The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-31 00:00:00

1 r ~~ . . . .pC ser, enny' l ileed as lam that the Fudges oiesi. 8..1.t. I amittifypeisuaded that would zt —be the care. For, as I have shewn, it would 6 Y- !ii attempt to remove discontents which do not Mdst but among . those who have, generated, fos 4"cl, nrtd reared them up to their prese'n't magni tride, and would not, therefore, be satisfied, tho' fiustice, though Astrea herself, should descend bak,A from heaven to exculpate our Judges: And. What is more, it would, on ,their own principles, I)rove fruitless and nugatory, even if we suppose he people to be really discontented. For what Rllc they been doing for these last two years but . inging constantly in our ears the contempt in bleb we are held by the people ? have they no t acle these walls echo with the terms of reproach, Which they alleged were cast upon us by men of every degree, by high and low, rich and poor, learned and unlearned ! Were we not, and are we not still, according to their account, held in uni versal detestation ind abhorrence ? Does not the Whole empire, from one end to the other, reckon Ls 'equally weak and wicked ? in a word, are we not become an abominaticn in the land ? Such is 'the language of the minority. How can they, With a serious face, desire us to'undertake this in quiry, in order to satisfy the people ? the people, if their former assertions are to 'be ereditei, wilt receive no good at our hands. They will regard What we say no more than a knot of coffee-house politicians. We are too ridiculous as well as odious to do any thing that will appear gracious in their eyes. What is the conclusion to be drawn? let its satisfy ourselves. Let us act according to the dictates-of honour and conscience, and be at peace with our own minds. . It is thus that we shall sooner or later regain the confidence of our constituents, if we have lost it ; and not by hu . kouring, as nurses humour great lubberly boys, the Wayward whims of a misled multitude. The charaCteristic of this House should be a firm and Manly steadiness, an unshaken perseverance in the pursuit of great and noble plans of general uti!ity, and not a wavering inconstant fuctuat.i.:)n of councils, regulated by the shifting of the popular breeze. " It we are not to judge for ourselves, but to be ever at the command of the vulgar, and their capricious sliOuts and hisses,. I cannot see the a 7 . 'vantage thenation'can,reap from a ,representative body, which - they might not have reaped fr"m a tuinultirous assembly of themselves, collected at 'random on Salisbury Plain or Runningmede. And i: very,well knoWn, that such an irregular and, liotous crowd are but very ill qualified to juilge truly of ,their own interest, or to ptwue it, even ""'Len, v forni.2.44.lt,iPsig;m4-nt_ 'fl, ly,?, re 'Jut very tinsteady•guadians of liberty and property. D o you want proofs •Corrult the English history and you will find them in every page." , Sir It. WiLsoxi, it is slid, was very near losing life. Whilst reconnoitring, in the disguise of a French Officer, he was, mistaken by a Rus sian soldier for one of the enemy's' Generals. The 2 nusket was • immediately levelled, hut its discharge was lucky prevented by General MILLARADO VITCH. Report says that thereis to be anotber change in the Go - . - ernintnit• of Spain ;' and the Cardinal of BOURBON is to be sole Regent. Friday last two divisions of cavalry, : marched from the depot at Maidstone; for Portsmouth, there to 'embark •on hoard the . outward-botuidEast In , l• - imen.. They are deqiued to recrukthe several rri;inleht,S 'Stationed at the two Presidencies of Ma .dr.i's and liengal.—The first detachment consists of Te....rai'ts for the Bth and 24th Regiments, under the *cominand of Captain O'Reilly of the 24th Light Dragoons.—The second, of recruits for the 22d and 1 25th under the command of Captain Ran dall, of the 22d. . . CORK, DEC. 4.—The adveriity of the weather has been lately productive of some mischievous Consequences on this part of the Irish . coast.----, On Wednesday morning, the sloop Caroline, of Biddeford, JAMES MULLINS, Master, from Dub lin, bound to this. city, chieily laden With tal low and goods for merchants' trade, was strand ed atßullin's Bay, near the Old Head' of 'Kin sale. The crew and cargo had been fortunate ly sai'ed, and the inerchandize stored at Mr. Dri• AlR.t.'s-stores, at the Old Head ; and it As.a;i; hoped if the weather moderated, that the sloop could be got off. Several ladies and children were on bOard, Late 'yesterday evening a detachment, of the corps of Brunswickers, which had been stationed in Bandon, arrived in town, previous to their em barkation for foreign service. Arrived also the Talbot sloop of war, Captain Swaynt, from a cruise, she will p‘roceed to sea again immediately. FRAMs - 13REAKING.-- s -On Monday ;evening last, z. party of inddites, eight in number, entered the house of Henry Ccx, of, Beeston, near Notting ham, one of whom stood guard over the. woman, (who happened to be the only inhabitant then in the house) while the remainder proceeded up stairs into the workshop, where they broke and destroy ed a 34 gauge yard-wide frame, the property of IN.Tr."Turner, frome-smith. Not Content with this act of atrocity, the partY carried . off a rack; and tieble tackle, worth seven anc.l sixpence each, a new saw, two pairs of pliers, one pair of scissors, a spoke-Shave, a, pair of point mold& :(belonging to a 30 gauge frams of Mr. Hovey';) a a wrench, and four bobbins of 'silk, the propetly 'of Mr. Cox. RELIEF TO THE erEFFERING 11.11:;SlAn'S. Yesterday, a Meeting took pursuant to adyertisenent, at the City of .London Tavern, for 'the iyu'rPOse of opening a Snipeription for the Re lief of the Sidering MANNiNG iu the Chair . . -,.. • :The object of theSMeeting having been briefly stated by the Chairman, , a Mr. Bnsiaist thilacs rose. lle hadirequeutly attended Meetings on occasions . somewh a t similar s to that which had this day called them together; but he never remembered to have seen oee more numerously and respectably attended than the pre, sent. He felt himself verf inadequate to the task he had to petforns ; but the cause did not depend upon the powers of the individual who brought it forward :—it was one which would operate power fully on the feelings of everyone ; and their feelings would supply his deficiency. They were aware, that the object of the Meeting was to open a Sub scription for the Relief of the Suffering Russians, Who, in the sacrifices they bad made, had set an ex ample of fortitude. and heroism ; from which even this country might profit, should Engiand ever be fated to struggle with her most inveterate ene my on her own shores. It was his hope this would never be the case ; but he trusted in God, that, under any circumstances s *England possessed with in herself the means of effectually resisting > rosy force that might be brought against her. The war between France and Russia had arisen from the refusal of the latter to adhere to what was called the Continental system of ,Buonaparte, which went to exclude the commerce of England from the Continent. To this the Emperor of Russia' had magnanimously opposed the most determined resistance. France had marched against Russia her most experienced veterans. —Those soldiers had 'been brought into the field which were supposed to be invincible. These had been hot only resisted and successfully resisted by Russia, but she had signally avenged those calami ties which she bad suffered . from their aggressions. From her the world had seen, that there were no privations, no sufferings, no evil, no adversity, which a people 'could not endure in defehce- of their independance. The events of the Russian campaigh he,could not but regard as highly im portant, with a reference to the effect which they might be expected to produce on . the other nations of Europe, who from these might be encouraged to throw off the yoke of Frances It was unnecessary for him to expatiate on the sufferings of a very considerable poe tioh at the subjects of Russia. These must come home to every leart,anti we could not avoid self-. congratulat:oo while we felt that we had been spared trials so severe, and were capable of soothing, by our benevolence, the distresses of our allies. The cause of Russia Le considered as the cause of Europe, and more particularlv as r ne cause of England. It was impossible not to admire that firmness and that valohr, *hid] had successfully resisted the most despotic power, and the finest army the 'world bad ever seen. Nor could they but have a lively sense of the alEictiohs of those people who had deprived themselves of then' houses, t hat the enemy m ight not find shelter in their country.. . Doing this, they must felicitate themselves on the means they pos sessed of affording the - sufferers relief, svliich he hoped every one present came with a decided re, solution to do, as far as was in his power. Hav ing stated thus much, it was not for him to go further into the subject ; but having given a brief . and a faint outline of it, he should proceed to sub mit certain Resolutions to the Meeting. He then, read the Resolutions (for which sec Advert.) Mr. A. BARING seconded the resolutions.— He thought it must be grateful to the feelings of every. one, to relieve; in sonic degree, the suffer ingS of the Russians. The subject ought to be .considered as well iu a moral as in a political point of view. That which they contributed was not to be regarded merely with a reference to the advantages the Russians might derive from it, but they ought to bear in mind the effect such a manifestation of sympathy 6n the part of this country might have on the other nations of . Europe. ln this instance it Would be seen, - that the peOple were not merely following an example set by the. Government of the country, but came forward spontaneously from their own feelings.— The Meeting he thought one of peculiar interest to the Merehaats of London, and be had great pleasure in supporting the Resohitions which had been read, feeling as h e did, t h a t th e con d uct of theinhabitants of this great city would make a ',strong impression Millie people of this country, ;the people of itusia,, and on Ehrope at large. Mr. S. THol67'l'ol4 stated, that he had the ho nour to move similar resolutions to those moved to-day in another place last week, and he had to say that that company, the Prince who presided at itSand the Committee appointed, all concurred in an anxious wish to forward the object of this Meet and a deSire 'to co-operate with those who _formed . it, in the hope . of making the sUbScrip tion Worthy 'the cause. It was seen in the last speech of Bisonaparte to his Council, that he de scribedthis to'be not a 'Or of animosity, but of policy. " What Was the nature of that policy ? : its 'object was siMply this, to exclude the produte and manufactures of the British-Empire from the. Continent. An aVowal like this must rouse the feel ings of every Englishman to a pr9per sense of the merits of the contest in which 'Russia was engaged. 'lt was One, which‘might Most . eSSentially.cohtris bate to the interest of the merehants and manufac• , turers of this country, aid therefore they ought 'eagerly seize this opportunity of marking the seuse they entertained of thehause in which their :allies were fighting. Buonaparte bad stated that he ' had entreated 'of Psovidence a certain number of years to , complete the designs he had foinied. Ife trusted', however, that he atresdy,apprOarhed the . end of his career, and that the fitihneSS of the E mperor Of RusSia, and the'patriotisin of his peoples would continue to prektit insurruiluntahle barriers to his ambition. He - augured muds good from, 'she expression of the sentiments Of the people this country 'on the 'events Which had taken place within the last few months. Not only did be augur much of good to the people of this country, but to ail norope. Mr. •MAIIRTATi' thought, that if the proposed: subscription had, been recommended to them on ic ground of eumahity alone, when they conSi dercd the desolation caused by the advance o' the . . . "Preneb,the self-devotion and natriotism with which it 114 been met on the part attic .Russians„ th e suf, ferei's would have appeared entitled ,ta liberal as sistance. But when, in._ addition to those feel ings of benevolence which An - 41.istimen always felt, those considerations of commercial ,policy were added, which, in the present instance, were so intimately connected with the subject of the Meeting, he thonght e‘eiy,One must feel the pro priety Of contributing to: relieve the sufferers as effectually as possible. He r then proceeded, to draw an affecting picture of. the distresses of the Russians, and highly panegyrised the •t lieroic ex ertions in defence of their country. „lA* r'esidthe thnlight like ;y to, prodixe great changes in:other nations;•tio.. , oi4 he even d es pai r o f pro duce a great 'Change in France. - Vanity ,Was, the prevailing feature in the French character. Zuo, naparte had gratified it much ;. but when he no longer led armies to conquest, but to destruction, he thought a most important revulsion of public sentiment was to be expected ; nor was it tOo much to hope that it would produce a strong ex, pression of the feelings of the people of France on the subjeet,of the war. This was not tog much 0 lit.pe from the people of France, When they reflected that he had led an immense artily to destruction, basely to desert it in the hour of dis tress. Buonaparte had united nearly the whole po litical power of Europe against Russia, and had failed. Had he succeeded, this country must have suffered greatly. The Emperor of RttSsia had, under all circumstances, firmly refused to conform to the continental system, and it was 'now incum bent upon this country to •shew, by its active be nevolence,' host aincerely it commiserated the af fliction ofthe unfortunate snflerers in the glorious struggle. Mr. Alderman C. SMITH spoke in support. of the Resolutions. He regarded the late events in the North as most importantly beneficial to the interests of this country. But for the magna nimous exertions of the Emperor of Russia, the situation of our armies in Spain would have been very critical, and our prospects in every respect essentially different. '['he Emperor of Russia, it was to be remembered, had 'entered into the war without making any stipulations tor aid from this country, and this circumstance, be contended, gave his unfortunate people a stronger claiM oil the generosity of Englishmen. Had not the im mense army formed by Buonaparte been destroyed by the Riissians, this country, in his opinion, .would not have been out of jeopardy. Assisting liberally the unfortu nate Rnssians would exalt the character of this country, if it needed exalta tion, in the eyes of ail posterity. Mr. PLUMMER eulogised the conduct of the Russians, and was in favour of giving them the assistance proposed, as well for the political as for the moral effect it would produce. It had been said that Buonaparte could only ruin this country by piercing it through the sides of other countries. He contended this country could never be ruined while it retained its navy, and its navy could only be ruined with its commerce. lad thd Emperor of Russia acceded to the demands of the French Ruler, our commerce would have been much injured; but for his magnAnithous resist ance to the mandates of Buonaparte, we should not now have had a pin's point on the Continent where our manufactures would be received. The sufferings of the Russians had been great, and well merited their sympathy and assistance. And highly as he thought of that benevolence which had called together that Meeting, he thought still higher of the moral effect which it might be expected to produce—marking as it did that ex pression of feeling, which did equal • honour to those who gave, and so those whc received the donations they might make. The manifestation it would give of public feeling, would, in his opinion be more valuable than the subscription, however considerable in amount. The Resolutions .were then put and carried unanimously. • A Conimittee was appointed to manage the subscription. The CHAIRMAN said, he felt it his duty to state that he had receiv e d a lett er dated the 26th, (Saturday) from the Lord Mayhr, Wieling the use of the Mansion-house for the Meeting. The let ter, however, through his being out of town, had . not reached him till that morning. It was then too late to accept of his Lordship's polite offer. This he had stated in a letter which he im mediately wrote to his Lordship. On the motion of Mr. B. LONG, the thanks, bi the Meeting were voted to the Lord Mayor, for his offer of the use of the Mansion -house. His Lordship.was immediately after elected an hOno rary.Meniber of the Committee. The Thanks of the Meeting were next toted to the Chairman, who expressed his gratitude for that bonoor. The subscriptions then commenced, and dona tions toa very consider:Able am6unt were announc ed in the course of a very few minutes. ENXIS ) Dr.c. 23.—Last Saturday two hostile 'clans, by previous agreement, resorted to our town, for the purpose of deeding their quarrel., The vigilance of John Jame's Fitzgerald, Esq. liice-Provost, 'soon discovered their intentions, and falling in with one .pa'rty, he lodged a few of the most forward in gaol. Bet Ween twelve and One , o'clock in the night of triday'sennight, the hokis'e of Mr. MennelF, .of Bridlington, one of the Society of Friends, Was entered by two Men, who forced the baa-door open, and.after breakinglko a desk, *lid, rifling the drawers, '&c. belOw Stair's, Went loWarclis the bed-loom - OM. and M . 5... Mennell. The latter 'having hea'id a &Asc.', had got up with the intention . of going down stairs just as the chamber il6or was forced ap`en, When the thieves entered, one with a pistol', and the other with a, latithorn; Mr s . M. rery and . with singul a r resolution, inquir ed the 'reason, of their untimely visit ; one of them said they wanted inon:7v. She replied ) 'i• Had'st thou come atla more st i:onable time, and told me thou had a large family, and in great need, I would have given thee some " The villains, not being desirous, of entering into further conversa tion, demanded their money, took away what they could find from from the pockets of Mr. and Mrs. M. and made off, SCOTLAND. HIGH COURT JF JtSTICTARY. , • ••,,_ - t THOMAS BENNY, midshipinan, v. Jolx.. PAY ID SON, writer in Greenock, : lt!rocurator Fiscal, of the Bailie Court of Greenock. . , In the,month of September 1512 . , ML .13enny, employed in ,the iinpress service at Greenock, im pressed a man at that:place,_ and was' proCeeoing in his boat to the tender With him,, when, opt ac count cf some real or, supposed appearance -of ob struction offered him in the execution of his duty . , he was induced to Are a unis.iet ; he was in con, sequence takea iv at his' return on shore, brouAl4 ,before the Bailie Court ,there,.and sentenced to l3ridewell for 30 flays, - ,and to he.detained th;rein till he.shonlil find caution ; to keep the Peace in all time. coming.. Against. this sentence he appealed to the High Court or asticial v , and on,:Thai-sday thecause waadvocatedhei'ore : the Court. T.heSOL . torroR4iF,NERA L ' and Mr. M.A.CONOC;HE were, heard at great for , Mr. .penny, and Mr. COCKBURN and kr, M'Coitidiciz. for Mr. Bar yidson, after 'which their Lordships . .delivued their opinions. They. all ; agreed i finding, that the Magistrates of Greenock had beep 'guilty of gross irregularity i. their proceedings., and of an unwarrantable stretch., of power, in obtaining /lent-1y to find, what was never required by alq Court in this country, security for his good beim. : \imp - in all tiffie ; dismissed, the letters si?4liciter, and found Davidson liablein apciaces. o the 11)th instant, the 'Magistrates and Coun cil of Abel•def?ta unaningiusly elected 1111.71;gor.or: GLENNIE, Professor of Phi!osoully; Marischut College, to. be Minister of our College or Grty friars Church, in the room of. the lieeretul‘ PAULL, who has been presented to the parish church of Tullynes4e,.in the presbytery of Alford— and :synod of Aberdeen. • . _ We learn; that for some time back, the lUniVer sities of Oxford and Dublin haVe contributed, relief to the ScoOsh bishops and other clergy.; and on the 14th instant, a grace was• proposed; for the Same purpose, ii.theSenate of the University of Cambridge, which passed without,a division, •and • 2001. directedto he given' out of the public chest to the Scots Episcopal fund. 2 • " Last week, in, Sunderland harbour, the brig Comet, LEISK, of Ab er d een , 'discharging acargis from Quebec was, ,owing to a large quantity of staves being piled on deck, upset. At the time of the accident there was fortunately a keel along side, which, by partially, supporting the vessel, allowed the crew. to escape in boats,- which came to their assistance a few minutes .before -.he was nearly keel uppermost. Tfie vessel has since been righted, with the loss of some of her yards, but no other material damage. • . In an action, brought before the justices of the peace, by a manufacturer of Glasgow, against Se veral weavers for refusing to finish their webs at the prices marked on the tickets given out with -them, and insisting that the man u f ac t urers s h ou ld pay the rate fately`found by the justices to be rea •sonable, the justices on Tuesday ordained the weavers to be imprisoned ift the Tolbooth until they found security that they would finish their .webs in a reasonable time, and also found 'them liable in expences. Against this the weavers ap pealed to the ensuing quarter sessions. On the 6th current, James Gellan, F:boemaker in Stricken, was defected* endeaVouring to utter forged bank notes, at Lewes of Fyve, and by the vigilance and nelivity of the constables, he was apprehended', and safely lodged_ in jail: Three forged notes were found in his possession., one on the British Linen Company, another on the Com tnercial Bank of Scotland, and the third on "the Aberdeen I3ank. It supposed h e b a d a good many.more in his custody, but he contrived to de stroy theta before he was searched. Wednesday afternoon, a gnarlier, at the Cow cadeens, had his leg so much shattered by the falling in of a part of the quarry, that amputation became necessary. The operation took place in the Glasgow infirmary, and we arc sorry to learn that the man is in a very dangerous state. He has a wife and eight small children. . During divine service in theTron Church, Edin burgh, on s'unday, the' e was a good deal of alarm; created on a report of a fire in the church. The Rev. Dr. S1111E350:4, who was just concluding his sermon, very prudently dismissed the congregation. It afterwards appeared to be owing to the thinness Of a vent, which had been lately built, to carry off the smoke from the stoves having con:m.lli cated with the wood of the adjoining gallery. We are happy to state that no damage Was done. . • Murder.—The wife of J ohn •Thohurne, (in' the 'employ of Mr. Crawford, miller, at North Shields,) haying died on the Friday, she was buried on Sa turday, when a repOrt was pFevalent that she had been murdered. Oer body was in consequence: taken up on Monday, and a Warrant granted for the apprehension of the husband, who bad absconded, but his sister, who had resided in the honse, and a young man, her sweet , heart, were secured. Thobtirne, was, hoWever, apPiehended at SOnth Shields on the Monday night, and the parties, with a ,number of wit tesses, were examined by the magistrates on Tucs daY„ It appeared,that a fortnight before the time of ;.is wife's death, her husband had conic into the house and struck her, and in the scuffle a looking glass awas broken. The sister, who had been out, on her return perceived the broken glass, charged the Wife with having 'done .it,—went to a public house where Thoburne was, and urged him to go home and correct her, which he did, and the blows she received must have been dreadful, as both her' arms, and from her shoulder to her knee on one side, were shockingly margl-d, and one part be -I!',w her arm seemed to be in a state of mortifica tion : the surgeons were also of opinion, that she had received little or no sustenance during that fortnight. The jury again, met on Wednesday morning, and found a verdict of wilful murder against the husband and his sister. When the body was interred, Thohorne had, in registering his wife's death, mentioned a,z earlier day, as was pravod by the church books. She was the daugh ter a very respectable farmer in this county, was at .times a little deranged, but quite inoffensive, and laud brought him a genteel fortune.