The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-09 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

CONSTANTINOPLt, OCT. 26.—The Porte is oc-
cupied in accomplishing, under the mediation of
Russia, a plan to improve the situation of the
Servians. It has sent an agent' to Servia to pro-
cure the necessary information, but it will be dif-
ficult to fulfil the wishes of the inhabitants. Not
satisfied with the offer of the,Porte, to introdace
the same system of Government as that now esta-
blished in the islandS of the Archipelago, they
desire, that instead of a Paella, a Prince of their
own nation shall be given them, and that all the
Turks residing in the province shall be obliged
to leave it, without receiving airy indemnity for
the possessions which they must leave behind.
The French Ambassador, 'Marquis de Riviere,
has Taiti ..his last visit before hi§,departure, and-
will embark the first fair wind on board the
French frigate La Lienne. The Viscount Mar-
cellus,' Second Secretary of State, who, 'by or-
der of his Court, has visited the towns in the Le-
vant Where there are . French Consuls, and lias
particularly inquired into tie state of affairs at
Jerusalem, will proceed to Paris by land.
Viscount de Veille, the First Secretary of Le-
,
gation, remains as 'Charge d'Affaires, till the ar-
rival of the new Ambassador, the Count de La,-
toirr Maribourg.' The Prussian Ambassador, Ba-
ron' Von Schiaden, is alSo on thelPoint of return-
ing home on leaVe of abSenCe ; he has iiiiroduced
the. -Secretary- of Legation,. Baron MillitZ, as
Charge 'd'Affaires: We expect here the. cheva-
lier Brussasco, Sardinian Charge d'Affaires in St.
Petershoi-e:'; he is to conchide-a Treaty of Com-
merce With the Porte. Mr:. Bradish has arrived
here:as Deputy from the United States of North
America', for a similar purpose.
Brit N ov. Majesty, the King ar-
rived here on the 25th., in theevening.; his Royaj
highness the Crown Prince, yesterday evening,
from Troppau.
With, the approbation of the - Department of
Cornmeree and of the ;Interior, a company has
been formed here to promote 'the manufactures
and indUstry in the Prussian Dominions.
Arnold Golze, Secretary of the Post-office at
Cologne-, has been found guilty by the Court of
ASsize, of having taken diamonds out of letters
from Antwerp for Vienna, which were register-
ed, and particularly recommended to the care• of
the. Pest-office : and also of having ,taken Bank
notes ont"of letters. He has been 'condemned to
seven yeare imprisonment and hard labour, to a
fine- of 1000 francs, 'to payment of 'the" -costs, to
remain after his release under the surveillance
of the police, and to'give security to the amount
of 100 rix dollars. .
ViENN.i., Nov. 22.----By-order of the Aulic
Chamber of the 2d of this-month, it is -determin-
ed, in order to remove every doubt, that -even the
transit, of ammunition from. "foreign countries
throughout the Austrian Stated is prohibited, not
only to the thigdOm'of the- TwoSicilied, but to.
all parts of neighbouring Italian States, and
to the parts of the Adriatic and the Mediter-

ranean.
While opinion respecting NI hat may be decid-
ed at Troppau gives rise to many various reports
what we see pass before our eyes seems to prove
that a resolution is taken, on the arrival of a cer-
tain contingency, to effect the military occupation
of the kingdom of Naples. .
Several more regiments have commenced their
march from 13ohemia. to Trieste, Gortz, &:c., and
several other reginients from Moravia and Galli-
cia will follow diem. "
The Concordat - between Bavaria and' the
Court. of Rome is said now to be concluded.
We hear that a new Treaty htts been nego-
elated. between England and the Porte .with re-
ference to late events.

The following is an account of the shipwreck
of the ship William, SUTHER,LAND blaster, which
sailed from Liverpool on the 11th of August,
bound to New Orleans:—On- the 29th. of Sep-
tember, in the morning, in lat. 24.58. long. 74.52.
encountered a severe gale from /he eastward ;at
11, the wind suddenly shifted to the sopthWarcl,
and blew tremtnlonsly, with heavy lightning_all
rounil the horizon, steering by.compass
At half-past 11, P. M. called all bands, and furled.
the sails as soon as possible, it blowing hatd,with
so high a sea that we could not lay_ the ship to
with safety. At 3, A. as. on the Ist of October,
She struck 'on the breakers, on the west side Of
Abico, about -11 mile from the shore, and 21
miles • north of the Hole-in-The-Wall ;. immedi-
ately cut away all her three masts, and launCheii
the small boat on the rocks ; the after-part of the
ship immediately went to pieces; the forward
part, from the main hatchway, still remaining on

e rocks. All hands remained on the rocks until

the return of day-light, when the Mate and soil,- ea
of. the,- crew.-landed safe on the shore of Abicto;
but the sea ran so high we could not return .to
the wreck ; we, made two attempts, but to no
effect, the Captain and six men still remaining on
the wreck. About 2, P. at. six men made•their
escape on a raft, and reached the shore, where
.we all-remained till Monday morning, the 2d of
October, When two of the crew started to look
for some inhabitants. At 10, A. M. three men
came to us from Sherrick's .lorn, and furnished
us with some provisionS. -Thesday, the 3d,:coni-
tnetoiicetF4ith breezes and pleasunt.w*Ther.;
,
t*sloopstarite to take its and -property Nagn
sail; N. P..; ,got on board alt.the property.sayo;
and ato4 A. it. ruade sail for Nassau, where We
arrivd%tn ' •

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RACINE 'AND titsJi'Amt.t.y.—The ceieoraceu.
French poet It.u7isE, having I one day, just re,.
turned -from Versailles, where.he had been on a
visit, was waited upon by a gentleman with an
invitation to dine at the Hotel de Conde.
cannot. possibly have the honour to.gO there,"
said the Poet ; " it is a week since I have beei with
•
my wife and children'; they are overjoyed to.,see
me again, and have, prOvided a fine carp, solthat
I must cline with those dear relatives."—" ,13nt
my good sir," replied the gentleman, " several: of
the most distinguished characters'in the •kingdOar
expect your company, and will be very glad to
see you." On this R,AciXE-brought out-the' carp-
and showed it to his- visitor, saying, " Here, sly,
is our little meal then sayi having pro‘ided such
a treat for me, what apology could I make for
not dining kith my poor childreni• Neither'they
nor my wife could have any pleasure- in eating, .1
bit . of, it without, ine ;_ then, pray be so-obliging
as to mention my excuse to the Prince- of Conde
and my ahoy 'illustrious- :friends." The gentle,
man did so and not only his
.Sereue Highness,
but all the company present, professed. them
selves infmitely more charmed, with this proof of
the Poet's faithful tenderness as, a busba7l- and
. a father, 4.11:in they possibly could have'been with
his delightfol conversation.

IficnwA.V Roaimtv.-.----Or't Wednesday. even-
ing, before the watch was set, Mr.: John PoPe';
a Gentleman residing :•t .Walworth New Town;
whilst walkiiig along- the Borough-road,roti his
way home frOm the City, was attacked by three
or four men, and most violently assaulted and.
robbed. The ruffians came behind him unper-
ceived, and. one of them. knocked lihn`7downe
with a terrible blow on the back of. the• head,
which for some Moments, rendered him insensi-
ble; they Alien robbed . him' of -,ten or twelve
shillings in :silver, besides his watch and hat,'
with which they made Smith, onel of the
Borough Constables, discoverediMr. Pope in this
heipless condition, .and, led•him. to a neioibour,
ing public-house, Nina whence: be wars seiAt home
in a,CWII. The hat was afterwards ,found in a
dyke in the new market-place •nearly ..Opposite
the'King'S Bench. . .

FQ.R THFA,SUS•

HOLY ORD,ER.S.—rNo. VIII.),
PREPEST,IN.ATION.—CHAP. VII.

Itis said, that; whatererinay be the commonlense and ap=
prebensiort.of. mankind the doctrine orabsOlute election arid
rcprobation,,i's most-pdsitively • declared in one llth Article,
itiAluch rlirect• terms us it -is impossible to "evade, founded
;Ton -the 'general 'spirit of ~Coriptiii.e, and more partictriarly,
upon tliecelehrated passage iii•tliisth chapter of the Epistle to
tht, Rornans,which to their minds expresses this doctrine in the
plaineSt and most uneptivot-alng-i)age;- -

That it is not supported by the general spirit of the Scrip-
tures, or by the common sense of niankind, I have before at-
tempted to prove by sliewing that the doctrine even of a par-
tial redemption is nowhere to be found in'either,.much less
can.fhere be, aiscOveredin the plurnornena of the Creation,
Or. of the revealed will; any "the most distant traces of abso-
lute reprobation; the very idea of .Which is as repugitant
to the benevolent spirit of the Seri.ptures, as it roust everbe
to common sense and reason.

So-repugnant indeed is it to both, that if there could be
found any articles, of Whatever thUrcli, in
terms not to be inis'undeistood,,that alone would he sufficient
to throw di'scredi't upon its foundation`, which professes to be
upon Scripture, only "to Stand b) Stir 6 profession, ,and set Pro-
claims a doctrine, so entirely opposed to its purest and best
principles.

For after all it is not to the Articles of .any Church only,
which are not of Divine Authority—hut lo the Bible, and to
the Bible alone, that we must malie, our final appeal, as that
is the only rock impregnable upon which the true, Church
most be built.

believfug in our Articles, hecanse I believe them to he
the doctrines of the Billie, I will endeavour to defend
the 17th lirticle in qtte'stion, from the uojitst. charge which
tlse foilowers of 6alvin,who himself calls.it a!'horrilile decree,"
notw•ithstandinghis Zeal to"maintain it, do scruple to
impute.. . . • .

Now there is nothing said lu aor part of this Article abort

the dOctrine' of -ReProbtion,ft is not Predestinethin to
deatb(which St. Austin himself declares to be impious, to
ascribe to a God of mercy, who can predestine nothing but
good)—hut to life:—" It is proclaimed the everlasting pur-
pose of God, deci-eed by his counsel, secret to us, to deliver
from curse and damnation, thcoe whom he has chosen in
Christ out of mankind." i. e. That part of the world which
was called by-,his Son to the knowledge of the truth—
which calling was kept secret in God's counsel, except
by faint and imperfect gleams, that shone at intervals in
the Prophets and other holy men—bnt. remained a mys-
tery, like the great lights of the world shining in dark-
ness ; it was clearly revealed, that not only the Jews but
the Gentiles were to be called,--. not merely a peculiar Sect
within the narrow boundary-of their favoured circle—but all
people, of whatever natioh, that would listen to his voice and
come, When they were called—then and then only are the
" chosen of Christ out of mankind," who, in whatever

clime,- will obei his general summons to all; ano perfurtn the
works of Righteousness in his name.

'Chess are they who are described in thegequel a 4 " endued.
with so excellent .a benefit of God, and called according to
his purpose by his Spirit working' in clue season'," and pro-
ducing in consequence.all_ those qualities enumerated; such
as walking' religiously in good works, which is one of the
criteria (Q. 3.) to distinguish the Predestined to eternal life'

Without these qualities we rnAy,tie aniong the called, and
even the chosen out of mantsiiid' in Christ in a; genetal sewe,
of admission into hit Religion ; but we are not called effec-

tually accordiug'to his purpose, to the knoaqedge-of the truth,
a• it is .iti Him-7" That we might be holy and unhlatneable
brfore -him in 'love." - We may; therefore, have been called
and even, cht,:cn in a general setise,. but vet if we make not-
" our calling and election sure," by the practice 'of good
works, we may lose all the privilege of Election, and fall at
the lr.st..

But 'if there were issued fromthe 'Almighty a Decree
in-
fallible that we mnst.be sated,Jt would he impossible for us
.to fall, 'and consequently' th'exii.ortation to make'our Elec-
tion sure, Would be aniockerff.,4ar future pr!iti9"Y,..
• No, tQ ensure outEltittion,..wetutist trot" trust to any pre-,
dctermintitions of PrOvidetie:ein . inae'pendent of
our own conduct, but must folls*w the,:ituptilse of the spii
in this article, and through grate: cifteythe calling, and walk
religionslY good- works. It: is
.a contradiction (Q
This appears manifest from what has keen said upon this
article, and will appear still More rnalcift;iifCOmpared with
the particular passage iri•Scripture to which it most proba-
bly refers.—the sth Chap. of the Epistle to Romans—for there
it is Moot clearly astiertedi that the Decree of God is founded
upon his foreknowledge, anal northis on the former.

We know, says the Aposife;:fbat all things work together
for good to them that love God--not' to thtem whom Cud has
loved, AS the advocates for 'alisolUte election would contend,
and therefor 4 niake leis law antecedent to Oaf:• obedience'
but to them.that love God and are out that account called ac'•
cording to his purpose, he did foreknow; lie also
did predestinate—whot a int4knoW tq fore him, or to
be called;ahortlin.rtri biiiuithic;:te did predestinat to be
conformed-iv the tiOri=-26i.:t0 he: like onto: hits
in glory.; 'and those` Ithin he has justi-
Sed from all theirla9t.s-ins; it:it:Wert' 'he bins alio glorified
by the effusloh'Of" ilit!`'pledge arid' earnest of his
lore to all that itiiehituand peesdrat hkinsase in correspond-
,
- •

ing purity. t
I ,
' This was.i6 PtirPT4e, .cc.ording to
.:hich we are called ;
•41,1 is not ascribed tOGml's .o)solutrdycret•,n.or that we
are justified grgiorited h!tt theri.hil,choicest
facture all degaend upot!yOtt.,:laiecornplishuiel4 of Lip purpose
by the assistarye of, his .grace.. through faikh.,.,ty
,satii love-of
biro, and onfofrnityto•liil..ipage.,!•-, •
And t hTri ivy/gre (Qt. 6,a
; to.tb e foreknow-. •
ledgo of GpdA'nnto obedience.. .our. Election, therefore; .is
built upon Goit'Vforeknowledgel- who,could foresee, from the,'
grit, that we should:.notonly-he in lumber of the:Elect,
is the more general- 1465 e, of.bein&czilltd by hie name, but
that we should'be Elect unto "obedience; or walk morthi'of
oar vocationvitid: of .that name 'by which We are.calted, •for::
that is the greai puipOse WitereuhteeWe'are•Eleet.•
. " Election;lileed;F as bur Ad3rersary•sa)i, Secret to'its.
and Holiness visible only in good mini," •
-But to God n4illiei4Holinist,"tioi-:E4'eetinn: can be feerit,'
and the only tftieititki:is7inhieh'is :most cotrsiStedt with leis itt-'1
tributes, to el iet. Ei iti:a" 'Arai e of
Probation, like the present, before any possible'regarti'btht
utter abuie of'hi VfaleetV, t;i• 4.4?,
talents the cri;erloci'lif r I
Thoth the drstirlfilirid catidt ct of tlA.ltre'eilliallyithOlt4
Rya, but if W 4 bia'aliti 64146'ff(ilii I
.„ . ;„ c• • I? NI

light of _nature ota;ly, see should at once decide.that In the
sight ofil'lnOral GOVernor our destiny would be fixed by our
conduct, and not'our conduct by destiny.
• Withrespect Ito the " Utility and Design" which -,our
versary dwells upon, there call no.comparisoni our con-
struction of•EyeArticle,3ndhis.,
This godly consideration of predestination, and our elec-
tion in Christ, as it is full of sweet, pheasant, and unspeaka-
ble comfort, to the godly, &c., so for the curious and carnal to
have continually before their eyes the sentence of God's pre,
destination is a most dangerous downfal, whereby the. devil
doth thrust -them sillier into desperation or wretcht•duess-of

Most unclean living, no less perilous than tlesperttion.

Now most undoubtedly to thedgodly it is a comfort sweet
and pleasant, hecatise it tends to 'establish their faith of
eternal salvation, and fervently to kindle their loVe towards
God, because they ate tonsciutis• of that obedience unto
which they are elect, and their religious walking in good
work3—not beeanse • they rely iipou their work s or that obe-
dience,' as if it were ali•their own ; for what have we, that

we have out received ? but because they are eonscions, with
the converts in the ffrst age to whoM the Apostle offers the
consoling sentiment-in the midst of all their trials and perse-
entioni; that the Spirit helpeth one thAt
though' in Onrselvei weak, in we may bd strong,. that
notwithstanding all 11o,:se alipau:en-t evils which float upon
the surface of a spiiittial life,_ and may wentdderogatelsom hii Providence, yet that all things .w,,nokt.tog(;thri fur
good to thetit that love Him.
•• _

Surely .this is a real comfort as sufficient to kindle thi
love otbod tiflose..whio are.conscioui.of
_this _his aniinating
tssistatice, as it they itao the evidence our adversary
maintains of their election, atn.l4s,,suraiice th!tt that election
is solely .of Grae,
At the same time that it is not liable to thou dangerous
consequences which so ,fitiirally follow from, this imaginary
assurance " injurious to the individual -as to society at large,
by exciting tiisgrOuntied hupei.in the cuiladifiit.hyp ociite, and
driving modest virtue to despair.
Whieli ex.pression of the Bishop' its his :9th question, is
only a translation into modern language of this part of the
Article: -

To hare continually before their eyes the sentence of God's
Predestination, in Calvin's .sense, unto death, naturally
tends ro drive the most virtuous to desperatimi—as they-
gine themselves already under sentence, and all that they
have done, or are able to do, will not revoke the decree once
gone out against them, and front the same gloomy imagina-
tion, the very hypocrite may only be encouraged in his hypo-
crisy, flattering himself, that now the sentence is once past,
he may still persevere in the same course, since, if he were
to retrace his steps, it would be absolutely impossible for hint
to besaVed, and therefore be may plunge into.,"; wretchedness,
of most unclean living, no less perilous thanAesperation" in
this life, and infinitely more perilous iu the next, from the
intaccouritablC persuasion that he cannot be saved, with all
his zeal in his own cause, and, that therefore, "he cannot be
guilty, because he is not justified, and heis nut justified only
because he is nut called, and is not called because he is not

predestinated."
This argument, .which one of the newest writers iti .the
early period of the Church, urges against Predestination in
our adversary', sense, has never yet been answered, and for
the best of all reasons, that it is cleanly unanswerable.
- A. M.