The Sun. — London, England, 1821-01-09 00:00:00

Pas - : hal Spk- for si t E Cl 3 the nose . mll the 1611 THE THEATRE. j 31 1 -4ANE.—A. new Tragedy, entitled onto night at °, .was represented for the first . time last tills Theatre. The following is an out le o f ac.; :te r ABLE . s takes place iiiltaly,where3fonfato(Mr.WALtatclt) home, A,and warrior, returns a f ter a long a b sence to his lei, wi fe' "here, Verona. A suspicion ot the infide . lity of m i i hcts V been prev i o usly awakened in his mind, a n the ar °' Michael (Mr. Coorr.a,) . and Lavra (Mrs. EnE.H 4geot C .emPlyd to confirm them. The latter is the chief iiy Plot against Montalto's peace, but the ino . t ! ves 1 4tfio , J.: lets insti g ated ate not sufficiently manifest.. S o me m id , if (bye hints to her own claims to the principality, mistake hot, a disappointed passion, are the grounds ~h rtbe, , red. 3lichael is e nv io us and ambitious to boot ; th e n.. (Ni x ... ll ' o , _howev er , are impeded by the hesitation of Ilttrazzo her linshand, whose conscientious scruples are lii ov s e; :"Y checki ng their impetuosity, and interrupting the t,t, 1 , (f . the drama, Montalto s jealousy advan iA the 7 discovers that a rival warrior, then cricamped was ;;,! '" g b bUllrllood with hostile designs , against his state, ttje f Z e 'llterl y a n admirer of his wile Julia i Mts. WesT) ; and 'Pent interchan g e of letters between the conspirato . rs tracand the enemy confirm his suspicns of the exi ! - ‘, ife e l. a,criminal atiachment. He resolve s to murder his ts unable to execute the deed. In the Mean time % ut c .f stl e is surprised, Durazzn joins the enenty and falls, g l „ ttr l e dies ot grief. Montalto is mortally wounded:in the en ept, and ;trier cursing Julia under an impression of her .thscovers her innocence, blesses her and expires. As JEALOUSY is the main subject of this Tra e4 Y the Author imposed on himself a difficult considering that Othello is a masterpiece, in s. le delineation of the means by which that pas i'Zll is excited, and of the effects which it is calcu ta`q to produce. But the present Author toot tr uli3 fied with one instigator of the passion, in a-4ces. a. woman, who, urged by a similar itn - ~,L- 44, 0 ) delud e s Montalto, th e v icti m o f he r ar tf u l 7 1 ; l eity. There is much poetical merit in the 1 ,„ 4 3t altogether, but it has many expressions de irhi from SHAKESPEARE sprinkled through the ~wle. Ye. The great fault is the want of action It'd l • . :!) ncident, and theSe are ill supplied by the 'Nth o f t h e di a l ogues, w hi c h are rat h er heavy *k Pausions, if not repetitions, of the same senti :l4!llts• In the last Act, we are given to under itld that the.enemy has surmounted all difficul t!" and passed all the strong holds, yet the is occupied in the. interior of the. Castle, as i t that enemy had suspended all proceedings in " , 41 1 4 iment to the inhabitants. The catastrophe " 4 s too painful an outrage of the feelings, as it Sys marked by the curses of a deluded husband : 4 , 411 innocent and amiable wife, though it is s7°'teuecl, indeed, before the close, by informa 'Qii Which convinces her husband, in his dying tilolltents, that he has been woefully mistaken.— ' ; h is Piece was • altogether very well supported ~,‘l 7 . • the P er f ormers , p ar tic u l ar ly WALLACK , 1 Mrs: EGERTON, and Mrs. WEST.— I ) . 4 re wa s mu ch o pp os iti on i n a n n ounci ng th e 14 Y for this.. evening, but there was a strong Nty in 'support of it.—The Author is not 1 4 9%Ytt to the Manager, into whose hands the I, e iece was given by a respectable Bookselle r .— I. ' Prologue was written by the Hon. GEORGE I ; stu, and spoken by BARN ARD ; the Epilogue JA.mEs' Sum', Esq., and spoken by Mrs. vv/s. "*L.. THE ARMY. At a General Court of the Hon. Artillery ti c ) wpany, held at the Armory-House, on Thurs '''4Y, 7th December, 189-0, Lieutenant-Colonel k ‘/: VISME in the Chair, It wag RESOLVED UNANIMOUSUY,—" That the 27th Article Rules and Orders be 'suspended, at the discretion of the .! , !n-iit of Assist a nts • until the June, 1821 for the re or any 'Gentleman, .who may have 'resigned the Ps, witho u t requiring front bun payment of the usual Fees Ile Court of Assistants (must. the above Resolution to be ~1 4 1" public, in order tr..t tl,ase Persons who hve resign _tl4 Corps may be awa h re that an opportunity a is afforded , r" , of r ejo i n i ng t h e C ompany , at a period when it is so de- L 7 ll Ai)le to give every aid and support to the Civil Authoritie s 7t. lbe Country. By order of the Court of Assistants WILLIAM H. WHITE, Sec. The Corps, we undorstand, has lately had an accession of strength by the admission of several their Members; they are in the spring to . change `"eir helmets for caps, and to have some altera . t iGll in their colours, and appointments (occa '6lled by the demise of his late Majesty), which 141 -1 e been submitted. to, and approved by the k lsc, their Captain-General, and his Royal Vighness the Duke of SUSSEX, their Colonel.— Wills are held at the Armory . House every fort night fOr the practice of the Members. ,Maj or S OTiiERVILL embarked last week, at ` 4 r avesend, with between three and four hundred rec ruits for the East India. Company's Artillery kci Infantry, in Bengal.. u tialf-pay to officers of the Army will be issued Thursday next. SHIP NEWS. • t, bt lit, JAN. 13.—Came , (14.wn from the River th e M u l grave 4 4 7, 11 5, Ralph, for Bombct ; and Intrinsic, Foster, for Ja they have sailed with the General Graham for Jamaica. Oitati ATE , B.An •atichor, weighing 17 cwt. with 80 k E ," c hain cable, and a easti buoy, with s' Busiris" upon it, 'hee l) landed here. " 11 Ismourts', 4N. 8.-Passed down' Chann e l th e B ar b ara $44 , bt Teneriffe. • - • ' 4 FtWien, JAN. B.—Arrived the Castlereagh packet, with 1 t ,. 2 . 1 , 11 from Hollanti. Siled th Fres:ling do., with a mail, •l er ,,`"t same place ; the a Two Br e others, Pronk, from Cotten a„ t, for Antwerp, Ita> been brought in here very leaky, with loss of anchor, r:?;ging, &c. J. 6.—Noue of the East e r n ma il s h ave for the last twv days. "• • (;,....L7.AN;e r ., JAN. B.,—.rrivett . the Jeune Vaunt', Mahi, from ibuTtr, for Hondeur, with loss of anchor and cable. • Il t i, , Ab srow, JAN. 6.-•—Arrivetirlie Fanny, late Tippet!, f rom s "I, fur Wyk, with l oss of mainsail, &c. The. Capt a i n washed overboard:on Sunday and drowned. ----- NAVAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY. I N; 111 e Quarterly ivleetin g of the Memb ers o f th e n a val Charitable Society was held yesterday, at r hatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. Lientetiant-Governor 13ROWELL, in the Cliair. 1 47 1)t ailis19(1111S 1.)0110.16, George M•Kinley, George Ack• (;G,“" Sanders, J. F. .1114pleq, Rathhorne, ,413 et, %langin, Isaac Straw, Bart. Kent, Charles Handy'', ht',irles Pearson, and ',T. Oarrety; Lieutenants . Frederich , I t/ f( d, Wi Ellison; and John Marshall; Doctor B. F. 1 t , r4 , 4 , and Mr. 03.. Ra tilsay , R. N. si ~ irty-siX Petitic,itS were presented for the Coil , ration of the Committee ; fifty-three of which ti:,; e relieved by a sum amounting to 5571. Ils. the remaining three were deemed inadmis. L 'e cases. DLTRIIAM COUNTY. [Pram the Durl,avn County Advertiser, Jatt. LETTER IL* TO J. G. LAMBTON ) ESQ. M. I', • SlR—Before 1 proceed from the ostensible to the seat purpose of your County Meeting, I must repair a slight omission that • I made relating to the former, and add • a few remarks on your declamation as reported in the public Journals. One of the avowed objects for which the Freeholders were • summoned was, to protest against ulterior attempts to prose cute the Queen; i. e. we•were called upon to wrestle with a shadow ; the Requisitionists raised a ghost for the pleasure of laying it; for what ground, what pretence was there for believing that any further investigation is intended ? The suppusitiop is pot unto gratuitous but improbable, unless in deed the Queen, herself should demand a new trial in hopes of reversing the decision of the last: it is nor usual for plaintiff's who have gained a verdict, to wove - a re-bearing of their case. It suits, however, the tactics of your party to charge your op ponents with designs which they never entertained ; and then to boast of cortuteractiog them; I bus dispensing odious to others, and honour to yourselves, equally unmerited. But, Sir, if by a condemnation of further measures against her Ma!esty you mean (as I conceive you do mean) a demand of are sores in favour of her Majesty, if your objection to fresh proceedings he nothing but a claim to fresh proceedings of an opposite description, and presuming, in spite of fact, hat the Queen has been acqqitted, you require that all the honours of inuocence shall be awarded to her, that our Liturgy shall he blotted with her name, that her settlement he 'established with splendour and munificence,and her palace he the theatre of British manners, and the resort of British Ladies, if you intend her to figure at a Coronation, and to share a Throne that she-has sullied and insulted, you. will he opposed by all the honesty and intelligence of Eugland ; it is one thing to refrain fruits punishing a convict; it is another to reward one. Indignant- at the censures east upon - this Vestal, you ex claim, " Is there no frjead to tell his Royal Master that the example of offering insult to Royalty is not easily checked'" Sir, there is a tone of menace in this question, and more per haps.is meant by it than meets the ear : if you regretted the insults to which the King has been exposed, and were fear ful of those which may be yet in store for him, there was as little of consistency, as of decency and ,truth, in your decla ration that the charges against the Queen originated in a conspiracy, matured and fostered by hands that should have afforded her protection. Y e t, fp- sout h, you - comp l a i n o f slander, as if the Whigs were patentees of that coaimodity : produce the Charter, Sir, by which you and your confederates may calumniate, - not only public but private men, nut only the Monarch and his Ministers, but every one who pre sumes. to think for himself, and does not happen to think as you do. • Your allusions to the Chancellor, Mr. Vansittart, and Lord Redesdale, were• mere buffoonery, suited t o y o ur audi e n ce , and were too contemptible for comment: but to 'designate Mr. Wilberforce by the -nick-name of l)r. Cantwell is no ve nial offence, fur it strikes at piety itself ; some of Isis doctri nal tenets may be erroneous, but he is a man of unquestion able morals, of warm and diffusive charity, a sincere-Chris tian, a zealous patriot, and the ardent and indefatigaolr author of the abolition of the Slave Trade. His reputation is public property, and I heartily wish that his maligners were as void of offence towards God and mark Sir, you deal largely in exclamation ; " Good God," you exclaim, " what a spectacle has England exhibited iii the eyes of Europe !" Alas ! the spectacle is indeed humiliating ; from the pinnacle of glory we are sunk into contempt, from power to insignificance, from security to danger; we had the character of wisdom, and we play the fool ; the fame of attachment - to our laws, and we invade them; the reputation of piety and morals, and we tolerate blasphemers and idolize adultery; and fin this degeneracy your party is responsible. But you proceed to contrast our situation with that of Spain, a country which excites your envy and admi.ation, not only for its novel mode of attaching liberty to bayonets (as Ma hornet made couverta with the sword), but chiefly on account of the appropriation of Church revenues to the uses of the State. I believe, Sir, that every one who heard you under stood this to he designed fi' our example and instruction, that it was in fact an instigation.to seize the revenues of the Church of England. Now, Si!, beside the injustice and in humanity of such a spoliation by which thousands, not of men only but of women and children, would be reduced from com- - . petence to want, I marvel much at your indiscretion, (if in deed you hive any fellowship at all with prudence) ; I am astonished that, whether it sprang from obliquity of mind, or malignity of heart, a suggestion so portentously perilous, should escape a Gentleman whose possessions being far• greater than that of any Clergyman, must of course be a greater object of cupidity; if your judgment were not blinded by antipathy, you world remember what occurred in France, and would reflect that, as the security of all property what ever is dependent on the laws, the guarantee must be invio late in every case, or it will he so its none. Tua res agitur paries emu proximus ardet ; when the work of phmderis once begun, be assured that no exertion, no remonstrance, no re morse oo your part will fix its limits, or direct its-course.- • Sir, below I dismiss the ostensible reasons for your Meet ing, I must remark that, in conformity with the Requisition, you declared that one object of that convention was the main- Insane.: of public tranquillity. Now, to collect and harangue a multitude, as you did, on the very subject which had bred a ferment, is a singular method of allaying it ; to prolong and promote an irritation is a new kind of sedative of which, so far as I know, you are the inventor, hut on the efficacy of which you place such reliance that, not content with your County Meeting, you petition the House of Commons to call. for an immediate, 'full, and rigorous inquiry into the same subject; and of course with the same patriotic purpose of quieting the public mind. - • Sir, I proceed now to the real, object of your Meeting, which, as I before stated, was to drive our present pilots from the steerage, and entrust it to the Whigs. For my own part, I have no personal concern in this arrangement (none I mean distinct from the common interest,) being equally unconnected with those who possess and those who are struggling fur power: toy judgment is perfectly impartial, fur in no instance have I received, its none shall I ever court or expect ministerial assistance : my sole ambition is to pass the remnant of. a closing life in the exercise of duties al lotted to my station, and provided the nation be well gavern 7 ed, I care not who .are the men to govern it. -But, Sir, I cannot be an indifferent spectator of the evils in which your, associates have involved us ; and without malevolence to one party, or attachment to the other, I do not hesitate to say. that every unprejudiced and thinking man must' prefer the present ministers to their oppouents. Let ns but compare them. During a long period the condition of this count:) , has been dithcult and perilous; externally grappled by an active, implacable, gigantic enemy, who devoted us to ruin, and who seldom broke his word when he threatened e'en : in ternally harassed by a faction that crippled our exertions,. poisoned ns with discord, and laboured to subdue our spirit , and depress our hope ; w e were de serte d b y a l l the world, and ' a protracted warfare had nearly exhausted our resources. In the midst of this distress, : our Ministers matured a vast con federation, and, in spite of domestic predictions and obstruc tions, they closed the;contest with a series of triumphs un-, , exampled in the annals of th e world. Peace was restored to Europe on conditions that shed a lost re on British maguani mity, and of which the only error was too touch forbearance towards an inveterate but prostrate. foe. All this, Sir, is mat ter of record; f am not the eulogist of Ministers, any farther' than thecotstrast with your party obliges me to be so ; they have encountered perplexitir a and peril's of no ordinary mag nitude, and if they might have done better on some occasions, sure I am that their adversarielAeould not have dune so well. The administration at boric his been conducted with more temper and moderation than the exigence required; there has been nooppression, except indeed of loyalty by disaffec tion, of the industrious and peaceful by the turbulent and Wk.; -and the worst error of Government has been that the good have not been shielded from the bad ; hot I trust the gate is coming !JIM) the former will associate to protect themselies, since the arm of authority is palsied. During:my remembrance (and it is not a short one) the Royal Preroga tive far from having hero enlarged, bas suffered a gradual hut great redaction; the encroachments have been all on the other side.—But I find myself digressing, and resume my sub ject. As in the natural body fever is followed by debility, so the body politic is weakened by violent exertiou, and - ere we re gain the vigour we expended in such a conflict as that with France, we •should wait fur a time with patience; but the Ministers have beet► anxious to abridge that time, and have been as unremitting in their efforts to restore prosperity' as the Whigs have been to mar it. Such Sir, is my unbiassed judgment of the present Administration : I -believe then► to be upright, honourable, patriotic Statesmen, and it others e been more intrepid, we read of none who had more in tegrity, and see none now a days t , o trusty or so wise. Fur truly, Sir, we cannot trust the Whigs, and I know not any quality to which t hey bare less pretension than to wisdom. 'l'l►e wisest of their acts was time assumption of their title, for it is blended with the fame of patriots and politicians with whom your party have nothing its common but a name ; and. you yourself, Sir, might as Well usurp the name of Solomon • Fur Letter 1. see I'u Sun SUN of the 47th ult. or Joh. The direction of a great Empire is a fair and legit-- mate object of ambition. I blame no one for aspirmg to it, provided no dishonourable means of acquiring it be used,and the candidates possess the requiSite endowments; but the %I:hip arc disqualified on both these grounds; they are not fitted for such a station by art or nature, and have no bold Whatever on our confidence. If, liked, we took their °W I ] valuation of themselves, no men would be found so ciniipe tent, for no men are so arrogant and self-sufficient; they seem indeed to think that the in dinary business of a sate' is !rearm h their talents, and embroil its to stiew their skill in saving us : but he who poisons his patients, and then boasts that -he can cure them, shell never be my phssiciaii. Let us, however, weigh their . deeds with their preterigions; we shall lknow theta by their fruits. There was a period (thank heaven a short period) when this party were in power: and what was the result ? They sued for peace end were rejected ; they waged war, and were defeated; till, baffled and disgraced in every enterprise, they were driven from the helm with scorn r never was the coun try in such a state as during their Administration. Would to Gontbat their explias - in opposition had been equally un successful ! but they scent to have a talent for doing harm, amffor nothing else.. .Faithful to the system bequeathed by Mr. Fox (whose genius was an aggi a cation of his guilt) they have never swerved from his profligate example, and their course has been a MiXtllle of mischief and imbecility. Tucir maxim is that in party-contentious, the end justifies the torahs, however atrocious and destructive, and they have, therefore, successively enlisted in their service Sedition,. Im piety, and Prostitution ; they have capkered the public owls! with - rank democracy ; and by inflaming a spirit of discon tent, by leaching a belief that th e. Monarch is a tyrant, the Ministers perfidious, and the Law itself oppressive and corrupt, they hare alienated t botisands from their duty and allegiance.— Their doctrine is readily imbibed by the needy, the.vicious, arid the rgnorant ; but do the teachers.themselves.dielieve tt ? Not an iota of it ; and I would'esk ally man of honour by what name be would designate those who assert-what they know to he untrue. 'Even. in the war of - nations generous an tagonists do .not traduce and revile each other., Besieles,Ays tematie:slantler does as. tittle credit to their talents as their hearts; — for misrepresentations and abuse are - weirotirs which an ordinary mind may tat:: they are - Weapons, too; which are liable to recoil, and wound the Mall that wields them, .toditiew audiet, toques Respicere ;gnoto discet pendetia tergo at it is ludicr o u s t o o b serve h ow extreme l y s e ns i t i ve the Milos are, winci n g if we touch them with a feath er , white t heylacerate others without scruple or remorse. But, omitting these considerations, they have taken other means to prove that they are totally unfit for oilier. Prod epee. Sir, Is.a most essential quality in a Statesman, and We pray jildge what share of it is possessed by men who eticoti rage a rabble that despises and detests them, and insult the master whom they propose to serve. They bare 'leagued themselves with a gang of 0 - eperate Republicans; whose ob jects they well know are anarchy and pillage, whose energy tbefdread, hitt dream they can direct it, and quell the tem pest they themselves bare raised. To be impious or sedi tious, to violate the Laws and defy the Judges, to do any thing which a virtuous mind would scorn to do, is the sure warrant of protection front the Whigs. Really, Sir‘ you would all do well to go to school again, and take a lesson from the students at our Universities, whose ardour In the cause of virtue sheds a lustre on their youth, Aiui adorns the promise of their manhood. Were you to succeed in ex. ,- pelling Ministers from the Cabinet, is it fit they-should be replaced by men who have vilified their Sovereign ? Htiw is it possible that, he could yield to them the confidence which is necessary for the public service ? -But, Dii meliora! They are alike repudiated by their Country and their King; and I take my leave of them, not without a charitable hope that, as party, spirit perverts the understanding as well as the heart of loan, they'd° not intend So much mischief as they cause. Sir, I cannot conclude my ohserfatiOns without remarking that the Address adopted at your County Meeting. was an of fence to - loyalty, decency, and truth; and 'the untainted Free holders are hound to vindicate themselves from the imputa tion of concurring in the sentiments or language of that spu rious production. It is indeed a public shame that persons who aspire to the. offices of state should cling to principles utterly at variance with thei: clainis,'and make rice itself the road to popularity. We fervently implore the God of mercy to confouird,their projects, and to save us from the curse of their weak,annwicked domination. I hare the honour to be, Sii, &c. &c. Dec, 28, 1820. THENIIS. 7n the Editor of the Durham County Alrertiser. Sae- A •,vriter, with the signature of " hilopatris," having paper of last Saturday evil/merited on a passage of my fetter to \!r. Lambton, seeming to think that I intended a sneer at Mr. Liddell, fur the part which he took at the Coun ty Meeting, 1 feel myself called upon to say that 1 had no wish to disparage, or reproach, or in any way to wound the ,feelings of that Gentleman. Philopatris applauds the man liness of his proceeding; I admit that it was nttily, and if I still contend tL.t it. was feeble (as indeed was proved by the event). the.epit het Wei s more to his omission than his acts. Since Philopatris agrees in my opinion -that when the factious unite for mischief, the loyal should combine for infety,he must, I think, allow that Mr. Liddell's.conduct, however laudable for its spirit, was inconsistent with that maxim. The very ground of the writer's eulogy is, that Mr. Liddell had the . courage to stand alone. But why did he stand alone ? Be_ cause he neither proposed, nor acceded to, any co-operativ plan ;• he went to the Meeting without knowing or inquirin g whetherany person would support bins, and though tiler, was Inatilmess in such a step, surely these was no discretion it is jirt thus we are to deal with the enemies of public peace.' %iliat is it that constitutes the force of that cabal ? Notsu periaity of intellect, not pre-eminence of property or cha racter, not even . - equality of numbess if the rabble be ex cluded; no, Sir-it is-union; theit activity is efficient because they act in concelt. Fas est ab haste doceri. - If ever this .degraded County is to shake, off the. tyranny of Mr. Lainbtor4 it will nut be done by insulated efforts like those of Mr. Liddell, hut by a junction of the well affected. The adverse party ore well aware of his, and it is in fact the- key to Mr. Lambton's invectives against the Clergy he knows that an old but unreasonable jealousy exists among many of the t;iiity, and he strives, to confirni and promote that sea lousiin order. to thrive by the disunion produced. by it. There is in the Paiatiteate a large proportion of loyal meo who want neither manliness nor intinence, who reject the principles, and abhor the arrogance ofMr. Larobton, hut who are rendered passive by their prejudice: yet this prejudice is so - unfounded, and his motives for maintaining it are so very OhOons, that a few gentlemen of sense and temper might soon remove it, and produce an unity of action where there is, 4ready a similitude of sentiment; and then,,firewell to Mr. Latulatim !—I ant, Sir, &c. Jan.:3.4lE2f. TIIEMIS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-110W EID,bI,O M, JAN. 9 , 1921. ;WO Wfil. . I ti to I asst Morel 7 to 1 apt, Cecilia. 7 to 9 apt Regis,Aid 5 le j ugst Schwa 9 to l azst Reginald ?to agst Guslimn& 14 to 1 .apt.Cinatuk • DERBY. id tot agst br. to Andrew 17 to 1 agst Juke 1 40 to agst Poly:gar. OAIS. Stot at My Lady 1 itt to agst Emily 7to I agst Sister to Steel- Illto I agst si s t. Hospitality trap 12 to 1 agst Zeal. SAINT LEGER. 10 to 1 agst Jack Spiggot I 20 to I agst Samtlbech 15 to Lady • 1 20 to 1 - lira Nvvis • 17 - to 1 ----!well 92 to I Narthcrri Ligbt 20 to I Itratembran. • 1.25 to 1 - Gustavus. ' HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. The Quorndon Hounds meet on Wetinesday at Widmer- - pool ; Thursday, at Witueswold ; Saturday, at Trutupton. Lorti Anson's Hounds on Friday, at. Oldbury; Saturday, at Black 117ool; ; Nioneay, at Silason. H. 3olliffe; Esq.'s Fox Hounds To•tuorrow, at Brochharn Saturday, at Charlwood. The Surrey Fox Hounds on Thursday, at Limpsfield; Satur dhv, at Pickett Green. The Harriers meet every day. Sir CHARLES BAMFYLVaE, High Sheriff of So mers-et, has abrogated the orders of Magistrates against Mr. H. HUNT, now in lichester Gaol, re stricting his - friends from. visiting. him, of which he lately complained in -the Court of King's Bench. Mr. liAnars, of Covent Garden, was introduc ed to the Lon)) LIEUTENANT Of Ireland on 'FURS day lagt, and had the honoUr of an audience with his Exoelieney. Trig POR.TcqVIOUTII ADDRESS. . . On Wednesday last aMeeting of the Corp° ration of the BorOugh of Portsmouth was con vened by the Mayor (EDwAno CARTER, Esq.) in conseqnence of a requisition which had been ad dressed to him by seVeral MeMbers of the Cor poration, to consider of agreeing to-an Address to his Majesty, upon the present state of the Country, and to pray bitn to dismiss his Minis ters from his Councils ; also,- to send a suitable Address thereon to the House of CoM, moms. The Mayor being called to the Cbai;-, the subject of the Meeting- was_ opened by Mr. Alderman Howard, who took a retro spective view of the most prominent of this measures of Ministers, and particularly of those . pursued by them with respect to the . prosecution of the Queen, all which he considered as being injurious to the welfare and best interests of W.... .Country ; .and therefore moved, " That a re spectful Address on the present unsatisfactory- State of.the Country, and on the policy and mea sures of the present Administration, be'presented to his Majesty, praying his Majesty to dismiss his Ministers from his CouncilS:"--Mr. JA:cKson . seconded the motion. • The Hon. Sir C to, Gary objected to the mo tion, becanse he could not but cintsider'lhat any Address pl'esented to the King, -in which th,..?, Queen's nadie is mentioned, must be persoustiy offensive to 'his Alajesty ; and, therefore, he (Sir George) could not coincide in the motion. I fel did not approve of the present Miriister's, and•he had refused hi s s i gna t ure to t h e .County Address. It vas his opinion, that these addresses are doiirg material injury in the, country. Mr. So A - PER Spoke in defence of Ministers; and in condemnation of the Queen. He was fully persuaded that in all their - proceedings in the 'matter of the Queen, Ministers had been in fluenced by no other motive than their duty to their Country ; and he - believed the'Queen to what a majority of the House IA •Peers:had de clared her to be, Mr. "MERRITT consideri.d Ministers as fully deserving the confidence of the country as any men that could be chosen from among the existing political parties. - The motion being put, a division took place, when it was carried by.mor6 than two to one. The Address to the King was .then, submitted to the Meeting, and agreed WI, • Its main object is. to obtain the diSmissal of Ministers. The topics and the . language of the Petitioners contain no novelty, and they, cati tiously avoid making any allusiOn to the neces sity of a Reform in the Commons Rouse of Par liament, well knowing the 'peculiar state of this Borough, and the power possessed by.tt'few Mo dern Whigs to coutroul and influence the Elec tions of its Representatives in Parliament'. They charge with an ill grace the Ministers of “•go venting by means of corrupt majorities in Parlia- Meat ; that they have degraded the National Re presentation; and by their arbitrary and impo litic measares,bave endangered the stability of the Throne, as well as abridged the liberty of the subject." Yet these very Petitioners tena ciously exclude from. the exercise of the Bo rough Elective Franchise 48 out of 50 of the principal 'inhabitants of Portsniouth and Portsea. After the Address had been disposed` of, Mr. Howitim Moved a ResolAtiOn to agree to a Peti tion to the llouse.of.Commons, hi conformity 'with the sentiments he had expressed ; which being done, . . Mr. Alderman JOHN .CA RTER , M. P.. moved, that the Address to the King be presented to his Majesty by Lord, .Erskine. Mr. Carter.Prefaceill the motion by exhibiting his Lordship's pure and independent conductw hen the .Representative of this Borough, and dwelt with peculiar felicity of expression on his Lordship's able, constitutional, and manly opposition to Ministers in their pro ceedings on the prosecution of the Queen.. The Motion was carried unanimously as was the: following one—That tln Petition to the House. of Commons be presented by" the' Members.for the Borough (Admiral Markham gild:100 ar ter,Esq.) Thanks were voted ,to the Chairman for his able and ithpartial conduct, and . the 'Meeting dissolved:- • Tits, CLERGY.-One , of the..Churchward.ens and the Ringers of Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, having denied the right of the Rector (the key. Mr. Sharpe), to controul the• ringing of the church bells, the latter has consultecl Dr.LL4h ington on the subject, and the following is. tier as the substance of 'the Doctor's opinion on the questions ,put .to him by the Rector:—" That the consent of the .Minister (whether incumbent or curate) is necessary to autiorise the ringing-3r -bells in the Church; and that the .consent -of either or both Churchwardens, without the Mi .- - nister's consent, is not sufficient: That Vies:Mi nister's consent to the ringing of the bells must al:cays be had ; if the two Churchwardens dif fer, the consent of the IVlinisterand one ChurOh warden would be sufficient ; but the consent-of the Minister against both Churchwardens would not justify the ringing, nor would the consent:oc both Churchwardens against the Minister' au thorize it. That the Minister has authority to limit the time of rinoing, and that the ringers' are bound to'obey him. And that no person has p. right, without the consent of the Minister (whe ther incumbent or curate) to place flags, garlands; or any thing else, either in or upon the church, or in the church-ard. Miss CRAWFORD, who figured so gracefully , at the late ball given by Lord GAGE, at his seat; Firle-place, was deemed by all present, the love. Hest belle of the lovely throng. Two candidates have already started foi the County of Wicklow, apd.a third is expected' to offer himself in the room of Ot t e late `vlittLiA.:Nt PARNELL, Esq. ;~~• ... On Thursday last, the T4oitn PROVOST of Edinburgh, received a respite.,-for Alexander Hamilton, at present in the jail of that. city, under sentence of death, until furthu .c.iguifioa tion of his MAJZSTY 7 3 pleasure. jitit hi of 3g; , 1 a- !I.