The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-04 00:00:00

We would not have either robbed of their pro.
perty, nor would we permit either, under any
pretence, were they so disposed to rob the land-
lord of his property. What we insist on is, that
in the City of London/ for example, tithe is
subordinate to rent; and that proceedings like
those in the parish of St. Botolph, have a
tendency to reverse this order of things. Sup.
posing the assessment for tithes to remain sta-
tionary, the higher the rental of a parish ad-
vances, the greater the annual amount payable to
the lay or other impropriator ; and this effect
produced in this way was, we contend, obviously
the original object in so endowing the Church.
‘Ve throw out these hints to show the propriety
of effecting amicable arrangements respecting
Tithes wherever they may be practicable, and
we sincerely hope so desirable a result may be
somehow produced.

[MORNING CHRONIci,Ed
Among other prejudices which prevail in this
country, a very general one is, that infidelity to
the marriage bed is more common in high life
than among the middle and lower classes. We
entertain an opinion directly the reverse of this.
The higher ranks are so exposed to the gaze of
the world, and they are so surrounded by prying
menials, that it must always be a matter of ex-
treme difficulty for them to conceal their actions.
The consciousness of this, and the knowledge on
the part of females in high life, that a departure
from the rules of propriety will infallibly lead to
certain very unpleasant consequences, cannot fail
to have tt powerful influence on their actions.
With the middle and lower classes it is very dif-
ferent. They are less exposed to observation,
especially in a crowded metropolis, and while
Parliament sets the law aside for the benefit of
aggrieved parties in upper life, the rest of the
community is literally shut out from all remedy.
This last cause produces dreadful consequences
in domestic life. A case which occurred at
Bow-street on Thursday last, is one of many
thousands of instances of men suffering with-
out a remedy from the immorality and shameless
effrontery of wives. We allude to the case of
Mr. Millwood, a tradesman, residing at Ram.
mersmith, summoned by the Parish Officers to
provide for -three children, which his wife bore
after a separation had taken place. If this poor
man had been a Noble of the Land, or one of
the Squirearchy, he could easily have disencum-
bered himself of his worthless mate, and with
a mind at ease have applied himself to pro-
viding in a suitable manner for the seven
children who look up to him for support.—
But the Legislators of England (with few ex-
ceptions) are, we are sorry to say, indifferent to
all grievances not shared by themselves. Look
at the effects of a different system in Scotland.
The Scotch are more generally a commercial and
manufacturing people than even the English, and
as great, if not a greater proportion of the fer-
nier than of the latter live in large towns.--
Those, however, who should infer from this an
equal degree of laxity in domestic affairs,
would commit a grievous mistake. The Re.
the ssarde Court, published
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joofgtlamejuSdcgonieitclfit on this
affords usPa°l.tmoeulinsthoef fSotrantie-
this subject. That Court is
and
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i the wife,
unfaithful to time ngeasl
marriagee metTgraegeeqtrt I:"NbLe'l:
though the expellee of this is such
placed within the reach of all, that justice is
whole number of cases of fioalittlilivPoPreciler,tihtaltlitritlye
years, beginning with 1703, and ending with 182`2,
amounted only to 593, that is to nineteen per
annum. This would be a very small number
for
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toa population
believe
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uwcoh millions,
England who betake
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sofbypettoritliseesn t frtoomScotland to get rid of
their ties. We thus see by what simple means
a mass of human misery may
be prevented in a
country. With so easy are Iy, other appli-
cations for relief are hardly worth mentioning.
What a contrast England would exhibit ! And
yet from the importance of domestic comfort to an
Englishman, who is not digposed, like the Freoch-
marl, Italian, or Spaniard, to seek his happiness
from home, the evil is felt by him as one of parti-
cular severity. We copied some very sensible
observations on this subject a week or two ago,
from The New Times, the Editor of which Journal
has had particular opportunities of becoming ac-
quainted with the misery produced in England by
the existing state of the Marriage Law. We trust
some humane Legislator will deem the subject one
not unworthy of his attention.—A Reform of the
Law may, indeed, deprive those Who are fond of
encroaching on their neighbours' property of many
facilities they now enjoy ; it would diminish the
number of preserves, which afford at present oc-
cupation to the idle and the unprincipled.—But
game of this description will not surely be deemed
entitled to the protection of the Legislature.