The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-17 00:00:00

LETTER. H.*

Mr. EnITOR-.-elf obvious, as I have shewn,
are the advantages of the ancient and rcglikr me-
thod of BRIEF, for the repair or restoration of
Churches, why hiss it fallen so much into disre-
pute, and cornoarative disuse ? Partly from the
common vice ol slighting what is old, and pre-
tetrihg new e\petiosenis ; the same vice which,
further' indulged, :would set aside our ancient
,Constitution. to set tip, nobody knows what. It:
part, also, front certain misrepresentations, which,
being often repeated, • came to be generally be-
lieved ;,---atul being once believed, cannot be dri-
ven out of prejudiced mindi, by any force of evi-
dence.

The first and most extensive error is, that Briefs
are farmed, by interested persons, for small sums
and consequently, that all which should be col-
lected, in ally flstatice, hiolid Such a "11111, would
go to enrirli this imaginary person, and he per-
!ecily useless as to any chaiitable purpose. If
ever this sh.ometnl abuse did exist, of which, bow-
e,ei, there is no existing piool, (except the Act
of litul.ament made to present is), to the begin-
of th- last century it is to be referred, not to
any subsequent time. For the Act ,passed in the
4th and sth of Queen Anne is so severe, that
there is little chance of such a-fraud having been
at,empted afterwards.. It in,*ikes such a covenant
totally illegal, every itisirinneut and agreement
towards it ipso facto void; and fixes the penalty
'ot five hundred pounds upon the person so pur-
chasing the benefit of a lit ief, kvilich is to be, paid
over to the persons for whom the ]diet was ob-
tained.

What man in his senses would risk the for-
feiture of five hundred pounds, in a matter so
open to detection and information, with so very
precarious a prospect Of gain I The Act in truth
riff irdg nothing more than a presumption that it,
ever had been dote ; the report and common be-
-- lilt of such a thing being s,A...cient to authorize
EntTou Mitch has been both said and an enactment, which, it ptifounded, could hurt
Britten .
but !nicht p, event the lot induction of
nn the distress so prevalent thro,gliontilia "" one
,t
the practice, if avrice should ever stake the at-
tt)lint I•VP and tor its alleviation various plans tempt
.11
stave been pi °posed ; That it effectually check the evil, if
among these that which has extsting, preve•A it, it othertvissen, i s
emusti.er r. ee
ea
of its the tn"sf itoise from the persevt.ring activity alf,),lll:l.i),:tleedt"iit:eartepv:;;l'ty"e:lnn:erp
tile has
nor briny
ua
tility
deviser, is the erne of Mr O,VEN, on the
(pro ,1 ever laid before the public that so base a
vtilitY "I' futility of which it is neither my lir b. species of
.peculation was alit towed.
litnte 'tor itticoti„n 1„ expatiate, as a Committee How then did it obtain
. fiL f 11st cause such
" ',ern ,ppoiitied, awl mock bas been expected an asset lion is more easily made than disltrt►vecl.
frnin ti • . Because abuses are unhappily too common in
'e k.visttrim and deliberations of such Corn-
practice, awl too difficultto he preveoted, not to
flow, ver, in the interim, it may be
be thought probable, in any case. Becauise. toll,,
eiiher
orirrelevant
i commonly
ant
useless n to observe that since and other, collet:l4).s, arcb
ally
l,
ar a hotly of the lower orders of the Com-
tanned ; and the distinction s not immediately
tst-
seen, between one collection and another. B.
iThlntitY totally destitute of employ, anti sub- There, do open competition is made, and the best
°tett I° the greatest privation in consequence ; i binder is the farmer ; here, a secret agreement,
Sri
d since
without competitiosi, is supposed; thing too
also it is a well ascertained fact that
evidently for
Hoything hot downtight
:titre areUpwarris of 20,000 000 acres of waste land pe„ttiet,cies to attempt or countenance. give:
*l-igland. the question naturally arises, Why these reasons against the probability 01 the ;twig,
but e because the direct assertion, that it is false, has
employ this body in its cultivation ? W•th this
been niatle a,,aO) and at!ain, from the most re-
that individnai exertion may
•meet vi it It spret able rpl4lters, vet made in vain., It is.
t,„lPrlT"tio!late reward, and not class them to- thetetore, to show, that what is so gratuitously
'"ner like slaytask • -.1 supposed is most unlikely to happen, and indeed,
es uneer a master, as sin a
lYst"--1 • hardly possible.
itot only deroptoiv to the Eliglith ch -
?"ter, but an inhuman peculation on the miseries
4
114 induttlry (door Fellow-Cotint'ryint'll. more Sttit-
"II) the rail, ideas of a barbarous clime than Ne
1)1714611 refinement of a civilized Nation. To ob-
iale these di,„weeahles, it is proposed to let the
i
t din small poi t ions, and at easy sentals ; thus
bestir
will be bruin! not only for the lA..
irer hiffitirlf, but likewise for the junior branches
of ills family. by which means they will be en-
atil "'Ply to provide for the various exigencies
cst
lite, without having recourse to Parochial Re-
er• Hence ilie Country would be relieved liont
of I" heaviest hardens, viz. the Po-a-s* Rates ;
titulte our yoothtul peasantry will thus be train-
evt "P to early habits of industry, which will
s: be found the surest guide to virtue, come-
Preserve the rising generation of the pea.
try from vice in general, and from many of
tho se lesser
im misdemeanours to which habits of
414485 naturally lead, until the youthful depre-
re beeotnes the hardened assassin, whose
lobos crime is then only to be stopt by the exe-
hit Of the laws, Hod that too often b) the for-
:re of his own Inc.
Sine"
11, ti writing the above, I have been informed
lieu the Hon. Secretary of the Committee of Gen•
ti,iell.en for the encouragement of 111(1119(1y and Re-
or Pours' Rates, assembled at the King'ii`
tiltlrki:Vivern, Poultry, that the preceding re.;
whichare fully justified by the information of
the
cso
ti said Committee is in possession ; and
tn, !.. m
at a very extensive correspondence bon
then) nblt men and Gentlemen
ay be seen, and
c most ample satiifaction obtaitec on applies-
on
obaurer,,ere.
This being the Case shall add no
tlll
rieiefer your Readers_ for any further in•
fUrmatinn
apd may desii c to the Committee itself ;
am, Sir, y
etc.

FOR THE SUN.

Yours,

PHILADELPHCrS.

* Sce THE SUN of August IR.

Mr. ChvitN, who oh.), properly he styled the Phil
lamb'.pi.r, has b. ro e,,ptai,ing his system last
w•eek. on ihe Niond.y aml the Tittosday,at Leeds.
Ills Lectures exci,vd very great curiosity, and pi r-
sons were admitted's kit tickets. He was asked many
questions, to which he gave full and saristactory
unSwels. lietra3 r-qq, sled io repeal his Lec-
tures in a ii.;;4'r pls, e,HS the Court-House was
too litnted tor tho people who,were desirous of
hearing them. fir signified that he was ohliged
to rvi urn to ,nark, but would revisit 'LetAls,
Hod give a'hutotant illustrations of his system.—
; The Thatlis it the Meeting to Mr. OWEN were
Moved hy J IHN I3LOADs, and secs tided by THOr
I MAS !KIN. Esqrs.. and unanimously passed : after
audience teiired, apparently highly
vivified.

The Bishop of CHESTER, previous to his being
promo!: d to that See, divided a quantity of the
glebe land of the Rectory he then held into small
allotments, of about an acre and a half each,
which he let to worried labourers at a low rent,
for their be nrfit and employment ; by which means,
in several invta:ices, they were enabled to become
tow ributora to the poor rates, instead of being a
but then upon them ; and his Lordship found that
these men scarcely ever visited the ale-houses,
being constantly employed at their leisure hours
in cultivating their little 'pots of ground.
The [lon. Captain rAGFT kissed hands on
Monday last, on being appointed to the perma-
nent cominaird of the Royal George yacht, in the
room of Sir ILDwARII BERRY ; qtr MICHARL
Sitymoun, Baer; appointed to the Prince Regent
yacht, building at Portsmouth, vice the Hun. C.
PAGET.

Frirsh sedilions meetings ere announced one
at Bolton, on Saturdny, the 28th, and another at
Preston, on Monday next. They are both called
by the Reformers themselves, after thEir requisi-
tions to the I cul MrigisirAcy for the said purpose
had been very properly distnissed with a negatjve.

MR. AND MRS. STENT.—From the favourable
certificate received from St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital yesterday toorntog, woich represents Mrs.
Stenras to improve in her braid), she
iti consitterekas staliviently well to be able,
wiih-
.,nt tl.•oger, to attend and giVe her deposition.
e M,giStrate has therefore mppointed to-mor-
row (Wednesday) for the final examination of
her husband.

A BRITON.

toTt
3r,
_stared from Frioltf(rit, that f )e i
exeetito Ap
io of peal at Nlaoh. has propo,:,
who
is the sentence 0,01) rpm, AND. T,
nenr
eo(I ; N DUKE; has the GRAD DUKIS
Yvt aPProved of this iiroliZnal.