The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-26 00:00:00

PROVINC A L JOURNALS.

I'r'e are Indebted to The Gloucester Herald for
the following j•lst and judicious letterovhich con-
tains facts and arguments that c-in hardly he too
°Pen brought fdrward in these critical times, when
so many E,,il • Spirits are, incessantly at work to
'corrupt the n4ds of the people and subvert the
'Governtnenrni the Country

TO Tftti EDYTOR'IIr,THE GLOUCgStett HP:RAtb.
Uf)iire equi it is perfectly lecitimata to
discuss coon,y Interests, as well as C6nnty Poli-
ties,' in a County' Paper. I thereloie address.
thro,gti your means', address Persons
conneeted-wi!h.the '' Clothing Trade,'" without
fu uther Introduction. .

The woollen. inH.nuctiettire is carrieti on in the
county to avf rY•co-sidt rabic extent—li large poi--
tionof tyeablt anti of the poroilacion being
employed Gentlemen of the best edqe
.01 tilt 111,, are ettg,i!:ed lit that `to-
o-alive rif(l,o;- itil4l it is -grarityint.!. to those. Avho
14y6their•ctiinicry ,:ce, that, wlsile thn.e,gen.
0.-men iti*etßis,oth. ir own fortunes,,they gire'em.
1116ynietif, of comfort, tb thousands
(ii tit tit It;tlii't inns nvi;?hboins Around tht n. In
of the' , tin men in the kniplow,
r'et-11;:q1s, certainly none in- the county,---have
o.eiiter can he for satisfactoty'reficction thau Ibe
Clot r

3.1 y coga;zeroents have led ire to' more Corongli
tne aod hronuht Luc in:o coor-ers;i-
eon m i;11 maimieiCturers of tilt ranks, upon points
inhere it4resis have heet.)' chiefly concerned ;
es 'well regard to their foreign, as their in-
hind tr,i(fe..

, These 'conversations natural!v—nav, almost
tmAvoitlably—led t, Politics ; ai)ti the discussions
e*sotnet! the appeal anee of quest ions upon ": the
proprie; yof the measures :;(li:,retl b,y 111.jeAty%
Ninistet s." Probably the circumstance of there
lidvitig,heen t or t hree cont t.:l ed elections: (t
eeliog• not having yet.cooled,) tertd,t!

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the more reatPly to give the conversations that

turn.

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• 111 y 4si-Anisl:ment has been very consider4hle, at
sOme of the Manufacturers (++ntl, I.
Must' alloW, some of. the principal 01 them) sup-
port the politics, and 'adopt the opinions, oVtltose
men who.call thernselvs new Whigs. .1 say t:bal

l am amazcd.at it, because, although I sometimes,
meet with min vr 110 adopt. extraordinary notions,
rind partictilarlv political notions, of an extraor-
dinary natttre*,-=-yet those men , are-gtnerally_per-
m;us 'of vis ovary schemes ;--speculators and
sl)endthr ft's, who, having' been `incapable of rini-
niiging their own concerns, and ashamed of their
want of judgment and prudence, attribute their
oven errors CO' the Measures of Government ;--aud
1.-;-•lili-)tif‘find,men adopt notions. nconsistent with
fationAiiy, w!iim such notions are directly op-
posed to their best n,etests Ina commercial point
of view. In :thise. few -instances where I. have
met with this' absurdity; I have been enabled to
discover, that !the judgment has been misled.
,by.
?me designing New Whig, or the vanity has been,
flattered by '' Compliments". offered by sonic
" Mayor and Corporation."
Having,succeeded in convincing many of their
errors, and never having yet met with a rational
man who could satisfactorily answer a plain clues-.
tans without admitting his conviction, I will p t

short statement of sichnovvieugen facts andad-
mitted opinions, followed by a feti,

questions, for the considetation of the manutactu-
ters at large; and I avail myself of yOur Paper,
as affordipg the best means of circulation. .

It is ailoVved on all hands,' that the new
NiChigs—the sell-culled Patriots ; those who have
separated themselves from- all other parties, and
Sire known in Parliament by an uniform, an nn-
deviaring.opposition to all the triettsnres of Go-
vernment—are the men, who, during the career

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of that scourge of mankind, Buonaparte, pane-
gyrizf'd hits', made hint their idol, and praised his
measures, in language Which all boniest men this-
avowed, and of whkb they are (at least their ad-
vocates and followers are) now ashaihed: Their
object was to oust Ministers front their situations
to compel a change in Administration ; and to
have Peace with the Usurper. But the means
they took in their endeavours to effect these ends,
and the language they used in prosecuting those
means, encouraged and upheld the Tyrant, pro-
),,nged the bloody and expensive war,
_increased
.our national debt to its present weighty amount,
and endangered the very existence of. the•Statel !
Such. were the con Sequences produced by the
conduct, and by the puhli4ed opinion of the
hew Whigs—of the self-cal!ed Patriots. litiona-
parte hitustif thought (calcullting on their free-
dom of speech) .that be•had a strong party of
frends bete !! And had it not been for -the
firm perse,veianee of his Majesty's Ministers in.
their wise..measures, had they not been cott-
rageously true to their count ry„-this kingdom trust:
have bowed clown tts' its enemies ; 13tronapatte's.
Vicegerent wou1:1 probably have reigned here ;.
King Bereiattd; or some such upstart, would haNe'
wielded the sceptre'; and, instead of this-nation
giving mild laws to. the world, us it now does
the woild w;-,tild have been' governed by the Trot!
band of the -nsurping Tyrant ; and this
dont would, at best, have been' a fallen, a deject-
ed nation.

- If the great battle of Waterloo had not :been
•Ond it cannot be forgotten that die self-
- called Patriots deprecated the contest, and goade(i
the.Minis,(rs to submit' to f‘ their 'friend trot)

Elba")--if, that. glorious Victory had not been
s gained,- it is evident to every thinking man, that
"this•nation would have been subject, to the dicta-
r, • or France :-ante the avowed object of the
Yench Rulers was, to' govern the world ; anti
• t'ireir prominent and declared ,wish Was, to olit.ain
the "sole-comutand" of " Ships,"Colonies,and
'C nunteree
. When. the woollen manufacturer reflects • on
•.'these things, it hen he compares his present trade
(which be carries to every part of the globe, and
enjoys to the exclusion of, nearly, ail the other
ini-fii-4f the woad !) 'with that which would have
been his trade it the new Whig advice had been
adopted by Ministers, he Lutist be astonished to

ti►ii ii that be could t.P:elll-ave lea tc. •noTt
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those principles.
His Majesty's Cabinet having, by judicious
meastires and firm perseverance, beaten down all
barriers to the success of thekingdom-; having de-
stroyed its foreign enemies,, and silenced its false
friends friends ; and having established a "Peace for all
the world," &tun which an " unexampled com-
merce" 'has arisen to the mercantile part of the
nation;—and. the Gloucestershire Clothiers hav-
ing secured'a large proportion of that commerce ;
allow me ask, how any man engaged in the
woollen manufacture can j,istity, either as if• re-
gards hiniselt ot his neighboars, continuing o sup-
port those political principles, falselv called
?"' Whig Princpes 1'
It is evident, thk. the object Or his Majesty's
.11inister's is to extend foreign commetce to its
utmost limit, to draw resources from foreign
pats, and, by 'these means, to make the diiitant
‘e-rit Id summit this within and its great (but no:
e..,oidably great) expenditure'. Tuns the means of
tsupportnig die nation, are•the sources of wealth to
the merchant anti the n.annfacturer. Can the. clo-
thier then, be justified in giving his aid and weight
xo those men. whose avowed object in Parliament
is to oppose every measure of the. Cabinet ; to
clog the I,ehee'is of Government, and to introlluce
a system which would overturn all.cninmercial re-
lations and prospects ? If a fete leading clothiers
are so bl.inded•by.ptejUdice, so attaFhed to men,
or so won and warned by " designing Compli-
ments," as to overlook th, it feelings. ot.ltatriot-
isnt their leelin;,,s- of intcreq, and to act in di-
rect oppo,sition to,the fairest views of enintnerce,
and to the partic, lar interests of their
let the.other leading mann; ae!ttrerS (tor there are
many of rhem); lit those en4aged in trade' to a
*tmaller extent ; her the numerous body of clo-
thiers, andParilculralyt he worltinanwhose-ver y
xistence dependi.on the success of the trade—he
seriously 'warned to exert themselves in support-
ing those politics which alone will support the,
woollen manufacitite.

I 'am: the more strenuously orged to make' this
tappet'', frpm loving.ise_rot that a certain Corpora-
tion—feeling its authothy and p.ollTical conse-
quence to be declininhas 4eenassidionsly en-
gaged in. cultivating the friendship of clothiers ;
and bTcomplimetiting them with honorary tree-
dorn,i lias been, incidiously, obtaiiiing
91 future support !! ! Many clothiers, have ttee•'
Men in their eniplov ; these clothiers are singled
out, and tempted by a letter from one of the cor-
porate members, orfrom a friend knot to be
true to their faction : and if a promise, can be ex-
torted, the freedom.—basely called " honorary"--;
is granted !! 1 Indeed, so glaringly-is this thine,
that it is a common 'observation in the clothing
country, that if a man' will prOinise.tor himself,
and can procure a single friend to vouch for his
pledge, "he may command the freedom ! !

ThoS this body—without a soul to give it vir-
tueand patriotism, and without a conscience to
regulate its ConductL-gallett by its re-Cent defeat,
and fearing the next opnorthiiity for trying the
strength of pplitical parties in the citY, has beeti
bargaining. away 'the rights of freemen ; and
woollen manufacturers .(whose commercial in-
terest most be endangered, and may be ruined, by
the act) have been fount! so. lost to every sense
Qf interest, of feeling, and of duty ; so blinded'hy
their vanity, and so deaf to the warnings of pa-
triotism, as to accept of the supposed compli-
ment, upon the degrading; terms of pledging_ tliem-
selves to vote in support of politics which. ate
univetsally allowed to have lately put the king-
•dorn in danger-of being made the footstool of Re-
volutionary France !
The politic';-of the Corporation alluded to are
well known to be not merely of the new Whig de-
scription, but of the most violent of.that charac-
ter. Of this no stronger proof need be given than
a statement 'of the well-known fact; that this
bundle of precious patriots lately assembled, and
came to an unanimous resolution to desert an old
Whig Member—its former highly favoured friend
—because, to use the langoage of the Town Hall:,
he bad ratted ; that is; in plain and intelligible
language, he had once in his life, when his con-
science would not -let him do otherwise, been
guilty of the clime of voting with Ministers !
This sentence was communicated to the dis-
carded Member by a deputation from the infernal
Council Chamber ; who, following their instruc-
tions, endeavoured (hut endeavoured in will) to
procure a proMise as to the conduct to be ob-
served, and. the terms to be submitted -to, at and
after the then expectyd Election, as being the only
conditions
,upon which that sentence could be re-
versed ! - -

If such has been the conduct of thii Body to-
wards an Ohl Friend, it is not difficult to account
for the line of politics pursued and supported by
the new Members who :have been seated by its,
influence. It is self-evident, that those Members
are completely under its dictation, are.the'mere
" creatures" and " cat's-paws" of its will, and
'not the independent: Reptnintatives of •a great
commercial'city and county.
Cloqers—:of every rank—and all: persons inte-.
rested in the success of the 'clothing trade, are
earnestly etitrtated td consider these remarks with',
Serious attention; and to guard
,themselves
against the danger of being allured from rectitude
by an offer of " honorary freedom," and :against
the critne of promising their votes according to the
dictation of a 'corporate,rod. In most cases, a
breach of faith is detestable ; but in a case like
this, .1 hesitate not to say, that-suds a pronrise,
it insidiously procured,
.or if blindly given, will
be " more honoured in the breach than in the'
performance." •
In all elections, Clothiers particularly are called
upon, by every: feeling that can interest them as
.men of commerce us %yell as loVers of their coun-
try,' to give their support to ,those Candiciares
who, being, true Pattipos:, will, when MeMbers,
by a fair support of :Ministers in .their wi:se and
judicious course, interlvoven with.a due regard to
cf-to!ioli and a love of economy, best support the
energies of the natiou, and the mercantile pursuits
of the kingdom ; and t hereby maintain the Cloth-
ing Manufactures of the County. of Gloucester.
. Bristol, Oct. Ism A WOOL MERCHANT.

Stu;Art.—The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Suffar,
computed from the Returns made in the. week rudiug °eta.
ber 21, 1818, is 48s. id. per cwt.

wr:sv.lll.:int. -s.isslo-,2-8, .Oct. Z.

1111EA'Cli OF 'THE PEACE.

Mr. BARRY addressed the Court in behalf". of
Mr. Yobert Tyler, the confidential- clerk of Mr.
Rottpell;the -...;hancery barrister.
Mr. Tyler exhibited articles of the peace against Miss Lucy.
Morgan, late of Poland-street, charging-her with having com-
mitted various attacks'epon him during the last seven years.
SORte oft he breaches of the pose were stated to have been com-
mitted tfpon Mr. Tiler while attending his business at Mr.
Itoupell's ciminbers in Lincoln's-Ina, and others in the public
Street. She had also, it. was stated, written several letters to'
Mr. Tyler since her imprisonment Ow was in custody sincethe,
Ist of Aug. for wantof bail') declaring her determination never
to cease pursuing him until' he fulfilled his promiSeofurar,
rying her. One of the. letters contained the following pas-
sage D—ti me, if you stiSn't stiffer for your unkindness
to me tare instant I set,myfoot Linculo's-inn, The mo-
fnent I am liberated I`ll go to yon, arid make self no consi-
deiation ta punish you." The Learned Counsel stated,,thist
all Mr. Tyler wanted was a security' from the dtfendaut,
that. she would cease the 'fitinoyance she was in the ha-
bit of committing fur the last seven years. The unfor-
tunate Lady was evidently suffering under 'a Triental. delu-
sion. tike onaginV that.the exhiliaant had she wn a strong
atlachmetit to her, and made her several promises of mar-
riage. All this merely•existed- 'tit her own jrnagivaljqn, for
Mr. Tyler had oo notion whatever of forming such a con-
nexion. ,‘ Iteri: had never been any cohabitation or intiniate
intercourse between the parties, and all that,Nlr. Tyler ie-
quired Was'l'hir the Mendtrat 'to give her oven,ioleoitile,'ge
that she vould diseonti.;peo bc;r, at ttacks.upoof hilt; ;
.11*;
milli to la the matter rest tipou hei‘ own. reeogazaiic;V, if '
she would make his,peotaise Oped,Couct.. The Learned.:
Counsel chtijured the Lady, for Lev own sake, to accede to
considurat proposition. ,
The cilAlft.3l:,.%—Nl,ol, you hear this offer. Pray, what
!.,
do pal glean to say ?
Miss Moi seemed tai .extreme, agitationg,Oie was fa-,
dresseit; and her appeaeance was ratifer,lntel'est-
ing: stieloutied•shout-30,yettrs of age. Atter obtaining per-
mission to address the Court, she proceeded as follows :
•" Sir, have lib -olfdl offence to soy persoty;. but
Mr. Tyler has, fur years, made honour Stile proposals of
un.rria,4'j in we; and at last I'acCedeil to his wish. Lien ht.r,'
on various ,pr,(!te.pc, on one occasion of illae,sus poe_op,
matter off, hut prevailed on me to live with his tttotlier for-a
Short: time, until circumstances would permit Fini
his promise. _ 1, With Uie consent. of diy tattier, agreed to re-
side. w MI. his mother, and •wait a short time, but tietpost,.
putiement was stilt continued, and my peace of mind becant2
destroyed. Utherefore made.repeated'application;t4,lran ro
ashe.bad sO titian solunittly.promised, and thtse.
lipplicatiuns were now termed breaches. of the peace. rbe-
tame -quite distract..d at his Irreiog ;another femaleyip his
house, and otten hnew not what I did. I &dare most so-
tartrom taiaring.:nialite toward,. hirn, I- feel
tint long but sincere respect wet ',nattered attachment for
hint, 'not wiliCfailding his te'ratiwUit. o' me. My distress of •
mind, is.gsytit thryond exproisiwri at, cruelty."
The Cu si itmAN —Weil. at;lipitse, i‘lio.larn, that What you
say biaii ire viruhave )unr rernody:hy law for any hrea4o, of
promise towards )oo which, he may have committed. lucre
can lie..nnettarse tor ykrepersov:nin4 Go attack MAU Ali.
1-1.9 ypt`i Pa of 4e, add interrupt.his business in the manner laid
to your eliai_te. c't :

shall nytfrfitirl3„liin, in.liis bujigpts.. I
sboulo :0 du su. parnenlaiVi lo Mi. Itstioi,ll',;o,-.6,,
for 'NI r.' Koo has beitared I..wiob great coo*kratiou, mid
kindotss tiovArds air.
( AiiiMAN-1-laN'ts you ,nu'frierithiere?
Mi-s Sa, my father and family reside in
Bristol. rt

:fire youlieup the peace ? ,
\lofgkn—(:rttaini•; ; know aitat a breach' of
the peact-Inettl,s, lir nas ancuryed we in the strecti. more
than ; ',awe tii,turbeo„hiat.

'The CHAtamAs..'-'-41, yonaruid'him in future, and put hiin
out
,Lott.r •inind aitoget her,
• Mivg-Morgan, with•great 13Cfore tan
.put him iint of my mind,. 1. lutist .ce•ise to haveyAis‘tcliee.!".
' The case was thro ordered to' stand over uptillie`43.l.;imi-
pont:day ; and the Lady laid her head on iiielable aura wept
'bitterly.