The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-11 00:00:00

R oiAN cxruoues.

R.
Etwroa,—A 6,,troversy seems to hay,'
"is" 'between The Morning Chronicle and The
Courier respecting the Bill which has passed both
11"ses of Parliament, dispensing %vitt) the ad-
imuistration of Oaths to ROMAN CATHOLICS be-
fore their entrance into the Army and Navy.—
T 5e Chronicle contends that it is the same Bill
which drove the GRENVILLE Administration from
T:Qwer in the year 1807, and triumphs over the
Thecnisisteficy of the present Ministry for having
Proposed and carried into effect the very same
11,easure• if it" be the very same measure, the
, "ronide may well triumph on the occasion. 'lnc
Couch, admits that the Bill is nearly the same in

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practical effect," but asserts that the Bill, as
t'llginally formed, was " crude and indigested."
i
it be the same measure, its having been
crude and indigested" in its construction is of
'tile. consequence, . as its substance and tendency
are the chief considerations. Considering the
c44isteacy of the Courier, the Public may
Itell be surprized that it does not resolutely express
its disapprobation iof a measure which appears to
have removed one of the barriers of the Established
Religion. Well may the Chronicle exult, and de-
tkre that " all religious distinction is removed as
1° the Military and Naval Service," and state, that
there can be in future no obstacle to a Roman
Catholic rising to THE COMMAND of an ARMY';
411' to be the Loan HIGH ADMIRAL of England, if
that Office should cease to be in cominission:.-
11uut, Sir, though the Courier may not be suffi-
ciently aware of the tendency of this Bill,
44 the Chronicle may rejoice in its probable
consequences, it is a measure calculated to
elcite the. utmost alarm in the Protestant world
general. The Roman Catholics are known to
be So much attached to their faith that they con-
ceive no man can be saved who does not believe
ill it, and that it is meritorious to resort to all
possible means to support and extend it. Now,
suppose that a Roman Catholic rises to the
t°l4mand of an Army, may it not be expected that
he will endeavour, as much as possible, to have it
teerttited by men of the same religion as him-
Self, and that if lie sees an opportunity of
advancing that Religion by directing his army
against the Protestant Church, he will not deem
It tt matter of conscience to do so The same ar-
t4olent will apply in thecase of a RoMan Catholic
becoming-Lord High Admiral of England, and he
Shouldthink• proper, after the British Navy has
been sufficiently intsfted with Pop Era , to order
it% removal to a Roman Catholic Slate, and
Itirrender it to the Government The great
body of the sailors, if Roman Catholics, would
NA it highly meritorious to obey his orders.
these are by no means imaginary or imprO-
-441e events, when we consider that Roman
Catholics hold the Haan of their CHURCH as IN•
tALLIBLE, and consequently would deem it a sa-
cred duty to obey his orders. And would not
IHE Pope himself deem it his duty to promote
"le measures witielt I have suggested ) The Chro-
say4 " that all the Bishops should have
"untenanced the Bill is also truly creditable
*0 their sense of justice." Sir, I presume the
11".1)ch of Bishops must revolt at suet. praise, and
1"1 rather be prompted to review the subject
‘tith fear and trembling.—l hope you will give
iittibediate insertion to this letter, that 'it may
resell the notice of Parliament before its proroga-
tion
, for the subject appears to me to be of vital
liliPGrlance to the interest of the PROTESTANT
c ItuRCH and the security of the BRITISH CON.
S'irl'OrioN. •
4411 T 10th, 1817 A PROTESTANT.

It matters not that the oaths were disre-
g"ded in the Military, and rigorously enforced
.
tl''e Naval Service ; they our ht to have been
abtl'ittistered in both, and, in the opinion of all
;leere Protestants, the Bill for the removal of
D 4618 ought to have been by the establishment of
De its

"-'EXCHANGE, JULY 1 had a few
'fresh ArrivaAs this morning, and a considerable
quantity of-Grain • left over from Monday ; hut
17}_i,rie to the fine state of the weather, the Trade
ii-21trdl is dull, so much so, that we quote the
'lontittally the same as Monday.
Fine itit,heat 60c. 70s.
Engljslt , -104 s; 12tis.
Fine ditto - 745.
°ld 441: -116 s. —s.
Rye s -
—s,
Fine ditt, - 4f;s. 56'.
Barley -
" - - 645. —5.
Fin., <ll4 • -30 s. 325.
Igalt ° - 525. —s.
dittos - 635. 695.
WhittpeAs. 85s.
Fine ditt:e (",.e'rS) 625. 665.
Grey Pc u • -68 s. s.
4--
465. 545.
Th- p_

Fine Grey Pease -58 s. —s.
Tick Beans - - 445. 545.
Old ditto - - - 545.
Small Tick Beaus 525. 565.
Old ditto - - - 625. 725.
Feed Oats - - -18 s. 245.
Fine ditto - - - 275. 345.
Poland ditto - - 245. 28s.
Fine ditto - - -38 s. 455.
Potatoe ditto - - 465. 535.
Rape Seed 501. 541. per last.
Fine Flour - -105 s. 1105.
Seconds -100 s. 105 s.

h is
It:ep h"'"CE ROYAL of the NETHERLANDS had
firing ^ 1 Ltd in consequence of his horse slip-
''‘'.FtlLl I 1111,Y:is he was riding before the car-
-18-e -1- princes s but his !loyal Highness
soon recoVered from the accident.

SEPOND 7'7 TwDN
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SUN.OFFICF,, Two o'CLocn.

OSTEND, JULY 9, 1817.

Preparations ate making here for the recep-
tion of the King- of the NETHERLANDS, who is
expected in the cour,e of•the afternoon.
His Majesty left Brussels on Monday last, and
proceeded in the direction of Ondenard, Courtrai,
Menlo, 'Ypres, and Niewport, for the purpose
of viewing the fortifications carrying (in along
that line. lie is to inspect to-motrow morn-
ing the improvements made here, which con-
sist in the addition of two demilunes on the
southward and east kvard, and a fort, called
Fort Welling on, on the west. He is to proceed
afterwards to Bruges, in order to return by
Ghent to Brussels,- where he is expected to arrive

on Saturday.
His Maji-sty is accompanied by 11. B. H. the
Yl'nice FREDERICK.

SHIP NEWS.

DEAL, JULY 10.—Came down from the River,
and sailed, the British Army, for the Isle 01
France and Batavia; Geor6e, for Gibraltar ; and
the Tamerlane, for the Cape. Reniain the Severn
rri,ote and Pioneer schooner ; Rattlesnake, and
several more Revenue cruisers ; Dilieence and
Swift East India pilot yachts ; and the Princess
Mary, from St. Domingo.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 10.—Arrived his Majevy's
ship Grecian from a cruise. Put back the Nitnr
rod, FOLGEIL Sailed the Isabella, MANN, for
Havannab ; Friendship, EMMETT, for New South
Wales ; Pacific, Sinai, for Demerara ; Ann,
XVILKIN,ov, for the South Seas ; Perseverance,
Gissotq, and Dolphin, PRouTING. fur St. Tho-
mas's. In consequence of tht- wind having conic
rotund to the S.W. all the above ships have put
back to St. Helen's.

DOVER, JVLY 10.—Arrived the Brisk transport
limn Calais wirit horses. Sailed the linterinize
transport for Cork.

LvmrslG-roN, JULY* 10.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Ganymede for Cot k.
FALMOUTH, JULY B.—S piled the Dfike of Cla-
rence for Cork, and the Nancy and Mary, Mut-
WELL, for Liverpool, and re•'eral other coasters.
Passed up Channel for London the Varo, TosH,
from Gibraltar, in 15 (lays.

RAMSGATE, JULY 10.--The wind having conic
round to the Eastward, alt the trade hound to the
Westward have sailed, except the Joi•dhot-3, of
Harnburgh.

HARwicH, JULY 10.—Arrive'{ the Leicester
packet with a turol tro

NEW POLITICAL NOMENCLATURE.

1111% EDITOR,—AS I suspect that very 'few of
THE Serf Readers ever dip into a certain work,
ydeped " The louthly Magazine," I beg leave
to call your attention to some extraordinary cir•
curnstances recently connected with that ‘tt,irk,
as illustrative of the Liberty which its bekiiighted
Editor or Proprietor tak s with 'he Pre

In the Number for May, 1817, page 348. and
in the second column of that page, you will find
these Words written—" iNi;,rrative of a V.yelge to
Hudson's Bay, in the national ship Ros 'mond, by
Lieut. Edw. Chappell, ot the British Nary." 8,,
much for rHy text, Sir, which appears, however,
to be the new liberal translation of the real title
of an interesting work, called " Narrative ot a
Voyage to Hudson's .134 y in his Majesty's ship
Rosamond, by Lieut. Edw. Char p,ll, ot the Royal
Navy."!!!

Again, Sir, in the Number for June 1817, page
450, first column, we are told something of the
" National ship Tyne, Capt. Curran," and at
page 466 of tl4e same Number, we meet with a
most sorrowful euloginna on that " great and good
man Lucien Buouaparte "

Now, Sir, let the world judge how far these
" national expressions" are really national; and
let them judge of the p eteAsions to patriotism of
the National Knight, for 1 suppose he disdains to
be thought a Royal owe !

I waive all animadversions—the facts, I believe,
will speak sufficiently for tliewselvv*.
Your's, EXAMINATOR.

We are sorry to state, that ROBERT STEELE,
Esq. Master in Chancery, died yesterday morning.
Mr. CooK, Mr. TeowEß, and Mr. FoN-BLANQuE,
are each spoken of as his successor in office.
The official account of the Ratrigate Harbour
trust has been published, from , which it appeals
that the
.amount of the fund, the 24th of June,
1815, was 32,6711. Is. 4*(l. ; the expenditure
from that .period to the 24th of June, 1816,
amounted to 26.830/. 17s. GP. and the Revenue
to 22,4771. 194.1. The amount- of the fund in
1816, was 29,7351. 16s. 9.1 d.
PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY—Stevens con-
tinues walking backwards ; on Wednesday night,
at 9 o'clock, he bad finished 251 miles, when be re-
tired much fatigued. Yesterday morning he start-
ed again, at 15 minutes past five, and at five in the
afternoon, he had performed 19;1- miles, making in
the whole, since his first starting, 190 miles.
Amongst the many pedestrian feats lately exe-
cuted and attempted, none have attempten any
thing so extraordinary as one undertaken by
that veteran Pedestrian, BARNETT, who although
upwards of 73 years of age, is to commence walk-
ing in a few days in the neighbourhood, of Lark--
Hall, 500 miles in 250 hours, completing two
miles every successive hour, night and day.

VRA0111.)1 NA it V a;7(-1 ItpmAxric ati SL,

The remark .hie story of the Fair Rivals (Miss
N-- and Miss W--,) which 'lately caused si'
great a d sturbanee in t e neighbourhood of Pat-
son'7, Green, is tics!' in. the recollection -01
our Readers. We were in hopes that fire iinp!ea-
sato conseven•.es resulting. from so unpree;•d,oc
esi a rivaiship would, at all event, have been con-
tiled to the parties imincdiatcly concerned,
bate so lately exposed their follies to the public:-
We regret, boo ever, to. state, that the in-
terest excited by the d:sappointment, jea
lousy, and subsequent spit ited erinduct,
i\ltss W-- (on the -discovery of her lover's
inconstancy), oppo-ted to the init;)cent fault of
Miss N--, was likely to have proved fatal
to a young Gentleman to ninth respectability
in this mi-trop-lis. ,:ents that, a few days ago,
a discussion arose het .xce., and
Isis friend, Mr. C-- C--, concerning the pro-
Prietvand merit of the different curses pur‘neri
by Miss N— anti Miss W— towards each other
on a late occasion, the latter contending vehe-
mently in f,vour of Miss N—, and the former
eget:illy warm in the praises ,!r. Miss
spirited heroism, and affectionate pet severance,
in reclaiming the object of her affections, lie could
not sufficiently admire.
From temperate discussion the conversation sud-
denly assumed the aspect of a setious dispute,
when Mr. 13--, after declaring that he would
suppoi t the charac!er and defend the conduct of
Miss W— with all his might and vigour, to his
latest breath, instantly challenged Mr. C-- to
advocate the cause of Miss N--, and stand
her champion in the field ; • the offer was im-
mediately accepted with much seeming avidity,
by Mr. C--, who now became more violent
than ever in defence of Miss N--. After
a lung and severe display of satire and ero-
(relice in favour of the belles on both sides,
the gall a gentlemen parted with much seeming
animosity towards each other. Mr. C-- had
not long been returned home when lie received a
coallenge, requiting his early attendance at a fixed
place on a cer.sin day. Thi. consequence was, a
meeting between the p rtles,atcotspanied by their
seconds, wliich, to avoid all po!Asihility of discovery
by the Police, took place on Wednesday morning
last, at the early hour of four o'clock, in a retired
spo_ a few miles out of town. 'flie part ies exchanged
shots the first time without effect, and a reconcilia-
tion, it teas then hoped, woidd have taken place ;
but Mr. B-- immediately demanded further sa-
tisfaction, declaring, that he was resolved to Jive
or (tie for bet whose cause he had espoused. They
then again exchanged siotts, when, we regret to
add, the latter gentleman was slightly Wounded
On the crown of the head, his adversary's ball
having perforated his hat, and grazed his skull on
it, passage, The Seconds again interfered, and
we have ranch pleasure in suiting, that this sin-
gular dispute was finally amicably adjusted, each
party, however, still retaining his former opi-
nion.—(Morning Post.)