The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-10 00:00:00

NEW TIMES.]

. ••Several expresses were yesterday received from
Paris ;- but although the French Funds were
quoted lower than the day preceding, this cir-
cumstance had little effect here. On the con-
trary, the Funds materially improved. The
ti reach Papers communicate no important news.
Private. advices state, that although the Spa-
nish Bonds closed at three o'clock at 251, they
were subSequently done at 24. The British
Funds continue in a firm and gradual manner
to ad.vatice.;. and the temporary depression on
Wednesday has been followed by Consols ad-
vancing to SSZ• for the present account, and 89fr
for :the account ending the 26th of next month.
Spanish Bonds closed at 241, and little busi-
ness was dune in them compared .with what
usually takes place. French Rentes were done
nt c4f. (25c. and Scrip at 5-L premium. In other
Securities .thece was no alteration from pre-
vious prices.

[TLI E - T 1 b 1 E6.]
A. letter from Paris, dated Wednesday last,
states that accounts had been received of the ern-
lia'rklation of 1,800 men at Brest-1,000 for Mar-
tiniq.ne, and 800 for Guadaloupe. It is under.
stood that our Ambassador at Paris has received
explanations from:the French Government on the
subject of this expedition, who is assured that it
is solely intended for those islands, and that it
has tin relation whatever to the events passing in
South- America. The same letter states, that
the French Admiral, recently returned to Brest,
from the %Vest Indian station, has declared
that complete " anarchy exists in all the
South. American States : " but, that although
" there are to be found in the different provinces
" partisans of every_ political sect from Royalists to
" at:publicans,— yet. none advocate either the so-
" vvreignty-of Ferdinand or submission to Spain."
VMS opinion, coming from, such a quarter, toge-
lber with the:speechof the American President,
is siiid• -to 'have greatly cooled the ardour of the
party in the. French Cabinet disposed to assist
in_regaining possession of those,provinces.
'ft: will -be „seen by an article frotrithe Madrid Ga-
zfltes that even in, that, capital Peru is the only
,quarter 'respecting which any hopes are enter-
. .

[IIQIOIII•4I...CLUtOMICLE.]
It is very.-evident from all the advices lately
received from Ma*id, that the great dilemma in
which the Spltivigh IVlinisfers are placed, is, how
to oittain • Wurnueity in favour of those im-
plicatod fry their political opinions ; and on

this subject, it is but justice to add, they'
have been, for some time, I)bourin,g with the
utmost activity. We cannot ourselves see what
extensive effect a decree of amnesty would
have, at the present moment, in the affairs of
Spain, as, most assuredly, it would induce very
few of those -who have sought an asylum in a
foreign land to return home ; for if, by virtue
thereof, they were protected by the law (if any
such thing as law can be supposed to' exist in
Spain at present), they never would be safe as
long as the fanatical party can so easily
stir up a commotion, in order to murder them,
as has been the case in Bilboa, and other
places, or hire an assassin, under the certainty
of impunity. The amnesty decree can, there-
fore, only be intended to produce an effect
in foreign countries, where it may be de-
sirable to gloss over the error; and crimes of the
King, as a means of re-establishing the national
credit. We, however, suspect that it will be ne-
cessary to do more than prove that vengeance
and injustice are no longer the order of the day
in Madrid. Some specific guarantee must be
given before money is obtained ; and, above all,
there must be a return to good faith before con-
fidence is restored.

[-MORNING HERALD.]
Three of the four vacant law appointments
have, at length, formally taken place—Sir Robt.
Gifford, the Attorney-General, was yesterday
sworn in Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
Mr. Alexander, Chief Baron of the Exchequer;
and Sir John Copley, Solicitor-General, was
raised to the office of Attorney-General. The
unusual delay in these appointments has not es-
caped the notice of the public, and has been
the subject of a great deal of, curious conver-
sation. There is little doubt that the delay was
the result of much hesitation, caused by the
balancing of conflicting interests and claims.—
In no instance, it is said, has there been so large
a number of Candidates on the lists, or so stre-
nuous an exertion by the respective friends-of the
aspirants, without, of course the knowledge of
the latter, The promotions, it is said, have not
given entire satisfaction to some of the parties
themselves. This, however, is of litle import-
ance, as the appointments are calculated to give
general satisfaction to the public. If profes-
sional ambition alone be the object of the aew
Chief Justice, he has good reason to be content.
After, we believe, only nine years practice at
the Bar, and before be had yet sat in Parliament
or obtained a silk gown, he was appointed Soli-
citor-General. From that time to his present
advancement to the Bench, his life has• been
under the public observation. It will he gene-
rally allowed that he has exercised his discretion
with judgment, and his authority %vith mild-
ness. NITe have alluded to professional
ambition, as distinguished from political, with
reference to Sir Robert Gifford. In the
latter career—that of politics—he made what
may 'be called a respectable figure ; but it
it is evident, that as he is well qualified for
a lawyer or a Judge,• so he is incompetent to be
a politician—much less- a Statesman—to exert
force in Parliament, or influence in the Cabinet.
But the time seems gone. Oy when men rose
from the Barn to the Cabinet—or rather the in.
stances are become rare. Perhaps this is not
;a
to be expected. No single age twice
produced a Lord Somers. Ma Alexander
has obtained all that, in al4 likelihood, he
leas
s
desired, and is still in proper station—which sel-
dom happens when men's wishes are fulfilled• We
must pass over Sir J. Copley compliment
without corn
—for compliment to an Attorney-General might
come with a doubtful grace—and pass on to his
new colleaguewho, by the bye, has not yet
been sworn. There is something curious in the
career of the two Learned Gentlemen. Both de-
fended Watson and the other state prisoners on
their memorable trial. • How is that the one so
easilily atoned for this act—or, perhaps, was
rewarded for it, whilst the original sin of re-
sistance to authority seems sticking to the other,
even at this moment Of his appointment, how-
ever, it is said there is not the least doubt.

MARLBOROIUGU STREET. - Yesterday James
Walsh was held to bail upon a charge of at-
tempting to rob the Exeter Mail on Monday
evening last, at the Gloucester Coffee-house, in
Piccadilly.

POWERFUL OPTICAL ILLUSION.—A young
lady, who died in this town, fral been some time
previous to her death attended by a gentleman
of the medical profession. On the evening of her
decease, as this gentleman was sitting in com-
pany with a friend of his, and in the act of
taking a glass of punch, he imagined he saw
the lady walking into the room where him-
self and his friend were sitting, and, having
but a few hairs before visited her, and found
her in a dying state, the shock that his nerves
experienced was so great, that the glass which
held the punch fell from his hands, and he him-
self dropped on the floor in a fainting fit. After
he had perfectly recovered himself, and made in-
quiry about the lady, it was ascertained that a
few minutes before the time the medical gentle-
man imagined he had seen her in his friend's
apartment, she had departed this lifa.—(Carlow
Paper.)

On Wednesday morning, about four o'clock,
three men, with their faces and hands blacked,
entered the house of Mrs. WHITTINGLIAM, West
Country Coffee-house, Parliament-street, by
means of a rope ladder. Mrs. Whittingham,
being alarmed, went down stairs, when she
was immediately seized, knocked down, and very
ill treated. A knife was held to her breast with
threats to dispatch her if she gave the alarm.—
They then forced her into the front parlour,
where they rifled her pocket-book, and took
away 301. They had with them a dark lantern,
and had been regaling themselves for some time
in the house. On going away, they turned back
to carry off two bottles of spirits. They also took
two hams with them, and made their escape be-
fore she could give any alarm, though there were
three men sleeping in the house.--(Liverpool
Courier.)

LAW PROMOTIONS.

SWEARING-IN OF THE NEW CHIEF-JUSTICE OF THE
COMMON PLEAS, THE CHIEF-BARON OF THE EX-
CHEQUER, AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

The ceremony of swearing-in the above Gen-
tlemen was appointed by the LORD CHANCELLOR to have
taken place cn Thursday morning. The King's Warrant had
not arrived, and it was consequently deferred till yesterday.—
Precisely at a quarter past ten o'clock, the Lord Chancellor
arrived at Lincoln's-Inn-Hall, where his Lordship was shortly
after joined by Mr. Justice Park. Sir Robert Gifford and Sir
John S. Copley next arrrived in one carriage, and in a few
minutes after Mr. Alexander.

The proper Of appointed to administer the oaths Were
then admitted into the Lord Chancellor's private room, when
the Letters Patent, appointing Sir Robert Gifford, Chief-
Justice of the Common Pleas, were read by Mr. Wilbraham.
—lt stated his Majesty's approbation of Sir Robert's fulfilling
the office ; it was dated the 9th of January, and signed on be-
half of the King, " Bathurst." Sir Robert Gifford, then
on his knees, repeated after Mr. Wilbraham the oaths of
allegiance and supremacy ; on rising, the usual oath was ad-
ministered' to him, whereby he promised well and truly to per•.
form the duties of the office of Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas,- not to receive any fee or reward from any person, ex-
cept the King, and finally, to administer justice equally to the
poor as well as the rich. The Letters Patent were then handed
to • the - Lord Chancellor, and his Lordship delivered them to
the Chief Justice.

The Letters Patent appointing William Alexander, Esq.
Chief Baron of the Exchequer, were then read by Mr. Wilbra-
ham. They were dated the Bth of January, and signed, on be-
half of the King, " Bathurst."
;Ur. Alexander then, on his knees, took the oaths of alle-
giance and supremacy; and on rising Mr. Thompson admini-
stered the oath for the due performance of the duties of his
office of Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The Letters Patent
were then delivered to the Lord Chancellor, and his Lordship
delivered them to the Chief Baron.

Sir John Singleton Copley next advanced to the table, when
the Letters Patent, appointing him Attorney-General, were
read by Mr. Wilbraham ; the document was dated the 9th
January, and signed, on behalf of the King, " Bathurst."
Sir John, on his knees, then took the Oaths of Allegiance
and Supremacy, and, on rising, also took the Oath for the due
performance of the duties of his office of Attorney-General of
all the Courts of Law in this Kingdom, to speed all matters be-
longing to the King, and, on every occasion, to promote the
King's suit according to the best of his cunning and ability.
The Letters Patent were then delivered to the Lord Chan-
cellor, and his Lordship handed them to the Attorney-General.
The Learned Gentlemen received; upon the conclu►ion of the
ceremony, the congratulations of the Lord Chancellor and
Justice Park ; the latter Judge shook hands in a most cordial
manner with them.

Air. Wetherell is named as the new Solicitor-General; in-
deed it was understood the ceremony of his admission would
have been gone through yesterday morning, but he was not in
attendance.

The Lord Chancellor's health appeared to be considerably
improved.

TRADE WITH IRELAND.

The following Memorial on the subject of the
repeal of the remainder of the Irish Union Duties will be per-
used with great satisfaction. There is no place in Great Bri-
tain 'so deeply interested as Liverpool in a free and unrestricted
intercourse with Ireland ; and we trust, that the merchants of
this town, and all engaged in the trade with that kingdom, will
follow the example of the city of Dublin, and memoralize
the Treasury on the subject. Such an application transmitted
to- our Right Honourable Repreientative, who is the enlighten-
ed advocate of the liberal conunercial system, cannot rail to
he listened to. It would, perhaps, .be impossible to point out a
more rapid or stril-ing change of .opinion than is exemplified in
the memorial subjoined; • , VtTe always felt persuaded, that dis-
cussion and reflection, and interest- itself, would, ultimately,
Open the eyes of the manufacturers to the policy of a total re-
peal of the Union Duties ; but we were hardly prepared for so
speedy en avowal of the advantages which have already arisen
even from their partial repeal, and that, too, from the manu-
facturers themselves, who were lately so strongly opposed to
the measure.
" TO THE RIGHT HON. AND HON. THE LORDS OF HIS
MAJESTY'S TREASURY.

" The Memorial of the ttnacrsigned Merchants, Manfac-
turers, and Traders of the City of Dublin, •.

• " Sheweth—That a very considerable improvement has taken
glace since the cessation of part of the
Union inD tllli
increase of emploprnent has been
teies, trade
and of
a Irelandgreat
thereby afforded to the working classes, especially in the manu-
facture of calicoes and other descriptions of cotton goods ; at the
same time your Memorialists are not aware that in any branch
Of manufacture where the aforesaid duties have been removed,
any of -the workmen engaged therein have been; even partially,
thrown out of employment. With the testof experience, and a
. your Lordships to take into
consideration the expediency
complete change of public opinion
.in
in favour of such a measure,
your Memorialists respectfully pray
of to the .Lc"isla'
tore, in the ensuing Session, to repeal the remnant of the
Duties, and thereby afford to your Lordships a greater facility
of placing the intercourse between the two countries completely
on the footing of a coasting trade."
The above memorial has been signed by three hundred and
sixteen of the most respectable men of business in Dublin, and
among those who'hav
w w againste signed it are to be found Mr. Humph-
reys; Irish woollen factor, ho asilnion
taking off the duties
two years ago : see his evidence before the Parliamentary Coin-
Missioners, fourth Report. He has changed his opinion, and
has now signed the memorial. Mr. Vance, of the house of
Vance and Beers, who gave his opinion to the Parliamentary
Commissioners, two years ago, against taking off the duty
on woollens : see fourth Report. He has now signed the me,
morial. Mr. Dwyer, of the firm of Dwver and Troy, secre-
tary to the master silk manufacturers of Ireland.—(Liverpool
Courier, Jan. 7.) --........._

INCREASING TRADE OF LivEltPooL.—From the Ist of
January to the 31st of December, 1823, inclusive, 9,507 ves-
sels have reported inwards at our Custom-house—namely,
From foreign ports and Ireland ........ 5,927
Coasters 6 •

9,507
TEARS. VESSELS. TONS. AVERAGE.
7,795
In 1823 9.507
9,571
3,310
1322.. ...... 8,916 1,010,819 ..113
_„. 8,916

Increase. 01 • • ••• - . 109,295
The number of vessels and amount of tonnage reported in-
wards, in the year ending December 31, 1822, was greater
than that of any other year since the rise of the port. We
have now the gratifying pleasure of announcing over that year
an excess of nearly six Hundred vessels.

We are sorry to say the operative cotton-spin-
ners in Renfrew have again given their em-
ployers serious cause of complaint. Their wages,
for a considerable time, have run from 24 shillings
to upwards of thirty shillings per week; but,
not satisfied with these wages, they have en-
deavoured to dictate to their employers, and
to controul them in the choice of their servants,
so that none may he employed about the works
except such as are approvers of the combination.
Determined to enforce their extravagant designs,
the association have hired and paid incendiaries
and assassins, who have attempted to burn the
works and murder such as are obnoxious to the
combination. Finding themselves no longer safe
either in their persons or properties, the master
cotton spinners have come forward in a body,
in aid .of the police of the country—resolved to
adopt efficient measures for the utter suppression
of a system of crime, which is at once injurious
to the interests of trade, dangerous for the public
peace, and degrading to the character of
the operatives. Some time since the masters
intimated that warning was no longer necessary
for either party, and the cotton-mills in Ren-
frewshire are now shut up, and the proprietors
are determined that they shall remain so till the
exiting combination among the operative cotton-
spinners be suppressed.—(Glasgow Chronicle.)

PULPIT ELOQUENCE.-MR. IRVING.

[From the 58th No. of the Quarterly Review.]

Our articles was nearly concluded when we re-
ceived the Orations of Mr. Irving.' That in him
we have discovered our imaginary preacher, we can
by no means admit ; we have read his volume with
bitter and painful disappointment : bitter, because
the work falls so far short of the expectation
which his fame had excited; painful, because it
is an ungracious and unwelcome office to depre-
ciate, in the least, the labours of a zealous man,
which appear to have produced so striking an
effect on so great a concourse of hearers ; to have
startled so many of the thoughtless and dissipated;
and captivated so many of the undisciplined, but
ardent and enthusiastic minds. But Mr. Irving
would dispise us if we were not as fearless in per-
forming our duty as he is in his. We consider
popularity, in London especially, so uncer-
tain a criterion of excellence, that its ver-
dict can neither awe nor controul our opi-
nions. From the tone of our former observa-
tions, the author will perceive that we are not
blindly weded to our own system of preaching ;
and as to the charitable insinuation of ' illiberal
jealousy,' with which we find that Mr. Irving's
admirers attempt to beat down every one who
will not bow to their idol, that we can only treat
with disregard,---as we do the wanton falsehood,
so industriously circulated, that our ministers,
in whom the inseparable interests of the church
and state ire vested by the crown, have followed
the prevailing fashion of deserting their parish
churches, and hurried, day after day, to what,
by the law of England, (we speak without intend-
ed, and, we hope, without suspected disparage..
meat to the Scottish church,) is no more than
a licensed conventicle. Had the orator attained
or approximated to the lofty station assigned to
him by popular report, we might have felt a
blameless regret that our own church had not
produced the consummate preacher ; that the
crowds which flowed to Hatton-garden had not
rather thronged tootle of our splendid new churches
at Marylebone, Pancras, or Chelsea; but still we
should have hailed the eloquentadvocate of Chris-
tianity with pride and satisfaction, as an ornament
to our common literature, and a support to
be valued as much as it is wanted in our caprici-
ous and uncertain days, to our common religion.
But we cannot recognise, as the champion of our
faith, a reasoner so vague and inconsistent, a
declaimer so turgid and unintelligible, a writer
e
inore
toWt e interests deprecate
of
the h
r i
Chris-
tianity, troduction of a system of preaching which must
eventually
so coarse and
be
dangerouswhich is equally objectionable in its
dg
execution. However imperfect our
design and
aiid
rules of pulpit eloquence may be, we are con-
those Mr. Irving offends ; nor do we
vinced of their substantial truth ; against all and
each of
think that his own merits, which, better regulat-
ed, would be considerable, counterbalance the
violation of every principle : for we must be
excused in saying that his is not the brave ne-
glect of a transcendent genius, but an affected
and elaborate, outrage against nature, simplicity,
and truth. Far from creating a favourable im-
pression of himself, his book commences, and
we lament to say, proceeds, in a tone of self-suf-
ficiency, we had almost written arrogance, which
not all the piety of
Taylor, nor the theologic
depth of Barrow, nor the conscious strength of
Horsley, could excuse ; but here, with nothing
to vindicate it beyond the erudition of a school-
boy, and a theology so indistinct and inconsist-
ent, as to appear to take refuge from the de-
tection of its unsoundness in its redundant and
confused language ; it is not merely
in itself
offensive, but destroys the effect of that bold.
ness, which otherwise all would admire, with
which many fashionable folles and vices are as-
sailed. In this Christian country (says the
Preface) there are perhaps nine-tenths of every
class who know nothing at all about the applica-
tions and advantages of the simple truths of reve-
lation, or of revelation taken as a whole; and
what they do not know they cannot be expected
to reverence and obey. This ignorance, in both
the higher and the lower orders of religion, as a
discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the
heart, is not so much due to the want of inquisi-
tiveness on their part, as to the want of sedulous
and skilful ministry on the part of those to whom
it is intrusted.' Now we do not scruple to as-
sert that this contemptuous depreciation of the
labours not merely of the Church of England,
but likewise of all the dissenters, not only of
the national system of education, but the weekly
and Sunday schools of all descriptions, is directly
false. We can only compare this assertion
with the customary phrase which ushers in
the recommendation of some inestimable se-
cret, where the want of success in the regu-
lar faculty, long consulted in vain, adds irrefra-
gable weight to the testimony in favour of the
new cordial panacea. To correct this evil, and
here we fully coincide with him, 'Mr. Irving
would imbue the literature of the country with
the spirit of religion : but he must be as ignorant
of the real state of the press in this country as of
the religion, if he supposes that others have not
acknowledged, and endeavoured to act upon
this principle before his appearance amongst
us. His remedy, as far as the pulpit is con-
cerned, is not quite so clear from the preface,
and must be gathered from the work itself. His
system seems to be, not to confine religious ad-
vice to topics of religion alone, but to introduce
every subject which may occur, either literary or
political, in the way of digression and, illustration.
The sermon is to be made as amusing as.possible ;
no longer to restrict itself to the exposition of
scripture, the unfolding of points of doctrine, or
exhortation to Christian duty, but the preacher is
to add to his office, those of pamphleteer, Jour-
nalist, and reviewer. But has not Mr. Irs'wg the
good sense to perceive that to admit matters
of taste and opinion into the pulpit, however
attractive at first, must invalidate its authority,
and detract from that religious reverence,
which the sanctity of the place and the priestly
character ought to ensure ? It is dangerous for a
peaches to give his audience an opportunity of
differing from him with justice and propriety.
If they question the truth of his discourses on
these points, they will suspect his authority

on those which are more important. If he is a
bad critic in their estimation, they will naturally
doubt his being a good divine. There is, how-
ever, a more serious charge. We cannot endure
the liberty of the old Grecian comedy being as-
sumed in the pulpit. Mr. Irving introduces per-
sonal allusions to the authors of the day, and
even atacks them by name. We must reprobate
a practice so irreconcileable with the charity, and.
which may lead to consequences degrading to the
dignity of the pulpit. Be the merit or demerit,
of Mr. Southey's Vision of Judgment what
it may, with this we have nothing to do ;
but does not Mr. Irving perceive that,
in his attack on that gentleman, he himself
incurs a suspicion of not being exempt from the
influence of political animosity ? At all events
what could the effect of such a passage be upon
those among his hearers, honestly if you will,
opposed to Mr. Southey's principles ? Could it
be a charitable, devotional, Christian feeling?
Must it not have been a triumphant satisfaction
at this authoritative condemnation of their adver-
sary ? Surely Mr. Irving must have discovered
his error, not without shame and regret, if he
noticed the avidity with which the passage in
question was transferred to all the radical
journals.
Finally, we intreat Mr. Irving, for his sake as
for our own, in the name of that cause which he-
is pledged to advocate, not to waste his extra
ordinary power; not to sacrifice a permanent and,
extensive influence to a transient, theatrical suc.,
cess. His usefulness must depend upon his real
and lasting excellence ; let him therefore de-
spise the poor pride of sending forth his
works crude, disjointed, and unconnected ; let
him lower his pretensions, without in the least
compromising the boldness of a minister of di-
vine truth ; let him be more cautious in his as-
sertions, and the subjects which he introduces
into the pulpit, without being restrained or
timid ! let burn set us an example of that
solemn sequestration of the mind,' of which he
speaks, for the great conception and perfect exe-
cution of some enduring work in favour of Chris-
tianity, and we assure him that none of his fondest
admirers, or more eager followers, will hail his
appearance more proudly, gladly, or affectionately.
We speak in perfect sincerity when we add, that
the pleasure which we shall then derive, from
giving him our hearty and unrestrained tribute of
praise, will be heightened by the desire of com-
pensating for the unwilling severity of our pre-
sent remarks.

We are rejoiced to find there is a prospect of
Dublin once more appearing like itself. His
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, we.understand,
is determined to keep up a brilliant Court__
(Dublin Evening Post.)
With the exception of a Police homicide the
state of the country is satisfactory. On the other hand, fh re
is no truth in the story, that a Policeman was murdered in
Cork. On the whole, notwithstanding the efforts !rade to mis-
represent it, the present condition of the country forms a very
agreeable contrast to our condition in the beginning of last
year.—(Dublin Evening Post. )
ALARMING FIRE.-Yesterday morning, at two
o'clock, a very alarming fire,_ which completely destroyed the
premises and furniture, broke out in the house of
Esq. 8, Leigh-street, Burton-crescent. Mr. Clarke and family
are on a shooting excursion at Romney, the seat of Lord Pal-
merston, consequently the house was occupied by the servants-
The furniture is insured for 1,300/. in the Sun. The building
is not insured.

ACCIDENT AT THE LATE. FIGHT.-It Is with!.
great regret that we have to record several most melancholy ac-
cidents which took place in the course of the day. Previously
to the commencement of the fight, a considerable portion of :he
temporary galleries in front and to the right of the grand stand,
on which were upwards of 1,500 persons, fell with a tremen-
dous crash, and soon afterwards the remainder, with about
2,000 more, gave way. It is not in the power of language to
give a picture of the scene of disorder and distress which ensued.
—the number of broken limbs was very great, and we have
beard that two or three are not likely to survive the,injuri,:s
they sustained; hut we are not able, from the lateness of the
hour, and the bustle and confusion which prevails, to ascertain.
particulars.—( Worcester journal.)