The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-25 00:00:00

'•this impolitic measure on the 20th instant, has
excited a very strong sensation in the trading
world, and there is little doubt but that it will
give rise to strong remonstrances, and will pro-
duce results at no distant' period, which will
not"be very agreeable to'the Representatives in
Parliament of these districts and places. It was
naturally to have been exc4cted, after the public
declarations of Sir WILLIAM CURTIS and other
individuals against this Bill, that they would
have availed themselves of every opportunity of
dividing against it, and, therefore, it is to be pre-
sumed that their absence on the last division was
unavoidable: The third reading is, however, fixed
for Thursday next, and it is to be hoped that this
Bill will be withdrawn or thrown out—from the
ruinous effect it will produce on the Shipping,
Manufacturing, and Landed Interests--and by
being in the opinion of all practical men alto-
gether uncalled for I.—The adoption of the Bill
will weaken, and ultimately annihilate, our Naval
powers, and shew the world our disregard of
that ancient maxim which was cherished by our
ancestors,--
Qui mare teneat, cum necesse ?Trim poterV'

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As we are not guilty of A,hat indifference to
' Religion mentioned by our intelligent corres-
pondent SIDNEY; we would advise Mr. CANNING,
and all who support his alarming `Bill for the ad-
mission of Catholic .Peers into the House of
Lords, to read -the whole series of SIDNEY'S
letters on this important-subject. The late Sir War.
MUSGRAVE was a. zealous Protestant advocate,
and, thrOugh the medium of
.this Paper, with
great learning .and judgment pointed out the
dangers of POpERY, till death put a period to his
valuable-laboUrs. Sir ILtacounT LEES has re-
solutely followed in the same course, and we
have been indebted • to the active, learned,
loyal, 'and indefatigable Baronet for some
admirable articles on the same subject. STONEY
is pursuing the same course, and his letters are
characterized by extensive research, irrefragable
authorities; and unanswerable reasoning. The
time demands the utmost attention from all who
are, 'attached to the Safety of the Protestant
Church, for it cannot be too often observed, that
the•PAParrs affirm that their Religion has never
been changed, that it is unchangeable ; and Mr.
PLOWDEN, the "last writer in support of_ Po-
pery, and whom
.the Papists hold to be a comp-
tent authority, affirms, " that they deceive. them-
selves who think that the Roman Catholic Reli-
gion has been altered or admits of alteration."--=,
Can we then doubt that if the Roman Catholic
Creed is precisely the same, and. there can
be no doubt on the subject, that the conduct
of Papists would be the same if they were
again to be invested with political power,
and• that the_ same- horrible massacre of Pro-
testants would follow -in due time? The end
with Papists justifies the means, and the latest
posterity of Mr. CANNING may have reason to
deplore his proposed measures, unless indeed, by
.becoming Roman Catholics themselves, they
exult in his ,successful triumph over .our present
Establishment. in Church and State ; or, in other
words, that GLoßious CONSTITUTION, which has
rendered us the freest and most powerful people
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