The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-26 00:00:00

rt. n'iv prelate, though R somewhat elderly divine,
and that system of political opinions his undeviating
adherence to which has placed him in the category
just presented. Dr. Maltby is distinguished above
all his brethren by an accurate Imowledtze of that
language is Width the history Of the Saviour of
miter and been transmitted to ifs, ted hat la:-
boured with the most indefatigable Lal in imparts
ing his own knowledie to others in various ways;
Yet have hit rewards in the church been scanty, or at
least its honours have been unduly withheld
from him. It is astonishing how many younger
men have walked Over his head I how many
infeiri6r scholars, how many less eminent divines,
have reaped those honours which e ere due to his
learning, piety, and talents, under the system of
persecution with which Pitt pursued the advocates
of those principles e'ehith himself' had deserted !
Malignity endeavoured to cast a suspicion on Dr.
Maltby's orthodoxy. Where is his deviation from
the pure doctrines of the Primitive Church to be
found ? Not in his writings; certainly. No, nor
any where else but in the foul conceptions of his
enemies, and the enemies of every thing that is noble,
generous, and liberal. Now he is hated by the
bigot crew, at the very time when his vote, and that
of venerable brother the Bishop of Norwich, sup-
ply almost the only hope of safety to the establish_
meat upon which they batten: Let them look at
the Mild and temperate manner in which he speaks
of their misconduct :—" Without the slightest in-
tention of impeaching the motives of those who
differ from us upon this important treasure, I am
satisfied that a great majoriti of honest and reflect-
ing men are in its favour.' But conquerors can
afford-to be generous; and the cause to which the
Bishop of Chichester has been attached from his
earliest youth, is now at last beginning to triumph.
We hardly know in what manner we are to treat
the fooleries that are going on in the somewhat no-
torious Mr. Irving's church. It seems some of his
congregation have got the miraculous gift of tongues
there, and " speak as the spirit-gives them utter-
ance." Irving " himself desires his congregation
not to be afraid if the Lord should make his voice,
speaking by man's tongue, to be heard as on the
day of Pentecost !" Not afraid ? But we should
be horribly "afraid," and so would be too, at arty
such prodigy. Why, first, the miracle is unneces-
sary now when the Scriptures are translated into all '
languages, and " every man may hear and read
them in his own tongue wherein he was born."—
And next, we beg leave to ask, whether Spaniards,
Danes, and Greeks, can understand as their language
the noises which are made by the poor creatures
who come forth at Irving's meeting. Three of
them are named—Miss Carsdale, Miss Hall, and
Mr. Taplin. Miss Hall and Miss Carsdale we
should recommend to marry Robert Taylor and
Guide. As to Mr. Taplin, we do not know what
to make of him : he would hardly do for dragoman,
we fear, to the Turkish Embassy ! However, the
only persecution to which we would subject the
whole, so long as they continue within the bounds
of external decency, and abstain from viulating the
laws, is laughter and derision.—Times.
The firmness of the Grua of Aldermen in doing
right will not have been exerted in vain. It is quite
obvious that the office of Lord Mayor ought to
have net connection with political party; but the
present Chief Magistrate is thrust forward and sup-
ported by a noisy fiction, on the ground that he has
sliewn himself to be an intemperate reckless Ultra.
Radical; he is, therefore, unfit for the situation to
which he aspires, and the Court of Aldermen hay
done their duty as good citizens in resolutely refusing
to appoint him. Sir Peter Laurie, it will be seen h

the advertisement, declines to renew the contest, and
Aldermen Farebrother offers himself, judiciously
avoiding all allusion to political matters. Should
the Radicals be enabled, which we much doubt, to
find yet another tool, and a third contest should
thus take place, we feel assured that the only result
►rill be to record more signally the triumph of sober
sense over party clamour.—Morning Post.
We agree with a respectable contemporary (the
Courier) that the rumours respecting the proposed
modifications of the Reform Bill, as stated in one of
the leading articles of that Paper, are premature at
this moment. It is not probable that the same men
who kept the secret of their first measure so well as
to have astonished their best friends by its announce-

meat at the proper period would now so far alter
their tactics as to let the probable, or possible, con-
ditions of their second measure transpire before they
can be supposed to have themselves determined on
their adoption. Rumours will, of course, prevail in
such a state of things, but we think it is attaching
too much importance to such rumours to argue
gravely upon the merit of propositions which can
have no other foundation. One thing alone is cer-
tain with respect to the future Bill, and that is
enough to satisfy every true Reformer for the pre-
sent. It is certain that the principle of the Bill of
last Session will br preserved inviolate. We say it
is certain, for the Ministers, who staked their po-
litical existence on the fate of the Bill, have staked

their character, not -merely as- poiiticians, but as
men of truth and honour, that they will bring
in no Bill—that they will be parties to no
measure—less efficient than that measure which
the House of Lords were rash enough to
reject after the people had adopted it for their
own. The effect which this memorable decision of

the Lords had upon their own condition, as a branch
of the Legislature, was, by creating a sort of technical
difficulty in the way of a measure which must pass,
to give their own high functions an appearance of
littleness and mischief for which they, and they
alone, are responsible. There is no use in mincing
matter's now ;—it is evident that the vote of the
Lords must be got rid of, because it is opposed to
the feeling and reason of the community. The Mi-
nisters, many of whom are Lords themselves, mu•t
be anxious to effect this purpose with as much re-
gard as possible to the reputation of the Upper
House, and in this desire the people, we are per-
suaded, have every disposition to concur. But those
who have carved out their own difficulties must not
expect that one iota of the principle to which the
• Ministers are pledged, and the King and the people
unalterably devoted, will be sacrificed to any point
of etiquette which their Lordships may desire
to maintain. If they are wise, a slight modification
of the Bill will be sufficient to satisfy any scruples
of punctilio which may indispose them to acquiesce
in the decision of the general voice, now that it .can
no longer be mistaken. But, however they may act,
the people will do well to continue their confidence
in the Ministers until the hour shall arrive when the
expected measure shall be announced, upon the
authority and responsibility of those in whose hands
the fate of the country is placed.—Mornina Herald.
The Board of Health is no doubt composed of
very learned persons, whose knowledge of their pre.
fession cannot be excelled by any in Europe. But
how rarely is it that professional men permit their
minds to go beyond the technical shackles with
which, from habit, they have allowed them to be
confined ! If such were not the case, to a certain
degree at last, with the persons we allude to, we
certainly should have had something more of a prac-
tical and preventive nature—rules more adapted to
the common habits, sense, and feelings of mankind
than any which have yet proceeded front the Temple
of Galen in Pall-mall East. We have all along been
of opinion that the less that was said about the ap-
proach of the cholera the better. The allusion to
it in the King's Speech on the opening of Perlis-
mmt was, we think, injudicious. Indeed, those
who advised it .seem now to see their error; for,
while the danger was distant, they sounded the
tocsin of alarm,• while- now that it is near the same

document is silent. But, having bruited the subject
the Board of Health and the Home Department
were bound to more than they have done. The
Board should have visited (and a similar Board
should have done the same in all large towns) the
low and infectious parts of the town ; there aey
would have found, and will still find, swarms of
persons huddied together in dirt and intemperance,
ready prepared, as it were, as victims of this, or