The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-28 00:00:00

THE DRUG TRADE.

AYoung Gentleman, who has been one of
the leading Assistants for some years at one of the
most eminent Retail Drug Establishments in the City of
Dublin, and has a considersble'hold on a large portion of
the connection by which it is supported, is desirous of
MEETING with ONE or TWO PERSONS who can
command trot less than 4,000/., for the purpose of form-
ing a simihr establishment on a first-rate scale. The
improving state of Dublin, the lower rate of rent, taxes,
salaries, provisions, spirits, Ecc., and the success of those
retail concerns hitherto formed, hold out every induce-
ment to young men of capital, abilities, industry, address,
and attention, and who will form a scale of charges adapted
to the present value of money, and the extreme low market
price of all commodities which has been forgotten by
those now in business. The Advertiser will advance
1,0001., his own property, and will give anal expect the
most satisfactory references. Address, post paid, to H.
H. El., Esq., Post-office, Dublin. N.B. Any money
advanced must be the bona fide property of the parties.

NIZAAIEE'S ASIATIC ANTISTER-
TORIUM.-By Cleansing and Invigorating the
whole passage from the Nostrils to the Lungs, this cele-
brated specific, (so highly prized in the East, where, from
the excessive use of Opiutb, Stertor is nearly universal,)
instantly obviates any difficulty of. respiration, clears the
VOICE, restores and refines the sensitive organs of
TASTE and SMELL, purifies andsweetens the BREATH,
whitens the TEETH, and by gently stimulating the
111u,ch's to throw off any coagulated mucus accumulated
in the Aspera At teria, abates and finally removes all ten-
dency to Stertor, when the system is relaxed in sleep pro-
duced by the above or other causes, and never fails of
totally eradicating this unsocial habit, destructive of rest,
health, and temp r, to those who endure it, however in-
veterate it may have become by long indulgence. It is
administered in the form of a pleasant gargle, and com-
pounded of an Asiatic simple never before imported into
Entope, from a receipt in the handwriting of the cele-
brated Armenian 'PhySician Nizamee, a relation of the
Poet, and purchased by the Proprietor from a distin-
guished Officer of high rank, but just returned from tra-
velling in the East, whose romantic adventures will spee-
dily be published.
Prepared. under his immediate direction, by Alfred
Hastings only, to counterfeit whose eeal and signature on
the label and wrapper is felony.
Slud by his agents, Messrs. Hannay and Co., 63,
Oxford-street; and by all MedicineVenders and Perfutners,
in Battles, price 4s. 6,1. each.

SINGULAR ROBBERY AT ANNANDALE,
BY A CLERGYMAN.-On Wednesday last a well-dressed
man, who had been going about Annan for two days
previous, went into the Travellers'-room of the Queens-
berry Arms Inn, Annan, in the afternoon, and called
for a glass of ale and a biscuit, which were imme-
diately furnished to him. Only one traveller was in
the room at the time, a Mr. Kidd, of the firm of
Messrs. Attwood and Co., Gateshead, Newcastle, who
had shortly before sent the waiter to the Commercial
Bank, to get bank-notes for a check or draft, which
the latter brought and delivered to Mr. Kidd, who
immediately opened his gig driving box, and deposited
the money, with other bank-notes in a bag, in it, and
locking the box, soon afterwards left the room, leaving
the stranger in it. On his return, in less than 15
minutes, he found the stranger gone, and almost in-
stinctively he went to his box, when to his dismay he
found it had been forcibly opened, and his pocket book
containing the bank-notes and a bill, to the extent of
about 250/., and other papers, abstracted. A pursuit
in all directions was made after the stranger, and the
party, amongst whom was Mr. Kidd, soon got intelli-
gence that the stranger was before them, and shortly
afterwards they saw him in a field a good distance off
the road ; they went up to him, when he demanded
what was the matter, upon which Mr. Kidd seized him
and lie was brought to Annan, before Provost Nelson.
He then stated his name to be James William Wash-
ington Stewart; that he was a minister of the Gospel,
and had been a long time as a missionary in the West
Indies ; that he belonged to Great Salkeld, in the
county of Cumberland ; that he had considerable pro-
perty in the neighbourhood of Penrith, and also in the
West Indies; that he was intimately acquainted with
Lord Brougham and other gentlemen in the neigh-
bourhood of Penrith, and that General or Colonel
Lacy was married to his sister. He indignantly denied
the charge with which he was accused, adding that he
had no occasion to take any person's money, as he had
plenty of his own, although he gave a very confused
and unsatisfactory account of what took him into the
field where he was apprehended. He was then searched,
when there was taken from one of his pockets a pair
of gloves, which Mr. Kidd instantly identified as
his. There was also found upon him some powder and
shot, and also a large pocket-knife, which appeared
to have been recently used in the earth. There were
also found in a bag four and a half sovereigns, and a
quantity of silver, but no pocket-book or bank-notes
appeared. A search was then made after these arti-
cles, when there were found one after the other, in
the field in which the apprehension took place, a
pocket-book, a memorandum-book, a quantity of bank-
notes, covered in a newly made hole by two or three
stones, and in an adjoining field a loaded pocket
pistol, all which articles, except the pistol, were iden-
tified by Mr. Kidd as his property. Mr. Washington
Stewart coolly denied all participation in or know-
ledge of the robbery, or any thing connected with it.
On the contrary, he evinced great sorrow for the loss
Mr. Kidd had or was likely to sustain ; and after the
money (which, by the by, was all found) had been
recovered, he congratulated Mr. Kidd in the warmest'
terms, and expressed the utmost satisfaction at the
circumstance. Mr. Stewart was ultimately committed
to Annan gaol, and it was expected the Sheriff would
arrive there to-day ( Friday) to investigate the case.
Mr. Stewart was genteelly dressed in black clothes,
with white neckerchief; is short in stature, slender
made, about 60 years of age, and wears a dark-brown
wig —Carlisle Journal.

The LORD CHANCELLOR—Then you hold, Sir
Charles, that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a vi-
sitatorial power over the universities 1
Sir CHARLES WETHERELL—Yes, my lord. I hold
also, that a piece of old brief in the Doctors' Commons
is not more useless than could be a charter granted to
the London University, without the concurrence of the
metropolitan bishop. (Much laughter. )
The LORD CHANCELLOR_When did the last visit
take place ?
Sir CHARLES WETHERELL—In the reign of James
the First, my lord ; but the time is no matter, when the
right to do what the primate pleases is inalienable.
(The learned gentleman here read several other ex-
tracts, to show that such visitatorial power was vested
in the primate. )
The LORD CHANCELLOR—Are you acquainted with
any other case bearing on the point, whether the Arch-
bishop has the right of visiting the universities without
the consent of the chancellors of those universities being
previously obtained ?
Sir CHARLES WETHERELL—I am not prepared with
any case in point just now. But will any lawyer tell
me that the archbishop has not such right, merely
because he does not always exercise it ?
The LORD CHANCELLOR—DO you suppose that if
the archbishop were to issue a notice on Monday to the
chancellors of the universities that he intended to pay
them a visit, they might not refuse to admit him, on the
ground that there had been no such visit paid to them
for the last two centuries ?

Sir CHARLES 'WETHERELL—Undoubtedly they
would have no right to refuse his admission. The
learned gentleman then went on to contend that, as
the archbishop possessed the visitatorial power even over
a grammar school, he must of necessity possess it over
the universities. Here he cited a number of authori-
ties in support of his position.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—There are colleges at High-
gate and Hackney which are supported out of the
funds of the Dissenters—some Unitarians, some Bap-
tists, and some Independents. Do you, Sir Charles,
hold that the Bishop of London has a right to superin-
tend the education of the students at those colleges ?
Sir CHARLES WETHERELL—No, my Lord. There
is a difference between those colleges and grammar
schools, into the discussion of which I do not wish to
enter, as it would lead into too wide a field. I will
content myself with ass( rz,ing, that this university can-
not be endowed unless it recognizes the right of the
Bishop of London to visit it when he pleases. The
practical question which we have to discuss is, whether
the King, being the supreme head of the church, can
grant a charter to a university, which not only does
not recognize the doctrines and discipline of that
church, but recognizes no religion whatever; in which
Christianity is not only not taught, but in which it is
denied ; in which infidelity and immorality prevail ;

in which students imbibe erroneous doctrines, a td are
guilty of practices at variance with all religion.
The LORD CuANemoa—You are now, Sir Charles,
going too far. It does not appear to me fair to tray
in your petition for a given thing, and then come for-
ward and contend for too much. Do you iiimn to as-
sert, Sir Charles, that the Dissentin colleges of
Highbury and Hackney, founded on-conformists,
which may have been for th ose of teaching the
doctrines of Unitarianism, and the tenets of the Bap-
tists and IndepeOents, and for did object of educating
persons for the ministry—do you mean, I sly, to hold
that the bishop of the diocese in which these colleges
are situated, has the right of visitOrial power over them ?
Sir C. WETHERELL—.-NO, my Lord ; and it may be
in the recollection of your Lordship that no such right
exists ; for the particulars of the case of Lady Hewley's
Charity, which came before his honour the Vice-
Chancellor, clearly proved _that fact. The Tolera-
tion Act would not permit the exercise of such a claim,
even if it had been attempted. By reference to the
analogous authorities already quoted, he thought the
proposition for which he had contended was clearly
and absolutely made out—namely, that the Primate
has and must ever have a visitatorial power over all
Universities, as contradistinguished from Colleges,
such latter not having, when out of the pale of a uni-
versity, the privilege of conferring a degree. His
doctrine, however, might not be very palatable, might
come unexpectedly, and be unwelcome to the region
of Gower-street ; but it Was clearly, undoubtedly, and
indisputably the law of the land. The learned gen-
tleman then proceeded to the point which he con-
sidered most important—namely whether the King, in
the exercise of his executive power, could found a
university in which no religion would be taught, but
from which every irreligion might emanate ;—from
which the
.very elements and first principles of Chris-
tianity would be excluded, and which might form a
living and overflowing fountain of all infidelity. He
would say, if such a university were founded, that the
Right Rev. Prelate (the Archbishop of Canterbury)
at the head of the table would be bound to
interfere and prevent the chartering of such an
Institution. The King, as head of the Church, cannot
dispense with his ecclesiastical duties : there are rules
marked out for his government from which he cannot
deviate. He cannot consent to sanction by his Royal
authority an institution which, as he ( Sir Charles
Wetherell) had before stated, would be profaned by
infidelity, and from which the very elements of christi
anity would be banished. If he did so—if his council
advised him to such an act—if the Royal Sign Manual
were affixed to the charter of such a university, eo
instante be would become a law breaker. Yes, he
would say a law breaker, for he swears by his oath to
maintain the doctrines, the discipline, and the worship
of the Church of England inviolate ; and in support
of this position, he would refer to the Ist and 2d of
Elizabeth. The learned gentleman then proceeded to
quote the statute, and went on to say, that the King
could not do so, by directing the Lord Chancellor to
put the great seal to a charter to found such an insti-
tution. Such would be an innovation of his duty, and
it would be an actual breach of it. He had no power
to do it by virtue of any authority vested in him, or by
virtue of any privilege which the executive jurisdiction
gave him. He knew no distinction between him as
head of the civil state and conservator of the church
establishment. In short, in the old books he was
called a mixta persona—therefore, it could not ab-
stract from him, in the discharge of his civil functions,
the which he was bound to represent and repress in
his ecclesiastical capacity. He should be next desir-
ous to call their lordships' particular attention to the
Act of Uniformity, by which all schoolmasters were
bound to subscribe the declaration. The provisions
of the Toleration Act were quite lain, for they only
required a subscription to the doctrines of the Blessed
Trinity. That Act had been modified by the 53d of
George 111. Now, by William Smith's Act, an
avowal of the belief of christianity was merely required.
So that their lordships would sec that no person could
acquire a legal license to conduct a public school,
without subscribing in the manner before men-
tioned. Now, my Lords (continued Sir Charles
Wetherell), what will your lordships say to the
London University, who are afraid to name, and
even attempt to apologize for using the Old and New
Testament as elementarybooks—afraid to say they had
any particular religion—and afraid to give occasion to
any designing person to proclaim that they entertain any
tenets. The Acts to which I have alluded, passed
subsequently to the Uniformity Act, were only part
and parcel of that Act, the provisions of which had, it
appears, from wise policy, been from time to time re-
laxed. Still it required a test of conformity in Mas-
ters of Grammar Schools, to the Liturgy, prayers,
and formula of the Church of England, and a declara-
tion of belief in the Scriptures, which we believe to
be the revelation of the Deity. In the London Uni-
versity, however, you are to have a body to whom no
test is to be applied—no religion taught—and where
no chapel is to be erected—no lectures delivered—no
religious instruction afforded to the students. In fact,
where there would be a perfect nullity of all religion ;
for the very principle on which the university is to be
founded, is to concede all—to break down every bar-
rier ; in fact, to make it a very pantheon of religion.
(Much laughter.) Such would be sure to engender
all kinds of profligacy. The profession of Atheism
was sufficient to exclude a father from the natural
guardianship of his child. This had been exemplified
in Shelly's case, which had been decided on by Lord
Eldon, following the principles which had been laid
down by Lords Nottingham and Thurlow. In the
case of Wellesley versus the Duke of Beaufort, nearly
similar, the noble and learned lord who then held the
seals Lyndhurst) had given a like decision. The
Chancellor, in fact, was bound to deprive the parent
of the guardianship if he openly professed infidelity;
and, by analogy, he ( Sir Charles Wetherell) con-
tended that the King, as head of the Church, could
not sanction an institution which might be made an
engine for disseminating doctrines which he, through
his Lord Chancellorship, was bound to repress. The
learned gentleman next referred to 2d Lord Raymond,
which contained the case of Doctor Middleton versus
Doctor Bentley. He referred to that case to show
the origin, derivation, and nature of degrees. The
Vice-Chancellor suspended Bentley from his degree
for impropriety of conduct; and in his judgment he
said, that degrees were originally granted by the
King ; that power had been delegated to the two
Universities, from which all degrees must now flow,
and he ( Sir C. Wetherell) contended if the King
granted a like authority to a third university, it would
be a gross and palpable breach of faith. But, however,
it was further to be observed, that if the power of
granting degrees in law and medicine were conceded
to the London University, how could they, passibus
equs, grant those in theology ?—for when in the pro-
posed university there be, according to their scheme,
neither OEOc nor Xoyoc. (Much laughter.) Sir Chas,
Wetherell then proceeded to argue in condemnation
of the proposed charter, reiterating his assertion, that
by its grant an opportunity would be afforded to the
increase of infidelity, which would be making the
King himself a wrong doer.
Earl ELDON would interrupt Sir Charles Wetherell.
He thought that their Lordships ought to have before
them a draught of the proposed charter which had
been petitioned against, as at present they were in the
dark respecting its purposes. The draught was ac-
cordingly laid on the table.
The LORD CHANCELLOR asked whether any body of
persons could not assume to themselves a-power to
grant degrees, provided there was nothing to prevent
such a proceeding, save an Act of Parliament?
Sir C. WETHERELL thought no body could arrogate
to itself such a power without its being illegal. And
would the public consider such degrees equipollent
with those conferred by the ancient and long established
universities ? Degrees were an honourable distinction
to be enjoyed by those who conformed to the esta-
blished church, and such was the intention of those
who founded other universities; but this was not
greater injustice to the dissenters of Redcross-street,
who had drawn up a series of resolutions at a recent
meeting, one of which he would read to their Lord-
ships. The learned gentleman then read the resolu-
tion, the substance of which was to declare that de-
grees were obtained at Oxford and Cambridge by hy-
pocrisy. If that be the case (continued Sir Charles,
turning to the Noble Lord Chief Baron), you, my
Lord, who was a senior wrangler of Trinity College,
who has since pursued so splendid a career, you must

At the present moment, when so many spe-
culations and disquisitions are afloat regarding thetpoor
laws of England, the following anecdote, or rather
trait of character, may be worth relating :—When
his late Majesty George IV. was in Scotland, the con-
versation turned one day after dinner on the admirable
manner in which our countrymen deported themselves
during the Royal visit. Sir Walter Scott joined, as
may readily be anticipated, with enthusiasm, in this
strain of eulogium, and in the course of his observa-
tions happened to use the epithet " noble." " Yes,"
said the King, " and the English would be a noble
people too were it not for the poor laws." Sir Walter
used to quote this remark as a proof of the good sense
and right feeling of the late King ; and it was perhaps
just, for, though the act of Elizabeth is based on
sound and humane principles, it has been grossly de-
parted from in practice, and a system of maladminis-
tration has been perpetuated, very injurious to the mo-
ral integrity, domestic feelings, and independence of
the English lower classes.

ANOTHER TURN-Out. —ln consequence of
the notice given by the agent that the proprietors
of the Dover (N. H.) Factories (the Cocheen Com-
pany) had resolved to stop their mill No. 2, on the Ist
instant, and that a reduced tariff of wages would take
place from that day, the female operatives, to the
number of 600 or 700, abandoned work, and issued a
manifesto to the " Honourable Agent," &c., as rough
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Though you may say we're a feeble band !
Yet your designs we understand."
They subsequently held a great meeting at the Court
House, where at least a mile of them congregated, and
passed a string of spirited resolutions, very becom-
ing " the daughters of freemen." There is one of
their resolves, which is so sarcastic and true, that we
incline to the opinion that they were unconscious of its
import. It is as follows :—" Resolved, That we be-
lieve the unusual pressure of the times,' ivhich is so
much complained of; to have been caused by artful and
designing men, to subserve party purpose's, cr, more
wickedly still, to promote their own ends !" What
will the general say to this resolve of his "Once miles
of girls."

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