The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-29 00:00:00

L3giiira."

As %ye find that what we said respecting the
reported influence of the RUSSIAN CABINET over
the PUBLIC PIALSS of the NETHERLANDS has becu
thought to have been communicated to us by ont
n Government, we deem it necessary to declare,
that we did not deriVe our intelligence from that

The .report Russia had this Inf.lti-
'epee has for sante time prevailed on the Continent,

source.

and is by no weans supposed to be contiued to the
journals of the Netherlands. It has teen been

in,inuat edabroad that, tinder cover of the roinutfr-,
ed attempts of the IIouNAPARTISTS dispersed over
various parts of Europe,' to regain their power,
the Russian
.Cabinet has endeavoured to sow
divisions Among the several Governments of Eu-

tope, and, in particular, to excite jealousy against
the eottonnter ci iI iu►portance of Great Britain.
As a proof that the report alluded to respecting
this supposed Russian Hlicy really existed, we
hare only to refer to The Anti- Galilean Monitor,

which noticed this report so►ne months ago, and has
adverted to it in, screral succeeding numbers. We
must, however, though we conceive that the Edi-
tor of ►hat Paper knows more of the real
state of the Continent, and is more likely to be
better informed of the operations and aims of the
respective Governments, than the Conductors of
any other Journals of this Country, vet we must
repeat-, not-only our doubts, but our belief that
the tnag►►animous ALEXANDER would never tele-
' rate such insidiows practices, but would endeavour
to advance the in►erests of hi! vast Empire by a
more liberal at►d en;ight coed policy.

We resume the Legal Proceedings in Yorkshire
of Saturday last, the subntance of which was ex-
clusively given in this rapvr of yesterday.- As
we yesterday observed, the facts were decisively
proved, though the pritoncts were acquitted.
1.
appeared iu evidence, that shots were fired, and
consequently that the lives of loyal and innocent
Wien Deere endatiLerei by a Band of Rioters, who,
it they nal not_ been opposed by a part of the
Yeomanry Cavalry, might have gathered,stiength,
and have excited disturbances of a More alarming
The Tilies of this day has

nature and tendency.

the following pissage in relation to this subject :
" It will now be perceived that the h'ire•and-
carnage Itiot, about which so much talk was
made, though certainly most illegal and reprehen-
sible, wxs a thing so little calculated w overthrow
the Commonwealth, that it was appeased by the
bare apprehension of a patrole of six men retiring
to fetch up a greater force."—Not to stop at. the
delicate words illegal and reprehensible, as applied

to a band of Ruffians latent upon the most atro•-
eions deeds, we are surprised at the narrow, or
specious view, %shieh the Times thus takes of the

matter. It is to be observed, that the time of
actio►► was so dark, that it was difficult to see

Lave

distinctly the state of. affairs. The six loyal r►eJ
could not estimate the number of the Rioters, 11
and one or tNV 0 of them could only forth a rough
guess. The same darkness Must have prevented
theltioters from forming a just conception of -the
party that opposed them, and consequently they
might apprehend that this was only the advanced
guard of a large body. But it was reason enough
for them to disperse, if, to adopt the words of the
Times, they apprehended that the six men were
'• retiring to fetch up a greater force." It is

evident t hat the Rioters were not duly prepared,

and sufficiently armed, to encounter a regular mi-
litary force, and they had been besides, as appears
in evidence, obliged to increase their own body
by men reluctantly brought into the service under
the menace of being shot in case of refusal.—
But what is the manner in which the Times
states the dispersion of the Rioters ? It says,
the riot " was oppeaced by the bare appre-
hension of a P.role of six men retiring to fetch
up .a greater force." This is a most extraordinat y
use of the word appeased. A dispersion, from dis.

may, is called an uppeciA,mcnt, if We may presume
to coin a word—mill the• Appeasers accomplished
their woik by retiring. Mit the conclusion of
the Article alluded to the Times is lament-
able, considering that the Paper iu question

t'S'At ones fl determined advocate,. we will not
say for Ministers but for good Government, and
we are sorry to see a Paver once so respectable
'abandoning its own principles, tbros ing a specious"
varnish over the n►ost 'desperate designs, and
abusing Government for adopting measures abso-
lutely necessary fur the safety of the State.—
" Such (says the nines) is that disturbance,
upon the ground of which it is attempted to
justify or excuse the Suspension of the Liberties
of all Englishmen." On the contrary, the mea-
sures thus traduced were to guard '' the Liberties
of all Englishmen" from the attempts of wicked
men, countenanced by ►mischievous Writers and in-
flamnn►atory Orators, to bury all rational li-
berty, all social rights, and all substantial Govern-
ment, in anarchy, misery, and ruin. The Times ad-
mits one fact, which deserves particular notice :

it says, " it does not appear that a single musket
was fired by the Soldiers or Constables who %vete
sent out to reconnoitre the mob.— This moderate
deportment of the loyal Party spews how little
they were influenced by the sanguinary spirit
which urged the rebel herd, since the former,
though they were provoked, and might justly
have returned the firing by which they had been
assailed, were only anxious to quell the distur-
bailee by pacific means, under circumstances that
would fully have Warranted them in resorting to
military retaliation.—We shall conclude with the
following Address from the Judge, after the ver-
dict of NOT UUILTY had been given, a proof of
what he thought of their conduct, and tie an-
swer to which by the prisoners, plainly implied
conviction of their guilt :--

JuDGE.—" Prisoners at the bar, takeCtlre Of yourselves
'or the haul e. You have now had a very narrow• escape, and

if yuu persist in such practices as these, yon may drpend upon
it you will bring yourselves to an .Untinielyend.—llave a care
of your future conduct."

PRISONERS (simultaneously) —" We will, incited, Slr."

A Dutch Mail arrived last night, with Papers
to the '27th .instant. They still keep up the re-
port that the late visit of the Duke of WELLING-
TON to Paris had reference to a negociation for
a further diminution of the Army of Occnpation.
in France. The following are extracts :
" BRUSSELS, JULY 21.—h is affirmed that the
journey of -the Duke of WELLINGTON to Paris
connected with the continued negociations of the
French Government to effect a further diminution
of the Army of Occupation, which that Govern-
ment still hopes to Ining.to a favourable issue.
" BERLIN, JULY 18.---;By accounts from St. Pe-
tersburg'', we learn that her Royal Highness the
Princess CUARLOTTR made her confession of
faith on the 7th July (24th June 0. S.) in the
great church of the Imperial Palace, according to
the custom of the Greek Church, and having
been thereupon confirmed, received the Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper. Next day her Royal High-
ness was solemnly betrothed tr'.th extraordinary
Pomp to his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke
NiciroLAs, according to the rites of the Greek
Church."

Letters of the 15th May from the Portage men-
tion, that Lord SELKIRK has retreated with the
whole of his forces towards the Red River.

'The Minerva American ship arrived at Cowes
on Saturday IV±T, she sailed front Batavia on the
17W April. Lord AMHERST bad sailed in the
Ctesar, with Captain MAXWELL and crew of his
Majesty's frigate Alceste. The Caesar was to
touch at the Cape. and St. Helena. On the 20(1)
December, in the longitude of the Cape of Good
Hope, the Minerva spoke an English ship, appa7
rently about 600 tons borthen, last front Cork,
bound for B9tany Bay %rid) Irish Coovicts, which
stated the convicts with part of the crew had
mutinied ; they wore, in cOnsegoenc, obliged to
shoot tvvehty of them, and to put •the remainder
. .

its irons.
The Duke of YORK. transacted military business
yesterday with the PRINCE REGENT. -
Yesterday Earl BATIWEST had an audience of
the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton-house.
Sunday evening as Lord Cp;STLEREAGH was
playing with a favourite dog of his Lady's et their
seat, at Footscray, in Kent,- the animal bit his
hand, which yesterday became so much itifiamed,
that Dr. •BANKREAD was sent for. The Doctor
left London ‘vi::11 all possible speed yesterday
morning to attend his Lordship.
Mr. limstm.Torr, the Under Secretary of State
for the Foreign Department, is about to retire
from office, after a number of years' service. Mr.
PLAXTA succeeds him, and attended vesterday,•for
the first time, at the Foreign Office, in that capes-

city.
The Ball and Countess of CRAVEN have arrived
Ht Trieste from Venice ; thence they mean to sail
for Sicily and Malta, and, on their retuin, to
winter at Naples. _

CoLoNEL DAsawoon:—We are desired to state

that it was not Colonel DAsta WOOD, of the Guards,
to whom the report (taken from a Morning Pa-
per) alluded in the.account of an examination at
Marlborough-street, published in this Paper on
Friday last.
.A Glasgow paper of Thursday says : " Thi-
morning the following persons who have for some
rime been prisoners here, on charges of treason.
able Fact ices, were liberated from gaol :—VVIO•
Itoberlson, Andrew Sommerville, I) t! id Dry
b„,0,, David Smith, Peter. Camertot, J..tin 13
cliannati, and Joh() Jol.t:ston. understatt
that all those who were prisoners in Eciuburg
Castle, under similar charges, have also been dis
charged Several 01 them have at rived iu tbi
town arid suburbs.",