The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-13 00:00:00

TO SIR HARCOURT LEES, BART.

Stn.—With great deference and lespect, I beg leave to pre-
sent you witlrone of my Twelfth Cakes, and, trifling as it is,
to request your acceptance of it.
Having, with great pleasure. read your two splendid Letters
in The Morning Post, I remain delighted and gratified—de-
lighted, with your talent, zeal, and devotedness—gratified in
knowing there is one who dares avow himself the oppo►er of
Atheists, Whigs, and Radicals.
Sir, you have the honour of being the first known leader in
the defence of every thing that is dear to us. Yon will be
followed by numbers in this holy and glorious cause ; and, the
conflict over, your name will be cherished, honoured, and
immortalized.

With thanks-for your exertions, prayers for your success,
and best wishes fur the continuance of your health and happi-
ness, I am, Sir,

Your obliged, obedient servant,
10, Wigmore-street, London. JOHN BRIDGMAN.

Black Rock, Dublin, Jan. G, 1821.

SIR—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt, this
day, on my return from Dublin, of your letter of the 27th o f
December, (inclosed in a box, containing a very large Twelfth
Cake,) expressive of the great pleasure with which you have
read two Letters (the third and fourth) of mine, to the People
of England, published in that truly loyal and Constitutional
Paper, The London Naming Post. In requesting my ac
ceptalice of this most weighty and most magnificently de-
corated proof of your attachment to the Constitution, and
your approbation of those bumble but detet mined efforts of
mine to7shield your Sovereign and your religion from insult
an►iannibilation, you acquire my esteem and respect for your
principles, whilst you merit my gratitude and thanks for the
flatteringencomiums which you have had the kindness to bestow
on my writings. Your assurance, Sir, that my example will be
followed by numbers in the defence of every- thing that ought
to be dear to Englishmen and to Christians, I am happy to
say, has been corroborated by letters, received from total
strangers of all.ranks and classes, in every part of Great Bri-
tain, expressive of their deep sense of obligation fur my suc-
cessful exertions to roust them from their stupor, and to in-
spire them wit►, resolutibn to proclaim boldly and manfully
their determination to protect the just prerogative and dig-
nity tifthe Throne front outrage, arid the Constitutional pri-
vileges.of the subject from destruction—both of which arc in
the most imminent danger, believe me, from the place-hunt-
ing efforts of your Whig Patriots on one side, and your In-
fidel Patriots on the other; whilst your holy Religion, and
the severed guardians of your faith are equally despised and
insulted by both narties.. I shall send you, Sir, by the ear-
liest opportunity, copies of my numerous productions. You
will probably see my fifth Letter to the people of England,(now
at Press) in the London Papers of next week. I shall forward
it to-morrow night to those loyal and truly liberal Editors,
who have given immediate insertion to sentiments, dictated
by disinterested principles of allegiance to a grossly calum-
niated King, and of awe and reverence for the pnyest system
I of religious faith, that ever vindicated the omnipotence of a
Redeemer, or claimed the veneration of a Christian.
I have the honour to subscribe myself, Sir,
With every sentiment of respect, most faithfully,
HARCOURT LEES.

To Mr. Jolla Bridgman, In,
Wigmore-•trert, London.
(Dublin) Corrapendent, Jan. 8.

OXFORD, JAN. I'2.—Congregations will be
holden fur the purpose of 'granting Graces and conferring De-
grees on the following days in the ensuing Tenn,, viz. Ja-
nuary IS, 27 ; February 8; 20; March 3,6, 20 April 3, 14.

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HACKNEY.COACHES.—A question of some in-
terest to the public at large, respecting the re-
turn fares allowable to drivers of hackney coaches
and chariots, has lately been agitated, ou the
construction to be attached to the. 55tb Geo.
111. c. 159, s. 5 According to the construc-
tion put upon this clause, much difference of
opinion seems likely to arise. An example
of the operation of one method of construc-
tion may be stated thus :—Suppose, for in-
stance, that either a hackney-coach or chariot is
hired at Lambeth Marsh-gate stand, and dis-
charged at Vauxhall, the distance exceeding one
mile and a quarter, the fare thither would be
Is. 6d. and if the back fare be charged .separately,
the distance exceeding one mile and a-quarter,
such back fare would be also Is. 6d.; but if the
distance driven back be added to the dis-
tance thither, making one fare, the aggregate dis-
tance exceeding two and a half miles, the fare is
3s. 6d. the construction put on this question is,
that it is one fare, as in the latter case they al-
low the coachman 3s. 6d. But (in exemplifica-
tion of the other construction) suppose a coach
or chariot hired at the stand at Knightsbridge,
and discharged at Chapel-street in G rosvenor-
place, the distance thither being more than half a
mile, and the fare Is. the distance back being
only a quarter of a mile, the fare of that also ls.
the man's charge taken separately would be 2s. ;
whereas if taken together, his fare would be
only ls. and the Commissioners' construction
would give only Is. altogether, since the whole
distance to and fro does not exceed one mile. The
following is the opinion of the Attorney and Soli-
citor-General :—" It seems to us, that the fare
back is to be charged as a distinct faro, and that
the two fares are not to be added together to
make up an entire fare "
The residence of D. SERATTON, Esq. of Pen-
enden Heath, near Maidstone, was broken into
last week, and the cellar, pantry, kitchen, and
parlours completely ransacked, and the thieves
escaped without alarming the family, and after
eating heartily of beef, and drinking a consider-
able quantity of wine, carrying with them, beside
other articles, a ham, a surloin of beef, neatly
whole cheese, nine bottles of Madeira, and a
caauister of tea.