The Sun. — London, England, 1819-09-22 00:00:00

TO THE ►'UBLIC. Mr. TAyLotz, the PRoPittuTon of THE Su N r EWSPAPER, being desirous of lessening the 144.. hour and Solicitude attending the Conduct of a Daily Print, is willing to part with a portion of It to any Gentlemen of Talents and Resources, whose Political Principles correspord with those which the Paper has always Pupportecl, and .who lvould be inclined to co-operate in Manage ment as well as Liierary Composition. He Would rather at once dispose of the ‘vhole, concern, if • Ile did not venture to conceive that the steadiness of his Political Character has excited the confi dence of his Headers, and that his long experi ence may reasonably be supposed to attach some credit to his competency in the conduct of a Public Journal. He conceives also, that in these atviul and threatening times every ,Public Man should remain at his post, in order to contribute, to the utmost of his power, to►vards tie defence. of our inestimable Constitution. Several In dividuals ha•+e offeted to purchase the Paper; hut as it was founded under the immediate sanc- Tien of the Irate Mr. PITT, the, Proprietor deems it his duty to consider it as a Political Legacy left by that Illustrious Statesman to his Country, to maintain and perpetuate those Ptinciples which are most conducive to the security of the State and the happiness of the People.* flence the Ad mirers of that enlightened Minister and trite Pa triot may think that a Paper instituted by him, and for such important . f . objects, should be offered to some public spirited Body, actuated by higher considerations than mere regard to pecuniary ad- Yam ages, and animated by zeal for the general wel fare ; or at least to any other whose interests may be essentially united with the intetest of the Coon. It y. To such Persons the Proprietor would most willingly dispose of the entire concern ; and, however anxious he may be for repose, after mail Years of toil and solicitude, be would readily act as their Agent so long as his superintendance might be required. It cannot be necessary to dwell on the high reputation which THE SUN has so long possessed, in consequence of the undeviating consistency of its Political Character, and the uniform propriety of its general Conduct. To support a Government acting on the system of Mr. PITT is the main principle by which the Paper has been directed, and only by a firm ad- Iterenee to that system can it maintain its charac ter. It is obvious, however, that a steady attach- went to a System which comprehends the safety of the Constitution, by no means implies a ser vile concurrence in the Measures of any Admini stration. Bin while THE SUN perseveres in the same direct course, it may reasonably expect the ' support of the present Government, on account of its Political Principles, and the reverence due to the memory of its Illustrious Founder, since an indiffererce to the fate of such a Parer, on the part of a PITT ADMINISTRATION, would be a sole cism, as well as a reproach, which it is not likely to incur. With not less. confidence may the Paper rely on the protection of the Pito . TESTANT CHURCH, as it has so strenuously sap ported it that it is supposed to be peculiarly patronized by THE CLERGY ; among whom it certaitily can boast or many valuable Cor respondents. Indeed, as THE CLERGY must be Weil qualified, by abilities and knowledge, to in struct the Community at , large, and, in these times, should , consider that they have ditties to fulfil as Citizens as well as Pastors, they might very properly possess themselves of a Paper which would not only enable them to spread right principles its general, but also to check those licentious and impious doctrines which ate daringly inculcated with malignant assiduity, and are .manifestly intended to destroy the. Religion and the Government of the Coun try. The Proprietor may confidently expect the support of the PITT CLUBS throughout the British Empire, considering to whom Tue SUN owes its origin, and from whom they derive their appella tion. ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS of a BIRTH-DAY are of little use, and must fall into languor and decay, unless effective means arc taken to diffuse and support the Principles. upon which those Associations are professedly established. THE Sing may alio expect the support ot the REGULAR SOLICITORS throughout the Kingdom, as that Paper, and that alone, has zealously endeavoured to maintain the honour of the Legal Profession, by exempting it from all irregular Practitioners and discreditable Intruders.. Finally, THE SIN may look to the PEOPLE AT LARGE for patronage and encouragement on account of the steadiness of its Principles, its Public Spirit, and its reso lute endeavours, on all occasions, to promote the Honour and Interest ot the Country. Such, then, is the Opportunity which the Proprietor now offers to his Countrymen ; and as it presents A 'J'EST TO PUBLIC VIRTUE, and to GENUINE PA TEIOTISS4, he should insult the National Cha racter if he were not'to suppose that-among the admirers of Mr. PITT, and Friends of Tun CON STITUTION, many vvise, independent, disinterested, magnanimous BRITONS will he found ready, at this awful crisis, to unite in order to become Pro prietors of a Paper which so obviously possesses peculiar and prominent claims to National Pro tection.—None but Principals need apply in Person, or by Letter, (post-paid) addressed to the PROPRiETOR at Tu SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand. N. B. This Address will be continued till the opportunity which it presents has been fully sub mitted to the United Kingdom ; nor will the Proprietor hastily close with any offer, as he can slot but conceive that, in reference to the revered Founder of the Paper, and its established charac ter for political consistency, the Proposal held forth tends to ascertain the extent of Public Spirit. 1 , The Proprietor has been desired, by a Gentleman of rank, who was in the confidence of Mr. PITT at the time, to state that THE: SUN Newspaper was not instituted for the mere eupport of his own Administration, but " for the PROTECTION of the KING'S GOVERNMENT." Such was the magnanimous loyalty of our great departed Statesman. Never was "the KING'S GOVERNMENT" more formidably threatened-than it is at present, and never was it more in need of loyal Adherents. We hope that Ministers are fully impressed with this truth, otherwise the Throne and the Altar will at last be buried un der the rubbish of Atheistical Anarchy. i'OL ~ 1 , t'. '1 s `UN. Nra. EDITOR—I Bekmmled:e tht► enbtiesy and still more the candour, iivith whivb e 9 - travene toy positions. That these o're High Tory," i shall not entirely deny ; nevotheless. when applied to the Whiggisla.F4stablishruent of the Constitution, their " Toryisu?' may prove among - its best safegnarda. You will understand me to speak of the nut, GI NAL IVIIIOS ; not of the dirty Reformers of the present day. Nether speak I of the Burdetilies, nor of the modern Russells ; but of those ancient Patriots, who in 1688, saved our Constitution by the ap plication of its own " Supreme Power." And this they did, not by arrogating any paramount authority to a part, but by exerting the supre macy of the whole. Such was the case which I had put in pOssi hility, of the King endeavouring a preponderance of the Monarchy. It would have puzzled Junto. himself to strew, that the sovereign act of the two kingless, or diskinged houses was unconsti tutional; or that its constitutionality—(rnaV I coin the expression ?) just as it certainly was, depend ed on its justice. There are few principles so positive that they. cannot be resisted or modified ; in politics at least, whatever there may be in natural or in . moral philosophy. If a diversity, of opinkn exists, a power of decision exists also : and that is the Supreme Power:, It cannot he reposited in any one Member of the State, because 'such Member would then possess two weights in the scale, and the'balance woidd be destroyed. But it must exist somewhere, or,the balance and the balancing power would be destroyed together. It mast exist then in the whole, and the whole must be " supreme ;" without any reference to the supremacy of a part. I can tolerably understand one Supreme Power being " relative," where another Supreme Power is " absolute," though my comprehension would be more perfect, if JUNIus had instructed me in their several provinces and authorities. I am, however, utterly impenetrable to his theory of a Supreme Power being " relative," without the existence of some other Supreme Power which is absolute. Inatsoever and wheresoever be that Power which makes it relati4e, there is the Su preme Power in a state of absoluteness. " The general rules of natural justice who is to enforce them ?—" The welfare of the Com munity !" Who is to ascertain it ? Surely, not the " relative" Supremacy of a part, but the " absolute" supremacy of the whole. Deny this plain position—anti look at the mon strous inference of vour denial : That an act - may he done by the joint power of the King, the Lords, and the Commons, which, by its illegality, justifies the resistance of that very Commons, which had consented thereto, and without whose consent it could not have been done. For yon will recollect, that the Commons in Parliament is the only description by which the Constiintion knows the People.—Out of Parlia tneni, the People have, collectively, neither voice nor function. An assemblage or persons, whether as indivi dnals or • as freeholders ; at Manchester, or at London ; particularize them, or generalize them ; —I care not how-,-is not the Peonle.—The People are in Parliament by their Representatives, and nowhere else. Out of Parliament, mobs may be composed, or multitudes, or meetings : some of them, 1 admit, legal, but the aggregated individuals of Britain could not constitute the People. _ _ _ _ . Else—as I yesterday said—the People would hays two estates ; the one in, and the other out of Parliament. Could the functions of these two he concurrent ? or, could the Extra-Parliamentary Estate he in abeyance, while the Parliamentary Estate was in activity ?--Or, does this wait its revival, until that is suspended or dissolved ? (ei Dis , qlved," however, is an improper term when applied Onto the Parliament, quoad the Constitution. Because the Parliament must be again summoned by the King within a limited time.) To the doctrines which I have stated, you have opposed those of JUNIUS, a writer, whose con cealment has excited curiosity ; whose opinions curiosity has kept alive ; whose reputation mys tery has prolonged. But JUNIUS Wrote for a party, not from prin ciple. His resentments are now—almost all— gone down into the tomb, where he and his ad versaries rest together. I admire his eloquence, anti I should praise his ingenuity, had it not been applied to the perversion of the Laws. His theo ries and his fancies are embalined in, his style. They are a decayed corpse in a coffin of polished marble. J uNtos has received the freedom of the_ Author's corporation,enclosed in a goltftox. We needed not JuNtus to instruct us that the Supreme Power 'is higher titan the subordinate. I had rather that he had pointed out, Where is that more Supreme Power which regulates the inferior supremacy ?'—lf it be in the Constitution, then the Constitution is supreme ; if it be out of the Constitution, let us know its residence. It can not be in any one pert of the Constitution ;—it is not in the King alone—nor in either House of Parliament alone. Perhaps it is inPuNT's Mob. Let us not question the perfectuesi'of our Con stitution by limiting its supremacy. if there be one act which it cannot do, that one is prevented by the Royal Oath, which forbids the King from assenting unto it : 'and, without his Assent, the Constitution can do no act whatever. But I know of no Royal Oath which prevents the suppression of extra-Parliamentary Meetings, any more than it allows the election of extra-Par liamentary Representatives. THR PEOPLE are not the Constitution ; they are only one of its three parts, with an assenting and dissenting power over all its acts. Nothing can be constitutionally done without them ; ap: pearing by their Representatives:;—but, without the other two parts, they can do nothing. Therefore, the People are not exclusively the Constitution ; neither doem ,the Constitution ex clusively belong to the People. That the Laws are ver y soun:liug p!JrasZ,. naorm them—that the Laws cannot be chang e't k•it bout !heir concurrence, given by their Re presentatives In Parliament. Really, Sir ; when we are calodating the power King, Lords, and Commons," it is worse, than absurd in talk—as JUNIUS " their own will and pleas Ore." A part may endeavour to tyrannize over the whole, an` stay effectuate its endeavour—but in what philosophy, natural, Moral, or political, have we heard of the whole tyrannizing over the whole ? I am very contented with the existing chance of " the Constitution being dissolved by Act of Parliament." At present it appears in more dan ger from the White Mats and Black Dwarfs, whose organized violence may reform it, perhaps, into a dissolution; somewhat more " radical" than Martial-law, or the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus. The honest, the rational, and the constitu tional part .of the Conntry begin to fear that the Demagogues will drive our Legislature upon some such painful remedy. - Von will excuse erasures, Mr. Editor,—T write in too much haste to transcribe :—but my opinions have been long and slowly formed. Poryish as these are, the genuine W/siggism of the Constitu tion would not now be in existence, but for the exercise and operation of such principles. Sept. 21, 1819. TENAX. *** We conceive that TeNAx has folly ex pkined and justified the positions in his.first Let •ter ; btit as we do not wish, by impolitic acquies ence, •to slop so able a Correspondent, we hope that suet: of our Readers as may not agree with hint will cxuress their dissent, in order still fur ther to draw forth his efforts in the discussion of stlhject 3) peculiarly interesting and important at this critical period. THEATRICAL. REGISTER. Performed Last Niett. TH EATRE RovA COVENT-GAGDEN.—The Steward : Principal Characters by Mr. Maeready, Mr. Jones, Mr. W. Farrell, Mrs. Davison, and Mrs. Gibbs. After which, Aladdin. TIIEATRERGYAL, ENGLISH OPERA House.—The3oviai Crew: Spiinglove, Mr. Wrench; Rachel, Miss Kelly. After which, The Rendezvous. To which was added, The Death of Cap tain Cook. Ktrtu GEouoz COHONA'FlON.—lioliday at ail the Public O9ices. NIAILS. ARRIVEID-1 Waterford, I Guernsey and Jersey. Due-1 Gottenbnrgb, 1 Hanibtugh. HIGEI IvATEIL AT LONDON BRIDGE Nlorning, 5:1 initiates after 4. I Evening, IS minutes after 3. THE SUN. 110 LEM QUIS (DICE! I E FAt,StTM AU DEA': ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1819. NVe received this morning - the Paris Papers of Sunday last. The following are extracts : " PARIS, Sari. 19.—The King yesterday again ♦;ailed the Exhibition of the products of French Industry. His Majesty was attended by a nume rous Suite. DEPUTIES ELECTED. " Department of l'Arriege—Deputies elected, M. Calvet- Nadalllan, and M. Fornier de Clanzelles (both re-elected). " Department of Contal—Deputies elected, M. Gatlin), President of the Electoral Collc6e and M. Guittard, Vice- President. " Department of Basses Pyrenees—Deputies elected, M. Bastert elle, merchant, M. d'Angosse, and M. d'Artigattx. " Depot-burnt of Tarn—Deputies elected, M.M. Cardonel and de Lastoars (both re-elected). " Department of Haute Garonne—One Deputy to elect in the room of M. il'Aedeguier deceased. Number of voters, 1,3a1, of whom were fur M. Castel-Bajac, formerly Deputy, 645—M. Durand, 632—M. Lassos de Caumont, 51—the Baron Gary, 3i. NO candidate havin,s , an absolute majority, there was a second scruti.ty, at which the majority was obtained by M. Castel Bajac, who was declined duly elected. "‘ The results of all the Elections have now been given, with the exception of Corsica. " Letters from Geneva state that the Duke de Hassan° had recently arrived there with his fa mily, and meant to fix his residence in that city. "The King gave a private audience yesterday morning to Connt de Simony;lle. " It is said that•the Duke de Rovigo (Savory), who has been for some time at ,London, has soli cited, but without success, permission to remain there for a longer period. It is understood be is about to quit England, but it is not known whi • • thee he is going. " The new Queen of Spain arrived at Lyons the 16th instant in the evening, and intended to remain there during the next day. " The Bulls respecting the Prelates, under the new arrangement with the Pope, baying been in irpected by the Council of .State, the necessary documents have,- it is understood, been transmit ted to them, and their consecration and in stallation will immediately take place. " The Russian Prince Lapuchin has arrived at Strasburg, with a numerous suite. PINTS PER CE ITS. Shut Price Saturday, Ex. Div 7l 1. 50 c. 1)17.1 , 8 RR ED STUCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, 93 1. 50c. '24 Sept. 1817, S-1 , 1 March, 1818, f 50 c. Tid Sept. i P.l 8, 2cl March, 1819, 135 f 00 c. RASTADT, SF PT. 10.---It' is confirmed that the conferences-at Carlsbad had no other object than the affairs of Germany, and that several mea sures have been concerted for remedying the nu merous incouveniencies of our Federative Syitem. The Diet of Frankfort expects instructions from the respective Courts, and this is the reason that its recess has been postponed.- " It is believed that the Press will be subjected to restrictions snore or less severe, and the literary productions of Protessors of Universities, and other persons in public employ, xvill be the object of special ottention_7 " FRANKFORT, SEPT. 14.—Letters from 1:(e -nigwbtirg mention a report: that there will he an interview in that city between the Eturtur of Russia and the KioE of Prussia." TEit'.. FUNDS.—Crdajt Cias dholid4, but i " bi if Suck - Exchange was open, and a great qu antiti of Stock was thrown moire Market. A very 'e ri rios depression has talc.' plate ; Consols. Bret ` tiv4 % yesterday done at t9i, and ft off at 69i for the "%Ovum. Money is exceedingly scarce, B P, , er Cent. keit4 offered in the house. The Bag"' it is said, will not advance any more upon Stock Securities, and therefore the Speculators are tits loss how to get their large advances which Eb e l have been in the habit of receiving from ib ig quarter. Exchequer Bills were yesterday id Io dis. and are expected to be much lower. V II! day is a close holiday, and there are scarcely 0 11 brokers on 'Change. We are desired to say, in addition to our sty thentic statement of yesterday, as .to the fr' ic character and designs of the atrocious desperab, who assembled at Manchester on the 16th °l t ' that ; the seven hundred Persons, whom we 01ei " darted as having been regularly trained to tart' discipline, were only a detachment of O ise who had been. thus prepared to hazard an encti eli ; ter of the Regular Troops, and to overthrost tis Civil Powers of the State, and that a much loie number had 'undergone the same Military Tr" ing, particularly at Tandle Hill, about a mile fr it. r Siattuck's Inn. There were also many of be e places, where the same daring preparations ° lt making. At Lees, another party of these tary Students, were called every day to theit et' ercise, and the whole of these various Wil d ' according to report, have attained a a onsili fe able degree of martial dexterity. All they appe a r to want was arms, but it was questioned r e lic' ther they had not some secret reposi"4 for guns as well as pikes, which would be f" rlh ; coining when the day of fi nal contest shud' ti arrive. The Times and The Morning Chronicle' however, have taken these Reformers into fav° r ; and think they ought to have been permitted proceed in their course. Even Hurst, who ct i ' f abused in The Times for the vulgar indecruci r 17 , his conduct, is now represented in that Falle r a Gentleman. But it is by no means 014)‘ !tithing that the daring Ruffians of Al lll# chester and the neighbourhood should e°C er : tain the most diabolical intentions, for they I ;e ' treated the Church and the Sabbath with O n ; tempt and ridicule. The Sundays were vrh °li l employed in reading the infamous proifictior l " the CARLILES, the WOOLERS, the SHBRWINS' other theoretical systems which are so well c old:, ed to poison the unreflecting mind, and told practical consequences of the most horrible i‘4 6 ; Sc filo ion. The Morning Chronicle and The7'intei 6 0 persevere in their unjust and infamous aspec s° r on the Magistrates and Yeomanry of Manche ste and a ff ect to think more favourably of tik° 9 " , f o Paisley, but the latter, we conceive, consci o ), having discharged their duty, must hold i 0 d d lain any commendation from such poil di ti , sources. Indeed, those Papers must be O li o tiered as having an interest in the Bef ell of the riotous Reformers as their insid i°l o and inflammatory doctrines have tended to lo eg he the political, moral, and religious principles 0 ' , lower orders, and to make them desert their re, spective callings in order to improve the C °111 ; 1 ; tuition of the State.—The Chronicle of day, alluding to the Paisley Riots, s a id 14 What is meant by Lawful Authority. 0 whether the mere assembling of persons te lifi such authority constitutes at once sedition'vp whether it he necessary that the languag e or e should tend to disturb the Public Peace, w e ot , not sufficiently acquainted with the Law of 6elit, land to determine." We believe that it i° o f better acquainted with the Law of Englau"' o ,, it thinks proper to conceal its knowledge. i l)°r e l' to prolong its abuse of Government, and to r liate, if not encourage, Rebellion. The account of the Meeting, of Monday Il isi b e Hunslet Moor, which we have given in an ° o ti Matt of our Paper, we received this day in a pr' letter from Leeds ; it comes tram a quar ter $ ll which our Readers may confidently rely. ti f e more orderly in conduct than other recen t po t pular Aleetings, it is of a mare mischiel neteription, as the sentiments in the s e r of t inscriptions are more comprehensive Un d rlife daring than all those of a similar tendencY p 11 cljtintnd on other occasions. 1 . 7 e are Ol eill or convinred of the truth of the obsetration 010111! Correspondent, that " their moderation is r ie a cloak," a cloak tvhicli, as soon as 0 1/ ° " 1 0 1 1 ni", offers, they will certainly throw 06 ' : 1 11$ appear with the open front and f" 11 I° -I te of Rebellion. The spirited languag e ' ) ,le l ever, of the l'ats:ca IiF.GLNT sheYr S ille 6 ll ll term n inatio of his Royal Ilighttf ss to mainlail: 1 (1 Laws fit)(l Conslilation, anti we trust that I‘lol ters will he animat. , (l such an illostlit'610)) ample, to support rite dignity of the Tlitt.?"e' t o uphold the safety of the •lei o'c for •nl 11l lie Li' Li on ►i! bii Er lit • I'a 13a co till ha re th i fit Un thi let sill du, bri the ma Co 44,) 1 It)y