The Sun. — London, England, 1820-11-17 00:00:00

*.,..1 , .. THE LONDOA JOURNALS. [DAILY ExDuel's FitOM TilE MORNING PAPERS] [Morning Post.] TIrE LAMENTABLE Ellllon.—The ever to be deplored mistake of separating policy from jus tice, and of voting upon expediency, not upon evidence, is every 'day painfully esposed by its consequences. It was, we all know, supposed by the .Peers_ who held the Queen guilty, and yet voted against the Ilia of Pains and Peealties, that by sappl'essing the prosecution they should restore the kingdoni to the tranquillity of which the late Acts against Seditious Mete !e:e had given it a short taste. We fear t!.: ,it will be our duty for Many ensuing Weel:-, if not Month 4, t(?retforti the poOst Fetious practical illustration of this unfortunate error. flail the Bill been passed, there wouhl haVe been instantly some opt;roach to a return oT decenet% I) arin the last three weeks of the investigation, the shameless effrontery of the - clamourers about a pretended.conspiroty against innocence, had evi• dentiy began to fail. They could not but Ser: that the most, reseectable part of the Qtteee"S own Witnesses had not only placed the question beyond all ccmsidecations of that sort, but bud actually established her 'Majesty's guilt. -.They knew that the Countess Oldi and the score of other witnesses crillected in and near Brenden burgh. House, were plainly. withheld, because their cross-examination would go, if possible, still more -strongly -to prove the guilt of tbe accused, than that of the persons who had already admitted so many- of the conclusive and damning facts.' • They heard the most decisive opinion. of the Queen's criminal con duCt, delivered even by many of the Peers who voted against the Bill. These _things were not necessary to inlluenCe the renl , opinion of the factious clamourers, for that was never what they pretended it to be; but they produced a mate rial effect upon their conduct, inasmuch as the seditious braWlers• found the neutral part of the community beginning to be intelligent and capable of answering them readily upon every point. They were, in fact, fully expectant that the Bill would pass, and tey bad succumbed to it as a matter of necessity. Alt that really remained then to be estimated by the eaten latiLlos of expediency was the probability of some few stormy-speeches in the House of Commons. After these should have been heard, or at least after a dozen or score speakers should have been heard three or four times each, the question would have been settled in a way consistent with the permanent tranquillity of the country. Is it so settled now ?—Are we not rather about to wit ness the reiteration, the republication, and the reassertion of all that criminal and filthy stuff, in the shape of Congratulation, .which had become ineffectual and tiresome in the monstrous shape of acquitting addresses ? The meetings are to be held over au - ain--Lthe processions are to repro ceed—the factious are .to exhibit their disgust heir ro ula t fivr---401 i p i e face of the clearest conv t, to g daringly to be thrown in the teeth of the virtuous and well affected, while new claims and preten sions are every day to he urged in behalf of the new Court.. We know that the present intention is Itot to keep the Parliament sitting after a com munication is made to it on its meeting next week; but we beg most seriously to suggest, that daring a state - of such mischievous exultation (and it is now only at its commencement), the Session ought not to be terminated. It is hard, we allow, that Members should be thus kept from their homes ; but it would be harder, if their homeS and those of others were to be rendered vntenahle by mobs, or if safety were to be pur chased only by a compliance with the views of mob leaders. [Morning Chronklel Four Protests have already-been entered on the Journals of the House of Lords against the First Lord of the Treasury and his Colleagues, for withdrawing the Bill of Pains and Penalties ! A, more curious exhibition of a distracted, con fused, and discomfited Government was never made, and such is the state of the Administra tion to which the affairs of the United Kingdom are entrusted! The Prime Minster, from a deep sense of the independent feeling of the House of Lords, and of the universal sense of the country, 'thought it his duty to withdraw the Bill. In vain had he, and seven other Members of the C4binet, assisted by the Bishops, voted for the third reading of _ the Bill, Divorce Clause and all'.,—The Bill resting on such . a. feeble basis could not stand and he prudently acknowledged himself beaten. But his own adherents now turn round on him„ and protest against his conduct. We have often seen Members of a dissentient mi nority protest against the resolution of a majority, but here we have assenting Members of a majo, rity protesting against the act of that majority ! This completes the anomaly that marks the whole of the proceedings on this abhorrent Bill. We should not have wondered that.the Bishops 'should .in private complain of the treatment they had received, in being called upon to vote poli tically for the Divorce Clause, after they had, in discharge of their spiritual duty, voted against it. [Morning Berald.] The approaching Session of Parliament promises to be one of keen discussion. It is again said to be the intention of his Majesty's. Ministers to prorogue Parliament, as we stated a few days since, during the adjournment, but to have changed their minds in consequence. of a suggestion of irregu larity from the Speaker; This we can hardly be lieve, considering the many instances of such prorog-ations and . dissolutions in the history of t'arliarnent. One of the first objects before the House will be the expences of the late pro ceeding. It is also generally supposed that an arrangement of the differences in the Royal Fa tuity, as the late inquiry has been called, will come again before the Lords and Commons in a. different shape, and from a different quarter.— The rumours of a partial change of Ministry still continue. Mr. Canning is, we understand - , on hie.. way home from Paris. • [British Press.] ' Attlitnswer has at Jength been sent to the.let ter addressed by Mr. K e ppel Craven, thrtrue i gn's Vice-Chamberlain, at her Majesty' command,. to the li,..'irl of Liverpool, demand g from the Government a residence and an establishment suitable to her rank. Lord LiVerpool informs he Majesty that be has connnenicated her de mands to the King, and that his Majesty has not as yet expressed his determination U pon the sub ject. llis Lordship pleads his absence from Lon don as an excuse for his delay in answering her Majesty's letter. [7l 'e Ledger.] 'Ministers, it is said, have not yet come to tiny decision as to the _Mode in which the important • question relative to the Queen shall be finally' disposed of. A majority of them, it is rumour , ' ell, are in favour of the course suggested by Lord Ellenborough, of passing a rdarlied censure upon her Mdjesty, in the form of a joint Resolution or Drclaration of the two Houses, to be followed IT by an Address to the Crown. But to this ex petsiettt, we understand, Lords Liverpool- and ilarrowby, have expressed their determined op position, accompanied with a threat of their int ! mediate 'resignation should it be persisted in. The highest influence is said to - have'beea, used to induce their Lordships to acquiesce in the sentiments of their Colleagues, but without effect. Under these circattnstanceS, it is supposed that the rest of the Ministers, conscious of • their own nothinp,liess without the support of the Noble Lords alluded to, 'till( renounce their favourite project of a Vote of Censure. Should a recon ciliation be thus effeetedamong the discordant Members of Administration, the general opinion in the political circles is, that an attemPt will be made to prevent any inquiry, for the present, into their conduct respecting her Majesty, by proroguing Parliament, on the before it can proceed to business. [New Times.] It is now very generally understood that Par liament is to meet on the 23d instant only for the purpose of being prorogued ; and to• assemble again for the dispatch of business about the mid dle or latter end of January. Meanwhile it is absolutely essential to the national morals, that some mode should be taken to put on solemn re cord the opinion entertained by the great majo rity of the Peerage relative to the guilt of theQucen. Time should not be lost in this respect, otherwise women of character may in the interval be io dated unwarily to sanction by their countenance a conduct, which they never can approve, if brought distinctly and authoritatively to their notice. [The Times.] Extract of a letter, dated Bologna, Nov. a " Signor Francesco Tomasiui, Professor of Me dicine, of this place, who has had frequent op- Queen of England, applied lately to the proper authorities for passports to proceed to Loudon, conceising it to be in his power to give most im portant testimony in favour of her Majesty, but for a long time without effect. He, however, yesterday obtained his passports, and set out with the least possible delay for that coun try, but it is feared that he cannot possibly arrive in time to render any service to her Majesty. He has never failed to repeat, in all societies, his estimation of the character of the' Queen of England, which has probably been one cause of the difficulty he / experienced iu procur ing passports. A proof of his attachment to her Majesty, occurred during her residence at Pe saro, where, hearing of a sudden indisposition with which she was - seized, he volunteered a journey of 15 hours, in the hope of rendering her service. Signor Rastri, another Professor of Mo dicine, of this place, who was anxious to proceed to England for a similar purpose, has still, we understand, that purpose having been avowed, been unable to procure any passport." *SHIP NEWS. Hot.VHEAD, Nov. 15.—0 n the 13th inst. the brig Betsy, Roberts, from Dublin to Liverpool, was seen to go down about 3 miles off the Head; the sea ran very high, and no assistance could be rendered ber. All on board have pe rished. She had on board a cargo of Grain which suddenly shifted, and was the cause of her loss. FI,,RWICEI, Nov. 16.—Arrived the Beaufoy packet, with a mail, from Holland ; the Diana, Colman, of Sunderland, has been brought in here, having sprung a-leak at sea; the Maica,'Madox, trot» Hull, fur Yarmouth, has lost an anchor and cable, and put in here; the Isabella Watts, Taylor, from Memel, has also put in here, with loss of bowsprit, anchor and cable, and otherwise damaged. ItAmso.ATF, Nov. 16.—Arrived Le Charles, Agaste, from Rohe!), with her anchor broken. PLymourn, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Ocean, Bjorner, from liltahert;; put into °reground tw repair damages, and be supplied with anchors and cables. - SuvravEss, Nov. 16.—Arrived the Twa Wanner, Clement sou, front Malmo, with loss of an anchor. THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, Nov. 17.—We have not had any fresh Arrivals of Wheat this morning, hut a con siderable quantity remained over from Wedpe,ilay's Market, for which the demand was but trifling, yet what sales were made of fine samples were on us good terms as on Monday, hut the inferior descriptions could not be got off at an abate• went of es. per quarter ; Fine Barley being scarce, fully sup ported Monday's prices, .and there was rather more demand for the inferior qualities, at a decline of 1s: per gum ter ; Foreign Oats wet ready sale, at-an advance of 3d. per quar ter, in consequence of the Ports shutting this week.—ln Peas and Beans there is no alteration. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 17.—This Mar ket was ►•ell supplied with all kinds,of Cattle this 'limning; prime Beef maintains last Market-day's prices, but the infe rior sorts, of which there was a great quantity, are rather lower.—The Haymarket continues as per our last in price ; Straw and Clover no alteration. • ~ ~. Last night, Mrs. THOMAS, the Lady of Colonel T.tomAs, entertained all her fashionable friends, remaining now in town, with an elegant ball and supper, at her house iu Half-Moon-Area, Picca dilly. ON Tilt APPEARANCES OF THE TimEs, 44TfD THE .211.1NNER3' 'OF ThE PEOPLE! Jesus licec 16itasse benign& -Ref',exec is seder %ice. TO TOLE E DM% tht.'xiv . [tio. Bt.] • Sirt,—ln my last better, it was observed of the conduct of the Modern Whigs, " that in " proportion as THEIR spirit hath grown weak in " DEEDS., it bath gained strength in wonns, and " of late years it bath run out into an unbounded " and licentious freedom." I little thought at that time, that such 'abundant proof would have been shewn, in the short space of a few weeks, of the truth of, my assertion ; as the conduct of this Faction bath evinced since the meeting of the Houseof Lords, on the 3d of the last month. • To recapitulate, it, will I-10t answer any good par pose—it is sufficiently impresSed on the public mind—and so will -Lords GREY and HoeLAND and their Retainers find, whenecer another Ge neral Election takes place: They must not con clude,-that their cOcitilioiz with the Radicals will either strengthen or increase their influence with the great body of E L ECT 0 115 throughout the United Kingdom. , It will produce an opposite effect and re-action, and nothing but an unequi vocal and _sincere deterreination on their part, to assist in putting an end to the corrupt system which prevails- 'n Close Boroughs,• will restore 'theta to - the confidence of the people. In this opinion the few honest Old Whigs who are living agree. Mr. NICHOLLS, by his recent pub lication, from which you have made some inte resting and Valuable extracts, has rendered an acceptable service to the country.—His evidence 1 of the degeneracrof the'Modern Whigs is deci give, and must lead the people to the conclusion, that if they are reinstated in power, neither Re form in Parliament or economy in the State will take: place:—but, that if the people are only firm, united,:.and respectful in their applications to the Legislature, to correct the abuses alluded to, they must succeed,—and then the power of the great Whig Families will be at an end, and the Close Boroughs thrown open. It has been observed, that in FREE Countries, the National Spirit is naturally weak, unless supported by the generous principles of Religion, Honour, or Public Spirit ; for where principle prevails not, the National Union azust ever be thwarted or destroyed by selfish views acid s+-pa rate interests. In the present state of - things, it is necessary to inquire, how far the National ,Spirit of Union is weakened or destroyed by sel fish or ambitious views, by separate interests and defect of principle. Now, if the delineation al ready given of the conduct of tip Whigs,, and of the manners and principles of the people be true, the consequence must be, that the Na tional Spirit of Union must be sha ken by them. To confirm this remark,- it is not necessary to cast about for facts in support of it—proofs are to be met in every quarter, which not only sup port this conclusion, but throw new light on the .• _ k4zili.Put ts, that the want of principle lath at length firmly esta blished a system of political self-interest, which must at all times break out into factious, and prevent the GREAT EFFECTS which a National Spirit of Union would produce. The Bonouom Influence, which the Old Families have secured to themselves, since the reign of Queen ANNE, is one of the broadest and worst features of the degeneracy of the present times ; next to it, is the irreligious disposition • of the people, and the rage of pleasure and dissipation which prevails throughout the land. If, then, the great principles of Religion, Honour, and Public Spi rit are weak or lost among us, what effectual check can there be to coutroul the aggravated evils I have mentioned ? Is it not the duty of every well-wisher to his country to consider how these evils are to be cured and prevented in fu ture ? It is therefore of the utmost importance to the well-being of the State, that they should be traced to their source, and pointed out ,honestly and truly to the People. It may be correctly asked, what other effect can naturally arise from the ambition, dissipa tion, and rapacity of a dissolute people ? for, in a country so circumstanced as ours, it is na tural to imagine, that next to gaming and the other fashionable vices, the chief attention of the GREAT WORLD, must be turned to ELECTION— JOBBING, of influencing Counties, coutrouling, bribing, or buying' Boroughs, and of securing an extensive Parliamentary influence ?—.But how greatly is this evil aggravated, when persons of the highest rank, though prohibited by Statute, insult the laws by interfering in Elections ; by manufacturing or making occasional voters; and even by selling vacant seats to the highest bid der/ It has very pointedly been asked by a ce lebrated writer, " What can we suppose would be " the real drift of this illegitimate waste of time, " honour, wealth, and labour ? Might not the " reason publicly assigned •for it, be this—' that " they may strengthen themselves, and families, "• and thus gain a LAS / TING interest, as they .call " it, for TIILIIL Dependents, Sons, and their " Posterity ?'" ThUs we see how the political system of self interest and ambition is . completed, and a foun-; dation laid for endless dissentious in the State — contentions with the people, and, in the end, every misery and unhappiness which can befal a free Country. The danger which threatened the constitution, - by a too violent exertion of the Prerogative, bath long ceased.—ln this opinion, I observe, I am confirmed by that excellent individual, Mr. Ntettom.s.—At present, from the union of the Modern Whigs with the Radical Reformers, it is evident, should the former get into power, no Reform will take place ; it may, therefore, be very truly said, that the Constitution is leaning towards Aristocracy—than which no greater evil can befal the Nation—for the real danger, though not immediately obvious to the public eye, would lurk hi the Aristocratic branch of the Constita. tlon, *MA Would he secretly bearing down the • power both of THE KING. ANO THE PEOPLE. To explain this observation, it is easy to put a ease l in which the Parliamentary inte[est of the great, Nobility possessing Bonousat\ property atichi, as it were, be, said tii influenke tht Houses k, of Commono . Membhrs.,might be e ct e4, and \ ,electenolia, forms..l.3Nt 1,1,3 whom might e y‘realll . 'be.elected ? By the frek *ce of the P6ople No impartial man would sal it. It were ease to suppose thirty or forty men of High Quality and Power, who, if united, especially when sur portedaby .the influence and immense wealth of the Papists, whom the Whigs are anxious to get into Parliament, might go nigh to command a Majoriti in the Lower House, in opposition to the 'People. The Members of that House might _seem to be the Representatives of the People : but would be, in truth, a great part-of them, no more than the, commissioned deputies of their respective Chiefs, whose sentiments they would express, and whose interests they would pursue. TlO 5 l while power would in appearance be centerig in the Lowaa 110 USE, it would in reality be in the hands of the Oligarchists. — This state 01 things, should it come to pass, might perhuP 4 _result from any fixed design in the Aristocracy to destroy the Constitution. They might 110 ° no farther views, than those of , self-interest o f vanity : notwithstanding which, their conduc t might have those effects, which their intenti ens never contemplated;though their own ruin Mig ht be the final consequence. ALaIOS• THE LORD 7,lAYOs.t. This :Magistrate haying, as it appears, stats' in his own Police Office on Wednesday, that the. City Police were equal to the protection of th e Citizens of London, it is probable his Lordshill did not knew of the riotous conduct which lo° l ' place in America-square, last Saturday nigh t ' when the windows of Mr. PRATT, MK. C i tr,t , t' ' PIE, and others, were broken by an outrage o4 mob. Neither does he appear to , know o f the aggressions in Bishopsgate-street, and in other parts of the City. It would be well I these Whippers-in of the Whigs would hare little more regard to truth, principle, and CO:" sistency of conduct I—Pray by what authoriti cloth the Loan M4YOR issue an order that th e City shall be illuminated ? Quiz- LITERARY REVIEW. • RELIGION tha BAST. LOTALTY: a Sermon, descripll of the Religious and Social Duty of every Subject ; Pu' ae 'of ed in the Parish ChurLhes of St. Peter, Sandwich Ham, in the Diocese of Canterbut v ; be the lice. Wonswonvg, A. 14., of Pembroke College, Cantbrtil:; and Chaplain to Lord Viecoont Palowrston, t f Anniversary of the Martyrdom uE Kin; Clia.ar. s the Eta s ' Among other causes of regret, fromfth; long and painful Proceedings, respecting ; I ' r I QUEEN, we are sorry that they have. preveattr` our recurrence to this department of our Par.; of which we have always intended to r tmdcr I a prominent feature. The work before us coni c :, • forward at a very seasonable period, when tion, under_ pretence of a wise Reform i 5 dieloyolty and irreligion over the Country, and finally to accomplish demolition of our present 'system of Goverurne' l '; The Opposition Prints, as they were h e retofo r " styled may now be considered as die sedilit'll s . .and treasonable enemies of 'Monarchy Its t Professing as we do to be resolute champions r, the Altar and the Throne, we deem it our ( I ' l to direct our attention to whatever may tend I . their security. Our present Monarch, during (i glorious Regency, effected the deliveranc e c i Europe, and no doubt his reign will be rendcre.o not less glorious in securing the happinesaof people, if he is not opposed by desperate, ate. 6 fleas, and factious spirits, who have nothing / view but their own advancement to the (oven!, ment of the Country. We select the follow i l appropriate passage from the work before nsl l/1 ,4 shall take an early opportunity of resuming ° attention to it The way to avert contention between such mighty r as a King and his People, is for each to avoid whatcve!' tend to strife; or (in the phrase of that Sovereign, who I '4 endued by Heaven with "an understanding heart trill his people,") clot to meddle %sill) them that are given change." tf is Not that we are to shut the door to improvements, 00' , , e • inspire diligently that any projected changes be int;lN o f • meats, before we initiate them ; and that they he avi d ' ie the deliberative wisdom, and concurrence, of the w hole gislative power. This power must reside somewhere, in fvl: civilized State; and in ours, no one heed be told where " li e placed. The very nature of representative authority, i.° . ,P,„ f ri the power of making such initirovements, as may he beneficial to the community ; and, in the rvyntatioot Of tits and of the relative circumstances of Nations to one ano t) :,; necessity for some change s'in alliances, arid laws, Ari",-}0 which (if made by the proper powers) leave to subjec" other course tan accessio ad obedienc e. But to seek h changes in th u e n established maxims and f(° l' , ) i i c of good government, by clamorous. menacing, or I ornolt o° ;, concourse, is to destroy the sagacity of deliberative w i9d°ll is to seek m contention, and to do violence. To frame " stcret bonds of association," under the O ' lP 0 of petitions, to assemble tionultimos multitudes in arnor,6, suock them with delusive boors, is to engage them by il°.'re covenants, to conspire against. those " rulers who are. o. lo, terror to good works, but to the e, il."—" Wilt thou not o • afraid of the power ?—hut rather have praise of the st.We;)( See that ye come out into their assembly, nor confide rif Itanonr to their keeping. Nor herd at all with any, tvii°' to sedition% speech, or he disloyal carriage, secretly desigts tf effect changes in our , Religion and Laws, though thti not opewly avow their treasons. By herding with traitors, you hazard the infeetior“-'O, the easiest way to escape hot It the leprosy itself, and tiO nishment it souner'or Inter fuels, i 5 to keep the infected 6 distance. By listening to inSidions harangues, you may be cattgb,oo sante bewitching, though empty sound , may he arette'd2 a fallacy, and be made to, fancy, th - tt they, who 3pl , " ' tile speak from a disinterested zeal for the institutions or no t country, are the true patriots, and that your rulers stre p it so upright, as`• the avengs-ra of God, to execute justice r ho - them who do aril," might to be' Thus it is, that eve° well.disposed stay, length, he persnided,that sornech3lti'o, must be made in existing poWers, or, at least, that any be better than existing institutions. tt With the imagination thus heated, the transition fo„ri' loyal subject to an imaginary patriot , is •71H103t impercerd' ble. With the vivid fancy this exalted, a flight to soll' e olt legal act is sudden : and the innocent may be nnconsci° of - plunged into the abyss of treason, a , mere instrumc oll , designs, knOwn mil , to the chief conspirat-rse LORD LAuDERD4J.E.—Durinf , the late rejoiic; jugs for the QutiN's triumph, the suite of r° °l ), occupied by this Nobleman, at I'i grren's were .splendidly illuminated with wax ilambe 3tl Paper) . . R ani Stock! 4 Per c e ,,, 8 Per Cent. '( ai per Lent, 4 Per Cents 6 Per ct. Na HI t~ ~~ GH O~rip , b~ SOLE r~ ~~~ W e --- i i P aris pa mr„ gross at I: NG, i Inf'9ll-oL till g lii,st tqatio n (if the ~ 1 ~i:5~ t 1)%14.11 try, a► "'era iiieh Ith wi Sq eh fa cte l ess in v ast clis e , r ,, delay P►'oc e but Char; and forth o f L ITI OUT Elle r, T, this li Pro 111z111 !Alali