The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-16 00:00:00

TIIE KING'S VISIT.

It was not till a late hour on Monday night
that Mr. ELLISTON was apprised of the K uses
intention to honour Drury-lane Theatre with his
presence, since which time he (assisted' by Mr.
Winston, the assistant manager) has been inde-
fatigable in his exertions to pay every due and
marked attention in his preparations for the're-
ception of the Sovereign. No expense or exer-
tion had been spared. On Tuesday a temporary
awning was erected at the door at which his
Majesty enters in Russel-street, and yesterday
a large Crown was placed over it, which was
brilliantly illuminated in the evening. A large
transparent bust of his Majesty was placed be-
fore the statue of Shakspeare, over the box en-
trance in Brydges-street. On each side of the
bust were " G. R." in large letters, profusely
illuminated with variegated lamps. Sir Richard
Birnie, as Chief Magistrate of the Police, ex-
erted himself in the course of yesterday to
guard against any impediment or cause of
confusion in the streets through which his
Majesty and the Royal cavalcade were to pass.—
The extra decorations of the King's box and the
room adjoining it, called the King's room, were
very costly and magnificent. The 'King's box
was lined with white silk fluted, with crimson
velvet border, decorated with yellow cord. At
the back were two Grecian lamps on tripod
pillars. In the centre of the King's room was
hung a large and splendid or-molu chandelier.
It contains twelve large burners ; between every
alternate burner was a griffin's head. There
were also eight richly chased candlesticks, to-
gether with six richly gilt urns, containing arti-
ficial flowers, on a table in the centre of the
room, which was further lighted by a number of
Grecian lamps. On the left side of the fire-
place was a large bust of his Majesty, by Tur-
nerelli. On the mantle-piece was a wax bust
of the King, in a I gilt frame. Opposite to
the handsome chimney-glass was a pier-glass,
nearly the height of the room. The lobby was
lined with scarlet cloth; a very handsome carpet
was placed from the hall to the King's coach.--
Public interest was excited so much that the
doors were blockaded between four and five
o'clock, which induced Mr. Elliston very judi-
ciously to give directions for opening them ton
minutes before the usual time. Soon after six
o'clock a Guard of Honour, under the command
of Lieut.-Colonel Townsend, marched to the
Theatre.—A party of the Yeoman Guard lined
the entrance to the Theatre. 'Mr. Elliston and
Mr. Winston were in attendance in full Court
dresses. -At ten minutes before seven the Duke
of York arrived at the Theatre in a Field Mar-
shal's uniform, wearing the Order of St. George,
and was received with military honours.—His
Majesty left his Palace in Pall-mall with his
suite in five carriages, at a quarter before seven
o'clock, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse
Guards, proceeded through Cockspur-street,
the Strand, Bedford-street, and Tavistock-row,
to the entrance by Russell-street, amidst the
huzzas of the public assembled in the streets,
and the windows of the houses filled with re-
spectable persons, the females waving white
handkerchiefs.—The Duke of Dorset, as Master
of the Horse, and Lord Graves, as the Lord in
Waiting, rode in the carriage with the
The other attendants were the Lord Steward,
the Vice-Chamberlain (the Lord Chamberlain
being confined with an attack of the gout), the
Comptroller of the Household, the Treasurer of
the Household, Sir Robert Bolton, Equerry in
waiting; Earl Cathcart, Gold Stick in waiting ;
Mr. Mash, Mr. Ramsden, and Mr. 13eresford,
Gentlemen Ushers in waiting; Lord E. Poulett,
Page of Honour ; the Exon in waiting, &c.—His
Majesty arrived exactly three minutes before seven
o'clock, and was ushered in by the Vice-Chain-
berlain, Mr. Elliston,. and Mr. Winston, with
wax candles, in the above-described splendid
candlesticks.—lmmediately when the King ap-
proached the front of the royal box, the audience
(a large portion of which was composed of youth,
beauty, and fashion) rose simultaneously, and
greeted his Majesty with the liveliest demonstra-
tions of respect and attachment, waving of hats,
handkerchiefs, &c., in return to, which his Ma-
jesty bowed with the utmost condescension and
affability. The curtain being drawn up, .disco-
vered the whole corps dramatique in array on
the stage, when God save the King was sung its
admirable style, the audience joining in the
chorus. The curtain then fell, as if for the corn-
mencement of the Opera, but a tumultuous
encore induced a repetition of the national an-
them. After having again saluted their Illus-
trious Sovereign with repeated cheers, the audi-
ence became tranquil, and allowed the opera-
tions of The Siege of Belgrade to commence.
The performers never exerted themselves with
greater success. His Majesty frequently applaud-
ed, and seemed peculiarly delighted with the pow-
erful and thrilling tones which Mr.Braham panned
forth to the delight of an enraptured audience.
The duet " When thy bosom heaves the sigh,"
by Madame Vestris and Mr. Braham, was loudly
encored. On the conclusion of the Opera f' God
save the King " was again sung, and its repeti-
tion being loudly called fol., the vocal per-
formers came forward and substituted ". Rule
Britannia," which was sung amidst loud applause.
The farce of Monsieur Tonson was performed.
with great spirit, which being concluded, there
was a loud cry of " The King ! the King!". and
" God save the King" was sung a third time, the
intervals of the stanzas being filled up with the
most enthusiastic cheers from all parts of the
house. His Majesty having again bowed most
graciously to the audience, lft the Theatre
amidst the same gratifying expressions of re-
spect which marked his entrance.—His Ma-
jesty appeared in excellent health and spirits,
and frequently entered into conversation with his
Royal Highness the Duke of York, who sat upon
his left,—llis Grace the Duke of Wellington, who
sat in a private box opposite the King's, was re-
ceived with a good deal of applause. .The house,
which was full to the ceiling, presented a most
brilliant display of elegant and fashionable
visitors.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

1111TWACTS. FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS,

ill ay 16, 18'2'2.

[MEW TIMES.]
The assertions of The Old Times on the sub-
Jectof Mr. Henry Wynn's appointment to the
swiss Cantons have been, that the place has been
crested for him—that he is to receive a new
Mary of something between 5000/. and 60001. a
year—that he is a very young man—and that the
whole is a wicked, profligate job, &c. The
?bin truth is, as appears from the return from
the Foreign Office, laid before the House of
Commons, that Mr. Wynn succeeds Mr. Strat-
ford Canning as Envoy Extraordinary ; that
the latter Gentleman was appointed in 1515,
with a -salary of 45001. per annum, which
was afterwards reduced to 3900!.; that Mr.
Wynn, in February last, received his appoint-
ment, with the reduced salary of 3900/. a year ;
and that by Mr. Wynn's being'nominated as the
successor of Mr. Canning, the public saves his
pension as an old Diplomatic Minister of 15001.,
which ceases to be paid so long as he holds any
official situation. Such is the veracity of The
Old Ti,:ncs.'

[MOLINING HLRALD] •
In another part we have adverted to the Meet-
ing which was to .stave taken place yesterday,
between the Right lion. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer and those who were to have been de-

puted by the South Sea Company to bid the
Chancellor a price for his Pension List.—(Sec
THE suN of yesterday.)—lt appears, however,
that the South Sea annuitants were not prepared
to make Mr. Vansittart an offer, and therefore
that they did not attend. When we reflect on
the Chancellor's scheme, there does not appear
to be any thing in it sufficiently tempting to
either the South Sea or any other money-lending
concern. The profit is too much in prospective
, for real money-lenders, who, in genetal, like
profit in hand, rather than profit in futztro. If
the Right Hon. Gentleman had given it out that
he wanted a loan of even fifty millions, and
had offered to give 1001. 3 per Cent. Stock
for every 501. or 60/. money subscribed, he
would not have• experienced the mortification
of not being able to find a single bidder ;
on the contrary, the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman might have been obliged to have called
in the aid of the Civil Power, so great would
have been •the rush, not only of the South Sea
Inhabitants, but also of all the other Funded
Debt Annuitants, to make proposals for lending
to the Government the sum of 501. or 601., at an
interest of 5 per cent., but • taking from the Go-
verament a bond or engagement to repay them,

at some time or other, 1001. Unfortunately for
Mr. Vansittart, this thing is at length seen
through, and he is now obliged to propose such

schemes for raising loans to the money lenders,
that they•are no longer in a panic, lest they
should not get a sufficiently large slice—formerly
a loan was disposed of easily, because those who

participated in it could go and sell their scrip
for a profit ; but who could sell scrip, which
would yield the holder of that scrip no profit for
so many years ?

[BRITISH PRESS.]
An important conversation arose in the House
of Commons last night upon the subject of tak-
ing tithes upon potatoe land in Ireland. There
can be no doubt that the tithe system in Ire-
land has been a prolific source of disturbances
among the lower orders of the people, and that it
is highly unwise to enforce the severities of the
prattice., to the utmost rigour allowed by the
.Mr. Plunkett stated his intention to sub-
r&t a measure to Parliament in the present Session
connected with this subject. The expediency
of revising the charges of the third class of the
Civil List, with a view to a diminution of the ex-
penditure, was brought before the House by Mr..
Lennard, in pursuance of his notice. The Hon.
Member's motion was for the appointment 'of a
Select. Committee to inquire into the subject.
This motion necessarily involved that of which
Mr. War re had given notice for this evening re-
specting the appointment of Mr. Wynn, as Minis-
ter to the Swiss Cantons, and to this point, from
its peculiar and personal interest, the attention of
the House . was largely directed. The House
divided on the motion, when there appeared—
for the Committee 147; against it 274—being a
majority of 127 in faVour of Ministers. •

[MORNING CII?.O?iICLE.I

Lord Londonderry came out in the House last
night with the expected threat or entreating his
Majesty to look out for some other Secretary of
State ; and the Country Gentlemen in alarm gave
him their votes. Surely in the present state of
the country they will not dare to vote against the
motion of Mr. Warn!, specially directed against
the odious Swiss Job • Lord Londonderry, how-
ever, tells us that he is' without alarm, and that
he k confident the case of Switzerland will bear
the fullest investigation. We shall see. At a
time when capital is fast leaving the country from
the comparatively low rate cf Profa,—wheu the
poor mechanic is seized on his way to better
wages and lower prices of food, and thrown
into prison on barbarons laws, to be let out
when want of work may bring him in contact
with the sabres of the Yeomanry Cavalry,—when
our shipping and other nations
lass taxed than ourselves are gradually wresting
from us ship-building and our carrying trade,—
one should think no 'expellees ought to be in.
curred beyond what are strictly necessary.
Though Lord Londonderry could establish, that,
the number of Ministers abroad is not greater
now than in 1792 ; this is no argument for con-
tinuing any expenditure at a time like the present,
which is not impeliOnsly called for.—To take
this Swiss Joh, for instance. Switzerland is, no
doubt, in the centre of Europe, and other States
have Ministers or residents there, We will
give his Lordship the whole or the benefit of thiS
argument ; but how does this bring him to the
conclusion that one of the Grenvilles should be
sent among these Frugal Republicans to'spend a
sum annually, of which, to borrow the expression

made use of by Swift with respect to the Scots,
it would be difficult for those of them .who have
not travelled to form even a conceptiOn,—a sum
equal to the whole Revenue of some of the most
flourishing Cantons,—and which in a country with
rigid sumptuary laws, where not merely profligate
expenditure, but a'large expenditure °fatly kind is
viewed with horror as setting a demoralising ex-
ample, and therefore calculated to retard instead
of promoting the objects of a mission. But, says
Lord Londonderry, why should he be worse
paid than any other servant of the public ? We
may ask in turn, why are the other servants of
the public paid so well ? His Lordship has only
to advance some one, of the Corps 5 or 6,0001.,
and then this, instead of being an argument for
the reduction of this lavishly paid Minister,
would be an argument for raising all the rest to
an equality. But we must for the present take
leave of his Lordship, and his threats of resig-
nation.—Sir James Mackintosh and Mr. Tierney
availed themselves of these threats to anticipate
History a little in the portrait which she will
present of the men who are thus on the point of
depriving theiecountry and Europe at large of
their inestimable services.

[MORNIN% POST .1 •
Mr. Leonard's long-menaced motion respeCting
the third class of the Civil' List came before
the House of Commons last night. The Marquis
of Londonderry supplied an able refutation of
the arguments of the Hon. Gentleman, and, what
was more, a flat denial of some of the principal
facts on which they rested. The speech of the
Noble Marquis on this occasion will not fail to
be perused with high satisfaction. In the mo-
mentous services which his Lordship has rendered
the country at the most critical conjuncture of
our affairs, he has long been in possession of
the best reward which a Statesman can re-
ceive. We are convinced, however, that no
rational man will read and reflect upon the Noble
Secretary's minute and powerful exposition of
the state of our Foreign Affairs without personally
and publicly feeling grateful to him for his emi-
nent services. Whether the masterly and syste-
matic diplomatic arrangement which has been
pursued, not merely respecting the present but
the future—whether the strict, but still wise
economy that has been constantly and spon-
taneously acted upon—whether the dignity, cha-
racter, and commanding influence of the nation
over the concerns of the whole world, be con-
sidered in each trod all of these, and their multi-
plied relations, full grounds kill appear for ad-
miring the mind which has produced and go-
verned with such great advantage to the Empire so
complex and important a machine of State policy.
Mr. Lennard,in the course of hisspeech,indulged in
many superfluous remarks. It would of course have
been too mortifying an act of abstinence to have
passed over the Swiss Ambassadorship, and ac-
cordingly he just broke the crust of that dainty
dish, that the House might take a forestalling
peep at its exciting contents. He concluded by
moving for a Select Committee to inquire into
the several particulars of expence under thn third
class of the Civil List. This motion the Mar-
quis of Londonderry met, on Constitutional
grounds, most satisfactorily explained, by a di-
rect negative. But whilst he opposed it upon
this just and wise principle, he willingly entered
into such explanations as were compatible with,
his official duty. Mr. Wynn's appointment, there-
fore, came under review, and has, in our judg-
ment, been once for all completely set at rest.
So far from being a new diplomatic situation, it is
one of Nearly a century standing ;—instead of
being created for Mr. Wynn, it was directly the
reverse ;—so far from having been increased
in emolument on account of that Gentleman, his
appointment has diminished the charges of it ;
and lastly, so far from being useless, Switzerland
is so important a diplomatic station, that even
Spain, notwithstanding her distress, has an Am-
bassador there of the same rank as Mr. Wynn.—
It is scarce necessary to add, that the mo-
tion was negatived by an immense majority.
—The division which took place on this oc-
casion must prove gratifying to most people,
while it can excite surprise in cone ; and it is
not too much to anticipate that we shall to-mor-
• row have to record, on the same subject, at least
an equal majority of a House of Commons, anx-
ious for economy, but zealous to uphold the dig-
nity and promote the best interests of their
country.
[Tois. TIMES.]

A return has been presented of Ministers from
the Swiss Cantons to England, and vice versa
from England to the Swiss Cantons, for a certain
terra of years. Now, the first thing that is re-
markable in this important document is, that
though the return of Ministers from Switzerland
to England is from 1790 to 1822, there does not
appear to have been one till the year 1814. There
is not one in 1790, 1791, 1792,1793, nor at any
time up to that period of the late wars vvithFrance,
at which Switzerlanf. ceased to be in amity with us.
In truth, we believe that all the diplomatic concerns
between Switzerland and England at the present
time are discharged by a respectable perfumer
at the top of the Haymarket ; and that we have
yet less occasion for an envoy at the Court of
the Pisse-Vache, inasmuch as we do not send out
valets and governesses to Switzerland, as Swit-
zerland does. to England.—The return of Minis-
ters from Great Britain to .the Swiss Cantons pre-
sents very painful matter for reflection indeed.
Up to the year 1814, this arnbassade cost the
nation no very intolerable sum. -One gentleman,
Mr. Braun, Whose name ought to be consecrated
to the respect of Britons—for we fear he is not
our countryman—refused to take more than 2501.
a year. After him (peace attend his shade, as he is
no more, and honour deck his memory), our ex-
pences increased lamentably, and without ade-
quate cause, though Mr. Wickham had ccnsider-
able employment, was exposed to some danger,
and, if we do not recollect wrong, received a
wound. But in 1814 (will it be believed, and
do we read the document aright ?) a man—and,
as if every. ihing that was iniquitous in diplomacy
was to centre in one name, that ft? a ft was a Can-
ning—was sent out to the Swiss Cantons at an
expence of 42501. a year, besides 5681. a-year for
a Secretary, an Addington ! This made up a

part of the celebrated Revulsion, NV c Suppose,
of passing to a state of peace from war. We ap-
prehend he must have received about eighteen
thousand pounds in four years and a half, for
being Ambassador to the poor Swiss Cantons. In
those four years and a half he must have sacked
the salary of 36 common years before the war
began ! And now, what more can be said of the
infamy of this transaction, after we have simply
described it? It is contended, or rather suggested
in a sneaking way, that if small salaries are pro-
posed, they will be seized by low fellows : but
here is a person, as all the world knows, of
humble extraction and connexions; and no sooner
does he choose to mingle himself in public affairs,
than a salary almost equal to a Peer's fortune is
assigned to him : and assigned to him for what ?
—for exhibiting to the Swiss Senators an art
which they cannot practise for lack of means—
that of spending a large income. When Mr.
Stratford Canning quits Switzerland, we are much
better off with a Colonel Disbrowe ; he has a
salary of only 15951. a year. What possible
motive, therefore, can exist, for now afresh
making the.salary of Mr. Wynn mount up to its
proposed enormous sum of 3,900/. a year, with
1,5001. for outfit, and 5001. for a Secretary, but
that it is matter of `contract—that it was stipu-
lated for? As to utility, or even dignity, it
would be as rational to pay the Cockchafer so
much money for being Ambassador to the Court
of the Hornet. But if the nation does not bestir
itself, it is clear that it will be saddled now,
henceforth, and for ever-, with an Ambassador in
Switzerland,—a Wynn, or some other contractor
for public plunder—at the rate of Four Thou-
sand a year.

MR. OWEN'S PLAN
FOR THE RELIEF OF ENGLISH LABOURERS AND

IRISH PEASANTRY.

Yesterday a numerous Meeting was held at
the City of London Tavern, to take into consi-
deration a Plan for the permanent Relief of the
British Agricultural and Manufacturing La-
bourers and the Irish Peasantry.—Mr. Lout-
HART, M. P. took the Chair, and stated the
purpose of the Meeting, which was to hear and
to canvass the merits of the plan which Mr.
OWEN would submit to them.

Mr. OVTF.N said, his present journey to this
part of the kingdom was commenced with a view
of collecting information respecting the sin-
gular situation in which the country had been
placed since the termination of the war, exhibit-
ing the same privations in the midst of peace and
plenty as usually attends war and famine; and
also to discover if means existed by which a
union might be effected between those great op-
posing interests which now retard the prosperity
of all classes. He described the inquiries which
he had made, and which conducted him to the
conclusion, that to secure permanent relief to the
labouring classes it was necessary ; Ist, that they
should be usefully trained and educated ; 2d, that
they should be rendered industrious, and use-
fully employed ; 3d, that the objects on which
their industry should be founded should be readily
exchanged with advantage, and the demoralising
circumstances under which they were surrounded
removed, and replaced by others having a
moral tendency. He concluded a long speech,
by submitting a set of Resolutions, or rather
propositions, to the meeting, expressive of their
belief that the system he proposed would do
away with the poverty and distresses of the la-
bouring classes in England and Ireland.
Sir WM. CRESPIGNY and several other Gentle-
men spoke in favour of the plan of Mr. 0 wen,
which might, they said, be put in operation at
one-tenth the expence of the system of allotting
land to the poor.
The CHAIRMAN declared, that he considered
Mr. Os,;en's plan could do no injury to the true
interests of any, and a great part of-its merit was,
that every thing was effected by safe gradations.
It was for the Public, therefore, to consider
whether they would support the trial of that
system on a larger scale, which had answered on
a smaller one. .

Mr. JONES, of Colehouse, in Somersetshire,
who it was announced had signified his approba-
tion of the plan, by subscribing 5,0001. towards
the erection of an establishment, came forward to
testify to the effect of the system at Lanark.
Mr. MAXWELL) the Member for Renfrewshire,
also spoke at great length, and with much elo-
quence,in favour of this plan.

The F•esolutions were carried and a Committee
was appointed, consisting of the following Gen-
tlemen :

Sir W. C. De Cresipigny, Messrs. Lockhart, Maxwell, Brown,
Pinckard, Rowcroft, Rice, Jones, Crook, Tucker, Cowper,
Herdman, Morgan, Ashburner, Taylor, Jones, Goldsmid,
Baldwin, Gordon, Bradshaw, and Owen.
Thanks were voted to the CHAIRMAN' and to Mr. OwE N.
It was stated, that 45,000/. has been subscribed
towards the erection of an establishment upon
Mr. 0 WEN'S plan in Scotland, and that the foun-
dation of a square, of about the size of Lincoln's
Inn-fields, will shortly be laid out.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15.

HABEAS CORPUS.

Mr. PLATT moved for a writ of Hctheav Corpus to bring up
the body of a young lady of 17 years of age. He moved it on
the affidavits of her parents, from which it appeared that a gen-
tleman, named Moore, residing at the marine-barracks, Ports-
mouth, had goethe young lady at present under his protection,
and he had declared he would not give her up.-1-The Court
granted the writ:

THE KING V. MARY WHITEY.

The defendant, it will be recollected by our readers, was
convicted of perjury in an affidavit sworn by her, on nn ap-
plication to the Court, arising out of the proceedings in the
case of Maria Glenn and the Bowdiches. She was brought up
for judgment on a former day, when the report of the trial was
read,. She was again brought up this morning, when
The COURT intimated that much extrancon3 evidence had
been Gone into at tie trial, 'which might have hA. some effect
on the Jury.

Mr. Sc LETT, on the intimation being given; consented to
the defendant being discharged on her own recognizance, which
was ac:,-..,.rdingly entered into, and she was discharged. .

WEATILEII.—As an illustration of the singular
character of the last winter, it may be mentioned
that while the thermometer was some, degrees
above freezing in Russia and Sweden, they were
skaiting and driving traineaux at Madrid, through
the whole of January, and several persons were
frozen to death in the streets of Lisbon.

FOR THE SUN.

" CAIN."

MR. EDITOR—The obliging readiness which
you evinced in inserting a former communication,
induces me again to encroach on your valuable
columns, ever open as they are to aught that con-
cerns the welfare of the Religion of the State, or
the morals of the Nation. I am one of those,
(and many, I am persuaded there are), who feel
equal surprise and regret at the decision of the
LORD CHANCELLOR on Lord BYRON'S Poem of
"‘ Cain :" I would not pretend to contend, or
even to allow myself to suppose, that his Lord-
ship has not legally decided in his refusal to pro-
tect the copyright ; such a supposition would be
equally absurd and presumptuous, as no one can
for a moment conceive that it is not the wish of
his Lordship to diminish the circulation, as well
as totally to annihilate this-and similarly dange-
rous works : but let us consider the lamentable
effect of his Lo'rdship's judgment. This work is
openly placarded in the streets to be had of a
certain low tifed publisher, at a very trifling ex-
pence, who impudently boasts that 5000 copies
are ready for delivery, zeithoutfearofprosecution;
and thus the comparatively costly publication of
Mr. MURRAY, which was a book in the reach of
those only who move in the higher, circles of so-
ciety, has become an instrument in the hands of
the vile and degraded outcasts of mankind, who
can command a press, and call themselves pub-
lishers, from a desire of paltry gain, or perhaps
from a more reprehensible source, an innate love
of mischief ; the very emissaries of Satan are
quietly permitted to extend any loathsome con-
tagion among our humbler fellow-creatures, our
distressed artizans and manufacturers, who curs-
ed, not blessed, with a little learning, are ever
ready to imbibe every kind of trash that issues
from a polluted and licentious press, and thus the
continually increasing extension of education
which, by the blessing of God and the co-opera-
tion of man, might be rendered the first of com-
forts to all classes in a free Country, bids fair
(unless a speedy stop is put to the present tide of
infidel writings and modes of publication) to be
indeed a curse from the highest to the lowest.—
The case which came before the Lord Chancellor
a few days since (Lawrance v. Smith) will be suf-
ficient to evince a very clear necessity for new
enactments to protect us against the overwhelm-
ing torrent of blasphemous productions daily
issuing from the press. Here a Publisher fees
Counsel to go into a Court of Equity to prove the
mischievous nature of a work he himself has
published, and the consequent inability of
an Author to protect his copyright in a work
which contains principles utterly subversive,
of our excellent religion : the Pirate Pub-
lisher, probably " a man of straw," thus thinks
to turn a penny till the strong arm but tardy pro-
cess of the law, can be brought to act against
him ; or probably relying on the mass of equally
offensive matter which is continually augmenting
the dung-hill of infidelity, he consoles himself
with the idea that his own rotten lump may lie
hid and undetected, and its owner live at least
unpunished and unprosecuted. A man of plain
common sense (not a lawyer) would probably
take a different view of these matters, and would
say—" I have read your publication, and find it to
contain passages quite unfit to be laid before the
Public, and doctrines utterly subversive of and re-
pugnant to Christianity; in a word it is totally un-
fit for ciculation in a Christian Country,and ought
to be destroyed and annihilated altogether, and
in order to do this more effectually I grant
the injunction you pray ; but I must fur-
ther inform you that I have, as an adviser of
the Crown, directed the Attorney-General to
prosecute you for its publication." We must not
mince the matter ; names, how ever respectable,
attached to reprehensible productions, should be
equally dealt with in this respect, and then we
should soon see a publisher who valued his good
name refuse to sanction improper works. This,
it may be objected, would only throw the same
works into a meaner, but perhaps a wider chan-
nel ; unquestionably a volume at eight shil-
lings will not extend itself so widely as the
same matter compressed into one at ls. 6d :
but a remedy presents itself to meet every diffi-
culty, and in recommending a more severe and
summary process for the distinction of blasphe-
mous libels, I trust I shall not lay myself open
to a charge of wishing to abridge the liberty of
the press, or of assimilating our laws of publica-
tion to the censorship of France ; undoubtedly I
shall bring upon myself the odium of such a
charge by those who confound liberty with li-
centiousness, but as I neither care for the opi-
nion of such, nor expect their co-operation, I
shall proceed at once to detail my project. Let
the Attorney-General be clothed with power to
move for an injunction to restrain the further
sale of any work which, upon affidavit, is sworn
to contain atheistical principles : nip the poison
in the bud, ere it can extend its pestilential and
ramifying influence among society at large.—
Seize the stock of filth in hand, and let its me-
rits await the decision of a Court of Law. But it
may be objected that we ought first to prove that
the old laws are insufficient, ere we call for new
ones, and this may very readily be done by calling
to our recollection the infamous Carlile. How
openly and daringly does this vagabond set all
legal proceedings at defiance, for much more than
sufficient time to spread the baneful contagion
among all who, from distress or inclination, are
the dupes of his artifice. The more he and his
emissaries are prosecuted, the more his works
are spread, awl the more impudently atrocious he
becomes. " This is the mart for sedition and
blasphemy," he unblushingly proclaims to the
world, and hundreds and thousands flock to his
pest-house, vrho, if a preventing remedy had
been applied in the first instance, would not have
had the opportunity. It may be objected also
that it. would be great injustice to punish, a priori,
before the nature of the work is decided upon;
that it would place too much power in a servant
of the Crown, and that it would cause great ex-
pence to the person prosecuted, though he might
ultimately obtain a verdict in his favour. It is
certain that no law could by possibility be made
to obtain the concurrence of all parties ; but,
f;um the readers of TILE SUN, I do not anticipate

such objections, and as I would recommend that 9
the law should extend to blasphemous libels
only (not political), that it should corilain clauses
to modify the expences. Perhaps by the
tation of the employment of one Counsel only on
each side, and by fixing his maximum fee, to-
gether with a remedy to recover remuneration by
a person wrongfully prosecuted to the full extent
of the injury he has thereby incurred, out of the
public purse. I cannot but think that such similar
modifications would go far towards reconciling the
measure to some, who would be unwilling to ha-
zard any alteration in the existing law. Surely, is
these enlightened times, we are not in danger of
having an Attorney-General who would abuse the
power he possesses, or use it from party or per'
sonal motives : indeed, if there be any valid ob-
jection to the conduct of A ttornies-General of
late years, it is that they have been too remiss
in their prosecutions, and hence, unfortunate'',
a Constitutional Association was deemed neces-
sary to,supply his deficiencies. It would be fo-
reign to my purpose to examine the merits or de'
fects of this Society, suffice into say that though;
entered into by many from the purest and most
praiseworthy motives, it is not approved bY
many well wishers to the prosperity of the Church,
and State : it has been most slanderously vilified
by the Jacobin Press, but it has been found lad'
mentably impotent for the purposes of its instid
tution ; indeed, it might very readily be proved
that the consequent inability which prevents man"
of its Members from serving on Juries, inasmuch
as it thins the ranks of loyal Jurors, and strengthens
the opposite party in an equal ratio. It would
not perhaps be out of place here to make a short
inquiry, why human nature should be more proud
to receive poison enveloped in gold, than plain
and wholesome food ; and the consequent insuf-
ficiency of those means we undoubtedly possess
of combating our enemies on their own ground,'
by pointing out their errors, and supplying purer
sentiments in their place : but when we consider
the number and the eminence of our opposers; vibe!'
we observe those names which are ranked high-
est in the scale of literature turning their highli
gifted minds to the propagation of error; when
we find that a Hume and a Gibbon, undoubtedly
the best historians we possess—when Byron, the
first of British bards, and Lawrance, the most
eminent surgeon of the age, can condescend t°'
pander to the gross taste of the public, by °peal,'
avowing their disbOef in Christian Revelation
dressing their diabolical insinuations in all their
tinsel of courtly phrase, and learned, but un-
founded argument ; can we be surprised that the
wits of our poor artisans and mechanics, con"
founded by the gaudy display of erudition and'
sophistry, are content to rely upon such learn"'
and eminent authority, that their soul is not /M:
mortal, and consequently will cease to exist wit"
its corporeal frames? Sinners as they know them'
selves to be, and pleasant as they have found
the path of sin, a doctrine so comfortable will,
undoubtedly, with the majority, supersede the
best intended representations on the other side'
a Paley and a Hornt will be equally despise'
and neglected-.--" they are paid for what they
write"—well they say " they are Clergymen, and
interested in blinding us ;" while the sophistry'
the licentiousness and the infidelity of a Hume, ti
Gibbon, a Drummond, a Carlile, a Byron, t
Shelly,and a Lawrance, will be eagerly swallovvo
by a deluded multitude to their destruction, the
mild and cheering precepts of a blessed Saviour
will be neglected ; the comfortable assurances °f
their Bibles will be despised ; the holy profes-
sors of Religion looked upon with. envy at thel‘r
possessions, and the seeds of rebellion, bctr"
against God and man, too thickly strewed, will
spring up in due time to crush their fellow crea:
tures first, but eventually their own pollute"
souls. May God grant us an effectual deliveraoce,
from such a dilemma, and so rule the hearts °`
his servants as to incline them to the truth f:-
meanwhile let us not lose any opportunity 0t
putting in force those legitimate means We Ie
possess for counteracting the influence of °u..
enemies. C.

This morning the prisoners who stand Con'
witted on charges of felony .were • removed fr°lll
the several gaols in London and Middlesex
Newgate, preparatory to their taking their trial;
at the ensuing Sessions at Justice Hall, in ,th
Old Bailey, which commence on Wednesi
next. —The.Sessions for Middlesex commence at
the Sessions House, Clerkenvvell-green, on 'rues'
day next.
We are credibly informed, that a person of tte,
name of Thos. Morley, now residing at Broug
ton, in this county, who had been in a declinip'
state of health some time, has had five toads ex:
pelled from his body ! and is now in a fair w3l,
for the recovery of his health.—(Nottingha'
Review.)
0
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A most melancholy accl'cle,o2l
happened on Thursday forenoon on the Frith, near the srt, be
island of Inchcolm. A boat, belonging to Newhaven,had Ur'
island with 2 fishermen and a custom-house officer, for thea Y far.
pose of proceeding to Newhaven ; they had not proccede
from the island en a sudden gust o{`wind upset the buat'ra,
the,
melancholy to relate, the custom-house officer and one u'n.is
fishermen were drowned. The other man was picked up filer
rock by .a boat which had left Inchcolm a few minutes 9
them. The fishermau has left a wife and three children'
( Edinburgh Courant, May 11.)
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COAL-MARKET, MAY H.
Ships at Nlarket. Ships sold price•fi ceL
41 Newcastle - - -30 s Oa 4 41": 341'
8 Sunderland - - 5 -31 s 3d to

BIRTHS.
On Sunday, the Lady of A. Young, Esq., of Lancaster'
street, Burton-crescent, of a daughter. we's'
On Friday, the 10th inst., Mrs. Vans Ifathorn, Pr
street, Edinburgh, of a daughter.

MARRIED. hgey
On the 14th inst., at Marylebone New Church, t e .be
Edward Orlgbar Smith, Rector of llolcut, and Salford. in
County of Bedford, to Julia, daughter of the late Rev. 11.111,a ,
Willis, of Bletchlcy, Bucks, and sister of John Fleming,
P.,
M.for Hampshire.

D CD. e
On the 13th inst., in Charlotte-street, BloomsburY, —aP 1' ip
Charles Warden, aged 56, many years Commander of a
in the Jamaica trade.
LoYmeisntejad-street,, at Kennington, Mr. John Mor;ri.s,
00ff
On Tuesday, morning, the 14th inst., Mr. Airrn. Sin'tr"
c ve of
Hoxton, a Membee of the Society of Friends, in consequen:no-
undeegoin.,4 a painful operation, recently performed, in :ono"
a tumour from the breast, aged 63.

Pied and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the SIP
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