The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-04 00:00:00

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'IT REDUCED FARES, TO DOVER, DEAL, RAMS-
FOUR I GATE, MARGATE AND CANTERBURY.,
._,,,
—uNSIDE COACHES, AND KEEP, GOOD fIME,,
SA t ~,, By S. A. MOUNTAIN
pl.l2'`'EN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW-
HILL, LONDON.
ii-
-r-i4E following POST-COACHES, &c. set
Th out from the above In i):--
Can, e
," Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ramsgate, Margate,
tv sernUrY, Fevers', , and Sandwich, new Post-Coach-7, fe'Y Morn'
O. th -nig at a quarter past. 7 Coach,,qe
pt. e decided r f rence iron to the above the Pro-
it thte%sare determined nog expence shall. be spared to render
tlq.;..s.t,Foriveyance on the Kent road
NUL', i.` ti 'ON, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud,
7, 4'i',,,,gunourne, and Rainham, every Morning at a quarter past.
.I,ll_4;,cluced Fares.
Trott'
T,Roval Eclipse," FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Exeter,
14t4 l'' "inin Penryn Ashburton, Totness, Weyuaorttla,
Seve%'estr, Da'rtruouth; and Salisbury, every morning at
St 'k,.; thrOugh Honiton Axminster, Bridport, Blandford,
bacees-h"oridge, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, and
Th rt' „ • •
Win,,e,_ Union," SOUTHAMPTON,Lymington, Lyndhurst,
l3a -"ester Basingstoke,Hartford Bridge, Black water, and
etfshotNe'w
*(l Coach, every Morning at half•past
Fie"; arrives a;titrh "'Coach and Hor'ses, Southampton, by.
i,i;l•t .I'"2 is a et
delightful Conveyance to the ISle of
uoio.), Jersey, Guernsey,mos St.. Makes, Hvre de Grace, Cher-
,esNep, &c.--The Proprietors of the above Coach hope to
periee a coetinuance of that support which has hitherto been
se,,in
with since the commencement. of the " Union."-No
ts.„‘,4l••, ether Coaches.
1;e el .oland BRISTOL Flying Post Coaches, through Chip-
- -
Vt,',",,'", Caine, Marlborough, Newbury,-and Iteading, every
11411.5t1i,-°:1100 at.one ; arrive at Mr. Al4's the Greyhound Inn,
I, 'qui r tne London Tavern, 'Thomas-street and .Swan,
...ater ' I'l3' next Morning.-,--Coaches to Neils, Brulge.
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,Taunton, and Plymouth.
atriot Niglittj,nl,nPire,'' a New LIVERPOOL Light COach, only
1.., tie , . the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets Out. Daily
;li;i„ot,tlrst. arrives at LiVerpool next afternoon at Five, thi ()ugh
ntki!. Lathbury, Northampton, Welford, Lutterarith,
°Ptl, ti), Atherstone, Litchfield, Stone; Newcastle, Knots-
s arrin e tittEw gton and Preseot.
biseh, e sBURi, Wellington, and Shiffnal, Light Post-
Nb '4lerrje!Y Afternoon.—Guarded. 14'. ^ n'un "WF YMOUTH Dorcliester„BlandferdSafis-
t'"nth,„ ' ' . . ,- -
4'l et. er,Overton,Basingstoke, Hartfordtridge, Black-
-1..0 co'.44enhtßagsliot, new PoSt Coach, every Afternoon,. with
air 4er -e" "nlv.---The Packets from tVeymouth to Gut in-
-4 Sat se, herbourg, St. Maine's, &c. every ‘Yednesday
ttlAttrdai afternoon at Two o'Clock.
t erysi sTAPLE and Southrnolton New Light Post Coach,
ev'el'rte ilt,.,..Weilliesrl,_ay, and. Friday Mornings.. at 7 o'Clock.
gle,4: Aftertl"singlrain, ' LEEDS light Post Coach, sets out
sta,,,f4, rn at Four ; and passes through Baliorts, Bin.,
l', et s,i,(4s \las:),n, Stilton, Greetham, Grantham, WIW ry,
1- et- -'''hc'• —'harn Moor, Newark, Retfonl, Doncaster, and
'nluc'obatge and pt°4 tiie Golden Lion, Leeds, next Afternoon.—
,tnost Rion E, ehages only ..2d per lb.-.—N. otwithstantling the
rZo... . a3reed. C,le'edition of this Coach, it rs allowed to be the
L'l7l.',,Roaii,l:‘, and complete Public Conveyance on the
Aft,, ttßOwnung unequalled by any other.
b Qtisn ai‘lpit•TE and-Ripon new Light post CoaCh, every
"'reseWi'GOw (Pr, and Eight in the Morning.
'4(l afid„ill, Tti'ol4ongtown, Gretna-green, Arthur? Dumfries,
Il ' 'art -11thill, Sanquhar-Kiln, Cariniock, Kingswell,
No, !,e ir t, snlScotland, a light four inside Post Coach daily.
pot l'rial):"!"," to YORK 'ScarborouB,ll, Whitby, Shields,
ja te
r,ell'N.eweastle,& Edinburgh, a New light four-inside
! It Ei 1 ' w'th a Guard throughout • sets out every Morn-
'l/ "Yla •f 't WC' k' R •
'la ,ge •p, ne ,by way of Newark, ettord, Doncaster,
ifi Pet'', al',, sidcaster Darlingt'on Northallerton, Durnam,
sel,,t half.'" Ber Wick; and arrives' at York the next Morn-
rate fati,,ihst Twelve o'Clock. Passengers finding them-
ti,ltlA''ltic,l:? triuert°,.?r_ti.le journey, may rest what time they
1,00 l ookone, skeet' without any additional Fare.
~eit,se°,.' Aldbo ',ill and Swindon,. new four-inside
.Coach
"Id N,/, Wootturn, Reading, Lambourn, Plittoll, Lyilington
Ilkisideot,
." Basset, Ramsbury, Huogerford, Newbury
lie bG,, ead,
'4 N,. -e'NOß'pr, "Oe•-w Li 1, Walsal Shrewsbury, Salop, and Holy-
'4,l "1\ ght Pon 1 ' h tiu .• , tro rln Coach, every Afternoon.
1..1411, I‘4,tingdo„„rneastle, Spalding, Peter borough, Stilton, t) IPrlli -.waYCOach, to Spilsby, Louth, Gritttsbv, and
'AI lea
mg) at
six. The My Coach' to Boston and
s.„\tt!e sr t •
11,, Lis, Press,,, _ . . „
...
q,,rSes 4'., petir. a, lsiew 'Light Four-inside Post
.Coach to
Vl'leb'e and a G 'tn, and liThitehaven, goes with Four ti,,,thevt:reraZ.t_"l all the way, passes through Brough,
ti "Itt, , .a,t, ge,Richmond,Catterick, Boroughbridge,
--el ao, ertord , ~ -
Wit'tade ~Stabd,... , I* errybridge, Newark, Doncaster,
li,yl the' Nets out'"l., Bawtry, Greetham, Stilton, and Big-
eita4stio4s'eatest fa'tieirtY M?rning, anids id3eetraftreoldsotiliu.dioeical
tli,(,telltix (s'ertleasure,Yhavet PassetpleUliar advantage of their
.01v, AL, t ..ted in the next Coach •
tirLpboY,,,4l,,si-i7rll.).easter, Prestou, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton,
tr. r'it ri • ', and Garstang Light Post Coaches, every
• s.ll, Ito
'4(l , t hi, Yal Ex ,
,tis,,,-itei 00L Press, ' New Light Four Inside Post Coach,
"si.''sl'eriebl, ;„Warriligton, Knutsford, Stone, Stafford,
it•rt.re.l.!eteit'lcZ One Night on the Road), every After-
tre,AlA;i cir,7 si; arrives at the Saracen's Head Inn,
tii,, eve EI) ;Peat'''. next Evening.
'i ANT ,'Y 10 .ur inside Post-Coach, called "the Ex-
Aftell, Nork.lt, Nrr"ng and Afternoon.
ttlj/Zt.'°n„twiehwal.)°rt, Whitechurch, Tarporley, Nampt;.
tit) t4.4:lttik,l/4 nd Middlewich Light Post-Coach, every
t4)••11t 4,rnit, "1), Stockton d'Y • Light Post Coach,
lin'kletoolt„,%iiiit'Rtile Geor e'latin '
and
Sunderland.,ai,ns
thtick 1,-,'AeWca—stll're!? " gtu al'A tar.STER, Winslow,
t Nl,etadl,-s-Csiactie;isal, and Wolverhampton,new Four
It°,,try L'Fitt ' everYAfternoon.—Only One Night on
4qii 'ierric4) and li
0,11 Utk4rn es,
can otherham NeW Four-inside Post-Coach
dadiNtft, Ito', at our"„ " The Express," and also " The
~ Rets )41 Exi,r T the Afternoon. -
04(1 ears tir't ev„, ess, New BIRMINGHAM Light Post
hi, avetttr tottgliq_ Afternoon, carrying Four Inside only;
t ..Alitil,,ext Ai, to tht4;',vick;Learningtort;Sonthani, Weedon,
k'ilit N t',,,,,.°,11:in5. at 'l!:4,een'S Head, Bullsteeet, Binning-
iet J'rflie,t,s• , ' a Ne"'"f•.past Seven o'Clock.,
:' tb„ (Aim: ' e 3 th,,,,, w Light Post Coach, Ti HULL, Lin-
i,(itit'., ', ft". 1.0 ti,"(7en, and Doncaster, every Morning at
"•,!9 virPf.nietsktnglia„,;;°." Keys,. Market-place Hon ; and
h,ti'qr,,, ", War.—
~,.n e Afteinoor Ot Fon' r o'Clock.
11y Oilalle;ig: '`..? 411.0.1desduil, and Cheshunt Coach,
.1t tbo°,acli t I;_raveili
14;44,,`, Ili: tuOlt.cAgt,e,.!,),Y " The a New light
Isrst) StrrervSter, 'CI:ER, in 14 hours Champion,"only, through
.j);14,41 ttiel'uliry, wu::llligitOkC, Whitchnrch, Overton,
Ilietit'qure4bur,e Coact,),..ts, and Blandtord. The Pro-
. , J,lt. N,ti.,„,r it the first determined no .expence shall
st tisilvt.tiL
g„l',:ll...a.rid Ed:lBl,4„,:?l.lvey?nce op theWesternßoald.
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.idgi:ge and Fite, and Ejul°4l Coaches daily, at Eleven,
tleot Alott,` Poond achnges to Leeds, York, and Doncaster,
1.? lb' atm `'NTA •,:,
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Snow-hill, London.

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The Total Number of Persons in Great Britain (not includ-
ing the Army, Navy, and Seamen in Registered Vessels), was
14,072,231; and the Number of Persons whose ages were re-
turned, was 12,487,377—whence it appears, that the Ages of
one-ninth :part of the Persons therein enumerated, have not
obtained in compliance with the question to that effect.
The Total Niimber of Enumeration Returns received was
10,819; four hundred and sixty-five of which did not contain
any answer to.the question concerning the Ages of Persons.

EXECUTION.—OR Saturday last was executed,
on the lodge of our county gaol, Samuel Barrett, aged 31, con-
, victed at our last assizes of stealing three horses, the property
of Richard Hooper, of St. George's. Since his condemnation,
it is satisfactory to be enabled to state that his behaviour was
very proper and becoming his awful situation. He received
every attention from the Rev. Chaplain, and by the penitence
he evinced, showed that he had made adue use of those conso-
lations which religion held out to him. On Saturday, after re-
ceiving the Holy Sacrament, he was conducted to the scaffold,
about 12 o'clock, and having briefly exhorted the people to take
warning by his disgraceful fate, was launched int:), eternity, in
the presence of an immense concourse of spectators. We
would fain hope that this warning may take effect upon his
guilty companions, though he" afforded in his own person a me-
lancholy proof of the insufficiency of these dreadful examples of
the law to deter the hardened offender from the repeated com-
mission of crimes denounced as capital by our existing code.
The subject of this notice was from the neighbourhood of St.
George's, where we fear there are many more of equal depravity.
About seven years ago he was sentenced to be transported
for stealing two donkies from Bradbury, Wilts, and having
served five years and three months on board the hulks, the re-
mainder of his term was remitted,and he was discharged in Jan.
1820. He immediately returned to his old companions, and was
in close connexion with a most notorious set of horse-stealers
and housebreakers, of whose proceedings he has given an accu-
rate account. Since the penod of his discharge, it appears
that he has been actually a party in stealing no less than thirty-
five horses from various parts of the country, which were dis-
posed of at Smithfield, Brighton, Bristol, and other places;
and he was one of the persons concerned in the robbery of Mr.
Godfrey's house, at Bitton, a few months ago. Some of the
property has been recovered, in consequence of his confes-
sift ; and we would give a more minute detail of his nefarious
-transactions, but that we might thereby defeat the ends of
justice with regard to his equally guilty associates.—(Glouces-
ter Journal.)

r Lord Belfast" was then given. On which Mr. Verner re-
turned thanks for his Lordship, who, he said, did not receive
information of that dinner in sufficienti time to enable him to
attend.
On Lord Edivard Chichester's health being given, Sir S.
May returned thanks for his Lordship in an excellent speech.._.
It seems an audacious tissue, oflibels on the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Donegal were industriously circulated among all
the Ambers- of both HouSes at, the tinie the Marriage
Amendment Act was pending.. Sir Stephen May saw, these
libels, and he called upon Mr. Arthur Chichester, the suppoNe4
heir-at-law, to say whether he gave.his sanction to their circula-
' tion ? _To this Mr. Chichester replied in the negative. It
shoved his good sense to send back such a reply, for we could'
tell him what would have been the consequence if he had been
. so unwise as to acknowledge even any acquaintance with the
author.
= Lord DONEG.tL then rose, and after a few wordS in praise of
the character of his friend, the late Marquis of Londonderry,
he concluded by proposing his Memory. •
3.1 r LAWLESS rose, and standing' up on the table in order to
address the assembly more effectually, he called the attention'
of the Chair for a few moments., Tremendous cries of "Down,
doWn !—No, no !—Yes, yes !•:--Out, out !—Go on go on !—Let
him be heard !" rung froni all quarters. T ,he Stewards flew
from their seats to remonstrate with Mr.Lawless-:•-to entreat him
to sit down, and to suffer the toast to be drank. The Chairman
quitted the chair, and; we understand, was about to leave the
room, until called back by some friends. Ile then rushed on
the table where Mr. Lawless was standing, and told him, in a
tone rather imperative, to sit down. This, however, was not
So easily achieved, for Mr. Lawless continued to stand until
he understood, from Mr. Cunningham Gregg 'that he would
resume the Chair, addreSs the assembly, and then give to Mr.
Lawless an opportunity to reply. Mr. Gregg retired to the
chair, and after consulting with his friends, passed to another
toast—" Lord Ellenborough."
While Mr. Lawless was. standing on the table, die noise, and
uproar, and violence with which he was assailed were indescrib-
able, and the reader will not forget that the champaign bad
not made its usual haYoc on the intellects of the company at
this early hour. At the time the Marquis of Londonderry's
memory was propoSed, all were sober and collected, and therefore
what was done was the result of reflection and thought. No doubt,
some individuals may have drank the toast, but die great ma-
jority buried it in groans, hisses, and every species of hos-
tility. We are informed that at Mr.' Batt's table the greater
portion turned down their glasses. It is most painful to
be obliged to set down such a. scene as this, and parti-
cularly so after the efforts that were made to prevent its
existence. The reader will: be surprised to learn, that after
a discussion of two days by the Committee- of Stewards
on the propriety and prudence of giving the memory
of the late unfortunate Marquis of Londonderry, that it was
decided, the toast should not be given by the Chair—that it
should not be in the list of toasts—and yet the necessity of the
same discretion which caused this determination might have-
been urged on the mind of the Noble Marquis by that Commit-
tee, and thus have saved that Noble Lord from the pain which
he must haye experienced on witnessing the effects of the toast.
Perhaps in the history of any public meetings there never
was an instance where the Chair refuSed one of the company the
power of delivering, his sentiments on any of the toasts that
were proposed. Mr. Lawless claimed the right to be heard on
the subject of the toast given by Lord Donegal; and Mr. Con-
ningharn Gregg joins a little confederacy to prevent him; and
will Mr. Gregg have the confidence to say that Mr. Lawless
had not-as good a right to deliver his sentiments as Mr. Gregg
himself ? and that every man in that assembly had not an equal
right ? Had Mr. Gregg done his duty as he ought, every man
decorously calling the attention of the Chair should be heard.
Mr. Gregg ruled it otherwise, and confusion, and riot, and vul-
gar denunciations were the natural result.
After this disgraceful scene was over, the champaign and
claret completed the work of disorder and confusion. We un-
derstand some individuals were carried away in a state of ex-
cessive intoxication. Let the example of this day, however, be
a lesson to all future managerS of public entertainments in Ire-
land, not to be giving toasts which recal those recollections,
which for the sake of national peace, should be buried in ever.
lasting oblivion.

A CUCKOO FOUND.—The cuckoo is a bird so
well known that it requires little description. It has never
been fully ascertained whether it sleeps under gromnd or hides
in the hollow of trees throughout the winter, or whether it. be an
emigrant to warmer climates.' The subject of the present article
induces the writer to believe that the cuckdo remains with us dur-
ing the winter. The event occurred near Portaferry, in the county
of Down. A farmer, of the name of JOHN THOMPSQN, of the
townl4nd of Ratallow, having his men employed to clearaway the
back of an old ditch, bordering upon a rabbit burrow, found a
cuckoo incloSed in furze and fog. When tossed out by the
spade it appeared like a small truss of hay, but when opened
out, and exposed to the action of the air and to the heat of the
sun, it diScoyered symptoms of life, and made some struggles
to get on his feet, and almost instantly afteiWards flew off with
rapidity. This occurred in that time of the year just ap-
proaching to this songster's, season, viz. illarch.—(Dubtin
Journal.)

[Continzted from y's SUN
.]
We take delight in continuing our extracts,
and making our remarks upon Mr. Sheridan's
pamphlet, on account of the temper which it dis-
plays, as much as on account of its argument in
the Cause of Humanity... His object is not to
send us forth upon a Crusade for the liberation
of the Greeks, or to fight the battles of those
brave men who seem so able to fight for them-
selves;. for if the last accounts can be depended
upon, they have already fought with much
bravery, on the very£ spot where their ancestors
acqUired such immortal glory, and appear to have
left, their spirits for the inspiration of posterity.
On such a spot, and in such a country, now that
the spirit of freedom is once roused, it may safely
be left to its own exertions. All that our author
strives for, is to excite an interest in John Bull
for a brave people like the Greeks, who, in their
natural struggle for every thing that is dear to man,
are likely to be " visited by all the horrors of
famine." All that he proposes is a public Sub-
scription, not for the purchase of arms, or for
any other purpose that might allow the crafty
politician to save his
.purse by a plea of con-
science, but simply to rescue a gallant people
from the horrors of sickness and famine, which
mutually promote each other, and are the more
tremendous as the supplies of the Greeks may
be likely to be intercepted, and though they
have many medical Men, they are without me-
dicines, or the means of proouring them.
John Bull, he says, has been accused, but
without foundation, of apathy, both to the call
of freedom and the cries of distress.- He is sure
that John Bull is as warm-hearted as ever in the
cause of both ; which he has lately proved in the
instance of charity to his sister, and in the pa.
triotism he has displayed in the last Sessions of
Parliament.
But yet, he says, there are some reasons why
that warm-heartedness is not left to its full play,
and proceeds to enumerate several causes, one
of which we shall presume to put the first, though
the author does not, and because we conceive it
so intimately connected with the general intro-
duction, viz. " the language of the partizans" of
the Greeks. We have already seen a specimen of
its tone, from some of the most renowned among
them. The very, idea of exterminating a whole
people 'in the cause of humanity, is a paradox
and though that people should be Turks and In-
fidels, no Christians, in the present day of
light and toleration, will ever think the cause
of the Father in Heaven promoted by the blood
and slaughter of his children. For children he
still calls them, though they do not happen to
exist within the pale of his orthodoxy.
. The politician, indeed, might feel. an alarm,
as he is generally sensitive to every the least ap-
pearance of evil, which he constantly defines to
be whatever is opposite to his own particular
designs, and unfortunately--
"The language of the partizans (33) of Greece
was ~calculated to confirm the idea that compassion for the
Greeks implied disapprobation of our own Government,. and
that every man who put his name on the list of subscribers,
signied 8 specks of ramonstrance to the English Ministry: No
inculpation upon the English Government is thus implied, nor
can brany just reasoning be involved. Our Government has
done precisely what on similar occasions it ought always to do.
International law is necessarily a question not of feeling, but of
calculation. In assisting the Spanish Patriots, Ministers acted
more from speculation than enthusiasm; they spent money to
promote the interests of England, not merely to advance the
happiness of Spain. Political selfishness is an official virtue,
and absolutely necessary in men who are responsible only for the
happiness of their own country. When I look back on our
twenty years' warfare, on the inveterate perseverance with which
the Minister forced foes of millions into the legal and regal
hands of atiVocates almost reluctant to plead for the Bourbons
Buonaparte ; when I consider how he bribed them to fight
their own battles, and how bravely they bore defeat, in hopes
that on the cause being ordered for a second hearing, they would
get fresh retainers ; I rejoice that Ministers have adhered to a
strict and stern neutrality in the struggle which is now desolat-
ing Turkey. 'While she is our Ally, her insurgent subjects
must be rebels, till success has stamped them Patriots."
Humanity no doubt shudders at the enormous
atrocities committed by the Infidels against
Christians, and truth revolts naturally at the in-
numerable errors from which such atrocities
spring : but as truth is not to be spoken, so neither
is it to be defended, at all times. Silence may
sometimes promote, when the mast consummate
eloquence would but retard, its progress. The
Vis-Inertice 'which we all have, more or less by
nature, has often been thought a wise provision
of Providence to keep us out of mischief. To
know when to be silent, or merely passive, is one
of the mysteries of human policy ; and though
honesty is reckoned the best policy, we should
not always be fond of obtruding it. It is the
shortest line, as every right line is between two
points ; but the art of modern times is to find
the round about way the nearest home. This at
least is certain, that there are season's when we
Must stop'our ears to the cries of humanity itself.
To be generous we 'must be just, and pay our
own debts before we can venture to pay the
del* of-others. To use the old and hoMely
adage—" We must not rob Peter to pay Paul." Will
not our creditors cry shame upon us, if instead'
of trying all we can to redeem our debt, we
are plunging into debt more and more, and do
a .certain injury to those who are near to us,
whOM we know, and who are in our confidence,
for the sake of an uncertain benefit to strangers
in a far distant land, whom we neither know nor
ever yet have trusted? Once disincumbered of
our load, we might spring forth with as much
elasticity as our hearts could wish, to promote the