The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-12 00:00:00

vlither yoli do not believe that this Alas thp main 1
fundamental considerationoperatiug upon his Majes-
ty's mind ? I say this with the more confidence,
because I will defy your Lordship, or any man what-;
ever, to place the objection to repealing the Test
Laws upon any other ground. What then, my Lord,
has been the conduct of myselfand Dr. GASKIN, and
the Society to which we belong ; 'We believe hi;
Majesty has aCted on the principles; I le-tve stated—
we approve these principles, and we adopt them,
because we consider them as true and just grounds
for oppoiiieg the, repealing the Test LaWs, and that
they are the only true and
.just grounds for objecting
to their repeal. As we have adopted -this ground;
what does your Lordship call us ? Libelers of our
King. What then is the King ? By the unavoid-
able inference 'drawn from your Lordship's charge,
the King is a libeller of -himself. Your Lordship
knows and feels that our, Sovereign objeCtedto your
measures because' he conscientiously believed them
innovations dangerous to the Established Church.—
We have expressed a. complete coincidence of senti-
ment. I-Pe are therefore libelers of his Mgjesty—
what then is his Majesty himself?
-I own, my Lord when I review the' conduct of
your Lordship, and that of my friend Dr. GA4KIN,
and that of the Society to which we belOng, I cannot
sUfliaiently congratulate ourselves and the country
on the late measures of his Majesty, and of your
dismisSal from office for I feel certain that if your
Lordship and your abettors had, by threats and irn-,
portanities, forced his Majesty into submiSSion to
your Bill, we should Still.have taken exactly the -same
part we havietakene we should have 'declared our ,
sentiment in the same manner, and published our
obnoxidus resolutions in the same words: How la--
mentable then would have been our case ; Yon
would have, of course, as Prime Minister, aided by •
your Cabinet (the King being in a state. of non-re-
sistance), acted as you have done at present, with
this ditTeretice—that at present you a& with the im-
potence of an individual, and you would have then
acted with the -whole power of Government--you
would then natuvily have resorted not only to the
Party Editor; but to the Privy Council---not to a
Party Journal, hut to a State Proclamation, for the
-publication of your resentment, and we should have,
seen ourselves proscribed in a Government Manifes-
to, as promoters of religious discord—and as libel-
lers of the King, the Parliament, and the laws.—
What prosecutions might have followed, what con,
viCtions, what punishments, in such a state' of Go-
vernment, I dread to think upon. The danger is,
however, at an end, and I console myself with in-
nocently "laughing at your Lordship's chagrin and
disappointment, and with xescuing My friend Dr.
GASKIN from the trouble of replying to you, or
from any anxiety at your attacks or your calumnies.
At our next meeting, my Lord, we shall take no
more notice of your Lordship's Letter • tan of any
anonymous squib. it will never be the business of
our Board to consider of a reply. We shall laugh
with each Other in corners individually, and we trust
the next time yoU attack any Society as a pretext
for an eleEtioneering address, you will fasten on the
Society for the Recovery of Drowned Persons, who, '
no doubt, will be willing, if they should be able,--
which I doubt, to administer relief.

A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.

IRISH ELECTIONS.—The Candidates for the County.
of Wexford are Mr. Ran, a' former Representative,
Mr. Alcock, Lord Valentia, Mr. Calcleugh, and'Mr.
Carew : the contest will be very warm. Sir Frederick
Flood is also expeaed'to declare for the'same place.
Another Candidate is expeCted to start for Dublin,
who will run'Mr.• Grattan hard. Mr. Latouche has
offeted for Leitrim County. The - Hon. Colonel
Pakenham canvasses. the County of Antrim, and is
likely to be returned with Mr. M‘Naghton. Messrs.
Falkiner and Hamilton seem to be, secure for the
County of Dublin. Mr. J. L. Foster will probably
be returned for the University. The Hon. Colonel
Foster is Canvassing for Drogheda. Mr Croker is
likely to be returned without a cont,est for Down-
patrick.
LAtJscu.—One of the most complete little
things will be launched this day that have been
turned off the stock's for many years, intended for •
Noblemen, Gentlemen, and. the Public at lame,
entirely for their use and pleasure; the name to bbe
given her is Etendu; there are many more from the '
same stock. May be viewed, and on sale at PACK-
-1:1TOOD'S Dcickyard, No. 16, Gracechurch street,
London ; she is built in the form
,of a Razor-Strop,
a new experiment to give a razor a sharp, keen edg i.
to shave with pleasure,' price 21. 1 25..6d. 10 51. 55.
Ingenuity' has been at work to meet the public eye;
to conceive the nature of their use.is to see them.—
Noblemen, Gentlemen, &c. that will honour Mr.
PACKWOOD 'with-a
call at the above Dock -yard, the'
only place of sale to view the article, will be esteemed
a favour. Also on sale, a large assortru,nt of his
celebrated Razor-Strops 'to remove notches from
Raiors, Penknives, &c. ; patronized by a generous
Public upwards of twelve yeah, price 3s. -6d. ss. and
tld. each, with a Composition, per Box 2S. 6d.
to repair them, &c. Sold by the above Mr. PACK.:,
WOOD, and by his Agents in different parts of Eu-
rope.

Dietb on the 30th ult. at Manchester, HENRY
BARTON,. jun. Esq. of the highly respedable com-
mercial house of Messrs. HENRY and JOHN BARTON
and Co. of that place.