The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-02 00:00:00

TRESUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NAY 2, 1835.

attempt to revive thc.,,e dissensions, I must leave to the charity
and ev adour of the Addresser, but thi3 I now that no earthly
power cats ever again give that odious cry any perma-
went influence, though it may suit the views of certain disho-
nest politicians to raise it for a temporary purpose. The re-
membrance of what has pa7sed, andtthe strong desire of the
people'to live in amity on religious topics, has blasted every
hope that bigotry may foster, that religious strife may again re-
vive in Devon. I am not afraid to as.sert, that Lord .1. Russell
in carrying, his resolution relative to the surplus revenue of the
Irish Church, has done an essential' enefit to the Church itself.
What says the resolution? • That-the surplus Revenues of the
.Established Church in Ireland, after providing
.for the spiritual
care of the members of the Church, shall be devoted to the educa-
tion qf all classes cf the people, without distinction of religious
persuasion.' It is; evident that none of the revenues of the
Church can be apnlied even to the education of its own mem-
bers, before the spiritual Gaye of the ministers of the Church
be provided for. Of enuNo ought not be permitted to give
a greater sum to any body of the selertu than is necessary for
the spiritual care of its members. I ...II aware that pluralities
and sinecures are as plesant things in the Irish as in the
Chureli, but in each- eao they ought be swept away.
rt
Now for the sake of argument, I tAill sup.,;;:a surplusexists—how can it be best applied? Lord John Rtts.."'N' says,
to the education of the people—the majority of the house of
Commons says the same—Mr. O'Connell and his party vote
for the resolution—to what better purpose can it be applt.Cd
than to the education of the people—the only way to dissipate
error and to advance truth, is to instruct the ignorant. If the
Roman Catholic Church be full of gross errors and supersti-
tions, as the addresser seems to think, what better method
could be devised than education, to free it from those enor-
mities? The general complaint is, that the Catholic Priests
keep up the ascendancy of their religion by plunging the
people in ignorance ; to free them, therefore, from such
trammels, give them instruction. Mr. O'Connell and the
Catholic Members supported it—they showed that they had
no fear with regard to investigation, but the Tory and
High Church party, from a mere factious feeling, oppose
a plan which is evidently best fitted to give stability to
' . the Church, by enabling the people to appreciate its
merits, dispersing error by education, and removing super-
stition by the advance of knowledge. Lord John Russell, so
far from injuring the Irish Church, or attempting its subver-
sion in his proposed resolution on the surplus revenue, evi-
dently advocates the only plan that can be resorted to for its
ultimate support ; and the Roman Catholic Members most
liberally proved how anxious they were to instruct the people,
and to enable them to discuss disputed points, that truth might
be eventually brought to light by means of inquiry. Lord
John Russell, therefere, deserves the thanks of the Church of
England for devising a plan which must, if the Church be
based on truth, terminate in its advantage and support.
"Brother Electors !—Two candidates are proposed to you.
One you have before frequently elected, you know his desire
for your welfare, and his attention to your interests. His
name is associated with civil and religious liberty all over the

world. He was the means of repealing the Test and Corpo-
ration Acts in the teeth of an opposing Administration. He
was the instrument of bringing in and carrying the Reform
Bill, by which many of you gained your franchise. He has
more recently by his able conduct driven from power a Tory
Ministry, which would never have advanced the real interests
of the people ; and he now holds a high situation in his Ma-
hsty's Government, and again solicits your support, which he
as never forfeited by any act, public or private. His opponent
is not known ten miles from his home ; to want of age he adds
what, as your representative, is still worse—want of experience.
He is the avowed advocate of every thing that is intolerant in
politics and bigoted
_ in religion ; and it is therefore your sa-
cred duty, as freemen, fo reject him.
6 Exeter, April 29, 1835.

"A CHURCHMAN."

NORTH ESSEX.

BRAINTREE, FRIDAY, MAY 1. - The polling for North
Essex terminated this day at four o'clock ; and although the
Reformers have been defeated in the present instance, yet it
is considered that their cause will ultimately be benefited by
the contest. The success of Mr. Elwcs, does not prove that
the majority of the electors are favourable to Toryism. There
are 5,300 for the Northern Division of Essex, of which, it
appears, that only 3,783 have voted, consequently Mere are
yet 1,600 unpolled; and as it is a well-known fact, that every
voter in the Conservative interest, not only throughout the
county, but from various other parts of the kingdom, have
been brought to the poll—that even as late as twelve o'clock
this day, post-chaises have been despatched to considerable
distances, some of them exceeding twenty miles, to bring up
even a single voter—and that the squirearchy, and more espe-
cially the clergy in almost every parish, have exerted them-
selves beyond all former precedents—biasing those over whom
they had the slightest influence—ringing in the ears of the
ignorant their oft-repeated cry of " No Popery I" and the
" Church in danger !"—and urging and intreating them to
record their votes, in order to make their majority as great
as possible—when these facts are considered, it is but rea-
sonable to assert that the total strength of the Tory party
have been polled, and that those electors who have not
voted are Reformers, who would have come forward had
they been afforded the same facilities in being brought to the
poll as their opponents. When it is also taken into con-
sideration, that Mr. Disney did not come forward until the
eleventh hour, and then solely at the request of the electors—
that he made no canvass, was at no expense—that the voters
came to and from the poll at their own expense, and yet with-
out any exertions by him or his Committee, 1,376 of the Essex
electors came spontaneously forward to support him and the
Reform cause—when all this is considered, the result of the
contest is rather a source of triumph than otherwise to the
Reformers, and shows that the spirit of independence is not
slumbering throughout the county, but that it will, upon the
next election, with a little more exertion on the part of the
Reformers, be eminently successful.
When the poll was closed by the High Sheriff; who ad-
journed the Court till nine o'clock on Monday morning, when
the declaration will take place,
Mr. DISNEY came forward to address the meeting. lie
stated that the present bad been a most important contest. He
iid not feel himself dishonoured in being defeated, as he him-
self had not sought a seat in Parliament. It was solely at the
desire of a great body of the electors, and much against his in-
clination, but not against his conviction, that he presented
himself as a Candidate for that division of the county. They
wished to record their principles by their votes, and he gave
them that opportunity.—(Cheers.) He begged to apologise
to them for not canvassing them personally ; but as it was
not until eight o'clock on Friday night that he acceded to
the wish of the Deputation, and consented to stand the con-
test, such a course was almost impossible, or at least would
have been very partial. f He,mentioned this to them as lie had
done at the other district polling places, in order that the
electors might not deem him neglectful or disrespectful to
them.—( Cheers.) He had polled more votes than he could
have expected under all the circumstances. He could not but
speak in the highest terms of the High Sheriff, who, as the
returning officer, had conducted the election with the greatest
impartiality ; and the contest had been carried on between
himself and the Hon. Gentleman opposed to him in the spirit
of cordiality and good feeling. He had been given to under.
stand that an agreement had been made between the Chair-
man of his Committte and the Chairman of his Opponent's
that not even a refreshment ticket should be given to the vo-
ters on either side. How far that agreement had been kept
by the other party he knew not—( hear)—he only knew that not
one ticket of that description had been issued by his own Corn..
mittee. He understood, however, that the compact had been
broken, and that every voter in Mr. Elwes's interest had re-
ceived a ticket of that description." Should this be the
case, should it be found out that his Honourable Opponent,
either by himself or his Committee, had been treating, that he
(Mr. E.), as he had that day told him in another part
of the county, be found out to have been tippling, how it
would have grieved him (Mr. Disney) to find his oppo-
nent's name scratched out of the return and his own in-
serted !—( Loud laughter.) He he given no ticket, although in
various parts of the division he had been told, by not doing so,
be should lose some hundred votes. There had been no
treating on his side ; the voters had not even been carried to
the poll, but without any such aid had spontaneously come
forward and polled for him. He was, therefore, justified in
anticipating success upon any future occasion, either by him-
self, or whoever might come forward as a candidate on the
liberal interest—(Cheers)—then their return would be cer-
tain. If they had done no more, they had laid an egg
which would, on some future occasion, be hatched by the ge-
nial and increasing influence of public opinion.—( Cheers.)
The Hon. Gentleman then thanked the electors, and begged
to take leave of them, as he should not come before them on
Monday. It could be attended with no beneficial results,
and would not be very pleasant to him to bear his own death-
warraneread in the return of Mr. Elwes.—(The Hon. Gentle-
man retired amidst considerable cheers. )
_ _

Mr. NIAJENDIE then briefly addressed the meeting to re-
turn thanks on behalf of Mr. Elwes, whose Committee, he
stated, had taken such precautions as would prevent the re-
sult alluded to by the Hon. Candidate.
Three cheers were then given for the High Sheriff, and
the meeting separated.
The total poll for the two days was :-
13RAINTRAE.

Elw es

Majority
COLCHESTER.

Elves
• •±2j_

Majority
SAFFRON WALDEN.

Elvres

Majority

THORPE.

Elw es
Majority
Gross Poll.—Elwes 2407 I Disney 1376
Total majority
Total number of voters polled 3783

* The Chairman of Mr. Disney's Committee has since addressed
a letter to the Chairman of Mr. Elwes, in which he states that this
was a mistake, and that no such compact had heen made.

At a highly respectable meeting of the Finsbury
Reform Club, held last night, James Kennedy, Esq., M. P.,
for Tiverton, in the Chair, Resolutions were adopted aid f
the return of Lord John Russell, for which see Advertisement,
and a sum of money was voted from the funds of the club to-
wards the furtherance of the same object. This is the true
way to forward the cause of Reform.
RATHCORMAC IVIASSACRE.—The workmen of
Chelsea have forwarded, through Mr. F. O'Connor, M.P.,
the sum of ten guineas, towards the fund for the relief of the
widows and orphans of the victims at Rathcormac. This sum
was collected at Mr. O'Keeffe's, Chelsea, by the united exer-
tions of the working classes of all denominations, living in that
village and its viciOty.

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1835.

The nomination of Candidates for the representa-
tion of South Devon took place yesterday at Exeter,
and the account of the proceedings will be read with
attention proportioned to the intensity of the interest
which is so generally felt in this important con-
test. If the issue of the contest depended upon
the comparative display of talent exhibited by
the Candidates on this occasion, there would be
small comfort for the Tories, and little apprehen-
sion on the part of the Reformers. A poorer
creature than this Mr. PARKER seems to be, was
never attempted to be palmed upon a constituency—
no, not upon the most servile and Priest-ridden consti-
tuency in the Kingdom. If this'be the best specimen
of Toryism to be found in Devonshire—if this man be
the only champion fit to take upon himself the office of
supporting the Protestant Church (as he himself says)
—then we say Toryism is on its last legs in Devonshire,
and God help the Church that rests on so rotten a
support !

The speech of Lord JOHN RUSSELL is distinguished
no less by the statesman-like ability which it displays,
than for its straightforward and manly honesty. The
Noble Lord has no sinister purposes which he is ashamed
to confess. He entertains no opinions which he is afraid
to avow. lie states his sentiments without reserve
and without fear, and challenges the boldest and the
ablest of his opponents to shew that these senti-
ments are not in strict accordance with the dic-
tates of justice and truth. Let the electors of
Devon, then, dismiss from their minds the calumnious
misrepresentations which have been so industriously
circulated to prejudice them against the Noble Lord.
Let them meditate on the liberal and truly Christian
views contained in this masterly address ; let them com-
pare the line of policy which it chalks out, as
the course which the MELBOURNE Administration is
determined to pursue, with that arbitrary and intolerant
system which is advocated by the Tories ; and
Chen let them declare, by their votes, whether they
wish for the continuance of ignorance, reli-
gious rancour, massacre and bloodshed in Ireland, or
will give their sanction to measures, which, by purifying
the Church from those abuses which are a disgrace to
religion, and by bestowing upon the Catholic popula-
tion of Ireland the means of that enlightenment by which
alone they can ever be brought to renounce error and
embrace truth, will restore peace to that distracted por-
tion of the empire, and give the Protestant religion all
that it wants, but what it has never yet had there—A
FAIR TRIAL.

The speech of Mr. POULETT THOMSON, at the
public dinner given to him on Wednesday last at Man-
chester, will be read with satisfaction by all who know
how to appreciate the sentiments of an intrepid, strait-
forward statesman. So far from lamenting—as many
in his situation might reasonably be supposed to do—
the great accession of strength that the Tory party
have gained by the late dissolution, the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman regards it rather as an auspi-
cious augury, inasmuch as it will have the ef-
fect of keeping Ministers constantly on the alert ;
and convincing them that it is only by an un-
flinching advocacy of the national interests that
they can expect to continue at the helm. The in-
creased influence of the Tories in the House of Com-
mons is indeed the best guarantee we can have for the
future good behaviour of Ministers. Had this influence
been less, they might possibly have been tempted to
indulge in an occasional nap at their posts : but now,

they have nothi'llg left for it, but to keep Moving ; and
his at a rate proportioned to the emergency of the
ease. Mr. P. TuomsoN views this matter as a man
of sense, and takes special care to inform us that he
himself, and the party to which he belongs, are pre-
pared to act accordingly. On every topic on which he
touches, his speech leaves nothing to be wished for. There
is no longer any dulcet prattle about the expediency of
conciliating the Tories ; that delusion is past, and has
given place to sounder views of policy. At all risks,
under every possible variety of circumstance, Ministers
are sternly prepared to do their duty. If the opposite
party will assist them in their endeavours, well ; if not,
they will do without them. What more can Govern-
ment say ? What more can the people expect ?

Among the elections to which the recent change of
Ministry has given rise, none, perhaps, has been more
gratifying or honourable to both constituents and re-
s

presentative than tile o!' RUFANE DONKIN
for the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Sir R UFA NE
has now been re-elected without opposition for the third
time ; and his speech on that occasion, which will be
found in this day's Sun, shows that he is indebted for
that honour, not to the dictum of a patron, nor to
bribery and corruption, and keeping open house in all
the tap-rooms of the town, but to the approbation by
the electors of his past conduct in Parliament, and to
their confidence in his continuing to discharge with the
same fidelity the important trust which they have dele-
gated to him.

This is another illustration of the beneficial " work-
ing "of the Reform Bill. Here the candidate does
not attempt to curry favour with a Corporation or with
influential individuals, but boldly avows his political'
principles, points to his past conduct, and confidently
relies upon the good sense and patriotism of the elec-
tors. These respond with eagerness to the appeal, and
vindicate, in their turn, their claim to the thanks of their
fellow-countrymen, by sending to Parliament a repre-
sentative in whose principles and adherence to the good
cause they can place entire confidence. Will the Con-
servatives, after the result of the recent elections, con-
tinue to talk of their boasted " re-action ?" Where is
it to be found ? And in what place, on the contrary, is
not to be met with a full reliance on the policy and
measures of the new Ministry, whose advent is every-
where hailed with enthusiastic satisfaction ?

We have received the whole of the Paris papers of
Thursday, together with intelligence from Bayonne of
the same date. The debate in the Chamber of De.
puties on the grant of 1,200,000 francs (48,0001.)
has terminated in the triumph of Ministers : so that
the French Cabinet may now be considered as quite
secure during the present session of the Chambers.
Although a defeat on any item of the Budget is not
.zegarded in France as a signal for the retirement of
Ministers—which it always is in England—yet a re-
jection of the motion for secret service money, would
have so crippled the Government, that Ministers would
have found it quite impossible to retain their places.
After a long, violent, and uninteresting debate, the
Chamber divided on Wednesday evening, when there
appeared—

For the grant 259
-

Against it
Majority for Ministers —l3o.

The importance of the Ministerial triumph will be
better estimated when it is remembered that the pre-
sent grant is merely supplementary to the supplies for
the year. The original grant for secret service was
1,500,000 francs, but it was found insufficient to meet
certain wants of the Government, arising out of the
prosecution of the prisoners of April.
The President of the Chamber of Peers has signified
that the principal witnesses required by the prisoners
on their trial shall be duly summoned. The New.
Court, which is said to be a splendid edifice, will be
opened on Tuesday next, when the Peers will take
their places, and proceed directly to the trial of the ac-
cused. All Paris is in a state of ferment in expecta-
tion of the results of this extraordinary proceeding. The
Temps states that the prisoners are resolved to chal-
lenge a number of their Judges. " They mean to ob-
ject," says this journal, "to M. BAILLOTT, as being
the father of one of the victims of the melancholy days
of civil war, and created a Peer in April, 1834 ; to all
Peers holding appointments from which they may be
removed at the pleasure of the Crown, Ambassadors,
Members of the Department of Public Instruction,
and consequently liable to be dismissed from their
places, if they do not give their votes in favour of a Go-
vernment which makes the prosecution a condition of
its existence ; all Peers who are in the Army or Navy,
as they may likewise be put on the retired list, or re-
duced to half-pay, in consequence of their votes ; and,
finally, all Peers attached to the Royal Household.
All these challenges are founded upon the Code of
Criminal Proceedings, and should they be allowed,
the Court of Peers will be reduced to only 25 Mem-
bers. Can it still be said that this is not an Excep-
tional Tribunal ?" It is not expected that the Peers
will pay any attention to the challenges of the pri-
soners, although such a proceeding will add to the ex-
ternal excitement.

The Bayonne Papers state, that Lord EL moT has
succeeded in his mission to Don CARLOS, as far as
regards the exchange of prisoners, and the adoption of
a system of regular warfare. The Prince assured his
Lordship that he deplored the butcheries which dis-
graced the Spanish arms, and that he was willing to
put an end to them at once, provided the QUEEN'S
Generals entered into a mutual compact with him, sti-
pulating that all the usages of civilized warfare should
be observed on both sides. No doubt was entertained
of the readiness of VALDEz—who is a brave but hu-
mane man—to adopt any proposal for preventing the
unnecessary effusion of blood.
The Indicateztr gives the following Order of the
Day, published by MINA before his departure for
Cambo

" PAMPELLNA, APRIL 18.—Her Majesty having been pleased
to accept my resignation of the command which the state of
my health does not allow me to hold any longer, his Excel-
lency Don Geronimo Valdez, by virtue of the full powers
given him by the Royal Decree of the 7th inst., has authorised
me to give up the said command to Major-General Don Ma-
nuel Benedicto, who will from this day be recognised ad in-
terim as Commander-in-chief of the Army of the North, and
Viceroy of Navarre.

(Signed) FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y MINA."
FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, Arum 30
Five per Cents., 11Y7t: 95e. 108 C 1071. 95c.
Four per Cents., 101 f. 50c.
Three per Cents., t4•2f. 23c. Sc. 82f.
Bank Actions, 197::f.
Route de Naples, 99f. 99C Sc,
Roman Five per Cents., 109.4%.
Rente ,pEspagnc, Five per Cents., 51%U.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., :k.l, 32,A.
Royal Spanish Loan, 501 i V. 2
; ‘l,,,pp;rile. Five per Cents., 5038 14 51.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cuts,
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cent., 100.
Ha, tian Loan, 4„Of.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25C 40c ; money, 251 40e.
Three months, paper, 25f. 300. ; money, 25f. 30c.
--Coors Autheniique.
BOURSE THREE O'CLOCK.—The liquidation of the option
bargains BOURSE,
just closed; the present price is 82f. 25c. to
274 c. As there is no Bourse to-morrow, the real effect will
only take place on Saturday, which is to be the settling day.
The Spanish securities have been, as usual on such a day,
neglected. There are accounts from Madrid of the 23d. The
Three per Cents. have receded to 83f., owing to the settling
of account.

v.
QUARTER TO FOUR O'CLOCK.—Five per Cents., 108 f. ;
Three per Cents., 82f.; Five per Cents., Spanish, 5;
Three per Cents., ditto, 322; Cortes, 511 ; Coupons,
32 ; Guebhards, 501; Differes, 231 221; New Loan, 70 ;
Ducats, 99 5 ; Romans, 1024 ; Belgians, 1021; Pedres, 100 ;
Dutch, 58 40 ; Brabant Bank, 201 premium.

Advices from Alexandria to the 26th of March,
enable us to state that the plague then raged with less
fury than it did up to the 18th. The number of deaths
on the 24th was 155, which was 70 less than the day

preceding. Most unfortunately, the plague was car-
ried on board the' vessels in the river, and the crews of
several merchantmen are at present infected with it.

Madrid papers to .the 23d ult., have been received.
The Chamber of Procuradores, in its sitting of the
21st, adopted the 6th Article of the Project of Law on
the Internal debt, which declares that all the property
of the Inquisition and the Jesuits shall be appropri-
ated to the purposes of the State. In the same
sitting MARTINEZ DE LA I? osA, informed the
Chamber, that Lord ELLIOT'S mission to Spain was
solely confined to the recommendation of the customs
of civilized warfare between the contending armies.

- We have received Montreal Papers to the 26th of
March inclusive. The Quebec Constitutional Asso-
ciation has appointed Mr. NEILSON, formerly a mer-
chant, and now, we believe, the editor of an American
Journal, as their agent to the British Government,
with a salary of 500/. a year. The growing discon-
tent of our American Cc!or.ies is becoming too serious
to be any longer trifled with. Ministers must t'.kc the
subject into their immediate consideration, otherwise
Canada will follow the example of the United States.
This, we know, is an unwelcome announcement; but
it is high time that the truth should be known.

German papers to the 26th ult. have been received,
bringing letters from Greece to the 13th of March.
The English fleet under Admiral ROWLEY entered
the harbour of the Piraeus on the 11th. It consists
of twelve sail. The Government sent to inquire the
object of its coming, when the Admiral signified that
the whole fleet would leave the Pirnus the next day,
to anchor innhe larger harbour of the neighbouring
island of Salamis.

HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 28.
FOREIGN FUNDS. Bills Money.
Austrian Metal liques, 5 per cent. 102% 101%
Ditto ditto 4 per cent.
Ditto Bank Shares 1350 1350
Anglo-Russian Loan 11.6% 105%
Ditto, 5 per cent. lOO 90%
Paper Inscription. 6 per cent 79
Rusalan Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Portuguese Regency Bonds. 5 per cent 94% 94%
Ditto, 6 per cent. - 102 iii 101
Dutch :4,2 per Cents. 55% 55%
Ditto 5 per Cents lOOl4 100
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 75 74%
Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 ptr cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents 3O 29%
Ditto 5 per Cent. 534 53
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, APRIL 28.-13 9% ; two months, 13 EN.
CHRISTIANIA. APRIL 18 —Three months, 522.
LEIPSIC. APRIL 24.—Two months, 6 17.
ST. PETEKSBURGII, APRIL 14 —Three months, 10 3544.
BREMEN, APRIL 24.—Tao months, 6073.
—Hamburg Papers, April 28.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, APRIL 25.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 41 per cent.... .......... ...100% 100%
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 9944 98%
Exchange en London, Two months 626
—Prussian State Gazette, April 27

There is a report in the City that a battle has been
fought between the QUEEN'S troops under VALDEZ, and
the Carlists under ZUMALACARREGUY, in which the
the latter was defeated. It is further stated, that Don
CARLOS has made conditions to evacuate Spain for
Naples, to join his family there. At present we can-
not vouch for the correctness of these rumours.

THE MAGAZINES.-(CONTINUED.)

THE ASIATIC JOURNAL.

Decidedly the best Number that has appeared for the
last six months. " Anglo-Indian Society" has but one
fault—it is too short. We can bestow upon it no higher
praise than this, for, when not greatly pleased, we are
great lovers of brevity, even in Magazines. " State Pri-
soners in India," is a very interesting sketch ; but the aril-
-fie containing the greatest novelty for a mere English
reader, is the " Manners and Customs of the Likhs."
There is much sweetness in the verses hailing the "
iiest Month in the Year."