The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-27 00:00:00

S UlBl , ON, WEDNESDAY„ MAY 271

spirit he actually pries—himself prints—and eir-
culates these questions and these answers among
the people of Ireland I Can the Catholics fail
tO appreeiate - the conciliatory spirit •of sys-
.l.em which boasts Such an organ as- Mr. SToNEY
Can they resist being converted to a religion which
boasts of Ministers so deeply imbued as he is with the
spirit of Christian charity ?

The Report of the Great Western Rail-way Bill
was again considered last night in the House of Com-
.nons, when Mr. MILES proposed the introduction of
a clause to the effect, that no engine or carriage should
be permitted to travel on Sundays. The Hon. Mem-
ber observed that he was the mote induced to take this
step, because he held a petition in his hand containing
a prayer to the same effect, signed V the Lord Bishop
of the diocese. Surely there must be some mistake
here ! The Rev. Prelate could never have been so
indiscreet—so opposed to his own gastronomic in-
terests—as to sanction the introduction of a clause,
whose very first effect would have been to put
a stop to the enjoyment of anything worthy to
be called a dinner, on Mondays. Had the clause
in question passed, and all locomotion been
prevented between the Great Western market-towns,
on the Sunday, where would have been the
fish, flesh, and fowl—where, the game, turtle and ve-
nison, expected, (no doubt) to decorate the episcopal
table at Wells, on the ensuing day ? Why, his
Lordship's Monday dinner would actually have been
no better than a Curate's—a thing not to be thought
of without a shudder I Really, the good Bishop has
had a narrow escape, and ought • to bless, from his in-
most soul, that great, patriotic majority who have
been the means of rescuing him from the consequences
,-;f such an act of all but suicide I

But if the Rev. Prelate be not sufficiently grate-
ful, we are, and so too will the majority of the
people—especially the poorer classes—be, for a
a clause containing the elements of more flagrant in-.
justice, despotism, and partiality, was never yet at-
tempted to be crammed down the throat of the House
of Commons. Mr. POTTER said no more than the
literal truth, when he observed of it, that " it would
put an end to all intercourse between Bath and Bristol
on the Sunday, and prevent the working classes from
visiting their friends or taking any recreation." Is not
this monstrous ? But a truce with assertion. Let us
put a case, by no means an extreme one, and see how
the clause in question would work. Suppose that a
poor Bristol mechanic, who has bee❑ engaged all the
week in labour, has heard from a friend, early on Sun-
day morning, that his daughter, who is in service at
Bath, has been seized with an alarming indisposition,
and requires to see him instantly. What are the
father's first thoughts on this occasion ? Why, to fly
at once to the rail-road, as affording him the means of
the cheapest and most expeditious conveyance. He
goes accordingly, but is told that he must wait
till Monday, for that no carriages are allowed to
run on the Lord's Day. In the interim, however,
his child—that child on whom all his fondest hopes
were fixed—who was the pride of his manhood, and
whom he looked forward to as the prop of his declining,
years—to whose smiles he turned for hope and sun-
shine, when all around him was dark and cheerless ;
—this child, so loved, so idolized, dies—her last
moments, perhaps, embittered by the reflection that
her father was not by to receive her last farewell, and
invoke a parent's blessing on her head. And to this
aggravated suffering—than which humanity knows
nothing bitterer—the poor man is to be subjected,
because forsooth the Sabbath is not to be desecrated
Is there a Christian on earth, is whose eyes religion
is something superior to mere conventional etiquette,
who will riot be disgusted by such heartless fana-
ticism ?

Mr. ROEBUCK viewing the question in a less serious
light, adroitly said, "if Hon. Members were anxious
to further the ends of religion by preventing persons
going out on Sunday, the best course would be, to shut
up turnpikes, and the first he would recommend to be
shut, was Hyde Park turnpike." Mr. ROEBUCK, you
are right. If Sunday shackles are to be imposed, let
them first be imposed on the rich. Shut up Hyde
Park turnpike—shut up the West-end Clubs—clap
the chain on the door of the Clarendon—put every
rich man's horse in the pound, and every rich man's
coachman in the stocks—make Lord A— forswear
his dinners, and Lady B— her routs—send the
Bishop's cook to Church, and put a Bible in his
valet's hands ;—begin your Sabbath restrictions here ;
let the rich first feel their severity ; and then, if the
experiment answers, it will be quite time enough to

try it on the poor.
We need scarcely add, that the obnoxious clause
was thrown out by the overwhelming majority of 178,
an announcement which was received by the House
with enthusiastic cheers, and which the country will
receive with equal delight, as being the triumph of
justice and common sense over cant and fanaticism.

We are enabled to declare, upon authority, that
there is not the slightest truth in the statement of the
Times this morning, that Mr. KENNEDY has been
appointed to the Chief Justiceship of Madras. It is
a pure inventio❑ of our contemporary.

We have received the whole of the Paris papers of
Monday. Their contents are not important. The
Chambers of Peers and Deputies both sat ; the for-
mer to discuss certain Bills, the latter to hear the
defence of M. 11. A sPAIL, the responsible Editor of
the Reformateur, who had b,:en summoned to appear
at the bar of the Chamber for an alleged breach of
privilege, contained in an article commenting upon the
recent expulsion of the Reporters from the gallery,
and the affray which followed it. The article,
which was headed " Legislative Bludgeon-men,"
commented with bitter severity on the conduct
of M. JAUBERT and his colleagues. There was
a full attendance of Members ; but When the names
were'read over about forty declined taking any part in
the debate, alleging that they considered it a gross
injustice in the Chamber to sit in judgment in a case
in which it was itself both judge and prosecutor. M.
ODILLON BARROT drew up a protest against the
course adopted by the Chamber, which was signed on
the spot by a great number of the members. This pro-
ceeding had not terminated when the mails left Paris.
The Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, voted for
the report of the Committee respecting the Message
of the Peers, requiring that two Members should be
ordered to appear at their Lordships bar, to answer
for a breach of privilege. The President, (M. Dim's')
after reading the report of the Ministerial Committee,
approving of the Peers' message, ascended the tribune,
and concluded a very able speech by declaring that " his
conscience and hisparliatnentary convictions forbade him
to consent to the prosecution of M. AUDRY DE Puy-
RAVEAU by the Chamber of Peers." This speech
produced a strong feeling in the Chamber, and in the
heat of debate, several of the Deputies denounced the
conduct of the Peers as infamous throughout. The
resolution of the Committee was, however, finally
adopted without a division.
No accounts later than to the 19th inst. have been
received this morning from Madrid. The arrivals from
the Basque Provinces are unimportant. Still the public
mind continues in a state of unusual agitation ; and
on 'Change the Stock-jobbers continue to keep up
symptoms of a panic by means of forged dispatches.

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We call upon the L.) .:^l"' fl,iS matter into
its immediate consideration. A stop must be
rtal, to
this system of wholesale fra,L',
or thore is no calculating
to_wliat extent ;t may be carried.
Temps says "
scho Signed the treaty of the a"-'
consulted on the mi.'''.
tho

.. de Talleyrand,
_....uiruple Alliance, has been
ton of intervention, and especially on
~.:meat with Don Carlos, which was entrusted to
Lord Eliot. " How," he was asked, " can the quadruple
alliance be reconciled with this arrangement ?" The old
statesman answered, " I do not say that this arrangement is
possible ; I say only that the intention of the treaty will re-
main the same, whatever Government may prevail in Spain :
the future effect of this treaty is the alliance of the powers of
the South against Russia, and if we succeed in gaining Aus-
tria, we shall have obtained the result desired by Napoleon
to prevent Europe becoming Cossack."
A letter from Madrid announces the speedy publication of
a decree for calling into active service in the field, 80,000
Urbanos, to be assembled at Burgos by the Ist of July. If
this measure should be really carried into effect, it would be
the best means to put an end to the insurrection, and would
gain the approbation of all the liberals.
BOURSE, THREE O'CLOCK.—The panic continues in the
Three per Cents., their present price is 80f. 75c. for the end
of this month ; the Spanish securities are also much affected,
particularly occasioned by the tone of the Ministerial papers in
behalf of Don Carlos. Upon the whole, the market looks
very gloomy.
QUARTER TO PC/HR.—Five per Cents., 107 f. 65c. ;
Three per Cents., Me. ; Five per Cent. Spanish, 41 ;
Three per Cent. Spanish, 26; Coupons, 21 ; Guebhards, 44 ;
DifFeres, 161; Definitive, 48i ; Ducats, 98 45 ; Romans, 994 ;
Pedros, 95 ; Miguels, 26 ; Haytians, 430 f. ; Brabant Bank,
17 premium.

FRENCH FUNDS —Pritits, MAY 25
Five per Cents., 1081. 1071 doe. 70c.
Four per Cents., 98f. 60c.
"l'hro, per Cents., 81f. Sc. 801 60c.
Bank Actions, 1,9671 50.•.
Rente de Naples, 981 at. 46c. 981
Roman Five per Cents., 99!i.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents.,
Rente d'Espagne Three per Cents., 25%,4 26.
Royal Spanish Loan, 16!4 45%", 44.
Rente Perpet. Five per Cents,, 42 11 40%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, —.
Portuguese Luau, Five per Cent., 95.
Itaytian Loan, 4351 —c. 4301.

EXCDANDE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 40c ; money, 25t 40c.
Three months, paper, 25i 25c. ; money, 25f. 9.5 c..
—Cours A utheraique

We were correct in stating yesterday, that an official
account had been received at the Admiralty of the
wreck of the Firefly schooner, and of the supposed
loss of Lieutenant M'DONNELL and twenty-two of his
crew. We are happy, however, to learn that a despatch
has been subsequently received from Col. COCKBURN,
Governor of Honduras, which conveys the gratifying in-
telligence of the safety of Lieut. M‘DONNELL, and of
a considerable number of the men who were supposed
to be lost. We regret, however, to have to state
that Captain WEST, of the Royal Engineers,
his aon, (a youth about fi►teen years of age),
and his servants, are amongst the sufferers ;
as also the Assistant-Surgeon of the vessel, and Mr.
LOCKYER, a Midshipman, nephew, we understand,
of Captain LOCKYER, now in command of the Stag
frigate.

The Firefly sailed from Belize on the 24th of
February, and was wrecked on the 27th, on a shoal
called the " Northern Triangles." Besides the persons
above mentioned, six of the crew are lost—making a
total of thirteen.