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(MARGE, BY Tim LORI) BISHOP OF LiNcor.tv, Delivtird in M a y,Jime, 12,.t0 the Clergy of lip , Dioce , e. (4'outinutd from ollr , Paper of Yesterday.) The offices, and situations in question were eremed, not for the sake of those who were to pp,ssecs them, but for the advantage of the public, for the safety )i1(1 good government of the coun try.: They are not, to be granted merely as favours nor to be considered as :rights. The benefit of the community, and not ,of the individual, is the object. to be tittained. And therefore we should defeat the design and intent of these offices, we should act in direct opposition to their original institution, by granting theni to persons, •whp might feel themselves called upon to use the pow er, which they confer, iii a manner hostile to the welfare of the established; constitution • It is sometimes, i4l, that Papists, being excltid tal from power,tire conseqneruly persecuted ; as if exclusions froth` power and religious persecutions were convertible terms. But surely this is to con found things totally distinctin their nature. Per secution inflicts positive punishment upon persons who hold certain religious tenets, and endeavours to accomplish the renunciation and extinction Of those tenets by forcible means : exclusion from power is entirely negative iu its operation—it only declares that those w io ccrtaia Opinions shalt not till e,,rrain situatiOns ; but it' acknowledges Men to be perfectly free to hold these opinions.-- Perstenti6n cotopeis men to adopt a precribed Edith, or to stiffer the loss of liberty . , property., or even life. EXClitsion , from power prescribes no faith ; it allows awn to believe And think as they please, without molestation or interference. Per secution requires men to, worship pod in one, and iti.no other way. txCluSion from ' , power neither - commit& or forbids any mode of divine worship —it leaves the hie iness of iclig,ion, whet e it ought -to he left, to every man's Judgment and con- science. Persecution proceeds from a bigotted and san guinary 'spirit of intolerance ; exclusion from power is founded in the natural and rational prin ciple of self protection and self' preservation, etinally applicable to nations ant( to indiViduals.— istory informs us of the mischievous and fatal el fects of the one, and proves the expediency and necessity of the Other. In support: Of these asser tions, Wt! apped to the. sufferings 'of Protestants• iu t! , ,•ery co . dittry of Europe where . Popery has been preilon,i:lailt, tote danger to which tiurTrotest ant •,t as exposed under the two last Kings of the 11.(1tttilt of Stuart, ;Ind to the internal peace and entire freedom from nit reliAious feuds and aonnosnies which this hingdom has enjoyed since the revoli;tinn. . It is a maxim of every civil govrtpnent, ,, even where a nioilerat dcgree of freedom prevails, that avittrance ,41' fidelity should.be given by every rr- Sou, pre% ions to hi, admission into any office or siti:at ion of aatitori; yOr trust, Those who have 1 4: 1 experiktnce in Ow utanAgement Of public aelf,u',vledgt: the inefficacy of laws, when eilleinistered by iwrsons hostile to the 'spirit in which they were framed r and upon this principle, no provisionsovhich , could he devised for time se craity ca ' the Protestant reliii;ion, would be suffi cient, if Papists posse44sed any considerable share it' the igove r n mput of this country. Ls en Mr, flume, whose partiality to the ‘ House of Stuart is as well known as his indifferenc6 to ell religious tenets, nanOwledges that James 11. ; was derIVICIIt lll f fn allikrektlCd and of to the religion etul constitutiOn Af bi 4 country ;" and " when this was ,wantinl - i ; (pyS the histotian) every excellency which he Possessed became dangerous mint perni cious to kingdoutt.'' ' And 'what weir the mode that King :fames adopt ell to subvert the religion and constitution of his country ? Was' it not by cru to remove all religious tests respecting the admission of per sons into Offices of power and confidence ? And is not that the.very object at which the Papists are aiming at this present day ; Is it not asto nishing that such attempts Should find supporters and advocates among those who affect to be the warmest admirers of the glorions , reyolution; anti to be in the strongest degree attached to the con stitution, at„it was then established ! Can'this, admiration and attachment be reconciled with an anxious desire to repeal and abrogate those very regulations and guards, whiCh Our atice , tors, in their eaution and Wilidolll, provided for the stabi lity and firmness of our civil and ecclesiastical esta establishments ?Statutes which Blaekstonecalls the Enlwarks• of the 'COnstitntion, and says, that they were enaetedto prevent Crude inn ovat i ons i n religion and government, and to secure the Esta blished Church against perils from non-conform denominations, among whom he parti cularly mentions Papists. Y lament that time will.not permit me try read to you the two declarations of King James the Se cond, heeatute they contain the very arguments for the repeal of the Test Laws itow urged by th e • friends of the Popish .Claims but I will quote a part °la letter written in 1687, by P ens i onary Vagel to Mr. Stewart, by command of the Prince and Princess of Orange, as illustrative of the prin ciples whiehplaced them on the throat. of En g , land, and as putting the question in its true light : I.llk is its plain and simple itinguage,—" Their ilighocstes could by no InoatlS agree to the repeal of the test and those other penal laws that tended to the -security Of the Protestant nyligion, since the Roman Catholics received no other prejudices fr om these than their being excluded from Parlia ment and employments ; and that by them -the Protestant religion was sheltered from all the designs of the Roman Catholics against it„ of against the public safety; that neither the test nor 1,11 r):“.. other laws could he said to :Carry any se- . cm-it y is, theta against. the 'lnman Cathoiks upon siNapint of their conseienres, being only provisions 4iitdifyirz men to be MemberS of Parliament, or to be cyji,ll,lc of bearing Office, by which they must &dare before God and man, that they were f or the Pi otestapt Religion i so that, indeed, all ;‘, ontounted to no inure than a securing the Axil Religion from any prejudice it might •:ritin the More than highnesses have thought, and do still . ought nut to be asked or enpected from. LONDON: Pri 'Oct! by IoNT As them,,since by that means:the Roman Catholics and their posterity would be for ever secure in persons or estates, or in the exercise of their religion ; and they thought the , Roman Catholics ought to be satisfied with that, andfnot disturb the quiet of the , kingdom under :pretence that they were shut out of Parliament and 'employ ments ; and because those laws, whereon the se curity of the ,Protestant Religion chiefly consist ed, were not repealed, by:whieh they might be put into a condition to overturn it. Their High nesses were convineed in their consciences that both the Protestant Religion and the safety of the nation would be exposed to most. certain dangers, if either the tests, or those.othor penal laws, of which he had made frequent mention, shouhi be repealed ; therefore they could not con cur with his Majesty in those matters ; for they belieVed they should have much to answer to God, if the , consideration of any present _advantage should induce them to consent to things which they believed would not only be very dangeirs, but, prejudicial to the Protestant Religion—that since the matter that was then in hand related, not to the making of new laws, but to the total abrogation of those already made both by King and Parliament, their Highnesses did not see how it could be expected of them, that they should consent to such an abrogation, to which they had so just an aversion, as being a thine. that was con trary to all the laws and customs of all Christian States., whether 'Protestants or , , ,Papists, who ad m a ittednone to share in the'Government, or, pub lic employments, but those Who professed the publie and established Religion, and endeavour ed to secure it agriust 'all attempts whatsoever. It is declared in one of the 39 articles, that the King is Lead of our Church without being sub ject to any foreign power ; and it is expressly said, that the Bishop of Rome has no jurisdiction within these realths4 On the contrary, Papists assert, that the Pope is supreme head of the whole phristian Church, and that allegiance is due to him from every individual member in all spiritual matters. This . direct . opposition to one,of the fundamental . pri»ciples of the ecclesiastical paa of our constitution; is -alone sufficient' to justify the exclusion of Papists front all situations of au thority. They acknowledge indeed that obedience in civil matters is clue to the King. But cases ;mist arise. in which civil and religious duties Will clash; and he knows but little of the influence of the,Popish (0.2 r the n'tind of itc votaries, who doubts which of these duties. - Would be sa crificed te, the othet. Moreover, the most subtle casuittry cannot alWays discriminate between temporal anti spiritual things ; and in truth, the concerns of this life. not unfrequently partake of both characters. of England, v.l, p. , 296. Ed. 7G3. •Ketinett's llist, of Englund, vol. 3, p. • 1". .4rt. '27." Ern he confirmed.] . . The Corfu Gazelle, of the 11th of November, contains the toll Owing statement : - Voyfo, Nov. 11. " The English nre endeaVouring to effect a re volution amongst the Greeks:in the Ottoman ter ritories. Largeiptantities' of powder have been distributed amongst the peasants of the Notre., and several engineers have been lately actively employed in taking plans of Ole IsOnitts of Co rinth, .and of the strong fortified towns iu its We understand, that in consequence of the intrigues of the British, the Turkish Governme,nt has insisted, upon their immediately evayuating the 'islands of St. Mame and Cerigo ; and in the event of refusal, has directed Ali Pasha, the Go vernor of Albania, to attack them %fith a large force, which is already ass.embled at Giannina." Ii order to enable the country to appreciate the heroism with which our Officers and seamen have defended themselves in the recent tetions with our Trans-Atlantic descendants, we insert the following table of the comparative dimensiops of British and American ships : Length Breadth Name.- Bate, on gitn-,leek. for tonnage. Tons. Tresi dent Ft. Ft. In. Cemstitution. 1 - 44 180 45 10 100 United State, . Acosta* 4O 164 40 5 11-27 Arethusa l4l/ 59 3 / 4 013 ' • Tigre. Africa -I- 1,4 160-10 44 9 14ta kverage of 1.2.....64 159-6 •44 5 1383 . , . . Dragon : 74 178 48. 0 1791 Average of 12 ... . 74 ' 171-3 47 7 1C25 Atlas 9 17770 .f,O 2 . 1950 Average of 12 98 177-11; 50 3 1915', 'Britannia. 310 178 - 52 - i 2091 :- , This is the largest frigate w•e have on the Am erican station. t Admiral Sowyer'ot Atop. I This in an extraordinary large 74, built by Sir W. Miley 1798. By this table it will be seen, that these Ameri can "frigates are longer even than an English first-rate, that they arc longer and of nearly equal tonnage with our modern large seventy-fours, and of greater tonnage than oar old seventy-fours ; that they arc longer, broader, and of greater ton nage than any of our sixty-fours, and that they CXNati in tonnage our fifties, in - the proportion of nearly 3 to 2 ; and our thirty-eight in the pro portion of 7 to 4. Is not the term frigate most violently perverted when applied to such vessels ? As well might we call the Ville de Paris a fifty, or the Caledonia a sixty-four ; or as well might we call the one a jolly-boat and the other a yawl. These" - frigates carry lung 21-pounders on the nnain-deck, when even the largest first-ratty in our service carry on the main-deck only long eighteens. Their quarter deck and forecastle guns are 141 b. carronades ;-and no vessel; of any description in our navy carry on either of these decks a heavier than a 3'2. On Tuesday afternoon a seam'an was observed walking on Stonchome Bridge, Plymouth, during the whole of the afternoon, in a very agitated state of mind, and abort six o'clock in the evening he deliberately ascended the wall of the bridge, and in the presence of several pasnugers plunged into the sea beneath. very fortunately a boat, returning from the hospital, was pasing through the arch, and one of the crew seized the unfortu nate man by the hair of the bead, while rapidly sinking. h'001), of No. RU,Acit oatn t, street, C,,vent-gradl SOLICr, GUI LIM ALL JOhn .TOMICiPtS, a day labourer, N'N' l t; b ro gist before Alderman SmITH, the Sitting Magistrate, accused with having dis turbed lir.Mackenzie, an auctioneer, in the exer cise of hi< ordinary vocation. Mr. :`4lackenzie represented that he, had an auc tion room in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch, to which a number of respectithle people • resorted during the evenings When about to,.commence his customary sale on Thurstfay night, the prisoner. appeared at the door and set up &hideous•clatuOur, which interrupted and preventedbitil in the dispo sal of goods. He called ont wilt a loud voice, that the auctioneer Was. robbing the public in go neral, The prisoner acknowledged the truth of the charge, and said, that he was instigated to prevent the.auctioneer by the surrounding multitude. The' Magistrate conceiving that : Tomkins, by enduring one night's imprisonment had sutfered.to the ex tent of the injury he had occasioned,l4',4%iissed :him with an exhortation to be more peaceable for the future. A person °Nile name of White, a journeyman uphoktcrer, was accused by a constable, of the Dalin! of Green, with having knocked him down and bitten his finger dining the disturbances at Mr. Mackenzie's auction rooms. 'rite prisoner acknowledged the -assault, but re presented that it had been occasioned by the pro voking condact of the constable. The parties with drew,. by the. recommendation of the Magistrate, and accomthodated their ditferences.in private. Sarah Goodman was charged by-Sarah huffy, widow, and keeper .of the Key pnblic-hotise, in Fleet market, With having commit:tett a riot in her house on the pr'veding evening. Mrs. huffy re presented, that tue offender had .acquired an im proper predilection for wandering the streets at unseasonable.houtS, .regardless oftho - admonitions of the man whom she called husband.: • , During one Of these excursions she called at.the complainant's horse, and commenced an affray in demanding that her husband should be delivered into her cus tody. She then fleigJupon the coinplainant and her daughter, scratched-them, reviled - them, and knocked them on their faces with her fists. After having accoMplished all this, she smashed the win dows, and proceeded to retire, when • she Was caught by one of the 'patrole, and .conveyed to , a place of safety. • On the other hand, Mrs. Goodman maintained, that . her husband was detained from her by the allurements of Mrs. Rnify, and her liquor, and refused to allow her one farthing to subsist upon. I,:he. Magistrate 'inquired if Mrs. Ruffy - kept house of good or evil tame ?. and one of the offi ceios of the Court replied, that it was a notable resort for loose ladies and pickpockets. - Mrs. Willy defended the character of her-house with marvellous-, perseverance of tongue, maintain ing that it was the resort of Many of the most Ito taourable and opulent citizens of London. Seve ral of the constables declared that Mrs. Ratify shut up her•house" at seasonable hours, and was much pectehowever,d r, h t y h t h e y o kt os l s i ppde characters admitted, iru o times been " picked tip" on her premises. Matters had arrived at this lengthwhe? the_ ltus- Ig y nd fo o r f t rs h i e rs st . nas haaag oft he appeared, windows, with ' s t y it ) l l. l le l r v e l ( t i ic t l i : t u i l l l' d y re d i t ‘ , , c . tared herself satisfied, and the par- Bow-sTREE.T.---Yesterday the landlord 'of the King's Arms I nn, at Itoehanipton, attended, at this office, and described . a black Mare, his property, that had beep stolen from Putney Common on 'Wednesday evening. He also described two men who had been seen lurking about the Common. on Wednesday afternoon. The description of the mare answers to thAr - which was left by the man 'who escaped front the horso-patrole belonging to . this Office, across some gardener's , grounds,, be tween Ilrentford and Hounslow, on Wednesday night, about twelve o'clock. The man also an swers. the description of one of the men who was seen lurking about Putney Common on Wednesday afternoon, mid it is supposed that the mare was stolen by a highwayinan for the purpose of cqm- Mitting robberies. STAGE COACH OPPOSITION. -17 he Royal Leeds Union till within these few days used to put up at the White Horse Inn in Fetter-lane;- but in consequence of a dispute be tween the proprietors of that inn and those in the cou ntry, they determined on discontinuing to let it run to the Vbriiite Horse, and ordered it to he drove to the Angel Inn, Angel-street, St. Martin's le4irand. This .so enraged the proprietors of the White Horse Inn, thatthey determined on bring-. fug the coach to their inn by force, and for that purpose employed. some prize-fighters, coachmen, , guards, Ac. &c. Saturday they were sent in Tioi , ,t-ehaisel'ront Landon to Barnet, :being the. last stage previous to its arrival in town. The coach arrived at Barnet between I and 2 o'clock. The change of hories to take it to the Angel Inn were iet readinels, as were also a set of lior..e.s to take i t to th e White Horse Inn, when a.general fight took place between the partizans of the two 'inns, as to which horses -,should be put to It lasted for a considerable time, duriog which seve ral black eyes and bloody noses were given, mid teeth were knocked out. Jay, the prize-fighter, had a black eye given lihn, arid a tooth knocked out. It being discovered who Jay was, and that Powers, another of his fraternity, were engaged in the affray, on the part of the White Horse Inn, the:coachman .and guard belonging to the Angel Inn, declared it in vain to continue the contest' with them, arid, in consequence, hostilities ceas ed, and . the "White Horse Inn party carried off tie coach; but not without experiencing tunny difficul ties. Some of the passengers refined to proceed in it.--The coach was - , however, drove to the White Horse Inn. On Sunday it left London from the same inn ; but when it got to Hatfield, such ,was the spirit of opposition there, that it could not procure a change of horses, and it was actually obliged to return. By the activity Of Adkins and Pearkes, the Bow-street officers, and some , of the patrole, jay and Powers; the prize-fighters, Geo. Elliot, a coachman, John Merchant, a coachman-, and I , l ooi-shed by tVILLIAM XIIMICEII SCRIPPS. Sou ;:~ Charles Tnenerd, a guard, Robert Cook, a guard. James Buckingham, a horse-kceper, and Stobef 'Ciondwin, a horse-keeper of the White Horse lgo party, have been taken . into custody and held+ bail for it viOlesit assanlt on James Williams atO John Boyle, the coachman and guard belouging to the Angel Inn. • UNION , IIALL.--.4 . 712°S Matthias was yestertig: brought before the , -,ittiug 'Magistrate,Mr.Eva tic B " charged with Stealing a carpet from Mr. Cock e cell's auction-room, in Blackthan-street. , . It 3 rl peared that the prisoner had occasionally bean' employed by Mr. Cockereil, and on Weduesdat evening; about six o'eloek, be called to kfloW when there would be a sale. Mr. Codkerell hin'' self Met him at the door, and in reply 'to 1 1j4 , question, said, it was quite uncertain. They lot': the door tog-ether, and walked several yards ot the street, when the prisoner quitted Mr. Cock'" . cell, and i:- . appeared. went back again to IP; house, and knocking; at the door, it was opens by a female seiwam, to whom he put - the sano qt:estion7which he had . prcviobsly put to ;fit' Cockerell:---the girl said she could not nal him; on which he desired she would go UPI° inquire of her mistress ; she accordingly shut ill d ‘ dour, and, leaving the prisoner in the sal e ': rotim, went up to inquire of her mistress, .on her Peturn the door was open, and the ri" , ' sorer had left the house. Mr. Cockerell's.apPr'', .: tiee coming up to the d oor a t the time, perceivc '- m 1 an standing ag a i ns t th e wa ll with carpet under t i t; . ,. arm : he asked hi m w h a t h e wanted ? when t ; . prisoner, finding he was perceived, came forwa . and went into th e h ouse agahrwith theyoung''''',l and when they got into the sale-rooter he ar°Pi n o , the carpet. He then inquired ofihe young ",,,, i i when there would he a sale; and having rec , el : o l his-answer, went away- _without saying 41 - —r- t i.' l a o b o o k ut at th i e t . car ino p r e e t . This particularlyi o I ctehmal than the hie y j u ei t i l t, l ll l l, g et o T tite : ?. l .lir: 4 l : done-, when he discovered, that instead of b P il ' o: : a carpet brought by the,prisoner for sale , h i* supposed it to be, it-was one-that had beat:oo'e! matter's possession for some time. these circumstances to his moister, on his ret ie am4Che having missed two other carpets ‘‘'itt _i t , fortnight, determined 'to inquire. int) thed'otia sonir's conduct ; he accordingly applied t° not by whom th e p r i sone r was apprehended the morning. ' ',O al The prisoner d en ied having . any intolti` I,it carrying away the carpet, and said be o , ll . l Y i t r l l ° t ' i i to . the door to look a t the colour by the "i) the lamp.- He was'fully committed for trizt .. . A'furat,• on the / lth of Oct. repaired to tbe A i l l :;: vanced posts of the Russian army, wlier, he c°, 10, , , , .• ( plained to General Miloradovich of the .0 05 f 43 , t0 ,H having fi . red upon the French foraging parti' t iA I which complaint the Russian General made ~ following reply : al, tlie‘.` o l rc a te r; s d f4 el i i i,.. g e t ri l t e t t i l l e t i l i l l a . t t I l i t e ' C i s o s a s lascicsnisots!-v: et s :y l i :',l ; : til e r : tory for me to kart), floln your MajestV's i llu i ti l l e that our peasants slew thcinsellies worthy 0 ' I . name of liushins. MuitAT.----" My visit Was P L;; • i; ! ..c.'lleli t ' : 4uul, I meant only to inform yon 4 .the :O i l: committed by your troops. NVant of discipif , o , a great misfortune to an army : i t h as o f t en " ct. its ruin. OA Altr.otAn.---' " But in that case 109 riis rather to encou rage i t . P rec i ous wai)t cLl,cfcr cipline, which m a k es us s h oot the fvellc." ragera ! ~.., veil Alva - AT.—cc 1 h ave also to complain 011 3 ', 4,, essential point : I appeaL,General, to your jO t i ` o - 1 - 1 and your sense of equity—you have twice fir e `' our flags of truce. . , . . ' .. „ rd' A. MlLoaD.—‘! Sire, we 'want not to hear 0: r s o ; •leys. We want to fight, and not to ncg ooj3t° ' ..... Lake your measure,s accordin l Ml7l-IAT,—." What ! at thag )' t rate I am iwt soft even here. • l'ilmoßAD. cr You would run a great ris l4 ', Slr ‘ e r;• • by coming a sec on d t i me • but to-day I 02., "• i the honour of accompanying you m ysdlos i° 5 your videttes." flil: rat The 'General h ere ' ca ll e d f or . hii 'to t : Murat, struck Nvith what passed, observ e , he had never h ear d o f suc h a mode of making; .° The General replied, h e mu s t have hCilrd 9 f il i t a rft Spain; and thk unexpected.retort induceu to change th e conversation, and politely that General whe re 'h e h a d first served in " pacity. till rec" MIL4RAD.---•" Surely France must ith led the campaign of Suwarrow, in Italy• at the hono ur t h ere o f ten t o Comman d the adv ° guard of the Generalissimo." t r roP l i In Murat's mi s sion we vie w a similar by row cunnintz, to over-reach the bi n ; t fo rA nesty of the Generali. F ro nd and were once never-tailin g :weaponi in, the l e ilek of their enennei—the hai been disc in Russia. 1311:11 I . Lately, in !klerrion-squitte, Dai)lin, the Lally of (.pug ', gi'Connel, ot iL `Wt. Ships at !tiaraL. "1.114 ''' s 'i l ' : ' il ll l l4l:" ,,) }: t r d r' "N. 1. Vrice' 0 ,14 9,64. NoveitstJe . . 9 k . ~(1 oil. it' may ` 2 Stmderlaild ~ • `' " ' "" q • , i to ` • . 1 . . • 4ii• IA • ,V*...' st ltti , Intili WATER AT LONDI)N numca, To.:sto" t it „fief - Morniug.s7 rnimitei after 2. I Evenitt. -2 , 2 Pliontel" Moltnn-sirrtt, Gr 4 vc.l9r-sioait, ..•, TsIAItaIF;D. rgq On Tn 23041 Y IRO, in Dorset:4)lre, Ifenry43arro", wit Hadley, in the Comity of Midtilcsex, to in lt° ,t" C 4fri ' eldest itanghter of the late Thomas itothwell , E'q . of and niece of .T 1 • It' '1 0I r) L OAt ye ford`toWn, Mew h, nod L • in the C on" ' 1 ') 331 g ),ule egne, we .o„er On the 51st ult. at Dover, John Telicu, Esti- to wood, daughter of William' Blackwood, I'S,s4. decc wetly Captain in tie 18th Regiment of Infantry.' DIED, S4t4 1 • On the 25th tilt, Charier Long, E. of lial•s4l-2lb Oa u folkOn, iM'tn he 6Sth year f his' a. • f s eite,olay'tast, ih ge e ststh year of her , - Ilagot, daughter of the h.te Sir Walter WagstatfeDnie