The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-26 00:00:00

Piaui° TIC DDRESS. ~ • • [Trois the Leeds Litelligewer of . ,llonday, Dec. MI '' FELLow CouNTRYMEN,—In again address ing: von (we svish we could move every pen and every toilette in the Empire in. your behalf), it may be proper to correct a mistake, into which, we understand, a few of you have fallen. The abusive I ermsin which you are spoken of,la our last, are not the epithets by which we thank you ought to be distinguished, or by which we have called you, hut ale the voted language of the, persorie who 'used to pretend they were-your friends ; and who intw -stigmatize that portion of you who engaged,, or were ready to engage, in insurrection, as all the low, despicably, mad, and worthless wretches they can imagine. Alit they themselves, in •corn mou with others who have tints first ,deceived and e fterwards deserted and abused yon, are the really worthless and despicable characters ,(as far as their public character is coneerned,=--for it is with that only we Imve to do), upon whom the con tempt of al; giood men ought to fall. It has been kith thou, and not with you, that the loyal press _bas for so many, years been cootendiug, ; and though they artfully couttieed to make you believe that every expression of indignation, which was directed egaiest their dangerous principles, was levelled,,not against themselves, hot .against you, this was by no means the case, Jr was one of their usual artifices, in 'which they are so freitt el, to make you believe that, and which, no doubt, they will speedily have recourse to again, : for your de struction. We hare been contending with, and opposing, and stiginatiziog, as they deserved, the misleinlers of the people, not *the people theme rtelees. The people are time pride and" ornament; not only of their country, but of the world; and, 'if left to obey the impulse of t h eir own better spi would sieve r lono w thte;e delusive principles, which' (the ill-omened beacons of rebellion) are I)cm - equally held up, in their path, by time restless ispil'et, of an evil ambition, glaring, with pesthole Gil influence, on all the best regulations, feeliegs, tied ez-tablislonents of civiliFed society. We ap peal to your own recollection, whether it has Clot beett uniformly again t this spirit, against those who fomosted it, and not against you. that all tyre efforts of the friends to good order andtrue liee'lotu were directed. Every exertion wits used to destroy the monster himself, not those whom he was preparing to deVour—whom he was lick ing, end cos et ing with.llis nauseous slime,' 'that lie might oue day take his opportunity to gorge them wish his destrmetire jaws. Yost yourselves were seldom, IF ever, addressed at all by your real friends. The truth is (for we will always speak ,to you with candour, even at the risk of giving offence) you were considered so completely under the iefhteoce of your seducers,,that all tlneight of your recovery, till they wire, put down, was deem . ed hopeless: But the day of a better reason has begun to iiatve, thanks to the imprudence of the demagogues who held you in thraldom. We can now speak to you wills the hope, almost with the certainty, of being listeeed to, and of making that impression which may be due to What is said ; it'd you may rely on it, we shall not neglect the Lappyolopport unity. Oitething, however, we must premise, natnely—that we are tar from wishing to excite you against the dangerous men who a re mow known to yeti, or even to makethem objects cut your detestation. Weave not ernongst those, Whit, to grutify their owu passions, could first work upon your feelings, till you were roltsed to some act of out rege, and wroth( then deny that we hattever taitl any thing to -lead you to its per peti'atiert ; and proceed to call: you by elinsire Wallies foe doieg that of which we ourselves should InAve been the real ant hots. All we *wish IS, alter having completely 'Stripped the mask front 'your enemies, to stew theta to you in their naked dr fermity,and afterwards:to send them quietly, front yoer presence, into their native nothingness nod obscurity; not to hanish them, with Mies. and blows, and in angel---hut to dismiss them with a blesking, under the hope that even they may , one day tern theta from their course of wickedness, and become worthy of the name of that country, the asyfum of liberty, 'the pride of the world, in which they live, " lt, is a most important fact, that all dart , a gerons writings re now rapidly falling into tbs. repute. So seesible are their conductors of this truth, that they are in .the greatest haste, and evince the utmost anxiety, to convince the public they are to be quite moderate, and peaceable, and 'well-behaved, in future We shall be very happy if they should prove sincerein their professions, riot for your sake—for you are freed front their tlfraidom—but for their own. Those who are in i mme diate neighbourhotad:have:the vanity in think, that our last address was directed entirely against them, and have, under that impression, attempted a reply—in which the principal feature is, redoubled assurances of their future good cone duct. This is nosy their sheet anchor. They rely upon it for their very existence, They ate to carry all their schemes of reform, in future, by leaving them to the good sense of the country ! if they had left them tce the good ;sense of the cothetry twenty- years ago, instead of 'trimming day . and night to peeve that good sense, their schemes would have long since been doomed to oblivioe---et tate, they may rest assured, which is ill spee,stily overtake' them, unless, the revoln .tiottaly eclat which has beett given to them by t he R o ute and the'Watsons, should attach an in.; (aMons h'uniortalits to them,.in common with that of the mactucss of the one, tuutthe crimes of the others, 'Before, we dismiss our neighbours, we beg to give them a hint for - the regulation of ano th,r part of their future conduct, which may save them Some , ,tronble. We do assere them, that ottr observations are by no means confined ex clusively to them ; but are directed against the whole host of their fellow-lahourers, so that they may feel no w neasiness.respecting arty thing we - happen to say, excepting that, which, front time, to time, they find pinches their own totes. - It was not by them only that you were formerly goaded to acts - or outrage—so live you been by - their whole fraternity of scribes and orators, throughout the empire.. It is not by. them only, that, wilco matters came to thui point, you lur.ti been deserted, and abused, end slandered, and t turned over, without mercy, to the rigorous pu nisinni,nt of time law—fOr it.m have you been de- triotic brethren. It is :tut by them aloneAliat we. arc now assured of their future moderation, and that we are 2shed to believe they were always mo derate in times past—the same effrontery of denial, and :.meanness of prostration, -are exhibited.hy till the rest. Nlife do not stigmatize, therefore, inertly one or two of theta, hat the whole—and we wish 'it to he distinctly tinderstoodo hat it is only against them all, collectively,. we think it worth white to exert ourselves ; and not against one poor mi serable representative of their hotly,. whose feeble voice is scarcely to be heard amidst the ge neral din. They endeavour to sneak off from the charge ! of having called you by the most schrrilons terms.' by saying, that they, only vilified that portion of you who actually engaged in insurrection. But, when they abused them, did they not, of, course, abuse all the others of you, who then entertained similar opinions with your brethren in London ? To be sure they did ; and it is impossible for the most skilful of them, masters as they are of every art of .subterfuge and evasioo, to escape from the conclusion. 0, hut, say.they, if these were the sentiments of the lowest orders—of the despicable pot-house - conspirators, wedeny theme ever enter s taitieo any opinions in conimon with them ; they, the scum, form no portion of our pure, peaceable, and well-disposed coniiminity of loyalreformers ! If they now exclude the working daises, how ever, whom they had seduced from their reform ing community,, we apprehend the community will be'fountl to consist of very few bands ! They wobld'find it difficult, we: fear, if their schemes succeeded, to find amongst them men ,enotn.;h for their posts and places, instead of a deficiency of the latter, for gratifying the rapaeibus eagerness of the former to enjoy. them !--And the best. of the joke is—your principles are not their prin ciples ! 0, not at all ! They, good souls, uevet 'dreamt of such a thing as that physical force should he resorted to for the redress us grivahees, apatite removal of oppression ! We believe so— they are not, we dare say, very fond of exerting their physical 'force ; and for this plain reason, they had always a sort of presentiment that their physical force would be met by physical force on the other side ; and they just -know enough of:the laws which regulate these matters, to be prudently sensible that the lesser force must inevitably yielo to the greater, by which some of their own pre cious constitutions might be subjected to a shock, that ,would rather unpleasautlyrevolutiOnize their whole animal 'system, which, in that case, all:-the quacks in. the empire would be unable to le-form! 0! it is delightful to witness in them the rodent, wholesome workings of •a peaceable spirit ! The Patriots of South America—the Insurgents of Spain—the revolutionary heroes of Modern France —the bold and free-assertors of the liberties of Old England—even our Yankee brethren, across the Atlantic, have all been a Set of fools, com pared with our blessed reformers ; and instead of accomplishing their objects at the expence of cracked crowns and gaping wounds, might have succeeded more effectually, by leaving, the exe cution of all their projects to the good sense of the people! " But what (to be serious) do they. mean by denying that they have at all , conttibuted, by their principles, to the late outrages ? Have they not continually assured you, as you all well remem ber, that you were an enslaved, a vilely treated, and an oppressed, suffering people ? Is it not evident, that the perpetual repetition of .suci as sertions was certain to render men, whose bottoms ever bounded at the very name of:liberty, and in whose, estimation shivery is the greatest of- Human calamities—is it not evident that the inevitable ef feet. 131 such language, on sect] men, was to render them disaffected to their rulers, impatient of the necessary restraints of law, and to rouse them to open insubordination ? It is impossible to deny that these are the natural cause, and the 'littoral effect. ;And - have they. not been duly wanied, day after' day, week after week, year after year,' that the effect would follow, amless the cause were removed They haVe been so warned—but, un fortunately, without effect. You know this to he true,--they know it-4-..the world knows it. This, then, is the single and irresistible answer to all their attempts at disavowal and denial. The et feet has 'followed ; and they most be answerable for it. From this they cannot by any possibility escape. They may deny, indeed, that they in tended to stimulate the people to insurrection. — After all the warnings they bad, such a :denial comes too late. Butt, even on their own big, they are clearly convicted, either of having been actuated by the most dangerous principles and designs, or, of having exhibited a degree of folly and presumption, Which, is Unparalleled, by remaining so long blind to those necessary Con.- sequences of their conduct, whiehe cry one else foresaw and predicted. If. they were ,not ", am bitious knaveS," , they were most certainly "irre clatneable fouls ;" and they are welcome to either appellation during their future career of reforma m ti o n, on which, if it should fortunately lead the o France or America, we heartily wish them lair weather anti a prosperous journey. " As we intend, from time to time, to lay open the m ost hidden springs, and the darkest secrets of their system, it is hat right that we should first refute the chief, and indeed the only charge, they have ever brought against that portion of the press which devotes itself to the true interests of the country, The charge Was always considered ton contemptible, and too palpably untrue, to be deserviug of notice. Besidesilt was well known to be false, .by the leaders of insubordlnatiou ; and, as we have observed before, the leaders only were at any time addressed. But however con temptible and ridiculous any charge may be, it is perhaps impolitic to let it pass uneontradicted, Ca pecially as it behoves those who stand forward to oppose the designs of others,. to take care that they be above suspicion---anti .that ,they be able rO thew, that what they do is with clean,hands. Amongst the innumerable falsehoods with which you have been abused, you have been continually assured that every writer who supported the mot-, :sures of.Governinent, was a corrupt libeling, the `fawning sycophant of the power by which he was paid—the base tool of the Ministry—the pander, slave, and apologist of profligacy and tyranny. Now, we do most solemnly assure you—that no assertion can be mote completely, and in all re- that is most sacred in the estimation of Britons, that it does not consist with our knowledge, that' tiny proprietor or editor ofonewspaper, in the Bri tish dontinions, receives, directly or indirectly, a single shilling from Gt?Vernment forhis services. So far from the loyal press being in the par of- Government, it has not infrequently cause to coin• plain of an excess of liberality, on the part of the servants of the Crown, towards their opponents: It is a notorious fact, that an ample share of the printing of Government Offices, in almost every to - Wit of the kingdoni, is enjoyed by the proprie tors of Opposition Papers. Though we might say, it. is but 'reasonable that those who disin terestly devote their days and their nights to the true service of the country, should receive from the servants' of Government all those advantages which can with honour and justice be afforded_ them, we by no means condemn that. liberalitrof principle, which judges and acts differently; but we do think, tinder all the facts and circum stances of the case, that the assertion of the loyal press being a corrupt, Rod hireling press, is the most impudent wad daring falsehood ever put up on record. It carries with it, ton, internal evi dence of its falsehood. Every individual, on esta- blishing a newspaper, commences it on those principles which he thinks most proper. if it be conducted with ability, and get into circulation, - the prow ietor is sufficiently remunerated by the usual profits of his concern ;. and it would be ab surd in Government to pay a man, for doing that which every motive of duty and interest have al. ready combined, to induce him to perform well.. It it do not get into circulation, it would, it is obvious to you, be still more absurd in Govern- 'tient to pay any man for, writing, who had no readers !---When you consider with how much ,pertinacity your misleaders have assured you of the mob of this absurd assertion, you will he sen sible that very little dependance indeed (if .any) Can 1, ) , ! p l ace d tot what they say. " They tell s you that what they want is a reform its Pailiatnent, acid that a Reform will not only answer their purpose, hot yotics also. Now, iii the fits. pl,tce, this impossihle. Nothing can be truly .beneficial, at one ant) the same time, both to the ambitious t'eniselves, Wit( to their tools-- to those who would wade through blood anticOn- Intim', to tl.e atlaininent of power, and to those °vet whom they, must trample to reach their end, and upon whose necks they must set their feet, in order to secure themselves in the possession of their ill-gotten seats. That, they do not Want mere Reform, is evident from the manner in which they ter about obtaining it, of which we shall endea vour to convince you, in a tuture article;." hM.PEROII. OF RUStiIA. CELEBRATION OF THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER'S BIRTH-DAY. On Tuesday night the Commanders and Officers of his Imperial Majesty's Russian ships - the Mercury arid Philadelphia gave a splendid hall and anppir, on board the Mercury, lying off .Wool- Wich, in commemoration of the birth of the Bul pert)! ALEXANDER, who was born on the 12th of ecember, 1777, (old style) invitation was in the following terms '.. he Commandos and Officers of his Imperial Russian 'Majesty's ships./licrcury and Philadelphia request the honour of company to a ball on board the Mercury, at seven, on Tuesday, the l2th, old style—(24th new style) instant." The tions were not confined to the military and naval charactera, but were sent to most of the -distin guished persons in Woolwich and . its environs ; and:,t)ie liveliest interest was excited amongst the inhabitants of WoOlwich, particularly the female part of them. In order to give, an idea of the manner in Which the vessel' was converted into a place of splendid amusement, we must select each apartment. THIS SUPPER7ROOM.—The supper-room was in the captain's cabin and main-deck. The tables were in the form of the letter H, and were deco rated with vases indicative of military and naval hat durs ; around it were Ming wreaths of laurel, olive branches, ette.; pine-apples, and every de scription of fruit that could be procured, were to be seen in great profusion. The supper consisted of chickens, • tongues, hams, Wild' fowl, jellies, Umuch-mange, &c. • • Tuc BAct,-Roots.----The.' ball-room was placed upon the quarter-deck, it was 69 feet in length at thetop was an releonqy executed transparency. representing Fame crowning the Prince Regent of England and the Emperor of Russia ;` opposite to th,ern were the arms of each nation, snpported by a lion and an imperial Emblematical figures of Peace, Plenty, and Concord, and the triangle of unity. Underneath the initials of the Prince Re gent was a scroll, upon which was written, 4 , The Prince and Old England for ever." And under those of Alexander (the following lines from Shakspeare, thought taken out of their metrical form) :-- " May he live as tang as I have time to tell hif years, anll d when Old Time shall lead hint to his end, goodness and be fi up one monument." Tbe,eye of Providence was placed at the top of the rransparenty, and other symbolic representa tions rendm'ed the exhibition a complete picture and a chef diceuvre of the artist, Who t , we under stand, is Monsieur Rand°. The mizen-mast was decorated with laurels, olive-branches, &c. on either side were six transparent pedestals richly iliaminated, upon which were the initials of the Imperial.family of the Emperor. The letters were, M. E. K. N. M. C. M. A. W.- F. C. A , and they represented — Marie, Dowager Empress, Grand Duchess Marie, Empress Elizabeth, Grand Duchess Ann, Grand Duke Constantine, William, Prince of drange, Grand Doke Nicholas, rt Frederick, King of Wirteni- Grand Duke Michael, berg, Grand Duchess Constantina. Charles, Prince_ of Weymar. The deck was elegantly chalked, as time Officers were willing to attend to EngliSh fashions in ever} , principle ; but on .the artist proposing to chalk the Russian anus upon the door, they thought the indignity so great to tread upon the arms of their country, that they rejected it witl horror ; it wars accordingly ordered to he chalke , in a diversified manner. The sides of the roor were decorated with laurels, ike. At the bottom . was a place enclosed for the band's, ornamente with scarlet . cloth, and richly illuminated. Tn E STATE, CABlN.—Nearly in the centre was * platform, upon which was placed the bust of and trophies, mid it WCT , etre: Emperor and Empress. The laureli; &c. around the bust of Alexander represented an arbour;--- round his bead was a wreath entwined. There were, besides these rooms, several others of a mi nor consideration, set :apart for tea, coffee, le monade, orgeot, &c: At eight o'clock the company began to arrive in boats from the shore ; and although the night was tempestuous and the water rough, the ladies were not in the remotest :degree dismayed. At the approach of every boat a trumpet was sounded, in ,the true ancient baronial manner, and the Captain (Katchaloff) ushered the company into the ball-room. Dancing was commenced at half past eight o'clock, led off. by ,C;aptain Katchaloff and a lady whose name we could not obtain. The double sound of a trumpet announced the arrival of the patriot Francis, who fought so glo riously in our cause America he win dressed in a most splendid suit of red and gold, and by his side he wore a tomah awk, mounted in gold, presented to him by the Prince Regent ; he ap peared much delighted with the appearance of the behind t Ilk' SSeg OF UM frigate. • , The High Priest, who is a most, reverential- looking person, walked up and down the ban!. room, and shook hands with many of the nobility: , he is a most zealous deirotee, and at intervals he retired to his cabin k . he performtd all the cere monies of their religion in the morning to the whole of the crew—it was solemn and jrnpre*Sive. By ten o'clock 'not less than 200 persons were tripping it " the light - fantasicaccompa nied a lternate) , by the Russian and Royal Artil lery hands. At one o'clock yesterday morning the company were summoned - to supper between decks, where every delicacy the season ndould afford was provid ed, upon massy plate belonging to the frigate. — The apartments, ..however,. were found to be too confined for the company, and many gentlemen were under the necessity of eating their supper standing..Dnring supper Capt. Katchaloff gave— " The Rtnprror Alexantler."--" The Prince Regentifi -1" The Grand Duke Nichnlas"--4ed finally, " the Ladies:" all of which were drank in bumpers of chret. One of the, Officers then proposed the health of the Gentlemen who honoured them with their company, and one of the Commissioners of the Royal Dock-yard returned thanks for the ohliga . Linn. • , After supper, waltzing and dancing Were re commenced with additional vigoor. Part o f the company, hoWever, retired to the State cabin, and made, says our Reporter, liberal libations :It the shrine of Bacchus. At five o'clock dancing ceased, and the piny began to separa te ; not,• however, before the Band sang a national Anthem, which was es- . cored by the company. It was 'nearly six o'clock cam. before the whole of the company had separated._ The R u ssian Consul amused h imself during tho :evening by playing at cards. .... Tile frigate mounts 46 guns, and has onloarfl 620 men,'who are well disciplined berth in loud., cal and military tactics. k . . ' , r ---........-• ' .;. CORoNERS' INQUESTS. • ......_.........,--7-{ At: Inquisition was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Barley Mow, Dorset-street, Mary-le-bone, te i s an o d f i T or h d o ... m st u ftrrti n A e l b e e w b s o , a rb ge i n d , ..Isl l2 o . y 4 e a , r I3 B ! a n a‘ ci ,4 . John Brooks, the son of Mr. Brooks, of East. a r s ee p t, u s treet, aged lO years, .I.vho were drowned OW 5a 4 :, whose body is deceased boys, and another boy turday last in the Prince Regent's .Conal. VA not yet found,,were _play in g on tise ice at what 00 children call horses, the , above boys were tied together with a cord, and the boy who is not . found ,was driving them, when the . ice broke, and - lit'. .all three ..in. ; Durbin and }lmola were got out di the water the next day. They were totnict tied to a cord as desc ribe d by ii "Y silio'saw them drowned.—" Verdict of 'Accident al Death." . Another Inquest was taken t h e same day , fm! ~the Crown Tavern, Clerkenvvell-close, upon the body of .Ed ward Vernon , of ClerkenWell, whic4 had - beets found in" the New River, isliugton. a Monday morning. The decease d was a carpenter* and lived in Clerkenwell ; he,was missing trout bill home about three . weeks ago, and was not Negri of till Monday evening. He had been very tie' sonding for '.some time before his death. The I g ) e e t l i ti m a a t n th , e fi l i nfl o ( w l l 4 l . Jury found a verdict of—" Drowned hitnSelf 01 a ui s o S t s 4 a p t n i e i t e a o l :d ( al yin:ataini:eit body Y lnquest .l : f w a a n s . a who was as found writer his leg and arm broken,iYi t i L a the w l e V e l n a t e e c i l e t a v p e e n l Church, ontw e i l a c i s s ; o'clock. Verdict—" Accidental Death." .* Another Inquest was held the same day, OAS Alfred's Head, Silver-street, Stepney Green, 03 the body of John Morgan, aged three years, who died by his clothes catching fire. Verciiei—€€ cidental Death." BIRTHS. On Tuesday last, the Lady of Jaynes Paterson, Esq. of WO' pole-street, of a daughter. On the Nth inst. at Brisbane-place, Largs, Scotland, Mrs. Douglas, of a sun. MARRIED. Yesterday, at Little Parntion, EAsex. 'John Carta, f:)4i M.P. for Portsmouth, td Joanna Maria, fourth daught er William Smith, Esq. M.P. a Niai" On Friday, at Bedford, the Rev. John Brenton, ifea t ` ; 01 ter of Bedford School s to Miss Laura Abbot Harris, of Linton. DIED. On Wednesday, the 18th inst. Mrs. Elizabeth row, of Charlotte-street, Blaclifriars-road, datlghter late Rev. Dr. Trotter, of Swallow-street Chapel. ter On the 4th inst. at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Williankrar Gißiess, Esq. in the tilth year of his age. J Oll3 On the itst inst. in Princes-street, Hanover-villa"' Bagwell, Esq. of Marbleld, County of Tipperary. • ar-g-' On the 9.3.11 oh. at F.Aeter, Mr. Charles Willies, S On the 11th, in Sachrille-street, Dub lin, aged R th B/ rua l l ' the Rev. Henry Maxwell, Rector of". Dr OnOte, ° of Down, and of Maryhorou± l : l 2ie ... =: C : AAmmigamomft . 41014redailakAr LONDON: Printed by J. B. eAusTATRS4 ( 1 101) 14 buildings; anti published by W. A. SCIiPP , ° A d r oit': at the SUN-OFFICE, No. 112, Strand where I::,,est merits, Orders, Letters,&c, (post-paid) must