The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-05 00:00:00

C3IORNING CHRONICLEI

It appear; that a meeting has been holden at
Canterbury, at which the Lion. and Rev. Hugh
Percy presided, when resolutions were carried
to petition Parliament against the claims of the
Catholics. The meeting, as may be supposed,
consisted, exclusively, of Clergymen of the
Church of England. It has been suggested, that
they Would have been better employed had
their object been the reformation of some cry-
ing abuses in their own establishment, rather
than the indulgence of a spirit of persecution,
under the cloak of a zeal for the Protestant re-
ligion, They would have found before their eyes,
in the instance of their own Chairman, subjects
of greater importance to the momentous interests
for which their order was instituted, than all the
dangers that they affect to anticipate from the
emancipatio►► of their Christian brethren--,we
mean, the abuse ofpirtronage and the evil of pia-
; ralities. This young gentleman, who has the good
fortune to be related-to the Duke of Northumber-
land, and to have married a daughter of the. Arc-
hbishop ofCanterhury, holds, at this time (pruh pu-
dor?) more valuable preferments than have fallen to
the lot of all the eminent Divines, Scholars,and Au-
thors (who had nothing but their merit to recom-
mend then)) as rewards for their services to the
public, during half a century ! He holds the great
Prebend of Finsbury, in St. Paul's ; another Pre-
bend, of large value, in Canterbury Cathedral;
one of the most lucrative Archdeaconries in Eng-
land ; the rich rectory of Bishopsbourne ; and
other benefices, amounting in the whole to many
thousands per annum

[MORNING POST.]
We have already observed that the Oath in
Sir Francis Burdett's CathOlic Emancipation Bill
is nearly the same as that of 1791. A similar
Oath being in agitation in the year 1768, the
Pope's Legate at Brussels wrote against it to the
Catholic Archbishop of Ireland. He praised the
Catholics " for submitting to the Penal Laws,
severe indeed, but not contrary to the pro-
fession and exercise of the. Catholic Re-
ligion. But that they, instigated by one
of the herd of false Reformers should take
the Oath, would of all enormities be the
greatest ; so intolerable and scandalous that
the Holy See would be compelled publicly to
censure it. It is intolerable to declare that in
heart they detest what is there called detestable"
(deposing and murdering the King), " as it is
defended and maintained by most Catholic Na-
, tions, and has been often followed in practice by
the Holy See."—Upon that oath
,Father Burke,
titular Bishop of Ossory, 1767, says" would it not
be absurd that a Catholic Priest should swear fide-
lity to King George as long as ha isrofesseth an
heterodox religion, but if he should embrace the
orthodox faith, that then and •in that case, the I
same Catholic Priest ought instantly to abjure
the very King to whom he before swore alle-
giance !—impiety most horrible ! " And be
well-recollected, that the Catholic Bishops of the'
present day unequivocally declare that the prin-
ciples of their religion are unchanged, and must
ever remain .unchangeable! These Papers at
lehgtymay he found to the Appendix to the Bishop
of Cloyne's -Pamphlet of 1786 : Parnell gives
a Paper by an Irish Bishop, blaming their
publication, but. admitting their authenticity and
force ; just as a few years ago, 1816, when the
detestable notes to the 1-theimish Bible were pub-
lished ; Dr. Troy, who sanctioned the publica-
tion, would not disavow the notes, or say they
were untrue, but blamed the publicatioo. of them
when called on rather itt.au unequivocal manner.

[MORNING ILCRALD.I
• The project of building Ministerial regidences,
to be occupied by the heads of departments for
tho.,. time. being, i 4 _obviously imitation of
the. French.- • 10, Plifit every. Minister. has his
',-hotel".--and.this,occords.well Keith the,genius
:and roam:ten of that peop!e. It sounds pomp-

ously, and helps out the desire of a French
Minister to be always the great personage—the
Minister, in fact—in all places, and at all hours,
whether in the parade of office, or in his night-
gown and slippers—one consequence of which
is, that when dismissed, he becomes a more in-
significant and common-place mortal than before
—like an ancient actor descended from his high-
heeled socks, and divested of his robe of tragedy.
The late Lord Londonderry made some innocent
attempts to introduce certain Gallicisrns of lan-
guage in the House of Commons—which some-
times met with rebuke and ridicule. But Gal-
licisms of Government like this are to be look-'
ed to much more vigilantly, both as they
increase the public charge, and as they are
foreign to the usage and spirit of the administra-
tion of public affairs in this country. It has been
often and justly remarked, that the business of
the Legislature and the Cabinet in England is
transacted with a remarkable absence of show—
and that the ;Ministers, out of the immediate
sphere of their official duties, are'like the rest of
their fellow-subjects of the same class. This
is a distinction of which the nation is proud,
and which should not be abandoned. It
would also increase the obloquy and odium
to which the holders of place and power are
already sufficiently exposed. A Minister driving
up to the door of his private residence, with what
state he pleases, will escape hatred and detrac-
tion from the multitude. He is regarded as deck-
ed out in his private fortune, and not in the spoils
of the public. As to the expediency or justice
of the thing with reference to the private cir-
cumstances of the individual, it is neither
probable nor desirable that any man should be a
Cabinet Minister in this country, to whom it
could be seriously an object. Should this
foreignism he adopted, the next thing, perhaps,
will be to compel the attendance of the Members
of the House of Commons in their places en
costume, like the French Chamber of Deputies.
These latter, with their fleur delis spangled suits,
look exactly like so many state servants, wearing
the Royal livery.

STOCKADES.—The Burmese stockades, of which
drawings and plans have been sent to this country, seem to be
formi:lable tbrtifications of the kind. For a considerable space
round the first inclosure the ground is thickly set with bamboo'
stakes, bending outwards, extremely sharp, and lying hid in the
jungle grass. In their effect upon a person attempting to make '
his way through them, they are not unlike dog spikes.—
Next comes a high pallisado of stoat bamboos firmly set in
the ground, high, and bound close together ; then another
space thickly set with spikes ; then another pallisado, which one
might call a counterscarp. When this is surmounted, a broad
ditch or space also set with spikes; and within a third palisado,
which we might term the searpment, through the interstices
of which the Burthese level their muskets at the assailants.—
I 4 the body of this kind of fortress is a large shed, under
Which the garrison live. The Burmese soldiers always carry
several bamboos for the purpose of fortification, and make a
stockade in a night. The utmost uncertainty still prevails as to
the numbers of the Burmese. They are variously estimated
from three to twelve millions.
TRADE TO JAVA AND THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAOO.-7
A pamphlet has just appeared, containing some interesting in-
formation upon the subject of this commerce, and the proceed-
ings of the. Dutch Authorities in India, under the title of
" Hints on the Political and Commercial Relations between the
English and Dutch in the East Indies, suggested by the-late
Treaty," to which a copy of the Treaty is annexed.

AMICA/34.F.,C4X.13 DUEL.—In ConSequettee Of
dispute at the last meeting; of this " Corporation" Society,
bet:;een Sir Thorium Whelim and Mr. Hynes, the parties met
yesterday evening, the former gentleman attended by Mr.
Madder, and the !atter by Mr. Sutter : when, after an exchange
of shots, it is said, the parties separated without coming to any
satisfactory arrangement.--(Duslin Paper. I

DREADFUL OUTRAGE.—Last night, a most
atrocious and diabolical attempt was made on the person of John
Graham, a cotton-spinner in Mr. Dunlop's Mill at Broomward,
Calton. He was going home from his daily labour at a quarter
before r.;eight o'clock, and, when near Barrowfield road, was
attacked by two men, who came out from among a crowd,
one of whom, named John Kean, fired a pistol at him, and
shot him, in the back. The wretch was soon after taken,
and, after a most dreadful resistance, was conveyed inside
of the gate of Mr. Dunlop's mill. The crowd then collected
round the gate, and commenced throwing stones, and uttering
horrid imprecations against the unfortunate individual who
was shot. Shortly afterwards the sheriff, magistrates,
and a posse of Constables arrived and cleared away the
rabble from the gate. The Riot Act was read. A party,
of Dragoons were sent for and on- arrival preserved or-
der during the evening. The individual who was shote was
carried to his lodgings in Clyde-street, Calton. Dr. Corkin-
dale was sent for, who extracted some slugs from his back,
which had perforated the spine, and stated that he was in
imminent danger. The mob afterwards collected around
his lodgings, and continued to utter oaths, and sing songs,
prepared for the occasion, which they, as a glorious termina-
tion of a Nob, us they called it, continued to do till dispers-
ed by the military. This morning an immense crowd col-
lected around the mill, and commenced throwing stones at
the windows, and, after breaking a pane or two of glass, were
dispersed, hen they afterwards proceeded to where Graham
was lying in Clyde-street, and where they appeared to in-
crease in numbers. Graham was examined by the surgeons
this morning, and their opinion is that he is dying. Kean
has been committed to jail- The necessary steps, we under-
stand, are taking to bring this case before the ensuing Circuit
Court, which meets here on the 2fith April.—(Glasgon., Cou-
rier, March 31.)

DREADFUL STAGE-COACH ACCIDENT.--Yester-
day an Inquest was helclin the committee-room of St. Thomas's
Hospital before T. SHELTON, Esq., Coroner, on the body of
James Greedy, only nine years of age, who was killed in conse-
quence clone of the Croydon stage-coaches driving over him
on Friday night last.—Eliza Gilman said, that on Friday night,
aboutB o'clock, she was walking in company with Ann IJawkins
along High-street, Borough, when her attention was attracted
by a stage-coach drawn by four horses, which were driven at a
most tremendous rate., She Oserved to her friend at the time,
" Where dreadful she it was that coachmen. should drive ,
so fast !" She hart- arcely uttered the words when she was
alarmed by a shriek, and on lookink round she saw the de
ceased under the feet of one of the horses, and the wheels of
thecoach afterwards passed-over his head. She ultimately had
hiM conveyed to thehospital, but lie was quite dead. Ann
Hawkins corrobotitted the evidence cf last witness, but would
not swear positively its to their galloping. Mr. Charles Pell, of
11, Natation-house-street, in the house of Sir John Lubbock,
banker, deposed that he was an outside passenger on the above
night. The coach was called the "Defiance," Croydon stage:
The coachman (who was present) drova.the coach at about six
miles an hour. The deceased was behind a chaise-cart, driving
in the contrary direction, and on getting down he ran between
the leaders and the wheel-horses, when he was knocked down
and: run. over. The coachman immediately pulled up, got
down, and rendered every assistance necessary. Did not conceive
any blame to he attributable to the driver,•but• conscientiously
believed it to be accidental. Mr. James Telpost, of 12, North-
umberland-streets Commercial-Toad,: glve evidence to a similar
effect, and the jury, after a short.deliberation, returned a verdict
of—Accidental Death, with a deodand of ss. on the wheels.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-Yesterday an Inquest
was held at St. Thomas's Hospital, before T. SHETON, Esq.
on the-body of Charlotte Sanderson, aged seven years. The
deco med: was residing with her aunt in Red Cross-street,
Borough; she was preparing tea on .'Wednesday, and while in
the act of taking the kettle off the tire her pinafore caught fire,
and Mrs. Page; a lodger, met her upon the stairs screaming,
and the overpowering heat of the flames caused her to swoon,
out of which she never recovered. Her face, breast, and
ams were literally burnt to a cinder. Verdict—" Accidental
Death."

Dietivnt Salisbury,. of a cancer in the tongue,
Mr. J. 13La.NenAlt,n, hairdresser, and one of the City•Ser-
pAntx, aged 5,5., lie was.in the habit of.plaxing much on qje.
-rew's-44rp,,.-an4, the, ane -generalli.tised was: made or ,hraw.
tongue Jw3.liggarnq afig4ll,aiist.the:,OrrOiling.ifii!aasa
!ia.hept hiin in perpetual torment iince the. uTontiiot

BALLOONS.

ASCENSION OF MESSRS. CHARLES AND GEORGE
GREEN, THE AERONAUTS.

Yesterday Mr. CHARLES GREEN, the Aeronaut,
in company with his brother GEORGE GREEN, made his 28th
ascent from the gardens of the Eagle Tavern, City-road. The
number of disappointments which the public have recently ex-
' perienced by the failures which have taken place in the Metro-
polis, induced Mr. Green to make an ascent from London ; and
as a gratification to the holiday folks, he fixed upon Easter
Monday for his aerial voyage. It was announced in the hills
that the ascension would take place precisely at three o'clock,
and at that hour there was sufficient gas in the balloon to raise
the machine into the air; but owing to a very pressing desire
of Mr. Green's brother, the ascent was delayed fbr the purpose
of giving the balloon more ascending power by the introduction
of a greater quantity of gas, sufficient to carry both of the
intrepid voyagers. By half-past four o'clock the process of in-
flation was completed, and though above an hour had elapsed
beyond the time announced for the ascent to take place,
the utmost good humour prevailed throughout the large as-
semblage collected: on this occasion, The weather during
the day was remarkably fine, and though several trifling acci-
dents occurred, in consequence of persons climbing on the
garden walls, and the roofs of the summer houses, nothing of a
Serious nature took place to disturb the general. joy. The
roofs of the houses, from which a view of the balloon could be
commanded, were covered with spectators, and some of the in-
habitants in the vicinity of the gardens had their rooms
crowded at one and two shillings a head. A more lovely even•
ing we scarcely remember, and at half-past five o'clock, when
the signal gun was fired, announcing that the ascent was about
to take place, the entire atmosphere was unclouded. Mr.
Green and his brother entered the car amidst the shouts and
clapping of hands of the assembled thousands. . The former
instantly proceeded to attach the car to the netting of the
balloon, which occupied him about a quarter of an hour.
The guy-ropes were then unfastened, and a trial. was made
of the power of the machine. After placing about 2(10 pounds
weight of ballast in the car of the balloon, it was found that
it had, barely an ascending power; Mr. Green threw out a
bag containing 25 pounds of sand, and made. another trial,
and but for the balloon being confined to the grOund by a
long "rope, it would have instantly cleft through the air;
Mr. Green had, however, contrived that the balloon should
ascend. a considerable height, and be brought .down again to
the platform on which it was filled, twice, before he de-
tached the rope from the machine. The spectators were parti-
cularly gratified by the manner in which the ballon was raised
and lowered again at pleasure, and the most deafening shouts
of approbation rewarded the voyagers when they mounted with
the magnificent machine majestically into the vault of Heaven:
A finer ascent never took place, and it was Mr. Green's object,
by carrying as much ballast as possible, to pass over London,l
that the inhabitants might have a close view of him, and he
did not throw out any ballast till the machine was over the
county of surrey, in which direction the voyagers sailed, the
wind being north-east. The balloon remained in. sight of those
who witnessed the ascent for half an hour and upwards. Three 1,
carrier pigeons were taken by Mr. Green in a small wicker
basket, one of which he was to set at liberty on arriving at his
greatest altitude, and the other two he was to dispatch as soon
as he effected his descent, to convey to his friends at the Eagle
Tavern the.name of the place where, and the time when, he
descended. - In the company, which, though numerous, was
not altogether the most select, we noticed a young lady, named
Stocks, who, it will be recollected, narrowly escaped destruc-
tion in an serial voyage with Mr. Harris, who was killed by
falling with the car of a balloon, at Beddington-park, near
Croydon, in May last. She attracted very general notice.