The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-01 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COLONIAL MARKET.
There was much inactivity in the produce markets ; pri-
vately few sales were made, and the auctions were of little
moment, but prices were maintained for all articles. The
imports keep small.

TEA MARKET.
The transactions were upon a very small scale, and
prices were depressed. The public sale went off with con-
siderable heaviness, and a very large proportion was bought
in ; the few breaks that sold were at rather lower prices
than those current in the early part of last week. The
stock is now very large, and unless the trade with. China
is stopped another season, there appears little prospect of
the market raising the article above the present quotation.
WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.
The market was tolerably well supplied with all de-
scriptions of Hay, Corn, and Straw. The demand was to
a fair extent. Clover, 31. 10s. to 51. 12s. ; Meadow Hay,
31. to 4/. 10s. ; Straw, 1/, 6s. to 11. Bs. per lead of
36 trusses.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. -
heroic actions. Why, then, should
.that MO"
We have had great difficulty in decyphering the manuscript of
awneiunehdaberitsatntdofht.he parish of St. Margaret Moses, but if be made a reproach to them, which has heretofoi
correctly, e.
co fgraozra adviceon is to leave the
We would
Crown to thme steeled the soul of a CRANMER in the flarnss, r,
would rather not publish the letter of "M. Aleph." He directed the calm courage of a NELSON in th' 5
raises doubts which the learned Rabbis cannot solve.
" X. Y."—Those is correct. midst of tempest and battle?
The Herald institutes a comparison between faie
Church•rate martyrs and JOHN HAMPDEN, to the
disparagement of the former. That his conduct
was more free from worldly ambition than theirs wovild
be hard to prove. His conduct, however, is much'
approved of, because the legality of ship-move}
was denied ; theirs is condemned because Church-
rates arc legal. In our judgment this enhances the"
merit of the Church-rate martyrs, because it proves
the
that they arc 'willing to brave everything for
cause which they deem righteous. JOHN 11101;0"
GOOD and Mr. BAINES undauntedly but calm';
oppose all that JOHN HAMPDEN opposed' a,"
moreover oppose the law. In the eyes of those who
think the Church-rate law good and just, that 10'14
to their offence ; in the eyes of those who regart,
the Jaw as an iniquity, while they acknowledge 10
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vast cower, it adds amazingly to the moral tours
of the Church-rate martyrs.
Either there i.; a conscience in man, which 1119::
is bound to respect. or there is .not. If there be "eon
the Herald is right in mockinil at those wh.°4.
that supposition must make their conscience a s'be,
ing-horse for disreputable purposes. If die,reciole
and conscience is to be respected pr; that io:ci,
Inuit be carried completely out, and a man's c° nay
encc be as,much respected
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when he re!uses 1°
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n b
-e re'
money for a Church he never enters as vv
fuses to bow before an idol. We cannoti een.eoce
any limit to the principle, and either coisei b 0
must be respected in all its dictates, or it °Llisosirt:.
mowed at as a cunning invention of knaves ta/1

their own ends.

There seems to us no incovsiderab le degr,,b,
cunning in the practices of ove Tory Coa
"4' teicrti,
raries, who doze the public day after day 0.
radcs in favour of Church principles, Of the
re.,,stked•
riority of the Protestant creed, of the wv'e6r.
ness of infidelity, and accompany almost e•-
in
tirade with a protest against discussing' then the
newspapers. They do not, in fact, (1.00
heir s"
discussion, as long as they have it all on flents
but they would fain suppress the so`,t`:;°,,L,eve'r,
eeloe.
of their opponents. We shall opt, lIc" bl
be turned from the path of our duty' a.lict
either their prayers or their denunciatialli ; !oil
whenever we find a so-called principle of tile. or *
or religion made the basis of a social tkorYr,
political enactment, we shall not take it for eana
because it is vouched for by the corrupt Tofjc,'
the hypocritical priests. *oT the
What may be the creed, the r,"•ligion! t bst
theology of individuals, so far as the,' or
the :rule of their own conduct as incliclullB-st:o°
find in it a source of hope, is no mattes f°:ep bait
discei:)sion, any more than the colour ' c 15
or ',he of their faces ; but when an bi`!"'v•atis
{loiliest
creed, the ofi::nring of his own passions 0:1s tool
or perhaps of the bribe of an endowinentY! 101, roe
to silence arguments against a political sYs c octet
shall not be repelled from examining i,eking
whatever sanctity it may be masked- In Te
n the th eoo of
some further observations, then, o
Mr. GLADSTONE, as puffed iota notice!eh
to
Morning Post, we beg our readers at all %hg
. ba
remember that, speaking for his party, v'hi
extent
much influence in the country, artd to
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practises the theory he expounds, he line o.
.)b
the
STONE asserts that it is by " assumiotg t
(color
ancient and positive revelation as them lY
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tent guide," that ten.th, and peace, boi'rsse our
(of society) are to be found. lie Would base
social institutions on his theology. °ea:wines,
then, of the political applics:tion of his before
not to controvert an abstract proposition) 'le c sr,
noticed and shall further notice, some 01-
GLADSTONE'S assertions. •
On Tuesday, the 24th ult., the Post s
But there are some who pretend to: instraciti-1
public through the newspapers, and who are :sit
offensively forgetful of the nature of Chrietiao yolk's, of
to proclaim that the reference to antiquity Olt;
faith is as absurd as it would be in any sort e` P-dpep
of t 0.0.0,
ledge depending upon caperience. The faith
they say, is to be preferred to that of antiquity', Poe
modern astronomy is to be preferred to aneien!.l • 0
more time that elapses the more true knovilegot to
achieved. Surely it will not require .much stashede
show that thc above analogy could ol:IY be
we t,fil Wirt
or
very ignorant irreverence. On this point
quote M. Gladstone in a passage which is d'eg. ,
plicable to the correction of so gross an error '-'•,hseP:
"In whatever we propose we look not togas° tie!"
properly so called, not to innovation, but to reL,bew
to a bringing back of that which ear ode
which was unduly hidden from them which
inheritance, not by acquisition ; which was aoficoirliP
by us, nor even by them, but first receliedabjef fitj
and then transmitted to us.' To explore d'icjii•ia:od
not to survey for a new one, is the work eh ib1ere.,•,,,,"
fatherton'-00
would be a Reformer in religion ; for it is 'l%-ojliegg,
in other sciences. Not only does there exist $
thP
of facts natural and revealed, which feri°gibeit:r
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basis of religious argumentation, and attolek,; foo,l",sd'
upon which other systems of knowledlce ri:all7,_
but there is also superadded to this f.rf-c- 'OOP.O.-be
broad distinction; namely, that we have' lju" -11 Of all
assurance that that scheme of doctrine
versal Church has ever drawn from SeriPtu",ll.ol*".,-ni,"!
its fundamental characteristics, eternally
ably trur. To remove from the faceoftlitit ""; sess,,3;ll
ever may have sullied or obscured it, to OP .-a Jo" I
upon its purity and integrity, to illustrate, %f
known, and to adapt and prepare the foie' ;- •""”-'.
the means which itself supplies for its recce. .';'.
are the objects of religious reform.
Our business is with the mode of reW-
the writers, not with any doctrines whatever.i EA
tell us that ancient knowledge in olatte'rsi: reOto
is eternally and unchangeably true, and "-et
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they assert that it is absurd to prefer tows'haste o
thing modern. Mr, GLADSTONE saYs We
to proceed in religion as in other sciences' fie'
object first, to Mr. GLADSTONE'S languagrisci°
calls religion a science ; but the basis of eled
ence is clear, distinct knowledge ; the balsceS'
is
gion is necessarily, and at all times Ana evie 1#
,
norance. The sentiment of reverence at° 4146
worship arises because we do not know• ge°;,
extinguishes worship. Who ever heard of Beiifefer
worshipping the well ascertained relations' .e Ott Or
beautiful, of a geometrical problem, or L":"ls.ll.i'
berless skilful contrivances and adap:atian'.°llvir.
enu. •
mal life ? Religion is not a science, oirsV
GLADSTONE and his admirer, who hurls sec
11'6-
tions of irreverent ignorance against other6r lhef
solutely ignorant of the meaning of the tecn:sitit fr
employ. There is, as Mr. GeAnsTorisj tijoeGY
fundamental difference between religion and built
ences ; the latter are founded on, and LarefotO.
throughout of accurate knowledge ; "'espy if,
begins and ends in profound and Won°
norance. which
The substantial question, however •-f
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brought before the public by the quote"" or h.°
the Post, is whether the faith of to-day .)e.,,b-othe'r;
not to be preferred to the faith of antiquity' jk; ono
the way in which individuals ought to vva
society be governed, was known in former v
and is to be sought exclusively in autigeii s'?
ip
whether we know more of it than was Ica° 01-
antiquity, though our knowledge of it is yet I'l ' otia
feet. The Post and Mr. GLAnsToNE waif; yei
the forme' ; and, without further troubling oars fan
with with the verbal inaccuracies of these
vei
sprawling pretenders, we shall endeavour to ?ny,
by their own conduct, that they do not
lieve the proposition they maintain in vvords',,, }set
Now, without entering into any detailg of
001,
were matters of faith in antiquity though gg..fc g
nation of details, were it not too extensite
general reference to pripciples--is-
tingsa:re,"
newspaper, would be even more convinc2*

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