The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, ittlt ll, 1839

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)

ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY.

Their Lordships met today shortly before one o'clock,
for the purpose of proceeding in state to Buckingham
Palace, with the Address agreed to on the motion of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, praying her Majesty to rescind
the grant of the House of Commons, for the purposes of
education. There were about 100 Peers present at half-
past one o'clock, all of whom were in their Court-dresses,
or military costume. Among the Peers present, we no-
ticed the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Archbishop of Armagh, the Earl of Farnham, the Earl
of Redesdale, Lord Rolle, Lord Bexley, the Marquis of
Huntly, Marquis of Ely, Lord Forrester, the Earl of Dart-
mouth, Lord Aylesford, the Earl of Warwick, the Earl of
Selkirk, the Marquis of Londonderry, Viscount Strangford,
the Earl of Eglintoun, the Marquis of Thomond, Lord
Dunsany, the Earl of Bandon, Lord Fitzgerald, Lord
Feversharn, Lord Ellenborough, the Earl of Ripon, the
Marquis of Camden, the Earl of Brecknock, the Earl of
Charleville, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Rayleigh, Lord
Kenyon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Falmouth,
Lord Heytesbury, Lord Sondes, the Marquis of Cholmon•
deley, the Earl of Sandwich, Earl of Eldon, Viscount Can-
Lord Colville, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Hawarden, the
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the Earl of Rosslyn, the
Earl of Rivers, Lord Prudhoe, the Marquis of Lothian,
the Earl of Mansfield, Lord Roden, the Marquis of
Westmeath, the Earl of Harewood, Lord Gleugall,
Lord Stuart de Rothsay, Lord Wallace, Lord St.
Vincent, Lord Ravcnsworth, Lord Combermere, the
Earl of Devon, the Earl of Cadogan, Lord Calthorpe,
Lord De la Warr, and the Marquis of Abercorn. Among
the Bishops present we noticed the Bishops of London,
Carlisle, Lincoln, Rochester, and Dromore.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Half-past One o'clock, when the names
of the Peers present were called over by Mr.
Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod,
according to their seniority, in which order their Lordships
proceeded in state to the Palace.
Several of the Bishops did not receive the most flatter-
ing reception from the mob outside.

HER MAJESTY'S
MOST GRACIOUS
ANSWER.
I duly appreciate your zeal for the interests of
Religion, and your care for the Established Church.
I am ever ready to receive the advice and assist-
ance of the House of Lords, and to give to their
recommendations the attention which their authority
justly deserves.
At the same time I cannot help expressing
my regret that you should have thought it
necessary to take such a step on the present oc-

caszon.

You may be assured that, deeply sensible of the
duties imposed upon me, and more especially of
that which binds me to the support of the
Established Church, I shall always use the powers
vested in me by the Constitution for the fulfil-
ment of that sacred obligation.
It is with a deep sense of that duty that I
have thought it right to appoint a Committee of my
Privy Council to superintend the distribution of the
Grants voted by the House of Commons for Public
Education. Of the proceedings of this Committee
Annual Reports will be laid before Parliament,
so that the House of Lords will be enabled to
exercise its judgment upon them ; and I trust
that the funds placed at my disposal will be
found to have been strictly applied to the ob-
jects for which they were granted, with due
respect to the rights of conscience, and with a faith-
ful attention to the security of the Established
Church.

It will be seen, from a communication inserted in
another part of our Paper, that the disturbance, which
prevailed at Ramsgate for the last three days have
been put an end to by the most satisfactory of all
modes—the resolution of the authorities not to enforce
the absurd clause in the Tate local Act. We noticed
the Original cause of those disturbances on Tuesday,
and had little doubt at the "lithe that the cruel and
selfish regulation of the town authorities would lead to
such a result. By a local Act, which some persons
got smuggled through Parliament, they had thrown out
of employment a number of poor people who used to
get their livelihood by hawking fish and vegetables
through the streets. They consequently raised
the price of such commodities to the middling
and poorer classes, who, from 'convenience' as
well as cheapness, used to supply themselves with
what_ `they wanted at their own doors in place of
going to market, and all for what purpose ?—the beneit
of a few grasping monopolists, who wanted to secure large
profits from the visitors as well as the inhabitants, at the
expense, too, of the poorer classes. These persons
naturally rebelled against the unjust laW, and had re-
course to force, which the Magistrates but slowly
attempted to put down, for the best of all reasons—
they had a bad cause, and the other parties had the
sympathy of the great majority of the inhabitants. The
evil, however, is now abated, and we counsel the autho-
rities, if they wish the town to prosper, to avoid for
the future such selfish and injurious regulations.
FIRE IN THE CITY.---00 Tuesday, about two
o'clock in the afternoon, a fire broke out on the premises
of Messrs. J. and M. Nairn, tarpauling warehouse, situated
at the corner of Tower Royal-court, Queen- street, Cheap-
side. It was occasioned by the boiling over of some pitch
at the back part of the warehouse. The damage is ex-
tensive. The premises are insured.

THE STORM AT HORSHANI.—The thunder
lightning, hail, and rain on Sunday night was awful at
Horsham. The skylight at the King's Head over the
hall was broken in by the hail, some pieces of which are
said to have measured threes inches, and all the handsome
papering of the principal landing spoiled by the rain, which
poured in like a deluge. Much damage was also done at
the Anchnr, Crown, nod various parts of the town, and it
is calculated that 5001. will not replace the glass broken by
the tempest.—Brighton Guardian.

WIIITFIELD.—It is, we understand, proposed,
on the 30th of July instant, to hold a grand meeting of
Dissenters on Stinchecombe-hill, near Dursley, Glouces-
tershire, (a spot where the immortal Whitfield was in the
habit of preaching), and which from its elevated and de-
lightful situation, commanding one of the most extensive
and picturesque prospects to be obtained in any part of
Great Britain, is regarded as being peculiarly suitable for
the occasion. Fifty or sixty distinguished ministers, among
whom are Drs. Leifchild, Patton of America, Redford, and
Ross, with Messrs. Jay, East, James, Sibree, and others of
celebrity, have been invited to attend.

ACCIDENT AT KNIGIITSISKIDGE.—On Mon-
day night, between nine and ten o'clock, as one of the carts
belonging to a Brentford carrier, was returning from town
on the right side of the road, near Knightsbridge, the car-
riage of Sir Rufane Donkin, Bart., containing the Baronet
and his Lady, which was coming to town on the wrong side
of the road, ran with such force against the cart that one of
the shafts penetrated the chest of the off-side horse, to the
depth of several inches. The poor animal immediately fell
down and soon expired. The shafts of the cart were broken,
and the horse started off and turned up Mill's-buildings,
just below the Horse Barracks, through which there is no
thoroughfare, knocking down a man named Henry Sloper
who attempted to stop him. The unfortunate man was
picked up in an apparently lifeless state, and taken to the
shop of a surgeon nearly opposite, from whence he was
ultimately conveyed in a cab to his residence, in a most
dangerous state. Sir Rufane and Lady Donkin escaped
injury, and proceeded home in a hackney coach.

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The Dublin Evening Mail alleges the preva-
lence of forgeries in the election of Poor-law Guardians,
n the evidence of a case heard on Saturday, at the Arran
Quay Police-office. It appears that a Mrs. Dovey sum-
moned a grocer, named Svnnott, and another, to show
cause why they should not be adjudged to pay the penalty
by law provided for having illegally, and without her
keowledge, affixed the initials of her name, " A. D.," to
a certain paper left at her house, relative to the appoint-
ment of Poor-law Guardians. " Like every other Whig
measure" (says the Dublin detractor) " that of Poor-laws
for Ireland has been prepared in so careless and unbusiness-
like a way, that the Bill is not only likely to be the source
of much litigation, hut also (f much dishonesty and
crime. The system of voting in any other way than viva voce
ought never to have been recognised in it. It allows fe-
males to vote (for the purpose. we suppose, of setting an
an example of Universal Suffrage,) and it permits the
votes to be taken in writing (manifestly as a preliminary to
the ballot). Thus, not only are weak females made liable
to be imposed upon, but an invitation and inducement is
held out to the dishonest of both sexes to commit forgeries.
The system has no sooner begun to work than these effects
have exhibited themselves."
WHITTLING.-1 may here just as well mention
the custom of whittling, which is so common in the
Eastern States. It is a habit, arising from the natural
restlessness of the American, when he is tot employed, of
cutting a piece of stick, or anything else, with his knife.
SJrne are so wedded to it from long custom, that if they
nave not a piece of stick to cut, they will whittle
the backs of the chairs, or anything within their
reach. A Yankee shown into a room to await the arrival
of another, has been known to whittle away nearly the whole
of the mantel-piece. Lawyers in court, whittle away at
the table before them ; and Judges will cut through their
own bench. In some Courts they put sticks before noted
whittlers to save the furniture, The Down Easters, as the
Yankees are termed generally, whittle when they are
making a bargain, as it fills up the pauses, gives them time
for reflection, and, moreover, prevents any examination of
the countenance—for in bargaining, like in the game of
brag, the countenance is carefully watched, as an index to
the Wishes,— Captain Marryat's Diary in America.