The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-15 00:00:00

LEICESTERSHIRE.

• It is with great pleasure we learn that in the
absence of the present worthy Chairman of the
Quarter Sessions for this County, the chair' is
likely to be -occasionally filled by that respect..
able, upright, and able Magistrate, Charles
Godfrey:Mundy, Esq. who at the late Sessions,
where he sat as Chairman, evinced: a marked:
fitu.k!ss for the situation. The patience with which'
he listened to, and the correctness with which.he
took down the evidence,- and the able and per-
spicuous mariner in which he stated the law to
the Grand Jury, on the various trials,. were the
Admiration of the whole Court, and recalls to our
mind the delight which was experienced when
attending the same Court in a neighbouring
county, where his Father for so many years with
honour to himself, and usefulness
-to his country,
filled the same situations •

We have the satisfaction of hearing that a com-
munication has been made to the Treasurer of
the Infirmary, from GEORGE TATE, Esq. of Bur-
leigh Fields, informing him that a Legacy, of F zae
Hundred Pounds has been bequeathed to that
Institution by the late Dr. T.
The'Ekecutors of the late WILLtAm GRUNDY,
Esq. of Pailton Hall, near Lutterworth, assuro
the Public, that he has'bequeathed the: several
sums of Two Hundred Pounds each, -to the Bir-
minOam and Leicester Infirmaries. And the
Interest of Two Hundred Pounds. to he'annually
laid out in Gowns, to be given to poor hui indus-
trious Widows, of the parish of Burh4e, near

Hinckley,
. .
During the last week the sum of The. my-five
Pounds'was distributed amongst the poor of Co-
leorton, in this County, by order of J_QUN SHER—
WIN, Gent. formerly of that place.
Sir GEORGE RontrisoN, Bart. M. P. has,
with his usual benevolence, given the sum of
Twenty Pounds—which "was expended in coals
—to the Poor- of Grent Glenn, in thisscounty.
—( Leicester Jokrnal, Jan. 12.)

His MAJESTY has graciously given 10001. as .a.
donation toWards the erection of the new Church
now building at Harwich.
At the tate visifpf the KING to Windsor Cas-
tle Mr. NASH, the. architect, received his MAJES-
TY'S commands to prepare a suite of roorpi for his
reception when at Windsor.
The apPointment of the Right non. CFLARLts
BATHURST, AS President of , the. Board , COD-.
LI'OUI, in the room of the :Right fion:..GEORGE
CANNING, is officially announced in the pazette
of •Saturday.-
The Gazette• of Saturday announcesiteWard
`0f.5001. for the apprehension of any' of the per-
sons who fired at and. wOunded any of. the offi-
cers and men of the Severn, in an affray betwe©n
crew and some "smugglers at Romney Warren.
ST.A LB AN '1 LECTIO M.—Fourth Day's Poll
WiLsos, 207—ROgs;'`185--EASTHOPE, 176.
.colossal statute is-to be erected' in.Lanark
to the memory of 'Sir' Wm. W A LLacx. It was
executed by Mr. ROBERT Foaatzsr, of Orchard.
The patriot is represented as eight feet foUr inches
in height, and a Scottish yard across his shoulders.
Mr. BLANCHARD did- not perform his character
of the Governor, in the Slave, on Saturday even-
ing, at Covent Garden Theatre, on -account of
the death of his eldest son, an amiable' and highly,
promising young man.
C-om LET E RADrcAr.s. —We think- MCSt."7'S.
SI VV.VRIGUTS, the-contractors for iht, presont
popular Lottery, ought VS be termed Complete
Radicals, as they .have almost p7t.t.mguished
Blanks, made double the number of Prizes the;e
usually are, and given the unprecedented
her of Nine2l,ooo/. Prizes!—ln fact such a Ra-
diail Reform in the Lottery System has been
effected, that they deserve well of.their Country
and no doubt, they 'will tie rewarded, and that
Soon.; as the DraVving begins the 23d, the day'
when Parliament ztiieet, on- which day, at_least
Three 21 0001;intSt. be drawn.

THE LONDON. JOURNALS.

,t
'll-1E MOJINING P.A.PERS.I

- • [Morning
tl e..have accounts ;to the 26th from 'Naples.
The Duke de -Gallo left thatcity to join the
'King; on the 20th. The Gi(zcite do-France says,
'that perthission to pass the frontier Would be re 7
him
-by the _Austrians, and the Journal des
ikbats add, that the Duke, upon reach-fug Flo-
rence, received sUchinformatidu as removed from
• his mind all hope nf the cOnsent of " the Sove-
ceigns"-to the contirsuance of the Spanish Consti-
tution. They also state, that the Neapolitan
rtia, and even regnlar soldiery, had declared
that they would receive orders only from
the King, and remain inactive until ,his return.
. These assertions seerp entitled to little cre-
dit, comingias they do, through impure party
sonrces, and without reference to any. autho-
rity. The extracts qUoted from the Neapolitan
'Journals -state,'that intelligence had been re-
ceived of the reception of. the EnvOY of Naples,
Count Ludolf, at the British Court to present the
'letter of King Ferdinand, stating the change_ of
Government; and thathis Majesty had received
him with expressions of lively interest for the
King and' his Family, and of the best wishes for
. the prosperity-..0f the Neapolitan People. On
the 15th (ult.) a Warm debate took place in the
Parliament upon the disgrace and impeachment
of the Ministers. The King's Message, imply-
ing the possibility of renouncing the Spanish Con-
stitution, is, the main charge against them. A
Deputy declared that the Message was " dictated
.11y, foreign- Ministers admitted into the King's
councils." This excited .a- shudder through
..the ,Chamber. On the 20th, the question was
resumed, and the report of the . Committee
, received. It declared, in substance, that there
was ground of impeachtnent against the- Ex
Ministers Ricciardi, Thorn' asis, Catrascosa,_,and
Macedonio, and _that the- two other Ministers al-1
ready declared deset'ving of impeachment should
have their conduct.invstigated on the 26th. On
the foll.owing day, however, in
.obedience to the
King's request before his departure, the Parlia-
ment was prorogued 'for a month. It appears
that memoirs and. plans of defence for the king-
dom of Naples are daily received from London,
rari'S, Madrid, Turin, Brussels, and-even •Rume.
Among these correspondents are the once cele-
brated General Durnourier, residing, we believe,
in the vicinity of London, and a distinguished
Spanish Guerilla Chief. —" Thus (says the
. Naples Journal) freedom unites hearts separated
_ by. Seas, Alpes, and Pyrrenees." The greatost
enthusiasm seems to prevail. The 'Emperor of
Russia readied Vienna on the 2d or 3d.

[British • Press.]'
The Emperor .Alexander arrived at Vienna on
the 30th of December, and proposed to set out
for the Congress at Laybach on the 3d instant.
His Imperial brother of Austria was to, precede
hirn in the journey by a day.. The poor old King
of Naples was expected to reach Lay bach on. the
Bth instant. The Duke de Gallo, the Neapoli-
tan Minister for Foreign Affairs, left Naples.
on the 20th of December, with a numerous
suite, for the purpose of joining • the King at
• Florence, and accompanying his Majesty to
. Laybach. Doubts, - however, were entertain-
ed whether the Allied SoVereigns would per-
mit so energetic an advocate for the late Revo-
lution to appear in their presence. A letter from
Vienna somewhat suspiciously observes, that the
deliverance of the King was considered as a de-
. cisive stroke, and that his Majesty is so entirelyi
beloved •by the soldiers and every class of- his
. subjects, that a simple summons from him would
•be sufficient to induce them to lay down their
arms. We have always suspected that. the •ob-1
•ject of the Allied Soierela''ns in requiring so par-1
-titularly - the presence of the old King•himself at
• Laybach, was for the purpose of practising upon
the fears or .the credulity that belong to an ad-
vanced age, and inducing him to suffer a Procla-
.rnation to be-issued in his venerable imam, call-
. ing on the Neapolitans to restore the ancient
.systern of Government, and, in the event of their
refusal, autherisin' the Allies to devastate his
- realm with fire and sword. That hopes of this
. nature are entertained in Vienna may be ,col
_lected from .this • letter:- The Allied Sovereigns
have, it is said„ expressed their resolution that
. the Spanish. Constitutiontsliall not be adopted by
. any State within the Italian Peninsula. • • •

[The Public Ledger.]
- Advices have- been received -froth Naples to
the 2:X.1 ult. They confirm the accounts pub-
lished in the French- Journals of •the mortality,.
that bas.taken place among .the Austrian forCes
in Italy. A species of epizootic had:been parti
eularly fatal to the horses, which-Ivere- dying by
hundreds. These advices communicate the pro-
ceedings of the National Parliament on the 18th
of December, the day on which the.Princeßegent,
after having taken the. oaths to the:new. -Consti-
tution, opened tire-Session with which his new
authority was ~to' commence. A lively debate
took place on the reading a dispatch from the
MiniSter of Wart relative to a demand made by
some of the Deputies of Parliarnent to be exempt-
ed from 7 service in 'the :National Guard during
the , continuance of the Session ;••but On taking
the votesohe claim of exemption -was refused. A
discussion also took place on -the project of a
law for the abolition of • feudal rights in Sicily.,
which was agreed. to, with some- unirnpbrtant -mo-
difications ; and it was ordered that the Provin-
,ckal Deputies -should co-operate with the local
Magistratesin carrying-it. into execution. -

- [Morning Ci ronick.]
The Declaration of the Allied Sovereigns a

Troppau against the " overthrow of the order of
Abiligs-iu Spain, Portugal, and ,Naples," speaks
.with a confidence which .we are afraid is but

• torpnWell founded, in their certainty of obtaining
!the,assent-of.the Ministers of this country to their
...Infamous .designs. -- They :"-have concerted toge-
...titer, they say; the measures. required by circum-
stances, and have communicated .to. the. Courts of
Loudon and Paris their intention of obtaining

the end desired, either by moderation or by
force. ;With this view they ,have invited the
King of the TWo Sicilies to repair to Lay bach
to appear there as conciliator between his mis-
guided people and the States whose tranquil-
lity is endangered by this state of things ; and
as they have resolved not to recognize any au-
thority established by the seditious, it is only
with the King that they can confer. As the
system to be followed has no other foundation
than-treaties already existing, they have no doubt
of the assent of the Courts of Paris and Lon-
don," &c.. A press of matter will not now allow,
us to giVe to thiS. subject the consideration to
which it is entitled. Alas ! for England, the
classic land of 'liberty Low, indeed, have we
fallen, if we join the banners of the Holy Alliance
in this unholy Crusade against Reform.' But it
cannot! be ; Englishmen wilt never prove them-
selves so unworthy of the proud distinction
achieved for them by their ancestors, as to ap-
prove of princip!es distinctly condemning . the
Revolution of 1688. The Ministers who attempt
to involve this country in the guilt of this project
lof the Holy Alliance, , will become an object of
scorn and detestation to their contemporaries and
Ito posterity.

Plornmg Post.]
It is . fortunate for civil society that its-most
important interests are not directed by the vague
standard of floating opinion. If we examine the
character and abilities of the men who have .set
themselves up as the political guides of the mul-
titude, we shall be able to form a pretty correct
estimate of what is usually called the public
voice. 'Generally speaking, they are disqualified
by vices of mind and heart from serving as guides
and teachers.. Moreover, they are urged by one.
of the strongest and basest passions of human na-
ture, to withhold, instead of imparting, truth.
They have alWays some base interest,-besides the
gratification of vanity and presumption, to pro.,
mote, by misleading the multitude. As a substi-
tute for honourable qualifications, they bring
with them a considerable stock of spurious pa-
triotism ; or they are persons of a naturally vul-
- gar, restless, and acrimonious temper,.to whom
abuse is at once a want and a gratification. The
proprietors of- seditious and blasphemous papers
are another class. of .political teachers, by far
the most worthless, because they speculate upon.
success, and calculate their profits according to
the malignity of their doctrines. When such is
the fountain-head, as well as the pervading prin-
ciple of public opinion, the stream cannot be
very pure ; -and,'yet we are gravely told that no
political measures are good that do not receive
their dye from that muddy current. It would
be as vain as false to pretend that the opinions of
the many are derived from a higher and purer
source. Every_day's experience proves the con-
trary and when the Whigs aim at popularity;
they can only aCquire it by flattering the pas-
sions, instead of . enlightening the understand-
ings. of the multitude. They are obliged to fol-
low, instead of giving, the impulse; and, when-
ever they presume to become the main-spring of
popular movements, disappointment and mortifi-
cation always follow the attempt.

[Nero Times.] •
" _The great commercial Aristocracy of Lon-
don," we are told, is, about to --hold a public
meeting in opposition to the Declaration of the
Merchants, Bankers, and Traders, who are at-
tached to the cause of Loyalty and the Constitu-
tion. Of whom this Aristocracy consists, we are
not 'informed ; but as we heard Mr. Lemaitre
reckoned among the" truly loyal" at Camber-
well, and Messrs. Wooler and Thelwall at Croy-
don, so we presume, they and others like them
kill support the parts of the " truly aristocratical"
in the- Egyptian Hall. Now, let us suppose an
assemblage, of this kind, colleCted, under the
auspices of the present Lord Mayor, could any
thing bemore effectual in overwhelming-the Infra-
laygliSts' with ridicule ? _Will any'thi-:g ever re-
lieve Mr:Alaberly from the disgrace of his alliance
with Wooler, at the Croydon meeting ? Wooler
and Mahe-Hy are now inseparably rivetted to-
gether In political history : and. so it will be
with any' commercial Aristocrat," who may take
part in the scheme which the Mislewling Journal
announces : he will be at once enlisted in the
corps of Infras, under the .command -of some of
those; tried patriots, who received their firit com-
missions in' Newgate. The Lord Mayor, of
course,_is perfectly pasrive
.in the business. If
he-is applied to by a certain number of persons,
no matter whom, he will daubtleSs grant the use
of the Hall for the ikleeting, and when "the doors
are opened tagrag and bob tell will rush We
should not be surprised indeed if Cobbett, and
Pearson, and Benbow, and Hone, -and Thomp-
sons should all attend. At all events nineteen-
'twentieths •of the meeting -would probably be
the lowest and least respectable traders in
_ .

LOndbn. Now What inference could or would
any individual in any part of the kingdom draw
from the acts of such a: Meeting ? • Granting that
one or two Bankers .should. .have. the monstrous

folly_to join in this scheme, would they not be
obliged to •go *all the lengths that the Radical
directors of' it might command' Resolutions might
be adopted and votes' .passed ; but they must
manifestly be the resolutions and votes, of the
assembled multitude, who certainly Would repre-
sent any thing but the property of the City of Lon-
don. The. diirenence between such a meeting and
the persons who sign the Declaration.ofihe
chants, Bankers,. and Traderi would- be pretty
much the, same as the difference bet Ween the late
Hampshire Meeting and the. Hampshire AddreSs.:
To the AddreSs. no less than 10,009 Signatures of
respectable erso.ushad been affixed. It was there-
fore urrdecessary for them to•stand forward again,
if the point. to. be determined was On-which side
the respectability and property of the County
lay. The Misleading Journal 'pretends to solicit.
earnest. attention to -the ProCeedings-. of the four
County Meetings, viz. those •of Hampshire,
Bedfordshire,, Shropshire,; 'MO 'Cheshire ; but
attention is not what -it—really desires in its
readers ; for a slight. degree of attention will
• 'detect the delnsion that is: attenipted, to be
•practised. Let -us • take .the fear Counties in
their order. First, in Hampshire, as we havie

observed, ten thousand respectable persons, in-
cluding
most of the resident Peers and principal
country gentlemen,had already signed a loyal
Ad-
dress : . the voice of the County had therefore been
heard ; the loyal party had nothing to gain ; they
had no motive for descending from. their elevated
stations to attend a Meeting of about -a tenth part
of the number of persons who had already affixed
their names to.a public declaration of their loy-
alty. No considerable oppositiOn; therefore, was
Made. The Radicals had their Meeting to them-
selves, talked as ;they pleased, shouted as they
pleased, and passed-just what Resolutions they
pleased.—:-In Bedfordshire, the Whig Radicals—
headed by his Grace the Duke—hve long been
better organised for action than their opponents.
The latter,therefore,did not attend=and theCoun- '
ty Meeting betarne merely the Meeting of one
Party in the County. But in Shropshire the sup-
porters of the opposite opinions met—the Queen's
friends headed by Grey Bennet. They had
speeches enough, and noise enough—but at last
came, the rote. And the Loyal Address Was
carried, says The Salopian Journal—by an over-
thkelmin'g -111Vor2ty. Lastly, we come to the
Cheshire Meeting... Here Lords and Baronets
were arrayed_ oneach side ; Grosvenor and- Com 7
bermere, Crewe and Chohnondeley, .met in
open. and • strenuous opposition. And What
was the result ? Hear it, ye despisers of the
degraded Ministry ! EVen The Tithes confesses
that the majority were for the Loyal Address ;
but in plain fact, the numbers ,were at least three
to one. Here then is the. sum total of these'

County- meetings. From one., the Loyal Free-
holders have absented themselves through con-
tempt. From another, through carelessness and
want of management. In.these two there is no
triumph because no contest. But in the other
two "meetings—they met their opponents—op-
posed theni-,--outnninbered them—triumphed over
them. So be it ever.