The Sun. — London, England, 1820-03-31 00:00:00

,bled to ), vital Utatioa Itcr for lenient 3 to de- ade the , r some If thorn e much r'hy, do the day ding to it► its s true, lye ell- 'o urge ordi- as our F their Tile nce of know- f Par- (for demo- ud its led at bring mps, 'ar to e arid f con- e not a ance Ini, ill ' that mg in Fourth Page. TUE SUN. 50LENI Qui!: DICERE AIWEAT LONDON, FRErmy, MARCH 31, 1820. [Front the Paper of the 6th Mang is tied t,anti innot h the o not e dif- crate pub ;he ope n , this and and ti it t iot is 'em - :tent front !mpt us to ce of ucv - Aber uity, ) 14 as fates at is once qazas hem lint long Dice, aad 110 I&- the rner Po- San n a, 'eat r at Del war in i 83, to of h is :al, re.. GOOD PlllDAY.—Holiday at all the Public Offices. ; a 4 I g or the LONDON and PROVINC(AL JOURNALS, see the t illixrum.—ln our Account of the Interment of the late Nit.. WEST, we erroneously spelt the name of Mr. KEENE; the Undertaker to the Family of the Deceased, to whom that part of the Funeral Preparations and Arrangements, pie find, were wholly intrusted. MALS. AI ZR I VEI) , •-1 Dublin , 1 Waterfo l rd, 1 Hollanel, 1 Hamburgh, 1 Flanders. DUE-1 liottenbnrgh, 2 Harnburgb. !UGH WATER A'l' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW NIfiYnimg, 37 minim's after 3. I Evening, 51 minutes after 3. No Paris Papers had arrived when our Paper * atp u to press. New York Papers arrived this morning to the llth of March.—Captain ALLEN, who left Ha vanna tie 20th ult. states, that a Government. *esscl arrived there the day before she sailed, and a tepurt was in circulation that the bland of Cuba Ivas ceded to Great Britain by the Spanish Ali 'lister of Loudon, and that the Governor had as lunted the postute,of defence and expressed a de termination not to give it up. TIM MISSOURI QUESTION DECIDED...—. On Thursday last the Missouri Bill, with the Slavery Itestrictions, as it passed in the House of Repte lentatives, was taken up in the Senate ; the re striction wasitruck out, and a regulation inserted ill its stead, prohibiting slavery in the territories of th e United States, north of 36 degrees, em bracing what is termed the compromise. Thus amended, the Bill was returned to the House; and at a late hour of the evening, the amendment W a 3 adopted by a majority of four. By examin ing the Yeas and Nays, it appears that several of the friends of the restriction either left their posts Of ditty, and retired to a warm supper and an tarty bed, or, alarmed at the idle threats of their opponents,: fled from the Home, and yielded the victory. A letter from Washington, published in one of the Baltimore Papers, contains a *key to the conduct of those Members who deserted their Poits.—" Never," says the letter, " was there a question more warmly contested on the floor of Congress, nor one more calculated to effect an Object dear to the enemies of free Government. it was said, by one Member, that the combined influence and power of Kings and Priests could Itot effect a separation of the Union : it bad been tried, but in vain:' (Prom. .a New York Paper of the 10th March.) THE STATE or MlssAnt.--The President has signed the Bill which has passed both Houses of C ongress;authorizing the people of a part of the Missouri Territory to form a Constitution and a State Government, and admitting the same into Me Union on an equal footing with the original States. °Un AFFAIRS WITH SPAIN..-111 the course of the d ebate of Monday last on the Navy Appropriation the Chairman of the Committee of Foreign btelations, in reply to a question asked by a Metn er, stated, that the Committee had not yet come to any determination respecting our existing rela tions with Spain, and that he had it not in his c'wer to say what would be the nature of the I teport which the Committee might eventually kkke on the subject. TRADE WITH MEXICO.—In a l a te H avanna h p aper we find a Memorial, dated 12th Oct. 1819, 11:1thessed by Don PEDRO, President of the Cham ber of Commerce of Verez Cruz, to the Viceroy Of tt Mexico, on the subj ec t o f o p en i ng t h e P orts o f : I s Kin g dom t o F ore i gn T rade. T he P res i dent ;gas the adoptio n o f 'h e measure.—We know 2at this subject has employed for some years the Fe ns of some of the most able men in Mexico. We have the pleasure to present to our Readers day, th e w h o l e o f t h e l ast S peec h d e li vere d b y ti r• CANNING at the dinner which tuok place in t i v t "Pool on the 18:b i ns t. i n ce l e b rat i on o f hi s "B ltetion. for that town: Any praise of this : 4 . ast etlY compositi o n on our part wou ld b e ofE -1%8 and o b trus i ve. B ut though i t speaks for t tse4 8 0 impressively, as we have said before, we t :"Qt, however, refrai n f rom a ddi ng our h um bl e ite to the tribute of admiration which, we are fonvioced, will be paid to this ratriotic, pro -141) and philosophic Statesman, by every vc tiecti"g man who feels the value of the best poli :'1 system th at human wisdom ever devised, anki 11, 1 t I°ng experience has abundantly sanctioned. h ile. .therefore, we have such a Member in the of Commons, whose t o , b ' 1 Sp ecu l at i ve and offic'd instruments," ' ea k lii the language of SHAKIPEARE ) so well gnalify him to sopp;irt the true interest and ho nour of the Empire, by his transcendent oratorical powers, as well as by the accumulated stores of his pregnant mind ; while, also, we have in the other House the Earl of LIVERPOOL, a Nobleman whose open, upright, :and intel ligent character even the breath of factious ca lumny has not attempted to sully, though it so copiously vents its defamatory virulence on all his Colleagues, we shall bare little to fear float any radical inoculation in the new Parliament, per suaded that the Government of the Country is vested in such hands as will be unceasingly em ployed in the most zealous efforts to keep it in a state of " sound and pristine health." MR. MELLISH.—Far from being surprized that this Gentleman has at length relinquished the Contest for the Representation of Middlesex, we should be more surprized that he had rriaintained it so long, if we had not the fullest confidence in bis sincere regard for the honour of that County, and the welfare of the Empire. Except on that ground, we should be astonished that a Gentleman of his independent fortune, high chat acter, and gentlemanly habits, should every day have exposed himself to thd infamous abuse of a senseless and infuriated rabble. Nothing but true public spirit could have induced him, day after day, to submit to outrages so dishonourable to human nature, as well as to the character of English men. NVell may he say in his parting Address, which we have inserted this day, that " the Con test bad assumed a character in which defeat is not accompanied wiih disgrace ;" for he has had . the honour of being rejected by those whose sup port was infamy, and his Opponents have only to boast of an ignominious triumph over 'froth, Ho nesty, and genuine Patriotism. We are persuaded that the very time which Mr. MRLLISIS chose for his resignation of the Contest is highly honourable to his character, as i; may fairly be presumed that be was unwilling to have this solemn day profaned by the tumultuous excesses of the horde of miscreants who attended the Hustings ; other wise there is reason to hope that a resolute ef fort of the still remaining Voters might have se cured his re-election. We have only to repeat onr declaration, that we have not. the pleasure of being known to the Gentleman in question, and that we were induced to give our humble aid to his cause on a full conviction of the independence of his principles, and the purity of bis Parliamen tary conduct. • PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE. PARIS, MARCH 23.—The English Opposition Papers, exulting at the progress of liberty in Spain, hope that France will be invited also to declare itself. The numbers here who wish for a Revolution are in a great minority ; the severe measures taken are only precautionary, and rather held out in terrorem to the wicked than with the intention of putting them in practice. The good fear not the severity of the Laws ; an honest man would be in no alarm were all crimes to be pu nished with death ; be might deplore their seve rity, but he would not tear them. The French are an unruly set, moderation is lost on them. They must be ruled with a rod of iron ; they re semble fire and water; are good servants, but bad masters. The Law against the Journals will pass by a considerable majority. The Press must not be " a Chartered Libertine," The Conservateur will be dropped, and perhaps, too, the Minerve ; it will be no loss to society. The Revolution in Spain was necessary ; but France must not be compared with Spain. Louis XVIII. is eminently a constitutional Monarch, and resists the ultra suggestions of his old friends. He is about to recal M. DECAZR9 to his Councils ; the Count D'ARGAUT is gone to invite him back; he only could keep all parties in check ; M. Si =ON represents him, but he has not the tact, the finesse, or the knowledge of his predecessor; he follows in his steps, and imitates him : in Ibis lie does well. CONTESTED ,ELECTIONS.-STATE OF THE POLLS. MIDDGCSEX, MARC/130. Byng 4004 Mellish Whitbread . . 3555 I Mr. Mellish resigned. (Ivees's COUNTY, 6TH DAY. _. . Right I-Ton. W.W. Pule-3259 Sir C. Conte Sir H. Parnell 2889 I General Dunn MEMBERS RETURNED. Ayrshire—Lient.-General James Moutgomerie. Kinross and Claclimannan—Robert Bruce, Esq. Lanarkshire—Lord Archibald Hamilton. Kilkenny City—Right Hon. Dennis Browne. Yesterday morning the Duke of Yoax left town for Umlaut's. His Royal Highness returned to London in the evening to dinner. Un Sunday next his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK will leave town for Newmarket. The Duke and Duchess of CLAREINCE arrived at their residence in the King's Palace, St. J ames ' s , trimn Fro,:inore, last evening, to dinner. - Yesttrilny the Duke and Duchess of thoucits• TER hail a parry to dinner. Prince LEOPOLD dined ~ e sierday with the Du al the King's Palace, K ens i ngton. chess of KENT, Eca TIIE SUS. MR. EDlTOR—Westminster is highly honoured, to be sure, in her two Representatives ; one has just come out of a jail, and the other is just going into one. The time of WILKES has indeed come round upon us, when a prison is the best pass port into the Legislature. The precedent will, I hope, be acted upon in all its parts. I hope that the House of Commons will too highly regard its own dignity and its own purity, to suffer the convicted Author of a seditious Libel to disgrace its society. The Libeller should be expelled ; and if re-elected, expelled again. Should his radical constituents persist in sending him back to the insulted Legislature, their votes should be considered as thrown away upon a dis qualified, and therefore incapable, convict; and the next Candidate on the poll should be declared duly elected. If the House of Commons does its duty, Easter Monday's pageant will be what it ought to be— a mockery: It would have a better effect on Satur day, when Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S chairing might be suitably solemnized upon APRIL FOOL'S D.Y. PINCH. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR--The termination of HUNT'S Trial now permits our comment. He stands convicted of " assembling with unlawful banners an unlaw. " fnl meeting, for the purpose of exciting the " Ki6rs Subjects to contempt and hatred of the " Government and Constitution." \Vitb such a convict forbearance is unnecessary—l hold no terms with sedition. His intention of seeking a new Trial cannot rerlace l'i; , 11 in a state of accusation, until a new -Trial he granter! him. lam not to pause upon my expression of Mr. HUNT'S criminality during Mr. HUNT'S convenience. Upon his Trial, this convict said a great deal about his respect for the Laws. With the indul gence. or the credence of the Judge, 1 have no concern. Mr. HuNT's profession of loyalty, how ever, was not for the first time advanced at the Bar of the York Court. It sprung up in the last summer, about the time when Alderman ATKINS bad been meddling enough to know somewhat about the Smithfield arrangements. The Orator then cut with the Committee of Two Hundred ; and, from "fighting in the front," and such other belligerent phrases, he suddenly came down to " respecting the Laws." - We may thank, per haps, that much calumniated Magistrate, that the Manchester Meeting was softened down from open treason into the pretence of a constitutional assembly. Mr. HUNT may join in the thanks.— It is a minor annoyance to be convicted of SEDI TION only. Is the Banner forgotten, or its inscription " HE THAI' HATH NOT A SWORD, LET HIM SELL " HIS CLOAK, AND BUY ONE."—Has Mr. HUNT'! , ; York loyalty so counter-revol u tionized his brain that he can remember no such device ?—Have the weapons of the Cato street stores negatived its fulfilment ? To me, th_e whole business is clear and straight forward —Until Alderman ATKINS chewed symp toms of discovery, i'ir. HUNT stewed none of hesitation. If be has stopt short in the course, wherein less cautious Reformers have pushed on, I adm;re his discretion. But his conviction for= bids the inference, that be never entered upon it. On any subsequent trials, Mr. HUNT may be as decorous and as loyal as be pleases. He may pay and receive compliments by wholesale. But rash associates and detected conspiracies, though spe cial motives for decorum and loyalty, are not the strongest teats of sincerity. MEMOR. The letters from Lisbon received yesterday morning state, that the Government there had detached a vessel with all the particulars of the Spanish Revolution to the Court at Rio Janeiro. Fears were entertained that the Portuguese might follow the example of the ppaniards, in demanding some cbange in their present Consti tution. Yesterday the Lord Bishop of LONDON per formed Divine Service in the Royal Chapel of St. James's Palace, and afterwards held a Confirma tion upon several of the sons and daughters of the Nobility. The Conspirators' confined in the Tower were yesterday visited by their relatives, &c. and in general, seemed perfectly composed and cheerful. Yesterday a Gentleman presented himself to Mr. BIRNIR, while sitting on the Bench, and paid the sum of 171. 15s. which had been collected in the City of Gloucester, at one 'shilling each per son, in aid of the Fund to reward the Officers employed on that occasion. WAawicx, MARCH 30.—The Trial of Major CARTWRIGHT and others, at these Assizes, .on a charge of conspiracy, is not likely to come on until Saturday or Monday. We understand that Mr. HARRIS has finally concluded his treaty for, the Dublin Theatre. He is to pay on annuity of 3,6001. of which 6001. is to be enjoyed by Mr. JoNrEs, and the remain der by the other proprietors and creditors of the con ce rn (Mo7ning Paper.) SI~IP DEAL, MARCH 30.—Arrived, and solicitor the Hirer, the Layton, Morgan, from Calcutta and the Cape. The Princess 'Charlotte , of Wales and Minerva were to leave Calcutta the end of De cember. Arrived his Majesty's ship Rochford from Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Zephyr and Crown transports froniChathato, for Guern- Sailed his Majesty's ship Vigo for St. sey. Helena. COWES, MARCH 30.—The anchors, cables, and materials have been saved from the brig Bayard, but the brig and cargo are under water. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29. The Francis and Eliza, of London, was condemned at New Orleans, for touching at Falmotith (Jamaica) to provision, on her way from Margaretta, to which place she carried troops ; she was to be sold the 25th of February. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 30. INTENDED MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. IN THE MATTER OF SIR ROGER GRESLBY, BART. In this case, which has already appeared fully before our readers, HART, this day, present ed to his Lordship the form of the Order which he wished ro have drawn up. Atter some observations from the Learned Counsel concerned in the cause, ' The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he would look into the case and state whether he would make the order in question or not, on Wednesday next. REGISTER OF FASHION. F.ISHIONti FOR, AIIaIL. Ever:mu DRESS.—Round dress of bl.ck crape, over a black satin slip: thedress made with a demi-train, and ornaiented round the border with three fluted flounces of crape, each flounce beaded by a superb embr , idery of small jet beads and bugles. Corsage ti Louis Quatorze, ornamented with jet and bugles to correspond. ,Tucker of white r crape in folds, fastened in pufiArisions by bows of white love. The head adorned with the regal coronet turban. MORNING DRESS.—CIose Turkish robe of grey sarsnet, ele gantly ornamented with put ings wreathed round with narrow black trimming, and finished - at the throat by a double Eng lish ruff of fine muslin, fringed. Corneut of fine India mus lin, with regal points of satin, crowned !rith black flowers. Black satin slippers, and grey kid gloves.—(La Belle As semblee.) FASMONAIBLE CHANGES.—Lord and Lady Grenville, from Hamilton-place to Droptuore ; Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. for Mr. J. Canning's seat, in Warwickshire; Hon. Mrs. Vernon, to Brighton, front Buckhurst Hill; Earl of Winchilsea, Mr. Finch, and Miss Fitzgerald, for Paris; Hon. Henry Town sheud, from Downing College, Cambridge, on a tour; Coio nel Welch, for the Royal Crescent at Brighton; Lord Mo!:;- neux, for Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire; Colonel Dun bar, from Bath to Brighton; I-lon. Major Cadogan, from Shene, near Richmond, on a tour; Lady Elizabeth Lowther, for the Lower Rock Gardens, Brighton. A RRIVA ns.—General Gascoync, in South-street, Park lane, from Liverpool; Lord Calthorpe, in Grosvenor-square; Co lonel Delap, in Harley-street ; Lady Blacliwell, in Manches ter-street ; Lord Tynemouth, in Grosvenor-square; Lady Bridgct Bouverie and Miss Bouverie, in Wimpole-street ; Mr. Edward Walpole, in Dover-street; Mr. and Mrs. H,pe, in Duchess-street, Portland-place ; Sir James and Lady Lang hain, in Portland-place; Lady Graham, in Tipper Glouces• tet-street; Lord Colville, in Manchester-square. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 30.—Sir Charl,s Smith, of Trinity College, was Friday last admitted tone degree of Honorary Master of .its. The Preacl.er at St. Mary's, to whom the Sunday afternoon tarns for the montl)3 of April and May are assigned, is the 'Reverend C. Benson, LI,A. of Trinity College, the Hulsm* Lecturer. MR. GRATTAN:—We are i.appy to inform our Readers, that our venerable and reTected Re presentative, the Right Hon. H. Gr kTTAN, is so far recovered from big hue severe indisposition, that he is already preparing to embark tor Eng land, to attend his Parliamentary duty in the en suing campaign. —(Dublin Evening Post.) The 18th Hussars, now at Cork. bad no less than four Candidates for seats in Parliament— Col. HUGHES has been returned for Grantham ; Lieut.-Colonel CLEMENTS anti Lieut. Nesnyr, stood for the county of Leitrim, and Captain O'GRADY for the county of Limerick. It w1:1 be rather a novel thing to see so many Members of Parliament in one corps. FIRES IN THE NEW FOREST.—Last week, the fires that have so long created terror in the minds of the residents in the New Forest, Hants, increased to an alarming degree ; five large inclo sures were all burning at the same time, and considerable damage has been done to the young oaks and !lollies. Last Sunday two fires of mense size were first okierved by Mr. Bulkly's fa mily, who gave the alarm to the keepers, to the no small alarm of Lady G. Bulkly and the rest of the family, who were going to bed, as it had the ap pearance of being close to Mioesteed-House. Many persons of suspicious character have been brought before Mr. B. (who is an able Magis trate) but •notbiug can be traced. At Linwood damage has been done to the amount of 11,0001. Last week, in laying the foundation of some houses in a close adjoining the town of Newark, on the Partition Road, were found the remains of some gibbet irons ; and on Monday last, the bones of two human bodies, buried in a ditch, about a foot under the surface, adjoining the high road. The bones of one were of very large' dimensions; the thigh bone measuring above nineteen inches; they were in a good state of preatrvation, and the large skull had a most beautiful let of teeth quite perfect.