The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-17 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.

To the General and sutrofficers, the other Commissioned,
Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates that termed the
Army under the command of Majer-Gencral Sir Charles
Green, Bart. on the sth of May, 1834, at the reduction of
the. Colony of Surinam, will be pakten the tfitli, inst. their
respective Portions, agreeable to Ris Majesty's Order in
Council of the sorb flan. 1806, of 14,0001. as a Second
Payment, on account of the Property talon at that Colony
and condemned as Prize, at the Office of Mr. Thomas
Goode, No. 6, Stanhope-street, Newcastle-street, Strand,
where paythent will be continued agreeable to Act of Parli-
ment.

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Sloop
Avon, for the Capture 151 tne • Frisken, on the 7th of May,
tlios, on Friday, the t;th inst. at No. 13, George-street,
Westminster,. and tor three months at the same place.

To the Officers and Ship's Company or His Majesty's
Sloop Ploto,'fig the Capture of the Orlando, on the 13th of
June, t233r, at the Office of Messrs. J. and W. Richardson,
New-intt, no the I 6ch of(ply inst. awl every Saturday and
Thursday at the same place.

To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's G.un.brig
Sharp-Shooter, fur the recapture of the Danish Brig Emanuel,
on the Ifith April, 144, the salvage thereof, on the 16th inst.
on board, or at No. 28, High-street, • Portsmouth and every
. Tuesday and Thursday far three months, , ,
To the Officers and Ship's Company of His Majesty's
Ship Cyclops, for the capture of Eetighton, and of six Tie-
baccelos, in August, 1803, a reserve on account of the
former, and the proceeds of the latter, as remitted from
Malta, on Friday the 17th inst. at the Griiiiii-iim, Vil-
liers-street, Strand, and every Wednesday and Friday, at
No. 1, lames-street, Adelphi, for three years.
To the Officers and Ship's Company of His Majesty's
Ship Plurbe and lEtna Bomb, for the capture of the Misre.
conlia, Formidable, Rosario, Concezziona, Virgin del Car-
mine, and a Vessel, name unknown, at the G rattan. inn, Vil-
hers-street, Strand, on the 17th inst. and every. Wednesday
and Friday, at No. i, lames-street, Adelphi, for three
months. •
To the Officers and -Ship's, Company of His Majesty's
Ship Africa, for the capture of .the Estrella, on the ,a6th
April, and of the San Pablos, on the.27th of the same
Month, on the ilith inst.. at No. 12, Upper Thames-street,
sand
every day for three months, at •the same place.
To the Officers and Companies of His Majesty's Ships
. Sheerness and Terpsichore, for the capture or. the French
Ship Matte Francaise, on the 7th September, 1803, the pro-
ceeds of the hull, cargo, tackle and furniture ot' the said
Vessel, on the 234 inst. at No. to, john-street, Adelphi,
and every Tuesday and Thursday for three years.
To the Officers and'Company of His Majesty's hired Cut-
ter Britannia, for the recapture of the Ship Patent, on the
31st December, 18e6, in 'company with the Sharp-slioater,
the ffrit.umia's proportion of salvage, un hoard, on her art ival
in port, and every Tuesday anti Friday afterwards for three
months, at N0..18, Clement's-inn.

To the Officers, and Company ot His Majesty's Ship Pro.
serpme, for the capture ot the Patrioten, on the loth Au.
gubt, 1798, in company with the Phoenix Lugger ; andlor
the capture ot the Rmgende Jacob, on the 15th of the same
month, by the Proserpine alone, the net proceeds, at No. 18,
Clement's-inn, on the 17th inst. and every Tuesday iota Fri.
day tor three years.

Letters from Sir RICHARD STRACHAN'S Squadron,
off Rochefort, dated on the Bth inst. were received in
town on Thursday : they mention that the Enemy's
Ships in that Harbour were apparently ready for sea.
Sir RICHARD STRACH pi') force consisted of till Sail
of the Line.

THE THE.4TRE.

Haymarket.

A new Drama, in three Mils, entitled The Fortress,
was brought forward last `night at this Theatre.

DRAMATIS PERSONA.
Count Everard - :. . .- M4r. YOUNG.
Oliver Mr. DR CAMP.
Major and Commandant of
The FO:4
rya. L. RA PMAN.
COMIC Adolphus . 4. - Mr. CARLES.
Philip
Vincent
Thurnas
Celestine
.
Alice Mrs. GIBBS.
Paulina ' .Mrs. Ltsrom.

The scene lies in Germany, on the banks-. of the
Danube. The Hero of the Piece is Count 'Everard,
an Austrian Nobleman, against whom his enemies
have prejudiced' the EMperor Joseph: The Count
is therefore confined in a Fortress, and under appre-
hension of being sentenced to death. his
maid and only attendant; and. Oliver, who is the
Lieutenant of the garrison, bad been promoted by
his interest, and is his adopted son. Ceiestina, the
daughter of Count Everard, hm;ing failed in her at).-
plications to the Emperor for the release of her
father, conveys by stratagem notice into the Castle,
that a Courier was on the way with an order for his
execution, and urgei him to.escape; Alice acquaints
Oliver of this circumstance, and he points out to
her a private passage, which leads-to-the Danube.
This information, however, is no 'sooner given
than the,Mujor ewers, and states, that he is obliged
to leave the garriSon for a short -while, and gives
the command to Oliver, declaring, at the same time,
that if the prisoner escapes, 'both .their 'lives must'
be forfeited. There is then a struggle in the
breist of Oliver' between his -sense of duty and
his attachnient to Everard. He recollects, too,.
that his friend the Major has a wife and children,
and this thought induces him to alarm the guard,'
who follow the Count, and siop'hith in his
.flight.'
He is then more closely imprisoned, but is re-
lieved in the second At by an ingenious device of
his daughter, Celestina, which is executed by Alice.
Oliver, who loves Alice, accuses hitnsellof having
favoured the escape of the Count, in order to save
his mistress from punishment. In this manner the
interest is kept up to the very last, for Count Eve-
rard discovers himself 'to save the life of Oliver, and
Count Adolphus, who has arrived yith the dispatch,
supposed to contain the Order for Everard's execu-
tion, opens and reads ir. From the manner in which
the first part is worded, it appears to be a sentence of
death'; but, by reading it to an end, it is discovered
to be the pardon of Everard, and his restoration to
his Sovereign's favour
This work is the avowed prodnetioti of Mr. THE.
ODORE Hoots, the younger son of theveteran Corn-
poser whose talents have so long been known to the
ppblic. The Fortress is, however, not an Original
composition, btit a translation from the same French
author who wrote Tekeli, which Mr. T: HOOK also
translated, and which 'was very popular at Drury
Lane Theatre.

.4s a
,proof of the merit of The Fortress, .it
should be observed, that though the tOwn.has now
for some years been hackneyed in " hair-breadth
escapes," and such perilous adventures, it takes strong
hold of the feelings, but is certainly not remarkable
for, the probability:. of :the (able altogether. The
graver and more distressing parrs of the fitble are re-
lieved by comic situations, that do nut however
weaken the interest.. A few puns, nut very season-
ably introduced, may well be spared, and will
doubtles be omitted.

The Piece was admirably supported throughout,
but particularly by Mr. YOUNG and Mrs. GIBBS.—
We should indeed have thought the cliara&er of
Everard hardly worthy of Mr. Youso'a talents, if
he had not rendered it so impressive.
The Overture was composed by Mr. Hook, seen.;
it is .bold, varied, and appropriate. The Music also
which be desii°med to accompany the, dec./ie.:skew
does credit to his ,talents; but we wish this latter
Music had been omitted, for it renders the PieCe
kind of Harleglinade, and divides the attention in-
stead of heightening the pathos. The Audiene re-
ceived the Piece with great applause, and, when Mr.
YOUNG announced it for • repetition this evening,
give a cordial assent.

LINES,
ON BPIEING THE BEAUTIFUL " Ont TO TILE POPPY,"
WRITTEN BY THE LATB uNAR.LorTg 041 Ar
BUTED, IN A MORNING PAPKt, CO A MK. O'NEALS.

And sh)all the hapless' Muse, whose plaintive song
Can touch the heart with Pity's softest pow'r,
Lose the fair honours that so well belong
To her sweet strains on Sorrow's fav'rite Flow'r ?

No—Tt at* shall ne'er annul her rightful claim,
Nor rob that Flow'r of its poetic bloom ;
Secur'd from Spoilers, by protee.iinA FA:Az,
It decks, in native beauty, C unit r cs tomb.

Mrs. POWELL has been received w►th very great
applause at Dublin, and has increased in favour every
night. She made her first appearance ii licia,
and has since performed other characters with such
success as to promise a very powerful support on her
benefit.

CATALANI'S second benefit, last night, at the Ope.
ra House, was attended ,by a very numerous au-
dience.

Yesterday morning died, in Park-lane, 'Mrs.
KNYVETT,• wife of Mr. KNYVETi!, whose talents
have long been known in the musical world. Mrs.
KNYVETT was highly esteemed .by a wide circle of
friends for her domestic virtues, good sense, and un-
affeeteci .piety. She was) indeed, justly considered
as an'elemplary charaCter through ,life.
On Tuesday evening GEORGE SAvtLLE CARRY,
the well known Leaturer, died of a paralytic attack.
He was announced -for an Exhibition on the same
evening. •

In the action tat the 14th ofJdne, Lord Htrycn-
INsoN, who was ?tear General 1311tiNIGSEN, had a
very narrow escape. His horse was killed under
rhitu.hy burgtitsg of a shell. We are 'happy to
add, that his Lordship w. 13 not dangerovaly wounded,
theriali enn.i.dtbrAttr

SPORTING INTELLIGEACE‘

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING,

THURSDA.Y, „JULY f 6.
Mr. Emden's Miss Prince beat Mr. Prince's f.'ltDelp7.ni,
Sst. alb. each. Two.yr old Course, 25g5.-10 a.z.;st Miss
Prince.
Mr. Elwes's f. by Stamford, out of Sophia; Bst. beat Mr,
Moseley's brother to Woodman, Bst. sib. A. M. ajgs.
Even betting. . .
Ld Grosvenor's Meteors, Sst. 91b. beat Ld
find, 7st. 13lb. Two-y r old C. tocgs. —7 to 4on M41:•.0r.i.
Sir J. Shetley's Fawn, 7st. 7th. beat Mr. Payne's Wo.)d
Nymph, Bst. 71b. Two-yr old C. rigs.—s to ton Fawn.-
Mr. Wyndham's c. by Ambrosio, Bst. 610. beat Mr. Wit.
son's 1. by Stainflrd, 6st. 41b. Two-yr old C. -25-4 s. —6 to 4
on the Ambrosio c.
D. of Grafton's Barbarian, 7st.- 714 beat Mr. Lake's Ito.
sabella, Sst.4lb. • Across the Flat, zsgs.-6 to 4 an Barbarian_
D. of Grafton's Vanity, Bst. tolb. beat Gen. GroSvenori
Have.at.'ern, 7st.Blb. Bunburv's ittsogs.-4 to ron Vanity.
Mr. Arthur's Wormword, Bst. 71b beat Gen. Grosvenor's
'Superstition, 7st.. Last M. and a Distance of B. C. pgs.
4 to I WQMIWOOd.
Sweepstakes of tons. each h. ft.—Two-yr Old Course.
Ld F. G. Osborne's fil. by Trumpatot, out of a sister
to Royalist, Bst. rte. it.
Mr. Panton's br. C. by Worthy, out of Crane, gst. pd
Gen. GrosyenorT c. by Asparagus, out of a,bay 'mare
• bought at Mr. Butt's sale, Sst. - pd
Mr. Mellish's V. by Worthy out of sister to, Chippert.
ham, bst. 41b. roe. ft. from Duke of Gre'ton's Mushroom,
Est. 41b. Two.yr old Course, 23egs, —Sop: tt.

The following is a Letter from 'an Officer in the
Army, at Alexandria, May 6, 1807-:
Since bur return to Alexandria, so far frool.ex-
periencing a famine, wt hare found the market well
supplied With sheep and some bial!ocks ; wheat .and.
barley are brought in every day on camels ; some
days, a hundred arrive, on others two hundred, and.
one day tbur hundred came in. The troops and
squadron have hitherto been supplied whit mtitton
and beef daily, which, as you know, is not reckoned
necessary, and is therefore an indication of plenty.
The Army has soft bread every lay, and it is coati.
dently said that the Commissary has wheat for a
month's consumption. All this is independent of*
the quantity of rice which is said to be in the. town,
and which those who should be best infi)rmedon
the subjeCi assure me is abundant.

Besides all these stores, there is in the Merchant
-Ships in the harbour a considerable quantity of pro-
visions, which we do not allow to be exported. If,
however, the Turks and Albanians march forward,
we may have to depend on our intercourse by.sea
for support. In the mean while we have again
opened the cut in the canal of Alexandria to fill the
Lake Mariotis, which was drying up fast ; thi3 will
contribute to the health of the garrison, and prevent
'the enemy's cavalry crossing over; and if they go
round by the Desert and come in to the westward,
we shall be able to annoy 'them, and support our
lines with Gun-boats, which we are fitting for that
purpose."

GmnnALL.---Yesterday an interesting examini-;
thin took place before Alderman SHAW. Eliz.abeti
Bennett was charged with stealiog a female infant,
three Weeks old; from a poor woman of the name
Badeker, who infdimed the Alderman that she laid-
in, about live. weeki since, in St. Andrew's Work-
house; that having come out, she was taken with a
fit in the street. When she recovered she found her
• infant gone and could hear nothing of is ; that "she
went to the parish officers of St. Andrew's, and
informed them of the loss of her child, wild ifynne-
di.ately ordered hand bills to b distributed, offering
a reward for the diicovery of the thief, when the
child was discovered to be under the care of a nurse
in a court near London Wall. She described a mark
on the child's nose, and the clothes that covered it,
alewhieh exaaly corresponded. The PriSener, in
her detence, insisted the child was her own, ptated
that she had lain-in on the .t;oth June,
,in Mary-le-
bone Workhouse, where she was for a fortnight,
and left it a Week sootier than usual, as she did not
wish to swear the child, as she had lived with the
father above a twelvemonth, who Was now a pd,
soner is the King's Bench The nurse who had the
child said the Prisoner brought to her about a
fortnight since, the day after it was supposed to have
been stolen, that she said it was her own, and had
paid her for the nursing befOre hand. 114th the
women claimed the child iu so positive a manner,
that the Alder Man desired that the matrons and
nurses of the Workhouse where the complainant had
lain -t, should attend, and desired the Prisoner to
haVe in attendance such of her female friends as
could speak to her case. The latter Was remanded
for further examination.

Yesterday Mr. Shepherd, a corn-chandler, on
Newington Causeway, made his appearance on a
summons to spew cause why be should not pay the
fine of 51. incurred by him under the statute for re-
fusing to furnish his horse and cart for the convey.
ante of the baggage of the 16th Light Dragoons, on
the march, when legally called upon by the con-
stable.—The Sitting Magistrates, Mr. HOLLAND and
Mr. EVANCE, 'expressed their opinions, that it was
species of of euce that ought to be checked at this
time. When every heart and hand should go in
union against the common enemy, are men to re-
fuse fur►►ishing the aid the law requires ? As it was
his first offence, and might probably operate as a
caution to others, be was fined in the mitigated pe-
nalty of forty shillings only, and cuts.

,
, MA, R 4130 R IYG HTSTR EET.---Thursday 4p/in Lemon,
a hackney cOachman, was charged by 'a Gentleman
and Lady with abuse, and assaulting them.—it
peaied by the statement of the Prosecutor, that ait..-r
calling the Defendant off the stand in the Strand., he
was anxious to know whether he• Was going to the.
Eastward'or the 'Westward. The Prosecutor refused
,to satisfy him until he got into the- coach, When .he
ordered him. to drive to Westrninster, at which the
Defendant, who had been drinking, grumbled said
his road home was toward; the city„ and it being
twelve-o'cloek at night, he did not care how soon
he arrived there. The knight of the whip immedi-
ately drove 'otr towards the city, and the remit'
strances on the part of the Prosecutor only served to
induce. the coae;muin to drive faster, and after having
done as he thought proper for about 20 minutes he
set down his fare in the midst of the eity.----The
fendant was fined 40 shillings, and costs.
" an ill wind;' Saith-the Old proverb, that
blows nobody good." 'Purchasers theretbre, 064
week, of Tickets and Shares in the present great
Lottery Scheme, must clearly perceive what an in.
creased chance they have for Capital Prizes on Tues-
day nett;' front no Prize above tool. havinp:

'REPLY

TO " AN OF SAS ::,11.AL OF }lls' 4AJCSTY'S
itomAN CA, th)LiO SZJEJECTS „THEM PILO-
TEaTANT IegLLOW-SUBJECTS."

BY A DISPASSIONATE PROTESTANT.
The ktrious inst.lnces enumerated by his Majesty's
• . . • . .

_ . Reis= Catholic SubjeCts of their meritorious, pa-
' trusties:and exemplary conduU in their Address, fur
the purpoSe.of substantiating their ample claims. to
the unlimited confidence and affeoliotit of theirFel-
low-subjests, do not furnish any just criterion of the
, truth of their allegation, or and .any adequate
Pl'
' .idge or security to the Protestant' Establishment
.
for the affedion and confidence which they are
anxious to obtain. .
The disappointment they express at recent ot-
eurrences, induces them to infer that " they are ageip
publicly traduced," and that " attempts are again
made to prejudice the public mind against them."
These are not fads deduced .from any premises,
or exernplified by an specific proposition ; and I am,
firmly persuaded tucre is no foundation whatever in
truth ter teem. No man can 11410r4 sincerely de•
prccate than I do the effeets of religious differences
end attimosities, nor more solemnly condemn the
nu of fomenting them, by exciting popular in-
dignation against the professors of any mode of re,
ligious worship, 'on any occasion whatever, but more
particularly with the view to accomplish any pol-
tical or publie measure. The history of this coun-
try, in particular, furnishes many instances of dread-
ful and unparalleled ads of cruel outrage, blood-shed,
and murder, oceasioned by the wild fury of religious
dissentiou ; and nothing certainly can be more, like-
ly to contribute to the recurrence of such national
calamities, titan the 'senseless and unprincipled ch.;
moor :of "No Popery"—so constantly resounding
from various quarters ; . but the question--wheredoes ,this , incoherent' jargon , originate, and by
whom, and, for what purpose was it introduced
and blazoned forth in the, way it has been ?
—lt dOes net appearin any of the recent debates in
either of the Houses of Parliament on the discussion
of the gnestion which produced the late change in
his , Majesty's Councils, that this yell of " No
Popery," or any thing of a similar tendency, was
made use of, or resorted to, by any party; neither
does it, appear by any legislative proceedings, or
from any official proceedings of 'any city, or town
' corporation, or other national institution, that any
such artifice has been used, directly or indireCily, to
inflathe the people, Or for any other purpose what-
ever. Whence then it does originate, it is not my
present purpose to inquire, though it does. appear ,
extremely probable that it has been suggested 'and
• employed as' a mere stalking horse for loading his
Majesty's Government Nvit4 opprobriums, and to
excite the resentment and enmity of his Majesty's
Roman • Catholic -Subjeas towards it, for the',only
purpose of inducing them to withdraw their whole
interests and support from his Majesty's Ministers.
I Would ask, by what means and in what manner,
are the Roman Catholic Subjeds traduced? or in
what manner and by what means have any " at.
tempts been made to-prejudice the public mind against
ilteni?" Surely they cannot feel they haVe been
traduced by: the condia of his Majesty in his firm,
dignified, and conscientious determination of keep-
ing inviolable faith with his Protestant Subjeets, by
refusing to giVe the Catholics equal power in . the
State with them ; neither can they feel they have
been traduced by the measures resulting from such a
step ;, tor though 1 hare great personal respell ter
many prOt'essieg the Roman Catholic Faith, yet I‘do
most seriously believe and decidedly affirm, that they
are, and would be, from the nature and obVious ten-
deocy of some of their religious tenets, the most
unfit and dangerous people in the world to. possess.
power in any Protestant State, and more particular-
ly in a country where such horrid and brutal scenes
of savagelmy and barbarity have been so often per-
petrated front a similar cause. There is no doubt
but,that a great portion of the Roman Catholics
Who have had the advantage of a liberal education,
are equally enlightened, humane, and beneficent
as any men can be, and as conscientiously guided
by honourable and reciprocal feelings and principles;
but it is nut the men I object to ; it is the danger-
' oes influence of their religious tenets, , whit* are
necessarily and unavoidably inimical, and dire&ly
hostile to the Protestant Establishment, and every
other Establishirent the professors of which are by
them considered as heretics.. Although I admit there
are a great many very worthy. and honourable Cpa-
racters in the Roman Catholic community, it is trii-
possible not to• be aware that there are an infinitely
greater euniber :of other's in the sanie persursion,
who are bred up from early infancy in gross! bigotry
end superstition, and with unaccountable hatred in-
stilled in their minds towards the Protestant Church.
Is must be absolutely iti vain as well as absurd,
,for any professing the. Roman Catholic. tenets, '
however Mire and irreproachable their general chit-
rafter and demeans:An may be, to offer any pledge
ter thy purity and integrity of their religious and
civil priticipleS, as long as their present mode of
faith, and the titndamental articles of their Clin'rch,. :
are periniteed to remain as the general rule of their '
eondudi, In their-lArida:6S they ask their Protestant
Fellow-subjeCts---" Whether they maintain a Sitigle. .'
tenet inconsistent with the purest loyalty; or in-
terfering in the slightest degree with any one duty
which an P.:eglishinan owes his God, his King, or
his Cousins' '.•-•.-".l.'he. answer to this broad question
may be correctly formed by referring to the islet's'
tical articles . and tenets which constitute the rudi-
ments and tenndation of their retie:ions faith,' Is it'
not a fundament-al at tiele of their religion, that:their
Priests are s.mpowered to receive the confession of
those of their Steels who hove committed any crimes; !
and to gig e tt,cut absoltition ? Gan any one . deny
' the affirmative ? What Oen can possibly .be more
indiscreet cl dangerously impolitic than giving
eower toethose ,who :nay commit with impunity
_ee,ry sort of sin and.w it:Leduc:we egainst " his God;
his king, or his Coutitry,!' and alterwerds be wholly
abselved on cenfession to their Priest. It cannot
be denied that they are enjoined to confession at
,es turi)r .igeof seven ; tied it may, therefore be na-
esesis eoissludell, that. they. begin to cotttess betere
thee, beein to sin. If they tio not thteeconfess to
se:s Priests and perpetually continue so to do, they
sse asssiled ai,d veseaced with the horrid anathema ,
1

LONDON : Printed h
At tlw,

Of eternal damnation 6 sq that their minds are pro-
gressively trained up and disposed implicitly to rely
and. depend on their Priests .for absolution and par-
don forever), sin' and wickedness which they either
have cemmitted or intendlo commit.
The oath prescribed for such Catholics who find
it convenient to. take it, may :be, and I have no
,doubt is, received by Many of them with the • most
solemn conviction on their-minds of the awful 'ne-
cessity of keeping it inviolable : but what pledge or
security is this from the large body orßoman'Ca-
- tholics, the majority of whom-, may assert, without
incurring 'the imputation. of want of charity, hold
their religious tenets and principles. more rigidly than
-any oath they can bite in opposition to them ? What
can be, more natural for them, than to conclude that
they should, pay mere deference and homage to their
religion than to any oath they "can take, when they
can be absolved by their Priest for any
.and every
violation of'it ? The extreme and glaring inconSistr
"ency of such a do6trine forcibly points out the great
and momentous danger ,in entrusting those who
are governed by it with general power in a ProteSt-
ant State. Unless this and many other monstrous
tenets and principles are suffered to be totallyex-
punged fro:n the Roman Catholic Religion, no Pro-
testant could ever find his person or property. secure,
While their se& are in power. It is not contended
that the Protestant subjeas are better subjeas than
the Roman Catholic subjeas ; but it is contended
that the Protestant Religion does not hold out those
irresistible inducements to sin as the Roman Ca-
tholic Religion does ; and it is in this respe& alone
that my objection is founded:.
With respea to the threequestions' as to the ex-
istence' and extent of the Pope's dispensing newer,'
&c. which .were sent to the koman Catholic Univer-
sities'abroad for their opinien, by the desire of Mr.
PITT, and the answers subjoined ; theydo not alter
the actual nature and tendency of the Ripon Cath6.
lie Religion, as prffessed and praaised 'in this' coun-
try neither do they, make it appear that the tenets
and principles inculcated by such religion are not
adhered to and enforced. in this country in the man-
ner
here stated, and particularly—the doctrine of con-
fession to the Priest; and his absolution consequent •
, thereon, the objeaioh to which nothing can temOve
but its total extinction. The mere opinion of the
Universities abroad as ;to the influence the Pope or
. others may, or may not, have over those professing
the Roman Catholic Religion in this country, has
no reference at all, and can.have nothing to do with
the tenets and principles hefore alluded to, which
arc aaually practised and enforced in, this country,
The objea of these three questions and answers is
'therefore wholly stn.erseded. It is. Well known that
the doEtrine of confession and andolutidn is' Made
subservient, by many lower orders of Catholics to
the most wicked purposes. Those Catholics remote
from the metropolis .are much moie bigotted, as
Well as wantonly uncharitable in their private opi-
nions towards the ProteStants, than they are in and
near the metropolis.; and they
.use more illiberal ar-
tifices to convert, delude, and alienine illiterate per-
sons from the religion they and their ancestors were
bred up in. - Various instances can be mentioned
to exemplify to what extent the dreadful influence
of 'inch' dangerous tenets, may lead some of its. pro-
fessors. Among the many other highly objectionable
principles and articles of faith' to which the Roman
Cat holies adhere,the verymonstrousl y uncharitable be-
lief they entertain, that eternal salvation is exclusively
their own re ward,and that all otherseas ditferlogfram
them are doomed to eternal perdition, is too diabolical •
to be repeated; and though I have heard this (latrine
disclaimed by many of them, yet it is -most clear and
incontrovertible, that in most of the Country' Ca-
tholic Seminaries it is rigidly adhered to and incur,
cated. There are many other .equally obnoxi-
ous articles of faith promulgated among the Ca-
tholics which are. wholly repugnant to and
incompatible with the Articles of Faith, professed in
the Church of England. The universal belief with
them, that all are hereticst no oltheir persuasion,
and that with whom they are not compelled to keep
faith in conieouence, must operate as a powerful ott•
je&ion to their admission to equal power with the
Protestants, It may be said, and I believe with
much truth, by many members of their Church,
that they do not believe in nor a& upon any of
these dreadful anathemas and principles; as I from
my own personal knowledge of several worthy and
meritorious charaelers of their persuasion, with
whom I am on intimate and • friendly terms, and for
whom I have-great personal regard; am fully per-
suaded that they are as incapable of ,being guided by
or in any shape acting upon any of the monstrous
doctrines
.here alluded to, 'as any Member of the
Church of England ; but it is at the same
time most' indisputably' manifest that such are
the great fundamental errors in their articles of
faith, and in the very -rudiments which are
early initiated and inculcated into the minds of
their youthful flock,. that all those, who are,
from their sitnations in life, unfortunately de-
prived of a 'liberal education, and consequently an
extensive knowledge of the world, and whose men-
tal powers and intelleas tve not sufficiently enlarged
and cultivated 'to cherish that genuine spirit of phi-
lanthropy, which can' alone supersede illiberal preju-
dices, are led and trained up from gross, ignorance
and infaruated superstition,, to .a_ state of enthusiastic
bigotry, prejudice, and. unconquerable enmity to
every human being without-the pale of their church,
and the proportionable number of this description
must necessarily constitute more than, nine tenths of
their eoumninity._

A DISPASSIONATF.PROTRSTANT OP
THE CHURCH OF ENCLAND,

A considerable wager is said to have been lost, on
rTnesday last, from no Prize cutting- pp, on the first
day's drawing ot'the Lottery, above tool., Tlie Odds
were much in favour of a higher Prize,
,from 2000
Numbers being drawn on that day. Few, however,
will venture odds, that three principal Prizes will
not be forthcoming on Tuegday- next.
The - attraaions of Telemachus, the new`Comic
Pantomime brought out at Amey's Ampliitheatre,
.bids fair to rival even those of that surprising fa-
vourite of the Public, 7'/w Brave Catsack ; the union
of:both, therefore, cannot fair of producing two of
the happiest effeets; viz. highly pleasing every class
of the Public, and amply tiAitig the pockets of the
Manager.

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REPORT OF THE COI:LEGE OF PHYSICIANS,

JUST LAI'D BEFORE 2,AitLIAMENT.

The following is an Abstraet of the Report upon
this important sub.leet; by'which'it appears that the
College. is decidedly in favour of the efficacy of
Vaccination, and deem it.thei}• duty to recommend;
The' Report begins by -stating, that the College
haa applied not only to all the Medical and'Surgical
Galleges in the United Kingdom, btit to all' the.
Societies; besides which, it invited individuals to
contribute all necessary information. Upon the
immense mass of evidence thus obtained, the Ohllege
has made its Report, of which the following is an.
AbstraCt :

Vaccination appears to be in general perfe6tly safe;
the instances to the contrary being extremely rare.
: The disease excited by it is slight, and seldom pre-
vents those under it from following their ordinary
occupations. It has been communicated with safety
to .pregnant women, to children during dentition,
and in their earliest infancy, in all which'respe6ts it
possesses material, advantages over Inoculation for
the Small Pox ; which, though produaive.. of a
disease
.generally,
,mild, yet sometimes occasions
alarming symptoms, and is in a few cases fatal.
The security derived from Vaccination against the
Small Pox, if not absolutely perfeel, is as nearly so as-
can perhaps be expeCted from any huritan discovery ;
for amongst several hundred thousandcases with which
the College have been,made aequainted, the ntimber
of alledged failures has been surprisingly small, so
Much so as to form certainly no reasonable objection
to the general adoption of Vaccination ; for it appears
there are not near. so many failures in a given num-
ber of vaccinated persons as there are deaths in an
equal number of persons inoculated with the Small
• Pox. Nothing can more clearly demonstrate the
periority of Vaccination over the Inoculation of Small
Pox, than this consideration; and it is a most im7
portant fall, which has been confirmed in the course
of this inquiry, that itf, almost every case where the
Small Pox has, succeeded Vaccination, whether by
Inoculation or by casual infection, the disease has
. varied much from its ordinary course;. it has neither
been the same in the violence, nor in the duration
of its symptorlis; but has, with very few exceptions,
beep remarkably, mild, as if the Small Pox had been
deprived, by the-provioui Vaccine Disease, of all its
usual malignity. The testimonies before the Col.;
lege of Physicians are very decided in declaring that.
Vaccination does less mischief •to the 'constitution,
and less frequently gives rise to otherdiseases, than,
the Small Pox, either natural or inoculated.
The College feel themselves called upon to state
this strongly, because it has been objeeted to Vacci-
nation, that it produces new, unheard-of,-and mon-
strous diseases. Of such assertions, no proofs have
been produced; and, after diligent inquiry, the Col-
lege believe therri to have been either the inVenticiiis
of designing, or the mistakes of ignorant, men. In
these respects then, in its mildness; its safety, and
its consequences, the individual may look for the
peculiar advantages of •Vaccination. The benefits
Which flow from it to society are infinitely more con-
siderable, it spreads no iufeEtion, and can be corn-
Municated only by Inoculation. It is from a consi-
deration Of the pernicious eiretis of the Small Pox,
that-the real value of Vaccination is to be estimated.
The natural Small Pok has been supposed to,destroy
a sixth part of .all whom it attacks; and that even
by Inoculation, : where thytt has been general in
parishes and towns, about
,one in 309 has usually

It is not sufficiently known, or- not adverted to,
that nearly one-tenth, some year more than one-
tenth, of the whOle mortality in London is occasion-
ed 'by -the Small Pox; and however beneficial the
Inoculation of the Small Pox may haVe been to in-
dividuals, it appears to have kept up a constant
source Of, contagion, which has bee 9 the means of
increasing the number of deaths by what is called
the Natural Disease. lit. cannot be doubted that this
mischief has been extended by the inconsiderate
.manner' in which :great numbers of persons, even .!
since the introduClion of Vaccination,are Still every
year inoculated with the Sctiall Pox, and afterwards
required to attend two or three ti'mes a week at the.
places of Inoculation, through every stage of their
illness. From this, then, the public are to expea
the great and: uncontroverted. superiOrity of Vacci-
nation, that it communicates no casual infeCtion, and,
while it is a proteetion to the individual, it is not
prejudicial to the Public.
• It has been already mentioned, that the.evidence
is not universally favourable, although it is in truth
nearly so, for there are a few who entertain senti-
ments differing 'widely froth those of the great Majo-
rity of their brethren. . The College, :therefore,
deemed it their diary, in a particular Manner, to en-
quire upon,*hat grounds and evidence the 'opposers
of Vaccination.rested their opinions. From. personal
examination; as well as from their writings, they
endeavoured to learn the full extent and weight' of
their objeCtioni.. They found theM without ,expe-
'rience in Vaccination, supporting•their opinions by
hearsay' hiformation, aria hyp9thetical reSsoning ;
and, .upon investigating the. fads which they ad-
vanced, they foued them to be either misapprehend-
ed or misrepresented, "or that they fell under the
description of eases, of impeded Small Pox, before
noticed, and which the College have endeavoured
fairly to appreciate.
The, practice of Vaccination is but of eight years
standing, and its promoters, as well as opponents,
must keep in mind, that a period so short is too li-
mited to ascertain every point, or to liring theart.to':
that perfeCtion of- which it may be capable. The
truth of 'this will readily be adinitted by those ic-
quainted with. the. history of Inoculation for the
Small:Pox. • - •

Though the College of 'Physicians 'have confined
themselves in. estimating
.the evidence to such fads
as have occurred in their own Country, because. the
accuracy of them could best. lie' ascertained, they
cannot be insensible to ihe confirmation these. re-
ceive from the reports of the mece:isful introduetion
of Vaccination, not only in every patt of Europe,
but throughout the vast Continents of Asia and Ame-
rica.

With respe6t to the charge against Vaccination of
producing various new diseases of frighttni and mon-
strous appearance—representations'of some (t these

hare beell exhibited in.printsi ip away to alartn the
feelings of parents, and to infuse dread aid appre-
hension into the mind; of the tininforthed. Publi-
cationa with slid: representations'have 'been widely
circulated; andithoughahey originate either M gross
ignorance, or wilful misrepresentation, _ yet have,
they lessened the confidence of many, particularly
of the lower classes, in VacCination ; no permanent
effeeS, however, .in retarding 'the prtigretianf Vacci-
nation, need.beapprehended from such causes; tor,
as soon as the public shall view thetn.coollyaud
without surprise, they will excite contempt; and
not fear.

Were encouragement given' to Vaccination, by
offering -it to the poor classes without tlpenbe; there
is little doubt but it would . in time supersede the.
Inoculation for the Small Pox, and thereby various
sources of variolus .inteaion. would be cut off; .but
till Vaccination becomes general, it will be: itupus. _
sible to prevent the constant recurrence of the natu-
ral Small Pox by means of anise who are inoculated,
except it should appear proper to the Legislature
to tidopt, in its wisdom, some measure by which:
those who still, from terror or prejudice, prefer the,
Small Pox to the, Vaccine Discs;;, may, in thus,
consulting the gratification of their own feelings, be'
prevented from doing-mischief to their neit.,ihbonm
From the whole7ot the above considerations, the
College of Physicians feel it their-duty strongly to
i.ezommend the practice of Vaccination.. They have
been led to this conclusion by na preccriceived,opi,
pion, but by the most unbiassed judgment, formed

from an irresistible weight of p;idence which has
been laid before them. For when the,numher, the

respe6tability, the disiuteresedness, and the extenn
sive experience of its adiocates, is compared with
the feeble and impede& testimonies of its fey
posers .and when it is considered that many, who

were once adverse to Vaec. been 'Con-
vinced by further trials,- and aro no,;. to be-ranked

.
among its warmest supporters, the truth -seems W
be established as firnilv as the nature Ofrsuch a guts-
tioit admits; So that t.:e Cuile;r.e.' of -Pl 3slcians con=
ceive that the public may reasonably look -forward,

with-some degree of hope to the tinvy when all op=
position shall cease, and the generld-Concurrence. of
mankind shall atlength be able to 'put an end to the
ravages at least, if not to the existence, of the •Stwall
.Pox.

LucAs PEPYS, President.

Royal College of Physicians,
loth April, 1807.
HEIvEy, Regisster.
4 •
[An Appendix follows, containing the communications of
the several Colleges in the United Kingdom, all of-Which are
favourable to the pradice.l '

The question of, the right of pa ;sage through,tlie
Sound, we have every reason to believe, will shortly
be brought to a. final. issue. The force intended to
bent to the Baltic will consist. of.twenty-one Sail
of the Line. Sir JOHN Duciovoarn will, have: the
chief command. Sir SIDNEY SMITH and SIV Sim
MUEL 'HOOD will have commands under hint What
will the Nation think of the principles of the. Opppr..
sition on this occpion, whO cry out against every,
measure Of vigour,' and advise us to sacrifice our:in-
terest and compromise, our honour, rather than re-
sent the 'at% of insult and hostility with which we
are now threatened by Denmark. If .Dentriark, at
the instigation of France, or to gratify that hostile.
feeling which she is supposed to entertain against
this country, is to close, whenever she please, the
only safe and practicable passage leading to the shores
of the Baltic, against the flag of.. England, there ism
end.of our naval supremacy.