The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-12 00:00:00

BRAMAH'S PATENT PORTABLE PENS.

AVery inferior Imitation of this Popular and
Useful, Invention having been introduced fur Public
Sale, J. BRAMAH and SON, respectfully announce that
every Packet of their Genuine Pens is inclosed in a Paper
stamped with a fac simile of the Signatme of the Inventor
" JOSEPH BRAMAII."

The Patent Portable Pens continue to be Sold at the Ori-
ginal Warehouse, 124, PICCADILLY; and by most respect-
able Stationers.

N. B.—The Prices have been lately reduced.

FOR. THE SUN.

SECULAR CLERGY.

MR. EDITOR—I cannot refrain smiling at the
squeamishness of your Correspondent VESPER.—
It is clear, with all his affectation, that he is not a
Methodist, or he would have met the point at
issue between VERITAs and himself with that sin-
cerity and fairness which the subject merits. Had
VESPER delayed his letter until Sunday last, he
would, to a certain extent, have found his wishes
gratified by the Editor of John Bull,* whose ap-
probation or, and observations on, the letter
of VERITAS, render any further remark in sup-
port of it unnecessary. It would have been
more correct if VESPER had addressed his let-
ter to the respectable Morning Paper in which
VERITAS first appeared, but this zealous de-
fender of the Church preferred the course which
he had taken, for reasons that are obvious, and
cannot be mistaken. But VESPER has now no
excuse if he does not bring this subject before the
proper authorities, as I take it for granted that
with VESPER and his clerical friends JOHN BULL
is, and justly so, an authority not to be denied
or disputed, and, therefore, as he has given the
key to the Secular Employments of the Reverend
Contractor alluded to, it will he the fault of
VESPER, and not of V EniTAs, if" the higher Mini-
sters of the Church," without 44 seeking after in-
stances of irregularity," do not, on the complaint
of VESPER, " interfere and punish the offender."

If VESPER wishes for further information on
the SECULAR EMPLOYMENTS of this individual, I
have only to refer him to the Inhabitants of
King's Lynn, Sheerness, Itamsgate, Southwark,
&c. &c. These references will, for the present, I
presume, satisfy VESPER. For myself, I think that
VERITAS has rendered an acceptable service to
the Church by the publication of his letter in the
Morning Post on the Secular Employments of the
Clergy, and I am convinced that the great body
of the Clergy are of the same opinion. It is by
these aberrations from the Clerical Character that
the Church is degraded ; and it ought to form
part of the duty of every Archdeacon to report
annually to his Diocesan the names of all the
Clergy resident within his Archdeaconry, who
have not preferment within it, and the various
public pursuits in which they may be engaged.—
By these means the Church would become by
degrees purged of many improper characters,
without throwing on private individuals the invi-
dious task and expence of bringing such cases
before the proper Ecclesiastical Tribunal.

. .
A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE EAU BRINK DRAINAGE.
Hockerill, Dec. 10, 1822.

*The following is the extract from John Bull,
above referred to :

" In the Morning Post of Tuesday there was a very jadici.
ous letter, signed Veritas, on the subject of the Secular Employ-
ments of the Clergy. Our opinions are quite in accordance
with those of the writer, and in addition to the instances of mis-
application of clerical labour glanced at by liim, we would men-
tion that of the Rev. Mr. Bingham, who was gazetted as a
banker at Gosport ; that of the Rev. Dr. Lock, of Farnham,
whose speculations as a lime-burner were also unfortunate; and
of a Rev. Mr. Jenkins, whose name appears also as a bankrupt
dealer at Ashhridge.
" There can he no doubt of the flagrant impropriety of such
proceedings ; and we fear that in the metropolis there are one or
two more Clergymen whose seculiar avocations are neither so
honest nor so creditable as those we have mentioned. But we
wonder that the Morning Post, which loves a pun, and is al-
ways ready with a joke, -had not vindicated poor Jolliffe (who
is the object of the allusions of Veritas) for his connexion with
the steam-packets.
" Surely the Morning Post might have told Veritas, in ex-
tenuation, that even were it his gracious Majesty's good will
and pleasure to make Mr. Jolliffe a Bishop, the King himself
would not be so unreasonable as to require him to forego the
See; and since the Reverend Gentleman was the contractor for
the stone, wherewith to build Waterloo-bridge, (by the way the
shortest road to the Bench), he is entitled, in our minds, to an
Areh-bishoprick at least. Indeed we have that regard for Mr.
Jolliffe, that we cannot bear to have his clerical claims run down.
Sure we are, that if he were a Popish Priest, instead of a
Protestant Clergyman, and the Pope happened to see him,
the first thing his Holiness would do, would be to offer him
a flat."

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHEW.—Yesterday
afternoon the fat cattle, sheep, and pigs, began
to arrive in Goswell-street, which are intended
to compete for the annual prizes offered by the
Smithfield Club. On inquiry last night at Mr.
Sadler's Yard, it appeared, that her Grace the
Duchess of RUTLAND, the Marquis of EXETER,
and a long list of distinguished Breeders and
Graziers, had already sent in their stock, and
many others were expected before nine this
morning, when the yard will be closed, and re-
main so through the day, for allowing the Judges
deliberately to examine and make their award of
the several premiums.—(Morning Paper.)