The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-22 00:00:00

ENDOWMENT OF THREE NEW CHURCHES.

The Report of the Coal, Cern, and Finance Committee,
on the petition of the Rev. Mr. Blick, the benevolent
Rector of the parish of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, was
brought up, for pecuniary assistance towards the endow-
ment of three new churches recently erected in that
parish. The Report, which was listened to with great
attention, gave boundless praise to the conduct of Mr.
Blick. It stated that the Committee having proceeded
in the examination of evidence, ascertained that in 1835,
when Mr. Blick became Rector of the parish, it con-
tained a population of 13,000, a number of whom were
employed in the trade of the Port of London, but, not-
withstanding, it had only one church ,which contained
34 free sittings, and two school-rooms ; that under the
auspices of the Bishop of Winchester, the diocesan and
the patrons of the living, the petitioner by unparalleled
exertions and almost unprecedented benevolence, was
the means of building in the parish three new churches,
and five large school-houses—(Cheers)—and that pre-
viously there wa.§ but little education given to the poor
children, 1,200 of whom appeared to have been in a
deplorable state of moral and religious ignorance. The
Report concluded by recommending that the sum of
2001. should be voted for the endowment of the three
new churches.
Mr. W. LAWRENCE said that the Corporation had
voted away considerable sums for the building of
churches, but the present was the first time he had ever
heard application made to them to contribute to the en
dowment of churches. He undystood the endowment
to mean the promise of payment to the minister for his
services, and surely the Church of England, which was
the richest Church in the world, was very well able to
pay its own clergy. If the Committee recommended the
Corporation to contribute to the endowment of a secta-
rian place of worship, the Alderman opposite (Brown)
would no doubt start up with indignation and oppose
any pecuniary assistance whatever. The money of the
Corporation was not intended for the endowment of
places of worship.—(Hear, hear.) The members of that
Court had no right to deal with the money of their fel-
low-citizens as they pleased, and he should, therefore,
move, as an amendment, the previous question.
Mr. WELLS seconded the amendment. He was glad
to hear Mr. Lawrence begin to talk in the way in which
he (Mr. Wells) had talked ever since he had obtained a
seat in that Court. _ _

Mr. STEVENS said that the endowment of these
Churclic:;l'.l nothing to do with the City of London at all.
Mr. JUPP said that the example of the, Corporation
in voting the sum of money would be followed to a most
liberal extent elsewhere.
Mr. TAYLOR objected to the vote, as improper for the
Court to entertain. _

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Alderman BROWN begged the Court to look to the
statements in the Report of the unceasing exertions of
the Rev. Mr. Blick, and to consider what must be the
effect of these exertions, if that benevolent man received
the necessary assistance, to the great population of his
parish.—(Cheers.) Would the Court, with such a Re-
port before them, think of refusing to the excellent Rector
assistance in a cause of such importance to the tenantry of
the port of London ? With respect to the suggestion as
to the course he (Alderman Brown) might take as to
the application for a sectarian endowment, he should
merely say that if any such application should be made,
he would not fail to do his duty.
Mr. PEWTRESS said that he had never heard of so ex-
traordinary a case of personal exertion and liberal con-
tribution on the part of an individual as that which had
been stated in the evidence of Mr. Blick.—(Cheers.) He
admired the principle of voluntary contribution which
was thus developed; and he should never hesitate to do
all in his power to support the endeavours of clergymen
of the Church of England who acted as the Rev. Gentle-
man had acted.
Mr. HEPPELL was glad to have an opportunity of
agreeing with the worthy Alderman (Brown), to whom
it was his fate to be generally opposed, and he was sur-
prised to hear those who rose up to condemn the volun-
tary principle, of which the application was a specimen.
—(Cheers.) He was free to confess that if a grant was
recommended for the endowment of even an Unitarian
Chapel he should vote for it.
The Report was then agreed to by a vast majority.
TIIE ELECTION OF COMPTROLLER.

The Court then proceeded to the election of a Comp-
troller of the Chamber, an office for which Mr. Saunders
and Mr. James were candidates. The former gentleman
was elected.—Adjourned.

A. nobler cause never awoke the enthusiasm
of a great people than that with which Lords Morpeth and
Milton are so completely identified. Freedom of inter-
course among nations and the abolition of monopolies
come home at once to " the business" and to " the bosoms"
of a free and commercial people. Monopoly is in direct
opposition to the genius of freedom, an outrage upon
justice, and the deadly foe of trade. Monopoly sepa-
rates class from class, and divides the nation into distinct
and hostile interests, when " we should all be one people."
Monopoly, whilst it is a verry doubtful advantage even to
the few, is of necessity an injustice and an oppression to
the many : it is always mischievous to the consumer :
the greater the monopoly, the greater is the mischief ;
and, by a law of nature, as well as by the retri-
butive dispensation of Providence, the evils of monopoly
in the long run affect the monopolist himself, nearly if not
quite•as much as the nation. Bitterly have the farmers
experienced this in the ruinous fl
ifucthatuations of price oc-
casioned by the Corn-law; and, t law should con-
tinue, they will experience them again ere many years
shall have passed over us. But its day s are numbered. The
death-knell of monopoly was tolled on Tuesday last, in
London, as Lord John Russell passed through the dense
masses of the applauding citizens to place himself as a
candidate before them. The sound has spread upon the
wings of the wind.—Leeds Mercury.
RAILROADS IN IRELAND.—We publish this
day the prospectus of the Company recently formed for the es-
tablishment of railways in Ireland, and whose loading princi-
ples, based on the Report of the Government Commissioners,
were announced in this journal about two months since. Se-
veral great Endiat capitalists have embarked in this national
undertaking, which will combine private enterprise, judicicusly
united with local co-operation, under legislative control. The
entire system to be under the superintendence of Commission.
ers appointed by Government. In connexion with this subject,
we publish a very interesting and important letter from Mr.
James Pim, jun., addressed to Lord Morpeth, regarding at
mospheric railways—an improvement of great value in the loco-
motive system, which has already been successfully. brought
into operation in England. Mr. Pim proposes the Introduc-
tion of the new system on a small scale. But we must refer to
his letter for details.—Dublin Evening Post.
Mr. If. W. Scott has addressed the electors of
Walsall. They have now ail admirable candidate, and
it is their faUlt if Gladstone is again returned, and Wal-
sall once more instrumental in rivetting the fetters upctt
food and labour.—Stafford Examiner. - . • •
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