The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-01 00:00:00

P4NIS, DEC. 2*,

, ~ ' CtIAIVH3ER OF PEEILS, Dee. Q 7.
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;., Ot the Order of, the I).y being read for recei,v.
ing the itriiort on the Projet res,)::Ltirig the
The ItepOrt (vas matle.by the Mfatinit,de.,L4ily
toiendfl, one. of the Members of the Committee
iippoirqed on the 234. . .
, 'rhe,chiinsber ordered it to be printed, and the
discrission was opened.
The Projet Was speossively Attacked anti, dea
tended by tottr Speakers,
'Site discussion WAS adjourned till Monday.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES 3 DEC. 27.

Of the re.tPective Committees, that no the rrojee
respeethir, the Recruitment of the Artily ih the
only one whieb sat Yesterday and co-flair: It ier-
pilimen its special examination, and appointed the
Coont d'Aunhrugeac its Kep,rter.
It is understood that only one of the nine nu-
*reaux which have been.ocenpied with the prep-
rftory examination the Midget hats proceeded
to the nomination of its Coonnitteei,tnen, for. the
formation of the Central Comoltuee.

.
Nets, Dec. 28.-,;-The.Projet of Lew relative
to the provisional of si7e-tweiltis, of the
'faxes,
.agreed to by the Clai»ber of Peer's, was
delivered yetterday to his Majesty by the Chan-
cellor, at the head of Or Bureau of the Chamber.

Marshal the Duke de reltre bad a private au.
diehee yesterday of his Majesty. •
The Duke of Wellivg.on is Expected here this
ever)iag.. •

The rase of M,
uSchtffir and M. Gine, author and
,
printer of a semtt os orit emitted "Ut the State
if Liberty in France," was•cOled on yesterday at
the Tribunal of Cuneetionalliolice, and adjourn.•
ed for 15 days.
. • .
Wednesday M. Mzo di Bingo; the Rus-
sian' Atnbaisatfor,.gaVe.a grand`ditiner in celebra-
tion trf .the birthday of the E;Uperor, who en-
ters his. 42d Year, , Amongst those present were
Prince Eouraitin, Count Itostopehio, M: de k
Hatn't, and sVx-ii•and. cordon of the Order oeSt.
Andttw: . •

1-0 THE kitt ENDS AND READERS

" THE SUN."

I this "twilight of two years," as DONN&
quaintly, though not inelegantly, ex presses it, there
is a good old custom with periodical Publishers,
to tetottt their acknowle4:nienis for the patron-
age of the past, and to proffer their promises for
the efforts of the future year. The Proprietor of
THE SUN will blend together these gratifying
offices, and manifest his sense of past distinction
by futittt exertion.

Too ntai►y years have now elapsed to require,
or indeed to justify, any professions on his part.
Without either comparison or allusion, he claims
for his Journal the proud privilege
,of CONSIST-
ENCY ; an* willingly he leaves to Whosoever de-
sires such a merit, the attractiotrOC,temporary
principles and unstable opinions.:WttAtam PITT
was, and is, and ever will be, his CYNOSURE
HE CONSTITUTION his- LANDMARK ; the Pio.
TE'STANT BiTABLISHMENT his BULWARK. In de-
love of these, neither the Ministry nor the Op-
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duty; and the concurrent terms of PurEET and
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hostility.

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therefore be the admirers of Wit.t.1.04 PITT, the
friends of THE CONSTITUTION, and the supporters
of the ESTA,BLISUMENT. They who vituperate
our departed Statesman, who clamour after Re-
form, and who vindicate POPERY, are not here so-
licited for any favour, since here they skill not
meet with any gratification.

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and it coeld mot be ventured by any other.
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claim an encrease of fair and honourable attrac-
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emphatically, THE PAPER OF THE EMPIRE ; and
that, as the natural SUN diffuses light and beat
over the Universe, so the political Sox should
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and be the centre of at once receiving and of dif-
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that upon the opening of this New Year, a cer-
tain portion of THE SUN Newspaper shall he de-
voted to extracts, the sources whereof shall be
faithfully acknowledged, from the several Pro-
vincial Journals ; by which the Cause of Social
Order, and of the PROTESTANT RELIGION, is vin-
dicated. Thus, through the medium of the Me-
tropolitan Paper, THE SUN, the wisdom, the
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of encouragement, and,strength, and union. And
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become yet more powerful in the rectitude of its
purpose, and in the pervac:ing extent of its
operation.

In the attainment of these important objects,
it will be an adequate recompence, and a suffi-
eiect for THE Sun„ and for its Conductor,
to have assumed so leading and so effective .a
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find in its columns, tinder an emphatic and conapre-
b ensive title—" THE COUNTRY,"—extracts
from every Provincial Journal, which, by the due
choice of its topics, becomes worthy of perusal
1)&1010 its own immediate and local circulation.
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rxtended!y be THE PAPER OF THE EMPIRE, to
devote a sufficient portion of its columns, as oc-
casion may lder, to the affairs of the Colonies,
and to the satisfaction of such Englishmen who
are more particularly interested in those remote
valoahle Possessions. " THE COLONIES,"
t efore, will be the leading title of this depart-
ri:try ; anti will always be found in THE SUN.,
to 0: tea as communications of sufficient interest

ocenv•

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ith statements and professions. His character
his long been before them ; and its undeviating
principle. What he has here promised, will be
gratefully and diligently performed.

• CoIiRTENIY, since he left England, has
by the sale of ,his property in Iceland
•,.3 less a sum that 00,0001.
Dog/Tort, of Drury-lane, benevolently
g;vcs (he profits of an evening's performance at
ISe-Maidt,:otte Theatre for the relief of the poor
4,:t)kot in the gaol of that•LVVII.
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THE COUNTRY.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

(Front 7"e Royal Cornwall Gazette of the 26th ult.)

" TRIALS OF WILLIAM HONE.

" I'RO FOCIS ET MILS.

" On Saturday last these long expected trials
were terminated, and all decided in favour of the
defendant. We have introduced a summary of
them in our first page. As they involve many
questions of great political interest, they afford
matter for deep and serious reflection. We shall
ever revere the verdict of a jury formed on that
equitable basis which our Legislature has uni-
formly maintained, am' sincerely rejoice at the
exculpation of a prisoner, when declared innocent
by that admirable.trilmual. The result of these
trials is not contrary to our anticipations. We
always considered that pecuniary motives in a
great measure influenced the individual in ques-
tion to the publication of such defamatory and
injurious works. .The information filed against
the defendant, stated that he was guilty of print-
ing and publishing profane and impious parodies ;
but no malicious or evil intent being proved
against hint, and the system being justified by
long precedent, he was necessarily acquitted.—
The verdict has been received by the country, we
pt.( some, with very different sensations, accord-
ing to the political or religious feelings of each
individual. From the personal intercourse we
have had with Mr. Hone, we never conceived
him to be an irreligious man. However his poli-
tical tenets might be opposed to ours, still we.al-
ways considered him a sincere Christian. Under
the same impressions, we hesitate not to say, the
Jury have.returned a verdict of acquittal. This
is a corroboratise proof, amongst innumerable
others, of the extent of freedom enjoyed by a
British subject, io cases betwixt himself and the
Crown, and exposes the calumnious misrepre-
sentations of those writers who are continually
raving against the legislative measures of the ad-
ministration. What can be more convincing than
this, that every advantage is possessed by the de-
fendant, and the strictest justice maintained by the
Officers of the Crown ? NVhere is now the illega-
lity of the proceedings practised by the Master of
the Crown Office ? We are mote fully confiirned
in the opinion we have uniformly stated, that in
striking a special Jury, for charges of a political
nature, the defendant possesses every advantage.
He is at liberty to strike 12 from the 48 original-,
ly chosen ; by this means he may be acquitted of
the grossest libel, by obtaining even one juryman
of anti-ministerial principles ; if we may be al-
lowed to suppose that political sentiments ever
bias the decision of a Jury in these cases. In
fact,. to such an extent has this kind of freedom
arrived, that another step would convert it into
anarchy, and wrest the sword of justice from its
administratms. Notwithstanding the acquittal of
Mr. Hone, we confidently assert that no legisla-
tive tribunal in the world, except an English one,
would have suffered bin to escape with impunity.
At no period of our own history did the libeller
possess the extensive privileges which the present
law of libel allows him. We wish to elucidate
this subject, in consequence of the frequent mis-
representations -of our Opposition Journalists,
and to dwell on it longer than we otherwise might.
The bAeient law of libel did not differ from
other criminal law ; but when the invention of
printing bad introduced political discussion, and
seditious publicatious made their appearance, the
control of the press was placed under the direc-
tion of a Licenser (similar to the Censor of
France), and the Kihg's Attorney-General, who
tried the causes ill tout inittaosos court the Star
Chamber, so called from its roof being studded
with stars ; where the unfortunate author or
printer generally fell a victim to their iron grasp.
Let those modern vociferators for our ancient
Constitution revert to rhis period, and learn to
value the inestimable privileges we enjoy. Even
for a long period after ex-officio informations
were transferred to the Court of King's Bench,
the Jury bad only to be convinced of the fact of
printing and publishing, in order to convict the
defendant.

" The case of Woodfall, who was prosecuted
in 1774, for the publication of Junius's Letters,
occurs to our recollection, which caused consider-
able litigation between Lord Mansield and others,
whether the verdict of guilty of publishing only,
amounted to conviction, or to an acquittal. in
consequence of this uncertainty h the law of libel,
Fox and Erskine introduced a bill into Pat!lament
which ultimately received its sanction, for justly
defining the law of libel, and allowing the Jury to
judge of the law as well as the fact. We conceive
that admirable statute to afford every indulgence
to the defendant, and to allow the utmost extent
of freedom, that society could possibly tolerate.—
This statute was adverted to both by the Attor-
ney-General and Mr. Hone in the recent trial. '
As it has mainly contributed to the acquittal of
the defendant, we present the substance as near
as our recollection will permit ; rOr we quote from
memory alone. It enacts that a Jury may give a
verdict, upon-the whole matter put in issue by
the indictment,' which proposes four questions for
consideration Did the defendant publish the
pamphlet that lots been produced in evidence ?-
2. Is the sense ascribed to the passage, inserted
in the indictment, by the inuendoes, the true and
genuine sense ?-3. Is the work, even if that sense
be a proper one, a scandalous, malicious, Mani-
matory, seditious, (or blasphemous) libel
Did the defendant publish the work with the cri-
minal motives and intentions imputed by the in-
dictment ?—lt is evident from these four pies-
tions that a verdict of guilty MUSE he com-
pounded of an answer to each in the affirmative.
We are confidently persuaded that Clone was
guilty of the three first charges, and the fourth
alone must have induced the Jury to acquit
the defendant, according to ourexpectations'; such
extensive privileges does a British subject enjoy
in all contentions with the Crown. We are firmly
persuaded Oita his Majesty's Ministers have long
viewed the rapid progress of seditious and blas-
phemous publications with the•most foreboding
apprehensions, anti though they hive tolerated
them too long, to avoid the imputation of tyranny,
still a consciousness of duty, and anxiety for the
safety of their country, have at length impel d
them to arrest the progress of sedition and blas-
phemy. Every friend of social order must neces-

sarily consider them as the guardians of the na-
tion, and expect them to ensure its safety, by any
measures that may conduce to that end. It re-
sponsibility wit bout authority be attached to
them, it is exposing them at once to the merciless
lash of the vicious minions of treason and infide-
lity, which would inevitably be the prelude to
anarchy and national convulsion. What can be
more terrible in its consequences than the fury of
a mob, driven by the whirlwind of the passions.
It knows no boundaries ; no misery can soften it-,
no penitence assuage it. Reason is extinct ; re-
monstrance is vain ;- and virtue itself is immolated
at its shrine : like the pestilential samiel of the
tot rid climes, it overwhelms all in inevitable ruin.
What can be more corroborative of these obser-
vations, than the conduct of that lawless rabble
who continually interrupted the proceedings of
the present trial, and degraded a Court of Justice
by their infamous vociferations. It was doubt-
less the very spawn of that obnoxious association
called The London Corresponding Society ;" to
the members of which Mr. Windham gave the ap-
pellation of acquitted felons,' after escaping the
charge of High Treason. We have no hesitation
in saying, that there are thousands of that de-
scription panting to subvert all our civil and reli•
gious institutions, and fully prepared to follow
the examples of Robespierre, Danton, Brissot,
Marat, and other ruthless assassins, who have dis-
graced human nature in the annals of France. All
must admire the conciliating manner exercised by
the Lord Chief Justice and the Attorney-General
towards Mr. Hone, when he appeared indisposed ;
notwithstanding the spirit of irreligion and sedi-
tion could not restrain its malevolence.
" We have observed in that Hydra of the Oppo-
sition Journals, The Morning Chronicle, an adver-
tisement to the following etiect
THE PARODIES.—Preparing fur the Press,
WILLIAM HONE'S REPORT of his Three TRIALS,
on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last, at Guildhall,
London, for publishing THE PARODIES.'
" We are likewise informed that posting bills
have announced the republication of all the pa-
rodies. Good God ! is this to be tolerated ? 'Can
our Legislature devise no means of arresting the
progress of vice and infamy ? Shall Jacobinism
and Infidelity stalk triumphant through the land!
Shall its contagious effluvia contaminate the sur-
rounding atmosphere, without a single antidote
to resist its baneful effects ! Is an individual, in-
fluenced by mercenary or anti-ministerial motives,
to acdturiulate wealth at the expence of the na-
tional morality ? and to stab the very vitals of the
Constitution, by bringing those valuable institu-
tions, so dear to a true Briton, into obloquy and
contempt / If Mr. Hone perseveres in this con-
duct, in direct violation of every thing sacred or
divine, his evil and impious intention will be evi-
dent,
and we Shall not lament his fate, if at
length he incur the resentment of offended Jus-
tice. If such blasphemous productions are suf-
fered to offend the public eye, and insult virtue
and religion with impunity, we ardently expect ,
that Parliament will adopt some prompt and de-
cisive measures for their suppression, in the en-
suing Session. So strong is our abhorrence and
indignation at the very recital of them, that we
have determined, in our extracts of the 'Trials,
not to profane our columns Witts such infamous
trash.

" Our readers, we are confident, will indulge
us in our protestations, when we boldly affirm;
that a brighter specimen of human composition
never entered the world, or was ever more con-
ducive to virtuous and religious emotions, if we
except the inspired writings, than the inimitable
Liturgy of the Established Church ; its prayers
breathe the purest spirit of Christianity, unat-
tended by the least ascetic intolerance. Our sen-
timents have not been formed on the impulse of
the moment, but front that mature reflection
. which confirmed theopinions of a Newton, a Boyle,
a Locke, and an Addison. In stating these pro-
fessions, we wish by no means to detrude those
religious communities who may conscientiously
differ from us in opinion. If the honest impetus
of enthosiesmi in advocating our venerable Church
Establishment, should ever stimulate us to undue
warmth, we shall ingenuously court the candour of
an indulgent public. As champions of the Church
and State, which we consider as indissoluble,
our weapons shall only be levelled against those
sectarian fanatics and political maniacs,who would
endanger society by their ignorant innovations;
as the medical quack would murder his patient by
trying experiments. No individuals
defined,lsaresva than
warmer
advocates for liberty, when properly
ourselves ; bur we contend, that if the dissemi-
nation of these insidious libels be tolerated, our
religious and political institutions sill soon be
prostituted at the shrine of anarchy and rebellion,
and consequently our persons and property in,
perpetual danger. All will rapidly verge to the
dreaded Maelstrom of revolutionary horrors.
" What is really intolerable, these abominable
parodies appear, in a great measure, to be di-
rected against those eminent dignitaries of the
Establishment who have assumed the sacred of-
4-ice of the sacerdotal robe, in consequence of their
virtue, piety,/ and learning. Is it then for this
that Cranmer, Hooper, and Latimer sealed their
professions with their blood ? Is it for this that
a Barnet, a Tillotson, and a Porteus, have de•
voted their lives to the improvement of mankind,
and dignified human nature with . manly
virtue and social excellence? Certainly this is a
time when every true Englishman should use his
pen in defence of our clearest privileges. Better
to submit to the tyranny of a Star-chamber, an
Inquisition, or Lettres des
,Cachets, than the de-
moniacism of an unreflecting mob. May our
country never fall a prey to such a calamity. We
could defend our venerable Establishment with
the courage of lions, and weep like children over
their ruins. May they never " fall by the
,wild
bands of beastial anarchy."
0 save them ye ministers; ye monarchs spare;
Ye patriots, guard them with a miser's care,

" It society once lose their veneration for the
Supreme Governor of. the Universe, in whom
we live, and move, and have our being,' every
tie that binds man to man will soon be broken,_...
All respect fur sisperiors will cease. Courts ot
Justice will be of no further use, and society
must he dissolved ; for that adamantine cliaiu, a
Jurors oath, which hinds man to the throne of
Eteriuil Just*, is solved before the breath of
the blasphemer's mouth.".

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TFLEATRICAL REGISTER.
Performed Lasot Nig ht.
THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANF..—Lillipot. After which, Ths
Falls of Clyde. To which was added, Harlequin's Vision.
THEATRE ROYAL, CoVENT-GAROEN.—She .CtoopS to Conquer :
Young Marlow, Mr. C. Ktinhie; :bliss liartlcastle, Miss
Brunton. After which, Hal lequin Gulliver.

ARRIVED-1 France, 1 Haniburgh, 1 Du},lin, 1 Waterford.
DUE-1 Lisbon, 1 Hainburgh, 2 Holl.ind, 2 Gotten burgh.

CIRCUMCISION—HoIiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East
India, and "South Sea Houses.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGF, TOMORROW.
Morning, 11 minutes after 9. E.ening, aG aiinates after 9.

THE SUN.

SOLEM quire DICERE FALSUII AUDEAT

LONDON,
THURSD.II7, .1.42V17.1111" I, ISIS.

We received last night the. Paris Papers of Sun-
day last, and this morning those of Monday. We
give extracts from the former in another Column.
The Chamber of Peers commenced on Saturday
the discussion on the Projet respecting the Jour-
nals, and after hearing four of their Members for
and against it, adjourned the debate till Monday.

The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at Paris oa

Sunday.

The Moniteur of Monday publishes as -a law the
Projet for the provisional collection of six-
twelfths of the Taxes. .

The following are extracts from Monday's

Journals :

" PARIS, Dac. 29.—The Duke of Wellington
arrived yesterday- at Paiis. His GraCe dined,at
his Hotel Rue des Champs Elysees. From' the
few persons who accompany him, it is supposed
the Duke will not make a long stay.
" One of the persons tinder accusation for the
robbery committed some time since in the De-
partment of the Meuse, on Lord Clanwillidm, has
made important discoveries, by which means the
property stolen has been found in the places where
it had been concealed.
‘,€ On the 22d inst. one of the walls of the Theatre
at Toulouse, now building, fell down with a tre-
mendous crash. The workmen fortunately es-
caped without injury.

" Marshals the Duke de Tarente, the Duke ('C
Reggio, the Duke de Mune, and the Duki of
Ragusa had the honour of breakfasting yesterday
with the King.

" FIVE PER CENTS;

" Saturday

64 1. 50 c.

" INsFRUCK, DBC. 170—According to the in-
telligence from Italy, a definitive arrangement has
been concluded between Austria, Sardinia, the
Courts of Rome, and Modena, respecting the di-
vision of the debts of the Monte de Milano.
Austria pays 69 per cent., the Holy See 21, Sar-
dinia 4, and Modena 6.

" WAasAw, Dec. 10.---It appears to be deter-
mined on that the Emperor will proceed in the
month of April to review the army under the
orders of Count Benni,sen. The corps of that
army will probably be assembled so as to forms
two camps, the tith Corps in the environs of
Odessa, and the ith near Kaminiech.
" LEIPSfC, Dec. 17.—Madame de Krudener
expects here Bills of Exchange from Petersburgh,
and answer from Berlin, respecting the conti-
nuing of her journey. She has permission to re-
main here for six days. She has written to the
King of Prussia, to request of him a private au-
dience ; but it is thought she will neither obtain
that nor permission to sojourn at Berlin. She
had a project of establishing herself in the Colony
of Herrnbut de Nautiefendorf, in the Duchy of
Gotha, but she has been compelled to renounce it.

" is is also said, that money was sent to her
from Weimar, upon condition that she should net
pass through that town. The fart is that she
camelsere from Erfurt, by the way of Naumbourg.
Her suite consists of 15 persons."

Baltimore Papers to the Ist December, Phila-
delphia to the 30th November, New York to the
27th do., Washington to the 29111 do., am!
Charleston to the 26th do., arrived this morning.

EXTRACT GE A LETTERRaom ST, MARY'S, !40V.25.

" The affairs of Fernandia are very alarming.
The Court-martial are sitting to try all offe:lders:
they
have arrested several on trifling pretences
MIRY does not seem disposed to form a Consti-
tution, Nor establish Civil Authority. The Li-
berating Army have completely enslaved for the
present those that were free : they now look to
the United States as the only source of happiness.
As they expect to hear
daily of their taking pus-
session of the Floridan, the PriZe've"els continue
to come in, and all kinds of provi).ions arc to be
had."

h iniellifencer of the 28th Nov.
staTtehfe, alVel IlAs issued
an order, requiring 1,001 ,31 the. of tivat