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?1 ~~ *;',l r l > i? *-* \OUP', ;to T F - 0 a (?' 7 7- a4-77 it,/toLL.. //z If s -"I/0;c THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1822 FOR THE SUN. LETTER VII. Mr. EDITOR—I have been guilty of a Brea omission in my last letter, in not introducing the author of " the Christian Church," in proper form, to your Readers. They have doubtless seen that " PASTORINI" is a fictitious name, as sumed probably to evade the just severity of the Law for so gross a libel against the established religion of the State; though in this enlightened agei when it matters not to some whether there be a pure, or an idolatrous religion, or any religion at all,—it is re-published, with singular audacity and without fear. The Editor's Preface informs us that Charles Walmesley, a Romish Bishop, or - Vigrapostolic of the Western district in England, was. the author; that it was first pub lished about the year 1776, and that it was trans lated into French, Latin, German, and Italian. 1 shall at present submit to their consideration only one extract : 44 We have now seen the prophetical history of the Reformation. The description is full and circumstantial, and takes in the period of 300 years. In the first place was exhibited to us its rise, then the general character of it, and thirdly, the degree and nature of its power. These accounts are comprised in the six first verses of the ninth chapter. Then follows the de scription of the character, temper and spirit of the chief reformers and their proselytes, with the successive alteration of their power, as settled by the Almighty hand ; which account is traced out in the verses 70, Bth, 9th, and 10th, in an admirable manner, by the progressive descrip tion of the locusts from head to tail. This alle gorical delineation is drawn with such exquisite art, that it cannot, we believe, be equalled by any, thing produced from profane writers.. But of this extraordinary pict ure th ere yet remains to be exhibited the last stroke of the prophetic pencil, which is : " And they (the locusts) have over them a King, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in. Greek, Apollyon ; in. Latin, Exterminous, that is destroyer." St. John, after giving us the his tory of the surprising revolution made in the Church by the Reformation, closes it by letting us into the secret of the means by which it was contrived, was carried on, and is still preserved. He tells us, the locusts, or people of the Refor mation, have over them a King, who is an angel of the bottomless pit, that is, an angel of hell, or a devil. Ilere then we see the original contriver and director of the whole work. Here we see who has been through the whole progress their prompter, their chief, and, their King.— But who would envy them such a King ? or who would choose to be a subject of such a Sovereign ?" The name of this infernal spirit is even given, he is called Abaddon, or exterminator, abolisher, destroyer ; by this name his character is sufficiently clear. As pride is attributed to Lucifer, and to other fiends are ascribed special qualities, so here the evil Spirit, who is the King of the Reformation, is distinguished by the character of exterminating and destroying. One cannot but lament the misfortune of the Protes tants in voluntarily admitting over them such a King, and enlisting under his banner. A second misfortune is, they have been too faithful in their allegiance. We have already given a sufficient relation of their violent proceedings in the dif ferent countries where the. Reformation got entrance. We specified some part of the con spiracies, tumults, rebellions, and civil Wars it gave rise to ) and the subversion of States which ensued. Could such scenes be conducted by any other but the King Abaddon, the destroying angel ?" " With respect to the Church, how many articles of faith, which are reckoned es sential to religion, have they not exploded, as may be seen in the Council of Trent ? The holy sacrament also, those channels of Divine Grace, have they not reduced to two, or rather one, viz. baptism, the eucharist, in the opinion of many of their sect, containing nothing more than mere bread and wine."—Pages 239, 220, 241. Such is the Peace Offering presented, in 182 T, by the Reman Catholics of Ireland, to their Protestant fellow-subject,—=at the very moment too that they were loud in their expres sions of a desire for conciliation and concord; and with his Majesty's recommendation in their mouths; but, if " we may judge of the tree by its fruit," far from their hearts. Such is the ve nomous work that the Romish Bishops, gifted like Caliban with two voices, while with their forward voice they read a dutiful address to their Sovereign,—with their backward voice recom mended to the perusal of those, " whom it was their duty ,to instruct and keep in the right way :"—a work as destitute of truth as it is of Christian charity :—a work that tells the besotted adherents of the See of Rome that the Protestant religion, " havin g th e d ev il f or its parent," will be subverted, and entirely routed out from the face of the earth in the year 1825. I shall now endeavour to expose some of this Jesuit's mis-statements. The Bishop of Rome did not assume the title of Universal Bishop till the latter part of the Pontificate of Gregory 1., who very severely censured the Patriarch of Constantinople for the assumption of a title, by which, he says; in a letter to one of them," none of the apostles would suffer themselves to be called ;" and which he brands as " vain; pro fane, impious, execrable, anti-christian, blasphe mous : an arrogant attempt in that Patriarch to subject to himself all the members of Christ, the only head of the Church universal." Yet Gre gory, by capitulation with Phocas, the murderer of the Emperor Manritius, and the usurper of his Throne, obtained * the title of Universal Bishop, EAST INDIA HOUSE, May 15, 1822. r iE. COURT of DIRECTORS o f the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said-CONIPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNES DAY, the 29th Instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the Special Purpose of laying before the Proprietors an unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors, of THANKS to the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings, K.G. and G.C.B. Governor-General of Segal, which Resolution is now open at this House for the perusal of the Proprietors. JOSEPH BART, Secretary. .11IISTRESS in IRELAND . .---TOTATOES. 15 The COMMITTEE give Notice, that they have de termined to give TWENTY SHILLINGS per TON, in stead of the ten Shillings per Ton already offered, for the de livery of the 1,500 Tons of Potatoes, of good quality, and in sound condition, in the following Ports, provided that the same be shipped on or after the 10th of the present Month, and be delivered to the Correspondents of the Committee on or before the 16th day of June next, the same being imported to such Ports direct from England, Scotland, Jersey, or Guern sey. The quality and terms to be determined by the Local Committees nearest to the respective Ports of Importation, viz. • On the first 200 Tons of Potatoes into 'the Town of Kilrush, On the first 200 Tons of Do. into Tarbert. On the first 200 Tons of Do. into West Port. On the first 200 Tons of Do. On the first 200 Tons of Do. into Sligo. into Tralee. On the first 200 Tons of Do. On the first 200 Tons of .Do. into Galway. into Killala. On the first 100 Tons of Do. into Newport. 1,590 Tons. . . By order of the Committee, M. W. TROY, lion. See. N. B. As an immediate supply of Seed Potatoes is the ob ject of offering any bounty, the sum of Twenty Shillings is the extreme Premium which will be offered. OATMEAL WANTED for KILRUSH, in IRELAND.—In consequence of the peculiar circum stances of Distress and want of PrOviSions, in the above named Port and its Vicinity, the COMMITTEE for RE LIEVING the DISTRESS in IRELAND hereby under take to pay to the Owner of the first Fifty Tons of Sound Oatmeal which shall arrive at the above-named Port in the river Shannon, and shall have been shipped from England or Scotland on or after the 22d day of May ; the Oatmeal to be delivered to Robert Kean, Esq. of Kilrush, the Agent of this Committee, who will., on its.being found in mer c h an t a bl e con dition, pay for the same on arrival and delivery, at and after the rate of 131.105. British Sterling per Ton of Twenty Hundred Weight; and so in proportion for any less quantity, until the full quantity of Fifty Tons shall be so landed and delivered at Kilrush. By Order of the Committee, N. W. TROY, Hon. Sec. DRAWINGS and PICTURES by the Late RICHARD COS WAY, Esq. R.A. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. STANLEY, at his Rooms', 2t, OLD BOND-STREET, on THURSDAY, the 30th Instant, at - Twelve, without Reserve, tANt HUNDRED and TWENTY DRAW INGS, by the Late Mr. COSWAY, consisting of Poetical and Fancy Subjects, which have not been exhibited to Public Inspection, and chiefly of an amatory kind, for which this Artist had such high celebrity; and all the Un claimed Portraits of Persons of Distinction, together with numerous Compositions in Oil, presenting a rich variety of Poetical Conceptions and Pictorial Representations, deli neated with a mastery of hand rarely equalled. The whole will he sold without the smallest reserve, as Mrs..Cosway is about to leave England. May be viewed Three Days preceding the Sale. ALL ON THE 4TH JUNE. HAZARD and Co. with confidence recom mend the present Lottery to the patronage of the Pnhlic. The Prizes are all Money, and the whole will be decided in One Day, 4th JUNE. There are TWO of £20,000, • With Fourteen other Capitals, and not Two Blanks to a Prize. HAZARD and CO. bad the gratification, in the Last Lot tery, of distributing a very large proportion of the Capital Prizes at their Offices, 98, Royal Exchange ; i 324, Oxford-street, C o rn er o f 26, Cornhill ; Swallow street. They Shared and Sold 23 of the Great Prizes, including No. 467 7,839 No. 283 And Seventeen other Capitals. PARLI AM ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. The Earl of LIMERICK moved that the Doyle Divorce Bill be reported with the Amendments to-morrow—Agreed to. POOR EMPLOYMENT (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE finding that tl•.?. Irish Em ployment of the Poor Bill would not be brought to their Lord ships this day, moved that his notice respecting the Suspension of the Standing Orders of the Day be discharged, and fixed for to-morrow.—Agreed to. BREAKFAST POWDERS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then stated that he had re ceived communications from individuals in various parts of the country, complaining that tyrannical prosecutions had been instituted against them by the Board of Excise, on account of -their selling Breakfast Powders, although they had commit ted no fraud, and had taken every precaution requisite to pre vent the committal of any by their agents. The statements were most plausible, and they offered to substantiate by evi dence at their Lordships' bar, that they had committ e d no fraud on the Revenu e , an d had taken every precaution to prevent fraud, and that, notwithstanding, they had been alarmed by prosecutions, or by the thr ea t o f Wing prose cuted. Having referred to the Act in virtue of which the Commissioners of Excise had instituted those prosecutions, he had no doubt that it entrusted them with a very extensive dis cretion, one greater than could have been contemplated by the Legislature. He had already brought the subject before the House, and, under the impression that it could never have been the intention of Parliament to delegate a power which it alone ought to exercise, he should have felt it his duty to intro duce a Bill to alter the Act, had it not been for the objection ' which their Lordships knew to exist against the introduction of Bills of that nature into their House. But if he did not carry the subject farther, it was with the hope and confidence that a Bill would originate in another place to amend the Act in question, and to rescue persons from the difficulties under which they laboured, in consequence of .the power inadvert ently entrusted to the Commissioners of. Excise. The only thing required should be to have it made plain that no fraud was or could be committed, and not to prevent the sale of sub stances that were not coffee. It must always have been-wished to extend the liberty of selling such substances to the people, and particularly under circumstances like those in which the country was placed. The Irish' Malt Duties Repeal Bill was read a second time. The Seditious Meetings Bill was read a third time and passed. - Mr. Monais presented certain Returns from the Chief Baron and the Barons of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Order of the House.—Laid on the table. Mr. FELLows, from the Stamp-Office,presented an Account of the Number of Country Banks issuing Promissory Notes, and of the Number of Partners of which the respective rirms were composed—Laid on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At four o'clock the SPEAKER counted the :Members ' when but thirty-six being present, _he declared the Ho use to be ad journed till to-morrow. frg NUMBER 9280.] P,IC7'U.iILLING-OFFICE, May 21, 1822. THE COMMISSIONERS f or VICTUAL- LING His MAJESTY'S NAVY do he'reby give No tice, That on Friday, the 7th of June next, they will bt ?-e cd to receive 7'enders in writing (sealed up), and treat for 7 'n!° Hundred and Thirty-two Mille of Dantric, Memel, Stettin, or Hambro' Crown Pipe STAVES, to be delivered in the following .proportions into the rictitaning Stores at hePtford, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, viz.:— Deptford. Portsmouth.. I Plymouth, 1 57 Mille. le. •15 Mille. 1 - 60 Mille. One-Half by , the 31st of disgust next, and the other half by th e " of November following; and to be paid for be Bills "." 61 e, without interest, sixty days after date. 7.4 e Conditions of the Contract.may be seen at this Office, 470 regard w ill be h a d t o am / Tender in which the Price x _ not be inserted in wUrits - at' •length, or that shall not 6 e deli vere d to the Board b e f ore O ne o ' Cl oc k on th e said Frid ay, the 7tk of June next, nor unless the Person who ?hakes ihe l'ender, or some Person on his behalf, attends to ai 4 wer when called for. PICTUALLINO-OFFICE, May eo, ism THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL ,. oo LING His MAJESTY'S AVA VY do hereby give t • • "t 2 that on Tuesday, the 4th of June next, they will "ereafly- to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), awl treat teeth such Persons as may be willing to perform the lIQYAGE :141, LI CAITERAGE requires; for the Victualling Service in he 111 "er Thames, for Twelve Months certain, from Me et h 6: IY ' l ' 4l , and further, until Three Months warning shall git 'en for the termination of the Contracts, the Conditions ivhich may be seen at this Office., N or regard w ill b e h a d t o an y Tender in which the Price nc l be inserted in Words at length, or that shall not be del ivered to the Board before One o'clock on the said Tues. 1 7' the 4th J une nex t ; nor un l ess the Person who makes `e T ender, or sonic Person on his behalf, attends, to answer 2°4en called for. 6 ' B;4 i Tend er must be accompanied by a Letter signed Part/ tw° responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the tendering, in the penal Sung of 10001., for the due "'form , of ea c h ofthe Contracts. PICTUALLING-OFFIOE, May 17, 1822. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL k' LING His MAJESTY'S N..IVY do hereby give f; - * c ep that on Friday, Me 24th Ins: ant, they will be ready 1 7. ° : ece ive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for Two A ' 7 , sand Sacks of BISKET MEAL, to be delivered into Ms °J ys Victualling t ailing Store: at Deptford, in the space of 1 . 0 ' 4 "Peek s ; by equal weekly proportions; and to be paid 4 3 1 Rills, payable, without interest, sixty days after date. 2 ; 4e Conditions of the Contract may be seen at this Office. 44 : 11 0 reg ar d will he h a d to any T en d er i n w hi c h the Price "t be inserted in Words at length, or that shall not dqi t , p, i era to the Board before One o'Clock on the said !4 e 7 " , the 24th Instant, nor unless the Person who makes 44; "der, or som e P ers on o n his behalf, attends, to answer "..1 " l led for. PI C 7 'UALLING-OFFICE, May 15, 1822 . tilt COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL ti,e lfrs 31.4JESTrS NAVY do hereby give No 7.ea; 144 t on Tuesday, Me 4th June next, thel will be 7' 1 , 9 I° receive Te n d ers i n w riti n g (sealed up), anlftreat for b e 4"ndred and Ten Pipcs ;)f SPANISH RED WINE, to Pet: t ell 'ered i n th e space of One Month into ins Majesty's 4 4 : 1 11 ing Stores at Deptford„ and to be paid for by Bills 7 , A e ' without interest, sixty days after. date. koeConditions of the Contract may be seen at this Office. ' l 4lll e ar(i will, be had to any Tender in which the Price d e l i nat be inse r t e d i n wor d s a t len g th, o r that shall not I` 4e "reil to th e B oar d b e f ore O ne o'Clock on t h e sa id th e 7 1'4 % the 4th J une nex t, nor un l e s s the P erson who ?nukes Lkee " e, or some Person on his behalf, attends, tb an called for. P ir „P2cr,,,,LL,NG...F,,cE, May 14, 1" 2. U.21 L - t COMMISSIONERS for VICT - I 4 -lA7c i lls ArdjEsTrs NAVY do hereby give No t°k,e_,,. Instant, they will be ready .. 1 4 bat on F r id ay , the 31st fur the ree et ,_ NI, enders in writing Pit g , l l , (4 separate Contracts) of what RUM may be de e't for the use of his 41.fajesty's Troops at Antigua Tobago Barbadoes Trinidad Rerbice St. Lucia Demerara • St. Kitts Dominica St. Vincent. Isar 7, G renada , 7 '4 1 .6 zeett'e lllontlts certain from the Ist October nex t, ond ::4' lent il Six Months warning shall b e g i ven , for the 4).?::4.4ti" of the respective Contracts, the Conditions of lvo ay l'e seen at this Office. 144 PeZ4rd will be had to any Tender in which the Price NE I ' t le inserted in words at length, or that shall ''''''''" vieli " 2. ed to the Board before One o'Clock on who makessai cl P 4e 2 , ; / ' ti te 31st Instant; nor unless the Person i . N e ,, e'4l ert or some Person on his behalf, attends to ansuer. c a l l 6 4 r e • • by a fetter signed teo ndo. must Ge accompanied • I he p re.,Ponsible Persons engaging to become bound with hei.47it t enderi ng, in the Penal Sum of 500/. for the due lqnCe of each of the Contracts. pkoivIIR.,..I;.INIES'S ANALEPTIC PILLS, t lit seer . then. tendency to promo e the natural 4'14 ~ et 'ons, are the best Remedy for Colds, .R_beuairr.isae .ro ',,;l;3tgrht Fevers, and all those Disorders w itc n h i itiltoate. e.icted I able p e rspiration, so common in a e r r o g s and th_ li cei o .. l. .eY are strongly recommended for Ilea -!l of V.St etrl L .; ato for Gouty Bilious, or other Complaints 4411,1ng. a'Al_)aand Bowels, too' often . the consequence of Free . e 4 ar e p'a:t general Family Medicine they have . no egual, it) th •Icularly convenient for person s travelling, being wTh'4 , - (le Anlir oyeration, and not requiring any confinement.___ .rs eru front; eptie Pills continue to. be prepared by .Ilve 7 kb e d ild, 41„,, Vie only Recipe existing Under Dr. Jam e s's_or i:2l,atr,e"s;jsaile sold by them at the Original Wareimuse n f od 1 111,„aliz er Cr, N 0.45, in St. Paul's Church Yard, fre_ auli"tly 'Ow e ' leo, Oxford -street. As Counterfeits ate _ _ St ;m l iar , en for sale,- Purchasers must observe, the ue 4111 ? on e the nani' " F Newberg" eng raved in the Black each Box. - • ; s at aant Banc g of O b. Mal t it di'. )f one at the i g hte Dmio" otbl ificic°t ex :*;, ss t Yi re'— ` g e I°' It 1 6 ° 1 rendan t , ha nd itenucl ustifi" a 13_,,,°% de, "" ; un" ;, 110 f 03ce3;5`) s! ,t 11°1 " ef t . L ' A iocal; l3 o. ' 4 O Ln y ears v I,OIP ft' 00)0, n a y ttag ei elj at th e OIL*. SUN. . for sanctioning .tho'se crimes which the Patriarch of Constantinople had refused to do. The foun dation of the temporal power of the See of Rome was first laid on the treatybetween Gregory 111. and Charles Martel, hereditary Mayor of the palace to the Kings of France, which had for its basis rebellion, on the part .:Of the first, against the Grecian Emperor, Sovereign of the duchy of Rome ; and usurpation on the part of the latter, though it was not carried into effect till the Pon tificate of Zachary, the successor of Gregory, when Charles was succeeded by his son Pepin. And a celebrated writer of the sixteenth centu ry compares the conduct of the two , contracting parties on this occasion to . that of two robbers. dividing their booty between them;—Pepin en gaging to transfer to Zachary the territories of which he was to despoil the Emperor and the Lombards,--and Zachary sanctioning the usurpa tion of Pepin, in wresting the sceptre from the haltds of his lawful sovereign; —Pepin enthronhig the spiritual power of Zachary,—and Zachary regalising the temporal power of Pepin. A com plete supremacy, however, in temporibus, as well as in spirituallbus, was not attained till the latter end of-the eleventh century, in the pontificate of Gregory VII., called Hildebrand, a man of strong and acute understanding, inordinate ambition, and consummate art, who made religiott at once a cloak to conceal, and a mean of attaining the object of his desire —universal dominion. The election of the Bishop of Rome rested with ,the clergy and the people ; but, from the time Constantine the Great became a convert to Chris tianity, in the year 312, to the latter end of the eleventh century, the approbation Of the, Empe ror was necessary to confirm the election ; and the newly.elected Bishop solicited his consent that he should be consecrated and crowned ; so that, from that period the Emperors enjoyed a complete supremacy in ecclesiastical affairs.— Even Gregory VII. applied to the Emperor, Henry IV., for his consent ; butim was scarcely seated in St. Peter's Chair, when he issued a Bull of excommunication against his sovereign, and raised his subjects in rebellion against him. It has been justly observed, that "He considered it essential to the accomplishment of his ambi tious scheme of raising the church above the state in every Christian country, and of making all the sovereign princes implicitly subservient to the Pope,—to have all the clergy in every state dependent on him, as his spies and vassals, that through their agency he might enforce his spiri tual thunders, by raising in rebellion the sub , jects of such of them as . should refuse to s u b m it to his insolent demands." Whatever other crimes he might have had to answer for, Henry VIII. was not the first Eng lish Monarch that opposed the usurpation of the Bishop of Rome ; for William I. resisted the at tempt of that Machiavel, Gregory VII., in the eleventh century, to establish a supremacy ; and he would not allow his clergy to acknowledge any Pope without his permission, or to hold corb respondence with the Court of Row . unless in-. spected by himself. Even at that period it was high -treason at common law to acknowledge any foreign jurisdiction whatever: and, in the reign of Edward I. a man was 'found guilty of high treason, and sentenced Jo be hanged, for having produced a Bull of excommunication against another person. In the same reign, and under the common law, th e A rc hbi s h op of York was deprived, during life, of the estates of his See, for having presented a clerk to a living under a Bull of the Pope, in contempt of the King's crown and dignity. The statute of, Carlisle against the usus:pation of the Pope was also pass ed in this reign. In the 25thi year of Edward 111., while the statute of provisoes was under discussion in the House of Commons, 46 the Pope, for divers usur pations, was called the common enemy of the king and the realm."—" But the Pope's avarice was altogether without bounds, and might justly be looked upon as the plague or bane of the na tion." " The Commons, therefore, required of the King and the Lords some remedy ; for that they neither could nor would bear such strange exactions, or else to help them to expel out of the Realm the Pope's power by force." I shall here give a few instances of those exactions— " Anno 1343, Pope Clement VI. having made twelve Cardinals, made provision in England for two of them, of so many benefices next vacant asshould amount to two thousand marksannually ." " Arm 1367, upon a view taken it was found that some had above twenty churches and dig nities, by the authority of the Pope, and that they were further privileged to hold so many more as they could get, without measure or num ber." " Anno 1399, Thomas Arundel, Arch bishop of Canterbury, entreated the King, in the name of the Clergy, that he would take away, by his Royal authority, the Papal provisions, whereby it was come to pass that learned men studying in Universities, seeing the rewards given to ambitious and unworthy fellows seeking them at Rome, did forsake their studies : so ignorance expelled learning." 66 Anno 1419, Pope Martin V. bestowed in England thirteen Bishopricks by translation and provisions in the space of, two years, while Henry V. was in the wars." " Anno 1532, Inquisition was made of Papal expilations, and it was found that in the four years last past the Roman Court had received, for investiture of Bishops, one hundred and sixty thousand pounds." Henry VIII., on discovering - that the Clergy took an oath of fidelity to the Pope, sent to the Speaker of the House of Commons, and in formed him, 64 that he found the Clergy of his Realm were but half subjects, or scarce so much; every Bishop or Abbot, on en tering on his dignity, taking an oath to the Pope, PRICE SEVENPENCE derogatory to •that of his fidelity, to, the King ; which contradiction he desired his Parliament to take away, Whereupon. these oaths, by the King's ,command, being read and - considered, the Parliament so handled the business, as it occa sioned the final renouncing the Pope's authority, about two years after." As I have already mentioned, the Emperor Constantine the Great embraced Christianity ih the year 312 ; prior to which. the Church had suffered great persecution under the Grecian Em perors. Ile convened the first General Council at Nice, in the year 325, at which be presided . ; when, in compli ance w ith hi s comman d s, the .nu merous assembly of Bishops composed the Ni cene Creed, or Confession of Faith, which is still observed in the United Church of England and Ireland; but, in the year 1545, P o p e Pi us IV. and the Council of Trent added twelve articles to it ; and : this, new-modelled Creed is the one used in the Rotnish Church. The second Gene ral Council was convened by the Emperor Theo dosius at Constantinople, in the year 380, in wiirckhe presided : as did the Emperor Marcian in the 'third ,and fourth Councils ; the former . held at Ephesus, in the year 431; the latter at Chalcedon, in the, year 451 ;—and it was enacted by the first of Queen Elizabeth, " that those four General Councils should be the standard of the Christian Faith in England." Let the Reader now judge whether the Protestant Reformed Church be a 44 new Church ;" or whether it is not the Church of Rome that merits that title, from her. innovations and abominations, some of which I mentioned in my last letter. I n s h or t, Popery was established in the eleventh century, though image -worship had been introduced into the Church some time before. I shall in my next letter return to Pastorini : the present I 'shall conclude with Queen Eliza beth's answer to Nicholas Reath, Archbishop of York, delivered in an assembly. of the Bishops and Clergy, on the 15th ; of May, 1559, when he and thirteen others opposed the re-establishment of the Church of England. 4 ' My Lord, as Joshua declared, saying, ' I and my House will serve the Lord,' so be we resolVed and our realm to serve him; for which we have here assembled our. Clergy, and be resolved to imitate Josia, who assembled the ancients of Judea and Jeru salem purposely to make' a covenant with the Lord i thus have we here assembled our Parlia ment, together with you of the Clergy, for the same intent to contract with God, and not with the Bishop of Rome. • Neither lay it in our sis= ter's power to bind Us, our successors, or our realm s into that authority which is usurped.— Therefore we with our predeCessors, who have. (as our records do justify us) rejected that usurped and pretended power, which for future times will be precedents for our heirs or succes sors to imitate and dive into,—do absolutely re nounce all foreign jurisdiction; as our Crown is no way subject or Co be drawn under any power whatever, saving under Christ, the King of Kings ; the Bishop of Rome's usurpation over Monarchy shews his desire of Primacy over the whole earth, which to him and his successors *ill prove confusion in the celestial orh. We therefore shall 'esteem all those our subjects, ecclesiastical as civil, as enemies to God, and to tinr heirs and successors, who sltall , henceforth own his usurped, or any foreign power whatsoever." Cork, April 10, 1822. SIDNEY. *.* While we ha' to apologize to this intelli g ent Corre spondent for the unavoidable delay of his favours, we assure him that we shall insert the remainder of his series with all convenient speed, and we earnestly recommend them to the at tention of all who are disposed to support Mr. Canning's Bill. which threatens, i n d ue time, to effect the total demolition of our present Establishment in Church and State. THE NEW COURTS AT WESTMINSTER.—TIe erection of the long promised and muck -wanted Courts at Westminster is to be immediately com menced.—The plans have been submitted to the Treasury, and have been finally approved. They are to be in a line with the present Court of Common Pleas, on the western side of West minster Hall, and are to be extremely com modious. Workmen are now engaged in fitting up temporary buildings of wood along the whole length of Westminster Hall, for the reception of the records and other papers, which are at present placed in the buildings standing on the site of the new Courts ; and when the removal of these papers has taken place, the labours of the builders will be carried" on with all possible dispatch. The north entrance to Westminster Hall is now nearly restored to its ancient beauty, and in a short time the interior of the south end, where the old Courts of Chancery and King'a Bench stood, will be repaired in a style suitable to the general character cif this venerable fabric. A NEW COMET.-Mr. GAMBERT, jl.lll. AdjOillt Astronomer at Marseille, discovered on the 12th instant a n ew Comet in the Vicinity of the Second -Star' of Taurus. This Comet was perceived yesterday at the Royal Observatory in this city (Paris), and the result of the observations which were made showed that at forty minutes past ten o'clock, it had about 87 degrees and a half of right ascension, and 38 degrees of boreal declension. The Comet is at present invisible to the naked eye; its nucleus is" small and brilliant; its atmosphere of little extent, and its tail scarcely perceptible.—( From the Jour'nal des Debuts of May 20.) On Saturday last, a soldier belonging to the party of the 77th Regiment, quartered in Stirli ng Castle, in a state of intoxication, leapt from a part of the west parapl wall, not far from the Governor's house. Notwithstanding the great height he had to fall, and that he thereafter rolled down to the bottom of the hill at the back of the Raploch, he not only escaped with his life ) but is already considered out of danger.