The Sun. — London, England, 1817-07-21 00:00:00

ROMAN CATHOLICS. Though on the conclusion of the Parliamentary s e ,ci,,u, we presumed to offer our warm tribute of rrnise to the general system of Government, yet e ventured to express our disapprobation of one ot l im_tu,easttTes.. itamely that by which Roman „ . artl►olies ark . ugly suffered t o enter into oar ,Army - ;;;71 - 1.4asi:witlio - ut the , previous adtnir►isrration of such OATHS as our Antestors wisely framed for the security of the Crown and the maintenance of a PROTESTANT ASCENDANtY. It matters not :•^ that there had been a relaxation in administering these and that 'they were only enforced in the Navy, and ate now abandoned in that ser %ice also. If they were deemed necessary by our Ancestors, they are much more reqnisite,ancl ought to be more rigidly oliseryed, : at the, present period, for great concessions.have been made to the Ro man Catholics since the institution•of those Oatl:s. The Ronian Catholics' at that 'time never could have the least reason, to hope that such extreme indulgence would have been , granted to them. Tbe.great patliamtutary Orators .of that time had too much reverence for our -Establishment in Church and State, to advocate their cause in open Senate, as is done by modern .?,otriots, bu,t all who were really attached. to their country.endea-, youred to put the strongest fences 'round' the N TIOYAL RELMION: Those fences are -. lidw in,a • • r•.. great. degree, removed,, and who. can tell to what iniat its the Constitotion may be exposed- 7 Fti'r .our part, we shall moitatrxioasly labour ttsht) port the NATIONAL. FAITH, alill'l,Vilitipctir fie cottsidered, by all the real.friends v ia the CONSTI• •TirTION in, Church and State,..as.the.:,Na4kortit., JotYßNAL.'''Welave alre,ad'y been , favoured: with itsaoy . valuable articles.' frdni :charact'ers' "of highest respectability "among ;41i4 . .'rerereil siastical Body, and we are promised a continued cdttntettance and support from the siarte.reSpectol 'characters, upon - whiCh we most perfectlylely. But to spew a spirit of Candour on this . subject, : we copy the following, article from an ,excellent Dublin Paper, entitled The Correspondent, 91 -the • 14th instant, though we confess we hoped that itssentiments upon the presentaccasion would have been congenial with our own. - Those sentiments, however, are conveyed in' so liberal a shape that we submit . them our_ Readers ' as an example for yorstical opponents on both sides :•-•"' " One of the London Jour nals,t he Morning Chro ntele, adverts to the passing of a Bill through both Houses of Parliainent, during the present session, entitled " an Act to regulate the admi nistration of Oaths, in certain cases, to Officers of his Majesty's Land and Sea Forces." Thepre au:Z:le of the Bill refers to former Acts, by which it was provided, that officers in his Majesty's . Na vy awl Army shall take certain Oaths, and sub scribe certain Declarations, before theyshall enter upon the offices or places of trust to which they may he appointed—it then alludes to doubts en tertained as to the provisions of those acts being in force ; after which it enacts, " That it shall be lawful for the principal Secretaries of State, the Lord High Admiral, or Commissioners for execut . ing the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces, the Master-General of the Ordnance, and the Secretary at 'War for the time being, respe:tively, ur any other persons thereunto lawfully authorised, to deliver Commissions or Warrants to any Officer or Officers his Majesty's Royal Navy, Land Forces, or Royal Marines, without previously re quiring such Officer or Officers to take the said Oaths, or make and subscribe the said Declarations; any thing in any Act or Acts contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwith , - s ‘ tatlitig. " Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend, to any Oaths required by any AU or Acts now in force to be taken, or to any Decla rations thereby required to be made and subscribed, by such o:licer or Othcers as aforesaid, after he or they shall have accepted and received - such Commissions or Varrants as aforesaid." " Now, supposing this Act to lay fair claim to the liberal design imputed to it, as well as to the construction given to it, it 'wilt not justify the sneer or the reproach which the Morning Chronicle casts—the one upon the Bishops, the other upon the Ministers. It seems to be thought extraor dinary that the . Ministers should do what is libe ral, without playing to the Galleries, and suing for plaudits for what they were about—but the character of the Administration is, as we have often said, not to declaim ad captandum, but to art—to do their duty, not to, seek applause.--- When their adversaries were in office, the whole nation was thrown into a ferment, by their at tempting to do, ostentatiously, .that which they are represented to !rave done sub silentio, and with out any prefatory swaggering whatsoever. But the only consequence . reasonably following is, that the Ministers are better suited for the duties of Givernment than those who seek to displace them ;-for, if they have thrown open the career of glory to all his Majesty's subjects—if they have taken away all Obstacles to the advance of those who are able to win their way, individually, by brave and faithful conduct, and whose' actions must be the truest and the nobleSt attestation of their qualifications for eminence---=they have done so because tliey thought it to be their duty—not because it was a thing th at would make a popular impression, or be a practical refutation of those who call them bigots and oppressors. In fact, the sound and salutary measures of the Administra tion owe their publicity more to the hostility of Opposition, and to their rash and mistaken_at tacks, than to any desire the former possess to trumpet fortle their services. If. the . Act alluded to deserves the construction bestowed on it, we liope those who are so greatly served by such total freedom from restraint, may be grateful for a grace of so much value. We have not had ourselves the copy of the Bill transmitted among thy Par liamentary Papers regularly addressed to our tsta- Usliment." Performed on Saturday Night. 4 .7 • KING'S TkEATßE.—LfClUltelleli Tito. Afar Nrhiaki . Les Mites Braconicrs. VV • • . MEAT ft& RoVA k, H.trramtE.l7. - -Who Wants a 60inea .1:Tor; rent, Mr. Tetki - y ; Alis 3 copetatiti. Darkness NEW THEATRE RhYAL, ENGLIsII Wires.: Principal Characters by Mr. Wrench and Miss -fArfter Wltich, Free-sited Easy. T 6 wiikh Was added, The Deserter of Naples. ~ 51,111.3.... - AltUttrgtv-rirearice, 1 Vanillin; rHoll-and, 2 Gottenburgb, - B=llubl:in , 3.Watiiriord••. , Dints: --AlLisboni 1 Hauillurgh, I , Hollanti." '. , • .' • - -• :- • PRICE O . . • 'rats DA T AT V 3 per. tent. r64...,....04,14, 4 per Cent. Culist.. 83t 83,84 4 per Unts ' lO6 99/ 1 5 per Cent. Nary Ann. 106 iii ,• . • • HIGH AVAT Elt LONDON BRIDGE TO-N10R.11.0 W. Nlurning - , 16 wilartes after. 8. . 1 Evening, 41 aiinules-after 8. STOCKS FI.VY. 0 . 4:1,,0CK • Mink, L. Ann. .... 22 India Bonds,. ..106s. 1 tiis. pr. Exch. L3illr, 255. 2i3s. pr. Cons. for August"... 83iiif THE SVN.::: jOLNAI QUIS DigEHE rm,siru AUPEAT. V • • e e • ene. LONDONi • 18r7. AU the,intelligencereeetind , since Saturday. fully 7C'ou6rnis what' we' . stated iti our Second Edition on that day, with respect to the'restoration of Anthorillat'Pertiambuco; on the 20th May. Sonic of the accounts mention, that a part of OA jnsurgent , fOree had retreated into the in terior, with theinteut ion of endeavouring- to make 4etne.stand ; but .vl.l he "fdt of..Pernamhuco oitke , ciOvernment there ' 'Wu' übt • • • • • , • - A_Lop4l,.aq art; a : l lk a Mail for .Madeira, j "iitr the: Ip. , l4i,ks„of the the Ist inst. i1ie.19141 The Royal Authority having beeturestgrettat. Permaulaueo, the packet is order there..pti her - ii'ultv'itrti-bottud passage. grpitcf of a Letter received at Lloyd's from Garai : tar, dated lith_itine, 1817. " 1 have the pleasure to acquaint , yon, that by the arrival here on - the 23,1: inst, inn days from ..; Algiers, of the English pol'acie.La Fgrtun9, 13bn°, private letters have been xeceived"hy Jew's :here from their relations in Algiers, dated the 10th inst. which state, that betvVeen the 10th and 24th May, there had 'heen'some deaths of ti' disorder usual at that season of the yeao:and that.the in habitants had in consequence retired to thecoutt-; try, but returned to the 'city about the Bth or 9th, the public health being quite restored ;,--,they con firm. the death of the British Vice-Consul.: Mr. SWETLAND, the Ptatique Master here, has men tioned his having received a letter from the Bri. tish Consul', Mr . . M`Doritt.t.,. who says nothing about any disease. The vessels from that quar ter have in Consequence been admitted to pra- tique." lICSURGENT PRIVATEERS. Informatiom reached LLOYD'S this morning that privateers sent out by the Insurgents were off the Azores the latter end of June, and that they bad succeeded in' capturing four, very valnahle ships; three of them they carried off, and one they sunk. The account does not . say whether an engagement took place, but as one of the vessels was sunk, it is supposed there was an action. The following is a copy from LLOYD'S Books on this subject : " The Gram Para, from Bengal; the Nova Ca. rolina, from China for Lisbon ; the Plor de Mayo, irons La Guyra for Cadiz ; and the Los Dolores, from Porto Rico for Barcelona, were captured off the Azores,, the latter end of last month, by In surgent Privateers :.the latter was sank." NVe received yesterday the Paris Papers. of Thursday last ; those of Friday, which were due this morning, have not come to hand. The Jour nals of Wednesday arrived at a late hour on Sa turday, and we noticed them in a part of our im pression. This paragraph, together with the 'im portant intelligence from Lisbon, which we pub lished in our Second Edition on Saturday, will be found in a subsequent column. From the Pa pers of Thursday we learn, that the Constitutionel kas been suppressed. The following paragraph respecting it appears in the Gazette de France and the Journal des Debats :—" We u nderstand that the Journal called Le Constitutionel has been sup pressed by order of . his Excellency the Minister of Georal.Police, according to the r ecommendation of the Council;" For what reason the Constitu tioitel has been subjected to this arbitrary assump tion of power we are not informed, nor will any of the other Journals probably venture to state it without an express authority from the Court, for fear they may be subjected , to a similar summary extinction. Such is the Liberty of the Press en joyed at Paris. The Duchess de Bratty, the Bulletins continue to state, was as well as .could be expected. The Duke of WELLINGTON was expected at Paris at the end of last week. • Mr. BARING was expected at Paris on Thuptlay. The remains of Madame de STAEL are to be .ccmveyed for interment to her estate at Copet, neitr Geneva. "::11;is now stated, that' the persons recently ar rested at BourdeauX were not Individuals, of any consequence. " ,- Amongst therO are some dancers of the Great Theatre, particularly LAtIIONQUE, who are accused of having, when supping witban-artist of theTheatre of the name of ADELL, used seditious expressions. They are to be tried before the . Pre- :: votal Court. They excuse themselves by saying they were intoxicated." The King of Prussia arrived at Carlsbad the Ist instant. ,The Moniteur *contnins the following from Bra zil, respecting the carrying on the African Slave Trade by Spanish ships " Rio IssuißO, MARCH I.—His Majesty being desirous of employing those means which may contribute more effectually to the strict and inviolable maintenance of the Treaty of 24d January 1815 by virtue of which it is forbidden to his sub jeCts to carry on a trade in slaves in any of the ports of the Afri can coast on the Equkor, and with some to the S. of that line, which are not dependencies of the Crown of the United King dom, and bring convinced that the most efficacious measure against the infraCtionof the said Treaty by fraudulent voyages will undoubtedly be to prevent Spanish vessels fitted out in the Ports of this kingdom from carrying on any trade in slaves in those of the coast of Africa, Where the right of continuing thiS traffic has not been abolished, which ports are included between the Equator and the 10th degree of Northern latitude, his Majesty for these considerations has been pleased to di ;rect,that at the expiration of 3 months after the date of this Royal Order it shall be forbidden to all Spanish vessels fitted out in the Ports of the United Kingdom to carryon the SlaVe Trade in those'of. the Coast Of Africa above mentioned, and the Authorities who have the superinteddittg the destination and 'fitting out of the said vessels ate enjoined to adopt inea-: sures the most proper for the exact execution of th►s prohi-, bition. " Given at the Palace of Rio Janeiro the4ii'fb (Signed) The (aunt di BIICA." The Madrid accounts of the 3d . instant state, that Lord BERLiSFORD had been ..expecied but had not arrived. The accoachement of ,the QO:ttN.had not then taken place.' 'The Emperorand Empress of AUS'iltIA made a pikhij o ee.ntg i loto Olonutz ou.the 24th ult. ; on the 27th they proceeded on their jporney,t9 and were to make their iniriiiito Lemberg on 'the Bth inst. The 'Princess Royal of .PQRTUG A L was expected to einbark at 4.4. eghorn for the Bra zils on the 10th. The Diet of Frankfort have ,sent letters of •no- ,fication to all the powers of Europe, including the GRAND SEIGNIOR, and to the United States of America, by which the 'Get-manic Confederation enters as a Power of Europe Into relations with lem. The POPE, whose state of • health-is vationsly described in different Journals, returned lO Rome from Castel-Gandolfo on the Ist initant His carriage was accompanied by the carriages of the Queen of ETRURIA, theYrincess of WALES, the Prince of SAXE GOTHA, &c. 8:c. The. Princess of WALES and King CHARLES. IV. and his QUEEN were present at• the feast of the Apostles.k.on the ..•-• 29th ult. French Five per,cejyts,_—,Wednestlay, 66f. 20c. 'When we consider the very large portion of the Funds, which is eitlier vested for families;or be longs to Corporate Bodies both in this and fo reign Countries, and which cannot .be brought into the market, the floating part of the Stocks to, supply the Commissioners must be very sthall - : and if to this he added the immense Wealth that has been for a long time-in the hands of ' Country Bankers at three per. Cent. who now refuse to allow Anyjnterest, it is iibt „at all surprizing that Consols are 83, for in. the year 1793 they . were 971, and front the influx of money/•with' the operation of the Sinking Fund buying up 100,0001. daily, we should not be stirprized to see the 3 per Cents at 90 in a few days. It has generally been observed, that when a Controvertist loses his temper, he begins to she® the weakness of his cause. It may be-observed of. the Morning. Chronicle, .however, that the weak ness of its cause was discoverable long before it began to lose its temper, and, therefore, we may presume that this loss of temper arises from the hard hits of its opponents. We refer:our Readers to the following passage in the Chronicle of 'this day, as a proof - that, since it wants arguments and proofs, it seems to be stung with 'vexation, and descends to a style wholly unworthy of its reputation as a political Journal :—" The MOTU ing Post, Sun, and Courier (says the chronicle), those petty sewers from the great drain, have near ly deluged us with filth." We have no objection to he thus classed by the Chronicle, in such com pany as the Moning Post and the Courier, becao'e whatever may have been the principles, of those Papers formerly, 4hey have, under the .present Proprietors, been employed in, a staunch Support of our glotions ConStitutiou in Church. and State, and, in a very able and powerfol man ner, have resisted • all the arts Of SOPHISTRY, and alj. the machinations of TREASON'. As to Tua SUN, we need say little, as its' uniform consistency, from its origin, upwards of twenty four years ago (during almost the whole of which period the present Proprietor has been connected with it), is %veil known to the public. The Paper, it is our pride to say, was founded under the auspices of the immortal WILLIAM PITT, to whose principles it shall steadily adhere. " Something too much of this," as Hamlet says, ..and,therefore we, return to the Chronicle. We put it then to the...judgment of all Readers of candour and taste., whether its figures of " sewers—drains— and filih," - could possibly come from a writer of gentlemanly habits, and Whether' it is not more likely that, during the absence of the Prinjitial, some politicaLScavenger has taken possession of • his pen. But of - this enough, and.we now proceed to detect an artifice of the Chronicle, which may not be obvious to ordinary Readers. The Chronicle, it is observeable, directs its attacks every dayagainst Lord CASTLEREAGH and Mr. CANNING, as if they were the main springs of Government, and as if, in. deed, to the Noble Lordand the Hon. Gentleman the whole management of the State were com mitted. This expedient, however, is not intended to raise these two Members of the Government, but to loiter the rest, in order to make the Nittion believe that the ether parts of the Administration feel their "genius rebuked," and therefore submit the conduct of affairs wholly to the commanding talents Of the two Members in question. Upon the same . principie the Chronicle affects to consider the Morning Post, the Courier, and 'l'H2 SUN,• as the advocates merely of Lord CASTLEREAGH and 'IIIr.' 7 CANNING. We confess we see nothing of `this - aelee t and' peculiar support in those two rapers, and - fol''THE Stit, we can fairly say that, with very great respect for the talents, and with a -bigh-vrnst-oftlre services, of the Noble Lord and" the Honourable Gentleman, particularly the former, iVe: have no 'disposition to pay a mean court to either, but esteem them chiefly as being members D OE AN 4ssit!usTßATiosi that has supported the in. 'dependence "and the honour of the British Empire, and essentially contributed to the deliverance .of 4:ozone. Wedo not presume to boast any inune• diate intercourse or connexion with the Noble Lord, and we need only refer to our resod. lute - and persevering support of a PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY tO 'stew,. that . however we may ropgct the:great abilities and high attainments of Mc. C.A.NNI NG, we are very far from agreeing with liirn;.on the subject of the ROMAN CATHOLIC ` CLAIMS,' and are•still further froni a cringing Sub. serviency to that „Geiitlernan, or to any . other Menifser of the Government. Our only object. is the WELFARE OF THE COUNTRY, and the preserva tion of our happy Establishment in CHURCH and' STATE . ; ' and with theie objecti in view, we give ouk.butuble, ~but firm and. fervent support, to the present-ADMINIST'RATION ALTOGETHER, and not to . . ,• . • any indiViduals, however we may adMire their ',tdients,.or revere them, for trmser‘jces which they bare rendered, their Country, by maintaining its di'nity abroad, and securing it from rebellion at borne. .SUch is,.our.c.reed, and such are our ob feets,•and therefore sv have little doubt that we shall - continue:to retain the confidence of the People, ..because we .shall always be anxious to .•. _ CORI.AXCIIANG-13, had a good supply of Whaat this, morning from Essex and Kent, and-.a large quantity of-Foreign during the week,..-theTs - ale•of which was very heavy ata're (action of froth as. to ss..per quarter i and a large quantity unsold. Rye isdull at 3s. per qr. cheaper.. Fine Barley and Malt . supports its price. Boiling Pease are 2s. per quarter cheaper. Beans are 2s. per quarter dearer than this day week. Fine Oats sold on the same terms as on Monday. In other articles.no alteration. •: .• Foreign . Wheat - 475. 575. I Fine ditto - 905..102i. English Wheat - 575. 635. Fine ditto • - Old ditto - - - Rye ' - - 375, 47+ Fine ditto - - - Sts. =-s.. parley - - - 425. 2.45. Fine ditto - - - 445. Nialt Fin,: ditto - - 745. 83s. White Pepe (boilers) 545. ss.i. Fine ditto - - - 803. Grey Pease - 445. 50s. Fine Grey - Pease - '541, —s. Tick Beaus - - -86 s. 455. Old ditto - - - ' 455. 555. Small 'rick Beaus • 405. Ags. Old ditto - - - 509. 605. Feed 08t3 -16 s. 203. Fineditto - - - 933. 303. Poland ditto - 203. 245. Fine ditto - $24.. 40!. 'Potaf6e ditto - 368. 445. Ital•e Seed 481. 501. per last. Fine Flour - 955.100;. Seconds - • 90s. 955. • - A letter• signed ". -A Friend to. Government, and enclosing_a Bank Post. Bill for 100/. has been received by the CtiAt46ELLOn of the EXCHEQUER, and the contents -011 be duly appropriated to the public ,service. . . The Duc.heSs of GLOUCESTER is still Little. His. Royal Highness. the Pt:vice REGENT has signified his intention of reviewing the two Regipienfs of Life Guards, and the Roval,Regi. 4neß t' o f Horse Guards', on Hounslow Heath, an. -F r id a y ne xt, the 25tli instau,t, at eleven o'clbck. The LORD' CHrSCELLoR and the Mutquis of CHoLI4oNPELEY had . atidienCes of the PRINCiI REGENT at Carlton-house. The Right Hon. JOHN INPNIAHoN (it •Will seen by 'our extracts from the London Gazette) hat -been created-a BarOuet. The.three - Noblemen who presented the-Con stitution from the lonian Isles on •Friday !en night, are about to take a tour through Eugland Ovvious to their return.