The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-19 00:00:00

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.07.:1C1T-oit--CiENEttAI. stated, that:fresh affi-
davits had been tiled in tf i= ease, and he thet‘eloie
noped his Lordship .yould appCiii'll an call),
for bearing- it. Ihe ease, "it 'will he renitittberetl,
sonic time in his I,nrds,,ip's pri-
vate room', at ilall, and relates, aS
vve ti) the gitatabansbip bfcbildren.
Viz.. Lair I) CHANCVLL6i;,-1 shall with pre;',..
sure hear the case On any ilay
'to you, Gentlemen, on I;of it silt S.
'The 4``ALICITiiII-614NEliAl., —1 ittide'rstanti Sir
Itonidly has . t;nt leceived his instruc-
tions. When he I.as, we shall take the libe'r'ty of
tiatuir4 a dny to yt'Hir LOrdsliip".
Lditti day convenient
to you I shall 'hear you.

moutt„r T'ANlLyti, Tor 'hist ,HiCe , eves a Pro
perry-Tax-Ch•rk ; in weich etre•lt- he never
thought :thou: the inns tOtirt SO SOOII
as his CierkShip vanished with the Tax,. he lint
eiL:iir-aliti-!‘velity pounds, and bee:ante )t Convey-
ancer It is fortunate 'for tll'e 'cest6iners et this
Gentleman's 1400 i ferac'tiee," that he liad some
erevions instritctiou in a tegular office':—hue it
lutist be Observed, that without uo'/ such initritciioa
!..0 much money w'ouhl have made him a Convey-
er, r at a momeet's notice ; es it has made eerny
others o ho have hot his qitalifiteetinns.
We they see hoW competeli`t, however, h'e is
10 decide epon the ietelieet ruqiiisites of his
eew pieoessiuu, when he confonnds them with the
'nettled and Mechanical reqiiieites 'of labour.----
Ateem SMITH, and l'AtOt, and Keox, itla'y be
cited through their every chapter, to prove the
evils of apprenticeship, anti the general right of
the workrnan tti the strength of his hand aid the
prefi; of his labsur I—but1—but this very language
shows, that these geetat Writers advetted to bodily
exertions, and not to intellect nal powers; to
trades, and not to Professiotts. Neither hare they
in any true pas Sage laid it down, that the privi-
lege of endangering estates is " the patrierany of
" the poor mail, which lies in the Stteugth and
" dexterity at his betide."
We have bestowed more time, perhaps, titan
wets needed upon Mr. JOHN TANTLYN :—yet a few
of his observations must still be noticed. That
the Atlornies, ott commeocing their apprentice-
ship, knew the extended privilege Of the Convey.-
;ulcers, and that therefore they are not entitled
to comnlain to it, is about as cogent an argumene,
as it were to say that—because an evil has The defendant was charged, upon an •informa-
existence, it most not be remedied; or that, be- Hon filed by the Attorney-General, with having
cause the Attornies ought not to complain of the published certain libellous and impious books,
the Public must therefore endure it.--And being parodies on the Creed, the Teti Command-
it, as he asserts, there are Attornies ignorant of I meats, and the Loa D's Prayer, with the intention
t onveyaecing ; and if a very teW of that body of bringing the Religion of the Country into eidi-
know any thine about it, we may well inquire i cut' and contempt.
how Tailors, and Grocers, and Auctioneers, who The ATTouNKY-GENERALstated to the Jury the
never saw the inside of an Office, can he presuna- I nature of the offence with which the defendant
eel conversant with its requisites ?---" Extraordi- ,yae.charged. Ile should not take tip fetich of
nary pretensions" may, certainly, make us seep- their time in what he hat to address to them, be-
tieal of any extraerdieary knowledge :---but the cause the libel which the &tendant was charged
pretenSinn at extraordinary ieuorance is not very with having published, must speak for itself. It
likely to inspire our confideuce iii the -pre- I would Ire impossible for any nue to hear thepas-
tender. sages read without being struck with their idien-
We have now taken leave.of Mr. Jotter. TAM- sire nature and tendency. The pehlke.ion
iii
LYN, and remitted his cause, with not Mad-, fear question was an offeeee egaiest the Religion of
of such an Atregonist, to the Lord Chdoce""t's the couatry. Oue of the best end most religious
Jedgment. tut we cantsor close without ohserv- of all the Judges, that ever were distingiii•hed
ing, that the Ct 1-titivated Conveyancers have a in this eternity, he meant the great and good Sir
better claim, in the financial view of the tl'icsli"fly Matthew hate, bad I it down that Christianity
to the protection of the Legislasure, than any vet was part of the law of Blighted, and ol course t!itiy
advenced in their behalf. Eielit-end-twenty attack out Christ utility was an attack upon the lows
puende is certainly a prtety contribution front of the emoor The Church Service, which formed
every broken shopkeeper who climes to speculate a part of our Chrittian system, was established in
ilium conveyancing it bears no proportion country by a seoute law pessed in the reign
to the immense sums which his ighorahee IllaY of Charles 11., when it' was totted necessary tu
cause to be eepeoded upon Law. :Stamps in the ! have a greeted Coeformity in the Pithlic Worship.
actions aed suits on disputed Titles and erroneous it, therefore, au attempt were made to vilify that
Instruments. Will the Legislature take the estates system of worship, amid if such an attettipt %vete
and 'properties of the Empire out of such profit- let to pass with impunity, Christienity vvoulti
nu
able hands, instead of enriching the Revenue by longer be the I„‘e of the country. One of the
inesteustible they restrict the parts at a valuable Book which was here ridi•
practice of conveyancing to the Attornies, whose culed wes of the utmost importance—this was
couduct is under the immediate observance and the Catechism, whose peculiar object Wits to
COntrOtti Of the Judges; or will they leave it.to the principles of Religion iuto the minds
the uncontrouled Practitioners, of whose very ex- of the younger orders of the conummity, at
istcnce the Judges ate uneonscions, and who the time they were initiated lulu Chi istiani-
are utterly exempted from all regulation what- ty, and pi evious to their bdng confirmed by
ever i the Bishop. The book also Contained that
The case is now at issue. And, we trust, that Creed which was professed by different classes of
upon Mr. Joet TAMLYN's Own sliewiug the Lord Christians ; also the Ten Commandments, which
Chaucellor and the Legislature will see the pro- I were of Divine origin ; mad the Lord's Prayer,
priety, nay, the urgent necessity, of the proposed which was dictated by the Saviour of the World.
restrictions. 11 these sacred writiugs and laws were to be ridi-
culed, the worst effect must he Trounced on the
minds of the lower orders of people. Here the
Attorney-General pointed out the nature of the
Catechism, and shewed how it was parodied and ri-
diculed by the publicetion, which formed tire
groend of the present charge. Ile next skewed
how the Commandmeots had been trekeed
with con'etupt and ridicule. [While lie was
reading this passage some persons laughed, with
much affectation, and the Judge called on the
officers to take into custody any pers'on who
behaved in sitch tin indecent manuerl—The -
ToRNEY-GE?•iBRAL resumed—lie said, he was not
sorry for the indecent ebullition that had taken
place, because it was the best argument lie could
advance in support of this prosectstion : it was be-
ceuse the parody was capable of producing such an
effect. that he prosecuted the author of it. Ile
next alluded to the parody on the Lord's Prayer.
It is impossible for us to repeet any of the odious
passages in the publicstions alluded to.
Wm. Swanson produced the pamphlet chervil
in the itilmenetion, which he said he purchased
on. the 17th February last. Hole's shop,
No. 55, Fleet-street. He purchased it either of
a boy or a-girl who was in attendance in the
shop. The price was twopence. Witness did not
recollect having bought pamphlets there before—
lie had bought some since. There were bills posted
up, announcing the publication. This pamphlet
was a parody out the Catechism.
'lke parody was put in and read by the Clerk.
The respect we owe to our Readers prevents us
'tom inserting any part of it.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL, called on the Jury by
virtue of the solemn obligation they had taken-
-by their oaths, which were a part of the religion
they were noW called on to protect—he conjured
theta, as members of the Christian Church,. to
declare by their verdict, that the religion of the
country shall not be vilified and abused with im-

We beg to recoomend the foregoing article to
the PROVINCIAL JOURNALISTS, trho can hardly
render a greater service to their Itvaders, than by
inserting an article of so much importance, with
regard to property, in their respective Papers
There is hardly a part of the Empire in which
Empirical Practitioners in the Law are not to be
found, and as the happiness of families in gene-
ral may be wholly annihilated by their confidence
in such persons, people cannot he too anxionsly
cautioned not to confide their property to such
handi.

The following Capitals have been all sold by
Bisu, in Shares, in the present Lottery-
-4.Q..i9 / .40,003 4,7'20 . L. 910
I •
a,908 L. t,OOO 3,a92 . L. 200
And registered to the following places :
Barnstaple, • Dover, 1 Norwich,
Bath, • Dublin, Oundle,
Bristol, Edinburgh, 1 l'enzFice,•
Bruton, Finchlev I lleailing,
Camberwell, Hatton aarden, - "4't rand, ‘
Canterbury, Limerick, Whitea;hapel,
Cheapside, Liverpool, Wineauton,
Cork, Margate, •York.
Several Shares were not registered, and supposed
to belong to persons residing in London.—To-
morrow,,Satnrday, the 20th, the Lottery finishes,
when all the Four Prizes of £20,000, and other
Capitals, must be drawn. Undrawn 'rickets and
Shares are selling at BISH'S Offices, 4, Corubill,
and 9, Charing-cross.

To-morrow the Lottery will finish. To-morrow
the Four
,Prizes of 20,0001. must be drawn.—
To-morrow will afford the last opporbunity, that
can occur for a considerable time, of obtaining a
handsome fortune, by applying before Ten &Clock
'l'o.roorrow, at the Offices of G. CARROLL, the-
Contractor, 7, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street,
where No. 4, 4r9, a Prize of 20,0001., on the last
day of Drawing, was Sold in Shares

!tunny.
Henry Hutchins said, that in the month of Fe-
bruaty last he wus the Idnillotd of the house, No.
55, Fleet- s• 1 rt.et. Mr. Hone was then hiS tenant,
and continued to be so until Midsominer. lie sold
books and pamphlets.
, Thomas lVhite said he was a clerk in the Trea-
sury ; he produced the hook 'of Common Prayer,
composed according to the Act of Patliment ; it
was conformable to the usual book p“blitlted by
the King's Printer, and the Universities. It
would be criulinal itt any others, except the

The last opportunity this year of obtaining a
20,0001. Prize is offered . to
,those who par-
chafe a Ticket or Share, this day, at either of
WEBB'S Fortunate Offices, 9, Cornhill, or 17,
Ludgate-street, as the Four Grand Prizes of
20,0001., and all the other Capitals, must be.
drartu Teo-morrow, when the Lottery will finish.