The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-04 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

• An Account of the Amount paid or payable to the Bank of
Ireland, as a Commission or Charge, for the Management
of the Public• Debt, Within one year, ending 31st December,

1817: stating the respective Rates per Million, or otherwise,
charged for the Management of the several portions of such
Public Debt. •

An Account of tie Anionnt of Unclaimed Dividends, in,-
eluding Lottery Prizes, in the hands of the Bank of Ireland,
on the Ist and 15th days of every month in the year 1317;
distinguishing the U►lClaimed Dividends from Lottery Prizes,
and stating the Average Balances of both in said year, made
up from the said days.

Report from the Select Committee on the Contagion;
Fever in Ireland..

1. Copy of the Correspondence between the Master-Gene-
ral of the Ordnance anti Mr. '2lst July, 1817-18th
February, 1010. 2. Copy of the Correspondence between the
Board of Ordnance and Mr. ; .2sth October, 1817--=
6th February, ISIS. Also, :3. Copy of the Correspondence
between the Board of Admiralty and Mr. Mallison; 17th
July, 1817-I.lth January, ISIS.

The new Satirical Novel, called " BATn,"
which has inst male its appearance, seems likely

to create a great . sensation in the fashionable
world. The story is founded on the extraordinary
occurrence which took place some years since in
the families of the Mat (lois of A-- and Lady
Chaihnte ; the on ions particulrrs of
which are now, for the first time, developed,
and in the most ingenious manner. Like the for-
mer h,ork of the same Author (Thomas Brown,
the Eldei), it abounds in humour, knowledge of
the , world and pleasantry, and gives the most
amusing portraits of nearly a hundred persons.
distingukhed in the Political, Literary, or Fashiou.
able World.

~.P.,,".rmielpl

nuvATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE.

Continuation, of the Letttr from Paris, in THE Sti of Mon-
day last.

The modern sticklers for TUE LIBERTY OF TUE PRESS re-
fuse to acknowledge it as an integral part of the Constitu-
tion. They insist on its 17,..ing.an exclusive, and nut an in-
clusive privilege, by which those whu can read and write,

are, in virtue thereof, entitled to set a whole nation by the
firs with impunity, and to attack not only the laws and those
who achninistcr them, but Cie ConstittVion itself. Alas

poor human nature ! and is this thy boasted proress, since
the ages vv:hich thy vanity characterizes as dark ! Fourteen
centuries ago, those who could read and write were in like
manner enabled to commit crimes with impunity. Tht.y
claimed the benefit of the clergy, which arrested the sword
of jirstice in its fall. The Hierarchical power is gone by;
printing is invented, and all those- who can scribble demand
their ancient and un.!oubted privileges, under the sacred
banner of tl:e Liberty: of the Press. What a revolution ,in
Europe has been created by the invention of printing !
Het'etofore men levet: or hated each other according to their
religious creeds, but now the case is widely different; we
care little of what religion a man be, or w hettier indeed he
Lave any religion at all; we lack of him by his political
principles, and, thauks to printing, and the universality; of
education, the meanest Member of Society can now, with
impunity, attack the highest, even the Sovereign himself.
The wretch, whose conscious meanness prevents him from
hooking even the village curate in the face, and who, if ad-
dressed by a Magistrate, would be so disconcerted as to be
orly able to stammer out a few unintelligible expressions, re-
tirs to his garret, and repairs the wrong ire li,ts done his
self-love, in..writing a foul libel, in which very often grammar

and common sense are not to be found: he hastens with his

crudity to a printer, and soon the' unblushing calumny is
spread far and wide, A man unable to conduct his own af-
fairs pretends to be able to conduct the State, and talks fa-
hiiliarly of millions, which he could not even count were
they placed.befure him, while his wife is racking her brain
how to get a dinner for the children. He has, in fact, no
other vocation for writing than that of the fellow who lists
for a soldier, idle habits, and a detestation of honest labour,
stvbich prevent him from following any useful profession. At-
tack the calumnies of this man, and punish their author, he
cries out, the State is ruined ! the Liberty of the Press is at-
tacked ! and presently every bird of the same feather joins in
-the outcry. Let us look at the great sticklers fur this liberty
in France.—For example, there is my worthy friend M.
ETIUNNE, Ex-Agent of Police to the virtuous SAVARY, Duke
of Barton, and a stale poet, who, having no other functions,
writes
.on politics much in
.the same way that his barber
would do. There are Messrs. COMTE and DuNovta, but
they are under prosecution, and it is one of the first duties
of.fruinanity to respect misfortune, without inquiring into
its causes; therefore, I shall say nothing of their pretensions.
Then there -is the stout and courageous, half Dutch, half
French, Mr. SCHI:FFER, who, being unable to gain 501. per

annum as copying clerk to an author, turned politician. Fol-
lowing at his heels, comes ALEXANDER CREVEL, a broken
down tradesnian, who bas•at least one virtue, and in that• he
excel , must of the others. He says plainly to the Ministers,
-" I can; continue to write, or I can leave off; give me a good

place in Pails, end I will take my repose." The Government
tire willing to ,ceede to part of his terms by giving him a very
safe place, the Prison of La Force. I could cite 50 more of
those soi-disont Puliti lane, to the whole of *lion) may be
artly applied the lines of DHIMEN :
Who taught the Parrot human notes to try,
And with a voice endowed the chattering Pye ?
'Twas wiTt%kwant, fierce hunger to appease,
Want taught their masters, and their masters these.

Such, Sir, are the.grcat Reformers of the age in every coun-
try where the Liberty of the Press is established. Let ihniit,
however, be inferred from this that I am inimical to the Li-

berty of the Press—the vary reverse ; the 00Iy thing I objec

to is its licentiousness, .against which the peace of Europe
demands stronger guarantees tha❑ any that it possesses, for to
these men is owing that c'ontinual fermentatioß which is the
bane of social happiness. Let us look for a moment at Eng-

land and her political libellists; there can he but one senti-
ment respecting them, when even Sir FRANCIS Iluttortv has
virtue enough to disown them. Look at their lives ; no man
would search there for examples of private virtue, no Chris-
tian for the elements of religion. It is an observation,
confirmed by upwards of twenty years experience, that
the enemies of Government are nearly always persons of de-

pi-aced habits and lax morals. I linaw• thcrc are examples to
the contrary, but they are so raru that they are very easily-
coanted. In what, then, it may be asked, should the Liberty
of thke Press consist ? This may be difficult to define in Hie

course of a letter, but I will state a few points. It ought to
consist in a permission to promulgate opinions calculated to
increase the moral virtue of a State, in which its moral

strength consists; to correct the errors into which human na•

tore is ever liable to fall; not by the means of sowing dis.

content, but by displaying with wisdom and moderation the

means to be adopted that shall ensure the increase and the

stabilityrof public happiness. If an abuse exists, to repre•

sent it in the quarter where the remedy can be obtained, and
not on light grounds inconsiderately praise or condemn any
measures whatever. Turning to the case which bas excited

.these observations, Messieurs COMTE and DUNoYER have
pointed out to the public indignation a 'worthy MagiStrate,
simply because his principles are not in ',raison with their
own. They have not denounced him to the competent an-

thoritics who could hare corrected the abuse, if it really

existed. No, from the unworthy motive of putting a few
pwinds in their pockets, and of exciting scandal, they have

'denounced hint as a partial Magistrate to all France, and to

all Europe. They have taken every- means to spread the poi-
son far and wide. Thus, then, even supposing the accusa-
tion correct, these Gentlemen have assumed a prerogative
beyond that of the legal tribunals. They have condemned

him without proof, and have circulated their judgment as far

as their malice could extend ; whereas a tribunal, even after

conciction, claims only the right of its sentence in

the place where it is given. Ought, then, a private indivi-
dual to vossess a privilege which we would deny to a tribu-
nal ? lle condemns his victim without hearing his defence,

and imprints on his forehead the stamp of ignominy, without

any other proof, and on no-other authority, than an anons)-

muus letter. In what such writers are better than assas-

sins I cannot discover. The calumniated party appeals from
the s.rntence of the libellist to the laws of hiS eou:4try.. Now

ma:li the sophistical cunning of the libellists ; they say, prove

that we have falsely accused you, whereas the onus probandi

clearly rests %vitt) them, but they do not pause here; they
add, if you are wronged, cvrne and prosecute us at Paris,
wht re we I:ve, and where we wrote the if it be one.—

This day our venerable SOVEREIGN completes
the eightieth year of that life, which, from the
commencement of his reign, has been devoted to
the happiness of his subjects and the interest and
honour of the Empire. He has been a munificent
Patron of the Arts, and of every Institution cal-
culated to promote the improvement of mankind
and the embellishment of society. His private
character has been marked by piety, and a strict
regard to all moral and relative duties. Ile may
be justly atiled the FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE, for he
has always watched over their interests With pa-
ternal attention. Of his intellectual powers and
attainments, JOHNSON and BEATTIE have kiiiEn
the most satisfactory evidence, and the record of
his virtues, as a VISE and rATatoTic MONARCH,
will be found in the imperishable page of im-
partial ElisToEY.

We received last night the Palls Papers of Sun-
day last, and this Morning those of Monday. , The
Mcniteur of Sunday contains an official notice
from the Ministry of Finance, stating, that the
French 'Subscribers have not only absorbed, but
have in their offers much exceeded the amount of
the purchase of the 14,600,000 francs of Rentes,
taken credit for in the Budget of the year, and
regret is therefore expressed that foreign Sub-
scribers cannot be admitted. The price at which
the Rentes percents.)-are taken is fixed at 66f.
50c. The market price on Saturday was 69f. sc.
The immediate profit therefore was 2f. 55c.

The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at Paris on
Saturday evening, and attended a ball given by
the Spanish Ambassador.
The Allied Sovereigns are, it is stated, expected
at Aix-la-Chapelle about the end of the summer.
The Court of Cassation have rejected the Ap-
peal of the persons condemned for the assassina-
tion of M. FUALDBS.

The Court of Assizes of Caen have sentenced a
child of ten years of age to twenty years' impri-
sonment, for haying set fire to two farms.

Several persons Were killed at St. Jean (l'Angely
on the 25th ult. by the explosion of a powder-
will, and all the houses in the town were more or

css damaged.

The same paragraph respecting the reported
dangerous illness of the Princess of \VALeS, which
has appeared in several of the Foreign Journals,
and which we gave, a few 'days since, is published
in the Moniteur of Monday.
The Emperor and Empress of AUSTRIA arrived
at Spalatro on the 12th ult.

The Emperor of RUSSIA was on his way to

Bessarabia.

The authors 'of the disturbances in Underwald
are stated, in a Zurich article, to have a great
nurnber of partisans in that Canton.
The rf iIICCSS ADELAIDE of ,Meiningen, the

destined Consort of the Duke of CLART:NCE, is, it
is said, to set out in the course of the present
month for England, accompanied by the Duchess

her mother.
The DuChess (PANGOULEME had left Paris for
Vichy, where she was expected :to`-arrive. yeStei-
day.

The Grand Duke MICHAEL of Russia was, en
the 28th nit. at the Chateau of Soesdyck, in the
Nethe'lands, with the Prince and Princess of

Orange.

The accounts from Petersburgh speak of a num
her of tremendous storms which have done Brea
damage in Russia, and of a frequent alternation o
heat, 'and frost, and snow, very unsual in that
Empire.

The towns and rural Communes in Bavaria,
have, by a Royal Ordonnance, been restored in a
great measure to their ancient rights, they being
again allowed to chose their.own Burgomasters
and other Magistrates, and to manage their owrn•
Police. This decree is said to be the precursor
of the new Constitution for Bavaria, which was
to be published on the 28th ult.
A person at Paris having advertised an experi-
ment with a gigantic balloon to take place on Sa-
turday last, at the Jardin. de Luxemburg, a great
crowd of people assembled, but after waiting till
five o'clock i❑ the afternoon, it was found that
the balloon was only a tenth part filled, and that
to inflate it sufficiently would require till next
Sunday. The people, -not being disposed!to wait
eight days without any dinner, began to stew
symptoms of violence ; and the Police, to
prevent disturbance, arrested the aeronaut,
a Sieur MANIcLER, and abandoned the balloon
to the mercy of the disappointed payers of
admission money, who soon demolished it.—
The money was taken possession of by the
Police, and appropriated to the benefit of the
distressed performers of the late Theatre de l'Odeon,
to whose advantage it was, according to the ori-

ginal advcrtisment, to be applied.
The pike of bread, at Paris, was on Saturday
fixed at 70 cents. (7d.) for the loaf of 41b. of the
first quality, and 50 cents. (5A.) for a similar loaf
of the second quality.

DEFERRED STOCK.

Saturday

SI E. G 5 c.

The• last accounts from Calcutta confirm those
previously received, ..and give a deplorable re-
presentation of the mortality occasioned by
,
sicaness among the Natives, the deaths amount-
ing, according to some reports, to the number of
70,000. This may be an exaggerated statement,
but the loss was certainly considerable. Very
few Europeans suffered by this disorder, which
was deemed Cholera Morbus. From the same
quarter we learn, that the Free-traders have been
very touch disappointed, as British goods are
said to be as cheap in India as in this Country,
insomuch that it was very difficult for any Cap-
tain, witb the best interest, to obtain a re-
turn cargo. Ale and Beer, which used to' be in
great request, were so,little desired, or rather were
so touch on hand,lberemlready, that three ships
laden with, them had their casks emptied into the
Rivers, in order to sell their staves, which were
worth more than all their previous contents.

Extract from the New York. Gazette of 25th April.
" Arrived the schooner Evening Post, TILGOU,
50 days from Prince's Island. A Spanish Guinea-
man had been on the coast, and plundered the
London ship Diana, LAWSON, and was afterwards
taken by the British sloop of war Cherub, at
Prince's Island."

The East India Company's ship Atlas arrived
off the Start the Ist instant ; she sailed from
China the 27th January, and from St. Helena the
sth April.
The Atlas left the General Xyd in China, and
spoke the Canning and Cotais, outward bound, off
the Southend of Madagascar on the 10th March,
all well.

The Carnalic arrived off the Owers yesterday ;
she left Saugor the lith January, the Cape the
13th March, and St. Helena the 4th April.

The private ship Sir Stephen Lushington is
arrived off NVeymouth, from Bengal, whence she
is reported to have sailed the 2d January, from
Madras the 11th January, and from the Cape the
21st March.

WESTMINSTER MEETING.—•This day a Meeting
of some of the Electors of Westminster took place
at Twelve o'clock, at the Crown and Anchor Ta-
vern, Strand, in consequence of Lord COCHRANE
having signified his intention of retiring, for the
purpose of, receiving his Lordship's Declara-
tion ; and also to consider of two fit mid pro-
per persons to represent their City. At one
o'clock Mr. STURCH took the Chair.—Lord
CocuRANE was beginning to address the
Meeting when our account came away. Hu NT
was present, attended by the elder WATSON,
PRESTON, young DUGDALE, and others.

NIEMENTOS FOR ELECTORS,
BEFORE THEY ENGAGE THEIR VOT'ES:

• REMEMBER,. l,l,1
flaw
That you belong to a Cpuritty til!e11-7'
'
modern times, for Wealtli- l 'oweil.Prosß.eri,
,
\ ',

Glory.

MEMBER, f
That, being one of its Natural Guar(lo9'

are bound, as far as you arc able, to transmit

in the same state to posterity.

IiBMEMBER,
state That it has been raised to this high s'a'
101
hc
the Constitution ‘Thich it now has, and c

was settled at the glorious Revolution in 9166

REMEMBER, ,ft
,
That in this short period, it has twice delve
be
...
Europe from oppression; has at all aril's e
the refuge, and very lately the oily refuge' °0
oppressed. ' .

REMEMBER, • sreli;
That this Constitutiott is a limited gqn-_,b

found by the experience of the world 'lO

Freest of all Constitutions.

e 110°
That this Constitution - vests the P 5
c lc°
i'owers of Government in the King, With 6.1

REMEMBER,

checks to prevent the abuse of those pore

REMEMBER, ,01
That whatever alterations, under preffOC
9
tale
OS° j
Reform, or otherwise, tend to throw
live Power, or the controul of it, i.nt°

hands, threaten to destroy the Constituti°°'

REMEMBER., 1#
1 11
That to destroy the Constitution, svbica'
to
:
Providence, has made us what we are, is
stroy ourselves.

REMEMBER, tll.f
That those men who boast the loudest °

honesty are not often the most honest•

REMEMBER, lastly, apex,
That liberal Education, respectable
„,
ons, independent circumstances, and cle

racter, are pledges of honesty which coot%to al

'ail, and are better than all professions•

SHIP NEWS.

WEYMOUTH, JUNE I.—Yesterday egse4uoild
this port the Vansittart East Indianian :1- IV
from China 4th January, in company Iwit„jel°s
Hon. Company's ship Herefords.hire; 211"/911$
St. Helena 24th March ; sailed from 040°4(0
March. The Hon. Company's ships 131:idge'ciille'
Lowther Castle, Carnatic, and Thomas Gre
were to sail from St. Helena about 4 day s °
Passengers per Vansittart—Lieut.-Colonel Chelpc,'
Majesty's 47th Regiment; Geo. C. Campbell, no
Mr. STEwaar, the Purser, proceeded 11.'000'
Crown Hold with Dispatches :—Froto s('
for the Hon. Court of Directors r"if°111f1311
Helena, for the Earl Of BATHURST, one 0/i'4°
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State•
f
particular news. _ oftl

DEAL, JUNE 3.—Arrived last eveninge'bitiO
post, the Bridgewater, HuGHes, fro'
Lowther Castle, MORTLOCK, from dittol;te
Eoc
cess Charlotte of Wales, from ditto;
Luxe, from Batavia :—the whole have
the River this morning, except the Sliejoll'
which ship is bound to Holland. Tileorple
Company's ship Princess Charlotte °I h.joe
Captain GRIBBLE, is in deep mourniog';:ficesi
tribute of respect to the memory of the
CHARLOTTE, after whom this ship Was life,
Sailed the Royal Sovereign yacht for Olt'''. 0441
Five o'clock.—Arrived the Hon. C°glP •
ship Vansittart, DALRYMPLE, from COO'°ll 01
FALMOUTH, JUNE I.—Arrived the .14
1!
CUMMINGS, from Charleston. tiniestY
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Arrived "4.'""" (10
ships
,Ramilics and Northumberland, 11.07 Oit
Eastward.r—Passed up Channel, the'Outc.)6.
African, MANNING, from the Coast of ffic
Amsterdam,

THE PRINCE REGENT'S G
'Die PRINCE REGENT hod a GRArNaDnd Ass-„ffirbott"ig
Carlton-house on Tuesday night, in b°°,,°;ol/0,,
,truyriage of the Duke and Duchess of
e exterior of the building was illuminati" i'ortii/;
the interior was decorated with sPlendi(b.
tore, and refreshed with fragrant plAnts,--arorrl:i
expressly from Kew. The company begat'set (KO:
a quarter before 10, and continued t°,
6.11 near ;2. Notwithstanding the rap"' st(ll7
slot) of carriages, only one accident occurrelird
that to the Marchioness Cornwallis, wh° feicleCt
the steps of her carriage, owing to all 11111e—brafie
motion of her horses. She was severe'/F
on her side,, and was taken tip in a state on: lea?,
sibility by the Marquis and others.
attendants used all.possible means for her
.09

TIIC PRINCE REGENT rode out in a
erday for three hours.