The Sun. — London, England, 1819-07-17 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. SNIITEIFIELD REFORM. Ma. EntToa—As a day of awful importance iq nnw approaching, perhaps a few hints to mlr fel -In:v•c may not he useless ; at least I ,hall offer them, in the hope of their heinv acl,;ped, and in the certainty that they cannot do anv. chat the twee/tuitions t:A en by the Loin 7MAYoR for the City of London itwir art! very jodicions, is self-evident ; but the City of Lon don is a very small part of the Me: rop,lis, ,n it is incumbent on the Magiflrtacy of ail parts of the vast bozwoN to he equally on their guard with those within the Civic 'Audis. The ostensible place of meeting is, indeed, within the City Jurisdiction ; bnt, Sir. I suspect that OTHRR MEETINGS are organized for OTH ER PLACES, in the expectation of drawing public atten tion to Smithfield alone, whilst the secretly or ganized and, no doubt, well prepared Mobs shall rise up, like the armed men of Cadmus, in Spit al, Sr. George's, and Tothill-fields, or in other places equally convenient, from whence they may issue ilmultaneously on Carlton-House, the Bault,the Tower, perhaps the Horse-Guard*, &c. &c. I hope this may be a visionary fear ; but I hope also that the High Stewart and Bailiff of West minster, as well as the Lord Lieutenant of the County, will not despise the hint. We may be well convinced, that whatever ob jects the Conspirators have in view, they will not no w depend upon the robbing of a gun-shop for arms, nor upon a few cartridges in .a waggon for ammunition. If the Civil Power can preserve order, it will be so farfortunate ; but, happily, Government seem dispoSed not to trust to it alone. With re spect to the employment of troops, I shall n►ake one obsersation. They ought not to be brought forward but in a case of abso lute necessity ; but, when brought forward, they must not be played with. Whilst - humane or timid Magistrates a►e hesitating -about orders to fire, half the Metropolis may be in flames. If ordered to lire, they should be of dered to do execu tion. Firing over the heads of a riotous mob is literacy nothing more then firing into the draw ing-roorns and nurseries of the peaceable inbabi- tants. On this be I would recommend that all wo men and children shall be kept in the back apart ments (); every house on that day, which may he in the vicinity of the scenes of riot. There is tine also for every master of a house to prepare lists of his family and inmates, and he ought 10 keep a journal of their ingress and egress on that day. Above all, independent of the individuals sworn in as Constables, there ought to be a numerous horse patrole, divided into four districts, with such specific head-quarters, in order to convey to each the earliest intelligence of movements in all directions. Finally, Sir, masters of families ought to be called on most impressively to keep their sons, clerks, shopmen, servants, &c. within doors ; for no business can be done that day, except the necessary payment of Bills due. Yours, IGNOTUS. P.S. One or two of the special mounted Con stables ought to be stationed near every gun shop ; and the owners of each shop, as well as the &tilers of gunpowder, ought to be called on to remove that species of property to a place of security, not likely to be plundered in the fitst assuult. Tie Fire Engines also ought to be in readiness, and t.il the lVdter.vvolks i❑ proper order. LoN DON JOURNA LS. FROM 'I'HE MORNING PAPERS, OF TIIIS DAY. [Morning Chronicle ] It was yesterday reported, on the authority of letters trom Spain, that Count Abishal, the Com mander in prospect of the Cadiz Expt.dilion, had been caßed up to Madrid. The circumstance has Firm rise to some strange surmises, as it was well known he was not on the best terms with Gene ral All)., the present War Minister. Pie fatowing is an Doract of a Letter from Gibraltar, dated June 23:—" A few days ago, thr wlwic of the American squadron, that has for some titre been etnizing in the Meditetra neat), at rived here from Naples. The object of the Ait.erican Commodore's vi:it to t his place we understand to be an inquiry into the circum stances it hich led to the publication of some anti clies i t , the London Papers, relative to the late d„,d, (n.twven British and American Officers of the Die whilst lying at Gibraltar), and pur portiOg, to he on the authority of letters from this ukce. After some correspondence with the Governor on the subject, Commodote Stuart has ordered -a Court of Inquiry to he held on hoard the Guerrier, to examine into the whole athir, which is nOVV going on over at Algesiras. lit the mean time, that no further quarrels may tHke place bet ween the British and Ameri cans, the Governor bas laid an etttbarLo on the whole garton, pr:)lllbiting all Officers g0 ... 0f; into the Spanish by hittl or water, whilst on the othvr :411 the American Officers nre to'r hidden irntti t n; Gibraltar unless on special duty, those a the Erie ,ere, however, totally excepted. 1l ith regard to the policy of this Court of inquiry, different opinions are entertainttl, many people (I , nint the .itiliry of this formai proceeding in the case of ptiv:ate quarrel.—(Mid.) It is expected that the trial of Mr. Carlite, of Flvet s:ract, will take place at Guildhall, in the of ensiling week for his publication " Paine's Age of Reason," and " The Deist, or Mor.il Philosopher " It is generally !clinked by his triimds, that his first trial on " The Age of Reason,' , ' or " Deist," will occupy some days, ag ne is io il e iend his own cause. We unaerstand ;w has s:rtilaily sion.cenacil their Graces the Arch itiO!o;,s of (:antc!bury and York, with many erni nen, Fiissein ung Preachers and met) of literature.— ( .) [British Press.] TLc Merchants of the City, connected with the Spanish trade, have been thrown into great alarm. It k stated, that an order had been received from Madrid a few weeks ago, for immediate returns of all British manufactured cotton goods in the different towns of Spain (which had been allowed for sale since the prohibition, on the English mer chants paying a large turn .of money to the Spa nish Government). On these returns reaching the capital, an official Decree was published, conipelliiig the English merchants to pay imme diately the whole amount of the valued stock in hand in cash to the Officers of Government, and a further floe of 20 per cent. on that amount; in timating that otherwise 11.eir property of every description Wuulti be confiscated. [New Times J Letters from Asnsterdato mention a report be ing prevalent ti.ere of the plague being at Mogo dore, I nd conscipe:ltly persons wi,o were about to go there deterred doing so. until it was ascer tained whether there was any truth in the report or not. Upon inquiry, we learn, that by the last ad vices from Mogadore, which arc to the 2d ult. the plague had not reached there ; but as no pre cautions were taken to prevent it, tears were en tertained it would, as it raged in various parts of the Emperor of MoroCco's dominions. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Perfor4,ted Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA KDEN.—ROb Roy Maczreger : Bob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mi. 'Yates; Diana Vernon, Miss Stephens. After which, Paul and Virginia. To which was added, Love, Law, and Physic. Ti. LAME ROYAL, EN 6LI OPERA - HousE.—Frederick the Great Brandt, Mr. Dowton; Matilda, Miss Kelly. After whn.h, Amateurs and Actor. ERRATA in THE SUN of Lost Night. ANTI-DEMOCRACY.- - Dele "to be" before " entered upon seriously." For the " lower order," read "lower orders." After " connexion," dele 6' but." DO): itiAN.—For the " two Cantos, in p. 64," read, "Stan: as." For the " best of Donna Inez," read the " wit of," &c. After " does," insert " NOT " speak favourably. After " any of his former," add " publication.." PRICE OF sT(/(10; Tilts i , AV AT rwEr.vm o'cr.MTCF. Bank Stock 2-221 222 221 i India Bonds...—. .7s. Ss. pr. S pet Cent. It e d. 694 69 Excl.. Bills, 2d...... Is. 2s. pr. S per Cent. Cons. 69 68gii:t4 Ditto Cotrntrcial....3os. dis. Si pet Cciti 4 per Cents ..874 88 f Consuls. for August, 6811 69 t. per Cent. Navy \nn. 103 Ai 68-at BaJtk L. Ann... 18 4 ` 5-l6ths i MXILs. ARRIVED-2 Dublin, 1 Waterford, I France. DoE—I Waterford, L 2 Lisbon. mot' wATEit AT LONDON BRIDGE 7Y)•MORROW. Nlorning, 40 minutes after 10. I Evening, 14 minutes after 11. THE UN. OLENI DI(:ER FALSUM .-1111)EAT ? LONDON, SATURI).4Y, JULY i 7, 1819. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Wednesday last. The Chamber of Peers on Tues day agreed unanimously to the projet respecting the exchange of some property between the Crown and the Duke of 011LPANS, and to another projet for a, similar exchange with three indivi orals. After hearing a Report from the Com- Illittee of Petitions, the Chamber adjourned till Thursday to receive the Report of the Special Committee on the projet respecting the impor tation au4l exportation of grain. It trill appear from this that the close of the Session could not take place quite so soon as anticipated in some of the Journals. The following are ex- tracts : " Pants, JULY 14.—The King presided yes terday at Saint Cloud at a Council of Ministers. " It is reported that the infant child of the Count Decazes will he baptised at St. Cloud. The Count Capo d'lstria and the Prince de Metternich had a conference together the begin ning of the present month. The former proceeds to London from Paris, and returns to the latter capital about the middle of August, when the Prince de Metternich is also expected here. " Marie Jean Snouck, ngi:d 46. residing at Ypres, the mother previously of five children, has been delivered of three more children, two males and one female : the first child, a male, was horn at half past 7 A. M. the '2 9t h tilt., the second, a female, on the 30th, at half past two and and the third, a male, the same clay, at 3 A. al. — . 111 e mother and the three infants are doing well. ACC,udiog to the Itegitries of Marseilles, the :)urol►(2r of deaths last mouth was 284, and of births 2G5. Those 'of BourtleanK give for thf. last month, deaths 181, births 227. ‘.‘ The closing of till Session of the Chambers is, it is said, to take place on Saturday next. : . " Ten Communes, in the Arrondissement of Montargis, were desolated in the night of the jth inst. by a tremendous hail storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning. Every thing was destroyed for the space of 20 leagues ; the stoutest men were struck with the greatest terror: within the memory of man it is said there has not been so c,,tire a destruction. Sixty hours after the dreadfit ca tastrophe, hailstones were found of the size of an ordinary egg. The damage is estimated at 4,000,000 francs (upwards of 170,0001.) There have been dreadful storms also in several other quarters. In Deux 'Sevres, a space of seven leagues was desolated by hail, which lay on the ground to the depth of three or four inches, two of the hailstones weighed 12 ounces. There have been similar storms in the neighbourhood of Bourdeanx and Alencon. " The Earl of Macclesfield and family have ar rived at Calais, on their way to the Netherlands, and the Earl of Charlemont on his way to Paris. " The Duke de Richelieu is expected at Paris on Friday or Saturday next. "The Ecole de Droit is to be re-opened this day. TIVE PER CENTS. Tuesday.. DEFERRED STOCK. Of the 22(1 March, 1817, 9O f. 40 c. 92d Sept'. 1817, Bl3 f. 40c. ,22d ',Vlore!), 1813, B6 1. 40 c. 2211 Sept. 1818, ..84 f. 40 c. 2-2 d March,lBl9, .......82f. 50c. COPENHAGBN J JULY 10.—The Russian Cou rier, Markow, has arrived here from retersburgh with Dispatches, , said to be of the highest itn portssice. " CALMS, JULY 10.—Last year several Gentle men conceived the project of establishing a Pigeon Post between France and England. A first trial was made between Calais and Brussels. At the present moment, 32 of these messengers have arrived at Calais from Antwerp, and have passed the Strait on tbeir way to London.— It is expected that a certain and rapid corres pondence may thus be established between London and Antwerp." Yesterday was Settling•day at the Stock Ex change, and this is the day for Payment ; 1,000,000, Stock was posted up this morning at the Stock-Exahange, as not being delivered yesterday. The judicious suggestions in the letter from our excellent Correspondent IGNOTUS, in THR SUN of t hi s day, render it unnecessary that we should say subjectmuch o►a of the dangers wi t h w hi c h we menaced Are the byR EBRLS and TRAITORS, under the guise of REFORMERS. We trust that specious those suggestions will be particularly attended to by Government and the Magistracy. The Mis creants who have convened the Meeting in ques tion, are of the most desperate and flagitious de scription. Some of them are " ACQUITTED FELONS," and unless they are stopped in time, they will proceed to such excesses as will pro bably entail on theta the punishment which they have often deserved, or upon the Country all the dreadful consequences of a Revolution. The following Letter has been addressed by Viscotlla SIDMOUTH to the Lord Lieutenant at the County of Chester, and we presume that his Lordship has sent a similar Notice to every place likely to require the sa me cau tionary arrange ts WHITEHALL, JULY 7, 1819. " MY LOIM—The numerous Public Meetings which have lately taken place-at Stochport and adjacent parts of Lanca shire, their manifest purpose, and the language which has been held at them, have engaged the attention of his iViajcs ty's Government. Your Lordship's presence, under these cir cumstances, in the County of which your Lordship has the charge, 'cannot but be highly desirable and important; In order that, under your Lordship's authority, the most prompt and effectual means may be adopted for the preservation of the peace of the County of Chester. The utmost vi`•ilance and activity on the part of the Magistrates, in these Dis tricts to which I have referred, is indispensably and urgently necessary, to maintain, and enforce, if reouisite, obedience to the laws, and to bring to justice those offenders by whom they may be violated. Fur these purposes, it is earnest ly hoped that the power of the Civil Authorities will be fully sufficient; but, as a measure of precaution, your Lordship is desired to give immediate directions to the several Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry in the County of Chester to hold them selves in readiness to attend to any call fur support and assis tance, which, in case of necessity, they may receive from the Magistrates; and the utmost confidence is justly placed in the ecal and promptitude with which, under such circumstances, the call will be obeyed. " I have the honour to he," &c. • (Signed) " SIDMOUTH." IVe have since heard that similar Letters have been sent to Lancashire, the \Vest Riding of Yorkshire, and Warwickshire—a proof that Go vernment is most commendably alert to maintain the peace of the Country. It we did not conceive that the worst that can be imputed to The Morning Chronicle is, that it is governed by Party Spirit s Ave should think tha t was guilty of more than imprudence, in publish ing yesterday the Rcsolutions of the Birmi formers, are evidently framed b more a rt ful and intelligent men than ostensi tly appe ar. The Courier of last night commends The Chronicle for " giving only the Resolutions, a't orhitti o g the scurrilous harangues." ‘Ve cannot agree 01/11 that respectable Paper in this approbation, T" " scurrilous harangues" are so violeviolent, so I" W ' so contemptible altogether, that they ar e nut likely to Make much impression, except upoo tit most ignorant Rabble ; but the Resolution s arc pregnant with deep mischief, and by the spe cioug h reasoning and dt-sive them ies which th e / contain, are - calculated to mislead people °I ° higher order, but who are, nevertheless, not obit to detect the insidious artifices of Sop'•istry , n ll3 the ensnaring alltirements of popular declamation' Wc hope, therefore, for its own credit, !tilt Chronicle will no longer be the vehicle of su ch dangerous doctrines.; but, as it professes to bC attached to our good Old Constitution, resoildelf endeavour to support it against those who lo ve no other view than to effect its entire anssibi4 lation. SHIP NIS,%VS. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 16,—Came into harbou r Coromandel store-ship, to be paid OM' Sailed the Lady Raffles, AUaEK, for London, an d Royal Sovereign, SMITH, for Fiume. DEAL, JULY 16.—Arrived, and sailed for di e River, the Dove, POWELL, from the South Sea'. PLYMOUTH, JULY 15.—Arrived the Valentine, MADELMAN, from Roscotf. Sailed the Lyn" REDPATH, and Nautilus, MITCHELL, for Qileb ec• FALMOUTH, JULY 14, —Sailed the Siste rs ' HoLmes, for Jamaica, The Blossom, PALMER, from Sierra Leone it ir London, was spoken" with the 11th June, in b it: 27. 40. N. long. 41. 30. out 30 days. CUSTOMS' LIST. Extered Inwards, July 16.—Earl Bat bust, Laraing, ll°l. terdarn ; Thimar, Willot, Harlingen ; Dove, Towler, Rig a; Luna, Cubitt, Amsterdam ; Prince, Cooper, Grenada; gent, Barron, Petersburg') ; Patience, Snelman, Gibraltar Ocean, Wilkinson, Cadiz. Entered Outwards, July IG.—Malta, Allen, Antwerp Fornaux, Foster, Elsineur and Riga. Cleared Outwards, July W.—Generous Friends, BalJr 3o Bremen ; Lady Francis, Johnson, Columbia Ricer; ante Peacocl:, Philadelphia; Pomona, Gray, Parma ; Peter Pr °a ' tor, I'eterkin, Petersburgh ; Hero, Milks, Bilboa ; Elizabe dja Mather, Malaga. Tint THEATRE; I --After the representation ° I Rob Roy last right at Covrnt-Garden Tlicatres the farce of Love, Law, and Physic intrw?ocel YATEs in the part of Flexible, which, as aunoun c ' ed; he was to play " in the manner of the orie nal Performer." We cannot congratulate hint °I I his success. There is a smartness and spirit in Alb' TtiEws which were wanting, and though at t itre° there was a strong similitude in the voice, yet I" ,imitation was chiefly cortfied to the wryness of the mouth, arid the halting gait. It is surely unw ortli of a British audience to encourage m o c kery 'l l misfortune, and, indeed, personal m i m i c , y , is at times unworthy of the British stage. Mr. KEAN has been performing at Leeds. I I ! performed Richara The Third on Monday, and 0 : the following nights Hamlet, Sir Giles Overrestof and Othello. In the neighbourhood of some towns, eigh t °lr ten miles front Mainchest.er, we are told, the APT; hers of the UNION SOCIETIES assemble in evenings, and go through certain evolutions Wit h all the regularity of military parade.— (Che st ' , Chronicle, July IG.) WALEs.—(Disturbance at Newtown.)—The pression of the flannel trade having compelled t 1 manufacturers to confer on the subject of rrufki 4 a trifling reduction in wages, the weavers assego; bled several evenings last week, and threaten e ' to pull down the manufacturers' houses. ( r Saturday they became tumultuous, and broke th e windows of Mr. Williams and Mrs. Davies. D: e Magistrates, with judicious promptitude, swore t 1 - constables, and a troop of the Montgoinerytb il6 cavalry assembled at Abet mule. Two ring.leado's were Own - pitted to gaol ; and on Wednesday la st all was tranquil. It is said, that a troop of ho rse will be quartered there for a few weeks." ' (Shrewsbury Chronicle, July 16.) After the 28th instant, the London and rat: month Mails will be conveyed inn a patent mail' coach, which will travel so much quicker than O s usual mode of conveyance, as to enable that fol.° to answer letters one day earlier than herctofor e i The mail leaving London at the sexual time, sill arrive at Yarmouth at I 11). 40m. the next morn' ing, and depart , at 3 the same afternoon. 1(131 : mouth is 124 miles from Loudon, and it ,till ber the only town in the kingdom at so great a d' /. tance enjoying such accommodation. From a Correspondent, who is jast return e froM a short exclusion in Wihshire, through t " fertile districts round Trowbridge, Devizes, Cal °e :' and Chippenham, we learn, that never did the agrt; cultural face of the country bear a more proruisi"r appearance. The bay harvest is proceeding, with great activity ; the crops are unusually larg;= al) ! the generality or what has been got together 15 well made; but there are still many acre s to un dergo the operation of the scythe. The Whe4t9 and Barleys are looking strong and healtitY' and no where laid, or otherwise injured, ley the late rains. The drill husbandry, in 'these Plr ls ' is extensively cultivated, and adds much w t i ' s beauty of the corn field, as well as to tie p ro tira a L hle returns of the Agticulturist,—(E" e^ raid, July 16.) .~, , %el iiii th, lb, tit W ri vtl U