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- .1110,11MV!, 1-Cl. THE c!IN. z Liar , T 4 ant) EN". BLASPHEMY. With many of those acts to which L rw, with a teeessary regard to the rights of the Community, has adjudged punishment, there are in human nature many sources of sympathy; and this feel ing, not unfrequently, render& such punishment nugatoi y, or at least greatly diminishes its efficacy in the prevention of crime. But there is One crime which shuts up the hearts of all against its perpetrator, and makes them to award and to witness his punishment, with a stein and almost impitying spirit. This is the crime tot BLASPHEMY. In the BLASPHEMER WC see the enemy of all the human nice. We see him flinging poison into the well of Life 3 nod when we think that the poor who rup-tir 'hither in their thirst fur refreshment, n..ry drii,k pollution to death, from a lrat corner .it the sati , fied conscience cirn come one single feeble whi•per, ialicting punishment on the mereile,s destroyer '' We fi•sit out selves sometimes driven to the stern necessity of puling a milefActot to death, tor some one dangerous and impaidonable clime. He Gas tor (riled his life---and the forfeit must ot paid. Say that he is a robber, or a miliderer, that he has violated property. And abed blo .d. Never did time exist, in human Society, robber and tutu - - tlerur, who had the power at being so destructive by acts of violence rind blood to his •Idlow crea tures, as the BLASPHEMER. The one disregards the Commandments ot tiod and Man. 'The other would obliterate them—would break the tablets on which they are eirgreven. A rilou:atid tutus dee* lie at the door of every BLASPHitMER " Could we Allipi.Se PAINS to !hive suffered se pars►r punishment for each of all the capital ccinies that he lids virtually committed, boar after boor, and d.ay atter day, must the bones of the rinirlitty wretch have h. en broken on Ihe whei.) !'' (The )f'eirder, Nu 2, Blackwood's . Edinburgh Mugasiire, Dec. 1819.) POPERY. Little more than a Century ago. _ _ _ Nov. 3, 1685.-.." The French pe - rseention of the Protestants raging with the utmost barbarity, exceeded even what the very heathens used ; mimer able persons of the greatest birth and riches, leaving all their earthly substance, and hardly es caping with their lives, dispersed through all the commies of Europe. The Freud) tyrant abro gated the Edict of Nantes, which had been made in favour of them, and without any cause—on a and:Nine demolishing all their churches. banish ing, imprisoning, and sending to the gallies all the Al te: s ; plundering the common people, and exposing them to all sorts of barbarous usage by sonldiers sent 'to mine and prey on then, tak ing away their children ; forcing people to the masse, and then executing them as -telapsers ; they burnt thrir libraries, pillaged their goods, eate up their fields and substance, banished or aent the people to the ;tallies, and seized on their estates. There had now been numbered to passe throng!' Geneva onely (and that by stealth, for all the usual passages were strictly parried by sea and land) 40,000 towards Switzerland. In Holland,, - Demnark, and all about Ger marry, were dispe : 4ViViome. hundred thousands, besides those iO.Kniland; where multitudes of all degrees sought '.for .shelter and welcome as distressed C ristians and Co4tessors."--(Eue/Pes Meer. I. 616.) See the tender mero,fs of l'Apists, so little re moved • from our ow - tv'times, in which they ale unchanged. MANCHESTER MAGISTIRATES• " We firmly b.cher , ~that slier undergoing more violent and gross inj;isticc. than ever refit, HCC111;111- fated on the he ids of NO} , ho , ty of men,' the. Ma gistrates of Manchester stand, esen now, not oily acqiiitted, brit iustiled brtote the country. thit we mast Itetref foiget„ for the sakes of other men iii authority, who may in Wore times of danger he called upon to act for the prererea. tion of public order, the base arts of delorion, concealment, misrepresent:wn, exaggeration, caloniny, and falsehood, by ‘viiich it wsa attempt ed to make out a case against those Magia:rates, and to hold them up as the cruel and cowardly shedders of innocent blood. " And first of all. with what blind boldness and headstrong ignorance was it trumpeted forth, in writhig and in.!•peeel,„ that the meeting rfispersed was an innocent, laudable. useful, loyal, and con stinit;,mal Meeting. These assertions which, melancholy to know, were made by.many men of education anal birth, circulated rapidly through die land ; and once believed, the foolish and wicked fa'sehood took root its the minds of the people, has never yet been wholly extirpated; and not only disposed them, but (we will say it to their exculpation, and to the ineffaceable stigma of their , betrayers) almost justified them in their hat_vil of these authorities." ‘• 1 hen follows a long enumeration of the mali cious charges atrociously circulated against the Mae.; tr tees ; after s'vhich the author says, with a spirit of just indignation, " Shame to such of the Gentlemen of England,_ a shame to such of her Peerage as tuned their . spirits to such a straits I Such r a ving might !rave beers expected from the angry artisan who in his hunger felt himself betrayed ; it was worthy of the balled villains who had betrayed him, and some part of it was to he forgiven to the frien►ls of tliose few, who unfortunately list their lives On thit day. But loch language was pollution to other lips, nor conkd it t!ave dwelt fur a mo ment on the lips of a man of any condition, that is, of any education, till he had first flung from Lim his reason and his justice, forgot all his pre vi guy of thought, judgment, and expres- sion, and descended from't bat elevation, on which acquitements had placed him, down iwo the lowest depths of the rabble, deplorably assimilating hiniseir in tone, gesture, • thought, tiod words, with the basest, and foulest, Nod tiercest of mankind."--( Warder, No. 3. Black wood's Edit:burgh Magazine.) LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS PAT. [Morning Chronicle] EXTRACT FROM A MERCANTILE LETTER, DATED YAMS, 6TH INSTANT :- " You reason justly respecting the political affairs of England, and the influence these must have on the trade of your country, which I am convinced can never rise again to that transcen dent height on which it once st 0011, long as the National Debt is so enormous', or so much is wr one from the manutactutiitn and commercial classes to pay its support. it is difficult to enter into com petition with othkr commies which send their goods into the market not so much burdened with expellees. Ibis England could do as long as the continental war lasted, and she was alone on the 'sea;. There is, besides, a want of corresponding energy and exertion in your Goveinment, or a t least, so tie view things at x distance from the vorte x of par y factions, which does not corre- Ap, , ild to existing einer.:encie.. It will he seen hire with astonishment, if your Government al lows the Awe' leans to take possession of and keep the Florida., as snail an act would be consnleted as the strongest possible proof of its Own tmliar ' rassments, anal as such, no doubt, it will be inter- preted by rite cu n ning people of the United St ates, who have been the only- gainers by the late dis asters of Europe, and who will 'use sight of no ad-Vantages which may aria out of the weak ness of tiny part. Widi regard to ourselves, notwitlistHndin.- the ilivision that exists in the public mind, and the certainty that a very bois terfws discussion will take place on the project of the Minis'ers, in proposing violations of the charter, added to the probable risk that public exaspeo i.ot may give rise to results arid el- Irv's of a set toils nature, the reifies have risen. This is attriboted to the stagnation, or rather ces sation, of commercial busiorto, which has placed the capitals of many in a state of inactivity.—There now are in the cellars of the Bank, 200.000.000 francs (eight millions ster;ine) in money onem ployed ; and besides, from England large remit tances come over to be invested in our Funds These causes may be tree, hut, for my own put, I think there is something factitious in the rise of the rentes. aura that it is in ot great measure owing to one of those systematic plans of speculation so often practised in London with success, but which will, ere long, bring a large portion of our Go vernment paper again into the mat ket. At [He lmut, however, no embarrassments are remarked in the commercial houses here." (Morning Post.l The latest intelligence lrom various parts. of Solidi America, in the possession of the Insur gents, has been received through the United Slides, where a constant correspondence seems to be kept up with the revolutionary armies. The advices front Buenos Ayres are to the end of Sep tember. The inhabitants were still in the (talk with - respect to the fate of the Grand Expetrition, and much apprehension, was entertained that it would make its appearance there. The Portu guese at Monte Video tvere notch alarmed M n the saute account, believing that althoo.gh no formal declaration of war had been issued either by Spain or Portugal, yet that an attack would be made on that place. Elite limes.) Letters from Cadiz, dated Dee. 24, were re ceived yestertloy. They once mote revive spects, Infirm, %viten every hope appearcil„,to be extin_ gnished, on the subject of the Expedition to South America`. The earliest period now nam e d for the depollute of tleelitst division which, on account ot the disavers Mori has lately expe• rienced, its tally understood (3,he meant lor the Caroccas, is she latter end of Fenru.s!y : wh en the latter portion °I it will still, for the subjuga tion or Buenos Ayres and Coils : the ft lends of Spanish ascendancy in South America do iiot as sign a pei bills of tic-4th are still withhel,!, though the health of the city itself is cousiderrit as perfectly restore d, from the !ri d er , to the port Lit Cadiz; and no puhite declaration h a d b eets i s snrd, announcing the coniiriunication with the sien.libouring province of Andalusia, cud with Gibraltar, to lie on the seine towing as be tore the appearance ot the fever. STATE Ot THU PUBLIC STRIIBT 4 . — Every per• son why► has occasion to be abroad most have nevi struck with the condition of the pavements, owing to the accumulation of froze►► SHOW, which is suffered to remain to the danger of (lie limbs and even the lives of the passengers. A little sa lutary vigilance on the pan of the police, or others, would in one day remove this evil : the law has amply provided Ilse means, by subjecting , every householder who omits to cicar the paih- . way before his own residence to a fine of ss. ; and we really think, that any person who would now call into acti o n this useful regulation, would not merely serve himself considerably, but confer a real benefit on the publie.- . --(ibid ) TO THE EDI FOR Or THE SUN. Sin-1 rely on your habitual desire to sfrord the most accuratv information, for correction of a rhaferial 'error which occurs in the report of my evidence on the trial of the action " Cullen against Morris." In sucb report I am: represented as stating, that I 'acted as legal adviser to the High 114i1iff of West minster at the late Election (1819) ; whereas I resigned the situation of Deputy High Bailiff in 1817, and advised or assisted at no contested Election subsequent to that of 1807, when 1 adopted certain regulations as to the right of voting, the deviation from which by my.successor occasioned the action in question. I am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, Gray's Inn, Jan. 13. WM. TOOKE. Advices from Calcutta, dated August 4, state, that the quantity of cotton which could be shipped to Europe this season ' , runic! not exceed 13.000 bags, being about one-eighth part of the ordinary supply. It was added, that none would ba forth coming trom Bombay at all this season, and that the natives had come many hundred miles from the interior to re-purchase the coLtou they bad previously sold. PRIVATE ANL) AUTIIF.NT:e COIMuESPONDENCE PARIS, J. 11.10.-Tht indisposition of the Mi nister of the Interior for a moment flattered the Is hopes of his enemies. The King has been sur rounded for this last week by all who fatttienl•theY might have a chance for his place) and whis pers and hints have not been wanting that he does not enjoy the popular confidence. A cer tain Minister even propoied to bold a Council of State without the President. Silence anda look that spoke volumes was the. reply of his Majesty. It may be asked what is the, cause of this great aff.c ion of his Majesty for M. DecAzas i In the filar place it is the certainty of his attachment and fidelity, which no , hing can shake ; it is the consciousness that his views, even when be errs, are founded on proper bases—that he is entirely independent of . every Faction, and .that no party views can ever make him deviate from the line of j his ditty and its object, the happiness and pros peril yof France. A choice might, it is trite, be made of a more profound !..itateeman end a mote brilliant Orator, tho' M. Decazcs unites those cha• racters in a superior degree to tu• , st men; yer, we repeat it, he has his. superiors in those respects ; but if we cast our eyes around, where shall we fitul another who has nut enlisted, and who does not even n 0.... combat under the banners of oue Faction or anwher ? IVe should 'have either a downright Liberal, in whose eyes the new inte rests would he every thing and the old ones no thing ; or we should have an Ult ra, %V 110 troll la bring back the happy days of the stake and the block, till he and Allis party were engulphed to new Revolution, more sanguinary than the last, %vlitn MARAT's proposition would he literally ee citted.—That there are as honest men to be found as M. DEcizEs cannot he doubted ; butwe have no hesitation in asserting that if France is . to be preserved from anarchy, whoever may be the Minister, he must adopt the political conduct of M. DFcAzes, or he is cer►ain to tail in the at tempt, and a new Revolution will be inevitable. The new Laws are not proposed so early as was expected, on account of M. DEcAzEs indis position ; they will be found to be mere modifiea• lions to give effect to principles' already recog nized; they will contain no new ones; but flit reason why they are so .muck feared is that they will prevent . abuses, by which at present tinquali fied persons evade the Laws, and become Elec tors, Candidates., anti Deputies in defiance of (nein. M. PASQUIELJR said, the persons chosen at the last Election Ought to be ashamed 'of the means by which their returns were obtained. The expres sion had the colour of justice, but it was too strong and personal, - and therefore merited the spirited reply of General PUMARSAY. It is true that the Liberals ought to be ashamed of their in trigues ;- but, at the same time, - those who make the accusation ought to recollect the !liable of the mote and the beam." If the Liberals wet e guilty the Ministry was not innocent, and it is precisely to prevent the necessity of these in trigues that the new Laws are a►lopted. THEATRICAL REGIS rE K. Performed Last Night. THECA ritC ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.—The Three and the Deuce: ' Peregrine Single, Mr. Elliston ! Pertinax Single , Mr. El 'loon ! ! Percival Single, Mr. Elliston ! ! ! Emily, Mrs. Ro binson. Alter which, The Rival Soldiers ; to l4hicl► 1483 'miffed, lick and the Bean Stalk. TN EAT KV, Rol), L, COVENT-GAB RIM —As Yon Like It: Jaques, Mr. Maeready ; Rosalind (2d time), by a Young I,Ady. After which, Harlequin and Dun Quixote. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Third Part of " BLEssiNos of the CoNsTITUTiON," To- morrow. •• For LITERARY 11.E.view: see the First Page. PRICE 01 THIS DAT AT r ti'sTocKs wEi,vE 0-cm,cK. S per Cont. 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The following are Ex- tracts : " PAIII2, JAN. 11.—The King received Gentle men yesterday morning, and Ladies in the even- lug. " M. Arnimlr, sen. read on Sunday at the Comedic Francaise, a clew tragedy in 6v• set!' ►vhich bm been received, it is entitled he Guelphs and the " M. de Serres is said to be better, but it is notwithstanding reported, that M. l'astittier is to have\the Porte-teuille of the Ministry of Justice. " M. Decazes is still indisposed ; there was a report yesterday that he had tendered his resigna tion, but that it bad not been accepted. FIVE PBR CENTS. Munday DEFERRED STOCK Of the Yid March, 1817, 42d Sept. 1817, . .92f. 95 c.. Yid March, 181 R, 9O 1. 95 c. 42t1 Sept. 1818, .BB f. 95c. 23d Marsh, 1819, ...86 f. 95 c. 42(1 Sept. 1319 84 f. 90 c. " VIENNA, Dec, 30 —lt is now said that the plan of the journey of the Emperor and Empress of Austria is changed, that in February they will go to Prague, and from thence to Dresden, and that they will not proceed to Italy till after their return from thence. " BERLIN, DEc. 29.—The Minister of War, M. de l3oyeu., has given in his resignation, and is succeeded by General Ilacke. Other changes arc talked of." IVe have been informed by letters received this day, that five filen have been coovicted at time Chester Sessions, of a seditious conspiracy to subvert the Constitution, at a Meeting held at M4ecicsfield, on the 31st of August last and one of the sante men has been convicted as the pub usher of two libels, one blasphemous and the other seditious, the litter contained in CARLILE'S REPUBLICAN. Sentence I►ad not been passed whets our letters left Chester. Th e M eet i ng which took place yeverday in the • extensivelVarehouses belonging to Mr. HICKS, i❑ London kVall, and which that Gentleman has so liberally opened for the temporary reception of the Indigent and [looseless in this severe season, of which we have given a report in another pa►t of our Paper this day, is supported with such a charitable and truly Christian spirit, as is highlp► honourable to the national character. We take this opportunity of correcting an error into which we fell on Wedneiday, whets we noticed another liberal Institetion of the same kind, TH a STRANGFRS FRIEND SOCIIITY. We concerved that the object of this laudable Society was pure ly foethe relief of sick and Destitu►e Foreigners, but we find that its views are more comprelien- • sive, end that by the terns Strange►s, are included those. distressed' individuals who come from any parts of the Country, and have no claims to paro chial protection in the Metropolis, as well as to those unhappy Foreigners who are friendless and destitute. The benevolent latitude of this plan eltitles it to general patronage, and we hope to find, that it receives a very warm support in all quarters. To Sir WILLIAM PURVES HUME CAMPBELL, Bart. We, the undersigned 'ft ',ants, FCLIarS, and others, on the Estate of Maacti.moNT, beg leave to address you as our Landlord at this eventful and, alarming. Crisis, with the strongest assurance of our unfeigned attachment and loyaPj to the Person of our august Sovereign and to his Govero- ment. We deeply lament - and deplore the late atteinpts of wicked and designing Persons to mislead and corrupt the minds of the ignorant and Distressed, to endanger tke Public Peace) with intent to undermine Our invaluable Constitution, a n d deprive is °lour Civil and Religions Liberties. While we • dePrceatc such principles and proceedings, we look to you 7iS a Alogist rate, active in preserving the Publio Peace, and promoting the welfare and good of this County ) whom we feel bound in duty to sal round, and support ) and hereby pledge ourselves, with zeal and activity, to co operate in the preservation of good order and tranquillity throughout your Estates, in .our respective situations, and to watch over and suppress any tendency to the dissemination of those sentiments so subversive to the well-being of Society- Signed by 66 Tenants, 87. Feuars, frifi Inhabitants, 47 Employed, 206 on the Estate of Nfarchmont. LBED3.—The late Conductor, arst of The Leeds -Intelligencer, and afterwards of The Leeds Inde pendent, hot li' loyal and spirited Journals, having had such differences as are too common in part nerships, with Itis brother Proprietor in the latter concern, has ,post started a new Paper under the title of 'h-ta LBEDS GAZETTR. 'There are now four Newspapers in Leeds, which might be thought too many, even in so popular a town ; but though - three of them are loyal ) yet the fourth is so well calculated to delude the lower orders, and to.dif . fuse . the poison of Radicalism, that the place can not have too many antidotes, anti therefore we heartily wish success to the former three, and trust that they will operate so strongly on the town and its vicinity, as to revive good principles among the whole of the population, and restore the wino, of all who have been polluted to a stets of " sound and pristine health." The REGENT left town yesterday soon after one o'clock for Hi light on. _ _ _ Yesterday morning, at an early hour the Loan CHANCELLOR had an audience of the PRINCS Rs- GPNT HI Callum House. Mr. ADANZERGEH, Extra Messenger of Lord nov ART, Rif ived ►►l Wednesday at the Foreign Office with dispatches from Vienna. Mr, I'.tit►RY, Extra Italian Messenger, left the Foreign Office yesterday evening with dispatched for Sir W, A'Cot! CT, Bart. at Naples,