The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-26 00:00:00

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LONDON?
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1842.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER'S motion was brought forward last
night in the Committee, discussed, and withdrawn. The
motion was treated with contempt, as a mere make-
believe, by all sides of the House, and the Hon. Member
confirmed the general impression by his condUct. Sir
ROBERT PEEL'S scale was subsequently put to the vote,
and carried by 306 to 104. Mr. AGLIONBY, and probably
some other Liberals, voted with him, as his scale is the
best they can get.
In the course of his short speech Sir ROBERT PEEL
n►ado the House understand that he is already in great
difficuities with his sliding scale. He explained to the
[louse last night, that the millers had been worrying
him,- because he had fixed too low a figure for flour, and
!►ey predicted, after his Bill came into operation, the
country would be so inundated with flour that they
would have nothing to grind. Them the barley-growers
declare that he has given them 2s. per quarter too little.
All the Irish gentlemen, and all the growers of oats, call
on him to do something more for that grain, or Ireland
will be unfairly dealt with. He did not say that the
horses had complained about the tax on beans being too
low, or that the maltsters complained of the taxation on
barley, but he said enough to prove that the task he
has undertaken, of giving an equal or at least a satis-
factory protection in the pa2e of commoditiei3
to every producer in the empire, is far more than human
power can perform. As the country declines he will find
more demands on the bounty of the State; and if the Right
lion. Gentleman neither gives up his scheme nor gives
up his office—and he dropped last night some hints and
some threats to the agriculturists—though he devote
night and day to the work, he will never duly apportion
protection amongst all his monopolist friends, to say no-
thing of the other interests which acquire a claim on
him for his concessions to them. Sir ROBERT spoke in
rather a subdued tone ; he is willing to re-consider his
scheme of the averages ; he is afraid of his friends ;
and spoke so feelingly of the party, comprising all
classes, who are moderate and approve of his scale, that
we thought l►e was bidding for their support to protect
him against the extremes on both sides. Is he already
tired of his thankless task ?

It is charged against Mr. COBDEN and others, by Mr.
FERRAND, that they work their mills and bleaching es-
tablishments day and night. The House of Commons
cheered this as if it were a great enormity, and yet that
House very often sits till 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning,
and employs clerks and printers all through the night.
Its votes and proceedings, though it do not rise till four
o'clock, are printed and dispersed through the town next
morning by ten o'clock.. To print them men must work
all night. •

The debates of the House employ reporters, printers.
readers. boys, &c., &c., all through the night, and
greatly to the satisfaction of the mukitude of land-
owners, who yelled with delight at Mr. COBDEN'S pre-
sumed cruelty, are laid on their breakfast table, and
despatched by the early mails all over the country, by
working at night. What would Mr. WALTER think if

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