The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-28 00:00:00

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LONDON!
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1842.

It was elicited last night from Sir ROBERT PEEL, by
Mr. liumE, that a sum of money had been sent, or as
fir R. PEEL expressed it, some temporary advances
have been made, by the GOVeruinent' to Paisley, to re-
lieve ihe urgent distress of the people. Before the Go-
vernment took such an extcaordinary step, the misery
must have been.extcetue. We do not blame it for re-
lieving a little of the distress which it causes, but that
it is obliged to take on itself—havingno funds of its own,

and being obliged to le'vy taxes for every farthing

expends— the responsibility of providing for a consider
able number of the people, is a str;king proof of the
errors of its system. The whole purport and 'object of
Gtivernment is changed by acting on the principle of mo-
nopoly, and what is falsely called protection. Instead of
the whole people equally eont_.lbuting to the support of
• the Government for the common good, the Government
is obliged to support some ,of the people. This
is the consequence of ac:ing on a false and erroneous
theory. As the Government will take from the Paisley
weavers to give to the landlords, it is now obliged to
take f.-om the landlords, or some other class, to
give to the Paisley weavers. It is thus made plain that
• Sir R. PZEL'S plan of protecting one interest and another
interest by high duties, con, wally involves, to a cer-
tain extent, a rt.-3ishibution by the Government of the
property of the people. It is falsely called ConservaLve
—it. is truly revolutionary,

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Mr. IfumE, we are glad to r2e, has given notice that
he will on Monday bring the matter under the considera-
tion of the house. We teust that those Members who
have a sincere and thorough conviction of the justice and
pulky of the principles of free tradeovi!l take the op-
portunity of proving to Sir IL PEEethat the people do
nut need his spurious charity, if he would give them
justice. They must prove to him, also, that he is seek-
ing by his dishonest course and begging-letters the
surest means to degrade and pauperise the people, by
accustoming them to look for support to eleemosynary aid
instead of their own exertions.

When Sir , ROBERT PEEL refers, in the same
breath, to Hamburgh, and the distress of our people,
soliciting charity for both, lie overlooks the dis-
tinction between the two cases. The tiro at Ham-
burgh is an awful visitation,• which may not occur
again in a thousand years ; the distress of
.c
our
discuss
people
ilhal
is almost a periodical visitation—a
and while subscriptions to rebuild Hambuq, h i
will
have b. -
a‘
nu tendency to re-kindle fires; or make more on lt
r
Units necessary, subscriptions to relieve distress
tendency to augment demands on charity, and require
larger and larger contributions. This distinction must
be pressed on 11. FEEL and the House of Commons
on Monday, and through them on the country.
Charity cannot be too much admired when she biucls
up wounds and heals the broken-her-fed, When she
follie.vs in theArain of just'ee, she is most lovely. ;
but bilUdMtun soft and gentle, too yielding ancllind, not
to inflict much injury tvlien she dispossesses Justice and
takes her pact. Tile assertion of the free-traders is.
that the protective system is inflicting injury on the com-
munity ; they point to Stockport and Paisley, and to the
general distress, as the proofs of their assertion; and Sir
RoBEItT PEEL is about, by the employment of charity, to
suborn this evidence, and to remove the proofs of his
own wrong. Justice would extinguish them. Charity
can only hide them for a moment to swell forth a short
time hence more alarming than at present.
Charity can
Mate no new funds, no new wealth,• no additional em-
5110 will mocely Ore of her superfluity, Let

Sir R. PEEL do justice to the people, and fresh employ-
ment will arise, new wealth will be created, and funds be
provided for a continual increase of the means of sub-
sistence. His plan of giving the public money to relieve
distress is bribing the people with their own property to
submit to injustice.

From ten o'clock till two the House of Commons was
occupied with the bribery practised at Bridport, and,
we are happy to say, that the leading men of both
parties agreed that it ought to be inquired into. There
was some little difference as to the nature of the object
for which the inquiry should be instituted, though
it was generally admitted that it should be
to lay the foundation for legislative measures ;
and it was not . finally settled whether the
inquiry should be referred to Mr. ROEBUCK'S Com-
mittee or not!; but the bulk cf the House agreed that
the matter was so flagrant, that it could not be passed
over. The persons who called out No to the motion, and
who differed from their leaders, were Sir RonEirr
4,INGLIS, Mr. G. BANKES, and Sir C. BURRELL, the re-
presentatives of the extreme Toryism and Churchism of
the House. Those, then, are the sections of the commu-
nity which profit by bribery, and which, consequently,
wish to encourage it in other parties AV:tO are becoming
ashamed of it, and are constrained to give it up.
A more complete exposure of the system than Bridport
supplies, it is impossible to conceive. First, the late
Member, Mr. WARBURTON, by his petition, establishes
both bribery and compromise ; and next, the two Sitting
Members, in almost every sentence they uttered, showed
that they had been guilty of bribery, and were conscious
that the borough deserved to be disfranchised.
Sir TROMAS WILDE'S defence of his friend Mr. 'WAR-
' BURTON, and his exposure of the two sitting Members'
were complete; and nothing, we apprehend, but that cal-
lousness which comes from long usage, could enable either
of them to retain, for one moment, a seat which has been
obviously obtained by corrupt and illegal practices. But
they only share what has hitherto been the general opi-
nion and general feeling of the House, which was riotous
with rapture whenever a confession of bribery was
blurted out, though it ought to have filled them with
shame and indignation. The public will not share the
mirth of the House of Commons, and will read with
indignation the exposure of the manner in which the
representation is made a matter of barter and compro-
mise, though it excited only the merriment of Honour-
able Members.

Sir ROBERT PEEL, either for the reason we assigned
yesterday, or some other as little creditable, opposed the
appointment of a Committee to inquire into the bribery
at Ipswich, of which a Committee of the House of Com-
mons, sworn to do justice, has reported that it is guilty
of bribery ; and he supported the appointment of a
Committee to inquire into bribery at Nottingham,
which is only suspected, or rumoured to have been
guilty of that offence. In the case of the convicted
borough, the House of Commons orders the writ to issue
—in the case of the suspected borough, that said House
withholds it. To us this seems a very strong case of
inconsistency in the House of Commons, and in Sir It.
PEEL.

The real case is still stronger. Whatever the ru-
mours may be, and whatever may be the evidence of
notoriety, on neither of which can the House of
Commons and Sir ROBERT PEEL act with any
show of dignity, the charge against Nottingham
does not concern the constituency at all ; it concerns
the late Member and the late candidate. The
charge is, that those gentlemen, or their agents by and
for them, entered into a corrupt compromise, part of
which is the giving a bond for a sum of money, in order
to secure the seat for Nottingham for the former candi-
date. Now, that charge in no way implicates the con-
stituency of Nottingham. It is a piece of corruption
confined exclusively to the late sitting Member, the late
candidate, and their agimits. The Nottingham Election
Committee has reported nothing whatever against the elec-
tors of Nottingham. The House of Commons, however—
the just House of Commons—and thejust Prime Minister.
who is so tenacious of the rights of the constituencies
that he would, on no account, withhold the writ from
convicted Ipswich, will not allow the writ to issue for
Nottingham. On their own principle they punish the
electors of Nottingham for the rumoured offence of
Messrs. WALTER and LARPENT. Such is the con-
sistency and justice of the House of Commons, led by
Sir li. PEEL.

We are glad to find that the Licensed Victuallers
throughout the country have shown a becoming spirit
in opposition to the scheme of Mr. PAKINGTON for ex-
tending the blessings of the New Police Act to them,
and the inhabitants in general. A numerous deputa-
tion has been commissioned by the body to come to
London for the purpose of, pointing out to the Govern-
ment the hardships and loss of property which such an
enactment would inflict on a class subjected already to
more heavy burdens, and more stringent, or,-rather,
despotical regulations, than any other portion of the
community. An application to Sir J. GamtAst on the
subject we fear would be of little use, for without
exercising his own judgment, he follows the advice of
the Police Commissioners, who are bent on main tainin;
the military character of the new police in London, and
would, no doubt, delight to see it established in every
part of the kingdom. They should at once address
themselves to Sir R. PEEL. Let them state their case
fairly, so as to point out the injury they would sustain
by the proposed measure, and their remonstrances will
receive due attention. He has no interest in harassing
a body of. tradesmen whom no Government can
afford to treat with contempt ; and it cannot
be his policy to imitate the example of the
late Government who did themselves immense injury
by not checking, but, on the contrary, countenanc-
ing a set of meddling. hypocritical legislators, whose
only delight seemed to consist in annoying their neigh-
bours and interfering with the amusements and esta-
blished habits of the people. Mr. PAKINGTON, who has
this project in view, is Chairman of the Worcestershire
Quarter Sessions, and, not satisfied with the vast power
over publicans given by law to the Justices, is deter-
mined to have them still more at his mercy. He can
have no other object in view. If people get drunk and
create a disturbance, the Justices can inflict a tine. If
landlords encourage such practices, the Justices can
take away their licences. The law as it exists is
sufficiently strong, and the result of his scheme
would only be to confer on the police more power,
to encourage informations, to make the Government
hated, and to annoy the public, and more espe-
cially travellers, by depriving them of the usual
means of obtaining shelter and refreshment. It is of no
use to say an exception is to be made in their favour,
for landlords would have such difficulty in ascertain-
ing who really were travellers, and would be subject
to such annoyance by informations., that they would be
driven to the necessity of shutting up their houses al-
together during the proscribed hours. We confidently
trust, therefore, that the publicans, not only throughout
the country, but in the metropolis, will unite, and resist
to the last such, a wanton interference with their
property and their rights as citizens. If they
only act in concert, and resolve to reject all candidates
at elections who will not pledge themselves to protect
their interest against such meddlers as Mr. PAKINGTON,
Mr. PLUMPTRE, and Sir ANDREW AGNEW, they may
rest assured there will be no occasion for a second
deputation to London.

The Duke of WELLINGTON stated, in the House of
Lords on Thursday night, that he had never treated the
distress of the country with levity. We never heard the
illustrious Duke's definition of levity, and therefore do
not understand exactly what meaning he attaches to the
word. Was it treating the distress of the country with
levity to assure the House of Lords that England was
the only country in the world in which a poor man could
live comfortably, provided he were industrious, and that

if wretchedness prevailed, the people would find the
cause in their own laziness and vice ? Was this the
way in which it became a great statesman to speak of the
working classes of this country, thousands of whom are
perishing, not because they will not work, but because

they cannot find employment. There is a painful
hardihood about many of the Duke's remarks, whenever
he has occasion to treat of the distresses of the poor. He
has not only no sympathy, but he seems to have an utter
contempt for them. This feeling is so strong as to blind
him to the observation of the most obvious facts. It is
nut the unwillingness of the people to work that causes
the distress in Spitaltields, in Paisley, and in Burnley.
They are idle and starving, because such statesmen as
the Duke of WELLINGTON make laws which, by keeping
up the price of food, render our manufacturers unable
to compete with foreigners in the great markets of the
world. More suffering has been inflicted upon the
people of this country by legislation than by all the other
causes of human misery put together. The very vices of
the people have been trebled by the operation of a
vicious and brutalizing system of Government. -
We do not, however, mean to imply that the Duke of
WELLINGTON has a greater contempt for the industrious
classes than the majority of the Members of the House
of Lords. The great bulk of his auditors think exactly
as he does, but, not possessing his Grace's frankness, they
take care to say nothing about the matter. They
parade a little maudlin sympathy now and then to save
t
appearances, but, in reality, they care less for the people
than they do about their dogs and borses,

The Rindrid journals received. are of the 18th inst.
They state that -Barcelona; was -in -a vivy disturbed con-
dition. In fact, a riaing in that quarto

rily expected to take place. The Carlists are again
endeavouring to kindle the flames of a civil war in the
north of Spain. The conduct of the Northern Powers
in not recognizing the young QUEEN, and so indirectly
sanctioning these appeals of public plunderers to arms,
is at once disgraceful and inhuman.

On the Madrid Bourse, on the 18th, three bargains
were concluded in the Three per Cents., at 214 for cash,
and 22k at 60 days, for 3,000,000 reals. The transac-
tions in the Five per Cents., 46 in number, amounted to
26,000,000 reals, and were done at 268 for cash, 261 at
60 days, and with premium, 271 at ,10 days, and 27
at 35.

The French journals are still without any political
news of -interest. The Committee of the Chamber of
Peers on the Railway Bill has voted for the adoption of
that measure, as passed by the Chamber of Deputies.
It is expected that the Parliamentary session of the
French Chambers will close about the middle of July.
The French Government has fixed the import duty on
linen and linen thread at 12 per cent. The following re-
marks upon this augmentation of the duty is from the
Conunerce:—

We take note of the promise of M. Cunin-Gridaine to aug-
ment the duty on English linen threads and linen cloths. We
are partisans neither of monopolies nor of prohibitions ; our
principle is, liberty of commerce; but we do not urge it to
either despotism or dupery. The English, who seek to seize
on all the markets of the world, are exceedingly anxious for
commercial liberty in other nations, but they grant it to no
person in return. We know what we have to expect for our
wines, our silks; and other manufactured objects. The
protective duties in England amount nearly to prolobi-
tions It is in this state of things that we lay a duty of 10' per
cent. on English threads imported into France, to the detri-
ment of our spinning-manufacturers. We keep up in a cer-
tain measure a whole branch of British industry, and how does
England requite us ? In the face of a 10 per cent. duty on
English threads in France, they put on 60 per cent. on similar
articles of our manufacture. Before 1788, France furnished
the English with a great part of their linen cloths, alterwards
the English excluded us from their markets, by establishing the
protecting duty alluded to ; at a still later period spinning-
machines were invented, and England seized on them first.
She formed immense establishments, against which the French
manufacturer cannot contend, even if nothing else be considered
than the first outlay in forming establishments, which have
been long since incurred by England. It is in this state of
things that England maintains a duty of 60 per cent., whilst
ours is only 10 per cent. Certainly, we shall be exceedingly
moderate in establishing on English threads a duty equal to the
British tariff, and we trust that, conformably to those ideas, the
ordonnance of M. Cunin-Gridaine will raise eur duty at least
to 30 per cent. on the value. There is, undoubtedly, no man of
sense who can propose to us to coolly sacrifice our linen-manu-
facture, the natural production.of our soil, to the wealth and en-
croachments of our rivals at the other side of the channel.

A magnificent ball was on Tuesday night given by their Ex-
cellencies the British Ambassador and Lady Cowley, in honour
of the birth-day of her Majesty the Queen of England, to
which all the leading English residents of Paris, and the most
distinguished foreigners were invited—the company compris-
ing Russian, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, and, in fact, the re-
presentatives of the highest nobility of all the Courts of Eu-
rope. Marshal Soult, M. Guizot, and the other Ministers,
the members of the various corps diplomatiques, and most of
the gentlemen present were in their national uniforms, which
gave a brilliant variety to the scene. The dresses of the ladies
were of the most rich and elegant description, displaying a
great profusion of diamonds and jewellery, among which some
of those worn by Spanish ladies were of surpassing cost
and brilliancy, the effect of which was heightened by thou-
sands of wax lights, with which the extensive suite of rooms
were lighted up. The most striking—almost magical coup
(Neil, however, was the gallery which runs round the
rooms, and which was on this occasion fitted up with
commodious divans for the convenience of the dancers
wishing to repose themselves, and filled with plants and flowers.
From this gallery the effect produced by the garden, which was
seen beautifully illuminated with variegated and Chinese
lamps, was perfectly enchanting. At the further end of the
lawn was raised a triumphal arch, hung with an immense
variety of coloured lamps, and bearing in the centre a crown
and her Majesty's initials V. R., with the Royal arms of Eng-
land. The supper, which was alike remarkable for its pro.
fusion and elegance, was served at two o'clock in the state
dining-saloon, which was handsomely decorated for the occa-
soin, and perfumed with orange-trees in full bloom. Dancing
was resumed after supper, and lasted till near day-break,, when
the company gradually broke up. The scale of costly munifi-
cence on which this entertainment was given may be pro-
nounced truly and specially British, and the unaffected grace of
the noble hostess, with the courteous hospitality of his Excel-
lency towards all their guests (who numbered upwards of a
thousand), which were conspicuously displayed during the en-
tire night, added largely to the gratification of all who were
present at this truly royal fete.
If we may give credit to a letter from Algiers, dated the 15th
of May, the ex-Bey Achmed has advanced towards the province
of Constantine, arid has even beaten out of Biscarrah our Schick
El Arab Ben Gannah ; but this is very improbable. The same
letter informs us that Colonel Brice, having returned among
the Kybeles of Collo, with too small a force, was obliged to re-
treat to Philipville, after losieg in a combat 14 killed, and hav-
ing 50 wounded. The numbers are probably exaggerated, for
it is stated that the retreat was made in good order.— Cott-
stitutionnel.

The following letter, published by the Tuolonnais, states a
very serious fact :—The unhappy sufferers by the ship-
wreck are not Frenchmen, but the tempest has
thrown them on a coast where France has planted
her colours ; and on this coast, which is now French,
the protection of France ought to follow them. We therefore
think that it will suffice to state the facts, in order to obtain
their deliverance.

In the course of last January an Austrian schooner, Captain
Vianello, with a crew of nine men, was shipwrecked about nine
leagues from this place, and were made prisoners by the
Kabyles, with whom they still remain. General de Rumigny
in the absence of the Governor, had sent a considerable sum
to Gigelli to have them back, but on the arrival of the Go-
vernor of Algiers, an order was issued to get the mitefie,
turned to Algiers. We thought that General Negries would
have come to Gigelli with a column to geliver those poor pri-
soners, who have so much to suffer; but it appears that they
were forgotten.— Commerce.
U R6E—Pettis, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25.

lira Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Prlick Prier.
rench 5 per rents ll9 75 ... al9 9) ... 1 9 75 ... 119 90
4per Cents. ...... .. 11r2 ... 102 ... IN ... IN
3 per vents Bl 95 .. rl DO ... 81 85 ... 81 85
'lariat of r'rance
Lallitte Bank 1,0(Nlt. Shares 1040 ...1015 .1040 ...1e45
5,0(101. Snares 50 5 —5065 . 5065 ...5005
Belgian 5 per Cents.
5 per Ceuta., 1840 1059, ... 105% ... 10 % ..„ 10554
Van tab Active 1454 ... :14% ... 24% ... :24%
Passive 4% ... 4( ... 4% ... aM.,
qeapolitan! 10: NO ... 14 80 ... 107 80 ... 107 NO
Roman
RAILWAY NHAREN.
St. Germain ' 810 ... 810

... 810

...SIC

Versatties,4l. B.
L.B l6O ... 160 ... 147 50 .., 147 50
Rouen 540 ... 540 ... 540 „, 54()
Orleans .. ...... ..........
Strasburg to Bale 233 73_... 233 75 ... 232 50 ... 232 tO
.f.EI.GIAN I.l.lNDS—BarissELs, MAY 23
Actual Debt, N per Cent.
Rotl.schild's Loan, 5 per Cent lO3
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3%,,
3per Cent.

'rhirty.seven,

—...._ —:--(1340) -----
104%
Loan of City, 1512, 4 per Cent 113).i
Socletyef Commerce, 4Y.,per Cent F6
Bank of Belgium, 5 per CenL ...........
Notional Society —
Exchange on London (stunt) -
-...Brussels Papers, May 25.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vienna, MAY 17.
fireper Cents. Metalliques
Fomr pc: Cents.
Three inr Cents.
bank shares
HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, MAY 21.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents
Bank Shares l9O 1681
Anglo-Russian Loan lOO% PM
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lo2!i
Inscription, Ist series
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series lB
Ditto in Certificates
New 4 per Cent. (1840). BS% SiN
Dutch Actual Debt, •412 per Cent. .........
Ditto 5 per Cent. -
Polish Bonds — 155
New Tickets• l7O
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 78% 7d%
Spanish, New 5 per Cents.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
...

HAMBURG'', MAY 54.-43 7%, Twe months 13 5%.
STOCKHOLM, Max 17.—Ninety days, 12 10.
BkaLIN, AY 21. - Three months, 6.22%.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Max 21.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. 104% 101%
Prussian English Bond=, 1830, 4 per cent 103,4 102 g
Exchange on London 6 23'
Prussian State Gazette, May 22

ROBBERY., OR NO ROBBERY.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The Temperance Hall at Ipswich was last week subjected to
4s. 2d. Church-rate, and the proprietor, Mr. Alexander, being
a member of the society of Friends, refused to pay. A war-
rant was consequently obtained, arid the constable and his as-
sistant entered the Hall, and for this "rate of 4s. 2d. took away
no less than sixteen forms, each fotti feet long, which cannot
be replved for less than six shillings and sixpence a form, the
rough stuff to make each being calculated at no less than 35.,
thus causing a loss to the proprietor of four pounds, nineteen
shillings and tenpence upon this distress of four shillings and
twopence !

MURDER 05' A SON BY HIS FATHER.—An in-
quest was held at North Collingham, Nottinghamshire, on the
23d of May instant, before Mr. P. R. Falkner, Coroner, over
the body of Mr. George Rawerth, who was a respectable cur-
rier, aged between 30 and 40 years. He lived with his father,
but the latter bad never spoken to him for upwards of two years.
The deceased on Sunday last ha 4 pui. his horse into a cart, and
was ready to start to Newark, when a neighbour, Mrs.
Gilbert, called and requested him to wait five minutes whilst
she fetched a basket which she wished him to take to
Newark. She was not absent more than five minutes, and,
not seeing him in the yard on her return, with the cart, went
into the house, when she found him in an inner room in a state
of great suffering, and scarcely able to speak, with blood flowing
profusely from one of his ears, at the back of which he had re-
ceived a violent blow. His father, who is a shoemaker, was
sitting in the same room at his work, quite indifferent and
unconcerned, and offered no assistance, and evinced no sympathy
for his son. The father at first denied any knowledge of the
. .

injury, but afterwards confessed he had inflicted it will a thick
bar of wood, with which the outer door of the house was fas-
tened, but alleged that his son had provoked him to it. The
jury immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder"
against the father, who was committed by the Coroner to the
county gaol, to take his trial at the next assizes.—Nottingham
Journal-.

HORRIBLE DEATH.—On Tuesday last an inquest
was held at the Snipe Tavern, Dukenfield, Cheshire, before
Mr. C. Hudson, coroner, on view of the mutilated remains of
James Ogden, aged 43 years. Deceased was an engineer at
the Victoria Colliery, Dukenfield (worked by Messrs. Swyer
ar.d Lees), and on Monday was engaged, along with several
other men, in making some alteration "in the rope which drew
this coals up the shaft of the mine.. For this purpose the
deceased was standing near the top of the shaft, holding on
by the rope, when, the rope being jerked by some unaccount-
able cause, he was thrown down the shaft of the mine and fell
to the bottom, a depth of 345 yards In descending he came
in contact•with sundry pumps and pieces of timber, and on two
persons descending to look for him, he was found quite dead,
one side of his head being cut off, both his legs and thighs, one
arm, and part of one side also cut off, his bowels dashed out,
and every bone in his body broken. A verdict of " Acciden-
tal death was returned, and no blame attached to any party."
Prince Eitcrhazy's long.tallced-of farewell visit to
this country, takes Place at the end. of the ensuing month.
- BERLIN, MAY •20.—.-The lias•heen pleased to
confer the order of the -Blitoli..Esgle on his Royal -Wetness the
Duke of SusDox. .