The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-28 00:00:00

Thirty-one ran.

The Echo de LocUve (Herault) announces the
death at that place of an inhabitant, at the extraordinary age of 110,
without having been previously subject to any infirmity, although
a great consumer of tobacco and brandy.
So late as the 20th instant the snow fell heavily
round Geneva till it became full a foot deep. At the same time it
came down at :Bann in the Haut Rhin, at Auch, Tarbes, and other
parts of France, even at Compicl,gne.
The widow of one of the brothers Bandiera died on
the jsth at Venice aged only 27. The death is attributed chiefly
to grief at tilC Melancholy fate of her husband.
On Saturday afternoon the ling of the French,
with several members of the Royal Family, took an excursion in
the yacht round the islands at Neuilly. In the evening their
Majesties received the Ministers of Sweden and Wurternburg, the
Marquises de Rumigny and de Lagrange, Counts de Moritalive,
Portalis, de Murat, and de Montesquiou, General Pernety, and M.
de Girardin.

The Presse says M. Guizot,'s health is so
perfectly restored that he is expected to re.assume the full exercise
of the functions of hls office in the course of the Present week.
He, on Saturday, attended the Council of Ministers, and took part
in the discussion of the Morocco affair."
The Anti-Corn-law League Bazaar finallyfinallyclosed
at ten o'clock last night. The number admitted for the day being
10,364. During the afternoon the admissions were considerably
in advanceof those of yesterday, but were less at the close by 419.

THE COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTIL
AND TliE COLLEGE OF BUDDHA !

(Fr..m th, ps,f ich Exp,
In the news from India, brought by the Overland
Mail which arrived in Landon on Friday, there is a
piece of intelligence which we are anxious to bring' pro'
minently into notice, fir the purpose of reblikinr•
the
anti-Maynooth fanaticism that is now distuibing
kingdom.
Certain Siamese priests had visited Kandy, in the
Island of Ceylon, for the purpose of seeing and Wor"
shipping the relic, called the tooth of the Idol Bluth'
which is carefully preserved by the British Govein-
ment !! ! Sir Colin Campbell, it is stated, was at first
unwilling that the tooth should be displayed ; but be
was at length prevailed on to give his consent ; and the
sacred tooth was exhibited to the adoring strange"
from Siam, in the presence of Lord Elphinstoneo by 1"
Mercer, the Assistant Government Agent ! ! !
No lightning from Exeter Hall descends on the guilty
heads of a Government which permits and sanctions such
abominations ! No conferences, no religious breakfasts,
tion, to denounce this iniquity ! For half a
no indignant protests, no meetings, crammed to suffner
English Government have cherished and protected thi
foulest form of Idolatry that ever polluted the world, au
ut
offended the One Living and True God ;—and
there has scarcely been a whimper of disapproba.ttous
in this country. The Christian zeal of our furiod
theologians is expended in reviling the religion
Francis Xavier, " the Apostle of the Indies," who ei"'"
century 02:
verted millions of idolators in this very island of Certll,/,
but it is not its vocatio to denounce the anti-Chrislia,
apostacy cf that Government which fosters the to
converted to the faith of Christ,
Budh; in opposing which, 600 of the natives of Ce),:lus,
by .Xavier,

martyrs upon one occasion. t‘ 03aid'
By the treaty of 1815, the Buddhist religion is h the
tained and protected" in the interior of Ceylon select
British Government ; the British Government ses,
and appoint the priests; the British Government Pets are
the temple patronage; and the British Govern
au
the keepers of the Dalada and other relics of Be'
far, Ceylon.
LEsanen dbobrouie, gth,
o
[rentt
In one part of Hindostan the English Gover
awe-
treat the superstition of Siva—worshipped withheehtte
less abominations—with equal tenderness
Governor-General of India, the Earl of
ordered " the sandal-wood gates," taken in Cau,tored
be borne, with military honours, to "the re-
temple of Somnauth."
The English Government so far consult the r-tiins
of
of the natives of India, that they pay the ehetc the
Juggernaut, and show the utmost eonsiderafoeasne;
Mohammedan religion ; and yet men rage, et patter °(`
and twaddle against the Minister who, as a, 7,ation
political justice, increases a grant for the
their fellow-Christians ! 6115
When the Irish Roman Catholics consider the rais
stanc2s we have drawn attention to, can you be V.lsliceii.
at their indignation ? They see that the Eng,:.lo; but
science can tolerate Budh, Juggernaut, and $
is offended at Catholicism ;—that it strains at a
and swallows a camel !
For our, part, while we hold very decided oPlileirasre°lll:
the necessity of a reformation in the Rolnitotostas;
and value, we trust, the blessings which t; roped
England enjoys, we must own that we li" one
better than Buddhism ;—that we esteersetoPit
w hat more highly the religion of Thomas atbaa
Francis Xavier, Fenelon, and Mather, ' Ob°.
do the idolatry of Kandy . The founder of thew! Contidiets, John 'Wesley, wrote a life of Xavier, thaw! Conti
as
mended him as the model of Christian naission!rljecerapi:if
he edited " The Immutation of Christ," toned 061_4
for the use of the Methodists. The deep- of
Thomas Kempis is admitted by all sects 0,
yetion to
(for his works are used as books of devotee b 0
them all);—and yet there are persons Who t oleo r,
assert, without any fear of contradiction, died to efe
entertain the views of I Kempis are in the re° n
lasting perdition. k 5 f
Per 1.
Shame upon the unworthy spirit that Me- eve& Pei e.l.
raging lion against his Catholic neighbour ;lare"
him to be a very lamb against the British
stroog
latry of Ceylon and Hindostan.
,fltee.(lln,s.he
Every sincere Protestant, of course, r--; of Dot
objections against the doctrine and disetlll'e- aboo)
man Catholic Church: but those ei-.4.octione;es; nor lag
convert men into wild and ie-,,tionai fanet'f
duca us to violate the Oil
Charity, and Civil mud Religious LibertP, the
4.',-tndansental lolls °
Not only t..;•-a the Roman Catholics ere of
human beings; but they hold a great deal 111 of 4' le
>n the common truths of the Gospel than I,e the are/
silly libellers (who, generally, never tan. ,e, cells ;
of fairly examining the opinions thattotrl'a,ls yptoisYto
suppose. Roman Catholics use the the 11,• Crewel
Roman Catholics believe all the articles in
ssian Crewel
Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Atha° eh the
Roman Catholics hold, I believe, and tee' 00130'11
R°
Man A it'
Commandments of the moral law,. holuvei
lelieve the Bible to be the word of Of diffuse it.
reverence ; preach it • read it ; with the
will he quite angry when we present
lowing picture of a Bible•reading pap's'
cred age,
" The Romish father reads the Sa
HorowMoAsbesrabmadlev
With Amalek's ungraetcus Progeny ;re
Or how the Royal bard did groaning
aestetrhnealfri!
Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging
Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme,
How guiltless blood for guilty man waS sbeTs.
How Ha who bore in heaven the second DI
Had not on earth wherewith to lie his ilea-
•eanrdfail wage,
With on
high'

How his first followers and servant ;Ped,11'nil .
•
1 The precepts sage they wrote to many a
i
low he who love in Patmos banished,
Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; big°,
And heard great Bab'ions doom pronounced
190
command."
ists hate the
—lmpossible ! Do not the Pap Bibs ae ciect,
they not burn it wherever they find it ? 001 bar'
sealed book to the laity ?—There are verY rieits„,,rir
meaning people who su that Popish P a r,,,,i
ppose
an unconquerable repugnance to the saf_reetat7l-
- But they forget who were the soiver,eo 'of
for 61' PO •
and keepers of those sacred books oat ,VI
dred years ; they forget that before theehtlie oillnio
printing all the manuscript copies a . of 1/icopi
our possession were copied by the PI: firstee bY
and Romixli priests: they forget that t.. -lige ode
of the Bible ever printed was printed obt's`i on ertbat
Popish Bishops ; they do not know that Pae:,,istle
and gospel is an essential portion of the i, al% oat
in Roman Catholic-prayer-books thin pg1,00;ok 01
and gospel for every day in the year, ii,iiish $ oool' i
nearly all the Collects in the ffirs, goe n 3.0
Common Prayer' are from the Pliithere are
ill
finally, they cannot be aware thatv.bie eircurnseulaS
millions of complete copies of the '''t the ie" to an
England, Ireland, and Scotland, in •sh Priesumber:
tongue, by the authority of the 11°1331501a Pip ranie"
Bishops. Nay, there are some editions he 1 ..enV
fs-r the benefit of the poorer classes' • d Inters
Church binds her children to her autn"ture ; bilnerp-I.lo°
horise t ree f
tion of all controverted points of Serirdiligeo frbri6",l- eh
mends to instructed Christians the ‘„iping Z largy-4
the oracles of God as a means of a".;iots cl%bli-
t Ca' hef
perfection. W hen the anti-May necitilflezeet It t''
(1 bate
sing Drum next time, let thou re,,,d bins-they Lacs
sing that majestic hymn too ; a 7,.. while, 'tiler
can blush) when the recollect thdur•Fopery,
hbea}ed,ninelosdoi
Marshal
anaiegrrsnghaeattlii
tc)tni
lagainstetoi)spuai,ree' Peel an Buddhs• 000! iii
r
Maynooth Bill in hand.
wo* of it. He knows what
be in if America both e° 13
or France (or , ~.„d so
to declare war against us, with Ire..n• •!jag
hostile I :,e ba „pa
Goons.--A , ;tw Prtient7l;e_firS.dl
BONDED utvers..,,, _
vreight -for-ferof
prevailed In ascertaining and recording '
smaller Piichiel,:y. el
T:hrelinvsutk..e,„
wile hos:01:1e)
:::fleolid
of packages of goods repacked into otllaiVerPeorlirle:::.llll,:"..eli;s,llll°lijor.f
the warehousing regulatioos, particularly thosesi;ire of..o..rsit Ds
or assumed tares have been allowed at the time
who 2; shop
the Customs' authorities being of opinion beenthr Ali ,rois .Aer'
a package upon which an average tare has
ter, tete; 0
required to be subdivided in the warebodustbe e,gt root; owls,
thereof should be previously ascertained,
_eight, °,l..rift ° 0 rt.
wards taken and deducted from such greo wed for 01, 1 ocs
case of tea the usual allowance of one Phu of We, e iiever.o
original package should be added to the aocothcer, otltellro tore
packing account so adjusted, the revenue s ~, go
_, ej..... 0,
partmeuts in London hare received directiode" igitcno S4IF
accordingly, and the order has since been Tat kipew hod
municated to the various ports throughout thr ' goer' iina
h 00
formation of all parties concerned. 0010 it the 01 ll'
SUICIDE.-11 Cock and 0,14
_A rev
1., $
lived in the capacity of waiter and kitchebns hoillerivo 'Ol llis
Crown, Holborn, and were diocharged by
i.opet je hey engaged •
consequence of the discovery of an lad crovlh, i 4 pooliati, it
between them. After leaving the Bell agl ripe, an 010 "hid
room at a beer-shoo in Cross.street, Leathepot Water',,on 01)00
quantity of oxalic acid. They mixed lc in Thew Woman
net, et
became pool, and thep gwalloicti the pc0414.h0 poiseanevenena
a few minutes afterwards it great ar"l_,* at the cl,Ol, oe loot
Pffect upon the man, who became alarelv- The ism"
aisle' °co
his rash act, and suplicated far assistanco. 3 dying
~0 into ot
into the room, round her female lodger °cock Wei 10;0 o'ooll
tlittodCro7ilthe!?prolalitchel,4anhtiCr wlilltibeWtleilltat:--Aeouerintiii3 tbile4 SCI
14
IV
Pe'
coroner's inquest is known. The o.'''' g t"
f 110 Win nte 1.
twenty years or age, The "CI oini e Tior
Si. PAUL'S CATIIRDRAL."--- , are 1 __t on _ Ail
has been posted up i--" While the woornsi.nued 007
seoire
church, the morning service will be disc
_tue afore P
)3 .or
day next, the ',Nth inst, (to-morrow). 7' , SI.OPO
405 fre
be continued daily as usual," MAO sod h.
NOP ors ~itt ~
SiIirwRECICED FISNERNB , .he obsCr
_.oollllr lid$e
VOLENT SocrErv.--A special meetingloon. `___, hod c.,.3,,,,
e
of the above.named valuable institut
......rchair woo :fr. Orr cNOOI
London Tavern, Bishc.psgate.street.
01;_",7,..k, when.;ethe , 1....-.01
James Flower, shortly after twelve
tea
_few-looting :et; Dati.o
ono
stated the object he had in calling
of
of the .0 be el °n ill
which it appeared that the account:„__ opearshioo in itel!00 D 1
stated °that be lOr vie 0 cer"
Ili mupe
nr ocpeedr l y
by
just
kept.
and Air. r
ißtarbelvre sft.eee
fill
nowsan c
es
the management of the Society but %bid, he
loot
'committee, snd_ ~,Deril ~ before
quoting from the minutes of the.
„other and ;nor:v/711w lanlulogilf
roborated in by the meeting. A
whole PNceeding , od una t - oie
will shortly be held, when the
Jr._ stepbeneon ~,e ,tstetnen . ~,,04
the public. It was moved by holJfoninion that '"',, v• ' -.en
peke. orier..- 645,
adopted, " That this meeting is e
the Shipw! ..,
mai 1
co
by Mr. West, late secretary. the 15thirope01110
t ?''tee as Welles
.orcien inot ~..ria ,
. • n of
the o° the c" or
demands the immedl..-:,e elsideratio t
therefore,
eeting
00
~,
that of the sudee...?..rs at large, and
.that ,
Mariners' Benevolent Society,
before the 'lithe sth /lot
corroborated as it has been
be rch"'sted to bring the whole subjec
e Thursdal,aft` er ego° ,
Tavern' on
~,,
tised to be held at the London T ; attended' ..,. ea
• which was most respeetab y nli`" '1
The meeting, separated. Aldre 1 meet i°
their thanks to the chairman, ~,,,e expn,J Folio ,to
b: under dat.irot
RAILWAY COMMITTEE
S
'
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-Li.
eir Dill thW"bre StibieCteeDo
carryingfthetihr li
,t7...haracterbs,:requlre° it
enormous.
0 railwayrrno... companiesAte,er, inst
age o
ictheamrgwet oicfhthtehrmow"st
defray the Inquiry before the Selecto 0 rh
00!. has beeod 1.4.0er, f
the
is understood that not much under 1
all multifariousthe
others
ocCrootihge:Ylsiiicet biejiesel;poteu;d.
d'ii;
co o $
Committees now sitting the expellee t 0,...
the Committee on the rival Newcastita.nd,
beiland Railways ; and it is estimate
1,0001 to 1,5001. per day. trneWll
Letter ''' st Pr
Madame Ida Sainte Dime,
aim, los
world as La Contempt/rainy, died Pli .1"
aged 71. :1.1.
ii3niel rote:ofireeltatix:rotirofro;