The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-27 00:00:00

MEXICAN LOAN•

The terms of the contract for this Loan were
made public yesterday in the usual manner. It has been con-
cluded between Don Francisco and di Borja Migoiii, as agent
agent. of the Government of Mexico, and the house of Messrs.
B, A. Goldschmidt and Co. ; and its amount in steel: is
3,200,0001.
The contract is founded on a decree of the Government of
Mexico, dated the Ist of May, 1823, under which the necessary
powers for completing the contract have been transmitted to
the agent here. These powers, together with the general bond,
pledging the Government of Mexico for the amount of the loan,
are to be deposited in the Bank of England.
Special bonds will be issued in the following proportions,
viz.—

2,000 . . £560 each . . £1.000,000
4,000 • . 250 . . . 1,000,000
12,000 • . 100 . . . 1,200,001)

X3,280;000
bearing interest at 5 per cent., payable by the contractors half-
yearly in London without deduction, the first payment to take
place on the Ist of April next.
The Stock is issued to the Subscribers at 58 per cent., pay-
able in the following manner :-
10 per cent. • • • . 29th January
-10 . • • . • 28th February
10 . • • . . 9th April
14 • • • . . . 19th May
14 . . • . . . 231st June

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Discount at 4 per cent. to he allowed on anticipated intal-
ments, and to be charged on the two instalments which take
place after the Llth of April at the same rate.
A condition is introduced into the general bond, that in the
event of any future loan or loans being rais:d for the service of
the Government ofillexico, one-fourth part of the amount shall
be applied to the redemption of the present loan, and that no
other loan shall be negociated in Europe within 12 months from
this date.

The whole of the revenues of Mexico are pledged as security
for this loan, and a sinking fund for its redemption is to be
created, to which the sum of 64,0001. is to be applied in the
first year, and 32,0001 in each succeeding year. The dividends
accruing on the bonds redeemed to be applied to. the augmen-
tation of the sinking fund.
On the circulation of the above information, the scrip of this
loan bore a premium of 31 per cent.

The important question for all the nations of the earth to
consider is, whether this be a truth or a falsehood ; and if they
shall discover it to be' a truth capable of the cleareat demon-
stration, then the inquiry necessarily follows, how much of their
religion is in accordance with it, and how much is repugnant to
it. For, as every single truth must be consistent with every
other, that which is opposedto this truth, in any of the religions
of the world, cannot be true, and must have proceeded from
ignorant men ; while that which is in unison with it, can alone
be true, and must have been derived from the .Origin of all
truth.

Here, then, we have a sure test, by which truth and false-
hood respecting religion, the nature of man and human society,
may- be for ever separated. Here is a principle, on which the
well-being and happiness of society may be permanently esta.
blished, and which, as soon as it shall be understood by man-
kind, will open a 'direct road to a state of human existence, that
shall in all iespects equal the promised Scriptural Millenium.
Of those who are interested in supporting real Christianity, I
ask, is it contrary to Christianity to admit, that the infant at
birth is the sole work of his creator ? Isit contrary to Christi-
anity to .admit that the infant has no merit or demerit for
the good or bad qualities which his Creator has given to
him at birth?. If all infants partake of the general qualities, of
human nature, at birth, and yet no two are born with precisely
the same combination of these qualities, is it contrary to Chris-
tianity toadmit that the difference of natural or original charac-
ter between any two infants, cannot be attributed to themselves,
but to their Creator ?

Is it contrary to Christianity to admit that the infant, has no
will or Power to decide where he shall be born, -Or in What re-
ligion,habits and manners he shall be trained ? Is it contrary
to Christianity to admit that the language, the habits, the sen-
tinrents, the religion and conduct of all human beings are essen-
tially determined by the country and the general arid. particu-
ha circumstances in which they are born and remain ? Is it
oto Christianity to admit that these 'circumstances, opea
rating on the original character, or the peculiar combination of
faculties and qualities iven to each infant at birth by his
Creator, do form the contnually changing character of every
human being from birth to death ?
If circumstances do very essentially tend to form the human
character and conduct, and these circumstances are under the
controul of society, is it contrary to Christianity to recommend
to all nations and all individual, As the highest act of wisdom
which they can perform, that they should immediately bestir
themselves to remove those circumstances which experience
has proved to be injurious to human nature,•by introducing ar-
rapgenients, combining such only m
strated to he beneficial ?
Is it contrary to Christianity to maintain that the hitherto
as past times have deon-
sentiments,eedvgere tehnadtinv,og.uagwl
,hator
fnoofw necessity,opinions,toee
erro-
neous supposition that each individual is the author of his own
ase,ma produced solely by the
nakde
to be
charity, superseded rs
kindness,de ti bypeace
know-
-land good
_will, the easy and universal practice •of man.
kind ?
BLit it is easy to prove from the Scriptures themselves that
real Christianity fully admits each and all these facts, and
thatoherefore, there can be no opposition whatever between
real' Christianity and the New ' System. For, the latter is
derived solely from these facts ;:ther constitute the whole of
its principles, and they will direct the whole of its practice.
The following are a few of the innumerable passages in'which
the Scriptures distinctly teach the principles of this system
" We are the clay, and the Lord' our potter; 'and we are all
the works of his hand."_lsaiah, tl4. 8.
" All things were made by him';' and without him was not
any thing made that was made."—John, 1. 3.
" Who maketh thee to differ from another ? And what hast
thou that thou didst not receive ? Now,,if thou didst receive it,
why dost thOu glory, as if thou hadst not received it."-let Co.
rinthinns, 4. 7. .
" Without me ye can do nothing."—John, 15. 5.
" Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing,
as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God."-711d Corin-
thians, 3. 5. •
" For it is God that worketh in ycu, both to will and to, do of
his good pleasure."—Phillipiana, 2. 13.
" He bath wrought all our works in us."—lsaiah, 26. 12.
" Man's goings are of the Lord. How can a man then un-
derstand tcaannd
thhi:oznhiwopaiyanr
c'—haPngroevielirshsok,i2no,
or 20. 24.
leopard his spots?
Then may ye alsO do good that are accustomed to do evil."—
Jeremiah, 13. 23.

Not only did Christ, knowing the true source of all our ac-
tions, forbid others from blaming the individual, in a case
where he condemned the action itself as improper, but he added,
" neither do condemn thee."—John, 8, 11. .

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On other occasions he speaks in the same spirit : " Judge
not, that ye be notjudged. ' Matthew. 7, 1.
" Ve judge. after. the flesh ; I judge no man."—John, 8, 15.
" And if any man hear my wOrds and believe not, I judge
him not."—John, 12, 47.
The parable of • sower is a striking' illustration of the
force of external circumstances ; and the comparison of human
nature with tlie -different species of soil, each acted upon dif-
ferently, and producing fruit just in proportion to the extent
of this action upon its original qualities, is most appropriate,
and perfectly explains'the- principle of the formation of charac-
ter.—See Mark. In conformity with the same idea, Christ de-
sired his disciples to pray that they might not' be. " led into
temptation.",-Matthew, 6, 13. And when the Jews; ureter
the inflUence of religionS intolerence, 'proceeded to take away
his life, he blamed no one ; he said " Father, forgive them for
t hty know not what they do."—Luke, 23, 34.
S'olomon knew the certainty with which,' under proper cir-
cumstances, a good character might be given to every child :.
" Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is
old he will not depart from it."—Proverbs, '22,6.
.Ile knew,
too, whence our thoughts and our words and our actions prN-
eted : " The preparation of the heart in man, and the answer
of the 'tongue, is from the Lord." And, again " A man's
heart•deviseth his way, but " the Lord directeth his steps."-L
Proverbs, If, 1, 9.

, .
Jeremiah- saw the impropriety of imputing these to any
other cause, when he said : " I knoW that the way of man is
not in himself; it is not in man . that walketh to direct his
steps."—Jeremiah, 10, 23.
And as if Isaiah had been aware of the inclinatiOn of man to
suppose that he himself created part of himself, he puts the
question to hini most forcibly : " Shall the work say of him
that made It; he made me not ?"—lsaiah, 29, 16.
In short, the Scriptures most distinctly and unequivocally
tell us,-.Aiat the ilwividual forms no part of, himself no: of

The first principles of the New System, then, arc Christian
principles, and ought, as.such, to be received and acknowledged
by all Christiens. But it is not by its principles alone that
genuine Christianity is to be elistiaguislied. Jesus Christ
himself has given us a test by which we may at once dis-
cover whether that which assue'ee the title, be genuine or
not : " By this shall all men kne• e that ye are my disciples,
if ye love one another."—John, 13. 35. To this test shall
the New System be brought, and by this test it claims to be
judged.
masa to wlibin the Great Creating Power of the Universe
' has given minds capable of comprehending and comparing the
facts which the, experience of all past times presents to the
human race, will discover that the knowledge and practice of
this System are necessary to regenerate the world, and prepare
mankind for that new dispensation, under which all the pro-
'Discs of heppinees upon earth, shall be fulfilled. Its princi-
ples apply, not one district, or to a small portion of the
species, but to alietountries find to all people, whatever may be
their colourejanguatie, or opinions ; and, under their influence, ,
all mankind will become in reality men and brethren of one
thmily, having but one interest, and that interest obvious to
each of its members. Now will any doubt much longer remain
on these important subjects. Much speaking will not, hence-
forward,
avail those. who have no knowledge, but of mere words.
This very year will the practice be commenced, which will
hasten the period, " when swords shall be turned into plough-
shares, and spears into pruning hooks ;" when every man will I
be placed under those new circumstances in whichle may " sit
under his own vine andlis own fig tree, and none to make him '
afraid ;" and when, in reality, " there shall be but one lan-
guage
and one people." .
Whose interest can be opposed to this change ? No man's.—
nom the sovereigns on their thrones to the most degraded of
their subjects, all will experience its incalculable benefits. The
interests, opinions and feelings of class against class, and sect
''against sect will gradually die away, and poverty, ignorance
and rebellion Will be banished from among all nations.
How certain ! • how beautiful ! and yet how simple! are the
means by which the Great Author of all Things will effect this
mighty change. All human •resistance is rendered absolutely
powerless. He gives to mankindthe knowledge that the charac-
ter and conduct of the individual, can never be formedby him-
self, but that it ever must be formed for him by the circumstances
which others place around him. Thus does he withdraw the
germ and foundation of anger, and remove all cause of ill will
from man towards max. For, who, possessing this knowledge,
can be angry with his fellows and be rational ? By the same
means he will create the will in all men, to bestir themselves in
good earnest, to remove whatever circumstances tend to pro-
duce evil in human society. And thus will the universal
prayer of man be answered, ` Lead us not into temptation."
To those who so far understand the principles of the New
System, as to anticipate the extraordinary benefits which it is
ci
na
floc
rtet
de
thatto coanofme re uopfo
tnhnei
laenakdiinndg,
pirtawetiilelableangdramtiorvatinegfateoiebnet
benevolent men in the kingdom, are desirous that its introduction
should be no longer delayed ; and that they have contributed
most liberally to enable me to form one of the proposed esta-
blishments, which will be immediately commenced ire the neigh-
bourhood of Hamilton.
The establishment of one of these communities does not,
however, seem to satisfy that portion of society who have given
themselves the trouble to understand the new arrangements.--e
bTohueryh
oaor
de d
o-
desirous that
otnh,ataonnde sthhoautldonbee
oerstambloirseheshdoitntldthebeneigh
com-
menced in Ireland. They say—since the practical arrange
ments are so obvious, by which all human beings may be well
educated and employed, and the products of their industry ad-
vantageously Ato '
impetus to this tributed ; and since capital, give the first
employment, exists in so great abundanceln
could not flow into a safer or more advati.
circumstances, under which such benefits may be
vttisanleee,ectaou:use;tcurbannel—why is there any delay inplacing our fellow
LIM, and secured to their children ?
I atilt that the
interest.
time is not far distant when the subject will
he thoroughly investigated by the Church, the Government and
the monied
osibebtajiencetsdinfor
The Church will diecoVer that by this
system it will be enabled with ease to form a good eharaeter
among all the people ; and that thus the purpose for which
Churches were established, will be fulfilled. To the Govern-
ment it will present ilia certain means Of improving the condi-
tion of the working classes, of speedily relieving them from
ignorance and poverty, and the vices and misery which these
must ever generate, and thus increasing the strength and.pros-
verity of the whole empire. And, lastly, to the monied men it
will afford the means of investing their funds in a new pro-
perty of land and houses, rendered annually of increased value
by the increased industry, knowledge and virtue of those by
whom they are occupied.

ROBERT OWEN.
New Lanark, 17th Jan. 1824.

MR. PIERCE, OF BRISTOL.

TO THE EDITOR.

- -
Slll,—ln consequence of the various, un-
founded, and conflicting reports which have appeared in the
Newspapers, relative to the mysterious disappearance of Mr.
CHARLES PIERCE, of Bristol, I have been advised to address
you with a view of removing the erroneous impressions which
those statements so severely wounding to the already lace-
rated-feelings of his family and friends, are calculated to dis-
seminate.

I beg to state, that I am the son of Mr. Arthur Palmer, of .1
Bristol, with whom Mr. Pierce had been in partnership for
five years past, and that being engaged as a. pupil in the of-
fice of Messrs. Clarke, Richardi, andlledcalf, of Chancery-
lane, at .the time Mr. Pierce's disappearance , took place, I
immediately went.to Bristol for the purpose of rendering every
assistance in my power to my father and the oiler friends
of his unfuetunate partner, in their attempts to develope the
cause of his disappearance. Having "remained there for the
past fortnight, and having during the whole of that time been
anxiously engaged in conjunction with his other friends, I am
of course acquainted with all that has transpired, and I have
to assure you most • positively, that up to the period of my
leaving Bristol, which .I did by the mail last night, nothing
had occurred tending to throw any light on this mysterious and,
as is much feared, most calamitous affair.—The public will
therefore see, that the various reports which have crept into the
public papers, inducing a belief that the cause of Mr. Pierce's
absence has been ascertained, and particularly that which re.
presents his body to have been found in the Park between
Bristol and Clifton, are wholly without foundation.
I cannot omit particularly alluding to a letter which appeared
in the Morning Heald, of Thursday last, and subsequently
transcribed into other papers, purporting to be written by a
Bristol correspondent, and dated " Bristol, January .20." That
letter, I am authorized to say, contains a tissue of misrepre-
sentations, most of which were refuted, by a correct article in
the .I.tritish Traveller of the 22nd inst.—and I should not now
advert to it were it not to state that at the moment of my leaving
Bristol I was particularly declared to do so by the friends of Mr
Pierce who were then together, and who after reading the let-
ter alluded to, one and all expressed their abhorrence of the
feeling which could lead. any fellow-citizen of theirs coolly to
give publicity to falsehoods, conveying the most unjust refiec,,
tiers upon the membry of Mr. Pierce.
As I was stepping into the 'mail last evening at Bristol, I.
was hastily informed that a statement in one .of the Papers
hod gone so far as to represent that there was a defalcation in
Mr. Pierce's partnership accounts. I trust I have been misin-
formed in this respect ; but having no time to refer to the se-
veral Papers to ascertain the fact; as I must immediately trans-
niif this to you, I can only say, that such a report (for such
there must have been though not inserted in any paper) is as
unfounded as it is calumnious ; and that my father distinctly
stated yesterday, to Mr. Pierce's friends., that in all his busi-
ness and pecuniary transactions, Mr. P. was perfectly correct.
And here I would beg to add, that there is no one circumstance
which can lead to the belief that Mr. Pierce has voluntarily ab-
sented himself from Bristol; on the contrary, no doubt what-
ever is entertained by his friends or the public of Bristol, that
Mr. Pierce has met with a disastrous end, though the precise
means still remain involved in obscurity.
I have to apologise for troubling you at such length, but
trust you will consider the occasion a sufficient excuse.
I am, Sir,.your obedient humble Servant,
HENRY A. PALMER.
109, Chancery-lane, Saturday noon, Jan. 24; 1824.
1(B. itith -Tra veller

The French,Paper3 mention that among other
Curiosities brought from Egypt by Mr:CAILLAUD,
was a very beautiful Mummy, upon the head of
which was' placed a crown of gold. At the bot-
tom of the chest or sarcophagus is a Zodiack, the
figures of which bear considerable resemblance
to the celebrated one of Denderach. On the
lid there is a Grecian inscription,.very imperfect,
although the name PETEMERON remains quite le-
gible. This Mummy being of an extraordinary
weight, it was imagined by some that it must con-
tain either MSS. or some other heavy materials,
In order to ascertain the fact, the Mummy was
opened on the 30th ult., but nothing particular
was found.--On opening a
,second Mummy, much
interest was excited by the discovery of. a new
mode of preservation, the etnlialming-process hav-
ing been performed in a way quite different from
any thing heretofore known in that branch of art.
Hieroglyphical literature, by time bye. seems to
be making great progress at present. Mr. JOSEPH
LAMB, of New Castle,upon-Tyne, lately received
a very interesting letter from M. CHAMPOLLION,
jun., of Paris (which was read a few days ago at
the monthly Meeting 'of the Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, in that town), decyphering, ip a
great measure, the hieroglyphic paintings in the
Mummy in the Society's rooms. The following
is pretty nearly a translation of the legend paint-
ed on the Mummy, and will be considered as a
great cariosity. " May she be approved byPhre,
the Lord of the celestial Gods, amid by T---M
(Ecyptain Mars), Lord of the Worlds. May
Osiris, the supreme Ruler of Amenti (Hades),
grant repose to the Lady TASORPE, -- daugh-
ter of (name of the Mother), deceased."—
The name of the •mother, though given on the
Mummy, is not yet decyphered, nor, what is of
more importance, has the lime when the Lady
liyed been ascertained.—(Newcastle.upon-Tyne,
January 24.)
•

At the late fete given by the city of Paris,
8000 individuals were entertained at dinner.
The drinkables were comprized in 7000 bottles
of wine, and 2,300 bowies of punch. tighter',
thousand small cakes were eaten at the desert ;
and 25,900 glasses of ice.---(French Paper.)
According to a late Ukase of the Emperor
ALtXANDER, all Jews resident in the Russian
Empire, Who chanced to embrace the Catholic
,Iteligion, are forthwith permitted to enter the
Holy Orders of the Catholic Church.