The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-24 00:00:00

ion to the new Mac Adam roads; and not only to lay the dust

but to cement the materiaLs, of which the roads are made, more
firmly and compactly. Nor will this salt ever lose its
savour, while there are Prelates on the Bench, who have
zeal enough to stand up in defence of the old way, and
discretion to display that zeal according to knowledge, which
is so necessary to keep it in its proper state ; especially
in times like these, when the INlacAdamists, or followers
of the new way, whi34'may justly so be called from the
Scotch or Calvinistic turn which they give to fallen Adam and
his sons, are so ready to raise a dust wherever they' can find an
opportunity, and require all the skill and ingenuity of the
Church to keep them out of mischief in a right and reasonable
temper. For even these new lights, if properly regulated,
may enlighten rather than inflame ; and, under proper re-
straints, instead of exploding like gas, to the annoyance of the
passenger, may become a very useful beacon to guide him on
his road, for enthusiasts as they are, and looking, as they
pretend, only to things above, they yet are found to look
enough at things below—to,give a good I,nteSs when they may
preach in a high tone and with a bolder front, and when they
are obliged to whisper and lurk in secret corners.
As one of our most zealous champions of the Church used to
say—" to know the true character of Methodism, and its native
disposition, we should see it in all its fortunes. And this our own
country, productive of very strange things, bath given us ample
means to contemplate. For they who now go under the name
of Methodists Were, in the days of our forefathers, called Pre.
cisians, terms of similar and almost equal import ; and being
of their own devising, :thew how much the same spirit actuated
them at all times. The elder Methodism, on its first appear-
ance, put on the same suffering exterior which we see the
younger brother wear at present. During the firm administra-
tion of Elizabeth it.disguised, and but barely disguised, its na-
tive ferocity in a feigned submission, after having invited
persecution with the air of a persecutor. Those times, we
may be sure, would not suffer it to wait long for what it
wanted. And then, as a precious metal which had under-
gone its trial in the fire, and left all its dross behind,
the sect with great propriety changed its name from Pre-
cisian to Puritan. But in the weak and distracted times
of Charles the First, it ventured to throw off the mask ; and
then under the new name of Independent, became the chief
agent of all the dreadful disorders which terminated that un-
happy reign. For independency was a name as well suited to
the weakness of that Government which it defied and over-
, turned, as methodism is to the strength of this, of which it

stands in awe. Nor is this pedigree, which makes methodism
of the younger house-tor independency, invented like heraldic
fictions to ennoble my subject. Whoever reads the large ac-
counts of the Spiritual State of the Regicides while under con-
demnation (written and published at that time by their friends
to make them pass with the people for Saints and Martyrs), and
compares them with the circumstantial Journals of the Metho-
dists, will find so exact a conformity in the frenzy of sentiment,
and even in the cant of expression, upon the subjects of Faith,
Grace, Redemption, Regeneration, Justification, &c. as may
fully satisfy him that they are both of the same stock, and
ready, on a return of the like season, to produce the same
fruits. All the difference which distance of times and variety
of circumstances have effeCted, being only this : The Metho-
dist is now an Apostolic Independent, and the Independent
was then illallometan Methodist." G.

The Frankfort Paper states, that the House
of BEnciNiEs, in that city, is in possession of some most va-
luable pearls. They were bought of the Ex-Emperor IT UR-
BIDE, as he passed through Germany a few months ago.
The Emperor of AUSTRIA has extended the
patent of Nobility (that of Austrian Baron) to the Chevalier
von PESCITIER, the public partner of the Commercial House
of Films and Co. of Vienna.
Mr. A NGERSTEIN has bought the fine mansion
the barriers
eilrienscikdheenactehs,
aorfcl:is father in. Pall-Mall, and on
in St. James's-square, inhabited by the late Earl ST. GER-
Nyé understand, to be sold.

THE ARMY.

Major-General Sir J, LYozes Regiment, the
97th, now raising at \Winchester, will embark in
January next, for Ceylon. _ _ _

On Wednesday the head-quarters of the 31th Regiment, un-
der Col. Dickens, embarked in the Princess Royal, Lieutenant
Thomas Hewett, and sailed for Dublin. The 2d Regiment, or
Queen's, will embark at Dublin, in the transports which took
the 34th Regiment, and land them in this garrison.
The Zephyr, with part of the 3d Veteran Battalion, from
Cork, arrived last night, bound to Sheerness. She landed part
of the Regiment at Guernsey.
It is said that an Order will shortly issue, enabling Officers,
after twenty-three years service, to sell their Commissions,
whether obtained by purchase or otherwise.

PROMOTIONS.
[From the LONDOX GAZETTE of Saturday.]
War Office, May 21, 1824.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant-Col. James
Maxwell Wallace, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant-Col.,
vice Arthur Gordon, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
6th Ditto—Captain Win. Miles liington, from half-pay of
the Regiment, to be Captain, vice Henry Stephen North, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
7th Ditto—Captain John Gowdie, from the 15th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Bennett, who exchanges.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lieut. Augustus Wathen, from
half-pay Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward
Leathes, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major Geo. Brown, from
Bth Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice William Oislotv, who
retires upon half-pay 42d Foot, receiving the difference.
Bth Ditto—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George William
Russell, from half-pay 42d Foot, to be Major, paying the
difference, vice Brown, appointed to the 4th Light Dragoons.
]7th Ditto—Lieutenant George Trigge Greenland, from
half-pay Bth Light Dragoons, to he Lieutenant, vice Thomas
Nicholson, who. exchanges, receiving the difference.
15th Regiment of Foot—Captain James Bennet, from the
7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Gowdie, who ex-
changes.

32d .Ditto—Lieutenant John Birtwhistle to be Captain, by
purchase,. vice Belcher, who retires ; Ensign Otto Ives to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Birtwhistle ; Frederick Mark-
ham, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ives.
36th Ditto—Ensign John Roberts to be Adjutant, vice
McPherson, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
44th Ditto—Ensign William Clark Langmead, from the
70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John Mac-
laine Wood, removed from the service.
92d Ditto—Captain John Spinks, from the 12th Foot, to be
Major, by purchase, vice Fulton, who retires.
98th Ditto—Lieut. John Carter Barrett, from half-pay 53d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Joseph Lord Wallscourt, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference.
Royal African Colonial Corps—Lieut. Alexander Sword,
from half-pay 91st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John George
Blake, who exchanges ; Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Stewart,
from the 11th Foot, to be Surgeon.
To be A ssistan t-Su Ygeons—H ospi tal-Assistant William Fer-
guson; Hospital-assistant Thomas Rose Picton.
Ist Royal Veteral Battalion—Captain Joseph Le Guay, from
half-pay 95th Foot, to be Captain, vice Donald M'Arthur, who
returns to his former situation on the Retired List.
UYATTACIIED--Lieut. Edward Gorden Douglas, from the
Ist or Grenadier Foot Guards, to be Captain of a Company, by
purchase, vice James Alaclauchlan, who retires.
IiREVET—Capt. Peter Edwards, of the 75th Foot, to be
Major in the Army ; Captain Charles 0. Aveline, of the Hon.
East India Company's Service, and Adjutant to the Cadets at
the Royal Military Seminary at Addiscombe, to have the local
rank of Captain while so employed, vice Lester who resigns ;
Lieut. Talbot Ritherdon, of ditto, and Assistant-Adjutant at
that Institution, to have the local rank of Lieutenant while so
employed.
HOSPITAL STASF.—Alexander Baxter, M.D. Deputy In-
spector of Hospitals, to be Inspector of Hospitals by Brevet.
To be Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals by Brevet.—Robert
Calvert, 111. D. Physician to the Forces; John 1114 Mullen,
M.D. Physician to the Forces; Dr. David 1114Loughlin, As-
sistant-surgeon to the Forces, has been dismissed his Majesty's
service for a gross breach of dis-Cipline and disobedience of the
orders of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief.
Office of Ordnance, May 19, 1824.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Capt. John Henryson, from the
half-pay, to be Captain, vice Alaclauchlan, retired on half-pay.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain William B.
Patten, from half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Close, retired
en half-pay; 'First Lieutenant W Miller, from half-pay,
vice Richardes, retired on half-pay.
Commission in the 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia.
Major W. Mason to be Lieut.-Col., vice Durrant, resigned.
Commission in the Ist and 2d Troops of Dungleddy Yeomanry

Cavalry:
Rich. Buikeley Philipps, Esq. to be Captain Commandant.
Commissions in the Stafibrdshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cay.
Lie-at. Henry Worthing,ton to be Captain ; Michael Bass to
be First Lieutenant, vice Worthington, promoted.

EDINBURGH, MAY 20.—This morning, about seven o'clock,
the head-quarters of the 94th Regiment, under the command of
Lieut:-Colonel Allan, preceded by the band of the Ist Royal
Dragoon Guards, marched from the Castle for Greenock.—
General Sir Thomas Bradford and staff accompanied them out
of town ;. and, at parting, the General addressed them in nearly
the following words :—" I assure you I take my leave of you
with the deepest regret ; and I sincerely hope that your conduct
will, in all respects, be such as it has been since you came here.
And as I will receive constant reports, I hope you will acquit
yourselves well in that country to which you are going. And
now, my lads, I wish you a sate voyage, trusting that your suc-
cess will be brilliant, and that you will live together in peace
and happiness."--This morning the Staff and four companies
of the 65th Regiment, under the command of Colonel Dumas,
marched into the Castle from Paisley.