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London, England, 1839-07-18 00:00:00

jobbing, and the public money goes to enrich absentees,
who do what they can to starve the people. In our
estimation it would be more consistent with Mr.
RICE'S duty to bring in the Postage Reduction
Bill than trouble himself to earnestly about
a measure of which the advantage will certainly not be
so great for the poor of Ireland as the reduction of the
postage. The motion for a Committee was carried by
64 to 25, and the clause appointing a Commissioner by
58 to 18. The Bill went through a Committee.
The Metropolis Police Bill was read a third time.
Other measures were forwarded a stage and the
House adjourned.

We regret to see that the chief instruction which
some Liberal Journals seem inclined to derive from
the events at Birmingham, and to impress on the
Legislature, is the " necessity of a more effective
local police, and of some adequate organization of
civil force to protect property and the industrious
classes." Now, however useful and effective a police
force may be, we dislike such a suggestion, because
statesmen are very willing to adopt every suggestion
which increases their power, and adopting it will serve
as an excuse for doing nothing more. The people are
too apt also to rely on such a force, and then they will
take no pains or thought to remedy the deep-
seated grievances which are at the bottom of all
such outrages.
Some doubts, too, may well be entertained
whether such a force will accomplish the object in
view. Where is the police force local and general,
most complete, and best arranged? Where is it a
model for other countries ? In France. The police
of Paris too is the best ; and in Paris the people
break out into sedition once every six months.
Before we rely on a new police as a panacea, let
it be well weighed, that in Paris, where it is per-
fect, there is a sedition every six months. The
other towns of France have by no means been
exempt from emeules, within the last - twenty-
five years. They were, in fact, not unknown
before the Revolution of 1830, and they
have been not unfrequent since. They occur
much seldomer in Germany ; which is less
owing to the goodness of the police than to the
general well-being of the people, and the equal
diffusion amongst them of education. For our parts
we have no wish to see an emeutc in the streets of
London or Birmingham every s;x months, and we
therefore are for removing the causes of political
discontent, not for merely banishing the symptoms
from the surface to form a deep-seated gangrene in
some vital part.
Of all such contrivances as a police, no effects
so certain as their expense. They constitute at
all times an additional burthen on productivein-
dustry, and are certain, therefore, to aggravate in
one sense the discontent they are organized to sup-
press. Far too great a sum is already taken from
the produce of labour to provide for internal and
external security ; and before that be augmented the
present extravagance should be cut down, and the
present means of public defence should be made
efficient.

We had occasion to remark a few days ago, that
within the last three years three murders are known
to have been committed in the metropolis, the per-
petrators of which have not been discovered. Now,
with such facts before us, with the experience of
France, with the conviction that the only way to
provide for the permanent security of all classes is
to do justice to all, we deprecate very much all at-
tempts to skin over our present social disease by
new contrivances of local and general police.

There is one point of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S
speech, in relation to the Birmingham Magistrates,
to which we must especially advert, because it
seems aimed at ourselves :—" He wished the
House to recollect that comments were made on
the Magistrates of Birmingham, for having, with
great violence and an excess of zeal, interfered with
the peaceable meetings of the inhabitants of Bir- '
mingham. He stated this, because it was impossi-
ble that such comments should be made without
tending a great deal to shake the disposition
which the Magistrates had to place themselves
in a position in which they might be made the
subject of such remarks. The Magistrates ap-
peared to be satisfied with the state of the town."
They were hurt at being publicly reproved for their
first rashness, and so they committed a second fault,
and were overweeningly confident and forbearing.
They were so satisfied with their own valour in the
first unnecessary onslaught that they concluded the--
people would be terrified, and would never again
lift up their heads. As Lord JOHN R us-
SELL said, they were deceived, and their last
confidence was the proper compliment to their
first rashness. Both first and last they did
not take those wise and humane precautions
to prevent mischief, which would do infinitely
more honour to a Magistracy than the vigorous
slaughter of a hundred offenders. We see nothing,
in what we have said of the Birmingham Magis-
trates to retract ; for Lord JOHN, RUSSELLpor e
proceeded d to
last
night said the Magistracy ,had
arrest the people in the Bull-ring, without. taking
the usual and sufficient precaution ;" which is pre-
cisely what we said.

We quoted in our Paper a few days ago, a para-
graph from a Leicestershire paper, describing the
risebigotry of aconsequence of the
and persecution
chapelofciution in
the Clergyman of the
Anglican Church. The treat meeting of the Ca-
tholics at the Freemasons Tavern on Monday, is
another example of the effects of persecution. It
grew out of the brawlings of the Exeter Hall people,
and justice requires us to say that the proceedings
contrast most advantageously with those of the
M‘GrrEEs, M‘NEms, and other orators of the
furious breed. Such meetings will tell power-
fully on the country in the behalf of the
Catholics. Their regular, organised clergy,
the antiquity of their Church—possessing,
if any Church possess, the true apostoli-
cal succession—the solemnity and pomp of their
worship, are well calculated to prevail with the
people, against the irregular, ill-organised clergy of
the Anglican Church, boasting only a modern
origin, and retaining most of the unmeaning forms
of Catholic worship denuded of their splendour.
Now that the Catholics are enabled to lift up on
high the mitred front bf their Prelates, all these cir-
cumstances will tend to their advantage, and
CHARLES JAMES of London will find Dr. BAINEs
no contemptible rival, while HENRY EXETER may
yet live to rue the day when he roused, by his in-
temperance, the kindred ire and zeal of JoH TUAM.
While we, as public journalists, equally hostile to the
arrogant pretensions of the priesthood of every Church,
must say the Catholics now display more modera-
tion and less insufferable, infallible, self-conceit,
than the Anglican clergy, we see with no pleasure
these contentious wranglings of rival orders of
clergy and of rival sects. Truth and righteousness
are more likely to be stifled than promoted by such
criminatory and recriminatory assemblies. From the
first we condemned the contemptible crusade against
DENS, and the miserable farces which were got
up in Exeter Hall ; and if the Anglican clergy
should suffer from them, if they should lose no
inconsiderable number of their followers and
there were three converts to Catholicism amongst
the speakers at the meeting—they will have their
own senseless intolerance to blame for the result.
They have done much to restore Catholicism to
splendour and power. •

We have already adverted to the incomes of the
French Bishops as compared with those of the
English, and pointed out the vast disproportion,
and also adduced some circumstances not the most
flattering to the heads of the English Church, the
would-be exclusive superintendents of education,
religion, and morality. The petition presented to
the Common Council the other day by Mr. F.
BUXTON, suggests more melancholy contrasts.
It stated that in the district of Bethnal-green,
one mile long
by a quarter broad, and contain-
nig a population of sixty-thousand persons, there
was only one place of worship, and then de-
scribed the cause of this destitution, and the de-
plorable effect of it, in these words :—" The im-
provements in the City of London having removed
a vast proportion of the population from the ancient
churches, and compelled them to seek refuge in
Bethnal-green and other districts around London,
where, not having been supplied with churches,
schools, and clergymen, they have fallen into a
deplorable state of ignorance, vice, and irreligion."
But Bethnal-green did not spring up yesterday, and
these guardians of public morals and religion, who
are paid 150,0001. a_year for the cure of souls, have
suffered this ignorance, vice ' and irreligion to pre-
vail unchecked and unheeded till the present day,
when in one little district, within the diocese of
the Bishop of LONDON, there are 50,000 persons
without any church and without the means of
moral and religious education. The petition itself

suggests a remedy. The inhabitants have been
removed from the churches, and the churches ought
to follow them. But no, that will not suit the views,
nor increase the patronage, of this religious Bishop.
He has already the patronage in whole or in part
of fourteen livings in the City, and out of the ten
new churches wanted for the poor inhabitants of
Bethnal-green, he claims the patronage of eight.
This is the man that Dr. CHA LMERS would ally
himself with to prop up the Episcopal Church in
England, and the Presbyterian Church in Scotland,
and to abolish patronage which the Scotch Profes-
sor considers the bane of religion in his own country.
Within a small space in the City there are from 70
to 80 churches. The population within the walls
is only 56,000, and including that without the
wails it amounts to 123,656, or about twice the
number that reside in Bethnal-green, with only one
church. Could not ten of those he spared, and
could not the Bench of Bishops have contrived to
get a Bill passed to adapt the locality of the
churches to the expandi:ig population ? There are
many churches that would not he missed, either for
their beauty or their usefulness ; and the value of
the ground on which they are built, and where they
are not wanted, would possibly be more than suffi-
cient to rebuild them in places where the popula-
tion arc sunk in " ignorance, vice, and irreligion."
Where there is a will there is a way," and we
would advise Mr. F. BUXTON first of all to try
what effect he can produce on the will of the
Bishops.

Letters from Constantinople of the 27th ult.—three
days anterior to
.the death of the SULTAN—have been
received, which announce that all the prisoners for debt
were released, and their debts paid by the SULTAN, that
they might offer prayers for his recovery. Great lar-
gesses were given to the poor for a like purpose. The
interest of these letters is anticipated, and the specula-
tions of the writers rendered of no account by the arrival
of the news of the SULTAN'S death.

Brussels, Dutch, and German Papers have been
received this morning. They contain but the following
paragraphs of any interest :

TRIESTE, JULY 7.—lt is asserted here, today, that a
congress on the Lffairs of the East is to be held either here
or at Vienna.

The Jupiter, with Prince De Jainville on board, is now in
'he harbour of Vourla. On the 19.11 the Austrian :rigatc,
Medea, Captain Bandiera, from Syra, anchored in our
road. No ships of war are now here, except the English
corvette Hazard and the Austrian brig Veneto. Prince
George of Cambridge has arrived from Constantinople on
board the Lodovico steam-boat. There have been lately
some cases of plague here, on which account all ships
from this port arc sikbjected to twenty-one days' quarantine
at Constantinople.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JULY 16.
Money , Bills.
Actual Debt, c." per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 pee cont.
A loot t Syndic, 41, per cent... .. ............
Ditto, ditto, 3y per cent filY., &IN
Commercial Company, 4, per cent 172 l,i, 173
Ditto (1,x'32 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Ditto 1',37, 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 0:
Two mon tha
BELGIAN .1•U N OS—Bitussei.s, JULY 16
Actual Debt, 24 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent l, 1:14
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.
-- ---- 3 per Cent. ',ON
Lean of City, 1832, 4 per Cent —
Society of Commerce, ‘Il: per Cent llB
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 741
National Society . ... -
-Brussels Papers, July 16.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vmpos, JULY 8
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Fotir per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bark Shares 1494
—AlZgemeine Zcitung, July 13
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JULY 12
Bills. Money.
St. &hold. Sch., 4 per cent 1032.4 103!4
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 1K31,6 102%
toccliBlige on London, three months 6 21%
—Prussian Stale Gazette, July 13.

Immediately after the receipt of the telegraphic
dispatches in Paris on Tuesday, announcing the death
of the Sultan 11IAttmonn, a Cabinet Council was held,
at which the KING presided, to deliberate upon the
course which the French Government ought to adopt
to bring about a speedy solution of the Eastern ques-
tion. Nothing transpired of what took place, but the
general opinion was that the main obstacle to the paci-
fication of the East was removed.
The account of the battle fought between the Turks
and Egyptians on then Ist ult., derives considerable pro-
bability from the fact that on the 11 th MEHEMET ALI
addressed, from Alexandria, the following letter to
IBIeatJIM DACHA

" You write that the Turks have occupied sixty villages,
maltreated our soldiers, and raised the population against
us, and repeating their conduct in the district of Aintab.
You say it is not prudent to let the Turks go on in this
aP4/9_u_demartd_ orders. If things be ao, and the
-Turks resit), commence the war, drive them beyond the
frontier, and do what you may deem best. The more
patient and reserved we have been, from condescension
towards the Powers of Europe, the bolder our enemies
have grown, making progress, until, by and bye, the evil
would be irremediable. There is nothing left but to
march against them and beat them ; their provocation will
justify us with the European Powers. As soon as you
shall have received this letter, attack the Turkish army,
and give it battle. If God and fortune be favourable to
you, advance straight on Malatia, Karpout, Orfa, Diar-
bekir, without passing the defiles of Kulek Boghas."
There is no domestic news in the French Journals
of any interest. The conduct of BARBES has made a
favourable impression on the public mind, and is now
allowed by his enemies to have merited for him the
exercise of the prerogative of mercy. His voluntary
declaration on quitting the prison, not for Brest, as
stated yesterday, but for the Fort St. Michel, which
is a still further extension of his sentence, that his
political career was ended, let what like happen, was
regarded as an acknowledgement of the conditions im-
plied in the Royal act by which his life was spared.
The French Government have required from the
Bey of Turas the fortress of Kelf, as belonging to
Constantine.

Letters from Castellan de la Plana, a town in the king-
dom of Valencia, situated at the distance of fifteen leagues
from the capital of that Province, and the population of
which exceeds 12,000 souls, state that on the 30th of June
there was an engagement almost under the walls of the
town, between the troops of Cabrera and those of the
Christino Generals, Amer and Azmar, who continued the
obstinate combat of which we have given an account, and
in which, as we have stated, General Azmar was at first
completely defeated. Amor coming to the aid of his col-
league with a fresh division, had renewed the action.
The Royalists, without being dismayed, kept their ground,
on the 30th of June, against these new assailants, and vic-
tory appeared already to declare in favour, for the town of
Castellan was in the greatest consternation, notwithstand-
ing the number of its inhabitants, and the 8 or 10,000 men
commanded by Generals Amor and Azmar. The troops of
Cabrera amounted to eight or nine battalions.
\Ve have news from the head-quarters at Onate, dated
the Bth. No change had taken place in the state of affairs.
—Gazette de France.

From the statement of the produce of the indirect taxes
published in the Moniteur, it appears that the total receipt
in the first six months of 1839 was 313,748,000 francs, ex-
ceeding by 3,906,000 francs the receipt during the first six
months of the year 183 S.

The ship of the line Montebello, and the Victorieu3e
corvette, are preparing to leave Toulon for the Levant, to
, join the squadron under Rear-Admiral Lalande.
A letter from Toulon of the 11th says—" We hear from
Constantinople that the court-martial in that city has been
engaged with the affair of the conspiracy which was disco•
vcred on the Ist of May. The court has been severe.
Five persons, among whom there are two Cadis, one of
tililah, the other of Sahel, were condemned to be beheaded.
It will be recollected that these persons were in connection
with Achmet I3ey, and that their correspondence was for-
tunately intercepted.
The oung Arabs who lately left Paris had returned to
Constantine, where they were received by their families
with great joy.—Le Constitutionnel.
BOURSE.—Patas, TUESDAY, JULY 16.

HALF-PAST THREE.—The Government has stuck up a
copy of a telegraphic despatch fccry Strasburg-, announcing
the death of the Sultan Mahmoud on the 30th June ; that
his eldest son had been proclaimed Emperor by the Divan,
and that on the 28th orders had been sent to suspend hos-
tilities. This event has not produced much sensation on
the market; business has not been brisk. For the Account
the Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 65c., and closed as
yesterday, 79f. 50c. The Five per Cents. from 111 f.
85c., declined to 111 f. 65c., being a fall of 10c. For
Money the Three per Cents. are 10c. higher, and the
Five per Cents. sc. lower. The Laffitte Bank I,ooof.
Shares, have rallied sf. The Belgian Three per Cents.
have not varied. The Spanish Active has been stationary
at 19i. The Versailles Left Bank Railway Shares have
advanced 17f. 50c., and the St. Germain sf.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price.
i'reach 5 per Cents
4!6 per Cents lO6 ... 106 ... 1:01 ... 106
4 per Cents lO3 50 ... 11,2 50 ... 102 50 ... 102 50
3 per Cent
Latfitte Bank I.ooof. Sh lO5O —.1050 ...1050 ...10:,0

5,00,4'. S/1 521) —.5210 _5210 —.52 i 0
Belgian 3 per Cents 72 30 ... 72 30 ... 72 30 ... 72 30
Coupons
Spanish Ac ice
Passive 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4%
:':ca- olit.tii
Roman 1011,5 ... 101 y, ... 101 ... 1013
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Gerniabl
Versailles, et. 1' CS7 50 ... 691 ... fiR5 ... 685
L. B. 325 ... 345 ... 325 ... 335
Flsivrc
Orleans ..
Strasburg to Bale ... 315 ... 315 ...:11. 50 ... 312 50
Bordeaux to La '1 este

The General Steam Navigation Company's new
steam ship, Ocean, arrived this morninl-r from Rotterdam,
having performed the passage in the unusually short space
of twenty• two hours. On her outward voyage she arrived
at Rotterdam twenty-three hours after leaving London,
two hours of which she was detained at the bar in conse-
quence of low water.
PAROCHIAL ECONOMY.—Among the con-
tracts lately entered into by the Poor. law Union at Staf-
ford, the following will not. be yet aside by the Poor-lw,-;
Con aiissior ers aceouht of i,s extroi,ganeo :—The
guardians have contracted with a barber to shave and cut
the hair of the paupers at twopence halfpenny a dozen !
Sheffield Iris.