The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-03 00:00:00

I OPPAY.

BRISTOL, 31st Dec., 1824.
A T a MEETING of the VESTRY of the
_CIL Parish of ST. TEIOAIAS, specially summoned for tak_
ing into consideration the unconstitutional Proceedings of the
Roman Catholics in inland,' and the propriety of addressing
Parliament thereon.

Mr. HENRY WOOD, Churchwarden, in the Chair.
The following Petition to the House of Commons was unani-
mously edopted .by the Meeting, and ordered to be submitted
to the Parjshioners for the Signature of all who approve

To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom

Great Britain and Ireland. in Parliament assembled.
We, the undersigned, the Alin;ster, Churchwardens, Vestry,
and inhabitants of the RarishW..-St. Thomas, in the City of
Bristol, have observed with tli/mintmost solicitude and alarm,
the unconstitutional proccedin'ewhich have, of late, been so
openly and systimatically pursued in Ireland, for the purpose
of subverting one of the main' pillars of the Constitution—the
Protestant Ascendancy—and re-establishing in its place the
Supremacy of the Church of Rome.

'the harpy delivery of these kingdoms from the galling and
debasing yoke of Papal usurpation we have ever regarded
it
the, prime source of our liberties and national prosperity ; it
is impossible, therefore, that we should look with indifference
upon the attempts which are making to rob us of this inesti-
-mable blessing and to restore again the reign of ignorance and
superstition.
Friends to religious toleration in its utmost latitude, so long
as the views of-our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects appear to
be confined within that limit they had our most cordial con-
currence, but when political power became their avowed ob-
ject, when, not content with every indulgence in the exercise of
their religious worship, they sought admission into the highest
dikes of the State, we felt it our duty, in common with the
rest of . his- Majesty's Protestant subjects, to raise our voice
against their demands, convinced that the concession of politi-
cal rank and influence to the members of the church fUnda-
mentally opposed to the Reformed Protestant Religion, and
under the government of a foreign power, would he dangerous
iv thzState, and incompatible with the secure enjoyment of our
dearest and most scared rights.
Defeated in this attempt by the good sense and awakened
feelings of the country, the tormenters of disaffection in the Sister
Kingdom have had recourse to measures of a more daring and
less equivocal character. An organized confederacy, under
the name of The Catholic Rent Association, has been formed,
for the evident purpose of enforcing their demands, and dic-
tating to the Government of the country. Emancipation is
now no longer held forth as the ostensible object of their pursuit,
but Political reform, another name for revolution is substituted
in its room.

That an Assrxiation so constituted and composed, acting in
avowed hostility to one of the fundamental Establishments of
the Constitution, assuniii;g to itself the functions of Govern-
ment, holding regular Ileetiogs for debate, collecting taxes
under the title of Contributions, and exercising, through the
Priesthood, an unlimited controul over the minds'of a mis-
guided populace, can be suffered to exist, consistently with the
public safety, is A proposition, we conceive, too monstrous to
be entertained. That it must lead to the most deplorable re-
sults, unless promptly suppressed, it appears to us impossible
to doubt ; and we rejoice to observe that it has already attracted
the notice of his Majesty's Government.
Under these conscientious impressions, we presume to draw
the attention of your Honourable House to a subject of such
vital importance to the best interests of the empire, in the anxious
hope that it may be taken into early considaration. For the
preservation of the public tranquillity, for the maintenance of
the Constitution as established in Cliiirch and State, for the
protection of our Protestant follow sOtit.cw.rili Iretaxd,anit in
mercy to the .delqded Homan Catholics Teinselveti, we most
earnestly implore that prompt and effectual measures may he
taken to suppress their unconstitutional proceedings, and to
bring.them back to a sense of their Duty as British subjects.

4ZPI R E of ST. BRI DE'S,FLEET-STRE ET.
K A PUBLIC MEETING of the CLERGY, MER-
CHANTS, BANKERS, TRADERS, and other FRIENDS
to the IMPROVEMENT of the METROPOLIS, will be
held at the LONDON TAVERN, nishopsiate-street, on
TUESDAY NEXT the 4th day of January 1825, at One
o'clock in the Afternoon, to take into consideration the best
means of Proacrving the View which has been accidentally
opened to the Public of that beautiful edifice the Tower and
Spire of St. Bride's Church.
The Right lion. the LORD MAYOR will take the Chair at
_ _

Two o'clock precisely.
Among the reflections which foreigners have cast upon the
good taste of this country, the only one for which perhaps there
is touch foundation in truth is this—that while the Metro-
polis of the British Empire possesses within itself architectu-
ral 110auties and ornaments which would not have been un-
worthy, of the proudest tern of the arts, they are so completely
obscured by surrounding buildings, that a view of them can
scarcely be obtained.

A striking illustration of this position has recently been af,
forded by the destruction of several houses forming part of the
South side of Fleet-street, which has opened to the public view
the Tower and Spire of St. Bride's Church.
This structure, which for proportion, symmetry, and gran-
deur of effect, is not surpassed, if equalled, by any Spire in
this country, and which possesses this strong claim upon the
public attention, that it was designed by one of the most emi-
nent architects England ever produced—Sir Christopher Wren,
and is acknowled to be his chef d'ceuvre, has, after being con-
cealed by a range of houses from the sight of the public for
upwards of a century, been accidentally developed, and the fact
that it may be made highly conducive to the beauty and orna-
ment of the Metropolis clearly shewn.
To those who are aware how much the character of a na-
tion for refined taste and encouragement of the Fine Arts
depends upon the traits of those qualities observable in its Me-
tropolis, a cause of great regret would arise if an architectural
gem like this were again consigned to obscurity, which will
shortly happen, unlessthe public liberality shall actin-tithe means
of preventing it.
The great improvement to the Metropolis which will be
complished should the proposed plan be carried into effect,
originated in a spontaneous demonstration of the great in-
terest which the public felt in the measure ; and it was a
firm reliance on that spirit of general improvement which so
honourably distinguishes the present age, that produced the
determination to submit the subject to the consideration of a
Public Meeting.
All communications on the subject •are requested to be • ad.
dressed to Mr. Atwood Smith, Dorset-street, Salisbury-square.

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( From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

. _
We regret to state the death of Commodore Nourse, C. 8.,
Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope, and eight
officers of his squadron, by fever and other casualties, which
occurred to them whilst prosecuting various interesting services,
which are described in the following extract from a letter which
we have received :

" MarrnrriTTS, OCT. Majesty's ship Andromache,,
with a ComModore's flag half-mast, returned to this island on
the 27th of September, after an absence of 84 days, and after
a passage of 28 days from the island of Moinbass, on the
eastern Coast of Africa, having previously run down the
western coast of the island of Madagascar, visiting the extensive
Bay of Bembatooka to meet Itadama, King of Madagascar,
aria his army, consistiro, of ten thousand men under arms, four
thi/Sand of whom are clothed. Each soldier and officer being
allowed from one to three slaves, swelled the number engaged
in this campaign, for the reduction of the king of Bembatooka's
territories, to at least twenty-four thousand men, carrying with
them 4 field-pieces. From the want of a commissariat, officers
and soldiers are compelled to provide for themselves, and these
slaves are employed to carry the chief food, rice. Radama
got possession of the numerous populated town of Majimga,
with no other bloodshed than the spearing to death the Gover,
nor, who alone declined swearing allegiance to him. A force
. was left of 1,000 men, with three pieces of heavy cannon, on
the summit of a hill directly commanding the town of Ma-
jimga, and commanded by Radama's brother-in-law, Prince
Ramonannantck ; out of this number no less than two hun-
dred were sick of fever and ulcers. Radama, with the re-
mainder of the army, were encamped about forty miles from
Majimga, holding almost daily Kabars with the conquered
King of Betnbatooka. In this camp they had 2,000 sick, and
without a medical man attached to the army. The Andro_
mache passed the Comoros in the Mozambique Channel, and
visited the islands of Zangueber and Pemba, belonging to the
Imau in of Muscat, and then proceeded to Mombass. Lieut John
James Reitz, of his Majesty's ship Baracouta, and who had been
some time before appointed by Capt. Owen, of his Majesty's
ship Leven, resident and commandant of this island, died, with
two seamen, of fiver (two others were unwell); , when the
following appointments took place, by order of Commodore
Nourse, :—Mr. Wilson, Admiralty midshipman of his
Majesty's ship Ariadne, to the rank of Lieutenant in the Bara-
couta, vice Reitz deceased; Mr. J. B. Emery, Amiralty Mid-
shipman of his Majesty's ship Espiegle, British Resident and
Commandant at Mombass, with the rank of Lieutenant, vice
Reitz ; Messrs. J. B. Marsh and F. H. Le Mesurier, Admi-
ralty Midshipmen of the Andromache, to the rank of' Lieute-
nant, vice Nash and Grant, of the Espeigle, invalided. The
Andromache left Mombass on the 31st of August. On the
4th of September, in lat.. 3. 35. South, long. 45. 53. East,
Commodore Joseph !Nourse C. 8., died of fever; also the
same day, Lieutenant Archibald Grant, late of the Espeigle;.
two days after, Lieutenant J. M. Weatherall Royal Artillery
—passengers on board; a few days after Mr. 11. Trethury,
Admiralty Clerk, the Commodore's Steward, and one marine
all of fever. His Majesty's ships Leven, Baracouta, and
Albatros tender, were surveying, the former the Eastern Coast,
and the two atter the Western Coast, of Madagascar, 'and
expected to be at Mombass the latter end of September ;
and having replenished their provisions (a vessel with provi-
sions had arrived at Mombass from the Mauritius) and water,
they intended surveying the islands to the Northward of Made-
gascar—Amurantes and Sychelles. Two young Midshipmen of
the Baracouta, Mr. Samuel Parsons, and. Mr. E. Boyce, had
been assassinated by the-natives of Madagascar. The Andro-
mache also gained authenticated intelligence of Acting Lieute-
nant attiressn, of the Leven, promoted for the express purpose
of ascending the river !Venice for the capital of Sera, with Mr.
Forbes, a botanist, and Sir. Kirkpatrick, assistant surgeon,
having fallen victims to the climate. Had that dire and preca-
rious climate permitted them to have prosecuted their instruc-
tions, they were to have proceeded through the heart of the cowl-.
try to Latakoo, where English .missionaries reside ; thence to
Cape Town. The senior Lieutenant Luke 11. Wray, of the
Andromache, had appointed himself captain of the ship, in
the room of Commodore Nourse, C. 13., and had appointed Mr..
T. Eversfield, midshipman sif the AndroMache, to the rank of
Lieutenont, in his stead. 'I he Ariadne, Captain C. R. Moor-
som, the senior officer on the station, was expected hourly from
the Sychelles, which officer would assume the command, and
hoist his broad pendant on board the Andromache. The
Espiegle, Capt. Chapman, was also expeoted in a few days
from Mombass, with Mr. H. Nourse, the British Consul-
General of Zanguebar, on board ; Capt. Chapman being the
only commander on the station, would take the command of the
Ariadne ; and who would command the Espiegle depended on
Commodore Moorsom's arrangement. The Wizard, a colonial
brig, ,commanded by Lieutenant Maynard, rate of the Andro-
mache, was expected with Government specie from Bengal.—
No hitelligence had been gained of his Majesty's late sloop
Delight, nor of that amiable and excellent character, Captain
Robert Hay, officers, and crew. The body of the deceased
Commodore was on board, preserved in spirits, for interment at
thin island. Lieut. Smith, of the Royal Navy, had been shot in
a duel by a French gentleman. Smith was the son of the late
Chief Judge of this island, and had been residing here for some
time pest."