The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-22 00:00:00

RELIEF OF THE POOR.

The Marquess of Buckingham has sent 100 gui-
neas to the poor• of Aylesbury.
,The Patish of St. Mart in.itt-the-Fields are dis-
tialuting TiCkets to the indtistrious Poor to supply
thew, according to their families, with coals and
bread—tlie coals at 9d. per butitel, and the guar.
tern loaf .at. sd.

In imitation of the Cily of London, a similar
plan is to be instituted in Westminster, for which
purpose the SPEAKER of the House of Commons
came'yesterday to town. Mr. CorELAND's e -
tensive premises being in a huge space of ground,
are fitting up for the Ilouseless during the incle-
ment season.

The Churchwardens of St. Margaret's Parish,
Westminster, have issued Tickets for their l'oor,
which entitles the bearer, having an order from
SIM(1)14 STRPHENSON, &q. to one bushel of Coals
atis.

Six hundred families have, through the exer-
tions of the Committee in Plymouth, been supplied
with bread at three farthings per lb., coals at
three• pence per peck, And potatoes at 71b. for a
penny.
lVe are happy to observe, that amidst the univer-
sal exertions now making on behalf of the poor,
liberal. subscription is going on at Cirewester,
which already amounts to 4001., to be applied to
the employment of those whom the severity of the
season has throWn out of work ; and also towards
a supply of fuel anti other necessaries, 'phis sub-
scription being added to the halapce of a former.
one, will constitute a fund of 5001. and upwards,
applicable to the above laudable purposes.
At a Meeting of Noblemen and Gentlemen, held
at the Judges' House, in 'Stafford, IVedoesday
last, a subscription was entered into, for the re-
lief of the manufactutix and labouring poor in
this county, who arewitsffering distress from want
of employment ; and a meetiug of the subscribers:
is appointed to be held on the '27th inst., to consi-
der the best mode of applying it.—(Wolverharnp-
ton Chronicle.)
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18.—Upwards of 10001. have
been subscribed for the relief of the poor of this
town, which is applied to soop-shops. • .
Jewisu PAUPERS.—A Meeting,- composed of
persons of the Jewish persuasion, was convened
yesterday, at the City of Londoo Tavern, forthe
purpose of adopting measures for the relief of the
lower order of Jews. Mr. Moses MPNTEFIORE,
brother-in-law to the Winker, Mr. ItoTriscittLo,
was called to the Cbiir. Several Jewish Mer-
chaws of eminence in the Ci•y spoke on the oc-
casion, who proposed a variety of Resolutions
the appointment of a Cotornittee to carry into ef-
fect the charitable purposes of the Meeting, and
4001. was subset ibed before it broke up.

The Tower of the Royal Exchange is now
taken down by the workmen. This line building,
which trdS erected in the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth, is opposite to the Office of G. CARRbLL.
No. 19,, Cornhill, so fortunate in the sale of
C4piral Prizes, and where the last Prize of
20,0001. Sterling, ever drawn, Hod the last Prize
of 20,000 Guineas,• were sold in Shares.- he
present Lottery Kill finish,drawing On the 29th
install', when Two .rti zes of 2000/. Stnliog
5' jll lie decided.

FOR THE SUN.

(EXTRACTS—EIegant or 17;zportant)

[No. H.]

THE NECESSITY OF DEFENDING OUR RELIGION.

" Is there any man so senseless as not to know
that Christianity may remain pure and undefiled,
the Religion of the Land, and yet there may be, at
the same time, in that Lind, much of the wicked-
ness and the wretchedness of infidelity. -Though
we have no fears for Christianity, which is of
Goo, are we to havi! none forLChristians, who are
but frail and erring men Are the blasphemies of
tint to be put down, because forsooth we
are told, that it our Relilzion is from God, it
stands•iti no net:d of the support of man ; while,
at the same time, we Inc beholding the hearts
and the.suids of all who join iti•suchblasphemies,
polluted, seared, and blasted?. Who, but the In-
fidel himself, has ever ventured to airiiim; that
God gave us Christianity to he a blessing that
was to exist among its for ever iii spite of all in-
gratitude, contempt, scorn, and blasphemy ? If
it is from God, why care for seeing tt subjected
to the putty attacks of wen ? Oh, blind, base, and
wicked thankle4stiess ro our benefactor! It is, we
reply, because-our Religion is froN God, that we
will ti.t. suffer it to be profaned."
" kVheit God has pent down in mercy his own
word unto earth, shall we dare to pride ourselves
on our poor virtues of and toleratiou of
what we are pleased to call the opinions of our
brethren, and stand by without smiting the of-
fender guilt, while the Revelation that made
us what we now are, and worthy of the higher
destinies of funnily, is mocked by the mouths of
the ignorant, the profligate, the ferocious, and
the wicked ?"

" IVhat promise has our Creator ever given to
us ? What reason .can we draw.from his moral
governMent, that he will not, to punish sin and
inivity, allow the light of Christianity to be'
darkened all over the earth ? The sins of a nation
bring upon it all kinds of evil ; .Weakness, disor-
der, convulsions, and revolutions. Thence, too,
the decay of all human virtues, rind all human
knowledge. And are we to suppose that Chris-
tianity. is still to abide among the melancholy
ruins ? and that the wickedness of the creature
shall no more move the Creator to wrath 1"
The Warder, No. 3, Mackw. Ediab. Mag. December.