The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 18

Ministers or their supporters ever justified the slightest ap-
prehension of such intentions ? If such intention there be, it
is in other quarters and with other views. They who make
these accusations do not conceal their deep regret, that state
provision was not made for the Catholic Clergy, and still che-
rish the idea that corruption might then do its work, and the
only crimes of the Catholic priesthood in their eyes be obli-
terated, viz., their attachment to the rights of their fellow-
countrymen, and love of their unhappy country. When
did Toryism show hatred to Catholicism when on the side
of Despotism ? It is the cause of religion when in the
bands of Don Carlos. It is the cause of religion in the
Spanish Inquisition. It is the cause of Religion in Rome
when the banners of the Pope and of Austria are unfurled
against the struggling efforts of Italian liberty. It is the
intelligent and growing aspiration of the age. What is it
in their eyes when its exertions are in the people's cause ?
The venerated Priesthood of Ireland and Belgium are
surpliced ruffians and infidel republicans. They have com-
mitted the unpardonable crime of aiding the people in
the cause of liberty. Religion in their eyes is only a super-
stition which is useful in enslavieg a people and subjecting
them to the yoke of power. Believe me there is more
Popery lies under the robes of these modern Lauds, and
more danger of its supremacy than from any act of any
Ministers, or even of the Catholic Members themselves.
The religion they like is that which would give the
same power over the mind that their political aspiration
would give them over the body. Thexeligion they know is
not that religion which eudureth much, which preaches
goodwill to all men, and above all, inculcates the great
doctrine that you should do to others as you would wish
they should do to you. And yet these are they who arro-
gate to themselves all claim to religion, morality, and
loyalty. These are the same who, for forty long years,
held the reins of power, without impediment to their will,
or difficulty in its execution, and yet are unable to point to
any single act, having for its object the amelioration of the
institutions of the country, or the recognition of our civil
and religious rights !"

The ridiculous affair of the Irish Gunpowder Plot
is likely to engage the early attention of Parliament.
The subject will not be a novel one within the walls
of St. Stephen's, though the circumstances connected
with its renewal cannot fail to excite a considerable
degree of interest. The blowing up of Dr. Er.riiNG-
TON is undoubtedly a sad business—a catastrophe
quite as horrible in its way as the meditated incen-
diarism of GUY FAWKES. For this most crying
enormity Lord MULGRAVE must be held responsible ;
for without his Lordship's sanctior, no Dean would
have dared to provoke the spiking of the great castle
gun on the morning when the grand annual pulpit
volley was to be fired at the Irish Catholics. For our
own part we are perfectly horror-stricken. Only con-
template our beautiful Church-service denuded of all
allusion to the rascalities of GUY FAWKES and his
blackguard associates I Only imagine the possibility
of a Church existing, deprived of tl.e support of so
popular a pillar I The idea is blasphemous—a
thousand times worse than of the national schools,
the abolition of Tithes, or any of the Orange denounced
schemes of the Irish Popish faction. To attack
GUY FAWKES' fes.ival is to attack Christianity ; to
trample on the laws ; insult the SOVEREIGN ;to
disappoint the Orange Parsons ; and to put an extin-
guisher on schoolboy penny squibs, crackers, and
other recognised rabble exhibitions of Anti-Popish
zeal. We, therefore, -cannot but look upon Dr. EL-
RINGTON as another Gunpowder Martyr ; and we
are especially dslighted to find, that wherever the letter
of the law bears hardly upon the Catholic body—no
matter how unjustl; —this venerable branchof an
Orange Episcopal tree, is always ready to defend the
Statute-book at the expense of the Gospel. Thus the
Reverend Doctor proved—during his self-immolating
struggle to maintain the Parliamentary privileges of
GUY Fa wicEs' ghost—that though he might have
never read, or had forgotten, CHRIST'S exhortations
to universal charity and a forgiveness of injuries, be
was very well acquainted with those acts of the Le-
gislature which rendered it imperative upon him to de-
clare from the pulpit what all the world now knows to
be a downright falsehood—namely, the participation of
the Catholics as a body in G lIY PAWK ES* Gunpowder
Plot. We like to see a Dignitary of the Church—ra-
ther than forego the pleasure of making mince-meat of
POPE and Popery—thus having the courage man-
fully to prefer the Statute-book to the pre-
cepts contained in the writings of the Evan-
gelists. There is something chivalrous in break-
ing a lance with a Viceroy, to uphold the long-ex-
ploded laws of man against those of the Divine
Founder of Christianity, when such human laws are
intended to insult mere Irish papists. Others, of
course, will differ from us. 'Well, let them. Most
probably they are wanting in that most essential branch
of Orange Christianity—a hatred of Popery and all
thereunto appertaining. If such be the case we pity
them ; if not, we despise them. For ourselves :
" Resolved for our holy religion to stand up,
To unsheathe the sword, or to light the old brand up.
When we think of the Throne, and the false ones about it—
When we think of the Church, and the blind ones that flout it—.
When we think of the strides of the harlot we scorn—
When we think of the Queen—and the beast with the horn,
Shall we say that you'll find not in Europe's whole range, or
The wide world beside, such dark omens of danger ?"

What marvel then, if terrified by such presages of
Popish ascendancy, Dr. ELRINGTON insisted on the
ecclesiastical right of reviving an anti-Popish Vice-
regal holyday service, which his predecessors had al-
lowed to fall into desuetude ? With what heartfelt
joy must not the holy man of GOD have pounced upon
the statutes which declared so grateful a dutyimpe-
rative ? How his eyes must have glistened with plea-
sure as he perused the precious documents ; and with
what transport must he not have awaited the oppor-
tunity of firing the festive signal-gun at Papacy over
the head, and within ear-shot of the Lord-Lieute-
nant ? Of course, there were numerous Orange con-
sultations on the subject of the shock which his Excel-
lency Earl MULGRAVE would experience. The panic
in which the Lord-Lieutenant would be thrown at
finding that he could not evade a law which obliged
him to participate in the commission of a gross out-
rage upon the feelings of the Catholic body, formed
the subject of many a clerical chuckle. No doubt
circulars were addressed to the Orange Lodges to pre-
pare them for a national celebration of Dr. ELRING-
TON'S victory. As the great day of squibs, crackers,
masques, and dark lanterns approached, the mighty
spirits of the land were in motion. Each had a part
to play in the great drama which was once more to re-
present Orangeism in the ascendant. But an event
never anticipated dissolved the .air-blown bubbles of
faction—the refusal of the Lord Lieutenant to depart
from the established usage of his Viceregal predeces-
sors ! Poor Dr. ELRINGTON had entirely over-
looked that important part of the question. He had
put his trust in the Statute-book—not in the Gospel
—and the reed upon which he leant was discovered to
be broken at the first touch. The service, for the
celebration of which he so lustily contended, was
proved not to have been practised in the Viceregal
chapel more than once
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present generation.
consequently fallen into utter desuetude, its revival,
under existing circumstances, would be an innovation
of which even sober-minded C hut chmenmight complain.
These we-take to be the real facts of the case, however
they may be opposed to the statements contained in the
long correspondence which under the head" Ireland"
will be found in our columns of this day. But though •
the Rev. Doctor sustained a defeat at the Castle, we
have the consolation of learning from his letter to the
Editor of Saunders's News Letter, that under his
fostering auspices bigotry continues to flourish in the
University, and to find a voice in the pulpit from
which he addresses his congregation. This is some
consolation. While
Dr 7 ELRINGTON retains his
Regius Professorship in Divinity, GUY FAWKES will I
be as popular in the Church as he continues to be
among the dirty little urchins that annually constitute

themselves his guards, judges, and executioners. In
the meantime we trust that Dr. PHILPOTTS will bring
the question of the neglect of Guy's festival before
Parliament, and that a Bill will be passed for " blow-
ing up" every Church and Chapel, Minister and Con-
gregation, in the land, by whom, and in which, King
JAMES'S version of the Gunpowder Plot is not received
as equally essential to salvation with a belief in the Di-
vine authority of the Sacred Scriptures. According to the
Tories, the admission ofJews to seats in Parliament would
unchristianize the -Legislature ; but rob the Church
of GUY FAWKES, and the country is at once plunged
into spiritual darkness I The torch of pure religion
is extinguished throughout the empire I For a deli-
verance from such a calamity we look to the zeal of
ELRINGTON in the Irish University, and the influ-
ence of PHILPOTTS in Parliament. England can
bear many losses—she can afford to tolerate many
abuses on the part of the Executive; but she cannot
permit herself to be deprived of all religious consola-
tion—she cannot, unmoved, witness the burking of
GUY FAWKES by an Irish Viceroy.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Tuesday have
been received, but their contents relate wholly to the
progress of the elections. Disgusted with the means
had recourse to, to defeat his return by the Electoral
Colleges of Paris and Rouen, NI. LAFITTE has noti-
fied that he has nothing more to ask of Electoral
France. Of the 225 Deputies whose return is an-
nounced in the Moniteur of Tuesday, not more than
three are Royalists, and the number of pure Doc-
trinaires does not exceed ten at the outside. Thus
the composition of the new Chamber will be quite as
liberal as the last. From Spain the news received is
of no importance. Before re-crossing the Ebro Don
CA is LOS organized several bands, who are to disperse
themselves in flying columns to keep up the war of
plunder and extermination in Valencia. It is reported
that Don SEBASTIAN will return to the scene of his
recent exploits when he has sufficiently recruited the
bands commanded by him.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Psets, Nov. 7.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 50c. 55c.
Four and a Half per Cer.ts. l 0 f. 25e.
kiiree per Cents. Slf. 15c. f.'fic. &e.
Bank Actions, 2,315 f.
Rente de Naples, 100 f. l'c. 10c.
Roman Five per Cents., 100!,4
Spanish Actives, 20Z4 21.
Spanish Passives, 4% %.
Belgian Loan, live per Cents., 103.
Belgian Bank, 1,47111 50c.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 22 22!.i.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 474 e.; money, 25f. 47%c.
Three months, paper, 2.5 f. 32hc. ; money, 25f. 30c-
rs Authen!lc.e.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Csmts., 109 f. "10e.
Three per Cents. 81f. 40c.
Bank .4.ctiens, 2,515 f.
live per cents., 100. X.
Belgian Loan, 11,3
Belgian 1pnk,1,472f. 50c.
Pcrim,,tiese Three per Cents., 221(.
Spanish Art:yes, 21.
Spanish Passives
Differes 6.

GUY FAWKES GOING OUT OF FASHION'.—TI:e
annual preparation of the absurdities and annoyances of the
sth of Novernbe.r were yesterday gone through, although,
we were pleased to observe, with less vigour than we have
known to he the case.—Brighton Patriot.
We regret to learn that Mr. Wilkinson, the Egyptian
traveller, who recently left London to undertake a journey
to Syria, with the view of. making a trigonometrical survey
of the Holy Land, and who had arrived at Paris on his way
thither, has been attacked by a severe indisposition, which
will probably prevent his continuing his route. We under-
stand that Mr. Pettigrew, his Medical adviser and friend,
has recommended his return to England as soon as he sha:l.
be able to bear the journey.
We have reason to believe that the rumour of the
marriage of Don Carlos with the Princess de Beira is well
founded. A dispensation having been granted by the Pope,
the ceremony was performed by proxy, we are informed,
immediately before the expeditionary army marched from
the Basque provinces.—Morning Post.
The Royal table, which is to be served with gold
and silver plate, manufactured for the express occasion, will
be placed under the eastern window. The table, it is ex-
pected, will be occupied by her Majesty, her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess
.of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester, her Royal Highness Princess Augusta, his Royal
Iliglipess the Duke of Sussex, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, and his Royal Highness Prince George
of Cambridge.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. B.—A fire, attended with
the most distressing loss of life, broke out on the premises
of Messrs. King, Witt, and Co., merchants, of this town,
at about eleven o'clock last night. There was great scarcity
of water at the commencement, and great exertions were
made to save the property, but a quantity of gunpowder
on the premises exploded about 12 o'clock, by which from
eight to fourteen persons were killed and wounded. The
fire was got under about two. Persons have been employed
all day digging:the mangled bodies out of the ruins.
MRS. TROLLOPE'§ " VICAR OF WHEXHILL."—
Mrs. Trollope is one of the most eminent female writers
of the day. She is gifted, undoubtedly, with a mind of sin-
gular strength and vigour, with lively perceptions, with
ready tact at seizing on and delineating character, and with
a command of language that enables her to do every jus-
tice to the thoughts and ideas she is desirous of communi-
cating. The skill displayed by her in the construction of
the story of " The Vicar of Wrexhill," is worthy of all
admiration ; and not less deserving of praise is the man-
ner in which it is evolved, and the consistent and perfect
portraiture, especially in the case of the principal personage
which constitutes its groundwork. In these respects, and
in all others, we do not know that we have ever read a
work of fiction, similar in general character, superior to
" The Vicar of Wrexhill." Never, certainly, have we
met with a more able, a more ingeniously conducted expo-
sure of canting hypocrisy—never met with a more perfect,
a more striking delineation of sanctimonious villainy—
than is presented in the history, as it is here given, of the
character and proceedings of the smooth-tongued knavish
Vicar himself.—Scotsman.

At the last meeting of the Brighton Commissioners,
the Clerk said, that complaints having reached him from
the Palace that the Queen had been much annoyed while
walking in the Palace ground by flymen, whose carriages
were on the stands to the east of the Pavilion, getting on
their flies and looking over the wall, and not only doing
so themselves, but allowing their cads and other people to
do the same, he waited on Colonel Cavendish, and having
ascertained that the complaints were well founded, sug-
gested that these stands should be removed. The in-
spector suggested that in lieu of them two stands be ap-
pointed on the north-east side of the Old Stcyne, three
on the east side of the enclosure opposite the Grand
Parade, and three on the west side, opposite Marlborough-
place. Mr. Bass and Mr. Hallett thought it would be
sufficient if these stands under the Palace wall were not
used during the stay of the Court. The Clerk said the
Commissioners could not make an order of that sort. They
could only appoint stands to be used at any time, or annul
them altogether ; therefore the view of Messrs. Hallett
and Bass could only be met by the Commissioners for-
mally annulling these stands when the Queen arrived in
Brighton, and appointing them again when her Majesty
left. Colonel Cavendish assured him that her Majesty
felt very much annoyed by the flies standing against the
walls of the Palace-garden, and that her Majesty certainly
would be pleased if they were removed. Colonel Caven-
dish stated also, that in no part of London were any
stands for cabs or hackney-carriages allowed to be near
any of the Royal Palaces, and expressed his surprise that in
Brighton such stands should be..near the Palace ; there-
fore it struck him (the Clerk) it would be best for the Com-
missioners to abrogate the stands at once and altogether.
On the motion of Mr. Hilton, the suggestions of the
Clerk and Inspector were adopted.
Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, we hear, will certainly take
the first fitting opportunity to introduce again his Copyright
and Custody of Children Bills. The Copyright Bill, it is
said, will be strictly confined to copyrights ; it being thought
that the rights of painters, sculptors, engravers, &c., which
are in a very unsettled state, had better form the subject
of a separate bill, instead of being mixed up with the analo-
gous rights of authors, which are much more easily defined.
'l'he bill relating to the custody of children of tender age
will undergo trifling alterations as to language, and then,
we trust, it will be permitted to pass ; for we arc daily in-
formed of cases in which the father has exercised his power
in a manner and for purposes which he would never dare to
justify before a judge. The object of the bill is to give the
superior judges the power of ordering either of the parents
to have access to children under 12 years of age at such
times as the judges shall direct ; and the only serious ob-
jection of which we have been made aware, is one raised
by the judges themselves, who do net like the additional
trouble and responsibility ; but as many of them have for-
merly recorded their sentiments against the existing law,
and loudly complained of not possessing the power so long
as no one proposed to invest them with it, we are inclined
to think that little stress will be laid on their protest, un-
less they back it by better arguments than those drawn
from apprehended inconvenience to themselves.—Law
Magazine.