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FOR THE SUN. THE CLERICAL CHARACTER. Ma; ; Eorrort—ln the account in your Paper cl yesterday respecting Mr. FLETCII cit's Chapel, I see the names of the Rev. Mr. Irons, the Rev. :Mr. Smith, and the Rev. Mr. Williams. Of the 'latter Gentleman's title to this prcenomen I know nothing ; but I beg to inquire, through the medium of you; Journal, what right to it is pos sessed by the two former. The custom at present 14. firat, to cry down the Church for intolerance .ased bigotry ; then to strip her of all her rights and dignities ; and, lastly, whenever she acts in pure self-defence, to deprecate still more her monstrous encroachments. She has yielded her self too'rnildly to this persecuting spirit; she has allowed its advances too far ; and what has she gained by her ill-judging lenity? The candid and zealous members of her communion, while they admit that her failings lean to virtue's side, can not but feel that this self-betraying is an import ant failing .; while her enemies, whose whole character she mistakes, are so little to be moved by benevolence or "generosity, that they exult whenever her confiding hands entrust the weapons of her death to their's. What man of plebeian rank, however estimable and respectable his cha racter, would dare to designate himself the Hon. Mr. ? Lord -- ? or Sir ? Would not the common sense of all classes, no less than the Legislation of the land, soon turn him forth to shame and ridicule ? Why then must it be ne cessarily required of the toleration of the Church of England, that she should permit a journeyman labourer and a cabin boy, men who have never been ordained by any Church, to call themselves Reverend ? It is most preposterous. It is a disgrace to the common sense of the country, that persons having no pretensions of education or or dination to the sacred office, should assume its titles and exterior, and go forth to the world as 44 the Reverend Gentlemen !" If either of the " Reverend Gentlemen" (I suppose Lord King would not call these " reve rend animals") had chosen to assume the title of master in the brick yard, or Captain in the ship, he would have been promptly taught ss.lf know ledge : but let him assume the hierarchy, and the case is altered. A man may be allowed " a wise master-builder" in bricks and mortar, who cannot edify the Church of Christ : he who may guide the rudder of a ship, may not necessarily be a pilot through the spiritual water-floods of the world. To take upon himself the spiritual instruction of others, without any commission, without any pretensions to learning, is an act so grossly conceited and arrogant, that he who could commit it must be utterly destitute of that most beautiful and Christian grace, humility. To pass from this subject to the Reverend Mr. Fletcher. The Public has had enough of bim : therefore I shall only say that lie is one proof amid a thousand of the liberality of the enemies of the Church. Had an established Clergyman acted as Mr. F. has, he would have been the object of ceaseless persecutions, his Church would have been deserted, and himself sent to Coventry. But a Dissenter! this makes all the difference. lie is courted to preach cha rity sermons at all the Ebenezers and Zions about town : he is then " set up" in a new chapel, independent the independents! And, to crown all, he, in the most Christian spirit, de signates the authorities of his own communion " tyrannous, unjust, and oppressive," and writes this atrocious calumny on the foundation stone of a Temple to the God whose essence is charity, charity, which Mr. Fletcher himself calls the substance of divinity ! " The Reverend Gentle -man concluded by breathing a love of charity for ALL denominations of Christians." So, Mr. Editor, says your report. Did lie indeed ! " words of his mouth were softer than butter, having war in his heart : his words were smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords." Recommending to the above Gentlemen the humility they preach and the charity they parade, I have the honour to be, - Your obedient Servant, ANGLICANUS. Dulwich,. July 15. 'nig LATE BISHOP OF QUEBEC.--Died, on Thursday, June lfi, at Marchmont-house, near Ouehec, in the 75th year of his age, the Right Rev. JACOB Mot' TAI N, Lord Bishop of Quebec, formerly of Camas College, in the University of Cambridge. He was the first Protestant Prelate in the Canadas, where he presided over the Church, with apostolic zeal and piety, for 32 years. During this period he was, in concurrence with his Majesty's Government and the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the instru. nient, in the hands of Providence, of raising a regular Epis copal Establishment in the two Canadas, and promoting the formation of Missions and the erection of Churches in all the more populous townships, which he regularly visited, even when age and infirmity rendered so vast and fatiguing a cuit a most arduous and painful undertaking. The Cathedral Church at Quebec, erected under his auspices, and in conse quence of his exertions, will serve as a monument to his me mory ; and his name will be honoured in the North American Colonies, as long as respect remains for high and cultivated talent, for dignity and suavity of manners, for integrity, for benevolence, for loyalty, for religion. The language, how . ever, which is usually employed on such occasions would very inadequately describe the distress of his family, the grief of hia friends and dependents, the lamentations of the poor, and the - regret which will pervade all parties and denominations in the country. His Lordship was the second son of Jacob Mountain, Esq. of Thwalte Hall, in the county of Norfolk, and enjoyed in early life the honour of a particular intimacy with the late Mr. Pitt. At the time of his being selected by that Statesman for the See of Quebec, the preferment which he held was the livings of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, and Buck.. den, punts, together with the Prebenciall Stall of South Kel . sey, In Lincoln Cathedral, all then in the gift of the present Lord 'Bishop of Winchester, to whom h; was Examining Chakdain. A i*pectable individual of Syston sent for a Methodist Tilinisterof this town, a few weeks ago, and pre sented btu With a thousand pounds, in aid of the funds of the M ethodist:Atissionary Society.—(Leicester Chronicle.) CitirtiO 'maim TO DEATH.—In our Paper of yestfq4sy we inserted a letter from Mr. JOHN ktgo ?I, of Berners-street, stating that no such etetit had occurred at his house. The Reporter vflio brought us the paragraph, whom we have d ways found correct, states that the fact is cer lain,- though the name of the father of the child was not properly given. He states that the child belonged *int to Mr. JOHN WATSON, hut to a Mr. CIIARNA EDWARD WATSON ; that it was taken to the - Middlesex Hospital, that it died, and that the Coroner, Mr. STIRLING, who i ! -examined the evidence, brought in the verdict cif :" Accidentally burnt to death." MILTON'S TREATIES on CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. This interesting work is now published—the originallatin, as well as the translation. The latter has been executed by the Rev. C. R. Scat• D.D. Librarian to his Majesty, and ap pears to be done with fidelity and elegance. In its present form, the work constitutes a thick quarto, and will, without doubt, be esteemed a theological treasure of no mean value. With a mind so highly endowed as Milton's, and so ar dent in the cause of the Christian faith as his poetical works prove that he was, the nature of an elaborate treatise upon this his favourite sub. ject may lie easily conceived. The same logical force, and closeness of reasoning, and the severe style cf composition rigorously divested of orna ment, which mark his other prose writings, are observable here. The arrangement of the sub ject is clear and masterly, and the questions are argued after the fashion of a strict theological disquisition. The quotations from scripture are copious, and in the selection and application of them give evidence of a luminous mind, deeply imbued with the divine beauty and truth of holy writ. There is scarcely a passage in the sacred book remarkable for sublimity of diction or senti ment which is not to be found here put forth in forcible illustration of some doctrine ofehristianity. The broad basis upon which the author seems to have proceeded is that of establishing the perfect harmony of the Scriptures, their concurrence with the doctrines of the Christian religion, and the consistency of the latter with the natural duties of the moral state. In the prosecution of this great undertaking consummate learning and piety are evinced, which entitle Milton to be ranked among the most eminent. Divines of the Protestant Church. Much praise is due to Mr. Lemon, of the State Paper Office, to whose re search the country is indebted for the discovery of this valuable manuscript. Isis subsequent in quiries have thrown much light upon the cause of its concealment for so long a period of time, which seems to have arisen from its falling into the hands of a suspected Papist about the time of Titus Oates. It was well known that a trea tise of this nature has been written by Milton ; and as a prose work, upon the subject of the Christian Religion, by the author of Paradise Lost, with reference to which, indeed, it may be regarded in the light of a companion, or commen tary, by the same hand as the original, it must ever be regarded as a valuable and curious acqui sition. We subjoin the preface, which, in the style and sentiments, has an air of melancholy and impressive earnestness about it exceedingly touching : JOHN MILTON, to all the Churches of Christ, and to all who profess the Christian Faith throughout the world, peace, and the Recognition of the Truth, and Eternal Salvation in God the Father, and in our Lord Jesus Christ. Since the commencement of the last century, when religion began to be restored from' the corruptions of more than thirteen hundred years to something of its original purity, many trea tises of theology have been published, conducted according to sounder principles, wherein the chief heads of Christian doc trine are set forth sometimes briefly, sometimes in a more en larged and methodical order. I think myself obliged, there fore, to declare in the first instance why, if any works have al ready appeared as perfect as the nature of the subject will ad mit, I have not remained contented with them—or, if all my predecessors have treated it unsuccessfully, why their failure has not deterred me from attempting an undertaking of a simi lar kind. If I were to say that I had devoted myself to the study of the Christian religion because nothing else can so effectually res cue the lives and minds of men from those two detestable curses, slavery and superstition, I should seem to have acted rather from a regard to my highest earthly comforts, than from a religious motive. But since it is only to the individual faith of each that the Deity has opened the way of eternal salvation, and as he re quires that he who would be saved should have a personal be lief of his own, I resolved not to repose on the faith or judg ment of others in matters relating to God ; but, on the one hand, having taken the grounds of my faith from divine reve lation alone, and on the other, having neglected nothing which depended on my own industry, I thought fit to scrutinize and ascertain for myself the several points of my religious belief, by the most careful perusal and meditation of the Holy Scrip tures themselves. If therefore I mention what has proved beneficial in my own practice, it is in the hope that others, who have a similar wish of improving themselves, may be thereby invited to pursue the same method. I entered upon an assiduous course of study in my youth, beginning with the books of the Old and New Testaments in the::: original languages, and going diligently through a few of the shorter systems of divines, in imitation of whom I was in the habit of classing under certain heads what ever passage of Scripture occurred for extraction, to be made use of hereafter as occasion might require. At length I resort. ed with increased confidence in some of the more copious theo logical treatises, and to the examination of the arguments ad vanced by the conflicting parties respecting certain disputed points of faith. nut, to speak the truth with freedom as well as candour, I was concerned to discover in many instances ad verse reasonings either evaded by wretched shifts, or attempted to be refuted, rather speciously than with solidity, by an affect. ed display of formal sophisms, or by a constant recourse to the quibbles of the grammarians ; while, what was most pertina ciously espoused as the true doctrine, seemed often defended with more vehemence than strength of argument, by miscon structions of Scripture, or by the hasty deductions of erroneous inferences. Owing to these causes, the truth was sometimes as strenuously opposed as if it had been an error or a heresy— while errors and heresies were substituted for the truth, and ' valued rather from deference to custom and the spirit of party than front the authority of Scripture. According to my judgment, therefore, neither my creed nor my hope of salvation could be sthly trusted to such guides ; and yet it appeared highly requisite to possess some methodical tractate of Christian doctrine, or at least to attempt such a dis quisition as might be useful in establishing my faith or assist ing my memory. I deemed it thgrefore safest and most advis able to compile for myself, by my own labour and study, some original treatise which should be always at hand, derived solely from the word of God itself, and executed with all possible fidelity, seeing that I could have no wish to practise any im position on myself in such a matter. After a diligent perseverance in this plan for several years, I perceived that the strong-holds of the reformed religion were suf ficiently fortified, as far as it was in danger frotn the Papists,—but neglect in many other quarters, neither competently strengthen ed with works of defence, nor adequately provided with cham pions. It was also evident to me, that, in religion as in other things, the offers of God were all directed, not an indolent cre dulity, but to constant diligence, and to an unwearied search after truth ; and that more than I was aware of still remained, which required to he more rigidly examined by the rule of . Scripture, and reformed after a more accurate model. Iso far satisfied myself in the prosecution of this plan, as at length to trust that I had discovered, with regard to religion, what was matter of belief, and what only matter of opinion . . It was also a great solace to me to have compiled by God's assistance, a precious aid for my faith,--or rather to have laid up for myself ktreasure which would be a provision for my future life, and would remove from my mind all grounds for hesitation, as of ten as it behoved me to render an account of the principles of my belief. If I communicate the result of my inquiries to the world at large ; if, as God is my witness, it be with a friendly or be nignant feeling towards mankind, that I really give as wide a circulation as possible to what I esteem my best and richest possossion, I hope to meet with a candid reception from all parties, and' that none at least will take unjust offence, even , though many things should he brought to light which will at at once be seen to differ from certain received opinions. I earnestly beseech all lovers of truth not to cry out that the Church is thrown into confusion by that freedom of discussion and inquiry which 19 granted to the schools, and ought cer tainly to be refused to no believer, since we are ordered to prove all things, and since the daily progress of the light of proof is productive, far less of disturbance to the Church than of illumination and edification. Nor do 1 see how the Church can. be more disturbed by the investigation of truth, than were the Gentiles by the first promulgation of the Gospel ; since so far from recommending or imposing any thing on my own authority, it is my particular advice that every one should suspend his opinion on whatever points he rr: , y not feel himself fully satisfied, till the evidence of Scripture pre ♦ail, and persuade his reason into assent and faith. Con cealment is no; my object; it is to the learned that I address Myself, or if it be thought that the learned are not the best umpires and judges of such things, I should at least wish to submit my opinions to men of a mature and manly under standing, possessing a thorough knowledge of the doctrines of the gospel ; on whose judgments I should rely with far more confidence that on those of novices in these matters. And whereas the greater part of those who have written most largely on these subjects have been wont to fill whole pages ' with explanations of their own op,-.ions, thrusting into the ' margin the teas in support of their doctrine, with a summary ' reference to thechapter and verse, I have chosen, on the con trary, to fill my pages even to redundance with quotations from Scripture, that so as little space as possible might be left for my own words, even . when they arise from the context of reve lation itself. It has also been my object to make it appear from the opi nions I shall be found to have advanced, whether new or old, of how much consequence to the Christian religion is the liberty not only cf winnowing and sifting every doctrine, but also of thinking and even writing respecting it, according to our individual faith and persuasion ; an inference which will be stronger in proportion to the weight and importance of those opinions, or rather in proportion to the authority of the Scrip ture, en the abundant testimony of which they rest. Without this liberty there is neither religion nor gospel—force alone pre vails, —by which it is disgraceful for the Christian religion to be supported. Without this liberty we are still enslaved, not indeed as formerly, nnder the divine law, but what is worst of all, under the law of man, or to speak more truly, under a barbarous tyranny. But I do not expect from candid ,and judicious readers, a conduct so unworthy of them—that like certain unjust and foolish men, they should stamp with the • invidious name of heretic or heresy whatever appears to them to differ from the received opinions, without trying the doctrine by a comparison with Scripture testimonies. Accord ing to their notions, to have branded any one at random with this opprobrious ;nark, is to have refuted him without any trouble, by a single word. By the simple imputation of the name of heretic, they think they have dispatched their man at one blow. To men of this kind I answer, that in the time of the Apostles, ere the New Testament was written, whenever the charge of heresy was applied as a term of reproach, that alone was considered as heresy which was at variance with their doctrine orally delivered—and that those only were looked upon as heretics who, according to Rom. xvi. 17, 18, " caused divi sions and offences contrary to the doctrine of the apostles— serving not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly." By parity of reasoning, therefore, since the compilation of the New Tetqament,l maintain that nothing but what is in con tradiction to it can properly be called heresy. For my own part, I adhere to the Holy Scriptures alone—l follow no other heresy or sect. I had not even read any of the works of heretics, so called, when the mistakes of those who are reckoned for orthodox, and their incatious handling of Scrip ture, first taught me to agree with their opponents whenever these opponents agreed with Scripture. If this be heresy, I confess with St. Paul, Acts xxiv. 14. " That after the way whli they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and the pro phets"—to which I add, whatever is written in the New Testa ment. Any other judges or chief interpreters of the Christian bt::ef, together with all implicit faith, as it is called, I, in common with the Protestant Church, refuse to recognize. For the rest, brethren, cultivate truth with brotherly love, judge of my present undertaking according to the admonish ing of the Spirit of God—and neither adopt my sentiments nor reject them, unless every doubt has been removed from your belief by the clear testimony of revelation. Finally, live in the faith of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Farewell. From the LONDON GAZETTE, July 19. BANKRUPT. NV. Moore, Houghton, Cumberland, butter and bacon-mer chant, to surrender Aug. 4,5, 30, at the Grapes Inn, Carlisle. Solicitors, Messrs. Birkett, Taylor, and Cox, Cloak-lane. DIVIDENDS. Aug. 20, T. Walker and H. P. Parry, Bristol, furnishing ironmongers„--Aug. 9, J. Plaw, New Kent-road, grocer— Aug. 9, D. APKinlay and A. M. Belesario, Sise-lane, mer chants—Aug. 10, T. Salter, Manchester, merchant-,Aug. 9, W. Davies, Neston, Cheshire, draper—Aug. 12, W. Cross, Liverpool, currier—Aug. 12, A. Trim, Davenham Cheshire, currier—Aug. 12, J. Driver, Knowl-green, Lancashire, cotton spinner —Aug. 9, 'l'. Butcher, Holborn, victualler —Aug. 9, A. Ellis, Mare-street, Hackney, carpenter—Aug. 9, W. Brad ley, Louth, Lincolnshire linen-draper—July 30, C. Sims, Crown -court, Broad-street, merchant. ' CERTIFICATES, AUG. 9. J. Bell, Manchester, dealer in cotton twist and weft—J. Cave, Coventry, riband-manufacturer—U. Plant, Wharton, Cheshire, flour-dealer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Amos and J. B. Ransford, Worcester, tallow-chandlers — C. and 21. Jones, Oswestry, Shropshire. dress - m akers—R. Coney and J. Austin, St. Helena-place, and Baker-street, Spa fields, and Jerrnyn-street, , Piccadilly, bricklayers—NV. Cooper and J. Hale—G. Clare and E. Harrison, Liverpool, accountants —J. Balsam and J. M. Scott, Clapham. schoolmasters—J. Hough and J. Hope, Manchester, calenderers—J. andß. Hip wood, Cannon-street-road, cabinet-makeri--W. Long and Cl. and 0. Smith, Leadenhall-street, merchants; so far as regards W. Long.—W. and J. Statham, Huddersfield, boot and shoemakers—N. Taynton and J. Cheetham, Lincoln's inn, law stationers—H. Hafford and T. Atkins, Lei cester, sinker-makers--L. Perrottet and S. liostaing, mo ther of pearl carvers—NV. and G. Smyth, South-Molton, 'Devonshire--J. Brookshaw and W. Cottler, Manchester, tailors—J. Whitehead and J. Lowe, Manchester, calenderers— J. Parkin, W. Parker, J. W. Clough, and L. Potts, Sheffield, merchants—E. T. and J. W. Roberts, Farnley-Tyas, York shire, cloth-merchants--J. and NV. F. Burton, Old Broad street, merchants. DA V AT ONE O'CLOCK. 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Some of them are filled with vague and uncertain reports on the affairs of Greece, and give a copy of an order lately issued by the Provisional C.3vernment, for the establishing a commission to examine mer chant ships, which the Greek fleet has sent for that purpose into the port of Napoli di Romania, and to pass a legal sentence according as the cases may require. The Constitutionnel says, the Ukase which ba nished the Jesuits from Russia concluded thus : —" After such examples, we are not surprised that this religious Order has been banished from all countries, and is no where tolerated. What State, indeed, can suffer those to remain in it who diffuse discord and hatred ? Portugal has also de cided she will never again admit them into her do minions. Austria has threatened them if they persist in their pretensions against the Ecclesias tical Hierarchy. In our observations on that oc casion we are accused of attacking Catholicism; but if to attack the Jesuits be to attack the Bo man Catholic Religion, Austria attacks it, and even threatens to expel it from her dominions, for she threatens to expel the Jesuits." The German Mails which arrived this morning are equally barren of intelligence. A few ex tracts will be found in another column. — Letters from Dresden say—" The marriage of his Royal Highness Prince Maximilian, brother of his Majesty, to the Princess Maria Louisa Charlotte of Lucea, sister to the Duke of Lucea, was formally announced at Court yester day evening." Prince Maximilian was born 13th April, 1759, and is therefore in the 66th year of his age. The Princess of . Lucea is in her 23d year, being born Oct. 1, 1802. The names of the persons who are to compose their household are also made known. The Swiss Diet was opened at Lucerne on the 4th July. Below will be found the outline of the President's preliminary speech, and a re ference to the subjects of the subsequent dii- CUSSiOIIS. SWITZERLAND, JVLT 9 The Swiss Diet was opened on the 4th July at Lucerne, in the usual form. The preliminary speech of the President stated, that there was nothing to excite any uneasy feelings re specting the state of the country, if all the Members fulfilled their duties and pursued the principles the best' calculated to preserve and to consolidate the most valuable of their prospe rity. In the subsequent discussions relative to the internal concerns of Switzerland, it was urgently recommended that 0 engagements might be made with Foreign Powers to furnish 4* greater quantity of Soldiers than Switzerland itself can supply because by engaging for a larger number they are obliged to receive foreigners into the companies to be raised, who, whoa the time of their service is expired, return into the country. where they settle, having lost their civil rights at home by ga" tering foreign service without permission. In another plat the Governments were earnestly expected to take care that tha schools were no where confided to the hands of those who fna• cied themselves above all law and all government. We have been very much entertained by ge article in the Etoile Paris Paper of Friday, the 15th July, reviewing a work lately published in Paris, called Lettres sur l'Angleterre, par A. de STAEL IloLsTctsr, son of the celebrated Madame de STAEL. These Letters, it appears, represen t us to have attained a state of civilization far be yond any country upon the Continent ; in fact, such are the terms in which the Author of there Letters speaks of the British, their institutions , and their national character, that the Etal e , declares he has nullified all by exhibiting the same blind admiration of the British Isles and their inhabitants which led his mother, a daughte r of a French Minister, to declare that if she were to choose between the destruction of France an d England, she would save the latter. We are far from quarrelling with the writer of this short review, that he should wish to viudi" cate the superiority of his country, for it iut ii mates a patriotism of the purest nature, and vi e find something very like a corresponding feeling 1 1 ourown breasts,which in all probability would le e ' us to do the same thing when placed in a simde r t situation. It is also further to be remarked, t I T a spirit of imitating the English, in their put ) " institutions and their method of conducting affairs (in fact, an Anglomania, as the END usually designates it,) exists in a very high degre e ( in France, and especially amongst that class politicians, who, steering between Republicani s i lfi on the one hand, and absolute Monarchy on 11 other, may be very properly styled the Ratiele a Liberals of the present day. We are not tber, e s surprised that the amour propre, so natural t e h Frenchman, should take the alarm, and that 1 : should endeavour to arrest the progress of t " e Anglomania; on the contrary, we would ad : P mire the man, and the ardour he displays u‘, this occasion. But this vindication of the OP riority of La France should at least he co nduct e i , with truth, and allegations should not be hai ar ` c t ed, which betray an ignorance of the subj e t , rather unpardonable, and evince a spirit P t( taking far more largely of the character of p et ", spite than honourable and enlightened patriotis e We pr o ceed now to state in what instances fib, Editor of the Etoile has departed from the Wi t ., and permitted his passion to get the better c' f , n$ judgment. The Author of the Letters o f V land is speaking in praise of the Poor Jcija which, he says, provide support for a large P o itt lation by public charity .He then turns to the le and comfort of all classes of the people in Of the' and reverts to the well known exclamation ° l ,,e(lt Allied Sovereigns • when they visited fug f t he/ 'r Where Where are the People ?" The answer per' Etoile is ready. Their Majesties could oe' e isly ceive that innumerable race of bipeds disti n g t wo ed by the generic term mob, in the one o, here thousand he had seen Sundayfied rhe re muncher) by order of the Lord Mayor. /8 :1 1 e 0 were the senses of the Editor of the - fed ole he wrote this, two hundred thousand pee. a 0 and clothed by order of the LORD NlA lr _, ° soVe ' London, to be exhibited before the Allie d f reigns on their visit to England. The writereto article not satisfied with placing two fee 5' it Opposition to one another, which of thetu se !: t e orit must be admitted, are su ff iciently contra ul ce se s t must go further, and, as is natural in suc h s the in his over anxiety to do enough, destoY e isec whole force of his argument. But if the Per r , o se of London were clothed for this especia l Pe 'Who by the kindness of the LORD MAY"; an d clothed the populace of the other tow n 's ash 7os etit villages through which their MaJEsTiEs P and where the same question was asked • m or e The next point of complaint, is of a steo ce serious character, and, but for the circuit" iwtl that the charge made against du ' co ' s th e bears upon its face, by its very heinous nes v / e res` mark of falsehood, would deserve the se of hi s reprobation. Mons. de STAEL, in part et ] a t work, adverts' to the state of liberty etklel p all classes in England. The Etoile bi e r ° diet : in this beautiful strain in answer, " s ' s es o r ( liberty in that country where mar rieg rite s void, unless performed according to the in O s the Established Church ? Is there liberty ante s country where children are illegitimate; ftot:iti baptised by a Minister of that Church .ert i last of all (herribile dicta), is there De e v i s ite that country where the pains of death ar e enPoi on any Catholic Priest who shall gi ve i _ to tter tial benediction to the marriage o f a his own communion with a Prote s tant • eh ge b ; We really did not imagine it possible s! ist , fe w and unpardonable ignorance should e 7 ' 0 ,0 we cannot think for an instant, ans otte til fhe France is so stupid, and so utterly he s r heSe' to give credence to such assertions as - d o ve he ir two last are false, grossly false, t'e Jus t µe t"„ 0 even a shadow of a pretence to w e i ; r e . utterance. With regard to the firs t, for ets „e it as no reproach at all. Certain ' th'i s g a 0 necessary to constitute a marriage, se al he ir forms are adopted in England, whic h o f t calculated to ensure the fulfilment , c our.o „j e csht respective duties by the newly tria'' and that attention to the vows they o ' 3 _ 4. 007 may lead to the mutual happiness. of tictg