The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-18 00:00:00

BankPRICES OF STOCKS Till
Stock...". ...................
3 per Cent. Rat. ................. - 3 Per Cant,
er Cons ................. 91% 3,4
3 per
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14,4°' 3% per Cent.. ........ .....
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ew 5 per Cent..
........99 1%
bank ~.ongAnnuitlestoexpire
Jan. 5, 1860. ................ -
J()et 10, 1659........ ......
Jan. 5, 1860 ................ ....... 14
an, 5, 1880 ........ ....... 16
13-
Jan April 5, 1880 .......... Omnit -
. 5, 1870.... .... ......
un..............

—pm.
itlet3 OF FOREIGN FUNDS
BAust'aan Bonds • .......
elFian Bonds ....... •••
B.r /at° Account
azilian Bonds »,,,.,»,.,.,.,.37 6N,4
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds ......
Chillisn Bor.. Ditto Account
Ditto Account .......... —
Columbian 80nd5...........-
Ditto Account . —
7
n u ...
CsDlrbian Bends. "26 Y‘i itto Accont '26 714 D tnish Bondsu •••
Ditto Aciouut
Greg Bonds
FAtto Bonds, 1825 —•••••
Ditto Account ......
Mexican Boosts, 5 per cent ..,24%
DittAccount
Ditto per ont. 3°N
oa
Ditto Account. 21”,i'0 Np01itan........- ..... %

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Peruvian Bonds .................. 2.1

Ditto Acco*.int
PortugucK,Bonds 7.1
DIOR. Account
D-',.to New Bones 4O
.
Ditto Account ....
Ditto, 3 per cent. 2514 6
Prussian Bonds
Russian 80n,48,
Ditto Account
Ditto Metallic
Spanisn Bonds

Ditto Account
Ditto Bonds, IS3t 20%1414
Ditto Account 20,4 WA
French, 5 per —f. —c.
4 per cent. —f. —c.
- 3 per cent
- Exchange —f.
Dutch, :4, per cent. ...... ..52%74,
Ditto Account 5934
Ditto, 5 rcr cent 1025i
Ditto Accour•

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT
Paid.O.". O'CLOPCelcr
s.
ha.e
IN 1254
Alters Mining Cormany....
63/. 10s. 6d.
Red' del Monte Mining rho,, Registered
J'
Ditto Unregistered - "
40
London Mexican (issu,Nlra 21. pm.)
i',4l
and Birmingham Railway Company
Ditto 14 Shares . .
20
London and Croy" Railway Company
on
2
Ditto Senn.. Croy"
1
Provident Er
dowment Association
,----

15y,
4:14 5

PR--
3 per,. .ICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPTEMBEIt 16.
j. -ent. Consols
~r... .itto Reduced 9l, Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 89%
I Ditto, 4 per cent 60%
'si per Cent. Stock 9S Hibernian Bank
Ditto New, 1830
a,, 98% City of Dublin Steam Co. lOB
~, her Cent. Debentures 90% National Insurance Co —
Bank Stock
alOvai Canal Stock
GriNd Canal Stock 11:31i Ballast Office Debentures, 4
26.4 per cent —

MAILS. Arrived. •
Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due.
0 America."... 0 2 Franee ....... ..... 0 I Lisbon 0
0
"lath.... ... • 0 1 Guern. &Jersey 0 I M'ilta .......
lictenosA;r"es...' 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico 0
0 Carthagena.. 0 1 Holland
2 Dublira 0 0 Ostend .. ....... .. 0
0
~ ....."..... 0 0 Jamaica ......« 0 0 Sweden
- Flanders . 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0
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NEW
E WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " RATTLIN THE
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HE OLD REEFER
COMMODORE.
By the Author of " Rattlin the Reefer," ece.
IS NOW READY.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-ssreet.
b Agents :—For Scotland, essrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edin-
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LONDON.
MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1837.

Considerable excitement, we are informed, exists at
Frome, in consequence of the seizure, by order of the
Church authorities, of goods for non-payment of
Church-rate. The animus which prompted the pro-
ceedings may be understood from the fact, that in one
case goods to the value of upwards of four pounds
'were taken by the harpies of the all-devouring Esta-
blishment, although the rate demanded was only 3s.
9d. ; while in another, in which the rate amounted to
18.6 d., the Parson's executioners were humane enough
t° exact only two pounds fourtees shillings and eight-
pence ! Some one has said—SOLOMON if we mistake
11%--that "the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel,"
and the ecclesiastical gentry of Fr ome are determined that,
as far as they are concerned, .that Scripture shall be
fulfilled both in letter and spirit. We tender them
°tic heartfelt gratitude for the great practical benefit
Which they and their coadjutors in sundry places are
conferring upon the community, by the fidelity with
which they act up to the principle of a religion esta-
blished by law. We trust they will never flinch from
supporting the Church by such means ; and if
these do not produce the desired effect—if the
refractory Dissenters will not empty their pockets
and, denude themselves of every remnant of con-
`rnce at the same time, for the benefit of
o parsons, churchwardens, pew-openers, and all others
it
sacrliveed right to plunder their neighbours—we would re-
commend an excellent method for bringing them to rea-
!on. It is the plan adopted by that pious Prince, of whom
it is recorded, that when some of his subjects had the
audacity to set up their consciences and their private
°Pinions in matters of religion against the plenary wis-
of the State, and refused to join him and his
I;hureh in celebrating the rites of the national religion,
;',_e caused a fiery furnace to be made seven times hotter
;a° usual—doubtless to show the fervour of his devo-
tion---and popped the recusants into the midst of it.
This would be a short way with the Dissenters ; and
who shall say that it would not be an effectual one.
The public sale of the goods seized from the oppo-
nents of Church-rates at Frome, is looked to with
terest3 and a numerous attendance is a matter of
e
urle ; but where will a purchaser be found ? Not,
are sure, in the town of Frome. There is not a man
t:Jere We trust who will so far compromise his character in
nciety, to say nothing of his future comfort, as to do an act
80 base, as any act would be which should countenance
i
the smallest degree the atrocious iniquity of robbing
people, because they will not violate the sacred dictates
v ` conscience. No auctioneer, we arc happy to learn,
las yet been found willing to encounter the odium and
it Nraca of putting up the goods to sale. We think it
4 the business of the parish priest to stand auctioneer
1241
,these occasions. He is deeply interested in the result,
and being
I familiar with the duties of the pulpit, would
succeed to admiration. What an excellent school, too,
wouldll thus be formed for pulpit eloquence I GEORGE
°I3INs, who now carries off the palm from all corn-
lietitnrs, would, were this laudable practice once intro-
wileed, Soon dwindle into an ordinary person. We
Quhl recommend that the license which auctioneers
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417 obliged to take out, and which costs ten guineas,
ben. °ld be dispensed with in such cases, every parson
tting qualifie for presiding at Church-rate sales,
-91ficio, that's, in virtue of his holy calling.
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; -rest and important as have been the ameliorations
.4
the diffusion of political knowledge since the partial
Aeaal of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, it has sur-
d many, and ourselves among the number, that
uell a measure has yet been productive of no greater
results,
A few local liberal prints have started into
,• 18te
ee, and the circulation of the established journals
17.8.ben greatly increased ; but generally speaking, the
litjtorrners have not taken that advantage of the faci-
pr " Worded them of diffusing liberal opinions in the
when districts, which we augured they would
the Stamp Duties Reduction Bill was before
part.lament. In fact the Reformers from the instant
em
eeerrtforßill was passed adopted the fatal error that
E 44;, measure carried by a Reform Parliament was
woril and efficient in itself—that it was so framed as to
of Well without trouble or uneasiness on the part
the people. Like the husbandmen in the Gospel
that went
't to sleep after sowing the wheat, forgetful
cppo to
and vindictive enemy waited but the
grow:l44Y of making their labour subservient to the
the hit tlf tares. But the success of the Tories in
Las co e general election, particularly in the counties,
bleles Liebe(' multitudes of the reform body. The political
goodme see clearly, and begin too to admit that the
ob, be Suespassed by the Whigs were, and could
thaaro l 3 Se vies t
il'eans to an end--instruments useless in
Zettlou , Out
3 nationsufficient, if directed by an honest and
constituency, of effecting every de-