The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-30 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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'he . POREIGN.
la, steamer Liverpool arrived at Falmouth on Mon-
-1 , thz7,eaing with Peninsular mails, bringing intelligence
pri,,!°_e Queen of Portugal was safely delivered of a
caZzeins the 16th. The dates are—Gibraltar 17th,
at Gib 'TI, Lisbon 21st, Oporto and Vigo 24th. Left
stea—raltax her Mtkjesty's ship Malabar and Lizard
her_ ''..ear. ; atCadiz two French brigs of war ; at Lisbon,
thus jesty's &dips Indus and Lynx, and Rhadaman-
. calltient,a,m, er, French man-of-war Jena, Frigate Afri-
ttra.a.," , corvette Ignateo. On the 24th passed the
lini'st'elrza steamer in Vigo Bay ; on the 25th, off Cape
at the f r, Passed a. steamer bound south, private signal
Th., (-„,ire, red, white, and red, horizontally.
the
pro- tench
Government is seriously occupied with
rust,wised disarmament. The Toulonnais of the 24th
.6 announces that a despatch from the Minister of
the 22n_7. reached the maritime authorities of Toulon on
aeafeetiu pjoining them to dismiss immediately all the
I:3:llkr.:tlethh.e fleet who had served during 36 months on
4netae ships of war.
„tii`.°_, Courrier Francais and the Commerce were the
papers published in Pa: is on Monday, on
c,p_ent of tht‘ Easter holidays.
,„..n Aradrid journal Castellano announces the disco-
si' Yrr(4* 4 gold mine in the neighbourhood of Saceda Tras
v__a,
the two.e mines, supposed to be of quick-
.7.,(7,. in strict of Huete.
'7lq,'excunts from Rome of the 17th instant state that a
Co„re,tlY good understanding now prevailed between the
aNtehef Lisboa and the Holy See. A courier was de-
tolo,. ed. on the 15th with instructions for Monsignor
Leorre'oi, the Nuncio in Portugal, and who was the
tver r of the Golden Rose, which the Pope consecrates
to be year, on the fourth Sunday in Lent, in order
beli„r_,resented to some Prelate of distinction. It was
aftt; `.." that several new Cardinals would be appointed
.Q •
tilt_ll p,"'wedish Count de Palen was found murdered in
some at Bologna on the IGth. He had retired for
in er.:114.01e from political life, and was engaged in putting
in ijittr, a quantity of materials, which he had collected
The - journey through Greece, Egypt, and the East,
q4iti
"murderers carried off a valuable collection of anti-
Proin' 'Which was no doubt the incentive that had
Couir ed them
.to the commission of the crime. The
was eighty years of age.
The . PUBLIC OPINION.
jerii i Tunes, speaking of Bishop Alexander's mission to
qr eszi;e4l, says" The tide has set, we are sorry to say,
te4roglY against the Bishop in all directions in Asia, as in
e l'e'—` Jamque faces et saxa volant."The last ac-
..„-
vae:9l-ated that he had broken with Tahir Pasha, be-
thin," that functionary refused to recognize him as any-
With" Pore than an English traveller ; and his relations
tosy.%',l Christian population seem yet more unsatisfac-
lain ~ le' Augsburg Gazette tells us, 'lt appears oar-
*ith "Hat the English Bishop of Jerusalem was pelted
aerrnrist°aes by the Christians whilst he was preaching a
doubt". • 'The Mussulmans remained neutral' (and no
teletitl Much" edified) 'on the occasion.' And from
iii er source We hear, that of many reports prevalent
lki;nstantinople with respect to Syrian affairs, ' the
of an which has obtained confirmation from the mouth
of je„arnbassador is the attack on the Protestant Bishop
• 14 aft,,s4lein ~. and it is 'added, that his life was actually
tt'ooh
igr.'What is to be the result of the Bishop s
klei•, we do not pretend to foretell ; but we cannot
tAp ,11e,t the forisight or management of those who have
tri;ll°-''' hill to the feltings of the communions which he
Ilis to eoheiliate.'
late ve take the following from the Chronicle :—" The
Pet -o'`tinis.try contemplated, and had prepared a bill, for
therebensive reduction of the import duties, in the hope
Niel. Lot' at once realizing a considerable quantum of
Paven,u tbof 66ple, and a considerable addition to the
Mane, by the increased quantity of goods imported,
of alter for the purposes of trade and manufacture, or
alleiZtuription. The policy of this intention must be
thosf,Z,to be intelligible and straightforward, even by
Pra,;. woo think that in-principle it was unsound, or that
oo tin -Leally it would have proved a failure. It proceeded
etsumption that the resources of the country are
r-nlatie that. the deficit in the revenue might have
L-ilco
___llat-Aioe7ided for without having recourse to extraordi-
, ana, by simply removing the pressure from the
nasas of industry. The policy of Sir Robert Peel is
ve4- on the opposite assumption. He expects the re-
the 'Le Let to gain,- but to lose, by the modifications of
his Zri,:fl which he proposes ; and the starting point of
atll4--eY Is a permanent disparity between the revenue
iliz e‘,lllenditure of-the country, which renders the rais-
' WhNt?'ntore money by taxation an absolute necessity.
lkt sli "'on, does Sir Robert Peel meddle with the tariff
bids?, Ile wants more money, and here it is to his
dill The ~
n Post remarks, in an article on the emigration. of
Th'oolies fro:n India to the Mauritius and ejsewhere .--
al, ere cannot be a greater or more mischievous. error
linoa that of
,regarding the necessity of importing labour
refer Mauritius, British Guiana, and Jamaica, in
the merely to the preservation of the planters,
.to
v'en coc°ll"olption of sugar in Great Britain, or to the ie-
.ce .. . from NI . winch the State derives t that source. These
I)o4l(lerations are not of slight importance; but, im-
' 14 !111 as they are, they sink into insignificance when
' ~11tie"_fleet upon the higher and more comprehensive
Iti ~,,4115 really at issue—viz., whether the vast regions
tailti.-rh. , under the auspices of Great Britain, the sugar
V "tlen has taken root, shall be abandoned to hordes
44141 i-civilized Africans ; whether these Africans
a'rh,,fir abandoned, to relapse into utter barbarity ; and
fellelitillZer the whole European demand for sugar shall be
flq,(l from other regions to be tilled in perpetuity by
d
of slaves from Africa?"
U 01! Herald asks-76 Is there no formidable opposi-
tbes,:-z anY portion of the income tax ? Most assuredly
use 1:8, and Sir Robert Peel. will not overlook it be-
‘viti e '4.t vents not itself in clamour, or refuses to coalesce
Pohlt; '.:4etion, or be made the instrument of dishonest
coh,„s'etans. Its comparative silence, save through the
brt-1,44 of the Herald, is far more eloquent in Sir Ro-
sepout'. eel's ears than the noise of public meetings,. or the
4 ee:Pgs of politiCal clubs. It is an opposition which,.
Ike..e'".eoted or despised, will hereafter demonstrate its
the Sir Sir Robert Peel is about to impose on a class,
ealti,"'"oence of which he has hitherto so successfully
-4tod, an intolerable grievance."
ITTI PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Gal, of 13,000 holiday people visited the National
41*;:rY on Monday, and 10,000 yesterday. Westminster
the ',Y was freciuented by upwards of 1,000 persons, at
fifty.ission price of 6d. St. Paul's had no more than
Itritt;,3,wing to the enormous price of admission. The
tr arils,
and Crown jewels of the Tower were also
owded

Al, NAVAL AND _
hour light-house has been erected in the old hay-
.the Alexandria, and will be lit on the let of April.
sea hSht will .be at the height of about 180 feet above
file el in fine weather it will be visible at about 20
10;ta.‘istance.. It stands in lat 31 11 31 north, and
c,
51 28 east of Greenwich.
i,
D POLICE.
4t the LAW IIN
)1 Assizes on Monday, James Brown
%he `ouvieted of stealing, with great violence, 230/. from
411 Person of *Benjamin Johnson, on the 13th of Fe-
tetteltrY' in the neighbourhood of Manchester, and sen-
at' to be banished for twenty years.
N'esterday, at Kingston, an action was brought by Mr.
1111)41ens, a builder, against two members of a defunct
for called the Alliance, for the recovery of 52/e 158.9 d.,
v„%.ork done at the club-house, and the Jury returned
itidiet for the plaintiff for the full amount.
Thil'e Insolvent Debtor's Court resumes its sittings on
Artaday, and orders for hearing are out until the 14th
aear',l4Y. Some notion of the number of cases already
'ver(, 11.14 Y. be, gathered from the fact that, in 1839, there
abut 127,000 schedules in the Court. About
1114 eases are annually heard in town, and the same
Williams on circuits.
Assi,l ' and seven others were tried at the Ruthin
tiolCces last week, for riot and assault at the last elec-
.lll;°r„the Denbighshire boroughs, but discharged.
the oparkes Hall, of Regent-street, appeared before
sev,„fitarlbrough-street Magistrates yesterday,. . with
fr44,l"tother tradesmen of respectability, complaining of
e.,r'°w Pursuing by a canvasser for a new book, who
his ears ago had for another alleged purpose obtained
a4ttu,-"n'e, and now brought it forward 'as his actual sig-
aPobe as a subscriber, endeavouring to enforce payment
ved refusal, by rdeans of law. The Magistrate obser-
laktL:lt,_at presready toent he coact on uld have a
cle no jurisdiction in the
°ut wasclear case of fraud
Dup. minim ARTS.
"u„-'lng the repairs lately done to the foundation of a
alarn6 '4 the road on the Isere, France, several sculptured
'Ase -:',,Yraginents with ashes, wins, and a terra-cotta
11%,.."` the time of Trojan and Severus, were discovered.
Codtat,rds of 6001. has been already subscribed by the
th;;ltee of Antiquities of the Royal Irish Academy,
lion Purchase of the late Dean of St. Patrick's colla--
poset)tf Irish antiquities, coins, and medals : they pur-
4141e,c,),,dPosit them in their museum, and open them to
-'s and the Public.
ip, COURT—FASHIONABLE.
•pillke of St. Alban's has let his spacious mansion
Lord-" 1 tp Sir James Flower.
tarn
-11 r
„," Lady John Russell do not intend leaving
ing the holidays.
%),,d raisCISIMILNEOUS. •
'282. -4Y ,s the anniversary of the Sicilian Vespers, in
neq,At the hour of vespers the inhabitants of Palermo
°4ret(' itlrrns and fell upon their French oppressors, who
!I:111,41i Ulas• 'sacred. In- April the town of Messina fol-
. 41..Tarf13u,iieerxaalrnoPflet.he Earl of Munster took place in
e Liu yepampton, yesterday. This fabric, built in
°ally 1 of Richard 11., originally consisted of
all 3.tle aisle, but from time to time, it was enlarged,
4t Shristopher Wren designed and added a tower.
tese,- became dilapidated, and the first stone of the
41R-it
edifice was laid in April 1830, by the late
ttla'v' then. Duke of Clarence. The interior contains
f Yrao numental brasses, and the arms of the Munster

rt„ r,
k-movt TRADE.—At a meeting of the glove
-rtitl';"4 in Aldermanburyyesterday, to resist Sir R.
gloves T!'easure for the reduction of the duty on French
the tract was stated that immense mischief had fallen on
e4l'
;1 Since the similar reduction in 1825. In that.
ier° were in Worcester 125 manufacturers, by
(nildte`,6oo men were employed, and 25,000 women and
4,lWe -nth' ‘lho manufactured annually 625,000 dozen of
)o,;'-`e wages for which amounted to 250,0001. In
ho L. Year there were only thirty manufacturers,
4.;
1c who ?t make 100 dozen pair.pf gloves a week each,
instead of paying 250,000/. a-year pay, allow-
thkt luantity. through the year, only 62,4001.
ttkml,l•l" rnarni.--A gentleman who was impor-
Part,
e' a. sturdy beggar, answered him—" My good
rellCl4:4 nearly as poor as yourself, with only the -
that M
what I have I work for."