The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-18 00:00:00

THE BRITISH STATESMAN,
Office. 170, Fleet street, Oct. 17, 1842.
Mr. O'BRIEN begs to inform the Chartist Public, and the
friends of Complete Suffrage, that owing to the urgent requests
of a great number of staunch Friends and Subscribers to the
above .Journal, the Proprietors have decided on bringing out
the BRITISH STATESMAN as usual, on Saturday next,
Oct. 22, and tile following Saturday, Oct. ti 9, thus affording
time for other arrangements to be made, or disposing -of it to
parties who will consent to carry it on, on its present principles.
P.S. Mr. O'BRIEN Rill state further particulars in next
Saturday's paper.

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' The vast beneficial results that to a certainty
might be obtained by a vigorous prosecution of
the war in China, form a striking contrast to the
weak, vacillating, and sluggish system so long
pursued by the British Government in that quar-
ter. Had the commanders ofthe naval and military
forces been supplied with the means (and this migh t
' have been done at one-tenth of the expense
incurred in other regions), England at this mo-
ment would have been in possession of some of
the finest tracts along the Chinese coast, and as
many of the rich islands in the Eastern Sea as
she chose to occupy. War, too, can be carried
on there with little loss of life, the Chinese
Government and army, which hardly de-
serves the name, only are hostile; and the
people, from the concurrent testimony of wit-
nesses, would as gladly be placed under the do-
minion of :England as remain in their present
condition. It woult thus be easy to carry on a
most extensive trade with the large towns on the
mainland, and establish commercial relations also
with the populous islands scattered through
that extensive sea. Results like these would not
only benefit England; the Chinese themselves
would soon feel the advantages, and every trading
community in Europe would zome in for ashore of
the profitable commerce. In place, however, of
taking steps to accomplish such noble undertak-
ing, the Government is crippling our resources in
China by collecting large forces at the extremity
of our Indian possessions, for what object no
one can tell, and at the same time keeps
some sixteen regiments in Canada to watch
the movements of Mr. LAFONTAINE and
Mr. BALDWIN 4 What is Canada to us
compared with rich settlements in the East, and
what benefit could we confer on her population,
which could at all come into competition with
the blessings which England might be the means
of introducing among the heathen nations in Asia?
It is a most ruinous policy to retain Canada by force.
If the people cannot be reconciled to the domi-
nion of the mother country ; if troops are to be
constantly quartered in the British North Ame-
rican provinces ; and England, too, is to be taxed
for making roads, and canals, and other
improvements, which benefit chiefly the Ca-
nadians, and will one day become their
property, it would be better to come to an un-
derstanding with the Provincial Parliament at
once. As affairs are managed at present Eng-
land "pays too much for her whistle," and the
misfortune is, that she will have to pay
every year more as the colony becomes
more powerful, till the time arrives when
a tremendous struggle is • made for inde-
pendence, and this country must yield with a
bad grace or obtain victory at a fearful expense.
The trade with the United States has increased
tenfolds nee the separation, which cost England
so much ; and we see no reason why
Canada, when left to her own exertions, and un-
shackled by Parliamentary restrictions, should
not imitate the example. We trust, therefore,
that these subjects will be taken up by some
influential Member next session, and also
that Parliament twill urge on the Govern-
ment to display something like energy
in a war, which could easily be brought to a
speedy and satisfactory conclusion, and which,
if prOperly conducted, might be the means of
bringing.within the, ale of civilised society three
itundred millions of our fellow-creatures.

At a meeting of the inhabitants of Lambeth
and the neighbouring parishes, held yesterday
evening, at the White Hart-tavern, Kennington-
cross, " for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion"—as the circular convening the meeting
states—" the conduct of the Lambeth and
Vauxhall Water Companies, in raising their
rates for the supply of that necessary article of
consumption, from thirty to fifty, and even
one hundred and fifty per cent. without
any justification for so doing"—at this meeting
the conduct of the district Water Companies in
so acting, was commented on in deserved terms
of reprehension; and one speaker observed that
it was evident from their sudden and unjustifiable
raising of the rates, that both Companies had
formed a coalition. If this really be the case, and
the two Companies in question persist in re-
fusing to give any explanations respecting their
extraordinary proceedings, it is full time that
they should be brought to book, and their at-
tempts at monopoly be resisted to the utmost.
Possibly, the project—which it seems is seriously
entertained in the parish—of starting a new
Company, with a view to supply the inhabitants
with cheap and wholesome water, may have
the effect of bringing the existing Companies to
their senses.

Madrid papers to the Oth have been received.
Tt appears that the Government are actively
engaged in realising money by the sale of na-
tional property, and have issued an order ad-
dressed to the Intendants of Provinces, enjoining
then► to proceed immediately to the valuation
and advertisement for sale of all national pro-
perty i❑ their respective districts, whether pro-
posals have been made for the lots to be sold or
not. In case of want of zeal or of ability on the
part of the Intendants, the Superior Junta, esta-
blished for the management of the sale of the
national property, are authorised to appoint
Special Commissioners to carry the orders of
Government into speedy effect the Intendants
and their dependents being bound to give these
Commissioners access to all documents, and fur-
nish them with all information required.

The favourable state of the French revenue, as
exhibited in the returns published in The Sun
yesterday, supplies the leading topics for discus-
sion in the Paris papers ofSunday. The increase
during the first nine months of the year 1842, as
compared with the receipts for the same period
in the year 1841, amounts to 23,370,000 francs, or
about 1,000,0001.; and we can assure our neigh-
bours that it affords us great satisfaction to see
the finances of that country in such a prosperous
condition. Independent of the security which
well-regulated finances and increasing trade in
France give to the peace of Europe, it is a
matter of congratulation, and must afford satisfac-
tion to every well-regulated mind, to know that
the condition of the people is daily improving,
and that they are thereby enabled to contribute

the revenue, in one year, not less than a mil

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lion and a quarter sterling more than they did
on the preceding year. Should not this co►►vince
them of the blessings of peace, and put to shame
the writers in the National and the Constitu-

;onnel, and the war faction, who would throw

the world into confusion, and to a certainty
destroy the trade of France from an absurd
hatred to this country ? Much, however, yet
remains to be done for their trade and manufac-
tures, for in several districts, according to these
papers, great distress prevails. The manufacturing
classes in Lyons are in a deplorable state ; few
orders are received, and the sales are made at
such a loss, that this season is considered the
worst that has been experienced for many years.
At St. Etienne trade is very dull, and the mar-
kets in general feel the depression. The Journal
des Debats, a Ministerial paper, thus draws the
contrast between the finances of this country and
France :

" The amount of the indirect taxation has attained
in the present returns a higher one than at any pre-
vious period, and the details are as satisfactory as the
enBemble, as the increase has been on articles con-