The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l suppose you have no particular bias in the dou-
ble-sheet question. Being an evening luminary, you are
out of the pale. You would, perhaps, therefore, whisper a
fact which, though not admitted by the leading journals,
may easily be proved—that the continual risk of advertise-
ments appearing in a double sheet, has caused many ad-
vertisers to cease sending advertisements. I have, as well
as others, noticed the effect. Thrice have I sent one ad-
vertisement to the Times ; each time it appeared in a
double sheet, and did not obtain one reply. The same ad•
vertisement I sent to a paper of far snialler circulation, but
printing only a-single sheet. It elicited six replies, and an-
swered my purpose. Of course, I never sent . again to so
worthless a vehicle. This is not an insular c.ise ;it has
been felt by very many, and acted on too ; and as far as
the reader is concerned, 95 in the 100 would tell you they
detest the double sheet ; and I really believe, for all the
late vapouring, the obligation to print a moderate sized
paper will be taken as a God-send by the loudest yelper in
the pack. .

Your's, &c.
Manchester, May 13, 1836.

G. H.

The following is a copy of the Petition from Sir C.
E. Smith, which was presented to the House of Lords,
last week, by the Bishop of Lincoln :

To the Lords Spritual and Temporal, in Parliament as-
sembled,
The Petition of the undersigned, Sir Culling, Eardley
Smiih, of Bedwell Park, in the County of Hertford.
Sheweth,—That your Petitioner is Lord of the Manor of
Hundon, near Caistor, in the County of Lincoln.
That the Lord of the Manor of Broughton, near Brig, in
the same County, yearly on Palm Sunday, employs a person
to perform the following ceremony iu the parish church of
Caistor :—A cart-whip of the fashion of several centuries since,
called a gad-whip, with four pieces of wyclie-elm bound round
the stock, and a leathern purse attached to the extremity of
the stock, containing thirty pence, is, during Divine Service,
cracked in the church porch, and, while the second lessor. 1:s
reading, is brought into the church and held over ON r'aading-
desk by the person who carries it. It is afterwar:As deposited
with the Tenant of Hundon.

That the performance of this superstit4.ous ceremony is utterly
inconsistent with the deeestey of place of Christian worship.
That it is generay au,.P.P°:ed that it is a penance for murder,
and that, in the event Dr. the performance being neglected, the
Lord of the Mane; of •
Broughton would be liable to a penalty
to. the Lord •
oi the Manor of Hundon.
Th'n your petitioner, being extremely anxious for the dis-
tontinuance of this absurd and indecent practice, applied to the
Lord of the Manor of Broughton for that purpose, who de-
elinod entering into any negociation, until the deed should be
produced under which the ceremony was instituted; which
deed (if it ever existed) your Petitioner is unable to produce.
That your Petitioner subsequently applied to the Bishop of
Lincoln, to use his influence to prevent the repetition of the
ceremony, and offered to guarantee the churchwardens against
anv loss, in consequence of their refusal to permit it.
That your petitioner believes there are no trustees of a dis-
senting chapel who would permit the ministers or officers of
their chapel to sanction such a desecration.

That the ceremony took place as usual on Palm Sunday in
this year.

Tour Petitioner therefore prays that your Lordships will be
pleased to ascertain from the Bishop of the diocese, why the
ceremony took place; that if the existing law enables any
ecclesiastical persons to prevent it, the law may be hereafter
enforced ; and that, if the present law is insufficient, a law
may be passed enabling the Bishop to interfere, for the purpose
of saving the National Church front such a scandal.
And your Petitioner will ever pray, &c.

COMMON PLEAS.-MONDAY.

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MANSION-HOU E. .7 :
.7 ---\•.- ', ' oA furniture broker, named Oppen
.`' wii stthinimdTd'!. -
before the LORD MAYOR, for having r9A:44::-,t{.) i;•40 ilia. "zii,
produce of the proceeds of a sale of pniture `whieltr-htt i
been seized under a warrant of distres . ikattieiLM 4 _mnh-7----'
named Powell, for 2'2s. rent due to him. '.,1--. --:;:,1,,k1Z:
fj\
The complainant had let unfurnished apaittrWA to an
Irishman named Callaghan, who seemed determined to pay
him in what was called the blarney fcshion—plenty or
praise and promises ; but as that sort of rent would lint
answer, a distress was issued for the amount, and the de-
fendant executed the warrant. Complainant of course ex-
pected that the produce of the sale would be handed over
to him, but the broker seemed to have caught up the Irish-
man's plan of settling accounts, and not.one halfpenny cototi
be got from him.

The defendant said that the complainant t ad, tnifoy.ld
him to seize and sell what were called the gootl9, of the poor
Irishman. Upon looking at the furniture, rihich consisted,
of three stools, a saucepan with two holes in it stuffed with
rags, and a piece of flock bed, be told the complainant that
they would produce nothing, " Yoll must take them awa'","
said the complainant, "tor I will have my money." B,Ang
thus pressed, he (defendant) was obliged to put th. war-
,rant into execution, but, as he expected, no one woald give
more than two or three shillings for the furnitur,, and' he
had them in a warehouse, and would willingly rice them up
to the complainant upon payment of the nem:sal.), fees.
The LORD MAYOR—Did you tell him that the sale or
the things would produce nothing? Defendant—Over
and over again, my Lord, but be would sell them.
The LORD MAvon—And has the poor m^.il no bed to
sleep upon? Complainant—Yes, Ir., has got a sack of straw
for himself and family.. I (1,-A want to do the poor man
no mischief ; all T want ;:s my money.
The LORD MAYOR--You may depend upOn it you shall
barq justice. HaN:c you paid this broker for the business
fre has done for you ? Complainant—No, he has made no
return for my debt.

The LORD AI/milt—There is the inventory. lir: is
willing to give you up the furniture if you pay him what he
is entitled to for having seized it.
Complainant--I won't pay him anything. How do I
know that this is all he seized? Defendant—Send for Cal-
laghan and ask him. If he r.nd his family are at home now
they arc sitting on the ground.
The LORD MAYOR—What if I buy the furniture at their
value, and send them back to the tenant ? Defendaw..—lf
you do, my Lord, the landlord will seize them again- He
is a regular Shylock.

The LORD MAYOR—Then he shall have his need. If
he refuse to pay the broker, I shall immediately 'issue a war-
rant against his goods.

Complainant (starting aghast)—My Lord, my Lord,
why should my goods be seized?
•The LORD Mayon—You came for justice, and just; ce
you shall have. You wade the broker against his will dlr.-
tress this poor man ; uow I shall make the broker di,cr,ss
you against yours.—(Laughter.)
The complainant (in great terror) proposed to accomo-
date the matter by paving for the removal of tl.kr., furniture,
and giving his tenant time for paying the ; and the
broker agreed that if such promises wc.ra kept he wou!d
not press for his fee. -
An elderly man, of respcctabh appearance, .named
Thomas Butler, applied to the Lott'', Mayor.
The applicant made bis appe
extra-
ordinary circumstances. He -437ance under rather
who formerly kept the Cock \r--,s the son of Mr. Butler,
'Aid Whoop Tavern behind
the Royal Exchange, and .P,ad been put to serve his time
as cook at Carlton-hour'
.1, when the late King was Prince
of Wales. He had n at'Aing
to do in the kitchen at the
time, as the circumst'Ar.ces of the Prince were not in a pros-
perous condition, Atr:t Mr. Weltze, who was head cook to
his Royal flighr.es,
tunes,
the 300 guineas given him as a
remium. Aft-4.
`saving passed through a variety of misfor-
unes, he w.as at length obliged to apply for • parochial
relief ; br." r:ithough his father had paid not only hundreds
but theasr.nds in the city of London for the relief of the in •
digerA 'Jot one parish could he get to acknowledgv him in
unhappy state as a pauper. He had slept on the pre-
-zed:mg night in Bell-alley, Coleman-street, for the purpose
'of having the opportunity of applying to-his Lordship on
the subject. He claimed to belong to the parish of St.
Benet Fink, where his father had lived in much prosperity ;
but the parish officers of Coleman-street refused tr. pass hinA.
Under these circumstances, and in the 06th year of his age,
he was wandering about the streets without any place in
which to hide his head.

The Lotto MAYOR said that all he could do was to give
the applicant a letter to Sir Francis Ommaney, one of the
guardians of the poor of St. Clement Danes.