The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-21 00:00:00

to whom we allude has the effrontery to lie in detail
as well as -by wholesale, after a fashion of whictil We
present our readers with the following illustration
Of 50 parishes, the revenues of which are 11,897 t;
the number of Protestants 527, 42 are without a resi-
dent clergyman, and 41 without a church ; but them
must be no reform. These italics are not our's, but
the writer's. Now, what said Sir R.
Peel upon this
very subject of non-residence ? Sir R. Peel, against
whom this same is perpetually dribbling the ditch-
water of his wrath, on the ground that the Right Hon.
Baronet is a Tory, the leader of the Tories, and that
he dared to think of filling the station for which he is
far the best fitted of any of his Majesty's subjects,--
namely, that of Prime Minister? Hear his language-
" He agreed fully with what had been said relative to
the propriety of enforcing residence among the clergy.
He would not limit his determination to removing
the abuses caused by the abses,?ce of an incumbent,
who, spending his money at Bath, neglected the per-
formance of his clerical duties. lie would be con-
tented to destroy pluralities.—(Cheers.) The minis
ters of the Church of Ireland, who wet 2 spending
their incomes in places of mere amusement, or who
were neglecting the personal discharge of spiritual
duties, were not fulfilling the condition on whims the
endowments of their benefices were given—(Lieud
cheers)—and a law should pass to remove those un-
sightly defects in the- constitution of the Church of
Ireland. . And with his fill consent that law should.
apply not merely to future, but to every existing incum-
bent. There was no vested interest that could be
pleaded against the performance of that high trust for
which alone' that interest was eiven."—{(l-ireat cheer-
ing.). The speech of. Sir Robert Peel, in which this
passage occurs, was delivered in the House of Com-
mons on the 6th of April last, and we quote it fi oat
Hansards Parliamentary Debates. We are pe?-
suadad that there will be no difference of opinion
ammegameneetoeyer party lwho happen not
to have lost all sense of hoteste ' tlstrife of l• .....,y in lc
tics), 1.•
Ii Cs), upon the condlict we. have exposed. Vie be-
lieve that nothing 'more discreditable to the press of
any country will be found than the behaviour of the
Whig press of the metropolis at the present momenta
But is this to be wondered at, when a society enrolline-
among its members and subscribers no inconsiderable
number of persons, who, above the temptation to slan-
der for shillings, and otherwise respectable, allow the
sanction of their names to such a tissue of misrepre-
sentation and absurdity as the Reform Association
pamphlet on the Irish Church ? Suppose for a mo-
ment that all the grievances set down in that produc-
tion are real, which of them, we ask, except the sup-
posedilioeuii.rtectitrilemeStnoi
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None—not one. The revenues of Bishops and Deans
and Chapters are these swelled into the most preposte-
rous prominence, but the readers of the pamphlet are
not told that the Whigs do not propose to reduce these
excrescences at all, or that, if they do, it is not by
any actual operation on them, but by an inge-,
nious sympathetic system that mulcts the parish priests,
because the prelates- have too large funds. If the
staff of that part of the establishment which is
placed in Ireland be too laeae, why not plainly and
straightforwardly propose furilter reductions ? If the
Temporalities Act, which, among other reforms, ef-
fected time suppression of 10 bishopraes, and made pro-
vision for the extinction of sinecure dignities, be found
now, though a Whig measure, not to have gone far
enough, why not move for leave to bring in a bill to
carry it further ? Sub') courses, however they might
be objected to, would at least be free from all reproach
of deceit and fraud; while at present the hierarchy is
abused in order to divert attention from the blaxs, not
words, that are levelled at the parochial clergy. There
is a surplus of Church property, says the pamphlet, and
the object of the Church Bill is to appropriate that
surplus to the purposes of education. But how does
it make out the surplus ?* Why, by adding the rev(
ones of the Bishops, sec. and the lay tithes to tt
tithes of the parochial clergy, and so making out
large apparent amount of funds ; but. it does not
state that the Irish Churell Bill "appropriates " al
most exclusively from one of these sources only—
namely, from the tithes of the parochial clerg:
which tithes ditithid among them will not produce
more than 2601. a-year. We are sick of exposit);
these dirty doings. There is, however, some con.
solation in observing, in such reckless and despera'
and dishouest..shifts, how wicked as well as how wea
must be the cause of those who can trust its advanc(
rent only to such unscrupulous instruments. Th
sober Christian, who has not observed some of thee,
ilistruments as closely as we have, may be surprised
as well as shocked when he finds them sneering at the
Reformation, laughing at the publication of the Biblr
and cutting dull and indecent jokes about " a lady i,
the Book of Kings," who proposed that a child, no:
her own, should be cut in twain. We, who kno•
them better, have lead these things without the lea:
surprise. We. believe, that to gain for their master
the votes of five infidels, they would ridicule all th
forms and festivals -of our own and of every othc
church, and denounce them as idle ceremonies, un
suited to the spirit of the age, and calculated only t,
keep up religious animosities, and shock the consciee
tour' scruples of unbelievers.—Times.
Some very severe remarks have been made by one
or two of our contemporaries upon the general order
issued by Colonel Evans's Adjutant at St. Sebastian,
on the 4th inst., declaring that " the Lieut.-General
knows no distinction" between privates, officers; and
non-commissioned officers of his legion, and that even
the want of education shall not deter him from advanc-
ing natural ability and decided good conduct." This
order was pat, forth on the occasion of serjcant M'ln-
tosh being orousoted to an Ensignancy, " for his gal-
lantry in action and steadiness of general conduct,"
the serjeant having knoekcd down a Carlist at a long
shot who at the moment was not firing at him. Really
the gallant " Lieutenant-encrab" who is yet only
known by his mccesive defeats, ousht to have waited
till the serjeant had brought in toe colours of some
Biscayan regiment, or a hag full or cars, cut from
the heads of those who have the audacity to fight
for Don Carlos. But how, ..eve should like, to ask
the Lieutenant-General and hatis Adjutant will the
native corps, equally protectin'g the Throne of the
immaculate Queen, like this new rule introduced by
the British " Liberator," the title to which the Com-
mander of the Auxiliary Legion is said to aspire.
Promotion to the rank of an officer in Spain has hi-
therto required testimonials of both birth and edueac
tion (the guerrilla times excepted), and the approba
tion of the War Minister. Other rewards were
reserved for meritorious privates. The offence thus
given to the Spanish regulars, it is presumed, is of
little consequence ; but what is the promotion granted
by General Evans worth, even if his contract with the
Ambassador Alava stipulates that, in consideration of
his known skill and expected services, he shall have
the option of advancing whomsoever he pleases I The
power to raise men in England and France for the
service of the Queen Dowager of Spain originated in
a camarilla, and never received the sanction of the
l -
Spanish Legislature. It is altogether a private affair of
some of the Queen's advisers, and there are persons, now
very near her Majesty, who think that the expedient
was resorted to in order to render her more unpopu-
lar, and hasten her downfal. It is generally believed
that even Munoz, who attained some rank in the
army before his late honours were showered'upon him,
warmly opposed the employment of foreigners : and
delivered, it is said, more thou one curtain lecture
upon the subject, roe, after all, the reputed father of
the Queen's last two children has some Spanish feel-
ing in him, and, in the annals of his country, will
not quite deserve to be compared with a Godoy. As
the military Radical, just imported from Westminster,
has begun by times with his reforms in that depart-
ment which most concerns him, perhaps his beneficent
views will, ere long, be directed to the improvement
of the- Church, in which there would be more scope
for his varied talents. There are Spanish letters in
tooltevium,
vtavlllisicrulnegtiloronpitmihneg
,t,he
Britishtm ".I\elfoerrinersccnar. It re-
!?s," call
mains to be seen how their plans will suit the er
h , as a
Spa-
niards ; but it is very evident that the employment of
foreigners in the domestic quarrels of Spain
ma-
terially tended. to loosen the bonds which hitherto kept
the -propnces united with the capital.—Morm.
ag Post .