The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-22 00:00:00

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wreolrldielinneess of its tone. Such distinc-
tions,parties, ever looking out for
' neeir weapons, may be pushed to the division of society,
-and to the serious injury of the common weal. With these
possibilities in prospect, it certainly does seem unfor-
fortuna possibilities
that SD wide a loophole as the word " moral"
undoubtedly is should be unnecessarilyin introduced
into a document intended as a species of co,cerdat between
the Church and the State, or rather between the clergy
the laity. Under present circumstances, however, theleandt
attempt to mn
e this edged tool to the extension of el
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cal
power will be inevitably fatal to the hand that grasps ite.N
school can prosper without the harmonious co-operation of
all the parties concerned. If the parents of the children, or
the influential laity of the district, are dissatisfied with
the management, or should they conceive them-
selves insulted by an unnecessary appeal to the diocesan,
they will leave the clergyman alone to enjoy a barren
triumph in an empty schoolroom. Whether it be in a
town or a rural parish, it is found that the gentry, the
farmers, the tradesmen, and the parents of the children,
must be positively interested in the school, if it is to
answer. A successful appeal to the diocesan coining down
on the parish with the force of a censure, would only drag
the unfortunate Bishop into the scrape, and make the
whole Church system uniformly odious in the eyes of
the defeated laity. In fact, no Bishop who is a man of sense
will desire to enlarge the sphere of his interference in the in-
ternal affairs of the five or six hundred parishes included is
his diocess. No Bishop would covet the opportunity of
disgusting every layman in a parish, and, by sympathy,
in the whole of his diocess. A clergyman whose mi-
nistry should be fertile in such appeals seen be regarded as
a public nuisance, and nobody would more fervently
wish him elsewhere than the Bishop himself. In prac-
tice, therefore, for the present at least, we see little prospect
of this small though threatening alteration leading to serious
results. There is only a certain potentiality of mischief in
it. Should a school founded with a trust deed containing
this alteration ever become so richly endowed as to
make it worth litigation, and render it independent of
popular support, the word " moral," and the episcopal
reference provided, for moral differences, might be
abased so as to ' defeat the purposes of education
altogether, that is, bY depriving the school of an efficient
appeal. This, however, is a very prospective apprehension.
The chief present evil of the change is, that it must inevi-
tably raise certain clerical pretensions i it must tend to di-
asinsinisitshedthb
the public
interestinthe Churchgranz and
dEnmgalayndpsocshsioohlyls
lead to an unfavourable reaction against the Church
of England and the National School Society in Parliament
itself. Whether the change is to be regarded as im-
portant or not, as operative or not, it is a pity it has been
the
practice. We assured, indeed, that it is not to be put
Made, and made in a manner that looks rather like sharp
are . into force, that whose tembody the alteration till
Parliament hat Met deeds shall .
of
expressing ..
opinion on the Subject
into force? Much orhde
had the cpportumty
schools
of contention had beent-eth
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the alteration been has
demanded this 97,
many mo
diminishing its grant. But
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travagant claims hare h -town between angry es;
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Derby will have to answer flO)rr
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clerical monopoly count encouraged; and
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for
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odiiabpargue.
ment, or authority, human
alteration should remain these cense uences, even if the
a dead lett q is li
should be reversed. er
, or, what more kelp,
divine, can be given. Lord

THE FRENOPUBLIG.

We have received the Paris papers of y
nriedoazny.ono-
There is a long article in the Constituii:pstn;
renewal by the lagisletive Body of the toaba-e-, on the
poly. The Constitutionnel advocates the
monopoly, as yielding a large revenue to the v. of
ment, and being less objectionable than the substit"rin-
of the duty which it would be necessary to inv:ste-°::,
the trade in tobacco were to be thrown open. The mo-
nopoly in tobacco, says the Constitutionnel, now yields
to the State 88 millions, whereas in 1824 it was only 43
millions. If the monopoly were to be suppressed, and 11,
duty laid on to replace the sum which it yields to the
revenue, it must amount to sf. per kilogramme, and
everybody must admit that this would be holding out e
premium for contraband dealing.
A commission has been nominated for the organiza-
tion of a grand fete for the 15th August. This fête,
says the Pays, is to be on quite a now plan, and on
such a grand scale as to equal the magnificent public ro-
j of the Empire.
The Independance of Brussels having published in its
Paris correspondence some incorrect statements relative
to the eff)rts made by the Baronne DIIDEVANT, better
known by her assumed name of GEORGE SAND, to obtain
the clemency of the PRESIDENT of the Republic in
favour of certain condemned political offenders of the
party of the Mountain, she has addressed a letter to the
Presse contradicting tho erroneous statements of the
13elzian journal. We extract the following passage:—
a I cannot comprehend why it should be supposed that I
had relations with the Elyse() prior to the political events of
which my friends have been victims. I owe it, however, to
truth to say that my relations with Prince Louis Napoleon
date from the time of his captivity, and were revived only
after the 15th January, 1852. I have not, unfortunately,
obtained all that I asked in favour of afflicted families de-
prived of theirsupporters; but I do not accuse the President
of the Republic, whose consolatory promises give me still
ground for hope."
The Municipal Council of Saint Etienne have voted
a sum of 25,0001. for the reception of the PRINCE PRE-
SIDENT of the Republic on his approaching visit.
Baron BRENIER, Councillor of State, director in the
department of foreign affairs, has been appointed sccre-
tary-general of that department.
The Moniteur announces that, by a decree of the
13th, Lieutenant DE CORIOLIS D'ESPINOUSE and M.
TOURET, enseigne de vaisseau, have been dismissed for
having refuses th- oath required by the Constitution.
There was an extraordinary rise in the price of the Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. at the Bourse. They opened at 101 f.,
and closed at 101 f. 90c. for the end of the mouth, being a rise
of lf. sc. as compared with the closing price on Saturday
last. The Three per Ceats. closed at 70'. 90c.; Orleans
Railway shares, 1.2.551.; Rmen, • 880 f.; Havre, 332 t. hoc.;
Great Northern, 620 f. ; Avignon,4llf. 25c. ; Basle, 268 f. 75e.;
Paris and Strasburg, 585 f.; Paris and Lyons, 660 f.; the New
Austrian Loan, 94%.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Jerre 21.

Dutch Rhenish, s%—East Indian, 23%—Namur and
Liege, 654—Northern of France, 241,4—Ditto, 201. 3 ney
Cent. Bonds (formerly Boulogne and Amiens shares), 14
Paris and Lyons, 12 14— Rouen and Havre. 13—Sambre and
Meuse, s%—Tours and Nantes. 12%—West Flanders, 3%—
Western of France, 8%.