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FOR THE SUN. ROMAN CATHOLICS. AIR. EDITOR,—The present Session of ParHa- merit k one which every Protestant will regard! as pregnAnt with the most important results to his present safety and religions interests, nod which every Roman• Catholic will regard with anxious and fervent expectation. The Parliament now assembled will most probably decide whether those satueuards tvhiLb have hitherto protected our glo.. I lion: Constitution from its enemies within, and it. 3 assailants without, are still requisite, or whe r ttic times have so improved since they were enacted by our ancestors, as to be no longer ne -ce.s icy pi.esent purpose is, to call the attention of yotu Headers to what 1 conceive a most extraor dinary and lamentable want cf consistency in Pro testant Dissenters with regard to the Homan Ca tholic Claims. Generally speaking, the Dissenters are favourable to the concession of those claim s ;. there are certainly some who are not so, but that there should he any who are —any who live under the general influence of religiou lib2rty, is most unaccountable. •I am as, great an advocate for religious liberty as any man can be, and think, that os cultivation and extension in a free country ought to be pro moted by every possible means, The English Constitution directly recognizes tit; s principle ; it re ta rd s religions liberty in the light of direct notnrat liberty, and most wisely draws the di,• tinction between it and civil liberty. A cerraio portion of natural liberty must be conceded by those who enjoy and claim swig pr otection ; and this concession the Consiiintion requires of her subjects before she extends her protect i0(1 to • tkeso ; but as to religions•liberty, that she regards as being tree as the air we breathe, and therefore leaves it untetrered—permits every one to enjoy their own peculiar modes of faith,—only reset v ir.g to herself the right of .selecting one for her own model, and of excluding from the manages went of lei. concerns those who choose a mode of faith which trenches too much upon the religious liberty of others to admit of its members being 100 . Rulers or Legislators. This being the case, Protestant. Dissenters have as much or more in terest in any question which affects religious liber ty, as any Miler :lass ,of sohjects who enjoy the protection of the English Constitution; anthve nerath.g, as 1 do, conscientious scruples of all desolpti on s, I would, on a question like the pre sent, treat a Dissenter as my brother, as one hav ing as great a stake in the point to be decided as myself. That man Must he very little acquainted with Roman Catholics, and Roman Catholic Fin ' ciples, if he thinks that empty contplitnents cat) *conciliate the one, or the extension of the right hand of fellowship annul the other. A steady union amongst the members of her faith is • one of the chief advantages which the Rotnish thoreh . possesses ; and in this she leads a ienst instructive lesson to all Catholic Churches ; for whilst some are torn with the conflicting opinions of their professed metnhers, controversy oc• espies • the place which the hiceleation of plait) tenets should fill, the Church of Rome moves in solemn majesty, supporting the dignOy of the Priests of her Temple, :rod enforcing with proper authority ihe decrees of her Hierarchy. The Church of England certainly recognizes the. legitimacy of the I{omish Church ; she admits its Apostolic commission, and the validiy of its or dinations ; but here she stops—and while the Church of Rome allows of no toleration beyond her pale, enforces her precepts by an area of • power, and holds out the roil of terror to those who dissent--the Church of England tolerates dissent, resorts not to an arm of flesh to uphold het tenets, aml, instead of punisbnieut, offers up her prayers for the conversion of those whom she considers without the pale of the visible Church of Chtist, The Church of England is certainly nearer a,:similated to the Church of flume than any sect of Protestant• Dissenters can be ; inas tnoch as both Churches are Eniscopal, and consi der Episcopacy as a distinguishing feature of the Catholic Communion. Hence it naturally follow' that the Roman Catholics look upon the Esta liiished Church with at least as much respect as they do upon any class of Protestant Dissenters ; and that any otie amongst the latter should ever intagine that the concession of the !Uinta!) Ca tbalie would advance the cause of Pro testant Dissent—that any Protestant Dissenter 'should be so blinded as to think that the Roma Catholics could make common cause with such a Heretic as 'himself, are circumstances which, tin less we saw them daily happening, no one win -has paid the least attention to the •subject wouli ever SMIOSe Withill the line-of possibilitif. It may pet haps be adduced, as a probable reasot why Dissenters should be anxious for the entices. slot: of the Roman Catholic Claims, that, if thes are granted, the Repeal of the Corporation ant Test ilas must follow sooner or later. Hut I would seriously ask any reflecting Dissenter, would this follow as a matter of course ? It I am rot much mi‘taken, expetience has shewn that. concession Hoist be ()Enabled by degrees, ant'. that it most not be song,fit by hasty studies and meowing coalitions. " Consoormations so de voutly to be wished " (to adopt the language of a .Petition presented on this subject) are, not to be brought about soddenly, and an English Legisla tore will not pull down in a day what took their sturdy ancestors years to accomplish. Besides, is wit this coalition of the Dissenters With the Roman Catholics a dishon o urable one ? Does it not take its rise in a wish to obtain mean, pain v, personal advantages ? Has any thing like fecheion or Loitscience to do with it ? Will not sech au ill-judged and short-sighted line of con dhet ,cast a shade upon the disinterestedness of e y D.ssenting Petition which may hereafter Ir rt - ,11 cli PadiaMe I ilpon the subject of the Roma:, Catholic Claims I V;hat,! are the Core otee , tl,:ti and lest Acts to be repealed, as well as Roetan Catholic Claims conceded, and is Par• toeee.e :et he teltil . “tl into this repeal aud conecs- sion by an expectation being holden nut tbat an united effort wiiJ he made by the Roman Catholics and ['rot estant Dissenters to obtain these ends I had always i'mderstond that the chief argument used by the Dissenters for the repeal of the Corpora tion and Test Art+, consisted in coqsidering them a..;• :a harrier against the introduction o 4 Popery and- Arbitrary Power, which was rendere4 necessary' under the reign of a STUART, but had ceased to be so under the mild sway of the House of Bruns wick : this I know was the argument used - by the most prudent advocates for the repeal, when the question was agitated in 1789 ; but it seems the Dissenters of the present day have forgotten this, fur if they had not, they surely would not have en far d.sagreed with their inure intelligent friends, : is to recommend a coalition with the very :nen, fur whom, in 1789, those friends declared the Corporation and Test Acts were framed, and ought to be retained. trust and hope the Dissenting Interest will seriously reflect upon these poii►ts.—Let any Dis senter who has read the History of England put his hand on his breast, and say whether he thinks is probable—whether, indeed, he thinks it .pos sible--that, if the Roman Catholics ivere in power, they woold, or indeed could, allow any thing like Toleration to exist.—Let him seriously ask him -5: it whether the rights of his Chapel would not ,suffer as much as the altar of my Church I—Let hints .ask himself these questions, and appeal. to his consei,!ace and past experience for his an swers, and I have no doubt he will no longer persevere in a species of infatuated suicide, but unlit with all good Protestants in their endea vours to keep out a common Enemy by hoisting Constitutional Fr eedom as his Panoply ! Your's, most sincerely, • 13RITANNICUS. Leicester, Jan. se, 1819. FOR TIIE SUN. AIR. Entrort,—A nearer piece of dry, sarcastic wit, I never read, even in CERVANTES, RABELAIS, or STERN, than in the letter of• the D—l's In't, for witich I wish you .vould give my compliments to him, and tell him that if he will come to the bar of my court, I will call him there without fees ; persuaded that he will soon be in request, and be a credit to my bench, as LORD CHIEF JUSTICE JOKER. FOR THE SUN. THE BIBLE. IMR. EDITOR,--As S.TAptHOUSE has disclaimed the charge of Socinianism, I am happy to express my belief in his assertion. In my own vindica tion, howev e r, I mus t o b serve , that his arguments alone led me to form such a conclusion, when he attacked my belief in " mysteries," " miracles," and similar points of faith, which every person must admit, or deny the New Testament in toto, save as an ethical creed. He is mistaken in saying the - New Translation is an improvement " in words only." The instance of Abraham's sacri fice is an example in point of the reverse, where Mr. Bellamy perverts the meaning, which the Inspired Writers of the New 'Testament confirm. Thns much, Sir, you will allow I am entitled to say in my own defence. The arguments on, both sides are before'the public,—let them decide. In flame, my pen on this subject will be at rest.— I remain, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, "SCRUTATOR. Jan. 29, 1819. LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE NIORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. [The Times.] EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM CORUNNA, DATED THE 9TH INST. " We are here in such a dreadful state of distress, that cannot describe it so as to give you an idea of it. We are so ignorant of every thing that happens beyond our own imme diate circle of misery, that you, in London, know more about Spain than we do who inhabit it. Indeed, unless it were for an English :Newspaper which sometimes is smuggled into this port Jake contraband ware, nothing that passes, either in this kingdom or in any other, would be known to us, such is the darkness and_blindness in which our Governors hold us. With regard to the commercial state of this place, I shall say nothing more, than that in less than three. week we have had three failures, and one of them, is to the amount of three millions of reals. if thetTi he no improvement in our condition soon, we shlll be obliged' to Nat one another, Ipe the inhabitants of ancient Numantia. We hear nothing Of the ferwardness' - of the expedition which is to sail from Cadiz for the Plate, but we feel a part of the evils which it causes, by an embargo laid in our port on all vessels of a certain tonnage, by order of the Government. When you write me next, have the goodness to make no political allusions, and to give me no . political news;' for however desirous I should be to bear from you on political topics, I cannA receive any letter into which they are introduced. All our correspondence is opened, so that too lunch circumspection cannot be used t.) prevent the deluge's which might arise from a frank communication of sentiments or views." In letters received from St. Thomas's, dated the 29th December, we learn, that reports were in circulation at that place, that Cumana had fal len into the hands 'of the Insurgents ; and that General Bolivar l►a .d been arrested by the orders of General l'aez.—(/bid.) . ,We understand the Lent's (f the Treasury have, upon the reiterated complaint of tl►e Merchants, traoswitted directions to the Customs to dispense with the re-weighink of goods under bond upon exportation, by which the trade of thel•ort of LIM'. don will be relieved in future from a most vexa tious and useless regulation.—(Mid ) [Morning Post.] Accounts from Washington to the 30th ult. state that the new-. commercial Treaty between Great Britain, and the United States was then un der discussion ialho, Senate, By this Treaty it is stated the questions respecting the Fisheries, the Northern Boundaries, and Slaves, are all sa tisfactorily settled ; but those of the Colonial Trade and the Impressment of Sailors remained unaejusted. The Committee appointed to exa mine into the affairs of the National Bank at Philadelphia have made their Report, which is of great length. It appears by it that the Committee attach no blame to the Directors of that Institu- tiOIL THEATRICAL REGISTER. . Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—(33d time), Brutus: Lu cius Junius, Mr. Kean : Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. Atter which, The Silver Arrow. THEATRE ROYA L,CovENT-GARDEx.--Gny Man tiering : Henry Bertram, Mr. Duruset ; Meg Merrilies, Miss Somerville. After which, Harlequin Munchausen. TO CORRESPONDENTS. LITERARY REview, on Monday—Also, A BRITON. CHARLES I.'s MARTYRDOM.—HoIiday at the Banli,lExchequet, East India and South Sea Houses, this day. MAILS. AitittvEn—l Dublin, 5 Waterford, I France. DUE—I Dublin, I Waterford 1 Guci nsey and Jersey, 2 Sweden. WWI IVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. Morning, 5 minutes after 6. I Evening, 50 minutes after G. THE SUN. SOLENI QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1319. iVe received this morning the Paris Papers o Vednesday last. The following are extracts:— " CHAMBER OF PEERS. " SITTING OF TUESDAY, JAN. 2G: " On the Order of the Day for the discussion of the proposition made by the Duke de Levis, for the abolition of the droit d'aubaine et de de traction, several Peers were heard for an( against it. The discussion was adjourned 01 Saturday next. " CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. " The Chamber were occupied during the chief part of the Sitting in a discussion on a, pro position for making some further regulations re specting Petitions. " PARIS, JAN. 2/,=-Yester4y, at noon, the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers paid their respects to the King. " The Marquis Dessofles transacted business yesterday with his Majesty. " The Duke de Richelieu arrived, on the 20th inst., at Alencon, and set nut from thence the • next day. " The last letters from Valencia mention that the person %vim was killed by General Elio, was a Colonel named Vidal, who was the chief of the Conspirators. " Marshal Jourdan, who obtained leave to take a journey to • Italy, arrived lately 'it Milan. " The Diet of Frankfort resumed its sittings on the 21st instant. FIVE PER CENTS. 69f. 25c. Tuesday DEFERRED STORK. RI E 80 c. Sept.79f. 80 c. Of the 2 2 2 2 d d March, l l B B l l 7 7 , , 2t(l March, 1818, 77 f. soc. 22d Sept. 1818, 65 f. —c. " BERLIN, JAN. 17.—The celebration of the Anniversary of the Coronation is deferred till the 24th instant." The Opposition Nibblers last night chiefly di rected their attention to the state of the Silver Coinage, and the increased price of Silver Bullion; but, judging from their speeches,.tlicy have much to learn on the subject before their observations will be -of the least service to the State.—The subject is intricate and difficult even to the com prehension of experienced ;scientific men. and therefore is not likely to receive much illustration froM those whose chief ambition is, on all occa sions, to figure in the ranks of Opposition. We refer to the Debate. The following Letter has been received from e Dutch Settlements in the East Indies : " BATAVIA, OCT. 1, 1818.—The Dutch Governor has at last thought proper to send to Bencoolen the British Officers dispatched to Palembang by Governor Bales, hilt not until the latter threatened to fetch them provided the Dutch Go vernor did not think proper to comply with his request. " I apprised you that the additional duty of six per cent. on all ships was to be imposed, excepting on those of Hol land. This was ti) take place the Ist November. Ships be fore could sell all or part of their cargoes at Batavia, and proceed with the remainder to Samarang and other ports of the coast. They are now deprived of this indulgence, and are compelled to sell all their cargoes at Batavia." KING'S BENCH, 30.—Captain FAIRMAN attended this morning to make a special appli cation, as stated, of very considerable importance; but as mere matters of course were only gone into, it btands over till Monday next. SHIP NEWS. II LLOYD'S, JAN. 30.—The Co/Tubas , n ot) Clyde to Jamaica, was lost on the 22d in s the Mull of Kintyre. ro. lb' ill lal E 0471 ,DgAl., JAN. 29.-0 lsrge fleet ok 1)04 hewn! 'vessels from Hams rate harbour ar.eo passing th roug h t h e D owns for their d'iferc destinations. rA t '' LlyaerooL, JAN. 28.—The Provide nce ' l e st TIE, from hen c e f or S out h am pton, was lost materials Bpd night on E ast H o yl e — crew saved ; part of the cargo expected to be saved. bat, CAMBLETOWN, JAN. 23.—The ship Co lnclog CRAWFORD, from the Clyde, to Jou wrecked yesterd a y on th e s hore of Br arnell oo 4 about six miles East of the Mull of KYarY re o both ship and cargo w ill b e totally lost. `ll coasting vessels are in here wind.booad' ve rit HARWICH, JAN. 29.—The LEVrier oio from Antwerp, to Ma!don, has bee" t° J 1161 in here by a fi s hi ng - smac k, having °lite cargo. rso l6 YARMOUTH, JAN. 29.—The Ernest) P ig— :0 of, and for London, from Elarnbargh , and wool, struck on Hasburgh Sand Y es°. o il evening, and knocked off her rudder, wbi cit e h 7:04 her to make so much water that they were °— 'he to run her on shore near Winterton, w here w ith now lies two-thirds full of water. A lig hter' ac e, a number of men, has been sent to heriassistil-the to save as much of the cargo as Plis sibi 'l lower part of which must be damaged , , but hoped the upper part is not. Jan.CUSTOMS LIST. Entered Inwards, f t rda °l Lord Liverpool, Ellis, do.; Duke of York, Fryer , 1 ' 3. 1 4 ; 3 10 , 29.—Peace, Barker , l t° ' -e o , ll' ham Bowers, Mason, do.; Flora, Cooper, AntveerP ; ; 00 Allen, do.; Thomas and Judith, Stokes, do.; I‘46l'3ootlrt Usher, do.; Whiting, Murray, Malta; Fanny, Ti""lie Seville; Ellis, Courd, Messina; Sir Henry Stanhope, Air ton, Seville. vr a hor t° Entered Outwards, Jan. 29.—William Bryan, '-''''') 00 Jamaica ; Ferdinand, Finck,, Stettin; Union, CanneP Janeiro; Graces, Barron, Hamburg!'. • brig" Cleared Outwards, Jan. 29 _Speculator , - u' ig h ;( " e Bahia; Moreland, Hall, Jamaica; George, DuPe r, " er g b e ro• Nestor, Theaker, Bombay; Victory, Nicholas, Dub" ; - Too Marshall, Curagoa; George Dayol, Edger, St. Michael's; Brothers, Birmington, Lisbon; William and Marl, 133 r Tarragona; Princess Mary, Best, South Whale Fisheri• . • ~ Yesterday morning the Duke of Yogis left t o for Windsor. His Royal Highness town in the evening. . eve Yesterday) the Duke of WeLLINGToN Coo most magnificent flintier to his hop] 141:010‘ the Duke of Yoatc, the -.Archduke Mik: 4l ` - ,1 Isle and Suite, and a large party. of distingoisheu Is blernen, at Apsley-house. if , The wile and daughter of Josent BuoNAri t ;bo intend to proceed to America in the course of returned spring. Lee ROYAL ACADEMY.—Mr. FUZELI gave a ; 0 6 tore last night on Design, but the subject ves . ' 1 11 , 0 0 treated differently from what the Profes e°r A : 4 - 5 often said, and we have submitted to our K ea " - on former occasions. ANECDOTE.—When the late Sir PtirtiFFa 4?4 ,, C s C: was not long before his death at Holland O l3° ; s s i the Lady of the mansion induced . tile the Poet, to ask the Knight if he was re a p p int; author of JUNIUS' S Lett e r s . The Bard lwsib'ios the Knight's au s ter e c h a racter, addres sed with modest hesitation, asking if be ocg".. lit i g ht permitted to. propose a question. The es' evidently anticipating what was to corn!'tr 0..." claimed in a severe tone, " at your peril, S rettiril' t 1 Mr. ROGERS immediately retired, and to tel l Lady HOLLAND the success of his observed, that " if Sir PHILIP was reallyA/141 he was certainly JUNIUS Brutus." Ai m SUDDEN DEATH.—Last night, Mr . T-- °alb baker, in the neighbourhood of Rose mary ' no , went to bed after eating a hearty supper, !Tref rently in good health, but was found a tf a 0; corpse by his wife in the morning, before anY sistance could be procured. I „ itt dot ROBBERY AT THE POST OFFICE. ---A%- er t ar Mr. Thos. J eff eott, who held' a highly respeel' e t; situation in the General Post-Office, was 00°, 0. ' 1 4 ' . at Bow-street O ffi ce, by Daniel Stow - P oe ( the superintending President of the Inlardi le mlf Office, on strong suspicion of having felooja-.000 stolen several letters from the Post-Office , taming Bank-notes and other valuables.--", mittcd for further examination. SACRILEGE.—Sosue sacrilegious villain "e," bins have found the means of stealing t he - es ° ol mnnion plate from the iron chest, in th e c d ,"beC of St. Margaret's Church, Lothbury,. by -00 C means is not known, as the Church wa g broken into. Information of the robbery 0( 1 given 3?esterday to the different police offic es ' : ° c ol a reward of fifty pounds offered for the very of the offenders.' s etei' Report having been industriously J l,s a 's mated, that the two Universities and the , 1 "1 13 ;of Printer are endeavouring to suppress th e ° a l„ -- iiit ALL Bibles and Books of Common Prayer, "te, Notes or Commentaries, we are authorised to sr, , s , that neither of the Universities, no r the Printer ever entertained such an ides• It 1,0 ways has been, and it still is, their intentioPoi interfere only in those cases where the Note s l i. added for the purpose of violating the ir P ri leges, and evading the law. The ferocity of that noble animal the n°,l l ' gie been completely subdued by our grea t ir : I P Actor. Mr. KEEN is in possession of a tO grown male lion, of such extreme gentle u vss to o , permit children to play with him like 0 h u , f be Thus is fulfilled the saying that is written , lion and the lamb shall lie down together- Op 1 1 1 . 1 .43 bi g! ,