The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-25 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION..

POLITICAL DUTY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN.
SIR,—To those who harp bePifeligaged in can-
vassing for the ensuing election,. it is evidPat
that throughout the country there is an opinion.
becoming more and more prevalent that Reli-
gionists should not interfere in political matters.
Having in. sortie cases fbund that these .senti-
ments had their origJi in a pamphlet published
some years ago, entitled "Man unfit to govern
-Man," and knowing,, from personal acquaint-
ance with the author of tu.qt work, that he, of all
i
men, would denounce politieu.. apathy; and that
wi,tharitwment
his pamphlet did not urge I.
from politics on any except on I.:ose whose
religious principles_forbid it, I felt. t my. duty to
have an interview with him, to see if he won't:. not
unite with the in counteractinc, by the Pubh;
press any misuse of his tenets. tile very pro:oply
referred, me to the following passages of !US
book, as sufficient for my purpose, and de--
nounced most strongly any unjust and slothful
advantage which the " lax and lukewarm with-
out religion might take of his principles, under
which to shelter their supineness and cowardice."
Adding, however, that, for himself, he was still
firm in his principles, that he was.still willing
to meet his opponents through the public
press; and that be thought it would be well
for " the Nonconformist" and other able por-
lions of the press, to answer the pamphlet he
had already published, and to meet argu-
ments before they ridicule their conclusions-.

The extracts are as follow :
If, however, there be any v7ho should read this ad-
dress, and still entertain colitritry views of religion, I
should be-Sorry if anythinirniay say
should, in the
least degree, lead them to greater slothfulness in the per-
formance of things they believe to be right. Dost thou
still remain a politician'? use all thine energies in..pro-
meting • the great measures thou thinkest to be right..
" Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it pith all thg
might." Let not politics be thy plaything ; let it be thy
daily work ; pursue it not for thy own aggrandizement,
but for thy neighbour's and thy country's good.
Let not the object of this address, nor the i2elinge
With which it is dictated, be misunderstood. I am not one
who take no interest and feel no inclination to take port in
the exciting struggles of the day. lam not unmoved et
the_ sight of injustice, nor insensible to the pleasures of
a successful combat. If I were led by-..my inclinations
clone, I should oft, like the Hebrew patriot, be tempted to
smite him who doeth the wrong ; but 'my principles
forbid, and with a question that defies all interference,
ask, "Who made thee a ruler or judge amongst us ?"
I write not to favour the man who, while he believes
political interference to be consistent with his duties, is
too indifferent to the wrongs which others feel, to assist
them in their removal—the man who will .not engage in
what he believes to be right because of the treubl. and
,
inconvenience to which it may exp. ,ril• -
would say, if religion forbad it not, every . ouRE ,
become a politician.. . • •
Let me again not be misunderstood ;

men of the i-vorld should not legislate one rc -
some laws are necessary, and those who do no. •
will .s.-t have, the laws of God, must make
tlwaiselves.
pursued, it is net:ssary that some should devote t
time and their minds, to it, and who is,to decide whet.
this shall 'be you or -Who is to tell'ene, man that Oh
him and his family are to .fati,,all those bitter conse-
quences before stated, while anotheris to go free ? Such
false reasoning and such partial practice is the founda-
tion of all political evils and corruptions. It is this oc-
casional dabbling in politics, and not giving the'Mind to
it, this occasional performing " some of the duties" with-
out having even learnt its theory, this leaving other peo-
ple to learn, to think, to fin- you while you or:ly lend
your sanction, that has giveti:to knavery all its oprortu-
nities, and to oppression all its power.
It is to you half politician.that we ,are indebted for
the choice of law-makers whom you never knew, and for
the support of measures you never_ gave yourselves the
trouble to understand. It is to you who put your names
to petitions yoturaser read, and on subjects you never
studied ;- you who are ever ready to hung your privato
friends, though they may be your ccuntry's foes ; you,
who have a ready vote for the first appctant or the
highest bidder,. who care not whether you :end in a
Waithniaii to-day or a Lyall to-mrrow ;it ialoryou
we
are indebted '(if indebted at all) for the waste of our pro-
perty and the slavery of our persons. Think not, then,
that you do your duties or effect your country's goon by
devoting a Law hours of bribery or indolence to political
matters. No ; politics, if pursued, must be pursued with -
vigilance and 12t.liftdness, and if there is any one prin-
ciple of Jesus that ylies to politics, it is this,—" \lv hat-
soever thy hand linden!' to do, do it with all thy might."
These then, Sir, are his senthnents, and 1 feel
confident he would danolince; with a bitter scorn,
the shuffling cowards who van join with the world
tbr every base purpose of pletz.sure or profit, and
plead religious separation only wi;en the mental
activity and disinterested energieg of a political
struggle require them to unite. Yours,
June 21, 1841. .

BOROUGH ELECTIONS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—The following propositions basing met with the ap-
probation of many of my intimate friends, perhaps you will
:cave no objection to make them public, in order to test whe-
ther they would be worthy of being brought under the consi-
Cerationuf the new Parliament. The reasons why the preposi-
tions are made arc stilliciernly obvious without stating them.
J. That no person entitled to be on the Burgesses' Roll shall
c qualii3ed to be entered on the list of voters made out by the
ye: seers of the poor.
2. That, all persons on the Burgesses' Roll shall poll Wont
?let-en o'clock on tl.e morning of me day of election.
3. That all householders on the list of voters assessed to the
'eor-rate under.te net annual value of 25/. shad roll be- •
seen the hours of e;4iven and one o'clock.
4. That all housilAdt.rs on the list of voters assessed at and
above 251. per annum to lioo after one o'clock.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
R. W. D.

Ilfracombe, June 22, 1841.

THE WEATHER.—Noon, JUNE 24.

ROYAL GALLERY 011 SCIENCE, ADELAILX-STREBT.
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Thermometer... (36 I Highest 72 Lowest ... 47
Wind E.—Freezing Point 32 .Deg.

THE CORN-LAWS. AND THE
PRAIRIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
The prospects of agriculture i.e. States North-west
of tha.Ohio are brilliant. The stranger who looks upon
the fertile prairies of Illinois and Indiana, and tNts
rich alluvial soil of Ohio, feels the iniquity of the Eng-
lish Corn-!aws as strongly as in the alleys of Sheffi:eid.
and Manchester.
The inhuman perverseness. of taxing food is there
evident in all its enormity. The world ought never
to hear of a want of food. No one of the inhabitants:
of its civilized portions • ought ever, td be without dlr. •
means of obtaining his fill, while the mighty wester
valleys smile in fertility. 1r
If the aristocracy of England, for whom those laws
were made, and by whom they are sustained, could he
transported to travel in open waggons the boundless
prairies and.the shores of the great rivers which. woad •
bring .down the produce, they would groan
to
see from what
.their selfish, petty interests had.
shut out the thousands of half-starved labourers at •
home. If they could not be convinced of the very.plain
truth, of how their own fortunes would be benefited
by allowing the supply and demand of food to take
their natural course, they would for
the moment wish
their rent-rolls at the bottom of the -sea rattler than
that they should stamt between the crowd of laboners
and the supply
.of food which God has offered then.
Thy landlords of , England do not go and see the
great western, valley; but happily, some of the labourers
of -England do. Yar off as that valley is, those
labeurars will make themselves heard from•thenee, by
those who have driven them there ; and will teach the
brethren ivhom they have left behind where the blame
prps
of their hunger lies. Every British settler who plong2s a
furrow in the airie, hel to plough up the foundations
'
of the British Corn-laws.-11.40 Martineaus Society to
America, vol. ii., pp. 50,

sr,arti in
''ywhhi.cichh
it..(3;;tin
the many
arcs
should be chosen above Nil
nity ? What the city which s
MO NOPOLY.—What i
members of whim
others as our home ? It is that, the
ee.a
mono-
s the happiest co rrrtou,-‘
form one body, in which no class k .
il'iarboopuerrt:
prey to others, in Which
may have an oppor-
tunitysire, that every human being
*i'Vhat is the hap
poly of honour or. good, terwehicish
anogeLnlearsasl iscka-
to develope
It
• powers.•i t, in which the goods of.
piest community -: tis not thima
few_erenicl.
unmiated in a , is, in which one
sinks a great gulf between d,iiffol -
pride, and the other is
portion of society swells
life are ace
rn.f
munnii and unprovemkut.
ected and the means o co
resp. 9 . it is not a community, in 7.lick.
are liberally diffused.
whilst _
broken in spirits ; but a co'
• . • ranee, superstition, and a gross animal
given up 14 Igno . •
.h the mind -•• •
but one, in which 1., so reverenced
existence ;
in every condition, that the .upportunities of its culture
intelligence is devohted in a few,
are afforded to all. It is a cenntnunity, in which religion
is not used to break the many into subjection, but is dis-
even to the poorest, to rescue them from the de-
bpensc , f iovert •to tv them lin, influent:cc 1 , 1,4 generous senti-
a(' `.' hopes, to exalt them from animals into men,.
merits and -.
into Christians, into children of God. 'This is a happy
community, where human nature. is held in honour,
where, to rescue it from ignorance and crime, to give it
an iinpulse towards knowledge, virtue and happiness, is
thou.-ht the chief end of the social union.—Dr.Channing
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.— The
thirty-fifth anniversary dinner of the friends and patrbris of this
excellent institution took place on Nk ednesday at the Highbury
Biro Tavern, Islington; Charles Barclay, Esq., in the Chair.
Covers were laid tor about two thousand five hundred persons:
—in the large room of the tavern for 600 ; in a marquee ad-
joining for 300: and in the grand marquee, where the Chair-
man presided, ter about 1,600. Among the company present
were Mr. 11,ng, Colonel Tlu-mas Wood, Sil. Matthew \\rood,
Mr. Pattinn, Mr. Crawford, Mr. T. Ihmcombe, General
Evans, 11:r. Masterman, Mr. Attvic el, Mr. Lyall, jun., Mr.
Villiers Sar key, Mr. A. K. Barclay, Mr. J. J. Harrison, Mr.
Perkins Mr. Bryon, the Governor of the Incorporated So-
defy of Perkins,
Victualless, and several of the Fait Chairmen
and Governors of the Inst:tuti,,n. In the course of the evening
the Secretary announced the felloiaing liberal subscriptions:—
Charles Barclay, Esq., SO guinea —(Loud applause.) The
firm of Barclay and Co., 100 guineas; Lord John Russell, 10
guiceas—( Cheers) ; W. Crawford, Esq.. M.P., 10 ituii.tasV.
.1. Paulson, Esq., 10 guineas ; G. Lyall, Esq., 10 guineas ;
J. Masterman, .sq.. 10 guineas; M. W. Attwood, Esq.,_ 10
guineas ;:Gen. Sir de Lacy Evans, 10 guineas ; T. S. Dun-
eumbe, Esq., 10 guineas ; Mr._ livng's . annual subseintion of
10 guineas. - The total of subscriptions announced on this oc-
casion amounted to nearly 1,2001,

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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE

AND MR. WILLIS TONES.

Splendid success.—Fourth Week of the first Vocalists in the
Kingdom. The New Opera, " A Queen for a Day," and
" La Sonnambula," on alternate nights, supported by Miss
Romer, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Leffler, a powerful Band, and an
extra Chorus, conducted by Mr. G. Stansbury.
THIS EVENING,: JUNE 25, =,*
Will be acted Bellini's Grand Opera,
LA SONNAMBULA.

Amina, Miss Romer ; Lisa, Mrs. Serle ; Rodolpho, Mr.
...effler; Elvino, Mr. Wilson.
THE QUAKER.
Steady by Mr. Leffler.
To conclude with,

YOUNG LOCHINVAR7-6R THE BRIDE OF THE

GRAVE.
Lochinvar, Mr. N. T. Hicks.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON.
Crand union of success in the hitherto unexampled combina-
tion and attraction of " Susan Hopley !" " The Stranger !"
" The Honey Moon !" and " Virginius !" supported by Mr.
Osbaldiston, Mr. E. F. Saville, and Miss Vincent ! and also

. .
the Ncw Drama of " The Palace of Geneva !"
THIS EVENING, JUNE 25,

The splendidly successful Domestic Drama, in-Three Acts, of
SUSAN HOPLEY ! OR, THE TRIALS AND VICISSI-

TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL !

William Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Susan Hopley by
Miss Vincent, the accepted Heroine of Domestic Drama.
After which, the celebrated Comedy of

THE HONEYMOON.

Duke Aranza, Mr. Osbaldiston; Rolando, Mr. E. F. Sa-
ville; Baltbazzar, Mr. James ; Jacques, Mr. Gardner ' • Ju-
liana, Miss Vincent; Volante, Mrs. Lee; and Zamora, Mrs.
Howard.

To conclude with, the new Bnrletta. entitled
THE PALACE OF GENEVA.

Old John. Mr. Gardner ; Seliria, the Countess of &real,
Mlrs. Howard.

Boxes, 2s.—Pit, 15..-Gallery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes
only, at Half-past Eight.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
minutes after 6. i Evening minutes after 6

LONDON:
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1841.

The election of Sheriffs yesterday has sorely
disappointed the leading organ of the Tories.
The Times anticipated that the Livery would
pass over Mr. ROGERS with contempt, but
ROGERS was elected without opposition.
So the Times and the Tories boast that the City
will return Tories, and they will be equally dis-
appointed. The election of Sheriffs is an indica-
tion that the election of Members will be a still
greater disappointment to the Tories.

Their candidates, in fact, are all fighting
against their own interests, and against the inte-
rests of the City. They dare not say a word
against cheap timber, cheap sugar, and cheap
bread. In fact, they espouse the principles
against which they call on the citizens to vote
in their persons. With the exception of the
Canada timber jobbers, and a few mortgagees of
West India property, the bulk of the electors are
favourable to a change in the sugar, timber, and
corn duties. They live by trade, and for them
to vote against an extension of trade is to commit
violence on themselves. We cannot conceive an
elector—not a jobber nor a monopolist—voting to
keep up the price of sugar, to preserve a mono-
poly of timber, or to maintain the !present gam-
bling with the subsistence of the people.
They may not be contented, of which we see
many proofs, with the alterations proposed,
which they think ought to have gone farther;
but the Tories are for making no change what-
ever; and they will vote for an inconsiderable
alteration rather than vote to nail the present
system for ever on the country. As they desire
a greater change,' the mere high-handed and tri-
umphantly they can defeat the opponent{ of all
change, the more likely they be to obtain
their desire. They are not to ,suppose
v
if they
speakplan is to
speak out boldly that the Minisierit "
be final; far from it; that plan is„liltt, the, corn.
mencement of an improved systellt:o4ith
it de-
pends on them to carry forward. "ft'
With the principles of free trade the welfare
of our great commercial metropolis is closely
bound up. They have been advocated and
prayed for by its leading merchants, year after
year, since 1821 ; and to their prayers the open-
ing of the India trade, the modifications of the
Navigation Act, and the reduction of many pro-
hibitive duties, have been successively granted.
Gradually and successively, too, has the metro-
polis increased in wealth and splendour as re-
strictions have been removed. For those who
have advocated freedom of trade, who have par-
tially obtained it, and have profited by it, now
to vote for standing still, or to retrograde, is
quite impossible. Can the sun go back on the
dial ? The Tories, then, who look to the electors
of the metropolis for
support, will be, we believe,
as much disappointed as the Times, which saw
the election of Mr. R GOERS for Sheriff on the
same day that it called on the
Livery to pass him
by with contempt.

The readers of The Sun will find in another
column an abridged report of an excellent speech
delivered by Sir GEORGE GREY to the electors of
DeVonport. No Member of the Government
can refer with more well-founded confidence to
the consistency of his Parliamentary career than
Sir GEORGE, and it is highly creditable to his con-
stituents that they so highly appreciate his public
services and those of his colleague, Mr. TUFFNEL,
that a Tory has not the slightest chance in the
borough. DERRY DAWSON, ,the brother-in-law
of Sir R. PEEL, has put himself at the head of the '
Tory forlorn hope, but it is only to be buried in
the trenches. Sir G. GREY'S arguments in
favour of abolishing the Sugar duties andCorn-
la (for he avows himself no finality man in
Proce4int first with a reduction of the im-
N-1.-Affitale, bread and sugar), are incon-
, . .OM there •
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