The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-29 00:00:00

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point to which we hope and believe Great Britain
will never proceed, nor even, directly or indi-
rectly, give the slightest reason for supposing that
she will alter her views respecting this interesting
topic. It is true, that the act of 1845 is virtually
suspended, and that for all practical purposes it
remains "a dead letter," and will he, so bug as
the Brazilian Government fully and fairly dis-
charges the duties it assumed under the Treaty of
1826. But it still remains an effectual instrument
ready for use on any emergency, and available at
any Moment when the Government of Dom PEDRO
may endeavour to evade the performance of its
Solemn obligations. It was only by a reference
to that act, and by the determination of Great
Britain to bring its provisions into action, that
the Brazilian Legislature was induced to co-operate
With the Brazilian Government, by passing laws
that promised to be effectual. Why then should
We unnecessarily get rid of that convincing per-
luader ? Why hold out the slightest induce-
ment to slave dealers to try experiments as to
Whether the trade can again be made so profitable
that the unholy gains would allow of a sufficient
assurance against the risk?
It is also true that we have not proceeded as
zealously— as we might have done, either against
Cuba or the United States, and that the suff ,r-
-lags of the miserable victims may in some instances
he aggravated by our well-meant but inadequate
4:r°rts for its total suppression. But are we on
hat account to relax or surrender a single
security already obtained ? Far from it. We
should still record our earnest and indignant pro-
tegt, even if we could do no more, against the
I,_agrant iniquity—should show that every Eng-
lish hand and English heart will continue the
struggle to the very last—that there shall not be
, 37 compromise as to our powers, or mistake as
1"0 our intentions.

intolerable, interminable, unconscionable Abo-

minations !

Sir GEORGE GREY had a taste of this Mini-
sterial Delight yesterday—and evidently a
taste rather larger than he had anticipated. We
can almost fancy the expression of the Right
Hon. Baronet's face as they streamed in, one
after another, in appalling procession. For
we real in the report of the proceedings
" The Right Hon. Gentleman was evidently
unprepared for so large and influential
an assemblage." And no wonder, for we find
enumerated first, to begin with :—"The deputation
was introduced by Mr. B. DENISON, M.P., and
Lord GODERICH, M.P., and was accompanied by
the following—H. W. WICKHAM, Esq., M.P.,
General THOMPSON, M. P., EDWARD A KROYD,

Esq., M.P., H. PEASE, Esq., M.P., S. GURNEY,
Esq., M.P., T. B. HORSPALL, Esq., M.P., J.
CHEETHAM, Esq., M.P., B. WOODD, Esq., M.P.,
and G. HARDY, Esq., M.P." Taking breath for
a little, we go on :—" The deputation included the
following gentlemen—From Leeds," So-and-so, and
So-and-so ! from Bradford, such 6thers ; as also
from Liverpool, from Halifax, from we don't know
whereal ! They had previously been—the mem-
bers of this monster, or rather, let us say, this
monstrous deputation—to the private dwelling-
house of Lord PALMERSTON, in Piccadilly. And,
having given hint a benefit, proceeded with un •
wearied determination to visit, as we have said,
Sir GEORGE GREY-down at the Home-office. We
cannot wonder, in the least, when we find the re-
porter observing, as already remarked, that when
the Home Secretary met the Deputation, ho ap-
peared to be " evidently unprepared to meet so
large an assemblage." His feelings must have
been soma thing like those of the Brickmaker in
Bleak House when—invaded in his cottage by
an incursion of the Pardiggles—leaning upon
his elbow he growled out " Any more ou you ?"
Adding —" because, I thought there warnt enough
of you p'raps !" Indignantly entering his pro-
test immediately afterwards against " being
drawed like a badger !"

Lord PALIrERSTON truly remarked, " the
rye trade is not altogether extinguished in the
hearts of these Brazilians." There are many still
hying who have been actively engaged therein,
and Who have realised large fortunes therefrom,
Itho only yearn for an eligible opportunity to
engage again in their favourite pursuits. These
1441 might have influence sufficient indirectly to
change the sentiments, or, at all events, to paralyse
the action of the Executive. By retaining the
act of 1845, and permitting it to remain in abey-
kee, we strengthen their hands, if well disposed,
ka have an adequate guarantee against any ter-
rersation or even lukewarmness on their part.
is a point on which we cannot afford to surren-
dertt a single inch of ground. And, there-
;re) we hail with unmitigated satis-
acti°ll the very decisive demonstration
:little by the Government and the Legislature in
eJectiog the appeal by a majority so overwhelming
414 SO conclusive. The act itself may have, nay
more has, no practical effect, but its repeal at the
present moment, or even an inquiry that might
induce parties to suppose that it would be repealed,
wil
T°111(1 be productive of very injurious results.
Let tar. ROEBUCK ask for a committee to inquire
°lt the slave trade may be more efficiently re-
pressed, and we venture to say it will be received
a Very different manner—that there will not be
majority of 18 to 1 against his motion.

With or without his leave, Sir GEORGE
GREY was decidedly subjected to this agree-
able operation yesterday, by the modest
deputation above (partially) enumerated !
A.nd all about what About Mr. HARDY'S
Bill for the amendment of the law relating to the
sale of beer, et cetera ! Mark that &c.,—for it
includes a variety of other localities besides beer-
shops coffee-houses, concert-rooms, dancing-
rooms, what are called casinos, and all sorts
of queer out-of-the-way places of low festivity and
mean amusement. All these scenes being fre-
quented not by the people Mr. THACKERAY de-
lights to call swells, but by numbers of the poorer
and humbler classes. The good sense of Sir G.
GREY appears throughout the whole of the
tiresome gabble of the deputation never
once to have left him. The Right Honour-
able Baronet, throughout, seemed to recog-
nise as clearly as a perfectly sane and vigilantly
observant man could hardly fail to recognise it—
the fact that the purport of the whole project
kept in view by the deputation was to interfere
unnecessarily with the social habits of the humbler
and poorer classes of society, with their comforts
and their amusements. Sir GEORGE GREY, we
do believe, is as earnestly solicitous (to say the
very least of him in this particular) as any
one gentleman in the whole of that
enormous Deputation—to repress vice, to diminish
crime, to crush out the seeds of depravity, to
extinguish every spark of villainous incentive to
evil, anywhere kindling into a flame, in the
dens of infamy, the foul byways and the back-
slums of our great city—and tending to spread a
demoralising influence through large masses of
our population. But—Sir GEORGE GREY never
seemed to tire of saying, again and again, to the
Deputation that the Magistrates are. scarcely
aware of their powers in. these cases, and that the
law is not sufficiently enforced. That is just
precisely it. Try the law as it is, before you
venture to botch and cobble it with wholesale
amendments ! Particularly if the amendments
you contemplate, involve an interference, here,
there, and everywhere, with the social
condition of the humbler classes, with their
comforts and amusements. Every pot of
ale sold over the counter of a beer-shop
does not necessarily lead to drunkenness. It
would be perfectly monstrous to argue that every
coffee-house was a brothel, and every com-
mon-looking public room where a song is
sung, or a dance danced, must invariably be the
haunt of thieves and prostitutes. The
Deputation yesterday proved too much, and
thereby defeated its own purpose. Diminish im-
morality, if you will, or rather if you can, in
Heaven's name—but Don't, in the name of hu-
manity and in the name of justice, Don't, for the
furtherance of some particular whimsies and
crotchets of your own, sweep down what may be'
to the poorer classes of the community sources of
everyday comfort, and of rational and innocent
amusement.

The Bishop of OXFORD being unable to throw
cut, je doing his very utmost to impair the efrici-
-114% of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
41. The clause he last night proposed, would,
it carried, have had a very invidious operation.
was, as the Lord Chief Justice truly remarked,
lc -
i:f a most alarming character." If what the
scruples"
Reverend Prellte termed " conscientious
cruples" were allowed to prevail in one case, in
°PPosition to the law of the land, they should be
tespected in all others. Let the Bishop declare
that no persons who conscientiously objected to
ky church rates or tithes, should be bound by
the strict letter of the law, and we shall gladly

agree to his proposition. But others have "souls 1
to be saved" as well as clergymen of the Estab-
lishment, and the same principle should be
anted on in every case. In fact, the office
°f the officiating Priest is purely ministerial,
4114 if he obeys the law he has no right to in-quire .
further, or to seize on an opportunity of
a_aillting others, under the colour of private
Zroples not recognised by the Church of which
e is a minister. On a division the " soapy"
tooiBo was rejected by a majority of 3 to 1, the
cumbers
being—contents 26, non-contents 78.
Where is at least reason to hope that the de-
grading action for crint. con. will be altogether
tev`ilislied, and that the act of adultery will be
11(lered a criminal offence. After considerable
discussion, it was, on the suggestion of Lord
f 1411; decided that it should not be competent
any person to bring an action for damages for
t°ll at offence, but that whoever committed
adul-
te t? with a married woman should be guilty of a
ta iscleoleanonr, which would, of course, subject
the
Offender to imprisonment or fine, or both, ac-
ding to the discretion of the presiding judge.
e Congratulate the country on the prospect
having the degrading and demoralising pro-
Zeding altogether abolished. It never should
ita.ve been a subject for pecuniary compensation.
was doubly injurious ; it gave a character to
the infammis transaction, even worse than it
, "t possess under other circumstances. The
lojured husband seemed to be receiving " the
ages of sin ;" to be actuated, not by a sense of
honour, but of cupidity. And cases might arise,

The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury entertained
at dinner, on Thursday evening, his Excellency the
Austrian Minister and the Countess d'Apponyi, the
Duke of Rutland, the Marquis and Marchiones of
Ely, the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, the
Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers,
the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Carnarvon, Hon.
Mr. and Mrs. Duncombe, and Mr. and Lady Augusta
Sturt.
The Countess (Dowager) of Harewood and Lady
Blanche Lascelles, a ccompanied by Lady William
Thynne, are on the eve of going on a continental tour.
Lord and Lady John Russell have arrived at Far-
rance's Hotel, in Belgravia, where they purpose stay-
ing during the present season.
TILE TURKISH EMBASSY.--Nladanie Musurus, wife
of his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, has issued
cards for an assembly, at the residence of the em-
bassy, on Tuesday, the 9th of June.
The Countess Poulett and Viscount Hinton are shortly
expected in London, on their return from a tour on the
coast of Spain. The noble Viscount has entirely reco-
♦ered from the effects of the severe accident he met with
while hunting with the Duke of Beaufort's hounds last
autumn.

4.Ye more, and have arisen, in which it has been
kore than suspected that he connived at his own
shame for the sake of ultimate gain. The neces-
sity for obtaining a verdict and substantial
damages, before a dissolution of the marriage, being
removed, the only excuse for the proceeding is
taken away. " Cessat ratio, cessat lex" is a sound
Principle the reason has ceased, the law should
110 longer be tolerated. We earnestly hope, then,
that Lord DERBY'S judicious suggestion may be
acted on, and that henceforward and for ever the
°l:left° may be regarded as one to be dealt with
3t criminal, not civil proceedings. The Bill has
310.9? passed through committee, and been reported,
and we trust that it may speedily be brought into
the
Lower House, and receive the Legislative
4netion even before the termination of the pre-
Seat Session.

DEATH OF LADY MARY SINGLETON.—We have to re-
cord the demise, after a protracted illness, of Lady Mary
Singleton, who died at her residence iu Curzon-street,
Mayfair, on Tuesday.
VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO BIRMINGHAM.
—A. public reception on a very extensive scale is to be
given to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, on
y
the occasion of his visit to Birmingham on Monday next.
Messrs. Slade and Rodwell are counsel for thea Bath.
petition ; Mr. Phinn and Mr. Clerk have been retained
by Mr. Tite.
COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, May 28.—The American
steam frigate Su,quehanna, Captain J. A. R. Sands,
arrived here to-day, and fired a salute of 21 guns, which
was returned by the Eurydice.
Some weeks back attention was called to a disclosure
in the Sydney newspapers of a method by which the
London underwriters were liable to be defrauded. It
appeared from a letter inserted in the Sydney Herald
that instances had occurred where the consignees of cer-
tain descriptions of unmarketable goods contrived to ger
them certia-d as damaged by sea water, so as to enable
the shippers to came upon the underwriters for the dif-
ference between their nominal and realised value. Sub
sequent advices mention that an action having been
brought against the author of the letter by an importing
firm who considered themselves aggrieved, a verdict was
returned for the defendant. The evidence at the trial
plainly showed that the certificates in question were ob
tained and acted upon in the most lax manner, and the
Sydney Herald, upon a review of the case, naturally
expresses surprise at the indifference shown by the un-
derwriters in not establishing some effectual system for
their own protection. It such things are tolerated the
losses must he heavy, and these cannot be met excep,
by an indiscriminate increase in the sale of pretnium•
and a consequent injury to the legitimate trader.

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Your Deputation is the pest, the horror, the
abomination of your Administrator. There 1-97
11,114135, no other infliction in respect to his post-
tl°ns that a Cabinet Minister holds in such whole-
4111e abhorrence. We can fancy Secretaries of
State looking upon the advent of any fresh De-
putation with somewhat the same kind of agree-
ablel sensation as that inspired by the " Bore"
111 the susceptible minds of our three dear friends
---I‘lectSTS. BROWN, JONES, and ROBINSON. And
dent Nve all of us very well remember how they
Were affected by the approach of that inexor-
able monster ! Can't we, all of us, see them
at this moment, vividly in our recollection,
clumbfoundered on board the Rhine Steam-boat,
or
peeping in terror round the corner of the
cologne Tobacconist's ? And precisely as the
Bore" was to them—are Deputations to our
Administrators. Walking pests, talking horrors,

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COIVIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLooK.

Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton
Market yesterday manifested a quiet but steady
appearance, and prices were without alteration.
The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, 500 of
which were taken by the speculato-s, and 500 by
the exporters. The Railway Share Market closed
dull, and previous rates were well maintained.
A quieter tone has pervaded the Foreign and
Colonial Produce MarlZets this week, and the actual
business transacte I in Mincing-lane has been
smaller than for some time past. The Epsom
Races may have tended to diminish operations, but
there is evidently less speculation, and some
of the quotations lately so buoyant are now
heavy. Sugar, for instance, has been in
limited request, and very few public sales
have been held, but a decline of 6d. to ls. per cwt.
has, nevertheless, taken place. A moderate busi-
ness, by private contract, has, however, been con-
eluded, the wants of the retailers being rather ex-
tensive. Coffee has been inquired fur, at last
week's quotations, but the purchases have been
made. Cocoa is very firm. Rice quiet, at late
rates, and the dealers in tea have been awaiting
the receipt of the advices by the Overland Mail.
For spices there has been a quiet demand, and no
material alteration in prices has taken place.
Pimento, however, is d. to id. lower. Saltpetre
has remained steady, and also rum. Tallow is
firmer, but the purchases are contracted.
An unfavourable fe, ling has been occasioned by
the advance of 5 per cent. in the Shanghai Ex-
change, as it will necessarily stimulate the export
of silver, and add to the perplexities of the Money
Market. The benefits expected from-the snpplies
of gold en route will now be partially neutralised,
as a portion must be absorbed and per-
haps sent to the Continent for completing
purchases of silver. Until a decline in the quota•
tions at Hong Kong and Shanghai take place, there
can be no doubt that this drain will be conducted
on a very extensive scale, and the market will con-
sequently be disturbed, from time to time by move-
mentsin gold. If the Australian remittances do not
speedily arrive, it islikelythatsmall quantities will
be withdrawn from the Bank, although yesterday
a large quantity, viz., 100,0001. was sent into that
establishment.

Since the receipt of the telegraphic message in
anticipation of the Overland Mail, the silver mar-
ket has become firmer, and bars are now quoted
ss. IZd. to ss. lid. per ounce standard.
The overland mail has arrived at Marseilles, and
is expected here on Monday.
There is an active demand for money in Lom-
bard-street and at the Bank of England, but it is
presumed to emanate as much from the bullion
operators as from the commercial community.
A slight decline has taken place in the English
Stock Market to-day, owing to the specie drain
and the prospects of its continuance. The depres-
sion on the Paris Bourse, and the increas-
ing demand for money also prevent buoyancy.
Another cause of the weakness now appa-
rent is the cessation of Exchequer Bill in-
vestments by the Bank broker, who, it is pre-
sumed, has now purchased almost all the Savings
Bank Commissioners require. Consols for trans-
fer have been 93* 1, and 93a, while for account
they have been 93i to 94, and 931 /s. The New
3 per Cents. are 92g- and the Reduced
92/ I. The March Exchequer Bills are
4s. to 7s. premium, and the "advertised" ditto, 2s.
to 4s. premium. The Bonds are 981 to 99.
Bank Stock is 2121 to 214.
Foreign securities are very dull. Turkish 6 per
Cents. are marked 95, but the present quotation
is 941 to 4 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. are 97 ; Russian
5 per Cents., 107 to 4 ; ditto, 41 per Cents., 97 ;
and Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76/ ; Buenos Ayres,
are 86i.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks ;—Grenada Deferred Bonds. 6/* ; MexicAn,
23 31; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 761 74 ; ditto 3 per
Cents., 531 541 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i 64;
EtagAian 5 per Cants., 107 109 ; ditto 4k per Cents.,
97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41i 2 ; ditto De-
ferred, 251 -.1,-; ditto Certificates, 6a ; ditto Pas-
sive, 52 -1..
Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., report that during
the week there has been very little business in
American Securities, and little change in prices.

SHARE MARKETS—(IIiis Day.)

172
100
all

St. 100
St. 100
s't. 100
S. 100
St. 100
St. 100
12 I all
5C all
16i 144,
16i 12
St. 100
16 6
3 I
20 all
11 all
St. 100
St. 100
N all
10 all
12 2i
St. 100

25 all
;t. 100
10 1

St. 100
St. 100
50 all
25' all
00 I all

St. '1

St. 'l,
St.lll

St. 1101
St' 1101
St. 101
25
25 li
50 al

St 110
St. 10
10 ;31.

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10 al
St. 101
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RAILWAYS.

20 I al

Closing Price/
yesterday

Business done
this day.

25 11

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1013
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