The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-27 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was
held for the dispatch of public bUsiness. It was
not numerously attended.
EXERTIONS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
When the Report of the Bridge House Committee was

brought up,
Mr. FAVELL stated, that the Finance Committee were making
the most active efforts for relieving the City from its embarrass-
ments, which were great, but still likely to be much and speedily
eased by the measures -proposed by the Committee. It was
with great pleasure he informed the Court, that 15,0001. of the
Bridge House debt had been discharged, at 41 per cent. ; and
that the state of that debt might be looked upon as prosperous.
The principal causes of the debt, which amounted to about
100,0001., were to be traced to the expences arising from the
arrangements in Guildhall, for the accommodation of the va-
rious persons connected with the several departments—the
Courts of Justice—the COurts of Aldermen, Common Council,
&c. &c. For the discharge of that debt it was deemed essen-
tial by the Committee, that a Sinking Fund should be esta-
blished, and in order that the funds of the City should be dis-
engaged as much as possible, from unnecessary expences, they
intended to propose that no expellee whatever should be in-
curred without a reference to the Finance Committee. To spew
that there existed a necessity for the adoption of such a plan, it
was but necessary to refer to three distinct items amounting to
70,0001., which came unexpectedly upon the funds ; and proved
that some authority with high powers should be consulted be-
tire any attcmut was made to apply money for which the Court '
were answerable to the public. If the intentions of the Com-
mittee with respect to the establishment of a permanent fund
were put into effect, they would be able to look the public in
the face, and the highest praise would be due to their exertions.
A MEMBER intimated (as we understood him) that the
15,009/. might have' been discharged at 4 per cent., and that
such an offer should have been accepted at a period of such em-
barrassment.
Mr. FAVELL declared that the Committee had done every
thing in their power to accomplish the objeqof getting the
most eligible terms. They had preferred the terms he had
just alluded to because the security was undeniable—a quality
that might not belong to the terms which had been described
as preferable.
The Report of the Committee was then received.
PUBLICATION OF THE SESSIONS PAPER.
The Report of the Gaol Committee having been brought up,
Mr. FAVELL said he had a few words to say upon the sub-
ject of continuing the publication of the Sessions Paper. The
continuance of -that 'publication he considered indispensably ne-
cessary to the prisoner, the government, and those who were
connected with the administration of justice. It contained all
that could be important to the cases tried, and omitted the gos-
sip in which the Gentlemen of the Bar were so much accus-
tomed to indulge, and which certainly it was far from being
necessary to print. Thus such a report of the cases of those
who were condemned could be made to his Majesty as might
be depended upon for its fidelity,. and justice would be done
with Certainty as far as,human institutions were certain. The
Secretary of State was,' it was understood, well satisfied with
the manner in which the thing was conducted, and every credit
was to be given to the Short-hand writer who was engaged in

the task. -
Alderman WArrrimAx said, that he had made a particu-
lar point of looking over the trials in the Sessions' book, and
as far as he, was. able to judge, he considered them fairly
reported. It was true they did not .give the observations or
speeches of Counsel, hut they contained the essence of each
trial, and were of the utmost importance to the prisoners. The
Secretary of State was furnished with them, and the friends
of the prisoners and others who were interested might have
them to use in aid of any facts which might come out after the
cases were cooclutied. The necessity for having such an au-
thority to appeal to was palpable. In criminal cases the pri-
soner was differently situated from the defendant in civil. There
could he no second trial, and the only satisfaction he could have
in the event of the .proof of his innocence was a pardon. As the
privileges were so few, it was highly important that a publica-
tion, containing an account of evidence, should be within reach,
that all _might have an opportunity, of re-investigating the
cases. However unnecessary the continuance of such a publi-
cation might.appear to some, it was absolutely expedient to the
ends of justice.
Mr. DORNFORD highly approved of the practice.
Mr. TAYLOR considered it necessary not only to the pri-
soners, but to those who sought to be acquainted with the cri-
minal law.
Alderman WArriimAN said, that he had one strong. fact to
state. It was from looking to the publication in question, he
found, that a witness, who was examined before him, at Guild-.
hall, swore diametrically opposite at the Old Bailey, to what
he hail sworn before the committal of the prisoner, at Guild-,
hall. The person Who,gave this conflicting evidence was an of
ficer cf Westminster. He (Alderman Waithinan) represented.
the circumstance, and the officer was dismissed. - His recollec
tion supplied him with The fact to which the officer had sworn
at Guildhall—that the prisoner had the chain of a watch in his
hand, having just stolen it on Ludgate-hill, and at the Old
„Bailey the same officer swore that he saw no chain at all. The.
impression generally and naturally neared was, that the Offi-
cer was paid for suppressing what he knew.
The Report was then agreed to.
• Mr. WELsti gave notice that he should on an early day sub-
mit a motion to the Court for a grant of Assistance to the Ploat-
ing Hospital for Seamen. The subject had been upon the paper.
for a year and a half, and nothing had been yet done.
The Court then adjourned.

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, SEPT. 24.—The funeral
of the unfortunate Madame de Viz took place
here on Sunday last, at seven o'clock in' the
morning. Her remains were attended solely by
her relatives, the physician, and clergyman, al-
though every Engl7sh and Irish resident here
was desirous to be permitted to join in the melan-
choly procession. lam happy to say that Chris-
tian fortitude has carried her afflicted mother, 1
Mrs. CHARLES. LOCK, through her unparalleled
affliction, and that she soon will be able to quit
this scene of woe. The Comtesse has left be-
hind her three children, a lovely girl, a fine boy,
and an infant scarcely five weeks old, which she
was suckling when she met her untimely end.—
A strange circumstance took place here last night.
The Sovereign steam-boat, bound to Calais from
Dover, was driven by the force of an adverse
wind into this harbour at ten o'clock on Sunday
night, and landed all her passengers, in number
exceeding thirty, and the wind coming soon
round to the south, she set off for Calais with the
carriages .and luggage of her passengers, who
next morning had to hire voitures for Calais to
look after their goods and chattels. Mr. BALL
HUGHES, with vis=a-vis, barouche, post-chaise,
cabriolet, and eleven horses, arrived here, and
has proceeded to Paris. Lord BRUDENELL and
suite have also come by this post.

DUEL.—About five o'clock on Thursday morn-
ing last a meeting took place near the turnpike,
on the Cork road, a small distance west of
Waterford, between, Mr. 13.kaaoN, of -William-
street, in that city, and Mr. CHARLES EYRE, a
Lieutenant in the Ist Royals, quartered there ;
the former attended by Dr. ALCOCK, the latter
by an officer of his regiment. The parties dis-
charged two shots each ; in the second fire, Mr.
BAnnoN's ball passed through the fleshy part of
Lieut. EYRE'S right thigh, and lodged in his left,
fracturing a part of the thigh bone ; but we are
happy to learn the ball was extracted on the
spot by Doctor ALcocK, the second of Mr.
BARRON, and that the wound, though serious,
was not considered of a very dangerous nature.
On Mr. EYRE'S falling, Mr. BARRON left the
ground without making any observation ; and
after the ball had been extracted, Mr. EYRE was
carried home to the barrack by a party of his
regiment, on a litter. We understand that the
duel originated in the discontinuance of some
attentions on the part of Lieutenant EYRE to a
Lady who is a cousin to Mr. BAR.RON.—(Clon-
mej Aipertiser.)

ESSAY ON PARTY-WRITING.

" Hu. Obi crunt Artes."

Happy are the times (says an ancient Author)
in which we may think what we please, and speak
what we think. If so, we may justly boast that
we live in an age in which political felicity bath
been brought to its highest perfection. I know
that some Critics consider the words above quoted
as subject to certain restrictions of decency and
decorum ; but, with submissiori, the design here,
is not to propose a rule of prudence, but a test
of liberty ; and I think it next to demonstration,
that the virtue of this test must rise in proportion
to the force of its exertion. When, therefore,
our Party Writers vindicate wickedness, defame
worth, assert falsehoods, or deny truths, we must
not look on these things in a moral, but a politi-
cal light ; we are not to consider these Gentle-
men as void of all ideas of right and wrong, but
as generous Patriots, who sacrifice every appear-
ance of virtue to the public happiness, and are
contented to sit down with disgrace to themselves,
that they may procure to their countrymen the
fullest assurance of freedom.

Having thus far established the Theory of the
art under consideration, I shall endeavour to
forward and encourage the Practice ; to this
end, I shall throw together some general Rules,
deduced from the nature of Polemic eloquence,
and confirmed by the success of the greatest mas-
ters in the art.

The method I propose to observe, is that of
the celebrated JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU : I shall
consider myself as the tutor, the public as my
pupil ; and having previously supposed in my
Emilius a reasonable provision of that Barbarie
Angloise, which the said ROUSSEAU bath, with
no less justice than politeness, attributed to the
whole nation, I shall proceed without further
preface to the explanation of my system.
The first Rule, and that on which all others
depend, is this—you must not consider Right
and Wrong, Truth and Falsehood, as things
really and essentially differing in themselves, but
embrace or reject them merely as they favour or
obstruct your principal object. I am sensible
that you may be a little awkward at this at first,
not from any scruples arising from your own feel-
ings, for I suppose you superior to such ; but from
an apprehension of the disgrace which sometimes
attends the detection of injustice, with regard to
persons; or of falsehood with respect to things :
but remember, that the great point in party writ-
ing is to gain time, and to serve the immediate
purpose; if this be obtained, let the consequence
shift for itself ; and take my word for it, that,
should the worst happen, there will be more who
will admire you for your address, than censure
you for the imposition ; for it is the nature
of men to be delighted with tricks and deceit,
provided they are not themselves the principal
sufferers.

R. 2. • If accidentally a truth, in contest,
should be on your side of the question, there are
two ways of managing it : first, to insult your
antagonist ; to glory and triumph in your supe-
riority. The second is more delicate ; for, as It
is the nature of truth to evince itself, you may
be contented with a fins and ingenious insi-
nuation of your advantage ; this will beget a
good opinion of your caution and modesty, and
will be of infinite service, when you come to,
what will often happen, the necessiti.. of assert-
ing a falsehood.
R. 3. lii this you must be bold, peremptory,
and overbearing : if you hesitate in a lie, you
are lost. Recollect, that on the ignorant, and
it is with those you have mostly to do, impu-
dence ever passes for a mark of sincerity, and
even with the wiser sort, confidence is every
where met half-way, while modesty is received
like a poor relation.
It is not my way to give myself credit for
things which do not belong to me ; I therefore
acknowledge that I have borrowed the first hint
of the maxims here advanced from Mr. Thomas
HOBBES, of Malmesbury ; which I the better
remember from the having been mightily taken
with an uncommon beauty in the passage, name-
ly, that it is itself an example of the thing it
would prove. " Impudence in Democratical As-
semblies, does almost all that is done ; 'tis the
Goddess of Rhetorick, and carries proof with
it : for what ordinary man will not from so great
boldness of affirmation conclude, there is great
probability in the thing affirmed ?"
R. 4. Should a truth make strongly against
your you must not directly contradict it ; but
endeavour to explain away its nature : to this
end you must give much into forced metaphors,
or vague comparisons : every comparison, like
circles from the fall of a pebble into water, still
widening from its centre. But, should the po-
verty of your imagination confine you to the use
of simple terms, take care that they be of a loose
and uncertain signification ; let your words, like
the feathers of a pigeon's neck, be of all colours,
and therefore of no one. Arguments thus com-
posed, are of so exquisite a kind, that I think it
proper to distinguish them by a particular name ;
we may therefore call them Cangeantes, or
Changeable, after those Italian silks which vary
their shades with the different points of view.
R. 5. With respect to inconsistencies, or con-
tradictions, though they cannot be supported by
argument, they may be eluded by pleasantry :
for instance, should you have advanced that
America was conquered in Germany, and be
pressed by the absurdity of the proposition, you
may dryly put a question—ls not a man who
loses the sight of one eye supposed to see better
with the other ? This is miserable reasoning, I
confess ; but though it cannot produce conviction,
it may raise a laugh ; and your only way of es-
caping out of a foolish dilemma is by an imper-
tinent jest. Let those who can distinguish be-
tween the risible and the ridiculous call you to
an account.
I shall now proceed to give you some direc-
tions as to your conduct with respect to persons;
and here I must observe to you, in general, that
you must meddle as little as possible with pane-
gyric : Ist, because it is a topic unpleasing in it-
self,'as most men are hurt by the consequent re-
, fiections on their own littleness; 2dly, as the
course of your ideas, from the rules just pro.
posed, must run in a quite different channel, you

can, therefore, have no dependence on those ten'
der and delicate feelings, which alone can sYnr
pathise with, or do justice to, virtue ; for this
reason, you must turn the,full flow of your 50'45
to satire and defamation ; and exalt your frienas
by depressing their enemies. The use that may
be made of personal. disadvantages is too obvious
to be insisted on : a hint or two will suffice--
thus, you may very well insinuate, that a man
cannot have an upright heart, who has a stoop 1°
his shoulders; or be well inclined to his country,
if he turn in his toes. This is natural and simPlie:
But, the master-strokes consist in converting au
vantages into disgraces, and in making those things
indications of wickedness or weakness which Na-
ture seems to have intended for marks of distinc-
tion—thus, should the man whom you would dis:
credit be comely in his person, and graceful 4111,6
carriage, you may suggest, that he owes his ad-
vancement vancement to these qualities : hence, by an ea,*
gradation,you have a right to suppose,that,trasi
entirely to 'these merits, he cannot be possessed °
any other *; to support this inference, and it Or;
tainly wants it, you must search into ancient and
modern history for every example which alai
be a case in point. And as your parallels map
not always be strictly just, you must make tiP "
number what they want in .quality. Is it not 3
first principle in Bills of Attainder, that a nurry
ber of maybes amount to a must-be ? Trust we,
this, and more, will go down with the public;
for you may extend to the whole, what the sage'
of Malmsbury has affirmed of a part of the Gila
of London, that it has a great belly, bill fis.
palate. A r
If you can in this manner transform gno-,°o
ill qualities into what shape you please, you hare
an unlimited power over things in their 133"-I,
indifferent. Thus, should the obnoxious Pers:c
have been born in any one of the extremities
the kingdom, in the North, for instance, r
have nothing to do but to draw a line the fart"
North the better, and then appeal to, your cot.;
trymen, whether any man from one side of ton
line can properly have influence or authority 0,
the other : the partiality in this proceeding i 5 nivo
thing to the purpose, since you are sure of bca,
supported by all those who can claim any

vantage from their meridianalitg.
I,v, the
Thus far, 0, my Pupil, have I led you
hand : you can now walk alone ; cuter bo-y,
on your progress ; whilst I, your Rousslii,
your Tutor, your Friend, trusting to the 10r3,0
bility of my principles, observe in silent ple3silio
the firmness of your steps, and triumph in

utility of my political studies.
Ads
res of the Time on the Character
ministration of Lord BUTE.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF AN ILLICIT ,T-- lc
On Sunday morning last (22d instant) about two o'elcieriille,
alarming fire took place in the charcoal and manganesee 011
in Key-street, telonging to Mr. J. Evans, which burn`-ea „ 511
the `utmost fury, and speedily communicated to the et-rivri°l
warehouses belonging to the late Mr. Unsworth,..whien,, are
the mills, were in a short time entirely consumed : ;heal,
sorry to state, that very little of the property contained ingoed•
consistingof cotton, grain, sugar, tallow, and hides, Ws's' were
We understand that the mills and all the other Property
insured. lire are happy to learn that no lives were lost'
,1,05
only one person, a fireman, hurt: A singular discoreled to
made in tie adjoining building. The fire having ate/140k
the upper part of these premises, which was occupied as_24tiiief
ling house, the doors were forced open with a view saf`-.-bern
the; property therein, but it was found that it had a-1-'-" -a al'
removed. In the upper room, however, was disce_wtivere tel
gallon still, with the apparatus for working --wh le Ira
gallons of whiskey, a quantity of wash, &c. The A"„ - °OPP
immediately taken possession of by 111 r. Miller, and
to the police-office.—( Liverpool Advertiser.)
AMERICAN INGENUITY.—In IJn latehe r
have so many manoeuvres to raise the wind, that-iil
t "s
prising if a native become the dupe of their decePti°Tioecel
prick:ng the garter at races and fairs is among the most smear/
ful of their exploits. Our brethren, however, of the New Rot
have hit upon a new way of cleaning out the Jahn"froo
of
and seem perfect adepts in the art of ganunaninp sed
Boston paper we learn, that a CitY Mealman had dlsrile
a load of meal, and received the proceeds ; after which' oi Oal°
invited to take a parting glass. He was then prevaLiebe
to try his hick at the Bowling-alley, which was- attar;
the shop. Ile was allowed to win a few dollars at asAaueY,
anxious to increase his fortune, was induced to e°ll-aie
large odds being offered by his antagonist upon the seed of
The result may be easily anticipated—he was fieeelipeebai
his money, amounting to 150 dollars. It appears the loco or
been attached to the pins, by which the fellows eroP
so ,ies
setting them up for the players could pull them doso"4 11S.
win at pleasure, and without being detected. The earn pro
states, that the agent to whom the money belonged 'lOl O.'
cuted the winner ; and that the owner of the Alley
presented, and his license had been taken from him'
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BIRTHS.yaap
On Wednesday last, at Aqualate Hall, the seat ofaS2l.
Boughey, Bart. M. P. for the County of Striribr el
Boughey, of a son. .091°
At Chiswick, on Tuesday last, the Lady of Volt'
H. F. Cavendish, of a son. .
On the 20th inst. at Oundle, Mrs. Sherard, of 3 Stirj' •
her tenth child.
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MARRIED.
On Thursday, the 26th inst., at St. John's, Hackney uitole
Henry, only son of Thomas Robinson, Esq., glitch'
Edmunds, to Sarah, second daughter of Alexander C tale
Esq., Lower Clapton.
Yesterday morning, at St. John's, Horslyrlog;orrxgie,
Thomas Row, of Illevagissey, in the County Of S'Au
Miss Harriot M'Adam, youngest daughter of Thos.
Red'
Esq., of St. George's in the East. there; or
On' the 23d inst., at St. Oswald's Church, Chester; lOW
F. Parry, of Eastham, to Jane, second daughter °
role
Ward, Esq. of Chester. gotronytal
On Tuesday, Huish, near Exeter, the 'Right ter to
Lord Rolle, to the Honourable Louisa Trefusis,
Clinton.
DIED. sq.lVfie°
On the 24th inst., at Brook Hamilton Gill's, Elie 9101
bury, Bucks, Bellenden Charles Gill, Esq. in esei
of his tyre. h.lahelot 0
On the 13th inst., Mr. Thomas Parker, of Bos.riboi ale)
non-street, at the advanced age of 84, the oldest lon the
seven parishes of the Ward of Walbrook. Als°le
inst., Mr. Thomas Parker, only son of the ab°'tee
upwards of 25 years a most faithful servant to divaid,
England. • john essf.
On Sunday last, at Sandy Brook, Derbyshire, four go
third son of Sir Matthew and Lady Blakiston. 31P life
At Altrincham, on the lit inst., in his 90th y_f2of titled
bert Backhouse, who had been fer thirty-trvole%d atteivijal
a•Sheriff 's officer for the county of Chester. re!etddo, an°
fourteen Assizes, been present at four Preston 00IX
at the commencement of the fifth,
At Cheltenham, on the 2lst inst., Williatni:iplwie°
child of the Rev. H. Fraser .A. Rector of
22d ins
nephew to the Right Hon. thew Earl of Buchap• the 92e1,4 or.
At Steeple Bumpstead, in Essex, on sail the failwilj
Mrs. Susanna Webb, having lived 23 years tiikerioered,
the Rev. IV. Marshall, whose only daughter
natab ,ep e
an infectious fever at Great Parndon,
she
afFeethat tier Pivt
much respea.7,4,skiee,,
to her relief, and had the satisfaction to find , sbetiol tee
ante led towards a recovery ; but unfortunatel great
bridges, at tbst;e
oinffethcteiofnamhielyrsealnf,d aanndhdeiretiienndas. month after.: to to
, On Friday last, in Christ College, Cf.,,eat, to of
vanced age of 94, Mr. Frederick Tarr, h i 77740 e
5 " 7' letV
ciety for upwards of half a century. lie.:eof his 11 char
Gotha, in Grmany, and in an early the to
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