The Sun. — London, England, 1820-12-01 00:00:00

THS LONDON JOURNALS. jp4ILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.) . Plafttfitg, Post] 'KO a scene as Ine Nletropulis on Wednesday exhibited, st44ibt 4Ve gracTed aanccessful Election Candielatt,bnt we have I)o'l'4,6:anon in saying it disgraced a Queen. Wh.st ? A Queen upEngjand parades ill solemn races -ion through the Capi t.44and., her carriage i..etecircled by the veriest ruffians that q . re cause could congregate together. Where wi.e'e• the Nubility of England ? Where were the Gentry? Wrie, were Peeressei—and the. Ladies of England ? T ye, these, shonid be the. compatibitts of a Queen t• these boatel be marshalled in her train, to do homage to her sta teun..:4ll honour to her character. Alas! not one—no, not isOpe t le mu., of tlkose even who have proclaimed themselves itcr c'.haMpions, or who have permitted their names to be put JOwn as visitprs at Brandenbnrgli House, was to be found in upem her person. The Queen's scribes say, wish all England could bare beets ' , lucid, to witness sfecb,a spectacle as England never• before exhibited." We kix . i in tit-newish from the very bottom of our hearts ; for if all ig,siglao-inay, all Europe—could have seen the spectacle. woo1 , 14)10e seen who they are that worship the purity ‘,f4seen; rfAi'aline, and 'the natiiinal character would have Ilea4s..rescuedi t But now all England and ail Europe will only whi‘s took place; and alas! it is impossible to contey to words an adequate .idea of the degrading exhibition. The liZOertletnalions, whose squalid 'appearance excited disgust— arkwhose ferocious aspect might well inspire dismay—lose t(v.i,;,iiidiiiduality, when grhuped, in description, as . a. multi tint:, Tile few, the very few exceptions, to this general eba ra‘ter; et tract nothing from its a4coracy. , After the proofs, of returning good sense given by the great ,shajOrity Of the people of this metropolis, on the very day viVen - the Radicals and Bergamites expected-td have seduced Oina into riot, if not into insurrection, we may entertain Well;foundid hope's: - that a new era is Openini. The spell of dt•insidn -once broken; a powerful recoil. must take place, and: the flutist, character will emerge from its , temporary obscu- renewed in all its purity and all itszlory. .To further invdesirable. an end must. be, the wish of every trite patriot, a l tpttliumish must be seconded by zealous and incessant en dmottrs to give it. effect.... , The interests of tarty must ;give way to those of morality and religion, and instead of personal hiOserings and mutual abuse, all. true Englishmen and sincere t.lhristians must unite in the noble and beneficent work of re- . sioring clarity atuonnit men, and respect towards the Divi r-uty, Those ideas, though, nut cztited, have been confirmed by -the powerful appeal made to the Politicians bf our times by a -writer; who. though by birth a foreigner, has displayed in all his -publications sentiments truly British. In his last .dr-,e -Politique, the Marquis deiChabannes expresses himself in the following just and energetic manner : " Reflect well, meant ambition or cupidity, before you take another step. You flatter yourselves that after having over tunied your adversaries, and exalted yoUrselves on their ruins, you will be able to coot roof the passions of the people. Bot which of those men who figured on the scene of the French . Riwti iuti,, had not-the same hoptand the same confidence in himself ? Duce more then, egotists, carried away by your pas sioni, by blind interest, and faithless cupidity, think of your rash predecessors, whom the . French Revolution saw appear nod disappear aimost at the same instant.- If one day you are electediihe them, the neXt you will, like them, he de stroyed. In the name of God—in the name of all that is -dear to you unearth, have mercy on your country; shudder at the, calamities which your imprudence and your. improvidence are on, the - eve of,drawing down upoil her;, or tremble fur yourselves, for one step more, and dragged on by a resistless force, you will, in Vain try to stop yourselves, :it will be too And you, victims to the villainy and perfidy-of those ambitious men by whom you are misled, and, drawn into a frigtitful abyss, English people, of whom the universe be -1,4”:e.d, that if virtue inhabited the earth, happy Britain was 4s,:utnettrary, what example do pin present to that universe ? .tshat depth of depravity -and degradation will you mit 11;41 . ;' ,in-tbe.annals - f t••t • yo u rco u n try lately so much posterity, 45111c44 . 4 sn nuich adeoired? ~ And for whom de yoo disho soing, Apurselves? Who,.is it you are- insulting.?—And into wlat,alsyss'ace - you teat precipitating yourselves!".—(ltid.) „ • '[Morning Chronicle.] • iliepublic must have observed with as. much indignation tf s ,..tleprise that lidini-ters, after having,engaged the, atten tio-yt, of Parliatitent for upwards of two months in disgusting Clial:gesagainst the Qneen; the greater part of which have been refuted, and not one of them clearly proved, has'e refused to dprute h single day:, .or . even an hour, to a consideration of her C , mplaints, biewrver Eoutnfed, or' tier remonstrances, howeret just. Thus, after the abant,!ontnent of as infamous tiriAas ill supported a Bill, as, perhaps, was ever brought I,4oire anyassemblY, Parliatueftt has beat prorhgned• for two tiruths, after on rwljournmcnt for as many weeks, leaving the aacen without - any'proVisiitn for the support of her dignity titid:raok. We ,will challenge any man to stiew an'instance wlWre a' Message froM the Throne or the Partner of the Throne, has been treated with simitar insult and neglect. Brit we are told, that we have not made any allowance for ther.ins-rinities of human, nattire,—that we have not made any e3l.4,rahee forilie passions and weeknessesOf Ministers as men. Miniiters-, no doubt, most be very flinch chagrined at bring de feated by a woman—we are willing. to admit them the far thest extTemity of vexation and disappointment; but we were ri,,t l yet prepared for the last step they have taken; we did hot ; sUppose, that because they had got in the mire, in endea, Vottenig to extricate themselvls,- they would plunge into the etqtre, But in this instance, it appears, that prudence has fret] compelled to, yield to petty .. insult, dastardly and impo t (At revenge,, and a show of authority, which, however grati filuz it-maybe for the moment, wilt, thelong run, be very. aletrinrchtalto the party responsible for _such measures. Alter the contemptuous behaviour of Ministers,. on Thurs s:,'-anight, towards Parliament and the Queen Consort, we toed hardly be.surprised at any thing which they may think ipo.per to,do, or any insults .which they ran heap - motto! coun try or the Throne.. Well might Members cry shame, and 1104.Bennet say, "This is a scandal to the Country." There are : two ways of governing men, one, by opinion , a nd the oilierm by : copulsion. The English have hitherto sup posed themselves to he governed by opinion and the power Of,the higher ranks has been understood- to be derived from ttke influence which their rank, property, and character gave them with the classes under them. I t wa s t h e p u b licans, butchers,- bakers, and other tradesmen, and those whom they, ii!,t.ttrn influenced, who gave, power to the higher Gentry and 4obies, They 'who treated the body of the people with con. tempt, by losing their support, only exposed themselves to tiveomerthjects of contempt. But how is it that the Govern tiwA can now afford to.. insglt . all the industrious classes? Tn speak of butchers, bakers, and publicans, as West India Flauterstalk oltheirblacli slaves? What substitute hare they fiound out for the aid.and good opinion of the industrious c!osses of society.? - Formerly omen heard of Whigs and To rtes —of high and low Churchmen, each of which denomina. irons included in it all clasSes of society, from the Peer to the F o rmant. But ,now,• forsooth, it is only . higher ranks-and . M ier ranks;—amid all who gain, their bread by honest indus try arc considered by the new expounders of the Constitu tion, as thereby labouring under some stigma.—Well then, *hat is the substitute, Gentlemen ?.---Come, out with it. You ire tired of the Old system of -governing; nay, it is but too 'evident you have long been tired of it: Te n t envy the admir *Mr system of government of Russia and Austria. What a 'Voiiifortable thing it is, no doubt, to trample down butchers, luekers, &c. Withluissars, pandours, &c. at pteasure ! What are butchers and bakers good for, but to minister to the wants of Lords ? These fellows presinne to have a will of the•t• own —to meet and vote AtblresSesto a Queen whom Ministers had resolved to'destroy; nay, even to pass sentence - of con denumation.on these Ministers! Such insolence in Aus tria and Russia w•orld • be speedily and effectually cured by the sabre'. Yon wish, then, to govern by the sabre in turn, and forgetting the text, that he it ho lives IN time sword shall llie.Gy . :swor7l,, you wish to irritate and provoke the people, to goad them on to madness, in order that they may afford you • tm_pretext for attempting the complete establishment of your new regime. The signs of the times are too clear to be mis timFejm. We lament the turn which things hare long been taking. We cannot shut out eyes to the crisis to which we are •fasf,approaching ; and which, under the present system, is inevitable, We lament to see this insidious attempt to de- Kiyit . the Gentlemen of F.ngland of the support of the people., and 40 reduce them to a level with the titled slaves who box pf.vant. the. Continental Courts; and we lament still more to sr ; bo w many English Gentlemen, from blindness or base !VS, have fallen into the snare. They will find their error v•;loco.it i 1 too late. —they will lament the loss of the generous 'elevotion of the people of England when they have lost it fpr ever. If met were not afraid of promoting the disunion yo'hiilm we deprecate, we ,:ould easily shew that , the virtnes,of se.nation have their chief residence in what is properly time people. We could point to 'he patriotisM and devotion ma- Ajested, in our tinges, in Spain amid emther, countries of Eli ' OA, people, Wheo time higher ranks .generaily shewed triewthseives strangers :to eveg. - manly and. generous senti ment. lint we will not piiistie the invidious comparison. but let it be . borne in mind, if the gentlemen of England are -, A higher in character thao those of several other 4Untries, they owe this distinction" exclusively. to the healthful luAu ence of a free Constitution.—(lbid) [New Times:] If the impudent hilsiticationi of notorious fact by The Times. Had tint Cc:tied - 10 excite surprise, we might have been someWhat'astonished at the gravity with which that Journal talks of "the magnitieenete of Wednesday's procession.— " f.'rery thing of human magnificence," it seems, falls.short-. of an immense crowd looking with much indifference upon as meagre and shabby. a cavalcade as perhaps even attended upon a Royal Personage. " Tinge were no Lord Chamber lains" says toe sagacious Editotonsd truly if he had expressed himself in the singular, he would have hit-upon one ne gative feature of decency at least in the exhibition. — There was no LortiChamberlain Bergami; the people. of E.nglarid were not inStilted by the sight of • that. ennobled va gabond; but his sister, his useful and convenient sister, it is said, was there, as Well as . other members of the Italian Court - , Mist her `?dajesty has raked out of the kennels in her rations pdgrintates. There was -_no English •Peer, no Eng lish Peeress; but. in their stead Counts from the halberts' and Countesses front the washing4ab. Her • Majesty is •of & haughty and imnerious spirit. How deeply she felt the degradation .being shunned by the Nobility of • Eng land, • before het 'departure from this Country, we learn from the spe - tele of her Attorney-General. Must it not . be doubly cutting to her now to find that she is -still more- cautiously shunned, even at the moment of her proceeding to return thanks for her acquittal ! Wills all her eccentricities, it is allowed that her mind, though ut terly uneducated, is quick and penetrating. Sbe could not therefore for annouent deceive herself into the belief-that the crowd's she saw consisted of the eduCated and well-informed cla,s'es of society. • They were many of them very hottest well-disposed people ; but the great mass were mechanics .and day-labourers, miseirwith some feve , of the better sort of tradesmen. Her Majesty cannot delude herself with the 110• tiouthat'kuch an attendance as this. nine-tenthi of it drawn together by mere curiosity, is the slightest test•of the real, permanent, effectiee Public Opinion-of England. She might as well • fancy joseph Hume a Gentleman, S.r Gerald Noel a Wit, or these and their four worthy colleagues, a fit ,ailtl adequate representation of the House of com mons. The notorious fact is, that the 'pr cession went off as flat as it is possible to conceive any thew of the kind to have done; bill t he ; Times,which last year told us that I-I tines' triumphal entry into London was the grandest spectaclelever witnessed,. is rattler the necessity of straining its barren inven tion to-find new terms of magnificence for. her Majesty's ex hibition.. Th e consequence is truly laughable. What should be great they turn to farce. The strange and motley collee , tints of steeds of all sorts and sizes, and riders of all habit's' and appearances, is denominated " a mighty and well orna mented cavalcade," and in proof of their heroic fitness to • serve under such a thrice valiant Commander as Sir Robert. Wilson, we are informed that they " enconnteted the severity of a raw and unusually severe November day for not less than six hours" • ll 11 • - [British Press.j If we could he surprised at any thing that appears in a Ministe'rial newspaper, we should indeed feel surprise and astonishment at the cool effrontery With which a writer for one of the Evening . Treastny Prints asserts that the proces sion.which conveyed the. Queen to St. Paul's Cathedral on WeelneEd.y, was " one of the most Meagre and miserable dis plays that the people of the metropolis have been called ford' to witness."' If, in the performance of a most painful part of tiny duty te(the public, we were not accustomed to observe in the Paper to which we allude, a systematic principle of falsity, a shameless disregard of truth, and an habitual contempt for public opinion, we shbuld be astonished that any writer could thus venture to utter an assertion which might at once receive a direct contradiction from at least 200,000 persons. The Editor of the Paper knows, however, that he unr't en deavour at all hazards to deceive the people in the country respecting the state of public opinion in the metropolis. The lie, if told stoutly, may produce an impression somewher e, antt the character of a 'Paper so often convicted of falsehood cannot stiffer Much in public estimation by an additional proof grits talent for deceit. Besides;the Paper will tor the Most part be eet.i only by the retainers of the Ministerii, who will readily swallow any ; assertion, however hazardous, that ioight Aer!ni ts, throW a d, iiht upon the pnpulaiity of the Clueen. Such persons feel a ilewHireiii being cheated, anti the _Editors of the Itlinisfetial !Wets— Dinenais writ fox r:gulation of-lying, to inform the nation, knowing the. constitution -of their minds, supply them with falschooda.to their hearts' content. [Mornin g Beridd.) It is conMlently rumoured, ilitl we believe it to be highly probable, that there will be a change in the Ministry, but to no very.tuaterm extent. . From Germany there is notbiqg but confirmations of war upon Naples, redoubled activity in the Aulic Councils, and fresh reinforeements ordered to Italy. On the other band, the Neapolitaus, if they are us brave as their words, will give the Austrians, a warm reteptiOn. A' 'pamphlet published at Naples, and Cut Cites cierono o ei foram la perra"—(Wilt they let us be quiet, or will they make war upon us ?) has reached us. It professes to state the military system of the initioa. It is in substance this :—" The Parlia went will declare the war national. The troops of, the line, militia, and armed citizens, will fly to the .defence of .the country. They will tight " like lions"—for they Will fight for freedonn• If they lose the frontier of the Abrirzzi'they will fall back upon the second flue, which, covers tire' capital. New levies will crowd to the ranks, whilst those of the Aus trians are thinned by fighting and garrisoning.—Let even the second line be lost, with the capital itself, the Kilig and his Government will thank the Generals who shall not have despaired Of the safety of the Stole, retire upon the Calabrias, and there give the enemy thensual reception." We fear this is too much in the ancient Roman style—yet, if the people of Naples .are really worthy of being, free, they have the. means of. freedom. There is ground of successful resistance stated iii the pamphlet which we passed over above. It is, that when the torch of war is once kindled, the, flame will instantly spread; not only within the strict limits of the scene of ac tion, bat through almost all Italy, (rum the Alps to the PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. • (From the Hutt Packet.) • No man capable of reading a Newspapet can be ignorant that the Queen has.heen declared, judicially declared, by the highest Tribunal' of the. Country, Guilty of Adultery; and that a very large niajorityof those who have been the - Means; of arresting the jnchcial process of punishment, have , never theless unequivocally expressed ,their conviction • of her guilt. When Government, therefore, proceeded against her Majesty, there was ' no detraction from virtue, no persecution of innocence, for it is: now upon record that there was no virtue to he detracted ,from ; too innocence to be " pet seouted. We re eat, that it is most desirable that 'all ranks should lie . fainiliar with this the true statement of the case, iu other to . allay that triumphant and ,indiguant excite ment:of tumultagainst the Government of the: country, which now prevails throughout the 'lower orders in all parts of the kiogdom on het Majesty's'account,..and which holds their pas sions like greyhounds in the slip, ready to start. for the sub version of the 'Constitution, whenever a demagogue, bold and wicked enough to lead theta to the atterript, may present In direct opposition to this • desirable object has been the conduct wall those who have sntftred their public demeanour in the lA° transactions to be influenced by a fear of the po pular feeling. Instead of manfully avowing their abhorrence of vier, and upholding the necessity of its punishment, they have virtually assisted the misleaders of the mob; some (and those among - our Nobles) by endeavouring to separate vice from degradation, archmany :others by a pusillanimous parti .et patitm in outward indications of joy at an event, the nature 'of which (however' misrepresented to the lower orders) they knew to be siMply • this—that guilt has been established only 'to deride justice. How can the populace believe that a con 'victiott of her Majesty's-guilt dwells in the ntiodsof men who have rescued her front degradation, nod who unite syith them in their rejoicings at her .escape, illuinitiate,their houses, pay respect.to lies colours, and Wie off their and hurrah when called upon to no - so in the name the 'Queen.— The populace cannot know that such. men are deserters from the .standards of religion altd morality to those of triumphant guilt and popular clamour, front fear of irri tating the prejudices of the ignorant, and of 'eneountering the of the disaffected. . These persons do not need to he reminded that the'voice of the people of England never calls ineffectually, that our glorious Constitution sprung from it, and has been supported by it, not need they be reminded Of . the wide difference between it and the. clamour of the po pulace; but they do need to be. reminded. that when the respectable part of society, from fear,ofthe mob, or any other motive,:aink their voices in this senselesi clamobr, and thus virtually assent to it, then the moustrr.ininieduiteiy assumes. Ithao!,and that shape is that of the voice of the people. 4 It is indeed that. that the attention of the higher orders should be provoked to this , consideration, and their latent courage elicited to need this danger, when, owing to popular clamour, we find the first Tribunal of the couptry not bold enongli to visit convicted guilt with its punishment, and the first Nobles of the land submitting to the triumph of immo rality and popular prejudice on the score, forsooth, of -ex pediency ; heedless of the good old ,maxim " Quicquid ho nestuta est, idinn utile, nec utile quidquam, quod non ho ttest-um." , It may be said that the riotous proceedings of the popu lace in London, and in other places, are merely the ebullition of momentary feeling which will last.no longer than the illu• minations which it produced. But let us not hastily adopt so flattering an opinion. That ebullition let loose the turbu lent and disaffected ; it took the seal of mystery from their lips ; and while it left them. for a moment to the ourestrain ed influence of '-he passions which had been working within. them, plainly proved what were the objects of their fierce ha tred, and against whoni their violence and vengeance would be directed was their power ever equal to their Will- Will it be believed that. Ihe populace of Aylesbury 'world_ bare met the Marquess of Buckingham with insults an d indi g -- 1 nities, upon his return from his parliamentary duties, had they not been taught to ,regard the whore Aristocracy of the nation with stispicionsand resentment? Will it be conceived. that the unprovoked and base attack made by the retired villagers at Ewelme upon the pious and benevolent Bishop of Lapdog would have taken place. hail it not been for her Majesty's insinuated repfoaches against the hierarchy; nd the unceasing slanders pouted forth by the seditious and infidel publications of the day against the whole body of the Clergy, and the Bishops in particular ? No rational or reflecting per- SOU can for a moment attribute such things as these to mere temporary excitement. The interests of Radicalism, not of the Queen, have been at stake from the first; her Majesty has been made the unconscious instrument of the agents of Re volut ion ; the Royal standard has been unfurled, as the ensign tinder which the enemies of the Throne were to march against its illustrioui possessor ; and the abandonment of the Bill of ,Pains of Penalties is celebrated by the literopints-of anarchy and their deluded disciples, not because the Queen is resettedirom degradation, but because they conceive their cause to be strengthetted;anti the tide of public opinion to be setting in their favour. That such is the real cause of that exulting tone of dtfidnee which is now openly assumed—such the true source of all those disgraceftil outrages which have been directed against the higher orders both in Church and State, we are justified in asseining from the language of those who, weary, per haps, of liringing no the rear of *Opposition in Pat liament, are nosy endeavouring to takrthreommand of the Radica armies. - • FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. FRENCH CARRIAGE DaEss.—Round dress of cambric, with three flounces of India muslin, each flounce edged wjth fine Mechlin lace. Mary Stuart spencer of sapphire blue velvet with rick silk cordon belt terminating in, front by one long end with a large tassel. White satin hat, the edge ornament ed with gauze cut in bias, and surmounted by a beautiful full plume of marabout feathers. The collar of the cambric dress falls over that of the spencer, and is trimmed with fine Mechlin lace. The slippers worn with this costume ate of white kid, as are the gloves. • ENGLISH CARRIAGE DRESS.—Round • high dress of violet coloured cachemire, with three cockleshell flounces of the same material, edged and surmounted by •black velvety the bust, sleeves and body trimmed to correspond. Carriage hat of moss plush silk, in the Regina form, the ground white with bright geranium spots, and a beautiful white ;damage play ing over the crown. Double throat frill of fine broad Brus sels lace. Elastic drapery scarf shawl of rainbow bouffant wove silk. Straw-coloured kid boats and gloves. Ornamen tal watch, pendant_ from a gold neck-chain, and stationed on the left side of the waist.—La Belle Assemblee. WALKING Dazss.—A high dress, composed of bright grey hombasine ; the skirt trimmed at the bottom with velvet bands to correspond in colour ; they are bias r scolloped at one edge, and plain at the other; there are four of these bands, p laced at a little distance.from each other; the bottom one is rather more than half a quarter in breadth, the others are each something narrower. The body is tight to the shape ; the long sleeve is rather straight, and falls a good deal over the hand ;it is finished-by three bands of velvet to correspond with those on the skirt, but much narrower; full epaulette, intersected with bands, which form it into bias puffs; small standing collar, composed of Telyet. FULL DRESS.--11 pink figured satin slip, terminated at the bottom by a full rouleau of erns de Naphs to correspond, over which is a white lace dress of Urling's manufacture, finished at the bottom by a very fall fall of-imitation Valenciennes lace,- headed by a narrow rouleau of pin.); figured satin; bou quets of mingled white and red roses and blue bells are placed at regular distances on this rouleau; a second flounce headed in a similar manner, surmounts the one we have described.— .dchertntrioes Repository. THE ORIGIN OF CARDS. About the year I.39o,Cards were invented, to divert Charles then King ,of France. who was fallen into a melancholy disposition. That they were not in use before, appears highly probable.—tst. Because no Cards are to be seen in any paint ings, sculpture, tapestry, &c. more ancient than the prem.-d -ing period, but are represented in many works of ingenuity since that age. 2dly. No prohibitions relative to Cards, by the King's Edicts, are mentioned,although some few years be fore a most severe one was published, forbidding by name all manner of sports, and pastimes, in artier that the subjects might exercise theMseives in shooting with bows and arrows, and be in condition to oppose the English. Now it is not to be presumed, that so luring a game as Cards would hare been omitted in the enumeration, had they been in nse. Plly. In all the Ecclesiastical canous prior to the said time there oc curs no mention of Cards; although twenty years after that date, Card playing was interdicted by the Clergy, by a Galil ean Synod.- "Abont (lie same time is found in the Account • Book of the King's Coffeter the Wowing charge: "Paid for a pack of painted leaves brought for the King's amusement, threelivres."'. Printing and stamping being. not then disco vered, the Cards were painted, which made them sa dear. Thence, in the . above synodical 'canons, they are called pagiliw pieta:, painted little leaves. 4thly. About ,thirty ; years after this came a severe edict against Cards in France; and another by Emmanuel Duke of Savoy; only permitting the Ladies this pastime, : pro spinais, for pins and needles. Of their• design.--'The inventor proposed by the figures of the four suits; or colours, as the French call them, to repre sent the four states, or classes of men in the kingdom. By the Ccesars .(hearts) are meant the Gens de Chceur, choir men, or ecclesiastics; and therefore the Spaniards, who cer tainly received the use of cards from the French, have copas or chalices instead of hearts. The nobility, or prime military part of the kingdom, are represented by the ends or points of lances, or pikes, and our ignorance of the meaning or resem blance of the figure" itiduced tts -to call - them spades. The Spaniards have espades (swords) in lieu of pikes, which.is of similar import. By diamonds, are designed the oulvj- of citizens, merchants, and tradesmen, curreau.r (square stone tiles or the like.) • The Spaniards have a coin dineres, which answers to it ; anti the Mitch call the French word carreaus, stieneen, stones and diamonds, from the form. Trestr, the trefoil leaf, or clover grass (corruptly called clubs) allttdeilo hilibandmen and peasants. How this suit came to be called -clubs is nut explained, unless, borrowing the game from the Spaniards, who have bastos (staves or clubs) instead of the traoil, we gave the Spanish signification to the French figure. The History of the foar Kings, T which the French in drol lery sometimes call the cards, is David, Alexander, Csesati, , 'and Charles (which names were then, and still are on the French cards.) These respectable names represent the fjur. ,2celehrafed Monarchies of t h e Jews, Greeks, Romans, and ,Franks, under Charlemagne. • . By the Queens are intended Argine, Esther, Judith, and Pallas (names retained in Abe French cards), typical of birth, piety, fortitude, and wisdom, the qualifications residing in each person. Argine is an anagram for Regina, queen by descent. By.the Ersaves Isere designed the servants to knights (for .knave originally meant only servant ; and in au old transla tion of the Bible, St. Paul is called the knave of Christ) hut •French pages and valets, now indiscriminately used by vari ous orders of persons, were formerly only allowed to persons of quality, esquires(escuiers) shield or armour bearers.-Others fancy that the knights themselves were designed by those cards; because Hogier, and Lahire, two names on the French► cards, were fatuous Knights at the time cards were supposed to be invented. BOIERS.-A novel match has been made for Turner, to fight Hickman, the Gas-light Alan. Hickman is to fight 150 guineas to 80. Turner is under eleven stone, and Gas above twelve. Turner, hovever, thinks he can' win-, and the -other makes certain of it. Betting 2 .to lon Gas. ADDRESS TO - THE QUEEN• Yesterday a Meeting of the Inhabitants 0 1 t ' l , Parish of St. Ann, Soho, was held in the Aro„roiT, 11. WILLIAALS, Esq. Churchwardch, in the t'',` He took the Chair at one o'clock, attendeueet Mr. P. Moore, Mr. Ilobhouse, Szc. The ing was held for the purpose of congrata' a the Queen on her recent triumplr. As the business was about to commencelo Gentleman present observed, that the rooref too small, and he suggested the propr iet y °f Church being used on the occasion. r had Mr.-Fisu here observed, that the.Rect ° dig refused the use of the Church ; but that,,ioo, church-yard had been prepared for the occa, incase the meeting should not be acconarl°° in the vestry-room. Ch wardens Mr. PETER Moor insisted that the, C-- wardens had the right of having the churchfoit that the Rector had no power whatever troul the Churchwarden. d- The first Resolution was then move_ Fish, and adopted unanimously. Here some conversation took place as to ts propriety of adjourning to the church4elisil which at length was agreed to, and th e rne accordingly went there. A chair was plaLe,,ercle, an elevated tomb-stone, on which the C h warden sat ! Three other Resolutions wer e agreed to. A t 5 5e f Mr. HoßllousE then, at some length, - akl o ir the meeting, and highly applauded the dig" ,0 , popular feeling on her' Majesty's going to Paul's on Wednesday ; he strongly colic° p e the present Ministers, and insisted that it wa t tst cessary for the salvation of the Country they should be driven from office. % l e tt' Mr. PETER MOORE next addressed the .i: f t y ing, and again commented on the conduct c d Bishops and,Clergy. A te The Resolutions were all unanimously a l e l to, and after thanks to the Chairman, the ' itO bars for Westminster, Mr. P. Moore, ;G" Meeting broke up. V it HIGHLAND MISSIONARY SOCI . On - Tuesday se'nnight, the Second A P Meeting of this Society was held in St. Ana g , Church, Edinburgh, ROBERT 11EPBUItN) Clerkington, in -the Chair. The Revere DicasoN having opened the Meeting t cr4 nual report or the Society was read by t he S tary, together with a statement of the Oiled after which the meeting was addressed Ina VP animated and feeling manner by the go y Pedie, the Rev. Mr. Dickson, the Rev. DV mieson, the Rev. Mr. Simpson, and the ea I,f Mr. Brown of Whitburn;, and was conclude 01 the Rev. Mr. Lothian. We cannot better , i f the attention of our readers to a Society so, the , deserving the countenance and suppo rt tb e public at large, than by an extract from own report:— ; " The harvest truly is plenteous, the fields ar e places ripe, but the labourers are few. Multitudes a nd districts of the Highlands are still sitting in darliorsg the shadow of death, the staves of the meanest super3o and of the basest.vices. hlultituilis ate living Witl S ' and,without hope in the world. They are descenclii-fig,t jc!,4 ration after g eneration, into the g rave, ignorant •0 11 ,,i51 , ' who is all our trust, and who is the only Saviour °f f led tu Y Souls. Not a few in many parts have been asvai , e'; e painful sense of their destitute condition, and fcelt e W ings appetite for the Bread of Life',' to r elieve mashing souls, and those of their brethren. To what' r e') they look, but to their countrymen, who enjoy the °I a i L t,, 4 Lion of the Gospel in rich abundance ; and know th e their blessings ; and whom the good providence e' peor c if furnished with those worldly means which these P °° ; i t ) j e never enjoyed, 'mid whieb enable them to contribute to spiritual supply? They stretch out. their arms to ill 4, liver them. They cry to us to pity and relieve then'. , e 4 i t Over, they say, and help us ; nape haste,,sfor beholci , ;' we perish, we all perish! And shall they cry in vaio,' I' d it be said that no man among e artth for teir suiP4o.:# we are so occupied.about our own concerns, to'ilei';, leisure to think of theirs, and no inclination to put ft, trouble or expel-lie even for their eternal we trust that there shall be no reason for. contintriniool::ol proach that we overlook the deplorable necessities oc° kinsmen ; and that while w e send the Bread of Vlit h e' uttermost ends Of, the earth, and exert ourselves fK' oe , 01 : 0 1 ritual benefit of Tartars, and Hottentots, and 1-I. , Pd„ ° g itt ( A Otahetians, we forget those at our own doors, atoll " 4 09 are equally objects of spiritual compassion, and n o t, 0 almost under our awn. eyes for want. We trust `, o (l i f Members of this Society, at least, will not becoose ° e t) well-doing ; will persevere in their exertions, and f euli ,l crease them ; and by their zeal for the weltere tbren in the. H ighlands, , provoke very many to insit!' l4 o) laudable example:A.lst so, through their cimbined eP i ° j, wilderness and the solitary place may ere long he 63 the desert rejoice and blossom as the rose' OnWednesday last, Sir Masstn Lorrsl: o so and PHILIP JOHN MILES, Esq. were Members for the Borough of Westbury, ii) , r d place of -NATHANIEL -13Awrobr and JOI4JI EILFORD, Esqrs. - d Extract of a letter from Edenderry, date, tie day last :—On Friday night, a large sail-b ifi longing to Mr. BF.lutt, was sunk by a band 6 a -tte lains near this town; they beat the men, 02 1 , 0 1 them down in the after.cabin ; they then 0/ boat against one of the banks, and cut-a-54,,e hole with an axe, and sunk her, with ° is,l valuable cargo, consisting of several ches tea and hogsheads of Sugar: In conse o cial t this :outrage, and the disturbed state ° t or neighbourhood, we are to get soldiers tr'r„ along the-canal. %, MARIED. • . ' Yesterday, at Islington, Ge ß orge king, Esq. of Can.oflr.° t lane, to NirS. Clanfield, of the same place. O f i rtt S 4 Yesterday, NIT. Jos. Warier, 'of High-street, -g ° sr o ff to Miss Sarah Wright, of Bath - place , Fitzroy-squarj;lo%e daughter of the late Thomas Wright, Esq. of Staffordshire. - --.. tl 4' DIED. liTi ttl :l l ' l DEATH OF ARMOR FRF.Nt:tI, Es 4., M. .., ~ • A WI/ Intl i deepest rEgret we announce the death of this ITO- ou and worthy Gentleman;' This- melancholy event t°orlioi, at his house, French Park, County of Roscommon/ f a d 1 4 Friday morning last, alter a severe intlispositiou. o_eceti hours—he had been out Ininting on the Wednesday r„,j(1 ) ' 'lt is supposed he over exercised himself, which tol' o , his existence.—(Afthione Herald.) Yesterday morning, at the house of he r son-io-13°s4all Birch, Esq. of New Bond-street, Mr s . H ill, relict of "",tir Hill; Esq. in her 94th year, universally respected bi i ts knew her. of On the 29th ult. at PentOnville , Mr. - SLahrooliet Bank-of England, and late bf Aldermanhury - Er 'LONDON:. Printed by J. B. eilllSTAlltS, of No•till ' 0 1 Ormond-street, Quein-square; and published „-. o s SCRIRPS',. of- No. South Moltyn - street , at " 1 - oto 4 Office, No. 112, Strand ; where Adrettisemen tst - Letters, &c. (cost -paid) must be addressed. Q ,~ r. ♦~'J , - Nt rivn , :c . ( itoYAL- that I qu it )t t t e ß l : r b of j - 111 th eir "uh. • ° FFIC the t F(aluon, 'e sail( oui• . t. rtq' 11 1 'Atte] i d, irlr Ass 44(114,4, t..°f cr rr r "Atr; Lll , - !!LI th e N , (1 ii A N fr i , ut '! ~t r ~ '~•~i~~"~~rii x . 013 :4,i,„1„„(;s 4 y .k., av 4 .; " Frei i;t l 4Ge "rks Aa 'eritl (As 41, . Prig, Vel• 'k,,41'.1(11t ' tisl"ll‘ tp h tAl t 1, .0! 1 1/N. "i t* ll , . l i ' .„ t, I • 1 1: 114 'it 1 :* 6 1„ 4 ht! c-ri/te'l