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I over )f the \x is the/ A ;hersi- ; I y de- kctiva wh• , and Said, in be sup ly re• the [ions, Cm.. etro• litiV. ENT.' end- ntry this )arts not bnt the nisly hose has uds, LpU -1 Of aper Ili. oil. ug. i W SIR. d t 0 IRS. 'cti- the acts the i yr, 41V¢ sful ur- 011- ime hat iad the 4b. test :ail t• f tiled doubts wouj►i also prevail on trials of minor mischief, and that the result of doubts *would be favourable to defendants. it is the duty of Governments to protect the minds la well ■s the persons of their subjects from danger, and, if possible, rather to prevent ti►e aPpearince of tracts of a mischievous nature, than to punish the offender after their circulation. The present laws which relate to the Press have the double view of protection and punishment ; for it is enacted, that weekly Pnblications, and such as are more likely to be accessible to the lower orders of society, shall be stamped and deemed as Newspapers; that also, for security against the publication of malicious and infamous Libels, the Printers and Publishers shall be men of respectability, and shall he able to give sureties for the payment of the penalties hey may become liable to by publishing sncl► libels ; ha►skers and venders of such are also liable to penalties, and recog nizances for good behaviour, as ►tell as appear ance to charges of publishing, are also requited. But these precautions not being deemed sufficient, the Legislature has given power by another Act to punish offenders more severely for their se cond c onviction of blasphemous and sedii ions libel, by banishment from his 111aj,!sty's domi tions, and to seize the copies which shall be in the possession of the person against whom any verdict or judgment by default shall be hat! By a third Act also, the delay of justice, by tbking away the right of traverse, has been ob viated, and defendants I►ave been seuurcd against the pt►ssi,►iiiry of legal tyranny by informations being suspended over them beyond one year. A Flanders Mail arrived at a late hoar last night, tram which eve extract the following ar , tide :--- " HAGur, DEC. 25.—1 n the morning and evening Sittings of the Second Chamber of the States-General, a most warm and interesting debate took place upon the five Projects of Laws relative to the Finances. It is to he observed, that the two first Projects have been presented in two different shapes ; for, haring met with considerable opposition in the sections, the King ordered them to he presented in an alter ed shape. The Budget now presented is of peculiar import ance, because it is to fix the ordinary expences of the State for ten years. The great Objection to the project was the large &fiat which remains to he provided for by extraordi nary means. "If (said M. Hennegum) we are not able to rover our excenees in a time of profound peace, what shall we do in time of war ?" M. Drihenze victoriously confuted ail the arguments in favour of the projets. Baron Sena con cluded an eloquent disccuise by proposing to disband the Nwiss regiments. M. Penon, of Nitnor, said, "If we have war, the King and the State will [nit he without defenders; the love of the people is the power of Kings." Cot:rtt Ho gendorp said, guoi, r,,,irces to which we are educed; discontent increases •in all classes—it is uni versal. I have passed my life under the - ma to of Vive Orange!' With this same motto I shall vote ag - all the projects."--The Chamber having rat from ten in the :morning fill four, and aglin from six in the evening to one in the mornin4. the question being - loudly called fat, the Chanthvr proceeded to the appel nominal, when the two first prnjects,in their first form, were rejected unanimously. The first project, in its second form, was rejected by 55 to 43 votes ; the second project, in its second form, was rejected by 62.t0 36; the third seas rejected by GB to 30 ; the fourth rejected by 70 to 2S; the fifth adopted by 54 to 44, This is the most remarkable debate, perhaps, that has taken place in the States-General." A Mail from Hamburg!) arrived yestcrd , y —The su bj ects which occupy the attention of the Con gress of Vienna, are now said to be the freedom, of commerc e, the intrpretatiou of the 13ili Ar tiele of the Art of Union, the military contingents to be furnished by the several States of the Confe deration, and the powers of the mediatised Princes. The official accounts of the ravages committed by the dreadful hurricane last autumn, at Sr. Bar tholomew's, had reached Copenh,igen. Llis Ma jesty, it is said, " issued some humane ordinances for the relief of the sufferers."--The University of Gottingen. has recovered from the shock it snstain 2il 'owe time since, in consequence of the political sentiments entertained by the Students. The number of Students in that celebrated seat of learning has considerably increased since last Easter. II E DUCHESS OP DORSET AND LORD WHIT- scourn.—Letters have been received from Lord WIIITWoRTH and the Duchess of Doast,T, dated from Italy. We have the pleasure of stating that the Noble Earl then was in an improving state of health. They knew! visiting Naples and Rome, and a few of the. Isles of the Archipelago, prev ions. to their return to this country, which is not expected till May or June- next.—(Morning Post.) Yesterday the Due of Yom transacted mili tary business with the PEINCE REGENT, at Carl ton House. The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of LIVER root., and Viscount CMITLEREAGH, had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT yesterday, at Carlton House. The Duke of WELLINGTON received inti station that all the improvements in the mansion at Strathfieldsay are num completed, Linder the direction of that tasteful architect, Mr. Benjamin Wyatt, From this it appears, that it is not the intention of his Grace to pull down the house for some time. A proportion of the valuable china, received from the Kings of Prussia and Saxony, is gone down ; the plate from Portugal is also removed from Apsley Elonse. The Duchess, the Mairris of Druro, and the other branches of the family, are waiting in expect►►tion of the return of the illustrious Chieftain, who intends to keep open hotise during the Parliamentary recess.— (Mornrug Post) Majur-Genet al Sir HUtSEY VIVIAN has arrived in Glasgow, to t'uke the command of that district, tioit Ti-irs SUS'. Ala. tDITOR—The Cony!intents of the Season to you, and Confusion to all Radicals. 1 glory in T E SUN Newspaper for letting the World know what they are, and putting honest men on their guard against them. Isle of Wight. HEART OF OAK. LITERARY REVIEW. REPORT of the ACTION, WRIGHT v. CLEMENT, for Certain Libels published in ‘yjoiibett's Register;" tried in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster, on Fri day, the 10th of December, 1519, before Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT. and a Special Jury. Taken in Short-Ilan' by Mr. GEORGE FARQUIIARSON. To which are prefixed, a Preface, the Docranents referred to, and Notes. We.gave a brief report of this trial on the day after it occurred, but we have here a comprehen sive and faithful account of it taken by an eminent' Short. hand Writer. The plaintiff, Mr. WRIGHT, has presented a well written Preface ; supported by indisputable facts and solid arguments, more temperately urged than was naturally to he ex pected, after the infamous treatment which he had received front COBBETT. In this Preface Mr. WRIGHT has telly established the fact of the offer which COBBETT made to Governm nt to drop his Register, on the condition that he should not be brought up tor Judgment, and refers to the following persons in support of the fact, viz. —JOHN 11.F.Pvvs : Esq., the Hon. CHARLES YORKE, Dr. MITFORD of Readmg, Mr. FIANsARD the Printer, GEORGE Cnoss and Louis LIBER, ap prentices to Mr HANSARD, and to Mr. HAL -I.ETT. Mr. V% . RIGHT also appeals to Messrs. WHITE and FIN NE ETV in support' of the fact, and gives at length a Coi< of the Register which had been printed, and w i ich announced COB BETTS intention to drop his Register.for ever, and never to resume his pen on political subjects.--- COBBETT solemnly and repeatedly denied the whole story, the truth of which is ,here so irretragably demonstrated. The Preface also demonstrates the authenticity of the letter, which was read on the Hustings in Covent-garden, in which lie re viles HUNT in the grossest terms. This letter Comi.TT solemnly and repeatedly declared to he a forgery, but its authenticity was proved on the Trial by many respectable witnesses. Upon the whole, we consider this Publication as a valuable New Year's Gift to the People at LArge, I as it so fnUy exposes the man who has so often reviled them, and _so often attempted to delude them, as his temporary interests required, and we reeommvod it to the partieolAr attention of 1 the' ftrforrners, as it will convince them of ► th egfeoous folly of putting any trust in such a luau Such a publication as this would cover any oti“-.r man with shame and confusion, and in (ince hint even to bury his name in silence and ra,curity, but CoEBETT is " made of sterner stuff," and we should not wonder if he again came forward, and in spite of such glaring proofs against him solemnly denied them all. ;I . * * The Preface also contains COBBETT'3 New Way to Pay Old Debts, and the Letter of Sir FRANcis BU RDETT, in whirl] the Baronet so ably refutes his sophistry, and so justly stigmatizes his conduct. SHIP NEWS. YARXOUTH, DEC. 30.—The Julia, Townsend, of Hall, trom Newcastle for Plymcaoth, is totally lost on the Cross Sand ; crew landed at Lowe st.fre. WeymouTH, Dec. 30.—The schooner Echo, Jones, from the river Gambia, has been brought into the Lowcr tiole, hawing lost four of her crew on her passage, and the Caw ain, Mate, and one man are now sickly ; she is put under qua rantine. DEAL, DEC. 30.—Sailed the Pioneer schooner to the Northward, and the Argus Deal pilot cut ter on a cruise to the Westward. Pop. rsmou'rn, DEC. 30.—Arrived hit Majesty's ship Conway from Plymouth, and Klazina and Di►hje, Schilperoort, from Dordt. Camc into harbour his Majesty's ship Egeria, to be paid off. Sailed the Isabella, Friend, for Demerara, and Ocean transport for Bristol. LIMERICK, DEC. 25.—ArrivCd the Bon Fin, Oliveira, from St. Übe's, With loss oftowsprit, ligging,, &C. NORTH SHIELDS, DEC. 29.—The Lady Sher brook, Ladter, in coming into this harbour, got upon the Herd Saml ; the crew are saved, and part of the cargo and materials will he Paved, but - the vessel is expected to become a wreck. FALMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Lee from Plymouth. with a detachment of the Royal Veteran Batalion for Pendennis Gar rison ; also the Triumph, Street, from Calcutta ; sailed the Ist August, from the Cape the 29th October, and from off St. Helena the 12111 No vember ; and the Montagne, Hancock, front Newfoundland. Sailed the Dart, Cope, for Ba hia ; Britannia, Evans, for St. Kitt's ; Provi dence, Wessel ; Mayflower, Preston ; and Sally, Lorry, for Lisbon. Dec. 29 —Arrived the Ann, Brice, from Loudon for St. Kitt's ; Christian, Goss, from London for Terceira ) and Sir Sidney Lefevte, for Naples. POETRY. A CHARACTER. Lo !—the BLACK Dwaur !—how broadly rise to view, His flattened ViSati,T and his swarthy hue ! While from those Ethiop lips regardless fly The low-bOrn slander, and the vulgar lie. In Radical accord how closely fit His BLACK resentment and his Dwarfish wit ! FLINT. REGISTER OF FASHION. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES: ta:ly narapier welcomes in the New Year in the best style; a large party assemblus at her Ladyship's house in WeDyck street, this evening. The Princess Sophia of Gloucester entertains the poor, dur ing the present inclement season, in the neighbourhood of Blackheath. Lord Teiimmnotk, in Portmanisquare, has had sevei al par ties during the Holidays. Arbuthnot had a party last evening., in Harley-street. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE:, DEc. 30.—The Hulseau prize for the present year is adjfidged to the Nev. Edward White, B. A. of Corpus Christi College, for his Essay on " The fitness of the time when Christ Came into the world." At mn ordination holden by the Fiord Bishop of Lincoln, at Bocitdeo palaee. obi Sood.,y the 19111 inst. the following Gvotlenten were admitted in o holy orders : DFACONS. Henry Samuel ILA. Trinity College, Cambridge. Ja?M.'S Cooper. B.:1. Scholar of ditto. Thomas Walker, ILA:Jesus College, CairibridL , e. -Hobert Burnaby, B.A. St..lolin's Cambridge. Edmond R. IVilliamson, B.A. Clare !tall, Cambridge. Charles Semple, M.A. Clare Cambridge. Charles John Way, B.A. Trinity Colle ,, ' e, Cambridge. Thomas Williams, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford. Geo. Srevenson, NI.A. Fellow of 'Trinity College, Cambridge. PRIPSTS. Whitworth Russell, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. Nicholas 'John Temple, B.A. Sidney Sussex College, Curb. John Mossendine Holt, Catharine I.lall, Cambrid4e. Edward Peacopp, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge. Jellison Davies, B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge. Samuel Lambert Noble, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge. Morley, Literate. Thomas Wilkinson, B.A. Christ College, Cambridge. John Goodaere, Literate. • IVillam Drury, Harrow School. The Rev. Jettison Davies, B A. of Clare-hall, has been collated to the living of Evington, Lvi cesttishire, vacated by the death of the Rev. Nlr. Allinson ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Lincoln. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROM DEU ‘.l, DECEMBER 30. !MY. 11 to 1 agst. Mr. l'ierse's c. 15 to 1 ag•st Buiseis 15 to 1 agit Blucher 15 to 1 apt Pindaree The COIIIUS colt and Brother to Whisker are gone too far back to be named. 18 to 1 agst Kestrel 20 to 1 agst Luck 25 to 1 agst Sailor OAKS, 9 to 2 agst the Sorcery Filly 114 to I apt Mr. Wyndham's 10 to I a4st Bride filly. S to I agst the Sorcery filly winning the Rid('lesworth and the Oaks. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.—CRISP, the Norfolk pedestrian, who lately failed in the ardu ous attempt of walking from Winchester to Lon don, for 16 successive days o was yeSterday backed to - walk the distance of twelve miles, fair toe at;tl heel, in two hours, and then to nun an extra mile in five minute 3 and a half. At an early hour the parties met upon Ilamstead heath, which was the spot pitched upon for the scene of action, Pro! at ,four o'clock the pedestrian started, in good spirits and with the most enrprisiTz speed, and performed the 12 miles in one hour and 55 seconds : on doing whi - ch, he imtnediately turned and completed the 13'h mile, by running, which mile he performed ins nentecs and 5 seconds, having accomplished the whole with ease in the given time. ALLONBY.—Within a short period 6 persons died at or near Allontiy, whose united lives amount to 563 years; viz.—John Barwise, 99 ; Jonah Ashburn, 92 ; Mary Litt, 96; Ann Bet by, 92; Littty Younghushand, 92 ; Mary Hodson, 92. HONEST INDEPENDENCE. Liberal iewtirds have been given to Benjamin Read, Thomas Bai ley, and John Bees, day labourers, of Marksbury, Somersetsl.ire, for maintaining the greatest num ber of children, under nine years of age, without assistance from the parish. FoRIATALLING.—The Mayor of Gioncestet has given notice that persons buying at Eastgate street Market, before the market hell shall have been rung, or before the provisions shall have been exposed for sale within the market, will be considered as forestallers, and proceeded against accordingly. On Thursday last, Joseph Haynes Brandis, one of the Committee of the Birmingham Union Society, was apprehended, under a Warrant from our Magistrates, on the charge of being the writer of a Seditious Libel on the Government, tending to subvert the Constitution. He was bailed on Mon• day last by Robert Worlock, of Canal -street, Builder, and Joseph Morral, Canal -street, Baker and Salesman, himself in 2001. and his sureties in 1001, each. At a meeting of the. heritors of Inveresk, and inhabitants of Musselbnrgh and its vicinity, call-. ed by the Magistrates, and held in the Town Hall, on Monday the 20:h instant, which Wa3 both numerously and respectably attended, a consi derable number enrolled themselves to serve as volunteers without pay, and as speci4l con stables, as 'circumstances may require. At the same time a very liberal subscription was entered into to give assistance and employment to the labour ing and necessitons poor of the parish. 'The British brig Charles, Capt—Knight, which, it will be recollected, was detained at Cortinna on the I9th of Oct., and the Master confined in the common gaol, in consequence of 98 hard dollars having been found on board of her, was released on the Ist instant by a loyal Older, olyain ed at the instance of his Majesty's Ambas sador at Madrid. The Charles sailed on the Atli inst. for ihainburgh, and hiss since put itrto Mil ford with (lA/nage, FOR THE SUN. ON THE CONSPIRACY' i 0 DISTRESS THE COUNTRY BY REDUCING THE REVENUE. " All the misrepresentations of the actions and " motives even of our enemies are unjustifiable " and criminal but an attempt thus to degrade " and parnlize our own Country goes as far be " yond the other as the crime of a parricide ex " ceeds that of a common mur&rer ; and when " this is coennitted lindrr the pretence 'of pa- " ttiotistn and candour, the most abandoned " guilt is av,gravated by the tnost infamous by- " pocricy. " —STPRISMA, p. 121. MR. EntToß—The above Conveys so true a picture of the conduct uf the (4egraded wretches who •met together to welcome the arrival of that arch bylonri/e COBBETT, at the Crown and An chor,' that I cannot refuse myself the Itle,sut e of thus tnatk;ng their disgraceful effort to injure; insult, and, if possible, ruin their native Coml. try. ' 'that a set of men should have been found in the Metropolis of the Empire, whose desperate CIIVy of the wealth and happiness of ()the's, should catty them to the length of thus publicly exposing their tile intention to strike at the rout of the Revenue and the power of its Government, is al most_ incredible ; or that they shouN, in their ma lignity, flatter themi'elves that their contemptible example would he followed by rational beings, is equally ridiculous ; for could they really hope that their abstinence from certain taxable coot molities for a short space of time, would be fol lowed by the downfall of the Nation, and suc• cceded by the indiscriminate spoiliation they so furiously pant after ? Yet such, it seems, seas the pass to which the three Radical men, who coalesced at this Assembly, had brought their un happy supporters. That Hunt should fly to Cobbett for pro'ection,is as natural as that Cobbett should skulk under the banners of the deserted Hmit, after bring driven out of Manchester by the execrations of every humane and honest man : for, in his attempt to open the bleeding wounds Hunt had inflicted on that place, he shelved himself more callous than the former, whose cowardice or conscience (no matter which) had made him decline the cruet office a second time—it was indeed a picture to make the Devils laugh, to behold . The Black Dwarf offering his burning hand to the great Political Renegado, decorated with the withered bones of the Blasphemer he had so often insulted when in the grave, and to hear him cant about giving then) b u rial in consecrated ground. To hear them all three too denying their once admired master, the horrible Carlile, now they think his wicked Work is done, and fearing that even in that small deluded Assembly there might be men ready to pluck them down had they avowed the doctrines they have so long and ardently promoted, the demoralizing the ignorant and youthful part of the labouring Poor in Towtt and Comtry. Like bags, how they clung together on this evil amen'd occasion, and with what deep dissimula tion they quaffed the pure element, whilst they hoped to convert their ignorant followers by this means to their impure designs—it can only be equalled by the excesses, with which, no doubt they closed the evening when in private conclave they unitedly laughed at Ito it followers. Yet still under that hysteric laugh there must have. luri.ced sonic sadness and distnay when contem plating what may be the ultimate result of their desperate sinations—fear of being included in a Conspiracy to diminish the Revenue by their ex hortations,; alarms, lest the mob shottld desert them in some critical moment ; a certainty that they can never make their peace with the Corm y ; and a forebodiug, that should they succeed in procuring the object of their wishes, they may be the first to tall. That every gond su!)ject's hand is against them, as theirs is against every honest 1111111 who loves his Country and its Peace ; these and the certain, feeling, which no sophistry can shake off, that there is a God . who will take vengeance on their crimes, must have sent each of them when they separated at midnight to a gloomy couch, and a feverish repose—with my loyal hopes that, their reign may he short. I am, Sir, your's, S. C. EXECUTION. --This morning Mr. Under Sheriff Tunbutt attended at Newpte, to carry into effect the last melancholy mandate of tire law on the following unfortunate persons, convicted at the - Oc!olger Sessions :—John Booih, for purloining ❑►oney front letters that passed . through . his hands in the capacity of a Post-office Clerk ; and Thomas Wildish, for uttering as true, know ing them to be forged, several notes of the Bank of Messrs. Minett and Factor, at Dover. At precisely a quarter past eight, Wildish - • the scaffold with great firmness, Rev. Mr. COTTON and Mr. BAK ER, the time the executioner was perfortni..g his office, the unfortunate man joined in prayer, and sting a hymn .aloud with great fervour.— Booth shortly after came up, and behaved with great propriety ; and, after a short interval spent in prayer, the trio culprits joined the Clergymen in singing a hymn, and at halt past eight the drop fell, and they were dead in* a few seconds. After hanging the usual time, they were cut down.--- Bootl► was d eliverer) to his friends, and the.f,a ther of Wildish received his body, for interment at Feversham in Kent, of which place he was a native; and we are sorry to find lie has left a wife and child to lament his ignominious end.—. Booth being a man of most respectable connec tions, great interest was exerted to obtain a mi tigation of punishment, but the reply to hticA ap pllcation was, " That it had been determined to c4rry into effect tf.ie full sentence of the law in all cases of conviction for Post-office Robberies,"-- , It is a singular circumstance, that one of the cuarges against the unfortunate mall was for tak ing a note from a letter on the morning on which two persons were executed for a similar offence. A great number of persons were present, some.of whom joined the unfortunate men in the Etyma they were singing.