The Sun. — London, England, 1820-01-19 00:00:00

FOR TEIE SUN. Irejtimate del 7 glit of lionuin twure in a good cause,: wi's their l; piSFiOll, inasmneb as the lie.or iv ilreeted by the consciousness of having doile toddy, they are all ego ists. I thank God that the Ettgli:it are sot h egotists, and I sin cerely trust they will never exchange their ego• ti-ni for enlcodei,, ;! , and stoical ph;losophy. The excellent Institution to which I anode is 11 ti Addizji ma l gem 10 mil' trpu , ation, .utirce of pleasure to nun of every party, with the e;;ceriiin of those hollow pltriots who ex rt:se Ihrmsrives troll) “eitrihoting to the relief of wretched fellow -countrymen, whose misery is pethaps partly attributable to their false and dclosive counsel, 11 assertiog that the rich are wills chatitahle to t! e poor, hrenuse.they desire to reduce them lower and lower in the scale of human society, and to make them the slaves of their will, by administering to their wants in the hour of wretchedness. It filly rideg ever was ' , calculated to open the eyes of the public ,to the icked acts of the Reformers, it most be the guilty apathy with which they view the labours of the benevolent ; or, what is still worse, their attempt to turn aside the stream of benevolence, hy tills-stating the motives of the donors, and en deavouring to.seduce the unfortunate, by highly coloured pictures of their sufferings, and of the right which they have to receive those gifts, not Bs benevolent donations, hot as a part of the gains which the rich are said to have made by the poor. With men of this description, there is no ar4.,,u -ment but the Whippirg-post ; arid truly speaking, they deserve that sdlOtary demonstration of truth end reason. With them, the wants of the poor are nothing, except it be to exaggerate their amount, and to goad the wretched to reb,llion. They view with unmoved eye the hooSeless wan derer, the poor wretch shivering in the street, or per ishiog in the church-yard ; the cry of the bare footed rot phan, the - agonizing groan of the dis- , traceed mother, as she counts the hours since her babes last tasted food, or felt the cheerio;; com forts of a fire ; the frozen beggar, yielding up his last si , „th in the._ public pathway, and the poor creature of vice, exposing her miserable carcase to . overt shame, to procure food and lodgiug; old age, stopt short at once by the cold wind of hea ven ; youth, in its earliest stage, with the blood frozen and the limbs paralyzed ; disease, strug gling in vain against poverty and the elements;.--. these ate sights, and groans, and scenes of sad ness, which touch them not, hey hear not the voice ofr he mourner, and heed not the plaints o the abandoned. The feeling heart rejoices in the work of cha rity, but the he; of the party politician is cold to the dictates of. humanity. It the .mouths of the hungry are filled, and the naked clothed by the benevolent and compassionate, be can see . no thing in the act but the intrigue of tbe,powerftli, to reduce the poor to subjection, or the selfish trick of the ostentatious. Of what mould are they who mock the divine injunctions of the So-, viour, who enjoins us to clothe the naked and feed the hungry ? Are they Men ? Are they Chris tians ? No, Sir, they are Reformers ! Yet still the holy work of benevolence triumphs over• the nar row prejudices of the weak, or the wilful perverse ness of the wicked; and the Englisimao proudly confesses himself an egotist in every good work where the heart seeks the pleasing weed of grati fication from conscious excellence. 136 w different i 3 the conditiou rrf the Poor in other Countries'! how coinparativelyparsinwnions their more fortunate fellow-creatures ! In France, that boasted Paradise of the Reformers, there is no legal fund for the help of the unfortunate the paltry aid authorized by the Government of the country is sparingly dealt out by the most bigotterl of the Clerey, and denied to all who (lit ter in religions feeling from the servants of that Redeemer who was kind to all men (l)—there the poor decrepid citizen, whose toil was unequal to hi s wants whilst strength was granted to hint, and whose old age finds hint without a friend, a Twine, or a comforter, r't•ags on his miserable term, happy if a loaf of bread be spared him from the charity of the superfluous. The prosiserons rradesnt its, with his basin-full of centimes (2)., ima gines be is a true Christian, it once in the week distributes them to the needy ; and the Peer has one coridnite mognanirne, if he has given a Nepolenn to a public Charity (3). Such, Sir, is name ! How different is Eneland, the Land of !—May Charity still purtttc its noble course, and in all good deeds may every man be, what I would be, AN EGOTIST. (:) The fund provided by Government for the relief of the Indigent, does not average more titan a loaf of bread of four . . poundg weekly to each person. The fund is distributed by the-Cier7y, who refuse the least portion of it to those who do - not attend Mass regularly. CAL,ks, tile noble Protest kilt of Toulouse, during an inclement winter, opened his tv,ii . ellJu.ses for the reception of the Flun-;elems, wh o m h e dot h. , d and fed—Protestants and Rowan Cat bulks were equally-welcome. Yet, in the base charge which was brought sizainst him by the .Cierg'y for the murder of his own son, Who was a eltrielic, he was also accused of baring sheltered Infi,!els, and his death was decreed ht,t the Judges as much for the on crime as fur the other. History has recorded this feint act, and the innocence of CILAI proved tufty years after his butchery. (a) The hundredth part of a penny. The French trades man pays no pour rates, but gives about ten-pence per week to the .poor on a filed floe. ftierne give wore, and others less. The hue Prince dr CONDI.; endeavoured to raise a fund fir ifie lionsclevi, and offered to contribute 20,000 francs to Jtatt-tiee Nobility said it would 'slake the poor saucy, and t.tLe :iway their respect fur the privile6 - ed classesr•—our Re 1w amers say cynic differently. Engross—l have often heard Foreigners assert, that the English are the greatest egotists -on earth, and that their egotism is manifest even in their amities. I begin to find there is some truth hi this charge, and that an Englishman is rarely - benevolent without an interested motive ; but lam very far 'from using -the term reproach fully, like our jealous'neighbours; for I never, eNperienced more real pleasure than in reading the names of the egotists who here snbfFcribed to the fund for the relief of the ITonseless. All of these persons had an interested motive, hut it was a noble one, the approbation of the heart and 1 conscience ; 'and since self-gra , ification, the most LONDON JoI7I;NALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [New Times.] 'REFUGE FOIL THE HOITSELESS. It must afford the most heartfelt patifieation to every friend of philanthropy to hear that the cha ritable intentions of the Committee to afford re fuge for the Houseless Poor continue to receive increa-sed support from the benevolent feelings with which the Britisit Public is invatinbly in spired upon the appeals of humanity. The amount of the subscription s received last tr,ght exceeded 80001. The number of applicants in the course of the d.ty were ;so that in the whole no le ss than 600 of our distressed fellow-creatures have, by a truly SatuAtiton spirit, been rescued froth the bitterest sufferings and privations. Too much commendation cannot be bestowed upon the judi cious arrangements adopted in the internal ma- nagement of the Institution ; the order and repo- I Laity observi-d has more the appearance of a ma ed system than that of an infant establishment. The number of sick patients have increased ; we happy to add, that bitt few are the subjects of confirmed disease. Increased exertions, we un derstand, will he made to render the part devoted to the Infirmary as complete as possible; and se veral windows, at present closed, will be opened, and thereLy the advantage of an increased circu lation of air will be obtained. In the course of the day a quantity of bedding, we understand, teas received by the Committee from Ldtd Sid mouth, and a supply of slop clothing was also received front the Navy Office, accompanied with the following letters addressed to the Lord Mayor Navy-OfEce, Jan. IS, I 820. Nly Loan—ln pursuance of the directions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, signified to us by Mr. Cro- Lees Letter of the 17th instant, we have rtuch pleasure in placing at your Lordship's disposal the several articles of slop clothing, of which the enclosed is a list, to be applied for the relief of any distressed Seafaring Men, and particularly those who have served in his Majesty's Navy. We have also desired a Gentleman from this Office to at tend upon your Lordship, in order that every facility may be Li - lorded in furtherance of the object in view. We arc, My Lords, Your Lordship's very bumble Servants, B. MARTIN. H. PEAKE. • Sir BY,",M RTINT presents his compliments to the Loan MAYOR, and in placing at his Lordship's disposal the Slop Clothing mentioned in the accompanying list, begs to say, that if any larger supply can be obtained from Deptford, &c. he will have great pleasure in informing his Lordship of it. Navy-otfice, 18th January, 1620. [Morning Chronicle. A paragraph appeared in the Paper of yesterday, stating, that " it would he a benevolent act in the Sub-Committee of Drury-lane Theatre, to remit the rent of the Theatre . for the night, s o liberally destined by Mr. Elliston, to the benefit of the ponseless Poor." it is necessary to ob serve, that the rent is not 'the property, or in the power of the Sub-Committee, but received by them, as trustees, for a vet y large description of creditors, some of whom - are nearly as much tressed as the very persons to whom Mr. Elliston so humanely proposes to give this benefit. W e have no doubt, however, that the Sub-Committee have not been backward in affording assistance to the poor, in their individual capacities, at their respective residences, either in the country or in town. [The Times.] Extract of a Letter,dated Paris, Jan.ls.—" The great Insurance Company, established in this city at ti o• close of the Avar, on a scale calculated or inte n d e d to' engross .the business of the whole world, and began its ,operations by sharing a di. vidend of ten per cent, among its proprietors, is :at its last gasp. A consultation of the Directors was held last night,.to consider the propriety of discontinuing it altogether. They came to a reso. lotion, however, of making a previous effort to maintain the establishment, by entering into a negociation with. the second C om p an y, in order t o put a stop, if possible, to the system of competi tion that has hitherto existed between them, and by which both have been materially injured." Cottniittx's INQUEST.---Yesterilay evening a Co ronei's Inquest was held on the body of Mr. Wil liam Bowers, a leatherseller, of Earl's -court, Cranbourn-alley, who had been many years de ranged : it was proved that lie had a most VOT: cious appetite, which he was not permitted sutfi ciently to indulge, and that the room in which he slept was in a very comfortless state, the win dows being broken, said to be by himself. It was also proved that he and his wife were very seldom upon good terms with each other. Verdict— ". The deceased departed this life on the 14th of Jsnuury, instant, in a natural way, hut his death was, in the opinion of the Jury, accelerated by culpdble neglect." HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Monday evening, abont half past eight o'clock, as Air. Muir, of Cavendish-square, was returning to his residence, on Lis arrival opposite a dead wall, in Cavendish street, lie was accosted by a lad, who asked his way to Swailow•strt , et. While Mr. Hu n t was in the act of directing him,' and the young man standing in front, two sturdy, ill looking fellows (his companions) came behind Mr. 11. end gave him a most unmerciful blow on the back of the bead; and while he was in the act of falling, the young villain snatched his watch chain and rob bed him of his watch, .when they all decamped Hunt, however, pursued the lad, and cried, " Stop thief !" and he was the same evening taken, NV . idlout the property, by E. Pepper and Pendegrass, the constables, after some resistance: he was afterwards ;alien before G. E' 14;q* at Marlborough-street, where he gave hi s name Grady. Mr. Hunt :mended, and the prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. NEW SO MI WAT:e4S, The 'following is extracted from a Letter which has been received by the wife of Turner, the broth of Turner, who, with Ludlum and Brandreth, was at Derb y, about t") executed y, years sines, for High Treason. Trirner, it will be tememhered, with several others, were allowed to plead and thus to save their forfeited lives : " SYI)N`EY (New South Wales,) .rune 1319. " ‘Ve hare had a pretty 'good passage, and have been middling %yell treated, much better than the general t un of those that were with us. Sam working for Government from day•lig!it till tw o , o'clock in the afternoon : after that ime I stook for myself, and can earn as snitch as I could get for a whole day in England; therefore, Was I . on my own hands, I could get a very pretty living. I am very witll, considering my situ-oils!), as I live with an old man and woman, who is constabl e to , the Governor, and they treat me as one of them selves. Indeed, I have partly agreed with them for a thirty-acre farm.—Now, my dear wife, if you wish us to meet again, end end out days in happiness, let me advise you to apply to the Sect etary of State, to give yon an order for a passage to this country free of all ex pence, and I shall be restored to yoo on your arrival. If it he agreeable to my brother Joseph, to apply likewise to come as a settler, I should much urge Mtn to it. He would he granted a farm, and provisions from the stoics for six months ; hut, however, he would not want that ; and he svould be able to gain a little tontine in a few years, as our business is one of the best in th e country, and farreiros is as good. There is no rent or taxes to pay. Wheat is in general t en shillings a b us h e l, - Indian corn five shillit, s ; beet at sixpence a pound, mutton anti pork eightpeoce and ninepenee ; the pork is very good, beet and Mutton middling ; useable tea root sugar very cheap ; choking is rather cheap. The omit es are slender people. Swedish iron is sixpence a pound, sheet one shilling and three-pence. if you can get the works of an eight days' dock, it will fetch a good price here. We are building a Methodist Chapel, and 1 have engaged for the cutting of the stone : Religion is strongly patronised by the Governor and the Heads of the Colony. The stone of the country is rematkably %%bite, and works kiudly. The building here is vety coarse, for want of good mechanics ; the workmen are chiefly Irish, that know but little about The timber is very good, both for house building and for forniture, it chiefly consists of cedar fur furnitirre. New Zealand pine for building, and oak stringers instead of tiles'; the oak apple tree chiefly for firing. We have no - limestone ; the lime is made of burnt shells. We have plenty of game, both fish and fowl, and no game act to pay My nephew, Joseph Turner, .(called itlanchester Tome r ) is very well, and is overseer to captain Milnholers, who rattle in the ship with me. John Hill, one of the Derby convicts, front Son:hwing field, is hell ; be is up the country about 2U miles from Sidoey, wi h a gentleman. Uur winter is I your summer. We have plenty of fruit ; pPaches in abundance; lemons, and oranges, find quan!i tics of vegetAles. Here are the handsomest birds in the world. I very much wish my brother Joseph to come, as it would be the making-of us. The passag e is nothing to what it used to he, as they reach us in about four mouths; very few die in the passoge. Inquire for the at John Dow's, near Government Stores, Sidney, New South Wales." SPARRING AT THE FIVES COURT. The first benefit this season took place vestri dav, for Purcell, one of the bravest men that ever peeled for action, and decidedly the best man be tween the heavy and the li r •ht weights. Talent was never better. appreciated than in this inst4nce, the Court being so crowded that many could not get a sight of the performances. The sp , )rring kept ;►.tce with the patronage, and it was the best our informant has seen for years. LBNNOX and LATHAM, ►►nte of his pupils, COM.. meneed operating on each other's heads with lunch dexterity, and gave satisfaction. . _ DAVID Fionsos, the brother of the pliant Josh. Rnd ifOLT.- --This boot 1i739 a perfect repre sentation of the science, and every movement was made with a precision and dexterity that drew clown thunders of applause. The parrying of blows was never excelled. LARKI AND CummlNs.—The former is a fa vourite with the fancy, and like his gallant c,,m rade Shaw, promises much ; if young in science his quickness and courage rank him a first rater. Cummins was an athletic novice, determi ne d on a trial, and Larkin convinced him that the fight ing professi o n would n u t suit. I n t h e fi rst round Cummings was floored ; in the sect;nil they part ed in a close, and in the third Larkin punched his head about so much, that he took off the gloves and felt it, as if to feel if it zoos on. TURNP.R AND TALES.-It would be difficult to state which was the best set-so, this or the se eon& It was equally a master-piece of science, although there was mr►ore bitting in this. Eales, with his acknowledged line science found out, as every one else had dom., bar the Randal fence, that Turner, with the left toot in advance, was not to be got at like others, and hu felt it too se verely about the head, but the . counters and re turns Were admirable, BELCIIER and HARMER also made a scientific set-to, anti got much applause. MARTIN ❑ext cracked an amatem's jaw, who set-to with him to win two guineas, and after one round, Let's pull them off, Jack, said he. RANDAL and PURCELL closed the sports of the day; and the latter carried off the swag of merit. REYNOLDS challenged any man of his weight. RORT. flu RN was peseta, and he trains on.— Snet-ToN was also there, much th e worse for the fight. A young Gentle Man, modishly dressed, was proceeding down a street the Other day, when he onfOrionately dropped his pocket handkerchief, and being rather tightly laced, was linable to stoop for it. A person observing the occurrence, and commiserating his situation, kindly to,ik it up for hint, and on delivering it remarked, that to prevent a similar accident in future, it would be advisable to have a corner stitched to some pert of his costume. OLD .8.111.DA7, JAN. 18. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF lIORSE-IiTEALING, Mr. John Robertson, a Gt.nifernati of colour, but of the most gentlemanly manners and appearance, was iodieted on stispicioo of stealing, on the 4th of June, ISIS, a ware, value 40/, the property of Mr. James Richards. There was no Counsel for the prosecution, bat Messrs. ALLEY and Anotenus were retained for the defence. The ttial excited much interest, from the respectability of the accused party, against whom also three other charges of a simi• lar nature Were exhibited, hot who, in the sequel, turned out to be mistaken for the real criminal, who, it appeared, bvre the strongest resemblancd to him. James Richards, 11;e prosecutor, said be lived at No. 26;i, Oxford -street, sod kept livety..st a bl es . o n th e 4th Of ;hole la St he lost a chestoit mare; - on that same day a person asked to hire a horse, for which he was to give twelve shill ngs , the man had never since returned with the mare; the etso n who hired it said he was goi n g to Stan .mote; witness went there the next but could neither fimi the prisoner c,r nitre. In July last he saw Mr. Robertson, the prisoner, at Reading, The prisoner then said his name wits Henley, and that lie was not the person woo had hired the mare. He said he was a traveller to a house in London, and give his address, at Miss Port's, Borough. Witness went there, but could not find him. Witness saw the prix softer afterwards in Quebee•street, i%laryfehoov, and had him apprehended. Witness said to him, " Von are indebted to me, and gave use a false address at Reading.'' - The prisoner replied, " am not the man you mean ; my nerve is Joint Ro bertson, and I live at Bloomfield Cottage, Regent', Canal." Witness had nut the least.doubt that be CVHS the person whom he had seen Reading.— He walked with him after his apprehension to Bloomfield Cos tage, and there found what he said was troe. , -Witness, however, still saspectiog him to be the mare, took kim into a house on the Edgware-road, and gave him in custody. A great number of witnesses were examined, who c,learly proved that the accused could not possibly be the criminal person, as lie was known to have been at his lodgings its King -street melt only at the time the horse was :Atli away, but ever since until he was appreheoded ; and th at stead of having bushy black hair, as th e „ir e „ dee was described to have, he had tor many yeats wore a powdered wig. It was also proved by an emi nent Solicitor, that a person exactly res em ba nK the prisoner in person had lately been sent out of the country, and that the only difference in their appearance wasin their hair. The Jury, without ~ any hesitation, found the prisoner Not Guilty. Two other charges of a similar natioe were then 'preferred against him,' but upon wltich be • was also acquitted. 'J'be friends of the prisoner in Court immediately exp resse d t h e i r j a y by shout's and by clapping their hands, at which the - Common Sergeant expressed his disapprobation in severe language, The following enriOns details have been roceivel front Chiiseiiiiia; iu Nnrway :—" th, 7th i t st. the barometer rose Co the extraordinary heigh t Or 29 inches, 16 lints; which has not taken place here for a great number of years. The sea was eight "leil lower on that day than it has bee„ fur 16 e A qr: "20 years. Professor HANS-TERN, who measured its height, made also some expernneuts as to the it tensity or the magnetic force, and found the 'needle in such n,p,itation, that he could obtain no fixed result from his experiments." COURSE OF EXCHANGE, JAN. Anisteidarn 19 C. F. Ditto, at Sight ll 1G Rotterdam l2 0 Antwerp .12 I Hamburg - 1i Altona ati 4 - 2 Us. Paris, 3 Day's sigtit 23 0 0 Us. Ditto 30 2 Us. -Bourdeanx, ditto Frankfort on the Main .. 151 Ex.Muney :dad rid . 14./Feet Cadiz --31.4 Erred iVe ililboa 311 Etfeeti - S - s • 3.14 fiihraltar 30 Barcelona 34 Leghorn 475, Genoa 4 4-Venice, Jtal. Liv. 27 30 Malta 46 --Naples '1;l1 Palermo . Lisbon 52 Oporto RioJanriru Dublin lli Curl - ll.l per Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 0 per Os. Foreign Gold, in Bars tiewLuul►loons New Dollar 3 0 5 0 Silver ►n liars, Standard - BIRTHS. On the !7th inst., at the house of the Lord Chief Baron, Mrs. Temple F, ere, of a son. On the 14th inst., in Seymour-place, Euston-square, Mrs. Stein,, of a daughter. MAN.RTED. On Saturday last, at Preston, Mr. William Marshall, thin', son of John Marshall, Esq. of Ardwia, near Manzhester, tot , Miss Miller, dangt.ler of Thomas Miller, Esq. of Preston. Yesterday, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Henry Penfold, ecnnd son of Thomas Pentold, Esq., solicitor, Croydon, te, Miss Mary Wilson, of Grer.4 George•sirect, Ward of thelion. Mr. Baron Garrow. (hi Tuesday, the ISth inst., at Ma-11411one Church, Edward Esq., to Miss Amelia Pitcbps. DIED. Yesterday morning- at her house in SotAthampton-street, ira the rirtil year of her age, Airs. Linle`•, relict of the cetebtatedt Mr. Linley, who was one of the Proprietor: of the 014 Drury,- Lane Theatre. She was mother to the first Mrs. Sheridan., and was greatly esteemed by a most respectable circle of frienrk. • On the teth instant, the Hon. Mrs. Harley, relict of the Lac '.iishop of lierefotd , and mother to the arl of Oxford. On Monday last, at his house in Gloucester Terrace, Mile• end, in conse,pi e ne e of a fall Lon, the stein of the ship Rich ard anti Sibella, Mr. Melia; d Redmisn, aged 60. on Satnrday, the 9th inst. Lieutenant. Colonel Henry Iturldishrurzer, Royal Marines On the Gth instant, at Pudsey, aged 100, Mr. Frank Pearson. Ne could renivinher when wool was combed instead of heir); seri-bbled for 'nuking cloth. LONDON: Printed 4.1. B. CA IiSTAIRS, Of No. 29, Grcat Or:And-street, Qtwen-sgoare; and published try W. A. SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South 1 4, 101t0n-street, at 'lnn Su7s OIE:e, N.J. 113, Strand ; when.: Adrotisetnents, Ordcrs t Lettias, ei.c. (po3l-pait.i.) mutt ilc aßrelicti. ~~~ 'NT; fen t , es t4e dr . ()id T On pi • I ' o l4 tite r , to 4,04 L eft! Pro pc ~; ' ~ %r ' A' o theii• 10,,; kat ) reei t ev e? , CAN 44 43 , , 'lt (44 I n t he t4e a N. .4',.. (S alit/ Uf 11; 14 1, tilt.