The Sun. — 1844-05-22 (London, England)

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1844.  Lord BROUGHAM brought a Bill into the House of Lords, to amend the laws relating to imprisonment for debt.  Lord BEAUMONT moved for copies of the correspondence which had taken place between the British Government and the British Consul at Tunis, relative to the trial of a Maltese for murder. He considered that a most unwarrantable interference had been shown by the French Consul at Tunis. If such interference was tolerated by this country, the trade of England along the Barbary coast would soon be at an end. Lord ABERDEEN said he had no objection to lay the correspondence before the House. The offence to which those papers referred was a cold-blooded murler ; and the course which her MAJESTY'S Governnent had pursued was in accordance with existing reaties ; but he thought the question ought to be left to the respective Governments interested in the  matter. No business of the slightest interest took place in the House of Commons. Mr. PETER BOraIINVICK moved for a Committee of Inquiry into the operation of the Anatomy Act; and while he was speaking, some Member moved that the House be counted, and there being only thirty-one Members present, the House adjourned at Half-past Five.  The accounts of the canvass for the free trade can. didate in South Lancashire are cheering, but i  would be premature to pronounce upon the chances of success. Whatever may be the result, the frel traders are certain of gaining one important advantage—accurate knowledge of their friends and their enemies. If any who have hitherto professed themselves zealous advocates of the Liberal cause are found paltering with monopoly—and we know not whether there are any—it will be advantageous to the future progress of the League to have their masks taken off, their false pretences exposed, and their avowed enmity substituted for the mockery of friendship. On the other hand, those who have hitherto stood aloof, or who, from party connexions, have opposed the popular cause, but who are now found ready to join in the efforts made for the emancipation of industry and the abolition of restrictions on food, deserve to be received and regarded as friends, and the gratitude which is their due may be safely looked upon as extending beyond the present election. The day of retribution to deserters, and of reward to adherents, cannot, in the course of things, be very  distant. Free trade belongs to no party, it is neither Tory aor Whig ; and may therefore be exposed to the avowed hostility of the one party, and the secret en'nay of the other ; but no consideration of temporary support, no hopes of victory by an alliance based on compromise, should induce the free traders to swerve for a moment from the course which they have hi therto pursued. The League must put forth all its strength—every member of that body should feel that he has a personal interest in the struggle ; and every free trader of South Lancashire should look upon himself as individually pledged to the country for the assertion of sound principle. There must be no waverers—there must be no regard paid to the ominous shaking of heads on the part of men hackneyed in electioneering, who fear that their craft is in danger. There must be no heed paid to the whispers of disappointed placemen, or of aspirants to office who may wish to regain power by the people, without the slightest intention of using it for the people. This election is peculiar in its character; like that at the time of the Reform Bill, it places in issue one fixed and definite principle, and must be kept free from all other associations. It is gratifying to find that free traders have a candidate of such eminent personal claims as those of Mr.