The Sun. — London, England, 1817-07-04 00:00:00

ht would not have - given is a syllogism JO - p e ?4'ect cle'leg'atell body cannot delegate •'The Moose of Coininons'i,s a delegated body : Honse of Commons cannot delegate. 5o tal good.—But we Must go a Hide farther : The -House of Commons cannot delegate : A Committee is a delegated body : -Ergo—The House of Comm:us cannot appoint a Committee. we do no= deny this second Minor, and stop file " 'vgnerAle" Knight before he gets at its 1;;1 ".(40, what will become of his other. " grievance" ---that the Committee (lid not state its reasons since the reasons of a body which had no reason to be appointed are as unreasonable as tui reason at all. —We offer no apology for this confusion. It is wholly occasioned by the Middlesex Petitioners, and their " argute" Knights, Majors, and Minors. "7-Having succeeded so ill in their logic,.we can Hardly expect a better " arguteness" in their ' l3 '%'• These fanciful Gentlemen have taken it i nto their heads—and truly, after certain past oc currences, they are not so-much to be blamed for the notion, that Treason is to be calculated only by th e means of the Traitors, instead of their pur- Poses and that assemblages against taxes, or for bread, arc not treasonable. Taking the Law, ilowever, as it stood two months ago, we used to think that the actual subversion of the Go— Iternment was not an essential proof ; since Juries ' /lave beer found to declare, under the direction of the Judge, that assemblages for the pulling down of enclosures, or even of brothels, incurred the Penalty of Treason. We trust the petitioners 'will not he too confident in an interpretation of the Law, which may not only bring them into a crape, }Mt leave them in it. We shall not enter on the old subject of the House of Commons be ing the people's house ; by whom it is neither Called together nor dismissed. The Parliament, 'whereof it is a part, is the King's Parliament, into which •the people are commanded, by the lloyd writ, to send a certain number of persons, Properly 'qualified. And in that Parliament there is no such thing as a separate power, acting in oPposition to the other constituted parts. Nei ther shall we delay ourselves with the comical itiPa of the Ministers' taking up on suspicion of treason, all the Opposition Candidates at a Gene ral Election :—but we must desire to see the bu tiuess of p. , titioning taken. aut of the bands of then who can seriously desire the regular prero gatives—and those the most essential ones—of the Clown to be abolished or suspended. The Knights and the Majors of Middlesex are very " venerable," and they may be very " argute :" but, for ctr.itrouling the Legislature, they are ei ther to o old, or not old enough. Now the Sus .. IMsiOn Act has passed, w.e care not which. The Report of the state of the Doke of CLA• yesierday wag —t' His Royal Highness is betict." Mr. Po . soti3 - v.—There has been very little al teration in the; state of this Gentleman's health. lie has passed a quiet night, and his Physicians are tot witho u t hope, though the progress of his re covery is very slow. The PRINCE REGENT, other &inches of the Royal Family, and many of Ole most distinguished of our Nobility, &c. &c. have t estified their respect for his character by daily enquiries. The report of Mr. PONSONBY this day is, that ne is better. • Lord YARMOUTH is much indisposed. Mr, and Mrs. CHARLES LONG give an elegant and magnificent dinner to-morrow at their beam "ll Villa at Bromley, to the Duke of WELLING t°I`,I and a large assemblage of distinguished per- T"tlages. Among th e company i nv i ted to meet tile Hero are, the Earl and Countess BATtwasT, Vicotint APSLEY, Lady GEORGIANA BATHURST, the Marquis of tVoRCESTER, Lieutenant-Colonel l 'enqY, and Mr. and Mrs. ARBUTHNOT. Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT gave a dinner t 0 the D u k e o f Y ORK, t h e D uke of WELLINGTON, tile. Marquis ANGLESEA, and a num b er o f ()tit er ,. T he QUEEN and P r i ncess E LIZABETH v i s i ted the Duchess of GLOUCESTER yesterday, and in the eveniu g her MAJESTY had a se l ect party at h er Pala ce - Yesterday, at one o'clock, her MAJESTY, ac "hipauied by the Princess ELIZABETH, went in I"ivate manner, in• the 'Countess Dowager of 11 A DIGAN's carr i age , atten d e d b y her Ladyship, ' l ".' 44 Spone and C OPELAND ' S porcelain, Stafford re, and extensive . glass warehouses, in Portu gal-strcer , rot oy Si r where they were w HENRY C AMPBELL . 'The Royal P a rty ere received by Mr. COI'ELAND and Mr. As- BU RY, his nephew, strictly in private, and were conducted over the different apartments. The I,;.le.tvlY-illvented china, called stone china, by Mr. PnljE 3 Was eXhibited to the QUEEN ; it so close ly resembles India china, that it is with great dif- Ar k !' that the difference can be discovered,. Her ii„ A , jEsT ,v hurl a service for herself, and a va tor "trick s for presents. The 'Royal • party creintained upwards o f an h our i nsrect i ng the spa oUs przlniSe s , and expressed themselves - highly as, ra tlrsed : as they hail no R o y a l carr i age , an d at the QUEEN' S express command, no pre- Patation was made for her reception, they retired onobserved.- I t is nut Sir B. HOBIIOUSE, as was stated in the 2" ,‘ ili:ers of y esterday, who is appointed to the ,‘- ) . aiee of Ifiuk r Se c r etary of State in the room of BECKETT, bat HENRY FinEnOUSI.7, Esq. a near relation of the worthy Baronet. P 0 7, R Y. .1 IIPItOtiIPTU. THE LEGAL LEAP. Officious Sc:ribhherS cheek your envious kris, SIR VicARY merit Sees ‘yithout a ./.ct. , 4; Yet through a Lens if he shmild cast his eye, 'Twould spew True 11, not ma gnily. SOBER ~2.k1)171C1;. Leave off `tale-nostrunts, Doctor WATs,oN, Aad cool yourself, awl coal y.our hot son ; With dose, tirauglit, bolos, guard your neigLhour's But prdclise no more ou the Cortunou wealt h ! Con-EXCHANGE, JULY 4.---Nkre had n o fresh Arrivals this morning, and the s des made hi Fine Wheat were at Monday's prices, but Ordi nary is very dull ; Barley is also chill, and rather lower, but there was very few sales made. In Pease and Beaus there was no alteration. THE THEATRE.—We were present again at Covent-Garden Theatre, list night, at the per formance of " The Gentle Shepherd," and more and more regret that such a delightful Opera should be so barbarously curtailed. All the Music of it, as we remember it to have been performed many years ago, is of a plaintive cast, and exquisite to the greatest degree ; and we partictdarly lamented. the omission of the two, beautiful Airs—" At Sitting Day and Rising Morn," and Speak on, speak on, and still my Grief." Ttre part of Peggy i 3 particularly suited to Miss STEPHENS. in every respect, as much perhaps as any that she appears in : and - the Songs allotted to it, one would almost believe, had been _composed par posely for her. That enchanting singer gave one Scotch air most beautifully, and was encored in it, as were DUAL/SET and SINCLAIR in a charm ing duet 'at the beginning of the piece, which they sung inimitably.—We hope another season to see and hear this opera on a less contracted scale. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY,—Yesterday afternoon, at ti. e o'clock, Darby Stevens started on Wormwood Scrubbs (on the same ground that Eaton walked), to perform 500 miles in 20 days, backwards. Stevens, who has been for sonic time in training in the vicinity of Bow, is a stout young man, 2.5 years of age, and about 5 feet 6 inches in height. He performed two miles three-quarters in the first hour, and was then travelling on in the presence of a large _crowd o•f spectators. The wager is for 501. and bets are 10 to l against his accomplishing it. The Earl of ABERDEEN has the horse upon which his brother, the gallant Sir ALEXANDER GOanou, was mounted when he was killed at--the battle of Waterloo. The animal is a beautiful black charger, not seven years old. His Lordship .suffers no one to ride him but himself, or his brother's groom. Lieutenant Mooße, who saved the lives of two men in Calais harbour, as lately detailed in the Moniteur, when belonging to the Royal Sovereign yacht, has been promoted to the rank of Com mander. • Yesterday a Court-Martial assembled at NVliite ball, for the purpose of inquiring into Charges preferred by Dep. Commissary General O'MEARA, against Colonel GRANT; of the 18th Regiment Hussars ; Lieutenant-General Sir ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, President. The result has not trans pired. A circular letter from Lord PALmr.rtsToN noti fies,,that the office of the Agent-General for Mi litia and Local Militia Volunteers, &c. will cease On the.24th instant, and the issues for the various services at present paid through that de partment will, from and alter the above-mention ed date, be made by tie Paymaster-General of the Eorces. Yesterday a Board was held at the Admiralty for the adinissiOn of Wounded beamen•iuto Green wich Hospital. Count ROS!ANZOFF, a Russian Nobleman, no less distinguished for his eminent talents than his great wealth, has lately undertaken several most patriotic projects for the instruction and im provement of his countrymen. He has built four churches upon his estates, for different sects of Christians : he has also, at his owt; expence, en gaged and sent a vessel round the world on a voyage of discovery : lie is also about to establish some schools on the recently discovered system of education, for the direction of which he has sent for a competent English Instructor. A serious accident happened in St. James's- Park, near the Horse-guards, yesterday, between two and three o'clock. A groom, who was hold ing his master's horse, as well as his own, was prevailed upon by an active but poor lad to let him mount the unoccupied saddle : the lad, how ever, had scarcely mounted before the horse took fright at the clumsy erection connected with the sewers, which stands almost in the middle of the Parade. The boy was unable to manage the erea-, ture, which galloped off at full speed, and in a few seconds he fell over the horse's head.: the horse-in galloping away appeared to - kick bim.— The poor youth lay motionless, and .giving no other symptoms of life except by occasionally rolling his eyes, from exquisite pain. Mr. Govt.- BURN, the Under Secretary of State in Lord BA, TnunsT's Department, saw the accident, we be-. lieve, from one, of the windows- of the Horse guards, and hastened to the spot. With prompt humanity, he immediately gave orders for procur ing a shutter, which was instantly brought, and Mr. GOULBURN, with great anxiety and feeling, accompanied the boy to ‘Vestminster Hospital, 'and waited till the Surgeons pronounced the case not to be mortal. Every Adventurer in the present Lottery whose Ticket may be drawn on the First Day will Itave.a Double chance of obtaining some of the grand Ca totals in which the Scheme . abounds, including Four of 20,0001. and Two of 10,0001.; for every Ticket which is drawn a Blank on Wednesday, the 9th Instant, the First Dav of. Drawing, will be re-drawn, and again take its chance of - all the Capitals in the Wheel, and as Two-thirds of the Lottery %yin then be drawn, it is Two to One that any particular Number is determined.-,--G. . . CARuoL L treats his,Offices, 7, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford -street, will prove as eminently successful in the sale of the above Capitals, as in the late Lotteries, %flien he sold No. 7,735, the lust Prize of 30,0901, in Sliarcs.. LEr;Ds„TULY 2, :817. To Ti!:: I.:DiTo.lt.m."I'HE SUN. . bare ita , sedtlirottgll oi4 their return front litifldetsfield to York, anti trautpiiiiity may be conidereti ahnost Com pletely restored to ti.li disrrict. But it is a hollow . . . . . . Cahn i ti (twist vigilance o il th e !p il l of Cltivorruncut, the I"...logitracy, acid the will long be necessary for repressing the disaf fected. Fresh Leaders spr;ng up instantaneously, in the room of those who are api)reliended ; and be assured they nie not dt ficient in penetration, activity, spirit, or aliy o f t h e qualities requisite for taking advantage t d a relaxation in tiie reins of Government. Although trade has re: iced tuck an extent as to afford much more general employment to the working classes ; although the cheering prospect of an uncommonly abundant harvest has already produced a sensible impression on the markets for the first necessaries of life; yet the poison of seditious Writers has sunk so deep into the minds of the great mass of the ma nufacturing population, that there is too much reason to fear the present generation will continue discontented and - rebellious, though Providence should enrich the land with the most bounteous blessings. In the meantime, however, all is pro mising and quiet, and there can be no reason to dread further danger from the disturbers of the public peace, if they are. made to feel, by unre ► - mitting vigilance, that every fresh attempt to exe cute their atrocious designs must terminate in ruin themselves, an in increased security to the State. The accounts of the soldiers who have_pome in from Huthlersfield prove that the state of that quarter has been still more alarming than was hi therto supposed. Tile military are by no means disposed to exaggerate, in the reports of po pular commotions. The very men who have now returned trom Huddersfield were also at Man chester, where they assisted in dispersing the Blanket Expedition. Ut► their return from that service, they treated the whOle affair with ridicule, and increased the delusion, under ►which many persons laboured as to the true state of the coml.; try, by asserting that they could observe no ten dency to outrage either at Manchester or in the line of their march. The Manchester - Heroes pro fessed to march peaceably to London for the pur pose of presenting their Petitions ; and the soldiers, though they did their duty, thought little import ance (and perhaps son►e injustice) attached to the - dispersion of a body of unarmed Petitioners. But at IHuddersfield and the neighbourhood their services have been of the most harrassing descrip tion. There. they have repeatedly seen nu merous bodies of their armed enemies ; though, from the na ture of the country, ►which is woody and mountain ous, and intersected ►with stone ►calls, they were newer• able to come at sword's-length with the flying bodies of insurgents, who had accurate intelli gence of every. movement of the -military, by means of various•sihnals, which were almost con tinually a t work, and whic!► enabled them uni- torady to defeat dl the efforts of, the cavalry to come up with them. The soldiers, therefore, have had the fatiguing duty of scouring the coun try night and day, and of ultimately . putti► i g down the insurgents by . celerity of movement and labo rious exertion., instead of what would have been more agreeable to them, because more speedy and decisive—a single skirmish,—which, there can be no doubt, would have been the last. The disaf-. fected . confined themselves to pillaging mouses of arms, either because they were too vigilantly watched, or could not muster in sufficient force for more daring and important operations ; and this practice, it is said, is still partially con tinued. Gentleman whO resides in the neighbour hood of Huddersfield informs me, that during the two or three days immediately 'preceding the intended general rising, great numbets of strange men were constantly passing his house . towards Huddersfield from the North ; and it is a gratify ing circumstance, that within the last kw days the numbers are as great of men apparently. re turning, to their homes, amongst. whom he recog nizes -many of the former, .itinerants. They ate in the most wretched condition, and receive with eagerness such portions of food, &c. as are cha ritably bestowed upon them, even by those who suspect that their Journey to that neighbourhood has been for no good purpose. A few more Public hints, Sir, conducted on the sound principles, and with the ability and spirit of THE SUN, _are much minted. They would do more towards preserving the peace of the country, neutralizing the malignant operations of a seditious press, and bringing back the thinds of the deluded multitude to a sou . :id state, than can be accomplished either by military force nr by the terror of the laws, I am. with maiq friends, a constant Reader Of yolit„ invaluable Journal, :and rejoice to know, (what l hope is the case every where else), that w this District it is daily rising in the estimation of all true friends to their country. I wish you ►would make it the medium of illustratiog one fea ture of the Reports ol the Secret Committee I mean the statement, or admissioo, which has beet) formed, I am convinced, on inguilicient grounds, viz. that the Committee are aware some of the persons employed to dttect conspiracy have occasi“nally exceeded their instromions, and en- deavourecl to give rise7to those proceedings Which it was their duty only to ascertain. After the et persitre which has been made here, however, of the conduct and character of the persons who wished to fix this species of guilt upon Oliver, there can be no doubt, if the COMmittee came to the above conclusion upon such evidence kfi was exhihited . apainst him, that the Conclusion is er roneous. ft is Clearly denionstrated that Oliver had no hand whatever in giving rise tor the out rage in this quarter, though lie has been so stout ly charged with doing so; and the Public Lere *;e frost ihdignant at the attempts MIMI have f)( on r::3,ie to remave t . ! , e to;i: T , of ttli!t irom t!,c; Traitori, with %Own' th e ecittittry to fix it upon the Govertwalh.lt, :I!eii 2. he of her cases rxhi'oitedlit.i,pro (supposilli , Huy other -ag,, , tits th,tll (i:ivei• to 1:41..e heett el,?.rged with this guilt), IV C itf thnrocv,iiiy investi!..,sted as @livers has heft,,- t t morr prob,ble th4t the tvh6le of the efo,rzes our equidly -todoundeti.. I should. b. hlppy to fitol titi FN ntttliiiou to this kit'iject, ltucl the lift - stir', with it 1150,1 ac'eui.acy aka perspievity, before. the Y. •..c5.: increJse of empinylnetit 'was alrearly had beoeficill if k iloen c e ct; the expendrttire at ,( I cll3 - ?ise v..et our riatkct .vesto.day, goo(I IVlrt•At it-11 ten to .tr:eke:.shiiiivg. !wt._ load, awl but little busi tieiis tta.s clone at tkat red.iction. SHIP NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, JULY day sailed Ilia Majesty's ship Tigris, Captain HENDcasoN, for Weymouth. The Sir Francis Drake, beating the flag of Vice-Admiral Prcxmoae, sails in the even ing for Newfoundland. Arrived from the D 'wits tine Friendship, , for New South Wales ; Pacific, for Demerara ; Ann, for the South Seas ; and Perseverance, for Cot k. Sailed his Nijesty's ship Ganymede for Cork, and Tiber on a Crid•e, FALMOUTH, JULY l.—Arrived the Alexander,. SURFLIN, from London to. the Isle of Fiance Hind and Providence cutters from a cruise.—L Andrew, SAVAGE, was detained ~tr this port yes terday by the. Hind, in consequence of observing a communication 'between her and the brig Le vant, M`kispoN, frau Belfast for London, ‘vhoul she supposed to be engaged in a smuggling trans action ; but ,she has been released, it being proved that both the vessels belonged to the same owners ; the Captains accidentally Meeting, had changed their skips, agreeable to directions . PLYMOUTH, JULY 2.—Arrived the .Defence, RENNOLDSON, from London for Calcutta, and Catalina, PHILLIPS, from London to the Brazils. DEAL, JULY 3.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the I. 7 „,.`uterprize, BLAtit, and Aguilar, Ro- BulsoN, from Jatnaica, and Pioneer schooner from the Westward—the latter remains. MARGATE STEAM-PACKET. TOTAL DESTRUCTION BT FIRE OF THE REGENT • MARGATE STEAM-PACKET. On Wednesday morning last this vessel, ciim• mantled by Captain HA nvEY, left Look') for Ilargate,with between 40 and 50 passeq4eis oni board ; and it appears, front aCCOISH received in town yesterday, that when off Whitstable, whict) is 18 miles flow the port of destiisatiOn, she %%as discovered to be on fire : at this time she w , ,SalsO 3 miles front the main (and. As to Vessel of this de scription never carries a boat larger than sufficient to hold her own crew, which seldom exceeds t dozen persons, the consternation of htt ween 40 and 50 passengers may be better conceived tha'a described. The fire was discovered to rroceed from the furnaces used fir the boilers of the sreant engines, and to gait) rapidly on the exertions of - those on board. The vessel was seen front the shore ; and one account w bleb we have sect' states, that she was met by several boats from Whitstable, who succeeded in getting all on board safe to land; and this account seems corroborated by the following notice, which was posted yester day, in the afternoon, at Lloyd's : " The Regent steam-packet, bound to Margate, was burnt to t he .water's edge, yesterday atierooott, off Whitstable. Crew and passengers waved." The cause of the fire is stated to be as follows : The gale of wind being strong, blew the chimney flue away, and the wood-work, which is nearly breast high from the deck, at the bottom of the fine, for the purpose of keeping the people near the chimney front burning themselves, caught fire ; the men in throwing the buckets over for water to put it out lost them, consequently the fire was not checked, and the captain immediately made for land, anal got all the people and crew, and luggage, safe ashore; but the vessel is almost, entirely consumed.—(Morning Paper.) DREADFUL EXPLOSION% Another dreadful EtploSiou has taken place ire a Mine near Durham; by the bbstimitc conduct of a wretched man, whci perished in lighting a candle. The following is an extract of a letter froth the spot t— " At two o'clock this niorning (Ttiesday) wheat the colliers went to work, the Overthan found it necessary to order DAV Y'S Lain!) tip be used in certain places, which order seems to hate beet; attended to by the first shift of men, till o'clock, when they were relieved by the t mind shift. An obStinate fellhw belonging to the second shift, when lie relieved the man whd preceded him in the farthest Working (and'at the saute time the most dangerous, being in the :ISt of the ventia lation), persisted in lighting a candle; because lid thought there was no danger, and because he thought he could see better with candle. The poOr fellow whom he relieved retnonstrated itrongki against the lialitiug Of. tbe caustic, statinz, that (11 4 o%ennan's orders Were peremptoiy, and he even put the candle wit by form The infatnatt4l victim, however, persisted, and ligi.ted his candle mgain, v'hien the other left him working with it. On his way Out to the shaft he met with otid of the Dcputy-Oveimen; and told him what hail occurred,. who went with the intention of coin- , yelling the delinquent to do what wa s right, or td punish hitn ; but whether be teach,d his destina tion or not, we cannot tell, as the Otplosion took place in a few minutes after Ward s; juit as my in formant,•and is companion, Who can also make affidavit 'of the fact, ,!;Cot o u t of the pit. We d r , no t y e t ftntyw the number killed, as 1 cannot get ES' correct list of the men at work, and C,e bodies are not all got out o b'ut I feat it will nor lit less than 34 or 35 individna!l. Ido not think that more than 4 or 5 will survive out of 39 or 40. We have already got Upwards. of 20 dead out.— The exploion WaS very mons, its the pit is 62 fathoms