The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-02 00:00:00

THE SUN.

30LEM Ql.lls DICERF: F4L5Vig AUDZAT

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LONDON,
WEDNESIMY, OCTOBER 2, 1S1(.

The Dutch rbjrerS to the 2th ult. from which
'the following are extracts, are rather more ma•
trial than they liav recently been. The Law for
eVppressing, the licentiousness of the Press has
rassed the States by a.vast majority, of tit to 4
When this tne4stire was promulgated, we eNi,ress.;
ed oar opieion that some restraint upon the
tiftisions of Boonapartean Refrigeci nod Jacobin
reigions was called for, but It would be a gross
dereliction from our principles were we uot to
state that we can only approve at sueb Shackles

upon the freedoin of rhe Press cis legal •tlecisions
'nay impose ,on its abuse after an offenee.is comma
!bitted. Iteeponsibility for what is published to
the tlitioivautage of the State or of iurfiviatinit it
Illy. only good and no censorships to lull.
lyte th.e fountain at its source, no strangling the
mental birth in its issue to the light, no Polite or
linisterial Inquisition to quell the liberty of
thought ! 'these are, tyrannieal, the former is

just :

Slxi. 27.

41 SP.CONn CHAMBER; OF TUE STATES-c atitirat-

ITT I NGS 25111 SETTEMBEII.

" The project of a ►aw for restraining the
abuses of the Press was to-day discussed in the
Chamber, and several Members having spoken at
length upon the subject, all in favour of the law,
It was passed, by calling over the names of the
?limbers, by a majority of 64 to 4.

Batristms, SEM% 28.—The Duke of Wel-
lington, attemtled by a numerons Staff, has in-
&retell the Prnssiari Corps assembled at different
points on the Nbese, and has expressed to Gcn.
Von Zlethen, iu the eftost Goering terms, his
thV with the filie appear,mcc ;Itnit the exact
disclplim•of ibe troops. Ilu Lordship
waseonstsnily t ut-rounded-hy a .great .numbee 'of
OffieiTs of .1:}1 nations it of this
country. After the inspection his Grime went to
.Me 7., where he %via received by the Frenth Au-
thotities with an the honours due to his rank. It.

seems that in " order to pot t►n end to all the ali-
bold reports th►tt contir►ue to be spyead by the
evil-minded, it has been •decided that no change
he made in the cantonments of the Pt ossian
and ittitsian troops, and 'list they tthati remain on
their reseut.footing._

" Within these few days a desperate affray took
ratace in a coffee-house in this ci;y, between a
French Refugee and a Netherland Officer, which
}sr evaded so tar that it would certainly have
proved fatal had not the police interfered. An
inquiry having beecn institnted it was found timi
the Frenelnuitt alone bad provoked the quarrel,
and he is aecordiogly in safe custody.
4)LSTS RDA Sirr 24 "—We iearn that his
;Majesty has given to Allatiaki Vou Capeiian the

Grand Criss d the Order of William, and 11,:ls
conferred, lie •dig 141 y of Koight; of that order on
the Cottinoihders 0.1 the Netherland bbipS, who
were 411 the glorious battle at. Algiers.. Nfa-
jesty has also given the Grand Cross to Lord
Enetunfith, and the link of Knights to several
British Officers.

His Majesty teviewed on Sunday with the
Princes, nine battalions of foot, and one of
levy of our city ,gttard,, and expressed much satii,
faction with their appearance. •

" BIOSSELS, SEPT. '2,3.—They write from title-,

that General Jumilliac has arrested a great many
Officers of the Yagers of La Vandee, who lately
opposed by violence the National Guard. The
garrhou of that fortress consists of the Legion of
the North, a Regiment of Yagers, one of Cuirassiers,
one of Iltnisars, and some companies of Artillery.
All these troGps have a fine appearance, and :Ire
nearly complete, to the numbers fixed by the
!loyal Ordinances," Now as ()ann., no furloughs
are given to any one belonging to these corps.

"'rte temiting for the Colonial Regiments, and

"or the Foreign Regiments in the French ser► ice,
s continued with great activity alt ov►rs Prance ;
to a►cans arc left untried, and thus seduction of

our -people to desert proceeds as before along our
frontiers. The unhappy people so seduced are
immediately sent to
,Lyon .(perhaps Lion is
meant). It is to be supposed .that these proceed-
ings'are by no' means carried on with the appro-
bation of the French Government, but originate
with the subordinate authorities,

'' Within these few days several Vanch Re.
ogees have left this' city, as it is said, to enibalk
Or North America:

" Baussat.s, SEPT. 22.—The Government de-
siring to promote by nllpossible means the na-
tional industry, the Minister of the Interiov has
required front the Provincial States it tableof:4l.

to establist►►nents of iiiditstryfliat existed trti the

Ist of ►u;Yust, 1816. The questions put by his
Excellency must remove every doubt which the
Matuitacturers may entertain of the use to which
the Government means to put this information:

he Government h is no other vivmi than the,pro

motion of our i►►dustry. in the two last coluu►us
of the table, which must contain the state of mint-
iffitactores, the obstacles must be mentionett that
impede the progress of our manufactures, with
the means of rento% nig them."

Of the'remarltrrble charges which the Liberals
are prone to employ on all,:ocittL4Otts,, of conSict ,
one of the most curious is, we tlr:uk, that of ac-
cusing Alderman SMITa of being., iii the present
contest for the Civic Chair; merely the tool Of a
Party f" Had this Gentleman stepped out of his
road to pretepti to any thing which did not come oat-
!orally and fairly within the serve of his sittratior6.
did he rush out of the year when in the common
course as Senior Alderman titt should be, Lord
Aayur, and tlors attempt to supersede a prior
right i,:or did be even, after fulfilling the functions
id that office for its altatted period., endeavourto
ixduria his successor by a dirty trick ; it would
ho easy to see how the allegation of being is Party
tool might be made. Bat when we only find him
aspiring to what his character, hia past seri,icea, his
()facial plue, and the itrithentorist .custottrOf LOndon
Qutitle hittr as a matter of course, it is really inure
impoaent than 'decent to say, this is to be
" merely. the tool of a Party,"

The opposite side in their zeal go a.little tocrfor.
There is not an argument they employ for bolster-
ing Mr. Won”,,wlio like MALvotao haslionours
t hrust upon him, into a 2nd year's Mayoralty,which
is not equally applicable to his continuance in the
Chair for bfe. The Livery, says a partizan,. are
hound to give thepreference to tried integrity and
known services. it so, ivhen once they have got
a Lord Mayor to their mind, the argument is un-
atr,werable against ever changing hint to try the
integrity and sevvices of another.
itut it steam that. the 413.04114 Mr..WooD, has
been disappointed of being created a Baronet.
Mr. Wool" a Baronet t t Mom Dien / as. Mrs.
Gins, says in the farce, for what ?. For spouting
eniflty nonsense and bad politics at Crown and
Anchor Meetings, or in Common Hall. A Ba-
ronet of Great Britain, which, he and, tlie. Fac-
tion to which lie banns so intensely vaify,
and made by the PRINC3 whom it has been•
their constant labour to insult and, degrade
No, no. They have one llaronet, the Piccittlil
one, and that is enough for such a set.
There is sometimes (see vulgar sayings) a
wheel within a wheel, awl so there is on this oc-

The Chief Magistrate for the date being
hate so Much infittence in the Cityt that if tic
stands for Member of Parliament he i's almost
certain of success. Now an affronted pseudo
Isfironet might console himself as a Svnistoridl Re-
presentative, and M. P. after II :11 Twine might
make some amends for the Idck of 5,i I 1 Pc-

CO

107 c it. Anotber year of IVrayotalty might agurd
a thallell of this kind. Well.

But the other Catulidate put up by the Party,
Mr. Comae—he has publicly declined or. accowtt
of ill-health. He is therefore a non-entity,
cannot be returned as one of the Two for the de-
cision of the Court of Aldermen. Let the poll,
therefore, go which way it wilt, Itir. Slttmt and
Mr.-Woos must be presented to the Court), and
should the Livery (which we think
not) be Tale(' and noit into an apparent
preference of the latter, the Aldermen vill tedtify
their judgment, anti do ji:Aice to their own body,
and the civil constitution of ti►c city.
Iwo another column we have copied a histo-
ricalsketch of the Magistracy of London, whicli
will serve -as a supplement to what we stated yet.-
terday, and we have only to add otir assent 16 its
concluding observation. it was for that reasLin_we
did not quote the precedent of Pluttscnox,
which is indeed one cif those extraordinary cases
which may occur in the lapse.of ages, not to Wrar-
rant a departure from established usage, but -to
constitute an anomaly, which could, hardly be
avoided.

it is stated that the
,oyster merchants in the
City, respecting the valuable bed of oysters lately
found.at Dover, have so combined. that the oysters
formerly selling at ss. per. bushel have. been raised
to. I ss, atnl othe'rs of them t 025 or 265. Thus it is
that the bounties of Providence are, in almost every
case, rendered nugatory by the monopolies by
whkh tl a eotintry is devoured. While stock
•
farmers are suffering exceedingly, butchers meat
is at a higher price-to-
.the consumer OMIT ought
to compensate their industry: while arable farmers
and landlord's are anticipating ruin, a junto of
bakers and, meat-factors impose bread upon the
Community at a 'rate ,which ought to do more than
remunerate the former for- his labours, .and the
latter for his capital. And iio4 eve bent of other
forestnlling'and regrating systems descending to
every branch of trade and every article of human
consumption. The National. Debt is not one tythe
so great au evil as t

Yesterday, at three o'clock, the Sherill's of
Lonann warted cn •the Pasture REOHNT itt Carl-
ton-house, to 'know when lie would 'receive the
Congratulatory Address on the late Vlcrory over
the- Algerines, when his Royal Highness was
pleased 'to appoint this day at three o'clock.
Yesterday . his Royal Highness the Duke of,
Cattutantie, Prince EsTattnitzi, 'and tt select
party, dined with his Royal Highness the'PezaCa
itEGENT at CtOtott-house.
Yesterday Lord .Mllllllol' transacted business
tit his olliee hi Downing-street, and in the even-
ing retired to his seat at Putney.
Yesterday Lord MR1.4114.LE arrived in town, and,
transacted business at hi& office at the Admiralty,
In' the evening his Lordship returned to his scat'
at Isleworth.
Yesterday the Duke of CtllkillgELAND, the Mar-
quis CitoLbIioNDBLEY, Viscount Sul:Jim/TH., and
Lord GRANTHAM, had audiences of the Pasacs
I,{E4RI4T ta.CatitOn-house. •
His Royal Highness the Duke of CissnuthGe
intends leaving town ots the I,otlt, instant, for
Hanover.
The ,Junta ca Gazette of 27th July, mentions a
strong sensation produced at New Providence, in
consequence of a slave-ship being Wrecked on the
„coast, and Captain Pax.ENnata, of his Majesty's,
ship Bermuda, seizing them under the Slave Aci,
and placing them for the present amongst the
Planters, n'nder indentures, which was likely to be
offended with 'serions consequences. Ara meet-
ing of the inhabitants of the Bahama lstands, they
had count to the resolution of not receiving one
Slave on any of their plantations. •
Letters front Goree, dated the 171 Ii and 18th of
July, state, that. on the last utentione4 day the
French took possession of that place, having pre-
viously on the 12th of the eases month token pos-
session of Senegal.
The Boston and Norfolk -Papers IaSL received,

the former to the Ist tilt. the latter to the 2iith of
August, state, that different rates of•dot" on Bti»
fish veetels are .pa'id at brith ports trom what is.
demanded at New York that' the collector 'had
misunderstood the laws of the 'United States, and
acted erroneimsly.
The American Democratic Papers affirm, that
•MuNno wilt be chosen President, and Mr.
'foram:vs .Vice. President, of the United States,
at the uporoachiay, election. —They are :the Pe-
publican Candidates, and material changes, fa-
vourable to the above party, are :ftlificipated in
the enstiing elections for the New Congress, which
commence in March.
A Morning Paper says, it cannot be true that
'KA vessels entereti the port of Leith on one day,

becanse during the %reek before or after, the
writer is not sure which, only 13 vessels entered
that port!.
Yesterday a meeting of persons concerned in
procuring fi4h for the Metropolis at a cheap rare
teas held at the City of London Tavern; wheir the
Lox') MAYOR and Alderman ATKltcs successively
took the chair. Several Revolutions were agreed
to, which had for their object the interest of the
pnblic, by creating a market fur labour, and of
a supply of loud.
Mr. JONES has returned to town from a short
trip to Chelterrham, to TeSldille his place at Co-
vent-Garden Theatre.
Madame Funott, with her husband, left ton-

dun last week for the Continent. She is engaged
for the Opera at Paris.
The Laboratory of the. Dublin Society, Kildare-
street, has been plundered of one 11,1t1t4ed weight
of quicksilver, and of a valuable galvaLic battery,
plating plates, Dud other wizior @Jacks.