The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-18 00:00:00

should demean himself by using his legs to walk
about the streets,.- wonWbe despised by his subjects;
but the event has slime that King may not only
King' without being burn heir to a throne,
refusing to breathe the fresh _ air of Heaven, but
That he may even render himself more popular by
'doing, in some measure, as nature intended that all
his fellow-mortals should do; and such, we ques-
tion not, would also be the result of any attempt to
do away with the " to such a punish-
ment" as flogging, however " absolutely necessary
to the maintenance of that discipline, without which,"
the writer fears, " our soldiers would become, like
the degenerate legions of Rome, tyrants among
their unarmed fellow-citizens, and cowards in the
presence of a foreign enemy." ThiS is the first time
that we ever heard of British soldiers, however they
might become tyrants, being " likely to become
cowardi" before a foreign enemy—we had, indeed,
always been of opinion that courage was a plant of
native and universal growth among us, and of such
a stubborn and hardy nature, that the mere circum-
:ivance of lw.eoming a soldier could not uproot it;
but it seerns,. from the above statement, that a de-
cent proportion of flogging—that is to say, as much
las will confine a soldier for a fortnight or a month to
the sick-room—is absolutely necessary to maintain
this hardy plant in full health and vigour ; and why ?
•Ilecause, says this admirable writer on military disci-
.pline, "it is undeniable that the army is recruited
from the lowest and least educated ranks of society—a
very strong check is therefore necessary, both for the
safety of the country, and the men themselves when
:in actual service." Now we think it extremely
"-deniable" that " the army is recruited from the
`lowest and least educated ranks in society," and. we
give, as proofs of the fact, not only the universal
esteem in which the English army was held when
it was making its campaigns abroad, but the quiet
and orderly conduct universally maintained by it at
'home. We have ourselves seen portions of it in all
quarters of the world, and instead of finding-in
them the characteristics of men who have been "rc,-
cruited from the lowest grades of society," we have
been pleased to observe art intelligence, and so-
briety, and civility, which are not to be met with
among the troops of any other nation. But be this
us it may, the public is not so foolish as to be-
lieve, at this time of day, that courage is to be
flogged into a soldier any more than learning, or
common sense, into an idiot ; and we therefore say,
let the sentiments unanimously entertained by the
people of this country be expressed with vigour on
the subject—let petitions be got up and sent from
all quarters to his Gracious Majesty, and the dis-
'grace, so shameful to the Legislature and to the
country, of allowing a human being to be tortured
by the lash until he is on the point of expiring, will
no doubt be done away with. The British soldier
requires not the lash, either in order to prevent him
from becoming " a tyrant at home," or " a coward
before a foreign foe"—he is equally amenable to the
call of honour as either the French or the German
—the punishment itself is also not only degrading,
but calculated to produce the most mischievous
effects—the time is favourable for effecting a change
favourable to humanity; and we therefore hope and
trust that it will be used its it ought, in favour at
once of sound polity, and of the still more urgent
calls of suffering humanity.—Morning Advertiter.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANS] ON.HOUSI,I

Mr. Belton, vestry cleric of the parish of Sr.
Pancras, in the city, summoned two of the pari-
shioners for having refused to pay the poor-rate. One
of the defendants objected on the ground of his
house being unfairly rated: the objection made
by the other was extraordinary. Ile alleged that
the rate was made riot for the support of the poor,
but entertainment for the parish officers. He stated,
that about a century ago, a parishioner of the name
of Chapman left by will 2/, for tut annual dinner for
the pansh•offieers ; but that sum being thought in-
sufficient, the officers indulged in a Blackwell dinner,
and paid for it out of the poor-rate. In consequence
of this abuse in the application of the money, he
should object to pay the rate.
The Loan MAvou said, they all knew there were
great abuses in the application of money left for the
poor : he must make an order for payment of the
rate; but he thought it a very proper subject for an
appeal to the sessions.
The defendant then entered his appeal, and the
parties retired.