The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-25 00:00:00

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LONDON :
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1840.

The LORD CHANCELLOR and other Noble Lords,
eluding the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, as ber MA-
.3 :..STY'SCOMMissiOners, gave the Royal Assent in the
House of Lords yesterday, to the Bill for Promoting
the Naturalization of Prince ALBERT.

The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition s;gned
by 4,000 Inhabitants of Bit mini denouncing Social-
lam, and praying that i:s influence might be counteracted.
i The Right Rev. Prelate was entering into a statement

of the principles of Socialism, and the conduct of the
-I.linisters in relation to it, when Lord BnousitAm in-
terrupted him to present four petitions Irani troches of
:)ocialists, praying for the fullest inquiry into their tenets
and principles. ,
The Right Rev. Prelate then proceeded to express
:/:3 surprise that the Socialists had not been prosecuted
_ _

4.lcausc they had offended, as the Marquis of Noa-
; Itamiv said, no law, and had done nothing illegal. He
/ could not comprehend that ; and he thought that the
result of his observations would be that the Government
I ought to direct prosecutions against parties charged by '
I him with high crimes against the peace and welfare of
\ society. He would concur in an inquiry, however, as
t t,'-e parties themselves had petitioned for it. The
1 •gli.t. Reverend Prelate went on to draw a terrific
-,• ::cure of the extent of Socialism in the country, and
. t!,..... principles on which it. is founded, It is organized
ail over the empire, it has paid missionaries and lec-
turers, and comprises a great number of persons. The
doctrines on which it is founded were described by the
Right Rev. Prelate as most erroneous and pernicious.
I If he gave a faithful description of principles and num-
ber of the Socialists, the Chartists are by no means the
tl most dangerous and most numerous enemies of the pre-
I sent political form of society. Many persons, however,
j will wonder that they have not before heard of these
horrors, and have seen no manifestations of the influence
f of the Socialists on the character of the people. In con-
clusion, the Right Rev. Prelate took Lord MELeounNE to
task—which was, in truth, the great object ahis speech,
whether he dealt in exaggerations or not—for introducing
the founder of the Society, and the author of several
most reprehensible works, to her MAJESTY. He also
&pin censured the Home Secretary for not directing
the law against the Socialists, and called en him empha-
tically to do so.
Lord BRacGram said Mr. OwEN had been known to
't him for many years, and was extensively known by Mem-
) hers of both Houses of Parliament, and by the Heads of
1 the Church. His morality had been vouched for by Mr.
WILBERFORCE. The Noble and Learned Lord, with
gnAtt propriety and equal force, deprecated persecution,
! and cautioned the Reverend Prelate to rely on the
force of truth to overcome the fa'se teaching of Mr.
0 WEN.

The Marqt is If NORMANBY replied at some length
• to the Bishop of EXETER, and assured him, notwith-
i• stonding the sneers of the Prelate, that he bad a perfect
abhorrence or Mr. OwEN's do::trines, though he did
not know much of them, never having read the New
• Moral World. He believed that the Society was on
the decrease, though how it might now grow he could
say, since the Bishop of EXETER had noticed
He thought the doctrines so absurd, that
they would die out of themselves, if let alone ; and ifhing
could maintain them in vitality, it would be