The Sun. — London, England, 1802-02-26 00:00:00

IMPERI.-IL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, THURSDAY, tEBRUARY'2S. SOME routine and private business was disposed of ; in the cc Urse of thelatter, au.order_ wa.s made for the attendance of. certain Witnesses for ey.amina_ tion at the Bar, on the - second reading of Crewe's Divorce - • .-‘• • The Order being:read:for their Lordships giving Judgment relative . 7to .the Scotch Ap t . e4l, , STEmalt Z. MILLER, , , The LORD cHiLyCELLOß.C i piited the Wool sack, and-in a speech which took up rather more than an hour' and a. halt in the delivery, and in. ich he displayed his acchstorned, talents and profound legal' knoWledge, slated the circumstances; and ex hibited themerits of the C:te,'in all•their different bearings, and various pOinisbf view;. The Noble and Learned Lord concluded by submitti.ng a pro_ . position to,their.LordshipS, which, in the peculiar circumstances in which ;the Cake came. under their consideration, herecominended the Fibnse to adopt. This, as we understood his. Lord p ir . „ was to the following generaleffed : to ,aftrin the Interlocutor complained of, without deciding any question tonal.: ing the validity of the - Original agreement, between -the Parties; and to attach whaLmay ) . in the pre sent Case, be considered as compensatable costs — namely tool." • This proposition seeming to meet the concurrence of their Lordships, the Lor.DCEIACELLOR,pro posed a Resolution to that effeet,, on which, the question being put, it was ordered accordingly.' -A Petition. was presented on the part _Qt . . George Hoar,, the Younger ) : Esq. - for leave to he beard by Counsel relative to his Petition• for a Bill for his divorce, Sec.—which was ordered to lie on the Table. Private Bills.were brought up from the Commons by Messrs. BLACKBURN, MUNDEN, arid CAL CRAFT--which. being read a first time, and those' on the Tahoe respectively forwarded, the House adjourned till tomorrow. 110 L. 7 E 0 F COMMONS, THURSDAY, FED. 25.. M,. T/EPNY said, he had Petition in his hand from the Gerrnin Jews reLiklent in L0nd0n....:. It woold not k necessary for him at that time to enlarge upon the nature of this Petition ; it would be suLicienr for him to state, that the objea of it was to enable the Petitioners, by taxing themselves, - to raise a Fund for the maintenance of their own Voor, The Petition was then delivered in and read t . it stated, that within the last. so years the number of German Jews had greatly increased in this Metro polis, and that many of them ' , vel - e in low and in digent circumstances ; and although they were, in common with the rest of their fellow-subjeas, en. titled to - parochial relief, yet from particular tenets 44444 4:—. -4: 41,44,i, Religion, they were prevented from deriving any benefit or relief from the Work houses : that the. same ciuses also" shit the:n out from the Hospitals, and preve . nted them from put ting out their children to useful trades. ' The con sequence of this W. 14, that there was no asylum for the indigent part of their Community, or for those who from age or illness were unable to earn their bread : That the relief afforded from the Synagogue was very inadequate for these purposes; and there_ fete the Petitioners humbly represented, .that it' would be produltivc of great advantage if the Ger, man Jews in the Metropolis were allowed,. by tax ing themselves, to raie a Fund, for these objects. It concluded with praying for an Ad of Parliament for these purposes. Mr. TIERNEY said,, that at present he should do no more than move that the - Petition'should lie on the Table. He should, at a future period, move to refer it, to a Committee, and afterwards move for leave to bring in a Bill. The Petition Was ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. FoRSTER, from the Exchequer, presented some, Accounts respeeling the deficiencies of Grants. Mr. WILBERFORCE rose to call the atten tion of the House to a suhjeet which appeared to him to be of great impo rtance . I t was a Petition from Dr. Carmichael Smith, tvlio ai,oeared to him, from'the fads set forth in the Petition, to have a strong claim to the' consideration of House.— This Gentleman had been fortunate enough, in the course of his medical researches, to discover a re medy which cured and prevented the circulation of Contagious Fevers—a remedy so efficacious, that it very si)eedily checked the ravages of that Contagi ous Fever which lately appeared ..at: Seville,. in Spain ; and if the same remedy. had been used for the same disorder at Cadiz, many. lives would have been save& In bringing - forward this Petition, he felt that he was discharging his 'duty to the Public as well as to Dr. Smith ; because, though Parlia ment ought undoubtedly to be cautious of the ex penditure of the Public Money, yet it could not be laid out to more advantage than ;by encouraging persons from whose labours and talents the Public derived the greatest benefits. It must be admitted that many inventions and discoveries, from which mankind reaped the greatest advantage, were of a na - - ture not to make any pecuniary return to the person whose time and talents had been employed upon them; and, upon this subject, that'the National Liberality was riot so great as it ought to he. But if this disco, very was as beneficial as tt was represented to be, the House, he was sore, would make him some compen_ sation, and by doing so, they would not only re ward the Petitioner, hut, by setting the stamp of their ' authority upon . thi s i nvent i on, t h ey would make it more extensively beneficial. For hi 3 own part, he had seen sufficient evidence to convince him that this •iras' a most,important discovery, and bad done much for the preservation of the h ea l t h o f our Soldiers and Sailors, who were unavoidably of ten exposed to contagious disorders. Re should propose to refer this Petition to a Committee, who would have an opportunity of examining into the Merits of this distovery. , - , Jhis Petition bein g f or public money, the consent 'of Government was ne cessary previous to Os being brought up. Mr BRAGGE said, That, in the absence, off - the CHMiCELLOK Of the F o ZeHEIVER, be was autho.: rized•to consent to the presenting of 'this Petition upon the ground stated by the Hon. Gentleman, that it should be referred, to a Committee whether the beneficial effeas, of this discovery were as great as 'had been represented. . • The Petition, which was of. considerable length, .stated the--happy• efitels which had been expe-, rienced in cases of Contagious Fevers, from the use of microns acid, 4c. • •.; The Petition was referred,to a Committe e . SLAVE TRADE. BERFORCE moved, That there be laid before the House an Account of all the Vessels that have annually cleared out from Liverpool fur thedoast of Africa since lanuary 1796, distinguish ing each year, and also the Tonnage of the Vessels, and . th6 - part of the Coast for which thercleare4 out. Ordered. _ ""-- ICIT..WILBERFORCE moved, That there.be laid before the House•an Account of all .the Vessels that arrived in the West Indies with Slaves during the same period,. distinguishing the Islands to which the Ve;;sels came, the number of Slaves they broUght, and.alsci the number of Slaves re.exported.—Or dered. Mr. WILBERFORCE moved, That there. be laid before the House Copies of the Journals .of die Sur geons of the Vessels employed in the Slave Trade, transmitted to the . ommissioners of the Customs, pursuant to the 31 GEo. lll.—Ordered. BRITISH MUSEUM Col. SLOANE presented a Petition from the Trustees of the British Museum, setting forth the insufficiency of their Funds, and praying for Parlia mentary Relief.—Ordered to lie on the Table. COl. SLdANE trtoved, That there be laid before the House an Account of the. Sums granted to the British Museum, and of the Expenditure thereof.— Ordered. LIFE-130ATS. Mr. BURDON said, he had a Petition to 'presen t from a person (we believe of the name of GR FAT HEAD) who was the Inventor of the Life-Boat.— Of the great value of this invention it was not ne cessary for him to say any thing, because its merits were su universally knoWn. In consequence of the many lives that were annually, lost in the Port of Shields, the Gentlemen in that neighbourhood ad-' vertised a reward for models ; in consequence, the Petitioner invented these,Boats, which had proved of infinite utility, because Sailors now ventured out without apprehension to the relief of their fellow., creatures in distress, and many hundreds of lives had thereby been saved. All the allegations in the Petition could be proved, and therefore he had .no doubt but that the House would think the Inventor a,proper °Ned of their bounty, which would also have the etieet. of making this invaluable invention more generally kno‘,..n. He had only to state fur. ther, tha t t h e Petitioner had derived very little pecuniary 'remuneration from his invention, for he had liberally given models to'all whoisked 'Mr. BRAGG E . ,- on the part of the CHANCELLOR L A' rn the Pesition_ Mr. ROSE said,- he knew 'that this invention had saved a great many lives, and if it was in ge neral use, he was sure that the number of persons 'saved would be almost incalculable.' One case now oceured to him : a vessel run.ashore near where he. resided in the Country, about ten o'clock at night.. It Was found impossible, from the violence of the surf, to get any cf the crew on shore; 1 L inug!l they were so near that . 'the'People on shore could talk to them. They remained in this situation the greater part of. the night, and he was sere that if at . ly boats could have been'procured, their lives ,would' have been saved. He thought'it right to say thus much, because he was fully convinced - of the great utility of this-invention. Mr. WILBERFORCE al's° bore testimony the great benefit that had been fbund frOm the use of them on the Coast near Scarborough. The Petition was refereed to a Committee. , . , Mr. WiLL/AM MUNiDAS presented 'a Peti_ tion from a great number of Cotton-weavers in cotland, praying for some Regulations !'espe4ing their Wages. Ordered to lie on the Table. , The Bill for enabling the East India Company to transfer their Servants from Bencoolen to their other Settlements, was ordered to be Printed. .The Expiring Laws Bill went through a Com mittee, and,the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Petitions from the Prisoners confined for Pebt in the Gaols of Liverpool and Morpeth, fraying fOF re lief, were presented by General GASeOTN and Mr. HUSKISSON. Adjourned at a Quarter before five o'Clock. TII E SUN. SOLE'. t CUIS PICERX FALSUM AUDLAT LONDON, FEI3RU4RY z 6, iBoz. AT length we may venture to congratulate our Readers, which we do with the most heart.felt satis_ ftelion, on the gradual depression in the price of Grain.—lf we might presume to arrogate to our selves the smallest merit for observations and de cided opinions upon any subjed which we have ever offered to the Public, it would perhaps be this—ln opposition to apprehensions which almost universal ly / prevailed three months ago, and to prejudices too much encouraged by, certain Public •Prints, perhaps with no bad intention, we then endeavoused to de monstrate, that at that time the price was as low ass could reasonably he expe&ed, and that, in the natural course of things, it must, in the space of a few months, .approach still nearer to its old leVel. We were then well satisfied of the 40147 of the grounds on which our opinion was formed, and beg leave to refer our Readers to a long Article on this Subjea, in our Paper some time ago. IT appears froth an article dated Frankfort,' r r th inst. in the French Journals which we received yesterday, that a very smart paper war is carriedon. between the two Courts of Vienna and Berlin, on . 4 , , the stihjed 41,he Indemnities. The latter-loudly remonstrates against the indemnification of the GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY in Germany, by which the House of Austria will acquire a decided pre ponderance in the Empire, especially, if its present Constitution be maintained, and the countries con tiguous to the Hereditary States of Austria are assigned for .this objact. From the general nature of this discussion, it is evident, that a la-g period of time must elapse, before we May hope to see any definitive arrange ments on the subject of the Indemnities. When it is considered, how vast a field the Germanic Empire ,opens to the gratification of cupidity and ambition, and What p;ovinces must be dismembered in order tse satisfy the vieWs'of the different Claimants, we,, cannot be surprized at .the protradion of this great measure, even if it were in more lively hands than those of the phlegmatic Germans. The face of Europe is evidently under - going a great alteration. Established Monarchies are en deavouring to enlatge and strengthen their power, by swallowing up smaller and more feeble coMmuni. tie; ; and it is . not at all improbable, that as an ()Nen of ulterior security, all the subordinate Prin cipalities will be extinguished, and a few great colossal Powers, erefting themselves on their ruins, form the basis of a new balance 'of power, which may'. ensure for. a - long time the tranquillity of Europe, against the- storm of Military Aggression, and the violence' of Revolutionary Fanaticism. This morning .a Messenger arrived from Marquis Coß,Nwnws at Amiens. It was immediately re ported, that he had brought very pleping gence. Accounts have been received that. Sweden has agreed to the Northern Convention. Yesterday HIS MAJESTY held a Council at Buckingham - House, at which were present the Dukes of Pori I,AND and ROXBURGH, Marquis of SAL ISBUILY, Eartof CHESTERFIELD, the iiiihop of LONDON, and Lord PELHAM. The RE ki:43l( DSR made his report to His MAJESTY of the Convith th in lan. Iry Sessions; ' when His MAJESTY ordered them to be transported from, this kingdom. The Countess of WoitoNzow and Lady CATH- C ART paid a visit to the QVEEN and P RINC ESSES yesterday 'at Buckingham-House. There certainly is not the slightest foundation for the report which was circulated of unpleasant intelligence from Admiral CAMPtieLl,'s S quadron. We heard it some days ago, but thought it un worthy of notice. Yeste*ty the Dispatches for China direN by the Ship, ,David Scarf, were finally cloSed at the East ItaiiafHouse, and delivered to the Purser. . Covent.Gatden Theatre was honoured by the presence of THE la Wl:;ss.rt Es, and the PR ;prOssEs last •riight, to Ole representation of the Cabinet, , and the farce of ,the Rt-viou. INCLEDON was so extremely hoarse, that he did not attempt to sing at all, and it was impossible f9r him to articulate so is to be heard distintily by the audience. BR 4AM greatly exerted himself, and both Pieces were received with unbounded applause, and seemed to g_ive great entertainment to the Royal Family. The appeared to he in health and spirits. , . The National Airsof God Sage the King and. 141 e .Pritannia were sung, between the Opera and the Entertainment, by most of the' Vocal Perform ers of the Theatre. The DUKES Of KENT, CAMBRIDGE, the Earls MOIR A, SP ENcEI, 4C. 34t. were in the boxes op. posite to THEIR MAJESTIES. Miss ADD INdTOs, - we are happy to learn, is somewhat better to.day. The CHANCE4.I,94 of the EXCHES2I,7ER is SO much recovered, as to be able, it is expeeted, VP attend' the /louse of-Commons-this day.. . There was a mistake in the'sum stated, irrour account of the }li bland Society yesterday, to have been subscribed for, the Medals for .the 4zd ment—The sum subscribed was 270 gutheas. Lord MAPIESBURY and Mr.. PENN have ob tained a grant of the Crown, of so mnb of the gl-tlund as lies within the angle of the wall at Spring- Gardens. The wall is to be straightened, and the space within will giye Mr. PENN an agreeable area before his windows, and add to his Lordship's gar. den. The work is already in hand. •Dr. HAkDING; of Salt-hill, is appointed a Pre bendary in the Cathedral'Church of Sarum, in the room of the Rev. Archdeacon HAND, deceased.— Theire is another Stan vacant, by the death of Dr. 'FDIJ . NTAYNt; pearl of York. Corn has now, We bclieye, reached that price at 'which . the Hackney Coach Fares - Oug to be We ,Wish likewise that those whose duty. it is, would see that the coaches are kept iii better order . : Most of them are now in a state of filth and disrepair„ which rendiers them equally disgusting anti dangerous. On ther3th inst. ahoi4 four o'clock in the morn ing, a fire broke out in tlie dwelling-house of J. R. WEati, Esc], at Milton, Wilts, whielyin the short space of three hours was reduced to ashes. Mr. Wmi with_difficulty eStaped the flames, NAVAL NEWS. PLY AIOUTII, FEB . . 24. SAILED the Urania and 'La Nymphe, Frigates' on a Cruize in the Channel. Arrived' the Palley hired Armed Brig , CaPt• V°. :MILLER, from. Gibraltar, with Dispatches f°,l.' Government, which were landed' and forward . . ... ... ~ „ ,--.• ' immediately. ~_ To Arrived the ship Retreat, ofand ftoMf..tOndo—n* i . - Jamaica, Captain SHAW, to refit, ha-eing:-sprgrg ` I leak a; sea. . Arrived the Doris Frigate, from Torbay, PORTSMOUTH, Frs. 25% - l l a l 6 SAtt.En this day from St. Helens, in a 1 at N. E. the Persevereztfce, Cirencester, and A ' wick Castle., having slipt from their cables. • DEAL, FEE. 25. His Majesty's Ships Conqueror and Magyr''''' wiled this morning. to the Westward. C4l r- Arrived from India, and remains, die R 1; "/ KYMEIt, with rice. of' • The following Resol u tio n p asse d the I-10 5e r i ) Assembly, in the Island of J ama i ca , on Frill *- December, 18oz : Resolved, Right Hon. Lord CARRINGTON, P r e s ident Of 'the B oar`i that the Thanks of the House be g iven tco Agriculture, for his attenti on t o the interest of this 151 '; o in transmitting the 4‘eletTion of valuable Seeds, ineati one have been procured from the East Indies, which have ~tb carefully deposited in the hands of the Island Botat.iitt / o f 'the d.,lscriptions andinstruttions sent ou t, in the ;lop their successful cultivation. The Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, r• t i e „11,10- command of Major BUCHA'4 of have' a teered their services during peaee, as 'expres se° letter from their Commanding Officer to the Hon. Lord fkosART: i . ;es .o, The India Company are m a ki ng fle n 4 a l. f ; onn r ro e (mi p rni sa a .i r .bl a eDii t tp i a:l o hire n yeLr ; dirlT f et o ci:sr r scn;e i on m isisti p issse r r.ic o lN., accommodation :Of oev i ri(tn) i lig s y g r r o t o h t:m e b d: i e e lr o r o t brood mares, w h e n 90 return to on his another important: station. . ...• d or • There is to: be an interview between the .Em t he of . 4t.tSSI.S, and the King of PRosst citil ifl4 * review of the Prussian. Troops in P o land. s r • The following is an extratt of a Letter well,known Literary Charader p T aitt.e(l. tuts %:,,ountry;irom taisgtist o •to\c j i;,r , i Berlin, 111 rie4cailtitic:dbft:omnotiPlaiitiili'j:l.4llo.' tisli Constitution, and in hopes of :enjo ; 4 . 4 o f r e picte happiness under the -mild GovetnlUer' generated France : cflfyou want 11 . 4ert . y * keep whefe 3 . r r e' rar°i you . tvant the necessaries of life at a cheat. j. en keep where you are. If you want enlight'ite evea reF,netl society, keep where you' are. If Y °lj iceell want the intercourse of common eivillo the where you are. If y - ou 'want ;nen witho' i . t to de, least regard. .to principle, irgegritY and stl s : the come hither. If you' I,v?nt wi me n witiO ' n de` least sense Qf honour, chastity * and c 0 11,t tn.bc cency, come hither. In short, if you w an i. i ctir-' among adventurers and desperadoes of ali t :" ,(; 11 1 , tions, there is no place so likely to gra r i f y "'s wishes as the Capital of revolutionized Fr 4//, 01 • ° A orrespondent offers the following o'f' n l ,, of the words .ric-NiF, used to charatWi s,e r i o n; tended Suppers at the New Thearr4a.l.a-sA t.; " / " As to 'the first syllable of the wor' , Di c comes from pickle, which Dr. J O H N soN, in : l " s or to tionary, informs' us, means not only salt Ii 9 ,1 poi preserve flesh, or anything so preserved, " a pickled rogue, consummately v illainou' s ; (I; '' soned, and imbued highly with every thing 1 • t " Again, as to the Meaning of the wor' l will say ' 4 nothing of an aged Personage 10 1% ) Or li' appellation is most generally applied; but the Ei0 0, 51 ed Dr. Jowtsots. gives, as one of its signifi c e - ' O l6 "to cozen at Dice or Cards." So thatrfa; .that by a Pic-Nie-supper, must be intende‘' s ea' tertainment " consummately villainous, ! ill : 11 , 3 3 , i t 'stoned, and imbued highly with every and where the ()Ned is to cozen at Dice or Many years ago the celebrated Mrs. Ccli„ . , attempted to rival , the Opera,House, by squ are' stitution of a similar' entertainment in Soh°-]tut under the title .of The ilarmonk Mettiop , JOHN FIELDINg sent a . detechmenr Of 135 i „ s firif, guards to the scene of adion, and 'all h er fb" birds were soon obliged to twarble in a €( 7 ,ff e :, p iec e dilletante Aaor: should bake a hint from ' . • , of theatrical hi:tog. ,IA,P Wanted, a glass coach, to ply on ne%r from_ half after eight at night to nine nex t min for between the NoW Theatre and Round-boo sc ' ( I °l tenham-court.road. The more fashionable the-esct/ll' as the Advertiser can say with Charlesio r t ud P A for Scandal, that the persons for whose ac c i °— : ll ll se " tion it is wanted, " have been most,Pf to ride in their min carriages." , .. • be e Some of the Wa:chmen of Sr. Gae :o t l l ° ,'o'l studying the charafter of Drigbiil . s , ; ( tha tf ', e ' , o o- be qualified to ad their part on the 1P- Stage.eredi oh MILITARY PROMOTION ! --=-- The wo Ye a ,,hoo o Prince of ETR UR lA, who is' now t and has been appointed by his Royal Father '-'‘i).oo/ of the Royal Corps of Cfias,eurs of CitiZ e ni o to : l rence, was on the zad of' January prese c ,", Officers of that Corps, in the niform.of t s l ; rhe ) r•itle . on this occasion stood betsv-heliav King and Queen, and p.m: til)6•CerS bis I kiss!!.!