The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-12 00:00:00

DOVER-FRIDAY.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Up to this hour (six, P.M.), we have no news of the des-
cent of Mr. Green and his companions that can in the
slightest degree be depended on, although there have been
various reports on the subject. Had anything authentic
arrived you should have heard from me. It is supposed
they pursued their course all Tuesday, having fair wind
and fine weather, and landed in the centre of France.
Their friends in London may probably hear• from them
direct, before we do on the coast.

[Mr. Gye has received a letter this morning from his
Agent at Paris, stating that he had received no tidings of
the balloon. It is supposed, from the direction of the wind,
that they have proceeded towards Germany.]

DEVIZES.--THURSDAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-A very unfair, and indeed untrue, statement of
the revision of the list of voters for this borough has found
its way into the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette of this clay.
I am anxious that a correct statement should go before
the public ; but as there is no chance of any " Radical "
communication being inserted in that paper, unless paid for,
I must trust to your liberality to give the following contra-
dictio❑ to the falsehood.

The Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette states that the gain
to the Conservatives on the revision is eight votes. The
truth, however, is, that the old voters struck off are precisely
an equal number of Liberals and Tories ; and that of the
new voters allowed by the Barristers there are twice as many
Liberals as Tories !

If the correspondent of the Gazette denies this asser-
tion, I challenge hint to disprove it, which, if he attempts,
I will give the names of all the old voters struck off and
all the new voters allowed—and thus convince the public,
by names and figures, that so far from his statement being
true, that the Tories are the gainers on the cases contested
before the Revising Barristers, that the truth is the
Tories are the losers ; and that the Liberals have gained
new voters in the proportion of 2 to 1

TRUTH.

NORWICH-FRIDAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—Among many others, I have received a Circular
from the Archdeaconry Office, in this city, respecting the
Church Rates in this parish, which I forward, together
with my reply. If you should think the subject worthy of
a place in your Journal, you are at perfect liberty to insert
them :

" Norwich Archdeaconry Registry Office,
" King-street, Nor. 9, 1836.
" Sir—The Churchwardens of St. George's Colegate
has been with me, to be advised as to the course to be pur-
sued with respect, in consequence of a Church Rate having
been virtually refused at a Vestry meeting lately held, by
reason whereof he has not the means to enable him to meet
the necessary expences of the Church.
" I have been furnished with the names of the persons
who were on the occasion referred to, opposed to the rate ;
and. amongst them, I find yours ; but if I have been mis-
informed, I shall be glad to have the mistake corrected.
" Whilst the law of Church Rate is as it is, there is no
doubt it can be enforced ; and, as matters now stand, there
is no question that you, who rejected the rate asked on
legal items of expense, arc liable to proceedings at law.
" I have, however, advised the Churchwarden to give
the parishioners another opportunity of acceding to a rate,
and of considering their position.

" Another Vestry meeting will shortly be called for the
purpose of making a rate ; and I trust that the result will
be satisfactory to all parties.—l am, Sir,
" Yours, respectfully,
E. STEWART.,,

Bridge-street, St. George of Colegate,
Nov. 11, 1836.
Sir,—ln reply to a letter addressed by you to me respect-
ing the Church-rates of this parish, I beg to say I am not
only proud to acknowledge myself one of those who opposed
the rate in question, but I allow I had the honour of se-
conding the first motion that was ever made in this parish
for that purpose ; and in adopting the line of conduct I did
upon those occasions, I was influenced by a conscientious
feeling that I was doing my duty.
According to the laws of equity, no man has a right to
pay money, no matter how small the amount, unless he
receives an equivalent for the loss of his cash. Now, as I
conscientiously dissent from many points of doctrine which
the Established Church inculcates, I, of course receive
neither benefit nor instruction from her ; consequently I re-
ceive no equivalent. Under such circumstances I shall at
all times feel it to be my duty fearlessly, manfully, and
openly to resist, by every constitutional means that is
afforded me, the payment of Church-rates.

If the Established Church cannot be upheld but by per-
secution, injustice, and oppression, I say, with our good old
Bishop, " let it fall ;" for it evidently is not that Church
which Christ, whose whole life was a most beautiful ex-
ample of justice, benevolence, and Christian charity, pro-
mised to be with, even unto the end of the world.

You may have advised the Churchwarden to try his
luck again, but if I mistake not there will be found a
sufficient number of " honest hearts and true" in the parish
of St. George of Colegate to resist successfully any further
attempt that may be made to impose upon them a Church-
rate ; and if you know the parishioners as well as I do, you
would at once see the folly of such a proceeding.
As regards myself, I have " nailed my colours to the
mast," till we have subdued Churchwardens and " Registry
office" to boot ; and when the promised " vestry meeting"
takes place I shall be at my post, and will not hesitate as to
the course I am to pursue ; but will do my duty fearlessly
and honestly, and will abide the consequences.
The threatenings of the " Registry Office" have no effect
upon me, for while I am following the dictates of my con-
science, I fear nor care for any man. The " Registry
Office" may issue its mandates, but that will not deter me
from pursuing an honest purpose ; it may shackle my body,
but it cannot shackle my mind. I shall be at the meeting
for the purpose of re-considering our position, and will then,
if no other person is to be found, propose the adjournment
of the rate myself.

I am, Sir, your's, obediently,
To Mr. E. Stewart. H. TAYLOR.

DUBLIN-THURSDAY.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
" Quin etiam mansura dabo monumenta per cevum.
A respectable meeting was this day held at the Imperial
Hotel, to consider the species of testimonial to be erected
to the memory of the late Dr. Doyle. Lord Cloncurry
was in the Chair, and amongst those most conspicuous
in promoting the object of the meeting, we observed More
O'Ferrall, M.P., the Right Rev. Dr. Nolan, Mr. Vigors,
Sir Patrick Bellew, M.P., and several other gentlemen of
rank and respectability from different parts of Ireland. The
proceedings consisted of mere matter of detail, as to the kind of
marble figure on which the Committee shall expend the funds
in process of collection for the purpose. It appeared from
the statement of Mr. More O'Ferrall, who seems to have
taken peculiar interest, as well as Mr. Vigors,
in perpe-
tuating the recollection of his distinguished friend and re-
spected prelate, that a sum of about 1,000/. is available.
This sum, or the greater part of it, has been subscribed
at two meetings held at Carlow, soon after Dr. Doyle's
death, by gentlemen personally acquainted with the late
bishop of that district. But it is to be regretted that steps
have not been taken on a more enlarged scale, to connect
the memory of this great man with some institution of per-
manent utility to his country. His whole life had been de-
voted to the moral instruction of the people of Ireland ; and
the melioration of the state of abasement in which they
had been placed by circumstances over which prudence or
justice seemed Ito have no control for many centuries. His