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London, England, 1840-06-04 00:00:00

THE SUN,'FLONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1840.

rather surprised that the German Jurists have not
yet mooted the question, how far a nation is
justified in yielding allegiance to a despot
who openly arrays himself against her liber-
ties, and impiously assumes the privilege of dis-
pensing with the observance of the oaths taken to
maintain the Constitution. The people of Hanover
have strong claims upon our sympathy, and if
their next appeal was made to the British Govern-
ment, we dare affirm their reception would exhibit
a gratifying contrast to the treatment they received
at the hands of the Getman Diet. Should the
worst happen, Hanover has the example of Bruns-
wick before her.

As under the ERNEST and VON SCHELE
tyranny, foreign Journals are not allowed to cir-
culate in Hanover, nor public meetings for any
purpose to be held, the patriots have been driven
to the formation of a society at Hamburg, where
they can ascertain the state of public opinion
abroad, and give expression to their own senti-
ments. Here they will not be long safe—ERNEST
will demand their removal from the Magistracy,
under penalty of further impeding the navigation
of the Elbe, or he will call upon the Diet to inter-
pose its authority in his behalf. Hanover is in a
state of universal discontent, and requires but some
such crowning provocation as this to bring matters
to a crisis.

The proceedings of the General Assembly on
the great question of the " Independence" of the
Kirk are likely to bring the dispute to a speedier
termination than we had expected. Nothing, it is
now evident, short of supreme and unquestionable
jurisdiction in all matters which the majority of the
Assembly choose at any time to denominate " Spi-
ritual," will satisfy Dr. CHALMERS and the se-
quacious herd to whom he plays the part of a
bell-wether. Thanks to the rashness and pig-
headedness of their leader, the Non-intrusionists
are now irretrievably committed to a course of ac-
tion which it is impossible for the civil power to
permit, which in fact compels the civil power to
interfere, and vindicate the supremacy of the laws,
so audaciously set at defiance by an Ecclesiastical
Court which has not, and cannot have, any autho-
rity but that which it derives from the State.
It is known to our readers that the Commission
—a sort of Standing Committee—of the General
Assembly, suspended from the office of the minis-
try. at one fell swoop, seven Members of
the Presbytery of Strathbogie, for obeying
an order of the Court of Session in a mat-
ter which that Court pronounced to be one of
civil jurisdiction. The same Court, on the appli-
cation of the suspended ministers, nullified their
suspension, and interdicted the ministrations of their
Commission-appointed substitutes. Now, what has
the Assembly done in this important case Has
it shown any desire to do justice and restore peace
to the Church. Far from it. The Non-intrusion
majority have proceeded in their usual way. Flay-
ing laid it down as a principle that the authority
of the Ecclesiastical Court must be made to oyez-
top all other authority, they are equally regardless
of justice and peace in the accomplishment of their
object.

The Commission had gone beyond its powers.
It is not a legally-recognised Church Court. It is
no part of that ecclesistical government which the
laws of the Sate have established in Scotland, and

it cannot degrade the ministers of the Church from
that rank and station, and from those offices
which they hold in virtue of the laws. The
obvious path for the Assembly to pursue was to
disown the illegal and preposterous proceedings of
this Commission, and thus open the way for an
amicable and peaceful adjustment of the existing
differences. And, had the majority been gifted
with but a small portion of common sense and a
little honesty of purpose, this is what they would
have done. But instead of this they back the
Commission in all its outrageous irregularities, and
in the face of the decision of the civil tribunal, and,
in spite of the unanswerable reasoning and solemn
warnings of the best and ablest friends of the
Church, they resolve that the seven ministers of
Strathbogie—for obeying, mark I the order of the
Court of Session—have rendered themselves
liable to the censures of the Church I

What the punishment may be which will be in-
flicted on them we cannot tell. If any consistency

is to be expected from these men, nothing less than I,
deposition ought to satisfy them, as an atonement
for the atrocious crime of submitting to the laws of
the land. But at all events the sentence of the
Commission has been confirmed, and thus the
Assembly pits itself directly against the
Court of Session ; the civil and the ecclesiastical
powers come now to close quarters, and must fight
it out hand to hand. Which will prevail there
cannot be much doubt. The Court of Session will
protect the Strathbogie men from the effects of the
sentence of the Assembly. They will still be the
Presbytery of Strathbogie, though they may be
excluded from the Assembly, and they will continue
to perform all their ministerial functions, to live in
their manses, and to draw their stipends, unannoyed
by any interloping Non-intrusionist brethren.
Were the Legislature not to interfere, other Pres-
byteries soon would be placed in a similar situation
—for, wherever the veto is exercised, there will, in
all probability, be an appeal to the law—and thus
there would a schism in the Kirk fatal to its very

existence. But we should not be at all surprised if
the violent conduct of the Non-intrusion party in
this Assembly, dissipating every hope of their re-
turn to sober and rational views, should dispose
the Legislature to pass Lord ABERDEEN'S Bill,
or some such measure of a declaratory nature, as a
curb to check the destructive propensities of the
wild men, and as a safeguard to the Scottish Estab-
lishment.

West India Papers to the 26th of April have
reached us. Sir CHARLES METCALFE'S disap-
proval of the conduct of the Baptist Missionaries
has created a terrible stir among that ensi-

tive body in Jamaica. Parochial meetings were
everywhere held, and resolutions passed favour-
able to the conduct of the Baptists, and censur-
ing the rash judgment of his Excellency the
Governor. We have no doubt that the Governor
was mistaken, but we think the defence of a body
of men so respectable and so generally respected as
the Baptist missionaries, might have been con-
ducted with less heat. We hare the speeches and
resolutions before us, and we confess we would have
liked better a mote temperate display of religious and
political feeling.
The free coloured population of the United
States are rapidly emigrating to Trinidad. This
fact speaks volumes for the sort of freedom they are
allowed to enjoy in equality-boasting America.

Letters from Constantinople of the 13th ult.,
announce the degradation of SERASKIER HALIL
PACHA, the SULTAN'S brother-in-law, for receiv-
ing a bribe of 20,0001. sterling from a butcher, for
the monopoly of supplying the army with meat.
HALIL was tried before the Supreme Council of
Justice, and to the astonishment of those who
affected to regard the Gulhane Ordinances as fine
words without meaning, he was found guilty, and
dismissed from all his employments. His successor
as Seraskier, or Commander-in-Chief of the Wo-
man Forces, is MUSTAPHA PACH A, late Governor
of the five provinces of Itoumelia, a man of wis-
dom and energy, in whom his countrymen place
great confidence. It is no longer doubtful that the
SULTAN is really in earnest in carrying out the
system of reform which he proposed at the com-
mencement of his reign.
Two coal mines and a copper mine have been
recently discovered near Constantinople. Mr.
TAYLOR, a civil engineer in the service of the
Porte, is stated to have been sent to Enoland to
employ workmen and purchase machinery for
working them.
The latest couriers from Persia brought intelli-
gence that the SCHAII was encamped with his
army in the neighbourhood of 'spatial'.
We are without any political news from Egypt or
Syria.

The Moniteur of Tuesday, which we have re-
ceived the other Paris Journals of the same
date, contains the following important telegraphic
despatch from the Spanish frontier:—
BAYONNE, MAY 31.
THE suß-pREFECI. OF BAYONNE TO THE ktINIsTER OF Till

new revolt in Catalonia, but his influence is fast
waning among his deluded followers.

The Chamber of Deputies resumed on Tuesday
the debate on the Budget for 1841. The whole
amount demanded by the Government exceeds
forty-four millions sterling. M. MAGUIN com-
plained that reparation had not been made for
the insult offered to the French flag at the
Mauritius; that the English had not yet evacuated
Passages ; that the same " insolent islanders" had
taken the liberty to seize and confiscate French
slavers ; that they monopolized the gum trade on
the coast of Africa ; and, among a number of
other grave matters, that the President of the
Council suffered the massacre of innocent Jews at
Damascus. M. THIERS defended with great
spirit and ability the conduct of the British Go-
vernmentin all the transactions alluded to by M.
MAGUIN. He would not allow the harmony be-
tween two great nations to be disturbed by the act
of a madman at the Mauritius. Passages was
partially evacuated, and would be wholly so ili as
short a time as was consistent with the interests of
Spain. In seizing French slavers the English were
only acting in conformity with the letter and spirit
of a solemn Treaty, of which all the world was
cognizant. With respect to the Neapolitan ques-
tion, the President of the Council had no hesita-
tion in declaring the King of the Two SICILIES
to be manifestly in the wrong. Even France had
demanded the- abolition of the sulphur monopoly
some time before Great Britain bad avowed a de-
termination to compel the King to revoke it. M.
THIERS had not concluded his speech when the
post left Paris, for London.
The removal of the remains of NAPOLEON, and
the war in Africa, occupy the editorial columns of
the Paris journals of Tuesday. Both topics are, ,
at present, in a great measure exhausted. he
following are extracts :
NAPOLEON'S COFFIN.—The administration of the Pom-
pea junebres is now preparing the coffin which is to receive
at St. Helena, the mortal remains of Napoleon. It is to
be of solid ebony, in the shape of the ancient sarcophagi,
and large enough to enclose the coffins in which the Em-
tpuerrboerdl.iesia,theSt.
funeralHele npaa,lsloisthinatvehlivseat,shstersemweady nisolt.thbegdoilsd-
' bees, and bordered with a broad band of ermine ; at each
corner is to be placed an eagle, embroidered in gold, and
surmounted with the imperial crown.
THE NEAPOLITAN QCESTION.—.Tbe Eclaireur de la
Mediterranee of the 29th ult., states that the Neapolitan
question was becoming more complicated, and that the
English Government had resolved on sending six ships of
the line to Naples. Admiral Rosamel would, it was be-
lieved, proceed thither with an equal force.

CIRCASSIA.—The last advices from Trebizond announce
new successes of the Circassians over their Russian invaders-
Nine forts had falleninto their power, and the two remaining
would have experienced the same fate but far the timely
arrival of two Russian ships of the line. The Circas
sians gave the Russians no quarter, and in the fort of St.
Nicholas alone 1,000 menwere.put to the sword.

The Eco de l'Aragon affirms that the Spanish Princesses
evils arrive in a few days at Saragossa. They will be
very welcome, adds the Journal, though we are too poor
to have any thing to offer them but enthusiasm.
According to the same Journal the Royalist General
Llarch de Copons, who at a review in Catalonia was
wounded by a pistol which he held in his hand, died at
Berge on the 17th, in consequence of this wound.
Our lettera from Catalonia have not yet announced the
death of that General, which will be a loss to the cause
which he served with courage and fidelity.—La Gazette
de France.

The Memorial des Pyrenees ( Pau) of the 30:h, an-
nounce that the police has made a domiciliary visit in the
residence of a Spaniard, known by the name of Don Be-
neto Antonio, for the purpose of seizing his correspon-
dence, which is said to afford information respecting the
rising which was to take place in the Biscayan provinces.
It is affirmed, that Don Beneto Antonio, is no other than
the General of the Franciscans. He set out from Bor-
deaux on the 29th.
an the
We have news from Berlin, by way of Frankfort. A
letter from Berlin, of the 26th. says__" The physicians
arc quite easy respecting the K
having ceased."
Another letter, dated Berlin, 2"th, in the evening, says
"inTishheK. icgTshe health
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hasimpronviged's. health,dthe weakness
fever
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even already attended to
several important affaits."—Le Constitationnel.
BOURSE.—PARIS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2,

first Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. I'rice
French 5 per Cents ll6 10 ... 116 10 ... 115 80 ... 115 80
4 per Cents lO4 75 ... 4)4 75 ... 101 75 ... 104 75
3 per Cants B5 50 -. 85 60 ... 85 40 ... 85 40
Sank of trance 551)0 ...3500 ...3495 ...:3500
Lattitte Bank 1,1)001. Sh 1125 ...1125 ...1125 ...1125
5,0001. St).— 5250 ...5250 -.5250 ..5,250
Belgian Bank
5 per Cents 104% ... 104% ... 104% ... lilt%
3 per Cents... 76 5 ... 76 5 ... 76 ... 76
Spanish Active. 28% ... 28% ... 28% ... 28%
Passive 7 ... 7% ... 7 ... 71/4
Neapolitan
Roman 103% ... 1( 3% ~. 103% ... 103%
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain
Versailles, R. B 542 50 ... 542 50 ... 540 ... 540
L.B 3BO ... gSO .., 375 ... 375
507 30 ... 507 50 ... 507 59 ... 507 50

of this wide-grasping plan of education, under the con-
trol of the Bishops, is to be religious instruction, in con-
formity with the doctrines of the Church of England.
Private schoolmasters, who succumb to the Church,
may be taken into union with this central establish-
ment, and those who do not, will find themselves under-
sold, and beaten out of the market, by a cheap Church
of England commercial school set up at their door
by the aid of funds begged from the people. For our
parts, we prefer lay to clerical teachers ; but without
entering further into that, though it is a most im-
portant question for the public to consider, we must
caution those who are subscribing money to establish cen-
tral commercial schools under the control of the Church
of England, that they are lending their pecuniary means
to beggar the present race of schoolmasters, and fix on
the necks of the next generation the heavy yoke of the
priesthood.

THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S VISIT TO ST. PAUL'S.—
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager having signified her
intention of being present at the Anniversary of the
Charity Children at St. Paul's this day, the Treasurer
communicated the intelligence to the Lord Mayor, who
immediately Grote to invite her Majesty and Suite to
the Mansion-house after the service, to which the
Queen Dowager sent a most gracious answer, declin-
ing the invitation, in the fear that, after the long ser-
vice at St. Paul's, the fatigue would be too great for
her nephews and nieces, and herself to undergo.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)

The House met to-day to hear appeals. The Peers
present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, the
Marquis of Breadalbane, and the Earl of Warwick.

THY EARL OP ALDBOROUGH V. TYRE.
The arguments oa this part-beard appeal were resumed
and concluded to-day, and
The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment to
Thursday next.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

WALWORTH AND OTHERS V. HOLT AND OTHERS.
THE IMPERIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.
Mr. K. BRUCE applied upon motion exparte in this
case for a receiver of the outstanding demands and effects
of a Joint Stock Bank that had carried on its business a•
Manchester, Macclesfield, and several other parts of the
country, under the name of the Imperial Bank of
England. The Learned Counsel stated that he
made the application under rather singular cir-
cumstances. The Joint Stock Bank had in effect
stopped payment, and there were a great many outstanding
demands. Actions had been brought, but in consequence
of the circumstances that had taken place, the whole thing
was at a stand still. It was, therefore, extremely urgent
that something should immediately be done. The present
bill had been therefore filed by him on behalf of all the
Shareholders who had paid their calls up to the time of the
stoppage of that bank against the Trustees, Directors,
public officers, and those Shareholders who had not paid
their calls up to the time of the stoppage. The whole
number of proprietors was upwards of seven hundred,
and it was therefore impossible they should all
have been made parties, which the Learned Coun-
sel trusted the Court would not think necessary under
the circumstances of the case. The object of the present
motion was to have the debts due to the concern collected
and made available, and also to obtain from the shareholders
who had not paid their calls the amount due from them.
The defendants bad not been served with notice of the
present application, as it had not been thought necessary.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR said that the application was a
perfectly novel one, but as the defendants could not be
placed in a worse situation than they were at present by
the appointment of a receiver, he would grant the motion,
subject to any further application to the Court.
Mr. K. BRUCE considered the appointment of a receiver
would be beneficial, instead of prejudicial, to the de-
fendants.—Receiver granted.

HALL V. THE NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.

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The remainder of the morning was occupied with a
motion on this case for an injunction to restrain the de-
fendants, the proprietors of the North Midland Railway
Company, from breaking up or obstructing the turnpike
road from Overton to Derby, until they should have made
a similar road to the one at present existing.
The case appears likely to occupy the whole day.