The Sun. — London, England, 1819-03-22 00:00:00

FOR THU. SUN. 1111. EIMOR,—As in alt probability a question of vital importance will be agitated in the present Session of Parliament, I hope I may stand ex cused in submitting a few observations upon it ;, not that I ant vain enough to imagine that I can add either weight or' novelty to the arguments that hare been already adduced by others upon it ; and indeed my ideas on the subject are rather the result of conviction of the force of their, than of any light which my own mind can throw The question will whethe'r mew will. agree to yield 'what is termed " Ca tholic Emancipation;" or, in other words, upon it. ir, to surrender - the British -Constitution ?" tor- tlie terms,are 'Cony eriible. - That it would not willing ly and knowingly do the latter, I can readily be bot the eyes of the Empire are i n te ns ely fixed npon it, and all its wisdom, all its vigiianci, anti- I troy add; all its liberality, will be required to ese-ipe its heing-''entrailped into Ate foimer . .- 11'ilti, I speak of liberality, I wish it to be midet stood, that I conceive it iS II o t to. be coefined to liorstatt Catholics, hows:Ver loyal they may he, and their I,•,yait y f tint disihitii, (hough I niiiy vlijeci,to a'tne•ot •their methods of stewing it, bur that loyal Protestant4'' are - also entitled . m. eldiut a liberal consideration at rite hat of Par liament. That the Catholics alone hate yet pe titioned, or, with some very rare exceptions in- ita%e to yet ii , ought of petitioning upon the subject, is, iri my opinion, the'sttongest proof that a reflecting nation chin possibly give of its confi &nee in the wisdom of l'arlintnent. It is no new ject, it therefore requires no new instructions ; and the country, knowing that it is a question that canOot be hurried through Parliament, re . - spp e tfolly w a its IQ see what course the Legislature may be likely to pursue, before it takes occasion t!, embody it owu opinions on parch toe lit. Bat ete we proceed further, let us bestow a thought or two upon the tel Catholic- Emancipation, which seems to pre-suppose that at present there exists in Freedom's own territories a lace of slaves. Nt , tv it is extremely easy, by Making use of strong expressions and tnis-applied epithets, to detach the mind . from the real pith of any argument, to inflame t he, passions, to thwart the , judgment, and demanding as a right, what at any rate could only. be'conCederl as a favour, to render the de nying of that favour, if considerations of more paramount obligation require that it should be deuied, odious iu the sight of the unrefleeting, and liable to lie accounted the-aleckion of; an harsh and intolerant disposition. The RomanTiotho lies already possess all the political rights which they are qualified to enjoy—and if they would have those which are notv denied they moat give to) their religion. Advocatei of-the Catholic Cause, restrain yourselves a moment ; -perceive the start you give, I know that your indignation is ready 16 burst, and the tort rut of your e 101; quence to overwhelm me—but, as such a proposi• lion is so odious in your- eyes, permit Me to ask, why should the Roman Catholic expect the Protestant to give oil) his ? Although nut a mat ter of faith, yet the Protestant Ascendancy is nevertheless with the Protestant a religions prin ciple, as witch so as the infallibility of the Pope is with the Papist, and which is also with him a matttr of faith. But it is slid, that in these times, which, whets it suit's the convenience of the argument, ate deemed more enlightened than former ages, whilst at other times the modes and the thoughts of our ancestors are the only cri terime of perfection, in these enlightened times no danger is to be apprehended from the so pretnacy of the Pope, which is merely spiritual, and will have no effect whatever on the civil con cerns of life. Strange, indeed! that die strongest principle which can actuate the mind of man, the religious principle, can he asserted unlikely to have any weight on his temporal proceed ings. What but the religions principle operating' through ail the transactions of their civil life renders the SOciety of Friends so pectillar peOple ? And yet, respectable as the members of that per- suasiou are, I must confess, if the barriers of the Constitution are to be thrown thiwn, and the Coronation Oath is to be dispensed with, that 1 can hardly bring myself to imagine that the broad btiarof the Quaker would be quite so appropriate ft circlet as the diadem to the head of Royalty.— HOW noble an emblem of the British Constitu tion does one of our floating bulwarks present, gliding with magnificent supetiority over the con scious waves, whilst the rich symbol of an united empire waves in triumphant splendour above li t e deck, and the whole is. adapted, by the doe up- - propriation ot'all its parts, to inspire at once sensations of pleasure at the beauty of the spec t::ele, and of, respect for the prowess which it can hying into - d;splay—but convert its component parrs to uses - for which they are not qualified— nail the flag upon theyard-arm, and call it the main-sail, and what will become of the vessel ? Take from a system .which is essentially Pro testant its essence and its soul, awl what will be come of die Constitution ? The Roman Catllo . - IiCS are excluded, and properly excluded, from the exercise of certain privileges which their Pro testant brethren eiijoy, awl they are excluded because they will not, and very properly will not, or rather, as conscientious Catholics, cannot give up certain religious persuasions of their own, but which, they say, cannot affect their behaviour as subjects to :he temporal Prince, though impe rative on them as notching their spiritual deport meat. Is Bitooaparte less a tyrant in his heart, because happily he is restrained from the . power of exercising his despotism, or, as he would wish an-insulted world to imagine it, the exercise of his imperial rights ? From this.instance it is ma nifest that restraint may be proper ; and the prin.. ciple of exclusion is the very foundation of all social order, of all possessions,_ and of al pro- would allow it sport on his breast the embroi dered star—why may not every learned matt 4t tach designating characters to his narue, although he has not studied at a College ? Because the well-being of society forbids it—because, when men do not possess the qualification. they do not possess the title to many seats;---it they have not on the wedding garment, they must be rejected guests. The question then resolves itself into the consideration, whether the exclusion on which we are commenting is pVoper ; and if we cannot conscientiously answer this in the affirmative, then history and experience have talked to very little 'PurpOse indeed. But it is said that the Ronan Catholics are willing to give every security that can be reasonably demanded. Their. ‘villingness to give security proves that some security is re• qUisite. The hest security that they can give will he a cessation flOl4l vinreasonable detwinds—the heat security that can be taken has been taken long ago : Ido not Think it can he mended. Let us abide by the securi y We possess, and we shall nut e ,:o wrong. Where is a point lit which concession mils( stop. The Concessious I►4Je been already Madv, although they have imorova the condition, do nut appear to have amelimited the temper of the itosikau Catholics, and it is surely high time to couviuce theAcconcessiun has at LiviAl at its sae plus ultra. • That the Protestant Ascendancy is the best adapted for the welfare of the empire, is not • matter of conjecture, but of tact, the result of proof, the deduction of experiencein a word, the eorner•stone of the Constitn io n , Ro t how .is-that Ascehdattcy, without which the Constitn . tint+ itself most fall—how is it to be sitstained, if we urn the very door which our ancestors closed with so mach pious solicitude ? Surely, if we may look for any thing like consistency: in sor t i e quitters, th a t jealous anxiety which induces the sight of a breach of the Constitution in every little fissure will not overlook or countenance the menaced rent, which would dissever the whhle fabric, and shake it to. its base. There is no amalgamailug principles, which are totally in compatible—the acko,owledgmeot of an eat thly and foreign jurisdiction, however spiritual, as 4tsperior to the Monarch of these. Realms, who, by the Constitution, is in all causes, spiritual and temporal, within his dominions, supreme—is.a principle which cannot assimilate with the ,Bri tish Constitution, and which must not be brooght into contact with it,—Snrd the Catholic should be content with toleration,, and evince his loyalty by submission to the laws, and, not by menaces sub versive of the - laws: - 'And although, if, unfortu nately, the two Houses .should commit . -Such an error in judgment as to seem inclined to yield up the sacred deposit which is committed into their charge, there is still. another 'which will not swerve from the principles which established its supremacy ; yet it "will then become the part, of a-loyal peopl e to manifest its determination to support their Constitution, If (lie event should take a torn so onexpecte'd, and so•untoward,•then inilted petition upon petition will speak H hi " 'age that cannot he misundetstood; and if Par liament forgets its d t oy, the People . respectfully but firtitly will assure their revered Ruler that in the exercise of his Veto on claims that are inad-, missible, he will fulfil the Coronation Oath to Ilse satisfaction of a loyal people, grateful to Hea ven for the blessing's wbicli they enjoy, and at tributing then), under its favour, to the energy rind• essential spirit of their inestimable Constitution. The Protestant Religion, whilst it inculcates on its professors the doctrines that are pecniiarf . Y its own, does nut therefore in its idea put out of the pale of salvation the professors of other reli gions, whatever their tenets may be ; it knows that Christ has sheep - which are not of this told, and that in his Eatn's king:loth ,tht re are malty mansions ; and it may surely he •denotnimated a candid religion, and therefore better adapted for the established religion of a State, because its to leration will consetplentiv be more liberal titan in the nature of things critild he the toleration which would be'bestowed (if at all) by.a religion which holds th a t those heavenly mansions are exclusively appropriated to its own professors only.—YOur's respectfully, Jan, 25, 1819. H. ARCTIC DISCovRRIES.—The, Gazette of Satur day announces the PRINCE, REGENT'S approbation of the following scale of rewards proliosed in a M i em'orial front the Board of Longitude, taken into► consideration b y hi s Royal flightless, in Council, on the 19th instant, viz. .1. To the first ship belonging to any of his Majesty's sub jects, or to his Majesty, that shall reacb•the longitude of 110 degrees West from Greenwich. or the mouth of Hearse's or Coppermine River, by sailing within the Arctic Circle,soool4 to the first ship, as aforesaid, that shall reach the longitude of 1:30 degrees West from Greenwich, or the tVhale Island of Mackenzie, by sailing within the Arctic Circle. 10,00014 to the first ship, as aforesaid, that shall reach the longitude of 560 degrees West from Greenwich, by sailing Westwards within the Arctic Circle, 15,0001.; the Act having already al lotted to the first ship that shall reach the Pacific Ocean by a North-,west passage, the full reward of 20,0001. 2. To the first ship, as aforesaid, that shall reach to 83 degrees of North Latitude, 10001.; to 88 degrees, 20001.; to 87 degrees, 30001. ; to 35 degrees, 40001.; the Act having al ready allotted to the first ship that shall reach to or beyond 80 degrees the full reward of Str.ol. KNOtVLFDGI3 IS PoWF,R.—N ()thing can be more trite than this apothegm ; for it "e knew where to obtain the Three Pi izes of 20,000/. we , should have the power of making ourselves happy and independent for life. In the ab,ehee, therefore, of certain knowledge, we should attend to the in dications of good lot tune, which have always been conspicuous at the Offices of G. CAottot.t., No, 19, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street ; particularly in the last ,Contact, when be sold No. 2387, a Prize of 30,0001. No., 7003, a 5600/ atul others of 10001. 5001. Scc. 7 -The Drawing will commence 'jo-Moßßos. RECOLLECT—HAZARD and Co. are the Con tractors (i't the present Lottery.-11AZ A tin and Co. sold All the Thirty Thousand' Pound Prizes in a recent Lottery, and the last Thirty Thousand Prize ever drawn.—To-Moottow, at Four, Lot tery begitpg, containing Three Prizes of 20,0001. besides 37 °Ater. Capitals, and as Extra Prizes for the first day, 80 whole undrawn Tickets. 11 A. ZAILD and Co.'s Offices, 93, Royal Exchange.: 26, Cornh 11, and 324, Oxford-street;Corner of bwallow-strtet. We have had no arrival of Paris Papers since Sat‘irday. T‘‘o clays' Journals are due. Charleston Papers - to the ILO! February arrived this tnortiing. (From The Charlitton Courser of the 131 h.) . , Mr. LowspEs Ibis tstima(cd, io iii, 11( port on Coin, that the specie in he United States ainotmts to 12 millions of dollais. By a Report from Canton, in China„ annually made to this Government, it appears that port of dollars in American vessels, during the last year, in that one port, amounted to nearly Six millions of dollars. Add thereto imports in other places of China and in Java . , and in Bengal, Surat, Bombay, &c„ 'and after this`, let us calculate whether any specie will :remain' in the Country. Let the Ranks look to their inevitable destinies, Great I3i•itain,With4)ll: a sneciectirrenay,has 3 per cents at SO rn:l what is most pleasing to lean►, we find that her banktopts, for six months, in 1817, ati►onnted to. 1008, and in 1818, during time sane period, to 552, being a reducti.to of -150, nr norly ►one half ! Let our Merchants look to this and Contrast with'it their (I6tresses. • I need not ask how land is to be paid for, or how Government is to collect its revenue, when the Banks are all broken and the Merchants" have stopped payment. The Sheriffs must sell property worth 100 f or 10. tioils in Ginrt have Ontth 'rite dreadful crisis is at h tnd which only CoEgress can avert. The friends of our Protestant Establislrment, and they are the friends of all th,rt is dearto us in Poliiicrl Rights and Religions Faith, wid see with pleasure that the wiser part Of the Pro testants of Deland, who happily constitute a large majority, are resolutely coming forward iii sup- port of TAE CONSTITUTION, which is now se riously menaced by Popish Andrition.—We hnpe to see the Protestants of this Country equally zealous and equally active in suppGrt of our vital interests in Church and , State, and we again• and 'again assure them, ‘thriiue shall dtcm it at all times an essential duty 'On our part to give place to their Contributions. It wilt, therefore, be their own fault, and. very great blame iudeed Will attach to them, if th 4 b. neglig-ot oa an occasion of such essential danger to ail that bus rendered us t he freest, the .happieSt, and, comoa rativdy, the most powerful People on the face of the Earth. On Saturby the PRINCE URGENT receive , l a long visit from the Duchess of GLoucEsTEa at Carlton. house. Yesterday die Duke of YORK visited die PRINCE RFGFNT. On Ft iday the Duke of Yogx went to Windsor. On tiattirday afternoon his Royal Highne,s re-' turned to tOwn. Yererd4 his Royal :lighncts attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. Yesterday the p..bess (-)f YufK attended Di vine Service at Whitehall Chapel. On Saint - day t he Dni:e and Duchess of Gtou- CftsTER had a dinner party. VeNterday their Royal Highnesses attended Divine Ser'vice at St. George's Chntelt, Hanover-,qttare. The Austrian Archduke MAxlmit.rAN'etnhatked at Dover ott Friday, for Calais, under a sakte trout the guns on the heights. The L6RD LnANcltLLoa, it IS Said, intends to bear. motions at the Seal to-marrow, provided !elapse does not take place. , Admiral Sir itmI3FAIT MoORSoM, 'the present. Surveyor General of the Ordnance, is to retire, on being appointed one of the Louis of Admi ralty, Ttiis arrangement, report _states, was stipulated for by the ,Earl of MULGPAVS, an his retirement front the situation of Master-General of t kr. Ordnance. Yesterday the Contivmned Sermon Waf deliverer! in Newgate', in presence of a numeroqi audience, by the Rev. Dr. Corl ON, to the four tinhi . ipy men ordered for execution o n Wednesday. Their conduct was ver y becoming their awful situation. A paihetic address will delivered to eacl, by the Oalipary, which seemed much tolitlect them. • THEATB.ICAL'REGISTER. Performed on Saturday Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANK.— (5 th ti me), The Dwarf of Naples: Malvesi, Mr._ Kean ; l mma , Mr . S. W. West. After which (sth time), The Castle of Wonders. THEATRE ROYAL, CAvENT-GARDEN.—(htti time), The. Ma rriage of Figaro: Fiorello, Mr. Do roset ; Conotesq, Mrs. Dickons. After which, The Sleep %Vanier. To which was added, Animal 111:v4:lethal. ... ACT AN OLD BARRISTER, See the First Pa 7 e—For W. on bI:RISONAIENT FOR DEIST, see the Last age. 01 THIS DAY AT T 3 pet Cent. Red. that 3 per Cent . C0n5..... 744 iii 34 per Cent ........ shut 4 per Cents ....shut per Cent. N. Ann..... 104:9_ F sTocKs 'Wink Lang Annuities...."slant India Bonds. ..... 3tis. 38s. pr. Exch. dis. par Cons. for Account, 75 74 MAILS. AttAlvel —2llaterford, 2 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Hamburgh, Holland, I.Flanders, 1 Lisbon, 1 Leeward islands. DUE--1 Ilnblin, 1 Waterford, 2 Sweden, 3 Hatnburgb, - 1 , Holland, 1 Flanders, 1 France, 1 Malta. HIGH WATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO.NIORROW. Morning', 13 minutes after 1 . 2. I Erviitig, 33 imuutes atter 11. E Ks_7 TI N T -• • 1101..N.N1 QUIS DICERE FAGSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, - ‘31.4RC1122, 1819. 5111[' NLIVS. ____...... n ...... 7 -- FALMOtPrli,' MARbH 1 .. 9.—Arrived yesterday th 6 Duke of Kent packet with a mail from Lisbon; Fox packet, with ditto from the Leeward Islands. last from St. Thn.nas`s, in 34 days ; spoke, on the 16th inst. the Ante hip linivn, Batavia, last. from St. Fl e l a , il ) 58 drys : AC r x ,..,,,,, reported th e I s l an d to be ver y s i c kly,' and 'the'A da miral's ship to h ive l os t a grea t ina ny of her . N crew. BUoAPARTE was Well. from DeAt, MARCH 21.—Sailed last night, after post, the Bose, Minerva, Warren ElaStiilgtt and General Harris !foliating - I, and the ficliole of the oniward-hound, on their respective voyages.. PouTsmoutn, MARCH 21.----Arrived the David transport from St. Helena—sailed the I,sth, on ci from Ascension the 21th January —brings (1° ,news ; Minerva, Nearchus, William Pitt, " (I Astrea (transports), from the Cape of Gr° o4 Ilope ; his Majesty's ship Spey, from Algie rs , Fortitude, to't's, from Rio Janeiro, for ortYr. s sailed the IStyJanu a ry ; s p o k e t h e Gilbert, f r° ! ll Bengal for London, on th e• lO t b F e b., in 10. 46 e 30. long. 25. W. BIDEFORD, MAnCH 19.-The Betsey, of 131Yth ' F ool, vva o s r GREY, from Portsmouth t o Liver stranded on Brauuto n S an d s thi s mor ning; cre saved to ` I At MARCH 20.—The schooner Nor Star, Mtita, from‘Durnfries to Gibraltar, got on the Do.tchinan's Bank yesterday evenin:z in 1113 t'iug into this port, during a gale of wind frl N. W. Great praise is d u e toy boat's cre'v ° the Success Revenue cutte r , an d a l s o the cre"' °f a pilot-boat, in. going to her assistance , an d 6'l' ceeding in bringing the crew an d four Pa' sel , I gees safe on shore. Th e ves s e l s i t is feare d ' 'l') ii be totally lost. • The East ,India Comp a ny' s Shiro. Wgri.c i ti Flastings, General flewit,' an d Asia, arr ived 1; Bengal the 13th SePtember: • On Wednest ay Rear-Admfral : HAßYs't from the Leeward Island coMmand, thelnte,; 10 1) 1 c,,50, Captain GEORGE SATER (2) , CAN of heen sn. - Fee!led Rear-Atliniral•DoNAL l3 BELL. Ao arrived at Barbadoes on the , 23 : c h Jannary. the.SAlisbury, 50, C a ptain iv Admiral CamrattLL was in better health than ‘ c ,,: r „„ lie - left England. - The' Salisbury wAs lef t " I hadote ; the Enryalus', Captain Hostossollf I ,talrigh, Cniraio BEAUMGAanr, were at " ti4u'l l• f the Ply,'Captain TomttiNsoN, was at These hips - compose the squadron on th e —They wee all healthy, as were the tr` f .,"; l to• tioned at all tire islanas-under Lord , - ,°-43 - 6 MERFS. • Antigua and Tobago had bee n v" „i t l e y, with_ climactorial diSordcrs, but which, -h a 'l't' =oou di.svpeured. The Antelope left Barb- 00.' returned (Q)" the anti Anti q ua ;gist eo inst. fell in with - t h e transports having t" lit regiment onboard, A- - bonnd to I;itr' to be paid badoes. She sailed on .1:1 :day tor C17: 11 110 1 , The'l,ifrey, :he Hon Captain DoNCAN, On board the Duke of BUCCLECYCH a nd soli': T ; Field. Marshal Lord BehEsttoßD, r" "'"T e (') .- Coininatfd of the Portueuese army a nd St::" k;K , lone! Sir -FREDERICK I.VATSON,. Captain Ci'4",,vell &e. arrived at Lisbo n on the i ns tant ir'. e ze dars-from-S-pi!liead. The Liffey is to er n ! three . months, previous to h-er return to SV ; it to clear the Atlantic of the. numerous pri:ateets which plunder our inerch,inc st "fil s at The Nantiiii 3 , 18, Captain CHAPNWI' St. ;n the course of the week, for the Car e tij v iJlib e Helena, taking mails for those p k aces ;• as ' ,lst (. 4 Pheasant, IS, .Capsain KELLY, s ,fOr c i :,issarY Otig . Goßy, a l l l r ,oinrcd c ()Ili v - w ith. Judge at Si'..'rra Leone nro:ei: the .I 'r e . a' V r atio , Portugal, for the prevention of the .$• 14 " goes pissenger. . , • - ' '' .. "', CUSTONIS LIST. ' ' ' Entertd Itiwaeds, , , e ilor n • Enterel Palwards, March .0.--Whiting-, : •' 1 u 1.1.3"'. i c i rli . , stantinnple ; Lilly, Watson, Eisineur ; I}l ' isL ' n'e' %I." March 29...--,Express, Barrett, ''''' co ,,. 11P1 e l ; Itulq, Boom, l'illau ; Britannia, 1 31311). ' c ' 1 'tarantula, Poo"man, St. D ow i, go ,, MI strel, Linlitater, Hayti ; General Brock, Cleared Outw • I Ist ....0 Outwards, A.-arek in.—Eclipse, wart, N'r ad _ r a a r ' , ; Lilacs ; Betty and Nelia,' Harrison, Hamburgh ; C :11, D Becker;Pillatt ; Ocean, 'Wilkinson; Cadiz ; Castor,`',;S'''''t,,ls3,o,- Ki Li 'et, 1 emerara;lfurtitude Inert ased,Nannin., St' o,ita Frederica, Wallis, IV"lgiCt ;, Forst Oluclier, fng D'i"tlc; tlyses, Thuson, E . l a i n , u • , Franklin , WA'r9 11.; Eliza, C0nn,,105, St . ettin; Symmetry, Mor_ '3ll, Levho . c ; 1 boc t ' - Giza ; Albion, Sharp, do. ; British ' Tar, Clark, I t ' c ' e , - r o "' Sixteen of the finest horses that t c °111(1 he r P l'a c."" in the King of NRt‘:s drwinions 11-'l' • i e flOn t ill low " f r om Deptford on Saturtl4 a' tj e ll ver ^ lbey were-l Anded at Marseille - , Came thenc-i °, e ro land to Calais, where they ciitharked, 31 are INlatlicws, I:0, landed at peptic), rl on SaYittl-iy 'fb e Y A 3 , r- ow' i:ompanied by the Rio, , of PERSIA'S Ile°"*.;"rfil its and twelve nitdcr-groons ; and, on the arril-„,01. London of the Persian Aninassedor, the i Y ,qc% he presented to his Royal Ifight , c ss the 2gl' RI GENT. Tic ra 1 his A Drblin Paper says—'' We nod e ' s ".' Roy,d iiigtintt.s.tbe Lucke of SossEx ,ilt'''''i\Sre Visit this crunchy' iii the 150)11(1) of MaY n e‘ , r. i, DO Shall hail the arrival of the Royal Doke ,W hi t his ordiii , .iy slifio . ectimi : • the lively iwerest ‘vhic'iiO4 1t0y , 31 Illighness has alwtivs left in Mel •lor," 0. the condition of the poer itish residng. 1 1 1 ° ,4 doll, affords a strong proof of his rega native (WIWI y. With the exception ..111"',1)„,,mbr of CLAIIPMeE, no Prince of the Royal 11 10" " living Las ever been in Ireland , " tit ) " 'fbe Bill for preventing Bribery and Corral/ i'i'i' , . 111 the future Elections for the BorotE:1; 01: ; ryn, admits the Freeholders of the . 4 tlioini" I- : nt : r d for 0:00 dreds ut Penwith and Kirtim - to a fiiilf tit "'ITC. z ~x~ I„ h 7 r i4t 1441 by , k 1 i'r 1 3„ lioi l'.', 4r1,1, )t * Ith q; , 1„ tir ot, Pci,;;z (e 'er t • "Pti 1 . , 'r, Not, 0 7