The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-21 00:00:00

THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY.

[From the Constitutiormel.]
A new Ministry is called to the helm of the
State, and its first acts are expected with impa-
tience, in order to form a just idea of its political
system. Some.private -interests, some ambitious
individuals, are on the watch, because so great
an alteration► in the head'of' the Administration
is felt in the extremities;:"but to the mass, what
has hitherto occurred appears only a change of
place ; what the public may gain in the increase
of liberty, or the diminution of sacrifices, can
alone be felt as a change•of things. France only
aspires to the enjoyment of - the delights of her
climate, the riches of her soil, and the resources
of her industry, under the influence of institu-
tions which protect, but which alloW freedom'of
action ; for it ought to• be.cOnstantly repeated,
that this country, which has been so cruelly torn
by factions, contains all the elements of peace
and prosperity. There is no agitation beyond
that salutary movement, which maintains vigour
and prolongs life. Men of moderate talents,
possessing merely good intentions, may easily
render France happy and powerful. There ex-
ists rio country which it would" be more difficult
to govern ill.

In England, on the appointment of a new
Ministry the changes are confined to the great
places and sinecures which pass from hand to
hand. As iu that country there is scarcely such
a thing as a salaried Magistracy, and as every
thing goes on by itself or through private interest,
the convulsion is not felt beyOnd the Govern-
ment offices. With us, on the contrary, where
the Administration is extremely complicated, the
removal of a Ministry shakes, or at least alarms,
all the individuals employed in the different
stages of the Administrative scale. The change
of a Minister of Finance is felt in the Lottery
Offices ; and that of a Minister of the Interior by
the lowest Sub-Prefect in the kingdom.
This is a serious inconvenience, but it is the
consequence of a system of Administration which
was formed by an absolute Government. This
system does not accord with the Representative
Government, which the august author of the Char-
ter has given us. Its checks its development, and
impedes the movement of the machinery ; but by
the force of things it will gradually disappear,
and give place to a system in harmony with the
fimdamental law of the State, and which will
have the double advantage of being more consti-
tutional and less expensive.
The municipal law; provided it is not to be a

privilege bestowed on a few proprietors, to the
general injury of the public;- will be looked for-
ward to with iMptitience. . But what is most ar-
dently desired is a frank revision of all those de-
crees, orders, laws and orllinances, which so
completely clash with each.other, that every one
may find himself :right;l/4and wrong at the same
time : and what above all is desired, is a positive
and complete independence of juries and tribu-
nals—an independence without which there can
be no civil and political liberty ; no security, no
repose.

It will be worthy of a new Ministry not to
shrink from a law for fixhig the responsibility of
Ministers. The Charter has promised it, and
society demands it. There may be serious
abuses in liberty ; but that ahuies are also pos-
sible in power, no one ‘v ill doubt.

Before prescribing punishments for the faults
of others, it would perhaps be becoming in Mi-
nisterial authority to offer securities against its
own. A vast career of glory is open for those
who may have the good sense to recognize and
to judge what France wants and wishes. This
is a fertile field which still produces, though it
has not been sown. What would it not yield to
those who know how to cultivate it?
The late Ministry have resigned, and certain
Journals already applaud their fall, while they
salute the rising power. Our silence, when it
was necessary for us to be silent ; our hints,
when permitted to speak, have sufficiently ex-
plained the manner in which we'viewed the last
Administration. We wished to attack it when
we could -not, and now we will not. A disgrace,
however striking it may be, is always entitled to
a certain respect. To worldly men there is
no compensation for the loss of power.---The
errors of the man who falls ought only to be
pointed ou►, as warnings to him who is rising.

To those Journalists we leave the task of
burning by anticipation incense on the altar of
an authority which is only yet known by the
names of the persons that exercise it. Before we
speak of it, we shall wait for its acts. If they
appear calculated to recal confidence,-to soften
animosities, to conciliate interests, we shall pay
them an honest respect ; if they appear to us op-
posed to this noble object, we shall criticise them
frankly, and shall not be afraid of being called
flatterers, if we praise with good faith ; or de-
tractors, if we censure with justice.
Our most ardent wishes are to see liberty se-
cured to all, and not merely to some classes.—
Parties often invoke liberty, only to obtain
power ; and regard the triumph of their system,
only as a means of subjugating their opponents.
We claim liberty for all Frenchmen, whatever
be their opinions; we ask it, above all, for our
enemies, because there is no glory in conquering
adversaries, except when they combat with equal
arms.

Such is the profession of faith of men who
love their country, independent of the favours it
may bestow, or the sacrifices it may impose.

[ From the Courier Francais.]

The new Ministry is the subject of all conver-
sations. Every one is lost in conjecture on the
course it is about to adopt; and the desire of
knowing the future gives Great occupation to the
present. Some say that the' rewards which the
Crown has granted in the Moniteur to the Mi-
nisters who have quitted their stations, are
proofs that their system is still to be followed.—
Others affirm, that by withdrawing the law on
the Censorship, the Government seems pledged
to an opposite, or at least a different, course.—
Finally, there are Sibyls who pretend to pro-
phesy that the law on the Police of the Journals,
which is to be presented by the present Keeper
of the Seals, will be in all respects (the title ex-
cepted) perfectly equivalent to the law of the
Censorship, which was brought forward by his
predecessor.
Which of these conjectures ought to be adopt-
ed ? What, at the present moment, is to be ex-
pected ? That is what the friends of liberty and
their country need trouble themselves little about,
for the future is in the power of no one ; for the
minority of, the Chamber can neither mend it nor
make it worse; for the evil or the good which is
to follow will be the work of the majority, which,
by adopting or rejecting the measures to be pro-
posed, can alone influence our future position,
and determine the fortunate or unfortunate events
to which the new Ministry may give birth by
the system they mean to follow.
One thing only appears determined by the
new appointments. It is now known to what
class of opinions the Ministers belong, and their
nomination renders the position of the Chambers
and of France more distinct, the route to be fol-
lowed more easy, anti the opposition more direct.
Thus, as we predicted on the appearance of the
law of the 29th of June, the two opinions are in
presence. Adieu to floating votes, to opinions
without opinion, -principles without principle.
Tile centre, which often served as an interme-
diary between the Ministry and the two sides of
the Chamber—which sometimes was a rampart
for the weaker against the attacks of the stronger,
and sometimes the auxiliary of the stronger in
crushing the weaker—this centre seems to be
dissolved in the Sitting of Saturday. No De-
puty was observed to place himself between the
two opinions. Every one had chosen his party.
'Twas, who for Caesar ? Who for Pompey ?
this a good on an evil ? Ido not take upon my-
self to decide, though my opinion on the subject
is formed ; but the fact is as I have stated it.
Thus has the electoral system of the 29th of
June brought forth its fruit. It no longer leaves
for Ministers the possibility of that intermediate
and ministerial opinion which, during four years,
had existed under the influence of the law of the
sth of February.
The Quotidienne still murmurs, and I sincerely
pity that paper. The Drapeau is more happy.
It announces to the universe that the day is not
far distant when it will be Ministerial. It is
easy to foresee that the Ministers who are sup-
ported by the Drapeau must be proof against all
attacks. That journal offers, indeed, its services
in a manner altogether disinterested ; hut is not
receiving them even gratis, paying for them more
than they are worth?

FRANCE.—Reverting to the observations in
our Paper of Wednesday, on the internal condi-
tion of France, on the inconsistent and extraor-
dinary declarations of the KING respecting the
prosperous "progress of agriculture," and the
" distress " of the " agricultural interests of the
East, West, and South," in consequence of a
" redundant harvest," we request the further at-
tention of our Readers to the practical conse-
quences of admitting such a principle in Political
Economy, and of acting upon the strange doc-
trines to which it has latterly given rise, or ra-
ther, under the paralyzing influence of such doc-
trines, of refitsing to act, and of abandoning in
despair all attempts at a legislative remedy for
the evils of abundance!
As the " redundancy " of 'agricultural pro-
duce is expected to• be injurious to agriculture
and agriculturists, it must be admitted, by the
parties making such an assertion, that a re-
dundancy of products in all other • branches of
industry, and even a 'redundancy of men distin-
guished for their learning, their virtue, and their
talents, is necessarily calamitous to the parties
themselves who have advanced so far in the pro-
gress of improvement, and to society ;—that all
progress in improvement, therefore, and in ex-
tending the physical and intellectual powers of
man, is in fact an advance toward calamity ;
and that the true interests of society could
only have been preserved a few ages since by
compelling the human mind to remain stationary,
and by preventing the future efforts of the inven-
tive .faculties for the production and distribution
of wealth. If. the doctrine be correct, we have
•no remedy left at present,. but that of retrograd-
ing to the position which we occupied half a cen-
tury ago—destroying a great number of scientific
works, breaking up a large portion of our ma.
chinery, and • eradicating all traces of the prin-
ciples on which it is constructed ; reverting to
small -farms and the ancient methods of mis-
managing land, re-crossing the improved breeds
of cattle till they are restored to their original
comparative imperfection, and returning to their
former sterility the vast tracts of land which have
been rescued from the waste !
One would think that such doctrine as this is
obviously so absurd, that its mere statement is
sufficient for its explosion, if we had not the cer-
tain evidence before us that it- is acted upon by
the Governments both of England and France!—
In this country„.the Duke of BEDFORD, we per-
ceive (see his Letter in THE SUN of Wednesday).
has at length discovered that the career of agri-
cultural improvement has led the farmers and
their landlords into a predicament which is fatal
to their own interests, and has wisely withdrawn
his name and his support from the Smithfield
Club, which has so materially contributed to the
production of mischievous abundance, under the
evils of which the. Agricultural Interest groans.
his Grace frankly states, 7iat, in his opinion,
" the public derives no benefit from our bringing
to a greater degree of perfection animals of a breed
known to possess the higheSt merit ;" and in the
simplicity of his heart " thinks the sooner we
(the Club) dissolve ourselves the better," " any
further incentive to improve the breeds of cattle,
sheep, and swine, having become wholly useless."
We shall expect to hear it proposed next, that
the Societies for the encouragement of Arts and
Manufactures shall on the same grounds discon-
tinue their public labours, and that a Bill shall
be brought into Parliament for rescinding all
existing patents, and declaring that all persons
who shall in future make new inventions are
guilty of high clinics and misdemeanours !

The French Papers of Tuesday arrived this
morning, from which we give extracts in our.pre-.
ceding columns.

New York Papers arrived this morning to the
25th of November.

[From the Pensacola Floridan, Oct. 29.]

lIIGIiLY Imp° RTAN T.-In a conversation with
one of the Gentlemen affording the news from
Vera Cruz, we learn that Russia and Great Bri-
tain are both in treaty with the KING and Cortes
for the purchase of the kingdom of New Spain.

Great Britan had offered fifteen millions sterling. •
This has produced a great sensation and alarm
to all pasties.
CAPTURE OF ANOTHER PIRATE.—The United
States schooner Porpoise sailed from St. Tho-
mas's, on the ‘26th Oct., in pursuit of a piratical
vessel, who had committed great- depredations
upon the American commerce. The Porpoise
succeeded in capturing her, after an action of two
hours. The Porpoise had two men billed : the
loss of the pirate is not ascertained. •
YELLOW FEvan AT JAmAtcA.—Capt. CLAng,
who arrived last evening, on his paSsage front
Trinidad fell ;n with two vessels, 'which left Ja-
maica the latter part of October, the, crews of
which were sick with the yellowlever they in-
formed Capt. C. that it was very sickly at Ja-
maica, and that most of the crews on board the,
vessels there had died. -

[From a Jamaica Paper of the 3d Nov:j

It is with great regret we learn that a fever
of a very malignant nature has appeared in maul
of the parishes of this Island, and is making
great ravages amongst the white inhabitants ; it
greatly resembles the yellow fever of' St. Do-

ming°.

The brigantine Slancy, belonging to this port,
was carried into Rio do la Bache on the 9th ult.,
and sailed on the llth, in company with the in-
dependent squadron, consisting of nine sail of
transports, with troops for Santa Martha, where
they were to be joined by several vesselswith
troops, and were to proceed on an expedition
against Charges,and to co-operate with the forces
in the South Seas.

Gibraltar Papers to the 30th ult. were receiv-
ed last night. They state the amount 61 tlit'
monthly allowances ordered by the King 0
SPAIN to be made to the Neapolitans and Pied-
montese Refugees, in compliance with the resolu
tion of the Cortes. They also contain some ad-
ditional particulars respecting the proceedings of
the people at Cadiz and in the principal ttrwil
of Andalusia, where opposition to the Govern-
ment continues to display itself in the most deter-
mined manner. A show of respect, it is true,
is still preserved towards the KING, and the
removal of his Ministers is represented as the
sole object which the mal-contents have in view.
But pretences are never wanting to give colour
to the most criminal acts and intentions, and con-
duct like that adopted at Cadiz and Seville is
too barefaced and too daring to deserve any other
name than that of insurrection. These Papers also
mention certain regulations put in force at Malta
with regard to the admission of foreign vessels,
in consequence of the pret'alence of the yellolv
fever in the Spanish Peninsula.

his Majesty's ship Leven, Captain
OW EN‘ and.the Barracouta brig, are now fitting
out at Woolwich, and will sail in a few days for
the purpose of making an extensive survey of .the
Eastern Coast of Africa. We know of no Officer.
better qualified in every respect than -Captain
0 WEN to undertake this important service, aunt
we believe he takes with him some of Sir WIL-
LIANt CONG It EVEN improved sky-rook.ets, with
some of which an experiment was tried the-othor
day on Shooter's-hill, to ascertain their utmoSt.
power of elevation.
DEc. IS.—llls MAI EA TY continues
in the. happiest state of health. His daily exer-
cises are limited to the covered riding-school,
and walks in the palace gardens. Music is the
leading feature of the Royal amusement in el?
evening. Ills MAJ EST Y devotes the preceding
part of every day to State affairs and business.
•We heard yesterday that the Marquis WE"
LESLEY 'had not yet left Richmond for Irelaad-
Ilk Excellency had had an attack of the gout ;:a
his right knee, which prevented his moving out.
The Noble Marquis is expected to leave Rich-
mond this day, on a -visit to Lord and LadY
GRENVILLE, at their seat, Dropmoro Lodge,
where his Lordship will sleep, and to.morrogr
he sets off for Bath, on his way to Ireland,--*
(Morning Paper.) •
A private letter from Paris mentions it a; pro-
bable that the Duke de RicnELtEu will return
to Russia, and resume his 'static-1 as Governor Of
Odessa.

The following is an extract of a Letter dated
Corunna, Ist December, and received by the
Mail of yesterday :—" since the 28th November,
the date of my last letter, nothing more has oc-
curred with regard to MINA, except that the
people have prevented him from leaving the place`,
in conformity to the orders of Government, and
•he continues, as heretofore, commanding the pro-
vince, in the character of Captain-General. Tat
the return of the express sent up by our Munici-
'pality to Madrid, with remonstrances and expla-
nations on this subject, we do not know • whit
will be done; but, in the mean time, I can assure
you, that the most perfect tranquillity prevails
here."

-It is said that the change in the French Minis-
try has made a great impression in the diplomatic
corps at Paris. General Pozzo ot BORG°
im-
mediately despatched for St. Petersburgh his Se-
cretary of Legation, the Chevalier de Poggenpohl•
ST. JAMES'S PARK.—The centre walks round
the Park.have double rows of lamps, to be lighted
with gas, erected, and the whole of the apparatus
will be completed by Christmas eve. It tJas
been arranged that the Park will be illuminated
on Christmas night for the first time. Tily efilizt
will be most resplendent.

the OLD ilryIES-:aad NEW TIMES.

' We look with regret on the personal disputes
between the Conductots of public Journals, be-
• cause their mutual abus* can only tend to de-
glide themselves, and, what is incalculably
.worse,,bring odium upon the.ru,blic Press. We
have certainly 'no disposition to enter into the
?controversy now carrying on between the Old
,and the New Times, but as we, in common with
-other Journalists, may be exposed to public
• contempt by such a disgraceful use of so
important a vehicle of knowledge as a
'Free Press, we may be permitted to say
•• . few words on the subject. And first with re-
lation to. Dr. STODDART, who says, " that so long
ago as the 18th of February, • 1817, I pointedly
-addretSed to Mr. WALTER, in The New Times,
• a- oiquestions, tending to place that subject
• (his connexion with the Old Times) in the fairest
.point.of view before the public. I repeated the
•satne questions in the same open manner on the
.21:1 January; 1819 ; but thobgh so long a period has
. elapsed they still remain unanswered! When Mr.
WALTER shall have given distinct answers to all
those questions, it will be time enough for me to re-
Ply more particularly to his present misrepresenta-
*iOns."This surely is fair- on the pact of Dr.
S'I,'ODDART -,but as the Public cannot be supposed
to recollect-his Questions, he ought to reprint
Ahem,"and then his ad versary4in have no excuse
for silence or evasion. Now, as to Mr. WALTER,
Ilse seems carefully to have stored his ammunition
'Pgainst Dr.STonnAuT, but why does he not answer
• Dr. STOODART'S questions ? The public, if they
'take any interest in the subject, as they appear to
-do in pug-itistda another kind, will expect Mr.
;WALTER to stand fairly up to the Doctor, and,
if his questions aim at seven hits, to endeavour to
Parry them. Mr. WALTER should have answered
the Doctor's questions at first; and his not answer-
ing them when they were a second time proposed,
-does not tell in his favour. The matter is now
.4f"irly at issue between these gentlemen, and Mr.
' WALTER should himself revive those questions, if
t he Dr. does not,and give them open and distinct an-
-s titers. We ha ye no disposition to enter into the ques-
tion of THECONSTITUTIONAL Assoc' AnoN,giving,
however, the Protectors and Patrons full credit
'fOr their motives ; but the attacks upon Mr. M u a-
•al v and Mr. SHARP, neither of whom we know,
have been so scurrilous and violent, that they must
'}lave excited the contempt and indignation of
every just and liberal mind. Mr. SHARP, in par-
ticular, has been the subject of the most venomous
abuse, and his life has been explored with ma.-
lignant industry. We shall conclude with an
extract from Mr. SHAr P'S expostulatory letter to
"Jr. WALTER, on account of the abuse which had
been poured upon the former through the me-
dium of The Times.- Considering the-persever-
ing malevolence witly.which Mr. SnAtie has been
assailed, it Would have justified a less moderate
tone than he appears to have adopted ; and it
might be expected that Mr. WALTER would
`have published the whole letter, or. at least
:bay() sUppreSsed the extract, which certainly is
•tioL injurious to. Mr. SHARP, and oughtfto have
Lad a. more- liberatinfluence on the feelings of Mr.
• WALTER. The following is the Extract from
.11r,8tt.+Rr'sLetter, 'as published it\.
of this day

" IF any thing could .--giVeme more 'pain than another, it
would be, first, the necegsitY'''of referring to the acts of . those
who- are gone to render:their final account.; and,..next, to the
promulgation of airy thing Which conic' wound the feelings of
respectable persons, and especially of females, now liviatit'but
there is a'Poitit beyond Viljitti human endurance .caimo-f-go ;
and, forthe good of society; ought not to be carried.. :Thit
to one-less disposed to forbearance than myself, .would.haye
been long tince.considered.past ; with me, Fsay frankly,.4 has,
•arrived. I therefore call upon you to use that influenceWhiChybli
Toksess. . —,or ,ought to 'possess—as a Proprietor of; The,Times •
-i.'Oper, -and 3,-..tire =oral obligations which you are bound to
.4.1.11!-11 as a husband, 'a. father,. and a man, to an' end to the
Caliukhioila 'arid coiirsc which has been there-it?
,pur-
' fof tnbst reluctantly. I. shall ,be sb—to
• Acts of ictallationOt may perhaps prove. 'that- there are few
whOsetecollection.oe occurrent& of private and cib-
lUesticmisfortunc canhe brought back with less agreeable ken-
- sationa than -to those'who• bear, or have borne, the name of
Walter."

.Why Dr. Sr.ovii,A.ax or Mr. SHARP, Sllo,Ajd
display more deticacy with respect to Mr.
TER than he shews towards them, it is ditlicult to
say, except that „their- forbearance is obvionily
. more hoziourable iiithe,ir feelings; and as to=A :tr.
. WA.l.Tea, lac has at least justified the latter in
Whatever he trtaY'be inducedto bring forward, since
he.was originally attacked without any prOvnca,
tio,u on his part but his connection with a So;
.riety::which has been supported by many of the
1/10st dignified and' respectable characters through-
out.the.country.

.CQNSTITUTION ASSOCIATION.-Repeatedly
. have we called the attention of our readeri to the
s Constitutional AsSociation, a Society.which enrols
amongst its member§ many, of the greatest, noblest,
most distinguished mimes of the country—men re-
nown-ed.equally for their learning and their virtue,
• their talents, their loyalty, their unbought
• triotic devotion. That such a Society—that such
rien, should excite the .hatred of the wicked Tis
perintly natural. The.4buse which the Society.
. receives from the debased offspring of infidelity
• and sedition, from the promoters and .champions
;of a reign of terror, constitutes its Most exalted
praise—affords the most irrefragable proof that it
has made the guilty...tremlie in their dens of in:,
far/4.
,Some, howOrer, admitting the excellent
' and laudable nature of its objects and *motives,
• deny its expediency..,The-Letters ofOato,iaia9.:_
guage more eloquently con%lncing than we calicoin:
.mand, expose the..fallatzt of this objection,
and establish the. expediency, as vs ell as the,
praisewortk, .intentions,.pf the Institution.
- (Bury Gazette.)
.;
The Lord Bish4 of Diocese preacherat.
St..Sidwell's Church on Sunday evening last.—
. His Lordship, took his text from kst,Epiklg-St.l.
John, chap. iv. ve4se 19. ,4 We love hienflikaitSe
hefii..st: loved 1:1-..'T The-2aiurch was' crdwiled to
excess in every part. ; utivords of 3ioo6'persorig
were present, arc Many hundreds reluctantly
retired, not being able to obtain even standing
room in the aisles. .Ilis Lordship, we think, could
WA but feel gratified at the numerous attendance,
and the profound attention that prevailed during
the whole of the servis:e.—(Excter Flying Post,
Decembor 19.)

IRELAND.

SPECIAL COMMISSION.

LIMERICK 6i715 l'o • prisoners
pris
, c. . • e Lo
were put forward, and arraigned for the undez-
nanled offences :

John Bournan and Patrick Fitzgerald, for the murder of
John-Corneal, on the 21st of Septeinbcr..
Thomas Hinchy, Garret Liston, and P. Dill*tra,.for the
Murder of James Buckley, on the i4th of Sept., at Ardagh.
James Jordan, for unlawfully asSembling, with others, at
Glanduff, in the county of Limerick, and for forcibly taking
away two pistols by violence, &C. ; from George Sparling, on
the 11th of November.

Daniel Martin, for being unlawfully armed by night,. &c. at
Kilmeed, in the county of bimerick, on the Irh of October.
John M‘ Namara and ThcmaS Molory, for the murder of
Mrs. Susanna Torrance, on the 10th ofJune last.
John Grady and Martin Grady,. for forcibly taking away
arms from Eaward Morgan, on tht.(l6th of August.

John Kelly, for the rcibbe'ry csi a horse.
Michael Kelly, for robbing Christopher Snarling of two guns,
on the 6th of'July,, at Rusk, in the county of Limerick.
Michael Michael O'llalloran, and Michael Fitzge-
rald, for the murder of Thomas Manning; on the Dith of Au-
gust, at Inchiroork, in the counts' of Limerick.
John Ward, Patrick Brown, 'Thomas Lee, Morgan Cregan,
George Darcy, Patrick Enright, Thomas Keeffe, Daniel Keefe,
John Finn, and Patrick Cregan, for riotously assembling,
and for committing various assaults,
Timothy Shea and Daniel Martin, for horse-stealing in the
night.
David Curtain, John Iliston, and John Mullane, for assault-
ing the habitation of John Reilly, in the County of Limerick.
Several applications were made to their Lord-
ships by gentlemen who had been summoned as
Petty Jurors, and who tried to get themselves
excused from attending during the COmmission
some were afraid of being murdered if they
acted •as' Jurors in cases where convictions may
take place ; others offered apologies on other
grounds, but their Lordships promptly announced
their determination to oblige all the Jurors to
attend, unless upon affidavit proper cause should
be cletrly shewn by the applicants. An Jurors
have been summoned tinder a penalty of 1001.
each for non-attendance.

A. report has been current this day in town,
that 40,000 rounds of ball-cartridges had been
discovered at Naas. It is false; and we believe
that it originated in the following circumstance :
—The Quarter-Master of the 33d Regiment,
which had been quartered at Naas, gave, at the
time of his departure from the place, a few rounds
of ball-cartridges to a man who was detected in
attempting to sell them.—(Dublin Correspondent,
Dec. 18.)
A corporal and three privates of the 93d regi-
ment were on Saturday evening returning from
Limerick, It here they had been on duty, to a
detachment to ‘l, filch they belonged, that has
been stationed at Ballyneety, in the county
of Limerick. One of the party was some few
yards in advance, according to military usage,
so peculiarly necessary on a march at such
a time in the county of Limerick, when he
was suddenly assailed, near Cahirnany, by a
ruffian, who knocked him down, and took his
musket forcibly from him. the fellow instantly
ran away with it ; but, not suspecting that there
were soldiers advancing, and, on account of the
darkness of the evening, not being able to per-
ceive the approach of the party, he fled in a di-
rection towards the City of Limerick, when the
corporal and the other soldiers seized him with
the firelock in his possession. He was brought
to the guard-house at Ballyneety, where he was
kept that night, and on the following morning
informations were sworn against him before
Captain Drought, Chief Magistrate of Police
in the City of Limerick, under which he was
fully committed to the city gaol. He will be
tried at the Special Commission.—(/bid.)
We regret to state, that the posting and dis-
.
ttibution of threatening notices are becoming
more frequent and daring in thN county. On
Saturday a• notice was posted on the lands of I,
New Orchard, within a mile of this city, threat-
ening with certain vengeance all who should
'dare, after that prohibition, to pay " Tithes or
Taxes," and strictly forbidding any one to re-
move the document. It was taken down by Mr.
Barton, a Magistrate of the county.—(Kilkenny
Moderator.)
On Saturday night, Mr. Dillon, of Ballyquin,
commenced a well-armed and appointed patrole
in the district of the county of Kilkenny, lying
'between Waterford and Thomastown ; be ex-
' amined all the licensed and lodging-houses,
.and we are happy to report that all appeared
in the most perfect tranquillity in a circuit of
sixteen miles. Mr. Dillon issued a notice,
through the Rev. Gentlemen officiating at the
yarious places of _worship in said district, warm-
'.ly inviting farmers to enrol themselves and
join him, if they looked to their own interest,
and assur'ng them of his readiness at all hours to
direct their personal exertions for the preserva-
tion of
_their persons and property from the fire-
brand and assassin, placing in their view the fie.
cessityof t: eir coming forward as a means of
avoiding the visitation and expense of a Police
Establishment. We are happy to state, that
These Gentlemen, on whose vigilance and loyalty
our peace internally so much hinges, not only
gave publicity, but commendation, to the mea-
sure.—( Waterford Chronicle.)
TE:ALEE, DEC. 12.—0 n Friday night last, a
'detachment of the Milltown Yeomanry, under
.the command of Sir John Godfrey, Bart. ac-
companied by Richard M'Gillycuddy, Esq.
proceeded to Killorglan, and on their way
to.. that ,village, 'succeeded in taking a quantity
Of arms. Upon their arrival at Killorglan, the de-
ffic:lunent ..separated, and proceeded in different
difec,tions towards the parish of Knockane, Cro-
pane, and the country about Killorglan, and about
3 &clock next day returned to Milltown, bring-
ingsvitb.them 43 stand of arms, besides a num-
br of pistols, bayonets, &c. We are
glasl to find that the exertions of these active
serrates
' have had a very happy effect, inas-
tplucleas the country people are now bringing in
thais• urns' of their own accord.
14, •
9,n Wednesday last, a banditti of armed
•
men ,attacked the lodge of Edward Harnett,
ot;Sapdville, Esq., at Knucknabout, in the
tOunty of., Kerry, and having forced an en-
teance, swore the herdsman to be the bearer
of a message to his master, purporting, that,
unless he (Mr. Harnett) sent on or before
the following Saturday night, to a certain place
in the county of Cork, two guns and a case
of pistols, they would burn all his houses,and de-
stroy the entire of his stock, grazing on the above
, lands.

\ FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Earl and Countess of
Aberdeen, in Argyle-street, from the Priory, Stanmora; the
Marquess of Cholmondeley, at Cholmondeley House, Picca-
dilly; Lady Wellesley, in Curzon-street, May-fair, from the
Marquess of Salisbury's, Hatfield ; Geo. Watson Taylor, Esq.
M.P. in Harley street ; Count and Countess St. Antonio, from
Brighton ; Baron and Baroness Montesquieu and family, in
Tipper Seymour-street, Portman-square, from Bridge Hill
House, Canterbury ; Sir Richard and Lady Carr Glynn and
family, in Arlington-street, from G'aunts House, NVimbourn,
Dorsetshire ; Sir John Frederick, Bart. at Read's Hotel, from
Burnwood Park, Surrey. , . •

DE PARTURES.—EaiI COwper, for Pansanger, Herts ; Sir
John Newport, Bart., from Fenton's 'Hotel, on a visit to Lord
and Lady Carrington, at Wycotnb Abbey, Bud* James
Graham, Esq. from ditto, for Cornwall ; the Marquess. of
Douglas and Chevalier Franchi, from the Claremont Hotel, for
Paris; Wm. Beckford, Esq. fro►ri ditto, for Fonthill Abbey ;
Rev. Wm. Pym, from ditto, on a tour.

Yesterday his Roy-al Highness the Duke of York honoured
J. Dent, Esq. M.P. with his company to dinner, in Hertford-
street, Mayfair.
Wednesday afternoon, about four o'clock, the Duke of Glou-
cester arrived in town from a tour and a visit to the Earl Craven.
Yesterday his .Royal Highness went to Blackheath, on a visit
to his beloved sister, the Princess Sophia 111atilda, where his
Royal Highness dined.
The Earl and Countess of Falmoutri are living in truly hos-
pitable style, at their seat, Tregothan, near Truro, Cornwall.
The Earl and Countess of Plymouth are entertaining a few
friends at their seat, Atwell, near Stratford upon Avon, War-
wicks'hire.

The Earl of Harrowby intends spending. hi's Christmas at
his seat, ,Wirnpole, Cambridgeshire.
Lord Holland gave a dinner to a select parl.y yesterday, in
Old Burlington-street.
Lady Leigh had an elegant party yesterday, in Montague-
square.
The Earl of Harrington entertained a
.party of Military
Gentlemen to dinner yesterday, at his house in Stable-yard, St.
James's.

The Right Hon. John Trevor had a small party to dinner
yesterday, at his house in Berkeley-square.

FETE AT EAST COWES CASTLE.
The Lady of JOHN RUSH, Esq. gave her low talked of
Fete at the newly erected Gothic Castle, which had last year
the honour of receiving within its walls our most gracious Sove-
reign. This siiperb pile is at last finished ; and on Monday
,evening it was illuminated, within and without, in so resplen-
dent a style, as to throw its rays for ten miles round. The en-
tertainments commenced with a dinner ; and at night the Great
Saloon was thrown open for the ball, lighted by Grecian chan-
deliers and Gothic lamps.
At ten o'clock the dancing commenced with the. " Lancer's
Quadrille," when three sets stood up, and went through'the
mazy round with much correctness and elegance. Soon after
eleven, the room becomin,, hot, the folding doors were thrown
open, communicating with a long range of apartments of the
most noble proportions, terminating with the finest conserva-
tory ever beheld.
This superb specimen of the florid Gothic was filled with the
finest tuberoses and other rare exotics, encircled by a luxuriant
vine, and lighted up with variegated lamps. • Mirrors decorated
the walls, and from their magnitude every object was reflected
ad infinitum.

At two o'clock the supper was announced, and therein the
visitants were charmed again by the novelty and matchless
beauty of the set-out. Scenes of pastoral simplicity were ex-
hibited in frame-work; temples, grottoes, fountains, &c.—
Every delicacy was provided—soups, poultry, and game. The
wines were of the finest vintages, but the Sillery Champaigne,
the Burgundy, and the Vin de Grev.e, were most in request.
Covers were laid for 200 persons in the first instance, but we
hear that the number was afterwards extended.

The dancing recommenced at three o'clock, and was kept up
with unabated fervor till near six, when, after partaking of a
dejune, the party bowed and retired.
So splendid a spectacle the autornti-bas not produced in that
part of the King's dominions. The- cavalcade of carriages at
Cowes and Newport astonished the natives. The greater pro-
portion of the company came from Southampton, and not a few
from Brighton itself.

KING'S THEATRE.—This theatre is again, we
understand, to be under the conduct of Mr.
EBERS, and the liberal character of his manage-
ment last season promises a spirited support of
the Opera during the season that is approaching.
The note of preparation for opening the musical
campaign was heard yesterday in a rehearsal
which took place in the theatre. The selections
were chiefly from a new Opera of Premix, which
seems to be impressive as well as scientific.
Madame CAMPORESE is again very properly
among the vocal corps. The new bass singer,
CARTONI, possesses a good voice, and promises to
be a good actor also. AMDROGETTI is also
to reanimate the comic drama. The new tenor
singer, CURIONI, is a capital performer, and
the second tenor, CHERUTTI, will be a consider-
able addition to the company. We are glad to
understand that the fine Concert Room, which
used to be the resort of Fashion, will be restored
to its former elegance, and that the whole interior
of the Theatre is to receive a new face of orna-
mental beauty. There is, it seems, a great com-
petition for boxes; so that the Manager has every
encouragement to bring forward, this favourite
amusement of the higher circles with his former
spirit and liberality.
AMATEUR CONCERT.—The first of these Con-
certs for the present season took place last night
at the London Tavern, and a more gratifying
musical treat we have hardly ever attended. The
word amateur would seem to imply that the per-
formers were not Professors, but it refers
only to the Patrons of the Concert. The Per-
formers are all Professors of eminence. The
leader was Mr. Moat, and the conductor Sir
George Sst.taT. The vocal Performers were
DE BEGNIS, SAPID, NELSON, Madame RoNzi,
Miss GOODALL, and Madame CAMPORESE. The
music was well selected from MOZART, ROSSINI,
ATWOOD, BISHOP, and BOCHSA. Among the in-
strumental pieces was the Anthem performed in
Westminster Abbey at the Coronation of his
MAJEs;ry, and which is highly creditable to the
composer, ATWOOD. We have not space to
en-
ter at large into the merits of the Concert alto-
gether. but we cannot avoid noticing a New
Grand Sinfonia. (MS.) in C. minor, composed by
BOCHSA, which was an admirable proof of his
genius, taste, and science. He accompanied Mr.
NELSON in a song; but we should have been
glad of a harp concerto from so excellent a mas-
ter. The whole concluded with MOZART'S ce-
lebrated Overture to Zaubei/lote. The room was
filled by an elegant and applauding audience.
Another 830,000 sold in Shares by HAz Alto.
The Ticket No. 18,900, drawn Yesterday a Prize
of $30,000, was sold in Shares by,HAzAan and
Co., who also sold in Shares No. 16,427, a Prize
of 25 000 drawn the Third Day.
5 _ _

MILDNESS OF TUE SEASON.—Last week a beau-
tiful butterfly, in full vivacity, was caught by a
gentleman at Sand ling, near Maidstone ; an in-
stance of rare occurrence in the month of December.

POETRY.

Oh ! 'tis a blessed thing to know,
Tho' but belovid by few, •
That there is ONE 4 in weal or woe,
Who will remember vou.

To feel—when not a friend is near,
Whose hope-inspiring breath -
Can make this hated life more dear,
Or soothe the hour of death—

.There is a soul which would not shrink,
Which all you bore, would bear;
Of the same cup 7/au drank, would drink,
Nor ask what draught was•there.

Then flow no more thou foolish tear,
The world may wreak its will—
Altho' all else be dark and drear,
ONE LIGHT is leftme still.

11. E. B.

CAPTAIN PARRY.

.DESCRIPTION OF THE VASE TO BE PRESENTED
. TO CAPTAIN PARRY,
IN PURSUANCE OF. THE RESOLUTIONS OF A PUBLIC
' MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF BATH.
The form is that of the celebrated \Warwick Vase, but divest-
ed of the Bacchanalian emblems, and decorated with others
more appropriate to the nature of the service intended to be com-
memorated. The singularly bold and beautiful forM of the
handles is preserved ;, but the vine, with its. tendrils and clus-
ters, is exchanged fbr the British oak, with its foliage, and
acorns, forming a rich wreath immediately under the lip of the
vessel. On 'a projection of the handles is suspended the laurel
wreaths of triumph. -
The masks and tiger's-skin of the original are entirely omit-
ted, and the bulrush is intermixed with the lotus.'
The vase is supported by four dolphins.; and the plinth is
covered with shells and coral, in imitation of sea-shore.
The pedestal is much enriched ; and the olive wreath is in-
troduced, illustrative of the pacific nature of the enterprise. To
avoid the heaviness resulting from a square form of tiie pedes-
tal, it has been made octagonal, and on the four smaller sides are
trophies, compoSed of nautical scientific instruments, and of
those implements used especially in the icy seas: The compass
is introduced in the one, and the globe in the other : each is
surmounted*by the British naval crown.
Two of the large sides of the pedestal contain eliasings from
Captain Parry's original drawings ; one representing the Hecla
and Griper covered in for the winter ; and the other their situa-
tion in the neighbourhood of an iceberg. The third side con-
tains Captain Parry's arms. The fourth, the following in-
scription :
To WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, Esquire,
COMMANDER IX THE ROYAL NAVY,
IN COMMEMORATION OF
A Voyage of Discovery, performed in his Majesty'S ships Ueda
and Griper, under his command, in the years 1819 and 1820.
In which he eflbeted a passage through Lancaster Sound
• into the Polar Sea ;
And having discovered many New Lands,
And passed a Winter of Ten months' Duration, surrounded by
Ice, in the Harbour of Melville Island,
Returned to Great Britain with the Loss of only One Alan ;
Thus carrying the British Flag into Seas over which
no Ship had yet passed ;
And displaying throughout this unprecedented' undertaking, a
degree of Nautical Science, Intrepidity, Perseverance, and
Humanity, which has 'reflected a lr.sting Honour
on Himself, his Profession, and his Country,
THIS VASE
Is presented by several Inhabitants of Bath, his native city.
IDCCCXXI.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

~..—STATE OF THE ODDS.
9 to 1 agst Marcellitc 16 to 1 agst c. out of Bess
25 to 2 agst c. out of Lanascape • 25 to 1 agst Whalebone c.
14 to 1 agst c. out of Sycorax 25 to 1 agstiA Egremont's c.
The colt out of Sycorax went back three points, through a
gentleman of fortune betting :against him.

BETTING-ROOM, DEC. 20

DLit

0 I KS.

9 to 2 agst Parasaf.
6 to l agst Nleteora f.

I 7 to 1 agst f. out of Reserve
12to 1 agst Ott

.11ux.s..vs.—This celebrated horse it ;tow resting for two or
three days at Messrs. Tattersall's, on his road frotu Newmarket
to Barton Hall, near Newbury, the seat of Mr. Dundas, the
proprietor of him. Numerous .persons were viewing him yes-
terday, and admiring his symmetry, during the time Mr. Bar-
ringer was taking his portrait. He is a dark chcsnut, rising
eighteen years old, and 1 q hands high.
TROTTING MATCHES.—The money, 500 guineas aside, is
all staked for two of the fastest horses in England to go against
each other, four miles, on the 14th of January.—Another match
is made to take place the same day, three miles, between Mr.
Fielder and Mr. Dyson, for 500 guineas also. Mr. Fielder's
to carry eleven stone, and Mr. Dyson to pick all England, and
carry twelve stone.
GREAT PEDESTRIAN' UNDERTAKING.-Mr. West, the
descendant of the great pedestrian, and parish clerk of. Old
Windsor, started from St. George's-fields on Wednesday, to
go sixty miles per day for ten successive days, backing himself
for 200 guineas. This undertaking has been completed, but
never any thing like it at this season of the year, and bettin., is
3to 1 against it, as he has engaged to go straight out. Ile
would touch Winchester yesterday.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK

The Holy well Harriers, on Monday, at Golden Grove; Wed.
nesday, at Caerwys Hall ; and on Friday, at Maesmynan.
The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Sutton Pinfold ; on
Wednesday, at Sandiway..head ; Thursday, at Whitley ; and
on Saturday, at Astlet.
The East Sussex Fox Hound's, on Monday at Firle Hill ;
and on Thursday, at Southease.
The Croxton Hounds, on Monday, at Waresly Turnpike ;
Wednesday, at Diddington Wood ; and on Friday, at Haley
Wood.

The Ludlow Subscription Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at
Diddlebury Common; and on Saturday, at Serpent.

AsncnoTr. qf King GEORGE the FIRST, and
Dr. Loci:mt.—Dr. LOCKIER was a-man of in-
genuity and learning, had seen a great deal of
the world, and was a most pleasant and agree-
able companion. In the former part of his
life he was Chaplain to the. Factory at Ham-
burgh, from whence he went every year to
visit the Court of Hanover, whereby he
became very well known to the King, George
the First, who knew how to temper the cares
of Royalty with 'the pleasures of private
life, and commonly invited six or eight of
his friends to pass the evening with him. His
Majesty seeing Dr. Lockier one day at Court,
spoke to the Duchess of Ancaster, who was almost
always of the party, that she should ask Dr.
Lockier to come that evening. Dr. Lockier was
not there, and the King asked the Duchess if
she had spoken to him as he desired. Yes,
she said ; but the Doctor presents his hum-
ble duty to your Majesty, and hopes your
Majesty will have the goodness to excuse
him at present, for he is soliciting some prefer-
ment from your Majesty's Ministers, and he
fears it might be some obstacle to him, if
it should be known that he had the honour
of keeping such good Company. The King
laughed heartily, and said he believed he
was in the right. Not many weeks afterwards
Dr. Lockier kissed the King's hand.for the Dean-
ery of Peterborough ; and as he was raising him-
self from kneeling, the King inclined forwards,
and with great good humour whispered in his ear,
‘% Well, now, Doctor, you will not be afraid to
come in an evening would have you come

this evening."
ORIGIN OF THE EXPRESSION: OLD Ntc.K.—As
cunning as old Nick, and as wicked as old. Nick,
were originally meant as Nicholas Machiavel ;
and so came afterwards tQ be perverted to the
Devil.

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