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

THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND.

On inquiry yesterday at the residence of
the Duke of Cleveland, no official bulletin had
been issued, but we were informed that his
Grace had passed a very restless night, and was
much more feeble than yesterday.

DISINTERESTEDNESS OF THE PRIESTHOOD AND
OTHER CLASSES.—The Tories, and those who
seek to preserve the respect of the public for the
priesthood, have adopted the method of drawing
dark pictures of the vices of other men. Thus it
is said in newspapers, books of fiction, and pro-
found theological works, that men of the world,
who seek their pleasure in idleness and dissipa-
tion; and men of business, who consume their
lives in amassing wealth, have no right to sneer
at the love of indolence in any part of the priest-
hood, or condemn their self-seeking. These
writers who, by the bye, are generally priests
themselves, or connected with priests, forget that
these latter claim the respect and reverence of
mankind, because they test and practise the vir-
tues, which it is admitted by the complaint, they
possess hi no higher degree than other men.
. Men of pleasure and men of business do not pre-
, tend that their oeuuliatioas are very meritorious
in the sight of others and in the sight of God.
They avow that they please their own carnal in-
clinations, and seek the gratification of their own
passions for their owti them there
is no hypocrisy, no denial of self-seeking, no pre•
tence that they are better than the rest of man-
kind, Not so the priests, .of whatever period ;
and whether called WOO, monks, friars, pas-
tors, clergymen, or ministers, they study their
ease; they seek wealth, they indulge in pleasure
like other men, but they always attempt to deny
it ; if they are self-seekers, and in referring their
ekertions to a higher source than self, they add
to all the vices which they share with men of
business and men of pleasure, the great vice of
hypocrisy. This, then, is the distinction between
them and. other men, that in reality they are no
better than others, but they pretend to be better,
and, on that pretence, grasp at the wealth,
honours, and pleasures of the world.
Some of our Tory Contemporaries are daily
making discoveries in political economy, which,
were they only incorporated in one goodly volume,
would immortalize the discoverers, and banish
for ever the natnes,of Adam Smith and Malthus
from the memory of man.' One of them, for
example, yesterday found out that labour is not
theconstituent of exchan,geable value, and quoted
spices as an example. Why did it not quote fine
pictures and diamonds ? Every tyro in political
economy knows that such things are exceptions;
but the general rule, as applied to all commodi-
ties which can be multiplied and increased by
human labour is, that the labour employed in
producing them constitutes the only rule by
which they may be exchanged for one another.
The great discoverer also found out that it would
be less advantageous for England to buy four
,trillions of quarters of wheat by the labour of
machines, than produce it by the toil of living
beings. Even if it were so, the four million quar-
ters might be had from both sources ; we might
get four millions by' our machine-labour, and
four millions by toiling,and'sweating in sunshine
and rain, and maintain twice the number of
human beings in comfort. But a numerous
population gives the Tories the heart-ache, and
they invent all kinds of fallacies to prevent the
people having plenty of food, and so increasing
in numbers.

We refer the Corn-law Repealers to an adver-
tisement in The Sun of this day. The time ap-
proaches for exertion ; and if energy is not dis-
played now, we may have the sliding scale, or
something as bad, for five years to come.

UNIVERSITY CLUB.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin—Allow me to remind your readers that Sunday
next is the 30th of January, and on that day, in the pre-
sent temper of the times, at many churches the service
for the miscalled Martyr will be used. By giving inser-
tion to this fact, you will probably save many of your
readers from being disgusted by the fictions which dis-
grace the pulpit on that occasion.—Your obedient
servant, A LIBERAL CHURCH3IAN.

FALLACIES or THE FACULTY.—AiliterAtivo
title§ tato With tholie, Dr, Dickson doubtless knew
this when he christened his books Be that ttS it iriayi
tli " tlf the Faculty' would appear to have
been eminently successful, TO quote Tait's Magazine
tot SOptebillef; This vi:trit has at last been fairly.pittised
and abused into fame." The ite* doetritie that all dig•.
eases may be cured solely by. attention to tempeicititft=
in a word; with cold dr htit watef, Arid without any doc-
tor at not Vet* flattering to the apothecaries i but
if We intty believe the ROOM de Vereaille it. is rapidly
making its way on the continent. ' ness the follow-
ing passage frOuti that pail:K.l6i - "11 est unitile de
dire le brdit title cadge eii .11"- f!etlO tlOdtflnd, Le
Doeteur Dickson fixe d'atit plus d'atientionque Jenne
et pleine d'ehergie it tie ourt htillemeilt au periphrase
pour exprinter to ele eilae: Pour iiii fin diaiegt elicit
et les niedecins son ces roues." The " Fallacies of the.
Faculty" have . t appeared in a French dress at Paris,
and Messrs. npkin and Marshall, the London pub-
lishers of the work, will shortly be -prepared to supply
the trade and the public with the foreign edition,
ARMY AND NAVt.— The Febrtiary Number
of Colburn's .United Service Magazine, and Naval and
Military Jonrna4 will cotitrtiii; ahibtig Other important
papers :—British Arms; as they stofel told it§ the), Etre ;
compared with the opinions of Fore': .ers. po.
The Wreck of the Wager ; showin_ • e Improved State
of Naval Discipline of late year .storical Details re-
lative to the Military Fore of Great Britain, by
Marshall, Esq.—The Wes . ndies—Scenes in America.
From a Tyro's Note-bo. —A March and Detachment
in Ireland, with oth! matters appertaining—Reminis-
cences of a Light ragoon, by the author of " The
Subaltern." No ' lll.—Confessions of 11, - Spy.. Col-
lected by an 0 Veer of the Navy. Second Series, No.
lll.—Land Operations before Canton—By an Officer of
the Force—Rhein Lied—Captain Norton . on Arms—
Statistics of the Recruiting D prin4nt—Jag,er and Rile
Cori in F,)&ign.ServiB6--:-Arniy -.Film:notion' by Bur,.
chase—With all the Naval and illilitary Intelligence of
the Month.