The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-04 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1855.

on this plainest of distinctions ? Suppose it

were a sin for poor people to buy and sell their
Sunday necessaries on Sunday morning, the ein
is exclusively against GOD, not against man. Sup-
pose it to be a very wicked thing to preach or
pray with more than twenty of your neighbours,
it is surely no one against man. It is a purely
ecclesiastical sin, and hurts no man as a member
of society. Let the religious bodies to which
the supposed delinquents belong punish them
if they like with all the excommunications and
anathemas which the sins of Sunday selling, and
Sunday preaching to more than twenty deserve ;
but, in the name of all common sense, let civil
penalties have nothing to do with the matter.
The time is gone by for delivering over heretics to
the "secular arm" for the good of their souls.
Andreally, the Act which Bishops seek to preserve,
and the bill which Lord GROSVENOR tried to pass are
but remnants of the old style of conversion and
persecution. Impatient Churchmen cannot abide the
results of teaching and persuasion; and proud Church-
men cannot bear their spiritual rule to be invaded
by the " unauthorised." Free Trade is, however,
becoming the universal principle in every depart-
ment. It is seen that protection, and bounties,
and penalties to defend the favoured, are as
adverse to religious as to commercial success.
Lord STANLEY is surely rather a statesman with
his eyes open to the signs of the times than a
mere political prophet, when he affirms that all
things are tending to Voluntaryism ; that is, to
complete Free Trade in Religion. Nothing will
help forward that consummation more rapidly
thanfresh legislative coercion in religious matters.

A new French Loan of 750,000,000 francs, or
30,000,000/. sterling, is about to be. contracted.
That it will be readily obtained is beyond the
possibility of doubt. The brave and high-minded
people of France, who but a few months since
freely tendered their chosen ruler 1, 700, 000, 000
francs, or 68,000,0001. sterling more than he then
required, will not now hang back or betray the
confidence reposed in their patriotism and libe-
rality. The EMPEROR has happily shaken off the
intolerable incubus of " red-tapist financialism."
He requires no middlemen to interfere between
him and his people, and extract enormous profits
out of the pockets of both parties. He has estab-
lished a precedent for himself which has met with
unexampled success, and, of course, he will not
now abandon it, to return into the beaten course.
Nor is this the only pecuniary sacrifice which
France is required to make, and which she will
doubtless freely and willingly offer at the shrines
of her military honour and her rights as a great
nation, and as the champion of right against
might, the chivalric defender of the injured party
against a powerful and unscrupulous aggressor.
She will also increase the tax on railways ; which,
in place of 10 per cent, on their gross receipts,
will henceforward be called on to contribute 20
per cent. The additional impost will not, how-
ever, fall on the Companies. The amount will
be added to the fares, so that every traveller will
directly contribute to the expenses of the War
and the maintenance of the glory of France. All
the indirect imposts, with the exception of those
on tobacco and salt, are also to be increased 10
per cent., and it is said that there will be some-
thing very analogous to a property tax. i

In these extraordinary efforts the EMPEROR I
affords new proofs of the sincerity of his deter- 1
urination to bring the War to a speedy
conclusion, by conquering an honourable
and enduring peace. His eagle glance
clearly perceives the futility of petty efforts, the
folly of the " penny-wise-and-pound-foolish po-
licy." Every shilling now saved on the GLAD-
STONE principle of " starving the War" and send-
ing out forces sufficient barely to maintain, but
not to improve, our position, would render indis-
pensable the future expenditure of not one but
of many pounds, and by far the most economical
course for posterity, putting the interests of the
existing generation out of the question, would be
at once to raise fifty or even a hundred millions
sterling, and thus, by unanswerable evidence,
prove that we were bent on making sacrifices
worthy of the noble cause in which we are en-
gaged with our august coadjutor, and certain to
produce immediate success. Such a course would
strike terror into the heart of the Northern Auto-
crat, and teach the despot of Vienna the propriety
and prudence of remaining faithful to his promises,
according to their spirit, as well as to the letter.
It would foster and sustain our own resources for
greater exertions, should they become essential,
and it would restore England to the pinnacle on
which she had once established herself. But the
finances of France are directed by the master
mind of NAPOLEON ; those of England, by the
pettifogging intellect of Sir CORNEWALL LEWIS.
The former bursts through all red-tapist fetters,
while the latter suffers himself to be inextricably
involved in their meshes, and by making unrea-
sonable demands at too early a stage of the pro-
ceedings strives to damp the spirit of the people
and to reduce their power.

This is a painful contrast, and it is our own
fault if we permit matters to remain in their pre-
sent state. If Ministers will turn over a now
leaf—if they will fairly second the efforts of our
Ally, and speak out as boldly respecting the better
and more determined conduct of the War, well !
Under such circumstances, and with adequate gua-
rantees for the iue redemption of their pledges, we
should willingly allow byegones to be byegones,
and accord a complete amnesty for the past, in
the hope of a sounder and more honourable policy
for the future. But if not—if Coburgism and
Germanism are still to be in the ascendant, more
decided measures will be required, and there must
be a sweeping change in the representation—a
change that will not merely be the infusion of
new blood into the House of Commons and the
Ministry, but the exclusion of all who have not
justified the confidence heretofore reposed in
them, and acted in accordance with the dignity
and true interests of the country.

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the French loan for the icill
The official notification of
caused the English funds too"yTHE NEW FRENCH LOAN
amount of 30,000,000/.
day morning ; but an active emand for stock on the
part of the public subsequently caused a decided im-
provement.
PRICE el OF GOLD._.The quotation of '
gold at Paris is
about a' . par (according to the last tariff), which, at the
English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for stand-
ard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the exchange
at Paris on London at short being 25.05, it follows that
gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon-
don. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is
4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 13'5; ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on
London at short being 13'51, it follows that gold is o'o6
per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The
course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 1104 per cent. ; and, the par of ex-
change between England and America being 109 23.40
per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0'67
per cep. t in favour of England; and, after making allow-
ance for charges of transport and difference of interest,
the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation
of gold from the United States.

batteries of the isle of Sandham, and opened fire. Our
I batterie:, replied with success, destreyed a sloop which
prec,aied the frigate, making soundings, and lodged a ,hell
I and several balls in the frigate herself. In this affair,
we had a soldier of the 25th crew of marines killed, and
four men slightly wounded.'
The same journal publishes an extract of-a report
from Prince Gorfschakoff to the 16th containing
supplementary details of the affair of the 7th before
Sebastopol, but they are not of much importance.
The report admits that the Russians, after a severe
conflict, were obliged to abandon what they call
the Karatchatka Lunette, but asserts that 43 guns
in it were previously spiked. It gives the num-
bers of the Russian killed and wounded, which
have already been stated, and declares that those
of the French were "incomparably greater." Of
the English it Inakes no mention. From the Bth
to the MN it says that the besiegers kept up a
sharp carAenade on the _Russian works, and bom-
barded, the town ; and that on the 14th they had
masse preparations to attack the Malakhoff tower,
but did not execute the design. The report adds
that in the other parts of the Crimea everything
was tranquil.
We have received the St. Petersburg journals o
the 26th of June.
The Invalide Russe publishes the following,
under the head of " News from the Baltic" :
" On the 6th (18th) June, two of the enemy's
vessels and some gun-boats, mounting altogether
more than 180 guns, showed themselves at the
mouth of the Narva, opposite the village of Gun-
' gersbourg. On the following day the flotilla opened
fire against the batteries on the Narva side and
against the village, but on receiving our fire with-
drew towards Seskar Island after eight hours' can-
nonade. Our loss consists in one man killed and
another wounded, who has died since.
" Lieut.-General of the Engineers, .De Jammer-
stedt, Acting Commander of Narva, in his report
of this unsuccessful attempt of the Allies, says that
we owe the success of this artillery engagement to
the prudent arrangements of Major-General
Daller, of the Artillery, and to the intrepidity of
Captain Ragozine, of the Baltic Pilot Corps, who
had command of the batteries on the coast, and of
Ensigns of Artillery Rousteiko and Bouroundou-
koff ; he mentions as having (distinguished them-
selves—Lieut.-Colonel Yertchensky, of the 4th
Carabineers, commanding the troops at the mouth
of the Nerve. ; Lieutenant of Engineers Sieger-
Kork ; and Hans Kork, a Narva merchant, chief
of the pilots of that port. The house of the latter
was destroyed by the enemy's fire.
" On the Bth (20th) June, at 9.30 in the evening,
the enemy made a descent on Kotka Island, de-
stroyed the telegraph there, and burnt some houses
belonging to the Crown.

"0"n the following day the enemy's steamers
took soundings in Nystadt Roads.
"On the same day, 9th (21st) June, the enemy's
gunboats fired on the port of Revel, and then re-
turned to Nargen Island without having done
any damage.

1‘ On the 10th (22d), at 3 p.m., a gunboat again
approached Revel, and withdrew after exchanging
four shots with our fortifications."

The I Military Governor-General of St. Peters-
burg announces that on the 10th (22d June) there
was no movement visible in the Allied fleet. The
gun-boats practised firing in the morning.
On the 11th (23d) the position of the fleet re-
mained the same. Two steamers entered the north
channel, and wore fired upon by the Russian gun-
boats.

The Invalide Russe announcez the destruction o.
the corn stores at Marioupol and Taganrog.

SWEDEN.

It is stated in a letter from Stockholm of the
25th ult. that the camp, which has been esta-
blished at Ladergardsgardet, province of Stock-
holm, and which is commanded by the Prince
Royal, consists of 11,767 men-1,517 of them
being cavalry, and 940 artillery. The King (who
has caused a tent to be set up for himself in the
camp), the Queen, the Queen Dowager, the Prince
Royal, and the Princess Eugenia, were present on
the 25th at a series of manoeuvres of the troops,
combined with the evolutions of a flotilla which is
stationed in the straits of Ladeigardsgardet. The
Prince Royal is to proceed to Christiania, towards
the middle of the present month, to take the com-
mand of the camp of Norwegian troops, which is
to be established near that city: It is expected
that the King will accompany him.

MEETING OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN
.RAILWAY COMPANY-(TIIIS DAY).

A special general meeting of the proprietors of thi
railway was held this afternoon, at the Bridge-house
Hotel, London-bridge, for the purpose of considering
and approving the draft of a bill now before Parliament
for making a railway from the Manor-street Terminus
of the authorised Western Terminus Railway, connect-
ing the latter with the West-end of London and
Crystal Palace Railway, and to empower the South-
Eastern Company to enter into contracts for
using the same, and to become shareholders in the un-
dertaking. Mr. H. Rich, chairman of the board, pre-
sided.

The SEORETABY having read the notice convening
the meeting,

The CHAIRMAN said the project was one of great im-
portance, which it was thought ought not to be allowed
to pass without consulting the proprietors. Last year
the West End Crystal Palace Company obtained ar,
act for the construction of that railway from the Crystal
Palace to London, passing over Gipsey-hill, throw. h
Northwood, Streetham, Balhund, and Clapton. During t
past year that company had been in negotiation with
the South-Western Railway, for access to tho Waterloo-
road Station, but being unable to agree on terms, the
negotiation had ceased. In the same year the West-
end Terminus Company obtained an act for the con-
struction of a line from Rochester-street, Westminster,
across the Thames, over a bridge, thence to Manor-
street, Clapham, pledging themselves that they would
in the following session petition Parliament for
powers to make a line in continuation to the Crystal
Palace. The company having fulfilled that pledge, the
proprietors of the South Eastern Company were called
together to consider certain powers which were given to
them by that bill on certain conditions. The length of
this line was six miles and five furlongs, running over
some of the other lines, leaving two miles and a half to
be constructed, which, in consequence of the expensive
nature of the country through which it would pass,
the cost of construction would be 78,00011 per
mile. This company had nothing to do with the traffic
or the cost of construction, but to decide whether their
name should appear in the bill, because, if so, by the 25th
section they might make arrangements for the working
of the line for ten years under the sanction of the Board
of Trade, otherwise they would be excluded. By clause
30 they might subscribe to the undertaking ; but at
present the directors did not feel disposed to spend the
company's money in that way.
Mr. HERAPATH—That must be for future considera-
tion.

The CIIAIRMA.N—Yes, and it could only be done with
the consent of three-fifths of the proprietors. No doubt
this line would materially benefit the South Eastern
Company by bringing extra traffic over their line. He
moved a resolution in conformity with the notice con-
vening the meeting which was carried unanimously.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the meeting
separated.

CENTRAL CRIMINA L COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Baron Parke.)

Rebecca Turton, 33, was placed at the bar to take her
trial for the wilful murder of her husband, Thomas
Turton.

It will be recollected that the offence imputed to the
prisoner was committed nearly two years ago, but when
she was arraigned it appeared that she was insane, and
consequently not in a condition to plead, or take her
trial, and she was therefore removed to a private lunatic
asylum, where it appears that her mind has becomE-
completely restored, and, under the order of the Secre-
tary of State, she has been committed to take her trial
for the offence with which she was originally charged.
Mr. Ballantine, who appeared for the prisoner, now
applied to his lordship to postpone the trial to the next
session, on the ground that he was not at present pre-
pared with the medical testimony, which would be of
great importance to the prisoner in her defence.

Mr. Bodkin, who was instructed for the prosecution,
said he had no objection to offer to the postponement,
and the trial was consequently ordered to stand over.
Jeremiah, Foley, 24, a ruffianly-looking fellow, was
charged with the wilful murder of Hannah Bell.
Mr. Ryland prosecuted. The prisoner was defended
by Mr. Sleigh.
It appeared that the deceased was what is termed as
unfortunate girl, and she lived in a low brothel in a
Place called Five Bell Alley, Limehouse. On the
evening of the 11th of June, a girl named Mary
M'Auley, who lived in the same house, took
home with her the prisoner and another man, and
the prisoner, who appeared to have been previously ac-
quainted with the deceased, went into the room, and the
other man and M'Aulay proceeded up-stairs. Very
shortly afterwards, and, as it appeared, without any
provocation, the prisoner assaulted M'Aulay and her
companion in a brutal manner, and he then made a
most savage attack upon the unfortunate deceased,
knocked her down, and kicked her in the face and
neck, and inflicted such serious injuries upon her
that she died the same night, the death being clearly
occasioned by the violence she had received from
the prisoner. It was proved in addition to these facts,
that the prisoner had previously conducted himself in a
most brutal manner, and that he was a complete terror
to the whole neighbourhood ; and it also appeared that
on the evening of the occurrence the prisoner told one of
the witnesses that he was determined to be revenged
upon the deceased, and that he had a hammer in his
pocket with which he intended to knock out the brains
of the deceased, and at the same time Paid that he in-
tended to warm the hammer first upon the head of the
girl M'Aulay. It appeared, however, that he was in a
drunken condition at the time he made these threats.

The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter,
and he was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.)

William Stafford, 27, dairyman, and Charles Stafford,
21, cab proprietor, were indicted for breaking and enter-
ing a warehouse belonging to Messrs. Brandon and Lock,
and stealing therefrom twenty pockets of hops, valued
at 4001.

Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Parry and Mr.
Cooper defended.
It appeared that the prosecutors, who are hop mer-
chants, living at Bermondsey, had their warehoase.=
broken into upon the night of the 26th of Apr:l, and
the hops stolen. A van was observed to enter prosecu-
tor's premises about 10 that night, and shortly after-
wards leave loaded, and the prisoner William St Ilford was
sworn to as the party driving the van. The hops were
then moved to some stables at Islington occupied by
the prisoner Charles, where a portion of the
,hops were put into five fresh pockets, and but for infor-
mation given to the police by the horsekeeper of what
was going on at the stables, the whole of the property
would have been transferred to other pockets and got
rid of. The police, however, secured the two prisoners
and the whole of the property. The evidence, which
was very lengthy, bad not concluded when we went to
press. The case created a deal of interest, in conse-
quence of the respectability of the accused parties,
against whom the evidence seems to be most conclusive.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The show of English wheat in to-day's market was very
moderate. On the whole, the demand was rather inactive,
yet we have no change to notice in the quotations.
We were well supplied with foreign wheat. Although
the transactions were wholly in retail, Monday's prices
were well supported. In floating cargoes very little was
doing.
We had an improved sale for oats, at full currencies.
The arrivals have been limited.

Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention.
ARRIVALS THIS WHIM.

Wheat.
580

English
Irish ....
Foreign .„

1,7.`,)

Barley.
960

Malt. Oats. Flour.
NO 10 1.570
430 --
--
- 160 --813.

BOROUGH HOP.
As the plantation accounts are very favourable, the
demand for all kinds of hops is heavy, and the quotations
are almost nominal. Duty 220,0001. to 230,000/. Nearly
400 bales of foreign hops have arrived this week.

WHITECHAPEL.
We have a moderate demand for each kind. of meat.
—Beef, 3s Od to 48 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48 Bfl ; lamb,
4s 8d to 5s Sd ; veal, 3s 104 to 4s 8d ; pork, 33 4d to 48 4d
per Blbs. by the carcase.

A letter from Jassy of the 18th states that the Aus-
trians have taken possession of the Mountain of Slanick,
an important position, and heretofore considered as an
integral pi,:\rt of Moldavia. They have done so, it adds,
on the pretenoe that when the Bukowina
Austria by Turkey in 1776 the line of demarcation was
traced across Slaw's. was ceded to

INTREPIDITY OF A. I.Torni. On Wednesday afternoon,
about three o'clock, as 3 gentleman named Baker was
bathing at the old ladder, on Sheep's green, he got out
of his depth, and, not being a swimmer, had Wilk the
last time. His struggles attracted the attent4i of a
youth named Andrews, only 16 years of age, son of Mr.
Andrews, bootmaker, of the Market-hill, who was alse
bathing at the time, and who immediately dived to the
bottom and brought Mr. Baker up by the hair of his
head, and with the assistance of an Irish gentleman
succeeded in landijsg Olvamcle.