The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-29 00:00:00

surely merits, the unwearied energy—the wily tact, of
the enemy opposed to them. That the Reformers will
work in this spirit, we make not the slightest doubt.
Their present., gives ample vouchers for their future,
conduct. They know what they have suffered at the
hands of the Tories ; and experience, which teaches
even fools wisdom, will not be without its due effect on
" Down with the Tories," should now be the
rallying cry of all true Reformers. No quarter should be
given them. They should be crushed without mercy,
wherever found, and under whatever disguise. The war
with them, should be one of extermination. It is all non-
sense, at a season like this, when Reform is beset with
so many perils, endangered alike by false friends and
open foes, to talk of gratitude or forbearance. The
Tories never evinced a spark of either, when the
destinies of the country were entrusted to their
keeping. Their sole guide—their sole ruling prin-
ciple of action—was Self. Perish the interests of the
country, so that they retained their places. As for the
vast majority of the people, they were destined by Provi-
dence to be slaves—born ready saddled and bridled, so
that Tories might ride, and whip and spur them, just
as their caprice inclined. Such was the lan-
guage of the faction when the empire was
at their feet, and such the despotic spirit in
which they uniformly acted. Are these things
then to be forgotten ? Never ! They should be
constantly brought before the people's recollection, on
whom also be impressed this wholesome admonition
—to act towards their oppressors precisely as they have
for generations acted towards them. As 'for adopting
a InJre forbearing line of conduct, it is sheer cant and
humbug. Besides, it would be attended with a
world of dancer to Reform, for the Tories, de-
riving confidence from the imbecile simplicity of the
people, would again rear their heads, and having
every Court sycophant, whose name is Legion, to back
them, would throw the country into the same state of
confusion in which it was thrown in the autumn of
last year. Surely the Tamworth Manifesto is enough
to sicken the country of Conservative Governments.
They can need no further stimulus to exertion
than this notable sample of no-meaning. Be on the
alert, then, countrymen, and look well to your muni-
cipal duties, ever bearing in mind that it is not on
Ministers, but on yourselves, that the success of the
great constitutional principle of Reform depends. They
cannot work, unless you supply them with the tools,
and these it is in your power to furnish them with in
abundance. We look forward with confidence to the
results of next Thursday's election. On that day the
Aldermen for the different municipal towns will be'cho-
sen ; and on that day, judging from the hostile spirit the
people have already shown towards it, Toryism
will receive its death-blow. A word, before we
conclude, to the Conservatives. What has
become of the re-action they talked about
last week ? What, of their report that Lord NIEL-
BOURNE, in despair of maintaining his post,
had flown for assistance to the STANLEY party ?
Who does not now see the origin of this report ?
Who so dull -as not to perceive that it was one of
those ingenious and seasonable calumnies, got up for the
sole purpose of influencing the Municipal Elections ?

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Sonic mischievous wag has been playing a very
clever hoax on the old Times. On Thursday last
there appeared in that paper a letter signed " A
Curate," in which the writer, under pretence of de-

fending the Bishop's late conduct towards Dr. CAR-
wITHEN, inflicts a severe but just castigation on the
flight Rev. Prelate. In order the better to conceal
his real purpose the author commences his letter
(which is addressed to the Bishop) by exaggerating
the 'publication of the correspondence between Dr.
PHILPOTTS and Dr. CA RwITHEN into an offence of
unpardonable magnitude; striking at the root of all
ecclesiastical subordination, and likely to end in " the
overthrow of Bishops, Archbishops, and all the orders
of the Church." He then proceeds to urge the Bishop
to make an example of the refractory Rector of Mana-
ton, by refusing- to induct him into his new Living ;
" My Lord," says the Curate, " your Lordship has
nothing to fear, in this instance, if, for the purpose of
inculcating obedience in all the subordinate branches of
the Church, and counteracting the fell influence of
anarchy, you shall refuse to institute Dr. CARWITHEN
to the Living given him by one of his Majesty's
Ministers."

The following sly appeal to the pugnacious Pre-
late's well-known pride and ostentation is truly ad-

til i rabic :

" My Lord, the well-regulated and orderly part of
the community generally asks your Lordship, are you
to be tutored, browbeaten, and intimidated by a subor-
dinate, for that which causes the face of your Father
in heaven to smile upon you ? Are you in your vene-
rable habiliments to be dragged before the public, and
made to answer to Dr. CARWITHEN and Dr. CAR-
WITHEN'S son, as though they were Bishops, and
you not yet of proper age,' and incompetent to
administer the sacrament, and unordained—in short,
a novice, lifted up with pride, and fallen into the
condemnation of the Devil?"
This wicked imp of a Curate then goes on in a
strain of the bitterest irony, pleading the cause of the
lordly hierarch against his offending subordinate.
" My Lord, had you even been in the wrong, Dr.
CARWITHEN had no right to bring your holy name
in question. Your age, your natural liability to err,
and your sacred and high calling might have created
in him some relenting ruth.' Were he, in short, a
good man, he would rather have suffered a little incon-
venience in procuring a curate, and even have lost a
few pounds, than have been guilty of such a merciless
act, pregnant with such evil consequences." The idea of
applying the words " holy name" to pamphleteering
PH ILPOTTS is perhaps carrying the joke a little too far.
We like a joke as well as anybody, but it should never
border on profaneness. The " merciless act " of letting
the world know the deeds of a Bishop is exquisite. But
perhaps the quiet way in which the " Curate" insi-
nuates that the " Diocesan's" wrath has been kindled
against Dr. CARWITHEN for his political conduct, is
among the hardest hits in this excellent letter :
" Again, he has made a handle of the present otea-
sion to show, that in being bold and bad enough to
come out with staves and weapons' against his Bishop,
he is that same Dr. CARWITHEN who was a stanch
advocate of liberal opinions, who voted for Lord
EBRINGTON in 1816,' and, he might have added,
was now prepared to crucify' all the orders of the
body ecclesiastic."
The satirical rogue then professes to be afraid that
Dr. PHILPOTTS' tender nature may relent towards his
brother, and that he may carry the Gospel maxim of
rendering " good for evil " to too great a length.
Against this dangerous error he gravely cautions him :
"My Lord, to render good for evil 'is a beautiful
injunction, but to be received with caution, lest we
pervert its meaning. If, in returning good for evil,
we set a beggar on horseback,' &c., we err, and do
not the truth. Promptitude and decision are Christian
qualities, as well as kindness : and a morbid sensibility
is anything but a part of the vigorous system of ' God
manifest in the flesh.'

The allusion to the adage, " if we set a beggar on
horseback, he will ride to the Devil," is singularly
happy, and we cannot help admiring the tact the
" Curate " has displayed in substituting an " &c."
for the latter half of the sentence : had he given the ip-