The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The ceremony of churching the Queen took place on
Saturday at 12 o'clock, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's,
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury officiating, as-
sisted by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Sleath,
Sub-dean of the Chapel, and the Rev. Dr. Wesley.
There were present at the ceremony their Royal High-
nesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent, and the fol-
lowing Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite:—The
Countess of Gainsboroggh, Lady F. Howard, Lady Caro-
line Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Viscdunt Hawarden,
Lord George Lennox, Mr. J. IL Ormsby Gore, Captain
Francis Seymour, and Sir Edward Bowater.

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Her Majesty and Prince Albert afterwards returned to
Buckingham Palace, followed by the Royal suite, in three
carriages.
The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal suite,
attended Divine Service yesterday morninn. in Bucking-
ham Palace. The Hon. and Rev, E. S. Keppel, Deputy
Clerk of the Closet in 'Waiting, officiated.
Tier Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday in
the garden of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived in town yesterday from his residence at Kew, and
visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert at Bucking-
ham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty on Saturday.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps-
thal visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel at Ken-
sington Palace. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on
her Royal Highness.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St.
James's.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess
Augusta of Cambridge arrived in town en Saturday
from their residence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses
returned to Kew in the evening.
His Royal highness Prince George of Cambridge
arrived in iown on Saturday from Dom kark, Notth-
ampt9r4iFt
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps-
thal visited the Duchess of Kent on Saturday.
Sir Robert Peel left town on Saturday for his resi-
dence, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
The Chevalier Bunsen, his Prussian Majesty's Minister
Plenipotentiary on a special mission, transacted business
at the Foreign-office on Saturday.
Sir I). Davies, M.D., arrived in town on Saturday from
attending her Majesti the queen Dowager at Stidbuf.,'
Hall,

illtititches trom the governors of
Malta and Gibral-
tar were received yesterday at the Colonial-dice.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturtlfty, nid Lords present were Lord Brougham,
Lord Campbell, Mr, Justice Erskine, and the Judge of
the Admiralty Nutt
Mr Burge; Queen's Counsel; and Dr. Addarhs; were
heard t for the ripobl,,nti ott ,4il ,dilljOal fi'6'i4-1,i64€,,64 of
FIN, instance ot Civil Jurisdiction in the Lnanu „, • fix
nidad, the Right Hon. Sir George Fitzgerald kiiii,
Bart., v. Thomas Bigge and Edmond Waller Rundell.
Mr. Erle, Queen's Counsel, anti Mr, Meriyale7 were beard
for the respondents,
Their Lordships intimated that they would take time
to consider their judgment,
An appeal from Bengal was commenced, Shaikh Inadad
Ali v. Mussumat liootby Begum. Mr. Miller, Queen's
Counsel, and Mr. Jackson, appeared for the appellant, i
and Mr. Sergeant Spankie, Mr. T.4loyd, and Mr, 442und I
Moore, for the respondent,

APPRENTICES To INsoLvENT4.-,—it has been
recently decided by the Justices in Sessions, that an ifl!
solvent, after his discharge, nannot require his appren.
tice to continue to scvve him, he not having tools and
business to properly teach the boy his trade, and the in-
dentures were ordered to be cancelled.

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AND
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" Who runs may read."
POREIGN.
On the 26th ult. a deputation from the Evangelical
Clergy of Berlin left Prussia for England for the pur-
pose of ascertaining in what way funds are provided for
the erection of churches. It seems the art of " robbing
Peter to pay Paul" is better understood in England than
in any part of the world.
Letters from Stockholm of the 20th ult. report that a
deputation of master manufacturers waited upon the
King to thank him for the protection granted to the
manufactures of Sweden by the new Tariff The ma-
nufacturers of Sweden, like the English corn-growers,
are very grateful for the privilege of robbing the public
fur their own advantage. Were the corn-growers of Swe-
den to thank the King f'or the protection afforded to the
manufacturers, then indeed we would think some-
thing of it.
The King of the French is resolved to keep as many
strings to his bow as possible. On Monday last he sent
M. Salvandy, as his Ambassador, to Madrid, to com-
pliment Espartero on his crushing the Christino con-
spiracy, and on Tuesday he entertained at dinner Queen
Christina Munoz, the arch-traitress !
PUULIC OPINION.
The Morning Chronicle thus comments on the attempts
now making in Edinburgh to enforce the strictest ob-
servance of the Sabbath by the most intolerant means!—
" The Sabbath is an excellent institution ; apart even
from all religious considerations, its moral and physical
influence entitles it to be upheld. But the manner of
keeping the Sabbath is a matter of opinion ; and those
who are for what the Examiner wittily calle its bitter
observance, have no right to compel others to keep it
bitterly. He who thinks it a sin to read a newspaper on
Sunday should not touch one ; but he has no right to in-
fringe on his neighbour's liberty, and compel him to do
likewise. Reverse the case. Suppose a rigid Presbyterian
compelled to read a newspaper, instead of the Bible, would
he not think that a gross outrage was committed on him?
Do as ye would be done unto,' is the golden rule of to-
leration, as well as of general conduct—a maxim, how-
ever, too frequently forgotten in theiike'ical warfare.
Let the Sabbath be kept, by all means ; but to every
man who can judge for himself must be left the manner
of keeping it. We are glad, therefore, to see that in
Glasgow there is a determination to put down that spe-
cies of intolerance, so disgracelully exhibited in Edin-
burgh."—We have no desire to see the Sabbath dese-
crated ; but, at the same time, we see no earthly reason
why a long sour face should be specially cultivated on
that day. If left to the good sense and good feeling of
the community, the Sabbath will always be more appro-
priately observed, than if stringent laws are enacted for
its rigid observance. No man was ever yet made pious
by Act of Parliament, though hundreds have been made
hypocrites thereby. To attempt to coerce men into re-
ligion, is the surest way to qualify them for a hot seat
in that mysterious realm, which—as Pope assures 'us—is
never " mentioned to ears polite."
The Times, still continues querulous on the subject of
Lord J. Russell's answer to the Plymouth address, ob-
serving :—" Lord John Russell's London friends have
been able to make nothing of his answer to the Plymouth
address. This, we doubt, is a great disappointment.
At a time of year when statesmen, great and small, go
touring about to re.ccive deputations, and dinners, and
freedoms of corporations in oaken boxes, a speech, or
even a written manifesto, from any such conspicuous
person, is expected to make some sensation. The hero
of the day, stepping forward when the curtain has
dropped for the season, calculates, like a favourite
dancer, to be overwhelmed with wreaths. If this glori-
fication does not take place, there is a good deal of mor-
tification, and a great many people look cross and blame
one another."—lf Lord John Russell's answer has
created no public sensation, why is the Times so con-
stantly referring to it ? Far better that it should be left
to its own insignificance. But the truth is, it has created
a sensation, and that is the reason why our keen-scented
Contemporary is so sore on the subject.
In a leading article suggested by a meeting of the in-
habitants of the West Riding of York, for the formation
of a Diodesan Board of Education, the Herald makes the
following remarks: —" Government are prepared to aid
and encourage schools, but they do not intend to propose
to the Legislature to provide funds necessary for the edu-
cation of the people. It will, however, be the fault of
the wealthier portion of the community if Government
do not submit to the House of Commons a much larger
grant for educational purposes than the last. Before
any Government,' said Lord Wharncliffe, could go to
Parliament with a proposition to increase that grant to
any extent, it would be necessary to show that the laity,
the clergy—that all ranks of the people, were ready to
contribute most liberally to the object.' Here then is a
motive for immediate contributions to this great cause
of public improvement., and to the diffusion of sound re-
ligion."—We have no great desire to see a system of na-
tional education established under the sanction of the
Tories, for we can pretty well guess what sort of a
system it will be, There will be no enlarged mind dis-
coverable in it; it will be made up of prejudice and in-
tolerance, and, as far al generous and enlightened prin-
ciples are concerned, will be wholly defective. To en-
lighten a nation, in the proper sense of the term, will
never suit the purblind views of Toryism.
The Morning
post says :---“ii.hatever party feud may
now have made the Poetry Professo:ship contest at Ox-
ford, we deny that there was ever any ,;ood reason for
theological party feeling being brought tat the contro-
versy. As to the point whether attachment to ;21e prin-
ciples' taught in the Oxford Tracts' was, or was not)
likely to interfere with the proper exercise of the dutie
of Professor of Poetry, there was really no room for ab-
stract disputation. It is a matter of immediate expe-
rience. The present Professor, the highly-gifted Mr.
Xbble, is very well known to have been, and to be,
much more concerned with the ' Oxford, Tracts' than
Mr. Williams. If it can be shown that this con-
cern at all interfered with the proper discharge
of Mr. Keble's professional duties, then indeed the
objection to Mr. Williams would be very strong.
If on the other hand it be admitted that Mr. Keble has
reflected great honour upon the University in his position
of Professor of Poetry, and has won the admiration of
the whole literary world, wherever the English language
is understood and devotional feeling appreciated, then,
we say, that the objection to Mr. Williams on account of
being, in respect to theological principle, what, Mr. Keble
is, must fall to the ground7"—There is a great deal of
absurdity in this dispute about the " Professorship of
Poetry,' more especially as the requisite qualifications of
such a Professor are completely thrown overboard, and
regard is had solely to his orthodoxy or otherwise. The
actuating principle of the dispute is, that any dull, prosy
fellow can be a lecturer on poetry, provided he be either
a Puseyite or an Evangelist. So argue the respective
combatants, while men of common sense keep aloof, and
laugh heartily at their dogmatic absurdities.
We quote the following from the Leeds Mercury
Tories were3utte as much committed to the New
Poor-
law
,-ss the Whigs—the only difference was this,
the latter was in power when the law passed as a kind
of experiment, the foZner arein power now when it is to
be upheld and rendered Jmanent. There is, however,
this difference between the t: o parties—none of the
Whigs ever attempted to raise a cid." against the Tories
,
for that which was an act of the two ph eties conjointly,
while many of the Tory candidates for seats in Parlia-
ment had the meanness to resort to this shabby policy,
in which they were aided by the Tory Journali. e
shall be curious to see what the persons who have so
conducted themselves will say to the constituencies at
the next Parliamentary elections."
The Coventry Herald says :—" Although the new Tory
Government are careless and incapable, or hostile to any
plan of relief, it is evident that they are preparing to
carry things with a high hand.. The multiplying of mili-
tary stations in the manufactaring districts has become a
question of undisguised official discussion. The existing
magistracy of the kingdom is in due; course of being
swamped by a large infusion of most approved Tories, and
it will then only remain for the Parliamentary Session to
arrive, in order to pass the congenial
.Gagging Bills for
the preservation of the peace."
The Dublin Evening Post, commenting on Lord de
Grey's Irish policy; says :—" Of all the clumsy attempts
—of all the impudent assertions ever made—that, which
is now ' going the rounds' of the London Tory press,
is as assuredly the most audacious, as well as the most ri-
diculous—viz., that Lord do Grey and his Government
have won golden opinions from all manner of men by the
just and conciliatory principle which has guided him in
the government of Ireland."
The Dundee Chronicle contains an article on the sub-
ject of the Government emigration scheme, from which
we quote the following :—" Where are the people to
emigrate ? To Canada or Australia ? We would ask
how are men, who have been brought up in cotton fac-
tories and flax mills from their earliest years, to be em-
ployed in the colonies ? Are they to exchange their
hell-holes for a life of pastoral ease or simple rural cares,
tendering their flocks and garnering spontaneous har-
vests ? or are they to be shipped to the shores of Europe
and the United States, to work the manufactories of our
mercantile opponents ? In either case, emigration would
ruin tie outright ; the first by expenses, establishments,
more soldiers, and taxes—the second by encouraging our
rivals."
We quote the following remarks from the West Briton :
In the absence of other political topics, the Tory.
prints are assailing with great bitterness the answer of
Lord John Russell to the address of the inhabitants of.
Plymouth. That document, like everything that pro-
ceeds from the pin of the Noble Lord, !.s manly, frank,
allta honest. Without any circumlocution, or disguise
LOTCIShIi,
av be to the every honest
- states incontrovertibl Torres, and however
-A
galling them; facts•
and well-informed mu. the kingdom responds to their

"MIYIERCE.
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naper bags,
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correctness."
PA 014111T—TRAIIr.—c..
At a meeting of the Rotherhithe Ali,
eiation, held on Thursday at that place, tn.,
used by bakers for the sale of flour, were exhibitt...
aciibed lii large characters as follows :—" Flour—Cos,,,
3d. ; Lttridowtiors' Taxi Ike
The state of distress at Stockport is now being inves-
..offillceurainnigd
othnelsialatustrz;ellatstMlo
rdWYCl'iitel!, Liam, '^d officially.
from the nom', .. '
th"Pe, a Peer of the Ite,m, a .. T. Bracebridge, an.influ-
ential person, and another g9ni,;;Pan, visited the Bo-
rough, and made earliest inquiry into the state of the po-
pulation.
covnarzuclAX. REFORM.
The meeting of the Anti-Corn-law Conference of
Ministers of Nortli Wales, to be held during the first
week
.in December, commenced on the Ist instant, at
Carnarvon. The 4ulependent ministers of North Wales
are all Corti-law repeaters ;so are the Baptist ministers,
N rho number fifty. • Four of the CalviniAtic ministers are
f ur repeal, and the remaining tifty -six. remain at present
s ilent. The WesleyariS are feW; but have avowed their
!itearty co=operation. Colonel P. Thompson arrived on
:sWedWhY, and lends his powerful asustaace. Stao-
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