The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-01 00:00:00

ADVICE TO ELECTORS

persist in an error of this kind, hut, as reasonable I
managers of their own affairs in politics, as well as in 1
What are you going to do ?—to vote for a Parliament
private concerns, would turn away from their service
man ? I hope then you have taken no money. For doubt-
risen who had proved themselves incapable of doing
less you know the strictness of the oath,—that you have re-
well that which had been entrusted to them to do. ceived no " gift or reward, directly or indirectly, nor any
This does not, however, appear to be the case, for promise of any, on account of your vote" in the ensuing
those very Ministerial Members, who have brought the election. Surely you start at perjury! at calm, fore-thought,
House of Commons into contempt, so far as it is to deliberate, wilful perjury ! If you arc guilty already, stop ;
be considered a place for managing the public busi- go no farther. It is at the peril of your soul. Will you
ness, are those whom the party who call themselves sell your country ? Will you sell your own soul ?
Will
!
friends of Reform have chosen again. These ineffloient you sell your God, your Saviour? Nay, God forbid
representatives have been sent back again to Parlia-
Rather cast down just now the thirty pieces of silver or
gold, and say, " Sir, I will not sell Heaven. Neither you
ment, to carry on the same dull farce of tedious nothings nor all the world is able to pay the purchase."
under the name of legislation, and to repeat those acts I hope -you have received nothing else, neither will re-
of tyranny which they are pleased to designate as an ceive ;no entertainment, no meat or drink. If this is given
exercise of the, privileges of the House of Commons. you on account of your vote, you are perjured still. How
Under the former system of representation, it was the
Sift, if
iyoue ydoe nuvlialdkrieodrona4otdt bahr,yuuoy:bi ltti. vv,
have received noli gift ? This was
constant, and, as it seemed to us, the well-founded com-
drink,t !
orvflo r yao
mos
site
ly
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soul
plaint, of the friends of Reform, that when Members of to
Parliament showed themselves of a sirit too despotic, 0 consider what you do 'of as if the whole election de-
p pended on your single vote, and as if the whole Parliament
or a capacity too dull for useful Legislators, the people depended (and therein the whole nation) on that single
had but rarely the power of dismissing them. They person whom you now choose to be a member of it.
held their seats by virtue of an influence which was But if you take nothing of any, for whom shall you vote?
quite distinct from a popular influence. But now, For the man that loves God. He must love his country,
when all this is changed—when the people have the and that from a steady, invariable principle. And by his
power at elections, for continuing or dismissing former fruits you shall know him.
ea
is careful to abstain from
appearance of evil. He is zealous of good works, as
representatives, according to their usefulness in the all
pre-he Ilias opportunity, doine, ggod to all men. He uses all
ceding Parliament, we look in vain to the Whig-Ra-
the ordinances of God, and that both constantly and care-
dicals at all events, for a reasonable exercise of that fully. And he does this, not barely es something he must
power. To what can we attribute this but to the spi- do, or what he would willingly be excused from ; no, he
let of faction ; that spirit which disregards reason, and rejoices in this his reasonable service, as a blessed privilege
listens only to passion ; which drowns all sober consi- of the children of God.
deration in senseless clamour, and drives common sense But what if none of the candidates hare these fruits ?
then vote for him that loves the Queen, Queen Victoria,
Lion, for violence and lies. Where is the man, with
off the field, to make room for flattery and vitupera-
wnom the wise providence of God has appointed to reign
ortis. —Fiona a Word to a Freeholder, by the Rev. John
anything like a rational zeal for popular liberty, who
could in calm and sober argument pretend that the late J'
House of Commons had done its duty ? What did it
do during the late session, which continued from the
last day of January to the middle of July ? Where are
its works ? We know that a great deal of time was
spent upon a Bill for creating establishments which
Mr. O'Connell calls " Normal schools for agitation
in Ireland." We know that there was a vast deal of
idle debate upon motions which every body was aware
would lead to nothing, about altering the constitu-
fon of both Houses of Parliament ; but we do not
know of any creditable attempt being made during
those five months and a half, to impart, upon a bold
and noble scale, fresh vigour, justice, and humanity
into our policy, foreign or domestic. We do not know
of any step taken by those persons called by their own
party Reform Members, to elevate the character or
enlarge the liberties of the people—to make the nation
more virtuous at home, and more respected abroad.
Under such circumstances it was to be expected that
the people, and especially those who seek to distinguish
themselves as friends of Reform, would bear in mind
the neglect or the inefficiency of their representatives,
and no longer be cajoled by persons who could not, or
would not, properly discharge the public duties to
which they were appointed. The soi-disant " friends
of Reform" have not done so, but they have done all
that in them lies to give the country another House of
Commons as stupid, as ineffectual, and as presump-
tuous as the last. Thus do people neglect, and throw
away, the political advantages which have been placed
in their hands, when they are blinded by faction.—
iforning Herald.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

For the last four or five weeks considerable excitement
has existed in the neighbourhood of the Edgware-road,
from the mysterious disappearance of a respgetable female,
named Mary Stansbury, the wife of Mr. Stansbury, a
baker, residing at No. 7, John-street, Edgeware-road,
whose extraordinary absence has occasioned the greatest
alarm for her
.safety. It appears that on the afternoon
of Monday, the Ist of May last, Mrs. Stansbury left her
home, accompanied by her servant, Eliza Colebury, for
the purpose of visiting her brother, who resides in the
neighbourhood of the Haymarket, saying she should be
home before 11 o'clock. About 9 o'clock the servant
returned home, and informed Mr. Stansbury that her mis-
tress had desired her to do so, and said she would return
by an omnibus. Not returning, however, by 12 o'clock,
Mr. Stansbury became alarmed for her safety, but his
fears were allayed by the servant saying it was probable
she was staying at her brother's, whose children were very '
ill. The next morning Mr. Stansbury went to his brother-
in-law's, when he was astonished to find that his wife had
not been there at all. He instantly returned home, and
questioned Eliza Colebury, the servant, as to her state-
ment of the previous night, when she acknowledged that
it was incorrect, but said that she had somehow or other
missed Mrs.Stansbury while walking along, and after losing
three hours in searching for her, had returned home and
batched up the above story to account for her absence.
Mr. Stansbury immediately lost no time in giving informa-
tion of the circumstances at the various police-offices and
station-houses, but without obtaining any information re-
specting her. The servant was then most closely interro-
gated as to what part of the town she first missed her mis-
tress in, when she made so many contradictory statements,
that she was threatened to be given into custody. Before,
however, that could he done, she succeeded in hanging her-
self in the kitchen, and when discovered, life was quite ex-
tinct. From that time Mr. Stansbury and his relatives
have been indefatigable in their endeavours to trace the
unfortunate woman, but up to the present moment not the
slightest tidings respecting her have h!en obtained. So
strongly is the impression on the mind of Mr. Stansbury
that his wife has met her death by unfair means, that it has
incapacitated him from attending to his business, which he
has consequently given up, and it has so operated on his
mind, that he is constantly wandering about town and the
suburbs in hopes of obtaining some intelligence of her.
Mrs. Stansbury is described as being a remarkably fine-
looking woman, rather above the middle stature, fresh-
coloured, light hair, and blue eyes. She was dressed, when
she left home, in a dark merino dress, a large black silk
cloak, and a plum-coloured silk bonnet.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held for closing the buiniess on

the paper.
Mr. R. JONES, the Chairman of the London Bridge
Committee, brought up the Report cf the Committee,
which stated that the Chamberlain having, in pursuance of
the Acts of Parliament relative to London Bridge and its
approaches, laid before them a statement of the surplus of
the usual duties and payments of the approaches fixed for
the quarter ending the .sth.of July, 1837, and it appearing
that the sum which might be applied in discharge of further
parts of the loan raised in pursuance of the Act was
21,300/., the Committee was of opinion that the Chamber-
lain should be directed to take the proper measures for ap-
plying that sum accordingly, and tti.give the necessary no-
tices in the manner provided by the Act.
The CitataltAN stated that by the skilful management
of the Committee nearly a quarter of a million of this debt
had been paid off within the last seven years, and it was
expected that in the course of fourteen or fifteen years the
whole debt would be discharged.

The Court then adjourned at an early hour, in order that
the Lord Mayor might wait upon the Queen, to invite her
Majesty to dine at Guildhall.
Thq Queen appointed the 9th of November for the en-
tertainment.