The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-15 00:00:00

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

Ilmairrox, Tuaan.►l Arratmott.—The tranquillity,
which for some time past prevailed in this part of the
county of Sussex, induced persons to hope that the incen-
diary system was at un end ; it appear., however, that
such is not the case, as a very extensive and destructive
tire took place last night within 10 or 12 miles of this
place, in the neighbourhood of St. John's Common ; a
barn, haycock, and large stack of oats were consumed.
The farmers throughout the country continue to keep
watch every night, and special constables have been sworn
throughout the county,
01$1101. STORTFOZO, Mr. 146 —Two fires took place
here yesterday evening, one of a stack belonging to Mr.
Nang, a master ; and the other a stack belonging to Mr.
Joseph Taylor. There is not only reason to believe that
they were the wank of incendiaries, hot to hope that the
perpetrators are in custody. Two Irishmen were taken
under circumstances which Lomve little doubt of their guilt.
A fire took place a few nights Ago at Prior's Marston,
Warwickshire, when two large ricks of hay were con-
mimed. A thrashiug-machine, at Edge•bill in that
county, has also been destroyed, but we hear• of no other

outrage.
TUNISRIDGIC, Motmay.—On Friday morning, about
half-past three, the premises of Mr, G. Jim tau, of North
Frith, in the parish of liadlow, near this town, were dis-
crowed to be on fire. The flames were first seen to'issue
from the middle of the roof of u large barn, which, with
a conch-house Adjoining, was consumed in less than an
hour after. The two contained about 20 quarters of
oats, some beam*, and Otte( property. Providentially the
wind b!ew in a contrary direction, otherwise a barn a few
yards di,t int, containing from It) to its tons of hay, with
two Loge stark, of hay close by, must have been Also con-
sumed, At one time the bead of this barn was on firit,
but through the exertions of the labourers, who came
promptly to reader their assistance, the progress of the
flames was arrested by unthatehing the roof. The pro.
perty destroyed was homed itt tbg Kent fire-office. There
is no clue to the detection of the ineendiury.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATIM—Last night
the opera of Cinderella was performed at this theatre, and
introduced to the metropolitan stagy a young lady of the
name of InvenArmy, in the character of the heroine of
the piece. Miss INVSRSaiTY has got a handsome, intel-
ligent face, a particularly well moulded neck and bust,and
in her figure she is tall and graceful. Her voice, although
ut present rather feeble, is of very considerable armpits
and excellent quality—clear, pure, and melodious, tape-
chilly in the higher note*. Jt is also flexile, and has hten
judieiously cultivated. Miss ISMCRARITY displayed a de-
licate HMO in most of her singing, and, in passages of
complexity and difficulty an articulate and Avnt.occution.
The latter was most remarkehle in the concluding pieiaa
of
the opera, which was enthusiastically encored. When
practice in our great theatres has communicated its usual
ameliorating influence to this young actress and vocalist,
she will, very probably, prove one of the most brilliant
ornaments of our English opera. Mr. Witsore performed
the part of the Prince of Salerno sufficiently well to
' leave no cause to regret his predecessor. This gentleman
must, however, prune the excessive luxuriancy of Iris ges-
ticulation, TI eovertute to the opera was well performed.
The hem was unusually full.
The debts tinder the recent benkruptey of
CAMPOSLI. VW Co., array-agents, are said to NXteed
800,0001., whila the available assets do not promise o
dividend of lid. in the pound, One gallant Viscount
alone is said to be a loser of near DO,OOO/..---/lforrany

Paper.
THE Navy PoLlgiz,...—Orders from the Home
Department were received, a few days since, by the Com•
mitsioners of the New Polite, to augment the number of
that force by the addition to it of two extra di; mans, each
to consist of 200 privates, besides a superintendent and ,
the usual *umber of inspectors, serjeants, kc. The men
are now being selected from the former unsuccessful appli-
cants for situations in the piAce, and a very rigid scrutiny
is observed as to character and goatee! fitness for the proper
execution of the Olio; of their office.
A Dublin Pap,er states that a reward of
1001. bus been offered :for the spprehension of a " gentle-
man," 'who is alleged to have induced a respectable young
lady iu that city to ateotnpany bite to au bop!, where,
under the influence of segos, into which he put Iran;
stupifying matter, mho was c4arrkol to bed, and be then!
forcibly robbed her of her honour.
In the ,Insolvent Debtors' Court, Publin, on
Saturday, Mr. ript4l4, the late lessee of the Backing-streea
Theatre in that city, was brought up on his petition, and,
some explanation having been entered into, the Chief
Commissioner declated that &fr. 13vt444 hpi conducted the
Theatre in a fair and honourable manner, and be was
therefore dia.eharged cretin tint *into ethic creditor".

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, ISM.

The short discussion on the Tithe System
which took place last evening in the House of
Lords well merits attention. From what fell
from the Bishop of LONDON we do not yet
despair of seeing. the Clergy more equally paid,
and the mode of collecting tithes placed on a
different footi►►g. There are no parties more in.
terested in this than the Clergy themselves, and
we shduld be glad to see some of the Bishops
begin the work judiciously, and bring in a Bill
for altering the law of tithes—a law which
not only weakens the moral and religious in-
fluence of the Clergy, but acts as a check on
agricultural improvement. It is of no use to
mince the matter, the subject must be taken up
sooner or later, and it is needless to say with
how much better grace concession or improve-
ment is made when it comes voluntarily from
the parties themselves, than when it is forced
from them by the concurrence of circumstances,
or the universal feeling of the country. The
Bishop of LONDON, with great good sense, ad-
mitted the funds were unequally divided, and that
there could be no objection to any alteration on that
point consistent with the stability of the Church.
There could not be a better proof of the ab-
surdity of such inequality, than the fact stated
by his Lordship, that if the whole Church in.
come were equally divided, each clergyman
would have not more than 350/. a year—a sum
only a trifle greater than is paid on an average
to each clergyman of the Church of Scotland.
In fact, it is not the sum of tithes taken as a whole
that excites dissatisfaction, but the annoyance
caused by their collection, and the inequality
with which they are distributed—evils which we
now confidently hope will be speedily removed.

In the House of Commons, last night, Mr.
LITTLETON brought forward his Bill for the
abolition of the Truck System, which after a
show of opposition, by no means formidable,
horn Mr. HUME and one or two other Members,
was read a first time, by a majority of 140. We
are glad of this result. It is such as might have
been anticipated whenever the question came
fairly and rationally under the discussion of
the ffouse. The leading defect of the Truck
System is, that it panders LAO much to
the necessities of the workmen ; destroys that
healthy feeling of independence which either is,
or shpuld be, their chief pride end support ;
leaves them, toOher with their &tellies, at the
mercy of their task-masters; end vitiates the spi-
rit of the old adage, that 43 the labourer is worthy
of bia hire." We cannot conceive a greater'
source of ineonyettlence to the operative classes
than this, at first sight, plouAle system, it can
only be defended on the 88$14mption that psymant
in goods is equivalent in value to pqmpt in
mousy—an argument which might perhaps be
tenable were such pods invariably of the best
and cheapest quality; but which ti.,.altogether fad-
lat4ous, when it is remembered that Li►ey stre
procured by the task-master, who himself ex•
erects to make a per genive on them, as well as
the tradesman who sells them ; anal, above all,
who possesses The pokver of disposing of them
compulsorily, as it were,
among his workmen.
It is evident that wherever the manufactiiricr ep7
joys this despotic privilege, there the workman
must be in a state of subserviency. The great
aim and end of labour, that of obtaining the
means of independence, and spending those
means amity p,ef.t appord with hisfaucy, is vvith him
annihilated. He ,receive; ,not wrely a depic-
t dated remuneration for his services, but one
perhaps foreign to his interests True, ho may
quit the service of his employer, in the hope
thereby of procuring a better return for his labour,

but this is a slender advantage to rely on ; trade
is precarious, manufactories overstocked, wages
every Where at a discount ; moreover, wife,
—children,—creditors,—are objects that must
not be tampered with, or made the victims
of sanguine speculations ; so that imperious
inexorable Necessity will make the prudent
workman hesitate ere he quits certain em-
ployment, however bad, and compel him to re-
flect, with Hamlet, that it is better to

bear those ills we have, than fly to others

that we know not of." We are surprised
that a man of Mr. HUME'S acknowledged saga-
city in 'all matters relative to business, should
have defended the Truck System. He alleged

forsooth, in its favour, that it worked
well at Lanark, as if there ever existed
a system that did not work well for some-
body I It is an ill wind that blows nobody
any good. The present state of the representa-
tion works well for the Boroughmongers—the
Pension List for the placemen—the pluralities
for the Church ; but is this a proof that Parliament
requires no reform—the Pension List no curtail-
ment—the pluralities no alteration? Mr. H E's
argument, and we always differ from him with
regret, has neither substance nor consistency :
►t is altogether a phantom, that fades at the first
glance of day-light. Applied to the Truck
System in particular, it is more than ordinarily
infelicitous.

We have received German Papers this morn-
ing, in one of which we see it stated, that the

Russian Ambassador in Switzerland had de-
ivered a note to the presiding Canton, declaring
,hat his Sovereign, in concert with his Allies,
las resolved to maintain the present state of
;pings, according to the treaties of Paris, and
;he act of Congress at Vienna. It this be true,
;t, is proof " strong as Holy Writ" that

the arming in Russia, Prussia, and Austria,
was covertly intended for the purpose of
putting down freedom in France, and
we regret—but are not surprised—to hear
it rumoured that the Duke of WELLINGTON

more than connived at this conspiracy to put
down what is termed in the calendar of the
Holy Alliance, the " revolutionary spirit" o
France and Belgium. The following are
extracts :