The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-20 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR,--In a conversation which I had
with one of your pretended Established Church-
men, who profess such inveteracy against us all, as
" Emissari,:s of Satan," who do not support the
British and Foreign Bible Society, in preference
to the one for Promoting Christian Knowledge,
as not so generally useful, I was artfully let into
a few of their secret principles, which I must
say I think so generally inimical to Church and
State, that they ought to be publicly disavowed, or
publicly confuted and controverted by every man
to whom the interests of Church and State are
clear; for the levelling principle which pervades
the one is evidently the levelling principle ,vhich
pervades the other. I noted down a sew remarks,
in answer to my opinion, that a man who paid
Missionaries to disseminate principles: inimical to
the Established Church, could not think it wrong
to attend a Dissenting Chapel, which was agreed
upon, in the idea that the British and Foreign
Bible Society had done more in four years towards
spreading the Scripture., than the whet Society
would have done in 150, at the rate they were
going on,—viz. " If the Bible contains any thing
which can controvert the Church of England, it
right it should be controverted." Now, Mr.
Editor, in my opinion, a man who professes him-
self a Church of England Minister, and says if
the Biblf• can controvert it, it ought to be contro-
verted, opens, in my mind, a broad way for every
schism to enter. When he says, too, ours is a
Calvinistic Church, rightly understood, in its Ar-
ticks, and that all sects are included in the Pro-
testant pale save Catholics, and plain Predestina-
rianism is our own true doctrine,—what God bath
joined, I say (faith and practice), let no man put
asunder, or how will he join it again, as though
it had never been separated ; and if once we have
these itching ears for going beyond the truth, my
word for it, nothing but universal ambition of li-
centiousness in faith and practice (doing evil tha
good may come) will be our motto.

A TRUE CHURCHMAN.
P. S. Only behold what may not arise from
universal. toleration ; if all sects but Catholics
are Protestants, all men else may be Rulers in
Church and State.

Early yesterday morning the PRINCE REGENT
wal seized with a fit of the gout, by which his
Royal Highness is confined to Carlton-house.—
(Herald,)

_
The Duchess of CUMBERLAND formed her first
acquaintance with the Princess ELIZABETH at
Hombourg, as she had been prevented from see-
ing► her in London.

Yesterday Viscount SIDMOUTH had a long an-
lienee of the PRitice REGENT at Carlton-house.
The Duke of YORK came to town last evening
Oltlands.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of E EST set out from Frankfort the 9th instant,
for Sit itzerland.

!t is said to be the determination of Govern-
ment to superannuate all Revenue Officers above
70 years of age, on a liberal superannuation, si-
milar to that lately given to the Officers in the
Prevemive Service.

Yesterday morning the first issue of the new
Crown-pieces took place, not to the Public, but
to the Bank Clerks. Every Clerk on the esta-
blishment received one, tor which he had to sign
a book It is expected they will be generally
issued in a few days.