The Sun. — London, England, 1819-11-05 00:00:00

FOR HE SUN. TO .1011 N BULL, ESQ. HONEST JohN-- , -Your esteemed favour of the 25th ult.-came bate to hand ; in reply, 1 have to -inform you., that whalever-cbarges 1 have brought forward were not against you personally, for you are an honest painstaking fellow, as Mrs. Butt well knows ; ssor against the majotity of your `family, for -they are a fine set of chubby boys and girls, thotrgh a little out at elbows and at heels, which I hope Mrs. Butt., if sbe goes to Church of a Sunday, and attends to the advice of the Minis ter, to be sober and industrious through the week, will be able to mend, by ,a little patching and darning, instead of pulling the old garments to pieces, in the vain hope of getting a remnant of she wy French cloth that was spoilt in the weav ing. But Mind, JOHNNY, When I talk of so- briety, I don't mean that your good woman ever . had A drop too much.• I don't wish to refuse her little drop, nor a pinch of snuff, to relieve her toils at time washing tub, nor a pot of Bohea , when the day's toil is over—such deprivations, think, would be rrodically wrong ; but though I actpit you and:the best part of your family of all blame, yet you Lave yourself acknowledged that there are some naughty buys and girls tha P t require correction, amid, therefore, I still address you, JOHNKY, as Lead of time house, in hopes you will talk to them like a Father, and bring tears to their eyes ! Now, my good Fellow, you know I have al ready hinted to you that the most troublesome part of your family would never have bad exist ence had it not been for those very events of which they now COtnplain ; but that gives them no right to object to -the social regulations under which they have ia;ien. They have no right to change things with which the majority are con tented ; but if these things can be improved for the good of the whole, they are permitted both to talk anti to act for that improvement, provider' they injure no antecedent rights. For though the Laws of Society do away with those of Nature as paramount, yet they do not go in opposition to those of Nature. In fact, the rights which Na ture gives we bring into society, and social or. 41 e r destroys them not, but eveu strengthens whilst it regulates. Under Natural Law, before the aggregate power of all is delegated to a few for the advan tage of all,a strong man sloes himself justice by . his superior powers ; but theta, JOHNNY, he uu. happily does more, for the history of past ages and the voyages of recent Navigators of all Natibus, ineontestibly and invariably prove, that wherever little advance has been made beyond the state of Moore, there the women and the weak are forced to be the slaves of men. In Society, however, this is not the ease. His right Injustice is not, indeed, there ref , ised ; bGt then it is controlled. To have fair and impartial justice is secured to the strong man ; but not to him alone. It is also secured for-others. Here, then, is the great advantage of SOCIAL ORDER over a STATE of NATURE ! In fact, the state of mere Nature never can exist for any period in regard to an indiuidual— to talk of restoring it to a Nation is absurd—you mi g ht as well pi cent! to clothe the Irish Giant with your little boy's first cast off suit of short coats ! ROUSSEAU, indeed, tells you that the moment m►an leaves the forest to join society, that moment be gives up his independence ; but 'remember, JOHNNY, that ROUGSEAU was a Philosopher, who chose not to work but to write—a fellow who swinged upon the liberality of others, and yet could not eat his pudding and hold his tongue, but quarrelled successively with each of his bcne tactorsL—a precious Philosopher to talk of. inde pendence! But inch a statiof Nature is impossible. The very first act of a man's life, ht' entrance into this world, is an art of Society. What would Mrs. Bou. say if her little one's were to be set up as Independent Patriots in Epping Forest as soon as born ? What Would she say to yott JOHNNY, if she was to find you in a state of Nature ? In a state of nature, every mall has his rights indeed ; but then they must necessarily be very few. In nature, every man has a right to food, if be can possess himself of it ; but none to that which others possess, except the claim of nature between parent and child. But if the child has claims, be also, as I have already shewn to you, Joutcsor, has his duties, which soon turn the state of nature into a state of society, every advance in which tends to advance the progress of popula tion. But you are told that in a state of Society the People have rights, and so they have, and Save reig.nty also, but who are the Peoput ?—not the Lancashire and Yorkshire Weavers and Fustian cutters, nor the Dealers in Fustinn in Pahce-ya , d and Finsbury-market ; no, the Port s of Great B , italts are the KING, Lorin's, Commoss, •Gcv TRY, .141 , ERCHANTS, kAI{MERS, TRADERS, AnTI -aii(l even PAUPERS ; 110 t forgettiitg the ARMY„ NAVY, CLERICAL and LEARNED PRoTES SION6, together with the Rarusmia of LETTERS, MEN'Of SCIENCE, and PRoFFSsORS OF ART But Allele North Country OPERATIVES, in which they arc followed by Cockney Jacobins, tell us that they are the source of wealth, and therefore they have a right to share it. Indeed ! Suppose, JOHNNY, that you build a house, and when finished the 'Hibernian hod•carriers, or architect's-assistants, as they style themselves, insist upon having 'lodgings in it, Will you not naturally ask them,. " who paid them for their labour, and who found bricks and mortar i" Then apply that to those t ocw claims. The weavers %yolk, it is titie,, but they are paid for it, what could they du, if there was nobody to buy wool and cotton / Why they must have remained with out employment. Where then are their claims to share the wealth of others ? But. they do share it, whenever their necessities demand it—as MIGHT ANNUAL. MILLIONS of Moors' Hates Ann dAntly testify ! Bot our ItaotcaLs forget all this ; they think not of what really exiNts—they think not even of all their fellow conntrymea—ail the reasoning, if so it may be called, of the Northern Resolutions and Speeches, is not only manufac tured, but manufacturers reasoning. Their prin. applied to practice, would he destruction to Farmers, Shopkeepers, Laudlords, and the FA chrver ; but to ruin the two latter, they would ruin all ! When Thistlewood calls on the People to leave off luxuries, the fellow forgets that there is a little common sense left in the world. If those thins designated as luxuries were to be left off, what would become of half the industrious popu lation of London ? It is true, that Mrs. litiLt. and her daughters may wear their petticoats, when they do wear any—without flounces or furbe• lows—hut if all the ornamental parts of female attire, which in themselves are really useless lux uries, were to be left off. what would become of the hundreds, nay, thousands, of virtuous respec table young women who are supported by that branch of industry ? No, no ! JoH4NY, we must not deprive the Ladies of any luxury, but one— and that is the having strapping fellows of six feet high behiud counters to serve them with laces and ribbons ; every one of whom, thus em ployed, forces at least one poor shivering female to brave the fury of the winter's night, to earn the bread of infamy - in hopelessness and.sorrow Beflre I close this Epistle, JOHNNY, I shall just hint for y►►ur sober consideration, that there neither is, nor ever was, a Country where oil could get rich—but then this is a Country where any mn,, may acquire a competence, provided he is industrdous and economical. It is the unequal possession of wealth that causes the equitable dis tribution of it. There is no wealth in England . but what is either derived from ancestorial de scent, ot• obtained by present personal exertions. That you have no ancestorial share may be sub ject of regret, but is not fair matter of complain , . It wrongs you not. In tact, it is fortunate for you that others are possessed of wealth, even whilst you are poor ; for in serving them yon serve yourself, and you have the same power with others to acquire and to preserve. I shall soon address you. JOHNNY, upon the extent ()Elgin of your Iti.Olts. Your old Friends IGNOTIIS. HIBERNIAD,S. It is a well-known fact, though perhaps difficult to be accounted for, that there is a very frequent importation of old clothes from Scotland into Ire land. A Scotch Gentleman quizzing an Irish one upon this circumstance, Pat replied, " Arrah now! and sure I can't deny the story ; for I have seen many of the bundles opened ; butt, by the Holy, I never saw a pair of—inexpressibles— amongst them !" A Gentleman enqttiring of an honest Hiber nian, why so many Irishmen were deficient in Irish Linen Och ! to be sure," replied Pat, " and sure behind is the native Country for Linen ; but we are all so busy making it, that we haye not time to wear any!" Pat being told that one of his Countrymen had made a shirt without seams—" Och !' by my soul," said he, " and there goes another just as clever— he seems without a shirt!" Pat complaining that his pocket was picked of a pound note, and that he suspected a ragged ras cal who had pressed against hint at a print shop window—" Depend upon it," said a Gentleman present, " that was the thief. :If he had been searched your note would have been found on him."--" Likely enough," replied the Hibernian —" perhaps an improved edition.—Cum ?was Variorum!" I. G. N. Alrednesdq, according to annual custom, the Lunn MAYOR Elect, Sheriffs, several Alder men, the Recorder, &c. proceeded front Gnildltsil to t h e house of the LORD CHANCELLOR, in Bed fort •squAre, who intimated to them the 11)10r0ba (ion of the Pig vcti RF.OHNT of the choice made by the Ci;y of London of Lord Mayor for the ensuing } ear. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDlTOR—Nothing can be more gratifying to me, than the acknowledgment of an Error Most gladly I recall the observation of Lord GROSVENOR'S' having subscribed to HONE, and relieve his Lordship of so odious an imputation. In proportion to the hatefulness of such a charge, I thank the friendly hand that sets me right. November 4. TENAX. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DEURY-LANR.—The Road to Ruin : Old • 1)u Mott, Mr. NI unden ; Henry Dnrnton, Mr. Elliston ; Sophia, Miss Kelly. After. which,Thelnnkeeper's Daughter. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GAHOEN.—Halolet : Handet, Mr. C. Kemble; Ophelia, Miss M. Tree. After which, Arthur and Etnuteline. *** For " A BRITON," see the First Page. ERRATUM.,--In the Letter signed N. F. in 'fun SUN of Yes terday, Second Paragraph, (or " Yorkshire Brota," read Oralor. GUNPOWDER PLOT —A Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East India, and South Sea Houses. MAILS. ARRIVED—None. Duz-1 Dublin, 5 Waterford, I Guernsey and Jersey, ' 1 Holland, 2 Lisbon, t Flanders. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To•MORIIOW. S minutes after 5. Ervning, 32 minute! after 5, TilE MM. 1101 EM gut, nicKtm LSIJ i AuncAr LONDON, FREIMV, NOVEMBER 5, 1819. No E'.tri• Papers ailiveit this moining, none, as we stated yesterday, iiaving•been published on Tue%driy, We received this morning New York Papers to the 29+ b ,Septernbet (From The New York Commercial 4dver.fi;: - -r, Friffay, Septemlor The Office of tx Commerciat ilduertier anti Spectator, will be removed tn-n►otroty, to Hain nitind-otreet, corner of Hndson•street, anti near to the :I ()trine Coffee House anti the different Houses, in the village of Greent'vicl►. The .next Paper will be published oil Monday next. BOARD OF HEALTH, SEPT. '24. The following cases were reported to the Board :- A person was reported sick with malignant fever at 51, Augustu3-street. Ile bad been in the employ of a Cooper at Old-slip. Also, a person sick near Grand-street Matket. Had been at Old•slip assisting a family to remove. By Order of the 1304 rd, J. MORTON, Sec. The illbany Gazette of yesterday ; teceived this morning, contains the following paragraph : " The Board of Health of this city, after sere• ral Meetings and Consultations, have declined taking any order on the subject of the yellow'fever in the city of New Yurk, or to pass any Resolu tion interrupting the free intetcourse and commu nication between the two cities. In this highly honourable and liberal proceeding, they have fol lowed the example of the city of Washington, and several other places, in respect to the fever at Baltimore," (From the same Paper, Sept. 23d.) BOARD OF HEALTH, titpt. 23d. The following reports were made to the Board this clay A person was reported sick with malignant fever at No. 22, Greenwich-street. He had im prudently been to open and examine 11:$ ;tore, within the proscribed limits. Dr. Hicks reported a person sick with malig nant fever at N 0.53, Lombardy-street. This per son had been employed as a labourer at Old-slip. The person reported yesterday at No. 2, De peyster-street, died this morning. By order of the Board of Health. J. MORTON, See. FEVER AT BALTIMORE.—Forty-five new cases, and sixteen deaths of Malignant Fever, are re- ported' at Baltimore for the twenty-four hours ending on Tuesday morning at sun-rise. (From the Philadelphia Paper of the 3 4 /1.) GEORGE ToWN,Serr.2l.—The disease at Telly Point in Baltimore having rendered it indispensa ble that the inhabitants should remove front \ the infected atmosphere, numbers' have encamped in a situation which is thought peculiarly favourable. Several private letters from Orleans confirm the account of the deadly malady which prevails there. . Extract of a Letter from New Orleans, Aug. 02a. The fever has commenced amongst the ship ping, and GOD knows where its ravages will en►l. On board the steam-boat Alabama, the Captain, Mate, and Steward,died within 2 days.—The l'hy• sicians say that the yellow fever of this year is the most virulent they had ever seen here ; report says 30 have died to-diy. (Extract of a Letter from La Glint, Au►g. a.) The Expedition, consisting of 24 vessels, left Margaretta on the 13th of July, and landed ak Barcelona; On the 15:b, 16th, and 17t 11, tije/ did not attempt to penetrate into the interior. 111 consequence of the preparations to resist th eli/ r ; they sgrected thei r course towar d s C um ana, 110 on the 30th inst. attacked Berdiraes git laud sod sea, but they were repulsed. On the 5(1) t he l made four assaults upon the Castle of Aqua Sa nta ' but were driven back with great lois ; also re. ceired the same fate upon the batteries of the town, and lost a schooner. On same clay the fleet made sail, leaving the troops in a state of despe ration on shore, where they are now suffering all the miseries of hunger. On the 17th, 18Th, 6t ' d 19'h, our fleet was. re-united for the purpose of carrying stipplies to Porto Cavallo ; in the mes" ; time the troops were operating in the plains Barcelona. BERMUDEZ, with 860 men, arrived to reinforce his friends, but it was too late; th e l had left the cuasr, and were flying before cit e troops. Peavrtta, who was marching to oPe s e them, met a convoy of cattle under charg e of TARAGAi the escort was diipersed and the CO voy taken. 'The 13th and 14th were the mien° . rable clays for the Plains of Barcelona, as the enemy was entirely destroyed. PBREYEA baci" completed the destruction of 13EattooEz, m arehe 3 against Mantso t who with 200 men was in Ara' gua ; be was compelled to fly to the hanks of Oronoko. Such is the result of the Quixotic Sx d pedition of the English from Margaretta, in wh tc' ' t they were joined by Hollanders, French, and Ge t ` roasts, and in which they have all reaped the r e ' is at d of their maritime piracy, losing the great er part of their foreign troops, and more than 6 t 4 natives of the corps of lIHRMUDEZ. Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas, Sept. 3. You will no doubt have heard ere this oil" unfortunate result of Admiral BRIoN's ato ci ‘ on Gummier. Various causes have been assigoe4 for its failure. The seenni in command, General ENGLISH, who had the superLiteociance o f lE4 British troops, had never attained any hi g h e r roo li than a . Clerk io the Commissariat of the Arm/. We cannot but anticipate a succession of (I ' 4 ' asters. The whole of the Admiral's squaar°ll are out cruising separately. ARRIVAL of a SPANISH EXPEDITION at HAVANO II ; The Baltimore Patri o t, o n th e aut h o ril ° f Captain GLASHUNIC, who has arrived at 100* more, in nine days, from Havannah, announces the arrival at that port of the Spanish frig'ate.9: !Dina, with her convoy of 12 tran,ports, w ig° 3000 troops, under the c6mmand of Dun A letter, dated the Ist, states the same (O ft with the addition, that part of the troops a re (I' s ' tined for Pensacola, in Cast Florida. (From the New Ybrh Paper of the 527110 A letter Irotn New O leans states, that a nri° tish force of 5000 men lied taken pnssessiwi of Pensacola—(but this report is not credited.) Dispatches from Commodore Peßay, at A n ' gostura, have been received at Washington • Lieut. Tvz u who was left in chalk, of th e John Adams, had put into the Blend of Iriti‘l4' A Captain who is just arrived from Hayti stat e " that the Yellow Fever is raging with g e ,t v i° c ; lance io that island, and not less than 50 1 ° 6 are dyiug every day. No Commercial Letter from Beng3l, 00 th e tshject of the !Markets, was I),,sted at Llores Y' ve ertlay, as stated in an Evening Paper._ There is a very natural expression of alarm f The Morning Chronicle of this day, ors accool t a report " that one of the Measures to be P ro° posed to the House of Commons at the Mee, ol3 P f is to I,ty a Stamp Duty on all printed Papers ° every kind, under a certain number of sheets, °f half sheets, with a view to strike at whit rs termed" twopenny trash." We believe, the 1 1 " 6 ; lie would heartily rejoice in suit an increase stamp Duties, it it would have the effect of check . ing the circulation of those idamous producti °" e which the.'Wooteas, the CAaLtLaS, and COBB3TTS send forth to corrupt, if possib; the whole mass of the People, and id lic them to trample upon the Reli g ion and (.4 .: vernment sof the Count ry. But w e are of ttion that visiting the execrable Writers wit legal punishment, woulfi have more effect in 51qr 00 ping their detestable career, than any new 1„,-10 do t, upon - their productions. That a new Sta"'P . ' orV is in contemplation we have heard, but 8 " it ing to the information which we have received' m erit' is to operate on those lists of Advertise— whitlr are aunexed to all new pnblicsii" s ' ° 0° which have often, we are assured,. excit e( ' of notice of Government, and have• beer , L' ec-°C ,OO proper objects of Stamp Duties as those ri the Diurnal and Periodical Journals r'rou' ltnut e Empire. This, we believe, is the re °l of the report ,which has sn much 013rin ell Morning Chronicle, and induced it to oPP rc o l d that a New, Tax is luteuded to be levie tr tc ti 3r , I lig th .14 Nvi .