The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-08 00:00:00

LEICESTERSHIRE.

; lire are happy to find that the Reverend the.
Clergy of the Archdeaponry will haVe an oppor-
tunity. afforded them of recording their. attach-
ment to the Throne, and their sentiments on
passingevents, *Address to the King having
been brought forivard by the. Venerable,' the
Archdeacen (upon requisition.made to him), and
which now lies for signatures.
We feel happy in detailing the proceedings at
a general Meeting of the Diocesan Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge, on Friday last
(see. Advertisoient), and sincerely hope, that
the cause of the Venerable Parent Society will
not want supporters at a period when infidelity
has assailed the Altar of our Church, and sedition
the Throne of our Sovereign.
It is with pleasure we insert the following
grateful acknowledgMent to Earl Ferrers, for
his kind benevolence during a series of years, to
the poor inhabitants of Sileby. The' underwrit-
ten, Address was unanimously agreed to at a
Meeting of the Framework Knitters of that vil-
lage, and was presented by three of them to hi's
Lordship, who, with that kindness and conde-
scension for which the Noble Earl is so emi-
nently distinguished, assured them, to whom hix
gifts had proved acceptable, 44 that he was much'
gratified with their testimony of good will to-
wards him ; and that he would always feel great
pleasure in assisting his poor tenants and neigh,'
bours, and that his endeavours to do so wonli
be unceasing."

" Sileby, Jan. 2, 1821

" Ws', the Inhabitants of the Parish of Sileby, who have for
a series of years been the objects of your Lordship's kind be-
nevolence, think it a duty incumbent upon us to offer this
humble but sincere tribute of thankfulness, for the many fa-
vours we have ',received at your Lordship's bands, in contri-
buting to our several necessities; such as bread, beef, coals,
&c. &c.,-And more especially we, the Framework Knitter;
of the said Village, feel ourselves bound by the ties of grati -
tilde, to express our unfeigned thanks for your Lordship's ai c
and useful support to the Fund, in which we feel ourselves so
much interested, namely;The Framework Knitter's Fliendly
and Relief Society—we have at this time upwards of ninety
hands out of employ—which, had it not been fur the Nobility
and Gentry stepping forward in our behalf, must unavoidably
lain a heavy burden on the Land: which, consequently, would
have brought both Farmer and Tradesman into one deplora-
ble mass of ruin."

" Signed by a large number of Framework
Knitters, and otherlnbabitans of Sileby."
At this inclement season of the year, it is With
pleasure we record the following traits of old
English hospitality :
__

Our worthy Representative for the County,
G. A. L. K EcK, Esq. (agreeable to annual cus-
tom), cheered the hearts of all his poorer neigh-
bours on Christmas-day, by the distribution of a
fine fat bullock, and a very large quantity of
wearing apparel ; and on New Year's Day, the
children of Stoughton and Evington were hand-
somely entertained through the kindness and
liberality of Mrs. Keck. •

Lately were distributed among the poor of
North Luffenham, blankets to the value of 201.,
the gift of the late Right Hon. Lady Mary Noel;
who, likewise left the sum of 201. to be given to
the poor of Exton. And on Saturday the 2;;d
ult. the Right Hon. Lady Anne Noel, according
to her usual benevolence, ordered a fat ox, weigh-
ing SO stone, and 202 quarter') loaves, to be dis-
tributed amongst the poor of North Luirenhani.
—(Leicester Journal, Jan. b.)

Saturday Nino- the Anniversary of the Epi-
phany, or the Manifestation of CHRIST our Sa-
VIOUR, to the Gentiles, the same was observed.
with the usual ceremonies at the Chapel Royal,
in the KING'S Palace, St. James's.—Yesterday
Divine Service was performed at the KING'S
Palace, in Pall-mall, by the Rev. Dr. STANIER.
CL tRICE.

On Saturday afternoon an Austrian Messenger
arrived at Chandos House, the residence of his
Serene highness Prince EsrEnum, with dis-
patches from the Court of Vienna. Yesterday
his Serene highness left town for North Cray,
to dine and pass the night with Lord CAStLE.
EAGII.

On Saturday, being Twelfth Day, her MA-
JESTY gave a grand entertainment at Brandeis-
burgh-house to the several Foreigners of distinc-
tion still remaining, most of whom are now, pre-
paring for their departure.
A practice which well -deserves to be known
and imitated is established at Maresfield Park, the seat of Sir
JOHN SHELLEY, Bart. M. P. Rewards arc given annually on
New-Year's Day to such of the industrious poor of the neigh-
bourhood as have not received parish relief, and have most
distinguished themselves by their good behaviour and in:dos-
try, the neatness of their cottages and gardens,. and their
constant attendance at church, &c. The annual distribution
was made on Monday last by Lady SHELLEY, assisted by some
other Ladies, and it must be gratifying to observe the happy
effects upon the character and disposition of the poor pepple
with which this benevolent practice has been attended during
the, few years it has been established. Thong() the highest
reward does not exceed two guineas, yet it has excited a won-
derful spit it of emulation, and many a strenuous effort to
avoid receiving money from-the parish. Immediately after
the towards were given, one hundred and forty nine of the
children belonging to 'the Sunday School and the National
School lately established in the parish, sat down to a'plentiful
dinner in the serVant's ball, and afterdinner,thes' also receiv-
ed prizes for their good conduct as teachers, and their dili-
gence as scholars.

FUNERAL OF SIR J. THOROTON.—A Letter
from Bottesford, of the 26th ult. says, " On
Saturday last the remains of the late Rev. 'Sir
JOHN THOROTOY, A. M: Domestic Chaplain to
his Grace the Duke of-Rummvo, were interred
in the chapel of Bottesford, in the County of Lei-
cester, of which he was the Rector. The funral
was intended to have been private, but a large as-
semblage of the inhabitipts of this and the neigh-
bouring villages had collected together, with all
the artificers and workmen, and other attendants
at Belvoir Castle. A double line of persons,
many deep, was formed by these,"which extend-
ed froM the door of the Rectory House, through
part of the town, to the Parish Church, be-
tween which the body silently passed, enclosed in
very handsome coffin, covered. by a 'velvet Vall,
and preceded by Dr. Wilson, Mr. Mather, Mr.
Harvey (the undertaker), and Mr. Kemp ; and
followed by his Grace- the Duke of Rutlaqd,
Lord Robert Manners, Sir Charles Sutton, Col.
Hildyard, the Rev. C. Thoroton (brother to 4he
deceased), and Capt. R. Satton, of the Navy.'.l

.0 ', &Ir. 8110 LTGHAM's EDUCATION BILLS

:4v:ill; a short time since, at the request of se-
r'al of our most valued Correspondents, insert-
d the letter of the Rev. Dr. Butler, Head Mas-
ttr of ShreWgbury School, on the- Bills brought
irate Parliament in the last session by. Mr.
LrtA-e,rn, for an alteration of' the PRESENT sys-
vf the ENDOWED Schools, and to regulate all
i.'-tter Schools for the Education of the. Poor, we
~tee ;_educed to submit to our readers the letter of
t-le Rev. A. Lloyd, on the same subject. If
tttl_=se 'two Bills should pass into a law, without
and extensive alteration, they will be a
I'QP3' vio!ation of all the principles of law, which
have hitherto protected and enceorag-ed esta-
blishments of this nature, and cannot fail to deter
in future the benevolent and affluent froth giving
any part of their f,:ctunes, for the maintenance of
schools and other public institutions: ; The adop-
tion Of these bills by the Legislature, will be the
forerunner of great evils to the country, and
will facilitate the result so anxiously desired, by
the advocates of the modern doctrines in religion
and politics. by e, however, trust that they will be
watched, with the same degree of vigilance,
.as
other bills originating withMr.Broughain, and that
they will be revised iu such a manner, as to ren-
der them not only innoxious, but beneficial in
their detail, so that the irregularities, which may
found to prevail in any of the establish
ments to which we have alluded, may be reforth-
ed, and the I:4TENTIONS of the pious founders
carried strictly into effect.

A LETTER to a 'MEMBER of PARLIAMENT, on the SE-
RIOUS and DANUEROUS DEFECTS of the -BRITISLI
and FOREIGN SCHOOL, and of Mr. BROUGHAM'S
BILL for the:general EDUCATION of the POOR .--;3y
the Rec. RICHARD LLOYD, A. M.

'Dean Sits—l have duly considered Mr. Brougham's two
Bills, the " I ill for better providing the means of-Education
for his Majesty's subjects," and the Bill for improving the
administration of Endowments connected. with Education,
atist-for the better fulfilling the intentions of the Founders
ih.•reof;" anti which stand over for the further consideration
of Parliament in the ensuing spring. The first- Bill, which
proposes to give Parliamentary sanction and aid to a System
ufEducation,.co-extensive with the wants of our augmented
population, will be, in conjunction with the British and Fo-
l.:km School, the subject of the present discussion.* The
drsign of the Honourable Member is laudable, and I II 1.11
bound
,in charity to believe that his motive is a genuine and
p I: regard to the welfare of the rising generation. Having
it:lde this concession, which courtesy, no less than qur holy
te:?„.,,son, prescribes, I shall proceed to examine• the SviTent
anal-to ascertain whether it be such as a Chtistiii4 Le-
gi'slature can 'cuantenance consistently with its own avowed
principles, and a due regard to the welfare or safety of our
Establishment. . .

'l,'be System in contemplation, professes to teach reading,
writing, ain/ arithmetic, npon that excellent plan, [appre-
hend, of instriiction, which gives, by a multiplication of
power, and a division of labour, such admirable facilities to
acquititiOn of knowledge. • It is not, however,
it mrchanistn, or its powerful tendency to awaken
the dormant energies of tbe mind, which commands soy at-
tmititin upon the present,occasion. It is directed to no such
minor, though important considerations. It has a pre-
ertitient and .almuSt exclusive regard to the spiritual and
eternal welfare of the .children, and for the pronsotion of
this great •and ultimate cud of all education, nut only the
Beitish and Foreign School, but Mr. Brou”liaio's System,
(which is of a kindred character) arc, I contend, perfectly in.
adequate. It is as essential and characteristic part of the
constitution of • the fernier, to exclude religious Creeds anti
Catechisms, in direct opposition to the practice of the pri-
o.itive Church, and of all enlightened nations. Whilst it
admits some select portions of the Scriptuies to be read, it
prohibits all notes and comments, all rxplications whatever,
illisitrative of their sense, under the influence of a morbid

symbolizing- liberality, which renounces what is pecu
i;n.r, and adtapta only what It ennimod to ail sects and ~a ties.
The nature a Mr. Brougham's plan of instructi9v, does not,
a, far hS I car perc,ice.. e.sb'entially diSet from this account
of tl,e Larieastriar. or British Schuri. He his, indeed, made
some cont.-x:9.60%, in favour of our Ecelrsmslical Estah!ish-
• "

ment,..rtt ordrt, it arum, to render his 13i11 more palatable to
its Metnhers ; bat these concessions, which atte6t to relieve
it of its obnoxious qualities, produce nu such effect. It re-
qniests that the tu.a.iter shall teach re:Witte, WI itin;, and ac-
too titsrand the U sly Sot ipl ores of the authorized version, to
sit-ti scholars as lie of age to learn the same ; and shall use
se!, ct passages thereof for lessons, whereby to teach reeding
aolt! writing, and shaft teach nu other book of religion ; and
s heti use tio•form of prayer or worship, excopt the Lord's
Prayer, or other- select pas`sages of Holy Scripture; pia-
tiled tints it may he lawfitt fur the officiating Minister to di-
rect. frorn. time to-time what portions of Scripture 'than be.
ty:ed; either for lessons or for worship; which direction the
sa?f Master' is hereby iequired to follow: Provided, never-
fheless,l hat ih earth School the Church Catechism, together
*Oh such rortions of the Liturgy as the officiating Nlintster
rtay appoint, shall be taught during halt of the School hours
of 6ne day in the week, to he fixed by the officiating
Minister;. and he is _forthet empowered - to order the
to to teach the 'Catechism, and portions of the Li
Orgy aforesaid, fir not more than three boort on Sunday
evenings-; provided tliat if any parent or person having the
crier of a scholar, shall notify to the roasters 'a desire that
the chihl may not attend on the days and at the hours when
stir!) Catechism, &c. ate taught; such child shill not, in any
fig:Ml.l:n' or way,. be Obliged to attend, our Los punished,
I, .1, or molested, for not attending. •
f ;,,moreovvr, proposed that the election of the master of
tii.: school Should iica popular election, but that the officiat-
Minister of the parish should possess the power of reject-
fog the tierzrin elected, it he thought him incor.ipetent, or dis-
aptifored' cif *errs character. Titus Mr. Brougham aims to give
Ii t Bill a clerical sort of aspect, an apparent ailiA.vice tie the
l7i,nrdi of Etthland, and to distinguish it from the British
and Purengrt Sehtml; hit this distinction involves no essen-
lafdiffereote. It fra*,indeed, a plausible appearance, androhy
iineasr trpon persons of warm and impassioned benevoletofe,.
witose promptitude of zeal impels to action, without a cor-
• 'irltponding degree of sound discrimination of principles.,
'the F.dinburglr Revie.a, which is So friendly to the Dissen-
ters, and to the- latittidir.arian principles of the times, justly
anpreciateq its charricte,r and practical operations. Itcontends.
t'Lat Mr. B's Bili' confers 'upon' the Church no considerable
fo*er whatever. "-Nothing can ,he more fallacious," it ob•
serves, than to supliiise that the Zeta given to the, parson
will give him the Choice of the master. Ail the tiouseiniltiers
are to elect ; and" put :be c.kse relied, on as possible, at least
Pn some parts of tilt:Wry, that the niajority of the inhabi-
tants are Dissenters, (tow can the parson ever compel theth
to elect the man of his choice? It is true, that they
cannot canine! hint- to rpluure the• that:. of their chine ;
but does not every one at all acquainted with such
r.r.tters know, tile, in practice, such differences al-
ways end' in a cortiproMise ? The electors may not
succeed in carryinx th'eir man, and the parson will assur-
,:e.,y not carry his; net some :iird person will he !alien tiroba-
tetter adapted" fnr the plae'c, at least tree freni the-chief
ob-
~t`ctiotrs which one +6 rtyi)adio eicli of the other two. But such
tom, oversies will be rat ti; ptactically the inane, will be
tsccommodated."—it proceeds to remark, that " it is most
just that the sernples of the part nth should be consulted, and
that the schools, for which • all pay, should he opi.tr to the
• chi:-(ten of all, tail hoot the po.sibiiity of the most tender
conscierice being hurt by taLing adiantagc of- Site in-
stitution. The pier: appears to remove every ground of
ot.tvil On this head. The Little aurae, of all books of religion,
Ic sutured to be trrignt : nu form of prayer, except that
,which
all Christians use is to be adopted ; the: Cate-
_chism of the Clitifelt is only to be. taught at tin hour when the
hildrett of stiSsentittg parents roey absent themselves ; and
`ottenda:ice at Church is to be perfectly voluntary also." This
just account of Mr. Brougham's 'public scheme of instruction
tnarks its anions", not to the Church of England, but to tire
ritishaticf.Foreign School', which is the Oasis of it, and of

• For the character of the ether am, relative to "the Ad-
' ,eilnistration of Endowments," I refer the Reader to a
LattCr lately ruhlishrd by Dr. Butler, head Master of Shrews-
tury Schont. He xhly stiews, that this Bill has a direct fen
, tf.,my to defeat the intentions of the Pounders of Endow
iits,-to degrade Graaf-mar and to injure the jilt,
sees of the Yutelic, i. c.. of the Parents of Boys entitled to
Use benefits of the Foundation, and their Childien,'

which it is almost a perfect refliction ; for the concessions are
such, as are, in t he judgment of the Edinburgh Review, also
practical moment.
It may be advanced, in vindication of. these Sy4tems of
action, (which are radically the same) that the children,
under tuition, are required to -eaten.' once on the Sabbath at
the parish Church, or some other place of public worship;
and in cans: qnence of this requisition, it is deemed sufficient
that. their education, during the six days of the week, should
have relereuce only to the connualltainutents already ad-
vested to, i. e. of yeadi:ne, Writit7g, and account!,, wills the
eiceatian of three it • four hours, during which portion of
time the children are to instrueted in the Church Cate-
chi m, or such par tsaif the as the etioister pis scribe-;
provided it be-With- tire caticurretwe arid approbation of their-
parents or guardians. I ask then, is this system, in its pry-
visions, sufficiently comprehensive? Ought intelligent and
immortal creatures, iui the morning of life, to be con-
signed to a public Plan of Edpication so essentially defective?
-In a political tight, a national System of Educatiou might to
be conduct rd upon tire principles of the nstional. •Chureti.
To act otherwise, the Legislature would be guilty, if net
of a political suicide, of an anainalYt which would tend, '
in Its ultimate consecinences,. to swell the tide of popu•
tar glamour and faction, whilst it argued a strange and
reprehensible ignorance of the transcendent inspertanee
of Divine Truth on the one haade and of the fallen state and
rxigeacies of masa en toe attain It would he to _leave him,
at a season when spe mind is must- tender and nisceptiale,
destitute of that lames iedge of Christ which is life eterrial.
"f o withhold entirely, or nearly so,. spun a delitierate scheme
of national educate'', a plain exposition and application of:
sound Christian priucietes, by which alone humti a nature,-
in its present lapsed state, calebe radicailyaeforined, cannot
but be regarded, by the pions and reflecting Christian, as an
insult to the sacred Majesty of truth, and an awful de-
reliction of duty, highly detrimental tualie welfare of the ris-
ing generation. This is aut." to train up a child in the way ire'
saeuld go," to sow the seed of eternal life bets oics,but to neglect
the proper season of moral culture, arid toe:oust our best pros-
pects of a,good hardest. Fur if the mind tie nut preniccu-:
pied by troth, it-will not lie dormant, or be found in a state
id vibration betweeti goad and evil. Error and vice will soon
invade and coataniimite it, es-the predominant tendency of a'
nature "far gone from original Tighteuusnets" is.to
Hence it is no satisfactory vindication of so detective a system-
to say, that the children are obliged to attend once, on the
Sabliat In sir someplace s.f ppbtic worship, In nistiasat schools,
sanctioned:and aide(' by the Legislature, uothing should be.
left to charier, or in
.a state of gloomy' uncertainty. Sound
Chrisliair principles should be constantly and daily instilled,
which may operate as a security against that infidelity and
fanaticism so prevaleat In tire pr resent day.-'Upon the as-'
sumption, that the parents neither neglected to take their'
children to some place et warship, or that they frequented
only such places %%here saute' and orthodox priaciples were
enforced, I stilt umbilici's, that such a degree Of luttniction
is lamentably 4i:fit:bent; for unless the elements end rudirneuts
of thelruth he well laid iti the minds of children, during-
tice•courie Of their scholastic evocation, they will be•
pable of comprehendiag it in the more abstract and dig-
nified form of sermons. It will
jeltale, like a plaintom, their
weak applehensioas, for '.west of a more tangible fasts,'
and definite shape. But what an amenuentatitni of weight and
influence does this objection acriaire-frout the painfui'cuutis
aeration that these children; is a vast: Majority of instantes,
will be taken hi those piiblic couventiclis where religion stay
be either obscured and defiled by the fumes of a wild fanati-
cisni, or its sacred authority impugned,. in a greater or less
degree, by a frigid scepticism. Can, then, a Christian Le-
gislature, strider the dictates of religion, Or of scaled policy,
comitemsone an i ast if to ion wino, virtually implies that
gloomy doubts still haag over the way to tile eternal, not-
withstanding the greater light of Revelation which hasjdis=
persed the palpable darlaiess tit Paganism, and so eseenited
the twilight of. the Jewish Dispeusatian, that the truth ap-
pears no longer veiled in types anti fiatiret, but shines with
an effsleenee which constitutes that overt:lily day in which
We have the privilege to live ? Would not such a priblie s•incs.
tion argue nanost lementatile,ntorat blindness in the midst of
noon-day.; a monstrous indifference in the terrier:- id. Gad; a
neutrality amounting to treason against the Majesty of
Heaven ? Ought children who belting to'the Established
Church to he altogether deprived, (as in the British anti Fa,
reign ;seamy!) or anenist deprived, (as tinnier tire provisains of
Mr. Broughain's Bit!) during the long course or their saws
lastic education, of all that Christian instructioir which
maketh " %virtu' to the saivatien of the soul, " and affords the
best and, indeed, the (Jai). security tuna faithfal discharge of
their relative and civil dutici ?. nave not they and their psis
rents not only ostensible, but evil cause to infer, front this
defective moats of pubtic ethic-a:ion, that the essential •chtn
racteristic doctrines eif our floly Religion are no better than
harresi speculations; or, atleast, sublinie mysteries which
have nu connectiou with pr stile ? Are they net buyers
ceptibly -impressed with the idea that what is exclialrtl from
the System is comparatively of no inipattatice, and wbst it
adopted is amply suilielt tit ? hoes not tire very requirement
to attend, once on the Sabbath, some place of public wor-
ship, (.and which is•clesigned to christianize, _as it were, 'this
Pagan sort of education) operate in producing a contrary sell-
tioneot ? Does it not virtually announce that an maple foals-
datian has been already fur religion anti morals,
and a' .superstructirre raised upon it of the " must ens
tuous" character, and to which no ad
dition is requisite ?
That the children should, indeed, attend the Service of the
Church, or of some curiventidle, on the Stitin!ay, is thought
expedient and decerutts ; but whether they attend Arian,
Sociiiian, or Christi:ire teachers, lain' no consequence. It
ar-
peals, that sincerity, under the guidance of season, shriuld be
regarded, nos only as ft-siae qua nuns of religion, but as lea_
slim itself, retideriag nugatory all differences of creedi and
opinions. It is no wonderthanthe Infidels and' Uniyerialists
of the day hail a system of education which thus secretly
undermines- the Christian religion, divests it of its divinity
and transcendent: excellence, and liberally opens the door of
everlasting life mall principles, boss-ever wide and discordant.
They are snare that they surrendeenothing; they stand upon
their own latitudinarian growls', while the, children-of the
• Established Cburcb are placed under an obligation to Marin-
don, or to neglect, in a most criminal degree, daring the time
of their public education, all those, sublime arid evangelical
doctrines of their holy religion, into whiCh they hare'lieen
baptited, and •frerri width elvers as the instrumental cause, '
they can derive moral strength fur the performance of their
various ditties. In short, they are kept, upon the broad sad
magnificert basis of these lestitutiiinsS idtOgether,. or nearly,.
ignorant of the living and true God, and of the-varmas lens-
/ions in which be is :eta alert to ps in the Scriptures,. and,
consequently:etthose primrary obligatiOns which arise out of
thrice. Stich a suspeaiion, or such a Scanty measure, of in-'
structiots, upon subjects, not of a minor or secondary riantee,-
btit of vital anci etc real importance, manifest either a' pro-
found ignorance of the nature of Christianity, es a sinful
desire to honour men more than Gail,' to court popular ta-
yours, to Conciliate and
corn ilitiletit sects and parties at the
expence of " the truth," of that " great mastery cif gddli-
[Jess, Cad mainfest in the trish," and 411 the inestimatile:
blessiegs compselieneled in it. The question is, Shall we•
Withdraw those heavenly beams emitted by the Sun of Righ-
teousness, or canse theist to shine-wan only a dim and par-
tial tight upon a public System of Education., F01104(41 to
-estatiiisbed under the auspices of a Christian govern-
Ment ? Ought such.a.government-to cOuntenance a general
Plan of instructiten which connects the wide: and exterisiVe
range of the morality of the Gospel, whilst it debases its pure
and fictively nature, by yeithlolding, in so alarming a men-
slue, alt those transforming ;tad evangelicitt niiitives Which
are the nrivga of Christ lass obedience, alai wit bout which
degenerates into a .jejetre, Mundane anntsef •enln
gicia, a religion Which derifes its 'Motives liana thie earth, ter-
minates wile in itself,' acid it' consequeully unfit for fallen
errata, who is horn to live for ever in happiness or in misery.
Such to religion, so rbevoide'rit celestial fire, of all spiritual lire
and anidatiod, merits riot so high and sacred a ItaineS 7 his
indeed, (to usealie words; of the British and \Ent sigH
SCbtail Society) a "concise knowledge" of the Chrislian re-
ligion, It is no matter of surprise that its :26.°c:del talk
largely, like the Theuphilanthophisti.of the days of lore to
Gial, of love to your neighbour, and obedieace to parents, as.
the final resit' of this System, and have the effrontery- to
assert, in the same public report, that this System grausids
children !letter in all the principles of en terms action than
any caher.nielliod ; calming the' bury of their passion*, In"'
big them mild, submissive, Lc. &c. Is not this an impious
attempt to wound the Christian Iteligien and our Ectlesiasti-
'cal Establishments-the grand depository and sacred guardian
of its faith ? Is it tea retrograde towards Paganism ? To pre-
fer natural to rex n'aled itiihiun ? Tins repent attenipts, it
seems, to ito something nave than to defend itseliand all its
a'arming defects. Wlalat it treats with a frigid sirdifference
and contemptnetts neglect the great Saviour of the world, in
Isis essential divinity, in his atoning samitice and righteous-
ness, and our consequent joinfieletion by faith in his exclu-
sive merits, and insidiously euthanasia-6 through the meditita
of detach, d parts of Scripture,. so to generalize and dilute his
holy religion, that it messy triabrace all sects and parties, whs.
tilt r orthodox or here-r; tll„ it-professes, at the same trine, to
triumph in its setenditi strceess, stud proudly: rirrootes to
itself a sublimity of virtue far pre-eminent to what other
systems of educiiCsort ever produced. Suck bald preten-
sions the pions
.Itissenter, no less than the
.Cburchinati,
is equally bound to repel with a holy zeal and indig-
nation. The fernicr;lficingh lie shay at-Doer perceive bow
such a plan of education fareurs dissent and scbistu, should

not allow, for a moment, such a minor cnnsiderstion to con-
trout his judgment, or to allure him to the adoption cf it, as
it tends to dishonour his heavenly Master, to betray him, like
another Judas, under the semblance of Christian charity, and
to conduct us hack front the reahns of day to the obscure
regions.of human wisdom awl philosophy.
(To be continued.)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

[DAILY. EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.]

[The Times.]
The news from Naples contradit.ts a prerions statement
impinting.t hat the King, before he sailed, bad sanctioned the
modifications mode by Parliament in the Spanish Constitution.
His Majesty left the decision on that point to his sort, on
whom, however, in his characte'r of Regent, he conferred
a Tower as ample and effectual as the royal prerogative itself.
The King had also completed the nomination of twenty-
four Councillors of State. His voyage did not commence
auspiciously. In a gale of wind, on the night of the royal
embarkatioo, the Vengenr and Revolutionnaire rats foul of
each other, and were forced to put into Baia,- where they
remained until the Wth, when they started itgai II with a
favourable wind for Leghorn ; at which port, the French
papers inform us, the ging' landed on the Mb following.
During his Majesty's detention at Baia a deputation front
the Parliament waited ott him to renew their vows of loy-
alty and attachment to his person. In the meantime the oc-
currences at Naples' were not without considerable interest.
The Prince Regent on the 15th issned,a proclamation, in
which be speaks with touch .confidence of the part which the
King; his father, had determined to take on behalf of Neapo-
litan liberty, when he should reach the presence of the Allied
,Sovereigns The Prince recommends it to the people to be
prudent and moderate, and thus to " give force to the argu-
ments which the • King will offer to the Cong,ress at Lay-
bach in support of the national, independence," &c. If it
comes, however, to be a topic of argumentation whether
the independence of Naples shall or shall nut he respected,
it is easy enough to anticipate the result, In fact, for a
.Neapolitan, whether King or subject, to admit that such a
question will bear to he argued at all, is. to admit that a
right exists in the tribunal (viz., the Holy Alliance) before
whom it is argued, to decide it in a manner destructive of
the liberties of Naples. Such a concession is a.fatal sacri-
fice of the rights and ,bonour of a free people, as we have
already remarked that the royal mission itself is to the.dig-.
nits of an independent crown. We lament still farther to
find that this degradation of both is indirectly recognized in
a subsequent address of the Prince to the Parliament, wherein
he talks of " his King and father's venerable plea in _behalf
of the country before. the august session of the Allied Mo.;
'webs." This is indeed a sorry sight, and a !norm of cruel
discouragement to the friends of Neapolitan tiherty. If the
Allied Monarchs, instead of inviting'explanatioils from King'
Ferdinand as an equal, have, as would appear from the above.
official documents, only called hint as a-defendant to their
bar, there is no deMand, however arbitrary and unjust, on
their patt—no surrender; hoWevt.ir impolitic and abject, on
his—which may not be-enforced agaiost King Ferdinand, us
the condition of exempting from fire and sword his beautiful
conntry and insulted people. It is, -nevertheless, some satis
faction to learn that the Dolce de Gallo, Minister of Foreigu
Affairs for Naples, had arrived at Rome, and was prosecuting
his journey for fsyhach, there to assist his Royal Master,
and confirm his zeal tor the interests of the cause to which he
has so repeatedly and sol,cmnly sworn. The impeachment of
the King's former Ministers ott the 15th was the subject of
warm debate in the Parliament: 57 votes were far impeach-
ing Campo Chiaro and the Minister of the Interior. So far
at wr can understand the account, the other Ministers had a
majority in their favour. A private letter, which we quote,
makes the King's journey a mere cocct to afford the'Austrians
a decent excuse for withdrawing from the difficulty into which
they had plunged, by proving that he was not a ptisoncr at
Naples, anti that he had been a free agent in his approbation
apd.support of the new Constitution. We should be • happy
to lend faith to an hypothelis so flat tet

[Morning Chronicle.]
The acconnts from Naples in the French Papers are not of
later (late than those in tho Neapolitan Journals, which ar;
rived on Saturday, and from which we give extracts. They
are c 4 a highly interesting character, proving, as they:do,
very'decisively,the determination of the Prince, the Parlia•
ment, and the People to maintain inviolate the independence
ofthe country. The King of Naples is stated to hare landed
at Leghorn on the 20th ult. General St,innoclii, the Com-
mandantorthe Marine'and of Cie Laud ForUes, having pre-
viously gone on board the Vengenr to compliment his Ma-
jesty in the name of the Grand Duke of. Tuscany. A salute
of lot guns was also fired in honour of the Neapolitan Atoi
narch. flit Majesty was expected On the 23d or 94th at
Florence. An article from Naples in the Jcdyrnal des D6=
bets of Thursday, states, that the .typhus fever prevailed
amongst the Austrian army in Lombardy, and that no lesi
than 15,000 of the troops bad been attacked by it, There are
various reports in these Journals respecting.the Congress at
Laybach ; .some supposing that it would he transferred to Flo-
re nee, for the purpose of regulating altogether the affairs of
ftrily, and others alleging that war was finally determined
upon, without reference to any further discussion in Congress.
The litter rnmOtir,, hosi.eter, is contradit'red by accounts
more worthy of credit, and which anticipate a pacific serum-
roodation ; and the former story appears to have no foundii-
lion; the intelligence direct from Layhach, mentiOnirig and
repenting,' in positive terms, that preparations Were' making
for the reception of the Sovereigns and the Miniiters...froth
Troppau.

[N.ew Times.]. ,
The intelligence from Cadiz; of the Ilth of lad um", no-
tires an Address from some of the Judges of that city, in an-
swer to the representations of thenaunicipality of Cadiz, re-
specting the administration of criminal justice. If we may
draw a secure inference from the observations of the Judges;
it would seem that:the patriotic municipality of Cadiz mach
resemble the patriotic corporate bodies of other cities ithat
we could name, which meddle with matters they do not un-
derstand. It is stated that his Most Faithful Majesty has
been informed of the progress of the new pohcv at lishiM,
and also that lie desires the transmission of the'Cortes Con-
stitution to him, that he may aothenticate the dame; lint, in
thelnean time, he is.undecided.as to whether be himself shall
return to Lisbon or send one of his family there. Motril has
been thrOwn• into some constei nation in consequence of the
capture of seven ships laden with cotton hfan Insurgent pri-
vateer in the Aivditerrancau.

Those wtio have penned the repOrts of the proceedings at
some lene•Radienl MeetiagS;where Addresies and Resolutions
have heen moved and seconded by persons styling.themselees
" Reverend," may have formed ideas of the feelings and prin-
ciples of the noteStant Dissenters highly injurious to that
respectable body,—We are credibly. informed, that at • a late
,general and numerous Meeting of Ministers of the " Thri.ve
Denominations;" it Was actually proposed to offer •an Ad-
dress of Congratulation to her Majesty: but the factious
movers of the question had miscalculated the reception which
it was likely to expelience from an assenibly of sensible and
educated-Men. Instantly', ON the announcement of the mo-
tion, the far greater part of the Ministers present left the
room, contoTiptutiOy abando&rig the measure to the indi.
viduals who• a•'ititted it: but %Olio, front their:weakness' and
ins4mificance, found themselves unable to effect their ob-
ject.—(lbid.)

[Morning Poll.
RECOON11r107,:: OF THE PuRTUGuEgE AEVOLITTIONT TUN
'KIN() or PORTUGAL.—gy.the Spanish Papers we tire inform-
ed, that atlVices-had reached Madrid on the 93d, annotincbig
as certain that the news of the Revolution in POrtugal and (If
the Wislies-of the tusitanian people' reached RiO de Janeiro
no the 19th October; and that. his Most Faithful Maji.sty.
h ,siefled to retinfnize.the legitimacy of their wishes, to ati-
proq.the convocation of the Coites; and to authorize the
foriftaiitin' of a Constitution,• which, as soon as it is finished,
be decrees may be transmitted to him that he may incest it
with his Royal sanction. His Majesty adds, that when this
step is taken, he will determine whether he will return in per-
son to Lisbon, sir send one of the Princes of hiv family, l'he
affairs of Spain continue in a. very unsettled state.

ft is hoped that among the earliest measures of the ensuing
Session of Parliament, a Summary remedy will he prirvidcd by
the Legislature for the puniShment, by fine and imprison-
ment,.of those depraved and infamous characters who have
for so long a period lived upon the Public, by exposing in
their Chop witulov s, and offering for sale-'„ the most indecent.
and.rerolting caricatures upon' the Sovereign of this. Kitg-
dont, with the most obvious mischievous intent. At
,noperiod
of our history has this disguating nuisance extilrited' such
syrnotorns Of daring licentiouines&; and the tile rihaldrYr
profnenessornd shameless, indecency, which, . through this
polluted channel, are suffered to offend the eye„and insult
the dirhil Peelings of every d'ecent int-reripetta isfelyiniber of
society, as well as to undermine the principlr.s, and corrupt

the Ileitis of young persons of both sexes, cannot be too
I strongly reprobated. Among the various engines employed by
a vile and infainons faction, for spreading among 'the lower
orders of society the most degrading profligacy and irreligion,
and for gradually blunting and {impairing the'moral
lity and sterling virtues of the nation, there are none whose
operations have beet► spread. over so wide a surface; or have
been pursued with such a restless and wicked activity.. Un-
lesi a timely check • be given to the circulation and exposure
of caricatures and prints of so abominable a description, it
will be impossible to measure the irreparable injuries that
mast inevitably be inflicted upon the best and most valuable
interests of society. The law for the suppression of Offensire,
obseene,and immoral..pictures, prints and caricatures, has long
been viewed as materially ineffectual for the purpose, from,
the' expense and delay that necessarily attend tire proceedino
by information or indictment. The crime+, froth its very nature
and publicity; is of so misChievous and baneful a cfmraciet;
and addressed so immediately to the basest passions of the 11104;
ignorant and ainbilious'of mankind,that it is impossible to visls
with • sufficient severity those abandoned wretches, who are
ever ready, from motives of self-interest, to become execrable'
panders to the most degrading- vices of the very outcasts of
society.—(l6id.)

[The Public Ledger.],
. The Madrid Papers bring advices from Cadiz to the teth
ult. The Judges of the Tribunal of the First Instance its
that city, had'publlshed an Address to the people on the sub;
ject of • the representation made by the Municipality to tfie,
King, as to the delay whieh had occurred in the proceedings
respecting the massacre of the 10th of Match. They assert
that there had been 'no delay but what arose from the didt;•
culty of the case, and from a regard to the fundamental prin-
ciples of justice, which forbid the condemnation of any, indi-
vidual without legal proof of guilt. It appears, However,
from the Cadiz letters th!"lt the preliminary process wav
expected to be speedily brought to a conclusion, and the
principal actors in that bloody tragedy to be put out
their trial., An examination had been made of the four
towers, and the arsenal of the Carraecas, under the orders of
the Governor, with the supposed intention of tran,ferring,
the prisoners to those places for greater seem icy. Loud coat-
plaints are made of numerous captures of Spanish coastiog
vessels by three corsairs in the Mediterranean, one of them
a privateer from Margarita, of only five guns and'.fifty men.,
which is said to have carried on its depredations with impu-
nity for the last three or four 'months. Among the captures
were six or seven vessels containing 500 bags of cotton, the
produce of Motril in Granada, a loss which is the mule se-
verely felt, es the population of the place is small, stud tl.rix
resources

[Morning Herald.] •
There is the utmost ardour, what is not less important, t 4
utmost unanimity in the ParliaMent,Governuient, and Proplc.
of Naples. The expressions and the proceedings upon thp
King's departure inured the liveliest .E kindness on the part 4.
the people for the aged and infirm Soveteign. and the lan-
guage of the Prince Vicar in pledging himself and his Royat
Fattier for the defence of the Constitution, established arat
sworn to," are so full of heart and energy, that it is impos7,
sible, we think, to doubt them.

. .
Madrid Papers to the 9.5 th ult. arrived yesterday. The;
,state that the King of Portugal having learned the political
changes in that kingdom, had given his sanction to the-call—
ing of the Cortes, and that the. King, or one of the• Princes,
might be expected to arrive shortly in Europe. We Liopes
this statement may prove nue, l?nt, doubt its currectrtess.•
-
(.hitt.)

[British PreSs.]
The accounts of the Revenue for the quarter whiels closed:
on the sth of this month have been made up at the Treaeury.
and exhibit, as we understand, a deficiency to the. amount of.
820,0001. as compared with the produce of the correspooding
quarter during the last year: This is the more lamentahle,n,
in the accounts of the quarter just closed was embraced the
produce of the new taxes upon exciseable articles, which were
estimated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to afford sitAtte
least 800,00,01. a quarter. Asa set-off against this very disheart-
ening view of the state of the public finances, or Lather- as
au antidote to the effects- which snob a statement of the
quarter's account was calculated to produce upon the minds
of all tbiiiking men, a Treasury Journal has assured its
readers " that the produce of the Revenue for the year iBl
has exceeded that of -the year HO by a sum of ebony.
2,000,0001." We sincerely hope that the official accounts of
the whole Revenue fur the year will justify this early an-
nouncement front the Treasury, but it must be manifest that:
so far as our 'prospects of financiat improvement are involved
in the consideration of the actual produce of the Reventie,tim
comparative view of the last quarter must be of far greater
iMportance than that of the 3 precethugqitartersovitb referenee
to*the corresponding quarters in the. former year respectively..
The remarkable deficiency in the produce of the quarter end-
ed the sth inst. as compared with the corresponding quarter
of the last year, clearly sheets that tire improvement aisctrni-
ble in the total amount of the whole year must have-been
accumulated Oil the three preeedir quartets. This cir-
cumstance, by chewing a• very rapid' and sudden dtcline
in the Revenue during the last quarter, is calculated
to give rise to the most serious alarms for the future
state of our finances. Parliament must now feel that the
country has been burdened to the utmost exertion of its
strength; that our resources ate at this moment drawn.
to their extreme tension; and that not only are further VI..
crificts impoSsible to be obtained, but that the must dan-
gerous consequences must . -be apprehended if a speedy
relief be not afforded to the community. The Government of
France is not afraid or ashamed to pursue a principle of eco-
nomy in its internal arrangements, when the interests of the
French people require the sacrifice, and the effect,has turn -a
proposition by the King of France himself to his Parliament
to reduce the burdens of the Subject. Delightful would it' bee
-if our Government were to futiow so wise an example, and
learn front the Cabinet of the Tuitcries the most effect ail
meaus of securing to a Monarch his people's beat aft:,
tions; • but should our Ministers resolve to maintain their
present wild•expes,diture, without regard either to .the pre-
sent comforts of the people or to the future prosperity of the
empire, we trust that Parliantent will not he wanting' in
its duty in an emergency of such great and fearful magni-
tude. In the course of the -,tact week we took , the liberty
of -calling- the. public' attention to the financial condition o'f
the Empire, and then laid before our readers an'estimate ut:
the probeible receipt of the Revenue for the present year, and
also a view of the scale of expeutlitur~ which the present. NI:-
nisters, should they, unfottunately for the Empire, continua
in power, will probably require_ •We then endeaVoured tsr
spew that the Chancellor of ttie'Excheyier would find it ne-
cessary to hare recourse to the market for a loan of about
twelve 'millions to meet the- a ipplies for the year. We tiaras
since learned that our view of the subject has been- adopted
by those Gentlemen in the City who are most conversant itt
topics' of finaitee. The. state c f the last quarter's Revenue is
nut calculated to alter the impression.

COUNTRY MARKETS.
I.e.lasreit, Dec. :in. - -
eiverage Prices of Corn dud ri:omr, per Quarter; yrinch,;te,..
ilkas•ure.
• Wheat, COs Od; Rye, Os Od,; Barley, ‘.2os Od soAlsto,;,2Ts 0.;
Beans, 41)s Od; Hog Pease, —s nd ; Pale Malt, 'Os od ; Oa:-
meal, 25s 6d par butyl of 1401hs; Fine Flour, per secii, 50s'Od;
Seconds, 494 Od ; Thirds, 45s Od.
' MAss,..k.r HastnottouGH.' -41 an• • Re,--"WhOr.. —s a —I 'i
Rye, —s as; I;arley, 24s a 26 ; Oats, ;tis a 24, ; Beans, Old,
—s; Pease—s a—s ; Malt —s a —s; Fine Flour per each, 514 a
Seconds, 4:s; Thirds, 445.
.lirmotia24, • Jan. 3.—Wheat, 55s a 665; Barley, 9.30 a
26s •, Oats, 2.2 s a 2::+; ; Beans, 341 a 365.
LOUGUEOMOUGH, Jan. 4.—Wheat, C3l: Barley, C',. pz -;
Oats, Os; Beans, —s ; Malt, 685:; Fine Flour, pe: :al. ~
51s ; Seconds, 475;
C'l;.lir:sit ti dast'n.C.:s :
d.
Dec,, 130.
Wheat • 583 ad per qr 1 Oats
Rye
P t.a as
925.. od i
Barley.
HuNriNnooN, Dec. e.O.
. Wheat .... 4as nd a 553.0/1 Oats
Barley .... sUs Od a 25s Od I Brans
.;itis 03
WlNDsoit, Jan. 6.
• Wheat, per Id.. 131 Qs a 181 Cid 13eani, per qr .... :3,3s a 31,;s
Barley, per ld .... 26s a 29s Pease . , —l a .—{
Oats
READING, ./ an . 6;
Wheat 49s a 7.3 s Od .1 Oats . it';s a Vs
Barley 2i s a 27s 6d 1 Pease
ilcurn - White ---s a —s
Old Wheat ~.. —s a —s.
SraisEs, -lan. 5. .
Wheat .... 11105 a 171 Os I Pease, per qr
Rye •
• s a --s 1 7-A,rley
Oats
.--,s a —s
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