The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-13 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'Clock.

We know not on what principle Sir ROBERT PEEL
can justify his present line of policy in regard to the
alarming distress throughout the country. While one-
half of our manufacturing population are out of employ-
ment, and tens of thousands cannot find bread to satisfy
the cravings of hunger, while trade is daily becoming
worse, and rivals from the cheapness of living are spring-
ing up in every part of the Continent, he passes laws to
make bread dear, to exclude foreign sugar, to cripple
industry by an income-tax, and then, last of
all, issues a proclamation respecting light gold,
to add to all the burdens with which the afflicted people
are already loaded. Unless he has some ulterior object
in view for placing the currency on a different footing,
this last scheme must be regarded as the most ill-timed
and absurd measure that has yet been put forth by a
Tory Government. About its injustice all are agreed.
Why make the last holder of gold suffer all the loss it
has undergone by wear and tear, or nefarious
tricks, for the last twenty year. ? The loss should
be borne equally by the whole community ; the
light gold should, as in 1817, be withdrawn, and a
new coinage issued at the expense of the public Trea-
sury. But even in that case what remedy is there
against tampering with it for the future ? Must the
scale-system still be continued, and business delayed to
an enormous extent by weighing every piece or gold ?
We have heard that the measure has been brought for-
ward for another purpose, namely, to pave the way for a
return to small notes, as in Scotland, and should be glad
to find that the rumour was well founded. All the gold
in the world would not suffice for half the circulation of
Great Britain, and is it not absurd to make a certain
metal the only standard, when it is so manifestly defi-
cient for that purpose ? Paper must, in any circum-
stance, be the representative of a vast majority of pro-
perty in every great commercial country, and why
should not that be issued by the Government, and
guaranteed on the public income and the wealth
of the nation at large? Were a plan of this kind
adopted, trade would soon feel the effects. The
Bank of England should be deprived of the power
of issuing paper, of contracting and extending the cur-
rency at pleasure, and of injuring the property of indi-
viduals, to keep up the price of stock, or draw gold into
its coffbrs. And even with all the power it already pos-
sesses, it cannot regulate the amount of bullion, or pro-
ierve itself fvom insolvency. But a year or two ago
it was on the brink of a crisis, and had to apply
to a foreign country for relief. What has oc-
curred once nay twice—may occur again, and that at
a time, too, when neither France nor any other country
may be able or willing to render assistance. In Scot-
land a bank-note, of any of the respectable banks, is as
good as gold, because the public have full assurance that
the managers never issue paper beyond their
means, and that their whole property is liable
for payment. Would not the property of the nation be
as good security ? In addition to this, the cost of
manufacturing paper may be said to be nothing ; fur
that is more than counterbalanced by the amount of notes
lost or destroyed by accident ; the wear and tear may
also be put down at nothing ; paper is infinitely more
commodious, and saves a mat: the trouble of carrying
weights and scales in his pocket, like a travelling
huckster.

Pending the inquiry 11,.w instituted relative to the
recent massacre at Ennis, in the county' of Clare, sae feel
the delicacy of making any remarks which might have
the effect of prejudicing 'public t.pittion against any of
the persons implicated in that tragic occurrence. We
have carefully read over. the..evidence given at the in-
quest, as it appears in the Limerick Reporter; and it
appears moat conclusively to us, that there was a gross
neglect of duty on the part of some of the public
authorities. In the conclusion ,f the verdict de-
livered at the inquest, we find it impossible
to concur. That a :Jody of police should fire upon en
unarmed mob of not more than a hundred persons, in the
presence of two Magistrates, not only without orders,
but against them, is altogether incredible. Moreover,
two of the witnesses, PATRICK GARRAHY and MICHAEL
HAIRE, distinctly deposed on oath that they heard
one of the Magistrates present order the police to
fire, and that they fired, not one volley, but several.
However, as the Lord Lieutenant has sent down an
able and highly respected Queen's Counsel, Mr. T. B. C.
SMITH, to make a special inquiry into all the circum-
stances of this tragedy, we have every reason to believe
that the real facts of the case will soon be made public.
Me. SMITH is a Tory, but he enjoys too high a character
at the Irish bar to suppose it possible that he would be
a party to defeating the ends of impartial justice. The
Limerick Reporter, commenting upon the evidence given
at the inquest, and which will be found in another part
of this Journal, says :
The facts detailed on the inquest—the evidence given by a
portion of the populace 'designated, in the conventional lan-
guage of a certain class, "the mob "—the evidence of the hu-
mane and intelligent Resident Magistrate, L. C. Smith, Esq.,
whose qualities of head and heart must be approved of, when-
ever they are known—the evidence of the Rev. Mr. Hennessy,
the excellent Catholic Curate of the town of Ennis, all go to
prove to demonstration, to satisfy the most prejudiced mind,
Viat there was not the shadow of a shade -of justifiable
season for this atrocious murder—that the firing on
the people was unprovoked, uncalled for—that it
was, in fact, wholly gratuitous—Viat it was per-
severed in with a thirst which could not hive been anticipated
from savages and cannibals—that, even w:sile the people were
retreating before the deadly fire of their armed aggressors,
bullets were poured after them in Constant and disastroui suc-
cession—that so indiscriminate, so reckless, was this fearful
LLOYD's Sii IPPING—(THIS DAY.)
slaughter, that such persons as Mr. Smith and Mr. Hennessey,
Losenost JIILN-Z 13.—Wind this day at noon, Easterly.
who were among the crowd, narrowly escaped with their lives.
DEALe JUNE IL—Wind N.N.E. moderate.—Arrd. Salasta, ' -
northward,. and sailed tor Valparaiso. Arrd. from the River
Read the evidence of Mr. Smith. 'Chat worthy Magistrate so-
anu sailed Essex, Madras; Mary Ray,Christher. lewnly swears he would havebeen able, by his own unaided exer-
tions, to separats and appease the crowd, which consisted, ac-
cording to the testimony of Michael Haire, of about one
hundred individuals, the far greater portion of whom consisted Rawson, and Asia, China ; Spartan, Sydney ; Talma, Cuba; . .
of women and boys—mothers and children, in all likelihood, Ceriolanus, New York ; Mary, Quebec ; Brothers, Odessa; ~.
who had not broken their fast that day—whosegreatest strength, Dash, Alexandria.
perhaps, consisted in their being able to cry for the food that GALWAY, JUNE s.—Sld. Lively, Quebec. ,
had been denied them—food which they' could not possibly oh- WATERFORD, JUNE Io.—Arrd. Catharine, Potter, Gatos'
tain otherwise than by letting their wants and miseries be known Sld. Mariner, Quebec.
to those capable of mitigating the woes, the indescribable Coax, JUNE 10.—Arrd. Madonna, Aiton, Monte Video. /''-1
woes, they labour under! Mr. Smith, we repeat, swears OFF CAPE CLEAR, China, Phillips, Charleston. . i1,,,"0
that he alone could have induced the people to disperse quietly. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 11.—Wind E.N.E. to S.E.—Arrd' •• ' ' ,1.
Why do we advert to this tragedy at so earl a stage ' fCohrrAisitzhaer Rawson, London for Hong Kong; Essex, did°,
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of the inquiry ? Because we see in it one of the usual PLYMOUTH. JUNE 12. Arrd. Telegraph, Altona.
consequences of the existence of a Tory Government in F1,1..3101;711, JUNE 11,—Wind, variable and light—Arrd' I. '':,
fArena, Constantino, Trieste; , Galatea, Finlay, Palen:l22,os
Ireland. The ascendattera Toryism and the butchery
stannza6trearner, from Gibraltar, left 2d inst., Cadiz. 3t
of the people stand towards each other in the relations of Li; h, Oporto, 7th, and Vigo, Bth. Ski. Pangul"
cause and eireetiit that country. Prow north to souih— packet, Brazil..
from the Giant's Causeway to Cape Clear, LordDE GREY'S JERSEY, JUNE 7.--Sid. Belus, Labrador.
Government has fostered the fiercest political and reti- in Seiw,,t,4 ssE,A.r.enJ:it RE 11.—Arrd. Coders, Esham, Valparaitoe'
s.
ghats feuds in every part of Ireland. Lord ELIOT, and the Perez.% Not, Jusit 9.—Arrd. Reward, Young, Ancoua 310
prtrieeeded to Falmouth. The Harmonic, Tesklin, from Ancona,
Lord CHANCELLOR, are known to do all in their power
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h)unkirk, tookfort leagues off the Coast of Portolg,
to mitigate the rash counsels of the Lord Lieutenant, •4t ult., rnd sunk ; crews a.ved.
but to no purpose. The mild and merciful sway of SHIELDS, JUNE 10. —SI,I. Albert, Demerara. „i.•
CLYI E, JUNE 10.— Arrd. Claudine, Elliott, Trinidad. Sid' "„i
Queen VicroniA, is unfelt in Ireland. There, all autho-
findestus, Demerara; Pactolus, Quebec. .et ('''
city emanates from the Castle, and reaches the people ' LIVERFOOL JUNE 11.—Wind sE 12 Variable and hg. • r
through a variety of- conduit pipes, each surpassing the —Arnl. Milo 'and Veloce, Odessa;. 'Ann; Caroline, Ancona; , ; '.'i
other in prejudice and impurity. Susannah Collings, White, Mauritius. Sld. Eleanor, Bow' . e Let advantage, then, be taken of this massacre to rid hay ; Cceur de Lion, Montreal; Robert Kerr and Conqueror, , ‘ ,
Ireland of the nuisance of a Vice-Reg
abal Court and este- Quebec ; Custew,,orsley, Asatauharn. Arrived off John and
Halifax ; Pasha, Constantinople; Shannon, ; •
Aden ; L
blishment. Such a mockery of regality is no longer Eliseth.ady NI
necessary. Steam, by laud and water, has incorporated AMOY (CHINA).—Arrd. Frankfield, Hong Kong.
Ireland with England, and the former has a right to in-
sist upon being governed in the same way as the former.
Wherefore should a Lord DE GREY, or any other Lord,
interpose between the QUEEN and her loyal and devoted
Irish subjects ?

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MADRID, JUNE s.—The corresPWN, JUNE 12.
pondence received
I to-day states that it was much feared that Rodil would
not succeed in forming a Ministry, unless compelled
to have recourse to the Opposition who upset the
late Cabinet, or to dissolve the Cortes. The Sunda,'
" reunions" of the Regent have been suspended, np
doubt owing to the Ministerial crisis. The Ministerial '•
Deputies have gig en a grand dinner to the retired Ml', •
nisters.
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MADRID, JUNE B.—Rodil has not been able to form
the Cabinet. All those to whom he has offered ports''
feuilles refuse to join him.

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The Kiss; or, Bertha's Bridal, a new musice
fairy romance, from the pen of Mr. William Collier, with tie.
tirely new music by Mr. Clement White, will be produced
night at the English Ope, a f4ouse. The principal earatitell
will be sustained by Aliases Gould, Cris and Hughes+ an—
MeFsrs. Barker and Clement White. PP
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 17 Barbiere Wog
again brought out on Saturday with the same rust as on th?
preceding Tue.sday, viz.—Lablach'e the Padre, and Reneli"
his colleague. In addition to Madame Viardot and Griel,
Persiani is the third ex!.ellent Rosina whom we bare Of 10e
years seen in London and Paris.

By extraordinary express we have received advices
from Madrid to the Bth inst. General RODIL, appointed
by the REGENT to form a Cabinet had signally failed.
We fear the REGENT will be compelled to dissolve the
Cortes—a measure of some danger, especially as the

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