The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-03 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock.

The honours conferred on a few of the officers
',vim distinguished themselves in China and Aff-
gbanistan, as announced in the Gazette of latia.

night, will cause great disappointment through-
out the country. One is made a Baronet, and
four others are raised to the rank of Knights
Grand Crosses of the Bath, for two of the most
import achievements in modern times. Such
a niggartily mode of recognising valour almost
without example, and skill in negotiations which
have opened to English commerce the whole
coast of China, does little credit to the Govern-
ment. What were the services of Sir JOHN COL-
BORNE in Canada, or of Sir JOHN KEANE in India
and Affghanistan compared to those which have
been rendered to England by our gallant
countrymen in the East? -We have no wish to
underrate the settlement of affairs in Canada, or
the first successful march upon Caubul ; but the
merit of the former was shared by civilians,
and the General who took possession of Affghan-
istan left the army when it was placed in the
most perilous condition. Yet for these deeds
they were created Peers, with pensions, we
believe, for so many • lives; while GOUGH,
and PoLLocx, and NOTT, who had distin-
guished themselves through all the cam-
paigns and expeditions, and brought them to a
glorious couclusion, are rewarded with empty
honours, and the gallant SALE is altogether
passed over. What will the ladies of England
say to this? Has Sir It. PEEL forgotten the
boisterOuseheers which made the House of Com-
mons ring when he *alluded to . that " heroic
woman," Lady SALE?—has he forgotten the gal-
lant battle which her husband fought at Jellala-
bad, and which first revived the drooping spirits
of the troops after such awful disasters? Or
has Lord ELLENZOROUGH, with his usual disre-
gard for the female prisoners, and especially
for one distinguished above all the rest,
failed to recommend the merits of Sir ROBERT
SALE to the gracious consideration of her MA-
JESTY ? What may be the cause of this omission
we_ cannot tell, but the country will not rest sa-
tisfied till atonement is made for such marked
neglect, and ample honours are conferred on
the most determined and successful General of
the Indian army. The affair altogether is highly
discreditable to the present Government. They
have been relieved from great anxietybythe suc-
cessful operations of men appointed by their
predecessors; they are to receive five millions
sterling as a compensation for the expenses of
the war; and, in addition to that, the security of
the Cabinet has been strengthened to a vast ex-
tent; yet they reward all these achievements, so.
honourable to the country, with paltry t and
empty honours.

As we have not hesitated to censure the Whigs
frequently and severely, for not making their
appearance at public meetings, and not taking
an active part in the Anti-Corn-law agitation,
which belongs to their policy though it goes
further than they like, so we record with much
pleasure and praise, that at length one of them
has conic forward to give his support to the good
cause.

At the meeting of the League on Thursday,
Mr. COBDEN said—and it is the more necessary
to quote the passage here from the Times, as it is
not in our report—" He had been over to Hali-
fax, and there he had the pleasure of listening to
a most admirable free-trade speech—a speech
that went
,the whole hog, from Mr. C. WOOD,
lately a member of the Whig Government.".
We arc glad to see that example. Let the rest
of the Whigs not hesitate to follow it, and make
common cause with the total repealers, as the
only means of serving the country and winning
their way back to influence and office. They
have seen the principles of their policy reluc-
tantly adopted by their predecessors, who are
preparing, webelieve, to carry them further, and
step before the Whigs, and so exclude them
from the honours they really merit. The con-
duct of the Administration in respect to Canada
justifies the belief and the assertion. At the same
time the people, as Chartists, Sturgites, Corn-law
repealers, are all astir for one purpose or another.
The news of the elections in the United States
having turned out favourable to the democratic
party will give an impulse to political exertion
here. Of this the Tories are aware, and that
Tory journal which is the least favour-
able to political agitation tells the public
this morning that society cannot stand still, and
calls on the Tory aristocracy to try their hand at
mastering and heading the movement. We say
the same to the Whigs. If they now stand idle
they will be for over cast aside. Let them then fol-
low the example of Mr. CHARLES Woon,let them
boldly subscribe their money, and boldly head
the crusade which has begun in society, never to
end but with complete victory against all absurd
legislative restrictions on private and honest
industry.

The copy of the Act passed by the Canadian
Parliament for levying a duty on grain imported
from the United States, makes it perfectly clear
in what sense Lord STANLEY'S dispatch has been
understood in Canada. It says :
Whereas a certain- dispatch. addressed to the Go-
vernor of this province, by her Majesty's Secretary of
State for the Colonies, dated the 2d of March last, a
copy whereof has been laid by his Excellency's com-
mand before the Legislative Assembly of this pro-
vince, affords- the strongest ground for the confident
belief and expectation that upon the imposition of a
duty upon foreign wheat imported into this province,
her Majesty will be • graciously pleased to recommend
to Parliament the removal or reduction of the duties on
wheat and flour imported into the said United Kingdom
from Canada : be it, therefore, enacted by the Queen's
Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legis-
lative Assembly of the province of Canada, constituted
and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of
an Act passed in the Parliament of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, "An
Act to Re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower
Canada, and for the Government of Canada," that
from and after the sth day of July next, there
shall be
raised, levied, collected, and paid to her Majesty, to
and for the public uses of this province, upon all
wheat imported into this province, except from the
said United Kingdom, or any of her Majesty's pos-
sc,,ssions; and being the growth and produce thereof; a
duty of 3s. sterling money of Great Britain, for each
imperial quarter of such wheat, and so in proportion
for any greater or less quantity thereof.
Either the Ministers have really resolved to
propose the free introduction of wheat and flour
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from Canada into this country, or they have so
loosely written their dispatches, as to make the

On the one hand, then, there is to be duty in
compliance with the wish of Lord STANLEY, but
on the other there is to be a drawback; so that
betwixt Lord STANLEY and the Canadians, if he
does not deceive them, and betwixt corn legally
imported and smuggled into Canada, a pretty
fair trade in corn through that colony may take
place between England and the United States.
But if that be the object of the Ministers, they
have taken a most round-about and cu►n-
brous mode of accwnplishing it, calling into being
a new sinister interest in Canada, and creating
another obstacle to ultimatelfree-trade, which, it'
they be not deceiving the Canadians, they must
wish to accomplish.

The intelligence from Madrid is to the 24t1h,
and from Barcelona to the 29th ult. It appears •
that DURANDO, the Piedmontese officer, who had
taken the command of the National Guards in
the latter city, almost immediately afterwards
gave in his resignation, and made his escape on
board a vessel in the harbour. The following are
the latest accounts from that quarter, conveyed
by telegraph to Paris :
BAYONNE, DEC. I.—The Regent left Saragossa
on the 27th fur Barcelona. The National Militia
presented him with an address of devotion and sym-
pathy.
BARCELONA, Nov. 28.—The new Junta was to be
composed of the members of the Consultative Junta.
Van Haien granted a fresh delay on the 28th for
• the bombardment. The Madrid courier is intercepted;
that from France is open.
BARCELONA, Nov-. 29.—The Captain-General no
longer threatens Barcelona with a bombardment.
Salvos froin the fort of Montjuich announce the ar-
rival of the Regent at head-quarters.
The new Junta named last night is composed of
the Bishop, and of the most influential and wealthy
manufacturers and proprietors ; it is supported by the
majority of the militia. Several members of the old
Junta have taken refuge on board French ships of war.
- Madrid Bourse, on the 24th—Five per Cents., for
cash, 26.

Most of the Paris papers publish the procla-
mation of Lord ELLENBOROUGH for the evacua-
tion of Affghanistan. The National and the
Presse make brief comments on the result of an
expedition which has cost so, much, and termi-
nates without effecting its object; and, as might
be expected, press rather hard upon his Lord-
ship. " Never was a disgraceful flight," says
the National," worse justified than in this pro-
clamation. The Governor naively avows his
fear lest his armies should be cut off and de-
stroyed by the Affghans."
The Court organ, the Presse, is still more se-
vere. "It is amusing," says that journal, "to
observe how the Governor-General conceals the
moral signification of his retreat. He abandons
the Affghans to their anarchy ! He quitS their
country in order to punish them. With such
nonsensical rhodomontade does he seek to dis-
guise the necessity, under which England finds
herself, of abandoning all influence over Central
Asia. As to fear from Russia, which was the
cause of the expedition, Lord ELLENBOROUGH
cavalierly declares there is none. And his Lord-
ship manifests his delight that England has failed
in her aims. Lord ELLENBOROUGH is a Governor
full of philosophy."
The same journal, which has all along taken a
just and dispassionate view of the. Barcelona
affair, thus intimates to Queen CHRISTINA and
her friends at Paris, that ESPARTERO is too
strong, for them. After adverting to the various
attempts made to disturb the peace of Spain, it
adds :—" And this takes place in a country where
a civil war raged for seven years, and where it is
not all extinguished—where opposition parties
exert themselves openly to sow discord and re-
Volt—where the Press effectively labours to do
the same thing, and where the Ministry has by
no means the confidence of the Chamber.
Amidst all these elements of change and dis-
order, in a country where change and disorder
had but to show themselves on one point, in
order to spread instantly over the whole land,
we see a popular victory, like that of the Barce-
lonese, die away, and produce no result. How
can this be explained otherwise, except by ad-
mitting that the REGENT is the real and popular
personification of the revolution of September ?"
In adverting to the insurrection, the Corre-
spondent of a Morning Contemporary asserts, on
the best authority, that the atrocious attempt
to excite civil war in Spain was organised at a
great expense by Queen CHRISTINA and her ad-
herents; and it would appear, also, that the
officers of the French Government, on the
Spanish frontier, were deeply interested in the
affair, and transmitted telegraphic dispatches to
Paris totally devoid of foundation. There had
been no movement at Reuss nor Olot, though
flaming accounts of risings in both places had
been sent to Paris. This shows the feelings of
Louis PHILIPPE to wards ESPARTERO'S G overn-,
tnent; but will such a line of conduct favour the
plans of the Sovereign, make the REGENT less
popular, or raise the character of the French in
Spain?
BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 119 5... 119 25... 119 5... 119 20
4% per Cents 106 50... 106 A 0... 106 50... 106 50
Four per Cents 101 50... 101 50 .. 101 50... 101 50
3 per Cents 89 45... 80 50... 80 40... 80 50
Rank of France 3315 —.3315 ...3315 .. 3215

Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1055 ..1055 —.1055 ...1055
5,000 f 5080 —.5080 ...5080 ..5089
Belgian Five?, 1840 1044 ... 1044 ... 1044 ... 1044
Spanish Active. . 234 ... 23i ... 234 ... 234
Passive 34 ... 4 ... 34 ... 4
Portuguese Fives 32 ... 32 ... 32 ... 32
Neapolitan
Roman, lOO ... 104% 104% ... 1044
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain 825 ... 825 ... 825 ... 825

Versailles, L.B B6 25... 86 25... 86 25... 86 25
Rouen

Orleans. 6OO ... 600 ... 597 50... 600
Strasburg, to Bale 2Ol 50... 202 50... 201 25... 202 50

MADAME CELESTE.—That'popular favourite, Ma-
dame Celeste, has returned. to her engagements in
this country, after an unprecedentedly successful trip
to America, whither she went to secure the fortune
coming to her by the death of her husband, which
point she achieved to her entire satisfaction. The
Boston, Times states,' "On the farewell night of
Madame Celeste, the overflow was so great that there
was quite a row. In fact it was a regular jam. The
tickets during her engagement were sold by public
auction, and as much as three dollars paid for a single
box-ticket. 'The net premium realised for her last
two nights; for 'the choke of boxcs only, amounted
to live hundred and forty dollars." She appears at
the Haymarket Theatre on Wednesday next, in her
favourite character of Suzanne, in conjunction with
Madame Vestris, Mrs. Glover, Charles Matthews,
and Farren.

BERLIN, Nov. 16.—A1l the Provincial Assemblies
will be convoked in March, and the Minister Von
Bodelschwingh has intimated to the Committees the
probability that they may hope to meet soon again in
Berlin, to which, as we hear, one of the Deputies of
East Prussia replied by drawing the Ministers atten-
tion to the too great restrictions, and the regulation of
their proeeedings, and. expressed a wish that many
parts might be canged, a remark which was received
Ivith general acclamation by the other Deputies.
Leeds is to have a splendid gathering at the Music
Hall on Tuesday next, when Mr. Cobden, M.P., Dr.
Bowring, M.P., Mr. Busfield, M.P., and Colonel
Peyronnet Thompson, as well as our own Member,
Mr. Aldam, are to be among the speakers. At Brad-.
ford a similar meeting is to be held on Thursday
next, at which Mr. Bright and Mr. Moore, the bar-
rister, will attend ; and at Holmfirth there will be a 1
very large assemblage on the same evening.—Leeds
Mercury of today. 1