The Sun. — London, England, 1820-02-18 00:00:00

Sa nie Collf t High m bled 10 re' ESK /P 1, Ad ,vzi ° Dr elf ' 30" iy resisted the efforts of Inday Whig Avnis, ‘vho have been endeavouring to instigate firer to what they style a proper assertion of her rights. fa our opinion, nothing hasty should be adopted on a subject which, on the one hand, Cannot be productive of any national advantage, and Which, on the other, would only tend to en coinage the hopes of faction, to render the do- Inestio concerns of the highest family in the State ton familiar to mankind, and to stimulate the hatred against all legitimate authority which so essentially marks the character and conduct of that combination of Modern Ifhigs and Radical Reformers, whose chief aim seems to have no object at heart so dear to them as the de gradation of Royalty and the downfal of Thrones.. --We aix by no means surprised that the 1)!rson principally interested in the question should have manifested such prudence on the suggested Noposal of an enquiry, and we shall be happy to hid, that whenever, if ever, such enquiry may be eeern.d unavoidable, the same prudence shall in the result appear to have so characterized her ac tions, as to silence suspicion, falsify accusation, and attest the purity of calumniated innocence. SIR JOHN LIACH.—II is said that tiri+ Gentle loan has recently been admitted into the Itoybi Confidence, and was chiefly instrumental in pro- Posing those measures respecting a certain de licate subject which have received the sanction of !►is MAJESTY, and confirmtul that harmony happily for the Country, has so long sub •isted between the KING and his Constitutional advisers. The British Press of this day, says " The Trea 'tiry Prints have at length acknowledged the su perior information of the Opposition Papers, with respect to the occurrences that recently took Place in the Cabinet Upon the consideration of a certain topic of extreme delicacy"—" they ad ini't that considerable difference of opiniorr pre c°iled in the Cabinet upon the subject to w inch we allude, and that his MAJESTY sub kitted his own wishes and feelings upon this interesting subject to the sentiments expressed by the Legal and Constit u.iottal advisers of the Cr "rl. l ' Now as The British Press has of•en uteluded us among " the Treasury Prints," and, It'a ttachment to a PITT Administration mt—its 141 c4 . a designation, we pit ad go:iiy, we answ : r fo r ourselves that we never old admit " the supe rior infortwition of the Opposition Piy•.rt3" " the subject in question ; but insisted the littl e li be kelihood there was that th e y s h ou ld Posessed of any authentic iut.'lligence et n the piestion, unless, .4s we y were in debted to treachery. Was it to be suppoFen 'kat Cabinet Ministers would violate the sanc:i:y of 4 11 oath to give information on matters of such essential importance to a comm Newt.pa -1)" ?' The fact is impossible, and die bor,s4 of itlf()rtnation in any such quarter was delusion, and "it hlbldent attempt on public credulity, which W e had in the first instance resolutely re- Pelle d4----The British Press, which we have long considered as the only legitimate Paper upon true OPPOSITIO N PRINCIPLES now extant, has 411 Warily, on this occasion, paid a compliment to the Ministers as well as to his MAJESTY, for it admits that they have had the firmness to act es Legal and Constitiftional advisers of the r " 11 " even in opposition to " the feelings anti Ivlsh es" Of HS MAJESTY, and that his MAJESTY b°4lY sacrificed those wishes and feelings to the sentiments of those Mi n i sters , upon a quest i on on ti ra l4l en he must have beets strongly interested, de th er than adopt any measures which might he a cored ibcon s i stent w i t h nat i onal prudence, and p : li cY th at ought to be totally removed from all er al co nsiderations, however de e ply a ff ect i ng, aroo "s I Y desired. n CU QUEEN'S DIADEM.--II is Curious cir th.:sthance, that a large Diamond dropped out of OtE l L ' iEo enr, which is d e p os i te d i n t h e Jewell yecc in the T ower, on the morning, of the de 4str of our late revered SOVEREIGN. 4:lleir Royal Highnesses, of CL ARENCE , SUS : X. and GLOUCE STER were present last evening _ HI ) the House of Peers, apparelled in the deepest Thil i e first mentioned Prince .I.lt on e Ministerial Bench, next to his Grace of WEL -4tOToN. 0n Wednesday and yesterday Viscount CAS• :411PAGII visited the KING. The LORD CHAN LLoR visited his MAJESTY yestel day. The Dukes of- Voax. and CLARENCE remained 'l%l Winds or on Wednesday night. Yesterday their al°3ral Highnesses arrived in London. l'e Princess SoputA left Windsor yesterday, for Cambridge House. . The Duke and Du c h ess o f G LOUCESTER arrived 111 tow n terwm.asYesterday from Windsor. The Duke af btr paid his respects to the KING. JAMES CRAUFOED has been cited a-new be lore th e 'Tribun a l of P o li ce at Par i 3. It appeals h e put. in st ate of hihis physici this ' s cert ifi cate to the had 1 1 . e P s he'ilth l ast month, and the object of I . rese nt summ ons i s to ' mak e him renew it.— .ie put in anothet sposition con e t a f inues.w days ago, Slatin g th at hi s indi THE Dn.B tog 13niti71. PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE. Nara, Fee. 1 - 4.—An event has taken place which fills every mind with horror. The DUKE DR BERRI has shared the fate of his illustrious ancestors, HENRY 111. and HENRY JV.; he was coming out of the Opera, and stepping into his carriage, when the assassin aimed the fatal blow at the only hope of the House of BOURBON. The monster was seized at the moment, and it was with difficulty the military could rescue him from the vengeance of the people. His Royal High ness was conveyed into the Opera House, and the wound examined, which, alas ! was discovered to be mortal. If his life partook of the gaieties which have always charactc'rized the French Court, his lead' was a noble contrast to it, and was at once !)froie and Christian ; be solicited forgiveness for his assassin and expir-d at a little past five this mottling. A Council of Ministers was summoned, and the assassin hi ought before them. He seemed to be imbued with the same spirit as his prototypes CLEMENT and RAVAILLAC be would assign no rurive for the deed, tie gloried in it, and said, were it not done, he would still do it, that he bad lung meditated it, &c. There are some circum stances which lead to a conclusion, that t he in- stigators of the mime are of the same class as tot wetly. The DUKE DE BERRI'S ani ipar Ity to the Jesuits eras well known, Pipe SIXTUS V. announced the assassina►ion of HENRY IH. by a Jesuit as Follows :—" a Monk has slain a King, a icing of Ffance, not without the SPECIAL PROVI DENCE and EXPRESS WILL OF GOD; the story of HOLY JUDITH is Well known, but this JESUIT has accomplished A FAR ORPATER ACHIEVEMENT, &C. &c."---(Vide Steel's Roman Eccles Mist. - p. 137. et seq.) Thus. ti'e King it France has patronised the return of the Jest:it, to France,and their first token of gratitude is, it conjectures be well founded, the mt tier of the !lope and Heir of his House.— By next post t .wilj send more particulars. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I was touch pleased with your full and in= teresting SCCOltIlt of the BRITISH REGALIA ; and eniirely agree with you, that its ornaments of the fleur-de-lis ougt now to be removed. The Co ronati o!Ir present SOVEREIGN will be the first, since the omission of the empty title of Kins , of France in token whereof that rymbnl was c,r.i:t,,,ued among the Crowns ;sod Sceptres of Britain, wink her Kings were the nominal Monar hs of foreign State. fern►i! me also to revive a snggestion, which onP Correspondents offered some little 'rate ~iuce. -is the Sovereignty of Great Britain is, and Has beet' IMPERIAL, 30 ►llBO should he the style of her S _ovizaalati; and I earnestly wish to see Ga•:4OE THE FOURTH declare himself EIIPEEIOII. The title is perfectly constitn tio7l:4l, and the only one strictly hiconiiug the Ruler of an Empire —as Great Britain indisput ably is. It is a military title also ; and therefore most rightfully due to the glory of our High and Proud Nlilitary Nation. Never were seas(4l or opportunity so conve nient for this illustrious alteration. Whether it should he declared in Parliament or in Council, I cannot presume to say, but assuredly it should be done before the Coronation ; so that that high selenrwy may inaugurate our Emperor. The Re Crown, alio, should be modelled into the flrm of an Imperial Diadem. Your Coirespondents, baying more learning and more leisure than myself, will probably throw farther light on this subject. VDUS. NE+.'S Porrsuoum. FEn. I7.—Arrifed the Regulus, Smitn : from the Cape and St. Helena, and the Quail cutter from a cruise. WHITBY ; FRB. 16.—The Harry Norris, Elliot, from Si.ields jar London, wt,ll coals, was driven on tb.. , ror . .e as night in a fog, and sunk ; the stores are expected to be saved, but the hull be 9 complete wreck. BRIHGTON, FEB. i6.—The Prince of Wales, in heaving off last night for the tide, broke her cable and ekime on shore, broadside. She fell off. and is so -.ofich damaged as not to be word, repairing —she •lterefore be nnrigged and sold CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. IB.—Our Market not being open on• Wednesday, produced a large ac cumulation of arrivals of all Grain since Monday, I:articularly Barley, which article is full Is. per quarter cheaper, and a considerable quantity re mained VII hand, especially of the secondary qua- Fine Wheat supports Munday's prices, but he.demand was not brisk, except for mime sam ples of White. Oats are Is. per quarter lotto, the supply being very large. In Beans and Peas there is no alteration. On Friday last, as the Duke of RUTLAND was 'ltipting near Belvoit Castle, Rutlandshire, his horse tell with him. We are sorry to state that his Grace was much hurt. tilt fa liktitg3 DRURY-LANE THEATRE opened last night with a selection of Music chiefly sacred, and otherwise calculated to excite patriotic feelings. On this occasion, BRAHAM, Miss CAREW, Miss E'OVEY, and Mrs. SALMON, displayed great takivs, which were so effectively exercised as to call for several encores. Mrs. WEST delivered a Monody on the occasion, which was well received,,and which we have inserted in our Paper this day. During another suspension of the music, Mrs. GLovett also recited a Monody of the same tendency, and again, during an interval, Mr, ELLISN spoke a Compdsition of a similar nature. They were all applauded. The Musical Entertainments were well selected, and performed with suitable effect. In the earlier part of the evening some factious miscreants attempted to distnrb the har mony, and excite tumult among the audience, by issuing a shower of printed papers on the Pit, at which the following is a copy : " To be sung at !! r conclusion of ' God save the King,' by all Loyal Subjets of George IV. and Caroline his Queen, Stan:a to line National Anthem. • Ood save Queen Caroline May thy great power divine Bless our gc , id Qieen! Confount: her enemies, Make her fame pure to rise, ?pa/ a Nation's cries, Go save the Queen !" This despicable effusion of radical venom only brought contempt on the agents, and an indignant rejection of the villainous incitement manifested itself still more when a second shower of the fac tious libel fell during the progress of the per formance. COVENT-GARDEN.—The Dramatic allurement at this Theatre last night, wa s t h e new Pl ay o f The Antiquary, rendered popular by the series of Novels so generally admired, from which the Play was derived. Before the Play commenced, the following Loyal t finsion from the ready end fer tile pen of G EORGE COLMAN, Esq. was sung by the respective Vocal Performers, and in full Cho- rus, amidst the zealous applause of a synipattliz ing audience : FULL CHORUS• God save great George our King! Long live our noble King ! God save the King ! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us : God save the King ! (ADDITIONAL VERSES, WRITTEN BY G. COLMAN, THE YOUNGER.) SOLO, MRS. DICKONS. Lord ! whiie Thy chast'itin4, hand, Wide through this loyal land, Sorrow doth Each Briton's heart-felt tear, Shed o'er the Father's bier, aids us the Son revere; Gud save the King! CHORUS, Clionus. SOLO, Miss M. TREE. Long may War's clangour cease ! Long Jay the Dove of Peace iiere spread her wing! CHORE! 3. Lull'd, thus, in sweet repose, • Oh ! from domouic foes, Oh ! from Liack Tr , ason's blows, Heaven guard t h e King! CllO flUs. SOLO, Miss STEIIIENS. While Geo►ge's praise we sound! Ralf• his throne around! United cling ! Think who upheld his Sire ! Who quell'd the Despot's fire ! Rais'd Britain's glory higher ; 'Twas George our King. FULL CHORE/S. CHORUS. Cxon vs. God save great George our King, &c. ANECDOTE OF HIS LATE MAJESTY.—Among numerous sermons preached on Wednesday, that of Mr GURNEY, in the afternoon, at St. Clement Danes, deserves particular notice. That eloquent and Rev. Gentleman, in the course of his dis course, related the following anecdote of his late MAJESTY, for the truth of which he pledged him self :—He said his Majesty, in one of his private walks in the evening, was attracted to a house by the voices of several persons, whom, on his ap proach, be found engaged in prayer. He imme diately entered and joined in the devotion;a pro minent part of which lie found was a prayer for the health and prosperity of himself and all the Royal Family. The good people did not recog nise his Majesty, who was very plainly dr, , ssed, and be joined in their devotions. For several successive evenings, on repairing to the same place, he found tbem occupied in the same manner, and be as regularly joined in their prayers. These visits were secret and unknown at the Palace. At. length one of his Majesty's household entered the house and addressed his Majesty, upon. Which he rose and took his leave, saying, Good people, God bless you, I never shall see you again."— This anecdote, Mr. Gurney said, be bad from a person of the highest honour and veracity, but whose lips were sealed, we presume, by death, ROBRRT BURN AND SPRING.----The renewed match for one hundred guineas aside, which was to have taken place this day, on Sutton or Epsom Downs, and which had been put Off before in con sequence of a late mournful occasion, is now off altogether. A letter was received in town yester day morning, and forwarded to Mr. Jackson, stat ing that Spring had been suddenly taken ill, with a violent swollen head and borly, , and that it was impossible he could attend. Indeed his case was considered dangerons, but from what cause the swelling was produced is not known ; •but some do not hesitate to state, that he was, to use a phrase in the sporting world, hocussed. His hackers will -forfeit the 100 guineas. The last tribute of national respett haVing, been paid to the Remains of our departed MONAttcH. a respect manifested by the people ih general , he Empire, the public mind t% ill be suitably relieved by the amusements of the Drama, which, properly conducted, may be attended by moral improvement arising from the lessons of expe rience, as manifested in the exemplification of hu man characters and conduct. run tun StJNb MEDAL OF Ills Lab AIAJESTY: Ma. EDITott-The death of our Tevcred good KtliG has • occasioned a sensation of sorrow throughout the British Empire, such as I believe has. not been felt at the loss of any Sovereign since ELIZABETH ; and such as we may supvse way have been felt by those who could appre+ ciate the worth of his.charaeter, at that of another father of his Country.‘—ou t Saxon ALFRED ; moral And domestic virtues, and in love of their Country they were equals; in political capabili• ties differing, each happily qualified for the op posite periods -in which they appeared. And in. the feelings of regret, which the removal of our Sovereign has excited, bow remarkably do we ob serve the contrariety and contradiction of our. feelings and our reasonings. We all were anxious that he should be released from his sufferings, and yet when we came to lose him, what a blank and void, did it not create ! From peculiar dim's stanres, I was persuaded, for a short time previous to its raking place, that it was an event, every day to be expected, but when. I did hear it, my blood ran colt) withiu me. So difficult is it to part. even with the shade tif what has entwined itse; around all our earlie-A, purest, and kindliest affections ; and of Gmit , ort 111. theft- could be no associations, in which the heart did not, as it were atechanically, open and expand itself —from a feeling, which r- , er having been intcrrui,:cd, became natural and habitual, that in every thing that concerned him, it cultist have an interest.— With these feelings, I am grateful to the spirited nod indefatigable Proprietor of the National Series of Medals, for having brought out one, which, %%Idle it conveys to posterity an autho rised Portrait of our departed Monarch, with the truly appropriate Motto—" Hoc Auspice Orbis Salus," by the brief but comprehensive inscrip tion on the reverse, presents the most memorable points for general information. His Birth, Accession, Marriage, Coronation, and Death, and thus has equally gratified the affectionate re gard of the present day, by.an authentic me - modal of our late KING, and piovided a durable record for the guidance of the future Historian of his Reign. Your obedient Servant, R. 5. Hemel Hempstead, Feb. 10, 1820. THE DUBLIN THEATRE. We stated, a few days since, as a very preys. lent report, that proposals had been made to t h e Proprietors of Crow -street Theatre, by some per sons of eminence in the Theatrical Profession in London, to take that establishment at a yearly rent, under the new patent ; and we now find, from a morning contemporary, and from coin. municat;ons made directly to ourselves, that Mr. HARRIS, the Proprietor of Covent-Garden Theatre, is the bidder, and not any of the gentlemen pro fe)sion ally concerned with the Stage. If what it\ said be true, the offer made by 111 r. HARRIS is so fair and liberal, as to meet wali the approbation, of the greater proportion of the proprietors ; and, iu twat case, it will most probably be ultimately ac cepted of. It is manifest, that something very peen. liar in the proprietary of the Crow-street Theatre bas so re , arded the decision of the Irish Govern- i t with re,peet to the issuing o' the new Patent, as to cause the suspension of our Theatrical re creations for a much longer period than is usual, iVtiatever difficulty has bten thus interposed, seems to be too formidable for removal ; and it being, thetelore—its kve may judge nuns circumstances— next to impracticable that our Theatrical affairs should go on uvrio the old system, a new mode, under a new Patent, has been necessarily struck out. lller With all respect for t hose who may conceive their . . interest at valiance with our opinions, we approve of the plau,which, while it seems to pay every ne cessary respec , to property, rffeet,ally guards ;he public egaiust having their theatrical recreations obstructed by the dissent ions of individuals. No mode appears so likely to accomplish these ob jects, as that of letting the Theatre, at an annual rent, to a person, in whose solvency there is secu rity to those who have disposed of their interests, and in whose knowledge of the Stage, and respecta .bilitys,of character, there is a guarantee that it will be well conducted. Such a person is Mr. HAR. ars, the Proprietor of Covent-garden Theatre. Under his direction, there is every rational hope that the public will be satisfied, and the Theatre prosperous. He has resources not within the reach of any (viler man who may offer for the Es tablishment, and it will be his own interest to use them to the best advantage for out entertainment. We are quite certain that the project which con nects his name with tne Theatre will be a popu lar one. Whether an arrangement for consigning the Theatre to Mr. Haaers's management be. resolved upon or riot, it is, we believe, certain, that the Government has determined upon issuing the Pa tent under such circumstances as maybe most likely to insure a succa , ,sful course of I . l, , catrical amuse ments; but finding, after a lou t ; and rninote in vestigation into the afftirs of the Crow -street Theatre, that such a course could not be predict ed or expected freto the continuance of things upon the old system, alternative of other mea sures became a thing of necessity..- 7 (The Dublin Correspondent, Feb. 15 ) There is, we apprehend, a point which our cn tenrporaries have overlooked, in treating the (mils sion of the QCEEN among the alterations of the Church Service. Was it competent for the Council to introduce her Majesty, she not being within the realm, and there being neither proof nor the means orproving that she was alive at thc. moment. This may be a ground for the omission : but. we would not be understood to iFttimate that there is. an intention of introducing, at any foture time, the prayer for the Rt. , Eati by' name.—(Morning Herald ). Mi c h ae l Mo reau , ag e d 86, a pauper in Saint James's wot khouse, yesterday morning, in a fit of insanity, shot himself with a pistol; the wound occasioned immediate dew h. l oioo el 9 to is 0 etfri ollil i 'II sg rail° )0 1 ' I, e e 1g OE ;4 It P