The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-29 00:00:00

FOR 'TIE SUN.

MR EDITOR—Your Correspondent TEWAX has
certainly made some very good observations in his
Letters, and in many of his sentiments I heartily
concur ; but he has very imprudently touched the
drk, by holding up to ridicule the word Bethel,
which he ignorantly supposes the Seamen do not
understand. I must therefore inform him, that
the Seaman often knows more of the ,Bible than
some tenacious Landsmen do, and as all seafaring
men receive most of their orders by Signals and
Emblems, the plan adopted for collecting a strong
muster on board vessels in the Thames or at Sea,
by a Flag with the word Bethel on it, a signal ex-
plained beforehand, is truly consistent with Scrip-
ture and Sea-practice. With respect to the sneers
cast upon the persons who on such occasions ad-
dress the men, for using too great a familiarity
with the Bible, and even with Christ himself, I
would say, first, that a garbled statement of any
man's speech or sermon, is as likely to distort the
Whole, as a garbled extract from the Bible or
Common Prayer Book, and equally wide of the
truth, and of course reprehensible. But making
allowance for the sake of argument, that such
language has been used as is unbecoming; I
would secondly ask, whose fault is it that such
persons as TENAX condemn, have never been an-
ticipated in their well meant labours, or excelled
in their zeal and earnestness for the good of poor
seamen, by men of learning regularly instructed
and appointed by the Church for the work of
the Ministry ? TENAX is a Churchman, and so
am I, but TENAX has forced me to remind him,
" that the work he complains of being badly per-
formed, was and has been hitherto shamefully ne-
glected, and left undone, by those whom TENAX
`would consider as the most fit for the duty." Granted
that they are so, they are not ready, not authorised,
not commanded, shall I say, not allowed to do it ;
and is the work to stand still because the fittest
men cannot set about it ? Are souls to perish in
the Deluge of Iniquity for want of an Ark or Float-
ing Chapel, because only unlearned men are to be
found to man it and take the helm ? Our Saviour's
work must not stand still, sailors and fishermen,
if they can read the Bible, and if they feel its
Divine contents powerfully working in their hearts,
are instruments in an Almighty hand efficient
for the purpose of instructing seamen and fisher•
men in their best knowledge. TENAX is out of his
element when he gets afloat.—Let hint stick to his
last, let him level his blows on the dull heads of
deluded Radicals, and shake the Whigs for their
rshee, but let hiM not unintentionally shoot his
arrows at the Clergy of the Establishment, by
finding fault with those who zealously do their
work for them, though in a homely and a seaman-
like style.-1 am sure if the Church would provide
the means of instructing and moralizing these men
who assemble in the Ark, the present preachers
would willingly be their Clerks, and be content
to lead the singing.
PERTINAL

HIS MAJIISTY.—Tbe state ,of our venerable and
truly beloved Sovereign must be highly interest-
ing to his loyal People, and therefore we have
thought it our duty to endeavour vo obtain the
best information on the subject. We uiideratand
that he declined las food on Wednesday, but re-
turned tO it on the following day; and though
he has somewhat fallen away, yet we learn
that there is no foundation for the report of those
alarming symptoms of an event that, whenever it
may happen, will excite the regret of all who
admire 'exemplary conduct in a ,condition of life
inevitably exposed to the snares of flattery, and
the temptations of luxurious indulgence.

We received yesterday and this morning the
Paris rapers of Thursday and Friday last. The
KING held a Council on Wednesday, at which the
new Ministers, with the others, attended. She
Constitutionael ha•s a report that there will be
another change of Ministry, the present Ministers
being unable to command a maiority in the
Chamber of Deputies. It appears, however, that
the funds had in some degree recovered.

The intelligence from Stockholm mentions, that
on the formal demand of Lord STRANGtrottb, anti
on the security tendered by his Lordship, the
KING had ordered the restitution of great part of
the merchandize seized us contraband in Norway,
but the owners are cited before the tribunals, in
order that the 'question may be judicially decided.
The Moniteur of Friday contains a Royal Oi.
donnance restoring Lieutenant-General the Count
de GROUCHY to all the rights, titles, rank, and
honours, which he enjoyed previous to the 19th
March, 1815;

The following are further extracts from the
Papers of Friday :
" PARIS, Nov. 26 —The King took an airing
yesterday. flu Majesty is ret fectly recovered
from his indisposition. The King gave a private
audience to the Count Barbe Marbois. In the
evening his Majesty transacted business with the
Count Decazes.

" It is said, that the Duke de Broglie and
the Count Mol6 have both refused the Etubasty to
London.

" M. de Rothschild, chief of the celebrated
Banking•house, has received from the King of
Denmark, the insignia of the Order of Danebrog.
This favour has, it is said, been conferred upon
him as a reward for his services, in negociating a
loan for the Court of Copenhagen.

" The last Number of La Bibliotheque Lfistorique
has been seized, by order of the Procure'''. du Roi.
" In digging at Rome, a wall has been dis-
covered, bearing the following inscription in red
letters, and in bas relief :

In His. Prxdiis. Insula.
Sertoriatia. Bulo.
Asse. Aur.
Cyriacei is. Filiao. Mex.
Cyriacula. N. VI.
Tabernas. N. XI. Et.
Itepossone. Subiscalire.

" This inscription torments all the antiquaries
of Rome, none of them being able to explAin the
last two words.

FIVE PER CENTS.
Wednesday 69 1. 40c.
Thursday

DEFERRED STOCK.
Wednesday. Thursday.
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22d Sept. 1817 89f. 60 c..... 89 f. Sic.
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" MANUELA, Nov. 19.—1 t is not tine that Sandi
will be tried by the Commission of Mayence, lie

be
tried by the Supreme Lout of

Baden.

" BERLIN, Nov. 14.—The disputes btwee''
Prussia and Saxony have been teiminated by
Convention which has been niiitnally ratified.

" CADIZ, Nov. 9.cc,:rhe number of sick bete
mission
does not now exceed froth 6 t
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May(lice:-bas -btld' ;ever iittinl, t anthill
the papers communicated to it by different Go-
vernments but hithetto it has issued no order of