The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-01 00:00:00

HOME M►ISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Entvia—it were robe wished that your
Rev. Correspondent -(Cl,e clis) had written coolly
and dispassionately in his remarks on the Home
Missionary Society. I have perused his Letter.
several
,tirnes, but confess my inability to trace
any tbing like a reason against the object of that

association.
1 presume that CLERICUS is in a greet degree
unacquainted with the inhabitants of country vii
pr he not consider Sunday SchoOls
and Ketitzions Instruction unnecetsary. I ven-
ture to affirm teat, in many instances, I have
‘virnessed as treat a mass of ignorance, and as great
a deficiency in morals and tnanners, as can per-
haps be found in the unenlightened regions abroad.
do not enquire in'o the souice of the evil, but
ctrtainly approve every endeavour to cure it.
The Doctrines professed by the members of the
Society are those declared in the 39 Aricles of the
Established Church of England, and diffused
through the Book of Common Prayer, and by re-
ferring to the writings of " our Reformers,"
to whom an allusion has been made, the real
spirit of those doctrines will be instantly per-
ceived.

The support given by the Established Church
to Sunday Schools and Missionary exertions is a
complete jo.stificstion of .the Society for Home
\lissioos, and although Ci,atticos asks, with an
air of triampb,.".Whcit is it but a downiight insult.'
upon the-Clergy of Establishment, to insinuate a
doubt that the preaching of the Gospel might be of
ntiOt even be wanted in their sereral districts?"
Yet I ask, in return, Why was it' 1161 deemed an
insult to those characters ro establish Sunday
Schools, because they wete introduced chitity, by
persons of other denominations? 'fire necessity'has
since been happily recognized, and their good
ef-
rects,ilecome'unicerssdiy apparent.
It is laudable to " provoke one another to good
works." The field of action, here, is extensive,
and vast numbers may be advantageously briinght
into the envgement: Ju the town where I have
the honour to reside, I established a Sunday
School went y years ago. Since that rime', a se-
cond has hero tormed by some worthy and active
members of the Established Church, and a third
by another comninnity of zealonsand useful Chris-
tians.; and what ioinry has ensued ? what discoid
has seen excited ? The reverse is the fact. The
three places of worship are all well and tespecta-
attetled‘; nearly 500 ,children are regularly
instructed ; the Holy Sabbath is kept better thar,
in most other towns ; and I may venture to add,,
that there cannot be found inhabitants more loyal
to their King, more respectful to the Magistrates,
more cot rect in their conduct, more zealous of

good veto ks.
• 1 disclaim all idea'of a railing spirit as inimical
,to the groins of the Holy 'Gospel, and therefore
pass over, silently, many expressions in the Letter.
of 'Ci.unicus, whic'h are not quite conformable to
the meekness and gent lenus of a Christian
Nlittisler- If we love the morality of the Bible
(and I do love it), we ought to practise it, and
by otir " preaching and acing set it forth and
show it ocCoaugly."
Editor,, are stubborn and tenacious.
Where the Rev, Genticman, who preached pre-
viously to the trial of the Traitors at Derby, ob-
tained his information I cannot tell, but 1 assume
that he must have been imposed upon by one of
those good-natured souls whose business mainly
is to retort what Mr. Such-a-one has said.—
,
Treason • and sedition, Mr. Editor; are not He-
qitired or promoted-by attendance on public woe-.
ship, they are imbibed by reading the writings of
a Pattie,.and others of the same dangerous, order.
Sermons tending to eXche sedition atrdiscOn-
rent ate as rare as the discovery of perpetual-mo-
tion or the philosopher's stone !.! !
In addition to the duty of preaching four times
a Week to my own congregation, 1 have visited
Many dark and nneulightened villages, and formed
several Sunday Schools. In these I.see as the re•
sult order, decency, andeconomy, iostead of im-
piety and profaneness: It is rarely that instruc-
'lions; by schools or otherwise, are given in the
.hours of divine service. In sonic instances I have
even stipulated that the children shunt(' proceed
&Om the school to attend divine service in the
parish churn.
I assure your Reverend Correspondent CLERI•
cus, that I shall .be happy at all times to co-ope-
rUte with Gentlemen in and out of the Establish-
ment, to stein the totrent of iofidelity, and lessen
the sum of vice and irreligion, know nothing of
,Faith, other than that which works by love, and
purifies the beatt and conversation. ,
'frosting to your candour to give this an inser-
tion, and declaring my attachment to our excel-
lent Constitution, and my esteem for the thivern-
r»ent tinder whose mild administration I enjoy ali
the blessiiigS t desire;—l am, Alr.

Your haltuble dery nt,
RICHARD COPE.
Bellevue House, I;auticeston, Aug. 28, )SO.

. Friday niorniQg Captain•SPlNK brought into the.
harbour of Arhmath a large whale, swhiph• he
bound dead floating near the hlatol of May, in
the mouth of the'Fiith. It is upwards of torty
feet long, and k of the flutter species.—(Edin•
bUrgh:'CaUtunt, Aug. 2g.)
Saturday ttight,'Or early on 'Sunday morning,
some•thieyes broke open -the counrinoo,,e Ot
Mr. John Edgar, . Austin-st reet , Bethnal-green;
ale nod table-beer !newer, rifled his drawers
of liktnk notes and cash to the amount of 704
and upwards, together with a queintity st

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‘' Qui cuitsu4a Putritm bui leg-es Jitratple serval."

MR. EDITOR-At a crisis of great politiCal ae-
ration, wyen eU'orts are making-by the Disaffected
tQ eircultremischievonS doctrines amongst the
poor and induitrious Classes, at Public Meetings;
convened on specions pretexts, and in congregate
assemblage at taverns aril other conventicler,
it may he permitterlt reflecting Indi,:id,ial,to.at-
tempt some tesiStauce to-such pernicious efforts,
through the yeaccablelnedintn of th,..! Press.
It cannot be denied that much distress is felt
amongst the lower orders of the people 'for want
of employment, but that distress is more likely
to be accumulated than relieved by any measures
of Refinm, urged or promoted by those Who feel
the distress, if such measures are in direct hos-
tility to the rights and interests of the general

social liody.
A redunduace of population, and the late tran-
tition from war to peace, after 25 years Struggle
against Republican Usurpation, must necessarily
produce a want of that ltdl encouragement to in-
dustry which is requisite for the supply of a
,whole People. Arts, Arms, and Agriculture
have been seldom found to flourish at the same
time in any country. Perhaps in ours, during
the, late war, History will record an exception to
the general rule, and it may result that our sea-
girt Islamd supplied more ample employment for
its natives than is now afforded, and which may
be att;ibutable to the vast influx of inhabitanrs
who have returned since the late peace was cfEct-
;
,ed. The support of absentees gave more employ.
Brent to those %rho remained, and the return of
the former has diminished employment to the
latter, encreasing also greatly the population of

the-Country.
But without going unnecessarily into a politi-
cal calculation, or attempting to trace the posi-
tive causes out of which a redundant population
.has arisen, it is sufficient to know,' that Miele a
superfluity of hands preVaili, scarcity will in pro-
portion be an attendant. When there is not 4,m.
ployinetit productive of earnings to encourage in•
dustry, activity of mind is liable to be diverted.
Disaffected find discontented men, with selfish.
and bad views, will take advantage of the distress
felt by others, and endeavOur, under the pretertee
of melioration, to lead them into ban courses.
The retreat will' become difficult, and the further
pursuit datierous.to the public welfare.
To check and prevent these public evils is the
direct and positiVe duty of Government. To.
remove the cause of them- is equally its interest. .
The Constitution has vested the power in the
State for the benefit of the people, and the inter-
position of the latter is an infraction of the autho-
rity which they have deli ;aced, and which must
be preserved for the public good. .11otives are
not demonstrative, and the protection of the Go.
vernment most be exerted against measures ad-
verse to the public welfare,,tbough such measiir4
are proclaimed to be the offspring of public

spirit.
The tlelegationof the people's power is to the
It:,:presentative Body in Pudiament, and, beyond
'hat Delegation, they have no claim to iwerfe-
rence with the affairs of
.oovernment. if the
people elect Representatives, they are bound by
the united opinion or majority of that represen-
tation. If they refuse to elect, they cannot, iii
an aggregate capacity, be heard in the Senate.
And if they, or a part of them, act hostilely to the
existing laws, they must blame their own indis-
cretion, and not the laws'fOr the consequences of
their aberration.

.~;..,

• As'to Ministers of Government,, and Magistrates
•
individually, they shoidd be a.ititged
• of by their
measures,. and not by their professions or dead-
rations as men. NVhatever inasOn the •chataqi
teristics of individuals in Administratiot., they
cannot act wrong without ample respnnsibilityl
and it they act tight; the approbation of the com-
munity, and their own consciousness, will. be their
best reward. They treed not tear-the machina-
tions or menaces of prOtessed • Reformers—hilt
their spirit and energy should rise in Proportion
to the intimidations • of ,stith ciractcts.': They
should act unawed by terror, unintiltrApced by
clamour. ,

general voice of the Governeds-eittiot be
always expected to irpprove the conducl pf their
Governors ; and the. Government woOld: he pa-
ralized iu many of its first ditties if tbeit Ithiroha-
tion of the people Was the sole object:- -of its Ht-
. taitiment. Malty of t tteacts of pri-
vate lhe merit and receive censure, a niF maitv o, her
acts produce approval. Autl it is ?virb G.)%etit-
meat as whit ioliVidaals---etctitude of intention
always brings its:rewart.—
" Utti plum nitcnt, nun ego' paucis ofrendar maculis."
No Atimini!•tration has been so pure as it was de-
sira4le to have beeti---,and :few Oppositions' so
patriotic as ,they prcteuded tp,he.
Your's,
, rienzplc, Aug. SO, 1819. - • A. ranTE.