The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-04 00:00:00

THE BRITISH CHURCHMAN.

We have, here, the first number of a series of papers
on " Christian Polities:" It is entitled the "Church and
the Ministry," is very bitter on the conduct of Sir Robert
Peel, in respect of the late Maynooth and College En-
dowments (Ireland) Bills; and concludes by an appeal to
the lay constituency Of the kingdom to return at the next
general election "Protestants and Churchmen." But
with the same amusing confidence in the man, which the
High Church party—Still deny. to the Minister, a locus
penitentiec is again provided for the Premier. " Then
try," it is .said, "if 'Sir Robert Peel's ayes cannot be
opened to the real 'Wants of the British nation. If he
will but take this line, he would still be the best Minister
that at present we could have ; he possesses unquestion-
ably more power even in his increasing unpopularity
than any statesman who' could be placed in his seat."
" The History of the Church Establishment" we hope to
see continued. It may be made to form an useful
manual of reference. " Conversations of Contempora.
ries" supply a dramatic sketch between Dr. Wllale and
Sir Robert Peel, not very smart nor effective. Mr.
Ancona supplies an agreeable paper on the rise and pro-
gress of architecture in England. A

FANNY. VTR LITTLE MILLINER; or, THE
RICE AND 7'HE POOR: By C. Rowcroft.
Of this little tale the interest does not at all flag in the
present number. There is abundant observation evi-
denced in 'chapter 44, from which we can only find
space for extracting a part of the homily delivered by
some paupers whom a traveller encounters at their
mid-day meal, at a road-side country ale-house.
" That any one should talk to them of their hearts being
glad, was to them altogether as unaccountable as the thing was
inconceivable ! and as to the sun shining—whether the sun
shone or not, what was it to them ? The sun might shine, but
the sunshine of the heart was a thing they never felt. Did the
shining of the sun make 'Their labour less, or their enjoyment
mere ? If it ripened more plentifully the fruits of the earth, it
was not for them that the fruits of the earth were ripened. It
was for them to toil and sow and exhaust their animal ener-
gies in constant labour, but it was for others to reap and to
revel in its produce. What were they ? Labourerers. What
are labourers? Human machines for the production of wealth;
to be used like other machines, animate or inanimate, at the
minimum of cost : to be worked while they last, and to be flung
aside like rusty iron and useless logs when they are fit to work
no longer. Their hearts feel glad l Glad for what ? That
they produced more wealth for the rich ? What was it to
them that the rich got richer while the- poor got poorer? Did
they share in the prosperity of the nation which they had heard
the squires talk of ? What were all the arts and improvements
of civilization to them ? They could not reason, but they felt
that as eivilizatiqn increased their condition got worse. The
wonderful inventions of machinery, which they beheld but could
not prize, what was it to them? Did it cause them to labour
less ? They hated it, because they felt that, instead of being
made the means of lightening their labour, it was used in com••
petition against their labour, pitting
wood and iron against
muscle and bone • and that it was held out to them in the way
of defiance when they complained of the insufficiency of their
wages. They would have welcomed it as an auxiliary they
abhorred it as a rival. As to the education of which their lupe-
periors made a parade—wi.st was the use of it to them ? To
teach them new wants; to wake their pre sort miseries more
miserable, their galling burthetis snore intolerable !"

We under3t and that no
'I43Y has yet been apointed
for the execution of the seven pn'ates convicted at the Exeter
assizes of the murder of Mr. Palmer ,on the-high seas. A legal
the
prisoner's
objection, taken to their conviction bycounsel,
has been forwarded to the home-office, .and which, we •
Judge who pre-
sume,pre-
will be referred thence to the Learners .
sided at the trial of these monsters. This re., Irene° mustotime no
necessarily cause some little delay, but in the meb- as no
"
respite will be required for stay of execution, inasmuch . .re
precise day had been named for it when the convictiCyiy,
sentenced.— Obs rver . .. „ . . . -