The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-17 00:00:00

MEXICO.

We have the regret to learn, by direct accounts just re-
ceived. that the war in Mexico has been resumed, and, on
the side of the Administration, in a characteristic manner.
We have received the Vela Cruz Censor ofJuly the 19th,
with an extra of the Tampico Gazette. Some still later
particulars than those given in the former we derive from
a private Letter. dated at Vera Cruz, on the 20th of July.

" Hostilities, which ha•l been suspended by the c on-
ference, had recommenced after its unsuccessful termina-
tion. About 450 Government troops, which left Jalapi
to attack a body of about ISO inhabitants of that city, in
arms for Santa Anna, at some distance, after overcoming
such resistance as they bad the power to make, captured
them, and then shot all the officers on the spot.
" Puente remained in possession of Santa Anna.

" Senor V. Rocafuerte had been thrown into the com•
won prison of the capital, o❑ account of his known patrio.
tie principles. _ _

" A rumour stated that an engagement had taken
place in the state of Michoacan, between the Government
troops and a body who had declared for Santa Anna,
which terminated favourably for the laater.
" The letter to which we have alluded was written by
a gentleman who had just arrived at Vera Cruz from the
interior, a.m.l represents the peop'e as so greatly excited
against the Government as to give us reason to believe
that the struggle will be a brief, though, it is to be feared,
a bloody one.

" PROCLAMATION.
" GENERAL ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA TO THE

TROOPS UNDER ills COMMAND.

" Companions in arms,—The conferences of Puente
Nacional have terminated, without the accomplishment of
the objects which we promised ourselves when I subscribed
the convention of Corral Falso. We there sacrificed the
advantages of our forces, situation, and a certain victory,
to our wishes to save the blood of our brethern, and to re-
establish the peace of the republic.
" But neither this generous conduct, nor the manifest
justice of our cause, has diminished the pretensions of the
man who has usurped power, and who has suspended the
course of the laws for more than two years, to the scandal
of an observing world.
" Comrades, your wishes, expressed on the sth inst.,
have not been favourably received by the hypocrite who,
while proclaiming the constitution and laws at Jalapa,
atrociously overthrew them by subjecting them to his own
will, and deceiving the whole nation. We offered him
reace, if he would divest himself of the power which he
designs illegally to preserve, that he might deposit it in the
hands of one who might be intrusted with it by the people ;
but his eyes are not accessible to the light of reason, nor
his heart to sentiments of justice. He obstinately persists
in perpetuating his usurpation, although he knows his im-
potency, and the only terms which he proposes to ui are
servile submission or war.

Soldiers, we have nothing to hope for now from the
pacific measures to which we devoted ourselves so sincerely.
The gates of the temple of Janus have been opened anew ;
and your valour and constancy are about to render them
memorable for ever. Justice is on your side, and will be
sustained by the people. I know your resolution and
hravery, and am sure that you will secure the triumph
of the laws.

" Friends, let us endure a thousand deaths sooner than
change the honourable title of free citizens for that of
miserable slaves. The arms which we bear were in-
trusted to us by the nation, to defend her independence
and liberty. You were the founders of the former ; pro-
claim, also, the latter. You conquered on the banks of
the Panueo, and you well know how to sustain what you
have gained with your own blood. You will soon have
to attack the point where usurpation and crime have esta-
blished their throne ; and, restoring to life our fedral Con-
stitution, you will lay the foundation of a permanent peace,
and acquire a claim to your good fellow-patriots. These
are the views and fervent wishes of your best friend,
" ANIONIC) LOPEZ SANTA ANNA.
" Head-quarters, Vera Cruz, July 15."

BANK OF IRELAND.--DUBLIN, FRIDAY.-
An extraordinary general meeting of the Proprietors of
B nk Stock was held this. nay, when a dividend of four
per cent. was declared, and the Governor announced that
the Bank had 1,400,000/. over and above all demands
that could be made on the establishment. The report is
deemed highly satisfactory.

Ch URCH REFORM.

" TA*THE ItIGHI44IIRVEREND FATHER IN GOD,
WILLIAM LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM.
" THE MEMORIAL OF CERTAIN OF YOUR. LORDSHIP'S

DUTIFUL CLERGY OF NORTHUMBERLAND.

" HUMBLY SHOIVETEI,-That your memorialists, rely-
ing on your Lordship's solicitude for the preservation and
welfare of the Church of England, of which you are an
overseer, desire respectfully to addre's you in reference to
the peculiar circumstances in which it is at present placed.
" That your memorialists are senslble of the wisdom
and zeal which your Lordship has on many occasions dis-
played in dsfence of our Protestant establishments, and of
the advantages which the Church of England, and them-
Selves in particular, enjoy under your episcopal superin-
tendance.

" That your memorialists, while they have observed
with concern the spirit of hostility which, in some quar-
ters, has been lately manifested to the religious institutions
of this country, are yet deeply anxious that the church
should itself meet every call for practicable improvement,
and endeavour to remove every thing which may have
proved injurious to its efficiency.
" That your memorialists considering it of the utmost
moment that the opinion of the clergy as to the necessity
of some speedy ecclesiastical reformation should be dis-
tinctly known, hope that the present declaration of their
sentiments will not be considered by your Lordship as
either premature or unsuitab!e.
" That your memorialists consider the existence of plu-
ralists with cure of souls, except where the contiguity of
two small livings admits of them being both served by one
incumbent, as an evil of the greatest magnitude, and as
loudly calling for correction; and here they would grate-
fudy acknowledge that your Lordship, since your eleva-
tion to the see of Durham, has, in the distribution of your
patronage, in no instance countenanced such abuse.
" That while your memorialists ace quite sensible that
an equalization of church property would be inconsistent
w th the constitution of the Church of England, and inju-
rious to the interests of society, they yet regret the inadequate
remuneration which some of their poorer brethren receive;
and would particularly invite attention to the fact, that in
our great towns'the provision is., in general, insufficient for
the respectable maintenance of the incumbents. They
further feel it an awful responsibility upon them as minis-
ters of the Established Church, that there 'are so many
thousands of our population, especially in manufacturing
districts, left destitute of the means of religious instruction.
And they would suggest that a remedy for these evils
might be supplied by a graduated assessment upon the
larger preferments, and an appropriation of sinecure church
offices.

" That your memorialists would also respectfully state
their conviction, that the interests of the church would be
promoted by a more proportionate adjustment of the epis-
copal revenues, and by a division of the larger sees, or the
revival of suffragan bishops.
" That your memorialists, nevertheless, wish it to be
distinctly understood, that by such suggestions they desire
in no degree to infringe upon the rights of present incum-
bents, however much they may hope from the readiness of
these to sacrifice personal interests to the welfare of the
church.

" That your memorialists would express their humble
wish that, whereas there exists a strong prejudice in the
minds of many individuals against the present mode of
paying tithes, some general system might be devised which,
while it secured the property to the clergy, and distinctly
recognized their independence, would be practically less
open to objection.
" That your memorialists are encouraged to make
known these sentiments to your Lordship in the hope that
they may meet your Lordship's concurrence, and in the
belief that it is yet in the power of the church herself to
effect such timely and salutary reformation as may satisfy
the wishes of her friends and establish her in the respect
and affections of the country.

" And your memorialists will ever pray, &c."
(Signed by thirty-seven Clergymen of the county of
Northumberland.)

" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

" THE MEMORIAL OF CERTAIN OF YOUR MAJESTY'S

LOYAL AND DUTIFUL SUBJECTS, THE UNDERSIGNED
CLERGY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DIOCESE OF

DIJItHA3I,

" HUMBLY SHOWETH,-That your memorialists, con-
fiding in your Majesty's gracious solicitude for the spiritual
welfare of your people, desire dutifully to address yo❑ in
reference to that branch of Christ's Church established in
the United Kingdom of England and Ireland.
" That your memorialists are conscientiously attached
to the episcopal order, the Articles, and Liturgy of our
Protestant Church, and to the national establishment, as
being in accordance with the duty of all rulers to honour
Him who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and to pro-
vide religious instruction for the whole community under
them in the soundest form of Christian truth.

" That your memorialists, while they have observed
with concern the spirit of hostility which has been lately
manifested to the religious institutions of this country, are
yet deeply anxious that the church should itself meet every
call for practical improvement, and endeavour to remove
every thing which may have proved injurious to its effi-
ciency.
"'That your memorialists are satisfied that the great
body of the clergy are sensible of the existence of defects
in the administration of the temporalities of the church,
and are deeply anxious that these defects should be spee-
dily and completely removed, hut that at present they have
no sufficient means of expressing their opinion.
Thitt your inemorialists feel that it is most desirable
for the interests of religion that in any attempt at eccle,i-
astical reformation the church should itself assume the
foremost place ; and that to this end the sense of the
Bishops and Clergy should be taken preparatory to any
measure bring submitted to the Legislature.
" That your memorialists would, therefore, earnestly
implore your Majesty to restore to the Church of England
its convocation in an active and efficient form, so as to
afford a full and fair representation of the sentiments of
the Clergy.
" That your memorialists believe that your Majesty by
so doing would be conferring a lasting benefit upon the
Church, and increasing the many claims which your Ma-
jesty already possesses to the affection and gratitude of your
people.
" And your memorialists will ever pray, Rat."
Signed by 43 Clergymen of the county of Northumberland.

To the latter memorial the following gracious answer
has been transmitted by Lord Viscount Melbourne to the
Rev. John S mdford, vicar of Chillingham :
" Whitehall, Sept. 11.
_ _ _

" am directed by Viscount Melbourne to ac.
quaint you, that the memorial which accompanied your
letter of the 31st ult., from certain of the clergy of North-
umberland and dioce,s of Durham, praying for a restora-
tion to the Church of England of it- convocation i❑ an
active and efficient form, so as to afford a fair and full re-
presentation of the sentiments of the clergy, has been laid
before the King, and that his .Maje,ty was pleased to re-
ceive the same in the most gracious manner.

" I am, Sir, your most obedient bumble servant,

" G. LAMB.

" The Rev, John Sandford, A. 8.,
Chilliogham, Wooler."

CHURCH BELLS.—It has beets recently de.
cided by Dr. LUSHINGTON that the church-wardens can.
not, in any case, have the bells rung when the Miniate
forbids it ; that he cannot have them rung if all th
church-wardens forbid it, but that he can do 80 if one o
the churchwardens agrees with him ; and that the key o,
the belfry is in the Minister.

The following extract gives a flattering ac-
count of the success of Temperance Socit ties in New York.
It is impos'ible not to see that 200,000 members out of a
population of two millions must have a prodigious influence
on the habits of the rest of the inhabitants. Though we
are not disposed to rejoice at the distress of any portion of
our fellow-subjects, we cannot help thinking that the
abandonment of 99 distilleries (the number discontinued
in New York State) would be a cheap purchase for the
improved morality resulting from temperance. What has
been effected in America may be effected in Britain :--
" The annual report of the New York State Temperance
Society has just been published. It is very satisfactory to
the friends of the cause. Among the facts stated in it are
these :—There are throughout the State of New York
764 towns. Reports were received during the past year
from 565 of these towns, which gave an aggreg.te of
1,112 Temperance Associations, and 153,722 members of
Associations in the State. Many, indeed nearly all the
towns in :he State, are known to have one or more Tem-
perance Societies in them, so the number of Associations
of this kind in the State at this time cannot be less than
1,500, and the number of actual members not less than
200,000, or one-eleventh of the entire population in 1830.
It is further stat, d in the report, that there are 250 stores
and 44 taverns in the State that have ceased to traffic in
ardent spirits. Ninety-nine distilleries have been discon-
tinued within the last three years either from principle or
necessity. Since the commencement of Temperance So-
cieties, the reduction in the Consumption of ardent spirits
in New York is estimated at five-eighths, and it is given
as a low estimate that 2,292 drunkards have been re-
formed. These facts must prove strong incentives for the
friends of humanity to go on i❑ the good cause"