The Sun. — London, England, 1823-09-18 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY .Estrods from the Morning Papers, September 1 8. ' ['MORNING CHRONICLE.) Itwas very generally believed yesterday in the etty, ! - that Cadiz is on the point of surrendering, and, what - .may appear singular enough, the be < fief tended to raise the value of Spanish Bonds. We confess we do not like the negociations and par , toying, which have lately taken place between the French and those within Cadiz. We are aware, too, that that part of the Ministry which is more thtn suspected of being corrupt, and particularly s'ine Minister in a very important post, must have iinsetk la - bouring to embarrass and counteract the well affected. Still we, cannot bring ourselves to believe, that their success can have been so. great as to paralyze the latter, or that the mere -WWI to . . prolong existence would induce the Members of the Cortes, and other distinguished Constitutionalists, to abandon their post till thingii had come to the very last extremity. In `the mean time, "assuming the possibility of a sur :render, and the consequent re-establishment of .Ferdinand and the Inquisition, we do not well ie-tiow the Spanish. Bonds ought to rise in value a en that account. The French will never consent to gnarantee the debt, anti we all know what the 'Government of the Monks would be. In time a good and enlighted Government might, by the •abolition'of restraints on industry and, the pro tection of property, obtain the means of revenue. "But the reign of the Monks is founded in igno rance, and.. productive of -laziness. In fact, a revenue equal to the payment of the servants of the State, it will be beyond their power to raise. As to paying ititerest on loans, the thing is ridi culous, EN lEW TIME.] The sum and substance of the news from before Cadiz, contained in the French Papers and Letteri of Monday, may be briefly given in the following postscript of a private letter, dated Paris, Monday night :—" We are in momentary expectation of receiving the glad tidings of the fall of Cadiz. Perhaps to-morrow morning may bring the news by telegraph."—A very general report prevailed yesterday in the city, that the King of Spain was actually liberated ; but we believe no later advices have been received from Port St. Mary than to 11 o'clock at night on the sth instant, at which hour the Duke de Guiche, whO had been sent into Cadiz by the Prince Geaaralissimo, had not returned to head quarters. It was understood, however, that the Duke had had the honour of dining with King' Ferdinand, and that in passing through the city he had witnessed a strong expression of discon tent on the part of the inhabitants against the revolutionary he4ders. The merchants, and others Who had property to lose, murmured loudly against the prolongation of resistance ; and the Common people declared , that they would not see the city exposed to the horrors of an assault for the sake of a few desperate rebels. The capture' Of the Trocadero at once put an end to all the hopes with which the Chiefs of the rebellion had till then buoyed themselves up. The. troop s which d e f en d e d t h at post Were t h e most enthusiastic the Revolutionary cause could boast—Ali young men, deluded by the frantic harangues , of Riego and the other Orators of the Jacobin Societies ' and. i;iho fondly believed themselves invincible. Valdez, the rebel Governor of Cadiz, it is said, openly declares that he can no longer maintain the defence of the place. Alava was semen the 4th inst. with a, flag of truce, and another letter from King Ferdi6and somewhat different from the one which . his gaolers had the audacity to force him to write on the Duke d'Angouleme's arrival at Roil St. Mary. The Prince refused to see Alava, but sent an answer to his Royal Cousin's letter, by the Duke de Guido! : his Royal Highness will listen to no terms till King Ferdinand arrives at head-quarters. On the 10th instant, the trenches were opened before the Citadel of Pampeluna: we regret , this circumstance, as it may cause a useless waste of blood. • It cannot be supposed that when the King is restored to his throne, and' the pretended Cortes dissolved, .the Gover mars of the Spanish fortresses will dare to pro long, the rebellion. ri'LlE TIM F.5..1 Tke news from Spain, brought by the French journals of Monday, and received yesterday con firm the antecedent statements respecting the falling state of Cadia. It is bard to tax an offi cur of rank with treason, because he is unsuc cessful in the defence of a place, but we find that some suspicions are thrown out respecting - Valdes, the military commander of that place. The French jourpals, unwillingly or unwittingly, discover the sentiments of the inhabitants, and thereby evincethelnjustice of the invasion of Spain, with whatever partial or local success it may be attended ; for It said that, upon the , unfound.; ed news that t h French had been repulsed in their attack upon the Trocadaro, illuminations, and every other testimony of joy, took place in the,town. The Duke of Angouteme has made KU offer to thase Members of the Cortes who do not choose to remain in the Peninsula, to convey them on , board French vessels to any other part. We know not whether humanity or policy dic tates this proposition. The accounts from Lisbon afford room to be }foie that Lord Cochrane has been as active and successful es is usual with him in harassing th►e Portuguese , fleet on its passage from Bahia. Ills Lordship is said by some of the vessels arrived, to have plundered several of the richest ships, and to have disarmed the soldiers. It is further stated, that no more than 22 merchantmen, out of 60 sail, had reached Portugal down to the 6th instant , and as none of the tuen of war were yet in port, the greatest anxiety prevailed at Lisbon, to ascertain how many, or whether s:ny of them, had escaped - the enterprising vigi. ja,LICC of Lord. Cochrane. Now at least it will be admitted, that Brazil exists no longer as a., r i mb.Of European Sovereignty, and her fitness to be self-govehted may be justly inferred from the fact' of-her having shaken off a yoke, rivetted more by habit, affinity, and affection, than by power. How 10 - ng . the Brazilians may retain the form of an Imperial Constitution, and resist the contagion of democracy which spreads on every side of them, it would now be vain to speculate. We much regret to learn, that Mr. Whitney, Agent to Lloyd's, has been murdered in Portu gal, while travelling in the discharge of his duty. ---(lbid.) [MORNING HERALD.] On Monday we gave a long account of a din ner which had been given at Glasgow to Messrs. Brougham and Denman. We could discover in the speeches made on the occaSion very little different to what has been said at dinner meetings of a similar 'nature for these last twenty years. The principal novelty in one or two of the speeches was an insinuation to the effect, that England was abandoning the proud situation she had held for more than a century, of being comparatively the arbitiess of Europe, and of assisting the weaker States, when struggling for their liberty, against despotic ones. By this, no doubt, Spain is meant. But here a curious question arises.— We will imagine, fora moment, that England did all she could in her negociations at Verona, and afterwards at Paris, to settle tbe differences be tween France and Spain, or between the Consti tutionalists and those opposed to the new Con stitution, so as to give Spain a Constitution that should please all parties, including the Holy Alliance. We will suppose that England did strive all she could to bring about such a desir able settlement of affairs. Is it. to be imagined that the English Ministers have so little of states men in their composition, as not to have anxious ly endeavoured to settle the affair amicably ? Can any thing in a political respect, both now and hereafter, be more awkward for England, than that France, or any other European power, should possess Spain ? Will not the junction of Spain to France destroy in some degree, and as far as that goes, the balance of power, which England for so many centuries has been endea vouring to persevere in Europe. We may not feel the effects for many years to come of such a political junction of Spain, and afterwards, in all 'nobility, of Portugal with France. But will not such a junction formidably increase the power of France, the professed rival of Eng land ? And after France has accomplished such an accession of power, may she not, having the example of not only Buonaparte, but of all con querors who have preceded Buonaparte, turn her attention towards the further increase of her power in other quarters, to the annoyance of England ? In which, if she succeed, who can tell of what political consequences it may be eventu ally to this country, which the French people must needs hate, inasmuch as we got rid of their idol, Buonaparte, and took the advantageovhen we placed Louis 'XVIII. on the Throne, of exacting con t r ibutions from the French ? ust not our Statesmen have had thoughts of this nature when they endeavoured to settle the differences we have named ? To suppose that they bad not such thoughts would be to suppose them igiforant indeed. And to suppose that in the negociation they were not guided by such thoughts, and that they therefore did not do their utmost to avert the marching of the French troops into Spain, would be 'supposing them to be most dishonest men. [MORNING POST.] The French Ministers have perceived the in ference which might be drawn from the uncon tradicted statement that Colonel Garces, taken at the 'Trocadero, had been allowed on his parole to re-enter Cadiz, and had returned with Gene ral Alava, bearing, propositions of peace. They saw that the initiative was generally considered to have been taken by the Duke of Angoulerne, and that it was deemed a proof that he did not rate the value of his late triumph very high. The Journal des Debate has there fore taken. upon itself to deny the correctness of a statement which had been suffered to circulate several days without refutation. It now declares that Colonel Garces was not sent back to Cadiz, but on the contrary was on his march with the other prisoners to Fiance, which shows at least that they remained faithful to the Constitution, and refused to serve the Mock Regency, though the reward would be free dom. It then states that General Alava had come over with a flag of truce in the night of the 4th to the sth instant, and had brought a letter .from the King of Spain to the Duke of Angouleme, thus making it appear that the first overture had proceeded from the Spanish side. On the truth Or falsehood of this state.' ment the issue of the negotiation may be consi dered to depend. For if any thing have occurred to change the 'hitherto fixed resolution of the Cortes, and it be true that they have mad e o ff ers to treat, it would be idle to expect that they would long stand out as to terms. If, on the other hand f they, only sent an avower to the pro., posals of the enemy, nothing decisive could be inferred from a measure, which, though it may sometimes lead to important results, is gene rally regarded as little , more than one of the courtesies of war. Whether the overture e4ginated with the French_ or not, there %+!#s a difference in the treatment- of- the messengers employed; which seems to announce te existence of a greater d'is'position to concill. a n on the part of the Spaniards than on that of the enemy. -General • Alava Was not personally received by the Duke of 'Angouleme, whilst the Duke de Guiche, who careied. his Royal High, ness's - answer, - was not only - admitted to the King's presence, but was kept the whole of the day, and.was allowed to dine with his Ma jesty. Thus far do the French Ministerial JoUr nals state as from authority. They add Some par- Oculars -out of private letters, to explain the causes of the sudden' chauge reported to have taken place in the determination of the Cortes. 'According to these, 'on which however no reliance .Can be pla - Ced, there had been an insurrection in Cadiz in corisequence of the capture of the Trocadero. The Deputies, whose lives. were threatened, had taken refuge in their Hall, and declared themselves' a perms- vent body; and the- efforts of Governor 'Val dez to repress the tumult having failed, though he is said to have had -recourse to the dreadful expedient of firing on the people, he had as sembled his Council of War, and declared " that he could no longer maintain the defence of the place."--Should these representations be correct, the Cortes might indeed negociate, but would scarcely be able to obtain any terms. For the honour of Spain, for the advancement of justice, and for the triumph of national freedom over un principled'aggression, we therefore trust that the statements of these private letters areas unfounded as the cause of the enemy is iniquitous. [BRITISH PRESS.] According to the Journal des Dads, Valdez had assembled his Council of War, and declared to them that Cadiz was no longer defensible by him—whereas not a single defence of the city has yet been impaired. Cadiz cannot be bom barded from Fort Matagorda ; and her ram parts, artillery, garrison, and supplies are yet powerful and unshaken. That a rabble may have collected in its streets we do not doubt ; they are the bane of every large city. Valdez may have exclaimed to them, like Caius Martins, 44 Off, ye vile mob !" But we are persuaded he did not fire upon them, as the French Paper al leges. Cadiz may surrender or fall by force, but its fall will not tranquillize Spain. Ferdinand, if he survives, will be loosed from within its walls, with the whole collected host of fanaticism, vengeance, and civil fury, in his train. The Con stitutionalists throughout Spain must then hold their arms for their own safety. If the French troops withdraw, Spain, through all her provinces, will be a scene of renewed contention and blood, and all will be to do again : liberty has taken too deep a root there to be destroyed by a faction. The " manolos" of Madrid and the rabble of Seville may yell for the deaths of the Constitu tionalists and the restoration of th 9 Inquisition ; but all that is enlightened within the Pyrenees are advocates of freedom, of rational religion, and the present Constitution. The memorable Andu far decree against the Regency traitors has been pared away and explained down by a new docu ment from Guilleminot, which reduces it to al most nothing ; in fact, the decree was executed in few places ; it was resisted by D'Espagne, and the Faith banditti In arms, and the dungeons through Spain were as full of victims as ever. Should Cadiz fall, and Ferdinand survive, Spain will swim in blood. The French will withdraw from the horrible scenes they created, and leave be hind them murders, tyranny, and wide-spread horror. Should Cadiz hold firmly out with the approaching winter, the whole state of things may change. Catalonia is still completely unsub dued ; Ballasteros's convention with -Molitor is positively asserted to have been only a suspension of arms; the Empecinado is nctive in Soria, Zamora, Cucuca, and elsewhere ; Riego, so violently abused by the French Ultra Papers, had arrived at Malaga,, and taken the command of Zayas' division. If • the French fall before Cadiz, all Spain will arm against them ; if they succeed by treachery or force, the submission of the rest of the country, we fear, must follow. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. [From the Bum Gazette, Sep . t.-17.] . We have long obeerved, with infinite satisfaction, a gradual change in the tone of public opinion, not only in our own im mediate neighbourhood, but in almost every' part of the United Kingdom ; a change which has convined 'us that the arts of fac tion fail to produce•their former effects, that the turbulent dis position which sedition had excited in subsiding into peace, rind that the good old. English. feeling of our fathers - is regain ing' its - ascendancy in the hearts of the present race of Britons. We de not think the worse of our countrymen fOr having been deluded, and we think much better of them for that they have .spirit to spurn their deluders. There has never been a time in which crafty intriguers have not made the natural jealousy of Englishmen for the safety of the constitution a tool with which they might acquire an evanescent and paltry popularity ; and there has never been an instance in which the blow meditated by such men against the' constitution has not recoiled upon, the head of him who sought to inflict it. Our country. Men, and we are proud of them for it, may be for a time deceived by shows °of patriotism, but they cannot be permanently duped. 'Once convinced that they have acted wrongly, they honourably strive to repair the consequences of, their error, and on those who have misled them their vengeance• is•terrible.. Look, to yourselves, ye mock patriots, ye radical reformers, ye friends of anarchy and foes of freedom ; .ye who have sought to attain your own dirty ends by polluting the hearts orthe poor; . look to yourselves ; the.hour of in retribution, is at hand, and ye are in peril. We do not inchide, we never have included, one general censure all men who differ from us as to the means of 'promoting the public weal, for we es teem many in private fife at whose political speculations we tremble ; yet we cannot honour the understanding of 'the man who makes the enjoyment of a prbsent blessing a theme of a -speculative misery, as do the race of 'modern reformers. We know there are defects even in the constitution of Britain; but we also know, and feel, and will maintain that, as a whole, it approaches nearer perfection than any form of government ever devised by the wisdom of man. We know there are. 'spots on the sun, but who would think of them when baek -mg in his beams; or 'clOud imagination with a speck, whilst all nature is expanding beneath an influence 'blessing and to be blessed. The poor microscopic mind, perpetually peering for defects, is an object of -pity ; we love to view na ture in her vastness ; and, though thing* evil be blended with things holy, will not consent . to risk a great and certain good for the possible redress of a trivial and• doubtful harm. For these realm*, we are the anxious though 'horrible advocates of the constnittion of our country ; the zealous but not, we trust, uncharitable opponents of all who would tamper with a posse-- ' ston of so' much worth ; and welejoice heartily in the defeat and discomfiture af eve-yid:ern*, whether oran individual or a faction, to subvert institutions which time and experience have awe, ' made ao Sicced that th e congregated wisdom of the crupire'ap proaches them with reverent i a l. altho' state quacks'and far-. tious fools hold theft so cheap that they would experitnentaliza upon them with their owls s illy improvethents. The recent defeat of the Ipswi c h ra di c al s appears to us one 'of those events which Mark 'the progress of good :principles, and the 'de jection of erroneo us not ions, as much as any circurn , stance that has fallen under our observation ; tore it is a triumph' of real independence over a knot of impudent pretenders to that estimable quality. The' Most' barefaced. and . notorious co rrupt i on h a s been . .for some years em. Rioted to free the .borough o f Ipswich from a corrupt •in fluence which never existed but in the corrupt minds of reformers. The garb Of humility' has been made the masking coat 'of ambition ; end hypocritical professors . .of meekness, with pride it their hearts, terror on their tongues, and the price of men's souls displayed upon their palm, have gone forth t o tempt, or intimidate, all who stood' between 'them and their hopes. With veattf, at will, with the will to corrupt, and with no bar to their desires save o n ly parsimony, the yellow faction have too long lorded it in Ipsyncli, to the unutterable disgust of nine-tenths of the respectable part of the ,population. On . the-other side it ' . lble 'to practise bribery • for there hard y Pcets , there has s alle l e 7 =en a deflcieney in the finance department amongst the:Blues, , eince• although the. great majority of the party ere men of wealth, yet having - no personal purpose to obtain, PrOfuse individ ua l ex penditure was not to be expected, and thus there could be no competition in the market of cor ruption ; and the friends of independence . purchased .yen a t voters at'their own price. 'ln fact, it is an undeniable truth tbut - the'Ohly mode hr which the Corrupt part of the freemen of IPswiell . couldebtain.the,witges of sin was, to of, on the_ side or the pretenders to purit . In such a state ofthings, the case appeared despeeate, 'hopeless; those whe.liad nibn - thelead on' the side 'of loYaity almost abandoned the • cause; ticcalional compromises, well 'intended and' perhaps judicious,';wer e entered into - - between the. contending parties;‘ until at last, • thi freemen, who were not admitted to aknowledge of all the circumstances, began to think that the borough was made over to the radical faction, and that, in future their franchise . might sleep. Resolved, however, not to be so trampled on, determined to show their power, they, the freethen, called on their ancient leaders, avowed their fix ,ed resolution never to suffer the borough to degenerate into a rotten appendage to the conventicle, nor permit a democratic faction to rule without opposition. They have contested the point nobly; and their reward has been Victory. " The vehicle of the faction" may rave, and lie, and slander, but it cannot controvert the damning f ac t, th at t h e ra di ca l reformers of Ips wich are eipelled from power, are turned out, and that too by the voice of the People. Loyal Freemen of Ipswich, ye have now yroved yeur strength, and know your poser; ye have redeemed the character of your town, have thrown off the odium which radicalism had cast upon it, and it is in your own power to make your triumph eternal. Be firm— be united. Do not suffer little paltry individual jealousies and heart-burnings to interfere with the cause you sup port. A great and important trust is in your hands ; your ex ample may stimulate neighbouring boroughs to similar exer tions, and the freemen 'of Yarmeuth and Colchester may pro bably be enabled to release themselves from the intrigues of reforming boroughmongers. The question is not who shall be chief magistrate or town-crier, but whether loyal feeling and attachment to the church and state shall have the ascend ancy amongst you, or whether revolution shall insidiously work its ends by sectarian influence and republican intrigue.- , - On such a question, the man who cannot conquer his personal' feelings is not worth owning ; and lie who, for his own aggran dizement or emolument, sacrifices the services of one zealous friend, or by selfish policy disgusts one worthy partizan, is a traitor to the party, and an enemy to the independence of Ips wich. Freemen remember this, act upon it; and the glories of the yellow flag are faden, and for ever ! BETHEL UNION. AND SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. The Fourth Annual Meeting of this Society was held yesterday evening, at the City of London Tavern. Long before six o'clock the Great Room of that Tavern was crowded - to excess, in great part with the fair sea l and even the passages leading to it were filled before the appointed hour. At six o clock Admiral Lord GAMBiEII took the Chair. An appropriate hymn was then given out by the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Penzance, and a prayer, invoking the Divine favour on the labours of the Meeting, was offered up by the Rev. Mr. Davies, of Walworth. - • Mr. Amin Y then read the Report, which was very long, and gave gratifying proofs of the progress of the Soci e ty in the reli gious instruction of the seafaring community; and of the ex tension of the means by which that instruction might be af forded them. 'lt also recommended to the notice of the Meet ing and. the Christian world 'the establishment of a Seaman's Library in the metropolis, of a School t'or Poo r Se a -b o y s , an d of a Register-of fi ce for Sailors of good character, whereby a -moral seaman might hi any part of the world - receive the pre ference he would be entitled to. The Rev. G. C. SMITH, of Penzance, whose ' exertions in behalf of the Society have been so conspicuous, congratulated the Meeting on the gratifying prospectS of the ociety, and the auspices under which they had assembled.. Britons had gone to victory under Nelson and Collingwood—they were now uni ted under Gambier, in the more glorious warfare in which the victory was the salvation of the souls ofseamen—( Applause.)— There was scarcely any part of the world in which the Bethel flag not now fly, and in the remotest parts of the vast deep there were ways for the seamen to come into Christ. The Rev. Gentleman related• some afl'ecring instances of the influence which the Bethel flags'had exercised on the minds of seamen, and of its influence on their religious 'and moral character. Many had been converted from the worst possible lives to a sense of Christianity. At Portsmouth a mariner saw the Be thel flag flying ; he knew not what it was ; he inquired, and he heard a bad report of the Union from some, and did not go-in ; but at Bristol he again saw a floating chapel, and was struck with the figure head, which was the Bible—(Applause)—with the 107th Psalm. ' " Oh that men would praise the Lord for, his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the Children of men.—. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great water s . They see the works of the Lord, anti his wonders in the deep. —The cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses," &c. He then went into the Chapel and his mind 'was turned by the discourse he heard, and he •heeame a religious man. By making Mariners religious and moral, religion and morality were diffused wherever the British flag fiew. A French writer, the Abbe de Pradt, bad said, that there was not one in England but six in America, and our great Colonies. It waa.not only for science and political rights that these New Englands would he indebted to us, but for a knowledge of the God of Salvation. The Bethel flag now flew in all the Islands of the Pacific. The South Sea whalers, who were absent front England three years, were surprised at finding the Bethel flag in the distant isles to which they resorted. From Rio Janeiro to Baflin's Bay it was to be found, and all British seamen would soon be 13ethelized. After some further appropriate observations, the Reverend Speaker moved the first Resolution. " 1. That ignorance, the guilt, and the mi ser y, w hi c h now exist among British and foreign ,seamen are mostly to be de plored, while powerful Christian feelings, of sympathy and compassion now prevailing fbr them, is a token of good that Britain may well hail as distinguishing the hand of God, and that the Report now read be received and printed." The Rev. 111 r. &sweeps seconded it. General NEVILLE moved the second Resolution, and ob served; he did nofinetin to expatiate in support of it, but to show the colours under which he fought. " 2. The sudden and unexpected rise of religious and moral irhproviiment among Seamen, connected with the facilities of access to them, and the rapid diffusion of the truth, as it is in Jesus, among a large portion of this interesting class of men and their families, are adapted to excite the :utmost gratitude to Clod." The Reverend Mr. HILL rAnD, of Bedford, said, that though he came from an inland county, where he had personally no thing to do with seamen, he thought the object of the Society important ins national point of view. He seconded the Reso lution. • Capt. BASILGATES, R.N. moved the third Resolution, and the Rtiv. Mr. itrkhvt o,* seconded it. " 3. The mans employed by the British and . Poreign Seamen's Friend Society, and Bethel Union, are best suited to the habits and necessities of our marine population, but the chief, the grand, and the'most essential, has been the cultiva tion ()fan earnest'spirit of prayer among sailors in the domestic worship of the cabin, .and the social assembly on the forecastle, the steerage, or the hold, and the prom ot i on un d er divine in llocnce of 'the grace of supplication in the religiouS world for sailors." The ,Rev. Dr. COLLYER then ,came forward to propose the fourth' Resolution, and wag reeeived With loudapplause. lie Said his feelings were so strong at the manner in which he Lad been : greeted, that it would 'be better for him to'go to bis text and read the. Resolutions which had been , put into his hands. Rev. Doctor then read the ' Resolution, and elOquently appealed to the' Meeting in behalf of the objects of the Society; ..The launching of a ship, he observed, was a beautiful' Sight, but it was a still more beautiful one, to see the same' ship return safe from .the dangers of the seas. How much 'would the satisfaction of such a sight be increased if we knew that seamen in coining into port came also into the way of religiOus instruction and the path of sal vation. He strongly recommended the project or the* MOral Register of Seamen, which.; would teach Mariners to rely on their character and conduct, not only on their allegiaose to their . King and country, but on their attachment : to the Lord of Hosts, and to the King of Kings. Atter some further rernerki, he moved the, ourth Relolution. " 4. The new plans named in the Report, of a Seam an ' s Li brary, a Poor Se a Boys' 'School, and - a Register.oice for , Sailors of good character, are highly worthy of general pa. tronage, support, and prayers." - • Mr. Ald. KEY moved the fifth' Resolution, which was Ate candid by the Rev. Mr. Gilbert,•for the re-appointment of the ofikers of the Society. The :Bth and - 7th• Resolutions, 'which were thanks to the trims of the Society and to the Societies co-operating with it in the 'United States, were then agreed to. • Thank* were voted to the Noble and Gallant Chairman who briefly acknowledged them ; and th e M eet i n g was diss ol ved, a closing hymn; and 'appropriate prayer. THE LATE POPE. —On Tuesday next, the Rid instant, a grand "Funeral Service will be perform.. ed Moorfields-chap e l,`for his l a t e H o li ness PO pe Pius VU. The 'Right Rev. Dr. Poynter, assist ed by other Bishops, will officiate on the occasion, and ale whole of the' Catholic Clergy through. out the district are dir.kted to attend in their surplices and cassocks. A flewcut is comm en c e d , upon which 150 men are employed (ram the river Thames to the wooden bridge at Little tdhelsea, where a caPit clots basin is forming for the reception of craft. The old bridge is to be taken down, and a hand. some iron one will be thrown across on the same spot. VIE "PRINCESS (Aim" 4 11 UNION-HALL.--Yesterday morning Shergoldf a constable of the Surrey New Roads, put a letter into the hands of the Magistrates of this office — a s e l a e l t e t d e rwlict h t c h h e Vi ß a o s y a C enclosed rest, i a n n a d n w e i t t l i v i e t l h o e p eel cipher "0" underneath. At the corner of the direr. Sittingw i a li s oi : H to ali t , he s;c li .7 . w t e h r e e,thei.;Ods ; lVi r a g ti i ° s l lt whi eso c f h u" Princess Olive." The Sitting Magistrates were L. B. ALLEN , R. HEDGER, D. KING, and S,. Esqrs., before whom the letter was opened with all due formality. It was as follows; and, notwithstanding the importance of the writer, caused some laughter as well as surprise. The difficulty of deciphering the characters per- , haps added to the ludicrous exhibition : TO THE SITTING MAGISTRATES OF UNION . HALL. " Gentlemen—A very singular affair has occurred in my re sidence this day. While I was sitting conversing with au esteemed friend of my guardian's,' the late Earl of Warwick, it Person called from a Mr. Pope's, linen-draper, of Holborn; and left a parcel in the care of one of my servants, saying he ' would, as I was engaged, call again in a quarter of an hone. The servant came up to the drawing-room, and gave the young man'smessage, when I.said that he need not have gone awaye for I would have seen him in five minutes. In a short time I was Informed that the young man had returned, when I met him on the top of the stairs, and walked with him into the next room, when he began untying his parcel. As I was engaged i n the next drawing-room, I said, " You must, Sir, be quick, if you please , as I have a gentleman in the next room on very important business." Then I stepped into the next room, and in a few minutes went to the young man, to see some clothes, &c. that he had to sell me. Having chosen the clothes, I asked him for some Urling's lace ; and he said, 6 ' I put some into my bag, surely it •is not lost." I replied, " I bope not ;" when he said that the gloves and the patent lace had been taken out of the bag. I said it was in:possible; for I considered my servants to be very honest, and that . one had lived with me for some time. I as k e d hi m w h o he gave the bag to; he said the youngest female. I had her up stairs, and insisted upon every drawer and box in the room being search ed. Ile saitl there was no occasion ; 'but I said that the matter should be cleared up directly before the young man departed. The gentleman (Mr. Vancouver) said I Was perfectly right; so a complete search was made; for I compelled all my places to be looked into and examined, and requested the two ser vants to show their boxes down stairs, which they did in the presence of the young man, Mr. Vancouver; And a tradesman. I sent for to come over, yet nothing was found. The young. man I reprimanded for tiding away and leaving his goods be. fore I saw them. We asked him if the bag was a safe one, or if it had any hole: he said that the bag, he believed, had a slit in it, but the small p arce l o f l ace cou ld not come out, as it had been tied by two strings, to prevent any thing from falling out as he rode from Ilolborn to my residence. " Now, Gentlemen, he should be examined as to the fact of having the articles in the said bag as delivered to my servant-6 it rests between !Tacit. two ; and I wish you to have their oaths; . as it is a very unpleasant matter to happen in my residence, and as the patent lace is worth, the master and man say, W. — Wrong must exist somewhere ; and on the other hand, if his • lost the articles whilst tiding over, he should own it, as I Cannot consent that the matter should.be passed over; as, Gentlemen, Royal r mt h without Highne ss delay, ha:cuyittitsoipana'iniadilno,cyitdeeepnrt fcgh s v e ee l ia s eyn:H i n nrOleuddyleddsoiel snui,unsives..the,esexhesiereei it is either a falsehood or an act of the grossest wickedness. At r it is, I am in the rules of the King's Bench, and you'll confer a favour by letting your clerk see me. My servant should be cleared if innocent, which I really hope and finally believe. I have seen one of your officers, and he considered that the ar• ticles could hot have been put into the bag, in which was a lace veil, shawls, &c.; yet none of these were lost, but this lace parcel was small. Mr. Pope lives in Holborn, and is a-linen draper ; the young man's name is Mr. Cooper, he said. My cook is called Sarah Nichol, end the servant who received these articles in the paid bag is Sophia Holmes. It may elicit truth if the said articles were really lost ; and I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your obedient humble servant, • chpooamsus " thsmee H e,rai gganahotndfilciettoils:slacit-ilaiihcostioce, o'clock, i s ti e taaelthnp : da l e, ta ' rh e slnoe s ocnr t ne rn : ianens previoustieeet-(r) " OLIVE, Princess of Cutuberland. t i e ' i s n - en th ing e , s a u t rr a e b y ou w t a h t a c l h f... • e w he e Pr s h y e sed and left_ it to Mr . I, )'t li m u ehh te e l ll c i et s t l i l e n ' cla i n ei*svv iudi r o de a c r eag te i le . P f ci , stl o log rt i b xho thi ha ° yi g s r e ° t lu ia t p n : iv iP n r t s nh : e o r co mm and heir fldtlnc quantity e H ig hness" g ig a d h .r s a,o n t i h b v‘ f : m co ibloi .e h necs li a in t eel r ts .:i o 's ia l ie rs‘ t i t p ‘ , Sa nt el ; ‘ , tB el l : l g :li o le eii ti: n ature of h er bu. ing's siness. Mr. Pope said, that a t 12 o'clock on that day he sent hat al e in el; aee s sntr b r t ,te o e et a ba na missing, e e : r t, tthiaho * n eui t i ehi 3i t s. sii a elpie P as t it n o r Princess presence pi n n l ieelolder c g onyein: e paca anpllscci,aor,i,etenure:maeerogo Princess," when, tfrenonatia e circ um stances. s o3c);:isalt . letn . ei, l toteitt(ha l iHisislneiraolt i estilsat. ' ineslo:oo,Sritlecinc,a;iltifllt.fhihril,llll7:loe.obeeaboaoioee4o' 'tsireesnnyr(rrhy)esa.. drawing-r oom, s a ne raoeti o nsrft s anacilne l eoe,:oloßiu: d pile:d.etninf, naciai n ihtntvrea,oinh y ilihm i twgrmlelg m gfc : ceieino. .hi s anltsmehiaresi i npitsfi. articles, gnneoir aemo. x g eßt d nuo, i . o: l in is e oo ci a pt r i . he d t ece i er t e r h of astonishm e nt ogoodsLP.Trrrti: added,e that the l ac i ti , i l hn ia tae d dr b rbi z e n ant l e ios odr i ti t te i h y re e ca ly sb p ey y vti c a e nie d ts i ,, n . the bag along with with nothing calculated to throw the slightest obr w el tc:ese, which,naen n t intruded ntplshlteae dc bag, ed% 'i i th so thole e parcel, ,o p oh t k i e r r c i e tR l 1 , 0 t, t ao o l l e i h t n, Princesetshs 'degree 'ast . P b,t. hur. bed.si ri ,et s , c oc,n e ofbi s omt s elsil , d ' ud, ' ,.eslerpeihi tie l oacas ' f fai h hor n n out of Upon any one of them. Sophia Ilohnee, the housemaid, who cer then iwri questioned hgotwieeieagp t , l r i ef e osenu y n o tt u i anatg largetini emnslwi examination, t l t s ile e ,eof p r a e r i p arce l, tisEed the lace had dropped, between Holborn and Hatfield-house. Notwithstanding the intimation to efrect given to" the Prin. cess," she determined to let the Magistrates of thaion-hall. ' know the whole circumstance, in' order that justice might be done, and no blemish be ixrinitted to rest upon t h e f am il y w i t h which she was nearly and affectionately connected. The Magistrates said, there was no necessity for further in• euiry, as the shopkeeper had had no suspicion of unfair deal ing, and they were of opinion that the case required my further investigation or proceeding of any description, except the pub, licahon of the loss, and a reward to the finder. A handbill was printed, offering three guineas reward; and here the ease ended. B IR THS. On the 12th in s t.. at Mount Melville, Fifeshire, the Lady Catherine 'Whyte Melville, of a daughter. On Monday, the 15th in s t., at his house, Balitant-blll, the Lady of N. P. Levi, Esq., of a daughter. At Copenha SIARRIRD. gen, on the 23d ult., Willia Count n Alohclta, of Bregentoed, to the Countess Knuth, m first Lady Vo of Honour to the Queen. On 'Wednesday, the 17th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Joseph Taylor, Esq., Roy a l N avy , e ld est son of Joseplr Tay lor, Esq., late of Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, to Harriett, daughter of the late Lieutenant -Colonel William Duncan, of the First (or Royal) Regiment of Foot. On Tuesday last, at St. llarylebone Church, Mr. E. Cooper, of Little York-pl ace . to Miss 51 iV a ll ace , of Dorset-street. On Wednesday, the 17th inst., at Hackney Church, Edgar Taylor, Esq., of the Inner Temple, to Ann, second daughter of :John Christie, Esq., Hackney. On Hkney. On Friday last, a t All Saint's Church, Southampton, Ed ward Bridger, Esq. of Angel-court, Thtogmorton-street, so licitor, to Arm, eldest daughter of John Hunt, Etickt Southampton. . . Lately, at F ran kf ort, the , DIE.D Baron Von. Backhausen, a verl rich Nobleman. At Augiburgli, on the 16th ult.,• Mr. Carli, Councillor or Fiaance, chief of the respectable commercial firm, Car"n d Con , pany, of that City. At Isleworth, on Tuesday, the 16th Inst.; Charles‘Garttiner, Esq.„ formerly of Lockleys, near Welwyn klert4 'in the 60th, year of his age. On. tile. 10th ir.st., Et his , house, ' Young -street, -Ghael°ae square, Edinburgh, Air. Williarn 'Lamb, upholsterer, in the 84th year of his age. At the house of his uncle, Robert SW:in, Esq., of Queen stre•64Edinburgh, on the itch inst., James Stodatt, Esq., t!' Rusfell-squale, London, F.R.S.L. ..i...........--___ Printed and Pohl /Abed (or the PAOPRIETOItS, at the SUN OFFICE. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS.