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

Pleased to call, the " better observance of the Sabbath."
As the Hon. Baronet did not enter into any explanation
of the nature or provisions of his intended measure, we
of course cannot offer an orAtion of its propriety, or
otherwise ; but this much, we may say—namelyl that if
it
ill be of ns astringent and puritanical a
r.haracter as the
Bof last Session ; if it institute the same ungenerous
distinctions between the privileged and unprivileged or-
ders, passing by unheeded, or nearly so, the amuse-
ments of the rich, in order to fall with the more
crushing severity on those of the poor ; if it shuts up the
baker's oven, and leaves open the West-end Hotel—if Sir
ANnaEw's proposed new Bill be characterised by all these
invidious peculiarities, then we shall not hesitate ari instant
to denounce it in the same unqualified terms as we de-
bounced his former measures on this subject. The ques-
tion is one that should be left to the increasing intelligence
of the people, and should not be regulated by Parliament.
On this point Mr. WARD well observed that " it was ut-
terly impossible for the House, to any good or practical
purpose,
There
was
a
to take upon itself the task of Sunday legislation.
growing feeling throughout the country which
'would bring about the declared objects of the Hon. Baronet
and his friends in a much better and more effectual way than
any coercive legisletive interference possibly could." Sir
ANDREW AGNEW'S second Bill for " enabling local autbo-
rities
' under certain restrictions, to remove Saturday and
_Monday fairs and markets to other days," was withdrawn,
the CHANcEr.r.ott of the EXCHEQUER pertinently remark.
ing that the effect of such a measure being
carrie would
b 0 " to put a stop to trade and commerce from on d e
end of
the. kingdom to the other."

...it! ibries have been most miserably disappointed in
their canvass for Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. Not a single
Promise can they get, except from those of their own
Party,
electors, INa.:lllen they accost the really free and independent
d express a hope that they " will not desert
an
to old friend," the universal question is, " How come
.VO/1 Ile the friends of Sir FRANCIS ? What makes
yhou %_
:i o eager for his success ? Times - are sadly
favourite
when Sir FRANCIS BURDETT •is become a
110avourite with you, or any of your kidney. No, no ; as
,ngas he stood by us, we stood by him. Now that
_him'i has left us, and taken up with you, we have done with
_7 This is the language of upright and honest men, who
require no ghost to tell them that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT
1: cannot be
p sound in principle, and cannot, consequently, be
roper representative for Westminster, when JOHN WIL-
" eit"Ea, GEORGE DAwsorkt, and other inveterate
venemies of Reform, are now his warmest friends and most
cte iv , supporters. This is a test of Sir FRANCIS' merits
.;'cu no sophistry can get over, and one, moreover, which
(no humblest individual in Westminster can apply.
fern.ln the mean time the Tories, rendered desperate by the
Ci
n prospect ordefeat, are circulating the most un-
ed falsehoods, in order to prejudice the cause of the
Ref • orminr,
sa
Candidate. Among other engines, the columns
of the V-intes have been used for this purpose. In that
inurnal it is stated this morning that Mr. LEADER had re-
Ingned in favour of Lord MILTON!!! This statement, it is
tteedless to say, is entirely destitute of foundation—a lie almost
wi..0.9 gross even for the quarter from which it has proceeded.
tchfertheless, it furnishes the friends
.of the Tory Candidate
. a pretext for placarding Westminster. Mr. LEADER'S
;8 -UCFeSa has, we have reason to know, been most triumphant
far as his canvass has proceeded, and that he will be the
cah be
utul'e Rn epresentative of Westminster no reasonable doubt
etertained.
In ti;

-Ile House of Commons last night Sir SAMUEL
he
HALLEY brought forward his motion for the repeal of
• ,
winuow-tax. It was lost—as was generally expected
"en by those who voted for it—by a very large majority.
This will not surprise the country. A further reduction
not taxation, in the present state of the national finances, is
rt3t expected by the people, who only seek such relief
'tom their burthens as is safe and practicable. Now the
reduction of the Window Tax cannot be regarded as
Viler safe or practicable, when such a measure would re-
tie the public income below the expenditure—unless,
"eed, a determination be taken to replace one impost by
4110ther, in all probability not less oppressive and quito as
kl,nPepular. On principle we are strongly opposed to
thetH Window Tax, as we are to every tax which restricts
e innocent and necessary enjoyments of the poor ;
but ,
when tne CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assures
us, that after the load of taxes abolished or reduced by the
Present Government, the Window-tax cannot be given up
'without causing a deficit in the Revenue as to create a ne-
cessity for some other burthen, we think it best to leave
things just as they arc, until we can get rid of the grievance
altogether, and in every shape.

The Middlesex Magistrates are never at ease—never
happy with themselves but when they are discharging the
functions of a society of superannuated spinsters for the
distribution of religious tracts. The smiling faces
of the poor, whether on Sabbath or week day,
13 gall and wormwood to these grave dignitaries.
FO
are a few exceptions we admit—Sir CHARLES
RBES, Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE, Mr. APWILLIAM, and
e other gentlemen, whom it is unnecessary to name,
are uniform in their opposition to the fanatical cant about
the vices of the poor which finds such favour with their
4,orshipful brethren on the bench ; but they are borne
quese
v by clamour, and out-voted on almost every
tion tP of any moment. At a meeting of the Magis-
iates yesterday Mr. HUGHES HUGHES moved a resolution
'Thieh was carried, to the effect that all applicants for a re-
newel of Music Licenses should be obliged to state in their
Petitions the dimensions of the rooms in which such public
!ptertainments were to be given, in order that if their
Worships thought the rooms too small, the licenses
tuight be refused ! Persons of ordinary capacity would
Zsetitnate the size of the rooms by the num-
r of the company ; but so do not the Magisterial
sees
of Middlesex. They will grant no licenses unless the
rooms are as large as to them shall seem convenient ; thus
leinetailing ruin upon hundreds of persons who now have
egos, but who cannot enlarge their premises----and at
fte genie time depriving those who are in the habit of
'otemp
quenting such places of the only check to the grossest
erance.
The F-

fie High Bailiff has fixed the nomination for the city
°' Westminster for Wednesday next.

and Absenteeism is positively " the monster grievance" of Ire-
and has been so since the English conquest of that
„"4'LintrY• It is a deplorable fact, that for centuries the
;ergrown landholders of Ireland have neglected to per-
"3"ll all those obligati h they d when the
Crown first conferred upon them the lordshipcontracte of vast tracts
territory, and have seemed to conceive that the whole
ansphere of their duty consisted in wringing rack-rents from
e most impoverished people upon the face of the globe,
41 squandering it upon the continent in senseless frivolity.
Bome strong measure will have before long to be adopted,
t° Compel the Irish landlords to fulfil that compact, which
it will be found
.they have almost invariably violated.
Amongst the largest landholders in Ireland who are
necessarily absentees are the London Companies, and it
affords us great pleasure to be able to state that, ge-
nerally speaking, 'they so Manage their estates as to
diminish to a considerable degree the evils of absen
teeisrn. - We have given a -hasty perusal to an important
document, we mean the report of the Deputation of the
Hon. the Irish Society, that visited the Irish estates of
the London Companies last autumn. The able suggest-
lions contained in the Report, with the benevolent spirit
which breathes throughout it, is highly creditable to the
611 c gentlemen who undertook the labour, and especially
t° J. E. DAvir.s, the intelligent and zealous Secretary of
the Irish Society.

'.oe Paris papers of Wednesday contain no political in-
tit:Higcnee of any interest. The speech of Count MOLE in
ie Chamber of Deputies, in support of the Secret Service
leneY Bill, is calculated to inspire France with a hope that
lue KING in future will adopt a more conciliatory line of
t1)°IleY• The President of the Council stated that the
o sacs which opposed the Revolutionary Government sus-
oetl by the events of 1830 were overcome ; and that it
'3'llY remained to crush the designs of a few desperate but
+solated wretches, whose notions were abhorrent to the
tinciPlesand feelings of the rest of the community. - The
q_ve
rnment would take the most effectual measures to
,i,istroY these enemies of the personification of order ; after
re it would be the study and delight of the Cabinet to
°Move whatever could excite the patriotic jealousy of the
Prn"Ple• He denounced as nonsense the demand of some
witt "I's of the Chamber, calling upon Ministers to state
vr what particular past Cabinet they would iden-
sleL the,,,ir policy. The past never sufficed for the pre-
st r'oh epoch was composed of men and circum-
ares, ineapable of exact re-production, so as' to
theof ideritification. Count JAUBERT, who followed
President of the Council, protested that the great ob-
%tnet,Tf Ministers was to remain in office as long as they
h" Had they been influenced by higher views they
would
rin2r,
boot have onsented to the withdrawal of the Appa-
A lie would make no sacrifice to public opinion.
.1•0-13, t° the Bill before the Chamber, he would vote for it, or
at it"Y demand to protect the person of the KING ; but
Ato..le
tame time he had no confidence in Ministers. M.
duct—Art-11'El', Minister of the Interior, defended the con-
13di. °1 the Government with respect to the Appanage
serifielFt was quite true that the withdrawal of it was a
was made to publis opinion. A Cabinet whose policy
had
19,1."t0 as retricted as that of the existing Administration
told drawn the Peerage Bill under similar circumstances,
.ties,..w.a_s not in consequence charged with betraying weak-
' tie thought it would be very wrong in any Government