The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-26 00:00:00

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.JUNE 26, 1850
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

BRADFORD REFORSI ASSOCIATION.

Sir,— On Monday the 24th, began the great inquest
on the issue the Lords• have raised. The Mt.mber for
Sheffield ably introduced his Resolution. The moment
of most inOrest afterwards, was when the Member for
Ripo❑ rose; and great was the anxiety to know what
course he•took. A profusion of expressions of respect
gave intimation of vi hat was 'to be the end. On the
whole he was more -hostile than effective. The id, a ap-
peared to gainground, and was subsequently recognised
in debate," that ho aimed at being Minister. Th►e Mein•
tiers for Abingdon and Oxford performed the part of
two leading counsel at an Ass;z-, in clezieg the
ground.
On Tuesday the debate was renewed. The Foreign
Minister rosy at ten o'clock and spoke till half-past two.
The case rapidly assumed a new face under his bands.
As regards the Greek question, a circumstance came to
light, which it is only astonishing s►hou!d have been so
long in the back-ground. The origin of the Greek
quarrel lies simply in the fact that the Greek Monarchy
has resisted to the utmost the contract under which it
had the assistance of England to its formation, and
which bound it to the establishment of representative
gosYrnment. It may have been forced by its own sub-
jects to do something nominally in that direction, but it
has been colourable and hollow, and hostility to every-
thing directly or by implication English, has marked its
progress.
The '•battle," as Nap.ile•in used to say, is pretty well
opened out. We have the party of Austria and protec
Lion on one side, and the people of England on the other.
A people. who aye neither Austrian nor protectionist,
will have a sore time of it it they are beaten.
Inferences worth preserving,- from the general tenor
of the Foreign Minister's reminiscences and revels.
tions, are that iu almost every late case of struggle,
between the despotic and representative principles in
Europe, the result would have licea reversed by the
constitutional party's closing with the earliest offer ;
and that,the maximum of weakness,on the despotic side,
is at the moment of the first striking success against it,
but after this the chances alter in favour of the des.;
potism.
On the conclusion-of-the. Forelgn-Miaister"a speech,
the debate was adjourned till Thursday.
made an error in my last letter. The occasion when
the Government went on notwithstanding a vote of the
Lords, did not relate to Holland and Belgium, but to
Portugal.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.

London, June 26, 1850.

POST-OFFICE SUNDAY REGULATIO LYS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—Although the mischievous effect of the late
puritanical interference with the Christian us.-3 of the
Sabbath is tdo obvious apparently to need any illustra-
tion, yet, as there are individuals whose obtuseness
intellect is such as to disqualify them from understand-
ing the plainest proposition without the aid of a practical
demonstration, I send you the following instance, which
occurred to myself, while the system of intelfarenee was
tolerable compared with what it will b 3 under Lord
Ashley's pharisaical resolution.
While Captain Austin's squadron lay in Long Hope,
Orkney, in momentary expectation of sailing, I was
anxiously looking out for a letter from one of the officers,
which I expected to arrive by the afternoon north mail
on the Sunday bufore the expedition finally sailed. Toe
afternoon delivery of the letters coming by the north
mail has been long suspended on Sunday; but the post-
ma,,ter has upon all occasions delivered any letters for
which a special messenger might be cent, as the fact of
such a messenger 'being employed gave prima fuck
evidence of the urgency of the case. Nut aware of uuy
interference with this customary and important in-
dulgence, I sent as usual a note to the postmaster,
st ,ting that I expected letters of importance, which re•
quired to have their contents noticed by the London
mail,of that evening; and, to my astonishment, received
'an answer from. the postmaster—=who is proverbially
obliging to all,wso have anything to do with his office
7,1 That The
,bags; it was true, were in the .office, but
they, were .ieale,d,..up, 40c1 ordera were upon, no ac-
cougt; to_ them, or takeout :their contents fir e...t
animation or delivery before lattiniday morning."
cimpaaterial.pliat the.litatiirelof the urgency re-
quiring, Preiript ghat
and' notice of the letters
may have been. as it does not affect the case.
The Government undertake to transmit all the cor- '
respondence of the- cOuntry, and claim the exclusive
right of doing so; but if they fail in'the performance of
this just and necessary 'thity, am I, to be precluded from
availing myself of any other
/method 'of corresponding
with distant friends,, because a few,--who are not, per-
haps, m their own individual 'Cases the moat scrupulous
observers, of 'the Sabbath—choose 'to stop the national
[nails? forgetting the admirable instruction on the subject
Of the proper observance of the Sabbath, in the 12th
chapter of Matthew, verses 1 to 13 inclusive.
1 am delighted to see in your paper of last evening
(Thursday) Mr. Locke's notice of a motion, which I
trust will lead to a reversal of the unrighteous addr,ss
which Lord Ashley took advantage of a thin House to
carry against the feeling and interests of the overwhelm-
ing,majority of the: nation, which is religious without
being pharisaical, and understands bow to reconcile
Christianity with consideration for the wants-of others.
• You are at liberty to make what use you think beat of
this communication from,
Sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM HAMILTON.
14, Octagon, Plymouth. June 21.

NON-DELIVERY of,NEWSPAPERS

ON SUNDAY.

Last night a meeting of newspaper proprietors and
their representatives was held at Peel's Coffee-house,
Fleet-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the stoppage of the delivery of newspapers on Sunday.
The chair was taken on the occasion by Mr. Ingram, of
the Illustrated News, who was supported by Mr. J. K.
Chapman, of the Sunday Times; Mr. Ledger, of the
Era; Messrs. Serie, Wrightson, and Wood, Weekly
Dispatch; and several other gentlemen_ connected with
the weekly press.
Mr. SCOTT, the secretary, having read the minutes of
the former meeting,'
Mr. SERLE read a petition complaining of the hard-
ship of the new postal arrangement, from the fact that it
had a tendency to favour one class, and to injure ano-
ther. Mr. Serle moved that the petition be adopted,
printed, and sent to the various newspaper offices for
signatures, and presented to the House of Counons,
by Mr. Roebuck, M.P., or some other Member of Par-
liament.

Mr. JAZ CHAPMAN remarked, that previous to their
adopting the petition, they should have the opinion of a
greater number of their own class; and also, that they
should see how the proprietors and conductors of the
:morning pipers were inclined upon the subject. He
would second the resolution.

After a short discussion, the resolution was carried
unanimously.
Mr. TH9luss then proposed that a deputation should
wait upon the first Lord of the Treasury, and the Poit-
toaster-General, to urge upon them the necessity that
existed for rescinding the recent Post office regulation,
and that the committee be empowered to avail them-
elves of the service; of such Members of Parliament as
were fmvourable to the movement.
Mr. WOOD seconded the resolution, which was unani-
mously carried.
Mr. LEDGER then proposed the following resolution:—
" That the meeting be empowered at an early day, to
ts public meeting on the subject."

Mr: BUCtIANNAN-seconded the resolution, remarking
that the public meeting should be public in the must ex-
tended senso of the word.
R !solution carried.
Mr. SERL4 was of opinion that a public meeting in
Llndon should be their last resource.

Mr. WYLD concurred in this view, stating that if they
did so, those parties who read a newspaper on a Sunday
would perhaps neglect to attend the meeting, when the
Sabbatarians might muster in force and crush them.

Mr. BUCIIANNAN thought that of so important a mea-
sure the public would not take.such a narrow view. _

MY. LEDGER proposed a YOU) of thanks to the
Chairman.
Mr. WYLD seconded it.
The resolution was carried unanimously, and the meet-
ing sepratt d.

IRELAND.
DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH.
DUBLIN, TUESDAY.—Complaints of the last postal ob-
stacle are pouring in fast and furious. The provincial
press is in open arms against- this inroad on property;
and little wonder, seeing th a the majority publish on
Saturday, and that the non-delivery. until the Monday
following puts them altogether out of the make), as the
bulk of their readers is composed of farmers and country
alio' keepers, who have no time to spare for literary pure
suits beyond an hour or so on the day of rest and ( n
Ireland) of recreation.
The Dublin Weekly Freeman, a paper of large circu-
lation, had to print its number on Friday evening, so as
to reach the provinces on Saturday morning. By this ad-
mirable arrangement the subscribers were left minus all
the inteligvuce conveyed by the London morning jour-
nals of Friday, which arrive the same night, but at too
late an hour to be made available for the country. But
what is more to the purpose, the fast day of the grand
tohiethmeo Halifax
untilm ail,
kanedo then
allhtahned as r
busy
l
experiment was one of unusual labour within the walls
ot the post-office, the whole staff' having been hard at
workluat et
iri intfsr from
be,ts
-tldayar
part of the day was consumed.

•
THE POST-OFFICE.—Oue trial of the new Sunday
regulation. has proved, so far as the LinColnshire people are
concerned, its utter failure; and lettets from various parte of
the country show that it has given equal dissatisfaetion:
everywhere. The mingled tyranny and cant of the whole
affair will be evident on reflection s persons who conscien-
tiously object to receiving or reading letters and newspapers
on the Sunday have never been compelled to do so, but they
have no right to bind others down to Cher own narrow views;
the regulation will certainly be , evaded until the " bare-
bones" louse of Commons revokes its resolution.—Boston
Herald. •

In consequence of the failure of the bank of
Messrs. Nash and Neale, at Reigate, the London and County
Bank have opened a branch at that place.