The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-21 00:00:00

We do not say rob the church of the property
appertaining to her, but distribute it more equally
—give it to those who work for it, and not to
the drones who only live to consume it—add to
the incomes of the curates and the working
clergy, and take from the revenues of the rectors,
the archdeacons, the bishops, and the archbishops
—and let it no longer be the disgrace of the
country, that while the curate starves on 75/. a
year, his right reverend father is wallowing in
the luxury of his thousands. We are no enemies
to the church or its members ; we are only de-
sirous of seeing the one as respectable in the
eyes of men, as its doctrines are confessedly
pure, and the other as much respected and be-
loved by their flocks as they are learned, and in
every respect fitted by their education for in-
structing the people. But neither will or can
be the case while such inequality exists between
the incomes of the higher and the working
clergy—while pluralities continue to be unli-
mited, and nonresidence to be a matter of in-
difference—while the revenues of the church, or
any part of them, are levied in the shape of
tithes, or in any other shape calculated to give
rise to heartburnings and bickerings and lawsuits
between the pastor and his flock. We are confi-
dent that we do not exaggerate in the slightest
degree, when we state that the church has been
more wounded in the affections of the people,
and religion exposed to greater danger in their
estimation, from the tithe system, than from all
that has been written and said and done by its
most inveterate enemies ; and that to it, more
than to any other cause, except the exorbitant
revenues of the higher clergy is to be ascribed
the great number of dissenters of all denomina-
tions from its doctrines and discipline. Nay, so
injurious has it been, and still is, that it is not
too much to say that the very existence of the
church, as an establishment, depends upon a
thorough and radical reform in both . these re-
spects. The work of reformation was, in fact,
but half done in England. The doctrines of the
church were purified from the inventions and ad-
ditions of men ; but the outward part—the part
most calculated to wean from it the affections of
the people—was allowed to remain. The case was
different in Scotland. There the hand of the
reformer swept away both battlement and buttress,
and having demolished, even to every vestige
which could remind the people of the
past, laid the foundation for an edifice which
nothing but the misconduct of the Clergy them-
selves could pull down. And what has been
the consequence ? Why that the clergy of the
one kingdom, having no occasion to intermeddle
with their flocks in secular matters, are almost
universally beloved and venerated ; and that in
this country, although every one reveres the
doctrines of the Church, and respects those of
its members, with whom they are not brought
into hosti'e collision by worldly dealings, a
seciet feeling of dissatisfaction has long per-
vaded more than three-fourths of the commu-
nity, and is now breaking forth against the
Church generally, in the shape of county and
city meetings, for a reform of its abuses. The
Clergy of Scotland gained every thing but
wealth, in fact, by the reformation ; those of
this country lost every thing that could serve to
make them beloved and respected—but their
incomes. The operation of the tithe system, in
other respects, we must defer to another day.
Morning Advertiser.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, J.►x. 20.
PRITCUARD V. BULL.

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The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this
case, the facts of which appeared to be, that the tes-
tator bequeathed certain estates to trustees for the
benefit of Mrs. Bull, his daughter, for her life, and
after her death the same to be divided amongst such
children as she might have. The question in the
suit then arose, whether this limitation, the estate
being personalty, was not too remote. Lord Gif-
ford, then Master of the Rolls, decided that it as,
and that Mrs. Bull, being the testator's sole next of
kin, took the estate given to her for life, and that
the remainder over being void, she took the entirety
of the residue. The effect of this decree was, that
the whole property became vested in Mrs. Bull and
in her husband in her right. There were certain
claims on the testator's estate ; but as they were
unaffected by the decree, it was not now necessary
to advert to them. The decree was acquiesced in
by the parties, and had never been appealed from.
His Lordship thought that, under these circum-
stances, the parties were entitled to have the full
benefit of the decree, and he so ordered accordingly,
on the prayer of this petition. With respect to
certain dilapidation!, for which the trustee might
be liable, he directed 1,0001. to be set apart as an
indemnity.
No case of any interest was heard during the day.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 20.
GOLDSMID V. MORGAN.

This was an action for a common assault:
Mr. Serjeant WILDE stated the plaintiff's case.—
The plaintiff and defendant occupied that rank in
society which made the bodily pain occasioned by
an assault the least part of the injury. Mr. Gold-
amid was a gentleman well known in the monied
and commercial world, and Mr. Morgan was a
stock-broker of respectability. A meeting of the
holders of Colombian Stock took place last summer,
at which both the plaintiff and the defendant were
present. Some discussion took place at this meet-
ing relative to a proposition made by the defendant
for the reduction of the Colombian Stock, of which
Mr. Goldsmid was a holder to a considerable
amount. The plaintiff opposed the reduction, and
censured the conduct of Mr. Morgan, in making a
proposition to the Colombian Government to lower
the interest of the loan, without authority from the
bondholders at large. Some time afterwards, the
defendant meeting Mr. Goldsmid, committed the
assault which had given rise to this action, and was
probably intended to expose the plaintiff to ridicule.
Mr. Page was acquainted with both plaintiff and
defendant, and had attended the Meeting men-
tioned. He was afterwards standing talking to Mr.
Goldsmid, about a quarter-past four in the day, at
the corner of Sweeting's-alley, Cornhill. " I saw
(continued the witness) Mr. Morgan coming right
towards both of us where we stood. He came but-
ting with his head like a ram, as I may say, towards
us.—(Laughter.) I, thinking it a Stock Exchange
joke, said, Billy, what are you about ?'—( A
laugh.) But he made no answer, and approached
close to Mr. Goldsmid and me. His head was held
down in the manner of a ram's, so that it might have
touched Mr. Goldsinid's head ; and at last I saw
that he was not in jest, but in earnest. He held up
his tist, called Mr. Goldsmid a stuttering rascal—
(Laughter)—and said he had a good mind to thrash
him; observing, ' What right had you to traduce my
character ?' Mr. Goldsmid said, ' I don't know
that I have traduced your character. I did no more
than any other man would have done under similar
circumstances.' The defendant only butted once
with his head; that is, be came along all the way
butting.—(Laughter.) He raised his hand up to
plaintiff's face, and appeared very angry. A fter a
little while witness went away."
Cross-examined by Mr. SerjeantTADDY—Morgan
is worthy and good-natured a man as ever lived.
We sometimes have very rough
jokes upon the Royal
Exchange ; in point of fact, what may becalled prac-
tical jokes.—(Laughter.) Mr. Goldsmid was stand-