The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

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11-knit:AL NOBILITY.
MR. EDITOR—I understand that part of an
approaching Defence is to overwhelm the ears of
the great and little vulgar, with high sounding
titles.
Your Radicals are all levellers in regard to
their opponents ; but whenever they can- get Sir
FRANCIS, or Sir CifAnLei, or Henry Hunt,
ESQUIRE, on their own side, then they can bandy
tzbout those distinctions with as much self-suffi-
cient complacency; and as much self-complacent
sufficiency, as if every rag tag and bob tail were
a 46 Squire of the Land !"
It has, indeed, been rather A curious cause of
complaint on.the part of the Radicals, that no
persons of rank or title have been called to prove
the facts brought forward ! But how could that
be done when the facts spoken of took place
where no persons of rank or title could see them ?
Thett,lf such be literally the case, how are those
folks forthcoming with, or with the forthcoming
high titles, to prove a negative on points of such
a nature ?--unless, upon Paddy's principle,
when accused before the Justice of stealing a
spade! 46 What have you to say far yourself,
Pat ? Here are two persons who swear they saw
you take it!"—" Plase your worship! only let
me go to St. Giles's, and I will bring twenty
who will swear they never saw me take it !"
One word more, in regard to Foreign titles.
In Italy, as in Portugal, they are nothing. There
a man is not considered as a Gentleman, unless
e has some title. There the term Nobleman or

Nobility, is quite misunderstood by us. In
France, in Germany, in Italy, &c. to possess a
Coat of arms is to be Noble, so that what is here
only considered as necessary to gentility, is there
a mark of Nobility. There all Nobles bear
arms, and to bear a coat of arms ig to be Noble.
I....tters of Noblesse are really nothing more
than a grant of a Coat of arms ; only, that where
the rights of feudality still exist, the Nobles have
certain privileges which the ignoble do not pos-
sess ; whilst in England, all such privileges and
distinctions being in a great measure done away,
nobody takes any notice, whether a man lugs a
right to a Coat of arms or not.
The sixteen quarterings of Nobility, so often
required in Germany, for. certain offices, are
nothing more than mere Coats of arms ? The
descendants of Scotch families in Germany, have
thus proved their Nobility, though their Scottish
ancestors were not members of the British or
Scottish Peerage. Again,—the Barony of Ger-
many, from whence their-title of Baron is taken,
is nothing more than- a Manor in England so
that Henry Hunt, ESQUIRE, Lord of the Manor
of Glastonbury, is just as much of a Baron as any
German Baron of them all, and may call himself
LORD HUNT, whenever he pleases.
Your's,
CAMDEN, JUN.

The Eclipse, and the Darlaston. Astronomers.—
A number of persons at Darlaston, having read in a Birming-
ham Paper, that the Eclipse would be " visible from that
town at such $4l hour," actually left their employatents, and
went over to ttiraningham to see the Eclipse.
We are authorized to state, that 'Sir Francis
Colombine Daniel, M.D. has accepted the ap-
pointment. of Treasurer to the Medical Board
established by Messrs. COOPER. and Co. at Char-
lotte House, Surrey.—Messrs. Coosa and Co.
have frequently inserted Letters from various
individuals who have been radically cured,
not only of Ruptures, but of other dan-
gerous diseases, too often deemed incurable by
Professional men, whose 'practice is confined.—
The late Duke of Bedford unfortunately lost his
life in a, few hours, by a strangulated Hernia ;
Mr. Mills, of the Kent-road, also lost his life in
a few hours ; Mr. Shearman, of Mile End, was also
afflicted for many years, and many, many others,
whose names will 'Lever appear without their re-
quest. Mr. Johnson,of the Borough, who had been
17 months under the care.of several eminent sur-
geons, with a most dAngerous disease, and whose
life was given over, as appeared by his affidavit
before Mr. Alderman Wood, then Lord Mayor,
and whose case ha's been seen by more.than 100 sur-
geons, was in a few weeks restored to perfect health.
Such are the proceedings at the Medical Board,
Charlotte House, Charlotte-street, Blackfriar's-
road ; and Woodstock House, near Bond-street,
under the immediate direction of Messrs. Co o e'en
and Co., who are Consulted daily 'from eight in
the' morning until eight in the evening.--Me-
chanics have advice. gratis every evening from
six to eight, and n Sunday mornings until
, twelve o'clock.