The Sun. — London, England, 1821-11-23 00:00:00

FOR. THE SUN. Enrron,—There has seldom been a case of apparent inhumanity more calculated to excite \public compasiion than that brought forward by :qr. PEARSON yesterday in the Court of King's Bench, if the facts stated by that Gentleman are foUnded in truth. The two females, however, . , mast be unprovided with means to resort to the law for iustice, and therefore it is highly honour able to Mr. Peattsom that he has undertaken their cause. From the known firnmess,and per v'everance of that Gentlernan; 4 it is to be hoped that he will not suffer his clients to assent to 2.ny compromise which May bl proposed by the parties to whom the acts of inhumanity are imputed, but that, if they are really proved to be guilty, They may be stigmatized by the contempt of all mankind. It appears that the subject has been a - topic of general conversation in the county of Stafford, where the transactions occurred; and the names of the parties must, of course, be generally known in that quarter.H Why they should not have been mentioned in the Court -it is difficult to say. In your Paper the• females thus stated to have been insulted and injured are Mrs. SCARRY and Miss EvAws, and, in other Journals, they are called Mrs. CARY and Miss 1.:LT.1F.; but, whatever may be their names, they at present appear to be objects of public benevolence, and, therefore, I. sincerely hope that some friends of justice and humanity will open a subscription to enable them to sup port the expence that must unavoidably attend the prosecution of their suits and also for their decent subsistence till the matter is legally decided. The friendship which Miss EVANS, or Ews, has sbewn to her unfortunate companion, in sharing her alleged hardships and sufferings, is a proof' of goodness of heart that cannot but render her an object of general esteem, if the pacts stated are authentic. To Mr. PEIRSON the public will look with confidence that nothing shall take place to impede the course of justice. Again let me urge the propriety of a public subscription in be half of these females, as it is impossible to sup pose that a gentleman, so discerning - , so expe rienced, ,and so intrepid an advocate for truth and justice as Mr. PEARSON, would have brought the matter into Court unless he was himself con vinced that the unfortunate women were entitled FOR THE SUN. HOLY ALLIANCE-LETTER 111. MR. EDIT aa—The peinciples upon - which the Holy Alliance are founded are very warmly approved by those persons who consider it as %harrier, which the Sovereigns of Europe have op posed to the overwhelming torrent of anti-social doctrines, which seemed to threaten every maneicily with inevitable des truction. As x mere political measure, it may be therefore considered as wholly unobjectionable. But is it founded on justice and on equity ? and does it not threaten thatindepend ence, which every patriotic mind must cherish, and every high end noble-minded nation must support ? In its nature it is cer tainly both a novelty and 'an anomaly in the annals of politics. In its purpose it seems no less certainly an indirect charge of dis loyalty, brought by each of the Sovereigns against their re spective subjects. It seems a tacit iicknowledgment that there exists at present against them alpirit of opposition, and a gene ! rat dissatisfaction which threatens their authority, and which it requires their joint efforts to subdue. In this respect, it may be, therefore, considered as a political blister, which may do somegood, but which, in the mean time, produces a consider able nervous irritation in the patient, and an earnest wish, on his part, to gee„ speedily rid of the troublesome remedy. It has this peculiarity, that it has no other object in view but the im mediate advantage of the Sovereign. The only benefit the people would be likely to derive from it is perhaps the enjoy ment of internal and domestic tranquillity. This is, no doubt, a considerable advantage ; but is it net more than counterba lanced by the state of abject subjection to which it must neces wally reduce them ? The only curb a nation possessed over the actions of. Its Sovereign was the faculty of expressing its disapprobation of his conduct ; and the dread of a rebellion, which might deprive him of his authority and of his crown, kept the Sovereign within the bounds of justice and of modera tion. This remedy, like many of those employed in curing our diseases, was, no doubt, violent in its nature, and dangerous in the application ; but it tnay still be asserted that its opeiation proved beneficial to the social body. It preserved, in some thing like an equilibrium, the balance between the Sovereign and his subjects, which must otherwise preponderate wholly towards the former, and thus hourly endanger the legal liberty of the latter. The Kings of our days seem aware of this fact, and having seen their Thrones shaken by this vio lent explosion of popular feeling, they have sought their own personal security in a close union with one another, and they have given to this novel association the imposing name of Holy Alliance. This singular compact has not, however, been ranch connte nanced in this Country, because its very principles are contrary to the rights and privileges of British Subjects. But have not all men, in every nation whatever, some rights and privileges, against which this Alliance must necessarily militate ? If we are, therefore, disposed to disapprove this institution, as far as it might concern ourselves, how can it possibly, with any degree of justice, meet with our approbation, when it is applied to others ? A principle is either good and just, in itself, or it is bad and unjust. If it be essentially good and proper, it must necessarily be so under every possible circumstance, and if it be bad and improper, no difference in time or place can make any alteration he its nature. Now the efforts of Nations, in ancient as well as in modern times, either to maintain their Constitutional rights, or to recover theirindependence,have ever been considered as meritorious, deserving the admiration of posterity, and the praises of every liberal and patriotic mind.— We hail the sacred flame of patriotism, whether it glimmer in the depth of past ages, or blaze forth in all the splendour o more modern times. In our veneration for this first of political virtues, we are induced to smother even the suggestions of self interest, and applaud tile conduct of a Washington no less than that of a William of Nassau. And yet, did not the people, those eminent men led to independence, rise in arms against their legitimate Sovereigns ? Whatever just motives they may have had to shake off the yoke of their respective Monarchs, and their motives must be just since their action is applauded, would they not, in our days, have been exposed to the ven geance of the Holy Alliance ? The right of a nation to change its Constitution, or to oppose the tyrannical and oppressive conduct of its Rulers, is a question which is not only difficult in itself, but of which the discussion may be attended with some degree of danger, more particularly at the present period. It is, however, of infinite importance to the preservation of the internal tranquillity of States. Were the respective rights of both the Sovereign and the subject clear ly defined, and thoroughly understood, both would be more easily kept within the bounds of justice and of moderation. In every State there certainly does exist a social compact between the Governor and the governed, which is not less binding upon the one than upon the other. Hence it is equally unlawful for a Sovereign to trample under foot the rights of his subjects, as it is for a nation to refuse obedience to the laws of a Monarch, whose government is consonant to the constitution of the coun try. The effects produced upon the great social body, is not however the same in both of these cases. The encroachments of the Sovereign over the privileges of hiS people are unavoid ably slow and gradual : whilst the effort of the latter to recover their native liberties, like that of a spring long compressed, is sudden and violent. The one may undermine the independ ence of one nation ; but the other produces a shock terrible in itself, and Which may be followed by a most dangerous re action. The Sovereign sets an example that other Monarchs may or may . not follow ; whilst no nation can rise against its legitimate government, without awakening the same inclination amongst its neighbours. Were the Holy Alliance formed for the express purpose of preserving the equilibrium between the people and the ruling powers ; thus, indeed, it might prove con ducive to the welfare of society, and would be hailed as the wel. come harbinger of happiness and •of peace. It is, however, avowedly established for the express purpose of maintaining the present Sovereigns on their thrones, with such exceptions, how ever, as POLICY or INCLINATION may suggest, and to compel any nation to bow down with submission beneath the yoke of its Rulers. Ittssumes, therefore, as a matter of right, the in terference of one or more powers, in the internal concerns of any nation ; an interference which certainly appears totally tricorn .patible with the principles of national independence., It is ; perhaps something like a modern amphytionic council ; but with this difference, that here the parties interested in the cause act not only as judges, but moreover engage to carry any sen tence they ,may pronounce into execution. And with such disinterested judges, the decision cannot be for a moment doubtful. The peace and the happiness of nations seems scarcely com. patible with the principles of an aristocracy and despotic Go vernment. The nobler feelings of the human mind are crushed beneath the iron grasp of despotism: it is only under the genial influence of a Government where the authority of the Monarch and the rights of the subject are pretty , evenly balanced, that they expand and flourish in all their native dignity and energy. The union between the governor and the governed is close and durable only when the interests of each are intimately con nected ; but whenever they happen to be at variance, nothing but discord can be expected to ensue. In a contest of this an ture the victory of either party must prove injurious to the so cial body. If the Sovereign prevail, tyranny will be the result ; if victory declare in favour of the people, a system 'of anarchy will be more probably established. It is, therefore, undoubtedly the interest of society in general, and' f each Nation in particu lar, that the equilibrium of porter be carefully preserved. 1 say that it is the interest of society in general, because Nations are now so interwoven one with the other that hardly any change can be effected in one, without affecting, more or less, the whole political system of Europe, whiCh will be disturbed whether such change lead to a Republic or to a Military Despotism.— Of the two, I am inclined to consider a Military Despotism as the change which would most effectually endanger the peace and tranquillity of Europe. Hence do I venture 'to condemn a system calculated indeed to keep the people in subjection, but which presents us with no barrier to oppose the encroachments of the Sovereign. Having already trespassed too much i:pon the columns of your Paper, I shall beg leave to continue this subject at a future period. Ewhurst. A. P. PRICE 0: TIIIS•DAY AT Ti Bank Stock 239A 3 per Cent. Red. 77i 3 per Cent. Cons. 78 784 34 per Cent B7i 4 per Cent 96i i HIGH WATER AT LOSDO: Horning, 29 minutes after 1. STOCKS 'ELVE 0-CLOCK. 5 per Cent. Navy Ann 110 if Imp. 3 per Cents. India Bonds 60% Excbeq. Bills, 2 3 pr. par Cons. for Account 78i N BRIDGE. TO-MORROW. Evening, .53 minutes after 1. Tl-17!4: SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE F.4LSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FitIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, IS2I. [Extract of a Letter from Baltimore, Oct. 22.] " The brig Maryland arrived in this port yes terday in 18 days from • Curacoa. On the 29th September fell in with the brig Boston of Selim, from St. Domingo, with a cargo of mahogany ; the brig was upset in a squall, her masts were cut away, but the hull was water-logged. Capt. DOYLE was washed overboard and drowned, and the mate perished for'want of food ; on the 26th a seaman expired from the same cause.. Shock ing to relate, these men were without any food, -except a few grains of Indian corn, or fluids that proceeded from their own bodies, for 15 days. Three of the remaining crew were taken from the wreck, and have arrived in good health." [From the late New York Papers.] "COMMERCE AND NAYIGATION.-The shipping in the . Port of New York, up to the Ist October, presents a striking view of the extent of the commerce of that port, both foreign and domes tic. The number of ships are 81, gun-brigs 58 ; of these ten were foreign, the rest American. At the same time there were 50 schooners in port, all of which are employed , in the coasting trade, except a small number trading to the West In dies ; and there were 105 sloops ; all but 18 are employed in the Sound and River trade ; in ad dition to this evidence of business, there are now building for the New York merchants 11 large ships and brigs." [Extract of a Letter from St. John's, Oct. 10.] The landing of the first settlers in New Bruns wick was celebrated here on the 4th inst. Three spacious tables were laid out in King's-square, and at one o'clock an ox was roasted whole, and each table supplied amidst the acclamations of the people. PORT OF QUEBEC, OCT. 22.—0 R the 12th o this month the schooner Dolphin arrived in 13 days from Anticosti., , iwith 20 passengers, being the remainder of the people wrecked in the Dal- to signal.redress. Piezza Coffee-house, Nov. 22. JUSTITIA. P. S. For the credit of the British character let it not be seen that subscriptions for political purposes are more zealously patronized than one which, as the case at present appears, relates to the general interests of justice and humanity. SOUTH AMERICA. Letters from Rio de Jaiviro to the 29th of September, received by way of Jersey, contain the following intelligence : " We learnt some days ago that General St. Martin had entered Lima at the point of the bayonet, and that the scarcity of provisions hhd previously become so great within the city, that American flour sold at one hundred and twenty dollars the barrel. This news is confirmed by letters from Buenos Ayres brought by the sloop Samuel, in 14 days from that place, where it was brought by 1. messenger across the Cordilleras. The Blossom sloop and the Beaver brig of wai have arrived, to reinforce the squadron on this station. It appears that the news from Lima will prevent the Aurora frigate from doubling Cape Horn, and that the voyage both of that vessel and of the Alacrity has been countermand ed. The Morgiana will return immediately to her cruise off the coast of Africa.—The French frigate Antigone has been i►r our port for some time past, where she is expecting the arrival of two other frigates of GO guns each, built on the new model.—The Government is putting under repair the ship of the line Vasco de Gama, for' conveyance of some families to Portugal. She ap pears to be even in a worse condition than La Rainha,which sailed from hence abouta month ago. We enjoy here a free press, and new printing establishments are forming. Our laws are the same as those made by the Cortes. The Prince Regent watches with care over their administra tion. One of the Judges, who lately permitted an arrest without previously signing the warrant, and subjecting the witnesses to an examination, has been cashiered, and all the influence and in tercessions of his family have not been sufficient to obtain his pardon from the Prince.—The en virons of this city are infested by ban& of rob bers, many of whom, thanks to the activity of the military, have been arrested, but nevertheless the proprietors of estates find it necessary in many places to keep guard by night. The per sons apprehended are whites.—The Bank has given notice of a sale of diamonds ! As tl►e work ing of the mines is a privilege of the CroWn, we are led to believe that this branch of the revenue is about to be transferred to the Bank, and has contributed to improve their credit. The Negroes, captured by the Morgiana, from the Emily schooner, are set at liberty, and the schooner is declared a lawful prize.—The 15th inst. being the anniversary of the Revolution at Lisbon, was set apart by the Senate of this city as a day of thanksgiving for the establishment of the Con stitution." ;ousie. coption which they occasionally experience has the effect of repressing that boldness which, the non-resistanc► of their victims at first inspired, the number of outrages will of course be dimi nished, though those which continue to be perpetrated may still be distinguished by their atrocity. It is with sincere pleasure that we observe another numerous band of these infatuated men has been gallantly and successfully foiled, in an attack upon the house of ThomAs FURLONG, of Ballydaniel, Esq. On a former occasion, this Gentleman and his son had made so spirited a resistance, that it was thought the depredators would- hardly venture on a second attack. Mr. FURLONG, however, having gone from home for a few days, the ruf fians seem to have thought the opportunity fa vourable for the accomplishment of their pur pose, and accordingly a strong party of armed peasantry invested the house, on Saturday night last, in three divisions, and simultaneously attacked it with great - vigour. Mr. FUR LONG, jun. , his cousin, Captain 'STANDISH, his brotlu and a few soldiers, were fortu nately prepared to resist the attack ; and they received the enemy with so much intrepidity, and their fire was so well directed, that the assailants were speedily compelled to retreat, carrying off their wounded men. Mr.FuttLoso's party pursued the fugitives a few perches, keeping up a brisk fire, during which one of the soldiers was wounded in the arm with a slug. The Dublin Paper expresses its conviction hat some. extensive plan of insurrection is con- templated by these dangerous bands—an idea which seems to derive some degree of confirma tion from the extraordinary precautions adopted by the Government. Though the Southern coun ties were for many years distracted by the atro cious outrages of gangs of conspirators, under va rious denominations, who uniformly endeavoured to procure arms and ammunition by plunder, yet the present disturbers of the public peace possess, it ,seems, a greater quantity both of arms and ammunition than was obtained by any party of conspirators by force, in any county, or any former occasion, even during the year which immediately preceded the rebellion of 1798. The organization of the present midnight bands is military ; and their movements are evidently conducted on military principles. GOD grant that their union may be broken up before it be productive of those wide-spreading calamities which the Dublin Correspondent forebodes, or that they may be brought to a speedy trial of strength with .the military force of the state, the result of which would of course soon crush their hopes, and prove, even to' themselves, the utter inadequacy of their means for accomplishing the objects they have in view. The HOLY ALLIANCE, as it is termed, is so evraordinary an .event in political history, and more particularly at the present period, that it has naturally been a subject of surprise, as well as of discussion, among some of the wisest and most intelligent men in most countries where discussion might safely take place. The third Letter on this interesting and, indeed, import ant subject, with respect to the rights of the people, in all European States, in THE SUN of this day, comes from a valuable Correspon dent, who has treated it, in this and his former two letters, with a degree of political knowledge and sagacity which induces us to recommend his remarks to the particular attention of our Readers. But they deserve the notice of the Sove reigns as well as of their respective people, and as we are promised further observations from the same able writer, we may venture to hope that they may have some influence upon the future operations of the HOLY ALLIANCE. SLAVE TRADE.—On the coast of Guinea, an officer com manding a Danish settlement -had occasion recently to put in force the instructions received from his Government, with regard to the Slave Trade ; having taken prisoners the crew of a Portuguese Slave ship, and sent them to Sierra Leone. It is gratifying to the friends of humanity, that four Nations of the civilized world adhere with becoming constancy to the agreements entered into by them with other powers, (who have basely abandoned their sacred engagements), in the cause of the injured sons of Africa. England, Holland, the United States, and Denmark, have acted with firmness and justicewhile France, Spain, and Portugal, have exhibited the most inhuman delinquency. In traffic, the tvio latter Nations have always proved themselves cruel and rapacious, from the conquest of Peru by Pizarro, and that of the domi nion-.i of India by the successors of-Vasco de Gama, to the pre sent day. But from France better conduct was to have been expected ; owing, as that Government does, its present estab- lishment in a great measure to England, it might be supposed that it would have contracted some of the humane feelings Which actuate the conduct of that nation. BEITISH• COMMERCE IN THE LEVANT.—The fol lowing extract of a letter from JOHN CART WRIGHT,- Esq. Consul-General of the Ottoman Dominions, to Mr. 141nDLE, Secretary of the Levant Company, was posted at Lloyd's, yester day afternoon : _ _ _ " Constantinople, Oct. 10. " I am happy to be ,able to .ay; that the communication made by Captain FIA MILT ox, of his Majesty's ship Cambrian, reported in last let ter, has had the desired effect. The Du On Correspondent, received this morn ing, laments that the severe checks which have been given to the nightly depredators in the dis turbed districts, do not appear to have intimi dated the marauders, who continue to perpetrate their atrocities on an Kxtensive scale. The cou rageous resistance of a.Kew families, however, and particularly that madeby the Rev. Mr. BEVAN, will, it is hoped, if the example be frequently imitated, render the authors of the outrages more wary and circumspect than they have hitherto been, and may eventually lead to the breaking up of their confederacy, by the discoveries which may be drawn from such of them as shall be exposed to detection from the difficulty of concealing the consequences of their wounds. If the warm re " Our vessels, which have since fallen in with the Insurgent ships, have been treated with due respect." " The communication" abo've alluded to, was a threat to treat those Greeks as pirates, Who should presume to detain British merchant ships." able families, substantial shopkeepers, and trades men, now present the delightful spectacle of well ordered society on that ground where the leading radicals, as it were but yesterday, harangued the motley multitude of their followers. The judicious and public spirited condunfrof Lord NORTHAMPTOX in facilitating these great improvements on this -part of his extensive property, will not only be considerably beneficial to his Lordship's private estate, but has produced public advantages which entitle his Lordship to the public gratitude, the new erections being both useful and ornamental to the metropolis, and now covering a space of ground which experience has shewn was too con veniently situated for the tumultuary irruption of any riotous assemblage into the heart of the town. A new road, we are glad to hear, is also project ed from Guildford-street, across the deep hollow on the north of the House of Correction, to Wil mington-square, and thence communicating with the line of the City Road, which will greatly facilitate the intercourse between the east and west parts of the town.—Yesterday, a numerous party of architects, master builders, surveyors, &c. dined at the Wilmington Arms, Yardly-street, one of the new buildings. JOHN WILSON, Esq. the Gentleman who, as the holder of the land under Lord NORTHAMPTON, has with SO much spirit and success carried these extensive building con cerns into execution ; and whose enterprise and creative energy have excited general admiration, in the chair. SIMES, Esq. as represent ative of Lord NORTHAMPTON, was present ; and in a very complimentary speech, after the usual loyal and constitutional toasts from the chair, which were drank with great applause, proposed, first, the health of • the worthy Chairman, and afterwards," Prosperity to the tenants of the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON." The health of his Lordship, and of Mr. SIMES, were after wards drank with enthusiasm ; and the . " Co operative and Economical Society," having fixed its residence in Spa Fields, " ROBERTOw ETT, Esq." of New Lanark, was given from the Chair with three times three ; and " Prosperity to the Co-operative and Economical Society," in a con gratulatory speech from one of the Vice Presi dents, both of which were received with -the ssreatest applause.. ,Mr. M'Ganoon, with his Union and highland Pipers, contributed greatly, to the harmony of the evening. The dinner and wines did honour to Mr. Roxattoursit, the land lord of the Wilmington Arms, and intitled him to a s W/1 Ma, be thanks of the respectable company. assembled The rains have been so heavy in the Counties of Surrey, Sussex, and Hants, that all the low parts of those counties have been flooded, and the Wey and Arun Canal was so much swola last week, that one of the bridges was carried away, and a man who happened to be crossing fell among •the ruins and was drowned. BRIGHTON, Nov. 9.l.—The KING having been expected as early as three o'clock on Tuesdays the whole of the garrison, under the orders Or Lieutenant-Colonel DE Bernan, consisting of the 10th, or King's Own, Hussars, commanded Major STAPLETON, and the 2d, or Queen's Royal Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant' Colonel JORDAN, were formed in open rank;/ ready to receive his MAJESTY. At ten minutes past six o'clock they had the grateful duty to per" form of dropping their swords and. colours, a fter which they were marched to their barracks.-'- - The :,iess-house of the Officers of the 2d was magnificently illuminated, and a dinner tool= place in honour of the occasion, given by . the Of ficers to General Sir J. Do - vee., and many of the distinguished visitants of Brighton. OXFORD.—A strong contest is expected for the Professorship of Poetry, in Oxford, vacant by Mr. CONYBEARE'S resignation,-between Mr.• GRAM, of Trinity College, and 'Mr. MILMAN, of Brazenose College. The day of election is fixed for Wednesday, the sth of December. Wednesday evening the Duchess of KENT, at tended by the Baroness de SPAHDT and . Ca ptaio Cosa° v,..honoured Drury-lane Theatre with her presence. Her Royal Highness sat in Prince LEOPOLD'S box. The Princess AUGUSTA is expected to retO to England about the middle of next month' Her Royal Highness, on her return, will fix he t abode at Frogmore. On Wednesday afternoon, a Spanish messen' ger arrived at the residence of M. D'Osfs, ; (1 Portland-place, with dispatches for his Exce,l , lency from the Court of Madrid. Lord PALMERSTON the Secretary at War, ar; rived here yesterday (Monday, 19th inst.), al 3 ' inspected the docks and public buildings; a c . ceor pitied by the Mayor and Sir Jolls (Liverpool Paper.) Mils. SARAH BOrn.—The newspapers late.if stated this Lady's large property would go t ° the Crown, for want of next of kin. Such hav e been found, and several of. her nephews Oa nieces reside in the neighbourhood of Do:ieraile , County of Cork. The Journal de Toulouse states that a schi°, has taken place among the French phisLians Barcelona. They are divided on the questioo whether the disorder, the ravages of which bal e been so fatal, is contagious or not. We are deeply concerned to learn, that tb' typhus fever is beginning to make'a formidab le appearance in Kilkenny and it.s liberties' (Le%nsPer .Tournal.) The residence of the Hon. Fyrz ROY STANO r ti was baoken (Ten oa the night o f T ues d a y ) the whole of the plate, i.e, nea-!y 120J1. woro t ; carried Amongst the improvements of the 'Metropolis, off. The house is i n Sl o an e -st re et ; tl' none has robbery took place between th e . h o u r s o f di rt ; given us greater satisfaction than the and six on Wednesday morning ; the thieves e rapidity withi which Spa Fields has been in a clear off with their booty. We are sorry to hear that M r . H E N R Y' Sf ir m : host time nearly covered with buildings. Nu- We is seriously indisposed, a t Chohnondel e, merous handsome streets, and two sides of an ' House. • elegant quadrangle, named Wilmington Square, An elegant hotel in the West of Englait a l which will soon be entirely completed, have which was completed about seven years since , a g n . rise, as it were by magic, upon that spot from an expence exceedingf o rty th ousan d pounds, * put up to auction about three weeks since, %‘ P, 110 bidder being found a b ove 7,0001., th e sale W'which a deluded multitude so recently issued to carry terror throughout the City; and respe t- . postponed. I