The Sun. — London, England, 1819-12-21 00:00:00

.eel an entirely crw principit Into The law 'of --.Ettg oid i bin this he deined It was not the fact, tiott to recrire Tecii t2 :nizances previous to the eiimitiksiod of aiiy dfielice was contrary to the principles of English law. On the contrary, not to mention the cases for the protection of the re venue, there were many others in which securities were required. No person, for instance, could have a boat or, cotter of a certain description without giving secittity that it should not be used in smiigglittg. liv ao Arq of Eda•ard VI. too, and confirmed by the Act of Goner 11. all publicans taking wit a liecose u-r, re obliged at the same time 5.., enter in7o a reci...-, , nizatice wnli securities, not for the safety of the tevenoe, bnt for the keeping of good order and the prevention at offences This was exactly analogous in principle to the present case, and it wood( not be contended that they were not here legislating against a more piessinv danger than any that mould ari-e from a d'SONtedy 610 in-house. The mischief they were riving to privet C was not to restiain that sort of mdtter which. all would ti W I t o s ee pi t h. but the blaspheinons !Picts which every one was anxious •to eve pin clop n. As for a r,eoe nizance from the person hirwrelf it woi lii be quite 11,04atoty, and lie could not conceive how it co u ld lie drought too [Ouch to ts.k from those upon •tvLoiri the public, must depend so ruatii, tit pro duce t Wri friends to answer for the M. Mr. MacDoNALD said a few words in explatia- nun. Mr. J S'4YTH said, this !MI would render a play-bill liable to a fourpenuy stamp, nod eve:, tl olay•titket. other pApers, ‘vizliotit trade (0111.1 i!ot be coil - led <ln oue.day, one hour, tvould Also be pobibited by its opera! ii.n. Mr. WAITIIMAN AgAiu objected to the measure. Mr. ATRyNs WRIGHT said something in a low tone, which we alierwards ascertained, from Lot d Castlereagh's answer, to allude to the pro hihitt d operation of the Bill upon the Oxford publications. Lord Css-reetteaox replied, that if the objec tion went to the second branch of the Bill, it could not he difficult to find recognizances in this ca,;e ; it tit the firNt, the easy remedy was in the hands of the patties, and it wits not too much to ask of them to confolm so touch to the law as to make their publications monthly, or it weekly, of higher price than sixpence. Nor was jr too much generally to ask the moral part of the booksellers end printers, than whom none had ex pressed in stronger terms their opinion of the ne cessity for checking the. mischievous portion of the press, to contottn so much as to suffer the meAure to apply to the supvression of these blas phemous libels. Government had been anxious to steer a•midOle course, and no doubt, even after this Act pa-sed, improper works mieht be pub lished monthly, subject to no intpedin n but what the old laws imposed. They h,idtrictl prac tically to combat the bad and leave the good as unfettered as possible. It was not their wish to is:pede any legitimate operation of the press. On these grounds he hoped the house would not re lax, bio. enable Ministers to catty through these very necessary meastnes. Mr. MARRYATT repeated his objections, and noticed the stopprte of a Shipping List in Ire land by a former tax, and the present would have the same effect on all similar papers in this coun try. He had expected ft out mite Hon. and Learned Gentleman some exceptions in favour of these productions. Tie SoLICITMI•GE RAL Said, they would be introduced. Hi also contended that the principle sectoities previous to off-rice %vas common in English law. It was the general principle from the time of Alfred, was recognized in Magna Charta, and had only been limited and modified as circumstances required, Where they were necessary they were still continued, and never did the morals and peace of the country rt quire it more than in the present instance, when it was to stop the tot rent of s edition and bi a s. phetny. Was it right to demand a moderate se curity frotn those who boasted, that by the Press they w'ould oveithrow the Religion, Laws, and Constitution of the Country ? Sit' W. DE CHESPIGNY Said, if the Noble Lord C3rIIC to an untimely end, this Bill would prevent the publica , ion of his last dying speech and con fession—(A murmur.) Mr. WILSON was in favour of lowering the amount of the securities. The Committee then divided-- Ayt, 202 Noes B4 Majority ----120 The clause was agreed to. On the clause for itn.pwitig h penalty of 2W. for selling without eart.ri»g into a reet.gnizance. some discussion but no division took place. On the clause demanding second recogoiz:ince and security horn persons charged with iihel being read, Mr. DRISMAN, Mr. Mir,, and Lord A. I-lAMILTyN opposed it. The 'latter MOTrii 10 leave out the INOI'd 01411Ci011f,id, was negatived. The ATTOHNP.Y-GENBRAL eplied to ihe other objections, mid the Hulse divided•on the Clause— Ayes 149 Noe? 9 Majority —l9o Further debate on the wording of the clause, entitling informers to prosecute in the name of the Attorney General also took place, but led to no result. The AITORNBY•thiNERAL then introduced clause, allowing persons becoming sureties to withdtaw their recognizances, on giving twenty days' notice. It further enacts, that if any Printer or Pub lisher shall print any paper without entering into new securities, be shall be liable to a penalty of twenty pounds. The s.id clause was added to the Bill. The ATTORNEY-6F NERAL introduced a second clause, to exempt particular wu►rks Iron► the ope ration of the BM. Nothing in the Act is to ex tend to printed Parliamentary Papers, Acts of State, Books Hat(' in Schools, Books of Piety, Charity, ‘Veekly Accounts, the State of Markets, Ship Papers, the Sailing and Arrival of ',Merchant Vessels, and other Publications of a similar descliption. The clause was read a first and second time. Lord CASTLEREAGH proposed the Report be received this day, and observed, _float opportunity might be allowed to consider the articles enuase- - ratei! in the E‘culp:iigi 'Cause he fare - the 'OAT 1 readiug of the li H. Mr. J,'l-114 SMITH Said, there were several pa pers conitamly used by ir great commercial hotly. the West India Docks Company, which'lte should move to include in the clause of exemption ; but as the Noble Lord would give an opportu nity to consider te smentiments, it was not his intention to trouble the House further ou that occasion. The Bill with the amendments, was then order ed to he reported to the Horse this day. 'rule second reading Of the Blasphemous Libels Bill was postponed to this day. The Misdemeanour Bill was r ead a third time and passed. Mr. C. GRANT obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better Administratitia of Justice in the Cnurt of Exel , e(iner, Ireland. Sir 11. PARNLLL moytd tr leave to bring in a Bill fur the Ittgula.ion of Polls at Elections in rela mid. —Lea% e The House a , laurned at ONE-.4)!Ct.ocK. FOR 111 E SUN. A CAUI'ION. We most earnestly advise the PtisLac I' UNCTION- Ames, the Guardians of the Kin►g's Peace, the Armed Force of the Country, the Regular Troops, and the Yeomanry, that they will not safer the FESTIVITIES Of CHRISTMAS DAY to &Pert their Vigilance from the PLOTS of the RADICAL CON srIRATORS. It is very probable; that that day has been determined on for the Si►nultaneous Meeting, which was postponed from the 13th instant to a more unguarded season; and that the Infidel Insurgents, who respect neither God nor the King, have calcu• Toted on that day for the dispersion of the Military Power, and the relaxation of its discipline. THEATRICAL REGISTER. • Performed Last Night. THEAraE ROYAL, DaultY-LANE.—Bertrtto : Bertram, Mr. Kean ; lorogirie, Mrs..NPGibboit. After which, The Devil to Pay. TirEATisk: ROYAL, CoVENT-GARDEN.—The Comedy of Errors; I)roniio of Ephesus, W. Fatten ; Adrirma, Jliss Sic phens. After which, 13;ue Bcard. ST. TUOMA9.—A Holiday at the Exchequer, Batik, and Sout - 11'3eit flotlse. Amin'Ett-1 Dublin, 3 Wa;erforti, I Liihnn, 1 Ntitlfa. DuE---i Hi,!laud, I Outtclibtirzli, I Fraticv, I iiittnburgh. HIGH WATEII. AT LONI)Ci !MIDGE •F ()-74()ItII.OW• Morning, 5 minutes after ti. j Ervising, 29 , inoiltes sitter S. SUN. SOLEM LUIS DICEISE 1,1,7 Al A u DEAT ? LONDON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2), 1819. GRA'MPOUND. MR. Enrroa—lt is not sot prising, from the principles avowed by your Correspondent TENAX, in his several communications to 'I HE SUN, that he should be an enemy to a Reform in Parlia ment, however glaring the defects, and however great the incongruti►y of the present - system. U.SI objection to amend and how ove the Laws which I elette to Elections, justifies the conclusion of two or three of your former Correspondents, that he belongs to the flight Tory School, and it will not surprise your Renders if he were even !o go to thelengthofadvocatingtheexplotted doctrine of passive obedience and non-resistance. IVhete this Writer has been for many years I know lot, Ile cannot, however, have mixed much with the People at large ; his intercourse must have beet► wholly with PEHRoGATIVE-MEN, who do not possess the TACT of feeling for the Rights and Liberties of the People, otherwise he would have seen the great change which has taken place in the middle and lower ranks of Society; their advancement in knowledge, the increase of their property, and the feelings naturally ex cited in them, by their exclusion limn the enjoy ment of the political Rights possessed by many of their fellow-subjects. I. approve of the opposition of TaNAX to the admission of Papists to the possession of Political Power, but I do not feel any pleasure in the per msl of his too fruition intolerable attacks on the Dissenters. It neither evinces judgment, or the Possession of that Christian charity and forbear ance which should be shewn to all mankind, especially to those who, fur conscience's sake, may differ from hint in their religious dews and notions. I have been led into these observations from the SPIRIT which pervades the writings of this Correspondent of yours. I must now direct your attention to his want of accuracy on the subject of Grampounti. He states the Right of Election for that place to be " in the Borough and not in the Burgesses ;" what he means by thii distinction is not very apparent ; except lie con ceives the right to he in the Ownets of But gage Tenure, or Freehold Houses and Lands in Gram pontul. A little trouble and research would have shewn TENAX the Right of Election in Grampound is in " the M.iyor, Recorder, anti Ilinhabilantspaying Scot and Lot," and that it is not a Properly Borough, as the rotten and close Boroughs have frequently been called. If TENAX should persevere in opposing all moderate,rat ional, and gradual Reform, because " the concession will be used by the Radicals as an engine for ob taining something beyond," I shall trouble you with another communication on the subject. In the interim, 1 trust you will insert this article in to-morrow's SUN, that the question as to Grampound may not be prejudiced by even inad vertent misrepresentation ; for, as the right of voting there ii in the resitleut Inhabiiants paying Scot and Lot, and not in the .Owners of the Houses and Lands, the whole of Ttnax`s argu ment is inapplicable to Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Bill, which I hope will ultimately receive the sanction of the Legislature. This Letter is written hastily, in the under- mentioned Cotree-House, after a perusal of your Paper, which is regularly taken in there. Dick'& Coffee House, Monday night, Dec. 20. VINDEX. • See MALE, and the other Writers on Eteetions. A Tail without a Pig !—On Thursday se't►night a botcher at Lyme Regis . having ki{l efl one o f the gruntiog gentry, the weight of which was about twelve score, he dressed it and hung it in his killing-house in readiness for the mat ket on the following day. Eatly in the morning he went into the house for the purr”e o f cutting it up ; but it appeared that some of the animal's relatives had been there betme hits—n►,t for the purpose of mom-clog over the dead body, but, (impious rogues tl to feast ; for these in truders (the pigs) had absolutely devoured the whole carcass of their slaughteted brother, leaving only the tail behind. — (Sherburne Paper.) The Paris Papers of Saturday lest, which were due thi; morning, have not arrived. Our Readers will perceive that we have re-pub lished the CAUTION which appeared in our riper of yesterday; : and the information which we have received, and which we deem of a very import ant nature, will induce us to repeat the inset tii , n through the remainder of the week. The designs of the infamous miscreants who are attempting to subvert the Government of the cotultry. to involve us all in a common ruin, are deeper and more. widely extended than it is possible for good men to conceive. They have been rendered desperate by the measures which Ministers havg adopted for the security of the Country, arid we have reason to believe that, no:withstanding the irritation and revengeful spit it by which (hey are agitated, they have dark and deep plots on foot, by which they hope to create confusion during the approaching season of festi• vity. We therefore deem it an essefflial ditty on our part to give due and repeated warn ing to the People to be upon their guard, lest, at a time of harmless menirnent, they might fall a sacrifice to wretches who care not what horrors they may occasion, provided that they have a chance of rising into that power which would soon lead to the destruction of themselves as well as of their Country. There WAS a spirited Debate last night in the House of Commons, on the suhject of the News papers' Stamp Duties Bill, but the Ministers had a triumphant Majority of 222 to 76. We confess th a t, a ttached as we are to Ministers, on ac count of the important services whirl, they have rendered to all Europe, as well as in sup porting the honour of this Country, there are, in our opinion, many points in this Dill to which we should firmly and vehemently object, if we did not consider the Empire to be really in danger, and that the measure is intended to be temporary. When there is Anil reason to believe that the danger is really over, -we shall he one of the most resolute advo cates for the repeal of an Act which cis cumstances certainly Memand at this period, but which should only be coeval with its necessity. The Freedom of the Press is the PALLADIUM of all our rights and pr4iirges, anti it is only when those tights and privileges are in danger of being annihilated by a wild Faction and a relentless Democracy that the People of this Country should consent to any restriction of that Liberty which their ancest,rs becreatited to them ; except, as is the case at pre sent, when they are actually exposed to so tie mendous a peril. The Efizo bah, 11Aiciosor4, from Bombly to London, and the Foiscowles, lI UMBLM, from Ben• gal to Liverpool, were totally wrteked nt the Cape of Good Hope, in October.—Crew and ninst of the cargoes saved. Yesterthiy the Duke of YORK Cgtne to tru.vn from Oatiandl, and afterwards twi an aodi,nre Of tite PRINCE ItKGENT, at:Cariton o p wi military Nosiness. The E4ll of FIFE, it is said. IS to have the Green ltihhand, vacant by the death of the Edri of ECi. LINTON. SIIIP NEWS. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The East India Company's ship Minerva Willa at Madras the Bth July; she parted company w itil the Rose, in squally. weather, on the 22d in Lat. 29. S. and Long. 26. W. The Thomas Grenville arrived at Madras th s sth August ; she parted company with the Ca r italic, in the night of the 14th July, in a hea rt ?ale of wind. The Carnatic arrived at Madras a few hours b e fore the Thonia3 Grenville. NORTH SHIELDS, DEC. 19.—The tired, from Dover, was ruu foul of by a brig' which carried away her main -mast, and drove h er On the Blck Middens, where she bilged r cr glf staved, and part of the materials will be saved. DeAL, DEC. 2O —The Peace di►l nut sink yer te-r,Liy, as was r►ported, but floated Off, and the boatmen are entkavourilig to get her into d iji harbour. PORTtMOUTH, DSC. 20 —.lrrived [be ]~tors' G,iiiiitis, from Loudon for Miranharn,. And nitic i Lt•opold, Wr3ogles, ttom St. John's, N. B.; t h° latter tvith loss of btxt s, bid bokA'spi it sprung, noiiti anti m4in-top-anvil carried away, &c., ballot; experienced a sol i gale on the Ist just. LIVFRPoOL, DEC. 19.—Arrived the Briti' l Lir, Fishley. from ; oo the Ist Vec. it, la,. 44. 33. long. 41.:3. she experience ( ' • h,avy 14a!e, which laid the vessel on, her bes ii e'bils, awl she lost lier deck I,t4d. The I.3ti 4t ` i i 1 1 ',; Williams, from London for Chester, was tuto" lost hear Bard:ley Wand the 181 h lost. We are happy to have it in OM' power to O li o tradict the report of the logs of on e ot the Wl l ! r d Office Misled Packets, off ninth:pay, on Inepd"le evening. The violence of the storm obliged bl e to drop her anchor, which she dragged, but 0 1 `, the g a l e out Without &Amalie of any kinti.--( 0°- 4 lin Correspondent, Dec. 1G ) TIIR TIIRATRE —Mrs. M`GIBBOtf, IrrSe - per formanee at Drury-Lane Theatre, of in the terrific tragedy of Bertram, we notic e ' l ' on Saturday, repeated her performance that character last night, with such a (l ia ' play of unaffected simplicity, and such O l t : pre,4sive energy as jastified the favottro b ' ' , tribute which we offered to her on the 'previa, occasion. Her Acrion was evidently dictated b ' feeling. There %yam no parade of elaborate gc s ,' hue, but all seemed to tesult from a strong pressiun of the general qualities of the charge°, which she assumed, and the t.it oations in she is successively involved. She was much oVi planded. - We repeat onr . opinion that the pelt ‘ l , Bertram is the most sucee , stul of Keyes eff)r i and that it is better adapted to his peculiar (I"°' i;' '' ties than tiny other in which he has appeirca. Mr. STRONG, gunner of his Ittjesty's ship Pi r . g ; tnit , , was unfortunately drowned in illntuaze.'" ( tVednesday evening. lie was retilirliog ttt l's 4 l l Point, accompanied by the boatswain. in a poor, which having Trung they made ' i j e the nearestwlrich they reached, and l '; e gunner had neatly gr2sneti the ling, when 1 : 1 ,, boat went down, and he souk. The boatsw"l.l, was providentially saved by his own du;;, ept him op owli a boat canie to his relit. groner has lot a widow aid 51% The Duke and Duchess nit KttNT, the cesse3 and Suite left Kensington Palace, ye' c i l ( day morning tur Sidmonth, in Devonshire , libOlst ti►tee naoutlis. They called'. at Verity o ' ) ; ‘ on their way, to visit the Princesses, and to" leave. Ot t A most atrocious and inflammatory bill has b e ', published in this town during ti l e %w ee k, by A 1 , , , it iv s tyli ng lii iirse lt Ch a i rma n o f th e U n io n S Jci ci % The intention of the WI iter cannot be tnistal' ell ? ? his situ Wri*s erlikt)lty to excite his delude , ' 45 0 ciates to acts of insurrection and rebellion. O W press of this coutitty be employ:et! to such poses, it is, indeed, lii h time that oe should be armed with additional powers, in or s that anarchy and hlnoelshed may be i,verto, from the laud. Every good man, every rehs ° able man, most rejoice at the new Parliatne oPr ? , ettActinetits, which strike at the root of such publicat ions. IVe understand that some ° I t os radical leadeis are now disclaiming any kuorvfr j i cic ot the above : Perhaps, they 11 ' 1 their tro , tliy coadjutor has this time gag e o i little too for.—Shrce writiog the above, %ye O re heard that the author of the hill has been oltvl itcoiletl, and is now in our prison.—(Birnii/V Contaiercial Her a ld, flee. 18) (OA T. Alt ET, DEc. 20. Ships at Market. Ships sold. MK& Oil' 104 Nt•we , i-1 Itt Qsi siinkteriand 7l 'l4s. 6d. te Si.' r I Welsh Coal ..... . F ........ Ode BIRTH. Ott the nt'i ir.t. Mrs. Price, Vie 1.71,1 v of 'l'Llottlas Stock-broker, Choi jog-cross, of a 'laughter. --- I --- MARRIED, e: On Sitordav lagt, at St.. l w aits'sChurch, Elf - ward C 'a ad . ,41 1 j:in, Esq. Of (;ohlen-strtare. t , , Jane Isahello, st coot' d tali of floral io Itoi,soo. Esq. of Piccadilly. A o r; ',4 s Loiiiiio, the 4r icettil rtanc-r. ; flee her ban"' e V' tut(hiv last, to her :Nile partner, Mr. NOME., now her P for hfc.—CMoining,f - leratd.) --- - ---- ---- e. MEP. he kl e. OnF iiihy , Dec. 17, at his house, in I-fill-street. t he d ( Lai le• Finch. we , il , I.ctters Wei, received in town sonerday, whic h t , vo l) 4 / d,r.taild, mention the death a tine .Irchlosbop cn,. 2 0tIP tilt Grace lin. , 'well a 1411)4 time in a had state of u e j l Nlornillif I•,Ter.) . 8 0 11 • ,- a t I d ny, ti Palace-vard„ Mr. Heald. aKeJ 7 4 . uP -- 1 1,;.11 . a c,•nt lir:, at Messrs. Drummonds', the Bankerlo' f prO P On -Sn•sti-day, in her 91st year, Mrs. Mary Stie l f 0 Corldiiit-streq.l widow. -....." t-7.l—_ - =._• --= _____ .....--- L').\l)WN: Priottri hyi. B. CARSTAIRS, of No-,„, ',S % o t Ontiono(i-,strect, Queen-stiostre: 1111:1 pubi ls b,cl ::.," ,4 ,, SCI(U'Pti, of No. 7, Smyth ,Milton-street , at oidt' o+ce, No. 112. Strand : when: Ai'v itisenturipi 10 4 '0 3 , Am !cost -paid) rune he 4 d:octd. ' r 'Cr I p arr Icri c tw e Ph 4, eri, gra v i I ro. 4-1) Curl: l kctti t itt v, s 'f th Ih t . 4tu: kid , N, 20 bLie V 4. .1 Pe•j t',,j Al e IL 1, pa % ` , st 441 e , kbut to,i . c I }l t id I, 41-y $~~C~i xrl the Vi B:1 • it v e *1Y,11( 4411-I)E' ;V:trr i tild al n • 111 'Y pa thore t *4 *et ,t the