The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-14 00:00:00

do not deny ; but we are assured, on good
authority, that Mrs. HOPPNER kept herself en-
tirely free from such pursuits. The Duke of
PALMELLA, who was said to have taken a part
in the intrigues which displaced Mr. HOPPNER,
indignantly refuted the assertion at Lisbon,
and bore testimony to the energetic and upright
conduct of the Consul-General. The Duke
has also written here to the same effect, and has
expressed his regret at the appearance of articles
in our Government papers, which, whilst affect-
ing to support him, were at once injurious to his
interests and to the Constitutional cause.

The North Devon Advertiser is, we per-
ceive, in raptures with the Bishop of E XETER'S
late charge to the clergy of that diocese. Ac-
cording to our provincial cotemporary's account,
nothing was ever so luminous—so instructive
—so eloquent—so comprehensive—so con-
vincing ! It was an unparalelled display of
episcopal intellect, which had as electrifying an
effect on all who heard it, as the bray of a
certain animal in Toboso had on the auriculars
of Don Quixote and Sancho. The charge is
certainly a lengthy one, for Dr. Plitr,LroTTs
enjoys peculiar hereditary advantages in this
respect. As the son of a 'West-country
Boniface, he must, of course, be an adept
in the art of making out a long charge;
but, independently of its length, we know
of no recommendation that the charge in
question possesses to justify the elaborate exta-
cies of the North Devon Advertiser. To us
it appears neither more nor less than a confused
mass of self-conceit, common-place, and pe-
dantry, seasoned with a due admixture of, what
the experienced in such matters, call—Fudge•
" It firmly asserts, and distinctly proves," quoth
our provincial cotemporary, " the right of the
Church of England to its property and endow-
ments." This we can readily imagine. The
good Bishop was always a firm supporter of
clerical temporalities, as was proved, beyond the
possibility of refutation, in the case of the Rec.,
tory of Stanhope, which it may be remembered
he clung to convulsively to the last moment,
and only let go when not a chance remained
of his being allowed to retain it in commendam
with his Bishoprick. Our contemporary goes
on to say, " in considering the endowments of
the Church, as a m•ans to an end, we think
his Lordship places the subject in the proper
light for the contemplation of the clergy." No
question of it. But did the Clergy need this
refresher ? Have they not always been in the
habit of " considering the endowments of the
Church as a means to an end"—that end being
the promotion of their own interests, the acqui-
sition of as many pluralities as they can conveni-
ently lay hands on ? Really his Lordship's ex-
hortation on this point
,is as superfluous an act
as sending coals to Newcastle, or a ship-load of
ice to the North Pole. But let us again hear
our contemporary. " None can have listened to
the sentiments of pure and unaffected devotion,or
heard the impressive and touching voice of the
speaker, breathing forth in strains of sweet and
solemn music, the aspirations of exalted virtue
and elevated yet simple piety, and not have been
animated by some of the fervour of religion."
Modest panegyrist ! " Animated by some of the
fervor of religion !" So the hearers were only ani-
mated by "some," notwithstanding they had been
listening for upwards of an hour to the " aspi-
rations of exalted virtue, and elevated yet simple
piety." Really the good Bishop's eloquence
must have been strangely thrown away on such
a very sober and discreet audience ! If, how-
ever, his eloquence was as conspicuous as it is
here said to have been, we can only say that i

must have been far different in its character to

that with which his Lordship has of late been
in the habit of astounding the House of

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Lords. We remember hearing no episcopal
" strains of sweet and solemn music " there ;

still less any " aspirations of exalted virtue
and simple piety." On the contrary, the
Bishop's " strains"—(but perhaps we have

no ear)—struck us as being all in E

sharp; and as for the " aspirations," we dis.

tinctly recollect thinking at the time that they
had far more of a worldly than a celestial cha-
racter ; and were " breathed" less for a translation

From earth to heaven, than from Exeter to

Canterbury ! But enough of this. The plain fact
is, that the Bishop for lack of a more disinterested
eulogist, has been lucky enough to find one in
the person of (no doubt) some needy parson,
who is as much in want of a living as his Lord-
ship is in want of an advocate. But what a
stomach he must have to digest such wholesale
flattery ! The ostrich who supped off tenpenny
nails never achieved a gastric feat like this !

The French Papers contain a curious account
of a conversation said to have occurred lately
between the Duchess of BRAGANZA and
LOUIS PHILIP, on the subject of a marriage
between the young Duke de NEMOURS
and DONNA MARIA, which (if true)
exhibits the character of the French KING
in the most humiliating light it is possible
to conceive. The same Papers mention that
the men who robbed the English courier of Ws
Ambassador's bag near Madrid the other day,
have been discovered.

His MAJESTY and the QUEEN, it is confi-
dently stated in London, purpose paying an early visit to
Ireland, accompanied by the Duchess of KENT, the Princess
VlCT,oB,s.Rlt,
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and the
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principal members
f of the Court of St.
jain
The Patriotic Association of Germany at
Paris has opened a subscription far such refugees as have
ie
taken shelter in France in consequence of the late political
events in Germany.—French Paper.
We learn that
itgsnioxmXinopusillys expellednf t
for
heS Seminary
ryben of
Mechlin h in
detected in the act of reading one of Voltaire's works
avet been
French Paper.
Her Royal Highness Princess MERSDORFF
and Baroness de SNAETII left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley..
square, yesterday, fur the Continent.
'rho Duke of RICHMOND and Mr. Secre-
tary STANLEY left the residence of Mr. STANLEY at Put-
ney yesterday morning, oa a visit to Viscount Amway,
Wiseton, Yorkshire. The Noble Viscount will enter-
tain a party at Wiseton during the races at Doncaster.
The Duke of ARGYLL, the Lord Steward of
the Household, left tows on a visit to their MAJEsms.
His Grace is expected to remain till Monday. Viscount
PALMERSTON and Viscount MELBOURNE left town for the
Castle at Windsor on Thursday, on a visit to the Kirra
and QUEEN.