The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-18 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.

The Marquis of Hertford entertained the Duke of
„York and
a distinguished party at dinner, on Saturday, at, his house in

Lady G. Cavendish gave a splendid ball, on Friday evening,
at Burlington House. To enumerate the company would be to
name all the distinguished of the hant ton now in town.
The followin. Noblemen and Gentlemen had dinner parties.,
on Saturday. :_-Lord Lowther. Hon.'K. Douglas, A chur Stan-
hope, Esq., and ',tad Sherborne.
The Duke of Rutland had a grand dinner party, yesterday,
at his house in Arlington-street. '
The Marquis of Camden entertaineda large pasty at dinner
yesterday ac his house in Arlington-street.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner party yester-
day, it his house in Downing-street:
The Earl of Aberdeen entertained a large party at dinner.
yesterday, at Argyll 'rouse.

Lord Berwick had a large party at ditiner yesterday, at his
house in Grosvenor-square.
The Dowager MarchioneSs of Salisbury had a select party of
friends at dinner yesterday, at her house in Arlington-street.
.The Dowager Countess of Stamford entertained a select party,
of fashionables yesterday, at her house in Charles-street, Berke-
ley-Square..

FASHIONABLE A RRANGEMENTS
,for the WEEK.
THIS EvENING,—Lord George Cavendish's grand' dinner;.
Mrs. Mitchell's party, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square.
TO-310Rn ow.—bord George •Cavendish's farewell party;
Lady Louiia Call's ball, in Ohl Bond-street..
WEDNESDAY.—Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's as,
sembly ; Almack's grand ball.
UnsnAr.—Lady Barbara Ponsonby'li ball, in St. James's-
square; Mrs. Blackburne's ball, in Brook-street.
_

. •
FRIDAY.—The Aquatic Fete up the River, given by the
Hon. Edward Petre.

SATURDAY.—TIie Earl and Countess of Darlington's en.
tertainment.

•KEiTST).+GTON GARDENS were yesterday thronged; and,
if possible,' the crowds were greater than at any former period
of -the season, and the fashionables almost as numerous. T lie
intense heat of the weather induced the belles to discard all
colours but white muslins, free from flounces, and the white
willow hat exceeds. in size•the one worn by _ ;he
.West India
planters. The. Prince and Princess •Itaanumoffsky were there
at siX o'clock ; also the Duchesses of Leeds and Outland
Countesses 'Sefton, Harrowby, Mansfield,. Poiret, and Man.
vers; Ladies Palk, Petre, de Roos, and Mitchell.

THE LATE MR's. YOUNG.—We were glad-o.sec
that our paragraph respecting this unfortunate ac-
tress which appeared in THE SUN of Friday last,
was copied. into the Morning'Port of Saturday,
and into the Jolen Bull of yesterday, as the cir-
culation of the melancholy case in two such popu-
lar Journals must produce a • stronger effect
on the theatrical community, induce then.'
to reflect more on the transitory nature of public
favour, and prompt them to provide for the
scenes of•declining life, which . otherwise may
prove, of too tragical a description. Mrs. YOVNG,
Wfi e nd, possessed an excellent understanding,
ai:d a disposition_ that, if she had enjoyed the
power, would most willingly' have imparted that
assistance, which she had sought in vain, and
under the want' of which she sunk into an un-
timely grave. •

In consequence of the extreme heat of the
weather, Covent-garden Theatre doses fOr the
present season to-thorrow ; and Drury-lane at
the end of the week. •

• •
In the Will of the late Adtnirai Sir TimmAs
BEnTIE, registered-in Doctois' Commons, on the sth inst. is a
bequest to his brother, William Hoar,' Esq. of " five letters-
from my d‘mr friend, the late Viscount Nelson,- and also.a gold
ring, Containing the hair of my said valued friend, which he
used to wear over the wound he received in his- head, at the
Battle of the Nile."

Last night, after ten o'clock, a serious distur-
bance took place among the Irish in the neigh-
bourhood of the City Road, Virldtecross-street,
and Golden-lane. Two or three persons (Irish)
have lost. their lives. Upwards of 100 have been
arrested, and 18 are in the watchhouse in Bun.
hill-row. his reported that the Horse Guards
hive bees called out this morning.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts-from Morning Papers,July 18,1825.

[MORNING CH ipaN]cr.Eg
Our • readers will see from the Report of the
Aggregate• Meeting of. the Catholics at Dublin,
that the plan of .a New Association - has been
produced. .we do not see in what manner the
late Act can. be made to apply to the New As-
sociatlOn. Some.of the objects proposed, are not
of first rate importance ; but the great point is to
bring the Catholics and liberal, Protestants to-
gether, that by the ,constant;Pgitation of a ques-
tion, the public mind may be enlightened. Mr.
O'Connell, we .think, attributes too much conse-
quence to the accounts from the ConstitutionW,
respecting the . conduct towards the,Pretestants,
when he says that in all probability they caused
the loss of the Bill in the House of Lords. It is
well to' know the real. ;more of any difficulty
with which we have. to struggle; otherwise we are
in danger of misdirecting our exertions. It might
be a curious subject of speculation, how many of
those who•voted against the Bill were affected by
any reasons, not extrinsic to the question. There
is one thing of which we doubt the policy, that is
the display of a sort of learning in favour of the
fanatical party in France. We are willing to
admit the tj.eligion is on a much better footing by
law in France than in England ; but we cannot
shut our eyes to the partiality of the French Go-
vernment ton state of things in religion at variance
with the law. The late law of Sacrilege, an.iu-
famous law, punishing with death, acts in them-
selves merely of the nature of slight offences,
merely because one set' f religionists choose.to at-
tach importance to them,sufficiently shows'the dis-
position of the Government. If Quakerism were
to be the established religion in England, and
the Quakers were to consider, the taking the
hat off the head of ',any of their body an act
of sacrilege, ought the law to humour them.
so far .as to affix the punishment of death to
it ? Though we are. persuaded -that it is only
by bullyiug the intolerant. party among us, that
the Catholics will Over succeed—that that party
must be inspired with fear, that the war must be
carried on vigorously, so as to alloW. it no rest, no
peace, we do not think the French Government
would in this warfare be an effective ally. The
liberal party among the Protestants growing in
numbers and influence every day (including all
the Dissenters; except the Methodists, and a few,
and but a few of the Baptists) will make common
cause with the Catholics ; but to all such Protes-
tants the
_praise of the jesuitical Government of
France gives great offence. The Catholics can
only, however, hope tosucceed- by the aid of
Protestants ; and it ought to be one of their
greatest objects-to conciliate them.

[rim TIMES.]
The Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of
Ireland took place in Dublin, as was expected,
on Wednesday last. It was fUlly attended and
highly animated ; the unanimous report of the
CoMmittee of .21 was read, laying down as well
the details as the principles of a new Association
for the management of Catholic affairs. The
u,ual speakers, Meisrs. O'Connell, Shell, and
others, addressed the meeting with much warmth
and With more than their accustomed ability. We
see .rothing in any
.part of the day's proceedings,
whether speech, or action, which, treated as tl
Catholics have been, we cup fairly condemn.—
:They are debarred of their rights as citizens.
and subjects, on grounds the most exasperating
to the heart of man. Their first object is, and
ought to he, to recover •the exercise of those
preCious rights ;.and with men engaged in a pur- '
suit .sacred, it is not a little of error, indis-
cretion, or intemperance, that should induce the
friends of-constitutional liberty to 'quarrel. The
new system of movements by which the Catholics
are to prosecute this great caose, is dexterouMy
imagined, and .bids fair, if judiciously conducted,
to produce the most powerful consequences.!
After reciting the prohibitions of the recent
statute, which Makes it criminal to establish a
permanent Association for procuring redress of
grievances in Church or State, or to carry on or
assist in the proseCution or defence of causes civil
or criminal, the new Association expressly dis
avows all such objects.- It recognizes only the
necessity of providing some permanent body to
watch over Catholic interests, and to repel the
incessant attacks of their enemies ; and then, in
the specification of the .interests to • be so pro-
tected,- it enumerates• those which are not in-
cluded within the penal clauses of the Act--
viz., public and private charity-•--concord among
all classes of Irishmen—religious and moral
education—the building of churches. and the
procuring of burial-grounds—the promotion of
science, of agriculture, and of Irish manufacture
circulation of such writings as may serve the
Catholics with their Protestant neighbours, em-
bracing a refutation of the charges brought
against the former in the course of the last ses-
siol—and the temporary object of completing a
census of the population of Ireland, divided into
sects. The above. are all, undoubtedly,. pur-
poses against which. no existing law can be
quoted, and, it is to. such only that the labours
and duties of the Association profess to be con-.
fined. The permanency of the body, therefore, is
secured abundantly, .and its exemption from the
scourge of the act of Parliament is establish-
ed, until schemes of charity, under whatever de,
scripiion, shall be put down by statute. When.
men meet, however, professedly for the discus-
sion of one topic,• we know not by what rigour of
•discipline they.are to be restrained from venting
opinions and wishes upon every other subjection
which their own passions are alive, or on which
their hearers' sympathies can be 'excited. No
law can prevent such deviations from the strict
!order of debate, except it be a law tO:punish
men for meeting or communicating for nor defi-
nite object. Nevertheless, the Catholics have
not trusted to this indirect method of promoting
the interests of their body. As they have pro-
vided for the collateral ends of charity sod so,
forth, 'by a permanent association, which is
only legalized by the innocence of its avowed
object, so will they apply, the legal intrument
, of aggregate meetings 'to an Cod which can no

longer he considered legal, if prosecuted by the
former means. Aggregate meetings, repeated
and multiplied so as to constitute a practical
though not a literal association, are henceforth
.to push the redress of political grievances for,
the Catholics. Meetings of all the parishes of
Ireland on :a given day—provincial' meetingi
and,
.more than all, meetings held' in Dublin, for
procuring petitions from each of the Irish court- •
ties in succession, and bearing successively the'
name of each, are to embody, to maintain,.
and to enforce against the Antl-Catholies," that
same great mass of public spirit and excite-
ment, which, when produced.and. guided by last
year's Association, was the terror of Government;:, •
and the justification of Mr. Goulburn's Bill. Now
it' is easy to perceive—what was from the first
anticipated—that a similar effect will follow the
new measures of the Catholics—that is to Say,'a
similar 'incorporation of the national spitit ; but'
that e 'similar remedy, or any remedy but con-
cession, will 'not be attainable. So long as light
and air and the privilege of open converse are
within the reach of the king's subjects, so lot* •
will men talk about their grievances, and 'co-Ope7
rate to procure their redress. Tell them that the'
must not meet in public, they will assemble se-
cretly; prevent them from speaking, and you.
compel them to strike_ If sympathy which ce-
ments them be formidable, as we too well feel
that it is, nothing is gained by dabbling with ex-
periments how to check or enfeeble its expres-
iott. Mr. O'Connell says truly, if the
.King4s
Ministers wish to render hint as innoxiotisai if lie.
were soliloquizing his own shadow, let therh
ant him ofbis only We'apori—the grieran.ce which
rallies his countrymen' round -hint ; whiat, once.
removed, would leaven Catholic orarorlo empty
benches for an audience, and his most vehement'
declamations to a mere " gossip's tale."

• [NEW TIDIES. 1
A weekly publication called the. Artizan's
London and Provincial Chronicle has already
reached" its sixth number; and yesterday the first
number of a similar work was put forth, under
the title of-the Trades' Newspaper.—la the-pre-
sent state of. society it, would he. idle to lament
that NewSpapers are published for the peculiar
use of Mechanics. We are well pleased that there.
should be such papers ; but we -shall look most •
anxiously to the drreetion they take, and to the
principles on which they are conducted ; for
suredly, to good or evil, their influence On the- •
comMunity at large .must be highly important.-
Both the Artizan's Chronicle and the Trades Nett.
paper profess to uphold the interests of the work
ing classes. For ourselves, although our pages are
not peculiarly addressed to workmen, yet we will '
say that no writer has ever more 'cordially em= •
braced (heir cause than wehave done. We have,
to the utmost of our ability,upheld their interestS;
and we ever shall do so ; -but we consider 'the
true interests of the workmen' and •of their' ern.:
ployers to be the same ; we consider that what,
ever tends to divide and set the workmen in, op. .
position to their employers, must necessarily be
injurioug to both. For' the sake•of the orkrtreir,•
therefore, still more than of the Masters,' we
shall make •it our task to correct any misre:-
presentationi which may be made. of .t 1 - con
duct of the - latter ; and We call upon those-
masters who may now or :hereafter feel them-
selves aggrieved by such misrepresentation, to
assist us with .their " cOinnitinications. The
new Combination Law is made the object of
much reprobation, in both the Papers ab.ove;
mentioned, 'but' it is dealt With unfairly. The
motto of the Artizan's Chronicle 'is•" loyal but
free," a very excellent motto, but Very •inconsist,
ent with the tone of the remarks on this law. Afar
and candid mechanic will 'never believe that the
two Houses of Parliament warded a statute
with ambiguity, or purposely introduced into
it vague terms, to • give extroardinary powers
to Justices. 'This is a fake and malevolent
accusation ; and the writer who Makes it must be
ill calcUlated to enlighten the minds of•tliose .to- '
whom his statements are addresSed. That the
law itself should he freely canvassed we allOw ;
,and if by fair reasoning its repeal could be shown
to be advisable, • we have no doubt that it would
eventually be Tepealed. But as yet we have met
with
.no such reasoning. On the contrary,
find both the mechanics' papers fully admitting
that acts of violence by one workman -le'
prevent another frOm working on such terras
as he may think fit, are criminal ; which in
truth is. the main principle of the new- Sta-
tute. The law does expressly permit any
number of workmen to meet together, -con-
sult on, and determine, the rate of wages at .0401
they may choose to work. What' more would a
fair and honest • Mechanic desire ? 'Even within
these limits he must be aware that combinations
are likely to be much more •prejudicial to-him
than_ advantageous; and unfortunately' we find
that. there -"are combinations at :the .present. M-
oment going on among the carpenters--shoe-
makers woolcotnbers woollenvreavisrs---crape-weaverS-:—frame-work Knitters—anti Sun-
derland seamen.—The evilS brought on the work-
Men themselves by these combinations are heavy
and certain ; the benefit to .be derived from
them in almost every ~case is doubtful ; • iind
no combination can thrive if the leading in-
dividuals are. theinselves ignorant of the general
principles which ought to regulate the, payriarpt.
ollabour.' The doctrine quoted froin-Mr.
loch's' lectures, that' the wages of labour.should
be as high as possible," is one which we 'our-'
selves 'Maintained long before Mr. M'Culliich'
lectured at all ;. and we fully agree with all that
that Gentleman says on the subject. The highest'
rate of wages possible, however, cannot be de
(ermined on any such grounds as the writers in
the Mechanic's'. Papers assume ; it must
.depend'
on other principles, to which_ we shall advert in.
a future article.

[MORNING HERALD.]
We do not think that the peace of Europe is
likely to be disturbed by what has recently
passed in tie Bay of Cadiz; hut whether it were
or not, we should equally applaud the spirited
conduct of Captain Rodney, who seems to Inhe-
rit those qualities from his ancester, which first
endeared his name to the British nation, and

-which has enrolled his achievements among her
brightest annals. We are happy to witness and re-
cold 3n occurrence in which the old character of
the navy, and the true spirit of a British seaman,
thus break out.We have been long too much accus-
tomed to look to the army as every thing, and to a p-
p laud its achievements—achievements which, we
are far from denying, are eminently worthy of all
;he applause with which they have been so justly
crowned. But let it never be forgotten, that it
is to, the navy this country owes her real great-
ness. It is as a maritime power—she must main-
tain it ; and by viewing in future Rodneys,
Bowes, and Nelsons, the undaunted skill and
prowess oi. their ancestors, we may hope to perpe-
tuate the fame and safety of this insular State.—
Besides, nothing can he more foreign to the pur-
poses for which the French army has entered
Spain, than an interference with her maritimecon-
cerns, or those of other nations within her ports.
We are glad to see that this feeling exists among
the Spaniards themselves, who appeared to have
awakened, for a moment, from their lethargy, to
feel the compliment which the British Com-1
mander paid to their national flag. We trust
that Captain Rodney will not be deserted at
head-quarers for what he has done upon this oc-
casion. It is not likely that Mr. Canning will
desert him ; and the Board of Admiraly, if they
value, ai we trust they do, the true .rights and
character of the force over which they preside,
wilt applaud, rather than condemn the truly
Britisb spirit displayed upon this occasion.

[MORNING POSTS]
We have given in a preceding part of our
Paper the plan of the New Irish Catholic Asso-
ciation; or, more properly speaking, the new
Trick of the Papist Faction to evade the Law
and insult the Legislature. Never perhaps was
there a more flimsy attempt to conceal a foul de-
Sign. A formidable body of mischievous agita-.
:ors is to be kept in existence under the most
puerile and insulting pretence of superintending
the construction of chapels, the diffusion of edu-
cation, the promotion of agriculture, the encourage.
merit of the consumption of Irish manufactures,
the extension of Irish commerce, and various
other equally idle and deceptions purposes; whilst
abundant means are at the same time supplied of
affording the desired opportunities of promulgat-
ing their insidious sentiments, and forwarding
their criminal designs. We have at present no
room to enter particularly upon this subject, but
we shall take an early opportunity of returning
to it. In the mean time, a tolerably accurate
idea may be formed of the kind of spirit by
which the Papist demagogues are actuated to-
wards Great Britain, by the applause with which
Mr. O'Gorman's fond anticipations of embarrass-
menti and distresses were received by the Meet-
ing. These embarrassments and distresses, we
are rejoiced to say, have existence only in the
evil imaginations of the Popish faction. Our
Readers may rest perfectly assured, that nothing
has happened, or is is likely to happen, that can
afford even the shadow of foundation for such
vile and mischievous reports.

[BRITISH PRESS.)
The French Papers contain no matter of do-
mestic interest, if we except the duel between
General Gorgaud and Count Segur, which took
place in spite of the activity of the police.—
The..quarrel arose from the work lately publish-
ed by the former, in reply to the historical pro-
duction of his antagonist. Both the combatants
were wounded, and they were finally parted
by their seconds. There has been some
quarrel at Libourne between the soldiery
and the townspeople, but apparently of no
importance, though the Indicateur de Bor-
deaux represents it as a very serious trans-
action. The Sub-Prefect has contradicted
the whole of the statements in that paper. Spain
is in a disturbed state. How can it be otherwise ?
every thing conspires to aggravate the misery of
the Spanish people. The excessive heat of the
weather menaces them with famine ; and Estre-
madttra, the most productive of the provinces, is
ravaged by locusts. The King had submitted to
the Council of Castile the consideration of the pro-
priety of re-establishing the Inquisition. The
Council would not decide the question with-
out the advice of the. Fiscals, who were of
opinion that the measure was absolutely neces-
sary. It is still doubtful, however, whether
Ferdinand will restore the Holy Office.—
He begit►s to dread the augmentation of
the influence of the Clergy, who are almost to
a man attached to the interests, and desirous to
witness the accession of his brother Don Carlos.
The vengeance of the Court appears to be about
to descend on General Laserna. He arrived at
Madrid at a singularly unfortunate moment,
when his old enemy, Pezuela, whom he-deposed
from the Viceroyalty of Peru, was invested with
the command of the metropolitan province. La-
scernallas been ordered to proceed to Toledo,
where he will await the decision of the Goyern-
inertia

['ruE PUBLIC LEpoEtt.3
Last night we received Brussels Papers to the
IGth; and The Allgemine Zeitung to the.loth
iu-
tant, , The latter records, upon the faith of ,let-
ters froniCorfn, dated the 21st ult. a complete
revolution in the aftairs, of Greece. From a state
of extr.eroe ,depression, they are said to have.
been raised at once to th-e very pinnacle of pros-
perity. . A victory, at sea over the combined
Turkish ,and Egyptian squadrons, and the total
destruction of a Turkish corps, amounting to
tiooo men, which occk- pied Salons, are amongst
the advantages claimed in their favour.—
One part of the news, we trust, for the sake of
humanity, and the hnnour of the-Greek name,
is untrue ; for
.its atrocity would darken the
itistre,of the triureph.. It is said, that, General
hikving forced the Turks to 'capitulate,
bitichkred.the whole of them in cold blood, under
thes it,b,Ominable pretext that they had been guilty
orptcelseS on entering.SalOna. Very forum te-
iy,.thiis: intelligence stands in need of confirma-
tiOnOts does indeed, ehe. whole article. It is al-
lowed that Ibrahim" Pasha has Penetrated into
Arcadia : but it is stated, on the other hand, that
he was completely surrounded there by the
Greeks. Redichid Pasha's situation before

Missolonghi is described as equally despe-
rate; and we only fear that so many good
things at once will prove too much for
public credulity. Accounts from Corfu, of the
same date as the foregoing, which are given
in the Brussels papers, make no mention of these
alleged triumphs. They agree, however, upon
one point, we mean the junction of the Turkish
and Egyptian fleets in the waters of Candia.
At Soda, the principal port, only the Egyptian
squadron was stationed ; whilst the Turkish fleet
occupied three other ports. But how the latter
got to the island, after having been completely
beaten, and all but destroyed, by the Greeks,
is not mentioned. However, Admiral Miaulis, who
blockaded the Port of Suda before the arrival
of the Captain Pasha, raised it on the appearance
of the latter, to the surprize, it is said, of every
one, particularly as he had been previously joined
by the Greek squadron, which had nearly extin-
guished that of the Turks. The Captain Pasha,
-on his arrival, took the command of the com-
bined fleets, and was making preparations to convey
another Egyptain body of troops to the Morea.
It is plain, from this account, that the Captain
Pasha did not suffer so much in the action near
Cape Doro as the Greek official account has
stated ; and it is even doubtful whether he sus-
lained any loss at all.