The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-04 00:00:00

CASE OF SINGULAR DISTRESS.

HATToN-“A anEN.—Yesterday, Theis, the
master, brought a.paurper, of the name of Charles
Price, before the Magistrates, to havelbeir advice
what to do with him, fle had been a seaman,
and was in' the last stage of a consumption. lie'
was horn in Ely-place', TlOlborn, taken,ap.undei':
the Vagrant Act in thgCity,:andbrought•to'Da4
vis, tinder a pass frOm the Lord Mayor. fDa.visi.
took him to the workhouse, Saffron-hill, and they,
refused. to.- take him In,. Ely-place being extra
parochial; in conscyrence,of whieb,, the pauper.
had no and he might perish in, the
The Magistrates commiserated the poor man, .hut
had mi 'beaus of aifordiog him relict, •and,athisiNl
Davis to take him truck attain to ,the Lord Mayor„
to be disposed of. D.lvis took hiin More t:Le.i'
Lord Mayor, And his LoOship sent hitn,- by a fresh
passj' tO St. Andrew's Parish, Cite workhouse, nt'
which ,is in ShOe-lane. Tnere the=untorttinate
man yeas likewise refused admittance. lie had
originally been confined seven days, under the
4ag.,-ant Act, in Bridewell. The Lord Mayor,
having .no. other 'reloturce,, sent him to St.. P.,ar-
,itoloinew's-hospital, where he was admitted a pa.

EPRIC SEVENPENCE.

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1178. Eori-0R,,--Tiite !eptit!licat ion of the

11.11Ei-misEt 'resramENi,•vvitli theathli!ionsil Sane-

tiion of ".13r. TR. ov's amlioriti and recommtlida-
tion,,is an, act of hostitity against the, Protestant
Govcrnincnt, very, unbecoming of ;those who .are
s.eeking_ fr,estr, indulgences from it ; , and your
Headers owe yOu their "best tbanks,, for giving
addition:4 circulation to an'excellent article iii

. .
The ,British Critic of last mond', in which the

offence is justly exposed. ,
Permit me, however, ,to inform you, Sir, that
this is .not an insulated or a casual attempt to in-
flame the minds of Papists against the English
bhurch, but onry one link in a series which has
long. been planned and carried on with vast Etc,
tivity of zeal. As long ago'asin 1807, a Dublin
hoohseller reprinted " Ward's Errata of the Pro-
testant .oible,"' and being well supported by hiS
countrymen, promised to go on with similar pub-
lications, as lOng•ai any work of merit could ba
found to republish and revive. This republica-
t.ion of ‘Vard called forth two Protestant answers,
one from Dr, Ryan, author mot an " fiistory,nf

the Effects of • Religion the other much 'more
ciaborate and particular, with a comparison of
Beven Versions, in as many
,parallel columns; by
the Rev. Richard Grier, 'lto. 1812.
,But this came
so long after the attack, thAt it scents to have
attracted less notice titan its merits demanded. •

The republicatioh of Ward, and the answer of
Dr. Ryan, were noticed by the British Critic ot
the time, as •a•Collateral illustration of the spirit
which dictate& the official purilication of the
RHEIMISH TESTAMENT. I will s.eucl you some of
the rentarkS of those Critics. They begin 'their
article thus

- We regard the republication of this wotit
(Wald's Errata of the Protestant Bible), at the
present time, as a remarkable proof of ~the spirit
by Which the ROmau Catholic's are still octuittetl.
against the Protestantsi, and_ particularly- against
the Church of England. Few works contain more
enmity or more atrocious caliitnnits against:onr
divines,- and the refotuters in general. =Such is the
conciliatory disposititm those to. who'll we are
invited to give political and military power ; 'and.
every en.ine that cap assist the'in,-if not to de.
stroy us, at least 16,.harass us tviar parpetual
tacks.' While We ares,:tidd,, that to grant un.
bounded privileges to the RomaniSts, is the 'oloy
way to Unite all heafts'and 'Minds in :ihe'cotornon
cause, they are lahourting•ro- revive that
.most
alarming ptin,ciple of
,dkunion, religiouscontro-
versy, acid questions tv hiCh had slept for years 'ate
now called fortli. .“ for the
purpose of griming 91e, Religiem of the Stale
the endearing titles of kt,esv,. apo.stacy,...and MIL
the amiable qualifications with which the Church

t.l-* Ronie delights to Accurate her tt.tiversztries.
This is the 'precious secret for uniting the hearts
of men which the nanis call into use,- at -the

very moment when we• ate required to grant them
new favoui e. at the ex-pence °roar own establi%.ll-'
ed-sectirities. We' ,art-: to .conciliite them, -and
they arc to insult u 3. 'A natne can haroly•be
tound for the political absurdity which set ks 'to
produce peace, by putting weap,ins into the hands
of those who are attacking you with all invetetacy
at the tnOment.

... „ ,
" Coyne,' the ItiO publisher, boasts in art ad-
Vertisment, that he has already obtained' a sale
for more than two thousand copies ; and makes
most grateful acknowledgments -to his friends,
for -their marked partiality, ,and for the in-dcfati-
gable zeal with which they have exerted them-
selves in his behalf. Nor is this indefatigable
zeal to revive controversy and renew caluniny
against the Protestant Churches of England, con-
fined to the encouragement of the present pnbli-'
cation.. The very next page to this advertisment
announces Ward's learn, d -work,. entitled ' the
Controversy of Ordination truly stated,' as- in
the press and to be published immediately by the
same editor. At the close of his advertisment
also, Coyne pledges himself to reprint every
work of ••suerit, which may serve as a sh;eld .to
the Cathirlics, against the numerous publications
which .daily appear in order to deceive the igno-
rant and misrepresent their religion." Thus de-,
fence is pretended, while liOstiiity is actually
. carricii on. The Review proceeds thus :.----
Yon see, Protestant Divines, %%lig a task is
intended for you ! Controversies that had ceased
for a century
.are now to br renewed ; calumnies
that have been repeatedly refitted are now to. he
republished ;
..and you are to be talled,upon to de-
fend ahoy the grounds- Of ,your sepai'ation from •
Popery, .thro'ugh' every step.of it slnitress I And
why is.this laltonr to th n, e imposed upon, you ? Be-
cause the experienced,. arid still fiirth,er,expected
liberality: (as:it is called) of •vOurlegislators has
giVeti; courage td your tat'ersacies, •and tatight.
'llea to hope -t-liat , by Gir IPCAOS or lai, foul,•yoar
heresy, ;as they terqti',it,, Jolty yet be swept front
the earth.. • But is tlos'the way to promOte peace
And tinkly.? Was it titer Oifttil'in'lliis'ivorld; that
men became the more -fttta(cited to rash othtt, the
more they were nrutttatly,,h,eated by itligions‘dis-
Oute.? Bit.to this the unity is tending ;—and in,
ibis way we are invited. 'to be 'niore ind:more in-
dulgent to Olir opponents: Welsre-perhaps obliged
to the improdenee which opens th`ese .61ttericsupwl
us,'before the last stretch of power is 'yet obtained,
reit sve shrubs he told, as otltin*ii:e. we'should,
that such things WOUld never hal:pert." , •
it'is perti;eily dear, from these instances, that
the nnire„the Roman Catho;ics contemplate the
bones 'of :pOlitical power, Me more inveterate and
iwolerant they grow : the more they show, that
what they teem in the days- of Maly and Eliz:!t-
heti), the sante they still remain; awl just as little
't(,lb)tbaestor::tsitevittLnyntsti's";.tieled) At hrenylabdia7os_feSdptlat:lierLi.,--(o7:l,str'((cysitt.lse,
0 Brit. Cris:' vol. xxxi p.- 538. first Series.