The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-30 00:00:00

ST. ANDREW'S DAY.

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ST. AsnuEw..Was the son of JONAS, a fisher-
man of Bethsaitki in Galilee and younger brcither
of &mos, surnamed by out LORD, PETER.- lie
was one of the disciples of John the. saptist ;
and having acquired a preparatory. -facth, under
that great Precursor of the Messiah, he was Piously
actuated to make his brother Simon a partaker of
the blessed hopes of salvation, and accordingly
introduced him to our. Lord. The two brotheri
'continued in the industrious and humble occupa-
tion .of fiSliefraett,.- for about twelve months after
Simon Was tirsCadmitted to the Divine Presence,
when they were both;
...together with 3.arnes and
John, personally to attend our Saviour in
his Ministry ; to witness the miracles he wrought,
and o.s ~deceive' the. 4rst PrincipleS of. that holy
reiigiou wflich they were; aftem . wards. disserni-
nato throughout the world call they instantly
acce-Rteo, striAlgthea ed as.. they .2wero in -their
obedience'-by the great:miracle of the extraur-
-draught.. of fishes. The , vast
.northrn
Legions .of Scythia audSOgdiana were traversed b
.St. Andrew,-upon the dispersion of the Apastles.
-After—having eStablished• ninnerOUS
throughoUt chose territarieik, he returned. to 3 ern=
saletp-; bnt-being.too. ardent-t 4; remain long lib- •
sent noir 'eOnverts, ..I.ke :again Arav'elled
_with-an:intent:lo to
,support and ophold their
faith, pas• ing through countries •of the
Abasgi, Zeochi, and Bosphorani, and from thence'
across the ,Seas to .Sinope,. in Vaphlagonia, and.
thence to Byzantium,: at :bath of which places he
ordained
• • Bishops. I Banished Tram Byzantium,
:he removed to Aturopolisi'and passed over -the
couritries .of Thraqe,, AlacedOnia,
ins, anti Achaia, is latter, at the city .tif
Matra, he was- so-wonderfully successful in - the
execution of bis•heLlveniy Al,,;eas, the
condemnedPrOeonsul; condeed. him to be first scourged,
and--ttien crucified, a.sentence.whichwas put into
exei?otion with :peculiar Cruelty : seven lictors
:alternately. exerted- their-. sirength, with Abu
scourge on the Apostle's shoulders ; and that-his
death, afteri)lch barbarity; might tie . the more
Aingering-..and %painful, -he-, was• .fastened with
.Cords,lnstegcl of nail's; to the cross! In. this slate
of agony • :-he remained- two--days preaching and
instructing the surrounding populace in that faith
which enabled him to sustain his .sufferings
.ont:krnurtnur—afaith which afforded to him.,a
consummation of .hit. iviihes.; in a prospect- of
eternal life with that Sat/lour whose:(loctrines-he

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had So.streuuously inculcated. Maiitnela, a lady
of quality and fortune,: who had embraced the.
Christian religion, caused, the body to be tm
balm.ed,:. and honourably-- entombed-;- and Con-
stantine the Great, Wheo--con'‘'ertect, to christiA-
nity, removed the relics to Byzantium,:called:, in
honour of the Ernperor,ConStantinople, dna buried
them in the Cl'eat Cieurigt.;:forinded in honour of the
twelve Apostles. The Scots, who have-chosen
-Andiew for-_their Tutelar Saint, adduCesorne
dences that the, relics of the Apostle were removed
to Scotland by-Regulus, a pious Grecian monk,
and, deposited in Fifeshire, A. D. 368,f rom which
cause St. Andrew's, in that County,. received its
name. By the best testimonies, St.. Andrew rtp.
pears -to. have'sutTered Martyrdom on the 30th of
the.year".69, from which .C.auskt-bis
anntvetsary is generally' assorted to be held on
•that day • while others contend .that.. his festival-
was planed at the head-of the holidays, beginning
.at Advent, from or his having
been the,first Who found -tire essi4, svOi as
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th.e. first- who - Al
broitght others .to bhn. - The
httich commemorated: the death and sufferings..
of St.Abdiew,--s6 earl: as the year 359.. -The
-Cro3i upon which St. Andrevi suffeied".was..dif-.
'ferent from the general antient form, being made.
-Of two pieces of •tirnpvr *driven into the ground,
in the shaper of the 'letter X, styfeda cross de-
cussate. lienceSt. Andrew is to be known in. all
Hpictures and:sctilptures a cross of
that description.

The Scottish corporation will hold the festival
of 'Si: Andrew this day at,,the Old Tavern,
Bislicipsgate-street- ThiS ancient institution. was,
established for be.nevolent purposes, and .no
doubt, it will,as on all forthet occasions, be attend-
ed to-day by a numerous and highly.respectable
company. Lord Viscount MELVILLE, one of.the
Vice-P-residents, takes the Chair.

liNcor.Ws
Yesterday eveninA). the Alinaal ..General. Meeting
of the above Associatiori.was held at Great Queen...
street Chapel. At seven o'clock,. Ronpl'r RANT,
gsq. took the Chair, in the absence of the Presi-
• dent, the Right. Hon. CISAALcs,,GItA-yT., whose
official duties,..it Was stated, detained him is IFe
land.., The chairman., who opened -the business
of the day, observed,it . would be unnecessary
for- bin" to .detain the .Meeting by am address, as
the Report.whicb- was -about to be read would.
more Satisfattarily detail the eiertiohs an labours
of the Society.--:7The• Report was then read 1; 'it
stated, that since the
.last Report 155 Bibles and
l'Toefstac2rns ITla4branci
idei;tiriiabdu teed, i
rcuniki.s.atei a
totadat 3
Bibles- and 44 TeStarnents, but there rs',as:a great
want of collectors in the Committee. • The Finair.--
cial Report was then read, by which it appeared
that 181. had been -collected at the last Meeting ;
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that the, donatiosis and subscripttons.ainoinited to
941., exclusive of 71. 3s collected among the work-
toed' at -Messrs; Secinf; and COPELAND'S rnanu-
'factory ;' 1001. hail:been given to the British and
Foreign Society for copies of the Scripture ; the
"Parent Society was still continuing its prosperans
course. - The Report.' concluded by calling for
additional aid.and assistance.—It was thenmoved;
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seconded, and carried'unanimously, that theße-
portie cmm
sihouoldb under the direction
of t t HUDSON, Esq. and
other .Gentlemen then addressed the" Meeting in
able- speeches ; and thanks. haVing been voted to
Chairman, -the Meeting adjoitrued.:-K liberal
collection was made at. the doors.

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PrilliCtra Rell, labogres of W ainflefhti .
-sold
wife. igs. 4pil by Tarkct-ja-uXondar (9r ss. aud-,41;..:
baltep;

There are not so many fresh instances of atfo-..
,City detailed in the _lrish papers received, this
mbruitig, •as it 'has lately been our painful duty
to notice. .W.e 'rejoice even at this fleeting gleam-
of 'comparative sunshine, though.the louring as:
pkt-of the.tithes:,itiTh-at unhappy country by no
means suffers us to hope that the destroying tetn..
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pest of popular fury is permanently subsiding;'--
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SCirne further.partkulars of the Inquest .on the
Sittas-haie made their_ appearance ; btit the .de
positions, except a 3 to-
,-the- identity of
.the poor ,
Suff:ekqrs, • seem to hive been exceedingly vagrie
and unsatisfactory-. same- -.pains do riot
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se-ern to have been lak.en in the inquiry, a„s ,is
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customaii:in England, to collect all the evidence
which .is• attainable,' .by.. interrogating- the'-vAt-:
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nesses tninutelv as' to the circumstances within
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their - following extract.. from
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the Minute of - the :Inquest is a `specimen
.of. the,
brief 'and ',seemingly:careless manner in -Which it
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was 4ondticted*;. aid_ .it. is.. alMost the only evi-:
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dence of. Amy importance which decides the_cha,..
faCtet arid origin 'of the tragical event
Philip billon, of 'Oitrinapish, farmer, deposeth and• saith,
that i'viltiarri .Williarns called hiln7 out of bed on the night
between the 19th and 20th inst., who told hinn that Edmond
Bhea's house was on fire. lie.tysired Williams to calliome
hcighours ;:l-k then advanca toward's liea's house; which
was in:a bine, 'anci.fited ashot, and called out, ".9h, you Ras.
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cals," which was returned by. two shots, and . he. was desired
to advance if he larecl..llerird, several shots about Shea's house-
:: :Eiarnined I;efore irte, Ph ILIP DILLON.
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John Thompsop,.eprener,

The ClonnzelAdver4ser, from inquiries which
'have been :instituted, is of opinion that the mtir:
derets had set fire'to the thatched roof of SH
..house in several places: at, once ; and.' that the
hurry and confusion of the unfortunate family,
on discovering their danger,- had :fatally 'pre-;
vented any of.;thern fxoM".making their escape,
before,the fooEfellin, which of course, being.
of such combustible- materials; must have been
very -soon after commenCerneut of the' fire.
The remains of-ten . v•_twelve of the victims were
found near -td,ih(4- door, inside, at which . it
Would Seim the '.struggle and -cOnfusiodhad been
So great as tolteeptheoa from. opening it. Close',
by the dOor lay the besly•of a man,- hiving the
key of the door-in one :band; Part of the bowels
'protruded from the-befly'of who was alsO
found neat • the :door, . It:is soppOsed- that , the
protrusion of the iniestines-Was.'eccisiOned• by- -a
gun:'•shof "wOund...• Near onelof. his hands lay the
barrel. of n;blut4erbuss. sis thonghti-from the,
position of: SHEA-'3 body, •that he-Via.4 in the.act
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Of drai,vitig the' tie& from the dOef.wheri he.thet:
his death. A child-a-bout-two years old was fonnd_
placed_in apail of water, perhaps by some one..in•
-the hope or saving 'the iioor,ihnoce.nf That part
of..the .body;.hoWeter, 'Which Was above the sur
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face. of the water, was .severely burnt ; and at
-anrrate•suffocatioti must have ensued -frorn-the
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heat and the smoke. of the burning pile.
1s there not room for..the consolatory refieqion,
tbat'even the.authors of this:dreadful scene, mis-
creants as •they are, did not contemplate tlie
.unirder of the whole of thiS hapless farnily
Probably,intendea..only to burn down the house,
or at most to take the life of the elder Stait himl.l
self' Y We *would- fain, for the sake of our corn-'
rani: natureicling to. the idea• that if the-inmates
had succeeded- in: opening the door, and in
caping.froln'the fiarries,Sthey would not have been
bUtchered-indiscriminatelyby the savagessvithout.
More
.than one meeting of Magistrates I'S,
been held ou the scene of woe -,. and about forty
persons have. been examined- bilhern.relative to
thedreadful catastrophe. Itis gratifying to: find:
that there was rio ,backwardness on the part 'of
.the people -to give information, or- to facilitate
the discovery of the murderers... The. relatiVes
of the deceased :are' numerous ; and have de-
clared their readiness to hazard life .and
in bringing the murderers to. ustice.- The SHEAS
have . been settlea for ages 'in that part of the.
country ; and were, with their connections,'opu-
lent, respectable, and esteemed. The MIMLAEYS:
also were connected With A sieterniined and ex—
tensive body of men:; ,a.nd ,hopes are entertained
.that by the activity and perseverance of these
persons discoveries may be made. o.,ne of tfie
victims, an •interesting-..young female,. had 4001.
'fortune, and-was to have beea.-iitattied, in a few
—days, ••
At an adjourned meeting. Of: ;Magistrates and
Gentlemen !- Odd at tilittetaili on-the tid inst.,

it was resolved,. to petition the LORD
NANT not to, apply the provisions of the Peace
Preservation. Act -to:the: disturbed 'Baronies, 00
account of the eqviice which ille-'etraordinarY
etablishrnent of Police might' ithisose upon the
inhabitants ; and one of the Resolutions is so ;31'1

prudent as to declare, that ni the eeting is de'
cidedly. of opinion, that excessive taxation i.ll
tithes like the present, when the price of agricl2l"
tural produce is -so deptessed, may drive_ many at
present peaceably disposed persons into the
ranks-of the Insurgi.-nti."—ln GOD'S naive, then,
let the gentry' defray the exPence of. restorLD'
that • tranquillity-"u hick' their 'supineness hs9
suffered to "-The Dublin Correspondent
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indignantly animadverts upon the imbecility of
the•land-owners, in ieeking to rely-merely upon $
great increase to the military force; and justly
points oat that even that increase, unless,the3i• take
vigorous measures :to defend themselves, wonld
unt.ensure their `safet=y; -except a party of soldiers
Iver.t.ra.tioned in each of their houses.-The e%'
pense.of an extraordinary police ,is the price
which they must-pay for the restoration of trap'
Ihe penalty' impo,ed Upon they
for their past remissness.

Ori Skturdafnighi.la;it a party of RibbonmP3
were, surprised, sitting 1n council,. at a -house nor
Clermont: Twelve of thiln were mace prisoner,i
but, it is -doubted. ciiether- there is evidence t°
cOrnmil theirst for trial. •

'M
4URlnft of.MA,iOl3, COLL.IS.--Siornadditiono
.intelligence received this day, .we find that car
!of the unfortunate Gentleman's servants is sup'
posed to haVe'heeri-priVy to the attack.upon
house=-the fellnw having gone off. The moue/
and securities of which the house was plundered
amounted to five•hundred pounds at least. ,t• 11
'.inquest had not been held when the last accounts
were sent off.

Papers. arrive& this morning t°
the Ist Nofember:—The following is ari e,c,rat;t
from-a Paperlif'ttie- 30th of October:--

"THE.Ft.4uk yesterdll
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we experienced,-as-Might naturally be expected+
a variety of reports from the East 'dud South'
but they ha-d itot any. considerable operation on
the-state of, the.mark.et... Indeed it may be said
that.k7lourAO:in.,fuspenso, although. we understand
the 'I/fillers a.resertatigis considerable quantiti
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into town ;• their stock of Wheat is very cons''
ileribie,. but for want of water very few are atle
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[l'orfi a lath: Csarat,ew Pawl.. I
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EMIGRATION.-The sv,ishetrfur vQnvoy fro°
.Curagoa has'arrired,'• bringing' numberless er
gtahts, tioth natives ot thecountrrand Spaniard`'
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It*A•cl e have'the -satisfaction that . all these
who cgrne,are to nest men worthy of abiding
'iyhose abse,..re we'Were wont to W
temotnte
:tees, 'who, amid- IA!" 'disorder bustle
'41.1 uatriotiC charsci
hostilities,
hadsnnght 'refuge in. foreign islgad,
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And Who uow clasp us in - their -arrnci w.tt4
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cordiality and
,boy- mete who have been ur:
deceived, in their principles, -who!,e, •vir,:je t•L'T
'.goOd faith are, already too well. establisllc"
and whose.. regret of •the. -past is as grate"
.ful tows, as it is honourable to them—men,
during. seven long,years absene..e haye,Tever beo
tfieir.necks to any foreign yoke--in sho-rt. worthi
.offspritig. of
Caracas, eminent, patrigts, the orrY
ments of their_ soil,: whose slitferings,-,,w hose cog'
stancy its hardships, have- itesineattied: them tt!
eternal love of their fellow-citizens..

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Yew I onti, OCT. y3.--A- gentleman froo
FjOrid,a gives the following as: a principal call'
Of the arrests and sei_zures of papeps,in that tern'
tory. He says the Spaniards.had -no• office of
re.Poril for title-deeds ; but when A sold land t°
B he' ansferred the original deeds which well
deposited with the Governor. ~In this way Ciro{
vernors Callava and Copping.erA:ad possession o
nearly all the title deeds of the-•province. After
'the surrender of the Floridas:to the Cnited Staten
.rnany of those deeds were sold for vaticeis Sums
of moneyovithout„the.consent kncl.,lcfige_°
the owner of the. property; -thuo the titie to
every tract of land in the country was jeopardized'
On.detriand, the abole'..ofliCVN -refused to deliver
up. the...deeds, and the sales of them 'became more
rapid than ever. Under such circumstances, Ge
vernors Jackson and Worthington thought it their
duty- to-seize, and they did seize and take
session of, the official .papers which were th°s
fraudulently in the market.' If they had done
otherwise, and winked at the fraud, they ougl"e
to. be disgracefully dismissed. the service...4Yhila'
delphia _Democratic Press.)

morning the C/lIEF JUSTICE PC
the King's Bench sat at half-past nice, to dIS'
pose of' The retnnanes of causes from H.n3rl
Ter‘m, of which thee are nearly one hundred'
the kieater part to, be tried by Special -Juries
atntmgst which is-on.e.indictthent for libel alain4
the Proprietors of the John Bail, and at aceioll
brought by,the soi-diser•t Princess of CumsEr';
ot
LAND against Mr.. L.' GOIXSIIITIL, Proprietor
TAO British itionitOr, for a libel, in describi4
lier as an impostor: • •

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SoAriE, geritierpAn has re'
ceutly beep electrA•Feliply 9f.tbv itoottl,S9Oeti'