The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-26 00:00:00

h not our business to qtestion the eonduct of the
Church in excommunicating " Players" from the rites
of burial, but we cannot help remarking upon the ab-
surdity of a Catholic Government tolerating a pro-
fession which the Church excommunicates from its
bosom. The French Government not only tolerates
Players, but allows them to perform on Sunday I—and
yet the Church denounces an order of men enjoying
Ouch especial favour. This clearly proves that the
Church and State do not row in the same boat,
and the people are left to reconcile the absurdity in the
best way they can. But the Church may be jealous
that the theatre divides its votaries, and so puts its ban
upon the professors or the stage, as being instrumental
agents in partially seducing the people fromthe bosom
of Mother Church. We think that the dominion of
the Church is predominant enough without seeking
exclusive jurisdiction over nien's minds. But the late be-
haviour of the Archbishop of Paris in the case of 'IALM A
proves the unsparing--the deep-rooted hostility ofthe Ca-
tholic Church to a class from which the public derive
ouch unmingled pleasure and. mental gratification : we
only wish that the exhibition of such a relentless spirit
►ere more frequent, that the people might more clearly
See the wolf in sheep's ,clothing, end be. edified by
the discovery, for nothing opens men's eyes so much
as the characteristic villainy of pretended innocence in the
garb of virtuous meekness. If the stage be so immoral
and licentious, as the Priests affect to believe, why do
they not, in their chatter of guardians .of public
morals, -petition or advise the Government to abolish
the well, and thus quash, at once an irreligious craft,
to them the source of so much virtuous annoyance,
"d of contamination to their flocks ? But their
IhirM is as pretended as their purpose is insidious and
jesuitical. They are like the jealous Turk, and will
Act. brook a rival to share their dominion over the pub-
lic mind. Their motto should be despotic exclusion.
With respect to TALmA's obsequies,.we think that

there has been too much acting displayed—pompous
:ci,rations might tickle the ear, but unaffected sensibi-
litY Would much more affect the heart. However, we
Ain not quarrel with the admirers of departed genius
for
a pardonable excess in paying the last tribute of
4frerfion to his
.shade. But the Etoile of Tuesday
has a long laboured article- upon the . immorality and

Pet*cicus tendency of the stage—,-quite in the spirit
'of that exclusive dogmatis►n which we reprobated
above.

That the stage, like all other institutions, has its
faults we will not deny, but is it worse ,than utatiy
,other spectacles which the priests not only sanction but
linommencl ? Cannot these worthies confine their

Pious care :to religious duties, without infringing the
strict morality of their order ? " Why not let well
ugh alone,'.' that the poor may enjoy a little harm -
lets recreation, without having the eternal ban present-
Cd to their view at every turn ? But these things
work their own cure, and the mock alarinists feel
it
; but like Macbeth, they have proceeded too far to be.
able, and know not how to make a graceful retreat. It
'$ idle for them, however, to hope that their disin-
terested Persuasion can prevail against the evidences of
people's own senses, in denouncing the stage. They
1411 proscribe the' poor players, but will not add to their
flock or convince the public of the worth of their la-
nrc Men will be bad, in spite of the example and
Precept of Priests, and the stage may reclaim, but
does not add to the number more than other professions.
too stage is always present to public view, and thus
it tiers are more narrowlywatched, and their merits
I'4Q
—often with no charitable mind ; but players
gialo enough to answer for, without having to endure
'th* intolerance of the Church in this world, and its ven-
gekice in the next. If every class minded its own business,
People would be much happier, and the world no worse.
'Bey wbo pry too much into other people's affairs,
Tmcsally neglect their own. TALMA is dead, but
The Archbishop of Paris is not forgotten.

tract of a letter from LLOYD'S, Agent at Smyrna,
'Wed Sept. 19 :-
0, Tht Enclumiress, arrived from Belfast, was boarded on
,;:st 9th, off lea, by a Mistieo, with about 20 men,
r"" plundered of stores, great part of the naming
inlg.ging, clothes, and every thing portable. On the 10th
Turkishit about severity Greek vessels of war attacked the
p squadron under the command of the Captain
I'6 off itylene, and after an engagement of a few
hoursßide. His
thfieisGivireeks, retiredi without much damage on either
iu I'mmtY is ships Seringapatam and Pa rthian
.are io port.

----------------,—__________—_-___ 1 Count Guilleminot, th
Porte, arrived on the 9tl trench Ambassador to the
September, Pomona corvette, at Vourla, ofepteniber, on board the
where the French squadron
lay, but soon proceeded on
his voyage to Constanti-
nople.
Letters from Alexandria of the 26th Au mist
that General Boyer, and most of the Oili August
accom-
say'
es
panying him, had quitted the service of the Viceroy
and embarked for France.
Extract of a letter from St. Jago,
masters
ofe de
BritishVeria
dated Aug.' 4, 1826 ;•'...4‘ Many m
/easels are suite astonished upon their arrival here, at
fleeing the English flag flying ; not being aware that
J. P. Clarke, Esq., his Majesty's Consul-Ganerab
and agent to Lloyds, has been a resident at this place
for upwards of two years."

Scotch clergyman, a strict catechist, in marlin-
lug one of his flock, a short time since, thus addressed
her Janet, can you tell me how Adam fell ?"
141)et fell a laughing, and answered, " Oh, my bonnie
eir Dochtor, you're na serious!"—" Very serious
Ln'leed," said the Doctor. Janet, whose husband's
sari e happened to be Adam, then said, " Weel, vfeel,
Ye will ha't, Dochtor, you see Adam just gaed o'er
the gate the tither night to Lucky Liston's fin' half a
uchkiii 0' whisky ; when an oar lying on the road,
Telt his'foot—o'ef Adam fell and brak his leg
Mercury. ,--and
'll 104 the hail tr ugi ' the matter."--Northampion
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