The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-12 00:00:00

THE CLERGY.

A cause of great importance to every Clergy.:
man in the kingdom was brought on on Saturday
the 2d inst. before the Spiritual Court at Bland-
ford, the particulars of which are here inserted
as a warning to all Churchwardens not to infringe
on the rights'of the Clergy •
", The Rector of Wyke Regis and Weymoutht
in the county of Dorset, to his great" astonish,
ment, was one day informed' by his Clerk, that.
Mr. Friend, the ehurchwardeb, had taken the
key of the Church from him, declaring at the
same time, that the-Rector had no right to the •
possession of it, that, as Churchwarden; it ought
to .be in his custody; and that whenever The
Rector had any occasion for it, he might have it,
but that he-should first acquainthim with the par
titular purpoie for which
•was wanted, and
with the nature of the duty to be performed.. in
such a case he would grant the key. This
Churchwarden, from the very moment of his en-
trance into office,.had displayed a spirit of deter.,
mined rancour and hostility to the Rector. The
latter therefore clearly saw, that (as the key of.
the Church was always left with the Clerk. for
the accommodation of all parties) this claim was
~set up merely to insult him ; and he immediately
klirocted his Proctor to cite Friend before the
Spiritual Court, and to take, Dr. LushingtoWs
'opinion upon the cases of which the following is

an exact copy :
" I ant of opinion that the Rector is entitled to the cus-
tody of the key of the Church, he allowing; the Church-
warden the use a it upon proper and necessary occasions.
It is the duty of the Churchwarden to apply to the Rector for
the hey, when he wants it fot lavaul purposes, and he has
no right to retain the general custody, and thereby put the
Rector to the inconvenience of sending* him for it. •
" c If the Clinrchwartltit peislsis iii retaining the posses-
sion of the hey after demand made, I think he may be
ae►ainst in the Ecclesiastical Court, having local juos-
.

diction, and punished by it. authority.
" S. TAISIIINGrON.'

" The defendant Friend; when the business tame before
the Court, prudently tollo.ed the advice of his Counsel, and,
quite satisfied with the expences which had already been in-
curred, instructed his Proctor to confess the articles, and put
an end to the suit by admitting the Rector's exclusive .
to the custody of• the key. This affair, it scents, has been
Much canvassed among the Advocates of Doctors' Commons.,
As the case is rather of a novel kind, they were at first some-
what divided in theit opinions, but they are now unani-
mously agreed that the key of the Church is under the sole
authority oft he Rector or Vicar."—(Salis!ntry Paper,Dev.ll.)
ImPrtoVEMENTS CITY.7—The ruins of
Blackwell Hall having been removed, the build-
ing intended for the reception of the-Commission-
ers of Bankrupts is advancing to completion with '
great rapidity ; already is the roof put on, and; in
the course of half a year it is expected that it
will be thrown open to the public. It will con-
sist of 14 principal rooms for public meetings,-
under the different lists, besides 14 smaller rooms
for private meetings. There will be other .of-
fices for the general transaction, of- bankruptcy
affairs. It is a plain hilt substantial brick
building. In front of this building, next to Guild-
hall, will be erected new Courts of,Law, the
plans of which have long since been decided uppu,,
and the necessity for whichhasbeen much felt.
The President and Censors of the-Royal Col-
lege of Physicians,• and the Master and GOver-
notsof the Royal College-of Surgeons, as Direc-
tors Of the National Vaccine Establishment, have
been pleased to appoint Charles Mayo, Esq.
Winchester, to be their Corresponding Vaccina-
tor for:that city and district ; and it is hoped,
that his profes*sional trethzen will concur with
him 'in endeavoming to eradicate the unhappy
Piejtidice which prevails against the practice of
vaccination in\this neighbourhood, to which So'
many lives have,lately been ,Sacrificed. The
post of ,the .National Vaccine Establishment for
the present year, contains ample testiriiony of the
progressive advapce‘and success of the practice
in.this Country and 'on the Continent, especially
in those parts whe're it has been enforced by le-
gal enaCtments,' so that in Denmark there has
been no small-Pox for the last eight years. It is
allowed that some cases have occurred, in,whial,
on exposure to contagion, small-pox has appeared
after vaccination, but then it has been almost al.:
ways in a very mild form, and of short duration ;
the proportion of such cases -in, London, •where
the vaccinated are constantly exposed to the
contagion of small-pox, has been only dive
in sixty thousand.- It is clear also that no treat-
ment will secure some constitutions from infec-
tion,: as twenty-two cases of small-pox occurring
after small-pox, have been reponted since,last
year, three of which were fatal. Several per-
sons have been prosecuted and subjected to
fines and imprisonment, for spreading the- small-
'pox by incautious inoculation and subsegnent
posore, so that it behoves such as persisl in this
practice, and especially thos.Who are not in the
profession, to .beware that they do not infringe
the laws upon this subject, as the magistrates are
now strictly enjoined to enforce them. •
The custom of placing fish-stalls iii the narrow
streets at North, Shields having proved very in-
conv'erient to the public, an application -was
made to the Duke of Northumberlanil, in the
spring of the year, for permission to allow the
fish-women to place their stalls on the east side
'of the Market-placer till the buildings should be
resumed there ; to which his Grace not only con-
sented,, but has built Irerra a very Corrimodions
-fish-market, at a considerableexpence, by which
passengers, as well as the inhabitants, are much
benefited.
On Saturday evening•last, our.worthy Mum',
John Niiiolas yi ver, E-q. gave an elegant sop,
per to the Body Corporate., at the 'Sim too, in
Winchester, served up by Sturges, at which time
the apPointment of, Officers for the year enstdivz
took place, John Mant, I;se. Alderm,an, Cli:am-
berlain, unanimously chosen, Mr. Win. flown,
Mr. Charles Jewell, Mr. Robert Potter, ankMr.
rcludd, COnstables.
On Thursday evening, November 23, the,,An-
.
nual Ball for the Ilinckley-Clothing Charityi, pa-
tronized•-by Lady BYRON, was numerously• and
respectably attended. Byron, Lady Peel,
and Sir George and Lady- CroVe,_hOnouredl
the -Assembly with their presence. On this
occasion .Sir Geof.ge Crewe,
,with his'acCustomed
liberality and benevolence, . made a donation .to
"the Charity, of Fifty Pounds. This is not the
first instance,of Sir GeOrg.e's bounty to the Pour
of Hinckley..

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Tl-1 -kJ 1,0 N1)0 N,l it N ALS.

r:).kiLY ExTR.-I..cTS ri‘tv, :siORNING PAPERS.I

• Pt °ruin sf hronicle-.]
The Speech whieb. Ministers Wave put' into the mouth of " •
hi;';taiesty, in,answer to the Address of the• Lord Mayor,
AldcrU,en, awl Commons of the City of Loudon, is completely
in with the rest of their condoct. instead of paying
Coe least regard to the' wishes and 'opinions of the People,
they have unlF,rtaly endeavoured 'to ittritate ad.provol,e•
cr.of instills. It was clear to any person of
t aiictl:••7vT3l, that the perst;cution of the Queen could
only have the of ra.llyine all the sound and honorable.
part tithe nation it. her Aefence, r,i;il they were'repeatedly
warned that, by socn a persiAutan, they would wantonly and
nbue..essarily espo'se theco.littli.y, to all the horrors' of a Con-
7{,ey iler.,i.s; hr their-odious mea:.
sues's, rrrrd:t C' base, corrupt, and ntetid icions. part the:
Prrs. it: their interest, inittlted ;he People day after day,with
. statce.ents that the Que'en was spitted ottly by the lowest
oNheirihiLor&.(4-,..tterelfh• was soon,forcedto
-in.the.ll:uose of Commons, that the People, generally, espous-
ed tee eau, e of the Queen, the. PrOceediogi against her
w cry anwidoned,• becittsv •the detestation of
thern Was so general throughout- the country that they, durst
int-tattempt to set: it at •ntfirinee.--tiaring thosi by their
wickedness anal folly,,endartgered the safety of the.countryi
ash! placed its authorities in ctillision with thCpeople;
nciw mtuplain of. the dissatisf%o ion which they have so svan-
ptuV ()heti,. and of the difficult sitti.atiort in which they: •
are•placied.. .Rut nave-they irlaced. theinseVees in such-a:
situation. ? When the City of London came forward with a
statement of. the gtieva,nces" under which the couotr y sofTers,
which are all trPcer'. to \Zinisteis'CinsteA of meeting- these.
chmge,, they sayth..l thr,t tendyticy is to intiame the passitre,,,
aFiaroi.lead thejudstritenuAitic Uhtvltryaod lessenlighten-
' ea_ There is no:tiontit that a statement -of t he; conduct of,
Miptsters etas ni, 'terrdency to conciliate the7peoplez but; we
regret:to sly that 12 is, because the atievauces arc so ohcirms
that therb can Inc hut one opinion throughout: the country
Nv-tli respect t:, them. The people, ate hut- too7•.weil,enlight-
ened on this ;,oint. But what right have. they who provoked
this storm, to complain, of the -resentment• of_the people ?
And how can we Separate this resentment from the causes of
it ? Cats We hope to conciliate the country by supporting
tose whose conduct has izxcittd the oiscoutent ? •

• - .
[Morn kg: Posh]:
—SeverAl toyaVikles..-og--to address the _tCirtu are appointed
ti.f be oeld in the Met,topons*-anU-',.- -aeiglibouchood in the
course of the present w eek, Avviatl4,” other parts of t
the country. . The . Ntrigistrates,
G. alert-tots Clergy, and HouseStiAitiirs it toe neighbourhood.
s:t Egharo,-Staines, --and :Chertselai*4.-si'sks deploring the of-:
tiets which have 'arisen. -from the ratrr, ttoist.n-A to, and }Ass-
nilemons exordieins.:of the disaffected, contains theintlowing
j;.-rst antisittsikio4 testimonial riot ,only of laudable public
soli-
c tole,. but of private worth anti goodness On the part of the
atul- Musty-ions-Father of his People Residing. in
Majesty's-neighbourhood (say they), we have witnessed_
-v.:7rh admiration t he. constant proofs which youi Majesty has
diplayed of kindness and protection to all iironnd you-,-of
6.:•Votion'to the principles-of the Constitution of the Realir--;
ivid:of a sincere- and steady.support of the- rights and liber
ties of the People." Again do we beg leave to congratulate
Public upon.the daily increase of those ardent declaia-
Cern tif attachment:tot he Throne, which now form so bright
a character of still happy Old England.
11..h04s been well observed, -that for our unrivalled Constitu-
tion we are indebted perhaps not • less ,o• the. fortunate cbsn,
bination of political chances,:than to the wisdom and virtue
of .our ancestors: But revolutions
,are seldom bloodless-
in
!heir progress;- net; het. ate they-always • favoni-able -to- liberty
their results. Lei this great lesson, which all klistury, and
the sad experience of Other countries in our own times, so
;Ifp:betty inculcate, be duly impressed on the unwary, the
wePir,; but well meaning, who, in pursnit of visionary
inl-
revements, might otherwise be inclined to encounter such
tut hazards, and we then shall have little to dread from
the now almost undisguised deigns of the daring and the
desperate.

• • • • Ptbrnin•g for raid.]
• The death of Christeptiv, atter sever.rt contradictions, is
.11(117,cop6rm<ci be)itatt all doubt,—and his memcn-y is brand-
tit ,ith the voice at crurtty, and the crime of tyraorty. W.
slor'ald however. that chrictophe, til e a cers,iin per-
. soilage, was Irnt u s Wack as he is palmed. 1-I,(.3.overniUclit
WFIE harsh, and what but a harsh averment ennid itend to
the yo:“: of society` and indttitry a race of slaves, jnst entan-
. ciiPatcd front honchge, and of savages just emerging .from
bavhariscu to -civiliva, ion ? List hare read accounts of the state
of
that part,of the Islawl which he ruled, trom'which it would
-api,;.arttiot Ole irnproremelits tirade in the knowledge of the
itteful arts, built of war and peace,---in the development of
ittlellect--,acid, still more,_ in pultlic otorality under his ans-
. Oces, were prodigiou, tir-..e of the iicovottions a,"ainsagainst.by ti coteMporarv, is, that he Arnverstd this kingdom, cam-.
;telling marriages at his ..diseretion. If his memory were
chaqed with tut otbt.r crithe thaiithi3, he would hare little
to answer for. Thtichtftge 'arises' front a miSroneeption
of
the (tale of society ,there=it, indeed, it deserve the name.
• Tl,e Coiuriist ar.lo7:Cro)les, the most tyrannical, cruel, and
corrupt of mankind, carried the ;4! ts of corruption and pro-
ft.racy to kelfa pitch, that' the'Haytran woMen,.. despising
c;r own race, preferred a life of ice and deszradation with
tl.e. farmer,, than marriage poiit the latter. Christophe re-
. ‘....t*.ed ii, eradicate this evil,.. and for Ihnt.purpose used no
Lars}:-.r Means than were employed by Peter the Great—
., tle Solon of the North"---in eivil4ing the Russians. .This
wasreally nut se great a riofettee to the refitted sensibility
of the Haytiaa ladies.—Christophe had,.morvoret; ititroduc-
ed the lahguage and system of . education, and took
every opportunitY of cultivating relations of amitrandsom-
. rierce with this.coun.try, well knowing that this policy was
the surest battler; to the re-imposition of the yoke of France.
The •calnionies• and bad jokes which have issued from the
Press of Paris Against this aside Emperor, as he is called, are
good proof that Ire was the great pillar, as Well as the author
of the indcpendence of. Hayti.

• -. • - [British .Pr ess.ll
ThepOrter cif France to arrest the progress of Austria in
ter march of conquest through the south of Italy cannot. see
think, .he
.questioited,'but what hor polity may dictate on
such, anoceasi,in is a point of deep and serious interest. The
jvaiottsy'subsisfing between Alistria.and Fiance, ever since:
the splendid rivalry of the lomat Cul Charle,'V."and* the chi-
valrous, Fi%trteis, has'becoine ohnost proveritil: It has ap-
' teared to *operate On both GOVerllmeroi as their settled prin-
ciple of fiction ;thcy bare. indeed, long divided the Continent
of Zappe hetween.thern, for until the persevering energy, of
one Frederick, "awhile successful ambition of another; raised
the petty State:Of Brandenburg') into the Kingdom-of Prussia,
no names Were heard on the Contipent of su4icient weight to
divide the public interest with the great Iloirses of Austria
and France. All other Powers were colitented to:raox as the
allies of cub respectively; but now Prussia scems,to divide
the empire of public opinion with either, while the Russian
coilecied -4..11u;,;,, power in the north, ready. to fall like at,
avalanche upon whatever State 'That may .extite his cupidity
by its. let ilk lands, oritiS displeasure by. ecnturing_to_ resent
interference in the ioternal economy of other people.
The elevation of Itossia and Prussia, however, into Powers of
the first class, ,is too recent to alter, •iu onrsinsiblsodegree,
the relations. between Austria and Fiance, and the close con-'
nexiiin Whirl) the forou:r seems 'have fOrmed with the two
Northern, towers i oot caleolat.(ol to remove •whatever senti-
ments j of ealori:l- may still hi( kin the° Cabinet, of Paris.
1..1y, too, it can ()ever he forgotten, w:is a constant theatre*
for the quarrels of theie two Putters, and excited,
in' ilia warmest degree, their mutual hostiiity. • France
bat ever lookedd with the utmost anxiety to obtain a foot-
ing_ in that 64 garden of Europe," :and with jealousy to the
better fortunes of lier,tival, which have given her the cont.:
matid of the entire northern division of Italy. Is it to. lie
supposed.that France would now regard with indifference the
triumphaut, marsh of Austria through the whole extent of
that couritry, which must of necessity Aire ?o the Calainet-of
Vienna an uncontrolled influence in every part of it ?„
do tot tt,iirk,,tbat even the British Cabinet could yiew such a
proccedinK on the part of Austria with complacency, for et
woUld'effi,,ctually destroy that mysterious balance of power
which rt.was the business and boast of onr:profouud Stites-
wen to 'accomplish. , Wt cannot• here'refrain from (travelog.
Abe attenti.iin of our readers, to the great •prohability that
from this time fiirth the interests-of &trope wilt require a
cifise union between Governments of • lioglated acid-
France„zo; a necessary,counterpoise to the& the alnrming
of the chnUderacy that has been formed by Austria,.
Priksia; and Fascia. The conduct of France on-the present
occaiion would possibly. be intim:sired, in a considerable de-
grvo. Irv. an. impression of what the actual feelings of the
!'Family of 'N'aplcs Might - be -on the subject: of the
revolution. ft is to ascertain this pojnt thatlieveral the
Count Bellegartte is said to 'have been 'sent by the Allied
S,ivereigns to Naples. The mediation of France has proba-
lily reduced the violent tone of the bistrian Cabinet to as-
sent to this mild and conciliatory poceeding. The Royal