The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-31 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

JAN. 28.—The sub-officer Tellier,
whose arrest was prematurely announced, has
actually been arrested on the frontiers of France,
opposite the territory of Porentrui, and placed
io the hands of the French authorities. Ser-
jeant-Major 'Wahlble, one of the accomplices of
Tether, blew out his brains when he saw that it
was impossible to elude the pursuit of the gen-
darmerie ; and by this death, at which some
men who plot in secret will perhaps rejoice, an
offender has escaped from the operation of hu-
man justice. Tellier also wished- to kill himself,
when lie saw that he was ou the point of being
arrested ; but his pistol having missed fire, the
officer of the gendarmerie laid hold of him, and
thus prevented him from destroying himself.—
(Journal of the Upper Rhine.)
On the .6th inst. M. Carcenac, Vicar of the
parish of St. Arnans, Itodez, deposited in the
bawls of M. Viguee, Notary of that town, in
order to be annexed to its registers, a declara-
tio4l, of which the substance is as follows:

" I, the, undersigned Jean Baptiste Theron, journeyman
joiner, living in the Rue Neuve, being dangerously ill, yet
never thcless possessing all my, intellectual faculties, and finding
that lam abOut soon to appear at the judgment-seat of God,
wish to appease the remorse of my conscience, and to do an act
of justice by retracting.an atrocious calumny which I put forth
in my deposition made at Albi, against MM. Jausion, Bastide,
Colard, Bach, and Bancal ; which calumny consisted in my
saying that I had seen those five individuals in the cross pass.
save, called de Capoulade, carrying the body of the deceased
M. Fualdes4 and conveying it down to the Aveyron. I declare
• before God that that deposition is not true, and that I was not
even present at the place mentioned; that the motive which in-
duced me to make the deposition, was the pleasure -which I ex-
pected to derive from going to see the country. I retract the
caluinny with all my soul before God and before justice, and I
implore the Sovereign Judge, in his mercy, to accept this re.
tisactation, as being the whole truth. This is written by another
hand, on account of my inability to write'from weakness; and is
signed by me, in my house at Rodez, the 22d December,lB2l.
(Signed) " THERON."

" Stich is the declaration that Theron dictated to me in his
last illness, and which he• himself signed, charging me not to
make it public until some days after his death, in order that it
might not afflict such of his relations as attended his • funeral;
and although I know the discredit that certain persons have
wished, from what has passed, to cast upon the recantation
made by Bousquier on his death-bed, concerning the same
transaction, I could not refuse to receive, in the exercise of my
office, the declaration of Theron, considering it the only means
which remained to that individual of making reparation for the
injustice and wrong which he has occasioned by his false depo-
fiition ; and that it was imperiously demanded by his conscience,
justly alarmed at the approaching judgment of God.
" Rodez, Dec. 30, 1821.

(Signed) " CARCENAC,
" Vicar of St. Amans."

(Journal of Toulouse and the Upper Garonne.)

The accounts from Andalusia of the general
.submission of the discontented authorities state,
that the Freemasons' Lodges have co-operated
with great success in the reconciliation which
has been brought about between that pro-
vince and the capital. A difficult question, how-
vver' presents itself. The civil and political
Chief, the subscribers of manifestoes, have been
designated subversors, or. rebels, by the Cortes,
arid have been cited to appear before the•tribu-
Lals. Will they be tried ? An amnesty is talked
of, by which the party of Toreno, Quiroga, Mar-
tinez, &c. would seek to conciliate beforehand
the party of Riego, which it is anticipated will
posses's the preponderance in the new Cortes,
which meet on the Ist of March. •

SPEECH OF COUNT BARU, IN THE CHAMBER OF

1.17.E115, ON THE PETITION or 31R. DOUGLAS

LOVEDAY.

Messieurs,—The petitions which are presented to you come
from the weak who implore your protection, or from the citi-
ran who conceives that he has some improvement in the public
administration to propose. The present petition possesses this
double character ; for, though it states to us only a matter of
private interest, it admonishes us by its importance, of the in-
sufficiency of our administration, whatever may be the justice
in other respects due to the petitioner.
request permission to consider the affair under these two
points of view—that is to say, with relation to the different
,int-irests which it presents ; and in the first place to that of the
pet; tioner.

A. foreigner, established in France, living under the authority
of our laws, must have believed himself surrounded by their
protection. He intrusted to a recognized establishment—au-
ti.•riy;d by the public administration, and which, therefore,
-ought to be superintended by that authority—all that he held
armst dear—three children, who have been induced to change
tir-ir religion in his absence, without his knowledge, in contra-
&Alan of his express instructions, in contempt of a formal
agreement made with him, and that, too, at the very moment
w en letters were Written to him for the purpose of removing
1.11 apprehension on this point.
Outraged as a father, wounded in his religious feelings, he
tsmands from the lavis—from Heaven and earth—the redress
of 'he grievances of which he complains. It is not for us to
v^rify the facts, to appreciate them, or to apply the law to them.
For these objects the petitioner mist be referred to the tribunals;
but if, as he says, he in the first instance addressed himself to
the Courts, and was not heard, it becomes the dignity of this
Chamber to send the petition to the Government, in order to
ascertain whether the ordinary course of justice has been follow-
ed in this case.

A motion for passing purely and simply to the order of the
dLy can only be grounded on the nature of the petition, or on
the refusal of the petitioner to seek redress by legal 'means.
Here the'petitioner declares that he has sought those means ;
he adds, that his complaint has not been tried, which it cer-
tainly ought to be. I know not whether the statements are
correct ; I am not discussing whether such a complaint ought
to be received or rejected ; and I know not whether the peti.
tioner has proceeded according to the proper forms ; though,
as a foreigner, he is, perhaps, entitled to some indulgence in
this respect. What Ido know is, that justice ought to be done.
In our situation, in our impartial equity, we ought to shew
the same circumspection in denying as in affirming facts. We
have no means of either proving or contradicting them. Our
wisdom, therefore, consists in abstaining from prejudging.

Let not your conscience Ix- alarmed by the scruple sought
to be excited, in saying that a reference from you would be
a kind of recommendation. The contrary maxim is perfectly
established. It is much more to be feared that the rejection
'of a petition by the order of theday may be taken as a mark of
,reprobation.
Abandoning, then, the cause of the petitioner to the tribu-

nals, I only ask that he may have judges ; but with regard to
us, facts remain, the very possibility of which ought to alarm
us, and surely these facts are sufficiently important to merit in.
vestigation. It is fit, then, that they should be made known
to the Government, in order to be examined, and this ought to
be done independently of the interests of the petitioner; for the
law, morality, the rights of nations, and all society, are Inte-
rested in this examination.

If the facts be false, the national honour requires thatit should
be proved that hospitality has not been violated, confidence be-
trayed, and paternal authority disregarded.
If the principal fact exist, that is to say, if it be true that
three children have been induced to change their religion with-
out the knowledge of their parents, it will be for the judges to
inquire whether the petitioner has• to reproach himself with his
own negligence, whether those of whom he complains are sub-
ject to responsibility, or liable to make any reparation. But
what is important to us and to all, is to know whether a girl of
21 has really the right of leaving her father's house, and going
to live where she pleases, and how she pleases. Let it be re-
membered, that if she have the right of shutting herself up in
a convent, she hits the right of going any where else. What is
next of importalce, is, whether children who are minors can
be made to change their religion without their parents' consent.
This danger threatens us all, for such a right cannot be al-
lowed to one religion without recognizing it in every other.—
Besides, as the Protestants have no colleges, where are their
children to be educated, if the apprehension of this practice
remain ?

I know the articles of our written law, which appear to con-
tain the solution of the first questions 1 have propounded. It
is not, however, to lawyers that lam addressing myself, but to
legislators.
What father may not dread the occurrence of a similar case
to himself on reading this petition ? _What imports it to me,
the truth or falsehood of particular facts ? I shall admit that
the statements are suppositions. What is the name of the Peti-
tioner to me ? If his complaint be well founded, and he cannot
obtain justice, 1 shall be ashamed of my country.
But if the facts be allowed to be possible, what becomes of
the authority of fathers, and where is the security of families ?
This affair is, then, attended with the advantage of warning
us of a danger. That danger ought to be made known to the
Government, in order that legislative measures calculated to
prevent it may be proposed. To act thus, would be a truly
noble and useful employment of our influence.
I shall be told that our code does not take cognizance of the
authority of parents with respect to the conscience of their
children ; I shall be told, that if religious zeal mislead, there is
now no resource in appeal, as in the case of abuse ; I shall be
told that those Members of either Chamber who are of opinion
that the law on this subject is bad or defective, may suggest a
new one. But in order to give a Member the right of pointing
out an evil, must he necessarily have sufficient confidence in his
own knowledge to find a remedy ? I witnessed the framing of
our Civil Code, though I only co-operated in the labour by my
vote. In listening, however, I learned too well to respect the
principal authors of that great work, not to be certain that had
the danger which now manifests itself been possible then, they
would have prevented it. lam aware that all the parts of this
legislation are co-ordinate, and that it only belongs to those who
are capable of appreciating the whole, to propose. any modifica-
tions. I must apologize for this Address, but I have not felt
myself bold enough to vote for the order of the day, nor weak
enough to remain silent. I merely wish that the attention of
the wise should be called to the fact,. that society is in want of
a guarantee.
Whenever there is a disorder, the Government ought to be
informed of it; and that children should be torn from the be-
lief of their parents, surely is a disorder.
It is also stated in the same petition, that new miracles have
been referred to. If what is stated be true, these accounts of
miracles are not unworthy of the attention of authority.
In fine, it is important to trace out routes for zeal, in which
it cannot go astray, and to preserve proselytism from abuses,
which, far from serving, must injure the true object of the most
respectable institution.
Perhaps these precautions are more necessary at this time
than at any other; for tables recently published state, that there
now exist in France more than 66,000 ecclesiastics, of whom,
26,000 are students, without reckoning the religious establish-
ments of both sexes. In this number, which has thus rapidly
grown up, there may, indeed there must be, persons whose zeal
far exceeds their experience.
Precautions ought therefore to be taken against the abuse of
an influence which would be honoured by being paternal, and
which consequently ought never to be in opposition with the
first of all authorities—with that which the father derives from
nature.

It is then necessary that the subordination of children
should be maintained, that the repose of families should be
assured.

To these great objects 1 call the attention of the legislator.
It is fit that a foreigner, a father, should obtain redress, if his
case deserves it.

I therefore move the reference of the petition to the Minis-
ter of the Interior, •as to him belongs the care of education :
and to the Minister of Justice, whose business it is to superin;
tend the conduct of the tribunals, and who has the best oppor-
tunities fo\• ascertaining whether there has been any abuse with
regard to the facts, or whether our legislation on this subject
be really defective.
ODESSA, JAN. s.—(Private Letter.)—We are
without any fresh news from Constantinople.—
As to the negociations of the Austrian and Eng-
lish Ministers, we now learn that the Parte has
declared a sort of acceptance of the Ultimatum
of our Court by a note dated the 2d of Decem-
ber, and delivered on the 4th to Count Lutzow
by the Reis Effendi. It is said, however, that
in this note the Porte insists on the punishment
of the Chiefs of the insurrection, who have escaped ;
and that it refuses to evacuate the principalities,
or to accede to the nomination of new Hospo-
dars, until tranquillity be re-established. Thus
it appears that the Divan is endeavouring to
postpone any decision ; but it remains to be seen
whether our Court will be satisfied with this
conditional or rather evasive acceptance of the
Ultimatum. It is natural enough that the friends
of peace should have proclaimed this answer as a
complete acceptance, and that the partisans of
war should have represented it as a rejection.—
Both are wrong : but still the truth of the pacific
sentiments of the Porte is very problematical.
LEMBERG, JAN. 9.—The Ottoman troops in the
two principalities are daily receiving reinforce-
ments.—The bodies of many of the unfortunate
inhabitants, who have been massacred by the
Turks, are exposed on tile public roads. Nobody
dare attempt to bury them, and they are devour-
ed by the birds of prey.
BERLIN, JAN. 3. A sudden indisposition of
the Prince Chancellor of State excited great alarm,
which, however, is now removed, as the danger
is past. The public confidence is so intimately
connected with the Prince Chancellor, that the
remotest apprehension of a change has a great ef-
fect on people's'' minds. It is with justice that
the life of the Chancellor is looked upon as one
that would be irreparable at this moment, when
Europe is on the eve of great events, and the
weight which Prussia has in the political ,scale
must contribute to the decisive result. The change
which has lately taken place in the Ministry of a
great Foreign Power, is the more deserving of
the attention of all the other Powers, as the lan-
guage held in the AddresS to the Sovereign,
which led to this change, was far from express-
ing those principles of peace and moderation,
which might well have been expected to be per-
manent, after so much melancholy experience of
the illusion of a false glory. In the internal ad-
ministration, the Prince Chancellor has hitherto
understood the difficult art of introducing im-
provements and corrections gradually-, without
violent innovations; and, as it were, arising of
themselves as necessary-consequences of the wants
of the moment : and he possessed, at the same
time, an unequalled talent of conciliation, in
uniting the various interests which, •in a State
without great constitutional bodies especially,
cross each other in the higher departments of the
admiu&stratiou.

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MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT, WEEK.
ENGLAND.

Monday, February 4, LONDON. Nos. 5,2:, 39, 89, 218,
223, 289. Corn. Boy's
Sch. at 7.
CouxTilv. Nos. 20, 64, 72, 97, 102,
148, 1911 202, 219, 238,
267, 311, 369, 372, 393,
423, 425, 437, 453, 498,
•
502, 503, 509, 524, 541,
533, 558, 632, 638, 643,
644, 680, 710.
•
Tuesday, -5, LONDON. Nos. 9, 240, 281, 287, 318,
381.
COUNTRY. Nos. 21, 127, 167, 170,
180, 184, 196, 204, 285,
385, 381, 471, 476, 477,
• 497, 501, 507, 512, 528,
532, 544, 551, 557, 579,
592, 639, 649.
Wednesday, -6, LONDON. Nos. 35, 75, 220. Grand
Chapter.
COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 85, 124, 129, 139,
146, 207, 229, 291, 339,
400, 465, 487, 491, 503,
513, 526, 529, 543, 577,
581, 585, 606, 656, 690,
711, 713, 725.
Thursday, -7, LONDON. Nos. 25, 34, 61, 122, 239,
277, 325.
COUNTRY. Nos. 45, 48, 51, 57, 113,
115, 171, 182, 234, 384,
416, 420, 451. 453, 461,
466, 469, 483, 506, 345,
5.55, 556, 561, 586, 587,
599, 627, 657, 670, 717.
Friday, --8, LONDON. Nos. 128, 161, 275.
COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 282, 283, 533.
Saturday, -9, LONDON. * * •
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COUNTRY. No. :35a.
IRELAND.
Monday, February 4, CORK. No. 437:
Tuesday, - .5, Conx. No. 95.
11. ednesday,' -6, ConK. Nos. 1, 41.

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FREEMASONS' TAVERN.

On Monday, the Grand Anniversary Festival, in honour of
the BIRTH-DAY of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, His
Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, was celebrated at Free.
masons' Hall. His Royal Highness, from his cordial attach.
ment to the Craft, and the alacrity with which he takes all occa-
sions to confer dignity and splendour upon the Order, preferred
meeting the Brethren on this congratulatory occasion, to re-
ceiving the compliments and congratulations of the Fashionable
World. His Royal Highness accordingly aline to town from
Norwich, fur the purpose of being present at the Festival.—
The assemblage of the fraternity was numerous and Most
respectable, evincing a heartfelt desire to express in this
manner their affectionate veneration for the Illustrious
and Most Worshipful Grand Master, and doing equal ho-
nour, by their numbers, their appearance, and their con-
duct, to their ancient Orders, and to the Royal Personage
whose virtues and fidelity grace and adorn its affairs. His
Royal Highness, who we were happy to observe looked remark-
ably well, entered the Hall a little after six o'clock, in Grand
Masonic Procession, attended by 'the Stewards, and between
forty and fifty Present Past Grand Officers,--the band playing
the Masons' Anthem, and the whole of the assembled brethren,
upstanding, testifying their esteem by enthusiastic plaudits--
His Royal Highness took his place on the .right of
the Chairman, the Honourable GREY BENNETT, P. G. M.
for 'Shropshire. Immediately after the dinner, which, with the
wines, was excellent, " Non Nobis Domine" was sung in ex-
quisite style. Indeed, we have never been more gratified than
with the delightful treat afforded us throughout the evening by
the vocal powers of Messrs, Leete, Broadhurst, Hawes, Terrail,
Evans, and about ten more eminent singers. Sir George Smart,
Grand Organist, also contributed greatly to the harmony of the
evening. On the health of the Most Worshipful the Grand
Master having been drank with enthusiasm, after an eloquent
and appropriate speech from the Chair, his Royal Highness
addressed the Brethren in a speech replete with expressions
of affectionate regard for the Order, and of the fraternal
interest which he felt for the welfare of the Craft in general, and
for the happiness and respectability of every Brother in parti-
cular. Vs e have seldom, if ever, witnessed more of the milk of
human kindness, and of unostentatious good sense, and good
will to his fellow creatures, exhibited publicly by any indivi-
dual in any rank of Society. We regret that our limits do
not permit us to give His Royal Highness's Address at length.
In the course of it he said that the celebration of that day in
that place was particularly gratifying to him, as it assured
him of the affectionate attachment of his Brethren, and con-
veyed to him their sense of the manner in which he per-
formed the high and important duties of Grand Master ;
and at the same time assured him that he might. have the
happiness of reflecting, that, when he should be no more,
his memory would be cherished among his Brethren.—
He also alluded to the affair of the Cambridge New Lodge,
and of the donations intended to have been presented from
the funds of that Lodge, and of its W. M. Brother G. A.
Browne, in aid of the subscription for the assistance of the
Greeks—(See our Masonic Notices in Ts e Sinn of the 10th
instant).—His Royal Highness explained, that in expressing his
reprehension, as Grand Master, of the intended proceeding of the
Cambridge New Lodge, he was solely influenced by Masonic
considerations, and by the conviction that it was his duty vigi.
lantly to guard against the introduction of measures amongst
the Craft, which' had even the appearance of being political,
His Royal Highness did justise to the motives of the 'VI' . M. Br.
G. A. BROWNE, and of his Lodge.—We have great pleasure
in inserting the following spirited Ode, written and set to music
for the interesting occasion of this Festival
ODE.
Oh where is he ? the Bard of other days,
Whose " Spirit wedded to immortal lays,"
Whose hand, of more than earthly fire,
Flew in wild transport o'er the lyre,
And strains could raise,
Of joy anti praise,
Such as our proudest thoughts require,
Lofty as e'en thy virtues would inspire !
Alas ! No gifted Bard is here,.
No master of the tiapeful art ;
Yet he who in thy presence flings
His hand thus wildly o'er the strings,
Feels in his breast no throb of fear,
That thou wilt coldly scorn this HOMAGE OF THE HEART.
Thou hast not deeply ponder'd o'er
The mystic venerable lore
Of masonry in vain.
Oh ! it is still thy noble pride,
Making its heavenly truths thy guide,
To cause the bitter tear of woe
To cease in sorrow's eye to flow,
And soothe the mourner's pain.
For often, fraught with manly sense,
And strong in Virtue's eloquence,
Thy voice is heard in aid of the distress'd,
To plead the widow's cause, and succour the oppress'd.
These—these are deeds of deathless fame,
Which cast a lustre round thy name,
More brilliant far
Than yon bright star,
That sheds its splendour on thy Princely breast.
(A trumpet is heard at a distance.)
Brothers, arise ! arise !
Heard ye not thel trumpet's tone,
Not as on the embattled plain,
Where nations met in fierce array,
(RespOnsive to each dyhig groan)
That smote the heart with wild dismay,
When DiscOrd rose with fury in her eyes,
And bar'd her red right arm, and stalk'd among the slain.
Oh no ! Those sounds are soft and clear,
Such as Peace delights to hear.
When in her waving robes of white,
With olive branch the hovers near,
And whilst the flowing goblet stands
Sparkling in each Brother's hands,
Smiling the bids us hail the Mister of the night.
(Ant—" God save the King.")
Hail! hail! Augustus, hail!.
With joyful mirth we hail
Thy natal day !
To thee in Princely state,
Our hearts we dedicate,
While thus we celebrate
Thy natal day!

crowded, and the audience highly respectable. The entertainments
of theevening consisted of Mrs. Uentlivre's comedy of th e Wonder !
a Woman keeps a Secret, with the interlude of My Brother and
his Dog, and the afterpiece of Monsieur Tonson. The various
characters, in the evening's entertainment, were well supported,
and the performance was uniformly applauded. During the
evening, the audience spewed, by the repeated demonstrations
of their lileasure and approbation that they were not insensible
of the respectable talent and solid judgment evinced by Mr.
Wright's company, with theii anxious attention to gratify,
which will go a great way to secure them a permanent claim to
the patronage of the friends of the drama. The Masonic proces-
sion was uncommonly brilliant and genteel, and far surpassed
every thing of this description that has been witnessed in
Alnwick for many years. In so far as this is one amongst the
innumerable indications of the present flourishing condition of
the Craft, it is very gratifying. We confess, however, that for
our part we would rather see Masonic processions reserved for
great public occasions. In this opinion, we know that a great
proportion, if not an absolute majority, of the fraternity coin-
cide. -Country Lodges, too, should bear in mind, that no pro-
cession, on any occasion, is legal, according to the constitutions
of the Order, - unless a dispensation from a Provincial
this
Master is previously obtained. We doubt not that this obser-
vance was duly attended to by the Northumberland Lodge.