The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-10 00:00:00

" Whateier is hest administered, is best ;"

Vet, under all the disadvantages of neglect and misgovern-'
ment, our Church has attracted, and still retains, no small pot-
don of esteem and confidence; and those who separate front it
do so with reluctance, and generally acknowledges that their
dislike is not to the system, but to the agents; and it has only to,
shine forth in its native truth and purity, and be administerectin
a manner worthy of that " whiCh has GOD for its Author, sal_
"4 ration for its end, and truth without mixture of error for its
" means," in order to rise above the assaults of infidelity, and
the rivalry of sectarianism, and 44 to hare the hearts of Israel
" as one men before it." Not more beautifully than profound.
ly and philosophically has it been observed by an enlightened
Man, that " the Church of England will ever retain the love
" and admiration of the choicest, the most liberal, and the most
" enlarged spirits. "Though its devotions may not spread like
" a flame through a multitude, yet will they not fail to coin-
" municate themselves to every susceptible mind, and to glow
" in every rightly disposed. eart, consuming in proportion ate" they prevail, all that defiles, deforms or contracts the inner,
`cman, and gradually assimilating file
Immortal mind to those
" perfected intelligences with which, if it be btu fitted for their
" society, it is destined to lite in the presence of Giid for ever."
In thus indulging my oft mind, by the contemplation of
the various excellence of our establishment, I have endea-
voured, perhaps foolishly, to persuade myself that I was not
altogether digressing from the subject. An anxious regard fot
the welfare of the National Church has always occupied the
foreground in the declarations and speeches of the political ad-
versaries of the Roman Catholics ; and an utter 'unconcern
about its safety, and abandonment of its interest, has been the
elterge most industriously circulated and most greedily be-
lieved, to the prejudice of the advocates of emancipation. A
strong ground of confidence the first; the Second a grievOue
and prejudicial imputation. The professions of any anony-
mous writer will, of enured,. poi for very little. But I must
take leave to say, that the tndfvidual does not dist to whom
I would, for one Moment, yield in love and devotion towardS
our august and amiable Establishment; And that no earthly
consideration could move me to Any act that might, by poesi-
bility, be either directly or remotely injurious to a system of
national worship, which, from no inattentive consideration of
its nature and character, as well as its rise and progress, I do
firmly believe to have been established anionge us, not so much
by the law of the land as by the appointment of Providence:
May those ancient and venerable ptles, which are monuments
of the wisdom and moderation of its founders, long, escape the
ravages of time and accident I And may the decent. order of
its ceremonies, and the seraphic ardour of its piety, interest the
Minds and live in the hearts of its schildren's children for ever
But if grave and learned men did not make vehement aflir.
mations to that effect, there Lire many who never should have
suspected. that Mir it an age in which the growth and the lire.
valence of Popery is to be.apprehended. What, let me ask,
are the characteristics of Popery ? Are they notan attach-
ment to old opinions and a respect for ad establishments, that
amount to superstition And is ship what our guardians of
the Church have now most reason to be afraid of? Is it from
an exeessive and snperstilimos respect and ih:Arcnce fir what if
conceived to be the outhoritli of the ancient, nniversal Chru.,;h, '
that they apprehend any serious dan,rer I Do not such ularnt.
ists remind one of the roan upon fthuelew lielith who was
mightily afraid of ghosts, while he was not at all afraid of
robbers ? At least to me it uppears that any dangers whieh
threaten' the Church Establishment he in a different quarter,
and proceed from a different princile; and that guardians
would be chargeable with no culpable leek uf wisdom. if they
looked more narrowly nearer home.
Popery, in truth, has had its day. It has noWllmost ceased
to be any thing more in this Country than an object of anti-
quarian curiosity. In ages of darkness it was powerfully cal-
-1 culated to impose an awful subjection upon the minds of men.
Its attractions fascinated the ignorant. lit terrors alitrined the
superstitious. The wealth, and the dignity; and the influence
of its Priesthood, commended the reepect, or claimed the ad-
miration, or subdued the recuaaney of die great and powerfbl;
and it was not without sweeter and more benignant featurete
which were calculated to engage the kindly sympathies and to
cherish the natural piety of its votariss. It would not, per-
haps, be difficult to point cut many most important uses, both
moral and political,.to which ft wits subservient during the ages
when it was auti'ered to prevail, nor " to vindicate the ways of
Cod, to man," in the ascendancy which it was permitted to
assume. I oiefficacy as a combiniug principle anion -at the hordes
width afterwards settled into the Nations of Europe and as a
row/mating pridiple over dime undiciplined minds which could
otherwise but ill brook the bonds of servitude or the yoke of do-
mination, must have materially contributed to that unity and
consolidation of poWer which were necessary to lay the founda-
tions of a general European polite!, and to foster the early be-
ginnings cif civilization. While its utility in raising up a body
of men who were to be the guardians of the faithe and the re-
storers and coltivatore of literature, cannot be too highly eppre.
cieted, and will be gratefully acknowledged by the remostest
posterity.
But there is a progress in nations as well as individuate ; and
those institutions winch are fitting and requisite at one time, be-
come at another unsuitable or superfluous. The 4101 which is
necessary to pretests the embryo bird, and to mature it into vi-
tality, must be destroyed in order to its rising into a state of
more active and joyous existence... And those heavy arid cum.
berous establishments which were to national faith and morals
'what the shell is to the embryo bird, are not more conducive to
their advancement in one stage of society than they are oppres-
sive to or obstructive of them in another. Superstition is, as it
were. the moon.light, which may in some measure supply the
place ef true religion, .In an age of ignorance and credulity it
may be even necessary to give authority
,and efficacy to revile-
tion. But precisely in proportion to the progress of knowledge,
precisely in propernon as the revealed word of Goo is counte-
nanced and confirmed- by the analogy nature; in the same
proportion will the phantoms of superstition become divested of
their terrors, and religion will ceese to have any other authority
than that which it derives front the tight of reason.
Then, indeed, the minds of men will beeome as impatient of,
as they were ever pussiVe under, the influence of the priest.
hood. 'flue prevailing error will . consist not in believing too
much, but in believing-too little ; not in euperatition, but in fa-
naticism; not in credulity, but in ecepticisrn. The whole mass of
society will be pervatledby a spirit of the must restless inquisi-
tiveness ; and men will aplivar

A. if in haste
•
" To exercise their u,ntricti faculties"
upon subjects of the most appalling magnitude and the most
monlentnio importance. Great and manifold, no doubt, are. the
errors into which in such a ease they mast be led ; but it is not
vexy probable that they will be IW back egnin to soperstitiott.-7
They will come to erroneous or apposite conclusions concerning
those parts of Scripture that are obseore or intricate. They
will form widely different ritifAins concerning' the attributes
of On ideas on the subject of church government also
will be vet y various Awl contradictory. Rut with rtlpect lathe
Idinal points in the controversy between lhe Reformed and
the Romish Clutrelies, vii. the infallibility of the :Pupa and
Council, the worship of images, transubstantiation, &e.
These are subjects upon which reason is so clear and Scripture
is so express, that none can be deceived by the errors which foal.

merly prevailed concerning them but those who are blinded by
prejudice or overruled by infatuation—errors of which it seems
as vrepesterous at the present day to apprehend the revival at it
would be to apprehend the revival of the Cartesi,m philosophy in
opposition to tits: pripetples established by. Newton.
In truth, the old %vide= has outlived its usefulness. It is
now no more necessary to make or to continue Paull Laws
against Popery than against *Velvet. They are both almost
equally out of date. They havelpng since lost their power of
facinating or enthralling the minds et men. And the real or
imaginary terrors which were entertained at them either havd, or
ought to have long since vanished and given pia-eel() a kindly
and benevolent interest for the moral or politiel well-being et
those who, from ignorance, prejudice, , or unfavourable circum.
stances of birth or education, are obnoxious to their influence or
exposed to their delusions.

( To bo continued. )

LAW. I INN EL to I'o .15, N CE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, 8.
,
ARRYATT applied for a prohil?itory rt,t to oe mrecteo
to the High Court of Admiralty, in the muter of the Dundu
and the smack Priactio ehoriatic. The Makiiee had run
down the smack, and suet her. The fr4,;ht, also, consist-
ing of fishing tackle, was Irv:, and the decree cf. the Admiri.by ,
Court gave not only the value of the vessel,_ but also of Me
freight.._

M II 1t Y A rTnow content:o4 that, under the provisioni of
.434 of Geo. lIL, the owners of a vessel which should run
another down would only be liable to damages to the amount of
the value of the vessel. The Court granted Ole rule.
GAME EAws:—.llEMMItioS V. M'AESEY.
This was an action which had been tried before Mr. Justice
Park at the last Summer Assizes for the County of Hertford,
for the recovery of a penalty from the defendant, who was a.
shepherd, for laying a snare to catch a haM, and also for sell-
ing one, he being an unqualified per Son.• The substantial
plaintiff was the Earl of Bridgewater.
Mr. Justice Howl OYD read the notes of the Learned Judge,
who expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the verdict.•
',Mr. Coat vv., for the defendant, submitted that this case
ought not' to be re-opened, as there was no insinuation that the
Learned Judge had omitted any tact, or Misdirected the Jury
in any of his observations to them. It was quite novel to mane
for a new trial to recover a penalty under 'the Game Laws,
where there was no new point of fact, or of law.
Mr. Cairn, in support of the 'ravioli for a any trial, said,
that if this case were permitted to stand in its present position,
it would abrogate the entire effect of the Game Lana. It was
not competent for either Court or Jury to enter. into a consi.
deration of the policy of the law ; they were bound to abide by
the previsions of its enactments. In this case, the man was
found with the snare and hare under his coat, which was pri,ria
jueie evidence of a breach of the law.
Mr. Justice RAMEY said, that if the feet of possession were
clearly proved, it was incumbent upon the.defendent to tihew he
had it innocently, but in this case the Jury, thought there was a
doubt of the fact of possession. The two poiataleft to theJtiry
were—did the defendant set the snare, and had he the hare in
his possession ? The evidence was merely, as to belief, the
parties Stiw ,the matter 10 a hundred yards distance or more, and
(lid not go up to the defendant at the moment. There was a
variance in the testimony applicable to that fact.
Mr. Currey said, that on the trial it was contended that
the defendant ; had a case of excusable possession, because he
had only taken up the hare to get it home to his master, but no.
nn was eaßed to prove that.
The Lou 'Olu, JIISTIOE said 'there. was nothing upon
the Judge's notes to justify a new trial.—Rule discharged.

THE XING v. STAN/TELE 4.130 OTHEItS.
MIN BAR/Ult./3 moved on behalf of the prosecution to dis-
charge the recognizances of these defendants, who had been in-
dicted for a nuisance in poisoning the River Thames, by the
refuse Of a gas manufactory, but the prostieution had now been
abandoned. The. Learned Counsel had no affidavit; upon
which the Court said, that as the public bad an interest in d
csse, the recognixances could no; be discharged without an affi-
davit that the nuisance had been abated.

THE KING r. WILLIAMS.
This case was ordered to stand over till next term, owing to
the press of business,

CONSISTORY COURT, rEll. L.
This day Dr. JEN3IDII held a Court for the-Dean and Chap.
ter of St .Paure. Sentence was pronounced ill the case of
Atiottt V. ADAMS.
The Learned Judge stated, that this was a suit promoted by
the husband against his wife for a divorce by teikzlon of adultery.
Mr. Adams was an insurance-broker, residing iu Tooley-street,
and was married to his wife in Watt, and had four ciiiltirts by
her. They lived together until July' When, in consego etre
of its having been dittoovered that his wife had pawned spins
ends clothes clandestinely, they separated ; and in the inter,
val, (hiring the Separation, it, was discovered that Mrs. Adams
was carrying on a criminal correspondence with a man 'named
Potter, with whom she was once seen going into a house, of
fame ; and it was proved thatwhen Tinter was in Whispeross_
street prison she visited hint every day, and had ht.en Been in
situations which left no doubt of the nature of their connec-
don ; and that she was also in the habit of visiting- him at his
lodgings.
The Cot R rt. were of opinion that there was abundant proof
of the fact of adultery having taken place, and that there was
no imputation whatever on the conduct of Mr. Adams ; and
that he was fully entitled to the relief he prayed for. Tho
Court therefore pronounced the sentence of tlivoree against Mrs.
Adams.

'LENT ASSIZES,

MIDLAND C.I4CUIT.

Before Sir RontaT DaLLAN„ and tr Jazdts,At.l.AN PARI-
Northamptonshire, Saturday, March 1, Nortitainpton.-
Rutituul, Friday, 7, Oa
Lincolnshire, Saturday, 8, Omit; of Lincoln.
City of ditto,. Same day, of ditto.
Nottinghamshire, Monday, 17, Nottingham,
Town of ditto, Same jay, Town of ditto.
Derbyshire, Saturday, 22, Derby.
Laceaterkire, Monday, 31, Castle of Leicester.
Borough of ditto, Same say,, Borough of ditto.
City of Coventry, Saturday, April 5, Oity of Coventry.
Warwickshire, Same day, Warwitk.

HOME CIRCUIT.
Before the ',own CorEr Bailor:, and Mr.' Baron (111AliiOf,
Ifirtfordshire, Thursday, March 6, Hertford.
Essex, Monday, Hi, Chelmsford.
Kent, Monday, l7, Ataicif.t.vne.
Sussex, Al on ay, 24, Ilmsbara.
surrey, u 1 21, Kingston:4ll on-Thiurkt s.

JAMES 1., by a proclamation in the 7th year of
hie reign, on the mature deliherstion of his Council. blrbade all
new buildings within tett, miles of i,ondon .and coloutar.deds
that, if, in spite of this ordinanc,:‘, thttt should he any set sp.
they should he pulletl down, though notice was not taken of
them till seven years Afterwards.
1.-)EATII OF MitA. 11.,AT)c1.1 celehrated
Lady died at Pimlico on Friday roornin She hod h. cn disposed for some time withi a violent cold, which terminated
in inflamation, and took from this life the much admired author
Of etc plater of thiodpics, and other works of irw,ginatiort
and genius almost equally popular. d'ltnon,„., the fetrAe tuil:4-
ments of English literature she. willleng hold one of tht. highe,,t
places. Mrs. 11, was, WC believe, hOtwota tlitY and "i';'Y
of age. She Was a Lady of the Moat amiable and int;lte
character, possessed not only of 'aillhe aceentplisitroon:;,.., t
all the virtut,a that could adorn ~ber oga,.4tnti tt,thtier .4.1.1:1-
ble to bOCiety and estimable in the qui of 'bud.
Saturday night, obt)ol eit4veti otC k ,
broke out in the stove-manuthetel belonging to Aft. !,,
ih atton.garden. An elderly-female,' the only ;:-ii'Aite, •‘: ;14
with difficulty 14aveti, behg taken 4)Ut of one, of file
almost in a state Of nudity. The prt mises wi,re f-onipletn I).
gutted, and the fire vies not auktfacd fina 0 N.icicU
morning.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
—sesessee—
Pram:he (onstitutionnek).
'PAWS, FEB, o.—Alt the versione which have
een circulated respecting the organization of the
Army are incorrect. We believe we may assure
our readers that it has,beenalecreed as follows:
ARMY OF ME WV.TEIIII IiYRnICEES.
Ills %Val IlighllVAl the Duke d'Angoulerne, General-in-
, Chief.
' General Guilleminot,,Chief of.the Staff:
Ist Diewea---tleneral Count Molitor. -
.2d Division—Baron tie'Demas.
.h 1 Division—Lieutenant-General Count Itottrke.
Division—Lieutenaq-General Viscount Obert.
Cavalry Division—Lieutenant.General Viscount Castex.
Artillery—LietttenantAlerteral Tirlet.
Engincers--Lieutenant-General Dodo.
2n cones.'
The Prince de Ifohenloe, Commander-in-Chief, having un-
des% his orders two divisions, one commanded by Gen. Carmel,
and the other by Gen. Concliy.,
coxes—AlOLY,4o' THE EA.:STEAM I'VUENEES.
Lieuterumt-Generaf iliattpLis tie Lauriston, Commande,r4n.
; Chief.
Ist Division—bieutenant.General Count Curial.
2a Division—.Lieutenant-iiineral Viscount Donnadieu.
3dlNviaion—Lieutenant-GeneralViscount Pamphile Lacroix.
-let Division of Cavalry—Lieut.-General Roussel tr Barbel.
241:Division—Lietit,Gerieral Viscount Donlon.,
Artillery—Major-General Baron Berge ; Chief of the Staff,
M. Despres.
Itescrve; composed of- ille Guard—The Marshal Duke de
. 'Reggio, Commander-in-Chief.
lufantry—Lieutenant-Oeneral Bourmont.
Cavalry—Lieutenant-General Bordesoalt.
It is affirmed that the two divisions com-
mended by .the:Prince do liohenlohe will, if war
take place, enter Spain with the army of the.
'Western Pyrenees, and be detached to occupy
2‘rragon. fr
It is affirmed that the Marshal Duke de Reggio
set of today (Thursday) for ..Ba.youne.
(journal eta Debate.)
This day, the regiments of the infantry of the
Royal Guard, which are destined for the army of
Spain, will be reviewed by the Marshal Duke,de
Ragusa, Major-General de tervice. These troops
will march on Saturday next.
Advices from Vienna state, that in the event
of war between France and Spain, the Emperor'
Alexander will place a fleet at the disposal of
France, 'which will have land forces on-board.
An Imperial ordinance has just been promul-
gated at Milan for thelevy of 6,000 men. This
operation will commence on the ‘2oth of March.
In consequence of the-departure for' thearmy
of various regiments of the garrison of Paris, it is
affirmed that orders have been transmitted to the
. chiefs of the legions of the National Guard, to
.occnp.y, provisionally, some posts of, the eapital
now occupied by troops of the line, the
' arrival in Paris of other regiments, which are to
replace those which have departed.
The journal de la Belgique states". If war:
take place between France and 'Spain, it is
Ahought that a cordon of Belgic, troops will be
established on our frontier."
The baggage of M. the Lieut.-Gen. Marquis
de Lauriston was yesterday dispatched for the
army. That of the Duke diAngoulenre was ex-
pedited thither some days ago.
Flu. 7.-Yesterday before mass the Bureau
of the Cliember. of Deputies, pretteded by the
Minister of the Interior, had the honour or being
- admitted to an audience of the King,. M. haves,
the President of the Chamber, then presented to
his Majesty the list cop”tiatei for tilt, Qut.!J.
torship. Itelstitnounced to the King during
audience that the Chamber was completed.
The King yesterday gave a private audience
to the Marquis de Verac, Governor of Versailles;
to M. the Count de 'Waters, Prefect. of Jura;
.and to M. de Curzay, Prefect of La Vendee;
and in the, afternoon his Majesty transacted busi-
ness with Count de Villele, as President of the
Council' of Ministers.
It appears that, the Queen of Portugal still
remains at Ramalao, live leagues from Lisbon.—
The infirm state of her Majesty's health will not
allow her to quit Portugal for some time: it is
-certain that this Princess will not enter Spainv--:
,It is conjectured that she hesitates in her choice
-of an asylum between France amid Naples.
Some persons are of opinion that her Majesty
will retire to Lucca, in order to enjoy the society
of her august sister.
To-morrow it is expected the Meister of
..Finances will lay before the Chamber of Depu-
ties the results of the Finance Law during the
,year I 821 , the estimates of the receipts and -ex,.7
~penditure for the year 1822, and the Budget. for
the year 1"824.
Count de Lagarde, the' Ambassador of France
to Madrid, arrived at Bayonne on the 3d. inst. at
eight o'clock in the morning. Ile demanded his
passports on the morning of Sunday, the 20th ult.
bet they were not delivered on Tuesday, the
21ith, at midnight, in spite of his entreaties, and
notwithstanding that he had caused the arms of
France to be taken down froM before his hotel.
itAvas- not, indeed, till one o'clock on the after-
noon of the 30th, that be obtained the 'approval
-of his passports from the Political Chief, and it
-was even Jive o'clock before he was furnished
with post horses. By six o'clock, however, he
.entered his carriage with M. Benue, Fiist Secre-
tary to-the Embassy,. In tile course of his journey,
'Count de Legardemet only with arrested couriers,
fugitive escorts, and plundered mails. He passed
nit English Cabinet Messeuger, who had set. out
thirty hours before him, and 'to whom he, himself
had entreated some dispatches for the Foreign-
:office. At
,every step he passed through,Cousti-
tutional bands or places in possession of the
Royalists. It. is true, therefore, that unhappy
Spain presents, at every -stage, the spectacle of a
State upon the brink of dissolution, and an
afflicting :picture of anarchy and civil war.
An livening Paper gave a summary-of the Speech purport-
. ipg to, have been delivered at titeopening of the biglish Par-
liament, and nearly ell the Journals did not fail to repeat the
account on the following morning. In comparing this pre.
.tended account with the literal,Speach given by ourselves this
day, it is easy to perceive that it cost the author more effiat
of imagination than labour is translation or analysis. Those
readers who happen to be Linde acquainted with the Parlia-
mentary forms of our neighbours, could not. easily be deceived
by the lunocentartifice we now advert to; it was never customary
to insert such positive, assertions, as were stilted in a Speech of
the Crown. There is always found in the language of tilt
Throve, a tone of reserve which belongs to its dignity,. and
which toes,not appear to have been suspected by the Parisian
..interpreter. lie attempted it, but the attempt did not sue-,