The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-06 00:00:00

A PROPER NE WsPAPER EDITOR

(From the New York Morning Herald.)
Our ambition is higher and holier than making mo-
ney. 'We aspire to be a master spirit of the age—to
lead and direct the social principle to its loftiest deve-
lopment—to be to the daily Newspaper Press what
Shakspeare was to the drama—Scott to the old ballads
and romances of chivalry—Milton to the poetry of
Christianity, and Byron to the poetry of philosophy.
In our office we have six writers always engaged in car-
rying out our views of society, manners, morals, and
money matters, besides correspondents in all parts of
the world, from Rio Janiero to Canton. We hare also
employei two first-rate artists, who execute the original
engravings according to our directions, and thus body
forth the form and pressure of the present age.
The system on which we conduct our establishment is
original and unique, unlike any system in the world.
There is no use to be mincing words, or affecting mo-
desty. I stand in the centre of my group of editors, re-
porters, and engravers, as Napoleon did in the midst of
his generals, directing their thoughts, and stirring up the
elements of their souls. They are my companions, my
brothers, my disciples, my associates, in overturning a
corrupt world and setting it right, on fresh principles.
That this is the true system, we are as certain as that
the day of judgment will overtake the bank swindlers of
Philadelphia, and the religious hypocrites every where.
Yet we are only in the beginning of our remarkable
career. Our course is onward. Our purpose is before
the majesty of high heaven—it is to give a new and
elevated direction to the Newspaper Press, by which
the morals, manners, systems, minds, and religions
of the present age may be purified and elevated to a
higher order than that of former ages. Religion, lite-
rature, philosophy, finance, and morals are the great
elements of human life and of human movement. The
pure doctrines of ancient Christianity have been coc-
rupted by Catholics and Protestants alike. We must
go back to its sources ; and one of my purposes is,
one of these days, to visit the Holy Land, and to study
the poetry and morals of the Christian system in the
land of its birth. Our literature and our philosophy
are equally corrupted by ignorant pretenders and silly
blockheads. Our finances and our morals are, at this
moment, in one of its most violent paroxysms, caused
entirely by the ignorance, venality, and ambition of
politicians and bankers. As Napoleon said to his en-
thusiastic troops, when he scaled the Alps, and made
Italy stand aghast, so say we to ours—we will make all
the Wall-street papers stand aghast—en avant !

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD AND
COVENTRY.—We regret to announce the death of
the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. This event,
which has been for some time anticipated from the Fri
dent breaking-up of the Right Rev. Prelate's constitu-
tion, will occasion deep and extensive regret. His Lord-
ship expired on Wednesday at the Episcopal Palace,
' Lichfield.
A very
simple method has lately been adopted to
render the surface of paint perfectly smooth, and eradi-
cate the brush marks. It is done with a small roller
covered with cloth or felt about eight inches long and
two inches diameter, worked in an iron frame on pivots,
similar to the common garden roller. The flatting coat
by this method is made beautifully even, and looks ex-
ceedingly well.