The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-15 00:00:00

P.t 0i; Lc:6 AL JOUR

(Front the Leeds Intelligence;)
We be;;lc:tve t.. cult lire attention-of. our readers, to the
excellent Address which apt t.:its in. tint, Paper, from the
Mayor, Aldermen, Assistants, arkti other Inhalittants'of this)
Borough.
•The sentiments Ns hien it expre.rses, must be those-
of every friend ti, his country ; and no one who is not prepared
to sacrifice the best inteirsts of: religion rind loyalty, at the
'shrine of base .Intl nun-rattly fear, can hesitate to sign it. It is
now timelor every- man whir has an interest in the welfare of
this kingdom, to come forward, and show himself. We know,
that when the last. loyal Declaration was handed ribout forsig •
natures--,the reply of many tradesmen was—" Onehearts are
with you, hot we dare not sign,' we shall lute our custom."
--We exhort no matt to nog bail; on this account ; and if it is
proved that any tradesffisin is iniored in his business by sign-
ing this docuri.ent, we call upun the loyal part of the commu-
nity to make a commOn cause with hint, -arid to act. 011 the
Vitale exclusive system, of dealing only with those who agree
with them it) political, principles. This is tort a liberal—it is
not art criuihb'e Mode of acting—bat, if it is forcer: 111;1)11 us—
if onr-adversaties are the first to adopt it—and if they find it
such an able auxiliary, in suppressing the sentiments of their
opponents—why should not tie fight them with their own
wealions ? Why should not we avail ourselves of a mode of
coruntet, whit It has had such a powerful effect in adding to
the ranks oi disaffection ? .

I,c do n„t ,:9t)t)t but this exciellent Address will be !turtle-
roltsly and respectably signed. We trust out 'townsmen will
convince their rariical opponents, that the" ancient liorou4h
of Leeds" does " abound in loyal hearts, glowing with sin-
cere attachment to hjs Majesty's person ;" and who are
ready, at all lilies, " to defend .their Sovereign, and: the in-
valhable blessing's of our glorious Constitution. against all
opposers." We know that the friends of the Ain;; ars on-
merouslet them come forward, and- rescue Leeds from the
stigma which a base factioln has endeavoured to fix ;you it
W e cannot conclude without calling the attention of our
readers to that passage of the addr--ss, which speaLs of the
licentious press. It is too true, that this '' chief engine of
mischief dares to- propagate, in 110 ambiguous terms, prin-
ciples tending to the subversion of all religion and morals, as
a sure step to the ultimate object, the'destrnetion of roof go-
verment." Every Loyal Address which we hate yet seen,
alludes to this .crving evil; and it is one which calls loudly
for abatement. 'lie press is the groat source of disaffection ;
it is the'spring from whence flows all those pestilent humours
which infect -Our lord-L-we-are friends to the 4. liberty of the
Tress,!' but dFcieled t lit i iiss tb its licentiou,:ner:4; and wvecalf
pun every man-who " !. arc Cod and Ininours the King," to
nse his influence in counteracting the revolution:try and. lull;
de)
,principles, which are thus so, industviously disseminated.
:LUG following is a Copy of the Address from the Mayor,

;Aldermen, Assistants of thE Coiptrration of the Borougb of
Leeds, and a nunK'rons buy of the &Twit espectable Inha-
bitants

To THE KING'S MST ExcettENT MAJESIY

" Most Gracious Sovereign,—We your Majesty's faithful
and affectionate Subjects,, the Mayor, Aldelm:.n, A.ssistants,
and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Le'rdi, feel c:alled
upon, by the peculiar Circumslances of the flutes, agairl til
approach the Throne, with the ass-tit-ante of our unsbaiseb
loyalty and attachment.
• " When we recently bailed your Majesty's Accession to the
Throw.: of these Realms, we joyfully anticipated a happy
Reign, distinguished by a mild, equal, and constitutional
sway on the part of your Majesty, and by a free, dutiful, and
loyal obedience on not of the people.
" we continue to 9petiel your Majesty's\ paternal
:role,And-unremitted care fur the public weal, we deeply la-
ment,:that foul attempts are basely and systematically made
to draw the people from their allegiance and fealty. '
" A corrupt and licentious Press, a chief engine of mischief'.
dares to orapag-ate, in no ambiguous terms, principle's, tend
in:; to, the ~.iihversion of all religion and morals, as a sure
step to the ullint4te object, the destruction of good govern
merit and social order, whilst is-lei:ed professors and teachers
of sedition, in bold defiance of the Laws, openly affront and
calumniate the constituted authorities, and the high Tribu-
nals of the Country, blasphemously ridicule our Holy. Faith,
and traitorously vilify and traduce your 111ajesty's Sacred Per-
son and florernment.

" We grieve to add, that our invaluable right of petition
_illy the 'rbrutte and the Leg statue, in public meeting, has
Even abused by frequent Assemblies of the people, for pur-
poses, in which no good sonject could join, and front which
men, of the sonlidest judgment and highest character, vere
excluded, by their 1111WillinglieSS to subject themselves to the
certain insult offered to all who oppose popular clamour.
Politic Meetings, can, therefore, no longer be respected, as
couveying a legitimate expression of the general voice;, they
are convened and multiplied, at the pleasure of factious de-
niagoglies, -as convenient occasions for diffusing political
poison among the multitude, end for- overawing all- lite melt-
sotes of Goernment.

" Although our Minds are duly impressed with this view
of the State ofs,the Country, we beg !cave to express our con-
viction, that yoor Majesty's ancient Borough pf Leeds still
abounds in loyal hearts, glowing with sincere Attachment to
your Majesty's person, and to assure your_ gajestY, that we are
animated with a strong resolve to defend out Sovereign, and
the invaluable blessings Of our glorious Constitution, against
all opposers,
" Proceed, Sire, firm in the love of your faithful Subjects,
to confoend the malice of your enemies, by a prudent, 'vigi-
lant, and constitutional Administration of the h 4 h duties of
the Crown ; atid limy the Almighty long preserve and protect
your Majesty with his favourable kindness, and bless your
Majesty's Goverament, to the Prosperity and Happiness of a
Loyal People?'

SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOUItAGEMENT OF ARTS, 4c

This Society, which commenced its sittings for
the session;has been occupied with the discus-.
sion of a Motion, having for its object the pre
vention, by, publication of descriptions of inven-
tions, ,previous to publication in the Annual
Volume of the Society's Transactions. The sub-
ject has been frequently debated, and a Resolu-
tion was come to at one of the sittings to this
elrect (as we have before-mentioned), that it is
contrary to the intentions, and injurious to the in-
terests of the Society, to publish any matter in-
tended for the Annual Volume, and that any
Member infringing the rule, enjoining prOhi-
bition shall be expelled.
On Wednesday evening the consideration -of
this question was discussed in full assembly. A
Member referred to the conduct of some one of
its Members Who had violated the prohibitory
rule, and in defiance of the mandates or the So-
ciety, had published in a work entitled " The
London Journal of Arts and Sciences," some very
strong and pointed observations on the conduct
of the Society, in which lie had endeavoured to
show, that such prohibitory rules instead'of en-
couragh the efts, would materially
_injure the
progress of science, by withholding for so long a
period as eighteen months, the publication of any
new discovery ; that, on the contrary, the: Pub-
lications of the Society .should be more frequent.
'The article in question ridiculed the idea of
expnlsioo, for " the great crime of publishing
a discovery in science," and 'called upon the
Society to rescue its character from disgrace,, or
it would be More appropriately denominated
" the Society for the discouragement of Arts,"&c.
The Member proposed an Amendment, with a
view of completely checking the growing of
early publication so injurious to the interests of
the Society. The amendment was to this effect :
that any Visitor communicating to any Booksel-
ler, or tiny public Journal, any new discovery,
shall, upon being proposed as a Candidate, be
deemed ineligible and rejected accordingly.
The Motion and Amendment produced a very
long and animated discussion, in the course of
which it was warmly contended on the one side,
that to enforce the rule of prohibition would be
to shut the doors of liberal communication—to
cramp the energies of the human mind, and in-
stead of benefiting the public, such a regulation
would greatly injure, not only that public, but
the interests of the Society itself, which it seem-
ed so solicitolis to uphold—that persons of Science
would be deterred from communicating_their dis-
coveries when they found that these -discoveries
were to slumber in the Secretary's box.,"and be
allowed to moulder away unseen by the public
eye.

On the other side it was contended that the
Society was the best organ for giving the,,e dis-
coveries to the 'world, and that the publication
was
_highly beneficial to the friends. Several
Members were pointed out as indirectly concern-
ed in giving publicity to the Society's &mac-
,
tions.

The question was at length put to the Vote
and carried in the affirrnative.—(Morning He-
rald.) vesrmerrNataisgaressreis

The coal mine which was discovered some
short time ago at Kirkstead, near Tattershall, in
Lincolnshire, is now working, the miners having
come to a stratum of coals of an excelleht qua-
lity, at the depth of eighty-six yards, and no
doubt is entertained but that a much larger stra-
tum will be found eight yards lower.
A mill, upon an improved plan, has been erect-
ed in the prison at Northallerton, in Yorkshire,
which grinds corn of every- description,- and, is
worked by the prisoners in confinement there.

The late uncommon mildness of the weather
for the season of the year, has proved of the
greatest advantage to the farmers, by obviating
the diiliculties they experienced last year at this
time in procuring food for their live stock.

The hawk, next to the parrot, is-said to be the
longest lived bird that-flies; one of the former
birds, of the buzzard kind, died, last week, ;which
has been in the gardens at Buickling, in Norfolk,
upwards of 50 years, and was an Old'bird, Whei.
taken anti placed there.