The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-10 00:00:00

[BRITISif PRESS.]

The Paris Papers we received last night bring
us no fresh intelligence from any part of Europe.
The Etoile of Thursday contains a long account
of the reception of the French Envoy at •the
Court of Fez. The Emperor of Morocco evinced
every disposition to testify his regard for his Most
Christian.. Majesty ; but we apprehend it matters
little, either to France or any other power, what
sentiments are felt by the Mahometan Princes on
the coast of the Mediterranean. Their day of
mischief has passed by, and their friendship, for
its own sake, we take it for granted, the King of
France woad disdain to possess. An important
statement is made in the Etoile respecting
the treaty with Hayti. Some alarm had been
expressed as to the communication between
their ships and the other West India islands.
It appears, however, that the vessels of Hayti are
restricted from touching at any of the French
colonies. It is added that this regulation met
with no difficulty or objection on the part of the
Haytians themselves. In the private correspond-
ence from Spain, some account is given of the
misunderstanding at Cadiz with an English ves-
sel, to which allusion was made in a paragraph in
our paper of yesterday. The correspondent of
the French journal styles the vessel a frigate, but
it was the packet from Gibraltar, returning home.
The English Captain, it is said, was warned by
a French brig not to enter the harbour. Two
guns, with powder only, were discharged to no
purpose, and it was not till a shot was fired by a
frigate that the Englishman thought fit to stop.
The affair was evidently one purely of mistake.
The presence of Mr. Lamb at Madrid has pro-
duced-a great sensation in the political circles of
that capital. The new Ambassador seems to have
impressed those with whom he has to act much
in his favour, and that is one principal clement of
success.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The evidence taken by the Lords and Com-
mons on the State of Ireland, contains much va-
las.ble matter. There is also much that is irre• .
levant, and indisCreet. It is hard to see what
benefit could result froth the questions about ex-
clusive salvation, as if that was a dogma of the
Itomaa Catholic Faith alone. It is, in truth,

the keystone of every Church, and every sect,
however individuals may take upon themselves
to reject or deny it. It is the bases of every re-
ligionist who has the zeal of making converts.—
Look but to the Meetings of the Societies for
sending Missionaries among the Heathens—for
instance, that of the Brentford branch, held the
day before yesterday. Exclusive salvation is
openly avowed by the speakers. One of these Rev.
Gentlemen says—" It is a ttemendous question
whether, after all, the whole of the Heathen world
is to perish. I fear to put the question ; I cannot
answer it; but I am quite assured that, unless
they are made holy, none, whether Mahometans,
Heathens, or Jews, will ever see the kingdom of
Heaven." Another is of the same opinion ; but
adds the consolation, that they may be saved at
the rate of sixpence a soul A third says " the
Jews, like the Heathens and Mahometans,
must be shut out for ever from the presence
of God." And a fourth pronounces the acciden-
tal blowing up of some ignorant savages by gun-
powder, which they mistook for food, and tried
to bake, to be God's jugment upon them. There
is, as usual, a pretty assortment of edifying sto-
ries, got up for the occasion ; but this rhetorical
licence of invention seems to be fully established,
and one must no more be expected to' swear for
the truth" of a speech than " for the truth of a
song." This dogma—this universal dogma of ex-
clusive salvation is placed in a very striking light,
in the following passage of a very striking speech :
" The Protestants tell us it is in vain to look for
harmony with the Catholics, inasmuch as they
deliver the Protestants to damnation—gravely
they say this—soberly they say this of a morning!
—The Catholic who hears this produces a Pro-
testant Creed, which does the same thing, and
damns his sect in return. The infidel who listens
agrees with both and triumphs.—The truth is,
(continues the orator) exclusive salvation is the
common phrenzy of all sects—the relig. on of
none—and damning one another, like burning
one another, is now exploded.—No religion can
stand if men, without regard to their God,
and with regard only to controversy, rake out
the rubbish of antiquity, and the quaint or
cruel follies of the sectarians. Theologian
against theologian polemic against polemic
—exposing their commok* religion—defaming
their common parent." This was the language
of the late Mr. Grattan—a man admitted by all
parties to have been alike enlightened, indepen-
dent, incorrupt, and in the highest, and in
every sense, a patriot—who has had that deci-
sive testimony to his public worth and wisdom—
'he alternate vilification of the populace, and of
,e satellites of power.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
There is at present great difference of opinio
at the Police Offices about the extent of the
powers of Watchmen, and the degree of respect
due to these high and mighty Authorities. At
Bow-street the doctrine of passive obedience to
the race of Charleys has been broached, and do-
minion has been given to these children of light
over all persons who walk under the shadow of
darkness—at least such is the Ueneral impres-
sion ; and if it be erroneous, the Magistrate,
whose sentiments have been mistaken, will
do well to take the very earliest opportunity
to correct it. At Mary-la-Bonne Office, how-
ever, we find the prerogatives of these peripatetic
powers most materially, and most wholesomely
circumscribed. Mr. Rawlinson and Mr. Griffiths
hold that, these dignities are not entitled to resent
affronts offered to themselves by imprisoning the
offenders. We have already noticed Mr. Raw lin-
son's just comments on' the conduct of the guardians
of the night, and his brother Magistrate, Mr.
Griffiths, the other day suspended one of these
personages for one of those vigorous measures that
are now so commonly resorted to by them. The
fellow had merely locked a person up in the watch-
house for calling him a brute—nothing more. In
his defence, indeed, he alleged that the prisoner
was tipsy; but the night constable who took the
charge being questioned on this point, said
that the prisoner smelt of liquor, but was
not drunk, whence we conclude that in
round-house-law smelling of liquor is the offence
that stands next to actual drunkenness.--
The Dogberry, in this instance was, we are happy
to say, suspended by Mr. GRIFrITHS, who very
properly refused to listen to a good character
which some one offered to give him. It is the
fashion to attach too much weight to good cha-
racter in all our Courts ; character, in doubtful,
cases, may be allowed to turn the scale, but
against established facts it should not be allowed
to avail, for it is but one man's opinion of another,
and every hypocrite, every prudent rogue, has a
good character ; indeed, we never heard of any
man, however great his misconduct or crime, who
could not produce some one, for love or mo-
ney, to say all good things -of him. At Marlbo-
rough-street, we find the dignity of watchmen
shorn of its beams, at Mary-la-bonne, shining
forth again in full lustre. It appeared the other
clay, that the command of one of these monarchs
of the night having been disobeyed, he tore the
offender's clothes, and dragged him along by the
collar to the watch-house ; the Magistrate, our
old friend of Vagrant Act fame, Mr. Dyer, hav-
ing listened to the statements of the witnesses of
the outrage, whose evidence was corroborated in
certain particulars by that of the night constable,
contented himself with observing that " there was
no occasion to go further into the case," and
mercifully ordered the mal-treated • prisoner
to be discharged. Accordingly the individual,
on paying the shilling_ which is exacted on these
occasions, was set at liberty, and doubtless he
blessed his stars that he was born in a country
famous for its laws, where no man can be de-
prived of his freedom for one moment, except
by the judgment of his Peers, or by the sentence
of a Magistrate, or by the pleasure of a
watch-
man. Idle charges and outrages, we may ob-
serve, though grievous to the parties, are not,
however, without an advantage; for they are ob
sopfouit
viously profitable to some body or m
seeing that they- bring shillings into the e
Offices. Bad officers or watchmen must be very
•ood for the fund, whatever it is.,

Persons who are in the habit:of priding- themselves upon buy-
ing bargains, should bear in mind, that besides
injuring the fair
trader, they are nine times in ten purchasingstolen goods.