The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-17 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1829.

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OLD BAILEY, J.tig. 16.

}LOWLAND- STEpRENAON.

The Oran! Jury came into Court this evening,
and presented.-several' bills, and, us we conceive,
the gentlemen would have been discharged but for
a: comm.unication made by the foreman-of the in-

quest.
Sir C. Price, the .banker, intimated that—they had
no other bills-ready for inquiry, much less for pre-
sentation; but • it had been intithated to. them (the
Grand Jury),- drat a furthet bid woiild be Presented
for their notice,, but: that, .from some eircuinsttutce
or other, the necessary witnesses were not in at-
tendance, nor could they be before Monday next, in
all probability.
The COMMON SLRGEANT wished to be informed
whether... the ttitnesstia would lie forthcoming on
Monday, • • - 1

Sir C. Price intimated his firm expectation, iie-
con:Tallied by a wish .on. the part of the Graiid
Inquest, that they Might not be discharged until
that day. •
The CommoN-StaGRANT shid, that he could not
possibly object to the application.
Sir 0. Price (addre.,:sing the Learced Judge) said
that he had consulted the other gentlemen of the
inquest, and they were all of opinion that there was
ample ground for the'delay.
The COMMON-SERGEANT-Very \NTH, gentlemen,
let it be so.

Upon inquiry, we.aseertained that the indictment
alluded to-was preferredagainst the fugitive banker,
whose recent departure from the city, and subse-
quent concealment,-has excited so much attention.
The indictment charges the bankrupt with em-
bezzlement, and froth unqUestionable at4hority, we
know that it =is preferred as a preliminary to a writ
of outlawry; or otherwise with the ulterior 'view of
inducing the Lord Chief Jusiice .of the Court of
King's Bench to, issue 'a warrant -..uider his seal for
the apprehension of the absentee, who is now confi-
dently stated by some persons to live not far from
Paddington church.

THE DEVONSHIRE MEETING,

. Yx.rerrit,lnuesn#v F.VE2fI NG.
There has .seldom. been any.. OROject of political
discussion which hes given rise to mare intense inte-
rest arnoriga- sill partles. in this county,' than that
which is expected to come on at the county 'meeting
to-morrow. The hopes of the Liberals are founded
upon the exertions• of some of the leading men of
their partv, who seem to ,tie taking more active
,measures than have yet been taken by the Liberals
of..ottter counties. A Considerable number of them
haveldready arrived here: amongst many others I
tiler mention the Duke of Somerset, Earl INlerley,
4dc Etbrington and. Valietort.
meeting of the leading Liberals was held to-
day the New London Inn ~(the Duke of
,Somer-
set4ti the Chair). I did not attend, as it was under-
stood to be privnte; but as .the object of that pri-
vacy was only to prevent their opponents from
corning to a knowledge of what they intended to do.
at the Castle-yard to morrow, 1 may mention what
has reached me of their proceedings. It was, I
understand, determined to move an aniendment, de=
claratory of the inexpediency of coming to any re-
solution against the Catholics, and of the propriety
of leaving the question for the present in the hands
of Government and the Legislature. Should this
amendment be negatived, and a petition against
emaAcipation be proposed, it is intended .to move
argendment, proposing a petition in favour
of concession, I may add, with respect to the irteet-
ing of the Liberals, that the utmost unanimity pre-
vailed amongst them.

Sir T. Acland did not attend the meeting. lie
has declined taking part in the measures.provious to
the meeting, but reserves himsellfor that occasion.
That his vote will be rigailist the object of the re-.
quisition; there can be no doubt.

Lord Rolle, ho it was expected would have
taken a leadingparfin.forwarding the requisition, has,
.to the great disappointment of that party,-not yet
done any thing to assist it. He as' gas, :1 under-'
stand, as a reason for this conduct, au he is not
favourable to a meeting which may tend to disturb
the harmony of the county. • He will, however, be
present at the assembly to-morrow. Lord John
Russell is expected here. He was invited to attend
the County Club which ,meets . to-day, and in an 7
saver to the invitation sent the following letter
• " Wobtirn Abbey, Jan. 10, 1829.

" Sirs--I have received from you a summons to at-
tend a meeting of. the Devon County„-Club, to
which I have the honour to belong, to consider the
measures proper to he:taken with reference:to the.
approaching county meeting.
" I regret to find that a party; insignificantin itself,
has been able even to raise a- debate on the 'expe-
diency of petitioning,Parliameut to resist further
concessions tki the RoMan Catholics of these realms:

" Many, I am - persuaded,- are ignorant of the
precise question at issue, and of this ignorance great
advantage is taken. The Roman Catholics ask for
no supremacy whatever'; they'do not ask to disturb
the ascendancy of the Church otEngland.; they do
not petition for any privilege or endowment for
their own Church. What they do ask is, that Ro-
maß. Catholic laymen may be ,eligible to offices by
the King, and to seats in Parliament through the
people, equally.with other classes of his Majesty's
subjects:. _ _

F:ewmen,.l:trust, in.• this enlightened .country
desire that religious opinions, however erroneous,
should be made the ground of punishment or'clis-
qualiscation. The question is, whether with, the
religious doctrines of the Roman Catholics . are
mixed other opinions hostile to the safety of the
State, Or inconsistent with allegiance to a Pro-
testant Sovereign.
" The ablest Statesmen this country has possessed
during the last half century; have examined this
question, and have arrived at the conclusion, that
no such dangerous tenets can he justly imputed; to
the Roman Catholics. The Court of Rome, indeed,
has, at various periods in history, putforth preten-
sions incouSis-tent With the obedience due from sub-

jecta to Sovereigns ; but these pretensions have
been rejected by the Roman Catholic laity,•aud be-
long es little to •their religion as to the religion of
.Mahomet. Practically,. the Protestant IKing of
Prussia admits Roman Catholics to offices,• the Pro-

testant King of the Yetherlands has. Catholics both
in his- Council and his Parliament;, neither Sove-
reign finds his Protestant subjects injured Or endan-
gered by such liberality. On .the other hand, the
Roman Catholic King of :France has Protestants
both in hiaCouncil and.his Parliament*—ono refuta-
tion, 2rnong many, of the charge of intolerance
against persons of that religion.
" On a question of this kind the friends of re-
ligious liberty may rely, I feelno doubt, on the co-
operation of the Protestant Dissenters. Last year,
rriany'of the Parliamentary..friends of the Catholics
hesitated whether they should support the petitions
pith° Dissenters, fearful lest their doing so should
injure a cause they had more at heart. But the
Roman Catholic people of Ireland came for Ward at
once, and by their assistance was obtained that tie-
cisive majority, which induced Parliament and the
Government to carry the repeal of the Sacramental
Test. Of this fact I am. myself a competent witness.
On the other side, the most violent foes of the
'Catholics were likewise the most violent foes of the
Dissenters; they consider the legislation of last year
.as disastrous,' and earnestly desired, not indeed so
much the maintenance of the Sacramental test, as a
declaration from all persons. who take office, whether
.from the King, or in Corporations, that they belong
to the Church of England. This they consider not
yet impossible.
" Finally, I regard the agitation of county meet-
ings as tending to retard that • final-settlement which
would benefit the state, and every individual belong-
ing to it ; to prolong the miseries and dissensions
of Ireland; to keep the realm in a state of armed
preparation in the midst of peace, and to scatter
over every part of it the embers of hatred.
" As my attendance at the county meeting is
somewhat uncertain, I trouble you with this open
declaration of my sentiments, and remain your obe-
dient servant,

" J. RUSSELL."
" To Mr. Aberdein, Secretary of the Devon County Club,

Both-parties here have had recourse to the' press
to fer►vard their respective objects, and a variety of
squibs and addresses have beeizissued by each.
Arrangements have been made,- that etch. party
shall take separate aides on the hustings. It is said
that the Duke of Bedford is expected to be preseht,
but I rather think this is doubtful.

The value of the palm-tree is not generally
appreciated in Europe, but it is highly prized in Asia end
Africa. The followers of Mahomet (as :ippears from Kea-
svini) believe it to be peculiar to those favoured countries
where the religion of the Prophet is professed. " Honour
the palm-tree," says the writer, in the words of Mahomet
himself, " for she is your father's aunt ;" and this distinc-
tion, he tells us, was given to it because the tree was formed
from the remainder of the clay .from which Adam • was
created.---Breehey's Northern Africa.

On New Year's-clay, the widow of the late
Francis Power, surgem, of Bristol, now in her 80th year,
gave a dinner at her residence at Holt, Wilts, to JO poor
and axed widows, inhabitants of .the village, whose united
ages amounted to 912 years.--. Bath Chronicle.
Every thing is remarkably still at Grantham
with regard to the Anti-Catholic petition. It appears to
awaken a very trifling degree of interest. We hear that
it has not to boast of.its " crowd of mighty names" at-
tached to it.—,Stumford NCIC 6.

FROM Trill GAZETTE OF LASTIgIGHT.

DECLARATIONS OF INOLTENCV.
Thomas Nixey, Oxford-street, Marylebone, hosier.
Thomas-Sal-nine, Park-lane, Aliddleses, horse-dealer.
'Samuel fielapatb, Oat-lane, Wood-street, London, bat,-
manufieturer.