The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-23 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE,

MAIDSTONE, Nov. 19.—There has been rattles store
mand for our new Hops this week, and as the duty seems to be
now generally understood, our planters are looking for Netter
markets, so that we have very little business transacted At
present.

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THEATRICAL OFFENCE.—A case of ihiP
was heard on Saturday last before the tribunal'.
of 11,Iunitipal Police at Pari.; :—Every body h'ai
heard of dissensions which have occupied the
Vaudeville. Until lately every thing leak been:
kept snug between the manager and the ac-.
tors ; but some three back a new party has
interfered—this party is the public, w ho, through
a spectator placed near the orchestra, entered
upon the! followiie dialogue xvith the actor who
entered upon the first rising of the curtain :—The
Spectator : M. Lepeintre :—The Actor bowed
and listened. The Spectator : Is the Malinger
in the Theatre ?—The Actor : I don't know:—
The Spectator : We who have paid our subscrip.
tion wish to complain of the monotony of these
repetitions ; if he continues to play the same
pieces every night, we shall be obliged to biss.
The audience laughed ; but a Police Officer
stepped forward to stop the speaker, who being
advised to wait till the end of the Piece, retired.
After the representation he again came forward,
and stopped an Actor that wag departing; but
as it was not the one who had already spoken
he was obliged to let him go. The person'S name-
who had shewn himself so active, was discovered,
and he was summoned before the Municipal Tri-
bunal, which, in his non-appearance, condemned
him to three dais' imprisonment. This judgment
was appealed against, and the punishMest was
reduced to the payment of a Ens of one franc.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts front the Morning Papers,'Nov.-23,1825.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The Trial of the Constitutionnel has commenc,
ed.—By eight o'clock in the morning the doors
otthe Court were besieged, and when they were
opened it was instantly. tilled. It is, indeed, an
important Trial to France : if it. end in the con-
demnation of the Constitutionnel, the Catholic re-
ligion will have gained a memorable triumph
over Civil and Religious Liberty, It will com-
plete the edifice of spiritual tyranny, of • which
the foundation was laid in the Law of Sacrilege.
The-Advocate-General, M. de Brae, in his iirgu-
meta to prove the irreligious tendency of the
Constitutionnel, dwells very much on the cha-
ter given by it to a 'late publication by the
Ptiests, called " Examioa'tion of Conscience."
This publication was terined, by the Constitution-
nel, obscene, and the Advocate-General himself,
itt some sort, admits the truth of this character,
when he refers to the discretion of the Priests
under whose directions,: it is disseminated, and
maintains that it was intended only for rural corn.
manes. Whether it bears any resemblance to the
Examination of Conscience in a work put by the
Catholic Priests of this -country'into the hands of
all and sundry, we mean Dr. Chaloner's
,Manual
of Deimtion, called " the Garden of the Soul,"
we know not ; but if it bears any such resem-
blance, we can only say, thatif it i 6 oat obscene,
and diigustingly obscene, no work ever deserved
that' title. The Protestant- who sees this Manna!
(o•f•Which Dublin and London editions continue
to be published every day) on 'almost every stall
of this metropolis, is pot aware of the revolting
nature of its contents. Think only of the delicate
questions which the Confessor is here made to
put to the tender female, when the following is
among the least offensive:—" Have you, twe,n.
guilty of fornication, or adultery, or incest, or
any sin against nature ? How often ? Or have
you designed or attetoPted any such 'sin, or
sought to induce others to it ?. How often ?"--
Apd so the reprobating the publication of
filth like this is called ,the :striving to bring
religion' into contempt !—Fortunately for the
Catholics, the Confessional is a subject which no
Protestant' dares approach.