The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-06 00:00:00

SIMONY LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

Dr. PHILLIMORE moved the second reading of this
bill, the object of which was to prevent for the future,
the next presentation to any benefice. Up to the time
of the Reformation, the repression of this offence had
been left to the censure of the ecclesiastical power, but
the earliest acts of some our most pious reformed monarchs
had been directed against this offence. The house had
al ways dealt with this subject in the largest spirit, conceiv-
ing always that the spiritual trust was essential, and the
rights of property only accidental. At present, ac-
cording to the canon law, it was simony to sell the liv-
ing when it was empty ; but if it was sold while the
present holder was alive, though he might be
on his death-bed, and only have 25 minutes to live,
it was a valid contract. (Hear.) The scandal that
this practice led to in the church was most prejudicial to
its real interests, as every one must acknowledge who
read the newspapers in which the advertisements for the
sale of livings appeared in such numbers. He had care-
fully guarded the bill, so as to make it prospective and
not retrospective, and he should be perfectly willing to
receive any alteration in committee.
Mr. BOUVERIE moved the adjournment of the de-
bate, as there was important business on the paper.
Sir R. H. INGLIS thought that the motion for ad-
journment of the debate ought to have been moved
before the speech of the hon. and learned gentleman,
Mr. BUTT said this was not so much a Lill for the
m endment of the law of simony as to make that
simony for the future which was not simony now.
The bill interfered with the rights of property in a
most unjustifiable manner. He differed from the prin-
ciple of the bill, and also from the details by which the
principle was carried out. He yielded to no: man in
his desire to advance the spiritual welfare of the people
and the efficiency of the Established Church. The hon.
and learned gentleman had taken extreme and exceptional
cases for the groundwork of the bill, and instead of pro-
, viding for these cases only he had dealt with the general
system of Church patronage on these exceptional princi-
ples.
Mr. MALINS supported the adjournment.
Mr. WILSON hoped the debate would be adjourned
before six o'clock, because the Government had some
Customs resolutions to pass before the rising of the
house.

Mr. BANICES said that Wednesday was a day pecu-
liarly set apart for private members, and he was not
disposed to give way to the Government. If they had
wished for an adjournment it should have been moved be-
fore the speech of the hon. and learned gentleman the mem-
ber for Tavistock (Mr. Phillimore). He intended to speak
till six o'clock, and he hoped the lesson would be of
use and profit to the Government. (Cries of " Oh.")
He was in possession of the house and they could not
prevent him.
The right hon. gentleman continued to speak until
six o'clock, when the house adjourned.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester -Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, July s.—The effect of the advices by
the overland mail is to confirm the merchants connected
with India and China in that policy of inaction which
they have latterly adopted. There is, therefore, hardly
so much firmness as there was in shirtings for the for-
, mer quarter, and those adopted for the latter may be
had on rather lower terms. In mule yarns for India, how-
ever, there is no change. The buyers of yarns and goods
for the European continent have shown, by their ex-
treme caution, that they are influenced by the nearer
approach of a crisis in Turkish affairs ; and yet the prices
of the yarns in which they deal continue very steady.
In all classes of yarns, the supply of which is affected
by " turn-outs," price is found to be affected also.
The greatest effect is seen in pin-cops for domestics and
,other coarse goods ; and in a less degree, in 24's and
28's warps. The diminished production of 14's to
18's pin-cops in Stockport and Manchester, has enabled
those who can sell for speedy delivery, to obtain an ad-
vance of id. per lb. upon the prices that were current
prior to the cessation of work at the former place. The
makers of domestics and T cloths are now commanding a
fair advance. The abandonment of these fabrics in favour
of lighter makes, which has been so long pursued by
manufacturers, is now telling upon the heavier cloths ;
but the rise in these is more than absorbed by the ad-
vance in the yarn from which they are made ; so that
the parties most nearly concerned are actually in a worse
position than that which they previously occupied—such
of them, at any rate, as do not spin, and they form the
greater proportion.
ROCHDALE, JULY 4.—The market has been dull and
inactive to-day, with little or no change in prices. In
wool there has been very little doing ; the manufactur-
ers keep out of the market, and seem disposed to wait
and see the result of the very heavy wool sales adver-
tised to take place in London this month.
HALIFAX, JULY 2.—The attendance in our piece-hall
has been very slender to-day, and the transactions in
worsted goods, of all sorts, are very limited, both there
and in the warehouses, the aspect of affairs in k the East
being such as greatly to curtail commercial operations.
The same cause produces similar effects in the yarn and
wool markets, and the prices of wool are quoted some-
what lower.

BIRMINGHAM, July 4.—A. further reduction of 20s.
per ton on all manufactured iron was resolved upon at
the preliminary meeting of the trade, held at the Stew-
pony Inn, near Stourbridge, on Thursday last, and very
numerously attended. This result has been matter of
surprise to some, as it was scarcely expected without an
attempt to diminish the cost of production ; and it is
argued that, as would now appear, iron cart be profitably
sold at the rates usually realised under a nominal declara-
tion of 9/. per ton for bars, with colliers' wages at 55. per
day, and puddlers and furnace-men advanced from thirty
to forty per cent., it may reasonably be asked why have
the consuming public been so long gulled? The poor
dupes who have latterly been paying their 101. and 11/.
per ton have just cause of complaint. The workmen
also will not be backward in making a note for their
future guidance, and the proprietors of mines will have
a better idea of the royalties to be demanded hereafter.
The principal reasons adduced for adopting the present
step seem to have been the importunate solicitations
of customers, the probable competition of the new pro-
ducing districts, and the impracticability of maintaining
for marked bars an excess of 30s or 40s per ton above
the quotations of inferior makes. Great complaints have
also been latterly made of the over-production of pig
iron, and we are informed that an effort was made at
the meeting, by the leading pig-makers present, to ar-
range for a general blowing-out of a certain proportion
of their furnaces ; but with the result of their delibera-
tions we have not yet been made acquainted. The
prices of iron as now declared are—bars, 91. ; hoops,
101. ; and sheets, 11/, per ton ; but it is notorious that
many, even large makers, had previously been selling at
8/. 55., and pigs had been bought at 3/. ss. Within the
last few days a better feeling had, however, been spring-
ing up, more firmness was exhibited in general.