The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-12 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.
In a letter Constantinople of the 21st ult., it
is stated that there is every probability of peace being
preserved between Turkey and Persia. The Persiaa
army, which was intended for the invasion of Turkeys
has not advanced beyond the frontier, and commercial-
relations have been renewed.
The marriage of the Princesslary of Prussia
the Prince Royal of Bavaria was ceichrated at Berlin.
isith
on the sth inst. The Royal couple left shortly.after-
wards for Munich, where they were to be married on
the 12th, according to the rites of the Catholi
Church, in the chapel of All Saints. ss at
The King and Queen of Prussia have arrive.-
Berlin from their journey to Neufchatel. dors
The Russian, English, and Prussian Arabassa 0
are expected to meet at Vienna, by the time ?rill
Metternich arrives there. The affairs of Servisw
then be the immediate subject of diplomatic confer* A
ences. • Aall4
•
General Bertrand has just presented to M. ; ,„.
the Mayor of Boulogne, a silver-gilt cup uses' la,
11,1
Napoleon,_ and a stone from his tomb at St. gel
for the Museum of the town.
The Cologne Gazette has the following from
°I.;
frontiers of Turkey :—" The German journals will
speak probably of a conspiracy against King well,
As no such matter ever took place, it may be OS
to declare the real state of the case. Two Greek
,cers of engineers had charged two workmen, eT;o
ployed in the construction at the palace to kill trs,
Bavarian officers belonging to the corps Of ogle°
were
The plot having been discovered, the two officers d.
arrested, as well as the editor of a newspaper excee
ingly hostile to the Bavarians."
A fete took place at Lille on the Bth instant on th_er
occasion of the ceremony of laying the first stone t't
the monument to be erected in commemoration view
the siege of the Austrians in 1792. A grand roles,
took place afterwards, and during the day win,e less
distributed to the troops of the garrison, 10,0001°3s;e,
d bread were given to the poor, an equestrian at
tacle was represented in the Champ de Mars, en.°-
so,
two o'clock a collation was offered to the Nett
Guards. and
Mehemet Ali will pass the Ramadan at Cairo,
will not return before April.
PUBLIC OPINION. bsien'°
We take the following remarks on Mr. Co
late speech at a Manchester meeting from the
ritseone
—" Mr. Cobden has just favoured the world tbe .s
speech and two dissertations—a dissertation on in is
comparative advantages of freedom and restrictieflthe
trade, and a dissertation upon the proceedings °f
Anti-Corn Law League, the two dissertations t,clol-1;
ther making up the one speech. We do not ab
wonder that Mr. Cobden found it necessary to seSs.
rate the two subjects, for they are doubtless vet ask'
tinct ones. They are as distinct as light from ra of
ness—as the calm and dispassionate consideratl°,eis
the means of providing for the subsistence and ‘BO,O
fare of countless multitudes of our fellow-rnen,osa-
be from the turbulent proceedings of a cues•
pany of ignorant and seditious hireling tad his
We believe that Mr. Cobden means well, 1tt..3 last
tone is certainly a good deal improved since 'ls to
oration; the episodical tea-parties, and the aPPert of
middle-class agitation, and your good, quiet scilsad;
mischief-making Dissenting minister, are now 00 Fos
there is a good deal more charity towards his °hPolier
nents, the monopolists,' and some apparent
en in
that a man may sincerely and honestly be mistnii, ws is
thinking that a high-pressure system of Corti-
really for the general good ;—we are therefore an oti-
to separate Mr. Cobden from the rest of the nid the
tude—to distinguish him from the Aclands an, the
Smiths, and the other worthies who go sh°1•1" the
country for hire, persuading people—to Wh°,l3l„
conviction which' is to result from such persuasl°-tha ca t
possibly do no good, and may do much harnr—he
they are not so well governed as they ought teSo
and that that misgovernment (which, whereis. /5
consisted they would be puzzled specifically t° !I/4' of
solely prompted by a designing and selfish sr
avarice and lust of power." , ,ctd
The Herald says, in an article on the sultlb
the New Poor -law—" Amongst other subjects 01, the
for inter-sessional consideration by the Cabinet is,
New Poor-law, and Sir James Graham frwilt, fear
when the Legislature consented to prolong jot
rd
of
years longer the existence of the Central Bsuch
'Commissioners located at Somerset House, tutibier.
consideration should be most favourable to the "o
Lions of detail which had been urged against tl!oll
r
sting of
provisions of that law. The present tic, see-
this question is then this—the Commission is t° t tini;
inued for other three years, in order to bring o'l-lief °I
formity of system in the administration of the in its
the poor ; but, this accomplished, that Board 041`;'„i the
present shape, at least, be abolished, and that nevi
ineintime every eftbrt shall be made to adaPtf t"-f
the
iaw to the condition of society and the wa,rjAa's theo
• 'Wed approval of the Legislature,--as, notwithsthseretm
poor. As this proposed course has Met "" ocliag-
aiany serious objections that have been urged, tes the
it is plausible and reasonable in itself--an" eh east
•atis actory settlement of this question ls ot. %oil-051'j
importance, we are quite content to let hYsracesby
iygones, to forget the excitement and the has
sio;
tion of the past, and to join with earnestness andh shall
cerity in this attempt to produce a law '''',.Tiocat an-
liclequately ma'ntain the poor and needy w'tbe rate'
nece sarily drawing from the pockets of bforroiti
payers, and which shall produce as much urn oryins
of administration as is consistent with the Y
circumstances of localities." p clings of
The Chroniclesays:—" Although the sop esei ton-
the late Congress at Stutgard have nut fu Ythat it
spired, yet upon this point there is no clutibt".s, the
has been resolved by the Zoll-verein to rar'aetoses
duties on Mousselins de lain, and other rnan°l7/. 10s.
of wool mixed with cotton, from '4l. 10s• t°4.! it
per cwt., being in the proportion of 40 per ee".v bloc,
is impossible to view with indifference this nevi
struck at one of the most important of our 'l'4s are
tilling interests, at a time when those intec; coo
suffering so severely from the effects of t,ner
monopoly—when the profit of the Ws' wages
been reduce 1 to little -or nothing, and the
to pro'
of the workman will barely suffice, aisrreil
cure him the necessaries of life—when tuesicates
deficiency in the Excise revenue ic``,he prclti
frightful degree of suffering among di,pose
ductive classes of the people. 'We are little , oro-,
to reproach the Prussian Government with tapt'ittli of
grass which Germany is making in the 0%14 °t•
commercial restriction. The fact is that theli,hes,,De
Prussia is quasi liberal, as compared with thew not 1•'"
the minor States of the League. Still, it Teroatif
disguised, that public opinion throughout rather
sets strongly in the direction of an increase,
of the
than a diminution of the protective dutie.s
Union. German 'has become a manufacturingbot to
try, not merely for home consuroptiee,cPhe
a considerable extent for exportation. 0000
pretty well excluded from her markets our, and
and woollen stuffs, the coarser fabrics altogether
steadi'
,he pursues her restrictive course with solo the
(mess of purpose worthy of better designs' when tba
man doubt that the time is approaching ape sni,
Zoll-verein will raise the duties on cotton, Y not, it 't
twist ? The German spinning factories are aod, he
true, yet able to supply the national slein. us pr!a,"
,when a nation has once adopted the mischie‘o,o wisco
siples of protection, who shall limit the point ,0d de;
hose principles will be pushed ? We admit,
and th
lore, the erroneous course which Pru'si°•ffis cetvt
Confederated States are following ; their taxi ie. .00
trary to the best interests of the German Peffre is no
we warn the British manufacturer that tue of t-
hope for him. The late partial raodificatioll,oo, on,
British tariff has led to no reciprocal coneess;he
the part of the Zoll-verein. On the contrail' Otis I
fruits are this increased duty of 40 per cenit;entintion °
I ;nixed stuffs, which is now rousing the inwg-0
the Yorkshire and Lancashire manufacturers' re Ire
The following remarks on the Revenuei‘n perset
-he Post :—" The remarkable falling off instl ougslif,
avenue is undoubtedly a circumstance
ro command the earnest attention of the politt otter,
.1, Chancellor of the Exchequer's
•
it is an unmixed evil—a dead loss of a veil the gi
.ble character. They who are charged with feel
neral government of the country must also
,ttie pea'
view of the forill'a-
I his evidence of the deteriorated condition °lderation.
rle is entitled to their most serious collo. 50I'
he financial deficiency is but a small part ° io ong
:ect which brings it under review. The
ot to be suLject to such privations as the nece;;
a the Excise but too plainly indicates. It lof thei'le
le-ivy to do something to raise them outithin ?
sea condition. Is that something w must
posy( r and province of legislation and rveirost t,
If it be, measures, and bold ones, be no,
taken to remedy the existing evil. If it.otained
-
how is the existing state of society to be rnt_t° be sot
If our progress in the acquisition of wealth ople
progress from which the great mass of the.rei, otia t
lives benefit, as well as the owners of caPitt„'ter, whao
ntateinen can do nothing to mend this
" that tl'etro
-ecurity is there? Pow can we expect e
F_o;utsii,
will be peace and safety ? Here are gray_fithe fir
e considered. But the immediate cause
,moist: is
ing off in the consumption of exciseable cr,o; but thl
was probably the late strike. Very wetl rowans
cause had a cause, and if that previous carra.se of the,.
w hat security is there that the immediate c not
deficiency—namely, the general strike----°'
that
occur again ? In short, we come to thi.s,,—",,evt sor
condition of the peo'ple must receive a chni-ive,i,aoo
or
of attention from that which it has hitherto re or
th
with some more practically beneficial efres
lovers of internal peace, and the owners,, Pr
will be placed in a very critical position.