The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-23 00:00:00

EARL FITZWILLIAM.

For the following Letter we are indebted to
The Leeds Intelligencer of yesterday. ‘Ve hare
ventured ourselves to mark one passage conspi-
cuously, because it shews that the Nobleman to
whom it relates did not want exhortation and
warning from a quarter eminently entitled to re-
spect, before he so unfortunately committed him-
self in the eyes of the Country by ioining a Radi-
cal Mob.

LETTER FROM THE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT

Do ‘x NE, TO HUGH YARIC4It, ESQ.

" SlR,—This morning's poct- brought me the
honour of your printed letter, of the sth inst. re-
questing my name to a Requisition for a Meetirt
at Wakefield, on Thursday the IS:h, to consider
the propriety of publicly testifying the gratitude
of.the West Riding, for the services of the late
Lord Lieutenant.

" There is no one for whom I entertain a more
sincere regard and esteem, than I do for Lord
Fitzwilliato, and, consequently, it is with great
regret, that I feel I cannot give my assent to the
request of your letter, which, under any other cir-
cumstances, 1 should have been most proud to do.
But having myself disapproved of the late County
Meeting, AND HAVING IN VAIN USED MY EN-
DEAVOURS TO DISSUADE LORD FITZ wiLtilAM
FROM GIVING HIS SANCTION TO IT, I cannot
allow my name to be added to tiny paper which
may, in the most indirect way, carry the appear-
ance of approving a measure, which, in the out-
set, I foresaw, was fraught with mischief, and
which, in its consequences, has, in my judgment,
had a must fatal effect upon the public opinion.
" Entertaining these sentiments, I must beg to
decline adding my name to your Requisition,
which I do with the greatest regret, as I am sure
there is no one in the County, who feels a higher
respect for Lord FitzAilliam than 1 do.
" 1 have the honour to be,
" Sir,
" Your most obedient Servant,
(Signed) " DOWNE.
" Nov. 7, 1819."

WESTMORLAND LOYAL ADDRESS.

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS—Wei,
the undersigned Nobility, Magistrates, Gentry,
Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of West-
morland, feel it our peculiar duty at this period to
offer your Royal Highness every assurance of
Loyalty to the Crown, and attachment to the
Constitution of this Kingdom.
The Government t -,tablished in our county has
been, under Providence, the source of so much
happiness and prosperity, that we cannot but re•
gard with the deepest abhorrence any attempt to
weaken or subvert it.

Reflecting with gratitude that we bave been
preserved, and that we have been the Ito:rowed
instruments of rescuing others from the anarchy
sod despotism which so long desolated a large
portion of the world, we cannot silently behold
the ungrateful and mischievous restlessness of
those who would take advantage of the circum-
stances attendant upon returning peace, to under-
mine that goodly fabric, which weathered the
tempest, and still excites the admiration of sur-
rounding States.

We feel for the Poor, and for others whom the
increase of population, and the fluctuations of
commerce have involved in difficulties and dis
tress ; but we rely on the wisdom and paternal
care of the Legislature for the adoption and judi-
cious application of every practicable remedy.
The free expression of opinion, whether through
the press or otherwise, is the privilege of a Bri-
ton ; and far be it Irons us to desire that it should
be restrained so long as it keeps within the
bounds of religion and good order. But we wish
not to forget, that if our advantages be great, so
is our responsibility. In this mater we have not
only the deepest personal interest, but we are
trusted with a sacred deposit to preserve for those
whc, come after us. We would guard as a pre-
cious jewel that liberty which has never shone
with purer lustre than in our favoured country : we
deprecate the licentiousness which is its counter-
feit. True freedom is in peril, when blasphemy
and tumult are tidying the laws of God and Man;
when the necessary decorum of our Courts of
Justice is pertinaciously violated ; when opportu-
nities are eagerly seized, or cunningly contrived,
to vilify, in the eyes of the lower classes, all that
is respectable in the ranks above, and to undo
every sacred tie by which sociei y is holden toge-
ther. In the crowded meetings to which the un-
thinking multitude are invited, Reform is the pre.
tetice, but Sedition the object : discussion is pro-
fessed, but .all freedom of speech is put down by
groans and clamour : the only thing permitted, is
an obsequious listening to the railings and theo-
ries of some demagogue or his minions : and in-
genuity chiefly displays itself in trying how much
mischief may be done without overstepping the
line which separates this new kind of audacity
from actual treason.

It the Loyal and the Good have been less conspi-
cuous and obtrusive than those whose conduct we
thus deplore, yet they have not been inattentive
observers ; and their experience is well calculated
to convince them, that the times require a faith-
ful expression of their principles, and a steady ex-
ertion of their influence. Thus may they reclaim
many who for a while have beet► misled by the ar-
tifices of the designing ; and we trust there will
now, as in the best days of our history, be one
powerful union, under the blessing of the Al-
mighty, round the Altar, the Throne, and the
Laws, for the preservation of all that is dear .to
Man.

A Meeting of the County of Fife was held nt
Cupar, on Wednesday, at which an Address wa3
voted to the PRINCE REGENT, on the state of the
country.
ROBBERY.—Last night the house of CHARLES
BICKNELL, Esq. on Putney-heath, was broke
open and robbed of plate, linen, money, and
other effects to a considerable amount. The
thieves left candles burning in several of Cie
rooms, after they had plundered them,