The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-03 00:00:00

and urges against his Right Reverend opponent
the very general indifference among those who
profess themselves members of the Estab-
lished Church. The Bishop of Chester tells him
he knows not what answer can be given to such
insinuations as these, except a positive and in-
dignant denial. Mr. Butler, however, proves his
case by the testimony of almost every name of
eminence in the English Church ; but he ob-
serves—" If blame be imputable to them, it is
not that they declare their belief of what they
do not believe, but that they entertain an er-
roneous opinion of the nature of the instrument
which they subscribe, by considering it merely as
an instrument of peace, when they ought to con-
sider it as a profession of belief." Mr. But-
tler asks his Lordship, " why, according to the
principles which I have shewn to be generally
adopted, in the Thirty-nine Articles," the Ca-
tholics could not also make certain religious
declarations, and conform to the religious rite
of the Lord's Supper, considering them mere-
ly as articles and symbols of peace ? The
best answer to this is to be found in the
genius of the two religions. The Church of
England man is at liberty to declare that he
affixes his own meaning to the articles ; the Ca-
tholic is tied down to the meaning attached by
his Church to the acts in question, and he ceases
to be a catholic if he deviates from the interpre-
tation of that Church. The same sort of sincerity
could easily be obtained in the English Church,
if the different Bishops were to imitate the Bishop
of Peterborough, who will not allow his Clergy
to attach their own meaning to the oaths.

[MORNING POST.]
French Papers of the Ist instant, with the
Mode of Sunday, reached us last night by Lx-
press. Their contents are not important. A
Deputation from the Chamber of Peers presented
to the King on Saturday the Law for the reduc-
.tion of Rentes, which has now been passed by
both Branches of the Legislature, and only wants
the Royal Assent to become operative. The
Etoile boasts that it has been carried by a large
majority, but when it is recollected that nearly a
dozen new Peers were made two days before
the House came to a vote, it will not appear
strange that a law, which was stoutly combat-
ted by the opposition, should have been carried
by something like respectable numbers, although
one of a somewhat similar character had been re-
jected the year before. Prince Wittgenstein,
who it appears has quitted the service of Russia
in which he distinguished himself so much in the
celebrated campaign of 1812, is to attend the
Coronation of Charles X. as Ambassador Extra-
ordinary from the King of Prussia. M. de Vil-
le!e has introduced "a new project of law in the
Chamber of Deputies, to allow foreign grain, on
the Ist of Sept. next, to he m arehousedand bonded
in certain frontier towns of Fran Ce. According to
advices from Rome,
_the King of Naples made
his entry into the capital of the Papal world on
the 15th ult., and afterwards met his son, the
Prince of Salerno, at the. Farnese Palace. Late
accounts from Spain continue to speak of distur-
bances and broils between the Royal Volunteers
and the people.

In the House of Commons last night Mr.
Plunkett put off the Committee on the Catholic
Relief 13111 to Friday next, at the request of Sir
Francis Burdett, who was prevented by severe
indisposition from being able to attend. Mr.
Littleton in consequence postponed the Com-
mittee on the Irish Elective Franchise Bill to the
same day. The House then having resolved it-
self into a Committee of Supply, Mr. Hwkisson
proposed his promised measures for releasing the.
bonded Corn in this country, and for admitting
Canadian Corn on the payment of a small duty
of five shillings per quarter. With respect to the
banded Corn, the Right Hon. Gentleman pro-
posed, that one-third of the quantity warehoused
should be brought into home consumption every
month, on paying a duty of 10s. per quarter. He
then introduced resolutions to that effect, which
were carried without a division.—(lbid.)

NEW TIMES.]
It was merely in the hurry of sending our
Paper to press that we yesterday inserted, with-
out a comment, the extract from a country Paper,
which. asserted the death of the venerable and
excellent Bishop of Durham. In point of fact,
we had every reason to doubt the accuracy of the
report. We heard on Thursday morning a vague
rumour that the Noble Prelate was ill, and we im-
-1 mediately instituted inquiries, from which we
learnt that his- Lordship was at Worthing, and
that he hid been seen there in remarkably good
health only the day preceding. It was certainly
possible that the Bishop might have expired sod-
denly on the Thursday, but, coupling all the
circumstances together, we were disposed to
doubt the statement in the Oxford Paper,
though made in so very positive a manner ; and
it affords us the most sincere pleasure to find
that the story
_has received a formal and po-
sitive contradiCtion from his Lordship's medi-
cal attendant at Worthing. To those who have
the happiness of a personal acquaintance with
the amiable and dignified Prelate, it will be
most gratifying to hear that' his Lordship, not-
withstanding his very advanced age, " is in
good health, daily enjoying the refreshing and
invigorating breezes of Worthing, and tire de-
lightful rides in its neighbourhood, in his open
.barquche." His moderate and regular habits
have already extended -leis days to a very ad-
vanced period ; and lone may
ment the he yet live to or.
na
Episcopal Bench, and to benefit the
Diocese under•ltis care !. If it were allowable to
address a Christian Pastor in the language up-
plied by
a classical Poet, with far less reason, to
Isis patron,
lie should be tempted to sa.y.t9 this
venerable and virtuous rnan—Sergs in ccelum
rederzy !

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
Letters were received yesterday from Zante,
dated the 26th and 27th of March ; they confirm
the intelligence which we exclusively Published
some days since, of the total overthroy of the
,„EgYPti!th ex. edition which had 126(10 the
Morea. These advices are by far the latest that
have reached this coil:I-try ; and as they come.