The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-08 00:00:00

TO THE " MEN OF KENT."

Down, down to the dust, for your glory is gone,
And the pride of your forefathers rests in their graves,
Well may W boast of the wreath he has won;
Yet he, even he, must despise ye as slaves I
No longer your far-boasted motto remains—
That gem ye have offered at bigotry's shrine ;
And ages of sorrow must wash out the stains,
And millions unborn at your folly repine !
Yet let not the brutish Don Miguel rejoice,
When he hears of the Brunswickers' triumph to-day ;
For liberty once more shall lift up her voice,
And the mists that surround her shall vanish away.
Oh ! spirit of Sydney ! the land of thy birth*
Sure ne'er shall the temple of bigotry be ;
For, though none may be found with thy valour and
worth,
Yet a few still remain not unworthy of thee !
Then, " stranger," who cam'st from the Emerald Isle,
And with eloquence vainly the tumult address'd,
Oh! doubt not, though passion may triumph awhile,
That the wrongs of thy country shall soma be re-
drees'd !

Punen4vn Hextb, Oct. 24, 1828.

* PenshuTst, the birth-place of Sir Philip and Algernon Syd-
ney, is in Kent —Sussex Advertiser.

We are concerned to state that the health of
his Royal Highness the Duke of CLAILKIICE is exciting the
most anxious apprehensions in the minds of the Royal F 3.
tally. His Royal Highness has not been able to appear in
public since he resigned the office of Lord High Admiral.
He has been confined to his apartment, and genet ally, to
his bed, for the last four weeks ; and his medical attendants
have frequently been called upon for their advice and as-
sistanee under eircurnstances which are of too painful a
nature to allude to more particularly. The other journals
have been silent on this topic for reasons which may be
guessed ; but we think it right that the public should be
made in some degree conversant with the real facts. One
day last week his Royal Highness was in a most alarming
state, but since then he has partially recovered, and hopes
are entertained that he will speedily be restored to health.
—Morning Journal.
We seldom call the attention of our readers to
advertisements under the Lead of paragraphs, but in the
present instance we waive our objections, and cordially re-
commend to our London Friends, the CIGAR. DIVAN, 42,
King-street, Covent-garden, which is open on Sundays
at five, and on week days at *four o'clock in the afternoon.
Thous ,who: enjoy. an excellent cup. of Coffee, genuine
Ilaratinah..Cigaerk..the:perusal of the Magazines, Reviews,
Sundayo•Daily;!,and Provincial Newspapers (of which there
is & profusion) "and.can whirl themselves bola their own
fire-sides to.thebe," wafind that this truly rational, select,
and greatly patronized lounge,' is without exception, the
most liberally conducted, elegant, and fashionable resort in
the metropolis.

Last night the Guildhall was illuminated, and
exhibited to a eoneiderable number of the Members of the
Corporation and their friends, to enable them to judge of
the probable effect to be produced by the decorations on
Monday. Mr. Deputy Baooa, Mr. LP-DGER, Mr. Jowxs,
the jeweller, of Cheapside, and other gentlemen of the
Loan MAYOR'S Committee, have exerted themselves inde-
fatigably during the last week, with the view of surpassing
all previous displays of taste and splendour eyer beheld by
the citizens and their visiters on similar occasions. The
impression of the numerous visitors, so far as they had
the means of judging, was that the Committee had suc-
ceeded. In the centre of the large window, at the Ileac' of
the ball, is a grand Brunswick star, formed of cut glass,
of more than ten thousand pounds value. This is cer-
tainly an ornament of transcendent splendour. It is fixed
in an .iron frame, and that frame, it may be proper to
state, is secured by strong iron bolts which pass through
the stone-work, eo that a second fall is impossible. The
Committee have paid anxious attention to this point, and
have ventured themselves up a ladder to see that all is se-
cure. The bareness of the walls is concealed by a greater
profusion of scarlet drapery than has hitherto been used ;
and from the tops of the Gothic columns are suspended
all the splendid banners displayed to the Emperor of
Russia and his brethren of the Alliance when they visited
the city. To these are added some of the emblazoned
streamers belonging to the 'City Committees. Between
tlte venerable figures of Gog and Magog are placed grand
transparencies of the arms of the Lord Mayor elect and
the Sheriffs. These are surmounted by the City Arms.—
Towards the close of the evening the Lots MAYOIt elect,
with some of his friends, visited the Hall, and the assem-
bled company gave him three loud cheers in testimony of
their satisfaction. So much for the gratificatious of the
pleasures of the sight. Messrs. BLEADEN and ALEXANDER
have been at work night and day during the present week,
with a legion of cooks, and an -immense batterie de
cuisine, to prepare for more solid gratifications of the
palate, which it is promised shall he equally deserving of
applause.._We hope his Majesty's Ministers, Judges, Ste.,
will notice the improvement recently made in Fleet-street
of the handsome avenue, showing the steeple of St. Bride's
Church, when they pass along Fleet-street, on Monday
next, to attend the banquet at Guildhall.
THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT.—The new mu-
sical piece forthcoming at Covent-garden Theatre, is an
adaptation of the popular interlude of The Sultan. The
author is MORTON. Madame Venus, Miss FOOTE, and
Wools, perform the principal characters. The music is
composing by A. tEle. It is entitled the Sublime and
Beautiful..—Miss BA RTOLOEZI is engaged at this establish-
ment, and snakes her first appearance as the second Via-
letta (her sister performing the first), in Don John, altered
from the comedy of The Chances, by Itrirsoees,—
Dimwits's opera was read last week in the Green-room,
and the parts were distributed. LIVERATI and A. LEE
Compose the music.—Bisnoe is at present employed on the
composition of a musical piece for this house, in which
Woon and that successful debutante, Miss Brrreen, sus-
tain the leading characters.—The new farce to be
played next week at Drury-lane has been written pur-
posely for LisTox, who has just returned from his Liver-
rot engagement, which has been very lucrative. In
this city a company of French Comedians are play-
ing to crowded houses. Afacaxattr has been playing at
Sheffield to very indifferent audiences. He is at present
in town, expecting an offer from one of the large theatres,
Sart° has been unsuccessful at Doncaster: he is still
without a London engagement. Two pew pieces from
the fertile pep of Mr. BALL are forthcoming at the Add-
Phi :,.--one, an opera, the scene of which is laid in Egypt,
the hero and heroipe by Sleet/sae and Miss GRADDON ;
the other, a melo-drama, founded on the Scotch story of
parts in which will be sus-
" The Bruce," the principal
tained by T. P. Comte and SINCLAIB, the latter of whom
will introduce some of those Scottish ballads which the
public are never tired of listening to. The Pilot will be
played here on Monday next. GALLOT sustains the Pilot,
so ably performed by Titans. 111AxiiEws plays the
Yankee Captain Boroughelife. Miss GRADDON and
I feneee.sfa are also in the piece, the latter.l of whom intro-
duces the popular song of . Oh, saw ye the lass with the
bonny blue e'en."

BRUNSWICK GENERAL MEETING.

From the DuUin FT roan's .Tourn al of Wraneeday.)

This. great convention of Orange delegates was
held yesterday, in the Round Room of.the Rotunda.
There were about twelve hundred persons present.
Amongst those present were the Earls of Longford,
Rathdowne, Enni-kdlen, and Mayo; Viscounts
Castlemaine and Dunk); Lord Langford, Mr. Ser-
geant Lefroy, Master Ellis, Sir Henry Brooke, Bart.
Mr. John M'Clintock. Colonels Connolly and Per-
ceval, Mr. Martin, F.T.C.D., Major Eccles, Secre-
tary, &e. &e., besides a host of Orange Parsons. At
a few minutes after twelve o'clock, the Earl of
LONGFORD took the Chair.

The NOBLE EARL said he would trespass but a
few moments on the attention of the Meeting. It
was quite unnecessary to explain the objects and the
principles of the Brunswick Constitutional Club of
Ireland.—(Cheers.)--They were already well known
to the country, and to that meeting in particulsr.—
(Cheers.)—Their object was chiefly to maintain the
Constitution in Church and State inviolate; and the
means they would use were firmness, union, and
moderation.— (Cheers.)--Their principles were
loyalty and truth.—(lmmense cheering.)--He would
not say more, but merely call on Major Eccles to read
the repert.—(Great applause.)
The gallant SECRETARY then came forward, and
after congratulating the meeting on the great die-
play of Protestants, Nobility and Gentry, present,
commenced reading the report. It stated the great
exertions of the Committee to forward the objects
for which they had been formed ; that to every let-
ter they had written satisfactory answers were re-
ceived, that they had adopted the plan of forming
local clubs, in order to counteract the illegal efforta
of the Roman Catholic Association, which endea-
voured to overturn the Constitution to destroy all
their establishments, and spread terror, sedition, and
alarm through the country. (Loud cheers.) That
these clubs were supported by the longest string of
Protestant Noblemen, and Gentlemen of rank and
character, ever assembled in this coue'ry for politi-
cal purposes—that already the number of these clubs
amounted to more than 180. (Cheers.) The gal-
lant Major did not think this list accurate, for he
was convinced the number was greater. He then
read over a list of places where, he said, Brunswick
Clubs were established, and amongst the rest, men-
tioned the famous Ballibay.
,(Here the whole as-
sembly rose simultaneously, and continued for some
time shouting and waving Orange handkerchiefs.)
When the confusion ceased, the Secretary continued
to read the report, which congratulated the friends
of Ascendancy on the result of the Kent Meeting.
It also stated, that measures were being taken to
make the English press favourable to the Brunswick
Clubs, and congratulated the country on the sup-
port given to them already by a portion of the Eng-
lish and Irish press ; recommended petitions to both
Houses of Parliament, and an humble Address to
the King, praying that ho would take care to pre-
serve the Protestant Constitution secure—com-
plained of the resolution of the Catholic Association
recommending exclusive dealing with Catholics—
abstained from giving any specific advice to Protes-
tant landlords ask() how they ought to act, but ex-
pressed a hope they would not abandon Protestant
tenants, at the same time that they did not recom-
mend the selection of Protestant tenants solely, and
concluded by stating that the Bruswickers bore no
ill-will whatever to their Roman Catholic neigh-
bours. He (Major Eccles) hoped the majority of
the Roman Catholics would take warning front this,
and that their own common sense would incline them
to express their disapprobation of the most mis-
chievous measure of the Association. (Cheers.) If
they did not do so, he hoped the landlords of Ire-
lrnd would stand by the persecuted Protestants.—
(Loud cheers.) It was the wish of the Committee
that Protestants should not, in any way, insult the
Roman Catholics, but, on the contrary, treat them
kindly, and as became Christians, arid to assure
them that while they expressed their sentiments
publicly they had no personal antipathy to them.—
Without any further preface be would beg leave to
move the adoption of the report. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. DENIS KELLY, of Castlekelly, begged per-
mission to second the motion. He concurred in the
report, especially as it denied their having been ac-
tuated by any feelings of hostility against the Roman
Catholics. (Cheers.) This assembly was composed
of gentlemen and noblemen, too far above the impu-
tation of acting from unworthy motives to require his
defence. (Cheers.) At the same time, it was in-
cumbent on every Protestant, who wished well to
the State, to come forward and avow his opinions
manfully, and by this means, give courage to the
Government in the discharge of their duties. (Loud
cheers.) The disciples of the Canning, and Iluskis-
son, and Plunkett schools, might throw ridicule on
their proceedings, and might talk of conciliation and
concession, but he thought there was very little dis-
cretion in such a mode of proceeding.. (Cheers.)
There was one circumstance which pointed out 'the
necessity of these institutions at present. It was
well known that at the period of the revolution,
James was dethroned on account of his tyranny over
Protestants. Hereditary sacrifices to the Crown was
a principle interwoven with • the Constitution,
although the people might throw off the King if
he attempted to trample down their liberty.—
(Cheers.)—Yet this kingdom, at the revolution,
acted with mildness and with caution : when the
tyrant James was dethroned, they could have be-
stowed the crown on whom they pleased. How
then had they acted ? The Protestants looked
around, and in the line of the Stuarts they found a
King.—(Loud cheers.)—They chose for their So-
vereign the Protestant Princess of Orange and her
consort, England's glorious deliverer.—(Cheering.)
To her and her sister, the Princess of Denmark, the
crown descended after the expulsion of their father.
They had tie issue, and once more the right of con-
ferring a crown devolved into the hands of the na,
tion. There were three families of the House of
Stuart then extant, one, that of the Pretender, was
'seised by, because it was Catholic, and the object of
shaking off James was to establish the Protestant'
religion.—(Loud cheers.)—The second family was
that of Savoy, and this too was Roman Catholic—
the third was the illustrious house of Brunswick,
and this was placed upon the throne, because it was
Protestant, and because the nation had determined
upon establishing an essentially Protestant Consti-
tution.—(Loud cheering.)—This family was sup-
ported by those who professed and maintained
the principles upon which the Brunswick Clubs
had been established.—(Cheers.)—On the other
'side were the Liberals and the Reformers and fac-
tious demagogues.—they were all agreed as to the
necessity of granting Catholic Emancipation, free,
unlimited, unqualified and total.—(Hear.)—lf this
meant any thing it was the abdication of that prin•
eiple which gave to Protestants alone, the crown of
these realms. (Loud cheering.) This was irnpos-
-sible, for if such a concession was made, it follows
that the Crown might be worn by a Catholic, which
would be a total subversion of the Constitution, won
and established in 1688, and confirmed by proclaim.
ing William 111. King. (Loud cheers.) Did riot
the refusal of the 'crown to the House of Savoy, be-
cause they were Catholics, deny the possibility of
such a change ? (Loud cheers.) Laying aside the
argument against concession to Roman Catholics of
their not denying Papal supremacy, how, lie would
ask;could this argument be got over ? The juvenile
branches of the Royal Family were very young, and,
in all probability, the throne would be filled by a
minor. Would, then, the Government by an ill-
judged concession, leave the Crown exposed to all
the dangers of a disputed title, and of a civil war ?
(Loud cheers.) The meeting, he was sure, would
all answer in the negative. (Cries of " no, no.")
The gentleman, in conclusion, pronounced a pane-
gyric on the family of
.Brunswick, and especially on
the present King, and sat down amid long and con-
tinued cheering.
The motion was then put and carried unanimously.
The Earl of MAYO was a firm supporter of the
Church and State, as by law established, and by
the revolution settled in 1686—(Loud obeeve)—and