The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

RVENING EnITION.

TERECHT EIUM CLUB.
I~ECOMNIITTEE having taken the
MANSION in ST. JAMES'S-SQUARE, corner
of YORK-STREET lately in the occupation of the Earl of
Romney, for the CLUB-HOUSE of this Society, it will be
opened for the use of the Members as soon as the necessary
alterations are completed, of which due notice will be given.
(Signed) JOHN DEAN PAUL, Chairman.
Lin Sept. 18, 1840.

HARMER FOR MAYOR.
THE MEMBERS of the COURT of
EQUITY held at the RAM INN, west Smithfield,
ire requested t• MEET at the above house To-Moanow,
NATURDAY, at Seven o'Clock in the Evening precisely, for
the purpose of adopting the best means of SECURING the
ELECTION of Mr. ALDERMAN HARMER to the Office
_ Chief Magistrate of the City of London for the year ensuing.
BePt. 24 'lB4O. J. H. CONST, Hon. Secretary.

Al a PRELIMINARY MEETING of
held the FRIENDS of Mr. ALDERMAN HARMER,
at the Swan-with-Two-Necks, Lad-lane, this 24th of
el)ternber, 1840,
JOHN BLACKET, Esq., Deputy, in the Chair,
"itt was resolved—That a Public Meeting of Mr. Alderman
"flees Friends be held .at the London Coffee-house, Lud-
r•et gate-hill To-rnorrow (Friday, September 25), at Six for
Seven o'clock in the Evening, to adopt all requisite measures
.ayo securing the Election of Mr. Alderman Harmer as Lord
for the year ensuing.

Now read THE NEW NOVEL.
Y, and to be had of all Booksellers, and at all the
Libraries, in 3 vols. post Svo.,
TIE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE,
. _

A Story of the Present Day,
By MISS ELLEN WALLACE.
Richard Bentley, N'w Burlington-street.

tNT, THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
"ER ho MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS.
ho THIS EVENING, SEPT. 25.
repeated the New Play, in five Acts, written by James
Sheridan Knowles, Esq., entitled
John ,111,. BRIDE OF MESSINA.
(11 Procida, Mr. Moore ; Fernando, Mr. QaisAnderson
4110, Mr. Cooper ; Isoline, Miss Ellen Tree.
After which,
PATTER VERSUS CLATTER.
Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews.
To conclude with
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TWICE KILLED.
/Iry Euclid Facile, Mr. Keeley • Mr. Reckless, Mr. James
in.nS; Mrs. Facile, Miss Lee ; Julia, Miss A. Taylor.
• IQ
llty. A Saturday The Bride of Messina, with the Sleeping
Cirhess cl Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, Sc. 6d. ; First and Second
Is. Galler ; Second Price, '2.s. Gd. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price,
,±
ers to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
I,Tence at Seven o'Clock.
at thtkbeta and plates for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan,
Inay 671-Office frost Ten till Four, where Season Tickets
hi; Lad uponapplication.
167; Boxes to be had. o'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller,
Bond-street.

Cott ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
TrP ete triumh and dede success ot Mr.
Last two Kenne's New
fsetlY, entiptled " The Sicilian Vespers."nights
sPlendid Spectacle of " Jane of the Hatchet," in con-
L.,."ence of the production of " The Wreck of the Royal
`urge" on Monday next.
THIS EVENING. SEPT. 25.
Will be acted a New Tragedy, entitled
P THE SICILIAN VESPERS.
supported ty Messrs. Elton, Saville, Hughes, Neville, Iles-
i_and Johnson, Miss Grant, and Mrs. Vining.
After which the Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled
splendour, entitled
JANE OF THE HATCHET.
Supported by the entire strength of the Company,
and One Hundred Female Warriors.
To conclude with
THE ITALIAN HUSBAND.

OPYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
ERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY.
GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET
CHAMPETRES,
- _ ._

By Godfrey's unrivalled Band.
Ile vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, by
Denson—Breaking up of the Ice—Melting of the Snows—
lek.se and Departure of the Discovery Ship.
Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostic," or "Lime Light.
Eruption of Mountflecla, with increased magnificence.
ADMISSION ONE SHILLING.
• Feeding Hour of the Carnivora, Five o'Clock.
Concert at Five. Eruption at Eight.

O PONENTS.
Treatise on The CCORRES hronology and the Prophetical numbers of
the Bible" bas been received, and will be n3ticed in a few
days.

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LONDON:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1840.

'cart.. alo their principles the religious Tories are
iiytdi
tr
Q their war against Mr. Alderman
WaittitlllloEab
against bv disseminating false statements. They
t- beget in the Livery a feeling of horror
, there
able and m' as if he had committed some unpardon-
. have
t.h_e Livery
almost unmentionable offence, and they
i .;:ere.afore, endeavoured to impress a belief on
that
pestilence.
he is shunned by the whole press as
The Times on Tuesday first came out with the
Isaertinh ,
ulent
i-t-: and if it were true to the letter at the mo-
Zhe as written, it was immediately refuted by
the 2„,
Sun, and subsequently by the Advertiser. Bu. t
piv inn has never unsaid that assertion,
111 "it readers to believe that Alderman HARMER
and till
Ta 1,3•11(); t a single defender in the metropolitan press.
vv• 1:-5 dishonest in the Times ; but to bear false
it-ess against their neighbour, and to cheat those
^r who
confide in them, is one of the habitual practices
The
Tories.
it Slandat d, worse even than the Times, repeated
031 stateinent on Wednesday evening after it had been
b "rn to be false, both by The Sun and the Ad-
theser• For such conduct there can be no excuse,
ptiluig; h experience has taught us that it is what the
ho e have to expect from the Standard. It was
41 und to verify the assertion before making it ; the
pe:ns Were at hand, but it preferred stating a pal-
°f ,e untruth , because that would serve the cause
itelYisn'• On Tuesday The Sun, and on Wed-
hellY Morning the Advertiser, had ventured, on
2,4 igh ground of principle, to defend Mr. HA It •
114 all ; Yet on Wednesday evening the Standard
Yett the
following words ; and though admonished
retract erdaY morning of its error by the Advertiser, it
ed not last night, and continues to make
talisei, who are duped by it believe that Mr. HARM ER
,rhand no defender ;......
P,rets eet:tal refusal of any part of the metropolitanin
'Olted-ceePting the newspaper to which. he stands_
'tie '°r his present unenviable position, to takehups
to-441111kt in Mr. Alderman Harmer's behalf', has hil'uPelled 1,,_
trlt.,eondseribeducmtun ,
to enter into the elaborate defence of
and motives, which we have elsewhere
141-ielire' then, we bring home to those who assail
•
ooff
-11ke 11;4litmioeufts the charge that they do it by means
all "ad• They accuse him of countenancing
journal, and they ate guilty
agc '4ig
greater offence against morality and
their the principles of religion than all
fort,
hresearches have enabled them to drag
1 °llt the Dispatch. We have therefore no
ile4itat'or,
taut 1-- in
stigmatising their attachment to mo-
tipaY and religion as a mere hypocritical assump,-
creed bel.o.r teachers taught us to measure a man s
ei 1 Y his acts, and he who daily violates the prin-
AS ,e 8 of religion we boldly pronounce to be an in-
an unbeliever.
eil and
hy :111 all the quotations from the Dispatch made
of tL e Tines and the authors of the denunciation
' thin.e Livery, whoever they may be, there is, we
leska similar dishonesty, an attempt to create an im-
r_ sLon of horror in the minds of the reader which
of
irt
Nvarrarited. All which the Dispatch says
. tk._ °Y,,Iy, has been said in substance by PA-
re
filecaentl other writers ; and every one of the least
hay' n admits that abstractedly the notion of
ing a
sovereign Y°tlifulofmaaiden, or perhaps an idiot boy,
b'ttisttliceu
great country, is very absurd ;
have r stom and practice, and long prescription,
re and
the people to the anomaly, though
the L
Y nave taken care, by placing all real power in
ta_htiee.r:h,antidiastoifleiathPerarltihament and responsible Mini_
maiden nor the boys shall be
4._bia to WOrk any great mischief. The Dispatch
p'n,e:
le
familiarised these circumstances to the
~, 4 ns, but
- sio P e' it toay have used strong and coarse expres-
a man is not to be excluded from civic
' e:l"rs, which a life of exertion has merited, be..llse servant of his may express himself