The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-05 00:00:00

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• FOR THE SUN.

PROFANATION OF THE SABBATH.

Enx-roe,—At'a time when the unprece-
dented increase in the criminal calendar of this
metropolis affords an elarming proof of the de=,
prayed state of _morals in the lower orders of so-
ciety, I shall venture, through the medium of
your valuable Miscellany, to point ou' one of the
most prphable causes of this drearifel iucreaae of
mtan the profanation of Sunday in the
public markets. I +diode, Sir, particularly to Clare
market ; whilst other professions are ie a state of
repose, becoming ari Euelish Sabhith, this place is
A continued scene of riot and confusion for hours,
arising from the-butchers' shops being open, and
the meat exposed to sale, with the•loud and rei-
terated-cries of "What do you buy?" as upon
working days. If this nuisance was Of any be-
nefit to the labouring part of the community, it
Might belolerated, but, in tact, a greater evil
can scarcely befal them ; it is the cause of many
• a,mother and family going without a Sunday's
meal, end having a scanty subsistence during the
week. it is too generally the system to pay the
artisan and labourer at a public house, and many
are the fearful and heart-rending complaints that
the certainty of procuring butchers' meat on Sun-
day, has induced the mechanic (instead of basten-
ing to his family with the weekly produce of
his labour) to stay until inebriation has squae-
(lentil the' means of support. No excuse can be
'made on the score of the, perishable nature of the
article, as it is well known that meat will keep
!good 'at this season of the year for more than a
week. I can assure you,. Sir, that scenes of
atrunkenne.ss, and all their concomitants of guard-
'link end blasphemy, are so constant, that no de-
.cent person dares to pass through this disgrace to
the parish of St. Clement's.
I ant no Methodist, Sir, but I cannot witness
without concern the scenes described above; lot-
rnerly the English Sabbath was noticed by every
nation for the order and decorum with which it
was observed, being :truly a day of respite trona
tabour ; it seems about to be degraded to one. ef
drunkenness and oitseenity ; its effects on Cid
,minds of the lower order of youth are
; and I call on our Magistracy to t escue their
country front the impending calamities a neigh-
bonring kingdom has suffered (torn a similar
cause, viz. the demoralizing of the youthful mind.
Z.

WANTON ACT OF CRIS ELT`; .-011 Thursday
hound, belonging-6) Mt ssrs. Astley aucl llavie, ~f
the Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge, mat. tier
escape by some means from the kennel, went to
the shop of a butcher in Felix-street, Westmin-
ster-road, and rook a piece of liver; the master
perceiving it,"tookn one of his strettherS, ran after
the clog, and beat him in a wort tinmerci 111 man-
ner ; not content with that, observing the dog
to crawl into a gateway jnst by, he went to his
shop, took a 'knife, ran to the place where the
dog was, took him up by the bead, stuck hint
through the neck, and neatly severed his head
from his body.
SaaIOUS ACCIDENT.-This morning as a young
man, named Blake, in the employ of Mr. Patker,
builder, in the Hampstead-road, was at work at
a house in Williainstreet, part of a parapet gave
way, and falling on the unfortunate man, so in-
jured him that his hive is despaired of. He was
conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital in a shucking
state.