The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-28 00:00:00

THEA IRE ROYAL-PATENT.

Mr. Jonas expects the renewal otitis monopoly
grant, and it would be worth while to enquire on
what grounds he rests his claims—has he served
his country by any brilliant exploit in war—has
he gained her affa:rsby the wisdom of his advice
in council--has be communicated any important
discovery for the benefit of Ireland in agriculture,
in manufactures, or commerce ? Has he improved
the revenue by introdneing arty new plan of
finance that would discharge the national debt,
and relieve the people from the hurthen of taxa-
tion—has he extended religion and morality
throughout the land—has he given an illustrious
example of all t:.at is great, good, and vii lions,
in his own life—or what, in fine, has he done to.
~eutitle him to a gift of fifty thousand pounds from
the Government of Ireland ? We wish Mr. JUNES
to tell on what ground he rests his claim for a
right to a property worth so large a' sum of
motley ?-
As we and many others are ignorant of Mr.
JONes's great public and private meras,- we think
it would be satisfactory to the people at large,
from whose pockets he hopes to draw 10,0001.
yearly, it he would have the kindness and coode-
scenSion to .explain his Claims ; why should a
griod titan like him allow the modesty of his na-
ture to cover with a veil those meritorious actions
which entitle him to a boon of fifty thousand
pounds from his country ? And, certainly, Mr.
Jones must be conscious of the justice of his
pretensions to this Monopoly,- before he could
indulge in the expectation of obtwining it from
those who can'dnly appreciate the value of a gift
of such magnitude. , •
We have beard, indeed, notwithstanding Mr.
JON ES's anticipations, that it was intended to
•grant the Patent to a Commission for the benefit
of all concerned, in the first instance, and after
discharging their debts, in behalf of a charitable
institution. The profits of the Theatre Royal,
after all expense, amounted to 13,0001. during
the first year of Mr. C—'s management, and it is
well known, that if managed with common pru-
dence, it would yield 10.0001. annually of clear
profit on the average of ,years. This sum would
defray the expense of the Meoclicity Association,
which supports two thousand five hundred poor
miserable cteatttres. Are the interests of one man
then to be placed in competition with those of
humanity—with those of 600 helpless children,
who are now receiving the benefit of education,
of religious and moral instruction=wbo are now
in the state of brio.". reclaimed from vice, from
d ignorance, horn bahabits, and may be made,
with proper care, Valuable members of society.
Are the interests of one man to stand in opposi-
tion to those 2500 of our fellow creatures, who
were in want, in distress, in misery, and would
he again plunged in similar wretchedness, were
the public to refuse the necessary funds for their
subsistence ? But this is nut all—is the City of
Dublin to he again overrun with mendicants
Ate its inhabitants to be exposed to disease, to
have_ their feelings violated by the shocking spec-
tacle of buttlao wretchedness, that the present
Patentee of Crow-street Theatre may drink costly
wines, and regale his palate with delicacies ?.-LNo
—we believe the report to be true, namely, that
the patent will be placed under a Commission for
the benefit of the creditors of the Theatre, in the
first instance, and afterwards, for the interest of
2500 poor creatures, now depending on the pre-
carioas bounty of the citizens of Dublin.--(Dub-
lin Journal, Dec. 23.)

Lord HOLLAND has given a sign,il proof of the
stable friendship that existed bet %secn him and the
late Sir SAM U IZosltt.t.v. His Lordship has
taken the three youngest sons ut his deceased
friend under his rote, riun, WIIOM 1115 Lordship
intends educating and liritt:ing nl, with the sA,ne
care and Rtfcct ion as if they were his wvti.--,—Sun-
day Paw.

From the LONDON GAZE'T'TE of Dec. 26.

Whitehall, Dec. 26.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has
been pleased, in the name and on (he behalf of
his Majesty, to direct letters patent to be passed
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, for granting to Field.
Marshal his Grace the Duke ot Wellington, Knight
of the most Noble Order of the Garter, the office
of Nlast et... General of his Majesty's Ordnance ot
the United Kingdom.

MILITARY PRONIOTIONS.

Mar-Office, I)er. 25.

Itc;iment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
A lexrinder Nl‘lnnes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Lord 'Viscount Barnard, promoted. Frederick Chatfield,
(;e4a, tube Cot net and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
\Tones•

2d Regiment of Dragoons—Captain George James to be Ma-
jor, by purchase, vice Elphinstoue, promoted in the 4th'
West India Regiment; Lieut. Charles James to be Captain
of a Troop, by purchase, vice James; Cornet Thomas
Walker to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James; Geo.
Haywood Lindsey, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Walker.

3d Ditto—Captain John Golf, from the half-pay of the Regi-
ment, to he Captain of a Troop, vice William, Burn, who

exchanges, receiving the difference.
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. Charles George J.
Arbuthnot, from-the Ist, or Grenadier Foot Guards, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase ; the Hon. Henry Dundas
Shore to be Cornet, by purchase, vice L'Agell, who retires:
Utt h Ditto—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Shapland Boyse to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Doherty, who re-
tires; Captain Joseph Doherty to be Major,
.by purchase,
vice Boyse ; Lieut. Charles Robert Bowers to he Captain of
a Troop, by purchase, vice Doherty ; Cornet William
Atw,ttitos Brown, vice Nesbitt, promoted in the 90th Light
Dragoons ; and Cornet Wetness Thomas Cochburne, vice

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Bowers, promoted,' to he Lieutenants by purchase.
tOth Ditto—Lieut.-Thomas Irwin to be Captain of a Troop,
by purchase, vice Joerrei, who retires; Cornet Robert
Douglass to be Lieutenagt, by purchase, vice Irwin.
Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of-Foot Guards—George Wi'liam
res. Gent_ to he Encign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Cradock, promoted in the 2d West India Regiment.
4th Reeiment of Foot—Lieut. William Clarke from the ha If-
pay of the Regiment, to he Lieutenant, vice Peter Bowlbv,
who exchanges ; Surgeon George Mac Dermoit, from tl)
half pay of the tlotb Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Francis Bur-
ton, who exchanges.

511) Ditto—Second
.Lieutenant Armand Jaques Pictet, front
the Ride 13rigade, vice Charles Pickering, who retires upon
half-pay of the Rifle Brigade : Ensign Frederick Adolphus
Rubinson, from the 4th West India Regiment, vice Edward
Makin„ who retires upon half-pay of the 4th West India
Regiment,. receiving- the difference, to be Ensigns.
7th Ditto—Lieut. John Morton Stuart, from the half-pay of
the Regiment, to he Lieutenant, vice Robert Huggop, who
exchanges, receiving the ditlerencu.

fth Ditto—Lient. George Stirling to be Captain of a Com-
pany, by' purchase, rice Light, who retires ; Ensign Thos.
Scott to he Lientenant, by purchase, vice Stirling ; Ensign
Charles Hamilton Mills, from the Royal York Rangers, to
be Ensign, vice John Payne Elwes, who retires upon half-
pay of the Royal York Rangers.

3tli Ditto. Lieut Boyle Meredith, from the half-pay of ,the
Regiment, to he Lieutenant, vice John Hart Rawlins, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.

9.00) Ditto—Lieut. Richard Cater Oakley, from half-pay o
the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Tovey,
Ivho exchanges.

32d Ditto—Captain John. Williams, from the half-pay of the
tooth Foot, to he Captain of a Company, vice William
Henry Hi mikes, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
44th Ditto—Lientenant Charles Harward Short, from the
half-pay of the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William
Knight, who exchanges, receiving the difference.

SOth Ditto—Lieutenant John Nunn, from the 511th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Charles Heatley, who retires upon
Iyilf-pay of the sstli Foot, receiving the difference.

66th Ditto—Paymaster John Kerr, from the half-pay of the
3d Ceylon Reg,iment, to he Paymaster, vice Lediard, who

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resigns.
92d Ditto—Lieutenant Nicholas Wilson, from the 58th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Ronald M'Douald, who retires upon
half-pay of the 58th Foot.
Nth Ditto—Lieut. Simon Biddulph to be Captain of a Com-
pany, be purchase, vice Nash, who retires; Ensign Armine
Smicoe Henry Mountain to be Lieutenant, by purchase;
and John Itiddel, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Mountain.

ifie Brigmle—Lient. Archibald Stewart to be Captain of a
Company, by purchase, vice Poe, promoted in the 'nth

gdWest India Regiment—Gentleman Cadet William Spence,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, rice Robinson, who resigns.
3d Oitto—William Frederick, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Marshall, who retires.