The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-05 00:00:00

POPERY.

We are persuaded that every Reader- of Ti
SUN will ti* us for reviving the Speech of W.
EbViAttn ToiHANft, Esq. which we resume with

great pleasure this day. The incessant attempts
of the Irish Rowan Catholics to disturb tl,e na-
tional tranquillity, by their presumptions claims of
political po►ver, and the negociations which they
are now carrying on with the ROMAN Pontiff,
render• it necessary that all Protestants should
be upon the alert to Support our Ecclesias-
tical Establishment. It is evident, Iron Mr.
Tomuties admirable Speech, that Mr.PrrT's in-
tentions have been misconceived on this most im-
portant question, and therefore we trust that the
advocates tot• Popery will not again attempt is
support their opinion by a reference to the alleged
authority of that illustrious Statesman.

(Conclusion of the Speech of WILLIAM EDWARn ToMLINE,
Esq. M. P. in our Paper of yesterday.]

" The Right lion. Gentleman • stated that the
admission of Papists, into all offices of trust and
power, will secure the future peace and tranquil-
lity of Ireland. lam persuaded that none of the
seditious' practices, of which Ireland has been
the unfortunate scene, in reality owed their ori- •
gin to any disability, to which the Boman Catho-
lics-were subject.—We ought ever to bear in mind
that all penal statutes, of every description, and
ail the disabling statues, which apply to the
lower and middle ranks of life, which must con-
stitute tar the largest portion, among any set of
people, are already removed : they- can arptire
property of any description ; they can pursue any
profession ; they are permitted to exercise the
elective franchise; and will people, who enjoy tall
these valuable -privileges, which are within their

reach, rebel against t 1):, Government, under which
they enjoy them, merely because they cannot be-
come Members of Patliament, or Secretaries of
State ; situations to which it would be ridiculous
to consider them as aspiring
" Mankind, Sir, are not dint keenly, thus trem-
blingly alive to the feelings of others. Let Gen-
tlemen consider the conduct of their own tenan-
try and of the peasantry of the. neighbourhood in
which they may live ; and let them say whether
they ever discover any symptoms of this quick
sensibility, of this readiness to fly to arms, and to
have recourse to any 'means, however illegal or
however vialent, in support Of any cause in which
their landlords or superiors alone were supposed
to have an interest.
" That the lower orders of the Roman Catho•
lies but ill lit ook a Protestant Government, is but
too true ; that they have been so familiarised
with discontent as to be ever ready to manifest its
spirit, as opportunity should offer, we have had
too many melancholy examples ;—b'it it is not
for what is commonly called Catholic emancipa-
tion alone that they have renounced their alle-
giance; it is not for Catholic emancipation alone
that they have invited a foreign enemy to their
shores ; it is not for Catholic emancipation that
so many endeavours have been made to assist the
independence of Ireland, and create a total sepa-
ration from this country. Catholic emancipation
is a term to which, if they attach any meaning at
all, they attach a very different meaning from its
general acceptation in this country but it is a
powerful engine, in the hands of a crafty priest-
hood, and the more dangerous, from being ambi-
guous and undefined in its precise signification—a
stalking, horse to mislead the ignorant, to deceive
the moderate, and to blind the well-disposed ; but
whose concealed poison is well understood by the
turbulent.and disaffected : and, if attained, it will
be the ground for insisting upon farther encroach•
ments, a step towatds the ultimate fulfilment of
their wishes. -

" The events of the last forty years, roost
abundantly prove that, if concessions would gra-
tify their wishes., if lenity would insure their
titudc, or kindness conciliate their affections,
there ‘voill,l now have been a noble and generous
ardour amongat them to prove that their hearts
were as closely united, as their interests are inse-
parably interwoven with this country ; but every-
indulgence has been the parent of fresh demands,
and success has only encouraged their ambition ii
not content with the repeal of all the penal laws,
not sali!,lied with the enjoyment of greater privi..
liges than any Catholic State ever allowed, either
individually or collectively, to persons of a differ-
ent persuasion, they boldly arraign the justice of
the State, for insisting upon the continuance of
any civil distinctions, though so- wide a difference
must exist in all spiritual matters. They disdain
the language of petition
.and assume the tone of
demand ; they enjoy, as a right, the privileges
which have been conceded, and scorn all idea of
obligation. They no longer ask, as an indulgence,
but claim as their undoubted right, a right inhe•
rent in them as British subjects, the unqualified
repeal of all disabling Statutes, the unqualified
abolition of all religions tests ! But, while the
faith which a man may profess, shall be consider-
ed as having any influence upon his general con-
duct, while soundness in religious principle shall
be allowed to be the best security for moral inte-
grity, and the most powerful incentive to an ac-
tive and conscientious discharge of every social.
and politica! duty, so long may we 'tripe that some
religious test will be i•cquired from those who are
placed in the most important public situations, and,
are entrusted with the protection and support of
our invaluable Constitution !

‘` Let me not be misunderstood, in nny thing
which I have said -as involving, in indiscriminate
censure, ne whole mass of the Roman Catholics ;
far he it from me to draw no distinction between
passive instruments and active leaders—fir be it
from me to include, in the same sentence the de-
luded victims of ignorance with the daring abettors
of wickedness. It is not the people of I rdand whorn
I would reproach, chained as they are by implicit
obedience to their spiritual guides; it is not the
people of Ireland whom 1 would fear, were they
not subservient to the same controlling influence.
Those only would I reproach %Thu have not
IlOrdllCe to plead in their excuse, but who pervert
the advantages of education, and abuse the ta-•

tent's of notarel; who, too well aware of thert
Ivoiunited atrtbliriiy over the feelings of the people]
employ it. tor the worst ot. pot-poses; who exas-
pet ',lle turturies, whets t hey might litAhrisseuti66.;';'
who eiicohrahe itis,+t'tectiou,. wrien they might en-
tor,e obedietice ; stpdituksly kindle into
flatut...e, y lateut spark of discontent, which
they might exiiogitish, and lull the minds 61 "the
people two tranquil soinnission.•
''._V,Teit it there were no datigersto he appre.-
heuded troot these Concuss , still I
.s 1•011111 feel
it toy duty to oppose this tor.istire, because I think
thief Ifte Stale, %% hick hasestabhshed it,ttiottal re-
'is imitcr':itively called tipoii..to eticotirage
that ; because that the Lejstature
oily.,ltt not to preserve a nctitralny tier weim
which it stippiiris, aad ‘vhith -it •
ott4y tolerates ; -becawse 1. thiuk. it might not to
rtntoitut 71n 111(Rti jellt:e mid deal Qua its tavouisio-
discriluic, +idly to those who.e priocipirs it ay..
pr4(tes, and those wfiOse.priticiples it C-onilenins ;
but ii a it is in guatitinte aiol duty, to re.-
pose a. soperior contideoce :toil eyince a decided
preference towards those whose steady attac.ll-
- preserves its stability Isn'tt insures its per-

mimeo-cc.
" Much has -been said about the power . and
ntimbets of- the• Roman Catholics, as inducements
to comply with their pretensions ; in:o this payt
of the subject 1 will not enter at all. I will. not.
examine whether their numbers have not been
exaggerated • and their power magnified; I will
only ask whether those, who are averse ao the
measure, are not decidedly more numerous ?
will only ask ,•whether they are not infinitely more
powerful ?
" The .Protestants of the Empire are not in-.
riff, rent to this great question, but they look with
confidence to the deci►ion of this house-, appointed
es we are -by them, tl►e legal guardians of iheir
constitutional rights : they look with confidence
to:the solemn • pledge afforded by. the coronation
oath, altered and remodelled as •it was at the time
of the Revolution, foe the• express purpose of
checking the encroacl►ct►ents and curbing tl►e power
of:- Popery : grateful and contented with the bless.:
they enjoy, they dread such innovation in th.e
Coirstitution ; a Constitution, the glory of this
country, the-entry of the world ; a. Constitution,
which has enabled us successfully to resist .exter,
red violence and domestic treason. That this
Constitution has been preserved under the present
existing religious tests, cannot be (herded ; and,
let it be ever remembered, that it has nor only
been, -preserved, but preserved under trials the
itiosflikely to shake and overthrow any establish-
etlftirin of Government. While, in the last '2O
years, almost every Constitution in Eneope• has
been "convoked and orertiirowii, the Constitution
Of• England, under a Protest ant- Governmeot, has
'reinained unshaken and unimpaired.. The glory•
eat Li►ghand, entrusted to Protestant Commanders ;
the power of England, under Protestant Mini-
Stets,' have attained. that proud. pre-eminence,
which Is, at once, our. happiness and our boast.
If then.we are enabled, tinder existing laws,
thus to employ our resources and to call forth our
energies, let us pause •before we confide those re-
sourck-a and those energies to persons, in. whom
our ancestors, the founders of this Constitution►,
had found, from experience, they could not sately
lit vested. Let us pause, before we consent to
place pokser in the hands of those who. have an
interest rat her in betraying, than-in faithfully
watching over their sacred trust. . • - •
:" .But, Sir, though I think that. the. securities
for the preservation of our Constitution, provided
by statesmen whose principles_ and whose wisdom
arc the thenie of universal applause and unquali,
fled praise, securities sanctioned and endeared to
us by a long and happy experience, are enti-
tled to our highest respect,.and our, most jealous
care, yet I should- be tar from, urging the conti-
nuance of those disabilities, it I. saw any. reason-
able prospect of .attaining the saute end by any
other means, ,
Surely, Sir, those Gentlemen who are such
strenuous advocates of the Roman Catholic
claints,7ought long ago to have come forward
with some specific plan, and to have been able to
chew how it'is po,sible to give. satisfaction to the
Roman Catholics, without endangering the Con-
-11141160n. For myself, Sir, atter the best consi-
deration which I have been able to give
.to,the
subject, 1 believe such a plan to be impracticable;
but yet my mind is not only open to conviction,
hot I feel a strong and eager wish that such a plan
could be devised ; and I should listen with some-
thing more than impartiality to any definite pro-
posal which might be submitted to this House for
that purpose. While, however,
.Gentlemen
choose to confine themselves • to motions tor go-
ing into a Committee, for the purpose of taking
into consideration these disabling .statutes, being
fuily'cOnvinced that such consideration would be
ineffectual to its, proposed object, anti-only caleu-
,lared to hold out delusive hopes, I shall (eel it my
::duty to oppose such motions. What has this
House been doing for these last 12 years, but con-
sidering these very laws 1 and here, Sir, it is a
• little curious to observe accurately the events which
have happened within Ihis;period.
." At first even the Papisrs themselves, however
• discontemted„ however ambitious, however cocoa-
raged by former success, could not forget the said
promises they had made—they knew. that the va-
Inable concessions of I-793 had been made, grin-
• aipally, upon a reliance tan their promises ;
.they
felt conscious of the unworthy return they
,had
—made. With this recollection and this conscious-
ness, they at first urged their chain's, as it were,
with hesitation, arid with a sort of.apprehension ;
lest the very mention of such a subject should ex-
cite amiversal reprohatiou and opposition, not on-
ly those who were noon principle hostile
to their claims, but in the breast of every one
who3ggarded the sacredness via promise, or de-
tested uh.e. baseness of ingratitude. Sir, they
quickllJound their caution unnecessary, and their
apprehensions groundless. They soon saw, g mong
their ,advocates, persons ofdistinguished abilities,
• alorof great political influence:, Wl:en persons of
this desoription had taken a decisive part in fa-
t•otit',Of the .Papists, bad . pledged • themselves by
theirspeeches, and conunitted themselves by their
co►tlduct in arid out of Parliament, the real leaders,
iti‘'.arging.t he Po•►pish claims, assumed a bolder lan-
guage, and a
.higher tone; they extended their
views, and enlarged their claim. Instead of peti-

hs tlity,formerly dii, for pall •
farther, indulgence as Parliament, in its
might think fit to allow, they expert an niiresersv-
ed compliance.with aN their octraval4,tor
The real leaflets in. the Popish .have no
longer consulted their: Protestant advocates, in
this reinntry, as' to the time or the.mantier of pe-
titi-anilig the Legislattire;- They have rejected
advice; and instead of looking up to their Par-
liamentary friends for instructions, they, the.
have instructed their Parlironentary
friends to accede to no terms, to listen to
itrJ comprofilise. Aud yet these Parliament avy
friends have consented, to support these petitions,
fettered and sh.sekled as they are im the, line of
cnuduct they must pursue ; longer the tnana-
gels, but the perforun:rs of the part they haVe 1.111
deltakell to play ; ndr longer the ptincipals, but the
agents of the eauset bey stiil continue. to defend.
As far as giving satisfaction to the Itouian Catho-

lies- is concerned, no positive advantage can -ariie
front going into a Cotnutittee•to examine whether
any, and•what substitute for the present tests can
be found. The Roman C•atholtcs themselves have
declared that nothing short of unconditional re-
peal of ail disabling statutes «•ill satisfy them.—
They have rejected all attempt at compromise ;
they hate protested against. 'all idea of substi-
tute.

" l,arn as tar as any man from breathing the
spit it of, intolerance, or maintaining the doctrines
of persecution. I would have our country open
wide her gates, and welcomes all who would en,
ter ; tint I would not throw down her walls, nor
(H 11610.0.17 the security of .her bulwarks. I would
have' her of asylum to all who fly to :her
for protection ; bur 1 would not entrust her vital
interests to' those who _refuse to sactifice at the
altars of her church. if Esto pirpetua" was the
motto of our virtuous ancestors, the banner under
which they fought, that they might beque4th it.
unimpaired to posterity. Let its, ;Imo, to.whom
this valuable inheritance has been transmitted, in
all its genuine purity and pristine „vigour, guard it
with the same watchful fidelity ; let us be animated
with the sittne zeal ; let our bosoms glow with
the same affection ; and, above all, let us. not
danger its repose, by the total annihilation of
distinctions between its friends and its enemies
let us Dot encourage a rivalry, the most thtogepoos
of all rivalries, a rivalry between two conflicting
powers, struggling, upon equal terms, Fox rot.i-
TICAL ASCENDANCY, and aggravated by all the
characteristic virulence of religions animosity.
It is well known, that at the time of the Re-
volution, all the political parties, -and all the, re-
ligious sects, into which the Protestant part of
the:community was then divided, vi hat ever might
be their mutual animosity np.,n all other points,
united in their exertions to exclude despotic sway
from our civil Qoveinment, and in providing for
the security ot: the Protestant Religion in these
rtilms-. I now call upon all who sincerely wish
to promote the .getterill_ satistnOon and concord
of far the greatest proportion of his Majesty's
subjects. (for..of all classes it is impossible) ; I-call
upon.all such, however differing in the more no-
important points, of religions doctrines, however
opposed to each other, in their struggles for po-
litical infloence,*discard, as their ancestors did,
all party feelitcg ?upon this national qiiestiOn ; to
imite, as they did', in the same common cause, to
manifest; the saute:, cordial.CO7operation in resist-
ing a measure equally hostile to Protestants of all
denominations, equally•repagnant to all the prin-
ciples, luiwever diversified, of every friend to li-
rnited,monarcliv"; ,litall.upon them to, demon-
.St rate, by -their vote rit this nigl“, that, as Poperl
is not- changed„Protestantism also is unuttered."

WnlaLiArtnta:7—About three o'clock in the after-
noon of Monday last, part of this town was visited
by, a very. alarming and sudden gust of wind,
which did some damage. Its duration, as it passed
Over this office, was only tor a few seconds, and
from the manner in which it swept rapidly round
the building, it was
,evidently what is called a
wltirlrvind.. It appears to have 'preeellecl front
the Nor h, having passed through Meanwood,
Sheepsw, and other Villages in that 'direction.
COrniog in
,contact with the buildings of Leeds,
its principal fury was expended on that part of the
town first opposed to its prOgress: Several houses
were partially unroofed, and a number of Win-
dows broken. It entered the whitesmith's shop
of Messrs. Ratcliffe with such violence as to hurl
Mr. James Ratcliffe and one of the workmen into
t he Chan tie!, scatteriug about the goods inthe Shop.
A man and two boys were driven some distance
up the yard. In its furious course, it entered the
whitlow of a neighboaring cottage; which` It ma-
terially shattered, and' carried away part of ano-
ther window, no trace of which has since been
discovered.--,An old woman, who -was at work in
the apartment, had her 'spectacles driven from her
face, Deafly to the opposite side olthe house, but
escaped without personal injury. lii St. Peter's
Square, a passage door was split in two--several
bolts*: and the hinges, being drawn by the force.
of the currenteveral bricks forced from the
house wall—.-and Some window-shutters partially
split and broken. In the Free School yard, the
palling was torn up, and several large branches
torn from the trees—two of the boys were carried
some distance off their feet-7one of thein- was
much hurt by the fall of one of the branches: A
horse tind cart, standing near the gates, Were
fenced along. 'Another horSe and cart, in Lady
lane, were whirled round. At Mr. Beckett
‘Vondlionse-la-ne„. two trees Were torn up, 'and
several branches were observed to pass over St.
James's-street: The 'phenomenon, fortunately,
was of very short duration,' as incalculable inis7
chief might in a longer time have heel) effected.
It was 'accompanied' by a thick darkness, and a
torrent of rain. The whole day was rainy ; and
we
.regret to add, that the atmosphere has been
very humid, with Much rain,"alulost ever since.—
(Leeds Intellig,encer, Sept. 1.)

. • .„
, Mr. J.ANIES Maas, who died fe* days ago at
F.rome, has left behind him property to the amount
of 70,Q00/. which be acquired, by eitretne parsi-
mony, and unceasing exertions to increase his
eFOlll.._ fie has left 20,0001. 'at.dongst his 'poor
relations, and the remainder of his forit4ne
-to four residuary legatees,. one of•Wh'oni,A a jour-
neyman carpenter and another a journeytban tailor.

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M.III3T.EOI{OITGH-STREtif.

TtiEkintfcat:"4.xGanoNns•.---Yesterday, in Con:.
sequence of a•: complaint lodged- before the 'Ma,.
Oil eribY t hree respectable inhabitants•oftStit t
stycct, Sohn, 10 amateurs of the buskin,. jurksen%
Skiiiner, liflls, •Lake, Aires, Colthurst,,'
Gould, AilloUr, and Gi-eggin, were brought-up to,
the noire • as rogues. and vagabonds, and.charged:
will, breeding an intdlerablenuitance in-the neigh-
bourhood where they eithillited. -In consequence-
of the complaint, Plank, Foy, andllefferies, three
officers-belonging t'o Marlborongh-street; were
dispatched to the seat of the Muses in Sutton..
street, on ‘Vednesday night. These inexorable:
critics arrived just as t he• pet formers, consisting of
discharged servants,:old clothesmen, clerks ouriot::
place, and bonnet makers too idle‘forbutiness,
Imished- Dine Devils, and were-about to common :6-
the afterpieceoflntrigtre.• Their first seizure was
upon the check-taker; whom they treated-Avith a.
pair of handcuffs:, which; of course prevented hito
from discharging his., dirties !any longer. They
next proceeded to the green-room, and the visit
being quite Unexpected, the iseroes, whom bcrt
moment before nothing could fright,
" Harpies or hydras, or all the monstrous forms
" "bvi?tt Africa and, lid,,' , ,
were thrown into the utmost 'confusion. The
lights w.ere imniediately put Ont insidep the cur,
twill to render escape more easy, but the por.sUeiS .
were too keen in their calling, for Ji4feriesithe
officer, lifted the drop, 'and, un'Veiled the secrets
that Here passing The audience, amptmt
..
ing to about 140, were, until this sper,iod, waiting
in the utmost anxiety for the afterpiece,,not ktioW-
nig the cause from whence the delay arose, When.
to their astonishment, the whole, body of the dra
mails persona were introdUced upon' the stage in
" durance site," , with their handeuffs on. the
heroines were exempt [rum this indignity; but at
sight of their lovers, Who, had just before been
pouring into their ears the soft infeciion of the
tender passion, they frOnted, or seemed to
A few moments previous to.this tragic exhibition,
there was a cry of fire, which produced the ut-
most consternation among the audience, but for-
tunately .no accident followed front it.
the. stage-manager, took advantage of the con-,
fusion, and by some cobtriyaure got--to the roof
of the house, and escaped in company'ivith an
other, leafing. their theatrical habiliments be 7
hind them, which were picked up by the afficers.
The proprietors of the Theatre, for which it tip,:
peared that the performers contributed Is. Per
week each, have not yet been taken. The re-
spectability 'of the company may he
„concluded
from this—that one of them had a. short time back
been brought up to this office,-eharged with rob-
bing his master of a field...officer's uniform coat,
for the purpose of exhibiting, in regimentals upon
the Sutton-street boards. Another, named Brown,
was unable yesterday: to pay his fees, amounting
to 2s. 44., and the person present in the Clerks'
office -Made a inflection of one penny each, to (Hs-
' charge the demand upon h:ni before he could be
set at liberty. _ • •
The potions• whO ina'cle..tle complaint were
- bound over to prOiecote the proprietors of the
Theatre, which the Magistrate pronounced to be
illegal. The rest of the performers were bound
over as rogues and vagabonds.
The worthy Magistrate, Mr. FARRANT, com-
mented with severity on (heir conduct, and point-
ed out the tendency of suOi"tneetings to produce
habits ot idleness, and to injitie alp worals.of the
rising generation.