The Sun. — London, England, 1819-04-15 00:00:00

FOR TUE SUN. ON THE ROMAN C:\TI-IOLXC QUESTION. LETTER MR. EDITOR—SeIf-defence and protection against persecution is an unilienabie right, w he: flier as it respects individnals or Governments. — Intolerance and persecution are the undeniable at.; Ributes of Popery "at all times." Therefore it is necessary to guard against its influence. The rcsttaining Statutes in forte against the Papist were enacted fur that purpose. Experit nee has proved them tired nal to their ohjer:,t ; they are both %vise and just enactments. PoreFty i.z, from. its very fundamental principles, necessarily un altt'red ; up to the present hour' it is so avowed by innumerlble awhentic docrinients, and by the only competent authorities ; therefore its yore hi; the same tendenr, y ms hero oNae, and it r y oecessaty to be dk• fended from it ; .cort • 5. rl oenoiy ii. reveHl vet-ll•tried S.atittet4 Firc " THE BULIVAIiNi 6F THE CONhTITUTION, 11,e I)..st protechai of the Glory and the 14herty of Britain, would risk a t4tal 'Joh-I - minion of ibe ji„lit peace, and involve os in contests ruinous alike to the prosi erity and religious freedom of our couwry. Let us call to miml, and use it as the best mo nitor of the future, the experience of those years when P fiery, struggling with Po otestantism for the possession of poltical power, spread desola tion and distress over the whole kingdom, and then let us say reasonably or conscientiously we that to exclude Papists from such power' on account of their bolding religious persuasions which govern their political designs, is a mea sure either " unjust and unwise," or that it h " barbarous," or contrary to the letter and Spirit of the Christian Religion, Too many of our fellow Protestants, it is to be, feared, are deluded into a groundless opinion that the Roman Catholics of this century are different in their principles, milder in their opinions, more enlightened, and more tolerant in their ideas, than their predecessors in former centeries. A ridicu lous distinction is insinuated between Roman Ca. tholics and Papists. I deny the distinction ; ,tbe terms are perfectly synonimous in their common acceptation, and ample has been the proof already -laid before the British Nation, that these as•er tious have no foundation in truth. From the in dignant refusal to submit to the Veto,—front the present German controversy,—frorn recent decla rations from Rome,—from repeated avowals in the sister country, this may'clearly be deduced--; stay, in the most direct terms, it is acknowledged, -that 'the principles of the Roman Catholics ate unchanged. That avowal which first presents itself to my recollection is from Mr. PLowpcses " Case stated." "If any one pretend to insinuate (says this Cavholic writer) that the modern Roman Catholics differ in ONE lOTA from their ancestors, he either deceives himself or wishes to deceive others : scraper eadem is more emphatically descriptive of our religion than of our jusisprodencv." (Let it not be here f►►rgotten that the latter, whenever the ba lance. of political power renders it possible, is en tirely subservient to the spirit of the former.) The next that occurs to me is the declaration of Dr. TKOs-, in a pastoral letter addressed to h i s flock, that " the Popish principles are unalter able," and also his reference, with the'most point ed approbation, to the 4th Lateran Council, which (inter alma) decrees not.only the utter de• sanction and extirpation of heretics and het esies, and the dethronement of heretical Princes, but that all securities given to such, though apparently confirmed and sanctioned by an oath, are mere nul lities ! Let us, I say, remember this—that " Popery remains the same, and absolutely incapable of change," whilst we reruse the following proofs of the secret spirit of hatred Which prevails against ns in the breasts of that people who again come forward with professions of unanimity and conci- Eation. They appeared at the time Ireland was invaded by the French, and within the lifetime of the Members of our present Legislature : " Liherty! Erin go brauglf!" , " Yon : Protestant Heretics ! Take yotice, that mass will commence in this Church by the first of May next; your blood shall flow, and your souls shall be sent to the Devil, your grandfather." In the county of Westmeath (soon after the landing 'of the French at Killala in 1798), the following w,fs posted on several Protestant Churches : " 'raise Notice, " Heretical Usurpers, that the brave slaves of this island will no longer live in bondage. The die is cast; our deliverers tire come, and the brute who held the iron rod of ckspotic yranny is expiring, and no longer shall govern four mil- The old holy religion shall be re-established in this louse, and the house shall no longer be burdened with! bloody Heretics, who, under the pretence of rebellion, which they themselves have rhised, mean to massacre us !!! " ii)ns. " The fleur-de-lis, and harp we will display, While tyrant Heretic., shall moulder into day." h LI% EN G E-RUV EN GE-REVEN GE have numerous other authentic specimens of Ca!nolic liberality and unanimity, of much more recent tLdc than these, I may hereaftt adduce, to prove that the last 20 years have not cEcted that wondrous change from hatred to good-will, which it is attempted to make ns think i 3 now prevailing. At the present, what is here transcribed is ample proof of the diaboliCal spirit which actuates the fanatical and bigotted crowd of Papists—and how readily the great machine of popular power may he brought into action, the present events connected with the 'lnman Catho lic Petitions in Ireland most clearly shew.. It is in my power, if it shall become absolutely ne cessary, to prove that similar hopes (I mean of repo, , sessing our Churches anti of exterminating Protestants) have been expressed by living Catho lics, and those nut moving in the lower ranks of life he above advertisements are, at all events, a proof it the uttilorm disposition of Popery. In the reign of James 11. the " Protestant Churches in Ireland were seized, under pretence of belonging to the Roman Catholics." In the reign ot Geo. lit. the- same was threatened and attempted. .In the reign of James 11. the, landS and prnperty of otestants were fraudulently seized under similar pretences, aided by the production of fictitious wt icings ; at the present day it is well-known, and the assertion is incontrovertible, that a hope is en tertained of repossessing the property now in Pro testant, once in Popish hands. I have g recent declaration that such an wtempt is determined on now lying before me, but as it is unnecessary, after what is above presented to you, to transfer it to your present columns, I reserve any further observation on that subket to another opportu nity. But I would, itr conclusion, direct your notice to the expression " the BliuTE who held the iron rod of despotic tyranny." Who cs it thus harshly' termed " A BL uTE r-BEITONS ! it is he in whose auspicious reign the Glory of your Kingdom has reached its highest summit ! It is he who with parental sway has ruled in the hearts of a loyal and a grateful people—it is lie in whose' mild reign favour has been heaped on favour, and by whose gracious interference a COMPLETE TOLE RATION has been extended to the very men who thus infamously—thus ungratefully—repay the obligation ; it is he who has declared himself ready to quit his Throne and retire to a cottage, or to place " his bead upon the block if his people required it, but that he had not resolution efiongh to break the oath he to'k at his Coronation to protect the rights of his Protestant People, and to support the Protestant' Religion ;"—it is, outi 'VENEEABLE-OUR BELOVED SOV.EREIGN ! ! " Talk of Loyalty after this !" ALBERT. FOR 'I Illi SUN. INSOLVENT DEBTORS, DISCHARGED, MR. EDlTOR—Havitig pe-rased a Letter from The Maid tone Journal, under the title of Exem plary Integrity, with suitable observations to ex cite similar conduct, I take the liberty of sub- miffing to your notice a inure recent instance of honourable disposition on the part of a discharged Debwr to do the utmost justice in his power, malgri all the calumnious epithets which have been applied to cases of Insolvency. In the year 1801, an Act passed for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, which, as under the present Act, subjected time future acquired property to the discharge of anterior - debts. A client of mine was relieved under the provisions of that Act. Ile has now become entitled to a very considerable property, and has actually advertised a payment from such acquired property to the full amount of 20s. in the pound, and full interest on the re. - spective debts., which legally bear interest from the time of his discharge." Creditors cannot, therefore, justly aver that in no case they get a farthing in time ponnd of their respective debts. —The law provides for a full distribution in pro portion to the Debtor's means till the amount of debts is paid. Arid if Creditors do not avail them selves of such provisions, they have no right to censure the Legislature ; the blame is their own, in neglecting the opportunities which are afforded (item. They do not confide in the liberality of honourable conduct, and therefore cannot in jus tice expect it always to be voluntary. The law has done more. I know of three cases in which the Creditors might have been essentially served through the exercise of common vigilance. one case, 40001. was lost for want of due dili -gence. In a second, 40,0001. was stated as the amount of assets, and no step was taken to recover time sum ; and, in a third case, 30001. was lost, because legal . application was not adopted to oh, lain it. In each ease, the Creditors sustained a considerable loss for want of that unanimity which is essential to individual interests. Under the Bankrupt Laws the provisions are less circum spect, acrd the complaint is less frequent. Why should there be less protection under the Bankrupt Law, and more complaint under the existing in solvent Act ? The latter subjects future property to payment of anterior deb's ; the twiner exempts such future property. Creditors submit to the justice of the Bankrupt Laws, but complain of the Laws of Insolvency; let them satisfy the public of their grounds of approbation or objec tion, and let censure attach where it ought. April 15, 16Q, A TEMPLAR. LitEttAllY RE'YiST. LONDON t on, THE of QUACKERY. A Sa tirical Yuen. By TIM. BOBBIN, the lwazger. The merit of this Poem entitled it to an earlier notice. This is, indeed, the of QuAcKanY, and the subject is therefore so comprehensive, that, though the Author has touched upon many of its prOvinces, there is still abundant matter for his future animadversiott. The," AddresS front the Author, comprising Ildrertisement, Preface, and Dedication," is a humourous PrefaceVrose. and introduces a whimsical sparring match in rhyme between WILL the Author's friend, and Tim the' Author. This is followed by an IhTlto- DUCTION, by way of invocation to the Muse, on the uncettain fate of Poets, and the cold recep tion which they are likely to meet from Booksel lers, unless their Wotks are stamped with the names of " BYRON, SCOTT, and MOORR:' The Poem itself, as we have observed, to uc hes up on many branches of QUACKERY, passing lightly over Medical Quackery, as too obvious and too • hackneyed - a topic. The following stanza on Religious Quackery will remind our Readers of the, folly of the public in general in devoting so much attention to that wretched Hypocrite, or Maniac. Johanna 8001 z-eon Not e'en Religion's sacred name Gould stand secure from Quackery's aim', Her face was worn the gaping throng to gull; Who with such glee the mash received, That tales were sworn-to and believed Which would disgrace a savage Negro's skull. • The ravings of a female maniac's mind, ' A cunning self-duli'd parson so defined, That thousands in the well-laid , gin were snar'd; And when her Priest, or dropsy, or excess Joel eas'd her size, Her fond disciples hall'd with exultation A second pregnancy by inspiration, For hi rt h of SuslLUit sum ptuously prepar'il, Till death step'd unveil'd their prophetess, And op'd their eyes. Adverting to the fate cif Ge)liza szrivin with. wit fashionable support, we'have the tullw.ving vanza : No, even now should some poor scribe, Kneel to the hnowledge-vending tribe, Owning himself a young obscure beginner, Ahho his work might rival aught That mortal ever wrote or thought, "I'would not procure the fainting wretch a dinner. From shop,to shop his weary limbs might falter; Bin if ANAcizEoN , , or ik!y Lord, or WALTER, Would cozen them with his distinvii6li'd nante, Select sonic humble scribbler like me, And let him write for't— soon as their eyes should meet the title page, In furious contest they would all engage, If - Wow perusal each the prize would claim, They'd give a thou , azul pounds; twothousand ; three. They'd almost tight for't. Or should scpue spark of fashion's sphere ) Some /tette candidate appear, To honour by his name the field of letters, Behold the critics, nine in ten, In flattery's honey dip the pen, Nor have the fortitnde to scourge their betters. Nay even tiro' the Author Were a fool, And 1110 ' h is work, if written while at school, made hie) feel the Master's flagellation, When all the artists of the boolt-wright trade Have so hedeck'd it, That hireling elogists are quite perplext Which mostio praise, its binding, plates, or text, The guilded bauble's sure of admireti , m ; For those who by the roles of Ton are sway'd Dare nut neglect it. Nor does our satirical Bard forget the Stage, as we find as- follows Nor is the drama, I maintain, Or last or least in quackery's train, Fur should the public' taste trot reason wander, With rapture the degeherate stage Winks at the follies of the age, Forsakes its eersorship and plays the pander. first (as the wealthy epicure rejects The siutple food which nature's hAnd directs; ' Disdailis to wait till summer Si tugs her hoard, fruit, or pulse, or root, by sun and shotverg, Perfection reaches; Laughs at the tartly steps of rather Time : 'Builds for himself an artificial clime, And ev'n at Christtaas, decks the festive board, With primal peas, and costly cauliflowers, And precious peaches.) 'He then proceeds to notice the rage excited by the Young Roscius in his clay, but he might have adverted to Theatrical Quackery of a later date, in which the wonderful talents of GARR ICK seem to have sunk into total oblivion, and by which Bens- IS L@ was driven from the stage ; a quackery the most ridiculous Bud contemptible tuat ever dis graced the Public, and which has been accompa ,nied by such illiberality towards real cotemporary merit, as deserves' a much stronger epithet of reprehension. If opportunity offer, we shall resume our at tention to this work, which we may well recom- Mend to our Readers for its ease, point, spirit, humour, and satirical pleasantry. 'We cannot, 'however, conclude, without drawing the niitice of our - headers to the following stanzas on Ala nagerical Quackery Or, if the humour of the day Requir'd a hind of patch-u. , ;•At play, A sort of Salmagwidi Their quechships to supply their boards, Runntiag'd out all their ancient hoards, Comic and Tragic ; Fat eie and Harmonic; And taking from each solid joint a colloo, The cunning stage directors hasii'd them all'up, (.lust as a Spanish Gourmand mixes Jiref, mtttton, poultry, ham, greens, fruit, and fish, Ilk maw to crain.) Season'd the medley mess with quantum cuff Of Tinsetsceitety-Juerce, and On Vptyr, Spunc'd on their wittier neighbours fur a name, Amid, in their bills of fare yclep'd the dish A , 6 Melo-drante." And t ho' the piece might scarce command The motion of a single hand, So it escap'd the talons of damnation, Behold next morning how they fill With laviQh praise their flaming bill, To poll' the mummery into reputation. " The splendid spectacle produced last night, Was haii'd with bursts of rapture'and delight, The dresses were superb, the scenery magic, The music a divine mellifluous prize To London ears; The comic sceoes so gay, so exquisite, tonvols'd with laughter Gallery, Box, and Pit; While some were so nitchapienliv tragic, That nought Will heard or seems but subs and sighs, " And,groan ar s and taus. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. A RETURN of the Total Amount of the EFFEC of the SUITORS in the High Court of CHANCEitY, in 11w Years 1756, 176 G, 1776, 1786, 1796, 1896, 18.16, and 1313. In the year 1756, the total amount of the efft-cis of suitors in the High Court of L. s. d. Chancery, was 10 the year 17t;t;, the tots amount was 1u the year 1776, the tots amount was • In the year I 706, the lota amount was In the year 1706, the tota amount was .., 14,f,50,397 2 0 Iu tie year 1806, the tots innOnnt was 21,922,751 12 b In the year 9)6, the tota amount was 31,9.53,890 ,9 5 In the year 1818, the tuts amount was 33,634,5:20 0 10 . April .5, 1819.. N. smmi, accountant-General of tU'Court of Chancey;. THEATRICAL REGi Performed Last Nizrizt. THEATgE Itoy.‘ Dr.URY-LANF,.--Roinco and Juliet : Roniq Mr. 11. Kenitile ; Juliet, M. s. W. West. Aftel which (2' time), Abudah. TIMATItt: ROYAL, COVENT-GAttnEr4.--(9th time), The Mar. riage of Fi.raru Fiurello, Mr. Ditrusct,; Connie** , M" . Dichons. Atter which (31 time), Fortuuatus and Ins Sons• For An ADDRLSi tLe WoliiilNG CLAAE3; see Last Page' eiticE THIN DAY AT Bank Stock 9521 253 3 per Cent.. 73 31per Ct. Cons. 74} 73i 74 73: 81 per Cent B2i 4 per Cents 31 32 911 i STOCKS AvEt.vc 0 cLocK. 15 per Cent. Navy Ann, 1050 Bank Lou; Ann. 10 3-16ths? India !fonds,... , . 38s. 4Ps• EL' Each. Bills, ed. ....... 23. do; Cons. for May. „....7,11:1i31 MAILS. AgIVED—i Dublin, I Guernsey and Jersey. DuE—l Waterford, 1 aarnburgit, 1 France. HIGH WATER A l' LONDON BItIDG.E To.mortno" • (/' Morn*, 29 mutates after t. I Evening, 54 minutes after THE ►S ISOLEM QUIS DICEUE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1819. bec 71Tere having been no Paris Papers publ" on Monday, we shallLaveno a bed irival of tbeo tore to-morrow. Private accounts front the Continent op sitive l Y confirm the intended assassination of the B'flP ertile of AIitTKIA, and the detection of the couslli ral°r it is said, is likely to lead to the discove'Y of ti to ore comprehensive system of hostility as m all C 7. wned Heads throughout Popery can have no immediate' connectro" with the atrocious design so happliY fru : tra , ed on this occasion, it 11113;t be r C5°." ed into the effect of Jacobinicul hid), checiied for the pr esent i n franCer ar4 itt likely to find vent in other 'cony:trio. Dot France they appear only to have a tem1 )0°I ! check, ..and may soon be expected. 141‘111: ground, since Revolutionists have become sie d favotoites at Court, as not only to be permitter to return, but are invested with o 1 e'=s trust and power. Nothing, we conceive , call be more encouraging to the spirit of Ja" billisql l auhl ti l than to find that those who ought to be th that they do not suffer for their violation 01"191, authority are thus favoi,ired with scope t o fora' 'let,. machinations against that.authority. For our part, we have often said, and it will be aiffict ? to lenitive our conviction, that we con sider tits fate' of France as dependent on th e life and virtues'of the present Monarch; but a s w the Plc thus shcwn in the lenity to which lrve allude, %v 6 apprehend that its cm tain tendency is Gn i ?' 1.0 V ru, mote the doWntal of his race. RFU Nb3.—This being Settling-day, 0 0 51 great a fluctuation having taken pl:lce d ur ing (111 : Account, a considerable sensation was created early in the morning. Every exertion wai made- by the Bulls to take their Stock, 'fl` Consols settled at 73i. Up to one o 'clock' Defaulter of any consequence will d e clare ( and business on the whole went off very sul (wthil i The report of a new Loan, which was circol"(et yestetdry, gains ground, and a number of P er' sons, hitherto favourable for a rise in the (nai" ; have turned their accounts. ,The Comm issioner gave 73t for ,Reduced, and were served 14 Jobbers generally. . A French Paper, received yesterday, bu t ` v1 , 1 ,7;1. was not amongst our arriva:s, is stared t° tain the following paragraph : • cotrfilination ~f the - 04- has been announced, of the conspiracy 80'1Ist•re -AL r A R tjesty the Empero of USTIA, haS.be,,-" -• oto, ceived., The plot was' to have been eafr iec ' c liff" execution at Ilovigo, in Italy, and- was w 31.1 ctf l oVered a very short time previously t ie 11° I, , to , f appotnten r7y the conspirators. Letters &oil' - 1 1 : 01 . state, that more than two hundred t bet itreil arrested. It will he curious to see 11 Ultra-Liberals will explain this event. Vi e soon learn to what party, to what' class of p"" cal retisooers, the curio/1(16 belong."' - DUKE of YoaK.-1t has been, erroneouslY ott ported that the acci.leat of the Duke of onday happened to the same arras Whielc,. .. n bC M Royal Highness broke sonic tine since, " v "" t heta teas coming wit, of a b.oh ; wherc3s, it a l /t vai his left arm. We are happy to say, . I b.at b' s Highness is going on extremely REGoa, the s•irgcon, contioncs tit constant attendance, •and vestetday s erit t ! ) report of the state of the llsoyal , .1- 3 "" llO l'ltiNce PA.:GP:NT, and the other hr 3 " cl ies 0f v 1 Royal Family.—The following BAkiletin . 11.5 ls sued t, RIL_ 14 Rl flightless tir. Dulie W ot INDso Yotl; iCA,TLe is !Ksed AP a- very good -14 I oya iiigtlt,and is this riwri iag tree from fc err. " P. NI .1,C(;,IIEG011, Surgeon.. FUNPP AL ('P TM., PEINCESS CHARILOTTO CLARescs.—According to Letters from II dated the '?,t inst„, the Infant Princess CoABA..O Ic% ti . -t ,uGsTA Lot2lsA was, on the `.gilt lilt ) a coffin, covered with red velvet and w i t h gold ' l ' ll 7 t 1 ? tliid at widnigkt WW ral 3 p ,lased (w bi,r, covered , hi ,e 1;, where it lay in State. At one the fu n took place ; tour Court Trump e ters placed the Coffirl on !he hi , s% The chief Motif !leis w ere Count NlAio, and the General of NI tillety ‘T oN DEI O - 13 " , t ho ! crest:wed their Royal Higlin e sies th ° Dukes of CLAIIENCe an d CAMB:3IDGF,. The e n6i ' l was deposited in the Church nex t to the V,lector ERN FST A UGUTVi. The Court Chaplain, 5t.33:1-00 read the funeral service. anover,