The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-10 00:00:00

P 0 P E It Y

Extract from GILPIN'S Lye of Archbishop CRANMEn.
The foundation of POPERY was laid in a disre'
gard to the Bible, and an overweening attachment to tradithme
and unscriptural ceremonies. As the apostacy ripened, the
Scriptures were neglected ; and at length, when-arrived to its
height, they were utterly discarded, being absolutely forbitl4°
to be read by the common peopla in their own language. t)/1
the contrary, by what means was the glorious Reforrnati°l/
effected ? Was it not by translating, exposing, and preachio
the Scriptures ? When Archbishop CRANMER'S edition 0(
the Bible was printed in 1538, arid fixed to a desk in all the
Parochial Churches, the ardour with which men flocked tO ref
it is incredible. They who could, prozured. it ; and they wit°
could not, crowded to read it, or to hear it read in Churches'
where it was common to se: little assemblies of mechanic°
meeting together for that purpose, after the labour of the day'
many even learned to read in their
.old age, that they might
have the pleasure of instructing themselves from the Scripture!'
Mr. Fox mentions two apprentices, who joined each his
Atock, and bought a Bible, which at every interval of leisole
they read; but being afraid of their master, who was a zealots
Papist, they kept it under the straw of their bed. Such was the
ecatacy of joy.with which this- -blessing was received At that
time when it was uncommon. -) •

DREADFUL SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning a
shocking instance of self-destruction took
street, Blackfriars-road, which has agitated the wholaneio_
bourhood. About six o'clock in the morning Mr. Sx.nlar-"
repectable surgeon and chymist, in extensive practice, ,was-4115-
covered in his bed-room, with his throat cut in a frightful rrlti"
ncr. The deceased had been for some length of timelabourns
under considerable menial irritability, which lia!I
principally by the death of his wife, 'which event Occurred
erl
years ago. Some days-before his death, the deceased Wa3
l
unwell, and •on Sunday night he complained of being esc.,efd
sively ill, and exhibited symptoms of high fever, accomParn
by evident detangement of mind, which induced a gentlerc,f
lace in Charlotte-
street,
assistant, to remain sitting up with .him nearly the lid" fe
the night. On the assistant's leaving the room for the purpol
of attending to a patient, it appeared the unfortunate deceas.,“.
availed himself of the opportunity of his absence, and couill'ijs
ted suicide ; for in the course of a very short time oilers'/a:win
Miss Sibree, the'sister of the decPa,ed, who resided with
and managed his domestic concerns, on going into her bro,thfcr:.
room about six o'clock to administer some medicine, Wits 6'l°,4y
ed on beholding him lying on the bed, with hisestrtiVee,
severed from his .body, and the razor with which had be
stroyed himself lying by his side. It is impossible to des She
the feelings of the young-lady since the fatal catastrophe. h°a'!,,
has several violent fits; arid the Inquest, which wmild
ill-
taken place yesterday, was postponed in consequence of hero_ „
ness. The deceased, who was a widower, has left three,yo Par'

oct daf
meeting took place y-- er
when
morning on Wimbledon Common, between a Mr. F----1` n
a Mr. S-E. Mr. S. was slightly wounded in the armiv"e-
the affair terminated. •