The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-26 00:00:00

persons ; ybt Messrs. Whiting and Seat were
not brought to trial by the injured Lord and
Lady Lyndhurst: They, tke printers and pro-
prietors of the paper in question—they who re-
ceived the profits of the paper—they who were
the employers of Mr. Bell, and derived an In-
come from his labours—were permitted to
escape, and he alone made answerable for the
libel in a Court of Justice. Now, let the un-
prejudiced reader contrast the treatment which
Messrs. Whiting and Swift received with that
experienced by Mr. Gutch, one of the proprie-
tors of this Journal, Mr. Glitch was not a party
to the squib imitated from Sterne. He was in
Worcester, confined by indisposition, when it was
written, and, consequently, was as innocent of it as
the child unborn. He was a proprietor ofthe Morn-
ing Journal it is true ; but Messrs. Whiting and
Swift were also proprietors of the Atlas. He
expressed his regret at the insertion of the satire,
and they regretted the insertion of their much
more libellous article. He was living at a great
distance from London, they were on the spot.
He had it not in his power to correct the press,
or admit or refuse articles of intelligence ; they,
on the contrary, had all this in their power-,-
they were daily in the habit of exercising this power
—it was their duty to exercise it, and yet he was
brought to trial and convicted, while they were
allowed to escape with impunity !! ! We have
no wish to censure the Lord Chancellor for this
invidious mode of prosecution, but we cannot
help saying it is not the way we should have ex-
pected justice at the hands of Lord Lyndhurst.
There is not a man of any honourable or inde-
pendent feelings in England who can possibly
approve of the proceeding, or admire the candour
of those who advised it.—Morning Journal.

There has been a considerable stir for some
days past among the holders of the hits of paper
called Spanish Bonds, whose hopes have been
excited, for the five-hundredth time, that they
arc about to be acknowledged by the Govern-
ment of Ferdinand. What better foundation
there is for this rumour than for the four hun-
dred and ninety-nine which has preceded it we
know not, unless it be this, that Governments,
as well as individuals, often make a virtue of
necessity, and that people often find it convenient
to appear to be honest, when the contrary policy.
has deprived them of all credit in the world.
The rumour upon the present occasion is :that,
in contracting fora new loan, the old Bonds are
to be taken, some say, at 15, others at 20,per
cent. Though we feel as little sympathy to-
wards the holders of Foreign Loans, raised upon
usurious terms, as we do towards those who were
bitten by the bubble mania at home, yet we
have a regard for national faith and cha-
racter, and have all along regretted to see one of
the ancient Governments of Europe reduced to
the dilemma of having its public securities
hawked about at a depreciation of upwards of 90
per cent.; nor do we think the matter will be
much mended if the Government at last should
be induced to pay its creditors in full, by a fresh
security for five or six shillings in the pound.
Nor is this the less mortifying when it occurs to
a nation in whom we are taught, from infancy,
to look upon faith and honour as inherent and
proverbial. Both history and romance—both
poetry and the drama, uniformly hold up the
Spanish character as the model of the severer
virtues, and one to which both public and private
engagements are as sacred as the honour of his
trusty Toledo. Ferdinand, it is true, acquits
himself of the engagement by declining to acknow-
ledge there Bonds as the debt of the Cortes ;
and, however erroneous such a view of the mat-
ter may be, there might be some pretence for it
were the Spanish Government to hold out to the
last. But a man in private life who compounds
with his creditors at five shillings in the pound
admits the justice of the whole debt, and rests
the compromise upon his inability to pay more.
So we should imagine history will deal with the
partial recognition of the Cortes' bonds now
talked of, should it ever take place. In such
case the plea that they were not his debts will
serve the Government of Ferdinand no longer.
He either owes the whole amount of each bond
or he owes nothing; and, therefore, though the
Spanish bondholders, worn out by chicanery
and despair, will probably look upon the•smallest
price as a Godsend, the discredit of compound-
ing with its creditors must, we apprehend, at-
tac to the Spanish Government for the future,
and reduce its credit still lower even than it has
long stood on all the Exchanges of Europe.—
Morning Herald.
As the Session of Parliament approaches,
the public anxiety receives a fresh impulse, and
the general inquiry is, what reductions will
take place in the public burthens ? There is,
however, another question of at least equal im-
portance. That weighty and important matters
will be discussed is quite evident; but that
there is to be any serious intermeddling in the
concerns of the Protestant Church we cannot
bring ourselves to believe. The preservation
of the Protestant Church, with all its rights
and immunities, is essential to the security of
the State, for without a pure religion what
can be the basis of public happiness ? Church
Reform sounds well to certain ears, and were
it necessary we would not oppose it. But
what is to be complained of ? Are our
Clergy uninstructed ? Who will prate this ?
As a kidy, are they immoral ? We empha-
tically answer, the reverse. We go further, and
add, that as a body there is no class of society
who can parallel them. Undoubtedly we are
not without instances of a few who dishonour
their sacred character, but why from thence
argue against the general body? The exception
proves the rule, and fully bears out our proposi-
tion. But it is said they have too large emolu-
ments. This again we deny. Taken in the
aggregate, they are worse paid than any other
body of persons who are descended from respect-
able families, or upon whose education so much
money has been expended. A Bishop here, or a
Dean and Chapter there, may enjoy a large reve-
nue ; but strike an average of the incomes of the
Clergy, and it will scarcely be found adequate
for their support. The payment of tithes we
know is Considered a hardship in many cases,
but whO ever heard of a man taking a farm with-
out first ascertaining their amount? Tithe is a
species of rent, which, if it were not paid to the
Clergyman, would be laid on by the landlord,
and so far diverted from its fair and legitimate
object. The Church has as much right in the
property of tithes as the freeholder has in his
estate. The payment of tithe is sanctioned by
Divine Revelation, and amply guaranteed by the
law of the land. It is of immemorial usage—it
is necessary for the decent maintenance of the
Ministers of Religion, without whose piety and
learning it must fall into decay, and be followed
by the prostration of the State. Religion is.ne-
cessary, absolutely necessary to the support of
the State, but it cannot exist without a sufficient
Ministry ; they cannot devote themselves to the
Church without an adequate maintenance, and