The Sun. — London, England, 1820-02-28 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR—I fear that I was not sufficiently Clear in my Saturday's observation on the pro priety of not dissolving the Parliament. Halt Measures never accorded with my temper, and how less than ever. I wish the Sovereign to be enabled to continue the exitilig Parliament as lung as it might have lasted without the late regal demise. My reasons have now encreasetl strength. 11 " t, if its dissolirtion must take place, the sootier t he better. Let not serious measures be discuss " in aeriotts times by an expiring Legislature, niider the operation of speedily prospective elec tions and all their poptilarindlicements. TENAX. FRENUI ASSASSINATION'. That the French and the English Radicals arc 6( "ing in concert, I no wore doubt, than that snow is white and blood is red. The effected blurrier of the Due de Reant, and the arranged t l'"rder of our Ministers with foreign weapons, hoe come too pal upon each other, to admit et ( 1 4 csiion. I ant equal) , certain, that the Ite -1461i0n in Spain has a concurrent agency. And who shall wonder, when the trvedom of t he Pless—whlch I cannot understand to be more i ntangible than any 4 her freedom when mi,u-ed— has taken such n pervet•ed direction and danger ous operation ? has been palliated by vindicated—and j•istifieti—and applaud "- Our Liberals have used the freedom of our Country to aid the Liberals of another. They are principals at home, and accomplices abroad. rhe mutu , .Alty of Europe requires the suppression this Consp►racy, no matter how wide its range. I V ") particular Law, no peculiar Constitulion, thou g h they may not be altered for domestic (tea !nb--an immutability, however, which I utterly d eny, can be continued at the expence of foreign {t 'l ► try. There is no mo►e reason that L'aris should be assailed i , ► London, than that London should be assailed in Paris, or Madrid in either. A er ic a may open her Champ•d'Bsile ; but Europe h privileged to exclude its agents and its agency from endangering her alliance. We may surely b lt►cka►!e the enemy in our• own ports. A non- in,- P ( Hlation Law at home will easily prevent foreign e xportation. The: Sovereign Congress of 1814 might have "On e this easily. Not so easily in 1515 ; but still, thty might have done it. Yet less easily in 1820 ; but what must be done, can be done by united . Europe. 1 cannot understand why that epithet " Uni,ted" is to carry so much potency in one .hemispbere, and so little in another. VINDEX. THE KING'S COURT. Qn Sattt►day, at three gb'clock, his MAJP.STY Lehi a Cour! at his Palace in Poll Mall, which Was attc►►dccl by— The Lord President of the Council, the Secretaries of State for the Fotiign and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of t he Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Chamberhtin, the Lord Steward of the household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Trea surer of the Household, the Judge Advocate General, &e. The King held a Privy Council, at which Lord Ceor ge Beresfold, Lord Charles Bentinck, and 3 411 N Beckett, E-,q. the Judge-Advocate-General, Were sworn in Privy Councillors, and took their sent at the Board accordingly. His Majesty gave audience to the Earl of Li verpool Earl Bathurst, Earl Harrowby, and Viscount Castlereagh, The Marquess of Headfort I nd the Hon. Colonel Stanhope were the Lord 414 1 Groom in Waiting.. _ , Yesterday the Chapel Royal, Sc. James's, vas Y 'lteuded 6b.ar. iz his Ro HST, heyal High Earl ofness theWESTMOR Doke of U t -1"1), Lord MP LVILLF., and several others of the Cabin et Council. Itnmetliately previous to the general thanksgiving, the Rev. Mr. KNArr, the I , t. eader, Announced " that several members of his l'rivy Coun , il desired to return thanks to Ahnigyty God for their late preservation." In duc il bseglietitly . teading the thanksgiving, he intro ed the wo r d ; Othin the brackets : " Almighty God, Father of all nigrcies, we, thine unworthy serva►►ts do give thee most humble and hearty thanlis for all the gOodness and lovin4 kindness to us and to all men, [par. ticuUtrly to those who desire now to offer np their praises and tha nksgi►•infis for thy late mercies vouchsafed into then►,&c.]'. At the conclusion of the service an excellent discourse wai preached by the Bishop of Ox Pout), f ;") the Gt h chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to t he Romans, 22d verse, in which be pointed out, with great eloquence, the advantages to be deriv '" by mankind, both her, and hereafter, from an !.111ierence to those principles of the Christian re- Itgiuu which the Apostle had laboured to inculcate. Yesterday Divine Service was performed at the li:flints Palace, in Pall-mall, by the Rev. F. IV. 111-OMBERD and the Rev. Dr. STANIER CLARKE. The Lotto CuAticaLLoa had an audience of the tivn yesterday morning. The Duchess ot CLARF.NCE went to the King's p alace at Kensington yesterday, on a visit to the Ainchess of KPNT. RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. respectfully ftequaint the Public, that the Ticket No. 7507, drawn on Friday a Prize of T‘ecnty Thousand 4) ""nds Money Was sold by them in Shares, at tl'ei f Offices, liaok-tmiidings, Corohili, and Char• i h t; Cwas. NEWCASTLE- UFON-T YNE, FEB. 26. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—You have already been informed, that Mr. XVIIARTON, the City Member, would be a Candidate for the County of Durham, in opposi tion to the LAMBTON interest. Things are now so far matured—thanks to the liberality and pub lic spirit of the County—that there is now no doubt of a sincere and hearty effort being made to elect a Representative, who will not on all nc e4sions erect his front against the voice of a very large majority of his constituents. Although Mr. WnattToN's Address is not yet before the public 1 state it upon unquevionahle anthirrity, (and, indeed, Mr. LAMBTON'S Appeal to his own friends, on the 24th instant, is conoborative of the fact), that that Chntlemats's formal acquiescence to the lit quisi•ion transmitted to hint, is looked for in she course of this or the following clay. Every probability exits, therefore, that a large and opulent County will yet be emancipated from the trammels it has too long been subjected to. The gallant Sir HENRY EIARDINGE will, no ‘ . .oubt, supply Mr. WHARTON'S place for the City of Durham. The Northumberland Meeting on Tuesday last (holden at Morpeth) for the purpose of addiess ing King GEORGE IV. on the Demise of our late Sovereign, and on his Majesty's Accession to the Throne, was one of the most respectable and sa tisfactory we ever remember. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, who moved the Ad dress, amidst the loudest cheers and applause, observed, that on the subject before their), he en tertained not a doubt but the most perfect una nimity would prevail, since whatever differences might exist under all free Governments, with re gard to abstract questions, there were certain great rallying points upon which Britons were cordially united. '' Its this instance," said the Nohle Duke, " we have suspended our differences to condole with our Soveteign in his affliction, and to cheer and congratulate him on his Acces sion to the Throne, by assurances of our duty and attachment. In short, we are met together to convince the world, that in the County of Nor thumberland Independence and Loyalty can go hand in band."--(lmmense applause.)—The Ad dress was seconded by Lord GREY in a speech at once pertinent and patriotic that was followed by the most hearty approbation.—On Thursday next, the 2,1 Match, a meeting of the inhabitants of this town, convened by she Mayor, will be holden at the G‘iildhall, " for the purpose of ex pressing to his Maks' y our most sincere condo lence on the death of his Majesty's Royal Father, our late lamented Sovereign ; and for the purpose also of humbly offering to his Majesty our most dutiful assurance of attachment and (matte! able fidelity to his Majesty's Royal Person and Go vernment." RIBRANDMEN. Dueux, Fun, 23 —Letters from the West Ibis morning state, that the banditti still continue their depredations throughout the County or Gal way. The system of these marauders has already become formidable, and it is daily acquiring new strength. A few weeks ago the nocturnal parties did not exceed 20 or 30 men, or probably not more than from 50 to 100 But now the banditti as semble in such numbers, that they resemble the Guerillas of Spain during the late war. About a thousand Ribbandmen visited Castle Lambert last week, and demanded arms. Meetings and swearing-in still go on rapidly, and it appears that the force in Galway is not sufficient to check the evil. A meeing of thirty-two magistrates took place at Athenry on the 17th, and strong resolutions were adopted. His Grace the Archbishop of 'roam, Sir John Burke, Mr Daly, M.P., General O'Loughlin, and other respectable gentry, at tended. They have sent a representation to Go vernment, requesting the assistance of an addi tional number of troops. An order has been is sued to prevent the soldiers from being employed on Revenue duty, that the whole military force in the county may be placed under the Civil Authori ties, for the suppres,ion of this incipient rebellion. DESTRUCTION OF A VILLAGE.—They write front Lausanne, under date 15th February—A deplora ble event occurred on the 27th of December, in the, valley of Viso, in Valiais, by the sudden de:- tacl►tnent of a part of the Glacier of Weiphorn, which has destroyed a great part of the village of. Randa. It was about six o'clock in the morning that a frightful noise announced to the inhabi tants of the valley the danger in which they were placed. Neither the glacier itself, however, nor its fragments, touched any part of the village ; but the pressure of the air, caused by its tna►bling down, tore np trees, destroyed cattle, and o►er threw houses. Hoofs of houses, blocks of stone and ice, were,carried away to a considerable dis tance. A great number of cattle, the only re. sources of this Alpine people, perished. Twelve individual: , were buried under ruins; ten were extricated, living by the prompt assistance given them ; the remaining two were crushed under a heap of rubbish. Deplorable as is the situation of these unfortunate persons, it is feared that they may still suffer more severely. As the p►e cipitation of the glacier was confined to one part of it, and as the ether part threatens a simi lar visitation to this unhappy country, the de struction of the remainder of the village is very probable, and the only resource which the infra bitants have left is, to abanrto►n a territory, Which, if they remain there, will becume their general grave. - SECOND EDITHON. SUN-OFFICE, FOUR O'CLOCK. SPEECH OF HIS MAJESTY'S. COMMIS SIONERS IN PROROGUING I'ARLIA• MENT THIS AFTERNOON. 1 ' My Lords and Gentlemen, " We are commanded by his NI/MISTY to in form yin', that it is a great disappointment to his MAJESTY, that on this first and solemn occasion he is prevented by indisposition from meeting you in perst,n. " It would have been a consolation to his MA JESTY to give utterance in this place to those feelings with which his MAJESTY and the nation alike deplore the lose of a Sovereign, the common Fauber of all his people. " The KING commands us to inform you that in determining to call without delay the new Par liament,obis MAJESTY has been infloenced by the considerwion of what is must expedient for public business, as well as most conducive to general convenience. " Gentlemen of the House of Commons, " We are directed by his MAJESTY to thank you for the provision which you have made for the several branches of the public service, (tom the commencement of the present year, and dur ing the interval which must elapse before a new Parliament can he assembled. " My Lords and Gentlemen, " We are commanded to inform you, that in taking leave of the present Parliament, his MA• JESTY cannot refrain from conveying to you bis warmest assurances of the sense which his MA JESTY entertains of the important services which you have rendered the country. " Deeply as bis MAJESTY lamented that de signs and practices such as those which you have been recently called upon to repress, should have existed in this free and happy country, he cannot sufficiently commend the prudence and firmness with which you directed your attention to the measures of counteracting them. " If any doubt had remained as to the nature of those principles by which the peace and happi ness of the nation were so seriou s ly menaced, or of the excesses to which they were likely to lead, the flagrant and sanguinary confederacy which► has lately been detected, must open the eyes of the most incredulous, and mast vim - Neate to the whole world the justice and expediency of those mea sures to which you judged it necessary to resort in defence of the Laws and Constitution of the Realm." THE THEATRES, KING'S THEATRE —A new Opera and a new Performer were brought forward on Saturday.— The piece is entitled Gastonee Bajardo. The cha meter of . the Chevalier Bajardo . has been trausnrit tecl to posterity as a hero sans peur et Sall9reproche, and every thiug that relates to such a character must be interesting: Thete Heroes are led captive by a fair Nymph named Eufemia. Another wren h is added in this Piece its tie laurels of Bajardo for when the Rivals are preparing for a single combat, he with trite patriotism, conceiving that a private quarrel should not expose the lives of two Defenders of their Country, nobly resigns the hand of the Lady to his competitor. BIAiICHI, the new Performer, represented Bajardo. He possesses a good tenor voice, and is obvionsly a sound musician. His form was not cast in the heroic mould, nor is Isis deportment very graceful, but a first appearance is generally at tended with the drik*back of timidity. The sce nery, preparations for the combat, &c. were str pet h and appropriate. The music was by LIVB RATI, which is very good. The House was well attended, and the Piece was as well received as could be expected in an Opera that was not as sisted by the talesits of BELLOCHI and AMBRO GETTI. DitußY-LANs.—The flaunted Tower introduced Madam Verritts on Saturday in the character of Adela. She appeared to more advantage than she did in Li nu, as she was more in self-pos s ession. —Her acting was marked by ease and spirit, and she sung the pleasing air of " Whither my Love" with such pathetic simplicity that she was univer• sally encored. The Opera was likewise much in debted to the respective merits of BRAHAM, HAR LEY. and Miss CAR.RW. DINNER TO LoaD ERtKINii. 11,1kndsy a public dinner was given hi the Assembly Rooms, George Street, to welcome back Lord EttifUNß to his native country. Upwards of 'ince hundred noblemen and 'gentlemen were present, which marked the high estimation in which the worth and talents of the illustrious nobleman are -held by his countrymen. Among those present were several of the most eminent counsel at our bar, who, in proposing the menial ies of Fox, HENRY ERSKINE, FRANots tioRNER, &C..tlectsitivn the company by their animated elogni,nce. The conwAny (lid not break up till a late boor.— Vi . .ciiiii,urf;h Courant, fib. '24.) OLD IlamEY.—Saturday T. Eddowes was con victed of stealing the pocket-handkerchief of Peter Alley, E , q. the Barrister, a short time since, in Marylebone. Aier the conviction, Mr. Alley stated, that he had made inquiries re specting the boy, and found that his Ii lends were rat het tespectable, and that the boy himself was by no means an irreclaimable character ; he there tore.recommendrd him to the mercy of the Court. The Court said, that the recommendation should cetta!tthy he attended to. No whet case of tbt intetest uccurted. GENEIL ELECTION. Admiral Harvey is likely again to offer himself for the County of Essex. Richard Fountain Wilson, - Esq. is a Candidate for the County of York, in opposition to the Fitzwilliam interest. R. Ironmonger, Esq. of Brighton, has offered himself for Stafford. Lord Hothorn is one of the four Candidates now Canvassing the Borough of Leominster. Friday a General Public Meeting of the Friends of Mr. Alderman WaillllllBll was held at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate• street, to adopt the most effectual means tor securing his re-elec tion as one of the Representatives in Parliament for the City of London. - A rumour has reached us of a new Candidate offering himself for the City of Gloucester. The gentleman alluded to is John Brown, Esq. of SoMerton. In the blue interest at Bristol, 11r. R. H. Davis leas published a •retiriug Address, in which he says, " Under the painful recollrctions of the past year, an invitation from my fellow citizens would, however, have poured halm inio a 1 / 4 % ouuded mind." Loud Bury, accompanied by the Earl of Surrey and several of his friends, have left town to Carl.. Vass Arundell, Sussex. 5111i 1 NEWS. NewtrAvr,N, FEB. 27.—Arrived the John and Isabella, Ar nold, from Newcastle, leaky. The Four Brotliers, Murphy, from Waterford to London, hoisted signals of dislress• off Dover, having lot two anchors, and was leaky. A pilot went off to take her into port. From 40 to 60 vessels are riding, very heavy under Dungeness. SH EERNESI, FEB. 26.—The Niculai, Benjamin Aals sen, from East Risoer, for Havre, has been brought in here by a fi3hings smack, with damage, being driven amoug the Sands. BEADMARIS, FEB. 95.—The,Dolphin, Greenock, from Li• verpool to New Providence,. was wrecked about six o'clock this morning in Red-Wart Buy; 16 of the crew and passen gers have arrived here, but five died before the boat could get to their assistance. Very little of vessel or cargo can be saved. BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 25.—During a heavy gale this morn ing, the Friends, Mearns, froth Montrose, was driven bettum upwards un shore.near this place, and it is feared all hands hare perished; the vessel is entirely in pieces. The Friends, Payne, in attempting to come into this harbour, struck against the pier, went on shore and will be wrecked. The crew are saved. MILFORn HaVEN, FEB. 26.—The Gower Packet has just arrived from Waterford with the Mail, and Antelope, Reve nue cruizer, for provisions, &c:—Put in, the Young Hero, Chambers, from the Straits, to wait orders. The Helicon, sloop of war, is lately ordered from this station, and has been relievedby the Wolf, sloop of war. THE ARMY. A detachment of the Coldstream Guards, under Colonel Woon C 13 has marched into forts. mouth garrison, from Windsor, for duty. The 79th regiment, Colonel Nam'. DOUGLAS, C. B. has been ()weird to return to Poll ‘likoiirii garrison, front Guernsey and Jersey.—The duty at these islands is to be ~upplied by the 7th Veterati Battalion from Ctrathein. The lUth Royal Veteran Battalion, now quar tered at Fermoy, consists of 1,070 picked men, all Strong and active, and fit for . service. Most of these fine fellows are married men ; and tittle are in Fermoy barracks, belonging to the Regiment, 760 womvn, and 1,300 children. Two hundred of the women are expected to lie-in before the lst of next May, for which 'pnrpoie two of the build ings at the b4rracks are appropriated as Lying-in EloTitals. The Castle Martin Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by the lion. Colonel CAMPBELL, have last completed their annual five days' permanent ditty and general inspection, and on the 24th inst. the Corps, with their Officers, partook of all ex cellent dinner, at the Green Dra ; :on lun, Pcin, broke, to commemorate the 23d Annivetsvy of the day on which) upwards of two .ilanitistict French soldiers, under the command of General TATE, were made prisoners by ibis Cot ps and the Pembroke Volunteer Infantry, after their memo rahle landing atFisgard in the year 1713, by or der, at that time, of the execrable French Repub lican Government. THE MARKETS. CoRN-EXCHANGrs, FEB. 28.—The supply of Wheat being rather snvill this morning, (hat of fine quiliy met ready sale, and is full 2s. per var. ter higher tllau on (his day week. Fine "Alalting Barley supports' last Monday's prices, but the middling and ordinary . qualities are tall Is, per quarter lower, ao'll were dull sale at that abate ment.—New Ilesils and Grey Pease are 2s. per lyalirter higher.—The Oat trade was not so brisk as last: week, and the ordinary samples are Is. per quarter lover ;. but hue Corn sold on the same terms aS' fr on this day se'nnight. IMPuItTATIONS LAST WEEK. English. Foreign. Irish. Wheat ' 9,322 765 245 Barley • Outs S241=11E1:1) MAR'kET,Fee. 529—The Market this morning was well supplied' both in Cattle and Sheep, but there was a large quantity of the inferior description of both sorts; Prime Cattle fetched the sane price as per last week's Mart ket; Mutton of good quality obtained last Market day's prices; Veal and Pork as per last week.--There is no altera tion in the prices of , Hay, Straw, or Clover. The following is a correct state:mu:4,of the Prices and Numbers at Markel (To sink tlic 01141; per Stone of 81bs.) Beef ,is to ss. 4d. ed. to 7s. 041. Muttou —is.' 6d. to ss. Rd. I Pork ....ss. Gil. to 7s. Oil. Lomb Os. Od. to Os. Oil. CATTLE. AT MARKET. Pig - s Beasts 2lOO I Sheep and Lambs ~..17,959 140 Cakes HAY AND STIthW PER LOAD. Hay £3 10 0 44%1 10 0 I Clover..,-5 00to£6 10 0 Straw kl 8 0 to 1.2 0 The Ma!guess of ExETER hits settled an annuity Of 151. per allokint ►►icon the Northampt►►nshire prasont poet, Jotim CLARK. This, with the pre vious bounty of Elri FITZWILLIAM and Lord ItADsT,vcK., .111 m conktottable for Wit. ic ° 0 1 ; i§4l lot 011 ljh elf elf tii r,