The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-16 00:00:00

ON AN INCIDENT IN THE FARCE OF THE ESCAPES.

The writer was rathertoo free,
Though his thought was, indeed, rather happy
Who plac'd in the trunk of a tree
What is very well known to he sappy.

The MIKE of KEI.TT is a very cdnstant attend Ant
at Coven,t,Garden Theatre. The new private Box
up two pair of stairs, has been fitted up for the ac.
commodation of His Royal Highnesg.
Mr. COOKE, we understand, is at length returned
to town, and appears on Monday in- Richard the
Third,

Mrs. ST DDON4. has been exerting her great powers
at Southampton.—We hope soon to see them on
their proper ground—the boards of one of the Win_
ter Theatres.

Hot. MA N we have no doubt, will soon place the
Irish Stage neva •more respectable footing than it
has heretofore been. We consider it; in this re_
spelt, a fortunate circumstance that he has succeeded
in getting even half the property, which we hope
will prove highly beneficial tai himself.
The progress of civilization in the Sister. King-
doin will doubtless be much accelerated by the
Union. There seems indeed to be foam for im-
provement,. for we are told by a late Traveller,
that though the People. of
.Cork have a good taste
for theatrical amusements, they. threw bottles at
Madame MARA'S head on her first appearance, and
'died Miss FARREN on. her. benefit night with rot-
ten apples.
CH AP.L ES KEMB LE; it seems, had.made a Tram.
slation of the French Piece from which the new
Musical Farce of The Escapes was taken, but.sup-
pressed it, on hearing.that a Version was preparing
at Co‘yent.Garden Theatre.. We wish to see •,his
talent's better .ethplOycd, than on such nerveless inri
.
Mr. and Mrs. ;©P E; of, as they are tetmed iti
sorne of the abSurd Prints of the day, the Popes; are
playing at Chester.

The Peace *ill have the effed of enabling the.
Manager of the Opera-house to present the Public
with novelty. As VicAmoN t goes to Paris, it will
be but a fair reciprocity that we receive some first-
rate Singer here.

The, French concluded their Treaty of Peace
just in time; fot how could they .have hoped for
success; or even for safety, in a contest with a
country where combatants are fed with yoiki of egg
to mend their wind, and ?emu flesh to make them
savnar+e •
name of ad English Eatl is handed about the
Stock-Exchange, as a defaulter on the settling day
to a very large amount! •
A Taylor vas lately Summoned before the Coa-
missidners of the Court of Requests fog- the value of
a livery coat and waistcoat which he had been en-
trusted to_alter. After the- cause had been heard,
the Knight, or rather the Knave of the Shears, was
sentenced to pay twenty-six shillings and twO-pence.
"Why;" said the man, " that is more than the
things were worth." " Yes, my friend," said one
of the Commissioners; " but you have here to pay
both the casts and the costs of suit."
A meeting took place on Tuesday morning• ttt
leven o'clock, in the Htindred Acies, near Sheer-
ness, between two Gentleinen of that place, accorn-
partied with their Seconds; to 'decide ad affair of
honour. The ground being measured out; the pis_
tors loaded and examined by the Seconds; and the
Gentlemen taken their static)* and Just going
to fire; the Peace-Officers fortunately o ame up
at. the moment and put a stop to the bubinessi
The Parties were immediately taken into custody,
and carried before 13. BENtIIA4, Esq. Sitting Ma-
gistrate r they were all bound over with proper
sureties to keep the public peace, and. for their
future good behaviour. •
Saturday se'nnight Hearne's Stow-market Wag
Con overset in the London road, about a mile froM
helmsford; by Which accident one of the drivers
had two of his lib's, and a female passenger- had her
oollar-bone broken.

CVd t•`• S

• .
Wl:i)NEs6Ar five Sio.vyets *ere broughtbelcre
the Lon.h..MAxoß, at the .Matbion-Hous,i, charges
by Mr: Woodgate, a tinibei merchant in Wes:
:trecr, • Smithfield; tho: haying left their-work un-
finished, and cainbined to raise their wage::

Mr. Woodgate produced h:s s:)oks, to prnve that
these men iiigeneral were paid two guiheas arcs
half a week, independent o',i) tting'diunk. and leav:
ing their work ; and called 124 ward the Clerk of
Messrs. Smiths, of Westminster, to prOve that the
prices for that species of work was regularly ffxcd.

The Defendants in this case denied that the price
was Legtilar ; and said :VII% W. had giycn them tic
prices they now requirei at fornier tnes, I,voulA
appear froni their bii!s'.;

7 They agreed, however, to go back and Pi:sh
their work at the prices they had agreed for.
The Loin MAYOR. told them the dAgeroug con--
sequence of leaving their Work unfinished, andiiin-
ing,:in conihination to fake their wages; and pointed
out the legal means of redress, if they thought theui.
selves injured. In the mean tirrie he advised them
to go and finish the work they had undertaken; and
if they did not choose ,to do otiy More at that price,
they might then leave Mt. W. To this the Master
consented; upon their "paying the expellees:,

GU t LnitALL.----Wednesday E.'Butlei• was charg!
ed.befbre the sitting
„Alderman With robbing her
furnished lodging, at the house of Mr. Davies, in
Turnmill-street ; she had been there about five
weeks, when one Morning she ',ticked the door, and
went our, tellihg Mrs. she was going to
receive a sum of Money, and that when she re_
turned, she could lend het a guinea or two: Not
-returning, Mrs. Davies broke open the door, when
she found. a pair of sheets, a blanket, and several
articles missing. She had not seen any thing of
the, Prisoner till yesterday thinning; when her
daughter met her, and she was taken into custody.
The Prisoner acknowledged that she had taken some
of the articles, which she said she was induced to
do froth necessity, not haying tasted any thing be_
'sides a bit of bread for days together, while she
lived at Mrs. Davies's house ; .and that she had :4
young child, and her 'hu/slian'd Nv:s *holly ()tit- of
employ. She `said it was her intention to replace
the things, as she had an opport.unizy now so to
do. She was remanded for a further hearing:
One of the Trite of Israel was charged by
CitY.Constable with, rioting and encouraging the
mob, during the Illuminations, in-the neighbonr-
hood of Holborn : lie was charged by ancither Con-
stable -with swearing,' after he was taken to the
watch_house, .two prophane oaths. The Constable
said, that he had warned him if he swore that he
would' take nptice of every oath he uttered, even
J
if he swore by EHOVAH. Alishter Moses how_
ever, paid no-attention to the kind: suggestions,d
the Peace Office-r, but continued swearing. the
Constable deposed upon oath that he swore " liY
twice. The Magistrate fined hiM one
shilling for each oath :
.he Was then discharged.

A Chimney.sweeper and his lad Were charged
with stealing a little boy about eight years oid.
The mother of the boy said, chat her son was in
the poor.house of St. Luke's, and that site missed
him a few days since, when shc got a Chimney.
sweeper to enquire after him, thinking iliac he
might have been enticed away ;- accordingly he
was found in possession, of the Prisoners, who gave
a satisfadory account to the Magistrates of art
manner in which he came into their possession,
and that they had been to the Parish Officers to haste
him apprenticed, as he seemed willing ; they were
discharged, and the boy restored to his parents.

MARLBOROUGH - STREET. --We4illeSdajt
Blackrnore, a carpenter; charged one of his men with
'assaulting him. It appeared,-that in the hilarity of
hii'littarti at' the happy termination of the War, Mr;
Blackmore resolved on giving his men a treat ; ac-
cordingly, on Saturday evening; he prepared a fine
large hot buttock of beef, and plenty of strong beer;
which he invited them. to. partake of ; he informed
• them, however; previous to partaking of the fare,
that they were to observe the bounds of decorum,F
and not get non se ipie, and quarrel; This stipula-
tion being agreed to by the men, they sat down to
supper, and the evening passed on pleasantly till
some time after the cloth was removed, when the
potent effeds of the beverage they were quaffing
getting possession of their reason, bickerings 'conk
place; wheriNir. Blackmore insisted that they should
disperse of be peaceable, upon Which the Prisoner
behaved Vey insolent, and assaulted Mr. Blackmore.
The niaistrate reprobated his conduct much, in
haVing behaved so very ungratefully to a master who
had afted so kindly and generaus.---He was order:.
sec to fend bll,Th , •

Several persons 'were fined each twenty shillings
for firirg off- guns, pistols; and missile weapon:),
on the rejoicing nights.—They paid the fine, and
were discharged.
The Proprietor of one of the Fa',ham coaches was
sunimpned fdr-obstitiaing the road in Piccadilly, by.
suffering his coach to stand near- three quarters of an
hour opposite:lAT. Hatcheft's house.-4-le was fined
twenty shillings.
WO R- sa i P.:ST R loielsh Butter,
alias Wil/iirml.; Was coMinitteci by the Sitting Ma.:
gistrate, to take his trial at the ensuing Sessions;
upon two charges ; the One for robbing Joseph
Grice of a pair of black shag breecheS; a pair of
shoes,'- and•a shirt ;' the other for s*fealing a pair of
sheetS and a blanket; the property of James Leader:
From the above exathinatiot\lS it appeared, that the
prisonti, who is an old man, made a pretice of.
taking lodgings; and detarnping early in' the morn-
ing. With whatever property lay in: his .way;
to impose the more on the unguarded; he would
snake use of some eminent Bricklayer's name in the
neighbourhood,' by whom I* pretended he was -cm.!:
ployed.

-
At the same time I ch.tt Carey was committed to
take his trial for attempting to pass two seven shil.
ling pieces, knowhig -them to be base coin.

And. two men were fined five pounds each for
retailing in their shops squibs and crackers on
Saturday last,

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CONCORDATUM OF THE POPE.

" MOST HOLY FATHER,

The following is the Letter of one of the French Bishops to
the Pope, in reply to the requisition of His Holiness to
resign.

‘"
IN obedience to the. call' which your Holiness
has been pleased, by yot- general Brief, to make
upon me, as one of the Bishops of the • Gallican
Church, to, resign my
,Episcopal See, for the pur-
pose of preserving unity in the profession of our
faith, and.of restoring our Religion in France, I lose
no time to assure your Holiness that I am ready. to
go the full length of what is demanded, frOm me,
hoping that I may be suffered previously to state,
with all submission, one or two considerations
whiCh opyress my mind with difficulties beyond my
own power to solve. them with perfea satisfaCtion.
" The-Unity of the Church is an objea, for the
security of which, I trust, every good Catholic, in .
every station will be ready to make any sacrifice.
But I own myself impressed with a
.fear, which I'
cannot at present subdue, that if that objed be
promoted by what you have now demanded, it
will' be at-the expence of that infallibility which is
the, Palladium of the dignity, and the in-
separable attribute of the Vicar of Christ. I fn.!.
it may be thought that this infallibility has been
already committed,, at least, by the terms of your
Holiness's letter; for it informs us, that our resig-
nations are not the result of your own choice, but
of most imperious necessity, to avoid which, no
efforts of your, sacred care, and paternal 'regard for
us, have heen spared, but without success. The
ignorant and profane, who neither know•the sub-
lime mysteries of our Holy Faith, nor have any
proper sense of religious institutions, will be apt
to ask, in their taunting spirit, Where is now the
suxe and infallible counsel of the Holy See ? Is it
shewn in the maxims and decrees which have issued
from the Papal Chair in all the succession of past
times, or in the new spirit of the injundion 'now.
imposed? ls it.sliewn in consecrating us indivi,
dually.to the stations we have filled,,. or in bidding
us to abandon those Stations'? In maintaining
our union with' your 'Holiness, as Head of the
Church, or in throwing us, our flindions, dr
stations, into the hands of another, to be dealt
with, together with the Church itself, as he shall
think' fit ? They will ask if it be the criterion
of Infallible Counsel to pursue one and the same
• end bk contradi&ory means, contradiaory in.prin-
•
so far as they are variable in' policy ? The
counsel which cannot err, they will say, should at
least be consistent,, and May be reasonably expe6l-
- to' be found equal, in all times and circum-
stanfes, to the maintenance of its own system, but
never,aceessary to'the prejudice, and much less to
the subversion Of that system.

" If it ,Should be thought by any !that the sacred
title to infallibility remaiet, unaffeaed by the present
„measure, on the ground which, in this country,' is
apt to be, adiranced, in a spirit .of humour, on the
gravest sulijefts, viz. " that he 'who consents
against his will, is of the same opinion still ;"
what will the Holy Sec gain from thence, when, it
is asked, where is the-purity and integrity of prin-
ciple marking'the true successor of St. Peter, in en,
joining what he himself has deprecated, in employ-
ing his st.-preme authbrity against the genuine
dictates of his judgment, andagainst- those spiritual
interests of the whole Catholic Communion, which
it has been the wish of his heart and his unwearied
endeavours to preserve ? In retaining the title to
infallibility, 'will it be a claim worth the possession_
of your Holiness, when bereft of, that invincible
reEtitude, which is, or --should be, its first consti-
tuent ? Permit me,. Most Holy Father, to say,
without offence, that the Vicar of Christ should be
firm as his Master to established principles of What
is right and true, let times or circumstances vary
or threaten as they • may. The successor of St.
Peter should imitate that Apostle, not, in the. un-
happy moments of his timidity, and in the
,foolish
denial of his Master, but in those subsequent ads of
-regenerated constancy, by which he.manifested the
integrity of his mind and heart, and became the rock
on which the Christian Church was built, and on
which his successors have stood in strength, while
they compromised nothing of his faith to the policies
of this world, but looked, as he • did in his most
glorious moments, with indifference on all that the
"malice and fury of combined enemies could menace
'against him. • '
" But the embarrassment of my mind is invinci-
ble in another view, as I fear that what your Ho}i_
ness has demanded from us dissolves the' first prin-
ciple on which our sacred fundion stands, and what
has-ever been •recognized by the most unqualified
.s:/naions of the pontifical wisdom: It this, that
the Holy Spirit, conferred on us in our several con.:
seerationS,, is inalienable. We have been first se.
Icttted to the sacred priesthood, and we can never
cease to be Priests. By a higher effusion of the
Divine Spirit,- we have been consecrated Bishops
over divers portions of the Church of Christ,' and
tv'e "cannot cease to 'be Bishops without despite to
the Spirit of his Grace. These maxims are among
first'which have found their place in the records
of pontifical authority, and they have been embraced
in the spiritual codes of all the nations which have
been enlightened brour faith. How then shall we
he able, the present demand of your Holiness having
once been made, whether it be persisted in or not,,
to defend the infallibility of that Chair, which thus
supersedes at once what its own counsels have held.
for ages of the first importance to be retained and
(!herished as a spiritual principle ? In the/ ecclesi-
istical codes of the country. w hose asylum we have
. • 'obtained, corrupted as that country has been ever
since it-has affected to be reformed, that principle
derived from 'the influence of our faith, while
the country was blessed with it, s so inter-
- woveni that. the Ci‘ilians in that forumof law con_
.
sider it as the most precious mystery of their profes-
•iion for keeping the pale of the church entire, and,
periett.: and the Legislature, on a late ()Cession,
when that principle was sought to be invaded,
would hardly suffer the question to be discussed.
rejoiced my heart to find them, corrupted as I

say they are, so far true Romanists in principle,
But what will those learned .Dodors, and that Le,
gislature itself, especially those within it, who
were persuaded, and led 'by the former, say
.now to
the Head of that Church from which that principle
first flowed, when he abandons them and their (loc-
trine at once, calls upon the Bishops of a whole
country to abandon it, and throws the greatest
possible slur upon the aft of that Legislature, so
recently passed ?

" I entreat your Holiness to take in good part
what I have here-presumed to offer in/my zeai for
the Welfare of the Holy See, and so to enlighten
me by your wisdom, that I maY conformy without
distresS of mind, to• what you have required. It
is nly.prayer, that the-Mother of ChriA, to whose
vigilant and effectual proteCtion you have so im-
pressively called our attention, may so watch over
the invisible Church of her Blessed Son, and the
visible administration of his sacred Vicar, as fotind-
ed by the great Apostle to whom the keys were-de-
livered,- that both may for ever be strong in the
.power of his might.
" London; Sept. z 6,