The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-11 00:00:00

4w V IR E L'A ND.

Ell' 1319 LE ASS° CUT' Oti.---T he Tenth
.11iinc,erkiry Meeting of this institution was held
yesterday evening, in the spacious room, of the
Horns Tavern, Kennington, it was attended by
a most ntunttrons and respectable assemblage Of.
and Gentlemen. At six o'clock, T.
W A Mil M N., Esq. M.D. President of the Soc ty,
took the Chair, supported by several eminent
personages, who addressed the. Meeting in
utile speecho3 on various Motions, appoint.
ink officers for the, ensuing year. The Report,
which was read, detailed at considerable length
the elcertions of the Committee in circulating the
Scriptures among poor. fatniliesrund spoke of the
improved condition of the labouring classes.—

Thanks.having been, voted to the Chairman, who
expressed. his acknowledgiurnts in a neat speech,
the Meeting adjourneth
General h mut was assailed by a ruffian it)
King-street, it. James's, on Saturday evening,
wbo'attempted 40 rob, burn of his watch ; but.the
General.not only frustrated the design, but suc-
ceeded in arresting the ruffian.
•Thedligh price of the yenta on Wednesday
last at is ascertained to have been,.pro-
ductal by a gross,trick practised on the monied
interest in Paris. Fabricatedsopies of the King
of ENah.t,sn's-Speeeb, said to have arOved in
24 hours. were exhibited on 'Change, which
put hitt shis Majesty's.mouth a profe),&ion of the
strictest neutrality in the event of a war between
France and Spain. A 64.14 investigation into
this disgraceful proceeding hits been intituted by
the French Police, and the authors of it, it is ex-
pected, will be exposed and punished.

: ! -
M Categories of the Council of
Ten,tta. Eoa---
ndotthTeallegories ofthe Edinburgh Review,
&c. had made some clamour about the Bishop of
Peterborough's questions, and a pamphlet had
been written immediately in answer to them all,
which at last called forth a sort of answer on the
part of the Council, if it deserve the name, where
it only alludes to.the title in broad farce, with-
out the least pretension to an argument on the
subject. To took to this article in the number,
we might imagine, that instead of being one of
the mighty Decemvirs who took so much pains to
give and administer laws in morals and In
writ-
in;, he was only one-of the Bibliopolists of the
day, or rather of the Bibliopolists' boys, in the
lowest shop of the suburra, who never travel be-
yond the title-page, and meddle only with the
I.prices without any the least regard to other in-
terest in the commodity. Once, he appeased
to us a lad of some promise in understanding, and
in spirit, worthy of better days ; which might
improve as age advanced and a sober experience
familiarised men with the knowledge of the
world. We therefore took the liberty to com-
pare him to a comet, with fire enough in his tail
blazing with a ray of intelligence far above his
years, revolving in an orbit too eccentric, and
perhaps too pure, to be properly fixed and ad-
justed to any of our well-known systems, and
like that extraordinary phcenomenon in the
heavens,. exciting the more admiration, as we
were the less conscious whence he came, or
whither he was going. But now that we behold
him sinking like the rest of the planets which
pretend to illuminate the land, with the same
dull round of low buffoonery and hyper-criticism,
declinieg to enter further than the title page into
the argument which he himself provoked, and
offering no other vindication of his pusillanimity
than a bare quotation from a man who was dis 7
tinguished for no other qualification but his style,
and a base and ignominious irony with which he
assailed all public characters in the dark, we
cannot but feel ourselves shaken its our confi-
dence, and inclined to class him in the common
herd of those ephemerical critics who five, but
by partiality, on the spirit of party, or by any
other consideration than a regard to truth, how-
ever they may in their first outset affect to
feel, or in reality do feel, with this council,
no other predominant • influence. For even
now we are willing to encourage as far as
possible the first idea we entertained of him,
that the " young Gentleman," from Oxford
is still imbued with the love of truth, which
he brings fresh from his Alma Mater glow.,
ing with all_ the sentimentality so natural to
inexperience, and all the quixotic zeal for
Making this the bv-6t and purest' of all possible
worlds, and can only account for his aberration
from the purity of his sphere by the probable
supposition that, strong as his intellects may be
for his age, he happens to be dazzled by the
brilliancy of the title, end to-confess the honest
truth, it was meant to dazzle intellect of a cer-
tain size, but not so far to confound all their fa-
culties as never once to recover from the sudden
shock. It was Only to arouse their attention to
a subject which had been much, contested, and to
induce them to enter upon the main argument, and
if nothing die 'could tempt them' to bring forward
the mighty conjunction of two such bright lumi-
naries Hattie Council and the Northern Review,
as an eclipse will attract the vulgar gaze when
the' ordinary light of the Satz is passed itri
heeded
As_to the Pamphlet entitled .Episcopallnnova-
lion, for which sober prose the Council comics-
cends to abuse, we have been endeaveuring to
east up all the' lights that we ever heard of, and
for the life of us WO cannot, after all our pains,
discover any that can bear the least relation to
that inert and heavy mass of matter which is
bundled clOse into a pamphlet, and might, for the
Weight, sink into a profound oblivion. As to
cc girt-light," which is proffered as a simile by the
Council it is by far too beautiful in 'tSelf, ,nd
foe' Useful' to'society to 'admit of thee-comparison :
or. a planet or' meteor, or even Jack4t-lanthorn,
too luminous and, magnificent, it might perhaps
have been called, if we had Hudibras in our
head's at the time, the dark lanthorn of the
spirit, which none see by lmit those who bear
or-what we have ventured to- call one of the
Northern lights, an ignis-fatuus that bewilders
en & leads then into poola and ditches,—but the
real 'fact is, after having Waded through it with
great labour and little fruit, that nothing but it-
self can he its parallel. It is the pestilential con-
gregation of vapours, of which it is the essence
And quintessence; of that new light by which,
whatever Men speak, still_ they are sure team in the
tight--,which is so clearly shining forth in their
great Evangelical luminary, all of which is so
far ", in Ward" that nothing can be seen " outward"
and soars therefore above- any human epithet
except the elegautphraoe of the Council, the far-
thing rushlight, so humorously fathered upon
Alma Lux—het which the adopted sou can never
bear either in the literal or liberal translation,and
ire cnunothelp thinking that it willrequire more
thee
.his immortal breath to blow it out as he pre-
sumes at once. Let lain be well asSuredthat we feel
alarm at ids impotent threat to-brush:us away
With his tail ;' we throw ourselves with full and
perfect security within -his orbit ;.,and, only ex-
hort him to, prniect all his energies somewhat
beyond the Mere title, as he must remember that
there is but ft short period of actual vision to
every cornet; anti- `he cities not hasten to per-
: form the
.operations of his will, he and his tail
yv maanish together from the sphere, and he must
condeseend, if lie kill must he seen -to -perform
the dull 'and deily! revolutions of the planets, or
become a mere weekly Umpire, as flat and unpro-
fitable as the rest of his fraternity.
PO the •decline •
rpresent, howeser, entering
Into any arguments whit one :who' has, only just
set„hisLfecit itl. the anti-charithq. F or. he must be
a very young. gentleman indeed, who would con.-
deScend te-cornatunicate as freely qs In his Own,
draWing-rootn,-,with a' man 'who is cdoling his;
heels in the vestibule, a 94 conversing ivith;
lacquies and valets, and other such boon compa.
nies in the hall.

viiiLO-LUX.

TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORt
DisnLlN, FEII. 7.—The Jury having retired at
half-past 3 o'clock to-day to consider of a verdict, the Judges
remained on the Bench until 5 o'clock, waiting their return to
court. At that hour, learning that delay was likely to occur,
the Judges retired, intimating that two of them would return
to Court at 9 to receive the verdict.

Judges Bun Tog and. ViiiiiaLtun arrived at the 'hour
mentioned, and having taken their seats, ordered the Jury
to be summoned. The order was instantly obeyed, they ap-
peared in Court, and on their being asked if they had deter-
mined as to the verdict they shOuld give, replied; that they had
not, and that they were not likely to agree. The foreinan,,aftcr
this, requested that he and his brother jurors might be dis-
charged. The Judges refused to comply, and recommended
them to return to their chamber and deliberate anew. Their
Lordships then ordered the Sheriff to take charge of the Jury;
to lock them up in their chamber, and to keep the key. The
tipstaff of the Court was sworn not to allow any communica-
tion with the Jury, and to keep watch outside until nine o'clock
to-Morrow morning, which hour the judges have appointed for
the Court's sitting, when the Jury will be again called.. Iris
supposed that no verdict will be returned, as the Jury are not
likely to come to an' unanimous opinion.
FEB. B.—The Judges took their seat at the usual hour this
morning, and the Jury having been called ont and asked
whether their difficulty in not figreei .1 arose upon any point of
law ? The Foreman said " not ;" and a Juryman in the rear
having said audibly, " the difficulty did not arise upon any
point of law," they were then ordered back, after stating that
they had not agreed; nor was there' any likelihood of their
coming to an agreement.
The AT TORNEY.OENERAL stated to their Lordships that
the Crown had no wish to keeF the Jury longer; but he begged
to have it understood as his intention to proceed against the
traversers, the present determination of the Jury being no bar
to future proceedings.
The Jury were then called out, and the Attorney-General
expressed the same observations in their presence; after which
they were discharged by the Court.
The traversers are still bound over in their recognizances.

HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.

In consequence of the refusal of the (Tate) High Sheriff a
the County of Hurts, to appoint a Meeting for the purpose of
taking into consideration the subject of Agricultural Distress,
Sir Thos. Baring, Bart. of Stratton Park, has publicly made
an offer of his services, as one of the. Magistrates of the County,
to join any four of the Magistrates, in appointing a Meeting
for that purpose, according as the Lavt directs. The following
is Sir Thomas Baring's Address on the Subject :
" Having read with as much astonishment as regret the re-
fusal of the High Sheriff to convene a Meeting of the Owners
and Occupiers of Land in the County of Southampton, for the
legitimate purpose of taking into consideration the universally
acknowledged state of Agricultural Distress, and the propriety
of petitioning Parliament for some redress of those grievances
under which the Landed Interest of the kingdom at present
labours, I did not hesitate to offer to the Requisitionists the aid
of my services, as a Magistrate, to afford them this their tin-
doubted and inalienable right.
" The most valuable Privilege of the People, and upon
which their Liberty mainly depends, is the right ofaddressing
the Throne and petitioning Parliament—the inheritance and
birth-right of every British subject. Any supineness, there-
fore, under the violation of this important privilege, would
carry with it too deservedly, the character of criminal indif-
ferenee ,• but I trust that the enlightened Magistracy, and
.re-
spectable Proprietors and Occupiers of Land, in this great,
populous, and Agricultural county, will lay aside all party pre-
judices, and come forward to assert and vindicate the right of
which they may otherwise be deprived.
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(iiivgisiieeettdhlictneoet
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respectable
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obwho
(as helms not thought proper to assign his reason for the refusal),-
, that there never has occurred a more urgent or tit cause fOr
such a meeting, or less probability of any disturbance of the
public pease; and if the people possessess any legal and eon-
: stitutional right to meet at all, that they ought not, must not,
and cannot, be prevented from assembling together, to repre-
sent their sufferings to that power whose duty it is, if practi-
• cable, to afibrd immediate and eftbetual relief.
" I shall not be surprised should this 'impolitic and
judged, or, if proceeding from the counsel of others,
determination of the Sheriff, be received by all ranks and par-
ties of the inhabitants of this county with expressions of the
Most marked and decided disapprobadon ; for the question of
the rapidly decaying prosperity and industry of the whole land-
ed:proprietary and tenantry of the kingdom is of a magnitude
sufficient to alarm and to attract the serious consideration of.all
classes and.conditionS of life, and to absorb, for the time, all
political divisions and party feeling.
But I shall, indeed, be astonished, should there be found
wanting four "Magistrates to unite with me in- giving effect to
the reasonable request of so large and respectable a body of the
community, if it shall appear to be their desire to avail them-
selves of our authority and services. At all events, I shall
have conscientiously discharged my duty as allagistrate cpr
the county, and as an Englishman, shall have evinced 'my at-
tachment to the, Constitutional Rights and ..Privileges of the
people. • .
"I have studiously abstained from noticing the very extra.,
ordinary conversation stated to have taken place between the
High Sheriff and the Gentlemen who waited uPon him with the
Requisition for the 141,eeting, as any, allusion to an ex parte
statement, which, if incorrect, will no doubt receive a refuta-
ion, would be as unjust as it is Contrary. to my inclination.
" I am, &c.
THOMAS BARING."
" Stratton Park,-Jan. 27, 1023."

FROM SATURDAY'S GAZETTE.

DIVIDENDS.

March 1, C. Boldcro,il. G. BoWert', Sir H. Lushington,
Bart. and H. rtoldero, Cornhill, bankers—Feb. 15, R. Varner,
Bread-street, Cheapside, warehouseman—March 1, W. Fisher,'
Avorkelift, Westwood, Wiltshire, innkeeper—March 18, J.
1( Raines, ngs ton-u pon-II uI , n,t rchant--A'iarch'l, D. Griffin,
Walworth, linen-draper—March 1, J. Cripps, Wisbeach,
Cambridgeshire, draper-51arch 5, W. Whitaker,' Wakefield,
and J. Whitaker, Lee Green, . West Ardsley, "Woodchureh,
Yorkshire; colliers—March 5, J. NiThithread, Denshaw, Saddle-
worth, Yorkshire, clothier—March 5, C, Parker, Colchester,
merchant—March 1, J. 11. Tockerdermyn-street, St. James's,
cheirtist-March 3, J. Pasley, Bristol, master-manner-.-31arch
3, J. Wells, St. Michael, Nyinchester,,grocer—Alarch 3,, E. J.
Port; Riageley, Stuffordahire, ch --March 1, J. H.' lit" tibbs,
Lloyd's. Coffee-house, insurance-broker—Alarch 1, P. Atkinson,
,Illthbonc-place, • Oxford.-street, haberdasber--.Feb. '11; J.
Dowley,, Willow-street, Banksidc, Surrey, corn-merchaot___
March 3, It. Bradbury, Stone, Staffordshire, dealer and chap-
II . Hay,' Isieweastle.street, Strand, printer
i%lgrcti 3, E. Maddock, It. Quinn, and J. Unlacke, Liverpool,
merchants—March 3, L. P rost, jun. Liverpool, merchant.

CERTIFICATES, MAUCH 1.
G. Rainy, of Marshall-street, Carnaby-rnarket, ironmonger
W. Robertson, of Great• Saint insurance-broker—J.
Bu all, of Manchester, factor—J. Crips, of NVisbeach, Cam-
bridgeshire, linen-draper—E. Weaver, of Bristol, ironmonger
J. C. Jones, Britignorth,linen-draper—S, Brewer, of Alderton,
Suffolk, corn-merchant—S. Alertham, of Bryanstone-street,
Portman-square, merebant—J. Rowed. of Queen-street, Fins-
bury, timber-merchant--J. Durltam,of Lower Shadwell•street,
butcher.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Crompton, J. Cchofichl, J. Whitehead, J. Clare, and
W.: Dalton; 'of Oldham, cotton ...spinner,' Om far as regards the
said .W. Crompton)—J. Hancock and .1. Mellor, of Oldham,
plumben—J. and W. Proud, Itridgnorth, Shropshire, surgeons
J. Short and A .Golledge, of I idsumme r Norton, Soul ersetshire,
nialosters'-G. Best and D. Best; 'of Richmond, cabinet.makers
_if. ncannell and J. Smith, of (lawn, fartuers.—E,Coeketten
and 'l'. Forsaith, of A laiden.lane, '4l7ml:street, Ch eaSide, ribbon -
manufactiarers......l. Atkins, sen . and F. T. Atkins,' Bull-Jane. St
Nicholas, Depford, chemist—A. Halliday and J. AWood, or
Manchester, fustiun.manufaeturers-0. Monk and' J. Nook,
of Child Oekford, Dorsetshire, schoolmasters--W. Stones and
J. Stones of Sheffield, eabinet.case matinfaeturm....'..l, Keene
r and E347`. Clement, of Reading, sill;.manufactuters—W.
Mew, of Nottingliatti, and T. Gee, of Papplewick, Notting.
hatushire, liosierS—S..Davey,j. P. Magor, • „It. Ford, M. Bo
Eade, and It. Davey, of Redruth,-Cornwall, tallow-chandlers
(So far as regards the said S: . DaVey),M.Wlicox and J. %Vit.
cox, Walcot, , Somersetshire, chatr.inakers--111. Wostenholm Nvostenbrilrn, of Sheffielk furkimanufacturers —J. MtAdarn and D. ,Tackson, of Liverpool, merchants—J. Raester and W.
Woodward, of Pershore,' 1 Vorett teish i re, stirgeons—T: blather'-
s. ratites, T. Pitather, jolt. and , IL, Taylor, of Li verpool,.l4---
gilt, Flint ire, and auckley; 'Flititshire; 'leittt4nerchants tso
far as regards the said H. Taylor)444lt,flawkirte and i1....yre115,. of Birmingham, hrass-cock.founders—J. ICirkbv, J. Wati:,r-
house,- and V. Eltidgilea, :Of sheinelar ailyezzin- itha„R..phitn,
G. Plum and J. Plutn, of Ituasel-court, Drury-lane, cutlers
—W. Mklill and W. Watson, of Liverpool, linen.drapas—
W. Fishcr and R. H. Munday, of Fa:oral's Inn, attornies.