The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-18 00:00:00

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hibitiOn was put to their union by tier father ; and
on being asked what were his objections, the
father stated, without reserve, that the youth was
a Protestant, and that his daughtef should

never marry any person who was not a professed
Papist 11 And the young Lady, it is said, has since
been doomed to seclusion in one of those Societiei
of female Catholics, or Nunneries, which unfor-
tunately are. now 10 be seen in too many districts
of this Country, and which, from the laxityof the
'Law; have been permitted to be established ; for
though they be not contrary to its direct provi,
sions, yet they are Most assuredly repugnant tO
its spirit, and fundamental principles. These So-
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cieties, indeed, are a serious and dangerous evil.
and have imperceptibly increased of late 'years tip
a very alarming extent, and such as calls ,for the
consideration pad, interference of the Legislature 1.
for though it cannot be denied that every person
has a tight to adopt that mode of living most
suited to his inclination, yet it is a question how
fir the Legislature should permit Societies to be
established, where persona may. be compelled to
enter by the intolerant bigotry of their friends,
and where they will be constrained, by a'conscien-
tious sense of the vow or obligation taken at their
admission, to remain in perpetual retirement from
the World. The time, however, has arrived,
when the I,InILIC attention must be directed to thii
very interesting national subject ; and the period
is not far distant when the Electors of the United
KingdoM will have ari'opportnnity of expressing
their Sentiments upon it.
It has been much in vogue of late amongst
CandidaieS rtf the Lower House of Parliament,
especially Mute tormezted with the Opposition,. so
declaretheir readiness to reeeice and to obey the in-
strict:dons of their Constituents, even on points of
minor consideration, than that to which have
alluded) ands surely, if this doctrine .could be
applied beneficially on any subject, it would
on...thisi especially as the Papists, at their Aggre-
gate Meeting at Dublin in July last, passed one'
nimonsly the folloiving Resolution :
" Resolved, That we earnestly recommend to
" the Catholics of the different counties, cities,
" anti corporate towns in Ireland, to take it
diate Measures ft) tender their Eleetive Franchises
" atonable, and to give their support to stte4
" Candidate, only, as shall pledge themselves to
" sustain in Pa; linment, on every occation, the
" principles of -and Religious Libeity !"
After this example, it is to be presumed, " the
" quiet good sense of the nation" will influence
the Electors of all classes to abandon all personal
attachments and interests, and induce them to
declare, frankly and candidly, their determination
SOT To SUE;PORT any Candidate who will not op.
pose all further concessions to the' Papists, and
resist their adMission to the higher Offices of the
State and to the Legislature, and thereby perpe-
tuate the blessings of the Civil and religious Li,.
berty which we have, enjoyed since the exclusion
of Papists from the Throne of this Kingdom. It
the next Election is suffered to pass away without
obtaining on this point the most unqualified as-
surances from the Candidates, the Ascendancy of
the Protestant Faith will be lost, and with it all
be blessings and prosperity which have been

terived by the Country under the mild and berie.
&cent Reign of the retEsEvr ROYALFAMILY.•
The Representation in 'Parliatneut of thisi
the. adjOining County, is truly derlorable...-With
an immense majority in both contities, in favour of
the present Government, and devotedly attached
to '" Tice Protestant Ascendancy," we cannot
say truly, that we have at this time more than one
Member who fairly and honestly speaks the sense
of- the people, and that is the Member for the
City of Durham, his Colleague being on the Crin-
tinent for the benefit of his health—if be was
here, we should indeed then have our sentiments
expressed by two Members out of ten. In a future
letter I shall endeat our to point out satisfactorily'
the reasons of the present degraded state of the
Representation of these districts, and also offer
some comments to your Readers on Mr. LAME-
TON'S recent speech at -Newcastle, and on his pub-
lic conduct in general.
To stew that the influence of Popery is rapidly
increasing in these districts, I need only mentiou
the establishment of the COLLEGE at Hass, where
'se'veral 'hundred children are educated in the tenets
of the Romish Church. The building is splendid,
and in a most imposing situation on a hill about
two miles front Durham, where it is seen to tower
above the Venerable Abbey and the other Pro-
testant Chnrches Which adorn that city.ln the
town adjoining to this place too, a very beautiful
Rontan Catholic Chapel has lately been erected,
and, until it was opened, there were not known to
be thirty Papists within the place—hut now four
times that -number attend its worship—and Many
of these people were formerly , remarkable for a
constant and regular. attendance at the neighbOur-
, ing parish church, and were considered as steady
'friends to " The Protestant Ascendancy."
To you, Mr. Editor, we owe our grateful
thanks for the independent atui patrotic suiiport
which you have afforded to this great Consent'.
clonal Question, and for your inserting so readily
the columunications vihich are made to you upon
,it. In conclusion I beg to say, Sir, that you
have not only my best wishes, but my constant
endeavours to promote the success and extend the
circulation, of your excellent Paper. •
Tinouth, NOT. to, 1817. GODWIN.
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