The Sun.
London, England, 1819-04-14 00:00:00

P A P I STS.

As we- receive daily assurances that our efforts
to prevent the surrender of The BRITISH CONSTI •
TUTIoN in Church and Stare to the PAPISTS, who

conceive it to be a❑ indispensable and sacred
.ditty effvet its destruction,,are highly approved
of by,all the Members of our Ecclesiastical Esta-
blishment, a large body of whom have earngstly

encouraged us to persevere, we shall readily avail
ourstlves of whatever may tend to enlighten our
LEGISLATURE on this subject of vital importance,

u kid) is soon to unclog°, its discussion.

We

therefore extract the toll-owing letter from The
Cork Adrertizer of the 25th ult., a Paper distin-
guisLed for candour, loyalty, and good Sense

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK ADVERTIZER„

`4 this pelioll, whet) the que•:tioo of
(.4/1!oilir EttrAncipaTitill ,abotir to be flisew,sett,
there se, ms tio impropriety milking a tew

se; va tot's on it.
'rhe ie,oobaiion of the Penal Laws,-and their
total repeal, aee now the order of the day with
the whole Catholic population, and a few inie-
r/ested, ppinformed, and thoughtles4 Protestants,
'made giddy by the fulsome adulation of their
eoetnies. The r.th lies. by ft ,luent. repetition
and misrepresentation, seem to have wrought
themselveS intha beliet that the lent r Laws were
iotrodriced wantooly, cruelly. and ounecessarily;
therefore a .Ittiet view to ttte causes that led to
their enactment appears expedient.
" One hondred and forty years before there
%s au eatthly power sofficietoly strong to en-
•force tares against l'Opish usurpation, John Wick-
liffe, a Cathtdic Doctor of Divinity, in the Col-
lege of Oxford, wrote,agaitist,the Motivations and
exactions of the Pope, who had osurped all tem-
poral as well as spiritual controul. The writings
of this enlightened Divine laid the foundation of
the Reformation, afterw rds matured by the
preachitot and writings of Lother,,in the reign of
henry VIII. Then, and'not until then, was the
protesting party able to enforce laws which were
necessary for the ine•ervation of lives, property,
and liberty of conscience, dins established ; for
et this period it wassconiptited that for eve' y one
that opposed Popery, there were five thousand
tha, supported all its pretensions. Hence the lie•
cessitv of protecting laws ; hecce the inference
that the Altogioy was pleased to permit Protes-
tants, otherwise they must have been annihilated.
Protestantism, thus established, grew and
waxed strong, whilst its Christiarenrinciples-,and
liberality kept pace with its strength., The pro-
tecting laws, as they could he dispensed with,
vt ere gradually reprided, moil at this period (com-
p o.atively speaking) only a vestige of them re-
mains. I should -teel most happy, mold I pet ceive
the genuine spirit 'of reconciliation in Catholic 4
towards their Protestant fellow-subjects. How-
ever; my not being able to discern it, is no
proof that it does nor exist—l therefore call
on the Cat holies of Ireland, and the descrip-
tion of Protestants baffle alluded to, their advo-
cates, to spew one. Christian act that has been
done or performed by Catholics, that cat) be con•
sidered a 'stibbcantial proof of their sentiments
having become more tolerant aped" favourable to
Protestants. -Are not the Protestatrs of the pr.-
sent day coosidered heretics and apostates, and
as such excluded from salvation, in -the same man-
ner as they were by Catholics at the Retcirtna-
tiim ? Are not the bolls- of Popes, and decrees- of
- councils still in force, revered and respected, par-
ticularly by the Priests,,an4the ignorant of their
commonion ?—lf Catholics are disposed to offer
the right band of Christian fellowship to Pro-
testants, their Clergy should set about clearing
off the unchristian rubbish that has too long been
used "by them as a point of separation ; by a. hill
and explicit declaration thitt the bulls and de-
crees, promtilgaied by Popes and Councils
against Protestants, ale' from henceforth to he
considered irreligious and profane, and that theil
feel themselVes compelled by the principles of
Christian love and charity to dissent from the doc-
trines and denunciations cootaiued therein, and
are 9ow thoroughly convinced, as St. Paul was,
that God is no respec:or of persons.' A Pro-
testant can pray with, and for, his Catholic fel-
low,christians; satisfied that the name of a Chris•
tian sect neither makes for nor against them in
the sight of their Creator.' If what has been
stated with respect- to the tenets, doctrines, and
discipline of the Church of Rome, he founded in
fact,, a Christian emancipation from unchristian
principles seems more necessary than ernaucipa-
tiou from political disabilities, and no doubt
should take precedence.---t run, Sir, &c.

A CITIZEN.".

CURIOUS CASE.

COURT OF CONSCIENCE, Dublin, April 10.—
Mr. Charles, the celebrated Ventriloquist, lately
bad two orders from one of the High Sheriffs of
the Ci,y, presented to him by some Gentleman for
admission to his Exhibition. Mr. Charles thought
proper to tetuse them, and remarked, he had
advertised that no orthrs would be admitted to
his entertainment in future. The two Gentle-
„men accordingly paid for places in the boxes.
Next day they summoned Mr: Charles to the Court
Of Conscience., for the SUMS they had paid, and
obtained a decree for their demand. Mr. C. re-
fused to comely with this extraordinary decree,
and he teas given in custody to the bailiffs of the
Court, to be forthwith committed to the City
Maishalsea. In his way thither, however, he
called upon his blend, Mr. Kerthiffl, of Or-
Inoml-quay, who returned with hitl4, and.
tendered bail for the debt ; but the —Pre-
sident of the Court of Conscience not be.-
ink then at leisure, Mr. Charles was once more
led towards the Sheriffs' prison. . Mr. pert-
land now paid the money ; b'ut 'as 'it was sug!.
`-gestO that a " re-hearing" might afford redtess,
'Mr. C. has since had a ,re-hearing in the sato,.
Criort, and.agato has been dismissed with` costs.
Thus stands this singular transaction at present.
A removal •of the case, to a 'superior Court is
spoken of.