The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1842

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY.
TIMES.—Let the very shadow of a principle be
held more sacred than all the majesty of party. This
has ever been our sentiment; and therefore, if there
be really any principle to be upheld, any truth to be
maintained, by either of the gentlemen who are now
about to contest the representation of the University
of Dublin, which is impugned by its antagonist, then,
though by no means blind to the evils of such a pro-
ceeding, we say, let it be fairly fought out. But if the
contest arise either from any academical jealousy, or
from any feeling arising from the general distribution
of Government patronage, or with the view, as the
phrase is, of giving Government a lesson, or, on the
other hand, from a mere desire to exclude from the
representation a troublesome section of supporters, or
from mere motives of convenience, then we are de-
cidedly of opinion, that the sooner the matter is com-
promised by the retirement of both parties, the better.
Whatever principles gentlemen may fancy they are
maintaining by persisting in this affair, it is certain
that, even if the thing do not really degenerate into
a mere personal struggle, the parties engaged will
have the credit, whether rightly or not, of having been
actuated very considerably by merely personal motives.
And he who, under these circumstances, shall magna-
nimously set the example of retiring, will, whether
he has been the first in the field or the last, do more
to preserve the character of the University than would
any triumph which he. could gain. If any principle
really worth the fighting for is at stake, of course the
case is different. But is there any such principle in-
volved ? The education question is said to divide the
parties. Does it really do so ? If Mr. Hamilton is
prepared to support, on general and universally ap-
plied principles, the duty of extending a sound and a
true religious education—and we have reason to be-
lieve that he is—while Mr. Smith, on the other hand,
holds the necessity of entirely secularizing education
—though we have no reason to believe that he does—
if this, however, were indeed the case, then would the
parties be at issue on a definite and a really
important principle, and we, for our part, should
wish Mr. Hamilton all success; but if the ques-
tion only involve the single fact of the Maynooth
grant—a grant perhaps less indefensible on prin-
ciple than the Regzum donum, and equally sup-
ported by prescription—if this be the case, then
the sooner one or both of the parties give in, the
better. We think, on the one hand, that it is not
well for the Government to persist, merely because it
would be convenient to them to get the Solicitor-
General into Parliament, to thrust their candidate on
the College ; and on the other, that any mere pique,
arising either from this circumstance or from the , prin-
ciples on which Government patronage has been ac-
I corded, should not induce any candidate' unnecessarily.
' to thwart a Government which, after all, he would be
returned, if at all, to support. If any great principle,
such as that to which we have alluded, be involved,
then let party considerations be waived ; but in lesser
matters, it must be remembered, that party is the only
instrument by which any principle, of whatever im-
portance, can be carried out. We are the last to
advocate the sacrifsce of the end to the means—the
" propter viiam, vivendi perdere causas," which would
be involved in throwing over principle for party's
sake ; but if the ties of party be unnecessarily weak-
ened and severed, where principle is not involved, that
great weapon may chance to fail us when it is.
POST.—The blindest of all men is he who is wil-
fully blind, and no one is so stubbornly proof against
the influence of instruction and demonstration as the
man who has previously determined to close his eyes
against all facts, however palpable and convincing,
which do not square with his stupid or selfish preju-
dices. All over the world, in high life and low—in
dealings between nations and between individuals—
we may find daily illustrations of this prevalent foible
of our nature.
The philosophic party, whereof
Messrs. Cobden and Villiers are the leading illumi-
nati, is not an exception to the rule. The diurnal
ravings and nocturnal visions of this party seem to
hinge on one favourite object, that of extending over
the entire face of this fair land that sore plague of
factory domination, .
whereby certain districts of it are
d Such
a visitation would assuredly
cursed and blighte
be one of the most fearful scourges with which a nation,
proud and thankless in its days of prosperity, could be
chastised. But this consideration is little regarded
by the reckless and avaricious men whose evil pas-
sions suggest to them the hope that, in a system ruin-
ous to the happiness of their country, they may find
the means of furthering their own base. views a per-
sonal aggrandisement. Manufa.cturnig extension is
the one and all-efficient cure which, according to men
like these, can heal the wounds that vex and agitate
our great national community. They preach up the
extension, because they
propriety of manufacturing the infliction
believe that it may enable them, by.
masses, to heap up fresh grievous privations of the . .
British
ad-
ditions to the enormous riches which many of them
prospect of
have already accumulated. In the
manufactures superseding those of all the world, they
reckon on the probability of wealth flowing eroni
every nation into their own cofferswealth not to be
the produce
shared with the miserable millions by
of whose labour it is to be attracted to our shores,
but to be hoarded by the moncpolist, or lavished by
him in such pursuits of pleasure as the wantonness of
vulgar opulence may dictate. Any such speculations
as that of England becoming the spinner and ham-
merer for every nation en the face of the globe are
visionary—they are no better than insane, and spring,
like many pernicious follies, from the diseased fancy
of over-eager selfishness. We have, on divers occa-
sions, by plain unvarnished appeals to facts, shown the
madness of supposing that
other countries would be
consenting parties to a system which would be inju-
rious to them and to us. They would not object to
our scourging our own people, but would decline the
favour for themselves. " Free trade " is a principle
not recognised by
, a single nation of any noticeable
consequence. It is rejected and repudiated by all.
Let us adopt it to-morrow, and foreigners will the
more closely hug themselves within the impregnable
bulwarks of " protection," and so be in a more secure
position to reap any advantages offered to them by
our isolated folly.
P CHRONICLE.--s ar be it from us to undervalue
the national. Church of Scotland. It is a national
Church in the true sense of the word. There. is no
country in the world
—not one—in which the people
and the Church are so completely id • entified as, in
Scotland. The clergy ef the Church of England are
identified with its aristocracy ; but the Church of
Scotland is the Church of the people. The Reforma-
tion in England was the work of the King, and its ob-
ject was to transfer to the King the power formerly
possessed by the Pope. The Reformation in Scot-
land was effected in spite of the Government by the
people, and people and clergy have always made com-
mon cause. It is remarked by an eminent foreign
historian that the Scotch Church is the only
one in which the clergy laboured in good earnest
to raise the intellectual character of the people.
They laboured, and laboured with success. The
gentry of Scotland are, if anything, lower bred than
the gentry of England. But that Englishman must
be strangely blinded by national partiality, who will
not at once admit that the commonalty of Scotland
rank morally and intellectually higher than the com-
monalty of England, We might say, than the com-
monalty of any other country. It is truly observed
by Thierry, the historian of the Norman Conquest,
that the Scotch are the only nation in Europe, among
whom the love of letters is universal, who love lite-
rature for its own sake. After this acknowledgment,
what we have to add will, we trust, be taken in good
part by our Scotch brethren. Their attachment to
their own Church is accompanied with a bigotry—
frequently of a most offensive s
ninure. They have
many reasons for •attachment to their own Church ;
but they seem incapable of comprehending that other
nations may also be attached to their own Churches.
Several of the Scotch papers published since the
intention of the Royal visit was made known, breathe
a spirit worthy of the meridian of Spain in its worst
days. We imagine we hear John Knox reasoning
most logically in favour of nutting Catholics to death,
having first assumed the identity of Catholics and
Idolators. Everything Scotch—their Church, their
mode of observing the Sabbath, are not only the very
best possible, but they will absolutely tolerate nothing
that differs from them. Let us take as a specimen the
Witness of Wednesday last. Would our readers be-
lieve that that organ of the party which lays claim to
more than ordinary attachment to the Presbyterian
Church, is quite furious against the advisers of her
Majesty, because they did not
compel her to violate
her own conscience on Sunday last. The question
whether the Scottish Episcopal Church be or be not a
handful of the nation, is nothing to the purpose. The
Episcopal Church is not a handful, but the majority of
the people of England; and though the Irish and Scotch
Presbyterian Churches be now_ united, still thei are a
minority as compared with the Churches of England
and Ireland. Her Majesty, however, is not a •
Majesty's Pres-
byterian but an Episcopalian , and it is just as un-
reasonable to insist on her attending Divine
service in a Presbyterian church as it would be in her
Majesty were she, in imitation of her predecessors
James and Charles, to insist on all the Scotch desert-
ing the confession of faith, treating their ministers as
intruders, and adopting the ritual of the Church of
England, which they consider as no better than a
mass-book. Her Majesty is the head of the English
Church ; but she is neither head nor member of the
Scotch Church. Her Majesty's Commissioner is
merely present at the General Assembly ; he has
neither voice nor vote in it. The confession of faith
makes the homage of the Presbyterian quite indepen-
dent of the religion of the Sovereign, for it lays down
expressly that subjects owe allegiance even to an
idolatrous Sovereign. There is, therefore, no obliga-
tion on the Sovereign of these realms to do more than
acknowledge the legal existence of, and afford protec-
tion to, the Scotch "National Church. •
HERALD.—According to a report (which we
copy from the Kentish Observer of Thursday last), it
appears that t*o comedians; named James Pitijames

WESTERN MEETING AT AYR-THURSDAY,

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

TIMES.—The new plan-6,.sforking the West
India steam-packets seems to be generally approved
in the City, although the merchants naturally wait to
see the practical result of the system before they utter
a decisive opinion. The original plan embraced with-
out doubt, too extensive a range in combining North
America and Mexico by steam communication twice
each month, and including almost every place of con-
sideration. The route by steam executed is 680,000
miles, besides about 60,000 miles by sailing vessels.
The intricacy of this plan, the extent of the service,
and the extreme speed required, together with the
minute regard to time that was demanded, rondered
the performance almost impracticable, and occa-
sioned those irregularities of which the public made
so frequent and so just complaint. Indeed, it
seemed as if the movement of the vessels was cal-
culated like that of the wheels of some nicely con-
structed machine, and that no allowance was made
for those innumerable casualties which are con-
stantly in the way of many a, plan that looks
plausible enough on paper. The Company at the
same time found the expense 'of sailing and
steaming over this lengthened course far greater
than they had estimated. From many parts of the
line the income was very small, and utterly inadequate
to carry out the whole route. The Directors therefore
modified their original plan, and the plan so modified
is the one which has been accepted by the Govern-
ment, and which will come into operation on the Ist
(pt. October. The particulars have been already pretty
fully described under this head, but there is one ad-
vantage which we have not yet touched upon—
namely, that -while the service is rendered, as is to be
I hoped, manageable, no additional grant of public
money is required, the policy 'of the Company being
to suit their revenue by diminishing the length of
their course. So important a reduction of expen-
diture is thus effected, that the steaming is only
390,0001. instead of 680,0001. per annum, while the
sailing is 40,0001. instead of 60,000/. Their remune-
ration from Government remains the same as before
—namely, 240,0001. per annum. From the inspec-
tion of the log-books of former voyages, one fact has
been ascertained, which greatly tends to inspire the
confidence of the public in the present undertaking—
namely, that even under the former scheme the ves-
sels all worked well, and that the frequent failures
were caused solely by the deficiencies in the plan itself.
SUN.—At the close of business Consols were, 92i
93 for Money, and 93 93* sellers for the Account ;
India Stock, 249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ;
New .49 51 premium.
The prices of Foreign Securities were, Belgian, 1
102 103 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 524 ; 1
the Five per Cents., 1021 1021 ; Danish, 83f 84? ;
and Brazilian, 66 67. 1

The quotation for Mexican was 351 34.
In the Share Market London and Birmingham
Railway Shares were 178 180; Birmingham and
Gloucester, 42 44 ; Great Western, 82 83 ; the
half Shares, 594 60; South Western, 58+ 591;
North Midland, 56 58; the New Shares, 27 28 ;
both ex div.; South Eastern and Dover, 22 221 ;
Eastern Counties, 8+ 81 ; Northern and Eastern,
374- 38+ ex div. ; Blackwall, 7 74 ; and Brighton,
33 33+ per share.
The alterations in the rates of exchange were not
materially altered, but were generally firmer—Am-
sterdam, 12 6, 12 6+ ; Rotterdam, 12 6+ ; Antwerp,
12 4+, 124+ ; Hamburgh, 1311 i ; Frankfort,lso4 151;
Paris, 25f. 75c., 25f. 80c.; Vienna, 9 551, 9 56+;
Lisbon, 521 521; Madrid, 36:1 361; and Cadiz, 37 ;
all at three months.

The quotations of the Bonds were--Colombian,
208 21 4; Peruvian, 154 164; • Portuguese Five per
Cents., 35 354 ; the Three per Cents., 20i 211 ;
Spanish Five per Cents., 161 164; and the Three per
Cents., 214 214.
The intelligence from Mexico, as stated this morn-
ing, does not add any particular feature to the former
arrival. Hitherto the Mexicans have shown every
disposition to adhere to their engagements, and by
the present packet the promised allotment of the
Custom-house revenues have been received on account
of the dividends, amounting to 18,000 dollars, smaller,
it is true, than former remittances, but more than
could have been expected in the disturbed state of
the country, had it not been intended to keep faith.
In connexion with this, letters from Buenos Ayres
to the 19th June have come to hand. The same de-
gree of animosity existed between the rival chiefs of
that place and Monte Video. In order to prosecute
the war a forced loan was about to be made to which
all would be equally obliged to contribute, and from
what has already occurred, years may elapse before
the dispute may be terminated. Rosas himself is
seated anything but firmly in the presidential chair.
Here again British commerce suffers most seriously.
Independently of the loans to these countries, the
trade carried on between them and us involves a large
amount, and chiefly on our capital; so that, in fact, the
whole of these people are carrying pn their wars, tri-
fling as they are, with English money. Not one of
them has power sufficient to strike a decisive blow
among themselves, but a long series of petty annoy-
ances ruins our commerce.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. 1
Amsterdam ' CF. 12 9 Gibraltar .. .. 46
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam .2 U. 12 94 Genoa
Antwerp
Hamburgh M. B. 13 15 Yesi.co-..... ............ ... 47
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, per oz 1194
Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 233
Frankfort on Maine—. 1514 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 364 Buenos Ayres ......
Berlin.
Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 959 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto lO PRICES OF BULLION, PER QT.
Madrid
Cadiz 364 Portugal Geld C0in...3 17 5
Bilbao 36 New Doubloons OO 0
Barcelona

Seville

... ....... _ _ _ _
Silver in Bars... .
..... 0 4 14

ORANGEMEN DESCRIBED Dr Q OF TIMM"
SELVES.—We know not whether it is necessary to allude
to the complaint that Lord Eliot admits Roman Catholics
—and especially one very dangerous Roman Catholic,
Mr. Anthony Blake—to his confidence. It may be as it
is stated, but what is Lord Eliot to do ? If Ptotsgant
noblemen and gentlemen will not approach hire, c.wept, tousle
ptaces for themselves or dependrots, 4nti to grumble that
they have not had enough; is hp' not necessarily thrown
Upon the intimacy of Roman Catholics, who have no pre_
tom! for being so importunate.S.tandard.
EXTRAORDINARY RADISII.-40All WaS gathered
the other day out of a gardeti bpliKatug to Mr. P. Daw-
son, maltster, Ashboyng, of the unusual length of 20
inches, nine in circumference, and weighing two pounds
4Pcl titrefi quarters. —Derby Reporter,

and Edward Gladstone, were, about ten days since,
brought before the aforesaid Magistrates on two
charges ; one, of assaulting a certain Frederick Fox
Cooper, which was summarily disposed of by the in-
fliction of a slight fine, and the other of threatening
the life of the same Mr. Cooper, for which the accused
were required to find two sureties in 201. each to
keep the peace for two months, and in default were
committed. We have no fault to find with the com-
mittal of these bloodthirsty comedians, whose "kill-
ing," however, would, we apprehend, have been
"no murder"—for the law which_ imposes impri-
sonment in default of bail is imperative. Our
business lies with the treatment which the comedians
experienced for the three or four hours during
which, while waiting for promised bail, they were
consigned to the tender mercies of the gaoler and
turnkey of the Dover prison. These worthies, who
seem as well skilled as Abhorson in the " mystery" of
their craft, turned those few hours to excellent ac-
count. They not only threatened the unhappy come-
dians with " oakum picking," "bread and water,"
and a " public whipping," but, before they had had
them a quarter of an hour in their custody, they ac-
tually inflicted upon them the degradation of " crop-
ping." that is, cutting their hair short, " after the
fashion of common felons." Having assimilated the
appearance of these unfortunate persons to that of the
common felons of the prison, " they were then
placed amongst the debtors, and ordered not to
speak." Next in order came the threats :—" They
must pick oakum or go without their dinner ;"
" they must be placed on bread and water ;" "if
they did not conform to the rules of the prison they
would be publicly whipped!" Pretty rules these, and
right mercifully enforced ! What part of the world
are we speaking of? Surely of no place in England
—of no town within 70 miles of the metropolis—
within the reach of civilisatiiih.and the Home Secre-
tary ! These occurrences took place on board of
some slave ship or in some remote dungeon in Russia ?
Not a bit of it. The serious drama in which the
two comedians played the principal parts was enacted
in the gaol of Dover, and, as it afterwards appeared,
with the full approbation and concurrence of the wor-
shipful bench of Magistrates, wtor when the case
was fully gone into before' 'them, " after well
weighing the evidence, came to the conclusion
that the Governor of the gaol was perfectly justified
in ordering the hair of the prisoners to be
cut off; and, therefore they dismissed the case."
Weighing the evidence, yes, but not in equal
scales. In the one there were two poor comedians,
light of heart, light of tongue, perchance, of course,
not rich, and very possibly friendless ; in the other
were the bolts and shackles of Dover gaol, the impos-
ing weight of prison discipline and prison authority,
the burly officials,—the gaoler (whom they style)
" Governor ") mind his obedient turnkey—and that
tendency to put all " players" beyond the pale of the
law as " vagabonds" which has influenced the bench
ever since the days when one' Will Shakspeare in-
curred the anger of a foolish country Justice—the type
of the Dover Magistrates. We trust that Sir James
Graham will come to the conclusion of dismissing
these Magistrates from the office which they disgrace.
He will be " perfectly justified" in doing so by the
unanimous voice of the people.