The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-28 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1844.

The House of Lords did not sit yesterday.
In the Commons, Mr. MINTZ moved the second
reading of the Birmingham Corporation Bill, which was
opposed by Mr. DIIGDALE, and on a division the motion
was rejected by a majority of 10.' The Bill consequently
was thrown out.

In answer to a question from Mr. E. RICE, relative to
the appointment of Commissioners on the Dover Har-
bour of Refuge, Sir ROBERT PEEL said he had that day
signed six letters to naval officers, requesting them to
act upon the Commission.
Lord SANDON asked Lord ASHLEY to state what
course he intended to pursue with regard to the Fac
tories Bill. Lord ASHLEY said he would offer no oppo-
sition to the withdrawal of the Bill, but on the un-
derstanding that the Government would immediately
introduce another Bill, and take the discussion on an
early day after Easter.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave notice that on Friday he
would move, that the Order of the Day for the House
going into Committee on the Bill be discharged, and that
he would tben move for leave to bring in a new Bill.
On the House agreeing to this course, he would move,
that the Bill be read a second time on Friday, and
printed, and that the second reading be fixed for an
early day after Easter.

The further consideration of the report on the County
Coroners Bill was postponed till after Easter.
A brief discussion took place on the Masters and
Servants Bill, which was opposed by Mr. DUNCOMBE,
Mr. FERRAND, and Mr. HUME, but it lead to no result.
The second reading of this Bill, it would appear, is also
to be postponed.

Lord 'VV'onsLEY, on account of ill health, postponed
his motion on the Commons Inclosure Bill till the 24th
of April, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock.

Who has not heard of the " Song of the Shirt,"
which, if TIIO3fAS HOOD had never written any
other song, would have immortalised him. Who
that has read it, can forget these lines—
"Oh Gon! that bread should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap."
In these two lines the whole question at issue be-
tween the Pro-Corn-law and the Anti-Corn-law
supporters, is comprised. Bread dear—labour cheap :
the interest of the owners of the soil promoted—
that of the labourer disregarded. RENT—RENT—
.RENT !—the motive power ; all other considerations
wade subservient to it.

This is, alas, too true a picture of the present state
of matters in England. It is a state of society which
<cannot be vindicated, which cannot be justified ; but
sabhich is, nevertheless, strictly the fact, strictly true,
and " pity, indeed, 'tis true."

All the philanthropy lavished upon the condition
bf the labouring classe3 in this country, is but
xnackery, so long as that grand remedy for all the
evils which the working classes have to endure,
namely, the repeal of those laws which make corn
dear, and restrict the employment of labour, remains
untried. Bread cheap labour dear —would be
a far more natural state of things, and • a far
more beneficial one, than the present. The
".Song of the Shirt" might be made a text,
from which humane legislators might hold forth ;
and the misery which the poor feel, in the state of
society that now existsts, might be averted, if real
philanthropy prevailed, in place of that spurious be-
nevolence which takes the place of genuine charity.
The House of Commons will waste night after night
in discussions as to the number of hours that the fac-
tory labourer shall work, regardless altogether of the
time requisite for him who earns his money by piece-
wo.:k to labour, in order to procure the necessaries
.of life.

The dearer bread is made by artificial means, the
longer time the labourer is compelled to work, in
ordor to gain the material for existence. And yet
all the energies of Parliament are directed to limit
the hours of labour, and at the same time to make it
necessary for the labourer to toil the longest possible
time in order to procure bread for his family. %.
The Anti-Corn-law League has done great things,
tut it has still greater achievements to accomplish
before it brings the dictates of common sense to bear
upon the legislation of this country.

The Dul,l'n Evening Muil—the clever but unscrupu-
lous organ of the Irish Orange party—is just now in a
i,grievous state of tribulation and discomfiture. It may
fit Tin ungenerous that we should derive enjoyment from
etc manifest afflictions of our Contemporaries, but ". e
et honestly confess that the groans of this desperate
Tor)' partisan are " music to our souls." Not a wail he
utters, but it comforts us like a cordial, and the deeper
his sorrows the greater is our sense of satisfaction.
At the present moment he is plunged " full fathom
five " in , an abyss of despondency, and all because Sir
ROBERT PEEL has intimated by letter to the Irish Go-
• vernment that no promotions are in future to be made
:in the spotless Protestant Establishment of that country,
runless to such of the clergy as shall consent to support
the national system of education, and place their schools
pngpr
,the control of the National Board! Though
the Silialard, with a considerate regard for our Contem-
pora'r'y' anguished sensibilities, endeavours to comfort
him b v the assurance that the Premier has intimated
nothing the sort to the Irish Government, yet the
Mail, like RACHEL, " refuseth to be comforted," and
insists on the .
strict truth of its statement in the follow-
ing impressive si nirit
:—" We repeat, in the most em-
phatic terms of wl`,ich language is capable, that such a
communication as t that we have mentioned, has been
made within the IL -tst month, and that a deter-
mination of acting upo n that despotic declaration has
been subsequently annOnced." As if this were not
'emphatic enough, our Ct Intemporary adds :—" Every
word of our statement I:1 strictly and accurately
true ; and, alas, there is mu,l%t more that we might have
said, but which, in the exerc, ;lie of a fallible discretion,
we deemed it a duty to reserve." How much meaning is
there in that one little touching ,monosyllable " alas !"
Whea tale ofsorrow does it no .t unfaid ! Then, how signi-
ficant are the words, " there is. much more that we might
have sand!" The Mail has evi'iently not yet disburthened
himsei f 4ga4f refs; grave causes for despondency
still set n'ain sktit he sanctuary of his own breast; I
and the ,* nnran-r t • will remain until he can find
heart enough 'is reeid em to a sympathising public.
It is 'on inexpressible dnifort to us thus to learn, on his

I own explicit declaration, that our Contemporary has
good grounds for sorrowing. We derive a wonderful
encouragement from the spectacle of his tears, know-
ing, as we do, that they flow from no worthier
cause than the " heavy blow and great dis-
couragement " dealt by Sir ROBERT PEEL to Protest-
ant intolerance in Ireland. If it really be true, as the
Mail so confidently insists, that the Premier has come to
the determination of promoting no more bigots in the
Irish Church, he has taket by far the wisest step
that either he or any of his colleagues have taken
since their entrance upon office. To show favour to
such of the clergy only as shall " consent to support the
national system of educition," is to reward the liberal
and the meritorious, to place a cheek on the arrogance and
assumption of priestcraft, and, by so doing, to lay the
foundation of a sound, tolerant, practical, educational sys-
tem in Irehnd. Protestant and Catholic have too long been
instructed apart from each other ; they have too long been
taught to regard each other with feelings of distrust
and jealousy—just as if both were not members of the
great Christian community ; and any attempt, on the
part of Slr RIBERT PEEL, to do away with this line of
demarcation, to repress this odious spirit of party, to in-
troduce more charitable feelings, and set the warm springs
of sympathy. flowing in a fuller and stronger stream—any
such attempt as this, we say, deserves the approbation
and support of every honest and enlightened man in
the kingdom. It is much to the credit of the late
Government that they were the first to project
this improvement in the Irish system of education,
and we do hope to see it actively and ener-
getically followed up by the present Ministry,
for it is a reform that cannot fail to bring
blessings in its train, and tend greatly—and this at no
distant period—to put a stop to those party strifes, those
unworthy feelings of estrangement between Catholic and
Proteitant, that have so long been the curse of the sister-
country. We are, however, by no means so
firmly persuaded as is the Dublin Evening Mail, that
Sir ROBERT PEEL has come to the determination to
promote no Irish clergymen but such as will support
the national system of education. We can only hope
that that is true, which our Contemporary broadly de-
, Glares to be a fact that admits of not a shadow of doubt.

The accounts from Madrid, which are of the 19th
inst., are of the same frightful character. The journals
in one column describe the movements of the Court at
Aranjuez, and in another the wholesale murders com-
mitted in the provinces. It appears that not les3 than
thirty-five persons have been shot for the insurrection
against a despotic Government at Alicant, and sixty-
five more are doomed to the same fate, without the sem=
blance of a trial. RONCALI remained inactive before
Carthagena, for the want, it is said, of heavy artillery.
But with that he can dispense. He has only to bribe
some half a dozen of renegade Spaniards, as at Alicant,
who will betray their nearest friends, and make him
master of the place. France and England, who could
check such scenes of horror, and who have so often in-
terfered for political purposes, incur a heavy responsibi-
lity by their cold-blooded indifference towards the fate
of the unhappy victims.

The Paris Moniteur of Monday publishes the following
telegraphic dispatch from Africa:—

" GENERAL DE BAR TO THE MINISTER OF WAR.
" ALGIERS, 2&ru.
" On the 4th the Duke d'Aumale entered Biskara without
striking a blow, and was well received in the place. The
villages of the Ziban followed the example of that small
capital.
"The Prince was on the Bth at Sidi Okba, a day's march
to the south of Biskara. The chiefs of the wandering tribes
had all repaired to his camp.
" His Royal Highness was to have left Biskara on the 13th,
and marched towards Mount Aures.

" Ben-Ahmet-Ben-Hadja,' the Khaliph of Abd-el-Kader,
abandoned by all his followers, had fled in the direction of
Mount Aures.

" The sanatory condition of the troops is excellent; the
Princes are in good health."

Another telegraphic dispatch from Bayonne announces
the arrival of Queen CHRISTINA at Aranjuez, on the
21st, where great rejoicing took place. The Phare of
Bayonne furnishes the following intelligence, which
forms a sad contrast to the scenes going on at Court.
" Four of the persons who were condemned to death at
Barcelona, on the 17th, on a charge of conspiracy, were
shot on the 18th. One was a notary, another was one of
the chiefs of the last insurrectionary movement at Bar-
celona, and the other two, were persons in trade. Two of
the females who were arrested on the same charge have
been tried, and sentenced oae to six years, and the other
to two years' imprisonment.

M. BERRYER took his seat in the Chamber of Depu-
ties on Monday. No business of the slightest interest
was transacted in either Chamber on that day. The
funds were a shade lower, the Three per Cents. having
closed at 83f. 5c., and the Fives at 122 f. 45c. The fol-
lowing are additional extracts from the papers :
"A Madrid journal having stated that M. Darmon, who was
decapitated by order of the Emperor of Morocco, was the
representative of Messrs. Salavy and Co., of Marseilles, those
gentlemen have addressed a letter to the Marseilles journals,
in which they say:—
" M. Victor Darmon was one of our correspondents, but
neither he nor any other person was our representative at
Morocco. He was established at Casablanca, wLiere he ful-
filled the functions of Spanish Consular agent. It appears
that his enemies had injured him with the Emperor of Mo-
rocco, as he was forced to leave Casablanca for Mazaga, and
remain there until further orders. It was there that he was
beheaded on January 25th by the Emperor's direction, with-
out any one's being able to make out up to the present day
the cause of this severity."
The Post-Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, contains the fol-
lowing from Wilna:—
" In order to avoid giving to the Government pretexts fir
adopting vigorous Measures against the Jews, the Rabbins of
the frontier GovernmentS have put up a notice, declaring that
every Jew engaged in smuggling should be read out of syna-
gogue. All Jews aware of such acts are to inform against
the persons engaged in them, under pain of being subjected
to the same penalty. This threat will be attended with
benefit, as the Polish or Russian Jews fear spiritual punish-
ment more than the knout."

THE BOURSE-MONDAY, MARCH 25.

First

Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents 122 45 .. 122 45 .. 122 35 122 40
Fourpereents....— 105 50 .. 105 50 101 50 105 50
Three per Cents 83 10 .. 83 20 .. 83 10 .. 83 20
Bank of France... ..... 3105 —3105 ..3050 ..3080
Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslll6 25 ..1116 25 ..1116 25 . • 1116 25
5,000 f. Sharessl2o • .5120 .. 5120 —5120
Belgian Bank ..• •••••• • • • • • 660 .. 660 .. 660 • • 660
.1841 1082 50 —lOB2 50 ..1082 50 ..1082 50
Belgian Fives, 1051 • • 105/ • • 105 i .. 1051
1840 108 .. 108 .. 107/ .. 108
Dutch Two-and-a-Half 5Bl • • 581 .. 581 .. 581
Spanish Passive •• • • 61 • • 61 • • 61 .• 6/
Threes •••••••• •. • • 361 • • 361 • • 361 • • 361
Neapolitrn ....... 102 • • 102 05 • • 101 95 .. 102 0.5
ftorna.n
•

RAILWAY SHARES.
•• •• 417 50 .. 420 .. 415 .. 415
200 .. 240 .. 200 • • 240
Rouen ........ .......... 915 .. 915 .. 915 .. 915
Rouen to Havre. • • • • • 695 • • 695 • • 690 • • 692 50
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale.. 285 • . 291 25 .. .285 .. 291 25
Avignon to Marseilles-- 775 777 50 .. 775 777 50

Versailles, R. 8...
L. 8...

RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
St. Germain
Versailles, R.B 420 .. 425 .. 410 .. 410
L.B 2lO .. 250 .. 210 .. 250
Rouen
Rouen to Havre 7OO • • 700 .. 695 .. 695
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale 2BO .. 295 .. 280 • • 295

Ivlgnonto Marseilles.. • • • • 777 50 .. 777 50 .. 770

• • 770

Mr. O'Connell left London for Dublin, via Liverpool,
by the five o'clock train of the London and Birmingh am
ltailway, yesterday afternoon. He will attend a meeting
at Liverpool this day, and then sail for Dublin without
further delay. We are happy to state that the Hon.
Gentleman leaves London in better health and spirits
than when he came at the commencement of the session.
Every arrangement has been made for the appeal to the
House of Lords, and Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Kelly, Mr.
Austin, and Mr. Sergeant Murphy, have bees retained
for the traversers. Some delay took place at the Home-
office; in allowing the usual license for these Queen's
Counsel to appear for Mr. O'Connell, but it was at last
conceded, and he will have the services of as strong a
bar ascould be brought to bear in his behalf.