The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-04 00:00:00

SHIMAIIV CF MEWS

AND
public Optuton.

" Who runs may read."

POZZEIGN.
On the 26th ult. a deputation from the Evangelical
Clergy of Berlin left Prussia for England for the pur-
pose of ascertaining in what way funds are provided for
the erection of churches. It seems the art of " robbing
Peter to pay Paul" is better understood in England than
in any part of the world.
Letters from Stockholm of the 20th ult. report that a
deputation of master manufacturers waited upon the
King to thank him for the protection granted to the
manufactures of • Sweden by the new Tariff. The ma-
nufacturers of Sweden, like the English corn-growers,
are very grateful for the privilege of robbing the public
for their own advantage. Were the corn-growers of Swe-
den to thank the King l'or the protection afforded to the
manufacturers, then indeed we would think some-
thing of it.
The King of the French is resolved to keep as many
strings to his bow as possible. On Monday last he sent
M. Salvandy, as his Ambassador, to Madrid, to com-
pliment Espartero on his crushing the Christino con-
spiracy, and on Tuesday he entertained at dinner Queen
Christina Munoz, the arch-traitress I
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The Morning Chronicle thus comments on the attempts
now making in Edinburgh to enforce the strictest ob-
servance of the Sabbath by the most intolerant means:—
" The Sabbath is an excellent institution ;. apart even
from all religious considerations, its moral and physical
influence entitles it to be upheld. But the manner of
keeping the Sabbath is a matter of opinion ; and those
who are for what the Examiner wittily called its bitter
observance, have no right to compel others to keep it
bitterly. He who thinks it a sin to read a newspaper on
Sunday should not touch one ; but he has no right to in-
fringe on his neighbour's liberty, and compel him to do
likewise. Reverse the case. Suppose a rigid Presbyterian
compelled to read a newspaper, instead of the Bible, would
he not think that a gross outrage was committed on him?
Do as ye would be done unto,' is the golden rule of to-
leration, as well as of general conduct--a maxim, how-
ever, too frequently forgotten in theological warfare.
Let the Sabbath be kept, by all means ; but to every
man who can judge for himself must be left the manner
of keeping it. We are glad, therefore, to see that in
Glasgow there is a determination to put down that spe-
cies of intolerance, so disgracelully exhibited in Edin-
burgh."—We have no desire to see the Sabbath dese-
crated ; but, at the same time, we see no earthly reason
why a long sour face should be specially cultivated on
that day. If left to the good sense and good feeling of
the community, the Sabbath will always be more appro-
priately observed, than if stringent laws are enacted for
its rigid observance. No man was ever yet made pious
by Act of Parliament, though hundreds have been made
hypocrites thereby. To attempt to coerce men into re-
ligion, is the surest way to qualify them for a hot seat
in that mysterious realm, which—as Pope assures us—is
never " mentioned to ears polite."
The Times, still continues querulous on the subject of
Lord J. Russell's answer to the Plymouth address, ob-
serving :—" Lord John Russell's London friends have
been able to make nothing of his answer to the Plymouth
address. This, we doubt, is a great disappointment.
At a time of year when statesmen, great and small, go
touring about to receive deputations, and dinners, and
freedoms of corporations in oaken boxes, a speech, or
even a written manifesto, from any such conspicuous
person, is expected to make some sensation. The hero
of the day, stepping forward when the curtain has
dropped for the season, calculates, like a favourite
dancer, to be overwhelmed with wreaths. If this glori-
fication does not take place, there is a good deal of mor-
tification, and a great many people look cross and blame
one another."—lf Lord Johii Russell's answer has
created no public sensation, why is the Times so con-
stantly referring to it ? Far better that it should be left
to its own insignificance. But the truth is, it has created
a sensation, and that is the reason why our keen-scented
Contemporary is so sore on the subject.
In a leading article suggested by a meeting of the in-
habitants of the West Riding of York, for the formation
of a Diocesan Board of Education, the Herald makes the
following remarks:—" Government are prepared to aid
and encourage schools, but they do not intend to propose
to the Legislature to provide funds necessary for the edu-
cation of the people. It will, however, be the fault of
the wealthier portion of the community if Government
do not submit to the House of Commons a much larger
grant for educational purposes than the last. Before
any Government,' said Lord Wharncliffe, could go to
Parliament with a proposition to increase that grant to
any extent, it would be necessary to show that the laity,
the clergy—that all ranks of the people, were ready to
contribute most liberally to the object.' Here then is a
motive for immediate contributions to this great cause
of public improvement, and to the diffusion of sound re-
ligion."—We have no great desire to see a system of na-
tional education established under the sanction of the
Tories, for we can pretty well guees what sort of a
system it will be. There will be no enlarged mind dis-
coverable in it; it will be made up of prejudice and in-
tolerance, and, as far as generous and enlightened prin-
ciples are concerned, will be wholly defective. To en-
lighten a nation, in the proper sense of the term, will
never suit the purblind views of Toryism.
The Morning Post says :—"Whatever party feud may
now have made the Poetry Professorship contest at Ox-
ford, we deny that there was ever any good reason for
theological party feeling being brought into the conto-
versy. As to the point whether attachment to the prin-
ciples taught in the Oxford Tracts' was, or was not,
likely to interfere with the proper exercise of the duties
of Professor of Poetry, there was really no room for ab-
stract disputation. It is a matter of immediate expe-
rience. The present Professor, the highly-gifted Mr.
Keble, is very well known to have been, and to be,
much more concerned with the Oxford Tracts' than
Mr. Williams. If it can be shown that this con-
cern at all interfered with the proper discharge
of Mr. Keble's professional duties, then indeed the
objection to Mr. Williams' would be very strong.
If on the other hand it be admitted that Mr. Keble has
reflected great honour upon the University in his position
of Professorof Poetry, and has won the admiration of
the whole literary world. wherever the English language
is understood and devotional feeling appreciated, then,
we say, that the objection to Mr. Williams on account of
being, in respect to theological principle, what Mr. Keble
is, must fall to the ground."—There is a great deal of
absurdity in this dispute about the " Professorship of
Poetry," more especially as the requisite qualifications of
such a Professor are completely thrown overboard, and
regard is bad solely to his orthodoxy or otherwise. The
actuating principle of the dispute is, that any dull, prosy
fellow can be a lecturer on poetry, provided he be either
a Puseyite or an Evangelist. So argue the respective
combatants, while men of common sense keep aloof, and
laugh heartily at their dogmatic absurdities.
We quote the following from the Leeds Mercury :
" The Tories were quite as much committed to the New
Poor-law as the Whigs—the only difference was this,
the latter was in power when the law passed as a kind
of experiment, the former are in power now when it is to
be upheld and rendered permanent. There is, however,
this difference between the two parties—none of the
Whigs ever attempted to raise a cry against the Tories
for that which was an act of the two parties conjointly,
while many of the Tory candidates for seats in Parlia-
ment had the meanness to resort to this shabby policy,
in which they were aided by the Tory Journals. We
shall be curious to see what the persons who have so
conducted themselves will say to the constituencies at
the next Parliamentary elections."
The Coventry Herald says :—" Although:the new Tory
Government are careless and incapable, or hostile to any
plan of relief, it is evident that they are preparing to
carry things with a high hand. The multiplying of mili-
tary stations in the manufacturing districts has become a
question of undisguised official discuision. The existing
magistracy of the kingdom is in due course of being
swamped by a large infusion of most approved Tories, and
it will then only remain for the Parliamentary Session to
arrive, in order to pass the congenial Pegging Bills for
the preservation of the peace.' "
The Dublin Evening Post, commenting on Lord de
Grey's Irish policy, says:—" Of all the clumsy attempts
—of all the impudent assertions ever made—that, which
is now going the rounds' of the London Tory press,
is as assuredly the most audacious, as well as the most ri-
diculous—viz., that Lord do Grey and his Government
have won golden opinions from all manner of men by the
just and conciliatory principle which has guided him in
the government of Ireland."
The Dundee Chronicle contains an article on the sub-
ject of the Government emigration scheme, from which
we quote the following :—" Where are the people to
emigrate ? To Canada or Australia ? We would ask
how are men, who have been brought up in cotton fac-
tories and flax mills from their earliest years, to be em-
ployed in the colonies ? Are they to exchange their
hell-holes for a life of pastoral ease or simple rural cares,
tendering their flocks and garnering spontaneous har-
vests ? or are they to be shipped to the shores of Europe
and the United States, to work the manufactories of our
mercantile opponents ? In either case, emigration would
ruin us outright ; the first by expenses, establishments,
more soldiers, and taxes—the second by encouraging our
rivals."

We quote the following remarks from the West Briton :
In the absence of other political topics, the. Tory
prints are assailing with great bitterness the answer of
Lord John Russell to the address of the inhabitants of
Plymouth. That document, like everything that pro-
ceeds from the pal of the Noble Lord, is manly, frank,
and honest. 'Without any circumlocution, or diiguise,
his Lordship states incontrovertible facts ; and however
galling those facts may be to the Tories, every honest
and well-informed mind in the kingdom responds to their
correctness."

VIONET---712.11DE-COMMEXCE.
At a meeting of the Rotherhithe Anti-Corn-law Asso-
ciation, held on Thursday at that place, the paper bags,
used by bakers for the sale of flour, were exhibited, in-
scribed in large characters as follows ;—" Flour—Cost,
3d. ; Landowners' Tax, lid."
The state of distress at Stockport is now being inves-
tigated officially. During the last week Mr. Wylie,
from the Home-office, and on Saturday last Lord Cal-
thorpe, a Peer of the Realm, a, Mr. Bracebridge, aniinflu-
ential person, and another gentleman, visited the Bo-
rough, and made earnest inquiry into the state of thepo-
pulation.

COMMERCIAL ItEPORWX.
The meeting of the Anti-Corn-law Conference of
Ministers of North Wales, to be held during tho first
week ;in December, commenced. on the Ist instant, at
Carnarvon. The Independent ministers of North Wales
are all Corn-law repealers ; so are the Baptist ministers,
who number fifty. Four o the Calvinistic ministers are
for repeal, and the remaining fifty-six remain at present
silent. The Wesleyans are few, but have avowed their
hearty co-operation. Colonel P. Thompson arrived on

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
COURSING.
DEPTFORD MEETING.—(CoNcLUDED.)
FRIDAY.—The Cup was won by Captain Wyndham's
Whirpool, beating Mr. Etwall's West Wind.
The Derby was divided by Mr. Etwall's Eton Boy and
Mr. Biggs' Broadside, after an undecided course.
The Oaks was won by Mr. Lock's Lady Godiva, beat-
ing Mr. Etwall's Excuse-me.
The Sedghill Stakes were won by Mr. Aggs's Ash; the
Fisherton Stakes by Mr. Bowles' Boscobel, and the rest
divided.
NEWMARKET CHAMPION MEETING.
FRIDAY.—Third ties for the Champion Stakes.— Mr.
Tyson's Fairy beat Mr. Eaton's Fantail ; Lord Strad-
broke's Magdalen beat Lord Eglinton's Waterloo.
The Consolations Stakes were won by Mr. Caldecot's
Delia, beating Mr. Edwards's Antoinette ; and the
Newmarket Stakes by Mr. Inskip's Isa, beating Mr. Gil-
lett's Gambler.
Winmarleigh, Dec. I.—The Cup (10 dogs) was won
by Mr. Lamb's Leader, beating Mr. Moore's Leader.
The Patten Stakes were won by Mr. Lamb's Lute, beat-
in.. Mr. Rothwell's Relief, and the Puppy Stakes (8 dogs)
by Walmsley's Dart, heating Mr.ll ornby 's Hydrangia.
Streatham Park, Nov. 25 and 26.—The Cup Stakes of
10 guineas each (14 dogs), were won by Mr. S. Wet-
king's Byron, the South Durham Stakes (16 puppies),
by Mr. Bilton's Bashful, and the Stainton Stakes
(16 dogs), by Mr. Cotton's Holdfast.
Snitterfield, Nov. 29 and 30.—The Cup was won by
Mr. Wake's Merriman ; the Warwick Stakes by Mr.
Wake's Tomboy ; and the Stratford-on-Avon Stales by
Mr. Cross's Driver.
Lambourn, Nov. 30.—The Puppy Stakes were won
by Mr. Kennard's Jim Crow ; the All-aged Stakes by
Mr. Palmer's Hector ; and the Ashdown Stakes by Mr.
urford's Beat-them-all

APPRENTICES TO INSOLVENTS.--It has been
recently decided by the Justices in Sessions, that an in-
solvent, after his discharge, cannot require his appren-
tice to continue to serve him, he not having tools and
business to properly teach the boy his trade, and the in-
dentures were ordered to be cancelled.