The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-23 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 22.

18th Regiment of Foot—Major H. Pratt to be Lieutenant.
Colonel, without purchase, Oct. 22.
Brevet-Major R. Hammill to be Major, vice Pratt, Oct. 22.
Lieutenant T. Moyle to be Captain, vice Hammill, Oct. 22,
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieutenant C. Dun-
bar, from the 31st Regiment of Foot, Oct. 22.
Lieutenant W. T. Bruce, from the 2d West India Regi-
ment, Oct. 22.

Lieutenant C. Bentley, from the Ist West India Regiment,
Oct. 22.

Lieutenant C. Foss, from the 2d West India Regiment,
Oct. 22.

Lieutenant W. H. O'Toole, from the Ist West India Regi.
ment, Oct. 22.

Ensign W. A. Gwynne, from the 28th Regiment of Foot,
Oct. 23.

Ensign J. J. Wood, from the 24th Foot, Oet. 23.
Ensign W. Coates, from the 69th Regiment of Foot, Oct. 23.
Ensign G. Hilliard, from the 28th Regiment of Foot,
Oct. 23.

Second-Lieutenant A. Murray, from the 87th Regiment of
Foot, Oct. 23.
Ensign F. Swinburne, vice Moyle, Oct. 24.
To be Ensign, without purchase.—H. D. Burrell, Gent.,
vice Swinburne, Oct. 24.

94th Foot.—Major C. Gascoyne to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, Oct. 22.
Brevet Major G. T. Lindsay to be Major, vice Gascoyne,
Oct. 22.

Lieutenant W. Spiller to b. Captain, vice Lindsay, Oct. 22.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase.—Lieutenant T.
Burke, from the 4th Regiment of Foot, Oct. 22.
Lieutenant A. O. Meik, from the 41st Regiment of Foot,
Oct. 22.

Lieutenant E. S. Mercer, from the 31st Regiment of
Foot, Oct. 22.

Lieutenant V. Murray, from the 2d West India Regiment,
Oct. 22.

Lieutenant A. Frend, from the 55th Regiment of Foot,
Oct. 22.

Lieutenant A. Campbell, from the let West India Regiment,
Oct. 22.

Lieutenant H. C. Cardevr, from the 57th Regiment of Foot,
Oct. 22.

Ensign R. T. Farren from the 47th Regiment of F•ot, Oct. 23.
Ensign J. E. Thackwell, from the 90th Regiment of Foot,
Oct. 23.

Ensign J. S. Menzies, vice Spiller, Oct. 24.
To be Ensign, without purchase—Ensign A. Maclean, from
;he 2d West India Regiment, vice Menzies, Oet. 24th.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Middlesex.

Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—L. H. Helbert,
Gent. to be Lieutenant, Oct. 14.
Royal Westminster Middlesex Regiment of Militia—R. T.
Claridge, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Oct. 16.

CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR RELIEF
OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS,
SPRING CIRCUITS, 1840.
HOME CIRCUIT.
H. R. REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commissioner.
Sussex—Horsham, Friday, March 6.
City of Canterbury—Friday, March 13.
Kent—Dover, Saturday, March 14.
Kent—Maidstone, Tuesday, March 17.
Hertfordshire—Hertford, Friday, April 3.
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
J. G. HARRIS, Esq., Commissioner.
Berkshire—Reading, Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Oxfordshii e—Oxford, Thursday, Feb. 27.
Worcestershire—Worcester and City, Saturday, Feb. 29.
Radnorshire—Presteigne, Monday, March 2.
Herefordshire—Hereford, Tuesday, March 3.
Monmouthshire—Monmouth, Thursday, March 5.
Brecknockshire—Brecon, Saturday, March 7.
Cardiganshire—Cardigan, Tuesday, March 10.
Pembrokeshire—Haverfordwest and Town, Thursday, March 12.
Carmarthenshire—Carmarthen and Borough, Friday, March 13.
Glamorganshire—Swansea, Monday, March 16.
Glamorganshire—Cardiff, Wednesday, March 18.
Gloucestershire—Gloucester and City, Friday, March 20.
City of Bristol—Monday, March 23.
Somersetshire—Bath, Wednesday, March 25.
Somersetshire—Wells, Friday, March 27.
Devonshire—Exeter and City, Monday, March 30.
Devonshire—Plymouth, Wednesday, April 1.
Cornwall—Bodmin, Friday, April 3.
Dorsetshire—Dorchester, Monday, April 6.
Town of Southampton—Wednesday, April 8.
W iltshi re—Salisbury , Thursday, April 9.
Hampshire—Winchester, Friday, April 10.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.

T. B. BOWEN, Esq., Commissioner.
Rutlanrishire-Oakha.m Wednesday; Feb. 12.
Yorkshire-Sheffield, iriday, Feb. 14.
Yorkshire-Wakefield, Monday, Feb. 17.
TO%Nn of Kingston-upon-Hull, Saturday, Feb. 22.
Yorkshire-York and City, Monday, Feb. 24.
Yorkshire-Richmond, Thursday, Feb. 27.
Durham-Durham, Friday, Feb. 28.
Northumberland-Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Town, Monday,
March 2.
Cumberland-Carlisle, Thursday, March 5.
Westmoreland-Appleby, Saturday, March 7.
Westmoreland-Kendal, Monday, March 9.
Lancashire-Lancaster, Tuesday, March 10.
Lancashire-Preston, Tuesday, March 17.
Lancashire-Liverpool, Wednesday, March 18.
Cheshire-Chester and City, Friday, March 20.
Flintshire-Mold, Monday, March 23.
Denbighshire-Ruthin, Tuesday, March 24.
A nglesey-Beaumaris, Thursday, March 26.
Carnarvonshire-Carnarvon, Friday, March 27.
Merionethshire-Dolgelly, Monday, March 30.
Montgomeryshire-Welch Pool, Wednesday, April 1.
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
W. J. LAW, Esq., Commissioner.
Essex-Chelmsford, Thursday, March 5.
Essex-Colchester, Friday, March 6.
Suffolk-Ipswich, Saturday, March 7.
Norfolk-Yarmouth, Monday, March 9.
Norfolk-Norwich and City, Tuesday, March 10.
Norfolk-Lynn, Thursday, March 12.
Suffolk-Bury St. Edmund's, Friday, March 13.
Cambridgeshire-Cambridge, Saturday,
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Lincolnshire-Lincoln and City, Thursday, March 26.
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City of Lichfield-Monday,Staffordshire-Stafford, Tuesday, March 31.
Shropshire-Shrewsbury, Thursday, April 2.
Shropshire-Oldbury, Saturday, April 4.
Bedfordshire-Bedford, Tuesday, April 7.
Northamptonshire-Northampton, Wednesday, April 8.
Buckinghamshire-Aylesbury, Thursday, April 9.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
SAMUEL COXHEAD, oilman, Westminster Bridge-road.
BANKRUPTS.
JOHN MORGAN AIACHIN, tavern keeper, National
Baths Tavern and Hotel, High Holborn, to surrender, Nov. 5,
at one, and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.

Clark, New Broad-street-court, New Broad-street, official as_
si,gnee ; Hare, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
HENRY MARTIN, wine dealer, Liverpool, Nov. 5 and
Dec. 3, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Evans,
Liverpool • Oliver, Old Jewry, London.
EDWARD BUTLER. woolstapler, Alcester, Warwick-
shire, Nov. 12 and Dec. 3, at twelve, at the Lansdowne, Hotel,
Leamington Priors. Dangerfield, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall
East, London ; Brinton, Kidderminster.
WILLIAM JAMES, coal-merchant, Malinslee, Salop,
Nov. 2 and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Fox Inn, Bridgnorth.
Capes and Stuart, Bedford-row, London ; Glover, Shiffnal.
JOHN BLOMFIELD, bookseller, Lynn, Norfolk, Nov. 1,
at twelve, and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Crowder
and Maynard, Alansion-house-street, City.
HENRY TARBOTON, corn-dealer, Thorner, Yorkshire,
Nov. 2 and Dec. 3, at ten, at the Court House, Leeds. Ro-
binson and Barlow, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Ward anti
Son, Leeds.
WILLIAM JONES HORSELL, maltster, Aber girth,
Cardiganshire, Oct. 29 and Nov. 22, at eleven, at the Office of
Mr. George, Cardigan. George, Cardigan.
ELIZABETH LONG, grocer, Tavistock, Nov. 6, and
Dee. 3, at ten, at the Royal Ilotel, Plymouth. Surr, Lom-
bard-street,London; Leekyer and Bulteel, Princes-square, 1
Plymouth.
GEORGE RUDSTON, woollen-draper, Kingston-upon- '
Hull, Nov. 2, and Dec. 3. at eleven, at. the George Inn,
Kingston-upon-Hall. Lightfoot and Earnshaw, Hull ; Walm.
slev. Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London.
DANIEL BICKLEY, cabinet-maker, Devonport, Nov. 2,
and Dec. 3, at ten, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. 'Wil-
liams, Strutt, and Galssvorthy, Ely-place, Holborn ; Chapman,
Devonport.
HENRY PETER HUTCHINGS, hotel-keeper, Hast.
ings, Oct. 25, and Dec. 3, at twelve, at the South Saxon
Hotel, Hastings. Briggs, Lewes, Sussex ; Faithful!, King's.
road, Bedford-row, London.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
W. Austin, licensed victualler, Abchurch-lane, Nov. 12, at
half-past eleven.
G. G. Weston, linen-draper, Windsor, Nov. 12, at twelve.
J. Bates, furrier, Long-lane, Bermondsey, Nov. 14, at one.
T. Courtney and G. Courtney, clothiers, Old Jewry, Nov.
14, at two.

W. Eldridge, victualler, Milton-street, Nov. 13, at one.
A. Cohen, wine merchant, Magdalen-row, Great Prescott-
street, Goodman's-fields, Nov. 13, at twelve.
J. Mivart, auctioneer, Richmond, Nov. 13, at eleven.
E. M. Caddick and A. M. Caddick, boarding-housekeepers,
Manor Hall, Little Chelsea, Nov. 14, at eleven.
J. C. Edwards, bill-broker, Hertford-street, May-fair, Nov.
14, at half-past one.
'l'. Parker, ribbon-manufacturer, Coventry, Nov. 14, at half-
past twelve.

M. Morgan, lodging-housekeeper, Bloomsbury-square, Nov.
4, at one.

G. Diack, furniture warehouseman, Regent-street, Nov. 12,
at half-past one.
C. L. Birch, coach-maker, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-
inn-fields, Nov. 14, at twelve.
R. S. Firmin and W. King, button-manufacturers, Conduit-
street, Bond-street, Nor. 12, at one.
J. Kenworthy and J. B. Kenworthy, warehousemen, Iron-
monger-lane, Nov. 12, at twelve.
R. Waring, ironmonger, Luton, Bedfordshire, Nov. 14, at
eleven.

S. Balsdon, tailor, South Molton-street, Nov. 12, at half-
past twelve.

In the Country.
J. Alderson, shopkeeper, Smiddles-lane, Bradford, Nov. 13,
at twelve, at the Court-house, Bradford.

J. Bridge, cotton-spinner, Bating's Mill, Rochdale, NOT. 14,
at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. _

W. Poulton, cattle-salesman, Cricklade, Wilts, Nov. 14, at
twelve, at the Duke's Arms Inn, Marlborough.
B. Carlill, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Nov. 27, at
eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull.
H. H. Byron, corn-merchant, Lincoln, Nov. 16, at eleven,
at the City Arms Hotel, Lincoln.
G. Wilcock and J. Mallinson, worsted-spinners, Brighouse,
Halifax, Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Talbot Inn, Halifax.
T. Patchett, worsted-manufacturer, Brighouse, Nov. 16, at
eleven, at the Talbot Inn, Halifax.
H. Todd, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 14, at twelve, at the
Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
J. Sergeant, window-blind-manufacturer, Liverpool, Nov.
15, at one, at the Clarendon-roomq, Liverpool.
J. Winskill, J. Harwood, and J. Hutchinson, carpet-manu-
facturers, Barnard Castle, Durham, Nov. 14, at eleven, at the
Waterloo Inn, Barnard Castle.
W. Preedv, grocer, Oxford, Jan. 3, at ten, at the Mitrelna;
Oxford.

T. Henney, innkeeper, Midhurst, Sussex, Dec. 17, at twelve,
at the Eagle Inn, Alidhurst.
T. Hoyle and W. B. Harrison, commission-agents, Man-
chester, Nov. 14, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester.

F. H. Maw, merchant, Morton, Lincolnshire, Nov. 15, at
twelve, at the George Inn, King3ton-upon-Hull.
G. Cole, wine-merchant, Oxford, Nov. lb, at ten, at the
Mitre Inn, Oxford.
T. Irving, dyer, Wheatley, Halifax, Nov. 15, at twelve, at
the Shakspeare Inn, Halifax.
T. Barrow and G. Geddes, commission-agents, Stockport
Cheshire, Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
Manchester.

P. R. Atelierley, draper, Whitehurch, Salop, Nov. 20, at
eleven, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury.
T. Bennett, J. Thornton, and J. Ridgway, cotton-spinners,
Hayfield, Glossop, Derby, Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Commis-
sioners'-rooms, Manchester.

CERTIFICATES.—Nov. 12.
J. T. Buckley, cheese-factor, Liverpool.
T. S. Smith, brewer, Liverpool.
J. C. Yole, coal-merchant, East Stonehouse, Devonshire,
H. Powell, linen-draper, Newington-butts.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
0. Thomas and J. Thomas, linen-drapers, Exeter.
W. E. Clanll and T. Brown, bakers, Northampton-street,
St. Pancras.

J. Ogden and G. Yates, rope manufacturers, Manchester.
G. Tate and W. Taylor, feltmongers, Wisbeach St. Peter's,
Cambridgeshire.
H. C. Booth and F. Hollins, cotton-brokers, Liverpool.
J. Wallis and J. Ibberson, stone-masons, Manchester.
T. Power and D. Ingles, merchants, Gibraltar.
J. Jones and W. Beech, china toy-manufacturers, Burslem,
Staffordshire.
_ _

M. Moyle, S. Harvey, jun., and W. B. Harvey, drapers,
Chacewater, Cornwall (so tar as regards S. Harvey, jun.)
T. Jones and J. Jones, builders, Cheadle, Cheshire.
J. R. Preston and R. Hardman, wine .merchants, Manchester.
R. Rowbottom and G. Woods, trimming-mannfactu.rers, Li.
vernool.

S. Howgate, jun., and G. Howgate, steel-refiners, Sheffield.
D. Strangwayes and H. Walker, solicitors.
W. Price and J. F. Noah, Upper St. Martin's-lane.
G. Helder and W. Helder, solicitors, Clement's-inn.
E. Hunt and S. Matters, dyers, Crown-street, Soho.
J. P. Park and P. Watson, brass-founders, Preston, Lan-
cashire.

J.
Hartill and G. L: Jaques, fancy cabinet-makers, Old-st.
W. H. Banks and H. Phene, surgeons, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
WILLIAM HEDLEY, saddlers Langholm, Oct. 28 and
Nov. 15, at two, at the Buck Inn, Langholm.
ROBERT WALKER, commission agent, Glasgow, Oct.
28 and Nov. 15, at one, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow.

HORRIBLE DEPRAVITY.

(From the Halifaz• Express.)

On Saturday, an inquest was held before G. Dyson,
Esq., at the Queen's Arms, Manchester-road, Brad-
ford, on the body of Mary Coulton, a single woman,
aged twenty, who died shortly after giving birth to a
healthy female child, on Thursday morning. The in-
quest, which lasted a considerable time, was conducted
with the utmost determination to arrive at a proper
verdict, and elicited from the various witnesses evidence
of the most extreme want and wretchedness in the abode
of the deceased, and the utmost depravity in the inmates.
The family of which the deceased formed one, consists
of her sister, who has been married, and has three
children, and two brothers, both unmarried, and living
in a newly-finished, single-room cottage, under the
houses in Adelaide-street, Manchester-road.

A neighbour woman who had known them before they
came to live there, was in the house till eleven o'clock
the night before. She stated that the deceased was
ling in bed with the younger brother ; that the eldest
brother and another man was on the hearth with the
sister ; that the deceased complained very much of
pain in her back, &c. ; that she knew the deceased
was with child, and had suspicions of her approaching
labour, which she communicated to the deceased ;
that the man did leave the house when she did ; and
that when she saw the deceased the next morning, she
had borne a child. She stated, that there was no
preparation made for either the mother or child, and
that, she could find neither bread, flour, oatmeal,
sugar, nor anything suitable for deceased.
This testimony was corroborated by others who were
called in on the morning ; and that when a doctor was
recommended to be sent for, the sister said she should
like to save that money. She understood it was the
practice of the deceased to sleep with her two brothers
in the same bed, and the sister to sleep with her children
in another bed ; that they had done so when in lodp.
ings with one John Naylor, Wood-street, White Abbey,
for a long time back.
The sister, Margaret Wilson, being called, admitted
that she had gone to bed that night, and that her two
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et hne deceased as usual.
disturbance
till be-
tween three and four o'clock in the morning that the
child was horn ; she then ran out to call in the neigh-
t that the
bours. She stated that the eldest brother earns 10s. or
los. a week, and the younger has 12s. et week, as ware-
houseman. They both work for Messrs. C.
Waud
and Co.

On the two brothers being called, they admitted
being in the regular habit of sleeping with the sister,
but that John Taylor, now living at Morton, was the
father of the child. They denied receiving so much
wages as stated by the sister ; the elder, twenty-six
years old, said he only made Bs. or 9s. a week, and the
younger, twenty-three years old, said he had 1 Is. a week.
Verdict—" Deceased came by her death for want of
proper nourishment and attention after child-bearing."
Thomas and John Coulton and Margaret Wilson were
then again called in, and rece:ved from the Coroner and
several of the jury the expressions of abhorrence with
which they viewed their conduct, and were informed
that a strict watch n•ould be kept over their future be-
haviour.

We learn from the Norfolk Chronicle, that on
Thursday last a general meeting of the Guarantees of
the late Festival was held at the Guildhall, Norwich,
for receiving the report of the Committee of Manage-
ment and the accounts of the treasurers. It appeared
from the report, that the result of the festival had been
highly favourable. The gross receipts amounted to
.5,639/., and the gross expenses to 4,343/. ; leaving a
surplus of 1,2961. Of this sum the Cormatttee re-
commended that 800/. should immediately be appor-
tioced among the various public charities for the be-
nefit of which the festival was designed ; and that the
balance should constitute a reserved fund, subject to the
control of a Committee then to be named, for the pur-
pose of carrying ou proceedings for the next festival.

• • .
Pubiic credit is maintained.
" With respect to the budget, a law will be drawn
up for regulating other financial concerns connected
respecting
which the contributions from the Colonies,
which communications will be made to you, that
give
a
favourable result, as well for the present as the future.
" The regulations of the transcription of that part of I
the public debt, which, according to the treaty of Lon-
don, is to be charged upon Belgium, has not made so
much progress as I could have wished.
The new legislation has been introduced everywhere
with the best success, and without any impediment to
the course of justice. Its effects during the last year
have had the most favourable results.
" The first book of the penal code, will be laid before
you. 'this important work may be prosecuted with
zeal, as soon as the result of the delberations on the
first book shall he known. The important affaiis which
will require our joint consideration, will again afford you
ample Opportunity to give proofs of the wisdom and
patriotism which, I reflect on it with pleasure, have
distinguished this Assembly, even in the most critical
ctrcn)mstsr.ces.
" The fidelity of the nation, distinguished by love of
its Princes, and attachment to its institutions, will sup-

port our united exertions for the consolidation of it
happiness. And if we combine with this a respectful
confidence in the blessings of the Almighty, the kins-
dom of the Netherlands will be strengthened ; and
though reduced to narrower limits, still retain an
honourable place in the rank of the nations of Europe,"
After delivering this speech, his MAJESTY left
the Hall, and the Assembly broke ti.p.

We are glad to see the Tory Journals driven to
defend their faction. The Times erewhile said the
Tories were like a duck-legged drummer, always in
the rear of the regiment. Yesterday it described
them as having" for years back adapted their legis-
lation to the wants of society."
" Gagging Acts, Test and Corporation Acts, Popish
Disability Acts," said our Contemporary, " with others
of the same clas,, have been repealed by them without
remorse. The Reform Bill itself, though far from con-
vinced of its expediency, was at length concurred in by
them in deference to the expressed wishes of the nation :
while in matters of ecclesiastical and educational policy,
we find that the regulation and reduction of pluralities,
the arrangement of tithe-commutations, the bestowal of
money upon Dissenting schools, and even the abolition/of
Church-rates, have all, in their turn, been either carried
or proposed by your venal Tory statesmen."
Poor Tories I what a wretched condition they
must be in ! How low must they be sunk in the
opinion of their own crack writer when he can find
nothing to praise in their policy but their defeats !
They passed the Gagging Acts, and would have
renewed them had they dared. The Test and
Corporation Acts, to which they pertinaciously
clung, were abolished, in fact, by a vote of the
House of Commons in spite of all the il-sauence of
the Church and of the Tories in possession of the
Government. Sir ROBERT PEEL explained, when,
as a matter of expediency, in direct opposition to
the fixed principles of the Tories, he introduced
the Catholic Relief Bill in 1829, that the majority
of the enlightened and ruling portion of society,
as well as the majority of the Representatives of our
counties and most populous towns, were in favour
of such a measure of relief, and that the Govern-
ment could not be carried on in peace unless it were
passed. Expediency PEEL gave up his principles,
gave up the representation of Oxford, and opposed
the Tories, to repeal the Popish Disabilities Act.
He adopted, for the moment, the Whig policy, in
order to steal a triumph from the Whigs, and ap-
propriate to himself and his friends the honours and
rewards which were justly due to them. His cun-
ning kept him in office only a twelvemonth. The
Emancipation Act of 1829 was a victory
for the Whigs ; and Sir ROBERT PEEL
had only the disgrace of extorting a ratifi-
cation of it from his own friends. That he
submitted to this disgrace, and did not allow his
personal feelings, his regard to consistency, his
Tory principles, to prevent him from adopting the
Whig policy, was of pre-eminent advantage to the
country. Had the French Revolution of 1830
overtaken England while the penal laws against the
Catholics were in full force, no power could have
saved Ireland from a rebellion and England from a
revolution. By Sir ROBERT PEEL defeating the
Tories and adopting the Whig policy, lie conferred
a benefit on his country, though he branded the
Tories with disgrace.
He now makes the Reform Act his own, though
he opposed it to the utmost of his power. He is
contented with a law which has turned out a mise-
rable abortion and grievously disappointed the
hopes of the nation, and the more contented with it
as the failure is great. The utmost wisdom of the
Tories consists in adopting the errors of the Whigs.
On Church•rates, Dissenting Schools, Tithe Com-
mutation, they have only accepted the Whig Acts,
and neither in office nor in opposition profess to ad-
here to the principles which they advocated as long as
possible on these subjects to promote their factious
ends. As toecclesiastical and educational policy, the
Tories support our exclusive sectarian and mis-
chievous Church. Considered as a political con-
trivance, the condition of the population proves
the Church of England to be a miserable failure ;
while, being a mere Act of Parliament and not a
Gospel Church, it cannot be defended on any
principles of religion. That Church, however, the
Tories now defend, and are ready to involve the
country in confusion and bloodshed for an institu-
tion which is the opprobrium both of politics and
religion.
We cannot deny that there is some chivalry in
the conduct of the Tories. They never heartily
undertake the defence of a cause till it is weak, tot-
tering,
and sure to fall. Their zeal, such is their
corrupt nature, always increases in proportion as a
cause is rotten. No efforts could induce them to
abate one jot of their love for the boroughs of sche-
dule A. On the very eve of Parliamentary Reform
they declared the old system perfect. They slum-
bered at their posts, as defenders of the Church,
through the whole reign of GEORGE 111. ; but now
that the defects of that institution are known, now,
when millions declare it to be a nuisance and
a curse, the Tories peril their name and
reputation on upholding it. Just so they acted in
1828 and 1829, and never were more zealous in
behalf of the Test Acts and the Catholic Penal
Laws than just before they were obliged to concede
the abolition of both. From their defeat on these
points we augur their similar defeat on the Church
arid Educational policy ; and ere a few years elapse
they will be compelled to go further than the
Whigs propose to go at present.
Nor is the duck-legged drummer policy of the
Tories anything inexplicable. It is the inevitable
consequence of the false theory they have adopted
as to society. They place no confidence in human
nature. Living man ti.ley treat with contempt.
They trust to old parchments—to the rules laid
down by ignorant barbarians, to customs founded
in conquest or fraud, to laws which were dictated
by the sword, to anything rather than to the living
generation. Of every political oppression, exist
wherever it may—of every political fraud, however
long it may have been denounced, the Tories are
necessarily the advocates. All that is, they defend--
all that man hopes for, and aspires to, they deny. It is
from being thoroughly convinced that they are now
bolstering up, at in past times, a rotten cause, that
we rejoice to see them compelled to defend their
own character and acts, instead of being left at
liberty to throw their poisoned shafts at more en-
lightened statesmen.

The Standard proves rather too much in the
following paragraph :

" As to the Executive, it has been for five years
entirely Popish, to the extent of its power ; the reign
of law has been dissolved in Ireland in favour of
Popery, and would be dissolved in England and Scot-
land, but that Popery could gain nothing by anarchy in
Great Britain."

The reign of law dissolved in Ireland for five
years may make the English also desire to see its
dissolution. During these five years the troops
have been gradually withdrawn from Ireland, and
the country never was more tranquil or prosperous.
In the same period the army has been increased,
and one of the reasons for increasing it was the
disturbed state of England. The paragraph of the
Standard, therefore, proves that to put an end to the
reign of the law promotes tranquillity, and that the
anarchy introduced by Popery is the happiness
of nations. Well done zealous Standard ! A
more emphatic recommendation of Popery and
anarchy, founded on facts, has not frequently been
laid before the public. The worthy Editor must
surely be a Jesuit, not in disguise, and bound to
serve the cause of O'CONNELL and the PoPE.