The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-06 00:00:00

siitory Cowl does not think he assumes too much
discretionary power when, in all cases that come to
a decision before him, he gives or withholds costs
just as he pleases. Wonderful self-distrust !
What an admirable harmony there
appears to
exist between this Learned person and the persecu-
tors of JOHN THOROGOOD at Chelmsford I The
moment these worthies, with the Rev. Rector
MILDMAY at their head, heard that there was a
chance of their victim escaping from their fangs,
what do they do but call a meeting, at which they
pass a resolution eulogising themselves for the part
they have acted towards THOROGOOD, and de-
claring their determination not to be parties to
his liberation until he shall have paid the
rate and costs to the uttermost farthing, be-
cause by this course they will best consult
the interest of the Church established by law
Mr. DUNCOMBE, to whom the Dissenters owe a
deep debt of gratitude, seeing the drift of this pro-
ceedingommediately gives notice of an amend-
ment to be introduced into the Bill before the
House, to the effect that the consent of the prose-
cuting party should not be held necessary to the
liberation of the imprisoned, when up starts the
Learned Civilian with his proviso that, in Church-
rate cases, rate and costs must be paid into Court
before liberation takes place. Dr. LUSHING-
TON has feathered his nest, and can have in
future no fear of a humbugged constituency before
his eyes.
The Chelmsford Resolutionists are, we think,
hardly entitled to conclude, as they so complacently
do, that their continued persecution of JOHN
THOROGOOD will promote the good of the Church.
There is something for their consideration in the
fact that, when these atrocious proceedings were
commenced, there were in the Hundred of Chelms-
ford twenty-nine Dissenting places of worship, and
that now there are forty-one I If this fact does not
open the eyes of Churchmen to the effects of per-
secution, they must be blind indeed.

Since the above was mitten, matters have taken
a turn likely to defeat the kind intentions of Dr.
lA/sin/4uTux and his Chelmsford friends towards
THOROGOOD. A proviso, it will be seen by our
Parliamentary Report, was last night introduced into
the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, on the motion of
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to. the effect than when
a Church-rate recusant shall have suffered twelve
months' imprisonment for non-payment of a rate
under five pounds, the Judge shall have the power
of discharging him without the consent of the pro-
secuting party. There was a strong display of
sympathy with the Chelmsford persecutors, on
the part of some of the Tory Members, but
they did not venture to oppose Lord JOHN RUS-
SELL'S amendment. We give them no credit for
their forbearance. They dare not bite though they
cannot help showing their teeth. The Chelmsford
poll on the question whether THOROGOOD is to be
released or imprisoned for life has been carried in
favour of perpetual imprisonment by a majority of
thirty-eight T. Happily the matter will not now be at
,their merciful disposal.

The Madrid Papers received are of the 28th ult.
Some excitement prevailed in that capital, owing to
the apparent indecision of the new Cabinet, which
seemed not to know in what directioh to move.
This revived the hopes of the Camarilla, the mem-
bers of which were circulating all kinds of libels
against ESPARTERO, in the hope of rendering him
less popular with the people, and so effecting the
downfall of the Liberal party.

On Tuesday his Majesty the King of HOL-
LAND opened in person the Extraordinary Session
of the States General. His Majesty was accom-
panied by his Royal Highness the Prince of
ORANGE and the great officers of State. The
following is a copy of the Royal Speech :
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traordinary session in person.
The fundamental law of the Kingdom has judiciously
ordered that no modifications nor additions shall be made
to it till Efter they have been declared by a law to be ne-
cessary, and clearly stated and expressed ; they shall then
be examined and confirmed by the Legislature, the Second
Chamber of the States-General being convoked for that
purpose, with double the usual number of members. The
laws of the 13th and 21st of June last contains such a decla-
ration, and you are now met to take them into consideration.
In conformity with the fundamental law the proposed
changes and additions are inserted, word for word, in so
many projects of law, which I have caused to be drawn up,
and will shortly communicate to you.
Being summoned then to judge whether that which in
the first instance has been thought, after mature delibera-

tion to be necessary and useful, 'is really calculated to prc-
mote the welfare of the Kingdom, I beg Almighty God to
give his blessing on your labours.
His Majesty and the Prince then retired and the Assem-
bly broke up.

The moderation with which the English Jour-
nals have generally discussed the Oriental question
begins to produce a good effect in Paris. Our
French Contemporaries of Tuesday have the good
grace to seem ashamed of the violent language in
which they previously indulged towards the Go-
vernment and people of this country. The Minis-
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people of this country. But
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French Journalists
of repose,- and reason
lost their temper. When
shallohleaveotnhoerdisffiirlty
in satisfying our neighbours empire,
w e
on i i
the Channel that nothing is farther from the inten-
tioneof
of England than to abandon the French alli-
ance—an alliance essential to the progress of civili-
zation throughout -
the
world. On a little reflection
France will herself
see, if she be sincere in
de-
siting to maintain such alliance, that the
con-
vention agreed to b• % the Four Powers for
the pacification of the East, in no respect
militates against the
existence of the most cordial
friendship between the two countries. It gives,,
nothing to the Porte which France did not '
agree
to give by her note of the 15th of July ; and it pro-
poses no measure against MEHEMET A
LI incon-
sistent with the consideration due even to the legi-
timate ally of a friendly power. No
threat is held
out of depriving MEIIEMT E
ALI under an cir-
cumstances of the Pachalr. e of Egypt ; and we
ap-
peal to the Journal dwhether it es Debuts be not
we
well known in France, and in fact the e •
onviction of
every statesman in that country, that who
pos-
sesses the Sovereignty of Syria is virtuallyever
master
of the Ottoman Empire, of which
France is pledged
to maintain the integrity.
In accepting the Convention, as we before stated,
England had only to choose between
being*
a party
to the pacification of the East or leaving
the whole
question to the adjustment of Russia. We might
have declined to interfere in the dispute,'
as France
sought to do, but we could not prevent Russia from
sending an army to protect Constantinople, and
from garrisoning the frontier towns of Turkey,
under the pretext of assisting her ally, the SULTAN,
against the PACHA.
Russia would have told us
that she had baled herself by treaties to maintain
the independence and the integrity of the Ottoman
t nothing would
empire, and that prevent her from
fulfilling so solemn an engagement. To
prevent
her we must have gone to war, l •
eavine the
SULTAN to be sacrificed ; and t,
a thus we
should embroil all Europe in a quarrel e h'l
ffeetually avoided by w h was only to lie e such a
convention as that Weed to by the Four Powers.
Now Russia can take no step without the concur-
rence of the other Powers, who equally
f the
her the protectorate o Porte, and thus render
designs upon
abortive all her Constantinople.
We really feel half inclined to adopt the opinion
expressed by the Moniteur Belgeu pon this question.
We should not be surprised to learn ti F
'ranee
has offered herself as mediator between'atltle Four
Great Powers and the Viceroy, and
that her me-
diation has bean accepted. Such a posi • tion would
gratify the self-love of the French nation, and
.. afford
M. T lIIERS a ready justificationof the mea-
sures which he has adopted for increasing the
army and navy. As to the rumours about
France seeking ultimately to secure for ,
nerself the
possession of Egypt, they are unworthy of the
slightest notice. France has already more Afri •
can
business on her hands than she can well manage.
Her Aleeri will suffice
e. ne conquests for the employ-