The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-19 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was
held, for the purpose of receiving the Report of
the Loan MA-You elect and Sheriffs respecting
his Majesty's dining in the city at the ensuing
Lord Mayor's Day.—The LORD MAYOR, Elect
and Sheriffs presented a Report on having wait-
ed upon-Lord Sidmouth, for the purpose of ascer-
taining whether his Majesty would be graciously
pleased to honour the City with his presence to
dinner at Guildhall on Lord Mayor's day next,
'which stated that Lord. Sidmouth had communi-
cated to them, by the command of his Majesty,
that his Majesty would be upon the Continent
on the ensuing'*Lord Mayor's day, and had ex-
pressed his desire that, the ceremonies and fes-
tival on that occasion might not be delayed in
-consequence.
Mr. OLDHAM rose, and after some observations
in which he stated that it was at one time in-
tended to propose the postponement of the city
feast until his Majesty's return, but as some
doubts might be entertained as to whether they
-would then have the honour of his company, and
•as by such means the dignity of the city might
perhaps i❑ some measure be considered as com-
promised, it was determined to abandon such in-
tention, and therefore moved a Resolution, re-
gretting that the expected opportunity of testify-
ing their respect and , veneration for their Sove-
reign was thus necessarily postponed, but hoping
that his Majesty would vouchsafe to honour this
city with his Royal presence at dinner in the
Guildhall on same future occasion.

The Resolution being put, was carried unani-
mously.
Mr. Ot.DnAm then moved that a copy of the
Resolution should' be transmitted to Lord Sid-
mouth, to be laid before his Majesty; 11 hich was
carried in the same manner. _ .

A motion was made that the fine paid by Al-
derman Garratt to be excused serving the office
of Sheriff, which office he tins since consented to
execute, should'be repaid to him.
Several Members (:•f ihe:COurt spoke in favour
of the motion, and. highly eulogized Alderman
Garatt, whose services as. Sheriff, it was said,
would bemuch,more valuable to the City than
any fine could,.,be.. :The motion was carried
unanimously. . •.
A Petition was-presented from the High Bailiff
of Southwark, praying that he might be allowed
to-enjoy his Office, with the -same emoluments
that his predecessOrs had done. •
Mr. LOWNDES moved that the Petition should
be referred to a Committee.

Mr. FAvr_LL-could not think he discharged his
duty, if he- voted for referring a petition to a
Committee, the object of which was to give that
officer an increase of emolument, without first
calling,on him to explain his conduct on occasion
of the meeting that was called in Southwark, to
take into consideration the dismissal of an Hon.
Officer from. the army.
Alderman. BnowNE proposed, as an amend-
ment, that the Committee. should be instructed
to take into consideration the High Bailiff's re.
fusal to call a,meeting of the inhabitants of South-
wark.—(After some discussion, the motion, as
amended, was carried.)
SPAFI I LDi 1110TERS.—A Report from the Corn-.
rdttee to whom had been referred the Petition.
of Messrs. Beckwith, Brander, Potts, and Rea,
praying compensation for the losses they sustained
by the Spafields rioters, was read. The Report
stated that the Committee had examined the al-
legations of the Petitions, and recommended that
the sum of UM. should be given to the Peti--
tioners in compensation of their losses.--Agreed to.
The Loan MAYOR laid before the Court a
letter from Christopher Magnay, Esq., Lord.
Mayor Elect, consenting to take upon himself
that office, which was read and ordered to be
entered on the Journals.. _

A Petition was. presented by the Churchwar-
dens and Overseers, &c. of the Parish of Christ-
church, complaining of. sundry..nuisances and
obstruction in Nowgate-street, which was read,
and referred to the City Lands Committee, to
examine and report.
The Chaplain to the Lord Mayor was requested to print his
sermon preached beforehiS Lordship and the Court on Mieba3l-
- last; previous to the election of a Lord Mayor fur the
year ensuing..
A fill for the _regulation of the Fellow ship Porters was read
a first and second time, and it was referredback to the Coal and
Corn• Committee, to fill up the blanks, and ordered to be read
a third time at the next Court.—The Watch Act was .passed
for the year ensuing.,

ExEctmoN.—(Waterford, Oct. 15.)—0n Sa-
turday James Finn. was executed, pursuant to his
sentence at our late county Assizes, for firing at
Patrick Geary, of the Preventive Service, at.
Ardmore, in tliis county. About one o'clock he
appeared at the drop, attended by several pious
gentlemen.—We are informed that he was per..!
fectly reconciled to his-fate. lie addressed a '
few words to the surrounding assembly, and con-
fessed himself guilty of many.offences;6lt not of
the charge for which he was about to suffer.
.After hanging the usual time he was cut down,
and his body was giyen to his. friends.
•
Account's from Sedbergh state, that during the
rapid rise of the. Rathay, last week, a cow was
surrounded by the water in Cautley,
,three' miles
above Sedbergh, and was brought clown the
river. It was carried over two weirs that were
across the channel, below one of which there are
many ruggts;l„rocks ; it paSsed under two or three
bridges, and at last cast up on Sed.,,,.vick Holmes,
after having been carried down the. torrent six
Miles, without injury,- and was.afterwards driven
home.—( White/amen Gazette.)

irttLAND.

LORI) iti:4nor or mtATH's

RURAL DEANS OF HIS DIOCESE.

Ardbraccan House, Qetobet 1, 1821.

IiEVEnEND Szn,—l cannot giVe you a stronger proof of
the estimation in which I hold you, or of the confidence I place'
in you; than by requesting you to continue to fill the office of
Rural Dean at a period of such interest to the Established Church;
It is. the reproach of her enemies, that her Clergy have in ge-
neral become so secularised, that they have lost the stamp of
their holy profession ; and we every day hear it admitted by
her nominal friends, that it, is not without reason that Secta-
rians rid Seceders arrogate to themselves the exclusive, praise
of that zealous discharge of the pastoral duties, to which every
Minister of the Gospel pledges himself, on his having the care
of souls committed to him in the Lord. •

Without stopping to inquire to what an extent these charges
may or may not be founded, I persuade' myself that you feel
as warmly as I do, how much it is to be wished that all grounds
for them should be completely done away ; and that you will
seriously co-operate with me in my humble endeavours to
rescue our Ministers from so foul an imputation.

As to what depends upon me, what I have chiefly at heart is,
to see, befora I shall be called away to' answer for My own
stewardship, the estabiishMent of a Parochial Clergy in the
diocese, Whdashould manifest the zeal of those Sectaries and
Seceders without the fanaticism and excluding spirit that serve
only to render their zeal dangerous, and destitute of all Chris-
tian morality and true _religion. -It would be to see that every
officiating Minister, whom I should license, should be distin-
guished for assiduity and earnestness in preserving all who are
committed to his charge from being tainted and led astray by
the false teachers who are daily multiplying around us. - These
teachers are gaining proselytes from the Established Church ;
While-professing to preach her articles of faith, they pervert
them, as/they pervert the Scriptures, and deduce from them
doctrines, which the pious. and learned compilers of them, and
all their most distinguished successors, have uniformly Coh-
demned as unknown to- the Gospel: I need not observe to you,
that we can no longer shut our eyes to our situation, nor be in-
sensible to the circumstances that --call forth the renovation of
the spirit by. which the early fathers of our church were ac-
tuated in their successful exertions in the cause of truth, as it is
in Clitist.JesuS,- and for the restoration of which to that church
in her happier days, we are, under God, so much indebtecl'to
theM ; and severe must be the account which every individual
amongst us shall have to give; when his ministry is ended with
his life, if he shall be found to have discharged that 2.linistry
with the torpor and lukewarnmess4hat so evidently bespeak the
total absence of that primitive spirit, to which, I tear, we are in
a great measure to attribute the apathy, in -all' matters of their
' religion, that characterises some amongst the Protestants di this
country, and the like attachment they chew to the pure and re-
formed church into which they have been baptised.
In humble endeavours to avert the evils with which this
apathy and indifference threatens, as well in a- civil as a reli
gious view, I.rely with confidence in the co-operation of the
Rural Deans. It is not alone a report of the state.and condi—
thin- of the churches and glebe houses that I expect • from
them. These are, undoubtedly, very important objects, and
I earnestly hope that neither negligence; nor a too hasty
inspection., nor a false delicacy, will stand in the way of the
fullest and most faithful report on this • head. You can never
be capable of deserving the imputation of which I was ol.)
liged to take notice id a late charge; or of condUcting yotir in-
spection otherwise than with the most becoming attention to
the feelings of your brother incumbents, and to what one
Gentleman owes to another. But at the game .time, you will
not connive at not pass over any dilapidations you may dis-
cover, which if suffered to remain unattended to, nrust in the
end, -with respect 'to the glebe houses, operate to the distress of
the family 'of the clergyman who allows them to take place ;
and-, with respect to churches, to entailing a greater expence on
the pariSh,- besides the discredit to the Establishment. lam
sorry to say, that some returns have been made lo me, on
both these points, that render it essential that-1 should. draw
your attention to them. The-form of returns usually made to
me, previous to every Visitation, will point out the other
heads on which I wislt to receive, information from you ; anti I
am confident that I may rely on the strictest accuracy-on all of

them.
The objects connected with the Association in Capel-street,
on which I fully explained myself in one of my charges,- I now
wish more particularly to recommend to you. The Society I
have recommended to each Rural Dean, and on him I- rely for.
representing my -expectations to the several officiating Mini-
sters within his Deanery, than-they should make every exertion
to procure the continuance and co-operation of the respectable
laymen in their respective Deaneries, and.their presence at the
meetihp.appointed by the Rural Dean for the promotion of the-
important object .of. the Society—that of disseminating the
Scriptures, the Book of Common Prayer, and Tracts breathing
the genuine spirit, and inculcating the unadulterated doctrines
of the Gospel. I could not experience a more. sensible..mortifi-
cation than to find that, in some instances, the-Rural Dean can-
not induce the Clergy f his Deanery, .to take any active part
in the formation of „those Societies, or to attend the meetings ;
and I request that the Clergyman who betrays such a want of.
feeling for what he owes to his own character, and- to his sacred
profession, must expect to have his name brought by. me before
his brethren at the visitation, with the stigma he so justly de- • •
serves. . .
Our united and unremitted exertions in promoting these Dio-
cesan Societies are at-present the more imperatively' called for,
as the managementof the Hibernian-Bible. Society has,entirely
fallen into the hands of Sectaries and Seceders, and as theees-
tablishment of our-Auxiliary Society, wherever it takes place
through the country, has for its immediate object the. increase
of the number of their proselytes, and the extension and pre-
valence of their doctrines. •
The Public Catechetical Examinations.- is the next object
connected with the Association, to which I wish the Rural
Deans to pay particular attention. -To make due preparation
for these examinations, it will be necessary to communicate
with the several incumbents and officiating ministers, to settle
with them at what time, and in what places, the examinations
are to be held. On this head, also, I hove to be informed, if
any minister neglects to prepare the children of his. parish for
the examination, or absents himself from it, as, however incre-
dible it may appear to be, I am grieved to hear some have done.
The last object connected with the Association which I have
particularly to recommend to you is the building of school
hciuseS and the establishing schools. The funds an the disposal
of the Association for these most essential purposes, I am happy
to -inform you, are now considerable; and the acting members
of the Association are desirous of receiving applications from
every place in which the conditions they require can be. com-
plied with. Mr. O'Connor, of this diocese, one of the Secre-
taries, will give every necessary information on the subject, and
this I hope you will communicate to the several incumbents.
The part we shall have to act in this most important
branch of our duty, Will require no less prudence and discre-
tion, than zeal. We shall heve to expect opposition from the
Roman Catholic Clergy, who, in the character of Ministers of
the Gospel, anathematize all reading or use of it, unless accom-
panied with notes and explanations, which make if their own
Gospel; and not that of the Apostles and' Evangelists ; from'
the Sectarians and'. Seceders, who, in establishing Societies,
auxiliary to the Hibernian Bible Society, have, as I have al-
ready observed, for their object the increase of the number of-
their proselytes, and the extension of their own ptrnieious
doctrines ; and from the liberalised opinions and refinements of
speculatisti, who, to reconcile the religious differences that un-
happily distract this country, recommend the summary procet,s-
of excludin all religionsinstruction from schools instituted for
the education of -the middling and --lower classes. In some
schools established on this plan, under the sanction of the act-
ing Minister of this country, and from a public fund, not onlv
the appointmentofthe master, but all superintendence over the
course of education he pursues, and the principles he inculcates,
are taken out of the° hands in which the religious feelings and
the wisdom of happier days had placed them, to be vested ex-
clusively in laymen granting ground for the building of schools;
, and •in tiustecs' to be appointed by them ; and the interfe-
rence the most strongly interdicted, is that of the • Established
Clergy.
In our endeavours to meet these-difficulties, nothing is to-be
done with acrimony or intemperance, or in a spirit of irritating
controversy. Let us do our utmost -to promote the establish,
ment of the Schools under the regulations of the Association,
countenanced and recommended, as they are, by the Bishops and
Clergy of the Established Church, antb leave them gradually
to work -their own way, as, under the divine influence, the truth

is always sure to do.
Above all, we shoad make it our earnest prayer to Almighty
God, that as he was pleased, after a long night of darkness,
to cast the bright beam of light upon ourchurch, and to instruct
her' in the heavenly doctrines of the blessed Apostles and
Evangelists, so -she .may continue to be established in the
.truth of the Holy Gospel, and all within her pale
.may be
for ever preserved from being carried away with every blast
of vain doctrine.
• I am, Reverend Sir, your loving Brother,.
T. L. AIEAT4.

tOE,ONgii;S. i*M-.I.EST.

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FATAL ACCIDENT BY oxi.RTußNtivG.oy
THE SALISIWItY VA N.

Yesterday an Inquisition ,was held at the Nor...
thuroberland Arms7 before 'rhohits HIGGS, EM.'
Deputy Coroner, 'on the 'body of Mr. SANtu“..
WyouhN (not Wyatt) a proprieor of the Salis-
bury caravan,'who was killad oh Wednesday last
by the overturning of the carriage-.. The Inquest
excited considerable interest, and the Jury room
was- completely crowded.
."• Mr. John Parker, of Northumberland-milft, ..s,frand, deposed,
that about three o'clock on Wednesday aft'ernoOn he was pass-
ing through ti).a.-Strand, and observed the eala§4n with- an en=
ormous quantity of luggage. On looking cc viiitness same.
the near fore wheel break away, and 'the camage overturn,
Part of the stowage on the top fell against a hotrie. There
were a great many bales- and other packageslon the roof.
At first it was doubtful whether any person was untleine..•ith;
but on cutting away the straps which fastened tli"e
gage, they discovered the deceased lying on his face-Uncle
the side of the caravan, the edge of which was across his back,
his head and arms were free, but the lower extremities
were quite under. The carriage was instantly raised, and
the deceased extricated; he was black in the face, and•
very dirty with the mud. He was conveyed to Mr. Stringer's,
an apothecary, where he breathed two or three times, and itr
a few minutes expired. An attempt -was made to bleed him,
.but blood would not flow. The van 'presented a frightful ?.p.,
pearance, from the bulk of stowage. It was not struck by any
other carriage, nor did it • run against the post. It was a dead -
break of the axletree, occasioned by the weight ; in fact, it was
the load of a Waggon pladed on the carriage and- wheels of a
coach. The package on the top was very Li oi.
Mr. James Starkie, medical aSsistant to .i‘lr„ Stringer, of the-
Strand, corroborated the evidence of
.the last witness as to ,the
deceased-being brought to their shop. There was a contusion
of his head, vhich, in his Opinion, caused death. The weight
falling on him would also cause death.
Mr. Jacobs, (if No. 482, Strand, confirmed ..the ericienceof
the first witness, but added he did not think the 'pressure carts-,
ed the death of the deceased, as .the caravan fell on the.stone
affixed to the post, which upheld it. He donsidered the contu. .
sion on the head caused death, as the weight of the.ca:rriage did
not rest on him altogether.
Mr. Parker, the first witness, here observed, .it certainly
I did rest on him, as he could not extricate him till the vad
was eased.

John Hillier, the driver of the van, stated that .it set out
from the King's Head, Leadenhall-street,- and belonged to
Messrs. Blake and Co. of Salisbury. There was about three
thousand lbs. weight in and out ; that on the roof-was about
bOOlbs. • weight. Mr. Wyburn was sitting- on his left side
when it was overturned; he did not see him 'fall,. as witn:?st
was precipitated to the. ground and. received some injury'
The deceased was 'a part proprietor and guard.. 'The
,Y 3
was always examined in the . yard before it proceeded on..it
journey.
The Jury,' without hesitation, returned a verdict of 4.c..AC-
cidental Death," and levied a. deodand of five shillingS on ,the 4
carriage:

On Thursday afternoon, the 11th inst., as the"
Rev. Mr. TiLLAT., of Illuntisham; and the _Rev-
Mr.WILSON, of Somersham, were returning Loge' •
ther in a one-horse chaise from Lloxworth,wher ,
they had been to dine with the. Rev. MT. FitAsit's•'
something being wrong with the' bridle, Mr.TIL-
LARD alighted to.adjust it, in doing which •it bar".
pened to slip over 'the horse's head, when the
animal set off at full ,gallop, and, melaucholY to
relate, Mr. WILSON was shrown out of the cer."-
riage ; by the accident, his back was br4en, - •
which, with other injuries he received, causoll 111 d
death on the following day. •
Last week, as a lad, a servant to Lady 0,0v14
SPARROW, was grooming a horse, the aniFirlair
flung out, and striking him on the head, cores,:
pletely sealped him. Ile is tb do well,
EXTRAWIDINAIIN" INSTANCE OF FECTINDITY!—AIi erV
of the South Down breed, on Mains 'of Fordoun, which had •,
twins in April last, brought forth twin lambs again about a fort-
night ago. The first two were then' (and then only) weaned, bi
being separated from the mother, and icll the four, with !,11C
mother herself, are in a thriving state. • •
FlRE.—About eleven o'clock-on WednOsdaY:
night, the neighbourhood- of Colthorpe-.street,
Brunswick-square, was thrown into great alarm, .
on discovering that the upper part•of one Of the
new houses in that street -was on fire-; and kno'"
in that a Man and his- wife had the care of the
houo, and slept on the -third floor, several per"
sons knockedat the door, but receiving no answ(
they broke open the door, and •proceeded
stairs, .when they succeeded in extinguishing -the
tire. It is supposed the tire originated from a
spark communicating to some linen that wal
.hanging to dry before the fire, the whole of
which was destroyed, s also the floor of the rooni-
The man and his wife, who were asleep in the
adjoining room, were nearly suffocated.

" BIRTHS. v . . •1 of
On Thursday last, at Hawarden, Lady Charlotte Novl-1 e'
twin daug-hte-s. pi dries
On the hith instant, at 'Camberwell, the Lady of "1-"
Jardine, Esq. of a daught..-r. of
On Thursday, the 4th instant, a
roor woman at Beestoo, ~
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the name of Grace Ileaton, was safely delivered of three el,
ren, two boys and a girl, who, with their moth,7r, arc doilP
well.

• MARR TED. ' .l•,
On Tuesdaylast, by special license, at St, .Rhea's cbu-c;
Paul John Bedford, Eso., of the Theatre Royal, Dublin*l'
Miss Lucy Ann Greene, late of the Theatre Royal, C.°°
garden. •
• Lately, Mr. Jones, architect and miniature painter,
Susan Susan Butler, ward of Wm. Holmer, Esq., of the Borougl•
ar
At St. George's church; Hanover square. John Davis, sqa
of Camden Town, to Miss M y Upton;
of the sanie

DIED.
- On the 7th inst. suddenly, Mrs. Williams,- Lady of OY'cli
Williams, Esq. 111. P. for Barlow.
On the 17th inst., :At his haute. at 17pper f.llapton, in Cie rf.,l,
Year of his age, Natlian.Ll thater, Es q. of St. Dunstan7s-1
Tower-street.-
Suddenly, of apoplexy, at the Oxford Ars, Inn., WaTwil';
lane, London, Mr. Roo., o. Blandfi mnd, Dorset, in the Ow
c.
•
of his age.
At IVlilton, on 'Sunday eve.ninglast,‘Mrs.
bridge, relict of the Rev. Richard Fayerman, late of 41°'
Norfolk. -
On Saturday last, at Dullingham, (where she had fy,cl'v;`..,?!
the preceding dad,) in the year of her are, 1111111, '
Mr. John Edwards, of Exning, thc i;Gii 1.,T0n ion,'oooi.-
Market.---She was taken ill suddenly and before %led
an,.e could be procured, exp'led in her husbAnd's arnis• sle
)n Monday last, Sa:ah lfuat, widow, ef," .NeWrnAct• #l''
had been ill a long.time, Lut was suddenly taken worsel
21) minutes was a corpse. • I'o°.
•
We are sorry to announce the death of Aldermao
The Alderman had been out taking the air on his: jatinorg;oo
when finding a sudden numbness corning over him, he recxe,e
home, and shortly afterwards expired of.. a paradytic
last,Journal.) °f suddenly, Henry 83,..-'ne, Esq:,
(Dublin
on.loJnoduaiv•
Devon.—Mr. B. was on his journey unclet tO 0‘,re '
Union Post Coach, from Southmolton to Exeter, Aeqgq:
rs
the horses, had walked upthayforthhill, with othsrlitt-,4pillt.a
with whom he convtrsecl apparently in good health
,hisa tic
and with his usual chcerfulness ;- but on resuniirgicain st
the carriage, he was, shortly after, obs.?.rved 4.. -
d mouth, an almost instantly expired without a stvi',Dinent'tj,
On Thursday sennight, Mr. John Smiley, 211
lor, of Kirbymoorside, aged 70, walked lip
street, with Bower, -the pedestrian, and while in. `,?*.,,pciple:;if,
with the assein'oled multitude, fell down in a fit or mr•
and expired immediately. Anal on the-fullowirV7d'Yor Iy~ opt
Wildon, aged 71, an active and noted tailor, rl3' th..?
nioorside, died instintane.onsly by apoplexy, while
thrashing some gleaned co: % 'What is more -
three persons have each - been Married three.. ti=nes,
each left a widow, nearly of the same a1..,e. •

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