The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-24 00:00:00

DECREE.

' For many very weighty reasons which are worthy of
my Royal consideration, and reflecting that the safety and
security of the State is, and always ought to he, the
supreme law for every Sovereign who desires only the hap-
piness of his subjects, and taking into my Royal considera-
tion the intelligence, activity, and frankness, and charac-
ter of the Infant Don Miguel, my much beloved and esteem-
ed brothel., I think fit to appoint him my Lieutenant,
giving him all the powers which belong to me as King of
Portngal and the Algarves, and which are laid down in
the Constitutional Charter, in order that he may govern
these Kingdoms conformably with the said Charter. The
same Infant Don Miguel, my beloved and esteemed brother,
will see to the execution of this decree.
(Signed by his Majesty) THE KING.
Palace or Rio de Janeiro, July 3, 1827.
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Ambassador of Portugal at London, in a dispatch
of the 26th of September last, announces that, by an
Austrian courier who arrived two days before, he had re-
ceived a letter from Carlos Mathias Pereira, dated the
15th of the same month, in which he informed him that
he had arrived at Vienna a few days before, and that after
delivering is his Highness the Infant Don Miguel the
letters of which he was the bearer from his august brother
Don Pedro the Fourth, be bad, in consequence of an
invitation from Prince Metternich, gone to Konigs-
worth, where that Prince was. It also appears that
at the date of the above accounts from Vienna nothing had
been yet definitively settled respecting the time of his Royal
Highness's departure; but it was thought highly probable
that this departure would be speedy, and that his High-
ness would return through France and England. It was
supposed that as soon as Prince Metternich should arrive at
Vienna (which it was expected would be on the 28d of
September), and had seen the Emperor his Sovereign, and
his )Highness the Infant Don Miguel, it would be decided
what his Highness would do ; the news of which was ex-
pected in London on the 10th instant.
LissoN, OCT. 12.—This being the birth-day of Don Pedro
IV. our Sovereign, the happy event was solemnised in the
usual manner with salutes of artillery. The Infanta Re-
gent was pleased to receive the Diplomatic Body, and to
hold a Drawing Room, at which a vast number of persons
of distinction had the honour of congratulating her on the
occasion. There was also a grand parade of the troops, &c.

The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 17th instant
reached us this forenoon, from which we make
the following extracts. The only interesting
circumstance mentioned in them is that the
Infant DON MIGUEL would set out for Lisbon,
on his return to Vienna, after being present on

Le 14th inst. at a grand hunting party at Prince

ESTER HAZY'S :-

COPENHAGEN, OCT. I.

Mr. Jacob, who last year visited part of the Continent,
in order to collect information relative to the Corn trade,
arrived here last week: On the 9th of this month a Cir-
cular was issued, addressed to all the Bishops in Denmark,
with a table, according to which the annual lists•of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, are henceforward to be kept. Similar
lists must be delivered in annually from the Catholics, the
Calvinists, and the Jews.
The life of King Frederick IV., written by the Histo-
riographer of the Kingdom, M. P. A. Royer, and which the
celebrated P. A. Bernstoff intended to publish, will shortly
appear in 3 vols. Svc). without any change in the German
language in which it is written. It has been ready for the
press for '7O years.

BERLIN, OCT. 16.

Count Fleming, our Ambassador to the Court of Nat-
ples, died lately at Arensberg, the seat of his brother,
where he was on a visit. He was previously Ambassador
at Rio de Janeiro, and generally esteemed for his engaging
manners.

Dr. Bunsen, who since the'departure of Baron Niebuhr
from Rome, has filled the post of Ambassador in that city,
is come to Berlin, on leave of absence, and has brought
with him a valuable 'acquisition for the new Museum, the
celebrated "Madonna della Colonna" of Raphael.
STOCKHOLM, OCT. 9•

The Board of Trade has published a notice which it has
received, that the light-hoxse to be erected on Arkona, the
northernmost point of Rugen, will soon be completed, and
probably lighted at the end of this month, and that it will
be visible for seven or eight miles out at sea. (German
miles are doubtless meant, which will give the distance
from about 32 to 36 miles.)
On the sth of this month appeared a public notice of
the Director's of the General Fire Insurance company,
which it is well known has insured property at Abe) to a
very great extent, stating that the funds were so reduced
" that it is not at present able to satisfy the claims upon
it ;" in consequence of which the proprietors are invited
to meet on the 3d December.

On this the Argus observes—" In the actual insol-
vency and application of the Directors for support by a
public loan, we find a very natural reason to inquire how
far the advantageous opinion which is given in the adver-
tisement of the plan of the institution, and its superiority
to foreign offices, is really well founded. We think for
many reasons that the contrary is the case.
COPENHAGEN, OCT. 16.

The state has sustained a great loss by the death of the
Minister of State, Count Christian Detlev Frederick
Von Reventlow, owner of the counties of Reventlow and
Christiansand : he died at the latter place on the 11th of
this month.

VIENNA, OCT. 12.

The Marquis de Rezenda, Brazilian Minister Plenipo-
tentiary at this Court, gives to-day a grand dinner, in ho-
nour of the birth-day of his Sovereign, at which his Royal
Highness the Infant Don Miguel will be present, and to
which all the. Diplomatic Body are invited. , The day after
to-morrow the Infant will go to Eisenstadt, to be present
at the grand hunting party of Prince Esterhasy. On his
return his Royal Highness will set out for Lisbon.
Metalliques 91 11-16ths ; Bank Shares 1082.

A Hamburgh Paper of the 19th inst., which
we have received this morning, contains the
following article under date of Messina, relative
to the Russian fleet in the Mediterranean :

MESSINA, SEPT. 26.
We learn from Palermo that the Russian fleet arrived

there three days ago, and immediately sailed for Malta, to
proceed to the Archipelago. The crews, and all the offi-
cers of the fleet, appear to be very desirous to assist the
Greeks. This squadron consists of 10 men of war, of
which five are of the line. It is said that the' whole force
of the Allied Powers, when it is assembled, will amount to
above sixty men-of-war. It is reported that a division of
iL will be employed to blockade the port of Alexandria.

We received Montreal and Quebec Papers
last night, to the 14th of September, but they
convey no information of which the American
Papers had not already put us in possession.

A private letter from Calcutta, of the 26th
April, states that 1480 huts in the neighbour-
hood of that city had been destroyed by fire,
by which calamitous event from ten to eleven
thousand native inhabitants had been rendered
houseless.

In another part of our Paper will be found a
full report, as far as it has proceeded, of the trial
of the notorious ROBERT TAYLOR for bl asphemy.
The defendant pleads his own cause, and strongly
denies the charges imputed to him, while at the same
time he rather paradoxically avows himself to be
a Deist—denying - the divinity of our Saviour,
and styling his disciples as nothing better than
impostors. For such a man the most chari-
table construction which we can put upon his
conduct, is that he is labouring under insanity,
or some strange perversion of reason, which
merely serves to render him ridiculous in the
sight of sober minded Christians. On this
view of the case we almost question the propriety
of dragging a man of such a reckless character
so prominently before the public, and that

too upon the strength of such evidence as
was produced this morning. On the other
hand, we admit the danger of allowing a
person of such mischievous tendency to go not
only at large, but to beguile the unwary to the
temple of Infidelity, which he opened under
the specious plea of benevolence for the
human race. We all know that persecu-
tion defeats its purpose, and only tends to
raise the persecuted into importance, the very
object of TAYLOR, who seems to glory in
his present infamous career. That he has
talents of a very superior order cannot be doubted,
and we are therefore the more disposed to lamen t
the obliquity of his judgment. That man must
surely have forgot his duty to society, respect
for his own character, and reverence for his
Maker, who could stand up in a Court of Jus-
tice to advocate such principles as he proclaimed
this morning before his fellow-countrymen.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(r 111 SDAY)

FROM LLOYD'A

DEAL, OCT. 23.—Wind S. by W.—Arrived from
London the Wallace, Wallace, for Nassau ; Do-
rothea, Craig, for Grenada ; Chieftain, Patterson,
for St. Vincent's; Nancy, Scott, for Jamaica; Sal-
toun, Melville, for Dominica; Active, Pearson, for
Antwerp. Arrived the Paul Pry, Forster, from_
Smyrna; Truelove, Watson, from Oporto.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—
Arrived from London the. Wellesley, Ferriman, for
Jamaica; British Union, Power, for Cadiz.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 20.—Wind E.—Arrived the
Diligence, Kirk, from Cadiz ; Francis, Greening,
from St. Thomas's; and Victor, Way, from Cadiz.
Off port the Eyton, La Friere, from Labradore.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Off
port the Ceylon, Davis, from Ceylon ; Stanmer
Packet, Sutton, rom Lisbon in eight days. Arrived
from London the Francis Freeling, Madge, for St.
Michael's; Sprightly, Newton, for ditto. Sailed
the Duke of Kent Packet, Lawrence, for Lisbon ;
Duke of York Packet, Snell, for St. Domingo,.Ja-
maim, and Vera Cruz; Sphynx Packet, • Passing-
ham, for Buenos Ayres.

The following letter was posted at Lloyd's this
morning, dated General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's Office, 24, Crutchedzfriars, Oct. 24:
SlR—The Hylton Jolliffe steam-packet arrived
from Hamburgh at 1 A.M. She left Cuxhaven on
Sunday afternoon. Saw the Sir Edward Banks off
the Texel on Monday morning. Yesterday at
1 P.M. she fell in with a new brig totally dismasted,
in tow of a cod smack, making for Colne, near Har-
wich. The brig was from Hamburgh, bound to
London, with a general cargo, and had been ashore
on the Middle.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES BESSEL, Secretary.
To John Bennett, Esq. Lloyd's.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY. TWBEVE CLOCX.

There has been a complete lack of business all
the morning in the English Funds, nor has any
variation taken place since the opening of the market;
Consols closed yesterday at 871 for account,
which was the first price this morning, and 87
for money, since which there has not been the most
trifling fluctuation. India Bonds are 97 8, and Ex-
chequer Bills a shade 'lower than yesterday, being
61 2 pm.
_ _

The same inactivity which attends the English
Funds may be reported to pervade the Foreign
market, and the only quotations that can be given
are in Mexican 6 per Cent. Bonds, 551 ; Colom-
bian, 27i 4 ; Brazilian, 59 -; and Buenos Ayres,
49 51; dreek made a trifling advance to 15 16
yesterday, .and maintain to-day the same price ;
Russian are 934 I; and Portuguese, 75 I.

There is nothing new to report on the state of the
Share market, and the prices of the various specula-
tions remain the same.

Three per Cent. Consols, 87-1 ditto for the Ac-
count, 87i ; India Bonds, 97 8 pin. ; Exchequer
Bills, 61 2 pm.
. FOREIGN.-Brazilian, 59 1; Buenos Ayres, 49 51;
Chilian, 23 5 ; Colombian, 1824, 271 i; Danish, 61 k ;
Greek, 15 16 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 431 41 ; Ditto, 6 per
Cent., 55i ; Peruvian, 23 4 ; Portuguese, 75 1;
Russian, 931- ; Spanish, si 10k.
Mixes.—Anglo Mexican, 671 24 dis. ; Brazilian, 24 6
pm. ; Bolivar, .44 dis. ; Colombian, 4 6 per share ; Real
del Monte, par ; Tlalpuxahua, 80 60 dis. ; United Mexi-
can, 23. 2 dis. _ .

TWO 0' CLOCK.

Consols for the last couple of hours have become
more animated, and an improvement has taken place
from 87i, at which the Commissioners were sup-
plied, to 88i, for the moment after this 88 was the
price, when they got up to 88i I, with a steady
appearance. This rise has had a corresponding
effect on Russian and Danish Bonds, the former
being 931 buyers, the.latter 61-i.
Consols 88/ t.

1141 F-PAST Two 0' CLOCK.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
Consols for Account have been done at SB.,
hey are now 881 f.
FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.

Consols 88i Danish Bonds 62
Do. for Ac. 88i k Greek Do. 1825, 16+
Brazilian Bonds 59i Mexican Do. 1825, 55
Buenos Ayres Do. -- Peruvian Do. 24
Chilian Do. Russian Do. 94
Columbian, 1824, 27i Spanish Do. 10

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.

The supplies this week up to the present time are not
emisitlerable, and there being a thin attendance at market
this morning, there is not much trade for any kind of
Grain. Good ciry Wheat is held for rather higher prices,
but for other parcels the factors would be willing to take
the terms last quoted. There is hardly any Malting Bar-
ley for sale to-day, and Monday's rates arc fully supported.
No variation in either Beans or Pease. Oats remain at
the prices last quoted.

English
Irish
Foreign

' ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley.
1,950 qrs. 2,100 qrs.

Oats. I Flour.
500 qrs. s,ososacks.

6,700

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

(Before Lord TENTERDEN and a Special July.)
BLASPHEMY.
VIE KING V. TAYLOR.

It was known that this cause was to be first
called on today, and consequently the crowd
which began to assemble at Guildhall, before

eight o'clock, was immense. In less than five
minutes after the opening of the doors the gal-
lery was crowded to suffocation. It is a long
time since any cause has been known to excite

equal interest. At a quarter-past nine o'clock
Mr. Taylor presented himself in Court, and took

his seat on the Bench appropriated for Attor-
nies, between the King's Counsel and the Judge.

E-Je was full dressed in his clerical robes, and had

much the appearance of a highly respectable and
learned clergyman. He was accompanied by two

boys, apparently fourteen or fifteen years old,

who seemed to be his sons ;- and also one or two

individuals of his persuasion.
The Counsel for the prosecution were, the AT-.
TORNEY-GgNERAL, 'SOLICITOR-GENERAL,

RECORDER, COMMON SERGEANT, and Messrs.

BOLLAND and PARKE. The defendant had no

Counsel, intending to conduct his own cause.
The Jury was special, but there not being a
sufficient number a tales, was prayed. They
consisted of the following gentlemen :--James
Vine, Thomas Creed, Edward Whitmore, Joseph

Skilbeek, John Mallow, John Stowe, John SI.
Ellis, Robert Richard, Solomon Harris, John
Gunn, John Phillips, Barney Wood, William
Rowbotham, Robert Bayes.

Mr. PARKE opened the pleadings, by stating
that this was an indictment against Robert

Taylor, for having delivered a blasphemous dis-
course, before a great number of persons, on the
16th of February last. The defendant had
pleaded " Not Guilty."

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose and
expressed himself as follows :—May it please
your Lordship, Gentlemen of the Jury : you
have heard from my Learned Friend that this is
a prosecution against the defendant, Robert
Taylor, charging him with uttering blasphemous
discourses, irreverent towards the religion we pro-
fess, and calculated to excite aversion and dis-

"respect, as well as to hold up to ridicule and con-
tempt, that which we consider most sacred. Gen-
tlemen, I shall not attempt to show that which
would be superfluous, as that any public
attack combined on and founded in ridicule
and mockery of those things, which, in the
opinion of mankind, are worthy the deepest
reverence and profoundest seriousness, must be
an offence against public decency, and rank it-
self under a public nuisance. Such a doctrine
is .so well understood by every man in England,
every man who knows the law, and I might almost
say every individual who forms the greatest portion
of this audience, that it would be a waste of
time to enter into a discussion to prove it. Gen-
tlemen, it i 3 the law of every country, of every
civilized nation, that religion, which binds man
to his Creator, must in all countries be a sub-
ject of seriousness—a subject of sacred re-
verence, and of a feeling wholly uncon-
nected from every thing that borders on
contempt, levity, or derision. It is not
necessary, neither is it exacted, nor can it be ex-
acted by the forms of any civilized government,
that all mankind should agree and assent to a
particular doctrine or form of worship—far from
it ; but what is exacted, is this, that the doctrine
and forms of worship that constitute the religion
of the majority should be treated by those who
dissent from them with due reverence. Surely
we may exact, on behalf of those who feet a deep
impression of the high importance and of the
solemn sanctification of the Christian faith—l

say on behalf of those under that religion, we
may exact the same observance, tile same respect,
as we should consent to bestow upon the religion
of other countries, to which we do not subscribe.
We may surely exact on behalf of that religion,
of its established forms and doctrines, the same
decent respect which, in all civilized societies, is
exacted by way of conformity to the received re..
ligion of those societies. There are other coun-
tries where men may do things with impunity and
propriety, which Yet could not be tolerated in this
country, because they would offend against de-
cency and public morals. It has been said by
an illustrious writer—and most happily so—
" we cannot compare the nakedness of the In-
dian with that of the prostitute of this country."
If the Indian ranges naked in his own wilds,
which pleases him, will you therefore permit the
prostitute to wander naked through this metro-
polis ? Would not that offend against moral
decency ? Or would you permit the Indian, if
he came here, to continue his native habits, and
parade naked along the streets ? W. 113, Gentle-
men, there are some habits—you may call them,
if you please, ; prejudices—wh
...ea grow up
and are interwoven with civilized society,
which become a part of its constitution ; an of-
fence against which would be considered a pub-
lic nuisance. Gentlemen, I state this case in the
simplest form, without even adverting to the su-
perior solemnities and formalities of religion. 1
do not know that I can do better to impress
upon your mind the feeling which I have ever
entertained, and ever shall, upon such sub-
jects, than by referring you to the words of
One of the greatest literary ornaments of
this country.—l mean Dr. Paley ; a man who
united to the profoundest erudition, acute un-
derstanding, laborious investigation, and candid
mind, a liberality of opinion and freedom from
prejudice, as to all matters that could be ranged
under the head of prejudice, which few have
shown, and which give to his opinion a force and
decision that belong but to few other men. Let me
show you then what his opinions are. I shall take
them from a chapter of his " Moral Philosophy ;"
for eloquence of composition, high tone of feeling,
thoughts that are pure, and words that are beauti-
ful, I would compare them with any work in
our language.
In many persons a seriousness, and sense of awe, over-
spread the imagination, whenever the idea of the Supreme
Being is presented to their thoughts. This effect, which