The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-06 00:00:00

the sentiments he imputes to them. It must al-
ways be borne in mind, that there is a peculiarity
with respect to this-question, that the Clergy hav- '
ing from the first warmly opposed the Catholic
Claims, they constituted a ready-made organiza-
tion, extending to every parish in the Kingdom, _
for obtaining signatures to Petitions. It would
be singular, indeed, if a Clergyman could not
obtain several signatures in his own parish. But
we see that uo movement has taken place in any
part of the country countenanced by the wealthy
and welhinfortned.classes, the natural leaders of
the people. The Clergy had it all to them-
selves time, and when it was found that
the Laity fory
t a leorneg
not to be moved to follow their
iw
example, they had recourse to the expedient
of beating up for signatures. The Lord Chan-
cellor is the last man to attach any im-
portance to Petitions of this sort, if they
did not favour -his own views.—Petitions from
a few individuals here, and a few individuals
there, are called the Petitions of these places.
A Petition, from a few Dissenters attending a
certain Chapel, is called-the Petition of the Con-
gregation. Thus the most erroneous notions
come to be entertained. Of this, a pregnant in-
stance is stated in a Petition.presented last night
by Mr. Denman, from the three Ministers of the
Presbyterian, Baptist, and Independent sects at
Derby, in femur of the Catholic Claims. These
petitioners, men of the highest character and re-
spectability, expressed their *regret that a Peti-
tion of an opposite description had been.present-
ed from certain persons in Derby, describing
themselves as belonging to those three sects. The
whole thing is easily seen through. That out of a po-
pulation of twelve mitlions,•an organization like
that of the Church Establishment of this country,
could easily procure hundreds of thousands of
signatures, no rational person could doubt for a
moment.. But when the people of this country
have any object deeply, at heart, their feeling
soon displays itself in meetings in every direc-
tion. But few public
_meetings have been held
to petition against the Catholic Claims, and when
public meetings have been attempted, the result
as usually been a faillure.

tTHE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
A Buenos Ayres Mail arrived yesterday, bring
ing a file of The Argus from the 23d of February
to the sth of March. A Treaty of Friendship,
Navigaiion„.and Commerce, was concluded be-
tween them ,on the 2d of February, and rati-
fied by the Goveriiment of . Buenos Ayres on
the 19th of the " same month. Mr. Parish,
our Consul General, assumed upon this occa-
sion, the character of Minister Plenipotentiary ;
and thus ended the last formality in the Act of
Recognition. The Treaty is drawn up in the
most liberal spirit, and upon the principle of re-
ciprOcity. besides, a perfect liberty of con-
science'is secured by this Treaty, and,Englishmen
May henceforth ce,lebrate their religious rites with
the same freedom „at Buenos Ayres as at
home. They may build .Chdpek there, if they
please, and have, their own Cmietaries ; and
how muchmore ae-ce:p,table(o God, and agreeable
to the Wants-of
.roan,l,is.this enlarged_ spirit of to-
leration, than the fanatical doctrine which, to the
disgrace of the age, and to the scandal of all true
Christians, has still too many advocates. To
crown this Treaty, the two Powers engage to co-
operate in procuring the. abolition of the infamous
traffic in slaves; and we cannot conclude without
complimenting his Majesty's Government upon
the sound and liberal views they have displayed
in this Treaty. The intelligence derived -through
this channel from Peru is full of interest, and
upon the whole satisfactory. Rode!, the
Spanish Governor of Callao, had not, it is true,
delivered up that fortress, in conformity to the
capitulation between Sucre and Cauterac ; but
it was confidently anticipated, _that in conse-
quence of his obstinate and useless spirit of re-
sistance, he would be delivered .up by his own
troops. In the mean time, Bolivar had outlawed
him and the garrison, in which.he was justified
by the laws of war, Rodel hating deprived him-
self of their protection„ in refusing to obey the
Order.; of his superior in command to deliver up the
fortress. As soon as Bolivar had received a rein-
forcement, which had set out from Guayaquil to
join him, to the amount of six thousand, he would
undertake the seige'ln form. Ile had. only
two thousand men with him at the time,
with whom he could. not effectually act against
the Spanish garrison, as the numerical strength of
the latter was neary eqUal to his own. However,
as the place was.shut out from all communication
both by land and sea, the despair of relief, and
the hopelessness of obtaining supplies, would pro-
bably render the.formality of a regular seige un-
necessary, by inducing the besieged to trust to
the clemency of the Colombian Leader. •

•
Cuaioni CA,sti—Wednesday, an Inquest was
held before Mr. Stirling, at the Load of Hay,'Praed-street, Pad-
dington, on the. body, of Mrs.,lll, Sherman, who was found in the
bum of the Grand Junction; fosnal.,-. Two watchmen proved
having found the body of ,the deceased about five o'clock
on Sunday' morning last. By the dress' and appearance,
they concluded she was respectably connected. On searching
her pockets, they found a purse and some inoney,.a pair of spec-
tacles, a bupch of keys, and other articlet. There did not ap-
pear any marks'of violence on her person.—Mr. Bones, of Port-
man-place, stated that he knew the deceased; who was the wife
'of a Mr. Sherman, of Coram.place ; they had long lived se-
parate, and the deceased resided alternately at witness'A, and
at Mr. Johnson's, a 'merchant in the city. She Was by no
means in want, but had lately been deranged; he had not
seen her tile last fortnight. Her hitsbane,, who was sent for,
stated, with much indifference, that he had. been fourteen
years separatedfrom the fieceased,-that he last saw the unfortu-
nate woman alive about 3 weeks before, when she appeared agi-
tated in mind, but he did not think her decidedly insane,
nor did.it occur to him that 'she might make away with her-
101.—The Foreman of the Jury asked Mr. Bones. if he did
not believe the husband's ill-treatment had helped to over-
whelm the Poor woman's mind ? Mr. Bones replied that he had
not behaved well to her ; she had lately gone to him,.and he
treated her very lightly, saying, 41, the day, of
.happiness was
gone by:" this expression hurt her &clings. The 'Jury re-
turned a verdict—That the deceased had drowned herself while
in a state,of insanity.

The woman at Durleigh,
.near Bridgewater,
whose name 4 we understand, to be Burnell, who
Was said to have burntlier newly-bOrti babe, has
been. committed to ,Wilton House of Correction,
charged
v i-
only
,with concealing its birth, no e
deuce being adduced, in her examination before
the Magistrate, to support the chaege of burning.
--(Taunton Courier.) - .