The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-16 00:00:00

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I THE FUNDS-(CLUING PRICES.)
BRITISH FUNDS.
I Bank Stock • l6si India Stock
3 per Cent. Red. ........ 91* Ditto Bonds ..... 28 pm
3 per Cent. C0n5..... 904 Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent. Red.........100i Ditto New Annuities... 881
New in per Cent......... 99j Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 42 pm
Nqw 5 per Cen.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 46 pm
Jan. 1860 ... ..... 14 Bank Stock for A cet ...
Oct. .1859
Jan. 1860 — I Consols for Acct....... 91
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 33
Brazilian Bonds... Prussian, 5 per cent.
BuenosAyres6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent B4 ;Ditto, Metallic ..... .. .... --'
Colombian, 6 per cent — ;Spanish, 5 per cent. ..... 20i
Ditto, 1824 — !Ditto, Deferred....
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent 36a French, 3 per cent. —f. —,..
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 I Dutch, 4 per cent. sli
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 17 I Ditto, 5 per cen:. ..':.. :011
SHARES.
Bristol :aid Exeter (70 paid) ... ...... ... .. 41
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid)
...
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... .... 45
Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid ..
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) ..
Ditto Loan Notes (71 paid)
London and Blackwall ( paid) . ... 9
London and Greenwich Railway 'l2/ 15s 4d pd) 6
London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 61i
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) l7'
Paris and Rouen (16 paid)
South East,trn and Dover 150 paid) 22fr
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)

FRESH APPEAL TO MEN OF ALL

PARTIES.

PROPOSED INTER VIEW WITH THE
ENTIRE CABINET.
It is thought desirable by men whose names, if
we were at liberty to mention them, would command
the highest respect in all parts of the country, that one
more attempt should be made by the manufacturing
and mercantile classes to influence the Government, by
sending up a united Deputation from the merchants and
manufacturers of the principal towns, to represent the
state of trade, not to Sir R. Peel alone, but to the
entire Cabinet. It will be seen that public meetings of
' the city of London and c f the town of Liverpool are to
be held next week ; and possibly gentlemen may be
deputed by those meetings to 'join such a delegation.
It will also be seen that a meeting of the bankers, mer-
chants, and manufacturers of Leeds is summoned by
. circular, and will be held at the Court-House on Mon-
day next, at one o'clock, to consider the propriety of
making one more representation to the Government.
We trust that with a view to show the urgent distress
of the country, the mercantile classes of Leeds, and
also those of Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax, Wake-
field, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, &c., as well
as of the large towns in Scotland and Ireland, will
join in sending Deputies. It is obviously a solemn
duty to leave no stone unturned, that may possibly
convince the Ministry and the landowners of the
alarming nature f this crisis, and of the cruel impolicy
of restricting the trade and food of the people.
Already has the Anti-Corn-law League done its
utmost to obtain a remedy for the ills of the nation, but
while they have made a powerful impression, they have
not succeeded in their final object. Let ethers at this
crisis come forward. Let manufacturers and merchants
who have hitherto held aloof, under the idea that the
movement was chiefly that of a party, now declare that
men of all parties are deeply sensible of the distress,
and share in the apprehension which has been ex-
pressed at the prospect of winter with a starving
population, We trust they will see the urgent ne-
cessity of again requesting from Government at least
the temporary admission of foreign grain free, or at
least at a very low duty—especially as the gifts pf a
bountiful PrOvidence, at this very time, await our
acceptance in rich abundance on the other side of the
Atlantic.

It has been suggested that a single active indivi-
dual in each large town, aware of the importance of
the crisis, might;get a requisition for a meeting of the
merchants, manufacturers, and traders, signed by a
dozen persons, and that the meeting might be held in the
course of a day or two. Were a deputation consisting
of a merchant or manufacturer of the first class,—the
Mayor, or Provost, if possible—to be sent from each
meeting,. and all the Deputies to assemble,—say at the
British llotel, Cockspur-street, on Friday next, at
twelve o'clock, an interview with Ministers might no
doubt be procured for the whole body on the following;
day, which is the most leisure-day of the Govern:
ment. The influence of such a spontaneous and
purely patriotic movement might be decisive ; we are
sure it would be well worth the trouble and expense
attendant on it.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE.—One of the advantages of having a
party so strong as the Conservative party is, that we
can spare a few "deserters," is the reflection by which
the Standard endeavours to console the regrets of its
party under the defection of Mr. Gaily Knight;
whom the organ of the Conservative democracy% de-
nounces with every term of contumely which the
refined vocabulary of our classically correct Contem-
porary could supply. We have extracted the passage
in another place, as an apt illustration of Conserva-
tive character-painting by Conservative organs.
Desertions from and divisions in the camp of the
" strong Conservative party" are of such frequent
occurrence, that we fear the ingenuity of our pro-
verbially inventive Contemporary will be taxed, to
supply some stronger consolation to its party than
that we have alluded to, in which there is more of
spleen than is quite consistent with philosophy. We
rather think the events of last evening portend a further
split in the party, which will sorely shake its con-
stitution, and diminish its vaunted strength. The
champion of High-Churchism last night made a furious
tilt at the Government, in vindication of the claims
og the Church to the exclusive appropriation of the
funds' voted by Parliament for national education.
This the Home Secretary repelled with asperity, and
cgl!ed forth a rejoinder of unabated fierceness.
We commend the entire " passage at arms " to
the careul consideration of the Standard ; and
shall look with some curiosity for the interpretation
of there somewhat ominous signs of the times, and
an explanation as to whether the " strong Conserva-
tive party" out of doors, is as perfectly united as it is
within the walls of the House of Commons. It will
be seen, t hat Sir R. Inglis, having laid it down as an
axiom, that " no plan of education could, according to
the Constitution, be supported by grants of the public
money, which was not based upon the principles of the
Established Church," proceeded to protest against the
opinions on the subject to which Lord IVharilelitle,
the President of the Council, had given utterance in
the House of Lords; and which he hoped were also
at variance with the opinions of the rest of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers, who, he trusted, would not allow that
Noble Lord to be considered on this question Their re-
presentative." Sir James Graham's reply was by no
means calculated to appease the rising wrath of the
High-Church Champion.
STANDARD.—The Conservative party in Parlia-
ment consists of about 700 Lords and independent
gentlemen ; of these at least 650 have no motive that
can be assigned even in imagination for supporting
any party or Ministry, longer than the party or
Ministry suports their favoured principles. .Now,
among 600 or 700 men there must be a diversity of
opinion upon many points, and points of great im-
portance too ; and as the 650 unconnected with
the Government are perfectly independent and
ingenuous men, this diversity of opinion will often
show itself. The exhibition is inconvenient, no
doubt, and, by repetition,'may become injurious ; but
it is the inevitable result of the strength and honesty
of the party, and the utmost that can be desired in
such a cause is to limit, as far as can be done,
saving sincerity and truth, the occasions for it.
Probably, the best means of limiting those occasions I
is, for noblemen and gentlemen to avoid, in the
discharge of their public duties, that didactic or
epicdeictic style which it has been for some years
too fashionable to employ; a style which, in the
transaction of public business sins nearly as much
against good taste as against good policy. There is
no doubt a strong temptation to feeble minds to
extend as far as possible. the sphere of their tri-
butaries of praise ; and when they cannot ob-
tain the applause of friends from, whom they
differ, to canvass the applause of opponents by
blazoning the difference; this, however, is unwor-
thy of any one above the intellectual stature of Mr.
G. Knight; and to such as he, who can do little
harm in ally way, the silly indulgence ought to be
left. Among men agreeing for the attainment or
protection of one great object there ought to he a
great deal of reciprocal concession, but to begin
this concession upon just and liberal terms it must
he commenced with reserve. If on one side lords
and gentlemen will volunteer professions of princi-
ples condemned by others of their party, they chal-
lenge division; if, on the other side, men will not
make allowance for circumstances that may some-
roiin thee liff
i)eru'sdeiit speech
re-
serve some-
times constrain votes, they make a division. Now
w e cannot help thinkinga departure
Lord
W from
larn
ldalluded to last night
serve of which we speak. What on earth was the
necessity to introduce a singing petition, with an
array of latitudinarian comnion-places, upon the sub-
ject of general education ? It
,was a wanton throw-
n^ down of the gauntlet to all who do not hold lati-
tudinarian opinions upon the question, that is, to
nineteen-twentieths of the Conservative party through-
ntri•tile••Cettilltry ; and. Sir-Robert Inghs would have
fulled of the- duty which the country upectS from._

THE

SUIT,

LONDON,

him, and never expects in vain, if he had not taken
up the challenge as he did. On the question of the
Irish education grant we think that there was a
reciprocity of error—the grant is bad in principle,
but the principle has, unfortunately, been made
inveterate and ineradicable, by time ; for it is as
old as the Maynooth grant, and the bad principle
has been made worse in practice by the working
of the Commission ; but it ought now to be remem-
bered that the matter is in good hands, as far
down, at least, as the Government ; and time
ought to be allowed to try what may be done, by a
good practice under a good Government, towards
mitigating a bad principle. Lord Eliot's allu-
sion to the Kildare-place Society, however,
very clearly proves that his Lordship has
been most grosslyriiiiinformed as to the state and cir-
cumstances of Irish education when the new Board
was established. If the Kildare-place Society had
been the inefficient institution he had been taught to
believe, no " National Board" would now exist, no
grant would ever be called for. It was because it was
doing too much, not because it was doing too little
for the people, that the Kildare-place Society was
superseded.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(TIIISDAY.)

HOUSE OF :COMMONS.
LICENSED LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
The clauses up to 30 were agreed to.
Clauses from 30 to 45 were, with some verbal amend..
ments, agreed to.
Clause 46 was postponed.
The remaining clauses were agreed to, the Bill passed
through Committee, and the House resumed.—Report
on Monday.

FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL.
The Order of the Day for going into Committee on
the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, was read.
Captain JONES hoped the Bill would be postponed ;
some parts of the Bill were very good, but others quite
as objectionable.
Lord ELIOT said it was quite impossible to accede
to the wish of the Hon. and Gallant Member, as the
Bill was imperatively necessary. It was generally ac-
ceded to in Ireland, and it had been under the considera-
tion of the Committee for thirty-three days.
The House then went into Committee, and clauses
1,2, 3,4, and 5, were agreed to.
Clauses 6 and 7 were agreed to without amendment.
Clauses 8,9, 10, 11, 12, and .13, were agreed to with
some verbal amendments.
Clauses up to 18 were agreed to.
Clauses 19 and 20 were agreed to with some verbal
amendments.

Clauses up to 36 were agreed to without amendment.
Clauses 37 and 38 were agreed to without discus,ion.
After a desultory conversation, which lasted some
time, clause 39, which relates to the penalties for fishing
within prohibited hours, was agreed to.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to.
The Report was ordered to be received on Tuesday
next.
The House then adjourned at Five o'Clock.

ON THE DEATH OF- THE DUKE
OF ORLEANS.
Twelve years—and yet it seems but yesterday !
Since I beheld young Orleans, at the side
Of his great father, up the crowded wily
In triumph ridel
In all the grace of manhood's early bloom,
Modest he smiled ; and, as the shout rose high,
Bowed to his courser's neck the snowy plume
In mute reply.
That night, I saw him 'mid the festive glare,
Whilst many a loftier beauty sought his glance,
Select a burgher maiden, young and fair,
To lead the dance.
And still, as round him pressed the glittering throng,
And brightest eyes their magic influence shed,
'He looked some fairy prince of ancient song,
Risen from the dead.
But those were Gallic freedom's halcyon hours :
The conquering people threw their weapons down,
To bind with chaplets of the sweetest flowers
Their new-given crown.
Exhausted faction slept ; no murmur rose
To break the concord of the general tone:
It seemed, as though a monarch might repose
Even on a throne !
Since then, twelve years have seen the undaunted sire
By wondrous skill a slippery seat maintain,
Guiding his light-poised car,. and steeds of fire,
With steady rein.
And Orleans waited for the dangerous place,
When Philippe's strength should tail, as fail it must.
Alas ! the sire is weary of the race ;
The son is dust I•
A widowed bride will weep upon his grave,
And orphan-babes lament his timeless fate ;
But worse than all, where is the arm to save
That tottering State ?
0, by the love I bear thy valleys green,
Thy vine-clad hills, and orchards blooming fair,
Thy woods and groves, thy azure sky serene,
And balmy air ;
From deadly feud, and passion's lawless will,
And war's fierce madness, eager to advance—
In this dark hour may Heaven protect thee
Beautiful France !,
—True Tablet.

SILK D U TIES.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL

AND TEMPORAL IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
The J'etition •of the undersigned Journeymen Silk
Weavers of Macclesfield, in the County of Chester,
HUMBLY SIIONYETH,—That your petitioners were
examined in the year 1832 before a Committee of the
Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom,
appointed to inquire into the silk trade ; and the re-
sult of the voluminous evidence delivered decided the
then President of the Board of Trade not to attempt
any further changes in the protection given to the
silk trade, although he might entertain great ideas of
free trade in the abstract.
That, as your Lordships' petitioners' subsistence
depends upon the silk trade, they have collected many
official returns in reference thereto, which they now
respectfully submit for your Lordships' consideration.
In 1824 the British silk manufacture had arrived at
the highest point of prosperity, as by the
Trade and Navigation Returns it took into home
consumption—of raw and thrown silk, 3,877,791 lbs.;
and of knubs, husks, and waste, only 133,257 lbs.
The rapid advance of the silk trade from 1818
was remarkable ; but on the one hand a taste for
the wearing of silk goods had arisen in the coun-
try ; and on the other the introduction of power-
looms in the cotton trade furnished an abundant sup-
ply of weavers, displaced by power machinery. From
time until 1826 the building of factories for the
throwing of silk was extensive ; this operation being
chiefly dependent upon manipulation rather than
steam or water power, silk coming from the worm in
a thread, the integrity of which is not destroyed in any
subsequent stage of its manufacture by any peculiar
machinery, the same easy process being as incapable
of improvement then as to this day, both in this coun-
try and abroad, the whole produce finding a good and
sure home market.
That, in 1824, f ee-trade principles were tried as
an experiment on this prosperous trade, by the reduc-
tion of duties on its raw material of manufacture;
and in 1826 foreign wrought silks were admitted to
he brought into competition with the labour of your
Lordships' petitioners, with a view to induce other
nations to embark in reciprocal principles. From
1826 most disastrous results followed to the silk-trade,
wages were immediately reduced from 40 to 60 per
cent., as proved by the Reports of the Hand-Loom
IVeaVers' Commission, and also the evidence delivered

before the Committee appointed to inquire into the
Silk Trade in 1832 ; inasmuch as the maximum
price paid by the British manufacturer must
be that which would enable him to meet the fo-
reigner in the home market. By official returns it
appears that the revenue derived from raw and throWn
silk, (it being an article of luxury), before it was in-
terfered with, duringseveral years-was about 750,000/,
annually, which, with the duty on soap used, and the
excise on silk printing, raised it to near 800,0001. on
only about 2,400,000 lbs. weight of the raw material.
By the official returns it appears that since 1824 the
annual consumption of raw and thrown silk, in some
degree, has remah)ed stationary at near 3,600,0001b5.
That your Lordships' petitioners respectfully sub-
mit to your Lordship, that if-the Silk Trade had not
been interfered with the 3,600,0001b5. would have
produced a probable revenue of from 1,000,0001. to
1,100,000/. annually, which demonstrates a national
logs of revenue in eighteen years or upwards of
20,000,0001. sterling. Upon this importation of fo-
reign silk goods, however, a revenue of from 200,0021.
to 240,0001. has annually been derived, but by the
fall of wages a far greater loss in exciseable articles
consumed by British artisans has accrued to the re-
venue, and the distressed condition of the hand -loom
weavers and silk workers is proportionately aggra-
vated ; and, therefore, your Lordships' petitioners
conceive themselves justified in stating that the re-
venue has sustained the loss before stated.
That by the official returns there was taken into
hoine consumption of raw and thrown silk 3,477,213
lbs., leaving a deficiency, as compared with 1824, of
400,573 lbs., but of knubs, husks, &c., 1,379,314 lbs,

„ .
Your Lordships' petitioners have to state that 1,000
lbs. of raw silk employ from 409 to 600• hands to
prepare it for the weaver, and that only about fifty
people suffice to prepare 1,000 lbs. of knubs, husks,
&c., into yarn fit fbr the same purpose, which at
the best is but a spurious article called spun eilk.
That by the new tariff, it is proposed to reduce the
3s. 6d. on foreign thrown organzine, on the 2s. duty
on foreign tram; and Is. 6d. on singles, to one uni-
form duty of ls. per lb., without any regard to their
different cost of manufacture.. .

That further, in the schedule of silk duties, it is
Proposed to :educe the 20 per cent. duty on
India silk manufadtures -to 5 - pc/. -cent. ad
valorem. Until the new light of the political
economist had arisen, it waa held desireable, to
prolgote dig groWth of t!..w.rMuultorialitaat.culs*L,,: