The Sun. — London, England, 1820-05-01 00:00:00

FOR filE SUN. TIIE REFORMER.-ESSAY IV. While I have again waited for the abatement of matter, which seemed to claim precedence in the pahtic cur osity, the time has glided on to the opening of a New Parliament, the debates in which are likely still more to interfere with my much !rumbler claims to attention. In the inter val, I have begun to suspect, that my speculations s 3 e not such as will obtain much favour from any 1 1 .irly in the Country. Ministers will not be eager for them, bteamte they do not tend at all to ioereaie their present rawer, or lessen their most pressing Opposition will be eqwslly indifferent to them, because they have no immediate ten dency to throw the h , lance of r Milled power into their hands. Reformers nut of Parliament will tte•pise them, hecanse they recommend no sudden changes or bold experiments ; and Radical Re• formers, least of all, will allow them the studlest shcolow of hymn., because they will think that they betray the cause of what they call TUE PEO . PLE ; but ►vhat is in fact oily a part, and, in many of its finalities, a very interior I►art, of the Collective people of this Empire. Under these disadvantages; I should almost he inclined to relinquish my undertaking, were I not encouraged by the reflection, that calm, prudent, and impartial counsel, tho ,, gh neglected for a time, while more active principles are in motion, may perhaps, after lying long dormant, like good seesis within the earth, by some favourable cir cumstances. be brought up towards the surface, where they may spring and germinate, and pro duce abundant fruit. Should this never happro,. I still shall feel some gratification in having made my effort for the public good, and recorded my sentiments, whether worthy or unworthy of more notke. ire who gives the best he has, acquits himself of the demands of duty; and though his poverty may be despised, his intention mlst be re.pected. IVith regard to the ahnse complained of by IghaAx, of creating occasional votes in close B, toughs, , I see no reasonable objection to its prevented in twit, e, by such a Bill as that which he advocates. imposing an oa.h upon the Electors exactly similar to that imposed by former ,acts nuon Electors for Counties, and for Cities and Towns, which are Counties of themselves ; only without specifying the value of the freehold, or so fixiog it, as to comprehend all those who are at present bona fide voters. But my plan gots further, nod tends, in pro. ceas , •f time, to transfer the right of viring from all borntiglis, where the constituents are so few, as to make the name of an election ridiculous, and to confer it either upon some neighbouring place of ;;seater importance, or so to extend the franchise in the same place, as to produce an dee , lion liable to no such censure. But, to exclude the operation of present in . tercets and passions, and to prevent all injury to property, and to privileges, long connived at, it ,not legsliaed, my proposal is, that the process of change sbould be extremely cautious and slow.— ) would first ascertain, by sworn Commissioners, or by secret Committees of Inquiry, the actual state of all the small Botoughs ; or all that are suspected of being imperfectly constituted. Net. would I advise the attempt to legislate upon this information, till the facts ['horrid be fully deter. mined. I would then propose to frame a Law st hid] should gradually extinguish the franchise of such places, only as the lives of the present con stituents should fall in. That is, supposing the actual Electors to be ten, and one to rirop. I would continue the right to the nine, then to the eight, and even to the last survivor : after whose demise, and to sooner, the new regulation, pre viously settled add defined, should at once take place. I am perfectly aware that many difficulties would be found in carrying this or any o►her new plan into execution : but ample time tvotlld thus be given to consider and to obviate all objections. No present interests would be injured, no pre sent ambition gratified or repelled; but the amendment would be left to that safest of all agents, Time. I perceive, of course, that the Representation, in such Boroughs, would conti n ually become more and more imperfect till their final extinction.— But the end being fully in prospect, that imper. Jection might very well he tolerated. AS to the detail of particulars, it is tar beyond the calibre of an Essay to enter upon it. lly object hms been only to advocate the principle; hoping that thus our constitution might at length be freed, even from specious objections, but leaving the plain to be matured and perfected by slow consideration an,l legislative wisdom. Ilcie, thcrefure, I conclude. THE SUN. SOLEM QUI& DIOERE FALSUM AUMAT ? LONDON, 414 Y 1, 1820. 'We received yesterday and this mining the Paris Papers of ,Thursday and Friday last. The Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, resumed the discussion of the Articles of the Projet respecting the Customs, which was also continued through the Sitting of Thursday, and then again adjourned till Frioay. The King transacted business on Wednesday with the Ministers of War and the Interior, and also with the Duke de Richelieu and the Baron Moonier. The Ministers afterwards visited the Duke d'Arigouleme, who was to set out on Thurs day on his tour in the Eastern and Southern De partments. The Constilutionnet states that the Queen of ENGLAND had arrived at Lyons, awl that hel wag shoat to procee.! to BriSSE T .S. Tisit is rep e ated is ail the PdpCtil of Friday. 1 The Duke de Feastax NUNEZ took leave of the Royal Family on Wednesday, but the day was not fixed for his departure for Spain. The Electoral College of Rouen (Seine Infe rieure) completed its deputation on Tuesday, by the election of M. ALExANDER LAMIZTH, formerly a Member of the Constituent. Assembly. An article from Yrun, dated the 201 h ult, states, nn the authority of travellers who bad arrived from Pampetuna, that apprehensions were enter tained of a commotion in Navarre. It is said that the enthusiasm of the Navarrois for MINA had diminished, and that they appeared inclined to oppose fir Projet of his for raising a corps of 3000 volunteers, and sending away the troops of the line. It is added, that on the 16th, to pro. vide against an expected disturbance, all the pa units were di►nhlyd. The article goes an to state, that at Saragossa and Tarragona, nothing but anarchy prevailed, in consequence of its not be ing known what authority was to he obeyed, An article Iron) Constantinople states, that at the Isle of Chios, in the midst of a tremen dOns storm, a violent shock of an e , rtlirlis.k t; had occurred, which had occasioned considerable damage. The following are extracts from the Joon:alo of Fli<l,l:-- " PARIS, _APRIL 28.—The 'King transacted business yesterday afternoon W ith the Baron Pasquier and the Duke de Rickelien. " The Duke c:'Angouletite set out yesterday morning tm his i?nrney in the Departments.— His Royal Highness, it is said, will pi oceed by ajon to Vnlence, : and return by Besancon. •" The Editor of the Reizommee has been inter rogated by,-the Juge d'lnstruction respecting a Petition which he caused to be printed and told: and which con , ained the passages suppressed in "the Journal by the Censors. " The trim' of Louvel, it is expected, will not take place before the 10 1) May. " The Chamber of Council referred, on Wed--' nesday, to the Chamber of Accusation, the papers relative to the affair of the subscription called Na tional. " Two person, employed in the Sardinian Vast office, charged with having introduced into Sar dinia some copies of the late Minerva, have been sent to the fort of Fenestrtiles. VIVB PBR CIINTS. W,dnesday 79 f. 75 C. Thursday 73 f. 75 c. DEFBRRBD STOCK. Wednesday. Thursday. Of the 22d March, IS2O .... St , f. 4t, c..... 88 t. 45 c. EXCHANGE ON LoNDON. One Month Three Months " Mapata, APRIL 18.—The authority of the Central Junta is now recognised every where. " ROME, APRIL 12.—The Queen of England quitted this cipital the 9th inst. with her suite, in seven carriages. Her Majesty proceeds to Pr osaic:l, and from thence by the way of Milan to London, where she proposes to arrive on the Ist May." THE QUEEN.—According to the French Papers, THB QUEEN is likely to land in this Countty Within a very few days. We have little depend ance on any of the reports which announce ibis event, and might almost vanture to pledge the character of our Paper, that it is by no means likely to nappen. The Public may fairly ex pect some positive information on this subject, from the Gentlemen who have recently been ap pointed her legal Representatives, and their silence, we presume, may be considered as a negative proof that the'report is ill-founded. The agitation which her MAJESTY'S presence will excise, as there is certainly a strong spirit of Party ready to rise in her favour, in order to disturb the'country, renders it in a great degree the duty of those Gentlemen to afford some authentic intelligence On a point so interesting to Government and the People. This morning we received a aeries of New York Pdptrs to the 19r1, March, but they contain no news of importance. .Limaie'a Papers arrived this morning to the 15th of Maid) last. The following information was promulgated yesterday in this City (Kingston) diri‘ion of Spanish troops, under Colonel NVARLIVITS, consisting of 4 000 men, was defeated at San Louis de Gregorio, by the Insurgents front Antia guia, the latter end of last inunth, with the loss of 300 men killed, missing, and prisoners ; and it was with difficulty the Colonel escaped, with fifty in number, in a very sickly condition ; he was on his way to Mompox. The Expedition which proceeded front Cartha gen% in the month of December, destined to re capture the province of Choco, had returned to that Port, after an unsuccessful attempt on the r, rt of Vigia. A ni;rnlier of men, tlptiost.' 4 fel t4,e Itth!getitd, bad effected a landing at Cotldol, daysipporney to Santa Martha', wt►ere they cited some - alarm. By the Perseverance we learn that the bell d° i.iloartets at MoutLi° who was joined by MouAtoot were at Cilaboza ; their united force WaS 4)0 0 ; they expected to be attacked by the iosurgel l t s ' whose advance Was under PARz. Letters from St. Thomas, of the 9 8'h JanuarY, intonn us that the Governor of St. Martin 1 05 been reealied, and that he would proceed to H" l ' sod. Boraysa took Calaboza on the sth Fe° bru try, by sorptizing MotuLes, who retired to Osten, where the former followed him, and biter hard fighting took the place. By the Raideur we learn that a Spanish (rip° had arrived at Puerto Cabello from the Havanoot and that another is shortly expected there ; II" e vessels steno doubt intended to cope with flatus' s squadron. General Pardo is arrived at Curacoa in a small vessel with 1,000,000 dulia,s ott board. he unfortunate men wlio have locum d di e punishment doe to their crimes, Paid the forfeit or their guilt this morning„ The partrculeirS attend' itig the mournful ceremony are stated in annilier column, as COMfiltiMie:tted by an eye w:itoc•s• There Can he no doubt that these wr.'tchea rn creams were lett on to their wilattenoly raft! bY" the harangues of democratical Leaders, an d tile' in,idious and itiflarnmatory incitements of a srdi' tions Pre s s. What must be the feello r\ s of tl' 6 COBBETT3 i the WOOLERS, the HONES, awl otb' t Writers of the same description, when they r e ' fleet on the dreadful tendency of their product and the melancholy events• which they 10 ` .° orcasioned t The destruction- of the stets would probably have bean only the be' ginning of a scene' of horror, which if it 1 0 ' 1 not finally overthrown the Cr4vernment , would hey° involved the Country in coufusi,n. This ese.rs , from the most awful mi ser i es w hi c h cou ld L e l a ! A * P;:onle, will, we hope, operate powerfully on 4 3 mea who are placed in such situatioos as eodb l4 them to influence public opinion by the ifte,Viltrti which they may support, and the sentime oo which they may utter. It particularly behovo the Members of Parliament in bo;b Houses be as guarded as possible in whlt. they soY , " 4 their arguments end opinions are circulated by the Press throogiloitt the Empire. 'nit. same . caution ought to be exercised by the Conductor° of the Public Press. We cannot beli e v e that the Firty..writera have views in comm iqi ,c ► h the R dical b!Filott have so mtich dkinthed trie Country in various pl4ces, but they eertaioly b." supported the same objects, and are dueply sponsible for the obvious tendeney ant fat° . consequences of their productions. Idir:6: o ' s, who have escaped from the dreadful fJte tb st awaited them, will of course do all they 4 tolighteb the burdens of the people, 'and to cb" viate all additional pressures. - They have [l4 sanction and illustrious example of the Ktsa himself, to poiot out the necessity of every p"s sible •retrenchment that can be adop:cd. lessening the proper dignity of the Throne, and the strength and glory of the Empire. The Court went out of mourning ves•crtio-'• the whole of the K ING ' S servants and attyndan' appeared in colours. Yesterday Divine Service was p rfornaed at the KIG'S PThee by !Le Rev. 111. ilLomsnitc. The Duke of Yohr, attended I)ivinv Service, yesterday at the Chapel linyAl, Sc. JAttle,,'. Saturday Plince LehroLu left town fur Clam" num!. The Priacees AUGUSTA left town o'n Saturil4 for Frogmore. Lord CAS i'LEREAGN - , we are concerned to stat e ' is confined to his loom since Friday last, with 4 slight attack of the put ; his Lordship was tnuc ll ' better yesterday. itoßßEtiv AT DRUBY-LANII TIIPATItf 7--On turday evening, atter the play of King Lear ho i e been concluded, M r . Russ Lt. came forward or l : addressed the au di ence . H e sa i r l , the Public, all times indulgent, had taaght:thent, when thing occurred to intei rapt the performance, conre boldly forward to speak the plain and bone s C Oa :be present occa,;ion be was sorry tG e. entertainment which had been annonnced•tor thri evening ("The innkeepet's Daughter,") con ° not be performed, in consequence of the music'' which was all in manuscript, having been stole"' and there was nothing lett for them bot.to do 01° best they coold under such circeinsiduces had, therefore, substituted. " Uf Age T o ...rno t ; row" for " The Innk ee p er ' s D aug h ter ." Ti'l e apology did not , however, satisfy the rnajoritY ,° ' the audience. Miss Kelly and Me. Halley c' lll ' ) A - . menced their perlot maitre, but were not suffered to proceed ; when 111 r. Eubsell again came fa r t ; ward, hitt with no better success. M r . F..l l i' l° presented and the elawour not ni." cl abating, SRO!, hope,d the " respectable par( the audience woild not all o w hi m to be ins"' it, ed." This appeal clan k ed ttte rid„ 0t.,0.0.,„r apprnbmion. Mr. Elitston continued tvith wuttnth ; but, owing to the noise at this tim e . we could not distinctly hear what was said : however, caught n few of the concluding w"rafs " I hope w e s h a ll part f r i en d s, an d v,,t) vi'jh low the performance to proceed." The , accordingly proceeded widout further into 1114 tiefi. LONDON JOURNALS. FltOM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. NO Times.] ,AFFRAY BETWEEN-THE MILITARY AND THE RADICALS, AT OLDHAM. • [Extract of at Private Letter from Manchester, April 28.] serious . disturbance took plaC'e on Tuesday last at Oldham. In the afternoon *ix soldiers of the 7th Dragoon Guards were getting some re• freshment at the Bull's Head Jun. They were in a large company, amongst whom were many violent Radicals. The Radicals appeared deter mined to insult the soldiers. They drank many seditious toasts. One ut them was- . May the skins of all Church anti King men serve as drum heads for the Radical armies.' One man d—d the King, another commenced to sing a song in praise of Hunt, when one of the soldiers, who was irri , fated beyond forbearance by their previous rebel lions conduct, seized this Radical's white hat and flung it into the tire. Immediately all thr Redirals begat' to attack the soldiers, and a general scuffle •ensued. The tables and chairs were btokrn to furnish weapons, and several,. wonnds were in-' aicr e d o o both sides. The saildier who flu' the shy into the fire was legged down, and most in homanly kicked. One of th e soldiers contri%ed to get our of the room, and ran instantly to the llarr.tcks for assistance, to rescue his companions. Upon his representing the danger whetein his lel iow-siddiers were, several others came to the inn, some with their swords, some with carbines and bayonets, others with stout sticks and eart•legs.. On arrival at the pehlie-house,, they found their companioes *vete confined in the house by the Radicals,. who had fastened the doors, and were severely heating the soldiers within. Sonic of the soldiers entered thr o ugh the • windows, others through an op nine which they made in the panel of the door, ant, tit. le companions were rescned, and the house was cleated immediately. Several of the Drligno, before they could be rescued froni the Radicals, bad been dreadfully wounded by them. • " As the military were returning to their bar racks they were - again attacked by the Radicals, who hi'sed and sh . outed at them.' - The soldiers turned upon the mob, and ran after them. Many men with white hats Were: knocked down, and the crowd fled in erery-direCtion. -An Officer of the Reeitneto having heard of the proceedings going on, came to the place, and ordered the Biers to then quarters. " During the whole of this time the soldiers , acted only in self-defence, and used the backs of th e i r swords and the butt-ends of their carbines. —.Many persons have been hurt, some seriously, but Done have been mortally wounded ; and it is a .consolation to kn tv that none of the people are wounded but those who were actually engaged i n the attacks upon the military. " The Deputy Constable of the town, who its vain endeavoured to obtain tranquillity, received a wound on the back of the • head troM a stick ; tortetuately, it is not dangerous.." [British Press.) Means, we understand, have been at lengti i devised at the Mint, for facilitating anti encou raging the conversion of bullion into coin, by de. creasing the individual loss hitherto attendant ttp on this operatiu. Any person now taking gold to the Mint in bars, may receive half the weight hack in coin in six days, and the whole in three weeks.— Jt is extrtmely dekit.ible that even this space of time should be further diniinithed, An d not hi ng but a vet y strong encouragement Of this nature Kill induce individuals to import cold for coining, and assist the operations of the Bank by throwing into circulation a considerable quantity o f go ld coin before the period arrives at which the Bank roust commence its issues in specie.. THEATRICAL REGISTER.: Performed on Saturday NiArht. THEATRE ROYAL, Dtitutv,LANK.---King Lear: King Lear, Mr. Kean; Edgar, Mr. Rae; Goneril. Mrs.Ghwer; Regan, Mrs. Egerton; Cordelia, Mrs. W. WeAt- -After which, Of Age To-morrow. TURATRE ROYAL, enVENT-GARDEN.—Ilenri Qaatre : Henri, Mr. Macready ; Eugene. Mr. C. Kemblc; Mr. John Johnstone ; Florence Saint Leon, Miss Stephens; Clotilde dr Biron. MIS.; Brunton ; Louison, Miss M. Tree. After which, A Roland fur an Oliver. • TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Private Letter from Paris came too, late fur insertion ' this Day. ;•,• For LITERARY REVIEW, set the First Page. Sr. PIIILIP AND Sr, JAmeg.—A'Holiday at the Exchequer, Batik, amcl South Sea Huuse. Alin:van-3 Dublin, .2 Waterford, I Gotlenburgh, I France, Haruhurgh, Dui;-1 Holland, 1 Gottenburgh. MGR WATER AT LONDON MUDGE To -mormow. Morning, 52 minutes after S. 1 Evening, 12 minutes after 4.