The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-06 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—Froni the liVely interest you have at all times evinced
for the welfare of Ireland, I beg leave to state to you that hay_
in,' had early information, some months since, respecting the
affairs of Ireland, and having had cause to fear that that
unfortunate country might be placed in the wretched state
in which it is now but too well known unhappily to
be, I endeavoured by every means in my. humble power
to obviate the calamity. I announced on the Ist of March
last, through my monthly 'publication, " Remarks upon
the General Character of Ireland, and a proposed Mode
of Tranquillising it, and saving its unfortunate Peasantry
from Starvation:" Nly publication having a ' wide circulation
over the United Kingdom, the affairs of Ireland and its
distress became the subject of general conversation. I
addressed several letters to various Noblemen and Gentlemen
on the subject.
,Amongst others I addressed one to the Mar-
quis Conyngham, from whom I received a most kind reply,
referring me to the Earl of Blesinton (one . of Ireland's
best friends. From his Lordship I received a most satisfactory
eLetter, in which his Lordship was so.good as to give inc the out-
line of the plan of this Acting Conznzittec, (fur I know not, nor
do I wish to know of any other Committee), except that one
alluded to by his Lordship. His Lordship stated in his letter
That the object of the Irish Society is the relief and employ-
ment of the poor ; and to prevent the misapplication of any mo-
ney received." His Lordship stared that J. H. Michell, Esq.
18, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, is their Secretary; and that the
six Banking houses of Messrs. Coutts and Co., Hammersly and
Co.,Herries and Farquhar, Marsh and.Stracey, Ranson and Co.
Puget and Bainbridge, received subscriptions.
In my humble opinion all Subscriptions should be paid
into the hands, of the highly respectable Bankers,—Army
and Navy Agents,—throughout the whole United Kingdom,
and given into the hands of the Acting Committee, consisting
of 13 Members- of the highest respectability, at the head of
which is the Lord Steward (the Marquis Conyngham)
and that no person whatever shall receive a subscription ex-
cept the highly respectable Bankers, Army and Navy. Agents.
—I beg leave to state that the following distinguished Bank-
ers have favoured me with the handsomest loiters, ex-
pressive of their willingness and desire to receive subscriptions
for the suffering Inhabitants and starving Peasantry of Ireland ;
to forward the praiseworthy and humane views of the Acting
Committee, at the head of which is the Marquis Conyngham.
Messrs. BOSANQUET, PITT, and Co.
- BARNARD, DINISDALE, and Co.
CURTIS, ROBARTS, and Co.
- COCKS, COCKS, and Co.
CHILD and Co.
- DORRIEN and Co.
EVERRTT and Co.
Sir JAMES ESDAILE and Co.
Messrs. GROTE, PRESCOTT, and Co.
- GLYN, MILLS, and Co.
HANBURYS, TAYLOR, and LLOYD
HENRY HOARE and Co.
HOPKINSON and Co.
HODSOL and STIRLING
HANKEY and Co.
Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Baronet, and Co.
Messrs. MARTIN, STONE, and NIARTIN
til AARYATT, KAY, and Co.
MORLANDS, A URIOL, and Co.
MARTIN, CALL, and ARNOLD
SMITH, PAYNE, and SMITH
WHITAIORE, WELLS, and WHITMORE
I have the honour to be, Sir,
With much esteem,
Your most obedient,
HUGH DOHERTY

44, Jermyn St, St. James's,
6th May, 1822.

Pressing as is the agricultural distress of the
country, in the hope that it will obtain eventual
relief, we consider it of very inferior importance

indeed ta'
ttie t4atig6r *hick boir' threatens otir
navigation system, and with it the source and
bulwarks of the. prospe.rity and power, of the'
Uritish.Empire.' The, pietective measures whiCh
have been appliecfsfo our agriculture will in time
insure hi revival,if the other interests of the State
are preserved •unimpaired; and if dueattention be
bestowed on the provision of rofitable productive
employment-fq(khe people. If the protectiverprin-
ciple dour Navlgation Laws, on the other hand, he
abandoned, however floueishingmay bethe present
condition of•our,commercial and maritime interests,
they must speedily decline before the unequal
competition to which they will be 'Subjected.;
and our own colonies; our own markets, and- our
own capital and productions, will be employed
as instruments for drivino. the British fiag.from
the ocein.—We are reallye' astonished that Mi-
nisters do not see the ruin into which, at the de-
lusive instigation of the theoretical PolitiCal
Economists, they are, about to plunge the country.
They themselves have in former times powerfully
supported those very principles which they are
now about to desert. We would appeal even to
the filial veneration of the Earl of LIVERPOOL for memory of -his Noble Father, whose wisdom
and experience were successfully opposed to
those dangerous innovations whi-Ch now receive
the too favourable regards of his Majesty's Mini-
sters. To what fatality are we to attribute the
quiescence of the Opposition ? Is the mania
universal? Are there none left, willing and
able to dispel the delusion which is rnioead-
ing ..Parliament and the country, and to em-
body the 'intelligence and patriotism' of the
State; as an impenetrable barrier against !the
practical adoption of visionary theories • which
are refuted not more by scientific demonstrations,
than by pdst. experience and ,existing facts ? On
such a question as this,-- Ministeri ought to be'op-
posed ; and we fervently hope-that ;they will be
opposed successfully. The .land-owers are not
less deeply interested in the result than the' Ship-
owneh, 'though the ruinous consequences may
not be so obvious to the former as they are to the
latter. The• Opposition inTarliament have a noble
oppOrtanity of successful resistance to the mea-
sures of. Government, and of serving, at the same
time,
,theinselVes, their country, and their poste-
rity. If the opportunity be lost, they will soon
have to mourn their apathy over the. fallen gran-
deur, the broken trident, and the dilapidated re-
sources of the Empire.—ln our Paper of this
day will be found an able article on this subject,
under the signature of " NAUCLERUS," to which
We respectfully refer our Readeri.

We are informed 'that the Revenue, from the
sth of April, up:_toSaturday.night, _is 300,000/.
more than the corresponding month of l'at year.

The following" Intelligence has been received
by the Naktilus, lately arrived at Port month,
and which left Port II oyal, Sarnaica, on the 25th
March :

•
VO.RY ROYAL, MARCH 24.—Information has just arrived
of the declaration of Independence of the whole of the Island
ofSt. Domingo, by General Boyer, (the native black), who
had obtained complete- possession. It appdars the 'Spaniards,
„who possessed the City of St.-Domingo, and a small portion of
the country around it, were desirous of throwing•off the con-
trol of the mother country, and therefore resolved to hoist the
Colombian flag, and acknowledge fealty to that Republic.
Bo} hearing of this immediately sent beputies to the Span-
iards, stating, that if the city of St. Domingo were desirous of
changing its Governors, it should not go out of the island for
a protector, as he would take possession of it, and gave the in-
habitinits the same privileges' as were enjoyed by his own
subjects. The leading people of the city,in consequence, sent
to die french Adtniral, who was lying at Martinique, im-
ploring his assistance, and stating, they had ten thousand
good troops to withstand Boyer's usurpation. The French
Admiral instantly collected all his vessels (seven only) and
all his spare troops (800 only), and came, down to St Domingo.
Boyer, however, had been too active to be frustrated in his
design ; he had already marched in and taken possession of all
that remained to Old Spain, and that without bloodshed. As
soon as the French forces appeared off the city, he scut to the
French Admiral, informing hitn,__ that if he atteirlptect to
land a single man in enmity, he would order a general_
massacre of all the white people in the island. The French
Admiral Paused, received supplies and presents, and bore up
for. Porto Rico ! A law has been, since passed in the island-,
prohibiting all and every white man from having any posses-
sions in it, either landed or moveable ; but that his wife, if a
native woman, might hold both, and even if not married, she
might hold it for him. The island is most remarkably im-
proved, and is extensively dealing with America, underselling
all the other islands, and with articles of better quality, parti-
cularly sugar."

THE NEW PLA:c.—The FIRST LORD of the
TREASURY and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER sent the following note to the Bank on
Saturday, which was communicated to the Stock
Exchange about a quarter past one o'clock :--

" rift-House May 4, 1822.
44 GENTLEMEN—We request that you will be so good as to
cause notice to be given, in the usual manner, that, on Tuesday
next, at 12 o'clock, we shall be ready to see, at the Treasury
Chambers, such parties as may be disposed to enter into a con-
tract, conformably to the resolution agreed to by the House Of
Commons, on the 11 May. We arc, Gentlemen, your mos
obedient humble Servants,
(Signed)

" LIVERPOOL.
" N. VANSITTART."
" To the Governor wed Deputy Governor. of the Bank of
England."

' it is -supposed that the biddings will be on the
amount of annuity the parties require to he paid
by Government during the forty-five years, in
return for their engaging .to pay the pensions and
half-pay allowances, now estimated at five mil-
lions, and, subject to the contingencies of the fall-
ing in of the lives dependent on them : the par-
ties consenting to take the smallest amount from
Government being of course to be declared the
Contractors.

Yesterday the Lon') CHANCELLOR and the
Marquis of LONDONDERRY had audiences of the
KING.

On Saturday the Duke of YORK transacted
military business with his MAJESTY. Yesterday
at one o'clock his Royal Highness left town.
Divine Service was performed yesterday at the
King's Palace, in Pall-Mall, by the Rev. Dr.
BLOMBERG. Yesterday the Princess AUGUSTA
attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal,
St. James's, and heard a Sermon by the Hon. and
Rev. Mr. STOPFORD.

A correspondent informs us that his MAJESTY'S
projected journey to the Continent will not take
place so early as was expected, even ifat all.
There are some strange rumours afloat connected
with the postponement of this tour.—(Morning
Chronicle.)

A grant of land of 100,000 acres, in Venezuela,
made to General DEVEREUX by Bourvan, when brought to
the hammer, at the Auction-mart, a few days ago, fetched but
330 guineas, somewhat less than a penny an acre Liverpool
Advertiser. )

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. •
The Dovager Lady Bromley and.llliss Cur:on, in Berkeley.
square ; Lady Isabella Douglas, in Great Ctmberland-place,
Mrs. and illiss Langston, in Green-street, Park-lane; Mr. and
Mrs. Dugdale in Lower Brook-street, Mrs. and Mis,s„Powell,
in Gloucestr-place ; Captain Fletcher, in Moant-street ; Lord
and Lady -Forrester and Miss Forrester, at the Dowager
Duchess
.of Rutland's, in Sackville-street ; Mr. and Mrs.
North, in Hill-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Tudor and family, at
Batt's sHotl, Dover-street, from Ireland ; Mr, and Mii.'
Brodie and family, at ditto, from Scotlaid ; the Misses
Thorold, at ditto, from Lincolnshire ; Countess Stanhope ; Earl
and Countess Pembroke. •
DEPARTunts—The Duke of Buckingham, for Stowe; the
Duke of Rutland, for Beivoir Castle ; the Dake of Portland,
for Newmarket; the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, for
Bognor ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Surter, from Batt's Hotel ;
Viscount Ingestre, from ditto ; Hon. Mrs Gage, from ditto ;
Mrs. Haliasbitry and family, from ditto, to their house, in liar-
leytatrect. •

. _
" FA SIIIONABI,E ARRANGE`E- NTS for the WEEK,Tats-.
EvEan N o... Lady Borough's Ball, Portland=place;
Mrs. Owynne's Ball, in Great George-street; SignorAmbro-
, getti's Farewell Grand Concert, at the Mazchioness of Salis-
bury's, Ailington-street.
To-moinow.---Alrs. Steele's Ball, in Berkeley-strect ; Mr.
and Mrs. Labouchier's Party, Portman-square. •
WEDNESDAY.--The Earl and
,Countess of Aberdeen's
Party, Argyll House ; Almack's Grand Ball ; Mrs. Osborne's
Ball, in Piccadilly:
THIZRSDAY.—The Dowager Lady Astley's Party, Caven-
dish-square; , the Earl of Westmorland's Party ; . the Duke of
Devonshire's 'Third Concert; the French .Ambassador's First
Grand Entertainment. to the Ministers, &c. • Mrs. George
Smith's Quadrille Ball, Gloucester-place; Mrs. Gordon's Ball,
in Montague-square.
FatnAy.—The Marchioness of Camden's Rout, Arling-
`ton-street ; Mr. and Mrs*. Hope's Party, Duchess-street ; Mrs.
Scott Murray's Ball, Cavendish-square; Mrs. Irvine Williams's.
Quadrille Ball, in Park street • Mr. Greatorex's Annual Con-
cert, at the Concert Rooms; danover-square.
SA T tIRDAY:-44ord and Lady Grantham's Party, St. James's
square ; Sir Charles Henry Coote's Party, Connaught-place.
.Outinian Lecture at Mr. Penn's, 10, New-street, Spring-
gardens, at 3 o'clock. .

SUNDAy.—Cpuntess tieven's Assembly ; Mr. and Mrs,
lope's Music Party.

ROYAL ACADEMY.-On Saturday the Anni-
versary Dinner given by the Royal Academy previous to the
opening of the Exhibition, took place at their apartments in
Somerset HOuse. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK
was prevented, by his recent accident, from honouring the
entertainment with his presence ; but it was attended by a nu-
merous assemblage of guestS of the highest rank and. talents,
find the most distinguished Patrons of the Arts; among whom
were :—The French, Russian, Austrian,. Danish, _Prussian,
'Spanish, Hantiveiian, Bavarian, Netherlands, and Sicilian
Ambassadors; the Lord Chancellor; Archbishop of Yoilc;
Dukes of Norfolk, Newcastle, Argyll, Bedford, Devonshire,
Northumberland, Wellington ; Marquisses Camden, .London-
deny, Stafford, Lansdown, Cori)iiirham ; Earls Of Liverpool,
.Bathurst, Ilarrowhy, Westmorland, Yarmouth, Lauderdale,'
Essex, Egremont, Spencei, Grey, Aberdeen, Grosvenor,
Darnley, Blesinton, Cowper ; Lords Chiefs Justice AbbOtt,
Chief Justice Dallas, Chief .Baron • Viseounts, Palmerston,
Melville, Exmouth;.Lords, Holland, Morveth, punstanville,
Arundel, Burrhersh,p, Stewart, Stowell ; Bishops of London,
Salisbury, Oxford; Carlisle;' Right Honourables, the'Spealcer,
N`.. Vansittart, Master: a the Rolls, Vice-Chancellor, Pre-
sident of the Board of Controul, .Sir C. Long, G.C.B. Sir W.
Grant, C. ArbuthnOt, W. Huskisson, F. Robinson, G. Can-
.ning, G. Tierney, the Lord Mayor ;- tionourables, Lieut-
General E. Phipps, Agar Ellis ; Sirs, A. Hume, Willoughby,
Gordon, J. Swinburne„ M. W. Ridley, H. Davy, T. P.
Heathcote, W. W. Wynn; T. Baring, A. Carlisle, the Chair-
man of the -India" Company, Master of Dulwich College,
Warden of ditto, President of the College' of Physicians,
President of the College of Surgeons, the Chamberlain of
London, the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Surveyor-
General, Rev. Howell Carr, . Drs. Bailie and Woolaston •
Messrs. W. Chamberlayne, Bankes, W. Wilberforce, G.
Lambton, J. W. Croker, T. L. Parker, J. Watts Russell,
T. Rope, J. ,Penn, T. Lister Parker, R. I'. -:Knight,.J.
Varners -It; -Frankland, P. Bastard, Spring Rice, R. hart
Davis, G. Phillips, G. A. Robinson, W. Fawkes, J. R. Lush-
ington, W. Mitford, P. Hoare, F. Freeling, &c.

.The Marchioness of Londonderry's banquet, after the Opera,
on Saturday night, was attended by one of the most brilliant
assemblages this season ; the. Ladies were of the first distinc.
don, -.. and superbly attired; wearing a profusion of diamonds
and, other precious gems. The banquet was served up at
one o'clock, and presented every' delicacy in season, with
the choicest wines. The company did not retire until near
three o'clock.

COURT. OF IinVG—'O3ENCII—(THIs DA!►l'

CONSTITITTIONAL ASSOCIATION.
THE KING V. CLAUS.
The bail of this man, 1$ ho stands indicted for
vending a blasphemous and seditious libel, this
day surrendered him into the custody of the
Court, from whence he will be conveyed to
Newgate.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
THE KING V. THE 110 N. T. KENYON.
Mr. SCARLETT This day sheaved cause against a
Rule obtained last term by Mr. GURNEY, calling
upon the defendant to shew cause why a criminal
information should not be filed against him for
improper conduct in his office of Magistrate
of Shropshire, by refusing to admit a person
charged with misdemeanor to bail, and also for
causing such person to be put in irons. These
charges were most satisfactorily answered by
Mr. SCARLETT, with whom was Mr. PEARSON ;
and the CHIEF JUSTICE, after adverting to the
vexatious proceedings that Magistrates were
liable to, said that to protect them in all cases
where the application did not appear reasonable,
the parties would have to pay the costs. Rule
discharged with costs.

ENGLISII Inow.—A new method of converting
English Iron into Steel, at a reduced elipence,
has recently been discovered, and when it is con-
sidered that Foreign Iron only has hitherto been
thought fit for that purpose, that immense sums
have annually been paid to foreigners for the
purchase of it, and the magnitude of the con-
sumption in our hardware manufactories, we`cer-
tainly think it a discovery of the utmost na-
tional importance, as it renders the produce of
our own country as available as that of foreign
countries.

Letters, dated the 21st October last, have
been received from our settlement at Sincapore.
Under the impression that an intention existed
on the part of the Government to surrender this
Colony to the Dutch, or to deprive it of its pri-
vileges, a suspension had been made of all the
public improvements carrying on there. Expe-
rience has proved the intelligence and sagacity
of Sir I'. STAMFORD RAFFLES, the meritorious
founder of this valuable settlement, so admirably
calculated for the extension of British commerce
in the Indian Archipelago, and the repression of
Dutch usurpation in these seas. The public cu-
riosity must be strongly excited to learn the
public grounds for the sacrifice of this important
colony.

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