The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-13 00:00:00

EAST INDIA

AttaivAL AT 130 M SA Y. -The Exmouth, Owen, from London,
on the b-th of May.
SA MINUS FROM 110 MBA -,--The WilldNOE Cantle, Ilenthornet
for London, on the 20th of March; the Lady East, Talbert, for
London, on the 24th ; the Promise, GM', for London, on the
16th of April.

. GAMY OF Goon HOPI.—The Neptune, Cumberlege, from Ben-
gal and Madras, was seen off the Cape, on the 15th dime; by the
Sophie.

Sr. HiLINA —The Waterloo, Henakin, from Batavia, was to
sail from St. Helena, for Amsterdani, on the 20th of July.
The Fergusson, Doug!at, bought by Thomas Fergus4on, Esq.,
was to sail from Calcutta, for London, let June.
The George, Clark, was to sail from Calcutta, for London, the
let of May.

The City of Edinburgh, Livingston, from New South Wales,
arrived off Bardsey Ibland on the 7th of September, bound to the
Clyde.

DOMIS AV, APRIL 9.—The Laily East, Talbert, sails this day, to
eall at Alipe for 200 tons of ginger, on her way to London, and to
sail from Alipit on the gist of April, for London.
The Windsor Castle, Ileathorne, had not left Bombay, a:, wars
expected, having to repair her decks, but sailed previous to the 9th
of April.

BENGAL, Masten 23.—The Carnarvou, Penberthy, whielh
sailed from, Calcutta 2d March for London, being er*Ank, had re-
turned to Diamond Harbour 24 March, to receive more kintledge.
The George, Clark,,was to sail fur England Ist May, and the Fer-
guson, Douglas, Ist June. The Reliance, Maitland, lbr the Mau-
ritua and London, which' put" back to' Calcutta, 14th iust. leaky,
was going into the dock to repair.

IlaNGAL.—Capt. James Mahon Liu) bought the Eliza (Captain
Faith's ship) and she was taken upon the expedition, at 14 rupees
per tan, per mouth.

Capt. W. Hamilton was remaining at Calcutta.; the Susan was
at Rangoon .;• the Moira was to be loaded at Calcutta, for England.
Capt. W.' Hornblow to remain at Calcutta.
The Stanmore, burnt at Calcutta, 22d of March, was to have
fitted up at, Vizugapatam—she had 400 chests of indigo. Crew
all saved. .

. Passengers per Lady East, Captain Talbert, from. Bombay and
Alipe (daily expeeted).—Col. Hodson and family, Mrs. Turd,
Miss Hopewood, Mrs. Malcolm, Mr. C. W. Watkins, Doctor
Foullerton, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Hugh Coekrane, Mr. IL Eden, Mr.
A. Wilson, Mrs. Newman, Master Barton, Mrs.. Lane, Captain
Gibbings, Lieut. Smart, Lieut.
Per Windsor Castle, from Bombay (expected)...--Only one
young lady.

A laughable circumstance happened on the Margate
jetty the, other day. It appears that in the tide making
up, the centre of the jetty becomes first inundated and
impassable. It happened on the occasion alluded to,
that some 20 or 30 persons, who were not aware that
this was the case, had got to 'the far end of the jetty,
comfortably amusing themselves with watching the pro-
gress of the vessels at sea, till at length the water found
its way to within about 20 yards of them. On per-.
ceiving their situation they we're of course anxious to
retreat ; but no—the sea had made so considerable an
inroad that the jetty in the centre could not be passed
dryshod. Some pulled ofr their shoes and stockings,
and walked through it up" to their knees; some crawled
along the railings ; the young ladies screamed, and some
fainted ; the children cried, and the old folks were in
a dreadful fright for fear Of their being lost at ',sea, as
they called it. The boatmen, however, seeing their
situation, soon put off and liberated them, at 6d. a
head, from the danger that awaited them.

, .
CHIVALROUS COUUTSIIIP.--.-Wearing the sleeve
of the lady ; leading her horse by the' brittle ; making
ridiculous vows, such as', to wear a black patch over
the eye—L.modes of ingratiation more romantic than
modern taveis employ. In the reign of Elizabeth the
following modes prevailed ;—Playing with the little
was termed. In the
finger ; sitting at the feet of the fair one in ball-rooms;
: hanging , over the left shoulder, was
li°g°eainfgBbhaabkiees.gpe, aasre,claosleocgkuoifnghair, often plaited and
tied with riband,
used as clove-charm (which Prynne raged agailiotsvterOs'
this was derived from the French ; wigs were made to
When prominent stays were worn,
and care be
imitate it.
dropped:their literary favours into them.---Disaepoint-
ed lovers wore willow garlands.—Dublin Patriot.
,
Bijas,—These disagreeable insects can
cilia up glass nor glazed earthenware, So if the bed-
Vedn rest
tt
othnesflauirTiit(uorfc eitherttueh neither the floor nor tl
wall of the chamber, the object will be obtained.—!
Mechanics M a gazine.

On Monday morning a little girl, between three 'and
four years of age, fell from the second floor window of No. 8,
Mitchell street, St. Luke's. She was taken to the hospital in a
molt deplorable statei but ie expected to wont",

The discontent among the people continues. The Mud-
stamen who belong to the higher classes confess their
alarm, and manifest a desire to remove from Constanti-
nople. The order for shutting.up the coffee-houses of the
capital has very much injured olarge portion of the popu-
lation. It is calculated that not less than 50 or 60,000 in-
4Uviduals have been left by this melieure without employ-
ment or resource. The number of coffee-hauses ot:shops
iu the open air has been estimated at from tWelve to
teen thousand in Constantinople, in the villages on die
Canal, and the places and walks adjoining.

A repOrt is spread abroad that a conspiracy, directed
against the Seraskier, has been discovered at asks-Serai ;
it is likewise affirmed, that the Selicter intended to poison
the Paella, and had for that purpose presented him with
two slaves, one of whom was to commit the deed. -:Whe-
therthis news be true. or false, such reports always, indi-
cate the agitation of men's minds.
JULY. 31.—Yesterday a Council was held at Gul-Khane.
It is believed that 'in these private Councils the new rep,'
cations for the empire are prepared an4.l elaborated.
Nothing, however, to that effect, has been published.
The public has observed prints of the deepest sadness on
the face of the Seraskier. The, coffee-houses on the
quarter of. Khombaragis, have been opened again, by au-
thority. It is said that the Corporation of Mussulman
butchers are to be suppressed; the persons who,composed
the Corporation are to be enrolled among the troops, and
in future none but Greeks are to exercise the trade of but-
cher. A report is current that war has broken out between
'the Russians and Persians.

Auu. I.—His Highness, on going yesterday to Gni-
Khane, was clothed as a Marnaluke, with pistols in his
girdle and a lance in his hand ; his head-dress, as well as
that of the Selietar, was the choubaret—the bonnet of the
new troops.

To-day the greater number of the coffee-houses at
Bechiktach, in the grand burying-ground, and at Tppkba!ua,
as well us in the garters oceupied by the bombardiers,
have been opened.' This fuvor has been granted in corn-
penSation of the excellent conduct of those distriets.

• AUGU.O. Buyuk Inirehir, Or Grand Usher, has
been deposed. His Royal Highneas goes ' every day 'to
Beehiktach, to witness the .manceuvring of a number' of
gallies. He frequently presides also at the private Coun-
cils
at Gul-Khane. The Imam have been prohibited from
marrying. anybody.. These measures are •directed against
certainludividuals- munarried, who ought to have been re-
moved from the capital, and who may find in marrying the
means of prolonging their stay there.
AUGUST 6.—Yesterday, there was a Grand Council at
the house of the Mufti; the Grand Vizier, the Ministers
of the Porte, and the Intendants of Artillery and of the
Admiralty, twisted at it. The Seraskier was also present.
' He has been much agitated for some days past ; • his coun-
tenance is sombre ; he gets up, takes his pipe, goes to
bed; and gets up again ; his conduct is altogether inex-
plicable.

AtyousT highness has gone to Ok-Meidini,
with a numerous suite, to direct some evolutions; he is
armed with pistols and a lance. The strong delight he
takes in this sort of exercise, has made him lose his old at-
tacment to the bow.

'PARIS, SENT. 10,...,4 person, who arrived froM -Naxie:
on 27th July, found there many thousand fugitives,' Most
of them from Candia and the Mores. Four Men-of-war
were preparing there. Canaria arrived on the Nth;
wounded on the hand, the neck, and the shoulder. He
quitted the
.Greek fleet onthe 28th, and, after getting his .
wounds dressed, calculated on rejoining it on the ;31st.
1166 re-ships did no mischief to the Turkish f 1 itt,' which,
however, had been twice repulsed, on attempting to hind
at Samos. 'Count Harcourt, M. Delavigne, and three
other Frenchmen, arrived at Milo on the eist July. They
intend to set out for Napoli on board an Ipsariot galley,
which they have freighted for that purpose.
On tit& 25th, the English frigate Seringapatatn,•arrivtit
at Samos, and carried off the island the English Agent and
his family. Two French vessels, in like manner, took on
board about '2OO persons, whom they intend taking to
Syre, or some other island of the Archipelago. The
Turkish Beet was in sight. The Turks have burned •
Athens; the Greek prisoners are sent to Negropont. The '
pri'sonerfl At Constantinople are expecting with anxiety and
uneasiness the arrival of some Tartar courier, with news of
the transactions on the frontiers olGeorgia. The King.
of Persia arrived in the course of the month of June et the
camp of Ondjan, ten leagues south-east of Tauris. ,Ilia
Highness the Prince Abbas Mirza had : gone with his
troops to Naktehewan, on the Uraxia. HaStioin Khau,
Sirdur, and Governor of Truman, had already been esta-
blished on the borders of the two empire's. If we utaybe
lieve the Persians at Constantino the Engliiharehy no
means strangers to the resolution of recovering, bytforeo of
arms, the provinces of Aghistan and Cherwell, and. others.
which were formerly subject to. the Crown ,of tho
and of which the Russians have successively mad. them-
selves masters in the course of the last 40 years.

Her Majesty the Queen Dolvagpr of .Wurtentberg left
frankfort: on the .sth instant, for litunhurgh.

His Majesty the King of Bavaria passed through Frank-
fort on the 4th, on a visit to his Royal Highness the Duke
of Nassau, at Biekerieh. It was said his Majesty was to
go on the sth to Johannisberg.

The Duke de San Carlos arrived yesterday at Paris ; it
is not known whether he intends making a long stay. The
Countessiof Transtamare, his Excellency's daughter, had
arrived the day before directly from Madrid.

The 'Princess Dowager of
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Beyra, who resides in
Spain, and has been called upon by the actual Govern-,
mein of 'Portugal to take oath to the new. Chat",
which she has, peremptorily refused doing,
is sister to
the Emperor of Brazil. The reason why Rile resides
in Spain is, because her son, the Infant Don Sebastian
is Grand Prior of the Knights of Malta in that king-
(l°ln ; and according to the statutes of the order, the
possessor of the said dignity is obliged to live within
hit Catholic Majesty's -dominions. Don
still a minor ; the reason, e suppose, why he has not
been required as yet to swear to the Portuguese Con-
stitution: Sebastian is
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From a letter addressed by Captain Jackson, of
renalcbtitinttatnii??nditt,oonwdonieir,sitosfeetilie itnhalitthat Asiiiiopnheyad, EjtiLisstt
had a nairow es6lpe flom tire. On examination, it
appeared that the bullock-pads had been cut °peb, and
fire-belts introduced by some Lasears on board. They
have since been, however, confined to deck, whfi
sentries placed over them, so that no further danger from
their malice is apprehended.

THE IRISH CHURCH.
In our Paper of Friday lafit we inserted some re-
marks on the questiodrelative to the Protestant Church
established in Ireland. There = are one or two more
points connected with that question to which we would
now wish to request our readers" attention.
With a certain set of reasoners on this subject it is
a favourite ground of argument to compare the pre-
sent state of Ireland, in respect to the maintenance of
the Protestant hierarchy among a Catholic population,
Nwith that of Scotland in former times, when a similar'
iierarchy was forced upon 'her Presbyterian people.
n this latter case it is said the monstrous- injustice as
tell as impolicy of the attempt was manifest : it in-
lved Scotland in one continued series of turbulence
Id bloodshed, from the days of John Knox down to
Isrevolution, when the Governthent, at length grown
e by experience, consented to abolish Episcopacy
//And establish the Presbyterian form. Such were the
consequences of striving against the rooted predileolliaus
of the. people. In Ireland, at the present day, it is said,
the case is identically the same, and the, consequences
must be similar.

Now we contend that the two, cases are. U 410
parallel, and that we have Lo,gronild- wliatr-
prehending that the terrninatipP: u4ust+
Let any unprejudiced: onquir-
place) through 0,0, bloody -
and witness the biner
which the Scott'"'

,eaus

.r for up,

~e similar.
.er look cin the first
records of Scottish history,
. and unceasing persecution with
..sti Presbyterians were assailed previous
Let him call to mind the executions, the
~acres, the battles, the tortures, and imprisonment
of that period, all which the Scottish people endured
rather than renounce their rooted attachment to Pres-
byterianism, and submit to the yoke of Episcopal Go-
vernment ; and let him say where are the similar acts
of oppression and persecution inflicted on the Irish at
the present day ? where are the prohibitions against
the exercise of their religious ceremonies ; the pro-
scriptions of their Priests ; the chasing them from
the haunts of men to perform their solemnities in de-
serts and mountains, and the attacks upon them while
engaged in those devotions by military force ? Where
are the attempts on the part of our Government to
subject them to the domination of the Protestant
Bishops, and to visit them with imprisonment and con-
fiscation on their refusal ? Where in short is, or has
been for a century, the shadow of persecution for re-
ligion?
But again let us look at the relative condition of the
two nations under the circumstances supposed. The
Scottish people have for centuries been distinguished
for no inconsiderable degree of comparative enlighten-
ment.

to 1688.

macs

From the time of Charles I. downwards, they were
powerfully impelled by the spirit of independence and
the desire of political freedom ; they were as a nation,
sufficiently enlightened to perceive and value the bless-
ings of religious as well as civil liberty. Hence their
contest for
.the Presbyterian form of Church Govern-
ment, in opposition to the Episcopalian, was only a
part of their general desire of freedom. They were
led by their enthusiastic teachers, to regard Episcopacy
as nearly synonymous with Popery ; and consequently
as the mostAleadly enemy to all religious freedom, and
independence of principle. Hence the rooted predilec-*
Lion of the people, for which they suffered so much,
was clearly a predilection founded in' reason, however
unreasonable the excesses to which it might sometimes
lead them : and their stubborn conflict with the
authorities; which attempted by compulsory measures
and arbitrary cruelty, to force upon them another
system, opposed to that freedom and independence
after which they aspired, was therefbre carried on upon
principles which acquired strength' as their struggle
continued, and which gained the victory as civilization
and juster views increased and prevailed.
Now, with respect to the case of Ireland, so flir
from being able to draw a parallel, we are inclined
to think that we should obtain a far more true repre-
sentation of it, if we were in every particular to reverse
the foregoing description.
The great mass of the Irish population, so far from
resembling the Scotch in their degree-of knowledge
and civilization, are and have been notoriously more
behind hand in improvement than almost any nation
of Europe. ,Their ideas or political freedom are con-
fined to a freedom in doing mischief, and enjoying the
glories of a little bit of a row ;" as to their notion of
i t-,l;aious liberty, it is one of which they are wholly
destitute, unless !!: be the liberty of being held under
the slavish dominion of the Romish priesthood. Their
desire to perform unmolested those . religious rites
which are thus • imposed upon them, is at all events
quite a diatinet feeling from that lofty principle of in,
gapendanee, which leads men steadily and rationally
to contend for the dearest privilege of free and reflect-
ing agents.
We shall, perhaps, be thought paradoxical, but still
we feel well warranted in maintaining that the Catho-
licism of the Irish peasantry springs neither. from na-
tional conviction, nor from deep-rooted national feel-
ing. It arises; in our opinion, simply from gross igno-
rance, acted upon by violent and sinnetimes, perhaps,
crafty bigotry.. We do not believe that the Irish pea-
sant is naturally more inclined to,Catholicism than to
any other form of religion. We believe that lie is, in
the first instance, in a state of such gross barbarism as
to be utterly indifferent to all religion ; and conse.
tjuently, that religion, whose emissaries are the most
indefatigable in the arts of proselytism (as those of
Rome must be in proportion to their sincerity),will na-
turally obtain the ascendancy. The great majority,
we believe,care little or nothing about the maintenance
of the Catholic Church.: if it were by a stretch of arbi-
trary power all swept away tO-morrow, the great
mass of the people would soon quietly conform to any
other religion Which. might present itself in the most
striking colours to their minds. The Popery of Ire-
land is kept up entirely by the exertiolui of the Priests,
there is no sympathy on the part of the people, but a
vast degree of ignorance an credulity; and the inn-
posing, ceremonies of the Itomish ritual, are well de-
vised for maintaining a powerful liolti 011 the imagina-
tions of a•semi-savage people.
people to
but on
Polpiel ray,"hrads' theno connexion4triier encc
wcifth°c iev zrish
lion ;
the contrary, whenever the influence of that religion
shall allow: civilization and education to advance, the
radical hostility in principle between the two will be
more and,more powerfully demonstrated.. The spirit
p snpport cif
of contest is artfully excited and kept u
the Catholic Faith, and iinaginarY cessions and
persecutions found in the continuance of the Protestant
hierarchy; hut these are(as we think we have fully shown)
mere delusions,
,upheld by the violence, of party !
are convinced; so far froni gelgainin strength wit 1, he
increase knowledge, and e sread dm
,
lization, suclia sirit will only by degrees sink into in-
significance, while the diffusiOn Of illumination will
hardly prodnee *eh substantial benefit, until it has at
least in some degree mitigated the asperity of Rornisb
bigotry, and emancipated the minds of people from
their debasing and grovelling superstition.