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

TO 'l[ll , ', PUBLIC. 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 PLTT O renders it hardly neces sary for the Editor, who'has been intimately-con nected with it for nearly the whole of the interven ing period, and to whom the Property now solely belongs, to make any avowal of his sentiments, or . - to - offer any assurances of hi; determina:ion to per severe in the same laudable course. Desirous of assistance in the daily labour of conducting the Paper, he offered to dispose of part of it to any spirited Body of Men really animated by an at tachment to the Principles of its Illustrious Founder, and zeal for the welfare of the Country. He had, in consequence of his Advertisement, appliCations (*tont several , highly re spectable, hut who would not pledge themselves to conduct it upon the SAIIIe Principles, and therefore be declined all their proposals. It was thought that the PITT CLUR, CenSiStetitly With its 1111:1-V. and avowed Principles, would have cone fonvatd on the occasion, in order to secure a chatinei for the transmission of those Principles, as befit cal eultvedto support the honour and interest of the Empire'. A very intcUigenr Correspondent, signature was SPURINA, in a flattering Addiess to the Editor, .(in Tut SUN of uller 2), aftur 11 , 6% , :wg observed th.lt Coverurnent was " etrally hound to SuppOCt THE t - q./N by the ties of hire. rest atui gratitude," thus adverts to the PITT CLUB :- " But how nny Public Body, much less one desigoaliog itself by his ilooottred nitufe a t whose bidding " HE St! N" to on' this benighted Country, can suffer that luminary to be darkened, not by tiny ordinary night, but by the powers themselves of the shade*, Indy well be a subject of astonishment to every thoughtful and w e ll af fected mind. 1 sholl condude this letter wi some vet y beam ifol lines from the first Georgic, it lrt of which you have hod tft. good taste to ado ! ): as the Motto tor your I ) ,icier Neglect of THE Su N may draw the sAme consequences ou us as it did on ancient Rome— " tois diccre falsum " Attdeat illy eri:int t-acos ip,rtarc luaiiiltiis " Scppe 1110ilet,./rattdeatve et llperta I;nier...seere " lilt et am ca•tircrtn CUHerat us Cawtre Homaal, " Duni eaput übscuru nitidtuu ferrugit)e " Impiaque mteruaro timuernat soecula noctern The Proprietor will MA iptrilde any lont t er on leis Readers than to say, tt►at tinding in PUBLIC BODY, amidst all the professions of public spit it and patriotic zeal, so liberally avowed, had offeted to take any part in the Paper, he has entered into a treaty witli a Get:tleinan of congenial Principles, as %yell as distinguishe4:: Talrots and Attainments, to disposc'of a coi.siderabie portion of the Concern. If that treaty shouhl b foally settled, the Proprietor doubts not, that the character of the Paper will he steadily %mei strenuously,maintained. The plan of taliing Ex tracts from the LoNnoN and PROVINCIAL JOUR NALS will 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 enti , le it to the encouragement and pro tection of the Community at large. * The Editor snhjoina an humble imitation:— The SUN of falsel►ood who shall dare accuse? Firm in its faith, important in its views; Oft bad it warned us, mid a haow Peace, That ills were near, and might our woes increase. Deeply it asourn'd on Pin'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. F.; M 1 G 11. A 'l' 1 0 N. We are obliged to a gentleman in the neigh bourhood of Norwich, for the perusal of a very important document respecting emigration to America. It is a Resolution and Address from the Emigrants' Society at Quebec, dated so late as Oct, 11, 1819, which have been issued with a view to the informa:ion of such persons as are desirous of leaving England, and for the relief of those who have already expatriated themselves. Twelve thousand of these latter had arrived doting the last season at Quebec alone, and a great propor tion of them were utterly destitute. "The inhabi tants of this city have upon their hands,"says the Ad dress, " an accumulation of misery and distress for which they are without the means to provide any adetptare remedy." The Society states that able bodied husbandmen and artisans, " possessing a 'sufficierit suin to support them for one year after their atiival, of steady and enterprising character, may expect h , nefit by emigration, and no other's." After entificing these soureei of disappointment, the Society recotmUeeds the opening associations in this country, to confer• with that at Quebec, in order to afford such information as rn,:y render emigration beneficial both to the individual, the colony, and the parent state.— (Norwich Mercury.) O r ' LITERARY REVIEW. SECOND TOUlt of DOC MR SYNTAX, in Search of the Picturesque, a Poem, in Eight Monthly Numbers, forming a Second Volume when complete; written by the same Arothor, with designs by the same Artist, Tuomiks ROW LANDSdN, Esq. The merit of the Work of which the first number of the, second part is now brought lorwa►d, is so olwious that it would be offi dons its us to add our humble testimony to the gtmeral approbation which has been rngni tested in eight very large, if not unexampled, Editions. It is Ft work, indeed, abonn,ling in chaste humour, easy and elegatr poetry, and sound mor el - rrtslriierion. The character of Dr. SYNTAX is admirably drawn, possessing an excdlent heart, with some ludicrous peenlia ri lea, which, however, rather increase than diminish the esteem and respect whicl► Isis virtues must excite. All the other Persons introduced in the original NVork, are distinctly pour►rayed and duly supp orted. The various scPiles introduced, display accurate observation, and profound know led:ze of mankind, and the whole indeed consti- !I: t r s amusing, instructive, and interesting a Work, that ibere is wohing surprizing, in ex tranydin-ory success which has attemh , tl it We si..- cer,lv wish, th,c the Author had his name to H \l'od: that dors so much credit to his genius, his learnirig,, and his imagination, ti s, from ail that tee have heard of Lim, his name, ottlA, if pc,5 , 011e, have inereAs'd the esti- oration in it is universally held. Alio- titer vriking proof of the populAtity which it has - excited, may he found in the attempts which have ht•en nr&e, mirky the Cover of the name of DocToK SYNTAX, to fokt some surrep'llious pro ductions ton the Public, which, however, their comparative insignificance soon buried in oblivion. The Second Part, as far as relates to the first N , finber, to wLich we now draw the attention of our Beirdcrs, promises a spirited conforroty with the character of the original Work, b=t we confess that sve wish the Publisher had d e yeti its appt , araace till the whole could be prescir ',nee, since the interest which it it 46 already strot4lly excited, is mortified by t!►e consciousness that curiosity can only be periodi cally indulged, and must wait, not as Hamlet says, " a little month," but what to all Readers will prove, many a .edious interval, before that curiosity can be (t►lly gratified. FOR 'FEW, SUN. INSOL`:ENT BILL. Mn. Eot reply to IGNOTUS, I avow de cided hostility to prolonged Imprisonment in cases of Insolvency. The detention of the Debtor can not be necessary after a full.diselosure and actual surrend e r o f i l l s lf,,tßte and Ell 7 ;cts. In cases of Buithruptcy, no Creditor on proving his debt, has the power of detention for a single day, although the Bankrupt's Estate may not be equal to pay Is. io the pound. And there should be no rigor ous dis7inCtion in the treatment of a Debtor bear ing the appellation of /I/so/rent Debtor, , vhict► in fact and essence is but another word for Bankmp t Debtor. In all cases of estab'tsi•ed Debt, there sho►tld be no Imprisonment after the iender of Property. nice Days would be preferable to Three Months, if any Imprisonment at all is necessary, to obt din a fair discluure and just surrender o, the Debtor's Property, for whether h;,s Estat r , admits of a Dividend or not, his deterrion cus tody will be productive of loss to his Creditots and to the Public ; Whatever time is spent inac tively, is lost irretrieveably— an d what is. con sumed in a Gaol, is improperly taken from the Public Stores. It seems scarcely recoucileable to the true spirit of British Justice that a Creditor or Claimant should have the power of Arrest or Imprison ment at all,- unless his debt is proved beyond con troversy. And although the practice has been long recognized, the mere Affidavit of - a Creditor seems but sight moral evidence of the deb t claimed : but having ventured to make such upon oath, the Creditor should have no further power over his Debtor's person after a williag dis closure and faithful surrender of his effects. The question of Band or Dishonesty s hould be a distinct consideration, and I would g ladly en courage any suggestion for preventing or loutish ing the conduct of a Debtor evidently tainted with ctirninal or dishonest intent. Such p s h m ent should be defined by the Law, and n ot an atom of it left to the discretion of Creditors. Where Fraud, gross Improvidence, Dishonesty, or Ex travagance, are justly imputable to a Debtor , be sl►ould b e v i s it e d will) penal it:Me:ion, not too rigorous but certain. Awl in no cas e o f et iminal misconduct should rite puttishinent h e np plied ex cept upon direct and positive proof, e sta blished by the Verdict of a Jury. Temple, Jan, 1, 1829. M. ~lr~ THEATRICAL REGISTER. Perforated Last Night. 'luta ritE ROYAL, Dew Ry'LANE.—The Devil's Bridge;. Count Belino, Mr. Brahatu ; Countess ROsalrina,, Miss Carew. After which, Jack and the Bean Stalk. THEATRE ROYAL., COYENT-GARDEN.--She Stoops to Conquer ; ►Young Marlow, Mr. C. Kemble ; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Drunton. '• After which,. Harlequin and Dun Quixote. • .. • 1\16; YEAR'S' frolidai'at thh Public Offices. MAILS. ARRIVED.-4 Dublin, 4 Waterford, 2 Guernsey and Jersey, I France. Du £-1 1-10111111 d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.mortnow. %fornivig, 0 minutes after 4. I Evening, 23 initiates after 4. THE SUN. SOLEM (MIS VICEKE FALSUM I,UDEAT ? LONDON, S.I7'URIMY, J.4AUARY 1, 1820. We received this morning the Paris Papers of ‘Vednesday last. Ihe Chamber of Peers as scanbied on rtiev; when the Marquess GATNIER reputed, from the Special Committee, on the Violet for tie provit , ional collection of 6-12ths of she TaxeS, off , iniltioo-Oy its favour of the Projet without airy aliert;on. There being no opposi tion the proj..t %vas .idopted article by article, and then i uz to the vote as a whole, when there ap peared ori the result of the Scrutiny, for it 133, against it 9. A Petition to the Chamber, alleging that the law of the Mil January 1316, banishing the Regicides, was unconstitutional, was, on the , motion of the Marquess de LALLY TOLLENDAL, • ordeied to be taken'ont of the Chamber, and torn to pieces.—A Grand Deputa:ion was appointed to compliment the KING on the occasion of the New 'Year. The C:inther of Deputies only assent bled in its Bureaux, who appointed a Central Committee to examine.the financial projets. The ' following are extracts:— " l'Auts, Dix 29 —Yesterday the King trans acted business with the Marquess de Latour Mau bourg, the War Minister. In the evening the Duke and Duchess d'Angouleme, and the Duke and Duchess de Berry, dined with his Majesty. " A letter from Strasburg, of the 24th instant, stares, that the environs of that city were much inundated. The road from Colmar was under water. Several villages in the neighbourhood of Liege, and some of the streets of that city, are also inundated. " The King gave a private audience yesterday to the Count Ferranti. FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday DPVPREI P. P STOCK.. Of the 22d Match, 1817, 91 f. 40c. 22d - Sept. 1817, 9l f. 40 c. 224 Match, 1818, S9 f. 40c. eed Sept. ISIS, .... 87 f. 40 c. 22d March, 1819, B5 f. 40 c. f2 , 2d Sept. 1819, B3 f. 45 c. " PETERSBURGH, Dvc. 1 .—The Count de Tor masow, Geoeral of Cavalry, and Governor-Gene ral of Moscow, died here the 25th ult. " VIENNA, DEC. 18.—The Emperor and Em press I f Austria will, it' is said, proceed again to ltalyin the course of the Spring. They set out for Milan, it is added, in February." The New YEAR commences auspiciously, and now that those measures, which were essential to the preservation and very existence of our Esta blishment in Church and State, have passed into ws, we trust that our Constitution is secured against Rebels, and our Religion against Blasphe mers. The unfortunate events at Manchester have been the great source of party clamour, owing to the vilest misrepresentations of the conduct of those who were obliged to come forward in de fence of their own lives, as well as in support of the Laws. But the Parties who have been assailed with these base calumnies have preserved a digni fied silence, and have left the vindication of their characters to the ordinary Tribunals of the Coun try. We anticipate not only an honour:Ale acquittal, but full proof that they are entitled to the grateful thanks of every friend to the State. The conduct of Government speaks so forcibly for itself, that we have no occasion to add our feeble praise to the general approbation of the People at large, who possess a fund of good sense, which cannot be deceived by the artifices of those who, pretending a Reform of Parliament, have no view but to raise themselves upon the ruin of thei'r Country. It is no flattery to Ministers to say, that they have saved the State from more imminent peril titan had ever threatened it at any former period in our His tory. Infamous Incendiaries, taking advan tage of the distresses unavoidably owing to the sudden revulsion front a state of War to Peace, had inflamed the minds of an ignorant multitude,' and had made formidable advances to wards the destructiim of the Government. Mi- nisters sacv thee danger approaching, and resolutely prepared for it. We lament to say, that, an Op position, headed by men in both Houses of Par- 1 hament, who ought, for their own sake, to have co-operated for the General Safety, thwarted Mi nisters in all the measures which they proposed for preserving the very existence of the Monarchy, and displayed the most pertinacits perseverance on subjects of such vital importance. But Ministers made a firm sign% and'though they yielded,Tront conviction, to their adversaries, on points of minor importance, they did not suffer any infringement upon the essential principles of their protective system. We can now congratulate our Country men that all is safe. Their CONSTITUTION, their Laws, and their RELIGION are now secure ; and while we honestly pay this tribute to our Rulers, we have only to express our earnest hopes that they will display as much firmness in carrying their measures into effect, as they manifested resolution in their progress, and wisdom in their completion. It is no more than a just homage to say, that, having rescued Europe, they have now preserved their Countr y. {_From the Liverpool Paper of the 30th December, received this morning..] IMPORTATION OP AND DITTY ON RHENISH WINE Ig BOTTLES Treasury Chambers, Nov. 5. GUNTLEMPN—I am commanded by the Lordi Commissioness of his Majesty's Treasury to de# sire that you will gi ve t h e necessary directions to your nti ers, that Rhenish Wine, imported its bottles for private use, may be admitted to entry under the same reguL:ions, and on payment of the same duties, as French wine, until the plea sure of Parliament shall be .made known ; and that you will cause a clause 'to be prepared andi transmitted to their Lordships to that effect, for the purpose of being submitted to Parliament. (Signed) To the Commissioners of Customs. S. R. LUSHINGTON. Tieasury Chambers, Nov. 22, 1819- GENTLEMN—I fllll. commanded by the Lords Commissioners of i=s esty's Treasury to refer you to the I2th Section of the Act 59 Geo. III: cap. 52., and to acquaint you that there appears to have been an error therein, as it was not in tended that the duty of Bs. 7th per cwt. on Cotton Wool should attach after the sth January, 1820, on %%Well day the duty of 6 per cent, ad vabbrais attaches. By the 24th Section of said Act, lam to desire you will cause a clause to be prepared for altering the Act in question ; and until the pleasure of Parliament shall be known, you are to desir t e your Officers to abstain from receiving the former duty after the sth day of January. S. R. LUSFIINGTON. To the Commissioners of Customs. N. B. Directions have been given to the lectors and Comptrollers of the Out-ports in cota-. formity. [Extract of a Letter from the /igen , : to Lloyd's at 11a4 16 dated Bee. al. ] ”92 " Having been informed that Captain RooE; who arrived by the Lady Nepean packet ft Cuxhaven, has contradicted our report of tie 29 inst., of the Elbe being clear of ice, by stating, that he left big vessel and many ()theta fast frozen at Cuxhaven, we have in consequence sets Captains HART and Moow, as well as CaptaiD LEVING'S Mate, and all agree that our report was corr'ect." The PRINCE REGENT left town yesterday. Yesterday morning the Duke o Yonx kit town for Windsor. The Duke of CLARENCB arrived in town last evrni IT from Portsmouth. The contest for the Recorder hip of the 80. rough of Colchester, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Serjean , Rum SINGTON, was expected to have terminated yesterday afternoon : at the close of the Poll on ‘Vednesday last ,the numbers were, kg Mr. KELLY 86, for Mr. CURWOOD 65. On Tuesday last departed from Ramsgate bares bour, by a passage vessel from London, severs] families about to proceed from the River to the/ Cape of Good Hope. The moment of partinfl formed an exceeding interesting and most affect log spectacle, both the Pier-heads being crowded with the friends of the emigrants, anxious to CY press their wishes, and their filial separatie . adieu. Upwards of a thousand persons were serubled on the occasion, who, to the cheers or i the party emigrating, returned a hearty three times three, and - tarried on the Pier-beads, m i lli the waving of the handkerchiefs of the voyager; . was no longer visible. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the '- East India , House, when the under-tuentioneti Commanders took their final leave of tl► e Court, previous to departing for their respective Gieini„s. bons, viz.!--- Captain T. F. Balderston , o f the Asia ; Capt a i n F. cress , well, of the Astell ; and Captain H. A. Drum moli ~ held at Haverfordwesti a of the Castle Huntly ;—for Bengal and China. into the The following Captains were swo rn command of their respective ships, viz._. . Captain M. Hamilton, of the Dnnira, f(), Bombay and China; Captain A. H. Campbell, of the Duk e o f Y ork, f o r Madras and China. , On Alonday last. the 27th ult,, in corn' 601 ), honour the 4tetnoratinn of St. John's Day, t h e rittifforod Lodge of Fieemasoris, went in procession to St. Mary's Church, . . wner. a very excellent and appropriate di scourse vo , the King's Arms Inn; at which delivered by the Rev. Mr. WILLIANi„, f Slebeck Text, 2d chopter Ist of Peter. 17th verse'' K log ~, A very goo d dinner w a , providt fi for " Love the Brotherhood, fear the occnsion, Sit W. H. SCOURFIELD, Esq. M, y, I :or i.taverfoid b west, precided. , • 4 •%..