The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-30 00:00:00

TO THE LIVERY OF LONDOI4.

Listen to an old man whose hair is grey in the OOP
of freedom. Know you the real object of this contest
about the Mayoralty ? Know you the orc.,bablc results
of a victory over Alderman flarmer ? Know you that
by such a victory the best buttresses of that Christian-
ity, the name of which is invoked egainst its spirit,
would be laid low in the hearts and principles of 00
victors? I will show you.
Christianity owes its triumphs to free discussion...."
Protestantism owes its triumphs to free discussion...."
Christ's kingdom is fixed upon a rack, aril cannot be
moved. But why ?—Because it is true. The greater
the discussion, the more beautiful has it ever appeared.
" Search all things, prove all things, hold fast Oft
which is good," is the maxim of its most plidee°Phic
advocate—of one who knew best its nature—who knet
that in having " a reason for the hope that is in Usi
consisted the distinguishing characteristic of Christian.
ity above all other religions. Yet how car. we search-';
how can we read " all things," unless all things be
9';
loved to be written ? And is not the avowed sOO
ostensible opposition to Alderman Harmer founded
upon the principle, that " all things" ought not Lel!'
either written or read ? "What
laughed sneeringly when he asked,
truth ?" and would not wait lor an answer. The eel
of the Jews towards Christ was " Crucify him, enni!
him," but hear him not. The goldsruala Doneir,"l,
would allow no words to be beard but " Grea%t-
Diana." The Pop,: and the Romish Church WA"'
to silence Luther, the energetic Calvin, the mild itir
lancthon, and the learned Erasmus"by bulls and chit
not arguments and facts. John Milton saw the
good to Christianity of free discussion, and penned his
celebrated " Apology for Unlicensed Printing.' JereulY
Taylor, in the same spirit, wrote his " Liberty of
6I
rr°,'
phesyiug." The great and the good of all age° 40
nations have shown their confidnce in their JO
opinions by calling for " free discussion."
tb° nriP
The very foundation of Protestantism was toe
test issued by the Lutheran Princes against eeo
of their superior, Charles the Fifth, commanding
,
to conform to the. Church of Rome—hence the 110°31
,
Protestant,"
a name to perpetuate the triunaPhl°
free discussion. a 4.
Are you Protestants, are you Christians, -
ao'
you oppose James Harmer, because Lis Jonoal, ttical
casional times has entered into political or pm,—
discussions upon sides or views which you -da.",lbs,
prove ? Pray where would the Church of Eoglen:thir,
been, had a similar spirit pervaded society whet) fljw.,.-•ieg
and Cranmer, and Latimer, and Ridley were
upt-
their fearless arguments ? Where the Church 01:101
land, when John Knox was daring in the cause 0,
his Queen to her teeth ? Where the princiPles:r. at
berty, when the bold bthe arons un
constitutfurled itsonal sov bar'°"tif
Runnymede ? Where constitutional
England, when Somers and his associates depose
and enthroned William?
"extent,
but you
oapprove oefltfreenet ditiscraust:si°: ft AY._
aerialsa lct
go." Oh, my friends, this is a dangerous doctrine+, b
finitely more dangerous than any of the mitlrebioWillsicto
modern Titans can hurl at our Olympus he ga.
define the exact limits of that discussion Ask the
honaetan. He will say, " You may search the
but go no farther—there is but one God, You may
is his prophet." Ask the Jew, he sa "
be a Pharisee, or Sadducee,w, nay,e EsYs'ese ; uu".
yond that you must not go." Ask thea conscientleu',7r
ponents of Alderman Harmer, whose zeal blinds 'bear
eyes to the real causes and the real results of the 7P°.
sition, and in what respect will their answer differ
My friends, we are pett beings on a
hill, called " the world." y We' are surrounded erg
vaster habitations, doubtless filled with brighter iPtetios
gences ; yet how do we act ? There are at least be
hundred different sects of Christianity ; there O°D
only one truth. Yet does not each member of le'oet
sect claim to himself that he has that truth? IseAlm iit,nbty
99 chances to one that he has it not ?
eQI
has '' chalked no sect on the back," nor given to
heti
a patent right of exclusive knowledge. Wit t our
should we persecute each other ? Why saY --1.• the
brother man, " Go, lam wiser than thou?" If
candidate whose right by custom it is to
miserable 811,
Magistrate of the greatest city of the civilizes)n4 as
Christianized world be refused that right, w:"-;-'can.
charge against his moral character, his Pre,.°)eus"oleli
duct, or his personal fitness for the office, nt!' 4,40
because a Journal in which he has an interOltii We
discussion, or advocates opinions, to an esten"`fLas?
do not approve, what will our children .6,,,.°;;•!* sal
What will future John Miltons and Jeremy
*1
of this generation ? ?DEN'
JOHN HAS"

THE HORSE-GUARDS alp
JUNIOR OFFICERS. .
. , .
-411.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE S (I.lvg,' 0, I
RAMSGATE, .SETT. 28,
your remarks upon the administralg-
ro
the army by the present; authorities' at the P.:°,o‘
Guards, you seem inclined to attribute its fall,Ptbe
partly to the pusillanimity and want of spirit 1!,, be
subalterns
of the army, in allowing themselves tote
thus browbeaten and ill-treated. Much as I de,P7l-ir
the system pursued at present, both of the privrlA-
ports and of the invariable support of staperiorrcear
(whether right or wrong) against their infearbiojets:orlinsi:odi
not agree with you in attributing this to the 1,4e-pt .01
the latter. Either Parliament or the Goverlirn-briag
the country, are the only parties really
about a change of system ; for, unless any ye:lngo') OP
bathemple of ustice were brought forwan° t ;big, fat
House of Commons, it would beei4s. ally or
any inferior ranks in the army, either indivia"_lued
collectively, to combat with success any
by the authorities set over them in their P.° part*
The consequence of any such steps, on theirf i'pettb'
would be set down as factious and guilty fa;
ordination—that they would be deprived oi_ctiollioed
tura promotion, and, perhaps, entirely uialnify to
from the service. This might not much goierell
the aristocratic part of the army, who Ler ors
serve in it in order to amuse themselves until
ittutc,l
system Presisio.
yo
put in possession of any hereditary honours ; 131 ir pre'
diers of fortune, and who intend to make it trenrou°'
fession for life, this deprivation of all chance ol jade 14
tion, by setting themselves against any rales wroblia.
their superiors, must be no slight eoasideratioo,..o, arta,
opinion being directed to the badness of the sY 11100 of
its defects being openly exposed by the public,. 0010
the country, are two very probable means the
°'
ment being forced upon it. befure -
It may be pretty certain, in the case now , have
public, that the .‘ Horse Guards" would ok./. Or.
stifled all public inquiry into the case of CaPt;2eyoolo
Reynolds, and merely allowed the other CaPt• v're onr°
to be brought to a Court•martial, unless they Were
of a verdict against the latter, and of thusA;giraa.
decided victory to their favourite, Lord Cari"hat
6
The fact cannot be doubted in the least, t!'s 04
case of the Captain Reynolds, now under trial, I 5 eoa'
as much prejudged as that of the officer Wh°,v"iiphle
denmed unheard, and who (for making a Jusaliall
complaint against his commanding officer) was TIT
reprimanded before his own regiment. bl
As the former was a question of redress CLlA:sr,:if,
an injerior against a superior officer, there 10ilif
course, no chance of such being granted by
who is only afraid of hurting the discipline of the a
by showing equal justice to all branches of it. .i,jppY
The Commander-in-Chief seetns at present °rlo the
in his selection of persons for high commaa°!;beee'
army. Both the Earl of Cardigan and the vel%
Csll
ral Officer himself, who conveyed this re ima°u' 01"
pr
taro Reynolds, have been pronounced by lAt,°“th beep
himself as unfit for command ! and they 1130,.,:uf; 01 f°r'
disgraced in a manner which, with any 50.!"',.".,-,fatare
tune, would have totally precluded them•froM,PJ.
command.

,11 POLYTECHN ljrri°l4‘
I. ------C 7 s rjor
Two models of newybe
einn vtei
enpLoosni
tse,
(l a
t connectth e°pap :ilyi t btiv
tat, 1:10,
water, subjecthave recent) all-absorbing
Institut' of travelling by steam on tot"ceboie
de i„ lion' in
Regent-street. One of these iS 2 i'ej
. . (by Dr. Spurgin, for preventing engines an° i ich
railway locomotion is exposed. The alteration Pri°cP.tive,
lly:dt e inventor appears to be at once simple, et t'sefg'
c, 1 practicable. By elevating the line of rail 13. c to
..(:nt height above the ground, room will he /430iir car.
permit a large portion of the body of the egg
v°,
beirs
riage to go below the wheels on which they trave"
by
affixed to their sides instead of undernea°:o be
this arrangement the centre of grasitY wiresent,
much nearer the rail than it is tit Pf- tor
and a great portion of the danger ° alivost
heavy impetus be avoided, as it will be „,et of
a physical impossibility for a train thus
the rails. This improvement ought to be 101°,1: Tha
mediately, as, if effectual, it is certainly practical' "'eon!'
other model exhibits a scientific alter.ation in th° opt
built to bo 0,
mon paddle-wheel of a :team-boat, and, assaininf, the
inventive genius should direct its energies t.°`%'3ro`f pro'
improvement of this always ch,ctionable means ~, ore
i:Lvitsnttcorr,,,llflior:iris
pulsion, instead of assisting ;Olt& discover a new end
'doe
perleet method, we should thatis ',reat credift,i ulao,
to.
thistl e
like no I i
or
each coincides with the other; in fact, it is
dOVC-fr'inie IS
so much as aventilator in a win
common . SULICIIOO _ g
door. The •
founded • 1 strict.y on theory, and that it Possc— ter or
Stevens,t
isea yos
el gliVe7:ll of I * I"'
.and
greatest propelling ,ff, without „ brickw'l• kg
Let, ri 3 for six wce
vibratory motion. ' [he Institution closes
ni,derahlo
on Saturday, in order to allow time for eo i
additions
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An opera, by Frederick the 6rat, calk'd lollellset
Pastore, and which was f d for the tiot li iust
per oral- bag J
the Rilace. ei;. Charlottenbotirg ill August,•l74"•Cie'''.
!Tom published at Berlin, It is said to beadles' verY Fre..
producti,u, and to contain some beautiful nieloo of bii
derick the Great had prohibited the 1)111)11°6°e' ',lO pro'
musical productions, and, up to the present tim
bibition had been respected.