The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-30 00:00:00

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LONDON
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1837.

tains the report of the proceedings at a Church
rate meeting held at Rotherham, on Friday, at

I. which the Earls of Erle I NGII AM and Furzwi 1.-
i LIAM attended, to recommend the 4vving of a rate
which had, been refused by the parishioners some
months previously. The Chairman of the meeting
which had refused the rate, Mr. lIA TT E lISLEV, at-
tended to oppose the discussion of the question
before 'the expiration of the year; and though the
rate was sitbseqncntly allowed, the •friefidS. Of the
Establishment had no . reason to boast of their
victory. Mr. Ilitlnntsr,Ey objected to the interfe-
rence of the Earl of Furzwi 1.1-,1 A Nt, because his
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'• 1;.,k 1 kiooka have you consider whether every sect has
not a stro►►g interest in the wellbeing of every other sect.
The Church of England man was interested individually
in assisting the Dissenters to provide the proper means
of public worship, and the Dissenters had the same in-
terest in seeing the Church of England men provided. •
That place was not the property of the Church of England,
as a sect. It was the duty of the Legislature to provide
for that sect that should be an undoubted and permanent
majority, in order that the people might derive the great-
est possible advantage from the public edifices. ft would
be a legitimate ground or complaint for a Dissenter, that
the. wrong form of worship was established there.—( Hear,
hear.) If the Baptists or the Independents should be-
come seven millions out of the twelve millions of English-
men, the Anglican form of worship and , the Anglican
Ministers would, of necessity, and almost without legisla-
tive interference, he superseded by the worship of the
ministers of the then greatest sect. But while the mem-
bers of the Church of England were the largest sect, the
Legislatum must, of necessity, continue to maintain the
Anglican form of worship. He should very much regret
to see that which was now public property, taken posses-
sion of by •a,y individuals. In these appropriating des, he
w dezirous that this at least should be rescued from the
grasp of individual rapacity. If that edifice were to be
repaired by subscription, from that moment it would become
the property of those who subscribed, in the same manner as the
Dispensary over the way was vested in the subscribers. While
the church was supported by the community they had still the
satisfaction of thinking that something was saved from the hands
of individuals.. On these grounds he was averse that a subscrip-
tion should be_ had recourse to,\and he was not sure that he so very
much approved the plan proposed by Government, as a substi-
tute for the present mode of repairing. It was desirable that
the community of each parish should feel they had an interest
in the maintenance of the churches, so that they might claim
them as their own, to the exclusion of any individual."
Henceforth let the Dissenters be silent. The Episco-
pal party are merely keeping the Churches in repair
till they can claim them by the right of a numerical
majority. What says Mr. O'CONNELL to this argu-
ment of the Noble Earl ? Are there now anything ob-
jectionable in the Irish Tithes—now that Earl FITZ-
WILLIAM declares them to be the property of the
priesthood of the majority ? The Noble Earl is
the champion of the Church party at Rother-
ham. Why ? Because they constitute a majority ;
not because their religious tenets are better than their
neighbours: We shall see whether he will give ex-
pression to the same sentiments when supporting an
Irish Church Reform Bill in the House of Peers.
But the argument of the, Noble Earl goes for no-
thing, inasmuch as the Dissenters want to have
no reversionary interest whatever in the edifices
now occupied by the Episcopal party. They
are content to have nothing at all to .do with
Churches or Church livings, being resolved to provide
church-accoMmodation for themselves, and to main-
tain their own spiritual pastors out of their own
private funds. This is one of the principles of their
religion, and it really surprises, us, that a noble-
man of Earl FurzwiLLlAm's capacity and intelli-
gence could fall into such an error as to sup-
pose that circumstances might arise to enable
them to avail themselves of their reversionary interest
in tithe-supported ecclesiastical edifices without chang-
ing their creed. With the Roman Catholics, how-
ever, the case is different ; and to them we must .sup-
pose the Noble Earl was addressing himself, when he
talked of the expediency of keeping up a reversionary
interest in edifices which once belonged to them. The
following is a detailed account of the rate granted ; and
we put it to anyhonest reflecting C hristian—Whether se-
vetal of the items ought in decency to be submitted to
such a meeting ? What are we to think of the piety
—of the mere regard- to decency—of a Priest, who
has the assurance to put a washerwoman's bill among
the items of his ministerial expenditure ? Shame- upon
such hirelings !----

If there ever was a time when the people of thil
country could regard the " Established" Clergy as safe
guides either in matters spiritual or temporal, that time
is certainly-not the present. As spiritual directors they
have become incapacitated for the proper discharge of
their duties, by that leaden influence which an establish-
ment must, from its very nature, sootier or later, shed
over its ministers, and by a greater accumulation of
those abuses to which ecclesiastical systems are sub-
ject, than the world haS ever seen elsewhere in so
shod a space of time. Languor is the presiding genius
of the pulpit ; spiritual•mindedness is banished both
from the Church and her ministrations public and
private. The so-called minister of the Gospel passes
through the cold and lifeless. routine of his duties
with- as much indifference as the lazy school-boy
through his alloted task. We do not say that there
arc no exceptions ; but here, as in other cases, the
exceptions tend to confirm the rule. Let a minister,
who really feels the importance of the trust confided to
him, dare to break through the fetters which his bre-
thren have forged for him—let such a man venture to
disturb the repose of the pulpit, and to evince that there
and elsewhere his ambition is to devote himself to his
Master's service to the exclusion of all worldly objects—
and what is the consequence ? Do not the whole pack
open in full cry against him. Is he not denounced as
a schismatic who reads the New Testament when he
should be studying the Rubric—as a fanatic who is
labouring to undermine and destroy the Establishment,
by dispensing with those formalities, which constitute
the essence or a State religi'on, and introducing a spirit
fit only for the taliernaele or the meeting-house.
If, however, the Clergy are remiss and indolent in
matters spit itual, they make up for it by their activity
in the " temporalities." Here they are at home.
Hera all is bustle, life, and energy. Arc the corn-
sheaves to be set out in the farmer's field, the pig-sties
to be visited, or .the hen-roosts examined, who so
nimble at these exploits as the parson ? Is there an
election contest going on—then, indeed, he is in his
clement, scampering about the parish, canvassing,
stirring up strife, and doing every thing that he ought
not to do.

Tho vote was in favour of the grant of GO. for the repairs
of the fabric, and 11/. for sacramental wine. The next items
were 21. 2s. for a new warplicc, and 21. 105. for washing and
repairing surplices. These were negatived, Mr. Clark voting
against them. The following items were then allowed : bell-
ropes, 3/. 103. ; proctor's fees, 15s. Gd. ; parchment for regis-
ters for six years, to be sent to the diocesan registrar, 301. 1-Is. ;
and cleaning the church-yard, Si. ss. The next item was-
for coals, &c., 8/. Bs. ; but on Earl Fitzwilliam declaring he
should vote against that, the churchwardens withdrew it.'
The following items were then granted :—ringers' salaries,
21/. ; for ringing a bell at six, twelve, and eight o'clock each
day, hL ; attendance for the clock, 71. 7s. ; a tope necessary
for the ringing of the quarter jacks, 21. 25., and for copying
registers, JO/. Several of these items were carried unani-
mously. There was another item on the list of 101. for peram-
bulation expenses. After some discussion it was put that 51.
should be allowed. The Chairman declared this to be nega-
tived. The decision was disputed, but it was not pressed to a
division."

Lettcrs and Papers from Madrid, of the 21st inst.,
and from San Sebastian, of the 22d, have been re-
ceived. On the Calabrian coast General O'DONNELL
and Brigadier JOCK MUS have succeeded in taking the
town of Guctaria, with some important military posi-
tions in its neighbourhood, hitherto occupied by the
Carlists. O'DONNELL has likewise cleared the coun-
try round about Hernani, so that the rebels cannot
blockade that fortress, as there is not a roof left to cover
them within more than a mile of the garrison. From
the capital the news is not of well importance. His
Holiness, the PO: E, haS renewed for seven years the
Apostolicai powers granted by the Holy Sec to the
Patriarch. of Spain. As the Dceretal for the renewal
of the Archiepiscopal jurisdiction, makes no allusion
to the yrstion of succession in Spain, and is
not conceded as a boon the faithful, who might
suffer from the non•administration of the sacra-
ments, it has been received with great joy by the
Court, as a tacit acknowledgment of the QUEEN'S
authority.

•
A specimen of this pernicious activity is afforded
in the paragraph which we quote below from our Con-
temporary, the Shcffidd Independent. We find here
the Clergy secretly advising their parishioners to set the
law at defiance. Can such conduct be matched for
infamy ? It rcquires no comment :

" 'I lie Grand Jury having found a true bill against the
defendant, John Wainwright, of Garden-street, for re-
fusing to sign his name to the information he had given
to Mr. William Clark (the Registrar of Births and
Deaths in the north district of Sheffield), of the
birth of his daughter, contrary to the 28th Section of
the Registration Act, the defendant on Friday morn-
ing came to surrender himself, and pleaded guilty to the
charge. Mr. Baines stated, that he appeared on behalf of
the Registrars of the Sheffield Union, who had preferred
the present indictment for the purpose of showing to the
public that they were compelled to comply %-iith the Act of
Parliament. The prosecutors were actuated by no vin-
dictive feelings ; but so many impedirnehts had been thrown
in the way of the duties of the Registrars, that they had
no option but to institute the present prosecution ; and as the
defendant expressed his contrition, and stated that he had
acted under advice which misled him, the prosecutors
were willing to recommend him to mercy, and to re-
quest
dthat a
an nominal punishment only might be inflicted.
The efend having pleaded guilty to the charge, tile
Chairman asked him why he bad refused. Ilis answer was,
that he was authorized by tic Church ;' that they told
him when he took the child to be christened at the Church,
it was not necessary to register, and that he need not sign
the book. The Chairman said, .` You arc a great fool
for
your pains.' Ile further observed, that as the object of
the prosecution was answered by convincing the public that
they were bound to obey the law, and as the prosecutors asked
for a lenient sentence, he should only fine the defendant 6d.,
but this was the only reason for the lenient sentence. It was
the bounden duty of all to obey the law, and the excuse of the
defendant was no excuse."

The Siffoa Independent of Saturday last, con-

Thu following despatches from General ESPAR-
TER° to the Minister of War are copied from the
Madrid Gazette of the 13th and 21st inst. consecu-
tively. It appears from .tl;e second, that one division
of the Pretender's army under ZA lATEG fir has already
re-crossed the Ebro, with the intention of wintering in
the Basques. The despatches are as follow :

" TO MS EXCELLENCY TIIE MINIaTER OF WAR.

Head Quarters, Ontario del Pinar, Oct. 15,1837.
" Excellent Sir—Through my communication of yes-
terday you will be informed of the glorious action of Hu-
erta del Rey, on the evening of that day. In that com-
munication I informed you of the complete dispersion of
the cavalry and infantry of the rebel army in different
directions. I was, therefore, undecided which course I
should take this day ; but seeing the state of complete dis-
organization in which the enemy was, I resolved on march-
ing on this place (Ontario dcl Pinar), where I understood
the Pretender to be. The moment he learned, through
some of the factious who were dispersed yesterday, of this
new defeat, he fled in the .utmost precipitation and fright
to Quintanar de la Sierra, where he was this morning, after
having been marching- the whole night.
" Last night they give orders to re-unite the dispersed,
and sent a small force for this purpose in the direction of
_ia
tlega- The troops which they bad in San Leonardo fled
with similar precipitation, passing by Alice during the night,
and marching withouthalting Velviertre, a short league
y
from Quintanar. On mmarch to-day through' Espeja we
seized 500 fanegas of wheat, and some 250 of barley, which
the rebels were obliged to abandon. In this village we
took a part of their store of wheat, the remainder of which
they sold yesterday at 20 reals the fanega (one dollar for
Nibs) To-morrow I shall resume operations, of the re-

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 18J7.

sults of which I shall give you early notice ; having at
prcsert the satisfactiod of announcing to you a presenti-
ment of ,the most important results, as a consequence of
the victories gained by the brave army undcr my command,
which supports with the utmost enthusiasm the toils and
privations of this glorious campaign. God grant your Ex-
cellency many years.

"'LLTCHANA."
" Ilead Quarters, Ontario del Pinar, Oct. 13;1837.
" Excellent Sir,—After the glorious action of Iluerta
del Rey, on the I.lth of this month, I prevented, by my
movement on this point (Ontario), the union of Zariategui's
faction with the Pretender's. The latter, as 1 already in-
formed your Excellency in my last communication, ac-
quainted with the result of the action referred to, fled in
the direction of Quintana ; and as I calculated that Zaria-
tegut, after assembling his routed soldiers, would endeavour
ibc Prctcrid,:r, I marched urn
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IF—T., in their e',l:tunin:llL, pur-
pose of observing the enemy's movement, and as soon as the
rebels ascertained that I was placed between them; they
resolved to march in different directions ; Zariategui, by
Santa Crux de Juarros, in the direction of Villa Franca
de Monte% de Oca, probably with the intention of re-
turning to the provinces, and the Pretender by Cobaleda and
Vinuesa, towards the province of Soria, probably Kith the
design of entering Aragon. In consequence of these move-
tnents I ordered General Lore:.zo to march with the second-
corps of the army in pursuit of Zariategui's faction, and to
spare no means until he destroys it. With the' same ob-
ject of pursuing and completely destroying the faction 'of
the rebel Prince, I have returned to this place, and shall
continue my march to-morrow upon Soria, in case he should
proceed in that direction ; otherwise I shall follow him
wherever he goes to reap the fruits of his disordered condi-
tion. 6.,d preserve your Excellency, &c. - •
" LIJCHANA." •

Baron de MEER- has succeeded in restoring tran-
quillity in Barcelona. To restrain the incursions of
bands of Carlists commanded by the rebel chief PA-
mums, the province of EstremadUra' has been. de-.
clared in a state of siege. _ _

A Royal decree has been published, to the effect
that all Spaniards resident abroad, who shall not take
the oath of allegiance prescribed by the Constitution
of 1837 within three months, shall be deprived of all
rights as Spanish subjects. Such a decree is quite
uncalled for, and cannot in any way tend to consoli-
date the power of the Constitutional Government.

The whole of the Paris journals of Friday and Sa-
turday have been received this morning. They are
almost exclusively occupied with details of the cap-
ture of Constantine, the official report of which we
have copied from the columns of the Moniteur. The
works in the Chapel of the_lnvalides for celebrating the
funeral obsequies of General DAMREMONT, and the
French who have fallen in Africa, have already com-
menced. The ceremonies will be on the same scale
as those observed for the victims who perished by the
fire of FIESCHI'S infernal machine. The following
are extracts from the journals :

The German Courier says that it is certain that Baron
d'Ompteda has sent in his resignation to the King of Ha-
nover, because the question as to the Constitution has been
decided in a manner to which a Minister who had sworn to
maintain it could not concientiously accede. The States,
it was supposed, would not be convoked according to the
Constitution of 1833, as that would amount to an explicit
acknowledgment of its force. The States, under the Con-
stitution of 1819, had only a consultative voice.
According to a letter of the 12th inst. from Naples the
King had returned that day from Calabria. The middle
classes of the inhabitants of Naples had been suffering for
a fortnight from a continuous bale of wind, which prevented
the arrival of packets and other vesels bringing strangers,
from whom they gain a great part of their living. The
sanatory cordon had been withdrawn from the frontier of
the Roman States, but vessels were still subject to qua-
rantine. _ _ _

The Munitcur Akelien gives the following of the sth
inst. from Bugle :—" Three of our men having deserted,
and made known to the tribes the weakness of our garrison
from sickness, the Kabailcs have shown a disposition to be
hostile.• They have come down in the night in the hope of
surprising our sentinels and earning off cattle, and have
killed a corporal and wounded a soldier. Colonel Chem-
boulcron, having received information that we were to be
attacked on the 4th or 5,h, went to the line in front of
Fort Clause!, with four companies of the 2d African Bat.
talion, a detachment of the Foreign Legion, some sappers,
and a howitzer. At daybreak the Arabs attacked us with
vigour, and a brisk fire of musketry commenced. Three
hundred horse, ‘sho had laid themselves in ambush, during
the night, contrived to surround our reconnoitring party of
the morning, and the cattle ; and, seeing the plain clear,
made an attack on our left. An engagement ensued, and
lasted half an hour, during which the Arabs had many men
killed, while we had only nine wounded. The Arabs kept
up their fire for nearly two hours."
" It is generally known," says the Messager, " that for
some time past personages of distinction in Russia have
been prohibited by their Government from residing in Paris,
or in any other part of France. The only exceptions made
to this general rule have been in favour of a few individuals
of the highest rank, and some elderly persons of both sexes
who have been settled in, France since the commencement
of the restoration. Some rich young men, of good fa-
milies, have hitherto eluded this arbitrary measure by ob-
taining their nominations as attaches to the embassies of
Counts Pozzo di Borgo and De Pahlen ; but of this facility
they are now deprived, as, by a late decree, the Emperor
Nicholas has suppressed all the appointments of attaches,
not only to the Russian embassy in Paris, but likewise to
all the other Russian legations or embassies. This decree,
according to a recent letter from St. Petersburgli, has
caused great discontent against the Autocrat's Government.*