The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-03 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Having seen in The Sun. of the 31st ult. a parsgrar
stating that Surgeon J. W. Bowler. of her Majesty's ship Vic
tor, had been tried by Court-martial at Port Hoyal, Jamaica'
for drunkenness, and sentenced to be severely reprimanded
and placed at the bottom of the list, I have to request that y.O
will, in your next publication, contradict the same, as the
statement is as base and untrue as it is cruel and malicious.
invalided from that ship on the 2d of October last, and imme-
diately proceeded to England, where I have since been fur tile
recovery of my health.
The whole charge is a villainous fabrication, and could Only
have emanated from the most foul and cowardly source.

am, Ss, your obedient servant,
Ha-lor, April 2. JOHN W. BOWLER.
[The paragraph of which Mr. Bowler so justly complaic6
was copied from the Morning Herald. We deeply regret
that, we were in any way, accessory to the givina currency of so.
atrocious a falsehood. Nothing is more painful to us than to•
find, after exercising the utmost vigilance, that any siaternent
has appeared in The Sun unjustly reflecting upon private cha-
racter. Libels upon individuals never originate us,
this ner
do we knowingly ever allow them to.stain the columns of
Journal. We have little doubt that Mr. Bowler's letter mill
be published by the papers which quoted our article.
En. SuN.]

PUSEVISM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
2ir—lt should never be forgotten in the consideration °'
tehr:tdisey.ia.a'`tanooxfimirodogrel Popery, called Puseyism. born and
tantism, that it :7 (the supposed winery f true Protes-.
leading feature is, pretension to unlimited
ecclesiastical author,.44.
In this point of vieweL7lecial!‘-„ the Oxford Popery ear'''
not be too fret ly exposed, or t4)O
,strongly condemned, 11
every friend of civil and religious 14.`lertY whatever °Cc
be may bo.
of hunval naturet;
That very &ever and keen observer .
nearly
irrlrairo, in his deictiption of the English olotgy
century ago, made the following ob,rovatior.'s on tbr:
which opi.e3r to me to apply with peculiar f ATC th•
sejite members of that body, at the preseattime and A,
I cannot forbear from offering to he notice of your reach",
if you will have the kindness tot insert them in your c
limns. These ,ore Us words :
it s
" Le clerge Ang:ican a retenu beaucoup de ceremon e 3
Catholiques, ct surteut cele de ecevoir les dimes lo
tine attention tier scrupni.liar• Its oat aussi la
ambition d'etre les maitres Par (ludic vicaire de rilab-
ne voudrait ps etre Pape ? !curs
De plus :13 tumente,t ;avant peuvent daos
F ousilles un saint zele centre lc. nooccofora.istes. .
" On v promet d'e.re de comme elle est
blie par la Li. Il [2' y a guere d'eveque, de doyen, d'areb"
pieJe, qni no pease ens de droit divin : c'est done a 46
grand sojet de mortification pour eux d'etre agear
d'avouer qu' ils tienuent tout d'une miseoble lot faire P
des profanes laiq."
TRANSLATION. ues
:-." The English clergy has retained
many Catholic ceremonies, and eqerially that of receiving
the tithes with a very scrupulous attention. They
also the pious ambition of Leing the masters; for vib4
v:csr would not wish to be Pope?
heir
.Vl.)reover, they foment as much as they can id t
flocks, a holy zeal against the non-conformists. . • • • re
" They profess to coo e their existence to the Church al
r),
is established by the law. There is scarcely a bishop. Gea
or archdeacon, who does not think that he exists by Dieil3°
right; it is then a great subject of ntortificatiou for the°
to be obliged to confess that they derive all power front a
mi:e:able law made by profane laymen."
The above picture, though briet, is so life-like, thaS":
t
will be recognised et once as a trite sketch of the W
Pussy and Co., and will almost prove the philosopher eis
F,rnry to have been endowed with the prophetic sprit,
well as with that deep philosophy which enabled 1:
bin'
see through systems, and to auprcciate their effect Oar
the human chiracter, whether in the clerical, or any nibe
forrr. yreot
his remarks, toe, are applicable to that under-en••-_,t
of clerical i, fluence always in action, and which has, taro
probably, received a fresh impase from Puseyistn, and %it
still be continued, although the o
• of these principles may, for a time, be suppressed. , ,b 0
koen avowal and advoci
Adtririug your own exertions jg the exposure 01
aforesaid system,
I beg to subscribe myself, Sir,
" ONE OF THE PROFA\NE LAITY."

March 31.
Se
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OXFORD, THURSDAY.—A requisition is in the eeer
of signature among the clergy of the Archni"Bc°n/1 a
Oxford, earnestly requesting the ArchdeacoL' t° c";
meeting of the clergy, to afford them an opporittla:t
expressing their unqualified disapprobation of the ••:ea
90. Mr. Newman's letter to the Bishop Of 051 - is
has just appeared, in defence of the Tract. It , •
i
written in a tone of intimacy, and claims his Lordsbe
sanction to the publication of the preceding Trectrr'
No further proceedings are contemplated on the pert°
the Unisersity.
LEEDS, MARCH 31.—A very strange scene occur l,
here last night. The annual meeting of the SocietYt°n.
Promoting Christian Knowledge was held, the Bt%
of Ripon in the chair. Dr. Hook, in moving the tye
resolution, opened a perfect battery of wrath oo
to Pastoral Aid meeting. He talked of the eeeeo
sit y of being resolute ; he had nailed hie .
,
lours to the mast ; and blow high, blow I°/1;
come wind, come storm, he would stand bY t a
High Church (i. e. Tractarian) party, and clef°
its cause." 'He was proceeding in this
when the Bishop rose and called him to order.
A murmur of applause greeted,_hig LordsbiP's. ;for;
ference ; who said, that as they
and concord in support of a cause in which all A7,--80
:•greed, he hoped that no re!erence would be ma""
eoaroverted topics. ao
The Doctor was confounded ; he turned ple,
shook with agitation ; then suddenly said, t 4 Thu! tr,,- I
ruled, I shall content myself by reading the 00101°-
"re met in bar"p;
have the honour to move," and sat down. et'
No further hostile allusions were made. The Melo
ing passed off quietly ; and the Bishop had the h°ll°.lly
of having successfully arrested an attempt, 116,a:11000
now of too common occurrence, to turn a reegidest
meeting into an arena of controversy.—Correspefi
vof an Evening Paper.