The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-14 00:00:00

accu:red since? On the faith of an anonymcu -
ter. which bears all the marks of having been
written for the purpose of keeping up the popular excite-
ment, he is arrested in bed at three o'clock in the morn-
ing, brought handcuffed to a police-station, then taken
before a magistrate, and sent to prison for a week with-
out any inquiry about the authenticity of the letter.
Want of time is alleged as an excuse for these hasty pro-
ceedings, but this evidently is no excuse at all. There was
sufficient time between the delivery of the letter and the
examination at Union Hall, to ascertain whether a person
with the suspicious name of•'John Walter Cavendish" resided
in Goswell-street. Enquiry has been made, and it turns
out that no such person can be found; and then an adver-
tisement is put into a Morning Paper calling upon him to
come forth and substantiate his statements. This is quite
in keeping with the whole of the proceedings. We can
-cc no good reason for such conduct, and can only come to
the conclusion that this letter is the production of some
unprincipled vagabond who takes delight in sporting with
the feelings and sufferings of others while he can remain
undiscovered. In ordinary cases an anonymous letter is
totally disregarded ; yet in this instance it is made a ground
for committing a man to prison on the most dreadful of all
charges. Every person must reprobate the mode of life
led by the prisoner, but that is no reason for refusing to
treat him with common justice.

In another column will be found an account of the pro-
ceedings which the Church authorities of Bungay have
lately adopted against these who demur to the payment of
Church-rates, followed by a petition to the House of
Commons, from Mr. JOHN CHILDS, who seems to be an
especial mark for the ecclesiastical artillery of that re-
nowned parish. When it is considered that Mr. Canns,
while in a weak state of health, was wantonly torn from
his family, and immured in a gaol, with felons for his com-
panions, for a Church-rate of 17s. 6d., under the pretext
that it was impossible to destrain his goods without a
breach of the peace being the consequence—that repeated
seizures of goods have, notwithstanding, since that period
taken place without the least attempt at resistance—and
that these goods have remained in the possession of the
Churchwardens unsold and unaccounted for, it will hardly
excite surprise that the sufferers from such arbitrary and
iniquitous conduct should complain to the Legislature, and
firay for an alteration in the law which sanctions or permits
practices so abhorrent from the spirit of the British Con-
stitution. We trust that the appeal which Mr. CHILDS
has male will not be male in vain; and that a Reform in
what is called Ecclesiastical Law may be set about itn:nc-
diately. If the members of the Church of England choose
to remain subject to these laws as they now exist—breath-
ing, as they do, the tyrannical spirit of the Church of
Rome in her palmiest days—well and good. Let them be
gratified in this their pious desire ; but we protest against
the application of this barbarous code to those who repu-
diate alike the principles and practices of the Church of
England. Until this Reform take place, it is mere
mockery to talk of Dissenters enjoying the blessings of
religious liberty. It is a fine illustration of religious liberty
to throw a man into prison, because he will not support a
system of worship which he believes in his conscience to be
unscriptural and sinful.
The instruments of these oppressive proceedings are
worthy of the cause in which they are employed. Look at
he conduct of this man, BUTCHER, who has just been cle-

vated to the Magisterial Bench. In the very teeth of
a decision of the parishioners after a poll, that
certain items in the Churchwardens' accounts should be
disallowed, he moves a resolution which sets that deci-
sion completely at defiance, and at a subsequent meeting is
the mover of a Church-rate, calculated on the very same
data that had beea rejected by the rate-payers. When
this rate comes to be levied, the people very naturally ob-
ject to pay it, and here again steps in the principal
actor in the piece, the mover of the rate, the redoubt-
able BUTCHER, and in his character of magistrate
—bless the mark—issues warrants of distress against those
who will not pay his rate! Will any one say that this IS
a line of conduct calculated to add dignity to the Magis-
terial office, or to command that respect from the people
without which the office is worse than useless ? Nay, is it
not evident that nothing is more likely to inflame the
angry passions of the multitude, ignorant and barbarous
as too many of them are—thanks to our pious and well-
paid Clergy—and excite them to acts of violence ?
do not impute to this man, whose conduct is so repre-
hensible, any corrupt motives. It is very possible that he
may have acted from mere unreasoning impulse, or that
zeal without knowledge," which is so frequently disp!ayed
by the champions of the Church, when they imagine her
interests are at stake ; but the consequences of his acts are
the same as if they proceeded from the wont motives. It
is clear that he is devoid of that discretion which should
ever sit at the magistrate's right hand. What the
merits are which recommended Mr. BUTCHER to the
Secretary of State for the Home Department we know
not ; but, sure we nre, that a heavy responsibility rests
with those who having placed untried men in a situation
where they have the power of doing incalculable mischief,
do not remove them when they have been tried and found
wanting in the qualific4tions most necessary to the proper
discharge of their functions.

The Paris Journals of Tuesday have all been received
but with the exception of the annexed extracts they con,
tain no news of any interest :

TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
NanaosNE, JuNe 10.—Letters from Valencia of the ‘2.d instant in-
form us that Oraa is now at the head of 20,000 men, comprising 1,500
cavalry. He is taking in provisions for this force at Alcaniz and Teruel.
Cabrera, who has 15,000 men, is doing the same at Morella.
The Baron de Meer made several arrests on the 7th at Tarragona, and
disarmed a part of the National Guard. N
LOGRONA, JUE 4.—The cavalry of Leon el Conde, supported by a
brigade under Mundea Vigo, overtook the factions of Guerque and
Caemona, near Villa Ayerbe. The action was sanguinary, but the ad.
vantage being on our side, Leon el Conde was able to occupy Barbas
tro, and to cover the road to Saragossa. Fermin lriarte will return to
active service. Euetens, with 9,000 men, has approached Tolos.i.
Espartero is to march to To!edo ; he desires that Narvaez shall conic
out of the kingdom of Valencia, to support the operations of the army
of Arragon.
Our letters from the frontier of Spain confirm the impor-
tant successes obtained at Ciudad Real, by the 'loyalist Chief
Palillos. He took .i5O prisoners, and captured a piece of cannon.
F:spartero is at Lodosa. The Pretender had still his head-quariters at
Tolosa on the Bth.—Gazette de France.
TOULON, JUNE S.—The Jena, of the line, Captain Bourdais, with the
flag* of Rear-Admiral Lalande, which left our road on the 25th May,
was met by a merchantman on the 2Stli, at a small distance from Tunis.
The Jena must have anchored at the mouth of the Goletta on the *29th
in the morning. The next vessel arriving from that coast cannot fai
to inform us of the result of the first steps of Admiral Lalande.
A letter from Estella informs us that Zarlategui, and all the other
prisoners, have been restored to liberty.—Private Correspondence of the
Constitutionnel. 1
The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of the 9th has the following Postscript :
—On the 4th of this mouth there was an engagement at Carascal be-
tween the Navarrese battalions, which has passed the Arga, under the
command of General Sa.,z, with the intention of penetrating into Ara.
gon, and the division of General Alaix. It appears that the Carlivs
were obliged to re-pass the Arga, with loss. The third battalion of
Navarre, in particular, has suffered much, and left some
the hands of the Oueen's troops.—Le Commerce.
FRENCH FUNDS. —Pains. Jusitt 19
Five per Cents.. 110 f. Sc. 10e. 20e. 15e,
Four per Cents., 102 f.
'Three per Cents. 79f. 95e. 60f. Sc. 80f,
Bank Actions 2,701)1; ,2780 f.
dente c:e Naples, Stir. prisoners in
Roman Five per Cents., 10134 4,
Spanish Actives, 2‘.N 22.
Belgian Loan, 10244.
Belgian Bank, 1,4451•. 1,45 Cf.
Vol tueuese Loan. 'Three pee Cents. 2456
Haytian Loan, 375 f. 360 f. 350 f.
RICOANLOS 05 LONDON.
One month, paper. 25f. 425'i e.; money, 25f. 40c
Three months, paper, f. —e.; money, 251.
LATEST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 110 f. 15e.
Three per Cents., 80f. Sc.
Bank Actions, 2,780 f.
Romans, 101!•;,.
Belgian Loan, 10214.
Belgian Bank, 1,450 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 24%.
• n I (ion• :350f
1-I,yri.4 • •
Spanish Actives, it.

Brussels and German Papers have reached us this morn-
ing. The following are extracts :
B bna 'gsasdEoLrs, 1,.•
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N%.eyer, is going to marryletter from London informs us that our
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a young lady with a
fortune of 300,0001.; a daughter of Mr. Betts, banker, and partner in
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the house of Baring
AUGSBURG, Just: 9.—We have received by the last mail letters front
Prince Puckler Muskat', dated Damascus, April 9. He was at the
headquarters of Ibrahim Pacha, a few leagues from Damascus. The
insurrection of the DfLISC3, in which only a few thousand men had taken
part, was as good as quelled. The insurgents are reduced to 1,500 melt,
who of course would attempt nothing In opposition to Ibrahim Pazha's
army of 0.5,000 men. The celebrated traveller had passed some time
with the Prince of Lebanon, Emir Becker, who had kept aloof from the
insurrection, and with Lady Esther Stanhope. As far as we know, M.
de Lainartine was the last European of note who was admitted to her
presence. It is well known that she was always most inaccessible to her
own countrymen. It is said that in general it is now more difficult to
see her than ever. We may promise our readers the speedy communies.
tion of a longer article on this singular English lady, which, as tho noble
traveller expresses it, will contain much that is piquant and curious.
NAPLES, MAY 29.—Yesterday at day.break the sails of the long-ex-
pected English fleet were descried in the horizon off Cupei. It consists
of nine great ships; four of 90 guns proceeded to the Bay of Bara, three
similar ones with a colossal steam. boat armed with 76 pounders, with
the Princess Charlotte of 120 guns, with Admiral Stopford on board,