The Sun. — London, England, 1819-08-03 00:00:00

i. : t 4'7 FOR THE SUN. TO JOHN BULL, ESQ. I.E'll'Ell. 11. .HONEST JOHN—You and I have already exa mined some of the legislative pretensions and po, lip ical axioms of self-elected Reformers, and found them to be little better than whipt syllabub or puff Crust, when compared with the solid roast beef of the British Constitution. Let ns now investigate a few more of those sage them its, which are brought forward to fill your tread %with crude notions, and your hands with the drigger of the assassin, or the torch of the incen diary, whilst you, in the simplicity of your heart, are persuaded that they will fill your belly with soli'! pudding. As to the sweeping resolutions of the Vernale Reformers in the North, who declare themselves iletermintd to rouse all the energies of the men folk, I have but little to say. Ladies' resolutions t.re often subject to change ; and, perhaps, upon the whole, JOHNNY, you have little hope of quiet in that quarter, uutil, like Friend OwEN's pau pers, they are quieted by being placed in' paral ielograms : one of these resolutions, however, nmu►t not be passed unnoticed. Those Belles, Dames, or Beldames, resolve that every County ought to send Members to Pk:filament, in propor tion to its population ; the natural consequence of which would be, that the County of Middle sex would send more than ONE-SBVENTH of the whole Representation ! ! ! Such a consequence.is too absurd fur the pro position to require refutation—but not so some of the resolutions moved and carried at the Smith field Meeting, of whith, I believe, JOHNNY, you know no more now than you did when you held up your band for them. NOw, JOkINNY, in these resolutions, you are told, that " every ,man in a free state is entitled to a vote in the enactment of the Laws ;"—that "no free men ought to be taxed without a previous admission to this uni versal right ;"—and that the " right is to be ex ercised in the choice of representatives chosen by the majority." But who will form this majority ? Why, those who - individually will be taxed in the ;smallest sums ; so that the man who pays hundreds of pounds must be out-voted by those who pay not as many shillings as he pays hundreds. Is that fair, JOHNNY, even upon principles of natural right? Will yott think so as you get up in the world I fancy not, JOHNNY ! Again, if every man has a right to vote, be has a right that his vote should be efficient, cither wise his right is nothing. But if the man you vote for, JOHNNY, is not returned, you are no better off than if you hail no vote at all, with this sole difference, that tie mass of poverty would then have the political power which now belongs to the mass of property ; and you would have nothing for it but another Smithfield Meet ing of the " non-represented Citizens," if such things should be permitted its a state of Universal Freedom But you are told that you are ruined by TAX A.. TlON—when you know, JOHNNY, that, except in one or t«o trifling instances, you can only be taxed in proportion to your expenditure ; and if you are prudent, and keep your expenditure with in your income, it can never hurt you. For remeni- Ler, my honest Friend, that the taxes are all ex pcorled, and of course produce circulation, and that circulation always raises your income in pro- pot tion to increased taxation. When your taxes were higher, JOHNNY, during the war, and your expenditure was nearly double that of to-day, then all your children were em ployed, and able to live' comfortably ; but cessa tion of War Expenditure, and the economy of a Peace Establishmant, have thrown half your children out of employ, and a partial,' though, I trust, a temporary, distress is the consequence. One word more as to a CHEAP GOVERNMENT, of which we have lately heard so much. Now, you ought to know, my honest Friend, that of the Civil List, which is said to be taken out of the pockets of the Poor, there is but a propor tion, and by no means'a large one, that goes to the support of the CROWN and ROYAL FAMILY, the far greater proportion being expended upon Judges, Ambassadors, and numerous other public servants, who must be paid somehow, if we are to hare any Government at all., But Johnny, I have even a more important truth for you, which is, that the sum total of the Civil List, thong!' voted by Parliament, does not cost the Nation a sixpence ! You stare, my honest friend ; but the fact is so. The Crown, that in tegial part of the Midst) Constitution, has from time immemorial possessed Lands, which were as Inuth the individual property of tke CHowN, as your little freehold is your own ; a property which ndtherLords, Commons, nor the Nation could touch, without the couunt of the wearer of that Ctown. nut that Crown pfoperl: 4 , with trifling exceptions, has been given up by our venerable Monarch to the Nation in lieu of the Parliamentary Civil List ; and so profitable has the bargain been to the Nation, that a yearly profit is actually derived from it I. Hence, JOHNNY, you will know bow to appre ciate the clamours of those whose object - is to dazzle, that they may plunder with impunity; and who, like their brother Reformers at West End Fair, kick up a row that they may cut your skirts off. I will add but one word more, JOHNNY You are told to look at the United States for a cheap Government. It is true that their Federal Go vernment is got up at half price at Washington ; but if you take into account the Governments of every separate State, the salaries of Senators and Representatives, with several others, you will find that the boasted American Government actually costs the Nation a sum nearly equal to that which in Britain is repaid to the fullest extent by the profits of the Crown Lands. With this fact for your eomfort,' I leave you; Jon NNY, to your quiet reflections ; but you : shall hear again from your Friend, . IGNOTUS. P. S. One word at parting, JOHNNY, as to that new species of Freedom by birth-right claimed by our iiodern Reformers. It must not be forgotten, ray honest Friend, that we are in a state of society, and that the Constitution, in letter and in usage, is our social compact. Now, every man is just born to as much freedom as that Constitution guaranteeS to . him, and no more ; for if a man claims more, he then sets up a state of nature against a state of society; he annuls the social compact, as far as regards himself, by denying its paramount autho rity ; but when obedience is denied protection ceases, and he becomes a self-declared Outlaw, just as much as the man• who denies the laws of property. in society becomes a candidate for the gallows ! - . This may sound harsh, JOHNNY'; but it is sound law ; aye, Crowner's quest law," and no thing saves the offender but the humanity of our social practice, and of that constitution which he vilifies ! • , LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Chronicle.] SPAIN. Extras i atzi Letter, dated Gibraltar, 12th la .111e'llutiOvs Armada is completely dissolved: ahoye.3o . millions t of dollars have been expended, hut it would now take 30 millions more to repair the 'di's . a'ster 'Which has recently occurred. I have ascertained, since I w r ote you on the 10th, some carious facts about the Cadiz explo sion. O'Donnel has acted a conning, and many think a dishonourable, game in this affair. He knew Ilia( disaffection existed very generally among his officers as well as soldiers, ,not merely against the expeditio❑ to South America, but against the Government of Ferdinand.—O'Don nel appeared to favour the views of the disaffected, and entered into their views with warmth. On the day he called a general review, the disaffected officers believed that it was for the purpose of openly manifesting his sentiments in favour of a Constitution. He formed the army into a square, called all the officers into the centre; he inform ed them that, with the exception of a very few, whom he named, all the rest were his prisoners.. He then turned round to the troops, and said, " All who do not wish to go to South America, lay down your arms." At this moment the troops discovered that the cartridges they had received • that nn.rning were ail blank, except to one regi ment and a battalion, to whom O'Donnel bad issued hail. The whole of the troops, with the exception of those who had ball cartridges, threw down their arms with indignation, crying out, " We are betrayed." They immediately began to scamper in all di rections. O'Donnel, either from fear, or front some motive not yet explained, permitted them to disperse without making the least effort to stop them. All the country round Cadiz is full of them. Their expressions against O'Donnel and Ferdinand are bitter and loud. Among the Offi cers arrested arc 18 very distinguished individuals, whom the soldiers are said to be much att a ched to. Several Officers have arrived here, flout Whom I shall get "some correct information on the subject, and will by next mail transmit you fur ther particulars. A pretty scene of confusion reigns at Cadiz.— O'Donnel appears to have some new grounds of dread from the portion even of the troops who have been so very loyal, as all of them openly de clare they will never embark. The sailors are likewise in a great ferment, anti swear they will not go. The owners of vessels, agents, and Go vernment creditors, are all running about Cadiz like maniacs. No Florida Treaty news yet, but we shall soon hear something important 011 that subject. You may expect to hear of political explosions in many parts of Spain, and indeed reports reached here last night front Valencia of a set ious nature. [Morning Herald.] ST. HELENA —We have been favoured with the perusal 01 several recent letters from St. Helena, from one of which we have made the following extract ; it is dated May 27, 1819 : " I can give you little news of the people at Lonovood. as their names are scarce ever men- Napoleon was see 4 by a Gentleman of THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS MCKIM FALSUSI AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1819. \Ve received last night and this morning the Paris Papers of Friday and Saturdaylnst.—The following are extracts : " PARIS, JULY 30.—The King yesterday trans acted business with the Ministers of the Intedior laid for Foreign Affairs. It is believed! that his Majesty, who is much better, will go Itanibouil let on Monday. • " Miss Hutchinson, the prosecutrix in the action for bigamy against General Sarrazin, Went yesterday to St. Cloud and presented a petition to his Majesty, praying for a commutation of t he sentence passed on the prisoner. , " Several Journals, in reporting the trial of General Sarrazin, published a letter, in which Miss Hutchinson was represented as asking par don of the General for having left him, and as ac cusing herself of improper conduct. It is pro per to state, that Miss Hutchinson and her Coun sel both declared that the letter was not written by her. " On the 26th instant, a brochure was seized at ti►e house of the bookseller, Latour, Cour du Palais Royal, entitled ' Le Petit Peleliu de Patme et de Plaisance.' " In Prussia several Officers of the Guards have been arrested, and others have been transferred to regiments of the line. " The Ministers of the principal Potters of Europe arc, it is said, to assemble immediately at Carlsbad. " The Princes de Metternich and de Kaunitz passed through Ratisbon on the 20th inst. on their way to Carlsbad. " Lord Carrington is arrived at Paris, at the Hotel du Nord, Rue de Richelieu. The Duke of Devonshire is preparing to return to kmdon, " JULY 31.—The King did not go out yester day ; the Duke de Berry breakfasted with his Ma jesty. The Duke de Richelieu arrived at Paris yes terday morning at the Hotel Choiseul, itue tz(• Honore. " The War Minister, Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr, proceeded to Clermont, accompanied by Ge,- t be oral Becher ; after quitting the ctatea 6 °' latter, Ids Excellency stayed four dais at C : e n r ; mont and then set out f o r the water 3 of " :1 ; d'Or, in company with the P re fect of PO' Dome. " M. BArLLY, formerly a Member of t he /41 : tional Convention, is dead from the effect rilt accident, arising from the overturn of a D ili g en ea in which he was travelling. a red 5g " An atrocious parricide has been comtnit— g 'Po ugecourt, near Vassy (H au t e -Marne) l ed IS years of age, named Mari a Chattiet, 'w ig° with arsenic both her father and her 1 10tberi f the former is dead, and there are but little 11 0 P es the life of the latter. Maria Chauvet in c °llfe3 ing her crime„stated that she had been incited v, ; 4 it by another young woman, aged 22, "' II° ' li e furnished her with the arsenic. The latte r It serts, that, she only procured the poison at to request of Maria Chauvet, wh o stated that i t aro of wanted for the ptirpose of killing rats. o°tit them are in prison at Vassy. The Emperor and Empress of Austria, a n the the Archduchess Caroline quitted Florence - t 19th instant for Bologna. It is believed , their Majesties hdving given up the intent ° he visiting Milan, will proc e ed t o Vi e nna, t " - way of Ferrara, Trent, and Inspruck. •• " " On the 24th inst., it was nnd e r s tood at COI; ruhe, that the Sttidents who had been arreete 4° Friburg; in Brisgau, had been set at libertg' consequence of communications from, the of Berlin. `°The King' is expected to return to Farts °0 the 12th 0r,14t% of August. FIVE PER CENTS. Thursday Friday 71 f. 30 e. 71 f. Svc• DBFERNED STOCK. Thursday. Friday Of the 22d March, I 8 I 90 f. 85 c... 91 f. sc. 22d Sept. “JM'— 88 f. 85 c... 89 1. sc. 22d March,lBlB... 8G 1. 55c...871. se• 22 , 1 Sept. 1818....84 f. tis c... 85 f. SC. 22d March,lBl9-82 1. 75 c... 83 f. 30 c. HAMBURGH, JULY 21.—A Russian .r.P . ti and a brig are now in the harbour of Copen l 4 ,ll ‘ The Princess Ku akin is on board one of the ge° : eels, proceeding to France for the benefit of health. There is now in the harbour of Stoc k holm a vessel laden with cannon and ammilni ti 7. in the name of Ismael Gibralt a r, and for t account of the Governor of Egypt. fo " BERLIN, JULY 20.—The investicration " n tlf specting the persons arre s t e d i s not ye t suffice f advanced to authorize th e comme n ce ment ° criminal proceeding; it is catricd on by a C°rl ; mittee composed of persons well informed regard to jurisprudence. FRANK FonT,'JULY 22.—A public functioo4, of great influence in Iles , e, the Baron has been accused in a formal Act, by the Com p mittee of Hesse, of being the author of 0 111 b misfortunes which press upon the country." We have the pleasure to inform our Ite 3 ‘ ter° that the Emperor of R USSIA has caug ht the 101 ' 1 : able impulse of scientific enterprize from lbj j Country, and has ordered four frigates to bei ltte out for the purpoae of exploring the Polar Ile : gloms. It is expected that they will arrive ill Country, and remain here till the proper P eriu b l e for proceeding on their expedition. Ir magi s th highly gratifying to mankind to find that, k l • intervals of peace, which unhappily ar e too to interrupted, a great Potentate does not in d ' il c himself in the pursuits of ambition, but in tli° ' laudable enterprizes which tend to the e- ,1 ; largetnent of human knowledge, the increa se !, social intercourse, and the consequent did`l3l'l of commercial advantages. It is not a littl e 4° l : noorable to Great Britain that it has plit'c i i 9l ' s contributed to set the example of this meritcg .i°- zeal of national ambition. 11 5/ By letters trom St. Salvador, it appear'' Igo e the Portuguese are much exasperated again‘ t t so Americans, in consequence of their to i f many .vessels by the Insurgent privateers, as it tindertood these vessels are built, fitted outs I° A I manned in the United States by Americans' it. Captain G. was detained there three days t, ll ;nt : ready to sail, for having a suspicious .- vessel, and had it not been through th e in G te , i Terence of the American Consul in Captai ll behalf, he would certainly have been det iliae ba Immense quantities of Anierian produce are i ll tbs ports along the coast, and the produce ° f • Brazils high. C 4ll/ By accounts from Philadelphia, of t he 11 , 6 June, we learn that the Spanish Consul , "' jib o j a Marshall for the State of New Jerseys left esse 1, I City for the purpose of seizing a Span ish v e .: e sO said to have been brought into the waters Jersey, as a prize to some one of the Inln triode privateers from the Chesapeake 13 3 : 1. tali e 1 o:\f:4lum.—The refusal of the 1.33nk t° ex . the ()lithium has given general sa cisfact :°l ' rr eLl cept to those whose spirit of speculation sO ` va o pit their judgment as to induce them to believe its of If nol wr fiil ` h~~ ao pu ' rite ' dui s s,. lisi tic Lei it, , 1 m y tcquain'tanee, las't Inon'ti►, sifting cnilrely alone in the viranda, for two hours ; I do not hear tbal be takes any diversion ; his house is getting done 'very fast ; the question is, will he go to it ? I ❑nderstand Madame Bertrand was on the Race Course with her sweet little family ; Lady Lowe was likewise there two day's. The Rae com menced on the 2.711) ult." [Tire Times.] We insert a .letter from a respectable source, on the subject of the Cadiz mutiny. It states that a revolution is expected in Spain ; but throws out suspicious respecting General O'Donnel, which it will much surprise us indeed :to see borne out by his demeanour. " The Spaniards had collected 24,000 men round Cadiz, for the South American Expedition under General O'llOnnel, who is a most active deterinined man. Be got them well clothed and paid, has made himself much beloved by them, and has 24,060,000 reales vellon in his military chest.— Part of them refused to emhatk, and part of the regiment at St. Roque have marched to join the Insurgents. A revo lution is expected in Spaiti, and O'llainel, it is said, will artfully contrive to get the soldiers to force hint to lead them." . . By the Dutch Papers we are told, that a num ber of Flemish half-pay Officers who have served in France are seeking employment with the Pa triots of South !America. Macirone, forme'. Aide de-Camp to,Mucat,is negociating with these oe ficers. A proclamation, purporting to collie from Bounapart e, is circulating in the northern depart ments Of Prance: it is but lost, labour. The ar rests of suspected persi - ins in Germany continue to be the topic of controversial discussion on the Continent.- The students every where are much incensed that their Professors have felt the arm of the Government ; and in an article, dated Gotha, the Duke of Saxe-Gotha enters pretty severely into a statement of the demerits of one Piotessor Oken, whose dismissal• had been pro voked by.a series of obstinate and outrageous of fences against the public decency, morality,' and safety, iu his character as an instructor of youth. /bid.) THEATRICAL REGISTER. ► Perforated Last Ni{•ht. 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