The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

TB SUN, LONDON. TITESDAYULy 27. IS4I.

PARSONS AND ELECTIONS.

All over the country, the parsons have taken an active•
part against the people during
.the late elections. The:
have arrayed themselves on the side of the " withholder
of corn;" and we are told that " he who withholdea
corn, the people shall curse him."
We profess we did not anticipate that the parsons
would ever take part with the people in the battle fin
" daily bread." NO ! AS they defended the slave track
and slavery, and opposed the amelioration of the crimi-
nal code, and have uniformly 'clung to persecution in all its
forms, so do we now expect them to make common cause
with the withholders of corn, and the oppressors of the
poor. But as the slave trade was abolished in spite
of the parsons, and the criminal code was amelio-
rated in spite of the parsons, and the Reform Bill was
carried in spite of the parsons, so also, may we with per-
fect safety predict, will the Corn -laws be abolished, in
spite of all the priests, rectors, deans, and bishops in the
empire. . . .

The parsons cannot fail to provoke most serious in-
vestigations into the real uses of a Church Establishment.
when they are thus foulid so pertinaciously resisting all
measures proposed for the amelioration of the condition
of the people. Their uniform support of all harsh
and oppressive laws, and their persevering opposition
to all attempts made to educate, to enfranchise, or to
emancipate their fellow-men, must necessarily provoke
discussion of their claims to assume the character of
teachers of a religion of truth, charity, and mercy. Men
who turn up the whites of their eyes and talk about trea-
sures in heaven, are liable. to severe scrutiny, when we
find them directing their whole attention to hoarding up
treasures upon earth, in the shape of tithes, pluralities,
fat livings, and benefices. And when we find them pray-
ing God for " daily bread" to the poor one day, and
going to the poll the next to uphold the starvation laws
of the landlords, surely they then lay themselves open to
the charge of the grossest hypocrisy and deceit.
As professed teachers of the Christian religion, we
would naturally expect the parsons to be the very first
in every good word and work ; but instead of this
we find them to be perpetual clogs upon every scheme
of national amelioration and improvement. But they
do not even teach the religion for which they are
so greatly overpaid. They keep the people grossly ig-
norant : they support bad laws : they administer bad
justice : they make common cause with the persecutor
and oppressor. " They are ready to fight," says John
Milton, " and if it lay in their power to massacre all
good Christians under the names of horrible schismatics;
for only finding fault with their temporal dignities, their
unconscionable wealth and revenues, their cruel authority
over their brethren that labour in the word, while they
snore in their luxurious excess : openly proclaiming
themselves now in the sight of all men to be those which
for a while they sought to cover under sheep's clothing,
ravenous and savage wolves, threatening inroads and
bloody incursions upon the flock, which they took upon
them to feed, but now claim to devour as their lawful
prey."
The clergy should beware in time. They have hitherto
been far too ready on every occasion to show their hos-
tility to the rights and privileges of the people. The
consequence has been, that the great mass of the people
now regard the Church with feelings of indifference and
contempt. It is already thoroughly sapped and under-
mined in the opinions of men ; and the clergy may de-
pend upon it that their present conduct is only hasten-
ing on the day when it will be openly attacked in the
laws of the country. , And, as with an aristocracy, a
Church that has once lost the affections of the people, is
like a tree dead at the root, which is only the more easily
torn up by the winds the higher its branches have
spread.—Leeds Times.

RICHARD SAVAGII LEAVES
„ SCHOOL.

I had seen four years under the tutelage of Bur-
ridge, when one day Ludlow made his appearance before
him, with a mournful seriousness of aspect. I was called
into the room.

" Come hither, Dick," said Burridge, beckoning me
towards them. '‘‘ Here's your friend—friend? ah, well!
no matter —here's Ludlow come to take you away
from me."

" At Lady Mason's- command," interposed Ludlow,
" but much against my will,—had I a right to express it."
" Humph!' granted. Burridge. " Why, Sir, I haven't
half done with him yet. I want to introduce him to a
few Greek gentlemen of my acquaintance, very reserved
people, who require much respect and attention before
one can become intimate with them. I don't think I'll
let him go. Look you, Ludlow: I designed him for
Cambridge, by way of compensation for a certain block-
head they were troubled with some five and twenty years
since. I'll tell you what ; I'll lend him—mark, I'll lend
him to Lady Mason for one month ; if, at the expiration
of that period, he be not forthcoming, look to it ; or
rather, look for me ; to London up come I, trundling ;
wliip him under my arm, and away with him, to be heard
of once apin"—here Burridge nodded his head signifi-
cantly—" when his father appears to claim him."
Ludlow was greatly distressed. "I am sure, Lady
Mason," stammering—" the friendly interest you
take in Richard's welfare—the uncommon—a—a—the—
but I must obey my orders." This last he brought out
hastily, but with an effort.
" Ah well!" returned Burridge, " must—ugly word ;
I never liked it. Can't' and ' must' are the two devils
that claw out the eyes of "
" Servants are not free agents," returned Ludlow.
" They are not, Mr. Burridge," he repeated, almost ve-
hemently. observing that the ether shook his head.
"Ah ! well—a pity !" said Burridge.
" Let me entreat," cried Ludlow, " as well for the sake
of Lady Mason as of Richard, that you will take no
steps at present to discover what it is so necessary should
remain concealed. Why do I ask this? not for myself,
but for his sake, first ; for Lady Mason's, second ; for
my own, last."
Glibly spoken," remarked Burridge. " What say
you, Richard—Freeman?"
I answered that I had the fullest confidence in Lud-
low ; that I was assured he meant all for the best ; and
I suggested that very likely Lady Mason had recalled me
so abruptly for the purpose of disclosing all she knew of
my birth.
This speech had a sensible effect upon Ludlow. He
was embarrassed.

"It is but for a time," he said. "I, at least, design
that all shall one day be explained."
" Enough of this perversion of the gift of speech,—a.
truce to this mysterious mouth-work!" exclaimed Bur-
ridge. " This boy will prove an (Edipus for your
Sphinx, I doubt not. Should you require my assistance,
Dick, you know where to find me. I leave you to him,
Sir, for the present," turning to Ludlow, " and indeed it
is no business—although I make it a concern—of mine.
Go, and take leave of your friends, and of your enemies
—for I suspect you have acquired both in this our micro-
cosm."

" Here, Dick!" exclaimed Burridge, as I re-entered his
studyt," Ludlow and luggage are waiting for you. Let
me see ; you are now upon fifteen years of age ; four
years have you and I been very, good friends. Four
times forty—one hundred and sixty. Surely I can
spare you two out of one hundred and sixty guineas.
Buy a Horace, Dick, with one of them.. Horace! so
easily construed—so difficult to translate I And, mark';,
don't listen to what the fools tell you about Sallust ; his
style is a fine one. And never believe that Virgil was
so much grsater than Ovid. Nosey had as much poetry
in him as the Mantuan. And always think for yourself
—and do think, and think of ine sometimes. And—
There, go!"
I kissed the good man's hand reverently, and grate-
fully expressed my obligations for his care, his kindness,
and his affection.

" fish !" said he, looking up at the ceiling. " Away
with him, Ludlow. Dick, you take with you the last
corner of my heart. You have a right to it, you dog !
You found it when I thought I had none left. I shall
see you when I come to London during the holidays."
He shook Ludlow warmly by the hand. "My honest
friend, let this boy be fairly treated—fairly—openly.
What the deuce ! Who is his coxcomb of a father ?"
" He will be treated well, Sir," said Ludlow.

Burridge pointed to his heart.
" Upon my honour, all will be done for the best—all
is for the best!'

"There I believe you," returned Berridge.--" Richard
Savage," in Bentley s Miscellany for July.

AN ENGLISH TRAVELLER.—" You may
know him by the quantity and variety of his luggage,
by every ingenious contrivance for comfort (alas ! com-
fort implies 'fixture), impregnable English trunks, tra-
velling bags, dressing-eases, eased provisions for all the
possible wants that civilisation generates, and all in
travelling armour. There is no flexibility about an
Englishman, no adaptation to circumstances and exigen-
cies. Ho must stand forth, wherever he goes, the im-
personation of his island-home. I said his luggage be-
trayed him ; I run sure his face and demeanour do.
muscles are in a state of tension, his nerves seem to bo
on the outside of his coat, his eyebrows are in motion ;
he looks, as'my friend says she felt when she first came
to such a place as this, • as' if all the people about her
were rats his voice is quick and harsh, and his words
none of the sweetest, so' that you do not wonder the
Continental people have fastened on him the descriptive
sobriquet of ' Monsieur God d--n,' "—Miss Bedwieh'a
Letters front Abroad.
It is understood that the Queen was so pressed
upon and crowded on Sunday week, as she
_passed from
the orangery on to the private terrace at Windsor, by
the throngs that were in the gardens, that her Majesty
came to the determination not to promenade amongst the
public as heretofore. It must be admitted that her Ma-
jesty is frequently subjected to annoyances of this de-
scription, from the unruly portion of the strangers who
visit the gardens and new terrace on Sundays.7Couricr.
In the different lists of the Tory appointments
which are handed about we do not find the RAMO of Mr.
Bradshaw in the hlonsehold, nor that of Mr. Roby. Nor
do we hear that the Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole is to he
one of the Court Chaplains. How are these extraordi-
nary omissions to be accounted for ? Can such services
be forgotten in the hour of success ?—Examiner.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. BA.INES.—The public
breakfast to Mr. Baines, at the Bell Hotel, on Friday, was
numerously and respectably attended, the Rev. E. INiall in the
chair. About two hundred, among whom was a large sprink-
ling of ladies, sat down on the occasion. The meeting was ad-
dressed by the Revd!. G. Legge, J. E. Giles (of Leeds), .1,
P. Martell, J. Webb (of Arnesby), Toiler (of Harborough),
and Mr. Childs (of Bungay ), &c. &e. A splendidly bound
Bible was presented to Mr. Baines by the chairman, who re-
turned thanks for the testimonial of respect thus shown to him
in an appropriate speech. The meeting broke up about two
o'clock.—Leicester Chronicle.
The Floating Island in Derwent Lake, Keswick
mineralogist.shect°f 'The last appearance
water,
was on the 19th inst. discovered above the placid sur-
cfaecleeborfattelid"gtirdp arlinT
of this phenomenon, we believe, was in the months of
July and August, 1837, by Mr. Wright, the

THE LATE ELECTIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I have lately returned from a tour in the north,
and in my course having visited several families when
the principals have, been actively engaged in the business
if the late elections. I have become more than ever con-
vinced of the impossibility of ascertaining the real sense
of the country on questions submitted to its judgment,
till the voter shall be protected by the great measure of
the Ballot. In repeated instances which have come to
:ny knowledge men have been literally carried to the
poll in such a state of intoxication that they could not
walk without support, and were scarcely able to utter
the names of the candidates they had been prevailed on
to vote for. An argument I have been constantly met
with in my advocacy of the necessity of secret voting
has been, that if it were in force this class of men
could never be induced to take the trouble of going to
the poll, as no candidate would pay for the mere pro-
nise, when it would be impossible for the voter to prove
its fulfilment, and that thus the constituency would be
much diminished. Surely nothing stronger can be
urged in favour of any system than that it would ex-
clude those who have no opinion to express, from ex-
pressing an opinion on the most vital of all subjects, the
government of tho country. In many of the, recent con-
tests in the cities and boroughs, where the elections have
been carried by such trifling majorities, it is this very
class who, without any other reason than that they
have been paid for it, have decided the fate of the candi-
dates, and virtually returned the Members. When we
connect with this fact another, no less indisputable,
namely, that numbers of electors abstain altogether from
voting, knowing that they will sustain injury from the
conscientious exercise of their privilege, I think no mind
unbiassed by party prejudices can come to any other
conclusion than that, under the present system, it is im-
possible the honest opinion of the constituency can be
expressed.
Your steady and patriotic support of the popular cause
has induced me to hope you. might not judge the above
remarks unworthy a corner in your invaluable paper.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
London, July 26. J. S. P.

MI,I,LERS, BAKERS, AND LORD
STANLEY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-I feel grateful, as every one of our fraternity
must feel, for your able strictures in defending the poor
millers and bakers from the unjust assaults of my Lord
Stanley, who, if he had known the ruinous losses to which
we are unavoidably subject in our trade with the bakers
in the rural districts, in consequence of their supplying
the agricultural labourers with bread and flour to keep
them from starvation, would have paused before he
brought into public odium a respectable class of trades-
men to serve a political triumph. Yes, my Lord Stanley,
the millers are the very people who, without any " pro-
tection," enable the farmer to pay his rent, which he
could not do with all his protection if we did not stand in
the gap between him and the consumer
My Lord should have known true nobility of charac-
ter consists in the support of a manly dignity on all oc-
casions, and if he could not have spoken a word in favour
of the helpless and unprotected, it would have been more
generous of him to have lost his election than to have
won it at the expence of truth. If these virtues are
lightly esteemed by the privileged orders who force
themselves forward to be legislators, how can they expect
the plebeians can have that;confidence in them which their
station should command ?

The bare idea of the monopolists taking office with
their large " pinehbelly" majority has already produced
a lucky change in the wheat market. The very demon of
selfishness could not have wished it more effective to his
heart's content.* What we are to expect when these
wiseacres realize power is not for us to divine ; their
darling object, the sliding scale, the climax of their legis-
lative wisdom, is at the present moment in splendid ope-
ration. Here we are on the very borders of a famine in
wheat, the vital support of life ; and we could well afford
at the present time to pay Bs., 10s., or even 12s. per quar-
ter duty on foreign wheat to keep us on until harvest,
and thus replenish the Exchequer. But " No," say the
monopolists, " you shall have it before the time you do
not want it ;" that is, when the duty is nominal, and the
produce of our own new harvest comes to hand, you
shall have an overwhelming quantity to fill our own
pockets. Then follows a recurrence of a derangement 3f
the currency ; the little farmer almost ruined, for he
must sell early ; the agricultural and commercial inte-
rest of the nation shook to its very centre. All this may
serve as sport for the monopolists, but it must eventually
end in death to the country. Their blindness is equal
to Egyptian darkness, whose hearts are hardened, that
they will not let go the freedom of trade from cruel bond-
age, until the plagues of Egypt come upon them.

Yours, &c.
A LARGE SOUTH COUNTRY MILLER.

July 24, 1841.
it. The price of wheat has advanced in our markets 10s. to
141. per quarter since the result of the elections has been
known

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, July 26.
HARMAN AND OTHERS V. JONES AND OTHERS,

This case came before the Court upon motion, for
.he discharge of an order made by the Vice-Chancellor,
f.;rantin, an injunction restraining the defendants, who
Are the Commissioners of Sewers for the metropolitan
districts, from issuing a precept for summoning a Jury
to assess the value of certain land between Bartholomew-
lane and Threadneedle-street, on part of which it is in-
tended to build the new premises for the Sun Fire-office.
The arguments were not concluded when the Court
rose.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, July 25.
ELDERTON v. PETERS.

The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed,
and concluded to-day. The only question in the case
was, whether a gentleman named Bebb should pay the
costs of a suit instituted by him in the name of a person
called Julian Peters, that individual, having no existence
in fact.

His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR, at the close of
the arguments, gave judgment, directing that Mr. l3ebb
should not pay the costs of the suit, the Court acquitting
him of all blame, believing that the suit was instituted by
him in consequence of misrepresentations.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, July 26.
BAIL CASES.

Three town and seven country bail cases were on the
list, in the trial of which no features of public interest
appeared.

IN RE GEORGE CONWAY MONTAGUE, ESQ.
Mr. Woodroffe opposed the discharge of the insolvent
on the part of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rudd. It appeared
that his liabilities amounted to upwards of 23,000/., and,
although possessed of large property, the assets available
to his creditors were unequal to pay even a penny in the
pound. In the year 1827 he was first arrested, and re-
mained in prison until the present time, this being his
first application to be discharged. He was subjected to
a long examination, in which he stated that he had lost
considerable sums of money " at play" with various per-
sons—to one person named Russell, who was a fellow-
prisoner with him in the Queen's Bench, he lost upwards
of 1,0001. He also stated that he had received consider-
able sums of money from a person named Flight, and
had by means of wine warrants, taken in consideration of
acceptances, raised upwards of 6,0001. The insolvent
supported his application in person.
During the examination the following curious dialogue
took place :

Mi. Woodroffe—Lookino•b at your schedule, Mr. Mon-
tagu, I should suppose that you imagine yourself a victim
of imprisonment for debt ? Insolvent—l do, indeed, Sir.

Woodroffe—Have you not received, since you
have been in prison, the sum of 26,500/. ? Insolvent—
No, Sir, not so much.

Mr. Woodroffe—Look to your special balance-sheet.
Insolvent—l paid 4,8001. law costs in a Chancery suit.
My estates involved property to the amount of 200,0001.
and odd.

Mr. Woodroffe—l see from your schedule that you
have won at "play," from 1827 to 1841, the sum of 1,5001.
Insolvent—l lost 1,000/. by play in prison.
Mr. Woodroffe—Then you found some clever fellows
in prison, eh ?
The insolvent looked at the Learned Counsel, and
then at the Learned Commissioner, and made protesta-
tions as to his motives.
Mr. Woodroffe—What did you lose by cards ? In-
solvent-3,5001.

A long examination then took place as to the disposal
of 6,000 he had recovered in one sum whilst in prison.
He was questioned whether he had not received it consi-
derable sum with his first wife, to which he answered in
the negative, for she had only one gown, &c. ; and as to
the little boy that was before marriage.—(Roars of laugh-
ter.) She was only a carpenter's 'daughter. He had
married, since, a Miss Campbell.
Mr. Robins, solicitor, stated that the insolvent's pro-
perty had been valued at 210,000/., which property wqs
situate in Wiltshire. His life interest had been valued
by Mr. Morgan;lhe actuary, at 30,000/. He stated
that Mr. Flight got 18,000/., by raising annuities, and
the insolvent nothing, as the charges swallowed up all.
Mr. Robins denied he was a debtor to the insolvent's
estate.

Mr. George Padmore opposed in person, and proved a
debt of 5001. He (the creditor) was formerly a draper in
Bond-street, but was now himself a prisoner for debt.
The insolvent said he did not owe the debt, and
denied that he had lost with Russell, the celebrated
gambler, a few years since, so much as 1,8001. in the
Queen's Bench.
Mr. Woodroffe, in aggravation of the duration of re-
mand, suggested to the Court that this was one of those
cases calling most strongly for its reprobation. The in-
solvent had property, but chose to remain in prison, and
thus defraud his creditors, to the injury not only of their
interest but likewise of his own. When he first went to
prison his property was such that he could have easily
met his liabilities with more than 40s. in the pound ; and,
under all the circumstances of the case, he trusted that
the Court, by its decision, would mark its reprobation of
the insolvents conduct.

The Learned COMMISSIONER said he was sorry to
be compelled to remand a person of the insolvent's ex-
treme age—[he seemed upwards of 70 years of age]--
for a period so much longer than what was usual with
the ordinary run of cases occurring in the Court, but he
felt that a sense of public justice demanded it. Since the
first time he occupied the Commissioner's seat, so tla,grant
a case as that now before him had never come under h.s
cognizance ; and, notwithstanding the length of tinge
which the insolvent had been previously confined, he felt
himself bound to order a further term of imprisonment
for two years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE. '

THE ALLEGED ORIGINAL PROJECTOR OF THE RAIL-
ROAD SYSTEM IN ENGLAND.—Mr. Hobler, junior, who
was accompanied by Mr Rangeley, the engineer, Mr.
James, and several other gentlemen, stated to the
Lord Mayor that he appeared before his Lordship
ou the part of the family of the late Mr. James, Of
Bodmin, land agtnt
,and, civil engineer,. to whose
ex-
ertions as the original projector and surveyor of
the Manchester and Liverpool, Central Union, Lon-
don and Brighton, and many other railroads, the
public were principally indebted for the establishment of
the present system of railroad conveyance in this and
other countries. The late Mr. James (several years
having intervened before the Bills passed both Houses of
Parliament, for the three first-mentioned railroads), pro-
ceeded with the surveys of many of the principal lines
now in existence, on some of which he published his re-
ports. He was enthusiastic in the cause of this grand
scheme of national communication by locomotive engines,
and in its early stages was the mainstay and agitator of
the-system, under the painful opposition and prejudick
then existing in the public mind; and his ample fortune,
together with the settlements made on his sons and
daughters, were severally given up, and expended in
public improvements, in patents,texperiments, and sur-
veys for the promotion of the great work, whereby his
family had been left without patrimony. His claims had
long since been acknowledged, but he did not think Of
remuneration, as the importance of the railway system
was but imperfectly understood. Now, however, that it
was universally adopted and appreciated, it Was sub-
mitted that these claims should be acknowledged by a
liberal testimonial to his family. In consequence of the
report that the friends of Mr. James's family were deter-
mined to exert themselves on the occasion, some indi-
viduals were going round the country with applications
for contributions for a national testimonial, and had
already obtained a considerable sum of money without
the sanction of the family, who considered that on such
an occasion the best course they could pursue was to
represent the circumstances to the Lord Mayor, and to
request his aid in preventing the.continuance of such a
scheme of raising money.

The LORD MAYOR said he was convinced the moot
effectual mode of prevention would be by publication Of
the circumstance as extensively as possible
Mr. Hobler, jun., said that the conduct. of thOse who
were receiving the money under false pretences,' might
be considered a sort of nominal imposition.
Mr. Rangeley said the high merits and claims of the
late Mr. James were well known to the scientific men 'of
this country ; and that it would be desirable if those
who had subscribed would publish the names of the
parties to whom they had handed their contributions, Or
hand them in to the Committee about to be organized tbr
carrying the views of the friends of the family of the late
railroad projector into effect. _

The gentlemen then thanked the Lord Mayor and re-
tired.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—The Lord Mayor stated that
he had received a letter on the subject of the treatment
of animals in Smithfield, deserving, in his opinion, the
immediate consideration of those who had the manage-
ment of business in that market. He thought as the
new regulations of Smithfield were under the considera-
tion of the Common Council at the present time, the
subject could not be more appropriately introduced. The
letter was as follows

" Aly Lord,—Myself, hi conjunction with a very nu-
merous circle of female acquaintances, do most earnestly
implore you to use the very great interest and power
you possess in behalf of the poor suffering beasts taken
to Smithfield Market, and where I am creditably in-
formed they are kept from twelve to eighteen hours
without one drop of water to moisten their parched
throats ; nor even in going to and fro do their merciless
drovers allow them to drink a few drops of kennel
water, but goad them on their way, their tri-
fling wants unheeded. SUrely, my Lord, you have,
on some occasions, felt that most dreadful torture aris-
ing from intense thirst. Consider, then, what must be
the agony those poor innocent and helpless beasts en-
dure ; and not only the cruelty, but the exceeding mis-
chief that result from it, the poor bullock frequently be-
coming infuriated, and the sheep falling down, as if
dead, from utter exhaustion ; both of which, in most in-
stances, might be avoided by a supply of water in the
market. It seems the superintendant of the market says
it is quite unnecessary. Probably this gentleman has
never felt the effect of scorching fever, and certainly not
from too much humanity to the brute creation, other-
wise this crying evil would have been remedied years
since. lie may, perhaps, object on the score of expense,
but this might easily be rectified by the very simple
method of buyer and seller each paying one halfpenny
or, at the most, one penny per head, on all cattle taken
to the market. Allow me, my Lord, to hope that yon
have as much inclination as power, and that you will
exert both in advancing this most essential object, and
by the doing of which your name must for ever stand
high on the records of mercy and humanity. In the
fervent prayer that you will patiently consider the im-
portant subject of our petition, we beg to subscribe our-
selves your Lordship's most obedient servants."
" The remark as to the payment by the buyer and seller
was judiciously mentioned in a most humane paragraph,
addressed to the editor of the Mammy Herald a few
days back, and which I have very great reason to sus-
pect was written by one of the most able statesmen and
philanthropists of the present day."

This letter, which was in a female's hand-writing,
expresses feelingly what • has ' been written to every
Lord Mayor who has sat in the chair for the last ten
years at least, and the 'subject has been noticed in the
press as often. It is to be hoped -that the suggestion.
his Lordship's correspondtnt will be attended to in the
next Court of COMmon Council, when the new rules are
to be brought forward.