The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-22 00:00:00

FOR THU. SUN.

1111. EIMOR,—As in alt probability a question
of vital importance will be agitated in the present
Session of Parliament, I hope I may stand ex-
cused in submitting a few observations upon it ;,
not that I ant vain enough to imagine that I can

add either weight or' novelty to the arguments
that hare been already adduced by others upon
it ; and indeed my ideas on the subject are rather
the result of conviction of the force of their,
than of any light which my own mind can throw
The question will whethe'r
mew will. agree to yield 'what is termed " Ca-
tholic Emancipation;" or, in other words,

upon it.

ir, to

surrender - the British -Constitution ?" tor- tlie

terms,are 'Cony eriible.- That it would not willing-
ly and knowingly do the latter, I can readily be-
bot the eyes of the Empire are intensely
fixed npon it, and all its wisdom, all its vigiianci,
anti- I troy add; all its liberality, will be required
to ese-ipe its heing-''entrailped into Ate foimer..-
11'ilti, I speak of liberality, I wish it to be midet-
stood, that I conceive it iS
II o t to. be coefined to

liorstatt Catholics, hows:Ver loyal they may he,

and their I,•,yait y f tint disihitii, (hough I niiiy

vlijeci,to a'tne•ot •their methods of stewing it,
bur that loyal Protestant4'' are -also entitled .m.
eldiut a liberal consideration at rite hat of Par-
liament. That the Catholics alone hate yet pe-
titioned, or, with some very rare exceptions in-

ita%e to yet ii,ought of petitioning upon the

subject, is, iri my opinion, the'sttongest proof that
a reflecting nation chin possibly give of its confi-
&nee in the wisdom of l'arlintnent. It is no new

ject, it therefore requires no new instructions ;

and the country, knowing that it is a question
that canOot be hurried through Parliament, re.-
sppetfolly waits IQ see what course the Legislature
may be likely to pursue, before it takes occasion
t!, embody it owu opinions on parch toe lit. Bat
ete we proceed further, let us bestow a thought
or two upon the tel Catholic- Emancipation,
which seems to pre-suppose that at present there
exists in Freedom's own territories a lace of slaves.
Nt,tv it is extremely easy, by Making use of strong
expressions and tnis-applied epithets, to detach
the mind.from the real pith of any argument, to
inflame t he, passions, to thwart the, judgment, and
demanding as a right, what at any rate could
only. be'conCederl as a favour, to render the de-
nying of that favour, if considerations of more
paramount obligation require that it should be
deuied, odious iu the sight of the unrefleeting, and
liable to lie accounted the-aleckion of; an harsh
and intolerant disposition. The RomanTiotho-
lies already possess all the political rights which
they are qualified to enjoy—and if they would
have those which are notv denied they moat give
to) their religion. Advocatei of-the Catholic
Cause, restrain yourselves a moment ; -perceive
the start you give, I know that your indignation
is ready 16 burst, and the tort rut of your e 101;
quence to overwhelm me—but, as such a proposi•
lion is so odious in your- eyes, permit Me to
ask, why should the Roman Catholic expect the
Protestant to give oil) his ? Although nut a mat-
ter of faith, yet the Protestant Ascendancy is
nevertheless with the Protestant a religions prin-
ciple, as witch so as the infallibility of the Pope
is with the Papist, and which is also with him a
matttr of faith. But it is slid, that in these
times, which, whets it suit's the convenience of
the argument, ate deemed more enlightened than
former ages, whilst at other times the modes and
the thoughts of our ancestors are the only cri-
terime of perfection, in these enlightened times
no danger is to be apprehended from the so-
pretnacy of the Pope, which is merely spiritual,
and will have no effect whatever on the civil con-
cerns of life. Strange, indeed! that die strongest
principle which can actuate the mind of man, the
religious principle, can he asserted unlikely
to have any weight on his temporal proceed-
ings. What but the religions principle operating'
through ail the transactions of their civil life
renders the SOciety of Friends so pectillar peOple ?
And yet, respectable as the members of that per-
suasiou are, I must confess, if the barriers of
the Constitution are to be thrown thiwn, and the
Coronation Oath is to be dispensed with, that 1
can hardly bring myself to imagine that the broad
btiarof the Quaker would be quite so appropriate
ft circlet as the diadem to the head of Royalty.—
HOW noble an emblem of the British Constitu-
tion does one of our floating bulwarks present,
gliding with magnificent supetiority over the con-
scious waves, whilst the rich symbol of an united
empire waves in triumphant splendour above lite
deck, and the whole is. adapted, by the doe up--
propriation ot'all its parts, to inspire at once
sensations of pleasure at the beauty of the spec-
t::ele, and of, respect for the prowess which it can
hying into -d;splay—but convert its component
parrs to uses-for which they are not qualified—
nail the flag upon theyard-arm, and call it the
main-sail, and what will become of the vessel ?
Take from a system .which is essentially Pro-
testant its essence and its soul, awl what will be-
come of die Constitution ? The Roman Catllo.-
IiCS are excluded, and properly excluded, from
the exercise of certain privileges which their Pro-
testant brethren eiijoy, awl they are excluded
because they will not, and very properly will not,
or rather, as conscientious Catholics, cannot give
up certain religious persuasions of their own, but
which, they say, cannot affect their behaviour
as subjects to :he temporal Prince, though impe-
rative on them as notching their spiritual deport-
meat. Is Bitooaparte less a tyrant in his heart,
because happily he is restrained from the. power
of exercising his despotism, or, as he would wish
an-insulted world to imagine it, the exercise of
his imperial rights ? From this.instance it is ma-
nifest that restraint may be proper ; and the prin..
ciple of exclusion is the very foundation of all
social order, of all possessions,_ and of al pro-

would allow it sport on his breast the embroi-
dered star—why may not every learned matt 4t-
tach designating characters to his narue, although
he has not studied at a College ? Because the
well-being of society forbids it—because, when
men do not possess the qualification. they do not
possess the title to many seats;---it they have not
on the wedding garment, they must be rejected
guests. The question then resolves itself into the
consideration, whether the exclusion on which
we are commenting is pVoper ; and if we cannot
conscientiously answer this in the affirmative, then
history and experience have talked to very little
'PurpOse indeed. But it is said that the Ronan
Catholics are willing to give every security that
can be reasonably demanded. Their. ‘villingness
to give security proves that some security is re•
qUisite. The hest security that they can give will
he a cessation flOl4l vinreasonable detwinds—the
heat security that can be taken has been taken
long ago : Ido not Think it can he mended. Let
us abide by the securi y We possess, and we shall
nut e,:o wrong.

Where is a point lit which concession mils( stop.
The Concessious I►4Je been already Madv,
although they have imorova the condition, do
nut appear to have amelimited the temper of the
itosikau Catholics, and it is surely high time to
couviuce theAcconcessiun has at LiviAl at its sae
plus ultra.

• That the Protestant Ascendancy is the best
adapted for the welfare of the empire, is not
• matter of conjecture, but of tact, the result of
proof, the deduction of experiencein a word,
the eorner•stone of the Constitn ion , Rot how
.is-that Ascehdattcy, without which the Constitn-
. tint+ itself most fall—how is it to be sitstained, if
we urn the very door which our ancestors closed
with so mach pious solicitude ? Surely, if we
may look for any thing like consistency: in sortie
quitters, that jealous anxiety which induces
the sight of a breach of the Constitution in
every little fissure will not overlook or countenance
the menaced rent, which would dissever the
whhle fabric, and shake it to. its base. There is
no amalgamailug principles, which are totally in-
compatible—the acko,owledgmeot of an eat thly
and foreign jurisdiction, however spiritual, as
4tsperior to the Monarch of these. Realms, who,
by the Constitution, is in all causes, spiritual and
temporal, within his dominions, supreme—is.a
principle which cannot assimilate with the ,Bri-
tish Constitution, and which must not be brooght
into contact with it,—Snrd the Catholic should be
content with toleration,, and evince his loyalty by
submission to the laws, and, not by menaces sub-
versive of the -laws:- 'And although, if, unfortu-
nately, the two Houses .should commit.-Such an
error in judgment as to seem inclined to yield up
the sacred deposit which is committed into their
charge, there is still. another 'which will
not swerve from the principles which established
its supremacy ; yet it "will then become the part,
of a-loyal people to manifest its determination to
support their Constitution, If (lie event should
take a torn so onexpecte'd, and so•untoward,•then
inilted petition upon petition will speak H hi"
'age that cannot he misundetstood; and if Par-
liament forgets its dtoy, the People. respectfully
but firtitly will assure their revered Ruler that in
the exercise of his Veto on claims that are inad-,
missible, he will fulfil the Coronation Oath to
Ilse satisfaction of a loyal people, grateful to Hea-
ven for the blessing's wbicli they enjoy, and at-
tributing then), under its favour, to the energy rind•
essential spirit of their inestimable Constitution.
The Protestant Religion, whilst it inculcates on
its professors the doctrines that are pecniiarf.Y
its own, does nut therefore in its idea put out of
the pale of salvation the professors of other reli-
gions, whatever their tenets may be ; it knows
that Christ has sheep-which are not of this told,
and that in his Eatn's king:loth
,tht re are malty
mansions ; and it may surely he •denotnimated a
candid religion, and therefore better adapted for
the established religion of a State, because its to-
leration will consetplentiv be more liberal titan in
the nature of things critild he the toleration which
would be'bestowed (if at all) by.a religion which
holds that those heavenly mansions are exclusively
appropriated to its own professors only.—YOur's
respectfully,
Jan, 25, 1819. H.

ARCTIC DISCovRRIES.—The, Gazette of Satur-
day announces the PRINCE, REGENT'S approbation
of the following scale of rewards proliosed in a
Miem'orial front the Board of Longitude, taken
into► consideration by his Royal flightless, in
Council, on the 19th instant, viz.
.1. To the first ship belonging to any of his Majesty's sub-
jects, or to his Majesty, that shall reacb•the longitude of 110
degrees West from Greenwich. or the mouth of Hearse's or
Coppermine River, by sailing within the Arctic Circle,soool4
to the first ship, as aforesaid, that shall reach the longitude
of 1:30 degrees West from Greenwich, or the tVhale Island
of Mackenzie, by sailing within the Arctic Circle. 10,00014
to the first ship, as aforesaid, that shall reach the longitude
of 560 degrees West from Greenwich, by sailing Westwards
within the Arctic Circle, 15,0001.; the Act having already al-
lotted to the first ship that shall reach the Pacific Ocean by a
North-,west passage, the full reward of 20,0001.
2. To the first ship, as aforesaid, that shall reach to 83
degrees of North Latitude, 10001.; to 88 degrees, 20001.; to
87 degrees, 30001. ; to 35 degrees, 40001.; the Act having al-
ready allotted to the first ship that shall reach to or beyond
80 degrees the full reward of Str.ol.

KNOtVLFDGI3 IS PoWF,R.—N ()thing can be more
trite than this apothegm ; for it "e knew where
to obtain the Three Pi izes of 20,000/. we, should
have the power of making ourselves happy and
independent for life. In the ab,ehee, therefore,
of certain knowledge, we should attend to the in-
dications of good lot tune, which have always been
conspicuous at the Offices of G. CAottot.t., No, 19,
Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street ; particularly in
the last ,Contact, when be sold No. 2387, a
Prize of 30,0001. No., 7003, a 5600/ atul others
of 10001. 5001. Scc.7-The Drawing will commence
'jo-Moßßos.
RECOLLECT—HAZARD and Co. are the Con-
tractors (i't the present Lottery.-11AZ A tin and
Co. sold All the Thirty Thousand' Pound Prizes
in a recent Lottery, and the last Thirty Thousand
Prize ever drawn.—To-Moottow, at Four, Lot-
tery begitpg, containing Three Prizes of 20,0001.
besides 37 °Ater. Capitals, and as Extra Prizes for
the first day, 80 whole undrawn Tickets. 11 A.
ZAILD and Co.'s Offices, 93, Royal Exchange.:
26, Cornh 11, and 324, Oxford-street;Corner of
bwallow-strtet.

We have had no arrival of Paris Papers since
Sat‘irday. T‘‘o clays' Journals are due.

Charleston Papers- to the ILO! February arrived
this tnortiing.

(From The Charlitton Courser of the 131 h.)

. ,
Mr. LowspEs Ibis tstima(cd, io iii, 11( port on
Coin, that the specie in he United States ainotmts
to 12 millions of dollais.

By a Report from Canton, in China„ annually
made to this Government, it appears that
port of dollars in American vessels, during the
last year, in that one port, amounted to nearly Six
millions of dollars. Add thereto imports in other
places of China and in Java., and in Bengal, Surat,
Bombay, &c„ 'and after this`, let us calculate
whether any specie will :remain' in the Country.
Let the Ranks look to their inevitable destinies,

Great I3i•itain,With4)ll: a sneciectirrenay,has 3 per
cents at SO rn:l what is most pleasing to lean►,
we find that her banktopts, for six months, in
1817, ati►onnted to. 1008, and in 1818, during time
sane period, to 552, being a reducti.to of -150, nr
norly ►one half ! Let our Merchants look to this
and Contrast with'it their (I6tresses. •

I need not ask how land is to be paid for, or
how Government is to collect its revenue, when
the Banks are all broken and the Merchants" have
stopped payment. The Sheriffs must sell property
worth 100 for 10. tioils in Ginrt have Ontth
'rite dreadful crisis is at h tnd which only CoEgress

can avert.

The friends of our Protestant Establislrment,
and they are the friends of all th,rt is dearto us in
Poliiicrl Rights and Religions Faith, wid see
with pleasure that the wiser part Of the Pro-
testants of Deland, who happily constitute a large
majority, are resolutely coming forward iii sup-
port of TAE CONSTITUTION, which is now se-
riously menaced by Popish Andrition.—We hnpe
to see the Protestants of this Country equally
zealous and equally active in suppGrt of our
vital interests in Church and,State, and we again•
and 'again assure them, ‘thriiue shall dtcm it at
all times an essential duty 'On our part to give
place to their Contributions. It wilt, therefore,
be their own fault, and. very great blame iudeed
Will attach to them, if th 4 b. neglig-ot oa an
occasion of such essential danger to ail that bus
rendered us the freest, the
.happieSt, and, comoa-
rativdy, the most powerful People on the face of
the Earth.

On Saturby the PRINCE URGENT receive,l a
long visit from the Duchess of GLoucEsTEa at
Carlton. house.

Yesterday die Duke of YORK visited die PRINCE
RFGFNT.

On Ft iday the Duke of Yogx went to Windsor.
On tiattirday afternoon his Royal Highne,s re-'
turned to tOwn. Yererd4 his Royal :lighncts
attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St.
James's Palace.

Yesterday the p..bess (-)f YufK attended Di-
vine Service at Whitehall Chapel.
On Saint-day the Dni:e and Duchess of Gtou-
CftsTER had a dinner party. VeNterday their
Royal Highnesses attended Divine Ser'vice at St.
George's Chntelt, Hanover-,qttare.

The Austrian Archduke MAxlmit.rAN'etnhatked
at Dover ott Friday, for Calais, under a sakte
trout the guns on the heights.
The L6RD LnANcltLLoa, it IS Said, intends to
bear. motions at the Seal to-marrow, provided
!elapse does not take place. ,
Admiral Sir itmI3FAIT MoORSoM, 'the present.
Surveyor General of the Ordnance, is to retire, on
being appointed one of the Louis of Admi-
ralty, Ttiis arrangement, report _states, was
stipulated for by the ,Earl of MULGPAVS, an his
retirement front the situation of Master-General
of t kr. Ordnance.

Yesterday the Contivmned Sermon Waf deliverer!
in Newgate', in presence of a numeroqi audience,
by the Rev. Dr. Corl ON, to the four tinhi.ipy
men ordered for execution on Wednesday. Their
conduct was very becoming their awful situation.
A paihetic address will delivered to eacl, by the
Oalipary, which seemed much tolitlect them. •