The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-02 00:00:00

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fe ge--Triennial Parliaments; together with a tom: err's./
tal abrogation of all property qual:ficatiosi aect a pree,,l,,-'":44'r
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porionate representation. This last pliers, e.. • 'euteiseeta7
we believe, that the number of reprfterktiteicepc; ai ' -
to be measured by that of their constituencies' "r6l. P.
spectively ; so that " Lambeth, Liverpool, and Abs.
Laurence" may no longer, as under the present Reform
system, return the same number of Members. Of the
new revolution recommended by the Chronicle we shall in
this place only say, that, without proposing in so many 1
words the substitution of a republic fora mixed monarchy, it
virtually does the same thing. Why, then, mince the mater?
Why add the dastardly vice of hyposrisy to the-equivocal 1!
virtue of deserting the no-banner of its former masters the I:
Whigs? Why not at once avow the real, the ultimate, I'
object of the proposed changes ? For that such changes I
would necessarily, and not tardily, bring on the downfial of
the Throne, the Church, and the hereditary aristocracy, '
and would throw the whole power of the State into the'
hands of the moneymonster in the first instance, and of the y
mob in the second, is self.evideut. This may be X re- f -
commendation to a certain class of politicians; but as the 1
Chronicle, and those who commend the system new ed
vocated by the Chronicle, do not find it expedient to Amy
like what they are, but would fain appear to be champions
of, not revolutionary republicanism—in other words,
speculative high treason—but moderate and progressive
reform, it may be as well to warn the unwary that the
aggregate of the changes alluded to could not by $
possibility consist with the maintenance of the Crown,
the Protestant Establishment, the hereditary branch
of the Legislature, or the existing arrangement and
distribution of property. We have already witnessed,
and most of us with disgust not unmixed with dismay. I
some of the practical results of the Reform Bill. We
have seen that many of the glooomy apprehensions of the
opponents of that measure have been realised, insomuch
that they who resisted it when proposed are compelled to
maintain it in its integrity as established; not because they 'l
are content with the change already produced, but because
they feel and know that any further change in the seine
direction must inevitably make bad worse—must neces3a-
rily reduce to a minimum the influence of the mo-
narchical and aristocratical principles of the Constitu-
tion,and confer all practical power in Legislation on
the representatives, or rather delegates, of the least
intelligent and respectable classses of society. With
a tyrant majority of turbulent and ambitious R eli-•
cals in the Commons, representing the passions and the
prejudices, and the ignorance of their constituents, and t
neutralizing the influence of those representing the ins
terests of the agricultural, the educated, and the ar7stocra- '
tical classes of society, how long would the House of Lerds
be permitted to exet cite its Constitutional functions as an-,.
independent and essential branch of the Legislature ? How i long would the public creditor remain unplundered ? How i
long would the property of the Church remain unconfis- I
cated ? How long would the prerogatives of the Crowe,
or the Crown itself, be respected cr endured ? So long. 0
and so long only, as might be required to organise the
preparations for their final overthrow. If this be tile
object, if purely democratical institutions be indeed the object
of Reformers, the system of the Chronicle may be as good as
any other to accomplish the end in view. That such is the
real state of the case we should have been led to suspect, • .
had there been no other reason to influence our opinien, by
a column-long panegyric on the Chronicle in the last num-
ber of our "philosophically Radical Contemporary the
Spectator." When the Spectator can thus descend to
beplaster the effusions of the Ministerial crawler, we can
require no further proof that the latter no longer merits
the title, but has apostatized from Whiggery, effete and
offensive Whiggery, and has thrown himself into the open
and all-receiving arms of Radicalism. We are assured by
the Spectator that the Radicalisation of the crawling
Chronicle has produced great consternation in Downing_
street and the Ministerial coteries: and this we can with.
out difficulty believe. A Ministry with but one "morning •
" utensil" among them can hardly afferd to lose that one.
But as to the Tories being alarmed, that we can
assure our Radical Contemporary is a mere mistake.
For the Whigs and their utensils the Tories have
but one sentiment, and that is not one of alarm. r•
The Whigs are a mere dirty, place-hunting, self-seeking,
no-principled faction, who, but for the monkey manage- r
ment of the Radicals in making them their catspaw, must
long since have fled in disgrace from the stage of political'
life. The natural enemies of the Radical the Tories are:
and must ever be; and for this simple reason : we believe
that the foundation of their politics is—treaeon ; and the
essence of their religion—indifference, heresy, and schien.
Tories have no wish to witness a repetition of that Radi-
calism in action, which once before terminated in the mur-
der of the Monarch, the persecution and overthrow of the
Church, and the supremacy of a genre of sanguinary zealots
and unprincipled impostors. That all who call themselves
Radicals arc aware of the ultimate tendencies of Radice-
lism we will not maintain, for we do not believe. But
that it is such as INC have described it to be, incompatible
with the existence of any form of go‘ernment or system of
society but that of a downright democracy, we are per.
suaded, and therefore do we deprecate and detest it.., 1
Ilforning Post.

ST. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN.

The Vestry-Clerkship of this parish has become va-
cant by the resignation of Mr. Moseley, who has held
that appointment since the retirement of Mr. Corder,
on the formation of the Strand Union in 1836. Mr.
Moseley is a solicitor, possessing a very exten-
sive and highly-re,pectabic practice, the continued
extension of which has, it appears, determined him
to relinquish an appointment, the duties of which
are found to interfere with his professional pursuits.
Mr. Moseley's announcement of his intended resigna-
tion, at a vestry meeting held for the election of
officers on Thursday, was received tlith general re-
gret, and several of the most influential vestry-
men endeavoured to prevail upon him to continue in of-
fice ; he remained, however, firm in his resolve, dnd
a.
committee was thereupon appointed, consisting of him-
self, Mr. Wardell, the Duke of Bedford's churchwarden,
Mr. Roche, Mr. Charlwond, and ore or two other pa-
tishioners, to consider and settle the duties and amount
of salary of his successor. Mr. Clark, the rector's
churchwarden has, in compliance with the wish ex-
pressed by a considerable number of the rate-
papers, offered himself for the vacant office. Mr. Clark
isZnot a professional man, but his experience in parochial
business is by no means inconsiderable, having served
ie offices of auditor, committee man, over-
seer, and churchwarden, in such a manner as to have
gained for himself the general esteem of his fellow_
parishioners. The office of vestry clerk, in the adjacent
large and popular parishes of St. Martin-in-the-fields,
and St. George, Hanover-square, has been held for many
years by non-professional men, and no inconvenience has
been felt therefrom. The election will probably take
place on Thursday, the 11 th of April. A numerous
meeting of Mr. Clark's friends was held last eveninm,
at the York Hotel, Mr. Churchwarden Wardell in the
chair, at which it was stated that no other candidate
had yet offered himself. The office, however, has for.
merlv been very severely contested, and, as the safest
course, it was agreed to make an immediate canvass of I
the parish.

THE EXECUTION ORDERED AT

YORK.

(From the Advertiser.)
From a gentleman just arrived from York, we learn
that the inhabitants are exerting themselves to prevent
the execution ordered by Mr. Baron Alderson, and are
circulating copies of the following petition to Lord John
Russell. We hope his Lordship will accede to its
prayer, and stop this worse than useless bloodshed :
"TO THE RIGHT LION. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, SECRETARY
OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT.
" The Memorial of the undersigned Inhabitants of the
City of York—
" Humbly shewetli—That your memorialists learn,
with the deepest pain, that a man named Thomas Mus-
grave now lies in York Castle under the sentence of
death, and that, unless her Majesty be graciously pleased
to extend to him her Royal clemency, he will be pub:
licly executed on the ----# at York.
" That your memorialists anxiously wish to impress
upon your Lordship's attention the fact that the man
has been convicted of a crime, not of murder,
nor of th© nature of murder ; that Mr. Ewart's
motion for the abolition of capital punishments,
in all cases except those of murder, was only
lost in the House of Commons by a majority
of one ; and to express the conviction that if Musgrave
be sentenced to die on the same scaffold as the murderer,
the effect is likely to be, that in some future case murder
may be added to violence in order to prevent the woman
accusing the guilty party.
That your memorialists knowing the excitc-menteanu..
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shocking and depraving scenes common at publieeexctions, humbly implore your Lordship tospare
th
commutation of
feel-
ings of the Citizens of York by the
Musgrave's sentence.
" And your memorialists will, as in duty hound,
pray," &c.
*.'z The day is net stated in the copy we received.