The Sun. — London, England, 1819-10-27 00:00:00

FOR TIIE SUN. 111 n. Lorron-11 I have hitherto forborne en- tering nn the religious part of the great question »ow pending—as may indeed be said—between C'itistiat►ity and Atheism, as well as between so cial order and confusion ; it has not been from any insensibility to its importance. But I have hitherto deemed are subject too saved to be touched by an unauthorized hand : and have thou, it, perhaps, that the Levites alone were justified to save the Ark from being assailed. I will not insist that I was ri►;ht. Laic as am, I have erred, however, in caution rather that! in negligence. Your Correspondent HooKEtt, to whose motives I offer a most willing tribute, will understand and at least excuse mine. I hope to see yoOr JOurnal graced and aided by his I see, tooohe Radical Journals occupied with attacks upon our Church us well as our State ; and rthe more readily admit the propriety of render ing one public Newspaper the vehicle of our Re ligion's defence, when another is made the vehicle of its attack.. Nevertheless, Sir, the Clergy are' its proper ad vocates; and, in the name of that Religion, I call them to its vindication in the Press. In the' mean time, I will venture to suggest four considerations, which appear to me a, conclusive against the horrible calurnoies w:,ich the ►oiscreant CAUI.ILE 114 S reptibliShed of the miscreant PAINF. Ist—The judgments of - God upon Cie (i(l • eudiiug Jae ws are iippugned as acts of wanton and sonable cruelty. 2d—The miraculous conception of our, Messed Sa%iour is denied, in terms too beustly for repeti- tioti. 3d—hlis character and demeanour upon ear are Lallitnniated. 4th—His Ascension is denied; upon theittu. mew,' that the time it is stated in the New testa, ment to have occupied, tors out sufficient for all the transactions there related to' have passed. To these infamous assertions I reply— Ist—That . the time .which elapsed between God's denunciations upon the disobedient .logs, and the inflictions of his wrath, proves him to have been a God of long-suffering mercy, instead of quick-punishing vengeance; inasmuch as nearly four hundred and fifty years were passed in fore bearance upon Ills part, and continued impiety upon theirs, before His wrath'Went forth. 2d—That whoso denies • Christ's miraculous conception, cannot pretend to the tide of 'Deist only; as he must be Atheist enough to deny the Almighty Father's Creation of the world. If " the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters," and gave light and life to darkness and non-exist ence, why could not " the power.of the Highest overshadow " ihe Virgin, and 'C that holy thing the Son of God be born " of her ? 3d—The character and demeanour of our Saviour are abundantly justified by the testimony of his Enemies. The weak or corrupt Judge, who'gave him up to the blind mob, declared puttl;ely, '' I :lave found no fault in this man, touching those hings whereof ye accuse him ; no, nor yet He rod." And again " What evil hath he done ? I lave found no cause of death its him." And agiin . " Behold,. I bring him forth to ye, that ye may Luo:v that I find no faith in hint." And again " Take ye him, and crucify'him; for I find no fault in when he could not pacify their clamour, PILATE took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, " I am inno cent of the blood of THIS JUST PEASON : see ye to it." JUDAS also, who betrayed him, said to the rriests and elders,—" 1 have sinned, in that 'I have betrayed THE INNOCENT BLOOD."— such was the testimony of our Saviour's Judge, and of his Betrayer. -1111--O►t this I shall merely observe, that the Blasphemers have, more ill malice than its igno rance, t ken the three ddys which elapsed between cni;liT's Death and his Resurrection, for the forty days w!,ich elapsed between his Resurrection and . Li, Amcenion, To the fraud or folly which so :ins-state the question, no farther answer is iieetlful. Too hard for conversion, too stithhorn :or persuasion, too brutal for repent:ince, i leave ! hr Blatpitetners to the lash of the Law, which I siticetely hope may lay open the Fool's back There are men, whose hearts can only be giot nt through their bodies. Our PAINeS rind CARLILZS, worse than the PILATE , : or the JUDA9 who con : jcssed our SAVIOUR'S purity, may slander tlis tt-ss(l.l NdlOC ; but the p,'-uglisb Lan' will nt,t si,nre the guilt of the slander by sinning the stan d •rer, TENAX. (:? , ilie Btyles his shop hi 11.-er reer, anti in .!.! ters, " The Temple ut ReAloti," SoIIIC by t h e usher (I d y owei ved, lisat lie foiglif the title ill wore nptlropriutc, 1.1 •6x111,4 co the last 14:ti51- T. FOR TUE SUN. Mr. _any mote decent circle than the conspiracies of an ale-house, a vulgar Refor ther's principles are—as unimportant as his lan guage. Yet, as low things have weight with low people, itiney be worth while to ascertain the sincerity of Mr. APoTHcCAR's' WATeoN ; who will not, perhaps, be allowed even the honour of a contest with Mr. HUNT, when his patriotism shall be found to be more •endible than his potions. Shortly after his escape in Westminster-Hall, Mr. WATsoti did me—for the first and last time the favour of a ; in acknowledgment of some very trivial kindnesses which I had shewn hint during his imprisonment, and which, as he can didly avowed, the negle,t of his own party had left him free to accept elsewhere. In the first instance, Sir, I checked the DoctOr's disposition to enter on political subjects, by announcing the anti-radicalism of my own opinions, and caution ing him that I would nut hold 'concealed any part of his conversation which mi,ght appear to me fit to be disclosed. . After this initiatory warning, Mr. WATSOt4 de clared to me--and eviden , ly,.in the calculation of my communicating his wishes--that,' if the Go rernment would gire him us much ,-money ns Wright enable him either to go abroad with his family, or to keep his shop at home, lie would thenceforth abstain from politic 3 altogether. Little as I could blame this speculatiOn of the unfortunate Ultra, who, by now, was ready to exclaim with his meagre prototypc—" toy poverty, but not my will, consents"--I did not exactly clime to be the bearer of his proposition. The memory of the Invalid rose before me ; who, after buying off one barrel-organist, bad his ears next day stunned by the whole gang of strect-brawlers, iu hope of the same ex-emption. Amhubaiarurn colic ris, rhartuacopolze, Mendici, wimi, balatrones, The Whigs, of course, have !lever descended to such fellowship : Sir FRANCIS BURDRTT would shrink from it and the fashionable sensitivene's has spread downward to Mr. HUNT. Nobody de.. sires a. lower fall or a dirtier soil than he can pos sibly the aristocratical demagogues, and those who affect to he aristocratical, will catch at any excuse for cutting the low associates, who—. as THISTLBWOOD said to HUNT—" raised their fame :7'—and Doctor WATSON will now, perhaps find as Lenten entertainment among the flag• bearers and window smashers, who will judge hove 'safe is their cause with a champion so ready to be bought. I hope, Sir, that this exposition of the disin terested Doctor will not 'prevent any movements Which would embarrass the necks of the Radi cals as Mr. WATSON may not find the re-. collection perfectly convenient, you will oblige me by giving my name to any person who puts the question at your Office. And you will do tne an added favour, by telling any enquiring Gentleman— that what I.state as a fact, I expect to be believed. I remain, Sir, Your very faithful servant, FOR 11-IE, SUN. REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. Mr. EDsTOft•—When I was at like head of the Commonwealth of England, to which 1 arrivee by knocking the head or one hypocrite against another, I was so teazel with their petitions to relieve their fantastical grievances, that I checked their increase by saying to some of theta ;--" Go home my friends, and !earn to spill, you talk of Magna Chart a, but pronounce the Gist two syllables of the last word wrong." "fo others 1 said, " Go haute good people and mind your shops ; I will take care of you and your country as your hoiectnr for according to my motto, I was horn to govern." Now, Sir. beating in the shades that folly ansi some thing worse still reign in London, and that an evil spirit has gone forth to inflame the igno rant and wicked, even as it prevailed with my godly subjects, were I on the Sovereign Thine of British power, and addressed as the Corporation of the Metropolis has done the .Prince Regent ou the Mau chestrr bosiness, I would s tv t o one or two worthy Menthers,—" Go home Sir, and wind your yard, delight less in hearing your own speeches, and be wite in speaking little." To another, 1 would say, " Go and mind your drugs as a htewurs chemiat, and be judiciously con sistent." Then to the majority, who outvoted tie admired Lord Mayor, I would say, " Go ye would bes', correct your rashness ;—Go, go, 1 do not sentence and execute any one before trial and conviction ; let justice suspend her scales, as she ever does, with art even hand ; do not fore stall her dispensations, and condemn the inno. cent Unheard, which all are till the contrary ap pear." But Sir, his Royal Highness has said euoogh, 1 could hare said no more. The sting of his answer to the London Cits, while it glad tic'w the hearts of the loyal, must wrzolde in the reflections ')t the rash, even to shame, remorse, and abhorrence. Thos sic, I rise from the regions below, like Hamlet, and say to the thonghiless citizens of N linen-draper and a chemist, as he did to his mother, I speak d.tggers, hnt use none. THE GHOST OF OLIVER citOMWELL, CEYLON. We have received Ceylon Government Gazettes to May 1. Their contents are not very import ant.- The tranquillity of the Kandyan Provinces is completely restored. Au epidemic disorder had prevailed among the troops at Colotnbo, but it had been checked by the sudden and violent set ting in of the Monsoon. COLOMBO, Aran. 10.—The tram-1.11114y of the Kandyan Provinces is so completely restored ; and th e plots and hopes of the factious and discon tented so thoroughly crushed, that the apprehen sion of a few deserted rebels hulking in the jungle may be thought of little importance, yet we have satisfaction in publishing the following extract from a letter, dated Badulla, the sth inst. : " I have much ple-asure in reporting to you the capture of the rebel Maha Berme, of Kattragam Temple, together with his uncle and the whole of the Allem+)lla family, by a party of Kandians, sent by Captain Ritchie, under the direction of that active Chief Dikapittia, who succeeded in this enterprise afier several days' laborious search in the jungle of Nikawitte. The Kapoor Nileme has al3o been sesured by the same party, and with the others, is in close custody at Katabowa. " It is here needless for me to enter into the character of this I\laha Betme, as it is doubtless well known that be was the [Host active and de termined rebel of the three Maims Betrnes. He will upon his arrival here be brought to trial, as well as the Kattakille Mohattale. " With the exception of the Priest Pretender and Andiawelle Mohattale, both of whom must ere long he in our possession, there is not a single C4lief at large who can disturb the tranquillity of these provinces ; a circumstance that affords me infinite satisfaction, and on which I beg to offer you my -sincere congratulations. " The prisoner just secured is called the real Malta Betme, in allusion to a capture made sonic time ago of another Maha Betme, who was at first mistaken for the notorious rebel leader who bore the same rank and- ti; le." LOYAL . ADDRESS, FROM THE INHABLTANTS OF SUNDERLAND. The following Address has been unanimously agreed to by the Magistrates, clergy, and inha bitants of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth, Monk wearmouth, and their vicinity : " TO HIS ROYAL HIGHATISSS THE PRINCE REGENT. " Slay it please your Royal Highness, '• We, the Undersigned Magistrates, Clergy, Gentry, and other Inhabitants of Sunderland, Bishop wearmout , Monk weartnout h , and their tlet in it to be our duty at this time to al►proach your Royal Highness, with ,the assur ance of our unabated loyalty to the person and government of our beloved Sovereign, of allegi ance to your Royal person, and of our firm at tachntetit to the laws and Constitution of the country. We observe with equal indignation and con cern, the endeavours of unprincipled .. men, to work on the mind of the unwary, 'and to destroy all religious and moral impressions, by publica tions replete with the most profligate falsehoods and impieties, and by schemes of innovation incompatible with the first principles of security and 60611 order. " It is our firm determination to resist to the utmost of our power, the malicious attempts which are made to propagate irreligion and dis content, to lead the people to assume a judicial power inconsistent with the plain maxims of equity, and repugnant to all the rules observed in the administration of justice in this country, and by these proceedings to insult the authority of Government. " Fully relying on the wisdom 'of your Royal Highness's Councils, and on the deliberations of the tegislat-ire, we look forward with confidence to the adoption of measures which may arrest the prowess of impiety and disaffection, mute to his Majesty's subjects the possession of their invalu able privileges, and transmit the Constitution, under which this empire has been raised to the highest rank among nations, unimpaired to pos terity." * .AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT. (Communicated by Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Bart.) The blight or mildew in wheat is by far the great est calamity to which, in an agricultural point of view, this country is liable, as it originates from corruption and the growth of the fungus tribe, it seems to me most probable that the use or saline manures would be tound_the most efficacious preventive.—Many circumstances, already com municated to the public, tended to justify that idea ; and it is now, in a great measure con fit met! by an experiment that has just been re ported to me by Mr. Andrew Robinson, at Almond Myrellead, about 16 miles from Edin burgh.. On the first of Nov. 1818, Mr. Robin son sowed 281 b. of marine salt on three falls of sandy land, mixed with the seed wheat—this at the rate of 26 bushels per Scotch, or about 20 bushels per English acre. The crop was reaped on the 27th of August, 1819, and the part salted produced at the rate of about three bushels per acre more than the rest of the field. The whole crop was much injured by the rust, otherwise called blight or mildew, excepting the part that was salted, which, though not altogether tree from it, yet the injury was very inconsiderable, and perhaps would hare been totally avoided, bad a greater quantity of it been made use of.— Mr. Robinson thinks that it will be better first to sow the wheat separately, the salt to be sowed and harrowed in afterwards ; for he found that the wheat did not spring up so well, in conse quence of its, being sown in immediate contact with the salt. Crushed rock salt Will answer well as marine salt, and the quantity should be varied from twenty to thirty bushels per Eng lish acre. It would be extremely desirable that the result of any further experiment tried should be communicated to the public, that the question may, if p oss ibl e , be pot to rest. Edinburgh, Out. hi, 1619, JOIIN SINCLAIR. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Perfed Last Niht. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY or - m LANL.—The g- Way to Get Iklarried; Tangent, Mr. Elliston ; Julia Faulliner o Miss Kelly. A ge which, The Prize. THEATRE ROYAL, COYEIsir-GARDENI.—The Clandesti ne ; f , s ,. r : rive : Lord Oglehy, Mr. W. Farren ; Misi Sterling, 0" Gibbs. After which, Arthur and Emmeline. PRICK 0 sTocK% THIS DAY AT rwstve ecLuoc. Bank Stock ... 216 i 817 t ii 7 Bank Long A nn .:. 17 7- 16 t" S Per Cent. Red. .... 66ii 4 i 9- loth' 7 4 -11;ths 3 pea Cent. Cons. .. 67it titii India Bonds .... 9*. I"' 66 r 3i per Cent. 4 per Cents.... 8311 841 83; Exch. Bills, id 3s. is. 3,• _ i d t i : . 0 per (1. Navy Ann... ICiii Omni= ... . 2ii" —. ..... . „ id / 103 105 ii Cons. for Account ... 67 1 4 . -- MAILS. A antven-1 Waterford. Dug-1 Waterford. I Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Hollando 1 Gottouburgh, Hamburg!). HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO IV ' Nlorniag, 27 minutes after 10. 1 Evening, 50 minutestalto' .. THE SUN. - lOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSU Al AU DEA? II LONDON, FrEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1819 The Paris Papers of Sunday last, which We . due this morning, have not arrived. Further Particulars respecting the Captor* SANTA FE, from, the Jamaica Courant, of the 3 of September : CARTHAGENA, AUG. 23.—1 t is generally b e lieved here, that Santa Fe is in possession of 1/1. Insurgents.—The British troops were the fire , 16 is said, who entered the town under General Pol but he was shot, and they are now command o by General ENGLISH, who had marched fro g Barcelona. They approached the town so rapid l i t that the Viceroy was compelled to make a ° last precipitate retreat, and he has reached Mose l " A part of his baggage, and several of his a herents have arrived at Turbaco, a village formi c ' ly the head-quarters of MOItILLO, where a WS ° has been prepared for his reception. Notb positive on the business has transpired, as ti# only communications have been between 114 Viceroy and the Governor of this place. lt,is -r e ported that the former let . ' Santa Fe on the 9tbi We recommend to those deluded People, ‘v ii !, have been inkled by the specious pretences of the Radical Reformers, the Letter in our Pile ' of this day, respecting Doctor WATsoN, as he 11 stiled, by which they will be able to judge, w be' ther Public spirit, or f mere self-interest, itid uc4 : bum to come forward and assist in disturbing tb country. .We can assure our Readers, that 1 ! ‘ Correspondent who favoured us with that Le tt. is incapable of the blightest deviation from IP III/° however different in his opinions, and hostile to the objects of the Reforming Doctor and his C °ll‘ ' federates. The Morning Chronicle protests, that it " 4 1 1 /II not forbear meddling with the Radicals."'"" l4 more can The Sun. The Chronicle meddles , We , ' cause it thinks the conduct of the Radica l ' I " prejudicial to their own interests." The Su , : meddles, for the very same reason. Is it curious, that the same acts, and the same n ' °'. Lives, should have so different an origin Chronicle accounts the interest of the Radical' to be Reform and extended Suffrage : The SU tic' . counts it to be Industry and restored ot4er" " Supposing," says The Chronicle, " by Iv $ 1 of argument, that their objects were d es' able"—and by this convenient word " stl :f posing," it calculates on being kept clew' all suspicion of Radicalism ; while it would ° tte it that the Radicals have no other enemies d is c , " the Fashionable, the Wealthy, and the W° /c ' 9 It, then, they take The Chronicle's advice, ti l t will keep quiet until their purposes can be " If° accomplished. If they take The Sun's ad vicr : they will keep quiet n/ways. The " Fash i°ll , l able," are indeed their enemies, because loyaiti not yet out of " fashion ;" so ate " the Wea llll % sr ho do not chose to be plundered in a ne °1 0 tion ; but the Law, and the enforcement of 00 Law, they . will find any thing rather than " ir e4l" Shen they shall dare to try its strength. 91 0° OLD BAILRY.—This morning these Se s be ts commenced before Mr. Baron Woon, Mr. -" l ip, PARK, the LORD MAYOR,. ALDERNI&IN, 11C Sheriff PAgkiNs, mho had entered the Cw ~ of an early hour, and taken his seat in the b° : - , the Senior Sheriff, left it to attend the Judg es / a l i i Court, when Mr. Sheriff ROTHWELL arrived', -„114 attended Mr. Baron Wool) to the side of the C7i,i on which his box is situated. He too k his se a d iii ratite* hurried !Winner. Mr. PARKINS fetni;liedo; a few minutes, evidently disconcerted at Ihe seat occupied. Mr. Sheriff ItoTnwEL L. ' fr i e gs ed him some papets that were laving On the sit" smllint;ly. hl r. PARKINs shook his he 3" retired. ( ,1 Last winter we had no snow until th e , I fiee January, but winter is this year taking t i",,jar l earlier, Gn Wednesday night last, a change took place in the tempernture. o d thermometer in the shade, nhich had 5"'.0 fifty-five iu the middle of the (hy, 1 ' 11 6 1 1 0 Q . ; course of the night to 34, and there %va' 00" tall of snow. It is IS years since a fall 01 took place at so early a period. TI rest 4 'the t o ti •inet hes s Ih e i, 11 0 n force Com; er lig CC I. $ll th e i the Pray UHL] hope tthat quiet AV " ill Oh ties Ui l , in ot , AI 'tett . tron i Jun , WI; hip lend phli dow 'l' C m , de g , bi t to, g ob , tot,. bosi lalos } idyl rileit Itl t, A lo i 71 1 C pt W e Rive 1 0 " 111 itit Perm 1 111 bah n t I 11,1(1 141, 1 vi ii li i, ' 411., ci,l l it,