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

THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING MATICII 7. 18.56

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 PALMERSTON 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 an annual battle in the
House, and Easter will be the season of many an
unholy conflict. We do not deny that some-
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 au 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 .repairs of the
buildings they use. He clings with aristocratic
tenacity to the right of the aristocratic Cnurch to
levy tribute on Dissenters.
It is melancholy to see the dregs of aristocratic
bigotry in such a man as Lord Jour. 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 mctdern 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 ?

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away, durwg the week. There .have been some 'forced
sales of brandy, Martell's realizing 121;6d. to 12s. 9(.1.
In wines, superior Porta are in much demand ; while
good Sherries also Command a steady sale at remunera'=
tive rates. • -

"For both ales and porters the be brands there
.
is a large it creasing demand for the Melbourne and
Geelong markets ; the best classes of bottled beers ob-
taicing at least 2s. per dozen. on late quotation-R.
" 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
consurnptiOn. We understand that the holders of the
largest stocks have despatched agents to Melb iurne
and Geelong, with the view of purchasing such stocks
a's may. b 6 procurable.
"With the 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 businesi 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 America from Valparaiso,
which vessel brings 2,500 bags flair. 3,851 bags wheat,
1,000 bags bran, and 38 bags maize."

THE USES AND ABUSES OF THE ELEC-

TRIO TELEGRAPH.

The opinion is universal that the electric. telegraph is
not only the most wondeiful 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 Panroure's telegraphic communication to
General Simpson, on notifying to the gallant officer that
he had been appeieted Commander-in-Chief in the Cri-
mea, viz.—" Take care of Dowb," is a thing which will
never die, arid 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 Jaines2,Simps.m. to "take awe of Dowh," 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 bird, 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 pefformed, the. Crimean telegraph would.
be employed to, induce two other parties in England. to
call out the same gentleman. go that through means
of the telegraph at. Balaklava, which is exclu-
sively in the hands of the Government, three duel,
were to be fought at the instigation of an officer in the
Crimea, contingent on a particular gontiOman in'Eng-
land not pursuing.a specified line of conduct ! Verily,
if the electric telegraph has its uses, it has its abuses,
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