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FOR THE SUN. 140,4PETERSHAM and Mr. W. WEDDERBURNE. Albany, 11th April, 1821. MR. EDITOR—I enclose • you the copy of a correspondence betwixt Mr: - WthiSTER WEntiErt- . tuANE and myself; at the .same time beg to Ineliion, with ,reference - to my foriner letter to him can the subject, thafunderstanding from Lord FOLEY, Lord PETERSII.I.3I'S friends would have becA,.better satis fi ed had I stated that no blows hd prfs'i'ed in the rencontre betwixt his Lord and Mr. W., I hereby most distinctly de cla;e that no blow did "pftss . betwixt them; and my ogle reason for not mentioning it was, that I, did"nbrlite to triaVe . nse 'of the expression, and, 114er - the circnrnstancrs, I considered it to be, lel immaterial as to the Ilia. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, - CHARLES PALMER. Albany, Irednnday Morning. Dr. ^,.R WEIITEP.-!--i am so infernally ill after last night's that I cannot leave my bed, so Pray come to me as soon as you can ; but for God's sake make up yd'ur mind • o--c way or other (and I don't care a d Which), as I can iF no longer. Who the fools are that influence you It;low rat ;if had had you to Myself it would have been sittled long since ; and it is too bad, when I am the only per— son who has stood by you, that you should not trust me.—; Row can you consider that letter' as an insult which begins' wlth telling the whole world that " I have considered your ho lour as my own ?" I knew well enough there would be the devil to'p4., but there was no trusting you. What nonsense your jealousy of my praises of Petersham ; poor fellow ! lie little iiefi;rved or anticipAted that humiliation which has needed them. If you could only get rid of your d—Cealousy, which, upon my soul and body you hive no occasion for, I am sure you would bees anxious to do him justice as myself; only do that, and speak as handsomelY of you, nd shall think it no more than you deserve. Come and breakfast, and bring G. Haw kins if he has not started. I read him in a moment, and am su--2 he is the best fellow in the World. As for you, you'd puzzle the devil, .biit I don't mean to bepUzzled myself any lianger ; and so help me God !if this d—d letter of yours must ba . published, so help me God ! if you do not alter it, thoia7b, as you fay, it will take out all the best parts of it, this shall be our la . at meeting. So do as you please; recollect, it is your, business, and not mine. Yours, C. P. I • Brim PALmmt—l only intreat we may have no repetition t)f the Unpleasant and endless discussions'of last night; for if I di:l nr t solemnly and firmly believe some reply indispensable, :;.';VICTS on earth could have induced me to make one. You inr.3t really, therefore, desire the Post and the. Press to insert it to-day ; I shall modify any thing which could possibly be Cat:stilled as against poor Lady Frances, *hose honour and f2t;ling3 are, God know's, sacred to me. The fracas of last right (for we really made it one) will no doubt form matter for Dew paragraphs. Nothing, though to be serious; can change ray intention, and as you thWarted it last night you must pro. =ste it now. I can't breakfast with you, but.will Call at ten. Wednesday. Ever youri sincerely, W. W. - - - . Albany,liTednesday. DEAR' WEBSTER-1 - am quite satisfied with your letter, 'and would most readily comply with your wishes, if in my - piwer ; for believe me there is no possible sacrifice but of my character which I would not make, to do justice to all parties. But how can I, after last night's work, ask the-Editors to in sert it. You may well talk of matter for new paragraphs ; but if you really wish to pre - vont them, depend on it there is but one way, and that is, to speak the truth, as I mean to do ell our sakes; but in away I should be very-sorry to corn ,rnilnicateto you beforehand, and if you were surprised yes terdsy 'at reading for the first time my letter, which you tell me nobody believes to be trtie,' that Lord Foley was as ig noratt of it as yourself, what will be your astonishment to morrow (particularly after dining with the, because I cannot , trust you out of my sight) -at reading your pwn private letter, which I ttm now answering But much as I should like to see you on the occasion, I shall feel'infinitely safer at .line. But be h!ve ma. howefer, I should not publish it was I not convinced teat it would be your best. justification .with the world for the stp you have taken, .and giving you the entire credit of an ac tion, to which_ I have not, in the slightt degree, urged you, and speaks voluines for 'both parties; now it is determined • 1 must .do it 'justice, by declaring upon my word (or even rny oath, if you insist upon it) . that never, in the whole course or . ipi existence, were 'my feelings so deeply Interested as by the r.". , ject in question ; and ow,• as regards that object, •hav hi& never known her till within these few days, I can say, nothing . of ,the past; . but for the _future, possessing as do, an./ may naturally be irnaginod, her entire confidence, and which I noir,resign into its proper hands, I declare in the face of the • !World. my firm belief, tho 7., is nothing upon the faca of it, taking her. 'altogether, so estimable as herself; and hereto prevent jealousy on your part, or suspicion with others, tmustcall upon inn ; fiiends.Col. Roberts and Mr. Ifuteltinson, to bear :lie out in saying, that my e...Tections have been long since fixed, and could on.y change or then) with the in of the object who pos. si.s.:ten them ; but T :mist Step here, as I shall have the Bishops on iby hack ; t but even with than, in thus betraying your secrets • • tny °chi, I trust I shall injure neither by Oh, avowal. -Your's, my dear NlrecitlerbUrn . e, very faithfull; CfIARLIIS PALVIER. P. T.3.—And now for tha wind up, the, chef crceuvre, aboto our•fraeas, 43 you cull it, has takan.nlace ; it is well for ' atsoluttly ICannot help naysalf,• you have lai out that I rny }fest to prevent it. • • LETTEP. FROM W • 2I3ST.EII.IyEDI)ERMTRNE, ESQ. TO,COLO , NEL ' , At:VIER, M.P. SlR—r•refret dvitt.' you did not think •:it necessary to •'•-lv.s.irr: me acquainted 'will; the letter I li(tve seen,..-with much sur ,• the Public Journals of yesterday, and which you have cal.,:e:;:ced to me in reference to the ar ra n gement o f t h e late dit rei'm_nr.te between iJord Petersham and myself, wlyrein you 35tri.! kit . ) CPOtlgh tO on nil , . 'part- - .. • ifter the explanatory paragraph of Ile 9tli instant, as ' ' e.;ticeilx between Loid•Toley and yoiuself,•You should tiace•con rfl this step expedient,.l cannot...lout lament, as- ; itiriaposes.• onlaie the disagre=hle ziecessity'of again obtruding a .matter car .tne attention of 'the pithlic, whiCh being one of mere indi- ' • vid;l.•?.l - ifiterest, can have no eltilrii,to considersoien. • S:nce, he-Weyer, , you ,Icavetnie Jio:.alternative, I am hound to repiy . in the same channel . ; and without any reference to rniglit • OthetWisc bj .. sutrpo'sed to involve questions affect= ' idg 'others' thiri the Oeitlernert forming the subject of • our rorrti::ponderiee,,, I. beg :to disclaim having ever acted upon, tir!lnginflu.en4ed by apk."•misnikes" or " false impressions, , ' stiteiinenVS'whiclreither did or might be supposed ete'inste fr",nn,riis(ittild if, therefore, any representation of left slircikazonviction-on your mind, I. must have done • lfrrt.riA.l and mys,e.:l4•restsiiijuit i ce and particularly wh e r e th e pt,in'ts at issue•did tote stand wholly on the last of personal artrifiritY: . • •••• „ • • • e Tqe very nattering terms hi. which you have thought it ne cesiwy ta.exprs yeuuelf of Lord'Petbrshain's conduct in the must beilikhly satisfactory his Lordship's friends, :;bould be sorry to have deprived them of the gratifita which'ene tc.stirnony and opinion of so, honourable an ins i, cannot fail to afford. Believe me, dear Sir With much esteem, since,rekyours, April le.2d, F. WEBS ER WE DERBURNE. ROMAN CATHOLICS. REASONS why the ROMAN CATHOLIC EMANCIPA TION-CANNOT 'be GRANTED without IMMINENT DANGER to, and VIOLATION of, the PRINCIPLES . of the PROTESTANT . CONSTITUTION, as SET TLED-at the REFORMATION—By a LAYMAN. We earnestly recommend this admirable Tract to the serious attention of the Public. We shall content ourselves with giving the Dedication' to that distinguished and eminent Prelate the Lord Bishop of Chestrr, and a few Extracts from the WOrk as we are convinced the whole of it should be read by every friend of' Civil and Religious Liberty. To the Right Rev. Dr. LAW, Bishop of Chester. MY Loup—Though I might have addressed the following Remarks to other learned Bishops, who are equally averse from the Bill for granting to Papi s t s the privilege of sitting as Re presentatives in the House of Commons ; I am confident that I could not have chosen any Prelate more sincerely attached to the good old doctrines and venerable faith of the Protestant Church of England. Neither should I have placed these Remarks before the Pub lic, HAD THE REASONS why our, Kings and wise Legislators rejected the claims of the Papists, BEEN COMPLETELY BROUGHT FORWARD DURING THOSE DEBATES , in which the great champion of th e P rotestant Ch urc h , Mr. Peel, dis played so much eloquence and such perfect knowledge of the impending danger.—l,have the honour to be, with the sincerest respect, your Lordship's most obedient, humble Servant, • —4.— VERITAS. " The perpetual applications of the Roman, Catholics for their Emancipation, as they are pleased to call it, will plead the excuse of a Layman of the Protestant Church of England, in offering a few words on the Bills now under consideration in Parliament. I shall, therefore, without any previous introduc tion,. briefly give the reasons why the Papists cannot be admit ted into the Protestant national representation, and which rea soiss have always induced our Kings and our wisest Legislators, to reject every application of the kind. '" Much has been alleged respecting the oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance ; it is said by the uninfornied advocates for the Bill, that the Papists are ready to take the oath of allegiance. True, and such persons should be informed that the Pope has dispensed, and can dispense with this oath. Witness in the reign of Elizabeth, when the Pope issued a Bull to the follow ing 'effect: absolve the people of England from their oath of allegiance to Elizabeth their Queen.' 'We will and com mand the subjects of England to take up arms against Eliza beth their Queen.' Bulla Pii Quint. Pont. Max. Again ; We, by our apostolic authority, do absolve all subjects from their oaths of fealty; which they hire sworn to Princes excom municated. Pope Gregory VII. spud Grat. Laos, 15. 9. Again We excommunicate all heretic Princes, and absolve their subjects frOm their oaths and duties of allegiance. Pius V. Pontifex, in Bulla. Therefore, though the Papists say they have given up this, I say it is not possible for them to give up any one of the Prerogatives of the Pope, which they have invested in him as an hereditary right : they remain in full force with every Papilt, and will be acted upon whenever they may deem it necessary. From which it is evident that no Go vernment cats have any dependance whatever on any such oath for the due performance of any contract. For if the good of the Roman Church should require it, the Pope pretends to dis pense with their oath, and to pardon their perjury in the sight of God. This is by them considered as his inalienable preroga tive, and every Papist is bound to observe it on pain of final excommunication, and eternal damnation. See the Pope's Bull in the reign of Elizabeth : We consign to eternal damnation, all those who will not follow Arthur O'Neal.' " The Papists refuse to take the oath of supremacy, as they will not allow any other potentate to be supreme except the Pope. It would sound very strange in England, to hear of two heads of the church among the subjects of one king, who is the suprethe head of the church. It is argued by those in favour of Papists, that their refusing to take the oath of su premacy, is a proof of their sincerity in faithfully abiding by the oath of allegiance. But sucl: reasoners should be informed, that this.may be the case, when what they call the good of the church and the command of the'Pope do not call upon them ; but whenever that is the call, they say, considering the Pope to I be supreme, and bei ng i n f a t ua t e d enoug h to believe that a power is delegated to this fallible man, which makes him infallible, they say, in such case, no faith is to be kept with heretics ; tins is a known truth; no Papist, if he speak truth, can deny it, and I challenge every Papist in Europe to deny it. " What do all the delusive pretensions of the Papists amount to, when even confirmed by the most solemn oaths ? Why, they stand for nothing ; for when they came forward to satisfy 'the Government by the most serious of all obligations, and thus pretended to give security for their good conduct ; did not three Popish Priests, .calling themselves apostolic Vicars, de clare that the Pope was not bound to acknowledge.or confirm any oath taken by the laity ? Therefore, it-is hoped by the great body of the nation, that the higher-branches of the legis lature will not suffer any alteration of the laws established at' the Reformation, and that his Majesty will be as firm a Sop porter and defender of the 'Protestant faith, in opposition to the inroads of- Popery,. as his Royal father, who ; for his inflexible adherence to the Protestant cause, deserves to live in the hearts of every true Protestant. wllerice it will be seen, that the Papists cannot give any se curity to Government for the due performance of any thing re specting the church by th e most serious of all acts ; solemn oath in the presence of God is pretended to be dispensed . with by a fallible man, and the -oerjury pardon e d, th ro u g h t h e lute ' rest which th e Italian Bishop has with God. Such is the in consistency of those who plead in favour of this Bill, that an Honourable Gentleman declared in his speech, that the Papist had given up the doctrine of transubstantiation, and in the same speech, that they believe it in a sense. If this be not nonsense, surely we do not know what is, and nonsense is never to be understood. " An Hon. Member paid a very high compliment to Mr. Plunkett, as the greatest master of eloquence and reasoning now ex;sting in public life.' Whatever may be the powers of that Honourable Gentleman's reasoning, is not with me the question; but I will venture to say that he did not understand the subject on which he took up so Much of the valuable time of the House. This Gentleman said, It was 'asserted that the Roman Catholics held the doctrine of actual transubstan tiation, that there was an actual presence at the sacrament of the body of our Lord in the bread, and of his blood in the wine.. He (Mr. Plunkett) could only say, if it were so—if such a doctrine were really held, it- must be held in direct contradic tion to the words of our Saviour, and the dictates of common sense ; for if men knew the elements before them to be bread and wine, it must be impossible th a t they could be the body and blood of the Redeemer. The Roman Catholics affirmed that they did not believe this actual transubstantiation, because they admitted that it was clearly impossible for the same body to he in two places at one time.' So far Protestants agree with Mr. Plunkett, that ' if men knew the elements before them to be bread and wine, it must be impossible for them to 'believe that they could be the body and blood of the gedeenier.' But what Sfiall we say to this Gentleman's great 'powers of reason ing, when in the, same breath lie positively declares th a t th e Roman Catholics do not believe in the doctrine of transubetan. tiatioo ;: and then—' In candour, however, he must admit, that in a sense the Roman Catholica did believe in transubsaentia lion, in a certain sense they did hold it. And here - he would observe, that not knowing, he would not attempt to describe it.' It was, however, this Gentl e m a n' s d u ty t o h ave under stood his subject, before he. had presumed to have spoken in the senate, or to have misled the people of England, by first as serting, what was not true, and yet, after the manner of the Je mitts, to alloic what he had denied." The Honourable Member asks, in another part of his speech, Why was there, no .denunciation against - those who believed not tisedivinity of our Lord ! Why was there not a denunciation of the Jews, of the Mahometans, of the Pagans ? Why was it suilleient to abhor the Roman Catholics ?' In an swer to these questions, I will tell this Gentleman why. To the first question, viz. ' Why was there no denunciation against ,these who believed not the divinity of our Lord ?' I answer ; the Unitarians, -for I suppose those are Meant, I say the Uni tarians, are amenable to the laws of the land the same as the Paphits, but they have no Pope to absolve them from the oath of ALLEGIANCE ; nor, have they a Vicar of Christ on earth, nor any supreme he a d o f t h e c h urc h, to ,dispense with •the sa credness of an oath, and to free the conscience from the awful crime of perjury. And as to any denunciation against Jews, Mahometans, or Pagans ; the Jews, no, doubt, would be as conscientious in the due observance of their oath as Christians, for they have no temporal or spiritual head, to forgive per jury, And with regard to Maliometans and Pagen e rk` they do not rekide in . this c o un t r y, an d if t he y were to- result here, they would certainly be' more eligible than, the Papist to sit in the House of Commons, as they have no supreme on earth, who professes. to forgive perjury. Therefore such ques tions put by this Gentleman, do not in any sense bear on the subject, and it" must astonish every thinking man and woman in the nation, that when such questions, altogether irrelevant, were asked, that greetings and cheers were heard from every part of the House.' Hence it is , evident why there is no denunciation against the Jews, becatthe they have no 'supreme head of their church professing to forgive the crime ofhperjury. And from this consideration it is incontrovertibly evident, that Papists can give no security whatever to any Protestant nation for the due performance of the most solemn oaths ; they areatlltliipensed with, by one blast of the breath of a petty Italian Bishop, who for political purposes presumes to usurp the province of ( Jon himself, and impiously to pretend, as his ...inalienable right, to absolve Prot:lts% subjects from elicit oath of allegiance to their lawful king. On reflection and due consideration, there can be no doubt but that e very sincere friend tothe Established Church, every sincere Protestant in the Houses of Lorda and Commons will do his duty, and sup port the true principles of the Conititution in the Church, as they were most conscientioualy and religiously observed by our late gracious Monarch, Who, if he could rise from the dead, would blush to see such advocates for popery in a British Senate. ".It surely is high time to pilt an end for ever to the political pretensions of Papists,when, in defiance of the law of England, the Pope, who owes his restoration to the See of Rome to Eng land only, has established, by his assumed authority, the order of Jesuits, who now exercise their functions in the diocese of Chester. It is hoped that the laborious Prelate of that diocese will shew his marked disapprobation to such a violation of the law, and so disgusting to every Protestant in the land who has a sincere desire to support the Constitution. Beside there is another thing to be taken into consideration by the government. believe it is allowed that the dissenters make about half of the population of Great Britain, and if the Papists were thus to be indulged, the Dissenters must have a prior right. They have no Pope to forgive the sin of perjury,. they render them selves amenable both to the laws of God and man. And there fore they must in such a case be at least placed on a level with the Papist. " But would it have been believed - twenty years since, that any supporter of the Protestant cause would, in the House of Commons, give notice of a motion for government to pay the Papist Priests. Gracious. God ! is it come to this already ? What would have been the feelings of the English Ceinmons thirty years ago, could they have . known that at this day, the society of Jesuits would be established in England 'by the au thority of the Pope, and the Popish Priests paid by Govern rnent ? Surely in such case the Dissenting Ministers have an undoubted right to he paid also. Now as it will in justice be admitted that the Dissenters must have the same privileges as the Papists, it will b e o b v i ous to every Protestant Member, that on any question relating to the Church of England, or to the support of the Church of England, the united interest of the two would carry any question whatever against the establish ed ' " There is another important thing worthy of the considera tion of every r ea l P rot e s t ant Member in the House of Commons and Lords, as it has respect to his feelings of honour in int of equality. Eve r y P rotestant M em b er ac k nowle d ges the King to be the supreme temporal head of the Church and State, and accordingly he is obliged to take the oaths of snpremacy, and allegiance; if he should violate. either of these oaths, and be found in rebellion against his King, he subjects himself to the punishment of the law, he suffers the penalty of death, and the whole of his property is confiscated. Not so with the Papist, he takes not the oath of supremacy; therefore, on his defection, he violates not the law, consequently does not subject himself to any penalty whatever. Where then would be the equal jus tice between the Protestant and the Papist ? and how will such de cided partiality be borne by any Member, who has honourable faelings as to his own dignity, and the honour of his constitu ents ? Can honour reside where such an indignity can be sub mitted to ? Again, though theintegrity of the present government is not to be doubted, who can insure to the Protestants of England the purity of any future House of Commons ? And if it be not possible for any such pledge to be given to the church and people, what san prev e nt t h e overw h e l m i ng influence of bribery, should Popish governments think it necessary to make Papacy the established religion of England ? We know they look on the power of England with no friendly eye ; and if this ascendancy which once was obtained should again be ob tained, we know what has beet may be ' • an Italian bishop may again sit in his p a l ace at R ome , and thus to carry any political question, dispose of the blood and treasure of England, interdict tne land that the people cannot bury the dead, and dethrone the Monarch. " But those who plead in favour of the Bill say, a man must be devoid of sense to suppose any thing of the kind, as there will always be a great majority of Protestant Members. But this, I say, is presuming that every future House of Commons will be as free from bribery as the present ; but should this not hap pen to be the case 'I see a total end to the Established Church. " But it m a y also be argued that the House of Lords are a sure guarantee to the people of England for the security of their Protestant faith. Truly so; and in many cases it is a happy thing for the nation, and the security of the throne, that they are the guardian s o f th e rights of the people. But certainly should the above circumstances ever occur, such a House of Commons would dictate to the Lords ; they , would be obliged to pass whatever such a house should by such a majority propose, or withhold the supplies, and involve the nation in foreign wars. " In order to couvinee the reader that the principles of Pa ' pists are in every respect the same as they were in'thealays when they condemned Protestants to the flames with the badge of heretics, I take the following extracts from the New Papist Bible, published at iDublin, 1813, under the sanction of Dr. 'Troy, called the Archbishop by the Papists. It cannot (says Mr. Blair) be supposed to contain any misrepresentation of the principles of the Romish Priesthood : " In the Annotations of Dr. Troy's 'Bible, the authority of which, as being ecclesiastical tradition, stated and expounded by the pastors of the Romish Church, is maintained to be no less binding on the conscien ce o f a P a pi s t, th an th e t e xt it se lf o f t h e sacred Scripture ; the Romanists are informed, that Protes tants are heretics and schismatics'—' the bane and disease of this time: (note on John xvi. 28.) that all the definitions and marks of an heretic fall upon them ;' (on Tit. iii. 10.) and that the church of God calling the Protestants' doctrine heresy, in the worse part that can be, and in the worst sort that ever was, cloth right and most justly :' (on Acts xxviii. 22.) 'That the new pretended church service of England is in schism and heresy, and therefore, not only unprofitable, but damnable : (on Acts x. 9.) that as the Jewish temple was made a den of thieves, the church, or ' the house appointed for the , holy sa crifice, and sacrament of the body of Christ, is now much more made a den of thieves, being made a deli for the ministers of Calvin's breed :' (on Mark xi. 17.) that the prayer of a schis matic (i. e. a protestant) cannot be heard by heaven : (on John xv. 7.) that the speeches, preaching, and writings of heretics (Protestants) are pestiferous, contagious,- and creeping like a canker ; therefore Christian men must never hear their sera mons, nor read their books :' (on 2 Tim. ii. 17.) that as the devil acknowledging the Son of God,. was bid to hold his peace: therefore, neither heretics (Protestants) sermons. must be heard, no ..r cithough they preach the truth; so is it of their prayer and service, .which being never so good in itself, is not acceptable to (od out of their mouths ; yea it is no better than the howling of wolves :' (on Mark iii. 12.) that Christian man is especially boisnd to burn and deface all heretical books :' (and tlierefoae Protestant Bibles, Prayer Books, &c. (on Acts xix. 19.) that' the translators of the English Protest a nt Bibl e , ought to be' abhorred to th e d e pth of hell :' (on Heb. v. 7.) Roman Catholics must avoid them, (Protestants) because their familiarity is contagious and noisome to good men : but in mat ters of religion, in praying,reading their books, hearing their ser mons, presence at their service,partaking of their sacraments, and all other communication with them in spiritual things, it is a great damnable sin to deal with them :' (on John ii. 10.) The good (i. e. the Papists) inuat tolerate the evil (L e. the Protes tants), when it is so strong that it cannot be redressed without r danger or disturbance of the whole church ; otherwise, where evil men, be they heretics or other malefactors, may be punish ed and suppressed, without disturbance and hazard of the good, they may and ought, by public authority, either spiritual or tem poral, to be chastized, or executed :' (on Matt. xiii. 29.) Again : heretics, though in the beginning they may appear to have some shew of truth, yet in due time their . deceits and falsehood shall be known by all wise men ; though for troubling the state of such commonwealths where unluckily they have been re_ ceived, they cannot be so suddenly extirpated:' (on 2 Tim. iii. 9.) The Protestant clergy of all denominations are farther des cribed, in this authorized Popiali Bible, as 'thieves, murderers, and ministers of the devil:-' (on John x. 1.) They and their flocks, as supporters of the P r otest a nt heresy;' are 'declared to be in a rebellion and damnable revolt against the priests of God'a church, that rebellion which (they declare) the bane of our days :' (on Heb. xiii 17.) The Papists are commanded by this Bible, their authorized divine oracle, to be' zealous and stout against heretics of what sort soever ; and to be thus ze lous, remembering the example of hoLy Elias, that in z2al kill ed four hundred and fifty false prophets'e (on Rev. ii. 0. 20.) When Rome puts heretics to death, and allows their punish ment in other countries, their blood'(the blood ofProt2stants) l is not called the blood of saints, no more than the blood of thieves, man-killers, and other malefactors for the shedding of which, by order of justice, no commonwealth shall answer : 1 (on Pant' In anoiher annotation the exclamation of Queen Mary's Rhemish 'priests is sanctioned, viz. If St-Paul apt" pealed to Caesar not vet christened, •how much more may we call for the aid of Christian . princes, (meaning Popish-princes,) for the punishnient of heretics:' (on. Acts xxv. 11.) Let the reader remember, that these ortluxlox Popish notes were published in the year 1818. • " The unfounded and dangerous claim of Papists to jurisdic tion over all Protestants has been fully expi...q.l by Dr. Her bert Marsh; Bishop of Peterborough. • I shall therefore leave these infamous notes of the Papists for the serious considera tion Of the Protestant reader ; who by this time must. be con vinced' thet Popery is the same in all a g es. ".11ad the advocates for the. Bill read the above audacious, wicked, and infamous declarations, that the Protestant clergy are described by the Papists, in their authorized Popish Bible, as murderers, and ministers of the devil,' &c. &c. • thieves; (on Johiv x. 1.) and it was their duty to have read them, before they had insulted the understandings of the English clergy ; they could not, with any semblance of truth, be considered as advocates for the Protestant . cause. I therefore conclude. they have not read the above statements, contained in this modem Popish oracle. I say, after this selection of the most unparalleled pe presurc i or. that was ever manifested, (exCept . in the day when by the bulla of A petty Italian bishop, the impious and presumPtuotis Papist priests sanctioned. the bloody murders of faithful Protestants, not only in England, but in every part of the world where they could obtain power,). after the adyocatee for the Bill have read the vile notes in the above mentioned authorized Popish Bible, they will see that if those seekers after universal dom i ni o n over th e sou l s , - bodies, and. properties of P ro t es t an t s , were to get what they are thus striv ing for, via. a majority in the House of Commons, to make Popery the establiihed profession - of the land—and that they will get such a majority, if ever we should see a venal House where, in addition to the great number of Popish Members, Protestant Members' should he found, who may not be invul nerable against bribery—l say, should this be so—then from the plain declarations in the above cited vile notes, acknowledged and promulgated throughout all Papal countries, as infallible notes,' I say the advocates will then be convinced, (if common sense and common honesty be allowed to speak) that though they advocate the cause of the Whore of Babylon, Rev. xtiiii. 5. she would be obliged, consistently with her avowed principles, to consign them to the flames as heretics. If however, they will read the letters of Mr. Blair, A.M. addressed to Mr. Wil berforce, if such statements as the above, taken by that writer from the Papist Bible, will not convince them that the prin ciplas of the Papists are the same as they were when the bloodthirsty Papal Junto, in the days of the hateful Mary, filled the' Inquisitions, and fed the burning piles with the bodies of Protestants, nothing will convince them, I then sh a ll be constrained to conclude that such Gentlemen are Papists in their hearts, and Protestants by profession. " Let such Gentlemen read the Pope's pastoral letter as pub lished in the papers, and they will find it nearly as follows, viz. that the Inquisition is the only barrier to tne church of Rome, and Protestants ought not to be permitted to worship God in a Roman Catholic country." " The, Papists do not allow those who are in their com munion ever to go to any other place of worship, which they call denying their religion.' In 'their examination, before they go for absolution, the following question is asked, Have ,you by word or deed denied your religion ? or gone to the churches or meetings of Heretics, (Protestants) so as to join any way with them in their worship ? or to oive scandal ? how often?'. -Devotions for Communion, p. 211. It is hardly to be believed, that a little horde of Papists could have the assurance to stig matize the professors ea -. the established religion of the nation with the term heretic, and to tell the Clergy that they are thieves,' having taken what belongs to them; and yet solicit the Protestants to grant their emancipation." " Apologies are frequently made concerning the principles of Papists, and even by some of the Protestant Clergy, ti:at such and such things are now disavowed by the Papists. These apologies I find have been made before this day. About six years ago, a Correspondence on the Roman Catholi c Bibl e Society' was published by Mr. Blair, in which select notes ap ' peared, taken from the J)oway and Rheims Bible, purporting the gennine principles of Roman Catholics.' Mr. Blair then says, We do not forget the clatnour which was then raised; for it was observed by Mr. Butler, in his reply, When the harsh expressions of the Rhenish annotators are brought forward, the dungeons too, the racks, the gibbets, the fines, the confiscations, and tile various other modes of perse cution in every hideous form :' that these,' says Mr. Butler, should have prod uce d sonic expressions of bitterness from the writers in question, cannot be a matter of surprize.' • " This was the apology made for such disgraceful annota tions, first • published in 1582, (see Gent. Mag. for Feb. 1814, p. 123.) and it is asked, Why the Roman Catholics of the present clay should be criminated for an alleged intemperance of some of the Rhemish notes ?' The plain answer is, because such notes are approved and circulated by Roman Catholics of the present day. And of this fact, Engliah Protestants have now an undoubted right to complain, because there is no such palliating provocation in the nineteenth century.' " The writer,..mr. Blair, continues, We have seen an ad vertisement in the Dublin Correspondent, announcing that this Bible (with infallible annotations) is publishing num= bees at Cork under the sanction (forsooth) of their Graces Arch bishop Troy, and the Lord Primate of Ireland, with the Pre sident isk the Royal College of Maynooth, and several of the other Popish 'prelates. • " Thus, while the authorized translation and the English translators are abhorred by these Popish priests, to use their own worda, to the depth of hell,' they keep up the farce of Archbishop, of Dublin and Lord Primate of Ireland, ever rest- . less for dominion, and ever watchful for spiritual power, which also comprehends political power. • ." One word more respecting the term Protestant, and its in g applied by Papists to members of the Church of England. The Papists tell us, that we of the Church of England are dis senters from the Church of Rome. This I deny; we are no more dissenters from the Church of Rome, than we are dissen ters from the Church of Greece, or the Greek Church. From the commencement of the Christian Church to the time of Con stantine, the Church of Christ was pure, it was to that period apostolic ; but when Constantine turned Christian, he brought into the Church an inundation of wealth, Paganism, and worldly grandeur, which, like a mighty flood, swept away the truths of the apostolic Church. Then was • the abominaa tion of desolation set up in the holy place, Dan.. viii. 27. Communion in one kind sufficient for salvation—Confession— Extreme unction—Fasting—lntages—lndulgencesa. a penance,-- Purgatorye—Mizaculoas relicks—Prayers to - saints—Apostoli cal traditions—Transubstantiation—.lnvoc a ti o n of the .Vir g in Mary, &c. and other things as contra r y t o t h e Command of Christ and the practice of the Apostolic Church, as' ight to darkness. But the faith, doctrine, and practice of the Church of England, as has been observed, is perfectly consistent with the faith, doctrine, and practice of the Apostolic Churches ; and therefore her Priests and Professors are the true legitimate descendants of the Anostics, in faith, doctrine, and practice; they are no more dis;enters from the Roman Catholic profes sion, than they are f rom the Episcopal Greek Church, or Epis copal Mahometanism, or, Episcopal Paganism. J3tit the Papists are incontr over tibly the tree dissenters from the faith, doctrine, and practice of the Apostolic Church;' " In short, the direful evils which present themselves on al lowing a set of men to sit as representatives in the blouse of Commons, who can bring Ix THE WEALTH AND INFLHENCE• or PAPAL NATIONS- to gain an ascendancy in the national representation for the pu - epose of establishing the, tyranny of Popery, is truly alarming,; and no professing- Protestant can possibly be esteemed a true Protestant who favours such a Bill as is now under • consideration in Parliainent. I put the fol lowing question to every Protestant. —lf there be any mean ing in a solemn oath, when GOD is invoked to witness it; and if every Protestant take a solemh oath to preserve inviolate the Protestant Faith, and the Protestant succession to the Throne, invoking GOD to witness it ; can any man be esteemed a true Protestant, and does lie not violate the oath he has taken to preserve the Protestant Profession inviolate, if he - vote for the emancipation of Papists ?. Certainly: " It is said by those who are in - .favour of the Popish Bill, that all.. the enormities committed by the Papists were done in the dark ages, that now they are a very different people, and that they may be trusted as well as Protestants. T have no hesitation to 'allow that they are to be depended on equally in all dealings between man and man, but mall things relating to what is called the good of the Church, when the authority of the Pope in the conclave makes its appearance in the form of a .Bulla, all their oaths, all their promises, all their securities given to Protestants, vanish for ever ; as above observed, the Apostolic Vicars (so called) honestly told the people of Eng land. that the laity could not interfere with the prerogatives of the Pope, and that no engagements whateVer . Made by them could be binding on their consciences. " That the principles-of Papists ate not changed is certain, their thirst for persecution is not quenched ; witness the dis graceful and wicked persecutions of Protestants in France on, the restoration of peace, when th e y were mur d ere d, th e i r p l aces of worship destroyed, and • great numbers were driven to seek an asylum in woods and mountains." The Author here gives various passages from the Popish: writcrs.in support of his assertions, which are deserving of the most serious consideration. " What say our Bishopsand the Clergy to the modest elaiins •of these.pet'y Italian Popish Priests, to the exclusive right to the spiritual offices and privileges,. and to the temporal posses sions of our ecelesiastical establishments, whi c h a r e pl a i n ly as serted in the notes of the Popish Bibles. And in order to jus tify it, the words of . Tertulhan are perverted, aid used against the Protestant Clergy :' viz. Who are you, anti from whence came yds' ? What iio you in my possession ?—I possesssd it ofold—l am heir of the' Apostles. As they provided by their Testament, as they committed it to my credit, as they aljureil me, so do I hold it. Von surely they 'disinherited always, and. have cast you off as enemies.' Pref. p. 16. Again : the Pro testant Clergy and their flock are • nut to be allowed even the possession of the Sacred Scriptures. No heretics (Protestants) have right to the Scriptnres, but are usurpers ; the Catholic Church' (the Papists) being the true Owner and faithful keeper of them.'—Pref. ibid " Again : Heretics (Protestants)' follow an hypo cr i s y an d show of virtue, the pernicious doctrine of Devils, 'who erelying spirits in the mouths of all heretics and false teachers :' (note on 1 Tins. iv. 1.) that the Protestants resemble ' Judas in apostasy :' (on John vi. 63) ' . To all such the Apostle giveth the curse, and telleth them, th a t the storm of darkness and eter nal damnation is provided for, them :' (on Jude 11.) ".That heretics (Protestants) can possibly he saved, though they shed their blood for Christ's name—though:they die among heathens or Turks, for defence of truth, or some ar ticle of Christ's religion,' and that they who now-a-days die in defence of their heresies, arc . on that account more dam nable :' (on 1 Cor. xiii. 3.) • ‘' 'hest; quotations, made from that shocking engine of mis chief, the Popish AnnOtations in their. Bible, ar,•:. sufficient to convince the reader, that the principles of Papists in the 19th century r:e tha same ss at sny former perlev.l; there is no me lioration of th e P e r s et u t aig mur d erous sp i ir't, Tilt , ' 0N1.7 WANT POWER AGAIN to realize those scenes. of blood in Eng land, when Prot es t an t s were dragged item their famili e s to dungeons and death. " It is hoped that those guardians of the Constitution, TiE LORDS, will religiously abide by the decisions of our Kings and wise Leg,ifflators, and never allow any change to take place in the national representation, so as to bring in men to vote against our Established Church, the Clergy, and the Ministers of every Protestant denomination, who cannot give ani security to Government for the due fulfilment of any. pro mises, or engagements by the most solemn oaths, as is above shewn, thOutrh they were to take them in the more immedate presence of do!), at the altar." COVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND. Yesterday the Anniversary Dinner of this Institution took place at• theFreethaSons"l'a , vern: Great Queen-street, his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK in the Chair.—The company beOn to assemble at an early hour, and the Great Room of the Tavern was nearly filled about six o'clock, when the Royal President entered, at.. tended by a large concourse of distinguished Personages, among whom were observed trte'Mar,- qUess of Anglesey, the Marquess of Worcester, the Earl of Blesiuton, the Earl of Glengall, the Earl of Yarinouth, the Earl of Belfast, Lord Norrnanby Sir Edward Antrobus, Bart., Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. M. P.; 'Sir George War render, Bart. - M. P., the Hon. Douglas naird, W. W. Becher, Esq. M. P., John Cal craft, Esq. M. P., Alderman Birch,. Thomas . Raikes r Esq., &c.—The cloth being removed, Non nobis Domine was sung in excellent style by Messrs. Taylor, 'Broadhurst, Terrail, Dawes, - Collyer, Clark, Neeld, and Smith. The usual national and patriotic- toasts were then drank • with three times three, accompanied with appro priate airs. The next toast was—" The Covent- Garden Theatrical Fund, and Prosperity to.it:" The Earl of BLESINTON after . paying a suit able tribute to the merits of the illustrious Chair- . man, said that this being the sixth Anniversary' of the Institution, he should propose his health with six times six. The toast was received with animated applause. • . The Duke of Y ORK expresse d hi s acknow ledgement, and felt highly gratified at seeing so numerous and respectable a company assembled on the present occasion. The public had evinced great liberality in support of . this Fund, but' much still remained to be done, and he. hopel that those who in youth had contributed so largely to our amusement would not be left to poverty in their old age,—(Applause.). - ' Upon the health of the Vice-President being proposed, the Earl of FIFE returned thanks, and Concluded by giving "Success to the Covent garden Theatre.". Mr. Matthews then treated the company With one of his favourite comic songs; which - recounted the adventures of a Cockney sportsman. The Illustrious CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Treasurer. Mr.FA WCETT thanked the company in an address of some length, in which he acknowledged hio ohligations for the honour done him, and exp tiated on the merits of the Institution. After the collection was made, Mr. FANYCETII again addressed the company, and said that acting on the suggestion of the Illustrious Chairman, he should not state the name of each contributor, yet he was happy to say that the sum subscribed. exceeded "his most sanguine' expectation. ,Ifis MAJESTY, with his wonted benevolence, had sent 100 guineas —and the total amount of the subscriptions was upwards of 1,4001. " The health of the Stewards'" was the -next toast, and Mr. ABBOTT returned thanks ill. brief but appropriate terms. • After the health of Mrs. Siddons was given, the Illustrious Chairman called the attention of the company to that distinguished ornament of the Stage, Miss O'Neil, now Mrs. Becher, and proposed her health with three times three. corl‘nel;litni3eEnct4a t o u . 11Eit paid thento rosetln Ati. a a d n y d. n s ) a u i s t t i b t e h felt by him, who stood in so near •a relatiow,hP to her. Though she no longer could be plisi dered as an efficient member of any .Theatre7 yet Be could.assure the cOMpany that she•would never forget how much she owed to the kindoesi of some friends in the profession, to whom Ale was bound in the strongest ties of grateful recol lection.—(Applause.) The musical part of the entertainment was pr" culiarly agreeable, and it must be observed, Wi t a little enhanced by the Echo Song, which 0 5; Ilallande gave froM theGallqry in admirable sty le / accompanied by Mr. Bishop on the piano. Sl° was encored amidst the loud plaudits of th e company. The slang songs, which Matthew` executed with characteristic humour, were highly' amtising, and assisted in prolonging the festiv e scene to a late hour. CORY-ExerrANGE, ~:cparrAi.—The Whe2i trade cOnti - • Imes extremely dull, for although there have been no fresh arri vals since Monday, what remained over from that day's supplY could not be disposed of this morning, although otrer4tl at lower prices, for at the close of Monday' s mar k e t, the millers made a further reduction of 2s. per sack on the price of flour; Barley supports Monday's prices, toe quantity at market Being srnall,;. Oats are ls. per quarter cheaper, in consequence of large arri since Monday. In Beans and Peas no alteration. - rETERSFIELD, APIZII. 1.--Tbe fullOWlng Here the prier' our Market this day:— Per Cluarter. 1 Per Stone. . 6J Wheat .... 48s Od a 40s OJ 13(!ef 4s 0(1 a., -5 out Barley .... 2ls 0(1a i3s od ;dui too .. ~.5 : 4d nits 'easeOpt Oda 3is Oci I Lamb . —s Od a—sOd I Pori; • • 8; Gd A ' Beans I-I++v Os a 41 per Ton 11!IITH. - 4 f k . On the i tth instant, a t Turthritige-place, the Lady of Macaire, Es 9., ut a daughter. „ - • DIED. 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