The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-29 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Our arrivals this morning are the French mails and
ship letters from Sierra Leone, Demerara, Bombay, of
Nov. 12 and Dee. 5 ; Cape of Good Hope, Jan. 25 ;
and Calcutta, Nov. 3.
From the New Brunswick Papers we extract the fol-
lowing petition, prepared and in course of signature :
" The petition of the undersigned merchants, shipowners,
• and inhabitants of the city :
" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

" That your petitioners feel deeply impressed with grati-
tude by your Majesty's gracious consideration for the welfare
of your loyal subjects in this province, in consenting to
vield up to them the casual and territorial revenues of the
Crown, on permanent provision being male for the pay-
ment of the Civil List ; and your petitioners have real
with much satisfaction the draught of a Bill transmitted by
your Majesty's command, for carrying the proposed ar-
rangement into full effect. That the Bill prepared with
great care and attention, and recoihmended for adoption bY
your Majesty, has passed both branches of the Legisla-
ture without amendment, and only wants the sanction of
your Majesty's Representative in this province to become
a law ; but your petitioners learn with surprise and regret
that such assent is withheld, and the final passage of the
Bill delayed ; and they humbly pray that the boon gra-
ciously designed for them may not be arrested, nor turned
asida in its 'course, assuring your Majesty that it will
he received by your. petitioners with the most heartfelt
satisfaction, and with the utmost feelings of affection
for your Majesty's person and Government. As the ex-
traordinary and unprecedented conduct of the Executive
Government of the Province in refusing obedience to
your Majesty's command has destroyed all confidence
therein, your petitioners humbly pray that such change
may be made in the Executive, by the recall of his Ex-
cellency the Lieutenant-Governor, and the removal of his
advisers, as will ensure obedience to your Majesty's wishes
for the future, restore the confidence of the Legislature
and the people, advance the best interests of the country,
and secure public tranquillity."
The Deputation from the House of Assembly (Messrs.
Crane and Wilmot) left head-quarters oft Thursday morn-
ing on their way to London.

BUN GAY CHURCH-RATE MEETING.

(From a Correspondent.)
BUNGAY ST. MARY, EASTER MONDAY, MARCH 27,
1837.—The Churchwardens this day gave .in their tic-
, counts, with the usual- items of bread and wine, and
dusters, and brooms, and surplice washinks, both priestly
and choral ; but on being required, according to ecclesias-
tical law, to prove their charges by vouchers, the noted
Mr. Samuel Scott refused to do so, declared they had none,
and called on the . Vestry to pass their accounts without
vouchers. This the Vestry, a stanch Church Meeting,
were ready to do ; but a ratepayer, who had moved that
one unauthenticated item should be disallowed, demanded
a poll of the whole parish on ,the question, which the Rev.
Robert Cobb, Archdeacon Glover's Curate, fixed to take
place on Monday, April 3. The same was done in the
case,of six 'other items, and the poll on all was appointed
for the &fine day.
Among other curiosities were-the following. When an
objection was taken to the quantity of wine charged for the
sacrament, the Rev. R. Cobb stated that some had been
sent to his house •for the purpose of administering the sa-
crament to the sick, and "that part of this had been given
to people who were unwell. The Christian benevolence
of a Christian minister, who keeps a bottle of parish wine,
in case a departing soul should require at his hands a tea-
spoonful in the administration of his Church's ordinances,
and whO flies to this same bottle if a poor parishioner
need a glass for a cordial!
Again, although a poll was separately demanded on seven
different questions, this same Curate appointed seven hours
only for taking the votes of the whole parish on all ; and,
still more ludicrous, although he had, by so fixing the day of
poll, declared some of the items to be unsettled, and al-
though he was duly warned of the irregularity of his
proceeding, this Rev. Robert Cobb, the representative of
Archdeacon Glover, who at a recent Vestry burnt unopened
a letter addressed to him as Chairman, persisted in putting
the original question, that the accounts should pass; and
declaring it carried.
The authorities of the Church have hitherto used the
ecclesiastical law for their own purposes only, in this parish
Of Bungay St. Mary. It is probable they will now hear
more of ecclesiastical law than they will deem quite civil,
and more of civil law than will suit their ecclesiastical
taste.

The accompanying Protest was handed to the Chairman
at the close of the meeting, duly signed :

TO THE REV. ROBERT COBB, CURATE TO THE
ARCHDEACON GLOVER.

We, the undersigned, rate-payers of the parish of Bungay
St. Mary, do hereby protest, that, whereas a motion was
this day made in vestry, that the Churchwarden's accounts
do pass, and a certain amendment was thereon proposed,
upon which amendment a poll was demanded, and such poll
was appointed To take place on Monday next, April 3d, it
was illegal and irregular to put the original question until
such poll had been duly taken.
Signed. this 27th day of March, 1837.
CHARLES. CHILDS,
JOHN WEBSTER, •
JOSEPH MORRIS,
SAMUEL FISHER.
AMENDMENTS MOVED AT THE MEETING. •

That as no voucher has been produced, after being re-
quired, for the item of fifteen shillings and sixpence:al-
leged to have been paid for Archdeacon's Visitations, such
item he disallowed."

It was also moved and seconded,—" That as no voucher
has been produced, after being required, for the item of two
shillings and sixpence, alleged to have been paid to Ap-
paritor Notices,' such item be disallowed."
It was also moved and seconded,—" That as no satis-
factory voucher has been produced for the item of two
shillings, alleged to have been paid for bread for the Sacra
meats, such item be disallowed."
It.was also, moved and seconded,—" That as the quantity
of wine alleged to have been used for the Sacraments ap-
pears to have been greater than was needed, and a portion
of it was stated by the Curate to have been used by him-
self, for charitable purposes, only .twenty-seNt shillings be
allowed for that item."

It was also moved and seconded,—" That as no receipt
of the person who is alleged to have supplied mats has been
produced, after being required, the sum of five shillings
charged for mats be disallowed."
It was also moved and seconded—" That as no satisfac-
tory-voucher has been produced, after being required, for
the item of twenty shilling-s, charged for washing the Cu-
rate's surplices, such item be disallowed."
It was also moved and seconded—" That as no satisfac-,
tory voucher has been produced, after being required, for
the item of ten - shillings, alleged to have been paid for
stashing the choristers' surplices ; and, moreover, as the
other expences of the choir have been defrayed by private
subscription, such item be disallowed."
Upon each motion a poll of the parish was demanded, and
fixed by the Chairman for the 3d of April.