The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-14 00:00:00

The Opposition Writers and Speakers are so

anxious upon all occasions to extol theextraordinary
abilities, the unequalled wisdom, and the Profound
political knowledge of BUONAPARTE, that we are
not without hopes , that when we can quote his au-
thority upon adisputed point, it will, in the estima,
tion of Gentlemen at least, turn the balance in
our favour. In all the discuss;ons which have taken
place upon the Catholic Question,
one of use
Merits which always appeared to us most conclus:ve
against the claims of the Catholics, was their con-

ne6tions with, and, in many essential poin:g, their
subinission to, a foreign po•',ver. This argurint has
never been fairly answered, but attempts have been
made to beat it down by boisterous ciamonr. 7,ose
who hold it, are reproached with bigotry, with in-
tolerance, with a want of feeling for their teli6w-
creatures; in short, are represented' at the same
time as the most weak and mint wicked of

Catholic raueston almost, • invariably conclude
their declatation by referring to the condoet of.
BUONAPAIRTE, and by expatiating, in the warmit
terms of praise, upon the wisdom of his -po-
licy upon the suhjetst• of rehgions toleration,
Let us then inquire for a moment, what are the prin.

"ciples, what is the condua of the man who is
thus held up to u 4 as an objea of imitAion ? In as-
signing his reasons for his recent condua- to the
POPE, he says,—" It has been demonstrited to me
that the spiritual iqfluence exercised in my states by
a foreign Sovereign,- was contrary to the indepen-
,
deuce of France—to the dignity and SAFETY or MY
THRONE." Such is the language of the man whose
example the Government of this country is repeatedly
advised to fcllow. He considers the spiritual inflo7

ence of a foreign Sovereign as inconsistent with
the independence of France, and with the ialety of
his throne, even although that Sovereign is the head
of a church,. of which nearly the whole population

of France are Memberi. It «•onld be an insult to

the unclerst,inding of our Readers to attempt to shew

Low much n►ore st►ongly this argument applies to
our case than it does to that of France; but we con-
fess we are a little anxious to hear the sentiments of
the admirers of BUONAPARTE's wisdom, and
the advocates for the Clthohe claims, upon this sub-
je&, and to know how they will extricate them-

selves troll] the dilemma in which he has thus cruel-

ly placed them.

It isgenerally understood that the Messenger who
arrived last week from Franca brought over a pro-
position for an exchange of Prisoners, and that that
proposition h:--s been acceded to by our Govern-
ment. Two Comhlissioners, it is said, will be im-
mediately appointed by the Transport Board to catry
the arrangements into exectrion on our part.
We should not be surprized to find that this pro-
position for an exchange of Prisoners was accom-
panied with a delusive offer on the part of Fiance
for a Negociation.

The numbers for Lord ELDON and Lord Gags-
VILLB last night at Oxford were nearly equal, and
the friends of bo:h sides seemed io be equally con-
fident of success. The Duke of BEAuroRT was be-
hind. The poll was to be renewed, and is to ter-
minate this day.

We yesterday denied from authority the report
in a Morning Paper that Lord CHATHAM had re"
resigned ; but as the Paper alluded to renews the
report this day, under the milder statement that
" symptoms of the retirement of both Lord CHAT-
nAm and Lord MULGRAVE have appeared," we
deem it necessary to repeat our unqualified contra-
diaion of the paragraph.

If the Public were not well acquaint-al with the
eh:trader of those persons who so often attempt to
bring the first City in the world entirely under the
influence of party spirit, at a time which imperiously
calls f.,: cordial unanimity in the people, it might
be deemed .surprizing that the persons alluded to
should be so persevering in their purpose. But the
condu& of Mr. WAITHMAN and his friends, in the
Common Council, for some time past, has suffici-
ently prepared the Public to expe,l from them a
degree of political violence which fortunately ooly
tends to bring discredit on themselves, and to oro-
duce sentiments in the people at large, dia
opposite to those which it is their aim to excite,

It appears that an Address to His MAJESTY had
been voted i❑ the Common Council, Which, in the
opinion of fair and candid men of both partiei (for
among Britons we shall be always ready to admit
that whatever political controversies may prevail,
they will be fair and candid men on both sides), it .30-
peirs, we say, that an Address had been voted con-.
taining passages, and couched in language, that
ought never to be presented to a Monarch whose
chief rule of anion through life has been to support
the honour of the Throne, and promote the happi-
ness of his people.' Several loyal men, of high re-
putation in the City, who had not an opportu-
nity of being present when this exceptionable Ad-

dress was voted, on account cf the late hour at
which the subje& was introduced—men who feel for
the credit of the capital of the British Empire, and
are animated by the purest reverence for our vene-
rable King,were desirous to have the subje& re-con-
sidered, and, if an Address were at length deemed
necessary, to have such a one prepared as might be
more worthy of the respe&able source from which
it issued, and Envie consistent with that deference
NA hich is due to so august and so revered a Sovereign.
—lt should be observed, that the persons who were
thus anx►ous for having the Address re-considered,
were not desirous of preventing the Common Coun7
cO from forming any Address at all, and conse-
quently of stifling inquiry into the obje6t of it. Sure-

Iy such conduft is suitable to the British charac-
ter. It evinces a zeal for troth, but at the same
time it spews a proper respect for the head of the
Cons►itution. Some very respeaable Members of

Address should take place at all, till it should be seen
what would be the condud of the Representatives of
the people in Parliament assembled, and those
Members we conceive to be the men who best un-
derstand the Constitution, and what is becoming the
charader ito ns. It Parliament should be inat-
tentive to is duly—if it should appear disposed to
damp a proper spirit of inquiry into the causes of
public disasters or disappointmenis7—then would be
the time for carrying up an Address to his Majesty,
beseeching him to dired an investigation into what-
ever might be deemed injurious to the interest and
honour of the Empire. With the advocates for such
discreet forbearance we entirely agree, for it is an in-
sult to the Representatives of the People in Parlia.
ment, to suppose that they will be averse to
such inquiries ; at least, we ought patiently
to wait till they have an opportunity of shew-
ing the • nation by what sentiments they are
animated, and how regardful they are of their
duty to the nation at large. Mr. WAITHIVIAN
and his friends, however, are not of this opinion.—
They persevere in prejudging a question on which
they solicit inquiry, and they obstinately adhere to
an Address, 'not only dirt,speaful in language to-
wards a good King, but what actually interferes with
his prerogative, by presuming to object to the title
winch his MA itsTY thought proper to confer on a
gallant Officer who is an honour to his country, and
who is at this time employed abroad in its service.

The Marquis WELLESLEY has appointed his
brotoer-in-law, CHAELES CULLEN SMITH, Esq. to
be the Under Stxretary of State to the Foreign De-
partment.

The Hmi. HENRY WELLESLEY is appointed Mi-
niskee Plenipotentiary to Spain, in the room of Mr.
HOOKIIAM FRERE.

Yestevday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo-
re►gn Office. There were present the LORD CHAN•
CELLOR, the Marquis WELLESLEY, 111,.t Earls LIVER•
POOL, BATHURsT, WESThI•~RLAND, HARRUWBY, and
CHATHAM; Lord MULGRAVE, the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER, Mr. Secretary RIDER, and Mr. R.
S. DeNDAs.

TH E THEATRE.--Every - Man in his Rumour, and
Owar and Alaivina, were represented last night at
Covent-Garden Theatre. There was but a scanty
audit:la-a, and the pay went attf tolerauly well, as
the 0. p squadron did not asseue in great
ittrenai la even at halt price, and weirr• not so turbu-
lent ;is her tolore during ilia two last acts of the
play. They .aere, however, more active during
the afterptece, but chtedy with their vocal organs.
theit tasnat dßersions of gioaning, cheei mg, &e.
took plate on the rimatpin et the curtain, auct they
soot. ithuut tau h uproar.
Mr. BRANDON has generally been represented in
the puona ,as meray the Box Book-keeper of
C vent-Garden 'L ea. iv; tpli it is proper to state that
he is the Hoese-kaaper al•o, and it ;s therefore his
duty to be con-tantl) oo the watch to protect the
gr. at roper-1y en, rusted w his care.
The following is a correct account of the forgery
and swindling tiansattion itr which the !mane of Earl
PERCY has been tottoduced; we derive ii from most
respettanle auttiorty.—A Mr. T. an Annuity Bro-
ker, received a letter, sigoad PERCY,' desiring
titan to dill at Not huiubel mod House, as he wished
so contract fora loan of money, by way of annuity,
aad to be there at a given our. The pretended
Earl PEttCY had his plan so well arranged, as to be
aliellty coming out 01 Nor( 11,:mberiand House as
Mr. a'. was going to knock at the gate. The sham
Ear; pretended to be much displeased at being kepi at
home beyond the boor he had mentioned in his note
to Mr. T. and observed, that -as she business he
tO.tratisarA v‘ith Mt. T. was of a delicate na-
ture, ht did not like to return so abruptly to Nor-
thumberland Ho :se, lest any suspicion should arise
in the (Marla of the family, and proposed to retire
to a cotiee- house. This conversation was under the
vary gates of Northumberland House. Mr. T. and
My Lori retired, as was proposed, when his Lord-
salt; boomed Mr. T. that his most inlimate friend,
BEAUMONT, Member with him for Nurthuma
barlatul, had lost a cause with the Bishop 01 Deft-
taam, and ‘vas much in want of cash ; that wining
eaaaadolgly to oalige him, he wanted the loan of
'15,0001. but did not like to apply to his father, the
Duke, w. o had on lanes the suns at his command.
Mr. "T. having no doubt whatever that he was in the
presence of tau i PERCY, instantly mentioned the
terms ou whit h tic wished to lend such a sum ;'and
atter a few tridtng alterations, the affair was adjust-
ed, and °tilers given to prepue the deeds, with a
strict injuoctioa Irons the Noble Earl, that the trans-
action was to be kept secret. Whether there were
more interviews than the one above stated, we are
not informed ; but matters were so settled that the
Earl was to receive the money at Alowick Cast!e,
in
.Northumberland, whither Mr. 'l'. and some of
his clients set off with the money and deeds. On
their arrival at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, they were
met by an accomplice of the Earl's, who informed
them that his Lordship had left Alowick Caatle for
Hexham Abbey, the seat of Colonel BEAUMONT,
and that they were to proceed-immediately to the
.Black Bull ion, at Hexham, where the Earl would
meet them. They did so, and soon after came his
Lordship, and having executed the deeds, he re-
ceived, not the 15,0001. his Lordship wanted, but
18,0001. which they prevailed ou him to take. He
then, as a matter of course in such money transac-
tions, instantly discharged the Attorney's is
said that 14,0001. of the money, another account
says 10,0001. has been returned, and an oder wide
to return 40001 more, by the twopenny post, pro-
vided (he mock Earl can have such an understanding
with the parties who lent the money, as to secure
him against prosecution. We understand that the
money-lending dupes do not know where to look
• for him ; and that he has laid his plan so well, t hat
it is in their power to convey their answer to bins
without the least trace where he is to be found.