The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-20 00:00:00

BEDFORD.

On Monday a very numerous and respectable
meeting of the inhabitants, burgesses, and freemen
of the borough took place at the Shire-hall, at which
the Mayor, T. G. ELGER., Esq., was called to the
Chair.

The two Members, W. H. Whitbread, Esq., and
F. Polhill, Esq., attended; also the Marquis of Ta-
vistock, Sir Peter Payne, Bart., Sir W. Long,
Knight, S. Whitbread, and R. Elliott, Esqrs.,
were present.

C. StioßT, Esq., proposed the resolutions in a
very brief speech (he labouring under indisposition)
which had for their object the reduction of taxation,
the doing away with sinecures and pensions, and a
Reform in Parliament.

Mr. J. ELGtat (Lrother of the Mayor) seconded
the resolutions.
Sir WILLIAM LONG made some remarks which
had reference to the fundholders, who was, compara-
tively speaking, but little taxed in proportion to the
landed interest, and proposed a resolution, which
was ultimately withdrawn.
He was seconded in his views by Mr. ELLIOTT,
a non-resident freeman.

The Marquis of TAvisToti: (who, we regret to
state, evidently laboured under indisposition) ad-
dressed the meeting. His family always advocated
Reform in Parliament, and he would suppo:t the
present Ministry. This borough was very extraor-
dinary in its politics—at Huntingdon, at Cambridge,
in Buckinghamshire, they, the Tories, now extinct
in name, had always advocated corporate rights ; at
Bedford they were against non-resident freemen.
His father (the Duke of Bedford) held out no
threats to his tenantry, the same as has been done
at other boroughs. He (the Duke of Bedford) could
walk through Bedford without being accused of hav-
ing interfered with election matters. His Lordship
concluded a very animated speech amidst the plau-
dits of the meeting.
Mr. RomNsoN addressed the meeting at some
length, and detailed the various taxes that required
repealing—the duty on tea, on soap, the whole as-
sessed taxes, &c., and showed in detail how the poor
were taxed on every necessary of life.
Mr. HOWARD addressed the meeting on the sub-
ject of taxation, and concluded with proposing a
resolution, " That it was expedient that non-re-
sident freemen should be done away with" (which,

Nedoilom

esolution, however, was not ferried). He had asked
a gentleman who had served the of of Mayor
three times, of what use Corporations were, and he
had told him of none whatever.

Mr. HANKIN, solicitor, addressed the meeting,
and stated that he was glad to hear the expression
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that " these
were not times in which the country was to be go-
verned by patronage." He hoped that the expres-
sion would be acted up to in all the institutions of
tic country. The Chancellor of the Exchequer bad
also said, " that a great saving might be made io
the collection of the revenue." He begged to cal)
the attention of the meeting to the exrenecs of the
Coast Blockade and Preventive Service. Let the
ditties be reduced, and there would be no tempta-
tion to smuggling. He (Mr. II.) was surprised that
at a meeting like this, not one word had been said
about voting by ballot. He wished to take the
sense of that respectable meeting on it, arid would
propose a resolution against voting by ballot.
The Marquis of T.tvlstrocK said he was about
leaving the meeting, when Mr. Hankie told him that
he was going to bring forward the subject of voting
by ballot. lie had seen enough of electioneering,
to make him favourable to any measure that would
let the voters give their votes unbiassed, and he was
favourable to voting by ballot.
Mr. HENKIN resumed—He appealed to this
meeting jf voting by ballot was indigenous to the
English soil. It was an American custom—it was
a French one. Let every Englishman vote in the
open daylight, and let him be protected in giving
his honest vote.

Sir PETER PAYNE, Bart. addressed the meeting,
be said, for the last time, as a non-resident freeman.
He should propose an amendment to Mr. Hankin's
resolution; he should propose a resolution " that it
was the opinion of the meeting that triennial Par-
liaments and voting by ballot were the only secure
and good Reform."
Ultimately the resolution respecting voting by
ballot was omitted in the petition.
Both Members pledged themselves to support the
prayer of the petition and the present Ministry.
The thanks of 'he meeting was then voted to the
Chairman, and the meeting separated at fout
o'clock, p.m.

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.---W 8
much pleasure in announcing, that the petition for
Reform, agreed to at the la►e public meeting of the house-
holders and traders in Glasgow, has received upwards of
thirteen thousand signatures ; and we have no hesitation
in expressing our belief that the signatures to it will soon
out-number those at the Edinburgh petition.--Sots Time!.

The Reform meeting, which will take place
at Lincoln fur the county on Friday se'nnight, will be very
numerously attended—particularly by the great bodies of
yeomanry from the Wolds and the South. Some gentle-
men of the highest character for patriotism and constitu-
tional principles will appear on the hustings and throe•
their support into the scale, and assist the people in ex-
pressing a decided tone on this all-important subject.--
Boston Gazelle.

A meeting has been held at Dartmouth, JoHrT
TFAGE, Es 1. in the Chair, at which it was determined
that, " inasmuch as the present Ministry have pledged
themselves to the support of a Reform in the Representa-
tion of the people, the case of that borough shall be imme-
di ttely presented to Parliament, as the strongest prod
illustrative of the necessity of an improvement in the Se-
preientative system." The thanks ef the meeting were
also given to Lieutenant-Colonel SEALE, and Sir H.
WILLOUGHBY', Bart., for their unwearied exertions in
maintaining the civil and municipal rights ef the inhabi-
t tnts. —Exeter Alfred.

COUNTY OF ANTRIM REFORM CLUE.-
It will be recollected, that a Committee was appointed at
the late Belfast Reform Dinner, to make arrangements tin
the formation of a Club, or Political Union, in this town,
for promoting the objects of Reform. The Committee
have called a general meeting of all persons, in the county,
who approve of the object. There certainly never Nvas a
time when such a society was more desirable. The cause
of Reform, i❑ Ireland, is thrown, altogether, on the
North ; and Belfast is only acting in its proper place, by
assuming an attitude by which it may be enabled to give
union and energy to the Reformers in this part of the king-
dom. We have been long recommending such a measure ;
and we feel the utmost satisfaction in seeing it about to be
adopted. —Northern IVhiy.

COUNTY OF DOWN REFORM MEETING.—
A requisition for calling a meeting of the county of Down
has been put forward. The list of signatures is numerous
and highly respectable. The intelligence, wealth, and
extent of that county, reader it of the utmost moment to
the cause of Reform, that a strong petition should go
forward from it, to strengthen the hands of the Ministry,
now that the great measure, with which the peace and in-
dependence of the empire are so intimately connected, is
about to be submitted to the deliberation of Parliament.
The demand for Reform has been circulated, from town to
town, and from county to county, throughout the whole
extent of England and Scotland. We hope the example
of Down will be followed by other counties ; and that the
North will show, that it adheres to those principles of
civil liberty, which it has so long and so anxiously fostered.
—Northern Whig.

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TILE BALLOT.—There is no longer need ul.
much anxiety respecting the cause of the ballot. It is
nut now a fosterling, requiring to be nursed and tended,
with cautious delicacy. It can go abroad, in its own
strength, and tread down the molehills which its enemies
would pile up to oppose its progress. We verily believe,
that, in any popular assembly in the kingdom, it would
b., impossible, not only to stigmatize the ballot, but even to
turn aside the question, by any device that could hr
resorted to. At two or three Reform meetings in
England, attempts were made to cushion it, by Mt;
who would not venture to attack it openly ; but, when
brought fairly forward, it rose superior to all pretexts and
to all opposition. At the Armagh meeting, on Monday
last (for the fact must be apparent), the leaders seemed
to discover a wonderful sensitiveness about excluding the
name of the ballot from their resolutions. Theme was ra.
ther more of the Aristocracy of the metropolitan city tak-
ing part in the objects of the day (and we are glad to see
it) than at a former meeting in the same place, where the
ballot, and the ballot alone, was made the subject of pe-
tition. On the late occasion it required a little softening
of terms to make Reform agreeable to some delicate con-
stitutions ; but so thoroughly convinced were they, that it
would be a vain thing to call together a public meeting of
the city of Armagh, to petition for Reform, and nut
give the ballot a place, that the principle was prominently
and distinctly urged, though the name was kept out of
view. But, even this was scarcely sufficient to role the
tempest of the popular mind. A general cry was raised
for " the ballot ;" and it was not until after considerable
explanation that those who preferred going direetly for-
ward to the one important end, could be satisfied to adopt.
resolutions which had even the semblance of overlooking
this radical principle of Reform. In fact the ballot has
become irresistible. Let it only be fairly, unhesitatingly,
and distinctly thrown before a popular assembly, and we
have little fear about any opposition which it may have to
encounter.—Northern IVhig.

A schoolmaster in Limerick, setting forth his
claims upon public support through the medium of that
most recommendable channel, an advertisement, makes
known to mankind, that, " from his earliest years he felt
the bent of his genius to be directed to a bold and genteel
running hand."

It is reported to us that, on the occasion of
the recent marriage at the Pavilion, the Reverend Vicar
was requested by the respected Bishop of the Diocese to
be in attendance with the parish register, in order that
the marriage, the ceremony of which was about to be
solemnized,
d,lord
mightsh w
therein
fully
reinwsifim by s 2 Go
recorded.t Inmakein.g this
request
cap. 146, which includes the following enactment:—
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted that the several books
wherein such entries shall respectively be made, and all register
books heretofore in use, shall be deemed to belong to every such
parish or chapelry respectively, and shall be kept by and remain
in the power and custody of thei Rector, l'icar, Curate;or other
dflciating Minister of each respective parish or chapelrias afore-
said, and shall be by him safely and securely kept, Sec.
The Rev. Vicar, however, seemed to view the application
in the light of an indignity ! and intimated that he should
take the advice of a friend on the subject. He did so,
and subsequently communicated to the Bishop to the fol-
lowing effect :—That he had consulted his friend, and
that they were of opinion that he could not, consistently
with the dignity of his office, attend the bidding. In
due course, as we hear, the Rev. Vicar was informed that
his MasrsTr did not wish him to be at all ioc:hnv
e-
nienced—a communication, the dignified spirit of
will be re-echoed in every honest heart;--and on the day
of the illustrious marriage, Mr. Jour' PococK, the
parish clerk, obeyed the direction of the Bishop, and at-
tended at the Palace with the register's Brighton Guard.
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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Irish Anti-Union party, howtver much to
be admired in their character of Statesmen, have

still something to learn as logicians. The Journals
in their interest—feeling, of course, that nit advan-

taps are fair with an enemy—quote our state-
ments of the wrong.; which ought to be redressed,
and of the mal-administration which ought to

corrected, in Ireland, and then ask with the greatest
possible simplicity, " How can the Times Warm:
the anti-Union project, when it 'admits the existence
of so many evils under the Imperial Parliament ?"
Our answer is obvious—viz., that the evils, which

we conceive would one and all be e.gglavated by a
repeal of the Union, may and will he repaired with-
out it. It might be premature and inconvenient to
announce as posiiive, the specific measures which
are at this moment contemplated, anti perhaps pre-
pared to be laid before Parliament, with a view to
the redress of the most serious evils, again,t which
the honest and well-meaning part of the Irish na-
tion complain. The Catholic gentry, like the
Protestant, have not been slow in pressing upon
Government the sufferings of the people and
their own vexations, from the neglect or mis-
management of many questions involving matters
of the deepest national concern. We ventured
a few days ago to enumerate some of these,--the
Vestry Act—the Sub-letting Act—the power of
evading the Tithe Ct,mposition Act—the amount
and nature of the provision for the established clergy
—the want of all regular anti recognized ter:lute-
nance for the priests—the absence of all legal pro-
♦ision for the destitute poor—the enormous abu-ei
of the fiscal power heretofore exercised by Qrant-1
Juries. A pretty comprehensive catalogue of
grievances, we flatter ourselves ! The O'Connell
papers of course accuse us of having left " the
greatest grievances untouched." What are these ?

e` The absentee and fiscal drain"—in other words,
the loss to Ireland by absentee proprietors, and that
by the public taxes. Now, we have inquired amongst
Irish gentlemen of all parties, what was the state
of their country before the Union; and we have
been assured by the oldest and mcst intelligent
amongst them, that they do not remember the time

when—lrish " absentees" were not spoken of as an
evil which all men deplored, but which none knew
how to remedy. That Ireland suffers dreadfully in
a moral, if not in a commercial point of view, from
the absence of a resident and influential gentry, is a
truth which every body but an Irish landlord or an
abstract pedant will at once allow; but the difficulty
is how to force residence without interfering with
the great principle of free agency and the privilege
of locomotion. You cannot wake a selfish race pa-
triotieal by acts of Parliament. Besides, how is the
act to operate ? To what distance might an Irish
gentleman betake himself with impunity ? If he
should happen to possess an estate in Antrim, and

one in Kerry, on which must he reside, or which
must he sell ? Are we to understand that lay piu-

ralities would be permitted? Or is no man to hose
more than a single stake in the country, and 'must
he be " tied to that stake ?" But granting every
thing that may be desired in the nature of a tax on
landlords,—and we wish it were feasible,—is it inta.
glued that the British Parliament will be sltogether
passive in respect of the Irish labourers ? If Ire-
land taxes the export of gentlemen to this country,
let her O'Connell cabinet he prepared for our tax-
ing ber other expoit, one in which she now drives a

trade as flourishing and active as the other—namely,
that of her labouring poor, who swarm hither to

. _
the ruin of our own agricultural industry, and to
the monstrous aggravation of our English poor- 1
rates? if it be the anti-Union policy to assist the
Irish poor, we can tell its advocates that one word
Nvould suffice to prohibit the entrance of labourers
from Ireland to this country, and thus to withdraw
from their pockets, and transfer to that of our own
poor countrymen, the smn of at least M. a piece,
which they notoriously take back to Ireland with
them, after beating the British labourer out of
his native mat ket. There would be a " drain,"
to the effect of which on the spirit of the peasantry
we invite the attention of the Anti-Union school.
But for taxes—or, in the scholar-like style of the
Morning Register, the " fixed drain" from Ireland.
The Anti-Union orators declare that they will be
peaceable and honest. Well 1 do they mean to pay
their share of interest to the public creditor ? If
they do, what taxes can they reduce in Ireland ? If
they separate from England they must have an army
of their own, which is likely to cost some money—
s navy of their own, more money still—a civil list,
including foreign ministers, &c. ; and then, when
the question comes, " where are our resources ?"
they must begin by counting the loss which they
will have gained by the closing of the British
markets, the home market, and colonial market
throughout every quarter of the habitable world,
against every article produced by the soil of Ireland,
which will be stripped inevitably of the outlet now
afforded to it by a long schedule of protecting duties.
However, this question need not be argued much
longer. The Catholic gentry throughout Ireland,
in full and cordial concurrence with the Protestant,
are every day manifesting their attachment and sup-
port to the Government ; and as Mr. O'Connell
boasts of being a " bubble" on the tide of national
feeling, he is destined, we doubt not, to as much
longevity as the rest of his numerous kindred.—

If the Polish revolution had not opportunely hap.
pelted to disturb the plans of the Muscovite tyrant
France could not, at the present moment, entertain
any doubt as to whether her duty was peace or
war—she could have no alternative but either to
tight for her existence, or see barbarians trample
under foot the liberties for which the heroes of July
had bled. From the moment that the Autocrat
heard of the successful resistance to the ordinances
which were intended to make the Court of the
Tuileries as despotic as that of St. Petersburgh,
there was nothing honest in his proceedings except
the first violent and indiscreet ebullition of his rage.
Those gusts of passion having subsided, under the
influence of which he prohibited the French colours
from entering his ports, and recalled his subjects
from a country where their principles might be
tainted by the air of freedom, his spirit settled
down into calmer hate, and affecting peaceful in.
elinations, meditated vengeance. To make that
vengeance sure, it was necessary to beguile the
prey into blind security, and then rush upon it un-
prepared. To undisguised indignation succeeded
diplomatic hypocrisy. He made a show of nego-
elating with the Court of France while he was arm-
ing against the French people. his emissaries found
the French Government weak, credulous, and wil-
ling to be duped. They thought of nothing but
obtaining what Bonaparte called a " certificate of
existence" from the barbarian Emperor; and the
prospect of a " recognition" which would give
Louis-Philippe a station among the legitimates so
dazzled their eyes, that they could not see the ob-
ject of the vast armaments which Russia, and her
allies of the " Holy Alliance," collected, was the
invasion of France. To all men .of the least ob-
servation it was evident that the immense military
preparations of the Czar, connected with those in
the Rhenish provinces and- the Austrian dependen-
cies,-had one common purpose, and that purpose a
new crusade against a nation whose revolution set
a " bad example" to the degraded millions of the
confederated .:despots. Already had the Scythian
deserts poured forth their armed myriads towards
the frontiers, and the " living cloud of war" dar-
kened oft the stormy horiion, whence it 'you'd
have bunt upon devoted France, had not the insur-
rection in:Poland attracted its lightnings in a new
direction.. Then, but not till then, the. alarmed and
crafty Autocrat recognised the French Government,
which be had hoped to sweep from the face of
the earth; and it may be easily imagined that
his reason for assuming a new and courteous
tone, towards a King who had no other title to a
throne than the people's choice, was the dread lest
that King and the people should assist the Poles in
their glorious struggle for the recovery of their an-
cient rights. Thus have the Poles saved France

or the present,and if the reneli desert the Polish
cause they will desert their own. If Nicholas suc-
ceed in reducing Warsaw to a heap of ashes, and
..xterminating the heroic defenders of the land of
Kosciusko, will he stop there ? Will his Cossacks
flushed with victory, rett.eat into their frozen wilds?
Will the Tartars of the Desert be satiated with the
ensAnguined spoils of vanquished Poland, and Seek
not a more tempting scene for rapine and devasta-
tion in the fertile fields end vineyards of France?
They who know the amhition of the Cabinet of St.
Pettneburgh, and thequerichless hate which its des-
pot bears to liberty, will not ht a: a loss for an an-
swer. We have not the fears for Poland that many
enter nin but, single-handed, she must enter the
field with such disparagement of forte as must na-
turally excite some anxiety for her fate. Greece
had her Marathon, France her Jemappe, and the
Poles have shown themselves capable of emulating
such examples ; but her humanity shudders at the
idea of the carnage of which such a conflict must
be productive, and which France, by a resolute and
determined attitude, might possibly avert,— Morning
Herald.

The Standard of Ist night observes :
" Our contemporar)'s mode of getting 'rid of the effect
of a surmroier of the Church, upon irotcstant power in
Ireland, is ingenious, but it Sails of a complete enumera-
tion of the probabilites, and is therefore inconclusive.
The Irish Pects'tants so long as they continue Irish Pro-
testants, Will not certainly fail in losialty to the British
Crown, whether the Union be rtpeand or not ; but they
may cease to lie frishmtn, by emigration—a process al-
ready active, aO., Which, by a subversion of the Church,
must bectlte more rapid, or they may cease to be Puotes-
tanr.*an event for which the history of Spain, Portugal,
Belgium, and Italy, must prepare u=, if we leave to the
Church of Rome that azcendaury which the greater nittn-
ber of her dizeipies in Ireland would infallibly give her
after the 'Overthrow of the rival establistrment."

Our contemporary seems to have but a poor opi-
nion of Pi otestant principles. Surely, the Catholics
in Ireland csmoot well carry persecution farther than
the Protestants did. The Protestants set son against
father, and brother against brother. They deprived
the Catholics of instruction, forced the priests to
skulk amidst bogs and woods—and yet the Catho-
lics increased and multiplied. As to Spain, Portu-
gal, Belgium, and Italy, Prcmtanism never was
extinguished there, for it never was suffered to take
root. But thrcughout Germany, France, and Swit-
zerland, the proportions of Catholics and Protestants
hest song been tolerably constant. The higher ranks
of Protestants in France became mostly Protestants

because the higher ranks of all countries have little
religion, and think with Marshal Turenne, that no
man can be wrong in his creed who has 100,000
Goidlers to support it. The aristocracy of a country
yeldom hold out long against a church which has
rich livings for their children. If the tithes and rich
livings were given to the Irish Catholics, the Pro-
testant Nobility aid Gentry might turn Catholics,
but the poorer Protestants would remain firm in their
faith.'—Morning Chronicle.

We call the attention of our readers to an account*
in another column, of a Reform meeting of the
Northern Division of the Lathe of Alesford, in
West Kent, held at Rochester, on Tuesday last.
The meeting was numerou,ly and respectably at-
tended. One favourable symptom of the spirit of
the times ought not to be passed over without
notice. Many gentlemen, hitherto distinguished
for Tory principles, and opposition to Reform,
took an active part in support of the resolutions. In
short, so universal is the conviction of the necessity
of Parliamentary Reform throughout the populous
district in question, that no one individual appeared
at the meeting to disturb the unanimity. A circum-
stance occurred at this meeting which proves the
strong bold which ballot has taken of the public. mind.
The geniLmen who called the meeting and pre-
pared tire resolutions, avoided all details, in order
not to disturb its unanimity. What has taken place
at so many other meetings occurred here. A gentle-
man, well knowing the anxiety of the middle elaEtes,
that they should not be exposed to the alternative
of voting contrary to their conviction, or expos-
ing themselves to persecution, proposed a resolu-
tion, stating that no Reform would be of any value
without the protection of the ballot ; which was
carried unanimously. A Magistrate of the place,
the Rev. Dr. Joynes, highly respected for his talents
and virtues, took a distinguished part at this meet-
ing. His speech produced a great impression, and
we regret that our report of it is more brief than
we could have wished it to be. If the example set
by Dr. Joynes were more generaby followed, we
should hear little of the separation between the dif-
ferent classes of socicty.—Morning chronicle.

A Morning Paper, which we really thought too
absurd to excite ally attention, has, we find, made
an impression in certain quarters, that the determi-
nation of the Lord Chancellor to dispense with the
mere formal attendance of two Masters of Chancery
will occasion serious mischief to the suitors in his
Court. Any body who attends the Court knows
very well that the only duty performed by the Ma-
ters on these occasions was to make a bow to the
Lord Chancellor, on his appearance in Court, to
acknowledge his Lordship's answering bow with a
still lower obeisance, and then to retire ! We really
do not partake the alarm of our sensitive contempo-
rary at the cessation of this solemn service. `Are are
more disposed to apprehend danger from another cir-
cumstance to which this vigilant journalist has, we
are told, called the public attention:—we mean the
disappearance of those two venerable figures who
for centuries have kept time in front of St. Dunstan 's
Church. When we consider that these ancient me-
mentoes of civic dignity and civic privileges have
cot oily been dismissed from their stations, but

have actually been sold to a Tory Lord, we confess
we are inclined to sympathise with the fears of our
contemporary. 'We advise him to apply all his
energies to the exposure of the evils likely to result
from the abolition of this ancient :tad venerable in-
stitution, and not to waste any of his strength on
the release of the Masters in Chancery from an at-
tendance of mere diqucile. Indeed, we would,
in the most friendly spirit, put our contemporary on
his guard by suggesting, that the dismissal of the
Masters in Chancery may be a mere trick to divert
the attentian of hire and his friends from the more
flagrant ♦iolation of Constitutional rights, in banish-
ing for ever from public view those efficient public
servants, the giants of St. Dunstan's.—Tinies.

A HEARTY FELLOW.—When the King OF
DENMARK was about to quit the Congress of %icons, the
Emperor ALEXANDER, ill a little flummery parting com-
pliment, observed " your MAJESTY carries away all our
hearts." Upon which the KING, who had not profited by
the general scramble for provinces, wittily replied, " Yes,
Sire, but not a single soul."—Exeter Alfred.
RUTL AND NEWS.—TITHES AGAIN.—At
a certain village, not 20 miles west of Stamford, nor 10
from Barroiden, in the county of Rutland, the other day,
a Clergyman's tithe audit took place, when, instead of the
cheering influence of a warm dinner and the social glass,
the money was taken, and the tithe-payers returned home
with empty stomachs, and, we fear, pockets. "Mine host"
of the Parson's Patron's Arms having, as was customary,
provided a substantial piece of beef, in expectation of the
usual contract, viz., eighteen-pence for eating and a quart
of ale per man for those who paid at the time (none else
being allowed to partake of the parson's bounty), began
to fear he should be a loser by the preparation ; but to
prevent this, some of the poor labourers were induced
to go round the village and solicit th aid of the chari-
table, in order that they might purchase the beef, and
have one warm meal, in the year. The thing was ac-
i complished by the liberal contributions of the people,
and about fifty poor men sat down to a "hearty" supper.
The parson having, in the abundance of his liberality,
given Gd. each to forty poor men, this was spent in ale
for the occasion. After supper, the health of the cler-
gyman was drank in silence. " May our greatest burden
be speedily removed," was then proposed by a tithe-payer.
Other toasts were drank during the evening. It is re-
ported that the reason why the clergyman withheld the
usual dinner from the farmers, &c., was because he
could not meet them comfortably, on account of their
opposition to the tithe system. Query, how will his
pious feelings be affected when he meets them at church on
the Sabbath, and is obliged to call them " Dearly beloved
br et hren. Stamford Champion.