The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-19 00:00:00

CHURCH EXTENSION.

TO THE EDl7'Ol? OF THE SUN.
SIR —The mode in which petitions for Church Exten-
sion are got up, should be gcnrrally known, that their va-
lue may bo duly appreciated. The trick to obtain signa-
hires to a petition of this class from Weymouth, merits
the praise of ingenuity, if nrt of openness. -Bills were
published calling on the inhabitants to sign the congratu-
latory addresses to our rzr.cious Queen and her Royal huF-
'band, king in the Gurlaall. When I appeared to attach
my name to the address. a parchment was presented
with the head rolled up, I took the precaution to read
before I wrote, and imagine my surprike and indignation
at finding it was a petition for more Church. I cast my
eye down the names, and saw some that I am convinced
could only have been atf,ched in pure ignorance of the
nature of the document. The parchments for her Majesty
and her Consort lay separated from their Addresses, and
many doubtless imagined that the petition first presented
was expressive of their good will to their Monarch, instead
of a desire to enlarge an establishment which proves one
of the greatest obstacles to the religious exertions of the
country.—,l am, &c.
-Weymouth, Feb. 18. • CANDMUS.
LThis is only another proof that there is at least one
party in the country that act on the immoral principle at-
tributed to the Jesultc—that " the end justifies the means."
Last Session, when the Church-rate question was agitated
in Parliament, the Tory clergy acted thus, and, to deceive
the ignorant peasantry, denounced from the pulpits the
Liberals as infidels, and the Ministers as guilty of in!ro_
diming a plan: to destroy every parish-church in the king-
dom. They knew the object of Government was the very
reverse ; but their morality and religion are like their
loy alty--übservient 'o their selfish interests 1
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(TUIS BAY.)

DNA T., FEB. 18.—Strong easterly breeze.—Sailed the
Brcugliarn, Kettlewell, fur New Zealand ; St. Andrew,
Leitch, Charleston ; William Forster, Trayte, St. Thomas's;
Thetis, Furrier, Bombay.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind E.S.E. strong breeze.--
Sailed the William Money, Green, for Sydney, New South
Wales ; Sea Witch, Bagley, Gambia.
FA LMOETII, FEB. 17.—Wind S.S.E. to S.E.—Arrived the
Spey packet, from Halifax—sailed. the 29th ult. Sailed the
Linnet packet, for Havannah, Belize, and Mexico; Penguin
packet, West Indies ; Sesostris steamer, Mousley, Bombay ;
Gem, nob, and Kestrel, Reed, Cape of Good Hope ;
Croaker; and Daniel, Tucker, Terceira • Adah, Pahallo,
Jamaica; Criterion, Fry, La Guayra ; Ranshawe, Nuthall,
Mogadore.

COWES, FEB. 17.—Sailed the Quiver, for St. Michael'..
RAMSGATE, FEB. 18.—Sailed the Burnham, Bowles, for
the Cape of ood Hope ; Naed, Wahimern, Monte Video ;
Cwsar Helene, Teedman, St. Domingo ; and Georgiana,
Reichart, Cape de Verd's.
DAILTMOUTH, FEB 18.—Sailed the Sally, Thompson, for
New York ; and Eclair, Woizider, Mogadore.
BRISTOL, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Arnold, from Odessa.
Sailed the 3!inerva, Furlong, for Jamaica ; Caledonia, Tucker,
Trinidad ; and Augusta, Balsdon, Barbadoes.

MILFORD, FEB. 17.—Sotiled the ^ Cornwall, Butcher, for
Rio Janeiro ; Ralclusba, Grierson, Trinidad ; Mersey, Gre-
gory, Vera Cruz ; and Circassian, Ritchie, Cuba, and 100 sail
to the westward,

PORTSMOUTH. FEB. 18.—Off port, the Europe, Brown,
for the Cape of Good Hope, sailed the 13th December.
SHIELDS, FEB. 16.—Sailed, the llazlerigg, Ritzrna, for Now
York ; Elliot, Meidrum, Quebec.

YARMOUTII, FEB. 18.—A few heads of flax or hemp have
been picked up off Caistor, supposed from a vessel wrecked
three or four months since.

Dsrow, FEB. 17.—The Nancy, Allen, of Harwich, from
Liver')3ol, put in here yesterday from New Quay, and is dis-
charging, to repair.

11:4MGATE, FEB. 18.—The Caroline, bound to Croisie, in
putting to sea this morning, struck on the East Pier, and put
back with damage.

A meeting of the members of the London Dio-
cesan Board of Education was held on Wednesday at 50, Lei-
cester.square. Among the gratifying circumstances stated at
this meeting is the fact that five of her Majesty's Judges have
consented to act as inspectors of the schools in union, with the
Board, upon the appointment of the Bishop of London ; and
that,
in company with the clergymen nominated by his Lord-
ship as their cpadjutori, they devoted no inconsiderable por-
tion of their brief leisure at Christmas to this interesting and
important work. It is unnecessary to add, that the Judges
could only undertake such a task, as a provisional and.tempo-
rary arrangement, until some permanent and effectual system
of inspection can be established. The Board has already col-
lected a valuable mass of information on the subject of educa-
tion in the diocese; and is steadily proceeding in its labours,
although it is matter of regret that the prosecution of some of
its designs is impeded by the want of sufficient funds to carry
them into full effect.

THE WEATHER.—On Sunday evening the
wind got round to th• east. in which quarter it has remained
ever since. The temperature at the same time became lower,
and to-day it is quite wintry ;we have a sharp wind with some
snow, which was preceded by hail. •

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Among the
distinguished visitors to this theatre on Monday night to wit-
ness the performance of the Beggar's Opera and the splendid
spectacle in honour of the Queen, were their Serene Highnesses
the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg (father of Prince Albert),
and the Prince Ernest. Their Highnesses went ineog., but it
was soon known that they were present, and they attracted uni-
versal attention. Notwithstanding the bad state of the wea-
ther the house was crowded in every part, and the audience
evinced their satisfaction wi, h the performances by thunders of
applause, and by frequent encores.

Two MORE CHARTISTS ARRESTED.—Yes-
terday a man named Paul Holdsvrorth, and a brother named
John, resident in Li!tle. Horton, were arrested, in consequence
of evidence which transpired at the examination at York on
Monday and Tuesday last. As the evidence against these men
has been detained at York, the prisoners have been removed
there for examination.—Bradford Observer.