The Sun. — London, England, 1820-01-27 00:00:00

THE LATE DUKE OF KENT. THE FUNERAL.-IThe arrangements for the in terment of the late Duke of KENT ‘vere riot completely made last night. Messrs. Bailey and Sanders, the Prince Regent's upholsterers, are to conduct the Funeral. It is supposed, on ac count of the great distance of Sitlmouth from London, that the horses and catriages to form the rocessino will he Rhino it fort night on the road, in going and coming As token of respect and regret for the late Dike of KgsT, all the shops at Kensington, wilh- Out an exc rptirm, hAve be:•ll.ini? Yvverday the aekes of YoBK CLARPNCE visited the Pc,IN CF. REGENT at Carlitm-hottse, wh;.ch w s throoed with incriri.:s nf cootklence, as on Tnesflav, on the (kat') of tie lamented Duke o f K NT. A mon e: the iognirers have been the l'er•ian Ambassador, 1111 , 1 Mr. Niorier, his Se- cretary, wit]i the other Amb:uttsilols, tie A!Clibi.bop of C;tot,r , wty, :11r. Jostice Pink, Best, with great tilltribrrs of Ladies; most of them drove their carriages into the court.: yard of Carltoo-honse, and than y of thew also Left thcir 11,Ityics at York•liovve, Udiencc-i;ouse, aotl 111 al lino h - house Peil.ips a more tiocrivnt tribwe could pot be pffered to the memory of the hte Duke of KENT, tli3o ii coot the simple e mooeration of the tides of ihe Institutions over which lie presided. Ilis Royal Highness ►vas Lint President of the Society for Propaczating Clitistian Knowledge in the highlands and Islawts, and ainong the Indians in America ; Patron of the African and Asiatic Society for the Relief and Instruc tion of the Natives of Africa and Asia, resident in London and its vicinity; Vice-Patron of the Royal Westminster In firmary; President of the Lying-In Charity ; Patron of the Royal British Free-School, Islington; Patron of the Eastern Dispensary ; Vice-Patron of the City Dispensary ; Patron of the City of London Truss Society; Patron of the Uni versal Dispensary for Children; Patron of the Saint Anne's Society Schools; President of the Corporation of the Caledonian Asylum; Patron of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick ; Patron of the Society for the Relief of IVitlows and Orphans of Medical Men ; Vice-President of the Veterinary College; Patron of the Philosophical Society of London. The following is an extract of a letter from Shin-mud), dated Jan. 24 : " AT a vaster before fie on Saturday evening, his Royal Highness was not considered worse an d hi s Ro y al Highness Prince Leopold takin g the air tor a short time after his journey, we were in hopes a favourable turn had taken place, although, Isom the extreme reduced state of his Royal Highness, Nod ~,the unfavourable Bul letin of the morning, we were greatly alarmed. it — was rece'fka.k. the r. t !ICA ,is was (e 4 that Providence would be pleased to preserve a life so valuable to his family, and to Isis country, revived, but, at a quarter after ten o'clock the whole town was overovl!!med with grief, when the intelligence was made known, by the Union Flag', at their Royal Highnesses' Library, being lowered. half mast high, that his Royal Highness was no more ; since that time the heartfelt sor row of all ranks has been seen by the gloom de picted in every countenance. No doubt whatever exists, that the premature decease of his Royal Highness originated in a severe cold, occa sioned by sitting in wet boots, after a walk in the environs of the town, diving 11,e late thaw. Part of his late Royal Highness's suite left this day at one o'clock.; and it is supposed, that her Royal Highness the Duchess, accompanied by Prince Leopold, will leave the scene of afflic tion 'to-morrow morning. His Royal Highness would not take any thing during his illness but from the hand of his Royal Consort, for whom he was heard to pray in his last moments. ,His Royal Highness repeated continually, quite prepared.'—The whole kingdom will feel the loss of this excellent Prince, and will share in the agonizing affliction of his Royal Consort. Her attentions to her illustrious hushatid are above ail praise. In her arms !se Ineathed his last I." SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAORNIENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE.-The cheering influence which almost every pubiie Institution extant received, during the latter oar! esoe,ially of the life of his I{oyal Highness time late Duke of KENT, is now turned to feelings of the most respectful regret for his demise. Timis Institution, which boats the Piesidency of his Roya Bro ther, the Duke of Sussex, yesreiday evening, being the first meeting since the de.ah of the Duke of Kent, evinced the stron tt est sen ti men t s of respect towards the illustrious House of Bruns wick, and resolved, " That in consequence of the lamented death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, and as a testimony of respect to his memoty, and to his illustrious flouse, that the Meetings of the Society be adjourned till after the Funeral, wid that the J ame he ordered from the Chair." The Vice-President in time Chair on the occasion, whose zeal in the cause of the Institu tion is well known hy the attending Members, adverted, in his usual eloquent and elegant man ner, to the many virtues of the deceased, in which the Soc;ety most fully concurred, and departed with feelings of unaffected sort ow at the event. An extensive plan for committing forgeries upon the Bengal Bank has been discovered, and the odenders ate ail in custody. It appears the association consisted of six natives, time of whom had direc•ed their talents to the engraving part of the business two others managed the copper plate peess; and the sixth, a podar, disposed of the forged notes at such rates as would ensure a speedy sale. They were detected before many A their forged notes hnl got into circulation. FOR THE SUN. (EX7'RACTS-ELEG3N7' OR 1.11POR11IN7') [No. lII.] POPULAR MEE'rEit;S. ON THE MANCHF , STER AFFAIRS. These proceedings are, in my judgment, most deeply to be regretted. While the Courts of Jos- lice were completely open to ag complaints re specting these transactions, while criminal pro ceedings upon them had already been instituted, and were, in some cases, still actually depending before the regulir tribunals appointed for that purpose by our Laws and Constitution, Whit could be more uttiortuntite than the popular and ex►ra-judicial agicition of such questions ? Little !cal knowled4e could be obtained by such Meet- logs, even from report, of the facts most essen. tied to the case ; and great misapprehynsions were likely to prevail these, as to the legal conclusions to which such facts would lead. The citizens of London, the tteeholders or iiihabitants of a dis tant county could have no authority to pro nounce on such ocetin ences, - cognizance of the crimes t' proca;l y imputed, 110 ruC.-1113 of proof, no power, either of condemnation Or RC (11111t al WAS it tor them to hold public delibe rations on the giott or I:mot:elite of their fellow subjects ? Do we wish that a habit should thus he established of anticipating, by the excitation of popular feeling, the trial and decision of accusa -1,,,,5, our Constitution has reserved for judicial cognizance ? No greater calamity could possibly bet us. No other course could more , certainly tend to erase not only front our vac ' lice, hut even front our recoliection, the sacred principles of criminal justice, and those inviolable provi,ions for its temperate and imptotial admi ni.stration, which have hitherto been the peculiar glory and blessing of our Country.—(Lord Gien ville's Speech, p. 41 ) The above passage deserves to be written up in letters of gold, iu every Common Hall or Guild throughout the Country, to prevent, if possible, the recurrence of such scandalous and shameful ex trajudicial decisions as disgraced many towns on the late occasion. To spew the practical wisdom of such Meet ings, let its take the result of several hum an other Parliamentary Speech. • " First came the Westminster Meeting, resolv ing that the late Meeting at Manchester was a legal Meeting,' that the people were lawfully assembled.' Next the [ss ise] Common Council of London, a Meeting legally assembled ;' Ha lifax, dispet,sion of a Meeting convened according to Law Lewes, the Meeting at Man chester, on the 16th of August was strictly legal and Constitutional.' Southwark, St. John's Pa rish, perfectly legal and Constitutional.' Rich mond, legal.' Carlisle, ' our Countrymen legally assembled at Manchester.' Cumberland, ' the right of assembling in a legal manner appears to have been violated.' York, county, a Meeting legally assembled.' Reading, a perfectly legal • ,onstitutional Meeting.' London, St. Leo utedien t 'pi • pkaceaory'llss'elnuren"ll92-41: and constitutional purpose.' Dothan), county, • legally assembled.' Durham, city (more cau tiously), a Meeting legally , as it seems, assent bled.' Devon, County Club (more cautiously we have not yet learnt by what act the people assembled at Manchester had put them selves out of the pale qf the law.' Sheffield (in the like strnin), ' as far as appears to us, conducted legally.' Norfolk (with similar reserve), a Meet ing not proved robe ' —Mr .Cannines Speech, p. 12. Now after all these decided or undecided opi nions, it appears that not a s►ngle Lawyer in either House of l'adiament, (no, not even the opposing Mr. SCARLBTT) ventured to pronounce the Meet ing legal; and that many, of the greatest weight, authority, and dignity, positively pronounced it illegal. So much for the judgment.of Common Halls ! and coturnon Fools ! EMANCIPATION, (as it is called). "Blest be the voice of Mercy ! and the hand Stretch'd o'er affliction's wounds with healing bland, In holiest sympathy ! our hest of man Gave us to tears ere misery began. " 'set pause; for mere Good-nature is a fool, Now slave to party, and now faction's tool; .Attend, nor heedless slight a poet's nanie, Poet and prop,ict once were deeed the same. S•t, are these fertile streams, thus largely spread,* A filial tribute o'er a triother's bed. Say are these streams (think, while avails the thought) Tv Rome through Gal:ic channels subtly brought ? Rowe touches, tastes, and takes, and nothing loth. But have ws virtues ? Yes of Pagan growth ! ' 6 Ask where Mimes Church is founded ? On a steep, 'Which Heremy's wild winds in vain may sweep; Alone where sinners may have rest secure. One only undAird—one only pure Blame you ..er cuilibreus pomp, her iron rod ? Or trumpery relicks of her saints half-shod ? Lo, Confessors, in ev'ry hamlet found, With sacred sisters'iNaik their cloister'd round : Then read the list,—and calm thy fate expect, When crafty, meddling, thankless priests direct. " Think - you their hate unquencli'd can cre expire? The torch not tipt with sleeping sulphurous fire ? Their doctrines round a careless laud are blown, They blast the cottage, and would Ey the throne! " 1 7 .7:at arc my words too warm ?—I love my King, hl y Country, and my God ! The sounds shall ring, Ceaseless !" Pursuits of Literature, Dialogue 3, v. 97. easily received, and spread among good and well meaning men, none so mischievously raised and employed by bad men, nor turned to worse and more disguised ends. No Governments, no times, were ever free from them, nor ever will be, till all men are wise, good, and easily contented. No Civil or Politic Constitutions can be perfect or secure, while they are composed of men, that are for the most part passionate, interested, no inst, or unthinking, but generally and naturally restless and unquiet ; discontented with the pre sent, and what they have, raving after the future, and something they want ; and thereby ever dis poded and desirous to change."—(Sir William Temple's Works, iii. p. 34) THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. TVI EA I'KE ROYAL, Dounv-LANE.—Corinlantis : Coins Morelos, Mr. Kean ; Volmnnia, Mrs. Glover. After which, Jack and the Bean Stalk. Tfl EATKE ROYAL., C O VENT-GAROEN.—(2d time) The Anti quary : Lovel, Mr. Duroset : Miss Isabella Wardour, Miss Stephens. After which, Harlequin and Don Quixote. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The BLESSINGS OF THE CONSTITUTION : TO-HIOMPW. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT rwpANF. o'cLoca. Bank Stock 22li 222 ' Bank Long Ann... IS 1-letli 3 pvr Cent. Red. 6Sird India Stock 2071 3 I , CF Cent. Cons , (ism India Bonds I Is. Its. II s. pr. 3i per Cent. 4 per Cent 5........ 86g 87 SG I Fxeli. Bills, 2d. 4s. 2s. 35. p+'. 5 prrt.:t. INavy Ann. ..I 02ig 1 Ditto Commercial Its. 10s. oils. 103 102 g i Cons. fat Account .... 6iiii MAILS. r~ar.ivr:u -1 Dublin. Dug-2 Watorford, 1 Gottetiburgh, 1 France, 2 Hatn!Jurgh lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ‘lornirtg, 43 initiates after 0. I Eveniug, 16 minutes after 1 COMPLAIN FS AGAINST GOVERNMENT. " There is no theme so large, and so easy, no discourse Eu conitnon and so plausible, as the knits and corruptions or Goverimienis, the mis carriages or complaints of Magistrates ; none so * The donations given here to th e exiicd Priests from Yrance, iu 1793. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DtCERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? I,ONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1820. ‘Ve have again to announce the non-arrival of Paris Papers ; two days' Journals are doe. Philadelphia Papers arrived this morning to the 23d of December : ST. Tnom4s's, Nov. 27.—The latest news here from BouvAtt and his Army are, that he was suc cessful ; be has get possession of all the Country near Carthagena ; and of Carthagena itself, it is expected he will be master ere long. The Go vernment have forwarded dispatches to Havannah, stating, that if they are not immediately re inforced, the place must fall. Whether this is cor rect, or not, it is hard to say, for there are few reports received here which can be relied upon, respecting the movements of the Patriots. The ac counts published at Not folk,stating the destruction of all the wooden houses hers, are incorrect ; not duriog the Bale ; the houses in the Country only suffered. Admiral t..amr- BOLL, of the Barbadoes Station, died on board the Salisbury, 64, on her arrival from Barbadoes from hence, after the late gale. The Isle of France has been opened for a spe. cific length of time, by Order in Council ; but a subsequent Order declares, that American vessels will be admitted only in case British vessels are received in the United States, when coming from the Isle of France. Such British vessels not be ing admitted into the United States, it follows that the Isle of France is, in fact, shut against the American flag. One thousand six hundred and eight slaves, from the Coast of Africa, arrived at Havannah limn the 10th to the 20th November. On the 20th August, two Spaniards, formerly residents of Stantiago de Cuba, were hanged for piracy, and their heads cut off, and hung up in iron cages at the mouth of the harbour. These wretches, with 8 others, had taken an English schooner, and murdered the greater part of the crew. (From the Bostox Reporter, Dec. 26.) October 28, off . St. Helena, the Tartar was brought to by a frigate and a brig in company, and informed that NAPOLEON was in good health. (From the Louisiana Herald.) The Texas Expedition is entirely broken up, and it is reported that General WALxErt and Capt. CRAWFORD have been made prisoners by the Royalists ; if so we may easily conjecture their fate. Report states, that, for want of an efficient force of United States troops, stationed at Nat cbitlicha, a detachment of Spanish troops is or dered on to take possession of that post, in order to prevent the further intrusion of our citizens on their territory. From this it would appear they intend totetaliate for our taking possession of the East Florida on a similar occasion. Halifax Papers to the 15th December have also beer► rececived this morning. MILITARY DEYEINCE.—A Sackett's Harbour Paper, of November 16, says, " By the military movements in Canada we should infer that the time is not tar distant when they contemplate an wher war with this country; their forces have been ‘!reroiy augmented this season, and their vessels Eii.gston are kept in sod' order that they can be rigged ready for sea at a week's notice.— Armies are busily engaged in erecting powerful fortifications. Kingston at this time is strongly fortified at every point, white at Sackett's Harbour, an important military post, there are of public property going to decay, and not a single work of defence:* We learn that the Missouri Expedition, con sisting of the 6(1) Infantry and Riflemen, under Colonel AITKENSON, arrived at the Council Buffs on the 2d October, in good meet., and well sup•• plied, where they have taken up winter quar ters. The conduct of the Indians in that quarter is generally friendly; and a Deputation of all the Tribes art ived a few days after to meet the Cont mantling Officer in Council. . The daily controversy which has long been maintained between The Morning Chronicle and The Courier, has taken a new turn for the present, and relates to the Duke of SUSSEX. The CoUrier, it seems, last night accused his Royal Highness of having left town to join the party festival at Nor wich, while at the same time he knew that his Royal Brother had paid the debt of nature at Sid mouth. Tie Chronicle of this day denies that the Duke of SUSSEX was apprized of the melancholy event, and says that he had received favourable ac counts of the situation of Isis Royal Brother. We a re not in the habit of joining in the opinions, or rely• ing on the facts stated by The Morning Chronirle, yet we caflnot, however, but feel disposed to agree with it on the present occasion, or be induced to think that the Duke of SUSSEX would have left tower if he were really aware of the mournful certainty of the decease of the Duke of KENT. The Mora ing Post of this day, adopts the sentiments of Mg Courier on this occasion, anti, as the F,ditor of the former Paper is distinguished by tbs benevolence and loyalty of his character, much weight will rest upon his opinions and state' ments. The subject is interesting, aad importan t to the Duke of Sussex himself, and, as it has been started in the Public Journals, it ought not to re 4 unsettled. For our own part we feel convince 4 from all that we have observed or beard of th e Royal Duke, that it was impossible for hies t cl have left town, not only if he had known of sh ° lamentable event in question, but it helm] not rg' ceived such favourable accounts as assured that his Royal Brother was in a state of awed' ment and of probable recovery. We have, bass ever, considered it as a duty to the Country ill general to insert in our Paper the statements "P: The Morning Chronicle and The Morning Post, this (see LONDON Jou UNALS in our first page) as the subject will doubtless excite universal e t ' both sides should fairly heard. But, while we feel persuad e d that tr Duke of SUSSEX must have left town in tot' s ignorance of his Brother's lamented demise, cheered by the hope that all danger was °l e( ' yet we cannot also avoid feeling deep re? that one of the Royal Family sho u ld b 4ci attended a Dinner which must necesskOiii, have been characterized by the spirit Party, and where he must expect to hear viole d condemnation, as was the f ac t, of t h e G o verti ll went of his Royal Brother, and of the I ncest° to which that Brother had given his sanction ( .i . d the protection and security of th e St a t e . Gi lim up the charge that the Duke bad, or could drso had, intelligence of the fatal tidings, and rc liir quisling the subject altogether in tlikt point view, yet, the certainty that he was going to ° CI a large body of men, known for an intempe rg and systematic opposition to the Goverolh efl , of his Royal Brother, in general, and I tiel particular and violent condemnation of New Law, which the dangers that threstt 4ll l. ed the Country, and perhaps the existence of L : Monarchy, essentially demanded, it i s inipt; sible, with all the respect which we feel his character, not to consider such a visa wholly unsuitable to his situation and dis,, ty. The Royal Duke, in attending c onci 4 ; and charitable Meetings, always displays so to' good humour, as well as good sense and ba c A hence, that his presence must ever be consid e • as a pleasure as well as an honour; but in • , t the phalanx of Party, he gives countenaoce t ' ptinciples which tend to the ruin of himself , Family, and his Country. following article is taken from a 1" Paper received this morning : SOUTH AMERICAN EsXPEDITION.-The .0, naturally feel the deepest interest in every lar connected wi M.D'EvERFAUX'S SOIC(110' melancholy result has plunged hundreds in tvr el l edness and misery we are therefore surprised the Board of Management should not come fo r4 i ' to rescue their characters from the itnpo" 4 , which silence mnst attach to them. A f"", planation is due to the public of the motives induced Sir T. FLOOD, Mu. TALBOT, M• Others, to countenance the mad project of desperate 'nen." :f 1 it ] fat, ail the ptt prl be