The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1841

it is for me that that music swells—it is for me that that
musk swells—it is for me that that eloquence is che-
rished—and it is for me that the gospel of God is un-
folded, and every seventh day declared.' "
Archdeacon HARE flatly contradicts this flatter-
ing portrait, by declaring that the poor are shoved
to the outskirts where they cannot hear what is
preached. The shoeless shivering wretch would, in
fact, be turned out by the rosy-gilled beadle if he
had the temerity to intrude himself into such a ccm-
pany of well-dressed people as is generally found
in a metropolitan church, and the destitute poor
man no more dare to venture inside a church,
partitioned into what the Archdeacon likens to
cattle stalls, than he dare venture into Almack's
or Buckingham Palace. Is it not matter of notoriety
that the poor stay from church, because they want
clothing to go thither ? The Anglican Church,
of which the service is pei formed by rich gentlemen,
which is frequented by ladies followed by footmen,
and around which crowds of carriages and lacquers
wait for their masters and mistresses, is no place
for the poor man. The Church is too opulent for
him. The clergy belong to a class, with whom at
present he is unfortunately at variance, and they
have, whether foolisly or wisely is for them to judge,
sacrificed their Christian usefulness for the sake of
the wealth and dignity they have undoubtedly
obtained.

Many of the clergy are Magistrates. How can
the poor look for consolation to the stern Justice
on the bench, eager at all times to enforce game-laws
and other partial enactments ? Many of the clergy
are the nobleman's son, the squire's nephew, or
the great landowner's nominee and man of all
work. They share the amusements and occupa-
tions of their relations and friends ; they never
mingle with the poor ; they know nothing of their toils
or their privations but by hearsay ; they belong to
a totally different class of society, have sympathy with
the rich, and not with the poor. To make the
Anglican Church a poor man's Church, even wth
all the popular reforms now proposed, with all the
coaxing and blandishments with which a HARE
may seek to invest it, the priesthood must be a
different order of men, and must depend on the
poor, not on the rich. The new Chartist Church,
a specimen of which, at Birmingham, will be found
noticed elsewhere, which was begun at Glasgow,
and is to be propagated through the country, will
beat the Church of England hollow in bidding for
the support of the poor, and will soon, no doubt,
earn and deserve the name of the poor man's Church
Formidable rivals, in the good graces of the poor,
to the Reverend J.P.'s, to stately Archdeacoil,
and to opulent and lordly Deans, are starting up,
and we would have them look, not to their laurels
but their livings.

The Post yesterday told some truth of the
Tories, in an article which we copied into The
Sun. They have been, it is true, very unpopular.
They were, we must admit, too unbending, too
cold and disdainful, too shy of making known the
grounds of their harsh policy, contenting them-
selves by making their will our law—they were, as
we all felt, utterly careless about satisfying the
minds of the people and making them content
with the law ; and the result of their conduct was
almost universal discontent, which threatened re-
bellion and revolution. They were themselves
frightened at the storm they had raised, which was
only appeased by their throwing themselves over-
board at the first hint from the House of Com-
mons. They made a great sacrifice for the good
of the country when they retired from office in
1830.

The Post, we must admit, also tells some
truth of the Whigs. At least, so far as saying
that the people are disappointed. This is a great
truth. They are no better off since the Reform
Act was passed than they were before, but rather
worse. The enormous mass of restrictive
legislation which the Tories bequeathed to
the nation has had more time to operate,
and has produced more disastrous effects. It is
like a strait waistcoat on a growing youth, which
becomes every day more narrow and irksome. The
popular enthusiasm which conquered the Reform
Act subsided when that victory was acheived ; the
Tories then gathered together the fragments of
their power, and have ever since laboured to keep
their strait waistcoat on the nation. They have
been but too successful. A Kant of power,
united with a feeble will, has prevented
the Whigs from enlarging it, and as the
nation has grown, year after year, the restraint
has been more and more felt in every limb. It is not
proposed, we presume, to treat the nation like a
madman, and chain it down to the narrow crib of
1830. If it be, discontent will increase, and the
struggles to escape will every year become more
desperate ; if it be not, the Tories themselves, in-
stead of thwarting the Whigs, should assist in re-
moving the impediments. to the national growth
and the national freedom.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Everything in the City wore a cheerful appearance to-
day except in the Tea Market, where there was a kind of
panic, and a fall in price, though no bargains of any
magnitude were entered into. Company's Congou on
'Change this afternoon closed at ls. 7id. per lb. It is
not unlikely but that many failures may occur among the
speculators. . _

The publication of the detailed accounts by the ovEr-
land 'mail from India, sent up the price of Consols this
afternoon to 893 I for Money ; and to 89,1 for Account,
making the advalice to-day 4 per cent. ; Exchequer Bills
were 7s. to 9s. premium ; and India Bonds touched 55.
discount ; India .‘.stock rose to 243; and Bank Stock
to 1611.
At the meeting of Portuguese Bondholders to-day, the
last terms offered by the Lisbon Government were rejected,
and new propositions are to be submitted by the Bondhol-
ders. The New Five per Cents. were 114 at 32 to 314
The Three per Cents. were not dealt in. Brazil Bonds
realised 714, Colombian 23k, and Mexican 28, . Spanish
Stock was depressed at 241 to 4.

The Share. Market was 6fisk:and prices moved upwards
a little.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.— The sides to-
day arc 3,000 to 4,000 bags at full pr.ces, chiefly Ainel j-
ean descriptions.

The important intelligence from China has caused a
great sensation in the city, this event not being anticipated
so soon in the tea market. This morning the dealers ap-
peared to be panic-struck. At 10 o'clock no transactions ;
offars at Is. 7d. per lb. refused, but no doubt ls. 10.1. per
lb. would be accepted for Company's Conpu.
The official statement of the quarter's revenue was pub-
lished night, by which it appears that there is an in-
crease in the quarter of 80,602/. sterling, and a deficiency
in the year, ending sth J muary, 1841, of 254,0001.
Consols, which left cff yesterday at 89 for Account,
opened this morning at 891 13-, since which they have been
down at 894, not quite so good. Exchequer Bills 7 9
prem. ; Bank Stock 159 160 ; India Stock 238 240.
In the Foreign Mai ket Spanish Active is a shade !over,
left cff at 24k at present 244 it; Deferred 12 13 ;
Passive 6f f ; Portuguese same as they left off, 321 ;
Three per Cents. ; Brazilian 704 71f ; Colombian
2111- 24 ; Mexican 2'4 29 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 49i 50; Five per Cents. 97i 98k.
SHARES.—Great Western, 2930 prem. ; New. 134
prem. ; London and Brighton, 54- 5 dii. ; Blackwell,
44 4 dis. ; Birmingham, 83 85 prem. ; S )utbampton,
58 6i) per share ; Croydon, 121 a pcfri share ; Greenwich,.
8 9 per share ; Manchester and B,rtilingham, 15 13 dis.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 9O 76

Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths .
London and Brighten
London and South Western 3S
Londan and Croydon (Trunk)... 134 12i...... to

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25 ..•••• 35i to
f T-L-- r‘f Australia..

The British Funds are not quite so good as in the early
part of the morning, when they were 89 for the Account,
since which they may be quoted at 89-a I. Their not
being so firm is caused by the intelligence from Madrid
that the Regency had ordered troops to be marched to the
frontier of Portugal. All other intelligence is absorbed
by that from Woe and India. Exchequer Bilis, 7 9
prem.; Bank Stock, improved, 160 161 ; India Stock,
also improved, 242; India Bonds the same, 5 d 8.
In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish
Active 248, had been 24-77 ; Portuguese, lower, 32 3121 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per;Cents., 504 ; Five per Cents.
981
In the Share Market not much doing. Great Western,
95 961 ; ditto, New, 64 65 64} 65i 64 ; ditto, Fifths,
11 4 ; London and Brighton 444 45 44i ; South West-
ern, 58:1 59 58i.

From Port Phillip Papers of the Bth of August:—
SHIPWRECKS.—The Ocean Queen and City of Edin-
burgh have been both wrecked in the Straits. They were
from London, with merchandise and passengers, the former
for Launceston and the latter for Sydney.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock ... 163 India Stock ....213
3 per Cent. Red B9:ii Ditto I3onds
3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 89a Ditto Old Annuities
3A per Cent Red. ..... .. 98a Ditto New Annuities... -
New 3A- per Cent .. ... 97A Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2Ad 9 pin
New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 500/ 9 pin
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 9pm
Jan. 1860
Oct 1859 ... lndia Stock for Acct ...24l A
Jan. 1860 ... ...... Consols for Opg 894
FOREIGN FUNDS.
A astrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto._
Brazilian BonOs .. ..
BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent....
Chilian, 6 per cent
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, S per cent 24,E
Ditto, 1824 23a Ditto, Deferred ..,
Danish, 3 per cent..... 77A French,s per cent... —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, spercent. Exchange ..
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French,3 per cent —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2} per cent 5 A
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 9S
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd)... 751
Birmingham and Derby (Thirds) (paid 5) 54
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (90 p) 76
Eastern Counties Railway Debs. (2 paid) 54
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 96}
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) .... .. ... 64
Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ll4
London and Brighton Railway (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (221 pd) 184
London and South Western Railway ........... 581
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2l
Manchester and Birmingham Railway (40p) 26}
South Eastern and Dover (28 paid )... ;
York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 73

LITERATURE.

THE IDLER IN ITALY. VoL.
Colburn, London, 1840.
A cheerful, accomodating temper, a freedom from
insular prejudices, and a steady determination to bear
with equanimity whatever personal inconveniences he
or she may be subjected to, arc among the greatest
requisites that an English traveller can possess ;
and Lady Blessington possesses these enviable
qualities in high degree, as her " Idler in Italy"
abundantly testifies. Not a page but gives proof
of her truly Catholic natute, and her disposition to
make the best of those various annoyances which
haunt the steps of the traveller in foreign lands,
with as much pertinacity as his shadow. Sterne,
who knew well the character of most English
tourists, and in one of the truest chapters of his "Sen-
timental Journey," has ridiculed their proneness
to discontent, and utter abhorrence of being, what
is called, " put out of their way," would have re-
cognized in Lady Blessington a kindred spirit, for
if she have not the arch humour and simple pathos
of this eminent author, she has the same unflagging
animal spirits, and the same readiness to be happy,
I and to make happy. Though in her present volume
she goes over ground with which the majority
of our readers are, no doubt, already sufficiently
familiar, yet her descriptive sketches—even when
she is descanting on such a hacknied theme as
Venice—never weary us, for we feel that they
are drawn from her own fresh and vivid itnpression,
and not, second-hand, from the hearsay and reco
lections of others, as is the case with some mode;
writers of travels whom we could mention. H
Ladyship quitted the neighbourhood of Rome
the summerof 1828—how is it that she has allowed
her " Idler in Italy" to remain so long in maim-
seeipt ?—and of course did not omit visiting the
celebrated waterfall of Terni, which Byron has so
forcibly described in his fourth canto of'' Childe
Harold," and of which we are here told, in prose of
nearly equal force, that " its mighty waters instinct
with life, and fraught with super-human vigour,
seem animated by a spirit of madness, into ''
terrible velocity with which they dash from rock to
rock." With Padua—the mention of which
city will at once recal to the reader's mind
some of the best scenes in the " Merchant of
Venice—Lady Blessington was much pleased,
observing, " one of the peculiar attractions
~f Parlua for me, is the number of old-fashioned
houses, surrounded by gardens, which are to be
found within its walls, looking as secluded and as
quaint as if they were many miles from any tow n,
and that their occupants, during the last century,
had carefully refrained from changing their sober,
but pleasing aspects. This mixture of foliage and
flowers introduced between spires, and domes, and
ancient buildings, have a charming effect, and I lin-
gered at the gates of some of these houses, half
tempted to envy their owners." The picture which
her Ladyship draws of Venice is a very sad one
This celebrated city, w hose merchant princes, '•
those of Tyre and Sidon, were for centuries among
the most renowned and powerful of the earth,
seems now to be in the last stage of hopeless decay.
The busy hum of commerce is no longer heard on
her quays ; the fleets of Europe no longer
anchor in her ports ; her aristocracy are
shorn of their wealth, her Senate of its political
influence ; the glory of St. Mark's is past arid
gone ; the Doge exists but as a name, in his-
tory ; and the Queen of Cities, whom Europe and
Asia held alike in reverence, and who had so often
struck dismay into the hearts of the Saracens, is
now become a mere useless, unregarded cypher in
the hands of Austria. On reaching Ravenna, of
' which we are told, that " of all the Italian cities,
it is that which is least frequentel by, or known to,
English travellers," Lady Blessington was of course
reminded of Byron, who here wrote by far the best
and most enduring of his poems. We quote what
she says on the subject, which we do with the
more readiness, because the current of popular
opinion seems of late years to have set strongly in
against the Noble Childe :
The custude who showed us the apartments was loud
in his praises of Lord Byron, and recounted various
instances of his charity. He could not see a person in
distress without succouring him," said he, " and the
poor of Ravenna and its neighbourhood soon discovered
this benevolent disposition, and beset him every day
when he went to the Pigneta. But it was not money
alone that he gave them, signora, kind words and a
patient hearing of their misfortunes accompanied his
gifts ; and, paupers as they were, they valued these
scarcely less. I remember well his meeting a poor
woman of extreme age, and his telling her to come
here ; when he not only heard her tale of distress, but
gave her gold, and a weekly pension beside." I ques-
tioned the man about the habits of Byron, and he an-
swered that they were molto bizzario, always reading or
writing, taking little pleasure except in riding in the
Pigneta, or playing with his favourite animals.
Though profuse to the poor," continued the custode,
"he indulged in no luxuries himself, signora ; and there
was not a servitor in this Palazzo, that would not have
thought himself aggrieved, had his repasts been so
scanty, and of so ordinary a quality as those of the Lord
Byr,.n. He was not, like the generality of the tra-
velleri we hear of (for here we see but few). pampered,
and never satisfied with the fare set before them. He
was greatly beloved at Ravenna, and we all grieved
when he left us."
On showing us the suite of apartments formerly oc-
cupied by the Contessa Guiccioli, he pointed to a very
ill-executed portrait representing her playing on the
pianoforte ; and assured us that it by no means rendered
her justice, she being fairer, he averred, than even the
dames of northern lands, and with golden hair. " We
were all proud and glad, signora, when the Count
Guiccioli brought home his beautiful young bride.
Oink, we thought not that either would have cause to
regret the nuptials. The Count belongs to one of the
Most ancient families in Italy, and the lady descends
from a long line of illustrious ancestors. Her grand-
mother, a celebrated beauty in her time, was daughter
to the Marquis di B igno of Mantua ; and her mother,
who died in childbirth only a year or so after the young
Countess' marriage, was a very handsome lady, and
daughter of the Contcssa Macherelli ; one of whose
sisters married the Count Cobentzel of Vienna, and by
another sister the family became allied to the noble
houses of Erdeddi, Nadasty, and Esterhazy." The
old servitor seemed to have so much pleasure in re-
capitulating the grandeur of the family connexions of
the Countess that I listened patiently to his statemen',
which appeared to delight him not a little. " She was
a kind and gentle lady, with a smiling face and an open
hand," said the custode. " She loved this stranger
Lard, and for the matter of that, so did all who ap-
proached him. Poor lady ! how his death must have
iifil,cted her." "In this room, Signora," said he, as we
entered another chamber, " Lord Byron slept. Often
has the light been seen burning in it till long after day
Lad appeared ; and we used to marvel that pre who
was rich, and able to command all the luxuries of life,
could prefer so abstemious a mode of existence, and
such incessant toil. I have seen these chambers so
littered with books that there was scarcely room to
move about in them."

PROPERTY EMBARKED IN RAILWAYS.—A
list of railways, now completed and progressing, has been
compiled in order to prove the valtuieolthia.description of
property, which, in a national point of view, is highly im-
• portant, for in the construction of these valuable works,
though involving so very extensive a capital, be it remem-
bered, that every shilling has been expended in our own
country—first in the payment of land to the land-owners;
secondly in the wages for the production of coal and iron
in the manufactory cf the materials; and lastly in the
wages to the workmen in every department in the execu-
tion of these gigantic undertakings, rehich are both useful
and ornamental, and prove the great master-mind of science.
The energy and exertion required in the prosecution of
these works, justly entitle the directors and proprietors, to
the best thanks of the public. Of the railways now in the
course of full work, some idea may be formed of the im-
mense revenue that will be established when the whole of
the undertakings come into active operation: but, it mug
also be observed, that the various lines, when completed,
will greatly benefit those to which the last years' gross re-
ceipts are now given :—Liverpool ana Manchester,
:7.35.979/. 9s. 9d. ; Grand Junctien 435,6841. 6s. 63, ;
London and Birmingham 752.5921. 10s. 2d. ; London
and South Western 227,2081. 2s. 5d ; Great Western
240,0841. 6s. 7d. ; Midland Courites 53,247/. 2s. 4d. ;
Birmingham and Derby 48,9131. 14s. 9d. Of this sum,
1,006,854/. is nividcd amongst the proprietors; but where
dues the remainder go tot it is expended on the works,
tr,d in wages to the labourers; equally beneficial to all.
Toli newly created property, in a very great measure,
ar.s: s from the overflow of wealth, and in every point in
lob it can by possibility be considered, must afford to the
.-‘Hating rnii.d, satisfaction, in the increasing prosperity of
tee our native laud.—Statistics of Railways.
he alinounceirv:iii of Mrs. Gore's-new novel,
Greyille, Cr a S.:ason in Paris," ha l" created a consider-
able sensation, fern the circumstance of its exhibiting a
complete tableau of the great world of Paris, fashionable
and diplomatic, at the present time. - The scenes are laid
alternately amonglhe highest circles of the Carlist no-
bility, and these Ministerial coteries of which MM. Thiers
and Guizot form the leading personages.
INDIA-RUBBER PAVEMENT f—Amongst the
marvels of the times, a patent has actually been taken out
ft r paving the streets of Landon with India-rubber, and
many scientific persons are sanguine as to its success.
There is to be a substratum of wood, on which is to be put
a facing of caoutebouc mixed with iron filings and sawdust
o a depth of several inches. This, it is calculated, will
resist the ill influence of all weathers, and make the most
delightful and durable pavement.