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FOR THE SUN. THE RELIGION, LAWS, AND POLICY OF THE COUN TRY CONSIDERED, In a Series of Letters, most respectfully inscribed to the Pro prietor of TUE SUN. LETTER I. Ma. alma—At the present eventful moment, when the discordancy of Public Opinion is so great, and the display of sterling Principle com paratively so small, it behoves every one, who would think correctly and conduct himself ho nourably, first to ascertain the purity of the mo tives from which he acts, and the propriety of the measures which he adopts, then to maintain them with firmness, and carry them into effect with energy; for there is, I presume, no one, however bumble or elevated his sphere, inferior or tran scendent his abilities, who will controvert the truth and propriety of this plain aphorism ; name ly, that it is better to think before we act, than to act before we think, since a due attention to this maxim, simple as it may appear, whilst it guards us from surprise and defeat on the one hand, will secure us from opprobrium and remorse on the other. Yet, whatever may be the opinion of the world, should be matter of perfect indif ference to us, when deciding on the principles which we ought to espouse, or the measures which we ought to pursue, since our line of conduct is distinctly marked out by the wisdom of ages, and the purer page of Holy Writ ; namely, to draw our conclusions, not From the opinions of others, but from the intrim;..; excellence of things them selves. Wherefore, to rouse my Fe/low-countrymen to that necessary reflection, which in the ardour and impetuosity of the moment they have not allowed themselves, is the design of the subsequent Let ters. In which I purpose to address them, not in the pompous strain of dogmatical reasoning, but in the plain and argumentative style of common sense, as one who recollects that he is writing to his Friends and Fellow-subjects, and respectfully submitting, for their cool consideration, aud impartial decision, points of the highest im portance, not only to themselvei, but likewise to their posterity ; and who feels tha: he Isas too much sincerity to flatter them, and too much respect for them to insult them, duly aware that many, of them roly possess talents superior to himself. However, from what he conceives, and in the sequel will endeavour to prove, from mis taken motives, these talents have been misapplied. Whence, in ordfr that we may not draw our Conclusions front illegitimate premises, I shall lay down this general proposition, as the standard of reference on every subsequent occasion ; namely, that the happiness, prosperity, and independence of a State, principally depend on the purity of its Faith, the efficiency of its Laws, and the sound ness of its Policy ; and oil a due observance of such laws by every individual member of the State, whether supreme, superior, or subordinate, and that whoever suggests or disseminates prin ciples, aids or abets measures, which, in their re- motest consequences, have a tendency to corrupt such generally received Faith, infringe on such established Laws, or frustrate the aims of such Policy, must, in the eye of the sante Laws, and in the sober judgment of Contain') Sense, be consi dered as a decided enemy to his Country. Fearful of exceeding the limits ‘tlbich I have prescribed to my3elf, in order not to intrude on your columns, nor the patience of your traders, I shall close this letter by observing, that I shall in my next, without tut titer preface or apology, pro ceed with the first subject proposed, namely— R:mtotos. In the meantime, 1 beg to subscribe Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, A BRITON. FLANDERS MAIL. -THEATRICAL REGISTER. Prrformert bait Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRHRY-LANE.—WIId Oats Rover, Mr. Elliston ; Lady Annirani h, Mrs. W. Vie.t. After which, past Ten o'Cli , ck and a Rainy Night. • ROYAL, COVEWC-GAltDEN.—Kingßichard theThircl. Richard (Second Time), Mr. Macready; Lady Anne, Mrs. • Yates. After which, Arthur :mil Emmeline.. TO CORRESPONDENTS., HOOKER, and other favouis, are unavoidably deferred till To-morrow. ‘,,,* The following Note to the Article in our Paper of yes cntitletl " Meeting of Radical Reformers," taken !root a Morning' Journal, was accidentally omitted its Gig burrs ut *ending our Pap - vr to press , 64 ‘Ve insert the foregoing infamous Placard of the PArti cm..s, to .thew the presumptuous freedom with which they treat the iiifil/L*T AUTIIoRITY in the State. Surely their Foiloweis will see the danger of listening to such Nli4creants, who will only lead them intoßebelliun,aadent4ii on thew the just inStinctions of the Lii%Y." I'ltICE Oh N roc KS tHls PAY AT rt) Bank Stock 14 213 2131 3 per tent. Rea. ..••• 6541-1 3 pet Cent. Cons. .... 6(.3041 31 per Cent. 4 per Cults. itvr Navy Ann. 'UM:II Bank Long Anti. 17t 7-I(iths EIN V. ()% LoCK. India. Stock ... 2o6i Ditto Bonds ..... 7s. !)s. pr. Bills, 2d .. 3s. 2s dis. Ditto Commercial .. • 17 , dis Omuium Cons. for -Account 66tii ARRIVEI)-4lin, 1 Holland, I France, 1 Flanders. DUE-1 DU1)1:11, 1 Waterford, I Lisbon. HIGH WATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO•MORItOW. Morning, 0 minutes after G. I Evening, 24 tumors after 12. myself, • IkIADRITO, OCT. 8 —There is snore talk than ever ot the cession of the island of Cube to Eng land, upon conditions which are' not yet known; but %hich a c re variously spoken or. In the mean time the inhabioluts of that island offer to the mother country an immence sum if it tsili recog nise their independence, for they cannot bear the idea of being transferred to the British Govern. ment. It is now doubtful whether the proposals will be accepted. The fever has stopped at Seville, and has not penetrated further into Andalusia. Cadiz is the . place where its rvinges arc the most tetrible. j~itty or sixty Persons die there daily ; twelve C ipt i os of transports belonging to the Grand Expedition have died iu two days ; all business is at a Stiilld, and every %vliere images of death meet the eve. Of course there can h e no th oug h t of sending an corny to Ameilea Against .the Inde pendents ; nor can it be foreseen whether it can be done when the fever has ceased. All the regi ments are dispersed and disorganized, The cor don in the Sierra Morena, to cut off the corn rwtnications writ La Mancha and Estrema dura, is very strict, and the reason fugitives can-- not find an asylum in these two provinces. In the mi,lst of our misfortunes, the entry of our new young Queen into this capital will be on the 19th IVe received !his morning the Paris Papers of MOnday and Tuesday last. The following are Extracts:-- ► " PARIS, OCT. 26.—Sunday, the King received at a private audience, the ,Baron d'Ultrichtz, Saxon Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, who delivered to his Majesty a letter from his Sovereign, notifying the marriage of hip Royal Highness Prince Frederic of Saxony with her Imperial Highness the Archduchess Caroline of Austria. " The Duchess de Berry dined with the King on Sunday. " His Majesty on Sunday, rec e iv e d t h e Am bassadors, Ministers, Marshals, fite. " Yesterday the case of the History of the 100 Days came on for trial before the Court of Assizes of the Department of the Seine, on-charges against Regnault tVarin the Editor, and Donire the Publisher. The Jury, after four hours delibera tion, acquitted the accused of any formal attack upon the inviolability of the King's person, upon the succession to the Throne, or the Consti tutional authority of the King, but by a simple majority of 7 to 5, they declared the Defendants Guilty of a Libel upon the Icing's person, and upon the Members of the Royal Panay. The Court agreeing with the majority of the Jury, sentenced Regnault Warin to one years' imprison ment ; Domer'e to imprisontnept for six months, and both to pay a fine of 1,000 francs. " The Senator Tatischeff, Russian Envoy Ex.; traordinary to the Court of Madrid, left Paris on Saturday to proceed to - Sr. Petersburgh. " The Princess of IVales, under her travelling title of the Countess Oldi Angela, is still at Lyon 3. It is not known when her Royal Highness will quit that city. • " The King yesterday gave, ft private audience to Lieutenant-General Lagrauge. " It is said that orders have been issued to shut up the Club of the Friends of the Liberty of the Press. " An °rho:mance, posted up yesterday at Paris, fixes the Price of Bread as follows :—The Loaf of 41b., first quality, 60 cents (6d.) ; second qua lity 45 cents FIVE PER CENTS. ••• Monday bEPORRED STOCK Of the MI March, 1817, 22i1 Sept. 1817, giq March, 1818, s 9 f. —c. 6 2.211 Stria. IF,i 8, 234 March, 1819, B5 f. —e. 9.2t1 Sept. 1819, f. 90 c. Ocr. 23.—Duke Aivx,mtler of Wm.- i c inbcrg is at Vienna with his daughter, the Princess Maria, A marriage is talked of between that Princess and an Archduke of Austria. " It is said that the Congress which is about to open at Vienna, will be occupied, amongst other subjects, with the abolition of the Land wehr and the Landsturm, in all the States of the Germanic Confederation. " MANHEISI, OCT. 19.—The report continues to he circulated, that the opening of ,he Extra ordinary Commission at Mayence is postponed. " VIENNA, OCT 14.—There is a report of very important dispatches having been received by our Court from Berlin, relative to the measures adopt ed by the Germanic Diet. It is said, that some of these measures will he reconsidered. " The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, will it is said, pass a part of the winter in this Capital. " MUNICI4, OCT. 17.-It is said that the re solutions of the Diet will be immediately pub lished in the Kingdom of Bavaria, but with the express reservation that there shall be nothing contradictory to the Constitutional Char;er." The more we hear of the preparatory measures 9f the Radicals, who assembled at Mancbester on the memorable lfith of August, the more we are convinced, not only of the propriety, but of the absolute necessity of the measures adopted by the proper Authorities on the occasion, as well as of the falsehood of the charges against the Yeomanry Cavalry of that place. That there may have been some instances of violence on the part of the latter, may he admitted, but it most he admitted also that they were provoked by the missile fury of the Mob, and acted in mere self•delence. We lately, upon the best authority, stated the prepara tory measures of the Radicals,t heir Military Train ing, secret manufacture of Pikes, and other deadly weapons, and we have abundant confirmation of the truth of our statement. Such was the pre vious conduct of the " innocent, unoffending, meek-spirited assembly of men, who had only met to exercise one of the 'Birth-rights of Briton s," but who came to the Meeting, armed with sticks and staves, and, probably other hostile instru ments, and who would, no doubt, have exercised them, as soon as the Oratorical part of the Radical Drama was over. They certaiuly did not expect that the Military would have acted with so much vigour, and, if that vigour was converted into some degree of rigour, it was their own fault, and the just punishment of their desperate intentions. They obviously conceived, that they had taken effectual means to prevent any attempt of the Civil Power to take their Leader into custody. It is, we repeat, a fact, ascertained beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the Yeomanry were. not the Aggressors, that a number of men, linked' arm-in-arm, surrounded the Hustings, and that the Constables could not make their way through such numerous and determined bands of Radicals, and, that then and not till then, the Yeomanry were called in to aid the Civil Power. They used no violence, but proceeded towards the Hustings, notwithstanding all accounts to the contrary, as carefully as possible. Before they had arrived within fifteen yards from the Hustings, they were assailed with stones, brickbats, and other missiles, with which they were amply provided, and had brought in their pockets, in order to annoy the Civil Power, and to secure their ultimate object of spreading confusion, riot, and desolation over the town. That this was the fact, is plain, for they were purposely so jammed together, that it would have been impossible for any man among them to have stooped down to pick up a stone, and such a close phalanx, so near the Hust ings as within fifteen yards, could hardly have formed such a compacted' union, merely to hear their favourite address a multitude, consist ing of from a hundred to a hundred and fifty thousand, persons. That they had really provided themselves with stones fur the occasion is fur. titer proved by the testimony of one of the Surveyors of the Highways in Manchester, who had ordered all the loose stones to be gathered from the place in question, but after the disper sion of the Innocents, they were found scatterer) all over the field, and particularly about the Hus tings. These circumstances are fully ascertained by Gentlemen unconnected With the Magistrates and Yeomanry, Gentlemen of unexceptionable characters, against whom no imputation or suspi cion can possibly be directed. It is then manifest that the Meeting ,was not intended to be a peace able Meeting, any longer than every thing went their own way. When interrupted, these peace able Conveners assailed the Cavalry in the most brutal manner, and therefore the Cavalry were compelled to disperse them, for their own safety, as well as for the preservation of the public peace. How tbat essential object could be effected, with the loss of so few lives, and so little injury, is a matter of astonishment to all impartial men who know the real state of facts. These compara tively sligitt disasters, considering the idanense number, and desperate spirit of the mob, and the provocation which the Cavalry bad received, prove that they are not the blood-thirsty Wag" which they are represented to be in the Radic al Journals of the Metropolis anti other places, but that they were respecf able men who deeply re gretted the distress and delusion of the ignorant multitude assembled, an d wh o m ad e a ll t he antis in their power to prevent any danger a nd-mischie f from falling on any of those infatuated followers of asi ditious Demagogue. An infamous Batiks' stated in London, at a Meeting of one of _the. Wards, that he had seen a piece of the ground, of a large space, into which there were ohly three ol four very narr o w en t rances , an d that at , each et" trance soldiers were placed to prevent the people from retreating, that the Cavalry within . 114 -4 ' cut them in pieces. The contrary is really ths fact. The Cavalry who were called from n earSt• John's Church, to assist the others, took CJ P. cuitous route of at least half a mile, and ,stns into the ground in question by a way that wa g deemed impracticable for horses to travel over! We lament to say that the town and its vicinity i s still in - a state of ferment, exceeding even what tt was several weeks ago, and; in fact, no man's li fe or property is safe. It is not uncommon for the Radicals to threaten the lives of O 0 ? who oppose or condemn their proceedings." ... A man was lately taken at Blackburn with 3 5 deadly weapons, some finished, and others tha t he 'vas sharpening. At Bolton there is a flag, of banner, with the representation of a Factory o° fire, with the inscription—" Go do thou like" wise." It is highly probable that some of thol e who pretended to receive gunshot wounds on Peterloo Plains, did not receive them at tha t place, but at New Cross, where a riot occurrerfth e day after, when the insolent behaviour of the tre b to a Captain of Infantry and a Corporal's thud' had obliged the Military to fire. One man sre killed and four wounded on this occasion, sod these four pretended to have suffered at Me" chester. Such are the wretches who are to re' form the Constitution, and who were prevente d by a Loyal Magistracy and Loyal Yeomanry frona carrying their horrible designs into effect, or wil e otherwise would have spread desolation perils? . not only over Manchester, but over the whole County. For such Miscreants are those al v gistrates and that Yeomanry loaded with tb s foulest aspersions, and held forth as objects °I abhorrence to the PeOple at large to pervert tb il minds of the Jury, corrupt the stream of justice' and kindle rebellion throughout the Empire. ALARMING FACT.. tiS certain that the Rad ? cats are searching all the Old Ironmonger Shoe to purchase fire-arms. The Porter to a respect s ' ble tradesman in Cheapside was told by an Old Dealer in such weapons, that if he had had 104 hundred Pistols last week be could have O ld them all. If.such was the opinion of one of tlie ° Dealers, it is probable that most others could 64 the same. Who then, with such an alarming O gg before them', can doubt the necessity of resortiog to Military Force for. the protection of th t Country. PARSON Haantson.—This incurable Refortneb we are assured, preached a Radical Sermon Is 9t week at lleyside, in the Parish of Oldham. " l i e was attended by a•very numerous Congregation u' Radicals, who all wore white hats, and some w ilt) the addition of black crapes, for departed Radica ls ' and others with green ribbands, symbolical of Irli ts Rebels. The boys are taught to sing seditious Sane in the street to the tune of " Green grow the Rustles 0!" Such is the terror among all tij : Anti-Radieals in that neighbourhood, that tl 4e7 are afraid to express their sentiments on 611/ public matters, as they know not whom to trust' and are constantly afraid of attacks on their liire of this month. The ft 'es on this occasion will have a melancholy air, %chic!) must affect the feeling heart of the young Princess. It sees ts more and more certain that .the fare of• the Exiles gill be alleviated, and that many of them will be permitted to return to their country. Though the measures taken in Andalusia 40 pre vent the spreading of the contagion to those parts of the kingdom in communication with, the capital, must dispel all fears of its passing ,the hounds drawn, it has been thought proper to place a detachment of tr4tps at Ocana, ten leaztics from Madrid ; to establit , h a Muncipal Junta of health ; to shut up all the small gates of the city ; and place guards of Citizens at the five Royal Gates, to watch a,ll strangets entering the city. The news front Andalusia i 3 still alarming. VIENNA, Oc•r. Emperor Alexander and- several tierinan Sorertigns were expected here at the time of the Congress, which it is sup• posed will be protracted beyond the period now fixed for the re-opening of the Diet and various subjects will be discussed, which will contribute essentially to consolidate the Confederation ; and to all appearance the institutions, the want of which has been hitherto felt, will be established. Mr. Ronzar,,t he Ex• Conventialist, died on Thurs day, after• a long and painful illness. rui E S UN. SWAM QUIS 11CLHE FALSUAI A UDEAT ? LONDON , DAY, OCTOBER 29, ISI9. or property. We refer to the proceedings at the Salfor 'Sc" *ions, to spew the temper of the Reformers , filt d, from which their designs may fairly be infer° . It appears that some of the persons who o ' er brought as bail for the defendant, refused 1° ter into recognizances for " keeping the Po ce. l What but a disposil ion to violate the peace , w it the consciousness that they were likely to " W d some adt in violation of law, could have ind dc he the refusal *?—Surely these are times fa r t adoption of efficient measures_ to defend the C °lll4 try, and a resolute execution of them Wed' The MAYOR and Chamber of Exeter 00 , ' t he nesday last, agreed to present a loy4lA,!dres6 t' s o f PaINCE REGENT, on the daring licenlious ne : Ole the Reformers who are attemining to destroy Constitution and Religion of the eountrY• „1 1 0" DUEL.—A sneering took place on 1, 34 - of heath on Tuesday, between Captain 6 .; ta int Barham-house, near Farnham, an d a Gen tle : 3 re" named BARING, in consequence o f a ilisP: it- iss r la•ive to some opinions expressed at Os / Reading Meeting. In the first fire !kir. wounded in the side, and the ball Ws' I'Letkidi tracted that evening. He now lien it) a d6llll' 0