The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-30 00:00:00

SOCIETY FOR PRESERVING T
DUE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH.

of
Yesterday there was a numerously attentl,e(l tacetiag
13.5h0
supporters of this society .at lixeter:b.all.
the frienus at.
and Rig o hi.
The Right
London in the chair.•
the Lord pu•

The Rev. -Mr. Sims read prayers.
The Bishop of' LONDON commenced by saying
that ce
tainly there was no occasion upon which he felt less scrupire
-
in taking • the chair at a public meeting than upon ti a, ,
feeling that the objects for which they were assembled were
to promote the glory of their Redeemer. They had
just
reason to be thankful that upon this subject England was
an example to the whole of the nation:. of Enropa•
Let them compare the observance of the Sabbath in
the British empire, and the fearful extent to which its
desecration went in other countries. Protestant countriFs
were characterised by their devout observance of the Sab
bath.—(Hear.) Many
.tvere, ignorant, of, while many knew''
the extent to which infidelity and liberalism prevailed in that
great country with which they were so many year; at
war, but were now bound to in terms of amity and alliance.
They ought to show how they valued that alliance,
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bringing its people to the 'sense of true religion.—(
The desecration of the Sabbath was at once a consequeCth(3
and a cause of a fearful state of impiety. The test of
extent of gospel •truth in any country was the manner m
which the Lord's Day was observed.—( Hear, hear.) 'The
Sabbath and its proper observance was the honourable dis-
tinction of a Protestant country, and until the Sabbath-
day was fully observed, no country could be truly called a
Christian country.—(Hear, bear.) The Reverend Prelate
),
proceeded to say that he could not truly congratulate theme
upon the measures which the Government of a Christian
country should take to promote the due observance of the
Lord's-day, not was there an immediate prospect of
that
want that was felt being supplied. It had been said
the question was one that presented difficulty, and
• caution and circumspection. He wished that the only a
. ficulties they bad to encounter were the caution and cir-
cumspection necessary ii) applying the remedy that wasf,
asked at the hands of the Legislature.—( Hear, hear) I
see justice
these were, the only obstacles, they must soon
done to the question, and that, too, without injustice to
the inhabitants of any part of the country.—(Chcers.) 11°
did not wonder that infidels use the weapons of abuse, but
it was fearful to see men stand up in the great councils of
the required
the nation—and who, not content with opposing
for the due observance of the Sabbath by legislative interfe.:
rence, should also stand up and deride a subject which all
men ought to respect. The Reverend Prelate then statedt.
that he had a scheme for increasing the number of place,' e.
worship iu the metropolis. He stated that upon Sunday'
neither he nor any other of the prelates ever used their e,aro
riages except they were engaged on works of charity. 111
concluded by declaring that the Society might alwaY' era;
culate upon his utmost exertions to promote the objects
which it was embodied.
The Rev. Mr. Sims read the Report of the Society fortile past year, from which it aeared, that its receipts Were
8121.,
its expenditure 7401., andp the amount of its engage"
ments 363/. Report
Sir OSWALD MOSLEY, M.P., moved that the
read be • printed. It was a pleasure to him to think
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he rage and be .infuriated.—(Cheers.) As to the
ChristnnitY'
and abuse of his Hon. Friend and himself; all he would sett
was, that be 'was not to be deterred from his duty vim! aci
shafts of ridicule that might be flung
against.oo
(Cheers.) Even in the House of Commons the agtt4tlit,e
of this question had done some good. He could P' nee
that at length many members of the House felt °fill
qualms of conscience. Even the great Agitator hialnscolt.
seemed to be afraid his opposition would fail ; that 'I. of
G Member had allied himself to a party that bad little fe,,,,3ber
subject, And felt how
thought
before their eyes.—(Hear.) That Hon. I\l'l'o
noA aLdegyiestlatiinvethiisnttehrefelrieonnc.e
Memberlv necedssigaeryreodafrohl
one to whom he was bound to pay implicit ,obedienec-",ttry
Pope himself.—(Cheers.) The Pope, on the 28th rebr4l-31a.
last, issued a decree against the desecration of °fn.,— bet
bath. The Pope went nearly as far as the Hon. .Ikj,,in
on the platform beside him (Sir A. Agnew.) t.
Rome itself, the Pope would not be obeyed in this resfroercee
A commotion was the consequence of seeking to et'esnoe
the decree, and such was the alarm created, that the hthe
on Monday recalled the decree that be had made c•i!, de-
Saturday—so much for the infallibility of the P°Pe" ap-
cree.—( Laughter.) In England they had no reason te°
prehend commotion, though they might encounter s °
Iseutrethneomwnhoetfobree
discouragedtlae House
He then proceeded to say that he did not think the %eat
b,it
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like the rest.—( Hear, hear.) He say that
by "e' d if
there was a great want of mcney by the Society, °fluid
any there wished to give it some, their contribution' d_
he thankfully received, and recorded amongst the prosee
inns of the day.
_The Rev. Dr. DEALTRY seconded the motion. 00.
WILLIAM ROBERTS, Esq., moved the next resolutt
of
In the course of his observations as to• the enforcetnei'irt,il.•
the Sabbath, he remarked upon the fearful increase °lf, "2-ad
roads,b which, he said, were bringing the most retire fat,
parts of the country within the dust of mil: d;
lures, that Were disfiguring and cutting up their lovely
but avarice had no Sabbath ; the power of' steam resec'4
neither heaven aor earth ; and Mammon was now sni°
with a hundred horse power. se'
The Rev. G. of the Wesleyan Methodist''
conded the resolution. He remarked that after the des map
the Pope, he expected to find the whole band of the, Vila
Catholic Members joining with, and marching tinder ked
banners of Sir Andrew Agnew,—( Cheers.) He reioaro.all
that the opposition to Sunday legislation was assulninlost
infidel character. Ridicule had been resorted to ago]
Sabbath legislation, and Drunken Barnaby” bad date
plagiarised for the purpose. Nnw,he, therefore, no'''floaed
that he never could hear Mr. O'Connell's name men-Dar
for the future that he would not think of Drunken
naby.—(Cheers and laughter.) 106°`1.
The Bishop of CHESTER moved the third TO° old
He said that those who opposed Sabbath legislation should
be designated as conspirators, and of them it Inight_iatis,
be said theirs was the conspiracy of the rich, the lux
the arrricious, and the dissolute against the poor.
The Rev. C. BENSON seconded the resolution•
JOHNp. MOved the next reso
He remarkedß that the factory., question come on „ tbathe
ning in the ,House of Comm ons, and the friends nt.cure
poor factory children should exert themselves to Pr
enable
for them the blessing of repose on the Sabbath, a°
them to have religious instruction.
The Rev. Mr. STEWART seconded the motion.
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Sir ANDREW AGNEW remarked that this society 01),etw
formed merely for the purpose of procuring a be4cr
cos to
ante of the Sabbath by legislation, but
enforce that most desirable object. The Hon. fora tha
be
then proposed that they might have a doxology
meeting concluded. sen,bb,
The wish was complied with, after which the as
dispersed.
has
dal)
by ever). rli3aroot
Mr. Henri Herz, sine,, his arrival Lou
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received very flattering proposals of engagement t°
at the next Philharmonic meeting. etty bit'
°
Thursday no fewer than ei,ht. vessels, chj for the
gamines, laden with live fat cattle, sheep, and Pig4' Aber'
London markets, arrived in the river Thames,
ifersTz, to a
Been. This. new species of enterprise is eat'
was
great extent. k Court 1,5
OF COMNION ci,ar f
held yesterday for the dispatch of business, when 32,e_oeat, o_
Pearson rose to present a petition from a Mr. . .10_"ivoly Obi
Hartlepool, in the county of Durham, against the
,rai",
the coal owners. Mr. Pearson, in the course of a..l°'3ol,o,tion
adverted to the necessity that existed for th • "elsaro
London to give every possible opposition to the m „,ac pct
sued by the coal owners to prevent all competition. rscuiti
Vie
tviooimelew. was adopted with acclamation, arid without a a`'
f rd,
REDUCTION OF RENTS AND LA, °.
Rev. Dr. Routh, President of Magdalen
d-sntressed
ratorlaof
atimtlidlesßoecft2osr opferTeeilnetl.mu,risrit,comnsaedgenietnrce-cduocitti
jowl).
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au
t ' was
agriculture. The Earl of Albemarle, a w;tit tne is,
also made a liberal reduction to his tenants,• vurnfr_r
considerate view. Mr. Oswald, of Auchercrtu,.
_nano, late
Scotland, made a reduction of lo per cent• to big
having given them nearly six months to pay senterr
On Friday night last, Mr. William cocallsi
Lutton, was awfully struck by death. lie w.3' ja his %Stir,
with his daughter, Mrs. Sunderland, d .
(aid], when he suddenly leaped up—ca'bracc
1)111;
and died instantly.—Lincoln Gazette. para.' bal.
On Thursday the 10th instant, a man the riser' be.
who had been drinking at Frith Bank, fell in,_t°d; the.tbc,i,
was pulled out by lando nd put t° a hh
came very unruly, declaring lie would .
instantly plunged into time Withanm, to swan
_l7llfat. act
t•
had got about midway, he sank in fuurteen or aa
'tat
of water. The body has nut yet been to
d will set ° n
It is said that Prince 'fallevran
av _ at prim
apparentaiybis
s
Germany in a few days, in ceder that he
rrr
1 b
sugar
arrival. It
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at the Prussian capital at the same time• that
fog
fromWbeeelet
the land-owners have given up tire eu
with
tine Uf
rcpt.l "
the new
distillation, and planted all their fields
bee-root
tfro liarrn
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