The Sun. — London, England, 1807-04-24 00:00:00

r .~ Id w MAILS. 41 trilvxo--1 Gottenburgh. Dee—c Lisbon, a Dublin, 4 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS Tuts DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. MSOIS 62H I Orn:)iurn - - - 4 pr, THE S UN. 110,LZM QUIS DICLRI FALSVM AUDZAT .LONDON, FRIDAY . , APRIL 24, 1807 sere: they :u:onld'pAaie nmh'cott sttlt own reflection; Input • the enecessary consequences • to the manufaaeres oft:the. coeutry. What was the case of the complainentseie stance ? For a series of succes , ive years h:sd; they been mendicant suppliants at the. Bar of thateHouse, offering Petition after Petition, praying relief; bar in vain. The moment, however, they found.. their Petition entertained, and felt any grodod cif leefe that their grievances would be fairly ,censidere all combination ceased, and their reliance for redress was entirely founded upon the justice and libereli ty of Parliament. What was their complaiot ? Why, that after having served seven years to a business confessedly inierious to their health, and which rendered them unfit for any other occupation, they were to be turned loose upon the world, sup planted in their employments by whole legionS of apprentices, at twelve or fourteen year of age, for the wages of four shillings and sixpence or eight shillings per week, instead of one pound five_ shil lings, the usual average of the Journeymen, by Whose previous skill aod ingenuity the opera , tions 'of the manufat? . .lare were so simplified that children could do the work zs ,tell as journeymen. And what was the alternative proposed to those un fortunate men ? To be satisfied with average wages, of 9s. per week, usually pail to common daily 'la bourers throughout their distrifits, or left to become soldiers or sailors, occupations fOr Which. their state of bpdy, after'devoting seven- years to an unwhole sCme business, rendered them totally unfit ! Would the House consent to a proposition so monstrous, • as that thoseyourig men, after hAine devoted seven years todeirn a - trede, to the ruin of b their health;' by which their industry had so eminently contributed to the wealth of. their Masters and their Country, were to be deprived of all employment, and be turned loose-upon society, as'burthens to the charity, or freebooters upon the property of their neighbour hood? He never wits a proselyte to the doCtrines of Adam Smith upon this subject.' It was the wisest policy of a nation - to provide employment for the • rnatured vigour of its population ; and those maim fat litrers who derived immense fortunes by the early industry of those Joorneyiuen, would ill deserve the encouragethent of the Legislature and of th e S tate if they A-ere ready to sacrifice the comforts of their men to their own avarice, and cons i gn them to beggary the moment. they became entitled to receive the wages of Journeymen. He instanced one par ticular , house which entertained above fifty .Ap prentices, and only two ,journeymen; and he begged to aik how many thousands of artizans must be de voted to famine if this system was to become ge neral. His Right Hon. and Learned friend had compa r ed the state of the Bar to that of the C a li co xrinters, and said, what might be very true, that many of the Members of that Learned Profession W ere much distressed. It might be so, and was to .be lamented. But if it were possible, by the operations ( If machinery, philosophy, or Chemistry, which had been 'so learnedly spoken ofthet night, so to simplify the bnsiness of the Bar; as to render it predicable to little boys and. girls, at twelve or fourteen, he be lieved there would be more clamour from the Gen tlemen of the Long Robe in Wesminster-Hall than from all the combining manufadurers of Lancashire pit together. Mr. Sheridan mentionedsome other in stances of oppression from the Masters to their Ap prentices, and their illegal modes of securing their fi Tv, sometimesiFes; for nine or ten years, by a bond 'Om' the parent, instead of a stamped' indenture. He concluded by supporting the Bill,' and declaring at the same time, that he disclaimed all countenance to combination; that he should belie the uniform tenor of his whole political life, if while he had a S eat in that House, the cause of the weak should •vittit an advocate against the strong, who revelled 11 1 wealth and luxury upon the fruits of their hard industry. Mr. HORNER opposed the Bill, as did Mr. DENT; 4 nd the'question being put. for the second • reading t his day three months, was carried without a di vision, Pursuant to order, Counsel attended, Mr. Alex:- Oder and Mr. 'Harrison for the Petition of th e 'tasters ; Mr. Campbell for the Journeymen, and a gainst the Petition.—Adjourned. 7'o CORRESPOnENTS. I fi• receive frequent Complaints from „Country Correspondents of the irregularity with which our Paper is delivered to-them, and the had one from Rives headytsterdqy morning. We can assure tar Country Friends, that all Papers ordered at the SUN-0 F. FicE are regularly transmitted to the Post-Office, so that their Complaints do not .r . pply to us : we should be very happy if it 'were in our power to obviate these Complaints in /mare, but as the matter does not at all rest with us, they mum of course dire.l their enquiries elsewhere. 'C O? Correspondent .P. T. has seen that we implicit?), obeyed his .toishes, but we deem it proper to declare, that we do, not think. o urselves bound upon all occasions to be so rigid, in our observ- Qnces. We shall never make any alterations 'in the favors of fur Coiresk;adents from vanity or. ap, ice, but we may some:. tiines feel the necessity.of doing JO from motives that require no ikrlification. - • The dluckland Packet, with Mails from Lisbon, is arrived at Falmouth : the has also brought the Mails "the Diada Packet from N ew -Y or k an d Ha lifax;( Which put into Oporto in distress. The Let ters will be delivered to-morrow. I. .1. affords us the most sincere pleasure to find that the Catholics of Ireland do not seem inclined to embarrass Government by pressing their Claims at present. Wo trust that they will not suffer , them selves to b e induced, by those who profess them s es to be their Friends, to depart - ftotn scr prudent ft resolution. 11. f while we rejoice in the leterini - liation of the altholiCs not to preys their Ps sit present, WC 7 cannot but observe tile' striking variance between.. the language held ~.by the late and- what was used by the - Leade,'4cif the CitliolicS' at a late Meetirig - held. in llabliti.- , The late Ministers defended themselves for hav ing brought forward a measure in direr oppOsi tion to the known sentiments of His iNlAsEsi.y, by stating, that it would conciliate the whole Catholic Body, that it would restore harmony in Ireland, and that if the measure were rejeaed it wot.TM be ittipos sible to foresee the consequences, that might ensue. But what say the-Catholics upon this subjea ? Iu- stead of expressing ally regret for the loss of this measure., which was ta confer upon them such great benefits, they say, that " the meaSnre 'did not originate with the Catholic Body of Ireland ; it removed no disability—it conveyed no advintage to them." In short, this most important Mea sure, which was to produce such wotlderful eticas upon the minds of the Catholics, is treated by them with contempt, as an expedient adopted by the late Ministers merely to put an end to the °tit rages of the Thresher's in the County of Mayo !. We stated, on .Monday last, that letters had been received from the Continent, which contained reports of the French having :evacuated Hamburgh, Yes- ( . terday other Letters were received, which state, that the evacuation took place on the I sth. We be:- lieve the greater part. of the French troopsthat were in that City did aftually mArch .-out on the 18th,' for the purpoSe of joining the Army in Poland, but thei r place is to be supplied by Dutch Troops, who have probably arrivect • there before.this time. Whether the French would be able to defend them selves in liamburgh, Lubec, &c, if seriously attack ed by the Swedes, we are not competent to decide ; but we think it rather improbable' that the French should voluntarily give up places of such iMpoltance., No official accounts have yet been received from Admiral DUCKWORTH, and we think it our duty to caution our Readers not to give implicit credit to the accounts given in the Foreign Papers upon this subject. We cannot believe that the British' Government would have desired Mr. AnpuTIINOT to propose such terms to Turkey as -are stated in-the German Papers, sill less do we think.' that he would venture to propose such terms without orders from home. It is to be recolleded that Turkey was a Neutral State,. and the terms which Mr. An- BUTHNOT is stated to have proposed-are such as could only have been di&ated to a vanquished Enemy ; and we trust, for the honour of this Conutry, that they 'will turn out to be a FrenCh lab'rication. Early.yesterday morning the I st. Battalion of the 6th Regiment, consisting of upwards of 12,00 men, marched fro►n the North Barracks, at Deal, for Ramsgate, to embark. Tli;',Baltie Convoy, had nit sailed yesterday. On Wednesday last aSpecial Council was held a t Liverpool for the purpose of considering upon th e propriety of presenting an• Address to his Majesty at this important jundure, and we understand that ati Address was ordered and has been sent to London t o be presented td his Majesty. The Vessels concerned in the smnggling trade, between Jamaica and the Spanish Main, report that a general ferment prevails through all the Provinces 61 Spanish America ; and that the - authority of the Government had been acrain exerted to repress. the spirit of turbulence. The Militia, who Bad been armed by a late ordinance, had refused to give up their.arms, and the Government had been obliged to compromise. GENERAL MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION.-=—The follow ing Letter appears in the Trinidad Paper. We con fess that its intellig,ence seems to us very improba-- ble ; but.it is given with such authority, and with such confidence, that we are as unWiliing to reject as: to adopt it. In this embarrassment we must leave the conclusion to the' judgment of our Readers : " TRINIDAD, FEB. 27.---T4e Creditors of Gene., •ral MIRANDA having followed him' to this Island, the General threw himself upon the protection of the Government, and produced . several letterS -and authorities, which induced our Goveriment. to interpose in his favour. The eXecution of the law was thus suspended, and the General remain ed in tranquillity, and, was almost foraotten, Upon a sudden the s ev era l Agents , of• the ' oeneral's creditors were invited to accept a compromise for. their several debts ; the terms. were accepted, and The debts paid. We had scarcely time 'to express our astonishment before a Sloop arrived from Cu mina, on board of which MIRANDA-1)v. embarked. It is said, by some, that he has gone thither upon the invitation of the Spaniards, his party• haVitig possesSed themselves of the country, and• declared their independence. It is asserted by> others, that the invitation has come from the English Squadron,: supposed to be that of General CRAUFURD,' which has effeeled a landing on the Spanish Main.— We have been unable to develOpe the mystery which for some 'time has been thrown over this af fair. All that we can state is, that General MI RANDA has been under the constant proteCtion of our Government ; that he has sailed for the Spanish Main ; and that his ExpeditiOn, whatever it is, is well understood by our Governors." We have received advices from the Island of St. Domingo to the sth of March. By these it appears that; after much blOodshed, the two rival Generals, Plc ETON and CHRISTDPHE, have entered into a treaty to divide the Island equally between theni, and, to unite in a bond of friendship for the future. Their partisans and followers have returned to their several occupations, and trade is expo - led soon as brisk as ever. NAVA T, NE W Pr.,rou'rn, Arart. 9 . ---Arril:•ed the- Spanish Po:acre I iYiU tif .eisturias, from Laguira, laden with . coco:4 Wl*, and a variety of other valuable art des, bound to Cadiz, captured blf Ccipe by the Emerald Frigate ; she is valued at 70,0001. sterling. The Emerald was left ip , chace of another Spanish Ship, consort With the Prince of Asturias, , A which is stated to be or cinch greater value, and there is no reason, to doubt but shecaptured her.also. Arrived the French Brig Privateer Austerlitz, of 14 guns, captured off Cape Finisterre by the Eme rald Frigate ; out two days, and had not made any captures. Sailed the Bellerophon, of 74 guns, to join the Chann'el Fleet, and Scoipion Sloop of War, on a cruize. Arrived the Insott4it Gun Brig, with a Fleet of Light Vidtiallers under convoy, from the Channel Fleet, which they.parted from yesterday, consisting Of six Sail of the Line, a Frigate, and two Brigs. Princess Saile d the Cita . rlotte Frigate, on a cruize to the Westward. , Arrived the Fame, of 74 guns, from off Rochefort. PoRTSN'IOU'III, APRIL 23.---Sailed the Sharpshooter, GOLI7IE, Linnet, Lieut.TRACEY, and Hearty, Lieut. WickuAr, Gun-vessels, on a Cruize. The Bidthark ; of 74 guns, commissioned by the Hon. Capt. FLEMING, was launched this day exatly at half-past eleven o'clock ; she went off in fine style. The day being particularly fine attraled an imtheifse multitude to witness the scene. Her Masts were immediately-put in on her being launch.: ed, and to-morrow she is to be docked for the pur pose of being copperea DEAL, APRIL 23.—Sailed from the Downs las night the Zebra. Bomb with a Corth)y for Ports mouth, and the Seapit on a Cruize. • Arrived the Basilisk Gun-brig from a Cruize ; also the Desperate with a detained Ship,,under Ham burgh colours (name unknown), which she fell in with between Calais and Dunkirk. By the Anna, arrived at Bombay, from China, froM whence she sailed the 3d July, the following intelligence has been received :—At the beginning of the preceding month the scarcity of grain con tinued; and much alarm was entertained for the en suing crop. Ail ,the Bengal r i ce t h en at C anton, in consequence, sold at live and six dollars per pecul. In the course of the month of June, they had plentiful showers of rain, which, by securing the safety,of the ensuing. crop, and thus caus;ng the monopolizers suddenly to throW their grain upon the market, had the etre& of immediately: reducitig‘ the price of rice to three and three and a half dollars -per pecul, - at which rate the price currents state it to be selling at the time of the Anna's departure. It, was thought highly probable that the price would be advanced in the:course of a few weeks. Bengal opium was • looo.dollars.per.chest ; the market very fiat, and .the price expeaed to tall in the course of the season. Cotton'was , at 13k tale per pecul, but expo led to rise to 14 or 14-i' per pecul. Saltpetre, 12 dollars par pecul. , , Letters from Gibraltar, dated early in March, mention, that 'several ships had passed up the Me diterranean for the purpose, of affording 'Admiral DUCKWORTH additional means of attacking the Ot lonian Capital, should he be compelled to extremi ties. - These .vessels not only contained 'the 'ordinary► means of bombardment, but also carry out a very powerful battery of fire-rockets. The reinforcement was expeded to reach the Dardanelles about the middle of :lurch; if, therefore, it be true that the, British Squadron has retired, as stated in the:Foreign Papers, it may have been merely for the purpose of forming a jundiorr with this force, of the approach of,which the Admiral was apprised. F I„ r esterday inorning' Captain I.4 , ERIITERES arrived at the Admiralty With dispatches from Admiral Coax- R NE, at Barbadoes. . • • A Cabinet Council was held'yesterday at th e D u k e Of PORTLA . ND'S house. ::Sir CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS IS SO much respelled in private life, that all who know him must deeply regret the unluCky predicament in which he. is at pre;enciay o l v e.d. No man is more loyal •in his prin ciples, and no man`.bears his faculties' more meek- 7 ly, and with less of the pride of wealth, though he is amply possessed of it. M. DE LOLME.---This- Gentleman lately died in Switzerland. He was a native of Geneva, and first distinguished Inrnself in this country by a work on the British Constitution, which he had evidently exa mined with - pridoi.ind judgment, and philosophic Spirit: The work has long ,been • a standard book, and among other flattering tributes of applause, it received a high eulogium from the pen of JUNIus, who pronounced . it ." deep, solid, ;Ind ingenious.'' DS Lor-mg had a ,surprising . extent of knowledge on all subjects, and.could almost have rivalled BURKE in ..all the variety of his illustrations. 7 -He was remark ably temperate and . simple in his mode of living. Ile possessed an admirable temper with a strong turn for humour. ,All ,he said, indeed upon the • most serious subjeds,,was.marked by something of an arch shrewdness. He did not much s::critice to the Graces in point of dress and personal delicacy, bet his conversation was always valuable, and it is much to be regretted that a man of his talents and, information was not shielded .by patronage againg the necessities,. or life, as he might have produced many useful and instrultive Works. This morning a fire broke out in Gravel-lane, Southwark, which-destroyed a Corn Chandler's and' Butcher's Houses; and did much damage to one. ad-• Five; hundred of the Royal Veteran Invalids, cigar tered in the Tower, are tinder naatchins orders to do duty at Guernsey. .4R•TS. IT is with much satisfklion we find that th , .! - .Artists. of this Country have made considerable im provement since fast year, as will b e a b un d ant l y manifested in the ensuing annual display of tbeil prOdu6tions.. Among some of the best efforts in It line. of Portrait-painting will be a very tine P10ur . ..: of the present Duke o(GLOUCESTEK, from the ban • of the late .excellent Artist Mr, OP. Is. There ar.: other works from the same Artist, which will c - .).1; . firm the public regret on the loss of so great an or nament of the British School. OWEN has some charming works, the chief oc which is di Road-side, with rustic travellers rel: by a mile-stone. This, we prediet, will be a gr,:.,t favourite with the Public.. HOPPNER has the best Likeness of the PRINCE f WALES that has yet been seen. It is painted w, h a bold and faithful pencil. THOMSON has distinguished himself chiefly in The lPhining School-Gil, from SSAKSPEARE, which be has painted with taste and characteristic expression. NORTLICOTE will be conspicuous in a fine Eques. trian Portrait of His MAJESTY, intended for Lan caster Castle. LAWRENCE has an admirable Portrait, of the con versation kind, in which are introduced some el it.e family of Sir FRANCIS BARING. WESTALL has a series of Email Pidnres, plifying striking incidents in the life of the immortal! NELSON. LOUTHEREOURG, BOURGEOIS, DANIEL, and other Artists of established tame, will fully justify the re- , putation they have acquired, on the approaLhing oc casion. TURNER '.has a Picture exhibiting an etre& of fire, that is in his best manner. WILKIE will again excite surprise and admiration, by an interior of a cottage, -and the variety of his rustic charaaterg. CALCOTT, who has progressively increased in ire rit,' has made still greater advances in the province of Landscape.. Indeed. we have ample reason for saying, that. all the Artists who have fixed their renown will gain new laurels, and that many juvenile Palmeri will exhibit talents that are likely to insure dual a high distindtion in their respeEtive provintes. • • WILLIAM SMITH, Esq. the late Member for Nor folk, means.it is said in case of a Dissolution, to start for the Borough of Southwark. He is it seems to have all the support of Mr. TIERNLY'S friends. Mrs. BLLLINGTON, it seems, has posititely: de clined all musical overtures for the precnt season, determined that fashion and novelty shall have their bent, without any attempts on her part to interrupt their progress. The . Chinese have visiting cards, whose colour and size.are regulated by the rank of the person visited. Lord MACARTNEY received from the Viceroy of Pet chelie a crimson card, with which he might have papered his bed-chamber. An Elopement early on Sunday moriing, last was prevented, by the vigilance of a widowed Countess, who, secured a daughter of fifteen just as she was descending a rope ladder into the arms of an Officer of the Guards, in - square. Letters from Goree, dated the 20th of 'February, mention that all was tranquil there, and the Royal African corps quite healthy. SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON: Yesterday being St. George's Day, the Society of AntiqUaries met at their Apartments in Somerset- Place, in pursuance of their Statutes arid Charter Qf Incorporation, to. elaa a PreSident, Council, and Officers of the Society for the year ensuing, where upon George Eirl of Leicester, Anthony Hamilton, D. D. William Bray, Esq. Cnveri Ord, Esq. Nichblas Carlisle, Esq. John Ld. Bishop 01Salishury, Francis Dooce.• Esq• loseph Windham, Esq. • Sir 11. C. Engleficld, Bart. • - And Samuel Lysons, Esq. Rev. T. W. Wiighte, A. M. Eleven of the Council, were re-chosen of the New Council ; and -Frederick Aug. Barnard, Esq. George lsted, Esq. Hon. 'Robert Sir T. l'lumer, Knt. )01111 Lord Bishop of 'Exeter, John Townley, F. q. William Fitzhugh, Esq. • George Vanderze e , E sq. Henry Viscount Barberton, Roger Wilbraham) Esq. • • Ten of the other Members o f the Society, were chosen of the New Councit„and they were .severally declared to be the Council for. the year ensuing. And on a - Report made ofthe Officers of the Society, it appeared, that George Earl of Leicester was ele6ted President. William Bray, Esq. Treasurer. Samuel LYs'ons, Esq. Direetor. Rev. T. IV. Wrighte, A.M. Secretary. And Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. ,Secretary' for the year ensiling: The Society afterwards dined together ar the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, accord ing to annual custom__ • NICHOLAS CARLISLE, Secretary:- SW11;1111-1 ELD MARKET, APRIL s4. This day's market was but thinly supplied with dif ferent kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Veal, and Pork sold at last prices ; Mutton is somewhat dearer ; 4atob ra ther cheaper, and the trade for the most part was but inditNrent.—The sales, in the Haymarket were not lively ; Hay and Straw obtained better ; prices thim Monday's market ; Clover sold at last price. The following. prices and.. numbers is an accurate statement : To sink the Offld per stone of Sib. Beef cs. ed. to 6s-. od.—Miltton ss. od. to 6s. ed..:--Veal 6s. cd. to 7s. od.—Larnb 6s. o;:. to 7s. oil. Poi k is. cd. to Gs. .d. Beasts, 47u.--7.Sheep and Lambs, .2,740. 9 ,._ Pigs 400. SMITHFIELD HAY •MARKET. Hay 41. os. to si. tos.--Clover 41. 45. od. to 61. Straw zt. Iss. t 0,34. 6s. C9RN. I-TANGE, Ai RIL 24.—The supplies of Wheat, to-day, are short, the samples principally of second and ordinary qualities . ; 13,arley waiting arrivals---these articles have rev( buyers ; White Pease are still very scarce ; e.:.itts of each sort keep their prices ; Oats are in tolerable plenty ; ar.d ome further arrivals of Foreign. Sales nearly at our last currenv : fine Atnericen Flour 445. to 465. per barrel. 1 4 W neat 46s a 6zs a 7 6 s od Leans -42 s a 47s of Fine ditto . ' Sos a 84c p . e. Tick Beans 36s a 4 2 4 o d Rye - - i tos 4.1 4Si C 4( ( )ars- . - •2, z 5 a 26s a 20 , 0 , 1 Barley . - -14 s a 41* cd. •,Poland ditto Sts 2 32, 0 t Mat - -64 s a 700 od Rape Seed zt L. 321. ci, ~,,t White Pent 84s - a 92$ od Fine Flout 6us a 65i 01 Crew ditto - 4os a 4 . 5- od Seei , L ; lS soi a 5, Ed