The Sun. — London, England, 1820-01-22 00:00:00

- . - - - LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT (F CHANk,ERY, SATURDAY, JAN. 22. CONTEMPT OF COURT. DEAN V. 6.I'ABLI3S. At an early hour this morning the Court was crowded to excess, this interesting case being ex pected to hive been disposed of, •On the LORD CHANCELLOR taking his seat, Mr. ‘VETHSHELL resumed the case, by adverting to the affidavit of Thornton the footman, which went to exculpate the deponent troy t. having any - knowledge of the elopement of the parties. The Learned Counsel called the atten , ion of his Lordship to the case of Harford• v. Morriss, not exactly to the (acts, but the prinripl." of it, and concluded that enough bad been wade out to call for the further inter ference of tie Court. Mr. DownPslA-FLL, on the same side, contend ed, that the facts sworn to in the bill, calling on I.dord.lain to restrain the parties front taking s revs t o legal:ze the mat ritiv.e iu this country, had not been an,wered ; an iniportaiit personage in this tiansartion hind made his appearance, namely, John Ballatd, but his affidavit recut only to prove that he should have acted the oppm.iie to %slim he had done, and woad.' have dune, if he had to been the set vant, and intending to proin.te the desires of Mr. and Airs. Stables, the detend ants in this suit, he hail been, by his own adniksioti, clearly guilty of a conien:pt of the order of that Cour' ; and upon the whole of the pruceeditt,:s hia Lurdship Ivuuld see the ne cessi'y of h s fnither initrteienee; the plea of ignorance would n..t avail bete. The Loan CUANCELLOR SAid, that he was clearly of opinion that Ballard was guilty of n contempt ot that Court, 33 was Miss Stables, and also the female servant. flow far their being ig norant of the order of the Court might extenuate the offence, u wild be matter of consideration ; but that the Court had power to punish was evi dent, t►y its calling the Clergyman before it, when coonce►iii'd in any clandestine marriage with a Ward of tlint Court. Lord THUBLOW was about con►omit Dr, Martin, of Whitechapel, under si milar circnrnstat►ces. Mr. HEALD. for the defendants, would not urge any thing in det,nce ot liaHaul, Miss Stables, and the servant, but would hand them over to the merciful consideration of Los Lordship, in whose power parties. were always safe, 1118 . t had offended through ignorance or without intention. 'The Learned Counsel then proceeded to pro nounce a high enlogium on the character of Mr. Stables, who had been long known to the pro fession as a man, invariably walking in the paths of honour, and whose conduct in this transaction, was quite consistent with the whole tenor of his life. Some part of Mrs.Stablres proceeding in ibis case might be censurable, hut it arose from that na tural parental feeling, that must at all titrys actu ate parties so situated, but every part of her con duct showed she was averse to the consummation of a clandestine marriage. • Mr. SHADWELL on the same side, argued at considerable length, and was replied to by Mr. ‘VeTnilittiLL,_ whom our Reporter left speaking.• THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. EARe ROYAL, DuiraY-Lane.—Othello: Othello, Mr. ft Kra ; brA etnona, Mrs. W. West. After which, Jack and the Bean st a lk. TwearnE Ito'At., COVENT-GARVEN.—The Comedy of Errors Droinio of Ephesus, 1f r. W. Farrell : Adr i iana, Miis Ste phens. After which, Harlequin and Don Quixote. My* For A?:: OLD BARRISTkIt, See the First Page. PRICE 01 STOCKS THIS HAT AT T Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Rod. 6P 69 a per Cent. Cons. .... 63iii ai per Cent. 4 per Cents. ELVE sPol.o.N:try Ann. 1021 103 Bank Long Ann. IS 1-16th India Bonds .... 11s. 12s. pr. Each. Bilk, 2d. Ss. 4s. as. pr. Cons. for Account MAILS. ARRIVED-3 Watcrford, I_Guernacy and Jcrsey, 1 France, 1 Flanders.' Dus-2 Dublin, I Holland, I Lisbon, I France, 4 Hawleurgli. HIGH ‘VATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-M*OllllOW. Morning, 52 minutes after 7. I Evening, 21 minutes after a. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIs nIOER FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, SATURD.IY, J.IIvUzIRY 22, 1820. The PROPRIETOR of this Paper finding that it is currently ft portea that he has disposed of it, deems it necessary to in form the Public that it is still his SoLE PROTERTT, and that whenever new arrangements may take place, he will give due notice to his Renders. THE DUKE OF KEN-T.—WC have learned, with' deep regret, th i s day, from the best authority, that the illness of his ROYAL HIGHNESS is SO much increased as to threaten the most alarming consequences. On no day since the commencement of the Frost has the arrival of the Mails at the Post- Oflice been so impeded as this morning. The Coaches from Manchester, Leeds, and Chester, Lad not arrived when the Letter-carriers were dispatched, at half-past eleven.—The snow of Thursday night in London appears to have been general, and in every part of the Country. Mt - tellers have this week had to contend with deep snow, icy roads, or floods, the weather being a succession of Frost and Thaw. We received List night the Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday last. Those of ‘Vednesday, which were due this morning, have not arrived. The following article is put forth in The Moni teur of Monday : " in the expectation of those grave discussions which are coming on, every question which is agitated in the Chamber or Deputies is import ant ; every decision is characteristic, and must influence futurity. Legislative forms, the appli cation of which was usually contered wi,hout warmth, and decided with indifference, have hecetne, the subject bf serious discussion, in which all kinds of opinions ~isexe been pro nounced. The result of the 'it seosaion on the Order of the Day on the Petitions relating to the Law of Elections has proved as decisive as it was warmly contested. Although it was passed by a small majority, it does not less confirm what was stated in this Journal of yesterday, a's to the in clination of a great portion at the Chamber to entertain and, judge favourably such proposi tions as are beneficial to the Thione and the existing order of thiugs. Time cannot he a doubt that the majority would hive been still greater, if those How .ible Members who supported the petitions had "not confined them selves to a t oo:ion for referring them to a Commit ee of Inquiry. In fact, at . the eery first view, di a proposition had an air of moderation, and n.i;ht, thetefore, have united opinions which would other,%ise have been discordant.— It might have been supposed, that simply refer ring the matter to a Committee of Inquiry did not imply either an approbation of the contents of the petitions, or a pledge to at knowledge the authwity of this popular initiative. A distin goi,hed orator of the Chamber, not accustomed to vote with the left side, had asserted, on this occasion, that the reference to the Committee of Inquiry was only a more polite kind of order of the .day. This proposition, then, might appear one of those middle and conciliatory courses which frequently brings opinions to one common point, and dins terminates all discussion ; but the ma jority of the Chamber thought that they ought not to leave the question undecided, because this iodecision would have been a real triumph for the Opposite opinion ; and that this opinion would then base appeared to be, sustained by a force not belonging to it. The Older of the Day upon the petitions, is an incontestible declaration of the desire of the majority for some modification of the Electoral System—the more so, as many of the Members, while they participated in the same wish, might have voted for the refer ence only. The Sitting of Saturday, then, affords the most expressive indication of the state of the Chamber of Deputies. We base seen opinions, long opposed, loyally united for the great interests of the Monarchy ; we have been enabled to judge how far the violence of Party Journals may mis lead us with respect to the real intentions of those persons whose inspirers and echoes these Journals affect to be. Thus exaggerations and calumnies are refuted' from the Tribune 'itself ! Have we not reason to hope, indgingftom this example, that when a projet de loi, which has been at tacked without being known, shall hereafter be, proposed to the conscientious consideration olall those who are attached to the Monarchy,--when no voice shall be wanting in its defence,_tl►e Throne and Constitutional Liberties will obtain that support which it demands against anarchy." A letter dated Frankfort, Jan. 13, states the different cessions and changes of territory which have been made since 1813, in consequence of the acts of the Congress of Vienna. These cessions and changes are already known to the public. The following relates to Bavaria :--The con tiguity of the acquisitions made by Bavaria, being one stipulation of the Treaty of Ried, the Emperor of AUSTRIA recognises the right of the King of . BAVARIA to an indemnity, on tl:e principle of giving up the contiguity. Thi s indemnity shall be fixed at Frankfort, at the same time and in the same manner as the other territo rial arrangements of Germany. To this effect the Emperor of GERMANY engages to give to`the King of BAVa4ts. an indemnification, which has been regulated, till the time of the result of the negociation at Frankfort, and till Bavaria shall be put in possession of the indemnity for the re nunciation of contiguity. The object of the negocialions at Frankfort was to give to Bavaria an indemnity for the giving up the ptinciple of contig►tity, but the indemnity having been rejected by Bavaria, though it had appeared to be just by the contracting parties, they considered themselves entirely liberated from that negociation ; and, therefore, the 411) and following Articles of the Treaty pf Munich ceased to be obligatory. The other important dispositions regard the rights of sovereignty and military occupation re lative to the fortress of Mayence.—The follow ing are Extracts " PARIS, JAN. i S.—Tile King yesterday re ceived Gentlemen, and in the. evening Ladies. Madame and the Princess also gave a reception. " It is observed that the health of his Majesty has improved so far, that in walking he is able t o dispense with the use of his cane. in's Ma. j spy transacte.i bttsirtess yesterday tvith the Baron PaNide!. and A.J. Roy. The Count Decazes was bled yesterday, and had a blister put to his back. FIVE PER CENTS. INloutlay ... 72 f. 15 c. DEFRRRIID STOCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, 9.5 1. 10c. 22:1 Sept. 1817, 93 f. 10 c. 22d March, 1818, 9l 1. 10 c. 224 Sept. I RIB, 224 March,lBl9; B7 1. 10 c. 224 Sept. 1819, B5 f.lou. "BeRLIN, JAN. 4.—The Emperor of Russia is expected here during the Cat nivel. " MADRID, JAN. S.—The seeds of instibordi nation which the agents of the rebels of America had sown in the expeditionary army, and which gave bit th to plans of insurrection, which the ac tivity of Government and the firmness of the chiefs stifled in the month of July last, appeared a-new on the first day of the y e r, and produced some disorder in the troops of the. expedition cantoned in the intermediate villages between Cadiz, Gre nada, and Seville. The movement commenced with a battalion of infantry posted at Las Cabe- ZAS, and communicated itself to a part of [lie troops stationed between Espera and Villamartin. These latter proceeded on the 21 t.' Arens, where the head -quarters were established, and seized upon the person of the General-inCliel, who had no troops except his_guard of honour. Ott the 3d, they made' an attempt to surprise the Force dero (near Cadiz), where tile magazines of the expedition are formed, but having found the ma rities and militia of Cadiz under arms, the insur gents fount) that they had missed the blow, and began to disperse. Their Chiefs threw themselves into the mountains of Ronda, apparently with in tent to effect their escape to Gibraltar. The troops of the expeditionary army having joined those cantoned in Andalusia, tinder the command of Lieutenant-Gen. Don Manuel Freyre, have been in motion since the sth, to secure tranquillity." .We have often, presumed to say that we consi der the tranquillity of France, and consequently of all Europe, as dependent on the life of the pre sent Monarch. That the l'eop:e_ in general of that Country are not only adverse,to the return of any Revolution after the horrors which they have 2uffcred, and that' they are attached to the person of a mild and beneficent Monarch we have no doubt. But, considering that so many Sup potters of the late Usurpfe have been sof, feted to return to the Country,.. that they are not men in whom the Sovereign can place the least confidence, that they shared the power of. the lllurper, that they must naturally wish to regain their former authority, and that they are deeply conversant with all revolutionary arts, there must he every reason to apprehend that the whole of France will- expefience a convuhion which will spread to other Countries, and finally affect our own. What then must be thought of those degenerate and unreflecting Englishmen, who have removed great par: of their property to France, and are expending their wealth in that Country, at a time of general distress in their own ? Must they not be despised for their folly, and detested for their want of true patriotism, their total in difference to the interests of their own Country, and the lavish support of that Slate which may soon become again a rancorous and . unappeasable Enemy of (heat Britain. The following are further Extracts from The Jamaica Courant of the Bth November : " KINGSTON, Sr. VINCENT, OCT. 2.—The vessels that have come in from the neighbouring Islands since our last, as well as those which have arrived from sea,. furnish distressing accounts of the damage sustained by the weather in the ear lier part of the last week. Through an arrival from Martinique we learn, that three or four sma:l vessels were driven on shore at St. Piers, being all that were there at the time ; and we are in formed, that at Duwinico nearly a fourth of the present crop of coffee has been destroyed by the violence of the gale et Trinidad ; two or three vessels have been struck by the lightning, which was very violent at Port .ot Spain. " PORTSMOUTH, (N. H.) SEPT. 21.—Arrived yesterday the brig, Capt. SHEAFE, from Jacomel, off Cape Tiburoin ; she was boarded by an armed brig, under English colours, called the Tarantula, Capt. PooLmAN, which detained her two hours.— The above brig is a vessel that put into Kingston, Jamaica, on the 7th of August, from flux Cayes, tooter pretence of being in distress, and deserting the cause of M GREGOR ; she procured supplies, and was ordered out, and sailed on the }sth for New Providence. I-low far the above conduct coincides %xith the tale told upon the - Tarantula anchoring at Port Royal, the Reader may judge. " His Majesty's frigate Sybille, Captain Pup- H ,in four (lays front Santa Martha, CRUIe to anchor at Port Royal yesterday ; she bad on hoard two Friars arid several Spa n i,l i passe ng els, from Mompox : they state it was not in the oc cupation of the Royalists, but it was expected every moment that the I ndependen-ts would be itt possession of it. The ship liostock, BuisY ,0 1 Lverpool, front the Havannah to this Island, has. been wrecked on the Windward Little She bad no cargo 'on board, and went to pi e ces. The Master and crew arrived at Nassau in the ship's boats. As it must be the wish as well as the interest of this Country to be upon an amicable footing with all other States, the public cannot read without much regret the Letters which op' pear in The Morning Chronicle, signed A Ger.. man, reflecting with a bitterness that can hard' ly be deemed the effect of pure patriotism, and real public spitit, on the state of every German Power, and thereby tending to rouse the respeC' rive subjects to rebellion, and to excite anew Re volution over the whole of the Continent. Read' lug such mischievous iov igations in the English Journals, well may the King of PRUSSIA exclude theta from his dominions, and it is natural to sop. pose that most of the Continental Sovereigns will follow the example. Bat will the matter rest here? May not then the Potentates complain` ; to nor Government, that sucli libellous attacks, and revolutionary incitements should bd tolerated, in a Conntry with which they are-in amity, a nd if they find no redress, may they not altogether renounce all amicable connection, as well as all commercial intercourse, with us ? Can it be es - semial to the freedom of the English Press , that ,it should have the power of reviling ', ail friendly Powers, and publish such done gerons doctrines, and tebellious instigations, o°. may tend not only to destroy all the relations 0 . 1 t Peace eviih individual Monarchs, and Rulers el . every description, but to involve ns in a piers!, Continent 4 war, Liberal strictures and die. , cussions upon the policy of other GoeerumentS , may be of use to those Governments, as we be' foie °beet wed, in noticing the Letters of this Ger man Corretpondent of The Moaning Clvoniclt , but the Letters in general seem to arise frosa, disappointment and a spirit of revenge, Beside s they come from an individual who, in the instaae s a SANUT, more than iwpliedly applands the doe' ttine of assassination. But it Way be asked w het right has any indisidnal thus to erect himself into 1 11 Arbiter of States and a Reformer of Govetnineos ? It may be asked also whether any pioloond - ant i respeetahle P o liileiati would, on subjects oS siOtli importance, descend to defamation through (11$ inediuni ota,commou Newspaper ? We, therefore' cannot but consider the compositions of the VVri" ter in question, as the effusiona of personal spleeo and in every point of view, fIS .disgracebd to 01 ' Press, and likely to be injurions to the Country' -. Tile establishment of SAVING'S BANKS, 1 1(3c1 pretty general throughout the Kingdom, promise s to be one of the most important Institutions to 0 36 Country that ever entered into the mind of roan' They not only promote habits of industry, sobriety' and frugality in the Peasant and the Mechanic' but by thus giving the mass of the People, as ic were, individual stakes in the Country, they b e rome united in mind and heart, as well as in Physics! Power, to summit its Laws and uphold its Goveo # meat. In a little time there will scarcely be a poi° • in the Kingdom but where you may hear the re' r ; sants talk of having money in the Funds ; 011 i. although Saving's Banks have been but a short di ll& established, we have no doubt that ev e n n o w , frog ° their accession, the number of persons interest s ' ) in supporting Funded Property greatly exceeds the physical strength interested in supporting Lande d Property, if tire properties were distinguishable hut as the whole land of the country is a secur 4 for the Funds, every peasant and mechanic subscriV ing to a' Saving's Bank has alien . on the Laud i t ': self. In this view ,of the subject it seems to At . quite paradoxical that any , t»an should ked 9 - his money unemployed, when, for less than 6f pounds, he can not only get an income ° three pounds a-year, moat regularly paid, bu t 11 ! bond for 1001. being thirty-one pounds more tb fill he advances ; and this' bond neurally secured tit the whole wealth, both landed and persons /1 througbont the Country. When the Funds b 3l rizen to 72 or 73, the now obstinate Capital ist, hill ; then express his surprise that he did not se the thing clear when Consols were under 69. Last evening, about six o'clock, the Pal°,, ° REGENT an ivcd at Carlton House, from Briglit` 7 ,"; - The !rover nor of Cape Breton, in a letter Lord TEIGNMoUTif, says—•'' With respect to t e st great mass of our population, the Hi g hlande r o they received the beneficence of the Bible Soci g eo with the WMO,I 4ratitude. Persons have b c- i hired and sent from dist4ncei of 80 to 100 in i ' e t to entre.t for the sacred volume, and insta nt ', are not wanting of others sending their chilt lr er five or six miles over frozen lakes to be iustroefi; by poor old widoi.vs, for the avowed po r po , " reacting the Bible to their parents, who s';„` thealselves, from igexuance, unable to do so.