The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-17 00:00:00

Sir RORERT PEEL'S was a cunning speech. His re

ference to the case selected by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to
show that the Commons had been in the habit of acting
adversely to the Lords, was Jesuitical ; for he and his
partisans contend that there is no collision, and there-
fore his remarks did not apply. His allusion to Lord
GLENELG and Lord PALMERSTON, though happy for
effect, had no relation to the subject. It would have
been lost but for the band of claquers who
are trained to give effect to his best passages. All ora-
tors are said to be actors. Lord CHATHAM could not
speak unless his wig were peculiarly nice, and Sir
ROBERT can never succeed unless his friends help him
on. Take away from behind him the hands ready to
clap, and the voices to cheer—take away the political
parasite's laugh, which is the " ready chorus" to his
effusions, and his jests fall stale and pointless on the
ear. Besides his poor jokes, which were amusing
enough, with all their accompaniments of voice, ges-
ture, and cheers, the.staple of his arguments were two.

Those which relate to the collision between the

two Houses we disposed of yesterday ; those
which relate to the House of Commons not entertaining
an abstract proposition, require only to be laughed at.
By what means the Right Hon. Baronet could trans-
mute Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion for a specific pur-
pose into an abstract proposition, we are not acquainted.
Every Session, with the Right Hon. Baronet's consent,
the House passes a resolution declaring it to be a

breach of the privileges o f the Commons for any Peer to

interfere with an election, which is much more an ab-
stract proposition than Lord JoHN RUSSELL'S motion.
To the one the Right Hon. Baronet consents, but op-
poses the other. In fact, his speech the night before
last was adapted to his friends, not to the general rea-
son, and had little or no bearing on the question. He
never said a word on the advantages of Tory tyranny
hto Ireland. We will not call his speech a miserable
failure ; it answered his purpose of tickling his friends,
but it had in it none of the qualities of the Statesman.
We yesterday said a word about the degradation of
this great Commoner, now become the tool of a bigoted
faction ; but the matter becomes more striking when we
remember that in 1829 he threw this faction overboard.
Then he laid down the principle, as the guide of his
conduct, that the Government could not be carried on
in opposition to the House of Commons ; and after
mustering up a formidable array of the counties and cities
friendly to the Catholics, he assigned that as his prin-
cipal reason for giving his dear friends, RODEN
and Co., the cut direct, and for betraying the interests of
the darling, doting old Mother Church, which had been
committed to his safe keeping. At present, RODEN and
Co., aided by the newly kindled zeal of the Clergy,
have obtained a temporary accession of power and in-
fluence, which is only apparently great because the
other and living interests of the community are politi-
cally inactive, it being impossible for them to be always
on the watch like the parsons, who receive large incomes
to devote themselves to agitation in behalf of the Church.
The number of the Catholics has not diminished, nor
has the number of their friends. They are far more
powerful now than they were in 1829, and the Ro-
DEN principle of going back, repealing the Eman-
cipation Act, and re-enacting the Penal Laws,
would be more sturdily resisted now, than the repeal
was promoted then. Neither does the progress of in-
telligence authorise a return to the RODEN policy ; yet
because Lord RODEN and his friends have a temporary
ascendency, Sir ROBERT PEEL now again embraces the
cause which he discarded and betrayed in 1829. He
declared last night that the Irish Church was to be
maintained entire. In obedience to WELLINQTON,
however, who in 1829 rode rough-shod over Mother
Church, the great orator found out a multitude
of reasons why the Catholics Should be emancipated,
and now, in obedience to the Earl of RoDgu, the great
Commoner finds a multitude of reasons why they should
be replaced under an Orange tyranny, and why the
House of Commons should allow the House of Lords,
including the Bishops, to give law to it. The policy
pursued by Sir ROBERT in 1829 was in principle and
spirit directly opposed to his present policy, to
justify which he has no reason pr pretext but
the temporary ascendancy of Lord Rough. The
great Commoner condescends, then, now to be
Lord Rough's cad, as he was formerly the Duke
of WELLINGTONS ; and he desires now to make the
House of Commons, as he made ;t is 1529, ride in his
new master's ricketty omnibus. If the Baronet's suer
cess be proportionate to the merits of his argument, it
will be very small, for a less convincing speech it has
not been our lot for a long time to hear or read.

By the packet ship Roscius, Captain COLLINS,
which arrived at Liverpool yesterday, we have received
New York Papers to the 26th, and Montreal Papers
to the 21st ult., with late advices from Mexico. The
negociations for the settlement of the Boundary Ques-
tion are daily asserning a more pacific character. The
Senate of the State of Maine adopted resolutions for
withdrawing the American troops from the disp4te4

territory. These resolutions were met by others of a
more warlike tendency, passed by the House of Assem-
bly of that State ; but in a conference between the two
branches of the Legislature on the 19th ult., a joint
Committee recommended that the House should rescind

its resolutions and adopt those of the Senate. By the
resolutions of the Assembly, the Governor was re-
quested to send an agent direct to England to arrange
with the Government here the running of a boundary
line, according to the treaty of 1783 ; and in the event
of England not agreeing to this, it was resolved that
the American Executive should run the line, and bid
defiance to consequences. How the State of Maine
could act upon these resolutions, had they been ulti-
mately adopted, without the concurrence of Congress, we
are rather at a loss to understand. To send an Ambas-
sador to England to adjust a dispute which equally
concerns every State in the Union, would be to assume
the functions of the Supreme Government.
An abstract of the Report of a Committee of the
Legislature of the State of New York on the Boundary
Question, will be found among our extracts from the
New York papers. It is highly satisfactory, inasmuch
as it manifests the strong indisposition of the inhabitants
of that State to sanction any measure which would
disturb the present friendly relations between
Great Britain and the Federal Government. Our
own impression is that the question can be very easily
settled if the two Governments unite in the maintenance
of a pacific and temperate adjustment. Both are suffi-
ciently powerful at home and abroad, to afford mutual
concessions, without the imputation of weakness or pu-
sillanimity. Between free and enlightened States, the
popular ambition should be the maintenance of amicable
relations.

The accounts from the Canadas are favourable. No
fresh outrages have been committed, and the people
everywhere co-operate with the proper authorities in re-
storing the influence of the provincial governments. The
demands upon the Legislature of the Upper Province
for damages done to private property during the late re-

hellion are so great, that it is feared recourse must be had
to a loan to meet them. In both Provinces taxation

will be greatly increased to defray the charges incurred
to put down the rebellion.

The news from Mexico is merely confirmatory of the
accounts which previously reached England.

'We beg leave to call the attention of the Govern-
ment to the case of a Mr. HINDS, yesterday mentioned
at the meeting of the Convention, as one which requires
explanation. It requires to be known whether Mr.
HINDS' pension were bestowed for past services, or were
a gratuity at the pleasure of the Crown. If the latter,
the Ministers might, if they disapproved of his conduct,
withdraw it ; if the former, they have no such controul
over it. They could know nothing personally of the
case, and may have been deceived by some meddling
informer in the neighbourhood. It will, therefore, be no
discredit to them to retract their decision, should they
have been betrayed into an unjust one. Mr. HINDS'
conduct, too, may have been very different from that
stated in the Convention, and he may deserve to have his
pension taken away. Explanation, however, is necessary,
or it may be supposed that while Captains and Admirals
have full liberty to attend political meetings and express
their political sentiments, the same privilege does not
extend to those below them, and that the common men
must on no account, have a political opinion. It will
be noticed by those who look at the proceedings of the
Convention, that, according to Mr. O'BRIEN'S state-
ment, a resolution has been adopted by the people in
several places, not to enter the Army and Navy. Such
cases as that of Mr. HINDS', if left unexplained, will
add to the repugnance.

\Ve have Madrid Papers of the Bth instant, but they
bring no news of any moment. Dissensions still prevail
among the members of the Cabinet. Money is greatly
wanted, for the use of the army,

The most remarkable article in the French Journals
received this morning, is the following extract from a
letter from St. Petersburgh, dated the 30th of March,
which we find in the Commerce of Monday. Should
the statement it contains be confirmed, it will be for
England to act with promptitude and readiness :

A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 20th, is to the
following effect :—For some days Russia has been on
the eve of a change of Ministry.
Count Nesselrode, the senior of the Russian diploma-
tists, and who has been for so many years at the Head of
our department of Foregn Affairs, has been commanded by
the Emperor to ask for an indefinite leave of absence, for
the purpose of travelling. Count Nesselrode deeply
affected and mystified by this unexpected order, still hesi-
tates to execute it • but this will avail him nothing ; for
Baron de Tatischeff our ambassador at Vienna, has al-
ready been summoned to St. Petersburg, to take the office
of Count Nesselrode, whose disgrace is ascribed to two
causes, namely, Ist, that he is evidently favourable to Eng
land, and is repugnant to the project of the Czar, to bring
on a rupture with that power. 2d. that the intrigues of
Russia in British India and in Canada, have been disco-
vered by England, and have consequently failed, for which
Nicholas blames Count Nesselrode, whom he accuses of
having chosen persons deficient both in ability and zeal for
missions in those countries. It is also said that an the
Russian diplomatic agents protected by Count Nesselrode,
will be replaced by others, and that Field Marshal Count
Paskewi•sch has been summoned to St. Petersburgh, to
aid the Autocrat with his advice in the choice of new re-
presentatives of Russia in foreign countries. All:this seems
to us to announce that the Emperor is resolved on war
with England.
The public interest in Paris was absorbed by antici
pations of the election of the President of the Chambe
of Deputies fixed for yesterday. It was expected to
decide the question of the political complexion of the
new Cabinet.

The Ambassadors of Austria, Russia, Prussia,
Sweden, Denmark, Saxony. and Naples, dined with
the Royal Family on Sunday.
The following are extracts fromthe French Journals :

Daaux, APAIL 12.—A1l the population of this town has
been deeply affected by the sad and pious ceremony which
has just passed before its eyes.
1 he King, the Queen, Madame Adelaide, the Prince of
Joinville, and the Duke of Wirtemberg, arrived yesterday
morning, at seven o'clock, at the pavilion erected near the
chapel destined to be the sepulture of the Princes of the
Orleans family. The Queen came to weep and pray on
the coffin of the Princess Mary. Her Majesty had chosen
for the accomplishment of this pious duty the anniversary
of the birthday of her beloved daughter.
The arrival of their Majesties had not been announced,
but as soon as the intelligence was spread in the town all
the National Guards took arms; the principal authorities
hastened to present themselves before the King. Their
Majesties received with kindness the condolence offered
them.

The King then passed in review the ranks of the Na.
tional Guard. His Majesty addressed kind words to all,
and the air resounded with cries of " Vive le Roi !"
After the review a funeral service was celebrated in the
chapel of the Castle, to which the public were admitted.
Their Majesties, and the Princes and Princesses of the
Royal Family who had accompanied them, assisted at this
sad ceremony. All was arranged with the greatest sim-
plicity.
After having left marks of their bounty for the poor of
the town, the King and Queen quitted our walls in the
midst of acclamations, inspired by the liveliest enthusiasm.
The two parties of the Chamber, which of themselves
form the majority, have resolved to enrol their votes in
favour of M. Odillon Barrot.—Courrier Francais.
Extract of a letter from Berlin, of the 11th :inst.:—
" The arrival of the Archbishop of Posen has excited great
interest in all who have entered into our religious disputes.
He has already had a conference with the Minister of
State, Count Lotteim, and will, it is believed, have an
audience of the King in the course of the week. The
Archbishop is expected to officiate at mass next Sunday.
In the meantime, a Catholic priest at Berlin has refused to
celebrate a mixed marriage. This is the first instance in
the capital. The ceremony has been performed by a Pro-
testant minister, and the bride and bridegroom, with their
parents and family, are now all Protestants."
From the accounts of the quarter's revenue just pub-
lished, the total amount of which is 152,493,000 fr., it ap-
pears that that there is an increase over the corresponding
" r er
mostof impudentB3B of
' BrO6l ge°4 fwr, fo
yesterday in the church of St. Ambroise, Quartior Popin-
court. It was nearly twelve o'clock, and a good number
scrom thmisityteeadr.
the day before
of people were waiting in the church for the commence.
ment of the servine, when a TtAn entered the chair, appa.
rently coming from the vestry with a small set of steps,
mounted them by the side of the altar, took down the figure
Of Christ, and with great gravity retired. The persons
who saw ilir4l, @quP)udipg that be belonged to the church,
thought that it was ail right; and the first persOn to re-
mark the loss was the beadle, who discovered that the man
had gone out of the church by a small door close by the
vestry. Fortunately the figure, which the robber thought
to he of silver, was enly plated,
1t0n58.-134n18, meaDay, Arai'.

HALP.PAIT Twitgg•—The market has been hrisk, and a good
deal of business done. e'er the Account the Three per Cents.
opened at elf. 10c., declined to elf., 5c., rose to $U 20c., and
closed at 81f. 15c., being a rise of 15 cents. The Five per Cents.
epenpd at 110 f. 5c., and closed at 110 f., as on Saturday. For
Money tne Three pFr cents, are 15 cents. higher, and the Five
per Cents. 5 cents. lover. The Bank of France Shares are un-
varied. The Laffitte Bank, hpost. ShareS, ;re flf. getter, grid
those of 5,000 f. have declined 4r. The Belgian Five per Centil•
have been stationary gt their former quotations. For the Account
the Three per Cents. have advanced 10 gents., being at 72f, 10e.
The Bank Shares have improved 15c. The Spanish, Active is
lower; from 20i it advanced to 20i, and closed at its first price.
The St. Germain Railway Shares have improved sf. The Ver.
Pees Right Bank, 2f. 50c. ; and the Strasburg to Basle 2f. 50c.
The Veisailleo /442 Bank closed as on Saturday; and the Havre
2f. 50c. lower.

First Highest Lowest La4t

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French 5 per Cents ll O... 110 ... 109 90 ... 109 95
4 per Cents III 75 ... 101 75 101 75 ... 101 ;5
3 per Cents Bl 10 ... 81 20 ... 81 5 81 20

Bank of prance -.. . 2650 ...2650 ...2645 ...2x415
Lattitte Bank 1,000 f: Sh 1050 ...1050 ...1050 ...ICS')
5,000 f. Sh 5190 ...5190 ...5190 -.5190
Belgian 5 per Cents lol3{ ... .101.,i ... 101Y4 ... 101 X.
3 per Cents 7l 80 ... 71 80 ... 71 80 ... 71 SO
Bank 7lO ... 720 ... 710 ... '720
Coupons
S anish Ac ive `,'.014 ~, 20j,,-, ... 204 ... 2014
Passive 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4%
Neapolitan
Roman
- • - - ••• - -- -
10N -. 1024 i ... 1023{, ... 10234

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. German'
Versailles, B. B t•97 51... 697 50 ... 695 695
L.B. 270 272 50 271 270
Havre
Orleans .
Strasburg to Bale 332 50 335 332 50 ... 3:15
Mulhausen to Thann
ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS.
Sevssel (A) 2200 —.2200 ...22C0
Galvaniz d Iron
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL l2.

ls.
Bil Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents. .., lO6 10:,%
Bank Shares
A n 10-Russian Loan
.. 107yt 107%
Russian ;) per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Series lOl
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Series 91134 981 A
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe Cent SSI4,
Ditto 5 per Ceti. ggyi b 9
Polish Bonds
New 1 icket
.... 15744 157
Anglo. Vanish Lean, 3 per Cent 72%, 72
Norwegian Loan, 1634, 4 per Cent. lO2
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
Ilalusuao, APRIL 12.-13. 6%.—Two months, 13. 5. s

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

MORLEY V. GREENHAM.
The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed
and concluded to•day. The case came before the Court
upon an appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-
Chancellor, refusing to dissolve an injunction which he had
granted ex-parte. The short facts of the case appeared
to be the following. The plaintiff filed a bill as the heir-
at-law of a gentleman named Murley, who, in consequence
of a fall from his horse became a lunatic, and the de-
am, was appointed his trustee.
fendant, Mr. Greenh
Subsequent to the accident that deprived Mr. Murley
of his reason, he was attacked with consumption, which
caused the return of his reason. During that period,
lie made a will giving certain landed property which he
possessed in Somershire, to the defendant. After the death
of Mr. Murley, the plaintiff brought an action of eject.
ment against his heir-at-law to recover the possession of
the land from the defendant. In that action he
was defeated, and the defendant proceeded against
him for the costs he had incurred. The plaintiff then filed
his bill for the purpose of obtaining an injunction, restrain-
ing the defendant from aey further proceedings. On an
application being made to the Vice-Chancellor he granted
the injunction asked, and refused to dissolve it upon a mo-
tion made for that purpose. From that decision the pre-
sent appeal was brought.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the argu-
ments, ordered the injunction to be dissolved, thereby re-
versing the decision of the Court below.