The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-16 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'clock.

The SPEAKER of the House of Commons has behaved
in a most unwarrantable manner to the Non-Intrusionist
clergy of Scotland, and he may be very thankful that
he does not belong to the Kirk, for excommunication
would have been the slightest punishment the General
Assembly would have deigned to inflict upon him
for his wanton cruelty., The Member for Argyleshire
some months ago brought in a Bill to regulate the
exercise of Church patronage in Scotland; the hopes of
the party, consequently, were greatly excited ; the
Government, they fondly imagined, were inclined to
listen to their claims, as ut the request of the
Home Secretary the
.Bill was postponed for six
weeks, in order. that matters might be arranged,
and Wednesday, the 15th of June, was finally settled
for the discussion of this important measure. A great
number of gentlemen, according to the statement of the
Right Honourable Member for Edinburgh, posted up to
London to be present, at the debate ; they had
obtained Speaker's 'orders fbr admission, and were
waiting in breathless anxiety for speeches trout Mr.
CAMPBELL, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Mr. Fox MAULS,
when, to their utter astonishment, they found themselves
wickedly deceived. lifter the ico had been broken by
the great patron of the Non-Intrusionists, Mr. Fox
Mama:, the SPEAKER rose and said, " The Bill in-
terfered with the patronage of the Crown, and should
not have been intruductd, without the consent of her
MAJESTY. Under these circumstances I think the
House Of Commons cannot permit the measure to pro-
ceed farther." Cruel mockery I . Did nut Mr. SPEAKER
know when the Bill 'was introduced, that the
Crown had the patronage of nearly one-half
of the livings, and that before Mr. CAMPBELL
could move one step, the cunsent'of the Crown must be
obtained ? Sir Romer PEEL .of course knew this
quite well also, yet he hai allowed these men to march
up and march down again; like the French King's mot,
without the slightest attempt to atone .or the insult.
He would not promise the QUEEN'S consent, because
it would be contrary to a_..,precedent fully established in
1833, and the Hon.. Member for Argyleshire must there-
fore seek some other mode of bringing on the question.
No wonder that Mr. Fox Matrix. was in a towering
'passion when he found that he and his party had been
led on such a goose chase, and that the Premier only
added to the insult by refusing to yield one inch. All
that could be obtained was the appointment of a day, the
sth of next month, for diScitssing the question, and, we
trust, Sir R. PEEL will throw no obstacles in the way of
this arrangement. It is desirable that the question
r.hould be set at rest, vast numbers in Scot-
land are greatly interested in the matter,
..and are anxious to have a decisive answer from the Go-
'vernment. The forty deposed Clergymen should not be
thus left in suspense, and some regard also should be
had for the feelings of those who are exposed to a similar
visitation.

If we may judge from the capricious and conflicting
tone of some of their daily organs, and the significant
hints dropped, accidentally, as it were, from time to
time in the House of CoMmons, by those who usually
act with them, the Tory
.Party would seem to be in a
very unsettled, uneasy, and even ricketty condition.
True, they have a majority, but it is not one to be re-
lied on at a pinch, but is liable to a thousand fluetua-
. tions. While one section of the Tories " goes the whole
hog" _ with the Minister, another gives him but a quali-
fied support, and a third intimates pretty plainly its sus-
picion that he is unfaithful -to his trust. On great occa-
sions, when their very existence as a dominant party
is jeopardized, they may make a momentary show of
unity; but, generally speaking, they are no longer, like
the old man's bundle of faggots, bound firmly and
strongly together in the bonds of one common interest -;
but are a mere loose collection of sticks—and such
sticks!—liable at any time to be displaced, snapped, and
scattered to the winds. Sir Romer PEEL, in fitet,laa
succeeded in completely unsettling them, and4litiging in
the apple of discord among . them ; and more than once
during the session, both he mid they have owed their
safety to the timely support affirleil them by the Oppo-
sition. • Never were a Chiet. and his clan placed in a
queerer position towards each other ! While he pro-
fesses to lead them, by virtue of his .vigilant attention to
their interests, lie does his utmost to impair those in-
t.:rests ; and they in return, while formally acknowledg-
ing him as their head, .lend him a sullen, reluctant
support, and now and then break .out into open
mutiny, and flatly refuse to.' march through Coventry'
with him. Have any of-Our readers ever seen a pig-driver
conducting a refractory porker to Smithfield ? If they
have, they will not easily forget it, for it is one of the
most amusing exercises of ingenuity that can possibly be
witnessed. The man, well -knowing the obstinate nature
oof the brute he has to deal with, holds him fast by a
string attached to his leg.. which, however, lie pulls with
great gentleness, so as to lead the animal to suppose
that he is taking his own direction. Thus by dint of
coaxing and adroit management, and giving a slight tug
when he wishes him to gee down a particular street,
he gets him, say, as far as the purlieus of
Smithfield, and is &ready beginning to congratulate
himself on his success, when suddenly the stubborn brute
comes to a dead halt, and refuses to go an inch further!
In . vain the poor driver tug; and thumps, and endea-
vours by all possible stratagems to persuade him to alter
his resolution ; his efforts are wholly unavailing ; and
at length, driven, to desperation by the swine's invincible
obstinacy, he gives the string one mighty jerk—it snaps
—off goes the emancipated animal—and the bewildered
driver, like Sir JOHN Moons, is " left alone with his
glory!" Sir R. PEEL'S management of the Tories is just
a parallel case with the above. He is the pig-driver,
arid they are the pig. The, string with which he holds
them fast, and by which, he, hopes to lead them in his
-own direction, is their sense of self-interest. Of course
he handles this guiding agent ith the greatest care
and adroitness, so as •to give them the least
possible alarm ; but wishing them on some particular
occasion to take a road different to that which they have
selected for themselyes, he tugs at the string somewhat
too strenuously—and offgo his party, and he is left alone,
cut sing his infatuation in ever having consented to lad
them ! This dilemma has certainly not yet befallen our
Tory pig-driver, but let him carry out his free-trade
theories a little more boldly, and there needs no great
sagacity to predict that his pig will leave him in the
lurch long before he reaches his journey's end. The
awkward truths blurted out by the Tories the other
evening, in the House, when he was absent at Windsor
Castle, is a proof of what he.has to expect, if he tugs
too strongly at the string which binds him to his party !

We have received the Palls Journals of Tuesday,
which contain long loatling articles on the dissolution of
the CliAwihers. The journal des Debat.,, after praising
in high terms the principles on which the Cabinet lil.vu
acted, ar.d particularly during the last session, thus ap-
peals to the electors : _

The electors will do well to, elect, without vaying atten-
tion to a mere shade of politics, a majority ! which never al-

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lowed shades of opinion to operate Ashen it we, hettfnnarl
rescue the country from the disastrou-• consequences w
tv
errors of M. Thiers. Mere shades of
moptnion never diar;
a majority its disunion must have its origin in rivaiV
is, meal passions, and; envenomed pretensions, trud t o.',
;
there has been none in the majurity of October 29. But
majority—we do not fear to declare it in the fa,v of 1
whole country, and thereby render justice to the Ml'vistel
this majority, we say, owed much to the firmness of the
bittet, the union of its members, and the simple, frank, 1
straightforward conduct of the Government. Dutittg 1;
two last years have we bad those internal debates, lg
upset more minorities than votes ot the Chambers? The'
position of ten raises an outcry. against the exclusive spirit
the Cabinet, and accuses, particularly M. Guizut of sekno:
ledging no other shade of opicion than his own, and of prettc',
inns it mercilessly to others. Facts reply victoriously to ,1
calumny, for what Cabinet ever showed itself more favoura
to the spirit of conciliation than the Cabinet of Octoberi,.!
What I'slinistry has laboured more happily to unite togett,
real conservators and good citizens of every shade, with`
demanding from any person the ,saerifice of his ol'ig'W,
Does not the very composition of the Ministry offer},
example of enlarged conciliation? In questions,
e
tome dissent manifested itself amongst the majority—in
of electoral ref,rm fur instance--the Ministry procilin:.
loudly their police; but in dung se, did they exclude
majority. did they treat as adversaries those who, es 'hi', gr,
cial question, professed a different (pinion ? With uho
then, was it that Mieisters ought to have formed an oPfni's
Was it with their sworn enemies? With M. Thiers? tenth
Odilon-parrot? There was oule one line of recolt"?'";',
open—that of the Conservative party—and the. Nln'e
adopted it both in their own body and In the Chamber.
their .own example they inculcated union, the sacrifice
particular interests for the general good, and the giving t,.
of small matters to achieve great ones. In a,eord,
years Pearce has been governed, and let the electors not fc4
that she is so, because there has been not a confusion of
ties -that would lie a political chaos—but the drawing tog,
of the elements of the same party, a united Ministry and 1°1;,
majority. At present the country has her destines i"
own hands, to be strengtheted ot destroyed as she Ple,ag„
This majority, which has saved France, may be consogg':',
or mly b.! dissipated into dust.' Let her make her ebwc;
but,n"
doing so, let* her not forget- that majorities o" ci
strived are not reconstructed, except under the pressure
some grand danger, or some political calamity. I‘lo„,fint
more easy than to maintain the present majority. i'""t"--,
would be more diffi'cult than to reconstruct after having on
dissolved it. For our own parts, we have confilence in tar,
triotism of the electors, and we reckon on the sound reasq'
the couutry.
The Opposition journals generally take a very cliff°,
ent view of the late Chamber, and, far from reconintes',
log. that ;the electors should reform it on the old moat
urge them to infuse as much Radical blood as pos'ib
into the new body. The Courrier Francais, i 0 I
language on this occasion very much resembles its ctg:
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temporaries of the different shades of Opposition+,
however disunited in other things, are cordially tigr7"
•
in their efforts to overthrow the present Ministry,: ,
Thu Constitutionnel disapproves of the- period P t
year which has been chosen for the dissolution. It till'al;
it ought to have been delayed until August, so t1“11 ,
convocation of the new Chamber might have been
November, for the dispatch of business, thus complYi,
with the constitutional law, which requires that & e
Chamber shall assemble within three months after
dissolution of the former Chamber..
The following are the only other extracts worth 110.-
cr
A violent thunder-storm broke over Brest on the 10th, /tI:,
hail of enormous size, which broke the windows and the 911,
of the roofs. The lower streets of .the city were under 01;
the quays were transformed • into furious torrents. .A.l°
woman, carried away by the waters, was taken from a "e,r
a deplorable condition, and expired in a few minutes. 'l'"`i
of Brest also suffered. The roofs over the vessels that area,;
up are damaged by the hailstones, some of which were tn„.rte-r
seven millimetres in diameter. The roof of the • Jean Hart
perforated like a sieve: A great number of windows 1t0n,2.0'-'"
ere broken, principally at the Pavillion of the Maritio3oMi
neers, the Naval Museum, and the Mast Magazine. A,,
hundred pane, of glass were broken in the Military Hop'-'
Le constitutionnel, June 16.
M. Schnitz, a German mineralogist, hatdiscovezed'ff.,7l
mine of quicksilver in Bosnia. Specimens have been" 'y
Constantinople and examined by M. Paulin, Chief of thssess
ministration of the Mines, in the presence •of a scientific
mit tee, and they are acknowledged to be of the best quelitt
Pau and its environs were, on Thursday last, visited "),'
if'
terrific thunder-storm, attended with an immense fill of r•
and with hail-stones of su,l a size that the cross
places were entirely destroyed. In the town itseif the damwas chiefly to the windows, hundreds of which were trul,-t`
A child, who was returning from he school, was hotceve
1. much injured by the hail that his life was for ashort timegfP'°'
I despair. d of.

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der
The south and west of France are ahnoFt entirtiv ren
desolate by the long and extreme dr( ughf. The
Rennes, and o her prelates, have ordered prayers to be Pit
for rain.— Galignuni's Alwenger.
RAliw A I sHAREb. 510
..... 31” :3 1 209 75 -.1150
111 725 is in If)
517 So ... 517 5n 517 0-• 0;5
urleans
Strasburg to 8a1e... .......-.. 2toi 75 .., t 94 75 ... 2LS 75 0*

Versailles it, r.

MONEY and COMMLRCIAL
1 4
CITY, QUARTER To
The whale of the ma kets are exceedingly heavy, ode
_odt;
lower. Various rumours are afloat, which cannot be 9-.014
any authentic source, but that unpleasant feeling, r3Bt:d
have exited some fortnight since, appears to have reviv
increased force. It is stated that accounts are in•toen
t.
alarming state of the King of the French ; and 'it ealrito
conceaied that should his demise occur at the pre,er'j
come serious con-equenees might wise between o 9 an er•
nation. The feeling of the French towards us 15 ft'
dently unfavourable, and .an observat;on whichooo;
from Sir Robert Peel a short time since 0,
that it is sernev.hat reciprocal on the part of eurpod`
Cabinet, with regard to matters of commercial pejo% iled'
den demand for money, and some extensive sales in °Le-deo'
have added to the depression, and Consols are 91i foe t.Pefiree'
inn ex div.; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914; R011'00.4,10'
and-a-Half per Cents., 1001; India Bonds, 21 ; EEC'.
B;11s, 46, ditto 2d., 40 prem. re
Beyond a bargain in Dutch Five per Cents., at 101, the
nothing to notice in the Foreign Securities. is °j"
13usimes in shares has been limited to Birminghato%
Derby, Thirds, at 14; Cheltenham and Great Wester°
and Brighton at 35.
let
Spanish Five per Cents. are quoted 21i, and the Tyree
Cents., 234.
The alteration in the timber duties appears to haveroitetl!;
much dissatisfaction in Canada, and it is stated, -will P 03:
ruin the trade and country altogether. This is fartoo g 96111
a view of the subject, the timber of that colony having utott,e'
high rate of protection, and, even were it not so, agrw-0 fel°:
which was originally abandoned for the timber Wade,
a profitable substitute. For many years after the se le et
of the place, the cultivation of wheat formed almost the 004
cupation of the inhabitants, and it was discontinued .01 C
quence of the bounty offered on the exportation of tirnber,,.ticle
has always been admitted that the quality of this latter
is far inferior to that procured from the Baltic and other Y'veo
and hence it may be concluded, that the-trade in it bad t et/
injudiciously forced, to a certain extent at least. Bet I
vi°
very reasonably be doubted if this be the only e 0111.10,10
which the Canadians may lo,k for cu,tomers for their tibor
The West India Islands and the Eastern coast of South Art
rica, are ad dependent upon others for their supplies, 31,e /P
quite possible to open and carry on an eatenolst eich
,"
profitable t-ade with them as welt as with us.
he so, this reduction may almost be viewed as boa for
inasmuch as an impetus will be given I.° ie.
commerce of Canada, as well by opening new vents for Ifort,
duce, as by the increased consumption of its cornelo
which may now reasonably he expected in-this countryPRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT Oil
it AIRWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
4.. •
Wrmingham and Derby lOO ..... ...... to
Ditto Thirds
to •
London am Brighton sees 50 354.....
London and South Western — 62 ...... /
to li,
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, .0/1'
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 991 Grand Canal Stock ..... .."
Ditto Reduced
Ditto New 1830 994 ; Ditto 4 per eent......••'
34 per Cent. Deter.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE '15.--A fair
of bu4ness was done, and pi ices steadily supported' 91µC1
5,000 bales were sold, of which 1,000 American were 00 t
lation,,and 800 for export.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE roSseJ
was very, flat, and the only stares sold were •Edieburg,4ile
Gbsgow New, 41. ; Mid.and Counties, 70 ; North
Hakes, 324. chi
MaecuzsTite. STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 15.--Tbeci y led
Market is dJi and inactive, the only transaction t""
London and Birmingham Quarter Share. at 364 per all..
CLOSING PRICES.
BAITISH FUNDS.
India stock ...............
Ditto Bonds .......
Di to Old Annuities
Ditto New nnuities.'oS
'Ex. Mils, 1,000/....14',40r
Ditto 500/... '
Ditto Small ..... ..•••
'Bank Stock for Acct.,'
India Stock for Acet.'"9ll
i Consols Opg.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... 'Portuguese, 5 per cent'
Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto... ....
Brazilian Bonds... —Prussian, 5 per cent. ei
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Russian, 5 per eent...*".
Chilian, 6 per cent. —
Colombian, 6 per iSpanish, 5 per cont..'"
Ditto, 1824 Ditto, Deferred....
Danish, 3 per cent — ,'French, 5 per cent. *"7l
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange...........
Mexican, 5 per cent 364 French, 3 per ceut.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 IDutch, 24 per cent'''. 101
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 'Ditto, 5 per cent.
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby Railte-ay (100 pd) '•
Ditto Thirds (25 paid). ....... ...........
Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid)." 46i
Edinburgh and Glasir:aw (50 paid) ...••• •"*. 31
Ditto New Shams ( 3 paid ....- ......... *"
Great Western lisilway (65 paid) ........... 611
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ........
London Grand Junction Railway ...............
Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) ...............
London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ......... . •
London and Birmingham (90) .... . . •.." 30.1 •
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid.) ........
,;; 6„1
London and South Western (431 15s OdPu) ite
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... " Y/
South F.:astorn and Dover (50p ....... ":t".t,
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) ....................... ,
.

Bank Stock
'3 per Cent. lied.
3 per Cent. Cone
311 per Cent. Red l6o}
New 3i per Cet.t...
New 5 uer Cent
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 186fi
Oct. 1 t=s9
Jan. Ib6o .

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THE MARKETS.--{THUS J,--
COfiLr2l,NalnAd La
fairhlAbßusKhEieTo. tea bf .
or _,:.
The markets were ~,,s, tra.iL 0 clai-4
the home trade ; hut fnr ‘hippino not touch bu,iii es% we, 01
,;.!.-P
The imports ,re wi l mall.• Raw sugar ti'm in Priticroer cr,
pfßaeiurrmer:ftiut.titlerstat;eslirown West India was not to b had --0 t .,
Good
were.com
pa
7. Ce
Five 3-1 i i nl
I:
, iCoffeef. i . 57s 6. 5,,, .I . per
rCg 51100.13
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There was a fair 13r -14-.
wer°
TEA
usine s
3dnne, MARKET.
Company': Congo'', Is. Id. cash. and fall rates 51,
- Ow :4(
TALLOW .11A (MET.
The demand wa. limited, but prices wet,- stead,/ sja,t 4: •*
on the spot, and 495. to 49. 3d. for d, livery inui.,: 4:S'
mouths 61 the tear. Town Tallow 465. bd. nett
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WHITECHAPEL HAY MAHICEjdeO;OI.,
There was a very moderate supply. With 8 g°"" toe': It 1;
prices remain without alteration. Clover, 21. 11)8',04.-. 10o•
Hay, 21. to 41. ; New Hay, a to 31. 35.; Straw,
11. his.