The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1841

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Morning Chronicle contains a leading article 'on the
subject of the Bishop of Exeter's motion in the House of Lords
on Monday night, in the course of which our Contemporary
oVserves—" The Bishop of Exeter overreached himself by
presuming too much on the ignorance and gullibility of the
House he was addressing. The Marquis of Normanby pur-
sued him unrelentingly through all his doublings, and con-
victed the Right Reverend Prelate of repeated misrepresenta-
tions, and even of something worse. The scene is described
to us by those who were present as rich in effect beyond ex-
ample. The writhings of the Bishop under the castigation he
received, and the effect of each successive blow on his counte-
nance, but above all, his demeanour when he found himself
left absolutely ' alone in his glory,' not a single Peer utter-
ing one word in his defence—even Lord Lyndhurst, to
whom he vainly appealed in heart-rending accents, walk-
ing out of the House with a shake of the head, would
have afforded an admiable study for an actor." The
Morning Post, alluding to Mr. O'Connell's recent address to
the Irish people, says :—"Notwithstanding all the political
power that Mr. O'Connell has wielded, the circumstances of
the great bulk of his countrymen are much worse than
when his career began. They are more ignorant,
more ferocious, more destitute of the ordinary comforts
of life, than when he first visited them with the
heavy curse of his advocacy and leadership." The Morn-
ing Advertiser thus comments on the attack made on the Duke
of Wellin,gton yesterday by the Times:—" His Grace may have
grown old in years ; his memory may be less quick and accu-
rate than in former days; but opposed as we are to his politics,
no mistake that lie may commit shall induce us to join in the
flail), ribaldry which it has pleased the Times to pour upon him,
In all matters with which his Grace is acquainted, he inva-
riably exhibits a manly, straightforward, and clear-seeing
judgment—in others, of which his pursuits In life have afforded
him no opportunity of knowledge, he may expose himself to
the ridicule of the scoffer and the malignant observation of the
bigoted and narrow-minded; but in the language of the great
bard of Scotland, as immortal as the Duke himself, .‘ 11-.: is a
man for a' that," and base is the tongue, and uncharitable the
spirit, that will utter anything to his dispraise, or in deprecia-
tion of his merits." The Morning Herald, speculating on
the chances of a war with America, remarks as follows :
" Detesting war in the abstract, but especially depreciating it
when the belligerents arc two great ni.tions connected by the
tics df blo&l and all the arts of civilisation—we shall rejoice at
any event which may yet allay, in time, the fierce heart-buro-
in,,,,s of national jealousy, or repress the reckless excesses of
political partisAnship."
FROSI THE EVENING CAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Standard.)
Ought we to regret or to rejoice at the impending
dissolution of the American Commonweath—tor im-
pending it is? To rejoice at it, beyond all question.
To rejoice at it, not merely as Eql.shmen, but as
friends of the human race. The experiment of a
great democratical government has been tried upon the
largest_,Acalo —end with such advantages as the

visions of Plato or More, or arty other constructor of

a perfectly happy State, never even surmised. A
people descended from the most intelligent and thought-
ful of the races of human kind—the arts of civ 1 nation
already worked out—the treasures of literature opened
in full abundance—a fertile and an inexhati,tible
country and a complete seclusion from ambitious
neighbours—these were the advantages with which
the American- Commonwealth commenced its great
experiment sixty years ago ; and the result of the ex-
periment is a debasement 'and depravation of the na-
tional cbaracter, and a retrogradation of the national
mind, rapid beyond any similar decline of which the
history of the world affords an instance. When
we speak of the debasement and depravation of
the national character, need we go beyond this very
case of Mr. M‘Leod ; or if we seed, must it not be
enough to point to the universal smugg:ing of slaves,
and the Lynchings of the abolitionists, and the invasion
of Texas ? Would, or did, any of Vie fathers of the
present race of American citizens practise such atroci-
ties, while, with the British connection, they were proud
to participate in the generous virtues of Britons ? As to
the retrogradation of the national mind, we shell but
name Washington, Franklin, Adams, Patrick Henry—
nay, Jefferson. The United States, while connected with
England, produced men Lite those we have named.
What men do the same soil and the same race afford
now under dernocratical institutions, to fill the places of
the heroes of the revolution ? We cannot find them ;
perhaps they are to be discovered amongst the admired
of Miss Martineau. It is no less for the interest and
honour of the Americans themselves than it is for the
interest and honour of mankind generally, that the
Union be broken up ; and broken up it will be.
(From the Globe.)
In the present state of excitement into which the
commercial world ha; been thrown by the appre-
hensions of a rupture with the United States,
every arrival from America is looked for with solici-
tude, and letters and papers from that country ac-
quire an interest beyond those from every other.
The expected arrival of the Womble horn Halifax
occasioned considerable speculations as to the intelli-
gence she would bring ; and correspondent disappoint-
ment was 3 esterday tilt in the City, when, on the
arrival of the train which felt Liverpool, early in the
morning, it was found that the anxiously looked-for
vesstl had not arrived. This anxiety was, however,
relieved by the intelligence brought by „a later train.
The Colombia `1 arrived ; and, though, the ktedi-
genee she brings is not of a decided character, nor
are any new facts connected with the cause of the rup-
ture, or of the angry feelings which have grown out of
it, developed, we think we can discover in the tone
and character-of the scanty information thus supplies!,
sufficient to justify the firm hope and expectation that
nothing will arise to render an appeal to arms necessary.
The whole of the contents of the letters and papers
brought by the Colombia, so far as they relate to the
main question of war or peace, will be found in an-
other part of our journal—papers from New York to
the Ist inst., and h tters and papers from Boston to
the 3d, and from Philadelphia to the 28th ult. General
Harrison, the new President, was to bo sworn into office
on the 4th, and'would immediately enter on his functions
as Chief Magistrate of the Republic. With a change of
Government there exist good reasons for anticip sting a
change of tone and procedure. Trio Van Burenites
had taken in dudgeon their defeat and expul-
sion from office, and were evidently desirous of
embarrassing their successors by embroiling them
in a dispute with England. To effect this they
had pandered to the lowest prejudices and passions of
the lowest class of the American citizens. The Pre-
sident, which sailed from Liverpool on the 10th d'A.,
and was the bearer of Lord Palmerston's instructions
to Mr. Fox respecting the case of Mr. M'Leod, had
been spoken at see ; and as she had encountered very
hal weather, it lam calculated she would not reach
New York before the 3d inst. Tnis detention may
have a favourable influence on the negotiation.

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MONEY MARKET and CITY NE WS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris iss-1A per
which, at the Engl sh Mint price of 3/. 17s. IN -d. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 28, and the ex-
chang,e at Paris t.n London at short lacing 25..37a, it follows
that gold is 0.38 per cent. dearer in London than in Pari4.

Byv advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 42a per
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. Ntd. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 476, and
the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 51, it
follows that gold is 0.29 per cent. dearer in London than in
Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is 108 per
cent., and the par of exchange between England and Ame-
rica being 109 23-40 per cent., it falows that the exchange
is 1.58 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange
at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest
must be deducted from the above difference.

The English funds have, throughout the day been subjected
to fluctuation, but finally closed a shade better than yeAerday.
At one period the market was buoyant through purchases by
speculators for the rise, but tha Bank broker appearing as a
seller of two parcels of stock, to the amount. of 30,0001., rather
reduced values, inamuch as these continued operations on ac-
count of the Government tend to create a scarcity of money,
the rate of which is now about 4 per cent.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS' COURT, 111AR,w 17.
JEW V. WOOD.

. This case came on upon a motion to di:,sclve an injunction
which had been obtained in an interpleading suit to reitrain
proceedings by the defendant, Sir Matthew Wood, against the
plaintiff, who was the tenant of a house, the right to which is
in litigation under the will of the late James Wood, of
Gloucester.

The case was similar to that of Wilkins v. Wood, the cir-
cumstances of which were reported in The Sun on the'9th inst.
Mr. Pemberton, Mr. G. Turner, and Mr. Walker appeared
for the defendants, Sir Matthew Wood and Javob Osborne;
Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr. Sutton Sharpe, for the heirs-
at-law ; and Mr. Kindersley and Mr. Gordon, for the plaint,ff.
At the conclusion of the arguments, his Lend-hip said he
would give his judgment, in all probability, on Friday.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Moult 17.
(Before Mr. Comm;ssiont r EVANS. )
THE WHITECHAPEL DISTILLERY.—This w as the day fixed
flr the adjourned examination of the bankrupt, and a few ad-
ditional debts were proved; but the bankrupt not being pre-
pared with his voluminous accounts, the hearing was further
adjourned.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FoNBLANQUE
IN THE MATTES:. OF KEASLEY AND KEASLEY.—ID this
ease, a solicitor who attended upon the behalf of Mr. ltobert
Warren, blacking-manufacturer, of the Strand, stated that
he was wiltng to abandon his lien.upm some bark, warrants
for which had been handed over to him by the bank rupts, pro-
vided he was new allowed to prove for the amount, which was
about 500/.

The Learned Comm ISSIONE a directed the proof for the debt
to be admitted, and the bankrupts not being prepared to pass
their final examination, the further hearing was adjourned.
The claim of the executor cf another creditor (Mr. War=
ren's brother, now dead) for upwards of 3,000!. was disallowed.

in the fall, and the party ceased to move. Life proved to be
extinct.

According to the testimony of the medical man, there were
marks of great violence on the throat, the integuments being
di3coloured throughout to the very spine. The party, how-
ever, had a disease of the heart, which might cause any agita-
tion or struggle to produce fatal results without any. great de-
gree of violence. He was, notwithstanding, of opinion that it
was the compression of the throat which in this case had
acted upon the brain, the compression on which in its turn
caused a cessation of the action of the heart.
The Jury acquitted the prisoner.