The Sun. — London, England, 1819-02-17 00:00:00

forme r tulle' A f e tter° c P r "' t i ere lig. ; ties. b bus!' Ige tbtsct ' Of tile furrheC sio perS c, • , were _ o 1 lIE on Abe 1 vig i° i ng 8 " ovos, .eVi rg rreotet r' Otire" !e1. 1 1 111 : ) d 06' It r I re lII' If 5r mcs' of 1b• is hi ! , a ging w e cig 15 $" cog' or, cto rg, 5 0 '" LI! i ll° 0 , tho' s olll' OW/ 1100 IS , f oct o 014 to il* S 63.1' icr il 60 , t erg' o tb g 5 00 elor e with ) 0 ' 0 4110 I g 0 o 6c - i so c " coi l' re~i~ LONDON JOURNA Ll; ‘1 " 1 THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [British Press] TrI E PLAGUE AT ALGIERS AND TUNIS . Ths! • 'becti n m important Communication re tHade Inc pl ague at Algiers and Tunis has bCy the Lords of his Majesty's Puv o ulicii to the Commissioners of Customs y " Council Office, Whitehall, Feb. 9, 1818 . Lorls of his Majesty's Most Hononrablc t:'‘..)Conncii having had u n d er t h e i r consideration a letter 14: 41 r.. Hamil t on, transmitti ng copy o f a letter from ( ltu'et nor of Gibraltar to his Majesty's Ambassador at 4! 44drid', t ating, th a t t h e plague is raging with great violence s;:l!ik‘rs and Tunis, I am directed to transmit to you co '' of the said papers, to be laid' before the Commissioners ''l•tjesty's Customs, for their information. (Signed) " JAMES BULLER. George Delaraud, 1.;;f1." (COPY.) c , s, rt " Forei gn -Offi ce, F e b ruary 9, 1819. tilit , 1 ant directed by Viscount Castlereagh, to trans toets Thu, for th e i nformation of the Lord President of the 'll,l letter from the Governor of Gibraltar to Sir Henry ell, , ' 3 'e3' his Maj es ty's Ambassador at Madrid, stating that the 1 I t ltti P a g i le is raging with great violence at Algiers and ' (Signed) " WILL IAM HAMILTON. he Clerk of the Council in Waiting." (COPY.) 4 0 " Gibraltar, Jan. 18, 1819. I! th I bare just received a n official letter from Minorca, li trt e2B th ulti mo , i nforming me that a vessel had arrived It otiv ti°47 . Tunis, after a passage of eight days, bringing N ti r i u . S th a t the deaths in that city amounted to above 400 1 4, 4ii ell '• Th e master of the vessel reported that just before %) ed . he heard that the deaths had increased to above ,t' e r die m. I.A.,tyliilbutch f r i ga t e has just arrived at Mahon, from Algiers, tl t dispatches up to th e 15th u lt. b y w hi c h it a pp ears , 11 ) , rtql attacks of the plague had taken place in that City. Der,ternugion was supposed to have been re-introduced by N th ',no accompanied the Bey of Constantinas Califfa e quarterly payments for the Algerine Government. 4 D s (Signed) " GEORGE DON. 11 44' d : The d ea th s b y the plague at Tunis, according t o tal Returns, from the Ist November to the Ist Decetn , . 44 " I nted to 14, 117 , t., ‘ E xc " GEORGE DON. „ ies of ellency Sir H. Wellesley." 71 the for ego i ng h ave acco rdi ng ly b een t ransm itt e d lrrs e tura • • 4!1, u nsstoners of Customs to Collectors and Comp- T` ete [Morning Herald.] win be two or three Drawing - Rooms in y itl eftur se of the ensuing spring, which will he o r k Buckingham House by the Duchess of 44 the Lady of highest rank in this country. 0 e Crn [The Times.] el : -von, through the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Ih t ili bed the immediate Fresentation of one of ko s IL N t 'valuable livings in Norfolk, on an al. ltoProper contract httween the patron and No h er gYman lately instituted under his presen- h 1)1 '4 [Morning Posl.] de k „ Ltsra.—The mania of duelling spreads its 'bore and more in the German Universi e4,,litlat of H a lt e a l one , no f e we r th a n ei g ht o f L i P t ivate combats having taken place during s,, Month, and occasioned the loss of many , 111 !t ( i' l li '‘tildents whose rising worth had comiti ctl.l‘43. l e dearest hopes of their relations and [Morning Chronicle.] 4 1i LIEN Da. BURNRY.—The pupils of this s l t t-.1/t individual, at a meeting held soon after ' f '''pr i :, t ee . a se, entered into a series of resolutions,. of their determination to record their of veneration, gratitnde, and affection, Monument' to his memory in West littedet. Abbey.. This has .been recently coin )111t1; 'alder th e di r ecti o n o f M r . S. G a h agan , ; 1 4 , 1 1 11 Yestioday opened for public inspection. 'lt "aced in the south aisle of that Church, be those of Drs. Knipe and Stepney, and con -4f a tablet, remarkable for the chaste aim '°f its ornamen t, an d surmounte d b y 44 44. 41 b ust , cop i e d from that excellent likeness \O l/ MAlekar, du r ing the lif e o f the D oc t or . th t " the tablet is engraver) an inscription, from th a Oas:sical p en o f t h e R ev. D r. S amue l P arr, i ttl -le intimacy 'with th e de ceas ed, w h ose knovt•- ) 4 t! is attainm e nt s , wh ose un i on w i t h h im 41)„1 n l ary labo urs an d sc h o l ast i c reputation, an d all the peculiar tendency of whose studies, has left him without a rival in that parti s4 branch of literature, pointed him ont, in q) tt ( )pini on , as the most proper person to be tlested to perform such a n office. We have 4 4 a lithographic drawing of the Monument on +c r' m in which 11. e resemblance is pre tt,led e tl, and th e w h o l e o f t h e i nscr i ption neatly in . t` the the subscribers.e understand that a copy is to b e g i ven \ ,; , !_eh of 4 11, 4 ' 1 ". , 'S HEATRE.—The revived Opera last 1 Was La Mode s t a Rugeratrice, a tavourite 1 1, - ,,i'"ition of I' AcstELLO. Th e mus i c i s b eaut i ful. zti"ocElTl and BELLOCI.II appeared to great IS:'"tage. .13ELLoctit improves every night in els e 81. e is not only an excellent tinker, but a charming Comic Actress. GARCIA, AN . - I, ' S AN T, and Signora C ottat, were also powerful ecrt4l" e to the pi ece , which went off with great Li u • Company w as numerous an d o f t h e t)ir Order. St e i lav rut waggo ns of the Royal Waggon Train whi t I4 TeIY hr , lVed at Buckingliani-lionse, filled ~tnl , articl es of fornittire from the Prince Re .l. , Cottage in 'Windsor Park. : C i. r o.y the Duke of WELLINGTON, RCCOITI by the, Marquis Of WORCESTER, left town visit t 0 his R ,, yal Highness the PRINCE Re- Is,, ` ENT " the Pavilron, at Brighton. His Grace hr , y -411"1 ea " l3 of invitation for a grand dinner IlTnistl4y next, at ApsleY-House. Ni; : -IN r, iirgen, who has been Assistant for th e last seventeen years, is re -416 Vield" R VernouPlace to No. 20, Lincoln's SHIP NEWS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15.—Arrived the Blucher, PEARSON, from Calcutta; sailed the 21st, and front the Sand-heads the 28th Sept. in company with the Argo, for this port, and Briton, for London. The Atlas, SHORT, from London, ar rived at St. Helena the 28th Dec. Also arrived here the Shannon, KENDALL, from Demerara ; sailed the 13th January, in company with the Anacreon, for Liverpool, and Symmetry, for London. The Berbice, for Liverpool, was to sail in 14 days. I'ORTSMOUTII, FEB. 16 —Arrived the General Kyd, Windsor, Streatham, Atlas, Lord Welling ton, Stakesby, Bombay, and Herefordshire, from London for India. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 15.—Sailed the Stockton, LANGLEY, for Calcutta, and some others, out- A , a rd- bound. MILFORD HAVEN:, FEB. 14.—Sailed this evening the Mansfield packet, Captain Nuttall, with the mail for Water ford. Put into this Port the Marsdon, Jones, from Bristol ; Expedition, Ellis, from Cardiff ; Charles, Smith, from Rotter dam ; Sprightly, Cross, from Fuwey ; and Cadish, Taylor, from Ipswich, all for Liverpool : George, 'f uck er, from Liver pool, for Norfolk (Virginia), with bulwarks and staunchions washed away; Amelia, Galespie, from Liverpool, for Gibraltar; Idebe, White, from Greenock ; William and Thomas, Smith ; and Aurora, Hannington, from London, for Cm k ; Two Sisters, Chapman, from Belfast, for London ; Marquis of Angle:sea, Watkins; Martin, Thomas; Zephyr, Davies; and Fair Cambrian, Richards, from London, fur Dublin. Sailed yesterday his Majesty's sloop of war Ferret, Capt. Pettman, for Plymouth. FEB. 15.—Arrived this morning the Sandwich paclet, with the mail and passengers from Waterford; and the Gower packet wile this evening with the mail thereto, upon the arrival here of the coach from London. , CUSTOMS LIST. Entered Inwards, Feb. 16.-- r lane, Hales, Cape of Good Hope; Diana, Jolly, St. Michael's; Ann, Ball, Madeira; Nicholas, Kickers, Riga; Aldebaran, Lands, Virginia; Alert, Lelize, Rouen ; Mars, Smart, Alexandria; Ann, Mitchell, Seville ; Indian, Elder, St. Kitt's. Entered Outwards, Feb. 16. , --Zealons, Reed, Quebec; Ceres, Dear, ,Madeira ; Hoffuung, Doyen, Embden ; Thames, Peck, New York. Cicared Ouiwards, Fc4. M.—Ocean, Holmes, Jamaica; Effort, Tenant, Sierra Leone; Allegonda, Hillegiim, Antwerp; Saxony, Berg, Hamburgh Jane and Mary, Steele, do. ; Citt ciunatus, Greswold, New York. EXTRAORDINARY QUICK SAILING.—The Comet, Leith smack, Captain T. MARSHALL, sailed from Leith on Friday last, at halt-past five o'clock in the afternoon, 'and arrived at Millet's Wharf, London, on Sunday, at two o'clock, having per formed her voyage, of about 600 miles, in less than 45 hours, being the quickest passage ever before made. FOR THE SUN. PRESENT STATE OF THE, COTTON-FACTORY QUES TION; oa, AN APPEAL TO mansii JUSTICE. MR. EDITOR—TiIe origination of this measure goes as far hack as the year 1815. It was in that year that Sir ROBERT PEP", first submitted the subject to the House of Commons, and it stood over for consideration until the following Session. In 1816 the business was referred to a Commit tee. and much evidence heard both for and against the question, which evidence was printed. Daring the Session of 1817 no pro tress was made, owing to the indisposition of the Hon. Baronet, which made his attendance, as Chairman of the Committee, impracticable. In 1818 a Bill was brought into the Commons, founded on the evi dence befcre received, which passed the House by a large majority, and was sent up to the Lords. By their Lordships it was referred to a Committee of their own House, and at the instance of cer tain Petitions to that effect, the parties were or dered to be heard by themselves and Counsel.— The opposing party were heard accordingly; and their evidence was proceeding, when the dissolu tion of Parliament supervened, ere their witnesses had all been examined. In this state were the labours of the Committee broken off. The oppo nents of the Bill were heard at much length, the Petitioners in favour of it not at all. The next thi)e, is a new Parliament assembles. The Loial KENYON, as Chairman of the Committee, moves for its re-appointmentto continue and complete the hearing of the evidence—which at present is all on one side. Can any thing be more equitable than the proposition ? Yet this is strenuously resisted by the opponents of the mea sure. They plead in the first place for delay— this is conceded. The motion at length collies on ; they deny that any Committee at all is ne cessary ! and would abSolutely dismiss the business without suffering the other parry to adduce a single witness in support of their pretensions—which are in fact no other than the claims of a most nu merous and interesting class of British subjects-- e claims of helpless, nnoffending, and' suffer ing infancy. Meanwhile, the question is once more deterred until the 22d instant.—Now, Sir, give me leave to ask, can a decision, founded on ex parte evidence, be either fair or honourable ; Is this conduct of the opponents of the Bill agree able in any one sense to the accustomed rules and principles of British justice ? Does it harmonise with that spirit of impartial equity which has gained for this country so large a share of its high renown, which pervades its Constitution, and predominates in all its domestic policy ?—Shall we suppose that in the wisdom of the Legislature is not included its impartiality, or that political prudence may not be consistently just and hu mane ? These suggestions, I trust, are neither unreasonable, nor without importance. A LOVER OF JUSTICE. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hare been pleased to appoint Mr. R. F. BLAKE, late Timber-master at Pembroke Dock-yard, to the situation of Assistant Builder at the Dock yard, Sheerness. A petition against the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act is, we hear, now in hand, under the management of Mr. Gleadow, and will shortly be ready for signatures ; the Act expires at the end of the present Session of Parliament Packet.) POETRY. REMINISCENCE FROM DON QUIXOTTE. TO SUCH AS With folly more than idiotic, With madness far beyond Quixotic, By all the past forewaru'd in vain I'he Popish Beast would now unchain. DON QUIXOTTE, Knight, beyond all rivalry, When forth be went to do his deeds of chivalry, Not fearing giant, witch, or dragon, Once met a waggon— Or it might be several in train, Bearing in strong iron cages— Of all dimensions, sorts, and ages, Wild beasts, a present to the King of Spain. In one there was a monstrous Lion— Which our brave Don no sooner had cast eye on, Than with a voice of thunder, He bade the driver stop-- Then to the keeper, seated on the top, And gaping wide with wonder, He said—open the Lion's cage, And let us see If he, when free, And rous'd to rage, Dare with DON QuixoTTz to engage. The keeper thinking one so clad, And so fool-hardy, must he mad, Replied—this Lion, good Sir Bold, Is a most fierce blood-thirsty beast, And e're he was subdued, I'm told, Some hundred Moors at least Fell victims to his tooth and paw— Look at his monstrous jaw— Then, thank your stars, These bolts and bars Are plac'd between yourself and him. At this the Don with visage grim, Cried, good Sir Blockhead—cease your prating— Unbolt the grating— This instant what I bid you—do— Or this same spear shall run you thro'. The keeper, trembling with affright, Ope'd wide the door and took to flight. Fat SANCHO ton, his merry squire, Esteeni'd it wiser to retire. But the bold Knight stood firm as rock With spear in rest to wait the shock. The lion laid within at length, • Rose slow, displaying all his strength ; First stretching, yawning, shaking, He darted forth his fearful claws, Then open'd wide his jaws, Which might a mastiff take in. Then moving slowly to the door, He did not even condescend to roar, But casting a glance At the Knight and his lance, With contempt most profound Turn'd his hind-quarters round, And stretch'd himself again upon the floor. Now who would not, with half an eye, See where the story must apply Let all in literals be rendeed, • The Lion is the beast engender'd At Rome, Fiercer far than all the bawls Of beasts which bare the Lybian sands As home. What deeds she did, too dread to name I By tortures, daggers, racks, and flame— What millions died! 'Till curb'd her pride, She was herself compell'd by'those- On whom she had inflicted woes And direful pain. To bow the head and wear the chain. The Keeper and the rest who then Strove to retain the Lion in his den— • Are they who would the laws uphold, The bulwarks of our Church and State, Whilst the mad Knight, absurdly bold, Displays the set Who all the horrid past forget, And would emancipate The Persecutors— The passers by are neuters. Now, when the opponents, driven from the field, Were fot - e'd to yield— When all disability Save one small formality, Was quite done away— • Tint is. whentinchain'd, and the door open stood, The beast would not go when she could— But chose in her prison to stay— With all the contempt which the Lion display'd For which our best thanks should be mada. Oh ! good luck to the " VEro," And her " non capio pod veto," Which has left her still close in her den—. • Quick—shut to the door, And be it open'd no more, Till she give up her errors—ADEN. . The Duke and Duchess of SAN CARLOS Will give a grand entertainment, on Monday next, to his Imperial Highness the Archduke MAXIMILIAN, and all the Foreign Ambassadors, &c. at their house in Portland-place. The Earl and Countess BATHURST have issued cards, inviting , a number of distinguished per sonages, to meet his linperial Highness the Arch duke MAXIMILIAN, on Sunday next, to a grand dinner, &c. The Duke and Duchess of MoNTnosa have is sued their cards of invitation for the 27th inst. when they will give a grand entertainment to his Imperial Highness the . Archduke 111.wmILIAN, and a large party of distinguished personages. Yesterday, the Earl and Countess of Basso- Rouon gave a grand dinner, en famille, at their house in Cavendish-square. Yesterday, the Marchioness of DOWNSHIRS, anti the Ladies HILL, left their house in Hanover equate, for their seta in Warwickshire, ENIANCIPATION EXPLAINED; OR, POPISH ASCENDANCY IN IRELAND. By a CHURCH of ENGLAND CATHOLIC. [No. lII.] (Continued from yesterday's SUN.) Ireland being considered for many years back as a conquered country, its inhabitants naturally looked upon their invaders with a -jealous eve ; and unfortunately the mistaken policy of Britain towards her, in cramping her trade, had nourio - the jealousy almost to hatred. This part, how ever, was very much done away by that wise measure, the Union, and the incorporation of its Parliament with the British—a measure which, however salutary to the Empire at large, and doubt to Irelana in particular, has left behind it a sting in the minds of the disaffected, which wiil require years to eradicate ; for so long as an II ish Parliament existed, hopes were entertained of a separation front the Sister Kingdom. These hopes are still kept alive, and strongly nourished in the minds of all those professing the Roman Catholic Religion. I venture to say all, for the tew exceptions, if any there he, operate but as a (bop in the ocean ; and as the physical strength is on that side, it will require the continued exertion of political strength, by an inflexible retention of the securities we yet possess, to counteract it.— When we surrendered a part, and gave the Elec tive Franchise to the Roman Catholicti, - they seemed perfectly satisfied ; and as they had the Law, the Army, and the Navy thrown open to them, with exception of the must elevated posts, there was every. reason to hope that their professions of entire satisfaction, for mei) they declared, were sincere. This ap parent satisfaction continued but a short time; the feline character of Popery was blinking, it never slept, and when it looked about and saw all was quiet, it sprang upon its prey ; and the struggle' we have had in resisting and repelling the attack was serious and sanguinary ; in short, the last Rebellion is too fresh in our minds to be easily forgotten, and, in addition to the others which history records, leaves no doubt of its unalterable enmity to a Protestant Establish ment. It is true that some Protestants'were im plicated in the last Rebellion, and unfortunately there will be found in every Government some refractory spirits ; but this circumstance, which the professed enemies of the State (the Roman Catholics) avail themselves of in extenuation of their own conduct, does not in any manner di minish their treasou, nor the dangerous principles of their religion, which is intolerant to every other, even to the exclusion from salvation of all who die out of the pale of their Church. Whether the proselyting system of the Church of Rome is actuated by a charitable zeal for the salvation of souls., or that it proceeds from its spit it of uni versal dominion, matters little to this Protestant State ; the evil effects of Popery are equally telt, but it requires little penetration indeed to see its real motive in Ireland, physical strength. This, no matter by what means obtained, is the ever. 'lasting object in view, and the Jesuitical emis saries of the Church of Rome perform their Mis sion in a style according in all points with the general character of their Order, which I shall give in the words of an able and attentive ob server, who says of them, that they have uni formly acted— " By propagating a system of relaxed and pliant morality, which accommodated itself to the pas sions of men, justified their vices, tolerated their imperfections, and authoraed almost every action which the most audacious or crafty politician would wish to perpetrate. So that Abbe Bot ta/at says of them, they are a people who lengthen the Creed, and shorten the Decalogue, by extending the jurisdiction and'absolute power of the Church of Rome; and by the zeal which they have manifested in combating the opinions, and checking the progress of the Protestants, the cod proposed by this Order was to gain converts to the Romish Church ; with which view they dispersed themselves in every country and nation, and, with amazing industry and address, pursued this end of their institution. 'No difficulty so great that they could not surmount ; nu danger so im minent that they would not undergo ; and, as some say, no crimes so shocking that have not been perpetrated by them for the service of their cause." How far they have sncceeded in this Proselying system in irk:land, the ac.tral state of the country, particularly in the Suit Bern Dif,tricts, too evi tleutly chews. Scarce a Protestant is to be met in 'the lower orders of society ; for wheresoever the vicissitudes of life may have reduced any in their circumstances, and thereby rendered them objects for temptation, they are infallibly assailed on the weak side, Adversity, to abandon the re ligion they were brought up in. It is scarce ne cessary to say, that pecuniary argument is the prevailing one ; and this, no doubt,, is supplied from their proselyt;ng fund. Whilst this shameful seduction is practising on the members of the Established Church, those of their own are so sedulously watched, lest they should in any man ner receive information which may tend to warp them from their subjection to their Clergy, by opening their minds .to a chaster concep;iun Christianity, that they are prohibited from re ceiving even the first rudiments of education, though gratuitously offered, in the same school where •Protestant children are instructed, al though no attempt be made to change. their Mode • of worship. Tbis extraordinary vigilance to pre serve them to the Romish Clioreli, appears now to be the leading character of its Priesthood, and is acted upon in violation of every principle of liberality and reason; for when the Free Schools of Mitchelstown, Clonakilty, and Middleton, were instituted, a Titular Bishop, Dr. Comcita, absolutely forbad the Roman Catholic children from attending, because, forsooth, Protestant teachers instructed Protestant children under the save roof, and were taught the duties of Christia nity from the Holy Scriptures, 'which this learn ed and liberal Prelate pronounced Spurious, as every religions publication must be, which has not been tried in the crucible of Popery ; and so forcibly is this judgment acted upon, that this same enlightened Prelate tells us,---'''r at it is ati unbending article in the discipline of the Church of Rome, strictly and unconditionally etj9incd,