The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-01 00:00:00

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ways to enable thousands to be carried from one end of
the island to the other, there are some hundreds in
moral Scotland who neglect to observe the Sabbath that
the Ministers and the Elders of the Kirk may enjoy the
luxury of a comfortable hot dinner. This is eery well
known to the Presbytery of Edinburgh, to whose peti-
tion Lord GALLOWAY called the attention of the Govern-
ment. Lord WHARNCLIFFE promptly stated the Go-
vernment might as well think of putting an end to
travelling altogether ; and he censured the excessive
zeal of the people of Scotland upon this subject. Lord
CAMPBELL concurred in this opinion, and observed that
in Scotland the notions that prevailed respecting the
observance of the Sabbath were very extravagant. He
also ridiculed the absurdity of permitting turnpike-tra-
velling, and preventing the running of railway trains.
Certainly, if a distinction were to be made on the ground
of Sabbath-breaking, as the people of Scotland consider
it, but which we hold to be no breach of the Sabbath, such
distinction ought to be in favour of railway travelling.
In travelling by the stage-coach on the turnpike-roads,
the carriage of nine or ten passengers gives employment
to two horses, a coachman, and a guard, besides hostlers
and grooms at the different stations. Now, on the rail-
way less manual and animal labour is necessary to carry
a thousand passengers. As to the mere act of sitting in
a railway carriage, or walking to and from the nearest
station, it is in the abstract no more a sin than sitting at
home in a chair, or walking to the parish church.
We are surprised that the ultra-religious portion of
the people of Scotland. who contend for the Jewish, and
not for the Christian observance of the Sabbath—who
insist upon the letter, and not the spirit of the Fourth
Commandment, do not themselves observe it to
the letter. If no work at all is to be done, and
travelling be work, then do they violate the Sab-
baths as much in walking to Church as ever did
stage-coachman in driving on that day a pair of horses
from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Now in Scotland the
saints both light fires and cook dinners, violations of
the Sabbath which the Jews would have punished by

stoning.
We are sometimes inclined to think that it would have
been happy for the world had a knowledge of the pre-
cious doctrines of the New Testament preceded that of
the old in Europe by a thousand years. We should then
have been Christians indeed, and the Old Testament
would have served to confirm us in our faith ; whereat
now the so-called religious people among us are not
Christians but Jews, owing to their making the Old
Testament as much the rule of their faith and guide of
their lives as the Gospel of CHRIST. In Scotland espe-
cially, the Old Testament is ten times as often quoted in
religious discourses- as the New, even in churches.
Hence the Jewish outcry about the observance of a
Sabbath which Gm) gave to the poor for rest, for prayer,
and for innocent amusements, which in his pure eyes are
most acceptable sacrifices.

An 4,xpress from Madrid announces the resignation of
the Cabinet. We regret this, especially the retirement
of the Minister of Finance, who, while in office, acted
1 ery honestly.

The French Chamber of Deputies got through the
Budget on Monday. The great business of the session
is thus over, and we may expect a dissolution of the
Chamber in July.
The reports of more conspiracies to kill the KING at e
rife in Paris.

The King has received from his Royal Highness the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, a letter in answer to the cre-
dentials of M. de Tallenay. His Highness the Duke of Saxe
has written a letter to the King announcing the matriage
of his Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg to the
Princess Alexandrina Louisa Amelia of Baden, daughter of his
Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden.
The King has received from the Diet of the Swiss Confede-
ration, an answer to the notification of the birth of the
Count d'Eu.
The General Board of Bridges and Highways have examined
the question relative to the enlargement. of the pot t of Havre.
It has .dop ed the plan of M. Renaud with regard to the pro •
longation of the basin of La Monde, and the construction of a
dock parallel to the basin Vauban, reserving the question of Rio
new entrance, and providing for the necessity of the mii.ment by
the improvement of the present channel. .
130 URSE---PAuls, MoNDAY, MAY 30.
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Price Price Prio. Pyte .
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SUN OFFICE Three o' Melt

The rage fur introducing 13:11s, o: (dense.; as riders to
B:11,, into Parliament for regulating and controlling the
a •lions, habits, and trade of individuals, as well as
elaases, is become altagather insufferable. Every sea -
sion brings forth some new scheme for harrassing the
pubic, under the hypocritical pretence of promoting re-
ligion and virtue, but in reality to gratify the vanity,
power, and paltry ambition of petty tyrants, who coin-
plaeentty regard themselves as the only " holy ones of
the earth." The PAKINCTONS and the PLumprer.s, in- '
stead of looking at their own faults and sins, are occu-
pied entirely with the doings of their neighbours,
and whenever tht se come in collision with their
own miserable preconceived opinions of virtue and vice
they are struck with horror at the wickedness of the
age. These immaculate Arcadians then commence in the
same strains, and exclaim " This must not be allowed—
to drink beer or travel on Sunday is a crying sin ; the
nuisance must be put down by the strong arm of the
law ; an Act of Parliament must be framed to punish
the malii,gnants." And forthwith they lay their heads
together, craw up a Bill, manufacture petitions, and, day
after day, annoy all the rational Members of the Ifouse,
with their impracticable schemes, and unmeaning ha-
rengues. What right have they to tell a fellow-creature
when he shall eat, and when he shall drink, and when
he shall walk ? They have no authority from Scripture,
nay, they are absolutely forbidden by the sacred volume,
to meddle with a brother respecting the observance of
the Sabbath ; and presume upon the brief power and au-
thority conferred oa thetn as Members of Parliament, to
take into their keeping, the consciences, the morality, and
religion of the whole of the community. This, to say the
least, is insolent assumption, and every man that regards
freedom, and above all, the freedom of the mind, revolts
at the idea of being restrained by the bigoted doctrines or
such empirics. The laws for the observance of the
Sabbath, and for preserving order in public-houses, are
already sufficiently strong for all useful purposes, and
we can therefore regard these attempts es springing
chiefly from a morbid lust of power, and a vain desire
to show their importance as legislators, and exercise
uncontrolled jurisdiction at Quarter Sessions. It
is high time
„for the Government to interfere.
Sir ROBERT PEEL does not concur in the views of these
men. He has ever opposed the Sabbath schemes of
AGNEW and PLnMPTRE, and it is therefore not fair to-
wards the community to allow, session after session, plans
like these to be brought forward, which unsettle and
injure the trade and property of numerous classes, and
actually bring Acts of Parliament into contempt. A
deputation from a numerous and respectable body—the
licensed victuallers--has been sent up from the country,
;at great expense and inconvenience, to protest against
the motion of Mr. PAKINGTOS, which stands for this
evening, and we confidently trust Sir ltonEwr PEEL,
will settle the question, and put the fears of these per-
secuted men at rest. • What injury can he suffer by
Expressing his own. sentiments manfully ? He will be
supported by all the sense and worth of the House. He
will be applauded by the community at large, and in de-
nouncing these Pharasaical doctrines would obtain a
claim to public support, which, owing to their conduct on
this question, the Whigs shamefully cast away.

HAILWAN SHARES. --
Versailles.R F.
140 140 .„ 135 ... I:is 75
Rowni ........ ........ L(l5 ... 537 50 ... 537 50
Url~nus

Stia.hurg to 8a1e... .

BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

Her Majesty and H. R. H. Prince Albert hfc
Buckingham Palace at two o'clock this day to
hold a Levee at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty
looked exceedingly well, and bowed very graciously
to the continued lines of crowd, who cheered and
welcomed 119 r M^jesty with great cordiality.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE and Mr. VERNON
SMITH deserve the thanks of the country for having
brought before the 1-louses of Lords and Commons last
night the disgusting theatrical exhibition made of
DANIEL GOOD by the authorities of London, in the
Chapel of Newgate on the Sunday previous to his
execution. We ourselves read the report of the
assemblage of ladies, of the parade of the miser-
able man on the brink of eternity, and a sum
mary of the sermon preached on that occasion,
with commingled feelings of indignation and loathing.:
The language made use of by the Chaplain, was themost improper for such an occasion that ever proceeded
from the mouth of a Minister of the Gospel. The Go-
vernment, we are' happy to find, took the same view of
the affair that we did, but Newgate being within the
jurisdiction of the Loan MAYOR, the Ministers of the
Crown were withheld by a feeling of delicacy from
interfering. Wes.,,do not like to speak harshly
of the females who attended this exhibition of
human atrocity, but from our hearts we pity the
husband or father whose wife or daughter was among
the number. We would not for the world be in the
situation of either.

MONEY :ad COMMERCIAL NEWS.
ulTl', QUARTER TO ?MEE.

Very unusual for the day on which the Bank books close
previously to the dividend, but little business has been done in
the English funds. The market is exceedingly firm, and prices
generally are a shade higher than yesterday, with an appearance
of further improvement. The run has been chiefly on the
heavy stocks. Consols are 924 fur Money, and 933 for the
15th July. Three per Cents. Reduced, 914 ; Three-and-a-
Half per Cents. 99L- ; ditto Reduced, 1003 ; ditto New, 1013.
Bank Stock, 167; ; India Stock, 250 252 ; India Bonds.
22 23 ; and Exchequer Bills, which are Is. higher, Old, 41
43 ; Advertised, 36 38 premium.
Foreign Securities are all good, and the Dutch rather
higher, the Two-and-a- Half per Cents. being 53i 531, ant
the Five per Cents. 101 101 i ; Belgian, 102 103 ; Danish, BC3
813 ; and Brazilian, 67 68.
Rather more inquiry has existed for Shares, but a trifling
decline has occurred in prices the transactions are but
limited, being confined to South Western, 62i 63 ; Great
Western, 89 90 ; New, 614 62 ; Brighton Loan Notes, 701 ;
South Eastern, 261 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 4i.
The Bonds quoted to-day are Colombian, 263 ; Spanish Five
per Cents., 22i 224, and the Three per Cents., 233 234.
It will be seen that the quotation for Spanish has materially
declined. This is owing to the intelligence that Senor Rull,
the Finance Minister, is no longer in office ; but why this
effect should have been produced by his dismission is not to be
accounted for, since.by his acts he completely belied his profes-
sions to the English creditors, and if anything is to be gained, it
has long been evident that it must be from the opposition.
Further accounts from Sydney, to the 2d February, have
been received. The peculiar state in which that country is at
present placed from the want of labourers to attend to that
now important branch of its prosperity, wool growing, had at
length began to excite attention. The unfitness of converted
Europeans for shepherds had for some time been so apparent
that the community in general refused to employ them as such,
and the cultivation of sheep is stated to be a losingoceupation, if
snore than 151. to 201. per annum be paid for wages. These indi-
viduals benefited the colony far more by being employed in
forming roads and such like internal improvements, for which the)
were well adapted, than in being forced into an occupation in vs bids
they could not succeed. The question of importing coolies
had also been mooted, but decided in the negative by all par-
ties, from the Governor downward, and the failure of the
emigration fund had prevented any expectation of a supply by
means of that source. It was intended under the circumstances
to hold public meetings, in the expectation that some plan
might be devised to remedy the evil.
A kind of fete had been held to celebrate the fifty-fourth
anniversary of the landing of Governor Hunter at Sydney, then
called Botany Bay. At the dinner which was given on the
occasion some interesting accounts were stated of the progress
made since, and Rowe ter gloomy particular letters may be, no
doubt can exist that, in a very short time, Australia must be-
come the most valuable of British dependencies.
Some later intelligence from New Zealand is found in these
papers.. It appears that parties are being frequently sent out
to explore the country and report fit locations for new settle-
ments; the information furnished by them leads to the conclusion
that the fertility and capabilities of the island, and those sur-
rounding it, have not been so greatly exaggerated as has too
frequently been the case with new colonies.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 31.—Prices remained
perfectly steady, and 4,000 bales met with purchases at the
previous quotations, of which 500 American were for ex-
portation.
LIVERPOOL. SHARE MARKET, MAY 31.—Twotransactions
were reported to-day, and the Market, generally, was dull.
The sales were altogether confined to Eastern Counties Debt n-
tures, 101. 16s. Bd., ditto New, 41. 19s. 2d. ; North Midland
Thirds, 211. Bs. 4d. ; South Eastern, New, 64.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, May 31.—We cannot
report any improvement in our market. Our only quotations
are—Bristol and Exeter, 434 ; London and Birmingham,
Quarters, 36i ; Manch
CLOSINGester and
PRICES Leeds. Quarters, si.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock 1674 India Stock .251 pm
3 per Cent. Red. ...... 913 Ditto Bonds .... 24 pm
3 per Cent. C0n5....
3i per Cent. Red 1003 Ditto New Annuities...
New 31 per Cent... lOll Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 43 pm
New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001...... 41 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small
—..„

The people of Scotland are considered second to none
in the world in the general exercise of strong, sound
common sense. The tone' of their minds is healthy,
and save upon a few speculative theories in religion,
they are eminently a practical people. But the obser-
vance of the Sabbath is one of those points upon which it
seems impossible to 'a ke them rational. Had they
lived in the days of our BEDEEmea's sojourn on earth,
we verily believe that they would have joined
the Pharasaical Jews in accusing him of a
breach of the Sabbath, for choosing on that
day to open the eyes of , the blind. They have
taken, it seems, an invincible dislike to railway travel-
ling on Sundays, and last night the Earl of GALLOWAY
presented, in the house of Lords, a petition fcom the
Presbytery of Edinburgh, praying that a Bill might be
TaS-Nd to prevent such travelling on Sundays altogether.
The is nu mode or travelling in which so little labour
is performed by man or beast as by railway. Steam is
not, surely, in the eye,‘ of the Presbytery of Edin-
bur* a responsible being, and steam does all the we k
in ,railway travelling. For one man employed un rail-

Jin. 1860 ...... "12 9-161

Bank Stock fur Acct....

Oct. 1859 ... l2 7-16IIndia Stock for Acct....
Jan. 18:;0 124 IConsols for Acct....... 93i
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... __. n
(Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent 'Ditto, New Ditto 37i
Brazilian Bondi— 67 ;Prussian, 5 per cent....
Buenos A yres 6 per cent — Russian, 5 per cent.....,
Chiban, 6 per cent — :Ditto, Metallic ..... .. ....
Colombian, 6 per cent — 'Spanish, 5 par cent.. 22i
Ditto, 1824 :26i Ditto, Deferred.... loh
Danish, 3 per cent
3 2
C6ola) curt (t
81i French, 5 per eel-A.120N —e.
1825, 5 per cent. lExchange ........... —f —c.
363 French, 3 per cent. —f.
—c.
Mexican, Greek,
Ditto,
__.. ; Ditto, 5 per cent..,
...
,i
6Pserpecre
icoe.n cent
637
Dutch, 2s; ler cent....... 53
Peruvian
SHARES.
Eastern
Railway (23 laid) ... ...... 9i
New Sharesi.: - - paid) ..... ......... 4/ 191 thl
Ditto
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid)...... ...
~ __ et,,,,s ( 3 Paid' 4i

Ditto New Shares-(
Great Western Railway (05 pa►d) ••• •
Ditto New Sharea (50 paid) ............... 62i
London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ......... • 3511
Litto Loan otes (7i paid) ...•••••••••••• 7i
London and Birmingham (90) ...... • 178
London anti South Western (431 15s Odpd) 63
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ..• •• -
Ditto New Shares ( 30 p .i•! ........ •••
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto Ilall Shares (40 paid)...
Ditto Third: ( paid)
Paris and Rouen (16 paid)
South Eastern unit Dover (50 paid)
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) ..... 924

33
011 3s 4t'

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNEWAY EVENING-, JUNE 1, 1842.

ATTEMPT on the QUEEN'S LIFE.
0r„,,, A CORRESPONDENT.
It has been already stated that the result of the examinations
taken by the Privy Council, was the committal of the prisoner
to Newgate to take his trial upon the charge of high treason'
and although it has been considered prudent by the authorities
to prevent the evidence which led to this result being made
public, our correspondent has been enabled to ascertain the
character of a great portion of it, and the facts upon which
the prisoner stands committed.
The evidence tended to show that the prisoner was observed
standing about different parts of Constitution-bill before the
Royal carriage appeared in sight, but it did not appear that any
particular notice was attracted to him or to his movements.
The act of discharging the pistol appeared to bo
an almost instantaneous one, and the greatest extent
of the witnesses' evidence, is that it was pointed in the direc-
tion of the carriage, but none of them could say positively
whether it was pointed at her Majesty. It, however, distinctly
appeared in evidence, that the pistol exploded, but as yet there
is not the least evidence to show that the weapon was loaded
with ball, as although strict search has been made in the neigh-
bourhood of the spot where the outrage took place, no
traces of a pistol ball could be discovered. When these
main facts had been deposed to, it was intimated to
the Privy Council that inquiries were still going on,
and there was reason to believe that other witnesses
might be procured, although it could not be then stated that
their evidence would be material, or to what portion of the
case it would apply ; and a discussion took place between the
Law Officers of the Crown and Mr. Maule, as to the propriety
of again remanding the prisoner. The result of that discus-
sion was, that there being a clear prima facie case made out
on behalf of the prosecution, in support of the charge, that
it would be better not to keep up the anxiety in the public
mind by remanding the prisoner, but that the more
prudent course would be, to commit him for trial, and
should any fresh evidence of a material character
be brought to light, it would be in the power
of the Crown to produce it at the trial. The prisoner is, of
course, entitled to a copy of the depositions against him, and
our correspondent is informed that an application has already
been made for the copy, by a prefessional gentleman, in behalf
of the prisoner ; and it is understood that an assurance has been
given that the copy of the. depositions, when complete, shall be
given to the prisoner's adviser, in sufficient time to enable him
to prepare his defence.
It is highly satisfactory to know that not the
least suspicion appears to exist in the minds of
the authorities, or on those engaged in getting up the
prosecution, that the prisoner had any accomplices, and up
to this time his motive for committing the atrocious act ap-
pears to be quite inexplicable, the circumstance of the previous
attempt on the Sunday, however, showing it to be a cool and
premeditated one.
Every endeavour has been made by search and other-
wise to ascertain the fact whether the pistol was loaded
with ball, but hitherto without success. It will be re-
membered that the same difficulty occurred in the case
of Oxford, his counsel, the late Mr. Sydney Taylor, arguing
strongly that as there was an absence of proof that the
pistol was loaded with a " leaden bullet," and as this was the
very gist of the charge, that he must be acquitted, and it will
be recollected that, in the first instance the jury, upon that occa-
sion, returned a verdict " That the prisoner was guilty of dis-
charging a pistol at her Majesty, but that there was no evidence
to show whether it was loaded or not;" and the Counsel for the
prisoner agreed that this was tantamount to an acquittal, and a
long argument took place upon it, the difficulty being even-
tually got over by the jury amending their verdict, by acqui'-
ting the prisoner on the ground of his being insane at the time
he committed the act.
Our Correspondent has Lad some conversation with the
young man Elarn, with whom the prisoner had been lodging,
and who, it will be recollected, he robbed of some money under
the circumstances that have already been detailed, and he de-
scribes him as being a quiet, well-behaved young man, not at all
violent in his character or conduct, and, as he says, the
last person he should have thought capable of committing
such an act of outrage. He states that he hail latterly not
been in regular work, and he appeared rather desponding, and
he was aware that he was in very bad circumstances; and his
conduct on opening the tobacconist's shop at such a time
appears most extraordinary.
It shou d bo stated, that at the close of the inquiry be-
fore the Privy Council, the Noble Lord who presided
addressed the prisoner , and after the depositions • had
been read over, told him that what he had just heard
read would close the inquiry for that time. If he
pleased to ask the witnesses any questions, or have any
of them recalled, he was at liberty to do so. The prisoner in.
timated that he haul no questions to ask. He was then told
that he rdglit make any statement, or say what he pleased in
answer to the charge, but lie was strictly cautioned that what
lie said would be taken down and produced in evidence against
him at the trial. 'llse prisoner replied " Then I shall say
nothing now ;" and the warrant of commitment having been
made out, this closed the proceedings.
The next session of the Central Criminal Court commences
on Alonday the 13th June, and the prisoner, in orilina-y
course, would be tried on the succeeding Thursday or Fri-
day, but the general impression is that die trial will go over
till the July sessions.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENiwo.
BET i ING ON THE NEWTON MANOR CUP.
3 to 1 agst CJilina (taken), 5 to 1 agst Portrait, 5 to 1 agst
Bellona.
Alice Hawthorn not i ipected to run. The Squire and
Reti lever have been scratched.
GOLBORNE STAKES.
Even on Maria bay, 3 to I agst Xanthus, 6 to I agst
Gipsey Queen.