The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-30 00:00:00

may be printed aracircuLtteJ, prevircnts tdfile
debate upon the general question, which will
come on next week.

POPERY.-16 Conduct which has been intl.,
!sued by the Advocates-of Popery has excited great
dissatisfaction among the friends of civil and
reli-
gious liberty throughout the country,and the haste
with %thich the Bills have been hurried through
the House of Commons, has made a deep impres-
sion on the public mind, and induces a belief
that the promoters of the measure were afraid to
allow the Frotestants, as well as the Papists, an
opportunity of presenting their petitions against
it. We have beard a great deal of the modera-
tion which has been sbewn during the discussion in
Parliament, but we look in vain for it in the ranks of
the promoters of this alarming inroad on the Con-
stitution of the Country in Church and State, who
-do not hesitate unequivocally to declare to the
world, that the sECIAZI'IIEs now offered to the
Protestant Community are lIERE,LY TEMPORARY,
and that " it is to be expected that a more en-
" lightened House of Commons • will hereafter
" repeal them!" And this sentiment, we are
sorry to observe,- is repeated by one of His MA.
J rsTY's Ministers. , We are, therefore, induced
to call on the Protestant community at large to
lose no time in making their applications to the
Upper House of Parliament? to interpose
.and
defeat a measure which will involve the Country_
in the deepest
.misery and discontent. It is-far
from our. intentiOnto attribute improper motives
to any one, but- we _cannot reconcile either .the
language or conduct of certain individuals to any
otberca use than their wish to strengthen the paw( r
of the Oligarchy,and to reader the Crown and the',
people entirely subservient-to their power. The
innovating mania of the times must be withstood,
or the country will be involved' in anarchy and
confusion. For ourselves,- we are. more afraid
of the fatal effects of-the measures now pursuing
BY PART of .the present Government and their
NEW ALLIES, the Liberals of the opposite school
—than we are at
_any evil consequences,which
can :possibly result froth a rational reform in
- Parliament, which, under existing circumstances,
becomes daily-morenecessary faetfiesecurity,the
happiness, and the' freedom of the people ; far it
is evident that if the Close Boroughs had been
thrown open, and the old Common Law Right
:of voting had been permitted more extensively
to prevail', we should not have- witnessed- the'
extreme danger in which the - PROTESTANT As-
CENhANCY is at the preselit moment pineed,
and the probability of the Empire being soon
) =
governed by Popish Statesmen, Judges, and :Le-
gist(' tors. We give no- credit:to- the professions
of liberality so profusely made by certain
rldivi-
-duals—to them
.the Protestant Community owe
nothing ; their happiness and their opinions are
wholly disregarded, and the 'civil and religious
liberties of four-fifths of Ills MAJESTY'S Subjects_
are to be sacrificed to the remaining fifth of His
people, the Papists, who do-not hesitate' to de.:
dare,- that they are-not contented with...the
concessions intended to- be rvsade -ito them,
and that nothing will satisfy them, -hut an
unqualified and unrestrained admission t 9 pow,er,
with a. -free intercourse* with the PorE. -We
look forward to the third reading of the Rill
On :Monday night with tire most painful anxiety,
as the indications ire the conversation, for,a de-
bate it could not he called, on 'Wednesday last,
convey 'tot-our-minds that some of the opposers
of the Popish ClaiMs, are abOut to acquiesce in
the measure, notwithstanding it is pregnant with
so much immediate danger to-the Protestants of
Ireland, and ultimately to their brethren in every
other Oda t9f the Empire. We however trust,
that should the Papists generally express a
decided opposition to the securities proposed,
that His MAJESTY'S MINISTER will oppose the
measure altogether, and by that means relieve
the Protestant community from. the apprelx-m
Sioll3 and unhappiness which • they feet at the pre
sent moment.

E P. OF GULL OF 0 R .—A report has
been recently circulated of the death of this
Nobleman by shipwreck in the Adriatic. We
forebore to notice this melancholy rumour till
some authentic information should be received,
and we have now the pleasure to state that the
report is ill-founded. The Earl is, we,are happy
to learn, in good health ; and we hope that the
world will hereafter profit by his literary, ac-
quirements, correct judgment, and refined taste.
The pursuits of this Nobleman do honour to his
rank, and-are ornamental to his country. The
world is already indebted, in no slight degree, to
his Lordship, for his zeal in the preservation of
Grecian Antiquities, and the establishment of a
College at Corfu.

• • .
.Ihe following paragraph appeared•in the. Lon-
don qazctte of Tuesday lki.t :7---
" CART.ToN llorsE.,.lllAncii 2.1, IC2l.—Tbe KING 1311 S. ,
been pleas2clto api?oint JOSEPHGLossoi., Esq. to be ilerk
of the Cheipie to his ,lIAJEsTr's Honourable Band of Gentle.
inen Pensioners,"•• ' ..

• Her MAJESTY is expected to take up her re-
sidence at Cambridge House in the- cottrse of a
.day or two. Workmen have been busily en-

waged since Monday in improving the back part
of the premises, and also in the interior of the

mansion.

The Princess AUGUSTA spent Wednesday
evening with the Princess SOPIII A at her houSe
in Connaught-place. -Yesterday, the Princess
AuousTA visited the Duke and Duchess' of CLA-
nrser, the Duke and Duchess of GLoncr.s.rEn,
and the Duchess of KENT.—The Duke and

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Duchess of CI, %ttr.scri visited the Princess !"oent t

yesterday.L—Yesterday Prince LEopoLD had a
dinner party; and also a numerous party in the

eveuiag.

Three Tunisian frigates, three corvettes, a
brig, a schooner, and another vessel "of war, were
lost in the bay of Tunis, with nearly two thirds
of their crews, during a violent• gale on ti►e. 7th
and Bth ult. ; twelve merchant vessels were lost,
and eight driven on shore there at the same time;
an English brig, lades . with wine and brandy,
was lost at Bikerto ; two vessels were kik at
Sum, and me at Modea.

The nuptials of Mr. Huoitts Bart. and Lady
JANE PAGE'r are "to take place almost imme-
diately ; report says on,Wedriesday next,at the
house of the "Marquis .of-A.NuetsEy.iu Old-Bur-
liagton-striet..