The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-29 00:00:00

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSRALDISTON.
Splendid success of Domestic Drama, for which this Theatre
stands unrivalled and alone.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 29 . . .

Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts,
entitled THE STORY OF GERALDINE ; OR, THE
TWIN ORPHANS OF ST. PRE.—Henri, Mr. E. F. Sa-
ville; Huntingdon, Mr. Dale; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; Jemmy
Cottle, Mr. Gardner ' • Davy, Mr. Paul; Geraldine, Miss Vin-
cent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama.

After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah O'May,
Miss Vincent, in which she will dance her celebrated Douny-
brook Rant. and sing several humourous chaunts, and a new
Medley Epilogue
To conclude with the Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan-
tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS ; OR,
THE KING OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN-
DIANS.—With new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora-
tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical
Panorama, to be entitled'' Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con-
sisting of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. Also,
a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childe, the Great Illu-
sionist.; and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the
Comic Talent of this—the Popular Theatre of London.
Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.— Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to tb^
only, at Half-past Eight.

,Boxes

. _
FATAL ACCIDEN T.—Yester':iay
s morning
be-
tween seven and eight o'clock, as .;:cebadrgemen belonging
to the Joanna, of Whitby, were
the river Thames, on her way home,,.e proceeding in her down
one of the men,
named
john Petress, accidentally lipped from the gun-
into the water. The accident took place near
BlwAwall Reach, and notwithstanding every endeavour
un vrasaTadme by the unfortunate man's companion to raise
Jar and obtain assistance f.,-
222inutes Petress sank t,o,rise •om the shore, in a few
"iio more.
The Rev.
independent . a -‘-t Jones, a Minister of the
• P..er''...asi
ioverturning rjc. the °"' was killed last week by thes
iseverely 'froreci, Welshpool coach. His wife wac
znuct, hurt. and others of the passengers were
Thmsday morning c, Tat
e,
Workhouse of St. Luke's, Old-street,the gate-keeper of the
man, who, in passing the eotta was called by a
cif the road, observed a bundle lgeis on the opposite side
of one of them, upon opening wicnifthinethe front garden
contents
to be 2, new-born male infant. The neck proved
Abe, Tate states, was broken. Mr. Rance,
e, of the poor
iturgeon, saw it, and he thought it had been born alive,parochial
*Ad only a few hours p:-evious. It had on a reapal
shirt, and was wrapped up in a pocket handkerchief.
ef
Ottlx a few days ago another child was found with an
Freon string tied tightly round
its throat.
We have great satisfaction in informing our
_readers, that the French society for the abolition of
1',43.14111,,,,_
... rei erminedrtiol to hold a public meeting
le
. ' i - ' ', Paris, en the 21st of February,
t_ . . ,
~. .g,,i; e aboNtion f slavery in the French colonies
ei., -: -.ed_ ~. 4 all c.iik ecl States. At this meeting it is
• 1114 w wilt'- ' ••, e • • t ' - l.prisen, atil es from different
parts of the eouttiftitt, • ,
A Eurolie, and tto it -a deputatio.n.
from Great Britala
4-Slavery Reporter, " Ireland will be appointed.—

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THE WEATHER.—Noom, JANUARY 28.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Thermometer... 39 Highest 4B Lowest 30
Barometer 29.73.—Wind W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning ..... minutes after 3 !Evening 54 minutes after 3.

LONDON?
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1842.

We were quite sure that the pro-Puseyite
Post and the pro-Puseyite Times would exhibit
no anger at Sir ROBERT PEEL giving the Bishop-
ric of Chichester to the most conspicuous anti-
Puseyite of the moment. Those slaves swallow
the Premier's little pudding of patronage, and
hold their tongues. The weakness of the Tor
cause, despite the much-boasted of majority in
Parliament, forbids them expressing their
feelings. They dare not say what they think.
On the contrary, both of them have written
puling apologies for Sir ROBERT, and both have
discovered that the language of the "Tracts"
sometimes passes the bounds of strict propriety
and' moderation. We expected something of this
kind, and are not deceived.
Some remarks in the Times yesterday are
worthy of special consideration, as a proof that
the Church, of which that Journal once pro-
perly said we had too much, is still regarded by
it as unworthy of the high esteem, and the enor-
mous sum demanded for it, of the public. Then
can be no question that the clergy of the Church
of England are the richest clergy now in the
world ; and no question that their income, since
the Revolution of 1688, has increased much more
in proportion than the population. This has not
been more than three-fold multiplied; the in-
come of the priesthood has been increased at
least six-fold, and ought now to be amply suffi-
cient, if duly distributed according to the work
to be done, instead of making Princes of the
Bishops and Archbishops, to provide religious
instruction for twice the amount of our present
population. The Times, however, tells the pub-
lic " that our population, our manufacturing
towns above all, have frightfully out-grown the
means of instruction and improvement which
have been provided for them." It also says, that
in the ordinary state of things—that is, with vast
revenues devoted to maintain spiritual Peers and
their accessories—this evil k is not to be met at all.
The ordinary course of things provides for no-
thing but itself." The Puseyite conclusion im-
plied is, that the inefficient Church ought to be
reformed, as we say, to make it answer its in-
tended purpose.
By what means is it to be reformed l "By
what are ordinarily depreciated," says the Times,
"as enthusiasm and enthusiasts." Nothing,
however, is more abhorrent to the Church than
enthusiasm; on this account she rejected JOHN
WESLEY, and has expelled from her bosom every
man who would not conform to the slothful-er-
rors which time had consecrated as most useful
to the ease and luxury-loving parsons. The
Puseyites, according to the Times, have been
roused up, and endowed with all kinds of talent,
expressly to meet the religious wants of the com-
munity, and make the Church the instrument
of spreading happiness and virtue throughout
the laud.
" We suddenly discover ourselves," says the Times,
" to be under the responsibility of educating—rather, per-
haps, of converting, a crowded and unmanageable po-
pulation ; as suddenly we find in our hands what has
every appearance of being an instrument for our very
need—a tone of feeling, growing with incredible rapidity
—penetrating with unaccountable success into the most un-
expected quarters— sanguine—vigorous—concentrated,
yet versatile--only eager for employment, and invit-
ing friendly guidance from its superiors."
So our Puseyite Contemporary describes the
men whom the Tory Standard and the Herald
are daily and nightly stigmatising with all kinds
of slanderous epithets; and how does the Puseyite
in turn describe his opponents. He is in the
minority, he is opposed to the Premier, and, there-
fore, he is more gentle ; but still he lets out a
little of his gall, and thus accuses the anti-
Puseyites of superstition :—" The extreme oppo-
nent's," he says, " of the Puseyites, do not hesi-
tate to ascribe in so many words their success
to the direct agency of the Devil." " They are
exceedingly noisy and influential," and they
greet the holy Puseyites, when they are most
successful, by a cry of " Turn them out," What
a description of the GOLIGHTLYS and other
Evangelical parsons! They are compared to the
ignorant, envious mob of a theatre, who
hiss a person off the stage whose perform-
ance they do not like, and they are accused of
wishing to get rid of their pious brethren by
forcible ejectment. The poor Puseyites, who
are now in a minority, must submit to be accused
by their holy brethren to be of the Devil
devilish, but when they get the upper hand, as j
they will if the Times be correct in ascribing .to
them great talents and unlooked for success; we
know, from the manner in which the Puseyites
treated Dr. HAMPDEN, that they will pay off the
Evangelicals in harder coin than their own.
We do not conceal our great pleasure at fine-
ing the men who aim at establishing a spiritual
dominion over the people, and who seek on all
occasions to set themselves above the law, when
they cannot make the law an instrument to
serve their selfish purposes, thus wrangling
amongst themselves, and exhibiting their true
character to the public. If they had a heartfr:a
conviction of the truth of their doctrines, r_nd if
they had no purpose of worldly aggrae-dizement
to serve, they would rely, as all :After men do
who are thoroughly convinced of the truth of
what they teach, on time
over the hearts of the secure its dominion
the Puseyites ..:
.r fellow men. But what
and what the Evangelicals
aggrandizement and to that
seek, is yer-
Jona agg
the trl", or falsehood of what they teach is a
condary consideration. They wrangle which
of the parties shall have most Church prefer.
merit, and their quarrels can but be advanta-
geous to the public.

The meeting at Birmingham, with whose opi-

nions we are happy to see our own coincide, de-
clared itself favourable to testing of the MemberS
of the House of Commons on the total and im-
mediate abolition of the Corn-laws; and
passed a resolution recommending the Deputies
of the League, who are to assemble in London
on the Bth, to adOpt measures to that effect. In
a circular issued by the League, it is said " The
cause in which we are engaged, as advocates for
the abolition ofall restrictions on commerce, and
all monopolies in food, has advanced during the
last nine months with unprecedented rapidity."
The League admits, and glories in the admission,
that this great success has been mainly owing
to the support given to the good cause by the
ministers of religion, and to the high principles
which have been adopted.

We trust that this consideration may be con-
tinually present to the minds of all our friends.
Nothing can answer the justice of the case, no.
thing, can satisfy the principles laid down by the
Ministers, nothing can content their demands,
but the total abolition of all the taxes on the
people's food not absolutely necessary to supply
the wants of the State.
When 'Parliament assembles, and
,the Tory
Premier finds himself hard pres Silt. being cun-
ning of fence, he will seek to fob off the RP'

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