The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-24 00:00:00

FRENCA

6 2cr Cents " 59 f Go c.
Bank Actions • • IN) tf. 25c,

IVe have thii morning a Ditteh mail and Pa-
pers. • The latter cOntain an aerOunt:of the King
•
of the NeTnE:ILANDS' sailing shout tiott(4dam in
Stearn Boat, and a long Lxposition in favour of
the Jeqn.its, nt•iihtn. of which 'are worth si place
in our columns when so occupied as they are to-
day with other matters.

American Papers to the Mich ult. haVe arrived.
Their contents are of small importance, and fur
nish only the following paragraphs:— .
['extract from the New York ttrermidile,hhierther, April 27.]
" Congress are to adjourn on Wednesday.,
The S'eniite have ordered the Bill respecting Spe-
cie Payments tn. a third reading, in its simple
form, merely directing that the Notes Of steep
!tankers as pay Specie, shall be received in 1)3 y-
went of duties. The provision for MI ib:,tle ul
Treasury Notes has bun withdrawn."
[Front nu! Palidiammf Tuesday.]

" We are indebted to the Merchants Hall for
Cape licitly Papers to the ?.gth February, receiv-
d by the schooner Mary Elizabeth, which at rived
yesterday. They are princiindly filled with letters,
Stb. intended to prove that PetiOn continues to
negotiate, to betray Hayti to France; and that
M. Lernoche, now al New Orleans, is the agent
or France."

The change in the sentiments of the House of
Commons on the Catholic Question is more con-
uiderable than the Public are perhaps aware of,
and must be matter of satisfaction to all those who
Value our Establishments in Church and State. In,
1812, a nmtiou made by Mr. CAN NI NC, wetly:ly
similar to that made on Tuesday by Mr.GRATTAN,
was carried by a majority of 139, whtreps the
latter was last by a majority of :31 —dilrerenee
170 votes.

The CHANctlt.ottof the ExciiEtaugg gave not
titre in the lonSe of-Commons last night, that on
11on11;ly hex! he Would bring forward ,bis general
attttetpent of the means by which-he propose! to
meet the expenditure of the year. It will be
seen by our report of the Meeting of ,Pro-
prietors yesterday, that part of the tot ths con•
sits lo.in of 3.000,0061. front the 1).01,k at the
low interest of three per cent. The Bank, it will
also be seeii, is to increase its spiral from up.
warti3 of '51,600,000/, to 14,553,00111.

Amou,,,, thi rarioas Nabiros which carne under
discussion last in,the 1-111 e of -Ccirnntoni
wervt he Usury Laws, , of whielt, 111.r.Serjeant

ChtsLow made his promised motion ot Repeal,

There can be tittle doubt of the aljtillat; truth of
his principles ;' hnt it was fairly urged bytheegAN-
catt;tia of tiIe.EXCIIEQUHIt, that the accumulation
of
.Vast Nabinal Debt had placed the matter
on a !very distinct tooting in this country. A
sultilen aril violt.lit change at the present moment

might shake tte system of money

transactioni. Jln filet; that which is callt.4l the
established iystem; thinigh exceedingly
tematic, is so cottiplicated and interwoven together,
tit 4 it. Would be desirable not,to attempt tnoving
a portion of the fabric tilt we htive a cleat' viewof
what is to be done'Avith the Whole. The Slave-
,
registry Bill was another subject Of TTlOritClit rather
brought incidentally tti notice than diScusted at

letigth. IVILszAr °lice agreed not to presi the

Bill till next Session, on Lord CASTLEAGII'S
suggestion of the negociations depending with
SVain to put an entire end to that, odious traffic the
•
slave trade ; and also on a sort of understanding
that the eolonial legislatures would themselves
establish a registry of slaves, and-carry it bonafinle
into execution. The old warn-out tale of the per-
secution of the Protestants at Nismes was again
taken up by Sir S. ROsltt.t.v. Considering this
learned Gentleman's origin, a little partiality to the
French Protestants is in him a natural, perhaps an
honourable feeling; butthe Ptiblieweresoentirely
atisfittl on this subject some mrintlis ago, and we
onrselves had so Tully exposed the arts and falsi-
-ficatiOns then made use of, that the attempt to
blow up the 'old, Rnrne again is entirely useless.
An the world knows that the Jacobins at'Nismes,
who joined BUON,IPARTE tahett he landed front
Elba, massacred many hundreds of their loyalist
neig,hbours ; and it is not at all improbable that
soote degree of re-action took place on the part of
the Royalists when they got the upper hand. This
is the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ; but
the Jacobins chose t he appellatiou of Protestants as
sounding intiuitely better ; and it is much to be
feared, that by. so doing they may have involved
the real conecientiatis Protestants in a degree of
nuinerited odium, which every tote lutist lament,
11w it is a cruel artifice to cloak political dissen-
lions under' religious pretences; this is to Or-
mein bigotry, non tofan persecntion into a flame..
It was not pretended by Sir SA 511 ML ItpMILLY
that itoymew martlers had taken place since lasi
November : then wliy rip ep aft- old worl .ortt.
dispote, which bad been long since sathlaeturily
di,sposed

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NAVAL I`,.*

itianocn, `22..--Arrived the Prince cf
Orange packet %vial a mail from liulla d. Sailed
the Auckland pack'et fur Holland. The Ben,,Ne-
.lom, from , Loudon for Newcastle, has been on
:.lore near Lowestoff, and has cbme in here, with
the loss of an anchor and cable,Wind N. L.

DEAL, 1N1A223.-7—Cante down from Sheerness
tlte Melt sloop of war, and remains in the bo*tvris
ith his iNiajesty's ships Ganyniede and Battle-
snake,. tame down front the River, and salled,
air Hero, 111trantv, for 134-ia N:E.

PORTSMOUTII, NAY 23.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Milletoe on a crnise.—Whitt N. N. U.

PLYMOUTn, 22.---Came in his Allijesty's
ship Hope from Portsmouth. Sailed the Elebrus
frigate to the Westward; Sparrowhawk stoop Of
war for Portsmouth anti the Prince Edwaid
transport for Newfoundland.—Wind East.