The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-08 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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19ubitt eptuton.

" Who runs may read.'

FOREIGN.
It is confidently stated at Paris that the Rouen and
Paris railroad will be opened next spring. The pre-
valence of the most dense fog that had visited that
city since the winter of 1829 still prevented all com-
munication by telegraph, and the arrivals by post
from Spain had not on Monday brought news of
later dates than that received by telegraph on Friday.
A supplement of the Madrid Official Gazette of
the 28th, contains the Decree of the Regent for the
blockade of the port of Barcelona. •
Private accounts from Alexandria of the 22d ult.
state that the object of Artin Bey's visit to Paris was
to raise a loan for the Pacha of Egypt. Several cases
of plague had occurred in ;Lower Egypt. The mor-
tality amongst the oxen still continued.
The Semaphore of Marseilles announces the 111'
rival there of the Amsterdam steam-boat from Bar-
celona, which city she left on the 30th, when the total
destruction of the British line-of-battle ship Formid-
able appeared inevitable.
The election for twenty Deputies in Portugal to
supply the vacant seats had all terminated in fltrour
of the Government. The Chambers had, however,
been further adjourned till the 28th December, when
the extraordinary session would be closed, and 'tile
Chambers prorogued till the 2d January.
A great quantity of rich furniture and other valu-
able articles, belonging to the King of Holland, and
which were left in the Palace at Brussels, have been
lately received safely at the Hague.
The reports prevalent at Constantinople, that a col-
lision had taken place upon the frontiers of Persia be-
tween the Sultan's troops and those of the Shah were
totally unfounded.
The Journal de Frankfort states that the Austrian
Government has just adopted a course respecting tniad
Lombardo-Venetian Railroad, which will put an
the
to any differences that may have arisen between
ill
shareholders and the Committee. Not only
cofltiP t
not offer any opposition to the CompanY's m
t
the works as long as their funds permit he, but
will complete the rest of the line as a State railroad., A
letter from Vienna of the 25th ult., published _
n
the Journal de Frankfort, states that the Imp e _
Bank of Austria had at present 60,000,000 florins T.
specie in its cellars, proceeding from the reirnburl,
ments made to that establishment by the Governne"
PUBLIC OPINION. • le
We quote the following from the Chrovit„; e
" Suppose the merchants, manufacturers, &e., w"- are
subscribing their fifties and hundreds tc the League
Fund were to accompany the contribution with a de-
claration to the effect that they subscribed simplY °
of regard for an abstract principle ; that they hael,ll.
conception of any advantage to the various sPecluad
tions in which they are embarked from the repeal a
the Corn-laws; that the change would neither extend
their operations, enhance their profits, nor benefit their.
in any way Whatever to the amount of one single snail
ling : we should like to know how the Tory J° at
would treat such a declaration ? We imagine t
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their columns would shake with laughter at the trap
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parent insincerity or egregious folly of such a declare=
tion. Nor would they fail to show, and with sunutleis
logic than they are accustomed to employ, that " f.
pretence implied a complete condemnation of the e.st
forts and objects of the League. For if the capital
lo
(they would argue, and justly) reap no benefit from
Corn-law repeal, then who will ? Not the cultivator, 1.
his customers will remain as impoverished as theyare.!!
present. Not the workpeople, for there will be n°1145.
crease of employment, nor the chance of better wage
Not the nation at large,for therewill be neither motive n°r
means to use the liberty of purchasing foreign corllts
without any of that extension of trade which wiggle°
its wealth. What an aimless and mad crusade, then,
it would be inferred, is this Anti-Corn-law aglitaitai:
And what a strange exception from the common
of human action is the conduct of those persons wi°
ll
are giving away their 50,000/. to benefit neither themi;
selves .
lnor conceivedan y
with what of th eilt:atgihe sand s,
fellow-creatures!eer It may,
well r
sarcasm and thundering denunciation, the Tints
would greet language of this sort from the LeNs
Fund subscribers. Well, then, the reverie 01 bii,
takes place. A Liverpool merchant, at a Pu to.
meeting, puts down his 1001., and avows his Wee in
tion that, should the fund accomplish its work, he:re..
be a large gainer by his present liberality. The, reb-
motion of the objects of the League is an effort ~‘.O.
tain justice. It is also a work of the noblest am': ;.;
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directly the opposite ground."
The Tim :—" •
Times. says With feelings of &._unr-",„-f that
pain we have witnessed the re_appearanru
iid
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epharht less)—thatparticular
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outraganenoetw the speakers"' id cletri-4-e;
frightful system (for shocking as it i-s" to acknowle
liat n d is,
rary, and which, as we firml ybelieve,
eennitlyo
can totally
suppress, and no legislation effectually
for it
arm. No executive vigilance can suppress
tion;
has its life and being, not in any spirit Of disalfit'ec
not in •
to political order, but in the disorder and confusion
hofumaansplhaewre; oafndduntiueslebgeiysloantidunthueancotaorusueh
detheofsomuuthrdoefr Pre.:
is independent of mistaken or defective laws it feintre
dependent of religious difference, and much In°
is it independent o mere party politics. That las
misgovernment may have aggravated the evil, is
of course admitted, but this has not been the Pareot
of the mischief. The evil has arisen—we I° nto
say that the removal of the cause will now sumeebut
remedy the fearful disorder that has resulted"—hieb
the evil has arisen in the general system upon w
the occupation of land has been based and condurrd, ,
and in the treatment of the occupier by tine lan•Adt°bat
The state of the country has been such: control trolo
d the
let it be admitted, owing to circumstance:3 bern; the
control of individual landlords or tenants,---bn;ieen
state of the country, from whatever cause, has
such, that a breach on the part of the I:iudlord ofbie,
duties towards his tenantry—of the se equity be
charitable, and unwritten duties which are not to
lid
found in the letter of his contract, but 'oeyund it' Las
which are not therefore the less binding, or the '-
VP
dangerous in the neglect;—the state of the ountieg
we say, has been such, that the breach of those an
o"00
could not fail to be attended with tb.e most digit or
consequences to the tenant ; and -s,•,et that brese,ed,
rather that total neglect, has, it c.a nnot be dis Pus
been rather the rule than the exception."
MONEY—TRADE—CO/ altdiNatC3C. -r
At a meeting of the proprietor.', of the Grand di
and
tion Canal Company, held on TueF ,day at the CroWn
Anchor Tavern, the report stated that the net tonuaL,
for the half year ending June -Nys re 10,276/. less
.t. 11:
in the preceding six month falling off attnntry.
able to the general depression of trade in the coga .
A dividend of 31. 10s. was, declared for the half Year
ECczw
Bishoparrived of Barbadoes,
at his distant diocese on the Bth ult.
The Hon. James Stuart Wortley
ELEr.:TIONEE/NG. • with'
out opposition on Thursday hr3t, as a represe„r4tram
for Buteshire, in. the room of the late Sir ivi
Rae, Lord Advocate of Scotland.
Naval. AND rtErx.rrihrr• stußed
Further enlistments for the navy have been
by order. Sunday'
was elected
n consequence of Christmas falling un nn the
given
the, customary dockyard lraliday will be
following day.
SPORTING. f
The "lawn-meeting' at Badminton, on i‘-°
_A a
held by his Gra.ce the Duke of Beaufort, forine"_..,
most brilliant field : in addition to nererly
riages, there were more than 1,000 equestriax7,..
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess _°l
Cambridge, with the Princess Augusta and the Grano,
Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, were present, and
sumptuous breakfast was giveu in the great hall.
CO.B.
Tne Duke and Due!ÜBT—r
aessil of Cambridge,S
the Prti;
cesses Augusta a.nd Mary of Cambridge, and
Hereditary Gr
and Duke of Mecklenburg-
have arrived at Strathfieldsaye, Hants, on: a visit to
the Duke oc, Wellington. at
Strelitri
"Islarquis of Camden is passing the 'winter
t'o. Wilderness, Kent.
in Ireland.
Cavendish-square, from Besborough,
leaves laymoutn
Viscount Duncannon and family have arrived 10
The Marquis of Breadalbane
Castle on Saturday next for Edinburgh.
The Marquis of Exeter has returned to Grosve-
nor-square.
The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and the Ladies
Paget, are passing the season at Tewi n Waters, Hert-
fordshire.
The Earl of Haddington has left, town on
.
Lord Wharncliffe, at Wortley Hal I, Yorkshire.
Viscount Northland, M.P., arr ived
nTuesday
in
a visit to
Pall-mall, from Dungannon Park, Ireland.
The Duke of Norfolk has arrived on Hyde Park-
terrace, from Surrey.
Lord G. Paget has left town for Deane Park.
.IV/XSCEMX.ANE DUB. •
Meyerbeer's brother, of
few days since in the streets
died from apoplexy a
Berlin. Dlike
to whom he was much attached,.
Lord Edward Clinton, son of h'ls Grace the
the
burled at
China, in June last : his remains. were
of Newcastle, died of fever on his outward passage
• •
The emigration from the port of I3elfasti during the
three but years; has consisted of 18:940.
entrance of the Gulf of Siam.