The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-03 00:00:00

DISTA FES.

Harlequin, Mr. Ellar Pantaloon, Mr. F. Sutton ; Clown, Mr. T.
Matthews; Whirligig, Mr. W. H. Payne. Columbine, Miss C. Reckie

THE DUBLIN U
'LINE, No. 26, for FE
Conservatism or Revolution—,

'ir.IVERSITY MAGA-
:BRUA!IY, contains—
Farewell !
Mishaps of a Sho7t-sighted Man,
or Adventures of 2artholomew
Buzzard, Esq.
Hibernian Nights' Entertain=
meats. Third Night—The Re-
bellion of Silken Thomas.
Protestant Deputation to Eng-

Plain Words by a Plain Thinker.!
Scenes from "the Life of Edward

Lascelles, Gent. Chaps. XI.

and XII.
Anthologia Germanica, No. 11.
--Schiller's Lay of the Bell
and Message to the Iron Foun-
dry.
Memoirs of the late Sir Chippin
Porrage, Bart. ( Concluded. )
Dublin : William Curry, jun.
Marshall, and Co. Sold by all B(

land.
A few Words on the City Elec-
tion.
, and Co. London : Simpkin,
oksellers in the United Kingdom.

HAMBURG, Nov. 26, 1834
HEINE BROTHERS, Contractors for the
GREAT LOTTERY, published and drawn by authority
and under guarantee of the Hamburg Government, beg to inform the
public, that the 65th Lottery of 10,000 Tickets will be drawn on
the 18th of March next ; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks
baneo, or 81. The prizes are lof 100,000, lof 51,000, lof 30,000,
1 of 20,000, 1 of 10,000, 2 of 5,000, 4 of 3,000, 7 of 2,000, 20 of
1,000, 40 of 500, and 1,500 of 108 marks, which 1,578 money
prizes are altogether stated 'n marks baneo, and payable without any
deduction whatever; 4,000 tickets being delivered gratis to the holders
of the 2,000 first-drawn tickets, as per scheme, those purchasing
one ticket, at the trifling cost of 8/., may obtain three prizes, and
thus, if fortune proves favourable, gain 180,000 marks baneo, at
the present exchange, equal to 13,0001. sterling. Owing to the
gratis-tickets, the number of tickets on sale is a very limited one,
so that, of course, they will be cleared off very rapidly, and a
rise in prise occur very soon. Thot,e desirous to purchase at the
present first price of Si., are requested to direct, by one of the
first mails, but only for whole tiekets, to the above-named Con-
tractors, Heine Brothers, in Hamburg. Those remitting a 101.
note will receive an order for the balance of 21., together with
the tieket, by return of mail ; on the ether hand, those preferring
to pay Heine Brothers' draft for the east, are recommended to pay
such draft immediately when presented. A full scheme, and every
desirable information, being always sent with the tiesets, those
giving orders will only have to write a line, ordering the ticket or
tickets, adding the money, or an order for the same, or stating the
mode of payment that may be more convenient to the orderer, and
giving their full and plain directions, to secure the safe receipt of
the oommunieations. Those honouring Heine Brothers by pur-
chasing, may depend en the strictest secrecy, as to their taking a
chalet or getting a prize ; such being the undeviating rule of the
old-established and most lucky Office.

me publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 10 minutes past 8 o'clock.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUAtY 3, 1585.

The Tory Journals have opened a cry against Mr.
ABERCROMBY, since that gentleman has declared bis
willingness to accede to the wishes of the House of
Commons, should the House think him worthy of
being its Speaker.
This is only what occurs in similar cases, and it
must therefore have been expected in this. In proportion
also to the Right Hon. Gentleman's fitness for the office,
and consequent chance of success, we must expect to
find the virulence of the abuse poured out against him,
by the sycophants of the Court, who know well how
to appreciate the importance of having one of
their own kidney in the SPEAKER'S Chair. One of
the objections made to Mr. ABERCROMBY is, that
he accepted the retiring pension attached to the
office of Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland.
We suppose, then, that the late SPEAKER does not
intend that the country should be burdened with any
retiring provision for him. If Mr. ABERCROMBY
held his office but for a short time, it must be remem-
bered that a noble testimony was borne to his talents,
as well as to the moderation of his party views, by his
being selected to fill it by the WELLINGTON Ad-
ministration ; and also that he himself proposed the
abolition of the office, voluntarily surrendering
to the country 2,0001. per annum,—an example of dis-
interestedness which few of the Tories, we apprehend,
feel much inclined to follow. This testimony, coming,
as it did, from men of political sentiments opposed to
his own, may seem to our readers too strong to require
corroboration ; yet it is gratifying to find the charac-
ter of such a man so well appreciated, as it appears to
us. to be, by an able advocate of the present Govern-
ment,.who describes Mr. ABERCROMBY as " discreet,
reflecting, liberal, just, considerate in his views, and
resolute in enforcing them, of long experience, of
sound sagacity, and of reputation perfectly un-
blenzished."

These are, every one of them, admirable qualities in
the character of a S PE.:A K E R—qualities, indeed, so rarely
combined, that it will be ►io less gratifying on the score
of novelty, than refreshing to he spirits, to find them
in the individual who presides over :he deliberations of
the Commons of Great Britain.

But, notwithstanding all this, Mr. ABERCROMBY,

is said, degraded himself by accepting, from the
Duke of DEVONSHIRE, compensation for important
services rendered to that Nobleman, in the superin-
tendance of his estates. It would certainly have been

more conformable to Tory practice, if Mr.A BERCROMBY
had accepted the compensation, without rendering the
services ; but we suppose the Duke of WELLING-
son overlooked this among other heresies in the creed
of the Lord Chief Baron of Scotland. Be that, how-
ever, as it may, if this be a disqualification, it is rather
a tnoral than an intellectual or political one ; and we
would put it to the supporters of Sir CHARLES
MANNERS SUTTON, whether it is wise in them to
widen the field of competition to such an extent.

It is at present a point of paramount importance
with the Tories to infuse a spirit of dissension among
the Reformers. By dividing them into four distinct
and clashing groups—the Anti-Tories, the moderate
Whigs, the MELBOURNITES, and the Radicals—and,
contrasting the differences of opinion and pursuit
which animate each branch of the quadripartite forces,
they hope to set them all by the ears, in order to attain
their own 'end in a general split among their rivals.
There is, however, in this device more of ingenuity
than of real value. The Reformers of all grades have
at this moment a common object in the entire and final
overthrow of Tory control, an object far superior in
importance to any difference, in degree of opinion,
which distinguishes them from each other. When
this object is secured, then may come the time for
private disputation, but not before ; they may wrangle
a little by and bye, perhaps, about matters of detail;
but now they are united in a strong fraternity of al-
liance to crush Tory ambition.
The present Government, we are told, only wants
an opportunity of developing its preliminary policy,
and the reason is very innocently avowed : "an effec-
tive and sufficient Church Reform will make the for-
tune of any Ministry !" No doubt of it ; and with
such a prize at the goal as this enduring " fortune,"
what, on such a subject, would the Tories not pro-
mise, perhaps perform ? But why should the Tories
be permitted to accomplish this great matter ? What
claims have they upon the Reformers as a body, that
they should relinquish their own just rights to execute
a measure which they have ever sought to bring about,
and which the Tories have ever resisted with a vio-
lence of obstinacy proportioned to the ardency of their
opponent's advocacy ? Why should the Reformers
be cozened out of the " fortune" thus within their
reach, and submissively allow filching hands to secure
the glory ?
It is the policy of the Tories to vaunt their own fit-
ness for office, by contrasting the incapacity of the
Whigs, and to twit their Government for imbecility of
action. But do they think that the back-stair influ-
ences, which made them imbecile—which paralyzed
their power, and crippled every effort—are unremem-
bered by the public ? It is the interest of the Tories
moreover, so to identify a Reform Government with
the names of those who recently held office, that no
other persons of all the party shall, under any pretence,
of superior qualification, be considered as capable of
being selected to form a new Administration, in case
the Tories are removed. But is there aught in this
but cunning sophistry ? Is the elevation of Lord
SPENCER to the Upper House, and the dismissal of
the MELBOURNE Cabinet, to be taken as grounds of
belief, that the Reformers possess not among them-
selves a body of men on whose capability to carry on
the King's Government any reliance is to be placed ?
and that, in this melancholy plight, the present Tory
leaders alone are those solely, who must of necessity
be reverted to for the effective guidance of the State ?
Will such buffoonery of reasoning be tolerated by any
man of common sense in the three Kingdoms ?
Surely not.
The people of England so well understand the
pocket-emptying policy of the Tories, that they utterly
distrust them, and ardently desire to see the total
obliteration of their party : they know moreover that
there are plenty of good and honest men among the
Reformers, who will be found just the sort of practical
Statesmen that are wanted—men, namely, that will be
givers of good and cheap laws, abolishers of abuses, and
respecters of the public purse. The Reformers know
this, too, and they are not about to lose the glorious
" fortune" to themselves and to the country, by any
intestinal squabbles at a moment when, by unity of pur-
pose, the prize can be so easily secured, however desi-
rous the Tories may be to hatch a civil warfare among
them. None but themselves can defeat themselves,
and they are not quite so maddened by prosperity as to
become suicidally disposed.

By a decision of Lord ABINGER the KING'S chap-
lains have been declared exempt from the law of arrest
in matters of debt. The reason assigned by the Court
for this is, that inasmuch as they are always liable to
be called upon to officiate in affairs of spiritual con-
cernment to his Majesty, their personal detention at
any of his Majesty's state asylums for the destitute,
would amount to a curtailment of the KING'S prero-
gative Again—that word how much has it lately
engaged the public attention, yet how i'ttle of its true
signification is known ! We suppose that come ra-
dical member will by-and-bye be moving for an official
return of the number, nature, extent, and quality of
the prerogatives of the Crown, in order that good sub-
jects may clearly understand the precise latitude of dis-
cussion they may indulge in, without disloyally trench-
ing upon questions of the Royal privilege.

The Portuguese Papers contain another letter from
General BACON to Sir J. MILLEY DOYLE, in which
the former tells the latter, that " he has nothing more
to fear from him." The letter is meant to be a va-
ledictory one, and is penned in a spirit of the most
cutting satire. These Papers contain no other news of
interest. Prince AUGUSTUS had just reached Lisbon.

We direct the attention of our readers to the copy
of a prospectus, for the establishment of an " Equi-
table Steam-packet Company," bearing the signature
of Mr. JOHN NICHOLSON, of Fenchurch-street,
which will be found in our advertising columns.
Although we are as cautious as our means of
intelligence will admit, of recommending to
the public any project which wears the aspect of a
mere speculation for individual gain, yet do we
never withhold our approval of any measure
which promises to benefit the community at large—
and this we believe to be the great object of the pro-
ject now submitted to the public. Should a Company
be formed on the same principle which is laid down in
the prospectus, one of the immediate consequences
would be, the affording a cheerful and healthy exer-
cise to the numerous artizans who are pent up by
the year in the dull, gloomy lanes, and back-streets
of London, the alternate prey of disease and immo-
rality. This would be a great good—an object of
primary consideration in itself ; added to which, there
is the impetus which would be given to industry, by
artizans spending the part of their earnings intended

for the recreation of themselves and their families, in
other places than the gin-palace and the degrading
beer-shop. We are glad of opportunities of promoting
whatever facilitates the means of locomotion, as one of
the most effectual ways of improving society ; and
from the well-known character of the merchant, whose
name is attached to this prospectus, we are confident
the public will consult its best interests in supporting
the scheme now submitted to it. Ve have ourselves
examined it very carefully, and highly approve of the
soundness of the principle upon which it is based.

We have received the copy of a notice for holding a
vestry on Thursday, the sth of February, in the parish
church of St. Martins in the Fields, for fining the
salary of the parish clerk, and appointing a person to that
office, which we certainly should pass over in silence,
were it not accompanied by a curious report of the
Committee of the Vestry, which is worthy of parti-
cular attention. We were no strangers to the fact,
that many of the meek and lowly Ministers of
the Gospel had given scandal to the weak, by
seeming to care more for the things of this
world than accorded with the vulgar notions of men
of their sacred profession—that they now and again
evinced a desire to secure for themselves the possession
of offices, which almost brought a conviction to narrow
minds, that their love of the world to come was curi-
ously blended with an exquisite admiration of, and
desire to possess the loaves and fishes which fill the
baskets in this vale of sin and tears ; but we cer-
tainly had not an idea, before glancing over the
report before us, that the office of parish clerk was
numbered with all the other ecclesiastical prefer-
ments, as a shed capable of holding art Episco-
pal shepherd. This fact wo now learn for the
first time from the report of the vestry of St. Martins-
in the Fields, now lying before us ; and the great ob-
ject of the meeting noticed above is, not so much the
appointment of a parish clerk, as the recognition of
the right of the parish to appoint that functionary.
We trust the vestry will do its duty on this occasion,
and persevere in the eradication of those abuses
which they have already subjected to the knife.
We cannot resist the temptation of submitting
to the public one of the most disgusting in-
stances of the abuse of pluralities, exercised by an
obscure individual which has come under our notice
for several months. It is the case of the late parish
clerk of St. Martins in the Fields, as given in the first
page of the report :
" The next subject of inquiry to which your Com-
mittee directed their attention was the office of Parish
Clerk ; and they report, that the Rev. A nthony Ha-
milton, Archdeacon of Taunton, Residentiary Canon
of Lichfield, Rector or Vicar of Saint Mary-le-Bow,
Cheapside, Rector or Vicar of Loughton, in Essex,
Chaplain in ordinary to the King, and Librarian to
St. Martin's Library, is the Parish Clerk of St. Mar-
tins in the Fields ; and in it!forming their fellow-pari-
shioners of the fact, your Committee beg to ask,
whether it be possible for a gentleman, having so many
lucrative and dignified appointments, to execute one
so humble as that of Parish Clerk ? But, as might
be supposed, Mr. HAMILTON does not execute the
office. Although appointed so long since as May the
Ist, 1812, a period exceeding twenty-two years, he
has never performed the duty ; but, during the whole
of that time, has employed a deputy at a paltry salary,
himself pocketing the difference for—doing nothing."

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