The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON; FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 7. 1856.

the amendments of the Archbishop of CANTER-
BURY. Perhaps it is thought that the recusant
towns may be quieted by a guarantee of perpetual
emancipation, and that all the more litigious
parishes will soon fight out the battle for them-
selves. Lord PALtERSTON would rather each
parish should fight for its liberty than that he
should be saddled with the task of fighting the
Lords and the Bench of Bishops. It is at best
a poor shuffle. Should the measure pass in this
form there will still be au annual battle in the
House, and Easter will be the season of many an
unholy coiflict. We do not deny that Born--
thing will have been gained, but certainly not a
satisfactory and pacifying settlement.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL sustained his reputation.
He did not repeat his last year's declaration,
" We have a National Church ; we have an here-
ditary aristocracy ; we have an hereditary
Monarchy; my opinion is, too, that they would
decay and fall together. I must therefore oppose
this Bill, as in my opinion tending to subvert one
of the great institutions of the State." His
" therefore" this year connected objections of
detail chiefly with his Tory vote. His arguments
as ex-Premier were, of course, chiefly directed
against the proposed Ministerial amendments ; and
he could not find much difficulty in proving that
they would not hush the storm. So far as he
did not reason factiously, however, he plainly
showed his aversion to leaving Churchmen to
pay the expenses incidental merely to the
conduct of worship, and for the rEipairs of the
buildings they use. He clings with aristocratic
tenacity to the right of the aristocratic Church to
levy tribute on Dissenters.
It is melancholy to see the dregs of aristocratic
bigotry in such a man as Lord JOHN. Memories
of the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts,
and of Catholic Disabilities,- not to mention Par-
liamentary and Municipal Reform, .will arise, but
it is sad to have to look to the youth of a Liberal
Statesman to preserve you from disgust with the
man in his old age. His closing remark, on Wed-
nesday, was to the effect that it was the ultimate
triumph of Religious Liberty that men should
not be compelled to go to Church ; and that he
could not comprehend the modern demand which
included exemption from Ecclesiastical class-taxa-
tion as essential to complete Religious Freedom !
Would his Lordship say the same of political class-
taxation ? Would he permit any .order in the
State to tax another, which not only did not
belong to it, but in no way used its services ?
Would he call that Political Liberty ?

THE CREW, OF THE POLYPHEMUS,

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 7, 1856.

The following is the list of officers and men
who were lost when her Majesty's ship Polyphe-
mus was wrecked on the 20th January, 1856 ;
Mr. Herbert, master.
Duncan M'Stockline, captain maintop.
Henry Forbes, captain forecastle.
John Reynolds, captain afterguard.
Giles Wilkes, boatswain's mate.
Thomas Maunder, boatswain's mate.
James Hardy, ordinary seaman.
Stephen Longhurst, Ist class boy.
Samuel Pearce, Ist class boy.

A Cabinet Cluneil was held yesterday afternoon, /it
the Foreign-ofFrce, Downing street. The Ministera pre-
sent were—Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis of
flown., Sir George Grey, Mr. Secretary Lag:l:toucher%
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C 1,40,„ Wood,
the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the 134ike of Argyll,
and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. . 'The Council eat
two hours.

MUNIFICENT DONATION.—The ilroldsmiths' Company
yesterday presented to the RJyal Free Hospital one
buodred pounds, in addition to, former donations amount.
ing to 250/.

Sir Thomas Redington has resigned his office of one
of the Secretaries to the Board of Control.
The St. Pancras v,,stry are commencing a movement
to obtain br the t.ublic the erj Iment of Efampltead-
heath and certain adjoining lands as a place of public
recreation.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS.—The 118th anniver-
sary festival of this society was held yesterday evening
at the Freemasens' Hall. At the meeting about 200
gentlemen sat down to dinner, the chair being occupied
by the Earl of Westmoreland. Music, as usual, formed
a large portion of the entertairments of the evening, Dead
there were several pleasing and interesting performances.
CONCERT AT HARROW.—llandel's " Messiah" was
performed on Thursday, in the speech room ref the Public
School, under the patronage of the Revs Dr. Vaughan,
tee principal, for the benefit of the organist, Mr. Fill-
yard. The atlistes who appeared were Miss Stebbach,
Miss Dolby, Mr. Montem Srenth, and Mr. Fillyard
trumpet, Mr. Harper ; con':ructor, Mr. Surman. The
Harrow boys enjoyed the, performances greatly.
STATE OF TIIADE.--MANCHESTEE., March 6.—The
demand for goads sented to the India and China mar-
kets continues, wed the market is quite as animated as
on Tuesday. Shirtiegs, printing cloths, and domestics
are also in :air request, and prices generally are quite
firm. Tne Levant trade is dull, the advices received by
the creek houses here from Constantinople and Alex-
aneiria being to the effect that stocks are accumulating
under a mueh modified demand, and that prices are
giving way, while the exchange is also against shippers
from this market.
The Royal Swedish Railway Company have given
notice, under the advice of the Committee of Investiga
tion, that all shares and obligations of the company are
required to be left on or before Wednesday next for ex-
amination with referenee to the genuineness of thesigna-
tures. The Committee of the Stock-Exchange had a
sitting yesterday respecting the securities in question; but
understanding that.this notice was about to appear, and
that another meeting of the shareholders will probably
he called before the end of the month, they deferred for
the present the adoption of any resoleeeme.
Out of the 362,000/. of gold I:drought by the James
Baines, 120,000/. has alreae:le been taken to the Bank
of England, and it is teog,;:ele a further sum may yet find
f each rate of exchange continues
its way there. The
country, and hence the purchase pi
tfahveoamounts
o ,rjrthr
gold taken within the last few dela for
the Bank, of France must have involved 'flee,,,,y lees.
The
in 7cearis, consequst t
-.Ton the speculative mania, is P,"aCh that any sacrifices
pressure for money, however,
prevent a check being
'retgiveenbotronpeubfolirc
ethoneindreo:cee.at ib
THE ROYAL CVSt3IISStON OF GENERAL OFFICERS,—
It is at last determined that the board of general officers
formed to inquire into the Crimean report of Sir John
M‘.Neil and Col. Tulloch, shall bold its meetings in the
Great Hall of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE GREAT CLOCK.—An arrange.
ment has just been effected with Mr. Bennett, of Cheap
side, by which the clock exhibited by him at'therGreat
Exhibition at Paris has been secured for a central posi
tion 'n the Great Transept. The hoer will he Struck on
a large oell, producing a sound which will be heard
throughout the building. The merle of decorating the
clock is an entire novelty, the case being formed
of a
magnificent velvet drapery, curtained round it, in a de-
sign supplied by the first artists of Paris.—Crystal Palace
Herald.
On Saturday evening a grand cavalcade by torchlight
took place at Troyes, with a vie* of collecting money
for the poor. The Car of 13a.eches and the Temple of
Mounts formed very striking objects in the procession.
' The Sire de Franc Noisy and his chaste spouse also
figured in the cortege. A considerable sum of' money
was raised amongst the spectators and in the town.
LIMITED LIABILITY.—The following petition is it,
course of signature in Liverpool, and has already been
-igned by a number of influett;al firms :—" To the Hon.
the OOmmons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland in Parliament assembled. The humble Oe-
tition of the undersigned merchants, bankere, ,elicitors,
and trade re in Liverpool, showethr-Ttat it is of the
first importance to the general iotereeee of commerce,
and also a matter of bare ii".-stice to private traders, so
as to enable them to 'Attend on a fair and equal basic
with the numerous joint-stock companies now rising
and likely to rise into existence,
that the advance of
capital shoulel be
permitted to such traders on terms
which w:dald pledge the amount adva iced only, and
not the permns and evhoie fortunes of the advancers, to
the payment of the debts of the concern. That at
aleration of the law to this effect would, in the opinion
of your petitioners, induce owners of capital content
with a moderate return to place the same in,the busi-
ness of a private trader as readily as they would tin the
ekares of a joint-stock company, and they and the public
would alike be benefited thereby. At the same time,
your petitioners are of opinion that no owner of capital
advancing money based on a participation in the profits
of a business should be entitled to come into competition
with other creditors of the trader to whom such advance
is Made, nor be entitled to receive repayment of the
advance until all other debts contracted during the time
of such advance are discharged. Your petitioners,
therefore, humbly pray that the Partnership Amend-
ment Bill may pass into a law, having first received such
amendments as will effect the above objects ; and that
.such bill may in ju. tree to private traders peel cancer-
-reptljr with,-6r prtvtailsly to; any-bill for-betfeer organ.'
izzas_ and feellitaiirg -the establishment of jointeeteck
00Wpigiggs 4124 you potitioaccs mil MY; 44k,"

LATEST NEWS.

HAMBURG, MARCH 5.

Two Russian war-steamers, accompanied by
three gun-boats, have got out of Sweaborg, by
breaking the ice. These ships have appeared in

the Baltic.

BERLIN, MARCH 5.

The Upper Chamber adopted in yesterday's sit-
tinaikhe proposition of dividing the budget into
extraordinary and extraordinary budget, although
Government opposed the proposition.

A letter from Vienna of the 2d, in the Post
Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" By letters from
Constantinople we learn that Lord Stratford de

Redcliffe had presented a note from the English
Government, asking the Porte to allow, as a gua-
rantee for the promised reforms, the occupation
by English troops for an indefinite period of
Varna, Gallipoli, and Candia. It was thought
at Constantinople that if this question be dis-
cussed at Paris Russia will oppose it. Reinforce-
ments are no longer directed on Kamiesh, but
on Maslak. Marshal Pelissier has been summoned
to Paris."

tivity.Ourlog the week. There have been come forced
saps of braudy, Martell's real zing 128. tid. to 12s. 90.
In wines, superior :Ports are in much demand ; while
good Sherries also command a steady sale at remunera-
tive rates.

"For both ales and pOrters of the best brands there
is a large ii creasing demand for the Melbourne and
Geelong markets ; the best classes of bottled beers ob-
taining at least tle. per dozen on late quotations.
" For teas we have also large orders from Victoria ;
indeed, so extensive has the trade been with the sister
colony for some short time past, that much difficulty has
been found in providing the means of sufficient freight.
" We have already adverted to the activity exhibited
in the sugar market during the last few days, and the
sudden advance in the prices of the qualities in chief
consumption. We understand that the holders of the
largest stocks have despatched agents to Melb ,urns
and Geelong, with the view of purchasing such stocks
as may be procurable.

" With opening of the summer there is a marked
improveMent in draperies and soft goods generally,
and for useful and seasonable items in the various de-
partments there is a very fair demand.
" The increasing pressure of business in the coining
department of the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint,
its weekly issue of sovereigns having reached so high as
45,000, will render an addition necessary to its engineer-
ing staff, the present strength not being adequate to
supply the demand for gold coin.
"A considerable increase to our grain market has
been made by the arrival of the A merica from Valparaiso,
which vessel brings 2,500 bags flour. 3,851 bags wheat,
1;000 bags bran, and 38 bags maize."

THE USES AND ABUSH.S OF THE ELEC-

T.r.IC TEL IN BAPS.

The opinion is universal that the electric telegraph is
not only the most wonderful but the most useful disco-
very which has ever been made. We are sorry to be
obliged to add that, like everything else that is useful,
it is very often turned to improper account. The latter
part of Lord Panmure's telegraphic communication to
General Simpson, on notifying to the gallant officer that
he had been appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Cri-
mea, viz.--" Take care of Dowb," is a thing which will
never die, and would make an admirable and attractive
heading for a farce at the Adelphi. And yet the tele-
graph has been turned to worse accounts than telling
Sir James &nips:in to "take care of Dowb," in the very
same sentence in which his appointment as Commander-
in Chief was intimated to him. An officer, high in com-
mand in the Crimea, actually obtained, a short time ago,
the use of the telegraph to convey an intimation to a
party in London, that a hostile message would be sent
to him, in the event of his not doing a particular thing ;
and not only so, but adding that, if the action in ques-
tion was not performed, the Crimean telegraph would
be employed to induce two other parties in England to
call out the same gentleman. So that through means
of the telegraph at Balaklava, which is exclu-
sively in the hands of the Government, three duels
were to be fought at the instigation of an officer in the
Crimea, contingent on a particular gentleman in Eng-
land net pursuing a specified line of conduct ! Verily,
if the electric telegraph has its uses, it -has its abuses
also.—Morning •AdvePtiser.