The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-25 00:00:00

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deed the more acceptable of the two : misrepresentation the Venta de Poyo. The engagement lasted until seven
o'clock in the evening, and, if we are to judge from the brisk-
and calumny follow their steps as naturally as the
Less of the fusilade, it must have been a warm one. The
shadow follows the substance. They may indeed plead Captain-General has not yet ascertained in a positive manner
in excuse for their conduct in this particular instance, tfhieLrlesult of the affair; carts of...'"—( Interrupted by night-
that they are driven by necessity to this reprehen-
sible course, because, having nothing real to object '
either to Mr. HUME'S moral or political character,
they must either invent charges against him, or let
him alone. The latter alternative they will not adopt
—it is quite against the grain. They hate him too
much for his manly and uniform assertion of the great
principles of civil and religious liberty, and his fearless
exposure of all their jobs and other mal-practices, not
to oppose his return for the metropolitan county, the
representation of which adds so much to.his power of
annoying them. But the thing which sticks most in
the stomachs of the party—the never-to-be-digested
offence of Mr. HuasE—is his bringing to light the
machinations of their Chief, through the instrumenta-
lity of the Orange Lodges, to thrust aside our be-
loved QUEEN from the succession to the Throne which
she now fills and adorns. The explosion of this
CUMBERLAND conspiracy, they know, was entirely.
owing to his sagacious and persevering exertions. It
was his crowning offence, and never will it be forgiven.
" had it not been committed," say they, " we might
at this moment have had the King of HA NOVER on
the Throne of England."
One of the base expedients to which the faction
are now resorting, in order to influence the electors
against Mr. HUME, is raising against him the cry of
irreligion. It is perhaps the most flagitious of all the
arts that unprincipled men have recourse to, and is
never used by them but in cases of acknowledged des-
peration. Mr. HuNIE opposed Saint AGNEW'S Bills
for bringing religion into discredit and contempt with
the people, (for such would have been their inevitable
effect), and for doing this real service to religion, he is
selected from the majority of the House of Commons,
Whig, Tory, and Radical, who voted with him, and
held up as an Atheist ! Such diabolical calumny is too
glaring to require confutation ; but lest there should be
any well-meaning persons deceived by it, we here sub-
join an extract from a speech delivered by the Rev.
Dr. PYE SNI ITU., at a public meeting of Middlesex
electors residing in Hackney, and other parts of the
Tower Hamlets, held at Hackney last week, which
escaped our notice at the time. Dr. P. SMITH is a
man well known in the religious world, and no less
distinguished for his piety than his learning. The
testimony of such a man cannot fail to set Mr. HUME
right with any persons who may have been misled by
his vile slanderers :
" The Rev. Dr. Pye Smith said, he was desirous of de-
claring himself ready to submit to his full share of the re-
proaches which, in some extremely bigoted and unjust perioci-
cal publications, are cast upon many religious persons for the
part which they have deemed it their duty to take in reference
to political measures. An assertion has often been made, and
urged with as much confidence as if it were a maxim of self-
evident truth, that religious persons ought to have nothing to
do with the politics of this world. With equal reason might
it be said that men who fear God and keep his command-
ments, should never concern themselves with the provision of
food and raiment for their families, the means of preserv-
ing the public health, agriculture, or merchandise, the
liberal or the mechanical arts, or any acts or pro-
ceedings which are intended to prevent or diminish
evil, and to increase good in the communities of man-
kind. In his view, some attention to politics was the duty of
every man of cultivated mind; and, in a most especial manner,
if he be a man of Christian piety —( Hear.) For what are
politics ? They are that branch of moral science which in-
vestigates the rights and duties belonging to men in their
several stations and relations in civil society. Is not this an
essential branch of morals? And are not morals, in their
entire comprehension, an essential part of religion ? Op-
probrium was also cast upon a numerous body of persons pro-
fessing serious piety, when they declined to support certain pro-
fessedly religious candidates for seats in the House of Com-
mons ; but whom, with all their religion, and many esti-
mable qualities with which they may be adorned, we cannot
but regard to be men lamentably destitute of knowledge,
and principles requisite for legislation and the conduct of
national affairs. Should ne put our persons and families
under the medical direction of a physioUtt, who iii
truly pious anti well-meaning man indeed, but who is the
slave of mischievous theories, and is utterly destitute of
the science and skill necessary for sound medical prac-
tice ?_( Hear.) Or do those who arc perpetually harping
upon this objection, select men to be their agents, clerks, and
managers of business, to be their law advisers, and to conduct
their suits, who are ignorant and prejudiced persons, devoid of
the penetration and prudence which the business requires ; but
whose qualification lies solely in their being religious persons,
and their thinking themselves fit for any important and respon-
sible station ? Providence has distributed talents among men
with a wise diversity. All men are not adapted to all employ-
ments, nor are capable of them. We must look then, with a
view to the obtaining of specific objects, to instruments fit and
likely for those purposes. For example , Mr. Pownall is a
candidate for the representation of this metropolitan county.
" I respect him," said the Doctor, "as a good and pious
man ; but I think him out of his element in aspiring to
be a British Legislator.—( Hear, hear.) In my view,
he is utterly unfit to occupy such a station, notwithstand-
ing his conscientious and upright character. Why do I
say this ? Because Mr. Pownall is notoriously and avowedly
devoted to a party which arrogates to itself the style of Con-
servative : but which I am compelled, by all that I can under-
stand concerning the tendencies of theoretic principles, and
all that I have been able to learn by reading and observation,
to regard as Conservative, indeed of evil, but obstructive and
destructive of good to a wide extent.—( Cheers.) It is the
system and principles of this party which Mr. Pownall
self not fully aware of the pernicious purposes whi?h. he is
subserving) is put forwards to maintain. In dechlning to
support him I detract nothing from his character
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this ruin l—(Hear, hear, hear.) Oa the other hand, sup-
pose that I see a man whom I have the pain of ap-
prehending to fall short of what I deem important views
in religion, but a man of honourable character, in domes-
tic life exemplary, a firm supporter of the rights of con-
science—the great Protestant principle that a man must judge
for himself,in matters of religion—who, during a long course of
life, has shown himself the friend of civil and religious free-
dom, and of justice and economy in the administration of
affairs ; and such a man is willing to make the great sacrifices
of his personal ease and enjoyment in order to serve my
country ; I feel myself obliged, upon every ground of reason
and religion, to do all that I can, by fair and candid argument,
to promote his return to Parliament. Such a man I believe
Mr. Hume to be. He has, I fear, at different times given
utterance to rash and very painful expressions, the unhappy
effect of which has been aggravated by their being misunder-
stood and misreported ; but I have no doubt that if he had
been the advocate of David Hume's Tory politics, he might
have adopted the infidel principles of that writer, and yet he
would not have been held up incessantly and unsparingly to
the disapprobation of the public ; yea, that his very revilers
would have been ingenious enough to spread over him some
broad shield of apology.

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" BAYONNE, JULY 22, 6 O'CLOCK, P.M.
"THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 20TH MILITA ICY DIVISION

A report reached Vienna on the 13th of the death
of the Queen of NAPLES. It was stated that her
MAJESTY had been seized with cholera, and died sud-
denly. We sincerely trust this rumour is unfounded.
Besides being in the flower of her age, and the idol of
her illustrious family, the Queen of NAPLES was
distinguished for the most amiable virtues that
adorn the female character. To the poor she was
bountiful—to strangers affable—to all a pattern of con-
jugal affection and well-regulated piety. Should the
report unfortunately prove true, ari will again be
gladdened by a visit from his NePapolsitan
It would be curious to witness the interview between
the Royal widower and the Duke of ORLEANS.

We have received the whole of the Paris Papers of
Sunday. They contain but little intelligence of any
interest. From Spain the following fragments of tele-
graphicine n despatches
They
patches were received by the French Go.
rn
have reference to the affair
vemen-
tioned in the despatch from Narbonne, published in
The Sun of yesterday :
" MARJEILLES, JULY 21, 5 o'ClocK, P
" THE PREFECT OF THZ MOUTHS OF THE RFIONE TO THE

MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.

" The Consul of France in Valencia writes to me under
date of the 15th inst.:—
" The Pretender remained during three days within sight
of Valencia, but his only attempt against the city was confined
to a slight skirmish. lie then proceeded in the direction of
Madrid, by the road of Las Cabrillfts. General Oraa, who
had for some days been observing his movements, having ef-
fected a junction at Cuarta with Borso and Sanchez, and
thus found himself at the head of 9,000 men, attacked the
rear guard of the insurgents this morning at nine o'clock, at