The Sun. — London, England, 1819-11-15 00:00:00

TOR THE SUN Ma.l.l)rirrori—Whoio (k,ires the security of the Chtisriao Ittligion,lnust investigate the means by 'which it may be most effectually secured. While acting upon human mitrds, and by human agency, those means mast be human also. There is no human security for the 'Church, but in an Esta blishmatt by the Law; paramount,single, and in siolate. This,, though not essential to its 'divine •truth, is indispensable to its human existence. it will not be sufficien - t, however, that Chris tianity—in its generic sense—should be thus esta- Ilished. While it is itividtd into several sects or professions, some one of these should be the Reli gion of the State, and thereby of the people, in preference to and exclusion of the others; else, every man claims the right of forming his own Christianity free from any regulating powers, a Bich might declate and enforce what is Christian. Unhappily this claim has made among us an easy and insensible progress to,vard a wide li cence, which has rendeted the landmarks and li mits of Christianity—not doubtful, but, doubted. I n fid e ls h ave arrogated the right, which was in tended for Believers only ; and, arguing from the use to the abuse, they have perverted the freedom of Christianity into its danger. Observe, Sir, 1 do not dispute any man's secular privilege of hold ing any opinion : 1 merely question his privilege of expressing it. I have no hesitation in asserting, as my solemn and long settled opinion, that the blasphemies of PAINE, and CARLILR, and their wretched fol joweis, have originated. in the liberty of Dissent from the Established Church. When any one form, or principle, or; doctrine, was divested of its in violability, a precedent was conceded for the vio lation of another. And thus, the mischief en larged itself, sapping and mining the foundations of the Church, and picking out its stones one by one; until the question was put—why preserve a Church which can keep neither its strength nor its steadiness? and then—why preserve soy Church of all ? So gradually has the first indulgence of Chris tian liberty grown into the arrogation of Anti- Clizistian licence! Utor permisso, caudcequc pilos ut equintr, l'aulatim vello: et demo unuu:, demo ctiant uncurl. I have been led into these—Considerations, not merely by the blasphemies which are now so fieely vomited forth ; but, by the spreading pre valence of dissenting assemblies and institutions. These, the enemy has made a scoff and a reproach to Christianity in general, as well as to our par ticular Church. fie laughs at the Sions, the Zoars, the Ebenezers, the Bethesdas, and the Bethels, which are run up in every corner by fanaticism or by speculation, to furnish the Gos pel, or to attract a neighbourhood ; and he pro. Cutely takes occasion to deny the divinity of the Christian Religion, by its divisibility. Had the National Church been maintained in its due ant) inviolable singleness, this denial could never have been proffered. too object to them, Sir; because they afford /sins that reproach ; because they supply nothing really evangelical which may not be found in our Established Church ; because they have im paired the dignity of Christ's Religion ; because, though neither malignant foes nor mistaken friends cats degrade its divine character, each can diminish its human influence. And there fore I consider, that the National Church should have been kept, not only supreme, but single; permitting no transgression of its boundaries, no deduction from its extent. 1 am aware, Sir, that Christianity is still the ilelizion of the English Law. IVould that I could See it above that Law, instead of supported by it ! But the liberty of private opinion —more correctly I should say, of the expression of private oiliniou—has also been legalized : and it is 00itrie consequence perhaps, that Christianity must not be impugned, while every one may profess what Christianity he pleases. 'We have recently been shocked with the re vived impieties of the Arch-Blasphemer. Shall I confess, that I have been almost as deeply shock el with the levities of an Enthusiast ? And theae I think the more dangerous, because the motive of their titterer takes off the edge of their abomi• nation. Whatsoever lowers the dignity of Reli •gion, whatsoever renders her most elevated and most awful attributes-- " Familiar in our mouths as household words"— impairs, together with the mysteriousness of be lief, our depth of reverence, and our fear of offence. You have recorded, Sir, in your Journal of last Saturday, the proceedings of a Methodist Meeting of Seamen, who have assumed for their Society, the title of " Bethel.•'—l see little use in the record, except that it has produced this reprelieuxion• By - what interpret - Arc process these honest sailors found any efficacy in a term so.completely out of their latittale,l know not ; though I think, they might hate at once called ilrair 'Floating Chapel" the House -of God," in 'good plain English—and with s..newhat snort edification. They take it for a charm perhaps s and I would not willingly quarrel with well-inten tioned ignorance. I have a political complaint against these Sod eties, whereon I may at some other time enlarge. Their vulgarity, their oddity„andtheir fanaticism, bring tack on my mind the, days of CaordwaLL ; when the Church and the Throne fell together beneath them. At present, I consider their spid tool mischief only. The hail-fellow-well -met style in which they treat God's word—and his person too, would scarcely deserve notice, were itcorn fined to their simple followers. But it has gotten among their preachers :—and every chapel orator, aground or a fl oat, must have his peculiar say• ing 3—whereof, the more dignified the stibi , e't, the more - homely the phrase. These Reverend Gentlemen, are all very fond of metaphors; atftl they have a sort of competition among them selves, who shall be most extravagantly, and„ at the same time, must vulgarly figurative. One Minister—l must remind your Readers that he is a Dissenter—because he was preaching in a ship, talked of " holding out a rope-to Jesus of Naza " red), while he ascended upon deck."—And this revolting indecency W9l uttered of the Saviour, WHO WALKKD UPON MB WATERS Sir, while the pastors and the professors of any Christian sect can pronounce, and endure, these levities, shall we not wonder the less, that the Infidel includes them and Christianity in the same sweeping derision ? Shall we not imagine, that 'the fanatical freedom of these Enthusiasts had diminished his awe of that Name, at whose mention every knee in earth and in Heaven should bow ?—that their familiarity disgusted him ? that their irreverence instructed him ?—until he foolishly transferred his contempt from them, to the Power which is alike above his insult and their eulogy ? The Law—if our Law-makers so please—may prevent this evil, or the excuse of this evil, by rendering the Established Church what it ought to be—an Establishment— , vhich none must de !►art from ; her to fall short of its doctrines, or to go beyond them. Let me, Sir, ere I close, pay the testimony which is so well due TO THE :DUCHESS OF CLA• RENCR ; and which is so intimately connected with our present discussion. This young Prin cess, with more fiimuess and more discernment than are usually the lot of her years, has avowed her resolution of devoting all her aid and influence to the doctrines and the charities of the Established Church, alone and exclusively. It is extended enough, even for her sphere : even she will find it not too circumsciihed for her virtues. A better tribute cannot be offered to her Royal Highness, than that she at once revives and consoles the saddest recollection. For the present, Sir, I take my leave ; with this parting observation. The Church of Eng land needs not any support of its own seceders, or of a foreign Church, against Radical Infidelity. Like the Stole of England, it can repel the ar rayed assailant without opening its gates either to an hollow friend or to a disguised foe; either to Puritanism or to Popery. TENAX. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Saturday Night. TtteAvtE Ttorat, bitunY-LAME.—Guy I►lannering t Henry Hort - ram, Mr. 'l3raliato ; Lucv Bertram, Miss Carew ;, Nleg Merrilies, Mrs. Egerton. After which, The Mayor of Gart•att. THCATRIEItoYAI, COVENT-GARDEN.-Thr Confederacy.: Mo neytrap„ Mr. W. Farrell ; Clarissa, Mrs. DiIVISOLI. Aft whicti the Marriage of Figart. _ •r• TO CORRESPONDENTS. LITIMARY REVIEW, and the Favours of Bon SIIORT, HooKER, and I. G. N. are unavoidably deferred till To-morrow. STOCKS 'EINE O'CLOCK. Bank Long Ann. - 171 9-I6ths India Bunds 7s. Bs. pr. Exch. Bills, 2d is. 2s. pr. OW ti " 4 dis. Cons. for Account M:~ 1 LS. THE MARKETS. CORN•EXCHANGZ, Nov. B.—Having a good deal of Wheat left over from last week's arrivals, and a fair supply this morning from Essex and Kent, the trade was heavy at a decline of full 2s. per quarter from last Monday's prices, and only that of fine quality could be disposed of at the above reduction ; Barley is also 2s. per quarter lower, and dull sale at that abatement, the con sumers being at present well stockol with last week's art ivals there is little or no demand for the inferior qualities, although offered at low prices ; Beans are 2s. per quarter cheaper ; the arrival of Oats having been very considerable, Lave occa sioned a decline of Is. per quarter on that article, and the trade was exceedingly heavy, particularly for the ordinary samples. SMITHFIELD MAEKET.—The Market this morn ing was snpplied with all , kind of Cattle, never theless the prices remained as per last week's Market. (CIRCULAR.) A GENERAL INVITATION tor the PEOPLE of ENG LAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, and WALES, to recom mend particularly to their Survants and Carriers to ask for TURNER'S LIQUID or PASTE BLACKING, as it is to be had of all the principal Grocers, Bootmakers, Stationers, Ironmongers, Druggists, and Perfumers in every Town. in the Kingdom, from an improvement lately made, which stir passes any Blacking ever brought before the ['Wilk. N.B.—To those. who have never yet made a trial, it is most earnestly recommended. I am, with profound respect, Yours, very truly. BlAcking Manufactory, RICHARD TURNER. 1 14, London-road, Southwark. THE SUN. SOLEM QV IS DICERE FALSUM A U DEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1819. iVe receive►( this morning the Pails f'al►rts of Thursday and Friday last. Tl►e following are extracts:— PARIS, Nov. 12.—The King yesterday trans acted business in his Cabinet. ‘Vedutsday night at nine o'clock his Majvsty gave a piivate au dience to the Prince de Talleyrand. The King on Wednesday held a Conucil, which was attend ed by all the Ministers. His Majesty has had for some days a slight attack of gout in the hand, but he is expected very shortly, should the weather prove favourable, to routine his accustomed pro ineuades2 ' I The Duke de Richelieu was expected at Paris last night. " M. Noel de la Moriniere is about to pro ceed to Lapland, and from thence to Cape Not th, in the Icy Sea, at the expence of Goyel ninety, in order to obtain information that may be useful to Science and the Arts. " Air. Canning arrived at Rome.on the 25th ult. " Madame Catalani is at Breslau,- where she gave her first Concert on the 28th ult. " It has been determined, that Professor Jahn is to be transferred to Mayence, and brought be- fore the Commission established in that City. FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday 69 f. 60 c. Thursday 69f. 9.5 c. DEFERRED STOCK ' Wednesday. Thursday. Of the 22d March, 1817.-9'41. .5 c..... 921. 50c. 22d Sept. 1817.... 901. 5 90 f. 50c. 22d .Marc6,lBl4 BB f. 5c..... 88 f. 50 c. 42ri Sept. 1818 SG f. 5 c..... 86 f. 50 c. 42c1 March, 1819 84 f. 3 c..... 84 f. 50 c. 22(1 Sept. 1819 B2l. to 82 1. 50 c. "MADRID, Nov. 2.—By virtue of a Royal De cree, the Marquess de Mata Florida succeeds Don John Stephen Lozano de Torres, as Minister at Glace and Justice. " The last reports from Cadiz were as follows : Deaths. Sick. The ?2d instant 23d 24th . 25th ... AT PORT ST. MARY. Deaths.. Sick. The 2lst instant 22d 23d " HamauaGn, Nov. 3.--Private Letters from Copenhagen state, that serious disturbances had broken out at Elsineur, and that the populace had threatened the Jews with extermination." Though the Public has been accustomed - to the democratic character of The Morning Chronicle, yet these is an article in it this day, which must shock every Reader of humanity, w hatever may be his political principles. A turbulent Scribbler, named Gtisnaes, who has disgraced his character of Proressor, in a work entitled, " Germany and the Revolution," a►►d was of course obliged to quit the Prussian Government, has, it seems, been well received in Strasburg. This German Radical, among a mass of offensive matter, calculated to overthrow all Governments, and to bury them under the rubbish of Democracy, has tholght proper to vindicate the conduct of SANDT for the murder of KOTZEBUE. He attacks the character of KoTzEnua with the foulest abuse, imputing to him the utmost depravity from his cradle. It is evident, that in order to justify SarinT, he must 'previously disgrace KOTZEBUE, against whom, front all which has been heard of the cha racter of the latter, it may fairly be presumed that the charges are false. The Morning Chronicle says—" by way of specimen of the manner of this author (Goeaftes) we have extracted a passage front it respecting the killing of KOTZFBUR (how mildly the atrocity is mentioned !). by SANDT."— This specimen is at once a proof of the wild j pedantic folly of Gonnts, and the wretcbet' taste and judgment of The Morning Chronicle. )3° this is not the worst : tire intalions Gerlo3 blasphemer accuses the 41kpreme Being 0 1 °v• ing excited SANQF to - 'the murder, o iu ',Lemark on tiis4Kriisrilitl% • ornks 661 g. The Morning Chr oniile, but on the "Con!rary, speaks of the German Author with the higile° commendation. Can the people of this coto ll l patiently read such execrable trash ? In order t a strew what a wild fanatical miscreant is clue ' IP ject of praise in The Morning Chronicle , wg select the following passage from his Work, " it appears in that Paper, and leave the public to judge:— " Ainong so many fiery young men, whose whole heart 3 n (l soul and endeavour; were directed towards the affairs of the ir country, it was 24111105 t lin possible that a spark of th '' se finales so incautiously kindled should not fall iata the reg i°3 of dark energies which encompass the human bee :&t, 3j awake them from their sleep, and that the rage w i been rising higher and higher every day should not at 105tli boil over. In Saudi the dater was first broken through, aPj t was natural that the effects of this should be first felt hY who-had laboured with the greatest industry to undermine it. The yi.ung man took upon himself to write his own coultr' ir a sion for the deed, and to execute it with his own hand; when the measure was filled to the brim and ready to ove r flaw, the man whom he sought was delivered into his ban d° be himself however gave his own life as an atonement to tbc enraged NE3I ESI S e which, according to ancient doctrine' at' wands blood for blood." The tenor of what The Chronicle sayi on tin subject is to vindicate SANDT, and upon the stilt' principle it will . of course justify the RuffiAp :attempted to kill Bract, the Constable, and other execrable Miscreant who made a lecrol tempt to murder ;tint) the Peace Officer, as re ; ceired by express, and first announced in Tits S tj ' , on Saturday. But The Chronicle, though it• °I , case bloodshed when it is caused by hatred of• fij i vernment, considers it as most wlutonly atrociously spilled Wild) 'the Defenders of Il e ' Country are obliged to resort to severe moo r ; in their own defence also. We do not think The Chronicle has ingenuity enough to extric ° , itself Irony this dilemma, but has certainlY of posed itself to indignation anti horror, as the Ar . t logist for Assassination, when in support of ki hellion, and yet perseveres in the foulest 0" 5e : awl the most unjust prejudication of those ' c ' t were absolutely obliged w use arms in deicac c themselves and their Country I.! ! The RADICALS, who abound J s much in a rti , ,f as in all rather bad quas.ities. under pletenee exposing cOBBETT„ have published what lit& his BEAUTIES, and, to make the corroP li ‘ i g more acces,ible, they sell it in three p arts , 15 twopence each, thus robbing their ereduloo ' l q ciplcs. he first part, consisting of C 00 561 10 Life of PAtsE, is intended as a blind to the t ' s' f others, ‘vlrich embody all the mischief of bo' l ' ' 7 4 those infamous Wtitcr , ; the second pirt, st Y le o " The Torch of Truth," consists of animadver s° on the Age of Reason, in order to diffuse its P i e ; nicious doctrines ; and the third part, en °l. a i " Politics for the People," forms a summa r y all those baneful maxims by which the iuiqu it°l o l Writer has attempted to ensnare the middliai 7 a o f lower orders of the people into all the horro rs • Rebellion and Impiety • BO*EAY INTELLIGENCE„—We have jot he e p i: favoured with a letter from a friend, dated IW bay, June 20, 1819, ‘vbenee we make the (" frit' „, ing extracts :—" I have received your letter- 0 Captain LAMB, of the Catherine Forbes. W e ar all here in that kind of monotony, which nor'' but a little news from our little island can ci d yen. Our grand staple, cotton, has failed, csuo we have twenty-four traders in the barboo r, ' h ag would be glad to take freight at 51. per tan' O. cannot procure it. Our present Governor , S l e d' NEPEAN, is about to remove, and tvill sur ce 'll ed by Mr. ELPHINSTONE, our Comini ,, t•io ute the Deccan. An expedition will most certaioll/011, hence to the Persian Galph in 0-:tober, Ithe a finishing blow to the ext, rin;nation °1 , 1 1 1 .10 pirates, or make them all hone.? men. hi p t tXtriordinary di•ease, the Cholerai‘Prwelot stilt contiones its ravages, but ' re : , op' wiser as to its causes than at fits, though ''ole pears, if remedies be administered in lira' 00 fatal cases are few —From At:gas:, 1517' W O' time, the people swept olf i n the C o, of patty's territories, are calculated ut 150,00,11,1 r whom 31,000 have heel, F,rope.ns, ur , ( elf descendants. Whole villages are COrve nti depopulated, and such has heeit the ter" lr w itil this side of India, that a fl. et of boats, Idd e h l/ v t he Cotton, wy.s totally deserted in one nigh t ` ll o f ; crews. On another occasion, the hilsabitautsder. village in Salsette, set On a stranger a nd ils ° ed him, wider the impression of his being ; 00 0 4 corer, The whole village was tried end, 0 let guilty, to the number of 90 p er sons, vo P e( otne mouths in prison, hut were, at 1 , 05 r; Or Boned."—( Plymouth and DockTelegraph ,v4 : dr. SToxoe, Surgeon of the Concre r° ":, for. been tried by a Court-Martial, at ST- 14ele n li o ' 0 " having, contrary to orders, during his atte- o f c ite on I 3 noNAP4 RTC, given written hulletin9severs Ex-limperor's state of health ; and nu e i,or ( " f other charges preferred against him h`'"ip of tie Admiralty, relative to his conbct f000"(11 his attendance Oil B U O NAPARTE . 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