The Sun. — London, England, 1819-09-17 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC. Mr. TAYLOR, the PROPRIETOR of THE SUN N WSPAPRR, being desirous of lessening the La b,,tir anti Solicitude attending the Conduct of a Dilly Print, is willing to part with a portion of it 'u any Gentlemen of Talents and Resources, whose Political Principles correspond with those whicit the Paper has always supported, and who would be . itiClined to co-operate in Manage ment as well as Literary Compositioh. He would rather at once diSpase of the whole concern, if he did not venture to conceive that the steadiness of his Political Character has excited the confi deuce_ of. his Readers, and that his long experi ence-may reasonably be supposed to attach some crredit to his competency in the conduct of Public Journal. He conceives also, that in these awtol and threatening times every Public Man . should, remain, at his post, in order to contribute, to the utmost of his power, towards the defence of our inestimable Constitution. Several : . In dividuals have offered to purchase the Paper ; but as it was founded under the immediate sanc tion of the late Mr;PITT, the Proprietor deems it his duty to consider it as a Political Legacy left by that Illustrious Statesman to his Country, to maintain and perpetuate those Principles which are most conducive to the security of the State and the happiness of the People. Hence the Ad mirers of that enlightened Minister and true Pa triot may think that a Paper instituted by him, and for such important objects, should be offered to some public spirited Body, actuated by bight r considerations than mere regard to pecuniary ad vantages, and animated by zeal for the general %eel. tare ; or at least to any other whose interests may be essentially united with the interest of the Coun• y. 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This Address will he continued till the opportunity which it presents has been fully sub mitted to the United Kingdom; nor will the Proprietor hastily close with any offer, as he cati not not conceive that„ in reference to the revered Founder of the Paper, and its established charac ier f ur consistency, the Proposal held forth tends to ascertain the extent of Public Spirit. The arrival of Sir, THOMAS RAFFLES at Sinca porc, 'from ,Bencooien, is mentioned in letters from Batavia of the 10th of May. The precise object of his visit was not known, but it was sopposedthat it was to establish a British settle ment there, and this conjecture had cleated eon jeal(?usy atnong . the Dutch Authorities inere,,toile inhabitants, who ba:e hitherto carried on a protitoble trade between 13:t:ovi; and "New Soitth Wales, in cattle, provisions, wool, anti woollen . gods. LONDON JOURNALS. P.IOM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Post.) Our Readers already knoW that the Spaniards would not ratify the Treaty for cediug the 1,14; ridas to the Aniericaus. Yesterday letters were received - from Charles' on, itt 22 days, which state that every preparation was making in America, in expectation of a rupturctvithSpain : vessels were fitting out at every sea-port, and a general bustle was observed in all the Military and Naval De partments. The popular feeling was much in fa vour of %var., and, front the depressed state of trade, every 1161 4 4 favourable was anticipated by the inhabitants, should ,such an evetat take place. 'l'hc Hamburgh Papers state, that the Treatv filially arranging all the differences that subsisted between Swede:s and Denmark, under the media tion of Great Britain, was signed at Stockholm on the Ist of (Ilk month, at the house of Lord Sirangford, the British Ambassador. The King of Sweden is to pay to Denmark three millions of dollars (112mburgh Bank) in ten annual pay ments, and also lour per cent. interest, to be paid quarterly, for the principal stuns remaining unpaid. The conduct of Great Britain in this delicate ne• gociation, we are happy to learn, has met with the concurrent approbation of the Contracting Partios.—lntelligence from Copenhagen, of the 7th inst.. announces that excesses against the Jews have broken out in that capital, and have a4stimed a very alarming and desperate character. The populace are kept in awe only by the military occupation of the capital.—(Mid,) [The Times.] Loan COC lIR AN KT—By a he last arrival from Chili a variety of particulars relative to Lord Cochrane have been c,onnomicated, which have not hitherto been made public. The neutral vessels that were in the harbour of Callao at the time the blockade was announced made sail from thence on the. 1 Ith March, and proceeded to the port of Guartney.— . Lord Cochrane hail shown every disposition to fa vont- and protect British..merchaut ships, and, a good understanding subsisted, in consetityrce, be t ween hint and their c'ornmanders and supercargoes. An opinion was entertained in Guartney, where the re a l stareof Lime was well known, that if 6000 croups could advance to support the blockade by. Lord Cochrane, the city would certainly tall.— It app,ars, by a letter, dated Santiago de Chili, April 26, that the measure of declaring Caller in a state of blockade was unexpected on the part of the Government, and that they . were. by no "[leans pleased with a step which de }Hived it, in the existing difficulties, of 200,000 dollars revenue, which the cargoes of the ves sels from Lima would have supplied, 'No ex pectation existed in Chili that any irruption or attack could for a considerable period be made upon Lima. One regiment and a squadron of cavalry had passed the Andes for that destination, hut no others were to follow, the army being under orders to cross the Cordillera for . the defence of Buenos- Ayres, where the expected armament from Cadiz had already become the object of great solicitude and anxiety. .Lord Cochrane had leVied a contri bution of 70,000 dollars on the inhabitants of the town of Guarmey, which was the first fruits, in pluoder, of his expeditioo against Lima. The number sailors who were British subjects on board his squadron was about 850 ; and, with a view to the encouragement of his companions in ar ms, he had distributed among them, as prize money, 100 dollars each man ; deterring for the present, on his own part, any share of the spoil. The remaioder of his fleet was composed of Creoles and Chilians. His views against the rich fleet from Panama to Lima, under the convoy of the Cleopatra frigate, have been before mentioued. It is stated, on the information of a vessel that arrived at Valparaiso about the 1 th May, that this fleet was within sight When she quitted Lord Cochrane's squat;' on. INTENDED MEETING IN THE BOROUGH 'Wednesday night, at eight o'clock, a nume rous Meeting of the Inhabitant Householders of the Town and Borough of Southwark, took place at the Nag's Head I►,n, in the High-street, to re ceive the answer of the High Bailiff to their Requi sition, reiptesting him to call a Public Meeting,' to take info consideration the late '' atrocities" at Manchester. Mr. WEATHEIISTONE having been unanimously called to the .Chair, shortly opened the business, by observing, that' the High Bailiff had aceetted to their request, and consented to call an early Me e ti n g of the people, to pronounce their opi nion, in common with the rest of the nation, on the unnecessary slaughter arManehester. Unlike the sapient Chief Magistrate of London, the High Bailiff was not afraid that their object in meeting was " to set fire to the Borough, .or to murder all its peaceable inhabitants ;" but he knew they meant to assemble to record their execration of •an outrage which had no parallel—an outrage both brutal and illegal.—(Applause.)—The con duct of the High Bailiff was liberal and gentle manly; for, considering his principles, professed ly Ministetial, and the high precedents before hitn, the Requisitionists might have looked for a refusal ; but the conduct of Mr. Princep (High Bailiff) was a proof of what value he placed on such precedents. The CHAIRMAN then read the High Bailiff's let ter, and the notice intended to announce the meeting, leaVing the Requisitionists at liberty to appoint their own day. Mr. BLACK moved, that the Meeting should be. held on Thursday, the 23d instant. This motion was seconded by Mr. WRIGHT, and carried una nimmisly. Mr. BLACK then proCeeded to give a detail of all that passed between the nigh Bailiff and the De putation who were instructed to wait on him with the Requisition, the substance of which we have already given. Alter a Vote of Thanks to the Chairman, and sonic other business of little public importance, the Meeting dispersedl. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last TVatATR-F.IinYAL, COVENT-GAHM:N.—The Steward: Principal Characters by Mr. Macready, Mr. ioncs, Mr. W. Forret:, Mrs: Davison, and Airs.. Gibbs. Alter which, Aladdiu. Tiff:Avec ENG IASI! OPEHA Hots' .--Up Alt Nig - ht: 'Admiral Blunt, Mr. Doxton: Juliana, Miss Kelly. After which, The Math of Captain Cool. !MICE OF THIS HAY AT 1, F STOCKS 1v FA - a.; o'CLoCK. 3 per Cent. C0n5......76/ t ili Ex. Bills, 2c1,55. 6s. 4s. es.tlis s per Ct. Nnry Ann. Otnniuni '4i Pr , s per Cent. Ann.... Un Cons. for Accuout....7Cliiii India Burnis 9s. I Is. pr.' MAILS. ALIttiVED-1 Dublin, 1 Waterford, 1 Flanders. DUE-2 Waterford, 1 Giterncry ar.d Jersey, 1 Holland, i Lisbon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.mon.rtow. Nloruinc, 49 minutes alter 1.1 Evening, l I 11111/0 es utter 2 THE SUN. lOLEM QUIS DICERE EALSUM AUDEAT ? LON DON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1819. RIOTS AT PAISLEY. [FURTHER PARTICULARS The following is an Extract of a Letter from Paisley, dated Sept. 14, received this day : " Having written you yesterday at a, very cri tidal moment, I feel I cannot avoid again ac quainting you with our situation, which, although such a day of Military preparation as. we never be fore Witnessed here, I am happy to say . has turned out quiet ; and it is with no small pleasure I add that hitherto no blood has been spilt. " I had but just closed my letter as the post was going off, when an immense crowd of - people, in the direction of the road leading from Glasgow, ,entered the Town, and, proceeded to the square where the Court House is situated. The Ma gistrates having been informed of their approach, had previously sent an express to Glasgow far a part of the 80th Regiment, and in the meantime having read the Riot Act, and ordered - out The Elassars, - now stationed here, to support them and the Constables, in maintaining the peace of the town, the multitude, which had just ar -. riveo, desisted from their declared intention of rescuing the flagi which had been taken from them on Saturday, and retired .to St. James's•- ~_ street,, where th - ey continued, assembled till about_ three . hours after the Riot Act was read. Two • companies of the 80th having arrived in the mean time; and after all hopes of the crowd dispersing of themselves were at an end, the Hussars were ordered to advance upon the crowd assembled in the way leading to St. James's -street, which they did, accompanied by the Magistrates and Consta bles, at first at a slow place; but being almost in stantly assailed with stones from the mob, which here consisted chiefly of young lads, they were ordered to charge. This duty they performed in an effectual manner, by striking severely those in particular who appeared to loiter in the streets, but with the broad sides of their swords only, so that while the Mob thus found themselves com pletely at their mercy, they suffered as little as the nature of the service admitted. The streets were after this patrolled until after miduight. A great many were apprehended, several of them with stones in their possession, and one in particular, instantly after striking one of the Magistrates on the cheek with a stone. A few shots were fired, but no one has yet been killed. We have now been up nearly three whole nights. I trust it is over; we at least feel ourselves once more in safety, supported by the Hussars and the 80th Regiment. In justice to these forces ! must say, that by sternly doing their duty, and at the same time acting with the greatest moderation, they have already acquired the good-will of the inha bitants ; none of whom, I trust, will again so act as to make their mercy a boon. A, great propor tion of the prisoners taken are not inhabitants of the place." We yesterday briefly noticed the distuibances which have occurred at Paisley, and we have in serted a full account of what happened, in another part of our Paper. The Morning Chronicle, as might be expected, advocales the cause of the Rioters, and with its usual absurd inconsistency, after, saying " the only accounts of the origin and nature of these disturbances, which we yet have, are. derived from a very suspicious source, and must therefore be perused with considerable caution," yet from " thebriefoutline of these trans actions ,"forgetting or disregarding its own caution, it affirms, that it " affords one of the most striking instances of mischievous imbecility," and, that "it would be difficult to say, whether folly or wicked ness predominated on this occasion." Such is the caution, the liberality, the justice of The Morning Chronicle ! ! It proceeds to ask " what tight had the Paisley authorities to seize the flags borne by the People who had been at this Meet ing ?"—Were inflammatory banners necessary for deliberate discussion ? The Chronicle pro- I cee(7s to compare them with the dap 11945 on Masonic and Benefit Club processions. 133 C is there no difference ? The Dailey Meeting 1531 for political debates, or rather seditious haratigoth but the other processions are for bat mless went and laudable celebrations of l'ettee - tlent ana philanthropic Institutions. It h,..-Clironick can., not see the difference, it must be blind indeed an,f if it does. it must be criminally perverse, •nd intentionally 'mischievous. The whole conduct of the LORD MAYOR, 6;1101 he has been in office, has manifested so touch good sense and firmness, with urbanity, that may fairly be said, that the Civic Chair was ueveer more ably occupied. In fact, he has displayed a mixture of prudeLce, knowledge, alnl spirit, th at has been rarely equalled by Public Characters in any situation. His conduct in receiAng the Be. monstrance presented to hint yesterday, drew forth a just and liberal commendation, even from those. who attended for the purpose of condemning Or' His justification'of himself for not calling a Cour mon Hall, in these times of commotion, and tinder all the circumstances of the case, mast be satisfav, tory to the wiser part of his fellow-citizens, slid entitle him to the esteem of the People in general.. The Remonstrance in question says, " that hie Lordship's refusal to convene the Hafi couLi 1 ,01 arise from any extraordinary anxiety to preserve the public peace ;" thus dehying a natural and laudable motive to his Lordsliiii, sod of course implying that his motive was of a censorable. kind. The LORD MAYOR anawtred with leave"' ranee, good sense justice, and wisdom ; pro' perly urging the impropriety of prejudging opoo a cause which is yet to come before the exautinto tion of law. We repeat, that the LORD MAYOS does honour to his office, and never was excel l o by any °lbis Predecessors. This day, between eleven and twelie o'clock , the LORD MAYOR, a few of the Aldermen, ad.a several Members of the Common Council, wens in procession to Carlton-house to present to tiol PRINCE REGENT the Address to his Royal High .. Hess, agreed upon in Common Council, with le" gard to the late events at Manchester. The Pro" cession returned a little before one, in the saute Order as it went.—(For the. PRINC2. Retunce. Answer, see a subsequent column.) It is highly gratifying to find, - that if t he Rebel* of the Country are forming into hordes for 'Fig destruction of the Government, Loyal Bodies all coming forward in support of it. We have Already inserted the Address from the respectable Inhabi' tants of the Hundreds of Blackheath and ..Less' ness in-Kent, and we have the satisfaction to 8 4. the ancient City of Lichfield engaging in the saint) laudable cause.—The example, we hope, will '11, 6 followed all over the United Kingdom, and the effect must be, to open the eyes of the unwarls thus made the prey of the infamous HuNTITEsi who extort contributions from them to carry PO the, farce, merely for the support of themselves.. HUNT, in his last published letter, declining sip invitation to Bristol, where he is &spitted and tie' tested, an invitation most probably ftom himself to himself, fairly unveils the chief object of 14 9 abuse on the Manchester Magistrates and Cavalry's for he requires " the whole People of Effiglalla to join in heart,' hand, and pocket," for the pus" pose of carrying on a Prosecution against the!. The word pocket betrays the whole radical which is a trap for the unwary, a mere maraudie"; scheme to raise the supplies for himself and his gang, to pay for his travelling expences, the seditious banquets, and all the other measures set in motiPo to keep up his infamous popularity. We trust that the Public in general have beet/ disgusted and shocked at the abuse which the Opposition Papers, but particularly The Morning Chronicle, have thrown upon the Magiitrates•aud Yeomanry Givalry of Manchester, though Cl 4 _ - whole of the transactions which occurred at that place are still to undergo legal investigationliY the trial of those who occasioned the assensblaee of an immense body of People, from whom the most riotous proceedings might have been ex pected, if their Ringleaders had not been. taken into custody, and who, indeed, by the violence of their attacks on those who had no intention disperse them, but merely to seise their wicked Agitators., provoked the calamities which unfortt4° nately•were the result. But the Law will take its course, and, when those Ringleaders are brought tO trial, we have no doubt that evidence will be pro' duced, by which, as we before observed, th e claims of justice and humanity will be folly satis" fled." Government, we are persuaded, will no t interfere upon the occasion, but leave all w tbg proper Tiihunals of the Country. It seems to be fully evident that tie chief Agitators, by deferring their trials, were afraid of meeting the Loy , though one of them demanded of the Court an immediate decision on his case. He, however" rot %tea, Ikkir ,tor t i r t j : rite ):ar ~~. 11) m, to be th rni th th Jec Qv ( till per Viel to t Ilan/