The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—Religion, with all its hallowed inspira-
tions—the domestic and social affections, equally essential
to the substantial happiness of the monarch and the pea-
sant—loyalty, comprising ardent affection to the Sove-
reign, attachment to the laws, and devotion to the Throne
—these were present itt3t.he scene which was yesterday
exhibited at the palace of Britain's Queen—on an occa.
sion no less enteresting to her as a parent than a sove-
reign. Without their presence, that occasion, instead of
being, as it doubtless was, pregnant with delightful anti-
cipations, would have been shrouded with gloom, the
precursor of still more bitter sorrows. With them in
active operation, the Queen of England blended the
connubial and parental affections with the gratitude of
a Christian Sovereign, and the delights of a constitu-
tional, hereditary Monarch. She beheld the child of her
heart and the Heir of her Throne received, with the
solemn rites prescribed by its ritual, within the bosom
of the Church, to be henceforth the subject of its
prayers, and especially interested in its blessings. She
listened to the demonstrations of heartfelt loyalty with
which the Nobles assembled within the spacious ban-
quet-hall hailed the infant Prince, the Heir Apparent to
the Throne; assured that from the highest Peer to the
lowliest peasant in her dominions, through the several
descending grades into which society is divided, there is
found no heart which does not respond to those demon-
strations—no voice, however rough its tones and homely
its expressions, which does not join in the fervent hope,
that Heaven will establish her throne in peace—that in
" health and wealth" she may long live and reign ; and
that, when gathered to her fathers, her Son, now the object
of a nation's hopes, may ascend the throne, and that the line
of succession may be perpetuated through her to many ge-
nerations. These were the associations which gave substan-
tial interest to the scene. The mere externals, imposingly
grand and even gorgeous as they were, combining wealth
almost beyond the power of computation, with splendour
wrought up into the multifarious forms which art the
most refined could cause them to assume, would have
been worthless : the merely rich ornamented casket ;
the jewels which would have given to the casket real in-
terest and solid worth having departed from its keeping.
STANDARD.—Let none think slightly of the
pomp and magnificence of the solemnity of yesterday.
It was the duty of the Sovereign and the nation to ren-
der both; for if a proper religious sense tells, that po-
verty may not excuse from such humble worship as
poverty can render, wealth and greatness may not plead
the duty of such humble worship, or the acceptance of
the poor man's prayer, as an apology for offering only a
niggard adoration. The ceremonial of the Prince's bap-
tism was indeed grand and imposing, but no more than it
ought to be, in whatever aspect the occasion is contem-
plated. It was the admission into the Christian Church
of the descendant and representative of a hundred kings,
immediately the representative of a family, blessed by
Providence, and blessing our nation for almost a century
and a half ; the heir of the greatest empire, the most en-
lightened, and the most truly Christian that the world has
ever seen ; and wisely and piously was the Sovereign of
the most powerful and truly Christian nation, beyond
the limits of this great empire, invited to take the
principal part in the august solemnity. Again,
it was, for the nation represented by our Sovereign
and her heir, a renewal of the covenant with that
Divine Being, who has so signally protected and
prospered this nation above all the nations of the
earth. The millions whose prayers ascended, and will
continue to ascend, accompanying those poured forth at
Windsor, be it they proceed from the castle or cottage,
from church or chapel, or closet, make us all partakers in
the great act of worship and praise, as much as if we were
present at it. To appreciate justly the solemnity of
which we speak, to awaken the feeling which it ought to
suggest, we have but to carry back our recollection
to any other age of the Church. We may choose any
epoch, and, comparing it with the present, we must, in
contemplating such a scene as passed yesterday—we must,
if we are Christians, be filled with joy and gratitude be-
yond expression. This is the Christian Church, once the
object of relentless persecution ; this is the Christian
Church, so long the tool of crafty priests and politicians,
and otherwise the object of indifference to both : this is
the Church into which the Sovereign of the most
mighty empire upon which the sun has shone since its
creation—herself an example of Christian grace, in
youth and loveliness, and worldly prosperity, solicits
admission for her infant child,--solieits humbly before
God, but manifesting that humility more evidently by
prostrating before his throne herself and all the
worldly grandeur with which she is invested. This is
the Church in which the millions of this great empire
join in their Sovereign's act of heart worship. Is
not such an advance a pledge to the fulfilment of
His promise who said, " I am with you to the end of
the world ?" Once again, we say, compare the state of
the Christian Church as it exists in England, and as it
was illustrated yesterday by the Court and the nation,
and compare that state with the condition of the Church
in any other nation, and at any other time, and then
you will feel how much reason you have to be grateful
for the period and the country in which it is your inesti-
mable privilege to live.
COURIER.—We regard, and we are satisfied the en-
tire nation will so regard, the presence of his Prussian
Majesty, and the sacred character of sponsor for the
Royal Infant in which he appears, as not the least
auspicious circumstance attendant upon this happy. I
event. Not that we augur any immediate conse-
quence of striking political or national interest as
likely to flow from this signal demonstration of the
good will and the friendly disposition of the Monarch
of a State which, since its regal origin, has, almost
without a pause of interruption, been connected with the
British dominions by bonds of common interest and al-
liance. It can never, we hope, be forgotten in Prussia,
that in moments of utmost need, and in days of fearful
peril, when the Prussian monarchy was shaken to its
foundations, and crumbling into disjointed fragments—
when it was overrun by insolent, deadly, and victorious
foes—and its territories actually parcelled out, or threa-
tened to be, at the caprice of ruthless conquerors, as in
the times of Frederick the Great and Napoleon, Great
Britain stretched out, magnanimously as disinterestedly,
the hand that never faltered in support of an ally, and
never failed to save ; and that what Prjssia now is,
powerful, prosperous, and peaceful, respected abroad
and contented at home, we may, without any vain in-
dulgence of self-laudation, or the remotest desire of re-
calling the remembrance of benefits conferred, claim as
the peculiar work and the glorious achievement of Great
Britain. But, although we may not, as we ought not,
connect political consequences of instant import from the
Royal visit, for in no sense is it possible that the peculiar
and solemn occasion should be desecrated by the intru-
sion of political objects, yet we cannot help the internal
conviction that it is destined to exercise a kind influence
upon the mind, not of Prussia alone, but of the univer-
sal German nation, of which Prussia may now be re-
garded as the virtual, if not the constituted, head. The
German mind has been unhappily too much abused and
embittered of late years against us by the presumed clash
of material interests and commercial rivalries ; and
the incessant efforts of a portion of the German press
to promote disunion and inflame to alienation,
have only been too effectively seconded by the tourisms
of indiscreet and semi-official babblers like Dr.
Bowring. When, therefore, the German States shall
feel and comprehend in the popular reception of
their Chief and representative, the homage of ancient
friendship and unforgotten sympathies, spontaneously
tendered by the British nation to the Fatherland, as-
suredly it must tend to dispel delusions now too preva-
lent, to quench heartburnings artfully fomented, and
to revive more grateful reminiscences of former union
and more congenial sentiments of mutual regard and
good will.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
The unfavourable weather, and the great uncertainty
existing as to the financial and commercial views of the
present Government, continue to exercise an unfavour-
able influence on this Market. Yesterday the demand was
extremely limited ; and, low as were prices previously,
most of those who were under the necessity of selling
found themselves compelled to accept lower prices
yesterday.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, JAN. 24.—There has
been another dull market to-day, with prices similar to
those of last Monday. In the wool-market there has
been very little doing at any prices.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Jan. 26.
(Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.)
. .

CHAPMAN V. THE DRIDGF.WATER AND TAUNTON NAVI-

CATION COMPANY.
In this cause, which stood over from Monday, the
Counsel intimated to the Court that the parties had
come to a private settlement of the disputed points.
BURRIDGE v. How.

The arguments in this part-heard Cause were resumed
to-day ' • and Mr. Cooper was heard at considerable
length for the assignees of Alderman Winchester, on
the question of the assignment of the policies by the as-
signees of Row to the assignees of Winchester.
His HONOUR, in giving judgment, said that the argu-
ments advanced to-day were, in a great measure, the
same as those urged at the previous hearings of the case.
The only point on which the Court had expressed a
wish that the matter should be spoken to again was the
question of the construction of the deed of assignment
of the policies, and upon that point scarcely anything
had been said, and he must therefore conclude that the
Counsel for the assignees supposed that there
was no probability of success upon it, and that it
would be rather against than in favour of them.
His Honour continued of opinion that the question,
" What ought to be done with the fund," which he should
call the 4311., appeared to him atittestion of considerable
difficulty under the peculiar circumstances of the case.
That difficulty, however, existed more in respect of the
title of the assignees of Row than in respect of that of
the assignees of Winchester. It at one time occurred to
his Honour during the arguments not certainly to give
it to the assignees of Winchester. However, having fre-
quently re-considered the subject since the last hearing,
he came to the conclusion that the more certainly safe
course would be to keep back that fund at present, and
give the assignees of Row liberty to apply, if they should
think fit. As he understood it, the fund representing
the dividends had been accumulating since it was
brought into Court, and of course the amount of stock had
been varying every half year. He therefore thought he
should best consult substantial justice, by not letting
Mrs. Burridge, as he was originally disposed to do, re-
ceive the income of that fund, but to retain it and carry
it over to a separate account, to be called the suspense
account ; the accumulations to be continued and carried
over, without prejudice to any question, and with li-
berty to Row's assignees, or any other person, to apply
in respect of that fund as they might_ be advised ; and
then, if the assignees of Row should come before the Court,
on petition either as respondents or petitioners, he
should be ready to hear and disposeof their case. lie
neither encouraged nor discouraged the claim; he merely
said that there was enough to convince him that it was