The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-29 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 9-8.. L--The number of gentle-
men admitted to the degree of B. A. during the
last year. was ISO. It is rather singular that the
six following were the only compounders :
Dodd, Christ. Swann, 'Frit).
Cash. Williams, .Toh.
•
Richards, Trin. Pridranx,

The select preacher to whom the Sunday after,
noon turns at St. Mary's Church are wzsigned, for
the present month, is the Rev. C. Musgrave,
Fellow of Trinity College.

REGISTER. OF FASII

CHRISTM AS. FESTIVITIES,.

Hardwick! Hatt, in Derbyshire, is enlivened by the presence
of the Duke of Devonshire, by who►n open house is kept with

the sante spirit as in the (lays of the late possessor.

Bretton Hall, in Yorlisbire, the scat of the Beaumonts, is

rcndeved gay by an uninterrupted round of festivities, wherein

the p6or are not forgotten

Curtaghmore, the seat of the Marquess Waterford, is the
scene of much hospitality, although the Noble Marquess and
his Lady are in town. Th - gave a sumptuous entertain went

in Mansfield street, on Christmas

Harewood Hous(-, in Yollishire, ought not to be forgotten

for the princely bounty tvliich prevails therein.

Greeton House, in Northamptonshire, is not deficient in
hospitality; hut the Noble Duke of Dorset remains in town,
and had a party on Christmas day, in Harley-street.
Bow•ood Park, promised every attraction : oh Christmas
day a very liberal dist iibution of old English fare took place,
tinder the siiperintendancc of the Marquess' of Lansdown.

Colonel Baldwin, at Eli ham, in tien't, ;;are a grand enter-

tainment on Christruas-day

Lady Dallas entertained a large circle in Bloomsbury-

square..

Hii Grate the Duke of Wrllingion's first grand party, at
Strellifieltlsay, will bp on or about New Year's Day.

130XING.

The battle between Moss, the gypsey, and Bill
Edwards, the Bath butcher, took place on Wednesday f-rr 670
guineas, on Ham Heath, four miles from Haslemcre, Bucks.
Both had milled their way into notice. Edwards was consi-
dered an elegant rather than a powerful boxer. The Gypsey„
on the contrary, had proved himself a ruffian who would'not
he denied. A ring of IS fret was the space for comlnit, and
the men entered it very swell upon themselves. Richard,,
the cricketer, seconded Edwards, and one of the gypsey tribe
seconded Moss. Betting even.
ru the first round Edwards uncorked his adversary's claret,
which flew about copiously, and Moss, in boring in, was floor.
ed by a right-handed teazer in the body, which settled first
blued and the knock down.

2. The men got more steady at their work, and a very gal-
laht round was fought, after exchanging counter hits at the
head. In rallying much ruffianism took place on the part of
the gypsey, who displayed much of the Randal tactics. Ed-
wards at length stopped Isis adversary's action, by getting his
head under the left arm and weaving at it until he paid hint
Irish and tie at the bleeding game. The Gypsey got away,
and both broke their ground for a fresh turn loose. The
Gypsey placed a heavy hit on Eoward's tight side, which
did not seem to relisk, and bored him down, but both were
weak from the exertions of the round, which was all fight fur
seven minutes.

3. Muss was blind of the right eye, and the lance was ap-
plied, but it was a hugging round, and both fell.
4. Edwards fought with Much gaiety and seience to get at
his opponent's left rye, but he would not have it. Edwards
had the best of in and not fighting, and dropped Moss fur-
ward by a neat hit in the wind.
• 5. Moss led in this round,'and knocked his adversary down
by a heavy hit upon the jaw, which won him the fight, for.
Edwards being thus crosstd in reading, lilac many of his su-
periors, did not fancy it, and he was very shy at i" after-
fie was thrawn n crass-buttock, and it was even betting that
111, did not come again.
6. This round ended the fight in nineteen minutes. Moss
was the worst. heat ; but ;Edwards evidently wanted mirage,
or he could not have lost it. Moss won the battle by a slight
blow, with which his adversary went down, and would not
appear in time. . . . _

. .
A second battle was fought for a purse of five guineas, be-
tween a 9 stone Jew and a 12 stone Countryman, which was
won by the Jew in seven minutes. In the first round the
Countryman deliberately walked away. to wipe the blood off
his title, and in the third he eat•e in.

Mr. M'NANIARA. arrived at the York Hotel, in
this town on Friday last, the day after the outrage
on Mr. WALLACE, in. Dublin. He left the Hotel
the-following day, about three o'clock in the af-
ternoon. We observed the Chief Peace Officer,
Mr. Farrell, in town at the same time.—( West-
meath Journal.)

Mr. John Olive, for whose apprehension, under
charges of felony and' forgery to a very consider-
able amount, a reward of 100 guineas was ad-
vertised, was taken, on board a Pill skiff, near
Penarth Point, in the Bristol Channel, on the
12th inst. He had been cruising about in this
vessel for a week, waiting the arrival of a ship
from Bristol, in which a passage was engaged for
him to the West Indies. This plan, however,
did not escape the vigilance of Tucker, one
of our police officers, who pursued him in
another skiff, and came up with his object with-
out exciting the smallest alarm. When taken
into custody, Olive was ip so weak a state
that it was deemed advisable to remain a
day with him at Lamplighter's-hall, where he was
landed, as the boatmen could not bring him further
up the River, from want of water ; and here,
having artfully contrived to secret a razor under
the bed-clothes, he made a second attempt upon
his life in the night by cutting his throat. In this
effort he was too successful ; for though it was
instantly discovered by an attendant who slept
with him, and surgical assistance was imme-
diately procured, he lincrered for a week, and
(lied on Thursday last.—The Coroner's Inquest
on view of the body, was held on Saturday—.
Verdict, " Lunacy."—Gloucester Journal.
DREADFuI. OUTRAGE.—On Wednesday even-
ing a party of bricklayer's labourers repaired
from Caemel-buildings, Portman-square, to
Fitzroy Market, armed With sticks, and
joined another party, who were at a public-
house. After having drunk some liquor a
quarrel arose, which ended in a desperate con-
flict between the parties, when a number of
them were severely beaten and carried away
insensible. The utmost confusion prevailed
until the arrival of the officers, *hose inter-
ference quelled the riot, and some of the offend-
ers were taker in custody to Marlborough-street
Police-office, where they underwent an examina-
tion. Seven or eight of the wounded men were
carried to Middlesex Hospital for assistance.
One man had his arm broken, and his head se..
verely hurt, and lies in a dangerous situation at
the Hospital.—The parties examined were re-
manded.

THE _ LONDON J O URNALS.

(DAILY EX.T11..-V_;TS FROM THE NIORNING PAPERS.]

porning Post.]
It is with much pleasure we refer our Readers to "rations
calm:lns of our Paper of this day, for further gratifying proof,
that the Good Cause is analue it. s triniophaot pro4resti.
throughout the whole of the United Kingdom. England,
:Sem hand, and Ireland now emulate each other in warmth of
loyal and affectionate esprrssiou towards his Majesty. Not
only is Radicalism ermy where detested and abhorred, but
Ihe influence of the- p:ace hunting Whigs is ohrtouslY in a
state of most rapid decline. The People now fast returning.
to their 'senses, pl: inly perceive. that 0101)0 the factions
Uttigs tire not Radicals-or Revolutionists themselves, they
have been, and are still the cause of revolutionary hopes in
other men. Their influence in this tray has been matter Of
Merit:o.lo daily observation. Even while they acknowledge
that mischievous views and schemes are too general among
the populace, they rarely make any of their efforts for office
without bolding langauge still More inflammatory than that
which thirty years since generated the now inonstrups and
gic,wing evil. But it is said, " Give this party power, and
then their influence will he opposed to the present dangers."
To this see answer, that what they bare done is scarcely pos-
eible to he undone by others, and certainly could not
possibly be undone by themselves, if they were. in office.—
..Whatever they may' have meant iby their harangues, the
greater Batt of their hearers suppose them to have been
sineeie. i hey think. that " the cause for which Hampde:i
bled in the field" is a cause seriously recommended to their
veneration and adoption. Now, although the learners of any
fake system may be undeceived by the preceptors, while the
latter have no personal interest in renouncing it, or in post-
ppiiing its operation, or in vxplaitring it away, it would be
absurd to calculate upon such a degree of servile docility, as
would make any' pupils join in the renunciation, without
a. share in the profits of the change. The improved politi-
cal morality which the Whigs when beneficed might be ex-
pected to inculcate, would for this reason, be ineffectual
and effete; and there are reasons why it would be worse
than nseless. Several men of property are to be found among
the Whigs. The Radicals, in the war which they wage against
Property, delight to represent the Whigs as mere tricksters-
politics, and not.at all less inimical than Tories to " the
people." Already is this doctrine circulated, for the purpose
at clearing away whatsoever feeble safeguard of property may
exist in the personal interest, which some few of the Whigs
have in preserving it. The Whigs, whets they obtain power,
siiust either gratify the hopes they have excites, or deceive
them. Of the instant ruin involved in the first part of this
dik,llll3lit .we are not now to speak ; the latter expedient is
that which the orpiment we are answering, proposes for con-
sideration. Let:then any one contemplate for a moment a
Whig Administration rtfusing to grant a reform of Parlia-
ment, or granting it only in a modified shape—a moderate
Reform ! Who has words to describe the increase of rage
with which the refusal, or the insufficient grant, would in-
spire the long expectant Itevolutionists? The pursuit of gain
was never yet so eager, as not to be capable of new vigour,
and subject to greater instigation, when a sense of deceit is
added to the original motives for activity. Many moderate
men who incline to Wl:iggism acknowledge the evil of, a po-
litical populace, .and of rendering public meetings the staple
produce of the country ; let theta; he assured, that whenever
resistance to Revolution shall become the business of a Whig
Administration, a storm of contumely, reproach, and rage,
will commence, such as our worst periods have not yet wit-
nessed, and probably no Government could withstand.

•
' [Morning, Herald.]
The Paris-Papers, which arrived last night, are rather in-
teresting. The King of the Two Sicilies sailed from Naples
on the 13th, under the British and French flag, to meet the
Allied Powers at Laybach, or such other place as should be
mutually fixed upon. Thus far The Monitenr. The Consti-
tutignel, and some of the minor Journals, add, that his Nea-
politan Majeaty had embarked on board the English ship the
N'engenr, with his suite on board the French ship Duchess of
Berry—that news had arrived of his landing at Leghorn, that
:be Duke of Campo Chiaro had been impeached by the Par
liament and succeeded by the Mt! de Gallo. Other accounts
assert that all the Neapolitan Ministers had been impeached,
and a new Ministry formed—and lastly, that tiie King, at
his departure, had addressed two Proclamations to the Ne-
apolitan people. There is not the least intimation of the
tenor of these. Proclamations. Indeed, the article in 77/.c
i:atitutionel ends-abruptly with stars—,ignifying, we sup-
pose, that the cens-ors had been busy with Cr.'. Frost% the
Vienna accounts we learn, that the first invitation front the
Congress, to a pers,mal interview, wits declined by the King
of Naples, on the ground of his .-olVanced age. The request
was repeated, and urged by the English and French Minis-
tcrs, whiclr iariticed hint to comply. The place of Meeting
seas not yet fixed. -Florence is mentioned in sonic of the
iintruals. Military preparations are still going en, on the
Bart of Naples and Austrial, but we are inclined to think
that war will be avoided. The dictation of a foreign power
is the domestic gLivernatent of i nation,'is the most flagrant
iojustice. But, consistently with this great principle, wo
should still entertain t he riplition, that the concession of solar
additional force 01) the executive, pot affecting the frame and
sabstauce of a really valid representative Constitution, would
uot be too great a wiee for the tranquillity of Italy and of
Europe. Another Congress will, it is stated, assemble next
Tear—for what object is not stated. Perhaps it is intended
that there shall be an.annual European Congress, for the
purposes of revision and surveillance. The frequency of these
solemn meetings wilt, and has already detracted nut d little
frum their authority in the. popular estimation.

.[Morning Chronicle.]
The Revolution that has taken place in the Northern part
of Hayti, and of which sufficient details are already before the
public. for them to judge of its real character, besides its ge-
neral importance, is an event of great interest 4..0 our West
India Islands. The whole population Of the Western Divi-
sion of the Island, or- that which was formerly subject to
Ftancl:, is now united under our Government, and this
nuton gives to President Boyer and his Military Establish-
ment, already'onmerous, an accession of strength equal to
90,000 men, together with a controul ot•er a sum of money,
hoarded up by Christophe, of almoSt an incredible amount, if
t was not known how it had been amassed.--,President Buyer
is represented as possessing Many of the virtues of his preele-
ce.'esors, the deceased Alexander Potion, but he is endowed
with more firmness and decision of character, is more stirring,
iii a word, more ambitious. His ambition, however, if so it
niav Ws' called, has been exercised for the. public good only,
and. since lie came into power, bas chiefly had for object the
rescuing so many of his -nu-fortunate countrymen from the
pike of tyranny. His anxious wishes have at length sueceed•
ed., and it may confidently he expected, that the extraordinary
meana of offence which have fallen into his hands, will, in
their employmen:, he confined to defensive measures, to the
redress of his late Rival's wrongs, end to place the whole
Country ander his cornmand, in an altitude to repel any at-
tempts to wrest from the inhabitants of Hayti their hard-
earned independence. No one knows better than President
Boyer the quarter from which danger may be expected, not-
withstanding the recent trent is in itself sufficient to-destroy
all hopes of future suli;ogatioo by any European power ; and
he siso knows that datiger does not threaten him in the shape
of an open hostile .force He is aware, that stratagem and
intrigue will he first employed, and that plans to divide and
weaken wile be the forerunners of schemes, never abandoned,
and oqw reviyed, though without the smallest prospect of
sitecess.—ln reviewing the affairs of Hayti, it appears
almost incredible that Christophe's real character should
have so long remained unknown, and that men of en-
lightened minds should have allowed themselves' to have
been misled by repoeits of persons purposely sent over to this
country to hla•con forth the patriotism, humanity, and ca-
pacious mind of this second Nero We have been itninced
to make this ten-lark, . from our having read in a Morning
Paper a (utter., purporting to he front Cape Henry, which,
after mentioning the tyrant's death. expatiates largely on his
snrtues, his ardent wish to establish schools within his do-
se o n s , his partiality to our language, &c.- Christophe was,.
perhatn,, of all ra,o the most cunning in his policy,-aod if he
affected to court the gaeal- will of this couotry, it was because
lee expected to find here a shield against his natural enemy.
31e possessed no partialit v to us,- as a nation, tic as indivi7.
dlais ; ;and so ulna was tins the case, that he invariably re-
fined to converse in English, though born British co-:
luny, acid speaking-our language fluently. When he granted
an interview to an Englishman, an interpreter-was always:"
iatroduceel. As a topic of mere intereit and utility, we shall
isJw proceed to make a few remarks on what we conceive is
likely to be the effect of the Haytian Revolution ; and we
think our readers will do us the justice to rtelmit, that we
bare invariably advocated the cause of Cw.stitutional Go-
vernments, independent of their other numerous merits, be-
panic they are less likely to disturb the peace and tranquillity
of their neighbours than the uncnntrolled sway of au amid-
sinus Chief, at the head of an armed population, devoted to
his cause., through fear, or impelled. on by Ober motives.
G;oistophe's admirers may, indeed, say, that be evinced no
disposition to interfere with the neighliouring.islands. This

we are equally ready to admit; but we ask, what would have I
been his conduct, if a similar 'Revolution _bad placed the two
'sections of the island under his contruul ? He was crafty
enough to see that the countenance, or. rather the forbear-
atice of this Government, was necessary to enable him to
carry his aggrandising projects into effect. If since his dis-
astrous attack on Port •au-Prince, in 1814, Ike had not reuew-
ed . ho4ilities, it .was because among other reasons be
at. that period discovered het could no longer depend on
tie fidelity of his troops. Could it, however, be ex-
pected, it the island had been reduced to his will and
power, that he 'srGalet have remained at peace with theneigh-
bouring islands, pstore 'population is chiefly black ? He was
at var'ance with all colours but his own ; and his restless and
avaricious temper made him anxious to increase his power
and add to his wealth. Fortunately, the powerful attitude of
his rival in front, and above all the contrast of laos and in-
stitutions, kept hint in check. Under the Goveintnent of
President Boyer, fixed' and defined laws .exist, as well as a
Constitution, which confers on him the executive part of the
_Government, but makes hint actountable for his acts. The
various other departments are filled by persons of colour, pos-•
sessiog the confidence of their fellow-countrymen; and those
who have had an opportunity olseeitic, their diplomatic ce,r-
respondence, &c. will readily confess they have shown no de-
ficiency of talent. It has indeed been urged, that the laws
regarding the white population, hear features of excessive
hardship and vexation; but, it must be remembered that
their code of laws:was hastily formed after the expulsion of
the French army from their territory in 1804. The mild ad-
f ministration of Petion formed a striking contrast with that of
Christophe, in many other respects. In troinstarice,, do we
recollect, during the war between Great Britain and the Unit-
ed States, did the former suffer any retaliation for insults
offered to his flag, even in cases when captures were made
under the guns of his batteries. As regards Chtistophe, the
• ease of the Hyperion frigate needs only to be mentioned.
• British blood was then shed, at Gonnaives, in the most wan-
ton wanner, and we never heard that any satisfaction was
ever given on this subject.

[New Times.]
' There are two points on which misrepresentation is more
than usually audacious, relative to the Loyal Addresses ; one,
that they are got up in holes and corners by a few contemp
tible who Are afraid, to avow their sentiments
openly the other that those who subscribe them insult their
neighboors by a claith of exclusive loyalty. Now to both these
eomplaints the simple insproion of the flaeliney Address af-
fords a sufficient answer; persons Who put forth their names and
addra,ses to the world certainly betray no fear of avowing their
sentiments: and if they prefer subscribing a Declaration'to
astending a riotous and disorderly meeting, who is to blame
but thwse who by argument and example have render-
ed almost all politic meetings riotous and disorderly ?
The Lilyerties of Englishmen have been so completely trod-
den down by factious mobs anti a 'sedttibets Press, that a
Gentleman can scarcely venture to utter a loyal sentiment at
an open Vestry INlCeting, without the probability of encoon-,
tering personal violence from the rabble, and the certainly of
encountering personal slander from the Press. In this war-
fare there is no equality; the mob has the physical power,
and the Press bas the coot roul'of popular opinion, a controul
unsparingly exercised by means of insolent abuse and wilful
falsehood. As to the other consideration, nautelyi the asser-
tion of exclusive loyalty on the part of the subscribers, how is
that 'made out ? They draw no line of exclusion but what the
Constitution has drawn : they propose no peculiar test of loy-
alty ; but they d. dare themselves ready " to counteract by all
lawful means the insidious attempts of the disaffected." Are
there no such attempts daily made ? Or, if they are made,
ought not every loyal man to resist them ? It is possible that
, some perfectly loyal and weli-disposed men may not see the
danger which is viewed with alarm by nineteen-twentieths of
the respectable part of the nation: but it is no impeachment
of such loyalty to say, that t hose who do ace the danger
should step forward to avert it. As to those who admit that
disloyal and seditious principles have made an alarming pro-
gress, but who view that progress with complacency, there
' can be no injustice in classing such men among the disaffect-
ed, and in avowing a loyalty exclusive of their sentiments. ,

•
[The Tinzes.]
The statement which we published yesterday on the an,
thority of titivate letters, viz. that the old King of Naples has
agreed to meet the members of the Holy Alliance, and to hear
their deinands upon him and his people, is confirmed by the
Paris Papers arrived at a late boor last night, which also as-
sert that the King's journey is undertaken with the consent of
the Neapolitan Parliament. This news seems to us to he
riot a little sus prishig. The only views, indeed, with which
an acquicacence so perilous could have beets yielded by
the representatives, of the Neapolitan nation, roust as it.
seems to us, be defeated by the necessary eittrseitusoices
of the Royal mission. The object of the Neapolitans
would probably be either, Ist, to conciliate the Allied
Sovereigns by a prompt compliance with their nnreasonable
SUIIIIIIMIS or, 2d, to convince these potentates, through
the medium of .the royal ambassador, that public justice as
well as their own interests would he better consolted by re-
specting than by overturoing the infant liberties of Naples.
—Now it is unfortitnotely too apparent that a much larger
nicasni e of complaisance will he required by Russia and
Austria from Naples arid her Monarch, than the mere grant
of an interview can satisfy. it the allied Sovereigns only
desired discussion, becailse they were unwillims to act
without information, they would nut have issued those.
violent and alarming notes, „by which Prince Metterniek
and a Russian Minister tong since proscribed as sobverlifiJ
of " social order," all the changes of Government througli-
out the South of Europe. It the allied Courts were sin-
cere in their wish to examine the question. face to face with
King Ferdinand. it is. (lode ineinstrous that they should
have already so peremptorily prejudged and pronounced
upon it. The Neaiailitan revolution has been coadenined,
both in its nature and its origin, by the Mioist'er4 of the
Holy Alliance. The new. Government is called a':sionarchy
only in name : and as for its origin, it has been ascribed to
the army, to the Carbonari, to a conspiracy against legiti-
mate rulers—to every thing but the true cause.. The real
authors of treedozn at Naples and elsewhtre have been the
abuses of au old despotic govetomeot. But are the Allied
Sovereigns prepared to argue that position ? Will they listen
to King Ferdinand, when he assures them that arbitiary power
is an cull which, in the present condition of maidand, must
unavoidably cure itself; and that oppression it) the :9th cen-
t ury; is as surely followed by resistance as winter by tio, spring?
No: it is not to be convinced by the King of Naples. that
the high personages at TroplOvu have reqoired his presence
among them. Why have they angrily turned off ins •Am-
basiSadors unheard.? `(-lad they cared ever su little what the
sentiments of King Ferdinand were, they might have dis-
covered them from his autograph letters and firm his accre-
dited Ministers. We sitspect the project, therefore, is to make
him imbibe their feelings, land not to hear him express his
own. But should it prove a more difficult task floor. one
cart rationally reckon upon, to perplessombinste, and gain
over the mind of a Monarch, Dever distingoished for pro-
forind reasoning, nor steady and resolute action—one who
is now 70 years of age, anti ,who has spent his lag life in
the habitual exercise of absolute power—another expedient
still remains to the military potentates; Proclamations may
be published in the old mao's nutty—his persiin tel the
mercy of his allies—and a pretext thus Wrought out for the
chastisement and subjugation of his " rebeltious7 subjects.
If, then, we are justified in supposing that tfemands will be
made upon the King of Naples, sod thrhugh him upon
the nation itself, entirely inconsistent with their rights and
liberties, are the'Neapolitans prepared to surrender at dis-
cretion ? If not, what does it profit them to abandon to u--
friendly foreigners tlw guardianship of their aged Mon-
arch, and to hazard all the evils of which his communication
with these strangers may be made the plausible instrument ?
Whatever King Ferdinand may do or suffer within the
Austrian territory, it does not, we regret to say, appear to
us that the prospect of a, war is rendered more distant,4but
the reverse, unhappily, by this ill-judged absence frout;bas
states. The Journat,des Debats, of Monday last; indeed af-
firms that. his Majesty embarked on board the Beitish
'nian-of-war Vengeur for Trieste, and that his suite were colt-
veyed by a French frigate; if so, we may consider that hits
personal safety is guaranteed by the honour of these trio Go-
vernmsitts. But against the abuse of his name and authority
what pledges can' be given ? In the meantime, at Naples the
preparations iire making for the worst ; on the part of the
Crowns Prince and the Ministry is full of activity and vigour.
Advises of the Bth announce that the Wholle Niat:olitao
was within a few days to be assembled- an the fr.eitiera,
Many regiments of horse and- foot, with an :alerosate train of
artillery, had put themselves in march for Foggia, where.
they were to wait for further orders. All the Generals ap-
poirded to commands were ready to start at a moment's warn-
ing, auth it was generally circulated and believed that a large
number of Spanish and other Foreign otilcerswould tender
their services to the cause of Naples. It was on the 13th; •
says a paragraph ,in 7he ConstitutioNel, that the King set sail
from Naples; the same paper adds, that the Prime Minister,
Campo Chian), had been impeached Cour account of Yester-
day mentioned two Ministers as undee imperichinent,) and
that he had been succeeded by the Mahe de Gallo. Other re-
ports speak of• an entire change of tuintstry,' the whOle ufi
the former Cabinet having been impeached. The King was

said to hare landed at Leghorn, and to have addressed tw o
Proclamations to his subjects before he departed from Naples•

[British Press]
There are few towns i❑ England now that have not sent
forth two Addresses to the Throne—both breathing a spirit
of loyalty to the person and dynasty of his Majesty;- but dd-.
tering widely in the opinions they severally express res-
pecting the conduct of the present Ministers. The friends and
the opponents of. the Ministers may therefore exhibit each
their catalogue, containing ti,e. names of Addresses favour-
able to their respective views of the political state of the
country, and, as the names ate read, who that is not aware
of the private history of the sevet al Addresses will be capa-
ble of netermining which of the two lists might to be regard-
ed as the correct index to public opinion ? They will both
contain the ❑ames of the very same towns, and bath will pro-
fess to give utterance to the sentiments of the inhabitants of
the varioas places in their collective capacity. The two lists
will form a hind of debtor and creditor account, in which
we shall find a prayer against the Ministers from any
given town balanced on the opposite side by a prayer o❑
their behalf front the very same place—the Lord Mayor
and the Aldermen of the City of London, sitting by them-
iselyes, contra the Lard Mayor and the body of the Al-
dermen mixed up with the'other Members of the Common
Council—the inhabitants of several wards of the City contra
the inhabitants of the very same wards solicited . in taverns,
and behind their counters—Bristol opposed to Bristol, Bir-
mingham to Birmingham, Manchester to Manchester, and
so on through the greater part of the cities and towns on the
map of England.

EDINBURGH, DEC. 25.

COURT OF SESSIONS-(ROYAL. BURGHS.)

A very interesting and important, case, respect-
ing the liability of. Magistrates to account for
misapplication of the revenues of Royal Burghs,
at the instance of the Burgesses, was decided in
the Second Division of the Court of Session on
the 14th instant.

Thirty-four burgesses an' guild-brethren of the Royal
Burgh of Inverury, averring that they composed the whole
body of the burgesses (except the Members of the Town Coun-
cil), brought an action against the present Magistrates and
their predecessors in office for some years past (during which
period the same ruling interest has invariably prevailed in
the managenient of the burgh), upon the narrative that the
affairs of the burgh bad been intentionally and deliberately
mismanaged. The pursuers stated, various specific in-
stalic'es of misapplication of the seventies of the burgh;
in pat ticular, that the , losses sustained' in a manufactur-
ing speculation, undertaken for the benefit of one indi-
vidual magistrate, had been placed in the debit of the funds'.
of the Royal Burgh; and that the expences of defending :a
criminal indictment, brought at the instance of his Majesty s
Advocate against the same Magistrate, (and tried before the
Criminal Circuit at Aberdeen), had likewise been defrayed
.out of the funds of the burgh. Various sums were farther
specifically stated as having been received by the Magistrates,
and not accounted for, and other sums were candescended on
with equal precision, as having been applied kor the private
purposes of the Magistrates as individuals, and not for the
uses, purposes, or ben :fit of the Royal Burgh. An offer to
prove one and all of these assertions was distinctly toads.
The case was originally argued before Lord Pitmilly, Or-
dinary, and the defences pleaded upon the part of the Ma-
gistrate's were (alter a general denial of the pursuer's asser-
tions) in the first place, that the Court had no jurisdiction to
entertain the action ; and, in the second place, that " tun-
gesses" had no such patrimonial interest as gave to them a
title to pursue. Lord Pltrnilly pronounced judgment, finding
that" burgesses, though they had a remote.interest in'the
funds and property of the Burgh, have no patrimonial right,
in these funds and property, so as to confer on them a title to
• call the Magistrates to account."
The burgesses applied, by petition, to the Second Division
of the Court, and maintained that the general jurisdiction of
the Court of Session was universal and supreme as a civil
Court, so declared by • statute, and so confirmed by usage ;
and that if there was any such jurisdiction in the Court of
Exchequer, as maintained by the defenders, the Court of
.Session had at least a cumulative jurisdiction, It was farther
argued, that in case of • Dumbarton, in 1781, the Court of
Exchequer had expressly decided that that Conrt, as consti-
tuted since the union of the kingdoMs, possessed no such jus
risdiction ; and, therefore, if the Court of Session should af-
firm the judgment of the Lord Ordinary, it was clear,that no
means of remedy or redress was open in this eau-titre, to bur-
itrsses rourplaining of the moat flagrant and speciii.Ciustances
of abuse and misapplication of the revenues intrusted to
the management of Magistrates for their behoof.
The Court " adhered to the interlocutor complained of, on
the ground assigned by thel.ord Ordinary,. and also in
speet that this Court has no jtificidietirm in such questions," aird
awarded expences against the Burgesses.
Counsel for the Burgesses, James Gordon, George Crans-
toun, and John Cunningham, Esqrs.—Agent, Mr. Patrick
Irvine, W.S. •
Counsel for the Magistrates, Thomas Thomson, Henry
Cocl,hurn, and James Ivory, .E.iqrs—Agents, Mess's. Inglis
and- Weir, W .5.

We understand that the &flatus Academiczts of
the University of• Edinburgh agreed lately on the
following dutiful and loy-41 Address to the KING,
which they appointed the Principal to transmit to
Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH, Secretary for the
Home Department, to be presented by him to
his MAJEsT :
We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjeets, the
Principal and. Professors of the,.University of Edinburgh, feel
it onr duty to approach the Throne, with profound respect,
and humbly to lay before your Majesty the expression of our
principles and sentiments in the present alarming aspect of
public affairs.
We hare seen with abhorrence and reprobation the malig-
nant assiduity with which- infidel and factious men have la-
boured, by circulating impious and disloyal publications, to
corrupt the piety, morals and patriotism of the people. We
lament that the influence of these publications, and of the
insidious art employed to recommend them to the ignorant
and unwary, has been so successful. It has engendered
in some districts of the empire u spirit of irreligion, discon-
tent, and sedition. It has occasionally issued in local acts
of tumult and treason, and it is with the utmost disgust and
sorrow that we have lately observed these evils extended and
aggravated by another cause. There have not been wanting
those, who,. casually possessing a temporary and adventi
tious power over the passions of the worthless among the
people, and who, restrained by no considera;ion of decorum
or duty, have directed, with baneful effect, doctrines the
most revolutionary, and calumnies the most atrocious, against
,all the highest dignities, authorities, and establishments of
the land.

lieliceit is, that with the religion of the Gospel'reviled
and derided, with the Thicine insulted and threatened, and
with all the Constituted bulwarks of justice, law, ally liberty,
traduced and uuderinined, the etnualonwealth is placed in
danger.
It appears to us, therefore, that the crisis is now arrived
when it behoves every friend of the constitutional monarchy
of Britain to stand forward, avowinc; his determination to
protect with all his energies its existence, and to defend from
violation that rich treasure of blessings which it has secured
for our country.
Under these impressions, we earnestly entreat permission
of your Majesty to present to your Majesty the unfeigned and
cordial assurance of lair devoted and stedfast attachment to
the established Constitution in Church and State—of our
respectful and affectionate regard for your Royal Person, and
for the Howse ofltrunswick—and of our unshaken trust, jus-
tified by our past experience, its the enlightened and paternal
administration of the Government confided to the care of your
Mnjesty ; and we solicit leave at . the same time to renew to
your Majesty the pledge which we haVe heretofore given, that
we u tl continue to employ, in our academical station, the
must strenuous and unrerbittcd exertions to fulfil all the duties
which we owe to.your Majesty, and to the youth of the nation
wha are intosted to our charge.
We'Ss ill labour to uphold among the youth the belief and
the practical etlicacv of that Divine religion, which, while it
is the most solid safeguard of the throne of Sovereigns, is-the
most certain. source of a kingdom's strength and happiness and
glory. • We will be earnest in our efforts to discourage the
spirit of civil insubordination, licentiousness, and faction, to
inculcate the practice of a pure morality, and to inspire and
strengthen that patriotism which leads to consecrate life and
fortune to the safety and honour of the State, when the State
in a perilous conjunctuhe requires the sacrifice.
In following out the accomplishment of These objects with
perseverance and zeal, we indulge the anitnating conviction,
that the more we shell thereby promote the hest interests of
your people, the tunic we shall gratify the _wish thatis dearest
to your Majesty's heart.—CEdiaburgh Courant, Dec. 2.5.)