The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-04 00:00:00

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

A. In the welfare of the Country Gentlemen.
Q. How can CouUtry Gentlemen best prove their patriotism?
A. By taking care of themselves.

Q. What constitutes a great, free, and happy people ?
A. Two things—Paupers and Cimmry Gentlemen.
Q. What is the use of lislation ?
A. To make Corn Laws, Poor Laws, and Game Laws; it is
no matter what other Laws are passed, provided Country Gentle-
men are allowed to enact, repeal, and re-enact the above at

pleasure.

Unfortunately the paper was here torn off, otherwise itwould
probably have developed more of the views of these worthies,
"the Country Gentlemen," of whose creed it appears to form
a part; and it might possibly have explained something of
the intended alteration in the Poor Laws, which it is supposed
will be brought forward as soon as the Honourable Baronet and
his colleagues can prepare their Bill and their speeches ; which
latter will, of course, display the usual degree of eloquence and
intellect, awl be delivered with the customary degree of gratifica-
tion to themselves, and annoyance to their auditors.
The proceedings of the starving manufacturers and the well-fed
country gentlemen, are alike fraught with evil to the country,
though the latter was at once the most inexcusable and the most
mischievous,---the one is an ebullition, occasioned by deep and
bitter distress---the other, the insolence arising from repletion,
while the appetite, vulture-like, seems more insatiate from in-
dulgence.

Vire! acquirit cundo.—Vinc.
Both must be repressed for the public good, in which the real in-
terests of both are inseparably bound up ; and it is to be hoped
the Government will not want the firmness to coerce them. I
inclose my mite, in aid of the contribution towards the immediate
relief of the distressed, which I will thank you to forward to the
proper quarter.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, and constant Reader,

ANONYMOUS.

We shall feel great pleasure in forwarding our Correspondent's
Subscription of Ten Guineas to the proper quarter.—Enrron.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY..--(TIllti DAT.)
BDENBOROLtaIf y. BISHOP Or LONDON AND OTHERS.
His LORDSHIP sat in open Court to-day, notwithstanding it
was a holiday, and no other Court open in Westminster Hall.
Mr. Soannt appeared as leading Counsel fur the plaintiffs in
this case; and his grounds of objection to the Bishop of London
inducting Mr. Pratt as Clerk of St. Stephen's Church, Cole-
man-street, were that the election of a Minister ought not to have
been made by ballot; and if it ought, that the ballot had been un-
fairly taken, otherwise Mr. Foyle would have been elected, and
Mr. Pratt would have been rejected.
Mr. SHADWELL contra said, it was true some few persons had.
voted, with respect to whom it would be impossible to prove for
whom they had voted; but taking the case in any way, whether
it could be made out for whom the voters had yokel or not, yet
it would appear clear that Mr. Pratt had the majority of votes.
Mir. SUCIDEN positively denied this.
His Lonnsme thought if the case were to rest upon this, it
would be bate': for' Mr. Shadwell to proceed to support his posi-
tion by his evidence.
Mr. Suanwrza. submitted that the Court ought first to decide
the question, whether the election by ballot wait the proporthode
of electing or not.
Ills Loaosule said, if all the parties interested agreed to such
a node of election, the Court could have no objection to it; but
what ho wished to ascertain was, whether there had been a clear
alr.Muietlt, legal or illegal, that hound all the cestuique trusts and
trustees, that the election should be, by ballot, thus conducted?
if
tchoitiorctlelavrasa(gbrweeidionyelnt had not been entered into, at present, the
of opinion, that the trustees were not bound
by the election. And the very principle that led the Court thus
to express itself, led it further to say, that there was nothing be-
fore it enabling it to decide that the neat election of a Minister
made at this place would be a good election, unless there was the
agreement entered into, which his Lordship bad already alluded
to ; and if the next election, so conducted, could not be good, it
necessarily followed that the past election was not good.
Mr- SliADvcrt.r. was willing to take every course the Court
pleased to. point out.
His Lonustur observed, that the Learned Counsel would have
to take his own course.
Mr. SttAuwett. did not know how he could enter into the evi-
dence without taking the votes one by one.
Mr. SuGozx said, there was no other possible way, and to do
this would occupy a whole week; but Mr. Shadwell's client, in
doing this, would have to pay the clerk.—(A laugh.)
Mr. SIIADWELL said there were two causes; he appeared for
the defendants to the original bill, and tbr the plaintiffs to the
cross bill; perhaps his better way would be, to open his case
upon the cross bill, that the Court might be in possession of the
whole case.

Mr. SUGDNN objected to this. If Mr. Shadwell did not pro-
ceed with his defence to the original bill, it would be his duty to
pray the Court to declare that the election of Mr. Pratt was void.
Mr. HUNT, appearing for some of the Trustees, awed, if the
Court declared the election which had taken place was void, from
the manner the election had been made, the effect would be to de-
cide, that neither party had been elected, and that neither party
was fit to be elected.

His
Loitnsim would he sorry to make a declaration having
such an effect, but still it might be the duty of the Court to do
so. If people chose to enter into► absurd proceedings, what could
the Court do, when called upon to interfere, but make absurd
decrees ?

Mr. Szt,inwru. said, no objection had been madeat the timeof
the election, to the mode of election adopted, and which had been
publicly announced from the pulpit on the preceding Sunday, as
being an election that would take place. The strength of hls evi-
dence was, that there had beer such an agreement to the mode of
election adopted as to bind all parties in equity; and that the ma-
jority of votes were in favour of Mr. Pratt. There had been 97
votes in favour of Mr. Pratt, 95 for Mr. Foyle, and 71 for ano-
ther Gentleman. The prayer of the cross-bill was, that the four
trustees out of the sixteen who are plaintiffs to the original bill,
and all other parties resisting the induction of Mr. Pratt, might
be decreed to join in all necessary proceedings for that gentle-
man's legal induction. . _

His CORDBIIIP said, if Counsel would hand to him any deposi-
tions, and any further evidence or important papers, they might
hear, in addition to what had been furnished to the Court, he
would carefully lOok into them all, and give the best judgment he
could on Monday morning.
Mr. SUADWELL readily agreed to this, and Mr. Sugden also
consenting to it, thus the case rests.
SCOTCII CONGREGATION. _ .

This other pielpitC;seliis Lordship wished to have been dis-
cussed, but all the Counsel not being in attendance, it was found
impossible to have it gone on with.
ItX-PARTE THE NIATT1:11 OF pOWAAD A:SID pines,

BANKM•
His Loansurr said, he had all the books and papers with hiin
in this matter, which he intended to have gone through and dis-
posed of; but Counsel not having been present, it would have
answered no good purpose, and thereke his Lordship abstained
from doing it. ,

ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISPASES OF TILE
EAR.—At the Annual General Meeting of the Go-
vernors of this Charity, held on Friday last, it ap-
peared that since the Establishment of the Institution,
in 1816, upwards of 6,120 Patients afflicted with
Deafness, and other Diseases of the. Ear, have been
received, the greater number of whom have been cured
or relieved,

Strt-:—I shall feel obliged if yOu can inform me whether there is
any tmth in the rumour that Sir Thos. Lethbridge or Mr. Wilt-
shire Benett intend to bring in a Bill to amend the Poor Laws,
and enable the manufacturing labourers to be paid from the Poor
Rates, in like manner as the agricultural labourers are at present.
It is said these worthy gentlemedhave become converts to the po-
sition laid down in the concluding sentence of your Leading Ar-
ticle of yesterday, viz. that the interests of the agriculturists and
manufacturers. are " essentially the, same," and, in their wisdom,
consider this the only means of affording permanent relief to the
distressed manufacturers.

In sweeping St. Stephen's Chapel yesterday morning, ' the
char-woman picked up a.scrap of paper near the seat of the
worthy Baronet, of which the following is a copy :
Q. Who constitute the British Public?
A. The Country Gentlemen.
Q. In what does the Public welfare consist ?