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CASE OF MR.' JOHN CHILDS.

ECCLESIASTICAL OPPRESSION.

c, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,_Mr. Charles Childs arrived in London this morning,
'Minted by his father to thank his friends for their activity,
energy, and kindness. He is accompanied by a gentleman
charged.. by a numerous body of petitioners, to present a peti-
tion, representing their feelings on the subject.
The VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE must ultimately prevail.
To you he desires to tender the thanks of a large body of
Persons deeply anxious for the success of this important prin-
ciple, and deeply sensible of the oppression and suffering
which his father is now enduring in Ipswich goal in defence
it. When locked up, as he is for 18 hours out of the 24,
iiabits,
those of his friends who know the activity of his mind and
.. and his love of domestic society, can appreciate
the extent of the infliction, and the public will not need
Ipre to satisfy them of what he has to endure when
?ey are told that permission for his only daughter, out of
nine children, to stay for one hour extra was with difficulty con-
ceded to his friends. She is excluded at five o'clock in the after-
itn, and is not allowed again to see him till ten the next day.
e is 17 hours out of 24 in a town 40 miles from home, ex-
cluded from her parent, and that parent in a felon's gaol, be-
fea.use he cannot voluntarily submit to pay a rate to support a
POI, from which both father and daughter conscientiously
missent. If this is the way to win souls to Christ, I can only
nay that Dissenters have not so learnt Christ.
The following paragraph appeared in the Ipswich Journal
.t May 15, and it indicates the sort of colour to which the
friends of the dominant and persecuting sect of the Establish-
-0 ent will resort, to justify their not having availed themselves
t)f te summary process of a summons, by which, for a few
41111.1110 might have enforced their exaction by the sale
13nr goods; and it also shows that the covert intention is to
atni the Dissenters by severity into submission. Will they
alarm th,ftm ? Persecution never did yet ; it ever has bound
nlen together, and will in this instance. The following is the
Pararaph
ETUsAL TO ',JAY CHURCH RATES.—On Wednesday morning,
towr•Childs, of Bung..A.e Y, was committed to the county gaol in this
n
at the suit of th Consistorial Court of Norwich, for refusing
titit
he yth.e injunction of chat Court, and is ordered to remain there
of t„. shall have made satisfaction for such contempt. The cause
us proceeding was the refusal, upon the part of Mr. Childs, to
114 the church rates of the pan;sh of St Mary, Bungay. For some
e Past there have been disputes in this parish regarding the
~
were
of the church rate ; and east year the goods of Mr. Mor-
-Ib-ere distrained on civil process, but having been offered for
lie sale, and some indications of pop ular tumult appearing, they
ire restored to him. The Act of Parbllment under which this
pp-_ was made proving inoperative, tie Churchwardens, Mr.
nuel Scott and Mr. John Bobbit, entered a process in the
elesiastical Court at Norwich, and Mr. ChilLis was cited to ap-
tthefore the Court to answer the complaint lo,;sed against him.
his however, refused to do so, and is now suffering' the penalty of
183,5 contumacy in the county gaol."—lpswich Journal, May 16th,
MO% Childs, as soon as the knowledge of this reached him
41,1148 cell, with his characteristic activity, immediately ad-
Osed the following letter to the editor of that paper. M.:.
`liilds knows who pulls the wires, and why :
Zll9:---The following sentence in your paragraph this morning,
eetj,ng the distraint of Mr. Morris of Bungay, contains a gross
"fal misrepresentation.
‘` The goods having been offered for public sale, and some indica-
:ms ,Popular tumult appearing, they were restored to him. The
‘rarliarnent under which this distraint was made proving
&c.
me goads of Mr. Morris never were offered for public sale. A
ate sale by appraiseme'it was effected. The rate and costs were
to ;Nal the proce eds. The balance of the amount was returned
was Alorris—an account of appraisement, sale, and costs,
Nfinuelivered by the Churchwardens. The law was in every point
thi,74--not the slightest indication of pc.oular tumult was exhibited
sit:Mu:Jut the process—and it was only whc.,l the purchaser. had,
kor'edse.teral transaction, and re-
days, declared his disgust at the ti,
`w.',le, goods to Mr. Morris, that they were cam,
-4 through the
ht expressioos of public satisfaction. Your voq.ders are
tee Prepared to learn that the " popular tumult" which e2sued
sonClouy unaccompanied by injury or danger to property or per-
' that a more harmless manifestation of popular good hu-
._
was never witnessed.
lipartr correspondent knows all this—the motive of his statement
be „,,able ; and as my imprisonment by the Churchwardens could
to iated only by falsehood, he found no difficulty in resorting

_ _
I aim_
occur,s you in my own person, that I may relieve you from all
Wto on to write a paragraph in contradiction; for should you be
4t theelPteas sympathy with your brother of the press, the parsons
"hich county would speedily establish another
spirite and feelings.
Malice of a priest is implacable," said Junius.
I am, Sir, your's obediently,
JOHN CHILDS, OF BUNGAY.

Ill6th May, 1835.
,rill the County Gaol, Ipswich.
i °Ppression under which Mr. Childs is now suffering,
~,}lll itself an evidence of the truth of that saying of Junius
lindeh he quotes—" The malice of a priest is implacable"—
hie ase mentioned by Mr. Wilks, on Saturday, at the
Meeting of the Society for the Protection of Religious
le which the Bible of a poor man at Rochdale was
ghsto and sold to e Church rate, all confirm us in the
wil pay he
necessity of speaking out, and of uniting still more
broil. and declaring we will be free, and the chains must be
wen.
of Athlleow
also individually to thank you for your advocacy
cause of religious liberty in this case.
A DISSENTER.