The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-27 00:00:00

Liberty, that the chains of oppression were burst, and the pri-
soner freed from the shackles which intolerance and bigotry
had forged, and would have rejoiced in rivetting for ever.
At half-past two o'clock the procession was marshalled from
the corner of the Tuns Inn, and, attended by about 2,000-per-
sons, set out for St. John's tell-gate---their numbers continually
increasing till they reached the spot appointed to receive the
object of ecclesiastical hatred, when they had increased to at
least 0,000. When the first distant cheer was heard announcing
his approach, every ear was opened to catch the second, and
this swelled into one universal burst of acclamation. On his
arrival among them, a number of county voters had agreed to
draw Mr. Childs into the town, but the intended courtesy was
at once and peremptorily declined by him. The procession,
in the following order, marched off for Bungay :
Eighty horsemen, two abreast.
A large Crown formed of flowers.
Royal Standard.
Large Blue Silk Banner—" Abolition of Church Rates."
Six Blue and White Banners—
" The King, his rights and no more." •
" The People, their rights and no less."
" Abolition of Pluralities."
" Relief to Dissenters."
" Reduction of Taxation."
" No Sinecures."
Band, in a van drawn by two horses.
A variety of Flags.
Large Blue and White Banner—" Defiance to the Opposers of the
People."
Purple Silk Banner—" Freedom."
Six more Blue and White Banners, among which were the follow-

ing Mottos—
" Reform, Corruption's Foe." " Corporation Reform."
" No Church Rates." " Liberty of Conscience."
Large Blue and White Banner—" Our Country and our Rights."
A variety of Flags.
Six Blue and White Banners, with appropriate inscriptions.
Large Yellow Silk Banner—" Liberty."
Large White Silk Banner—" Knowledge is Power,"
on which, amongst other names, were inscribed those of
Bacon, Locke, Herschel, Newton, and Brougham.
A variety of Flags.
Six Blue and white Banners, with appropriate inscriptions.
200 Children of the British Free School, chaunting,
" We welcome the Defender of our Rights."
Large Blue Banner—" Peace to the Nation, Plenty to the Poor.
Two Green Silk Banners—" Vox Populi."
Large Blue Banner—" Unity in the glorious cause of Freedom."
Large White Banner—" Liberty of the Press."
THE CARRIAGE,
in which was Mr. CHILDS and the Rev. Mr. ATKINSON.
A variety of Flags.
White Silk Banner—" Purity of Principle."
Large Blue and White Banner—" No Church Monopoly."
A variety of Flags.
A Carriage with Mr. Childs' Family.
Small Banners with appropriate Inscriptions.
Large Blue Banner—" Trade defended from Corporation Robbery.'
A variety of Flags.
Large Purple, Yellow, and Scarlet Silk Banner—
" No Church Rate."
Large Purple, Yellow, and Scarlet Silk Banner-L-
Abolition of Iniquitous Laws."
Large Purple Silk Banner—" Friends of Liberty be firm and
persevere."
Followed by about 100 carriages, chaises, gigs, and other
vehicles, the whole accompanied by a tide of population which
extended about three-quarters of a mile, and is variously esti-
mated at 6,000, 8,000, and 10,000 persons. The inhabitants
who remained in the town during the absence of the proces-
sion welcomed its approach with the heartiest cheers ; their
houses were variously decorated, the windows were crowded
with smiling faces, and nearly every shop in the line of pro-
cession was closed—one exception was remarkable—the shop
of Bobbit, the Churchwarden, situate at a spot where the
dense mass of people was compelled to turn, and where con-
sequently extreme pressure was inevitable, was left with its
broad frontage of glass wide open. Not a pane was for-
tunately pressed in. At this point of the procession an expres-
sion of disapprobation was rising, when it was instantly and
completely checked by a single gesture from Mr. Childs.
When Mr. Childs arrived opposite his own dwelling, no
words can describe the effect prOduced by the cheering of the
assembled thousands, and the children from the British Free
School, with their masters and mistress chaunting "We
welcome the defender of our rights." Before Mr. Childs
alighted from his carriage he addressed the vast multitude in a
very few words, but with astonishing effect. " I thank you all, sin-
cerely," said Mr. Childs, " for the reception you have this day
given me. I cannot now attempt to tell you where I have
been, or what I have seen. Let me beseech you all to return
quietly to your homes, and especially to show no public marks
of disapprobation towards those who differ from us." Nine
hearty cheers were then given for Mr. Childs and his family,
and after parading the principal streets of the town, the whole
procession very quietly, and as if by magic, dispersed. The
arch was quickly taken down, and every sign of gratulation
removed out of the streets. About seventy gentlemen, among
whom were Catholics, Churchmen, and Dissenters, knit in
the cause of freedom and liberty of conscience, met at the
Assembly-room, and closed the evening with every demon-
stration of good fellowship and kindly feeling. The day had
passed without a single outbreak of unkindness—without the
occurrence of the most trivial accident—not a child was injured
in the crowd—not a window was broken, nor an insult offered.
The evening was undisturbed by a brawl, and the Sabbath
morning rose on as placid a town and as quiet a population
as any in the kingdom.
If anything were previously wanting to convince the Aristo-
cracy that the mob, or the rabble, as they are frequently called,
do know how to conduct themselves, the proceedings of this
day might show them that their poorer neighbours need
only to be treated with the kindness which is their due to com-
mand their respect. Not even a pint of beer was distributed
on this occasion, except to the individuals who carried the
banners, and neither threats nor promises were used to induce
the people to attend ; yet they came as by a simultaneous im-
pulse, and peace and joy beamed on every countenance. Did
those who enjoy all the luxuries this world can afford, and who
have their thousands at command, but reflect that to the
working classes, whom they affect to despise, they are in-.
debted for all the opulence and splendour they enjoy, they
would see the necessity of exhibiting an interest in their wel-
fare, of cultivating kindly feelings towards them, and endea-
vour to cement afresh those bonds, which, by the haughty
and covetous spirit of some, and the oppression of others, have
with a few exceptions, been well nigh broken.

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THE LATE EARL OF LONGFORD.—HiS Lord
ship was a Representative Irish Peer, in which body, of
course, his demise creates a vacancy. He was, besides custos
rotuloruni of the county of Westmeath, where (at Pakenham-
ball) the greatest part of his property is situate. He is suc-
ceeded by his eldest son, Edward Michael Lord Hilchester,
who was born in 1817, and is consequently still a minor. The
late Peer leaves besides nine other children by Lady
Georgiana Lygon, daughter of Earl Beauchamp. His Lord-
ship's eldest sister was the Duchess of Wellington.
The General Steam Navigation Company's Mail
Packet, the John Bull, from Hamburg, arrived off the Cus-
tomhouse, at eleven o'clock A.M. this day, having made a very
quick passage of 48 hours.
The General Steam Navigation Company's well-
known packet, the Harlequin, arrived from Bolougne at 10
o'clock yesterday, having made the passage in less than 13
hours, against a strong South West Wind. The Harlequin
made its passage from London to Boulogne on the 21st inst.
in 11 hours and a quarter. This is the first voyage the Har-
lequin has made since the completion of the repairs rendered
necessary by the accident which will be in the recollection of
the public. Several improvements of an important nature have
been made in this favourite ship by the eminent builders in
whose hands she was placed (Messrs. Fletcher and Furnall)
the result of which have proved completely successful, and pro-
/,:ise to surpass her former feats of speed on the river.
'liie Steamer that runs between Smyrna and Con-
stantinopio met with an accident in her last passage to the
former place, having been run foul of by a large Greek barque
during the night of the 17th, off Tenedos, in heavy weather.
She escaped by a mere miracle with the loss of part of her
stern, and of the helmsman, who was knocked into the sea,
and perished. Such was the shock that the barque actually
left her bowsprit on board the steamer. Had the latter been
struck more a midshipa she must have gone down with her
seventy passengers. The crew of the barque either run into
her purposely or were very remiss in keeping a look-out, as the
steamer had up at the time three lights, visible at a distance
of ten miles.
The last number of the New Monthly Magazine,
it will be recollected, gave the continuation of Theodore
Hook's most diverting story of " Gilbert Guerney," in which
the performances of Daly, the "tricksy spirit," are told with
such exquisite humour, that we long to see their further deve-
lopment in the June number, which, in addition to this attrac-
tion, announces among its leading contents, a Sketch by the
Author of " Paul Pry," entitled " Sir Matthew Meddle;" ano-
ther by Thomas Haynes Bayly, Esq. ; a Poem by the Hon.
Mrs. Norton, and another by the celebrated Mrs. Mardyn ;
The Red Man," a true narrative ; and also a paper, which
cannot fail to excite the greatest interest, entitled " The
Trade of the Country."
NEW YORK, MARCH 28.—1 n July, last year, a
Bill of great importance to German emigrants (the Gold
Bill), became law in the United States. Before that time
the American gold coins were current at a much lower rate,
in proportion to their extensive value, than the gold coin in
Europe. The consequence was, that as soon as they were
issued, they were exported to Europe as an article of com-
merce, and there re-coined. By the Bill in question, the
gold currency of the country will be coined so that their in-
trinsic value will be more conformable to that of the European
coin, and a higher current value is given to the old coin. But
at the same time the European gold coins have received a
current value, which is much above that at which they could
formerly be disposed of to the money changers. German
emigrants, therefore, can do nothing better than to convert
their property into gold before they leave Europe, and this
into such gold coin as they can obtain on the lowest terms.
There is at present a great deal of gold in circulation here,
and it is understood that the same is the case in other places
in America. Gold continues to be coined at the mint at
Philadelphia. As gold may be as commonly used by travellers
as bank-notes, the bringing the gold coin into circulation is
the best and most simple mode of supplying the place of the
notes of the bank of the United States, and President Jack-
son, and M. Von Brinen, the Secretary of Skate. may succeed
in rendering an institution which is so hateful to them 11Parly
unnecessary to commerce.
LIVEiZr2OL COTTON MARKET, MAY 25.
The sales to-day are2,o~nbags, and in the lower descriptions
of American there is a decline o; ;-d• per lb. ; in the other
qualities prices remain tho same as last -weea. Tong stapled
sorts are still advancing. The descriptions sold to-day Zr 9
80 Maranhams, 15 d. a 15id. ; 30 Surats, 71d. ; remainder
American, IGO. a 12id.