The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-18 00:00:00

[Morning Chronicle.]

The Tories of Scotland are sufficiently aware
that they have long lain under the imputation of
stupidity, and, what is more, they appear equally
conscious that the imputation is by no means un-
founded. From an absolute inability to find any
man possessed. even of decent abilities; in their
own ranks, they have been obliged more than
once, to endeavour to seek in the ranks of their
opponents for persons to fill vacant places of im-
portance, such as that of Lord Advocate, &c.
where some talent is at least not superfluous.—
Whether this endeavour originated in something
like a sense of shame, or in the dread of the con-
sequences which might follow from a repetition of
Mr. M'Connochie's exhibitions in his Crown Pro-
secutions, we know not ; we know, however,
that the attempt to ,get a Whig Advocate to till
that office has been made, though hitherto with-
out success. It would appear, from the, Report
of the Pitt Club. Dinner, that the Tories begin
now to entertain a sanguine hope, that a new zera
is about to commence with them. Toryism and
length of ear are Ito longer to be associated toge-
ther in public estimation. Great exertions, we
are told, have been made to obtain an infusion
of some young men of talent and promise into the
effete body of the Tories, that the party may not
be composed exclusively of silly and imbecile
Peers, lazy Sinecurists, guzzling and overgrown
City Magistrates, superannuated Principals, time-
serving Divines, without the least alloy of useful
talent, and with no genius of any kind among
them, except what is monopolized by Sir W.
cott. We regret, indeed, that Sir Walter should
carry his genius into a Body so ill calculated to

- - it; ,
appreciate it does not require the presence of
Edinburgh Tories to set it off to advantage ; and
the proud consciousness of worth, which genius
ought always to possess, should have preserved
him from a degradation that Burns, poor as lie
was, would not have submitted to—of prostitut-
ing his talents for the entertainment of such an

assembly as that of the Pittites of Edinburgh.—
But genius and independence, unfortunately, are
not always united iu the same person, as in the
case of Burns.—Mr. Boswell, by the by, seems
to have been the only person who could put two
or three sentences decently together (from our
respect for the Peerage of Scotland, we shall say
nothing of the brilliant orations of the members
_ .

of that illustrious body), concludes a speech, in
which he tells the world that he is neither a Whig
nor a Tory (perhaps he may not be able to de-
termine what he is till it be ascertained whether
Ministers will be able to keep their places),
with expressing " his gratification at seeing so
many young men who had come to fill up the
places of those who were advancing in life, and
must soon drop off; and to defend, after they
were dead and gone, the glorious principles of
William Pitt." These hopes of the Tories
were a little afterwards brought forward with
due. formality, " as a corps- of young active
recruits," who . would fill the places of the
old fellows ; and there was proposed " the health
of Mr. Lockhart, and all the young men of his
age who had joined the Club." This Mr. Lock-
hart, the Corypheus of the young band, on whom
the hopes of the Reverend Principal of the Uni-

versity of. Edinburgh (who, with his brother
Academicians, expressed himself so keenly alive
. to the interests of religion and a pure morality),
are so fondly fixed, is, it is true, the.son-in-law
of Sir Walter Scott, but he has also long been
the principal writer in Blackwood's Magazine;
a periodical. work, distinguished, above. all others
for want of principle, either religious, moral, or
political, and the most outrageous calumnies of
any which have appeared in this country, between
the death of. The Satirist and the birth of John
Bull. • So much for the religion and. morals in
which the Reverend Principal delights ! We
may know from this what the Reverend Gentle-
mawmeans by ,pure religion and pure.'morality.
Mr. Lockhart , seems, however, perfectly aware,
that whatever might be thought of his.connexion
with Blackwood's Magazine in its .worst days,
he was still conferrinr;a great favour on the body
which he had joined. With .an assurance not
always possessed by genius, he seems. to think
that, his accession must, be decisive of the direc-
tion :%vhich the genius of the Scottish Bar- shall ,
hereafter take.—" The day was," quoth he,
when it was a common thing to .say,, that all
.the young men. of
.Scotland • were.. Whigs ; he
hoped that would never be .said again ;, but that
not °Wye!l the. most distinguished men of rank and
Talent,: ,but also'.ali .the, young .men .in Scotland,
would be found ambitious to pin their .faith-to
the sleeve of William Pitt."—After_the example
which 'Mr: Lockhart has set,, what. young man
of abilities will, hereafter join the ranks of the
Whigs'? -.lt. is true, there, appeared fewer Lords
,at. the ,Fox:Club, but. by Nvayof, compe,nsation for
the numher•of Peers and paper. Lords who, swel-
led the ranks of the. Plttikes,,their Chair/was. fill;
ed by ,the .ablest and- most, accomplisheed..of the
.Scots. Peers,. II is true
.that Messra..Clerki..Ter-
f(-4, Crapstoun>..T.,Murray.,: Sioncrieffend all
the rest of the men who are now eminent at the
Scots Bar, form some set off against the expected

eminence of Mr. Lockhart and those who are to
follow his example. We do not, th9refore, ab-
solutely despair of the future. Indeed, there is
so little affinity between such an inert' mass as
that under which the Edinburgh Assembly-
rooms groaned on Friday last, and acquirements
and talents, that we are little afraid of this ex-
pected Millennial of the Tories. A needy roan
of talents, with little principle and less delicacy,
may occasionally follow the example of Mr.
Lockhart, and, for solid pudding, consent to
Hatter silly Lords .and heavy-witted Baillies ;
but the sacrifice is too severe to be frequently
made.—The finest genius would soon be extin-
guished in such a quagmire.

[British Press.]
The Gazette still teems with Ministerial Ad-
dresses from various villages, and hamlets, now
for the first time ".known to fame," and honour-
ed by an insertion in the State Journal. It is a
pity that to each Address are not annexed the
names of the ten or dozen persons who have re-
spectively signed them. it is almost unneces-
sary to state that the Addresses contained in The
Gazette of Tuesday evening are said to have been
sent from places, where no public meetings were
held to collect the sense of the inhabitants. They
are therefore probably for the most part the
handy-work of the clergymen of the several
places, and bear the signatures of the parish
clerk, the tithe collector, the excise officer, the
keeper of
_the post office, with sundry constables,
beadles, &c. The Treasury Journals, while they
contend in. the - face of common sense.that such
Addresses contain the expression of the real senti-
ments of the Country, as opposed to the Addresses
that pray his Majesty to dismiss his present Mi-
nisters from his presence and counsels, offer at
the same time a most unlucky excuse to spew
why the partisans of the Ministers do not appear
at public meetings. They say that any individual
professing sentiments, favourable to the existing
Cabinet at a public assembly of the people, would
be clamoured down, and that consequently it
would be an idle and vain proceeding to propose
a Ministerial, or, as they would call it, a "Loyal"
A ddress,under such circumstances. I f this be really
the case, and of the truth of the statement we
have no doubt, what can afford a more satisfactory
assurance that such sentiments are not pleasing
to the vast majority of the nation, and that
the present Ministers and, all who advocate
their claims to public confidence share the
like unpopularity ! The Ministerialists know this
from experience, and they know also that
they have been foiled at their own weapons, for
at Derby a strong body of the Requisitionists ap-
peared on the hustings, and endeavoured by a
clamour that was disgraceful to them as gentle-
men, to drown the words of the Duke of Devon-
shire, and others who spoke in support of the
amended Address, until they were at length dri-
ven from the Hall by the indignation of the meet-
ing. At Liverpool, a knot of partisans, whO had
collected in one corner of the Hall, would not,
in the vehemence of their zeal, suffer even the
Mayor himself to speak to the meeting on points
of order, and the worthy Magistrate was,.in con-
sequence of this rude interruption, compelled to
dissolve the meeting. We do not complain that
any portion of the lower orders of the people,
not accustomed-to the courtesy that ought to pre-
vail in public discussion, and unable most pro-
bably to express their sentiments respecting, pub-
lic men and measures by any other means, should
seek by loaf applause or censure to testify the
tendency of their opinions ; but it is most revolt-
ing to every principle of civilized society that
gentlemen should seek to enjoy this vulgar pri-
vilege of clamour, and not less absurd than when
foiled in their attempts enforce_ it, they or their
partisans should complain of the populace for
having practised it with more effect.

[New Times.]
The grand Loyal Dinner on the Anniversary,
of his Majesty's accession to the Throne conti-
nues to be the theme of general conversation in
the City. It will be a most glorious manifesta-
tion of attachment to the Sovereign if the exam-
ple is followed throughout the kingdom ; and we
particularly call upon all those Cities and Towns
which have laid their Loyal Addresses at the foot
of the Throne, to join in one grand simultaneous
attestation of their common sentiments. That
they will out number their antagonists three to
one we have not the slightest doubt. It will not
fail to be observed that in Edinburgh, where the
Whigs made such an unprecedented struggle for
the pre-eminence, their public dinner was attend-
ed only by three hundred and fifty persons,
whereas at the Loyal dinner (besides many who
were turned away, owing to the. want of room),
the number of the company present was seven
hundred and fifty ! ! !—The result of the County
Meetings throughont England is, upon the whole,
highly satisfactory. We have shesvn, that, in
most instances, the Nobility scarcely sent a-
single representative to the Infra Meetings. Such
was the case in Hampshire, and yet the Address
was entitled that of the Nobility ! In the same
manner it was called an Address of the Clergy,
while not a single Clergyman was present. The
Cambridge Meeting. formed a sort of exception
from the general rule, but this was manifestly
owing to the extraordinary exertions of the friends
of Lord Fitzwilliam, in whose minds his Lord-
ship's removal from office, as Lord Lieutenant of
Yorkshire, still deeply rankles. •We are among
those
_persons who cannot lose all remembrance
of the high character so long maintained by his
Lordship as a firm supporter of the Constitution;;
but when we see party feelings so far prevailing
over his better judgment, as in the case alluded
to, we cannot but regret the unnatural and dis-
cordant union of this distinguished Peer, with
persons as far below him in rank, as different in.
principle.

[The Times.]
We have to notice a circumstance this day,
which. of itself might appear trifling; but which,
in the .clear, obvious, and iqcontrovertible infer-
ences_ which,cannot, fail or beir?g universally de
duced from it, is of vast importance to those who,-
like us, are convinced of the Queen's innocence
—that is, to the whole of the independent part

of the country. Her Majesty has been some
time in treaty, and has at -length concluded the
treaty, for Marlborough House—a mansion not
unbecoming her exalted station and high birth,
and situated between Carlton House and St.
James's Palace ; contiguouS to both.. Let all
England look to this important transaction. Her
Majesty has been accused of being a woman ca-
pable of indulging in sinful propensities—nay,
even given to indelicate and shameful habits.
And how does she reply to these foul and in-
famous charges? By boldly placing herself in the
midst of her enemies—by exposing her whole life
to their observation. " Here I am,." she says,
or seems to say, " in the 'midst of you ;
watch, observe, spy all my ways ; 1 know
no guilt, and, therefore, I practice no con-
ceahnent. Am I the creature that you have
represented me to be ? I have put myself
under your surveillance. My house., its doors,
its windowS are opens to you : your spies
may now surround me with ease ; I shall be sub-
ject to their inspection and yours, every hour :
let them report, and do you remark, my life and
conduct." Is not this, we again ask, a great and
magnanimous proceeding? Yet how strongly ould
prudence point out to her Majesty that course
which her native courage has impelled her to
adopt! Had her Majesty been really a woman
who had secret vices to indulge, or had she be-
come the slave- of unhappy propensities, she
would have skulked into obscurity. Every thing
gives way to the darling passion. Nay, her Ma-
jesty-'s friends, who know her habits, would have
recommended privacy, had those habits been
snch as could by any possibility have reflected
disgrace upon her : yet not only does her Ma-
jesty's own consciousness tell her that she has
nothing to dread from the exposure of every act
of her life to the severest scrutiny, but her at-
tendants and confidants also, who know her most
int'inate'y, join in the report ; and publicly an-
nounce to the world, and to all Europe, by the
sanction which they give to this act, that their
Royal Mistress is one who has nothing to fear
from being placed in the midst of her enemies :
she challenges their observation. The agreement
for Marlborough-house was executed by Alder.
man Wood with the Duke's trustees on Tuesday.

The public are already aware that a second
meeting of merchants, bankers, &c. of the City of
London was in contemplation, in order to coun-
teract tlx! effects, or expose the pretensions of a
preceding meeting. Our opinion of that first
meeting was certainly that its declaration contain-
ed little that was objectionable. The meeting,
however, was secretly got up ; and that, we think,
not very gallant or courageous in any class of
men ; and then a declaration which meant nothing
was, to say the best of it, but a useless concern.
Indeed, the public would not have known the
precise sentiments of the parties addressing, with
such cautious timidity were they expressed, had
it not been for some of the names which were at-
tached. It is not, therefore, without the strictest
propriety that a second meeting, of a more deci-
sive character, is called ; and we have this day to
notice Its iniatory proceedings. Its votes and
resolutions will at least be intelligible, and so far
will be becoming the open and ingenuous charac-
ter of Englishmen. Yesterday a meeting was
held at the Mansion-house, at which many of the
most considerable merchants, bankers, traders, and
members of great public bodies (including seve-
ral members of Parliament) were present, for the
purpose of considering the propriety of calling a
public Meeting of Merchants, &c. upon the sub-
ject of the late Declaration, professing loyalty
to the King, and purporting to be the Declara-
tion of the Mercantile Body. The Gentlemen
present determioed to request the Lord Mayor to
preside at the intended Meeting ; and it is the
design of those 'who are to take a principal part
in the discussion to propose a Resolution with
reference to the late Meeting, to which they re-
ceived no invitation, and which, in fact, was got
up without the knowledge of the great mass of
the Citizens of London. The proposition being
submitted to the Lord Mayor, his Lordship im-
mediately consented to take the Chair, and
offered the 'Egyptian Hall for the accommoda-
tion of the Meeting, which will be held on Wed-
nesday next.—( Ibid.)

[Public Ledger.]

• New political commotions are said to haVe
broken 'out both at Oviedo and Saragossa: A
number of individuals were arrested on the.night
of the t-29th ult. among them the Marchioness of
Lazan, wife of the Captain-General of Arragon
under the late Government, and father- of the
celebrated Palafox, four canons, and .several
minor ecclesiastics. Tranquillity was restored,
happily without any loss of lives. General
Riego arrived on the 30th at Burgos, into which
he made his entry in a carriage decorated with
_laurels, escorted by the military in garrison and
the national militia. He was conducted to the
Piaza Mayor, where, stationed near to the con-
stitutional pillar, he pronounced a discourse,
which produced a strong impression upon the
people. The inhabitants gave him a grand ball
and entertainment at the Theatre. He pro:-
ceeded .next day to Saragossa, to assume the
Government of Arragon.. In the clubs that have
just been suppressed were found a number of
foreigners, particularly English and French.--
Accounts from the Tyrol, to the 4th inst. say,
that there are frequent communications between
Milan and the head-quarters at Treviso, where
several General Officers have arrived from
Vienna. A part of the army was to advance on
the side of Pavia, to make room for those who
wßre expedted to arrive in the Venetian territo-
ries from the interior, but there was no talk of
passing the Po.

On Monday-:evening, on the Earl of WEsT-
M 9 I, AN. WS entering into town, the trunk was
cut off from behind his carriage, but the foot-
man having had the precaution to tie a cord
underneath the trunk, brought it under the
dickey on which he sat,. while he held the cord
in his. hand ; on the trunk giving way. he receiv-
ed a check, when• he inqtantly gave the alarm ;
the thieves decamped, leaving the trunk behind.