The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-09 00:00:00

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e‘tt,I44DRID, 'TUNE 24.—Notwithstanding the
' -yucaion or the new plan of Finance, and the
:tivete orders which have been issued to secure its
aVethe Vales Royal continue to fall, they
(fat l°H.7 per cent. within a few days past. M.
stacks experiences every day unexpected ob-
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" BARcetomA, JUNE 25.—The affair of Lacy
anr°4olcs its termination, It appears 014 the

(.4taln•gciieral has
rece:ve,i tt1,10,; ;!-om tiitl,ew
Ministei of Wax. 'Die Council of ar.scusincs
to-day and will proceed without delay, M. de C3S-
tanos himself preside,. In two.days the fate of
Lacy will be decided. The number of persons
implicated in this affair is upwards of fifty, chicfly
subaltein officers. If Lacy should be condemned
to death, the sentence must be submitted to the
King for his Majesty's approbation, and some
persons think, that in that case the Intelligence
of the sentence will arrive at Madrid at a favour-
able period, naaiely, that of the Queen's accouche-
went."

We trust that our Countrymen who visit the
Netherlands will soon deem it prudent to return
to their own country, in consequence of the in-
silks and impositions to which they are expomed
by the bigotry and rapacity of the people. We
Mate the following tact on the authority of a
Gentleman woo recently returned from that
country, and upon whose accuracy we depend:—
On the 2211 tilt. the British Consul, at Antwerp,
%vent with his taMily and a party of friends upon
an excursion into the country, a few miles distant,
taking with them provisions, wine, &c. for ti►e
purpose of a rural repast M the open air ; hut-
on account of the heat of the weather they found
it expedient to enjoy their entertainment in
the room of an adjacent Auberge. After this
tefreshmeut the British Consul and a part of the
Ladies returned to Ant +verp in one of the car-
riages, leaving the remainder of the'company to
settle with the Ltudlord for the use of his room,
which they conceived would be well paid for at
the rate of a frank each ; but after the de-
partureot the carriage, tlx LandlOrd closed his
doors, and made a demand twelve franks for
each individual. The Gentlemen having reused
to submit to this commons imposition. were as-
'sailed by the Landlord and his Assi.taws, in the
most violent manner, nor were the Ladies spared,
-but abused and struck iudtscrimit►ately. The
result was, that the company, among whom was
Lord It. STEWART, was obl►ged to► comply with
;he demand, anti all the' party 'returned to Ant-
werp. .with evident marks of the furious;hostility
which they had suffered.

The Debate of last outit in the House of Com-
mow., respecting MAYNOOTH COLLEGE, is parti-
cularly entitled to the atteution of all the friends
of our Holy Relibioei, as by Law Established.—
We more immediately refer to the Speeches of Sir
J. C. HIPPISLEY and Mr. BUTTr.R.ieutrH, which
we have copiously detailed in onr Report of the
Parliamentary yr9ceedin4s of yesterday. It ap-
pears from the speech of Mr. BUTTERWoRTH, who
never rises but for some laudable purpose, More
(-specially when the s, curii y Of the Protestant
Faith is concerned, that the Roman Catholic
Pr - esthciod iu Ireland will not suffer their Cre-
dulous followers to send their children., upon
pain of excouluxinication, to Protestant Schools,
though merely to be instructed in Reading, lest
they should be contaminated with Protestant
Doctrines. We heartily wish that the Protestant
Pr lesthood were equally zealous in preventing the
contagion of Popish principles, for we fear that
our Priesthood are by no means as active as the
Disseminators of Popery. Mr. BUTTERWORTH
also stared another interesting tact, to which we
beg leave to draw the attention of our Readers. It
is well known that THE POPE issued a Buli to prevent
the circulation of the Bible in Poland ; but it was
asserted, in defence of that Bull, that it was merely
to prevent the Bible Societies in Poland from pro-
selyting . as they were charged with doing, Roman
Catholic Childreti to the Protestant faith. But
Mr. BUTTERWORTH stated that the Bible Socie-
ties in Poland were not in operation when that
Ball was issued, and consequently the charge was
wholly destitute of truth. We may judge
from this fact what reliance can be placed
on the sincerity of the Head of the Roman
CATHOLIC CHURCH, or on the veracity of any of
the Advocates for its principles. The whole pro-
ceedings of the Roman Catholics, must, to the
conviction of all rational men, attached to our
Religion and our Constitution, spew that the
Papists have reached the acme of such in-
dulgence as ought to be granted to (bent,
consistent with the safety of our Establishment
in Church and State. Our own well-known at-
tachment to these vital interests of the Country
has induced many distinguished Members of our
Ecclesiastical Body, whose literary talents have
been often exerted in the cause of the pure doe.-
trines of our National Faith, to promise us their
assistance, and by our own zealous efforts, and
their enlightened aid, we trust that THE SUN will
be conspicuous among the firm and effective sup.
porters of THE PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY.

CORN-EXCHANGE, JULY 9.—,There were but
few fresh Arrivals this morning : all sorts of
Grain experienced a very dull sale, which were at
last Monday's prices.