The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-05 00:00:00

The British Press has made but a poor rette,
from the subject which itself yesterday broug,
forward, viz, the Catholic Question. It asset!'
that POPERY has undergone a great change 576:
former times, and that Papists are not now %cll':
they were then. We affirmed that they boast
being exactly the same, and that the principles'
their creed are immutable. We referred for 11,
truth to the doctrines held out by the
Popi
Writers of the pr: sent time. The Press wist'
slips aside from the subject, and abuses the lets''
of LANPRANK. Abuse is much easier than all,'
meat ; but, till The Press'acmonstrates that
are mistaken, and that there.is really, such a chart?"
•
the character of POPERY, and in the opit,io.'
ancirrnlcipies of its followers, as will justify e
llulers in making further concessions to them,Yl'
shill not -think it necessary to notice the
aniniadversiOns of The Press on the subject.
to any charges of bigotry and intolerance whic''
may be directed against 'Fits SUN, we shall not
say that we are indifferent about them, bat ratl!':r
that we glory in deserving such attacks from tl:ose
who advocate the cause of a Religion fouol''l
upon principles hitally opposite to our hare
Establishment in Church and State, and the Pr'''
lessors of which are anxious for political power'
merely in the hope that in time they shall be able
to effect its destructinir.

UNITED STA•cER.-'i'he Act of •Navigatio:`,
passed by the Congress in last Session, coily.
nienced its operation on ihe first of last ;nod)"
It enacts, arnong other things,

That certain Coasting vessels,. passing from me Slat(
another, shall each pay a duty of halt a dollar per too, nor'
at, least three-fourths of her crew are ANlcrk:ln
and in that case the duty shalt he reduced to six cents?'
ton. It also enacts, That American vessels, ent:riag
any foreign port, shall each pay a duty of half a d, filar
ton, unless her officers and two-thirds of her crew shall
la
American Citizens. lint by tic important Clause of the
it is enacted, That, after the thirtieth of Scptenther'last, 011
goods, wares, Or rnerclian(hze, Shall be'imported into tlie
United States from any foreign port or p:ace,exc:cpt in vess(Di
of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly ad
wholly belong to the Citizens, or subjects, of that courilll
of which the goods are the growth, production, or
facture; or from which such goods, wares, or merchanda6
can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transpiW
tation : Provided nevertheless, That this regulation shall nut
extend to the vessels of any foreign nation which has
adopted, and which shall not adopt-, a similar regulation.

CORNI.EXCUANGE, Nov. s.—We had a gomi
supply of Outs this morning, fine samples of
which sold at Monday's prices, but there wd9
scarce any demand for ordinary Fine Wheat Isola
at our last quoted prices, but -ordinary was dull;
Fine Barley and Alalt support their prices ;
Pease and Beans there is. no alteration.

Our illustrious Hero, the Duke of NVELLiNc-
TON, arrived at Dover on Monday morning frwl
Calais, end immediately went to Dover CastH
where Lord CAs'rLrtlttArtr was waiting to receio:
biro. His Grace afterwards proceeded to \lralmer
Castle, to, visit the Earl of LivER POOL ; ails! 11:9
arrival in London is hourly expected.
Air. TrtF.LivAt.t., it seems, has resumed his lee'
tures in town, and we hope he will confine hitt)"
self to oratory, and not touch upon politics, iv'
less in treating. the latter subject his discourse''
should prove throughout as sublimely mysterious
the following extract from his commencing lee'
tore. The great aim, says this " learned Theban,''
should he, " in utterance, to unite the greatest
extent of contra-disli.,:r tireness. of cnuuciatiri element
with the uttiz!)st flow of soun4.- li all that the
Orator hereafter says should be equally clear antd.
intelligible with the above passage, he may bi%
safely entrusted %lid) the discussion of any sub-
ject, and will certainly do no mischief. We mai
well apply the words of the Poet—

" nothings, so strange a style. •
" Amaze Lb' unlearn'd, and wake the 'ear/led smile.
FUNRRAL OF MR. CURRAN.—Yesterday the
mortal. rethains of the Right Hon. JOHN PHI' crol",
CURRANT were removed from Amelia-place, Brom'''
ton, for interment at,Pandington Church.
funeral procession w4s qui,te unostentatious, eon
sisting only of a bear:,esnand four monroin4
coaches. The body Wiis de-posited, about seveor"
in one of the vaults under tl4ekhurch.
Circular Instructions have been sent from t 11.:
Tax-Office th every district, IfiV the burning o''
ell:vernally destroying all the books and papers re-
lating' to the Property Tax.
on Monday, the 3d instant, a General Assemblii•
of the Lloyd Acadcmici,ms-was held at their apart"
ments iu Somerset-House, when Zlr. EDwAitP-
BAtLY, and -Mr: ABRAVIA:4 COOPgR, were electo!.
Associates of the Lloyd Academy.

more inflArtnnalofy that thr:.-.6 "of the Wt hers
were CbuntenanciA by ttis Majeaty'a Ministets,
The answer ±s easy and Must be aatijaetory
every loyal Sitbject in the Empire, The inio
of The Chrorilde, who have been
booting in the Caute of Jabobiiiini far trif
years, and who lately atieMpted to make sot
compensation to the deli:dell men wlo
they had been instrumental in exciting
Innovation and Reform,: by .thdeavours to pt
judice the Jury betore their trials, and cd
sentiently to divert the course of justice.
ZYt
therefore, may The Chronicle Writers attempt.
throw an Odium upon OLIVER and BRADdi
when they themselves " abused the ignorancej
these poor people,. to inflame them to acts of of,
rage," by the daily instigations of a Jacobi-0
Press.