The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-03 00:00:00

TO THE EARL OF ALBEMARLE.

AMY LORD—Your Lordship i-s The third British
Nobl em n whom have had occasion to address.
Happily, the character of our Peerage relieves me
from any strong apprehension of the continued
labour ; and I have much confidence, that my
task of addressing the titled Apologists of the Ra-
tlicals will end at the Earl of ALBEMARLE.

Be not startled, my Lord.—Had I considered
you their' friend, I should have encountered you
with language, partaking of more equality than a
Nobleman, who s:ill preserves your Lordship's
sense of birth and station, would readily tolerate.
Assuming you to be thtir enemy, I shall pay that
respect to your intentions which may not per-
Laps be so due ro your arguments ; and, never-
theless, believe you to dislike a Leveller as much
as I know you to abhor an Athiest.
.Yolsr Lordbhip separates the Manchester trans-
actions, and indeed the whole ques►ion of Re-
form, from the conduct of ElosT and his fellows.
By what decomposing limeys; the separation has
been effected, we are vet to learn. Hitherto we
have not been illuminated with the knowledge
how the array of the Radicals, and their Lto-

gouge, and their movements, are divided from the
Meeting which they convoked, and the Resolutions
wLich they propounded. For this desirable les-
sot we await your Lordship's better information.
Your anti-military feelings being excited only by
the Norfolk Drummers, much may be --expected
from your vindication of the Manchester Standard-
bearers..

In the course of this interesting lesson, we
shall anxiously expect to learn—what connection
have " the ancient rights and liberties " of Eng-
land with the threats, and the riots, and the trea-
sons of the Manchester Radicals? It is rather too
stale a practice to identify the constitutional
movements of the People with the insurgent to.
mulls of the Mob ; to vindicate the illegality of
the latter by the tormet's legality ; and then,
again, to corroborate the claims of the former
by the latter's violence. Rather, at least, too
stale for Lord ALBEMARLE'S more experienced in-
genuity.

You say rightly, my Lord.—" Revolution may
" be near at hand."—Yet, is it so near, and
sees your Lordship neither its character nor its
source ?--Do you trace it in the Army, which is
arrayed tor its suppression ; and which, but for
its approach, would not have been allayed ?
Whoso cannot see the danger of Revolution, un-
less in its prevention, must be prepared to argue,
not only that the Sovereign and his Ministers
bare formed &design of subverting the Constitu-
tion and establishing a despotiSM, but that they
bad formed it before the Radicals had stirred a
step ; while Hu LiT was yet brewing bad beer, and

WATSON compounding nasty nostrums.
Again, my Lord, you say rightly—Whig
principles are " much misunderstood by the Peo-
ple."—J am shrewdly mistaken, if the old Whig•
gism—(is it that which your Lordship thinks of ?)
ever entered into a Radical's contemplation.—
Take care, my Lord, and keep close in your
AVhiggism. If radical HUNT catches you in his
territories, he may not perhaps let you back again
into the llolkharn enclosure.

I am not very continuous in this discussion ; but
I write for effect, not for style.—Your Lordship
is my leader ; and I follow with no other conti-
nuity than your erratic example.—What cohe-
rence, indeed, can be observed in an argument,
which contends—that " a question is not in a
" course of trial," because it has been adjourned ?
And that, because HUNT was not arrested before
the Meeting took place, it was unconstitutional to
arrest him after it had assembled ?—An argument,
which censures the dispersion of one mob assembled
to denounce the Constitution, because another
mob was not dispersed which had assembled to
chose a Delegate.—Which would your Lordship
desire ?—That the Constitution was to be radically
cut up without hindrance?—or, that a pack of
fool;sli people were to be cut down for electing
that poor creature, Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY ?
And now, my Lord, for your Resolutions—
which, not being in such a desperate hurry as the
Norfolk Petitioners, I shall " stop to examine Y'
I know not in what edition of the Bill of Rights.
it is laid- down, that the, people " may assemble
" for the discussion of ANY political question :"
but this I know, that under such a clause the
people may erect themselves into a fourth Estate
out of Parliament, and discuss the disinheriting
the Brunswick Family, the change of the National
Religion, or what else forms the basis of our
Constitution, upon the simple and single condi-
tion of their thinking, that the aforesaid inherit-
ance, or Religion, " is or may be" a grievance.
I am afraid, my Lord, you would run some ha-
civil of Mr. I-luNT's insisting that this is HIS
" cause," as well as your Lordship's.
The second Resolution declares the dispersion
of such an assembly to be illegal. Certainly it

-ii--volten the legality of i 1 e assembly hal been
establislietl—but not tin then. Curious logic
indeed—because it is Istvtol to meet for petition-
ing, it is lawful to meet where petitioning is dis-
claimed!

admire your Lordship's nicety about '.' overt-
acts." Are you however, toy Lord, perfectly
aware, that in the interpretation of the Law and
of Country Gentlemen, they are sometimes very
distinct matters ?—That to an unpractised under-
standing it may appear sufficiently legal to assem-
ble with banners, and emblems, and weapoUs—
no matter how revolutionary—provided,only that
no treasonable purpose has been previouslyspoken
out P—The Law, however, finds such purpose in
every act which leads to it, without entering into
the mind of the agent. If your Lordship's "
bits and feelings" have placed you above under-
standing the Law, ler us hope that you will cease
to expound it, in places where you may meet too
teachable an audience!

The blame which you attach to the,Manchester
Soldiery has been so often refuted, that I wil-
lingly omit the refutation. The leaders of the
mob were accused of violating the law .---they
were apprehended by the Civil Power :---•••the mob
attacked the constables—the soldie:s ~cbarged
upon the mob for 11 rescue—and, this is
concerted into an armed dispersion of the
Meeting.
Such are the principal objects of your Lord-
ship's Speech and Resolutions.—Being at present
in a course of Peers, I cannot desce-14 to bumbler
Lostaa may 'describe the-Petitioners
in general terms, as " the Noblemen, Genile-
men, Clergy, and Freeholders " of Norfolk : Mr.
NEWCOMBE may insist that "-the voice of the
" People in a just cause is the voice of truth
but I shall not stop to notice the deceptive gene-
rality of the one, or the non sequitur of the other.
The Reverend Seconder, indeed, appears as
deeply skilled in logic as your• Lordship is in law.
I am weary of a tale already twice told: and of
what I have addressed to your Brother Earls, I
must beg your Lordship to make a third applica-
tion.—You have vehemently censured the dis-
missal of Lord FITZWILLIAM, upon the same prin-
ciple as he himself must have censured the dis-
missal of the patriotic Duke whom he succeeded.
Surely, it was a less offence to toast Tug MAJESTY
OF THE MOB in a private club-room, than to re-
cognize it on the public hustings.
But your Lordship is in THOMAS PAINE'S own
County. The air of Norfolk is more strongly im-
pregnated,with democracy than were the breezes
that wafted hither -rile LORD OF VoottsT with the
Prince of ORANGE. Your ancestor's service was
not half revolutionary enough. for the Jacobins
who Italloo'd round his descendant :—he imported
too much of his native phlegm :—he retained a
troublesome calculation, that Mobs might be un-
constitutional as well as Sovereigns. Your Lord-
ship has inherited, I trust, his Dutch temper as
well as his English acquisitions. The radical
power which could persuade you out of the one,
would soon force you out of the other.
It was rather a perilous adventure, while en•
gaged with modern Republicans, to look bark
upon past actions or past principles. They put
your Lordship into as aukward a predicament as
was Mr. COKE, when some mischievous loyalist
or officious leveller—l know not which—revived
certain passages of his parliamentary history.—
It may perplex either zeal or malice to discover
any thing which has been done by your Lordship's
self :—your dignified leisure sends us back in the
search to your ancestors.—But, should such em•
barrassing recollections be again brought up,
take care, ray Lord, and have Mr. HantoßD at
your elbow, with the eloquent and unanswerable
answer of tearing and trampling upon them.

I now release your Lordship. If I have casu-
ally forgotten that respect which in these times
I would the more anxiously shew toward you, the
Orator of popular Meetings, who quits his privi-
leged seat for the applauses of a Mob, will not be
over angry. There is something in the air of De-
mocratic Assemblies, in their very effluvia, which
infects all who respire it : and I have perhaps con-
tracted, amid their discussion, a portion of that
radical carelessness of language, of that Jacobinical
`disregard.of station—for which, even though your
Lordship should he gratified at the unintentional
lapse, I entreat the pardon of the. Peerage.

TENAX.

We learn from The Glasgow courier of Satur-
dal., that " the apple of discord thrown by
HUNT, THISTLEWOoD, WATSON, and the other
Leaders in London, among the Radicals, has al-
ready reached Scotland," dividing as it rolls.—
Accordingly we find that at Paisley the older
Members of the Committee of Management have
resigned their momentous trust, while at Glasgow
it is reported the Managers are disunited.
The different lobbies, galleries, and approaches
to both Houses of Pathament are repairing and
thoroughly cleaning, preparatory to the Meeting.
on the 23d. The interiors of both HOUSes, too,
are cleansed and new matted.

We received this morning the Paris Papers ,of
Sunday last. The following are Extracts :
" Parris, OCT. 31.—The King yesterday trans-
acted business with the Marquess Dessolles, and
gave a private audience to the Cardinal Arch-
biihop of Paris : his Majesty did not go out, but
bis slight indisposition is of no consequence, and
it is believed his Majesty will go out this day.
" Letters from the frontiers of Spain mention,
that the state of health in Catalonia was most
satisfactory. It bad been apprehended that a
soldier, di,covered at Barcelona, had recently
deserted from Cadiz, but it appears that he
deserted from Seville previous to the mani-
festation of any contagious disease. He has
been sent to the Lazaretto, in order to be re-
conveyed to his corps. The existence of conta-
gion at Barcelona is denied. The communications
between the Provinces of Catalonia, Valencia,
and Arragon present no motive for disquietude, and
are continued without interruption.

FIVE PER CENTS.

Saturday

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DEFERRED STOCK
Of the 22d March, 1817, 92 1. 95c.
02d Sept. 1817, 9O f. 95 c.
22,1 March, 1818, BB 1.95 c.
22,1 Sept. i 818, SG f. 95 c.
82d March, 1819, B4 14.- 95 c.
24d Sept. 1819, B3l. sc.

" STOCKHOLM, OCT. 12.—The following anec-
dote is related here respecting the papers left by
Gustavus M. He bad given orders that they
sbould be deposited in the University of Upsal,
which was carried into effect. They were placed
in two large chests, which, according to the King's
order, were not to be opened till 50 years'after his
death, but the latter order has not been attended to.
It was alleged that the two chests were no►t clearly
described in the King's will, and that it. was pos-
sible they might be changed for others. In or-
der to avoid this inconvenience they were opened,
when it was found that the literary labours of the
deceased King consisted of a Secret History of
his Reign.—The two chests have been again
closed, and placed in the same depository, under
the Seals of the present Zing, and-of the Arch-
bishop of Upsal.

" BERLIN', OCT. 18.1—The political rel.:clops

between oar Court and that of Russia continue

very intimate.

" The Emperor of Russia, it is said, will re-
main at Warsaw till the beginning of November,
and then return direct to St. Petersburg!), without,
proceeding to Get many.

" The Committee of the Constitution, presided
over by the Prince de Hardenberg, held its first
sitting on the 13th instant, and has since held
second. M.M. de Humboldt and de Schuchrdana
assisted at the sittings, as well as three other
Members appointed by the King. The Projet of
the Constitution w:11, it is hoped, be soon ar-
ranged.

" 'the system established by the Diet of Frank•
fort will be adopted in the Prussian States, but no
foreign authority will be allowed to pass sentence
upon Prussian subjects."

THE (OLD) Tiaras.--The Morning Chronicle of
yesterday, contained an account of illeged
ill-
treattnent, which Mr. Si OKoE, Naval Surgeon,
on board the Admiral's ti4g-ship at St. Helena bad
received, and which, we, from authority stated
"to be false from the beginning to the end:", But
The (Old) Times, t.(11 its usual aversion to truth,
and prejudice against Government,, has, never-.
theless, thought proper to insert it this day,
without comment, as if it were fo.unded
on iu-
divutable facts. Will not the contempt of maw.
kind teach that Paper common policy
.•

A Loyal-Declaration had been issued by the
Vicar and Select Vestry of St. Paul's, Covent•s
Garden, expressive of attachment to the Con,ti-
tution in Church and State, a Declaration which
the nature of the times ought to call forth from
every body, public or private, who raffles the
blessings of good order and a protecting Govern-,
mem. This Declaration was not conformable to-
the opinions and feelings of several of the lithe-,
bitants, and therefore a Meeting took place yes
terday at Fisher's Rooms, King-street, pursuant
to notice, which many of them attended. The.
Chair was taken by T. B. BEAUMONT, Esq., who
opened the business of the Meeting, and severely
condemned the conduct of the Vicar and Vestry
for having issued the previous Declaration. EC
dwelt some time on the Manchester transaction!
in a strain of prejudication, which could have
hardly been expected front a gentleman of his ac-
knowledged talents and good sense. lie was fol-
lowed by Mr. CORDER, one of the Society of,
Ftiends, who declaimed with more warmth, anti
by no means with that meekness which might be
expected from one of his fraternity. I-k pro-
posed a string of Resolutions of a hackneyed.
Radicot description, which, as Well as his speech,
certainly did not accord with the mild character
of his respechible Brotherhood.. The Resoln-
titans were put and carried.—An Address to t 3.•
PaSNCE REGENT was then proposed by a Mr.
NoRTnOuSE, partaking of the same character an&
spirit which marked the Resolutions. A Mr.
CLERK seconded the Adiress ; and a Mr. SKEL..,
TON made a speech in favour of it. it was put
and carried, and. thanks having been given to the
Chairman, the Meeting dispersed. It is probable
that the Meeting consisted of well-meaning Per.'
sons, unhappily touched with the Reforming
spirit too prevalent among the lower order of
People, and which, as we see by the thoughtless
conduct of many of their superiors, has spread its
infection above the ignorant vulgar ; but to she'
that there was not much judgment and sagacity.
among the Persons present yesterday, they.passed.
censure on themselves in the following passage of
their own Address, for in reference
Manchester business- they say, " mirth this
dreadful event, however, we refrain from giving.
way to the expresSion of our feelings, because, un-
til it has undergone a patient and legal investiga"
lion, it might he almost as improper to pronounce
deep condemnation, as to bestow unqualified praise
and thanks." This passage, willed' is marked by
good sense, liberality, and justness, is not only
in direct opposition to the sentiments previously
aeowetl by all the Speakers, but to the preceding
tenor and language of the very Address of which
it forms a part. Such is tire wisdom and con"
sistency of those Gentlemen who came forward to
arraign the Ministry and to reform thee Govern-
ment l ! !

DEATH OF THR PRINCE OF lloHltts7ZOLLEtati•—""
The death of the yoong Prince of nungliZOil
LRRN has made a great sensation at Vienna, aut
has given rise to the most singolAr reports. rfb:e
truth is, that nn the day of his decease, this
young Prince was fencing with rule young frioec.
of TOUR AND TAKts, his friend and comrade, for
both mere attached to the rtgiment of CuirstsSierS, 6
of Prince ConsTANTINr, tiltiw in this gerrlsoll;
The combat became very animated, and both were
vet' t‘,arnt. In the midst of this exercise .stlif .
Prince of HotiONZoLLERN fell under a stroke •f-"
apoplexy, and died shortly after. The Prince
0°1"
Toon AND TAxts is inconsolable for the !(95.11..1
his ft iend, and has Liaisell fallen deagescoli
(Vienna, Oct. 17.)

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