The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-16 00:00:00

INSTABILITY OF DISSENT.

Mr. G. C. Smith, minister of a dissenting chapel at
Hackney, well known as" Boatswain Smith," has pub-
lished in the Sailors' Magavine, of which be is the Edi- j
tor, some remarks on the subject of the Church and
Dissent, from which we make the following extracts :
In travelling last spring, I was very sorry to see a
youth at the door of a Dissenting chapel, with a pe..
titian, and pen and ink and table, for any one to sign
against Church Extension. This is an awful speci-
men of the warfare carried on. There are evils in the
Church, and there are also ten thousand evils ameagst
D.ssenters. Worldly-mindedness, pride, self-interest, and
party feeling, seem to reign among a vast mass of minis-
ters and people. The Aristocracy of Dissent look with
scorn upon their less wealthy, less elevated, and less in-
fluential brethren ; so that a plain, humble, Baptist mi-
nister, who is not one of the great and rich of his d no-
mination, but a hard-working, pains-taking, useful man,
called yesterday, and said he thought we ought to have
a Dissenting Ministers' Protection Society, to defend
the humble working class of ministers from the per-
secutions and prejudices of persons of all descriptions
amongst Dissenters who are so exalted and imperious.
I should be most happy to form such a society ; it would
be a severe check, especially upon all who make a trade
of religion, as many thousands now do. In conversa-
tion with this minister we examined Lambeth and the
borough of Southwark, in order to see what were the
scenes exhibited of the blessing of God upon the violent
proceedings of Dissenters. First, Holland Chapel,
Brixton ; here Dr. Styles preached. Dr. S. has been
removed from this to a small chapel, and the Chapel is
now taken and occupied by the Church of England.
Second, Vauxhall Chapel ; Rev. Mr. Moor. Alas!
this has also been deserted, and is now advertised as

" St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel." Third, Kennington
Chapel ; Rev. Mr. Hunt. This is also given up by
Dissenters, and has now exhibited on its front, as vou
come from Kennington-common, " Episcopal Chapel."
Fourth, London-road Chapel ; Rev. Mr. Harper. This
now belongs to the Church of England, and I rejoice to
know that it is well supplied by that pious and zea-
lous teetotaller, the Rev. J. F. Witty. Fifth, Vent-
lam Chapel, near Bethlem Hospital, Kennington-
road ; this was built by the. Rev. Mr. Lacy. It has
long since been given up, and has, I understand, been
set apart for the Church by the Bishop of Winchester.
Besides this, the Temperance Hall, near the Elephant
and Castle, was a dissenting chapel, hut, being relin-
quished, it is now taken as a ball. And sixth, Lant-
street-chapcl, Borough, where the Rev. Mr. Cart-
wright used to preach, has long since been converted
into a broker's warehouse and shop, for furniture.
Really these are alarming symptoms. But what I most
lament is, that Dr. Rippon's large chapel, of Carter-
lane, Tooley-street, and Dean-street Chapel, Tooley
street, are both pulled down for the railway ; and,
from London-bridge to Dockhead, alangshore, with all
the tiers of shipping, I have seen no substitute in that
most dense and important sea-faring locality. Of this
I am confident, that unless Dissenters have some more
humble, pious, conscientious, working, kind-hearted,
condescending man at the head of their affairs in London,
they will have to write " Ichabod," or glory departed,
upon themselves."
METHODIST DESERTERS.—In .a great connection
like ours, many members necessarily change their place
of residence in the course of a year, and the schedules of
nearly all the circuits show a considerable deficit in mem-
bers received as compared with those that are removed.
The The benefits of Christian fellowship are invaluable under
any circumstances, but they are particularly so when we
have to dwell among strangers. We arc, therefore, at a
loss fully to account for the fact that so ina
should,
people who manifest great esteem for the means qf grace
when at home and surrounded by friends
n
note
of a distance, neglect to apply for the usual "
of removal." Leaving their respective neighbourhoods
to the
without this, they lay therescives open to suspicion
and, as hun.
deprive themselves of an honourable introduction ; they
ministers of the place where they settle ;
drcds of instances annually prove, they run ' o.reat laz
of sinking into a state of estrangement from God, and
the ordinances of His house. This, brethren, is unpro-
fitable for you, and it is grievous to us.—illehodist
Con-
ference.

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The Rev. W. H. Brookfield, LA,, curate of
All Saints, Southampton, who has been appointed to the
curacy of St. James's, Piccadilly, has been presented by
his congregation with a splendid service of plate, a suit
of robes, and a purse of money, as a testimony of ad.meroi
tion of his unceasing devotion to the pastoral
ycleuftaire
of
the parish, especially in administering to the_
tehdeuepaotoior,n.and actively promoting the cause of Scriptural
The ballad of " Gondolier Rovv,"3 suns by
bayt
Madame Vestris in The Greek Boy, !e new
cumin.
Covent-garden Theatre, meets with nightly

C. 8., a well-known and gal-
Captain Bowles, R.N.,
lant officer, who says of himself, that during for t}-four
years' service he has been more constantly in command
than any other of his rank or standing, has just pub-
lished a pamphlet on the subject of Manning the Navy.
The subject is so important, that we shall make cop
extracts from the pamphlet, with a view of allowing rbc
Gallant Officer to cxpLin his own views :
" Nothing can be more primitive and defective then
our present mode ot proceeding.
" A ship is required to relieve another for foreign
service. She is selected, reported ready for commis-
sine, the captain and officers are
.appomted, and then
volunteers a; c advertised for—they cony! s:only and
uncertainly ; if the ship is a large one tire men will n,t
enter until the heaviest part of the work of fitting
completed ; the equipment
proceeds slowly and car,_
lessly, because energy and rapidity are impracticable.,
but even then those who enter first feel they are unfairly
worked, and the seeds of discontent and desertion are
sown at the very commencement of their service.
" Three or sometimes four months thus „ass away
before the ship's complement is complete, and in tl.e
meanwhile little progress is made in discipline or in-
struction. She at last sails for her destination, and re-
lieves a ship, which, having been three or kur years ea
active service, is, or ought to be, in a high state ot effi-
ciency, but on its arrival in England it is dismantled,
the officers and crew are paid oft and discharged ; and
we thus proceed on the plan of perpetually creating and
as perpetually destroying what we have with so much
labour and expense endeavoured to obtai•.l—an effective
ship of war.

The objections to this mode of proceeding are so
numerous, but at the same time so obvious, that they
will at once suggest themselves to my readers.
" To the economists the improvident expense of
keeping a ship intended to relieve another three or
four months in commission before she can proceed, %cid
be sufficiently striking ; while professional men, who
view a ship also as a school for the rising generation,
in which not only mere seamanship, but the higher
qualities of energy, promptitude, and resource are to
be taught, contemplate with anxiety and regret a slow
and slovenly system, calculated rather to damp end
deaden activity and exertion, and to train up the youLg
beginner in exactly the way in which he ought not to
walk, and wholly at variance with the first principles
of all warlike establishments, discipline, activity, and
instruction.

" My leading proposition is to consider a Reserve
of, at least, 4MOO or 5,000 men for home service indis-
pensably necessary.
" The supply of seamen so little exceeds the demand
for them, and that demand is so large and increasing,
not only in the British Empire, but in almost every
quarter of the habitable globe (the United States, South
America, Australia, and India absorbing very consider-
able numbers), that, except we have foresight and ar-
rangement enough to secure a stock in hand (if I may
so express myself), we shall always be exposed to the
greatest difficulty and danger on any emergency where
circumstances ut•sy, perhaps, render our having recourse
to impressment impolitic or unjustifiable, although the
necessity for a reinforcement to some foreign station, or
an increase at home, may be extremely pressing.

" The number of men I recommend keeping as a
permanent reserve, large as it may at first sight appear,
would be barely sufficient to equip a respectable squa-
dron for the protection of our coasts and commerce, and
to enable the Board of Admiralty to commence a course
of exercise and instruction afloat, which has been too
long postponed and discontinued. Few officers of the
rising generation have ever witnessed the evolutions of
a fleet, or received any practical education in nasal
tactics. Our foreign squadrons are so constantly sepa-
rated,and so widely detached for the protection of trade,
that it is scarcely possible ever to assemble them, and
it is therefore principally at home, where no other coe-
! siderations should be allowed to interfere, that this most
important part of the education of every officer can be
carefully attended to.
" The result of the proposed arrangement would be,
that instead of six nominal ships stationed at Sheer-
ness, Devonport, and Portsmouth, but unmanned and
wholly ineffective, we should have six fully manned, dis-
c'plined, efficient, and ready at twenty-four hours' notice
to proceed to any part of the world ; while an equal
number of frigates might be kept in the same state of
preparation for any service not requiring ships of th•
line.

" Our Naval Arsenals, instead of being, as they now
are, schools of idleness, in which officers arc allowed to
serve out their sea time (as it is called) without ever
seeing an anchor weighed or a sail set, would then
become excellent depots of instruction, and there ap-
pears to be no reason why the routine of toicign servico
might not be taken by the whole Navy in commission,
shortening the periods of absence, especially in un-
healthy climates, and withdrawing our younger officers,
as far as might be practicable, from the temptations to
extravagance and dissipaf.on, inseparable from a let';-
[ confinement at Malta or Lisbon.

" If the system on which the Army recruit was morn
closely followed, volunteers would be raised for the
Navy much more rapidly and satisfactorily ; a more
respectable set of officers and men would perform this
service with greater credit to themselves and their pro-
fession. Pensioners carefully selected and encouraged,
exhibiting in their own persons the reward of long ser-
vice and good conduct, would be the best class of men
(under proper officers) for this purpose ; and if my
suggestions shall be thought worthy of attention, - I se,
no reason why tall, active young landsmen, between 13
and 22, and not under sft. 7in., should not be admitted
into the Reserve, and raised in the inland districts as
well as at the seaport towns.

Six months of instruction and discipline at Ports-
mouth, Devonport, or Sheerness, would make these
very useful men, especially when the want of st►ength in
our ships' companies during peace is considered, the
merchant service taking the most powerful men, and re-
fusing the small ones. We see how well oir new sys-
tem of taking boys answers, and how soon they beccine
valuable seamen, but this might be still further im-
proved, by haviag at each port a small frigate fitted on
the plan of the Marine Society's ship at Deptford, with
guns and sails, in which the boys might be better looked
after, and receive some schooling, and where the young
landsmen might also be sent to improve themselves,
when exercising on board their own ships was incon-
venient.

It is very interesting to observe how soon the Ma-
rine Society boys, few of whom have ever seen a ship
in their lives, become extremely smart in crossing top-
gallant yards, furling and reefing sails, &c. ; and there
is not the least reason to suppose that lads of the ago
I rezommend would not, under proper care, and. with
sufficient instruction, make an equal progress. I do not
mean to assert that a good seaman would not be pre-
ferable ; but as the merchant service gives higher wages
to this class of men than we can (or choose) to offer,
we must endeavour to manufacture for ourselves an in-
ferior article, if we cannot afford to pay the full price
for the best."

The suggestions of the Gallant Officer are good as
far as they go ; Lut the Navy will never be raised to
its proper pitch in the estimation of our people till the
man-stealini, practice of impressment be publicly
branded, andi' for ever prohibited. After that has been
done, pay the men well, and seamen will be as abundant
as any other class of labourers.

Professor Wheatstone, the inventor of the elec-
tricatern Railway, is at present in Brussels, where he has been
e.
telegraph which is now at work on ;he Greath sWheastn-
trying introduced riondsuoc esdi m ipnl i
ff.;
..s
• his apparatus, that lie has reduced the number of wires
apparatus.
nATrv. Wheatstone improvements has ho
succeededha
nig
employed to two. They are covered with caoutchouc,
and enclosed in tubes; the principal thing to be attended
to, is to protect them from wet. The great objection
which had been previously made to these telegraphs was
the difficulty of repairing the wires in case any should be
broken or damaged, as it was supposed it would not ha
possible to tell where the fracture was. This difficulty Las
now been obviated by means of a small carriage moved
along the line of the telegraph. The place where the
defect lies is indicated by a magnetic needle, which
changes its position the instant it arrives at the part
where the connection is broken, He has been repeating
his experiments at the Brussels Observatory, in the pte-
senca of many scientific men.—lnventors' Advocate.
A TAILOR'S INFERNAL MACHINE.—Gia-
como Bniolini, an Italian tailor, residing in a small town
near Berlin, was a man of brutal and vindictive character,
but for a tim.: so far mastered his nature as to induce a
young woman of the countiy to marry him. The honey-
moon, however, waned before its time, and all the sweets
were turned into bitterness. Benolini treated his wife 7itti.
su, h cruelty that she was forced to sue him for a sepaarastpiota_
Tile parties net in Court, and sentence of divoaracceadw
to
the
nouncei. Upon this Benolini suddenly advanced
land addressing
which he hal concealed under his cloaha
had delivered their
table in the middle of the Court, placed on it va
small barrel
himself to the Judges, declared that tli
explode; and, gun-
powder, which he would instantlyov
er his infernal machine
pro-
ducing a fl itt and steel, begahnitao,,con
the ground floor, the
own flea' judgment, for that the barreleywas filled with
with sparks. Tee Conrt e
pell-mell from the windows
scrambling infuriated tailor to
at once seen
log the
as wed as the doors,
judges, counsel, plaintiff,
leaving
barrel, however, was well
blow up himself alone. witnesses, and audience, were
remained untouched, time enough tek
sparks, the contents
being brought, which deluged the
admit of afire-engineiio
was afterwards seized and pinioned,
hooped, and though Benolini continued to shower his
tailor
s found to contain only same hemp-seed.
ithharwreattesrecured and examined ; when, instead of
gunpowder,• afterwards examined as to his motives for • this
On beingjoke, he said be only meant
va”aut joke.
extra b
for deckling against hits. They, however, turned
Judges
e are sorry to hear
tjB:uitt,li'c‘c'k.upojiti,Wbay cndemning him to two years' imprison-
ment.(FseEvSero liVnAcLumTelir)Vof the recent festival
pay about 1051. each., to mike
up the deficiency. The Clergymeres' Widow a'ad Orphan
that
a ItiiitetEr'eciftosEtredFwOwairitldDls nave
Society received the 9 t 1 amouut of the collections, free
0f all deductions, n y, 1,0291. 17s. 341.—. Musical
Journal.

EV_ENING EDITION.

PORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT NEWMAARET.

Thursday evening, Five o'clock.
PRENDERGAST STAKES.
to I agst Colonel Peel's Cameleon—taken
3 to I agst Captain Williamson's two—taken
4 -to 1 agst Captain Williamson's Mobarek—taken.

CAMBRIDGESIIIRA STAKES.
G to 1 against Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers
ti to 1 agst Mr. Eddison's The Ruler—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Clarion
8 tol agst Lord Albemarle's Janus
10 to 1 agst Mr. Beresford's Bub Peel
12 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Hesione
12 to 1 agst Mr. Sandiland's Nubian.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.

THURSDAY.

Handicap Plate of 100/. for thrce-yrs-old, &c. A. F.
Mr. St. Paul's Calyso, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Lyel I
..Mr. Shelley's Hellespont, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b
The following were not placed :_Lord Lynedoch's
Jeffy, 3 yrs, Bat 44 ; Mr. Booth's Isabella, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib;
Mr. F. Herbert's c by Long waist, out of Heron's dam,
4 yrs, 7st 71b ; Mr. Goodman's Colchicum, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb ;
Mc. Turner's Fitzambo, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; and Mr. Rogers's
Mad of Ipswich, 3 yrs, bit 81b. Betting 3 to 1 :apt
Jeffy, 4 to 1 agist BrJther to Prizeflower, 6 to 1 agst Col.
cb ionm, end Bto 1 agst Longwaist c. Von by a head.
Lord Exeter's Amurath, Bst 7lb (Darling), agst Mr.
reville's Perseus, Bat 2lb (Nat) D. M., 100, h ft. A
dead heat. Even betting. 20 to 1 laid several times in
the morning that it would not end in a dead heat.
The Town Plate of 50/. for three-year-olds, 7st 4113; four,
Bst 416 ; five, 83t 1 fib ; six and aged, 9st lib. T. M. M.
The winner to be sold for 2001, &c.
Mr. Key's Marialva, 3 yrs (Crouch) I
Mr. Rush's Sister to Pickwick, 4 yr*
The following were not placed :—Capt. Gardnor's
Bandboy, 5 ; Mr. Kingston's Appleton Lass; Mr.
Roger's Mistake, 3 yrs ; Duke of Bedford's Billow, 3 yrs ;
Mr. Shackell's ch c Cantle, 3 yrs; and Mr. Goodman's
Mungo Parke, 3 yrs.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Cantle, 7to 2 agst Mungo, 7to 2
agst Marialva (t.), and 4to 1 agst Bandboy. Won by a
head.

Previous to the races 3 to 1 was laid agst Dey of Algiers
for the Cambridgeshire Stake, 11 to 1 agst Cameleon for
the Derby, and 10 to 1 agst Kedge for the Oaks.

(Further particulars of the Sweepstakes and Cesare-
witch Stakes.)
Sweepstakm—Luey and the Percy colt laid in front to
the cords, when Wilderness went up and won cleverly by
a length. . . _

Cesarcwitch.—ln our account of the betting sent from
the heath we put Clarion at 10 to 1 ; it should have been
33 to 1, which was offered currently-100 to 3 had been,
we were informed, laid two or three times. The start
took place about half-past two o'clock, Perdita, The
Ruler, and Bosphorus going away in front,
.with Silis-
tria, The Corsair, and several others laid, a ruck of
six or eight others following, with Bloomsbury, Cla-
rion, and Isaac some lengths in the rear of all. Per-
dita succumbed to the pace at the ditch and fell astern,
leaving the lead in possession of I-am-not-aware, The
Ruler, Bosphorus, and Janus lying with him, Chifney and
Robinson (on Bloomsbury and Clarion) still observing
their " waiting" orders. The Corsair compounded shortly
before he reached the bushes, and immediately after The
Ruler disappeared from the front. I-am-not-aware and
Bosphorus went on with the running, followed by Fitzroy,
Calypso, Janus, King Cole, and one or two others, Isaac
getting nearer every stride. On reaching the cords only four
were left in the race, viz., I-am-not-aware, Bosphorus,
Bloomsbury, and Clarion, which ran nearly abreast until
within 20 yards of the Chair, when Robinson and Chifney
made a grand rush for victory, the former obtaining it in the
last stride by a neck only. I-am not-aware was not more
than half a length from Bloomsbury, and had a very
tr:fling advantage over Bosphorus ; Isaac was fifth, having
next bim Calypss, Isabella, Fitzroy, Janus, King Cole,
and two or three others; their relative positions we cannot
state. Perdita and Mcrvan were last. Bloomsbury's
performance at the weight was highly creditable to him,
and proves that his party had not overrated his powers.
The race also proves that the three-year-old horses of this
season, as a lot, arc decidedly bad, and that public running
is not to be relied upon. Clarion, it will be recollected,
ran a very moderate horse at Warwick, and was seldom, if
ever, mentioned in the betting up to half an hour before
starting. None of his party backed him. The stakes,
after the usual deductions, amountei to 010/.
Previous to the races the following blood stock was
sold :

The Duke of Grafton's Yearlings, &c. Guineas.
Colt by Divan, out of Hatfield's dam 165
Colt by Dr. Syn:ax, or St. Patrick, out of Nameless 28
Colt by Bizarre, out of Problem
Filly by Dr. Syntax, out of Zinc .50
Filly by Bentley. out of Pawn, jun.
Ottoman, 3 yrs, by Plenipo
The late Mr. Briskham's.
St. Cloud, by St. Nicholas 2BO
Henri Quatre. by Voltaire
Several of the Duke of Grafton's yearlings and some
other lots were bought in.