The Sun.
London, England, 1819-04-15 00:00:00

[British Press.]

We lately noticed the military preparations rtow
making by France. They are ascribed, in pri.,
vale letters, to the apprehension of a rupttne
with- Austria and-Prussia. A. report to that ef-
fect is certainly prevalent in, Paris, but the dr.
cumstances which'gave rise ,to it are not stated,
and it is perhaps a mere speculation. A.desire
to, put her northern frontier in :a complete state
of defence, and organize her. Army, is perfectly'
in the spirit and policy of a.great military power
like France at ail times ; arid although the means
of safety May inspire the idea of danger, they des
not always necessarily prove its actual existence.

[Morning Pint.]
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. IN HIGH LIFE.
Very lately an individual of considerable notoriety
called on a celebrated Jeweller, and.ilesired certain
costly articles to be sent to a house in a square
west of Bond street. The property, exceeding
twelve thousand pounds., was taken by the tradet•
man himself. On being ushered into a parlour,
a Lady entered, and requested to show the jewels
to a Gentleman .then in the drawing-room. The
property was surrentlered. -After a considerable
lapse_ of time he became impatient, and rarag the
Imp, when he was told that th e Gentleman
gone off in a post-chaise and four, taking the,
jewels' with him. The tradesman hiirried out- c;f
the house,- and ascerraMed that such- a cat riage
lid been for some time waiting:in the• rear of the
house ; and by good fortune he met a person whit
gave him such a clue, that be intiii;iteri a horse, and
overtook the -runitway about twelve milts from
Hyde Palk-corner, whom be fenced to give up
the property.

' [New Times.]
; it is with great satisfaction.that we lay before
our Readers the following comparative statement
of vessels that entered the port of Liverpool in the
months. of January, February, and March last,
with those of the preceding year : •
In 1919 1547 vetsels, 168,120 tonnage
• 1918 • 1157 ditto, 133,468 ditto

lu favour of 1519 390 ditto, 34,652 ditto •
lii 1819 1122 Foreign vessels,72s Coastetll
1818 693 ditto, 54 ditto

Jr; favour of 1819 I 429 ditto, IGI ditto.
Sloe? June last 5973 vesiels, 668,20 G tons, have
entezed that port.

Havannab Papers give us the satisfactory intel-
ligence that the Slave Trade has been less aciis
than usual with that port ; but as if. to Moderate
the pleasure which we might. derive from thin
source, we are told that a number of vessels were
preparing to leave Cuba for the purpose of en;
gaging in this horrible traffic; We have only to
hope, that under the recent Treaty between Spain
and England,. the vessels ergaged in so nefarious
a pursuit may ultimately be biought to condemna.

The Gazette de France has found out that in
consequence of the moderation which the English
Opposition evinces under the jutiiciouis'guidance
of Mr. Tierney, a new Administration is likely to
be formed, of vvli,cl4 he heads ate to he Mr„Can-
ning and the_Diike ot.Wellington. We extremely
admire the logical accuracy exhibited in the con-
nexiOn of these premises with their consequence:
and we would just hint,. it► return, that we have
been informed on good authority that the Army
of. La Ven,o6e is,ko march to Vatis for the purpose
of raking count Lanininais to the post of Fig ICI
Director otthe Republic; and that the Catholics
of Nkmes have voted a Crown'of Laurel to M.
Benjamin Cotiqut,' for the liberal sentiments
which he has expreised In their favour, and par-
ticulatly for his ver.scity.--,-(fbia;)

Fri:lay, the old Asia, of 74 guns, was re-aris-
tetted name of The Allred, and she no 4
lays in a state of ordinary .at Chatham; it is ex-
pected a ship of the foa'n4er nslite will be imilt itti
that quarter of the Globe (Ada, )

FOR TUE SUN.

ON THE ROMAN C:\TI-IOLXC QUESTION.

LETTER

MR. EDITOR—SeIf-defence and protection
against persecution is an unilienabie right, w he:
flier as it respects individnals or Governments.—
Intolerance and persecution are the undeniable at.;
Ributes of Popery "at all times." Therefore it
is necessary to guard against its influence. The

rcsttaining Statutes in forte against the Papist
were enacted fur that purpose. Experit nee has
proved them tired nal to their ohjer:,t ; they are
both %vise and just enactments. PoreFty i.z, from.
its very fundamental principles, necessarily
un-
altt'red ; up to the present hour' it is so avowed by
innumerlble awhentic docrinients, and by the
only competent authorities ; therefore its
yore hi; the same tendenr, y ms hero oNae, and it

r y oecessaty to be dk• fended from it ; .cort •
5. rl oenoiy ii. reveHl vet-ll•tried S.atittet4

Firc " THE BULIVAIiNi 6F THE CONhTITUTION,

11,e I)..st protechai of the Glory and the 14herty
of Britain, would risk a t4tal 'Joh-I-minion of ibe

ji„lit peace, and involve os in contests ruinous
alike to the prosi erity and religious freedom of our

couwry.

Let us call to miml, and use it as the best mo-
nitor of the future, the experience of those years
when P fiery, struggling with Po otestantism for
the possession of poltical power, spread desola-
tion and distress over the whole kingdom, and
then let us say reasonably or conscientiously we
that to exclude Papists from such power' on
account of their bolding religious persuasions
which govern their political designs, is a mea-
sure either " unjust and unwise," or that it h
" barbarous," or contrary to the letter and Spirit
of the Christian Religion,
Too many of our fellow Protestants, it is to be,
feared, are deluded into a groundless opinion that
the Roman Catholics of this century are different
in their principles, milder in their opinions, more
enlightened, and more tolerant in their ideas, than
their predecessors in former centeries. A ridicu-
lous distinction is insinuated between Roman Ca.
tholics and Papists. I deny the distinction ;
,tbe

terms are perfectly synonimous in their common
acceptation, and ample has been the proof already
-laid before the British Nation, that these as•er-
tious have no foundation in truth. From the in-
dignant refusal to submit to the Veto,—front the
present German controversy,—frorn recent decla-
rations from Rome,—from repeated avowals in
the sister country, this may'clearly be deduced--;
stay, in the most direct terms, it is acknowledged,
-that 'the principles of the Roman Catholics ate
unchanged. That avowal which first presents
itself to my recollection is from Mr. PLowpcses
" Case stated." "If any one pretend to insinuate
(says this Cavholic writer) that the modern Roman
Catholics differ in ONE lOTA from their ancestors, he
either deceives himself or wishes to deceive others :
scraper eadem is more emphatically descriptive of
our religion than of our jusisprodencv." (Let it not
be here f►►rgotten that the latter, whenever the ba-
lance. of political power renders it possible, is en-
tirely subservient to the spirit of the former.)
The next that occurs to me is the declaration of
Dr. TKOs-, in a pastoral letter addressed to his
flock, that " the Popish principles are unalter-
able," and also his reference, with the'most point-
ed approbation, to the 4th Lateran Council,
which (inter alma) decrees not.only the utter de•
sanction and extirpation of heretics and het esies,
and the dethronement of heretical Princes, but
that all securities given to such, though apparently
confirmed and sanctioned by an oath, are mere nul-
lities !

Let us, I say, remember this—that " Popery
remains the same, and absolutely incapable of
change," whilst we reruse the following proofs
of the secret spirit of hatred Which prevails against
ns in the breasts of that people who again come
forward with professions of unanimity and conci-
Eation. They appeared at the time Ireland was
invaded by the French, and within the lifetime of
the Members of our present Legislature :
" Liherty! Erin go brauglf!" ,
" Yon :Protestant Heretics ! Take yotice, that mass will
commence in this Church by the first of May next; your
blood shall flow, and your souls shall be sent to the Devil,
your grandfather."

In the county of Westmeath (soon after the
landing 'of the French at Killala in 1798), the
following w,fs posted on several Protestant
Churches :

" 'raise Notice,

" Heretical Usurpers, that the brave slaves of this island will
no longer live in bondage. The die is cast; our deliverers
tire come, and the brute who held the iron rod of ckspotic
yranny is expiring, and no longer shall govern four mil-
The old holy religion shall be re-established in this
louse, and the house shall no longer be burdened with! bloody
Heretics, who, under the pretence of rebellion, which they
themselves have rhised, mean to massacre us !!! "

ii)ns.

" The fleur-de-lis, and harp we will display,
While tyrant Heretic., shall moulder into day."
h LI% EN G E-RUV EN GE-REVEN GE

have numerous other authentic specimens of
Ca!nolic liberality and unanimity, of much more

recent tLdc than these, I may hereaftt
adduce, to prove that the last 20 years have not
cEcted that wondrous change from hatred to
good-will, which it is attempted to make ns think
i 3 now prevailing. At the present, what is here
transcribed is ample proof of the diaboliCal spirit
which actuates the fanatical and bigotted crowd
of Papists—and how readily the great machine of
popular power may he brought into action, the
present events connected with the 'lnman Catho-
lic Petitions in Ireland most clearly shew.. It is
in my power, if it shall become absolutely ne-
cessary, to prove that similar hopes (I mean of
repo,,sessing our Churches anti of exterminating
Protestants) have been expressed by living Catho-
lics, and those nut moving in the lower ranks of
life

he above advertisements are, at all events, a
proof it the uttilorm disposition of Popery. In
the reign of James 11. the " Protestant Churches
in Ireland were seized, under pretence of belonging
to the Roman Catholics." In the reign ot Geo.
lit. the- same was threatened and attempted. .In
the reign of James 11. the, landS and prnperty of
otestants were fraudulently seized under similar
pretences, aided by the production of fictitious
wt icings ; at the present day it is well-known, and
the assertion is incontrovertible, that a hope is en-
tertained of repossessing the property now in Pro-
testant, once in Popish hands. I have g recent
declaration that such an wtempt is determined on
now lying before me, but as it is unnecessary,
after what is above presented to you, to transfer
it to your present columns, I reserve any further
observation on that subket to another opportu-
nity. But I would, itr conclusion, direct your
notice to the expression " the BliuTE who held the
iron rod of despotic tyranny." Who cs it thus
harshly' termed " A BL uTE r-BEITONS ! it is
he in whose auspicious reign the Glory of your
Kingdom has reached its highest summit ! It is he
who with parental sway has ruled in the hearts of
a loyal and a grateful people—it is lie in whose'
mild reign favour has been heaped on favour, and
by whose gracious interference a COMPLETE TOLE-
RATION has been extended to the very men who
thus infamously—thus ungratefully—repay the
obligation ; it is he who has declared himself
ready to quit his Throne and retire to a cottage, or
to place " his bead upon the block if his people
required it, but that he had not resolution efiongh
to break the oath he to'k at his Coronation to
protect the rights of his Protestant People, and
to support the Protestant' Religion ;"—it is, outi
'VENEEABLE-OUR BELOVED SOV.EREIGN ! !
" Talk of Loyalty after this !"

ALBERT.

FOR 'I Illi SUN.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS, DISCHARGED,

MR. EDlTOR—Havitig pe-rased a Letter from
The Maid tone Journal, under the title of Exem-
plary Integrity, with suitable observations to ex-
cite similar conduct, I take the liberty of sub-

miffing to your notice a inure recent instance of
honourable disposition on the part of a discharged
Debwr to do the utmost justice in his power,
malgri all the calumnious epithets which have
been applied to cases of Insolvency.

In the year 1801, an Act passed for the Relief
of Insolvent Debtors, which, as under the present
Act, subjected time future acquired property to the
discharge of anterior-debts. A client of mine was
relieved under the provisions of that Act. Ile
has now become entitled to a very considerable
property, and has actually advertised a payment
from such acquired property to the full amount of
20s. in the pound, and full interest on the re.
-spective debts., which legally bear interest from
the time of his discharge." Creditors cannot,
therefore, justly aver that in no case they get a
farthing in time ponnd of their respective debts.
—The law provides for a full distribution in pro-
portion to the Debtor's means till the amount of
debts is paid. Arid if Creditors do not avail them-
selves of such provisions, they have no right to
censure the Legislature ; the blame is their own,
in neglecting the opportunities which are afforded
(item. They do not confide in the liberality of
honourable conduct, and therefore cannot in jus-
tice expect it always to be voluntary. The law
has done more. I know of three cases in which
the Creditors might have been essentially served
through the exercise of common vigilance.
one case, 40001. was lost for want of due dili-
-gence. In a second, 40,0001. was stated as the
amount of assets, and no step was taken to recover
time sum ; and, in a third case, 30001. was lost,
because legal. application was not adopted to oh,
lain it. In each ease, the Creditors sustained a
considerable loss for want of that unanimity
which is essential to individual interests. Under
the Bankrupt Laws the provisions are less circum-
spect, acrd the complaint is less frequent. Why
should there be less protection under the Bankrupt
Law, and more complaint under the existing in-
solvent Act ? The latter subjects future property
to payment of anterior deb's ; the twiner exempts
such future property. Creditors submit to the
justice of the Bankrupt Laws, but complain of
the Laws of Insolvency; let them satisfy the
public of their grounds of approbation or objec-
tion, and let censure attach where it ought.
April 15, 16Q, A TEMPLAR.

LitEttAllY RE'YiST.

LONDON t on, THE of QUACKERY. A Sa-
tirical Yuen. By TIM. BOBBIN, the lwazger.

The merit of this Poem entitled it to an earlier
notice. This is, indeed, the of QuAcKanY,
and the subject is therefore so comprehensive, that,
though the Author has touched upon many of its
prOvinces, there is still abundant matter for his
future animadversiott. The," AddresS front the
Author, comprising Ildrertisement, Preface, and
Dedication," is a humourous PrefaceVrose.
and introduces a whimsical sparring match in
rhyme between WILL the Author's friend, and
Tim the' Author. This is followed by an
IhTlto-
DUCTION, by way of invocation to the Muse, on
the uncettain fate of Poets, and the cold recep-
tion which they are likely to meet from Booksel-
lers, unless their Wotks are stamped with the
names of " BYRON, SCOTT, and MOORR:' The
Poem itself, as we have observed, touches upon
many branches of QUACKERY, passing lightly
over Medical Quackery, as too obvious and too •
hackneyed- a topic. The following stanza on
Religious Quackery will remind our Readers of the,
folly of the public in general in devoting so much
attention to that wretched Hypocrite, or Maniac.
Johanna 8001 z-eon
Not e'en Religion's sacred name
Gould stand secure from Quackery's aim',
Her face was worn the gaping throng to gull;
Who with such glee the mash received,
That tales were sworn-to and believed
Which would disgrace a savage Negro's skull. •
The ravings of a female maniac's mind, '
A cunning self-duli'd parson so defined,
That thousands in the well-laid, gin were snar'd;
And when her Priest, or dropsy, or excess
Joel eas'd her size,
Her fond disciples hall'd with exultation
A second pregnancy by inspiration,
For hi rt h of SuslLUit sum ptuously prepar'il,
Till death step'd unveil'd their prophetess,
And op'd their eyes.

Adverting to the fate cif Ge)liza szrivin with.
wit fashionable support, we'have the tullw.ving

vanza :
No, even now should some poor scribe,
Kneel to the hnowledge-vending tribe,
Owning himself a young obscure beginner,
Ahho his work might rival aught
That mortal ever wrote or thought,
"I'would not procure the fainting wretch a dinner.
From shop,to shop his weary limbs might falter;
Bin if ANAcizEoN,, or ik!y Lord, or WALTER,
Would cozen them with his distinvii6li'd nante,
Select sonic humble scribbler like me,
And let him write for't—
soon as their eyes should meet the title page,
In furious contest they would all engage,
If-Wow perusal each the prize would claim,
They'd give a thou,azul pounds; twothousand ; three.
They'd almost tight for't.

Or should scpue spark of fashion's sphere)
Some /tette candidate appear,
To honour by his name the field of letters,
Behold the critics, nine in ten,
In flattery's honey dip the pen,
Nor have the fortitnde to scourge their betters.
Nay even tiro' the Author Were a fool,
And 1110' his work, if written while at school,
made hie) feel the Master's flagellation,
When all the artists of the boolt-wright trade
Have so hedeck'd it,
That hireling elogists are quite perplext
Which mostio praise, its binding, plates, or text,
The guilded bauble's sure of admireti,m ;
For those who by the roles of Ton are sway'd
Dare nut neglect it.
Nor does our satirical Bard forget the Stage, as
we find as- follows
Nor is the drama, I maintain,
Or last or least in quackery's train,
Fur should the public' taste trot reason wander,
With rapture the degeherate stage
Winks at the follies of the age,
Forsakes its eersorship and plays the pander.
first (as the wealthy epicure rejects
The siutple food which nature's hAnd directs; '
Disdailis to wait till summer Si tugs her hoard,
fruit, or pulse, or root, by sun and shotverg,
Perfection reaches;
Laughs at the tartly steps of rather Time :
'Builds for himself an artificial clime,
And ev'n at Christtaas, decks the festive board,
With primal peas, and costly cauliflowers,
And precious peaches.)

'He then proceeds to notice the rage excited by
the Young Roscius in his clay, but he might have
adverted to Theatrical Quackery of a later date, in
which the wonderful talents of GARR ICK seem to
have sunk into total oblivion, and by which Bens-
IS
L@ was driven from the stage ; a quackery the
most ridiculous Bud contemptible tuat ever dis-
graced the Public, and which has been accompa-
,nied by such illiberality towards real cotemporary
merit, as deserves' a much stronger epithet of
reprehension.
If opportunity offer, we shall resume our at-
tention to this work, which we may well recom-
Mend to our Readers for its ease, point, spirit,
humour, and satirical pleasantry. 'We cannot,
'however, conclude, without drawing the niitice
of our-headers to the following stanzas on Ala-
nagerical Quackery
Or, if the humour of the day
Requir'd a hind of patch-u.,;•At play,
A sort of Salmagwidi
Their quechships to supply their boards,
Runntiag'd out all their ancient hoards,
Comic and Tragic ; Fat eie and Harmonic;
And taking from each solid joint a colloo,
The cunning stage directors hasii'd them all'up,
(.lust as a Spanish Gourmand mixes
Jiref, mtttton, poultry, ham, greens, fruit, and fish,
Ilk maw to crain.)
Season'd the medley mess with quantum cuff
Of Tinsetsceitety-Juerce, and On Vptyr,
Spunc'd on their wittier neighbours fur a name,
Amid, in their bills of fare yclep'd the dish
A ,6 Melo-drante."
And t ho' the piece might scarce command
The motion of a single hand,
So it escap'd the talons of damnation,
Behold next morning how they fill
With laviQh praise their flaming bill,
To poll' the mummery into reputation.
" The splendid spectacle produced last night,
Was haii'd with bursts of rapture'and delight,
The dresses were superb, the scenery magic,
The music a divine mellifluous prize
To London ears;
The comic sceoes so gay, so exquisite,
tonvols'd with laughter Gallery, Box, and Pit;
While some were so nitchapienliv tragic,
That nought Will heard or seems but subs and sighs,
"
And,groan ar s and taus.