The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-27 00:00:00

POLIGAIMY.

MR. EDITOR,AS the law now stands, the man
or 'woman who shall. marry; having a former
wife or linsb;ind living, will be guilty of a felony ;
but the partner of the illegal Marriage, though
fully apprised of the legal existence of the first,
Will escape with impunity. Would it not tend to
the furtherance of justice, and to the prevention
of crime, ilboth male and female, contracting a
second marriage, under these circumstances,
were equally punishable ; or, at all events, it the
accessary to the crime were rendered inilictible
as such for a misdemeanor ?'
Bristol, Feb. 19, 1818.

C. H.

One day in company a shining Belle,
To sliew how far she could in wit excel,
• Thns to a Gentleman was heard to say : •
. If I mistake not, Sir. the other day
" Your hair was red, and now 'tis chang'd to black,
" And does its flaming colour whony lack ?
" But I suppose," tlieu archly look'd mound)
" If we inspect it, dy'd it will be found."
• " 'l'rne," said the Gent, " and when I saw youlast,
" Your hair, methought, was of a greyish cast ;
" Besides, 'mai lank and thin; and cur rd.nut then, .
.
'• And now, bUt for your tongue,. I scarce ,could ken
"Iu you, the self-sanie Lady, whose grey hair - '
" Of late had nearly driven you to despair;
" But rithinsom's.6tu'd fluid and his Dye
," Have wi,rk'd strange ii-onders both in you and I." •
The Gent in triumph laugh'il; the Lady, wounded,
Hung down her head abash'd, as one confounded.
The above lint's are foUnded on fact; and the original may
be seen, and reference girim to the writer; by applying at the
Proprietor's, 43, Gerrard-street, Soho-square, Unduly; .and
sold by most Perfumers in Town and Country.

AWFUL INSTANCE. OF .SUDDEN DEATH.--. 00
Wednesday evening Mr. AULD, of No. 6, Surrey-
street, Blackfriars-road, dined with a large party
at the Freemasons"lavern, where he remained
until about eleven o'clock, at which time he left
in a hackney-coach to go home. On the coach
arriving at his liouse, the coachman opened the
coach door to let him out, but to. his great sUr-
prize, he
-found him a corpse !

•
{:re THE ROMAN CATHOLIC QUESTION

E SUN.

PART XI.

Eni:ron,—lt tns( have been observed in
in the course of the A.. P.tpers, that the Author,
t' ho is of no party but Gun anal good Wien, tvbo
wt;tes for neither fate or profit, has submitted

his reasons with cantinus respect, yehy Roman
'Catholics ought not to come into :public: trust and
power, while they hold---principles in religion-,
under a Popish -supremacy, grossly, inconsistent
'with those of tile National Church, which are
rational, niilda and unquestionably loyal. He is
neither the-organ or the instrument of any set of
men, and is influenced only by the freedom of his
•OWII independent mind. History is his book of
wisdom, and the Constitution, as settled tinder
WILLIAM the Third, is his—model., Nullius ad
dictus, .Old, and retired as lie is from the
ways of men, be could not gives a silent vote
against the Petition to Parliament of the Roman
Catholics. As moral and humane men, theYbart
his sincere regard. In religion, they cannot in
truth or justice complain of isitoleranee ; and no-
thing but a torpid indifference to their own, or
any other, can apologize for their, attempts to
come into power, in opposition to the terms-and
qualifications of genuine members. Would they
consider this wit bout partiality,. instead of pre-
'ferring the supremacy,in the Church iii a Pope
to a King, they would consign 'their Petitimi to
eternal oblivion. It originated %vial •a , man of
the people in one house, and an able,-but deluded
Peer, in the other. It cost them dismay, and they
and their coadjutors lost their, places. Death
struck one out of the book of life, and mature
deliberation has obliged the other to shrink from
the question. DeprNed, therefore, as the Roman
Catholics were of such leaders ;- disappointed of
their hopes, and. despairing of success-, they
gnashed their teeth at • the powers that resisied
them, risque tenet lachrOna, 4c. and in resent-
went have systeinatic.aliy revived their Petition,
as a thorn in the sides of Ministers, who set
their faces against their Claims. ()shames ~here
is thy blush
What would a RoMan Catholic Government
say to such a Petition (rota Protestant subk.ts ?
Answer, " No, no ! We lament that our H E.N Lot
the Great of France indulged the set 'tides err
conscience, which was.B criminal and• time-serv-
ing policy, and answering his purpose. for the
moment ; he afterwards, in furtherance thereof,
and on a change•of circumstances, turned Roman-
Catholic. The Edict of Nantz, that a.& of abo-
mination, was afterwards repealed ; and we, (Eons
{sappy expel ience, have discovered the good ef-
frcts.of uniformity-in the Catholic faith, and 4C-.
Isitowledgell coneas subjects but those who pro--
Jess it. Avantir, ye heretics, .and be content that
we, more than oar predecessors, oulerate-your
! Go, and he quiet, or the next time you pre-
sent your Petition, it shall be burnt by the hands
of time common hangman." T won't! be his wo'e theaipe
fruit of their application to a Roman Catholic Go-.
vernment ; and, say . the contrary, ye Roman Ca-
tholics of Great Britain and Ireland if ye can.
Say, if the Established Chinch were once more to
be Ronnish., would ye receive theProtestaiits into
power No 1 Why their be so unchristian as not
to do by them what you wish to have done by'
yourselves The question is ha:d, and ye cannot
st it. Hence it is that a repeal of the Test Act
would soon affect the vitals of the Constitution,
in letting in the enemies to time Church;
When King Wiwaist, who teas bred a Cal-
vinist, I:vas hardly warm On his Throne, the Papists
swelled over their great merits, and talked of
bow much good they had done, thotudi attached
to Popery and an abdicated King. Liberty, pro-
perty, and religion, were the objects of conten-
tion, and they have since been amply secured to
them, without any signs, till lately, that they
wished for power and employment in time State.
Were they gratified herein, we might, in no Great
compass of time, have no Established P,,,tegt-
snt Church to glory in. They say they ought
nit tO pay for opinions they do not believe, nor
be barred from serving their King and Country.
When offices, under a Protestant Government,
Cannot he filled by genuine members, and neces-
sity requires foreign assistance, crazy Ministers
may' Call for the services of Roman Catholics on
their own let ms, and so they inay.of Jews, Infi-
dels, and Heretics, We should then have a Kin,
snared with a Pope, and a Cottony covered with
crosses. John Bull would be reduced to a spindle,
t vrants and hypocrites would flourish, and the
British people be tripper! into figures of woe., Po-
pery would he the national religion, and the reve-
nues of the Protestant Church be seized for the
Priesthood.

The'irce toleration of Roman Catholics, instead
of s.ati,faction, ha, encreased their insatiate crav-
ings to: civil power, which ought never to he
complied with in a country of liberty, as it would
bumble a I'r9tostant State and Church to the
evanescence of a shadow.

Popery is hateful to Britons, the contempt of
the wise, and a tenor only to fools. To trust
civil, military, or naval power, in the hands of
those who profess it, whose interest, inclination,
conscience, and former practices, have been di-
'"'" to change :he Religion and Government of
Great Britain and Ireland, bath little or no ex-
ar:►ple in any Christian State; and never will in
ours, while wisdom and virtue, sound policy and
discretion, govern. the Councils of his Majesty's
Ministers.

TEnitiE FI LI US.

-.),* We shall insert the remaining Letters and
other 'Favours of this intelligent, original, and
rigorous Writer with all convenient speed.

PAn LT A M EitivTATtY PA MIS.

. .
: proarefdion ,or proceuding anti such Court,
4„,1 n„y or J-,isice. thereof when the said
Ctr,wt shall not be sitting, is hereby authoriSed
awl required -ro ekaMioealte matter of such al).
-plicatioo ; a'nd own) proof by• the• oath or -al-
fidarvit of the person or persons making such ap-
plication, dr any of thetr4 or other proof's! o the
satisfaction of such Court,. Judge, or Justice,
that'Snch action; suit, itislictmenti information,
prosecution, or proceeding, is brought, com-
mented, preTerred, exhibiied, or had for Or on
account of any such act-, matter, or thing as
aforesaid, to maki!. au maler for staying exectr-
lion and all other proceedings in such action;
suit, indictment, information, prosecution, or
proceeding, in whatever state the same shall or
may then be ; tiud the Court, or the Judge or
Justice making such order it stay Of proceed-
ings in any action or snit aforesaid shall also or-
der unto the defendant or del:Aida:its, defender or
defenders, and he or they shall have and be en-
titled to, double costs for all such proceed-
ings as shall be had or carried on in any such ac-
tion. or suit after the 'passing of this Act, and
for which costs he and they shall have the like re-
nredy as in cases where costs are by law given to de-
fendants or defenders : provided always, that
it shall be lawful for any person or persons, being
a party or parties to any such action, suit, in-
dictment, information, prosecution, or -other
proceeding, to apply by motion, petition, or
otherwise, in a summary way, to the Court in
which the same shall have been brought, com-
menced, preferred, exhibited, or had, or shall be
depending, to vacate, discharge, or set aside any
order made by any Judge or Justice of that Court
for staying prOceedings, or for payment of costs
as aforesaid, so as such application be made
within the first four days on which such Court
shall sit next after the making of any such
order by any Judge or Justice as aforesaid ;
and such Court is hereby required to examine the
matter of such application, and to make such
order therein as it the application had been ori-
ginally made to the said Court, but nevertheless
in the meantime, and until such application shall
he Made to the satin Court, and unless the said
Court shall think ' fit to vacate, discharge, set
aside, or reverse the order made by any.such Judge
or Justice, as aforesaid, the same shall continue
in full force to all intents and purposes whatso-
ever.

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THEATIticAL EGISTKR.
PerArmrel Last Nigh:.
THEATRE 'ROYAL, DRi av-LaNn.—King Richard the Third .
Duke of Gloucester, Mr. Kean ; ,Lady Anne, Miss Boyce.
After which, Three Weeks After ntrriage.
THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—(;tit time), Fazio i
valdi Fazio, Mr, C. Keinble'; Bianca, Aliss After
which, Harlequi❑ Gulliver,