The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-16 00:00:00

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VtV4itr Optittott,

Who runs may lead."

~. min or the original; sit)ttlesGilnlTle Paris Journals arc
itit-a°"'..e Tariff Bill proposed by Sir Robert Peel. The
- • kits does not enter upon the subject with re&rence to
tile;(..li7 ohable operation of this Bill upon the import trade
, s . ch. 9'-her countries, but as a domestic measure intended
• tt' P ford relief to the industrious classes. This journal
he itows praise upon Sir Robert Peel for the talent and
4", ' lerga' which he has displayed on this occasion, but ob-
serves that the agticialturists, to whom he owes his re-
turn to power, are evidently dissatisfied with the liberal
views that he. has adopted in political economy, and that
be is but coldly :sup
reliance .vas, platedported by those on whom his greatest
Ro
'the Prisse does not find anything to admire in Sir
t,
ert :r. eel as a political economist; looking at his new
,arilf 'in the broad and general view of international
(meth,
it says:—" As a measure of reform the measure Is
.
Ihie(' inplete, and will not attain the end which seas first
tJposed. There are not sufficient advantages held. out
any other country for it to offer any advantage in re-
, turn. British statesmen, even thosewho pass for having
professed the most liberal ideas, have never at bottom
departed from that'selfishness, which so profoundly cha-
racterizes the English nation."
The Courrier Frcincais, after noticing the injurious
Operation upon-French commerce of the recent changes
In the tariff of Spain and the United States, and the ex-
ception of France from the countries which will be bene-
Ated by the Bill now before the English Parliament,
• 143's:--" What ought to be the conduct of our Govern
ment under these circumstances ? The National has
urged the French Catoinet to use reprisals with respect
.13 England ; the Coumerce asks for reprisals airainst the
~ .-s_
United States. For, our own parts, we
shame. nee to see
tthheercepiestion examined in a, '.nigher point of view ; for
are other Things to be done besides contending
w ith the nations with -atom we e our duce
by high eustoars dutie'ss If Faestand exehisanwilling topro admit
our wines, our bran':lies, and our silks, it is our interest
It° sign the treaty which has remained in suspense these
I:A.P years,. By 'joining with the United States in poli-
- 'teal eueraions We shall keep the Cabinet of London in
r7iCheek, al aditi drawing cloSer our commercial connexions
th Er gland, we shall render the United States more
faetaVie on that point. Let us, therefore, take counsel
:°l.l*-ur own interests."
c t-i'ke National, at once hostile-and ridiculous, gives its
eiernment this evil counsel :—" We must reply to ex-
- • a',,Zerated tariffs by analogous ones. We must,place on
'lr,glish linens and threads time 'same duty that is placed
' A' i our silks. Should Sir Robert Peel afterwards propose
- • . P:d• diminution, France Will modify her customs in the
same proportion as England does. To friends we shall
grant concessions--to enemies reprisals. Any other line
. . . ''if policy wouldecei las
dan acknowledgment that we were both
ftetile and dve."
, . The Constit utionnel and the Courrier Francais have
. articles on tire prosecution which has just been insti-
- , ' litedawains c the National, They contend that the nature
''i' the Observations which were made by that Journal,
. : on the ant horities with reference to the late railway dis-
. .aster,- atei the
,circumstances under wl.ich they were
:rlade, da '
meetmeetnot Warrant the severity to which the Govern-
-Ists had recourse.
The: Raport of the Committee on the Bill providing
for tie support of the political refugees in France, was
preerited to the Chamber of Deputies on Friday. It
. states that there-are at present residing in France 16,672
. PoZtical refugees, of whom 11,779 are Spaniards, 4,471
T - files, 410 Italians, and 12 from other countries.
The most distinguished members of the Chamber of
,20... elegies, 'Messrs. Odillon Barrot, Lamartine, Dufaure,
l'atijuinais, Lafayette, &c., have addressed an energetic
~2Pef.ip,ieerasl to their fellow-countrymen on behalf of the suf-
by the- fire of Hamburgh, and placed their names
4' the head of a national subscription, which is to be
.°lle nest in the office of the treasurer of the Chamber.
- Letters from Lisbon of the 9th, say that the non-
. issmclusion.of the commercial treaty has given rise to
great excitement in the north of Portugal. A belief was
tTgiiiiiing to prevail that the treaty would never be
slgoed4-end. Much disgust prevailed with reference to
the over niceties of diplomatic discussion which had ar-
sFested its progress to maturity. Both treaties would,
.. to-silk human probability, be signed within a month.
t A Commission has just been appointed by the Por-
-4';l-kse Government to take into consideration the whole
Taestion of the reduction of duties, which is to form
'the sehjeet of the supplemental article to the commercial
treaty. The Commission consisted of Joaquitn Lunches,
a cloth manufacturer from the Alemtejo ; Florido Fer-
rez. 'formerly Finance Minister ; and Leita Sampayo,
one of the ts-sbacco contractors.
. ?..'he new list of Peers, 30 in number, had been ap-
- Pccsved by the Queen of Portugal in Council. The list
hy sl been judiciously drawn up so as to include a fair
r spresensation of all parties. The most remarkable
`inatainations were those of Count Bowfin, Count Das
Aretas, and Silva Carvalho.
• , The principal merchants of Cadiz, on being informed
that in the new treaty of commerce about to be signed
'between Great Britain and Portugal, the import duties
ion Matteira and Porto wines'were to be considerably re-
.,-. Bdueed, had held a meeting in the hotel of the provisional
• , elepetation, and prepared a memorial to the Government,
in n4ich they exposed that it would be hereafter im-
,
posilble for themto.:compete in the London market with
. the French and. Portuguese wine-merchants,
/21r4LZC OPYNXON.
:i1,,, . • 'ln a leading article, suggested by the state of affairs in
~,"-Affghaniattin, the Chronicle says :—" W are
- to hear that Ministers are
responsible e for theiraccustome acts. dWe see no such' practice. A di
,saster unparalleled in
~. ;,?utti•linnals has been brought r.pon us •, we perceive no
Icaticin of those who caused. it being held responsible.
s ,
irifl
..,Robert Peel has promised a thorough investigation
~ the past ; we think that such investigation ought to
vreseds _ . . .
-wars, ' uoY determination to involve the country in new
reetirrritvore taxes, and to es.pose us to the possibility of
ia. oft,.'n° Oates,
'Sir Robert Peel once, in speak-
'W.
,t,_a Very subjesat, :Censured Parliament for squab-
i.inPortaue°4t domestic matters of comparatively trifling
tate nation:,C) \vhileit- neglected affairs on which hung the
attentio fie-is-now in a position to direct the
..,to4f:hbeyduntioif Isarliament to these weightier concerns.
iersed -°(''s he hot
's do so ? Is the investigation to be de-
tnon h ain flae? Is
ti, 'arin en
ed throughattenti as
at the fag g
ea nd of thenessioni ?
jet*. ?,, delayed until, for all useful purposes, it is too
. 're
*air, Terence to Mr. Warburton and the Bridport
any • ', th -Tears remarks as follows :—" If there were
ezli,ePeliFii‘eal necessity which , compelled him to fill the
;44-esi,.-si '-`-1..P. for Bridport we should understand his
• t*,,,rit-t ?e to all ' conditions precedent' which were in-
40hre" sueli tin . event ; but, failing that compulsion,
,tle ~,i ts ourselves most wholly unable to appreciate
,-- • pliese,_ ney of the distinctions which Mr. Warburton
' f hoes ,n 136 tween a promise and an understanding, or
11411 wn.l4-pitid and a sliding scale of prices ; and so we
' iht, (1 t alt with unfeigned curibsity to hear the answer to
%la l*Ftoo, h , which Mr. C. WOod, like ourselves,
, _
_. 3
!,rii), a., little puzzled—' What is head-money but
Mr, `,l' f'-' Meanwhile, between Mr. Warburton and
' • Pai
,c4itehell, Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Roebuck, the
lo •
44',.,, , We think may *fairly expect some piquant disci°-
, •-•.,.iii:S :tfter the adjournment..
si4--; following appears in the Chronicle :—" Many of
NI p Te!leclings of the session must be regarded by Libe-
Nto.laitheos as productive of practical good. The new
Oise thw is calculated to be somewhat less oppressive
%(2,1,,,, -e eld one. We are to have a continuance of the
the :.! prcivisions of the Poor-law. And, undoubtedly,
,i'll-%•-171)(j,1;kin,,g of ',lie new tariff will give the people some
(laep ativantages by the relaxation of various mo-
ti tes
o!esst.'„ and .the cheapening of various articles
a,' tries .' t° ef radon These advantages would, it is true,
nioe-eot„lia11 .counte;balanced, in our opinion, by the in-
-1,1441,1„ t tilt; Income-tax, were that tax likely to be as
tkt,triire,,laastttelit, good results to which we have adverted.
like all the consequences of concessions to
Nate will never be revoked ; while the evils of
40 4-pt,-41: `ax appear to us to carry in themselves their
4:ly tgie"Y remedy. Unqualified good appears to us
fiee.tv!'''F Allt from the whole of the proceedings of the
11,,.): of'-,,,t" i respect to elections and the franchise. We
o,7'.9ssy f, ?t much, indeed, by getting Lord Brougham's
N„l'eCe 'in ; but we shall get a good deal it' we secure
b4,-::1,11
ml effectual provisions of Lord John Russell's pro-
att-:"ae !l. Something will be gained if the convicted
tillsxlts there, disfranchised; more by the exposures of
astes) c, end extent o the existing corruptions through
tiss"te 1-37 of Mr. Roebuck's Committee."
Zt:.--'6t) , ?,et has the following remarks on Mr. Roebuck's
. V 1.17 ~, Nothing has yet occurred to shake our
Pty r it,na! the House or Commons took a false step
ell et dii YlPhled to Mr. Roebuck's slap-dash mode of
i;'sfis 1g with regard to compromises of bribery
/11,;V:-ii'ii election petitions. A respectable Committee
iV ' hbaPPointed, but, if there be any useful result of
t, ). a °4l's, it' must be an indirect one. The whole
l / 1:1. ti ;it he(n too unadvised—too rash and sudden—to
sle...la's. ‘‘:.%11. This is not so much Mr. Roebuck's fault.
VII b, `Mowed his nature. He is self-confident and
tie,lvi:: What he has done he could not have done
tli% ~\‘'is ..A. calm and reasonable proceeding of any
NI qiiti;not to be expected from him. Why, then, did
lalt,l 614 `?,let him have his way for so far? We cannot
INI'-'...e can assign: no reason which is creditable to
tks Q ale3uagoietit of the Houses"
I,,'l,tes Pte the subjoined observations from the Man-
ItOt11:4 ,--" It is not by the disfranchisement a
tee „ b ottingham, Reading, Lewes, and Falmouth ;
4 -; it. 3; the punishment of the bribed wherever de-
:sa t).110 '3 tot e 3.. the exposure of the briber at the bar
N•t'q, steAse, or at the tribunal of public opinion ; it is
s' 1.- oteans that purity of election is to be se-
ti,,klie ' otast be sought in removing as mu Illit,,lpiit!otive for bribery and rendering it difficult of
petitesN'h,3lll3a should the, motive bo irrcmoveable..
`CITIN, tby adopting the principles of the
io e ,f k'llffroge 'Union."
644,Iiiire:liblving remarks appear in the Derbyshire
Orihri 111--", There are as yet no symptoms of reviving
!Ihii• Zlit„„ Premier excuses his disappointment at the
elire.ths-sing Prospect of our manufacturers ; and,
e).4-4 le (tri
(to. r are starving from bad laws, the notable
Ats,l.. tiv, ,o"7lsed of having charity sermons preached
111)4,`,,,tii,itry for their benefit. Cheap bread and
f,'telY are not tu have ; low wages and want of
,ti
t2g.
rttslitteotiin:6ly3: spit hseanthdeiv.r,elout ; but the plate is to be
k.,,,
-clad philanthropists at
Wigs are `abletothi churches and chapels ; their
49fl ..than buted to the Providence of
10 rpsisu.,t.
... to the ignorance and selfishness of
11%.,rs.41.4aeotePsi ,..t NZ, the-tidy sure proposes
iem d f%nr
;and t„ only
extension of the Suf-
xtbeinitibery and corruption
'l4
ele„-"s'"----" The •
eleettf:frld qualificcuara et?, te'e ,
nisutnoi
beexrt enodf and Make the eleCtorztl districts as uniform in

• !Ay F htz
the number of electors as possible. This, with the sp-
. • g„ rib hcation of the ballot in addition, would most effectually
put an end to the disgraceful system of bribery, by
which the House of Commons is packed at present, while
nothing else will."
The .1)1161.1n. livenihs Post reinaritst reference to
Earl de Grey's recent Official aliN:tittnents of Messrs.
Jackson and BreWStei i.,-`1 What .other man but he,
prefessing the •opiliforis he did—promulgating these opi-
, nions repeatedly, and, so to speak, ostentatiously—
, ; leoutol have had the hardihood to appoint two persons,
particularly odious to the bulk of the community, to
offices of trust and profit ?—what other man, but Earl
de Grey, would have had intrepidity of so speedily
giving the lie. to his own declarations by such appoint-
ments as those ? We do not believe there is another in
the United kingdom brave enough to have acted as
Earl ,cke tlrey 'has done in the premises."
The Leeds Times thus alludes to the proposed gene-
ral charity sermons, in aid of tbudestitute operatives :
" A Queen's letter is to be issued, with the concurrence of
the Bishops, recommending sermons and contribution
in all the cherthes, for the relief of the starving popu-
lation, It is very chatacteristic. The Bishops,
.after
ptssing the Corn-laws, recommend a sermon ! The
landlords, after enforcing their claim, to levy black mail
from the people, propose to give back a trifle by way of
alms l After levelling the poor to the dust by their
general policy, they take credit to themselves for raising
them up a little by the grace of charity."
MONEY—TRADE—COMMEACE.
The Mtnich ester and Birmingham Railway opened their
new station in the London-road, Manchester, on Tues-
day last, at the same time that the trains commenced
running on the newly-construced line extending from
Stockport to Sandbach.
The sudden death of Mr. Pierson, banker at Hitchin,
has caused the firm to stop payment, and the creditors
will meet in a few days ; the statement of affairs is then
expected to be satisfactory.
The Bradford market only has improved this week.
At Huddersfield, Leeds, Leicester, and Manchester,
business is quite stationary. Rochdale has been thinly
attended, anti Halifax and Manchester worse.
STATISTICS.
The number of emigrants from the United Kingdom
in 1841 was 118,592.
ELECTIONEERING.
The determination of Sir Robert Bateson to retire
from the representation of Londonderry, leaves the
county open to an election. His 50.,, Mr. Robert Bateson
is already in the field on the part of the Tories, together
with a second candidate, Sir Hervey Bruce, late of the
Life Guards.

DIMInCAL.
Dr. Webster, one of the Governors of Bethlem Hos-
pital, proposes to institute a medical lunacy class, to be
publicly supported, the students of which, as on the
`Continent, shall have personal access to the patients, and
thereby become acquainted with the features of this
malady, which is now much neglected.
PINE ARTS.
LOrd Northwick has generously conceded to Mr.
Philip Howard, M.P., for Carlisle, the exquisitely
painted miniature by Sir Antonio Moore, of Thomas.
Duke of Norfolk, beheaded for befriending the cause of
Mary Queen of Scots, which was sold at Strawberry-
hill, on Tuesday last. The late Mr. Howard, of Corby,
had done much to illustrate the life of this unfortunate
nobleman.
laTranilltY

It is proposed to regulate all the Post-office clocks
the kingdom by the time brought from London daily by
the mail-coach chronometers, so as to render time pre-
cisely uniform throughout England.

THZATEXCAL.
Miss Adelaide Kemble appeared at the Theatre Royal,
Dublin, on Monday last, as Norma, and experienced a
most flattering reception.
Drury Lane will close 'for the season next Monday.
COURT—PASHIONABLE.
The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House on Satur-
day for Strathfieldsaye.
The Duke of Marlborough left Mivart's Hotel on Sa-
turday for Blenheim.

The Sheik of the Druses has left Mivart's Hotel for
Woolwich, in order to be instructed in the artillery
service.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland return to
Northumberland House to-day from Leamington Spa.
The Marquis of Normanby left the Clarendon on Fri-
day for Mulgrave Castle.

Sir Roberi'Peel returns to Whitehall•gardens on Wed-
nesday next from Drayton Manor.
The Duke of Devonshire gives a grand musical enter-
tainment in the course of the week at Devonshire House.
The Duchess of Sutherland intends to give a Bal
Costume on the 24th inst. at Stafford House.
The Countess of Jersey had an evening party on Sa-
turday.
The Earl of Winchilsea left the Clarendon on Satur-
day for Haverholm Priory, Lincolnshire.
The Earl and Countess of Egliuton are expected at the
Clarendon on Wednesday next from Egliuton Castle.

rassczxaduinnotri.
The " Chandos Testimonial," or dinn( r, to be given
at Aylesbury to the Duke of Buckingham, takes place
on Wednesday next.
The Queen has ordered 2001. to be transmitted for the
relief of the people of Hamburgh ; and Prince Albert
1001. ter the same benevolent object.
In consequence of the fineness of the weather, there
has been an extraordinary influx of visitors at Brighton.
The railway trains took down yesterday nearly one
thousand passengers.
The Hon. Mrs. Charles Fox, widow of the celebrated
statesman, is living, at a very advanced age, in the en-
joyment of excellent health, at her villa in Chertsey.
It is rumoured that her Majesty and Prince Albert
will honour the Spitalfields hall in the splendid costume
of the fancy ball.