The Sun. — London, England, 1807-02-19 00:00:00

)r I iU rig 1)- anttnulty that was not attackea, before the great volution which rendered these changes odious to all !he world. If you were to look generally at the fitness of things, he would undertake, with. half the ingenuity of the Honourable and Learned Gen tleman, to prove to the conviaion of speculative Men and many others, that there was nothing that had been hitherto held - venerable in our law that did not xequire reformation. He would prove, that the right of primogeniture ought to be abolished, and that it was improper to leave almost the whole to lay drones of elder brothers, and leave the rest to make their way in the world as they could. If you beg,an with these notions, there would be no end to them. He had, therefore, his doubts as to the propriety of passing this law, and these doubts were not removed. He would not, how ever, oppose the second reading, because he wished to observe whatatnendrnents might be made in it, but he rather thou :4m that he must be under the ne cessity of opposing its ultimate success. The soaczroß GENERAL, in explanation,' denied his having said that it was his intention to proceed further. He had merely stated, that it might possibly appear proper to Parliament to make other alterations in the course of time. He had no personal objed whatever in this measure. His sole motive- for bringing it for Ward was a convi6tion of the benefits which the public Would derive from io The ATTORNEY-r;ENERAL supported the Bill ou the grcunds of u; , ice and moral ty ; and his only wonder was, that a measure of this nature had not been brought forward sooner. The obje& was to c9napel the heir to do that justice which his an cestOr might be prevented from by various causes. Our veneration for the institutions of our ancestors must be limited by a regal& to justice. He denied that the evil which this Bill went to remedy was Merely a specific and partial one. The tendency of our law was to facilitate the alienation of landed property, and to get rid of .feudal ties, and that was certainly not a partial remedy which went to ren der the real estates of persons dying in debt, and perhaps wishing to discharge them, liable for these debts. It would be a great satisfaaion to many persons„ who, - without any fraudulent intentions, found themselves, at the moment of dissolution, un- able to make arrangements for paying their debts as 'the law now stood. It would be a great satis fadion to them to have the convi&ion that their .debts would be paid from their real estates. He denied that a Bill of this kind ought with any pe culiar propriety to originate in the other House.— The great Law Magistrates would have the-measure before them in due time if it passed this House..He, thought the HOuse and the Country . were under great obligations to his Hon. and Learned Friend for his Bill. He was glad that the subjed had been- brought forward and' laid open to public dis cussion. A Gentleman, whose name we could not learn, generally expressed his disapprobation of the mea -5117C. ..11r. PE/3C/ VAL was upon the whole rather disposed to favour the Bill, for the obje& of his Hon. - rand Learned Friend was one which ought certainly to be promoted, if that could be done without injury to the proprieiors of land, and he was glad that . there seemed a disposition on all sides to canvass L.' • ~,!,:hitw more :ilattireiv. The very reason that remiered it proper to pause upon it was that which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman ,(the Attorney e oral) over the way had urged in its favour.—He L,H expressed his surprise that such a measure had • tot been proposed before. This might be owing to some difficulties attending it which were not at prt sent observed, and therefore it was proper to prc ceed with Caution. The cases of copyhold estates and of estates' sold subsequent to debts contracted, mentioned by his Right Hon. Friend near him (Mr. Canning), would be very Material difficulties. How ever the Bill had so much merit, with regard to = persons dying and leaving their debts unsettled through inadvertence, and not from any dishonest intention, that it had hi 3 most hearty approbation at "present. Air. MORRIS, observed, that the case of subse quent settlements mentioned by the Right Hon. • Gentleman (Mr. Canning) over the way, had been already provided for by the Statute of Elizabeth. The case of primogeniture was not at all like thepresent. No remarkable grievance arose from that. He was' glad to find that the Right Hon. and Learned Gen tleman below (the Master of the R 016) had not given this measure a decided and deliberate oppo sition. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow se'nnight. • • • would arise fro M some delay m coutraaing tor , Ane Loan. A conversation then took place as to the prb priety of postponing the further consideration of the -Report. Lord Howtcx Was for proceeding with it, be;- cause an important business stood for -to-morrow (the Poor Laws), which his Honourable Friend' (Mr. Whitbread) would he extremely unwilliur to postpone as he ,had put it oti three times al ready. Mr. ROSE, Mr. MONTAGUE, and Mr. BANXES; requested the delay for one day. Lord H. PETTY at length left it to the discretion of the Gentlemen on the other side, whether the Report should be discussed now or to-morrow (this day), and the consideration of the Report was ac cordingly postponed. The other Orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. MAILS. AitaivaD—l Dublin, 3 Waterford. DUE-3 (.;:ittenburgh, I Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols . - ..... • - . 6z THE SUN. SOLEM QUIZ DICERE FAZCUM AUDEXT? FINANCE. Mr. HOBHOUSE brought pp the Report of the Committee of Finance. On the Motion for taking it into consjderation, Mr. STURGES BOURNE complained, that in making such a considerable alteratiOn in the system of Finance, the House -.vas called upon to decide upon it within a few days after it had been pro posed, without having the proper documents, or the ,proper estimates of the war taxes. There was in deed an estimate of the war and permanent taxes— hut there the produce of the war-taxes was-only.. taken at fourteen millions instead of twenty-one millions. He conceded to the propriety of imposing no new taxes for three years, but disapproved of the extent to, which the N o bl e L o rd' s Pl an was car ried, which brought us at last to an increasing Debt and a diminishing Sinking Fund. He disapproved of the alterations made with resped to the Sinking Fund, and of the plan of pledging the war taxes, many of which it would be desirable to repeal in time of Peace. The Tea and Spirit Tax might be continued, care being taken to prevent smuggling but the Ship Tax ought to be repealed ; and the Malt Tax ought certainly to be modified, even if the. Property 'fax should be continued in it& stead. He really hoped the Noble Lord would not persist in carrying forward this'measure to-night, considering the lateness of the hour. Many persons in the House did not yet ,understand th e Pl an ; and as a proof, he mentioned, that an Hon. Gentleman, at, the clOse of the discussion the other night, had pro; ceeded to calculations which had astonished both sides of the House. He disclaimed all desire of un necessary delay, or any party motives for discussing this question : but- a measure of this magnitude ought not to be pressed forward without sufficient time . being allowed to examine it, especially as there was ro necessity for haste. , 'His Lordship had not. to raise any new taxes, and no inconvenience LOII.UOIO, THURSDAY, FLBRUARY 'l9, 1807. SIR HOME POPHAM arrived in town yesterday morning, and, attended at the Admiralty about three o'clock. Upon his retiring from the Secretary's Awn], the Marshal of the Admiralty took him into custody, and lie now remains upon his parole of honour, to appear when called for, to answer the Charges ex hibited against him. Sir H. PoraAM having been superseded, and daily expected in England; directions had been sent to all the Sea-ports to order him under arrest the moment he arrived. -One of the Transports, with the,Pheasani Sloop; which sailed with Capt. DONNELLY, in the Ardent, had arrived at -Maldonado before Sir H. POPHAM left that place, on the 21st December last. The Troops were all well, and it -was expeeied that the whole of the Convoy must have joined in a "reek or ten days. There were at Maldonado 2000 Troops, of which 400 were well mounted. It was intended to attack Monte Video .the mo- Merit Capt. DONNELLY arrived, and great hopes were entertained of the success of the Expedition. No intelligence whatever reached .Town this morning from the Continent. It • seems obvious, from the 54th Bulletin, that hostilities have re-com menced in Poland, and that the Russians will not suffer BONAPARTE to place his Army in winter quarters: we may therefore soon expect to receive some interesting news. Wz fear that the reports in the French Papers, respecting the declaration of war by the Porte against Russia, have some foundation in fad. It is stated in our Letter from Plymouth, that Admiral Lord COLLINGWOOD has detached the Royal George, Vice Admiral DUCKWORTH ; the Pompde, Rear Admiral • Sir S. SMITH and the Thindsor Castle, Captain •, lloyLE, to reinforce the Squadron under the com mand of Real - Admiral Sir T. Louis, at present cruizing off the Dardanelles, in consequence of the - Noble Lord haviug received intelligence of the Porte having declared war against Russia. The presence of such a force near Constantinople, will, we trust, have,the desired effect, and induce the Turkish Go vernment.to adopt a decided line of condu&. His MAJESTY came to town yesterday, about twelve o'clock, from Windsor, and held a private Levee at the Queen's House soon after two o'clock,, at which wire presented— Ler2. Scafbrth, upon his return to England from the Co vernorslyp of liarbattoes. 'Llie.Rev. Dr. Hall, by Mr. Secretary Windham. upon his being appointed to the King's Professorship of Divinity at the University of Oxford. _ Captain Aim . , by Lord Ileathfield, upon his promotion in the Firbt .Regimunr. of Litt' Guards. The CHAN6ELLOR, Lords GRENVILLE, HOWICK, and Sinmourn, had audiences of the KING ;' after which His MAJESTY held a Privy Council. At five o'clock HIS MAJESTY. set off for Windsor.. • By the Lisbon Mail we received the Madrid Ga zettes to the 30th ult. inclusive. His Catholic Ma jesty continues to heap fresh honours on the PRINCE of PEACE. By a Royal Decree of the 18th olJa nuary; he is appointed Dean or President of the Council of State. The principal motive to • this no mination is stated to be, that the PRINCE may have a precedency, corresponding to his new dignity of Admiral General, over every description of persons below that of Infants of Spain. On the 19th, 'the PRINCE, by way of gratitude,' no doubt, to the real" author of his new dignities, the Corsican Usurper, addressed a circular letter to the Governors of Pro vinces, enjoining the Etridest vigilance in the exa mination of the passports of Frenchmen arriving in' their jtarisdi&ions with the view of avoiding the con scription. In future no Frenchman, between 19 and 25 years of age, will be allowed to enter Spain ; and persons of that class already resident there, are to be secured, and placed at the disposal of the French Consuls in the reipetlive distritts. INDIA Housu.,--Yesterday a Court t)f Direaors was held, when the undermentioned Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing ,for their respeaive destinations, viz. Charlton, Capt. George Wood, for Isombay direl ; Sur rey,•_Capt. john A. Cuinberlege, tOr Madras and Bengal ; Ce3lon, Capt. T. liudson, for ditto; Walpole, Capt. 1.• Sandilands, for ditto; Lord I iawke.ibury, Capt. S. Smith, and the Airly Castle, W. Burger, tot St. liekna and Bengal, TAL 1 ti VLYMOUTI . I, PE/3. 17.—Privhti; Letters have been . te'ceiv . ed. here' from Lord COL/A sGwoop's Fleet, stating, that the Parapet', of $0 guns, Sir SIDNbY SM,IIII, with Admiral Sir J. T. DucKv. - o;:l•tt, in the Royal George, of i to guns, and Vindor Castle, of JS guns, Capt. BoYLE, had ititiled for. the Darda. ttellts to • join the Squadron ttuaer Rear-Admiral LotitS. This movement IS .said to have been ocea,- sioned by a Misunderstanding between Russia and the POrte. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Princest Royal; of g 8 guns, Capt. REYNOLDS, for Portsmouth or Chatham, where it is said she will be paid off and laid lip. Sailed the American Ship Golden Age, NYE, for; Copenhagen ; the American Ship Renrietta, NI-, cnom.s; for Tdmiingen ; and His Majesty's Ship Indefatigable, of 44 guns, for Portsmouth. Arrived the d T rovestein Danish Ship, JACOBSON, Master, from Alicint, detained and sent into this Port by the John Bull Privateer. Arrived the Testimony's Rezvard,CauTnANs, from Sunderland, laden with coals ; in going into I-la nioaze she struck on the eastern rocks of St. Ni tholas's Island, but was got off on the tide flowing, without much darriage. FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Arrived ,His Majesty's Ship Brisk, 18 guns, Capt. CoODE, from Plymouth, to take Convoy for Cork ; the Alpha and Entre prenante Cutter from a Cruise; the Maria and Elizabeth Tenders from Plymouth for Belfast; the Swedish Brig Orpheus, HARBETT, from Plymouth, to wait Convoy for Lisbon; the Aurora JONES, from London for Milford; the' George and Ann, LORE RING, from London for Whitehaven ; Portuguese Brig Paramitta, JOAQUIN; Arbora, from Plymouth for Lisbon ; the Efe, STEEL, from Plymouth for Swansea, and Sisters, DAvls, from Wales ; also an American Ship captured the 30th ult. by a Spanish Privateer, off Rochefort, and re-captured the 10th inst. by His Majesty's Lugger Nile, Lieut. NICHOL SON ; the Vessels advised as .having sailed yester- day, put back again this day. The wind has blown for the whole of the day from the Southward and Westward, and this evening it has shifted and blown fresh from the Northward. The outward-bound Vessels are expeaed to sail in the morning. DEAL, FEB. 18.—Early this morning a most tre mendous gale of wind suddenly arose from the lorthward, which did considerable damage to the shipping in the Downs ; (be East Indiamen, and about fifty Sail of out ward,hound Vessels, &c. slipt. their cables, and to the Westward ; nine Ves sels remain is the Downs dismasted ; a Brig ran on shore near I , l:,,i:sdown, and went to pieces—all hands perished. Ttle following Vessels are on ,shore be tween Deal Beach and the -South Foreland, viz. th e Griffin, DUNCAN, Magnet, JOhNsoN, Iris, Baddingtons, SEAL, and St. Vincent, JoulvsoN, for the West Indies; Alexander, Foas- TER, for Virginia ; Affrow Catharina, from Lon don, for Charante ; Betsey, of Falmouth, a Trans port ; the George, BENNETT, Christiana, Provi dence, Stolle, and several other Vessels, names unknown. Cowns, Fes. ts.—Sailed the Danish Brig Specu lation, JANSEN', for Norway. The Portuguese Brig La Jeira, GARRITZ, lying in our Road, parted from her cables last night, in an extremely hard gale.. of wind from the northward, and is ashore, very much damaged. An• Embarkation of nearly 1000 men has just taken place here, and the Transports are sailed to Spithead to join Convoy fer the Mediterranean. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Arrived Majesty's Ship Crocodile from Guernsey. THE ORATOuto.—The grand and impressive com position of Thejlessiali Was .the attraction last night at Covent Garden. Theatre. To this great work of HANnEL, . sublime in itself, the additiOnal ac companyments of the famous MOZART were intro-• duced, and they are • so- well contrived as to assist the main effeta. The Theatre was well attended, a circumstance naturally to be expeded, as the Ora torios are brought forward in so able a manner. • ANCIENT MurslC.-;•-,The third performance for the season, at the Hanover-square ilooms, last night, was under the direelion 'Of the Earl of DARNLEY. The venerable stores of HANDEL furnished the chief part of the Sele6lion. The Overture to Ariadne led on the first Acct. litnong the most admired vocal exertions of the night was an Italian quintetto,which Was well supported by litatrasoN, BARTLEMAN, W. KNYVETT, Goss, and Mr. VAUGHA N. " Let. me wander not unseen" • was given with interesting expression by Mrs. MOUNTAIN. 1 - -kititiSoN olis tinguished himself in DR YDEN's celebrated Ode on .St, Cecilia. CARTER's beantiful Air of " Oh, Nan ny, wilt thou gang with ?" which is admirably harmonized by HARRLSON, went off very well. How far the introduction of such Pieces consist with a Concert of Ancient Music may be doubted. The. room had a large assemblage of the fashionable world. It is said that Madame CATALANI'S. engagement at the Opera-House was only' with the late Mr. I GooLD, and that his death releitsed her from an ob ligation to sing. only at that Theatre. She has, Ihereforc,,according to report, engaged herself atl figteen Concerts, at the race of two hundrerd guineas each ; a circumstance which mu,t, of course, be in jurious to the Opera-House, as the novelty will the Sooner Wr.:l7* 2, D M) ; 111t4r., 1" , . Yesterday the Sessleits„Commenced before Mr, Justice HEATH, Mr. Justice LE 11 NC, IlarOAl SUT TON, the LORD M4yo4, and principal City Gdicers. Timothy Quin and Patrick Higgi ns were capitally itidkied for a burglary iii .the housq of iLlicha,-1 M‘Gee, and stealing therein 271. 2s. 6d:, in money. and divers articles of, wearing aPpayel, the, property Of the said M'Gee. The. case was clearly tuaiia out, and the Jury found theen both Guilty--..beal/4. 'William Harding was capitally indiaed for burg lariously breaking into the house of Edward Eair, who keeps . the Red Lion, in Holywell4ane, on tht.3 23d of January, with intent to steal. Verdia—Not Ja - mes Wright was capitally indiEted for stealing ttvo silver watches; a gold seal ; and a medal, value 61. the property of William Eustace. The Prosecu tor keeps a public-house, and the Prisoner lodged with him.. The fad of stealing was-clear; but as, it was possible that the watches might have been stolen at different times, they acquitted him of the capital part of the charge, and found hire guilty stealing to the value of 3gs. If a vaeslncy shotild be declared for Maidstone,' it is probable that Sir WALTER STIRLING will offer himself and the known respectability of the worthy Baronet'S chara&er gives him the fidrest pretensions. We are sorry to hear that Mr. SHERIVAN is so much indisposed as to require medical attendance. Dr. JAcKsotsr, an English Physician, distinguishe.l by his talents and humanity, who was detained by BONAPARTE among our countrymen at Verdun, !att.. ly died at that place, to "the great regret of all wli. ) knew him. `lntelligence was received yesterday. niorning . , •at the India House, of three outward-bound•lndimnen being driven on shore, near Graveseml, by the gale of Tuesday night. • Capt. IfRENTON is appointed to the Spartan ; and Capt. Wizon to the Superb, bearing the broad pendant of Commodofe KEA TS. The success of 1110fher -Goose has pcstponed the appearance'of MonToWs Comedy, and . otho• dra marc pieces, that were 'in preparation ,at , Covent- Ga:d Ai Theatre. An article of intelligence which appeared in this Paper a few days . ago 'has led some persons to sup pose,-that the Measure pf abolishing.the Slave Trade, which the President of . the United States, in his Speech at the opening of the Session-, so strongly urged the Congress to adopt; had met with some op position in ixtssina through the LegislatiVe Body.— Nothing can be further from truth than this sup position, The Bill for effe&ing the Abolition of this Traffic passed the Senate without a division, or even debate. In the House of 'Representatives the principle of the Bill has been equally unre sisted, and the only difference olopinion which had arisen - upon it when the last accounts left America", respelled the Clause which provided for the disposal of the Slaves who might be seized and forfeited under the Ad. It was at last determined that they should- be free, and should be suitably. provided for by the United States; Nothing can more satisfae torily prove the laudable anxiety of the American Government to free themselves from: the guilt of -the Slave Trade than this, that although the At of Confederation puts it out of the power of Congress to prevent the importation of Slaves into America before the Ist °Um. I 808, yet that Congress arc now legislating prospectively (by an Ad which makes it felony to import a Slave after that day) for the express purpose of preventing any Slave -% oyage from being begun which shall not terminate befure the end of the present year. As a proof of the g enera l opinion entertained o f thi s trade in America, it may be proper to mention, that although the General Congress had no-power to make laws on this sub jed which should take elfed before the Ist of Ja nuary 1808, yet that every State in the .Union, with one exception, .had abolished it more than ten years ago. South Girolina furnidies this solitary excep tion ; and, even in this State, attempts have been an nually Made for some years past to abolish this trade, which have failed generally by a single vote. The at tempt was renewed in the Legislature of that State in December last, and failed again only by a single vote. But the question, on this occasion, related simply to the continuance or discontinuance of the trade for the present year, for when that year shall have termi nated, the Ad of the General Congress will super sede all Provincial Legislation on the subject. * See the American Newspapers filed At the Neiv - York. and Carolina Lot-Ex-houses. A CAUTION.—Two Gentlemen who rode over the heath leading from Shrubs-hill to Sunning-hill, on Sunday the 15th inst. with two - Pointers, one, if not both of which, were fallen upon and bitten by a Dog on that spot, are desired to take notice, that that Dog,. on that very night, proved to be mad, and has bitten several other Dogs : the Gentlemen not being known to the person, who saw their dog bitten, this, method is adopted in hopes that they may see this caution and profit by it. 'During the high wind on Tuesday night, a great part of Richmond Garden Wall was blown down. Several trees in S. James's Park werehkewise blown down. As Mrs. SHAW, the wife of Mr. Straw, the Mes senger, was coming out of Drury Lane Theatre on Tuesday night, she fell, and unfortunately broke her leg. B . 0.;;), the itinerant solicitor of Subscriptions lot a History of Botany Bay, haS been taken into cus tody at Hadleigh 3 and, it is nor unlikely that the. subject he has chosen may prOve ominous, by his being sent to that Settlement, in order to give a bet ter account thereof than he has done. in the paltry one which lie has so long fraudulently, imposed oil the A - . true Bill was yesterday found, at Hicks's HAD, against John Holloway, alias Oliver, and Owen Hag gerty, for the murder of Mr. STEEL. esterday, in the Court of Exchequer, the Pr « prietor of a newly established Brewery, in the Bo rough, was pro , ecuted fir having in 'his possession a large quantity of drugs to mix with the beer. The ingredients were seized by an Excise Officer, and the faits of the case being clearly established, the Jury found averdiet for the King, subje6ting the Defend ant to the penalties of the At of Parliament, on seven counts of the declaration,. amounting in th e tchele to a very large sum. The Druggist was itn plicatod in the penaltiqs vr'ho sold the drugs fur Zit _ L ...