The Sun. — London, England, 1819-11-26 00:00:00

Laing tO could be ;r - s, an d ' 1 0Id the OTHERS. peeirre" lid SUP. !Speec h e House red viiil4 ccasian' er spirit or on 3 itibulal I° , o o r. CArr• Chron ii :Asrx a gal° . One ° ill °lle of g ia public' istra teg i shoa l° !,1 ter to( In' t l l , t ion 0 icroiej the Jot of fl!‘' Gre at► on I" Jr( ' er o f I" 1: 1 o E OA 03 ( J ..40 , 1•0"-it I II; e OP P r h jio Lib 'i 0 (1 in (fit° 0 01 ' ia 'i is ; , f o• o , ie g ps T, GO 10i I „, c - j oh° i r the' COURT OF RING'S BENCH, Nov. 26. - RING against PARKINS, WAITHMAN, AND This morning the CHIEF JUSTICE sat as early as U lne o'clock, and disposed of several undefended eI SeS ; be left the Conrt, when Mr. Justice Hot, Il nyb went through the Comraon Paper. On the nurt sitting, and some motions having been dis posed of, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved, that th e Rule obtained in the KING against PARKINS, *AITHMAN, and others, should be made ab %elute. Mr. DENMAN said he appeared ,for Mr. Alderman . \VAITHMAN and two others ; hut 11.011 1 the necessary researches to be made, had been found impossible to prepare affi tlevits in time to answer this Rule ; and although h is clients were most anxious to proceed in the 4 ", be felt it incumbent on him to require that t he Rule should be enlarged for a short time. M r. 11 0 LT appeared for Mr• Sheriff PARKINS, and 'equiesced in the desire of Mr. DENMAN. The C HIEF JUSTICE inquired what time would be I lfficient. Mr. DENMAI thought that Monday Light answer. The CHIEF JUSTICE Said, it was 10 near the end of the Terns,and the case was so l ikely to occupy considerable time, that if the in dleiduals were not ready, the Rule had better be * Merged till next Term. Mr. HUNT said, he was i )e tteetly ready. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, " bare say you are. Mr. HUNT, but it appears the "there are not." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL bad 0n objection to enlarging the Rule, provided it included the whole of the defendants. After some d esultory conversation respecting HuNT'S affidii its it was ordered that the Rule should be en larged till next Term. SHIP NEWS. ttveaposm, Nov. 24 —The Theodore, 1 4 ' 1 , from hence for Newfoondlimd, was totally Pt the 26th Oct. 15 miles to the Southward of "I• John's ; crew saved. YARmouTii. Nov. 25.—The Brothers, Wright. 4 Selby, has sunk at the back of our Sands ; tr ew saved. PALuotru, Nov. 23. -- Arrived the Asia, 4 4indsay, from Bombay ; sailed the I Ith June, hunt the Cape the llth Aug., and from St. ile tlitt the 26th ditto. PoßTsmooTit, Nov. 25.—Arrived his Majesty's 'hlp Eurydice front St. Helena. Sailed his Ma. Pstv's ship Liffey for Plymouth. 'Xt.!, Nov 25* —Arrived, and sailed for the b• ite , the Ceriterns, Heppenstall, from Bombay, the Mary Ann, Thompson, from the Cape of Hope, in 84 days. Mrt.roart Ilivr.N, Nov. 23.—Put into this port ' t he Queen, Davies, trout Cork to Dublin, with /it 'lt, in distress, and most likcharge her cargo ; t• ne.:4l s , A'thd. from St John's. N. 8. , to Salt tv?a(g, with timber ; Minerva, Williamson , front tislifa x for Greenock, and several other vessels. • • Nu v ..24 —Just art ived the Gower packet. with mail and pa , sengers from Waterford. Remain ; t he Severn, Gibson, from St. John's for Wolk 41gtun, and the Avon, Hall, from the Clyde for St, ~FHL THEATRE.-,-Nlr. J. SMITEI, late of Drury- Zalte Theatre, appeared last night at that of li)vent-Garden, in the character of Illacheath.— r • SMITH is a good musician, and possesses a tolerable voice. He is olso a respectable Actor ,7 1 a limited walk, but Macheath is beyond L is r t °Per bontidary. lie, however, displayed more 174. eas e and spirit than could be expected. His : 44 inter is somewhat peculiar, but he always • t v lnces a right conception. was favourably :eeived. The Polly of Miss STavF.Ns, in tinaffect it acting, as well as Intisical skill, deservedly e kcittd touch applause. The Lucy rat Mrs. C. Kem !Lk, has long been considered vs an admirable keit/ l e n of theatrical excellence, and last niOit it . I thibited all its former spirit, and characteristic COR N EXCHANGE, Nov. 25.—Several fresh yes -111 art ived this morning from Norfolk and Sul -I°lk, chiefly laden with Barley; a n d h avin g a :tge quantity of that grain left over from Mon irs supply, caused a dulness in the sale of it. at • decline of Is. per quarter in the best, and 2s. / 3e r quarter on the interior sorts.—Oats Is. per 1V heat lower, the arrivals being barge.—The heat T ra de remains nearly the same as on Mon d4Y, but only fine samples were saleable at that 1 4 rs prices.—All other descriptions are from Is. ° 2s. per quarter lower. I , l SNfrrayi lAD MARKET, Nov. 213.—0ur Market was well PPlied this marninc with all kinds of Cattle, in consa, P"tice of which the prices were lower than last Market day; Otton, Veal, and Pork, have also declined in price.—Hay ,i'4lniewlitit cheaper this morning; Straw and Cl ov er the 14 v as per our last quotation. STR EET ROBBBRY.—The following new species Of att ac k, f o r the greater facility of picking 1 7'eket s cann ot be too generally known :—A ,gang at well-dressed pickpockets employ 3 ei at dirty-looking boys, from 10 to 12 years of h ge, who assemble near them in the high-streets, ac t it more particularly in Holborn, Oxtord.street, C. and wait at such entrances as Gray's-inn-lane, t :to which waggons, drays, and other carriages, f tr cklnenily pass, and for a short time prevent the ; ci ssitsg at foot-passengers ; at this period a cord , Pieced by the boys (who appear to be playing i kethrt) round the legs of one of the passengers , h 14 " is held at each end by one of them ; when the Ple hrgin to move tram each side , one of the u lch Pockets, properly stationed, pushes the vic tit-hrt tot Ward, who instantly and violently' tails, b r occasioning an immediate pressure to the 10 4 ", the plunder begins. Such a circumstance j a "k place about noon at the end of Gray's-inn (lle a day or two ago in one instance, and pro jo many others. The person thrown down itreiely bruised. It is necessary that all i t "out, and particularly those who are daily in ti" with bi rdproperty should notice this inforina "s and be on t hei r guard. PETURsPIELD. The question respecting the right of a Steward of a Court Leet, who is the Judge of that Court, to nominate and select the Jury, came on in the Court . of King's Bench, on Wednesday morning, on a motion to make absolute a rule to show cause why a Quo Watronto information should not be filed against a Mr. MBERES, the Mayor of Peters field, who had• been elected into that office-by a Jury of the nomination of the Steward of the Leet there. We regret that the length of our report of the debate prevented our inserting a full report of the arguments of the Counsel in this case, as it is a subject of great and general im portance. We believe the custom for the Steward to nominate the Leet Jury, prevails in many places, and has enabled many Lords of Manors, besides the Lord of the Manor of Pt. , terslield, to appoint Mayors of Boroughs and Returning Of ficers at Elections of Members of Parliament, a privilege of which they will, in all probability be deprived, if it should ultimately be deter mined that their Stewards shall not nominate the Jury. It appears to us; that the election of a Mayor of a Borough by a Leet July, must be considered to be a modified kind =of popular elec tion ; for we cannot suppose, however much credit we may think due to our ancestors for their patriotism and public spirit, that it is at all probable, as we heald it argued on the present occasion, that the custom of choosing the Mayor of a Borough at a Court Leet arose from a wish on the part of the Lotd of the Manor to relieve himself from the burthen of that choice which hael been imposed on him by the char ter of his Sovereign, or from any regard for the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the Borough situated within his manor; for if his Steward was to be allowed to select the boy who were to elect the •:Mayor, it is evident that the Jury would only elect into that office such a man as would suit the purposes of the Lord of the Manor ; and that, theretore, it is a mere farce, pretending that this was the origin of custom, and that the Lord thereby bestowed a boon upon the inhabitants of the town, by allowing twelve or thirteen of his creatures, pointed at by his Steward, to elect tl►e Mayor of such town. Our limits will not now permit us to enter into a discussion of this subject, or to etempt to trace the origin of the cri•tom for a Leet-Jury o elect the Mayor of the Borough, or to fix the period when Stewards of Courts Leet first as sumed the power of selecting the Juries, though it seems probable that this latter custom arose in places where the retornog officers a elcc• tious of Members of Parliament were elected by such Juries, when Parliamentary influence be came valuable, and, we believe, it cannot he traced to an earlier pet intl. What may he the ultimate determination in the case which has been brought before the Court of King's Belie, it would be im pioper in us to anticipate ; but as it will decide the practice in many places in a similar situation to Petersfithi, we cannot retrain hum expressing a hope, on constitutional and public grounds, that the system which h a s unfortunately been allowed to prevail there in ibis respect, will not receive . the sanction of decision of a Court of Law in its favour.—(Morning Post, Nov. 26 ) LOYAL DECLARATIONS. LOYAL DECLARATION of the Magistiates, Gentry, Clergy,Frechoit:eis and Inhabitants of the Isle of Ely : " In the present alarming state of the country, when under the mask of reform, seditious and blasphemous doctrines are industrioully propa gated, with a view to the subversion of our reli gion and governmeut, we feel it incumbent upon us publicly to express our determioation to aid and support to the best of our abilities, such measures as may be found necessary for the security of the public traequillity, We' consi-• der it as the bounden duty of the loyal and well affected of every class of the community, strenu ously to exert, themselves in averting hum this fa voured land those dreadful calamities and revolu tionary horrors, which have recently been expe rienced in a neighbouring country. IVe, there fore, trust that such measures will be adopted as may effectually arrest the progress of that spirit of irreligion and insubordination, which, unless it be promptly any vigorously expteSsed, must ulti mately lead to the dtstruction of the most perfect form of Government ever framed, by human wis dom, for the protection of the lives, the liberties, and property of the subject. While we avow our detestation rind abhorrence of disloyalty and irre ligion, we also pledge ourselves, collectively and individually, dist no exertion shall be wanting on our part to protect our Civil wit! Religious Insti tutions from insult and violation, and to secure to ourselves and out posterity those inestimable blessings which we have so long enjoyed under our. unrivalled constitution." The abovti loyal Declaration, after being signed by the Lord Bishop of Ely, as Lord of the Royal Franchise, has Lib() received several hundred other respectable signatures. The Devon County Loyal Declaration was sent off front hence (Exeter) per Mail, to the Secre tary of State's Office, on Sunday morning last.— The sheets of parchment, when joined together, measured 53 feet in length, by 2 feet 8 inches in width, and contained the signatures of about Seven Thousand Freeholders. . _ The following Letter has been received from Lord Sidmoutli, his Majesty's Secretary of State cur the Home Department, in answer to the De claration of the Loyal Inhabitants and Residents at Dawlndr, transmitted to his Lordship :-- Whitehall, Nov. 17, 1819. Stn—l have had the honour to lay before his Royal High ness the Prince Regent, the Declaration transmitted in your Letter, of the Inhabitants and Residents of Dawlish. And I am to acquaint you,, that his Royal Highness is much gratifi ed by this testimony of their firm attachment to the Consti tution of their Country, and of their determination to upljold and defend• it. I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, Tha Rev. Dr. Pkbins, SIDMOUTH. Vicarage, Dawlisb.—(Exeter Flying Post, Nov. 25.) P 0 8 1' II V. "'Wet argento" Brammagiense) "domus"--. Q. H. F. Carus. Lib. 4, Ode 1 1 b About getting me in, why make well a rout? Ili be devilish glad if I get safely out! WOLSELEIi% A CHARACTER. In judgment differing, but in end the same o Britain's tine happiness. their common aim ; Two, pasties for her Senate's rule contend, Yet each their rival's and their country's friend. The TORIES vindicate the regal crown; Yet cast they ❑ot the Nation's freedom down The Witt . ns assert the People's share of sway; Yet cast they not the Monarch's rights away ; Each to the Empire's cause their service bring, Each, the firm friend of People and of King. But what account we Him, who stands alone Whom Tories own not, and whom Whigs disown?— By each distrusted, and by each disdain'd, No rival bath he raised, no partner gain`d; By each rejected, and by each denied, He seems the outcast scorn of either side. Each from the other would avert his blow, But neither grace him as a friend or foe. The Tories spurn him—for his rebel hate Still labonrs to e'erturci the Monarch's state The Whigs abjure him—for his wild career Would shake the People from their proper sphere. The Tories deem him not a Whig ;—because He for the Empire seeks unequal laws: The Whigs account him not a Tory ;—for Against the Throne he wages ceaseless war. Such " moderation" is his "glory's" place; Its fruit—distrust, defiance, and disgrace;— His friendship fear'd, his hate desired, by all : How shall we name this wan ?—A RADICA L. JONATHAN. BETHEL SEAMAN'S UNION. A Public Meeting was held on Wednesday at Montpelier House,lValwor h, to form an Auxiliary Letter (A) to the BETHEL SEAMAN'S UNION, Bri• tish and Foreign.—A. ALLEN, Esq. Commander in his Majesty's Navy, being called !o the Chair, stated the desire of himself and his brother Officers who surrounded hint, to promote the welfare of Seamen, according to the liberal and extensive plus of 'IV BETHEL SEAMAN'S UNION. Mr. G. C. SMITH, of Penz,ioce, advocated the cans' of the Seautati's .Union, and related several striking instances of essential benefit wising from the Devotional Meetings of Sailors on hoard va rious ships on the liver Thames. He read a let ter handed tip to the platform. signed " A Friend to Sailors," offering 20 guineas towards sup porting a Missionary, to be ',Wholly employed among Ships and Seamen on the Thames, at such times as public service is not held in the floating Chapel, and who should also visit various ports of the United Umpire. Mr. T. PHILLIPS, Secretary of the Bethel Union, produced the most impressive facts, from his own knowledge., to prove the necessity and importance of encreased exertions to promote piety among Sailors. Lieut. ARNOLD produced Other testimonies in favour of the object.—Capt. ORTON, as au aged seaman, urged attention to the religion of Sailors. Lieut. J. G. NICHOLS, as Secretary to the Auxi liary now fOrmed, produced a most interesting Address in the spirit of a NELSON, and the lan guage of a PAUL. I.aient. W. NICHOLS spoke of battles and tem pests, where be knew religion to be essential. Capt. LAMB, of the Royal Navy, and Treasurer to the Auxiliary, moved :he Rules of the Society, and avowed his cordial approhation. The Rev. Mr. T. Brinwti and Mr. T. WIN NARD, SeCretAiiCS to the Bethel Union, deeply interested. the meeting by their cogent and affect ing arguments, drawn Irons perional experience in his Majesty's Navy for many years.—Captain FABIAN advanced powerful reasoning, in fa vour of the Institution ; and Mr. SMITH summed up the business, observing, that a Gentleman and Lady had just presented a Bethel Flag (the Sail ors' signal for. prayer) to be hoisted in Mounts' Bay a.nd the Scilly Islands. %T. CLEMENT~ DANE, ST. MARY-LE-STRAND, AND SAVOY BIBLE ASSOCIATION. The Sixth Anniversary Meeting of the above Association was held yesterday evening in the Great Room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, tltrand, and was most numerously anti respectably attended. A talf past six o'clock, the Rev. WILLIAM GURNEY, M. A. Rector of St. Clement's Dane, took the Cbair, and having opened the business of the Meeting in a brief but appropriate speech, the Secretary proceeded to read the Report which stated, that nearly 150 copies of the Bible and Testament had been distributed during the last year. Many families were still without them, but would soon be supplied. Upwards of 100 1, ' had been subscribed since the last Anniversary, more than 901. of which had been expended in the dis tribution of the Holy Scriptures. The Report then stated, that since the formation of the !hi , ish and Foreign Bible Society (a space of 15 iears), three million copies of the Bible and Testament had been circulated, and that the Word of GOD was at the present time printing in 118 different languages and dialects. The Report concluded by urging the necessity of great exertion, and praying for liberal assistance. Several Gentlemen addressed the Chair, and after thanks were voted to Mr. and Mrs. GURNEY for their exertion in behalf of the Association, the Meeting, which was a most numerous and re spectable one, adjourned.—A liberal collection was made at the doors. On Saturday last, whilst hunting with the Hampshire Hounds, the Duke Of WELLINGTON was thrown from his horse in the act of taking a fence, but be received uo injury whatever from UNIVERSITY INTELLIGtNCto CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 25.—1 n comet-pence of the absence of his Royal Highness the , llAke of Glon. center, in Worcestershire, it is expected that the University Address will not be presented until the week atter next. The Deputation are engaged to dine with Lord Palmerston on the day upon which it is presented. -His Royal Highness the Chancellor of the University has accepted the office of Patron of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and has pre sewed the Institution with a munificent testi mony of his approbation. The two Representatives in Parliament for th• University have also become Lite Members of the Society. _ _ The following Gentlemen were on the 15th instant elected Officets of. the Cambridge Philoso. phicil Society : PRESIDENT. Rev. W. Faris!), Magdalen College, Jacksonian Professor. VICF-PRESIDENT J. Hariland, M.D. St. John's, Regius Professor of Physic.. SECRUTARIES. Rev. A. Sedgwick, M.A. 'Trill. %Voodwardian Professor. Rev. S. Lee, M.A. Queen's College, Professor of Arabic: • THEAstiKER. Rev. B. Bridge., B.D. Fellow of Peter College. oIIOINAkIY MEMBERS OF TAR COUNCIL. Rev. E. 1). Clarke, LL.D. Jesus, Professor of Mineralogy. Rev. J. Cumming, M.A. 'Prin. Prof. of Chemistry. ltev. T. Carton, B.D. Fellow of St, John's College. Rev. T. Turton, 13.11. Fellow of Catharine Hall. Rev. I'. Kerrie!), M.A. Magd. Coil. Principal Librarian. R• Woodhouse M.A. Fellow of Caius College. R. Gwat Li in, M.A. Fellow of St. John's Collge. The lion Robert John Eden, M.A. of Mag• dalene College, is elected Fellow of that Society. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John La dos Dampier, Esq. of King's College, to be a Commissioner of Bankrupts, in the room ot the late Bowles, The Rev. Peter Lancelot Cowling, M.A. of St. John's College, was on Saturday last insti• toted, by the Lord Bishop of Ely, to the Rectory of Lttng Stowe, in this county. A Dispensation has passed the Great Seal, to enable the Rev. John Thomas Huntley, M. A. ot Trinity College, to hold the Vicarage of Kim holton with the Rectory of Swooshed, Hants, to which he has been instituted by the Bishop of Lincoln, on the presentation of his Grace the Duke of Manchester. At the anniversary of the Cambridge Auxiliary Bible Society and Cutirch Missionary As.otiat held last week, the noble Chairman (the Earl of Hardveirke) presented the sum of 301. to each of these Societies. The loyal Address from the Mayor and Corpo• ration of this town, to H. R. H. the Prince Re gent, was presented last week, and a most gra. cious answer has been returned. PREFERMENTS.—On Tuesday the Rev. Thos. Robytts, M.A. Domestic Chaplain to the Right Honourable Viscount Falmouth, and Vicar of Cotebrooke, in Devon, was instituted, by the Rev. Dr. Fisher, Subdean of Exeter, to the Vi carage of Maristow, with Thruselton Chapel an. flexed, in Devon, on the presentation of the Rev. Henry Hawkins Trernayne, of ileligan, in Corn. wall, void by the death of the Rev. John Teasdale Spry.—The Rev. Henry Van Voorst, M A. late of St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, has been presented to the Vicarage of Steeple, in Essex ; alternate Patron, Sir Brook Bridges, of Goodnestone, in Kent. COLLEGE MUSEUM, EDINBURGH. We have great pleasure in informing our Readers that since our last report, numerous valuable dons. tions have been received by Professor JAMasoN for the University Museum. The following list has been communicated to us : I. Collection of Minerals from North Ameri• ca, presented by Lady Dalhousie. 2. Animals of Ireland, presented by Sir George Stewart Mackenzie. _ _ 3. Animals collected in Baffin's Bay, by Capt. Ross ; also from Capt. Rosa, the sledge and dress of the late Sacchense, the Esquimau% ) who ac companied the Baffin's Bay expedition as inter preter. 4. Corals and minerals, collected in the 83. hamas by Admiral Sir David Milne, and by him presented to the Museum. The corals are un rivalled in magnitude and beauty; it is believed they are the most splendid specimens which have hitherto been brought to Europe. Along with the minerals there are several colossal stalaitites, one in particular is calculated to weigh five tons. 5. Collection of ores and minerals from the island of Elba, presented to the Museum by Prin cipal Baird, from a Gentlemtin in Elba. 6. Skeleton of a Boa Snake, measuring 15 feet in length, presented to the University Museum, by• Dr. James Gregory, jun. from Andrew Wad. del, Esq. Leith. 7. Collection of insects, serpents, and quadru peds, presented by Sir James Macgregor, Chief of the Medical Board. 8. Skeleton of the great - whale of Airthrie, pre sented by Sir Robert Abercroniby.—(Edinburgh Courant, Nov 22.) EXECUTION.—Thin morning the following four unfortunate criminals were executed before the Debtors' Door, Newgate :—Thomas Fonsick, for forging a will, purporting to be the last will and testament of William Anderson, late a seaman on board the Batavia, Indianian, with intent to de fraud Messrs. Buckle and Co. ; John Henley, Henry Lovell, and Edward Cassidy, for highway robberies at West End Fair, under circumstances of peculiar aggravation and atrocity. A few mi nutes before eight, the unfortunate men ascended the fatal platform (attended by the Rev. Mr. COTTON and two other Clergymen), and con ducted themselves with decency, and appeared resigned to their fate. A short time having been spent in prayer, the drop fell, and they were launched into eternity. Fonsick was a Portu guese Jew, and had been in this country near thirty-five years ; the other three were young men, hut had been long known as old offenders. Some circumstances of a favourable nature having transpired respecting Fletcher, he was respited, at a late hour last night, till Wednesday next.—The crowd was immense.