The Sun.
London, England, 1820-06-05 00:00:00

WEEKLY RF;rilospbur•

rere are old enough to remember the time when
?eace and Plenty were considered Ka synonimous
terms ; and we have not forgotten when the Loaf
cost Two slit LL:NGI which now sells for ()NB, and
when all the eloquence of Fox and SHERIDAN
viere exerted to prove that nothing but Peace
could save the country horn ruin, and give us
Chen lOttf.'"At length we have got Peace, and,
we trust, Plenty, as the Agricultural Crop never
promised fairer for a bountiful harvest.4-iyet what
i 8 the consequence ? That the table of the house
of Commons is covered with Petitions, and that
there are people in that Mouse who will advocate
Om. We trust, however, that the very itnpori
taut occurrence of the past week will operate as a
warning upon all subjects, which are too delicate
to hr played with, and to all who may wish to
make motions for the sake of the introductory

speech.
It may 60moimes happen that a motiott tttall
be carried, contrary the expectation of the
Tnnver—.4nayi according to much recent Patna.

mentary practice, it is not impossible that a wan
:nay bring forward a rootion, against which he
himself would willingly give the casting vote, it
It %sere to rest on that, and consistency would
admit it' tve trust the past Parliamentary
occurrences will convince the. Framers of Petition,
thiit eve!! the. Landed Interest in our Legislature
rail forego apparent advantages i‘hen the state of
the Country rettoires it. We all suffer distress,
but Agriculture is not the first to be relieved.
As other interests improve, Agriculture will im-
prove also : but not to the extent of war prices
during Peace. increased consumption, even with
lower prices, is the only boon which Agriculture

can expect.
" How ate we ruined 1" Yes ! indeed
mey %ye ark that question, when we contemplate
the rush of the monied interest to the Bank, on
the Funding of Exchequer Bills i 1-1017 pleatialli
to observe that the old song of ruined Credit, of
13ank-notcs at a discoont, and the deplorable want
of Gold is now given up--and for what 1 why, for
clear demonstration that our credit is nut impaired,
that Bank-nott3 are at a premium, Gold being
below Mint lice, and that nobody will take Gold,
though they may have it lor asking Ahove
that the only chat ge which our financial Opposi-
tionists can filitt to bring against the CHANCELLOR
Of the EXCIiFaUCE is, that there was a great
crowd at the Batik, and that some of the monied
Candidates had the clothes torn off their backs in

their tinny to COMpic'e bdigalin in which the
NatiCM will be a gainer !

1311 t it is 110: 10 the i3ank alone that people crowd
to lay out their m00ey.....we are happy to see that
they,
crowd trprally fast to lay up their treasure in
Heaven 1 The Papers sf the past week contain
more records of private, yet of general charity,
than any neighbouring nation, we make no ex-
ceptions, can present in twelve months.
The good Sense of all parties, it Wll3 supposed,
would have prevented the unrieces,ary occupation
of Parliament with the Catholic qtestion during
the present busy Session. The grand agitators
in the sister metropolis, however, think other-
wise ; but we see that the Clergy are on the alert,
and preparing Counter-Petitions, for the sup-
port of our happy and liberal Protestant Esta-
blishment.

Some folks seem to think it a dreadful infringe•
went upon English Liberty that Foreigners are
not permitted to come here and do as they please,
We trust, however, that no liberal jargon, either
in doors or without, will warp the Noble Foreign
Secretary from his steady line of conduct. Eng-
land is not to be the sanctuary for foreign trea-
son, foreign conspiracy, or for enthusiastic mur-
derers. We see not how any honest foreigner
can compl of our Alien Bill—nor are we
bound, either by the Chestedield or the Imperial
Code, to permit sick Ladies to be come political
agents. If the Countess of " Mon-too-long" is
sick at St. Helena, and of its Emperor, she may
give op her NAP there whenever she pleases; but
we trust she wont catch us napping !

Thursday last was tltla 'Third Day of Drawing,
Ivi,en No. 12,952 was drawn a Prize of FtPTY
pnuNDs, which vas Sold in Shares by J. A J.
IVE'3IIIGHT, WllO ‘‘Ottla Hot have taken any notice
(by Advertisement) of so small a Prize, were it
Dot merely to remark that it was the highest
drakvn on that day, and is a continuation of
that great SuCCe33 which invariably attends SlYE-
vialouTs' s, but more particularly in the
present Lottery, as they Sold in Snares the highest
Prize the First Day, No. 9,814, 20,0001.; the
highest Prize the Second Day, No. 12,313,
10,0001 ; and the highest Prize the Third Day,
No. 12,952, 501. ; and 'bey hope, after the Fourth
and Last Day (the 23d inst.) to be enabled to an-
nounce, that they have Sold one or more of the.
Foua 30,0001.—Undrawn Tickets and Shares are
Selling at 37, Cornhiil ; 38, Haymarket; 11,
kloiborn ; 141, Oxford Street.

RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.

TO JOHN BULL, ESQ•

LE'll ER X.

110N3ST JOHN,---1t if now some time since our
last Epistolary Gossip, but you have bees AO busy
attending to your Representatives in Parliament,

or on Mrs. BULL and the lithe Calves, 1 will

not say, though) agreeable to the Linnean Sys-
rem—hut the young Bulls at Greenwich, and
other suburban spots of holiday recreation, that,
in the latter case especially, did not wish to
remind you of possessing any rights at all, except
that ut paying the Bill
In short, JOHNNY, though I feel anxious to
mix pleasure with your polities, I have no Nish
to mix politics with your pleasure ; notwithstand-
ing the satire of a pictorial ‘vight at the present
Royal Academy Exhibition, who has represented
you on a gipsying party, and reading the news-
paper, whilst your wife and children are rolling
about on the verdant grass.

To leave pleasure, however,and come at onee,and
literally so, to Parish business, the fit at point which
I have to record is, that although parishes existed
nearly from the introduction of Chtistiatiity into
the Island, yet it was MO until 1127, that Church-
wardens end Overseers were first appointed. Now,
it is very true, generally speaking, that all classes
in England have much improved in matters of
taste since that period, and yet I question much
whether our Church- wardeos ontht to be reckon-
ed amongst that niimher. When I look, JoEINNT,
at the beautititl specimens ot Ecclesiastical Archi-
tecture lett us by our ancestors, in which, of
course, the Church-wardens must have hail much
to do, anti compate them with the " Beautifica-
lions" of modern Cn,ircu-wattlens, whose names
are so frequently posted top for immortality on the
front ot our sacred edifices, amidst all the glare
and glittet ot wilite•wash and yellow ochre, I
sigh for the olden time when these 036111 Parish
Officers bad less taste, and more lodgment. But
yet we must not blame thew entirely for the in-

congruities that so ()hen wound the eye, at there
is a species of annual grub, ycltp'd a Mayor that
sOniethnes, in country towns, produces more
damage amongst our public buildings than the
dry rot itself. A specimen of the taste of these
animals is recorded in an anecdote of one, some-
wbete east of Dungeness, during the lute war,
when a squadron of light ships had their Criiii-
ing-ground off that station, for the purpose
of watching BONEY's flotilla of cockboats, that
were to invade Old England, and carry off
all our guineas and all our pretty girls. As

for the guineas, indeed, he contrived to get
them without invasion, because we could do
without them ; but es for the pretty girls,
thank God, JOHNNY, with the exception of
one or two that his Aides-do-Camp have con-
trived to pick up since the peace. not one &rt.:lish-
woman was degraded by the unhallowed bands ot
Imoeiial Democrats—to return, however, to our
cruming-ground, from which we have digressed
too far, it is necessary to premise that our ships,
in foggy weather, derived great benefit from using
the church towers as land marks, one in particu-
lar, but which bad become so darkened by time,
as not to be distinguishable often «h", i, was ot
most importance. To remedy the evil, the Senior
Officer of the squadron scot a polite message to
Mr. Mayor, requesting that, for the good of the
service, the tower might be whitewashed. Mr.
Mayor, as a loyal man, instantly sent off his ac-
quiescence, but with an important query, to know
what colour it should be whitewashed !
But to quit such high subjects as Country
Mayors and Church Steeples, let us, in clue in-
vestigation of our subject, record the most ini•
portant Digest of. the Laws which took place in
1181, under the auspices, and with the assistance
of the acute and indefatigable GLANVILLE ; soon
after which Corporation Charters began to be in-
troduced all over England, being hitherto confined
to London, York, and one or two others at the
most popular Cities ; about which period also,
supposed to have been 11%6, the Country was
first divided into Circuits, and justice administer-
ed by Judges of Assize, or Itinerant Judges, as
they were then called.
These events only took place in the reign of
HENRY the 11., in the reign of whose successor,
RICHARD the 1., we have the first instance upon
record of the people, as a body distinct from Ba-
rons and Clergy, struggling for privileges to which
they considered themselves as having claims.—
The pretext for this, which took place as an in-
surrection in London, headed by WILLIAM FITZ-
OsPHIRT, was to oppose a tax said to fall heavy on
the poor ; but FlTiosseaT managed matters badly,
or he failed to manage the Common Council, or
to browbeat the Judges, or to frighten the Jury,
and be we.% hanged, along with nine other City
Reformers.
These were no times, Jonturv, for insulting
Majesty, and having it recorded on the pedestal
of a statue, or kicking up a row in Ciiltspor-sweet,
about three soldiers' horses with long black tails
—pulling off gowns, and pissing votes of censure,
were then unheard of—and he who cried " Fire"
when there was no occasion for it, might then
burn his fingers, or have his own head clapped
into a green bag ! But these were " Good old
Times !"
But great events are now crowding on us—the
day of Magna Charts is advancing—an occurrence
which demands a letter to itself; and on which
subject you !hall speedily hear from
Your Old friend,
WNOTUS.