The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-27 00:00:00

" ? I'llE ARCHDEACON ti f BATH. FOR THE SUN. r 11TR. a 'Churchman I feel 'in- Ilcbted to you for giving extruded publicity, 11)Mtigii the tned:on) of `yonr highly prinripitql Zsonri;i, 'to the Protest of Archdeacon THOMAS egtiinst the .Establishvoeiit •Of what is called a Church Missionary Society in oath. It is time to speak 'oirt. The 'rkpi.l progress of false cloilttines twit sectarian bervsies the Church call loudly 'for exposure and reprol4a tion ; and 'lamentable as it may appear—and , as. it is fact that 'Bishops, or rather a Bishop, should 'be found upon any occasion ready to promote di- 'vision within the Sanctuary, by giving his ex- 'elusive conntenance and protection to the Puri- tanical Party, it ‘rotild be still more lamentable were The True Friends and Supporters of our Venerable Church to desert their post in the hour of danger—or from any false delicacy towards a►► individual, be his rank what it may, to witld from THE PUBLIC EYE tl►e dangers to which it is exposed. This manly I'rote3t of the Archdeacon of Bath, a man no less distinguished for his ta lents and learning, as I understand, than for his sober and temperate piety, roused . by a sense of duty to oppose a measure which was calculated to mislead; tinder the corer of a name, those who rite placed immediately within his jurisdiction, is at once a proof that the dangers by which the Church Establishment is beset ate not chimerical, and an indication that the Great .Body of Ortho do•;‘. Churchmen are at length •compelled to stand jovvvardto prevent a repetition of the evils and borrors . a similar Schism effected tinder the reign of the unhappy CHARLES! The' REGULAR ► CLERGY have for some years past submitted in silt uce to the reproaches and insults thrown out against them by men, who, through a spurious zeal, or from motives less worthy, have assumed to be ri : ,:hteous overmuch. The conscientious Dis senter leaves the Church, because he rinds objec tions to her forms or her discipline. He takes his station openly against her, 'and whether he be grounded in his objections, or whether he be imposed upon by ale conclusions of himself or others, he honestly and openly opposes himself to the Establishment. Not so this NLW SEct in the Church ;--they maintain the principles of dissent, but retain their hold, upon the Establish , 'olt ;—they relinquish or pervert its doctrines, but do not resign its piivilegcs, and in some rlaies have superseded Episcopal Discipline, by instituting Imperium in Imperio. The proximity of Bristol, where this is illustrated in a more especidl manner, induced the Venerable Arch deacon of Bath to stand foal) and to stem the torrent which threatened to undermine, in a si- Milar manner, the Authority of the Bishop of the .Diocese, as well as his own. How far he will ultimately succeed remains to be proved, but the necessity, the imperious call upon him to fulfil this duty, is unquestionable. Why, Sir, the Wesleyan Methodists, %di° are, I may almost say, upon their native ground in Bristol, and who lave never wholly abandoned the Church—who seek her Communion, and p►►rtake of her Sacra ments, now declare themselves to be utterly ba nished from within the %vans of our Churches, and (I state a positive fact) it bas been in contempla tion, and may be still, for any thing that I can aver to the - contrary, to'build a Chapel or Chapels of Ease, by some of the few Clergymen of this great City, who still adherC to the Articles and Doctrines of the Church, in order to preach them to their yet tine()) rupted Congregat ions. The Churches of Bristol, I repeat, are literally seized upon by a Sett who partially preserve the Forms of the Es tablishment, but who give the Right Hand of Fellowship to all denominations of men who (Us , sent from them. Nay, in a very recent instance, time Bishop of the Diocese has been compelled, in consequence of a Public Appeal, to suspend an ofliciating Clergyman of the Church Sect, for indecently curtailing and adding to the Liturgy, so as to . make it conformable to his own peculiar no tions; and, to slew by what a thread the alle giance of these persons to the Church hangs sus pended, this very individual immediately threw off his gown, and declared that he had long dis sented from the Establishment! Long dissented from an Establishment, be it recollected, to which be had, under the most solemn sanctions, de- Clared his unfeigned attachment, and from which there was no appearance of any!ntention to have se• ceded; had not the Authority of his Diocesan inter fered to prevent time Public Services of the Church front being brought into contempt. As long, Sir, as honest and conscientious men entertained a belief, that this puritanical spirit would be restrained within certain limits—as long as it could be per mitted to them to hope that l'owca was not their object, and that a misguided zeal, -slot a Crusade ltgaitill their iirtfilirco was intenild., - nothing be yowl conseientiotis dischitge of (lie Dot ies an , l Functions of their Calling was opp ,, sed thent but When facts too &ming to admit of farther datiht ;- when insinuations against those Mini sters who are faithful to their trust, are inflamed into charges against them for betraying it ; when exclusion from all the benefits and promises of the Gospel is, with more than Papal intolerance, denounced against all %vim do not subscribe to their opiniOns ; when the System of Proselytism is carried forward with a zeal and intrepidity on ', elualled in the Annals of the Romish Church ; when their advocates or converts, calculating their strength, fill up the avenues to Public Office, and to every 'Corporation and Institution of any mag nitude or political influence in the Country, it is time to rally round the INSULTED CHURCH of our great Reformers, and to point the finger to the object and the means adopted to attain it. When we behold a Bishop presiding at . .a Meet= ing, whose constitution requires that Dissenters and Churchmen shall, at least, be equally ba lanced, to carry into eiteet a professed object, which is zealously embraced by a Society really belonging to the Church ; when we see him pro posing to send forth Missionarie§, who are to act under the orders of these self-elected Committees, and to hold no Communication, much less to be under the superintendance, cont rout, or jurisdic tion of the Bishop who presides over the Church Established in India ; When we find that he does all this, not in his own Diocese, hut as an infe rior Dignitary of the Church-, and bound to Ca nonical obedience, as Dean to his Diocesan, the Bishop of Bath and %%Tells, and does it in the face of the very Authority which he is bound to ()bey, his Lord4ip must, at once, perceive that he has stripped hims(lf of that respect 'which would, a s far and as long as possible, screen him from Public Animadversion, and whilst be has compromised the Dignity to which he has been singularly promoted, be has reduced himself to the level of any individual, who, stepping beyond the line of duty, is ) esponsible to THE PUBLIC and the World for his actions.. I am, Sir, your's, LATINIER. CEIITIFICATEL) CONVEYANCERS. FOR THE SUN. LETTER VI. EDIToti,-.--I - Live the goodness to give my compliments to your Correspondent, " is Certifi eutue ," and inform hi.o that so far from bearing baud upon, or being unmerciful to him, or any individual, AN OLD BARRISTFR assures. him, on the word of a Gentleman, that in nothing he has written on the sub ject of nominal Conveyancers is he in the least personal, either against Conveyancers at law, the stage of a Mountebank, or the locker of a thief. He is too well bred to hurt the feelings of any one ; particularly a conveyancing tallow chandler, or any haberdasher of small wares in the law. Many of these are to be found in town and country, prowling, like Satan, in search of whom they can devour. They call themielves Conveyancers, and they know as much of laW affairs as a blind man does of colours ; but let this certificate man be circumspect ; and not bring his OW trade into greater contempt, than it is now, in the hands of presuming butchers, who mangle with impunity. He does not want wit, and when a reform takes place, a., is devoutly to be wished for, he will be no loser, as no doubt he has pillaged enough in pretended law matters, to satisfy his crzilitors, and open a candle shop a-new. He may then hold a light to those Gen- tiles, the spurious Conveyancers ; those coinets of deeds, and shine in the flame of his own glory. The candle trade is a good one, and be may give that light to others which, as a certificated Con veyancer, would be only- elorkiress visible. He may also increase his trade by his illumination; but he must, in such case, be careful while he lights up his customers, not to consume himself, by going out, in a stench like a candle end on a save-all. If this should be hii fate, we may say . Heaven have mercy on a poor tallow-chandler, and a mock Conveyancer. Hic niger est—this is the counterfeit—cc/veto. Be cautious of him, Oh ye Romans ! He made the cap and wore it. Qui capit ille facit. AN OLD BARRISTER. PRICE OF I;ULLIoN.-- Yrs►erday Portugal gob coin was sold at 41. Os. id.; and New Dollars a ss. 4(1. Detachments of the 17th and 56th regiments, and a small purty of dragoons are now at Graves end to embark for India. Yesterday, 'at 12 o'clock, the following Gen tlemen waited upon the Chancellor of the Exche quer, to contract for a new Lottery :—Mr. Bish, Mr. Carroll, Messrs. Hazard and Co. Mr. Sive wright, and Mr. Webl),• %I hen ell the Gentlemen nnitetl, , and entered into. a Contract for 40,000 Tickets, atl4).• vet Ticket. CORRESPONDENTS. LANFRANC en Monday. *4, 4 For SrAtm arty HER COLVISIIES, see the Last rage. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Lost Niffht. THEATRVI RnYAL, Duunv-[.A`::.7—George Barnwell : . Geortre Barnwell, Mr. Rae; Nlilltenod, Mrs. Glover. After which (first tithe), Harlequin's Vision - . EATItt: RovAi.. CovENT-GA unitN.--George Barnwell : Gein-ge Barnwell, Mr. C. Keiuble: hliliwood, Mei. rdticit. After which (first time), Harlequin GalliVer. MAILS. ARRIVED-2 Dublin, I Waterford. ni•E -1 Franee, 1 Got tenburgli, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, I Dublin, I %Waterford. ST. Join.—fluliday at the liank„Exchequer, tasi India, and South Sea Houses. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. .11orniiig, 59 minutes after 4. Evening, 44 minutes after 5. THE SUN. bOLEM QiTIS DICERE FALSUM •AUIEAT ? LONDON, SATURDAY, bECEMBEII 27. 1817. We are happy in being enabled to state t tier the Produce of the Revenue from the 10th October to the 26th Dece►uber, 1817, is higher than the Produce of the Revenue for the corresponding period last year by 611,263/. As in the period of 1816 the Receipt upon the General Articles of E%cise is not included, nor of the Stamp ties fur the last week, the reeript upon these 13a- 1, aces of Revenue will not be pail into the Mxhe- qutr, 09 account of the holidays, till the subse• (pent %yea, therefore, from the above increase must he de3octed the suui of about 320,6941 leaving the actual increase 290,669/. At a late hour this day we received the P.iris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday last. The tul- owing are extracts "CHAMBER OF PEERS, Dec. 22. " The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Yos rice, accompanied by the Councilbir of S:ate, the Count Simeon, presented to the Chamber a Projet of LAW respecting the Journals, aeopted the 20th instant, by the Chamber of Deputies. . " It was ordered for examination in- the reaux, 'and to be dkcusstd in the Chamber to-wnr OW. " CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Dcc. 22. " t'le reatiitsg of the Proces-Verbal of the ast Sitting►, " Pict tool: an objection, that the Proje agreed to respecting the Journals was there con si.erud as a Law, ►►hiclh was not the intuntioh u the Chamber in the vote then given, but merely to separate it from the general l'rojet of kvhich formed a part. He moved, Therefore, to strike out the words considered as a law. " Upon this proposition the previous question was moved, and, after some discussion, agreed to. " On the Order of the Day for the discussion of the Projet respecting the provisional collection of 6-I2ths of the taxes, " M. Casimir Perrier expressed a hope that would be the last time they should be called upon o agree to such a measure. " After a long discussion, an amendment, line ing the Projet to four mouths, was negatived, and the Ist and 2d Articles agreed to. The 3d Article was amended by increasing the amount of credit to the Minister of Finance to 200,000,000. francs.—The whole Projet was then agreed to by a majority of 211 to 5. " The discussion on the Projet respecting tl►o Press was resumed. " M. Duvergeur de Ilanraune moved die ado!) tion of the Bth Article of the original Projet, by which the deposit of a work was considered a. publication, instead of the Arti c le reem p men d e d by the Committee as an Amendment, by which the Author is not to be responsible for a work seized within three days after the deposit, and be- fore publication or circulation. " The Count Iteuguot moved the pre% iong cries• Lion on the Articles proposed by the Committee, and then to leave out of the Article of the PHet making a simple deposit equivalent to a pub lication. " M. de Villele supported this proposition with the addition of an amendment, "rhßt no one s hall be, prosecuted except for a published work ; the circulation of the whole or part of - the 'Not k to be consid . cred a publicivtion.' " After some further discussion, the Articles proposed by the Committee were :ejected by a large majority by means of the previous question. A great number 4 voices called for the vote upon the amendments of MM. Villele and Beug not.—Great agitation prevailed. The previonsquestion Was called for, but, on being put, was negatived. " itttelryted 14,:41;, t terrupted by contiOnal cries of to the -% oft. " Ttle l'resident eonstilted th'e a:seinhly Oa tbg amendment of 111:11. Vinci,. and ii!t!gnot. first scrlititiv ‘Vas ( I WO - A till. - " Cries of Appel Nomiti.il. • A'secood si;rotioy took place', " l'resident—Tlie an totimeot is reieet4 The Alembers of both extremities called out for the Appel Nominal. " A great part of the Assembly rose; severol %vent out. " A nninber of yokes —The sitting lfas not ,lourned 7 -51►nt the doors—Places, Places-4 10 Appel Nominal. " it was again declared from the Chair, that the arnendnient was . rejected. " Louder cries for the Appel Noturnal. _ . 11. Bourdeau, Secretary, said, the decision was pronounced, and there was no cause for dig Appel Nominal. " Cries of Appel Nominal began again with greater violence. The greatest tumult prevailed' " AT. Al. de Llitttefenille and liatirdeau eropted to eptak, but tb.vir voices were lost ill e noise. ' Tl:e President, at length, pr it to the Chattv ber, which decided for the Appel Nominal, by to-morrow; to•iuot` Inense majority. " A otinibee of voices, rotv.'--U:l►ers, ' directly.' " I. Laine proposed, as a number of i‘lernbe ,ad gone away, to postpone. the Appel Nontioo' Ml to-morrow. " A n►►n►ber Of Members, No, nn.'—'l* greatest agitation prevailed. " The Chamber at length deeiclettr,to procL4' immediately to the Appel Nomina►l. " The result was 111 votes, 107 for the arnenc l meta of MM. de Villele and lieug , tot, tired 10 against i . . " The Presiclent.—Tbe Chamber consists (' 255 Members, the presence of 128 is necessar;' the result does . not .give that number, the open' Hon is therefore null. The Appel Nominal adjourned till to-niorrow,47-Adjourned at lip'' 3St SIX. " trIAMBER OF PEERS, Drc. 23. " On the Order of the I..)ty for the discussi'' of the Projet respecting the Journals, " The Chamber, ingtewl of Opening- the (lII', cession, referred the Projet to the examinatioo' . Special . Committee, con•isting of !he Mqri''' Des3olies: the Nzvq.lis de Murgnis de Marbois, the Count Abriat, uud Viscount de Limoigrinn. " The Committee to report on Fl iday, to tvo . [lay the Chamber adjourn.ed, " CITAMI3ER OF DEPUTIES, Dtc. c:e " The discussion on the Pi ojet tespeciing.' Press was reiumed. " The Appel Nominal was proceede l to in amendment, That no one shall be pro:eco for a work except there shall be a publicatitil l e it, and tie distribntibn of the whole, or part a ‘17(9)1, shall alone be considered a poblieatid' f " The Appel Non:ioal gave 239 votersp, l ‘vhoin there was 125 for the ainendatent, and against it. " •Great.satisfaction was expressed at the snit. " The M article of the Projet, respecting', notification of the order of seizure, was in c Oll sequence rejected, as 'being useless. e " On article 12, respecting trkis for °fie ( - of 'the Press, the arnendmentzespectiug was discussed. • ot° " Royer 'C'-111arcl supported the a itiencift c " vl. Courvpisier opPosed . Ole present api l. ' tion of Trial by J ury, • 0 0" " The illinister of the Interior ~ . ;poke at c. o f siderable length . against - the introduction Juries. ' til f " ‘`2d. catuille Jordan supported the amend 0 ev t The previous question- on the aniend''', 7 o- 1 , was carried by a large twsjority, and the Article of the Projet was adopted as origi' prrposed. Several other Articles were agreed to aiscossioo. 1,0 On ti o two remaining Articles, the Lo . being late, the discussion was adjourned IIC)FFOW. l'Ants, Doc. 24.—iletore nisss yesterP e yil ilnrein of the Chamber of Deputies, 110 e - i d le by the Minister of the Interior, presented Il e ! , King the Projet areed to for the provisiuol . lection of six twelfths of the taxes,, [These Papers contain no other pews, very nearly filed with the procleodings 6 Chamber of Depntirs FIVE PCLt CENTS. " Monday ‘• . 64 f. . t 4 1. 10 C• (From tie N.o llona' inteliise,cer of the f .There ore several Agents from differetl , vine of South Atuerie4 at present in :14