The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-15 00:00:00

ARREST. OF SEDITIOUS 011ATORS.

LEEDS, JAN. 12.—Some alarm was oe-asioned
this morning. by the sudden ealliqg ont of detach-
ments of the military (4th Dragoons), and by
orders for the others, as well as the Gtlk Infantry,
to hold themselves in readiness. On enquiry
learn,,that warrants, have at rived from Lon-
don fur the arrest of se.eral of the Itefoint
thators, and other persons who have taken an
ctive part in the Meetings in this neighhonr-
hood. ! In order to ensure their prompt and
sure ,execution, it. was deemed req•.isite to call
upon the military to hick the authority, and
strengthen the hands of the Civil Power. They
immediately
.proceeded to Cleckheaton, Dews-
bury, ani4 other places in the vi.inity, where se.
veral arrests have been made.

Air. James Munn, bookseller, of this town,
against whom a true bill has been found for 'sedi-
tion, has traversed the indictment to York, and
will be tried there at the ensuing Assizes.
Ten, p. particulars of the arreits have
transpired ; but All remains tranquil in this town

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FOR '1111!; SUN.

TM'. ROMAN ( A ritouc CLAIM.

EDITOII--.•-• It Ibe RelottnAtion mider HENRY

801, that was improved under It.tiz.oleTii, and
happily established under root Revolution in 1688,
deserves respect the toll of Pope' y, And the
devotion of a Protest'►:,t Church on its ruins be

trot Ili preservation witliolir a ; it the al-
liance of Church and citate fritt one indivisible
Conititution, from tvl;icli it would he criminal to

di:crge, no t»an in his sober sent.c4 who knows
any thing of it, can view it bur ns ihe Trost beau-
tiful faltiic that ever was ere:led by human wis-
dom. Nothiug bill stubburil ig,noraeice, or the
htent acr of the Ito tutu Catholics Cain censure it,
except that it excludes thew front power, and
that they cannot beguile l'arli.sirient to entrust
thrill with a sliAre.

If the Cotist:offlion be a compact body, in-
rvery thing for the sntety of civil and re•
liglofts liberty, distiuct from the wai►tollt(ess of 'US

enemy, liceoloosoess, can Aoobt t hal .4 Go•
Vt'filittrtit which con esponds Iv, it it , the prido And
ho,(oit of all the snood vat cs (‘I (1( eat Prit.itt atttl

irt 14110, tliloti;:,+,olit the cti%

Chtircli Awl S.:cc Are they are tit,
ouited fooutl.itiou, ot whicit till our grealuess is

the stlper!tnict!r:t. Jctrs, and
s:rl of all denominations arc sensible ot it, Di-

vide diem, anti they become iotkpetident of eAch
other, am! we ro3y tiegtroy both. %Vitt therefore

litdi it to odwit none into► either without a test of
fidelity in one, and sincerity ill the other. 'Those
who embrace them, are true genuine tnen►hers,
but would it be equally wise to open their gates
to an enemy of the former, and let him in, as a
pretended friend to the latter / would it be equally
so to trust men with authority who in spirituals
[oh; nu supremacy but iii a Pope, and abhor all
communion with hotestants r Certainly not, tin-
lcci should be neat► enough to put a
sword into one hand of lie P..pists for self de-
fence, and a sabre in the oilirr ►o decroy our
faith. Such men are not genuine tnenOeis of
ft e Site, of which the Pro'estant Church is a

viird parr ; and it is the TaintienCe of nonsense
to call, them 50. Lke St. PITHR, they would
then tight wilt two sword, one civil, the other
rel;ooii., as after.••ards clrtime,l by his paral sue-
cet,s 'vs ; hut PETER fought for his great Master,
tvhcm be denied and renounced ; and what have
Piotest.tws of the national worsi.ip to depend
on, that the Papists with such swords in their
bands, and in power, %kill not deny and tenotnice
evety thing, except their own will and pleasure,
which in time might re-establish Popery witli
deSpOl 1C ;Monarchy.
In short, Sir, uniformity in religion has ever
been found necessary to civil government, and
that even Protestsnt Sectaries should be exclud-
ed front it. Lord Bacon was persuaded that
schism tended to the subveision of civil society,
and nothing but the idolatry of the Papists ex-
cluded the sect Of Protestants in Roman Ca hone

countrie=.
Ott the whole, and referring to my Series
of
Letters in your Paper, 1 now hope yunr Corres-
pondent TartAx will take up the subject, and di-
rect his battering rain against this irreligious
claim of power by the Rotmiti Catholics. lie is
an able writer, the public want hint, and he will
be attentively read by
AN OLD BARRISTER.