The Sun. — London, England, 1820-09-18 00:00:00

ON THE APPEARANCES OF THE TIMES, AND THE 31,INNERS OF•THE • derivata elades iii patriam, populitmq tie jizza it. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • • (No.-11.1 Sin—lt will interfere with 'the arrangements of my communications to you, to .enumerate, limi7te; the several causes of the-presentstate of the •. . Country ; I shall, therefore; with a view to the 'brevity necessary to be observed in these re-:. ..markst., proceed at once to discuss separately each .co , 4,ie,..which appears to me to have occasioned the present • slate of public feeling. Previously ' pointing out; as .it Were by' way of contrast; the . :reasons why our misfortunes are not heavier, and the condition of .the Nation more depressed, Among these the first is - the spirit of liberty; which 'happily still subsists aviong us. 'Not, in.; deed,.in its genuine vigour, .for then it would - work its genuirke effects, and the corrupt prac tices, which have been introduced and engrafted ' oh' the "Constitution, and vv hick now too exten.: si-Vely pervade the' whole system, without yield . ing any additional power to the cyplyn, or advan tage to the People, would never have been per mitted or known. Yet, that the love of liberty is not extinguished, is . evident from the united voice, even of a divided' people. It , still ani mates their conversation, and would invigorate all their Public Addtetses and their conduct, but from the extreme violence, degeneracy, and irre ligion of a desperate'faction, who have attempted to monopolize and-controul the getterat voice of the people. It is under these, circumstances that 'it be - comes the imperative duty of the' present Ad . ministration to be. firm and energetic ; yielding ' in ability and integrity to none of their oppo nents, though disunited. and not consistent among themselves, they ought.,to come forwaid and de- Clare their intention to meet the ; wishes of the country, and to adopt those ,alterations and sug g_estions, which all good, men anxiously contemn- . plate and desire, and which every year's expe l. tience points out to be essentially and absolutely necessary to the safety.Of the State. With reference to the conduct of the Modern •-. ..;.Whigs, it is .to be remarked, that in proportion 'as 'THEIR spirit bath grown weak in DEEDS; it bath gained strength, in . - wonns, and of late years it bath run out into an unbounded . T and licentious freedom. If any proof were wanting of the political degeneracy of this party, it is only to recal the attention of the public .. to their conduct in the' Session of 1819, when the greater part ofthem did not attend 'die House of •• Commons 'on the second reading of the Bill, which . had been introduced into Parliament, to put an -end to occasionality and- corruption in close. • Boroughs; whilst others of the party voted • against it! Nay, it is even said, that 'a busy, meddling Alderman, was deputed by one of the Opposition Leaders to wait on the Member who • brought in the Bill, and to request him to with .• draw it.—ln after times ; such conduct will not be credited, especially when it is seen that the same party had carried, only the day before, • their motion for' an inqUiry into the degraded state' of .the Scotch Boroughs, and-which they heVe•revised•in the present-Session !. It is,' hoWever, beyond a .dottbtOhat we all : iiish.to continue free, though we, have not the %virtue or the resolution to secure our freedom. The spirit of liberty is now . 'stniggling, with a , Inio4ken potion of loyalty and attachment to the' • -present order , of thingS; under' a misconception that, to correct the abuses which have.crept into the practice of the Constitution, though these :abuses have been invariably reprobated by the Courts of,Law and by all' the upright "Statesmen of. the Nation, is attempting an innovation on the Constitution, and a *diminution of the already limited poorer; of the Crown. -'To, uphold the" 'power of the Crown, in the maintenance of its just prerogative, is one of the - brightest attributes in the exercise of the consti, Intional rights of the, people. Innnmerable are the instances wherein the people have been at . tempted to depressed', by the overwhelming power of the A STUN T Aristocracy of the king dorn, and to whom did they on:these trying oc casions.appeal'? -To - the Crown '.—and they were never known 'to appeal in vain : for the jute -:rests of the Crown are so' inseparably blended 'and- interwoven with those of the people, that • whenever the OligarchistS' have endeavoured to depress, and encroach upon the rights of the one, the effect has been- extended to the other ; and a dange-rou - :6114 ..14166nStittItiOnai con Iroql has been alike established -over the' Monarch and the People.' ' The history of thii country abounds ' with instances,' where'the Crown and . the People ' 'have at different times : ' stood forward to rescue • " ,each other from' the influence Of this party, and the. le,ctien -of . the' inetnotable instance 'which ocourrea in the reiktuct ring G Editor: the r Second - is still cherish; , (l, anti. eAlklears• the narne..of the - late Earl of CliATim Am to the.people; for the share • had in relie,ving Soveieign from. -.. the dnininion of - that party, and enabling Him to give effect',to, wishes and feelings at that interesting 'period. To,yestere,:therefore,,,,th,cOnAtitution of Par liament to its.original degm and state, and to :.check the abuses.which'ihave crept into the praC • • • : tck of electkons.shice, the:yeign of King GtottoE the First, countenanc.ed and tolerated - as they have. the intluende - of the Oli garchists, ita6r the' c..elebratette,xcepilon, which :was introduced in the House'of -Lords into an of Parliament, pissed in 1746,* tG controul irregtilarities of Elections in,' all places ex . - : - Cep.t close • Boroughs,-L 7 -should be' one of the Ilrst • !Objects of His MAJEsTy"S . -GoVernment• iim'.the *,‘'Osuitmg, ParliaTenf ; !for' the repe a l o f this,Ob- . . DQXIOiIS .eXCeptiOD, lis're'plegnant to'irtvo ,and juitipe as it is tocommon sense, make . the.:Statute Lassi corisisterit• in itself, and con . tormablif , to' the',Cpairnorv.taw„ and .render the • role of ''Elec.tioa ifiliform in all places, whatever may be the nature of the right of Election, which will remain unaltered; whilst it will at the' same time deprive the disaffected of their most power ful argument in favour, of Parliamentary Reform, and withdraw from :them the countenance of many opulent and. respectable individnals, which but. for this abuse had never been shewn them. And•the Nation may reasonably. expect that some corrective measure of this nature will be attempted at no distant period, from the decla- . ration, which the First Lord of the - Treasury is reported to have' made in the diScussion in the` Upper Ifotise , of Parliament On the Seditious.' Meetings Bill, that he will support any measure that may be brought forward to check the abuses blinded to, and' to destroy occasionality at Elec- - tions.'..Those . who know the character of the Illustrious Statesman to whom I have. alluded, Must be convinced of the sincerity of his wish to. Maintain the rights of the People, Whilst he .up holds the just prerogatives of the Crown. The Schobl in which he ivas bredthe principles which he has invariably professed and main tained—the' disinterested and judicious diSposal of his patronage, particularly in the Church — and his unsullied integrity in pUblic,and private life, 'justly warrant the expectations which have been,formed on this subject, and ,Which, when realized,. will shed additional lustre on his admi nistration. The spirit of genuine liberty hath produced more complete effects in this country than in any other. u i other countries it has been attempted to be ingrafted by the arts of policy, whilst here it shoots up and tlourigies as from its natural cul ture and growth —yet, in a free country like our's, it is not surprising occasionally to find temporary delusions prevail, and to see the people for a while supporting men. whose mea suces militate against their true interests.and that of the State, for on what other ground can the political delusions, which often prevailed during the last forty years, be accounted for; for; though a deceased Statesman Ivas abgurd.ly styled " the Man of the People," yet whenever he be came a Member of Administration he was seen in his true colours—the immediate representative of the ANTIENT families of England, and conducted himself accordingly : in Proof of which it is only necessary to . tefer to some of the few measures of his short-lived, but memorable - Administration, in 1806-7. The inroads whi c h.h ave b een ma d e on th e re presentative system of the country are babe attri buted to this Party, who have by far the greatest " number of the Boroughs under their immediate controul ; but' for the present I shall not pursue this point further than to. refer your Readers to the proceedings of the last General Election for Sussex for a specimen of the conduct which is still pursued by the Modern Whigs, and to Mr. HusKissort's admirable speech in illustration of it. It -is truly observed, .by that eminent and distinguished individual, " that the country is " indebted to a Duke of DEVONSHIRE for intro •" ducing into. Parliament an Act which effected "'the greatest thing which has taken place .in the , " Constitution of Parliament since the Revolu " tion. He meant the Act which gave the House " of ,Commons a Septennial instead of a Trien " vial duration. For this Reform we, are in " debted to the House of Cavendish." He -then noticed the several Bo'r'oughs which that family are said to influence, and in a playful strain of Well-direCted irony, called- on them to shew the grounds on 'which the Modern Whigs pretend Ito claim exclusively the public confidence and, favour. Having exceeded the limitsl had prescribed to myself for this communication, I must hasten 'to conclude it, and the only apology I can offer is the importance of the subject, and the hnme diate necessity there exists, of spewing clearly and distinctly the danger which now assails us, in the present state of things. This danger is the greater, because the enemy is within ; working secretly and securely, and destroying all those internal powers, from which alone an opposition can arise to the dangerous and destructive spirit which now too extensively prevails among the people. Saturday, Sept. Hz. ALMON. FOR TILE SUN. CURSORY THOUGHTS. MR.. EDITOR-Black Neckcloths, as now worn, are a most excellent invention, though producing a slight change in our mode of manufacture. Gen. tlemen are now enabled to make Shifts—whilst the Ladies have neither to make Shirts, nor to wash them ! . Teague, a few nights ago, popping into a Pop-shop, to pop his only shirt, Pat advised him to sell it outright—" because," said the obser vant Hibernian, " wid your black Barcelony you will be quite in the fashion." "That cannot be a very bad Country," said A., " where Smngglers, Shaw l -venars, Gin7spin ners, and Brewer's Druggists can realize qualifi cations for Parliament, aye, and sit in Parliament too, on a footing of equality with the Nobles and Gentry Of the Land! nor can that be a very'en slaved Country, where every blackguard may say and print, or print and say, .whatsoever he, pleases!" " True!" replied 8., " yet I think there some reform is wanted ! " A certain IlluStrious Lady has been charged with making BERGADU a Nobleman, but, nobody accuses her of making him a Gentleman! PETER PINDAR once spun some good jokes on his late Majesty's visit to WHITBREAD'S Brew house, but the Brewer's grand-daughters disdain to return the trisit! I. G. N. Yesterday„ at half past twelve o'clock, his, Royal Highness thq Dui:e of YoaK left York FY - - , lOuse for Brighton.---Yesterday, divine service was read in the Palace, Pall-mall, by the Rev. Dr. STANIp t CLAra4 . ..---Yesterday, , her Royal Highnoss.the Princess SOPIIIANisited the Duchess of CLARENct.---On Thursday, her Royal High ness the Princess AUGUSTAarrived at Frogrnoce., . , . 7'HE'ATRICAC REGISTER. .. . Performed on Saiperday Night. MEATar. ROYAL, DRURY LANE.—King Richard the Third. King Richard, " Mr. Kean. After which, Two Strings to Your Bow. THEATRE RIM L, HA I'M ARK EX.I.The Suicide. After which, Wet Weather, To which wieeaddidi I)og Days its Bond , ‘treet. THEATRE ROYAL, EVVLISH OPERA Hoirm—The Merry Wive" , of Windsor. After which, The Innkeetea's Daughter. - . . . . ERRATA.—In the Letter on Saturday respecting. the Qnes r • .tons proposed •' to Candidates for Holy Orders, the Name of the Bishop of LiNcot.r4 Was mentioned instead of the liishop of PErgaßoaovqa, by whom the •questions were proposed. In the first paragraph, instead of plan read place. In'the third line of the third paragraph, for . avow read avoid; and in the, same paragraph, instead'uf their - present form, read sense. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Ct. Cons.66k 65/ 66 6514 5 per Ct. Nary Ann... 1021¢ ituiia Stock 213 2124 India Bonds .... 20s. 19s. pr. Ex. Bills, 2d. 3s. 4s. pr. Drumlins ii! dis. Ditto. Payment 4i 5 dis. Cons. for Account. 66i 65i . . MAILS. AutvEll-2 llnblin„ 4 Waterford, 1 France, 1 New York. Dus-1 Holland, 4 Gottenbuirgb, .1 Hansburgh, 1 Flanders. ---.0.-- HIGH WATER AT 'LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 37 inintitts after I I.—Evening, 0 mittittt s :titer 0 THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DIUERE, FALSUM 4UDE.AT? LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER is; 1520.` We received yesterday and this morning the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday last The latter now throw discredit upon the news from Lisbon given in the preceding Papers, by saying that nothing authentic was known from the Por tuguese Capital.—They give large extracts from the London Journals respecting the events in Portugal. The KING on Wednesday held a Council of Ministers. The Commission of the Court of Peers sit every day, from ten in the morning till six in the evening, for the purpose of interrogating the persons charged with being implicated in the conspiracy, and examining witnesses. Marshal KELLERMAN, Duke de. VALISY, died on Wednesday. An English Courier had arrived at Paris from Naplo, and continued his route for London. He was said to be the bearer of diplomatic intelli- gencP of great importance. An article from Turin of the sth instant, states that a camp of Austrian troops, estimated to amount to 80,000 men, was then forming under the walls of that city. It is, however, added, that the greatest tranquillity prevailed there, and that the formation of the camp was supposed to be part of -a\,system of great military measures which 'were contemplated by the Allied Powers with reference to the south of Europe. The Yienna accounts say,„that the interview between the Sn'nperors of RussiA and AUSTRIA and the King of PRUSSIA, on the frontiers of Silesia, is to take place-at Troppau on the 16th of October. It is also said, that the French, Russian, English and Prussian Ambassadors are to proceed to Troppau before the arrival of the Sovereigns ; and, according to one report, Mr. CANNING is also to be there. The Russian Am bassador at Vienna is said to have refused to affix his visa to the passports of Prince CIMITILE, who had been sent from Naples with dispatches to the Russian Government, and without which he could not proceed. From Corfu, the sth ult. it is stated that the LORD COMMISSIONER was to set sail the next day on board the Glasgow frigate, to visit the other Islands. Colonel J. F. BROWN was to exercise, during the absence of his Excellency, the functions of President at Corfu. The following are extracts from the Journals. of Friday : PARIS, SEPT. 15.—Tile King yesterday transacted busi ness with the Duke de Richelieu. " An Officer, apparently a Captain,. arrived yesterday at Paris, in the custody of two Gendarmes. He was conveyed to a house of detention. Marshal Lefebvre, Duke de Dantzic, died 'yesterday morning, aged 65. " A Letter front Bayonne, dated the 9th inst., which we received yesterday, atittii4ces, that according to letters trout. Madrid, of thetilt, they had certainintelligence of the Re volution at Oporto, but nothing positive Was_ known respect ing Lishon.—(Joarnal de Paris.) • . " It appears to be too certain that the Yellow Fever has re•appeared at Cadiz and Xeres, and that a Cordon is to be established to intercept all communicat►on. " An. Extraordinary Courier is stated to have arrived yesterday from Madrid' with' the following intelligence : General Riego has been dismissed from hit Govern ment of Gallicia, to which he bad been appointed and exiled to Oviedo. The Governor of Madrid, Belasco, has also . been exiled from the Capital, together with all tl►e principal leaders of the Club of. la "Fontana de Oro. It appears that Riego made a representation to the Cortex, divided into two parts. Respecting the first part, relative to his services, it was ordered to be referred to. the Committee on national re- ; wards; with regard to the second part, relative to the injustice of the Government towards hint, they passed to the order of the day, after a stormy disoission. This energetic determi nation of the Government has caused an:almost general satisfaction atldadrid, . Thus the people of that capital, who on the 3d drew Riego in triumph through the streets, saw, nrvtlieJ.Gth.set..out on his exii“ . 9 7 ()yreda.—t— ii fasett€ l 'France.) FIVE PER CENTS. Shit pnce 77 f. 35 C. Ex:- Dir. Wedn e sday .. .. 74 f. 4n c. IThursday 74 f; to.c. DEFERREIII c 'OCK. We sday: •Tbtaßei Of theled March, Isl' t 103 f. se. :92 f. roc' EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One Month - • Three Monilts l7 .QS f.-40,e.• • M 3 °Rip, SEPT. 4..—A-C6urier haiarri ved_ from Lit Who announces that G e ne ra l S a ld an h a ; Chi e f o f the7s;P j t! Constitutional Army, was marching upon ,that all his force . ; that some of th e C or p s whi c h tint' tg efig had sent against him had joined him ; and that on " -fir 1 , instant, in the evening, h e was expec ted t o en t er the P' ; • The squadron of the Regency was still in *the Rit' er ' Il was thotight that the egencvwere negociating, and ths .' only two of Its' Members would p rocee d t o Ri o Jane iro i , BRUNSWICK, SEPT. s.—We learn from Berlin, that t! King will again quit that capital early. in October, to P r : ceed to Breslaw. • We received this morn i ng th e B a lti more P . aP er, of the 15th of August, and. Halifax Papers • 14 the.l9th. • [Troia The New York Evening- Past.]. " YELLOW FEVER.—We are sorry to learn- that the Ye ll° Feverbas made its app e ar ance a ga i n i n Philadelptiia; - Le ttto thereceived this mornin g s t a t e th a t th ere were t h ree d ea ths tl ie r of that disease, yesterday morning, and. yet,the 130 0/ Health, and the Newspapers of that City, ate atlitebt ot t ll' subject as the grave. [Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia, 3 .fx!clock vestel,9l, , afternoon.] " Three new cases o f f ever thi s forenoon, 4 aliia:dy A u gil and buried since 11 o'clock, and the other dangerotis?' [From The Halifax Paper, ..1ag.718.] The ship Hen Lomond, arrived at Quebec on the 415t. 1,1t 1 7 weeks from Greenock, with 413 va l ua bl e S ett l ers , un olf ° them people of property; also the brig lient,'.frorn' Loot °. derry, with 1 71 Settlers. The brig Brown, from London , frt Quebec, took up 5 of the crew of a schooner - wrecked' ti ' 4 Labrador Coast; 27 passengers unfortunately perished. ST. JOHN'S, JULY 18.—There is at present a prosp'eet of t be Cod Fishery being very successful this season. The 1031' front this harbour came in loaded every night 'for m ore th i a week past, with very fine fish, and accounts iron . ' the Soutli' ward and' Westward arc equally favourable. Though we earnestly deprecate in general• 3ll public interference of the Ministers of the GO' pel in political transactions, yet there. - are oa r sions on which every Friend to our Establishme° in - Church and State ought to come reSolptelf forward in support of it, whatever may bell ig rank or station. Such We conceive to be' the • case respecting the Public Meetings whiCh.ba' taken , place for the purpose of . prestuti 4 Addres'ses to THE QUEEN, professedly tO" do honour to her, but really in .opposition t o the Government and insulting to the Sovereign, P C thk reason we have inserted this day the Corr pondence which has taken place between tev.,Mr. C UNNINGHAM and Nit. WHLTB.RE in consequence of the recent Meeting at Pad" dington - for - the purpose alluded to. Mr. GC NINGHAM,' in our opinion, has done . his '& 1 1 on this occasion as a Member of the State 0-$.lO - of the Church. His arguments are -sound/ are stated with energy, and must impress co' viction on all who are not blinded by WOO' Mr. WIIIIIII2EAD obviously shrinks under 11 ' 5 rebuke, arid we hope the young Gentlo o° will improve from so salutary and seasonable a° admonition. 'FILE REVENUE.—We are happy in stating/ froth the best authority, that . THE RErExt?E is a very promising state, the produce of the Po' sent quarter materially exceeding that of th e corresponding quarter of last year. The necessity of some 'more active and correc t controul in the management of Turnpike Road'' is very generally felt throughout the kingcl o(ll. A glaring instance has lately been discovered b 1 a new Superintendant on one- of the South Roads from the Metropolis, where a Contract: for loading inaterials had only delivered thirty'' six bushels of flints, instead of fifty-four bushe s per waggon, according to his e n gagemen t. Thi s man had been indulged by the acting Truste e with the contract for. many years, without Of competition whatever, as it has not been cus tomary for the ,few Trustees who manage th'. , division of the road in questi on t o a d ver tise f°'' tenders. AV-e hope these abtises will be Pr e " vented in future, and, that some general bow' ficial syStentwill-lie adopted to reifeve the pub lic from such gross partialities and impositions. The KING arrived at Brig,htiin on Tuesdat": night from Wind*, with the intent to renew his aquatic excursions in his yacht; accordingly on t he next morning orders were received to equip t e Royal Geor? - e,'Which was in a dismantled st ate in Portsmouti harbour, again for his Majesty's n 5 , e ; Before noon on the following day the Hon. Sir' PAOET'had re-hoisted his broad-pendant in ~be t r e ' and she 'Was towed out of the harbour. - - 1 " t wind ha.S . iiice 'blown fresh from the south-west :which would-prevent his Majesty from eniba""; ing Brighton, and she proceeded to the cna s i, ThiS circumstance, it is said, Irass been comnin i cated to his MAJESTY, and it is expected he come to Portsmouth to embark. The Hind) bd , at C. BURRELL, Bart., Brisk, ‘Capt. MON•TAGL,S - the• Cameleon, Capt. MINGAY, are ready 3 , tend .the Royal yacht. nt h The late Sir HOME ifornAm. is the ele ve Flag Officer who has died since ,the conneoce.. ment of the present year. not Syn Tit Tior 'yen Pr e; a. g E ord '1 urn 4114, fr„ 4l Ptl id t„it"'