The Sun. — London, England, 1802-02-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEAT. HOUSE OF PEERS, FaIDAY, rEB. 19. CouNszt, were heard at some length relative to the Scotch Appeal : JoHN SCOTT, Writer to the Signet, v. Az Ex. BRODU, of Carey-street.—To proceed on Monday. Lord Viscount CL I E FDEN (of Ireland) was intro duced in full form (the Doke of NOR FOLK attend ing as E:11-1 Marsh3l, and Lord Gw Y DIR as Great Chamberlain) as Baron MENDIP, on the demise of the late Lord, sworn, and took his seat. His Lord ship's supporters were Lords WALsiNcHAm and ALVANLEY. _ _ _ Lord KEDESDALE, Lord Chancellor of Ireland late Sir joHN rFoRD, Speaker of the House of Commons), was introduced with the formali ties, sworn, and took his seat. His Lordship's supporters were Lords "THURLOW and PELHAM. Some routine, and private business, was trans ataed, ,in the course of which a Petition was presented on behalf of GEORGE HOAR, the younger, Esq. for leave that a Bill might be brought in to dissolve his marriage with atz. CooKE, his now wife. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose, and called the attention of the House to the subjeCt of this Pe titian. Lie adverted to what had passed on a for mer evening on the same subject, when, upon a proposition which he had the honour to submit to the House, their Lordships were induced to post pone the further consideration of the subject. This he had done, on its having regularly come to the knowledge of the House that proceedings were had upon the Case in the Courts in Westminster Hall, where, on two occasions, a verdicl against the Pe titioner had been given, and which were not, 'as they should be, duly set forth in the Petition and Bill then before their Lordships.—His principal motive for proposing to defer the consideration of the Case was, in order to give the Petitioner an opportunity, if so advised or inclined, not only of withdrawing his Petition and Bill, and of present ing a new Petition, in which these omissions should be reflified, hut of stating those grounds on which he deemed himself entitled to the interposition of the Legislature in his behalf, in the way desired.— In consequence ct what had taken place, the Peti tioner, it appeared, had an d came forward with a new Petition, which he then held in his hand, in which due notice was taken of the proceedings in the Courts in Westminster Hall. It was, however, in res;_ , ea to this true statement of the. Case, he had to tali the. serious attention of their Lordships'in the presene.fistarice. It would, he observed, be the first instance in which a Bill was ever before that House grounded on a case, in which, on two different occasions (as a new trial was obtained) the verdias of juries of - the Country were against the Petitioner. This was a, serious and important consideration; however, by what he premised, he did not propose that their Lordships sneu:d come to an immediate decision upon the Case, but strongly to impress them with the idea, that it VICO WIC to respect of w proccca with the utmost deliberation; and in the present instance he would submit that the further conside ration of the Petition should be postponed, in order to enable their Lordships to turn the case in their olinds, and determine on what was proper to be dune ; and, in that view, he thought this day se'n night would be an unobjeCtionable day. This pro posal seeming to - meet the concurrence of their Lordships, the Noble and Learned Lord moved, " That this Petition be taken into farther 'eonside.: ration on this day se'nnight, and that the Lords be summoned for that day," which was ordered ac cordingly. The Exchequer Bills Bill, the Southern Whale Fishery, and the Westminster Fish-macker Bill, were brought up from the Commons by Mr. AL EX ANper... One Private Bill was brcught up by Sir GEoRcE SHtiCKBURGH. Lard PELHAM made an intimation to the House, which, from the tone and direCtion of his Lordship's voice, we were precluded from distindly hearing, hut, as we could collet`':, its purport was, that on Monday he intended to move, that the considera tion of His Majesty's Message, which stood for that day, be postponed to that day se'nnight ; which, he seemed to say, he was induced by the consideration of the other House of Parliament hav ing ordered the various Papers anti 'Accounts ad verted to in the Message to be referred to the con.. sideratinn of a Selea Committee—a line of proceed, ing which (we understood the Noble Lord to say) he should propose to be adopted on the part of their Lordships. An Account was presented from the Commis sioners of the Thames Navigation, of their Receipts end Disbursements for the year 18or. _ _ The Bilk recently brought up from the Commons were then read a first time, and the House adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, FEE, 19. 111,.. W. DUNDA S said, he rose in pursuance of the notice he had given a few . days ago, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the East India Company to transfer . their Servants from Ben coolen to their other Settlements in India. He was authorized to say, that this Motion. met with the entire concurrence of the .East India Company, for in fa& it came, through him, from the Court of Directors. A plan similar to the one he was pow about to propose, was in agitation about Twenty years ago, but did not take effe6t.— It was not in the pover of the Company .to transfer their Servants in now. the manner pro_ posed without the sanaion j of an At or Parlia 7 talent, because, by. law, no person could be sent to the Settlements of Madras, egc. who was above the age of 22 years, consequently, the persons employ ed in that situation at Bencoolen, could not bc sent to the othe; Settleinents. Another reason was, that 3i Madras the Writers rose by seniority, and the interposition of so many persons from another Set- Cement, would very materially" retard their pronto_ don. The great advantage finmerly ars!ng from the Settlement . of Bencoolen, was the cultiva:ton of Pepper, hut in consequence of our altered situmion on the western side of the Peninsula of 'lndia, w had very great facilities of procuring Pepper, and con sequently the Settlement of Bencoolen was no longer so beneficial. The revenue arising from Bencoolen - amounted only to 6cool. a year, while the expence of its establiAiment amounted to no less than 119,0001. a year, so that there was an annual loss of 113,0001. a year : by the plan he now meant to pro pose, there would he a saving of no less than 80,0001. a year. 'I his migitt appear to be a large sum, but he had hopes, that savings to a much more considerable amount would he made in time. • Although Ben coolen had ceased to he - of so much importance, yet it would not be prudent altogether to abandon it, be cause, then it might he taken possession - of by any other Power ; he, therefore, thought the best plan to adopt, would be to diminish the Establishment there ; and if a President, four Writers, &c. were left there, it would sufficiently answer every com mercial purpose. He, therefore, moved fur leave to bring in a Bill for these ptrposes. Leave was granted. The Order of the Day was then read for going into a Committee to take into consideration the Report of the Committee upon-Expiring Laws. The House having resolved itself into a Com mittee, Mr. ALEXANDER in the Chair, the Report of the Committee upon Expiring Laws was agreed to. The House was then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. Mr. STANLEY presented a Petition! from Mr. J. Edwards, setting forth the particulars of his case with regard to the Loan in i 796. —Referred to a Committee. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER brought up some further Account; respelling His Majesty's Civil List, which were referred to the Sele4 Com mittee appointed to take the other Accounts into consideration. Mr. VANSITTART brought up the American Treaty Aft—whiall was read a first time, and was ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday next. Mr. VANSITTART inoved for several Accounts respeeting the quantity of Cinnamon imported, and the duties thereon.—Qrdered. Mr. VAN'SITTARI moved, That the American Treaty Aft should be printed.—Ordered. Mr. SHAW LEFEVE moved for a variety of Accounts respecting the Duties on Paper, Paste board, Szc. during different periods.—Ordered. Mr. Alderman T,VSHINGTO4 moved, That the Petition from the Grenada Merchants, presented a few days-ago, praying for relief, might l=e read. The Petition, having been r.:.ad, Mr. Alderg;a4 LUSHINGTQN said, he under. stood that the Motion made by the Hop. Baronet who presented the Petition, was, that it should lie on the Table. A wish, at that time, was expressed by the CI : tAxCEL LOB. of the E)cCi - f F.QUER, that it should be referred to a Committee, and he was astonished that the Hop. Baronet did not move for a Committee when he presented the Petition, becaue he could not conceive any possible objcaion there could be to it. If he had been asked to present a Petition. and the Petitioners wer. to g the ..merits of their p e tition examined by a Com. mince of that House, he should think till!) , had used him ill, by sing him to present the Petition. With regard to the present Petition, however, he was sure the.. Petitioners could have no objedion to have the subjed fully examined ; He, therefore, moved for the appoinment of a Committee to exa. mine the said Petition. The Motion was agreed to, and a Committee appointed. Mr. Alderman Lust.' INOTON presented the An. trust Petition from the Levant Company.--deferred • to a Committee. Mr. DENT said, that rumours were in circula. tion, that as the Convoy Tax would expire with the War, it was the intention of Government . to supply the deficiency by an additional Duty of one. fifth on Exports and Imports ; he thetefore wished to know whether the CH ANf:ELLOR of the EXCn- QU E R had any such intention, and if he had, when he meant to bring it forward The CHANCELLOR cf the EXCHEQUER said, he could not avoid making some comment upon a praEtice which appeared to be gaining ground, and which appeared to him not to be consistent with propriety, and that was, calling upon Ministers publicly to give answers as to the intention of Go-. vernment with regard to Taxes. It must be obvi ous to the House, that it would be improper for him, prematurely, to state what his intentions were with regard to Taxes, before he came forward in the regular way, to- state tht. Supplies, and Ways and Means of the year. Upon these subjects, if any private applications were made to hitu, he would be happy to give every information consistent with his duty. If the Hon. Gentleman thought proper to adopt that mode of inquiry, he certainly would receive every proper information, but lie hoped the House would think him justified in declining to an swer the question which had now been proposed. Mr. DENT said, he was satisfied with the an swer of the kight Hon. Gentleman, and should cer:. tainly adopt the mode of inquiry alluded to. The reason of his asking the question was, that there was a. great quantity of West India Merchandize on hand, and his Constituents were particularly anxious to obtain information upon the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the Tax in question, did not relate to Wtst India Merchandize. The Committee of Sop e ly was put ofFtill Monday. The Committee of Ways and Means was put.off till Monday. Adjourned at five o'clock till Monday next. -- N 1: ICE 0 YEST Bank Stock l'slavy . s•perl l ,loo 99} per Cent. 179 - :, lot tong t Irish 5 per Cent; 4 per Cent. Con, 861 86 per Cent. iZeri. 69} 69 3 per Cent. COll. 691;,A Ditto Scrip flank Long . ml. 7.0 gAi6 3- to Ditto Short Aim: Dittu Scrip F b TOCA.-S, DAY. India Stock '2.14 2r31, • klxcheq. Bilk b'. prem. Funt(able ditto ' prem. 3d Exchequer Ilills par New S. S. Stuck, um linperl.3 per Cent. Oa Ditto Ann. Bank for Account I for A ci , unt - Ce4aolStb 693 THE SUN'. SOLEfI QIJIS DICERS F A LSl.7r. AUDEAT ? LONDON, FEBRUARY 20, 1802. Wt this morning received a Hamturgh and a Dutch Mail. The Papers contain few fans of im portance : they are still filled with vague specula tions on the subjea of Indemnities. It appears by a Letter from Brussels, that all the Belgian Officers in the Austrian Service were ordered to join their Regiments by the isth of next month; it being the intention of His IMPERIAL MAJESTY to collea a force of roo,ooo men in the Hereditary States. There has been an , Insurreetion in the bland of Corfu; in which the Democratical Party are said to have gained the ascendancy. The Dutch Merchants have petitioned for an In. demnification of the loss they will sustain by eva cuating the island of Ceylon. They also express a strong desire to be paid by England for the Dutch vessels that were detained at the commencement of the War. WE received last night., the Paris lournats to the .16th inst. inclusive. They contain intelligence of much greater importance than any we have lately been in the habit of receiving. The first at of the Government of the Italian Republic, after - its installation, has-been, an Atildre,,s to the People of that State, on the situation of their affairs, and the propriety of the measures that were adopted at Lyons for the consolidation of their Po, litical Independence. This Manifesto is a most extraordinary corn. pound of Italian dexterity and suppleness. On the strength of one or two very rational propositions, they' attempt to justify the unprecedented-proceed ings at Lyons. If those proceedings were confined, in their operations, to the Italian Republic only, there would be little room either for speculation or animadversion. Italy has long ceased to be interest ing in the scale of European Powers, as a separate and distind State. But in its secondary rank, and considered as a Vie: of, that gigantic Empire to which it owes its origin, it is justly entitled to the serious notice of every Continental Statesman. Its power, superadded to the overbearing influence of France, swells its name into a consideration, of which it would be otherwise unworthy. zne aurnur. ,Ul - 4UUb FICCe of vripl ol ,—.:- rnanufiteture, have endeavoured to prove, by a spe cies of retrograde logic, that one number added to another, renders the former less than it cocas before. Such —men as SAUNDERSON or MACLAURIN were poor calculators, compared with these modern fabri cators of Government. They have the modesty to assert, that in the new PartitionS of Territory, France has lost instead of acquiring dominim. _ 'We shall comment very fully hereafter on this Proclamation, the veracity and sound policy of which cannot be better demonstrated, than by the following assertions contained in it " No Nation has shewn so much moderation as France. . Vidorious in War, she has restored every' thing at the time of making Peace. " Considering the Political Situation of Europe in every point of view, it is evident that France has acquired no additional infiuence. She remains where she stood before the War." If it he possible for the people of the Italian Re public to digest the above propositions, they must, indeed, be the most eAlightened people upon the face of the earth. The Senate at Paris, has resolved to nominate the new Members of the Constituted Bodies only from among the Citizens comprised in the National Lists. This measure is conformable to the opinion of the Council of State, and in dire& opposition to the wish of the Government, which proposed, that they should be selected from among the National Notables. An article from Semlin of the t 7th ult. states, that a considerable force was approaching Belgrade for the purpose of reducing the rebel Janissaries, who had taken possession of that Fortress. In the mean time, the Rebels, instead of observing that de gree of unanimity which the pressing danger that menaces, them requires, are agitated by mistrust and violent dissension. But, these do not seem to have arisen from the threatening appearance of the Otto man arms; but from the condition of a revolted body, withouLmotive, sense of justice, or effcaive power. PASWAN . OGLOV is evidently attempt ing to support the Janissaries, whose audacity has gone to such a length, as to arrest MOLLAR EFFENDI, the man who, above all others, possessed their confidence, and who was an aetive agent in the assassination of the late Pacha. Before we quit the subject of the state of European Turkey, we request the attention of our Readers to a passa , 4e in the French Official Journal, which 'peremptorily contradiets the report detailed i: tb E t o Hamburgh Mails, of the refusal of the r° r— h _ ratify the Preliminaries of Peace with the xv'enc.• Republic. It states, on the contrary, ti l3t 't o w only there exists a strong disposition to renit their ancient alliance, but to re-esia'blis We il their former relations. If this be true) srbic N were perhaps justified in the suggestion the appeared in our Paper of the 13th inst. that be, Preliminaries were not officially announced, be cause they contained terms which it might nu t to : altogether politic in the French GovernnOto publish, till after the signature of the De 6nlt N i v e Treaty between Great Britain and France. do not wish to be understood, as giving thi s °pintoo 3 with confidence, it is only to be considered as matter that falls within the bounds ofprobablli/P t bo An Article from Fribourg ment i o ns tha t Frickthal has been taken possession of by t f French, in the name of the Helvetic Repu blic : (i e which it is to form henceforth a Canton. V o has been an insurreaioh of the Peasants of iq agc who refused to pay the taxes imposed by tb' r e vernment. A contest ensued, in which theY va we g routed, with the loss of three men !.filled no t twenty-seven Prisoners. It seems that throug ll- Switzerland, the inhabitants of the Conntry er'c `! f il kept tranquil merely by the force of the .*f bayonet.rai The Minister of the ELECTOR Of TRE I.-- , be declared officially to the other Ministers at 211 Diet, that his Master has formally renoull'i the his Metropolitan rights on the Left Bank °I Rhine. But a similar condo& has not been ad ( l t i io by the Archduke ANTONY VICTOR, r g a representation from his Chapter of ArcNrot ,to - this efleCt, eluded any answer, on the f; rtl ril . ,,'; that he had nut yet assumed the "reins of 6° - ` ; e 4,.p.' ment. This looks as if there Were no 0 / "'. e . f arrangement yet made . respeaing the interest? the Germanic, Empire. • French Funds on the isth-561. 75c. 44 Yesterday TH EIR 'MAJESTIES and the pit CESSES left Town for Windsor. $ $t His M.;ESTY had a Levee on WC‘ .. A 1-1° , next. This morning arrived' a Mail from .I°' l ' l /ill brought to Falmouth by the Pri,,c,s• C'" Packer, in 4.4. days, el° Letters and Papers to the 21st of last moat ii l :tai o yesterday received from, New-York, which ca the 0 1 ' intelligence of considerable importance. By t he ,O, are is . possession of accounts of the :Arrival of ~ r‘f .e Franee in the West Indies. lk; i 1 .4`,,c1 ; ~toration -0 1 ' 4 G ua a i oupe, is stated to consist of forty-V„ Men of War and Transports, with Szveral t" -11 Troops, on board. sl ‘lf ft The American Consul at the Havannah . " 1 , 3 t ha q formed the Celle for of the Port of Ne%V-Y °l 7:csi er all American vessels, as well as all fareiV {O7 sailing from American Ports, are prohiht te niti°", entering the Havannah. The Order of Pc°`"else is dated the zsth of December, but no. C ll assigned for this unexpcsted regulation. tb6 The Honourable the Court Direaor.4 the Company have been pleaseii to 'cri3l;r,r. sum of 3001. for the purpose of ereEting a in India„ . _ to perpetuate the memory of that r e 10' 4 Officer, Capt.. CookE, who lost his life in t) ,• ft 1 11 gagetnent with the French Frigate L a Fort" - .4 Bay of Bengal. • ~de fr By the Hop., E. LAWS, arrived at P° - " . o f Cherbourg, we learn that the expo rtatio n . b itd ; sorts of Provisions from thence is still p roh the t nor will they allow vessels to bring away 111°re jastis sufficient for their in;ended'voyab - re s • • te rt Yesterday the LORD MAYOR went in -- , 4 ta got' Bow Church, to attend the Anniversary' preached for the propagation of the Gospel ior is tie° l Parts. When the business of the Society Was the City Marshals, by his Lordship's orcier'vh'ete' duffed the Bishops to the Mansion Hous e ) splendid entertainment was provided for thell' o ,'ho l6 ' • An alarm took place yesterday through t he 01 0 Coal Trade, on the River Thames, coaseel,l 0° of the most !addable application to Parliatoe'lool the preceding day, by the Corporation of 1.1°30.° for the institution of a Public Market for the'cocs°' Coals ; and exhibition. (in imitation of the Gorge '- market) of the prices of their several carg they are sold in the River. 10 After dinner, at the Meeting of the 11.517e'1& Society on Wednesday last, a solemn dirge ` ° formed in the true Scotch stile, on the "e,ol' the late General ABERCROMBY, by a " E 6 04951 lent band. Among the performers were th e e j and two celebrated performers on the 133 gr tlt e from Scotland. f ; Thursday was landed at Portsmouth 11.' Dover Transport, a fine Horse, which attr'-ptcv number of speftators, being the one thatAs siti At belonged to that gallant Officer Sir R A LPI - t ro de o , : it was the Horse on which .11eAtelLc; the time he was unhappily wounded at dria, in Egypt; The Horse was scow shoulder. shoulder. the COURT OF CHANCERY.--Yesterday , GK siness of Drury-Lane Theatre, the :1- , , 6 1 11 , 1 ' r e cELLoR said, that although the p r° P ° , settlement had been duly transmitted to o f was still one piece of inforMation of s r v i a ititit. theP ! was not in possession, namely, d to , t o those who had not signed the trust dt c , i i t c' l 0 ADAM ; and as he might find himself c o. t o make such an Order as would exclukic 51 ;4 1 ;144; the benefit of that deed, he thought 1 ,, c. ) 6 1, • 0. w give them notice, and a few days more r final determination was accordingly W I 1° nesday. I