The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-26 00:00:00

:, SHIP NEWS. no repairs were necessary 1 Besides, the Speaker did not put the Nation to expence for himself Merely, but to support the dignity of his high office, and for the sake of the importance of that Office in the eyes of the Empire and all Europe, as Well as for the benefit of his successors. Did not the money circulate among ourselves, and give employment to our own Countrymen, who had a full opportunity of exercising their taste as well as profiting by their industry ? The Oppo sition Paper could hardly have been more sore upon the subject if all the money had been employed in subsidies abroad. It therefore the expence was great, its operations Were wholly at home, and were so complete that it is very likely to be a long period before any charges of a similar nature are ►again incurred. We ate sure that our countrymen in general will revolt against s ,, ch an ex post facto attack upon a distin guished and meritorious character, who was ob . . liged to relinquish his post on account of the in juries which his health had suffered by an incessant attention to trtost labotiow duties, and who is now endeavouring to regain it in an honourable retire ment provided for him by the admiration and gra titude of his Country. CORN-ExcHANGE, DUD. 26.—We had no fresh Arrivals this morning, and but very little business done. The few sales made in fine articles were at Monday's prices, hut there is nothing doing in ordinary, and but gel v few buyers at market. PonTsMoUTH, DEC 25.—The Russian Squa dron at Spiihead are taking in water, &c. and it s expected will be ready for sea in ten or twelve days, when they wily proceed for Cadiz. Sailed the Fame, PoGATE, for London, and the Jane, GR4NGER, for Cowes. HARVICH, DEC. 25.—Arrived the Auckland packet with a mail and passengers from H o ll an d, and the Henry Freeling -packet has sailed with a mail for ditto. The Alliance p9 , ket, Captain MARSH, with tie mails On hoard for Gottenbuvvh, has this day put back, baying encountered tre mendous ales of wind and much ice. Haewica, Dec. 24.—Arrived the Louisa, SCHEEL, from Kiel, with her pwnps choaked - and cargo shifted ; Frae!.!ller, Howes, from Emden for London—she left the Ems on Friday week on account of the ice Beanfoy packet, with a mail and passengers from Heligoland ; she sailed on Sund y•.---there was much snow and ice. PLYPSOUTET. DEC. 24.—Arrived the Hero of the Nile from Berhice, hound to London. All the outward-hound have sailed, with "the wind at Fist. DRAL, DEC! 25.—Came down from the River, and sailed, the Resignation, BRowN, from the Mediierrienean ; the Anne, Punsaoas, from Bar badoes ; the Prince of Waterloo, JAMESON, for Demerara. The Alert sloop of war has arrived from Sheerness, and remains. Five o'Clock.—Just arrived from the River, and remains, the Thomas Courts East Indianian. FALMOUTH, DEc. 23, 7 -Arrived the Petrona land, UGLAND, from Norway ; Arabella packet, from Dartmouth ; and Pyramus, WILL/AM, from London. Sailed the Ocean, Wu -Km, and Jobn, Elswork, from Smyrna. The Pyramus, on the evening of the 21st inst. fell in, off the \Viht, with the masts of a, ship, and from the size of the tops, which were above water, she supposed them to belong to a large vessel. 'LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—Arrived the Loan, Fos- DICK, from New York ; sailed the 23d Nov,Ju ber : on the 18th December, off Cape Clear, she experienced a dreadful gale, and threw upwards of 300 barrels of apples overboard. It is now owlet stood the County of Lincoln will be most severely contested at • the next Elec tion, and also the County of Surrey. It is understood that Government will no longer give encouragement to persons who wish to pro ceed as settlers to his Majesty's possessions in North 1-Imnica, except such as half-pay officers, or .persons . under peculiar circumstances. This regulation is stated to have been adopted in con sequence of a number of persons who went out the last two years without being; prosided with sufficient money, or means to enable them to cul tivate the land which had been allotted to them, and who are now in very great distress. The Flanders Mail mentions, that the Doke of \VgLLINGTON has appealed tit the Court of Cas- . sat ion against the decision of the High Court of Justice, which rejected his former appeal. The QUERN will go to Brighton about the sth of January, to pass a fortnight at the Pa vilion. Early in February her MAJESTY will re turn to Bath, for three weeks or a month•— • (Morning Paper ) . We hear that his Royal Highness the Duke of K ENT , who is still under great affliction from the hiss of his ever-to-he-lamented niece, may be ex pected in England, for a short time, in the spring. The Gentlemen of the Chancery Bar - propose to request Sir WILLIAM GRANT to sit for his pic ture, with a view to have it placed in the Rolls- Court, and have opened a subscription to defray the expense. POPERY, FOR THE SUN. Mr. Enrrau,—Wong , have h rejoiced at the patriotic part which you have taken; in. defendint4 the Protestanrioterest, against its most insidious as well as inveterate, enemies; and though I de test every thing like popularclamour and popular excitement, I cannot but wish, that seriously and soberly, it might he made a test:for all Candidates at the next GeneraMlection, whether they have voted, or intend to vote; tnr Catholic ambition i 1-Inw any consistent sober-minded Protestant can vote for any man who cannot answer in the ne ' otive to this question, it is. hard to understand ; but as the Papists have no spirit of toleration, so Protesrants, on the other hand, under the name of liberality,' carry it even to madness ; to the destruction of their own securities, and their own peace. Think, Sir, how small were the concessions, which, aided by a protestant association, enabled a fanaiic noblenian to drive the common people w fury, in the year 1780. Nothing more than the repeal of those penal statutes against the I), , pists, which many have thought a disgrace to our laws; but which, in truih, n , re only a disgrace to the bigots whose treason Able and horrid machina tions under Elizabeth and James 1., bad made such enactments absolutely necessary. Tiiey were, in their origin, Liws of self-defence, not of aunoyauce. Unless therefore we would wish to see such laws made neressmry a4aiu, let us resist the encroach;nents ot Lome ! UAless we would wish to see la«> much more cruel made agaiEs ourselves, let us prev ut dl further approaches towards rt Popish ascendancy ! • spirit of Popery changes not ; (or if it changed, it would be re formed, which it abhors 7*. . When the Roman Catholics thems, Ives were alarmed ai the outrages comMitced at London in June 17S0, an exhortation was read in all their Chapels in Ireland, of whicn the following passage is •he begit.ning:—" The Roman Catholics of this liigdom are bound, by the strongest ties of icter , •st a: , d gratitude, to give, on all occasions, tie most undoubted proofs of their steady attach ment to the gcrvernors that preside over,them, and although we have frequently announced this obli gation to you, we diitik it incumbent upon us, at this junctu IT, to repeat it, lest the smallest de- viatiou tiom the Flue of the in.).,t regular all peacetul conduct 0)0(0 render you unworthy ()I Just andl . future favo►►rs. By the late remora of Cinfitnerrial re9traiuts, the most spacious fields are openvd, to encourage your industry, and Int pro; e your conditions."—( Gentleman's Magazine, June 1780. p. 341 ) 1 uo uot accuse them of having since deviated on regularl id peaceful conduct ; but I do accuse them of Tepreseniing what they then spoke of as past favours, as little better than insults ; and boldly pressing for, and almost demanding, the re moval of ail restraints, under the false ,mad hypo critical term Einaucipation ! It would be a good service to - :race aft the steps of their progress in demands from that period; acid it I can get at ti►e documents I will do it for you. In the mean time, I had rather see it done by LANERANc, or son►e other person equally able. You have nor given us the Appeal of the Roman Catholics of Ireland to their Protestrort Brethren, and for good reasons; but I will scud you soon the Appeal of the Protestants of England and Ireland to their Roman Catholic Brethren, u hick has more force and propriety in it than the other. Yours, WICKLIFF. " Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and halt cast my words behind thee," Psalm 50. V. 17. Is there nothing pro phetic of Popery' in those Words ? Consult the preceding verse. BRIGHTON, DEC. 24 —Lord and Lady CASTLE.. REAGH, rind Lord STEWART, arrived at the Pavi lion in time for dinner this evening. As yet the Palace apartments are only partially illuminated, and the attendance of the band is. still prohibited. —The weather to-day has once more been bright, but intensely cold. The PRINCE REGENT has again confined his exercises to the Lawn and the Riding-School.—The senior brother,named Rhen, of - the PRINCE REGENT'S private band, after an illness of several yea's, during which'his salary was continued to him, expired here yesterday. deccased had been in the service of the PRINCE 22 years, and from his talent as a musi cian, and excellent moral behaviour, bad even been a favourite with his Royal Master. The Eliza, Captain HEBDISH, is arrived at Waterford from St. John's, Newfoundland, with Papers to the 26th ult. Various conjectures having been entertained relative to the cause of the late destructive fires, the Grand Jury, after a minute examination into the subject, have de clared their unanimous opinion, that the suspicions of these fires having been wilful and m►►licious, are groundless, and that they originated solely in accident. The canal in St. James's Park was yesterday frozen over, and the ice so strong, a great nun►- ber of youths ventured to amuse themselves upon it. POETRY. WINTER. The beauties of Suniiiiei have vanished away, Like volatile phantoms display'd in a dream, And Nimbus diffuses an impotent ray, Scarce yielding a smile to enliven the day, . Or brighten the breast of the stream. And soon shall the forest its verdure bewail, And vallies and hills wear an aspect forlorn ; No tremulous music shall sigh Willi the gale, No flower its lustre disclose in the dale, Nor blossom, embellish the thorn. But say, does this season no beauty possess, \lnca Nature's enchantments apparently die ? The white robe of winter gives pleastire no less Than the Summer - or Spring in their elegant dress, To the reasoning - Moralist's eye. The moon-beams which sleep on the snow-cover'd hill, In turn are as pleasing as those which illume The blossoms of Summer, or spangle the rill That whispers at eve when the hamlet is still, Or gleam on the villager's tomb. The man, who is prudent, will study the scene, And morally reason on things that are past — Anticipate age—and the moment between, Consign to reflection, to render serene The Winter. which shroud: ':im at last. ANECDOTE OF MRS. YOUNG. (FROM AN AMERICAN PAPER.) In the representation of the Comedy of the Heir at Law, a t Norfolk, on the 31st of. October last, each of the performers had • occasion to de liver some part at the epilogue, and Mrs. YOUNG commenced her's in the • foll-Jwing words : " Is there any here in love?" When she was immediately answered from the lips of one of the Cyprian goddesses in the attic rhAmbet,—" Yes !"—With a readiness of wit peculiar to herself, Mrs. YOUNG archly replied (casting her eyes at the object of her satire)— " Yes, I know• you are in love ; And beside you sits a man, Whom you'll ruin, if you eerie." This reply drew forth bursts of applause from every quarter of the house, at the expeuce of the yoittig man, who, unfortunately for himself, hap• penedib be the only man in that part of the gal lery : He immediately withdrew. New NOSES I—A must novel and curious exhi bition took place a few days ago at Greenwich. An unfortunate Pensioner, whose nasal promontory had been completely cut off by a sabre wound, anxious to have his beauty restored, put himself under the hands of an itinerant Doctor, who un dertook to make him a complete New Nose, atter the Indian fashion, for a very moderate fee. The precise pattern being determined on, the opet ation was performed before a numerous concourse of , spectators, chiefly of the lower orders ; a large piece 01 skin being cut from the forehead, laid over.a wax model of the nose, and then glued with VANCO,UVRE'S Cement A !UAL LILLIP9TIAII.—A new and most elttra ordinary performer bai been presented it► the equestrian exercises of the Olympic Circus. This Amazon is almost exactly on the Lilliputian scale—her height is only l 8 inches. .The little Mademoiselle Babet, however, has in her diminu tive person all the grace, euquettery,and pretension of an elegante from the chanssce di A lain, or an act ress in high vogue. She excited universal astonish ment when she first appeared. M. L'Francou led her into the circus by the hand. They looked ex tiv like Gulliver and the Queen cat Lilliput. A very small pulley was produced ; she mounted by his assistance, rode with Judi - nice grace, act,vity-,--and sk ill, performed 4 variety of exercises, and testi . - fied to tilt . - audience her •sense• of the applauses and bray is which resounded from all parts. This little tvomau will, no doubt, make a fortune in a country Where little men have already had inch success.—(Paris Paper.) MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT —About 10 o'clock, on Thursday iiigtit last, a young man, named J. Bragg, employed as a brewer in the service of Mr. Cockram, oftl4Country-Hosise, in this city,whilst in the act.. of - pumping water from the furnace into the mcshingsieve, fell with hj x , head foremost into the boiling water. The pair fellow's cries brought some persons from the house to his assistance, Miley found bins standing in the furnace, unable, from the injury he had sustain ed, to extricate him,elf from his dreadful situa tion.—On taking him out he presented a most aistressiug spectacle ; the 'skin of his bands hung in strips from his fingers, and his body ap peared literally parboiled. Medical assistance was promptly procured, but all efforts to "save his life ‘sere in vain ; he was perfectly sensible, said he had been at least ten minutes in the water, and continued to pray,fervently (or death to release him from his sufferings, Which took place at three o'clock the followingmorning.Nothiug could exceed the humane conduct of Mr. Cockram on this unhappy occasion.—(Exeter Flying Post, Dec. 24.) NOT FORTY THIEVES.—We ay concerned to bear that a gang of young thieves their umber amounting to fifteen at least (and the eldest having little more than entered into his teens) has been discovered in Whitellaven.— lt is certain that the thefts committed here,within a few weeks past, are beyond any former instances of the kind. The Police are upon the alert, and we hope shortly to give a further and a better account. The new and handsome bridge, lately built on the river Otter, about a mile and a halt from Flo niton, on the Western road, is to be named Trafalgar as a memorial to our great naval victory, under the inituortaj Nelson.—The ceremony 0 1 opening the Bridge is appointed to take place on Old Mw Year's Day, when the event will be ce lebrated by a public dinner at the Golden 'Lion inn, Honiton. The Hon. and Rev. CHARLES' FOX NIAITL %ND. Übe deat h-ot his Gentleman was so nnexpert 'd, ;ad has excited so- much regret amnng kill who had ,c pleasure of being Upon teinis'ot intimacy vsitia as well as auiong tiis immediate Connexions, that we feel a melancholy gratification io extract ing the following tribute to his memory, from The Cambridge Chroniele received this day " Died on Thursday, Dec. 18, in the 25 h year of his age, after air illness of `a - ' fekv lodgings in this town, the Hon. and Rev. Ci+As. 1.4 . (X' ...MAITLAND, M. A. young, , s; son of JastEs Earl of LAUDERDALE. By ibis affecting dispen sation of Providence, Was cut off in hiS early career of honour and usefulness, a gentleman whose ta lents and virtues shed a lustre upon his high rank. He was endued by nature with a nobie and un daunted mind—a vigorous understanding, and a feeling heart. He nursed an 4 cherished e very kind and generous sentiment, notil the actions that they prompted became no effort, but the pleasihg business of his Irfe. This goodness of spirit reu tiered him anxious to discover good qualities in all : but in those whom he loved, it was his de light to dwell upon whatever there appeared of excellence—to please himself with the thought tMat be bestowed his own affections well, and to recommend the objects of them to others, — In a word, every action of his life, every ex- - pression of his thoughts, were but different in dications of the vat ions modes in whi,.l) gene rosity and benevolence prompted him. s charitable not only in action, but in opinion.— His liberal and candid construction of the con duct of others is known to all who hasl the happiness of his acquaintance. His deeds of charity are recorded elsewhere, though the ob jects of his beneficence seldom knew On whose head their prayers invoked blessings. He is wept for by the grave and the gay—the thought less and the severe. For his active intelligence— his sportive and easy wit—the manly sincerity of his intercoursehis nicesense of honour—inade up a character in which all those who had worth them selves might distinguish the qualities which were most dear to them. Those who knew him best— know that his worth surpassed words. His magnanimous spirit would have rejected unde served praise—nor does it avail the living to dress out the object of their love and re gret in imaginary virtues. " Thy friends shall seek thee, but they shall not fnid thee. non shalt come at times, to their dreams, to settle peace in their soul. Thy voice shall- remain in their ears, they shall think with mournful joy on the dreams of their . rest."—Mr. Maitland lies buried in the chapel of Trinity College—a distinc tion which marks the love and respect in which he was held by the whole society, and which has been conterred on none but fellows of the College for the last 200 years. The ceremony was most feelingly solemnized by the Bishop of Bristol, Master of the College." MR. ROBERT PALMER. We lately gave a sketch of the theatrical merits of this . Performer, upon a report of his death; but though the report was premature, his indis position was of so severe . a kind as every day to threaten his dissolution. Yesterday the expected event took place, and be died in the sixty-third year of his age, at his house in Belgrave Place, Pimlico. lie was the father of the Stage, so far as regards those who still pursue the theatrical pro,fession, and the last of the school of GARRICX, except Mr. SMITH; of Bury St. Edmunds, who is still in the perfect possession of his intellectual powers, and the delight of all who have the plead sure to know him, though in the Seth year of his age. Mr. SMITH, however, occupied the higher walks of the drama, for which his fine person, his admirable talents, and his scholastic attainments fully qualified him. Mr. PALMER, in- his line, possessed a.considerable degree of merit, and trod successfully in the steps of his brother. Pert coxcombs, brisk footmen, and sots, were repre presented by him with great spirit, and with ra faithful adherence to life. Lie was contented with this station, and never aspic. t! at a higher. lie was indeed an unaffected actor, and in private life a good-humoured social character. Peace to his manes ! ASEIBURTO):, Dec. 23, 1817.—This place bath been alive to-day, and many merry peals have been ring, in consequence of the arrival of Mr. A. WIDGER, of this town and Buckfastleigh, from Loudon, with a • large order for serges, from the East India Company; not only the numerous la bourers that were before in his employ will have as much as they can do, but hundreds that are now unemployed will also be put in full work. All the cry here is ‘• God bless Mr. WIDGER.". At Buckfastleigh the joy is universal. Letters from Quebec state, that a Memorial has been signed by a great number of lifitish settlers, praying that Government would not take off any of the duties on timber from the North. of Europe ; adding, that if any duty was imposed upon the timber from the. British Settlements in Canada, they would be unable to come into competition in the English markets with Sweden and other northern nations. We had hoped that on the departure of her MAJasTY from Bath, whither the head-quarters of the 38th .Regiment were transferred during the Royal visit, that .gallant corps . would have returned to its former station in this city, but we regret to say, that they have received orders from the War Office, to march to Plymouth Barracks, to relieve the 64th, about to embark for Gibraltar. The company which was left here, marched from hence on Fri day morning, and will be speedily joined by the other detachments quartered at Bath, Merthyr, Brecrin, Aberystwith, &c. In common with the rest of our fellow townsmen, we feel a reluctance is parting with a regiment which, by its uniform Orderly and correct conduct, has endeared itself to all classes in this city. It is but justice to say, that the exemplary behaviour of both officers and men entitle them to our best thanks ; and we • / heartily wish them every success, in whatever quarter of the globe .their duty may call (Gloucester Journal.) . • ~. , '