The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-23 00:00:00

ET he Times.]

An amusing report has crept into the Barbadoes
Papers, by the way, as it is said, of Martinique,
viz. :—that St. Helena had been attacked. and
Buonaparte rescued. We are not informed as
to any particulars respecting the force by which
this grand exploit was accomplished ; whence it
had sailed, or how it was composed ; or whither
it betook itself. afterwards. The _Martinique in-
telligence says nothing as to the mode of the at-
tack ; whether it was by sea or land, or both ;
whether the garrison was beaten in the open
field, or thabßritish Admiral was sunk or cap-
tured ; or I%hether the Buonapartists came in
the night and caught Sir Hudson napping.—
For all such interesting and valuable details we
must wait with as much patience as the thing
admits of, in the hope that some other Captain
may, peradventure, arrive from Martinique.; or
that a proclamation by the great Napoleon may
appear in due form, dated " from our Palace at
Longwood ;" and promising his faithful En-
glish, that the Imperial Eagles shall fly from
island to island, until they roost upon the cross of
St. Paul's. The Barbadoes Editor does, indeed,
appear to be troubled with a twinge of incredulity
on this subject ; inasmuch as the Ex-Emperor
was snug in his birth on the 17th of August
last, although a band-of worhies from the Champ
d'Asyle had swore to liberate their patron. The
silly rumour from Martiniqne, if it prove nothing,
seems to countenance a belief, that some sort of
project had been really in contemplation for the
escape of Bnonaparte. That the conspirators
should boast of already succeeding in an enter-,
prize w!..ich they had not yet attempted, is natu-
ral to that consummate arrogance, through which,
in order to gain a victory, their leader has more
than once forgotten that it would be necessary to
fight a battle. --
The Hecht bomb has been taken into dock at
Deptford, for the purpose of being doubled and
thoroughly fitted for the intended expedition to
Baffin's Bay in the summer. Lieutenant Parry,
who commanded the Alexander in the recent at-
tempt to find a passage to the Pacific, is appointed
to the command ;
_and the Officers who were un-
der his directions accompany him in this new en-
terptize.—(End ).

roil Titi,

ROMAN 'CATHOLIC-3.

ED ItOR tis nqt because of the weight
of Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL'S liroiesSiollal replll a-
tion that I notice the late explosion which passes
under his name; but lo refute those misrepre-
sentations and calumnies which have always too
mud' influence, come they from what quarter
they mry, on the Irish Roman Catholics. They
find too, unfortunately, such ready vent and aid
,with the English Reformers, of every, any, and
no religion, that t heir exposure becomcs of more va-
lue than its source could have originally promised.

Passing over its poetical motto, and leaving it
to be sting at any insintectional dinner, I come at
once to the Address; with which, please God, I
will fdi:ly grapple, until nothing remains but its
mailer of fact.

This Address sets out with calling the present
state of the Irish Roman Catholics, "
and alienage :" Arid it describes them as " en-
during degradation and injustice."
'.heir " exclusion"—it tells them—" corni-
noes ;" that they have " no share in making the
lan's 3" nor in " granting or regulating the
taxes ;" that " as far as the l'Avcs are concerned,
heir lives and properties are at the disposal of
others ;" th4t they have " no direct controu;"
over the laws ; and " if this be not servitude,"
the Addresser will " be glad to know what is."
Such is the grateful acknowledgment of a series
of consecutive relaxations, giving to the list►
Roman Catholic the full exercise of his religion,
the full disposal of his property, and, finally, the
electing franchise.

•
Mr. O'CoNiNtut. is a Lawyer ; of smind learn-
ing and extensive practice. His mind cannot be
so trii/egirt, that it should have unwittingly erred ;
atol therefore I am bound to believe that some
Lawyer without law has assumed his name, and
loaded him with this portentous .ignorance. lam
hound also to believe that Mr. O'CoNNELL would
not utter a deliberate error. lie ha, n,ade many
speeches, and written perhaps some books on Ow
Roman Catholic Question ; but we are not there-
fore to infer that he says or writes every thing
that comes uppermost.
• For no man, with the habits of a Lawyer, could
assert, that the King's Subjects, possessing the
elective franchise, have no share in making laws
•or creaming taxes ; that they bold their Ives and
properties at others' disposal ; or, that they live
in a state of servitude. If such be the condition
of Roman Catholics .tritit the elective franchise,
what is time condition of the thousand Protestants
without it 4---Mr. O'CostIELL needs nut to he
told, that every voter shares in the enactment of
every law, through the medium of the Represen-
tative whom he has sent into Parliament ; vet lie
is made to level in the same " degradation" the
voting and the non-voting Romanist, without
stopping to inform us why so useless a franchise
was sought in 1793, under the pretence of its
being the last demand.
That the Romanists are excluded from " all
judicial situations," is most trne—ana true may
it continue !—Strange indeed it were, to invest
with authority over a Protestant fortune or a Pro—
testant life, men, whose consciences are bound by
a Power independent of, and contrary to, out law.
That " the offices of Sheriff and Sub-Sherilf are
influential on the lives" of the RonioniSts, we
readily concede ;—overcome as we are by the
evidence of the Irish State Trials and the Irish
Rebellions.
It forms, to be sure, no part of this Lawyer's
" complaint," that the Routanists are obliged to
pay our Protestant Clergy. Ile only mentions it,
with an accommodating disclaimer, which may be
kept in hand or slipped off at convenience.—
Grant, however, their other demands, and we
shall soon hear of that unreasonable persecution
which obliges the Established Catholic Church to
support a disestablished Non-Catholic Sect, Until
Protestantism is ripe for subversion, this inciden-
tal grievance will lie by in the dridy of Reserve.
But the little remnant or the Penal Laws is
large enough to " fill a volume." The Judg-
ment Seat, the Legislature, and the Throne, do
not yet belong to the Romauists ; the privation,
therefore, " perpetuates discord and hatred "
Undoubtedly it does. That no thorough-paced
Papist can be content until they are all occupied,
by his Religion, is well proved.by the " bitter
enmities" of 1798 and ISO 3.
Does this Lawyer venture to compare " the
Protestant in Spain" with " the Catholic in Ire-
land I know not which to admire, his put-
deuce or his modesty. Does he assert, that the
tew remaining exclusions of our Late are com-
parable with the persecutions, the whips, the
fires of Catholic Spain ?—That the Act of Settle-
ment is as unjust as the Auto da Fe ?-1 cannot-
waste my own time, or your columns, Mr. Edi-
tor, in answering this idleness. SOLOMON ad-
vises us how to answer such arguers ; ii is better
wisdom than SOLOMON'S, not to answer them at all.

Maryland ! Hungary ! Bavaria !'--In these
three " Catholic States " our Lawyer has found
" bplendid instances of liberality ;" and quite
" splendid" enough, in his vision, to outshine
the datkue,-;s of Spain, of Italy, and of Portugal.
When this learned Counsellor, Or Bkhop TROY,
or Priest 1111LN FR, or Doctor DROMGOOLF, Can
strew that the Protestants of Bavaria, of Hun-
gary, or of Maryland, were as intolerant, as ar-
ro;!ant, and as tefractot y, as we have seen Irish
Popery to be, it will be time enough for liberality
and splendour. 'set have our Parliaments been
more " libetal " than wise ; and perhaps the Je-
suit College of Maynooth is not quite so safe as it
is " splendid."
The " perfect liberality" of Popery ! Her
" conscientious respect for an Oath !" These
points I leave to Priest MILNER ; who kecked at
swearing to " support" our Protestant King,
ant! thought it enough to " submit" to him.
When the 'Friar has answered these, he may,
perhaps, be asked, by what legal authority he re-
ceived into Engl'and the Papal Appointment of his
Bishopric, in deflorree of our Penal Lars? These
points too, I remit to Doctor littomcooLE, whose
applauded Speech upon the "tottering. novelty" of
our Church, please Heaven, shall not be forgotten.
I fear, Mr. Editor, that I have exceeded my
reasonable share of your this tines Journal. With
your permission, 1 only soon again
" Talk it word with this said learned. Theban

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