The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-07 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir—A short time before the death of the late King
William, printed proposals were circulated for the institu-
tion of a Society lbr providing additional Curates for po-
pulous Towns and Districts, on applications from the local
Incumbents. This Society, which is to be quite distinct
from " the Pastoral Aid Society," is now proposed afresh.
It is to the credit of the Bench of Bishops that liberal
subscriptions are announced from various Prelates. The
object in view is undoubtedly goml4tltoughlapporreltiehnadt
that it may be attained more efficaciously in a way to
which lam about to advert. But, independently
consideration, the plan of Government of the Society, as
stated in the circulars, is equally unreasonable and impo-
litic. It is constructed on the strictest principles of a close
borough. The two Archbishops are to be officially Pre-
sidents, and the Bishops officially Vice-Presidents. To
these is to be added a Committee of twenty-four mem-
bers. But the whole Committee is to be appointed by
the Archbishops ; thus all the members of the Committee
are nominees of the Archbishops, and even if unanimous
on any question, might be at any time outnumbered by
the Episcopal Bench. And the subscribers at large will
not have the slightest controul over the application of
the money which they contribute. On such a plan, are
subscriptions likely to be general, ample, and permanent ?
It ought to be regarded as a vital principle in all insti-
tutions supported by voluntary contributions, that the body
of subscribers should have a controlling influence in the
disposal of the revenue which they furnish. This .is no
more than the simple rule of justice. It is.also very de-
sirable that such an Institution should be situated as
nearly as conveniently may be to the objects which it is
designed to benefit. Instead of a distant Society in the
metropolis, let there be formed in each diocese an inde-
pendent Society for providing additional Curates where
needed within the Diocese. Let the Bishop be officially
the President, and the Archdeacons Vice-Presidents. Let
a Committee, sufficient in number, be annually chosen by
the subscribers at a General Meeting. Such a Society
will always be the best judge of the local wants of the dio-
cese ; and contributions will be the more readily supplied
when the contributors shall thus possess their due weight
in the application of them, and witness the benefits which
shall result.

X. Y.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir—ls it to be wondered at that there is so much
peculation going on at the Post-office ? Why do the
Government permit the employment of the letter-carriers
to trade in the " Post-office Directory" for the exclusive
benefit of a recently appointed Clerk in the Inland' Office!!!
The Commissioners have very properly advised the discon-
tinuance of all publications in this establishment—even the
o Shipping List ;" but front some unaccountable circum-
stance, the "Post-office Directory" is still continued, when
it is notorious in the establishment, that if the letter-
carriers were prevented hawking, the Post-office Directory
into every merchant's counting house (diverting the atten-
tion of the men from their ostensible duty, and at the
public cost, as far as their labour• is concerned), .the pro-
duction itself would be rejected by the greater proportion
of the trades of this great city, as wholly inapplicable to
their wants. - You r's,
Nov. 7, 1837. ARGUS.

" THE OBSERVER" OF SUNDAY, N0v.12, PRICE
FIVEPENCE.—The Conductor and the Editors of The
Observer will, agreeably to their usual plan on important
occasions, give the most correct particulars of the Ceremo-
nies of the Queen's Visit on Lord Mayor's-day, which will
be illustrated by Engravings of the Interior of Guildhall,
and a Panoramic Sketch of the Procession. The price of
The Observer is Fivepence, and on this occasion The
Observer wilt be kept on sale during the following week, at
the Office, 170, Strand ; where fr.knks may be had gratis,
to send it to ail parts of the United Kingdom.

CHURCII-RATES.—We have to congratulate the
friends of justice and true religion on the triumph that
evidently awaits .the determination of the friends of liberal
principles to repel the efforts of the High Church party in
Darlington, to perpetuate the iniquitous impost of Church-
rates on all classes and sects of the inhabitants. After a
contest unexampled in the North of England for its dura-
tion, the zeal with it has been carried
.on, and the bitter
feelings it has excited, the pol is expected to terminate
this day in the rejection of th, proposed rate.—Dui ham
Chronicle.

Oa Saturday afternoon an explosion of a quantity
of fireworks took place at the manufactory of 'Mr. Wilson,
17, Hertford-street, Somers-town, which dreadfully injured
several persons, and created great alarm in the mighbour-
hood. It appeared that the explosion occurred in cnnse-
(peace of the fireworks being placed too close to a fire in
a room in which they were made. Mr. Wilson's two sons,
a young Man nineteen years of age, and a lad aged eight
years, with two other persons, were conveyed to the Uni-
versity College Hospital in a most pitiable condition. On
inquiring at night, it was stated that Mr. Wilson's sons
were not expected to survive many hours. In addition to
the injury sustained by the unfortunate persons mentioned,
the explosion set fire to the premises, but the flame; were
speedily extinguished.

THE QUEEN's VISIT TO TILE CITY.—The
Weekly Dispatch, of Sunday next, November 12, will con-
tain a Full Account of the Royal and Civic Processions and
Banquet of the 9th instant, together with the whole pro-
ceedings of the day, including the arrangements at the
Palace, on the line of procession, and at the p‘ace of Enter-
tainment.-IVeekly Dispatch Office, 139, Fleet-street.
COMBINATION.—We regret exceedingly that the
fatal system of combination which Mr. O'Connell has de-
nounced with such eloquent indignation, has spread its
deadly roots far and wide. In this city, which was formerly
free from the contagion, the pestilence has arrived at such
an alarming height that, if not met with promptitude and
vigour, must speedily deal destruction around, and none
more swiftly than .to those misguided men who think they
are consulting their own interests in the mad career which
they are pursuing.—Waterford Chronicle.
There are at present upwards of nine thousand
packages of foreign grapes in the London market, imported
chiefly from Spain, Portugal, and Hamburg. English hot-
house grapes were sold in Covent-garden market in London
by wholesale at the very low price of nine pence per pound.