The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-28 00:00:00

To THE INHABITANTS OF SCARBOROUGH AND TILE NEIGHBOURING PARISIIF.S

A 3 we, the undersigned Clergymen, believe that there exists, with
the less informed among you, a partial misapprehension of the Law for
the Registering of Births and Baptisms ; and as we are of opinion that
the principle of the new Act of Parliament for the Registration of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages may cause a neglect of the Holy Sacra-
ment of Baptism, and consequently an indifference to the Christian re.
ligion, we beg to state—
First, That the law relative to the registration of Baptisms by the
Clergy remains precistiy as it was previous to the passing of the new Act
for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages.
Secondly, That we have examined the new Register for Births, at the
Registrar's office in Scarborough, and we cannot find there any evidence
that the children who are thus registered have been made Christians.
Thirdly, That we are forbidden by law to read the service for the burial
of the dead over any person who shall happen to die unbaptized.
And therefore we request you all to take notice, that, in case of the
death of every child which shall be brought to us for burial, and which
shall have been horn since the 30th of June last, we shall make, or
cause to be made, full inquiry as to the time when, and the place where
such child was baptized ; and we feel it incumbent upon us to add—that
we shall be obliged to refuse Christian burial in all those cases where %re
are riot satisfied that the children have been dtfly baptized with water,
and in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.—
Witness our hands, this 4th day of January, 183 S.
(Signed) M. H. MILLER, Vicar of Scarborough.
R. HOWARD, Incumbent of Christ Church,
Scarborough.
THOS. IRwIN, Incumbent of Hacknee.s.
J. R. INGE, Curate of Scamer.
JOHN Wiwi-Lev, Curate of Scarborough.
J. SKELTON, Incumbent of Wykeharn.
JOSEPH Levis, Vicar of Brompton.
The plain object of the Scarborough Clergy is to make
all persons pay fees for baptising- their children, on the
penalty, if not baptised, that they will be deprived of Chris-
tian burial, which is tantamount in this country to being
deprived of burial altogether. The law which imposes the
obligation on the Clergy not to bury tho dead, unless they
have been baptised, is of course the Rubric which, accord-
ing to the Northallerton priests, the Legislature cannot
alter, so that there is no remedy for the people
but either to be baptised or lose all chance of
night before
receiving Christian burial. This is one specimen of the
arrogance of the priesthood ; the Bishop of EXETER af-
fordedanotherllic
Hight in
Rev.the Prelate HouseHouse of
then I, o rds
contended, tl e
in so many
last.
wards, that Bishops are of Divine institution ; and that if
the Bill were to pass for infringing on the powers of the
Bishops' Courts, he should not feel himself at liberty to
obey the law. He claimed for the Bishops a jurisdiction
as old as Christianity itself, of which he declared human
laws could not deprive them, and which of course justifies
all the claims of the Catholic Bishops. Without saying a
word on the Bill which the Bishop condemned, and which
might be a bad Bill, for aught we know, his extraordinary
claims to preserve for the Bishops' Courts all the jurisdic-
tion they usurped through the middle ages, both to punish
and protect the Clergy, seem to us, when joined to
the other authority claimed by the Bishops and tko
rest of the Clergy, to go far to constitute them a power
much superior to the existing Legislature. Before
any new authority be given to the Court, of Arches, it is
unquestionably proper to constitute all our Ecclesiastieal
Courts, which are a complete nuisance, in a totally diffe-

rent manner ; bat that, though an excellent reason for re- 1
jetting the Church Discipline Bill, is no justification of the
immense power claimed by the Bishop of EXETEIi. One
advantage, however, will result from his claims. He is to
resist the law for conscience sake, and, he therefore justifies
other men who prefer obedience to conscience to obedience
to the law. The Dissenters will act on that principle in
relation to the Bishops themselves. The Presbyterians,
the Roman Catholics will act on it, when the Church of
England requires their obedience. The conscience of one
man is entitled to as much respect as the conscience of
another ; and the Bishop will find that when he sets up his
conscience above the law, he overturns the basis of his own
authority in England as a Bishop of the law-Church.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday have been
received. They all, without exception, ridicule the idea
of the authenticity of the document recently published by
the Messrs. RIDGWAY, entitled the " Confederation of
Gaul." For ourselves, we have nothing whatever to say
upon the subject. We gave it as we received it, in com-
mon with our Contemporaries, only differing from them in
a careful abstinence from the expression of any opinion
respecting the truth or falsehood of the allegations therein
contained. We declared ourselves incompetent to decide
whether the document was authentic or a forgery ; and
after hearing all that our Contemporaries, French and
English, have said upon the subject, we have come to the
conclusion that they really know not one jot more upon
the subject than we do. Flippancy is not argument, nor
assumption proof.
The Moniteur of Thursday contains three Royal Or-
dinances, by one of which the exportation of warlike stores,
provisions, and clothing to Spain, across the whole line of
the Pyrenees, is prohibited, without the permission of the
linister of the Interior. This decree will greatly injure
the traders along the whole Pyrennean frontier. The
other two decrees relate to the carrying on of trade be-
tween Corsica and certain French ports.
Letters from Posen of the 12th announce that the
Archbishop has protested against the competency of the
Prussian Courts to try him for an ecclesiastical offence, in
which the KING is to appear as the prosecutor.
The Madrid Journals of the 23d inst. have reached us,
but they contain no news save that the Editors of the
Hablador were compelled to quit the Spanish capital on
the night of the 21st, in consequence of a series of foul
attacks upon the Government.
Annexed are extracts from the French Papers :

A letter from Toplitz of the 19th says, " The Emperor of Russia
arrived here this morning. He will probably stop till the 3d of Au-
gust. The King of Prussia has been here some days. Prince Met-
ternich is expected, and the Conference will commence immediately.
The Leipsic Gazette contains a strange piece of intelligence, which
we subjoin without pretending to be responsible for it :
" We learn it is written from Vienna, July 15) that the Field-
Marshal Prince of Saxe Coburg is rebuilding his palace on the bastion.
He has given orders to furnish it in the most tasteful manner. The re.
port is that this Palace is intended for the residence of the Queen of
Portugal and her husband, Donna Maria having formed the plan to ab-
dicate the Crown of Portugal in favour of her son. Donna Maria will
live in retirement, and with the greatest economy. Considerable sums
have been received from Portugal within these two months, and are re.
served for this purpose."—Le Commerce, July 26.
The following is a ►etter from Cayenne of the 16th of May last :
" The Alliar, corvette of burden, Captain Coudein, on its passage
from Goree to Cayenne, being on the Ist of May, at half-past three in
the afternoon in lat. 13, 44, 5 N., and in 33 48 West longitude, the
man on the lookout descried a vessel which seemed dismasted. It was
seen that it was a steam-boat, and that it had put out a boat.

"Captain Coudein, supposing it wanted to communicate with him,
shortened sail, and steered so as to approach it. At a quarter past four
the Alliar was at but a short distance, and the Captain of the steam-boat
came on board.

" It was the Voudor, an iron steam-boat built at Birkenhead, and corn.
minded by Donald Clarkson. It had a machine of thirty horse power,
and a crew of twelve mer.

" The Voudor having left Liverpool on the 16th of March, bound for
Rio de Janeiro, had steered first for Madeira, and thence to the Cape
Vcrd Islands, in order to take in coals ; the stock having been exhausted
during the voyage, so that Captain Clarkson was obliged to have recourse
to his sails. But the iron employed in the construction of the vessel
had such an effect on the compass, that the position had been erroneously
estimated, and when it was fallen in with, the Voudor had only
coals enough for five hours consumption, and was on the point of
wanting water.
" Captain Coudein immediately offered to Captain Clarkson all the
supplies he wanted, especially coals for three days; and after having
towed the steamer for a considerable time, did not leave it till he was
satisfied that by means of its engine, and with the instructions which he
had given it for its course, it would easily reach the port of Maranham,
where the captain expressed his intention to touch."—Moniteur.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PAats, JULY 26.
LATEST PRICES.
Five per Cents. lilt:
Three per Cents., 81f. 90c.
Bank Action, 2,600 f.
Romans, 102.
Belgian Bank, 1,415 f.
Portugue,e Three per Cents., 24
Spanish Actives,
Spanish Passives, 4h.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THIS DAY.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPF.Axim took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE presented a petition from Wolverhampton,
against idolatrous worship in India.
on the mot:cm or. mr. FRESCII, a r•filrn 12,11 01,10r.ed of the amount
of money expended on public works in Ireland, and the manner of its
a[ propriaticm.

Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he would inquire on Monday what
course the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department
intended to take in the case of Mr. Barr, and the Sheriff's of the Upper
Ward of Renfrewshire; and to move that copies of the said con-plaint,
and proceedings thereon, he laid before the House.
On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, the Prisons (West Indies)
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday.