The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-10 00:00:00

iII2 SUN,

career are the admiration of Europe, is, after all, as
contracted in some of his ways of thinking as any
ArchbiShop of Canterbury, or representative of
Oxford University. It comes upon us as a dis-
agreeable surprise, that one of the most enlightened
rulers of this century is willing to endorse all our
British Protestant nonsense about "godless colleges."
We are vexed to discover that Rome is so very much
like Lambeth, and that Pius IX. thinks exactly
what Sir Robert Inglis thinks on one of the
greatest social questions of our age. That is all.
It is a little disappointing to find that an able
and large-minded prince is as weak, on the eccle-
siastical side of his character, as the British Pro-
testant prelates and politicians who used to denounce
the London University, and who went up in
a body to the Throne to record their abhorrence of
unsectarian education. Whether this is altogether a
reasonable surprise, the reader will judge for himself.
At all events, we are not entitled to be very angry
with Pope Pius IX. for adopting the favourite ideas
of our own British Protestant bench of bishops.
Wby,a year or two ago the Pope would have had
the Times with him. Our contemporary ought, by
the way, to remember this, and be tolerant. How
was the Pope to know that "diffusion of knowledge,"
and "godless colleges," had come to be articles of
faith with those by whom they were not long since
denounced as something worse than heresies ? We
are not unaware of the practical inconveni-
ence that will attend this ill judged exertion of
Papal influence. The late rescript will, of course,
add considerably to the strength of that noisy and
not very scrupulous party among the Irish Roman
Catholic priesthood, by whom Sir Robert Peel's
scheme cf academic education has been, from the
first, so intemperately opposed. It is now more
than ever dubious whether the new colleges
will he able fairly to root themselves in
the esteem and confidence of the classes for whose
benefit they were especially intended. We are sorry
for this; but few of our readers will wonder at a
result for which we have all along felt it right to
prepare them. Heartily as we appreciated the liberal
purpose of the Bill of 184.5, we never attempted to
please ourselves with the expectation that that mea-
sure would be successful. We said at the time that
Sir Robert Peel had begun at the wrong eel—that
he set about his noble task under the most ill-chosen
of conditions—that he neglected inriluable facilities
~Ihich were reedy to his hand, and went out of his

wav to brave opposition, where he might have
counted on quiescence or sympathy. By simply
throwing open the honours and emoluments of
Trinity College to all Irishmen, irrespectively of
cre:l or sect, the Minister would have at once
established on an impregnable basis the principle of
uosectarian academic education. No Pope woul
ever have pronounced against that. No priesthood
would ever have agitated against that—though possi-
bly a portion of the priesthood might have looked with
jealousy on so • decided a triumph of liberal ideas.
f hat would have been redressing a Roman Catholic
grievance, instead of creating one. By thus offering
to the educated Roman Catholic laity of Ireland full
religious and social equality with their Protestant
countrymen, Sir Robert Peel would have silenced op-
position into neutrality, and warmed up inditY,rence
into enthusiastic co operation. We have always
deeply regretted that this simple and effectual course
was not adopted. We especially deplore that such a
potentate as Pope Pius IN. should have contributed
so large a Aare towards realising. anticipations which
certainly did not rest on the hypothesis of an en-
lightened and reforming ruler presiding over the
counsels of the Vatican.

MONEY-MARKET and CITY NE WS
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 18 per
mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. I Ofd.
per ounce fur standard trold, gives an exchange of 25 60 ;
and, the exchange at 'Paris on London at short being
25 75, it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris.

By aclvices from Hamburgh the price of gold is
4351 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
,change of 13.10+; and, the exchange, at Iltunhurgh
on L,mdon at short being 13 12, it follows that gold
is 0 80 per cent. t:earer in London than in Ilamburgh.
The English Funds opened this morning at an im-
provement of an eighth on the closing prices of yes-
terday, and a considerable advance subsequently took
place, which was maintained up to the termination of
business. The first quotation of Consols for money
was 831 to from which, owing to a succession of
purchases by the public, they steadily advanced to
841 to 1. For the account they began at 831 to 1,
and left off at 84+ to I. Aloney for short periods
continues to be freely offered in the Stock Exchange
at 4 per cent. At the Bank it is understood the de
mand has greatly diminished, and out of doors also
the market is much easier.

There was h good supply of foreign bills offered on
'Change to-day, which, generally speaking, went off
currently at rates rather lower than those of last post.
There has been a more quiet feeling in the City to-
day than has been witnessed for some time, and no
failures have been announced either in London or
from the country. One house, whose liabilities are
believed to be comparatively small, was alleged to
have stopped, but we have received a letter from the
partners stating that the report arose from a tem-
porary difficulty, which they hope to arrange in the
course of aday or two.

Advices from liamburgh received this morning re-
port the rate of discount 5i to 6, with money some-
what easier. At Antwerp, at the last dates, the rate
was 5 per cent., but the supply was not abundant.
The Hamburgh steamer has not brought more than
20,0001. in gold, the Lubeck boat, which was to have
left St. Petersburgh on the 30th of October, not
having arrived in time at Travemunde.
We are glad to state that' Mesrs. Boyds and
Thomas, whose suspension took place on the 2.1 of
October, have been enabled to resume business. The
trade of the house is chiefly with Ceylon, and the
character of the firm warranted the hope which has
now been realised, that their difficulties might speedily
be surmounted.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—CHARGE OF MANSLAUGH-
TER.--Last evening Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at
the ship, Waterside, Wandsworth, on the body of James
Powell, aged 29, who was drowned whilst fighting with
a man nemed Wright, on board a barge lying in the
river, eff the Silk Mills, Battersea. The examination of
the different witnesses occupied a coneiderablc space of
time, but the facts of the case are briefly these :—The
deceased and Wright formed a portion of a gang cm
ployed on board the barge Patience. On Sunday
morning some of them went into the Waterman's Arms,
where they had some beer, but not sufficient to intoxi-
cate them. They were taken from thence, at two o'clock
in the afternoon, by Davies, the captain, who wanted
them to go to work again. 'On the way to the barge
deceased and Wright had some words about which could
do the most work, and soon after they had got on board
they commenced fighting. The barge is an open one,
and the men fought on the gangway board on which
they worked to raise the sand. They had several
rounds and one or two falls into the barge, which was
nearly full of sand, when the captain insisted upon
stopping the fight. The deceased then jumped into the
boat and challenged Wright to renew the fight. They
accordingly did so ; they closed, and in the struggle fell
into the river, and sunk together. Wright rose and
was rescued by the captain, but the deceased, whose arm
only appeared above the water for a moment and then
disappeared, was not found until twenty minutes or half
an hour expired, when his body was dragged up by
Abraham Baker, a waterman: The witnesses concurred
in stating that they considered the falling into the river
an accident. The coroner having read the evidence
over, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against
Wright, upon which he was committed to Ilorsemonger-
lane Gaol. The prisoner was then taken away by Mr.
Superintendent Bicknell, of the V division.
THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION or FIREWORKS.—
Mr. W. Payne held an inquest on Monday night, at the
Dover Castle, Old Kent-road, on the body of Mrs. Isa-
bella Bartrope, whose death was occasioned by an ex-
plosion of fireworks on the sth instant. It appeared that
on Friday evening Mr. Huff, foreman of the goods depot
of the Bricklayers' Arms terminus of the South-Eastern
Railway, was letting off some fireworks in the yard of
Mr. Bartrope's house. A quantity of the combustibles
were placed in a wash house near the spot, and on a rocket
being discharged which accidentally took a horizontal
instead of a perpendicular course, the deceased being
frightened took refuge in the washhouse. Some sparks
from the rocket, however, were thrown in as the door
was opened, and falling on the box containing the fire-
works, occasioned the melancholy catastrophe. During
the inquiry it was elicited that the box in question had
been brought up by one of the railway trains, and had
remained some time at the station, notwithstanding the
regulations of the company, prohibiting the conveyance
or reception of such dangerous articles. The jury ulti-
mately returned a verdict=" That the deceased, Isabella
Bartrope, was accidentally burned to death by an ex-
Plosion of fireworks ;" and added, " that they consi-
dered it wai through the loose manner in which the
at the Bricklayerb' Arms station is done, ane
they also considered that great blame is attached to the
directorsgivntr of_ theSouth-Eastern Railway Company in net
sufficient and proper instructions to their ser-
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been exiled. The AustrianaLdo.inasul-Cleeral, Baron Ge-
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Vienna. According to ihe latest otl'ere Trebizlnde, the chul.era bad nearly ent'ill Accounts from
a few cases had, however, occurrt.d at SteirLdi3a"
tzna, on the sea coast. The accounts from Eernzee r4olu'dra-a-nad-
Kars were satisfactory.—Alleemeine Zeitung.
TILE MANX LIBEL CASE.—On Friday last, in the
Exchequer Court, at Castletown, in the I.le of Man,
judgment was given in the case of Dumbell v. Fargher,
ror a libel in the Mona Herald, when sentence was passed
el the defendant by the Lieutenant-Governor of the
gaol of Castle Rusben for
.hree Leonths, and a fine of .SC)/ , and
eland of imprisonment
in
theimprisonment until
the fine was paid, with costs of suit.

LONDON,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 9.
Mr. Baron ROLFE sat in the Exchequer Chamber
for the purpose of taking motions.

STEVENS V. REELING.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved in this case for a
rule calling upon the defendant to show cause why the
order to have this case tried by a special jury
should not be set aside ' and a fresh order made.
The cause was appointed to be tried before the
Lord Chief Baron, and it appeared that upon
calling the special jurors only five of them
were present, and the defendant would not consent to
have the case tried by that number. It was the
usual custom in such cases that upon a fresh appoint-
ment being made for the trial, the same special jurors
who were previously summoned should constitute
the jury, but since the period of their being first sum-
moned it had been ascertained that several of them
had died, and some were excused upon various
grounds. Under these circumstances, therefore, it
was necessary that the original ruie should be set
aside, and a fresh order made by the Court upon the
subject.—Rule granted.
(Sittings in Banco.)
WALLER V. BISHOP.

This was an action tried before the Lord Chief
Baron, at London ; the verdict passed for the plaintiff,
for the sum of 3,9251. 17s. 3d.
Mr. CROWDER now moved to set aside the verdict,
pursuant to leave reserved at the trial.
It appeared that the action was brought by the
plaintiff, a stockbroker, to recover the above sum of
money, being the amount of certain shares purchased
by the plaintiff for the defendant in the projected Dutch
Hanoverian Railway, and also for charges on account
of the shares being "held over" for him,-that is to
say, the account days, when the purchase should be
completed, were carried over on brokerage and com-
mission, the amount of which was about 1,4001. It
was alleged that the plaintiff was connected
with the above-named projected railway, being
a member of the provisional committee of that
scheme. It further appeared that there was
an intention on the part of the directors of that
company to purchase a considerable number of shares
for the purpose of reducing the number then in the
market, the currency of which would bring what
was then thought to le a good project to an unde-
served failure. This process was one technically
termed "ri;;ging the market," and the Lord Chief
Baron upon the trial expressed a strong opinion that,
"when carried to a great extent, might be regarded
as a swindling transaction." In this case, however, the
arrangement appeared to he suggested by an honour-
able desire to prevent the effect of a great panic, and
the shares falling to a ruinous discount. An ar-
rangement was come to by the directors to carry out
their views, whereby each director should employ his
own broker, and snake his purchases individually ;
and a resolution was passed by the board, on the 3d
of December, to prevent any of the directors being
bound by the purchases of the other, except
in such cases as should he agreed upon by
the whole body of the directors. The pre-
sent action arose out of purchases of shares in con-
sequence a that. arrangement, :rod the evidence
on the part of the plaintiff consisted chiefly of a
variety of "bought notes," and orders given by a
Mr. Carvalho and a Mr. Ogle, who were connected
with the company. The Learned Counsel now con-
tended that there was no evidence to fix the defendant
with the orders in question, and that all that made
against him upon the trial was a recognition subse-
quently, as distinguished from order previously.
The COURT stated that they were of opinion that the
rule ought to be granted generally, for the reduction
of the damages, or a new trial, with liberty to move
afterwards for arrest of judgment.