The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES.

admit the respectability and influence of
many of the names attached to the above-named ad-
dress, which appeared in your advertising columns of
yesterday, but I deny that those names comprise more
than a portion of the first-class merchants of the city of
London ; and, for myself and others, I protest against
an inference being drawn from it that the great body of
merchants and others whose names are not in the list is
less friendly to peace or less anxious to maintain ami-
cable relations with France than Messrs. Powles, Mas-
terman, and Co., by whose industry this address has
been privately got up and pompously presented.
I and others who have not signed it are as much in-
terested in peace and quite as anxious to promote it as
they are, although we may not be prepared to make a
journey to Paris obsequiously to assure Louis Napoleon
of the fact ; and if we were to go Paris for the purpose,' I
doubt very much whether the war party in France, if
any such there be, would give us credit for any better
motive than a desire to cajole them.
But there is another point of view in which it becomes
Englishmen to consider this matter. We know that
almost every man of fame, character, or ability in France
stands aloof from the present Government of that coun-
ty ; and, let me ask, is it fit or seemly to see English-
men, pretending to represent the " merchant princes"
of England, bending their knees and bowing their necks
at a shine at which the rank and intelligence of France
refuse to do homage ? I fear French stock and French
shares have not been altogether lost sight of in this
movement, nor is it one which the future historian
of England will feel much pride or pleasure in re-
cording.
March 30. F. M.

HATHARKET.—MT. Peake's comedy of the fge,./Y of
the Couny was reeved at Ws theatre last ni night,
wi
considerable success. Mr. Buckstone and Mr. Compton,
as the birth sheriff s state footmen, kept the audience in
a continued roar from one end to the other. Mr. Tilbury
also reappeared upon the old scene of his labours, and
received a hearty greeting.
RESISTANCE TO TITHES IN ST. ANRDEW'S, HOLBORN.
The Rev. Dr. Worthington, the incumbent of Trinity
district, in the parish of St. Andrew, Ilolborn-above-
bars, and the Rev. George Mansfield, the incumbent of
St. Peter's district, having caused summonses to be
issued against several hundred parishioners for non-pay-
ment of tithes, a meeting of inhabitants was held on
Tuesday evening at the Yorkshire Grey Tavern, King's-
road, to consider the propriety of opposing such legal
proceedings ; Mr. John Lloyd in the chair. From the
statements made, it appeared that many of the persons
summoned had not paid tithes, nor bad they ever been
been demanded from them, for upwards of 20 years. In
the year 1712 proceedings were commenced in the Court
of Exchequer against the inhabitants for tithes, and it
was decided that tithes were due from 48 houses only,
though they were now demanded from a larger portion
of the parish. A strong opinion was expressed that the
demand was made without legal authority, in the expec-
tation that the claims would be complied with, in order
to prevent litigation. It was resolved, on the motion of
Mr. Low—" That in the event of proceedings being
taken against any of the parishioners, measures of resist-
ance should be adopted."