London, Tuesday, July 6, ...
The Times, 1824-07-06T00:00:00

We have received the Pat-is morning and evening papers of Sa- tureday. The forner contain no news of thealiglitest interest, and theilatter rie ncarly cqually birren. The Quotidicnncgives thc Ai- nisters gome gentle hints about a timely ictreat from ofFice-tciling thcm, that as they obtained power by enjoying thc confidence of thc Royalists, they bad now forfeited it by losing that confidence. In the Chambers hothing had. occurred since our last mcntion of their prorecdings, which deserves notice. Nothing is said which would lead us to suspect any alteration in the healthof the KIN G. The Etoilk contains part of the Bncyclic Letter of his present Ilo- liness Pope LEO XII., addressed " to our venerable' brethren the "Pa:riarchs, Primates, Archbishops, and Bishops.". This ktter, being a sort -f pastoral charge from the l{ead of the Church to those who are its chief office-bearers, ought to havc followed im- mcdiately the elevation of LEO to the triple crown, but has been delayed-in consequjenee of the dangerous illness of His Holiness after hls clection. In the first part of this production, given by the Etoile, there is nothing very remaricable either in stylcor substance, if we cxceptr those passages which relate to the duties of the Bishops, and the dangcr8 of political reformation. The fol'lowing sentence woftld ippeai to ic addressed to the Protestant Prelates of the church of Ireland :-" The bishops who do not endeavour to obey the pre. cepts which, 'enjoin residence and pastoral visits, shall not escape the terible judgment of the Supreme Shepherd, in pretending " that they are exempted from those duties, by the appointment of " capable ministers." In speaking of attempts at political and re- ligious reformation, his Holiness thus speaks:-" What terrible " combats have arisen iu our tine ! v/bat terrible opposition is daily manifested to the Catholic Church ! Who, in recalling them to his mind, can refrain from tears ? It is not the small spark of ' which St. JEnosiE speaks, iVo ! it is not a small spark, but a " flame thiat threatens to devour the universe, to consuine thec " most extensive cities, walls, and forcsts it is a ieaven ca. " pable of leavening the whole lump." " And what do we " nean by this ?" asks his Holiness. " We mean a 6see, which, "arrogating to itdelf the false name of plhilosophy, has raised "from their ashes the dispersed phalanxes of almost all errors." "This sect," continues the PoPE, " covered externally with the "flattering appearances of piety and liberty, professes tolerantism "(for thus they call it,) or indifference, and extends it not only to " civil affairs, of which we do not sptak, but even to those of religion, teaching that G OD has given men an entire liberty, so that every " one may, without danger to his salvation, embrace or adopt the "sect oropinion whichplpleases him according tobisprivate judgment. 4' * 4'* It is true, this error is not new, but in our days it is " let loose with more aulacity against the stability and purity of the Catholic faith; for BusEBIus relates after RHeosDO, that "this mal idea was propagated by a certain APELLES heretic "of the second century, who rpaintained that it was not necessary "entirely to search out the faith, but that each person slhould re- "main firm in the opinion lie had once formed. ApiELii,s-afflirm "ed that those were to be saved who put their trust in JEsus " CHRIST, provided always that death surprised them in good t a woxksc."P. o e ....h At Aec recapitulating 60rnc other iezrc4i" and obaeving the much greater lengths to qlbkh t1le tolerauccof tnode times proce5ds, the part of theEncyclic Letter which is given.lu the Eloik conclude5 thus: "GOD, who cont n t ae' wisdom of tbe wise, scemas to have ' given up the eflenhieg of his cbrch;' and the detreCtotsof super- "4 natursa rov.editio'hjt4 -kjprobatc Onsd,4ana to tha.t mystetjyoPini- "quit t*i61i *as i*rittep on the forehead of.the shameless wIoman, "of whii tIe ApobSte St,JOHN speaketh ifor *ihat greater iniquity "thaii to ib these Viaon Men not only abandon the true religioi, " but td attempi to stftHs the simple by sophisms of aU sorts, by 9wotda lsnd writitgs full of artifice? Let God arise, let him re- "prets, let hirtrcoanftoun, let hdm hnnihilate, tdis uubridled 7 cen- "iOs7tesI of speaking, wriing, and publishing writings !" FRENcH FUNDS, July 3.-Five per cents. opened at 101.; closed at 101. 35. Bank Stock, 1,900. Neapolitan five per Cents. in ducats, 87. Rentes d'Espagne, 18: Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, S9. Exchange on London, 1 month, 25. 25.; three months, 25. 10. -Cours Authcnique. L-OTDON, TUE8JOAY, JULY 6, 182t