The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-15 00:00:00

BANDS IN TIIg PARKS ON SUNDAYS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The author of the coup d'etat of the 2d Decem-
ber, on the other side of the " herring•pond," has found
a worthy coadjutor on this side, in the person of the
Premier. By a stroke of the pen the autocrat of Eng-
land has, as despotically as his "friend " the Emperor,
set at nought the wishes and wants of 258,000 of the
loyal subjects of her Majesty the Queen—at the sugges-
tion of a mitred prelate, who is paid 15,0001. per annum
for thus efficiently teaehing the value of the Christian
religion. At the conduct of the priest no one is sur-
prised, it is part and parcel of their calling to pace
heavy burthens on the shoulders of the poor ; but all are
astonished at the conduct of the man—whe forgets the
debt of gratitude due to that popular voice which placed
him where he is, despite the opposition of the Court and
Aristocracy. With such a vacillating man at the head
of affairs we cannot go to bed in safety. To-morrow,
upon opening our eyes, we,m4y,find ,R coup. d'etat against
the Liberty of the Press. --Why not 1 What right, had
Lord Pa'inerston to order the discontinuance 'of the
Bands playing on the Sunday without first taking the
sense of Parliament upon the subject ? Who reigns in
England—the Queen, or Exeter Hall ? This question
most be solved speedily. We have been warned that
our Constitution was on its trial, and some day the
poor old creature may disappear, upon the plea that a
new one was required. Let us watch narrowly the
workings of State and priestcraft, or we are in danger
of being handed over, bound. hand and foot, to the ten-
der mercies of a modern Protestant inquisition. Eng-
lishmen, your rights and privileges are in danger of
being wrested from you unless you give a "long pull, a
strong pull, and a poll altogether " at the rope which is
being craftily twined round your bodies and souls by
Exeter Hall and its braying trumpets of Zion.' " Arise,
awake, or be for ever fallen "—said the glorious Milton
—and show these despots that the ancient fire of a
Briton is not quenched within you, but merely moul-
ders, ready to burst into flame when fanned by the
breath of bigotry and intolerance.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
W. E. A. HA.RPEII.
17, Liverpool-terrace, Liverpool-road, Islington,
May 14, 1856.

To Tun aniToß OF THE MIN.

Sir,—Llrd Palmerston having betrayed the interests
of the people by shamefully succumbing to the Sabha-
tarian sect of Exeter hall and its clique, it becomes the
duty of the middle cla4ses not only to resist oppressions
but to help themselves, and that right vigorously and
at once.

It is self-evident that a meeting of the masses on Sun-
day next is looked upon by the Ministry as the inevit-
able result of their insane measure—one and all appear-
ing bent upon the measure. And .meet they most as-
suredly will in every public park of the metropo-
lis, for they feel that their amusements and recreatioi 3
will ere long be further jeopardised, unless a stand, and
that a very strong one, be made against the fanatical,
Mawworms of Exeter-hall and Bulgaiia.
Up, then, and be doing. Let it be a strong pull,
a long pull, and a pull altogether—bat peaceably and
legally.

Withhold the Fahbatarian su pplies—closeyour pockets
—give not. Let not a penny of your earnings or a
farthing of your families' money go to fatten these
wolves in sheep's clothing. Henceforth there will be a
war of hatred between the two classes. Let every
religious beggar (collector, if you will) be scouted from
our doors and homesteads. Give not. Let one ;-d
all re-echo the cry throughout the country. Givr 4
—give not—until our anamiements are again cony
to ue.—l remain, sir, yours, JOHN BUI
May 14, 1856.

VISITATION OF THE 4+RCHDEAOO2
OF AIIDDLESEX.

Yesterday morning the Archdeacon of lY
Yen. John Sinclair, M.A.) held a visitatio.
at St. Paul's Church, Covent-garden.
In addressing the clergy, the Archdeas""
the ..
great loss the district had suffered thrrB.
the Bishop of London, of whom be spy in terms oi
'cler to visit
eulogy and warm affection. A greattion of his charg
turned on the duty of the parochia
eekingy the
sick, nut only when seat for, but
? bf'
annther communion
said the case of persons belonging
;An difficulty, but
or notorious unbelievers might pr
be to make a tender
the general rule of the clergy sho- 1
of their services. Their parocial system, the greatest
boon ever granted to a natio' made the clergy espe-
cially accountable for all
within certain territorial
limits who could be preeled upon to accept their
ministrations, and therefee their policy should be
aggressive. The archdeatu deprecated controversy
and over technical phraseolgY in the sick man's chain-
ber, for not only was the lasuage of theology perplexing
to the poor and illiterate, I,st to many also of higher rank
who were far from destitut\uf general knowledge. Much
of it had its origin among r schoolmen of the middle
&I
ages. Consisting to some ent of Latin words, it was
not familiar to Saxon ears, aid could not, however fre-
quently reiterated, be coin ehended without careful
definition. There was no tech "at term in -divinity for
which an equivalent word or p.pse might not be found.
They sometimes were condemn( to hear, to their no
small discomfort, public address to the poor so redo-
lent of the university that, u•aezarded general intelli-
gibility or any practickl result, they might quite as
well have been delivered in Syiac or Sanscrit. In
all their ministrations, public o". private, to the sick
or to the healthy, it was stair bounden duty to
avoid not only the roality but the appearance
of Antinomian laxity, to declare unflinchingly
that in order to be saved there was an indispensable
necessity of acquiring meekness for the inheritance of
the saints in light. For his own part, be had often been
struck with the justice of an observation made by the
most eminent moral philcsophers, that the easy terms
upon which the happiness of eternity was offered by
Christian teachers to doubtful claimants was the gr, at
inciting cause of infidelity, and that the doctrine of retri-
bution in a future life, powerfully recommended as it was
by natural reason and the moral faculty, as well as by
the Word of God, would never have been called in ques-
tion by any individual in respectable society, if it had
not been for the preposterous misappropriation of re-
wards and punishments by which superstition, and en-
thusiasm had outraged the common sense and best feel-
ings of mankind.
The Archdeacon having concluded his charge with
some sound practical advice to the clergy, dismissed them
with the benediction.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONEL—The following gentle
men having undergone the necessary examinations for
the diploma, were admitted members of the College at the
meeting of the. Court of Examiners on the 12th inst. :
F. Owen, Clayton, Hungerford, Berkshire ; J. Spode,
Van Diemen's Land ; W. F. Johnson, Colchester ; J.
Greenwood, Queen's-road, .alQton ; W. F. Davis, Hon.
East India Company's Service ; C. Wragg, Manchester ;
R. M. Theobald, Kentish Town ; G. F. A. Knapp,
Northwiek, Worcestershire ; S. H Green, New Gat rat,
Manchester ; P. Lyell, Gardyne, Forfarshire ; W. Clare,
Higher Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne ; R. Fryer, Liver-
pool ; and C. Pigg, Wokingham, Berkshire. The follow.
ing gentlemen having undergone the necessary examina-
tions, were admitted licentiates in midwifery at the
meeting of the Board on the 13th inst. ; Messrs. W. H.
Hayden, High Wycombe ; A. Taylor, Kingeclere, Hamp-
shire ; P. Williams; Carmarthen, South Wales ; E. W.
Witten, Islington; J. Waters, Manchester; 0. Davis,
Cardigan ; E. H. May, Great Ttinity-lane • C. R. Suf-
field, Droitwitch, Worcestershire ; F. H. isle Bridge-
water • R. Fryer, Liverpool ; E. Parsonage, W
' rexham,
Borth Wales; astd LB. liodgeo, Ciaptlara,

A lett,

MADRID, MAY 13.

k, —on."

PRUSSIA.
_ Berlin of the 11th say :—" .n.,

Rochow-I✓_ sow, who killed M. de ilinekeldy
a duel, will in a few days proceed to the fortres.
of Stettin to undergo the sentence of imprisonment
pronounced on him by Court-martial. Count
Grabow, commander of itettin, is the uncle of M.
de Rochow, and the captivity of this latter will no
doubt be very mild. It is thought that the King
will pardon the seconds, who have also been con-
demned."