The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-03 00:00:00

VLF, PRINCE REGENT.

-BRIGriTnN, MAY- 2.—Thislnort.ing the Rev:
W. W. lkomßrtao perforated 'a service of prayers
•before the Nobility and the Royal Household, at
the Pavilion. Though the answer given to the
inrviries at the Pavilion oontintics to confirm the
advancing convalescence of
.t he PRINce• REGfiNT,
still it is evident;from the in'otracted confinement
of his Royal Highness within the Palace, that the
gout is.not sufficiently eradicated to petanit the
Sovereign Pi ince to indolge in his i,stial rci• es:-
trial) exercise. The accumulation of o&-ial busi-
ness occupies the attention of the Regent. and we
are happy to stare, that through the indefatigable
solicitude and perseverance of the -Right [lon. Sir
B. Bloomfield, these important oln, ies are hut
little retarded. • The consideration of this confi-
dential person to the punctual discharge of his
high office is universally arknawledged in all the
official departments. It still remains uncertain
when the Prince Regent will return to Carlton-
house..

THE DUKE OF YORK'S Cotiscu..—Ort
Sator-
day the poke of Yoax held a Cooncil upon the
state bf the KING. The Upper Lodge at Wind-
sor having been closed, in consequence of the ar-
rangements made since the death of the late
Queen, his Royal Highness held his Council for
the first time in Windsor Palace. It comtnenced
at tw-clye o'clock, and was attended hy the Arch-.
bishop.of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York.
the Matquess Camden, Earl of Winehilsca, Lord
Arden, and Lord Henley. Only fotr of the Phy-
sicians appointed to attend the King %vete pre-
sent, Dr. John Willis being absent. The Physi-
clans present delivered • the'ir Report of the state
of his Majesty dk:ring the past month : they were
sworn to the correctness of it. The Royal Duke,
and the Menthers of the Council, weiit to visit the*
King, after which the Council broke up.—Yes+
terday the following hulleiin was issued :

" WlNnsott-CAsTt.E, MAY I.—His Majesty's bodily health.
continites to be g•nod, and he is generally in cheerful spirits;
but his Majesty's disorder is undiminished."

YeSterdly evening, At half-past five o'clock, the
Duke tl! Yotz::-. arrived at York-house, St. JAnirs's,
from Windsor, the fi!'st time since his accident.
On the Cu ANCELLOR of the Ex.-
CtiERURTI visited the PF.ASIAN AMBASSADOR, AC
his bnitSC in ChalleS•strcet,
The Diana p:tckut, with Alails from tine Brazils,
is ai i vet, at Fdl mow it.

Admiral Sii GEOE,G2 CAMPBELL, K strltcli
hi• flAg at Portsmonth.on Friday, and proceeded.
with Lady CAMPBELL, ro Bath ; her Lidvship's
health, eve are sorry to hear, •recptiring a ettan::e
of' air. Captain HoLLEs has hoisted a broad-
pendant in the
Adcices from Sidney, New South Wales, have
reet:ived to the 25th Septentlrer. 1818 The
Isa h,:hu , Glory, and Maria, convict .sh,ps, hat!
arrived safe, with their crews and convicts in the
hest condi!ion. 'lhe regulation hv Government,
restraining the commanders of such vessels- front
raking out investments of goods, as tornieriy,
appeals to have been qui!e uneßpeoed at "id.
to ; and it %vas generally suppoQed a mate, iat
rise would take plate in all at ticks exported
troin this- country.

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FOR TEE?, SUN.

POPERY.

Mr. Eperne—lt is scarcely fair to offer an *inn-
nymons answer to one of your Cori espoedents,
who fearlessly sets his Herne to the avowal of his
opinions. Mr. ACHKR.LEY, however, will. forgive
such art answer, I trust ; 'when proceeding from
one who 'admires his firneeess as sincertle as he ap-
prov,s his principles. With the same confidence I
rely-on that Gentleman's excusing my-dissent from
certain of his positions. while I concur in their in-
ferences and their object.
The welfare of the .Empire is. I think, little
coecei nett in the repeal of !he Acts of Supremacy
and of Settlement before Popish Emancipati •n.;
skee their repeal would inevitably and speedily
fobete the enactment off-that ruinous measure.
That 'they kre incertnpaiible. with the Establish-
ment of Popery; is most •certain ;—that they'Will
not be surrendered to it, is equally sure
in contempleting their 'abrogation as a possible
event, I confess, Sir, fleet I should prefer the The
famy-.of the measure. to •originate with a Popish
Patliament—such a Parliemeetas Popery .would
bring upon ns at the next dissolution. If 1 must
perish, let me he a victim, not a suicide ! let me
fall by. the knife of the assassin, not by mine oivn
bane !
Mr. AtHERLEY, I am. aware, suggests this
repeal as the condition precedent of Emancipation,
because lie knows the stertline, and revolting con-
sequences which it includes. Yet his object; I
think, will be better attained,. by showing to our
Sorel elgn and to our Le.O.Aatioe—t list a measure
which the Advocates of POpery will disclaim as
' precioutly essential to Emancipation., must follow
as its col,&6leiit ,and-necessary re-
sult.--We have tbe.best,anthority.in the world—
. iUr. CANNING.S—Ibat the Statutes of I'rovisors
• and of Prrnunire,„ those ancient laws by 'weld)
our Catholic Petliements excluded the- Papal
. Power from England and Ireland, are utterly ad-
verse to Popish Emancipation; and that their
" great and undistinguishing severity" must be
repealed before Popery Can be emancipated. lam
curious to see, whether their repeal will form a
part of Mr. GRA'rTAN's newl3ill; or whether it
Will be poyponed until after the establishment of
Popery.—Before or after, those acts, with every
other bulwark. of our liberty, will infallibly go.
Mr. ACHERLEY'S third question is, in its terms,
Alarmingly sufficient to withhold my concession
of his second. " Which," lie asks, "is the Pa.
rent Church?s--the CathOlic or-the Protestant ?"
And in the next • sentence, he corrects the dis-
: tinctiee epithet, and answers—that the Romish
is the Parent Church. Were this the fact, Sir,
the Ecclesiastical Supremacy of the Sovereign
would he very weakly founded; since the" iaw of
God" would forbid its filial disobedience, end the
law of the land" would not he snffic;eteto jet-
tify it. Such a position would indeed make the
Pope the Father of Christendom, and oblige the
tebmission of all Iris children.
Sir, these is no visible " Parent Church."--
Christianity is the common Parent of all the
Christian Churches. The universal Church
of
Christ is compounded of sere' al parts, each et-
depend. nt of the other, and all together forming
one Catholic whole. 'DI r English part of
tholie• Church, the Roman part, the Greek part,
. the Genevan part, are Sisters, sharing one inheri-
tance ; but not any one intrediog on the other's
portion. There is among them no pre-eminence
to be claimed, and none to be acknowledged : no
primacy to be insisted, no sobordieation to be
yielded : no authority to be arrogated, no duty to
be paid. If there were, England has for the last
three centuries been in a state of undutifulness ;
• and the Reformation ought to be called the Rebel-
lion. Mr. ACHEdLEY, lam sure, would -he not
less tardy Oleo myself to admit this doctrine;
which, nevertheless, would irresistibly flow from
his parentelageof the Rotnish Church.
But this allies from the too common error of
• dating our Church from the eta ot.Ltrese ; who
did not create a new religion, but restored the
old one. Upon this principle, were Ito eieim
for any • one of the Chrievian Churches the: pa-
rental authority, assuredly it would not be for
the Church of Route, which has depot:ted more
'widely from the, creed' and practice of primitive
Christianity, than has any other. The Church,
whe b intredeced and still retains the. novelties
of transubstaieiatioo, penance, indulgences'', image-
' worship, subtraction, the cup, clerical celibacy,
and the like, is, in my humble opinion, so far
front being the parent Church, that she is the
youngest of the Church's family; and, .if obe-
direce is at all due, should pay instead of receiv-

it. •
On Mr. ACHBRLEY'S fourth question I would'
observe, that the consequences which it infers of
unceasing contest and enmity would be
; nut, nowever, because Popery would be
entitled to claim a parent's supremacy, or be-
can,te Protestantism would he culpable in refusing
it, but because Popery will never unfasten her
teeth from their bold of ascendancy. Their fangi
are deep set in our vitals ; and never hill we be
safe, until she is chained down into quies-
cence. You know, Mr. Editor, that 1 have
in Ireland seen two Popish Rebellions ; this
then I assert, refuse emancipation firmly and
• finally, we shall never be plagued with a third—
concede emancipation, though in never so small a
portion, and the list of Popish Rebellions will
speedily be tripled.
It is a special proof of her gratitude, that Irish
P.'pery never rebels until after she has obtained a
fetv(tur. lit five years after she had got possession
of the elective franchise—THAT ACCURSRD 110011
Wit ICH WILL NEVER CEASE TO DISTURB OUR PRO-
TESTANT STATE UNTIL IT IS REPEALED-1601 PO-
pery rehelled, burned, and assassinated. In the
`succeeding five years she recommenced the same
systtni ; but vas ,happily rut down before she
had time 0) do more than murder a Lori,' Chief
J ost ice ! ! !
To Mr. ACIIERLEY'S fifth question—and a deeply
serious question it is, What would become of
the protestant Peers and Gentry of Ireland" after
Let the history of Pa.
OA) Rebellion. answer.—Your worthy and patrio-
.. tic Correspondent will now, I hope, accept the
,itic.ere respect of

VIUIL.