The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-29 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1830.

His MAJESTY will hold a Council at St.
James's Palace on Monday next, when the
KING'S speech for opening Parliament will be
finally agreed upon.

Our City Correspondent says,—" We are in-
formed that England, France, and Prussia—the
nearest Powers to Belgium—are going to hold
a Congress, at which they will form certain con-
ditions for the pacification of Holland and Bel-
gium. These conditions will be presented to
the Provisional Government at Brussels for their
compliance within a certain time, limited by the
three Powers. At the expiration of that period,
Should the Belgians not comply, the Prussian
troops will immediately march into Belgium.
The above is said to have been agreed to yester-
day by Prince TALLEYRAND 7
We cannot help expressing great doubt of the
correctness of the above,—for what better right

have the three Powers named to interfere in the
affairs of Belgium—than other and the same
Powers in those of France ? Is it that France is
too mighty to be trifled with—and that Belgium
must submit because her arm is not so strong as
her right ? This is a forcible illustration of the
boasted principle of non-interference truly—and
well accords with the sense of justice
hitherto practised by the Holy Alliance.
But let them take heed—the first shot
tired by Prussia in such a cause—may re-
echo from St. Petersburg!' to Madrid, startling
the serfs of Germany and the slaves of Italy to a
sense of their degradation—till the murmur of
vengeance burst forth, and the war-cry of " Free-
dom and retribution " resound over Europe.

We have perused in the last number, just
published, of Blackwood's Magazine, an able
article on the property and Gavernment of the
Church of England, in which occur the follow-
ing important admissions :•"^.." The churchmen
have sunk into a despised minority. To defend
the church is to provoke popular derision and
enmity, and in almost every struggle her party
is defeated. The middle and lower classes have
transferred much of the animosity they hereto-
l'ore entertained against the Dissenters to her
clergy ; and with the higher ones it has become
a system to stand aloof from her, and advise
concession in every thing that affects her inte-
rests. One party attacks her tythes, another her
rates, and a third her authority ; in both England
and Ireland, the seizure of a large part of her
wealth is openly advocated." 'These remarks,
proceeding from a clever—influential—High
Cory publication like Blackwood's Magazine,
are signs of the times, which cannot—and indeed
which ought not—to be overlooked. Conced-
ing to the writer the strict truth and accuracy of
his observations ; agreeing tot° cede with
nim that in both England and Ireland
he seizure of a large part of the Eccle-
siastical wealth is openly advocated, (a fact which
none can lament more deeply than ourselves,
who desire to see the Protestant establishment
regenerated, not despoiled) we would ask
him why is this ? What has, occasioned this
general alienation on the part of two kingdoms
towards their national Church ? The reply is
obvious. It is the pluralities of that Church
which has occasioned its present almost un-
precedented unpopulariv. The doctrines of
Christianity—that is,tif pure Primitive
,Chris-
tianity ; of the Christianity that is professed,
not that which is practised—admonish its pro-
fessors that they are to consider, and never to
lose sight of, the wholesome fact that their
kingdom is not of this world, that their chief
and best recompence is to be looked for in things
spiritual, not temporal. People cannot forget
these doctrines which they are taught from youth
to age to reverence, nor can they be less blind
to the fact that they are wholly lost sight of by
the modern professors of Christianity. Instead
of contenting itself with a moderate sufficiency,
such as may best accord with its " decent splen-
dour," the Church, gorged as it is with plurali-

tics, is hourly hankering for more. clothing seems
to satisfy its uneasy craving for the Mammon of
unrighteousness. The Provincial Journals are
perpetually filled with accounts of squabbles be
tween Rectors, &c., and their parishioners, where
the former, on being inducted into a living, (no
matter how well provided for before,) instead of
entering on it in the spirit of peace and justice,
make it a means of rendering themselves ob-
noxious to the latter, and sowing the seeds of
discord for six days in the week throughout their
neighbourhood, while, on the seventh, they incul-
cate the necessity of living in charity with all men
It is impossible that such a system of oppression
on the one hand, and of forced obedience on the
other, can long continue. The very first prin-
ciples of reason and of nature rise up against it.
Equally impossible is it that the doctrines of
pluralists can meet much longer with supporters
either in or out of Parliament. What would
be thought of the common sense of a Govern-
ment, which at a moment of emergency could
think of allowing one Admiral to hold Jour
naval appointments ? Suppose, for instance, that
the same officer was on the same day to be
gazetted as Admiral, Commander-in-Chief in
the English Channel—Vice-Admiral Com-
mander-in-Chief in the East Indies—Rear-
Admiral Commander-in-Chief in the West
Indies—and Captain of the Fleet in the North
Sea ? Would not such an appointment meet
with universal contempt, ridicule, and oppo-
sition ? Yet it is a plurality not a whit
more absurd in its provisions than many of
those now permitted in the Church, where one
clergyman may hold at the same period of time a
Bishopric in the North—a Deanery in the South
—a Rectory in the West—and a Prebend in
the East of England—together with a few extra
livings in Ireland, thrown in by way of
making up the deficiencies of his fortune, with-
out ever visiting one of these snug births from
the moment of his introduction to that (much
regretted one) of his death, These are unde-
niable facts—and for the sake of an establish-
ment which we cannot choose but reverence—
we regret that they are so. Much, however,
may yet be done in the way of purification :
the twelfth hour has not yet struck,
and the Church may still preserve its
character for integrity and virtue by openly
declaiming against the injustice—the monstrous
incredible injustice—of elevating a certain
Clergyman to the Mitre, whose sole recom-
mendations are his apostacy—his Rectory of
many annual thousands—and his singularly pro-
lific family.

Papers from Cordova to the beginning of
August contain intelligence from the Govern-
ment of MENDOZA of a new catastrophe in that
province. The Ex-Governor CoRBOLAN, with
the force of OMHEIRA, moved towards the city,
and on reaching a place between the Chacay
and Rio Garde, the Indians attacked his di-
vision, and made so terrible a slaughter that
only a small body escaped. CORBOLAN was
killed, with a number of other officers. A
vessel from Santa Fe had brought news that
General MANELLA. bad been taken prisoner in
that city, and was saved from execution by the
interposition of his friends. The Finance Com-
mittee of Monte Video had reported a Bill, pro-
viding for the classification► and liquidation of all
the State debts of a privileged and executive
character. Under these terms were to be in-
cluded all such as were formed for the deliver-
ance of the country from foreign domination.

We have received intelligence from Monte
Video, by which it appears that the revenue of
the Republic of Buenos Ayres for the first half
year of 1830 was 5,908,000 dollars, and the
expenditure 5,014,000. The debts were
19,713,765, the credits 5,317,000, and the de-
ficit, or floating debt, 14,397,727. It appears
that his Majesty's ship Beagle, which had lately
surveyed the coast of Terra del Fuego, from the
western entrance of the Straits of Magellan to
Cape Horn, in its accomplishment underwent
great danger. For seven months and ten days
the crew never saw a sail, and depended upon
their guns for fresh meat. Observations were
taken from the summit of Cape Horn, and
specimens of natural history have been procured.
It was generally supposed that no quadruped
but dogs existed in the island of Terra del
Fuego, several guanacos were, however, shot at
the most southern part of it.
The accounts from Patagonia, received at
Monte Video, were satisfactory, all were quiet,
and the Indians from 30 to 40 leagues distant.
The Governor of Lakioja, Don GASPAR
VILLAFANE, had become very enthusiastic in
favour of General PAZ. He had despatched
envoys to the other provinces to cultivate their
friendship. The letters from Cordova contain
no news. The Chili advices state that the pas-
sage of the Cordilleros was closed from the
frost. The Governor of Monte Video had re-
voked several of the decrees, which circum-
stances had rendered necessary, and had re-
established the liberty of the Press. The war,
like preparations had been discontinued.

Letters from Panama represent the Isthmus
as perfectly quiet, and with every prospect of a
continuance of Constitutional order, notwith-
standi►►g the efforts of the demagogues to the
contrary. In the south they were in anxious
expectation of the meeting of the Congress.
General FLORES ,had despatched General MO-
RALES and General G OER A as Commis-
sioners, the former to the Government of
Bogota, the l►►tter to Venezuela, to regulate the
manner in which tl►e diplomatic relations of the
three States, that are to constitute the future re-
public of Colombia, shall be conducted. The
former disembarked at San Buena Ventura, the
latter at Panama.

The accounts from Carthagena are not with-
out interest. The provinces of &mono, Nerves,
and Cucuta, have, in consideration of the argu-
ments presented by the Minister Plenipotentiary
commissioned to treat with them, agreed to re•
cognize the Presidency of Mosquera. The pro-

vince of Cassanare persists in the purpose of
form'mg an independent state, or annexing itself
to Venezuela. Other provinces of New Gre-
nada were manifesting a similar disposition for
independence.

We have accounts from Honduras, by which
we learn that the prohibition to the entrance of
American vessels and cargoes at Amoa, had been
removed, and the intercourse again renewed, on
conditions even more favourable to commerce
than before the restriction. The tonnage duty,
which was formerly 7s. 11d., Jamaica currency,
being now reduced to ss. per ton register mea-
sure. American vessels were allowed to enter
the port, stop twenty-four hours, and depart,
without being subject to any duty or tax of any
sort, on condition that they do not break bulk.

We direct attention to an article in another
column, on the alarming state of Kent, which
we have extracted from the Kent Herald. It
is a truly melancholy picture of misery driven to
desperation.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.

This week's supplies of Grain are moderate, earl there
is not much Flour. The 'Wheat trade for the best parcels
continues to look upward, and there is more inquiry for
Wheat in bond. Barley is again rather dearer. Beans
and Pease are unaltered. New Oats come more plenli-
to market, and are rather cheaper than on Monday. In
the Flour trade no alteration.