The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-22 00:00:00

*tronbillition

SUN OFFICE Three o'clock.

We seldom or never take notice of the meet-
ings of the " National Repeal Association," which
are held once a week in Dublin ; for the subject
is one which excites little public interest, Ireland
being already well convinced that no substantial
benefit will ever accrue from the agitation of Re-
peal. Occasionally, however, a remark is let
drop by one or other of the agitators, which
deserves a passing notice; and accordingly we
may here just briefly allude to an observation
made by Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL at the last meet-
ing of the Association, who stated that he had a
motion to make with regard to the English Press,
" which was of a piece with the English people
in its conduct towards Ireland in the moment
of triumph. The particular point he referred to
in this motion was, the claim set up by the Eng-
lish Press, and echoed by the English people,
for a remission of the Income-tax. They
made that claim without the slightest
reference to Ireland, or without caring what in-
justice was inflicted on her." We take no notice
of Mr. O'CoriNELL's sneer at the English Press,
for it is as unjust as it is absurd ; but what does
he mean by saying that England claims a re-
mission of the Income-tax, without reference to
Ireland? How could the one country have refer-
ence to the other, in discussing a claim of this iort?
Ireland has no Income-tax. The " machinery"
for such an impost—as Sir ROBERT PEEL assured
his faithful Commons—is wholly wanting in that
fortunate spot of earth. If she were cursed with
this detestable tax, gladly, most gladly would
England help her to kick off the burden ;
but having no such specific grievance to
be redressed, we do not see how we can
act otherwise than we are now acting—
that is to say, labour hard to throw the impost
off our own shoulders, without pausing in our
work, and distracting our attention by the con-
sideration of how far the tithe system and the
New Poor-law are, or are not, injurious to Ire-
land. Whatever the Repealers, for obvious
reasons, may choose to allege to the contrary,
England, of late years at least, has never been
found wanting to the sister country in her hour
of distress and danger.

The Police Courts of the Metropolis under-
went a sort of purification some time ago, when
several of the Magistrates were superannuated,
and barristers of a certain number of years'
standing were substituted in their place. Taking
these changes into account, together with the
new system of police, the public had reason to ex-
pect better protection, and a betteradministration
of justice, but they have been grievously disap-
pointed. Not half the complaints were made
against the old Magistrates that are now made
with too much truth against certain of these
young gentlemen learned in the law ; and as re-
gards the constables, people arc absolutely
afraid to speak to them, or even come in their
way. If a man walks fast he is supposed to
be after no good, if he loiters and loOks about
him he is equally suspected, and it' he should
have the misfortune to incur the displeasure, or
offend the dignity of the policeman, he is
dragged to the station-house and given in charge
as drunk and incapable. We animadverted
yesterday, on the conduct of Mr. GREENWOOD
towards three young men, who, from all
accounts, were quite innocent; yet two of them
were remanded on suspicion of felony, but the
evidence was so defective, that the Magistrate
had not courage to adhere to his decision, and
consequently restored them to their friends. This
(lay a similar charge was brought against an-
other young man before the same Magis_
trate, who, probably aware that the attention
of the public, and perhaps of the official autho-
rities, has been called to his decisions, placed
more confidence in the statements of the pri-
soner than in the evidence of the policeman, and
discharged him forthwith. The prisoner,
we learn, complained of being arrested with.
out any just cause, when the answer from
the clerk was, " You are discharged ; what
more could you want ? " But the most
outrageous case of all yet heard before Mr.
GREENWOOD, is that of Mr. KING, a surgeon, re-
siding in the neighbourhood of Russell-square.
It appeared that, on the 13th inst., while return-
ing home in the evening, lie was arrested by a
policeman who, as will be seen from Mr. KING'S
evidence, had a grudge against him; he was then
dragged to the station-house, and confined in
a cell for the night. Yesterday he brought for-
ward several witnesses, one of them a Major in
the army, who proved in the most satisfactory
manner that there was not one word of truth in
the evidence on which a respectable medical
man had been fined for drunkenness. Mr.
GREENWOOD, however, had decided, and his
sentence could not be reversed. We refer
to a full report of the case under the proper
head. It is the duty of a Magistrate to hear
charges for drunkenness against any parties with
great caution, but, above ail, those made against
professional men, whose character and prac-
tice may be ruined by the false evidence
of policemen. A surgeon, rather than have
such a fine inflicted and made public, would
purchase his escape at any price; and we may,
therefore, easily account for the anxiety of Mr.
KING to get his release, or clear his character
of such a grave charge by the most undoubted
evidence. This he has done very satis-
factorily ; but the injury has been com-
mitted, his name is registered on the
police-books with the words " fined ss. for
drunkenness," and his rivals and enemies may
make a good use of the fact. Some dayS ago a
publican was fined 51. by the same Magistrate,
on a charge made by a policeman that he
saw two drunken men in his house, and for
this he may possibly lose his license and
his means of subsistence. The illegal and
unjust decisions of certain Magistrates recigirp
the immediate attention of the 1-thina Secretary.
With such credulous jutiges and such unscrupu-
lous informers, no man'A' character or property
is safe.

A communication has been received fro►n Con-
stantinople, by way of Vienna, announcing- a
serious misunderstanding between the Court of
St. Petersburgh and the Sublime Porte, on the
Servian question. The Emperor of RUSSIA, it is
said, in an autograph letter to the SULTAN, had
formally demanded the revocation of the decree
in favour of the present ruler in Servia, and the
re-establishment of the banished Prince MI-
CHAEL, in "hose family, Russia contends, the
sovereignty of Servia is invested for ever, by vir-
tue of a finnan of the late Sultan MAnnoulL It
is also said that the Divan refused to assent to
this demand, upon which M. DE BOUTENIEFF
declared that he was instructed to demand his
passports.

Madrid papers of the 13th instant have been
received. The Gazette publishes an address from
the militia of Cadiz, which will excite some more
indignation at Paris, as it directly charges France
with having excited all the insurrections which
have occurred in Spain since 1840. Letters from
Barcelona of the 15th announce that the REGENT
intended to raise the state of siege, and grant an
amnesty on the ltith instant. lie proposed being
in Madrid by the t.I oil I --. MASA NET, the murderer
of General BA SSA, in 1836, and GinEnqA, were put
upon their trial on the 15th, M. LISSEPS, the
Fren consul,
chargesch
against blaving haditininserted neotghtelizmaictiz of the
;:zoiti..
cial Gazette, on the authority of senor GUTTIEREZ,
the y 0144470 chid of Barcelona, had addressed a
strong protest to the Captain-General degyiUg

'l/ CO; of So!loi. C T-TTTE rz, .1-(1
,-,ati.sfaction fir 1.1!, by
thot rtmetvlri;ilT•

The lives (al the Madrid 17Acitange on the
13th were done at '25 13-16 cash : 9,tii sixty days;
and the Threes i 22 sixty days. Exchange on
London, ninety days, 371.

In the comments made by the Paris journals
on the Barcelona insurrection and its conse-
quence, it is gratifying to find that one takes a
calm and dispassionate view of the REGENT'S
conduct, and reprobates the calumnies cast upon
him and the English Government. That journal,
we believe, is under the influence of M. GUIZOT,
and as it may, therefore, be supposed to speak
his sentiments, we make no apology for giving
the article at length. The lies about the For-
midable, the writer settles in a very summary
manner :—" We have alluded more than once,"
says the Globe, "to the marvellous concord
which exists in our journals relative to the
affairs of Barcelona. Some are for an absolute
King—others for a constitutional female Regent
—others f'or a Republio—but all are agreed in
desiring the overthrow of the present Govern-
ment. The Globe, which is the enemy of revo-
lution, under whatever standard, and the enemy
of the overthrow of Governments, whoever is to
profit by them—the Globe alone has spoken out
freely and openly relative to the events of Cata-
lonia. The other journals say that the insur-
gents at Barcelona shouted Vive la France!
This may be true, but we beg to ob-
serve that in a preceding insurrection—for such
events are common at Barcelona—the demolition
of the citadel was accomplished amidst cries of
Mort aux Francais If the journals of the Op-
position now accuse England of having excited
the insurrection of the 14th ult., we have not for-
gotten that these same journals accused France
and Queen CHRISTINA of having organised the
echauffouree of Pampeluna. Reasoning calmly
and without prejudice, we ask what is the true
state of the question ? Almost an entire popu-
lation rises in arms, massacres a portion of the
garrison, ignominiously 'expels the remainder,
and proclaims a new Government. The existing
Government arms in its own defence, marches
against its enemies, and calls upon them to lay
down their arms. They resist, and send emis-
saries throughout the neighbouring country.
The cry is now, that all Catalonia is rising, and
that fifty thousand insurgents are about
to place the army of the Government be•
tween two fires. What, in such a position
as this, was the chief of the Government
to do ? Was be to wait until these fifty thou-
sand men should have blockaded him at the fort
of Montjuich? In that case, what capitulation
could he have expected? He resorted to action,
therefore ; he attacked, and he has triumphed.
It remains to be seen whether, after the victory,
he displayed unnecessary rigour; time will show
whether this was the case or not. Are we at the
present moment to give credit to the thousand
and one rumours which are current on this sub-
ject, without having the least confirmation as to
their truth? What also do we know for certain
as to the conduct of the French and English
Consuls ? On this side of the Pyrenees, decla-
mations are made against the English Consul ; on
the other side, all the anathemas are for the French
Consul. The Debats now tells us that the French.
Consul acted in concurrence with the Consul of
England; that the two went together to the Junta,
which implored their mediation ; that they went
together to the Governor of Montjuich, and had
together at the head-quarters of Llobregat a
conference with VAN HALRN; and, finally, that,
in each of these proceedings, the two Consuls
did not fail to repeat that they were acting from
the pure dictates of humanity, and not as the
official representatives of their nations. What
is most grave as regards our Consul is the filet
of our Government having rewarded him for his
conduct, and thus placed the Spanish Govern-
ment under the necessity of demanding his re-
cal, if it be true that it has permitted its agents
in public, authentic, and official documents, to
describe, as they are said to have done, the acts and
the conduct of the French Consul. It is affirmed
on this side of the Pyrenees that guns, shells,
congreve rockets, and powder, were supplied by
England to the fort of Montjuich. The Presse
hos even gone to the absurd length of stating that
the Formidable had gone aground for the ex-
press purpose of landing munitions of war, and
having them conveyed to the fort which was to
bombard Barcelona. From the other side of the
Pyrenees we learn that the Formidable was
only saved from total wreck by the aid of our
steam frigates. Our sailors assisted and co-ope-
rated in lightening the Formidable, with a view
to saving her from destruction. They succeeded,
and were saluted with cheers from the crews
of the Formidable and the Rodney. Were our
ships and our crews therefore accomplices or
dupes of the trick said to have been practised
by the Formidable ? What is to be concluded
from all this ? That we must still wait. The
Spanish Chambers will soon open ; questions
will be put and explanations demanded relative
to the affair of Barcelona. The matter will be
canvassed pro and con., and the truth will appear.
Until then we must pity the peaceful popula-
tion, which, in Catalonia as elsewhere, now as
always, are the victims of the follies of parties.
Let us feel for the combatants who remain at the
discretion of the conqueror, when the .chiefs of
the insurrection fly, almost always with their
pockets full."

The Debuts, the Court journal, represents the
state of Catalonia as very alarming. There is
nothing in the Spanish journals to warrant such
a statement, but the ex-Queen CHRISTINA may
have agents in that province who are better ac-
quainted with what is doing or what is to.be done.
" Troops continue to flock towards Catalonia,"
says that journal, " and receive, as they arrive,
orders to repair to such places as require their
presence. ESPARTERO, assisted by his Minister
of War, RODIL, is constantly engaged in giving
orders, specifying routes, and combining nr,-,7e-
ments of troops, as if for a campaign. This dis-
play of forces is anything but surrerfluous in the
actual state of public opinion in Catalonia. All
parties are ready to unite and take up arms
against the Governinotit. The Exaltados, who,
supported it, and overturned Queen CHRISTINA,
are divided at present into Esparterists, or Con-
stitutionalists, and Republicans, or impatient
Progressives. TheCarlists and the Christinos,
tnimical to the R.a.-urr, the more bitterly be-
cause they were conquered and put down by
him, let the Republicans alone, as they are their
avengers. To political passions are joined those
which the manufacturing question has excited,
so that, notwithstanding the reduction of Barce-
lona, it may be affirmed that all Catalonia would
rush into revolt and anarchy, were it not for the
numerous forces which the REGENT displays
there so opportunely.

The following telegraphic dispatch appears in
the Messayer

" BARCELONA, DEC. 15.
" Two thousand men, one-half of whom are
soldiers, are working at the re-construction of
the citadel. A war contribution of 3,000,000 f.
has been imposed on Barcelona, and must be
paid within three days. The city will be bound
to supply its contingent for the recruitment for
the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. ESPARTERO is
still at Sarria. The 13 soldiers shot on the espla-
nade were drawn by lot from those who were
arrested after the entrance of the Captain-
General,"
The French Funds, which had been much de.
pressed by the news from Catalonia, have rallied
a little. The report that ESPARTERO had de-
manded the recal of the French Consul at Bar-
celona, is attributed as the chief cause of the
depression. _ _ _

The King and the Dukes of.N-emours and Montpen.
sier visited Vincennes on Monday, where his Majesty
mounted on horseback and reviewed the troops of the
garrison, after which he inspected the works of the
fort; from thence he went to Saint-Maur and the
fort of Charenten, after which the Royal party got
into their carriages and returned to the Tuileries.
The King, in addition to the ,
Royal Dukes, was ac-
companied by Marshal Soult, Generals Dede,, T.
Seba%tir~ I,gutnigny, and Vallaint ; his, Aides-de-
°amp, Colonels Zstissael Dc cliAlaguyet aw D

prd his orderly officers. His Majesty was repeatedly
,41e,q,7(1 by erie:, of " Vive le Roi !"

Tx.)lA-zsT.

--PABit,, Tu1.,n,0, PEcENBEE. 20.
First Highest ,oi,ve.t Last
Price. Price Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 119 ..: 119 ... 118 50... 118 60
4% per Cents. 106 60... 106 60.. 106 60... 106 b 0
Four per Cents. 100 95... 100 95.. 100 95... 100 b
Threes 7B 65... 78 55... 78 10.. 78 2°
Bank of France 3320 ...3320 ...3320_3320
Belgian Bank BO5 ... 805 ... 805 ... 805
Belgian Fives
1840 lO4 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104
Portuguese Fives
Neapolitan
Roman lO6 20... ]O6 20... 106 20... 106 20
104 ... 104 ... 104 ... I"
RAILWAY SHARES
St. Germain B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 830
Versailles, L.B lO5 ... 105 ... 105 ... 105
R.B 265 ... 265 ... 265 ... 26i
Rouen
Orleans.
Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 202 50... 201 2.5... '2Ol 25

NEW POLITICAL GOOSE-CLUB.

BY AN ULTRA-TORY.

" About three or four weeks before Christmas, a
society is formed, under the so:newhat peculiar name
of the Goose-club, at Somers-town, the members of
which are called on to pay sixpence per week.
The Sun of this Morning.

Tantarara! Rub-a-dub-dub !
Who'll join—who'll join our new Goose-Club ?
Sibthorp's President, Borthwick's Sub,
And Bobby will keep us all in grub;
We can boast of many a rat and scrub,
Many a green political shrub,
And many an Ultra-Tory cub,
Like the bigot in Dean Swift's Tale of a Tub,
Or the placeman of old, whose name was Bubb'*
And we care no more for satire's rub,
Or the patriot's scorn, than Beelzebub!
Who'll join our Club ? there's little to pay,
And character won't stand much in the way,
For we're used in error's wilds to stray,
And our object is, from day to day,
No matter what Liberals think or say,
The march of enlightened Reform to stay,
Bigotry's game to boldly play,
Swear right is wrong 'till our hairs are gravy
And compel John Bull (God grant we may 1.)
To own for ever our party's sway.
Tantarara! Rub-a-dub-dub !
Who'll join—who'll join our new Goose Club?

* The famous placeman, Bubb Doddington.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY
LoNDON,DEc.22.—Wind this day at noon, S.)
~
moderate breeze, and fine.
DEAL, DEC. 21.--Wind N.W., light.Sld. Strath"
eden, Sydney. Remains Seawitch, for .Africa. i,
MILFORD, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Glasgow, Liverpool.°
New Orleans, out 14 days ; is leaky in the bowsprit,
and has experienced heavy gales. f L `of
Pl3'-
JERSEY, DEC. 18.—The Ipswich, Smith,
mouth, was wrecked on the western coast of New-
mouth,
foundland, crew and passengers saved ; thirteen o
them have arrived here in the Harmony; teeny
the master, died two days after the wreck.
OFF NEW ROMNET, DEC. 18.--Atlantic, Bremen,
forß Baltimore. •
ARNSTARE, DEC. 20.—Arrd. LadY
M`Carthy, Quebec. Quebec-
CARDIFF, DEC. 21.—Arrd. John and Mary,
LIVERPOOL? DEc. 21.—Wind W., moderate'
Arrd. Renown, Hoskin, Sydney and Rio Janeiro ;
Dlanganilla ;
Amelia Hill, Maceio ; Brooke, Stirling,
Jane, Porto Cabello ; Elizabeth, Mossop; Savanills...!
Gordon,
Frances Stanson, Lefevre, Charleston ;
son, Montreal. Sid. Mary, Rio Janeiro; Grecia.;
Antigua ; G. 11. Sheppard, New Orleans ; Leuconli,
Mobile ; Oxford, New York ; Fanny, was
Euclid,. Dardii
The Corea, Kerr, hence to Bombay, yvas off Bbloe rile
yesterday going into that port to repair, having ~„a
up from lon. 21, with decks swept, masts sprung, and
other damage. of Live rilid,
KINGSTON, DEC. 20.—The Margaret, .5....
was passed in the St. Lawrence, at anchor, with Oh K
of distress flying, by the Pomona, arrived here.
t: to
_ CORK, DEC. 19.—The Spence, from l`relvP9rlz,
Demerara, has put back to this port from 10ng._.,,
with loss of boats, bulwarks, arc., and very leaky,i'
must discharge to repair. Arrd Rother, Hall, M
Video. Arrd. off, Bridget, Archibald, iii.amich!..is':
DUBLIN, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Pomona, Quebec..
ee: !
.
,
STOCKTON, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Barmow, Queb
JERSEY, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Harmony, Newfound4nPrio?.
,
OFF HASTINGS, DEC. 21.-.-FeDeloll Rio
fortja,,,.
Antwerp ; Zodiac, Krull, Surinam,for RetterdOr,
Hendrik Hudson Stark, New York.
PORTSMOUTH, 'DEC. 21.—Wind W.N.W.-- Lori
Tanjore (transport) Quebec and Cork ; Flora, ii;
don, for Jamaica ; Alexander Robertson, Londooy„.' ii .
Montserrat ; Sumatra, London, for Ceylon. A 727..
- •
off, Anna Robertson, Hamilton, India.
weed in 103 0,
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Twee. ~ 8c t.
rranklin, Jamaica, left 18th ult., Cuba
'Thomas 24th, and Bermuda 30th (60,000 19th,.1! ;
45 serons cochineal on freight), and proceed°, r :
-:--....
London. A fteiiol::
OdSeTssa ; British Queen, Mogadore.
ANGATE CREEK, DEC. 21.--Arro• -' -
,i7„1,41001, • •
PENZANCE, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Triton, tv i.-- i,4,,
Quebec, left Nov. 5, and experienced very Or•e-t-
weather ; Kingston, Sergeant, fi3V,
and has experienced very heavy weather. cl°lltirsil.,,.
SCILLY, DEC. 15.—The Zero, Fawcett, from ~- et
castle to Barcelona has put in here leaky, and"13111:'
Jamaica, left Oer, ;
~.,
discharge.
Pi 41
B
RISTOL, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Sir George -°
-, 4
Quebec ; John Esdaile, Mirainichi. (lOW'
CARDIFF, DEC. 19.—Arrd. John and Mary, , 4.
luk Atotrn, DEC. 21.—Wind W.N.W., ingcte''?
—Arrd. Camoens, llavre, for Monte Video. :
'i
Extract of a letter from Lloyd's agent at flaYBnj" '
dated Nov. 18 : iv
' - •
"The captain of a Spanish vessel, arrived '4t 315ide
tanzas, has reported that he fell in, on the soilth iiig,
of this island, with a Spanish schooner, and pd in'
close to her, he was hailed from on board an ve3-
formed that she, and two other Spansh;,nbeo
er
sels, with flour, from Santander, 11141' the
captured by a man-of-war corvette?. undnweo
Ha tiara flag, that she WAS manned by :I,,„ssels
from St. Domingo, and that he suspected the I: fills
taken before, had been conducted to that island'. 4,81
men-of-war that have already left this are the:rs'the
11. and the steamer Congress, to be followed :11.Y
J0g-
....,
brig Jason. Orders have also been sent to S'
ere
de Cuba, in order that all the disposable foreet,.l"
are to be applied to this service, if required.
--ii tr.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAIL
Traffic returns for the week ending Dee. 17,
Passengers
Merchandise .51
X 1,236 11
Corresponding week last year
Darlington, Dec. 21. W. O'BRIEN. Secrel.
19

FLANDERS MAIL•
BRUSSELS, DEC. 18.—The central section f the
Chamber of Representatives met yesterchT or
Chamber
first time, to examine the treaty of the sth ofetl
vtYv I ig'
Yesterday the King gave an audience to At-4
neur Fornari, the Papal Nuncio. f
Yesterd
ay the manufactory of cotton yarn, e;
Robbe, at Ghent, was totally destroyed h.),:k„"ruritig
was not without great efforts that the neiguietori
buildings were saved. Of Mr. Robbe's manutis the
nothing remains but the bare walls ; the gthe°ol;lo6;
enrihachinery, and furniture, were destroyed by
whole '
e loss is great, but it is said that the
insured. •
Further particulars relative to the accident beO n tlb:'
railway, on the 4th, prove that there souls °
reason for ascribing it to design. ester'
Another accident happened the day hetbrebYetweeri
day,j in the morning, on the southern line, thirtf
urbise and Mons. A countryman, ahc'uti, lell'
ine
years of age, had the imprudence to cross t"e,
when the train was approaching, he stumble:loll°osd
and not being seen by any person, the trig he su
over him; he was so severely injured, that
vived only a quarter of an hour. e
BRUSSELS, DEC. 19.—The Committee °; ilutep°'„
manufacturers in their sitting of the Bth, bau .1/i, give'
from the Vice-President of thegracious receP"),'ei,
himMa
by his Majesty. He stated the views v v `,130
the possibility
had been pleased to communicate
possibility of a commercial treaty With elitY,,,,
the obstacles that it may meet with, and the llf-oir
the establishment of a commercial society ,pe
purpose of exportation. th",a
k BRUSSELS, DEC, 20.—The Director upt
keepers of the Petit Carmes are summoned tfrleiler3l
on the 24th, on the appeal of the Attornq oitte
from the decision in the first instance which ati!oogi'
It is, t
the Director and two of the keepers.
that the Ministry waits only for the result ,ect
appeal to come to a final decision with tir'ear.proct'
Messrs. Vandermeeren, Van Zuethem, and v.„,,e„ll,tij
whether to pardon them or order their rel"ijv 'v/.
Bouillon, but it appears most probable that t" Ole
be pardoned. hnt io
The damage done by the fire at G,..eizobbew
manufactory of Messrs. Burroughs and: ~t 1 '"
estimated at 50,000 francs, they are
27,000 francs by the Brussels CompanY•
eye
.„.

— ---
niOrnillgtol)ii;
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday
ofthe guards of the Glasgow and Ayr ball` At 11'4
engaged. in arranging some of the goods trucpo °of
betty A thy,
Irvine station, unfortunately got jammed
of them, and was killed on the spot. It ig 71tbe he
the accident occurred solely in consequence ° of t
ceased departing from one of the regulatious
Qampany.—Glasgow Chronicle.