The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-02 00:00:00

BISHOP OF ELY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
SIR,—In a statement which I observed, a few days
since, in one of the Morning Papers, respecting the multi-
tudinous preferments held by the .sans and sons-in•law of
the Bishop of Ely, I observed the living of Leverington
valued at only 5001., whereas I have good reason to be-
lieve that, even at this time, it is worth 2,0001., as a few
years back it was very near 3.0001. Surely this living,
which has not had a resident incumbent for years, but has
always been left to a stipendiary curate, becau,e it is
situated in a disagreeable part of the country, is, of itself,
a sufficient maintenance for a minister of the church, and
affords a wider field for the exertions of a minister of the
gospel than one nun can satisfactorily perform. Whilst
on this subject, I would venture to recommend to t:.ese
reverenl pluralists the perusal of certain passages in the Ist
Book of Samuel.
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Bella] : they knew not the

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" Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto
all Israel.
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And he said un,o them, why oye such thinas ? For I hear
of your evil dealings by all this people.
Nay, my sons ; it is no good report that I hear : ye make the
Lord's people to transgress.
" if one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him ;
but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him ?
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their
father, because the Lord would slay them.
" And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him,
Thus saith the Lord, did I choose you out of all the tribes of
Israel to be my priest, to offer up upon mine altar, to wear an
ephod before me?
" Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, and at mine offering,
which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy
sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the
offerings of Israel my people ?
" But now the Lord saith, 'be it far from me; for them that
honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly
esteemed."
I refrain frotn quoting the terrible judgment which is in
the same place denounced against the greedy sons of Eii,
but would strongly recommend the above mentioned parties
to read it, and re-read it, without delay, and repent ere
the ark be taken from them.
I sin, Sir, your obedient servant,
PAULUS APOI.LOS.

The LORD MAYOR has appointed the Bishop
of CARLISLE to preach the Spital Sermon on Easter Monday
at
Chriat Church, Newgite ; and the Rev. H. MELVILL,
the celebrated preacher, late Fellow und Tutor of Pei erhonse
College, Cambridge, to preach on Tuesday, at the same
place.
•

THE EASTER DINNER.—Among the guests
of the LORD MAYOR at the grand Easter Dinner, will he
his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, all his MA-
JESTY'S Ministers, the Lord Chancellor of England, the
Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Lord Advocate of Scot-
land, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL.

The Marquis CAMDEN stated in the House
of Lords, on Monday, that " a great portion of the inha-
bitants of Kent were not in favour of the Reform

Before we accuse the Noble Marquis of falsehood, we would
ask him what he means by the term "a great portion ?"
If he means one in five hundred or a thousand, we will
grant that he is right. —Kent Herald.

Mr. GRANT will, on the re-assembling of Par-
liament— nam-ly, on the 15th instant—move "that notice
be given to the East India Company, which is required
by the Act 53d Get). 111. c. 155, s. 3, as preliminary to
the termi►►ation of their Charter."

Mr. JEPIISON has given notice that, after the
Easter Recess, he shall move a resolution declaratory of the
expediency of making provision in the Reform Bills, or in
a specific measure, " requiring that all Members returned
to serve in Parliament shall, before they take their seats,
• make oath that they have not, directly, or indirectly, been
guilty of bribery at their election." And a very sensible
resolution too—but we apprehend the Hon. Member must
have a reformed Parliament before he can carry his re-
solution.

The Commons re-assemble on Tuesday, the
12th April ; and there are already sixty-three Orders and
thirty-nine Notices en their books, engaging each day as
far as the 17th May ; awl, though only one day is named
fir the Notices and Orders, many of them Will occupy
several days. The EngVsh Reform Bill, for instance, ac-
cording to Mr— HUME, will occupy ten days in the
Committee.

On Wednesday night, or, rather, on Thurs-
day morning, when the House had been nearly " left to
RICKMAN and to LEE"--.ind to the SPEAKER—a new
writ was ordered for Mahon, in the'room of the liberal ex-
Attorney-General, Sir James Scalia, who, having
sighed again " to take office under the Crown," has ac-
cepted the Stewardship of his MAJESTY'S " Chiltern
Hundreds," the salary of the just steward of such place
being46s. 6d. petl.annum ! The electors, it is said, in-
tend to vote the iigid defert-ler and honest administrator
of ex-olficios, anit the upholder of rotten boroughs, their
thanks," and " a thousand tears."

‘.,
SIR CHARLES W ETHERELL'S LAST.-" So
the Loan CHANCELLOR sits to-morrow, I hear," said a
Noble Lord this morning to the Member for Borough-
bridge. " Yes," replied the latter, " and be will be the
first Judge that his sat on Good Friday since PONTIUS
PlLATE.—Morning Paper. This is an old joke ; it was
said by MINGAY of Lord KENYON, who either sat, or
wanted to sit, on Good Friday, on some urgent occasion.

To the credit of the Barristers of the Mid-
land Circuit, we have great pleasure in stating, that out of
sixty persons only eleven would sign a petition in favour 01
Reform.—Morning Post. ! ! !

In the last list of Members who have johied
the " National Association," in Paris, is the name of
" LAU RENT, wounded seven times in the days of July, and
35 times before. Rue Beaubourg, No. 21."

FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF COVEN-
'Mr.—This morning, precisely at nine o'clock, the re-
mains of this venerable Nobleman were removed from his
late residence at the corner of Engine-street, Piccadilly,
for interment in the family vault at Croome, Worcestershire.
The Earl of AsHBURNIIAM, since the death
of his father, took his seat in the House of Lords, fur the
first time, on Wednesday last.
By order of Admiral DE RIGNY a plan has
been adopted in the nsvy, with a view to prevent the
sailors' clothes from being injured. The cupboards in
which they are kept are to be lined with tin, and the cor-
responding part of the deck above them is to be covered with
lead, to prevent the infiltration of water.—Le Temps.
We are informed the Royal Adelaide per-
formed the voyage from Margate to London, a distance of
neatly 80 miles,
in five hours and seventeen minutes, on
Tuesday last, being the quickest passage ever made.
We are enabled to state, on most respectable
authority, that great quantities of wool;, of middling and
low qualities, have been contracted for in a growing state,
in Austria, at a considerable advance on last year's prices.
—Leeds Atellipeneer.

THE VICEROY OF HANOVER. AND THE
LATE H A NOVERIAN LEGATION.—The late Hanoverian
Legation in this country, which has been abolished in con-
sequence of the appointment of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE
to be Viceroy of Hanover, with full powers to act, ex-
cept in very few instances, t ithout requiring the sanction
of the KING, consisted of a Minister of State (Count
MUNSTER MUNHOVEL, G.C.H. and G.C.8.), Counsellor
to the Legation (Baron 111 u NCH A ussEN), Privy Councillor
of Legation (Sir LEWIS Mor.t.tun, K. H.), Secretary
(H. G. GOLTRRMANN, Esq.), and Consul-General (Sir
JOIIN HALL, ICH.). A considerable reduction of ex-
penditure is consequently accomplished ; but, as we be-
lieve the charges of the Legation were defrayed from the
Hanoverian treasury, his MAJESTY'S German subjects will
not derive any advantage that tn iy arise from the abolition
of the Count's Ministry. His Royal Highness the Duke
of CAMBRIDGE, independent of the handsome intome he
receives as Governor of the family territory, is in the re-
his Royal Highness having obtained an eugmen-
tceipt of 27,0001. per annum from the Civil List of this
country,
of 6,0001. a year on his marriage.
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Tli.—Tite Worcester Journal, 23d Oc-
tober.tiuS3o announces that on Tuesday, at Droitwich,
sirs.°ipi lliniu:irs seas delivered of a son and Imre .
t
who was very economical
of his
wine,
oN ea r bi descantinganDean,
man, oie day on the extraordinary per-
formance
remarked that the poor fellow
could see no more
than ,‘that bottle." "No wonder at
that, Sir," replied a Minor Canon, " for we have seen no
more than
that bottle all the afternoon."
AN ODD ACa
UITTAL.—A girl was tried
i e er
but it
of black silk stockings,
that they were odd ones, she
that two do not make a pair, is
was acquitted. Arguing , that a dead duck was nut a
as good as the Irish decision,
country contemporary is
blaesitn gw eperko proved uponstealing
d duck decision was not an
wrong; the celebrated '
1* h one, solemnly delivered
duck.- Country
En is • •
Irish decision, but an 9
A„izes, within these lain
from the Bench at Worcester
three or four years.)
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COURT CIRCULAR...;,f

- •
Prince LEOPOLD is entertaining a select-party of the
nobility and gentry,,on a visit to his residence, at Clare-
mont. • •
The Duke and Michels of GLOUCESTER have presented
the Choral Fund with a donation of 107.
The Fren'eh Ambr.ssador, accompanied by M. PERRIER,
who has recently arrived in town from -Paris, visited Earl
GREY yesterday, at the Treasury, and had a long confer-
ence with his Lordship.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office, from Lord AYLMER, the Governor of Lower
Canada ; and 'also from Sir J. COLBORNE, Lieutenant-
Gov, rnor of Upper Canada.