The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-11 00:00:00

HIGH-CHURCH DEBATE.

" I wonder, my dear, that a Bishop like you,
Whose denouncement of pride all so much like,
Can retain what you teaoh other folks to eschew,
Pomps, vanities, riches, and such like !"
Why, am I not conscience-compelled, dearest wife ?
For in this world whatever befal us,
'Tis our duty to keep in that station of life
To which it hath pleas'd God to call us !
g, Then whatever the station may happen to be
Which woman or man may be brought to,
Good or bad, if so call'd,—l begin now to see,—
Thence it follows--that therefore—they ought to—"
0 fie ! 'Tis to wisdom the churchman allures,
And the practice of virtue enforces;
The wicked, dishonest, corrupt, he conjures
To abandon their dissolute courses."
Aye ! there is the puzzle. There seems a surmise,
If we credit newspaper narration,
That something unvirtuous, erroneous, unwise,
Exists in our church regulation."
" Then if folks have been rightly informed, became warned
And so stormed—now what virtue or use is
The clergy's attempt to maintain unreformed
The church's reported abuses ?"
" You shock me ! The question implies an excuse
For church-spoliation--is that it?"
" Wife ! The church recognises no kind of abuse,

Save that which tongues wicked throw at it !"
" Still I cannot--(you'll pardon my dulness my dear,
With the purest intentions I urge ye)---
t can't see how vice can be, made to appear 'l.
A virtue, though cloak'd by the-clergy." -
" Man may doubt, but such doubts are not pure, when he dares
Thus to question his spiritual teacher ;
If all understood these mysterious affairs,

Pray, where were the want of the preacher?
" Points of doctrine, church might, right, and revenue, nay,
State connection, are doubts rife at present ;
As a prelate and gentleman, such, I must say,
Are impious and very unpleasant.
" The church is abused, and accused, and ill used,
The Bishops are bullied and twitted ;
But this comfort is theirs--world-denied, world-refused,
Things are right as they are-1F PERXITTED
" If men starve, become bankrupt, or die in a ditch,
Fight, or follow false-demagogue teachers,
By that charity moved, we're commanded to preach,
We lament their condition, poor' creatures.
" But because of these plights, and mischances, and woes,
(Only let Christian people bethink 'em—
Can we help it you know !)—is it fair to suppose
That the church should relinquish its income?
" Let the scoffers beware ! Let them hoot, let them hate ;
These destructives will find, I've a notion,
That the church is church-militant yet—but 'tis late—
Ring the household to evening devotion."

The Due de Broglie will, it is now said, be imme-
diately despatched to London, as French Ambassador to the
British Court.

Mr. Byng underwent the operation of couching
with success on the 7th instant.

We learn by the advices from Trieste that the Em-
peror of Austria was about t? establish a new line pf packets
between Patras and Alexandria. Three vesscls of war, among
which was the brig Orestes , 114.4 loon appolhted to commence
this service 4041(444,1h It was reported that pirates had re-
4PPektrod In the gulf of Santos,

Porto Bello, the capture of which by Admiral
Vernon made so much noise in the reign of George IL, and
which once ornamented many sign posts in England, is now
one of the most defenceless places on the face of the earth ;
a boat's crew would capture it with ease, but would find
nothing in it to repay them for the trouble.— Voyage of the
Chanticleer.