The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-23 00:00:00

EVENING SUN.

EIInBURGH TOWN CO,UNCIL.

THE I,{A :1.

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Taiiie EIcIIARDSON said he ha .I found that the Gene-
ral Assembly had ordered Thursday first 'to be 'Set apart
as a day of • humiliation and 'prayer, in consequence of
the present. position of the Church. The Church ques-
tion' was one which _had certainly agitated the country
far and wide, -laid he was not' prepared to say that he
Could go along with the majority of the General Assem-
bly in regard, to it.
Mr. LOTHIAN rose to order.

Sir JOHN DALYELL thought Bailie Richardson was
quite in order. He (Sir John) had that day learned, for
the' first time, that there was to be a fast in two dhs
hence. He had never heard of it before in his fife—
(Latightei)—and he wanted to know something 4bout it.

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Bailie RICHARDSON assured Mr. Lothian that he had
never heard of the fast until Senday last. The state-
ment he wished to • make was ft.-very short one. Al-
th6ligh a 'member •of the Church himself, - he - was
aware that a great miriaber of those over whom he
held authority by virtue of the chain he wore- were
not bound to. obey the laws of the Church ; and that
he would not be doing 'equal justice to those whom he
represented. if, he deserted his seat on Thursday next,
merely because•a fast had been ordered by the Church.
—(Hear, hear.) 'He had, therefore, 'directed the officers
of the Bailio.Court to summon all parties in the cases
on the roll for that day, as usual ; and he :thould
also attend to an applications .froin the gaol for aliment,
as on ordinary days. He did not mean to propose that
the Council should interfere in the slightest degree with
those under their authority, such' as-teachers and others
—some of whom were . licentiates of the Church; and'.
might be broUght into trouble for their conduct, if he
might judge from the proceedings of the Church in other
caste'—(Hear, hear)—but certainly, so far as regarded
himself, being entirely independent of any thing the Ge-,
neral Assembly could do to' him, he intended to dis-
charge-MS- public duties as a magistrate the same as on
Other days.
Bailie GRIEVE said, that with Out, any communication
with Bailie Richardson or any of the other magistrates,
he bad, the day before yesterday, directed Captain Steuart
to attend the • Police Court on Thursday as usual. 40
held that they should have " mercy before sacrifice ;"
and as Acre might be at least a dozen of people in the-
pOlice 'coils—some of them, perhaps, innocent—he did
not see why they should be confined an additional
tWenty-four' eours. because it happened to be th-2 General
.
Assembly's fas—(Hear, hear.)
After some eiNiversation the subject dropped.
Mr. DRYSDALE gave notice of the following -motion
for the consideration tof the Council; on the last Thesdai
of September :—" That the Magistrates and Council
having taken into their consideration the disputes and
differences which have of late arisen in the Church -;of
Scotland,, and the manifold evils to the patrons thence
arising, have resolved, and do resolve, that it is their
duty to grant no presentation to any parish in the
Church, the patronage whereof is vested in them, except
to persons ivlio are willing to obey the law of the laud,
and to' yield submission to the acts and orders of the
General Aesembly, or any. other ecclesiastical court, in
so far only as such-acts or orders may be consistent with
that law."

Mr. Wurrn said he was surprised to hear Mr. Drys-
dale produce such a,motion,

TILE FIST-DAY AGAIN.

The
_members were just about to separate, when

Mr. BLACK asked -whether it was understood that all
the public institutions in the city might be open on
Thursday—the High School for instance—if the parties
in .-charge of them were pleased to do so.
The I*D PilovosT (with great warmth)—l shall
deeply regret if any of the- public institutions are open
on that day. If the High School were to be Opened- oh
Thursday; I should consider it little less extraordinary
than one of our .own Magistrates sitting in the nest
room.

Mr. "STEWART—Are the public to have their letters
delivered on Thursday ?
BLA.6i—Yes, that is important also. Xot,ie(
should be sent to SkrF.Alward Lees _that- the .commercial
part of the community expect their letters to be cleliver4
as lisual. • _ • _

Tack bed better move 'fit Ace
that the High School should be kept open—for that is
what he wants. • _

Mr. BLlca;74 ovant nothing of the kind. I wat4
merely, a declaration, that parties in chate of the High
School, and all the other' publiC instittitions, are at per.
feet liberty to keep them open if they-so choose.
The LORD PROVOST—Ycs ; but that declaration would
be interpreted as being ip t4e _vcry dal-Amu. effea.
Mr. lltNnAtt—Undoubtcdly it would. The best way
is to leave the inhabitants Ito follow out their opinions
as they like, and :so avoid coming into unpleasant
colli-
sion with any party.
Mr. BLACK—That's my opinion. • •
Mr. DuNnAn7—Yes ; but I object to any declaration
on the subject. ' It ought to be observed that the present
fast was not the scheme of any faction or section of die
Church ; it was agroed upon by the unanimous opinion
of the Assembly. i do not give .any opinion of the
propriety orthe fast ; but I hnvd no dofilt that most
conscientious 'Churchmen will comply_ withllthe order.
If, however, we give the deliverance asked by sttr.
Black, it would appear as if we were stating. broadly that
wó Will 'approve of the people disobeying it. • •
Mr. BLACK—I do not see that at all.
Mr. DulcsnALE—l move . that we adjourn without
giving any opinion..7-Agreed.
.The Council.then adjourned. •

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Srn,—We have hear 1 of the Long Parliament,,,the
Borough-mongering and the Reform Parliaments—now
we -have, what I 'trust history will terni it, " the Judas
Borough and County Serf Parliament,"
The unblushing and open bribery -in all, the smaller,
and in some cases larger b. roughs—the driving of the
tenantry in counties to the poll as cattle, incruce me
to suggest that Peel and the ToiT gang, when in pOWer, to
pass an Act ".regulating the price of votes in boroughs,
and that in counties it be considered unriecesary for the
tenants to rote,'. but that the geese, pigs, cows, ,Sz.e., be
driven to the poll to represent their owners, with the
qualification and the party they are to vote for, tied
round their necks." This will- be a capital plan to 'en-
sure the stability of .priestcraft and Toryism, and an ad-
mirable plan to ensure free and independent election.
To the etemal honour 'of Scotland she has been true•
to Liberal principles. Her farmers, the most shrevid
and experienced in the world,. have not been. humbugged
by the wooden-headed Squirearchy of England.. They
know full.wcll,.. that the Corn-law. is merely a scheme
to keep up rents-, and ruin and degrade the farther.
Ireland,' that land of misrule and oppression, has-al:to
• been '.true to Liberal principles, .under fearful provoca-
tion and insult from the Tory faction ; her clergy and
.p.eople daily insulted.througa the means of the Tor..v
journals, rts if they wished to plunge that unhappy land
into rebellion. • • • • •

The unrepresented millions. of England, the people of
Scotland and Ireland, repudiate the felon-factioni and,
with all their majority, . they have no ri,ht to make
laws or govern the people of Britain. Their power will
be of short duration. The Chartists of England and
Scotland are more powerful than ever ; they are gather-
ing up their strength, and are nnw looked more f:rourably
upon by the; middle classes, so that in. a few months .V(3
shall hear of an alliance offensive and defensive con-
eluded between the Chartists, the middle classes, the
free traders, and the repealers of Ireland, before which
formidable
.yowers the Tories, though tbeia majority
were 500, will crumble to dust. -
Let there be-in.ntual concession and conciliation between
-the parties I have named. Let them have one object, one
plan of national regeneration, say household Suffrage
and the Ballot. Throw oil on the troubled waters, act
with kindness and good faith, to the working classes; and
the union I have alluded -to will speedily be accom-
plished—it .ean be done.
The cause of democracy is prom;sing. The events
now passing in France indicate portentous chaTe iiill
s
one revolution gave us the Reform Bill, the • nex
seal theth fatecry be of oli"
Ungarical po"
The Queen,,wer.
~ and The People,
e chi on," Let
People, the only source of political power.'
London, July 22, 1841.

1 =.------- -------- a
short s‘...9.OLYMPIC THEATRE.
.. .
rh,:s snug little theatre was opened last evening, foi-
the late ciainc,LnY the Lord Charn-
son of two months, by the dramatic portion df
at Astley's, a license having been
kindly granted to I.2en' for that PurNse by
have also, in addition t•) their own
beriam. They
strength, obtained the assisance of some of the leaditg
members of the profession ; so that.- we entertain nu
doubt that the intention with - which the license nag
granted, viz.. the alleviating thole Inisfortune3 conse,
(pent upon the late calamitous fire, will he folk-
realized. The performance commenred wiji Mark 1,c...
1 0 mole-
popular drama of Lost and Won, in which M
edtheivicthharnacYte7lira
Baker, whose services as stage-manager the corn r;
hive been so fortunate as to secure, sustained' trrhhe paPr'lti
Master Seyton with great feeling and effect.
ofvir eLteletnhiebeLrapbooourrer
Terryf oll6ilnv
s
we prefer Rayner 's representation as the
Rayner's Luke is ono of the most powerftTiore truthful.
Luke.drama
delineations
of the rustic villain on the stage, and quite worthy to
rank with his Tyke. When shall w again see Rayner
where he ought to be—on the boards° cif one of thelargF
theatres ? T. P. Cooke appeared •I'.
ter of Philip the bailor, and act di I his original chartte-
it as he alone can act
it ; whilst Hammond, as Bobby e
of that little character than 'trot, made •much more
have made of it. The we thought even he could
binlekfue of The. Lad performances concluded with the
mond sustaining, their II
of Lion's, Miss Daly and Ham-
pel and Clod Millnot. original characters of Pi,rllr Chil-
li is needless, to say that 'during
the performance of the bur
ceasing. There vas some
the laughter was un
some very good dancing during the;
course of the evening by Mr. Harvey and Miss Reekie.
The house was tolerably well•attendeel.

LIBERAL CLUB AT ENNIs...-On Sunday a
meeting of gentlemen assembled at Carmody's ilot,!, t„form
IL County Liberal Club. The room was crowded
to suffocation. Major M‘Namura, M.P.-, Mr. Cor-
nelius O'Brien M.P., Mr. Hewitt Bridgman, :M.P.,
and I may stiy the entire Catholic and Protestant
Liberal Aristocracy and • Democracy of this- great
and wealthy county were in attendance. On the
entire the meeting formed a club, pledging.themselves to.
apply a portion of their funds towards redressing any
tenant who may - be persecuted by his landlord for the.
exercise of.his vote. This is as it should be in Clare,
and I am only sorry that such a club had not been formed
threw years ago. if there had, there Would be no Van-
&Leung' or others bold or fooliAt enortli to disturb the'
Liberal movements of the county, the same as in Li-
merick. But it is not too late—Clare has done and will.
do its duty, and never more: securely than through the
agency of this, Independent Liberal Club.--Liificria
iteporio*,