The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-14 00:00:00

PERSECUTION.

The Speech delivered by Lord., CasnitlttaGE
on Friday evening, in the Hotsse,.of Commons,
was, according to the opinion of every person who
heard it,- one of the ablest and most satisfactory
efforts of sell defence ever uttered within those
walls. The Noble Lord seemed to have been roused
ittto unusual animation, evidently provoked by the
virulence which had 'mailed him, and urged not
only by a desire to vindicate himself, but also a
persecuted Individual, who has long been attacked
with all the rancour of party. We have received
such inforafation, fro►tt quarters* on which we
depend, respecting the conduct of tihat Individual,
as to persuade us, that the only grounds for.the
malice of Faction, are his timely and successful
efforts to save Ireland froth REBELLION, MASSA-
CRE, and all its consequent horrors.—Wethere-.
fore extract the following passages froth 'L,}rd
CASTLEREAGH'S speech on this subject, because
we believe the Noble Lord to be incapable of ad-
vancing any thing for which he has not due au-
thority and adequate knoWletige, and because we
are convinced that he has. too penetrating and sa-
gacious a mind to be deceived ,by specious appear-
ances and representations without proof.—Adven-
ing then to his Lordship's answer to that part of
Mr. BROUGHAM'S violent but weak Philippic which
related to foreign appointments, we
.submit the
following passages to the candour of the public at
large.i—

" The next topic on this head (said his Lordship) referred
'to, was the appointments of Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Manners.
Of the first, he had never heard any thing to his prejudice.;
he was originally engaged in treason, and by his discovery
made the atonement. It was inconsistent with the honimr
of Government to allow such a man to wander through the
country, and at a moment, too, when these frequent denun-
ciations could not contribute- to his personal safety. He
(Lord C.) was not Secretary in Ireland when Reynolds gave
his information. It was to Mr. Pelham that the disclosures
were made. Three Juries had believed his testimony, and
the Irish House of Commons, where tliere were men active.
enough to expose it, if possible,, considered it unimpeached.
That in the estimation of the Hon. Baronet (Sir F. Burdett)
such a man appeared in a degraded light, was, without im-
puting improper motives, not unnatural, from the habits of
.personal association that Honourable Baronet bad with per-
sons to whom Mr. Reynolds could have no recommendation.
The prejudice was not, however, vtierat. Lord Chichester

* From the same quarters we are assured that the attacks
on the moral character of this persecitted than are wholly un-
founded; forwhen, in addition to the testimony of three Ju-
ries, as well as of both Houses of Parliament, and the com-
pliments of his fellow-citizens Of Dublin, as stated by Lord
Castlereagh, it is understood that Colonel Witherington and
his brother, and every other branch of that family, resided
for months at a time at Mr. Reynold's house in London and
other places, during many years, it is impossible that they
could credit the accusations against him. The truth is, that
he repented of having entered into certain political associa-
tions when-he discovered that their purpose was to encourage
foreign invasion, and to ruin their country, and his great
crime with FneTtoN is, that he defeated their wicked ma-
chinations, and preserved it.

thought so well of his cba,racter as to appoint him to the re-
spectable situation of Postmaster-General at Lisbon. His
present appointment was. that of Consul at Iceland. The
Corporation of the City of Dublin (Hear, hear from the Op?
position Benches) did nut deem him unworthy, and gave
him for his services the freedom of their body. The Guild'of
Merchants, a body of men tar above Ministerial corruption,
who voted him the honour of their Guild, did not concur in,

those feelings of reprobation. His testimony was not alore-
unimpeached, but was supported by the confessions of the
traitors themselves. O'Connor and 251 other traitors 'con-
fessed their guilt, and upheld the truth of his statement.—
Certainly that individual, Reynolds, had deserved well of his
country, instead of being so stigmatized as an enemy.—(Hear !
and a laugh.)--The accounts from Lord Chichester fuliy -jus-
tified what he had now said, and thereby fully wiped off every
insinuation brought against bim by the HonourableSaronet.
In truth, Mr. Reynolds had only been known to Government
solely by his activity, and their thinking that it was thus
proper that he and some such individual should be employod.
Mr. Reynolds was a man in also considerably r6pectable
circumstances, and therefore by no means likely to prosti-
tute his talents for the public service. He considered him,
therefore, as an in :ividual assig.,A jt ustly to persecution,
and in troth as an object against whom the most unfounded
insinuations-had been. brought."
The same desire to rescue a persecuted indivi.
dual -from the malevolence of Party, induct; tcs
to snhjoin also what was said by another truly le-
spectablc Member of the House of Commons and
enlightened pillar of the.LaAv, who has too much
experience, and too high a sense of charact.'r, to
hazard his opinions hastily on any subject
ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, ne was quite unac.

. .
!planned With Mr. Reynolds: hut thought he bid been [it-!
fairly dealt-by. When Mr. Reynolds - was a-witness on . the
trials alluded to in Ireland, all the attacks now made on bizt
were-made to induce the Juries not to belie% e his testimony ;
but after the fullesi:inrestigation of. the circamstances of the
case,.the veracity of. Mr. Reynolds was confirmed before these
different Juries, and on his evidence principally the persons
tried were convicted of the offences of whichlhey were'ac-
cused. Afterwards; on Mr. Itehohls's evidence at the Bar of
the House of Commons, Bills of Attainder were agreed to.—

Alms had Mr. Reynolds's character passed throngh 'a very
fiery ordeal without injury; unless the verdict of Juries were
not to he attended. to when they 'Convicted,. but only when
they.acquittcd the persons charged before them. The great
fault of Mr. Reynolds was his having entered into the con-
spiracy, for which he afterwards made ample atonement. He
(the Attorney-General) was one of thtose perverted beings
who did nut think that it was criminal in a mane 16 conic for=
ward, and make an atonement for a previous offelice. So far
from thinking such conduct a crime, be was one of those
wrong-headed persons who called it a virtue. As to the ap-
pointment of Mr:Revnolds on the Grand Jury, Government; •
ur the Law Officers, knew no more of his having been,so tsp.,
pointed than the Honourable and-Learned Gentleman himself.
He (the Attorney-General) had been informed (although he
would--not vouch' for it; as he did not know it of his own
knowledge) that on Mr. Reynolds's being summoned on the
-Grand Jury, lie was anxious. to get "rid of the harden, and
asserted that he ought to be excused on the groan(' of his
being appointed a Consul to a Foreign State; but this was
refused by the Summoning Officer. Mr. Reynolds was nu spy
of Government. fie was not at all employed in
But beluga man originally engaged in a traitorous conspiracy,
repenting his crime, and foreseeing the horrid consequences
to which it would lead, he atoned by disclosing all that he
knew on the subject."
*The-HOnourable Gentleman justly added that,
•
"If such attacks as those which had been made on Mr.
,Reynolds an& Mr. Manners were listened to, there was no
man, however hollow-able, who had political enemies, that
might not be sd assailed by affidavits 'and similar statements."
Ak to the conduct of Mr. REYNOLDS as British
.4kg.tli, for the Post Office at Lisbon,- we have au-
thority to say; that his resignation of that ()nice
•
was regretted by his superiors, who bavei borne a
ready and an ample testimony to the able, zealous,
and praiseworthy manner in which he executed
its duties, and which procured for Win a marked
official approbation.
• With respect toMr.MANNERS, we can ourselves
speak from a personal knowledge of his character
Conduct, abilities, and patriotivo. His high at-
tainments as a Scholar are well known. His
powerful pen was actively exerted in supporting
the best interests of the Country, and in resisting
the attacks of Miscreants who endeavoured bit all
possible means to overthrdw the Goverument.
We have no doubt that his efforts were effectual,
::nil if we have' any regret that he should have re-
ceived the appointment whirls has drawn so much.
party rancho!' upon him, -.it is because so powerful
and zealous a IVriter is removed from this Conn--
try, at a tinie when DISAFFECTION, 'fatAsoN and
.REBELLION, are so widely spread, and seem to
receive sanction and encouragement train Persons
who ouJit to know better, but Who are blinded
by ambition', or have n.)t sense enough to reflect
hat their oWn ruin would inevitably be involved
in the ruin of their Country.

MILITARY PROMO rIONs.

War-Office,' 'July 12, 1817.

2d Regiment Of Life Guards--Captain R. Mears, from half-
pay of the 18th Foot, to he Captain of a Troop, vice Sir
John Cox, who exchanges'; Lieut. Lord Viscount Barnard,
from half-pay of the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
vice Waymouth, who exchanges; Cornet and Sub-Lien-
tenant T. Marten to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Mears, promoted in the 18th Foot; G. Greenwood, Gedt.
Ao.be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mar-
ten, promoted.
6th Regiment of Dragtions—Cornet Harry Cazalet, from the
4th Dragoons,' to Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bid-
.dulpiti promoted.
9th Regiment of LightPragoons—Lient. Charles Bacon, from
half-pay of the Ilth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Joists William Bacon, Who exchanges.
loth Ditto—Cornet William Gale to be Lieutenant, hr pur-
chase, vice Meynell, proMoted; Hon. Richard Watson, to
he Cornet, by purchase, vice Gale.
3d Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. William Frederick Fir•
ster to he Lieutenant and Captain, without piirchase, vice
Labe, who resigns; Bitsig:ii George Ralph Abercromby, front
the 51st Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, vice Forster.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Richard-Chines, from half-pay
. of the 27th. Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James Elliott Hud-
son, who exchanges. -
34 Ditto—Lieutenant Archibald Inncs, from the 58th Foot,
to he Lieutenant, vice West, who exchanges. •
51st.Ditto—Frederick Mathews, Gent-to be Ensign, without

ad
purchase, rice Abercromby, appointed to the Regiment

uf Foot Guards.
59th Ditto—Lieut. John Taaffe West, from the 3d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Jones, who exchanges.
62d Ditto—John Marriott Caldecott, Gent, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Reed, who retires.
84th Ditto—Ensign Edward Vi.'oolhoule to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Croker, promoted; Thomas Hungerford
Powell, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woolbouse.
Rine Brigade—Second • Lieutenant William Shaw to be First
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bennett, deceased; W.
Curtis, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Shaw.
Canadian Fencihles—Captain James Maxwell Wallace, front
the tad Light Dragoons, to be Major, by purchase, vice De
Harms, who retires.
HOSP.ITAL STAFF—Staff Surgeon William Wallace, from half-
par, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice Jame* Rodgers, who,
retires upon half-pay.

PARLiAM ENT.

-140175 h OP LORDS, SATURDAY, JULY 12.

This beingthe day ot the Prorogation, the doors
iof tl►e House were opened at all early boor, and
'pearly the whole of the Peers' benches were filled
with Ladies, elegantly dressed, to witness the
eremony. The Lord Chancellor entered the
iionsesoen after one o'clock, when prayers were
read._ The .11ochess of Cumberland entered the
ilottily soon afterwards. There ►were several of
the Foreign Ministers also present. At half-past
wo the discharge of cannot; an►►o'ti►ced the arri-
-al of the Prince Regent, and soot; aterwards his
Royal Highness entered the House with his usual
state, the Sword ot State carried by the Errl of
Liverpool, and attended also by the Marquis of
Choln►oudeiev, the Marquis of ‘Vioehester, Lord
tiwydir, &c. His Royal Highness being
seated, i t his robes, on the Throne, Sir Thomas
Tyr kr hitt, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod,
Was sent to command the attendance of the House
of Cotonou's. Shortly afterwards the Speaker,
in his dress robe, accompanied by a great number
IDf Members, came to the Bar.
The SPEAK PR, holding in his hard the Appro-
priation Bill, delivered the following Speech :
" Ma►y it Wrest your Royal -Highness,

46 In obedience to your Royal Highness's commands, we,
his Maje,ty's faithful Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, attend your Royal Highness with
Our last Bill of Supply at the close of a laborious Session.

" Among the ntinutrons subjects of deep puthlie importance
to which our consideration hat been called, there are none
that have more anxiously occupied our attention than those
which relate to the Finances and Internal State of the Country.
" In conformity with your Royal Highness's recommenda-
tion at the commencement of the Session, we took such steps
as seemed best calculated to ensure a full and serious Investi-
gation into the Public Income and Expenditure. That In-
vestigation has been continued throughout the Session. From
that Investigation much has been done, and much unquestion-
ably remains to he done; but we trust we are justified in the
conviction, that measuring out expenditure by what the real
interests of the Empire may require, no apprehension need
be entertained as to the stability of our resources.
" Deeply sensible of what we owe to your Royal Highness
for having directed the Esti►nates to be laid before us at the
commencement of the Session, with every reduction in the
establishments that sound policy would allow, we have had
the satisfaction to find that the Supplies might be provided
without the imposition of any additional burdens upon the
people: and we have the proud gratification to think, hat
notwithstanding the gigantic and unparalleled exertions
which this country has been called upon to make, and the
difficulties and pressure which must necessarily he the conse-
quence of such exertions, at no period of its history has the
pnblic credit stood more sound, steady, and unshaken than
at present.

" In considering, Sir, the internal state of the country, it
bas been painful to us to contemplate the attempts which
have been made to take advantage of the distresses of a por-
tion of the people, to convert them to wicked and mischievous
purpo,e, Ills Majesty's faithful Commons, whilst they have
been anxiously engaged in melt measures as might check the
further progrCss of these attempts, hare not been utrmindful
of such other measures as might afl'ord relief to the pressure

t h bk.*, turned OW atten-
tion to the encour?gement of the Fisheries, to the means of
providing. employment for the poor, and most diligently (al-
ilooigh the ti ,its of the Session would not allow of the com-
pletion ola measure), most diligently to a full and minute
inquiry into the state and effect of the Poor Laws, a question
in which the wealth, the industry, and the morality of the
nation are so deeply implicated.
we have deemed it our arst duty to deliberate
Nrith unremitted solicitude upon these subjects of paramount
importance, to these alone our deliberations have not been
confined.

" Feeling how intimately connected the best interests of
the country are with every thing that is of interest or con-
cern to Our Ecclesiastical Establishment, we hope that much
of advantage will be derived to the public, and much of esui-
venieticc to the Clergy, from the revision and consolidation
of the laws affecting spiritual persons.

To Ireland also our earnest attention has been directed,
in providing for the more deliberate investigation of pre-
sentments to be made by the Grand Juries, a measure of the
Most general infleuce over the whole of that pat of the
United Kingdom—a Measure which we confidently hope wilt
prove as salutary in practice, as it is unquestionably sound 'in
principle.

" These, Sir, are the leading matters which have engrossed
the hi murs of his Majesty's faithful Commons; and if this
Session has not been marked with that 'brilliancy and splen-
dour which has characterized former Sessions, yet we have
the conscious satisfaction to reflect, that Laving had great
duties to perform, to the performance of those duties we
have applied a most faithful and indefatigable attention.
41 Sir, the Bill which it is my duty humbly to present to
your Royal Highness is intituled An Act for applying ccr-
tain monies therein mentioned for the service of the year
one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and for further
4 appropriating the supplies granted in this Session of f'arlia-
• ment,' to which, with all humility, we Irray his Majesty's
Royal Assent."

'1 he SpEAK RR then delivered the Appropriation
Pill t►► Mr. Cowper, the Clerk Assistant of the
Parliametr s, who WAS ill waiting within the liar
to receive it ; and to this Bill, together with the
Iris!, Elections Bill, and the English Saving
flanks Bill, the Royal Assent was given, which
was notified in the usual form,
The PIO SCE It :•:GF NT delivered from the Throne
the following Speech
illy Lords and Geld/emelt,

" I cannot dose this Session of Parliament without renew-
ing Inv expressions of deep regret at the continuance of his
I.%lajesty's lamented indisposition.
" 'lhe diligence with which you hove applied yourselves to
the consideration of the different ohjects which I recommend-

ed to your attention at the. COlDineucement of the Session, de-
mands my warmest acknowledgments ; and I have rye, duubt
Clat the favourable change which is happily taking place in
our internal situation, ti to be mainly ascribed to the sain-
t:try mea•ures which you have adopted for preserving the
public tramptillity, and by your strady adherence to those
principles by which the Constitution, resources, and credit
of the country, have liven hitherto preserved and maintain, d
" Not with.tanding the ail,: and industry which have been
too succescully exerted is some parts of the country to alienate

THE SUN.

lOLEM Quis DICERE rAusum AUI)EAT.

LONDON,
MONDAY, JULY 14, 1817.

THE FUNDS.— be oldest Stock Broker scarce-
ly recollects so rapid and continued a rise as has
recently taken place in the Funds ; we have re-
peatedly foretold the event, and can now, from
the same undoubted authority, state, that a far-
ther advance gill take place. This morning Con-
sols opened at 83 for the present Account, went
to 831., and at one o'clock were at 83fr. Far the
August Accottu( they commenced at 84ii, went
to 85, and at the same hour were 84 So com-
pletely are the ,Nlerchants absorbed in making
money by the Foul's, that little other business is
Attended to.— f he prt sent state of the EntOsh
Funds is said to he higay favourable to the Danish
and French Luaus. This naltning many large

purchases were made in the latter, which pays an
interest of seven and a half per cent. Friday
next i 3 the Settling Day at the Stock Exchange

Yesterday and this n►orning we received the
Paris Papers of Tliinsday and Friday last. The
aecta'neheirient of the Duchess DE Beaav had not
then taken place, b►;t it was hourly expected.

According to Letters front Florence, the Por-
tuguese squadron which is to convey the Princess
Royal of PORTUGAL to the Brazils, was expected
at Leghorn about :he 28th orattfult. The Irir-
vest in Italy, it appears, promises an equal Abun-
dance with that of Fiance.

SANTINI, who was under arrest at Mika, is
stated to have been set at liberty by an Orcion-
nance of the High Police. " It was demanded
of him where be wished to go ? •He answered,
that be had family affairs to attend to at Turin,
and he wished to proceed thither. He was im-
mediately sent off with passports for that city,
and a Commissary of Police accompahied him to
the frontiers. It is said that he is desirous to
establish himself at Turin, and that be is willing
to live under the Surveillance of the Authorities.
He denies all the expressions imputed to him.'

The Holy Alliance has, on the invitation of the
Emperor of RUSSIA, been acceded to by the So-
vereign Princes of Hobenzollern-Hechengen 140
Sigmaringen, Lichtenstein, Renss-Greiz, Reuss of
the junior line, Schatnbourg-Lippe, Lippe and
Waldeck, and the acts of accession have been
transmitted to the Russian Minister.

The Bishops of the respective Dioceses, and the
Chapters of the Churches in France, are, it is
stated, acceding without delay to the new Eccle-
siastical Art angement agreed upon with the POPE.

The accounts fronv Spain state, that the new•
Plan of Finance is expected to receive several al-

terations.

The Duke of WELLINGTON, Who arrived at
Calais the 6th instant, at four in the afternoon,
set out the same evening at half-past eight for
Cainbray.

The American squadron, commanded by Com-
modore CHAUNCEY, which was in the hat boor of
litrseilites, arrived off Leghorn the 2lst ult. It
consists of the Washington, of SG guns, and 780
wen ; and two frigates, the United States, of 44
guns, and 410 mtn ; and the Coustellatior►, of
3G guns and 330 men.

It is again repo' teti that the /lustlimy troops are
about to evacuate the kingdom of Naples.

The following are extracts :
" PARIS, JULY 11.—We learn from Thionviik,
that the King of Prussia is expected immediately
at the Pols)ian Cantonments. His Majesty is
about to review the troops.

" General Burtbe,who had been arrested at Pa-
ris, was set at liberty two days ago.

" The Prevotal Court of Loiret condemned to
death, ou the 2d inst., the woman Pi itur, Pierre
Moressard, Maurice Leroi, lmbert Paret, and
Francis Maissonneuve, found guilty of having
taken part in the seditious assemblies at Montar-
gis and its neighbourhood. They suffered their
sentence the same day. Three other men awl
four women, prosecuted for the same crime, were
condemned to hard labour, and two men to de-
portation.

•` The Infant of Spain, Don Francis Paul, bad
a private audience of the King yesterday.
"There have been reports for some days of alarm-
ing disturbances in one of our colonies, but letters
from thence of a recent date, slim these rumours
to be destitute of foundation.

" Madame de Lavalette, whose husband, ci-de-
rant Receiver-General in the Department of Basses-
Alps, is detained in the Chateau of If, has her-
self been conveyed to the Prison of the Prefecture
of the Police, Saloon Saint Martin, in the Prison
des Madelonnettes.

" ticiterars Bellair and Doinarget are still at the

Prefecture.

" Of the six individuals condemned to death by
the Court of Assizes at Bourdeaux, for conspiracy
against the State, and who have implored pardon,
three, namely, Maury, Lhote, and Theron, have
had their punishment commuted by his Majesty
to that of 20 years in chains. The three others
Randon, Cassaigne, and Bedrimes, suffered their
punishment on the 61.11 instant, at four in the
afternoon, in the place d'Agnilaine, at Bourdeaux.
Just after quilting the prison, Hairdo): asked to
speak to the Procurenr-General, and had a con-
versation with that Magistrate for about 20 mi-
nutes.

" learn from Perpignan that the Connell
of War assembled at Barcelona condemned to ca-
pital punishment on the 27th ult. General Lies
and four superior officers who were arrested
with him. The same punishment has been pro-
nounced in contumacy against General Maims,
and several other accomplices. The seutence has

been sent to Aiat'iriii to be 8 übinitted to the op-
probation of bis 111djes:y.

FIVE ^PII CENT 3.

Wednesday.
Thursday...

66 f.
66 f.

" lIAMAUUGU, JUNE 2'6 —Pit) Mission of a
Captain of the Turkish Mat ine,attl of the Euro.
peat) Agent of the Pachii of Egypt, Ismael
Gibraltar, at Stockholm, exei:es general atter).
tient. I! is thought to have a double object, first
to notify to the different powers that the Porte is
desiroirs of establishing a toll upon all tilt
vesselS passing die Dardanelles, which will pro.
duce a considerable sum to the Porte, from
the great number of vessels, particularly Swedes
and Danes, which sail to Odessa ; and se-
condly, to make propositions to the Court
of Sweden respecting some points in discussion
between Russia and the Porte. The project of
the toll is stated to have called forth complaints
and strong representations on the part of the C*...
binet of Petersburg!).
" PETERSEUEGH, JUNE 11.—By the new
sus it appears, that the population of this capit)l
is 285,500, including the military. Of this num-
ber about 249,813 are natural born subjects, acrd
the test foreigners of different nations,
"JUNE 13.—Two Steam Boats, to %silk!) have
been given the name (derived from the Greek), cf
Pyroscaphes, have been established bettreen this
capiial and Cronstadt.

" The Grand Duki Nicholas has been nomi-
nated Chancellor o(the Univerihy of Aim)."

The Specill from the Throne, of wisieta ti 4
most correct and ample abstract traygiven Sri this
Paper on Saturday last, mast afford the bi4ttest
gratification to the People at large. sever, row
venture to did a Pat liame.ntary Session
terminate under more favourable auspices. he

s.dety of the Sovereign, which bad been etulaa-
gered by the violence of a rebellious rabble, has
been secured by legislative pi ovisions have
also preserved the Constitution. Tire discussions
in Parliament have enlightened as well as pro..
tected the Country. They have exposed the ins.-
practicable and pet trieisois absurdities t t Jantud
Parliaments And Unirersal Sufrage. No new taw*
have been imposed on the people, hot on the c
trio y, the Sovereign has relinquished 50.,(Mit. of
his annual income. Lord C lIE 1% wholly aban-
doned 27,000/. a-year, and the Ministers %ohm-
tarily resigned a feu t h part of their annual salaries.
These are measures of relief that the people will
acknowledge with gratitude. But this is taut ail---
instead of imposing new taxes, Govern: neat, wits
the authority of the Legislature, Iras agreed
to issue 1,500,06'01, in loans to Corporations, &c.
in order to give employnrerrt to the Poor, and
for the Improvement of National Works of secu-
rity and convenience. The great body of the
people, as the Speech from the Throne truly anti
satisfactorily asserts, 'remain !math cted by the arts
of sediiion, and preserve their sound mid
firm attachment to that glorious Constitation
which places them, in civil enjoyment ;sod
security, above every other People on live
earth. We find- froqn this most cheering Speeds
also, that we ate on the most cordial footing nigt
all foreign Powers, anti that nothing exists which .iris
the slightest degree tends to lessen that amit:abbe
relation. Hence we have not only abundant proofs
that Trade is rev ivingat boon, but that Qin Crintmer..
dal intercourse is likely to Ire-extended to all part*
of the globe, and consequently to diffuse vigour
to every branch of our domestic ArtS and Mang-
fact nres. But what is a most delightful additims
to all our national advantage is, that by the bless-
ings of Providence we have nut only the prospect
of an abundant harvest in this Country, but are

truly gratifying information that the sone benign.
nant influence is extended over every other 104 J t off
Europe, so that we have no reason for any appre-
hension of Dearth, but in case of such a ctilta-
Miry may he able to relieve such a suffering if
it should fail on any other State. We have
also to thank the Legislative Bodies for 1437•
ing, among their other • arduous duties, pre—
served our Establishment in Church and State, by
resisting the farther Claims of the Roman Ca..
ttolics, who enjoy as much indulgence at ptesesit
as is cousistent with the most perfect toleration oi
their Itelig;ous Faith, and who, consequently, can
now be only aspiring to a full participation of
Potitical Power. here we confess, that we

do not approve of UDC measure adopted by o►►e
Government, viz. in suffering Roman CatholiQs. Lc,
enter into our Navy and Army without the pre-
vious administration of such OATHS as- our Au-
estors wisely fratned for the security of the
Crown, and time maintenance of- a —PROTESTANT
ASCENDANCY. We fintl with regret, that the!,,i
OATH; have l.r►ng been in &Vieth& so-far as relates
to the Army, anti that 710 W they are wholly abe-
,li•hed in both Artily anti Navy. The danger of
this waq pointed out, and strongly illus•
trAtcd by oue of our CUrICSIPVUdeIit* IVA week, u,uf