The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-04 00:00:00

CIRCULAR, No. 373.

War Office, August 25, 1817.
SlR,—Referring to my Circular Letter, Na. 362, dated 30th
June, 1817, 1 hare the honour to acquaint you, that his Royel
Highness the Prince Regent having taken into his further
consideration the Regulations concerning Pen-ions granted
for wounds, has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf
of his Majesty, to order that from and after this date no such
Pension shall increase to any higher rite, in consequence of
any future promotion of the Officer by whom it is !revived..
I have the honour 1.0 he, Sir,
Your most obedient humble'Serrant,
PA LNIERSTOS.
The Officer commanding the Regiment.

lIAMBUItGiI PAPERS.

EVANGELICAL CLERGY.

LETTER !RUM WESTPHALIA, AUG.
Mindcn Sunday Paper contains a remarkable cir-
cular letter to the Evangelic Clergy of both con-
fessions in the Prni4n Monarchy, on occasion
vt the intended celebration of the secular festival
40 thel Reformat in which there ib the follow-

I.l(l's"ge

The rtyresentation of the occasion and the oh-
jeet of the Reforniation will afford the Clergy ample
ma'erials for edifying reflections and discoorses,
ealcithted to affect tie minds of their hearers,
wnho,it their h!.ing tempted to give their sermons
a tendency hostile to their non-Evangelic bre-
thren. The spirit of troth %%licit animated the
lieformers, and in whose energy they began and
accomplished the great work, is also a spirit of
race and of love. The fruits of this spirit, ac-
'cording to the exhortations of the Apostles, should
be kjodness,jitstice, and truth. o,ly on account
of the few Clergymen who might perhaps forget
this, it •must be mentioned that in sermons to be de-
livered on the Festival of the Reformation, every
expression of bitterness or contempt towards the
adherents of another mode of •belief, as it would
be wholly incompatible with the dignity of the
Evangelical Church, would likewise he directly
opposed to the expressly declared will of his Ma-
jesty the Icing, it being his desire that the pure
representation of ti:e spirit of the Reformation,
without any mixture of unfriendly expressions to-
wards other confes'Aions, be the general theme on
which the Clergy in his Majesty's dominions shall
uniformly preach upon the prescribed choice of
texts.

The Ministry farther observes, that the name of
Protestants, significant as it wls at the time of its
introduction, though it is inore adapted to indicate
the &fence n►ade at that time of the external rights
of the Evangelical Pri►►ces and States in the con-
cerns. of religion and church government, than the
E►ecnii.►r spirit and meaning of the Evangelic
Church ; yet even in this last sense occasions va-
rio►►s misconceptions, and has, in fact, been
here and there misemployed in this manner in these
latter times.

It seems therefore advisable, in more accounts
than one, to leave these denominations, Protestant,
Protestant Church, to history, to which they
belong, and henceforward universally to employ
in their stead, especially in religious writings and
discourses, the more proper and more generally
intelligible terms, Erangefic Church, Evangelic
Christians. Luther himself disapproved of all party
uatnes. lie. remonstrates in his writings against
the professors of the Evangelic faith calling them-
selve..s, after his name, Lutherans, and refet s them
to the sole foundation of the Christian faith, the
doctrine a Christ the Evangelist. In the cele-
bration of the approaching high festival of the
Chinch, may the Spirit of their Divine Master re-
pose on all faithful labourers in the vineyard of
the Lord, and crown their endeavours with suc-
cess'', The Ministry of the huffier,
(Signed) V. SIIUCKMANN.
Ber3in, June SO, 1817.

According to this official declaration, the names
rrotestant and Lutheran will for the future be
disused in the Prussian do►ni►nions.

ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 16.—Large sums con-
tinue to be subset ibed to the New Loan. It yields
7,1 per cent. interest, because for 100 roubles
which the subscribers pay, they receive an inscrip-
tion for t2O, which bear 6 per cent interest. The
bilkts Avhich are given to the subscribers are
signed by Count Lambert, as President, and Mr.
Nicolay Sticglitz, as Director.
MA.NnF.rm, AUG. 19.—Colonel Baron Massen-
bacb presented a memorial, dated the Ist inst. to
the Diet, in which be loudly complains of having
been ordered to leave the Baden territory, just as
be was going to take his second son to the Uni-
versity of Heidelberg, his eldest son having fallen
in the defence of the liberty of Germany.—(Ham-
burgh Correspondent, ing. 26.)
WARSAW, AuG. 18.—A few days ago a great
storm, accori,panied with thunder, rain, and hail,
caused dreadful devastations at Kiel-cc and the en-
virons, over an extent of country five German
miles long and one and a half broad ; 30 villages
in particular have suffered. In some parts of Gal-
licia the hail has wounded a great number of
cattle, killed birds, &c.—(llaniburgh Correspon-
dent, Aug. 27.)

NATIONAL SCIIOOLS.—There cannot be a more
convincing evidence of the estimation in which
that most valuable and important Institution, the
National Society, is held, in this part of the coun-
try, than the fact that the National Schools at
York have had an increase in the course of the
last year of nearly 90 children, there being at pre-
sent in the Boys' School 390, and in the Girls'
School 217.; and that, to the National Schools in '
the Diocese, under the superintendance of Dis-
trict Societies in connection With the Central
Diocesan Society in Yotk, 22 Schools have been
added in the course of the last year, making the
whole number of Schools in union 88, and of
children instructed in them 10,730. It appears
front the last Report of the Parent Society in
Loudon, that throughout the kingdom, '253 new
Schools have been opened during the last year,
making the' whole number of Schools now united
to them 1009, and that the number of children
instructed in theta is 155,000. Besides this
amount, there are many thousands of children
instructed in Schools, which have adopted the
plan of proceeding approved by the Society, but
have not yet bten.r rited with it. It must be
highly gratifying to all persons, who are interest-
ed in the preservation of our venerable establish-
ments, to observe the successful progress of this
most important institution : and the friends of
the National Society in this Diocese will see
with satisfaction the share which their exertions
have contributed in producing the general result.
(Leeds Intelligence'', Sept. 1.)

It is proposed by the French Academy, to in
stitute an annuli,--1 prize for the work which shal
be jqdgcd most conducive to the re-establishmen
of good morals on sound doctrines.

NEXT WEDNESDAY THE toTTE7.., TILL nrcu;
AND FINISH—ONLY 2,903 NUMBERS—FOILTY mou-
SAND POUNDS MAY UE GAINED 1W ONE NUM-
BER. STr;:t ,

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Performed Last Night.
Tilt Atilt RnYAL, IIAYMARKET.—Traziug Made Easy : Prin•
Opal Characters by Mr. Terry and Miss Matthews. After
which, The Actor of AU %Volk. To which was addeil,

NEw Til EATRE ROYAL. ENOLISIf OPERA-TIDIJAY..—The Per-
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M. It Bliggins. Aticr whiel), Fire and ‘Vater. wtaiela
was added, o f ..Ige To-niorrow.

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