The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-27 00:00:00

THE LAMBETH DINNER.

TO 7'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—l am more grieved than surprised at Mr. D'Ey
court's letter in this Evening's Sun, wholly denying, and
somewhat " offensively," if not " discreditably," the accarieg
of the report in the Morning Advertiser, of that part of
speech on Wednesday, at the Lambeth Victoria Dinner, r.
garding. Sir F. Burdett having joined the regiment of Tend-
gades, &c. Without stopping to ask how Mr. D'Eyncourt
could have meant only a " class," when he spoke of " the
Hon.—if he might so call him—Baronet," I take the liberty,
through the medium of your Journal, the question of hone_ t
or dishonest reporting being in issue, to call upon Mr.
D'Eyncourt to point out the words attributed to him that
he did not utter, and making the corrections still more con-
clusive against me to narrate what he •really did utter on
the occasion and subject.
And I beg leave to say, with all due deference, but de-
liberately and advisedly—having consulted and been con-
firmed by a clear-headed, experienced, and expert short-
hand writer, Who also heard the speech—that until Mr.
D'Eyncourt shall have done so, I abide by my report.
I neither desire to misrepresent, nor do I seek for publi-
city ; but if you, Mr. Editor, deem it right and requisite,
you have hereby my leave to attach my name to the end of
this declaration of the substantial correctness of my report.

-Yours, &C.
May 26.

THE ADVERTISER REPORTER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—A most exaggerated and inaccurate representation
haying appeared in some of the Morning Papers, of a fire
which took place last night in the yard of the cooperage of
these Docks, I beg to state that the fire originated from the
heating of some old pieces of gunery, which had been shut
in a corner of the yard amongst other rubbish, preparatory-
to its being removed out of the Docks ; that the damage
done does not amount to 10/. ; and that the statement as
to there having been tar, pitch, and cordage deposited in or
near the place, is a fiction.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES CARTER, Superintendent.
St. Katharine Dock, Saturday Morning.

CHURCH-RATES.

(From the Norwich Chronicle.)
" ARCHDEACONRY OF SUDBURY.

" On Monday se'ennight the Venerable Archdeacon
Glover held his visitation at Ixworth, on which occasion he
delivered a charge to the clergy of the district, of which the
following is the substance:—
" The Archdeacon began by saying, that if it were noon
due course for him to address his Clergy this year, et the
importance of passing events seemed to demand it at his
hands. Indeed, so important did he deem the present situ—
ation of the Church, that it would doubtless form an epoch:
in her history. lie beg,ged his Rev. Brethren to take al
dispassionate view of the great measures which were pro—
posed, as he judged, with perfect good-will to the Church,
and with an earnest desire to accommodate it to the al—
tered condition of the country. One consolation was, that;
it was only the temporalities of the Church which wero iu
dispute : no question had been raised upon a single article o
their faith. They ought not to deprecate change tnerelr.
because it was change, for had not the Church in al
ages been improved by subjection to this process ? Who
greater change than from the Jewish to the Christian di
pensation ?—effected too by the direct counsels of the .Vl.,
mighty himself ! Again, at the Reformation what a mighty
change !—a change which was, as they must allcw,
coming out of darkness into light. Though, as watchmen, r
they were called upon to sound the trumpet of alarm, ma
stand upon their watch when their Zion was threatened.
yet they should remember that in quietness and confi—
dence shall be your strength.' And judging from what

had been done, he thought they might be assured that;
whatever was proposed would be with the same usefu'
tendency. He instanced the equalization of the
shoprics, so as to prevent the necessity of commendarrke.
and also to do away with translations. The Tithe Bill'
was undoubtedly a great boon to the Church, if only•
viewed in a pecuniary point of view, but more especially-
as removing a constant source of irritation between thee
minister and the most influential part of his flock. He.
expressed an earnest hope that the clergy would manifest ta
disposition to forward the voluntary commutation, both a.,
a means of saving themselves expense, and of showing their
anxiety to promote peace and harmony in their parisb.es.
This measure, he surely had a right to maintain. was
enacted in the best spirit towards the Church ; for durinv:
its discussion in Parliament not a single petition from. the.
Clergy was presented against it ; even the Bishop of
Exeter (who could not be suspected of looking with a favour-
able eye to any measure of the present GovernmeAti
had declared it to be one likely to produce great pre,sent.
good to the Church, and the only objection he could c•anjure
up against it was some.undefinahle evil at a very rer.tote pe-
riod. With regard to the Bill for the abolition of Church-
rates, he could not help thinking it had not rece; cod an un-
prejudiced consideration : he did not wonder, when the,
people were told by the parochial Ministers that it was
a scheme to pull down their Churches, that they should
eagerly petition against its becoming a law.. No did.
he think it ought to be viewed merely as a boon to Dissen-
ters ; he looked upon it as a benefit to Churchmen to be
relieved from this tax, which often fell very unjustly. He
instanced the case of his own parish, where repairs were
called for amounting to 3001. It might so happen that.
tenants were on the point of quitting their farms, and they
were thus called upon to contribute to what they would
never enjoy ; or new tenants might be coming into the pa-
rish, Vvha were thus mulcted for the dilapidatior.s of perhaps
many years. He thought no injury could be done to the
proprietors of Church lands, as their present incomes would
be insured to them ; and a great national benefit would be se-
cured by improved culture, and increased value conferred upon
property, as in the very recent case of the Crown lands, from
which the metropolis was enjoying so many improvements, and
at the same time a source of revenue was opened to the State,
without any injury to the possessor of the throne. lie dis-
approved of some of the details, as the dispensing with the,
attendance of Churchwardens at visitations, which be con-
sidered a good means of keeping up a connection with the
laity. He did not wish for an increase of powers, for he had
never in a single instance been obliged to call into action
those which he enjoyed at present. He had always had the
greatest attention paid to his recommendations by the
Churchwardens. He was aware he differed on these 3u1.-
jects from the great majority of his reverend brethren ; but.
he did not respect them the less for their manly exprision
of their sentiments. A Church all warmth or all coldness
was equally objectionable ; and he trusted he bad kept a
middle path, and one which would hereafter be justified by
is wisdom."