The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-18 00:00:00

CATHOLIC CLAIMS.

Sir J. NEWPORT presented a PeticionfroM the Protestant
Inhabitant§ of Ballyna4oe, In favour of the Catholic Claims.—
Ordered to lie on the table.

• The same Hon. Member presented a Petition from the
Union of Tuam, complaining of the manner in which the cess
was levied in the parish vestry.—Qrdered to lie on the table.
Mr. C. CALVERT presented a petition from the parish of
St. .Saviour's, SouthWark, for the more equal assessment of the
Land Tax.—After- a desultory conversation, the petition was
laid on the table.

Mr. DENISON laid on the table a petition froth the parish
'of Tooting, Mr the regulation of the Poor Laws.
Mr. II U.NIE made a few observations upon the impropriety
of clergymen holding lay offices, and mixing themselves up in
secular affhirs. To obtain some official information on this sub:
ject, which was one of a most interesting nature, he should
move--" That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty.,
praying for a returtiOf all persons, in Holy Orders, in borough
corporations or cities, with their names the name of the office,
the names of the boroughs or cities, whether they have any be,
nefices, and how many, and whether they reside on their be-
nefices or not,"

Dr. PH ILLIMORE opposed the ritotion, whieh he consi-
dered at the best as unnecessary.
Mr. JOHN. SMITH. was of a different opinion.. If the
Clergy had
,condUcted thermielves improperly in such offices,
that would be a matter for the future consideration of the Le-
gitiMiartu. rPeE...EL thought the reason just given by the Honourable
Meinber for Midhurrt in favour of the motion, disclosed its real
object, and was the strongest that could be urged in opposition
to it. If it was the intention of the Honourable Member for
.Abertleen to obtain a vote of this House on the present motion,
impliedly declaring, its opinion that Clergymen ought not to
hold borough offices, he must say, that such a method pf ob-
taining the opinion was the least correct that could be adopted.
If the Hon. Idember wished to disqualify clergymen from
let him do so by Bill, in which they could
not in the form of the present motion, in which Legislature, and.
the disqualifica-
tionhhoalvdein thge s
assistanceueii
offices,
the other branch of the
would be by implication alone.
Mr. F. PALMER observed, that it would be impossible to
bring in such Bill as the Right Hon. Gentleman recommended,
unless the previous return for which his Honourable Friend
moved were laid before the House. He therefore' supported
the motion.

Mr. CARUS WILSON opposed the motion.
Mi. WYNN opposed the motion. He defended the character
of the clergy generally, aid More i specielli of , the clergy Of
Wales, and maintained that they had acquitted themselves in
many instances with the greatest advantage to the public in.the
discharge of the' magisterial funetions. He recommended to
the Honourable Member for Montrose to withdraw his'present
motion, and bring the subject before the House on general
principles.'
Sir JOHN NEWPORT. confessed that he thought it
would be expedient that the subject should be submitted to
the House *with reference to the general question of the'eligi
hilitq of the clergy to civil offices. Although it might be
vantagtoiis in the country that' clergymen shOidd hold inagis-
terial situations, it appeared tip him that in cities it was quite
the 'reverse.

Mr. HUME made a brief reply ; after which the gallery wits
cleared for a division. It appcuring, however, that there were
not Members sufficient to constitute a House, there being only
four in favour of the motion, and 22 against it, an adjO;Ariiment
nocessarily took ipltice.

SINGULAR • CIRCUMSTANCE.—The Gan keeper
of the Hon. FREMRICK WIC9TS having shot,a pare on day
last week near Denbigh, cairied it borne a, consicyrablie,di!i-
tance, when on opening it, the" first object which. .t-te{,
was a yoting'kieret, -alive and spilg'Efry, hail; soTar capable
of imbibing nourishment, from milli :and oth,q'ooacali,'io
sure its peifect.:recovery, although iipon emd•piiiiitOnit Nag
discoVered,Aliat one of 'the shbis whlch dcpiµv i t pArigh of
life had wounded the little animal in.ihe ie r tleeply' • ''

A latter from Brighton says—" Sae little time ainee, an o u-
lent banker's widoW resident here, n) whose
,afrairs.(whe,kher
frorn her •irninerise' rie,i'es., or froth' whatevei•eaue),tbf..:iy'o *a
liia lOnk hFeri a-Ctitotried to take" a li•irelY
,ititirt'it;Wrikitno a
i
to ainc at the house of a Medizal Baronet, foilrClrly a iCZ ri
faialtrite'.. Tne number of...guests' expected was fi} li r, t v ,
hut tclieri the company asretubled iti' the diiiivihe-rOirl,
and dthher -,,,,, anholinted, thirteen only weri, toaVot.
'l'hd lady
--objected to sit down to tahle with no aiiiiboli...o iSni.
her, atia Sir was consiquentlY under tli'e neCessity of send-
ins' out for a particular friend whom tie',..4iiiii 41;., the likeitY
of apiitifig: at a short notice,' for .4!e.:ll;PrF;:tlif.r.:(if *lntiklAf.,,O-le.
nunik:ei complttE." *,
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PRICE SIWEI4PEICE.'

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Ma. EDITOR—ff our Protestant Goverikient
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Consents' to support .8 Catholic liierarehr-it'
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'be hoped that in return it will'recitYit:e-air (Comae
Catholic Governments .to support, .Pi-iitifgratit
Establishments in their respective—Stites..---
Where the idea of not-merely toleratitigOint of
actually providing for.a!Religion
State, and anxious,:to stibvert;it, could:00nd?
it is difficult to conceivel,but.that- it is little-Aloft
of madness must be obvious-to all, whowossess •
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GREAT SIIIP CANAL.

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We are glad to infer, from the Resbitatians
which were adapted by a very .numerenaiMeet-
ing held at Taunton,. and which we have inserted
in this day's Paper, that this grand natieual
workhas at lenzth excited that attention: 113,0 e
parts of the country immediately bordering .on
it, which its vast • importance ..seems to dernamd.
The capital and enterprise of .the. na don . chick),
centre in Loudon; and it is here that such under-
takings as this great Canal, for uniting the. En-
glish and the Bristol Channels, must be supported
if not originated. Still, inferences in some way
unfavourable to the measure have:probably, here-
tofore been drawn, from the circumstance that
but few of the persons who resided in the neigh.,
bourhood of the proposed Canal, and whose.pro-
perty it must be presumed would be. 'greatly
benefited by its formation, had, Op to a certain
period, come forward in support of it.—This sup-
posed backwardness on the part of the inhabit-
ants of Somerset and Devon,' if it ever did
exist, exists no longer, as the numerous petitions
to the Legislature from these counties in favour
of the Canal testify ; and as the proeeedings of
two very large and highly. respectable Meetings
of the. Gentry, Land-owners, and others, held
severally at Colyton and at. Chard, suffi-
ciently demonstrate. The meeting at Taun-
ton, however, as affecting the proposed Ca-
nal, appears to us to be more important .in its
consequences than any preceding one, inasmuch
as we are informed that it originated with indivi-
duals, who, if not unfavourable to the measure,
were at least not prepared to support it but
who, in the course of the discussions which then
took place, with great candour and much to their
credit, submitted to the force of truth as there
deVeloped, and most cordially united with the
rest of the Meeting in a Resolution to suiiport
the undertaking to the utmost. As expressing
the feelings and opinions of that part of the coon.
try, and of those persons whom it may be pre-
sumed are best informed as to the general bearings
and effects of the measure, this derision of the'
Taunton Meeting is highly valuable: Another
im-
portant fact, as it was stated hy Sir IFCic
in the House of Commons is that out of snore. than
nine hundred lauded proprietors, riot 50 had ob-
jected to the passage of the Canal through their
property. This is a sufficient -pledge of the ap-
probation with which this great undertaking is
viewed by all that part of the country. ; as is
another fact, that the inhabitants of Taunton have
resolved to form a collateral cut from the Canal,
uniting it to that town, of their sense of k uti-
lity,--This great Work, as .contrasted with the
numerous other schemes now agitating the public
mind, appears to us to be'especially deserving of
-support, both from Government and the Nation
generally—the first, we believe,, it cordially has,
as we have reason'to know that-the sever:ll'mm.
bers of Administration have'. individually' ex.
pressed themselves most :strongly-in ;
and the latter, we apprehend, has been effectually
secured to it by the candid and minutely elabo-
rate statements, which hriVe been put forth under
the•best authority, spewing the •c(ist of its fo,taia-
tion, and the revenue that will be derived (row
it—whicb statements have never yet been cOntro-
verted.—The Bill- for This great undertaking, is
now before Parliament. It was read a -second
time last Friday, and was received with acclama-
tions ; for, as to thoplayful observations made -1)y
Sir Joseph Yorke,. about providing a .fund to
cover the expellee of " again Olfing up this. great
ditch," coupled, as they were, ..with assurances
of his approval of: the. measure, they. mere-
ly excited in the House (as they ~.were in-
tended to excite) .a. general smile. Indeed
there has not been any opposition to the
scheme, excepting from.a few individeals-,sfho
are personally interested in
of monopoly, which will now be laid cipen:to
public competition. The money too we find, is
all subscribed for ; so thlt nothinf .seepis4klqly
to retard the actual commencement
_of. the:Ander
taking, so, soon as, the Legislatnre shall have
given its sanction. We hetii•tily s thospirited
promoters of this Gieat ..catiAl.Aeyery.-kticcess
and, viewing as, a „measure ,ctileulated -0. pre-
serve the• lives of our , sailors": to' protect pro.
pertyoind toren:note the commercint.prosperity
of counoy generally, .we shall .al be
ready to-give it our humble support.
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SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-Sunday evening' tat lataabitanta
of PancrAs-lane were alarmed by the cries oldii ,pro.ceed..
ini
,fr'oin. 'Ste himtse -of ,Mra. Draper..: Tkeilriste edtp;the
'Spot, slid 'fbticttig theit'if”, illto the Route, todliik: *eloped
tfeln
II thirties: Two 'Aien preseMt,. •aitt),"conlirteoo4E:prplpp.
tinide, `ikized it blanket ald ivrap.t it ' roulaslWl‘,,:vibich
the flamei were extinguished; she Parow,eirt'iliS9, rot..? liirnt,
that only silk* hopes are entertained of hi'recoyeel; , he re-
reratile aod':iireitilY 're,apected old lady' 'is lii.liawi*.—
:(flilvdeil's WeiktftLefrripOili.) • ....,:. .;,
Mkt]) iViNfla.-11tere are now groiving on
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an apple-tree,-itt the orchard of. Cliughtpn
,Hall,
the. SPEtt of T. F. BanoKktor-Es.;;bsq.; .sixteen
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very; ft* apples in a A,tate of. high prlstrvatioth
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On .ultruttrnalt-day last -12 apples, were gathered
!torn-the' ititi'e tree.
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