The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

MORN ENG EDITIONS

MO
AM:
EXPR

BIBLE CHARTISM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE.SUIV.
Stß,—Your known liberality has induced me t°6
quest the insertion of the following few recoarksin;:'
Sun. Though we may differ in our political eller;
think you will agree with me as to the expediegfPl
course I wish to see generally followed, A
Being an ardent advocate of Chartism, fronithrbeo,
that it embraces the only meatas of tecuring
cm-tient, I connot but wish fur its speed,' e""r freili
But if, Sir, this great question is to be mixed ;11(tbt
matter either of a factious or sectarian tendeec•Poi
realisation of that wish will be deferred for liff'l4ool
indefinite period. I regret that any editor of cop
Chartist Journal should so commit himself 01•?;u
dl
found a purely political question with mattellcijizio,
speculative. I know of but one species of CPO'
calculated to benefit mankind by making the C.,./.12°5:,
00.
wealth subserve the interests of all ; -and I 611'614
ceive what connexion it has with, or what OFPsbar.
can gain, from the Scriptures. To talk of 8i.014,i0i
tism is as absurd as to talk of Chartist religion: ~A", 01
confounding of terms, which are as distinct air"
water. - 410
Chartism consists of five points ; one a naturil.r ne,
inherent in man, and the ethers are matters 01140,
diency. Now what have these things to do Ob'aoli
vealed religion ? We need not a revelation to te
them to us, nor to confirm our tide to them. lifabve;if
in the divinity of the Bible was necessary to'citl°l7l,ilitf
person for the suffrage, there would be some p4t.',s'h'ut I
in talking of Bible Chartism ; but as Chartisturlo'-0111
means of securing good government, by each eore
it should not be confounded with the 'rights bi,,b,
science, as by so confounding it we render 40 cOott
ment more difficult, and at the same time vol c'oal
doubts as to what are our ulterior objects. ?ler sr!
aiming, surely, to establish religious creeds ! rs
we going, in my opinion, to make Chartism 511Dge;.tr'
to Protestantism or Catholicism. In the el:lttett
the suffrage, under the Charter representation/ wis";rt,
would have ample protection afforded them. ,l'!iith°
in that case, would gain support in the violatio°- Go'
rights of conscience. Religion is a thing whicij,,,lsirld,'
vernment has a right to interfere or meddle wit'!:
therefore, I solemnly protest against connecting
Chartism. ••, -' to
Bible Chartism! H .hall ele,e tistih

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. ,ow absurd! IF. rhato•
bear next of Quaker Chartism, Unitarian ,',ioeoPl°
and other nondescript kind of Chartism. I,.°l7ol'erits'
It°
would let the Charter rest upon its own intriloier, DP
and would not mix it up with such foreign 01 0 1
pend upon it they only injure the cause by
~0 loce tli
Trusting that you will perceive the iair, obiec-
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these brief remarks, and will not misconeei*Ossol
is requesting you to give them insertion ,i!'i
I remain, yours to' S 13'
G. ''''

Bath, April 13.

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RECENT ORDER.—A general r orue ft,
issued to the troops stationed in Ireland, tile!, 'Laid°,
when escorting prisoners, the oldest and steatne'-orbehi"
be placed in the van and rear guard, and that,_!°,,,'sealt",
nication whatever be permitted to take place °*',"-itteT;
orperrndi sceoreneehdre,s
repelledtuhnad eorne
tswhc
eiotrhtat
militaryhn ed the
pointrce iaovciihltiihanengsbta andbayonet'
e tt.b, s IrtidlArt,
the gaols
wells, the destination of the prisoners, 01°1,,a: Ifig
soldiers be detached, and placed in such posit'h"-god t`-
protect the escort from the intrusion of the tnel" ;this iro
they are in no instance to suffer an intruder.*
reach of their musket and bayonet with inspeniti'S,'Jeler,
The state of the currency in the Nisanli;diel
niens is, according to the latest accounts from 'd. '"„
most singular and deplorable that can be conceive ipS°:
Nizam's Government at Hyderabad tacitly autbefe too
less than fourteen currencies • the country to tkh 111°
of Hyderabad is full of Jagheedars and Reial:it
are nominally independent, each of whom bas; to
niiut in which he coins, fixing a value accorn'ressti'L
state of necessities, and thus it becomes near.'" leirn turd
to settle what may be the value of a eerPillitees;
after a period of six months. The inconve°-fgi''s'
greatly increased by the petty sovereigns, Cur
prohibiting their neighbour's coin from Pas cos'
rent in their own territory, for the ryots are 'noire
quence compelled to sell their
,produce in the tell too
which they belong; or if they travel a few tsitelepcsr
the narrow limits of the domain, they not only sv!l de'
bered with the frontier duty, but are almost certelSeeorri
ting a low rate for their rupee. A correspondent lob°,
sides in a cantonment in the dominions, describes* ate
which is held four times a week, where all the god°
the surrounding districts assemble, and only one Pare se;
currency is allowed to pass, noteithstanding therediffetc°
veral mints for issuing copper coin, each of the
kind, within six miles, 1.11 of which pay a tax to. th
vernment for their privilege. On account
asorr
prohibition the Ryots, after leaving the be-,ba colj
obliged to go to these local mints and exchange 11
which is alone current at the market. Tad .refsso°
the mints are ready enough to take
,f.!;risett°oedietle
this circumstance, and the poor ryots are '"*"
nearly half the value of their coin by the exchange't
worst of the matter is, that the Nizam's Gosevnne.,,, tsiej.
e ensent. • 'They
lately opposed to all attemptsof Or
Imaringtesl,y
abnydtbtihsevsiecio4us state of the curren,o,Y; e°,llst."
Profitable to relit,
it answer their purpose to bave a number . 13.
thoroughly orgenized, 'by which the ryots alont-SY
sufferers,though they are the only people in the dise k
really work fur their bread,. -11
Iseeik°
ciu-iraPthdcilethseh
tthraadte a of
systeme xchsontgienigt,:orL,i;
CHARTIST' CONVENTION.—We o-- A tiOnt
satisfaction that the Chartists of Erg.land, es.lreciitcu
Scotland, see the necessity of postponing the alejoiool,
the new Convention to a later date than that It, Or
proposed. Better to take a little time and do7ntiqp
properly. The magnitude of the object, the gt,est the
ertiins which were necessary to bring the lost beeeeto
tional Petition into the House, were sufficient t°,40,,a
daeger of being in too great a hurry. In fact, I.s " itsbfb°t
de
mind should have been specially agitated on • tie ss; b.
for a number of weeks before commencing oPert basticli
now that ground has been broken, the work 109;4 e"re
electedforward twheithDtehlee it was resolthe L'"
guattmeofshtrdGisplaastgchhw. At the meet to ,d,
commend to the country to pospone the meeting° $
vention till the 3d of May. —Scots Times. / Tat
ALLEGED ILLEGAL CAPTURE cosi bet
ECHO, A HAMBURGH VESSEL, OFF 1110
GUlNEA.—Extract of a letter from CaPtal,l3g •••••`. ices
Commander dated Sierra Leone, January 1- •Atsv°,:goti
took on board at the Havana, on account 01 °disci's-re
merchant, a cargo of rum and tobacco, which Pito sve of
at the American Colony of New Sestet, nitrir.e 1:01:po'
ceived nine passengers front on board the 'E°P-After'the
war Wonder, for conveyance to Sierra Leone' soil tb°
ing them, we prepared to sail on the 13th fir is sad
other passengers being furnisbei with PaslP,"ci tb°
usual legal documents. Scarcely had ve rsAissbrong.,;o-00.°
two armed boats arrested our progress, and teststse sr
vessel back to the harbour. In spite of our P°°,,- of tm`pters'
have not been successful in learning the rees°lo bev-
bitrary proceedings. It is said that the Eng
,4
mitted similar outrages on American shipre ele-
fjesl4 he e°
CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S, „es, v 1",", 51°
letter has been just received from John J,k-giopt hole
tried and sentenced to be hanged for the 671- but life'
Birmingham during the Chartist riots in 183;iti'.00 f°releist
sentence was afterwards commuted to trans Per" littleej
After stating other sufferings, he says, " °,:ts , -
we do have is what i 3 broug oht from other c°l"6
the animals th.t have died on the passage. , k;sad eve; :pa del
our water, which is not fit for a beast to cloaviiit lb° ''' the
there are our overseers who are over us, theYa9 duel Champ]
allow us to stand upright nor to turn our be° 00111 `CB
tille fate
time we are at work, which is from six °„eing• I°, rcle fa
morning till half-past five in the ev— oriw d'
ro
have our breakfast before we go out in, von so, •
`bolts We c
work, which is a drop of wheat water an",,a 'titrA • t
_ th
half of brown bread, that serves us the tv",,° it is ' ssion
if it rains all day we must endure tißhatracre'if • '"'„Y old
to leave off work, and then we come to our "„cbroci au ; •
-; we app
when we are mustered together, we are 111;et se PP, '• Then
bed, which is a bed of straw, with one hien'osed Ite dis
rug to cover us. Our shoes, which are suPPeste, f€: 'e thin el
us four months, will not, with the greatest Icor t's, 14: . 'tale c
more than two months ; then we all go baref?utbestb $15,0(
maindsr of the time.' Thee there are the aire All heve
wear, which have to last us six menths—thei,,aebrisc I's); Ito sha'
hicks in a deal less time; and every morninb_bie, esest° 'Anenty,
our beds we are in danger of getting into srelespeele.or Vat, tnd of
is but the look it will get us into trouble, 'anuic,eic • Ye' eredit
the severest punishment, as that is all theloosto:',oe" of
purpose to keep us as long as they can on. toliPioter NA,
hands, and in the greatest of misery." 'rbt',,id
proceeds to deny his guilt, and calls on his 07 tiOr,
cede for a mitigation of his sentence. pillll el° Rkt
10 pr.
EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION or Boon co 41 sue
,„ .4 et,
HORSES INTO FRANCE.—A private letter •-° ow • ere
the 11,
states that the French Government has entered)
.ng - sone
siderable contract in this country for supPlYilib 14 Cl'lo
regiments of cavalry now being raised w erie of; ••
',
charger', in consequence of the difficult' °Pura "I
Marshal Souls, the Ministrr of WEr, in Prect.. i'
01 cot
P
from the French breeders suitable for the "--010 d n
they generally being small and light, and not cot t
_ce
• etete,
pete with the Austrian and Russian cavalry.s„eitt:°,l
month or six weeks Boulogne has had the
alitr'ead) , votes
,e 'tee ti
a horse bazaar, as a great numberimbinseldeiet:lfst.PQA the w
landed from Dover, when they are
off by the parties from different regimen" e anti le ti)er
• '1
Ai, St. Pol, Amiens, Beauvais, ConWeigno thearts
It is stated that the contract is for 20,000
bat
500 and 600 francs each. a ' ire h
In the Sheriff's Court, yesterdaY•
044 efilisoft tion
sessed damages in two cases of assault bro.the ~‘
The
gentleman of fortune named Gundry, Per e
The plaintiff, in the first case, was a.i°
Chapman, and the Jury gave damages 151. waste, las
which was for an assault on a female rat 50t 41. i• this ,
M'Minn, the Jury assessed the damage
olice ter. Jiei,
vottr,
Thia
THE DEANERY OF YORK. 1),
particulars were given at the time in theP,,ne heti: c‘lo, eePt;
S- na Se. _ cite ecee
and twenty-five years, it is said, nave r %re
theiike a
tttheantt whichto
n o f
aoncyc occupied
disc,
lite et
PRESTON neq
,
BOOKSELLING AT . _ and dVbs e4nt
tation
brat,t
hawker having advertised the impohr
a'l
carrieu c° Atti
vvhich was De
so successful in his operstion, to carries
It it ccssa bet .14.11
leodurthE(Ccllaetseiaystiicitanitie°noflicep:4ssl
sale of three thousand volurres of c
14
" the reading public," because his largeranticipate totter I
than he Lad aVa
exhausted a day sooner of
f° ao
open marks'-place, tbat he fe
itersti 0 ir j it
the same time promised tit(
' I
1 for the re
soon with a still mores lendid strßaY
trio,
ble We
dation. —Granville's Spas of Eng' bad
in Hungary, „p 6
The town of Pesch, f relie
t distinction o fit
several non-nobles, witbou
,ia
est
a progress for n Dgikri
to city offices ebs°;olc"'l..°P

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