The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-11 00:00:00

VISCOUNT EBRINGTON

This was a bill filed by Viscount Ebrington, as th.
Lay Lnpropriator of a parish in Wales, for the purpose
of enforcing the payment of the tithes of milk and calf!.
in kind. The defendant set up a modus of 2id., in
of the tithes of cows, calves, and milk. The plaintiff di"
puted the legality of the modus.
The MASTER of the ROLLS considered that the de.
fendant had not sufficiently made out his modus, and there'
fore felt himself bound to decree for the plaintiff, with foe's.

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ON THE APPROACHING SESSION OF

Stn,—The approaching Session of Parliament is
expected by the country with intense anxiety. Its
proceedings will be watched with jealousy, if not
suspicion. It is unnecessary to confirm this by an
appeal to the public meetings which have been so
generally held. Every man, be he a fundholder,
landholder, or manufacturer, feels that great interests
are at hazard, and still looks to Parliament as the
place where they are to be discussed and decided
ilPon. I say, still looks to Parliament, because if in
this perilous crisis of our fortunes Parliament should
ileglect its duty, mistake or refuse to listen to the
Public voice, and disappoint reasonable hopes, the
conntry, impatient under its difficulties, will, I fear,
turn from that body with disgust, and attempt to
work out its relief by other and less regular means.
As this extreme result is one which all rational men
must deprecate, it is most desirable to lose no time
In attempting to ascertain the nature and extent of
our difficulties, and how far the cure of them is
within the reach of Parliament. That the distress
Is very general will be admitted by all who have not
an interest in denying it. Complaints so universal
cannot he the fictions of fancy, or a party : it is
true that one great interest seems to be more de-
pressed than others, but admitting this melancholy
superiority, the others follow at no distant interval.
In substance then, the landlord gets little rent ;

the farmer sees his small capital waste from under
him ; the manufacturer scarcely realizes a profit ;
and the labourer, whether husbandman or mechanic,
if he is so fortunate as to obtain employment, is re-

munerated by wages which do not al ways rescue
his wife and children from famine. If this happened
now for the first time, it might be looked upon as
some accidental calamity which would soon pass
away ; if it happened under the pressure of great
national reverses, to those reverses it might be
attributed, and we might submit to the inevitable
chastisement and wait in humble patience for better
times. But instead of all this we have now been 15
years at peace, tied during that space of time we
have been afflicted by periodical visitations of
distress, depressing sometimes one interest, some-
times another, and occasionally, as nose, striking
with an iron hand at the whole community. What-
, ever may have been the cause of so much suffering,
it is still more important to the patient to ascertain
the character of the malady, and to point out the
means by which his health may be restored. Now,
in One word the disease is clearly this, that the pub-
lic income is scarcely equal to the public expendi-
ture, and that this inadequate income can only be
raised by taxes, which blast the industry of the
country, and are inconsistent with any permanent
national prosperity. The remedy obviously is to be
found in a reduction of taxes, and it is proposed to
accomplish this in one of two ways; either by a
change in the value of money, to leave the nominal
amount of the burthens where it is ; or, by a large
reduction of expence, to remit taxes to an ex-
tent that will give the necessary relief. Now, such
an alteration in the currency as is here adverted to,
being in fact a bankruptcy, and nothing else, it is
not more honest in a nation than in a merchant to
come to this pass, until all other resources have been
tried and failed. Economy then is the only honest
alternative—severe, rigid, unflinching, parsimonious
economy—economy such as the apathy of men in
office has never yet dreamt of, and such as the cri-
minal negligence of Parliament has never yet forced
upon any Ministers—economy in great things, and
• in small things—economy in armies, in navies, in
colonies (the favourite abode of extravagance), in
palaces, in diplomacy, in all departments, and in
every species of establishment. The sacred pre-
cincts of the Civil List must be invaded; all pen-
sions must be reconsidered, and all salaries reduced.
The principle on which our expenditure, since the
termination of the war, has been formed is vicious,
and has breught us to the brink of ruin; men in
dilce have determined what it would be convenient
for them to receive, and to spend in their several
departments, and a credulous Parliament has ac-
quiesced in their demand, and levied the taxes
almost without inquiry. The establishments, too,
the military ones especially, have been excessive in
amount, and of the most expensive description ; our
Colonies have been garrisoned as if in momentary
danger of attack ; and instead of husbanding our
resources, so as to allow the wealth of the country
to accumulate by the exertions of individual indus-
try, we have swept away every man's savings, and
inflicted upon the nation a large measure of the
burthens of war without necessity as an excuse, or
glory as a compensation.
Without entering at this moment into long de-
tails, observe a few specimens of this spirit of extra-
vagance. Look at the palaces in London and at
'Windsor; the canals and fortifications in Canada;
the ridiculous expence of the household troops;
the needless number of cavalry regiments; the
Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, at best a question-
able pageant, raised ten thousand a year to meet
the then depreciation of the currency. The Lieu-
tenant-General of the Ordnance sent to Portugal
4 the very men who last year made Parliament
vete that his constant attendance was necessary in
Pall-mall. The whole train of Colonial establish-
ments, civil and military, while some of the Go-
vernors reside and receive their salaries in England,
and some of the Colonies themselves, had much
better be relinquished. The diplomatic missions,
all on a scale unknown to any other country, and
'431.1,e utterly useless, except to dine English ab-
sentees, e
such as tnose to the smaller states of Italy
and Germany; and, to descend to smaller things,
the salaries of the inferior officers of Government,
such as the Secretaries of the Treasury, beyond all
just proportion with the importance of the office ;
and at this moment (should the report be true) as if
1,1:1 outrage of public distress, and in defiance of pub-
ic °Pinion, the sinecure of the Mint given to the
- °roughs of a young Nobleman, otherwise entirely
Msignificant.
lii short, Sir, one of two things must happen,
Tiller these matters must be mended, or the public
Do; I°se whatever share of confidence it still re-
* NeTa in Parliament.
uch indeed will yet remain to be done ; the
Z;eat and indispensable thing is economy, but it
°aid be idle to deny that many of our institutions
require revision. The old antipathy to reform must
rve way to the progress of truth; the machinery
110 longer suited to the necessities of the times,
,or to the advanced state of public opinion; the-
Clos
of corporations must be opened to the burgesses
Lame tewns ; and great communities, like Birming-
lo and Manchester, must not be insulted any
t'ger with the visions of virtual representation,
Which failed to satisfy America, and will not long
do as an article of faith in England. The Church
to and the Law must submit to important changes;
accmplis
within the provincee ofs Parliament. tem-
, can conceive no more enviable situation than
necessity of these things before it is too late,
til,d the courage to carry them into execution.
is reward would be the regeneration of his country.
I.say nothing of its gratitude, for that may be tran-
sitory; but the improved condition of society, the
restored relationship between Parliament and the
People, the invigorated resources, and the adjusted
Proportions of the State, would form for him a mo-
-I:arnent of imperishable glory. Let us hope that
arll°l a man will be found, but if not, let us not
erefore despair. The demands of a whole country
imperative, and a consenting Minister would
,ver Y hasten and direct their accomplishment; not
men by a reluctant Parliament can they
4 be ulti-
telY defeated.
Your obedient servant,
AN ENGLISH FREEHOLDER.

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COURT CIRCULAR.

Prince LEoroLD came to town yesterday from his seat
at Claremont. His Royill Highness left Marlborough-
house in the afternoon, on his return to Claremont.

The Spanish and American Ministers transacted busi-
ness with the Earl of A EERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign-
office.

The Marquis CAMDEN, the Earl of ASHBURNHAM, the
Earl of CLARE, the Chevalier DE NEUMANN (of the Aus-
trian Embassy), the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Lord WEN-
FORD, had interviews with the Duke of WELLINGTON at
the Treasury yesterday.
A deputation from a copper mining company in Corn-
wall, accompanied by Sir RICHARD VEVYAN, Bart., one
of the Members for the county, attended yesterday at the
office of the Board of Trade, and had a conference with
Mr. HERRIES.

Viscount MELvxLLE held a levee yesterday at the Ad-
miralt3-, which was numerously attended by naval officers.
The Bavarian Minister transacted business yesterday at
the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

The Duke of GORDON, Lord LEVRSON GOWER, and
Mr. HERRIES, visited the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER yesterday, at the Treasury.
The Right lion. JAMES ABERCROMBY,. the new Chief
Baron of Scotland, visited Sir GEORGE MURRAY yester-
day, at the Colonial Office.

Earl BATHURST entertained the Cabinet Ministers to
dinner yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street.
It is understood that Dr. Ca HE-v, the Bishop of Exeter,
will be translated to the See of St. Asaph, vacant by the
decease of Dr. LUXMORE.