The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-01 00:00:00

tO THE EDITOR OF' THE sTATESAI4N.

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"*re detest nee vile ease pfactives."
112,-,417111 you, or any of your correspodents,
Save the goodness to inform me, through the me-
dieM of your very excellent Paper, the reason why
half-a-crown was dementd_d on Sundayler admission
tb the Chapel Royal? It was the second time I had
wrer been within its walls. The first of which was
on Good Friday, solely to hear that most celebrated
divine, Dr. ANDIENIft, when I voluntarily gave my
Shilling to the door-keeper, having previously un-
derstood from my friend, who accompanied me
thither, that it was the usual custom., The reasons
bad for going the second time were perhaps two :
the one, for the gratffiralian at beholding our
beloved the PRINCE REGENT for the first time since
be bad been invested with power unrestricted;
while the other, of course, was for a re!igious
purpose; when, to my no small surprise add chagrin.,
half-a-crown was bona fide demanded by the person
id the d 'Jr, who exelaimed, with an audible voice,
" that is «hat you sent pay to-day ;" and on my
presenting him with a three-shilling token for change,
be peremptorily, i. e. impertinently, as I conceived,
seised it, and desired I would walk forward, for-
getting to give me the change. I must confess, can-
didly, Sir,' it excited those sensations of disgust,
Which, Gett-lotbld, I should ever again tit - any
period of my life fee.l—in a place of worship more
especially. It would be much to my satisfaction,
believer, and• I -doubt not but that it would be
equally so to many others, if yourself, or any other
Gentleman, Would state, whether or not this be a
Standing rule at the Chapel-Roy-al, or" mere prac-
tice, Gloster:" to demand on certain days greater
sums of money than on others ; or if they be at all
authorised make ant• demand whate►er, which, if
so, the sooner such an impotirion (for so • I must
deem it) be done a ay eith the better, for it could
at best be retarded only as a public extortion. If
Igo to the Magilaitii, Ow Asylum, or the Philan-
thropic, I give freely my sixp•euce, conceiving it goes
to the suppoit of that part of the community the ;
'post distressed ; but when I was yesterday detained
at the door of the Chapel Royal for half-a-crown,
it reminded me rather of visiting a public Theatre for
gesusem•-te, than that of attending Disine Service to
arship Goe.
March 9Q, 1812. A.

The Croydon, from London to Rio Janeiro, with
It steam engine on board for the Portuguese Mint,
tad a cargo valued at 90,0001. has been lost.
Couttr-Maarzat..—Monday a Court-Martial was
assembled on beard his Majesty's ship Raisonable,
In Sheerness harbour, whereof Captain SpitAmnra was
'President : tHe Court proceeded to try Mr. Was.
TOWNSUEIND, tnidsbipman of his Majesty's sloop
lt Pr , irpoweltarges .exhibtted aglinst him by Cap-
taia Ltswoeiss Commander of the said sloop, viz.
•for being elf deck in his watch, by which means
the jolly-boat was lowered down and six men de.
'sorted in tier. The Court were of opinion that the
charge I+ as fully proved ; but, in consideration of
bis youth and'inoxperimice in the service, did only
adjudge him to lose his service+ in the navy, and to
be imprisoned three months in the Marshalsea.
Monday James Phillips and John Pope, two seamen
belonging to the Creseent fligate went round the
Ibtet at the Yore, pursuant to their sentence.
Lieut. Po VNTZII CRANE, that zealous officer who
lately commanded the Irresistible prison ship at Gil-
lingham, is appointed First Lieutenant of the Rey-
* lard sloop.

A fey nights since, the house of Mr. Finche, on
the Edgeware-road, near the four-mile stone, was
broke opetisattrobbed of a quantity of Oats and
Cash.

Last Thursday night, between ten and eleven
o'clock, as a man was passing near the Basoq in
lir de-park, he was overtaken by four men, who
kriccked him Armen, which stunned • hint : when *he
(-tune to himself, he found his month tied. with a
ltamikerchief; and a• pocket of his petitaloOnN coat
tiiiting 3501. ti ant:notes, cut but,, the contents of
ti;i other Oasts entptied, auttitlie robbers made or.
. • Mn. Wt•41.1.141.1:1r v Aso His LAl:lye—Otte.
vould iniagihr; rroni tier deOare)intts and pretended
pattiottc rouylvet cf this Getiticlutn and his family,
that wh;tl litiVias • about to *obtain in .siarriage with
Lis Wife so irmense and orilgrowit f fortune, that
lie woold hire liad mind sert`se enoi•gfi to have had
leis br:?'e appolir in a dres's of English manufacture,
at a time like the present; Whets 'the ferglish ma-
nufacturer and his • family are starving for a nior.
sel of bread ; but no, this benign sentiment never
entered the breast of this Gentleman and his Lady,
with a fortr.n,?-of 130,0 CW. per annum, derived from
the lebonr;* she sweat; and the industry of English-
men. The Lowly appeirrs bedecked and bedizened*:
a paraphernalia of French lace, costing many hundred
younds, when she might have appeared in one of Fng-
liah we will be bold to lay, hand: outer
and more elegant, and infinitely more to her credit,
thtugh not half so expensive. This would have
done more honour 'to the Gentleman's bead, as well
as his heart, and would harerredonnded much more
.to the creak-6f the Lady as an Englishwoman, as
Melt ai to tier friend Lad advisers.- It is such co"-
duct, and such immense and overgrown fortunes,
locked up from-the public, in the hands of a few
fools andprojligatesi that charges brimfull the cur of
bitterness, which fin_glishmen arc compelled to drink
to the very-dregs. The law of primogeniture, and
family pride, is what accumulates the immense for-
tunes in the heads of fanatics, while the younger
branches are either very slenderly provided for, or
let loose to prey art, and be provided for
by the public, to the prejudice of better :nen ;
for, though a Css.ta or ALEXANDER appeared in
our armies, or a Greene and DEstosTIrENP in Our
senate or at our bar, family weight, connesiost, and
inteiest would crush them, and press the dows.o
tie bottom.

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to whom the care of the Church has been entrusted

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TI-IN STATOWAN,

ThE • RELIGIOUS ERA, t
Jot been Slew 6 imitating the other good qualities of
tat •
A rRAGMENT.. great Statesman?a ill hasten to suppresS every
publication in which these principles appear--prin-
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cipies so fatal to the peace and happiness;of--we
religious man; he regularly attends Divine Service ;
had almost said the people—no, we mean the Church,
he is without ostentation when he proceeds to the
because she only is intere.tted at present—and what
House of Gun ; no gilded chariot conveys him thi-
would the people do without an titablished religion ?
they ; as a humble and meek follower of the foundei Is is
said in some of the .diurnal Prints of the rebel-
of the religion which he professes, he avoids at- .
hous Irish, that there is, at this moment, a
reacting the notice of the world by that display of spirit afloat in Ireland animating the heart of every
i grandeur which is usual in approaching the Temple •
unbrsbed, unprejudiced man, which is guided by
of the Most High ; he prefers walking to the Chapel :
• reason, tempered by the noblest principles of patriot
unattended; and his pew Is no way decorated, by ism, thepu rest sentiment of loyally. The Catholics; say
which this distinguished favourite of Kings and of
the samejacobinical journals, "are severely aggriev-
Princes, shall we say of Heaves, may be discovered •
ed • the Protestants are alive to the unmerited inja.
from the inferior groupes of mortals that surround • ries indicted on the grand tnajoiily of their country.
him ! But, Mr. Penczvar.'s devotion is not confined ,
men ; they dread the consequences' Which may result
to the altar; he has a domestic Chaplain to assist from the system of exclusion, and both unite.iWthe
• him in his acts of devotion. It will, perhaps, be
hope of procuring justice for the oppressed, and
said, that Mr. Pirr also had a Chaplain (since ele- .
safety of the nation—they unite lest a prolonged
vatted to a Bishoprick), and that he was not consi-
Administration of relentless Intolerance shou'd lead
dered a pious man on that account: But mark the
to the overthrow of the Constitutioh—to the ex-
! difference between the great 'mad!" now no more," unction of Liberty, and the final establishment of a
' and the great man.now in existence. The immortal .
gloomy Despotism=they quite iu the hope of pre.
Parr had ae. pretensions to religion, while his mor- serving all that remains of Protestant Freedom, and
sal successor shows, by his regular attendance at
of restoring what had been so treacherously plunder-
; Church, that he is a devout professor. Mr. PERCL-
ed of Catholic Right—they unite, lest the will of
vai.'s piety, however, is not to be discovered,in his
the Minister should become the Leta of the Land,
private walks 0n1y...1t runs through his Whole pub•
and to prevent the scattering of those bistods of civil
tic life ; and it may, whitgreat truth, be said,
that,
. oar which ever increase the potker of a bad Minis-
, since the days of litaear VIII., who acquired the `ter and prove the weakness and the ruin of an infa-
title of " Defender of the Faith," from his resisting
• rusted People. Such are the hopes--:•such the fears—
the mandates of the. Pope, that Mother Church ,
I has not had so zealous au advocate as she has found, such the spirit of Ireland at this awful period. This
spirit pervades everyrank in the Island—let it be
in thesedays, in the Cuasicri.Lon of the EXCHEQUER.
promoted with ar.lour—let it be cherished as the
He fights the battles of the Established Clergy in the
'greatest public good, and soon shall we behold the
• Senate and out of tl.eSenate, against Catholics, against
, Rights of our Country restored—her Liberties sc-
Presbyterians, and against the Lancastelitins, who
cured, and her People enjoy prosperity and peace."
can hare no other object in view, by their turbulent , •
I•his, no doubt, sounds extretrely u el:. 13ut Minis-
declamations, than to subvert the Liturgy. hi .fact,
1 ters ought .to be aware, that the pretensions of the
so powerful does the Bench of Bishops consider this ;
Irish people to " reason," to " patriotism," and to
modern champion of the Faith, that nut one of them „
lob arty," are merely words is:. course, mere affect-
, has thought it necessary to take up the pen in de- .
ation to cover their deep designs against our glorious
fence of the Church-, though she is at this moment ,
Constitution. The true way to get rid of these eta.
placed in such imminent danger. It is said that Mr.:
,
Proczvai. has hitherto found it rather a difficult moors, is for Ministers to state to the public, that,
at one period, the ancestors of these same Catholics
task to manage the Catholics as he could tz-ish ; '
sought to intimidate others into a submission to the
and the symptoms which have appeared amongst the
authority of the Pope, and to an acknowledgment of
Protestants in their favour, particularly the name- his
. opinions, by invariably maintaining that those
roes petitions which, it is whispered, are preparing
who are not within the pale of the Catholic Church,
by the Dissenters against all religious disgoalifica- are in a state of eternal damnation ; and that, in three
tious, have somewhat disconcerted his piovi mind ' • .
• times' recourse was had to the civil power to inflict
but he was too penetrating not to foresee and pro. ;
the most excruciating tortures on men, women, and
vide a remedy for this. Lore SIDMOUTII, it is VW,
• children who had rejected her faith and doctrines.
was defeated last year in his attempts against the '
Modern Catholics may, perhaps, answer to this, that
Dissenters; but this tolerant Peer then acted upon
nearly a century has elapsed since these scones were
his own bottom ; he bad got the support of Minis- ,
transacted, and that it is now admitted to beunjust
I ten, whom, in fact, he did not consult previous to 1
• . to visit the ieiquilleaof the fathers upon the elaildreo.
antrodacing his testators Bill into Parliament.— i
But it can easily be stated, 'in reply, that what was
Aware of his determination not to " throw the
I once practised by Catholics, may be practised again;
handle after the hatchet," without another attempt
and that though the Irish people of- the present day
to bring the Dissenters to reason, Mr. PERCEVAI, •
strong in his own abilities to subdue the Catholics, may be more enlightened whirl, must render them
has associated the Si osiouvis to his Goiernment, in more tolerant than their forefathers, }et that where
e
I order that, by their united exertions, the views of both there remains ponied/1y of their d generating and
becoming dangerous members of the state, they can-
these religious bodies may be defeated, and the
I not be allowed to ehjoy those privileges which they
Church of England raised to a higher degree of pre..
eminence than ever she enjoyed! What a gloriousl we
I claim. With regard to the Dissenters, e need say
prospect does this open to• the dignitaries of the very little. Lord Sinmourii cannot fail, by this
1 time, to have studied their character sufficieutly, to
Church!! As to the inferior clergy, poor souls, I
, enable him to refute all the :flimsy arguments they
they are unworthy of notice, because, though they;
may bring forward, should they be again sopresumptu.
Might wish to rejoice at the cause of religion pro. ;
i cies, as they threaten they shall, to inundate the House
ipering, it is fit and proper their spirits should keep!
• of Lords with petitionsfor redress of theirimaglnary
i pace with the means which they have to exhilerate
grievances. If the Noble Peer lack of argument, he
them. The people, of whom a pious Bishop gra-
ciously required nothing but implicit obedience to the'
new now employ that never-failing weapon, a mvo•
laws, can have little to say ou the, arrival of this 1 rito.of the House, to gel rid of these troublesome
miters. Thus shall the present age far surpass the
new era in religion. It is sufficient for them that
former ; and thas shall we have reason to congra-
' they are permitted to pay for being taught their duty
tulate ourselves, that a new Era, in religion as well as
to Coo and man. Were they allowed to go farther, .
in politics, has heed brought about, through the con-
they might then' become Dissenters, than which no- •
.animate skill, and the pious disposition of Mr. PER-
thing would be more contrary to the views of those 1

CEV AL.

'by its worthy palters. After all, we are afraid
there Will be found many who-will dare to question
the right, of Mr. PERCEVAL, or of any other Go. . A Bill is now preparing for the abolition and re.
gulating of Sinecurep, and Offices executed by De-
Some,terment to interfere as to matters of religion.—:
1 e cc and for other ecenottlical purposes," found-
presumptuous men, in defiance of the este- ' uth
. !fd on the follouing Resolutions, passed on the 24th
blished doctrines of the Church, have already good i alt. by the House of Commons :--
so far as to avow the heretical opinions, that every I " Resolved-That the ntntost attention to economy. iu all the
man, the natu.lll-born subject of a state, subscrib- ' branches of Public Expenditure, ti hicb is consiste.nt with the
i rests of the Public service, it at all times u great and im-
jug to its support, that is, to the maintenance of its Awn duty. -
civil, religious, and military establishments, is eligi- ' " Resolved—That for this purpose, in addition to the useful
ble to all the offices of trust and emolument belong- abolitand ion regis tae Ztli.olinaoir vitionlaskSe by
iecarePtairtiliiia•es; anntdf(Tfitchees
ing to that state, unless disqualified by imbecility or executed by Deputy, it is expedient, after providing other and
• sufirient means for enabling his Majesty dcly to recompence
crime ; that a Catholic, or a Presbyterian, may, tor- the fafthfol discharge °flies and effective Civil VitreS. I u tsbo-
sooth, make as good a Lord Mayor as a Protestant; ;
gielare"ilkoge4eihwitei'viabete•arve: '''''''' ........................................................
land that to make religion a pretext for the excluslow.soraip yinent. excepting only such as are connected a ith the
persii
onal si trice ofhis Niar.ty, or of Lis Royal Family, regard
ii
1 of either, is to pervert, not to sustain it ; is to alie- :he g had to the existing nterests in say Offices so to be abohshed
[nate man from man ; to disunite what it professes , or regulated.
M unite ; to teach us to spurn and abhor those
1
crs
'whom we are bound to embrace and cherish ; and to
erect insurmountable barriers between men living in whi"clittthehegc—tivesitliitiiesizsireerjenedtirieefftyt **or prerticalepaielly t(l:?isThar'el
! by Ileputy6 so e
the ~..exs v..ang
lerluments acr
being
ITlcacpt!eodafor
fuelercalniease frthich may appmtruc th
crePoniegaaercomul if/addition:l
the same society, merely because they differ in specs- responsibility, ani sufficient security being taken for doe per•
fmnance di the service in all cases or trust connected with pub- 1
1 lative opinions and modes of worship, which cau • lb... Jamey, regard being also bad to the existing interests Worth
have no other tmtlency than to render them irrecou- : °l''.
c'tlable enemies to each other,. and is•contrary to that i
Mr. M— 's Romance, The Milesian Chief, is
charity Christianity. professes to bear towards all calculated, at the present crisis, to excite an unusual ,
Imankind, which is'one of 'the best proofs of its di- .degree of interest. 'llve *Author observes,. he has,
-sitie origin.—We tremble for the consequences thiti chosen his owl country (Ireland) for the scene, be, i
I must follow the promulgation of these dangerous
:eau, he believes it to be the only country on earth;
1
principles. •None but a Jacobin could think of re- 1 wharN from the strange ealstinglippesition of Reli-
i gion, Politics, and Mattgets• the exstenur..of refine-
commending them ;'and wi:en we recollect the judi- me nee 7;
at end barbarism n united • tOtti :the most Aild
dour policy of Mr. PITT towards that refractory Gated incredible sitaatieas,.of rosuaL-A4: story are hourly
race of menoro talpi-dlit fir. Oawcze.kat who hag paean before modem i eyes'' ~...",'
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SINECURES.

Ffilw.lLE FirsiitONS FOR APRIL.
[FROM ACK ERVIVIN'i REPJSITUR Y.]

MOIRKIWG ea DOINEST/C. Cur nraur.—A. superfine Scotch or
French c.unbric over a cambric slip, lon vieeve, and
a rutT ala Mary Qacini of Scots. A necksaraia and sight bet in
gold; bracelets sad ii:-Cklace of white ur, led cornet-an. A
Flora cap, c.iinpo.ll +pi ii hate Ann and lace. A capuchin or
Frener cloak' of blooms* satin, or Poiuuna green, trimmed riiih
thread l.tcc. slipe•rA of pile pink or green *id; and gloves of
tan or Limerick kid.
l 3 ►IL Darw.—A roam! Circassian robe of pink Crap`, or
gossamer net. over a white satin slip, fringed full at die Get ;
a peasant's bodice of pii.ic gaiin or velvet, lac Al in front V. itli
silver, and decorated with the same ornament. Spanish
sleeve, embellished w kit white crape foldings. and Sashed at
its termination with bands of silver. -A SParsan UT CAIYItst,
helmet cap of pink frosted crape, with silver bandiraiiv,
embellished with tamek, and rosets to correspond. kriC.3 nee c•
chain and ear-riugs of Oriental gill& Fan of caved Ivor,' •
Slippers of pink kid, with.corregiondeat Clasp I aad gime of
White kid ; an occasional s=nare veil of Macklin lade.