The Sun. — London, England, 1819-02-16 00:00:00

Lut lan(' 0 ,irond e ' yrene e" Lo U(S. potat° g " ab of e'i y trii° °# and Ire stef goys' , dipw . II u s , 1 t l ot re" Y; ti° ,out 41 99 813C1, to tlie It is sill 116 rb iov f oat p oilw o a nes 100 R ode s ' late. olir i° od 4e4 i eel' b toe e Or' obi 0 gait Par is: a b c,nat4 s ‘ ' 4 I. 46C. f . 4 5c, 'l. e°': s lll' be es Ca' C o' Isy' ~ ef~ip! 1 " # tfie' (be lt at irt, 01 111" I, i i i Id, ° woo . is ct 11)X i • ,r itstic 0 0' t; 11/16 P e' Ph 6, Gf the itill,jeet in alsCnttiOn. We, much i nt i ebte ther e f ore , f ee l CI hiM for the preference which hehas given to Sof:, as we may confidently his kV, that no classes of the community can read production's ni.ithout deriving benefit from the tieruszt. Gast arriv India Papers to the 3d o f O cto b er have froed. They confirm our former intelligence ;m Ceylon of the capture of the Pretender and frlSecTi.inister, which held ,produced the must happy thand we are in hopes .that the next ad vices at quarter will enable us to announce the ,ntire suppression of the rebellion, he CalcuttO ,Gertzegfe of the 3d September contikins the follow ing art left , . On the evening of thr 28th July, a detachment of the iopotana force stormed and took, with flute loss, the town !ind outworks of Madhoorapnor, the place which Mer Khan O°lt en atta c k e d i n rain. The Thakoor and his people had attired into the fort, Which was not eipected to hOld out Lo 13°31a4Y.---The cholera morbus still c"ontinUes to rake 11("1 " us, but We arc happy to learn that it has decreased 6ider4 lY duri ng th e l ast few days. ' The number of deaths I°4l 1 7th to 31st August, by this disease on the island of ~1 1)11Tha Y is, males 311 ; females 226; total 537. The number .. u , rde4tllB ) from o ther causes, during the last mouth, is 6:34, ""tkint 1171, total of deaths in Ang•ust. SHIP NgWs. ,„ i s rORTSM OUT.H, FEB. 15.—C am e i n t o h ar b our k 4a .lesty's cutter Camelion, from a cruise.— l ed Hound - d cutter on a cruise. FEB. 1 4.--; , Sailed the Whole of the "Yard-bound ships, with the wind troth the ej twird. )2.--Arrived the Alexander th: YEARNS, from New York, in 18 days ; n ip "r uck on th e po i nt o f C arr i c k fergus Ban k at tt o "°' clock this monning, but was got olf and th tr i ght into te Roads : we have not heard whe e receivehd any damage. • to The t i iftrutiNs, Itom Sc. Michael's tithri Amphitrite ; waa. wrecked on Thursday night in aps e B ay. 44 le br ig Radcliff, P EARSON , f rom Pictou to aDef,rl6 't 01 . was d r i ven on s h ore unmanageable on . George ; cress , aved. e' b rig Tagus, bimPsobi, from Glasgotv else Gs, fz " s, New Brunswick, 'vent on shore on 4 aser lill Rock, and filled with water; crew tti British brig Nancy, YOUNG, from Jamaica he e (1 °I), fo un d ere d a t s ea on the 2il January. he i i 4ru ain and crew arrived at Charleston on tu sLiiitrarv. • stl ii i• Remains of '414 4, - LAra MR:li A R 1.0 %V .--Th e Remit . II ik e i e llent Artist were this day deposited untie) l ''; - 1, 11 ,ar of St. James's Church, I s iccadilly. He 4,4l,eltncled to the grave by Sii Wm. 1317cH L R E v is , vt/ hp ' kr. f10W.7., R.A., Mr. HAYbON, CHAR 1"1 h Esq.' i. di carriages of Si r I ' i il , 11. 'or Piriatts, and other' lit tit of the deceased. The tetidei'l t teESTER, as well as of Mr. CiißEita, at itll-;:be procen , sion. Mr II tar had been elect ;:lilt -ti tt le Member of the !loyal Academy of St. clis z rs, !tome, and of the Fine Arts, Florence. t el')Cts til its had so much distinguished itself a s 11 11 3 ' t er 110 etiloginth on bur part tiec . essay,bt . ittve hichtelseat our respe c t for the amiable qualities IV, e'dly marked his character. 1111 i1' 1..11 OF Silt W. Corg.—We , regret to ant tlil.l-fee,the de tli of the Hon. Sir W. COKE, Kll Il f l'e t,',7 l stice of the Supreme Court of the Islam! Vie 1 - 4 1141 - This melancholy event took place on 1 V Lt . " O 1 Septernber at Trincomalee, where tied 1-3/4144 had bi•en only a few days, having ar liofn4 the purpose of holding a Criminal Ses -1 ei i!he commencement of his Circuit. ' 4 Y III I I - "gence from Canada states, that Goya lik k at been put into confinement, where he is of ' 1 ° remai n for some time. Two Magistrates t hit tli b ll ' el. Canada bad made a public declaration l. (11 1 1 ,i, -- . ' Was, a disaffected person, detailing H i e s *a s i', e , t , since his arrival, his speeches, &c. tti l " etlisequence ordered to be r emoved . from t44l,lltia, tinder an old law of the Colony, or be teehed without the benefit di bail. He prefer e.iiiii I l l i l latter, and states he will sooner rot in Ti" 4 o leave the province. , . 111 N ler e are between 40 and 50 female convicts ii j e k lv gate und er sentence of transportation, anti 4 , 11 ' i is rusty taken up to convey t h em t o B otany ter; lie tvill s a il ear l y i n tl , e Spring. this ves- N en - ,"t oat a Commissioner deputed by Govern kid 1" ascertain the present state of the Colony, illr."ery braheli btinnteted with it. He ia tO h e it)trsled with the most ample powers to inquire t il the s i tuation of the convicts, the state of tet 4e i Manuf actures, commerce, &c. eis to i l , til as speed Ike as po ss ibl e w i t h hi s report. Street ette rday mor n i ng , M r. C ABLISLR, of Fleet 4, Was liberated from Newgat e , by g i v i ng the itt Judges' Ch am b ers, in the indictment by t sg eiely for th e S uppression of Vice. k oh X . kc liTion.--This morning, John.Corderoy, for ttill?ln a poor w id ow W oman in Kingslatid•road, p ail 'Jo g hn Fellotcs, for robt?inii his m as t ers (Mot.- t i , 4Ni Saunders, upholstereis, Catherineet, Ive"Al)s were exec uted at the Debtors' -stre door, tific/Nale- They Were attended by the Ordinary t vitl e vvgate and Ai .Dissenting Preacher, rand both N t e all the utmost repentance. Yesterday to __ e Was received, for orie week, for John Eger aj'vWho was to have been executed with .the trtie unfortunate culprits ; ire was convicted for g IvaY robbery. M r . ad Ai 14, c ve -I) _AI. .J.ANCiII ' , ACV'S Farewell Vocal ion.n„ert 1n the Assembly Rooms, on Friday even 446iirs, vvas attended. by almost all the rank and W I earlyl' in town. The Rooms were crowded at ~,,,e r ho lq , Several of the Songs and Glees brt:ss. P tdele la Air re encored, particularly the Italian r ideie," by GUGLIELINI, and the Ziit e, l , l : ll , A ir and Chorus ; also the Glee, " Zitte ilur eed. uy ttostsr. The whole entertainment, seemed 0 "" great deligiit to the audience, who gratifi ed v rI v IY , ,tO. regret that they could not be tact ' hei r 11 ' 1 its repetition, Mr. and M:. 11' cour Q Ili g B°l 'n (0 leave Britain.--(Editzburgh litl F eb. IL) ME THEATRE. IjatinY-LANe.—We are under the painful neces sity of recording an event highly disgraceful to the audience who attended this Theatre last night.—A . ."1 - agedy, entitled Switzerland, the first dramatic production of Miss PoaTaa, to whom the public are indebted for the following interesting Novels, viz. Thaddeus of ti - arsaw, The Scottish Chiefs, and The Past Or's Fireside, was brought forward ; but though the moral influence, as well as interesting nature, of the fair Author's former works, gave her a claim to attention and respect, her Play was treated savage severity. It Was evidently the intention of the Author to compose a simple and affecting story, founded upon hiStorical truth . 5 and if the public taste had not been debased by Tragediea of extravagant fiction, bombast, and horror, there can be little doubt that the Drama of last night would have excited interest anri applanse.—We shOuld injure the Author by attempting to detail the fable of a piece which was interrupted by the most brutal Outrage in its most critical situations. As far as the Play was permitted to be heard, it dis played noble and striking sent i ments, conveyed in simple, elegant, and impressive langVage.— We sincerely hOpe that the Lady will print her work and shaMe the rogues," or rather brutes, who treated it With such unrelenting Some of the Morning Papers lay the blame on the Actors, but parti'cularly on M-r. I' RAN, Whom they accuse of coldness and sloVenfy Perhaps the part asS'ipined to him did lint gibe stripe for those tower i ng burst's of passion, and abrupt'transitions, in which the merit of hisacting chiefly consists. But we may urge in his faVour that, finding lie bad so brutal an audience to deal with, he might naturally conceive that exertions of More energy might only expose him to ridi cule, and consequently injure his professional, character. The rest of the Performers Might na turally tall into CoMparaiiie languor from the same feeling, though for our part we saw no want of requisite animation, considering the turbulence which must unavoidably have impeded their exer tions. Though we do not attempt to give the fable, yet we must correct one Mistake into which ; the diur nal Critics have fallen, in supposing that Eugene (Mr. KERN) died by his own hand. The Author did not offer Stich a reprehensible sanc tion to suicide, 'but with a better conception Of the heroic character, represented the con duct of Epanzinondas, who having been wounded, concealed his suffering, and did not draw the fatal shaft from his side, till he heard that his country had been triumphant. The Prologue, an admir able effusion of poetical enthusiasm, was well de livered by Mr. Ilia, and the Epilogue, as far as it could be heard amidst turbulence and contusion, not less so by Mrs. WEST. We need only men tion whit followed the dropping of the Curtain, to prove to our Readers the nature of the audience front their conduct, Mr. H. JoHNSToN came for ward to learn the decision of the audience, but not a syllable could be heard, and he retired. After some time, the new farce of High Notions com menced, and then also began the reign of Levellers, Jacobins, UniverSal Suffrage and Annual Parliament Patriots, for as their conduct exactly resembled that of sue. Reformers before the Hustings in Co- Vent-garden, when they savagely assaulted, and at tempted to murder, Sir M.Maxwam.,we'cannot but consider them as Critics of the same description. Orange peals were thrown at Mrs. BLAND, and in due progress also oranges at all the rest of the Performers, 'till they were absolutely driven off the stage. The call for the Manager then became gene - - ral; and Mr. STEFIIRN KEtvt.. 6 l.l:, as we hear, hav ing consulted with the Author, who was reluctant to occasion any future disturbance in the Theatre, and therefore request e d th a t her play might be, withdrawn, came on the stage for that ptirpose, !Art was immediately assailed with a shower 'of oranges. He bore this insulting treatment with a dignilied patience, and expressed himself in the following mariner " Ladies — and Gentlernent is fer yott to presCribe laws, and it is our duty to obey them : I cannot but regret the failure of this p►ece: we have brought forward several novel ties this season, all of which have been honoured with your approbation; We cannot, therefore, for an instant doubt of your kind disposition towards us: this Tragedy, since it has not proved equally fortunate, shall certainly be withdrawn." He then retired, amidst acclamations of applause, as if in atonement tor the previous outrage ; the Force was permitted to proceed, and thus ended a tumult very disgraceful to an English Public on the score of gallantry, as well as of every humane and generous feeling. ANECriOTE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.— The following curious circumstance occurred to the above Noble Duke during a late visit at Hat field House :—A farmer, who had been much an• noyed by the hunters rifling across his corn, di• reeted hts shepherd to stake up and make fast all his gates that adjoin the roads. It so happened that the Duke rode up to one of these gates, which the shepherd was lolling over, and who was directed by the Duke to Open the gate for him. The shepherd refused complying with the request, and desired him to go round, for he should not tide over-his master's corn. The Duke there fore rode off. When the man went home, his master enquired of him if be had stepped the hunters " Aye, master," the shepherd answeied, !• that I have—and not only them, but also that Soldier Man that Buonaparte could not stop." The farmer took an early opportunity of apolo gizing to Lady Salisbury for the rudeness of his servant, and stated that had he been aware that the Noble Duke would have been out that day, his gates should not have been fastened, and et the same time mentioned what his man had said, which, on being related to the Duke ; caused; as may be expected, a hearty laugh. BANK TOKENS.—It may be necessary to re mind the public, the period limited (by the Act of Parl,ament passed last ,Session) for permitting the receipt at Bank dollars and tokens in pay:- ment for taxes, duties, stamps, &c. will expire on Ole sth of April next ; and that the Receiver General will not accept them in payment from the Collectors of Taxes after that period. CoUET OF KING'S BENCH.—The Court was occupied ithe whole of !yesterday in t rying unde fended and other causes of no public imporrance. The Adjourned Sittings etnitmeuce to-morrow -at Westalinster. f POETRY. moLoctE TO THE TRACiEDY OF "SWITZERLAND WRITTEN BY EDMUND L. SWIFT, ESQ. ; .;'POKEN: EY :4 R. RAE. Oh for the mOnfithin breeze ; whose murmurs sweep Midway to Heaven 'around the Alpine steep ; Whose airs, etherial and unearthly, play*. While night is here, above the beam of day ! Come, mountain breeze, I woo thee to my breast ; Not for the flowers that fill thy flowing vest; Not for the dropping odours of thy wing,. That pOur on Winter's brow the breath of Spring; But, that thou bearest on thy cour , e from high, Stirring Man's heart, the voice of Liberty.— There is a charmed power, a shielding spell, That hallows every-spot where Freemen dwell; Unfetter'd as their winds, their spirits rise, Firm as their cliffs, and upward As their shies. The life-blood of their sires enrich'd their soil; The faulchion was their plough, the war their toil ; In victory their " Iron harvest" rose; And valour won their long and lov'd Yet their's no silken slumber :—FREEriom's ground ? the wizard PLEASURE waves no wand around. View the deep silence, where, the lightest tread Would shake a tempest from yon glacier's head ; Where, even the whisper of a.wOrtl would launch From its poisld height!) ',he expecting avalanche; — And ask—Will LuxurY wreathe her gailands there? Or, Despots fierce a Freeman's vetigearfce dare ? Yes—Despots,so have dared :--the elder time, And later trays, have Seen' the desperate crime; When the high mountain breeze o'erswept their path, And smote their,fiag.in mockery or in wrath; When the larch, nodding down Abe . catnract's Shew'd like the armed Hillstean's.plumy pride; When that:sweet strain, Which never Swias could heat On foreign shores without an homefelt tear, Sung the Invader's death-song :---Such hath been Helvetia's canse.---and such to-night out scene It is the story of a kindred soil The Tyrant's hate—thank Heaven l—no more bis spol Since Fate decreed the mountain and the wave, Thy cradle, FREEDOM ! and OpPftekstos's grave. A woman's 'hand—but with no woman's fear — Tells the proud triumph of Helvetia here;, And Ocean's conqu'rors will mit blirsh to see,' And praise, the strife of Mountain Liberty; That blooni'd as brightly, as hei Alpine Ruse Shoots through the darken'd waste of wildering snot's. BRITONS be just !-shall . the for favour plead, Whose scene presents Tilt Stvr7rzEa's Ri/NNUMEIDE Like your own Barons, strove,that glorious Band:— Sit then—and hear the Talc of SWITZERLAND. EPILOGUE; . WRITTEN BY JOHN TAYLOR, ESQ. SPOBENT BY MRS. W. WEST. No longer now Camilla, I appear In humble guise to court your favoUr heie; Contented to become a Peasant dame, Yet still I glow with Freedom's halloW'd flame, That hallow'd flame which; fann'd by fost'ring Time, Will spread its light o'er l eery age and clime. But must I new dull CUstoin's rule obey, To sport on topics of the passing day? Degrade the lofty Muse, whose power supplies The moral theme that warns us to be wise ! No !:e'en a Peasant's heart must proudly swell, Born on the land that boasts her WILLIAM TELL ! He who, disdainful of despotic ire, Blending the Patriot's with the Patent's fire, Roused his indignant countrymen, and broke With virtuous energy a foreign yoke; 'Till SWITZERLAND no more with tyrants strove; Free as the winds that o'er her mountains rove. But why declaim I thus on FREEDOM her e? For BRITAIN long has been her fav'rite sphere BRITAIN, by her inspired, who led the way, And rescued Europe from Oppression's Sway; BRITAIN, WhOID AERIE'S claim with zeal incites, Nor deems that colour cancels human:rights. Now to our Drama.—Need I smiles implore For her whose Muse has charmed you oft before ? THADDEUS Of WA RSAVll—does not ev'ry soul Slow at the name of that heroic Pole ? Dues not your sympathy with her retire To rural quiet at the PASTort's intE ? 'Twai she who rous'tl you with the martial strife--:." 'Twas she who south'd you with sequester'd life— lier's too the SCOTTISH CHIEFS, who nobly stand To grace and to protect their hOtiour i d land. Must she then dread the Critic's frown ur sneer, And see her bid - ming laurels blighted here ? No—all who FREEDOM love will aid her cause, In gen'rous rivalry of just applause ; Aild VIRTUE, to reward her moral page, Hail with delight her triumph on the Stage. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING ROO. There was considerable varii as 1011, rS4, FEB. 15, 1819. atiot yesterday in the Betting, BY. to 1 agst Edphrates 15 to I agst Pledge 20 , to 1 agst Iris '2O te 1 agst Dwaine 20 to 1 agst Etapeioi to 1 agst Brbsh. oALs. 12 to 1 agst Vanity filly 6 to 1 asst Blue Stockings I 6X to 1 agst Baroisa •RIIVLESWORTH STAKES. 4i to 1 agst Treasurer 10 to I agst Emperor. 6 to 1 agst Blue Stockings 13 to 1 agst Dodona. 10 to 1 asst Soothsayer c: DOtICASTER ST. LEGER. 7 to 1 Apt Laird 1 19 to 1 agit Magistrate. Eti to 1 agst Mandane The three Classes of the Oatlands remain a§ before•, Pen- Borifice, and Magistfate keeping the favourites. he followi►►g tact took place lately in West morland :—A hound whelp and a cur dog, be longing to the Rev. Robert Sandford, of Crook, started hare from that place, which tliey ran all night ; the next tnoi•ning they were found by one of Mr. Bolton's labourers, not far from Storrs Hall, quite exhausted, One iyifig On each side of the hare, which was quite dead, and not the leest torn by them. After ,the hare Was taken fron► them, they remained upon the spot a consi derable time before they recovered sufikient strength.to enable them to !warn to their mattin's house. EMANCIPATION EXPLAINED ; OR, POPISH ASCENDANCY IN IRELAND. By a CHURCH of ENGLAND CATHCLIC: [No. 11.] (Continued from yesterday's SUN.) The grand pursuit of Priests in particular, is power, and their peculiar object is power over the belief of men; the more unbounded that power can be rendered, the More they become what is the grand delight of human nature, objects of coniequettee, for ambition is man's hereditary sin ; and in no class of society has it ever beet► exercised with so bold and oppressive a hand as in-the Popish Hierarchy. A power over the belief of men obviously carries with it every other sort of power, and renders those who possess it ob jects of greciter consequence to the rest of their species than any .other sort of power co , ild do ; the ambition of the Priest is therefore the highest of all sorts of ambition, and must neces•• sarily give birth to-a proportional ardour of pur suit. There is, however, a principle in human na~ tore, by which the establishment of power is en• deavoored to be resisted ; with this of course the Priesthood finds it neceSwy.to contend ; atul curious it is . indeed to contemplate the expedients to which, in thedifferent ages; they have had re course for sttbditing it. If things are any where so happily situated, that, in subduing the resistance to their power, they can also obtain a license for pleasure, or:even render the pleasure itself an in strument of the power, every body must perceive how stiarig the temptation is to unite the plea sore trod the power; but if things are not so hap pily situated, and if, in order to secure the power, the pleasure must 'be sacrificed, it will of course . be' ostentatiously renounced, he. cause the power is the prime object, and generally brings Witir: it the means of plea sure, if not openly, at le a st un d er a s li g h t .concealment, So.that scarcely any thing is lost in the end. But it is necessary , to consider a little the nature of the means by which the Priesthood -is led to seek for power, and here we must oh-;. serve, that considered . merely as a separate order of men, they Must always have an in terest in tendering teligion, not. as rational as possible, but on the contrary ; to render it rational there is one course, and no ,other ; that is, to form as accurate a conception as possible of perfect wisdom in the Deity,- joined with perfect goodness, and to reason accurately from these dates. But the slightest reflection it sufficient to show, that the moment a man can so reason, the power of the Priest with regard to him iTs at an end. The Priest has an interest therefote in. preventing religion from coming to this state :of perfection. There is not a single Histotian among the many, whose opinions are worthy of any regard, who ascribeS that perver sion of Chris t i an ity w hi c h too k p l ac e d ur i ng t h e dark ages, and converted it into a mass of mis- chievous superstitions, such as still exist in the Churee of Rome, to any other cause than the interests of the Priests, working upon a state of the human Mind which fitted it for their pur pose, a state of ignorance and credulity, and therefore prepared tor the reception of delusion ; and so powerful is early impressions on the human mind in matters of religion, particularly that re. ligion most encumbered with Hies, ceremonies; and doctrines, thatiew can escape the effects, even minds highly susceptible of demonstration.--:. But Priest craft does not stop here ; it has found the .way to the recesses of the heart, and chang: ed the open and public confession of the sinner, as originally. performed, into the auricular and. secret avowal that must now be made to the priest Only. This passage to the human heart was disco vered in 1215, during the Papacy of INNOCENT the 3d, and the key; being committed to the care of the Priesthood only, has become the most pow.. erful engine of Popery, and fully confirmed its dominion Over its votaries, for the purpose of more effectually enslaving the consciences and minds of the people. The Romish Clergy them selves paid the most implicit obedience to theie own superiors or Prelates; and they in their turns were as blindlydevoted to the will of the Sovereign Pontiff, and continue to be so ; whose decisions they hold to be infallible, and his authority co: extensive with the Christian world. But as some- thing still was wanting besides this spiritual au thority, which only operated on conscientious. minds', to establish dominion ; and the Court of Rome being fully apprised that power could not be maintained nor exercised for any long time, and to any great extent, without property ; therefore to the acquisition of this its at tention was very sedulously directed, for which purpose doctrines and practices were enjoined that were likely to secure pecuniary ad vantages. The doctrine of Purgatory was of this kind, for it was accompanied with the purchase.: of Masses to redeem the souls of the deceased— new (angled offences were created, and indul. gences were sold to the wealthy for liberty to siaL without danger. The Canon Law took cogni zance of crimes, enjoined penance, pro salute anima, and commuted that penance for money: This doctrine of Pusgatory,which some derive front the platonic fancies of ORIGENi the monatism of 'I'ERTULLIAN, pretended visions, and pagan stories, rhetorical flourishes, and doubtful expressions of the later Fathers, and in which we may discern tux obvious resemblance to ,the tntrious Pagan doc trine concerning the purification of departed souls, by means of a certain kind of fire, .was partly in troduced, at least the spirit of it, towards the closd of the fifth century, and by GREGORY in the sixth century, but not, however, positively confirmed till about the year 1140, nor made an article of faith till by the Council of Trent, Sess. 25, /. Wrret de Purgat. The discovery of this, tilt hen terra incognita, has, by attentive CC,-; onization, brought in large revenues to lie Church of Rome. At SOCM as a than has a just conception of the Divine Being, as a being of perfect wisdom and goodness, what possible hold can the Priest have upon Lis mind ? The advantage of the Priest consists in being able to persuade the rest of his tel:ow-treataires, that they do not understand what is the wilrof the Di vine Being, but that he does. If he tail establistt this belief in its greatest possible extent, it is evi dent that his hover is unbounded; and exactly irt the degree, in which he can establish it, is the exe.