The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-29 00:00:00

THE KING. &QM THE DUBLIN PATRIOT OF SATURDAY, AUG. 25.) MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY HOUSE. SPLENDID FETE-CHAMPETRE. Preparations on the most splendid and exten sive scale were made by the Society, to receive oar Most Gracious SOVEREIGN, on the occasion of his visit to this Establishment yesterday. The lawn facing Merrion-square was adorned by a noble marquee for the reception of the Royal (.-luest ; it was fitted up with great taste, and was admirably contrived, at once to exclude the op pressive heat of the sun, and admit the requisite circalatiou of air. Within the tent was a table nobly decorated under a siwarlet canopy, for the immediate use of the "King and his suite ; on the right hand and left, two very beautiful devices, one representing the Temple of Peace, the other the 'lemple of -Fame, surmounted with . R. IV. and the British Arms, &c. There were about fifty tents placed in a semi-cir . ea:ea form, and in double rows around ; they asere sufficiently open to render theta delightful retreats ; at - the, extremity of each range was paced an appropriate standard. Three harpers, robed in the antique garb of Minstrels, were stationed close to the Sovereign's tent, and a iittle to the left a platform, 58 feet by 22, was erected for dancers ; this stage was adorned with a deep border of laurel. For several hours be . fore noon, an immense number of persons, of the tsst elegance and fashion, flocked to this earthly paradise, all in full dress, and decorated with a blue ribbon, bearing the impression of the " Royal Dublin Society," in gold letters. In consequence of the admirable arrangements of the Society, and the active attention of Major Sirr, no difficulty whatever was experienced in obtaining admission, and accommodation when within the walls of the Society House, Ssc.— sa.t half past twelve, joyous acclamations from without announced the approach of our re vered Sovereign, who was received with military honours on his entrance into the Court-yard. The Members of the Royal Society, to the num ber of nearly . 150, forming a line on his Majesty's rissht; all conspicuously decorated with the insignia of Welcome ;" and on the steps of the grand entrance, the King was received by his Excel lency the Lord Lieutenant and suite, Sir Matthew Tierney, and a number of distinguished Person ages, and by the select Committee of the Society, la full Court dresses, who were deputed to usher his Majesty into the Vice President's and Secre taries building, tent, &c. Nearest the Royal carriage, as his Majesty descended from it, were Lord Oriel, Lord Meath, Lord Frankfort, Sir IL Shaw, John Leslie Foster, Esq. ; Edward Tier ney, Esq.; th e Right lion. G. 'Knox, Mr. Ser jeant Joy, and Mr. Boyd.—On the steps, and in the hall, were the Earl of Doneughmore, Lord Kilmaine, the Hon. and Rev. John Pomeroy, Sir George Shoe, Bart., Sir William Stanniisr, Bart., ff. : H. Grady C. S. Howthorne, John Bu rne , Hardy, R. B. Bryan, W. D. Latooche, J. Smith, and Walter Glascoak, Esqrs. Major Sirr, &c. The Royal Standard was raised in the lawn, and the hand of the 43d, stationed in the court, played " God save the King," which was enthusiastically cheered from within and without. His Majesty ascended the steps, attended by the Dake of Montrose, the Marquess Graham, Sir B. Bloom keld, and other Members of the Royal House hold. The King inspected with great attention the various apartments of the noble building-- the beautiful library, the elegant model-room and museum. His Majesty was particularly struck with the admirable arrangements visible through out, and condescended to pay particular atten tion to the Esquimaux hut, and all its ap propriate material. After expressing his ad miration of all he saw, and having put se veral questions to the Committee in a most gra cious and familiar manner, the replies to which, as they pointed out the growing advantages to Ireland, which resulted from the labours of the Society, peculiarly excited his Majesty's approbation, the King descended to the lawn, where a scene of matchless splendour awaited his approach. The staircase, and the ap proach to the Royal tent, were completely lined with fashionables, and as his Majesty descended, he appeared peculiarly delighted with the blaze of female beauty and elegance that encircled him—all affectionately respectful, and each emulating the other in the demon slration of reverence and satisfaction. The King bowed in his own peculiarly fascinating manner, and the easy playfulness of his smile indicated the utmost happiness at his reception. Two bands in attendance played the well known and port ' far air; and loud and sincere acclamations rent the air.—The spectators from the square were elec trified by the enthusiasm of the scene, and by savaponsive shouts testified their joyous feel ,inaas.----Cur happy Monarch, for indeed he looked perfectly happy, walked round his tent, and smiled as he contemplated it : he then advanced down the lawn, a passage having been formed for that purpose through the gay Ahrong. His Majesty recognized several in his progress, and most affably saluted the Com mander of the Forces with " Ilow do you do, Baird ;" he likewise noticed and shook hands with others. One Lady fell on her knees.and seized his Majesty's arm, who, with a playful smile, raised her up and bowed most gallantly. The King then returned to the tent, where he fa miliarly conversed with Lord and Lady Manners, and others, and, proceeding to his carriage, depart ed. His Majesty shortly afterwards left town for Slane, the seat of the Marquis of Conyngharn.— The scene was truly a fairy one : the lawn pre sented a very picturesque and varied coup fl'a'il, embracing at a glance, gay uniforms, court and fancy dresses, canonicals, and an infinite variety of splendid dresses, mostly of Irish manufacture. The day was peculiarly fine, although rather warmer than was experienced for some time, and the whole passed off in perfect harmony, and with out the slightest accident, although the avenues to the Society House were exceedingly crowded. FOR THE SUN. success against fairs set up in the Country for Teal business, what call be said in favour of those which, so far from encouraging, are the very means of preventing it in the lower orders ; and throw thernout of their ordinary employ to revel in wnntnnvitacc nf iltink;tta nnrl ( la n ci ng till they can dance and d rin k no more; anti in the midst of the metropolis (itself a fair) and all around it, only to encourage suttlers and tavern-keepers, or what Is far worse, pick-pockets, conjurors and other 5%% hullers ; and all that gang of impostors, who infest these places of resort, to fatten upon the leanness and wretchedness of their many dupes, who still go on from year to year corrupted and corrupting in their turn :—a great scandal and common pest and nuisance to all the decent and respectable part of the popu lous neighbourhood. It is only wonderful how such a nuisance should be even tolerated so long, particularly in an age of so much zeal for the suppression of vice. Would it not he wise in the Legislature to interfere and prohibit any such Fairs for at least ten miles round London, if not further, that there may be no longer so many as eighty days occupied every year, by a tribe of vagabonds,. going from one fair to another, and scattering the pesti'ence of their evil cormnuni cations wherever they can pitch their tent ? I am, Mr. Editor, Your obedient Se -Sant, A CONSTANT READER. ..• We heartily concur with our intelligent Correspondent in considering FAIRS as the source of profligacy and of every species of vice ; they extend their baneful influence through the remainder of the year in which they take place, and, per haps, through the lives of many who might otherwise have been useful members of society. Our Correspondent has clearly shown their use in former periods, as well as the reasons which render them not only no longer necessary at present, but posi tively injurious to society. They injure the industrious trades men ; and the commodities provided for them are always in ferior in quality to what the purchaser can obtain of those who have a fixed residence and a reputation to maintain, as well, perhaps, as large families to support. PR/CE OF STOCX3 Tuts DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. 76& 76 Bank Long Ann. 19 9-16th L 3 per Cent. Cons. 7 5 :14 Imp 3 per Cents. 75i :', per Cent C64 India B'onds s9s. 4 per Cent 962i Excheq. Bills 3 4 pr. 51per Cent. Navy Ann.loB 3 , 109 - Cons. for October 76 75;1 lIIGIUNVATE R AT LONDOI' 31arning, 35 minutes after 3. 1 r' BRIDGE TO-MORROW Evening, 48 minutes aftef 3. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEATY LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1821. We received this morning the Paris Journals of Sunday, which are nearly quite barren of in telligence respecting the important question now depending between Turkey and Russia. An article from Nuremberg says, that though war is not wished for at Vienna, yet every person thinks it inevitable, on account of the measures adopted by the Austrian Government. The troops continue to march into Transylvania and FAIRS. MR. Etwrost—As Fairs are now spreading their ravages throughout the country,and up to the metropolis, it may not be unseasonable, as soon as you have the space, to collect some few opi nions as to their utility. Many of them profess to be founded on charters ; and when they were Fairs of real business, and at the period of their first foundation, such charters might be wise. Fairs might be absolutely necessary to commerce when it laboured under the restraints of igno rance, or the terrors of robbers ; or when, from long continued wars, mutual confidence was lost, they might then be a general mart for the na tions of Europe, for the provinces of the same empire, and even for the villages of the same county, to exchange their several commodities and relieve one another's necessities, under the shelter of that temporary asylum which the pe culiar interest of the moment allowed to the place appointed for their establishments. But now they are no longer useful, even to the pur poses of commerce, the regulations which fix a certain place and time for meeting, and other re straints which, if not necessary, are at least made so by those who superintend them, and who are the hest judges of that necessity, though some times they may use them only as a pretext, are so many infringements upon civil liberty ; the very essence of which is, to be under no other restraints than such as tend to promote the gene ral freedom. Now, at least in this country, there can be no seeh necessity, as Riders are commonly sent about the country, as a much more easy me dium of intercourse with the buyer and seller; and the roads are so excellent and the vehicles so rapid, that the most distant inhabitant seems, on a comparison with former times, a next door neigh bour. Besides there is something in Commerce, like the C ons tit ut i on o f which e boast, that abhors all unnecessary restraint ; and it is sure to suffer when it is forced out of its natural current by arbitrary laws, whether they proceed from the individual or from Government. It is not in the power of the most enlightened Government or the ablest merchant, to fix the time, or the place, or any other circumstance in the order of commerce, so well to promote the common good, as the merchants or the consumers at large, who will in most instances be able to arrange their own affairs, and accommodate the wants of their mutual relations far better than all that the wis dom of the wisest statesmen, or the, paramount ability of the most intelligent merchant, can by himself contrive. such was the sentiment of the wisest politicians of the old school in France, when wisdom was more the order of the day ; and we are reminded of the times of COLBERT, who followed the advice of the merchants when he asked what he could do for them :—" For GOD'S sake, let us alone." But if these and many other such arguments can be offered wit we sacrifice mea with whose services we cannot dispense, who are useful to us, and who cannot jure us ?" The Oriental Spectator then ob3erves, that " the Greeks of Europe and in the Archipelago have. revolted : naturally they must suffer the consequences of their rebellion. They have re lied on their numbers, but the Greeks of Asia cannot form this consideration, for there the inverse is the case. Every where on the coast, as well as in the interior of the country, where they are blended with the Mussulman popuiatto., rp only the. proportion or one to ten. 'Consequently it is impossible to rebel with any prospect of success. The inhabitants of .Aivali dared to put this truth to the test, and Aivali is no more. According to all accounts from Asia, the ex ample of this unhappy town will be the only one of this kind that will be given in this country." The article then describes the ruined and desolate condition of the interior of the Greek provinces, owing to the present disturbed state of affairs, and says, that many parts which were lately deemed the granaries of the Turks art now wholly uncultivated ; and that in several villages which were formerly very flourish. ing, the silence of death now prevails. The Continental Greeks, it proceeds to state, are attached to the place of their birth, and rarely quit their habitations ; while the In sular Greeks in general leave their native isles, where they are half starved, and repair to Con stantinople, Smyrna, Salonica, and other large towns, to subsist on the fruits of their industry. None of these Greek islands can exist without the Continent, and they cannot with impunity carry on hostilities against Turkey. The 61%,ec tater afterwards adds, that these islanders are already divided among themselves, that they consider themselves as an independent State, and have acted as such iu visiting the ships of Eu ropean Powers : and concludes by asking, " much longer is this state of things to last ? A is fermentation : all is anarchy in the countries close to the Archipelago. Solemn treaties, and mutually advantageous, bind the first powers of Europe to the Ottoman Empire. The present state of things is evidently contrary to their in terests, as regards the Levant Trade, and will not -- the evil, if it is prolonged, become incurable 1" In another article of the Oriental Spectator, inserted in the Austrian Observer, it appears that the Governor of Smyrna has been arrested by an order of the Sultan, and sent to Constantin ople. In the Isle of Samos, the Greeks are pre paring to give the Turks a warm resistance, if they should attempt to put into execution their threatened descent on that island. Saturday last being the Feast of St. Lours, the King of FRANCE received the congratulations of all the Royal Family, and the Princes and Princesses of the Blood Royal. The Ministers, the Dignitaries, and the great Officers of the State, the Foreign Ambassadors, &c. &c. after- 'the Eannat ; and it Is conjectured that, if hostilities should break out between Russia and the Porte ) the Cabinet of Vienna will furnish the former power with an auxiliary force of 40,000 men, under the command of the Baron de FRIMONT, who has been ordered from Naples for this purpose. On the other hand, an article inserted in the Austrian Observer of the 15th of August, which is regarded as the organ of the Austrian Government, gives us reason to suppose that the intentions of the Cabinet of Vienna are pacific; and that the Greeks will be abandoned to their fate. The article we allude to is copied from the Oriental Spectator, a Jour nal published at Smyrna, and is dated the Bth of July. It states that the Greeks who had taken refuge on board the ships in the Harbour of Smyrna, were induced to return to their homes, in consequence of the so lemn promises of the Turks, that they should not be molested ; and that the few assassinations which have since taken place, must he imputed to private revenge or fanaticism, and not to the Janissaries as a body, who, have on the contrary, exerted themselves in every possible way, to main tain good order. Here The Spectator, while it ad mits that the spirit of hatred and resentment against the Greeks is not extinguished, regrets that the latter are not sufficiently circumspect in their be haviour towards the Mussulmans, who, for the most part, are disposed to treat them with lenity; and it then says, that " it is only the lowest rabble who have shewn themselves implacable, but fortunately they are not numerous ; and that the majority of the population desire nothing so much as the restoration and continuance of public tranquillity. We have heard them say, ' What interest have we in extirpating the race of Greeks ? The future terrifies us.— What hands would knead our bread, build our houses, and cultivate our fields ? Why should wards paid their respects and congratulations on the occasion to his MAJESTY: The Duke of WELLINGTON also waited on the KING. [Prom the lientueCy Gazette, July 20.1 About eight waggon loads of speck were ship; ped, a few days ago, to the East Indies, in one vessel. How many loads have gone to the same country this season cannot be stated, but a mo derate calculation would settle it at not much short of one hundred. ,Our gold is stealing off without notice ;_the mint is continually coining, but very little circulates ; and the reason as signed is, it goes to England, France, &c. Bills of Exchange on London pay 10 per cent.: it is cheaper to send silver and gold than to pay the difference. ST. AUGUSTINE.-Captain APPLEBY, of the schooner Fame, arrived from East Florida, states, that when he lay off the Bar of St. Au gustine, on 'Wednesday, the 1I th of July, the Spanish troops were then embarking on board of. about ten American vessels, which had bee chartered to take them to the Havannaa. We have subjoined the contents of the Ham burgh Mail, received this day :- 2.• RkNXFORT, AUG. IS. - -Professor Krug's Proclamation has produced a great effect in this neighbourhood. In the first few days after its publication, 100 young men of good families ap plied to Captain Dulberg in Aschaffenburg. It is said that a Prince of one of the most distin guished Sovereign houses in Germany, who ac oired great military reputation in the late wars, takes particular interest in the cause. It is even added, that he has contributed 50,000 florins to wards the equipment of the young volunteers, and that there is reason to hope that he will take an active part in the expedition. That the pro moters of the business are in earnest appears from the circumstance that large purchases of cloth for uniforms have already been made. The uni form is blue, with a Red Cross on the breast. " The genaral report that his Majesty the King of England will visit the Continent towards the end of September, continues to be more and more confirmed. It is now said that his Majesty will not sojourn here, but at Wilhelmsbad, near Hanau, where he will see his august Sisters. " The wonder-working Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe seems to have lost his credit in these parts, but is - much followed in the country on the Rhine. At the end of the week large parties of 15 or A O persons coming from Llic.o parts pass'ed through this place, in order to apply to trim for relief from bodily sufferings. In the Gazette of Warzburg, many certificates are in. erted, designed to prove the reality of the mira. culous cures of the Prince. " The proclamation of Professor Krug at Leipsie- has induced Professor Wenck of the same University to publish one in answer to it. He deprecates in strong terms the idea of send ing young men from the Universities to fight in a b:dy, for any cause but that of their country. In a war like that carried on by the Greeks, such a corps, wholly composed of inexperienced young men, can be of little service compared with the immense sacrifice which would be made in the destruction of the flower and the hope of their own country. Unless some foreign power, able and willing to send great armies into the field, will assist the Greeks, little is to be expected from the efforts of the latter, but years of mas sacre : and if a regular army is sent in aid of the Greeks, the addition of a few hundred undisci plined youths can produce no advantage compar able to the risk. If there are persons willing to con tribute to the support of the Greeks, let them r if it be in their power, afford pecuniary assistance ; if there arc any officers, who have acquired honour and experience in former wars, and feel disposed to return to that active life to which they have been accustomed, those are the proper persons to go to Greece, where they may be of eminent Service by their talents ; but our youths are the prosperity of their country, and it is impolitic, unpatriotic, and cruel to expose them in a mass, except on the most pressing emergency, and in their country's cause. " I,meste, AUG. 16.—0 n tho Bth of August the Proclamation in favour of the Greeks, pub lished by Professor Krug,was confiscated,and pro ceedings instituted on account of it, both against the Author and the Printer, M. Bookhaus, the Bookseller. " SMYRN I, JULY 17.—(Front a Merchant's Letter.)—lt is likely that the Greek nation will be long before it recovers from its unfortunate military enterprise. All the Psuriots who had open ships here have gone to their island, and the chief Greek Merchants have either conceal ed themselves or fled to Zante and Trieste. " The Turkish populace, who are armed, rage against the Greeks, and not a day passes but some of the latter are murdered in the streets, gardens, and remote houses. The Europeans and their property are constantly respected, and we have had to suffer only from the misfortunes of others. As the Greek troops in Wallachia and Moldavia are beaten and dispersed, we ex pect that Morca and the islands of the Archipe lago NI ill soon return to obedience. " The llydriots, Psuriots, &c. have armed about 150 ships which have taken considerable prizes from the Turks, and murdered the crews; hence the reprisals that have been increased here. The Turkish fleet has sailed, and we expect with impatience the result of its operations. We have two Engiish and six French ships of war in our port, which protect our persons and property; The scarcity of money is very general and alarming. " HAIIIIIURG, AUG. A3.--Alderman Wodd is ar; rived by the packet boat from Harwich, and 1 4 gone from Hamburg to Brunswick, where the solemn entry of the body of the Queen of Ecg-' land will take place on Saturday. CC CHRISTIANIA, AUG. 14.—His Majesty has - addressed a M?ssage to the Storthing, with a p 7 - 0- posal that he shall be authorised to confer the titles of Nobles, Barons; or Counts on Meritorl' olls citizens. The titles to be hereditary. "-- (Hamburg Papers ; Aug. 244 This being settling day at the Stock Exchange, all were busily employed in settling their ac counts; and up to this hour, 12 o'clock, we db not hear of any defaulters ; the Funds remaill , steady—Cons o l s are 75,-1 and money is rathet scarce. Whatever may have been the motives or inters' Lions of Mr. Sheriff WA ITH'MAN, in addressing $ letter to Lord BATltunsT, respecting the affray at Knightsbridge Barracks, there can be but el' e opinion as to the gross impropriety and injustic e of publishing such a letter, by sending it round to all the Morning Papers, pending the legal ie` vestigation of those circumbtances, which th e Sheriff thus takes upon himself to prejudg e ' Such a step would have been very improper i° any private individual. On the part of a l'ul' l `` Functionary, whose office gives him oppor t°- nities, in the selection of Juries, which might b° exercised in a manner prejudicial to the intere3t° of justice, we scruple not to say that it is lag!" disgraceful. had the letter to Lord BATltunst proceeded from a Sheriff known to have no P e culiar bias in favour of or against the militarY; > had it bee n wr it ten w i t h all the caution a n d temper which the serious importance of its 59k. ject demanded,---had it detailed nothing but what the Sheriff actually saw, and was prepared with other unquestionable evidence to supportc. had it b een di spass i onately and coolly writte--1 without favour or affection, or malice, or coloor"Z of any kind,—had it cont a i ne d no assertions ad' vanced on hear sa y, or on mere opinion, such as".ltl, informed" so an d so, — or so and so " miejht ha %B been foreseen,"—" 1 - .Teelass ure d" o f one things another thing 44 seemed inevitabk"—and subordination to Civil Authority the soldiers or peared to be wholly uncons:Aous," &c. ' o f the Sheriff's letter had proceeded from a mar known impartiality --if it had been drawn uPan h rat at unobjectionall e manner.—stated only he at and .fi - nctv,----and been f ree f rom all rks of eager anx i ety to prejudice one side o f tb question, —still its publication would - have Ni j ` , highly reprehensib/e.—B u t, what is to be tho u s . a then, of the publication of such a letter b 5:„. Sheriff kn own to he openly and avowedly a ct i a o as an 44 advocate," before a judicial tribunal, o n e criminal c h arge, af f ecting the lives of some ; the the very soldi ers i mp li cated in his letter, --al . ns t letter of a Sh er iff act i ng as an advocate, rtga the military, and exerting all his powers to c c ur r, vict them of a murder, perpetrated un der 44,3 7 c l u ez n c is c t ri an a lco l n;e h e a t te d is IV: o th be the tho v u er;" t tr o a r ti , s s a u c ;; l : in which he accuses them of having committed 3 letter, when it commences with the dire" ü biik.- gation th a t " a v i olent outrage o f t h e I' peace had been committed Ity the I.fe" ` t e e ctil' and yet aft erwar d s a d m i ts that " the people gathered r oun d t h e spot, and expre ssed th ei ll hole displeasure" agai n st th e m ili tary ; that t ex, " a tumult seeme d inevitable.," the were postulation s " o f t h e Sheriff " w i t h the to soi re diers suc cee d e d i n prevailing upon t h e m his tire and close th e ga t es ; "—a n d that, ul,onot 44 some ti m e a ft er returning to the sa me and seeing a number of soldiers running from 016 wicket gate, and pu rsu i ng th e pen ale on causeway, " he found th a t an affs - rty hat adultova. commenced,,,_thus at one and the soar t he directly charging the soldiers with being that authors of the affray, and allowing,—first,-'o;ralt though f rom t h e i nsults of the pear & a rro seemed inevitable, 'yet the soldiers peace" ' t hat tired and closed their gates; and. secondlPcoru he himself (the Sheriff) did not witness th e or e mencement of that subs.equent [graf i !, the c hat.cc of which,, he presumes, neverthele,;s, stieri; up 0 7 the soldier?! ! How dyes O r : a `‘ 3 s s c v sai t n n b t el it a ) rbo l 04. 1 : v 1,saci o tfrrir t i l y i sit ' sto t .( t a, 1 : 11 0 ; eces 7 ii.c.;f 0 :13 1 ., the Barracks ? Whereylo‘urit!tysg st r 1 13. , 3, to o L cg L 0 1 I ta known, wht' is it credible nor ever y fact which u ht gaeh—taW l is she not 1 11 laia?ot by g t vodesaey theirht s pare ne" n d ther e zeal, by tar .)r) but to pervert facts w - hich are in t in ao9 . 4 it your, so as to bolster up a case -dice and by any means, to their prPi u- , - ; ", tat credible, we ask, that those P er i s D i a - ve se 0 ., girl had been really so wounded, won Pr , b e a stone unturned till they had four)" may duced her ? Perhaps, however, so llle , found now. The Sheriff's letter is ad i s . L e " calculated to give the cue to the radtc . a an t hat t i o l that he i t i l e te i n l i as s% h ve e a a r rd to an a d ll h t a h s at n h oet has hea s tated has seen and has not seen—t° he 1 5 " lieves and disbelieves—to all that e te , and contends for ;—and in a little time the a" from to may with impunity march up carbine s wrest their swords and their car., first OnS their hands, and employ their weaP • t thelf fee against them, and afterwards against , vag low-citizens.—Why, even if a bric .ir h - Azot , thrown from the Barracks, does Mr. " o oprot MAN take no notice of the hisses ; the °p pro he be: