The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-03 00:00:00

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ORijoRATION REFORM.

TO TEE EDITOR OP THE SUN,
'lll,--Tbe mare we consider the opinion which has been ex.
pr SS " that Corporations are not proper depositories of
hureh patrona,,,,,e," the stronger trill be our conviction that it 11. vs. nnfounded. With regard to preferment in populous towns,
here Councils can it be better placed than in the hands of Town
•
11 constituted upon the improved principles of the Ain.
iSipal Reform Bill, and owing their appointment to the con-
ndenee of their fellow-citizens, in whom, in fact, the patronage
is Vested. It seems to me, that it will be better with them
than with the community at large, as avoiding the inconve-
niences of a popular election for a religious office. Better
with them, than with the Ministers of the Crown, who, Whigs
as well as Tories, overlook merit in obscurity or at a distance,
~
send down their favourites, or those for whom they are
importuned, to occupy stations which should have been filled
byl persons whose merits are well known to their neigh-
,e.ers• Better, also, with the Town Councils, in order to give
Play
to freedom of political opinion among the clergy, and
tair
to.? relieve them from the degrading influence of the conviction
t their only chance in life is through the road of Court
Better with such Town Councils, than with some
noble Better
or proprietor who has not the slightest connection
ti,iiit.hherteh.beyparishioners, and looks only to having as good a Pro-
. vision as can be exacted for a relative or dependent, and who
led to give his furious support to every abuse. Better
Who4ll with the Bishops, for reasons which will be manifest to those
zhave observed the manner in which episcopal patronage is
ele,ised. Better with such a Council, than with an Ecclesias.
the% Corporation at a distance, who put all the great tithes into
for living
pockets, and leave the officiating Minister to depend
t, 'wing on the pity of his parishioners, and even to be con-
lin,ted by accepting the voluntary contributions of the dread-
ful Dissenters.
In fine, if there is to be any change made upon the subject
of ecclesiastical patronage—if municipalities, who are, per-
apBl the fittest to exercise it, are to be deprived of it, let the
ode subject be inquired into • and if it be taken from them,
le it also be taken from all other bodies and individuals, who
`,;ave no better claim to it. As for compelling them to sell it
for
what it would fetch in the market, that would be most un-
st ; for they may good
have public and religious grounds for
eellsidering it of much more value than it would fetch in such
a f°l:ced sale----such a glut of simony.
What, in
which
of
the world, could Mr. Goulburn mean, when he
power of presenting to Chuch preferments
2101 Dissenters had never possessed before ?r" Can he, in-
be ignorant that they have all along possessed and ex-
leised it in conjunction with their fellow-citizens That col-
Oporn between Churchman and Dissenter is the consequence
Participation of the latter, is a notion quite unfounded.
mn.„the contrary, it gives Dissenters an interest in the Church,
'wads the Clergy to be on friendly terms with the Dissenters.
I remain, Sir, your's respectfully,
RICHARD TAYLOR.

Red Lion.court, Fleet-street.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL.

eIr.eSterdaCHELSEA AND KENSINGTON.
afternoon at three o'clock, a public Meeting of
IB4tagnahTabitants of Chelsea and Kensington, was held. at
.the
Tr, "ern, Fulham-road, for the purpose of considering
esuntreactha most expedient to be adopted for securing to the
ratios e full and speedy passing of the Municipal Corpo-
pu,,"B Reform Bill, in its oricinal state; and also for the
to 4sx° considering. the propriety of presenting an Address
to 3 'Nests's Ministers, approving of the firm and consis-
diourPanner in which they have uniformly resisted the insi-
sieoseamendtrients proposed to be made upon the Bill by the
Th of Lords.
Was
want of accommodation, otil•necting was numerously and respectshly attended, and
ape!,ai
Iged, from to adjourn to the
Mr.
is elWssnuRTON, M.P M.P. for Bridport, in the chair
ite enals.siaN stated that as a parishioner, and. as known
at ti;"ertain liberal principles, he had been called on to preside
ts,,eie, Present meeting, the object of which was to take into
tale eration a measure which was a good one as it came from
kind c)sinmons, but which had been rendered by the Lords a
stotia"i nondescript. The course that the House of Com-
eniwozild now take would depend upon the vigilance and
tfeiatratesetirin eof the people. The present circumstances dif-
n;af_orne respects from those which occurred at the
the Reform Bill. The great body of the people
to they lamented the concessions that were likely to be made
b L'r(l.B.—(Hear, hear.) It was probable the Bill would
soesilltissed m a modd state, and perhaps the Government
act wisely in accepting of it as an instalment, with the
hen'. making it a basis of ultimately getting payment in
shill lie thought the worst of the mutilations was that
t "'ea had it in view to keep a large portion of the old
hcianzeillors in office during life. This was like mixing bad
htdtold with good. But y the course the ministers proposed
.1!e, they would divert in some measure the evils which
the been intended. Another bad alteration in the Bill was
Proposal to make a certain pecuniary qualification ne-
vests,
s rY to the election of councillors. That alteration was
ujelssult pill to swallow ; but sometimes the draught that
je°r_lll.canied the pill was even worse than the pill itself.
eat laughter.) This pill was indeed accompanied by
I'ooo Cl 7 draughts ; one was, that any person possessed of
tiler %sus to go before a set of town inquisitors, to see whe-
svae uts° was really possessed of that sum or not ; the other
t" power that was iven to any informer to sue for
aPfarliallies, which would have the effect of exposing the private
ass °f individuals.—( Hear, hear.) Was it possible that
(r.e°ramunity of freemen would ever submit to this ?
sbe 'lr. of " No, no.") Rather than accede to it he would have
uiaa a!Isl. thrown ont altogether. He was no revolutionist, but
e irous to see affairs go on so as to allow all the indus-
tTevna classes to attend to their own business, and secure to
45,4:helves the enjoyment of the fruits of their own industry.
conduct of the Lords this session bad really driven men
to some inquiry regarding the constitution of that House.
pirti did not want to do away with that Estate, if they would
s__Ye,hehave themselves, and pass such measures as were really
ncial for the country. But if they continued to act as
two.. ,
y One; some nad latel d scheme must be devised for their
"Wa reform.
1)t. lumber of resolutions, expressive of the Meeting's appro-
di at,lll,°, the Bill as passed by the Commons, and of their great
ahlosrProntnion of theamendments proposed by the Lords,.. and
ipthepterinteisiiistesoedo.f their confidence in his Majesty's Ministers,
IWizetir
the House of Commons, founded on the reso-
Zs' was agreed to and numerously signed.
TheetYcte of thaliks was then given to the Chairman, arid the
ing, after theee cheers for Mr. Warburtorn.broke up.
bus,
roost numerous and respectable meeting was
to thalTh"ednesday, in the Trades' Hall, at which a petition
Pstiti° `'°use of Commons was unanimously adopted. The
'be 8111iTti concludes by expressing a hope that the principle_sz
sztlisr not be weakened by the attempted mischief of the
sititcn"e*
itss irwit:,;-swraE.—The electors of Peebles-shire having sent
-,date fost."Tl to Mr. Gibson Carmichael, who is now a Fan-
Peebi t" representation of the county, to dine with. them
was m.,,es, the county town, on Monday last, Mr. Carmichael
crs, ;;;,I al! Redpath toll-bar by a great number of the elee-
mays na::..uy the- trades of Peebles with their banners. We
hit,hve'er witnessed any meeting where the speeches
.were of
143stblibr Or more interesting character, abounding with the
o.le at 7,1, manly, and sound constitutional doctrines; or
uPt!Noid which there was a firmer determination expressed to
is wro; at every hazard, what is right, and to put down what
Ittsise g: • Seldom has a public meeting been held where such
l'sAt enthusiasm was displayed.—Dunzfries Courier.

pTuesday evening the Duchess of Kent and the
pr
• •• .0.
v tctoria arrived at Kensington Palace, and will
thor their &Tarture on Friday or Saturday for Baop-
atm, on a vist to the Archbishop of York, and will be pro-
ton at
.ucrnersthe Grand York Musical Festival, which takes place
Tuesday next in York Minster. Upwards of 600 per-
rii,,rnents are to terminate with a Grand Fantywßeackll
• Tarheehe:gaged on the occasion, and the
ex-- • ' s
oenn e-
Royal Highnesses, before they leave Yorkshire,
pee‘ed to honour Earl Fitzwilliam with a visit at Went-
-GA-Lb House, and to be present at Doncaster Races.
4.
AP-is Grace the Duke of St. Albans with the Duchess,s~
l'elh's Burdett (daughter of Sir Francis) attended by a
an,%ndid retinue, arrived in Carlisle on Thursday morning
clistioguished party travelled in four carriages, the ser-
Znts weark.og the green and silver livery which belongs to the
attlishrnent of his Grace as grand falconer. They remainid
e
?roe
,Bush Inn, Carlisle, till Friday morning, when they
eeuedoxi tlieir route to Scotland. The Duchess appeared
excellent health.— Whitehaven Herald.
ARTIIOLOMEW FAIR.--The City Carnival, Bar-
A lew Fair, will commence this day, according to custom.
lover the comic treats prepared by the Thespians for the
title oer2 f ‘. Th eof fun, it is said that they have one under the amusing
Widow's Mite Defeated."
min WA TER FORD ELECTION.—We have authority for
:g• that Captain William Stuart has allowed himself to be
epl"jrt nomination for this county. This intelligence will prove
Y gratifying to the friends of independence.— Waterford
irontele.
n. -ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM TIIE CUSTODY
F,PIE StitGEANT- AT- ARMS.—It will be remembered that on
thrk;ay last a report was made to the House of Commons, by
Ch Orman of General Darling's Committee, Mr. Oswald,
Ithe
le_ prevarication of a witness of the name of Norman Mac-
.n, and he'was in consequence directed by the House to be
lake, .
e. into the custody of the Sergeant-at-arms, out of whose
in-u,rge he contrived to escape on Sunday night or Monday
111°''ni"g, in the following manner :—He slept at the West-
th ns,`er Hotel, Westrninger-bridge, and it was customary fur
e IllOssenger of the House, in whose immediate custody he
tis, on his retiring to bed, to lock the room door. On Mon-
-441-110r. ning when the messenger went to Maclean's room, he
ethst,‘ he was gone, and it appeared that he had fastened
lTll4e tewei,q and a handkerchief together, by which he had let
ollself down
,from his room (on the first floor) to the gardeng
_ 7* The gk-rden abuts upon the river ;at the end of it is
ifya about sixtecn feet high, from which he must have jumped
itntotlie mud and t:lth beiteatii ; from the marks that appeared
frsvo:ell,ld 2eeseemthat his body had been immersed in it, but
which he subserviently extricated himself, as footmarks
ere
:Itraced to the steps of the bridge, by which it is supposed
9cended and got clear tiff. He appears to have taken the
a'ltage of low water, as the footsteps were observed a con-
,oeillisle distance in the bed of the river, and he was deterred
ttt loalAy from proceeding immediately under the wall to the
as a sewer divides them from the mud in which he was.
elite has vet been discovered to his retreat.
k murder 'has been committed at Leialilinbridge,
drunken suable.