The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-28 00:00:00

f 1 “M n t.tt anti nivc , rsar tanivr s vvnicli seem "tug to dist.o.e..se i3ennet, Giffard said, meant wir'ret he - Said as a compliment to Mr. i fiennet's'ihild, polite, and gentlemanlike Mr - inner, "iehlei r would be more likely to effect its purpose with trim, than all the brawling and bUllying of the tar. IIENNP.t. appealed to the candour of the Tiosecutor himself, reiterating his former argil "Fierits ; his own incetnpeterree, acting without t'structions, and the probable opportunity that 'are . (ir-titleitrao would have in a very few days of ample satisfaction, should the evidence on which he so coOlidently relied support him. lie was, hots-ever, instructed by the Traverser to throw himself - on the mercy of the prosecutor ; to make bins the most ple apology ;to state by affida vit, that he t -, i'as not Editor of the Paperin Ties tiri:s longer than February last ; that he never Bahr tire obnoxious matter till it appeared in pant ; never entertained any enmity against Mr. Giifard ; that of course by some inadvertence, not erdinecedeoted, the matter was printed without iris directions ; he never wrote f6r the Palter ; vats a very humble Man, and not callable of writ , itig in any such . departMent ; would et‘press his Contrit‘on in any manner required of him, and trusted, that an appeal of this natnre would have that effect upon the Court, and, indeed, ouS the prosecutor, which it was natural to expect. Mr. Gtrraun rose and ohservcd, that respect intt.the individnal who becatne the object of this prosecution, he never hearri of his ek,stence pre .vil,lftt to this transattiou ; that when occasion . 1)1 . onglit• his name ter his ears, frotn the very sound he thought literature- the last thing on earth that cohld he attached to it ; and it is now stated, that tn:serrible as the style of the Chronicle writing is, Ire is incapable of it ; but he felt it his duty to at ail himself Of the priitection of taus cthich lie hittiSelf Viblated, evirtn he rebognied a train of virulen'ae and mali ; :nity against him, which he felt conscitufs helve:et provoked by any act of his life. There was ri'et acKrrilous epithet which vial gariy could suggest, or rancorous enmity devise, wltich had not been wantonly applied to him ; and now, When the person at the Bar feels him self like a rat which I have hunted into a corner, and is hich, finding DO hole through which to et cape, like that amiable creature, prostrates . itself the dust, hoping to pass unnoticed. flow dif ferent is the prisoner's present pretences of con trition and humility, from his Indents cal:minks, %elicit he told the mad multitude, that he was };lad of an occasion to Sent his slander against The, as I was an enemy to their country and their itligion—was not this an incitement to assassina tion ? anti yet, bad as it was, it was miltiocss to bis•other calumnies. - The matter lie would leave to the Court, and avoid ioterposing one way or the oltcr ; but, if he made concessions, he felt he should oulY be exciting future attacks of a cha racter similar to the former war whoop, when a road multitude sere stimulated to assassinate hint by iovettives, under which he tlttot have fallen, Lad he not some resolution auil coergies of mind foreign from the cowatdice which had been £0 ma li,gnatitly attributed to him. After the ioiet,al of au hour, the Traverser's atlidavit ttt subwitsion was read, as follows : Tl:e KING, at the Prosecution 4Jc GIFFARD, Esq. aga:il,T Je.IIV Ma.(3liAN, a TfaVt•tial. The said John Holoban, the lratietter,Wiaketh oath and faith, that the matter c o mplain e d ot, an d s t a t e d as libellous io the IndiCtuem, in this Prosecution, was not written by tit Deponent; neither did Deponent know of same until it written. Saithi Deponent has not any Manuscript touching said publications in Deponent's power. possession, et procuremetit ; neither (hies this Dtponent believe the saute ere io k•xiciefice. `faith, Deponent was not aware 0 any in tention to libel the Prosecutor, towards whom this Deponent 17as not, nor had he at any time any malicious motive, or dislike personally; and Deponent is sorry, and re grets, and is much concerned, for having i neon eta the dis pleasure ot said John Gifford. Salt h, Deponent is milling to satisfy the Prosecutor'; Costs in this prosecution, up to this clay: aml saith, Deponent herehy publicly apolo4izes to this Llotiourable Court, and to the said John Gifford; therefore Deponent how hopes this Honourable Court will be pleased to accept this Apology, thus inthlicly made; aid therefore, lieprment throws himself upon the humane con sideration of this Court, and Deponent will, in his Paper, the Ecst publication thereat, state such his sorrow and regret for having , sit tiered such Publications against the said John Giffard, which Deponent belitecs are false and libellous. Sworn in Court, this 19th day of August, 1817. JOHN HOLAHAN. ALLEN and GREENE. Ti,e Conti required a certain lor mality of the Prosccor or's acquieccence with rheapology,which Mr. Giffard refused, in the first instance, resting on his former declaration of non-inteilerence, hut when on the brink of a final judgment, his Agent Wits obli:red to ask his consent' to the acerlnnio. dation. lie then generously yielded, 411 d drew from the "Israverso• and his Counsel the must earnest thinks and appl'ObaliOtl. 'flie Rule of Court appeared to have been, that the Ti cser shciiiid hold hims e lf bound, in the iccog nitane, to come in when called upon, Hot to an,dl. trial, or suffer any punishment which irkolowledgement of the olrence might be sup posed t^ incur, but, as it Would appear, a matter pro lortna. 'Tie ReCARDER gave them a salutary admoni tion, the piiaCiples of vtbich hail been often re peated yet they were not on this occasion ed. With Icss energy. He observed that it ‘vas not a:Vublie cbdracter he so wantonly tra sloced, but a private Gentleman, thorn be brought ‘vithin the focus of public observation, when he probably was svc king retirement, having no public duty to perform. lie granted that it was the province of the P;ess, the liberty of which con ituted one of Inc great boasts of our glorious Constitution, to animadvert on the conduct of public men awl pn'Aic measures, provided it is done in a spirit of candour, without personal vi tuperanee 4.r a licentious career under the sem _ fur hi this . tlie destruction Lk . lice of timt liberty ; tif thAt ll!►erty hai often pervaded but wantonly, t get into tl►e receises Ot domestic lite, and die- t Uri) the retu,se nt families—hurt their feelings 111 the most p,ii r ;n3lit a nil cruel Daimler—sow (hot, cr)rd silk! after hold out the meritorious ) puhisc detestation. is suc!l an act oftiggravated r; fl Otious dAnqueney, as the Laws have goArde.l against, by suspending the strong 5; U) puniNhment to deter, where principle or would out avail. The Learned Judge olisened, that he hopel the mercy held aH i t to him this ty would have a salutary °pen t too on his rutort• conduct, but if he ever had the t une co involve himself in a similar preili .inient, •csilect n6tlier mercy. or con- Cc)sl):i, PArEns, PARES, AUG. 24.--The Count de tztipinn (.ing of Prussia) went on Friday evening to the Theatre Royal de l'Opera Anthehtic letters from the Coast of Barbary an nounce a real triumph for civilization. Some years since the Bey of Tunis subjected to quaran tine vessels coming from Egypt or other infected countries. Lately a vessel, having On board pil grims attacked by the plague, wai, burnt. These pilgrims having violated their quarantine, fled into the mountains, and Spread the contagion in Africa Following the exautple of Tunis, the Dey of Al giers, yielding to the earnest solicitations of the French Consul, has caused all the persons sus pected to be ill to be conveyed on board an isolated vessel, there to be subjected to a species of ti .- rant This evening, it being the eve of St. Louis, all the theatres %rill he opened gratis. The Count de Itopida dined yesterday with the Duke de Richelieu. '!'he Counts Cdtris and A. Theotoch;, Deputies from the lonian lies, have arrived tel un their return. There is to be a review of the English troops in the neighbohrhood of Canibray early in Sep. ten►her, at which the Count de ituppin will be present. The Princess Royal of Portugal embarked at Leghorn the 1311► just on board the Portuguese squadron, which set sail for Rio Janeiro. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday GE T. 4t c. MAnturt, AUG. 12:—A Circular has been pub lished trom the Ministry of ‘Var, classing, in eight divisions, the Insurgents of Spanish America, who fall in the hands of the Royal Troops, and ;lirecting bow they shall be tried. The 11(.1mm:benlent of tilt; Q leen is expected about the end of ibis month, of beginning of SUP terni)tr. VIENtIA, AUG. 10.-- S.►tisfactory intelligence tits arrived here within these five Jays,on the sub vets of our negociations with several 6tates of Itaiy. Those with tide Court of Turin are on the eve of being. concluded. NUREMBERG, AUG 15.--There are several di plomatic Personages at Carlsbad. The Prince de Hardenberg, the Count de Cape d'lstria anti the Prince de Sch , tartzenberg art often together. MUNICH, AUG. 16.—We have received intelli gence by different private letters, that the plague has extended its ravages to Albania and admatia, anti h as a lso again nonifested itself in some of the Islands of the A rchipciago. Rigorous mea sures of precaution loivr been resorted to in all the ports of the Adriatic and the Mediterranean, to prevent the communication of this dreadful malady. RASTADT, AUG. 18.—Among the persons of distinction arrived %% ithin these few days at the baths of Baden, are M. le Comte de Golz, the Prussian Minister at the Germanic Diet Lamb, the English Minister to the Court of Ba varia, who has come from the waters of Carlsbad, and several other persons attached to diplomatic missions. Count lostopschin, who has been at the baths of lLaclrr► for several months, has left then► to ;;to to Prantsfort. It IS believed he will pass the winter in Germany. FRbi , ICH CONCORDAT. FURTHER DOCITNIEN'N, RELATIVE TO THE CON CORDAT, BETWEEN THE POPE AND THE KING OF FRANCE. 1. '['he Letters of Ratification are of the follow ing tenor : ‘' When first, by a singular favour of Almighty God,we were res:ored to our seat, whence a power ful tempoit had borne us into the depths of the sea of misfortune, we turned our wind to that complicit:ion of evils with which the Holy Bride of Christ was miserably afflicted, and felt the joy inspired by our return disturbed by the melan choly consideration of them ; but being placed in that situation w; . tere it was not sufficient to de plorei but necessary by every possible effort to remedy, these things, we eatnestly exercised our care in order to ward off 30 great desolation froru the Lord's flock ; and, as our duty requires, to endeavour, after such a revolution of affiirs, to strengthen the temple and console the remnant of Israel. " But though with great anxiety of mind we la boored from this watch -tower of the High Apos tulat e, to effect this wherever we could through out the Cathol i c Church—yet we thought our cares and attention particularly due to the king dons of France, that the Apostolic solicitude Might be most abundantly employed in the repa ration of evils where those evils had been , most 45:gravated by the aspetity of the times. For not only the numerous calamities with which the French churches had struggled, but also a grate ful gond-will towards the whole nation, which had deserved so well of us, demanded this from us by a claim of peculiar justice. With a pleasing re collection we recalled with what distinction, what numerous attendance, and what devotion of mind, although at a most unfavourable period, we were received there, so that by the divine counsel of Almighty God the honour due to Peter was not • prevented nor obscured by the unworthiness of his successor, nor by the agitations of danger. " lint in completing this great work, the religion and piety of our dearly beloved son in Christ, Louis the King of France assisted us. For when we opened to him our designs for the heal ing, by an effectual remedy, of the wounds in flicted on the Catholic Church in that kingdom, he declared, that it was one of his warmest wishes, " That" (as Leo the' Great congratulated Pul eheria Augusta) " under (lie favourable disposal of Divine protection, which never deserts its Church, the spirit of God would animate hi; 'own mercy and the desire of our heart, that in the same work, and with the same mind, we might both agree in the remedies to be obtained " " But we had scarcely applied ourselves to this most important business, r.lten again sounded " the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the snorting horses, and of the glittering sword," and therefore we were again forced to I etire flow tie citadel Of the Pontificate with our venerabl e , TO CORRESPONDENTS. X. X. on Theatrical Managers, to-morrow. `THE SUN. LONDON, TH1,71?51).41 1 , AUGUST 28, 1817. 4roll,et's, the Cardin .lls of the Holy Roman Church, that might remuve ourselves from the impend ing dangers and impediments to on:. administra tion of the Church ; and we ;mewed that all dtn r beit counsels were rendered vain in the very be ginning, by the new tumult of war which involved iri danger all the affairs of France and Italy. But God making peace on high, immediately that day so much desired dawned forth, in which, with the aid of the Most Clnistian K ng, we were able to consult seasonably the good of the Church in the vast regions of France. Our dearly beloved Son in Christ, Louis the King, well knowing that the timings of God should be taken care of by bin) with distinguished and peculiar care, addressed us in letters full of duty, devotion, and piety, desir ing that we would hasten to settle the affairs of the Church in his dominions by an Apostolic dis pensati:m. `• We have therefore willingly consented to the wishes of the Most Pious King, %Odell were also our own daily and most earnest wishes, and have taken care that all those things which tended to the end in view•, should he fort htei!h brought wi der deliberation and maturely weighed in a Con gregation of our venerable brothers the CArdinals of the Holy Romao Church. Such, however, Was the extent and importance of the matters to be ar ranged, that, not without long awl laborious con sultation, we have at length, with the assistance of Him who is the Father of Light, happily com pleted the affair by a Convention, which we doubt not will prove of great benefit to souls, and a sea sonable remedy for so many evils." llere follows the Convention, word for word, as inscrred in our Paper of yesterday; after• which there ate the formal clauses of ratification, of ad monition to the Archbishops and Bishops to main tain the Convention, of protest against Nullity, of credit to be given to Notarial Copies of :he Act, and of general prohibition against infringement. This Le•ter is dated at Rome on the 14th of the Calends of August, in the year of our Lord's locomotion 1817, and the 1 tith of the present Potoiticate. 2. The Bull of the new Circumscription of the Dioceses of the Gallivan Church is principally filled with the details of that circumscription. 'The fol lowing passage however is important : " As, however, the churches of France were deprived of their patrimony in the past Revolution, and those things which from a desire of peace we decreed concerning the alienations of ecclesiastical possessions in Article XIII. of the Convention of the year 1801 have been carried into effect and ought to remain in full force." Hence is inferred the necessity of a new endow. tnent in lands, and Dividends of the National funds, Its stipulated in the Bth Article of the Con cordat. This Bull is dated on the 6th of the Calends of August 1817. ERRATUM.—In our Extract from. T/►e Quebec Gazette, on Tuesday, ;among the Arrivals, read July insteadof May 25. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Perforpeed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL., Ilkemitaxer.—Teaxing Made Easy : -Prin cipal Characters by Mr. Terry and Miss Matthews. After which, - The Actor of All Wolk. To which was added, Retsina. New THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-1 - 101JSE.—The zard : Principal Characters by Mr. H. Johnston and Miss M. H. Boggins. After whist), Fire and Water, and Tbe Padlock. MAILS. AnntrED-1 France, I Lisbon, 1 Dublin, 2 Waterford. Dus---IHanfourgb, 1 Waterford. PRICE oF STOCKS T 3 I 3 PAY AT TWELVE o'cLocic. 3 per Cent. Red. . I Bank L. Ann.... 20; IS-16ths a per Cent. Ci0n5....79i Stiki ; India 80nd5,...1215. 1235. pr. 4 per Cents 9B4i I Exch. Bills , 30s. 355. pr. 5 per Ct.NavyAnn.....los4t f Cons. for October,....Boii 81 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W. Morning, 33 minutes after 3. I Evening, 4 minutes after 4. • Last night and this, morning we received the Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday last. The Moniteur of the former day contains a Royal Ordonnance, directing the convocation, on the 20th of September, of the Electoral Colleges of the Departments comprized in the first series, under the law for renewing the Chamber of De puties by fifths, and also of those Departments which did not on the former occasion complete their elections. The number of Deputies to be elected is 63. There is also an Ordonnance ap pointing the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Electoral Colleges of the Departments above alluded to. " Five PER CENTS. On Saturday the KING reviewed the Royal Guards in the Champ de Mars. The Duke of WELLINGTON was present, and the King of PaosstA viewed the spectacle from a balcony of PEcole Militaire. " Saturday .. (Fret: the Norfolk Herald rf July 25.) Sunday another bat ceremonial took place, the King in due form putting the Cardinal's hat upon the head of the Cardinal de la LUZERNE. The following are extracts from the Journals of Mon day : " PARIS ) Aug. 25.—The Count de Ruppin (King of Prussia) has visited the Observatory and the Jardin du Roi. Curious to become ac quainted trial the different amusements of the Pa risians, he proceeded to the .Bovievart du Mont Parnasse and to the S wiss Mountains in the Garden de la Grande Chaim - dare. tbe illustrious stranger (Fronz the Same Paper.) was much amused in descending the Swiss I%Ioun• tains on horseback. " Yesterday, on the occasion of his fete, the King received the congratulations of the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family, the Auib4s• sadors, the Ministers, the Cardinals, the Marshals, Peers of France, Councillors of State, Deputies, Magistrates, &c. &c. • " The Duke d'Amnont gave a very fine concert on Saturday, at which the Duke of Welington, the Count de Ruppin, the Russian, Prussian, and Austrian Ministers, were present. "'!'alma made his first appearance on Satur day after his return, in his favourite character of Manlius, and was received with the greatest ar plause. 68 f. 45 c. " BRUSSELS, AUG. 19.—The Infant of Spain. Don Francis Paul, who arrived here on the 13th instant from Paris, visited the king on the 16tb► and the next day dined with their Maieslies at the Palace of Luken.. His Royal highness, after making some stay here, intends to proceed to Antwerp, Rotterdam, the Hague, and Anister• dam. " SENLIS, AUG. 22.—0 n the ifith, a quantity of hail fell here and in the neighbourhood,-which has occasioned immense damage. The grain has been entirely destroyed, and the public edifices and prim %%Ate houses have suffered considerably. The da mage is estimmed at upwards of 200,000 francs. The hail-stones in general weighed from two to three ounces, and some of them from five to six. " VIENSX, AVG. 14.--The Foreign Ministeri accredited here, who are at present almost all absent, will return about the middle or Septem; ber, as also the Prince de Metternich. " FRANKFORT, AUG: 19.—Lettell from Petersi; burgh of the 30th ult. state, that the King of Spain has sent the order of the Golden Fleece to the ()rand Dukes Constantine, Nicholas, and Michael. " BERNE, Alio. 19.—8 y an Act of :be Diet of the Swiss . Confederation, all the surviving OEN. , cers, Sub-officers, and Soldiers, of the Regiment of Swiss Guards, who were engaged in the coma bats at the Thuilleries on the 10'h of August 1792, are to receive a particular decoration, con sisting of a medal of cast iron, having on one side the. Cross of the Confederation, with the le gend, " Fidelity and Honour," and on the other, the date " 10th Aug. 1792." The medal. to he worn at the breast, on the left side, attached to a red and white ribbon." New York Papers to the 27th July arrived this morning. The following are extracts : CHARLESTON, JULY 16 —Extract of a Letter from an Officer in the Patriotic Army to his Friend in this place, d ited Amelia Island, July 9 : " We arrived here on the memorable 29th June, and alter a march of 10 miles through the swamps, breast-deep, we stormed the garrison with 70 prisoners. We are now in peaceable possession, and the inhabitants are well pleased. In a few days we move forward to storm St. Augustine, where there are 500 men in a strong garrison, and are determined to drive them out of it. Our 22 gun frigate, with 250 men, from New York, is off the Bar. We have taken two valuable schooners at soLE,, (LUIS DICIOLE FALSUM AUDEAL Fernandia." CHARLESTON, JULY 16.—(From the South.)--:. By the passengers in the sloop Hermit, arrived yesterday from St. John's and St, Mary's, we gaits intelligence that a small military port on the St. John's River, called Fort Nicholni, was eva cuated on the 4th inst. by the Spaniards, who made their escape in two gun-boats, after having burnt the houses, spiked the guns, and destroyed a few small arms and military stores, which they could nut conveniently carry with them. The measure was adopted through absolute dread of General M`GREGoa's forces, whose name spreads terror through the country. An advance party had beets stationed at a position about $ or 10 miles from Amelia, called the Naurowo, to countermand its entrance. St. Augustine will next command the attention of General M`GREGOR : it will be at tacked as soon as reinforcements arrive from the North, which are hourly expected. The Go vernor, Mr. CoPPINGER, is represented to be a spirited Officer, and will make a stout resistance if his troops can be induced to it. A frigate of twenty-eight guns, and upwards of three hundred men, was hourly expected at Amelia from New York, when our informant sailed. A Portuguese schooner (formerly the Roger privateer of Nor folk), and a large schooner, were at Amelia at the time of its capture : the former was con demned, and the latter, - having but a few packages of goods and a number of passengers, A pilot-boat schooner) formerly the Rebecca, of this port) had received a commission and s a il e d on her first cruize, being the only vessel of war fitted out since the establishment of the•new Go-