The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-22 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

H. begs permission to convey to the Editor of
THE SUN his cordial respects, and to assure him,
that he himself perfectly coincides in the propriety
of that exercise of his undoubted prerogative, as Mo-
narch of his OA n Dominion, THE SUN, which has
closed the discussion on the Bible Question ; and
to return his sincere thanks to the Editor, for the
flittering manner in which he has conveyed to
H. himself the rejection of his last .letter on the
subject. . As it is a matter to which H. cannot
again publicly advert, he trusts that- the Editor
will excuse hint thus adding, that he con-
ceives it a fortunate circumstance that such a
question has been concluded with such a perti-
nent letter as that of PaISCUS, who well merits
to claim and have the last word. There certainly
has existed in the mind of H. a floating intention
of submitting to THE SUN a thought or two on
the Catholic Question ; but a few days must ne-
cessarily intervene, before avocations which must
he attended to will leave him leisure for the pur-
pose. At the same time he cannot but candidly
confess, that nothing can be said, at least by him,
which can add to the force of those observations •
which THE SUN, speaking for itself, has from
time to time already given, and which must carry
conviction to every reflecting mind. That THE
.Sus nyty long continue to maintain its genuine
characteristic, not as a Ministerial or an Anti-
ministerial, but as a CONSTITUTIONAL. PAPER, is
the-ardent wish of
4ait. 20, 1619. H.

*** We are much gratified by the favourable
opium() of this Correspondent. anti Shall gladly
eLeive Lis tolture communications.

The Path Papers of Monday last still remain
due, together with those of Tuesday, none hav-
ing arrived this morning.

Extract of a Letter from Nevis, dated Dec. 15,1818.
" The piratical brig, seized at St. Bartholo-
mew's, has since been condemned, and advertised
for sale ; after she was taken posseision of, five
vessels that she bad taken, came into Five Islands,
and were again captured by two of BRION*B
Squadron-; soon after which she left that station,
in consequence of being told that the Swedish
Government bad sent an English man of war to
come down. They have been at anchor in an
out Bay at St. Martin's.:Nothing can be depended
upon as to rehat they are, or from whence they
came, but it is certain that two of them had new
Negroes on board to the amount of 750. The
others had wine, leather, dry goods, cotton, coffee,
sugar, rice, elephants' teeth, hides, tallow, horns,
and other articles, the produce of Brazil.
" The Small-pox broke out amongst the Ne-
groes, and caused dreadful devastation.
" It is certain that Lord COCHRANE has joined
BRION with a 60 gun ship, called the Venezuela;
one of 32 guns, called the Peru ; and one of 32
guns, called the Mexico. BRION has given up
the chief command to him, after declaring all the
posts on the Main (possessed by Spaniards) in a
state of blockade."
The account of Lord COCHRANE having joined
BatoN is discredited ; as the- ship Rose, in which
he sailal, has been insured to Valparaiso.

The Pamcs REGENT'S Speech, as delivered by
the Lords Commissioners yesterday, of which the
Public will see that we gave a correct outline in
THE SUN of that day, seems, as fdr as we can yet
learn, to have afforded'general satisfaction. Even
The Morning Chronicle, which is too shrewd to
pass over grounds of rbasonahle objection, and
too little favourable to Ministers to pay them An
unnecessary compliment, expresses itself with
more than usual candour, as follows :—" The
Speech with which the business of the new Par-
liament was yesterday opened, was evidently di-

Bested with an anxiety to avoid animadversion.
The topics are stated with becoming moderation;
and there is but one assertion on which there is
likely to be much variance of opinion—we mean the
paragraph in which it is said, that the manufactures,
trade, and commerce of the country are in a Sou•
risuing condition." Now as this ground of objection
relates to matter of fact, it admits of an easy re-
futation, and we may therefore confidently refer
to the state of the United Empire to prove that
all who are disposed to work may find employ-
ment, and that trade and manufactures are really
in as flourishing a condition as might be expected
after the sudden cessation of a long and bur-
thensome \Var, which must necessarily have' af-
fected many classes of society, who subsist upon
what a state of war must unavoidably have re-
quired. That there is some 'discontent in
manufacturing towns we admit, but it is con-
fined to the idle, the dissolute, and to those
who have been corrupted by such political In-
cendiaries as the HUNTS, the COBEETTS, and the
rest of those turbulent spirits, whose licentious
and daring speeches and writings demonstrate the
lenity of our laws, and the liberality of our Go-
vernment. The rest of the topics introduced in
the Speech are all of such a nature as must be
gratifying to every loyal and well-disposed sub-
ject throughout the Empire ; and we have full
reason to hope that the same wise and patriotic
Administration which, pursuing the system of the
immortal PITT, preserved the Country, and
rescued Europe, will unceasingly endeavour to
render us as happy at home as they have rendered
us glorious throughout the civilized world.

We Lave thought it our duty to give an ample
account of the Speech of Mr. SINCLAIR last night
in the House of Commons, because it holds forth
that line of conduct which becomes an independ-
ent Member of Parliament. Such a Repre-
sentative will not be either the dupe of
a Party, or the slave of an Administration.
This Gentleman delivered similar sentiments on
the Election for the County of Caithness. We
inserted his Speech on that occasion with plea-
sure, and with pleasure we add, that Tits SUN
which contained it was widely circulated through-
out Scotland, and was much admired in that coun-
try. We are glad to see Parliament commence
with such a satisfactory Speech from this Gentle-
man, and sincerely hope that it will operate as
an example to the House of Commons in general,
as well as to all its new Members.

Bahama Papers to the 26th November have
been received, which state that a dreadful fire
had broken out in that Island on the 14th, which
had destroyed a great number of houses.

DR. NVOLCOT.—Yesterday the Remains of
this celebrated Character were deposited in a vault
of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and, according to
the desire of the deceased, as near as possible to
those of his favourite, BUTLER, the Author of
Hudibras. He was attended to the grave by Mr.
FRANCIES, his Executor, Mr. SoANE, Mr. SHIELD,
Mr. CoNDELL, Mr. 'TAYLOR, Mr. SEALE, Mr.
BRANDON, Mr. Wool), Solicitor to the deceased,
and other private friends. The funeral was not
ostentatious, but handsome, and suitable to the
talents, learning, and reputation of this distin-
guished favourite of the Muses.
MARY STUART.—We yesterday inserted a pa-
ragraph stating a report, that the Tragedy with
this name bad been withdrawn, because Miss
O'NEILL refused to perform in the same piece
with Miss SOMERVILLE, to whom a part had been
assigned. An appeal has been made to our im-
partiality in a short letter which we insert this
day. We have enquired, and find that the piece
in question has been actually withdrawn, but we
must still declare, that we cannot give credit to
the charge thus brought against Miss O'NEILL,
whose talents we much admire, and whose private
character is, from all accounts, deservedly held in
high esteem. We have received other articles on
the same subject, which we do not think pro-
per to insert ; but as Proprietors of Theatres
not only incur great expense in the purchase of
their property, but on every night of representa-
tion, with au entire uncertainty, whether they
shall even be indemnified foe the nightly dis-
bursements, &c. we conceive that no impedi-
ment should ever be thrown in their way by
the conduct of Performers. Yet we cannot
'bring ourselves to believe that any Actor or Ac-
tress, however high in repute- and popularity,
would ever hazard the favour of the Public by
caprice, jealousy, or any other illiberal and un-
worthy motive. The tragedy in question, we are
assured, bade fair, by the united efforts of these
Actresses, to become a very attractive drama, and
was likely to be popular throughout the season.

THE QUEEN'S PICTURES.--'There are a great num-
ber of valuable Cabinet Pictures and Miniatures
in Buckingham House, which were the private
property of the QUERN, though they are not
mentioned in her MAJESTY'S Will, and the hall and
staircase display some of the finest walks of the
elegant artist CANALETTI, painted when he was in
England. These will probably now be added,
to the PRINCE REGENT'S Collection. The cele-
brated Cartoons of RAPHAEL were formerly placed
in Buckingham House, but have since been re-
moved to Hampton Court, where they now
remain.

Yesterday, while a number of Surgeons were
making some exreriments in the Demonstration
Theatre, at St, Thomas's Hospital, some thief
contrived to enter and carry off the Operator's
coat, and escaped undiscovered.