The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-31 00:00:00

. PItOVI NCI A L JOURNALS. (Fronz the leeilx littelligentrr of the 2)th ine.) IVe yesterday sioified mir - intention 'to ex- Ireet the opinions of the -Public Prints, through 7, rout the country, on the - solliect. of Mr. Fling a's ac- 'quittn/s, and we began with those of 77:e Bristol Journal of Saturday last, a long established.tiTiii 14g14 - tespectable thatirrel rjT public information. tar we lave. taken the tentittents of. the 'Cooductor of The Leeds frielli;•encci - , a Journal which most destrreaty holds a high ratik for p(,- litical acumen, public spirit, and "a firm attach- Vent . to the British'Constitntion. We:sliall to morrow give an extract from another respectable public Journal, and we earnestly exhort the 'Conductors of all the Provincial Papers to de ' -dare theit opinions on this .subject, which is of essential importance' to the reservation of our happy Establishment in Church and State. They gill doubtless express the sentiments of the dis ; tricts in which they are respectively published, and they shall- in due course.bc transferreiJ to the . columns of THE Sur, and hence they &ill have their principles kilown, their character establish ed, and their credit maintainer4!in every part of the British Empire. If our Holy Religion is un dermined on the one band by political incen diaries, and openly besieged on the other 'hy those who wish to restore the horrors of POPERY, we need not repeat the cry that " 'THE CHURCH 13 IN DANGER," for the very existence of TfigSTATE will be menaced with the greatest evils, and will assuredly fall prostrate, nuless our Rulers do their duty, and loyal subjects exert all their abilities' in support of it. " The ac (al of UONI 1111 his three sepa- rate trials, for publishing Parodies on the, Com mon Prayer, St. Athanashis's Creed, and the Litany of the Church of England, has jusrly ex- cited the as , onisionent of the whole country, even of the disaffected who are the most rejoiced at hi seape.—Thongh the verdicts of the Jury.have settled the ,quesc ion of Hone's legal guilt, or in noct•nce, there can be no doubt as to the profane, if not blasphemous, as well as seditious tendency • of the publications in question. Even they who rejoice at his acquittal dare not be guilty ut the public indecency of .attempting to Justify parodies ; and Bone Itim•elf, since his enlatge ment, has candidly ad:tom:ledger! their pernicitins tendency, and i►as announced his detetininatitOr to entreat all his fellow-subjects never to parody any pall of the Holy Scriptures, or of the Clrurch Service. " This is so 14r well, and is some atonement, at least,, for the mii,chievous doctrines, to recotn- Mend and dtisguise w hick, the sacred langna t ze ReligionHf has been blaspkmously HSSIMI td. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine on Ivlra! grounds the Jut ies (we have no doubt conscientiously) felt it their duty in acquit hint Of the tact, that he was the publisher, there was no doubt, for the defendant admitted 'it, to save time. , Is it possiblea t.t I I t they thought it "flo 'impiety to use some of the most .subl:me 3nd sacred services of Religion for profane purposes ? ]f they could have thought so, they had the advice 'and opinion of two learned Judges, each of whom designated the paro&es as the most wicked and profane libels that hal ever been presented to the woilds Had they any doubt as to the wicked in tention with which the paindiep - were written % The object is ton,. plaitmly unfolded,• especially in that on the Litany, to he mistaken. It is im: posiihie not to see, while Religion is profaned, that another purpose is, to bring the Goveintisent into contempt, and to effect the overthrow of at least some of the most venerable institutious - ot the Empire. " The very title of the Political Litany speaks its object. It is to be " said or . sling, until Me ap pointed change come, throughott , the dominiOn of England and Wales, and the town of Berivif upon-Tweed." the publication itself, the na tion is represented as consisting of " a poverty ktricken people," as " miserable subjects,'' whose to l e use j 3 to 1 ‘ " pay pensions," and starve --Th e ll,nise of Commons is contemp tuously spoken of. as " proceeding" solely" from corrupt borough-monger 9." The " Rulers" are charged vii h having " spilt the blood awl expend td the treasure of the people," in quarrels which belonged only to the Governors, and are entreated '' not to con:stone the people utterly." The coun try is said to be in danger of " utt e r starv a tion," from the effects of an " tomational.debt," of' . ' un merited pension," and an " extravagant civil list."—Miuisters are asserted to be. " blind and imbecile"—the present method of electing Mem bers of Parliament " corrupt" and attended with " deadly tin"--the writers in support of the Ceu atitution . as " deceitful hirelings."—The taxes are exhibited as being imposed by a Parliament " chosen by one-tenth of die tax-payers"—the taxes " levied by distress," the•" jails crowded with debtors," the " work-houses overtlowiwg with paupers."—The measures of Government are represented as " conspiracies against the people," the Allies of England as " wholesale human butchers." ' Excepting only the Hiders of the people And their dependants, " miLlious" are said to be in a " state of dein ivation," oppressed fur ther by the sighs of the widow, , the tears of the orphan, the groans of the aged in distress, the wants of all classes in the community." The Governors of the Empire are represented as want ing in " sobriety, temperance, and honesty of life, as spending extravagantly the tuotiey taken front labour, as taking beat to :themselves which they need not ; as not having in their hearts the lore of justice and the fear of oppression,. as ni4 : rtiling righteously and constitutictially, as having alliance in the bayonets of a hired soldiery, rather than in the affections of the people." The times are re presented to be full of tt ibulation—no labour'j for thoifsands, 'unrequited labour'frir lent, sauls, a tittle of sudden death from want Lot food." It is deinandedAto " lessen the cares Of 'the to ail .tishops an4tharch Dignitaries, and that the people bent) iong'er taxed Tor their - support--- that the Lords of 'ale Cduncil and all the Nobi lity be deprived °f all money paid them curt of the taxes ; that Magistrates be required to give up their advanced salaries.; that men in black," the Clergy .of the Establishment, " be paid only by those selk - 6 wish for their hiseruction ; and that all liishopr;Priests, and Deacons, be put on short allowance, itt order that their -fleshly. appetites , may be. reduced " We have not patience to particularise all ti).! features of this vindication, 111.u:hick the private as %veil as public character ot.the• Prince Regent himself is not, spared. It is seldom indeed that so many insidions applications to the passions, or so many direct incentives to discontentment and disloyalt y . are crowded together in so small a • space. When such - Works are widely circulated amongst the unthinking and ignorant multitude, it is impossible but that the:frame of society must he unsound, and continually tottering to a tall. They are now sanctioned by the strange ver dicts of three Juries, and blasphemy and seditidn are let loose to prowl for proselytes and victims." ** The Editor of The Leeds Intelligencer, in his last nun►her, says, that " attempts Intre been made to insinuate that THE Sow, in particular, 'toudeseends to praise this Paper ; on an under standing that this P.iper shall praise THE Strk in its turn.'• The Editor adds,---- , " Of the approbation of THE SUN we are pectdi krly proud ; and we repel, as well for the worthy and pmriotic Editor of thit Journal, as for ourselves, the base surmise which could originate only in a grovAling and disho nourable Wind." After this liheral compliment on the part of the Editor of The Leeds Inielligencer, we !night give some colour to the i»sinuation alluded to, if we were to say what we think respecting him. We may observe, however, that we have not the pleasure of being acqnainted with him, and that we were 'minced occasionally to take Extracts from his Pa per, and to bestow our humble tribute of praise, on account of the loyal spirit, good sense, and manly independence of its cha racter. With equal jastice we might he_ ac cused of entering into the same adretatory trek with other PrtovnietAt. JOURNALS, to the Coo doctors of whom we ate wholly unknown, but whose abilities we admire, and whose principle. we esteepr, nor have we the least hesitation in saying, generally considered that the Conductors of the PROVINCIAL PRESSES are far superior in ta lents, kflowled .: 4"..„ and sound principles, to taw of the Ed's of the London Journals. SOUTH AMERICA. Letters from Buenos /lyres to 20th Sept. trere yesterday received by ti►e ship Friendship, arrived at tie Cove 'of. Cork, on her way to Liver pool. Several Spanish prizes had reached the River Plate, among•which are the Esperaura, formerly the Sir William Pul►eney, from Cadiz to Mi.; with the Governor and his suite on hoard, captured' after an action of twelve minutes ; had a valuable cargo of quicksilver, copper, wine, brandies, and some dry goods. Also ship Tereza and schooner Corsa, captured by the Independence and San Martin privateers, and 'both hound front Ilavannall to Cadiz, with cargoes of sugar, cot ton, coffee, &c. Yet to arrive, a small prize from llavanrtal► to Cadiz. The Independence and Corsa, now fitting out as privateers, are ready to sail again, and in a good state. C:ipt. BowLEs sailed on 23d August for Chili. A large vessel, with arms and gunpowder, had arrived from the United States. The Portuguese still remain in Montevideo. A great number of vessels were at Buenos Ayres, and among them 10 or 12 Spanish prizes lying in the roads. The two Portuguese Intliamen, which were ordered to be released, had nut left the River Plate. Mr. MIFFLIN and Mr. WormuNGTON had arrived from the United States with the nomination of Consul-General to the United Provinces of South America. Orr the , 7tl) Sept. a heavy gale of wind Was experienced in the Plate. Twenty-four square-rigged vessels were lying in the roads. A Spanish pnlacca ship, prize to the True-blooded Yankee, bad also ar rived By the same cpnveyance we have received a se ries oe Gazettes and tuber Papers. The Royalist Army, under the command of the Spanish General LA &RNA, Con titmcd, it is sabl, to experience in its retreat, hunger, deser tion, and all kinds of hardships consequent to a complete defeat. Its marches were slow, as well. owing to the want of the means of Con veyance, as on account of the attacks of the Pa triots. According to all Official report of the 12th June from Colonel Rux of a di sk o n in pursuit of the enemy, and addressed to the Comuntoder of the van-guard, the pound of hush hide was then selling in the enemy's camp at one dollar.—"J he deserters add, that they bad been living for some time on mule's and asses, and their means of conveyance so much reduced, that they were compelled to destroy a large part of their stores and heavy baggage, and throw many.of theirfit•ld pieces juin the rivers.. It was expected that the Royalists would be tuncb bet - ifertireSted, as snon a's- the COnfi'Oaniler of the van:-guard of the Patriotic army had. come up-witit the raid he had receiVed.from the General :in Chief, owing.to the 'ivant of which, 11 , 11 the 'in - intense • di:ranee of their supplies, the Patriots bad not beefs able to reap the full fruits of the iteent ad vantages gained 'over the tiferny. The operations of the army acting in Upper Peru were, it is added, greatly facilitated by the suicesss of the one labouring in the expulsion of the .Spaniards * on the Other side of the Andes.— 'The vainable fortress of Aranco, one of the Southern points of Chili, had fallen into the hands of the Parriots i as appeals from the official dis patch of General FRBYRE, of the 231 of May, The Patriom lost 14 killed, and the Itoyalists 30. An official staterneat of the operations of.the Peruvian army, front the, 17th 51ay to 15th June, gives various details of partial atracksanade on the enemy. In it reference is made to the colninuni clition relating to the daring movements of Colo nel A gaoz DE LA MADRib. This officer, after per forming Most difficult marches over deserts and craggy mountains, on many occasions compelled. to carry his artillery on his men's shoulders after,, foiling the Spaniards, who waited fOr hint in the defiles of Cotaguita and Potosi, had reached the neighbourhood of Chuquisaca, capital of thepro vince of Charcas,. where, by a military stratagem, he Captured an advanced Party, commanded by a Lientenant-Colonel.. 0:4 the 21st play) he made his attack on the city front five points, anti ad vanced as far as the main square, notwithstuntri , g the hear) , fire he experienced of artillery and musketry, from the;ntrenchments, windows, and tops of the houses.• Seeing then that it would he impossible to attain his'object, without the sacri fice of nearly the %whole of his small party, and conceiving it also inure advisable to wait for the division expected front Fernandia, he retreated by the road of Tarabuco. Oti the 2.9 th the abore division joined him,'and notwithstauding the ene my had . received.a reinforcement of 600 men from Potosi, the city of Chuquisaca was completely blockaded and cut off from all supplies. The Ga zettes contain viirions decrees and regulations re lating to the local administration of the country, on the part of the Independents. THEATRICAL RIGIS . TER. Performed Lalt Night. THEATRE RoYAL., LA 1 i wit. After which, The Irish Widow. To which WAS. added, fiayltirin's 'lift AT v. RovAL, COVENT-GA RDEN - ,--.Guy Maimerint: Henry Bertrl73l, Mr. Braila 'Lucy Bertram, Miss :Stephens...Af ter which, fiatlequiri Gufliyter: MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Guernsey and itrsey, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS !t's nAv AT Twr3.... , 4". CK. 3 per Cent. Bed.— . 814 !as.: .pr. 4 per Cent , : 980 Exel.r. Bill: l-25. 1 ;•<. Dant: L. Ann.....‘.1t1 11-161.1ns Cons. tin Account Si! as HIGH WATER AT LONDON mut - my. TO MORROW. Morzliug, 6 iniaut es, an iT R. I tiwea►ing, 2.1 mirtutes aftvr 9. THE SUN. SOLE:If . QUI 4 mcint: FILtiUM sIAIDENS ? I. N , ITEDN ESI).IY, ECE:II BEI? 31, }Sri' :file Paris - Papeis of Sunday last, which were due this morning, have not come to hand. BansApoEs, Noy. 4 —Accounts have at length reached us from Dominica, whence every vessel was driven to sea during the late hurricane, and none of them had returned when the Robert mail boat, which arrived here on Sunday, the 2d.inst., left that island. The country had sutferetiso ma terially, that, unless supplied, a famine vas much to he dreaded. The Lady Harriet, ELLICE, of London, and eleven other vessels, principally Ameiieans small craft, were 'thiven on shore at St. Lucia, during the hurt icape on the 21st of October, but it is supposed they wili be got off. As the Party Writers, or rather the Jacobins and Levellers, triumph not only in the extraordi nary acquittals of Mr. I-loxE, but on the Meeting of the factious malcontents of Monday last, who have the audaCity to style themselves " Friends of the Liberty of the Press, and of the 'llia! by Jury," we feel it to be a part of our public duty to resume the subject. We might ask these Poli tical Reformers if a better proof of the liberty of Speech, which is enjoyed in this country can be shown than in the silly, mischievous, and se ditious harangues which were heard at that Meet ing, or a better proof of the Liberty of the Press, than the record of those itnpudent and seditious harangues in the several Journals of the follow.' ing day. Is there any oilier country on the fare of the Globe in which such Meutings could be held, and su c h sentiments tittered, and in the Press would be permitted to convey such poisonous trash to the people at large ?—We re-' joiee, however, that we possess such free dom of Speech, and of the Press, howvver they may be abused. Were not the most august . 1 and revered characters in the realm attached by some Of the inn9vatiirg milcreants'? IVi; hoot being shi;ishly devilryl to the present Admini-' stration, but rather the consistent and constitu tional- supporters of the British Government, wemay fairly ask if, altogether, a purer and more inteiii4ent ever guided the affairs of the State ? They had the illustrious exatriplz: of the im mortal FITT to diiect their Counsels, and it ep peats to be twerrarneft interition to ~dopt i''' , ...iyiretn. By 'persevering in the inainten.‘mce "' hit Principles., they have frad t he glory of t'r scot' Europe f ((sun 6ppressiotr, and restoring She bits, if •.° of Peace and Coimbra among all its Compoue L States. After baviir obtaioed such esseut i.-il ide•Y - ings, and achievea Such lasting hon:mts for ilici f Country, shalt they he.defained by the sri:istort Leaders of a Rabble Meeting-? Had we ever t purer Berren of Judges ? Yet these Judges ore tri' l only insolted iii Court-, but are assailed iii the sc dition:t Prints with the coarsest invest lees, and 11; basest motives are imputed to their enrol oct. 'tls ,i by iv hour are theSe infamous ,chroges broug,P against the insist revered characters io the Empire? %Irby by men notorious for their restless, innocatild spirit —men, Who are so besotted to. their ow'' opinions, or •so Itardened in folly, as to be inci pable of profiting by the lessons of experience.-= I t might be thought that the French Revolution, and all its bloody horrors in France„and all the mist' He's Which it brought upon other Countries, won't'' , have checked the senseless zeal of these politicB l Reformers, as they might expect the same fate as befel most of the authars of the French Revolts!' tion, if their wicked hopes of bringing the same 'principles into operation in this coontry bad suc' ceeded. ‘Ve 'will not disgrace our columns hg 'petitioning at present the HAIM of airy 0. 1 she iTIO-,Orators who spoke at the recent Meeting, but shall content ourselves with saying that there' d wtt not one of theta whose folly we do not pity/ or whose principles we do not despise. WC shall, however, in order to conuteract the poison of the factious Papers of the Metropolis, And so snake the Writers, if possible, blasts at the depra' vity of their conduct, insert the opinions , i nil sentiments of the several PRoviNcl,it. PrEsgr , throughout the Empire on this boasted " triumph of the Liberty of the Press,' ; in the case of Mr , lioxit",' aria we are persuaded that the People at large will rejoice on finding that those Presses are characterized by so much . loyalty, knowledge, old true British spirit, and that they are in the handl of men AVhofeut for the national honour anal iii terest, and are so well qualified to support thttr- FOR THE,SUN. RISE IN MP, E - DlTOti,—The London Brewers, in order to keep p , ,ce with their friends in Vie Oil Trailts have signified their intention to the Publicans, Of raring the Mice ut that only beverace the pouf man can enj o y,, to Sixpvnee he PUT 1)F POR4EO. This measure certainly is a ;;rest har6hip opoo the Wot king Classes, after the bte,sings of eio abundant supply of all sorts Of Grain, with which I'to%idence has blessed the land, and its the enjo7 went of Peace too. I sincerely hi.pe this Coma tederaey among affluent Brewers will meet with 0 paper eh( ck. PUBLIUSe CORN.EXCHANor, DEC . . 3 . 1. 7 —We had sonic fresh Arrivals this morning, principally with Oat' anil Barley, but there was scarcely any business done. The few r d sales made in Vine Wheat an Oats were at Monday's pticua, but ordinary was very dull: in Pease and Beaus there is no alters.' tion. I DEIGIITON, DEC. 29 —At five o'clock this Fir" ternoon, his Royal Highness the Duke o f y„,:e arrived on a visit to the PRINCE REGENT. - Earl of LIVERPOur. arrived at the Pavilion a Lour previous, and dined with the it g yil p ar ty• iN expected that ihe PRlsca REGENT will re'' turn to Caution-house ou or about the 20th QV next month. Sin C.F.P.ARD Norm's E.STATE.—The agents of the Puke of WELLINGTON, precious to' their ar plication to Lotd Rivi Ats, were in treaty for the purchase of the magnificent seat belonging to the Novi- fancily; and it, was truly the night previous to the day which had been fixed upon for rlye filial arrangement, that Sir GERARD broke off the correspondence. This sudiltn resolve arose jo consequence of a ..spontaneous and liberal over" tnre Iron) Air. CotirTs, the banker, who offered the very large ?Apt retpiireir, at 5 Per cent. irate' rest, provided he was allowed to appoint a re ceiver for,the estate. Sir 6ERAitO lost not a n3o' meta in rrccepting this munificent tender, and 00 property was YVlA:Cliltd. Al A nw i l oNE ,s funeral °lSt" (plies of this ninch lamented Lady arrived in this on Friday evening last,_ and the person* composing tire processiQn, took up their residence it the Star Inn, whet e 39 beds were ordered, 010 stabling for 4 horses. The next morning the Thole proceeded to 'Uleonib, where the lama) : vault it situated', and where the body was me cordingly &visited. The procession was grant' and striking, consisting of six hot semen in avi" vance, in Wadi ciodcs--,next a mpurniag coach, drawn by Six horse, in which sat two ntivmen , iiippot mug tier Ladyship's coronet, upon a •A 4i) ! of cr imson velvet mall bearing plurnes.l' leatimrs, followed by the beatse, beariug, the body, enclosed in a c , ,ein of crimson velvet'' Next tilllowed three mourning coaches, coeh drawn by six hones—and immediately after dies' , the Ma.ctinis•s two carriages, with loor'llorses each, and a gent bin ii's carriage and fc.ur, with. five other gentlert!ens" carriages, closing th e whole of the sol.lun SCi:IIC.---(4lo;(fSk7ie glyurma, Da' 30.)