The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-19 00:00:00

TO' CORRESPONDENTS. 'Ctn.:atm-I%n CoNVEVANCEItii, LitEnART Rt.vtta•, and ANT) 111 !t Col.Of ES. to-morrow. TH ATRICAL It 1.: 1; FS ER. Performed fast Night. TNEATRE RoYAL. LnUe. Mr. Fean ; Lady Traffic, Mrs. Alsop. After which, The Man in the Moon. Tur.vritr: noym., COVENT-GARIN:N.—She Stoopc to Ctiri goer: Young Marlow, Mr. C. Kenitile; Miss aardcastle, Miss Brunton. Aittri• which, thistands and Wives. To validity:Es added, Mora's Lore. ,ARSIVEI)-,10HM., 2'1i:01440i 1 GterrtsCy anti Jersey, I)iO4in. 2 Waterford. ''Tinders, 2 liamburgh, 1 Gotteliburgh. PRICE OF STOCKS . THIS DAY AT TwELer: o'ci,tic - x. Ilanit Stocl - , , 2 , 114 intiikilt.ttils Iss.lnbs. pr. 8 per Cent. Red. 824ii1 Excb.ltilk 1 b is 4:3,. pr . 4 per Cents.... 994A+ Cons. finActuUill..... 83 18.8 Itanl.: L. Attn. .....*'2l 1-Itith NIGH WATER AT tom( Morning, 12 minutes after 12. )N ntonGE r0.1011119W. EviAritig, 37 minutes afeer '2. THE SUN. quti DIcr.RE FALSUM AtTITEAT LONDON - , FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1817. No Paris Papers have arrived this morning.-- Two days' Journals are due. New York Papers to the 27th of November, Charleston to the 16th, Montreal to the 16th; Philadelphia to the 24th, and Baltimore to the 250), do. arrived this morning. (From the Commercial drleertizer of Nov. 525.) MONTREAL• Nov. 15.—The weather for the creek past bas been uncommonly mild for the time of year. The Montreal Bank is said to have commenced with quite an unexpected confilenee from every class of the Community, so much so, that the Merchants are realizing more convenience from it than they ever anticipated. Since it con n►enced 13 , :siness the deposits are reported to have Ou Saturday last, the flonour- been immense. able IV. B. COLTMAN, one of the Commissioners appointed by his Excellency for settling the (lit- ferenees between the Honourable Hudson's Boy 'Company and the North-west Company, arrived here from,the Red River, with HENRY AI'KENZIE Esq. The Right Honourable the Lad of SELKIRK rrt urns to this city by the circuitous route of Philadelphia, and is expected daily. _ • (From the New Yorh Erening Pont, y the ciath.) Charleston Couriei-Offee, Nov. 13. Farom ST. MARY, Nov. S.-The United States gun-vessel, Nu. 168, Lieur. .I‘(.3At.t., has arr ived! Iv re, aitcr a very boisterous passage. Amelia appears to be all in a bustle, and there is constant cannonading there—the place is under martial law. Report says two prizes are off. Annexed you have the last Proclamation issued by Com or 40 lh•eslost, Ode Geve•endr 56. e . have shift died:of their bruins. There - hare been upwards of 40 vessels &ivy% from this lit r', kind - not one has 'yet "returned : it is feared thikt they are all lost. The Electra, WILOAMS, from Philadelphia, has been dismaged in 'a severe gale, and carried into St. Malos ; and it is reported that fliet'aptain and his two sons are drowned. Tim attention of our Renders wild douttless be directed towards the only event of importance which.occntred yesterday,--the Trial of Mr.Wit:- LIAI Hotsr, on the charge of publishing a mis chievous and profane libel. We have selected such an account of the Trial as contains s full recital of every essential part, studiously forbear,. lug to insert those passages which were the grounds of ttie prosecution, and which, as they were mis chievous in their publication, ought not be cir culated through the Country in the reports of e legal proceedings. The Opposition Papers, however, have eagerly seized on those pas sages, and published them at • length. It any doubt therefore could have existed as to their principles and their . views, such inser tions must remove those doubts. As Mr. 1-loria is to be again tried on other charges of the same nature,we shall only express our regret that a man of his talents and knowledge had not directed his attention to Publications of a different kind, as, front the abilities which he displayed in his de fence, it is evident that he is better qualified by natural powers to compose useful works than to be merely a vendor of' them. We haVe not lied leisute to make any comments on the " Address and Appeal of the Roman Ca tbolicg of Ireland to their Protestant Brethren of the United I:ingdom of Great Britain." We have, however, no reason to regret that we did not call the attention of our Readers to the document in question. As to the insertion of the article itself, it is very long, and has nothing original in its contents that could entitle it to a place in our Journal. The arguments are old and hackneyed, and the complaints are unfounded.— Ise PATtsTs, however, have now thrown oil' the mask, and at -length openly avow that they are not satisfied with the West extent of religious toleration, but aim at an entire participation in political authority. It is therefore time , for the Legislature to make a determined stand, and to signify, in the most emphatic manner, that they never shall partake of political power. The Appeal i 4 limit's: speaks of " the wrongs" %Illicit die Papists have suffered. This is an inauspicious opeoing, and premises little of moderatient in the Fogless. What are " the wrongs" of these restless People, %shorn nothing will satisfy but the complete Government of this Country, civil, political, and religious ? first they,were very moderate in their requisi tions, but they became more confident upon every concession, and then petitions were soon con verted into demands. But of all the specious, or rather ridiculous, pleas which they have brought forward in excuse for their refusal to let the British Monarch have a Veto in the nomination of their Bishops, though it is probable that such Veto would never be exercised in any manner that could wound their feelings, and certainly never if they made a . proper choice—but the most extra ordinary plea, we say, is a declared apprehension on their part, that by possessing this Pero, the So vereign might be brought by his Ministers into " an ungracious dilemma." Kind, scrnpulous souls ! What are the grounds of their objections : " First the absence of all necessity for its enact ment (a controul over the nomination and ap pointment of Bishops), and secondly, the rejection of it by the rersons upon whom it is intended to .operate." Nothing can be more silly than both of these objections. In the first place there is a positive necessity for such a controul, lest such meddling and ambitious characters should he nominated and appointed as have rendered them selves conspicuous for their bigotry and offensive zeal. We could mention some persons who, being popular among the Papists, would most pro bably be chosen, but whose appointment might well excite alarm among peaceable Protestants. Next, the objection of the Persons upon whom %rich a controul is intended to operate ! Is then an unreasonable and a contumacious, opposition to a measure affecting the Protestant Establishment to be a rule of conduct with the Legislature ? They say that the " Ministers, in whom it is sought to invest this right of controul, have so lemnly declared their belief that our Religion (Popery) is superstitions. and idolatrous. There fore, were they to appoint such Pastors as would be most sincerely attached to Catholic doctrines, and best qualified to tesch them, they must, select the men most likely to disseminate opinions which these Ministers repudiate as superstitious and idolatrous, and consequently unchristian. Thus inoglore A unY : " Inhabitants of Fernandina—For days past you have witnessed the scandalous transactions of a faction, composed of men, who, exi=ting and to lerated on this Island by our generosity, have solely been enga . gctl in subverting social tnder.— They are tutrcenaries, traitors, or cowards, wko ithaudoned the canq of Republicanism in the bout of danger, and who, either kind by our enemies, (hr misled by the intrigues of a few aspiring indi vidwils, have attempted to involve us in all the c' , mplicated horrors of a civil war. Citizens, we are Republicans from principles, our fortunes have been spent, and our lives oft exposzd for this most glorious cause. We have come here to plant the tree of liberty, to foster free institutions, and to wage war again,t the tyrant of Spain, the oppressor of America, and enemy to the rights Of man. We are ever r eady to pay obedience to the principles of Republicanktn, but firmly determined never to adhere to the dictates of a faction. " NVben the heat of passions shall be no more, when public peace and tranquillity are restored, we shall see with a lively pleasure the establish ment of a Provisional Government most suitable 'to our common interest, and to the advancement of our glorious cause. " Americans, Englishmen, Irishmen, and Frenchmen, men of all nations : we are freemen ; let us for ever be united by the love_of liberty and hatred to tyranny. Soldiers ,and Sailors, Martial Law is declared to be in force for ten days. Let us give to' our • brethren of the State of the Floridas, proofs of our military discipline, and of our respect for the prop( riy of the inhabitants. " Head-quarters of Fernandina, Nov. 5, 1817, 8 and 1 of the independence. (Signed) " LUIS AURY." Letters received this morning from Quebec, dated the 18th ult. state, that the weather, which had been very bad, had become very mild, at►tl the crops promised very favourably.—The total number of vessels that art ived at Quebec this sea son amounted to 303, and the number of settlers that had arrived amounted to 5375. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. PIERRRS, 0CT.28 The gale of the 21st did not extend further North than Guadeloupe, nor further South than Grenada, which last place has not materially suf fered. The worst has fallen on the South-east end of this Island (although it has suffered in all parts), and on the North-east and West quarter of St. Lucia, which is dreadfully devastated ; all the barracks on 'Morrie Fortune blown down, and c t.fbtrn'Wol)l3 inatte pity the 'iliscntilt,tt ion of doctrines which it has dis • ; or it ioist violate.good faith kith the Catholic Body, bV appolotibg itica'pAble sir ob- noxious Pdstor , , and selecting such -pertunis as shall be considered the most indifferent, if not the tp(ist .hostile, to the doctrines of the Church over which they are to preside." such Is the " ungracious dilemma" to 'crhich the Sovereign is to be reduced. 'What . a compnutid of artifice and absurdity is here !! %You'd not the Catho lics Ita've such i'iistors appointed " as would be most sincerely attached to Catholic doctrina autl Lett qualified to teach them . 1?" But mark the fallacy. These cunning Papists invest Minister, tot THE GROWN, with a positive power, of ap- pointing, when no other than a Controlsling in fluence in case of a bad choice is required. This is true Jesuitical logic and sophistical artifice. We have done however for the present, and shall re sume the subject on a future occasion. But, in deed, gratified as we are in contributing our hum - - ble, but zealous efforts in upholding the ital in terests of the Cmtntry in Church and State, it is some degree of presumption in us to undertake the office, as, besides our invaluable Correspond ent LASFRANC, we are promised the powerful assistance of many Laymen, as well as Ecclesi astics, in support of an Establishment upon which depends the security of Government, and the hap piness of the people. _ . , SEM' NEWS. FALMOUTH , DEC. 16 —Arrived the Prince Er nest packet with a mail from Lisbon, in six days also the Betsy and Princess Charlotte, from Lon don for Jamaica. The Prince Ernest fell in with something off the Lizard this morning, which they supposed to be a vessel, bottom up. Poturs: l aouTtr, DEC. 18.-.—:The Colonist, Re.t vEnTs, front A4iddlehurgh for Demerara, and the Constitution, EDWARDS, from - Dunkirk for Liver pool, are under quarantine. Put hack the Mariner transport. Sailed the Venus and Benevolent transports for Chatham. Dc\L, Dec. IS—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the N ingst on , You No, from Quebec, and the Good hope. BooN, from Gilboa. Came down from the River the Washington, for New York, and the Mirahles, for St. Vincent's. The Andetsons, SI t R.S, lost an anchor and cable last night, ItrvmsGATE, Ditc. .18 —Arrived the • Rapid, MusD AY , from London• lot liarbadocs, with loss of anchors and cablvi ; George Iloop, Wasir.lo - , front Ams , erdam for llavre, with her main boom sprung ; Rizabeth, WILLIAMS, from Arun del for London, leaky ; and [look, LEW S from Amsterdam for Berhice, with loss of anchor and cable. Coax, DEc. 13.—Arrived the Beresford Re vrone cutter, Lieutewint Torrtzsusszo, in having lost her guns, boats. &c. The Alowick Packet, ADAN”, from.Sonthamp ton for Newcaofe, was on shore yesterday near St. illargaret's Bay, but expected to be got off, if the weather proved moderate. LOSS OF . TLIL INDIAN TRANSPORT. A List of Officers who perished on board the In dian, DAY I DsoN, Master, bound to South Ame rica.—The following is a more correct List, to which we ha‘e added a List of he Officers saved:— SF,COND Colonel Robert Skeene ; Major Adair; Captains .Tortes, C. Meade, G. Ilarrisou, M'Kenzie, Shaw, and G. 1. NVhittam ; Lieutenants G. Wilkins, Shrubsole, Gletniiy, Poe, Molloy, Felix ltrugier, A. Lindsey, S. Ellse, Arabin, and Wiggans; Cornets M'Farlaue, Fitzgerald, Tiernan, Little, Stamper, Dutton, and Reed; Captain and Militant Jet - vans; Assistant Surgeon Masters, Quarter Master Austin, and Ve terinary Surgeon Powiss. COLONEL M c DONALD'S, OR IST HUSSARS. Major llart 'F.upposed to be on board, not certain) ; Cor nets Spearman and Garner; Veterinary Surgeon Powiss. COLONEL CAMPBELL'S RIFLE REGIMENT. Capt. O'Connor, Lieut. M‘Larren, and Ensign O'Connor' COLONEL STRENEUITZ'S Ma;or Itaron Heildernari and Lieutenant Stud►l. Passent;er,•Mr. Palmer, It. N. Ans•iascr.—Oiticers, 39; Nun-Commissioned, Sze, 117 ; Women, I 2; :Children 1 ; Crew, including Captain and •Mate, 24.—Total, 19.3. Officers saved, by being in other ships, left be , hind at Portsmouth, and quitting the vessel volun tinily at sea : SECOND HUSSARS. Lieutenant-Colonel ewitt; Major Miintn;-Captains Lind sey, Bate, and Willie; Lieutenants - G. Athittion, W. Bate, C. Pelly, and Noel; Cornets Foreman, Alcocli, Johnston Captain and Paymaster Munro; SurgeonsPittock and Syrn son ; Assistant-Surgeon Main. COLONEL M C DONALD'S REGIMENT. Colonel Hodge and Quarter-Master Bourke. COLONEL STRENEUITZ ' S REGIMENT. Lieutenant Ellsam. Passengers—N. Whittam, Esq. and Master G. Austin, and two servants, names unknown. BRIGHTON, Dv.c. 17.—Lord STEWART, late Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, !eft the Pa vilion this morning for London, as did also Lord W. GORDON. The Marquis of CHOLNIO.NDELLY arrrived at the Pavilion this afternoon. THE PRINCE LsoroLn.—The Arrangements for the opening of Marlborough House ha‘e recom menced. The Prince Litopot.r, has signified his willingness to abide by the contract entered into previous to the demise of the Princess Cu LOTTE. The Duke of Matt ÜBOROUGH will shortly resign the possession of the premises. His Se rene Sightless will hereafter snake that noble mansion his town residence. Mr. Pnit.l.ll'3, the Steward, has been in town Ibis week for the ex press purpose, by desire of Sir ItonEAT GAA nt NEE. CORN-EXCHANGE, DEC. 19 —Owing to the boisterous state of the weather, we have had. no fresh Arrivals since Monday, and buvets are waiting for supplies ; the few sales made in fine Wheat and Oats 'were at . 111011(111's prices, but there was no demand for ordinary ; Fine Batley fully supports its price ; iu Pease and Beans there is no alteration. 'ilt E'N'Ci il N ..k. .:,: (..‘ E A MOARNING PAPIAI.) The ''s . um proposed to be raiscd by tLe I ,ec“:' GOverntner.t %%ill 'not be in the form of stn wfti' nary boat,, but of annuities, or inscriptions on the Great ROA - Of France. With annuities to the Hifi n t of 16,000,00 . 0 of francs, or 666;6661 , the 11linister calculates ou being able to pruvitk: for all the det44ands of the public service during tht! year 1818, and for those ot the first quarter of the year ensuing. The tout-charge, if the French per cents. %%ere ht par, would he egiie•dleet to a principal snot ot 320,000,000 itaucs, 13.333,3331. ,terling ; [nit at the cwrrent price c►t French stuck '(for round numbers say 64), The same annnity would only cover n capital of The savings in the Management of the grants of last year are reckoned at 23 tuillions francs or about 958,0001. sterling. The pernlattent inscriptions on the Grand Li►•re amount to This sum will he now increased by 1G Millions francs,- but as the new Reines will bt gociated se as to commence only trims ilfe 22d March, 1818, the addition for the said year will be tfo Mine than Malting the whole of the per nrct►eut Rent Charge fur the ensuing year • . (N.B. About 1-Bth the Inte rest On the National Debt of Great Britain ) But of the abo%' stto► the Sink ing Fund hat already ab sorbed And the amount of that Fund will rapidly increase, fro►n, the accruing Dutations, from the Interest bought up, and from the Produce of the Wood's to be disposed of. The arrears, now that the pe riod of 12 months has expired fur sending in Claims upon the Government, are 35(3.4- i: filled to amount to Of this tticre has been already liquidated Leaving still'dtie a gross arreat of 430,708,900 Stech I C iAssis3s Francs 12.0,217,000 5,009,04 1 8,000,0.'10 333.33$ 128,217,009 5,342,37 4 4,554,984 189,70 727,708,300 297,000,000 30,321, 20 1i,3750 ° 17,3,15,491 But as a considerable propor tion of the above Claims are not of a nature to he authen ticated, and thereiore cannot be admitted, a deduction must be made, which will diminish the capital of the arrear to he .provided for hereafter, under this head, to • 150,000,000; near1y14,583, 00 The Interest of which su a, if funded at the present norhet price, would be 27,343,750 Should'the At my of Occupation be destined c' depart in spring, the sum required by the French, Minister will not he' less than 40,000,00 0 o' rentes, upwards of 21,000,0001. sidling, to s atislf the more pressing wants of the Allied Sovereii4o.• The following is an extract of a letter trout tilt opulent Banker in Paris !-- " The business of the three loans of 1817 to he settled at the end of this year. The stoek of the. two first is all disposed of, an d w hat of the list remains is to be ditided among the take rs at (4. 'file Committee is dissolved, and the wholet affair is to he wound up. It is gene:•aily believe(' that the cAnse of this has been a tik:agrcemco c among these gentlemen, thrnig,ll their friends Vre" tend that the reason is, that they stick to s eulg oil these loans in order to be ready for anothec• Ve are indeed assured by the very persons v.; aye been named as the takers of another hat no arrangement has been, or 19 likely to t ) Aade, tor - buck au ohicct IMMO. 1' 0 E 'l' It Y. NI PRONI The world has heard mach of THE FORTUNATE YOUTIqj And well a with wonder may gape— That lie really has fortunate been is a truth= Since from Jus - cmc he wade his cseupe. • BEN BUBBLN. BRITISH COLONIES. (From the Upper Uanada (:ll:ctte, York, Oct. 2.), We insert this week.a copy of an Address to the Prince Regent from the Parliament of Lowe ( Canada, in 1815, on the subject of the admissio." of the Americans into the Canadas. The sublet s requires the not serious attention, and perh'} never more so than at the present moment, wiie° the Government of the United States is nsioP with the utmost diligence, the leisure afforded 1 1 peace to provide for the vigorous prosecution ° war . , ln• strengthening and increasing their fro': tier posts, adding very considerably to th e] f navy, and recently commencing two militan t roads on the borders of Lower Canada , on whicl' they propose giving great encouragement to se' tiers, to facilitate the keeping them in repail' The dismantling of their navy is an argumen:JTi e ther in favour of the above picparations, as theY are well aware that they can with the greatest facility equip and titan a squadron on this lake, be fore any men could even commence the voyag e . froin • England, after a declaration of war by t oe States ; so that the wir'reentent to dismantle tb vessels belonging to both nations on the lakes, i 6 evidently much in favour of the Americans. SHIP NEIrS. ARRIVALS AT THE FORT (IF QUEBEC. I m ~, ~, Oct. 25. Brig Mary, Brown, 8 wee ps fro Southampton, - Caldwell,. in ballast. —Schooner Harriet, 82 days Irani Alicant, to W. G. 2 ,l '' '4 P. Shrpparil—car , u, wine. —Schooner Dolphin, ' Natul,, 44 days from Cape Char t ' , Straits of Bellisle, to the master—cargo, fish and o''' Passengers, 27 settlers. —Schooner True Friend, Hawhins, 20 days from Halifo l ' to J. B. Tachi—calgo, plaister or Paris. Intelligenc' the schooner Maria, Lambly, from Lire' pool to(lot: he' ' was wrecked on the west end of the island of St. Job, un the 10th inst.; no lives lust — rery li ttl e of the 103 • terials saved. t3' —lb. Brig Lowland Lass, White, 57 days front Kingston,. j maica, to .1. t.i, , itilie—eargo, rum. s l.;:itF, CWICe, ''''' trait. Passener, Captain Nig:oil. 4 —27. Schooner Mary, .P.ouircau, '25 days from St. Sobn's OA Cape Briton,'to Benet pod Brouet—cargo, plaist er Paris . Passengcri, 25 settlers. —Schooner Marie, trom Buie des Chaienrs, with fish. ha —3l. Brig Fame, Nicholson, ii weeks from Atusterd,ins, ' Charles Hunter, in liallast. —Schooner Lively, st days from e;aspt•—cargo, fish and oi l ' Total number of Vessels inwards this Season a" Settlers arriced - - - -- - • - 537 5. , The ground is still partially covered with suiri.!:‘, but the river is free flout ice, and the wcat bet 0' since Tuesday last. • '~ Ist vfllic tient ject, (15 a dal] tion by 1 we serf bay Coi tint wli uot n 0 the ter an the dis of Of