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FOR TEM SIJAT Mr. EDITOR.ITI pursuance of the suggestion Ivhirgi your Com.spondent CLearcos has made, I venture to offer the accompanyhw Draught of a Protestant Petition to the Legislattire. If pnb lished your Journal, which is indeed THE PAPER OF THE PROTESTANTS. it will meet,' am persuaded, manv Headers. I offer it for the adoption of every Protestant, who desires to see that esta blishment of our Choich and State, which the firmness and the wisdom of our ancestors ob tained for us, protected and perpetuated. It is for this purpose, Sir, that I have advanced in the Petition, facts, doctrines, and principles, which might otherwise appear too prolix awl arz!!rnen : hot your Readers will consider, that not only the demands of the Protcstaws, but the foundation of those demands, should he so not forth as to force otir enemies to their answer.— O n this ground, I very recpeetfolly recommend Protes.t,..tit lleetings to be imatediatuly over the whole Eo - ipire ; and that each %vitt read at lea 1 / 4 t this Petition, and, if tiloy rlo n ot a d o p t i t , mil frame one more agreeable to their own judg ment otprot its sititi' and stilistanre. Let the Me tropolis big in : let London and Westminster set 811 e4tly I hm nest tve4ltied to mine own wilting,. I wii rear! and adopt a Petition more strong more concise, more convincing. Neil iuir am I amhhioni of an,notincing my name :—I am con'cnrc'd with doing good in secret. You. however. Mr. Editor, know me :* yon know also my sincerity, and the perseverance amy ener.y. If my fellow Protestants think that I can farther serve their cause, glally shall I obey the summons, To a properly authenticated correspondence, I ,hall not hesitate to unfold myself; and will communicate with any accre dited medium ; by which the object may be fortr -mica of a Petition, addressed to the Legis lature or to the Sovereign, from every part of this Protestant Empire, and proclaiming our Rights ttwier the Revolution. " Urt juzulent homines, s.urgunt de nocte Lab - ones : " Ut tripsum serves, nun expergisceris?”— " Thieves rise in the night, to cat honest men's throats : " Will you nut watch, to stv yourself 1" VIGIL. P. S.—T cannot refrain the expression of my very high approbation of your Correspondent ALBERT. I love to " hold the watch" in such fellowship. To the Melt Honourable the lisrmrrs, CITIZENS, and BURGESSES, of the HOUSE of COMMONS, of the tNITED KINGDOMS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, in Parliament assembled ; The PETITION of the nridersivted PERSONS, professing the PROTESTANT rtELIGIoN, IlusrnurEwETri, That the glorious Revolution of 1688 was rendered indis pemiblc by the attumpts then made for the establ.shment of Popery ; and that it entailed the Throne of these realms on the Illustrious House of Hanover, for the preservation of the Protestant EstaWishment in Church and Stitt.. That the principles of the Revolution do not permit any act to he done, for the prevention whereof that Revolution was rife , ted. Your Petitioners further submit, that the safety of the Pro- testaut Establishment - cannot continue, without the same precautions and exclusions, which first created it; and, that the security of the Protestant Succession cannot be perpe tuated, without the same conditions which first legalised it among Its. Your Petitioners further submit, that in that Protestant Establishmrnt and Succession the Constitution resides; and that their safeguard is the primary obligation of tbe Execu tive and the Legislative Powers. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray; that the Mini strrs and Advisers of . the Sovereign, who alone are constitu tionally responsible, may be continued exclusively Protestant, as well as the Sovereign himself. That the Peers of Parliament, being his hereditary Coun sellors ; and that the House of Commons, through which those laws must past., whereon the security of the Protestant Esta blishment depends, may also be continued exclusively Pro testant. That those persons, unto whom the Protestant Sovereign may, by his Royal Coounisgion, erstrust the execution of his Laws, the controul of his Revenues, and the defence of his State, may also be continued exclusively Protestant. And, flitily, that no person may be entrusted with power in these Protestant realms who professes allegiance of any kind to any ot her authority than to our Protestant Sovereign, or whose religious opinions may place his conscience at variance with his duty. Your Petitioners rest this their humble prayer upon the motives and principles of that Revolution, which expelled a Popish Sovereign for no other purpose than the preserva tion of the Protestant Establishment in Church and State : which declared that Establishment to be an integial part of 'he Constitution, and secured it by the oath of that family which was called in for its protection. And your Petitioners advance this prayer with the more confidence; since, by a principle against which the Roman (:.+tl►olics have nut yet ventured to petition, the Constitution ► squires the British Throne to be Protestant ; and since the Constitution cannot maintain its equality, unless all its, branches are of the same religion. Your Petitioners cannot forbear to observe, that the argu ment so repeatedly urged on behalf of the Roman Catholics— that the peace of the cutm!ry is concerned in the extensio" of their privileges—infers the hazard of that peace, if their We do know this Correspondent: we :admire his talents, ime respect hts principles. We have often /ire!: indebted to hire for valuable favours, and hope that he will increase our LONDON jUilltN ALS. FROM TUE MORNING I'APER‘; OF THIS . DAY. Mornin g chrowciel . By the Agnes, arrived at Holyhead, letters V ,. ere or. Saturday received from Buenos Ayres to he 28th November, but they contain no mate ial No further intelligence had arrived from Chili simee the .21st November, whe❑ the post .brought the information of the capture of the three Sp.tnisi► transports alrea►ly pubtishe►l.-- Tl►e Guvt moon of Buenos Ayres was well aware = , - that Spain would ere long make a grand an►l last effort to subject them, and consequently every pre paration of defence %vas making. 'This, it was ex pected, would be chiefly maritime, and, besides guit-hoats, all the cruizers in the Atlantic and Pacific were to rendezvous in the River Plate about August, 'l►en it was thought the capture of Peru would have been effected. 'f number of commissions in possession of CriliZetS an►ounted to 170, according to official returns' from the Admiralty. It is pretty clear these cruizers will nut respect the flags of any ►►eutral ships carrying Spanish soldiers and arms on board, nor, ii►deed, after the declarations of the Royalists themselves, could it be otherwise. tidirns sirc:uld not be granted .---and your Delili,i;:ers submit, that any concessions made after such an argument would acknowledge actual danger; thereby increasing the strength of demand, and lessening the power of refusal. Your Petitioners therefore humbly hope, that the unim paired preservation of the Protestant Establishment ►•ill be the first care of your Honourable House: and that you will adopt'tto change, without the assuredness, not merely of its being safe, but of its being useful ; not merely of its being useful, but of its being indispensable : that yon will in your high wistiom be pre►•iously convinced, not merely trat good will accrue to the Establishment by such change be ing enacted, but that evil will accrue to the Establishment by its not being enacted. Your Petitioners further submit, that the necessity of the change should be pioved by those who demand it; not proved by those whose only wish is to remain as they ate and your Petitioners therefore pray your Honourable House, that before you consent to any alteration of our state as fixed by the Revolution, you will be satisfied—not whether the Constitution is good fur the Roman Catholics ; hut, whether the Roman Catholics are good tor the Constitution: not, whether the Roman Catholics can not do without the Consti tution but, whether the Constitution can do without the Roman Cat hulks. And your Petitioners most humbly and earnestly beseech your Honourable I - louse to cuosider, that as the Roman Ca tholics possess the exercise of their religion, the enjoyment of their libei ty, and the disposal of their property, their further object is only the acquisition of Powca , and that, as political power is not a natural right, your Petitioners pray you to refuse every privilege incompatible with the principles of the Revolution, inimical to the. Protestant Establishment, and inconsistent with those laws by which our Throne, our Church, and our State were made permanently Protestant. And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, &e. &c. [Morning Herald.] It is rumoured in the fasliionAle circles, that a Noble Marquess will soon lead to the Altar a wealthy lleirts.4, who is notv at Brightoo.--.1 ( i s also rumoured ,that Captain Wilt-not will shortly lead 1,, to the Altar td}. Catharine Osbor ne , t h e lovely daughter of her Grace the Duchess Dow d . ger of Leeds. [The Times.] Sir PHILIP FIIANCIS.—FOr the information of those readers who have perused the yarn- pub. 'leaf ions which have aiten►p'ed to esfaldkit the identity of ibis well-known character with the se cret and mysterious Junius, we have to state, that the will of Sir Philip, dated the 2Stli of April, 1818, contains no allusion whatever to those ce lebrated Letters. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Sott-dr,/ Nig - At. THEATRE RoyAL, Dituav-!..o:E.—Bertrain: Bertram, Mr. Keith; Imogine, Mrs. W. West. .fitter which, The Re view. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEV.—(Ist time), The Mar riage of Figaro: Flue ell°, Mr. Diu uset ; Countess, Mrs. Diekons. After which, Bon Ton. 1 Y For LITERARY REVIEW, See the /*l9t NV. PRICE 0 F STOCKS weLve o'cLocx. mitt DAY AT 3 pet Cent. Red. shat 3 per Cent. Cons 74lii 31 per Cent shut 4 per Cents . *shot S per Ct. N. Ann. 1001 1 105+1 Bank Long Ann shut India Bonds.. ...325. 84s. pr. Exch. Bills, dis. par Cons. for Account..... 7410 MAILS. ARRIVED-3 Dublin, 3 Waterford, I Sweden, I I-lollatal, I Flanders, I France. ; Guernsey and Jersey, i Hamburg!), Lisbon. WA'f ER AT LONDON BRIDGE To-moußow. Morning, 4 minutes after 12. Evening, 29 minutes after 12. THE SUN. t•LEIi QUIS DiCERE, FALSUAI AUDEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1819. Yesterday and thiS morning we received the Paris Papers 'of Thntsday and - Friday last. They contain a Report of the Proceedings of the Cham ber of Deputies on Wednesday, with reference to the proposition of M. LAYFITTE, the object of which, it will be recollected, was to address the KING, praying his Majesty to maintain the Rec lion Law in its present state. This, it was at first supposeti, would have given rise to a trial of strength, the result of which might, probably, place the two Chambers in a state of direct hosti lity. It seems, however, that a new turn was given to the discussion, in consequence of the Chamber of Peers having previously adopted the propo4i;on or the MitiVICSS de i'acLemir. Rua which proposition is therefore to be discussed in the Chamber of Deputies. In the discus sion in the •latter Chamber, it . appears that M. LkFFITTE, in briefly devdoping his pro position, principally relied upon the necessity of maintaining the public tranquillity, and the danger of delay with reference to this object.— The Keeper of the Seals opposed the proposition, on the ground of its being premature ; the propo sition agreed to by the Peers must, according to the Charter, be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies within ten day•, and that would be the fit opportunity for the discussion. In the mean time the public might rest satisfied with the so lemn assurance giver' on the part of the Govern- ment in the Cha . rnber of Peers (by the Marquess DESSOLL ES). I\l. LAINE tiko oppOSCd the proposition, but upon a different ground ; he, I:ke the Marquess tie BAnTutirt.indY, tained the necessity for modifying the Election Law with rfgaril to the right of voting upon patent►, anti the distance which the Electors had it] many cases to travel to give their votes. These two opinions indicate the two branches of opposition to the proposition of M. LAFFITTE ; but from the circumstance of this doubk opposi tion, it cannot at present be ascertained will; ally accutacy what is the actual state of opinions in the Chamber of Dep , itics oil:the . stibiect of the Eke tion Law. The proposition of M. LAITI . TTE was supported by NI. DUPONT DE L'Euatz, M. MANUEL and Al. de Cu AUVELIN; and opposed by iNi:StmEotl, on the ground taken by tl:e Keeper of the 'e.a:s by M. de Vit. Lets, who moved the (lacier of the Dly, on the ground of its being unconsti•utional to address the KING not to prop6se any eltarage in an existing 14w ; anti by M. COLLARD, who-took nearly the snme ground as the Keeper of the Seals. 'Die result was, that the Chamber agreed, without a eivision, to proceed to the Orders of the Day, t h us getting lid, for.the present, of M. La.riturTa's proposition. The Journal die Commerce tvids, the cote gauebe were for taking . the propfsition into considera tion, and the cote droil i .y-t!:it part of the centre for the Order of the DA, but that it was be lieved' the greater part of the celitre only voted for the Order of the Day on the ground of the propubition being ill-timed. If tbis is collect, it may be inferred, that the proposition agreed to by the Chamber of Peers will be rejected by a n i jority of the Chamber of Deputies. • lf that should turn out to be the fact, the next consideration is, bow are the Peers to be preVent ed front negativing every projet submitted to them . by the Ministry, .the constlence of which would be, that it would he impossible kir the Govern ment to go on. To avert this result, it is stated to be a matter of certainty, that the Government has determined on creating a number of new Peers (twenty-three of whom are named in the Jour- toils), and also on recalling those Peers who were deprived of their seats by the Ordoutiance of the 24th July, ISIS. By this means the Government can, of course, turn the majority in their favour ; but to add, on a sudden, a number of Peers so considerable to the Chamber is very like an act of violcuee against constitutional principles ; it is, however, at the preient moment, probably the only means of relieving the Government from a dilemma which might otherwise endanger the very existence of the Throne. Amongst the intended new Peers are mentioned to he included-- Lieutenant-General Maurice Mathieu, Lieutenant-Ge neral Dubreton, the Count Chaptal, formerly Minister of the Interior; the Count de Snssy, formerly Minister of Com merce; Admiral the Count Truguet, formerly Minister of the Marine; the Count Portalis, Lieut.-General Rapp, and se veral others. Amongst those intended to be recalled are mentioned— Marshal the Mike of Dafitzie, the Count Lacephle, the Count. de Latour Maubourg, the Duhe de Plaisance, Marshal the Duke d'Alhoftra, Marshal' the Dnke de Cornegliano, Marshal the Duke de Trerese, the Duke de Cadore, the Count M'rutesquiou, the Count de Segur, &c. The following are extracts from the Journals of Friby " CHAMBER OF PEERS. " SITTING OF THUUSDAY, MARCH 4. " The rep . (iit was made by the Duke de Levis 0o the projet respecting the financial year. Tile discussion was immediat , ely opened. " The Chamber heard in favour of the pro jet—the Count Cornet, the Count tie Brigode, and the Mdrquess (Limier ; and against it, the Marquess dlierbouville, and the Count Jules +l e Polignac. Several speakers inscribed had not been heard, and an adjou►nnient till to-morrow Was demanded, but the Chamber rejected the proposition for adjournment, and closed 11,e diiCIJSSi)U. " The provisional adoption was rejected, anti the votes were finally taken on the whole prvjet number of voters by appet no»tinal 147, of which 51 were for the adoption, and 95 for the reitc-_ Cuts of the projet. `The projet WAS therefore claret! to be rejected.—Adjkmi :led till SmartlLl. " The Chamber of Deputies did ;Jot meet ° Thursday. " MArtcit s.—Yesterdav, before m3sl` the Duke de Fenian Nunez, the ;•pfulish Amboci sailor, had a p r iv a t e au di ence o f site Icing, fl n delivered a letter from his Sovereign, notifying the death of King Charles IV. The Nina after, wards presided at a Council of Miuisters. " The Cuurt goes into mourning for King C.l-iiies IV. of Spain, tor 21 days, I I in black, and 10 in white. " There is much talk of the disappearan ce a Receiver-General, who is said to be minus 900,000 francs. "It it said that another Ordonnance be immediately i ssue d, conta i n i ng t h e nomination o f seven:cm' other Peels, (in addiiiou to 1"4 ahove-mentionei!), a mongst whom a re inclaeol Marshal Davoust, the Count Mohler, and C" Pg Darn. " We feint from Strasburg, the Ist incra nt , that the Persian Ambassador to the Court of ijvii'm don was every day expected there trom Vienna. FIVE PER CENTS. \Yr d nes ptay Thural C 7 f. 50 c• 68 f. 20 c• DEFER'? SI'OCK. • Wednesday. Thursday. Of the 29i1 infarct!, N17.....‘0 f. 7 c..,5) f. c• ga Se . t. f. 7,5 f. ioc. March,l3lg... ;6(. e. • t , wp*, - ... 16;3, f._ " FRANKFORT, NIA iC.:II :—We learn fr()111 5 ; Stockhoim,.,that in conformity:with the vvis .: he gin,4 : expt . 2.ssed by he hist Norri , i , giAn Diet, the a has Ordered, that in future, on all . monies C 04 . 1e • , in Norwa7„ the Royal Title siirdl be King 01 wly and Sweden." The PROTESTANT Petitions, pre.ented in 18 13 to both 'louses of Parliament from the Inhabit'lnt of London and Westminster, of various religi"tis denomittatione, ag,ainst the Catholic Claims , ' vet ; signed by 61,745 p etsons . Th at to t h e ilo"s e ° Lords was presented hy the LORD and the other to th e H ouse o f C omm ons by Sir • CL,IASCy°'°P WILLIAM CURTI9. Th e General Committee off notestants who superintended the prog ress these Petitions, wilt meet in a few days l e ' c°l ; sider of the best means of resisting the ren e ' v ri ' :application c.f . the Papists to the Legislat ure °,„ this subject. We undarst a nd that Petitions ``' ill by presented from both the I.;:iiversities. R/1d pliuciplbTowns and (.:ties in Great Brion"' ` 3 this vital question. The Petitions of tba t " 10" respectable and intelligent class "f to t""""- nity, " The Wesleyan MethtitlistS," 31.1!' believe, in a state of forwat , tnt'. , ss, and • will be presented to Parliament wit Lout di : lay- This struggle is lot Pow ER.I is no longer a - q uestio't of Toleration. It is the renewed a:tempt Of " OLD A It IsTocRAcY," so just.), denominate(, by 31r. " t 0 itl" NICHOL, " The Oligarchy of Et.gland, crease their strength in Parliament, well linoc.'s that if the immense WEALTH' of the Old Families is brought iwo the Market, a" d or their adherents and dependants obtain s"" Parliament, it is'probable that the M o nareq s"? 1 be . eircumsfaneed as it wr,s in the reieu " f t 1 1 1 : " e GEORGE the SvcoND, and the Crown to" / People left at the mercy an over Aeh einiilig rn ' and powerful Aristocracy. The importont se" vices rendered by the late Lord CHA I-144"1 ; when he broke the sp e ll o f t hi s Party', ' 41" 1. treed Ills Sovereign from their infloeuee 15 : 11 power, will never b e f orgo t ten by a grate.it Nation—nor will the equally imp or t a nt ser lice3 of his illustrious Son, in creating an iiidependeli" Nobility, unconnected with Borough lotitience,t() support the Rights of the Crown, an d the rr ivi ; - Imes of the People, be overlooked at this cri tic" puncture ; especially when the sentiments of "9[2 illustrious IndividrLA" are known to be so c °l" genial to the spirit, principles; and letter of tb : Constitution as established in 1688. We tru stt4s l the time is n ot f ar di s ta n t w h en we s h a ll 13°11 , 1 see displayed in his Majesty's Gove r n m ent a fi*e( and unanimous determination to maintain, uniin : paired, the Constitution of the Country in Chorea and. State, as by Law estublished, and so decidedif expressed, as to prevent the frequent re cur' rence anti agitation of this subject.—W e f° , " hear, for the present, to enter ou the " e c ; -tailed view we have taken of it but we shit a like to know, bi /inane, if th e P, s are disP °se to allow the Legislative of the Ileited ICiog d°11: : to contr.pkii anti regulate the services, trances, and revenues of their Church, in th e i saute •manner as it • legislates for the Ch u r ch ° a te England, Or the various religious Establis hme of the several classeS of Dissenters ? 'Until this poorer is conceded to the Legislature, what rig ht ' and with what confidence, can it be required by the Papists, that they should be 'permitted t° be come Legislators of this Protestant Empire ? L ee N but contemplate the benefits derived by 0` h - or,(1 the RE Itient 0 Possesl nion , and ht men t , Nor c itrngg ' Ilich f ftetiOn berty, Pies ‘r! 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