The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-27 00:00:00

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As one. Right Reverend Prelate recently de-
clared that this eminent Writer was favourable
to the Roman Catholics, and another contended
that he maintained that they ought to he excluded
from political power, we conceive "Piet the best
way to decide the controversy is to let LOCKE
speak for himself
Another more secret evil, but more danger-
ous to, the commonwealth, is when men arrogate
to 'themselves, and to those of their"own sect,
some peculiar preri)gative, covered over with a
specious show of deceitful- words; but in effect
opposite, to the civil rights of the community.
For example : We cannot:find 'any sect that
tebches expressly and openly that men are not
obliged to keep their promise ; that princes may.
be dethroned by those that differ from them in
religion ; or that the dominion of all things be-
longs only to themselves. For these things, pro-
posed thus nakedly and plainly, would soon draw
on them the eye and hand of the magistrate, and
ewaken all the care of 'the commonwealth to a
watchfulness against the spreading of so danger-
ous an evil. llat, nevertheless, we find those that
say the same ,things in other Words. What else
do they mean who teach, that ' faith is not to be
kept with heretics ?' Their meaning, forsooth, is,
that the privilege of .breaking faith belongs unto
themselves ; for they declare all that are not of
their communion to be heretics, or, at least, may
declare them so whensoever they think fit. What
can be the meaning of their asserting, that kings,
excommunicated, forfeit their crowns and king-
doms >a It is evident, that they thereby arrogate
unto themselves the power of deposing kings;
because they challenge the power of excommu-
nication as the peculiar right of their hierarchy.
That dominion is foundedin grace,' is also an
assertion by which those that maintain. it do
plainly lay claim to the possession of all things.
For they are not so wanting to themselves at not
to believe, or 'at least as Hot to profess them-
selves to be truly pious mid faithful. These,
then fore, 'old the like, who attribute unto the
faitlittd, religious, and orthodox, that is, in plain
ierinsormOthemselves, any. peculiar privilege or
power aboVe ather mortals, in civil concernments;
or who, upon" pretence of-religion, do challenge
any manner of authority over such as are not asso-
ciated with them in their ecclesiastical' Commu-
niOn ; 1 say these have no right ,to be tolerated
by the magistrate; as neither those that will not
own and teach the duty' of tolerating all men in
matters of mere religion: For what do all 'these
and the like doctriOes signify; but that they may,
and are ready upon arty occasion to seize the GO`i--
iernment, and I_possess themselves of the estates
and fortunes of their fellowssubjects ; and that
they only ask leave to be,
tolerated by the magi-'
strafes so long, until they find themselves strong
enough to effect it ?

4!:Again, That church can lave no right to be
tolerated by the Magisqate, Which is constituted
npon welt a bottom; that all those who enter into
it, dolhereby ipso facto deliver'themselves up to
the protection and service of another prince. -For.
bytiiisaneaus the Magistrate would give way to
the settling_ of a foreign jurisdiction in his own
country, and suffer his own people to be listed, as
it were, for soldiers against his own Government.
Nor does the. frivolous and fallacious distinction
between the Court aitl the di tirch of Rome afford
any remedy to this convenience; especially when
bath the one `ftncl the Other are equally subject to
the absolute authority of the same person ; who
has nut only power to persuade the members of
his church to whatsoever he lists, either as purely
'riligious, or as'in order thereunto ; but can also
enjoin it them on pain of eternal fire. It is ri-
diculous for any one to profess himself to be a
Mahometan only in religion, but in every thing
else a faithful subject to a Christian Magistrate,
whilst at the same time he acknowledges himself
bound to yield blind' obedience to thelqufri of
Constantinople ; who himself is entirely obedient
to the Ottoman Emperor, and frames the feigned
oracles of that religion according to .his pleasure.
But this Mahometan, living Amongst Christians,
would yet more apparently renounce their govern-
tuent, if be acknowledged the same person to be
head of his church, who is the supreme Magistrate
in the. State."--(Locke's Works, vol. 6. p. 47,
ed. 1801.)

CORON ER'S INQUEST.
EXTRAORDINARY OF A VOLUM
Yesterday an Inquest was held before JOHN
NVRIGHT UNWXN, Esq. Coroner fur the County
of Middlesex, at the sign of the SWIM Mansell-
street, Goodman's-fields, on the body Of Thomas
Ball, a youth, fourteen years of age, clerk in the
employ of Mr. Snow, merchant, No. 51, Present-
st reet, who put a period to his existence, as appeal's
by the following depositions :
Ellis Callaghan being SWUM, said, I live servant
to Mr. Lewis, merchant, Prescot-street ; the
counting-house was let off from the house to Mr.
Snow, in whose employ the deceased lived. About
seven o'clock on last Friday evening, some chil-
dren informed me that the windows of the COOlit•-
ing-house were open, and on my opening the door
to go in for the purpose of shutting them, 1 saw
the deceased hanging between the two windows ;
I gave an alarm, and my master came in, who cut
him down and then sent for a surgeon. I was in
the room next the countinghouse the whole of
the daY' and hearth no noise, and I think the tit-
cessed„must have hung himself.
Abraham Lewis sworn.-1 am master to the
last witness—on heating the alarm I went down
from the drawing-room, and was informed that
the deceased had hung himself ; I went into the
counting.honse, and saw the deceased hanging
between the windows ; I cut him down ; it Wits
with the rope of the inner counting-house bell the
deceased had hung himself; the end of the rope
was fastened to a hook between the windows, and
the Other end round his neck ; there was a chair
near where he hung, and his feet did not touch
the ground— I have every reason to suppose be
got on the chair; and threw himself off. No other
person. could hang .the deceased without my bear-
ing the noise, as I was at home during the time.
1 went for a surgeon.
John tiollie't;..swortto—l am It Surgeon, anti live
at 4a, 'Present-street. I was sent for to the de-
ceased, who I found laying on the floor of the,
counting-house quite dead and gold, sod appeared