The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-03 00:00:00

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LONDON:
MOND 1.1/ MORNING. OCTOBER 3, 1842.

We received last night, by the Caledonia,
arrived at Liverpool, New York papers to the
17th ult. The PRESIDENT had lost his wife, and
had retired for some time from the seat of Go-
vernment. There were reports of changes in
the Cabinct, but none of them seem positive,
except the resignation of Mr. WEBSTER, WllO
will not again sit in the Cabinet. It is said Mr.
FORWARD is to resign the Treasury, and be suc-
ceeded by Mr. CUSHUNG. Mr. LOUIS M'LANE
is named as likely to succeed Mr. WEBSTER. On
the 9th this gentleman was at Boston, and had
agreed to meet his fellow-citizens, who wished
to testify their respect for him, and their satis-
faction with the treaty he had concluded with
Great Britain.

Extracts are given in the United States papers
from some of the Canada journals, which attack
Lord ASHBURTON and his treaty as vehemently
as they have been attacked at home, and ap-
parently with no more reason.
The 'United Parliament of Canada was opened
on tlt© ith, and an abstract of the Governor-
General's speech will be found in another part of
The Salt. -.The great interest of the proceedings
in the Canadian Parliament is connected with
the address and the mode in which parties may
be formed. An opinion has been hazarded that
the Governor-General will not be able to obtain
a majority without making considerable altera-
tions both in his system and in the persons of his
administration, but no light is thrown on these
interesting questions by the present arrival

The rage displayed by certain Ministerial
journals against the Duke of RUTLAND for his
sensible speech at Waltham, is extremely edify-
ing, for it shows that the parties most interested
in agricultural pursuits will not join with them
in denouncing the Tariff and the Corn-law Act.
Towards the close of the session a cry was got up
that the Tory party had been betrayed and the
agricultural interest ruined, and hopes were
confidently expressed that it would be responded
to by every farmer and landlord throughout the
kingdom. The Waltham meeting, however, has
dissipated all these expectations. The homely
phrase, " who's afraid ?" so appropriately used
by his Grace, is urged as a proof of ignorance.
This venerable Tory is treated with as little re-
spect as the lowest " clodhopper;" and even the
friendly expressions of respect and esteem which
passed between him and the American Minister
are turned into ridicule. This shows very
bad taste, and little consistency in those
parties who profess such a love for
peace, and occasionally describe in such
glowing colours the horrors of war. But rage is
a very bad counsellor, and often induces men to
speak and to write what they would be ashamed
of in their sober moments. After all, what did
his Grace say that could give offence to any hu-
man being? It amounts to this, that he had no
fear for the agricultural interest, that it was his
anxious wish that the poor should have food in
abundance, and that the farmers must bestir
themselves, in order to compete with foreigners.
These are nearly the words used by the Marquis
of TWEEDDALE, when he told the English land-
lords that the repeal of the Corn-laws was a
mere bugbear, and that with skill and energy
they might set foreigners at defiance. We beat
them in manufactures, in trade and commerce,
in tOrtning and governing colonies, and it is sin-
gdar that we should be afraid to meet them on
equal te.rms in one art, for which this country
h s'long been famous. All the restrictions
claimed by the pretended friends of the farmer
ar,e'"lY injurious as they encourage sluggishness,
cheek ithprovetnents, and make hint trust, not to
himself, but to the aid and protection of others.
EXperience, however, is better than theory, and
we may therefore cite an instance in point. The
tenants of a noble family in Scotland were con-
spicuous for being behind all their neighbours in
improvements, while they paid only about half
the rent paid by others. Thirty years ago, the
nsitS were raised. Some of the old-fashioned
hands that would not march with the age, were
turned out, and both landlord and tenant have
greatly profited by the change. This is a fact
that can be easily ascertained.

Amongst other anecdotes of the day, a gentleman,
who had been fortunate enough to procure one of the
beds at Taymouth Castle, told, with great glee, that
be had been awakened on the morning after the
Queen's arrival bv a waiting-amid shaking him vio-
lently in bed, and calling out, " Jenny, Jenny, will
you no rise? I say, Jenny, ye lazy jaud, the Queen
-wants her water at half-past six!" Wishing to pro-
long the joke for some time, the gentleman pretended
to be fist asleep; but 'as the jolting became rather
seriou3 in the end, he at length grumbled a reply. On
hearing a gruff voice the astonished abigail ran off
exclaiming, " 0, murder, there's men here., '—Glas-
kow Argus..—(There are one or two trifling inaccu-
racies in this joke. Tin gruff voice was that of the
sweetest vocalist in Scotland, Mr. Nilson ; and, in-
stead of the objurgatory terms employed, the servant
was most respectful in her lauguage—the fact being,
that :Ur. Wilson occupied the bed of the most impor-
tant female domestic in the castle, who had given it
up for his convenience.--Caledonian Mercury.]
We understand that the excursions on the Croydon
Railway to Ancirley Gardens, have not proved so at-
tractive as was expected.—Railway Times.
Dispatches for ,the Governors of the West India
Colonies were sent ,•)ff from the Colonial-office on Sa-
turday evening.

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