The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-08 00:00:00

THE S UN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 845.

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last
(Monday) Evening, contained—
The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the
Railway Committees of both Houses.
The Betting at Tattersall's up to Six o'clock.
Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being
full Reports of the Debates in the Ilouses of
Lords and Commons up to a Quarter before Seven
o'clock.

Spain with regard to the sug-,a r dna( s, and to take the
sense of the House upon it.
In answer to Captain OSBOItNE, Sir H. PEEL said that
he was unable to state when the' Landlords and Tenants
(Ireland) Bill would reach that House.
Mr. lIEDINGTON, in asking the intention of the Go-
vernment with regard to the Irish registration, com-
plained that the interests of Ireland were neglected.
Sir E. PEEL, in answer, referred to the Maynooth
Bill, awl to the Irish Colleges Bi:l.
The House then proceeded to consider the question of
privilege which had arisen in consequence of the action
brought by Mr. 1). PHILLIPS against Mr. J. PARROT
for defamatory words spoken by the defendant against
the plaintiff, in evidence given by the defendant before
a Committee of the House.

The plaintiff, who appeared at the bar, expressed his
sorrow at having violated the privileges of the house,
and his willingness to discontinue the action.
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Resolutionsupon the subject were subscquently drawn
up, submitted to-the house, and agreed to.
The Commons Inclosure Bill was postponed till to-

morrow.

The ll,Juse then went into Committee on the Colleges
(Ireland) Bill. After some considerable discussion the
several clauses were agreed to, and the Bill ordered to
be reported this day.
Several Bills were afterwards advanced a stage, and
tht Ilouse adjourned at Two o'clock.

Sir ROBERT PEEL has shown a wiser discretion in
postponing till next session certain Bills which have
not been maturely considered, or which would excite
such opposition that the session must be prolonged to
an usually late period, and after a great deal of hostile
discussion would come out of Committee with greater
defects than contained in their original draft. These
discussions in Committee, with amendment after amend-
ment proposed, some rejected and come adopted, seldom
improve a Bill not founded on right principles. It goes
forth to the public but as patchwork at the best, and in
another year requires some important additions, or a
total reconstruction. The Bills thrown overboard are
only those brought forward by the Government, and we
writ ample einployment'
ture without the fancy Bills introduced by private
Members. Most of these will go to the wall without
any injury, the destruction of some will be regarded
by many as a blessing, and we particularly allude to one
under the keeping of Lord ASHLEY, entitled " A Bill
for the better regulation of the Care and Treatment of
Lunatics in England." A relorm in this department is
much wanted, but the Noble Lord, with all his
humanity, is not just the person fitted for the task. His
Bill abounds with defects,- the cost of the machinery is
enormously expensive, and after all it does not attain
the main objects—the security of the subject against
wrongful imprisonment, and the proper treatment of a
human being when afflicted by one of the severest
visitations of PROVIDENCE. In matters of this kind
we would allow the mad doctors very little
influence. The liberty of no man or woman should be
placed at their mercy. They may be consulted and
cross-examined before a jury, but their warrant should
never be considered sufficient for immuring a fellow-
creature in a madnouse Some of these gentlemen have
openly declared that they consider all mankind mad on
one subject or another, and it is well known that juries
have repeatedly returned verdicts in direct contradiction
to their recorded opinions. Confinement, and solitary
confinement too, is bad enough in any case, but confine-
ment without a just cause is insufferable. For these
reasons, it must be a matter of great regret to all persons
of humane feelings to learn that an important Bill, intro-
duced by Lard BROUGHAM, the " Administration of
Criminal Justice Bill," has been doomed to destruc-
tion, and that before any enactment be 'Dade
fcr abating long, and often unjust imprisonment before
trial, we are to have the tedious formalities of a
Commission, which may sit for years, and, after all, not
throw any new light on a question about which, in fact,
every man has made up his mind. Taking the propor-
tion of acquittals to be one-third of the commitments,
and knowing that many of the persons acquitted
by the grand or petty juries have been confined
like convicts in a gaol for eight months, we are inclined
to think that the injustice, the cruelty, and the ruinous
effects of the system are such, that the Legislature incurs
a fearful responsibility in delaying a remedy for even
twelve months. No atonement, no recompense, no
consolation, indeed, can be afforded to a man who
has been made the innocent victim of a stern law,
sternly and not unfrequently partially administered; but,
at all events, let not absolute cruelty be added to injus-
tice by delaying the proofs of innocence for a period that
would expiate by imprisonment serious crimes. No ex-
pense, no trouble, no difficulties should be allowed for a
moment to obstruct the redress of such a crying
evil. Subscriptions are annually raised for
religious and charitable, and, not unfrequently,
vain objects, to the amount of half a
million sterling ; the country paid 60,000/. in a fatal
experiment for the benefit of the Africans, and it paid
willingly twenty millions to set our colonial slaves
free, yet paltry objections ani obstructions are thrown
in the way of a humane and feasible plan for
shortening the imprisonment of our innocent fellow-
subjects in England. tut we allude not only
to the innocent, but to those imprisoned for trivial
offences, and were a proper system adopted the change
would not entail one penny of additional expense. We
quote the words of Lord DENMAN as a proof:—

" If a man, convicted of stealing a faggot worth one penny, in
a parish where he was perfectly well known, was taken before a
magistrate, and pleaded guilty, expressing his sorrow for what he
had done, the result was, that he might be sent 80 or 100 miles, if
in the county of York, to the assize town, to take his trial; the whole
county being summoned to hear the statement he had made before
the magistrate, while, perhaps, in the absolute mockery of justice, he
might be acquitted after all, when he had been detained in prison
for six months, and the whole county put to enormous expense.
Even the quarter.sessions might impose the same penalty on him.
There ought to be a simpler process for cases of this description,
and many minor matters might be titiggcstiA, he which a great deal
of trouble i.rul expense would be saved."

lfadrrl journal.; of the 30th of June, and Barcelona jour-
nals of the Ist instant, have been received. The capital was
perfectly tranquil, but, according to the Castellano, a dis
turbance had taken place at Seville on the 26th. Crowds
of people assembled in the streets with flags, and uttered
cries in favour of the Constitution of 1837, but they quietly
dispersed on the appearance of some troops.
The Three per Cents. closed at 31% for cash, and 32 9-16
at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 20% for cash, and
21% at 60 days ; and the Passives at 6% for cash, and 7 at
60 days.

Accounts from Paris leave no doubt that the negotiations
respecting the Jesuit establishments in France, between the
French Government and the Court of Rome, have been com-
pletely successful. We quoted yesterday from the Presse a
paragraph to this effect, and the Moniteur of Sunday con-
firms the fact. " The Government of the KING," it sa) s,
" has received dispatches from Rome. The negotiation
with which M. Rossi had been intrusted has succeeded. The
congregation of the Jesuits will cease to exist in France, and
is about to disperse of its own accord. Its houses wiil soon
be closed, and its noviciates dissolved." The Journal des
Debats expresses great satisfaction at this peaceable re-
sult. It would appear that the Jesuits possess at pre-
sent twenty. two establishments in France, and as this
was contrary to the Charter, the Government resolved to en-
force the laws against the order. They preferred, however,
negotiation first; and, adds the Government paper, "thanks
to the enlightened mind of Pope GREGORY XVI., to the
wisdom and experience of his councillors, and, we must also
add, to the frankness of the General of the Jesuits, the cause
of legality, prudence, and peace ultimately triumphed. All
the demands made by the French negotiator were acquiesced
in, and we have reason to know that the Superiors of the esta-
blishments of the Jesuits in France have already received an
order from Rome to conform to the intentions of the Holy See.',
This termination of the dispute for the present is quite in cha-
racter. The Jesuits bend before the storm, and quietly
await the returning calm to raise again their standard.
Their organ, the Univers, thus mourns over the calamity,
but looks forward to better days :—" This intelligence, for
which our correspondence from Rome little prepared us, fills
us with sadness. Nothing, however, can shake our faith.
The Jesuits will submit to the orders of Rome. The Church
of France will struggle without them as it had struggled for
them. Their departure takes nothing from its rights, and
adds to its duties. GOD will not permit its courage to be
damped by trials." The following extract of a letter from
Trieste appears in the Presse :—" General GRIVAS, it is
said, has been killed in a duel by General KA-
LERGI, Aide-de-Camp to King OTIIO. if this rims be true,
there is reason to fear that serious disturbances will take
place at Athens, where there are at this moment 2,000 irre-
gular troops, all devoted to General GauvAs, their chief, and
the most illustrious of those who have been placed at their
head during the war of independence."
Letters from Constantinople of the 19th ult., announce the
arrival of the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE in that capital.
At TORTONI'S, on Sunday, the Three per Cents. were done
at 83f. 30c.

The following are the quotations, at Marseilles and
Lyons, for the new lines of railway :
MARSEILLES, JULY 2.—Marseilles and Avignon, 982 f. 50e. ;
Boulogne, 610 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 665 f. , • ViLI •Zur,
7351. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 535 f; ; ditto
(Sebastiani), 5121. 50c. ; ditto (Cornpagnie Meridionale),
505 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta) 502 f. 50c.
LYONS, JULY 2.—Avignon and Marseilles Railroad, 971 f.,
end of July ; Paris and Rouen, 1,080 f., ditto ; Orleans and
Vierzon, 737 f., ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 660 f., ditto.;
Montereau, 525 E, ditto.

THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS IN IRELAND.—The
Lord. Lieutenant is in communication with the Lieutenants of the
Count►es of Cavan, Leitrim, and Roscommon, on me subject of pro.
claiming the dssturbed baronies in those counties. There is only a
small portion of Roscommnn in a disturbed state, but nearly all the
other counties are afflicted with Ribboniern.