The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1842

lief; he and they have, at the same time, done
what they_ could to keep up all the charges on the
agriculturists, and now Sir ROBERT suddenly, by
a little juggling with the tariff, deprives the gra-
ziers, as the Hertford and Essex men say, of
4,000,0001. a-year. There will, henceforth, be no
peace amongst the different classes of producers,
no contentment, till the Legislature wisely washes
its hands of the whole matter, and declares that
it must leave the price of corn, as of stockings
and all other things, to be settled without its
interference, by the mutual and reciprocal bare
gainings of all buyers and sellers.

against the necessity. of the tax, by the reservation ex-
pressed, in announcing her readiness to place herself on
the same footing as her subjects ; a.nd we hope that her
Majesty will appeal to her people again, now that _they
are in possession of the quack-prescription, and before
they are required to swallow the strong dose waich the
Quack is mixing fur them.
A HATER OF OPPRESSION.

RAILWAY.

THE TARIFF.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sxa,—ln my mind, the permanent in erests of truth
and justice ought to prevail over any transitory party
object ; and as I cannot but consider Sir Robert Peel's
Tariff a most important advance in the path of free
ade, to that extent I shall support its provisions, and
give credit to its'►nthor.
It removes prohibitions altogether—it lowers duties in
many hundred articles—it sweeps away whole pages of
intricate legislation on timber duties, by a tariff of three
lines (and those thre,l lines bringing a very great reduc-
tion and a corresporliiing benefit) : it admits many arti-
cles of food at a much lower rate ; it moderates duties on
many raw materials—many half manufactured—many
wholly manufactured articles. Am I too blind to see--
shall I be backward to acknowledge that these are real
benefits ?
But I attacked the tariff for not lowering the duties
on cheese and butter I attacked it for leaving all the
main exports of France under the old system. I at-
tacked it for keeping up the absurd complication of the
additionals per cent. I attacked it for the duties imposed
on the export of coals and clay ; and if Sir Robert Peel
does me the honour to attach some value to my opinion—
will he allow that opinion its weight in disapprobation as
well as in approval ?--T am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN BOWRING.
Athenaeum, 25th March 1840.

RAIL W AY,

THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON

BRIGHTON, FRIDAY.—In consequence of this day
being a holiday, the trains brought down yesterday
the extraordinary number of between 900 and 1,000
passeongers. Sir Robert Peel arrived by the express
train. An immense quantity of luggage arrived in
the course of the day, for the Right Hon. Baronet.
The first train this morning brought down nearly
200 passengers, and nine carriages belonging to
the passengers. The day is remarkably fine,
and the cliffs of Brighton present a most ani-
mated appearance. At the present time the
road to the Railway terminus is through a number
of narrow and inconvenient streets ; but through the
spirited exertions of Mr. Cooper, a builder, and one
of the Commissioners of Brighton, a very splendid
street is being formed fi-om the terminus, in a direct
line to North-street and the King's-road, and when
finished will considerably shorten the distance to the
principal parts of the town, in addition to being a
very great ornament.
At a meeting of Wigney's creditors, on Thursday,
it was stated that the dividend would not be more
than sixpence in the pound.

SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER