The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-02 00:00:00

r " To Edward Hay, Esq." FROM THR BISHOP OF KILLALOE. gild WC( 1 11) filetriiate pill chasers. deeply interesting, the Catholic 17. and wilt east). per . ..tire I ought not to discus o this Letter. "Ou this subject of Domestic .Nomination, my sentiments remain unchanged. I hold it to be a good and desirable mea lure, and a•t prepared io concur in those steps, which, after due consultation with the other Bishops, my venerated Bre thren, and with the Clergy of this Diocese, my natural ad ,isers, shall appear proper to be adopted, with a view of be ing carried into effect. " 1 beg t o express my sincere acknowledgments for the very tattering manner in which the Catholic Board are pleased to testify their confidence and respect for the illustrious Prelacy, knongst whom I hold a place, and have the honour to be, tith nluch esteem, 66 Sir, your obedient Servant, " K. MARUM, Catb. Bp. of Ossory. " Nt.wmarliet on Fergus, July 17, 1817. " DEAR Sut,—Your Circular of the 15th instant I have just tiury recr , red, and hasten to express my most bratty concur- Ven c e with the Catholic Board, as to the measures they pro- Vase and recommend at this truly alarming crisis. " The vigilance and anxiety of the Catholic Board en title them to the heartfelt gratitude and thanks of the Catho lic Prelates, and of all the Catholic Clergy and Laity of Ire land. It it be true that the management of Irish Ecclesias tical affairs is taken out of the bands of the Propaganda, and 'committed to a certain kind of Tribunal, contrary to the usage of time imineMorial; together with the expulsion of the Rev. Mr. Hayes, the avowed Delegate of the Irish Catho lic,, no don .t but that our situation at the present moment is extremely alarming. " It rtaniiied but little penetration to see that the British Government, in seeking that ab,minaide measure Peto, 'with such unreinitted perseverance, had something deeper in view than to guard against the disloyalty of the Irish Prelates. Little, very littl e apprehension was entertained on that sub ject, no such thing;—but by obtaining a controul on the ap pointment of eml Bishops, the gradual annihilation of the Catholic Religion in Ireland is most certainly calculated on. • Fpr my own part, I am decidedly of opinion, that a Ge neral Meeting of the Bishops should be immediately called, to male ae last and best stand we could against this detestable meantere; a measure that we should not only deprecate in the strongest and most positive terms, but that, if all failed, we should protest against any power the Holy Sec may have to concede such a point to a Government known to be prover- Nally hostile to the faith of our . fOrefathers; and a point, if tarried into effect, that Hilt most probably terminate in abo lishing the Catholic Religion in Ireland. " Quere—Has the See of Rome a poWer to alter the Gene ral Discipline of a National Church, in an essential point, tiut only without the consent, but in direct opposition to the - *bole Hierarchy of the same; and in circumstances most rticely to prove fetal ; and all this with an eye to Political Ag grandizement, and brought about by the schemes and in trigues of a corrupt and unprincipled Political Secretary? • ** As to the time and place of meeting, that rests with the Iletropolitaus, and in this a suffragan can take no share. ss am , my dear Mr. Hay, with high esteem, and sincere rriencfship, your faithful, obedient Servant, " To Edward Hay, E:q. 3. O'S HAUGHNTESSY. •• p . s. Should it he improper in me to qtr•stion the ant ho sky with which his Holiness is %/islet' in the present instance, %jib profound subs issiun and obedience I bow to St. Peter's Successor." %Ve refer our Readers to a Letter in our last this slay, frOrn a learned and valuable Cor lesnondew, to whom we have been often in debted, by which they will be enabled to form a proper estimate of the character of the ROMAN CATHOLICS, • as well as of the INFALLIBLE HEAD et T kIFIR RELIGION, and by which our Rulers may judge how far it would be expedient or safe to remove any of those restrictions which at pre sent preclude PAPISTS from t! eir great object, a participation of political Power in our peseta orthodox Constitution, iu Church and State. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM NEW YORK, DATED JULY 2, 1817. ‘g For these many years we have not known so fi ne a season. Flom all parts of this and Essex County there are accounts of abundant crops of Wheat, Rye, Oats, &c. It is computed that the juantiry of Wheat and Rye now on the ground is 5, Au , or three times greater than was ever known." B R EAD.—We have again the pleasure to an- Dounce a Reduction in this valuable article of con sumption. The Quartern Loaf is now sold for I g. 3y., being less by three farthings than last weak• No doubt csa remain of further redactions so,►n taking place from the abundant appearance of all crops of grain, and of which our coMINUOI tatioOS from every part of the kingdom daily in !arm its. Samples of Nev Wheat were yesterday offered for sale i►► Mae k- lane it looked remarkably fine, 110 ME MANUFACTUHES.-It is gratifying to ob serve the pm" lit:: predilection for articles of 'tome Mariam:line, and that our fair country women are g iving eve r y encouragement to articles of that desciiption in preference to foreign. But f ar this disposition We could not account for the xre a l demand for Limerick and Cork Gloves ; A 4,1,, i n our estimation ; for softness, appear and workmanship, far excel the. French. The following bier occurred at Eton a few buys since ; a well known Patriotic Orator was l 'iken before tie Alagistratt's of Eton, by one of French Mast eri of E t on School, for i nsu lti ng 4i lbe Ladies in the public Sneers, and b e i ng drunk 114 1 quarrelsome. He was on the point of being ‘vben the French Dl aster recognised : ;11- 1 and interceded i n his behalf. Th e M ag i. - pntes dismissed him, giving him in charg e to the quchtuatt, who marched him, through the hoot o rut tire toOn, to the boundaries of the Parish, h en he was obliged to reel away amidst the.his. ' ti of SWIM hundreds of spectators. SIII i' NE .I'S. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT LIVERFooL, DATED JULY 31. The following Vessels have arrived this day from the United Strifes:— Amazon, Bnahows, from Charleston, sailed June 30. Justina, TOMES, from New York, sailed .July 2—cargo, 3203 barrels Flour, 44 barrels Ashes, 63 bales Cotton. Nancy, BERGER, from New Orleans, sailed from the Balire 14th Junc.--cargo, 1600 barrels Flour, 1158 bales Cotton, 20 hundred Staves. Cargo of the Wellington, reported in my ►ast-1075 bales Cotton, and 50 hundred Staves. Favourite, FOSTER; arrived at New York July 3; she sailed from hence the 7th May, in company with the Andes and Solon, for New York. The Merrimack, GoODRiCII, which sailed from hence for Boston the 24th inst. has this morning put hack leaky. In my last I omitted giving you the particulari of cargoes from Quebec by 3 vessels, : Carricks 7 -6816 bushels Wheat, IRS barrels Ashes, 787 bags Flax-seed, with Timber, Staves, Masts, and Spars. Solus-4177 bushels and 200 bags W!leat, 700 barrels Flour, 433 barrels Ashes, and 120 sacks Flax-seed. Waiter-9314 bushels Wheat, 100 bags Flax-seed, 20 bar. rels Ashes. The Importer and Pacific, for New York, will sail on Sonday i Ceres, for Boston, on Tuesday; Courier and Tritton, for ditto, latter end of next meek; and Mariner, for Quebec, to sail the Bth. SHIP LAUNCH. The Arethusa, a very fine frigate of 46 guns, was launched on Tuesday evening, the 29th ult. from the new Dock-yard, Pembroke : her dimen sions and tonnage are as under : Feet. Inches. Length of Keel for Tonnage Breadth Tonnage . 1084 60 9411)5. This vessel is a sister ship to the Thetis fri gate, launched from the same yard in February last. The weather unluckily was very unfavour .l)le, and consequently prevented a great number of visitors from Haverfordwest,Tenhy, and the adjacent places, that otherwise would have been spectators ; but, notwithstanding this circum stance, a very principal part of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. from the neighbourhood were pre sent ; amongst whom were Lord and Lady CAW DOR, Sir JOHN and Lady OWEN, Sir CHARLES TYLER and family, and the Hon. Mr. CAMPBELL. The launch was highly gratifying, by the grand style in which she went off the stocks. Lady CAwpoa performed the ceremony of christening her. The keel for another frigate, to be called the Melainpus, is to be immediately laid down upon the vacant slip. FALMOUTH, JULY 30.—Arrived the Pelican, NORRIS, from Rio Janeiro, in 65 days, for Ham burgh. Arrived off here the Lord Wellington, RonERTS, in 41 days, from Jamaica ; and thy-Wil liam Clay, THOMAS, from New York, in 2S days. Sailed the Prince Ernest packet with a mail. for Lisbon, and his Majesty's ship Pigmy on a cruise. MILFORD HAVEN. JULY 30.—Arrived yesterday the Mansfield packet from Waterford, with tlie mail and passengers. The Camden packet, Capt. Jos. NUTTALL, Will sail this day with the mail that arrives from London. Remain his Majesty's sloop Britomart and Albion schooner. The Di ligence Revenue cutter and Supply Naval trans port arc lying . above off the Dock-yard. LIVERPOOL, JULY 31.—Sailed on the 24th inst. the Merrimack, for Boston, and put back to-day leaky. Sailed yesterday the Bibby, SHAREOCK, for Dublin, and put back again, having been on the North Bank. DEAL, AUG. I.—Sailed the Nautilus for Ben gal ; Demerara Packet, for Demerara ; Nereid, for Trinidad; Thomas Nowlan, for Buenos Ayres ; James, for New Providence ; and several others. Came down from the River the Hero ci the Nile, fur Berbice, and Spanish Patriot, for Cadiz. GRAVESEND, AUG. I.—Arrived the Ceres, Hen derson, and Britannia, BRACEY, from Jamaica. The Princess ELIZABETH IS to give a dejeune at her beautiful Cottage on Tuesday next. She has bought the grand Tent used at the Vauxhall fete, whet► the entertainment was given by the General Officers. , Yesterday, Viscount SIDMoUTH and Count MUN STER had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT at Carl ton-house. MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE IN HIGH LIPS.—The tashionable world will be surprised to hear, that a young and very rich Noblem a n, of the rank is about to attend the Hymeneal Altar with the blooming and beautiful widow of a lately-deceased Baronet. All the necessary ar rangements are completed ; and the lawyers are gone to the Ctintinent with the marriage settle ments. Rumour assigns the capital of a great Northern Potentate as the spot where the cele bration will take place ; but we have reason to believe the nuptial ceremony will be performed in Paris. The Lady was an heiress of large fortune ; but her property has been settled on a son and daughter; she is only 23 years of age. The Peer alluded to, it is said, went abroad for the express purpose of soliciting the honour of her hand.— (Morning Post.) The Boxing Match between Ford, a navigator, and Crutchley, a Leicestershire farmer, which has excited considerable interest, was prevented at Drayton, on Wednesday, and with the consent 0: all parties, it was postponed until Monday next. 1 1, Betting 6 to 4 upon Ford. - 0 E R Y. VERSES FOUND IN A CASE CONTAINING A HUMAN SKELETON. Behold this ruin ! 'Tw•as a skull Once of ethereal spirit full! This narrow cell was Life's retreat: This space was Thought's mysterious seat! What beauteous pictures fi:l'd this spot! What dreams of pleasure long forgot! Nor Love, nor Joy, nor Hope, nor Fear, Has left one trace or record here! Beneath this mould'ring canorl Once shone the bright and busy eye— But start nut at the dismal void ! If social love that eye employ'd; If with no lawless fire it gleaed, But through the dew of kindness hean►'d; That eye shall be for ever bright, When stars and suns have lost their light Here, in this silent cavern, hung The ready, swift, and tuneful tongue; If Falsehood's honey it dif:daited, And where it could Hot F raise, was chain'd; If bold in Virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle Concord never broke; That tuneful tongue shall plead for thee When Death unveils eternity ! Say, did these fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine ? • To hew the rock, or wear the gem, • Can nothing now avail to them : But, if the page of Truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that waits on Wealth or Fame! A►'ails it whether bare or shod These feet the path of duty trod, If from the bowers of joy they tied, To si►oth Affliction's humble bed; If Grandeur's guilty bribe they spurn'd, And home to Virtue's lap return'd: These feet with Angel wings shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky ! * s * • FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES. Lord Clifford, for Ughrooke, near Exeter ; Lord and Lady Kenyon, for Gridington Hall, in Flintshire ; Earl and Coun tess of Scarborough, for Sandbeck Castle, in Yorkshire; the Bavarian Ambassador, for Surrey; Sir Robert Feel, Bart. for Drayton Basset, in Staffordshire; Earl of Delaware, for Bourne House, near Caxton, in Cambridgeshire; Lady Cave, for Kingsthorpe, in Northamptonshire ; Earl Gower, for Dun robin Castle, in Sutherlandshire. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Exeter, at Thomas's Hotel, from a tour Lord Mount Errol, at the Clarendon Hotel, from his seat in Wiltshire. BATT! ARRIVALS.-Sir John Pollen, Sir George Pocock, General Marriott, Colonel CruckOiank, Colonel Macrone; Major Aubrey, Major Court, Major Cottle, Captain Evans, Capt. Wenman, Captain and Mrs. Wightman, Ret. P.;Baines, Archdeacon England, Rev. Mr. Piers, Rev. D. Rigby, Rev. Mr. Strangways. CEREMONY AF CONSECRATION AT CHARTER House.--Thursday, at 11 o'clock, the Bishop of L' , NnoN, accompanied by his Chaplain, arrived at Charter House, and consecrated a piece of land ad j•-.lning the Wilderness, which had, it is believed, been formerly consecrated, but had of late years bring used for common purposes. A handsome tent was t rested on the ground, furnished with car pets and atable, with a chair for the Bishop. The ce remonry being closed, the company.proceeded to the Schoolmaster's house, where they were re ceived and entertained with great hospitality_ and politeness by Mr. and Mrs. Russell. This morning, at eight o'clock, ate veteran Pedestrian, Old BARNETT, commenced his ar duous task of walking 1000 miles in 500 hours, being two miles in every hour, successively, both day and night. He appears in high spirits, with his dress decorated with the Coburg colours.— The ground he walks is half a mile out and in, along Lark Hall Lane, between the Clapham and Wandsworth Roads. LITERATURE..—Mr. RING, who, we understand, is prepari';g a Translation of VIRGIL, the Pro spectus of which we lately noticed, is a Wylieha ;nisi, and whilst at Winchester was under the tui tion of BURTON, WARTON, and COLLINS. This Gentleman has written some Poems andTransla dons, whiCh are justly esteemed ; and his unpub lished Manuscripts have received the flattering approbation of many distinguished individuals in the republic of Letters. At the late Manchester Sessions, one of the Jury not being satisfied with the guilt of the prism - ter under trial, resisted the opinion of the eleven—and they were'ell locked up together.— They remained_ there from Friday at noon, till seven o'clock on Saturday morning, when the eloquence or perseverance of the one, it appeared, had triumphed over the eleven, by their returning a verdict of Not Guilty, on a person charged with a robbery :--This circumstance reminds us .of a story often referred to. by the late Lord ALVANLEY• A Juror stood in a similar po sition of obstinacy with the individual -abod e ,' to, and, after a fasting contest, obtained his point. In this person, the Judge recognized a man Whom he had repeatedly seen upon the same duty at different Assizes in the same Court, and who had uniformly battled his own stomach, against his fellow jurors, in support of his own opinion. His Lordship took occasion, there fore, to ask the man how it happened, that when he was on the Jury, there had always been such a delay in returning the verdict ? " Why, please your Lordship," said the Juror, " it has always been my misfortune to have to serve with eleven most obstinate fellows." One of the partners in the house of ItoNDF.LL and BRIDGE passed through Frankfort lately, in pursuit of the thieves who stole their diamonds. He has already been fortunate enough to tind one of the party at Aix-la-Chapelle. Ibis fellow, who was seized in bed, made o'confession, and furnish ed information t% bich wijl probably lead to the dis covery of the other. THEATRICAL FRACAS. A piece brought out at the Varietes, in which there is the pleasant caricature of a mei chant's clerk with mustachios, has proved that the ridi cule was felt by more persons than was, perhaps, at first imagined. The clerks of certain ware houses thought they recognized themselves in this character. They, therefore, determined to show that their mustachios were not the only thing •nilita►y about them, and that they were not the men who would pocket such an insult. A plan of campaign was coosequently agreed upon, and the Theatre of the Varietes was to he taken by storm. But will it be believed that their opera tions were to be directed chiefly against Brunet ? Their vangeance was to fall on that respectable performer, who, both as Manager and Actor, had doubly offended th.m. On Sunday the attack was to have been made. Gendarmes were, how ever, placed in sufficient number in the Theatre. and every precaution was taken. The number of gallant youths who bad engaged in this exhibi tion amounted to 3 or 400 ; and the appearance of Calicot was the signal for commencing hostili ties. Cries of fury were sent forth from the pit ; the orchestra was scaled, and the stage attacked ; but the gendarines did their duty with their ac customed coolness, and succeeded, without effusion of blood, to repulse the assailants, a dozen or two of whom were made prisoners. The next evening the storm was renewed, but several of the tioters were taken into custody and tranquil lity was then restored. The succeeding flight the representation was allowed to go on peaceably.— (Paris Paper.) INFAMOUS IMPOSTOA.L---John Collins, an Ohl wr etch, who appeared on the verge of the grave, but who is better known as the notorious im postor introduced in the House of Commons, under the title of the " Soap-eater," was brought up to the Police Office, Marlborough-street, charged with counterfei:ing fits and extreme penury, with a view of imposing ,on the generosity of the puhlic.—Richard Fanlkener, a beadle of Saint George's Parish, said, that on Thursday even ing, he found the prisoner, surrounded by a great crowd, in what is termed a sham fit ; some of them gave him money, and many had their pockets picked. Witness said the man was an im postor, but none would believe that any person could foam so, until he undertook to shew them piece of soap which the fellow had in his mouth. The prisoner went with him quietly enough, until he understood-he was going before a Magistrate, when he suddenly fell down, and was obliged to be cart ied to the. Office on the shoulders of three men ; here he evinced so much weakness, that a great many were inclined to believe it was natural, until seeing a likely opportunity to escape, he suddenly jumped up as nimble as a boy of sixteen, and tried to run away, but was prevented. This fellow is generally followed by a gang of pick pockets. He received the appellation of. the " Soap-eater," from his practice of putting soap in his mouth to imitate foam, such as is oc casioned by a strong fit.—He was committed un til next Sessions, when Mr. BAKER said something should be done to get rid of him. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. -- About two o'clock, yesterday morning, a fire broke nut id) the house of a man named RIORDkN, who kept a carman's stage, at the lower end of Blackpool, by which that and the two adjoining houses were in a very short time entirety destroyed. The houses being thached, it was impossible to arrest the progress of the fire.--,The poor inmates could. save nothing ; and to heighten the calamity of this distressing circumstance, two men (father and son) named WCarthy, and a child belonging to Riordan, were so dreadfully scorched as to sur— vive but a few hours.—(Cork Chronicle, July 28.). CAUTION TO PARENTS.—Monday, an Inquest was taken at Astley, Warwickshire, on the body of a male infant child about four weeks old, who having been rather uneasy in his bowels in the course of the dry, at night his mother gave him half a tea-spoonful -of a mixture which was recom mended by a neighbour, and said to be composed of Daffy's Elixir and honey, but which was part of a mixture containing 4 ounces of water, 2 drams of honey, and 30 drops of laudanum. A spoonful and a half of this mixture, or thereabouts, was put into a phial which had been filled with a medicine composed of two drops of laudanum to a tea spoonful) of Godfrey's Cordial, and sup- k posed to be empty, but had not been washed out previous to the mixture the deceased took being put into it. The deceased did not take above halt a tea spoonful of the mixture from the phial, shortly went to sleep, and never awoke again, but died in a slight convulsive fit about four teen hours afterwards. Verdict--Died from the (Sects of laudanum, administered uninten• tionally.—lt would appear troni the above, that this poor infant could not have taken above a drop and a half or two drops of lamlanum at farthest ; and it is hoped that this fatal case will operate as a caution to parents and nurses, and deter them. from administering landanum . in any case to young infants, withont medical advice. Blundel, die painter, who undertook to run a coach• Wheel 30 - miles in six hours, .on Thursday, in Lord's Cricket Ground, lost the match af►er going 22 miles. He was backed at odds to win. The Gentlemen of the City of York are about to establish a pack of Fox Hounds, in consequence of the Easinwold Hunt being given up. BIRTHS. This day, of a son, Mrs. H. Kernble, wife of Mr. H. Ken:— blc, of the Brighton Theatre, and daughter of Mr. Freese, the Artist. 0,1 the 31st alt. Mrs. Simpson, Highbury Terrace, of a son. MARRIED. On the 30th ult. Arthur Cuthbert Marsb,Esq. eldest son of William Marsh, Esq. of Knightsbridg'e., to Anne, second daughter of James Caldwell, Esq. of Linley-wood, Stafford• shim • . On the 31st ult. at St. Margaret's, Westminster, P. G. Ha ley, Esq. to Harriet, second dau4llter of Richard Hiffeinan, Eq. late of Mallow, near Cork, Ireland. DIET'. Yesterda!', at his house, Rodney- imildinge, New Kent-road, in the ii9th year of Lis age, Alexander Murray Shields, Esq. of Lloyd's irotiee-house. On il'etlnestla , 1:1,1, at his house at Exeter, William Todd, Esq. folute eq. of the South Sea-House, aged 75.