The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-21 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch.

Lord ELIOT last night, in briefly adverting to the dis-
turbance?, which have prevailed for some time in the
county of Tipperary, admitted that they had slightly
increased lately, drat the district was in a very unsatis-
factory state, and required the prompt attention of the
Government. The only remedies for the outrages daily
committed, he seemed to think, were increased reinforce-
ments of police, and mare stringent laws to prevent the pea-
santry from procuring fire-arms. These are the old Tory
cures fin- Irish grievances. The Lord-Lieutenant and his
Secretary call out for snore troops and more laws
to keep clown the people, but do not inquire into
the causes whicis drive them to such madness. The
Irish, when well treated, conduct themselves, in
general, as well as the inhabitants of the
other parr of the empire ; and if any proof
were wanting, we have only to refer their
calumniators to the remarkable change produced
by the just, mild, and conciliatory Government
of Lord NORMANBY. The number of troops was greatly
diminished, outrages were every day becoming less fro-
quest, and Ireland, some twelve months ago, was more
tranquil than England. There must be some cause fin-
these disturbances, and it would be well, therefore, to
inquire whether they arise from the harsh treatment of
the landlords or the middlemen, or from a want of that
impiirtial and merciful administration of justice which
peculiarly marked the Government of that Noble Lord
and his successor. If force, therefore, be resorted to for
the protection of life and property, let an inquiry
.also take place at the same time, in order to convince
the people that their complaints will be heard. They
a iv the greatest sufferers from this anomalous state of
soe.'ety, and cars have no object in view but to get rid or
some ..more insupportable evils. It will be grati-
fying tc' all the friends of the Irish dewy, to know that
Lard E ttol, paid them the highest compliments for
their praise-wrathy conduct in denouncing illegal so-
cieties, and exhorting their flocks to respect and obey
the law. These ate the men who, when the Toriei
were out of power, were described by their organs as
traitors and surpliced rtrti.;ans.

A curious discussion took place in the French Cham-
ber of Deputies on Thursday;. upon the order of the
day being moved for voting the ~expenses of religious
worship throughout France. M. CARNE complained of
the interference of the clergy in political affairs, as un-
befitting the sanctity of their character. He dwelt
panicularly upon the conduct of the Bishops in circulating
the Papal Bull respecting Spain, and in alluding
v., the relations, political and religious, of that country
hr. their pastoral letters and sermons. He also con-
maed the conduct of the Archbishop of PARIS in
pra) 'Lug the KING to adopt measures for the better ob-
serva. Ice of the Sabbath. M. DITPIN said he was obliged
to con. `e!mo that the clergy allowed their zeal to carry them
too far. jI6 protested against their conduct with respect
to Spain.. That was an independent kingdom, and
ought to be. ,allowed to judge for itself in every matter.
Their pastors; letters and sermons were an irregular
and offensive intorfere.lco with the independence of a
neighbouring natiov, with which France was at peace.
We give the Minister of .„"üblic Worship's defence of
the promulgation of the Pa T,31. Bull, as we find it re-
ported in the Journals :

l in 1 - The Minister of Public Worship sist"twed„ irs polr ceeyriain
the name of the Government, the % snared
Journals in favour of religion, and deg ' athaatc all the clergy
to whom he had spoken on the subject were opposed to such
attacks. As to the Pope's letter, it sim, ~ly recommended the
ed
prelates of other countries to do what he I S ordered his own
r the unity of the
to put up prayers 0- Paris
to do at Rome—namely,
of h Archbishop had fol-
d'
Church. The mandate. d
the
solicitude of lowed,and it had excite
orders la.t no bull should
• the Government,
lest sow violation
.of the law, which 1
of
be promulgated
-1 with the
in France without the consei. it the Govern-
correspondence fellowes
'Bent, should take place.
I tion of the la .w, the mandate
Archbishop of Paris on theAsubject in the co, arse of which he
showed that there was no
simply requiring prayers for they violation
of the C. lurch.
the • Brief relative
Now while we entirely disapprovey of 1 :he conduct of
the French Hierarchy in promulgating
to Spain, we can discover nothing whateve r unbecoming
the sacred functions of the Archbishop a $f PARIS in
praying the KING to have the Sabbath betar observed.
On the contrary, we think the Archbishop
did but Lis
duty, and that the thanks of the poor of Fran c'
are due
-.to him for it. The Sabbath is the LORD'S di
y, and lie
of rest
1
has mercifully and bountifully given it for a d -,Y
mizi,
for the over-toile members of the human fain. I.Y• 11
rich man may make a Sabbath for himself of every
day of • the week, but it is only on the seventh
that the hard-working artisan, and field-1 ibourer,
van claim a cessation from drudgery. N Te are
as opposed to the hypocritical observance • of the
Sabbath, recommended by Sir ANDREW A .om ;sv, "
IL CARNIII himself ; but it does not follow fro/ a that
that we should desire to see the ordinary busi, icss= of lire
gone through on that day. Now this ; i 4 what
is done to a very great extent ins yr, nce.
The poor there, under the pretext of a, It be:ng
compelled to observe the Sabbath, are actua /13 • robbo.d
of that day. They are made to labour without
.s •eceivintre,
a fraction of more wages than they would get ( lid they
only toil six days in the week. Thus they have : no time
for self-culture—none for that calm and wholes°, me re-
flection to which a day of rest must give rise in the
bosom of an honest hard-toiling man. The Sabh ath is
the peculiar gift of GOD to the toiling children of. men.
Do not deprive them of it, neither compel them to oba erve

it after your fashion. It is their own, as much as any-
thing else that GOD has given them, and is intended for
their happiness. To compel them to labour upon it is
to rob them of this precious inheritance. France ought,
therefore, to feel grateful for the solicitude of the clergy
for the observance of the Sabbath.

The Right of Search question was again debated in
the Chambers of Peers and Deputies on Thursday. The
speakers against the treaty were more violent in their
condemnation of it than on the preceding day. M.
BILLOUT, in the Chamber of Deputies, and Viscount
DUBOUCHAGE, in the House of Peers, denounced the
treaty as a scheme of England to obtain the sovereignty
of the seas. M. GUIZOT replied to both at great length.
He showed the inconsistency of his opponents, and
proved that France had quite as much to do with form-
ing the treaty as England. He would not, however,
ratify the treaty, although he could not pledge himself
for the conduct of future Governments. If our space
will allow it, we shall on Monday give an outline of the
speech of the French Minister.
We can only repeat what we have again and again
stated in treating this question. Our wisest, safest, and
most humane course, will be to abandon the treaty al-
together. We can make nothing of it but evil, with
France and the United States opposed to us. We cannot
enforce the treaty without war, and that is an eyil greater
than that which we would remedy.
We find the following in the Presse :—" The nomination of
a Special Commission at Naples, for the purpose of concluding
a treaty of commerce between Great Britain and the two Si-
cilies, has been already mentioned. We now learn from good
authority that the two contracting parties will take as the basis
of their negotiations the draft of a commercial treaty drawn up
three years ago by Mr. Macgregor, who was sent to Naples for the
purpose. The difficulties which arose respecting the sulphur
question, on that occasion, suspended the negotiations when tole-
rably far advanced. On the solicitations of Sir R. Peel, who seeks
for new openings for the languising industry of his country,
they are now to be resumed. Should Mr. Macgregor's plan
be acceded to by the Neapolitan Government, the commerce
of France would immediately suffer from it severely, for that
gentleman proposed nothing less than to grant to the English
flag in the ports of the Two Sicilies a reduction of 10 per cent.
on the import duties paid by other nations. This preference
in favour of English commerce, which possesses the island of
Malta, a few leagues from Sicily, would entirely destroy the
commerce of Marseilles with the Two Sicilies. It is to be
hoped that the French Government will not rest inactive in
face of the danger which threatens so immediately our principal
town in the Mediterranean."

Subscriptions in favour of the sufferers by the fire at Ham-
burgh have been opened at Bordeaux.
A letter from Philippeville, dated 6th inst., says :—" A
courier has just arrived from Constantina with the following
news :—General Negrier marched out on the preceding day,
with 3,000 men and 1,000 horses, towards the south-west, with
the purpose, it is believed, of visiting the tribe of the Haractas.
He is expected to remain 40 or 50 days in the field col-
lecting the taxes. Colonel Brice, commandant of the upper
circle of Philippeville, having learnt that the Kabyles, ex-
cited by a fanatical Marabout, had assembled in great num-
bers, and threatened our convoys, set out on the Ist inst.
in all haste, determined to disperse them, but taking with
him only 1,200 foot and 200 horse. On the 3d he was
attacked, in a narrow defile, by several thousands of Kabyles ;
but our troops at the first stood firm, and soon afterwards be-
came the assailants. From eleven in the morning till nine at
night, they disputed the ground foot by foot, till at last they
put the enemy to flight. In this close fighting our men dis-
played prodigies of valour, and killed a great number of the
Kabyles. We, however, have to regret the loss of two officers,
and: ten non-commissioned officers and soldiers killed, and have
fifty-seven wounded. M. Lepelletier, surgeon-major of the
19th Light Infantry, was killed while dressing the weund of
one of the men within the line of fire. The column returned
in the evening of the 4th."
BO UESE—PAitis, THURSDAY, MAY 19.

knit Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Frio.. Price.
Trench 5 per 119 60 ... 119 60 ... 119 50 ... 119 50
4per Cents. ...... 101 70 101270 ... 101 70 ... 101 70
S per cents Bl 90 81 90 ... SI 9J Si 94
'Sank of trance 3355 ...2360 ...3355
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Belgian 5 per Cents.
5 per Cent,., 1840 10534 ... 10534 ... 1044 105%
3 per Cents 73 45 ... 73 45.... 73 73 45
Spanish Active 14% 24% ... 24% 24%
Passive 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4%
Portuguese 5 per Cents 31% ... 31% ... 31% ... 31%
Neapolitan
R0man...... 105% ... 105% ...115% ... 105%
RAILWAY SHRES.
Versailles. R. P.
L.B 165 25 ... 168 75 ... 165 ... 166 25
Rouen 548 '75 ... 541 '75 546 75 ... 548 7.5
Orleans ...... .........

Stiasburg to Bale 2'35 ... 235 ... 235

... 235

We refer our readers to the Mansion House report of
a case which came before the Lord Mayor yesterday.
It appears from this that the Consuls of foreign States
have agreed to refuse relief to sailors in distress of their
respective countries, when they arrive in England as
sailors on board an English vessel. We cannot see the
justice or expediency of such a regulation. It does not
appear quite fair to throw the burden of maintaining
the poor sailors of other countries on England, merely
because they entered into an engagement with an
English Captain when they could find no other em-
ployment.