The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-28 00:00:00

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN ing all the endeavours towards their suppression
RAILWAY. • adventured upon at intervals in either House of

SPECIAL NOTICE.
The DIRECTOIig, endeavouring to lessen the inconvenience
caused to Passengers in consequence of the Strike of Cabmen, have
already employtd extra Omnibuses and Flys, and undertake the
delivery of al Luggage arriving at the Waterloo Station, at very
moderate charges, and propose engaging additional 'vehicles.
Applications to be made to Mr. Godson, or Mr. Young, at the
Waterloo Railway Station

By crder of the Directors,
L. CROMBIE, Secretary,

York road Offices, 28th July, 1853.

NOTICE to POSTMASTERS and OTHERS.—
The Commissioners of Inland Revenue having sanctioned the
employment at the Railway Stations of any description of vehicles,
as post-chaises or stage-Coaches, without the necessity for the same
being previously licensed as such,
THE LONDON and SOUT/I-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
will admit into the Waterl,o Station the vehicles of any party willing
to ply from that station for hire.
Immediate empl yment may be had for 20 to 30 flys or broug-
hams.

the Imperial Legislature. In consequence of those
same Orders in Council the clerical ghouls have
been scared from their horrible Sabbat or Satur-
na'ia—and more actual benefit, in the way of sani-
tary improvement, has thereby been secured with-

in half-a-dozen weeks than had been attempted
during the preceding ten years by a succession of
would-be Reformers. Sepulture has hence be-
come once more amongst us a solemn and vener-
able ceremonial, instead of being a ghastly and
detestable abomination. Instead of being a
heathenish mockery, it is again in a fair way of
becoming an exquisite and consolitary attestation
of our credence in the divine and elevating dog-
mas of Christianity.
Having succeeded thus to the general admira-
tion in putting an end to the hideous system of
intramural interment —Lord PALMERSTON, it
would appear, has resolved upon otherwise cele-
brating the fact of his nomination as Home Secre-
tary in the Coalition Government. Assurances
that such indeed is the resolve of the Noble
Viscount was volunteered by him as recently as
last Saturday evening, when, at the banquet given
by the Lord Mayor of London to her MAJESTY'S
Ministers, he intimated his intention to secure
yet further sanitary improvements to the capital,
on the one simple condition, or proviso, that he
were aided in his endeavours by the co-
operation of the Metropolitan representatives.
His aspiration amounted, according to his
own acknowledgment, humorously enough
expressed, to the purifying of the " silent high-
way," so that the current of the Thames, no
longer tarnished by the influx of the sewers,
might become again, as once of old, translucent.
A rather bold enterprise, but one, as we ourselves
have repeatedly intimated, readily capable of ac-
complishjnent. Referring to the benefits really
and manifestly within reach of the inhabi-
tants of London, if some energetic hand were
only stretched forth to grasp them, Lord
PALMERSTON, we rejoice to observe, spoke of
other improvements of a sanitary description
besides the purification of the river Thames.
He reminded his auditors of ' the impres-
sion produced some years ago upon the mind
of the great sculptor CANOVA by the aspect of the
British metropolis—an impression of mingled
regret and admiration. " CANOVA admired,"
said the Home Secretary, "the continuous foot-
ways, the comfort of the separate houses, the
order and the general security of person and pro-
perty"—but--"having enumerated all these advan-
tages, he concluded his panegyric in that strain
of hyperbole which is peculiar to southern climes,
by saying that, if London had only a little more
light and pure water, it would be a paradise." For-
tunately, since then a series of legislative remissions
have rendered the former requisite rdore attainable
than it could possibly have been with the pre-
ceding generation. The reduction of the duty
on glass by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Government, and
the abolition of the Window Tax by Lord Jour,"
RUSSELL'S Government—must together be allowed
to facilitate the endeavours of the Londoner to-
wards obtaining " a little more light," so as to
approximate nearer to the delights of a brick and
mortar paradise ! Then, as to the obtain-
ing of purer water, that may' be said to
depend in a great measure upon the intro-
duction of a more rational system of drain-
age. Under the guidance of Lord PALMER-
STON'S Home Administration we may at length
venture to anticipate the realisation of those
dreams of Signor CANOVA—that unconscious pre-
cursor of the Sanitary Reformers. Especially
may we count upon this happy consequence of the
coalition, supposing that the Noble Viscount's
wishes be acceded to, and that his humane endea-
yours
obtain assistance from the cordial co-opera-
tion of the Metropolitan Representatives.
It is deserving of particular notice that, while
manfully beseeching their co-operation, Lord
PALMERSTON availed himself of the opportunity
to particularise one of those independent Members
as a representative entitled in a remarkable man-
ner to his earnest and magnanimous commenda-
tion. " Amongst those Members," said the Noble
Viscount, " there is one whom I should wish to
distinguish, one not more conspicuous for his Par-
liamentary duty, than he is for his personal eleva-
tion of character, and, above all, for that chivalrous
devotion to the unfortunate and the exile, which is so
well known as to.cause all who hear me to feel at once
that I am speaking of Lord DUDLEY STUART."
A brilliant and enviable, but, let us add, a judicious
and deserved eulogiu n. No marvel that, on
listening to that unexpected panegyric, the subject
of it, rising, with some emotion, declared that he
considered it " a circumstance of which any man
might be proud "—coming, as it did, " from :
one who not only filled high office in •
the Councils of his SOVEREIGN, but had also :
filled the whole world with his fame." The :
incident here commemorated we cannot but regard
as fraught with a singularly useful significance,
and as admirably apposite to the occasion—con- •
stituting, as it does, an appreciable, though doubt-
less, a wholly unintentional incentive to the hu-
mane and patriotic exertions of the rest of I
the metropolitan (perhaps we should rather
say of "the whole mass of independent) representa-
tives. It will be well for them henceforth to re-
member that Cabinet Ministers are not necessarily
chary of declaring their sentiments of admiration.
For, while the conscientious reformer needs no
other inducement than a sense of justice and phi-
lanthropy—no one can remain indifferent to en-
COMiUM3 pronounced by the lips, and emanating
from the heart, and dictated by the judgment of
A PA LMERSTON.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY'S Colonial
Church Regulation Bill has made its way, with
comparatively little comment, in the House of
Lords. It involves, however, we are inclined to
think, most important reflex consequences on the
Church at home, besides its probable influence on
that in the colonies. It is obviously promoted
by the same party as Mr. GLADSTONE represented
in his attempt last year, and the utmost has no
doubt been
,done by the Duke of NEWCASTLE to
remedy the just objections taken by Mr. WAL-
POLE to that measure. It is observed that the

. various Christian denominations in our colo-
) nies, which, in virtue of their dissent, or
I rather of their depending on voluntary support
only, enjoy the advantages of self-government,
make way more rapidly than the colonial branches
• of the Church of England. Partly the pleasure
which Englishmen naturally feel in self-govern-
ment, partly the practical knowledge possessed by
the assemblies of the different sects, enable them
to act with more energy than a church governed
solely by its higher powers, and the unadaptable
regulations of the laws of the mother country.
Hence these attempts to gain for the Colonial
Church of England a freedom of action undeniably
most important to its success.
The present bill appears to have as little to be
objected to as is possible, considering the nature
of the case. As the Archbishop stated, the mem-
bers of the Church in the colonies all agreed that
some legislation on their behalf is necessary ; 2d,
that the lay members ought to have a considerable
share in the administration of the affairs of the
Church ; 3dly; that nothing ought to be done
tending to separate the Church in the colonies
from that of the mother country. Hence, lie pro-
vides in the bill for lay and clerical representa-
tion to enable the colonists to make such regula-
tions as do not interfere with the Canons and
Articles of the Church ; reserving an ultimate ap-
peal in cases of doubt to the Metropolitan of
England. Very much depends upon the precise
wording of the clauses of a bill like this, and we
hope they will be narrowly scrutinised by inde-
pendent members in the Home of Commons. The
value of the liberty desired is unquestionable; the
only difficulty is to make it work harmoniously
with. the legally fixed constitution, formularies, and
doctrines of the Church of England. Voluntary-
ism can work by itself, as free action is essential
to iti3 popularity and support ; but it remains to
bo se en whether the introduction of synodical ac-
ti(m into an Established Church will not issue in re-
suALs like those which we behold in Scotland.
Ass< Imblies of sensible men will not, as
the Duke of ARGYLL observed, like to

meet merely to exchange the compliments of
the season. They will feel that they understand
the requirements of the case before them better
than the civil and ecclesiastical legislators of this
country. Especially will they think that the old
canons, &c., of an old country may but ill befit
a new colony. They will spurn ere long a bond-
age which bears but the name of liberty, and de-
sire to convert the name into the substance. In
the course of the debate on the 22d it appeared,
indeed, that the powers really given were hardly
worthy of the name ; yet such as they were, Lord
DERBY was afraid they should be employed to de-
prive offending ministers of their benefices, and
Lord MONTEAGLE of their being held by the
Colonial Synods to include the right of discussing
matters of faith and doctrine, or of making " re-
gulations" which should have the force and
authority of canons. On the one hand
it was said, how could such powers consist
with the unimpaired Unity of the Church
and the Supremacy of the Crown ?—on the
other, how could they be withheld without reduc-
ing the New Synods to cyphers. And this is, and
will be, the ever-recurring difficulty. The advan-
tages of a State Establishment, and those of a
Voluntary Society, do not easily admit of combina-
tion. According to the habits of a community,
choice must be made between the two, and the
evils of either partially borne, in consideration of
the benefits.

Local administration of the laws enacted by
the supreme authority is the utmost that can be
allowed consistently with the existence of that
authority. This, however, seems quite possible
and easy without legislation. The Churchmen of
any district can meet freely with their ministers,
can consult how best to advance the interests of
their Church, can agree upon Church extension
schemes, or arrange for mutual assistance ; but
if they go beyond this they must sooner or later
come into collision with the unyielding law, which
gives the Mother Church existence. It appears
that by far the greater part of colonial clergymen
are licenced curates, whose licence can be with-
drawn autocratically by the bishop, and it is pro-
posed that the synods, with the concurrence of the
bishop, should be enabled to make regulations,
under which the bishop should exercise this
power ; and by the stress laid upon it, this auto-
cratic power of bishops would appear to be a great
grievance. It is a grievance, and a monster one,
but we are sorry to say it still disgraces the
mother country. In none of the other pro-
fessions can a respectable man be deprived
of his position, his usefulness to society, and
it may be of his bread also, but by due
process of law, and adequate proof that
he merits expulsion ; but all the curates of the
Church of England, literally, " without one if or
but," hang upon the mere autocratic will of the
bishop of their diocese ! He, without reason
assigned, against all just reason it may be, ac-
cording as the curate thinks with RIPON or with
FYRTER on Baptismal Regeneration, or is guilty
of auy opinion not pleasing to the right reverend
father, he can withdraw his license, and compel
him, if he preach at all, to do so as a dissenter,
and to do even that with the fate of Mr. SHORE
impending over his head. Now, the obvious
remedy for such an un-English power on the one
side, and un-English slavery on the other, is to
pass a law rendering all clergymen once licensed
free of every diocese in the English Church, and
secure against being silenced unless after a fair
trial, and for definite moral or ecclesiastical offences.
Curates ought no longer, for the honour of the
Church, and for their own honour as Englishmen,
to remain such mere slaves of the bishops. They
are clergymen in orders equally with their abso-
lute superiors, and equally with the luckier bene-
ficed clergymen ; and the law ought to secure to
them, until convicted of unprofessional conduct,
the free exercise of their profession.
In the colonies there are hardly any beneficed
clergymen at all. Stipends to licensed curates
are the general rule. Some of these stipends, are,
as the sharp fire at them this year in the miscel-
laneous estimates reminds us, paid. by ourselves ;
part are paid as in Australia by the Colonial
Governments. We all know how those of Canada
•are paid. Now, it appears to us that where the
Church of England depends upon a Colonial Go-
vernment for support, it should be amenable
directly to the Legislature of the Colonies. In
Canada and New South Wales for instance,
the powers proposed to be given by this
bill ought to be sought from the Colonial Govern-
ments, and those governments should have a full
authority to grant such ecclesiastical privileges as
they please. This appears to be merely a reason-
able corollary to the principle which conceded the
Clergy Reserves. Let the axiom be frankly car-
ried out that the colonies can best judge, not only
to what extent it is expedient for them to endow
religious worship, but also what liberties and what
restrictions they will associate with such endow-
ments. In our view, therefore, the proper " Co-
lcnial Church Regulation Bill" would be one
which entrusts to the Colonial Legislatures the
power to impose such conditions, and permit such
ecclesiastical freedom, as they saw fit, in connec-
tion with the grants of money demanded of them.

TERRIFIC THUNDERSTORM.—This morning, shortly
before two o'clock, the metropolis was visited with a
storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, of such intensity
that few caa recollect a parallel. The atmosphere of
the previous day, which was marked by the thermometer
at 73, toward night became very close and heavy, and
at the hour above mentioned flashes of lightning of the
utmost intensity, followed by peals of thunder that more
resembled those met with in the tropics and West
Indies than those with which the resident in the metro-
polis are familiar, became of frequent occurrence. Shortly
before three o'clock the storm seemed to have reached

its height ; and at this hour the thunder, which seemed
to shake the houses to their very foundation, and fol-
lowing the tremendous flashes of lightning in remarkably
quick succession, resembled the heavy fire of a regiment
of infantry, succeeded by the loud booming of artillery.
Nothing could exceed the magnificent and awful grandeur
of the scene during the vivid and brilliant flashes of
lightning. At six o'clock the storm may be said to have
abated, though the rain which had fallen the whole of

the morning in torrents continued. We have not up to
the present time heard of any accidents, though many
must have occurred, especially to those owning property
in the suburbs of London.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.—An awful instance
of the uncertainty of human life occurred to Mr. Jere-
miah Davis, Poland-street, Oxford-street. It appears
the unfortunate man got into an omnibus to go into the
city, and when near Gray's•inn-lane, fell back and ex-
pired. Medical assistance was instantly procured, but
life was quite extinct. A shell was procured, and the
body was removed to St. Andrew's Workhouse, for an
inquest to be held. The deceased is supposed to have
died from a diseased heart. The unfortunate gentleman
was an old inhabitant and much respected.

THE REPEALED DUTIES.—The Commissioners of Cus-
toms have caused an amended list of articles of foreign
merchandise, which has been prepared by the Inspector
General of Im ports and Exports, with reference to the
recent resolutions of the House of Commons not now
subject to duty, on importation into this country, show-
ing the denomination under which each article should
be described iltl the official documents to be printed and
furnished to the collectors and comptrollers and other
principal offic ears of Customs at the several ports through-
out the kingd mu, for future government, in lieu of those
formerly in use. In transmitting this list of goods on
which the du ties have been repealed, they have been
directed to oboerve that all description of glass is to be
entered by weight, and that bottles imported containing
goods are to be deemed as packages, and exempted from
entry for the ditties.
TRANSPORTATION.—The Government bill, which has
passed the House ) of Lords, was yesterday printed, by
order of the House of Commons. Since it was noticed
in The Sun a nem • clause has been added by the Lord
Chancellor in cot amittee, the object of which is that her
Majesty may grant licenses to be at large to convicts
under sentence of transportation ; the holder of the li-
cense is not to be :imprisoned by reason of his sentence,
and, if the lice:n:3e is revoked, the convict may be appre-
hended and can emitted to prison. By the bill as it now
stands, penal p unishment is to be awarded in the cases
of persons Hat de to transportation for 14 years. The
new law is to t ake effect from the Ist of September next.
FRIENDLY Si )CIETIES.—A bill, which has been printed,
is now before the House of Commons, to amend the
laws relating t o Friendly Societies. By its provisions,
Friendly Soc iF sties may invest their funds otherwise than
as required b 3, the 13th and 14th Vie., c. 115, that is to
say, upon t he security of any rates, tolls, duties, or
assessments, : tut horised to be levied and mortgaged by
any act of Paaliament, or other securities of any com-
pany incorp orated by act of Parliament or charter, or
on policies of :life assurance effected on lives of adequate
value. Societies availing themselves of this act are not
to invest any further portion of their funds with the
commissioner s for the reduction of the national debt.
Societies also not already having an account with the
commissione) s after the passing of this act, are not to
invest their f unds withthem ; but, when their assurances
do not excee4 12001., they may deposit all their funds in
any savings 1 )ink.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, JULY 27.
Prince Albert, the Priir tnf IvalQ,s, and Prince
Alfred, walked out yesterday afternoln.
The Princess Royal and Princess Alice drove round
the grounds.

The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta
Bruce, left town yesterday morning, for her residence,
Frogmore.

The commissioners for auditing the public accounts,
with their secretary, Mr. Bromley, attended the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dence, in Downing-street, at the half-yearly declaration
of accounts.

A deputation, headed by Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P.,
had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, yesterday,
at his official residence, in Downing-street.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone
bad a dinner party on Tuesday, at the official residence,
in Downing-street. The company consisted of the Earl
of Aberdeen, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord de Tabley,
Lady Marian Alford, Lord Haddo, the Right Hon.
Sidney and the Hon. Mrs. Herbert, Mr. R. Phillimore,
M.P., and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbraham. In the evening
Mrs. Gladstone had an assembly.