The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-14 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ALMANACK.

This day was published, price ss. 6d. elegantly engraved
en an imperial sheet,
THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
ALMANACK for the Year 1828, containing a cor-
,rect List of the Heads. of Colleges, University Officers,
Profess Ors, Terms, Remarkable Days, &c. &c. ; orna-
'mented with a VIEW •of GISBORNE COURT, St.
'PETER'S COLLEGE, taken expressly for this Almanack,
and engraved in a superior style, by Tombleson.
Printed for J.- and J. J. Deighton, Cambridge ; and sold
in London by Longnian and Co. ; Suttaby and Co- ; and
Simpkin and Marshall.
A few Proofs of the View, taken off on India Paper;
price ss., to be had of the Publishers.
Twenty-seven Views of the different Colleges, engraved
for the Cambridge Almanack, from 1800 to .1827, may be
had, Rice 2s. 6d. each.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12.—High water 19.triiimtes past
five o'clock.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Etna, Emerson,
(steamer) from Dublin, with the mail; Minerva, Howard,
from Waterford, with wheat and butter.

CLEARED 6UTWARDS.-The Mary, Dagma, for the
Mauritius; Bee, Wishart, for Naples.

THE DEAN, CHAPTER, AND CHOIR OF

ST. PETER, WESTMINSTER.

The spirit of universal inquisition is one of the
most striking characteristics of .the present day,
and demands the deep and dispassionate attention of
all who govern human affairs, as well as those who
ruminate upon them. At this time, to have a spirit
of inquiry excited, is nearly all that the friends of
truth required, and when that spirit is excited, and
in motion, the result need not be doubted. • .
The dispute, or misunderstanding, as to the rights,
privileges, and immunities of certain members of this
Collegiate church, occasioned by the refusal to ad-
mit into the interior of the cathedral the body of a
chorister, whose long services .and unblemished
character were uniformly acknowledged, is likely to
receive something more than a transient judgment of
censure, which it is expected will ultimately lead to
important results; indeed it may be considered rather
a fortunate occurrence than otherwise, inasmuch as
it will no doubt provoke a comprehensive inquiry
into the rights claimed and
.exercised by the heads of
this venerable body.
Notwithstanding the sovereign contempt which
some of these dignitaries seem to entertain for the
interference of the legislature, and for all those con-
nected with the establishment *'ho differ from them
in opinion, it will be found that Parliament possesses
the power not only to demanil,but insist, on returns
being made to precepts which '.they may consider
necessary to elucidate the
,point at issue. -By the
production of the sets out. in 1560, 1603, 168,
and of benefactions in 1612, 1630, 1663, and sub-
sequently, together with an account of the proceeds
arising out of the estates at Hinckley Priory, in the Al.;
monry, and Bowling-street, Westminster, and the
orders of the chapter for the disposaland conversion of
these-estates, as well as those for blending the items of
Stipend Liberatura and Commons, and__substituting
the appellation of salary and augmentation, it will
enable the present Members of the Cathedral, ac-
cording to their respective stations, to ascertain
whether they severally receive an actual appropria-
tion of their general and proper share of the Church
funds, and of such other estates, endowments, and
privileges as they arc justly entitled to.
In pursuing this enquiry, it must be obvious that
it isnot intended to excite a.prejudice against those to
whom the administration of this Cathedral is gene-
rally entrusted,. who probably compose as pure
a body as that of any other collegiate church,
but it must be allowed that eminent men have

interests and passions as well as Other Persons,
and these may occasionally bias their judgment.—
It is therefore right a proper resistance should be
made to controul; or at least expose, those who
otherwise might overbear every thing by their
combination. Even in the instance more particu-
larlyalluded to it would appear, that instead of con-
ciliation from those in the possession of splendid
emoluments and dignities, there has been a dispo-
sition to exhibit an uncharitable, decision tending to
irritate rather than allay feelings which, from some
misunderstanding on the first application, seem to
have been excited. It is, however, truly melan-
choly to observe how implicitly even men pf judg-
ment and talent believe in the importance of their
own erroneous opinions, and, with how much mis-
guided zeal they plead the cause of the most obvious
errors. Some explanations, have, it is believed,
been privately given with a view of sheaving that no
blame attaches to those on whom this decision de-
volved; this may be the case, but if so, private dis-
cussion and explanation in matters of public import
appear quite unnecessary ; if they will not bear the
broad face of day, the animadversion of different
talents and judgments, and the thorough sifting of
all parties, they are not fit to be encouraged.
It is determined that the question as to the rights,
privileges, and inimunities, both legal and assumed,
of the respective members of this , Cathedral
are to be in the ensuing Session brought under
the cognizance, and undergo investigation, by a
Committee of the House of Commons, which is to
be moved specially for that purpose by an enlightened
and able advocate, when it cannot be doubted but
the Committee will take an enlarged and unbiassed
view of all the interests involved in the controversy.
The seeds of truth will bear fruit in due season, if
neither the blight of winter, nor the tempest, scatter
them before their time.
Westminster, Dec. 12, 1827. PUBLICOLA.

IRISH HYDROPHOBIA.—" What did YOU.
kill that dog for ?" "Bekase he'd the Hyraphobia."--
" How do you know that !" " Didn't you see him stand •
ing up. yonder gateway, out of thi rain ? If lie hadn't
hated water he'd never done that ; so I thought I had
better Just kndek his brains nut."—Briiliton Gazette.

A landlord threatened a poor Irishman, the
other daNto put a distress in his house, if he did not pay
his rent. 1" Put a distress in, is it you mane?"
" Och, by St. Anthony's sow, but you had better take
distress out, there's too much in already, by the mither
that bore me!" said Pat,

. •
ELOPEMENT.—On Sunday last, a young
lady, the daughter of a rich Boniface at H—ck—lY,
in this
county, eloped with a gay Lothario. The old folks having
a suspicion that all was not right, watched the party. The
young lady left the house without a bonnet,
and was shortly
afterwards seen to get into a chaise, which drove towards
Coventry. They had not long got the start, before the
friends of the lady were in full cry,
them at Coventry. 'The young lady was brought back the
same night to H--ch—ly, and the gentleman left to pursue
his studies : !--Leicester Herald. and came up with