The Sun. — London, England, 1820-01-17 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. TUE BT,F.SSINGS OF THE CONSTITUTION. (Continued front ou: Payer of ttie 13th inst.) Next to tl u blessing of nece , ntary for its exercise, and depending on COCO itinftilee, is the litCitrity If Life and Person. "13 not man's life more than meat ; and his body more than raiment ?" Ther• needs little argument to chew the value of this security. They who possess it, can suffi ciently tell us how precious they consider it. They who lost it in the convulsions of France, could they !ise from their crowded graves, might tell us how they suffered for its privatian. Through the successive tyrannies of 111raABEAtr, of MARAT, of DANTON, of ROBESPIERRE, of Bun. NAPARTE ; through that bloody Revolution, which over:%tteltned alike the rirt, I ntl the poor, they could instruct us in the terrible record. When the humble and the ambitious, the peaceable and the turbulent, the noble and the artizan, never slept without the peril of awakening at the exe cntiotter's call ; w-let! the compelled soldiery, after a series of dangers, and difficulties, and privations, were poisoned by their ungrateful Leader at Jaffa, or abandoned by him to a linger ink! (le a ! h at Moscow ; when these and a sand other such scenes are presented to our view, Must we not bless the Cow.titution which saved us from their multiplied misery ? Must we no! he still more warmly encouraged, and mole steadfastly resolved, to maint4in I. against every 'edve , sary ? The L.t.v p ole,:ts our lives and persons from all outrage, but that of iebelf;ou aid assessina tion—tvc are not , however, to confider the Law itppertect th;• . efole, or to impute this apparent defic , eocv try uny otbcr came than man's wicked ness. The Law forbids thew crinics, as it does every other ; and punishes their perpetration most heavily. Bat, if no single life or property can he safe against any one ruffian, desperate enough to defy the Law and to brave its punit.h ments, how much less can the general lives and properties of peaceable citizens be safe from a general conspiracy No particular Law is sutti-: cunt to prevent An insurrection against all Laws. Against the machinators of such mischief, the iiiti.t be rendered more stro►►g, And more severe. I firm not inclined to believe i hat strictest severi• y can inconvenience, much less oppress those quiet citizens vvho neither desire nor attempt its sultversio►►. Should such lieu/- ever, in some isolated it:srance, be the re , wll, it is our sacrifice for the safety of ►he State; and should stiusulat• our animosity against its dis turbers. Excepting then this general danger, for which proviiions nmst be tnar!..7 as it occurs, F.2r us en quire in•G ;Le security kvhich is afforded by the Conktitutiou. Against the violists of our equals in rank or superiors .---Ags:iist the arm of ;:ower. This part of our iiiihjeet deiervas particular observation. The pr.tection of the Law (glint. No Bro- NAPACTit r•ltt in Britain—happy Britain, did the but understand and vdi ie !Jur own blessings !-- tear fathers from their families, and sons from their parents, to shed their blood for his mad and selfish :ambition. No temporal tyranny can drag them to Initial wars, and sacrifice them to its lust of wealth or power. No ecclesiastical tyranny can chain them down by an Inquisition, or stifle their flee and peaceable intercourse with their neighbours. Every Britain can worship Gon and commune with man, even as he pleaies. And if any individual, presuming► either on his wealth or his stvion, should offend the humblest among his feliow-subjects, he would soon he taught to feel the Law's equality. The only distinction which it recognizes or creates, is this :—the infliction of a severer punishment, in proportion to the rank, and the property, and the better knowledge of the offender. So far, in deed, the Law might be considered unequal; as it e x tend s more vigilant protection to those who are the less able to protect themselves, and visits an heavier retribution on those who pervert their power. Every aecti,ed person is tried before bis etittals, and by Oleic decision. Neither his life nor his person can be put in tinestion by any otber means. From them, the voice of justice proceeds; if they declare hitt) innocent, no power can controvert their ;iiilgnimt, or inflict on him any ponishtuent: if they declare him guilty, the Sovereign alone earl temper the rigour of their decision, and ei ther nii!igaie or forego the sentence ut the LAW. The impartial justice, however, with which that sentence is enforced, may plainly be seen by refeletice to the very few cas,s wherein the higher ildiotes of society Have incurred its severity. We Ali recollect the execution of one Peer, Wilti had in a fit of passion murdered his servant ; the long imprisonmeut of another, wile had headed an in surgent mob ; of a third, yet living, who was fined and imprisoned fora riot in a Court of Jus tice ; of a fourth, who suffered the like punish ment fora libel on a private individual. A few other eases might be named ; and but a few.— Their paucity, however, is to be attributed to the infrequency of the offence, not to the impunity of the offenders ; since no one example occurs, through our recollection, of a criminal escaping justice by his wealth or his influence. Besides, it may well be calculated, that the habits of life and the correctness of his education have placed the opulent man above the inducements of that wrong, which, if he practises it, is sure to be pu nished with a severer example. Neither can authority of any kind assail the Hie or the person of a Briton. Could we suppose the sovereign capable of issuing un illegal older, its execution, so tar from being either obligatory upon us, or justifiable, or even excusable, would be an illegal act. Obedience to such an order would be an offence against the Law. The power of that Law must not be unjustly exercised. Nothing must be doue, that is not under it, and according to it, The Judge himself, who would pervett the Law, or misapply it, or ex tend it beyond its boundary, WOnld meet its pu lriie soldier, who is especially bound to support the Law, and, when legally called on, must maintain it against all men alike, no matter at what hazard of their persons or even their lives, must not act without their authority. Thus it is seen, that the Law alone is para mount, and that under it all men are equal. Like its diviue institutor, it is no respecter of persons. It protects all against all. It authorizes every right, and prohibits c%ery wrong. Shew me that other Country, wherein the Law is thus impartial ly equal. Were I to proceed no farther, enough has been said to teach any reasonable and understanding Englishman the •altie of his Constitution, and the necessity of his sindica , ing it , for the sake of ail that is dear to him. My next topic—the Security of Property—will offer additional argument for this great duty. nisl~ment. (To lie continued.) THEATRICAL REGISTER. Prrfortned on Saturday Night. TIALAIRZ ROYAL, DaURY-LANE.—Gallantry: Principal Chat 7scters lit Mr. ElListon, Mr. Mundcn, Mr. Dowton, Mrs. Edwin; Nits. W. West, and Miss Kelly. After which, Jack a the Resin Stalk. Twu.vrax Itoy.st,,CovErrr-GAttnEN.—Guy Mannerinz; Henry itcrtr - Aii, Mr. Nathan; Lucy Bertram, Miss Stephens, Mei; ,itilies, Mrs. Yates. After wbich, Harlequin and Dcti Quixote. TO COllll ESPONDENTS. A PUOTIVFANT, PosTIANA, and Tin: ItuM? OF TIM WHIGS, TO-1110 r row. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT rwluxr: n-cimelC. I per Cant. Red..... 6S+lrlp India Bends vet Cent. C0n5...67i (Ai h Exch. Bills, 2d. par is. dis. par per Cents. 3 Per Ct. Navy zknn.lo2i luj! M atLS. Amur/en.. 1 I'Vakerford, 1 France, 1 FlAnders, IV:I4;4 m A, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 IlollanJ., 1 Gottenhurgis, I 1,i41;;;;), 3 liawburglA. HIGH WA'I'ER AT LONDON BRIDGE T0.11011.110W. klni nine, It minutes_after 4. I Evetiitig, JO minutes atter 4. THE SUN. SOLE)! QUI' DICERZ YAI.SUM A V DEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, .I.IINUARY 17, 1820. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Thursday last. Those of Friday, which were due, have not arrived. There is no announcement whatever respecting the Chambers, except that the Committee of Petitions, of the first nomina tion of the Chamber of Di:l3'l6es, had prepared a Report, bu: it scented to be doubtful when the next public Sitting would-take place. The fol lowing are Extracts " PAurs, JAN. 13.—The King held a Council of .Ministers yesterday. The Ministers of the Interior and of Justice were unable to attend. His Majesty transacted business with the Minister of War. •. A report is in circulation, that the Chambers are to be prorogued till the month of June. " Colonel Grouchy, son of the Gruen,ll of that name, bas„ gi‘ en a formal contradiction to the statententa relating to his father, contained in the broelture attributed to Buonaparte, which has been seized. " Letters from Cayenne state, that a few days after the arrival in that colony of its Governor, M. Delatt,isat, a conspiracy was diseuvered, the object of which was to seize him, and send him beck to France. " It appeore there will at length he a Sitting of the Chatober of Dept'lry to-inurrow.—(Jcn:r. nu/ des Debuts.) " The next pubii" litring of the Cliantber of Deputies depend. upon the cletettninatioo of the Council uf Ministers; the day is not yet known. —(Gazette de France.) FIVE PER CENTS. Thursday ... 7l f. 90 •. DEFRRRED STOCK. Of the 24d March, 1817, .... 94 f. 410 e. 22d Sept. 1817, 92f. 40 c. 44d March, 1818, .90 f. 40 c. 42,1 Sept. 1818, BB f. 40c. 2:d Maroli,l819, . 49d Sept. 1819 84 f. 45c. " VZRNNA, JAN. I.—The Archduchess of Parma is reported to be dangerously ill. JAN. 2.—An absurd report has been circulated, that the Germanic Empire is to be re-esta blished, and the dignity conferred on the Empe ror of Anstria, who is to have, under the title of King of Germany, a coadjutor in the person of the King of Prussia. " FRANKFORT, JAN. B. — The Congress of Vienna is stated to have declared that the Con federation has neither any right nor power to revise existing Constitutions in any of the Ger man States. " A year is said to be the period fixed for the establishment of Provincial States in those terri tories where they do not now exist." The following account was received at Lloyd's this ►norning : " ANTIGUA, Noy. 30.—A report has been re ceived here from Dominica, that Rear-Admiral CAMPBELL died at sea, on or about the llth inst., and that the Salisbury, with his remains, reached Barbadoes on the following Saturday." EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM NEW YORK, DATED DEC. 10. " The confident opinion is, that the Govern ment of the United States will recognize the In dependence of South America, and that Mr. CLAY will take an early opportunity of bringing the subject before Congress. This opinion is in unison with the PREISIDENT'S Speech, in which he re cognizes the success of the Patriots in Chili, Vene zuela, &c. According to recent advices from South America, the Merchants of Lima had begun to abandon that Capital, from an apprehension of he immediate invasion of the Country by the Army of Chili, acting in concert with the Fleet of Lord COC.HRANB." There is an awkward attempt this day in The Horning Chronicle on the part of the Paper itself, and on that of its Correspondent, A German, to ex cuse, or at least to palliate, the support which they have given to the cause of asiassination is, the in stance of SANDT, the murderer of KOTZEBUE.— For our part, we hold that crime in the utmost detestation, as repugnant to all Laws, Divine and Human. We heartily wish that oppressors of the People in all Countries, may endure the punish ment which they may deserve, whether of dismis sion, disgrace, or death, yet such punishments should not depend on the revenge or the judgment of en individual, but should be inflicted by the awful visitation of the established Laws. But though The Chronicler and the German seem anxious to vindicate themselves from the suspicion of approving of the assassination of human beings, they without scruple are ready to assassinate the characters of their opponents. What deadly wounds have they attempted i to inflict on the reputation of Lord CASTLEREAGH, ‘Mr. CANNING, and indeed all the Administration, with the exception of Lord LIVERPOOL, who, by the even iener of his private life, and the temper and yet firmness of hi. public conduct, has hitherto escaped the venom of his political opponents. We know not hosv to me count for this exemption, which the Noble Lord, has experienced, except by supposing that they have found a full scope for their ntAiignity in the other Members of Government, but that when they have exhausted their vengeance against the rest of the Ministers, they will turn towards his Lordship. and honour him also with a portion of thcir acri monious defamation. The Proprietor of The British Monitor cam plains yesterday that a new Sunday Paper, sup posed to have been instituted by Government, has been lately substituted for his Journal. He, however, absolves the Proprietors of the new PHper from any concern in this tievicable ma ,naeuvre. We also absolve the News-venders from all participation in such paltry artifices, which have been frequently practised on our Paper. The only remedy is to trace the Culprit if possible, and to expose him to the justice of the Law. Letters from St. Petershurgh, dated the 16th tilt. state, that a deputation trom Monnw, con sisting of the Burgomaster, and a few of the leading mrichauts and manufacturers, had ar rived at St. Petersburg!), who ►rare the bear ers of a remonstrance to the Russian Government against that part of the new 'Tariff which petmits the introduction from foreign couutries of sainted cotfms mud ceikoes. Veiterday Roaztvsox, the King's Dres•en. ger, nit;vvil at the Secietary of Stwe's Office or Furcigli Ataits, with diwatches !rum St. l'ettrs burgh. Oil Friday Mr. KRouse, employed by Lou! STZ:WAIrro arrived is Dwvvning•wect, with (lit pAtt hce. FOR THE SUN. M. Enrrou—The OLD BARRISTER may rely on my attention to the attempts of PoraßY. I shall very shortly notice the pretty pastoral of the pretended Arelibiihop in Ireland, and his insolent abuse of the Protestant Religion. TEN A X. FOR TH E'S UN. MR. EDITOR—Some difficulty seems to exist as to the sufficient provision of places of refuge for the Destitute. I beg to suggest a Plan, by which this deficiency may be remedied. Let a quantity of thick and stout Boards be either purchased or hired, with which temporary Buildings may-be erected, and flowed, and covered in. There are abundant places for th:.ir erection: Lincoln's Inn Quadrangle, for instance, and other such open spots %hid) may be found in the out skirts of the Metropolis. HINT. SHIP NEWS. DaM., JAN. I6.—Came down from the River the Asia, Balderston, fur Calcutta ; she has this day proceeded on ber voyage. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I6.—Passed down Channel yasterday the Castle Unruly, Drummond, and Attell, Gressel!. (East Indiamen), from the Downs. Sailed to-day the Triumph, Stull, for London., and a large fleet of light colliers. FALMOUTH, JAN. I4.—Arrived the Martha, Ellis, from Waterford(or London, and Friends, Leigh, from ditto for Plymouth. Sailed the Stray combe, 'Williams, for Bristol. The itsdburn, from St. Petershurgh for Li verpool, was cast on shore near Lochmaddy, North Uist ; the crew and part of the cargo saved, but the vessel is not expected to be got off. THE NAVY. The Official List of the Royal Navy, corrected up to the commencement of the present year, enu merates the following Officers : Admiral of the Fleet {Red Admirals of the White Blue 1-ted Vice Admirals of the {Wi,ite Blae Red Rear Admirals of the{White Blue t 1 -I employed Tl--1 ells Moved 121 employeAt 15 R 4---4 employed C ID I! lOyed 24-4 employed 1-1 employed 81 t 29 Commodore - Supertithuated Rear Admirals Retired Captains Captains Commanders - Superannuated Lieutenants - Lieutenants, Pour KI) ight s of Windsor Lieutenants Superannuated Masters 111 asters for Service Physicians - - Retired Surgeons Surgeons fur Service Assistant Surgeons - Dispensers of Hospitals Ilospital !Slates - Pursers - E 149-1 I 4 employes( Chaplains 21 employed Snips of various descriptions in Corn-} 137 mission 885-- 55 employed 760 51 einplu}ed 98 . 3858-597 employed - 48 - 606-133 enl ployed - 15 - - 896-106 employed -348-15 i employed - 17 THI DUKE OF GLOUCRgTEtt'S BIRTH-DAY.-- Saturday being the Duke of GLoucssTaa's Birth day, a number of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. call ecl at Gloucester-house, to pay their congratula tory respects, and left their names. The Duke and Duchess had a cparty upon the occasion, at their house in Bagshot Park. In the evening, the Royal Duke'szTradesmen in London illumi nated their houses, Yesterday Prince limp°Lo had a party a. Clartmotit. The Loan MAYOR has given positive orders to the respective officers to see that every vaidtot inhabitant has the foot-path and pavement before his house cleansed, swept, and scraped, by teo o'clock each morning; and, in all cases of failure, to summon the parties before hint. It is really distressing to hear of the many accidents that daily occur from the want of that Precaution.--- On Friday, a man with five barrels of oysters fell down in St. Paul's Church-yard, arid dislo , - cated his wrist ; anotlaer, in the Minorics, frac-. tured his heed ; a third, a shoemaker, at the cor ner of Dean-street, Soho, broke his leg, and was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital. The severity of the weather has been so great a 9 to render communication with the shipping at Deptford, Woolwich, and the other parts of the river, impossible. At several places provilioas have, with the utmost difficulty, been dragged ea board the ships ; and at Dypifoid booths have been put up on thl ice, arid a sort of lair menced. At Woolwich, on Wednesday, the ice in several places was nearly live feet in ihick t iess. Above bridge the effects are equally severe, and off Lambeth there is a piece of ice inure than 1:1 feet in thickness. On the iSit inst. Mr. C. GRANT, die Secrcterl (or Ireland, arrived at Iron - ) Lcntdon. Oo the the Loiw LIELTTRNANT, with Lad/ "ri.f..P.(3l', his Lordship's hour eldtst sonff lirld Lord A. sailed ifl the Uniiitt pa.. et hof tiolytiend. Sir CIiARLII STEWART, the Ko k ;list) Anthas , a dor at Faris , giive a rand entertainment !Alf Tuesday evening. Scveral of his Majesty's i',:i nisters and the Arnba.”atiols of Foreign Pe n..tre present. \VC al P itifortitPd tiptt Air. VA NSITT CAT, Cilll ce!lor of the Exc!,equer, has fewltted MAxwell, yolittgrt, of 1 1 (111ok, 1 Retotewshirr, x donation of tit , y nid (it th e fond for t!te. tv/iet of City :ffil;gelit (iv" ( 1 ratire ll! , 111.1.11tIt.I.ltl rb ut [lid( Cutiv..f y (G/ G v,,,0; COUrier