The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-21 00:00:00

FUR THE SUN.

In the account of our 'WC QUEEN'S arrival f • •w
Harwich to London, as stated in the Papers, a
very material circun►srance is omitted, which I
saw. The road was lighted op with lamps by
DARE and DURDEN', limner), of Charing-Cross,
which astonished the QUEEN more than any tl►ing
else, except the beauty of the Lidies who at-
tended her.

THE EYE OF TRUTH.

MONUMENT OF BURNS.

FOR THE SUN.

Ma. EDITOR,—..YOII signified, in your intro-
duction to the Letter of the Secretary for this in-
tended memorial of departed Genius, that you
would decline the insertion of all farther cotn►nu-
uieations on the subject, till you heard the result
of the meeting of the Stewards, whom the Secre-
tary announced his intention to convene. The
Letter in question appeared in your Paper of the
3d inst., and was dated the 2d. No,v, Sir, you
will solely allow that sufficient time has elapsed
for the result of the meeting to be known, and,
therefore, unless those Stewards come forward
with a plain statement, their characters must be
exposed to the most disgraceful suspicions. As
a Subscriber to the intended Monument, I have a
right to know how my money was disposed of,
and as many of my friends is ere subscribers also,
I write with their authority for the same purpose.
The character of BURNS stands too high it, the
estimation of his countrymen, for them to suffer
his memory to be neglected, particularly as a
large Subscription was obtained for the purpose
of doing honour to that Genius of which Scot-
land is laudably proud. The Stewards n►ay be
very hones( men, but they do not seem to be
alive to reputation. It I recollect aright, the Se•
cretary stated at the Dinner that upwards of 3501
was collected upon that occasion, and that many
more subscriptioos ►were expected to follow. The
Stewards are bound then to account for all that

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has been collected for what they stated as " A
NATIONAL DESIGN," and they owe to the Public
and their own characters a full explanation.—
I am surprised, and so are many other Subscrib-
ers, that a list of their names, as promised, has
not been published ; aod 1 arn no less surprised
that, as the matter has been the subject of gene-
ral conversation among my countrymen, that the
COMMITTEE at Dumfries have been wholly silent
on the occasion. I therefore trust, Air. Editor,
that you will not think me too hasty in obtruding
on you again, after so long an interval, since the
Stewards have given no explanation, and have
quietly submitted to those surmises and imputa-
tions which they might naturally expect to arise
from such an apparent disregard of character, and
contempt of public opinion. They may be assur-
ed, Mr. Editor, that I shall not suffer the matter
to drop without full and satisfactory intormation.
Permit me to conclude with a repetition of some
of my queries, and the addition of others.—What
is become of 'he 3501. collected at the Dinner ?
Were any more sums subscribed ?—Has the Ar-
chitect, who I since find was a Mr. Lint, been
paid for the Mausolelilit ?--Has the COMMEMO-
RATION DINNER been paid tor ?—Has any portion
of the Subscription Money been transmitted to
the COMMITTEE at Dumfries ?—Can it be suppos-
ed that a subject, so dear to the feelings of Scot-
land, will be suffered ,o sink into oblivion, after
it has excited so zealous and so honourable a tes-
timony of national taste and liberality ?

Holyland's Coffee-House,
Nor. 20, 1 8 le.

A NORTH BRITON.

A CORRECT METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL.
Thermometer. 1 Weather.
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14 55 55 58 50 29.63 .30 Rain Rain
15 50 47 51 145 .58 .14 Do. Do.*
16 53 52 56 li 41 .60 .45 Do. Cloudy
17 46 44 52 33 .75 Fair Fair
18 42 43 49 39 30.05 1)o. Du.
19 47 45 51 39 .04 Do. Do.
40 41 41 48 37 29.94 Do. , Du.

.b 9 hundredths of an
inch have fallen
in the week.

* Boisterous.

STOLEN CHILD.--A letter was received yester-
day at the Public Office, Bow-street, from Good-
win, the constable, who is employed to pursue
Charles Replica and the child of Mr. Horsley,
accompanied by Mr. Horsley's nephew, to identify
the child. The letter is dated from Calais, and
stated that they bad pursued them to that place.
They arrived there on Sunday, and they had no
doubt that they had traced Charles Kennett and
the child to have arrived at Calais on the Wed-
nesday after Rennett stole the child on Sunday
evening se'nnight, and that he had taken his place
in a diligence, and was supposed to have gone to
Dunkirk.

CRUELTY TO AN INFANT.—Yesterday an inquest
was held at the Monmouth Head, in Hemming-
row, near St. Martin's-lane, upon the remains of
Martha Picarello, not more than four years old,
daughter of Mr. Picarello, of Castle-street, near
the King's Mews. It appearing that the conduct
of the child's aunt, Mrs. Hill, to whuse care she
was entrusted, was very reprehensible, the Jury
returned] a verdict of Manslaughter against her.
She was immediately conveyed, in a coach, to
Tothill-fields Prison.

On Saturday last the birth of a Son and
Heir to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount
CLivtt was commemorated by Jolla O. Herbert,
Esq. of Dolevorgan, by the rowing of a very
fine fat ox, and several fat sheep, which were dis-
tlibuted, with a cart load of bread, among two
hundred poor families in Kerry and its environs ;
and a hogshead of strong beer among the popu-
lace. The Kerry band attended ; and at 1411
there was , grand display of fireworks

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(Tt:ltT OF CIIISCFAIY, NOV. CO.
THE I.OIID CHANCELLOR'S INDISPO,ITION.
Pht! leport of the Lotto CHANCELLOR'S health,
we are I.appy to say, was this day equally favour-
able with that of yesterday.

ICE-CHANCELLOR'S COUIVF, Nov. '2O.
TEMPEST V. ORE).
Mr. HEALD, in this case, applied to his not-tour
to confirm the Report of Master Stopliens, to
whom the case had been referred by order of his
ll.mour, on the Coll of November, eujoioing. him
to invite what stint was due to Me. John Greg-
son, 011 account of 'sums alleged to have been
',aid by him- for the support of the Collieries of
Lady Emily Vane Tempest, at Durham. Ihe
Master hail accordingly made his Ileport, by
which it appeared that a sum of 5.9311. was due
. to Mr. Gregson, for monies advanced by !lino how
irs own pocket. It would be recollected that
Mr. Gr,gson hail been appoilved the Receiver
g of the proceeds of the m;nes in question, and t!iat
it was in his capacity of Receiver that the som
t •
g otmo to he ,‘ne to hint had been expended. He
] had how ever to en divested of the office of Re-
ceiver, and a Mr. Thomas Ilanway Brigg.
ap-
ininted in his st, ad, who wys at the present time
{icon,g in the execurioo of his office. The Mas-
ter Was also of opittixi,. that as the mooney libel
64 bi'en ,olvaliced fur the particular benufit of the
iCollie+ lee, it ooglit to he paid out of the proceeds
arising from them, as well as the costs that had
. - at:clued.
The Lice-CnANteLLott —ls the present mo-
tion 01,!.05,d ?
Mr. RotirELL, who appeared for Mr. Bart, said
he tars ti,,l 1100 riiclud it' oppose it ; in tact, the
parties were saiistied u id) the 16 port.
. 1 lie Vic K-CHANCFI.I..OI.I could see no objection
VI; under these circumstances to granting the too-
''' tin. Ills 11000iir cook, tiot help, however. ad-
..ii vetting to the laxity of practice which had been
t.l introduced both into this, as well as the higher
..:-i hranch of the Court, which he sincerely wished
could he altered. It was often requited of the
Court to confirm Masters' Reports on motion,
when they ought in fact to come before the Court
on petition. It should, however, be his Honour's
study, ‘vhile he had the honour of sitting in that
Coort, to do that which he had expressed his
wish could be done at present. This motion,
. praying the confirmation of the Report, was
~ then granted.

COURT OF KING'S Nov. 20.

LIIIEL.
The KING, on the Prosecution of Lord CITARGE3
SPENCva CHUttCHILL, V. WALTeR and BELL,
Proprietors of " The Times" Newspaper.
Mr. GoaNß's/. rose to answer a rule that had
been granted, calling on the prom ietors of The
Times to show cause why a criminal ieformat ion
.hould nut be filed against them tor a libel Ott
Lord Chatles Spencer Churchill, published in
The Times newspaper of the Silt of Jone. The
ride, I,e said, had been granted on the ground
that an account of at transaction in which Lott!
Charles Spencer Churchill was collect-lira was a
libellous account, and particularly that it W.ls a
mls-statement of the evidence given by certain
persons before the Coroner. The transaction to
which the publication in question related was
this :—Some time in May last, Lord Spencer
Churchill was driving a gig in the King's-road,
near Chelsea; by this gig, another, in which were
a Mr. Tooke, Miss Sherwin, and another lady,
was overturned ; and Miss Sherwin in conseqocnce
cane by her death. The publication complained
of was not the first account that appeared of the
transaction, but one that was written in answer,
and was sent by Mr. Tooke, to show that he had
not been goiltytof the negligence which in sonic
quarter ha] been imputed to him. He had em-
ployed a friend to draw up this account for him,
had sent it to the Editor, requesting its in•teition,
and this letter or account was the libel complained
of. lie (Mr. Gurney) was surprise:l that is No-
bleman such as Lord Spencer Churchill.. should
have been guilty of the indiscretion he had fallen
into oft the day of the accident ; bot he was still
mole sorprised that he should add to that the
indiscretion of the present application ; for he
mulct took to show that the conduct of (le Editor
of The "litnes, in investigating this' business, was
marked with the utmost care, and the most laud-
able anxiety to tell the truth, and nothing but
the truth ; and that he bad every reason for being
disinterested, there being no pecuniary consi-
deration whatever to inflaence his mind. No
Imoney had been paid for the insertion. It was
complained, on the other side, that the proprietors
"i
... had refused to give tip the name of the patty who
'-, wrote the letter inserted in The Times ; but this
, refusal had been given at first, because applications
bad been made one the subject by two different
' person~, and it Otis 1111pM3ible to know which of
them was properly authorized. However, the
name was given up, with the consent of the
E.,.Au-
thor, two hours before the present application was
r made, so that there was the less reason for the
t prosecutor's procycding. The application hail
-'' been made. on the affidavits of Lord Charles Spen-
cer Churchill himself, of his groom, of a Mr.
Jones, A Mr. Harris, who was driving another
chaise at the time of the accident, and of other
~, persona. In ttoor statement of the :ransactioo,
no two of these affidavits agreed. That of Lord
9 Charles Spencer Churchill varied materially from
-021 that given by his groom : and as to the affidavit
11 of Mr. Jones, it was in direct contradiction to the
i,4 evidence given by him on oath before the Coro-
ner. It was stated too, that none of the wit-
-1 nesses in their oxamination before the Coroner
:4 b
ad thrown any blame on Lord Chat les Spencer
A
4 Churchill : whereas they 11;1(1 all blamed Lim,
-,.-
f.woi irt lit ci: tit tt ewxaese ptilieutur
r;
allegednot f or
at
n li.
al
lal l s ici
~
time on s
b t intention,
for
:., impetuosity, impatience, a most culpable disregard
i
of the safety and lives of other people, and a (le-
gree of bast e ~‘, bid, was even beyond the common
1 portion of youth. Mr. Tooke was going quietly,
' at the rate of about six miles art boor, on a
'.: road not twenty-IWO feet wide. Lord Charles
Spencer Churchill, who was cowing up
~beb-
lhind, had said that he called out, but was not
-., heard. btetoit,,, the imtry in the gig were talking
, and laogliiirg; hot he admitted 'Tooke
j
that Mr.
i hulled fifs horse inwards, and then alleged that