The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-31 00:00:00

MR. FOX

A's it is still the fashion with certain Reformers
to mention Mr. Fox with the highest veneration,
and as his opinions are held by them as oracular,
We hit%(e extracted the following speech, which ap-
pears in. a
,note to the last edition of Jutztvs's
,LETTERS, vn the subject of WOoDFALL'S trial
The public, in general, will, we
.ddubt not, be
struck with the observations which Mr: Fox -made.
on the factious clamours of that day, both within
and without the House of Commons, and their re-
markable applicability to the,
conduct and coin-.
plaints of the same description of people at pre-,
sent. Indeed we might almost consi.derthe descrip-
tion which he then gave of -the character and ob-
jects of Demagogue Reformers as prophetic of
the present time, it the history of all times did not
inform usi that there will always be turbulent and
factious men who, in their anxiety to get into
power, endeavour to bring disgrace upon the
existing Administration, and even to hazard the
safety of the country itsgriti-order to gratify:-

their own venal and ambitious views-. We leave
to the admirers of Mr. Fox the task of recon-
ciling the sentiments which he then delivered
respecting the voice of the people, as expresseti
by their representatives, and the opinions wilich
he afterwards found it expedient to hold forth oa
the same subject, opinions which those admirers
vehemently inculcate at the present moment.

Mr. Fox spoke as follows :
" We are told by the abettors of this motion,
that jealoulies, murmurs, and discontents inereoe
and multiply throughout the nation ; that the peo-
ple are under terrible apprehensions that the Ia y.
is perverted, the juries are deprived of • their con';-
stitutionarpo—t, titrertie-CriditrOt JUSIIL
not sound and untainted ; in a word, that tha
Judges, have, like a dozen of monstrous PEta7o
nian giants, either swallowed, or arc going tr>
swallow up both law and gospel. And how do '
they prove the truth of these allegations the
manner is pleasant enough. They refer us to their
own libelous remonstrances, and to those infa
mous lampoons and satires, which they have takea
care to write and circulate. They modestly sub-
-stitute themselves in the place of the nation, and
call their own complaints the grievances of Eng-
land. Their meaning is plain enough, and we
understand perfectly how all their grievances
ought to be redressed. For my part, lam not
disposed to take the voice of a miserable faction
for the voice of my country. Were the people
really dissatisfied, I should be glad to know how
I am to ascertain the reality of their diSsatisfac-
tion ? I must freely confess, that I knOw no other
way but that of consulting this House. Here the
people are represented, and here their voice ex-
pressed. There is no criterion but the majority
of this assembly, by which we can judge of their . •
sentiments. This man, in order to' answer one _
purpose, and that man, in order to -answer ano-
ther, will tell you that a general cry has gone
abroad against certain men and measures, but will
you be so credulous as to take him Upon tis,word,
when you can easily penetrate:, his-intertsu I
views, and find him the original and prime mover
of all the clamour ? I can easily trace the authors
of the outcry raised against the Judges ; and I
would point them out, had not they, as well as
their selfish ends, been already exposed in all their
deformity. Why then should we hesitate to put
a negative upon a question which sprung from
such alow source ? From dirt it came, and to
dirt let itreturn. As to myself,' r certainly Willi
as I can never acknowledge for the voice of the
nation what is not echoed by the majority of tpis •
House ; and I do not find that th'e majority of us
entertain any suspicions, much le'ss terrible ap-;.
prehensions, of the Judges; though, if there were •
any just foundation for complaint, we must cer-
tain ly have been better informed of it than the
people.

" Indeed; if tile adoption of this inquiry would
answer any good purpose, I slaoulri not be such

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.pC ser, enny'lileed as lam that the Fudges
oiesi. 8..1.t. I amittifypeisuaded that would

zt —be the care. For, as I have shewn, it would
6Y- !ii attempt to remove discontents which do not
Mdst but among. those who have, generated, fos-
4"cl, nrtd reared them up to their prese'n't magni-
tride, and would not, therefore, be satisfied, tho'
fiustice, though Astrea herself, should descend
bak,A from heaven to exculpate our Judges: And.
What is more, it would, on ,their own principles,
I)rove fruitless and nugatory, even if we suppose
he people to be really discontented. For what
Rllc they been doing for these last two years but
.
inging constantly in our ears the contempt in
bleb we are held by the people ? have they not
acle these walls echo with the terms of reproach,
Which they alleged were cast upon us by men of
every degree, by high and low, rich and poor,
learned and unlearned ! Were we not, and are we
not still, according to their account, held in uni-
versal detestation ind abhorrence ? Does not the
Whole empire, from one end to the other, reckon
Ls 'equally weak and wicked ? in a word, are we
not become an abominaticn in the land ? Such is
'the language of the minority. How can they,
With a serious face, desire us to'undertake this in-
quiry, in order to satisfy the people ? the people,
if their former assertions are to 'be ereditei, wilt
receive no good at our hands. They will regard
What we say no more than a knot of coffee-house
politicians. We are too ridiculous as well as

odious to do any thing that will appear gracious
in their eyes. What is the conclusion to be drawn?
let its satisfy ourselves. Let us act according to
the dictates-of honour and conscience, and be at
peace with our own minds. . It is thus that we
shall sooner or later regain the confidence of our
constituents, if we have lost it ; and not by hu-
.
kouring, as nurses humour great lubberly boys,
the Wayward whims of a misled multitude. The
charaCteristic of this House should be a firm and
Manly steadiness, an unshaken perseverance in the
pursuit of great and noble plans of general uti!ity,
and not a wavering inconstant fuctuat.i.:)n of
councils, regulated by the shifting of the popular
breeze.

" It we are not to judge for ourselves, but to
be ever at the command of the vulgar, and their

capricious sliOuts and hisses,. I cannot see the a 7
. 'vantage thenation'can,reap from a ,representative
body, which-they might not have reaped fr"m a
tuinultirous assembly of themselves, collected at
'random on Salisbury Plain or Runningmede. And
i: very,well knoWn, that such an irregular and,
liotous crowd are but very ill qualified to juilge
truly of ,their own interest, or to ptwue it, even
""'Len, v forni.2.44.lt,iPsig;m4-nt_ 'fl, ly,?, re 'Jut
very tinsteady•guadians of liberty and property.
Do you want proofs •Corrult the English history
and you will find them in every page." ,

Sir It. WiLsoxi, it is slid, was very near losing
life. Whilst reconnoitring, in the disguise of
a French Officer, he was, mistaken by a Rus-
sian soldier for one of the enemy's' Generals. The
2nusket was • immediately levelled, hut its discharge
was lucky prevented by General MILLARADO-
VITCH.

Report says that thereis to be anotber change
in the Go-.-ernintnit• of Spain ;' and the Cardinal of
BOURBON is to be sole Regent.

Friday last two divisions of cavalry,: marched
from the depot at Maidstone; for Portsmouth,
there to 'embark •on hoard the .outward-botuidEast
In,l•-imen.. They are deqiued to recrukthe several
rri;inleht,S 'Stationed at the two Presidencies of Ma-
.dr.i's and liengal.—The first detachment consists of
Te....rai'ts for the Bth and 24th Regiments, under
the *cominand of Captain O'Reilly of the 24th
Light Dragoons.—The second, of recruits for the
22d and 125th under the command of Captain Ran-
dall, of the 22d.

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CORK, DEC. 4.—The adveriity of the weather
has been lately productive of some mischievous
Consequences on this part of the Irish.coast.----,
On Wednesday morning, the sloop Caroline, of
Biddeford, JAMES MULLINS, Master, from Dub-
lin, bound to this. city, chieily laden With tal-
low and goods for merchants' trade, was strand-
ed atßullin's Bay, near the Old Head' of 'Kin-
sale. The crew and cargo had been fortunate-
ly sai'ed, and the inerchandize stored at Mr. Dri•
AlR.t.'s-stores, at the Old Head ; and it As.a;i; hoped
if the weather moderated, that the sloop could be
got off. Several ladies and children were on bOard,
Late 'yesterday evening a detachment, of the
corps of Brunswickers, which had been stationed
in Bandon, arrived in town, previous to their em-
barkation for foreign service.

Arrived also the Talbot sloop of war, Captain
Swaynt, from a cruise, she will p‘roceed to sea
again immediately.

FRAMs-13REAKING.--s-On Monday ;evening last,
z. party of inddites, eight in number, entered the
house of Henry Ccx, of, Beeston, near Notting-
ham, one of whom stood guard over the. woman,
(who happened to be the only inhabitant then in
the house) while the remainder proceeded up stairs
into the workshop, where they broke and destroy-
ed a 34 gauge yard-wide frame, the property of
IN.Tr."Turner, frome-smith. Not Content with this
act of atrocity, the partY carried .off a rack; and-
tieble tackle, worth seven anc.l sixpence
each, a new saw, two pairs of pliers, one pair of
scissors, a spoke-Shave, a, pair of point mold&
:(belonging to a 30 gauge frams of Mr. Hovey';) a
a wrench, and four bobbins of 'silk, the propetly
'of Mr. Cox.

RELIEF TO THE erEFFERING 11.11:;SlAn'S.

Yesterday, a Meeting took pursuant to
adyertisenent, at the City of
.London Tavern, for
'the iyu'rPOse of opening a Snipeription for the Re-
lief of the Sidering MANNiNG iu
the Chair.. -,.. •

:The object of theSMeeting having been briefly
stated by the Chairman, ,
a Mr. Bnsiaist thilacs rose. lle hadirequeutly
attended Meetings on occasions.somewhat similar
s to that which had this day called them together;
but he never remembered to have seen oee more
numerously and respectably attended than the pre,
sent. He felt himself verf inadequate to the task
he had to petforns ; but the cause did not depend
upon the powers of the individual who brought it
forward :—it was one which would operate power-
fully on the feelings of everyone ; and their feelings
would supply his deficiency. They were aware,
that the object of the Meeting was to open a Sub-
scription for the Relief of the Suffering Russians,
Who, in the sacrifices they bad made, had set an ex-
ample of fortitude. and heroism; from which even
this country might profit, should Engiand ever
be fated to struggle with her most inveterate ene-
my on her own shores. It was his hope this would
never be the case ; but he trusted in God, that,
under any circumstancess*England possessed with-
in herself the means of effectually resisting >rosy
force that might be brought against her. The
war between France and Russia had arisen from
the refusal of the latter to adhere to what was
called the Continental system of ,Buonaparte,
which went to exclude the commerce of England
from the Continent. To this the Emperor of
Russia' had magnanimously opposed the most
determined resistance. France had marched
against Russia her most experienced veterans.
—Those soldiers had 'been brought into the field
which were supposed to be invincible. These had
been hot only resisted and successfully resisted by
Russia, but she had signally avenged those calami-
ties which she bad suffered.from their aggressions.
From her the world had seen, that there were no
privations, no sufferings, no evil, no adversity,
which a people 'could not endure in defehce- of
their independance. The events of the Russian
campaigh he,could not but regard as highly im-
portant, with a reference to the effect which
they might be expected to produce on . the
other nations of Europe, who from these
might be encouraged to throw off the yoke of
Frances It was unnecessary for him to expatiate
on the sufferings of a very considerable poe-
tioh at the subjects of Russia. These must come
home to every leart,anti we could not avoid self-.
congratulat:oo while we felt that we had been spared
trials so severe, and were capable of soothing, by
our benevolence, the distresses of our allies. The
cause of Russia Le considered as the cause of Europe,
and more particularlv as r ne cause of England. It
was impossible not to admire that firmness and that
valohr, *hid] had successfully resisted the most
despotic power, and the finest army the 'world bad
ever seen. Nor could they but have a lively sense of
the alEictiohs of those people who had deprived
themselves of then' houses, t hat the enemy m ight not
find shelter in their country.. . Doing this, they
must felicitate themselves on the means they pos-
sessed of affording the -sufferers relief, svliich he
hoped every one present came with a decided re,
solution to do, as far as was in his power. Hav-
ing stated thus much, it was not for him to go
further into the subject ; but having given a brief.
and a faint outline of it, he should proceed to sub-
mit certain Resolutions to the Meeting. He then,
read the Resolutions (for which sec Advert.)
Mr. A. BARING seconded the resolutions.—
He thought it must be grateful to the feelings of
every. one, to relieve; in sonic degree, the suffer-
ingS of the Russians. The subject ought to be
.considered as well iu a moral as in a political
point of view. That which they contributed was
not to be regarded merely with a reference to
the advantages the Russians might derive from
it, but they ought to bear in mind the effect
such a manifestation of sympathy 6n the part of
this country might have on the other nations of
. Europe. ln this instance it Would be seen, -that
the peOple were not merely following an example
set by the. Government of the country, but came
forward spontaneously from their own feelings.—
The Meeting he thought one of peculiar interest
to the Merehaats of London, and be had great
pleasure in supporting the Resohitions which had
been read, feeling as he did, that the conduct of
theinhabitants of this great city would make a
',strong impression Millie people of this country,
;the people of itusia,, and on Ehrope at large.
Mr. S. THol67'l'ol4 stated, that he had the ho-
nour to move similar resolutions to those moved
to-day in another place last week, and he had to
say that that company, the Prince who presided
at itSand the Committee appointed, all concurred in
an anxious wish to forward the object of this Meet-
and a deSire 'to co-operate with those who
_formed. it, in the hope. of making the sUbScrip-
tion Worthy 'the cause. It was seen in the last
speech of Bisonaparte to his Council, that he de-
scribedthis to'be not a 'Or of animosity, but of
policy. " What Was the nature of that policy ?
: its 'object was siMply this, to exclude the produte
and manufactures of the British-Empire from the.
Continent. An aVowal like this must rouse the feel-
ings of every Englishman to a pr9per sense of the
merits of the contest in which 'Russia was engaged.
'lt was One, which‘might Most .eSSentially.cohtris
bate to the interest of the merehants and manufac•
,turers of this country, aid therefore they ought
'eagerly seize this opportunity of marking the
seuse they entertained of thehause in which their
:allies were fighting. Buonaparte bad stated that he
' had entreated 'of Psovidence a certain number of
years to ,complete the designs he had foinied. Ife
trusted', however, that he atresdy,apprOarhed the
.end of his career, and that the fitihneSS of the E-
mperor Of RusSia, and the'patriotisin of his peoples
would continue to prektit insurruiluntahle barriers
to his ambition. He- augured muds good from,
'she expression of the sentiments Of the people
this country 'on the 'events Which had taken place
within the last few months. Not only did be
augur much of good to the people of this country,
but to ail norope.
Mr. •MAIIRTATi' thought, that if the proposed:
subscription had, been recommended to them on
ic ground of eumahity alone, when they conSi-
dercd the desolation caused by the advance o' the

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"Preneb,the self-devotion and natriotism with which
it 114 been met on the part attic
.Russians„ th e suf,
ferei's would have appeared entitled
,ta liberal as-
sistance. But when, in._ addition to those feel-
ings of benevolence which An-41.istimen always
felt, those considerations of commercial ,policy
were added, which, in the present instance, were
so intimately connected with the subject of the
Meeting, he thonght e‘eiy,One must feel the pro-
priety Of contributing to: relieve the sufferers as
effectually as possible. Her then proceeded, to
draw an affecting picture of. the distresses of the
Russians, and highly panegyrised the •t lieroic ex-
ertions in defence of their country. „lA* r'esidthe
thnlight like ;y to, prodixe great changes in:other
nations;•tio..,oi4 he even despair of pro-
duce a great 'Change in France. - Vanity ,Was, the
prevailing feature in the French character. Zuo,
naparte had gratified it much ;. but when he no
longer led armies to conquest, but to destruction,
he thought a most important revulsion of public
sentiment was to be expected ; nor was it tOo
much to hope that it would produce a strong ex,
pression of the feelings of the people of France
on the subjeet,of the war. This was not tog
much 0 lit.pe from the people of France, When
they reflected that he had led an immense artily to
destruction, basely to desert it in the hour of dis-
tress. Buonaparte had united nearly the whole po-
litical power of Europe against Russia, and had
failed. Had he succeeded, this country must have
suffered greatly. The Emperor of RttSsia had,
under all circumstances, firmly refused to conform
to the continental system, and it was 'now incum-
bent upon this country to •shew, by its active be-
nevolence,' host aincerely it commiserated the af-
fliction ofthe unfortunate snflerers in the glorious
struggle.

Mr. Alderman C. SMITH spoke in support. of
the Resolutions. He regarded the late events in
the North as most importantly beneficial to the
interests of this country. But for the magna-
nimous exertions of the Emperor of Russia, the
situation of our armies in Spain would have been
very critical, and our prospects in every respect
essentially different. '['he Emperor of Russia, it
was to be remembered, had 'entered into the war
without making any stipulations tor aid from this
country, and this circumstance, be contended,
gave his unfortunate people a stronger claiM oil
the generosity of Englishmen. Had not the im-
mense army formed by Buonaparte been destroyed
by the Riissians, this country, in his opinion,
.would not have been out of jeopardy. Assisting
liberally the unfortunate Rnssians would exalt
the character of this country, if it needed exalta-
tion, in the eyes of ail posterity.
Mr. PLUMMER eulogised the conduct of the
Russians, and was in favour of giving them the
assistance proposed, as well for the political as
for the moral effect it would produce. It had
been said that Buonaparte could only ruin this
country by piercing it through the sides of other
countries. He contended this country could never
be ruined while it retained its navy, and its navy
could only be ruined with its commerce. lad thd
Emperor of Russia acceded to the demands of the
French Ruler, our commerce would have been
much injured; but for his magnAnithous resist-
ance to the mandates of Buonaparte, we should
not now have had a pin's point on the Continent
where our manufactures would be received. The
sufferings of the Russians had been great, and
well merited their sympathy and assistance. And
highly as he thought of that benevolence which
had called together that Meeting, he thought
still higher of the moral effect which it might be
expected to produce—marking as it did that ex-
pression of feeling, which did equal • honour to
those who gave, and so those whc received the
donations they might make. The manifestation
it would give of public feeling, would, in his
opinion be more valuable than the subscription,
however considerable in amount.

The Resolutions .were then put and carried
unanimously.

• A Conimittee was appointed to manage the
subscription.

The CHAIRMAN said, he felt it his duty to state
that he had received a letter dated the 26th,
(Saturday) from the Lord Mayhr, Wieling the use
of the Mansion-house for the Meeting. The let-
ter, however, through his being out of town,
had .not reached him till that morning. It was
then too late to accept of his Lordship's polite
offer. This he had stated in a letter which he im-
mediately wrote to his Lordship.
On the motion of Mr. B. LONG, the thanks, bi
the Meeting were voted to the Lord Mayor, for
his offer of the use of the Mansion-house. His
Lordship.was immediately after elected an hOno-
rary.Meniber of the Committee.

The Thanks of the Meeting were next toted to
the Chairman, who expressed his gratitude for
that bonoor.

The subscriptions then commenced, and dona-
tions toa very consider:Able am6unt were announc-
ed in the course of a very few minutes.

ENXIS) Dr.c. 23.—Last Saturday two hostile
'clans, by previous agreement, resorted to our
town, for the purpose of deeding their quarrel.,
The vigilance of John Jame's Fitzgerald, Esq.
liice-Provost, 'soon discovered their intentions,
and falling in with one .pa'rty, he lodged a few of
the most forward in gaol.

Bet Ween twelve and One ,o'clock in the night of
triday'sennight, the hokis'e of Mr. MennelF, .of
Bridlington, one of the Society of Friends, Was
entered by two Men, who forced the baa-door
open, and.after breakinglko a desk, *lid, rifling
the drawers, '&c. belOw Stair's, Went loWarclis the
bed-loom-OM. and M. 5... Mennell. The latter
'having hea'id a &Asc.', had got up with the intention.
of going down stairs just as the chamber il6or was
forced ap`en, When the thieves entered, one with a
pistol', and the other with a, latithorn; Mrs. M.
rery and.with singular resolution, inquir-
ed the 'reason, of their untimely visit ; one of them
said they wanted inon:7v. She replied) 'i• Had'st
thou come atla more st i:onable time, and told me
thou had a large family, and in great need, I
would have given thee some " The villains, not
being desirous, of entering into further conversa-
tion, demanded their money, took away what
they could find from from the pockets of Mr. and
Mrs. M. and made off,

SCOTLAND.

HIGH COURT JF JtSTICTARY.

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THOMAS BENNY, midshipinan, v. Jolx.. PAY ID-
SON, writer in Greenock, :lt!rocurator Fiscal, of
the Bailie Court of Greenock. . ,

In the,month of September 1512., ML .13enny,
employed in
,the iinpress service at Greenock, im-
pressed a man at that:place,_ and was' proCeeoing
in his boat to the tender With him,, when,
opt ac-
count cf some real or, supposed appearance-of ob-
struction offered him in the execution of his duty.,
he was induced to Are a unis.iet ; he was in con,
sequence takea iv at his' return on shore, brouAl4
,before the Bailie Court
,there,.and sentenced to
l3ridewell for 30 flays, - ,and to he.detained th;rein
till he.shonlil find caution; to keep the Peace in all
time. coming.. Against. this sentence he appealed
to the High Court or asticialv, and on,:Thai-sday
thecause waadvocatedhei'ore:the Court.
T.heSOL. torroR4iF,NERAL' and Mr. M.A.CONOC;HE
were, heard at great for, Mr. .penny, and
Mr. COCKBURN and kr, M'Coitidiciz. for Mr. Bar
yidson, after 'which their Lordships
..delivued
their opinions. They. all
;agreed i finding, that
the Magistrates of Greenock had beep 'guilty of
gross irregularity i. their proceedings., and of an
unwarrantable stretch., of power, in obtaining-
/lent-1y to find, what was never required by alq
Court in this country, security for his good beim.:
\imp- in all tiffie ; dismissed, the letters
si?4liciter, and found Davidson liablein apciaces.

o the 11)th instant, the 'Magistrates and Coun-
cil of Abel•def?ta unaningiusly elected 1111.71;gor.or:
GLENNIE, Professor of Phi!osoully; Marischut
College, to. be Minister of our College or Grty-
friars Church, in the room of. the lieeretul‘
PAULL, who has been presented to the parish
church of Tullynes4e,.in the presbytery of Alford—
and :synod of Aberdeen. •

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We learn; that for some time back, the lUniVer-
sities of Oxford and Dublin haVe contributed, relief
to the ScoOsh bishops and other clergy.; and on
the 14th instant, a grace was• proposed; for the
Same purpose, ii.theSenate of the University of
Cambridge, which passed without,a division, •and •
2001. directedto he given' out of the public chest
to the Scots Episcopal fund. 2 • "
Last week, in, Sunderland harbour, the brig
Comet, LEISK, of Aberdeen, 'discharging acargis
from Quebec was,
,owing to a large quantity of
staves being piled on deck, upset. At the time
of the accident there was fortunately a keel along-
side, which, by partially, supporting the vessel,
allowed the crew. to escape in boats,- which came
to their assistance a few minutes
.before -.he was
nearly keel uppermost. Tfie vessel has since been
righted, with the loss of some of her yards, but
no other material damage.
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In an action, brought before the justices of the
peace, by a manufacturer of Glasgow, against Se-
veral weavers for refusing to finish their webs at
the prices marked on the tickets given out with
-them, and insisting that the manufacturers should
pay the rate fately`found by the justices to be rea-
•sonable, the justices on Tuesday ordained the
weavers to be imprisoned ift the Tolbooth until
they found security that they would finish their
.webs in a reasonable time, and also found 'them
liable in expences. Against this the weavers ap-
pealed to the ensuing quarter sessions.
On the 6th current, James Gellan, F:boemaker
in Stricken, was defected* endeaVouring to utter
forged bank notes, at Lewes of Fyve, and by the
vigilance and nelivity of the constables, he was
apprehended', and safely lodged_ in jail: Three
forged notes were found in his possession., one on
the British Linen Company, another on the Com-
tnercial Bank of Scotland, and the third on "the
Aberdeen I3ank. It supposed he bad a good
many.more in his custody, but he contrived to de-
stroy theta before he was searched.

Wednesday afternoon, a gnarlier, at the Cow-
cadeens, had his leg so much shattered by the
falling in of a part of the quarry, that amputation
became necessary. The operation took place in
the Glasgow infirmary, and we arc sorry to learn
that the man is in a very dangerous state. He
has a wife and eight small children.

. During divine service in theTron Church, Edin-
burgh, on s'unday, the' e was a good deal of alarm;
created on a report of a fire in the church. The
Rev. Dr. S1111E350:4, who was just concluding his
sermon, very prudently dismissed the congregation.
It afterwards appeared to be owing to the thinness
Of a vent, which had been lately built, to carry
off the smoke from the stoves having con:m.lli-
cated with the wood of the adjoining gallery. We
are happy to state that no damage Was done.

. •
Murder.—The wife of John •Thohurne, (in' the
'employ of Mr. Crawford, miller, at North Shields,)
haying died on the Friday, she was buried on Sa-
turday, when a repOrt was pFevalent that she had
been murdered. Oer body was in consequence:
taken up on Monday, and a Warrant granted
for the apprehension of the husband, who bad
absconded, but his sister, who had resided
in the honse, and a young man, her sweet,
heart, were secured. Thobtirne, was, hoWever,
apPiehended at SOnth Shields on the Monday
night, and the parties, with a ,number of wit-
tesses, were examined by the magistrates on Tucs-
daY„ It appeared,that a fortnight before the time
of ;.is wife's death, her husband had conic into the
house and struck her, and in the scuffle a looking-
glass awas broken. The sister, who had been out,
on her return perceived the broken glass, charged
the Wife with having 'done .it,—went to a public
house where Thoburne was, and urged him to go
home and correct her, which he did, and the blows
she received must have been dreadful, as both her'
arms, and from her shoulder to her knee on one
side, were shockingly margl-d, and one part be-
-I!',w her arm seemed to be in a state of mortifica-
tion : the surgeons were also of opinion, that she
had received little or no sustenance during that
fortnight. The jury again, met on Wednesday
morning, and found a verdict of wilful murder
against the husband and his sister. When the
body was interred, Thohorne had, in registering
his wife's death, mentioned a,z earlier day, as was
pravod by the church books. She was the daugh-
ter a very respectable farmer in this county, was at
.times a little deranged, but quite inoffensive, and
laud brought him a genteel fortune.

ROMAN CATHOLICS.

(Contirinvlr from ol.r Paper of Tuesday.)

But it -cannot he reasonably doubted that,
• the British people are as detelmined as ever to
• maintain the sectfrities of ',their Protestant Esta 7
brishment s, it is not to be dissembled, that these
securities are io danger. It would he vain to de-
ny that the Papists are so fast gaining ground in
Parliaafent, as to afford just cause for 'apprehen-
-- siou to
,every friend of the Protestant cause. The
infierence, which they have obtained over the
clee-
tions in` Ireland, in consequence of the most im-
'Provident and mischievous grant of the Elective
Franchis and of the various means of intimida-
tion to which they there resort, gifes them a de-
- eided ascend ;nay in the Irish part of- the repre-
sentation in the Lower'House ; andthey have in
both Houses numerous advocates, who, infected
with that moderaliberality,which produces a tor-
pid indifference for whatever in former times- ex-
cited the deepest interest and the warmest attach-1
ment; display as much zeal for Popiso claims as
themeinbers of the Church of Rome •themselves.
Among those advocates are to be found Princes of
.that.illuatrious House which was-placed on the
Throne for the Very purpose of making it an
pregnable rampart against Popish ambition.—
Aluong thwe advocates, _too, incredible as the
fact ma seem, is a Bishop of the ProteStant
Church established in this country. * And so fre
quently and earnestly are the claims of the Papists
pmss.ed upon the 'attention and feeling's of Parli-
ament and so feebly, in comparison with what
might be expected, inc they -tesisted, that their
supporters have, been gradually becoming more
numerous and more confident; and, .at length, the
Protestant cause having lost its firmest friend by
the death of Mr. Perccval, the late House of Corn=
mons passed a vote (and the House of Lords re-
jected a similar vote only Ira a majority -of one),
;which evidently implied, and which was intended
-to imply, that a repeal of the lads by which Pa-
pists are, excluded from power, may prove satis-
factory to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. A
voter which the Papists justly. consider as a par-
tial triumph, leading in the obvious and natural
course of things to theitacomplete success.
" It is„therefore high time for the Protestants
of this' free and happy country to come forward,
in theirown cause. It is high time for them to
repel the injurious insinuation, that satisfaction
, may be produaed in their-breasts by opening wit'ce
. • the.dhor.for the. admission of Papists to all offices
and situations of power, trust, and authority,--,-
to the exercise ()tall functions, civil, political, and
le islatiie, in this Protestant state. It has been
said above, that the question now before us is the
same as that which occurred at the -period of the
revolution. But there s this difference between
the trail casps,—On the former occasion, the door
was not shut upon Popery until the Revolution
was completed ; and the ;question till then was,
whether or
.not it should be shut? This question
' was' brought forward by tl4a Exclusion Bill, in the
reign of'Charles 11. and in the debates,upon that
billet was thus emphatically stated, by Col, Titus
in the House of Commons : • ,
I herir a hoc in the lobby roar :
Say, Mr. Spsahcr, shall we shirt the door
And keep him ont, or shall we let him in,
To try if we can turn him out again ?.
,The Exclusion Bill, after passing in the House
-of Commons, was thrown out by the Lords, and
thus the-door was left open. • But further 'expe-
rience proved that there couldbe': no safety for the
Protestant Establishment in such a state of things.
It was t_herefore, at length, -found necessary, in-
dispeusably
necessary, to shut the door. This
operation was performed by the Revolution, when
every possible precaution was taken to prevent its
ever being againopened. But though the period
which has since intervened has been endeared to
us by the happy consequences resulting frem that,
exclusion, the qu-estiOn of thayresent tray, strange-
to tell is, whether We shall again open the door,
in-order to let in the lion—whals roaring lot ad-
mission more vociferonsly than ever. The Papists
are thundefing at our idoorca-,they are pressing
against it withaall the force they can derive from
their numerical majority in- Ireland. • And shall
not the Protestant people of England and Scot land
lend their aid to resist the
_pres,ure ? That they
have not hitherto come forward for this purpose,
must he attributed to their confidence in the Bri-
tish Legislature—to their conviction that a
British' Parliament will never annul the laws
which experience has pioved to be essential to
the security Of the Protestant Establishment.—
But upon the vital question Parliament, alas ! is I
divided. it contains within itself a strong party,
wlaich is favourable to Popish claims , and the
Protestant advocates stand in urgent need of pub-
lic support, to_aep.able :them to maintain their 1
grotrar.l. NaylWfig -from" the stakin which
. .

t-he question was left by‘the last Parliament, there
'is reason to fear that adjustment will at length-
he made xvhich shall have the effect Of-conixding
all that remains to be granted to Popish ambition;
and thiS even on the ,supposition, that such
an adju_stinent may prove satisfactory_ to all classes
of lat)s 'Majesty's subjects, :one: consequently to
the *Protestants themselves: But it should not
be forgotten, that if once the mischief be dort4, it
wilt be irreparable. Concession is like the letting 7
out of veater, which cannot be gathered up again.
it is, indeed, 'a final,adjutme;)t which is proposed
to be made. Not one of ,trial and gxperiment—
not one of a provisional nature, which may be re-
v(:eableii it fail of snecess.:----hut one wlsiCh is to
seal our destiny as a Protestant State.
" But although Parliament should continue to
resist Popish Ckiins, still, 'while left alone to sus-
tain the,arduous struggle, there is no chance of
its being freed from Popish importunity. pe-
tition after petition • will continue to waste
-its valuable time in "fruitless .discussions=the
iublic , mind will be kept in a, " state of con-
stant agitation—and the animosities of Protestants
and Papists will, be more and more height-
ened. Nothing, It is.clear; can furnish a remedy-
fOr these e riffs, but an Unequivocal expressi,cl-4
4,Thc Bishop of Norwich, whose zeal in a cause sciUstile
to the in'.-erelts of his (..`. arch, has betrayed him into a gpis
misrepresentation of Mr. Justice Blackstone, whom his Lord-
ship, in a speech in the House of Lords, vouched as an au-
thority for the concesssion of Popish claims.

the public voice.—That voice, constitutionally de-
clared, would not only place the 'establishments
of this country ont of all danger on the-side of Po-
pery,' ba also put an end those mischievous dis-
cussions,- which inflame even Protestants against
each other, and whieb prove a fertile source of party
dissension. All suspense-upon this inomentotts sub-
ject would then cease. Fortified by such a proof of
the nnaltcred, and unalterable attachment of the
British people to the principles Acted upon at the
time of the Revolution, and the operation of which
has since placed the reigning family on the throne of
these realms, Parliament would no longer counte-
nance any proposal involving a departurefrom those
principles. EVen the- Papists themselves would
be convinced that their cause is hopehass, on
finding that their contest is no longet with a di-
vided, Parliament,—where the number 'and zeal
of, their advocates, more perhaps than any
other circumstance, stimulate "their hopes and
excite their ambition t but with a Prote's-
L tant people, determined to maintain their Pro-
testant ascendancy.- . They would perceive--that*
it Cap be to no purpose to importune -Par-
' liament, awhile -listening to the voice Of such a
people. And they would probably discover that
it is far more wise, piedy to enjoy the many
privileges they possess ;--to " live peaceably on
their- own revennes and industry ;"—with per-
fect freedom of worship, and entire security of
person and property; than to risk these invaluable
blessings in desperate -attempts to procure an ex-
. caption from disabilities, to which the Constitu-
tion has necessarily subjected. tlAnn, "rit-fr-a, view
to its own preservation, and for the real.and sub-_
stantial benefit of all classes of his Majesty's sub-
jects..
" the people of this country still va-
lue the noble birthright of constitutional. free;-•
dont, derived from ancestors, and which it
is their bounden duty to transmit_ unimpaired to
their 'descendants ; if they still cherish the liberties
and religious, established by their.forefa-
thers on the basis of law, and vehicle, by infusing
a high national spirit, having raisedthein to a (Hs:-
tinguished pie-eminence among the nations of Eu-
rope ; if they still prize -that security'from arbi-
trary 'power Sand religibus persecution, which they
have enjoyed 'ever since the period of the Revolu-
tion, and for which they arc indebted to.the sup-7
port then given to the Protestant reformed
; let them raise' their voice, ere it be too
late, in defence of these high,' these invulaahla
privileges ; let them pour forth. petitions,, from
.all parts of the kingdom; implOrmg Parlia-
ment to maintain the fences and safeguards,
reared by the wisdom and firmness of former
times around the Constitution,—and to adhere
to the principles of the . glorious Revolution ;
let them declare, that while they rejoice to
see their fellow•-subjects of the Romish Church ,
yelieved• from all pains and perialties on ac-
count of their Religion, and in .the full en-
joyment of the' blessings .of Toleration, they
cannot, without alarm, Witness the persever-
ing efforts of that description:of persons to 067
tail) possessjon oe political power and legislative
authority : efforts, the' success of which cannot
fail to destroy that. Protestant ascendancy, to
.which, under Providence, the British people are
indebted for the establishment of their liberties
on a firm ntid solid foundation ;—let them, in
short, proteSt,- in the most
.solemn manner,
against the repeal xif those laws, by .whiCh • it is
made a furila:nental p-rincipte of the British Con-
stitution; that the Legislative and Executive au-
thorities of this Protestant country, can be admi---
nistered only la* Protestants ; Laws which—in
their estimation—ought to be no less sacred and
inviolable than the 1-labeas Corpus Act and even
M aa,tn Charta itself." * .

A wig, said to have be, v the old Mike
of Ciimi;erlaild, was sold quarian, a few'.
daysfsince, for 'W.
Childdroppiliz .=:---1)1 4;1.4,: an infant /
ibOilt six mouth's old, wi litill'el, and lid/
in 'a tilasket, Wasleft at't, ' a
.gendenr.l9.4••
house, in. Parilament-s. esttiiinster, 'As
soon as it was distUvered, it vg.,'; roiiirdy-Frio the
workhouse.

Sunday night,-three.foreigners, seafaring men,
in company together at the City Arms public-
houie, situate near the Poplar Canal having, by
mistake, gone out at the back door instead of the
front, were all three suddenly plunged- into the.
water. One of them keeping hithscif afloat by
holding by the keel of a barge, continued tr) 'call
out, when, assistance being procured, two of
them were got out, but with scarce any symptoms
Of life remaining. A. servant girl was dispatched
for a surgeon, but whb, from the girl unfortu-
nately not stating that they were drowned, arrived
without the necessary apparatus. One only was
restored to life. The body of the third has not
yet been found.
The young lady, who, a shOrt time since,, threw
herself out of a two-pair-of-stairs window at Mill-
bank, and miraculously escaped, apparently un-
hurt, died yesterday, in the Westminster Hospital.
She, singular to relate, amused herself in running
through the wards on the day preceding. Being a
Roman Catholic, th.e surgeons are riot 02:rntttel
to open the body, to ascertain the cause of this ex-
traordinary change in 24 hours. The deceased
was,a near relation of Mr. liodge,s, the distiller,
and the cause of her• being placed in the hos-
pital was for the benefit of having the advice of
those professional Gentlemen daily attend
there. •

Shocking Suicide.--An Jr quest was lately held
at the sign of the Ship, in the parish of St.,
George's in the East, before J. W. Unwin, Esq.
Coroner, On the body: of Mary Wingot, a young
wothan of respectable connections. The deceased
was beard to groan in ayoorn by herself, in going,
into which site was perceived with a bloody ra-
zor in her hand, and her throat cut, Many of the
attendants being called, the wound was sewed. up,
but it vras so bad that she could not swallow
any :nourishment -for her support, and died
consequence. Afterlhe commission of this-
''):;iiakible act, she struggled, to .give it effect, by
,vigorously opposing every effort which was
made to o.ve her life. She Lad been in a
despondent way for Sonic time previous. Verdict
Lunacy,'"

LONDON: Printed Iry THOMAS *A'001), of TC,.-22, Russeli:ccurt "Biydges-strect, Covynt-gardi
At the SUN OkyzoL, N. 112, Straw', where Arie(ertireinentv, (ircil,4.4 to

POLICE.

ROBBERY AT THE POSt-OFT'ICE.

BOW-STR.EF-i.-Yestertlay mr. NAItES, the Sa-
tin -Magistrate, was occupied nearly the while' of
the day, in :investigating several charger 6f an
intricate and complicged nature,- .of
the General Po-St-uffice The substance of the
circumstances are .s follow :-----

• ,For some time complaints have been made at.the
Post-office of letter's, containing bills of exchaUg?,
conntry•bank-notes;.and bank of Englaud
not having come to hand, and 'also tint notes had
been taken out. Every possible attention ifid as—
sistance was given to the parties complaining, by
the agents to the Post-office, as :is always the case;
but no traces could be made of .the stolen proper-
ty. Several persons belonging to the post-otiee
• were suspected ; but the ground of suspicion was
not sufficiently strong to take them into custody:
At length some bank of England notes-, that.had
been paid for by some of the country bank notes
that bad been, stolen, were traced to William Grif-
fiths; the beadle and clivelclerk of Bridewei I Hos-
pital : and althoogh was. considered a.l especta-
ble man, vet he, not giving a satisfactory account,
as to how fiebeearite possessed of thein,bewas taken
into custody On the, 2 1;;t instant. The account. he
gave of the notes-was, that he received them from
his wife,_ whom he did not co-habit with. It be-
ing learnt that she resided in Park-place, Ken-
nington, early the following mornimg, Vickery
Went to the house described. Ice was answered
by a female -servatit, who said her
,mistress W:-3 at,
home, but not up:: Vickery proceeded fo ber bed-
room, and found, her. and a man fast asleep, :and
snoring in bed together • dog. in bed with them,
and two dogs on the pillms,•fast asleep .also. The
officer soon awoke the whole tribe, when a very
uncommon scene was presented ; thedogs.barked
violently, and flew at Vickery. Mrs; Griffiths -vent
hitt) fits; but the officer, having assistance in some
of the patrole at barid, soon secured her and her
who was-in bed with lice. lie atterwards
proceeded to search the premises, and in the bed-
room where
,thxy were in bed, he found a number
of bank of England notes. He secured his prison-
erS, and yesterday was the day appointed for a full
investigation and exgmination. The mystery was
in a great measure explained by the man
,found in
bed with Mrs. Griffiths, who proved to belong to
the General Post-otlice.

William Griffiths, the husband, being ad:aitted
an evidence for the Crown, his depositioa was
read over, from Which -it appeared, that he and
hii wile had separated in October, 1811, by mUtual
consent. For-some time past she had applied to
him. to get bills
,and, notes changed-for her. On
the morning of Saturday the 28th of November
last, she called on him, and asked him to get-her
some country notes changed. He replied, he
wished all,the notes were, at the devil : however,.
-on her pressing him,
.and his examining them,
.and finding they were Worcester and 11;w_shatn
bank-notes, and as he had got a Newbury' TlOte to
get changed, and had to go into the city, he
4grecd to get them changed., which he did.; but
not all on the same day. lie took the. Bank of'
Pigland• not” he had. received for the country
notes to his wife, at her house in Park-place ; •
but Was not' positive that they were the iden-
tical notes* he had .received for the country
notes; as. he had mixed them with the notes he
had- got in exchange for the Newbury
This was on the Wednesday following, when he
stopped and slept allnight with his wife. Be•denied
receiving any. part of the 'notes; or in any way 1,
participating of the amount for his trouble, ex--
Cent that he did not pay his, "wife so Mach as.a
separate maintendnee since he had been in the
habit of getting notes changed for her, she tel
ling him she received them from a tried-1:--The
way his wife gltaitoirey, besides. what he al)owed
her,_ was, by letting lodgings. The other prisoner,
Henry Johns, lodged with her., •At• une of his
interviews with his Wife, at her house—.in Park-
whet-I..Henry JOhns was- present, .he told
.
his. wife he had paid her '3/. too: much in their
last settlement _ for notes she got exchanged,
which Henry Johns aeknoWledged,. 4,113 said they
had found it out after -be: was gorbe, and it was
returned him. In another conversation with them,
it was observed, th,at, the person , concerned with
Henry Johns ought.not to receivebalf-the amount
of the notes,
_as he ran no TiSk,lll getting theta
.Changed. When he got-some of the last Worces-
ter- notes changed, at liobarts and Co's.hank,- in.
Lombard-street: Mr. Cttrtis, jun. brought • a
printed list of lost bills, and , examined those he
was presenting for payment„ However, notes •
were paid.. He mentioned this: circumstance at
his wife's, which appeared to create some alarm.
•Mrs. Griffiths was asked'what she had to say to
her husband's Statement. She replied, a great
deal of it was true, and a great deal was false.
She admitted, that she gave hint the notes to. get.
changed, and that he was not, a participator. -She
went into a long history, and a deal of extraneous
matter, about the' cause of her separation from
her husband, &c. about some persons who had
said she was mad, and had endeavoured to have
her confined in Bethlian Hospital. She 'attribut-
ed her husband's conduct•to ,jeal,ausy; rind that
he had said he wauld he revenged. •he,refw-ed
to tell
osvho . she, received the notes- fr 0,1,11 ; she
denied most solemnly that she received them.
from Henry Johns, and be was perfectly,in:s
'nocent. She persisting in refusing to tell who she
had the notes from, 'Henry Johns was brought into
the oliiee7and placed at the bar by her side.. "and
the evidence of William Gritiiths was about to be
read over to him, but on its being knOwn that he
Was very deaf, he was allowed to leave the bar,
and to stand close to the Clerk while it was ream;
and after his listening to it •he denied the state;
merit relative to liimSelf: 'He remained to hear
the other evidence. • 4.

Mr. Hope, of Persher, in Worcestershire said,
that on-the 27th of November last, he put into
a letter different bank-n Otes;, to the amount, of
1551. and put it into the Post Office, directed to
Messrs: llobarts and Co. Lombard-street, to, pay
to them on _account Of the 'Tewkesbury Bank.
Miss Hope, his daughter, corroborated this
testimony, ond proved the -numbers*and . full de-
scription of the notes.
The Corresponding Clerk belonging to Ro-

o

Marts' Rank, in Lombard-street, stated, 621.
letters rel..!tive to the business of the house it
-through his !muds, and no such letter canieg,
on the 28th Nov miler, which would
been the molar z:otz.rse of the ;poz,t,' nor
since.
8:.-veral of the notes in this lettF.l. were ilfctc:
have beell eit di a n!.;:_',l bank o;.' Eng-kind Al
by Wiinani which he lead received ir4
his ,

The Inspectors of General ilost Letters V
liverers proved that tile ptisoner had belonged:
the Genertil..Post-Otice Aoht tea.
years, and
be
was customary to. pr' !note some. of them to
Sub-,sorters, .and consitlered
steact,y and respectahle.YOt,ug man, was nn.,..4t.:
Of them, - -D.r.e•was' OH- day a.&• a ..Sjr e r on .Satilr.
0,
dav !horning, the 4Stn.of ?2..ovenkir, when
leads directed to Itcr....rts's. house. must 11;
passed through his Lands,- and at which
due contse,'Mr, nape's letter wouid haYe f-assT.
,though" the Posi-Qfkice; „
Vickery, Pie,.Qtlicer, produced a number
Bank-notes which •he found. in the
.bed-roof
where Griffiths and trenry Johns were 15
)3i,d,together, and they-were prtwed to hay. 1)0
got in exchange for CIL: notes that had been stole°
from letters.

The prisoners were committed fur further 0;
minutia:). Wilfiain Griffiths was discharged
.hi-s producing twosectirities in 200/. each for h"
qpcnianee at the Sessions, to give evidence.

coalr.dealor in the. Borougli
was oummoned:before Airt-I.;wlxoE,. on an
formation charging him with using t; sacks of
dimensions than directed by Act of Pkirliantcr,4f.
thirty sacks were produced and teasured iii tlif'!
presence of the Magistrge, and pbved, to he-*'
ticient from three to •five inches each in lengths
the bushel measure which' was on the waggon
the time thesaCks- Were::tied, was also produced;
and proved to be ,considerably ninler the standard
measure; which subjected him .to a further P
nalty.of 201, and costs:

Amongst the chargeS brought against the ivell•
atpresent in custody on charges of divers. rob'
bevies.; bullock hunting, &c. was one preferred by
Collinghourn against. I?ric'e" and Sam
having robbed a tradesman in the neighb,ourbO'
of .BlAckfriars-road, of nine. -3s. pieces, by tbC
following stratagem j the tradesman in question,
it appeared, on going out on business shout.
month since; previouS-Th emptied:
his pockets • of a cousidei-able quantity of silver)
athonP-st which were_ twenty three-shilling piece-,
which he gave to his wife, and.she depoAted
in a small drawer. He then, left the shop,
soon after the prisoners, who had been on •
watch, and through the window witnessed
passed, entered the shop, inquired of
mistress if she had any -three-shilling pieces, sad''
ing they wanted some.with thin edges for a verYi-.
particular purpose, and if she yigould suffer tiste•
to. examine any she had got they would esteem's
a favour, and make hey a conipensatioc for ber
trouble. She immcdiateiy produced ler• draVel:,;
and they looked theM over appareutiv with muc9- •
care, but returned them again, sayhn , tlyzre-Wer°
none whicQi would suit the purpose fOr
wanted them, The drawee 10. tis put intnts 'drier?.
the, prisOLwrs,,bought some' artic4 and igtr-,'
'the- shop. So(iii-Netti2r her husband returned, rq1?1••-%
produced her on exlwiination
~was
a. little surprized to find her twenty pieces reduce
to eleven. the prisoners havint made free 160
nine of dim.

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