The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-22 00:00:00

thet"l Sabbath amounts to 567, to which are at-
led 1
, 30,999 signatures. When we look
:at, such of those petitions as go into de-
ad, and when we examine the Bill brought
clipy Sir ANDREW AGNEW, we feel convinced
both he and his supporters, however well
meaning the
their wishy may be, have rather consulted
es render than what the feelings of the world
1 ‘tler
practicable. After what we have
e
ta,i'l' respecting the desirableness of having
1,,11-ot,kBiinlgadaY preserved as a day of rest to the
Population, we shall not fear being mis-
n"ersood in attempting to cony.'" those of
our readers, who have signed any of these
l!titiens, that the object they have in
view
f Cannot possibly be attained by means
to a,ll legislative enactment. Those who,
pr:Plte of the relaxation of the ancient law ex-
pressly sanctioned by the Divine founder of our
be t'l'n contend that servants should not even
-heir
ine„;ll°Yed to serve their masters with their
iii -1/1 the Sunday ; that ships should stop
are eir course at sea—such persons, we say,
pot Suite justified- •in going the length of sop-
beta' g Sir in
AGNEW'S Bill. But when
pr ',see 'nen of rank and wealth framing a law
f
°o,le4ing to he founded upon a command o
thtn' 4,PPIYing equally to all, which law leaves.h
and any of the enjoyments of the high
liit ihrieh, but studiously endeavours to cur-
.,l,"e most innocent recreations of the poor
tenillen we see the framers of that law re-
tateng t° themselves the right of ordering their
the lg" to go where they please, but preventing
conl:°°rfrotrt ordering their carriagcs,because each
we eYsruany persons instead of one person—when
to Les ords
Lords and Baronets reserving to them-
hour
ol.the Power of ordering their butlers at any
14,4 the Sunday to bring them a dozen bo. ttles
be sele' but taking care that the poor shall not
of 0 tve(i by their butlers even with half a pint
the. °l:tet,l-' because they live in a house open to
alloth'etjulic, we cannot help thinking of the
4Ca -gi ill of straininc, at a knat, and swallowing
4,,,41, e" In truth, the fact that Sir ANDREW
CoiiihstW and his supporters in the House o
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t4peet "s are chiefly Conservatives, leads us to
410t,e that their conduct which courtesy
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reNrevents us denominating pharisaical—
thaofeence rather to things of this world,
ill ii:f the world to come. JUDAS was loud
8110111 d hargl-i Meta that the precious ointment
the sold, and the money appropriated to
eattle of the poor, not, as the apostle observes,
tie Un4s cared for the poor, but that he
ti4alti the bag. So now are the Conservatives
ii,,l7:ns for Lord ASHLEY'S Factory Bill, and
the ell"( AGNEW'S better Observance of
kt'tl -„4hbarh BA), to preserve the health
tito -'°hAls of the poor ;—not that they
for the 'ltem
poor, but that, knowing. their
titableed Measures of amelioration are imprac-
Nlv f.they hope to bring those,
.who, being
itit'd:netids of the poor, oppose their measures,
whith4tet-tte with that part of the community
l'llt sets,n,l4Y
to
itself to be misled by the
414,1, :icenetier bieevii4,l4g7iehsosAt.tre now so ready to
ever, that there are
hilit}y individuals who do not see the impractica-
-4 the°C injustice of complying with the prayers
4r) e, Petitions, we will examine some of them
. metal'.
pesdi The first petition printed in the
'ztte 1 to the tenth report of the Com-
p e
All n public petitions is that from
4p, eWi 1,
'4ll C.'• The petitioners deplore the
iihil SahZte,t't to which the desecration of
;414,, '" is now carried, and particularly
ltkl, ' `` as coming most within their obser-
tiv ) Chess
th et acid Passing of boats along the navigable
"ce is canals 011 the Sabbath clay." Now
letNti„:lll° more healthful exercise, or innocent
11 is to ' than may be taken upon the water.
'"e tg before the inhabitants of a city
re ()to
eth "c'o can, upon any of the roads,
saril the ,„_ '
ho s, wi i-ti country, and therefore thou-
,,4t b 'cl, eau afford it, every Sunday take
t:1/4th tu[l; t'te river. The only difference be-
sli°l'4l N bend the parties who are fortunate
to
vv ,
ill theirialselves by
3i, Pei the_ mini reach of fields, is that. they
means of their arms instead
thtlY r,, e!!' Exercise of some kind is abso-
b county to the health of artizans. Surely
'4)44)1, Y friends would not condemn a large
ii,)lit bof their fellow creatures to diseases which
:one ill tow uarded against, merely because they
Whiehthas, and have only one day in the week
t hitli the they Can seek that exercise and fresh air
41 rural Population have the good fortune
i Joy
ev
fey fed tile
`,eery day ? Again, the parties who
the to the Wilmington petition " particularly re-
-0 lit), sYsternatic violation of' the Sabbath, by
Pa Po;ti-Y Which the law now gives to travelling,
I,'-e'lt Lng, coaches, steam-vessels, rail-roads,
I`l,le'll"utlets,:ql)4rges, and other public conveyances:'
1
I (1.11,,, s every Sunday leave the metropolis by
ll4ide(ient coaches and steam-boats, which are
1)%14,
th f°r the public use and amusement; but
t.);, have'se parties are not rich enough each
I 'eY unite conveyance of their own —because
Je .e h
t
t')l4 a employ their servants, are they to
Alst, t
• 114, 4t they shall not do what Sir
tt'chih.'et fellow rislE'svis Bill expressly enables their
critttl.i,'sohjects to do ? Those who main-
tkal, Th""etrine must either be unjust or hypo-
part Sr"' it),;teis no escaping from that dilemma.
tlie:''' the e 1:.
.induced to hope that the greater
cf petitionPe`ltioners have put their names to
the their 'in Otter ignorance of the nature
ifitoPtutrloterPraY". Some of the blunders
ek , 'lre sn - q the Sabbath Bill have fallen
-pinci - well ,
thoe " by 4 Cloaked in fallacies, only to be
Perhaps,w° hot.4vecareful train of reasoning, that
their l.) e °lice adopted them will not,
%Net err be
I,4dtly induced to acknowledge
~ 4)at . Itance q-estiolis Putting ignorance upon a.b-
tfth uf the aside, we will produce an in-
4t.t.el: 13' the
upog:oss ignorance of the supporters
le ance, kat; a matter of fact, which may,
‘loreel4ally nt-wthLem to think that they may
)tie out (4, I. `atseu upon points somewhat
thei,,
ttt, h of
th ' usual train of thought.
e ob.
S4R-pe: bill .jettB of the Sabbath Ob-
is
titi )1 Pet's' u„,,,_ to Put down Sunday
i,tt; 'hus rti 11l u hid) the Wilmington
tiiielt direetold forth :--" Your petitioners
°use
to
_,ti le anent of your Honour-
It enormous evil of Sunday 1