The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-30 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

I trust it will not be thought presumptuous in a bumble indi-
vidual, to suggest the propriety of a national fast, at the prevent
critical season, for the purpose of imploring the Disposer of all
events to ward off the dreadful calamity of war, with which the
nation is at present threatened.

I have often heard, and taken pleasure in reflecting, that the
leading branches of the Royal Family, are sincerely attached to
the interests of religion in general, and more particularly to those
of the English Episcopalian Church. The venerable and pious
George 111., seems to have gloried in appearing as the head of the
nation before the Throne of the Almighty; nor has.our present
illustrious sovereign, been backward in following the footsteps of
his saintly parent, in this and other sacred duties.

__ If we revert to earlier periods of our history, we find numerous
instances of national humiliation and thanksgiving. The.
glorious Duke of Marlborough, used to proclaim days of thanks
giving in General Orders to his army, after every great and im-
portant victory ; and the Government at home, at that time, did
the same. But since it has pleased Divine Providence to carry this
nation forward in a course of increasing greatness, seasons of hu-
miliation do not occur so frequently There are, however, suffi-
cient precedents to support the practice ; and its propriety and
moral beauty, as well as its beneficial effect on the lives of indi-
viduals, are, I think self-apparent; and surely if fists during the
existence of actual war, are consistent with propriety, then it
cannot be less so to proclaim them on the eve of war, or under a
well-grounded expectation of it. The war with which we are
now threatened, is surely of a very terrible character; it will be
directed against the very principles of our national existence, those
principles which constitute our distinctive rank in the scale of
nations; a rank which we have attained, not by the extent of our
territory, not by the numerousness of our population, not by our
commercial wealth, nor by the bravery of our fleets and armies ;
not, I say, by one or all these alone, but by the steady operation
of a system of liberty which has called forth the army, or the
navy, or the money, or the talent, which the occasion demanded.
I say that we may regard this colossal power with. feelings of
gratitude, and found on it a just expectation of a glorious result,
in any contest to which we may be exposed ; while,
_at the same
time, we recollect that the issues of battles are in the hands of
the Almighty, and that war, successful or unsuccessful, is attended
with calamities to mankind, which every Christian mind must
wish' to avoid. THEODOSIUS.

On Sunday last, 36 Roman Catholics, 15 men
and 21 women, read their recantation in the church of Cavan.—
On the same day 12 persons abandoned the Roman Catholic faith
in the church of Ballyhaise, and four in the churches of Kille-
sandra and Ballybay. On Sunday, the 7th instant, two Roman
Catholics publicly renounced the errors of Popery in the church
of Gorey, in the presence of a numerous and highly respectable
congregation. We have reason to think that this is but the
" first fruits of a more abundant harye3t.—Dublin Correspon-
-1 dint.