The Sun.
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The fallm'ving Letter has appeared in several
Morning Papers, &e. • •
Sir,—Observing a paragraph in your Paper respecting the
cure of an Hernia, performed (of a large size) by the Medical
Board, at Charlotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, Black-
friars-road, in justice, Sii,to Messrs. COOPER. and Co. I beg
to add my personal :testimony. Having been afflicted near
twenty years, and deemed, incurable by eminent Surgeons, I
'patiently bore my affliction, expecting every hour to be my
last ; I at length applied to the Medical Board, And have rea-
son to pray far that excellent Establishme►tt, for although I
am near,so, I was perfectly cured in a few weeks,, and now,
thank God, enjoy good health.
• 1 think, Mr; Editor, all-who know me will allow that I can
have no other motive for this communication than a public
benefit. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
C. CLEVELAND.

Dog and Stile, near Lon!lon-road,
St. George's Fields, Oct. 1817.

Bow-STBEET.—Yes.erday mooting another in-
ve.stigatiou took place respecting t e Anti' of
Lieutenant EdWard Bad late of the 58.h-ltes'
giment of Foot, who was shot in a duel 011 Mo-it..
day horning, near Chalk From.
Theodore O'Callaghan, Esq was now (nought
to the office ; as were also Chalks Ncwbolt, and
Thomas Joseph .elan, the secoiws,
Mr. G.eorge Itiuld, Surgeon, of Hampstead,
stated, that he was sent for Oil Nionday tnorniog •
to go to Mr. Allanis'a. house, in England's-lane, .
to attend a Gentleman who had ot.en •everely
wouuded; He arrivearat Mr. Adams's a‘tont ten
o'clock, "where he s:ov a Gentleman; aho had'
t?een wounded, lying on a sofa t.e 'examined
wonstd, and found that the hall had pcnetrate.f.
his right side, verlatearly hi a hue with h:s
Ile proceeded to examine him on his tel side','
when he discovered' that a ball was resting be-
tween Iritslsin awl the muscles, which he succeed.
ed in ex.racting trout the wound, and dressed it.
The three prisoners were in the room at the time
he examined the wound of the 'deceased. _After .
Lieutenant 'Bailey died lie opened the body, and
found his• intestines had been wounded in three
different places,. which caused. his death.
Mr. William Adams next stated, in addition to
Lis testimony on Monday Hight, that after ine•de-
ceased had called Mr. O'Callaghan.. to him ou`t he.
sota, he *shook hands, with him, and said t very
thiug bad been -conducted in the tuitschonourtble
manner, and that he folgave him.. He asked Mr.
O'Callaghan it he would have done -the same by
film, if he himself had wounded hiM ?. Mr. O'Cal-
laghan replied, that he Most certainly should have
acted as he had dorie ; and followed up the obser-
vation by saying, " I wish I had been wounded
instead. of you." Mr. O'Callaghan appeared match
affected, and said, " You ttiuched me in the first
fire we had'on one of my kgs, by what is called
a graze." In proof, of this lie produced his
trowsets .and boots. Witness saw .Lieutenant
Bailey. shake bands heartily with Mr. O'Cat.
laghan. The three prisoners were ordered to be-
detained.
At seven o'clock last night the three prisoners
were brotight again to the Office, when Mr No--
LAN, Mr. ARABIN, and Mr GOULD preseurLd
themselves in behalf of the prisoners.
Mr. NOLAN observed, that, with regard to one
of the .prisoners, Mr.. Phelan, he was the de-
ceased's particular friend, and was..byno means
iustrumental fo the violence that had been cotta
mitted. All that Mr. Adams had said respecting
him,' was, that he was on the spot at the time
the deceased came by his death. For any\thing
that appeared it) eyideoce, 'he might*thave been
there accidentally,, the spot Where the transaction
took place—iaeita)wlear,a-pnblie road. The tines-
lion he, therefore, had to 'urge, was, whether'
his client was to remain - in custody or be admit-
ted to bail till his trial ? If the Coroner's In-
quest had really met, and pronounced their*ver.
itict, the case would be altered. He trusted that
, .
tnere would be no (injection to let, the prisoners
Aentaitt where they were till the Coroner's In-
quest had sat upon the ' body of Lieutenant Bai-
ley, and returned a Verdict
.1( would then
.be a
question, whether ail or any of the gentlemen
shoidd be admitted.to

Mr. ARABIN followed Mr. NOLAN, remarking,
ihat there was not a shade of difference tietw.een
the cases of Mr. Phelan and Lieutunant'Newbolt,
and solicited that they might be admitted to bail.
Mr. Blme. in reply said, it was• his wish to
do justice to all ; but that the prisoners had every
on been found un the.spot.,r ,
Mr.'ARABIN Admitted that there was no doubt
.abput that, but he appealed to the Magistrate to
feel as a man'and a gentleman.
Mr. BIRNIE said he had a•pOlic ditty to per,...
form: In answer to the arguments of the Learned
COunsel, he quoted the -celebtated case of Mont,
gomery -and M'N'ainara, in which .Mr. Heuvisitle,
,the surgeon, was committed to Newghte, thongli.
he had only been attending professionally. • In
this case. it will be recollected that Sir Richard
Ford was Committing Magistrate, und treated
the practice of duelling in a vet yspirited Manner,
expressing his tfeterinination to commit the sur-
geons and all persons who were present at fatal
duels, to take their trials for murder : autl it was
this. firm conduct in . the Magistrate that checked
the spirit for duelling for some time. Probably
bail to any amount could have been procured for
Mr. Heaviside, burall was refused.
Mr. NeLAN and Mr. ARABIN •both urged the
.propriety of accomodating the prisoners in their
present state, trout Which no possible mischief
could ensue, as the parties thus )rail
tio intention of evading the ordeal of the

nal law. '
Mr. BIRNIE said, finally, that he bad made tip
his mind on the application now before him. Tile.
three prisoners must immediately be committed to
Newgatc, in order to take their trial for the mur-
der of Lieutenant Bailey ; and he (Mr. Birnie)
was satisfied that the three Learned Counsel would
allow his decision to be right.. Messrs. Nolan,
Arabin, anti Gould, then bowed and retired.---
The. three prisoners were then given into the cus-
tody of officers to be conveyed to Newgate.

A stranger. died at Co►storphine, on the 6th
current, apparently about 45 years of age, of Bleu•
der make, five feet nine inches high ; his. hair
grey; had on grey trowsers, grey stockings, black
coat, • green great coat, striped vest, and striped
or checked shirt, markedJ. D.; from the buttons
of his drawet's and under vest, it would seem he
bad been in the artillery. We understand his
friends may learn particulars, by applyingla the
Session-clerk, of Cortorphine.—(4dinburgh Even-
ing Courant.)-

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MR. th:Tog,--Erroneous principles tif req.tiOn
'Lave ever been subversive of .civil gover:inient.
-Under Paganism in 'the Wes!, "am; Alidionictisin
in" tire E,ISt, the tit unbounded authority pre-

*ailed, to the alternate prodoefloii 'of civil and
religions

The rise and progress of tl►e papal dominion,
after annexing ti►e Christiftn.Chnrcis tt) the State,

forms in ;,istory nn hideous piciiire, which. ex-

rseS it lo censure and to scorn.

The British Church was originally a stranger.
to it, until the doctrine of Christianity was
brought here by Augustine, a monk, from the
see of Rome ; but the Pope, who assumed his Sa-
viour's chair, as his vicegerent, claitnerl no civil
power before_ the time of lVilliatia the Norman,
who then encroached on the Saxon Clergy, in fa-
Your of his own ; which being bred up in slavisk
principles, and devoted to him, were proud in
forging chains for a free people. They intro-
duced his bulls 'as roles of diskipline, and his
judgments ‘vere executed by spiritual Curses. lie
dethroned kings, and interdicted Christian rites
to whole kingdoms. His power however extend-
ing only to conscience, he directed it to pecuniary
profit. He sold purgatory, and masses to redeem
the so'uls of the dead. He invented new sins, and
sold licences to commit them. Peisance for the
soul he commuted for money. Non-residence,
pluralities, and marriage within the seventh de-
gree, he prohibited for the sake of dispensations,
Avhich he granted JO those who could purchase
them ; thus drawing the wealth of Christendom

into his own treasury.
He exercised a feudal authority over all church
preferments, and mole an investiture of them, as
the lay lords did of land ; and he made them alike
liable to forfeiture. The annual tenths of the one
were similar to the feudal.,returrs of the other. Ca-
nonical obedience was fealty. The first fruits of
a benefice were as the first seizin of an heir to
land. Peter-pence were as aids by vassals
to their lords, with other StipCrstitjoits eXBCtlOns.
lily then assumed the pre.,entation to all vacant

livings, and his dispensations to preserve those fur
absentees, produced commendaabs whereby the' best
were filled by the fort ign clergy, who %-ere ever
a verse,to the Laws and Constitnlion of England.
Ile named Bishops in Contempt of prerogo Live , under
Henry the First, and his Son John, of whom he
demanded and received a surrender of the Clown,

as thepattiniony of Saint Peter, to hold as his'
tassal, at an annual rent. Nut satiAed with
tythes, he endeavoured to poss-ess himself of all the
land in the kingdom. To this end, Lis Benedic-
tine Monks, affecting retirement, and sanctity
over-much, persuaded the great and rich men be-
fore their deaths, that their founding of monas-
teries would he a sufficient atonement for their

sins; and, in about a century after the Conquest,
a',l the abbeys aml rtlisi9us houses were built,
and endowed with TY7HES, LAND,. and BA

1:07,

Mr:.Ent-ron,—APow me, through Cita:mei
of your Paper, to offer a few hints relative to a
subject which so laudably. and so 'deservedly, en-
gages the present attention of the I'ttblic. ltnean
provision for the Destitute Poor in Londo'n. My
apology for addressing you is, that the subject is;
it) one part, not a new one to me, but has been
the obiect of My thoughts for many years, and
has repeatedly heen so also of my active endea-
vours, though I am sorry -to add, hitherto with-
out effect. My hopes are better' in the present
(tkposition of the publientiud.
The suppression of Menciici•y is Inv a more de-
sitable a-chievement, than it is an aiduous task fur
the humane and intelligent conductors of the en-
terprise. Mr. Martin, the unwearied conductor
of the Mendieity Inquiry, can attest the
not of suppressing, but of even regulating so vast
a mass of action. But I see with pleasure, that
in the IVleeting held at the Crown and Anchor on
Thotsday List, great'str•ess was laid on the utility
of a division of labour, and I fed myself thereby
entitled, with more propriety, to call ',our atten-
tion to that single division of the important un-
-dertaking, which has fallto particularly under my
consideration.

has long appeared to me to be the disgrace
of London, that, amidst the overflowing comforts,
which, during the rigours of this season of the
year, are the topics of mutual congratulations to
the opulent, or, in other words, to the general
Classes of the inhabitants, our streets should pre-
sent instances of wretches pelishing from cold and
hunger, in the very view of the splendour and
happiness around them. SCareely a winter (if
any) has passed, since my observation has been
directed to the subject, without one or more,

heart-rending anecdotes of this nAtur@. I need

not bring them to your recollection : they cannot
have escaped the notice either of yourself or your
readers whether the miserable creatures so pe-
rishing have belonged to the numerous class of
regular Mendicants, or ‘whether accidental poverty
and distress had overtaken them, is a question

‘vhich it has nut occurred tome to examine, and,
I conceive, is of little• importance, as long as the
facts are incontestable;—arid those, the Coroner's
Inquests have, in cevetst eases, established beyond

ciispi,te.

reinerly this afflieting evil (or rather this
crying sin) a luxurious AletrolAis, the writer
of the present letter, consulting cariOns Pa-
trons and other Mciiibers of Charitable Institia-

tions, ventured, sboot four years ago, to propose
a phto to a Public Charity of this Town, for the
estahliAment of a DoamcrogY or NIGHTLY RE-
FUGE for the distressed Poor.

lie was- gratified by learning that his proposal
coincided with the general views -of the Establish-
ment which he addressed, but was informed by
the Treasurer that it& funds were then inadequate
to the prosecution of such a scheme.

As far as I can at this distance of. time recollect
them, I shall (with your leave) state the heads
of the plan. It will perhaps be a matter of sur-
prise to many, to EA how simply so great mis-
chief may he obviated, and few, I am confident,
are aware at how small an expence.
That there le a large room kept open dur-
ing the wirole of every night, from the Ist of No.
vember to the Ist of May,. for the 11,MFDiATE
reception of, every poor person apprying for such
purpose.