The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-16 00:00:00

VENING SUN

r CHURCH-RATES in BIRMINGHAM..
OCT. 13.—Tke pay:
Birmnent of this impost has ceased -in
gha
i m ftor
alori,n.inisryswe:esrafol
rmseeadr, the Chureh..eat
s. The moment bow
stonily brought forward the proposal for caspeahrulr'cihn-.
rate.
in Theythe werefirst beinastteann,c,,
on however'the
bpvritenvioimusmeinaseestriloini-
jority
after which decision they declined to rueeit7
the choice of a Chairman at and for the public rcineeting
ritdhietyP:icsbxt,
ioners on the main question of a Church-rate... The
party have called a fresh meeting tor
which bids fair to be one of the greatest meetings that
have for years past. been held here. It is by all sides
regarded as a public struggle of no common importance.
The party have been to London to consult the Aunt.
ney-General, and also Sir James Graham, and their
friends give it out that they are resulted to carry
their point.
The following placards bate been issued and plenti.
fully distributed through the town :
,
" THE CHURCH I
RATE ONCE MORE
The Churchwardens hare again called uponthei in-
habitants to assemble for the purpose rf-inalting
Church-rate. The meeting will Le held on Friday
next, the 13th instant, at eleven o'clock it the forenoon,
in the Town-hall.
" The inhabitants met on the 10th of September for
the same purpose ; they elected a Chairthan to conduct
the business for which they were called together ; and
when their Chairman, in their name, put: the question,
whether any motion for a Church-rate was meant to be
proposed, the Churchwardens and their friends did not
Even deign to give a reply.
" Tie Churchwardens, on their own unacknowledged
and unsupported authority, pretended to adjourn that
meeting ; and when the day to Which they had ad-
journed arrived, with a contempt of decency as un-
equivocal as had been their previous contempt of cus-
tom and law, they refused to meet the inhabitants,
whose presence they had, with such seeming earnest-
ness, invoked.
" The object of the Churchwardens and their abettors
plainly is, to harass the inhabitants bvrepeated and
vexatious assemblings into a forced compliance with
their demands. They expect to succeed in wringing
from weariness or negligence the sums which they must
ever despair of obtaining from justice and right.
" The Committee appointed to watch over the inte-
rest of the inhabitants confidently trust that there is
not one individual in the parish who is opposed, in prin-
ciple or in practice, to the iniquitous impost of Church-
rates, that will fail, on Friday, openly and effectively, to
testify his opposition.
" Every occupier who pays his own rates, and has
paid all such as arc due and have been demanded of
him, is entitled to be present and to'vote.
" Every occupier whose rates are paid'by his landlord
is entitled to be present and to vote.
" Let all such attend without fail. And that the de-
feat of the present attempt of the Churchwardens Ilia),
be as prompt and as decided as was the defeat of the
last, let them attend early and remain in attendance
till their votes have been duly recorded.
e On behalf of the Committee.
" CHARLES 3TUA.CD, Chairman,
" Birmingham, Oct. 13, 1841." `---

COL. NAPIER'S PAMPHLET.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.N.
SIR-I cannot help observing on the great incon-
sistency of that part of Colonel Napier's p3mghlet,
which you have quoted. I ought to use the term
" absurdity." He first states that the assertions of the
political economists, that the proportion " of the supply
of labour to the demand for it," is not made bona Ale,
and that they endeavour to evade the proof of it, is incor-
rect, and then he himself, in his four propositions, proves
the correctness of it, and makes it the foundation of his
subsequent arguments. These propositions are—.
Ist. The employer being richer can hold out longer,
and so beat down the price of the poor man's labour.
2d. That employers have a general interest in avoid-
ing competition with each other, &c., is not true. Their
competition in the market supersedes that interest as
against the labourer, and no instance can be Pro-
duced of their combining together not to employ
men who have struck for wages ; on die contrary they
take advantage of such a strike in one town to
•L
na and sates, instead of stopping
submission.
stuttaneou./j, ;,
towns to reduce the labourer to
But without quoting all his tour prupu.,..u...,
ask this question—Does not the master agricult,arist
grind down and take advantage of his labourers, quite
as much as the master manufacturer .; and,
taken as a body, are not the agricultural
labourers the worst fed and the most emaciated
set of men of the two ? I have had great opportunities
of observing and comparing the two classes, and I
answer, Yes. And, again, let me ask if the
Gallant Colonel had his wish, and no agri-
cultural labourer could turn " weaver" or ma-
nufacturing labourer, could the agriculturists fired
eml loyment—even if the price of corn were doubted,
and the consequent addition of bad land brought into
cultivation to the great benefit of the owner of that
land—could the agriculturists find employment for one-
tenth of those born on the land ? I answer No ! and
they must be left to the mercy of the Poor-law Com-
missioners. Your obedient servant,
Fulham, Oct. 9. A CONSTA

READER.

ADELAIDE GALLERY.
We last evening attended at this -Oallery, and were
much entertained by a lecture, deliveFed by Mr. Scott,
upon the natural history of the electrical eel, or gym..
notus, and upon the personal history of the interesting
individual exhibited in the Institu: ion. We have wire-
ral times tested his powers, but we will dot shock otir
reatiers by describing the details of our experience.
Let the curious try for themselves, and.the most timid
need not shrink from the experiment,i4 the unpleasenk
part of it is neither dangerous nor permanent. It is
over in a second.

The " Kalorama" consists of a collection of pic-
tures, worked (for we cannot say painted) by Captain
Barber in a novel and extraordinary manner. Foliage,
houEes, stone, water, and all the elementA of landsimpe,
are cut out of coloured paper with a pair of scissors—
and if you choose, in the presence of bis
the ingenious Captain. They are then fixed up an the
canvass in such order and harmony as -to produce all
the effect of a highly-finished picture fresh from the
easel. We have seldom seen an exhibition more cu-
rious, or more deserving of the patronage of all lovers
of att. It presents a singu!ar combination of ai tistical
skill and mechanical ability.

The delightful little creature called the " Infant
Sappho," executed a piece from the Luck de Lantuter-
mour, and several Italian, English, Scotch, and Irish
raps airs, with aasptpolnaiushseinfgrom an power
naunddiepnicee or at least fourek, and amidst
hundred persons.

THE SHIP YORK AN!) THE
WALLACES.
The following letter has been received at Lloyd's
from Captain Legg, of the York, which vessel, it will
be remembered, as stated by the %Vallaces after their ,
comm teal to Newgate, wscal
intceuntd4,
Aug. 15,
dt0be1,35t;871.1.
~ Sir—The peculiar circumstances undtr which lam
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doubtless
ora takearrival
by;it
01l
ecniasanestn thus
nectaotalnt
oilcepu rounds
cotntauud, addressingnreaderts
htyour
ooefa ryyou,itoahe
observation,
of the
newspapers,
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es t 0 I
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pl iced, I trust will be a sufficient excuse for the liberty
eut on my
epaonrtds wwhh
tii which
vile
concerningr
ship York, and coupling my name (as commander) with
the most villainous plot on record. It goes on to say
that arrangements had been wade -for the wilful
destruction of this. ship ; how such a diabolical report .
could have originated I know not, and most heartily
do I pray that the vile projectors of such unfounded
slander may be dragged to justice and the punishment
they deserve. You must be well aware, Sir, that if my
~
innocence be not clearly proved beyond a doubt, t
the villancous calumny is calculated to blast my
. a.
pros-
pects thrnugh life ; for who would truss ~tae fri_th__
ob..
!noble property while such a stigma remains ;" n'Y
must bo
racter ? I here declare (thatvhic4 ev"turi'firil circum-
stance that could have given rise to the Teen
b charged
proved) that I do not know of the mos.trt
of suspicion of such a plot as 'I bane from Eng_
with, and do, therefore, during )
Pl:ccoae, which I feel
land, rely solely on my perfect ionclito
eft° untarnished
confident will give me back 'lny . a ,
b nueavottred to
West ihnJow
reputation, which some vile wretch
,
wrench from mc. before your Honourable
there be any circumstances
Cominitter, and• should Ibis very curious matter, .1
unexplained relative
" I beg you • will say
„myt°arrival in Engl Ind to expose
I shall be
publicglal n every transaction, which I feet .
to the view my prose to the world how basely I
I will clearly pro
convince( .
you to give this pub..
this
of the public Journals. I ask it
licit), in one or more ' of humanity, for you must be
an act of justice—.
as from England,• t such a distance this is the
aware that a
have of vindicating my injured name.
only means I
I am, your obedient servant,
have been calumniated. I pray
...JAMES LEGG, Commander of Ship York.
p.s. j shall sail from this port-for London about
25th September, 1841.

Mr. Richard Potter, M.A.; 'Fellow a Queen's
College' Cambridge, well known to Inen-il science as an
original investigator and experim6titalist, has received
the appointment
of Professor of Natural Philosophy and
of
Astrolornssyr at Univers
lenity College, 14Ondoll, in the place
Profe Syhe
A SPORTING Docron.---The .medical proles.,
sion furnishes its quota of (fox-hunting)
.enthusiasts
and many highly honourable traits are recorded
of them.,
The following, tor example : A medical gentleman, of
the name of lanster, residing near Newbury, ordered
his gardener to set a trap for some "Verluin that infested
his 'garden. As ill luck would have it; a fox was found
in it in the morning with his leg broVerf. On its being
taken to the doctor, he exclaitned, " Why did you not
call me up in the night, that I might set •the leg ?'
Better late than never ; he did set theleg ; the. fox re
covered, and was killed iu due form alter a capital run-
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