The Sun. — London, England, 1820-01-03 00:00:00

TO IFIE I'UBLJC. JANUARY 1, 1820. The uniform consistency with which THE SUN has maintained the Political Principles on which it was founded in 1792, under the Sanction of the Illustrious WILLIAM PITT, renders it hardly neces sary for the Edisor, who has been intimately con nected with it for neatly the whole of the interven ing pet iod, and to whom the Property now solely belongs, to make any avowal of his sentiments, or to offer any assurances of his determination to per severe in the same laudable course. Desirous of assistance in the daily labour of conducting the Paver, he offered to dispose of part of it to any svirited Body of Men really animated by an at tachment to the Principles of its Illustrious Founder, and zeal for the welfare of the Country. }le had, in coosequenc:e or its applications hour several In:livid o ~ highly re pectable, but who would Out .)ledge afmselves to conduct it upon the sante Pt ineiples, and therefore he declined all . their proposals. It Was thought that the PITT' CLUB, COnSiVeWly %vitt, its name and avowed Vrinciples, would have come fore. ar on the occasion, in order to secure a channel for the traostnission Of those Principles, as best cal- culated to support the ,ottout and interest of the Empire. A very intelligent Correspondeut, whose signature was SPUKINA, in a flittering Address to the E,litor, (in Ttlit. So N of October 2), after having observed that Uokerninent was " e qually bound to support Tua SUN by die ties of inter rest and gratitude," thus adverts to the PITT CLUB ;--• But how any Public Body, much less one designating itself by his honoured name at whose bidding " TnE SUN" rose on this benighted Country, can suffer that luminary to be darkened, nut by any ordinary night, hut by the powers themselves of the shades, m9y well be a subject of astonishment to every thoughtful and well-af fected mind. I shall conclude this letter with some very beautiful lines from the first Georgic, part of which you have had the good taste to adopt as the Motto for your Paper. Neglect of THe SUN may (haw the same coosequences on us as it did op ancient Rogue-- " Sob m quis dicere falsurn " Audeat ? ille etiant ewer's instare titinaltels " Scepe monet,frautlevtoe et operta lunte,were " lUeietiaw extincto miseratus Cwy;ire Rourita, " Duui capitt °lncur° iiitidt!ni ferrtigitic texit, " Impiaqiic xternam titnuenint screula tioctem The Proprietor will nut intrude any longer on Lis Readers than to say, that finding no Fugue BODY, ailidst all the professions of public spitir and patriotic so liberally avowed, had offered to take any part in the Paper, he has c:ittred into a treaty with a Geo:lemon of congenial Principles, as well as distinguished TA , nts and Attainments, to dispose of a considerable portion of the Concern. If that treaty should be filially settled, the Proprietor doubts not, that the character of the Paper will be steadily and strenuously maintained. The plan of taking Ex tracts from the LONDON and PROVINCIAL JOUR NALS still be continued, in order to present to the People a general idea of the Political Cha racter of the Country ; and while the Conductor will firmly support the honour and interest of our glorious Constitution in CHURCH and STATE, he will anxiously endeavour to render his Journal such a vehicle of amusement and information as may still entitle it to the encouragement and pro tection of the Community at large. * The Editor subjoins an humble imitation:-- The SuN of falsehood who shall dare accuse Firm in its faith, impartial' in its views; Oft had it warned us, mid a hoi►ow Peace, That ills were near, and might our woes increase. Deeply it aiourn'd on Pier's lamented fall, And sable margins told its grief to all : True cause that sadness o'er the realm should spread, And the bad times eternal darkness dread. -- • The word important was erroneously printed on Saturday RECORDERSHIP OF COLCHEITER.--The COnt7St for the office of Recorder of this Borough ter minated this day (December 31) ; the zeal , of the contending patties, and the severe scrutiny of each vote, will be best estimated by the fact, that the poll was open live entire days. Mr". Kelly was introduced by the Mayor and Corporation (48 in number) to the burghers twelve hours before the resignation of Mr. Ser geant Runnington was announced, which with his local connexions, gave him a most decided pre fereuce over his opponent, Mr. Cut wood, who was attended in his canvass by Mr. Harvey, M.P. for the borough. This latter circumstance made it a complete party struggle. A scrutiny was demanded and refused ; and the friends of Mr. Curwood have determined to apply to the Court of King's Bench next terrn for a quo warranto calling upon Mr. Kelly to show by what authority he exercises the office of Recorder, which will virtually bring the whole po'l under legal in spection. The number for Mr. Kelly is 110 ; Curwood, Si giving the fortner a majority of 23 —(Morning Paper.) The thermometer on Saturday was nine degreee lower than it was yesterday, that is, sixteen de glees under the freezing point. FOR THE SUN. ANTIENT DESCRIPTION OF A MODERN RADICAL. 1 am glad to have laid my hand on the follow ing article for two espccipl reasons ; because it gives twosome respite from my work, and because it does that work so much better than 1 could do it. In the original Pamphlet, " The History el the Calves-head Club," published in 1705, it is slled " the character of a Calves-head Club man :" one of those now rotten Radicals, who • annually celebrated the murder of King CHARLES. NVlien the Reader hat perused this precious cha racter, he will think of CORBETT, and HUNT, and the rest of the gang, and. exclaim, There is nothing new under 'FHB SUN. TENAX. " He is the spawn of a Regicide, bernmeres out of a rank Anabaptist hypocrite. His villain• outt Prlncllns :—hiked in his mother's womb, nourished them, when born, :. , feCHOOS milk ; and is an incorrigible rebel by the instinct of nature ; improved into an incarnate devil by the early infusions of his nurse, which were ripen ed into maturity by a malicious education. He is hardened in his hatred to Kings and Bishops, be yond the influence of grace or check of con science ; and thinks nothing can be a more meri torious act than to sacrifice either to the fury of a mad rat)ble ; who, when they have bat liberty and property in their mouths, always have the Devil in their hearts. He is a Republican mon ster, so full of passion and prejudice, that he is blind to all truth, and deaf to all reason ; and is so cursedly obstinate in the justification of his own errors, that it is as earl , a matter for a man to take an elephant by the snout, and throw him over his back, as a fox does a goose, as it is to convince him of any started opposition to his own partial sentiments. When be talks about Reli gion or Government, it is generally with as much violence as a fishwoman scolds; and the wise men of Gotham 'nigh's as well have hedged in their cuckoo, as a man confine him within the bounds of good manners, when be disputes his principles. lie is as hot as pepper, as biting as mustard, and as sour as vinegar. He always talks as impudently of great men; as it they were his fellows ; and snuffs tip his Rose at the name of a KING, as if the very title itst If was grown offensive to his nostrils. He cannot speak wilt respect towards our Government, but a Commonweahn ; and if you do bur say one word in behalf of the Court or he favourites, in his company, he would with more patience hear you speak twice as much in she praise of the Devil. For it is a maxim among such Rebels, that all Kings are tyrants, and their Ministers the betrayers of their Country. His chiefest recreation is to invent false calum- Ides ; and his greatest industry is to spread them when he has done. His lies are always levelltd at those worthy persons who are most difficult to be hit : which is one great reason why his melice is so often disappointed. lie always accuses his enemies of his own evils ; and measures out their corn by the deceitful bushel that belongs to his own party. The most dating hypocrhe of his associates is always cried up as the greatest saint ; and the most virtuous and pious enemy to their wicked principles is always cried dwelt as a Trai tor to his Country. He is an impatient angler who thinks it best fishing in troubled waters : and be hates peace and quietness as much as a poor debtor the sight of a bailiff, or a farmer a wet harvest. He has more wild wiinkles in Isis head relating to Government, than a crack-braintd ma thematician has concerning perpetual motion ; and has more ambitious in his breast than the most. extravagant tyrant in the niverse. He is very fearful of being made a sla u ve, but is very desirous of being a slave-maker ; for whenever he cries out for liberty, he is endeavouring to destroy it ; and never thinks himself a complete freeman , till the nation that he lives in, has no religion to guide him, no law to punish him, and no Prince to g overn him ; for his chief aim is to pull down all, while the madness of the common people gives him a fair opportunity. Its all conditions, he is as restless as a froward infant while breeding its teeth ; will please no Government, and with no Govern ment be pleased. lie is as tempestuous as the ocean, that swelk into a rage with every gale that happens ; and seldom reconciles himself to a calm, till, like that, be has been the occasion of some remarkable mischief. He is one that is very swift to revenge, but very slow to gratitude ; end, like an ill-tempered jade, loves to run forward when checked, and to hang back when driven. When angry, he looks a s sai lers and as gloomy as a thunder-clond ; and, ,like that, makes a wonderful deal of noise, whenever he spits his venom. He is never better pleased than when he has got it in his power to oppress others, which be certainly makes use of without mercy ; yet nobody bears the slightest sufferings with so much envy and impa tience as himself, though he knows in his own conscience he has justly deserved his punishment. lie is a harsh man to his inferiors, and a haughty man to his betters ; a severe tyrant in authority, and a turbulent incendiary amongst Magistrates when he is out of.it. The more his miscartiages are connived at, the mole impudent he grows ; and the more mercy you sinew the less he will shew you. He is of the nature of a nettle ; the more gently you handle him, the more a pt he is to hurt you : —but, whenever you Meddle with him, the best way to secure yourself is to gripe him hard. He is one that hates all men , but such as are as wicked as himself : and loves no thing so well in this o mid as a calves-head upon the 30th of January :—hut the next time. he sits down to one, in'deris'on of the suffering s of the Royal Martyr, I heartily wish that time Devil may chock hina I_Amen THEATRICAL REGISTER• Performed on Saturday Ni,f;•kt. THEAYRE ROYAL, Ducr RY-LANE.—The Stispicions Husband: Ranger, Mr. Elliston ; Clarinda, Mrs, Edwin. After which, Jack and the Bean Stalk. TmEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. --The Comedy of Errors ; Dromio of Ephesus, Mr. W. Farrcn Adriana, Miss Ste phens. After which, Harlequin and Don Quixote. '4, 4 ' For A SHORT DatoOty E between BOs ResTtEss and Tom EASY, see the First Page• PRICE OF STOCKS Inip. 3 THIS HAY AT TWELVE o'ct.ocw• 3 per Cent. Red 6711i 1 India Bonds .. par I s. 2s. pr -3f per Cent. 7r4 I E x ch. Bills, 2d. 4s. ss. 3s. dis . 4 per Cents.... Oinninin ............ 14 dis Bank Long Ann. 17 9-16ths Cons. for A ccount ... • 681 i per Cent. Ann. .. 66i MAILS. ARRIVED-2 Dublin, 1 Waterford, 1 Holland, 1 France, I Flanders. Due--,1 Waterford, 1 Guttcuburgb, 1 Lisbon, 1 Hamburgla HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Do -MO W. ‘l"niNg, 45 minutes after 5. I Evening, 1 minutes R a ß f O ter 6, THE SUN. rs ta 1.111 II I_l_lllE AT r LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1820. We received yesterday and this morning the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday last. The 12th inst., it is said, the projet is to be presented to the Chamber of Deputies respecting the Elec tion Law. The Constiiutionnet of Thursday states, that on the preceding day a Treaty bad been de finitively agreed upon between the Ministers and e Chiefs of the Ultras ; it adds, that as part o the results of this agreement, MM. DE VILA-But and CORBIERES are pledged to speak, and MM.-LA BOURDONNAYS and CORNET DINCOURT to he silent ; and that M. LAINE is to attack the Elec- 11011 Law, which he supported two years since. A Circular has been addressed by the Marquess no LATOUR MAuaooaG, the Minister of War, to the Lieutenant-Generals, &c. commanding Divi sions, and the Colonels of il , !giments, com Plain• ing of the circulation of seditious public ions amongst the soldiers in several garrisons, and di recting the utmost vigilanCe to be used to pre vent the evil, and to maintain discipline and subordination. The Kiso hell a Council of Ministers on Wed nesday, which sat for three boors. Accounts from Constantinople state, that the plagne_was making alarming progress there, and was spteading more and more in the Turkish Empire. By the Friday's Journals we learn, that the Chamber of Deputies assembled on Thursday, and appointed a grand deputation to congratulate the KING on the occasion of the New Year. A report was then made from the Committee of Petitions, but it afforded nothing of interest ; a Petition from an Officer of the Legion of Honour, complaining of the reduction of the allowance to the Legion, was, after a long speech from General FOY, referred to the President of the Council of Ministers, and to the future Com mittee of Expenditure.—The following are ex- tracts :-- " PARIS, Dec. 31.—The Officers of the Na tional Guard were yesterday admitted sto the pre sence of the King to congratulate his Majesty on the occasion of the New Year. It was observed with the greatest satisfaction, that his Majesty enjoys perfect health. " .The King gave a private audience yesterday to the Count tie Lally Tollendal. NATE PER CENTS. Wednesday Thursday ... . ^0 f. 85c. . 71 f. 20 C. DETERRED STOCK. Wednesday. Thiarsday. Of the 224 March, 1817 93 f. 40 c. 93 f. 55 c. 29.(1 Sept. 1817 91 f. 40 c..... 91 f. 55c. 22d Marcb,lBl9 89 f. 40 c..... 89 f. 55 c. 224 Sept. 1818 87 f. 40c.....87 f. 55c. 22d Islarcb, 1819 85 f. 40 c..... 85 f. 55 c. 22d Sept. 1819 83 f• 45 83 f. 60c. taken place here." Y` The Committee of Petitions of the Chamber of Deputies, have, it is understood, decided not to make a report on the collective Petitions, on the ground of their being contrary to the Charter M. Mestadier, it is added, is to report this deter mination to the Chamber, which is expected to produce a stormy debate. " AUGSBURGH, DSC. 22.—Mr. Taylor, hitherto the English Minister at Stuttgard, is appointed in the same capacity to the Court of Bavaria, in the room of Mr. Lamb, who is recalled. The Necker and the Main, and other Rivers, have overflowed their banks, and caused consider able damage. BERLIN, DEC. 18.—Several new arrests have THE FUNDS.—The Stocks are in a progressive state of improvement. Consols for the opening have risen from 671. to Bit, the price they opened at this morning, and the Market looked very lively at that price. The answer given by tile Miniver to Mr. MAISERLIIIIS questions as to he State of the Revenue, on Thursday night, had the effect of causing a slight depression from the prices of the preceding day early on Fliday ; but when the matter came to be consi dered and fully understood, the Balls acquired freab courage, and bought largely. 'The first Transfe; . sen 4 and 5 per Cents. will be on Tues. day next. The Dividends will be paid on the above Stocks to the Merchants and Bankers on Friday and Saturday next, and to the Public on Mot3eay. The beneficial effects of the new Acts for pre• venting Seditious Meetings, and subduing the spirit of Radicalism in Manchester and the neigh bouring places, where it was lately so alarmingly prevalent, are already felt, as we have learned fr •otu a Gentleman who I►as just returned from ►e vicinity, and upon wii►►ru we can depend for veracity, judgment, and impartiality, that the power of the Legislature, and the firmness of Go vernment have powerfully operated upon the minds of the deluded disciples of the HUNTS, the Cos. BETTS, and the Wool, &c. Stc. and that nowt itty are secure from the inflammatory instige— ons of Itinerant Orators, they are likely to return to habits of industry, particularly as all the wealthy People in Manchester, and the surround- ing districts, are ready to give the utmost en couragement to those who become sensible of the errors which they have committed, and the liaugis to which they may be exposed. We have received several Letters from Cone spondents who have been regularly educated as Solicitors, thanking us for having inserted, ola Friday last, the Bill to prevent unskilful persons from practising as Conveyancers, and expressing their gratitude to us for having, on a former oc casion, first brought this subject into public no tier. We have tie satisfaction to say, that though the evil had long existed, and been productive of great injury throughout the country, in the transfer of property, construction of wills, &c, no attempt had been made todraw the attention Of Go-. vernment to an evil of so much magnitude, and lead ing to so much ruin and wisely in private families, till THE SUN took sip the subject, and afforded room for the arguments of many intelligent Cor respondents, who forcibly urged the absolute ne cessity for some Legislative enactment that might guard the regular Practitioner from the injurious ntrusion of Etnpirics, anti protect private property from the effects of their mischievous ignorance. The subject, as we have often stated, is of very great importance, and therefore, we trust, as the provisions of a Bill for that purpose have already been submitted to Parliament, that it will be one of the very first subjects to which its attention will be directed after the present recess. In the mean time our Paper shall be open to thoseCor. respondents who are disposed to offer such' reasons for the necessity of the measure, as may induce the Legislature to be speedy in adopting some effec tual remedy for the extinction of so great an evil in a Mercantile Country, where property► of various descriptions is in a constant state of transfer, but which, by presumptnous ignorance and venality. may be diverted from its proper channel, to the ruin of rightful Claimants and Inheritors. THE DUKE OF YORK'S COUNCIL. F r id a y afternoon the Duke of Yont: left York noose, St. James's Palace, and proceeded to Windsor, for the purpose of being in readiuess to hold a Council upon the state of the King's Health, on Saturday, which took place soon after twelve o'clock. The Members present were —the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Marquess Camden, the Earl of Winchilsea„ Lord Arden, Lord Henley, &c. The Council continued silting for upwards of two hours ; they wereoccupied in examining the five Physicians as to the state of his Majesty, and swearing them as to the correctness of their account, &c. agreeably to the Regency Act. Their Lordships visited the King, after which the Council broke up. Yesterday the follotving Bulletin was exhibi:ed at St. James's Palace : WiNDsoR CASTLE, JAN: I, at?(1. "His MAJESTY'S disorier has undergone no sensible altem thin. His Majesty's bodily health has partaken of some of the •infirmities of age, but has been generally good during tl , e last month. (Signed) "H. ITALFORD, J. WILLIS, ,4 M. BAILLIE, R. WILLIS."' W.ll - EBERI)EN." JeRSEY.—A most extraordinary circumstance lately took place in this island. A messenger of the High Cc:urt of Admiralty came with a sum- , mons under its great seal, calling on a merchant of the island to appear, to answer to a charge. made upon him in that Court for salvage. lie was immediately arrested, and the next day brought before the Royal Court, and sentenced to pay a fine to the Kiug, and iOl. damages to the merchant. It is presumed by the islanders, that the executing of any process whatsoever (except what comes from the Royal Court), is a breach of the privileges .of the island. The following is an Extr,let of a Letter dated Manchester, Dec. 30 :—" Extensive sales having been made last Tuesday, goods are expected to rise ; many articles indeed have all eidy advanced, on account of the demand for the Spanish market. The Americans, who have not bought for the l a st twelve months, are also coming its, and it is thought trade will improve greatly in the be ginning of next year." bEA With ihnotin, Irs s TA 'ersond aeked )4Fficd liewied '. 4 g, at 1 Olt t 1 which hetire( The Ql slt itl 100 de k Char tellen( of rec p‘thlic ittli)s I ttlieV titriry De /0 118 hy ti; tiene! perso doub tp 0, of a , to rr i *1)0! Cl an logs oven and 1 tiler Way for int esti the tru fig 'we