The Sun. — London, England, 1820-01-29 00:00:00

jus t e' t he roil the vo' 4)1 11 11 '11 til e 1)11 stow, or to the veneration of mankind. As to his pit" nt state, mentally and -corporally, it is gia,ifying On . the one hand io know, that his Ini !id is in a state of tranquillity, and that by is free lion ) that bodily pain which might disturb it. Though there is now little, if any, hope of an intellectual restoration, yet we cannot join with !"me of our Competitors in thinking that it would be desirable to final hint released front all lioni,n tfoAles.; for when' the melancholy event shall "PPen, it cannot but be a source'Of lamentation to a loyal peoplf., that so good a Sovereign and so estimable a 'man, is gone for ever' with the consolation, however, that he is removed to a eternity, eXtracth r • IC , jai e CC ril re of Tuesky . nve PER CENTS. 72 f. 20c. O f the 22.4 March, I: 8 E 1 7 It RED STUCK. cr, f. 10 c. ' :2d Svpt. 1817 93 f. 30 c. 2.(1 nircli,lBlB . , 42(1 Sept. 1818 J L L 22(1 Match, 1819 (1 Sept. 1819 Nu price. .65 f. 23 c. We received this morning' the, Paris Papers of W ""estla.y last. The Moniteur contains a Royal Orttqlmance, pimcing the Porte-feuille of the Mini- Ivry Jnsike ill the hands of the CoAt SIMEON, "'it% the absence of M. de SERRE. Neither of the Chatuhels rnot on Tuesday ; some of the Ctitn— rni tees of the Deputies assembled, and the Prince de liao ot tE and the Baron NI RCHIN were appoint t° make two► reports from tire committee of Petitions at the next rubric 'Sitting, but the day 1" which ~.dg not appointed. The following are JAN Flor. 26 —Yesterday the Arnbassa- - 8 " Forei gn . Ministets paid their respects to Clre ritog and the Royal P-81BilY" T he Keeper of the Seals, M, de Serre, sets out this day fur Nice. " The Count Decazes transacted business yes terday with his Majest y. " Tile firstreports of the insurrection at Ca were sent to Madrid by Genet al Zerraz, " "'"clant of Cavalry at [Thera. The Govern ment immediately ordered General Freyre, whir ‘ids at Seville, to take the provisional Command of the army, an arrangement' which had already b een adopted by •;le Council of Generals. The soldiers are 'deserting from the ranks of,. the malcontents, bur it is nevertheless believed that the Artillery and Rattaliorr of the Ca: , aries have gone over to therm, - .According to the acconots from Madrid . of the 13 - th inst, containing the above Particulars, the Cavalry who remained faithful to 'lie' King had entered Port Saint Mary. The revolters are in posses , ,ion of the Isla de 'Leon, Cliiclana, Puerto Real, Arcos, anti Bornos. The Generals are shut up in . the Castle of St. Peter. The Authorities of- Seville have bad much diffi culty in preserving the 'fi felity of the troops. There the inhabitants are quite indifferent upon the subject, and take no part. There seems no doubt that the Expedition must now be en tirely given up.—(Gozelle de Fiance.) " According to a Letter trout Madrid, of the 14th inst., the liehels.had obtiined possession ot Cadiz, their serccess.,having been decided by the .desertion of the Ilegimentot Infantry of Soria; and of three squadrons of Cavalry, two of which were Ro yal‘Carabitteers. The Constitution was imme diately proclaimed at Cadiz, and oaths to Pbsorve 't taken at the Town-house. It is added, that the *Sterchanta gave a Grand Banquet to the Civil and kilitary Anthorities, and that the Insurgent force *Mounted to 24,000 meth We give the above . great distrust of its truth, although there 13 ° question that such was the intellige'nce at Ilayonne at the departure of the Courier.—(lbid.) " The projet respecting the L'tw pf Election, %ill ' it is said, be presented next Monday or Tuesday, " Can confidently affirm, in contradiction to a Paragraph in The Morning Chronicle of this ( 1 "5 1, win be found among our extracts from The London Journals, that I.4 , ird CHATHAM was in t°l7 n on Monday, and that no Messenger was sent to Lord CASTLEREAGH for the purpose stated 'in that Paper. Nor have we any reason to believe It is certain, that Lord CHATHAM has been appointed Governor of Gibraltar. So touch for "lint The Morning Chronicle has been pleased to state as " Curious Facts."' We refer those who have been ensnared into it dislike of the present state of our Government, liht,l the Administrwion of our Laws, to the Pro "elings at the SAtFoao P-0,51ZE9, of which we have inverted an ample Report in our Paper this ddy. 'Ye may ask such of them as possess common sense, and are not wholly blinded by Faction, whether, in any country, indivi (hod and national freedom e more secure, or when and where the Laws have been admini stered with mor e mildness ? The persons coo , vieted at the , above ,assizes, were couvieted on the strongest evidence. The Counsel did not, by la boured eloquence, and rigid se►erity, exaggerate die charges, but let the proofs speak for them selves.. We may also ask the discontented if they could possibly conceive that if the Miscreants who, by inflammatory declamation, insidious doctrines, and specious harangues, had succeeded, in overturning the present order of 'things, they could have substituted a better, or would not rather have thrown the. Empire into con fusion, in` order to rise upon the ruins, and whether, instead of that freedom which the People had been promised, they would not have stink into the lowest abyss of misery and OpreSSiOn ?. But the danger is, we trust, wholly at an end, and therefore, -we hope that the same lenity will be exercised upon the culprits .who remain to be tried, except those hardened ofreuders _wlio delight in rebellion and blasphe my, and have uo reverence fur Laws human or divine. • EXPRDITION TO MARGARITTA.-The Requisi tion to call a Meeting for the investigation, al bided to in nor last, has received the signatures of Lord Cioticurry„Mr, O'Connell, Colonels Sampson and 'f Mr. ,Finlay, and others . . The Meeting is fixed for Satorday next, at two o'clock.—(Dublin Correspondent, Jan. 25.) S i i.l ' N + IL'S. NPR;-YORK., DFc. 21 —The ship America , VissenTs, from Calcutta, for this port, drove ashore yesterday afternoon, a few miles south of Sandy-book, and immediately went to pieces.— Captain V„ two Supercargoes, mate, and eleven %cameo drowned ; cargo, consisting of titig,r and hale gOods, was principally lost or damaged.— The ship Reserve, HICK, of and for Bath, from Martinique, foundered at sea in the - Gulf, on the 17th inst. C„p!ain and clew were picked up next morning•by the Hannah, KING, at - lived at Philadelphia for Halifax. The ChesapeAe, TAssETT, from Baltimore for London, was spoken with 2:51) init. in lat. 47. long, 28, out 24 days, all well. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27. Arrived the Fly sloop of war, Captain COFFIN, from Barbadoes, having on board the body of Rear-Admiral DONALD CAMPBELL, who died the 11th Nov. on his pas sage ft mu Tortola to Barbadoes: KINSALE, JAN. 24.—The Martin, of Working ton, from St. And' g rew's for Liverpool, put in here last .night in. a heavy gale of wind fron► the S. S.W. She was driven on the bank, where she beat very heavy, notil she was got off by assist ance, much damaged. The crew have been in want of provisions fOr the last 14 days.: She met on her voyage the Sophia, of Bristol,dismasted; water-logged, and abandoned. Yesterday morn ing she saw about a dozen sail of vessels steering the same course as the Martin, and from the ex treme badness of the night it is feared some of hem have been driven on shore to the Westward. The brig Anna, Miller, of Saltcoats, - from Si John's, N. 8.,. has bee❑ driven on shore in Dum vorly Bay, and if the weather moderates the ves sel and cargo to be saved. DIIAL, JAN. 28.—Sailed the Ajax, Clark, foe Madras and'Bengal, WATERFORD, JAN. 23 —Arrived the Iridus, Vanderforcl,• of Sakai, from Canton for Cowes. This vessel is the second - that has arrived in this. harbour direct from the East Indies.::—she had six months' passage from China. MILFORD, JAN. 26.—Several gu►►s have been heard from the North, and a pilot bas been sent off in that direction. The pilot has,since re turned, but has found no vessel', and it is hoped she has got into the Civantiel„ Rear Admiral CHARLES FAHTE has been ap pointed Commander in Chief nn the Leeward Island station, in the room of Rear Admiral Do- NALD CAMPBELL, ►s ho died suddenly at sea, on the station. His Royal H. 4 imess the PRINCE REG4NT has sent 1001. to the Plymouth Committee for the re lief of the Poor. Yesterday the Dukes of YORK and CLARENCE ViSilud the PRINCE REGENT as Carlton-house. The inquiries of condolence upon the death of the lamented Duke of KENT, continued very nu• merotis yesterday at Carlton-house, and the other Royal Establishments. The rentains of his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT were embalmed early on Wednesday, and are now on their way to Windsor, in as private a manner as the illustrious rank of his Royal High ness will admit of. Neither the Duchess of KENT nor the Prince LRoPoLo have yet reached London ; hut Captain CoNtrov and Dr. STOCKMAH, who preceded them on the road, arrived on 'lhursday night, and an nounced their Royal Highnesses' intention of ar tiring a( Kensing , on Palace early this afternoon. Last 'night the illustrious travellers purposed to sleep mt Hartford Bridge. Her Royal Highness's health suffers so much from affliction, that it was, found necessary to shorten the stages of the our ney, and to pass one more night on the road -j tlian as origiikally intended. Her fatigtie, too, as no doubt materially increased by her •extreme solici tude tor the little Piincess ALEXANDRINA ; the Royal infant having travelled the greater pint of the road - in Lee anus. LONDON 'JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING rAillt,RS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Chronicle] It is a curious fact, that two Government-Mes• sengers pa — ssed through Norwich, at an early hour Tuesday morning last, with dispatches to Lord Castlereagh and to . the Earl of Chatham, an- . nouncing to them the death of his Royal High ness the Doke of Kent, at the same time that it Conveyed to the latter his appointment as .Gover nor of Gibraltar, which tookplace but a few hours after the news - arrived of the unexpectertvacanCy ; and that in complete indifference to the retrench ment of an office which has, been proved to 'be unnecessary, at least in time of peace. It was known to Office that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was in Norwich at the time, brit he was lett to collie at the knowledge of the-me lancholy event, so interesting to' his feelings asa brother, by means of the public Newspapers The reports respecting his Majesty's gradual . and loci easing decay are most serious ; but of course, as Bulletins are not daily published, which, from a just attention to the anxiety of - his pe4le, would no doubt take place if his lite were in im minent danger, th , e rumours are not to be de pended on. Our reader's are aware that on the event of his Mjesty's demise, the two Nooses of Parliament must meet the next day, even on S.tin day, if the melancholy event 'sbOuld occur on,a Saturday.—(lLid.) We understand that the Lords of the Treasury have given directions to allow Mechanics, Atlificer, &c. to emigrate from Great Britain to any country and in any,etilp.—(lbid.) [Morning, Herald.] THa KuNcr.--Nuthing further, in an authentic . shape, has yet transpired with respect to the health or our revered - Monarch ; and, as we re marked yesterday, there is every reason to believe that the very serious alarm which has been telt on this subject • is, to a considerable extent, un founded. Orders were 'given at Carlton House yesterday, or every thing to be in constant readi ness for the departure of the Prince Regent to Brighton ; and it is expected, by the Household, that his Royal Highne s s will proceed thither to day. The Dike of York remained in town at - a late hour yesterday-evening, and was not expected to set out for Windsor Casi le before this morning. [Morning Post.] Tin KlNG.—file are - happy to bear that .his Majesty's indisposition has taken a favourable turn ; but he still remains weak and otherwise unwell. A GREAT MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE.-The gene. ral conversation at present in the fashionable circles, is upon a .very interest ing subject ; naively, an approaching matrimonial alliance between a Great Personage, nearly allied to one of the most Illustrious nooses in Europe, and the daughter of an ancient Scotch Doke:----(/bid.) [New Times.] Much anxiety has within these few days been expressed, respecting the .bealth of our venerable and beloved Monarch. •Many reports have crept abroad on the subject, Some of which have doubt less been exaggerated, and others have been wholly nntounded. 01 the latter -clasp was .4 statement, said, to have been derived yesterday from a IVindsor stage-roaehman, that his Ma jesty was no more,. having died at, six o'clock that morning. YORK KING AND CONSTITUTION CLUB...7—'ll)e Second Annual Dinner of the above Loyal and Patriotic Society took place at the Assembly Rooms, York, on Tuesday last, H. PLUMNIRRS Esq. in the Chair, supported by \V. L. F. SCOTT, E•sq. and IL P.• MILNEs, ; Major BowEit, acted as Vice PaasiDENT. Upwards of 320 Membets were present,. h has been resolved by some of the admirers of Lord Easm NE, in Editibur ! ..o, to give a dinner to that distininished character, at the Royal Hotel, on ThUrsitay, the 36 of February, to con gratulate him on re-visiting Scotland, after .so long an absence. Fourteen Steward are ap pointed, among whom are the Duke of Hamilton, LOrds Daneau and Belhaven, and Messrs. Jef frey, Cranstoun; and J. P. Grant. Tlir venerable Earl of SUFFOLK, whose demise we recorded on Thursday, experienced a great mental shock and domestic loss in the accidental death of his eldest son, the then Lord ANDove a, who was killed some years since by the bursting of his foWling-piece, while on a shooting party. This young Nobleman was married to a daughter of Mr. COKE, of Norfolk, but left no mile issue. Lord HOLLAND, we are concerned to state, is confined .with a ,severe fit of the gout, at Holland House. Mr. YOUNG is at present at Worcester, where his performances have proved highly attractive. His engagement there is fur four nights. _ - SEVERE COLD IN THE SOUTH OF EUROPE. , --By letters trom Lisbon of the 12th inst., it appears that a severe and unusual degree of ttetst had been experienced in Portugal, which had greatly injured vegetation, and itt particular the orange and lentnn trees. The severity of the season was considered equal to than which oc curred in the memorable season of 1787, and it was feared would be attended with equally disastrous consequences. Similar accounts have been received from Genoa, where, from the 9th to the 15th, strong northerly winds, . attended with hard frost, had prevailed. The thermometer during that period, was front three to five degrees below the freezing point. Most planti, but p,rtieularly the lemon and orange trees along the eastern and western coast, had suffered considerably.— Such an intensity of cold had not been remem bered there by the oldest inhabitant. The house of Townsend, the police officer, in Ecaeston-street, Pimlico, was attempted t o be broken into on Saturday night or Sun-day morning last but in this the depredators were disappointed, owing to the security of the shut ters. The thieves, however, succeeded in getting into the residences of the Misses FOZARD, the adjoining hone, and plundered it of sonic valuable propel ty, awl escaped, without alat Ming cithur of the families. FOR THE SUN. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. MR. EDITOR-As the question of Univerial Suffrage appears. stiff to occupy a considerable portion of the Public attention, I will briefly sub mit to the consideration of your Readers, a few remarks, which they will he kind enough to pro mulgate, if they are found at all applicable to the subject. One of the chief arguments with the Reformers in favour of Universal Suffrage and Annual Parß.lments, is the pretended existence of such right in the earlier ages of.the British Legis. lature. I shall ►►ot attempt to refute this ergo. meat on the ground of its being inferred from only a pretended (act, (Or tht has been done so ably by Gentlemen in the ilonse of Commons, a that it were a waste of time to revert to it) but I would observe, with all the rev erentiai fondness for the, lbstitutions of ouranceitote that the Re- formers can possibly have, that o❑ account of the very great d, predation of mOney which has taken place since the reign of 11ENRY VI. when the right of voting was restricted to a lorry shilling free hold, it, is evident, that our aucestot's,.in; fixing what was then by no means an inconsiderate pro. perry, compared with its present value, never in tended's° great an.extension of the Right of Vot ing as has since taken- place, and consequendy, that the returns are now made by a rower de scription of persons than was intended by the Statute Law. Upon the principle by which the framers of this Law may be supposed to have been actuated, we have made a much more rapid stride towartls Universal Suffrage than they in their wisdom desired or contemplated. I can really see nothing in the House of Commons, as it is now constituted, which seriously deserves the ill will of the Reformers, but, if they, must have Universal Suffrage, let them begin by effect ing a Reform in the E'ectors who return the Members, and are therefore 'responsible for those Legislative barriers to Universal Suffrage, which,. say the Reformers, would not exist, if the House of Commons were composed of the Representatives of the People. If we take it for granted, that this House is less popular titan it ought to be, and attribute that circumstance to the bribery of 'the Electors, who are now forty shilling free holders, and therefore more susceptible of a bribe than the same class of persons two centuries ago, what would be the natural consequence of extend ing the Right of Voting to pourer_ persons I If any of the Members of Parliament are corrupt now, because_they obtain their seats by bribery, they would then be. nearly all so from the faci lity which every designing man would have in purchaing Vote; at a low rate from time poor or the disaffected. What is true in the abstract, is frequently true in practice, and the inference here .drawn is• fully warranted by the experience of ages, and the most common observation of the springs by which mankind are influenced. As to the Vies , ion of Annual Par• liaments, which appears to he another darling theme with the Reformers, I think every ar gument in their favour may be refired by plain fact alone. Gentlemen who know nothing more of the duties of a Member of Parliament than his bare speeches or voting, are not at all aware, ►hat experience and practice are necessary in - our Representatives, for the discharge of their pledge to the Public; but if the labours of the Commit tees above- stairs were once fairly stated, I think it would be admitted, that an Annual Parliament man could not he competent to the discharge of his official duties. Something more is wanting in a Member of 'Parliament than the m re faculty of speech, or the privilege of voting. The men of business in the Hone of Contmot►s are not the BROUGHAMS, &c. &c. who make a nightly display of oratory for the edification of the Gallery, but the hard working Members of the Commit tees, whose domestic hours are constantly invaded by the calls of an imperative nature which their public duties make upot► them. It Annual Parliamet►ts were to he introduced, we should still have Tory elo quence and Whiggish pat r ioti sm , w i t h l ong Speeches on both sides of the House, and abun dance of party vehemence. The ardour of true or false patriotism, unfettered by the duties of experience, or the cooling influence of time, would make all the Members anxious to be leaders— . they would all desire to bo known and celebrated for their eloquence ; and the doll but important office of the Committee-man would be despised. Every one would_ be praying to Jupiter to help hint, but not a soul of them would put his shook der to the wheel, and help the machine from tl►e slough by which its progress might be impeded. It any thing is wanting to illustrate this moll, and to prove the superiority of a Septennial Par liament-man over an Annual one, we may refer to the celebrated Reports of the Bank awl Bullion Committevs, by the Peers,. who being Members for lite, are able, as shewn in these two instances, to give more satisfaction to the Public, than the Members of the House of Commons. This ob servation ought not to he considered as offensive by the' latter, as it is ❑ot made for the purpose of charging them with general want of talent, but to demonstrate the advantage which a Member of experience must certainly pw_sets over tbe Mem ber of a few months' standing. - 1 Ala, 6:r, your oliedieuL Servant, G. M.