The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-11 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

NEW ROBIN HOOD.
Mr. Speaker, though 'tis late—
I must le—e—e—eugh—e—e—en the debate."

Olel Gke.
MR. EDITOR,—As Parliament is about to meet,
and One Whig 4 will undoubtedly talk much,
though thPhy not say a great deal, pernlit me
to offer one or two, I hope useful hints, to your
readers on that subject, and even to the twollouses
of Legislature themselves.
In the first place, then, let it be remembered,
that, previous to the late unhappy Investigation,
the LEADER of the OPPOSITION in the Lower
House, in his place, declared, that if one-tenth
of the stories he had heard, respecting a certain
Personage were true, she must be unworthy of
sitting on the THRONE of BRITAIN.
Perhaps, Mr. Editor, it might be useful to the
public recollection, if you were to re-publish
some of the most prominent passages of that
speech, as delivered early in the Parliamentary
Session.

In the second place, I wish to recall public at-
tention to a letter in the Morning Chronicle,
about that period, or very soon after, signed,
" An Old AV hig,"—but better known by the
name of " Tierney's Manifesto," in which it is
expressly declared, that the WHIGS, if they had
been in pOWer WOULD HATE TRIED THE QUEEN,
but then " they would have done it in a different
manner," or words to that effect, and that they
would have first ascertained her guilt, and then
tried her ! In the third place, I propose, in
imitation of the Old Robin Hood Society, that
no member shall be allowed to talk of himself,
instead of the question before the House ;
and that no member shall talk more than five mi..
nutes, unless the House can tell what he is talk-
ing about !

In the fourth place, in order better to fulfil
the third, I propose that every member, before
he begins to specchfky, shall be obliged to repeat
audibly the words," Guilty," or " Not Guilty,"
or half and half ;" or " More yes, than no;"
or " Non mi ricordo ;" or some such expression
as may enable the House to form some idea of
what he may possibly be driving at !
This last is an excellent rule ; and I have
often wished that it could have been adopted
in private conversation for the last six months,
as it would have saved many words, much pa-
tience, and some impatience to many, but to none
more than your's,

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM A uDEAr?

LONDON,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1821.

Paris Papers of Sunday last, arrived early this
morning. The following are Extracts :
" PARIs, JAN. G.—At six o'clock last evening, a Courier
from Madrid arrived at ode of the Foreign Ambassadors
with news of the highest importance.
" It is stated, that the revision of the Military Penal Code,
which has occupied a special Commission for a period of three
years, is completed, and will be immediatwly presented to the
Chambers.

" A pamphlet, entitled The French Soldier's Catechism, has
been seized by order of the Attorney-General fur the Crown.
The Authors and Editors will be prosecuted.

" COURT OF PEERS.
" The Sitting this day was entirely occupied in hearing
the report respecting the Conspiracy, which will be conclud-
ed on Monday next.

FRENCH STOCKS.

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" LISBON, Dec. 17.—The Dispatches brought by the Provi-
dence, announce, that our beloved King hasgranted a general
amnesty to all concerned in the late events at Oporto, and that
he has authorized the assembling of the Corks, though their
convocation by the former Regency, without his Majesty's
previous sanction, was not strictly legal. Our good Monarch
also declares, that as soon as the Cortes have terminated their
labours, andj submitted their propositions for the Royal
sanction, hi Majesty, or une of his august Sons, will
proceed to Lisbon, upon an assurance, that the Royal autho-
rity will not be compromised by the execution of the measure
adopted by the Regency.

" The King has not. made any observations on the occur-
rences at Lisbon, which took place after the affair of Oporto,
but his present resolution leaves no doubt as to his future
conduct.

" VIENNA, DEC. 27.—The Austrian Observer of this day
denounces the Revolution at Naples; but on the following
day states ' that, notwithstanding the military preparations,
it is generally believed that no interruption will occur to the
general peace : this opinion has had the effect of raising the
Funds.'

" The equipages of ti e Court are ready to sct out for
Laybach.

LAYIIACH, Dec. 19.—There is now no doubt, but the
conferences held at Troppau will be continued here."

French Papers of Monday last reached us at
a late hour this day. The Journal de Paris an-
nounces the arrival of Spanish Papers and Let-
ters, which communicate the intelligence that
the Spanish Government had directed the Public
Authorities at Madrid to carry into effect the
law for the suppression of popular Societies ;
and that the Marquess de CERALBO, charged
with the execution of these orders, proceeded on
the night. of the 27th December for this purpose,
to the meeting held at the Cross of Malta. The

We have this morning received an account of
the loss of the Abe&na transport, bound to the
Cape of Good Hope with settlers. The follow-
ing is an Extract of a Letter from the Agent to
LLOYD'S, dated Lisbon, 30th December :
" The Condessa da Polite, which arrived on
the 20th instant from Maranham, has brought 4J
persons who escaped from the Abeona transport,
bound to the Cape of Good Hope, which took
fire and was burnt on the 25th ult., in lat. 5. N.,
long. —, and 112 lives were lost. The Agent,
Lieut. MuDGE, the Captain, Surgeon, 21 men,
16 boys, 4 women, and 5 girls, got into three
boats, and fortunately fell in with the Condessa
da Ponte the morning after the fatal event."

The perseverance of the degenerate Whigs,
in attempting to disturb the peace of the Coun-
try by prolonging discussions on a lamentable
subject, can only operate injuriously to them-
selves, as it must throw additional obstacles in
their way to the possession of power, the
hope of which is doubtless the only motive
that impels them to action. Is it not enough
that Parliament will soon meet, and that there
can then be no want of ambitious orators,
who will be sure to renew discussions
the subject in question, and to do all they canr
to embarrass Government, happy that they have
such a subject for the exercise of their vanity,
and discontent, since it would be difficult for
them to find any other to justify their constant
murmurs and complaints, which, indeed, woul&
be equally prevalent, if Government were con-
ducted with more than mortal intelligence audi.
wisdom.

SiR HARCOURT LEES.-The patriotic and ani-
mated Letters of this Gentleman, we are glary
to find, have procured him the thanks .cif 103ral People from many parts of this Country as well
as throughout Ireland. Anions other testimonies
of respect he received, we find, a Twelfth Cake,
of great magnitude, most splendidly ornamented,
from Mr. BRIDGMAN, an eminent Confectioner
in this Metropolis, accompanied with a letter er--
pressive of the conviction which Sir llAacounlf
LEES'S productions had excited in the mind of the
loyal donor, and the pleasure which they hare
afforded him. We doubt not but that this libe-
ral tribute of humble loyalty was equally grati-
fying to the mental and corporeal taste of the p 2.-
triotic Baronet.

BRIGHTON, JAN, 9.—The KING to-day Ii
, taken his usual walk on the Palace lawn. At
two o'clock this afternoon, the Princess Augusta,
attended by Lady Mary Taylor, took a carriage
airing. Her Royal Highness paid a visit to
Lewes, and returned at four o'clock. General
Sir William and Lady Jane Houston, and Gen-
M'Cloud, have the honour of being entertained
at the Palace this evening.
A Curacoa Ga:ette of the 16th of October, re-
ceived by the last conveyance, contains the fur-.
lowing intelligence :---." The last accounts re-
ceived here from the independents say, Ordanet
was in Cucuta, where the Spanish Commissioners
saw him, Bolivar having left that place a few days
previous with 500 men, to assist Valdez, who had
been defeated in four different actions. The
whole independent army at present in Cucuta
does not exceed 800 men. Bolivar bitterly com-
plained of the lethargy of the people of the
kingdom of Santa Fe; and he is highly irritated
at the Guerillas sent against him by Santipent."
Dispatches just received from Rio Janeiro,
contain information that the KING has forwarded
his Royal acquiescence in the measures of reforms
now taking place at Lisbon, accompanied by an
assurance that when the Constitutional restora-
tions are completed by the Cortes, he will give
them his cordial sanction, and send one of his
sons to perform the offices of a Royal Chief Ma'
gistrate.
Private letters from Holland were yesterday
received in the City, which state, on the autho-
rity of aclvices from Vienna, that little doubt i$
entertained of the pacific result of the confe-
rences at Layhach.
Yesterday Mr. DANIELS, the King's Messen-
ger, left town with dispatches for Russia.
We regret to leant that the Duchess of KENT
continues confined to her apartments, at the
King's Palace, Kensington, with a cold. Pr'
WILSON, who attends her Royal Highness, re-
commended the loss of a little blood. We are
happy to say that her Royal Highness is better.
The Rev. OFFLEY CREWE, of Muxton, Staf-
fordshire, we are told, uniformly introduces the
QUEEN'S name in reading the Church Liturgy •
(Chester Chronicle.)
The Marquis of ANGLESEA has appointed the
Rev. HENRY BINDFIELD, A. B. Perpetual Cu-
rate of Armitage and Farewell, his Lorthhipis
Domestic Chaplain.

members openly resisted the Marquess, the
authority of the laws was despised, and the
greatest tumult prevailed in the room. Strict
measures were taken to- pretent the recur-
Kence of these disgraceful scenes : the popu-.
!dee?, „however, were, very*disocarN—in con-
sequence 4 •
of which the kational Guard was
under arms, but serious aplirehensions were
entertained as to the result. The Gazette de
France states, that the National Congress of
Portugal was installed at Lisbon on the 19th of
December, and the ceremony lasted till one
o'clock the following morning.

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