The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-21 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF THE PRINCE REGENT PACKET.

FALMOUTH, Alll3.l7.—Captain J. WHITE'S new !ost.
office packet, which was honoured by the permission or
his present NIA-ESTY, when Regent, to beat his Royal
name, was launched at this port on Wednesday last. Thc
tide serving at half-past five oe.clock, P. 24:, on a signal being
made by Mr. Francis Symons, the builder, she slipped oft' the
stocks in a majestic style, amidst the huzzas and acelarnatious
of numerous spectators, and the moment she was afloat, the
band of music on boa;d struck up " God save the King.''
which was followed by " Rule Britannia," " Britons strike
home," &c. It was deemed by the Naval Officers present to
he as fine a launch as ever was beheld. Mrs. I% kite, the
Captain's Lady, very appropriately performed the ceremony
of naming her, after a short spirited address, which closed
v. i " God save the Prince Regent." She was decorated with
sarious flags, and the yards, &c. displayed their colours on
ens joyous occasion. The Prince Regent, when examined
afloat, appeared to all nautical judges to be one of the most
beautiful and perfect vessels of her class they:had ever seen.—
Her head, which is a relieyed bust of his Alajesty, was much
admired for its Royal resemblance, and does great credit to Mr.
Dickenson, of the Dock:yard at Plymouth, the ingenious artist
who carved it.

LIVERPOOL PA CKETS.—Litu t. COUCH pre
sents his best respects to the EDITOR of the SUN,
with the annexed Method of rendering the Liver-
pool Packets perfectly safe for Passengers.
Chesterman Place, Reading, Aug. 18.

" In consequence of -the loss of so many lives on
board the Packets in the River Mersey., and the
A pproach to Liverpool, Lieutenant J opts COUCH,
of the Royal Navy, is desirous to suggest to the
Public the propriety of excluding Iron, Stone, and
Shingle Ballast, and substituting Barracoes,
Water-cash, or else to line the Vessels on that
employ and station with small empty Kegs, be-
cause Vessels full of Passengers have sunk in the
Mersey when others have ran foul of them, ou
account of the rapidity of the current, and in
fine weather too, when nearly all on board were
lost. And if, by chance, they may get upon foul
ground outside the River, in the most boisterous
weather, either of the before-mentioned methods
will infallibly prevent the fatal consequences
which recently attended the Packet on the Mock-
beggar."

The King of NAPLES by a Royal Decree, has
re-established the Order of the Jesuits in the
kingdom of Naples. The Order had previously
been restored to Sicily, and intrusted with the
education of the island. The fate of this order
is as singular within these few years, as it was
when, possessing more power, it excited more
attention. It was established in Russia within
these few years, by the Imperial Supporter of
Legitimacy, AL: XANDER, and again proscribed.
In Naples it was proscribed by a usurper, and
restored by a King whose legitimacy was en-
forced at the point of foreign bayonets.
RIOT AT PANTERIIpItY.—In the case of
King •v. Bushel awl others" reported in (tut
Paper of yestirslay, the defeadan4 were gf„!..
quitted. •

!'HIS: LONDON JOURNALS.

I),ALLY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS,

August 21.

[THE TIMES.]
The latest news given in the foreign papers
from the east of Europe is like that which has
preceded it fOr some days past—neither wholly
uninteresting, nor by any means decisive on the
question of peace or war. Without some show
of plausible reasoning to palliate at least a rup-
ture with the Ottoman Porte, none can have sup-
posed that Russia would alarm all Europe by an
instantaneous appeal to arms. If, on the other
hand, as the German writers assert somewhat
positively, that great Power moves only by con-
sent of the other leading Christian Courts, it is
their fault if she stirs to the general disadvan-
ttige. intelligence from Augsburg states, that
•Itcs%ia has issued a note explanatory of her
views with regard to Turkey, and that nego-
ciations have. thereon commenced ; but the
truth of the inference must depend on a
Lualber •of contingencies, that therefore those
.ui‘gociations are to terminate in a consentaueous
system of action by the whole of the negotiating
parties. It would be idle to dwell upon the
conflicting fancies of the foreign journalists.—
'While those from Nuremburg and Augsburgh
speak of war, with increased confidence, the
Frankfort rumours are of a directly opposite
cast; alleging that Turkey has given ear at length
to the representations from St. Petersburgh, and
that the difference will be amicably settled.—
Turkrsh troops are sent to the northern frontier,
and Jordaki, who had beaten several detach-
ments sent against him, is reported to be within
the Russian territory. The Duke of Wellington
left Brussels on the 13th instant to inspect the
fortifications of Charleroi and Namur.

[NEB{' TimEs.l
It would be rather singular, as one of our Cor-
respondents observes, if Mr. Sheriff Waithman's
legal labours should end in bringing himself and
friends within the peril of the law. His Friend,
of The Old Times, has the audacity to call
the riotous obstruction of the Royal Corpse a
" VICTORY gained by the
.Citizens of Lon-
dim" : but the law visits such victories, with se-
vere punishment; for the conflict being between
the King's lawful Right, and the lawless vio-
lence'or a mob, it was thought by our ancestors,
that a 1i 7tory on the part of the latter was of most
alarming consequence, and therefore demanded
the most prompt and energetic repression.—Now,
if we are not mistaken, Mr. Waithman has bound
himself by oath well and truly to serve the
King's Majesty in the-office of Sheriff, and truly
p, preserve the King's rights, and all that be-
lengeth to the Crown. He has also sworn that
he will not assent to decrease or lessen the
King's rights ; and that whensoever he shall have
knowledge that the rights of the Crown are
withdrawn, be it in lands, rents, franchises, suitil
or services, or in any other matter or thing, he
will do his utmost to make them be restored to
the Crown ; and that he will truly • and dili-
gently execute the good laws and statutes of
this realm, and in all. things well and truly be,
haver himself in his office for the honour of the
King-, • As the keeper of the King's Peace with-
in the county, of Middlesex, we apprehend that
the Sheriff may and ought to commit to prison
all persons who, within his sight or to his know-
ledge, break the peace, or attempt to break it.
We understand that he is bound ex officio to
pdrsue and take all traitors, felons, and other
miSdoers, and commit them to gaol for safe cus-
tody : and for this purpose he may command all
the people of his county (which is called the
p941-C comitat-us) to attend him. In short,
tie is- the principal conservator of the
peace in his county, and by special Statute
(17 Rich. 11. c. 8.) he has power to arrest rioters.
and a riot is the forcible doing of an unlawful
thing by three or more persons, assembled to-
gethr for that purpose.—Mr. Justice tLACIC,
sroxlL says—" That the negligence of public of-
ficers entrusted with the administration'of justice,
as Sheriffs, and the like, makes the offender liable
to be fined, and may amount to a forfeiture of
his office ;" and we presume (if mere negligence
be thus punishable) that Wilful disregard of a
positive and obvious duty must be much more so.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

Lt would appear from the following anecdote
thatlreland may expect a repetition of the Royal
visit:7—At an adjourned meeting of the Com-
mittee of Citizens; on Wednesday, an eulogium
was pronounced upon the affability displayed by
Majesty to all around him on his landing at
liOwth,•to which Alderman Smith, the Chair-
added, that Sir Benjamin .Bloomfield had
Presence of the Nobility, the Lord
'll4‘tyor, and:the Judges of the Land, that his
-.Majesty was delighted • with the beauty of the
-Country as far as he 'had seen of it, he did not

"conceive there was.sueh a beautiful spot ill his
'dominions ; it was his Intention' to revisit it soon,
-and remain there tor two or three Months. His
It4ljestY further said,'-that it was his intention to
bold his Court every Third year in Dublin.

[MORNING t'OST.I
A report was industriously circulated yesterday,
and even stated by some of the Radical. Evening
Papers, as ctfact, that the Requisition of the Jury
to have the Life Guards drawn out, for the pur-
pose of identifying the person who shot Richard
Honey, had bean refused. Nay, some even went-
so far as to give the grounds of the refusal, and
to assert that the Colonel had declared, that " he
should not do an act to degrade the Regiment,
by ordering them out for any such purpose."
'Who would not think that a statement so confi-
dently made, had at least some foundation to rest
upon ? Unfortunately for the credit of its authors
itbad none. It was the mostcomplete and unquali-
fied fabrication that ever disgraced a cause or a
party, and has afforded a fresh exposure of un-
principled impotence and wanton malignity-. If
the intent was to create irritation in the minds
of the Jury, and to pervert their judgment, that
object has been n3o,st triumphantly defeated; fpr

thi Jury had hogiootier assembled, than a letter
from Mr. llobbouse informed them, that in con-
sequence of theii- application, Life Guards
would be drawn out this morning in the Barracks
in Hyde Park 'to be inispected. by the -witnesses.
This communicatiots suddenly inspired the Jury
Otith the ambition of obecording inspectors them-
selves. Ssrne Claimed it as a matter of right, others
were willing to regard it as one of favour. Right,
however, seemed to preponderate with the majo-
rity, and the Coroner wrote a letter to Mr. Hob-
house, requesting him to inform Earl Bathurst that
the Jury intended to attend at the Barracks as
matter of right. An answer was shortly brought
to this epistle, announcing, that as no such right
was recogniZed, no permission to attend would
be granted. This turned all the displeasure of
the defeated claimants against the Coroner.
They contended that he had done wrong in stat-
ing the sentiments which, however, they could
not deny having expressed an hour before, and
finally directed him to write another letter,
partly contradicting his first and stating that
without raising any question of right, drfavour
they would present themselves at the Barracks
this day. The Inquest was then adjourned, and
thus ended this mighty struggle between Self-
importance and curiosity.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The Letter fro►n our Dublin Correspondent,
giving an account of the public entrance of the
King into Dublin, seems to have been written
under the influence of a tolerable share of the
general intoxication of mind into which the na-
tives of the Sister Island have been thrown
by the presence of his Majesty: We confess,
with every allowance for the volatility for
which they have always been distinguished,
we are not exactly able to see how the gloom
hich he describes the news of the events of
Tuesday last to have " thrown over the minds of
the thinking and humane" of the Irish people,
to whom (as the times are still fresh in the
pained recollections of thousands, when the
frightful havoc of military violence spread horror
and dismay around the country) " it is natural
to feel the utmost sympathy for those who have
fallen by those arms which can never be used
without shame and dishonour, except against a
foreign foe," can be reconciled with the almost
frantic joy which he sayshe witnessed on the suc-
ceeding day. If nearly the whole population on
Friday gave way to all this joy, the humane over
whose minds a gloom was thrown on Thursday,
must either have been very few in number, or their
sorrow must have been of a very peculiar kind.
The people of England have always been dis-
tinguished for their coolness and phlegm, and
their loyalty is of a less effervescent nature.
Their love of their Sovereign does not partake so
much of the nature of Idolatry, but is founded
on a Consideration of the advantages which they
derive from the possession of a Constitutional
Sovereign. They are, as the Irish truly- observe,
a calculating people. They are therefore at a
loss to understand in what manner the visit of
his Majesty is to be attended with such extra-
ordinary advantages to Ireland, as the oppressed
people of that country promise to themselves
from it, or how the mere announcement
of that. visit should have annihilated. 'civil dis-
sentions of two centuries.of continued endurance.
It is well observed by one of our contemporaries,
that 4C if we had no other evidence of the real
state of things, than that which is furnished by
rejoicings in Dublin, we should conclude that
Ireland was the best governed and most pros-
perous country on which the sun ever shone ; we
could not suppose that there existed a degrading
penal code, rendering the Catholic population out-
casts and aliens in their native country; we should
be unable to guess that a grinding system of taxa-
tion was swallowi►►g up the wages of labour, and
the profits of capital : and it would be difficult to
believe that the state of the Representation was
such as to deprive the mass of both Catholics
and Protestants of their political existence."—
We shall not, however,*pursue this subject. If
this visit shall be productive of lasting benefit to
Ireland—if the finest part of the British domi-
nions shall cease *to be ,the most miserable
country in Europe, our satisfaction will be most
sincere.

*** " The Chronicle" seems disposed to fellow the example
of " The Times" in depreciating the character of the Irish,
and has now given a proof, to use its own words, of " coolness
and phlegm," if not spleen, in noticing the noble zeal of Irish
loyalty.

His Majesty has, in Ireland, dispensed with
Military escort and attendance; a most gratify-
ing mark of confidence in the people, and a tacit
reproof to those who have so strenuously main-
tained that the sword is the only tenure by which
to hold their loyalty and obedience. The King
in this instance appears to have seen Ireland
with his own eyes. We fear he views England
through the distorted and obscure optics of his
Ministers. We rejoice in' the wise and generous
confidence reposed in the Irish, but have to
regret that it has been withheld from ourselves.
Ireland, vilified and traduced as the land of
crime and rebellion, the alleged disturbed state
of which has so long been the pretext for keep-
ing up an extraordinary and extravagant Mili-
tary 'Force, receives her Sovereign unattended
by guards, an individual professing an unbounded
reliance on the loyalty and attachment of his
people. How well that reliance is justified .we
need not observe. In England the King is, with
Eastern jealousy, with'lrawn from the view of his
subjects, and is .only to be distinguished in his
motions by the mass of the people—by the glitter
and' parade of arms : a distrust most painful to a
generous people, whose loyalty to their Kincr is
alone suspected because it does not extend to his
Ministers. Let persons reflect on ,the contrast
thus presented ; it is clear that his Majesty in
Ireland conceives himself secure in the affections
of his people ; from the very different line of
conduct pursued here, it is to be inferred that be
feels no such security. Ireland has been misrepre-
sented, -but England then must have been in-
finitely more so. The world will know how to
appreCiate those, who, to serve their own interest-
ed ends, have' laboured to alienate the affections
of a Sovereign from a whole people., His Ma..
jesty has now formally evinced his sense of the

pretenCe of the Soldier being displeasing to the
citizen, and that
.the highest gratification to the
people k dispenSing with military escort and in-
terference ; 'We shall, therefore, in future, know
how to value the oimpliment of troops of Lancers,
and Guards of Honour. It is also worthy of
remark, that at the very time when the one
capital was delivered from military interference,
even for purposes of parade, it was forced most
wantonly on the other to accomplish an object
hostile to the public sentiment, to the loss of life,
and on an occasion which truer policy and better
feeling would have.marked as the cessation of all
strife and contention.—(Mid.)

ALDERMAN WOOD..

TO THE EDITOR.

HARWICKvAUG. 18th, 1821.
earing that several inaccurate accounts have appeared
in the public prints, relative to my attending the funeral of our
late beloved Queen, I think it right, in justice to all parties, to
lay before the public an authentic statement of the facts. Al-
though I have had reason to know the feelings of Government
with regard to myself, and the violent attacks made on me by
the Government press, yet, I have no wish to charge them un-
justly. Upon the demise of her late Majesty, I foresaw great
difficulty, if the funeral were to be under the directions of the
Government, and I therefore wished that the Executors should
be the sole conductors of it, confident that the expenses would
be cheerfully defrayed by those who were attached to her
jesty through life. Had this course been adopted, the Royal
remains would have been conveyed to the tomb with all becom-
ing decency, without that empty military parade so constantly
denied her Majesty when living, and so little in unison with her
feelings, which would have afforded to all her friends an opportu-
nity of paying the last tribute of respect to their injured Queen.
On the 10th inst. I wrote th: following letter:—
' " 77, South Audley-street, Aug. 10, 1821.

" MY DEAR SIRS—TO you it must be almost unnecessary
to express how earnestly I wish to pay the last tribute of re-
spect and devoted attachment to our lamented queen, by attend-
ing her to her last earthly resting-place. Since the period of
her late Majesty's return to this country, I have never left her,
cheerfully devoting my whole time to her interest, and pro mot-
ing to the utmost of my power her honour and her happiness.
Her Majesty gave me the only reward I looked for—her most
unbounded confidence (perhaps, beyond what she bestowed on
any other individual) ; and she honoured me with the only title
I ever coveted, by naming me her friend, and evincing, at all
times, by her conduct, the sincere friendship and esteem she so
constantly expressed for me. The awful dispensation of the
Divine will has now left me but one sad duty to perform, and
I should be grieved if 1 were not permitted to follow to the
grave the remains of her I have so long loved, honoured, and
revered—whose loss I now deplore with the deepest anguish,
and the most unceasing sorrow and regret.
- "iI remain, dear Sirs, your's, most sincerely,

" To Dr. Lushington and T. " MATTHEW WOOD.
Wilde, Esq. &c. &c."
The following Answer was delivered into my hands by Dr.
LUSHINOTON himself:—
" MY DIAIL Stu—Mr. Wilde has communicated to me your
tletter requesting to attend the remains of her late Majesty to
he grave. To this we can have no hesitation in acceding, and
will certainly include you in the arrangements we are making,
in conjunction with the Government, for the due performance
of this melancholy ceremony.

" Believe me, sour faithful humble servant,
" Aug. 11, 1821." " S. LUSHINGTON.
Dr. LITSHINGION, at the same time, observed, that from
the conversation he had had with Lord Liverpool, he thought
it probable that none but her late Majesty's Household would
be allowed to attend, and he wished to know if I could be con-
sidered in that character. I replied, " Certainly, not as having
any specific appointment, but having remained four months at
Brandenhurgh House when her Majesty had no other attendant
but Lady Ann Hamilton—having constantly opened and an-
swered all her letters ever since her arrival in this country—hav-
ing acted as her Almoner—having treated for, and made the final
arrangements for her Majesty's residences. If these, and many
other unpaid services, are not sufficient to warrant your sending
my name to the Government, I must contrive other means of
paying my last duty to my Royal Mistress." Communicating
afterwards with Mr. Wilde (for I never could bring these
Gentlemen to meet me together on this subject), he said if Dr.
L. refused to return my name, he himself would write a letter
to the Under Secretary of State, which he accordingly did, upon
Dr. Lushington's refusal. Mr. Hobhouse replied, that as he
understood from Dr. Lusbington that I was notof the Household,
he could not, without a return of my name by the Executors,give
any orders for my attendance, This was only intimated to me the
night before the funeral, Dr. Lushington observing that he had
power to allow four persons. of the Household to attend who
were not named, and suggesting my going as one. I an-
swered I would rather go at my own expense, and, conse-
quently, provided myself with a mourning coach, scarf, and
hat-band ; but on the morning of the 'funeral, a coach having
become vacant, Mr. Bailey called my name; and I followed
the Executors. Arrived at Harwich, I was given to under-
stand, that had the Executors even here returned my name
for embarkation, which Doctor Lushington refused to do,
the Government officers would have made no objection,
as several persons were allowed to go who were not of the
Household. I felt this treatment most severely ; for, on many
accounts, I had no reason to expect it from such a quarter. I
am now waiting for the packet to Cuxhaven, and shall reach
Brunswick in time to follow to the grave the remains of our
neglected and injured Queen.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
:WATTHEW WOOD.

GENERAL PEPE.—The Duke of Kent packet,
which arrived on Friday (the 10th instant), at
Falmouth from Lisbon, has brought to England
the Revolutionary Neapolitan General PEPE, who
cut so conspicuous a figure in the late rebellion
at Naples. lie was accompanied by Colonel
PIZE, said to be his Aide-de-Camp, and took
the road for London.---(Conmall Gazette.)
The Neapolitan General PEPE passed through
Exeter 'on Tuesday morning (the 14th instant),
for London.—(Exeter Gazette.)
The activity of the authorities in Dundee, in
the course of last week, made an old woman speak
after sixteen years silence. She sold " dumb
fortunes" (a commodity not within the jurisdic-
tion of the Guildry, it should seem, either for
price of " freedom," or for booth-upset), and in
this way picked up a living by pleasing female
credulity. She was committed on a justice of
peace warrant ; and after twenty-four hours fast-
ing and obstinacy, she was fain to exclaim, " Oh,
Maister Watson, -gi'e me a drink."