The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-01 00:00:00

CHURCH RATES NOT A CHARGE

UPON LAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR—In all cases where land is charged for a particular
purpose, that charge is liable to be paid whether the land be
occupied or unoccupied ; if a party leave the property with-
out discharging 'what be owing, the property of the incoming
party is liable to be distrained to satisfy it ;* the contrary being
the case with regard to Church-rates, plainly shows the
charge to be merely personal. There is no inquisitorial law
justifying a Churchwarden in making the Church-rate to
compel any individual to disclose the amount of his in-
come, or declare his ability ; therefore a parishioner's abi-
lity is got at by assessing the annual value of the property
he occupies; the law presuming the ability of an occupier of
property of the annual value of 1001. to be double that of a
person occupying but 501. a year value, and he is so assessed
and charged, not on the property, but in respect of occupation
—and should an assessed party leave the premises without dis•
charging the rate, the next tenant cannot be called upon to do
so ; and if property be unoccupied, no person is liable to be
charged in respect of it.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
Ilfracombe, April 27, 1837. R. W. D.

* But the amount of the charge may be deducted from the
rent, in case of the land being occupied by a tenant.

QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sea—As the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Lon-
don were until very lately ignorant of their right of sitting as
Commissioners at the Augmentation Board, it is not impro-
bable that others possessing the same privilege may also be
unaware of their right, (especially Mayors of cites); therefore
you will oblige by inserting the list of the Body Corporate,
viz :
The Lords of the Privy Council.
The Lorda Lieutenants.
The Custos Rotulorum.
The Archbishops.
The Bishops.
The Deans of Cathedrals.
The Judges.
The King's Serjeants at Law.
The Attorney- General.
The Solicitor-General.
The Advocate-General.
The Chancellors of the Universities.
The Vice Chancellors of the Universities.
The Lord Mayor of London.
The Aldermen of London.
The Mayors of all cities within the kingdom.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
ROBERT WILLIAM DICKINSON.
Ilfracombe, April 27, 1837.

REPRESENTATION OF lIITDDERS-

FIELD.

(From the Leeds Merevry.)
The intelligence of the unexpected and lamented death of
John Blackburne, Esq., M. P., was received at Huddersfield
by the mail, on Saturday last. A vacancy being caused in
the representation of the borough, as many of the electors as
could be assembled on receipt of the painful intelligence, met,
and deputed Wm. Brook, Esq., (the Chairman of Mr. -Black-
burne's committee,) and Benjamin Bradshaw, Esq., to com-
municate personally with two or three gentlemen of unques-
tionable abilities and decided Liberal politics. Mr. Ellice,
son of the Hon. Member for Coventry, and Mr. Hill, late
Member for Hull, have been spoken of.
On Thursday, an address from Mr. Oastler, of Fixby, ap-
peared, stating, that a requisition from a number of the elec-
tors had been presented to him, requesting him to offer him-
self as a candidate, to which he says, " Unhesitatingly I an-
swer, yes, I will." He declares, that if returned, he will in-
stantly give notice of a motion to tear the accursed New Poor
Law from the Statute Book ; and after a further exposition
of his feelings, he concludes by saying, " if returned by your
exertions, you must maintain me as your own."
O❑ Thursday afternoon Benjamin Bradshaw, Esq., one or
the gentlemen who, with William Brook, Esq., was requested
to communicate with some of the Liberal party in town, ar-
rived from London, and strongly recommended -Edward Ellice,
Esq., the son of the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P. for
Coventry, hnd the nephew of Earl Grey. Mr. Ellice, jun., is
an advocate for the ballot, triennial Parliaments, the Ministe-
rial measure for the abolition of Church-rates, and a modifica-
tion of the Corn-laws. The deputation have had an interview
with Mr. Ellice, and he has consented to become a candidate
provided he has a fair chance of success.

On Thursday evening a meeting of the electors was held at
seven o'clock in the evening, in the large wool-warehouse in
Market-street, belonging to Mr. Samuel Eastwood ; John
Haigh, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Bradshaw gave a brief ac-
count of the result of his own and Mr. Brook's proceedings in
London, and of the political opinions of Mr. Edward Ellice,
which gave great and universal satisfaction to the meeting,
which was both numerous and respectable. Resolutions
were moved and carried, approving of the proceedings taken
to procure a Liberal candidate for the borough. Mr. T. A.
Heaps moved, and Mr. William Bradley seconded, Mr. Hill,
late Member for Hull, as a proper person to represent Hud-
derAeld. Mr. W. Winans then moved,' as an amendment,
that Mr. Edward Ellice be requested to offer himself as a can-
didate at the ensuing election ; which being seconded by Mr.
Tempest, was carried almost unanimously. A requisition to
Mr. Ellice was then agreed upon, and the Chairman called
the attention of the gentlemen present to the necessity of being
active in the canvass. The requisition was immediately put in
course of signature, and was signed by nearly all present.
Early yesterday morning the friends of Mr. Ellice again com-
menced a canvass for signatures to the requisition, which bas
been signed by upwards of 200 voters, and was dispatched by
the mail yesterday. Mr. Ellice is expected in Huddersfield
on Monday morning. There is a split among the Radicals,
some having gone over to the Tories.

Fearful that life may be lost by the pressure of the
dense multitude which, it is expected, will be present at
Greenacre's execution, should it take place amid the crowded
population of the city, we once more advise the Home Office
to consider well whether it ought not to exercise the power
which it possesses of ordering the sentence to be carried into
effect at Horsernonger-lane gaol. On looking to the Central
Criminal Court Act, we find it provides that the execution of
judgments on others than prisoners oil London or Middlesex
shall and may be done upon such prisoners in the same way
as if the offences were committed in the city of London. This
is directory to the Sheriffs, but does not take away the power
of the Crown to order the judgment to be executed in Surrey,
where the crime was committed. At all events, we advise all
masters and employers in London to keep their servants, ap-
prentices, &c., at home on Tuesday morning. Let them
recollect what a destruction of life and limb took place at the
Old Bailey on the execution of the persons convicted of the
murder of Mr. Steele.--Horning Herald.
NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING.—The most
correct and impartial account of the movements at Newmarket
appeared in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle of
Sundays, April 23d and 30th. Bell's Life in London is the
only sporting weekly journal published in London, at the price
of five-pence, embracing racing, chasing, hunting, cricketing,
aquatics, chess, and other sporting matter. Part V. of the
Gallery of Conticalities is just published, price Threepence,
at the Office for Bell's Life, 170, Strand, where may be had
either or all of the four preceding Parts, at Threepence each.
A YOUNG LONDON THIEF.—HC was a snub-
nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough, and as dirty a
juvenile as one would wish to see ; but he had got about him
all the airs and manners of a man. Ile was short of his age,
with rather bow legs and little sharp ugly eyes. His hat was
stuck on the top of his head so slightly that it threatened to
fall off every moment, and would have done so very often if
the wearer had not had a knack of every now and then giving
his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place
again. He wore a man's coat, which nearly reached to his
heels. Ile had turned the cuff back half way up his arms, to
get his hands out of the sleeves, apparently with the ultimate
view of thrusting them into the pockets of his corduroy trousers,
for there lie kept them. He was altogether as roystering and
swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood three feet six or
something less in his Bluchers.—" Oliver Twist" (By Boz)
in Bentley's Miscellany, for May.
FOUR NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME.—Mr. Pea-
cock's admirable stories, " Headlong Hall," " Maid Marian,"
" Nightmare Abbey," and " Crotchet Castle," are comprised
in one volume of Mr. Bentley's celebrated series of " The
Standard Novels." This exceeds in point of number of fic-
tions the volume of the same collection which included Mr.
Beckford's gorgeous oriental romance, " Vathek," Horace
Walpole's " Castle of Otranto," and M. G. Lewis's " Bravo
of Venice." Such a collection of capital fictions is worthy
of the high reputation it has acquired. It is unrivalled in any
language.
We are informed that the regulation of the Poor
Law Commissioners, forbidding relief to be given to the able-
bodied poor at their own homes, was the subject of discussion
at the Board of Guardians on Tuesday, just before the meet-
ing broke up. No resolution was passed, but it appeared to be
the general feeling that the regulation ought not to be' en-
forced at a period of such general distress as the present ; and
the Guardians separated with an understanding that means
would be devised, before their next meeting, for affording the
relief, which the distressed state of many of our manufacturing
population renders necessary, without requiring the applicants
to come to the poor-houses.Derb,y Reporter.