The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-07 00:00:00

(FROM THE DUBLIN CORRESPONDENT, SEPT. 4.)

Correspondent Office, Four o'Clock.—The fol-
lowing document is of pre-eminent importance.
It contains the approbation of our king, which is
the fulfilment of ambition, expressed concerning
all those just, upright, and able men, who are
invested m ith the administration of power in
Ireland. It contains that, too, which is of in-
valuable estimate—the advice of a great and an
affectionate Monarch to a loyal and zealous peo-
ple. The counsel which our Sovereign gives to
his people of Ireland, deserves to be written in
splendid and imperishable characters. Every man,
of every persuasion, should place it over his
chimney—should see that his children read it
daily, as a duty inferior only to the claims of re-
ligion—and he should take especial care that he
himself adhered, faithfully and firmly, under all
circumstances, to its spirit, as well as to its strict
injunctions. Then, indeed, we may have a happy
country, as well as a gratified Monarch.—The
following is a Copy of the Letter alluded to, ad-
dr6sed to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
by Viscount Sidmouth, his Majesty's Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

" DUBLIN CASTLE, SEPT. 3, 1821.

" My Loan—The time of the King's departure from Ire-
land being arrived,. I am commanded by his Majesty to express
his entire approbation of the manner in which all Persons, act-
ing in Civil and Milltary Situations in the City of Dublin and
its neighbourhood, have performed their several duties, during
the period of his Majesty's residence in this part of the kingdom.
" His Majesty is pleased to consider that, to your Excel-
lency his acknowledginents; are particularly due. He is con.:
scious how much he owes to your Excellency's attentions and
arrangements; and his Majesty gladly avails himself of this
occasion of declaring the high sense which he entertains of the
ability, temper, and firmness, with which your Excellency has
unifbrmly administered the great trust which he has placed in
your hands.
" I am further commanded to state, that the testimonies of
dutiful and affectionate attachment which his Majesty has re-
ceived from all classes and descriptions of his Irish Subjects,
have made the deepest impression on his mind, and that he looks
forward to the period when he shall revisit them with the strong-
est feeling of satisfaction. His Majesty trusts that, in the mean
time, not only the spirit of loyal union, which now so generally
exists, will remain unabated and unimpaired ; but that
every, cause of irritation will be avoided and discountenanced,
mutual forbearance and good will observed and encouraged, and
a security be thus afforded for the continuance of that concord
amongst themselves, which is not less essential to -his Majesty's
happiness than to 'their own, and which it has been the chief
object of his Majesty, during his residence in this country, to
cherish and promote.
" His Majesty . we'd knows the generosity and warmth-of
heart which distinguish the character of his faithful people in
Ireland ; and he leaves them with a heart full of affection to-
'wards them, and with a confident and gratifying persuasion,
that this parting admonition and injunction of their Sovereign
will not be given in vain.
" I have the honour to be,
"'With great truth and regard, • .
" My Lord,
" Your Excellency's most obedient
" And faithful Servant,
" SIDMOUTH."
To his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, &c. &c. &c.

BRIGTITON, SEPT. 4.—The Duke of YORK
honoured Mr. and Mrs. COUTTS yesterday, by
taking dinner with. them at their South Parade
residence. His Royal Highness has a select
party of about three or four to dine with him in
Marlborough-row to-day. The Duke has been
on horseback as usual. It is still said that his
Royal Highness purposes leaving us for London
towards the end of the week.—We still live in
the hope that the KING will land here from Ire-
land. The Palace is in a condition for the re-
ception of his MAJESTY, though, excepting a
very few servants, it has no occupants at present.

The annual nuisance of Bartholomew Fair ter,
minated last night, with the customary scenes o
riot and confusion.

FOR THE SUN.

OFFICIAL REDUCTIONS,

To the Right Honourable, the LORDS COMMISSIONERS

of HIS 31.AJESTY's TREASURY.

MY Loans--I hold a small place under Go-'
vernrnent, which I expect will be brought under
the paring knife of the new superannuation Fund,
if not under the pruning knife of reduction. The
emoluments of my office-, this year, are 1151.
I don't expect that in another year they will be
so much. I am strictly prohibited from using
my spare time to improve my income by other
employments. It will be many years, in the
usual course of promotion, before I can rise to a
situation, which, in reality, will be more advan-
tageous than my present one.
Now, my Lords, I would most respectfully,
and most seriously ask you, whether it is becom-
ing the Government of this rich and powerful
country, to hold out to me 11.5/. with one hand,
and gripe back 5/. 15s. with the other, to help
to keep me when I am worn out in her service.
And when this time shall have arrived, is it be-
coming, my Lords, that I shall still be nibbled
at .for a portion of the pension which w ill be half
composed of your former parings. 1 hope, my
Lords, you will pause before you consent to an
expedient, which may ,cause a smile with Mr.
Hums and his friends, but which to us is no
laughing matter. I cannot, I will not believe,
my Lords, that in your hearts you approve of
such a measure. I verily believe, that the great
outcry of economy ha's led you to imagine it is
the wish of the country that the servants of Go-
vernme►:t shall be so treated. But, my Lords,
I do not believe it is the public wish that we
shall be meanly paid. On the contrary, lam
confident that they wish us to be liberally and
justly paid, in proportion to the talent, time, and
labour required for each office; and that when we
are worn down in their service, we should be
permitted to retire upon pensions proportioned to
the length and importance of those services, and
wholly to be paid from the public purse. The
50th Geo. 111. has, with a truly Christian spirit,
fixed the age of 60 when any officer who has.
served 10 years and upwards may retire from the
toils of public business, upon some portion of his
previous salary, to give way to younger and more
active men, and to alloW calm leisure in the even-
ing of life. •-

I entreat you, my Lords; to consider bow many
of Us may be cut off by death before the age of
GO arrives ! and then, how quickly in thickening
progression will this sexagenarian remnant be
diminishing in every subsequent year ! Surely,
then, my Lords, the British nation will not
grudge to supply, itt their sole charge, the staff
which is to support their tottering steps, as this
broken line of veterans shall hobble along the
last and perilous arch of the bridge of life,—
nicely proportioned as the strength of this staff'
will be according to your quinquennial, scale of,
service !

Instead of this petty Benefit-Club,Plan, allow
me, my Lords, to entreat that you will turn your
attention towards one of real humanity, which,
I am sure, will meet with a cordial reception
from every officer under Government. I. would
propose that a small per tentage shall be re-
gularly deducted from all salaries, to afford re-
lief to the wives and families of those officers,
who may be cut off in the prime of life, and be-
fore they can have had the means of making some
provision for their maintenance. The allowance
,shall be so apportioned as not to weaken the force
of that natural affection which prompts us to pro-
vide for our family ; and it should have some
reference to the general conduct of the conjugal
pair, so as not to offer premiums to imprudence
or extravagance. No rules can be drawn so as
to apply to the particulars of every case, but some
general restrictions would be necessary. Several
noble institutions of this kind have been formed
for those classes of our fellow subjects that have
come more into association with the highest ranks
of society ; but this effort of benevolence has,
tinfortunately, stopt -short of the civil officers of
Government. I hope, my Lords, this will not
always be the case.
That some general plan of relief is much want-
ed, appears plain from this fact, that it has been,
for many years past, and. is even now common, in
defiance of the rules of various public Boards, for
patrons of offices to pension the widows and
chil-
dren of deceased' officers upon their successors.
Earnestly imploring you to convert a niggardly
scheme into one of pure benevolence, I have the
honour to be, with feelings of deep reverence to-
wards your Lordships,
A PUBLIC SERVANT.

Extract of a letter from'Paris:— 4C It is la-
mentable to view the desperate extent.to which
party spirit still esrntinues to be.carried on atnoog
us. Au event which might have led to very se-
rious consequences, was on the eve of happening
here yesterday. The son of Marshal Ney, a
wild and headstrong youth, in a most insult-
ing manner, sent a challenge to the Duke
of Wellington, couched in- the most offen-
sive and disgusting language, charging that il-
lustrious individual With the deliberate murder
of his father. Of course the Duke took no notice
of this insolence, but, wisely treated it with the
contempt it deserved, and sent no answer what-
ever to it. The youth, exasperated at this result,
and not being in want of partizans to urge him,
to still more desperate means to gratify his ani-
mosity, determined, in conjunction with several
Ex-Generals, to publicly insult the Duke at the
Opera, whither he was going in the evening. For-
tunately, however, their intention got wind ; and
the Duke, on being informed of it, relinquished
his intention of going, and thus, for the present,
the matter has terminated. It is not easy to con-
ceive the interest which this event has created
among our political circles here ; every one is
speaking of it, and it is supposed that it will give
rise to some interference on the part of the Go-
vernment. The individuals concerned in it are
at present out of the way."

PRICE OF STOCKS
TIIIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CI..OOK.
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3 per Cent. Red. .., shut Irish 5 per Cents. IO9A
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FRIDAY,.SEPTEIVIBER 7, 1821.