The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-30 00:00:00

PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE.

Ness, Mav 26.—The struggle of Parties con-
tholes, and the Law of Elections still occupies
the whole of the public attention ; never was a
Law so ably oppo,ed, or so feebly defended. M.
PAs(auteutt has a few brilliant flashes, but M.
StmeoN, and his Secretary CAPELLK, are worse
than null, for the silliness of their arguments add
considerably to the force of those used by their
adversaries. General DEstAaCAY's Speech of yes-
terday, am! M. ns CONSTANT'S of the day before,
were most powerful, and will make a strong and
lasting impression on the public mind : for our
own parts, we have uniformly expressed our sen-
timents on Ilte vices of the new Law, arid had it
no other than the one of reducing the number
"f Electors, in a population of 29 millions, to
/8,000, that alone ought to make it rejected.
A Law, and a strong one, is necessary to check
and arrest in limine, the progress of Democracy.
A Law was necessary to wrest from the Liberals
their alarming preponderancy in the Electoral
Colleges, but the present Law is far from being
likely to attain that end, and Government inst4ad
of gaining, as it supposes, additional strength,
will create a powerful enemy in the Indepen-
dents, who count 115 votes out of 250, anti
give itself a master in the Ultras, from
whom it will be then obliged to receive the
law, The Government wants strength, it wants
a power and directing genius, it wants a tnan pot-
eessing the honesty of SULLY, and the talent of
TALLBYRAND, who, alas, has no: been able to
communicate it to his pupil, M. SIM RON. M. S.
is. no doubt, a very worthy man, but his advanced
age (nearly 70) renders hint unfit for a struggle,
Where the vigour of youth and the ardour of ►ma-
trrration are highly necessary. LouveL's trial
tunes on the sth of June : of the 19 pretended ac-
complices the Chamber of Peers have decided that
13 are decidedly innoc nt, and the other six they
bids conceive to be suspicion against them suffi-
cient to send them to an interior Court, their
crimes, if they have committed any, r,ot bearing the
Character of treason ; so that Louver. is to be tried
alone. GRAVIEWS affair,thonAnt to be veryserious,
Is likely to turn out nothing but a ridiculous and
culpable attempt to alarm the guard ;—to blow
bp the Thuilleries with 2 lbs. of powder would be
like attacking the Tower with a pop-gun.

•
PITT CLUB.---I ie Chelmsford Pitt Club have
tad their Annual Meeting in honour of our late
Illu trious Statesman. THOMAS ARCHER, of
that place, took the Chair for the third time, and
tlischarged its honours with due spirit. The
Cl"b has been established only three years, but
consists of many of the most respectable cbarac-
t"a in the county. The gallant Admiral HAR..
'RY is an Honorary Member ; and, indeed, it
Illak be said of Essex, that in general loyalty and
41 Profound veneration for the memory of Mr.
1:11r, whose system forms the great pillar of the
1144 NP., the CHURCH, and SOCIETY itself, it
°Y
'auk with any other part of the Empire.

• THE ROMAN CATIJOLICS.
Tire Dublin, May 26', Five o'C'loch, m.loch, p. .
a
r" Common Council have this day decided, by
.iority neHrly three to (me, against- the
:11"l'e Claims, there being 44 tgrtiost them, and
"Illy 15 for thetn.—(Hiternian Journal )

CARLISLE ELECTION.
AI r,
Second Day's Po cli 11, 'tirsday.
........
-r•4araes ....
121 1 Sir Philip Musgra%e ll2
I .Majority for Mr. James Disputed Votes
4
:Air ,t,,onel . Third Day's Poll, Friday.
131sPllted
'.--........... 210 , Sir Philip Musgrave
Ala • . ........ 2 I Di,puted
jority fur Mr. James ..• .

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h appy.l IS so tar recovered from her
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dkpositio, Hs to be able to rake an
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n g e every day in her crricle, when the Wed-
mirs.
41Flanders Mail has strived, with Papers from
I.ll3seis
'e to thr 27(1.1 inst Ant. They Contain .+n.+ntc("lnt of
cie.o the execution of Sandi, for tie tolluirr. kjej
Kr) the
A treat munt)vr of Students ttrouterg, who p.llllo,rd attendine, at the exe-
d'd not arrive (lord after the fatal blow wits
e.
8 the head was hehl up to the view of
to1"1"ors•
th Sevcitil of them, however, steep•
eir handkerchiefs in his blood. iSandt 9.01 e.
11 the scJrft..4,l, th: ttrlCti:nt costume of Grim/thy.

ton THM SUN.

MOST IMPORTANT! !!

ROYAL TOUR OP ALDHRMAN W.

Ma. EDITOR-Great news indeed Sir ! Some-
thing wonderful must be brewing. The man who
headed the poll, as blocks do in Barbers' shops,
has hopped off. to France, as we find recorded in
positive terms in the patriotic Chronicle; where
it is further stated, " as probable," that "he
will meet" a certain great Personage on her way
from Paris to Dover.

Goud bye, says she, MATT. I'm not going is Dover—
So there wdo an end of the Patriot gone over—"

Now Sir, in addition to the " piohable" of the
Chronicle, 1 can state something further, as d 1)0.
Si, lye tact ; which is, that it the worthy Alderman
meets her on the road, his coachman will meet her
first ! r !—and that is all the meeting there will be,
ii less the worthy Alderman should try to get up
a ball, or a dance, or some substitute fur a Hop !
Surely the chemical Gentleman, having thus
evaporated per se, does not expect to amalgamate
himself with Courtly affinities —Does he hope to
be Groom of the Stole, or Privy Counsellor, or
to have a chance in the Royal Lottery ? Or dies
he think they will be content with Wood, who
wish for the Cola He may blaze indeed, for a
little while; and fill a grate place in the kitchen;
but such sparks soon fro out !

Lie may the' dore as we!! boy a brush at once
for himself; for the Lidy of the i►uuse has gut a
broom, and can twig him sooner than he expects.
and sweep off all his hopes of an hereditary red
hand, or a fur cap for life, instead of ‘" my Lord"
for a year.

But perhaps he is gone to give his potent as-
surance that the distresses of the Country are by
no weatas so great ail the Morning Chronicle de-
scribes them, and therefore that the existing mo-
dest feelings of a certain Personage who would,
herself, be content with little, are as much out
of place as the Whigs art- !

You have talked much, lately, Mr. Editor,
about the Duties on Foreign Timber, but as we

have now exported our own Wood, without the
sli;htest inconvenience, you see ii must already
he a drug in the market, and enough still left to
supply the Wigs instead of the poles they have
lost. Your's,

AN ENEMY TO THE DRY ROT.

S P A 1 N.

ST. SEBASTIANI, MAY 18.—Next Sunday the
Deputies tor tile Cortes will be chosen in all
these provinces, and as far as we are ye-t able
to juege, they will be men deserving the con-
fidence of their Constituents. The new institutions
continue to take root in the hearts of Spaniards,
as their henificent operation is evinced. The
few we had among us, who, influenced by
prejudice, or soured by personal disappointment,
had formed unfavourable notions of the recent
changes, daily decrease, either shamed out of their
errors by the enth,isiasm that surrounds them, or
undeceived by the life and irtivity that pervade the
whole country. The Biscayso provinces which
have lost certain privileges the others did not
possess, are pettedly satisfied at hen;; placed on
the same footing, owing to the many more sub-
stantial advantages they have gained.
BILBOA, MAT 18.—The Madrid Government is
negncisting a provisional loan of forty millions
of riak or two-millions of dollars, repayable in 8
and 14 months, in shares of 4,8, and 12,000 vials.
This is all that will be required till the Cortes
have given a vote of credit. The Government
offers 10 per cent. interest, leaving it to the will
of the parties to diminish this rate it they choose.
It is expected the loan will be filled up in a few
days at 4 or 5 per cent,

We observe, that by an union of the interests
of two of the Shipping Companies trading be-
tween London and Leith, an important improve-
ment is immediately to take place in the con-
veyance between these ports, as the Smacks be-
longing to tl•,e New Company will now sail nearly
every other day from London and Leith. We
understand that the small sized Smacks formerly
employed by those Companies are to be put in the
trade between Greenock and Belfast, from which
ports they are to sail, on fixed days, with the
same punctuality as the London Smacks now do,
by which means they will greatly improve the
conveyance for passengers and goods between the
west of Scotland and north of Ireland.—See Ad-
vertisement.

In addition to three fine cutters which have
been built and launched front Pembroke Dock-
yard, for the Revenue service, two more vessels
of that description (hut of large dimensions, 163
tons each), are also to he laid down at the satne
yard; front which, iii A few days, two Brigs of
War, to be called the Falcon and Frolic, will be
launched, and shortly afterwards the Alelampus,
o very fine ideate, of 46 guns, built upon the
new principle of round stern, &c., lately intro-
duced by Sir ROMENT SFPPINGS, Knight, one of
the Surveyors at the Navy Board.
PRINCELY NENEVoLENC6.—`IMr. STRwm,"
says the Newry Telegraph. " intent's, we are in-
formed, to bestow the whole of the damages, one
tho.dsand pounds sterling, awarded hint in his
snit with Mr. Silent! PARKINS, on the poor pea.
santry of Rosrrevor awl the adjacent district."
The militaty biter not yet taken possession of
their new quarters in the Royal Metes, an Charing
Cross. On Saturday his Royal Highntss tot
Commander in Chief, and stAetal Officers of roe
Medteal Staff inspected the stiff: rent sleeping
rooms, &c. and they were of opinion that they
were nut yet so fficiently aired for the recerioit
of the men.

THE THEATRES.

KING'S THEATRE.--The benefit of the veteran
KELLY, 50 1011 A known to the Public, and so
much esteemed among o very numerous circle
,of his friends, who Lisa been '' N one's
,rnenly but his own,'' took place last night
at this Theatre, of which he is the Stage-Ma-
nager. There was a very numerous audience,
a proof that though so long absent from the
Public, he is recollected with respect, and pa-
tronized with liberalny. The Performers in gene-
ral were warmly applauded. The Magic Flute was
powerfully supported by BeLLocnr, Miss Carrot,
ANGEIiS4N!, ANTBRoGETTI, &c, &c. The pleasant
pit:LT of Blue Devils displayed the generous feel-
ii!gs as well as theatrical talents of ELt.rsToN and
Miss KELLY. The Corps de Ballet exerted them-
selves ably in the cause, and the whole must have:
been as gratifying to the private feelings as ad..
courageous in point of profit to an old favourite
of the Public, and a respectable individual. J

DR R Y..LA N .-Tbe competition which, during
the present season, has obviously exiited between
the two Parent Theatres, and which, properly
conducted, may lead to the improvement of the
Drarrra. occasioned hst night the production of
another new Tragedy on the well-known old
Roman story, at this Thezrtre. This Tragedy is
entitled lir,?,inius, or the Fall of the Decemviri.
Oar Country Readers may desire to know the
Dramatis Persona, ‘vhich is as follows
Mr. KERN.
Mr. RAE..
Mr. Popg.
Mr. PENLEY.
Mr. raxaNa an.

Virginias
A ppius Claudius
Aliautius
Ici! i us
Honitiui

Caudius
Numitorius
Pisutia ~,•
Virginia
This Play differs in its conduct from that of
Covent-Garden. It commences after the death
of Sicinius Dentatus, and therefore a character of
rugged Itoue,o energy, which might have given
variety to the piece, is lost. The rest of the
table is much the same as in the other Play, but
the character of Virginia wants the same interest-
ing gentleness. As the character of Appius
is so generally detested, it is not necessary
that a young Lady of retired life, HS must have
been tie case with the higher order of the Ito-
' man terna!es, should have so strong a stamp of
patriotism as to join in clamours against the ty-
rant, except when he obtrudes his odious gal-
lantry upon her, and then she should rather aim
to excite his pity than to provoke his vengeance.
'There were characters enough to rail against the
Tyrant, even in his presence, without making
young Lady so touch of a politician. The catastrophe
of the Play differs front that of the other Theatre,
but is e►lually faulty ; both deviate from His-
tory. In the present work Virginias, after having
killed his Daughter, stabs Appius, and then falls
dead, overcome by the weight of his agonies.—
In the History Appius, for fear of popular ven-
geance, poisoned himself. This desperate resource
holds out a good lesson to the Riders of all States
to conduct themselves with a due regard to the rights
and happiness of their people, that they may not
he driven to so dreadful a remedy. The sudden
death of Pi? ginius also takes from the patriotism
of his character, for he ought to have subdued
his parental feelings, in order to aid in the deliver-
at►ce of his conatry, With respect to the man-
ners of the Romans, we may fairly question
whether a young Lady of a Patrician family
would have been able to wander alone at mid-
night upon the banks of the Tyber, to keep an
assignation with her lover, or, still more, that she
could hare escaped the vigilance of a Tyrant with
guards and spies at his command, ready to
secure her person. The Tyrant wanders after
her, but he must have had less restraint
upon his actions. Critical justice compels us
to make these observations, but we must
admit that there is merit in the sentiments
of the Play, and that the characters of Appius
and Firginius are well drawn. The part of Vir•
giaius was well sustained by KEAN bur to prove
the folly of many of his admirers,' now that he
acts with simplicity, truth, and energy, without
those habits which are only fit for "the million"—
" who, for the most part, are capable of nothing
but d►tmb-spew and noise," lie by no means receives
the applause to which, in general, he is much bet-
ter entitled. RAE, POPE, Mrs. GLOVER, and Mrs.
WesT, severally exerted themselves with good
effect. There was some censure pn the drop-
ping of the curtain, but as the play was in-
geniously announced for repetition through
time medium of a Dialogue-Epilogue, between
OXRERRY and KNIGHT, the opposition was
very taint, and the farce proceeded without inter-
ruption. There was a senseless opposition to the
warlike instruments used in a pr;)cession, though
exactly conformable to Roman costume. But
what will not the ignorant multitude condemn or
admire ?

Mr. I-FonHAN.
Mr. PowELL.
Mr!. (LO'. ER.
. Mrs. W. IV EST.