The Sun. — London, England, 1816-11-30 00:00:00

MR. WILI,II I I conn Err. TO THE EDITOR. O 1 THE SUN. beg to actriaint you 'that 1 am one of those enlightened Philosophers who hold. con sistency in utter contempt, and do not approve of the puny attacks which hive.been made upon the respectable Citizen Witt m (o 1 cl'r, for having, as occasion called for it, changed his principles and opinions. lam well aware, Sir, that every question has two shies, and, as Sir !tones DK CoVEttLY tells us., that a great deal may be•said on both, and I am a!so aware that some illiberal and unenlightened individuals have regarded con sistency as a species . of Cardinal virtue,--and, simply, imagine that, without a fixed and steady principle of conduct and action, we are liable to be biased by every impalse, as self-interest, dis appointraeni*,, ill humour, or worse motives may guide us. But, Sir, if we may give rtedit (and I am sure no sensible person Will long hesitate about so doing) to the worthy Citizen before mentioned—no doubt can rem tin orlon the subject, and we must be forces to confess that, of all species Of consistency, the consistencyof inconsistency is at once the most charitable, politic, and convenient. But to exemplify answer to the attacks which have.been made upon M r . CoBaETT, he le vels all his adversaries with this triumphant re ply--•" It is not what I was, but what I now am ; " not what I hare written, but what I now write."—Sir, this •is irresistible. This pro ducing time present, as the vanquisher of time past, and in defiance of time to come, puts com• pletely out of mind all the attempts at defence of the most celebrated advocates, front DEMOSTHENES down to Conusellor Put wes. For instance, Sir, when Mr. W. COBBETT MS a friend to Revolu tions, he thought Revolutions good—when he was a staunch friend to old existing Governments, he thought old existing Governments the. best—when be wrote the bloody Buoy, as 4 guide to avoid the horrors of Revolution, he no doubt thought a Wooly Buoy was necessary to guard against Ilevolutions—when he placed the Bible and Crown over his door, lie considered the Whle and Crown worthy the most exalted situation---when be•threw the Bible and Crown behind the fire, he no doubt thonghtt be fire the fittest place for the Bible and Crown—when he wrote his Political Protens to expose the inconsistencies of a certain brilliant Orator, now no inure, we may suppose Lc thert tliought inconsistency required animadver sion : he is however now grown wiser ! and so ought all his Readers ! Thus, Sir, you see some of the advantagei of Mr. WILLIAM Cosar.res doctrine and practice. There is, however, nue thing that rather puzzles sue; . and as I am fetrful some ill-natured cynic may make the enquiry, or, indeed, what is worse, may behave like the Satyr in the Fable, and at , tempt to kick out of doors the individual who blows hot and eold with the .saute breath, I wish some of your Readers would contribute to the elneidation of it. It is this, Sir :—When we see one of the enlighteners of the people, one of the greatest patriots of ancient or modern times, liberally dealing forth his instructions, now in praise of Jacobinistn, next the Friend of Royalty, then agaiO the Advocate of Revolution, which doctrine the people are to adopt as their creed ? which of the respective periods 'during which Mr. COMMIT wrote we are to consider the most pro pitious ? and which of his three sets of principles ,(at least, if not mote) we are to conclude the most 'conducive to the happiness of the mass of the yeopre ? I am inclined to be of opinion that - those principles whicb he advocates last must be the best : but then the following objection pops in the wOy, that whereas he may this week re commend one set, and the week after he may get riser and,recommend others diametrically oppo tite. This does very well for so enlightened a man as Mr. C9BEINTT, hut it really puzzles some of. his Followers,—and indeed I ant told ittots . had the effect of diminishing their num bet, What - has been cruelly said about Mr. %V. COBBETT (when pinched by the tyranny of the ATTonNEY-tioNollot.), of writing or ceasing ter write—of writing pro, or of writing con, ap reais . 1 . 10 more to Me than a noble and positive proof of that great nran's inviolable attachment to the right .4.bieh every individual has of thinking aryl wviting just as he chooses at the - moment. Surely a 111)111 may wear leather breeches, ker sevmere breeches, silk breeches, or be Sans Cu. lattes,—he may put on a blue coat, or d COAL, a .tees coat, or a coat. of oi-colour,. without being called to account, or slating which dress or undress he prefers. If mypremises arc sound.the conclusion is self-evident. Should occasion call tor it you shall hear from me again. Yours, at present, Thange-alky i Nov. 26, 1816. PO LONIUS. It is said of Lord DEERHUUST in his canvas for the city of Worcester, that notwithstanding he sends his friends to Coventry'his influence is be yond Bearing. S:111) NEWS. His' Nrajesty'e Skip Gomm was wrecked on Care Pine, Newfoundland, caily this nhnltii crew saved. PORTSMOUTN,‘ Nov. 29.-- Pissed by for L"n tlnn the Brot herc, from Bara via Wind N. B. FALMOUTH, Nov. 2;.—Arri veil his Majesty's ship Jasper from . a cruise ; Diike Nlarlbormigh packet , with a mail frtirn Lisbon, in.Seren (1:1V3 ; Pdhead, HERVVY, from 0 Otto ; Duke of Cla rence, Lowe Y, from Lisbon ; and Medvorgerem, Bt.° N N from Dr;tln, PLY , NOV. 28.—Came in the Triton, MARSHALL, from Quebec ; Mars, lloNwhu., from London for Teneriffe ; Lapwing cotter front a cruise ; Hope, Elm, from Newfoundland ; and Exchange, AsrtToN, from Teneritre for London ; on the Sth inst. spoke the ship Lady Hamilton, PRircjiAnn, from Cork for Jamaica, in lat. 36. 47. long. 16. 15.—Wind W. S.W. DEAL, Nov. 29.—Arrired, and sailed for the River, the Velocity, STANTON, from Lisbon.— Came down front the River, and sailed with the whole of the ontward•bound, the COTS, MAT THEWS; Ann, GOODWIN; John, - SPENcsa ; Anti Parthian, &weir, for Jamaica ; Alfred, Boom, for Demerara ; Busires, FRANKLIN, for St. ; and Lascclles, ‘VILLs, for Gibraltar.— Wind N. Vatuktotrrn, Nov. 28.---The , new light on Pen zance Pier is now visible. It is intended to abew this light only whilst there is 9 feet water within the Pier. Until the tide rises to that height the lamps will not be lighted, and they will be extin guished when the tide falls below it. Two vessels have arrived at Grimsby from Hol land, one laden with wheat, and the other with wheat, beans, pens, and oats. The Catherine and Elizabeth, SCHROEDSR, arrived at Scilly leaky, and must discharge. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. PAnts, Nov. 26.—The principal topic of dis course at present is the late conduct of M.de Tal leyrand. Since his return from Valency he has missed no opportunity to profess Royalist opi nions, and on every occasion has spoken of the Ministry with at once aversion and contempt.— This was remarked by all parties, but it produced no great sensation; as, when lie was at Paris about three months ago, lid already seemed to lean that way. However, about ten days ago, at the British Ambassador's, addressing himself to M.Pasquier, lie made a most violent attack upon the Ministry, upon the Minister of Police in par ticplar, and upon M. Pasquier himself, asking hiin how he, whom be (M. de Talleyrand) had thought lit to fill a Mioiitry ender his owl) AdmittiAratioo, cookd cyntleticenti to Jet his present part 'nutter such an Administt a..On as HOW eXiSted and whrther a Prettiqcot of the Honse Of Deputies ought not to bluish at going to the Police to re ceive directions how he should conduct himself the •. next day ? M. Pasquier Was of course extrem e ly embarrassed ; to refine was impossible ; the rack and existence of :11. de Tallevratid did not tillms. .- - him to' use his usual overbearing way, and he solved the. difficuly'by going away, after saying that such a question could not -- be discussed in that place and company. M. de Talleyrand re ceived shortly after a letter from the Mike de la Chatre (as Premier Gentilhomme de la Chamtre de serviced who Informed him, that in consequence of the language he had used at the English Am bassador's its .his conversation with the President of the Chamber of Deputies, he was desired to absent himself from Court. M. de Talleyrand answered, that he should' certainly obey the or.- ders he had just received ; that, however, the only part of his conduct which appeared to.hint sell to deserve any animadversion, was the having introduced to thenotice-ot his Majesty some in dividuals whom he, M. de Tallcyrand, lrad oily lent ned to appreciate since; M. de .Talleyrand has evidently wished to con viuce the Royalist party that not only he will act with them, and against his former proteg4 the Minister of Police, but that, it he were to come again into administration, he would discard the revolutionary party Irons his councils. His attack upon Patqui - er 7 , One ,of the chiefs, is clearly a thing calculated beforehand, and his exclusion from Court is to him of no consequence whatever. In spite of the assistance the Royalist party would derive from his accession, I much doubt whether they will choose to act untie*. this chief, howeVer preferable he is to the present men, or rather Mal) use Royalist Deputies, who are almost all men of the strictest honour, will hardly like to follow the banners of any man whose moral cha racter will slot stand as severe a fest as their own. M. de Chatesubriand moved on Saturday, in the House of Peers, " that an,Address be pre sewed to Isis Majesty, to 'request him to establish: an inquiry iato all that had token place at' the late elections. This was negatived without a di vision but it will afrorti an opportunity of print ing the speech, which was only a tew lines, and the papers anucxed to it, %Welt will, I suppose, be far more voluminous, ' • • The Revolutionary party in the House of De p`oties is not so iractahle as the Ministers would wish : already in the bureaux several of this party are recalcitrant about the budget : itAntsst be own ed they are very difficult to please, if the conduct of the Alittistsy does not satisfy them. cannot understand why the Royalist party have delayed their attack upon initters ; I think• they are very wrong : it is, however, the result of system, and the party acting. all together, like one man, must always possess an immense weight, even.thoogh the path they follow should nut be the beSt possible.—(Tiines.) OR I 4 ,11 NAT, i'Ot trtN% THE IVere we ;low it trust be cuilfegi'aY, With true Cuti..titiais;:talParli.auient bleis'd, Iriot tYlafur WALArni, then no tViiti'd ever hare iucti rt jgd . ..viit at to give. ANSWER. Trite! true iP Ili% head he re larded ! hat that Deehires but teO pl linty %%1111. you woil',l be at. ' ' l lliht grant 'What 'yen a%k, von weit'd goon overawe 114 Loids, and Church too, as well as the law. J. BULL. A SINULE " gay, wlpat'i most like a Oraee of Liwyers ? Nothittg so touch as two ctoot S": 4 wyrs : sshi,lies•vr silo they pull or thrust, FCOIII St! VOW allaS--dwen (trues Me Dust 1" 13R1G1.1 roN, Nov. 29. The domestics of the PRINCE REGRIs/T'S house hold have partly arrived at 'the Pavilion, and this day active preparation's are making for tie reception of his Royal Highness and the NA lity who are invited to pass their Christmas here. To-morrow is ixed for the arrival of the Ptittica REGENT. The Marquis and Marchioneas of CITOLMON — DE 7 LP's' will be here ro.morrow. Admiral Sir EDMIJND NAGLIT came in this evening. The number of Nobility resorting to tirighton for the Winter months is tar greater than has been known for years, and this favoured patronage vt ill considerably relieve the apprehensions of much distress among the poorer classes daring the se vere season, as there are many families here who are now daily in the dispensation of some cha ritable and good offices. Last nigl►t one of our revenue boats captured a large smuggling Ingger, having on board 260 tubs of ilollands and brandies, immediately after she had run her cargo on shore to the westward of this town. Two nights preceding three of these lug gers worked their cargoes in the neighbo►►rhood of Worthing, containing upwards of 650 tubs be fore the Revenue Offices could trace their point of landing, owing to the darkness of the night. They were only in time to seize about a dozen tubs. Notwithstanding the extreme vigilance of the Revenue cutters, the Officers of the Customs, and Military Posts established along this coast, a complete prohibition to this illegal traffic cannot be expected during the November and December months. These tuggers, built for smuggling., are about 40 feet long, mud only seven teet wide, and carry three masts. These crafts will sail with astonishing rapidity, and encounter the most heavy seas across the Channel. The voyage front Feettinis has been several timesperformcd in seven hours, and escaped the chase of the Reve one cutters. At Fecamp there is an organi2ed company of these illicit traders; and from a sub scription fund those men who lose the workings of their cargo are reimbursed. T 11 E A Tit E. Dat7RY4JANß.—Yestertlay evening anew ornsi cat After-pieee was produced at this house, called Cry to-day and Laugh to-motrow. Captain Good will (IV at.LAcK) hi hi love with his consul (Miss KELL Y ), but is forbidden to mat re her. He . joins his shipoold the Lady disappears at the same time. Her clOtbes having been found near -the place - where they had parte:l, the lover is suspected of having killed her in a fit of despair. On his return he is Wed and condemned, hut immediately,after the trial the girl whom he was supposed to have mur dered appears, having returned from a ship in which she had followed him in a sailor's dress.— There is a side-plot of a Jack Tar (MtiNpr,), who finds his daughter t Mrs. OttnEß), and of the love of this daughter and Old Goodwill's servant (HARLEY). The main plot, meagt'e . -end improbable as it was, time to an end with the first act, ant; with it all interest, for the audience did not give the ant hor credit. for the subordinate tender discoveries which) were yet to cotoe. MI the talents of , Miss KELLY, which Were hilly exerted, and the evolutions of MostosN's powerful lute, had not the effect of keeping up the good temper of the audience ;. and though the piece made them. " cry to-day" pretty unanimously " No more ! OW , off !" there was little probability of its ever fulfilling its second title of raising a " Laugh To -marrow." The Curs tneet again on Mandan next in Spa fields to !MD and give tongue as before, with the Bristol Blusterer to lead them; but it is of no con sequence who may hunt the Pack while Nat Conant is the ►Yhipp er -in. Not witilstandin4 ell the pers u asions of his Friends, Mr. [Jowl., in imitation of Lord Cocu- RAN It, St ret4llollSly relus ea ,to confess how he broke out of Bedlam; bet every man of humanity la ments that these unhappy maniacs should be at _ large. - In imitation of Royalty, Sovereign I-Itiwr'4 Speech bas been read at the Carlisle, for the open ing of the mob Stissions Wt Spa•fields on Monday next, the addicss commencing with " Brother itaggamuffins." When the latter term was strong ly objected to, some one sagaciously observing that miyfins were aristocratic food, inapplicable to the people at large. j hoNy's billb of invitation to his intended elegant fleeting in Spaqiehis, on Monday next, Were yesterday liberally distributed in those dis linguishod parts of the town cvbielt are rtiost likely to l and forth their patriotic auditors to grocelhe Orator's speeelsAing, viz.-5r Kent -street. the Borough, Clink, Satfron-hill, iloundstlitch, Whitechapel, and.Tothill:lields. • At the present Election for rite City of Wor. cesteriflonte wag has named one of the Candidates flog Baring, giving as a mason that he is worsted upon the Canvas. After a minute investigation into the Catlike Or the !me fire at tielvoir Castle-, there dors not ap pear the least reason for supposing that it %VHS oc casioned by design.----The loss, however, we are sorry to I.4sar, is touch greater than WdS at first apprebentied. 1,01117 ELDON. (repei " The .11pritilik elan.) With ropeet,W political shall never induce us to wit!i;“,t;l a ilitst -tribote r -to -any plait, at- whatever—proly, awl we must say, that in hit judicial character, his 4ord ship is entitled to the thanks of his country. tiffs assiduity and patient attention to each case , his anxious solicitude not only to do justice, but tow satisfy alt claimants of the correctness of deci sion ; his laborious inve‘stigation of pope's ; it i 3 impartial conduct, on ail occasions, :Olen appeal ed to froM the meanest suitor again,i the highest Oiliters under his confront ; and his ninny other qualities better understood by professional men— render him at once our .chief ornament to the Bench, and exalt hint to :he highest idea of per fection in niacin onto! e, as a Judge. EIMPLONI EN 'f unit R . E1,1 EP' of the POOR. TO THE giTriVrr" -- W THE SUN. Stn,--Observing in your ,excellent Paper (of which I am a constant reader) several very judi cious hints thro►vn,out to the Public, recommend ing economy at this dist'res'sing; period, I beg leave to recommend to your suggestion econopi cal use of the finest flour, which is usually made into bread. In all instances where soup is given to the p00r,.1 would recommend to the Committee to give with every quart one biscuit (such as are ate on board ship), which would make a very great difference in the consumption of the finest bread. would farther .recommend the use of them in private families, when on immense saving of the finest flour ri•ould be the consequence. It would make a saving of one-third every week in the baker's bill, and very speedily reduce the price of Acne bread. Nor 'can I see mucl► inconvenience could attend it in tiny family where plenty of butchers' meat and vegetables are allowed. I cats assure you, Sir, I have already adopted this pion, and find a saving equal to what I have stated. A FRIEND TO THE POOlt. The Directors nt the East India Company, with a liberality according to their general practice, and a lendable desire to alleviate she pressure of the present moment, have determined to retain in their employ, during the winter, upwards of 509 extra labourers,, who, hut for such hemane con sideration, would have been di. , charged. These men are, in addition to above 2,500 labourers, ott the Company's regular establishment. It every person walking in Hyde Park on Sun days, were to give the trilling sum of One Penny, every person on horseback One Sixpence, mot each carriage to give One Shilling; the sum ob tained would be vet y considerable; and no per. son (1 should hope) would refuse to contribute— but, on the contrary, it is my opinion that Hyde Park would be much more crowded, and the visi tants made much more happy, by the reflection that the trilling sum they had given might alle viate the distresses of their • fellow creatures. — Three confidential men (appointed by Sir Natha niel Gnnant , or any other Magistrate) might he stationed with a box (locked) each, to receive the contributions, i ntv i ng wr i tten on eac h b ox _ E , svo . Inntery contributions for the Poor." The inhnbitahts of New 8rid.,. , .e-street have en• feted into a subscription to employ poor persons (lady to cleanse the streets. They hope it may ba f , dloacil it the metropolis. The Rev. Mr. Leton, Ite , :ior of the United Parishes of St. Magnus the Martyr and St. Mar garet, New high-street, yesterdiy convened. a meeting of it; inhabitants, f or t h e p urpose o f en tering into a sobscription in aid of the Fund tow raising for the relief of the suffering poor in Spi talfields ; which meeting was respectably attend ed, and a subscription immediately commenced ; and the Churchwardens were requested to call on all the inhabitants for their henetactions. At Worthing a very spirited and liberal Sub scription has been entered into, for supplying. poor families with provisions and fnel. A Mr. IL Hawes, who has, long visited that town, com menced the good work by liberally givkig 1001. 0 xroith, Nov. 29.--The . tollowwg subjects are ropo4e4l' for the Chancellor's l?'rizes for the eu . For . i.ar Vt't . .tes—Ttegnorn Persil.= a Cyro funtlatnot. Fur an Liudy—On 11w Union ut Vittstical titanic*. For n Latin Essay—Quam Vim lotheat ad informatolos Ju nun► Auiruoi Poetarum Lectiu • - The first of the above subjects is intended tor those Gentlemen of the University who have not exceeded four years from the time of their matri culation ; tlnrt the other two for such us have ex* ceeded.four, but not completed seven years. but nnertri NEWDIGAT pmze, For.the best Composition in Englialt Verse, not containing more than. fifty lines, by any Under• Graduate who 118 S not exceeded four years from the time of his Matriculation—(The Farness I. rules:), At a monthly Meeting of the Kendal Society, held on Tuesday the sth instant, tt Manuscript. Copy of Notes, relating to the History Of Woo— morland, of the date of 1072, and written by Sic DANIEL LE FLEMING, teas presented to the So ciety by Mr. Gttoast Citootetn, of Lancaster. At the same Meeting a paper Was read by Mr. JOHNSON,, in which he endeavoured to prove, by ingenious arguments, Burneside, near that town, to be the bitth•place of Drunken Aarnnby, who wrote,his whimsical travels between London anti Kendal, in monkish Latin verse, in thelormer part of the 17th century. A reward of ten guineas was of tired for the re» covery bt a youth, named eit>l4. Crohan, son of a gentleman in' tortune in Upper 'Berkeley-Street, ‘: who lett his home in a clandestine manner on Wed. a n t e i sl ti t t aT .4 . s '4'4e..ynoi eight tl fatly }cars oltl, The hiitttf*ysse:l4, the unfortunate youth was fount in a yester. day morning, •in liarperfields. Paddington, and it must have been there several himrs. Thero Nes no clue to ascertain how the hotly came them., An Inquisition was taken tut the'hody before Tnomas Simtwo, junior, Slq. in the ahie nioe of his rather, at the Now 13a, , ,nigge. Wells 'lea Gardens, Bayswater. The opinion was, that the deceased was plying on the shin ice which the pond was covered - with, being a frosty snorting, and that ichettkec The pond is seven fi e( deep, and there is no miring rumsd it. Vcr. dict--J' Found Drowned."