The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-18 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

[From the Bum Gazette, Sep.t.-17.] .
We have long obeerved, with infinite satisfaction, a gradual
change in the tone of public opinion, not only in our own im-
mediate neighbourhood, but in almost every' part of the United
Kingdom ; a change which has convined 'us that the arts of fac-
tion fail to produce•their former effects, that the turbulent dis-
position which sedition had excited in subsiding into peace,
rind that the good old. English. feeling of our fathers- is regain-
ing' its-ascendancy in the hearts of the present race of Britons.
We de not think the worse of our countrymen fOr having been
deluded, and we think much better of them for that they have
.spirit to spurn their deluders. There has never been a time in
which crafty intriguers have not made the natural jealousy of
Englishmen for the safety of the constitution a tool with which
they might acquire an evanescent and paltry popularity ; and
there has never been an instance in which the blow meditated
by such men against the' constitution has not recoiled upon,
the head of him who sought to inflict it. Our country.
Men, and we are proud of them for it, may be for a time
deceived by shows °of patriotism, but they cannot be
permanently duped. 'Once convinced that they have acted
wrongly, they honourably strive to repair the consequences of,
their error, and on those who have misled them their vengeance•
is•terrible.. Look, to yourselves, ye mock patriots, ye radical
reformers,
ye friends of anarchy and foes of freedom ;
.ye who
have sought to attain your own dirty ends by polluting the
hearts orthe poor;
.look to yourselves ; the.hour of
in retribution,
is at hand, and ye are in peril. We do not inchide, we never
have included, one general censure all men who differ from
us as to the means of 'promoting the public weal, for we es-
teem many in private fife at whose political speculations we
tremble ; yet we cannot honour the understanding of 'the man
who makes the enjoyment of a prbsent blessing a theme of a
-speculative misery, as do the race of 'modern reformers. We
know there are defects even in the constitution of Britain; but
we also know, and feel, and will maintain that, as a whole,
it approaches nearer perfection than any form of government
ever devised by the wisdom of man. We know there are.
'spots on the sun, but who would think of them when baek-
-mg in his beams; or 'clOud imagination with a speck,
whilst all nature is expanding beneath an influence 'blessing
and to be blessed. The poor microscopic mind, perpetually
peering for defects, is an object of -pity ; we love to view na-
ture in her vastness ; and, though thing* evil be blended with
things holy, will not consent . to risk a great and certain good
for the possible redress of a trivial and• doubtful harm. For
these realm*, we are the anxious though 'horrible advocates of
the constnittion of our country ; the zealous but not, we trust,
uncharitable opponents of all who would tamper with a posse--
' ston of so' much worth ; and welejoice heartily in the defeat
and discomfiture af eve-yid:ern*, whether oran individual or
a faction, to subvert institutions which time and experience have
awe, '
made ao Sicced that the congregated wisdom of the crupire'ap-
proaches them with reverential. altho' state quacks'and far-.
tious fools hold theft so cheap that they would experitnentaliza
upon them with their owlssilly improvethents. The recent
defeat of the Ipswich radicals appears to us one 'of those events
which Mark
'the progress of good :principles, and the 'de-
jection of erroneous notions, as much as any circurn-
, stance that has fallen under our observation ; tore it is a
triumph' of
real independence over a knot of impudent
pretenders to
that estimable quality. The' Most' barefaced.
and .notorious corruption has been. .for some years em.
Rioted to free the .borough
of Ipswich from a corrupt •in-
fluence which never existed but in the corrupt minds of
reformers. The garb Of humility' has been made the masking
coat 'of ambition ; end hypocritical professors ..of meekness,
with pride it their hearts, terror on their tongues, and the price
of men's souls displayed upon their palm, have gone forth to
tempt, or intimidate, all who stood' between 'them and their
hopes. With veattf, at will, with the will to corrupt, and with
no bar to their desires save only parsimony, the yellow faction
have too long lorded it in Ipsyncli, to the unutterable disgust
of nine-tenths of the respectable part of the
,population. On.
the-other side it '.lble 'to practise bribery • for
there hard y Pcets ,
there has s allele
7 =en a deflcieney in the finance department
amongst the:Blues,,eince• although the. great majority of the
party ere men of wealth, yet having- no personal purpose to
obtain, PrOfuse individual expenditure was not to be expected,
and thus there could be no competition in the market of cor-
ruption ; and the friends of independence
.purchased
.yenat
voters at'their own price. 'ln fact, it is an undeniable truth
tbut-the'Ohly mode hr which the Corrupt part of the freemen of
IPswiell.couldebtain.the,witges of sin was, to of,
on the_ side
or the pretenders to purit . In such a state ofthings, the case
appeared despeeate, 'hopeless; those whe.liad nibn-thelead on'
the side 'of loYaity almost abandoned the • cause; ticcalional
compromises, well 'intended and' perhaps judicious,';were
entered into-- between the. contending parties;‘ until at last, •

thi freemen, who were not admitted to aknowledge of all
the circumstances, began to think that the borough was
made over to the radical faction, and that, in future
their franchise . might sleep. Resolved, however, not to be
so trampled on, determined to show their power, they, the
freethen, called on their ancient leaders, avowed their fix-
,ed resolution never to suffer the borough to degenerate into
a rotten appendage to the conventicle, nor permit a democratic
faction to rule without opposition. They have contested the
point nobly; and their reward has been Victory. " The vehicle
of the faction" may rave, and lie, and slander, but it cannot
controvert the damning fact, that the radical reformers of Ips-
wich are eipelled from power, are turned out, and that too by
the voice of the People. Loyal Freemen of Ipswich, ye have
now yroved yeur strength, and know your poser; ye have
redeemed the character of your town, have thrown off the
odium which radicalism had cast upon it, and it is in
your own power to make your triumph eternal. Be firm—
be united. Do not suffer little paltry individual jealousies
and heart-burnings to interfere with the cause you sup-
port. A great and important trust is in your hands ; your ex-
ample may stimulate neighbouring boroughs to similar exer-
tions, and the freemen 'of Yarmeuth and Colchester may pro-
bably be enabled to release themselves from the intrigues of
reforming boroughmongers. The question is not who shall
be chief magistrate or town-crier, but whether loyal feeling
and attachment to the church and state shall have the ascend-
ancy amongst you, or whether revolution shall insidiously
work its ends by sectarian influence and republican intrigue.-,-
On such a question, the man who cannot conquer his personal'
feelings is not worth owning ; and lie who, for his own aggran-
dizement or emolument, sacrifices the services of one zealous
friend, or by selfish policy disgusts one worthy partizan, is a
traitor to the party, and an enemy to the independence of Ips-
wich. Freemen remember this, act upon it; and the glories of
the yellow flag are faden, and for ever !

BETHEL UNION.
AND SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.
The Fourth Annual Meeting of this Society
was held yesterday evening, at the City of London Tavern.
Long before six o'clock the Great Room of that Tavern was
crowded -to excess, in great part with the fair seal and even
the passages leading to it were filled before the appointed hour.
At six o clock Admiral Lord GAMBiEII took the Chair. An
appropriate hymn was then given out by the Rev. Mr. Smith,
of Penzance, and a prayer, invoking the Divine favour on the
labours of the Meeting, was offered up by the Rev. Mr. Davies,
of Walworth. - •
Mr. Amin Y then read the Report, which was very long, and
gave gratifying proofs of the progress of the Society in the reli-
gious instruction of the seafaring community; and of the ex-
tension of the means by which that instruction might be af-
forded them. 'lt also recommended to the notice of the Meet-
ing and. the Christian world 'the establishment of a Seaman's
Library in the metropolis, of a School t'or Poor Sea-boys, and
of a Register-office for Sailors of good character, whereby a
-moral seaman might hi any part of the world-receive the pre-
ference he would be entitled to.

The Rev. G. C. SMITH, of Penzance, whose' exertions in
behalf of the Society have been so conspicuous, congratulated
the Meeting on the gratifying prospectS of the ociety, and the
auspices under which they had assembled.. Britons had gone
to victory under Nelson and Collingwood—they were now uni-
ted under Gambier, in the more glorious warfare in which the
victory was the salvation of the souls ofseamen—( Applause.)—
There was scarcely any part of the world in which the Bethel
flag not now fly, and in the remotest parts of the vast deep
there were ways for the seamen to come into Christ. The Rev.
Gentleman related• some afl'ecring instances of the influence
which the Bethel flags'had exercised on the minds of seamen,
and of its influence on their religious 'and moral character.
Many had been converted from the worst possible lives to a
sense of Christianity. At Portsmouth a mariner saw the Be-
thel flag flying ; he knew not what it was ; he inquired, and he
heard a bad report of the Union from some, and did not go-in ;
but at Bristol he again saw a floating chapel, and was struck
with the figure head, which was the Bible—(Applause)—with
the 107th Psalm. '
" Oh that men would praise the Lord for, his goodness, and
for his wonderful works to the Children of men.—. They that go
down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters.
They see the works of the Lord, anti his wonders in the deep.
—The cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them
out of their distresses," &c.
He then went into the Chapel and his mind 'was turned by
the discourse he heard, and he •heeame a religious man. By
making Mariners religious and moral, religion and morality
were diffused wherever the British flag fiew. A French writer,
the Abbe de Pradt, bad said, that there was not one in England
but six in America, and our great Colonies. It waa.not only
for science and political rights that these New Englands would
he indebted to us, but for a knowledge of the God of Salvation.
The Bethel flag now flew in all the Islands of the Pacific.
The South Sea whalers, who were absent front England three
years, were surprised at finding the Bethel flag in the distant
isles to which they resorted. From Rio Janeiro to Baflin's
Bay it was to be found, and all British seamen would soon
be 13ethelized. After some further appropriate observations,
the Reverend Speaker moved the first Resolution.
" 1. That ignorance, the guilt, and the misery, which now
exist among British and foreign
,seamen are mostly to be de-
plored, while powerful Christian feelings, of sympathy and
compassion now prevailing fbr them, is a token of good that
Britain may well hail as distinguishing the hand of God, and
that the Report now read be received and printed."
The Rev. 111 r. &sweeps seconded it.
General NEVILLE moved the second Resolution, and ob-
served; he did nofinetin to expatiate in support of it, but to
show the colours under which he fought.
" 2. The sudden and unexpected rise of religious and moral
irhproviiment among Seamen, connected with the facilities of
access to them, and the rapid diffusion of the truth, as it is in
Jesus, among a large portion of this interesting class of men
and their families, are adapted to excite the :utmost gratitude to
Clod."

The Reverend Mr. HILL rAnD, of Bedford, said, that though
he came from an inland county, where he had personally no-
thing to do with seamen, he thought the object of the Society
important ins national point of view. He seconded the Reso-
lution.

•
Capt. BASILGATES, R.N. moved the third Resolution, and
the Rtiv. Mr. itrkhvt o,* seconded it.
" 3. The mans employed by the British and .Poreign
Seamen's Friend Society, and Bethel Union, are best suited to
the habits and necessities of our marine population, but the
chief, the grand, and the'most essential, has been the cultiva-
tion ()fan earnest'spirit of prayer among sailors in the domestic
worship of the cabin, .and the social assembly on the forecastle,
the steerage, or the hold, and the promotion under divine in-
llocnce of 'the grace of supplication in the religiouS world for
sailors."

The ,Rev. Dr. COLLYER then ,came forward to propose the
fourth' Resolution, and wag reeeived With loudapplause. lie
Said his feelings were so strong at the manner in which he Lad
been:greeted, that it would 'be better for him to'go to bis text
and read the. Resolutions which had been, put into his hands.
Rev. Doctor then read the ' Resolution, and elOquently
appealed to the' Meeting in behalf of the objects of
the Society; ..The launching of a ship, he observed, was
a beautiful' Sight, but it was a still more beautiful one,
to see the same' ship return safe from
.the dangers of the
seas. How much 'would the satisfaction of such a sight be
increased if we knew that seamen in coining into port came
also into the way of religiOus instruction and the path of sal-
vation. He strongly recommended the project or the* MOral
Register of Seamen, which.; would teach Mariners to rely on
their character and conduct, not only on their allegiaose to
their. King and country, but on their attachment:to the Lord of
Hosts, and to the King of Kings. Atter some further rernerki,
he moved the, ourth Relolution.
" 4. The new plans named in the Report, of a Seaman's
Li-
brary, a Poor Sea Boys' 'School, and- a Register.oice for ,
Sailors of good character, are highly worthy of general pa.
tronage, support, and prayers." - •
Mr. Ald. KEY moved the fifth' Resolution, which was Ate-
candid by the Rev. Mr. Gilbert,•for the re-appointment of the
ofikers of the Society.
The :Bth and-7th• Resolutions, 'which were thanks to the
trims of the Society and to the Societies co-operating with it in
the 'United States, were then agreed to. •
Thank* were voted to the Noble and Gallant Chairman who
briefly acknowledged them ; and the Meeting was dissolved, a closing hymn; and 'appropriate prayer.

THE LATE POPE.—On Tuesday next, the Rid
instant, a grand "Funeral Service will be perform..
ed Moorfields-chapel,`for his late Holiness POpe
Pius VU. The 'Right Rev. Dr. Poynter, assist-
ed by other Bishops, will officiate on the occasion,
and ale whole of the' Catholic Clergy through.
out the district are dir.kted to attend in their
surplices and cassocks.

A flewcut is commenced, upon which 150 men
are employed (ram the river Thames to the
wooden bridge at Little tdhelsea, where a caPit-
clots basin is forming for the reception of craft.
The old bridge is to be taken down, and a hand.
some iron one will be thrown across on the same
spot.

VIE "PRINCESS (Aim"

4

11 UNION-HALL.--Yesterday morning Shergoldf
a constable of the Surrey New Roads, put a letter
into the hands of the Magistrates of this office—
as
elaeltetde rwlict h
tchhe Vißaosy
a C enclosedrest, iann adnweittlivi etlhoep eel
cipher
"0" underneath. At the corner of the direr.
Sittingwialisoi:Htoalit,hes;cli.7.wtehree,thei.;Ods;
lVira
gtii°slltwhiesocfh u"
Princess Olive." The Sitting Magistrates were
L. B. ALLEN, R. HEDGER, D. KING, and S,.
Esqrs., before whom the letter was
opened with all due formality. It was as follows;
and, notwithstanding the importance of the
writer, caused some laughter as well as surprise.
The difficulty of deciphering the characters per-,
haps added to the ludicrous exhibition :
TO THE SITTING MAGISTRATES OF UNION. HALL.
" Gentlemen—A very singular affair has occurred in my re-
sidence this day. While I was sitting conversing with au
esteemed friend of my guardian's,' the late Earl of Warwick, it
Person called from a Mr. Pope's, linen-draper, of Holborn;
and left a parcel in the care of one of my servants, saying he '
would, as I was engaged, call again in a quarter of an hone.
The servant came up to the drawing-room, and gave the young
man'smessage, when I.said that he need not have gone awaye
for I would have seen him in five minutes. In a short time I
was Informed that the young man had returned, when I met
him on the top of the stairs, and walked with him into the next
room, when he began untying his parcel. As I was engaged
in the next drawing-room, I said, " You must, Sir, be quick,
if you please, as I have a gentleman in the next room on very
important business." Then I stepped into the next room,
and in a few minutes went to the young man, to see some
clothes, &c. that he had to sell me. Having chosen the
clothes, I asked him for some Urling's lace ; and he said, 6' I
put some into my bag, surely it •is not lost." I replied, " I
bope not ;" when he said that the gloves and the patent lace
had been taken out of the bag. I said it was in:possible; for
I considered my servants to be very honest, and that
.one had
lived with me for some time. I asked him who he gave the
bag to; he said the youngest female. I had her up stairs, and
insisted upon every drawer and box in the room being search-
ed. Ile saitl there was no occasion ; 'but I said that the matter
should be cleared up directly before the young man departed.
The gentleman (Mr. Vancouver) said I Was perfectly right;
so a complete search was made; for I compelled all my places
to be looked into and examined, and requested the two ser-
vants to show their boxes down stairs, which they did in the
presence of the young man, Mr. Vancouver; And a tradesman.
I sent for to come over, yet nothing was found. The young.
man I reprimanded for tiding away and leaving his goods be.
fore I saw them. We asked him if the bag was a safe one, or
if it had any hole: he said that the bag, he believed, had a slit
in it, but the small parcel of lace could not come out, as it had
been tied by two strings, to prevent any thing from falling out
as he rode from Ilolborn to my residence.
" Now, Gentlemen, he should be examined as to the fact of
having the articles in the said bag as delivered to my servant-6
it rests between !Tacit. two ; and I wish you to have their oaths; .
as it is a very unpleasant matter to happen in my residence, and
as the patent lace is worth, the master and man say, W.—
Wrong must exist somewhere ; and on the other hand, if his •
lost the articles whilst tiding over, he should own it, as I Cannot
consent that the matter should.be passed over; as, Gentlemen,
Royal
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without
Highnessdelay, ha:cuyittitsoipana'iniadilno,cyitdeeepnrt
fcghsveeeliaseyn:HinnrOleuddyleddsoiel
snui,unsives..the,esexhesiereei
it is either a falsehood or an act of the grossest wickedness. At
r
it is, I am in the rules of the King's Bench, and you'll confer a
favour by letting your clerk see me. My servant should be
cleared if innocent, which I really hope and finally believe. I
have seen one of your officers, and he considered that the ar•
ticles could hot have been put into the bag, in which was a lace
veil, shawls, &c.; yet none of these were lost, but this lace
parcel was small. Mr. Pope lives in Holborn, and is a-linen-
draper ; the young man's name is Mr. Cooper, he said. My
cook is called Sarah Nichol, end the servant who received these
articles in the paid bag is Sophia Holmes. It may elicit truth
if the said articles were really lost ; and I have the honour to
be, Gentlemen,
" Your obedient humble servant, •
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gganahotndfilciettoils:slacit-ilaiihcostioce,
o'clock,
istietaaelthnp:dale,
ta'rh eslnoesocnrtnern:
ianens
previoustieeet-(r)
" OLIVE, Princess of Cutuberland.
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quantity
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ing's
siness. Mr. Pope said, that at 12 o'clock on that day he sent
hat
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presence
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Princess,"
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estilsat.'
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drawing-room,
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with
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out of
Upon any one of them. Sophia Ilohnee, the housemaid, who
cer then
iwriquestionedhgotwieeieagpt,lriefeosenuynottui
anatg largetini
emnslwi
examination,
tl t s
ilee,eofpraeri parcel,
tisEed
the lace had dropped, between Holborn and Hatfield-house.
Notwithstanding the intimation to efrect given to" the Prin.
cess," she determined to let the Magistrates of thaion-hall.
' know the whole circumstance, in' order that justice might be
done, and no blemish be ixrinitted to rest upon the family with
which she was nearly and affectionately connected.
The Magistrates said, there was no necessity for further in•
euiry, as the shopkeeper had had no suspicion of unfair deal-
ing, and they were of opinion that the case required my further
investigation or proceeding of any description, except the pub,
licahon of the loss, and a reward to the finder.
A handbill was printed, offering three guineas reward; and
here the ease ended.

B IR THS.
On the 12th inst.. at Mount Melville, Fifeshire, the Lady
Catherine 'Whyte Melville, of a daughter.
On Monday, the 15th inst., at his house, Balitant-blll, the
Lady of N. P. Levi, Esq., of a daughter.

At Copenha SIARRIRD.
gen, on the 23d ult., Willia Count n
Alohclta, of Bregentoed, to the Countess Knuth,m first LadyVo of
Honour to the Queen.
On 'Wednesday, the 17th inst., at St. Marylebone Church,
Joseph Taylor, Esq., Royal Navy, eldest son of Joseplr Tay-
lor, Esq., late of Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, to Harriett,
daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel William Duncan, of
the First (or Royal) Regiment of Foot.
On Tuesday last, at St. llarylebone Church, Mr. E. Cooper,
of Little York-place. to Miss 51 iVallace, of Dorset-street.
On Wednesday, the 17th inst., at Hackney Church, Edgar
Taylor, Esq., of the Inner Temple, to Ann, second daughter
of :John Christie, Esq., Hackney.
On Hkney.
On Friday last, at
All Saint's Church, Southampton, Ed-
ward Bridger, Esq. of Angel-court, Thtogmorton-street, so-
licitor, to Arm, eldest daughter of John Hunt, Etickt
Southampton.

. .
Lately, at Frankfort, the
,DIE.D Baron Von. Backhausen, a verl
rich Nobleman.
At Augiburgli, on the 16th ult.,• Mr. Carli, Councillor or
Fiaance, chief of the respectable commercial firm, Car"nd
Con,pany, of that City.
At Isleworth, on Tuesday, the 16th Inst.; Charles‘Garttiner,
Esq.„ formerly of Lockleys, near Welwyn klert4 'in the 60th,
year of his age.
On. tile. 10th ir.st., Et his, house, ' Young-street, -Ghael°ae-
square, Edinburgh, Air. Williarn 'Lamb, upholsterer, in the
84th year of his age.
At the house of his uncle, Robert SW:in, Esq., of Queen
stre•64Edinburgh, on the itch inst., James Stodatt, Esq., t!'
Rusfell-squale, London, F.R.S.L.
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