The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-06 00:00:00

sense—and endeavour to help -those who-have no
power to help themselves! Mr. Rossuci, you are
but a shallow sophist, as petty and frivolous in your
views as you are pedantic and pertinacious in main-
taining them.

Sir- ROBERT PEEL, infinitely to the surprise
and delectation of the House, - indulged it with
a lecture on " principle." " Great principles of
morality," he said, " must not be infringed ; but there
were general rules, sometimes called principles, which,
though for the most part fit to be maintained, might
sometimes be as fitly relaxed, for moral and social
purposes." What subtle casuistry is this But who
cannot see, with half an eye, that it is neither more
nor less than an apology for the Expediency system
of legislation ? Some principles must be stuck to at
all hazards ; others may be conveniently relaxed—
that is to say, you may adhere to a principle when' it
does not come into direct collision with your inte-
rest ; but when it does, then you are perfectly justified
in pitching it overboard, of course " for moral and
social purposes." SO JONATHAN WILD argued,
when he endeavoured to bring round the
Ordinary of Newgate to his own views of what was
just and proper. So Philosopher SQUARE argued, when
he endeavoured to persuade Squire ALLworrir that it
was his duty to disregard the laws of humanity, and
send the poor foundling, TosttJobrs, adrift without-a
shilling in the world, or a friend to help him !
So the Devil quotes Scripture, whenever,
like our jesuitical Premier, he has " moral
and social purposes" in view. Sir ROBERT PEEL
went on to observe that Lord Howicx's notions of
interference with the factory system were highly in-
judicious—and amounted to this, namely that Parlia-
ment must "extend its interference into all the occupa-
tions of life, and establish a system of universal inspec-
torship and intolerable tyranny." This remark comes
with peculiar grace and propriety from a Minis-
ter, who, by means of his inquisitorial in:
come .tax, has already established a " system of
universal inspectorship, and intolerable tyranny."
We are delighted to be able to state that Mr. ROE-
BUCK'S motion was lost by an overwhelming majority
of two hundred and six ! Truly, virtue is its own
reward

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The Madrid papers of the 26th ult. bring no fresh
intelligence, if we except the fact that one of the
Ministerial journals, the Herald°, has turned against
its patrons. It thus announces the fact :—" The 'Mi-
nistry, by its inactivity, inflicts a real prejudice on
our party, and we can no longer keep silent. Nu-
merous correspondents from the provinces complain
loudly that great partiality has been exercised in the
filling up of public offices. Such facts are of a nature
to excite distrust and alarm, and the Cabinet, with-
out perceiving the consequences of this erroneous
tactic, complete the ruin by contradictory orders."
On the Bourse the following were the quotations
on the 26th :—Three per Cents., for cash, 361; at 60
days, 361; Five per Cents., for cash, 21 15-16 ; at
60 days, 221.

The birthday of his Majesty the King of the
FRENCH was celebrated at Paris on Wednesday with
great rejoicings, and the weather being uncommonly
fine full effect was given to the various festivities pre-
pared for the occasion. At half-past eleven o'clock
the KING received the Cabinet Ministers and the
Marshals of France ; and, at noon, the grand deputa-
tions of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies ; the
deputations of the Court of Cessation and Cour des
Comptes ; the Royal Council of Public Instruction ;
the deputation of the Cour Royal ; the Institute ; the
Prefect of the Seine ; the Prefect of the Police ; the
Mayors, Deputy-Mayors, and members of the Muni-
cipal Council of Paris ; the deputations of the Tri-
bunals of Premiere Instance and Commerce ; the
Protestant Consistory; the Central Israelite Consistory;
the Generals and other officers not forming part of
the garrison, and the civil and military functionaries.
At half-past two his MAJESTY received the officers of
the National Guards of Versailles and other places in
the department of the Seine-et-Oise, the Officers of
the General Staff of the National Guards of the
Seine, &c. At four o'clock his MAJESTY received the
members of the corps diplornatique. His MAJESTY was
in excellent health, and went through the labours of
the day without appearing to suffer much from
fatigue. Addresses were presented by the Pope's
Nuncio, the Presidents of the two Chambers, and the
Archbishop of Paris. In replying to the congratu-
lations of Baron PASQUIER, the President of the
Chamber of Peers, his MAJESTY took the oppor-
tunity of adverting to the blessings conferred on
France, as well as other countries, by continued
peace. " The Chamber of Peers," said he, "know
how I appreciate the constant and faithful support
which it has given to the policy, which has preserved
France from so many evils, and attached, I may ven-
ture to say, as much lustre to the French name as the
most brilliant victories could have done. We have
seen our prosperity increase at the same time as that
of our neighbours, which must' render more evident
to the eyes of all the important truth that the general
welfare of nations becomes for each of them in par-
ticular an augmentation 'of prosperity and happiness.
It is a sweet satisfaction for my paternal heart that
my sons have shown themselves worthy of France on
the numerous occasions in which they have been able
to prove their devotedness. They will always be
found ready to share the perils and glories of our sol-
diers, and to defend our institutions, and the liberties
of which they. are the guarantees. I again thank the
Chamber of Peers for the good wishes that it has ex-
pressed to me." His reply to the Archbishop of
PARIS was of a different character, and showed
that the KING is determined to assert the power of
the State in Church affairs, and will not allow
the Jesuits or any religious sect to domineer, as in
former days, over both Sovereign and people. The
allusion of the Archbishop to the peace and liberty
of the Church, evidently attracted the serious atten-
tion of the KING, and called forth a just rebuke.
The remark to which we refer is the following :
"We can never conceive," said the Prelate, "that
the State can suffer from the peace and liberty of
the Church, or the Church from the grandeur and
prosperity of the State. This conviction, which
was proclaimed six hundred years ago by a holy
French doctor, the honour of his age by his genius,
and of the clergy by the heroism of his virtues:
is also that of the clergy and Archbishop of Paris."
On which the KING replied, with great emphasis and
in a hurried manner, " I thank you, Monsieur
l'Archeveque, for the good wishes that you offer to
me personally, and in the name of the clergy of Paris.
I thought I had given pledges enough of my desire
to maintain the liberty of religion, and to surround
the clergy with all the respect, all the veneration, that
are due to it, for it to become useless to remind me
of them in the way I have just heard. 'What I can
say to you, Monsieur l'Archeveque, is what you
know already, that the "clergy may rely-upon all my
good will, all my interest, and also on the constancy
of my efforts to assure to France the benefits of reli-
gion, in order that it may continue to be at once the
best guarantee against the vices which produce dis-
order in society, and the source of all the virtues
which insure the happiness of men." -
It would appear that the accounts received from
Toulouse of disaffection in certain regiments were
not warranted by the facts. The charges against the
soldiers were declared to•be unfounded, and all those
arrested had been set at liberty.
The French funds on Thursday advanced consider-
ably—the Threes to 84f. 40c., and the Fives. to
122 f. 30c.

TIM BOURSE-TtrEsDAY, MAY 2.
First Highest 'Lowest Last
• • 692 50
811
eainzika
no f
BankF anee.
........... .
... .
..:
~ ?rice. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents 122 20 .• 122 20 .. 121 90 •• 121 90
Threw per Ceuta.— • 84.25 • • 84 40 .• 84 25 • • 84 35
Belgian Fives, 1831—
1841 ....•••••1110 —lllO ••iiio —lllO
3= (:(:)) .... 360,922 n ,:.3069922
0500 • • 3092 50
1840
1842 ...... 1081 ..- 1081 .. 10131 •• 1081
._.... 103: .. 1031 1031
Spanish Active • •
Threes -36 t .. 361
Old Deferred
Portuguese Five per Cents 451 .. 451 • • 451 • • 4,-1
Neapolitsr lO2 20 .. 102.20 •• 102 •• 102
Roman ••• • • • ....... ..... .. 106 f .. 1061 .. 1061 .. 106 f
-

RAILWAY SHARES.
377 50 .. 380 377 50 • • 380
L.B. ..... ....... 25, 50 252 50, .. 252 50 .• 252 50
Rouen ••••• • • • • , 965 .. 965 • • 965
Rouen to Havre•. 723 73 725 •• 723 75 • • 725
Orleans . • 970 .. 972 50 • • 970 •• 972 50
Strasburg to Baie ••.•• • • . 272 50 ".. 272 50 •• '270 • • 270
AViglloll to Marseilles...•.. 762 50 „ 762 50 •• 762 50 • • 762 50
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ♦CCOUNT.
Versailles, ..........373•• 375 385 •: 375 • • 385
Rouen •••• •• ••.• .......... 965 . 965 .. 962 50 .. 952 50
Roam to Havre.. ..... . 722 sa .• 725 • • .22 50 •• 724
Orleans .. 970 .. 972 50 •• 970 • • 972 50
Strasburg to Bala .. • ... 272 50 .. 272 50 270 .. 279
Avignon to Marsellles•• • • 760 . 762 50 ••.760 50 •• 762 50

We have reason to believe that Sir .Henry Har-
dinge will be nominated to the office of Governor-
General of India, and that this appointment will take