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

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1835.

Just Published, price ss: cloth,
SELECTIONS from the POEMS of WILLIAM
WORDSWORTH, Esq.
Also, in 2 vols. price 18s. 6d. bds.
E.LIA : ESSAYS. By CHARLES LAMB.
Edward Mozon, Dover-street.

Albemarle-street, May 5.
ABBOTSPORD AND NEWSTEAD,
By WASHINGTON IRVING.
Is Published THIS DAY.
Also,
MAJOR DOWNING'S LETTERS.
For which'see last Quarterly Review.

This day was published, in 1 vol. Bvo., price Se.,
PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the
TEETH, Physiology, and Diseases of the Teeth.
By Monsieur JOHN MALLAN, Surgeon-Dentist.
At A. Schloss's, 2, Groat Rassell-street ; and to be had also of
Oho Author, at his residence, 0, Half Moon-street, Piccadilly. .

This day was published, in 2 vols. post Bvo.,
A WINTER IN THE FAR WEST
By CHARLES F. HOFFMAN.

" A delightful book. No one has given a truer or more vivid
description than Mr. Hoffman of American wilds and American
people."—Court Magazine.
" Mr. Hoffman's style is vivid, graphic, and agreeable. There
is a fund of amusement in these volumes."—Atlas.

Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street.

On Friday, May 8, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Two Portraits from an
Original Picture by Sir G. Kneller, and a bust by Ryabracit.
by permission of the Earl of Egremont.
M MOIR S of LORD BOLINGBROKE
AND OF HIS TIMES.
By GEORGE WINGROVE COOKE, Esq.
Barrister at Law, 8.A., Oxon.
Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to his Majesty.

This day was published, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Plates,
ORIENTAL MEMOIRS.
By JAMES FORBES, Esq.
Comprising a Narrative of Seventeen Years' Residence in India.

Edited by his Daughter,
The COUNTESS DE MONTALEMBERT.
" Of all the books which have been published on India, this,
perhaps, is the most sterlingly valuable. "—Morning Herald.
" The personal adventures of Mr. Forbes are of the most ex-
citing kind."—Quarterly Review.
Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street.

I LOVE TO DWELL," by H. Russell ;
Poetry by Leigh Cliff, Esq.
" This charming Song, sung at Messrs. Haydon and Russell's
concert, received the most unanimous encore we ever remember to
have witnessed from the most crowded assembly of the season."—
Morning Paper.
" We were much delighted with Miss Steel's singing ' I love to
dwell,' which we think must become a general favourite. "—Morn-
ing Herald.

Sold by G. Luff, 92, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury.

AN ESSAY on AVERAGE, and 7m-=
subjects connected with the CONTRACT of MARINE
INSURANCE. The Fifth Edition, in which the Law and the
Practice are brought down to the present day,
By ROBERT STEVENS, Esq.
(Late of Lloyds), author of an " Essay on Arbitration," &c.
" All questions on mercantile transactions, but more particularly
on Policies of Insurances are extremely important, and ought to
be settled,"—Lord Mansfield.
An ESSAY on ARBITRATION, more particularly as it re-
lates to COMMERCE and MARINE INSURANCE, with an
Appendix on Forced Arbitration. A new edition, in which the
Law and the Practice are brought down to the present day,
By ROBERT STEVENS, Esq.
Author of " An Essay on Average," &c.
Printed for J. H. Baily, and Co., 83, Cornhill.

Just published, price 2c. lid..
POPULAR STATISTICS and UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHY, A PERPETUAL COMPANION TO
ALL THE ALMANACS ; containing the Length, Breadth,
Population, Chief Cities, Produce, Government, Revenue, Mili-
tary and Naval Strength, Arts, Religion, &c., of every State in the
World; a Distance Table of England, Scotland, Ireland, and
Wales, with the principal Travelling Stations of France and the
Netherlands; together with Distinct Distance Tables of Scotland,
Ireland and Wales ; Chronological Tables of Ancient and Modern
History, Biography, and Geographical Discovery, Name. and Value
in British Money of all Foreign Coins, Height of the principal,
Mountains, and Length of the principal Rivers, Bridges, Piers, &c.
Tables showing any Day of the Week in any Month in any Year of
the Nineteenth Century, and the Expectation of Life according to
the Law of Mortality at Carlisle. Also a General Introduction to a
Knowledge of Geography and Statistics, illustrated with Tables of
Populationfor the Great Divisions of the Globe, many other curious
and useful Tables, and an engraved Chart of the World, after
Meriator's Projection.
London : Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane.

ROCHDALE.

TUE CHURCH DEFENDED BY THE MILITARY.
(From the Manchester Times.)
On Easter Tuesday, according to custom,' a meeting of
the rate-payers of the parish of Rochdale was held in the
Parish Church, to elect Wardens for the ensuing year. In
consequence of the arbitrary proceedings of the present
Wardens, in collecting a rate in defiance of the will of the
parishioners, expressed in August last at a public meeting,
and afterwards confirmed by a poll throughout the parish,
the attendance was unusually large, the church being filled
in every part, and numbers were not able to gain admittance.
Mr. ASHWORTH, on behalf of the Wardens now in office,
submitted a list for the coming year, which was met by an
amendment from Mr. Barton, proposing individuals favour-
able to tho Reform interest. Another amendment was
moved by Mr. Roby (the Mr. Roby who discovered that
the Whig Ministers had laid on more taxes in their four
years of office than the Tories had done during four years
of war), who proposed certain persons well known to be
favourable to the unjustifiable proceedings of the present
Wardens. Mr. Barton's amendment was carried by over-
whelming majorities, and a poll was demanded on behalf
of Mr. Roby 's amendments, which was granted. The
polling commenced at twelve o'clock on Monday, and was
continued till four o'clock, and during the same hours on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, when it finally closed.
The Reformers took the lead, and kept it throughout
the whole time of polling. On Thursday the excitement
in the town was very great, and the church-yard was crowded
with persons anxious to learn the state of the contest
—this naturally caused a pressure about the door of the
church, as great numbers of voters were waiting and were
afraid the poll would be closed before they could have their
votes recorded. Mr. Royds, a Magistrate (the Mr. Royds
who, at the dinner given to Mr. Entwisle, after his election
for the borough of Rochdale, is said to have denounced the
Reformers as men ready to imbrue their hands in the heart's
blood of the monarchy), was in attendance upon the Vicar,
who presided at the poll. Mr. Royds appears to have been
seized with an unaccountable trepidation, whether arising
from the cold atmosphere of the church, or the still more
cheerless aspect of the poll, we are at a loss to determine—
the result, however, was, he dispatched a messenger for the
police force, and shortly afterwards went himself for the
military, who very soon entered the church-yard and took
up their position, with bayonets fixed, near to the door by
which the voters entered the church. It is supposed that
nearly two thousand people were at this congregated in the
' church-yard ; and thou'h, as must of necessity occur when
so large a body come together, there was considerable pres-
sure, yet not the slightest disposition to riot was or had been
previously manifested. The poll closed at four o'clock, and
in a few minutes afterwards the inhabitants of Rochdale had
the opportunity of beholding a scene which may have be-
come familiar in Ireland, but which we can venture to
affirm has seldom, if ever before, been witnessed by English-
men in their native isle.
The Rev. WILLIAM ROBERT HAY, the Vicar of Roch-
dale, whose exploits connected with the military in Man-
chester, in 1819, must be well kuown to most of our
readers, was seen crossing from the church to the door
which opens from the church-yard into the vicarage-gar-
den, escorted by a company of soldiers with bayonets fixed,
although a number of special constables had been sworn in
on the spot by Mr. Royds, in addition to the usual police
force ! The worthy pastor was, at this moment, surrounded
by not less than a thousand of his flock, all anxious to ob-
tain a glimpse of the harmonious working of the system of
a Church as established by law. How pleasing to all true
churchmen, to behold the efficacy of the ministrations of
so renowned a dignitary of the Establishment, and to wit-
ness the superiority of the compulsory over the voluntary
system ! From the circumstances above narrated, we may
draw the conclusion that the highest dignitary in the large
and populous and enlightened parish of Rochdale, has,
either from his own conduct, or from the circumstance of
his connection with an unpopular, if not a vicious system,
failed to obtain a hold upon the affections of those to whose
spiritual necessities he professes to administer. The mili-
tary, after the performance of a service so glorious in the
eyes of the Church-militant, were marched back to their
quarters, to enjoy the laurels they had acquired in their
short campaign. The people afterwards peacefully retired,
on being informed that the result of the poll would not be
declared the till following morning.
Since writing the above, we learn that, at the final close
of the poll, the numbers stood—.
For the Reform Wardens
For the Tory Wardens

Majority in favour of the Reformers 474

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).

HAY MARKETS,—(Ai per Load of 36 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 5 to £4 IC
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 4 15 5 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay . 5 5 5 8
Clover Hay 4 15 5 15
Oat Straw £2 oto £2 2 I Wheat Straw 2 4 2 5

SMITH Fl ELD
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 0 to £4 5
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 4 0 4 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay
Clover Hay (extra fine £5 15 Generally
Oat Straw £2 oto £2 2 I Wheat Straw 2 4 2 5