The Sun. — London, England, 1820-01-12 00:00:00

RIGHTS AND 1111VILEGES. 7'o ESQ. LETVER M. HONEST JOHN-44 some of your family have l a t e iy t diked loudly of their natural rights, amongst which they have put forward a claim to equal dis tribution of the Land, it may be as well to enquire a little into the state of Soci©l Polity amongst the ancient Britons previous to the Roman Conquest; because we are well assnrcd, that since that pe riot! •no such principle was ever aced upon, nor even claimed, except in the days of JACK STRAW and WAT TYLER, two RadiedS whom') SHAK src ARV., with a due reg4rd to historical truth, has painted in the most correct style of Smithfield end Spafield patriotism. If then there ever was an A.,!rarian Lame nr custom in England, that must have been the time. Now, there is no account of BRITAIN ol4vr in tli,rory ihnntvhat CA=ntt tells us in his Con►- tne , tarie‘, iI ) the exception of a slight previous notice by Dionottus SICV LOS and the tact is CleAr, that neither of those writers afford the slichtest reason to suppose that any thing like an erptal diviviou of land either was or b:tol been in vottence at any peri..d v,ltatevtr. Sonic ut our modem politicians *nay indeed a s sert, th,,t such rit;lirs did once exist ; httt where is 11,e p roo f ? They may a66r.rt that it is one of the tights of intoure which man may always claim ; but can they bring,atly proof from sacred or profane His toil, or can they shew at the present day, any nation or people amongst whom such a state of pioi,erty preval. ? Auiongst the Chaldean', Egyptians, or .I!y•ss, there is no trace whatever. 111 Greece, nothing like it is to he found, with the exciTtion of the Spar ans ; but the tact is, that they had no_rieate property at all, for the U ole was literally the Common wealth of the Community; and the Spartans walked about like " ‘:Teitutren," taking their share of black broth when it was ready at the public soup ;hops. No dooht many of our Reformers would be content with this mode of life ; but then who is to till the ground ? The Spartans got over that diiieulty in a very short way ; for, like our mo dern declaimets about liberty, they were patriots abroad, but tyraitts at iiame! They had, JOHNNY, set of people whom they called tido/es, a set of slaves, itt fact, ten times worse off than the Ne groes in omit West Indian lalatOs : tor, as the Spartans bore some resrmb!ance to nor modern itvlical+ in abstinence frtim wine and ►.pmts, not indeed bec'a►rse they were exciseable, but because the I.lwe forbade luxury. so in addition to their usw.l takk work, they forced their miserable slaves to get drut,k and make heists of themselves when• ever they wished to shew to the young Spartan Dint:ies, a genuine picture of the miaeries of the Sot ! But we must not tell this story JoHNNY to all your family : for I am afraid, that on such conditions many of our virtuous Radicals would prefer the wine lees of drunken slavery to the Black brash of independent temperance. If then, leaving GREECE, we seek fur equality of hinged property amongst the ROMANS in Italy, We shall not tind any thing like it, except a pro posal once made to the Senate for an Agrarian Law—a measure, however, which was very wisely over-ruled. Ili the search through all the other nations of antiquity, our labour will be equally fruitless. But, as at the present day, mankind may be traced from the wildest state of Nature, it may he urged, that if a nation can now he found exercising this " Right of Nature," then, by analogy, the People of England, or rather a few of the People of England (for to the great mass the system would be one of deterioration) have a right to assume, that such were the tights of their progenitors. Be it so—then look at New Z,ialand, where man is in his wildest state; free from all plejudires, no Sunday Schools, no Black axarfs, except his own little ones, and a tract of Connt, y, equal to Great Britain in size, inhabited by a few separate families, who think so little about the land that they have never yet thoqght of cul,ieating it. Of agricultural instruments they have none ; bat they have warlike ones : and with these they way•lay, and kill each other with as Mich bon gout, as ever NAPCLEON rode over field of battle lu the northern island of New Zealand, indeed, they st em to have taken a hint from some antipo dean Owes ; for they congregate in societies o f p inpet ism, establishing themselves in IJippahs, which ar:• actually in the most approved form of paiallelograms. hot I question, whether any of our Radicals would like to live a month amongst theni, for 'bey have no Prince to insult, nor House of Peers to rob, nor House of Commons to Reform ! In every other country we know, Society ii graduilly ; but division of the soil is nothooght of as a mitural right. I shall then, lot the present, bid it and you adieu! IGNOT CS. FOR 111 P, SUN. EDITOR.—In your Paper, I nistice the opinion of your Correspondent B. respecting the erection of what are called nooses of Industry for the Poor, which are almost always tnade jobs of for the benefit of a few individuals, at the ex pense of the Parish, and if less encouragement to go into those places, and snore to keep out of them were given, it would be very advantageous to the Public and themselves. There is in this Kingdom, and almost in every County of it, a great quantity of Waste Lands ; if ibis could properly cultivated, little doubt can be entertained, that enough of Corn might be grown fur 01IT o , i'n consumption, and thereby save tits immense loins .constanily paid for importa tion, nor woold this at all interfere with the in terest of the A4ricul!urio, as it would preclude the necessity of importation. It would greatly facilitate this cultivation if an Act of radiomen( enchrsurva could lie. - made less expensive, or a general Act, including all extensive Tracts of Ibis description of Lands. I have no doubt, tl:e wis dom of the present Padiament might find means t o obviate the present difficulties and promote its adopt ion. It is perfectly evident, that our Manufactories can neither sustain their people or employ them ; it is owing to so many mote Goods being made than there is kinand for, that so many Bankrupt cies ensue ; iny own knoAle(l4e, a • very large proportion of mAnufact tired goods of different de scriptions are sold for less than they coat, and surely this carried on to a great extent, as it has for a considerable time been, must produce table loin. If Gvntletnen, also, About their own Estates, would promote cultivation and improvement, we should soon see these violent discontents vanish, for want of employ makes the Poor discontented . and want of trade Manufacturers insolvent. The Parliament have clearly shewn, how desirous they are to prevent crimes; I !twit they will be equally so to prevent calamities. J. C. FOR, 'MIL SUN. TIM RUMP OF THE WHIGS. " Down with. the ftumps"—,lncient Toast. MV. EDITOR—I hate rumps, and have a strong propensity to kick them, but, of all such latter ends, I have not secs any so odious and indecent as the present RUMP OF THE WHIGS. The Whigs were l once a respectable Parry, not indeed within my memory, but in the pages of History. They have beeti gradually descending from bad to worse, from the reign of George the First, when one of their own Party said of them, " we have lately seen those noble principles so scandalously pro stituted, by some persons who are pleased to call themselves Whigs, and so strenuously asserted by many others who have been reputed Tories, that we are ashamed to value ourselves upon such an idle distinction of names any longer."* But what were the ddinnnencies of any Whigs in those days compared with what we have witnessed in the RUMP of that Party at ;,resent. When those who were sound and honourable, and re tained a generous feeling for the Country, faced about to defend her Constitution, then this rem. want, this fragment, this scrap, this rump of the Party, chose rather to make their approaches to tie vilest and most despicable enemies by which she ever was attacked, than by the smallest in clination towards the legal Sovereign, to in crease, in the smallest degree, the strength of those who acted under him. Well may it be said of such partizans, that they " wish fur jest so much national calamity as may bring them selves into power," and are ready to abet the worst of causes for that ill nmened object. Ongerving these things, if the eyes of the people could be opened also, to view thew in their true light, ue might expeet once more to ses Ars, cilium', Aad burges.tes Held forth by Humes of pigs and geese, Which served for characters and badges, To represent such Personages, Each bonfire beluga funeral pile In which they roast, and scorch, and broil. HUDISRAI. Nay, Tee may add Nobles too, to the list of per sons s• to he represented ; though not t winy, yet de.ep in the offence. These are the turn, who for years have used their Country as Shylock repre sented himself to have been used by Antonio. "They have disgraced her, hindered her of many a tmllion,—lnughed at her losses, mocked at her gains [and triumphs], scorned her glory, thwart ed her policy, cooled her triends, heated her Cite mies." To crown the whole, we have heard one of thein, after being raised front poverty and rain by the mere favour of Government, polluting the ears of Pariiament with a studied e u logy on one who for thirty years, at least, has w ade those anti-patriotic practices, not only his employment hut his trade, and has thriven and fattened on the base occupation. More ddlotillencirs -I,ll ‘ glit easily be recomoed, and worse, but this may suffice for a srejtuen. Such is the RUMP UF Tile WHIGS • Craftsman, Dedicatitsn, p, vi: IVe received,this morning the l'atis Papers ot Saturday last. Those of Sunday, which wtrc due, have not artived. Neither of the Chambers tact on Friday. The following arc extracts : " KEIS, JAN. 8 —The King yesterday trawl acted business a part of the afternoon in his Celb;urt. " A Court Mourning Walt ordered yesterday for f0 , .1 cl4y4, on account of tie death of the Here ditary Prince of Nlerkienburg Schwerin. " The sf.itetnent of 'he dangerous illness of the Duh r :le Villency ii unfounded. " T►►e King gave a private audience yettterday to the Pope's Nuncio. liis Majesty, also gave audience to the Duke of O lean!. " In coustqueuee of orders issued by the Duke the Berry, several soup est ablishmews have been formed in Paris, for establishing economical soup to the poor, and to indigent work people. " A brochure of M. Saint Simon, entitled l'oqct nisaleur, was s& ize,l yesterday. " The Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Chris tian Frederic, and his Consor t, the Princess Ame lia Caroline, arrived at Rome the 23(1 ult. under the titles of the Count and Countess of Olden burg. " The Count Decazes is still indisposed, but is better. " It is said the Duke of Rovi.4o intends to-set out immediately for Smyrna, where he is a part ner in a Commercial House. FIVE PER CENT!. Friday . 73 1. 65 s. DEFSIIRED STnCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, 94 f. 80t. SH.,I Sept. 1917, 921. 80 c. 224 March, 1818, 9O f. 80 c. iid Sept. i 818, 22J March, 1819, et; 1. 30. c. - 824,1 Sept. )819, B4 f. 80 e." WASHINGTON CITY, I)ec. 6.. — From a gende• marl who is arrived in this city from Pensacola, which place lie left on the 10th Nov., we learn that 01) t a , inforeentent of troops had arrived there, as had been reported. The Spanish Governor, CALIIAVA, is represented to he respectable as a mat] and as an officer ; but it was supposed, if the United States should be obliged again to send a force to occupy that part, it would not be in his power, IA ith the means at his disposal, to make any serious resistance. We yet hope there will he no necessity for that step on our part. ST. Loafs, M.T. NOV. 2.—The Emigration.--; Notwithstanding the great number of persons who are held in check by the agitation of the slave question in Congress, the emigration to the Missouri is astonishingly great. Pt obably from 30 to 50 waggons daily cross the Mississippi at the different ferries, and bring in en average of 400 to 500 souls a-clay. The emigrants are prin cipally from Kentucky, Virginia, &c. and the States further south ;' they bring great nanibers of slaves, knowing that Congress has no power to impose the agitated restriction, and th a t the people of Missouri will never adopt it. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10. SETTLERS TAKIIIG ARMS TO TER CAPE OF GOOD H OP R. " Den nine-street, Dec. 3. BATIMII9T hl3 received Repre• sentations from several of the Settlers, proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope, setting forth the dif ficulty and inconvenience under which they are placed by the existing Laws, in'respect tosthe ex portation of arms and ammunition. And I have to request that you will state to the Lords Com 10i3sioners of the Treasury that there exists nO objection on his part to allow the Settlers to take with them such proportion of arms and ammunition as may appear cleady intended for their indivi thud use, leaving it to those who may be desirous to export larger quantities of these ar ticles to obtain the usual terms far that purpose iroin the Lords of the Council ; and t have, tlierc. fore, to request that you will move the Lords of the Treasury to cause such directioncto be given to the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue of Cus toms as they may conceive best calculated to fa cilitate the embarkment of arms and ammunition belonging to Settlers. (Signed) " HENRY GOLDBURN." consetpience of the above Letter, the fold lowing Directions have been given by the Lords of he Treasury " Treasury Office, Dec. IS. " GENTLEMEN--I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to ac.. quaint you, for' your infoimvion, of a copy of a letter front Mr. GoLnutlati, .dated 34 December, stating the opinion of Earl BATHURST, 83 to per mittinr the Settlers going to the Cape of Good dope to take with them Arms and Ammunition it and I ant to 4esire . you will give the necessity in structions to your Officers, to allow the Settleis to take with them such proportion of Arms anti Ammunition at may appear clearly intended for their individual use. (Signed) LUSIUNGTON." " To the Contmisfioncrs of Customs." DUTY ON MAPS BOUND AS BOOKS " Treasury Chambers, Der. 9'2. " GIINTLENIEN-1 :1111 Coitilianded by the Lords Coluntissioners of hiy Majesty's Trvasnry, to transmit a copy of a letter, dated 24:11 November, on the Rilbject of some Maps and I'lanc , pureha,ed in Paris, which were bound in 12 volumes, and for which duty has been reqoired for 3E3 Map , : I am to acquaint you, that all Maps and part of Maps, hound together as books, they are of opinion 'hey should be charged the duty paid 11pon bowid hooks of Gl. lOs. per hundred, and you will go vern yourselves accordingly. " LUSHINGTON. (Signed) " To the Commissioners of Customs." The rumour that meas►►res are in train to effect a Divorce in Persons of a very exalted rank, have been recently revived with more than ordinary earnestness, and seem to wear a more probable aspect. As the stabiect is, to use an expression of Mr. BUR-KE, too " hi g hs matter" for comment in a Poblie Print, and at all events, is not ripe enough for discussion, we sisal{ forbear at present to say any thing more on an occasion of such interest and importance. It is highly gratifying to find that in this age, which is too much inclined to habits of dissipa tion„ the characteristic benevolence of the coun try exists in unabated zeal. Many institutions for the relief of the Poor, in this almost unparal -I,led period of distress among the lower orders of the people, have been founded; and as we are Meti as well as BruroNs, tree feel pleasure in ob serving that some philan , hropic individn:ils have formed what is styled The Strangers' Friend Society," for the relief of those Foreigners who, having no claims upon Parochial protection, are reduced to the most destitute and lamentable condition. Such a Society is worthy of this Country, and we sincerely hope, that it will be zealously p a tronized. During the horrors of the French Revolution, Great Britain was the general Asylum of those persecuted People who were driven from their own Country by the fear of death ; and, %bile we adminster due to our own Countrymen who may require it, l e t us still maintain our character for humanity, by generously succouring nur fellow•creatures of every description, and we.sball be amply rewarded by our own feelings, as well as by increasing tiro respect of mankind for our National Character. -...utT We have inserted the extraordinary Letter froul Mr. Sheriff PARKINS this day (see Fourth I'age). because, though we essentially differ with him in political principles, and have viewed aril h our , . prize, as act II as condemnation, his public conduct upon several occasions, yet as he seems to bays brought forward a cotnpl►rint of the neglect of cero tails Aldermen, and other public Officers, we con' ceive it to be our'dioy to submit it to general et. trillion. We shall be glad to heal that his complaint. ate not well founded. It is however strange, thag wl;ile he was complaining of the negligence of others in the discharge of their duty, be shout() appear so ind;fferent to his own. as to require repeated calls to attend oil an occasion of much importance. But it i 5 impossible not to look with increased respect on the RECORDER, for the spirit, firmness, a nd decision wi►ich marked his conduct in the matter and if the complains of Mr. Sheriff PartKlN 6 ate really well founded, we have no doubt dial tl►is uptight LtECORDRR, who does honour to 0 4 country, will, either by private remonstrance or public reproof, prevent any repetition of neglect which is certainly entitled to attentive from whatever quarter it might proceed. The Duke of WELLINGTON is expected to leAv e town in K tear ►lays for the Wildernuss, Kent, on visit to the Marquess and Marchioness cot CAAID;" • T T a I C A L GISTE It. 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