The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-11 00:00:00

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1834.

We are glad to find by the motion of Mr. C.
FERGUSSON last night, that the claims of Cap-
tain Ross have at length been formally recog-
nised by government. If a gallant navigator like
this is not worthy of national encouragement,
we should be glad to know who is ? Mr. Con-
DETT opposed the claims of Captain Ross, and
this on the score of economy ! We cannot sym-
pathize with such a narrow view of the question.
Had Captain Ross unfortunately perished i❑ the
Arctic regions, we have little doubt that a public
monument would have been erected to his me.
mory ; why then should he be less worthy of
honour, because he happens to have survived his
perils ?

Sir ANDREW AGNEW'S motion respecting
the better observance of the Sabbath stands, we
perceive, for this evening. If his bill he the
same as he attempted last year to carry through
the House of Commons, we hope it may meet
with the same fate. Under a specious and
studied affectation of extending and strengthen-
ing the religious feelings of the community, it
conceals the germs of the rankest hypocrisy.
But we find, on referring to the Parliamentary
notices of motions, that it is not a single bill
our indefatigable Saint intends to introduce this
time, but a whole cluster of them. Defeat, in-
stead of moderating, has only had the effect of
increasing his officiousness. We subjoin the
bill of fare with which he proposes to treat the
House this evening, verbatim, as we find it in
the official document of the day :

1. Sir Andrew Agnew—Bill or Bills to promote the ob.
servance of the Lord's Day.
2. 'Sir Andrew Agnew—Bill to explain and amend certain
Acts relative to the observance of the Sabbath Day in

Scotland.
3. Sir Andrew Agnew—Bill to enable the local authorities to
change Saturday and Monday Fairs and Markets to other

days.
4. Sir Andrew Agnew—ln all Railroad Bills, and all other
Bills, whether public or private, to move, where neces.
eau, a clause to protect the observance of the Lord's Day.

If this prodigious array of cant does not
clear the house, then must it collectively and
individually possess a :patience and faculty of
endurance to which even 3013 was a stranger.
We should like to know from what authority
Sir ANDREA AGNEW derives his credentials to
revolutionize the Lord's Day ! We believe
him sincere in his intentions ; but at the
same time this can be no justification for his
introducing measures by wholesale, whose only
effect can be to increase the spread of insince-
rity. Because he is virtuous, " shall there be no
more cakes and ale. Yea, by St. Andrew, and
ginger shall be hot in the mouth too." The
Saint's mouth has been tolerably well tickled
with this spice already, and we suspect he will be
compelled to swallow a few more mouthfuls.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL has at length alluded
to the appointment of the Rev. Mr. GLEIG,
and stated last night that in filling up the office
of Chaplain to Chelsea Hospital he had, agree-
ably to the Royal warrant, looked solely to the
services performed by that gentleman. These
services are two-fold. He served abroad as
ensign or lieutenant, but in what way his ser-
vices in either of these grades could fit him
for filling the sacred office of a minister
of the church, we are at a loss to imagine. In
our humble opinion, the chaplain of a regiment
would be more fitted for such an employment,
but probably no one could be found with the
same violent political feelings displayed by
he present occupant against the Government

These now rorin a paavort to prefermetk and
we put it to the Noble Lord, whether, but
for his political writings, the appointment would
have taken place ? Sir HENRY HARDINGE
contrasted the conduct of the Whig and
Tory press, and asked if any such paltry,
contemptible spleen had been manifested by
the latter on the appointments of Dr. GREY
to Bisliopsgate, and Mr. ABERCROMBIE to the
office of Chief Baron in Scotland, by the
Duke of WELLINGTON. The gallant officer
could not be serious in these allusions. Dr.
GREY, if we are not mistaken, is much more
of a Tory than a Whig : and the mild and
amiable political conduct of Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE made him alike respected by both
parties. Was there, besides, no per-
sonal motive for the Duke's conduct, and
how could it be supposed that any poli-
tical writer would raise an outcry a paltry,
contemptible" outcry—against his Grace for
doing what he was bound to do—provide for
the son of a gallant and unfortunate brother
in arms who had fallen in his country's service ?
There is no comparisoH between the two cases,
and could Lord JOHN RUSSELL have adduced
any such reasons for the preferment of Mr.
GLEIG, the public would have applauded rather
than blamed his conduct.

Mr. COBBETT loses no opportunity of show-
ing his hostility towards the body to which he
once belonged, and more particularly towards
the common soldier. On a former occasion, he
complained of the high pay (14d. a day) which
a soldier received, and last night he made a simi-
lar complaint about the retiring pensions granted
to men who had endured every hardship, and
risked their lives in defence of their country,
for such a miserable remuneration—a retiring
pension of fourpence a clay, as in the
good old times, he considered, was quite
sufficient. Like a celebrated old general,
he is constantly adverting to the scenes of his
youth, but his allusions have all the malignity
of Therbites, without a particle of the kindly feel-
ings of the venerable Nestor. There are some
persons, however, whose mental aberrations
are such, that they have the greatest dislike for
those whom they are most bound to love and
cherish. The Hon. Member, on another occa-
sion, called on the House to reduce the half
pay of officers, but last night went a step
further, and moved that all foreigners who had
served in the British army, should be struck off
the pension list. Four members divided with him I
What an idea foreign nations would have of
public faith in this country if our statesmen
should follow the advice of the hon, member for
Oldham!