The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-07 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1851.

yet modestly designate themselves as a " defence
as.socEition." Aod tnui, flqu6y aud
will be sufficient, as they suppose, to hoodwink the
people of this Protestant country, and to render them
indifferent to the palpable attempts to obtain supe-
riority under the garb of equality—to suppress other
religions under the name of "toleration."

The time selected for the attempt is peculiarly in-
felicitous. There may be nothing of novelty in the
claims recently put forward by the Papal Court;
they may be in strict conformity with the assump-
tions of the "Vatican for successive ages, a part of the
system which led to the Reformation, and subse-
quently to the revolution and the expulsion of the
" Stuart dynasty" from the throne of these realms.
But they had been lost sight of and forgotten for a
considerable period. We were accustomed to consider
our Roman Catholic brethren as deeply injured per-
sons, who were merely suing for the restoration of
their inalienable privileges as British subjects. The
absurd and untenable pretensions of "the Holy See"
had been suffered to remain in abeyance, and, on the
old principle of "non apparentibus, et non existentibus,
eadent est ratio," were totally forgotten. We, there-
fore, legislated as if they had been totally abandoned,
and, perhaps, the only offices unconnected with the
Church Establishment, from which Roman Catholics
were excluded was the Monarchy itself, the Re-
gency for the time being, and the Lord
Chancellorship. It was obvious that there
should be a restriction on these points.
If the Sovereign, or even the Regent, were Roman
Catholic, the church of which that Sovereign was the
recognised head should also become Roman Catholic,
and the Church of England would not only be over-
thrown (a catastrophe which many strenuous Pro-
testants might bear with Christian fortitude and
pious resignation), but a Roman Catholic establish-
ment would be substituted therefor, an event which
would be regarded with no such equanimity, but
which would excite very different feelings indeed.
If it was necessary to provide for the religion of the
Monarch, it was equally necessary to stipulate for
that of the Lord Chancellor. The keeper of the
King's conscience might, perhaps, be excused any
private predilections in which he might, please to in-
dulge, but it was essential that the patron of a vast
number of livings, who might inundate the Chureh
with " Puseyite parsons," a body of whom the coun-
try is perfectly sick, should be at least a professing
Protestant. The exceptions, therefore, were not so
numerous or so unreasonable as to excite the ire of
the Roman Catholics.

They were accordingly readily and gracefully
conceded, and for two and twenty years no complaints
have been put forward against the restrictive
clauses of the Emancipation Act until the present
occasion. Now, however, when the Protestant feel-
ing has been excited to the utmost throughout the
length and breadth of the land at the unprovoked
and unwarranted invssion of the Royal prerogative
and the national independence—when it has felt
it necessary to repel the usurpation, albeit
in the most moderate and temperate manner, adopt-
ing no measures of retaliation—we are greeted with
the demands of a defence association (defence for-
sooth ! ! !), calling upon us to forego the scanty safe-
guards that were still retained for the protection of
Protestantism in these realms.

The time then for these demands is, as we have al-
ready stated, " peculiarly infelicitous." It shows
that ulterior objects, not yet openly avowed, but
scarcely concealed, are contemplated. We would,
then, emphatically warn the promoters of this
new, and we will say "unconstitutional," society
against the probable consequences of their own acts.
They are now in a very different position, from what
they formerly were, when the "Catholic Association"
flourished, and they may provoke a counter movement,
of the results of which they can have no adequate
conception. They should derive a salutary lesson
from the old fable, and beware lest in " grasping at
the shadow they may forfeit the substance." We
give this warning in all sober earnestness, eschewing,
above all things, religious differences, and anxious to
prevent

" Civil dissension, with its vip'rons tooth,
That gnaws the bowels of the Commonweal."
The choice, however, rests not with us—we will not
attack, but we will not abandon our position; and
if assailed it is impossible to calculate what may be
the consequences of the ill-omened struggle.

THE BRAZILS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING.

By the arrival off Queenstown of the clipper ship
Columbus, Captain Goble, we have received advices
from Rio Janeiro to the 20th June, Bahia the 27th,
and Pernambuco to the Bth July.
The advices from the River Plate are that Cor-
rientes and Entre Rios had both declared against
Roses, and it was thought Brazil would have some
difficulty in keeping out of the squabble.
RIO JANEIRO, JUNE 20.
' Exchange, 29d. Coffee, 3 rein 50 milreis to 3 refs
100 milreis. Freights, 555. to 60s.
BAHIA, Jurzu 27.

Here we have nothing new to report. Business
generally very dull. Money scarce and sought after.
Weather wet and wintry.
Exchange, 280.; freights, GOs. to 655. Vessels
scarce and much wanted for cotton. Sugar, 1 reis
500 milreis to 1 reis 900 milreis.
PERNAMBUCO, JULY 5.

Business here very flat. A scarcity of money as
also an amount of bills from other provinces has
caused our rate of exchange to fix itself at 28d.,
and advanced our discount here to 1 to 1 per cent.
per month.
Freights 60s. to 655.
The Robert Finnis, frorn•Livcrpool, and the For-
tuna, from Bremen, arrived here on the 25th dune.—
Tinzes.

rlfp 'RENir-1

We have received the Pad journals of yesterday.
The fetes to the Royal Commissioners and to the
Lord Mayor still engross the public attention ; a de-
tailed account of them will be found in another
column.

Tue arrogance and usurpations of the parti-pretre
are at length arousing the indignation of those whose
panic fear of Socialism has caused them to suffer
themselves to be dragged through the mire of Je-
suitism by MM. DE MONTALEMBERT and DE FAL-
LOUX. M. DUPIN, the President DUPIN, the ultra-
Conservative M. DUPIN, felt himself compelled to
protest in his place in the Assembly against the
usurpations of the grasping clergy, and, thanks to his
interposition, the amendment to the Hospital Regula-
tion Bill, proposed by M. SCEIOELCHEE, for the pur-
poses of giving to the civil power the right of dis-
missing the chaplains to public institutions, has been
referred to the Committee, and will, in all probabi-
lity, be incorporated in the Bill. The following is
the report of the discussion :
The next order of the day was the third reading of
the Bill relating to the administration of hospitals and
other charitable institutions.

M. Schoelcher proposed, as an amendment, that the
spiritual authority should be obliged to come to an un-
derstanding with the Government for the removal of
chaplains in those establishments, when necessary.
M. de Melon opposed the amendment, on the ground
that the present system worked well.

The fresidentL-You cannot force the Government to
keep chaplains of whom it disapproves.—( Movement.)
M. de Melun declared that, atter having examined the
concordate, he was of opinion that the amendment could
not be admitted. He conceived that a chaplain when
once appointed was irremoveable.
M. Darn here replaced M. Dupin in the chair.
M. Dupin said that the chaplains depended at the same
time on the civil and the ecclesiastical authorities, and
the co-operation of these two authorities was indispen-
sable. Conflicts had frequently taken place in the hos-
pitals between the directors and the chaplains. He had,
while member of the committee of surveillance of the
hospitals, found the latter interfere with the religious
opinions of young people in spite of the wishes of their
parents. It was highly necessary that the abuses which
existed should be put an end to. The Government was
disposed to give every latitude to religion, but there
were some persons who wished to encroach, and, while
feeling every respect for the ecclesiastical authority, he
could not admit that the civil authority should be
deserted.

M. Armand (do Melon) protested, in the name of the
Committee, against what he termed the diatribe of M.
Dupia.
M. Dupin said that he felt the highest respect for re-
ligion, but he could not oppose what he considered as its
abuses. During all his political career he had defended
the civil against the encroachments of the ecclesias-
tical authorities, and he should continue to do so.—
(Hear.) The republic was, he said, a rigime of liberty ;
it had given great developments to the religious powers,
but it could never allow it to swallow up the civil au-
thority.—(Applause.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded
by proposing that the amendment of M. Schoelcher
should be referred back to the Committee.
The amendment was then referred to the Committee
as proposed.
The organs of the parti-pratre are most amusingly
angry with their "model President" of the Assembly,
who is by them condemned to outer darkness, in com-
pany
.with M. MICHEL (de Bourges), M. VICTOR
HUGO, and the rest of the wicked.
Tee councils of the arrondissements commenced
their sittings on Monday.
The following communicated note appears in the
illoniteur :—'• A journal of the Gironde, on the faith
of a letter from Narbonne, of the 31st ult., stated
that on the 30th four sentinels had been assassinated
at Perpignan, and that a fifth had only extricated
himself by killing two men. This statement is ut-
terly without foundation."
Even the Bourse speculators, to whom a military uni-
form is in general an object of horror, appear to be in-
spired with warlike ardour, for they have deserted their
usual field of operations for the Champ de Mars. The
Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 85c., and closed at 951. 95c.
for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed
at 571. 45c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 867 f. 50c.; Rouen,
618 f. 75c. ; Havre, 245 f. ; Great Northern, 4701.;
Avignon, 2151.; Vierzon, 440 f ; Basle, 1531. 75c.; Bor-
deaux, 397 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3651.; Tours
and Nantes, 275 f.; Amiens to Boulogne, 2701.

BUSINESS DUNE IN FUREIG.N EAU. W AYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 6.
II !Dutch Rhenish, VA ex in.—East Indian, 185/,—Luxem-
bourg, 2541—Namur and Liege, 61/B—Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 4%.

tq 1-07. M Ti. T*4

ia 'at ICA' X It IZXLICZOPV 41.833.

Railways.

Aberdeen.. •• ••
Ambergate, Nottingham,
_ _ _

Boston, & E. Juncion
Belfast and County Down
Binning., Wolverhamp.,
and Stour Valley • •
Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh
June., late 331. 6s. Bd..
Do. Chest. & Birkenhd.,

501. &156. Consolidated
Do., do., 201. • . .• • •
Bristol and Exeter.. •-
Caledonian .. ..

Chester and Holyhead ..
Direct Loud. and Portsm.
Dublin and 13elfast Janet.
Dublin and Kingstown..
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee, Perth , and Aber-
deen Junction
Do., New ..
East Anglian (251.• L. &
E. and L. & D.)
Do, (181. E. & H.) ..
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, class A,
late E. 11. shares ..
Do. do. do. ..
Do. do., B & C shares
East Lancashire •• • .
Do. New quarters
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edin., Perth, and Dundee
Exeter and Exmouth ..
Glasgow and South-West,
Do. do. G. D. & C•stock
Great Northern • • • •

Do. halves, A, deferr
Do. halves, B, 6 per et.
Great southern and
Western, Ireland • •
Great Western .•

Do. New, 171. .•
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Do. thirds • • • • • •
Lancaster and Preston ..
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Do. quarter shares ..
Do. fifths .
Do. West Riding Union
Leeds and Thirsk ..
Liverpool, Crosby, and

Southport .. .. .
London and Blackwall .

Do. Tilbury Ext. Scrip
London, Brighton, and
South Coast .. ..
London and N.-Western
Do. do. new quarters .
Do. fifths .. .. ..

Paid.

Nominal Prices,

9N to 10
4% 4n

1014 -10%

13 —ll dial,

17'
100

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10% - 10;
16 - 1654

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22 —2O 41s.

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2 -2
6 -6%

4% - 5

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13% —. JM(

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12 12%

38% - 39%
83% - B,li
14 - 14%
79 -81

all
11 13 4
47%
100

834 - 9 p.

•• - ••
47)4 - 48

9 834 dls
d.
10)4 11)4

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6% .- 67i

93 —94 x.d
121% —122)6
314, —3% P.
3 —3%p.
26
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Do. 101. sh., M.& /i (e;
London and S.-Westent

Do. new 501. .. .

Do. new 401.
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock •.
Manchester, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union • •
Midland .. • • .. • .

100
42
34

Do. 501. shares • •

Do. Birming & Derby
Midland Gt. West. (Ire.)
Newcastle and Carlisle• •
De. quarter shares ..
Newmarket • • .. ..
Newport, Abergavenny,
_ _

anallOreford - • . • .
Newry and Enniskillen • •
Newry, Warrenpoint, &

Rostrevor • • .. .
Norfolk .. .. •

00. New 201. shares .•
Northern Counties Union
North British.. ..
North Staffordshire ..
North-Western
North & Sth.-West. June.
Oxford, Worcester and
Wolverhampton.. ..
Scottish Central ..

Scottish Midl,►nd

Do. now
Shrews. & Binh., Class A

Do. Class
Shrews. & Hereford., Old
Do., do., New ..
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Mtn.)
Do. ilalves .. ••

Do. Oswestry •• .

Do. New.. .. .. • •
Shropshire Union . • • •
Do., A, B, C, & D, fully
paid up at per cent • •
South Devon ••
South- Eastern .. • •
South Wales.. .. ••
South Yorksh. and River'

Shed., Roth., and Goole,

South 1)1vtaloa
Stockton and Hartlepool
Swsusea & Loughor, &c,
TafT Vale ..

Taw Vale Extension

Thames Haven Doak anci

Railway .. ..
Vale of Neath ..

Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick,
Waterford, Wex., Wick.

and Dublin ..
West Cornwall • .

West London

Whitenaven and Furness
York, Newc., & Ber wick
Ditto and Newcastle

Extension

Ditto G.N.E. purchase
York and North Midland
East and West India

LINES LEAS:

9 8 c 11.,.
7 6 die.

1% -2

27 -26

4 2 0
100

100
47%
all

dbl.
40% 41
21% 20% die.
20 —22

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17 -19

14 —l3 dia.
21 —2% dia.
6% —6%
9% —9%a1a.x.1

14 - 14%
15% - 16

6% 6 dis.
5% 5 die.
3% 3% dis.

lb —l7
7% —8%
10 12
34 - % 413.
3 Bii d.

16 2-3
all
126

3
9
all
all
25

14 - 15
21% - 22
27% 28

Railways.

3)4 —9% die.

Barks and liants
Ex. 5 per Cent.
fir. and Oxford
Junc.,callsduly
paid, or with a
guarantee • •
Do., without a
guarantee ..
WoL,
Dud ~calls duly
paid, or with a
guarantee • •

Do., without a
guarantee • •
Buckinghamsh.
Clvdesdale June

E. Lin., Guar. 6
per Cent. ..
Gloucester and

Dean Forest
Hull and Selby
Do. ji Shares
Do. Shares
Loeds and Brad.
Lon. and Green.
Do., Pref. ..
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cent. • •
Do., 6 per cent,
Middlesbro' and

Redcar, 6 p. ct
N. & East, 5
per Cent. • •
Do. New ..
Preston and S
Wyre • • •• L
Do. K Shares A
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate ..
Roy. & Ilitchin
o. Shep. Ex..
Shef., Roth. and
Goole, 5 per ct.
South Staffords.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua.

Do. do. ..

9% - 10

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168 - 170

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16 —l5 din.
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17% - 18%

20 7ij 634
9 334 3 dii.
30173y-16
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Leasing
Companies.

Do. do. ..
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Weymouth ..

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