The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-14 00:00:00

HAMPTON RACES.

(THIS DAY.)—BY EXPRESS.
The Claremont Stakes, for two yrs old.

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Knight of Gwynne

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THE NAVIGATION-LAWS.
LORD S FANLEY'S PRO i EST.
" Dissentient,—
" 1. Because the Bill, while professing. to amend the
laws for the encouragement of British shipping and na-
ligation, virtually repeals those laws under the protec-
tion of which the mercantile marine of this country hss
attained its present eminence.
"2. Because such repeal was not called for by any
_state necessity, nor by public opinion, which, on the
7untrary, has manifested itself universally and unequi-
vocally as hostile to the measure.
3. Because any minor inconveniences to which Bri-
" commerce may be subjected by the operation of the
relating laws might easily have been obviated by reedi-
t,. sticna and amendments not inconsistent with the main-
nance of the general principle.
4. Because the Bill fails to secure to the shipping
and
ta,:°thmerce of this country in foreign ports advan-
air equivalent to those which it confers upon the
:11Ping of foreign countries.
5. Because it surrenders gratuitously, and without
bey possible equivalent, to all foreign countries the trade
ween the Unit, d Kingdom and its widely spread
colonies and dependencies, in which trade a very large
proportion,r of our shipping and seamen is constantly and
°,"labli employed.
in' 6. Because, by the concession of the indirect carry-
pog trade between the United Kingdom and all foreign
buildingra manning, naton which may be able to rival us in
ent, and sailing ships, will be enabled to
r into successful competition with us throughout the
W°lld, and thus lay the foundation of a maritime supe-
llorit
whichY,lvhich it is essential to this country to retain, and
to it was the especial object of the navigation-laws
prevent any foreign powers from acquiring.
• " 7. Because the Bill directly encourages the compe-
trtie n of foreign labour, and tends to diminish the de
":1:114 for British seamen, British shipwrights, me-
chanics, and artisans, unduly to lower the amount of
their wages, and greatly to discourage the employment
of British industry.
!° 8. Because the permission to register, as British,
snips built in foreign ports, will inevitably lead to a great
tritusfer of capital to those foreign ports, and to the in-
fliction of serious injury upon the shipbuilding establish-
Moats of this country, and the various branches of in-
dustry connected therewith, by which, in time of pease,
employment is given to large numbers of our fellow-
auijects,
iects, and the assistance of which in time of war, has
been found indispensable to the msintenauce of the
Strength and efficiency of the royal navy.
" 9. Because the Bill, by exp"sing British shipowners
to
,unlimited competition with those of foreign countries,
while it leaves them subject to restrictions from which
t4..ir rivals are exempt, holds out strong inducements to
their to sail under a foreign flag, with foreign built ships
and foreign seamen, to the manifest injury of the best
Interest of the country.
" 10. Because the royal navy is mainly dependent for
its efficiency upon the commerci marine, and the classes
of•
the, community connected therewith ; and this Bill,
ts "Y•oiscouraging the employment of Br
ships, and seamen, tends directly to theti'h shipbuilders,
reduciion of the
cc'tarnercial marine, and thereby to the dimthutionofrtehst.t
naval strength which is the main foundation of the gainde.
nesa of this country, and the surest detente ut its
Pe ad ence

SCIENTIFIC PIiESIsNTS Excellency the Count
Schimmelpentnuck, tt:e Netherlands Minister at this
Court, has received from the Roy al Society at Amster
dam a - quantity of books, being
the r, ports of that
society, for the purpose or presentation to various literary
scientific institutions iu this country.
THE ETON FEsTIYAL.—The anniversary festival of
the noblemen and gentlemen educated at Eton College,
Was held last night at Willis's ROOlll5, King.street, St.
James's. 'The Earl of Ellenborough filled the chair, and
Was supported right and left by the Provost of Eton and
the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, head master of the college.
Among the other gues, s present were the Earl of Fal-
mouth, the Earl Nelson, Viscount Feilding, the Vice-
Chancellor of England, Colonel the Hun. J. Lindsay,
Captain the Hon. W. Edwardes, R.N., Hon. and Rev. P.
Savile, Hon. and Rev. A. Savile, the High Sheriff of
Surrey (W. G. Farmer, Eiq.), Hon. Sydney Pierrepont,
the ;Provost of King's College, Cambri.fge, the Chis-
holm, Hon. C. Pepys, Mr. Tier Seymer, M.P., and the
following gentlemen connected with Eton College:—
Rev. T. Carter, Rev. G. T. Dupuis, Rev. C. Abraham,
Rev. C. Lutendon, and Mr. W. Pickering. The table
presented a magnificent display, and immediately- before
the presidential chair was placed an exquisitely chased
model, in silver gilt, of Eton Cullegw chapel, the girt to
the foundation of his late Nljesty King William IV.
The festival went off with more than ordinary eclat, end
in pursuance of a suggestion which fell from the Vice-
Chancellor of England during the evening, it is probable
that a triennial re-union of old Etonians will be organized
to take place in the old hall of the college. The Earl of
Falmouth has accepted the office of president at the next
aLuziversary.

WAR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,—Your very excellent article in The Sun of
last evening, on the present exertions and objects of
the Peace Society, must be hailed by every lover of
Christianity as a most opportune offering to freedom
and justice. To choose the moment when humanity
lies bleeding for coolly discussing the abstract right
of giving physical aid; to select the very juncture
when the despotic assassin stands over his victim with
uplifted blade, as the time for considering vs,hether to
seize him or agree with him, betrays a pusillanimity
and inconsistency which can only arise from a posi-
tion and from principles false and incongruous.
Such an admixture of light and darkness is neither
compatible with human wisdom nor divine truth.
Sir, the error lies in human legislators pretending to
carry on and reconcile men•made governments with
the pure and holy principles which Jesus gave for the
government of his disciples, and whom the Apostle
calls " a holy nation, a peculiar. people." That such
is the case is clearly proved in a pamphlet published
in 1833, entitled "Man unfit to Govern Man," and
as bearing on the present untimely interference of
legislating Christians, I send you a short extract :
" We have thus seen that the constitution and laws of
God's people require them to keep separate from human
legislation, and to have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness. But not merely does the constitu-
tion of the church of God, the headship of Jesus, the
equality of its members, its separation from the world
and its objects, prevent its members from joining the
government of the world, but its laws and duties equally
,orbid. . . . Again—Civil govern-

ments authorise, and under some circumstances involve
the necessity of war. In many cases they can Lot be
maintained without it. To oppose war and bloodshed,
therefore, on principle, is to oppose the existence of
human governments themselves. Let, then, the advo-
cates of peace be consistent; let them draw back their in-
terested hands from civil distinctions and human domina-
tion altogether ; let them not perplex and embarrass a
government of this world with their unholy and unau-
thorised admixture of light and darkness, Christ and
Belial."

Although, Sir, thesg views may not altogether
agree with your own, they confirm some of your
remarks, and their insertion will oblige,
Yours, &c.,
Cheltenham, June 13, 1849. DALETH.