The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-26 00:00:00

El 'LONDON- JOURNALS;

DAM-
Extracts from the Morning Papers) Nov. 26.

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„. • Lr#E TPoIESa .
The,ctohns of
~the Irish have led 'to a discus--
Sion of their religion,, at which we are not sorry ;
for while England, continues, in its present en-
, lightened , state there can be no question what
will be,* effect on, tlic public. mind of a free.
debate respecting. the peculiar tenets of Popery.
The Catholics,also,.we hear, have found a per-
tisan in old Cohbett, , Neither are. we.sorry for,
that :..he wilt be of great service to them,' no
doubt 4, The advocate ittwOrtily of the 'Cause.
He can also help
,has clients_ to a relic or two, if.
they, „need such things ; for he has got ToM
Paine's bonea,, as he..pays,, somewhere or other'
in his keeping.. The time may come, when
Thomas .Paine,shall, canonized for his.
services by the. Itotnish
_Chnrch. HoWever,
we ?odd, 'gravely and .seriously, draw a dis-
tinction between. the,. errors of
_Popery,, .and
the, claims of thole 'who profess it to political:
privileges. Que,,questiOn does not decide the
other,ln reason, though, in point of fact, a full
exposition ofthe practices,of the Catholic Church
will operate fatally against, the admission of its
members to. eparticipationof equal rights-With
theirfellowsuhjects. The course that the Ca-
tholics: should, pursue, should be, to keep their
foreign faith out of sight,,and to urge their claims;
as men. The Catholic faith is—we hadelnuistH
said, unhappily—t'estored. in Fraiice ; and our
readers may take one, among many, 006' .
stances, as a proof of the consequence. In the
Church of St. Genevieve, the Patron sho`,Saint of
the Metropolis, .is some rublash or other .piliced
in an old coffin, which is declared .by authority to
be the body of the she-Saint; and human creatures
(we blush that we belong to the same:race), are.
seen, kneeling before the shrine every hoer .of the
day., The same church is. surrounded by.Pic,
tures descriptive of the.miracles,of St. Genevieve :
in one, if we recollect riihtly, angels are con-
ducting her through a wood : another, she is
staying. the plague of Paris; and Priests are, ern-
ployed—Jesuits, and Missionaries, and
to brutalize the whole people down into a state
at which they shall be. capable of believing these
absurdities. Is not no religion, or simple Deisni,
better than such a religion as this ? Again ; there
are two beads of John the Baptist at this timei
before which the Catholics kneel--(we know
those who have, seen them)-one in
and,. the, other
.in Belgium; andy
.NOgent-le-
Rotrou, in France, are . the brains of John the
Baptilt, in the ,very, chapel in which Popish
priests having Offered indignities to the' remains
of the illustrious Sully,' as an- Hugunot.• And
here' we must observe, that it is not sufficient for
the Catholics to say. that the errors which We
have been describing is not their faith, (mare not
essentials of it, They exist wherever Popery
exists ; and the Catholics are not' like other sects
—they have an infallible head of' their Church,
whom all are bound to obey. Why does he not
root out such absvirdities-4-why does he not pro:
bibit.them ? What would St. Peter, whose re-
presentative he claims to be, have done in such
cases ? ' But why do we talk of the Topes, or of
the distant parts of their spiritual dominions,
when .there is scarcely, a .stone show. in
Rome itself, particularly those of the Virgin
Mary, '" the Queen 'of, Heaven," that hai
not spoken ; the Pope himself, for the time
being, by -a written docuoient openly ex=
hibited, asserting the truth of the miracle, and
granting " plenary indulgence" in consequence,
to those who adore before the brute image. W .
ourselves saw the liquefaction of St. januarius's
blood at Naples; and our readers may rely on
it, that the fellow who is now going about the
streets. of London exhibiting Punch and his wife,
performs a more respectable trick. Yet a Car 7
dinnl presided—Ecclesiastics of every degree
assisted. It was in the time orMurat ; and there
being a 'disposition in the Church to thwart the
Usurper, he sent word that if the miracle were
not performed within halt an hour, he would
shoot two priests whom In. named : Jannariuti melt-
ed within the prescribed time. Why, we again
ask, if these frauds do not belong to Poperp;--if
they, do not make a part of itare they allowed
to 'be performed in the hosoni of an infallible
Church, with an omnipotent' Head ? But' the
omnipotent Head, and infallibleChurch,..are par-
ties .to, and sanction the. frauds. The Catholics,
therefore, would do well not to speak of their
religion and their Church, while, they are con-
tending for their rights as men.

. [MOIiNING POST.
We. received last night, 'by i,xpress, French
_Papers to the 24th inst. and the Eloile of Wed-
nesday. They inform us that the Emperor or
Russia had ended his tour, which seems not to have
been as extensive as it was originally intended,
and had returned to. his palace'of Zarskojeselo.
Whether political reasons, or theauginenting cold
of the season, had interrupted his progress, is
not mentioned ; but the latter can scarcely
have been the cause, for had he descend.
ed. towards the Crimea, he would have en-
joyed a much milder temperature than in
his old dominions. He may, however, have.
eousidered his presence unnecessary in that
quarter, in consequence of the solemn assurances
given by the Divan that Moldavia and Wallachia
should be evacuated. But as counter-orders are
said to have been issued since the app)intment of
the new Grand Vizier, and the two Principalities
are .to continue in the occupation of Turkish
troops, the Russian Autocrat must have found hy
this time that he has been completely trifled
with, and that his dignity suffers from the tame-
r "SS
with which lie.bas hitherto borne ail 'the in,
suiting caprices or the Porte. At .the date of the
last advices, the Plague had not yet entirely left
Bupliaraest,. but though the alarm Was_great, the
caul or illness were few, and tha
*Cautions
/aloft were so wiSe and so strict, ,that it was not
believed the visitation coUld,,be of long Conti.
nuance.

eitEss.)
The Paris Papers of Tuesday, which arrive'd
last night, are quite barren of domestic intelli-

gence. The Eloile, dateMednesday, gives us
some, further inforpation, of, the endeavours
Ferdinand WI; to restore the: cclesiasticardisic
cipline of the Council .of Trent. The plague has
disappeared in~ Wallichiit; .Count .de- hi Puebla
del Masetre, the Spanish AmbassadOr, has ar-
rived di, Paris. Charles the Toni, Maintains
his character for activity. On Wednesday morn-
ing, at eight o'clock, he; was to' visit the church
of St. Genevieve; at nine he was to view the
New Exchange ; and at twelve he was to preside
over a Council of Ministyrs. The papers,belong-
ing to.the Royalist opposition' seem completely at
a loss how to proceed. They.no longer indulge
in the violent language in' which some time ago'
they assailed the Ministers, and unfortunately
they have no' foreign news to' put into, their cos.
lumps. The Journal des Debuts of Tuesday -is
principally occppied with an elaborate criticism
of the discourses of St. Basil, St. Gregory, and
St. Chrysostom, and. the Quotidienne i 5 filled with
an historical essay, on the French Monarchy.--
The anecdote we give from the Constitutionnel re-
specting M. Franchet and the gardener, is a fine
illustration of the mode in which the law is ad-
ministered in France.

We believe there is no longer any doubt. as to
the unfortunate misunderstanding that has taken
place between Lord Amherst. and Sir Edward
Paget. According to all the accounts we have
heard, it is clear that the Commander-in-Chief
has not been treated by the Goveruor-General
with that attention to which his rank, character?
and services entitled hiM, and he has, therefore,
felt it his duty, in self.defence, to apply for leave
to return home. , The feeling in India is, we
understand, decidedly favourable to the gallant
General ; and we do not apprehend that the
difference, to whatever changes it may lead, is
likely to deprive the Indian army of its Com.
mander.in.Chief.—(ibitl.)

[NEW TI M ES,]
Yesterday afternoon an Express was received,
bringing accounts from Paris to Tuesday evening.
The French Funds appear to preserve an equal
degree of stability with the British. They closed
on that day at 101 f. 70e., being aslightimprove.
client on the price of the day preceding. We have
seen a private letter, dated from the French cupl-
tal on that day, in which the writer states, that
" M. Villele had declared, that although the pre-
.parations were ostensibly continued for the re-
turn of the French troops, negociations were still
pending,
.which might occasion a delay in their
retiring to any extent." The private advices
generally concur in stating that-the most perfect
good understanding -exists between the French
Cabinet and other European Powers. The ac. counts from the coast of Spain notice several'
captures to have been made by the Algerine
cruisers; who had approached to within a Own
distance of Cadiz.

Yesterday was the account day on the Stock
Exchange. It passed over without any occur-
rence deserving of notice ; the prices of Consols,
contrary to general expectation, did not expe-
rience any considerable variation ; the last prices
were 951, and for the Account 951 to 96.
There was no alteration in the state of the. Fe.
reign Securities, in which very Halt; business was
done. Mexican Bonds closed at 664 ; Spanish
Bonds t,21; and Greek Bonds 53f. French Scrip
was a degree lower, and in the French Rentes
there was no business transacted.L-Another new
Speculation, the " Colombian Mining Company,"
'was yesterday much talked of in the City ;:.the
Shares were understood
,to be at 5 per cent. pre-
intutn.—(lbid.)

lIIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
We'have received the 'Paris Papers of Monday
and Tuesday. Their contents, however, are de-
void of interest, excepting, perhaps, an article
from. Madrid, of the 11th inst. announcing several
diplomatic appointments from that to other Courti.
—lf the .intelligence it contaios be worthy
of credit,, we may congratulate England on
being included, at last, in the number of
friendly Powers, and of being soon honoured by
the presence of a Representative of his Catholic]
Majesty. The person on whom this selection
has .fallen. is said
.to be the Chevalier Camillo
los
,Rios ; and though his merits are unknown
'abroad, they may rank, for aught we ,know to,
the contrary, deservedly high at hoine.7—How.
ever, Ferdinand, it would seem, could not confer
upon us this favour, without playing ,off upon
us one of his sly tricks at the same tinte.;_
for we observe that Senor. Mourado, Com Mis.
donor of Liquidations, has been recalled from.
London. This Statement, If true, will retard,
of course,, the. settlement ,of the dispute
accounts ; and the English claimant may, in the
interval, console himself as
.well as he can. It is
true, another Commissioner is. named ; but he. is
discharging at this time the duties of Spanish
Consul at Washington ; and thtts a- period ,of
three months, at the very lowest computation,
will be gained by thi thrifty Monarch. But Fer-
dinand is a wag as well as an adeptin- the art of
putting off his creditors; for this sudden diplo.
inatic bustle, on the eve of the departure of the
'French iroopsi looks as if he made the measure a-
subject of pleitsantry. Ile- would have it consi.
dered as a 'restoration 'te his, full rights of sove-
reignty, whereas he was only half a King whilst
a foreign army, occupied his. kingdom. Let us
hope that his present good humour will sustain
no,check, and that the restoration to the full
exercise,of his. power ,may not be ,attended with
the consequences which some timid persons ap-
prehend.. In the mean time the preparations for
the removal of the troops is proceeding without
interruption ; and every thing announces, on the
part of the It;rencii, Government, a determination
to carry it into effect.
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[mourn:l4 cnuoxtcr.E.]
As Historians of the clay, we are often obliged
to describe scenes which reflect, honour neither
on the parties who figure in them, nor on the
national.characler. Among .the most disgusting
exhibitions of the age, Boxing Matehetcertainly
occupy the first rank. As performances, they
would seem adapted only for savage life ; for