery, after providing for the fermation of a Commis-
sion, to inquire into extensive bribery, on an address from
• the House of Commons, authorises the Commission to
apply for and require the assistance of the Judges. We
venture to assert, should this Bill become a la*, that the
Commission would rarely or never sit without the presence
of a Judge, and that in fact the Judge would be the
• Commission. This provision, therefore, goes to place
hachrectly that poweL..: .4 deciding Nola cases ill the

having once decided on a course of conduct, is likely enough to
have his own way. He knows his business well—he knows his
duties, and he is perfectly cognizant of his powers. These he
uttll net delegate. And it is in vain—it is perfectly idle for the
faction to threaten or abuse him,"
The Cambrian thus speaks or the Government proclamation
respecting light coinage As far as the (internment are
concerned, we cannot give them credit for the manner in which
they have arranged this important decision. The proclama-
tion was issued without any previous concert with the Bank of
England, and the Mint, on being applied to, knew nothing
about the matter. The latter gentlemen have, on all occa-
sions, proved themselves as little aware of the influence of their
coin upon the financial state of commerce, as the machines by
which it is manufactured, and therefore their reply excited no
surprise. But the Government ought at least to have been
better informed, and to have ascertained their capability of re-
placing the light coin by that of standard weight."
The Liverpool Journal, in an article on light coinage, says
" Without being of those who would, from party motives,
impute blame to any Ministry for the honest discharge of a
great public duty, we cannot but coincide with those who think
that the present reform of the currency is set about in the worst
possible way, tamely, in that which distributes the loss with
the maximum ot injustice, and put the sufferers to the greatest
possible inconvenience."
We take the following from the Scotsman: —" When we
look at the evil occasioned to justice by the system of exclusion,
and the fact that the Legislature, conscious of the mischief,
has been for several years past abolishing one after another of
the exclusionary rules, it is a somewhat startling and alarming
incident to find a Judge creating a new exclusionary rule,
without a moment's reflection, without any consultation with
others, without any debate before him—nay, without even
hearing the counsel who suggested the exclusion pleading in
favour et it. When the Lord Justice-Clerk decided that in-
fidelity disqualified a witness, he did this."
The Somerset Gazette says :—" A considerab:e portion of
the present Session has been occupied by the Parliament in dis-
gracing and discrediting itself—proving itself utterly disqualified
from legislating for the country, inasmuch as it does not repre-
sent the country, but only the breeches-pocket of a few wealthy
men, to whom alone it owes it existence. Many Parliaments
are known in history by names derived from some prominent
feature in their character. We have the Long Parliament,
and the Barebones Parliament, and the Reform-Bill Parliament.
The rreEent Parliament will be known in history as the Bribery
Parliament."

MONEY--TMADE—COMMERCE.
The first whale-ship of this sea.on's Greenland fishery, is
now on her way to Hamburgh, with a full cargo.
It is feared that owing to the operation of the tariff, which
imposes a duty of 6d. a pound on all foreign confectionaries,
that this trade will be entirely at an end in Guernsey. The
factories at present working there are expending in wages,
freight, rent, &c., about 30,000/. per annum.
At Blackburn and Manchester, depression and distress in-
grease, but at Rochdale ant Bradford trade has been brisker.
At Halifax, Huddersfield, and Leeds, business has been dull,
and in the latter town has rather fallen off.
AND MILITARY.

The half. yearly examination of the Cadets, at the Royal Ali-
Jatary Academy, took place on Friday, at that institution, be-
fore Lord blomield and other officers, when eighteen gentle-
men out of twenty-four were reported as entitled to commis-
sions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers.
MCCLESIASTICILL
Two new Bishoprics are about to be formed by theCons-
mittee appointed fur that purpose, viz., one in New Brunswick,
which, with a population of 156,000, will have an endowment
of 1,2001. per annum ; and another in South Australia, with
1,0001. per annum.

FINE ARTS.
The sale of the Strawberry-hill prints concluded on Satur—
day, realising in the whole the sum of 1,4001.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
A great number of eminent foreigners are expected to be
present at the forthcoming meeting of the British Association
at Manchester ; several are already is England, and amongst
others distinguished in science, Encke and Besse].
The sale of the Bruce manuscripts, which is looked forward
to with much interest by men of letters and Oriental scholars,
takes place next Thurstiay. The whole is divided into three
lots. The third consisting of a single Coptic MS. on. papyrus,
which was found in some ruins near Thebes, and is of the early
age of the Pharaohs.
The King of Bavaria, after a, visit to the works of art in
Dal), has published at Munich a collection of poems written on
the subjects to which they refer.
The Commissioners appointed by the King of Prussia to
prepare a new and complete edition of the works of Frederick
the Second, and who consist of the most distinguished members
of the Royal Academy of Sciences, lately resigned, because the
Directors of the Archives of the Kingdom refused them permis•
sion to examine the documents in their posse, sion, which they
feared might, from the veracity of their history, thrown a star❑
on his illustrious memory. '1 he King, how ever, has since or-
dered all documents, good as well as bad, to be thrown open to
them.

THEATRICAL.
Meyerbeer's opera of The Huguaxots came out last-night at
the German Opera, with Heineletter, Staudigl, Breitiug, and
splendid new scenery by the Messrs. Grieve.
CO4:f 'as T-1".11S1.11.01411.33LE.
Earl Fitzhardinge has arrived at Berkeley House, Spring
Gardens, from Berkeley Ca.ile, Gloucestershire.
'1 he Lord Chancellor of Irelind, accompanied by Lady and
the i'sliss Suguens, arrived at Boyle Farm, Thames Ditton, on
Friday, from Stephen's Green, Dublin.
Lady Charlotte Guest gave an excellent soiree dansante last
week, at her mansion, in Spring Gardens.
The Duke and Duchess of Portland arrived at Harcourt
House, Cavendish-square, on Friday, from NVelbeck Abbey.
The French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire are
expected to leave town on Saturday for Paris.
Lord and Lady Stanley had a dinner party on Saturday, in
St. James's-square.
A marriage between the Prince de Carini, first Secretary to
the Neapolitan Ambassador, with Mdlle. Lamblin, a young
and beautiful French lady, was celebrated at Paris on Saturday,
at the Chapel of the Embassy.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley enter-
tained Lord and Lady Lyndhurst at dinner uu Saturday, at
Lambeth Palace.

LAW AND POLICE.
A Jury, empanelled to decide on the case of Ravensdorf v.
Edmonson, in the Court of Exchequer on Friday, and in
which the plaintiff, a salesman of the defendant's, sued to re-
cover damages fur false imprisonment on a charge of felony,
was locked up from four o'clock till twelve on the same night
—a period of eight hours, in consequence of the twelfth juror
refusing to view the matter as the other eleven. Lord Abinger
finally discharged the jury, without a verdict, in consequence
of one of them labour►ng under indisposition.