The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-14 00:00:00

THAMES OFFICE.

David Luckie, the master of the ship A'autillls, from
Demerara, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINI: and Mr.
BRODERIP, charged by Henry Nichol3o.l, a seatllilll be-
longing to the vessel, with having assaulted him on the high
seas, by ordering him to be dragged from the hobo and
se zed up to the main-rigging for four hoars with an iron
gag ia his mouth, by which he lost ,the use of his arm for
several days.
After hearing evidence, . .

Mr. BRODERIP was of opinion that the captain had bee!
guilty of an act of violence quite unju3tifiaLlo. anal he he,
never heard of a worse case. The se3tenco of the Benc:
wad, that. Luckie should pay a fine of 51. to the Quern an,
the costs, a sentence which was quite inadequate to th
offence of which he bad been guilty.

CHRIST CHURCH, SURREY.

REFUSAL OF A CHURCH-RATE.

The poll for a Church-rate of 21. in the poffild in this
parish, finally closed yesterday at four o'clock, at which
time the Church was crowed with parishioners, and the
greatest anxiety was manifested to hear the result.
Shortly after four o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Mappleton, ac-
companied by the Vestry Clerk, entered the Church, then
the Rev. Gentleman ai.nounced the following to be the
state of the poll :
First Day. Secoul Div.
Far the Rate 133 I Fur the Rate 176
Against it
T,,tl For tlv Mice 309
Against it 457
Majority against the Rate

The announcement iVasrceeived with loud cheers.
Mr. WM. HAWES then came forward, and said he ob-
jected to every stage of the proceedings.—(Hear, hear.)
The conduct of the Rev. Chairman had been most extra-
ordinary. He did not wish to make harsh observations, but
that Rev. Gentleman's conduct had been, he would repeat,
most extraordinary. Yesterday, three amendments had
been proposed to the original question. The first was to ad-
journ the consideration of a rate for twelve months—ano-
ther, for a shorter length of time ; and the last, was to reduce
the proposed rate from twopence to one halfpenny in the
pound. Now, all of these amendments their Rector refused
to put.—(Shame.) A refused he (Mr. Hawes) believed
ti ithout a parrallel, and perfectly unjustifiable.—(Hear.) As
the Chairman of a meeting, the Rector was bound to put
any motion to a shew of hands, but he had not done so.—
(Hear, hear.) He would not say their Rev. Chairman had
not acted conscientiously ; he had told them he was guided
by legal advice. Now he (Mr. Hawes) wished to have
the name of the party who could have given such advice,
that he might be held responsible for it.—(Cheers.) The
name of the Rector's legal adviser ought to be given, in
order that the parishioners might know what degree of
weight could be attached to it.--( Hear.) He again begged
to say that he protested against the proceedings of the
Vestry, although in so doing he knew that he, and his
Hon. Friend who seconded the amendment, were liable to
be dragged into the Ecclesiastical Court.—(Hear.) He
knew the rancour of the clergy and churchmen when they
avere defeated.—(Hear, hear.) He did not fear them,
however, if they would not raise amongst themselves money
to carry on the service of the church, they would not con-
tribute to raise a fund for expensive litigation.—(Hear,
hear.) He was sure those who voted for the rate had done
so more for the sake of peace than concurring in its justice.
He wished and was most anxious to see the question of
church-rates brought to a settlement. He thought on the
pre sent occasion their Rector had discharged his duty
conscientiously, but so very erroneously, that for the first
time (although be would not propose a vote of censure) he
must decline passing a vote of thanks.—( Hear.)
Mr. A. PELLATT said he had no personal objection to
make against the /Lector, but he must publicly state that
his conduct on the present occasion had been most extraor-
dinary and unjustifiable. He was not afraid of the Eccle-
siastical Court, and his only object was to set the question of
Church-rates in that parish at rest for twelve months, in
which time, no doubt, there would be an alteration of the
law. He wished to get rid of the animosities which had too
long prevailed ; but that would not be done by simply re-
fusing a rate, for as soon as another poor-rate was made,
they might depend upon it the churchwarden would imme-
diately propose another church rate.—( Hear, hear.) But
if the amendment had been carried the question would
have been entirely disposed of for twelve months. He had
never before witnessed or known an instance where the
Chairman of a meeting refused to put an amendment.—
( Hear, hear.) The consequence would be that every three
or four months a rate would be called, and the animosity
rekindled. The course the Rector had adopted was, in his
opinion, most censurable.
The REV. CHAIRMAN said he only wished to say a few
words, but they should be the words of peace and concilia-
tion. He regretted the continuation of unkindly feeling in
the parish—( Hear, hear)—and hoped the tenor of his life
had been to promote peace and good feeling.—( Hear, hear.)
On the present occasion he had acted conscientiously, and
if he had erred, it was an error of judgment, and not of the
heart. He wished to live in peace and harmony with all his
parishioners, and trusted those who heard him would re-
ceive that declaration in the same sincerity with which it
was offered. He thanked them for the attention with which
they had heard those few observations, and had only to de-
clare the meeting adjourned.
The meeting then separated.

COLONEL CRAUFURD'S STORIES OF SPANISH
LIFE.—One great merit of this work is the truthfulness
mil fairness which evidently pervade it. Nobody is painted
en teas. The vices of the Spanish character—its dis-
re'rard of shedding blood—its abject superstition—its wild
rev,nge are drawn with vivid and startling effect ; but
its virtues are so equably brought out that the horrible
picture
is almost redeemed, and the reader made to feel
,
that the men and women are what circumstances have made
them. The adventures are stated to be actualities, of
which the author was either an eye-witness himself, or the
circumstances of which were related to him by those who
took part in them. The characters are distinguished by
nature, truth, and a universality which is only found in the
higher class of fictions.—Spectate:-.
Loss OF FIVE HUMAN BEINGS BY DROW;4-
ING.—A turf boat on its way from Ross to this city was
lost a few days since between the former of tiles:, places
and Carrigholt, by which,five human brings met a watery
grave. There were six on board, and but one reached land
in safety, after considerable excrtion.—Limerick Standard,