The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-19 00:00:00

PRIEST KELLY'S PASTORAL.

It is not often th-rt Popery comes in the way
of being praised for her since{ y. Yet, now and
then—as if Providence had mercifully intended
us to have some warning, or had justly designed
us to have no excuse—she does throw off the

mask, and favour 'ls with a ,premAture hoist of
her intolerance. Doctor TttoY sceorumutlated 'ls

,ence in This manner :—so did Doctor HUSSEY :
SO did Doctor DRONIG.OLE :-4t)(1 so, bill the
other day, did Cal dii,3l FONTAN —So also has
another of her Doctors, OLiveit KeLLY, by name
—Popish Priest by trade—and List] Atchhishop
by hssuniption.

I hope that the Rescrint of this audacious man,
may be published in Tile Susi, desiring, es my
first wish, that his unblushing and profligate ca•
lumnies tray be read by every Protestant—they
need only perusal for their due operation—l am
anxious also, that my animadversions may be
comp4red with the malice which has provoked
them.

What ()pinion must' he in his conscience have of
the Protestant 13ihle, (And conseptently, of the
Protestant Religion) when in the saute document

wl►ich complains of its intro►luction among his

, flock, he praises then: for no longer getting drunk ;
no longer profaning the Sabbath ; no longer ne-
glecting Divine worship ; no longer committing
Perjury ?—What the " trials and temptations"
are, not withstanding which these sober, religious,
and honest folks have su signally improved, the
worthy Priest does not inform us.—Not for the
world would I venture to suppose they were such
as were so effectually operated with in 1798.
It stands, however, on the irrevocable record
of his own acknowledgment—if, indeed, Popery
ever uttered a truth, except for the purpose of its
retraction—that this blessed improvement has
occurred since the introduction of the Protestant
Bible. As he has not recognivAl that introduc-

tiun as its cause, I kvill not be so cruel as to press
the argument. IVe must be too thankful to
" Grace" for what he has said, to infer from
it what he ha►s not, lest in his high displeasure
be reverse the, Sy'ucdoche, and disavow totumpro
parte —A monk is generally so well described in
the monkish rhymes
" Mel in ore, vcrba
" Fel ix corde, frau, in plot's,"

that we shookd not be too fattitlions when any

variation from the genus happens upon us.
This Reform, Radical as it appears, is not very
palatable to the worthy Priest ; whose main ob-
it:et pops out in the next paragraph. Solicitous
as he is for the spirit of obedience to God, which
however, he takes care to identify with obedience,
to " 'ri►e Church," (Popery of course) he cannot
reckon any of the above acknowledged virtues as
any virtues at all, if they have been defiled by the

lightest touch of heretical contamination. Ne-
vertheless, he desires " the UNRESTRAINED exer-
cise of (ma spiritual powers," not from any spirit of
gain or of domination.—Not he. Bat solely,
singly, and simply, to administer to his flock the
blessings of Religion. I should have inferred
` from his own eulogy, that his flock had received
pretty good taste of its blessings already. But
the test with him and his fellows is, not the qua-
lity of the gift but of the givcr.
Observe, 1 pray, how closely he pfrallels the
duty owed to our Protestant King and to hi Pa.
pish Church ! It is fortunate, truly, that his Grace
was Hot pleased to put the King's right a point
lower. But all in good time. Very dexterously.
he strings together Texts from different parts of
Scripture, and so infers their dependence and con-

sequence with each other. It is rather curious,
however, to quote the Testament to those whom
he forbids from reading it.
Relying on this Priestly Veto, he dashes on
with a mis-translation; and plumply tells his flock
that they are to obey their " Prelates." The
term was shrewdly chosen for an Irish Laity, and
ciactly meridianed for their habits and intellects.
Our translation, indeed, is rather different. " Obey
them that have the rule over you." If one could
venture to confront Priest KELLY with Saint
PAUL, I should almost be prophane enough to
quote. the inspiration of the original Greek :,
" :.-:.(7(1S 7i7O:;CLEYOI.S Vl.Lall'''-which, if it
means Prelates in any other language than the
frith, I will fairly surrender Catholic Emancipa-
tion, and let his Grace roast Inc at Smithfield.
This is what the French call traducing into
English. And to this version, or per-version, he
immvdiately tacks the reasons of another Saint—
Peter—fur submission to temporal authority :
thus holsterim: up his own ecclesiastical ASUMT•

I was :itolinerin:: at the translation of these lines, when
I Inchily recollected qatiza of an old Irish Melody, wfaich
almost save 3 me the ti4o;ble
ooh ! the lips were lihe treacle of Fattier KELLY,
" Eli, jaw was as sino,,th as a calve's-foot jelly ;
" Be thy heart of Lis 11,/verence ran 4 .ver with gall,
" And his sou./ had no conscience at an, at all."—
I wish I could reutetubar the rest of it.

tions, by a differtnt cause assigned for a different
purpose. Was it not high time to send the Pro-
testant Bible among the followers of this pious
" Prelate

Mask we now his gratitude !—ln requital for
the multiplied relaxations which his sect Is ob-
tained, he terms them the abandonment, " ini some
degree," of the violence and persecution which it
had suffered ; and insists that the plan of its " ex-
tirpation" is now carried on by " seduction and
insinnatirm." Its Protestant benefactors are in-
sulted by this thankless Priest as " serpents," as
" enemies of his Faith," and " tamperers" with
its Professors, while the Protestant Faith is de-
nounced 85 THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY," which
must, of course, have no farther toleration in his
Grace's " Island of Saints." God Almighty avert
from us the tender mercies of Popery and her
Prelates ! If some avenging Infatuation has not
dimmed our eyes and dulled our hearts, we may
calculate on the measure of antipathy which en-
tire Emancipation would excite, by the rancour
which has rewarded its partial boon. Whenso-
ever the Papal power shall have equalled itself
with the Kingly, this pions Pastor will throw in
texts or half texts enough to turn the suspension
of his own ecclesiastical conscience.

With these feelings and motives, be is mortally
indignant at any attempts to " diminish the la-
fluence" of the Popish Priesthood, or to " mar
their interference." Not that be would " excite
dissension," or " make odious distinctions on
account of Religion :"—but he will most perti-
naciously oppose every attempt, " however insi-
" (lions or front whatever source it may emanate,
to tamper with the religious principles of the
" faithful committed to his care."

And this " opposition" is not to be limited to
his " individual" Grace. It is to be " collec-
tive" also ; organized through all the cowled sub-
alterns of his " extensive Archdiocese." He and
they are to " exercise their spiritual authority in
its fullest extent," against a Papist's frequenting
any Schools, " where the Catholic Catechism is
" not taught, where Protestant Tracts are intro-
" diced, or where the moral conduct or religious
" principles of the master are exceptionable."
Thus you see, it is not sufficient for this Arch.
bishop, that Catholic books are introduced in the
Schools, unless Protestant books are not intro-
duced. He must have the Catechism of his own
Church, while he will not allow even a " Tract"
of our's. Finally, the religious principles of the
master cat,P• be such as he does not " except"
againat course they must be in absolute
accordance with the Holy Roman Church.
" lf these things are done in the green leaf,
" what will be done in the dry ?"—lf the quali-
fied Emancipation, out of which we have been
tricked or bullied, has produced this insolence,
and generated this malice, what might we not ex-
pect front the unqualified independence, which Po-
pery reckons on our being foolish or fearful
enough to yield ?—Already, in many an Archi-
episcopal nose, nous sentons de fagot : and, if the
holy brushwood were at this moment laid to our
stake, what complaint could we offer of falsified
promise or of deceived confidence ?

None--•none--none.--Be Father OLIVER
KELLY'S purposes what they may, be has given
us sufficient warning.—ln his strength, perhaps,
rather than in Lis candour, be is thus precau-
tionary. When the Word of God is proscribed,
the Law of Man has little chance of continuance.
" Anti-Catholic Schools" must be put down, and
the Bible must not be read by the " illiterate."
In its stead, the " Catechism of the four Arch-
" bishops," and some certain other Popish man-
uals, are to be studied. In the plenitude of power,
lie will add authority to order, and punishment to
authority.—l had rather see his Grace travelling
where another Archbishop OLIVER travelled be-
fore him.
Here let me conelude.—But I cannot avoid the
recollection, that when the Papal Bull enjoined the
deposal of Icing HENRY VW., and the -enslaving
of the English People, its publication at Taam in
Ireland, was declared suficient, lam not food of
Popish Mandates from that convenient and well-
accustomed " Archdiocese."

TENAX.

*.A.)* The Article referred to by TENAX shall ap-
pear in our Paper to-morrow.

SINGULAR PIIEWOMENOII.—From the Quebec
Gazette of November 18.—During tha night of
Tuesday last, there fell, in the township of
Broughton, on the south shore, so great a quan-
tity of a black powder, as to completely cover the
snow which was then on the ground. A small
quantity of the powder has been brought to town
and will be analysed.

The Bight Hon. the Earl of Powis ordered
three fat beeves, with bread, to be to the
poor at Ulm, Bishop's CaAde, and Lydhury.
The Countess has ordered her accustomed bene-
volent supply of clothing for the poor, in the vici-
nity of Waicot.
IVadham Wyndham, Esq. M.P. for Salisbury,
hai presented the Moyor With 100 guineas, lot the
use of the poor of that city.

THE SUN.

!ALUM QUIS DICHRB FALSUM Al/ONAT ?

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1820.

The PROPRIETOR of this Paper finding that it is currently re.
ported that he has disposed of it, sleems it necessary to in-
form the Public that it is still his EOLR PROPERTY, and
that whenever new arrangements may take place, he will
give due notice to his Readers.

The Paris Papers of Sunday last, which were
due this morning, have :not arrived.

How honourable must eur National Character
appear, not only to our Countrymen, but to the
world at large, in observing the rapid and pros-
perous progress of the Subscriptions for the Relief
of the Friendless and Houseless Fugitive ! ! The
ADMIRALTY has laudably followed the example of
the several Committees on this most interesting oc-
casion. The TREASURY will of course do the same,
and PROVIDENCE has graciously deigned to aid the
noble cause, by a benign thaw, which will enable
those whose strength has been recruited by shelter
and wholesome nourishment to exert themselves
in useful employments, and consequently not to
press upon Funds that may be necessary for the
sick, the aged, and those whose bodily deprivations
render them unfit for labour. We earnestly re-
commend to the several Committees the Receipt
for nutritious Soup, which we have inserted this
day, as we can recommend it with confidence
from a personal experience of its beneficial qua-
lities,

The exertions recently made by the Enemies
of Christianity and Social Order, to sap the foun-
dations of Civil Society, have been greater than at
any former period of our history. These efforts may
not perhaps have been so glaring as they have been
systematic and determined ; their consequences
are, however, on this account more to be dread-
ed ; and we think, now that the Legislature has
wisely proli Wired the future dispersion of the
blasphemous and seditious trash with which the

Country has keen lately inundated, no better po-
licy can be pursued than that of endeavouring to
provide an antidote for the poison which has been
so extensively and copiously infused into the
minds of the lower orders. Under these impres-
sions, that most excellent Society, THE SOCIETY
FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, has
nobly stood forward to check the growth of irre-
ligion and anarchy, by voting a considerable suns
from its funds, to enable a Special Committee to
circulate, at the lowest possible prices, some of
the ablest Tracts which have been written in de-
fence of our holy Religion, and of our Civil and
Ecclesiastical Constitution. To keep pace, how-
ever, with the restless activity of our modern In-
fidels, the Society has wisely determined upon
extending the circulation of its Traits to the Pub-
lic at large (whether members or nor). In order
to accomplish this, it has been found necessary to
make an appeal to the Public, to provide a dis-
tinct fund to meet the increased expense ; and
for this salutary purpose several extensive Sub-
scriptions have been already opened. We trust
that these Subscriptions will be adequately sup-
ported, and that the funds thereby obtained will
enable the most CONSISTENT and venerable So-
ciety in our excellent Church to carry into com-
plete effect the praise-worthy designs which it
has in view. We sincerely hope that the period
is not far distant when there shall be " found
"in every place where the word of God
" shall have been assailed, the weapons of de-
" fence ready to repel the attack of the
" Blasphemer ;" and every one may rest assured
that in contributing his mite (however bumble)
to the accomplishment of so desirable an end, he
will have performed a duty imperiously called for
by the peculiar circumstances of the times, and
sanctioned by the first and best principles of gee.
uuine Christianity and Patriotism!

CORK TRADE.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17.—The following Decree
has been issued by the Spanish Government
" The King being informed of the Perilion by
the Ayuntamiento of your town, and by the Ma-
nufacturers of Corks in the Province of Catalonia,
and being desirous of relieving them from the flis••
advantiges they labour under by foreign competi.
tion, has been pleased to command,
for the pre.
is
sent, and until the Tarif published, there shall
be paid on the exportation of Cork in sheets 90
reels (23 pounds) per ton per Castillian quintal, is
national ships, and 99 reels (231. 18s.) per ditto
in foreign ships, and one real per quintal or csits
Cork per Spanish ships, and three reels per quilt'
tal by foreign ships : and his Majesty has at the
same time resolved, that the Board of Trade of
Barcelona shall provide, without delay, the osk
chinery which is used in foreign countries for cut'
ting Corks by one stroke, advising his Majeolf
when said machinery is procured ; and, finalll4
that returns be made immediately of the quantill
of Cork in sheets and cut Corks exported dulii,‘
the last five years, stating the value of each, s°4
of the revenue derived therefrom, to compare di°
same with the results of the present Sovereile
Resolution.

" By Royal order, I transmit the foregoing.'"
God preserve your Excellency many years.
" Madrid, sd Dec. 1519. SALMH'