The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-30 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAGUE, AuG. 26.--The Baron Von Mule]
Lieutenant-Colonel and Chamberlain in the service of
his Serene Highness the Dukc of Nassau, has arrived
here on a mission from the reigning Duke Adolphus of
Nassau, to convey to the Court of the Netherlands the
official notification of the death of his father Duke Wil-
liam.

A letter from Frankfort of the 24th August says " It
is reported here that the German Diet, on its sitting,
declared itself, by a majority of ten to seven votes, in-
competent to decide on the Hanoverian question. This
statement is, however, too vague, and probably relates
to a resolution relative to the recent complaints and
protests of some single Hanoverian towns and corpora-
tions, at least persons who are thought to be well-in-
formed affirm that they know nothing of any resolution
that goes farther."

TIIE HAGUE, AUG. 28.—The Court has been put
in mourning for the late Duke of Nassau.
HANovER, AUG. 22.—Bcth the second address of
the city of Hanover to the German Diet and that of
the provincial estates of Hadeln have been rejected.
This event has caused a very great sensation here. The
prospect of a termination of our differences by the
highest authority is thus at an end. Will the
Committee of Mediation give the country tranquillity
and order'? This is not the general opinion, and it is
even probable that some members of the Committee do
not partake in it. The sittings have commenced, and
it is said they were opened by his Majesty in person,
with a speech.
A letter from Hanover of the 19th, inserted in the
Leipsic Gazette, affirms on the contrary that the two
documents in question have not been rejected.
Another letter from Hanover, of the 22d, likewise
says that news of the rejection of these two addresses
by the Diet on the 13th of this month, have been re-
ceived, and likewise that the Diet would protect the
Constitution of 1819, as being avowedly in force, to
prevent any further refusal to pay the taxes, and would
reject as far as possible the applications of single cor-
porations, ands intended thereby to deprive all unautho-
rised complaints of the means of exciting useless fermen-
tation in the country.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 27.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, t 234 per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
A moil Svrnlic,o.l, per cent 9B yi IX
Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent. Bo', 81
Commercial Company, 4',1 per cent 17214 17244
Ditto (18.92 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Ditto 1837, 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 024
Two months
—Dutch Papers, August 28.
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Atm 24.

Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares lo(i% lON
A n..lo.Russian Loan ISCO 1497
Russia' 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
101%
Inscription, Ist Series lOl%
Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th
Se:irs
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe, Cent 97% 97 !ii
Ditto 5 per Cent
101
Polish Bondi
134% 13$
New ticket
Anglo. Owlish Loan, 3 per Cent
74, 71$i
Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent lOl%
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, A tioner 24.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 4!A; per cent. ...... ....... 101
.103,
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 103 ii 10-2%
hxchange on London, three months... ..._
—Prussian State Gazette. August '25.

The Morning Advertiser comments as follows on the
recent Ministerial appointments :—" Some cf the recent
Ministerial changes evince a liberal tendency. Such
were the appointments of Mr. Sheil and Mr. Wyse ;
but we cannot augur favourably from the exposition of
opinion made at Portsmouth by Mr. Baring, the new
Chancellor of the Exchequer, when in reference to the
Ballot he stated, that he had voted against it, and would
still vote against it ; and in reference to flogging in the
army, he stated it to be a very difficult thing to controul
men with arms in their hands, without corporal punish-
ment ; and, therefore, would not vote for its abolition,
but would leave it entirely to the discretion and humane
disposition of the military authorities. Neither of these
replies can excite anything but disapprobation ; the first
is a virtual denial of the free exercise of the elective
franchise, and the second involves the continuance of
horrors too revolting for contemplation., '
The Courier of last evening alludes in the following
it
has
been
going
down and
terms to the British Scientific Association now experi-
mentalizing at Birmingham :—" The scientific gentle-
men who are now amusing themselves at Birmingham,
have been attacked in no very measured terms in the
Times of this morning. The fact is, the Association
was one that could expect favour only so long as it had
the charms of novelty to recommend it. Not possess-
i an}ng lasting
thhoel d
estimation public
of
sy
m thea t multitude,ilY'
the Times, according to its custom, follows in
the train of the mob, and pelts with dirt who-
ever happens, for the time being, to be out
of favour with the discerning monster. Though we
deprecate the manner, however, in which the thing has
been done by the paper in question, we are quite of opi-
nion that the Association is never likely to do any good
in the world, and therefore the sooner it gives up its
annual migration, the better it will be for all parties.
The whole affair was a mere imitation of the German
Society of Naturalists ; but, owing to the different cir-
cumstances of the two countries, an Association that
was most laudable in the one country has been quite
unmeaning in the other."
The Globe observes, with reference to the late Minis-
terial changes :—" The changes in the Cabinet, so un-
mercifully assailed by the Tory press, we are disposed

The peace movement has encountered less opposition
in this country and abroad than perhaps any cause of
moral reform ; and the inconsiderable degree of interest
it has hitherto excited may, in part at least, be traced
to the nature of the principle itself ; which, when stated
in its most general form, meets with universal assent or
acquiescence ; but when set forth with all the conse-
quences derived from it by uncompromising practical
rcasoners, finds but few minds willing to adopt . It
is allowed by all, that peace is in general better than
war, and that for the redress of wrong the use of moral
power is generally preferable to physical force. But that
coercion and war ought never to be resorted to even in
defence of life and liberty—this is a corollary to the
peace principle, which would require a radical change
of sentiments to gain admission to the practical creed
of individuals and nations. This internal impediment
to the progress of the peace cause, arising from the
nature of the principle on which it rests, is sufficiently
evident from the change which the constitution of the
Society has undergone in the fundamental article which
defines its object, and in the recent attempt at a still
more thorough reform which has led to the formation of
the New England Non-Resistance Society.
The object of the American Peace Society, as
stated in its original constitution, was the abo-
lition of offensive war. Nothing was said with re-
gard to the moral character of defensive war,
because a difference of opinion was known to
exist among the friends of peace on that subject, and
because the abolition of all offensive or oppressive wars
implied that of defensive warfare as a necessary conse-
quence. But this prudential restraint, and calculation
of consequences, did not satisfy those who had embraced
the principle of peace as a divine precept that required
implicit profession and strict obedience. They also
argued with much effect, that the term " defensive
war" is, in practice at least, a vague title, which in
most cases, as recently in the wars of Napoleon, has
been used by each of the contending powers to justify

The authors of the New England Non-Resistance
Society have rendered an important service to the cause
of peace, inasmuch as they have attempted to reduce
it to first principles. The object of these associated
efforts is the establishment of peace. What, then, is
peace? According to the practical definition contained
in the constitution of the American Peace Society,
peace is the absence of war, and therefore the esta-
blishment of peace is identical with the abolition of war.
And what is war ? It is a state of discord between
nations, in which each thinks itself authorized to use
against the other any violent measures that may pro-
mote the object it contends for. Now, if all war
be sinful, being contrary to the spirit of the Gospel,
what is it that constitutes its sinfulness ? Evidently
the resort to violent measures, the taking of human
life, the destruction of property. and the infliction of
other innumerable evils. If, then, war be sinful in all
cases, and the use of violence constitutes the essence and
essential immorality of war, the same principle must
condemn the same means in every other case ; it makes
it sinful in the individual to take the life of an enemy,
or use physical force even in self-defence, and equally
sinful in the Government to inflict not only capital pu-
nishments, but punishments of any kind, or to resort to
coercive measures of any description. Hence the
t_e
duty
of every Christian not only to abstain entirely from
use of force against human beings (absolute non-resist-
ance),r.o
but of refusing allegiance to any human govern-
ment, ment, inasmuch as, being constituted to enforce t
com-
mands, it is founded in sin.
th—e piz.a
remises
We do not see how any man adopting
laid down by the American Peace Socioespe n ty v
l e'that
all war is contrary to the spirit of the
G
ocie
ar-
rive at any other results than those
tm,a.intiaNirne hayedb e ni the
New England Non-Resistance S
fault to find, then, with the logic of the Non-Resistance
Society.
premises, We will now briefly examine its to see
whether there be indeed no case in which war, or in
general the use of force against human beings, be con-
sistent with the spirit of the gospel and the principles of
morality.
Both parties in this controversy, the advocates and
the opponents of the non-resistance principle, refer to
numerous Scriptural authorities to sustain their respec-
tive views ; and it must be confessed that the former
are, indeed, able to assemble a sufficiently imposing
array of texts to diminish the surprise at first naturally
entertained, that notions so radically at variance with
every theory of human society that has ever been
attempted to be applied to practice, could find any con-
siderable number of intelligent partisans. For example,

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H. M. S Revenge, 78, Hon. Captain Walde-
grave, arrived at Cove on Saturday. She is to remain
until her complement of men is complete.
On Wednesday forenoon the Royal Horse-guards
(blue) and the Ist regiment of Life-guards were reviewed
on Wormwood Scrubs, in the presence of the Princes
Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Coburg, Lord Hill (Com-
mander of the Forces), Lord De Ros ( Brigadier Major o f
the Cavalry), and a numerous staff. Their Serene High-
nesses, accompanied by Lord Hill and the staff, then rode
to the front of the line, where they were received by Col.
the Hon. Henry Cavendish (the officer in command), and
the other officers of the regiments, to whom their Serene
Highnesses were pleased to express their high admiration
of the appearance of the men, and the manner in which
they had gone through the various evolutions.
ENLARGEMENT OF ST. PANCRAS WORK-
/10VSE.-On Wednesday a meeting of the St. Pancras
vestry, Mr. Horsepool in the chair, was held, for the
purpose of considering a plan for the enlargement of the
parish workhouse, which came from the Directors of the
poor. After some discussion it was resolved to advertise
for contracts for the work forthwith ; but the vestry will
not pledge themselves to accept the lowest contract.
THE LATE DUKE OF NASSAU.—DIike Wil-
liam George Augustus Henry of Belgium (whose death
we recently announced) was born 14th June, 1792, and
succeeded his father, Prince Frederick William of Nassau
Weilburg, 9th January, 1816 ; and by the death of Duke
Frederick Augustus, the last of the line of Nassau Usen-
gen, on the 24th of March, 1816, Duke
ed
emw_'ai)Nl
il i)jaTumdgerobey-
cceded to all the .country of the eldest branch ( Walraini-
enne) of the house of Nassau, which already firmed in
1806 a Duchy. The late Duke was formerly General of
cavalry in the Rus,ian service. The Duke was twice
married; first, 24th June, 1813, to Charlotte Louisa Fre-
derica Amelia, daughter of the deceased Duke Frederick
of Saxe Altenburg ; and, secondly, to the Princess Pauline
of Wurtemburg, daughter of Prince Paul of Wurtemburg,
Duke William had four children, two male and two female,
by his first marriage; and one son and two daughters by
sal,pni theagLiu a g e
used
William) was born 24th July, 1817. He passed through
Frankfort with his brother Prince Maurice on their way to
13iberich, where the Dowager Duchess was staying. The
reigning Duke, in his official announcement of the death
of his father, and his accession to the sovereignty, says—
" We will use all the efforts in our power to promote the
prosperity of the country, to maintain the Constitution,
and to exercise for the
b e
eonf
orderedall c
If
raNas,
agitation
ts
a tithecoln
throughoutri
has
gahrset
bsgetreheeneft
sovereignty which have been transmitted to us." A general
glnToAfNClTer.—ica
mourningpuehy. of six months
ant spirit :
tabtleysixaeUtdpnhßireteeiCwosßsiuricscoalnA•rni. Mr. i
nClose.teler
vmced, and
on Thurday last, we
exhibition on tho part of the - Established Clergy,
deeply and sinceoreflytheseco contrast between
have no other effect
than that of exhibit-
ing the spirit breathed by
them and that which incarnates the gospel. When will
our clergy learn that Ch • rist did not promote our faith by
virulent abuse of those inerror,by the
or exaggeration of
their faults ? We have too high a respect for Mr. Close's
merits as • •
a minister, not to feel pain at his misconduct as
an agitator; and we feel assured that in his
ment he must at least
condemn the use of language in,
ducing the belief that there is aprobability of apostasy,
from the faith she has sworn
to defend, on the part of the
Sovereign.—Cheltenham Examiner.
DISTRESS OF THE POOR IN TYRONE.—The
greatest distress has for some time unhappily prevailed in
the populous district of Trillick, in the county of Tyrone.
which
meetingsttat hho ncen
de-
plorel Teovt
all
auhi ia :l ucnneEbal
Multitudes have fallen into a state of the most lamentable
destitution, and but for the charitable exertions of the ex-
cellent parish priest, the Rev. Mr. M‘Philips, many would
have perished from absolute starvation. The residence of
this good man was besieged far days together by crowds of
the unhappy people, to whom he gave relief with a Jibe.
rality scarcely justified by his means. He made no dis-
tinction between the Catholic and the Protestant, and
holding sacred the right of suffering to assistance, gave to
all, without exception, in proportion to the necessity of
their condition.—Newry Examiner.
' HEAD-ACHE.—At au inquest held on Wednes-
day on a gentleman who died of apoplexy, who had suf.
fered much from head-ache, and who was in the constant
habit of sponging his head with cold water in the morning
Mr. Wakley said the practice in such cases would produce
better effects if performed over night.