The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, JVIONDAY EVENING,

more turbid and grosser atmosphere of Lincoln's Inn
or Westminster Hall.

It was again alluded to in the Royal Speech at the
commencement of the present session. It seemed
scarcely second even to the Papal aggression, and
the public mind was wrought to the highest pitch of
expectation as to the Chancery reform that should
purify the " Augean stable" from the filth accumulated
during successive centuries, and which had caused
the Court itself to become a bye-word and reproach—
"to stink in the nostrils" of the British people. Her
MAJESTY said—

" The administration of justice in the several de-
partments of law and equity will, no doubt, receive
the serious attention of Parliament, and I feel confi-
dent that the measures that will be submitted to you
with a view of improving that administration, will be
discussed with that mature deliberation which impor-
tant changes in the highest court of judicature in the
kingdom imperatively demand."
Well, at length the precious bantling has been
brought to light, the mountains have been safely de-
livered, and we venture to say a more ridiculous
abortion (the PRECIOUS BUDGET only excepted) has
never appeared to disappoint the reasonable anticipa-

tions of the community. Not one of the evils that
have been so loudly and so justly complained of are
removed, or even rendered in any degree more toler-
able. The only one of the burdens that pressed so
heavily on the Lord Chancellor as to render
it almost impossible that any merely mortal
man could get through the multifarious avo-
cations from which he is to be relieved, is the
dispensation of the ecclesiastical patronage, which the
Premier, with a disinterestedness worthy of the
highest praise, has kindly taken upon his own shoul-
ders. This must have been " the last straw that
broke the camel's back !"—the labour which it was
imposssible to get through ! I How many weary
hours must have been occupied in conning over the
qualifications of the clerical claimants for the loaves
and fishes! What anxious consideration must
have been applied to the bestowing of the
prizes on the most competent candidates !
And yet, strange to say, we never heard
of a keeper of the royal conscience complaining
of overtoil in that branch of his duties, nor was it in
that department that heavy arrears were allowed to
accumulate. No, the judgments there at least
were given without procrastination ; and we are
bound to say, generally speaking, with sufficient im-
partiality, so soon as the clerical friends and relatives
of the Lord Chancellor for the time being, were pro-
vided for.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

Now, however, they are to be handed over to the
Prime Minister, to be distributed by the " pa-
tronage Secretary of the Treasury," it being
found that " the whipper-in" has not sufficient
sugar-plums at his disposal to satisfy the independent
representatives of the people, who, having purchased
their constituencies by bribery and corruption, are
inclined to make the most they can of their bargains.
In this respect we must say, that bad as it was to
leave the matter in the hands of the Lord Chancel-
lor it will be far worse to transfer it to the Treasury.
Why, we ask, should not the recommendation of the
Committee on Official Salaries have been at.
tended to ? Why should not the various ad-
vowsons have been sold to the highest and fairest
bidders, and the proceeds appropriated to augmenting
the means of public instruction ? There would be
some benefit to the nation if such a course as that
were adopted, but we earnestly protest against the
patronage being converted into a new species of Par-
liamentary bribery for securing the subservience of
some of the chosen representatives of the people. If
this be sanctioned, we may further ask, what part
will be given to the Irish Brigade ? We may soon
find Roman Catholic Members practically appointing
to benefices in the Church of England. We hope
that this part of the project will be indignantly re-
jected, and that if the recommendation of the Com-
mittee is to be slighted, matters may be permitted to
remain in stutu quo, and not be rendered far worse
than at present, by the transfer of the patronage
from the LORD CHANCELLOR to the Patronage Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
As to the new Supreme Court, the idea

is manifestly stolen from the story alluded to

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Pays (one of the organs of the Elysee) con-
tains the following announcement:—
" It is affirmed that a Ministry, of which M. Odilon
Barrot will be the head. and of which certain members
of different fractions of the majority will form part, is
nearly formed, and that the Moniteur of Monday will
contain the names of the new Ministers."
It is said that the PRESIDENT has been compelled
by M. OniLoN BARROT to give way, and that neither
M. BAROEHE nor M. AcHILE FOULD will be members
of the new Ministry.
The Siicle declares that the Legitimatist leaders have
received orders from the Count DE CHAMBORD to op-
pose any attempt to prolong the powers of the PRE-
SIDENT.
On Saturday the Legislative Assembly decided by
a majority of 44 that the proposition of M. Da
RAINIE and Colonel LABORDE on the subject of the
construction of the Paris and Avignon Railway should
be referred to a Select Committee. This decision is
regarded as a victory by those who advocate the con-
struction and working of railways by the State, in-
stead of leaving them to private enterprise.
The Committee of Initiation has reported against
the proposition of M. PASCAL DUFRAT for allowing
all journals to be sold in the public streets, and in
favour of the proposition of M. BAZE for absolutely
prohibiting the sale in the streets of all political
journals.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 29.
Boulogne and Amiens, 101/B—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), IN—Dutch Rhenish, 3%—Great Indian
Peninsula, 234—Luxembourg, 234 —Namur and Liege, 81,4
—Northern of France, 15 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 414
Paris:and Rouen, 2614—Paris and Strasburg, 11—Rouen and
Havre, 11%—Sambre and Manse, 4%—Tours and Nantes, 64

at the commencement of this article. The Loup
CHANCELLOR has not sufficient time to hear the
cases in his own court, and he is to be enabled to do
so by having the Master of the Rolls and one of the
Common Law Judges associated with him, each of
whom will have quite enough to do in their respec-
tive departments without being taken into Chancery.
Practically, it is nothing but putting the Great Seal
into Commission, a matter which was so properly ob-
jected to last year, with the proviso that two of
the three Commissioners at least must be present
in every case. How, we ask, is the Master of the
Rolls to be spared from his own Court ? Are not there
considerable arrears already in consequence of his
necessary attendance on the judicial branch of the
Privy Council, and what may be anticipated when
the greater part of his time is to be expended in
assisting or acting as substitute for the Lord Chan-
cellor ? Again, where is the common law judge to be
captured while the circuits are going on ? Three or
four months are thus occupied when no such assist-
ance could be obtained, the town judge being fully
occupied at Sergeant's Inn. There is also the un-
questionable evil arising from the constant change in
one of the chief judges, and the possibility of the two
who must sit, differing in opinion, and the proceedings
thus becoming abortive.
We think we have said enough to show that the
Bill will not answer in its present shape, that it will
be by no means an amelioration of the existing sys-
tem. There will be still the junction of the judicial
and political functions, the appeal from the Chan-
cellor, aided
_and assisted by, the, Master of the
Rolls and a Judge, to the Lord Chan-
cellor and some of the Law Lords. His
time, too, will be so fully occupied, that he will be un-
able to attend to the suggestions for legal reforms
that may from time to time be brought forward.
Nothing, in fact, has been achieved„the great oppor-
tunity is deliberately misapplied. The so-called
Chancery reform is, in fact, a fitting associate for the
precious Budget, and we may say of them, in the
words of the old song—
" All, sure a pair were never seen,
So justly formed to meet by nature."

ANOTHER STRIKE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE—
(Tnis DAY).—About half-past nine o'clock this morning a
great disinclination appeared on the part of the paiaters and
carpenters to proceed with their work. On the necessary
inquiries being made, it appeared that the workmen of
Messrs. Fox and Henderson have been allowed one hour to
breakfast; but that on Saturday the half-hours during the
week were deducted from each man. No strike was contem-
plated by the firm, and the consequence was that nearly every
man left the Exhibition by ten o'clock. The painting and
carpenters' work is now beginning to be of great importance
to the firm, they wishing to forward what they have to do
in anticipation of the forthcoming fine weather, and the fore-
man was endeavouring to provide fresh hands.

THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL.—Mr. Page Wood has
issued his address to the electors of the city of Oxford, so-
liciting a renewal of their suffrages, now that his seat is
vacant by his being appointed Solicitor-General. The offer,
he says, was unsought for and unexpected; and in many
respects he should have preferred retaining an independent
position; but Lord J. Russell having declared that a Bill
had been actually submitted to the Cabinet for the extension
of the suffrage, and would be introduced in the next session,
he saw no reason for refusing to accede to the proposal.
Bar. Wood then states he is firmly attached to the Church
of England, and describes his objections to Papal encroach-
ment, but he reminds the electors that those who accept
office under any Government must occasionally sacrifice their
peculiar views in many matters of detail. lf, he says, the
electors are willing to return him on this undertaking, he
will endeavour to merit their confidence by a firm adherence
to liberal principles. We believe there is no prospect of an
opposition. The day of nomination is on Thursday next, at
twelve o'clock.

TUE PUSEYITES AND THE NEXT PARLIAMENT.--
We have good reason for concluding that whenever a general
election comes—and it cannot bo very remote—nearly every
one of the Puseyites at present in Parliament will be turned
out of their seats. Great dissatisfaction was before felt with
the Tractarian tendencies of certain gentlemen; but since
their votes against the Papal Aggression Bill, their respective
constituencies have lost all patience with them. Mr. Card-
well, we are assured, has not the shadow of a chance for
Liverpool, nor has Mr. Smythe for Canterbury. Though
Ripon is little better than a nomination borough, it is doubt-
ful whether Sir James Graham's Puseyism will not prevent
his re-election. In the counties, too, the work of ejection, on
account of the Tractarian predilections of certain honourable
gentlemen, will be carried on without remorse. It curiously
happens that the I'useyites in Parliament are mostly Free-
traders, so that between the Protectionism and Protestantism
of the county constituencies, the Tractarian representatives
can look for no quarter.—Morning Advertiser.
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS.—At a general
meeting of the Royal Academicians, on Saturday, Charles
Landseer, Esq., R.A., was elected keeper of the Royal Aca-
demy, in the place of J. Jones, Esq., 8.A., resigned.

13IISINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

The Royal mail steam-ship Africa, Captain Ryrie,
Bailed from the Mersey on Saturday morning for New York,
with the usual mails, a large freight, and upwards of 100
paanngera.

Aberdeen..
Amborgate, Nottingham,
Boston, & E. juncion
Belfast andCannty Down
Birming., Woiverttamp.,
and Stour Valley
Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh
June., late 331. 6s. Bd..
Do. Chest. & Birkenhd..
50/. & 251. Consolidated
Do., do., 201. • . • • • •
Bristol and Exeter
Caledoniaa • • • • • •
Chester and If olyhead
Direct Lond. and Portam.
Dublin and Belfast Janet.
Dublin and Kingstown..
Dundalk and Enniskillen
East Anglian (251. L. &

E. and L. & D.) • • • •
Do, (181. E. & H.) ••
Eastern Counties .• • •
Eastern Union, class A,
late E. U. shares • •

Do. do. do. ..
Do. do., B & C shares
East Lancashire •• ••
Do. New quarters • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Etin., Perth, and Dundee
Do. Newport .. • •
Exeter and Exmouth ..
Glasgow and South- West,
Do. do. G. D. & C. stock
great Northern • • • •
Do. halves, A, deferred
Do. halves, B, 6 per ct.
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 Blackwell • •
Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip
London, Brighton, and
South Coast • . • •
London and N.-Western
Do. do. new quarters .
Do. fifths ..
Do. 10/. sh., M.& B (c)
London and S.-Western .
Do. new 501. .. .•
Do. new 40/. .. • •
Londonderry & Coleraine

Do. half shares .. • •
Londonderry and Ennis-

Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock • • •• ••
Manchester, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire I— ..
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union ••

Midland • • • • .. •
Do. consolidated pref.
Do. 501. shares • • • •
Do. Binning & Derby
Midland Gt. West. (Ire.)
Newcastle and Carlisle • •
De. quarter shares . •
Newmarket • • • • • •
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Llereford • • • •
Newry and Enniskillen . •
Newry, Warrenpoint, &
Rostrevor • • • • • •
Norfolk • • • • .. • •
Do. New 201. shares..
Northern Counties Union
North British . • • • • •
North Staffordshire ..
North-Western • • • •
North & Sth.-West. June.
Oxford, Worcester and
Wolverhampton.. ..
icottish Central .. • •
dcottish Midland .. • •

Do. new • • • • • •
Shrewsbury & Birming,

Class A.. • • • • • •
Do. Class 8.. • • • •
Shrews. & Hereford., Old
Do., do., New • •
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) . • •
Do. Halves .. ••
Do. Oswestry •
Do. New.. ..
-Shropshire Union • • • •
Do., A, B, C, & D, (tiny
paid up at per cent • •
South Devon • • .. • •

South-Eastern • • • •
South Wales.. • • • •
South Yerksh. and. River

Dun
Sheff., Roth., and Goole,
South Division • .
Stockton and Hartlepool
Swansea & Loughar, &c.
raw Vale Extension • •
Thames Haven Deck and

Railway .. .. • •
Cale of Neath .. • •
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick,
Waterford, Wex., Wick.

and Dublin . • • •
West Cornwall •• • •
West London ~ .. •
Whitehaven and Furness
York, Newcastle, & Ber-
wick .. • • • • • •
Ditto and Newcastle
Extension • • ••

Ditto G.N.E. purchase
or preference • • • •
York and North Midland

LINES I.E.AS:

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66,000

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