The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-31 00:00:00

ROMAN CATHOLICS. (Contirinvlr from ol.r Paper of Tuesday.) But it -cannot he reasonably doubted that, • the British people are as detelmined as ever to • maintain the sectfrities of ',their Protestant Esta 7 brishment s, it is not to be dissembled, that these securities are io danger. It would he vain to de ny that the Papists are so fast gaining ground in Parliaafent, as to afford just cause for 'apprehen -- siou to ,every friend of the Protestant cause. The infierence, which they have obtained over the clee tions in` Ireland, in consequence of the most im 'Provident and mischievous grant of the Elective Franchis and of the various means of intimida tion to which they there resort, gifes them a de - eided ascend ;nay in the Irish part of - the repre sentation in the Lower'House ; andthey have in both Houses numerous advocates, who, infected with that moderaliberality,which produces a tor pid indifference for whatever in former times- ex cited the deepest interest and the warmest attach- 1 ment; display as much zeal for Popiso claims as themeinbers of the Church of Rome •themselves. Among those advocates are to be found Princes of .that.illuatrious House which was-placed on the Throne for the Very purpose of making it an pregnable rampart against Popish ambition.— Aluong thwe advocates, _too, incredible as the fact ma seem, is a Bishop of the ProteStant Church established in this country. * And so fre quently and earnestly are the claims of the Papists pmss . ed upon the 'attention and feeling's of Parli ament and so feebly, in comparison with what might be expected, inc they -tesisted, that their supporters have, been gradually becoming more numerous and more confident; and, .at length, the Protestant cause having lost its firmest friend by the death of Mr. Perccval, the late House of Corn= mons passed a vote (and the House of Lords re jected a similar vote only Ira a majority - of one), ;which evidently implied, and which was intended -to imply, that a repeal of the lads by which Pa pists are, excluded from power, may prove satis factory to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. A voter which the Papists justly. consider as a par tial triumph, leading in the obvious and natural course of things to theitacomplete success. " It is„therefore high time for the Protestants of this' free and happy country to come forward, in theirown cause. It is high time for them to repel the injurious insinuation, that satisfaction , may be produaed in their - breasts by opening wit'ce . • the.dhor.for the . admission of Papists to all offices and situations of power, trust, and authority,--,- to the exercise ()tall functions, civil, political, and le islatiie, in this Protestant state. It has been said above, that the question now before us is the same as that which occurred at the -period of the revolution. But there s this difference between the trail casps,—On the former occasion, the door was not shut upon Popery until the Revolution was completed ; and the ;question till then was, whether or . not it should be shut? This question ' was' brought forward by tl4a Exclusion Bill, in the reign of'Charles 11. and in the debates , upon that billet was thus emphatically stated, by Col, Titus in the House of Commons : • , I herir a hoc in the lobby roar : Say, Mr. Spsahcr, shall we shirt the door And keep him ont, or shall we let him in, To try if we can turn him out again ?. ,The Exclusion Bill, after passing in the House -of Commons, was thrown out by the Lords, and thus the-door was left open. • But further 'expe rience proved that there couldbe': no safety for the Protestant Establishment in such a state of things. It was t_herefore, at length, -found necessary, in dispeusably necessary, to shut the door. This operation was performed by the Revolution, when every possible precaution was taken to prevent its ever being againopened. But though the period which has since intervened has been endeared to us by the happy consequences resulting frem that, exclusion, the qu - estiOn of thayresent tray, strange to tell is, whether We shall again open the door, in-order to let in the lion—whals roaring lot ad mission more vociferonsly than ever. The Papists are thundefing at our idoor c a-,they are pressing against it withaall the force they can derive from their numerical majority in- Ireland. • And shall not the Protestant people of England and Scot land lend their aid to resist the _pres,ure ? That they have not hitherto come forward for this purpose, must he attributed to their confidence in the Bri tish Legislature—to their conviction that a British' Parliament will never annul the laws which experience has pioved to be essential to the security Of the Protestant Establishment.— But upon the vital question Parliament, alas ! is I divided. it contains within itself a strong party, wlaich is favourable to Popish claims , and the Protestant advocates stand in urgent need of pub lic support, to_aep.able :them to maintain their 1 grotrar.l. NaylWfig - from" the stakin which . . t - he question was left by‘the last Parliament, there 'is reason to fear that adjustment will at length he made xvhich shall have the effect Of-conixding all that remains to be granted to Popish ambition; and thiS even on the , supposition, that such an adju_stinent may prove satisfactory_ to all classes of lat)s 'Majesty's subjects, :one: consequently to the *Protestants themselves: But it should not be forgotten, that if once the mischief be dort4, it wilt be irreparable. Concession is like the letting 7 out of veater, which cannot be gathered up again. it is, indeed, 'a final,adjutme;)t which is proposed to be made. Not one of ,trial and gxperiment— not one of a provisional nature, which may be re v(:eableii it fail of snecess.:----hut one wlsiCh is to seal our destiny as a Protestant State. " But although Parliament should continue to resist Popish Ckiins, still, 'while left alone to sus tain the,arduous struggle, there is no chance of its being freed from Popish importunity. pe tition after petition • will continue to waste - its valuable time in "fruitless . discussions = the iublic , mind will be kept in a, " state of con stant agitation—and the animosities of Protestants and Papists will, be more and more height ened. Nothing, It is.clear; can furnish a remedy fOr these e riffs, but an Unequivocal expressi,cl - 4 4, Thc Bishop of Norwich, whose zeal in a cause sciUstile to the in'. - erelts of his (..`. arch, has betrayed him into a gpis misrepresentation of Mr. Justice Blackstone, whom his Lord ship, in a speech in the House of Lords, vouched as an au thority for the concesssion of Popish claims. the public voice.—That voice, constitutionally de clared, would not only place the 'establishments of this country ont of all danger on the-side of Po pery,' ba also put an end those mischievous dis cussions,- which inflame even Protestants against each other, and whieb prove a fertile source of party dissension. All suspense - upon this inomentotts sub ject would then cease. Fortified by such a proof of the nnaltcred, and unalterable attachment of the British people to the principles Acted upon at the time of the Revolution, and the operation of which has since placed the reigning family on the throne of these realms, Parliament would no longer counte nance any proposal involving a departurefrom those principles. EVen the- Papists themselves would be convinced that their cause is hopehass, on finding that their contest is no longet with a di vided, Parliament,—where the number 'and zeal of, their advocates, more perhaps than any other circumstance, stimulate "their hopes and excite their ambition t but with a Prote's- L tant people, determined to maintain their Pro testant ascendancy. - . They would perceive--that* it Cap be to no purpose to importune -Par ' liament, awhile -listening to the voice Of such a people. And they would probably discover that it is far more wise, piedy to enjoy the many privileges they possess ;--to " live peaceably on their- own revennes and industry ;"—with per fect freedom of worship, and entire security of person and property; than to risk these invaluable blessings in desperate -attempts to procure an ex . caption from disabilities, to which the Constitu tion has necessarily subjected . tlAnn, "rit-fr-a, view to its own preservation, and for the real . and sub-_ stantial benefit of all classes of his Majesty's sub jects.. " the people of this country still va lue the noble birthright of constitutional. free;-• dont, derived from ancestors, and which it is their bounden duty to transmit_ unimpaired to their 'descendants ; if they still cherish the liberties and religious, established by their.forefa thers on the basis of law, and vehicle, by infusing a high national spirit, having raisedthein to a (Hs:- tinguished pie-eminence among the nations of Eu rope ; if they still prize -that security'from arbi trary 'power S and religibus persecution, which they have enjoyed 'ever since the period of the Revolu tion, and for which they arc indebted to.the sup- 7 port then given to the Protestant reformed ; let them raise' their voice, ere it be too late, in defence of these high,' these invulaahla privileges ; let them pour forth. petitions,, from .all parts of the kingdom; implOrmg Parlia ment to maintain the fences and safeguards, reared by the wisdom and firmness of former times around the Constitution,—and to adhere to the principles of the . glorious Revolution ; let them declare, that while they rejoice to see their fellow•-subjects of the Romish Church , yelieved• from all pains and perialties on ac count of their Religion, and in .the full en joyment of the' blessings .of Toleration, they cannot, without alarm, Witness the persever ing efforts of that description:of persons to 06 7 tail) possessjon oe political power and legislative authority : efforts, the' success of which cannot fail to destroy that. Protestant ascendancy, to .which, under Providence, the British people are indebted for the establishment of their liberties on a firm ntid solid foundation ;—let them, in short, proteSt, - in the most . solemn manner, against the repeal xif those laws, by . whiCh • it is made a furila:nental p - rincipte of the British Con stitution; that the Legislative and Executive au thorities of this Protestant country, can be admi--- nistered only la* Protestants ; Laws which—in their estimation—ought to be no less sacred and inviolable than the 1-labeas Corpus Act and even M aa , tn Charta itself." * . A wig, said to have be, v the old Mike of Ciimi;erlaild, was sold quarian, a few'. daysfsince, for 'W. Childdroppiliz .=:---1)1 4;1 . 4, : an infant / ibOilt six mouth's old, wi litill'el, and lid/ in 'a ti l asket, Wasleft at't, ' a . gendenr.l9.4• • house, in . Parilament-s. esttiiinster, 'As soon as it was distUvered, it vg. , '; roiiirdy - Frio the workhouse. Sunday night, - three.foreigners, seafaring men, in company together at the City Arms public houie, situate near the Poplar Canal having, by mistake, gone out at the back door instead of the front, were all three suddenly plunged - into the. water. One of them keeping hithscif afloat by holding by the keel of a barge, continued tr) 'call out, when, assistance being procured, two of them were got out, but with scarce any symptoms Of life remaining. A. servant girl was dispatched for a surgeon, but whb, from the girl unfortu nately not stating that they were drowned, arrived without the necessary apparatus. One only was restored to life. The body of the third has not yet been found. The young lady, who, a shOrt time since,, threw herself out of a two-pair-of-stairs window at Mill bank, and miraculously escaped, apparently un hurt, died yesterday, in the Westminster Hospital. She, singular to relate, amused herself in running through the wards on the day preceding. Being a Roman Catholic, th.e surgeons are riot 02:rntttel to open the body, to ascertain the cause of this ex traordinary change in 24 hours. The deceased was,a near relation of Mr. liodge,s, the distiller, and the cause of her • being placed in the hos pital was for the benefit of having the advice of those professional Gentlemen daily attend there. • Shocking Suicide.--An Jr quest was lately held at the sign of the Ship, in the parish of St., George's in the East, before J. W. Unwin, Esq. Coroner, On the body: of Mary Wingot, a young wothan of respectable connections. The deceased was beard to groan in ayoorn by herself, in going, into which site was perceived with a bloody ra zor in her hand, and her throat cut, Many of the attendants being called, the wound was sewed. up, but it vras so bad that she could not swallow any :nourishment -for her support, and died consequence. Afterlhe commission of this ''):;iiakible act, she struggled, to .give it effect, by ,vigorously opposing every effort which was made to o.ve her life. She Lad been in a despondent way for Sonic time previous. Verdict Lunacy,'" LONDON: Printed Iry THOMAS *A'001), of TC , .-22, Russeli:ccurt "Biydges-strect, Covynt-gardi At the SUN OkyzoL, N. 112, Straw', where Arie(ertireinentv, (ircil , 4 . 4 to POLICE. ROBBERY AT THE POSt-OFT'ICE. BOW-STR.EF-i.-Yestertlay mr. NAItES, the Sa tin - Magistrate, was occupied nearly the while' of the day, in :investigating several charger 6f an intricate and complicged nature,- .of the General Po - St-uffice The substance of the circumstances are .s follow :----- • ,For some time complaints have been made at.the Post-office of letter's, containing bills of exchaUg?, conntry•bank-notes;.and bank of Englaud not having come to hand, and 'also tint notes had been taken out. Every possible attention ifid as— sistance was given to the parties complaining, by the agents to the Post-office, as : is always the case; but no traces could be made of .the stolen proper ty. Several persons belonging to the post-otiee • were suspected ; but the ground of suspicion was not sufficiently strong to take them into custody: At length some bank of England notes - , that.had been paid for by some of the country bank notes that bad been, stolen, were traced to William Grif fiths; the beadle and clivelclerk of Bridewei I Hos pital : and althoogh was. considered a . l especta ble man, vet he, not giving a satisfactory account, as to how fiebeearite possessed of thein,bewas taken into custody On the, 2 1;;t instant. The account. he gave of the notes - was, that he received them from his wife,_ whom he did not co - habit with. It be ing learnt that she resided in Park-place, Ken nington, early the following mornimg, Vickery Went to the house described. Ice was answered by a female -servatit, who said her ,mistress W:-3 at, home, but not up:: Vickery proceeded fo ber bed room, and found, her. and a man fast asleep, :and snoring in bed together • dog. in bed with them, and two dogs on the pillms,•fast asleep .also. The officer soon awoke the whole tribe, when a very uncommon scene was presented ; thedogs.barked violently, and flew at Vickery. Mrs; Griffiths -vent hitt) fits; but the officer, having assistance in some of the patrole at barid, soon secured her and her who was - in bed with lice. lie atterwards proceeded to search the premises, and in the bed room where ,thxy were in bed, he found a number of bank of England notes. He secured his prison erS, and yesterday was the day appointed for a full investigation and exgmination. The mystery was in a great measure explained by the man ,found in bed with Mrs. Griffiths, who proved to belong to the General Post-otlice. William Griffiths, the husband, being ad:aitted an evidence for the Crown, his depositioa was read over, from Which - it appeared, that he and hii wile had separated in October, 1811, by mUtual consent. For-some time past she had applied to him. to get bills ,and, notes changed-for her. On the morning of Saturday the 28th of November last, she called on him, and asked him to get - her some country notes changed. He replied, he wished all,the notes were, at the devil : however,. - on her pressing him, .and his examining them, .and finding they were Worcester and 11;w_shatn bank -notes, and as he had got a Newbury' TlOte to get changed, and had to go into the city, he 4grecd to get them changed., which he did.; but not all on the same day. lie took the. Bank of' Pigland• not” he had . received for the country notes to his wife, at her house in Park-place ; • but Was not' positive that they were the iden tical notes* he had .received for the country notes; as. he had mixed them with the notes he had- got in exchange for the Newbury This was on the Wednesday following, when he stopped and slept allnight with his wife. Be•denied receiving any. part of the 'notes; or in any way 1 , participating of the amount for his trouble, ex- - Cent that he did not pay his, "wife so Mach as.a separate maintendnee since he had been in the habit of getting notes changed for her, she tel ling him she received them from a tried-1:--The way his wife gltaitoirey, besides. what he al)owed her,_ was, by letting lodgings. The other prisoner, Henry Johns, lodged with her. , •At• une of his interviews with his Wife, at her house — .in Park whet-I..Henry JOhns was- present, .he told . his. wife he had paid her '3/. too: much in their last settlement _ for notes she got exchanged, which Henry Johns aeknoWledged,. 4,113 said they had found it out after -be: was gor b e, and it was returned him. In another conversation with them, it was observed, th,at, the person , concerned with Henry Johns ought . not to receivebalf-the amount of the notes, _as he ran no TiSk,lll getting theta .Changed. When he got-some of the last Worces ter- notes changed, at liobarts and Co's.hank,- in . Lombard-street: Mr. Cttrtis, jun. brought • a printed list of lost bills, and , examined those he was presenting for payment„ However, notes • were paid.. He mentioned this: circumstance at his wife's, which appeared to create some alarm. •Mrs. Griffiths was asked'what she had to say to her husband's Statement. She replied, a great deal of it was true, and a great deal was false. She admitted, that she gave hint the notes to. get. changed, and that he was not, a participator. -She went into a long history, and a deal of extraneous matter, about the' cause of her separation from her husband, &c. about some persons who had said she was mad, and had endeavoured to have her confined in Bethlian Hospital. She 'attribut ed her husband's conduct•to , jeal,ausy ; rind that he had said he wauld he revenged. •he,refw-ed to tell o svho . she, received the notes- fr 0,1,11 ; she denied most solemnly that she received them. from Henry Johns, and be was perfectly,in :s 'nocent. She persisting in refusing to tell who she had the notes from, 'Henry Johns was brought into the oliiee7and placed at the bar by her side.. "and the evidence of William Gritiiths was about to be read over to him, but on its being knOwn that he Was very deaf, he was allowed to leave the bar, and to stand close to the Clerk while it was ream; and after his listening to it •he denied the state; merit relative to liimSelf: 'He remained to hear the other evidence. • 4. Mr. Hope, of Persher, in Worcestershire said, that on - the 27th of November last, he put into a letter different bank-n Otes;, to the amount, of 1551. and put it into the Post Office, directed to Messrs: llobarts and Co. Lombard-street, to, pay to them on _account Of the 'Tewkesbury Bank. Miss Hope, his daughter, corroborated this testimony, ond proved the -numbers * and . full de scription of the notes. The Corresponding Clerk belonging to Ro- o Marts' Rank, in Lombard-street, stated, 62 1. letters rel..!tive to the business of the house it -through his !muds, and no suc h l e tt er canieg, on the 28th Nov miler, which would been the molar z:otz.rse of the ;poz,t,' nor since. 8:.-veral of the notes in this lett F .l. were ilfct c : have beell eit di a n!.;:_',l bank o;.' Eng - kind Al by Wiinani which he lead receiv e d ir 4 his , The Inspectors of General i l ost Letters V liverers proved that tile ptisoner had belonged : the Genertil..Post-Otice Aoht tea. years, and be was customary to. pr' !note some. of them to Sub-,sorters, .and consitlered steact,y and respectahle.YOt , ug man, was nn. , ..4t.: Of them, - - D.r.e•was' OH- day a.&• a . .Sjr e r on . Satilr. 0, dav !horning, the 4Stn.of ?2..ovenkir, when leads directed to Itcr....rts's. house. must 11; passed through his Lands,- and at which due contse,'Mr, nape's letter wouid haYe f - assT. ,though" the Posi-Qfkice; „ Vickery, Pie,.Qtlicer, produced a number Bank -notes which •he found. in the .bed-roof where Griffiths and trenry J ohns were 15 )3i,d,together, and they - were prtwed to hay. 1)0 got in exchange for CIL: notes that had been stole° from letters. The prisoners were committed fur further 0; minutia:). Wilfiain Griffiths was discharged .hi-s producing twosectirities in 200/. each for h" qpcnianee at the Sessions, to give evidence. coalr.dealor in the. Boroug li was oummoned:before Airt - I.;wlxoE,. on an formation charging him with using t; sacks of dimensions than directed by Act of Pkirliantcr,4f. thirty sacks were produced and teasured iii tlif'! presence of the Magistrge, and pbved, to he - *' ticient from three to •five inches each in lengths the bushel measure which' was on the waggon the time thesaCks - Were::tied, was also produced; and proved to be , considerably ninler the standard measure ; which subjected him .to a further P nalty.of 201, and costs: Amongst the chargeS brought against the ivell• atpresent in custody on charges of divers. rob' bevies.; bullock hunting, &c. was one preferred by Collinghourn against. I?ric'e" and Sam having robbed a tradesman in the neighb,ourbO' of .BlAckfriars-road, of nine. - 3s. pieces, by tbC following stratagem j the tradesman in question , it appeared, on going out on business s hout. month since; previouS - Th emptied: his pockets • of a cousidei-able quantity of silver) athonP - st which were_ twenty three-shilling piece -, which he gave to his wife, and.she depoAted in a small drawer. He then, left the shop, soon after the prisoners, who had been on • watch, and through the window witnessed passed, entered the shop, inquired of mistress if she had any -three-shilling pieces, sad'' ing they wanted some.with thin edges for a verYi-. particular purpose, and if she yigould suffer tiste• to. examine any she had got they would esteem's a favour, and make hey a conipensatioc for ber trouble. She immcdiateiy produced ler• draVel:,; and they looked theM over appareutiv with muc9 - • care, but returned them again, sayhn , tlyzre-Wer ° none whicQi would suit the purpose fOr wanted them, The drawee 10 . tis put intnts 'drier? . the, prisOLwrs , ,bought some' artic4 and igt r- ,' 'the - shop. So(iii - Netti2r her husband returned, rq 1 ?1••-% produced her on exlwiination ~ was a. little surprized to find her twenty pieces reduce to eleven. the prisoners havint made free 16 0 nine of dim. [lto anti( pi Tap fl. the 'l , ock-_ of FR OP.! THE .1) rl3 _V ca. 17, ETTE„ pa ye, spital, Chelsea On tb Lit h Ships at Margot. 36 Newaastle . . . 2 Suchterlanti . . . 1 Cinders . . . . in; and Published by WII.I.,L1:11 SCRIPPS, South Mnliqn-strtet, Gras; • the Paper, LctAtts tor.tke (Nost paiD, nmst he addressed. DUBLIN CASTLE, DEC. 17, 1312. His RoyPl Highness the :Vtinee Regent, in thej: name and on behalf ,of his' Majesty, has bee n ', pleased to grant tilt dignity ot,' a.-Eaton of this p°..'. of the Voiced Kingdom •galled Ireland, • - To the Right Hon. William na.ndeock; MO' drum Castle in the Count' of WeStmeath, by til e , name style ; and title •of Baron Castletnaine, Moydruin, in his Majesty's County of Westmeiit ll, and to the lreirs male of his body ; and in -defati , of rich issue; to Richard Handeock., Esq. brothc r of the said William-. Haudeock,' and to the heir s tole of his body. And.-to the most Revererend•kaather God' William Beresfo4d, Doctor in -Divinity, Arch" bishop of,Tuana, and Bishorls! of, Ardagh, by the name, style; and-title of Baron Devies,: of t 4e ; Barony of Devies, in' his Majesty's County ° I Waterford, and to the lieiq male of his body. BIRTHS. - On th,t .14th inst. at Darrington-Ilowe, near Ferrybrkag e ... the Lady of Robert Oliver,' Esq. of i `Skin. • ae On the 27th . inst. in George-street, Portman-square, Lady of Lientenant-Colonel Bird, of a Daughter. On Friday evening, at Cove, the Lady of Lieutenant -C . , lonel Needham, Sd Garrison Battalion, of a-Daughter. MARRIED. On Saturday last, at St. Lawr,!nce, Jewry, Mr. Thom" Carnsew, of Lad-lane, to Miss Ann Morgan, of Finsbury • 1)1N:1}. On the 13th inst. •at her resi.lence in Great George-strf, g . tr Westminster, Mrs, Blackburn, Stc,rAcepor to the Yorli-1-I°‘ !id iv-L:l4ra . few. !Ulf' • . isl, tlits ills ingit..at 1k001tr:c.;.:,..... • :4 4 ' completin4 her iVlst year, Mrs. - Elizabeth 13rowne, w ii,.i f the late Mr. John Browne, ‘Vharfisigitc, ,f Stant,,n's i-Vit 4t . r . ' ' .SouthvYarli. . . .. .: .1 .On We,lnesday, the iSth :inst.' at his house, St. Jan;' ,. ''..',.l parade, , Bath, James Beezeley,l•:sq. aged 'a. n ~ •-. O the linii init.in Dublin, :`,41-s.f.iruiuger, .we a ~ ,if t ' l ' -" Hans Grainger, Esq. of that Gill'. r On FTiclav last, at lierke.,.weli-11:01, in the County Af *.:' ~• wick, Mrs: knightley, relict of John Wightwick knigh t ' kei? Esq. in the 94th year nflie, age. ' cef On the 2tith inst. in the &Al', year of lice age, af7.er a ", days illness, Esther, wife i.i - Mr. Jo: - .t.-ph Thomas, of Bisiier gale-street. . 141 The same day, at Dawli , ti, Mary, the wife of Thomas Jo' Lloyd Baker, of Stouts-11111, Glouceiter:;hire,,ancl daugliter,Q. the late William Sharp, Es..l. of is . o On Setturday.last, - At frewleti94•ltail, .Sieffulk, Lady %`) .: ley, mother of Sir W. Rowley, Bart. and M. P. fur County. At Glasgow, Mrs. Dunlop, relict Ntßobert Darklou, Onlonday last, at Wutc.ester, Samuel Hail, Esc.. -of that City, aged 79. • • • e t The Sahli" da y- , at BuN.ton, Miss Weston, daughter of / late Robert Weston, Esq. " COAL MARKET, DEC. :30. .t}Y. - Price. Id . . 6r. ed. to 54 9 . r, 2 • . . 0,1. to 515.'90,. Od. to HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORII,R iC i, Morning, 56 minutes after 12. I Evertilg, :: , tunt.cs after r4sirsat.c7.