The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-06 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

NOTICE is hcrebv given, that by ce,
INDENTURES of LEASE and RELEASE, b
ing date respectively the 29th and 30th days of Novem. ate
1839, and by a certain Indenture of Assignment, bearing d of
the said 30th day of November, 1839, JAMES BARBER,
Ardwick, near Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, shop I
K. keeper, has conveyed and assigned all his real and persona
estate and effects to ROBERT EATON BLAC NVALL,
merchant, and JAMES SMITH, merchant, both of Man-
chester aforesaid, upon certain trusts therein mentioned, for
r
the benefit of the Creditors of the said James Barber, v
should execute the said Indenture of Assignment vrithi Leasethe
period therein named ; and that the said Indenture of
was duly executed by the said James Barber, on the said ease
day of November, 1839, in the presence of, and attested b.Y,
William Sale, of Manchester aforesaid, solicitor ; arid the said
Indentures of Release and Assignment were severally
by the said James Barber and Robert Eaton Blaekwall, on
tile
said 30th day of November. 1839, in the presence of, and t
i.
tested by the said William Sale, and by the said James snit 9
on the 2d day of December, 1639, in the presence of, and at ^
tested by Edward Worthington, of Manchester aforesaid,
solicitor. exe,-Itted

R. M. and C. BAXTER, Lincoln's Inn-fields•
'itness—C. COOKE, Clerk to Messrs. Baxter.
4th December, 1839

THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME
YESTRIS.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 6, 1839,
Will be repeated the New Original Play, in Five Acts, written
by James Sheridan Knowles, called
LOVE.
Duke of Carinthia, Mr. i;ooper ; Sir Rupert of torch, Mr.
J. Vining ; Huon, Mr. Anderson ; the Ceuntes, of EpPel"
stein, Miss Ellen Tree; Katherine, Madame Vestris.
After which, _ .

THE BEGGAR'S OPERA•
nn, Mr gyp. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachi
Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; 1%1".
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Peachum, Mrs. C. Jones ; Polly Peachum, Miss Rinforth;
Lucy Lockit, Madame Vestris.
To-morrow, Love, with The Beggar's Opera.
cond
Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First arid e
Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Secoild
.
2s. ; Gallery, Is. nee' to
Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the perferma
commence at Seven o'clock. Hotter,
Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr.
at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Vicketi

may be had upon application.
Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr Andrews, boolcsin•r,
167, New Bond-street.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
The production of Ainsworth's " Jack Sheppard," 11,0
complete overflows, and been pronounced to b.. the gr,a
achievement ever yet attemped, it will consequenui
be
acted every Evening.
THIS EVENING, Dec. 6, ~-vt
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MESSRS. DIXIE &
Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of
JACK SHEPPARD. sot.
Illustrating all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux 1/1"
Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, LAWS, °Soo
Ross, Neville ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin,
alto iteesut
Grant Mt s. Laws, &c.
With other Entertainments.
HIGH.WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE O.NIOIOI
afoter
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LONDON:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, "39'

A practical question of vast importanot inv°lYea
rted on
in the discussion which the Times has stand the
the language of the Act of Settlement
Bill of Rights—Would it be expeditent for
the nation to throw off its allegiance to the iItIESS
were she to marry a Roman Catholic ? If it WHO
not, then are these two laws virtually become obso-
lete ; if it would, they may still be consider ed as
having the force of statutes. Her MAJESTV is
in no danger of contracting any such alliance, but
a formal mention of Prince ALBERT'S Protest'
autism having been omitted from her declare lion
concerning her marriage, the deluding, huml mg"
ging, cheating Tories, have insinuated that he
may be a Papist, and have raised this important ques-
tion. It is possible that her MAJESTY may 3 narry
a Papist ; it is quite possible that she may
turn
Papist herself, though we trust she has too much
natural good sense, and has gleaned too yuchv
yards
that knowledge—in spite of the bias to
that system of priestcraft, which being nurtured in
the closely related system of Anglican priestcraft
must have given her—we trust she has too truthful
a mind, ever to be deluded by the arts and the tiles
of the Romish priesthood. At the same time the con-
version is possible, and instead of shirking the dis-
cussion which has been raised, like a flippant
Mi-
nisterial Contemporary, we will meet it bol dip
and, as far as our skill goes, probe it to the bottom.
It must be at once apparent, that to place the
foundation of allegiance on an identity of religions
faith between a Prince and his subjects is to strike
at the root of all Government. On this ground it
follows that the law is an anarchical law not aut'ho'
rized by the principles to which the Legislature
owes its existence and its power. In no country of
Europe or America at present are the people all of
one religion ; and if it be a justification of Protest-
ants to throw off their allegiance, that their Prince
is a Catholic, it must be equally a justification of
Catholics to throw off their allegiance, that thc;ir
Sovereign is a Protestant. This celebrated Bill of
Rights teaches our Catholic fellow-subjects that r s-
bellion is a duty, and had they been guided by its
lessons they would never have rested till they had
placed a Roman Catholic on the throne. The par-
ticular clause of the Bill of Rights referred to by 00
Contemporary must itself he condemned, instead 0f
being still assumed as a safe guide, for it is at vari-
ance with the principles which constitute, in theory
at least, the basis of all government.
The doctrine of obeying or resisting a
Govern
ment, of throwing off allegiance, or remaining 3
good subject, lies at the foundation of
'tics'
society. It is so important, that PALEY declines
lay down any rule for its decision, except saYinhge
that every man % must judge for himself" as S°
put
justice of every particular case tresistance.
the Bill of Rights, 'rushing in like fools " where
once,
angels fear to tread," decides the question at
811
decides it for every man in the community at a
times, and decides it on the single narrow group
she
of the Sovereign preferring the doctrines of
of
Romish priesthood to those of the priesthood
the Anglican Church. If Dr. PALEY had ravels?
ela
bered this provision of the Bill of Rights, he on he
have reasoned very differently, and, overlooking all s.
ne
consequences of the people substituting o C,%
for another, even though it were the substitut° t
of an ERNEST for a VICTORIA, or one form 0;
Government for another, he must at once hal
adoptedmcopmleet e thea e conclusionhpaanpgies
tt, or thoe
mtGliaaortrvyefroairpnteahnpeti,s
tS;joillyiegr.he.
al, get
el:v.
hte;
, ,;fi d $
in
become
risk of commotion or certainty of disaster it mid
he attended. or
If the QUEEN were to turn Pei's", Jog
to marry a Papist, the question of eJ her
her from the throne, or of allowing
to retain it, would not be decided by this sinvg;
anomalous law. We have already referred to se
the
ral circumstances, which make the change 'n
the
Sovereign's religion of so little importance W
bulk of the community, whatever it may he ,
priests, the civil war would certainly not be rls"
for the purpose of enforcing the Act of Settlen'en
vedofbs/
and the Bill of Rights. It is well ohser.
PALEY, " Irregularity in the first foundation e
State, or subsequent violence, fraud, or itsseicre
on getting possession of the supreme power,
not sqlficient reasons for resistance, after the.eves
vernment is once peaceably settled. No "DJ 0,
of the British empire conceives himself e
gaged to vindicate the justice of the Nhoarrnilos;
claim or conquest." If time can so 10
an authority thoroughly vicious in its origin as
make acquiescence in it, for the good of the
CO
7;
munity, subject to no doubt whatever, time mustLe
like manner have so hallowed the possession of tnt,
throne in the person of its present lawful uccupan
ias to give her a right to it independently of the
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