The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-20 00:00:00

L. 1,: THE WEATHER.—SuN OFvlcz, Nov. 20, 1860.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
42—highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
45—this day at noon.

BXROMETER-30.
WlND—South-Westerly; light, and fine, but cold.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tau DAY.—Morning, 6h. 45m.—Afternoon, 7h. 13m.
To-Moscow.-Morning, 7h. 44m.—Afternoon, Bh. 19m.

LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 20, 1860.

Sir JOHN TRELAWNY has been receiving the
honours of the season at Tavistock. They were
due to him. He showed that they were. But
this indeed was rather for the mutual pleasure of
representatives and constituents, for we all know
that Sir JOHN has been among the most faithful
of the faithful to the duties of a staunch Parlia-
mentary Radical. The sweet voice of the Premier
has never charmed him from making a Radical
speech or giving a Radical vote ; even on the Lords'
aggression he maintained his Radical integrity,
and tells his constituents that it is a question by
no means done with, but one which will recur again,
and probably in some very unpleasant forms.
On all the questions of religious liberty, so dear
to Englishmen, which came before the House, Sir
JOHN TRELAWNY could, of all men, give a good
account. On one great measure he is a leader,
and on the other kindred questions, such as
the Religious Census Bill and the Edin-
burgh Annuity Tax, he was on the side
of freedom. It seemed to him " contrary to
the genius of the British people that people should
be called upon, at the point of the bayonet, to state
what form of religion they held." And we cer-
tainly have not to thank Lord PALMERSTON and
Sir G. C. LEWIS for their readiness to see with the
people on this question, for they obstinately de-
fended their "religion profession." clause to the
last, but solely to the energy and activity of a band
uf resolute Liberals, who determined that they
would not be overridden by statistical officialism.
The compromise of the _Annuity Tax, an impo-
sition far more vexatious in amount, but similar
in its often •
swe principle to Church-rates, is, as
Sir JOHN observes, already bearing its natural
fruit. It has almost created a municipal revolt
against the statute ; and the city is likely to
have many bitter quarrels over it, till it may yet
be necessary for the peace of Edinburgh, that
the Old Presbyterians should consent to give up
taxing those who, like Dissenters here, have their
own worship to pay for.

But Church-rates are, of course, Sir orus rthaTs R
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LAWNY'S great point. For many Yea
steadily and triumphantly fought that battle ;
last session, however, his opponents,
though they
did not succeed in reducing the number
of his supporters, did yet succeed in
increasing the number of their own. We all
remember how the archdeacons and clergy whipped
up the skulking Conservative members throughout
the country, and made them vote against their will
—how they mustered a large number of clerical
pro-rate petitions, only to be overwhelmed by such
a host of Abolitionist petitions, as left their own
almost buried in the mass ; but, as the result of the
whole, they diminished Sir JOHN'S majority by con-
siderably increasing their own minority. Sir JOHN
says he did his best, he consulted with those who
had other schemes, but it soon became clear that
they were all for different reasons impracticable,
and that that there was nothing left as a settle-
ment of the question, but the simple abolition which
e proposed. He commented severely on the in-
consistency between the arguments of opponents

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