The Sun. — London, England, 1819-12-04 00:00:00

FOIL 'POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE. 1114 . tDITOR-The sagacious and fugacious t "thEl'T, in his Address to the Manchest/r Re '4lbers, talks of their political knowledge and to Reform the Constitution ! N° ll r Sir. suppose Mr. COBBETT were to be llc k* -- -for th e D ev il him se lf was sick once, as the t P i grammutie Proverb tells us—would he permit : 1 :10f these adepts to prescribe for the cure of ta bodily Constitution ,—and if not, on account 4f t heir ignorance, are we to trust our Political t4tistitution to their quackery ? Yours, 808 SHORT. SIMIM• NEWS. b arEE, DEC. 3.—Passed this port for London 111- 1- lottentot, Taylor, front the Cape of Good 4° Pe; left Table Bay the 4th of October, in to rt Patty with the Brilliant, Young, for London. 4 " Governor Belle, Boyle, for Copenhagen. DEC. 2.—The Melanie Chasse maree, 1 ; 311 ) Bryne to Rouen, has been picked up off ' 4l verhith e , and brought into this port without lin g person on board. The Captain and crew eve since arrived here. VAL:IIOI.7TR, DEC. I.—Arrived the Ambroke, ilr ilid3o r , from Newfoundland. lintiwicx, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Prince of °r ange packet, with a mail from Holland. I ' ORTSMOUTIT, DEC. 3.—Arrived the John t , , 4 'rid, Rees, from London for Jamaica, and -41 be, Patterson, from Batavia ; she left the Cape the Ist anti St. Helena the 16th October off St. klena she spoke his Majesty's ship Sophia, Os TEND, Dec. I.—On Sunday night, about /41t -past nine o'clock, an armed bo.st ran along his Majesty's transport the Caroline, Captain L oom - , with the intention of taking possession, kt th ey sa id, o f the vessel. The Captain placed 144 e British Ensign across the gangway, telling ,Tern,,T if they entered the vessel, it must be over ""tt. British Colours, upon which these nocturnal %jailors retired. His Al3lesi y's Consul, Mr. " t4 eQuEs, has very promptly instituted an inquiry *4l O the cause of this proceeding, and by whose utters it took place. ParNce LaoPou3.—lt will give pleasure to It "ery friend of Virtue to learn that this unlikable i o l'ince is disposed to wean his mind trout me- LI-ocoly reflections. by indulging occasionaily in the rational amusements of Society. For this pia kote, it seems his Royal Highness has commanded representation of IVild Oats nu Tuesday next' " nrurv-Lane Theatre, where we heartily hope I , tl lnt he . will derive as much pleasute from the `“)trieely as the audience will from the presence of I .° estimable a character. it Newfoundland Papers to the id of November ate been received. From the Pith! of October 2d of November, 29 vessels sailed from the MI of St. John's having on board 46,948 quin tals of fish. His Majesty's ship Tamar sailed on ke 24th of October, for Cadiz and England. THE OLDHAM INQUEST.—A letter from Marl. geleater dated Dec. 1, says—" At an early hour his mo rn ing, Mr. Battya, Mr. Farrand's clerk, 441 'ormed the Jury, that in consequence of the 4 roceedings in the King's Bench respecting the koroner, there would be no necessity for their tirthe r attendance." Inquest on the body of one Rhodes, ano 'ler person who was reported to have died of * quints received nit the 16th of August, was held eit i . Tuesday last, before Mr. MILNE, the Coroner, Elopwood. The Jury, after hearing the evi dence of several medical men, returned a verdict 61 1-Natural Death. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--Abollt two o'clock t itTnesdav afternoon the ferry-boat, in crossing l i t. "trt Mutton Cove, Plymouth Dock, to Crentirl .. - ass age , was u p se t in a gale of wind, and we la- Illeof to add, that two women, a girl, and a boy tassetrgers), and one of the boatmen, were un twfunat ely drowned. The other boatman, it is 1441 , supported himself on one of the oars, and Ras drifted, in a most tremendous sea, a cousi dtrttbie distance up the harbour, when he was brovidentially picked up, in an almost exhausted tit' , qt., and his life preserved. 8 11trrous ACCIDENTS.—AII accident, which 104 i:411:ned most serious consequences happened .114 Thursday last to Major-Cienetal STEUTT, . 1 "', Len on his way to Terliog-place. The horse, i t appears, swooned in his collar, and, by falling, t hrew the General and his servant Out of the vehicle I t ' ate sta4en a manner as to precipitate them 44 . 4 11 into a perilous situation, bring within 1 ::selt of the st ragg lin g anim a l, from which the 13 entral received several scratches and contu sions upon the lace and head. Mr. LAMBIRTII, t he General's old and confidential servant,. eats rendered incapable of assisting his master, tea upon attempting Its rise he found that his l eg was broken. In this most distressing situ .ftion diet the General and his man remain 11 "rly half an hour, calling for assistatrce ; but .3 1 !hottgb w i t hi n a s h ort di s t ance o f :felling "'tt-!e-gate, their voices were not immediately re '"enized by the person who resides there. In the 14 raotinte Gen. STIAUTT, incapacitated as he has 1 ''rie been front the loss of a leg and other injuries, L ,hlelt he received whilst fighting the battles of ‘ "- - v country, could not assist himself. Their voices ;t:re, however, a t l as t owes h ear d by the person 'siding at the gate, and the General and his man I 'ere shortly removed to Tcrling.-place, where me , ti i h eal a id was prompt l y furn i she d ; an d we are ena li, led to state, with much satisfaction, that no consequences are apprehended from the 4,"lites received by the General himself, and that LAMBIRTH, his servant, is as well as the oa ,1,1" of the injury he received will achnit.— . v f o7 d afraid) YOETR Y. POLITICAL. QUERIES. 4lternis a/) urn oermortibers, et popidarer trincortern strepit us. Q: H. F. de Atte P9et. line 81. Mat cures a bad cough, when become most terrific The best cure I know of, is TzErtser's :peer:fie. Jana tepremet no.r, fithitlxque VT?ICS, Et dams Platonia. • Q. H. F. Carne. Ode iv. lib. r. " We ask, and trust you will not fob it, Pray who or what is Mister Conctrt ?" " I know, good Sirs', no more than you, t; Mess he is the wad. geeing Jew !" " Jetts sell old clothes—buy eking of rabbits—" " Well ! llc makes money by old Habits." " Jews stick to text—llE turns like swivel." "'Ten, Sir, he's Cora ETT or the 1)—." I. G. N. S 0 N G, As Sung at the MArom's FEAcr, Leicester, 1819. Tune --- ,4 Scots wha hue," 4-e. Britons who with NELSON bled, Britons whom a WELLESLEY led, Can you stoop the laurel'd head To factious knavery In this crime-emblazon'd hour, See the shafts of Treason lour ; Start ye from the Hydra's power; Rouse, and still be free. Who would crouch the rabble's slave? Who would urge Sedition's wave ? • - Who would live within the grave .direfitapiety. Who for England's outraged law, Her King, her Church, Would pause to draw His sword, and with a firm huzzah Defend her purity. By your Father's dear remains, By the blood that swells your yeino r Spurts the Crew who weave your chains With factious sophistry. Dash the impious Traitors low, Reason brands them as your foe; Who but Fiends would aim a blow At England's Liberty. robb'd of his scat, still for Birmingham roars; 'rooter slily counts over his ill-gotten stores: Iraithman trembles, but swaggers at Aldermen's threats. 'raison looks at his pestle, hut can't pay his debts; Wood cries I'd be glad to be Lord Mayor again; Irishart mumbles his quid, and cocks up his chin; 1- 1 Tri/son others lets out, hut himself can't get in. What will be the end of these terrible men, Now Cabbett's come over to lend them his pen T I pray you, dear Countrymen, ne'et he afraid, The trap for such vermin will quickly be laid; And if they be caught, as surely they will, The Doctor will give them a right bitter pill. STEEL. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Dec, 3.—The Prince Regent has fixed 'Tuesday next, the 7th inst. at three o'clock, to receive the University Address at Carlton- House. This ►ime has been appointed to enable the Chancellor to attend, as his Royal Highness does not intend to he at Gloucester-House before Monday. The iollowing degrees were conferred on Wed nesday last : t•IASTBRS OF ARTS. Rev. William z Wilcock:, Trinity College. Edward Michael Wright Stewart, incorporated Irmo the Univer sity of Dubin. 13ACIIIILORS IN CIVIL W.V. lol►n Hancock Hall, Esq. Trinity Hall. Rev. John Davis, Trinity Hall. Rev. Chanipness Pleydell Brugge, Jesus College. Rev. Edward Bartlett ► Jesus College. BACHELOR 114 PHYSIC. Thomas James Thacheray, St John's College. The following is the subject of the Norrisian Prize Essay for the present year : " Shew from a review of the civil, moral, and religious state of mankind at the time when Christ came into the world, how far the reception whit:h his religion met with, is a►proof of its Divine, origin." _ _ . The select preacher at St. Mary's church, to whom the Sunday afternoon turns are assigned,. for the present month, is the Rev. J. C. Franks, of Trinity college. • The Rev. Thomas Comyn, citrate of Deben liFint, in Snfrnll;, is appointed one of the Chap lains in Ordinary to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. OXFORD, DEC. 3.-Thursday the following Per. grecs were conferred. MASTE-11S- OF ARTS. Rev. Frederic Cox, of Lincoln College. Rev. John Fitz :iloore, of Nlerkin College. Rev. George !.rancis Ottey, of Oriel College. Rev. 1.-lyla Holden, of Peinlirolte College. Rev. Frdicis Drake Foster;of Balliul College. ' BACHELORS OF ARTS. Charles Lyell. Alexander Dyce, • of Exeter College. . . Chitloner Stanley Lcathes, ) George Maw, Richard Derby Ness, of Lincoln William Brock Hellins Richard Battiscombe, of Merton College. James Lockhart, of University College. William King, . t Scholars of Edward 'Few Richards, J Corpus Claristi College. Edward Gieswell, • George Nlusgrave Musgrave, of Brazen-Nose College. Thomas Frederic Paull Hankins, of Queen's College. His Royal Highness • the Duke of Clarence has been pleased to appoint - the Rev. Charles Robert Fansliawe one of his Domestic Chaplains. (CIRCULAR.) A GENERAL INVITATION to the 'PEOPLE of ENG LAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, and . WALES, to recom mend particularly to their Servants and Carriers to ask for TURNER'S LIQUID or - PASTE BLACKING, as it is to be had of all the principal Grocers, Bootmakers, St ationers, ironmongers, Druggists, and Perfumers in every Town in the Kingdom, from an improvement lately made, which sur passes any Blacking ever brought before the Pnhlic. N.B.— lo those who have never yet made a trial, it is most earnestly recommended. .1 am, with profound respect, Yours, very truly, BlAcking Manufactory, - ItICHARD TURNER.- 14, Loudog-roltd, .%iuuthwark ? • • - To MY COUNTRYMEN. 11LisJ ly , there )ne of , CO" 00 151 feet in ! there is sup' ind °' F Sena'' ; g ilt b Tbi• ' ens r e ; of cbc Id, a na' 41313 5 ' Ind th . :coun t ' e mar. V lOO ll l to ibe 'tenan t he E 9rl e habit )4 0111/11 at M t ' Con e ' 'celled' 0 tlifiC ktion ea; r nll will be ante t 0 rue sit . by 11/4 be n 5f116 Irof )0 off` -- 1 eite' vl bot s, diff o.e ; ate ° to eyed Mil iCnt; e mbl eU 4,1 0101' 1 1 finer* dr al _ . ,' ) F,ctiom .... 60. r‘o r epor ts isoa d" w bo, 1 ly, ° 441 creso l 0 1g l berg ut n t ' t I cl lrs4 Cos s9/ :et "I' e f otr PAW h i s rd rib° 41 itodil l ' Wir t s O a" by wbit , Pr e " i r t o . 4i.1111.1 OP I X C " ofi 1 0 o* ,r o r 11 0 of 3 i, 0 1 1 to ;011-11 LETTER Having endeavoured to sliew, how utterly YOU would be your own enemies in bringing . . about an equalization of property ; I proceed, ac cording to my promise, in the examination of my next question—Whether Liberty would be pro moted by Universal Suffrage. No one can be free, whose life anti liberty are not placed by the law in a state of inviolable se curity. But, whoso is prevented from doing as -he will, or compelled to do what he will not, by the apprehension of evil to his person or his pro perty, is neither free nor secure. Again, whoso holds that person or that property at the discre tion of universal legislation, possesses neither se curity nor freedom. I wish that the Radical Orators who are so fond of Liberty, and make such high-sounding speeches in its praise, had been kind enough to favour their hearers with its definition. I will define it -for them. Liberty is the power of doing every thing which is not hurtful to another. And, paradoxical as it may seem,—the limitation of Liberty constitutes its extension; for, if every one could do as he pleased, no one could do his own pleasure. Thus, too, the extension of Liberty would constitute its limitation ; until it becomes extinguished in its own universality. And, if universal Liberty would have this effect in the whole, so it would in any of its parts. As the equalization of property would render all im poverished, the eqiialiiatiOn of suffrage would render all disfranchised, 1, know not which of these equalizations is to pave the way for the other ;I.bur sure I am, whichever follows would destroy itself and its predecessor in the same over whelming ruin. Liberty• cannot exist without Law ; and Universal Suffrage would destroy all Law. The Law which depended on the will of the multitude, would place property and life in unceasing and hopeless jeopardy. For with the multitude, the highest promiser is ever the hero of the Hustings ; and experience, though she sel dom convinces a mob, has shewn that every pro miser will cheat them as thoroughly as they have been cheated already. HUNT gets himself ap pointed Treasurer, and pockets the cash : Con- BETT anti WA•rfort * proffer themselves to be bought : all are acting for their own selfish ends, and the people are gulled by all in (Leif. turn. And so it must be. Effect never followed cause more naturally, or more inevitably. If power is to he given by Universal Suffrage, he who bids highest will be the favourite ; and he who has the least to lose, being of course the most desperate at gaining, will be sure to give the largest pro mises. The shorter the period too, for which power so given were to be held, the more eager and the more profligate would its holder be in getting his fullest . avid - speediest advantage. Be sides, Universal Suffrage; like equal property, would make every individual's share so small as not to be worth having, and ao easy to have as not to be worth seeking.—ln destroying confi dence, it would destroy security ; in destroying security, it would destroy freedom ; in destroying freedom, it would destroy enterprize ; in destroy ing enterprize, it would destoy emulation ; in destroying emulation, it would destroy industry ; in destroying industry it would destroy wealth.— Lint I had forgotten—wealth could not exist with equal property.—Thus, then the mischief would end where it began, in the 'revolution of its circle of min.—lndividual and national security would perish together. And if the Candidate for a seat in this Univer sal Legislature would look to his own advantage, the Voter would not be less selfish.—All that the• l ' . multitude desire, is to get as Mauch as possible to themselves, anti to work as little as possible for . Unleis this is to be obtained by Universal Confusion (for which, indeed, .Universal Suffrage is but another name), they would, however, find themselves sadly disappointed. There are more liherty, more security, and more independence, to be gained in the existing state of the National Representation, than ever could be found in Uni versal Suffrage.—Under Such a State, the Repre sentation, which is now National, would become individual only : and the very name of the Nation would perish with her strength and her character. But, under the present State, every man who chutes to be honest a nd industrious, may obtain not only a share in the election of his Country's Legislature, but a seat among her Legislators. He can transmit, too, the fruit of that honesty and that industry to his children ; because the Government under which he obtained it, and in R The Editor cannot forbear adverting, in this place, to the charge so repeatedly made against Apothecary WATSON, of having offered to sell himself to the Government,. for a petty subsistence at home, or the means of transporting himself to his assassin son, in the common refuge of Ebgland's out casts—AD:erica, ,~ which he participates by its means, assures to him and them its permanence, and is therefore. a worthy object of his emulation. The Radical scheme, however, of Universal Suffrage, which is desired for the sake of equalizing tind destroy ing all property, would prevent even the hope of retaining any thing ; for, when once the mul titude make the law, they will take especial care that none shall be better off than themselves. Mark then its further consequence. When all security of person and property is vanished, the very gainers by this pernicious bcheme would hide their gains ; they would not have the folly to ex hibit wealth, when its exhibition would point the way to its privation; if they had the hearts to do a benevolent act, they would not have the hardihood. They would escape with their wealth into some foreign State, where property is sure of protection. And this, you may be assured, every prudent man will do, upon the very first danger of their success :—since no man will, when the, State of England shall be subverted, forgo the protection of civilized countries ; where his rights will be guarded by the Law, where the diligence of youth may contribute to the comforts of age, and where he whose industry has prospered may enjoy its best reward, the right of transmitting it to his children. To them, and to their children, if they emulate his conduct, every Briton may hand down the frui:s of his industry. The highest honours, the , most profitable offices of his Country are open to him, while be labours to attain them by honest exertion.---How unnatural is it then, my Coun trymen, that this happy and equal state of society and Government should be lowered in your esti mation by the wicked and fraudulent falsehoods of selfish men ; who look to their own advantage alone—and not even to that, had they unpervert. erl wisdom ;—who care not if the glories of Eng land should be expunged from the future page of history, so that their mischievous designs might be accomplished ! If then you value the protection of the law against the violence of a mob—such violence .as the quarrels among parties would occasion in the contests of Universal Suffrage ;—it you value the comforts of your families and of those most dear to you ; if you value the blessings derived from industry, and the obtaining to yourselves and to your, ,posterity, power, and wealth, and dignity—as the list of the two Flouses of Parliament will prove to you so many of your fellow-citizens have done ;—in a word, if you value freedom, public and private, civil and religious, avoid—as you would avoid a pestilence or a serpent — AVOID UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE A LOVER OF LIBERTY. The High Bailiff of Westminster has agreed to the Requisition for a Meeting, and it is sup posed that Wednesday next will be fixed upon. A RA.quisition is handing about for signature in Southsvark, for a Meeting of the Electors, rippeet ing the new laws which arc now passing:in the House. BREAD.—The quartern lOaf is nnw - selling by the upper class of bakers at 11 d., byotherS at 9d., and both are of very good quality; the average price of wheat in the last month was 675, 6d. ; in the inland counties the aggregate average price of the 12 maritime districts, by which importation , is to be regulated in Great Britain, was 6.55. lid. ; at the same time the price of flour per sack was 60s. to 655. on the 22d November ; and salt stood at 20s. per bushel, or 4FI. per Pound. The baker's profit may be rstadily computed, and con sistent with all his necessary . outgoings, seems tti be fair ; but where he is undersold at 9d. per loaf ; we have not found that the bread itself is wanting in its properly nutritious ingredients, or in the quantity (though •in some instances this may have been the case) ; the reduced price has for the most part arisen from a desire of getting business in the neighbourhood, content with less profit. The small-pox has been so prevalent lately in Worcestershire, that a Meeting of the Medical and Snigical 'Professorrhad been called, to devise the best means of stopping its rapid progress. IMPORTANT I NFORMATION.-FrOITI calculat ion by the College of Physicians, no less than 40,000 die annually in Great Britain of Consumption, and at least 10,000 in Loudon. The late William Turnbull, Esq. a very ingenious Surgeon, ascer tained that every 20th person was ruptured.— These complaints are truly,islarming to every in dividual who uses th'e leaqt exertion. It is also incredible the number tharsuffer from a certain Disease, by being improperly treated. It was those circumstances induced Dr. Coo to select eminent Physichtus and Surgeons, of at least 30 years' axperienee, to form a Medical Board ; and since the establishment upwards of 30,000 Pa tients have been cured without confinement— many of them alter hospitals had failed. Messrs. COOPER and .Co. are consulted at Woodstock-stree . , Oxford-street ; and. at Char lotte House, Great Charlotte•street, opposite the Rev. Rowland Bill's, daily, from tight till eight, Nlechai.iics have advice gratis every evening, from six till eight ; and on Sunday mornings until I'2 o'clock. *** IturTuttEs of SO year; stand►ng radically cured %without co►►finement. *f* - There are private daorsat each house, and private rooms for Females.- N.B. The Afflicted would do well to read Messrs. COOPER and Co.'s Lectures on two pre vailing Diseases., published at one shillinr, by Mr. Harvey, 22, lilacliftiors-rdad. They will also prove usetul to young Practitioners. • . .. ~ .. .