The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-29 00:00:00

ROMAN CATHOLICS.

The following article, which skews that the
Catholics or Ireland even dare-to (limb, tho
!nfullibility of the Pot's, and will not suffer any

interference of the BRITISH CROWN, IS a 101 l an-
swer to those who advocate Purist; CLAIMS for
Political rower. It is signed by all the Irish Pre-

ates

At a Meeting of the Irish Roman Catholic Prelates, held in
Dublin, on the ,Mel and 24th of August, 1815, the Most
Reverend Doctor O'KELLY ia the Chair—the following Re-
solutions were unanimously agreed to :
•
" Resolved—That it is our decided and conscientious cons
victim], that any power granted to the Grown of _Great nil-
VIA of interfering' direct lv or indirectly in the appointment
of Bishops for the Boman Catholic Church in Ireland, must
essentially injure, and.may eventually subvert th, Roman
Catholic Religion in this'Country.
" Resolved—That with this conviction deeply and unalter-
ably impressed On our minds, we should conceive ourselves at
betraying the dearest interests ut that portion of the Church,
which the Holy Ghost has confided to our care, did we no: de-
clare most unequivocally, that we will.at all times,-and under
all circumstances, depreciate and oppose in every Canonical
and Constitutional way, any such interference.
• " Resolved—That though we sincerely venerate the Su,
preme'Poutiff, as visible Head ut the Church, we do not con-
ceive that our apprehension for the safety of the Roman Ca-
tholic Church in Ireland'can or ought to be removed, by any
determir.atiom of his Holiness,' adopted, or intended to be
adopted, not only without our concurrence, but in direct op-
position to our repeated Resolutions, and the very energetic
Memorial presented on our behalf, and so ably supported by
our Deputy, the Most Reverend Dr..Mnrray, wh• , in that
quality, was more competent to inform his Holiness of
the real state and interests of the Roman Catholic Chnrch
in Ireland, than any other with whom he is said to have
consulted.
" Resolved—That a Declaration of these our sentiments,
respectful, firm, and decided, be transmitted to the Holy
See ; which, we. trust, will engage his Holiness, to feel
and acknowledge the justness and propriety of this our de-
termi atiun.
" Resolved—That our grateful Thanks are due, and here-
by given, to the Most Reverend Dr. Murray and the Right
Reverend Dr. Milner, our late Deputies to Rome, fur their
zealous and able discharge of the trust reposed in them.
• " OLIVER O'KELLY, President."

BRIDGE ACROSS TUT SWALE.

The erection ►►f a Bridge over the Swale, cvl►ich

divides the Isle of Sheppy *from the main land of
:Kent, has long been a most desirable object, both
oil account of the essential utility of such a com-
munication to the public establishments at .heer-
ness, now likely •to become one of the most val -
able of all our Naval Depots, and of its conve-
nience to the inhabitants of the Island and County
at large. On the 20th inst. a Meeting of the
principal proprietors and inhabitants of the Island
was held at Sheerness, JAMES CHALK, Esq. in the
Chair, to take a proposal on the subject into con-
sideration,- when it was unanimously resolved to
open a Subscription for the erection of a Bridge
and Causeway at or near-Elmley Ferry, which, in
the opinion of the Meeting, is the Most proper
place for uniting the Island to the main land 3 and -
to bring a Bill into Parliament for the purpose, as
soon as a sufficient sum shall be subscribedto jus-
tify a reasonable expectatiohthat the proposed
undertaking will be ultimately carried into effect.
The exertions of the Chairman, Mr. Chalk, in for-
warding this important object-, which have beets
in tt singular degree zealous, able, and persaver•
iog, and pursued. with much public spirit through
many-opposing obstacles, received a well-merited
tribute of thanks from the Meeting. The expence,
as estimated, will be 20,0001., and the shares by.
which it is proposed to raise this sum are 0f.50/.
each. A great many shares have, we understand,
been already taken, and Government have libe-
rally contributed to the materials necessary for
the work, by a grant of the Fly Bridge at Chat-
ham and five mooring lighters.

GAS LIGHTS.—A proposition is on foot for
establishing a Gas Light Company in Worcester ;
a considerable number of shales have been already
subscribed for.

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Tuesday last. The following are extracts :
" Paats, AUG. 26.—Yesterday the Ambassa-
dors and Foreign Ministers paid their Court to the
King and the Royal Family, on the occasion of
the fete of his Majesty.
" His ExCellency the Margois- Alfieri de Sos-
tegno, the Sardinian Anibassadcr, speaking in the
name of the Ambassadors, offered to the King
their wishes and their felicitations.

" The Duke of. Wellington, attended by his
Staff, and a considerable number of foreigners of
distinction, a'ssembled with the Corps Diploma-
tique to proceed to the audience of the King.
" There was a grand dinner afterward 3 given
by his Majzsty in the Gallery de Diana. In the
evening the King and Royal Family sheaved them-
selves to tie people at a window, and were re-
ceived with loud testimonies of loyalty and affec-
tion.

" At the dinner given on Saturday by the. Duke
de Richelieu to the Count de Ruppin (King of
Prussia) all the Ministers were present.
" /Mole mass yesterday the King received a
visit from the Count de Ruppin.
" Mr. Lamb, English Minister and Plenipoten-
tiary, arrived a few days sin.7r: at Baden.
" Replanlt de St. Jean d'Angely has arrived
from New York at Brussels, front whence he is
abotit-to set but for Aix-la-Chapelle..

" In the night of the 20th inst. the lightning
struck the church of Notre Dame de Dijon, one
of the finest monuments of that town. Fortunatly
but little damage was done.
"-We • learn from Nismes, that a second bull-
fight took place there on the 17th instant, in the
presence of from eight to nine thousand spectators.
The greatest tranquillity prevailed. There were
-present men who have not always marched
under the same banners, but not only did they
manilcst no resentment against each other, but
they spewed a perfect agreement, thinking only of
aTinsing themselves.
" The Prince Matthew de Radzivil, Councillor
of State of the Emperor of Russia, has arrived
ftom Carlsbad at Paris, with his family. • •
" The Dowager Princess dTEttingen-CEttin-
gen, Princess of Wurtemberg, died of apoplexy,
the 9th instant, at IVallerstein. •

" COPENHAGEN, AUG. 2.—A1l the principal Au-
thorities have been requested to send to the Chan-
cellery their opinions as to the means of diminish-
ing tile number of poor, who have so much aug-
mented that it will soon become impossible fur the
parishes to provide fur their subsistence.

" BERLIN, AUG. 13.—The most absurd and
contradictory reports have been for some days cir-
culated here. It was stated that the Netherland
Minister bad received alarming news. It appears
that the whole has been a stock-jabbing ma-
n ceuvt e.

" MANHEIM, Avo.l7.—The tumult which took
place in the market of Mayence on the 14th, in
consequence of some speculator's. offering higher
prices for the new wheat than were asked by the
holders, was of a serious nature. Several per-
sons were much hurt. All the Prussian and Aus-
trian troops in garrison at 3.llayence were under
armi. A number of individuals were arrested.
" BEUSSbLS, AUG. 22.—A Russian Courier ar-
lived here yesterday, coming through France.
" ANTWERP, Ave;. 21.—This morning a domici-
liary visit was made by the Police at the hoos'e of
Sieur Ronan, a printer, Editor of the Journal of
the Province of Antwerp. The object was to
search for a pamphlet, written by M. Dony, now
detained at Brussels on a charge of High Treason.

LEGBORN, AUG. 9.—We learn from Fcren-
tino, that the Lake of Canterno; called also'dc
l'orciano, totally disappeared on the 24th ult.