The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-17 00:00:00

MORNING SUN.

THE THIRTEEN NEW COLONIAL
• BISHOPS: •
TO ,THE EDITOR OF THE
siR
th he. proposed, scheme for the appointment of
urch of England•Bishopa, independent.of the. Crown,
, °ur different Colonial, dependencies, is one calculated
:xcitthe utmost alarm in the mind of every one who
m")
h, hes well either to the cause of true religion, or to the
" "sPerity of the British empire, and, if persisted in,
Estp end in the loss of all our colonial possessions. Let
- sat,
hr,. apse a casd. A colonial Chaplain, regularly ap-
rtited by, and responsible to, the executive, preaches a
sio,ctrine which one of these unauthorised Bishops con-
rrs heterodox. - The Bishop remonstrates, the
itaPlain treats his remonstrances with that con-
, trutpt with which every regularly appointed officer
4 the Crown would treat the remonstrances
to an unauthorised person. The Bishop proceeds
tx,.communicate the Chaplain. Now if this excommu-
Tion be valid, the ,Chaplain is ipso facto incapacitated
IL In performing any ecclesiastical functions, and then we
'brew•e this monstrous anomaly—of a person appointed by
,b.gnised power in the State, responsible to no re-
'46"ised power in the State—who can, at his will and
rellaure, dismiss an officer of the Crown, and overrule
the Executive. If the excommunication be not valid,
then soi-disant Bishop an impostor, a vagrant,
4 Mtteradine• in canonicals. The Bishop and the
aplain would each, in all probability, be supported by
i,,Puty, and thfis another source of disunion would
It, added to the long list of colonial grievances.
tt has hitherto been our pride, that however intense and
i:.tter our religious animosities may have been at home,
such,
colonies have all escaped the infliction of, this curse.
however, cannot much longer be the case if this
irrt'cious scheme is suffered to be Carried into effect. The
'l,igrants to our colonies are principally either Catholic
oe Presbyterian Scotchrnen. The religion of
Le first of these has been denominated by one of the
;,(Itodox Prelates of the Church of England, " a church
41thout a religion," and that of the second " a religion
thout a church," while, at the present hour, a large
tl influential class of the members of the Church of
gland openly profess their desire to follow out to the
utmost extent the principles of Archbishop Laud, who
,Nlsiclered Presbyterianism a damnable heresy, to be ex-
Elated by 'fire and sword. Is it to be imagined that
-`4, in whose veins runs the blood of the old Cove-
h'inters, will submit to have their faith insulted
that Black Prelacv"—to oppose which their fathers,
ti ti "no man, turned upon the hill side, nor sheathed
,ir.weq)pns until 'they had not only scotched, but
41,4-the snake? Will the Catholic po&lation, patiently
q unlit: to the spiritual domination of a miserable ino-
°,lsolising minority ? No Sir,' and the only result of
q attempt at erecting; a Church of England Propa-
ra, will be to raise :ferment throughout the whole
.our. colonial dependencies, which will end in a furious
tation for colonial independence, as the only means
wearing Irons sacerdotal tyranny. It also behoves
h'se: who feel an' interest in the success of our
,
rt'isslon to exert themselves in opposition to this ne-
'ktoils scheme.. Experience, as in the cases of Canada
~,
Judia, ,shOWp.- that whenever the Church of
tiltland has' -"`apPointed a Bishop . there, the
missionary cause has been paralysed ; and this must
,e2essarily be so. The Church of England,- from her
:27 nature, never can become an instrument for props-
ring the Gospel extensively 'among the Heathen, and
ft_erefore in the true theological spirit she endeavours as
th' as in her lies to prevent others from accomplishing
eft Which she is unable to accomplish herself, and, like
tpas, blights every wholesome plant within the pale'
of
„iletinfluenee. As a proof of the strength of influ-
C'es to which Colonial Bishops must from their position
;exposed, I will merely allude to the unjust and unjus-
Aetble attacks of Bishop Heber on the Baptist Missions-
sin India. If he, great and good, and enlightened
tear,
kt 54 he was, could not escape the contamination of the
r4osphere of bigotry, envy, and uncharitableness, in
k'''eh, as a Colonial Bishop he was forced to live and
c4e, and have his being, what can we expect from the
men
of narrow minds and strong prejudices who would in all
IhbabilitY be appointed by this new College of the Propa-
tam
t,c a. Among the batch of new Bishops, it appears there's
i)'° a Bishop of the Mediterranean. A more dangerous ap-
sin)traent it is scarcely possible to conceive. Ourposses-
°ns the Mediterranean arenot, properly speaking, colo-
"0 they are Military Garri.sons,:and , what man in his
Pclaw would wish to see the odium theologicum
intro-
li"ed into the service ? At present, our soldiers, Cathn-
te and Protestant, live together in peace and harmony ;
* long they would continue to do so after the appoint-
ent a M‘Ghee or a Stowell as Bishop of the Medi-
)4Nnean it does not require much of the spirit of pro-
cy to determine. In one of the most important of
48e colonies, Malta, the inhabitants are all Catholics,
non-interference with their religion is guaranteed to
F'in by the most solemn treaties. Be it remembered that the
tench lost possession of this island. principally on ac-
coth'int of the contempt which they openly manifested for
e religion of the inhabitants ; let it be recollected that
th
° prejudices of the Maltese have been deeply
i °eked by Queen Adelaide's most injudicious
resent of a Protestant Church to the island ; and then
4t,statesmen, whther Whig or Tory, consider whether
" Politic to alienate still more the Maltese from our
SGovernment by the appointment of a Church of Eng-
nd to episcopal jurisdiction in that island.
trely the Duke of Wellington, who knows the nui-
Ze
' n es which meddling priests of every denomination
14 in garrisons, will exert himself to the utmost to save
4 fellow soldiers froM such an infliction. But his Lord-
Pof the Mediterranean is, it seems, to have also jn-
iotioe, in partibus ; and Naples and Barcelona, nay,
ieven Rome itself, is to be considered within his diocese.
I.,°‘e, in every one of these countries Roman Catholicism
Part and parcel of the law of the land, and Church of
“glandism is there as much blasphemy as Church of
Wean is here. Now if my Lord of
hould chance to 'be convicted of ,blasphemy be-
-Boethe Neapolitan tribunals, and should be
tcgged or sent to the galleys for attempting
w. Convert a Roman Catholic—in what position,cnild this country- be placed ?We should either be
obl;
e, y to the Law of Nations, to go to war
tyr the purposep of forcing a Foreign Power to alter its
t,.,n internal laws and regulations, or we should be forced
ivy submit to the humiliation of quietly permitting a
:rely
of the Church of England to' be punished for
:rely doing that which was his duty. In the latter
ti;e, it might, perhaps, be advisable that those to whom
,e revision of our Criminal Code is submitted, should
o'alisider how far it might be desirable to punish certain
klences, such, for instance, as obtaining money under
use pretences, by appointing the convict Bishop of the
eliterranean, and sending him to propagate Church of
liglandism at Naples. I am, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,.
SIGMA.

• THE CASE OF M'LEOD.
• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Glasgow, Aug. 11, 1841.
1/I,—How we Britons ought to feel ashamed of the
told
neglect of our Whig Government in not demanding
1
immediate release of poor 111‘Leod, whose only crime
ftts been the defending of his country, which, had he re-
d", must have caused him to be punished perhaps with
death itself. I feel the more urgent in thus addressing
3. °LI On the subject, as the press alone is perhaps the only
teens now left of saving poor M'Leod. I have no doubt
that
the blustering of the Americans, who wish his life
f sheer venge, is not meant iu
now resides earnest; but know-
g intimately re a
one o gentleman, whoa in Glas-
,7 ' ,`t?w, who was f those actually engaged in the affair
wh the Caroline, I cannot forget the emphatic reply,
tr, en asked what his opinion was on this subject. He
j2s, if M'Leod escape. the American law, he will never
aPe the American mob. And can it otherwise be
t"-Illected—when the cool indifference has been displayed
b i
the British Government, which must be a stain, I am
h
raid, upon the British people for allowing the Go-
,,trument to sleep on such an important matter—than that
'Rich bloodshed will arise out of this ? Whether M'Leod
he murdered by the law or without the law—for every
rational reflecting mind must see that, from the previous
Mlle
of the Lockport mob in returning him into gaol,
1:tle is to be expected from such a rabble, that set all
at defiance. That the British Press can and ought
show the power they possess in warning the Ame-
e:tn-s, and telling them of the danger of such proceed-
bB, should such an event take place, it need scarcely
Lltiire any argument from me. But, in the turmoil of
poor M'Leod, a countryman, and a volunteer in
1141 e defence of his country and his countrymen, should
e suffered by the British Government to remain for
l Ivelve months in a gaol, must be a stain on the reign
°)f our noble Queen, which every Liberal must deeply
.tpet for more reasons than one.
-Ay friend says it will put a stop to volunteering after
on behalf of a .Government who can treat them thus
A WHIG.
am, Sir, your's, &c.,

IVESTIVIINSTER .ELECTION.
TO .THE EDITOR OF THE S.U.N.
.
SIR —I have been much gratified by seeing in your
-4mble raper, the spirited exertions which the Reform-
.
"I'3 of St. Ann's, Soho, and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
itre making to recover the late disaster which the Libe-
ral cause has sustained in Westminster. But what are
the numerous badY of Reformers in St. Margaret's and
3t. John the Evangelist,.about? Are they not preparing'
to be « up and at the Tories " on the first opportunity
that offers ?
Vul gar abuse and personal misrepresentation I despise
ratbili as any man can do ; but however estimable
Tay be the private character of the Hon. Captain Rous,
hope I am guilty of no disrespect to the Gallant
ytficer, in expressing my conscientious opinion, that he
does not represent the sentiments of the majority of the
electors of Westminster, and, notwithstanding late oc-
lurrences, I trust he will find, on a future occasion, that
am right in my conclusions.
Your obedient servant, AN ELECTOR.
Rutland-gate, Aug. 14, I'B4l.

OPENING OF THE GREAT PARK IN THE
t EGENT'S PARR.-011 Sunday morning, at rix o'clock,
by
Command of the Commissioners of Woods and Fo-
rests, the new entrance-gates (six in number) were
thrown open to the public. The suspension chain-
-I;!idges over the ornamental waters adjoining .the planta-
' rns of the Marquis of Hertford's house were particu-
larly admired ; they are paved over with large York-
shire paving-stones, and are level with the gravel-walks.
"°Y are the first production of the new patent granted
to Mr. Dredge, who has contracted with the Commis-
liclrlers to erect a most superb one, fifty-six yards in
length over the broad part of the ornamental waters
r
SusEsex-place. The Commissioners of Woods
and Forests have granted to the Marquis of Hertford
'our acres of extra land, to be added ttilis plantations ;
two acres to Mr. Goldstnid, and three to Mr. Holford,
fronting -North Lodge-gate. Numbers of smiths are
usibr' engaged erecting light iron fences around the
'groat:as, as also between the walks on the banks of the I'
ftnamental waters.
. • The warmest manner in which one Brazilian can
Introduce another to a family is :—" This is a friend, if.
Ng tlteal4 colything I ant accountable for it."

PINE
PORTRAIT OF LADY ADELIZA HOIVARD:

Collins, London, 1841.

A full-length portrait of the Lady Adcliza
Howard, grand-daughter of the Duke of Nor-
folk, has just- been engraved by Maclean, from
an original picture by Holmes. Her Ladyship
is represented in a blue riding-habit, having ap-
parently just returned from a ride. A shaggy
little black pony stands close beside her, and her
arm rests negligently on the animal's neck. The
lady's attitude is one of singular ease and negli-
gence, and the folds of her drapery are managed
with a skill worthy of Lawrence. The back-
ground of the picture represents a beautiful syl-
van landscape, the lights and shades of which are
cleverly handled. The picture, on the whole,
is one very creditable to the engraver's talent; it
is executed in lithograph, and would well suit a
frame.

THE OLD EQUESTRIAN CIRCUS
OF THE SURREY THEATRE. 1782-1805.
By its present revival of equestrian games, and the
re-construction of a new Circus upon the site of the old,
the Surrey has returned to precisely the same plan of
entertainment with which it originally began and opened
in 1782. . But as sixty years have transpired since then,
and a lapse of some years has taken place since the dis-
continuance of its favourite equestrian games, our readers
may find pleasure in recurring to their revival at the
present moment
Charles Hughes, a clever equestrian, and who had an
exhibition near Stangate-street, Blackfriars, called ,the
British Horse Academy, became acquainted with Mr.
Charles Dibdin the eldcr, best known as the song-writer
and musical composer; and they two having taken a lease
of a vacant plot of ground, the site of the present Thew•
tre, in St. George's-fields, conjointly. determined to
erect a new building, which they began in the February
of that year. and subsequently opened on the 4th of No-
vember following, in great style, under the appellation of
the " Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic So-
ciety." The stage management was conferred on Mr.
Dibdin, and that of the equestrian performances on
Hughes, both of whom were to enjoy these situations for
life. Dibdin, in his " Professional Life," himself gives
the outline of this plan, which appears to have been ori-
ginally his :--" Horsemanship," he observes, " was at
that time very much admired, and I conceived that if I
could divest it of its blackguardism, it might be made
an object of public consequence. I proposed, therefore,
that it should embrace all the dexterity and reputation of
ancient chivalry ; that tournaments, running in the ring,
and other feats of equestrian celebrity, should be per-
formed, and that a classical and elegant turn should be
given to exercises of this description. I, therefore, pro-
posed to have a stage, on which might be presented
spectacles, each to terminate with a joust or tilting
match, or some other grand object, so managed as to
form a novel and striking coup-de-theatre, and that the
business of the stage and the ling might be united."
But the chief attraction of these entertainments was,
that they were all performed by children, agreeably to a
proposition made by one of the fellow-managers, Cap-
tain West, whose philanthropical design was to render
the Circus a kind of nursery for actors. His adopted
brood, who were chiefly to be the offspring of theatrical
parents, were to be instructed in " religious, moral, and
useful learning," during the intervals of professional
practice. The pieces first represented in the Circus
were—" An appropriate Prelude ; a Grand Entree of
Horses; a Grand Ballet, called Admetus and Alceste, with
various feats of horsemanship." Miss de Camp, after-
wards Mrs. C. Kemble, and Miss Wilkinson, the late Mrs.
Mountain, were among the sixty little children who were
engaged.
Mr. Dibdin, in speaking further of this plan, originated
by himself, says—" The Circus was the child of my own :
fancy, and I contemplated its extraordinary success with
great exultation. I projected it, I fabricated it, I sup-
plied it with materials, I watched the growth of its im-
provement, superintended it, and gave it every advantage,
perfection, and consequence."
Indeed, under Mr. Dibdin's management, the Circus
succeeded admirably, for during five months the receipts
amounted to 9,5001. Litigations, however, ensued be-
tween himself and Hughes, and the season of 1784 being
an unproductive one, Hughes at its close claimed a balance
of 2,8001. as due to him for "the purchase and keep of
horses, &c." This led to an aetion in the King's Bench,
and in the wreck of the property which was expected to
ensue, Sir John Lade, the fanious horse-racer and gam-
bler, got a share of the Theatre into his hands, and
during his co-management with others, a real stag-hunt
was exhibited on the stage. Hughes died on the 7th.
December, 1797, and was buried in St. George's church,
Southwark.
The equestrian performances were still continued from
time to . time, till the burning down in August, 1805.
The present Theatre was commenced in the November
of the same year, and on its being finished, it was let to
Mr. Elliston, for five years. at a rent of 2,2001. It was at
this period that the equestrian performances ceased. Mr.
Elliston covered in the ride, the Circus was entirely abo-
lished, and the space thus obtained was annexed to the
pit. This vivacious speculator also changed the name of
Circus into Surrey Theatre, by which it has since been
distinguished.
The present spirited proprietors, Messrs. Davidge and
Jones, it will be seen from the above account, have, by
restoring the Circus and renewing the equestrian per-
formances, brought it back to the original state devised
by Mr. Dibdin, and which, enhanced by the brilliancy of
equestrian spectacles, caused him to reap, in former days,
a very golden harvest. May theirwn enterprise meet
7 with the same success.

MY LITTLE FLOCK RE-VISITED.
(From the signature and the quarter whence they
come, the following lines will be recognised as the
production of a well-known Professor in the College
of St. Andrew's, and refer to his quitting the parish
of Cults, in Fifeshire, of which Sir David Wilkie's
father was many years minister, and whom the Learned
Professor succeeded. 'He should not have been ashamed
to put his name to lines expressive of such kindly
feeling :—)
'Tis thirty years, 'tis thirty years,
(Alas how short that space appears),
Since first a Pastor's crook I bore,
And preached to many now no more.
Kind and more kind, from day to day •
My people cheered me on my way—
The recollection still endears—
Oh these were truly happy years !
Now half these years I've numbered o'er
Since from the Manse my steps I bore,
My heaving bosom still beats high,
The starting tear still dims mine eye—
Yes ! 'twas indeed a saddening day
As from the Manse we bent our way ;
And some there were that wept that hour
Who ne'er shall weep nor sorrow more !
That Manse, the mansion of my bliss,
My sweet retreat of happiness,
What time my spirit free and strong
Some kindred spirits dwelt among •
And " Ministers of Peace " were then
Good, easy, social, peaceful men ;
Ere blasphemy had walked abroad
And boldly called rebellion " God!"
That Manse where Wilkie, Nature's child,
First oped his lustroUs eye and smiled, -
First plumed his wing for future flight,
His pencil drew; and all was light—
Pitlessie started into fame,
And Cults became a household name.
Alas ! nor worth nor fame can save!
Nor does his Britain yield a grave !
Yes, there are some remember still
What in old happy times befell—
The playful jest, the stern rebuke,
What text on such a day I took ;,
Nor did I need assume a part
I did not sanction in my heart—
To calumny you scorned resort,
" Nor e'er took up an ill report."
And in your eyes I read your heart—
The better, ah ! far better part,
And saw you track my fervid way
As half-inspired I burst away,
Fearless proclaiming with all might
What conscience told me to be right—
Scorning to truckle or to flatter,
To modify or mince the matter !
My Sabbath evening's Christian play
At questions in our honiely way--
The anxious look, the listening air,
The Scripture lessons conned with care,
The breast yet free from every guile,
The rosy cheek, the sunny smile,
The all of YOUTH ere vice betrays—
Oh, these were happy; happy days.
The aged now no more remain,
I ne'er shall hear their voice again ;
And rarely men of middle years,
A sprinkling scarce of such appears ;
My boys and girls to parents grown, '•
Remain to greet my steps alone.
'Tis Winter all, where once 'twas May—
" This world's fashion fleets away."
" My little flock," I love ye still,
God guard ye safe from every ill—
Kind and indulgent were ye ever
• To him who can forget ye never,
My many faults you scorned to scan,
But in the Preacher loved the MAN ;
And in return my heart is true,
As e'er was needle point, to you.
Beloved friends, who still remain,
(Whom late I visited again),
Accept my thanks in fitful lay
In my own random off-hand-way,
For friendship, undiminished, glowing,
More bliss than I can name bestowing ;
And now whilst tears begin to swell
y7thhe.,a,trutfgeultst‘:
1841. G. Fare you well."
St. Andrew's,

The disputed question between the Great
Western Railway Company and the parish of Corston is
now settled by the Company paying all costs. The costs
on the side of the parish were 370/.—Bath Herald.
SYDNEY'S SMITH'S LAST.-.--" What is to be
done with Dean Cockburn ?" said a person to the reve-
rend wag the other day in St. Paul's churchyard. " Done
Sir, done, why he deserves to be preached to death by
wild curates," was said to be the reply
The Savans at the Carlton
are speculating on
the cause which gave rise to Peel's journeY
toPortsmouth,
and to the removal of his son from the navy. The
youngster, it is said, has no predilection for the " dan-
gers of the sea," While some think, under existing cir-
cumstances, he might, be better provided for on shore.