The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-19 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

LETTERS FROM ABROAD. 2 Vas.
' • The Moron, London, 1841.
tt se Letters are from the pen of Miss Sedg-
te7""—an American-authoress of talent—who wash
for some weeks a resident in London, and
fa;Ldescribed the impressions made on her by its
enPonable and literar society with much spirit
r g truth of detail. It is greatly to this lady's
v:tdit that her Letters evince no betrayal of pri-
tio e confidence, no garbled reports of conversa-
co ils evidently from their nature intended to be
but such
She has hazarded no comments
such as are perfectly unobjectionable. The
ecf
oi" v6lgine is chiefly taken up with an account
Pleaplser recent tour through Italy, and forms
ant' lounging reading.

THE MIRROR.
Cunningham, London, 1841.
'
lar ueekiy
illthe Present volume of this cheap and popu-
exe Miscellan we find numerous well-
euted wood-cuts,and somefifew able original
esaYs, one of the best of which is. an essay on
the
Character of Milton's Abdiel.

SPORTIA G REVIEW.
The principal and. best embellishment in this
umber,
is a portrait of " Coronation," the winner
°f
the last Derby. Among the ,literary contri-
• utii)es, which of course are all on sporting sub-
t„s, We find some sensible remarks by the Hon.
. tlerkeley on tho preservation of game.

THE BUDE LIGHT.
Cunningham, London, 1841.
cleyer, lively little work, full of anecdote
aAd epigram, and containing several whimsical
-,.rieatures.

COMMERCIAL CONDITION OF
PHILADELPHIA. _ _

(Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia.)
totdis!oess still continues dull, and our country in a terrible
den, tl"'n• Most of our banks are insolvent, and all confi-
oe 'n tanking institutions is lost. Our State (Pennsylvania)
ths-ruething like R 5 000 000 dollars in debt ; and at this time
kellYtare 'm 'rove-
levying' taxes,, to pay the interest. Our d
znan b et unfinished, of course bring us in nothing; an
of them when completed will not pay for keeping them
Pair,LelV.e have had the most rascally set of scamps in our State
rnogrislature that ever country was cursed with ; the public
4r, s have been lavished in the most infamous manner, and
btnks have been entering upon all kinds of speculations;
dill ug stocks that are not worth a cent. at present, mid
re ire years to make them profitable.
oquire
merchants, like the banks have been speculating and
batrting as long as they could get accommodation from the
eon Ks. or as long as England would take their paper. The
the'equenee is, that pay-day is at length arrived, and where is
brejuutleY to pay with ?—the merchant breaks—the banks
thet',---the stocks are sold to others equally rotten, and so
6 Keep the ball rolling.
imp IT mechanics are ground to the earth ; for what with the
th;°"lletion of machinery in all branches of mechanism, and
flans to
of auctioneers, it is useless for a man of small
14,(113 to attempt to live by his business. Our country is
ed Kith all kinds of goods, which are daily sacrificed at
47° of those infernal levelling shops. Why, you ask, are
ke:, evils suffered to exist? Because they bring in to the
Lei't'e a large revenue. More than 44,000 dollars per annum
81),ig Paid to this State for auction-duties, to say nothing
tetA'itic°,llmissions, which vary from 200 to 2,000 per annum.
this is dray% n from the working classes, and who does it
ti 4,eurt ? Not the poor, for everything tends to make the
gr'e„r'eller and the poor poorer. This summer there will be
eve ';r sac' iiices of all kinds of property made, than were
dolnhancece for a man with a few thousand
Its at his command.
bailk°3t of our property-holders have been dependent on our
440 s, and as they fall so does the property, and on coming
the market it is bought for less than half its original cost.
hiladelphia, June 16, 1841.
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URCH.RATEWT-ST—)UTI-1 HAC
NEY.
p 4 „Meeting cf the parishioners was held on Thursday, to
114 the churchwardens' accounts and make a rate for the en-
Dg year
The Meeting was held in the vestry.
OF'
then requested a sight of the church, that the
lestr!.-
the ./ mikht see the reparation, it having been repaired after
Ittre at Christmas.
oho was denied by the Rector, the Rev. H. H. NORRIS,
(lelo s4l4—" I have ordered the church to be locked up, and no
7,11a1l be admitted."
tot.," meeting then adjourned to the schoolrooms, when the
fe vi as read by which the vestry was called to make a rate
Etre:" repairs of the church, salary of vestry-clerk, organist,
teal, The accounts cf the, late churchwardens having been
170(. It appeared that nearly 4001. had been received, and. only
I)) it. expended in repairs, including. those recently occasioned
A`ge fire, and 200/. upon sa'aries, wine, &e.
tou;vmotiOn having been made that the churchwardens' ac-
Al '3 be passed,
Th-r• %TOR rose to oppose the passing of those accounts.
it:Worthy maoistrate founded his opposition upon the follow-
%r°,4n,la : That the parish was constituted by virtue Erf
1441, of Parliament, which enacts that the church-rate shall
emade to defray the expenses of repairing the church.
vest hat although the expenditure had been sanctioned by the
tk. yet the a-t of a vestry could not legalise payments eon-
,pk..'",3 Act of Parliament.
ItEcToa attempted to stop these observations, aud orie
sveree ,ehurch party politely asserted that all the observation*
Itet humbug=."—(Great clamour.)
r• OrFoit acknowledged his sense of the gentleman's po-
h
ite[e". 51r. Offor moved, as an amendment, "That every
pail be struck out of the accounts which was not for the re-
The hog Cat
declared that he would not put the amendment.
altb`-`0 confusion.) He then put the original motion, and
the ugo there was a decided majority against it, he declared
tnßai(m carried. A division was then claimed, which, after
oy re.tusals, he granted; but when it took place, he refused
rnajorMit either party to be counted, and in the face of a large
siil TY against the motion, he declared that it was carried ;
arts vestry clerk then declared that the Chairman's dictum
dete,„7.; ad"' the only thing that the majority could do was to
4u a poll, which was done.
three o'clock, the church party
At brought up many
at fiv;a,;(l much of their strength. At the close of the poll
tyin_ o'clock, the numbers were—For the rate, 53. persons
obul votes ; against the rate, 55 persons giving 68 votes.
-ge poll will clo,e at five o'clock to-d'y (Friday).

actin.e tontest in this parish was carried on with consideratls
hacj;'ti by both arties yesterday. The supporters of the rate
ine he advantage of a good supply of canvassers, who were
th"s'ult in their calls, entreaties, :Ind sometimes with some-
t,,,, rm're• Where ind,viduals, disposed to vote for the rate,
ere tothshort.cash, they found no difficulty in borrowing it.
- a th, sides polled an unusually large number of ladies, who took
ely interest ir. the struggle. At the close of the noll, at
five o'clock, the Chairman, the Rev. H. H. Norris, declared ,
ae".nurubers to be—For passing the last year's accounts, 216 ;
atac,l:l'tjt, 166. For a rate of 4d., 208; against it, 206. The
se ,uktures ive the votes ; of individuals, the cpposers
a rate nave a g
considerable majority. As soon as the Chair.
Sn
hadecared th numbes, r. Offer sad as they were so
and did not a e
gree with theM check kept by his friends. he
'''etnair,(l a scrutiny. The Rev- Chairman—I shall deny
bi•
",""ing of the sort.—( Uproar.) The Rev. Mr. Carlisle (a
senting Minister) wished to be informed by their legal ad-
, If et whether or no any ratepayer was not otitled to make such
ilTana? Mr. Pulley—Certamly, I conceive that he has.
e Chairman then gave way, and scrulineers on both sides
‘• . cre •
at
hide a !Voluted ; the result to be declared on Monday morning,
licie &cleek• The result of the contest must have surprised
parties. From the disgraceful trick resorted to of de •
IPiliF,, some weeks before the usual time, the Poor's-rate to
le admits la
proceeding for which the parties responsible