The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-09 00:00:00

POR XI-1E SUN. LEA .T 7 OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. tia.lintToa,—The genuine, unaffected, and uni versal sympathy, which pervaded the Nation on, this rnelatichOly.occa . Sion,•does, end - will always do-,the highest honour to :the .right Welings and good prin cip:esf theßritish Nation. But w ho,!hat had nor 5 .. , you and 1 know, Ore whole diabolism (I Inns( coin the wore!) of faction - ationg us, would :belitive, that even this feeling' could have been perverted to the puToses of Party, and of the darliest.ilisa-ffeetion ?-- , Yet, so it k, as I pledge myself to prove ; if not to your satisfaction, at least to your entire conviction. - Foremost- in the rank of those places which wished, to express their honest feelings on this sail event, Was the Boloirgh'of Reading. Simi are stirrrised ; but,•Sir, though Heading lies under, just censure, for th e •f ac ti ons di spos i t i on o f some ' ofits inhabitants, I have the satisfaction to as sure you that a more loyal, upright, wrell-affected body thatrthe Corporation, and ttle principal in bahitints of that Town, no where can exist.— The persons who give the ill name t 6 the pace are a set of !nine, unconnected, idle, unrespon sible Periple, low Tradesmen, not Members of the Corporation, half-pay Officers, disgraced Men, once in frost, Ste. who on any emergency herd in swarmi together, with the populace at their he'ls (whotn they cajole as usual), and create a tumult, in which the voice of truth and reason strives in vain for audience. These ate the reople who, when a loyal Address of 'Condolence was . proposed by the real Tow n o f R ea di ng , came for wdrit with their insidious proposals to disturb the harmony of the Meeting, and, but for the firm ness of the Worthy Mayor, would have thrown the whole business into contu,ion. They were baffled, however, this time, and loyalty prevailed. They . reser'ved their stratagems, with new and -more ah:e anxrliaries, tot the County Meeting, (m a similar occasion. You; Sir, have reported, but some of your bre:. three more fully, the proceedi,►gs on that occa sic►n 'The Courier had then► pretty much at large. I wilt not detail any part of them, so tar as the Opposition was concerned—they are too dis 'gnstiugA , Sir, of men, pretending to have weight anti influence in such a County as Befits, who conic! Eo forget all teeling,s of honour and huma nity, as to endeavour to convert a Meeting in tended to express condolence with a Father on the loSs of his beloved Child, into the means of insultilig'and wounding ',hit very Father ? Who Could take that - oppOrtunity of taying such things as most, of necessity, be most disgusting and•pain col to him ? Added to this shameful want of feel ing, the offering of insult under the hypoeritieal pretence of condolence, wa. the meanness and the.hascness (for I will not check the word) of doing, it in such a way, that while it was specious in its firSt appearance, it absolutely precluded an answer. Who, when the fame and the feelings of a Lady in the first class of life, were held up to notice, who, I say, could poSsibly step forth as , her accuser, arid deny hf r the attention claimed 'for her au that ground ?—No man, I vm it:re to 'say, though he had judicial proofs against her in his . pocket wonlfl e‘er step forward to pro duce them on such_tin occasion. Whatever may be the relative situation of a Prince and Princess, no non; who has any feelings worthy of a math would inquire into them rudely, coarsely, and pub licly. None but au Oppositiouist ; and what they can and will do, we every day see more clearly.— Btrt if it at•ere right at any time t . o do it, is that the time to choose . for it, when the most afflicting of all.possible calamities has already fallen upon the grin ipal personage ; and when the whol e Empire (perVeitcd minds excepted) truly condole and sof ter with him ? if this, Sir, be not-a conduct de serving of the strongest reprehension, nothing can be so.- But let not the odium tall upon the County of Berks. The persons offending are a small, though, as usual, a very active put of it.— The High Sheriff sheaved and 3upported the real spirit of the County ; .and the disaffectvi gained nothing by their manoeuvres but the display of their own shame. VINDEX. ADDRESSES OF CONDOLENCE. WORCESTER, llnc. 6. The following A DDRRSSES from the Mayor, Re corder, Aldertneo and Citizens of the City o WolicEsTEß, have been presented by the Noble Reconler of thii City, (he Kiri of Coventry) to his Rov:11 Highness the PRINCE REGENT, to her itiost Excellent Mlje.sty the QUERN, and to his Serene Highness Prince LEOPOLD cf SAxa CO. .13OURG. T o Hi s R Higlinrss GEORGE PRINCE qi WALES, Regent of United 4ingdo;n of Great Britain and Iretqrtd. We, the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Worcester, approach your Royal Highness with feel ings of the ni,st y1 . 6101)0,1 grief, under the heavy and jrrenar alit, loss which your Royal Highness has recently suffered, as a Father, and a Prince, and which has overwhelzued the whole Empire with consternation and sorrow. Far he it from its to presume that our City, thongh always distinguished fur loyalty and attachment to your august Family, is peculiar at present in its affliction on !his awful and inelanclio/y occasion, an affliction that must uqually and deeply h ire affected all your Loyal people. ‘Ve shonld conceive that we were officious in ob truding on your Royal Highness so soon after the deplorable event, if we were riot anxious to manifest our dutiful feelings, and to express our earnest hope, that the A lmighty Power who indicted the dreadful stroke, will administer that consolation to your Royal Highness, which cannot be derived from any other source, and that a due submission to the decrees of that Almighty Power, will, at the same time, south the anxiety of - your people at larg e , a s we ll as o f the oyal City which now humbly, and with all possible veneration and sympathy, takes the libeety of addressing your Royal Highness on this great uational calamity. Given under our Common Seal, in the Council Chamber of the said City, this 21st 'day of November, 1817. To the QUEEN'S Most 4 . .reellent MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty, We, the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Citizens, of the ancient City of ‘Voreester, ever anxious to testify our loynl sentiments of duty and affection, humbly offer our sincere and heartfelt condolence to your Majesty, on the great and irre parable loss which your Majesty and the nation have sustained in the premature death of tiae Princess Chat lotte. We pre sume not to encroach upon your sensibility by eulogizing the rare and transcendant virtues of the departed Princess; they Are rooted in the hearts of a grateful and mourning people, hnJ th . 2 of chino ‘san * never ocrWl. youth, beauty, and talent be inclosed in the cold to:oir though the ell:trills which b11,01:i?Il health he Witherc , i, And the hopes which promised yeArs of joy and klo,y lie bed, yet a lath of consolation still open to vour.Majrsty's gui is and gracious-mind; and w'- earnestly implore Mat t)!a nipOtent Power, whose Divine Will - has inflitteil this ca' a mitous visitation , forts continuance of that Almighty port which has hitherto rewarded your Majesty', patiept subluission under those inscrutable and afflicting decrees with which lie sees fit to exercise the purest_ and most exalted , virtue. Given under out. common seal, in the Council Chamber of the said City, this 21st day of Ntirenibei, 1817. To his Serene Ifighness . l'az NC E COPO I. 1) of Sa.rc,Cohottrg. We, the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Citizens irf the Coy of Worcester, humbly otter to your Serene gliliess the condolence of a:mourning. people, whose frelitnr , L ive`horne earliest and genuine testimony to the value oft he. object they have lost; but the sorrow whiolt in" every varied expression has united the public voice, would most naturally stand checked with the silence of iltep and :4 ffeeiottate sympathy.-be foie the aggravatt d loss your Serene II ighness has been called upon to sustain yet, attached to her country by the choice of your Ulu:di-ions and lamented Consort, revered as the sharer and ceiAre of her domestic .rittues,and now endeared to it fur life by every melancholy recollection of her loss ,the t ears of Eng land have fallen with additional bitterness for you. We mourn over the talents which might have enriched a throne, the moral worth which would have given them energy and consistency, and the disappointed hopes of •futurity; hut to your Serene highness the storm has readied the sacred asylum of home, has rooted up blossoms of felicity too bright, perhaps, for the terrestrial climate in which our hearts are' forbidden wholly to rest, and the voice of outward consolation cannot reach an infliction Peovidenee• like this. A mourning country can only look to the arm that guided the storm, referring yotir sufferings with its own to that Almighty Providence who call alone weigh the fate of kingdoms in the balance-, and bind up the broken hearts of domestic sorrow. .Given under our common seal, in the Council Chamber of the said City, this 21 at day of November, ISt 17. Sottrirmitt , To7q, Drc. G.—At a numerous and respectable Meeting of the inhabitants of this town - and neighbourhood; convened by the'Mayor on Monday lost at• the Audit House; addresses of Condolence were voted to his Royal Hialutess the Prince Regent arid to his Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobounz, oii the late must melancholy es•ent of the death of her Royal Hiehoe , s the Princess Charlotte. CIinIsTCHURCII, DEC. 5.—A numerous and respectable, Meeting Of the Gentry and principal inhabitants of,t his town and the neighbourhood, took place on Thursday last, at the Town hall, to consider of the propriety of riding .Addresses of . condolence on the late melancholy event, to his Royal' High ness the Prince, Regent, and to his Serene Highness t he Prince Leopold. George Eyre, Etq. the Mayor of the Borough, having taken the Chair, addressed the Meeting with much feeling, on the subject of the lamentable Zaps,' of their assembling together, which evidently excited the sensibility of his auditors, anti was listened to with the float touching interest. The Right Hon. George Rose then prefaced the troduction of the Addresses, by pronouncing an affecting eulogy •the moral and political, public aial domestic cha racturmf her Royal Highness, whose loss they, in common with all classes 'of his Majesty% Subjects, deplored and paid a well merited compliment to the inhabitants of the parish, .of all ranks, fur their spontaneous and so lemn observance of the day of her Royal Hightiess'i meta, and to the clergyman for his excellent and appro priate discourse delivered on the occasion. The Addresses being then read and proposed by. Mr. Rose, and seconded by •fir Georg.• J. Tapps, Bart. wire tmanimoasly agreed to, as was a vote of thanks to the Chair Man, which was proposed by James Jopp, L,l. FIRES IN NEIVFOUNDLAND, [FURTHER PARTICULARS) We gave yesterday a full account of the de structive conflagration which recently devastated the town of St. John's, Newionndland.—The I°l - private letter contains some further par- , ticolars ; - Tvlti3AY, DEC. s. —Arrived the schooner Rorer, Captain Bovvpi,-N, front St. John's, New foundland:in twenty days ; Voided several pas sengers, who report, tha( on Friday, the 7th' ot November, aboja nine o'clock at nigiit, 4 fire took place (supposed to he the work of incen diaries) between the Uppe'r and Lower King's tVitarfs, St. John's; which continued with dread ful fury until eight the next ot , uoing, having de stioyed all the houses, wharfs, stores, fidi, &c. • and was not entirely got under for several succes sive days. All ,the shipping lying at or near the wharfs began take in the stores as fast as they could be saved, and then hauled off, and little or no damage happened to the vesselS. Ail embargo (by order of Admiral Pickmore) was immedi.ttely laid on all shipping, and no boat or vessel Untiered to leave the harbour for one week. Among the numerous stores, wharfs, &c. destroyed, are the dwelling-house, wharfs, &c. of Mr. Hunter ;' all the stores, &c. of Messrs. Atwood and Haynes, (the largest concern, in St. John's) ; all the stores, wharfs, &c. of Mr. Tremlett ; all the gaol and court-house, with post-office, &c. ; all the stores, &c. of Hart and Robertstm ; all the stores of Bulky and Job (the north side) ; and all the Macbrier's ; and hundreds of other houses, ships, &c. with about 30,000 quintals of fish. To give a just description o f thi s d rea df u l fi re the passengers state to be impossible. The general distress now prevailing, with. the loss of so many thousand. bags of bread, barrels of pork, &c. is heart-rend ing ; 300 families at least, left without hotise or home, or common necessaries of life ; people hiring,vessels and flocking away to Halifax, anti other parts in America, every day. The schooner Pike sent home with the dispatches by Admiral Piciemone, and no doubt, ere this reaches you, will have arrived in some port in England." DUIILI N, Nov.s. KFLMAINHAM GAOL PARTLY CONSUMED. About five o'clock in the evening of Wednes day, a most alarming fire broke out in cite west wing of Kilmainham Prison, (the Hospital part,) the whole of which has he , -ti consumed. There can b e little ;!oubt of the fire having been the ef fect of design.—lt appears that it Borst out in the roof, ailllnst instantaneously, as we understand that the officer who had the charge of this wing of the building, had -been through it about five minutes before the flames were discoVered, tvith °yr pet ceiving any symptoms which could occa sion suspicion. Fortunately, from the formation of the budding, the flames were circumscribed, and the communication was cut off from the re mainder of the Gaol. Near 200 Convicts were to have been removed this day from the Prison to the transport ships, and it is not improbable that the diabolical attempt was planned Enid executed to aid escape. Another Dublin Paper says—" We are much pleased to hear that the fire, which took place in Kilmainhani, did not arise from any misconduct on the part of the convicts. It is conjectured that the cause might arise from setting the chinmies on fire, for the purpose of cleansing them, which had been done, tour or five days previous to tht sod dent." ..:_ , ll+ 4 4 4 trt l'irfonned La.rt Night. . • . ttotA, Diti - ;itv-LiikE.—Alachetb : Macbeth;. Mr. Fisher; Lt!v ;V:ichet. Bartley. After Which (first time), 'Me ip the N 1,0). TittvricEltop ( .01 ; F: XT - GAPJF.N.--Jant. Shore : Lord Hast ings, Mr, `, 'mug - : Jane S Miss O'Neill. After which, Htisbands - and il • ires. To ‘t hich was added, Mura's Love. Alllllo ° ,o-1 Y - Toktul, 1 nubliti, 1 Waterford. bur-1 Lis bon, I liamburgh, I Gottenborgli, I Guernsey and Jersey. • )'?ICE OF STOCKS . A 7. revF.;!,vi: ciet.ectc. 3 per Cent. a:lZ i 1 India Bonds... - 975. 4 per Cents. 9131 Exch. 18s 245. pe. Bank L. Anti. 21 1-ICtli Cons. for Account......tin B:4A. Areraze Price of Brown n iNiTn‘corado Snor, computed from the Returns made in the Week ' the 3d day of December, is 51s. hi. per cwt. IllGt WATER AT LON[mN nitTOGE TO•MOl'tltntV. Morning, 53 minutes after 3. y Evening, 18 minutes after 4. E SUN. SOLEM QUIS• DICERS FA LSUM A UDEAT ? LONDON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,- !The Paris Papers of'Satmliay last , tvhich %vete clue this morning, have not come to band. Philadelphia Papers, to the 13th of November, arrived this morning. It is stated in the Nashville Paper of the 30th October, that the exports from West Tenn Ase to Ne►v Orleans amounted, during the last year, to more than a ►nillion and a hail of dollars. (F ~nit the Plrittelelphia ,lournal 17.)' " CONSULATE OF - THE UNITF.I) . STATES. " St. Pierre's, Martiftique, Oct. 20, ISI7. _ " request you will inform the Colima-rev of Phila delphia that the admission of Flour from the United States is forbid here from the 10th of this said mot:t.h. " I have the honour to he, " Sir, your most obedient Servant, "To John Steele, Esq. "JOHN MITCHELL. Collector of Philadelphia." EXTRACT OF A LETTER P.ROM CHARLESTON (SOUTH CArtoLINA.) The number of deaths herr, from the 30th of October,lBl6, to the 30th of October, ISI7, was 1249, of which 623 were during the Months Hof July, August, and September, 232 being of the yellow fever•" EKTRACT OF:A LETTER FROM CCRACOA, DATED OCT. 4, 1817. " The arrivals and clearances of vessels of all nations front this port, especially from ports of the Spanish Main, %%ithin these fast two months, have been more than has been known for a length of time; . therefore it appears dial commerce is getting ve't.y brisk : tlt markets arc well rapplied with' all kind of provisions, which are eery reason able in- price, and the Island' is extremely' healthy." As we made some 'comments on an article that we extracted front The Juti-Galliean Monitor last. wet k, which nave drawn forth another article in that Paper of Sunday last, it is proper for us to take some notice of the tatter. Mr. GOLDSMITH seems to take rumours for_tacts, though he, who knows the Jacobin character so well, ought to know, that revolutionary Spirits are constantly at wo►k on the Continent, to disturb all countries, and to bring legitimate authority into contempt. llence he takes for granted the reports that Prus sia has made unreasonable dentands on France, though there is .no absolute proof of this fact. Ile says also, that there is a party in Prussia which is exciting the nation to a %%ar against the French. That there are had men in all countries our own Opposition Journals sufficiently attest; but sve believe that the Prussian Monarch and the Prussian Nation have had too much of war to be anxious to renew hostilities. 'Mr. Gotosmmt says that our reasoning is the same as that of the Ultta-Royolists andAcobins ; ," namely, that the BOURBONS can only remain on the. Ilaone o France so lung as the Allied Troops remain there as inaroles and watchmen," These are Air. GOLD smITH's words, not ours. We rather designatp the Allied Troops as Protectors of France and of all &trope ; and though we do not think that they ought to stay there longer than necessity in:ty re, ittire,yet we think that the time is still distant whet they can safely be removed. There is certainly a Jacobinical predominance in the French Cabinet- at present, and while that femme shall mark its coun sels Europe cannot be safe. Do we not see that France is increasing her military strength, and when a Ja cobiu Ministry shall have a powerful Army, ivhat is likely to be the result, but that it will employ the Est convenient opportunity to direct its move ments to the an, toNance of other countries, that it may secure its authority at home ? The history of the French Revolution thews that it is not a difficult matter to convert a People into a Rabble, and an Army into a National Banditti. " Good mem are scarce," EIS Jov,siiAL says, and the well disposed, besides their peaceable and virtuous habits, are easily OVrrbriine by a - licel;t4oll 41(1 ; palace, backed by plundering and barb", soldiery. But we tlt, not 'Understand why Mr.o ll/ ,: titiTtt should Oils fasteb on the Utira./toyafr; and Jacobita the simile feaSOning and the views, The limner mitst kVish to see t l ' Country and their King in a state of -ir curity; and though they - ma y f ee l f or t he I' r. nour of France, cannot wish . their Pro tf. , tors to withdilw till both are secure from nal EuernieS. The Allied Troops restored thei' gitimate Gover nmen t, an d the Ultra-Roysi °l l lutist feel the necessity of their remaining, Government •is placed beyond the, .power' internal danger. The Jucobins, on the other W I : care nothing for the honour of France, 0100 they make it a plea in their attempts .to raise r contents among the people, and to excite hatred againit the Allies. AS to the komposili ll ' of the present French Ministry it cannot be df' nied that some of the Members and their depril'i etas upheld the anthori:y of the Usurper, ad': it is impossible that the King of France cool' from cho'ice, connect such men with his counse l); though he cannot brand thew ,with the infa ni ' ' , they deserve, infamy indeed sufficiently brawl': on them by the general sentiments of mankio' yet the very circumstance of being under the fl e cessity of making such men form any part Of Government, spews the helpless situation in he is already placed, and to What a lattienti4 )l. state he would be reduced if the Allied Trod ) were .to be withdrawn, and the Incobini O le ro render' the French Government complete l l Jacobinical, Such are Out opinions, and we mig b ; almost venture to say that they are the opinions ° theßritish Government, and certainly of. the Bri' People. The - only point in which we agree vvi til Mr. GoLDsmrrn, whose political acumen and silr cere regard for the interest of France, olthisCool; try, and of all Eur o pe, we are rea d y to admit, 41' who must have a profound knowledge of 1114 French Revolution, its character and its tendew cies, is in what he says respecting the jealov s l and petty interests among the Continental Power" which prevented such a cordial anti deternmio ( ‘' co-operation with each other„ in order to c hed` the progress of BU ONAPARTE , as m i g h t have , 1;.1 ) France within her proper boundaries, attd, ft: 4 ' c preserved the independence of other States. 106 therefore cannot better conclude this article t maim festing our own opinions by adopting !t i° ‘vords :—" Had Prussia assisted Austria in IS3tr" h a d • again Russia or Priiiisia 'asst teal Austii A 0 ISO 9, BUONAFAKTE. vvoidd nut have been the Coo' queror of all Palnany ; nor of Spain nor o f Portogal.'-'—lint, indeed, it would be iigustio; to thi3 Country to end here. - The' restoratie' ll of the Fiend) Monarcity, and the trannoillil of Europe, are essentially owing to the soun' i political principles of the immortal PITT, to the 0 ' gour which he . infused into time Counsels of lb' British Government, to the determioatioo of 31i 6 histers to act upon his system, and to time ex-anl' pie which this country held forth to all others, il l supporting the rights of the . people and time po' noun of the Empire. There "were' so many applications for T'' SUN of yesterday, on account of the article re' speCting CERTIFICATED CONVRYANCFRS,- which we announced on Saturday, and insevted yester' (lay, that, as the happiness of familits and Ge security of property depend so much on the - re' spectability of the legal profession, we conceivc - it to,be a part of our public duty to reprint it thi 4 day.—(See our First Page.) By the last letters - from British North Americo , it appears that at Quebec, Halifax, St. John's St. Andrew's, Shelburne, and various otlie places,. Petitions to the British Government are in a Course of signature, priqing that not anf duty may be imposed on Timber from those p!aces, and that the present duties on joreigt; Timber might remain as they were: Oo this 3 tib• ject, likewise, Meetings are intended shortly to be held at the principal Out -ports in Gress Britain, to petition Government to the same effect. 'We are informed by authority on which wg think we can depend, that the 'Allied Sovtreit i os , have come to a resolution to withdraw their tLoops from the French territory, before the end of tpo won't) of March ensuing. The augmentation Of the French fiaers, therefore, must not be coosi.- dere(' as the means of listening their rernovnl 4. but as an expedient for supplying their pia.ce.7 - ' (Times) Prince LEopoun, it is said, will pass much Of his time, during his visit to Dorsetsi,ire,, at Cdttle, tice retired seat 01 Lady CAltutINE DAYIES.. A prnjeet is said to be on toot to erect on soniC public spot :t Insmmilrlii or cenotaph to the toe mory of the late Princess Cu stit.oTTK. .0 1 1C 1 ie 54 rrt YORK has consented to be PatrOtte" t , ) the pian ; the expellee is to tie defrayed by sob.- scriptions, nut to exec, dime guinea tack. The controversy which subsists in .Etlinbnrgli among certain literary met) to that city, is at re. sent the general topic of conymation in LUW/4,