The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-25 00:00:00

Ditto Bonds

2:1/ Pm:

South Sea Stock 11.r.1%
Old Annuities —
New Ditto
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151... ES'i
Exch. Bills, XI,OOO 5l 53 pm.
Ditto 500 50 53 pm.
Ditto Small 5O 53 pm.
Ditto Commercial — pm.
Ditto Advertised — pm.
Bank Stock for Account 218 !ti
India Stock for Account —
Consols for Account 91 lii

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK

27y4

D+t•o Account ....... ?.7Z

Portuguese Bond^

55:!2

Ditto Account

Ditto New Bonds B6 ;4
Ditto Account ..... .... 86% 6 N%
Prussian Bonds ll,l‘.
Ditto Bonds, l&P lOl
Russian Bonds, 18:12 106;4
Ditto Account 10614
Ditto Metallic 1054i

Spanish Bonds 45% 4% 5% %
Ditto Account —45% 43 534 X,%
Ditto Bonds, 1833 39

Ditto Accotint

French, 5 per cent. ' —f. —c.
---- 4 per cent —f. —c.
----- 3 —f

.., per cent-- —f. —c
Exchange f. —c.
Dutch, 9.!..$ per cent. SIU lA%
Ditto Account 511,04%%
Ditto, 5 per cent ik; i,,i %
I)itto Account 98M%

M. ZACHORIE, a. speculator in Spanish funds, shot
himself on Wednesday, .in consequence of being un-
able to meet his engagements with his creditors.
• FRENCH' FUNDS.—PARIS, JULY 23.
Five per Cents.., 105 f. 105 f. 20c.
Three ver Cent,. 15f. 95c. 76f. 30e.
Ilai,k Actions, 1,760 f.
Heine de Naples, 93f. 50e,
Roman Five per Cents., 94'4.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 34
Bente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40;4
Royal Spanish Loan, 73X.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 6034.
Haytian Loan, 282 f Dec.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
tme month, paper, 25f. 30e. money, `--sf. 27%e.
Three months, paper, 25f. 20z.; money, 251.
'—Coqtriuthetttique.

A case was tried at Maidstone on Wednesday,
which merits public attention, and the, more so as si-
milar cases are of frequent occurrence on the Home
Circuit. We know not whether it is owing to the
degraded state of" the peasantry, and a want of
sympathy on the part of the Magistrates, that
such a mode of treatment is resorted to, but,
certainly, in that part of the country par-
ticularly, and also in some of the southern
counties, there is a degree of severity practised which
could not be endured in the northern parts of the king-
dom. It appears that three young men were indicted
for stealing from their master one pound and a half of
Leff. They were from 17 to 19 years of age. They
received good characters, and one of them was boarded
in his .master's house, yet for this trivial offence
they are committed to prison, where they probably
remained for months—they are exhibited before the
public as thieves, contaminated by the pollution of a
gaol, and have a stain cast' on their character which
even the most correct moral conduct in after life will
hardly remove. Such treatment would drive some to
despair, or make them utterly reckless of character.
We know that in some parts of the country a man
would not dare to prosecute for such an offence,
even if he were inclined (which is rarely the
case) : a reprimand or a threat would be con-
sidered sufficient, and such a mode of treatment,
instead of encouraging crime would materially check
it. Lenity shown on one hand would increase re-
spect on the other, and character would be preserved—
circumstances which are much more effectual in pre-
venting the commission of offences, than barbarous
punishment. The punishment, however, does not
apply only to the sufferers themselves—it affects the
whole family—it may embitter the life of the
parents, and the imputation that may be thrown
out against a sister and a brother, that one of the fa-
mily has been tried for theft, would subject them to the
most bitter anguish. In no instance more than in this
is it the duty of a Judge to interfere and reprobate such
unnecessary severity, yet in many instances Magistrates
and Judges seem even less disposed to lenity than the
prosecutors themselves. -We have known an instance
of a Judge ordering an old man to be privately whip-
ped for stealing a few eggs. The mind naturally re-
volts against such cruelty ; and the feeling excited is
not against the culprit, but against the law and
the Judge that orders it to be carried into execution.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE forms an exception to the
general practice, for on this occasion, he ordered the
young men to be discharged immediately. We can
account for this difference of feeling in different parts
of the kingdom, only from the baneful effects of the
Poor Laws. They have degraded the peasantry al-
most to the rank of slaves, and from the pressure of
the rates on the farmers, and the manner in which the
demand for relief is made, have excited a feeling of na-
tural dislike, which has almost annihilated the dictates
of common justice and mercy. If the amendment of
the Poor Laws have only the effect of raising the cha-
racter of the peasantry, (and of this there can be little
doubt) it will form one of the greatest blessings to the
community.

We are truly happy to direct the attention of our
readers to an Address to the KING from the Bishop,
the Archdeacon, and the Clergy of the Established
Church of the Diocese of Norwich, which will be
found at length in another column. We are delighted
to see the clergy thus coming forward in the spirit of
Christian charity to assist their friends, and conciliate
their enemies, by submitting to their SOVEREIGN
their entire concurrence in any wise, temperate, and
well-advised measure for the removal of ecclesiastical
abuses. Were the example thus set, by the venerable
and venerated Prelate, and the clergy of the diocese
of Norwich, followed by the other Bishops throughout
the kingdom, we are firmly persuaded that the best
friends of the establishment would rally round it ;
and that in the eradication of any acknowledged
abuse, the greatest care would be taken to pre-
serve an institution which is still dear to the people of
this country. Whereas, if the Clergy go madly on,
resisting all change, opposing every improvement, and
defending whatever is, because it has been, the termi-
nation of the struggle will be the downfall of the
Church for ever, as a national
_establishment. Seldom
have we beheld a document emanating from an ecclesi-
astical body, breathing throughout a purer or more con-
ciliating Christian spirit; -than that furnished by the
Clergy of Norwich ; and we sincerely trust that it will
not be without its proper effect on the Sovereign and
the country.

We are compelled by press of matter to defer the
observations which we had prepared on Mr. CUTH-
BERT RIPPON'S motions till to-morrow.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1834.