The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-12 00:00:00

THE SUN', LONDON, TirMISDAV, OCTOMItt, 12, 1537

CRURCII RATES—cIijUsT CHURcH,

tenant-at-will clause, urging plausibly enough that as
the borough consitt»l»,.i,, ..71,76-, io be increased, it was
but fair thta h '.!itiiilat Vivilege should be extended to
the biintin. The Tory angler cunningly baited his
hook with a reform 49rirkipte, -and it was swal-
lowed. But tqa.t has been the consequence of extend-
ing the suffrage ? To what arc we to attribute the
impediments which havii, been thrown in the way of
Refer--the ohstruction of legislation by the House
of Lords ; and, in short, the disappointment of the
national hop‘m founded on the Reform Bill, To what
but to that fatal clause w•hicby by conferring the fran-
chise on those whe durst not use it conscientiously, has
been thou Means of swamping the really indeptAulent eke-
' tors, and of introdueingßir;endo class of Representatives
into the How!c of Commons to act in unison with,
and to support the Tory majority of the Peers. This
class is ten times more mischievous than the old
boroughmongers. They were nothing in a represen-
tative sense, and they pretended to be nothing ; but
the men whom the tenant-at-will clause has sent into
Parliament, sit and vote there as the Representatives of
large con6tituencies—with all the weight and influence
derived from popular election. They have, therefore,
a power of doing mischief which their predecessors
had not, and that they have used th's power liberally,
the public transactions of the last few years are evi-
. deuce sufficient to satisfy the most sceptical mind.

UIIR.PI

An adjourned Vestry Meeting took phied
nine o'clock, in Chri=t Church, for the purpose of consider-
ing the propriety of making a Church-rate.
'The Rev, 11Ir. MAPLwroN, Rector, having taken the
Chair; and liflefiy 0411,11M:1 the objeet, of the tneetleg,
Mr. tiliVf Lifdttitf of tbd Hon; Member fur Lambeth,
in an eloquent speech, urged the neeegsity of ati adjourn-
ment of the question for twelve months, in order to give
her Majesty's Ministers a reasonable opportunity to abolish
the iiitpdst altogether.
The amendment was ably supported by Me. MCLLUTT
and other rate-payers, on the ground, that by an adjourn-
ment an opportunity would be afforded of having the ques-
tion finally settled in a legitimate manner.
Mr. CARTER complained of the low state to which the
parish funds were reduced ; so much so, that a person could
not be paid even for the winding up of the clock ; besides,
the ceiling and roof of the church were in a very dtlapb
dated condition ; and when last a Vestry Meeting was held,
the candles were obliged to be cut to increase the number
of lights. He promised the meeting if he and his col-
leagues were allowed to retire from office, they would not
willingly serve another year.
Mr. ILLEY, the engineer, deplored the agi
T tated state
of the parish, and considered that the Legislature should be
applied to for a remedy of an evil so universally complained
of. It was fair that the churchwardens should be allowed
to discharge the duties of their office without interruption,
and not to leave them in a dilemma by refusing a rate, as
other parishioners would in future feel reluctant in accept-
ing the 'office, thereby subjecting themselves to debt which
they did not legally contract.
Mr. .MEEK, with Mr..MILLBANK and several other rate-
payers, spoke in favour of the amendment.
Aftet a stormy discussion,
Mr. PELLETT said it was quite evident the majority of
the audience was in favour of the amendment, and it would
be well to bring the business for which the Vestry had been
convened to a conclusion.
'Mr.'llAwEs (with great warmth), insisted on his right
to reply to aspersions which had been cast upon his family.
The, CIIAIRMAN said that his principal object was, that
the question should not be vitiated, and if no other person
wished to address the meeting on the question at issue, the
Gentleman might be heard in reply.
'Mr:HAWES then rose amidst loud acclamation, and went
into a lengthened defence of the Parliamentary conduct of
his brother respecting the question of Church-rates, and
protested that he thought the present Ministry was entitled
to support in their• determination to abolish in tutu such an
unjust impost.
The business'was not likely to terminate till a late hour.

The " Reform of the Reform Bill" is therefore now
the one thing needful, and we are glad to see that ‘so
able an advocate as Mr. EWART, the late Mem-
ber for Liverpool, has favoured the public with sotne
excellent observations in a pamphlet just published
with the .above- title. Mr. EWART points out with
great clearness the defects which paralyze the working
of the Reform Act, and suggests the necessary amend-
ments. We strongly recommend the perusal of the
Learned Gentleman's remarks to all who wish well to
the cause of Reform.

We have devoted a considerable space to the re-
port of the proceedings at a meeting of the Highland
and Agricultural Society which lately met at
Dumfries. The improvement of agriculture is
a subject of much national importance; and we are
glad to see great landed proprietors taking so deep an
interest in it. But we cannot avoid saying, that those
who throw into such Societies as that alluded to the apple
of political discord are among the greatest enemies of
agricultural improvement, as well as of that kindly
feeling which ought to subsist among all men
as neighbours or friends, however diversified by poli-
tical opinions. We are sorry to be obliged to class,
among those disturbers of peace and social harmony
at this meeting, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, late Member
for East Cumberland, and the Rev. Mr. YORSTAN.

The Paris Journals of Tuesday bring no news from
Spain of a later date than the accounts received in
London yesterday. We are likewise without any ad-
ditional intelligence from Africa. The journals are
therefore confined to the publication of the court gos-
sip relative to the marriage of the Princess MARY
and Duke ALEXANDER of Wurtemburg ; the pro-
gress of the elections, which promise to be as favour-
able to Miuisters as the KING could desire ; and the
tittle-tattle of all parties respecting the individual pre-
tensions of the new Peers to the honour of seats in
the Upper Chamber. From the provinces the accounts
of the abundance of the harvest, and the happiness of
the rural peasantry, are equally favourable. In fact,
France is rapidly improving, and since the adoption
of a more liberal internal policy by the cabinet, the
populatity of the KING has daily increased. The
following are extracts from the journals :
The Journal du Havre publishes a letter from Captain
Beaupoil, of the Fanny, of that port, just arrived from
Guadaloupe, stating that, after a violent gale of wind on
the 23d of August, he fell in, on the 26th, with the Ame-
rican ship Topaz, of Yarmouth, completely dismasted and
water-logged, with seven men on board, who, on the Fanny's
coming in sight, made anxious signals of distress. Captain
Beaupoil immediately made for the wreck, and took all the
men on board his own ship, to whom every care and atten-
tion were paid by himself and his crew ; all of whom, in
consequence of this addition to their numbers, cheerfully
submitted to reduction of half of their daily allowance of
provisions until September 10th, when they fell in with an
English vessel, the Hannibal, bound for Canada. Captain
Beaupoil hailed her, and requested that the Hannibal would
either take the crew of the Topaz on board and convey them
to Canada, whence they could return home, or else would fur-
nish him with some provisions. Both these requests were
peremptorily refused, and the two ships parted company.
However, after a lapse of two hours, the Hannibal put back,
and came again within hail of the Fanny, and the captain,
impelled, as Captain Beaupoil believes, by reflecting on the
disgrace which would fall upon him on the publication of
the report of his first refusal, consented to receive the
crew of the Topaz, and also, after a good deal of bar-
gaining, sold the Fanny half a barrel of salt beef at a high
price.
Rosa, Seer. 26.—1 f the number of persons in mourn-
ing whom you meet did not remind you of the cholera, you
might believe it had never been here. Every thing has re-
turned to its usual course t the former habits are resumed,
the ladies and gentlmen look at each other as usual, the
dead are forgotten, the living enjoy the present hour.
The poorer classes of the population have left to the
charity of their fellow-citizens the incredible number of
1,500 orphan; who have lost both their parents, and every-
body must rejoice to hear that charity has nobly manifested
itself on this occasion. Prince Borghese has subscribed
considerable sums for this purpose. The Princess, in con-
junction with many other ladies, has a more extensive plan,
and intends to collect all the female orphans in a particular
institution, which she means to found, and to take under
care. We hear that a difficulty has arisen because the
Clergy always reserve to themselves the direction of such
institutions which the Roman matrons intend on this occa-
sion to manage themselves. It is to be hoped that some
arrangement or other will be made, that this noble plan
may not be abandoned,

CHOLERA BULLETIN.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

THIS DAY.)

These Sessions commenced to-day at the Session House,
Westminster, before F. Const, Esq., Chairman, and a full
Bench of Magistrates. There are about 27 prisoners for
trial, but the offences with which they stand charged are
generally of a very trifling description.
The Grand Jury having been sworn, the CHAfastAN told
them that the cases in the calendar were of such a nature
as to require no comment from him.
Samuel Foote, a mason, pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with assaulting Jeremiah Donahoe, and was
fined a shilling and bound over in his own recognisance to
keep the peace.
Michael Sullivan was convicted of stealing from the per-
son of Edward Shee, a pocket-handkerchief, value 25., his
property.

Sept. 23
Nov Cases— 16
!lee° vel 53
Deaths
Remain ~

Scpt. 24.
12
31
11
1,006

Sept. 25,
17
54
16
1153

The taking of Peralta, which we announced yesterday
is con Armed by the Bayonne journals. Peralta is one
of the IKeys of the Ebro. The garrison consisted of 640
men, partly troops of the line, partly national guards. It
seems from the information transmitted to St. Sebastian,
to the journal Correspoltdana dEspagne, that the very
powerful artillery with which the hue are furnished be-
longs to Englend, which thinks of employing rather to the
advantage of its occupation of St. Sebastian, Passages, and
other points of the coast, than of that of the Government of
Christina. All the fragments of the English Legion scarcely
form one battalion. Accordingly Spaniards are nmployea
to guattt the English cannon.—Gazette de Fiance.

Our correspondent at Toulon writes on the sth, tha

is certain that the Government has Sent orders to the
Hercules, on board of which is the Prince de Joinville,
and to the Favorite corvette, C.iptain Rosamel, to return
immediately to port,
These ships, which were bound to the South Seas, have
arrived at Tunis, where they were on the Bth of Septem-
ber. It is probable that the Ministry apprehended that
the differences respecting Tunis might lead to a war in
Europe. This seems to be the only reason for the order
sent to those two vessels to return. On arriving at Tunis
they did not find the French squadron, which had already
proceeded to a different tiestinltion,—Consatutionnel.

FRENCH, FUNDS—Etats, OCT. 10,
Five per Cents.. 10Sf. Hit, 909. my,
Four per Cents., 100 f, 15P,
l'hr.e per Cents. SOli lte. 209, 150,
Bank Actions, 9,445 t.
?tente de Naples, 25c. 309,
Roman Five per Cents., 1(11.
Spanish Actives. 21 2O I'e 21.
Spanish
Belgian tPlat,"Fiv:44per Cents, 102 102
yirussols Society, 1,570 f.
Belgian Bank, 1,45,5 t
Portuguese mi,n, Three per Cents. 25 24% lb.
Dutch Two mid a Wilf per Cents. 52%.
lastytiao4 14,011 f.
ro(CFIANGII ON VINDOX.
41100,0111 h. paper,.--f —c.; money, 25r. 4714,
Three months, paper, 25f. 3..%e-. money. 25t. souv
Autlito c.
LAST PiticES.
Five per Cents.. 10tf. 00e.
Three per Cents. NW'. 30e,
Bank Actions, 2,443 f.
Boman Five per t pntl., 101.
Belgian Loan, 1024.
Belgian Bank, 1,455 f. •
Brussels Society, I,oof.
Fortuguese Three per Cents., 24%.
Spanish Actives, 2074,
Spanish Passives 4%.
spanish Difihreel,