The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-12 00:00:00

BLASPHEMY.

Is M. EDITOR,—The Enemy is at work. His
blows are alined at Religion and its Establish-
ent in every direction. We, in the mean time,
look ')n idly ; wr gaze upon the extension of the
Nile and the elevation of the battery, es if their
progress were no concern of ours ; or rather, as
'lfonr destruction were our own duty.
Yesterday, Sit , I read an advertisement poste!!
04 the pillars of a Dissenting Chapel, and' an-
Nieneing a nook, entitled " THE ANTI-CATHE..
611ALIST ," to pi ore that Churches ought not to
he erected for the " National Establishment."
IViiile I was meditating on this precious attempt,
observed another advertisement of some vile
Abating Society, wherein was pompously- ex-
"tiled the result of their last debate upon the
ezlistence of the Deuil. It seems, Sir, a large ma-
their neat, re and hearers have decided
that the Devil is an imaginary personage, in-
!el-lied by Pt iests, to cheat and plunder the people.
Sir, I tegerd the liberty of the press. anti of the
loudly
as truly, perhaps, as those who talk more
ehonr it ; but when it is tolerated iu
l''atiers of religion, to insult GOD and to dis-
credit his Holy Wtit, ell my tegard for human
freedom vanishes. I neither desire nor under-
' stand the freedom of doing ill.
Where ate our Magistrates, Sir ? Where are
,Pnr Hishops, that these things are endured ? Dare
:e to epine at losses, and distresses, and ad-
.jetings, while they are provoked by our own
.criminal abandonment of GOD'S honour ? The
Rl'"t which ne do nut prevent,.we make our-
251,ies partakers in ;—the punishment which we
'do "05 inflict, we shall bring neon out own beads.
So commenced the French Recoltaion.—We have
11(4 even the miserable excuse of being without
warning. So site Papists plotted against our
Church in ELUZABIITH'S time. The experience of
°ur ancestors rises against us in judgment. In
o"
„,' era, Jesuits and seminary Privets were per-
--j,'tted, end even r;tajoined, by the Pope to assume
"c garb and preach the doctrines of sectaries,
tar t) to rail against Popery, for the more minute
tisinn and the consequently more easy destruc-•
r
lou of the Protestant Church.
.tt 3(perience may be the punisher fools ; but
`le is the counsellor of wise men. It is not for
afthiag that the Advocates of Popery are so afraid
Zour looking back, ant! so strenuously besetting
qr head to snake us always look forward. Their
°' jeer will be far better suited by our biing pu-
tilbed as fools fur neglecting experience, than
"larded as wise men for observing her counsel.
ti Alder pens than mine, and more powerful
211na, will apply themselves to this st riot's dan-
-6"-a-this growing (laurel., which surrounds and
Withers upon our Church in every direction.---
i7ell did „ toeisleDoctor DROMGOLE say in
d_l) triumphant malignity, that " the marks of
locstruction are already. upon her." Well did he
l?vt's that Atheists, Unitarians, anti Bible-50,,,..7‘Y-men,
,,,..7‘Y-men, are all working gin the same harnesslth Popery for her downtall.
He that hash ears to hear, let him hear I"
Sir, I have done my duty in pointing out the
.114uvrhellief : let the higher powers, as they shall an-
•tt ner 1.0 GOD, do theirs in suppressing it. Tell me
ot that the Law is not 'sufficiently strong—let
be made so.

VIGIL.

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e ,
Duke of WELLINGTON apiheared yesterday
Ina
11, th House of Pears in a tut) dress Field-Mar-
l'se uniform, and decorated with the Garter and
Field-Mar-
Ina others of his numerous Orders.
Yesterday morning Plince LEOPOLD, attended
by Baton HARDENBERGH, ‘isited the Duchess of
tt3RK end the Duke and Duchess of KENT. In
evening Prince LeopoLD left •Marlborough-
"ule fur Clareamu:

1' 0 E T fl IT.

On a recent inaglianinzolis neelcralion of a 13,1Rov'an

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Hear'ns! to my feelings what a shot:V.!
lay his head up,sn a bh,cli"!
Tush ! Tosh ! my frkml, he surely mocks
At worst—'twill 'only be two blocks !
St. Mary Are. CAPUT.

He swears before he'll vote a tax;
He'll lay his head beneath an axe—
Bat what's in that, thy tears to shuck?
"nis lint a wig npon a block ! ! !
Leather- lanc. ' SHAVE FOR A PENNY.

Sot TIIWARK ! thy fate 't must condole,
Thou had'st two Whigs upon a Poll;
Nought now thou bast, thy heart to cheer,—
One lies on his hlocl:, Vother lays on his Beer
Brewer-street. COCULUS INDICUS.

FOR THE SUN.

THE EARL OF DUNDONALD.

MR. EDITOR—TIiiS Nob!ennui has long been
di.tinguished for scientific genius, and has libe-
rally expended great property in the promotion of
discoveries which have been eminentry useful to
mankind, however heavily, in the prosecution of
them, they nary have been injurious to' himself.
At length it is too well known, that by these dis-
coveries which have been so beneficial to society,
and from which the country wit always derive
advantage, the venerable Nobleman has absolutely
exhausted all his resources, and is now almost
destitute of the meaus of• supporting himself and
an amiable wife. It has hitherto been understood
that when Noblemen have, by misfortune or the
improvidence of their predecessors, beets reduced
to a situation similar to the case of the unfortu-
nate Nobleman in question, the liberality of Go-
vernment has been extended to them, and they
have been allowed the means of decent support,
if not sufficient to maintain their rank ; and it is
confidently said, that the Earl has applied for such
support, but that his application has been rejected.
It would be libelling Government to gise the least
credit to the report of such rejection. It must
rather be supposed that the natural pride of reek,
and the delicacy of genius, conscious that reward
ought to be offered rather than to be acquired by
humiliating solicitation, have prevented The No-
bleman from making any such application. But
his situation ought to be made known, and as your
Paper seems instly to have acquired the character
of an independent spirit, notwithstanding its ob-
vious attachment to Government, I beg leave,
through the medium of your truly patriotic co•
limns, to submit the case to the country at large.
Butt admitting the truth of so very improbable a
report as that such an application had really been
made, and that it had been rejected, it would then
be a matter of regret that the application had not
heen presented in the first instance to the PRINCE
REGRNT himself, as it cannot be doubted that the
well-known benignity of the Royal Character
woul&hate given a gracious assent to it, and that
a due provision would have been extended to an
aged, unfortunate, and ingenious Nobleman, a
great part of whose life, as well as fortune, has
been devoted to pursuits of great public benefit,
Whose,rank•gives him a claim to the protection of
Government, and whose useful discoveries entitle
him to the gratitude of his country.
klarles-btreet, June 8. DENVOLIO.

COMMON COUNCIL.

A Court nt Common Council was yesterday lieu
at Gikildhall, which wns most unmerously attended.

The LORD MAYOR laid before the Court a Let-
ter he bad received from Charles Montague, Esq.
resigning his office of Clerk to the Auditors ;
which was accepted, and Mr. Scott unanimously
sleeted in his room.
A Bill for a further Supply of Money for the
London Workhouse was read a first and second
time, and referred to the City Lands' Committee
to fill up the blanks therein, and report the same
to the next Court.

The Btidgehouse Committee presented a Re-
port tor the RemoYal of St. George's Alms-houses,
in the Borough, to another part of St. Geotges-
fields ; which was agreed to.