The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-08-31 00:00:00

STATESMAN:

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DUBLIN, Ammer 24. • ..
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~ A ;rand farentell entertainment was -given at the Ate period whet' the public mind 'ls so math di.
Rotunda, to his Gesce the Duke ol•Richmorid, by,. 'kW sand agitated respecting, the distribution of the
the principal Nobility end Gentry of Ireland. Oie, Bible, without ante or ,coninv,it, among Ile poor
'Marquis orfhnmend, whO had left Rustellan Castle ,and illiterate, the followi,:g description of tlrai di-
'to preside on the occasion, was taken leadenly ill ;within book," from the pen of E.. Berke, cannot be
'the Chair wes therefore filled by Earl Coningham. unreasonable or unedifying. .
Among the compote/ were, • . •.. - i.' ; , 66 The subscription to Scripture only, is the most
The Earls of Wpatineath„ RedenAgngford, FON. astonishing idea I ever heard, and will anteing to
ham, Caleilon, GnsfojA., and C.harleville; Lords:ijust nothing at all. , .Gentlemen so acute bete not,
.Tara, Frankfort, S. Osborne, R
11. Manners, eit. : that I have heard, ever thought of answering a plain
Moore ; the Bishop's of Killtnore ling ()Mori, dic..ike. (obvious question—What is that Scripture, to which
After the cloth had been rtimilred, 'the health q i they are coptent to subscribe? Theydonot-thinkt hat a
his Grace was given from the Chltili, and received by i book becomes of divine authority because it k bound
the company with•enthusiastic appinuee,:., Ills Grace 'tin blue morocco,. and is printed by Joins Basket and
was pleased to say, ...this Assigns. The Bible is a vast collection of dit..
" That he felt himself most higlily,gratified iei.fereii(treatises : tha man who holds the divineau.
thanking so large and so respectible a meeting, upon Itherityag.eue,p34;_zansiaerthe othviumarely bd.
fill occasion so pecidiarlY grateful to Vii feelings.— I,'inan. What is his Canon? The Jeptish—St. .1,..
That he Iliad the honour of filling hiS presto' exalted ''reme's—that of the Thirty-nine Articles—Luther's?
station- almost six yeari and a half, nearly. the Base There are some who-reject the Cantibles; *theta six
of auepprenticeship. At all events it.was aperiekl.a the Epistles ;,the Apocalypse has beeir:suspected
sufficiently long to endear Ireiand tto, him, ainthe„ oven as heir.ztick4 nod wasdoubted oPfergiany ages.,
hoped that 'his conduct after his separatien.Trine" 4:14i (1 by man mat men. As these natetste the Canon,
wont& prat ids' attachment to it:" ' • ' •.
;At herr' . rgid.lt• by admitting ilitr'fierrnaba.,'s
These sentlMenta of hit Grace 'Were retierved'ieltli :Epistleirllie 14tbsItiltiCoustitutions, to ill nothing
load cheeret•-mickafter a' ti unifier of national inid!;of,.many...cti*.Golitele.l.:.Therefore to ascertain
convivial touter .tbe company separated at. a lalf.! Scripture,. you miiiit --iiVe",oneerticle more; and you
hour.l •. :,.:
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.. .., •,- • .. must define what that Scripture ill which you mean
. , 1.,,,,Dr- Iledrilss.Pea, n 91(.Attbigh„ 414 noir, pisbop ;to teach. •Tbere arq, I rbelieve, very few, who,
or vv 40(01,1* q:biret!!fued )02itniltitrve .00r
,:.,,ehen 'Scripture is so aseettakted, do not see the al'.
e'lee Uri of Mayo, and married' to MissTitintea stoluteneeemity of. kno,wing.:what omelet domeine a
yostleic 44114 of it' lit; *ArclibishOP:d DWAIN ! man draws,froin it, before he is scut down autherised
Airid sister tollieredtitess Of Kilkenny.' -' ' ' , -.1 by,the State to teach it as pure doctrines. •• - •
Aunest 27.--Yetterday;.abeut five-o'cloCk in‘thei . " 'fhe Scripture is n 9 one summary Of doctrjnee.
leifternoon, Lord Whitworth, the Nikes, of Dorset •, regularly digested, it; which a man weld not inistake
'lnd suite, arrived at the Castle.
.At. a very early his way ; it is a most -venerable, but most multlfa•
hour in the morning, messengers from the Secretary's I flow., collection of the records of the divine econo- '
Office, were ie • attendance et the ..Pigetiii.houaet , my..-a collection of infinite variety, of cosmogoey•
:aWaifinehls Lhidihip's a'r'rival. -"Pill:yacht convey- i thertiogh history, prophesy, psalmody, morality,
ing his 'Lordship - did. not, • ikerithet; *ppm in our' epOlogue, allegory, legislation, ethics, carried through.
bay till about twelve o'clock, at Which time a dis.: different 'scout, liy different authors, of different
charge of artillery anfloonced.the event. Bia Lord -‘i ages, for different ends and purposes.
ship left the yacht at half-past three o'clock, and I;"It is necessary to sort oat what is intended foe
was hailed on his approach to shore by a royal' saline.: example, what only: at narrative, what to be under-
The' principal streets through which the precession ' stood literally, what figuratively, where one precept
: passed, were lined wit% the different regiments now': is to be coutrouled and modified byentithervr—What
lon duty in our garrison.' ' • ;is used directly, and what only as -an argument ad
Very shortly after the arrival of his Excellency, : hominem,—what is temporary, and what of perpe•
Ihe was introduced to the Privy. Council, which wag tual obligationl—what appropriated to one state, and
previously assembled, Ind it—vibich' the Duke of : to one set of men, and what the general' duty of en
Riehmond presided. Lord'Whiteorth's commission'. Christians. If we do not get some security for this,
being read, the oaths of oglcaiVerendniiiiistered to' we not only permit, but actually pay for all the
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`him, at, which the Lord' Primateaisiited. After his ! dangerous fanaticism, which can be produced to cor-
Etcell4ncy had been shorn. in, the Duke of Rich- .`rupt our people, and to derange the public worship
mand invested itim with the Collar of .the Order _of. iof the country."—Bunxt's WORKS vol. z. p. 19.
I Sh Patrick, and the Sword of State, and ill.the other
appendages of office being loaded to aim, his EAcel-
lency took his place at the head. of the Council
Board, and the Duke of Richmond withdrew.—
Amongst the spectators present airing the ceremony,
were their Graces'the Duchesses of Richmond and.

A -Field-Officer has been at Portsmouth for some
time-past,- enlisting from among the different Prisoa
Depots in that neighbourhood, all Germans willing
to eater our service. He has enlisted above 150
from the Forton Depot only. Above 1000 Italians
have offered themselves) but none are accepted. The
Germans are intended to form an additional bat.
talion. toil), 60th-regiment, which will.consequently
lie -named-the 7th battalion; and will be drilled as
rillmea.—(Monts Courier.)
patract of a letter, dated St. John's, Newfound-
land, lst of August, .1813 :—" The woods were set
I,on'fire here ffve dap ago, by some. deserters front
i the navy. The fire yet continues on-the south side
of the barbell., and seems in length about two miles;
Ibutt doitot know how far it goes back. It is truly
la grand,sight, althoughlto be lamented ; as it not only
I may, if it lasts. long, endanger Cite town, but has
already destroxtel & great deal of timber."
Pampeluna, the capital of the kingdom of Na..
Terre, is situated on a gentle eminence on.the south
side of the river Arga, towards the miatlieof a plain*
or valley; three leagues in lengthlrebi. nit to west,
end one league-in breadth from mirth terouth) pre:
,during torn in abundance, with,sorne winei.but vesy
.destitute or ;teed. The, town is -of ..very moderate
sire," but well peopled, the inhabitants,being recites..
ed about 12,000. Patnpoluisa being
.of 'intporanc•
as a frontier-as well as a capital, it has been fortified
with regular works, wherever the latltre of the
ground would admit this to be executed: The north
side, which is ,bnilt,along an elevatioa, 80 or 100
feet above the river, is defended oolyVen ancient
wall, 'with'a few shallow bastions Whereyoom could
.be found for Mein. • On the east and south sides the
' works aro more ' modern and regular, and the west
side is covered by a pentagonal citadel, considered
lathe of great strength ;n itself, as well as by its
Isituation. The French have thrown up additional
works, so that.it might not, be commanded by the
hills to the
,northward, distant about a league.—
.1 This' aitadel and 'some other works additional 16 ele
indent fortifications of • the place, were conskeetett
by Philip the Second, towaeds .the ,end ,of the alz4.
teenth century. .Since the . FsMtch have :seized it,
' they have been Elliott, to tender it nearly impregt.
. amble. . .
RAM—Yesterdaylvir. Jener, riperson Of iiisppete
. able connection, was privately eitainineel before Mr.
i Aldermen Qoooll2lkeltet at- Guildhall, on a charge