The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-07 00:00:00

, liioverettne-nt, by test laws. "list rtonifin Cat holics • expect that all theft • 'Veneralle itiards anti forms of our Constitution„shall he removed, thougbin all their opal:catkins for that purnose, Ilscv have unequivocally declared that they never tau content to any adjustment that may , teml to Itintinsh the spiritual jurisdiction of their stipretne Pastor, the Pope, or to alter ht the smellest de gree vise doctrines And the hierarchy ,of Omit 'Church. -This declaration has been ,repeatedly made by. roe Trish Titular Bishops in their Synods, sett s t y the Laity in their Boards or A.sociations iii Diddite and in•their Cnonty Meetings.. The taotett, by appointing' Itomisit Bishop under the sanction of 'ran Act of Parliament, would give at. legal est ahlishment ~to .an °dittos superstition; •-e%er Itostileto titre ConStittitioti, and tinder, the in. - fluenee of which its votaries endeavoured to pi ive our T ;raeitets Sovereign of his Crown, nod Its separate .It.eksid flout Great liritain, so lately ` : . as cite year 1798,- • Ctiold any thing be more al). 'surd than that 'the King should he retriired by 1 4 w to ontniitate a l'ititiar Bishop fora See lit Ire • littut, to witith be had previciasly appointed a Pro- PreNte his. Cattgilt Elite This woillif .isliseiog tiro peisons its the t:istite Episcopal Chair. ; sod it is well. litionin. that the Popivli Clergy assist regard ours RA ititrittierA llNtsup ers, The King, by noun' ating a popish Priest !lot the Pet:lacy, would 'tot *titer or meliorate his prioriples, the 14ierarchy of his Chtirch, which are vit:dly mot racticalbt, destructive to a litotes t,,,it St site floe would it give •Itittt silly povier or coati-roil over On the contrary, f.)i' 10c..' • cli;tely after his elevation to the Prelacy, betakes Iris coweeration stills, by which he is bound ill ottlinsited fidelity anti obedience to the Pope," and in which he. swears, ". that he will observe, 1 , " anti cause e4s he observed, all hit decreer, or " der* attal.mandates to prosecute and impugn all " beret les(6) ,seltiorneties, and rebels itgaittA " to preserve, defend, enlerge, and promote the, right*, honours, piivileges, anthoritY, and jut " ristiictioti of rise Holy See." In roesequence of this oath, William Kurt's told Archbishop An .that he could not preserve Isis allegiance Co the Pope aunt liege Sovereign at the saute titste.-7-Sired, pp. 441. 442: It was the first . , cause of rupture between plenty VIII. and the Popes for she King having come so it know ledge of the oath, Stilt to the Speaker of the • House of. Comittom, and informed him that the Clergy of this realm, teen : l,sst hall his subjects, or icaree so notch, as every Bishop and Abbot; in entering on his dignity, took art'oath to the Pone, Itero t ,otory to that- of his fidelity to the King ; which corers fiction lie desired his Parliament to, remove." On which the Parliament adopted .rtreasureS for renouncing altogether the Pope's voctiotrity,---Lord Herbert's ,Life of henry VIII., When Archbishop Crinmer was cimseciated, he refiteell t•o take 'Unit ' - .teit hoot first signing spong protestation against any thing coptaitied '' contrery• to the law , . of Cod, the ' King's prerogative, or to the interest of the corn mon-wealth and statutes of the. realm ; nor to tie himself tip frous.speakitiv, his mind freely its nostters relatiog to' the reformation religion „and the goveritinfost of the Chore's of Fat:ll4ml." • Stitpe's' Life sit Grassincr, I. cat , . 4 eon- SeitsttS WAS that great Man, that u Ittititk• BiSholeti nittit seas inrototwihiss interest of his 'contstry, and his tilelity to his sovereigis ! SOnte uninformed aerial's have been led•to be. lievt, that the per.ticions political itrinciples of the Romish Cnorch tilve beer) rt ittiliCe4l', 01" . have fallen into oblivion. Ilya' its arrogant claim to 'infallibility (71 is a complete retistation of this ; 'beside , : its Most eminent utodero di ,, ises have in sisted on it. The Rev. Charles Mullett, a popish :priest.wiso liyes aof and ociates et Bristol, publisbed patit,sislet in the year 1790, inn-fatal " Considera oti the modern Opinion of the Fallibility of 'the P , ,pe ;" and ill page 31 thereof he says, ." that the iufallihiliry of the floly See is DS -rie• ressary for the constitittiou of the churerh, as . count:lls themielves ; its authority is infallible in spittormodern iss.ejudices ; hence we consider ibrilecrees on matters of faith and morals its ir refriglible decisions," Mt.:Francis :Plowden, his brother, asserts in a hook entitled the " Case 'stated," and published Its London jut the year :1791. " that the decrees of a general council, in tssairers of faith and morality, whets approved of by the Pope, and received by the church, are not - lishle to deceit or error, and that all Roman Ca • tholies•are hottiol implicitly to adhere to them." `The Rev Dr. Milner, a vicar apostolic in the it:totish Church, says, ',II Page 97 of his Ettele; \siastical Democracy . , published in 1793, " But to appeal to a still more clear, as well as certain', naittunity, 1 mean the unerring voice of the whole church, delivcred its tins -general councils; I ask, whether the fourth Lateran Council (S), Called' by way of dis;inction the Great Coniseil, has suit decided, that the Itoman church, by the oral "sauce of God, hai the supremacy of ottlinary potver." lie arty;, " (liar the Pope has a right of addressing tit doctrinal instructions to every . portion Or '"flit ' 041.01, which mandates.• tbs -not derive their authority front the nceeptance of such 'portion of the church, and it these are not Op- pose.d by the chorcls at large, they are to be re eCived as ensuing frosts Christ himself (9). pa., , ,cs 93 and 97, lie states the general councils of Laterals, Constaoce, Ii tail, Lyons, Florence, mid Trent to be of Infallible authority. 'flue Rev. D octor Troy, tittilar urelibisitep of Dublin, says, in page 31 of his fautptte Pastoral Letter, pub lisbett in. 1794, The church is ittfollible in her ' doctrinal decisions and canoes, in points of faith anti morals ; and therefore the Catholics are o bliged to adhere, implicitly, to inch' deerees c l od Canons of the Church, assembled in general coun cil, and confirmed by the P o pe,. as articles o f " They are also obliged, its like manner, 'to ittbinit to similar. decrees anti decisions of the o p e , when expreOly or tacitly assented to, by the majOrity of bishops, or not ditrereci front , • • • reke,,,ent log and governmg the church `Ma per!letlt* itt those all Catholics are agreed, it l taiut.4hk , ; , irticirA of faith." I hope that have goe prove nto , I tile satisfaction of the r ltroder, that the principles o.t the Rotnish Cl,orell are the same that 'they were it any former. period," that their Y.:otAti? w: 's ti,t halters , to b e fi t . ; . toti 11 1 ;te i,1vt.:1. - 1:tg• erfivVl), ettert Vr . , dirt'terarich absolute of tit: l )dr bidbort, FRENCH PAPERS, CitEeltiVirn tilift MORNING.] • CHAMBER. OF PEERS. • . , BULLATIN OP THE 3n OF Dr.CEMBER. ' The Members assenibled ht two o'clock. se veral works were presented to the Clianibig, and deposited in the Librai y. The first was on Finance, and.the 2d An Hi:WI-Ica! View of the Civil and Religions:fonstipitions of England, and their variations.i*": by. Mr. Chas. A debate . ensne&npoii tl proposition tending to prevent Abe Clnonber from using written dis courses. This was.rrjected by a maim ity of 89 ‘4l o 50. The Chamber adjourned till Saturday, next.. CITAMBER Or DEPUTIES. The. Deptities assembled in their respective hit 'reaos for the examination Of projects of law, and for the nomination of a.Commission to preaent the Report on the project relative to the'Elec tions. It is that in the Secret Committee 'of the day - before: yesterday, 1L: , Castel-Bajac made a motion to petition the King to pitsent a law concerning the suppression or the Liberty of the Press ;, biit that, this motion was • ni.t sun- Pot led, 'in account of a 131"41 . 1iTt (n) the same sub ject which will be presented . neXt Sntnrday. On the same day the Minister of Police will present a prOject concerning measures of Safety. There will be no Session before thit time. Nati, Dic. 3.-0 o Saturday next there will be a public sitting of the Chamber of Peers, in Which the Moist cri will make a communication rel4tive to the liberty of the press, and to , personal liberty. It is liti, that the Charnher, in a Sect et Committee yesterday s in expectation of this ap proaching communication, poitponed the discus cussiou Of a I,roposiition titt the liberty o f t h e press. The Ahbi.;3 Vinson and Fleury have addresold Memorials to the Chumlier ',it their iespecri've sentences, which were referred to the COUnuittec of Rctitions. The Duchess of aunt of the Duke d'Aumont, has just died at Versailles, The missionaries who have obtained-such Wis.- fietory results at Beanvais, are now at Caen, where their pious efforts are crowned with the greatest 111ICCCSC They write from Mantes, dated Nov. 2.5•. - -4-fil,Oii the anniversary of the King's birth ten Protestant persons solemnly abjured in , the push Saint Charles. The most distinguished persons of the. city stood sponsors." By letters._ from Basle we learn, that the Mit : regiment of Swiss Gurodi has bees► ordered to go to Dijon on their way to Park. Limit.-General Czernitsehell, who has spent se+ veral months at 'Vienna, left that capital on the 19th November for Petersburg!). Kali, DEC. 4.—Au Ordonnanee 01, the King h;►s just appeared, appointing the Sieur Jordan, Counsellor of State in ordi►usry iervice.. By u►tother Ordonnanee the Officers of the Royal Guard, who have been four years 'in effective service, are raised to the rank immediately above that which they 110 tit, pnisegl. . Ali Pael►a, Governor, and altnostS,overeign of .Tnatioinu i has issued a proclamation, calling Onder his standard ►►ll the Gtechs and other subjects who may have been in ,tl►e tttilitary ,service of an European Power. lie seelts to attract fo reigners, and wishes to exec cise his troops in a new manner, o►t which he has laid the plats hint self. 'rizey write from Brest, in date of the 7th of November Senegal ii at lengtil restored to roc lwpe Loon to =get possession of Cay enne." We learn from Rome, that in the evening of the 12th of November, a violent thunder storm took place ; the lightning was terrific, and oc casioned .much apprehension of setious come quenees ; several of the clocks of the churches were melted, and considerable damage done in the neighbouring country. 'A disturbance has taken place at the Theatre . at Bourdeaux. • The American float having caused some dis turbances at Syracuse, the -King of Naples has ordained that only one man of war shill be al lowed to be in port at the same time. Joseph Intel, a man of property at Cirey-le- Chateau, has been condemned to three months imprisonment and a fine of 50 francs, for having, cried " Viva l'Ruipereer," and • Sayiag,, that in eight days time Napoleon would appear again. Nicholas Vaillot, a shopkeeper at Bar-le-Due, ',has been condeMned to :six ,mouths iMpriSonment,, a fine of 100 francs, and five years surveillance of the police, for having trieil 'ant - " Viva l'Enm-. pereur." Ile will also be obligedtofind security of 300 francs. • Maui, Nov. 19.--The assembly of notables of • this city has solicited the King to be 'pleased to'. , . ~;1-fmnt the inhabitants an exeMptiati from military service ; but his Majesty has refused the request. Prussia at presetit. *Audi With grain, and all that • has been rumoured to - the contrar y is false.. Severel barges laden with grain will depart in a' few days for liamlatirgh, and will be followed by' many others. The GOvernMent throws no ob stacie in the way of these exports. ' Rosie, Nov. lrave'the pleasure of an flouncing the arrival 'at Civitti-Veechia,"an the iltii inst. of 83 subjects at his Holiness, delivered' by the Efigliii! from slavemy at Tunis. Captain Forrest; who conveyed thein ta•that . port,. has ad dressed-to his Holite4s, and his Excellency the' Secretary of Stare, dispatches, in which Rear-' Admiral Penrase, Lord Exmouth's successor, cow; tannic:nes to the Holy Father this happy event. FRANKFORT, Nov. 25,--- . -The most important: subjects which will occupy the German Diet dmir-' ing its first Sittings are the demands relative to . the pensions of the Clergy on the left side'of the Rhine ; the ancient Imperial Chamber of ler ; the Public Fonctioneriesf formerly employed on the left side of the Rhine; mite members of the old Commissariat General of ilaubeim, and a great number of Westphalian funcionarics out of employ. Two other slihjects upon irhich public attention is now fixed-, are concerning time claims of the purchasers of Westphellan domains, and those of the Tantonic Order, who demand the:re stitution of that part of their property which lies not been sold, with the re•establishmeut of their activity and dignities. VIENNA, Nov. 22,---NVe are assured that the Emperor with the new Empreet will Sat off imtue (needy tor Presburgh. .FILLNC.4 rjNpS. b per Cents ! . Dank Actioni DUTCH MAIL. IlunssELs, Nov. 30,—The extraordinary dear ness of provisions in the French Departments, : which arc occupied by the Allied troop;, gives rise froM time to time to disputes between the in‘ habitants and . the military . ; to prevent this the . commanding Generals at Cambray and Valen ciennes have given, orders that the • setyants of Officers shall not pitrchase provisions in the public markets at higher . prices than the inhabitants ; and in order toentorce these.regulations,, there is in every tnarket a strong:gnat d of the A Ilied-tronPs; with some Officers of the French Pollee. 'The Doke of Wellington takes every means to acce, lerate the supply 'of provisions.. MI the Nether-I land troops are in motion to repair.tO their new . Gairisons, Iti the Dutch Pikpert there are various accounts of benevolent exert ibits for the indigent at Virecht., a magazine is opened for the sale of potatoes, at a very reduced price. Similar examples of bene ficence are displayed at Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and in almost all the towns oillolland. lit West Flanders the Government have paid '513,000 franks to the districts which had furnished pro visions for the Allied troops in IHIS. PRTItItSUURGH, Nov. 9.—Within a few days ”-e expect the regulations for the Post will be 'maim public ; they are drawn up by the Minister °Hire Interior. The whole administiation of the Ptiii is to be placed on the saute footing as ire States of Europe, so that -the traveller shall not only not bear the hurtien,but also find convinienee, eitactpess, anti expedition, it is added, :that :IX. : ligences will be est•tblishetl. A acttAkaiti..,Oct. s.,(O.S.)—The extraordinary line Opt! plentiful harvest here is o itluout pa rallel. &rocßirot.m, Nov. 1,5.--Tire Crown Prince endeavours to oppose the progress of lexury by all possible means. Coffee, foreign liquors, horses, and dress ore porticularly objects's:A atter:: blessing. tioti. Tile import of foreign goods is six .times as much as twenty years ago. A part of the jewels of the late Kingdom of Westphalia to the value of 1,000,000 of , rix ( 101- lars has arrived here, and is in the hands of essrs. Michel, Sous, and Benedicks, the Court Jewel - lers. M The King has prohibited the importation of brandy distilled from corn, and of Geneva, into Norway. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 25.—The purchasers of corn have caused a scarcity of money here ; it is all in the hands of the farmers and landowners. PETERSBURGH, Nov, 9.---AeeOraing to the RC. counts front every part of the Empire, the harvest has been this year most extraordittari!y prodtic the. There have' arrived at Cronstadt front the 9th of May (0. S.) to the 20thot October, 839 ships, viz. 44 Russian, 3(16 English, 37 SWedish, 14 Norwegian, 57 Danish, 92 Prussian, 44 Nether.. With French, 2 Spanish, 19 Portuguese, 9 Ha. covPriatte 18 Mecklenburg-, 62 American, tic!. Moscow, (kr.. 9, (O. S.)--Yesterday Divine was pet formed on occasion of the Aoni vrsiiy of the deliverance of this city front the enemy. The general participation of the inha bitants heightened the solemnity.. THEATRICA .RE,CIISTER. Perfurnied Last Mglit. Dttuar-LAve.—Town and Country; Reuben Glenroy, Mr. Kean ; Rosalie Supers, Mrs. Horn. after whizh, The Bridal of Flora, and The Wutcli Word. CettatS:T-GAnnr.N.- - -The - Slare; (i'sunbia, Mr. Macready; Z+- Linda, Miss Stephens. - After which,' The FOrty Thieves. "a • gl" We were perfeetlyaware of the circumstances.wentioncd Letter from Bath received this morninki, but we bare not ,noticed them, because it has little to do crith a pOlitics whether be lives With a Wit . or Mistress, of t teas six or three children by the one pr the other. To be sure a man who sets up to. reform ~qthers ought to, bare some moral character; but G-- will look in vain for this silljuitet to any one of the Individuals who figure in the rants Of• Faction. Why then would he haver us eitterinto tits private history of Orator HUNT. ' she Our Friend C. T. must cups , . us. I-Ls lines to Cora- RANT and HUNT are too strong, MAILS. ARRIVED--I France, l I-lolland, I Publin, I Waterford. Usg-.-211aalLurgb, 2 Gottruburgl/, Woberforti. PRICE OP STOCKS' , TfiES OAT AT TVITiVk ii . C 1.00:. 3 per Cent. Red. . . .. tiiiii Bank L. Ann.., .. ,1613-16ths 3 per Coit. Cons. Shut India Ronda, l7s; Pr* $ per ec tin.... 5 per Cent. N. Ann shut Cuig. for Junuary„ ~... .tiiii _ .. ' COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Fitinmt, Dtcluste G. Aiiistetalan; Dittoi.etsiglit Amsterdatu . Ditto, at Sigtit ' ' l2 4 Rotterdam ' • • • l2 a a Us. Antwerp liamintrgit • . :37 2 2 Us. Altana I'aris, 3 Day's 5ight......... 25 80 i Dittu• ISourdeaux, ditto .• • .... f 00000 , 2O 0 • ri r ' g a t l i i r k i d f 4* ri . on the [Main ' sx E ittt .. l klin ctii e .. / Cadiz Sevilla Wilma 35 Gibraltar • . • 11 Leghorn . Genoa... 41 -Vetinx 51alta ' * 46.. --N.lples 37g . Palermo Lisbon Oporto "f Riddaileiro Dablils:: • .. .... t 01 ---Cork ..... tol . per Cent. I\gaii.9(l,loe I.lank.ott Hoiland.... 2 L. 3 18 6 peros: Portogal Golil,,lWCoin • 1. Foreign •4;0151,' itillars Ple,v4)o4lgre • - 0 4 10 kV ve4r, iii tiers, Standard • WIT wAT ErtSAT .1.0; . 4 DON tiItIOGE TO-Nlolt OW. 40r111110Z, Illiss*s alter 4,,L.Ereaing, 47 tnittutei alter 4 THE SUN. 1494.E.4 FALSUNT AUDEAr LONDON, S4TURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 'lBl6. 13uvrra►nment, " we understand, with' a.. lanqable view io alleviate the distresses of the lower classes pf,Alic people, have directed an exartinationlo be made its to the state of the old Naval and Military aitibing, bedding, &e. &c. 4e. preparatory to a general distribution among those who may be pe culiarly in want of them at this period.' No re port, we believe, has vet been macte on tbt jeet„,but, the: enquiry is pursuing with the most zealous activity: " We have this mowing received Dutch and French Papers ; the latter to the sth. Tile for mer mention-tba extraordinary dearness of pro. visions in the French Departments occupied the Attics, and that precautions have been adopt rd in prevent the -disputes *rising out of that cir- • travelling and the Post in the Russian Empire weelabout to be modelled un the system prevalent 'titer the more civilized parts of Europe. Tto liarvest throughout that vast region has been most abundant. At Archangel publiC Tlsanke• givings were offered to 'Heaven for this great alie French Papert state, that a Project tele» ing to the' Liberty of the Press will be presented by Ministers this day. The rest of their contents is of trifling import, The Chronicle does not follow up its insinuations hat Ministers were the real Spa-fields Rioters, V.YO lila Wit tttOTC.illero,ivibatinn dike rive 4 tint! property of Protestants from their practical effects ; and yet great numbers are erroneously led to be lien, that it Would produce those desirable pur poses, for want (It due consideration of this im portant subject. CRANNIF.It. (I) Sucratcs's hcelcsiitic,tt History, lib, r.i. proem. • ti.isati.. Iteini%F.ectesinstient History. p; 1102, Guieciardini's }list of y, Cardinal Citsantis curs, that the Viniperor's enjoyed a stlpremaCy. in 11.10 first eight tr.eateral Cuiu,riiv, ne Conror-. dia, lib. 3, cap ; i(l.The Li , t of them was held in .726, ...V.1); • (4) Acta Vatieatta Thtronii at an. 1093. - (3) Human niKilYno iuntil alit. frame a system netter eaten lated'for the subvetsioji if .a Protestant state, • • (4) In conseipienee of this dreadful systee.4. ll !y 3"..T .111) multitiale in Ireland - are constantly organiced in cumulous tion, cemented by oath, in their respective parishes, against. the Gorertinient and heir Protestant fellow.stihjeeti ; of which . the Reader will find ithinttlant proofs in that. excellent work, the ProteStatit'Advecatc, printed for John J. Stuclidale,. No. 4(f. page 387• (J) Musgrave's history of the Rebellion, pa - v. 4097-8-9 of Vol. - 1. iv-Z-3-1, of Vol. 11. (ii) If any bishop be negligent in purgint his dioceSe`of .retichl pravity, Its,, by the canna of-thpfonith Lateran eil must be deposed from lihr episvopuliolliee, Council, Dircii Vol. 11, p. 152. The same !iinti.hinent is denounced ag;linst bittt• by tho general Council of Constance, Vol. VII. p. I l'2l, unit by the Canou Law, Decref. Eh. 5, tit. 7, cap. 43. ‘ !tow absurd tai require a Protestant King, by law, to appoint a porsattio whom such duties ace, 011110410. ' (7) 'rite <.'ittinlis Of the 'loutish (..:11nrcli arc declared to ise ss they are dictated. by the Holy (Zhost, by the Ce-. 1 Council of Constance, Sera, 4,5, and of Basil, Stmt.l 'Coital. Ilion, 6, p; :29, 'sod by the Canon .4aw, dccret. 4, pars. cans. its, 9.. (8) The most ritinary, intolerant, and tyrannical, of all.. .tb tiviteral . (9)' What blasphemy!' '