The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-19 00:00:00

SPORTING IIVTELLIG4NOE.

WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON SPRING
MEETING.
FRIDAY.

A SCURRY HANDICAP of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added,
for all ages, &c.
Mr. Little's The Macaw, 5 yrs, lOst 41b...(Charlton) 1
Capt. Morris's Smuggler Bill, aged, list 31b 2
Mr- Cartwright's Fawn, 6 yrs, lOst 61b 3
Mr. Jennings's Heliotrope, 4 yrs, list 0
Mr. Buchanan's Gannymede, lOst 31b
Mr. Higgins's Gip, 3 yrs, 9st
Mr. Wilson's br f by The Sheriff, 2 yrs, 7st 71b 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Heliotrope, and 3to 1 each agst
The Macaw and The Sheriff filly. Won by three parts
of a length ; two lengths between the second and third,
and the Sheriff filly close up.
FREE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 5 sovs. each,' with
25 added. Three miles.
Mr. Hoare's Gulnare, Bst 91b (c. Bst 111 b) (D. Wynne) 1
Mr. William's The Unknown, 9st 121 b 2
Mr. Higgin's Countess, Bst 91b (c. Bst 111 b) 3
Mr. Pottinger's Harkover, Bst 71b 4
Mr. Dolby's Rein Deer, 9st 131 b 0
Mr. Morris's Happy-go-Lucky, 9st 101 b (c. lOst 31b) 0
Mr. Mason's Trust-me-not, 9st 81b 0
Mr. Price's Bullfincher, 9st 21b 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Gulnare, 3to 1 agst Trust-me-not,
4to 1 agst Bullfincher, and 4to 1 agst Harkover. Won
in a canter by 20 lengths. The winner was sold for 110
guineas.

The GRAND ANNUAL ST➢EPLECHASE of 25 soya. each,
15 forfeit, and only 5 if declared, &0., with 100 added ;
the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay

25 soya. towards expenses.' Winners extra. About

fonr miles.
Mr. Mason's Oscar, lOst 61b.. (S. Darling, jun.) 1
Captain Little's Peter Simple, 12st. (including ilb

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extra) 2
Mr. Higginson's Bourton, lOst 81b . 3
Mr. Adkins's Melford, lOst 0
Lord Waterford s Warner, lOst 0
Mr. Higgins's Maria Day, 9st 131 b 0
Mr. Cartwright's Maurice Daley, 9st 121 b 0
Mr. Wycherley's Shinrone, 9st 101 b (carried 9st 121 b.) 0
Mr. Shafto's Quasimodo, 9st 91b 0
Captain Lane's Betsy Prig, 9st 51b 0
Mr. Dolman's Ringdove, 9st 21b 0
Mr. Braddle's Dolly Brae, 9st 0
Mr. Meade's Dearest Mae, 9st 0
Mr. Henry's Little Charley, Bst 121 b • 0
Betting-4 to 1 agst Peter Simple, 9to 2 agst Oscar,
6 to 1 agst Bourton, 7 to 1 agst Quasimodo, 7 to 1 agst
Warner, 8 to 1 agst Little Charley, 10 to 1 agst Dolly's
Brae, and 10 to 1 agst Dearest Mae. Won io a canter
by six lengths ; a length and a half between second and
third ; Dolly's Brae a bad fourth ; Shinrone fifth. An
objection against Oscar on the ground that his pedigree,
on his first appearance in public was incorrectly given,
was overruled.
The HUNT Cur STEEPLECHASE of 100 Guineas, by subs
of 10 sous each : list 71b each. Gentlemen riders.
Three miles. 12 subs.
Lord Waterford's Duc-an-Dhurras (Mr. Lowe) 1
Mr. D. Lane's, Betsy Prig 2
Mr. Cartwright's Thurgarton 3
Lieutenant-Colonel Shirleys Freebooter, aged 0
Mr. Gordon's Baronet, aged
Betting-5 to 4 agst Duc-an-Dhurras, and 4to 1 agst
' Thurgarton and The Baronet. Won by fifteen lengths.
The FREE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE STAKES of 5 sous

each, and 20 added. Two miles. 15 subs.
Mr. DaTies's Gay Lad, Bst 121 b (Sly, jun.) 1
Captain Scott's Victress, lOst
Mr. Price's Tom Gurney, 9st 81b . 3
Mr. Saxon's Sir Robert, lOst 41b
Mr. G. Drew's Sloth, 9st 71b . 0
Mr. Mundy's The Hero, 9st .41b
Captain Reynard's Fazeley, 9st 41b
Mr. Robins's The Priest, Bst 91b
Mr. Land's Theodine, Bst 21b
"Betting-5 to 4 agst The Hero, 3to 1 agst Victress,
and sto 1 agst any other. Won by a head, Tom Gurney
a bad third.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
6 to 1 agst Hobby-horse (taken).
0 to 1 agst Defiance (taken).
"12 to 1 agst Llanfoada (taken).
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
7 to 1 offered against the field.
CHESTER CUP.
11 to 1 agst Trifle (taken).
20 to 1 agst Mountain Deer (taken).
. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (taken),
50 to 1 agst Anne Page (taken).
DERBY.
16 to 1 agst Honeywood.
16 to 1 agst Umbriel.
20 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer.
BIRMING

CHASE ACCEPTANCES.

st lb
Betsey Prig .......... 9
Voyager ............... 9 8
Ringleader • ........... 9 7
Dearest Mae.......... 9 6
Tom of Tuarn ....... . 9 5
9 4
Honest Tom •••••""'
9 3
.........
9 2
Geraldus ... . ...........
Little Charley. ........ 8 12

(Front the Tint 04,
Tuscan Government has OleloT ide
a measure which has been • far too long de erred,
am., our readers will learn with great satisfaction that
the Madiais are released from prison and put on board
a vessel at Leghorn bound for Marseilles. The Grand
Duke of Tuscany has professed latterly to keep them in
confinement, under the infliction of most unmerited
punishment, for no better reason than the care of his
own dignity ; and it was alleged on his behalf that how-
ever he might be disposed to temper the rigour of eccle-
siastical persecution, he could not yield without some
show of independence to the pressing solicitations brought
to, bear against him. In our judgment it would haves
been a wiser and a manlier course to wipe out at the
earliest possible moment the stain which this transaction
has thrown upon the administration of a Prince who
was once considered humane, liberal, and just. Nothing
he can now do will obliterate the fact, that in his domi-
nions, and under the decrees of his courts of justice, at
the instigation of his public prosecutor, a man and a
woman were sentenced to ignominious punishment,
which they underwent, not without peril to their lives,
fur the offence of reading the Bible and using the English
Book of Common Prayer. That was the latest, though
not, we fear, the last, effort of the spirit which founded
the Inquisition.
Though Europe has still very little reason to boast of
her progress towards political freedom, this outrage on
religious liberty was regarded as an anachronism, and
an outrageous attack on those rights of oonscience which
ought at least to be secure in the hands of justice. The
feelings of indignation which the condemnation of the
Madiais excited were honourable to the Protestant na-
tions which joined in advocating their cause, and we
would fain believe that amongst our Roman Catholic
fellow-countrymen there were many who viewed this
abuse of power with as much pain and aversion as were
felt by ourselves. But although it is long since any
case has occurred to rouse in an equal degree the resent-
ment that follows persecution, it cannot be doubted that
this iniquitous sentence marks the revival of a spirit in
the Roman Catholic Church whiph is not peculiar to the
priests and the Government of Tuscany. Under different
forms and to a different extent, but with the same object,
the pretensions of the Ultramontane party in the Church
of Rome are everywhere the same. They profess in-
tolerance the, most absolute ; they -Would convert the
Church to whiclfthertelong,- and-its-whole-hierarchy,
into one great engine of spiritual despotism under Papal
authority ; they condemn and dispute the national and
diocesan rights which have hitherte been cherished by
many of the ablest and most sincere champions of that
learild convert thrittligieus unity, which -
is the basis of their system, into the most absolute spiri-
tual bondage which ever oppressed mankind. In Italy
the opposition to the extreme doctrines of the priestly
party is secret, for it is denouned as schismatic and pun-
ished ins heretical. Even these proceedillga against the
Machats were unquestionably suggested by a desire to
intimidate a class of thinkers who have eagerly embraced
the tenets of a purer faith. But in France the Roman
Catholic clergy are themselves openly divided on these
questions, and the agitation kept up by the Ultramon-
tane school ,of writers has been condemned by no less
an authority than the Archbishop of Paris, who is cited
by them in his turn to defend himself before the Pope.
In the 17th or 18th centuries these opinions would
have assumed the shape of a sermon or a pamphlet, -to
be condemned and burnt perhaps by order of the Sor-
bonne. In our time they take the more convenient and
effectiveform of a newspaper, and, accordingly, M. Louis
Veuillot, himself a layman and the editor of a paper
called L' Univers, has assumed the functions of an eccle-
siastical censor, defending the most absolute propositions
for which the Order of the Jesuits has ever contended,
denouncing all that is national and independent in the
Church of France, and asserting, in unqualified terms,
the unlimited supremacy of Rome. The Archbishop of
Paris, being of opinion that many of these views are
exaggerated, and that it is subversive of the order of the
Church in his diocese that a lay agent of the Pope should
write down his authority, has spiritually condemned the
journal in question, and ordered his clergy and the
faithful not to read it. Some other French pre-
lates have done the same, for at this moment the
condemnation of the Univers is the criterion of
Galilean opinions. Others, on the contrary, and
especially the Bishop of Moulins, have impugned
the act of the Archbishop with the greatest violence.
The Archbishop has retorted by a letter to his reverend
brother of Moulins, which he has published, and which
certainly is not written in a tone of pastoral serenity.
M. Veuillot, in the meantime, has started for Rome,
leaving the prelates of France by the ears, and proceeds
without more ado to invoke the judgment of the Pope
on his newspaper, or, in other words, to cite the Metro-
politan of France to answer at the judgment-seat of the
Vatican for this exercise of his authority. With consid-
erable address M. Veuillot has first 'endeavoured to
obtain a suspension of the interdict placed on his news-
paper, pendente lite, which would amount to a partial
reversal of the archiepiscopal decree. He has also ob-
tained from the Monsignore who writes the Pope's atin
letters a very elaborate testimony to his known zearand
orthodoxy. Thus far the 'case looks ill for the Archbishop,
for, after all, the cause of M. Veuillot is that of Rome
herself, and we know' not if we are to expect of Pius IL
a condemnation of any amount of intemperance on
behalf of the Papal supremacy. Yet it may prove no
less inconvenient to humble and rebuke the most emi-
nent and- independent members of the French clergy,
especially at a moment when hopes have been held out to
the Pope by the French Government of concessions to
his authority of a more positive character.
The Government of France is undoubtedly embarrassed
by the violence of this dispute between a class of men
whom • it desires to unite in common devotion to Louis
Napoleon's interest ; and an ecclesiastical quarrel is an
awkward prelude to the Pontifical visit which Pius IX. is
so ardently solicited to pay. With a view to that great
object of the Emperor's ambition, to which he is disposed
at this moment to make every other consideration give
way, and also for the purpose of conciliating the most
energetic party in the Church, the Government has
avoided committing itself decidedly to either side. The
Pope's journey to France, if ever takes. place, and the
termination of the solemnities already in preparation.
may either have the effect of giving a momentary advan-
tage to the Pontificial party, or of releasing the Govern-
ment from the obligations it is now politic to observe.
But the questions which have been raised of late in all
countries by the revival of claims which had long slum-
bered in the bosom of the Romish Church are not of a
nature to be easily or speedily set at rest. They con-
cern the very essence of that power in its nearest rela•
tions to modern society and civil government. They are
persecution in Italy ; they are a new-fangled hierarchy
in England ; they are absolutism and the Jesuits in
Austria ; they are opposition and resistance to the
Siccardi laws in Piedmont ; they are Ultramontanism
and the repeal of the organic articles annexed to the •
Concordat in France ; everywhere a cause to be gained ;
everywhere a step to be won towards the grand and
unchanging object of the spiritual subjection of the
world. In the present state of Europe, that mysterious
influence alone forces its way through military cordons
and above absolute decrees. That Power alone raises
itself with the tenacity of a parasitic plant wherever an
authority holds its ground against the movement of the
age. If it be held in check at all, it is mainly by the
force 01' public opinion in this and other Protestant
countries ; for as we examine the condition of the Con-
tinent we are more and more convinced that emancipa-
tion from the yoke of the Papacy is the first element of
national independence, and that there are no lasting civil
rights where there is no religious liberty. The expan-
sion of the power of Rome in these later times is inti-
mately connected with the almost universal sway of ab-
solute Government ; and whenever that unnatural state
of political control is shaken Rome will probably share
the fate of those who have sought her aid to prolong the
bondage of mankind.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18.

The Fairy yacht, Master Commander Daniel N. Welch,.
hauled out of dock this day at noon, having shipped her
new metal propeller (Griffiths' patent), and went to the
measured mile at Stokes' Bay, where she took several
turns. She came into harbour at 4.33. We will give
the results of the trial in our next.

The Encounter, 14, screw, Captain George W. D.
tlryeasvaeilsh,ereat
mjibirEgantdo
fgor3()Wa.m. After several tacks (the wind being E.N.E.)
O'Calloaoglhwainc,h,rewcehiivcehdtiohie-ddiersd,thuins
dmero
she brought up at St. Helen's Roads, where she let go
her anchor at 4p.m. ; the wind having freshened and
the weather looking very threatening for a snow-storm,
sherran back to Spithead, under topsails, and brought up
at 5.30.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Henry
Byam Martin, sent up her topsail yards to-day, has got
on well with her coppering, and is using all dispatch to
get out of the hands of the dockyard artisans.
The Banshee, 2, steam-packet, Lieut. Commander
James Hosken, hauled out of the steam basin this after-
noon, and is gone along the Maidstone, coal depot.
The Illustrious, 39, block-ship, shifted her berth from
the jettytto opposite No. 6 dock.
The Sprightly, steam-tender, Master Commander
Allen, came into harbour.last evening from Woolwich.
The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, received her
powder and shells this morning at Spithead.
The London, 90, Captain George a
Mundy,__Th
had
some target practice this morning at Spithead.
continues ;
The Agamemnon 90 (screw).—Sickness cc
officers and crew helpless prisoners.
q don. 22 (paddle) ;
SHIPS op WAR AT SPITHEAD.--:i is —Sidon, w) ; Megra,
Leopard, 16 (paddle) ; Encounter, U. prince Regent,
6 (screw troop ship) ; Odin, 16 (paddle) '
90 ; London, 90.

PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE ESMERALDO,—Messrs. Chard,
has given notice to the officers and crew of her Majesty's
ship Rattler, A. Cumming, Esq., andc bounty
proceeds
tonnage of the Emerald°, slave-vessel, captured on the
7th'July, 1850 ; and also of the sale proceeds of the
vessel and cargo and bounty on theon tonnage of the
Volusia, slave brigantine, captured the 2d July,
swill be paid to those who were on board at the
tlißmeo'of capture, or to their represensatives duly autho-
rised to receive the-same, on the 6th of April, at No. 3,
Clifford's-inn, and the shares not then claimed will be
o
843
as e97r a;
as
;fifth,
dtd,;
Volusia
s :—Commodore,
o.
class,dc ci
recalled every Wednesday and, Thursday for three
1,
rd
s.
months to come, agreeable to act of Parliament. Pro-
portionsn36i3Bll
t..
h-90 se2..s.d4didu. e.g.
is. 3d.
t 3de.
fourth,a;each class.
e nle9ltashl commander,.ll6lls. 2E.
msixotdho,re9 1581's
3d
s.;: seventh,od..,,v,
cora6/m.
commander,
eighth, 31.65.;
is. sd. ; tenth,
fourth, 101. s 3d. lid.
;
; seventh,
third class, 171. 3s. 9d. ;
eighth, U. 148. 4d. ;ninth, 1/ 1821313..9d0.a.;
6/. Os. 3d. ; sixth, 51. 3s. Id, 6; fifth:

" Divide about the broad bride cake—
Round about the bride's stake."—BEN. JoxsoN.
IIIHARTIES requiring WEDDING BREAK-
FASTS or DINNERS may save much trouble and expense by
applying to Messrs.PURSSRLL, who undertakes to supply the entire
entertainment, including Wines and the Hire of Plate, Linen, Glass.
and attendance. A competent person sent with bills of fare and
estimates, or for making general arrangements. Dancing Hollands
laid, and upholsterers sent to remove furniture. Rout furniture of
every descriptions for hire, ball rooms ligined, first-class musicians
provided.—Messrs. PIIESSELL, Corshill (only).

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, MAscrt 19,
Will be presented the Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES; or, a
Hundred rears Ago. Supported by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Honey,
0. Smith, and Emery; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss
P. Haskell, &c.

To conclude with (positively the last time) SLAVE LIFE; or,
*Uncle Tem's Cabin.
Doors open at half past six o'clock.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING, MAacs 19,
Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by
Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID; or, Dorothy's Fortune (as
played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac-
ters3', Harley, J. Vining, Ryder, F.
by Messrs. Wright, W. Lac
Coolie, Everett, and Chester; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Murray.
After v. bleb, THE SPITALFIELi is WEAVER.
To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.

ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
Tor the BENEFIT OF Mr. FARREN.
THIS EVENING, Maims 19,
Will be presente 1 THE COUNTRY SQUIRE.
After which, °GOD FOR NOTHING.
To be followed by THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. Supported by
Messrs. Farren, Buck tone, Howe, Hoskins, Parselle, and Mrs. Fitz-
William.
The TYROLESE MINSTRELS.
To conclude with a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.
Box-utlice open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence
of Mr. E. Chatterton.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TIM DAT —Morning 53 min. after 7 I Evening 33 min.aft. 8
To-Momow—Morning 18 min. after 9 Evening 4 min.aft.lo

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE; MARCH 19.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
39—highest since noon yesterday.
20—lowest this morning and during the night.
25 this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 3018.
WIND, N.—Light breeze, and fine, clear, frosty weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1853.

Among the leading points brought forward by
the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer in his financial
'scheme, there was one which elicited almost uni-
versal approbation—which-was sanctioned by men
of all shades and varieties of political opinion, and
against which not a single murmur was raised by
even the most discontented caviller. Whig and
Tory, Conservative and Radical, Protectionist (the
63 remaining specimens of the almost extinct
genus) and Free-trader, for once concurred in
praising the Budget, so far as the reduction of the
Tea Duties was concerned. On that interesting
subject, WOOD agreed with DISRAELI, MILNER
GTBSON sustained the views of NEWDEGATE, and
e ven SIBTHORP fraternised with COBDEN. What-
ever doubts might have been entertained as to the
details, there were none as to the principle,
of the proposition. On the point of " reduction "•
there was the most perfect and almost unparalleled
unanimity. The only difference was as to the
mode of carrying the decision into practical exe-
cution—whether it should be immediate or gra-
dual—coming into instant operation or spread
over several years, at 3d. or 4d. reduction each
year. On that part of the case there were une-
quivocal indications that an animated and interest-
ing discussion would arise, whenever that portion
of the financial scheme came under the Legisla-
tive consideration. So far as the late Govern-
ment was concerned, those symptoms were frus-
trated by the coup de grace administered on the
proposed increase of the House Duties, and the
consequent substitution of the present "joint-
deck" Cabinet. But it must arise on the intro-
duction of the " GLADSTONE" Budget, and it is
desirable that the Right Hon. Gentleman should
arrive at a sound conclusion before he brings the
matter forward, so as to insure a considerable ma
jority on the question in the event of any divi-
sion,
and, at the same time, to entitle himself to
the national gratitude as the conceder of an im-
portant and anxiously-looked-for boon.
-Notwithstanding - the mystery in which the
3.llinisterial intentions respecting fiscal matters are
involved, it may be considered as almost certain
that some modification will take place in the Tea
Duties. The universal feeling with respect to the pro-
posed alteration, was too clearly exhibited to al-
low the present CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to
labour under any misconception, and we will not
pay Mr. GLADSTONE so bad a compliment
as to suppose that he will not make
the experience derived from the reception
of the proposition of his predecessor, availablis to
the fullest extent. It may be well, however, to
offer some observations on the only points not yet
decided—viz., as to the extent of the reduction,
and the time when it shall come into operation,
and the proceedings at the numerous and highly
influential meeting held at the London Tavern on
Monday last (a notice whereof will be found in
our advertising columns), will afford considerable
assistance in arriving at a correct judgment on these
all-important questions.
First, then, as to the extent of the reduction.
It is manifest that to make it really beneficial to
the consumers, and at the same time to occasion
the least possible degree of loss to the Exchequer,
it, must be of such magnitudeas to prevent the mer-
chants, speculators, or traders from putting the
amount into their own pockets, and thus to occasion
an. increase of consumption that would nearly, if
not altogether, compensate for the reduction of the
tariff. Mr. DISRAELI decided that this reduction
should be to the extent of nearly 60 per cent., or
from 2s. 2/d. to is. per pound. This would be,
Perhaps, quite sufficient as an experiment, if it
Came into immediate operation ; btrt, unfortu-
- irately, all that would be obtained for the next
year would be 4f d. per lb., an amount that
_c°oll-1, d and most probably would be principally, if
altogether, absorbed by the retail dealers,
without taking into account the claims of the im-
porters, or intermediate parties. The working-
classes, by Whom the
ciated, purchase reduction would be appre-
ounces at a time Only in small quantities, a few
being
the extent of their deal-
ings. A farthing
we might say, ouon
each each ounce—or, perhaps,
be but of trivial advantage to this class of
customers. Nor it stimulate the ro and so far as to make
stiu P the deficiency
de-
occasioned by a small reduction. B
ut one of GO
per cent., or ls. 2fd. per lb., would have 4 very
different effect. Great competition would arise
under the altered circumstances of the cage, and
the diminution of price would be Id. per ounce,
inasmuch as the dealers, from the enhanced de.
/nand, could well afford to sacrifice a portion of
their profits sufficient to give, not only the full
benefit of the, reduction to the consumer,
but to increase it from Is. 2kd. to is. 4d. per lb.
Tke reduction of Id. per ounce on "strong, useful
Congous," at from 3s. to 4s. would greatly increase
the demand, permitting the working man who

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would probably expend the same amount on the
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same article, to obtain three ounces in place of
two, and thus, perhaps, to become an habitual
consumer, reducing his consumption of malt
liquors or spirits in proportion 'as he resorts to
" the cup which cheers without inebriating."
bThe gradual reduction would, however, scarcely
e appreciated. The dealers would practically
arl. Ir_e the whole benefit, for anything that could
"be felt in the price of even half an ounce"