The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-01 00:00:00

BAP riSNI.

R. ErotTnn—Yotir Coriespondent (AV. n. Aug.
17,) calls 114ptism superstition, it slid delusiOn, and
a reli9ne Of Popery; and says. let children, when
grown up, ikc. he hiptised Met,/ require it,. thus
in lying. a 'matter of indifference .cliether they
are baptised or not.

Yet Ibis ig. it seemq, A Christian Pastor, who
speaks thns of a ceremony, which the
peat Author of Christ iatiity,has hitmelt ordained.

" Oo ye. am, teach all Nation, baptising them in the
" name of the Fattier, Soo and Holy Ghost.
" 'He that Itelieveth and is haptiaed shall bu saved."

Faith and flab ism, then are the terms on whicl,
Salvation is promised, and without them it is not
promised Baptism was looked opon of such great
niometit by the Apostles that it was thought
ne-
cessaty to he atltuini,tcred even to tho4e who hall
received the Holy Ghost. 'hl►e.y were ;tot thought
c(ouplete Christians till water tt+►d been applied.
litti 1 will cOutitie what I have to say to our
Saviour's own words.

• it to be stored and to enter into the Kingdom of
God mean the saute thing, then it appears to me,
as clear as toy demonsiration in• Euchtn, that
Faith and Baptism are synonimous to the new
Birth nr Reg e era ; for if omit cannot be saved
•unless he he horn again, yet may be saved by
beliering and being bop. li/ ; theta ekr/ andrig
, .
being boptiaLd must amount to or conip.t iie ihe new
Ilitth, whet tyke he could not be saved by theM,
and ibis new birth must lie by water as -well as
the spirit.
No, says W. 1-1 , we will leave off sprinkling
or dipping; we will no! send 'our children to
leaven by our SaviOur's directions; we will have
a mode of our own let our 'children be dedicaied
in solemn Prayer to the Great Sdpreme. This form
has, 1 must allow, one advantage, that it svill
snit either Gentoo or Mahometan ; but what as-
surance 1114 s he that his prayer will go op as a
metuOtial befor'e God, and be 'accepted by him ?
Let, him remember that t 0 obey is better than
sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of Rims:

Your's,

AG11.1(-ULTURE. &c.

MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST.

Corn-harvest is finished in all the forward, in
full activity in all the middling, and .commencing
in the most backward, districts. Beani will soon
follow. Wheat is a variable- crop ; but, on a
comparison of the various reports, will, in all
probability, • exceed expectation in respect of
quantity. The straw is long, but not Stour, and
remarkably clean and wholesome. The barley
crop is universally great, but partially affected by
blight, to the great injury of th- sample. Oats
are not a bulky crop upon the gr•utril, and it is
supposed will prove a !Medium produce. Beans
aid Peas vary extremely : in some 'counties they
are much hurt, in (libels a most abundant crop—
Beans far the most productive. The same of
ar es . Rye will yield a Middling produce.
tarot's are a large growth. The Turnips have
plauted well ; and, in consespience of the favour-
able slate of the. weather, have bred') well cleaned,
the fellows sharing the same advantage. Hops
!lave •had great strength of bine, are very luxu-'
riant, and, notwithstanding the injuries theyhave-
sustained•from the change of weather, are likely
to prove abundant.

ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY-ONE THE ROBBERS

SHOT DEAD ON THE SPOT.

CARLOW, AUG. 23.—0 n Tuesday night, a iet
of ruffians, four or five in number, attacked th,e
house of John Rose of. Seskin, near Barris, in
this county. They knocked at tile door and .de-
mantled admittance, and also Rose's money ; and
said,. that if their wishes were not immediately
complied; with, they would set: the liouse bn fire,
brought the necessary materials with them.
nose, who is a very small man, far advanced
in years, is a yeoman—and having his: musket
and some ammunition (with, which be prepared
himself, in consequence of another attack, a short
Arne since.) iletet mined on defending himself. flcis
wife instantly goi.ont otbed;and, with great pre-
sence of mind, entered into a conversation with
the robbers, telling them she bad no money, and
was alone in the house—but she was at the 'same
time employed in blinding the windoW before she
lighted a rush, that her )Insband might see to
charge his musket. The robbers became quite
impatient, and one of them actually proceed-
ed to light some straw, with
.fire that he hail
in a small pot, to burn tha house, when Rose put
out the light, and opening the door unperceived,'
with a coolness and determination that would (ha
honour to a veteran, took a deliberate aim and
abot him dead. The. unfortunate wretch stag-
gered a few paces and
.dropped, with the pot
by his side and the straw firmly grasped in
Lis hand ; his accomplices instantly fled. The
ball entered his left breast, passed out through
the-right, and lodged in his atm. The licitly re-
mained exposed until Thursday, when James
Byrne, Big. held an 'lnquest on it. The
ceased has been recognized—his name was Arthur
i:leary.

A shocking occu.rence. took place, about one
o'clock yesterilay afternoon, in the Golden Chain
public-house, in the Tower. A private soldier in
the third Battalion of the 'Grenadier Guards, sit-
ting in the tap-room With his wife, some alter-
cation took place bet wten them, on -which he
au:tick her two or three liar(' blows. This so ex-
asperated her, trig she seized a sharp-pointed
Jsnile.and instantly plunged 'it in his side ; brtore
she ,coo 1,1 bC'Prse*vented she stabbed him'a second
titue„: The Unfortunate wan was carried on a
shniter to:tbe Military Hospital in the Tower;
his wounds are of a very dangerous nature. The
woni4l.l taken tO the Guard-room.

. •
Stj/PIDE.-011 Monday night an Inquisition
Was 'liken by Mr. SnEurow, Coroner, upon
the body of nr. Gaitsel, a person in the biip trade;
residing iu Red Lion-street, leading from the Bo-
rough Market to St. Margaret's-hill, who shot
himself, is we stated in our Paper of yesterday..
The Jury returued a verdict of " Lttuacy.';

SURREY SESSIONS, TUESDAY, AUG. 31.

SEDITIOUS PLACARDS.

Samuel Waddington was arraigned on a charge
of printing and publishing, at Lambeth, a certain
seditious printed hand•bill, for the purpose of
calling a Public Meeting in Smithfield, and there-
by intending to stir up, excite, and provoke to-
;unit, riot., sedition, -and disaffection, at such
Meeting ; to which charge the prisoner pleaded—
Not Guilty.
.Upon the Jnry being sworn, the prisoner ob-
jected to three of them. He was told by the
Com t that he must gave a reason for to dOing.
He replied, that he undersood it' to be his right
to object to any of the Jury it be thought
proper.
COURT...." Not peremptorily."

The prisoner replied, that he had no other rea-
son than the suspicion that they were dependant
upon the Magistrates in their trade, 'and when a
poor man like him'hird tei contend singly against
the King's LaWyets-and a Bench of 'Magistrates,
he might be 'excused for' b`eing Cautious,
The Chairman (D. Tuorr Fs(' ) cautioned
„him against Making such insinuations,, wbieh
might do him great harm-, but could...do him no
good.
The , prisoner explained, and said he intended
no personal offence. After some hesitation he
waived his objections to the Jurytnen who were
sworn.

Mr. COWLEY condticted the prosecution for the
Crown, and, on opening the case, he dilated vet y
largely ',poet the nature of the law with respect
to•pttblic meetings, and admitted the right of the
people to meet and discuss their go ievances, pro
vided that, the discussion was peaceable, and
had no tendency to riot and disorder, and also
that it did not endanger the safety or pt ;lee of
any of his Majesty's subjects, He cote end-
ed, that the bill in nuevion had a tendency to
sedition in an eminent degree, and as such the
publication was undoubtedly desetving of lowish-
ment as a seditious and i!.flamtuatory hbel. He
contended that no meeting of such immense mul-
titude as one of two. or three hundred thousand
people could possibly take place without endan.
Kering the lives of some of his iNlatjesty's, sub-
jects. As an iostauce of which, he mentioned the
cXecu!ion Ot litigrrly and Holloway some time
back at the Old Bailey, 'where the cry 01 " Hats
off!" being raised among the mob, the mere Mo-
tion of their arms caused the death of fifteen peo-
ple.* Nor indeed were such large a,.seniblies
able to discuss any question, for it seldom hap-
pened that a Sixth part of (Item could hear any of
the proceedings. Nor were there ever, during
the whole course of English history, any instances
where such assemblies had done any thing ,but
mischief. The bill in question, instead of calling
people together for purposes of. that calm discus-
sion which the law permitted, set nut with an ap-
peal to the passions of 'men by asserting, that at-
rocious Deis of violence a,:d massacre had been
committed by tire Government upon their fe110w...7
countrymen ; and it celled upon them "Ina ail)
in an appeal to the Prince Regent to stay the
hook of bloody and remorseless tyrants." He
would put it to the sense of the Jorywhether sod'
expt;es,,ions had not a tendency to 'excite sedition
and disaffection towards the GoVernment ; anti he.
thought it quite enough that he should prove,
that the prisoner was detected in, publishing the
libel, and shonld,leave hien with confidence in time
hands of the Jury.
Itubert Hall, a constable of UniOn•hall,
that he saw the prisoner on the"23d of
August, on Kennington CoMMOtt, with a large,
board, on which were pasted two distinct PlaCatas,
the one stating that the " Meeting was deferred to
a figure day;" and oil the other side was a phew d
headed, " • Universal, Civil, and Religions Li-
berty ;" the bill ponoluded by calling a Meeting:
to consider the measure to be taken in curse-'
odence of " the late massacre in Manchester."
The witness underwent- a severe cross-examina-
tion-byilia prisoner : iu the coarse o: which he i
stated that the prisoner haul been twice:liberated
upon his own word to appear on the following
days, which he did punctually.
.Que of the Ma-
gistrates could firth to charge against
The prisoner, impoi being Oiled on'fOr his de:
fence, decliped tuaking it uotil the Counsel for
the Crown had which he bad. to say.
The court inforMed him that lite ConnSel for
the Crown was entitled. to reply if he thought
proper.. ,
The prisoner then entered on Ilia defence, arum
said that this was time first instance of a person
carrying a bOard on which a placard wai fixed be-
ing prosecuted as the publisher of a libel. As
to the Bill being libellous, and havinga ten-
dency to excite sedition, the result'of the Meet-
ing at Smithfield, which it convened, gave the
lie to the assertion. 114 contended that tire
right to meet and discuss their grievances, and
to petition for Reform, was the birthright of every
Englishinim, as it had often beats declared to be.
by the late Wllliiant Piit and the Duke of Rich-
-mond. The Counsel for the Crown had quoted
very largely from various Law Authorities, but
he won't! quote from higher authority than any of
them—nuinely, The Bible ? He then cited several
chapters in support of his doctrines, particularly
from the 15th chapter of Leviticus, and also the
sth verse of Proverbs" Take away the wicked
from before the Prince, arid his Throne shall be
established its righteousness." These, it could
not be denied by Christians, were superior to any
human laws, anel they were bollnd to be guided
by thefri He 'requested the Jury to take into
tlicii .considerutiou the opponents he had to
Contend with, who 'were turn who hail received
eXpensive educations, ‘vhereas lie had received
none, and was uninformed.. He finally-colic hided
by saying that he relied upon the Jary, us his
felloW countrymen and Judges of his case,- to give
him an'honourable acquittal,
The Citot:tamatt summed up the evidence, and
in charging_the. Jimry, he Stated that himself and
every other Magisftate atpon the Bench were of

The-Learned Gentleman has been misinformed as to the
muse of this disast In fact it yeas prouueed a group of
persons seramblii g for the content's of a pyeto4tem•basket,
which was hooehed off his head. They pushed against civil
other so violently, that fifteen were bruised to death. ,

• tl►at •
opmwn the 14 quest-ton Was tnnst ac-
ciiledif a sedition% libel, the "blicatiOn of which
had alFildellOY to ekCi[ellisareCtion and a breach
of the peace, -
The Jury Withdrew; and were hhsent nearly an
how'. 11001; their return they prt,louneed the
prisoner—Not Guilty.
The prisoner .then seized the board on which
the placard was 140, ao left the Coutt in
tri►intph, followed by nearly the whole of the per-
,
soi present.

'l'iierr wet e no other cases of importance, and
Ilse Ses'sions

From the LONDON G4ZpITTE; Qf August 31.

Witr-Offite, Aug. O.

His Royal Highness the Prince Recent has heen pleased,
in,the name and oh the behalf of his Nlajoty, to appoint the
following- Officers of the Royal Artillery to take rank by
111. cl-et as tiriderque'lltioned. The Cummisluns to be dated
1211 i August.

To be IT EtTENANT-GENERAL.—Major-Gen'erals J. Smith,
Cuppage, T. Seward, F. !Aye, Wilhtigtun. 'V. R.

•E'llarlei;ol, Sir E. Haworth, K.C.13., T. Desbri.say, C. Ter-
rot, and G. Glasgow.
To be NIAJoa-GKNERAIA—CoIoneIs .T. F. S. • Smith, W.
Mudge, 11. S.lirapnell, G. Wulff, G. W. Dixon, W. Wil-
son, i 4. Young, and Sir 1-1.
To Ire CoLoNE-Ls—Lientenntit•Colonels E. Pritchard, T.
fraitekllo, .1. Viney, C. Waller, It. Beeror, J. Shortall;

K. Ltt;;;e, late Itrryiii Irish Artillery, and F. Griffiths.
To LIEUTENANT-ColONELS—M4jors R. S. Brough, A.
Bredin, .1. Power, and-P. Druniiiiond.
To he MAJons—Captains D. Storey, T. Hutcheson, H. Tre-
lawney, .1. Chester, Honourable H. Gardner, C. Tyl,er, C.
ilkinson, C. F. Sand:' on, A. Hunt, Q. Gilmour, F. A.
S. Knox, J. Briscoe, and .1. Taylor.

frar-011ice, ..iu;•. 30.

His Royal Highness the Princellegent has been pleased,
in the name on th• behalf of his Majesty, to.appoint the fol-
lowing Officers of the Royal Engineers to tape rank by Ilre
vet as ondricmentioncd. The Connniision4 to be dated 12th
August

To tie GENVlAL—Liotitenant-General 'F. Hartcup.
To he J. EUTENANT-GEN 12.1L9—.11ajor-Geilerai H. ]tudyerd,
and W. ryers.
To be MAJon- GENERALS—CoIoneIs R. D'Arcy, G. Bridges,
and S. T. I)kkens.
To be MAJoits—Captains W. Bennett, T. Fvers,
go'nrenx, H. M. Kilvington, G. Buchan:to, Fanshawe,
W. Douglas, T. Cuuningarn, and E. Figg.