The Sun. — London, England, 1805-03-16 00:00:00

1411 IC • 4.1. 414.t.t LPTIG.II - .oes ptoPesed, and ipproved• of most or - theirs. lie.disapproved, however, of, the Tax on Timber. Hit Right Hori. Friend had said, that the peasants might have recourse to Irish timber. This ut him in mind o f t h e eondu, of a man, who being advised to drink Cyder,' began to think of planting an orchard. The tax only led to eluting down the scanty share of timber that was raised in Ireland before it was mature. He did not altogether tip. trove of the tax on that useful quadruped called the Horse. He didlnot wish to recognize the principle of having any tax upon this animal at all, because it Would soon lead to a tax on Husbandry Horse., and Would be a falai blow to the Agriculture of Ireland. lithe duty on Distilleries were properly collee.ted, he was persuaded, there would be no occasion for any ()latest. taxes. While the poisonous whisky was distributed all over the country, a very small share of the duty was colleCted ; this certainly required tome remedy, Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought that Taxes of inch importance as some of' these were ought no; to have been proposed with out consult i ng some of t hethiefComtnereial Cities in Ireland. He adverted ,tt' the increase of the Taxes on different articles, neh ticithlrlas Sugar, Tea, Coffee &c. , &c. He w as par y averse to the tax on Ti m b er. He himself, ' 4n thjt r oot local situation, Wa3 certainly a better judge sohjeti than the Right Hon. G ent l eman .-- „ilete was nu Timber in the South of. I re l an d t h at ; 11 otliply the inhabitants with "materials for a 7111 of necesSary articles, especially Houses.-- farmer in England had his timber on Lis own nt somewhere n ear it. .This was no t 'th e he with Ireland. Nothing 'tended .an much to a‘ e ? a Courory quiet a s to g i ve good and comfort. f ore Lbit.ei ons to the peasantry. This tax, there. tier 4.'nuld operate in some measure as a cause of L it ddiraff e eti on. H e agreed to the Tax on )„,t ii r 'i on account of the secur i ty prom i sed to the ihdeea. which at present were remarkably insecure 1, / I`, lo , ' 41PTHORNE defended most o f t h e new hten':P r psed, p art i cularly that on Houses. : j u STER .replied to t h e o bj e lti ons that had 40c:auee bad 401* the Taxe s gene rally,and detail. Iwhiej been the la rge surplus in the Treasury, abt ),I:B4leQentlerrien seemed to suppose, he should sutre,horrowed so much, but it would be against hi st "Pro te lples which h ave governed Loans, not to thag• n t, Totes to pay th e i nterest of them, and of $0,11:41olt Fund created at t h e same t i me. As to the * I LI° the Consolid ate d F un d of Ireland, therd 6;1 10 4 thing. The whole of. the Revenues of f "Meti the Consolidated Fund .of that th . ° t hy) he had taken credit for the whole, and )14`viliole there. could be no surplus ; he could not h ei s I. he necessary expences for the security of Pelt:" dernding merely upon the colleetion of ar ra! I , :, l „ W i . a t *at due. He then defended the seve. res t ,,„"t i ," hod proposed, and mentioned that the As t "ad not stated the produce of the Lottery pr o 4 ll . l _ he had calculated 4 0 0,0001. from the imd he ;M.! . had the collation of the in his an dm, ti s,"ct have been too sanguine his ca Lula. Co ". PrOiti of the Lottery would probably Maihe d eficiency „ic e . • fax ulmp put some qu e stion about ' the proposed Dogs, to which 11) (rte r d 1. 4°11 replied, that the Tax could he com. in o 44 * SOL on a Pack of Hounds, and for ros, Cher ca ses, ,r, 'Lmbteonversation, in which Mr. A.Lex. tO grk : artrzonßALD, Mr. STEWART, Mr. and Sir WM. Boa ROW us, took a part, a keco7Ae!olutions of the Committee were then read ilk " ta me. t he readi ng of the e t R t tonts solution for layi n g a 446 Ltet Cent, on goods i mporte d b y R etail e IQ' 0 %4' 1 7 ) 4F rose to oppose this Resolution. Al. 6%144 ,anowed that this was a Tax which had Resat ettablished, yet the inequality of it was litr e 0 7. Thtleh felt at at present. When the Ditties sen t , OW or a third of what they were at pre. thee iam 4l L of 6 . 1. per Cent. on these Dutiea was not Ittrti„ Phi l ; felt ; but now the Duties were so ex. t0,, 54 4 uign 011 every article of import and general lithtel)t,t,mtslhat such a Duty as this must be most Peet 't,lt by every Retailer who ventured to ion. At p lig ep tt nit own account. Ope n l e y ' tsn' O t/Ci/E opposed t h e T ax, as aTax ler thi s giiulthtstry. of R eta il ers, who, if it was not 4 %lit I hlt Y cutdd, by united s p ecu l at i ons, b e. tinle toelves wealthy Merchants in the course of fir,pe t I, stated, that the Tax was not only un ttty 'I woo almost unpreduitive, and should on theleethlotabandoned. • en be elltekto /ILES PR/CE considered this Duty as a the oti vi e fl lungtess of commerce, by discouraging litly i n ..? of men of 'mall capitals, and particu. try sit do to the commerce between this Conn_ % G "lan tl• als o° Igtntoa Hitt, and Sir NeweoLT, PPosed 44 (m i d '' P°X h . opeil the Right Hon. Gentleman 1144 withdraw the Tax on the principle' stated by " Vei+ker. to l'O sriiß id • • ih,,withd r cou not, in time of war, consent • nev er r Tax which had so long subsisted, thr, een complained of till now ; but if the . r °d Ihnuld ever arrive which would al. lis t • t _ gXet to be diminished, he would willingly ttlithi'wtnit. He then stated the origin of this Tax, tak pen a . S . to the reign of Charles 11. and laid on as t hlat s t hl at t9nior the privilege the wholesale met. _ en sn.ha . ti of receiving 6 per cent. discount, k r . Is their duties in ready money. aras cakitr to the Tax, which, when he S e Deice %, N on r al repealed, and only renewed last taflarle capitals Sort of surprise. He thought the I nert etall w i ,P 4 l ,t tg ais had many advantages over those of ege t I,4l;ek' the without giving them this additional 11 1 Y ren not only did not demand, b ut w i t h , p0..,.."."Y o nly as far as the could.— tax ! Ai d' "'ls unju st , une y qual, and moet tmlik4 "Y. Pos e • o wes In this Country ; he must therefore op, mid it. 4wmotina and Mr. PRINCer also op, • , 4 . 1 , t . i6 " }t t ' u te cl u ., i e4 iq lutity,heittg t h en loudly called fur, the it or the k cso l ation) 101—Against, 6 4 , he to ,p. lid. Iht Thu doubts we expressed yesterday respeCting the sailing of the Dutch Fleet are, we arc sorry to say, confirmed by farther advices. The Dutch Fleet has not sailed, nor is it likely to sail. The Men of War are not half manned, and the Trans. ports are raven. General Sir J. CRAIG 15 not going to Jamaica, as stated in some of the Public Prints, THE Spanish Privateer irdiciti, of 20 guns- and 170 men, has been captured by the Kitty Privateer, of London, Captain Mvsatznve, near Scilly, after a long and severe Aaiun of one hour and an half.— There were 4 men killed, and 14 wounded, on board the Spanish . Vessel. The Kitty had one killed ,and four wounded. The American Ship Rebecca, Capt. NINMO, which arrived in the Downs yesterday from Leg. horn in 30 days, un'the i itch instant was spoken with, in Lit. 44. long. 9, by the Here Man of ''rar, in company with five other Ships'of the Line : the Master's Mate of. the Here informed Capt. N. that the Brest Fleet was out ; the same day was spoke with by a Frigate, who asked him if he had seen the French Fleet. No intelligence of the sailing of the Fleet had, however, reached the Admiralty, when this Paper was put to Press. Yecterday morning, about half past eight o'clock, tlis MAJESTY loft Kew in his travelling carriage for Windsor. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, HBR. MA. !Ivry gave a•grand hreaklast to the Pattrcsss of WALKS. Breakfast WaS served up in the Grand Saloon, and the grand service of plate WaS used on the occasion. Yesterday the Quit N and PR INC EiS FS left Buck. ingham Muse for ' Windsor Castle, under the usual Military escorts they were accompanied by the DUKE of CA.llllllt Letters from Dublin state, that it has - been strong. ly recommended to assimilate the ;:woceedings on the Assizes in Ireland,' as nearly as the nature ' the Case will admit, to those in this Country. This will be a great relief to the IR 'sat Junces,' whb now are obliged to ad, in Litt, as Auditors .of County Accounts, with respel to what are called Grand Jurys. Presentments, far money for the repairs` of Raub, Bridges, &c. and which are ton often the cause of much contention between the Judges who go the Circuit and the Country Gentlemen. It has been already announced, that the Holders of a million of the Llyalty Loan had refused to ac. cept the terms offered by Government for its re. demption, and which others had acceded to, and had pressed for an immediate payment in money. Yesterday morning, agreeably to appointment, the several parties , who contratted for the late limn waited upon the CHANCeLLOR of the Excristavelt. for the purpose of giving, in their propoials for raising the sum of one million, to be applied to the payment of this demand, when they agreed to sc. cept the same terms that the present Holders re fused, without any discount whatever. The pe. riods of payment are as follow 2s per Cent. 26th of April. as ditto in lune. 2s ditto in fitly, 20 ditto 30th August. S ditto 27th ieptianber. As the present Holders expect to he paid before these instalments are made, Government has under . - taken to liquiddc..: their demands on the sth of April. FALMOUTH, MARCH r3.--Arrivecl this day rthe Spanish Ship Privateer &licit', of to guns and 170 mln, from St. Ander°, taken 'by the Kitty Priva. leer, of London, Captain MusceAvt, near Scillyi after an adion of an hour and an half,. in which the Spaniard lost four men killed, and fourteen wounded ; the . . Kitty one man killed, and four wounded. Also the Spanish Brig Andahtria, captain LORGN from Montevideo, in the River La Plata ; sailed the 19th November, 1804., bound for Catlia, with a cargo of hides, tallow, and 'about, sOOO dollars ; takers the rgth February, by the Roebuck Privateer, of Lon. don, Captain BROOKS, off Cape St. Vincent. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 13. Arrived the Brig Friends, of Exeter, Wu. VENING Master, from Fi. gucira, with fruit for this Port. Sailed the Latona Frigate on a Cruize to the Westward. SHEERNESS, MARCH 13.—Artived the Vuhure Sloop et Wair, Capt. GREEN, and jaw Armed Ship, Capt. DOUGLAS. Came down from Chatham the //1/ llein, under jury masts, on her way to the River to be repaired. Sailed the Woolwich Tender for the River. The Rosina Armed Ship has made the signal for convoy to the Elbe ;:and the Majestic for a Pilot to go into Harbour. Ships at this Port—the Zealand, Majestic, Inflexible, Ethalion, Hebe, L'Aimable„ Winchetsea, Ceres, Lynx, Vulture, John and Rosina Armed Ships, and Borer Gun brig. COWES, MARCH IS.—Sailea this morning the Brig Eli r, Captain joHAN SCHNRLL, from St. Thoraas'ith Varei ; also the Hamburg!) Ship Arne. ha, Captain PINTER RETUKERS Roos ; and the Glucklige IViderkunft, Capt. MEYER, with coals, for Hamburg)]. DEAL, MARCH i5.--Sailed His Majesty's Ship Diadem, for Portsmouth. Came in from a Cruize, the Jamaica, Oreitel, Cy:set, Flamer, and Bruizer, and remain in the Downs. Arrived the Rebecca, of Norfolk, Captain H. NIMM e, from Leghorn, with a clean Bill of Health, thirty days passage, and sailed for Stantlgatc Creek. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH i4.—Arrived the Since. BADCOCK, from Lymington ; ebampion Fri gate, and Et/tr./pre/tante, from the Coast rat France. Sailed the Swallow, AMu ; Dido, TAYLou, for Sunderland ; and Shorn, ALsaot4r, for Red. L.is. with pleasure we are enabled to contradict} the report of the capture of the Mar Otis Wellesley East-Indiaman. The following is an Extra of a Letter from un board that Ship, dated the 30th of September 44 We are now on our way to Penang, under convoy of Admiral RA: N ea, who has pronsibed to convoy us back to the Coast, in December, to take in our cargo at Madras, and the Ports to the northward." The Lark, NORTON ) from Newfoundland, for Poole ; is captured and carried into France. . , The Falcon, Foltz:), from Inc wfoundland, lois Por. tugal, and Ernbden Packet, ----, from London for Lisbon, are captured by the Fame: . Spanish Priva. teer, and (tarried into Vigo. The QitteN Anne, P 4. ut.sprt ; the Bra, ju D PST E ; and a Danish Vessel, trout Leghorn, for the West Indies, are captured by ~a Prtvatier b e l ong in g tii Tortola, carried into Antigua, and there 'con: demned. . The Hon. AUGUSTUA CAyRNISISIT 11RADSHAW' , hasbeen the . successful Candidate f o r' th e Borough of Honiton. The. Pon closed filially On . Wednesday; when the numbers were— For the lion. A. C. Bradshaw . 2.0 William Courtenay, Esq. - - - (27 . •' " Majority 113 _ • Mrs. BILL rfcci•ort, we are sorry to 'find, 'has had a severe fall, by which she has bruised-and sprained her arm. . The Stage is 'likely to haie .a plentiful crop of juvenile Performers. A new . t'airisus has started at Bath, and another at Oiiiibfirk. if they . should,corne to London and excite the same zeal that has-attend, ed Master ilsTry, the Public will have some -oc. cation for the Ormskirk Midicint." Music Ladies' ?rive te Subscription con. Celt has opened for the season. This second per,: forrnance was held on Thursday last, at Mrs.Ki In- Mansfield.street, Cavendish-square: • IVladame BIANCHI, MELD, and WALstt, ate the VOcal Per. formers, and among the instrumental \ are Li Ntmev r the PRTIIDES, and SALOMON, WiiOSE -awn cur., Lions afford an exquisite musical repast. The Oratorio; which consisted of a Grand Se leCtion from HANDEL, was last night well attended at Covent-garden Theatre. Mr. G. AsHt. yr, in consequence' of the death of his father, was un.: able to conduel the, Band, and his place was sup. 'plied by Mr. WEICHSELL.. Mrs. ASIIE, MIL. LIR, Miss MUNDAT,. Mrs. BLAND and BRAHMA, severally contributed to the entettaitiluent of the audience, and were applauded. The Marquis Tow Nstitt•lD'S birth.clay was, on ?Monday last, celebrated at Dublin, for the 37 1 1 r time, by a numerous assemblage of Noblemen and Gentlemen ; among NI horn were the Marqtvis of ELY, Lord DONUU.GHMOR E, Messrs.Lxas, General MORE Au, it is said, is likely to be em. played on an Expedition in which the French and Spanish Soldiers are to art in concert. If this should he the case, there can be- little doubt that the Cot. sicaii Usurper has taken care to give orders that the expatriatcd General shall be sent, upon the for. earn b .pe. •• Li } ~M~~`! r~ 13,x: ~~ MR, RD/TOP., So many and so diffuse have been th pnblic nervations :on the Theatrical Merits - , of• toe young:, ,person commonly called Roicius, that I should not have ventured to pursue:the inquiry did not those, obserVations appear' to - rme, ,to 'be, for the. most part; rather . copious than Correct, arid to savour more strongly of kindness than'of I ani_well aware of the outcry which my dissent from the..general voice-is likely to excite lam not ignorant of the dilenivia, on one horn or the other of which the . friends of the Bny have at.. tempted to catch,,the public approbatioo ; I know . that they tell us"„" When you praise him you tart' praise hitn as an aecompliAied NIAN ; 1 - 1(.1t if you are inclined to judge----Oh rhor—You must fit, hith as you would an untutored 'La ;" and thus, in a double capacity of Man' and they arm hitri with the prerogatives of the former, and at the more time shelter him under the c.reetptioni of the latter. But artfully 3's this dileMtna has been framed, lid futce may, I imagine, be evaded, by considering; not whether tl,e. subjea of our aisenision is a man or a boy, but whether be be a iit'at ifilor;Capable and worthy of exciting an interest , and v.otiatsiasin to which GARRICK himself never aspired; and of bearing a name which neither BARY, tier KEMBLE, ever vetaturrd to 'assume. 'The last part in Whichl have seen' the buy was Hamlet; 'and I l do nut recollect any charaCter sv peculiarly fitted for a, trial of a Performer's' or more likely to enable us to distinguish between real merit and the helliw semblan'er of iti OhiCti the bleazis ICllly puffs into ootice.. Those great and rare aritibutri--a knowledge of the human l cant, 'the discrimination of its various characters, the txpressiOn of its many and mingled, passiOns, a slear comprehension' and 3101'6E11 . e Clitin4t • clarion of an• Author's meaning ; a pure taste; a solid judgment; and perspicuous CiktiClSol*—are the first mental requi;its to' the composition of a great Actor, and seem to .be all, in sOme degree, necea. nary for the perfect delineation' of .Hamlet. Shall I venture to own, the Buy appeared to me utterly (fttitute of ell these :.—nay, ribtonly du I think that . he doiS over pusw..34 them, I 271 'even of opinion that it he should: of tender age; - of little ex e eriroce, of edOc.aiion' rind iNcOns' pf t te, not having had the opportunities of seeirig i nor the power of midi's:, the *examples of life ; reared; till , his last year, in utter retirement, 'anc!, I fear, almost utter ignorance;: and being at moment not fourteen years ut age, what niencti qualifications, can we reasun:ibly ex k , s4f to find him endued withul ?'' But there ate also other advantages whi c h go very far in forming the aggregate of j Great Ate I then those which are merely persomil, ior though genius will sotnetimes oVetconte physiCal defths, will 4,6e:denied that softie part ut Mr. KEMBLE'S theAttiC excellence arises from his person advan. loges, and that, nn the contrary, GAIRICK tell far short of' the effeit which .Tine person and imposing figure, added to. his matchlesi skill, would have produced ? But what shall ,we say ut him who is oae entire 151!,rsh-al Via'? Whose voice, whose look, whose expression, whose mlnner, wh os e st a .. titre, and whose strength, must be either unnatOrill or childish ? What shalt we sate. wino). we see baby taunting an hero ? of a child who is sus. petted" to he the Lvver Lad" kwirrild:pb, who routs a band • of A.4assins, and overciiincs trvo athletic and warlike Barons ? what shill Svc h y when fig kills the. fi ery; 72vbait e whoAr 'grni cio searcely held aetvord ? when na dies f.n. .7rdiet, who -has hardly done' loving his'Nl 4 rie l et Hamlet!'!! " aye there's the inh." His admirers say, every observatiob which tended 'to remind the audience of Hamlet's age vv,li omitted. Bravo! Hamlet i entrusted, with • the most important Of all . 1111111t1 aetl(loli4'; 'the 'very spirits are summoned 'froin the grave to comm'mki his performance of svtiat,'Avith6tit silt: ii would he nonatural ::wrapped up in the most ins. penetrable4secreey, no levity, no wilifiness of y o u t h, betray his designS,' '-distratt biro from, his purpose : a perfeif roaster. •(if 110111411 • pas,ions,. he assumes rna(loess ice :Wilt - MeV barred, 11 S aSHUttIC iti reit6e; by 'll . lrePi; arid' o'verdr,ips 'his mask his . eloquenee sh4l:es the Very'stiul &t a •vv,...iiiao" hat., dtmed ;-hede'eiv44 thi: courtiers -he Overetimes a v3liatif soldier, ai:d days 'a p . (40'1 . 01;01' ttgorthis Motiarcif and then,forbontli, we are.ttild; trial every thing " inconsiNtent with'the and stren A di 'Vitt'," t►t rittcil, and that the illosiOn . was complrte. " .—ThaN then: it comes to. this; either &JAL.? A%u %.1 . the 'aty must go-to ihe wall, as it is' said, a :7', eAtt k Was sacrificed. 'Tis tro:, he - crtmr--:-but _the Boy. was nett saved ; for,-as its the filth A t hr 'sps ks of Waving rtvell inaltm, as a fellp.N te j6r, a person lhosti ikon had I.tin 'in the eatt:a - mochrti,t/ief-years ; and thus, after all the lab Air of the skilful attputainrs of Stimtsrs - Att Ei the s:ry dullest of the audience were filled ' at * the veiy en'tl of the Play with a just con. tempt ofluch improbable momniery: indeed:, irt+:., Y confe most pro. perly omitted ; it'is this-w- fl m. Do the "'ft / Vic:tans''' . hold tio same estimatidri they did when 1 was in the City ? Are they so followed ?" Kos. indep.l, they do Howcomes jt ? du they grow rusty'" Rot. Way, their endeavour keeps its wonted pace, but. there it, sir, ,Ltil :fiery of childr‘n, Li Di Lx' XV A S XS, that coy out on the top of the question t _ and are most fyramii cagy clapped for it—these are now the fashion." Fl A st. Wh a t, are t h ey I hildi•en P' will they pursue the qitality do loner than they can 1/I or .if they should grwts tglClnaelVeS to cornmOttplayers, will they not say afterw4rdt, their was Tt I do them I:J/ - 4V" • " lids. their ha , t, , bt!tit much to do vet both sidA." " 1l AM. Isl 4 (1 s the ho% carry it ?",' • " Rot. Aye fica they kW, oty Lord, Hltscutzs and his bid too," If SIIAICPEkItE %veto ra rise from, the dead; s'nd find one of those little eysisei playing Hamlet twit self, whet wQuid tie exclmitn more forcible than Ins own vehement apostrbplie--- "U shit to r;rll,:re IS thy blush i" If yoar impartiAity, tYxr. &Hun, should induce 3 011 10 lay thee too, c, ,thoughts balite the PuNte for their judgment, ocrie future column. nications; contiour my ktber v iitli y ut) tiiii suljed., I haVii the 110/10tlf 44) ber:)l4.3“ QbekliCtit ..Scrv4Ll, H. li. and Bills ordered to be brought in upon them. Th, Cif ANC 44.411? of the EXCHEQUER . 0 4 65erved, that before fit , proceeded to,the.Otaer of . the. Dar, on'the Legiey Eill, it was necessarY fYtt . him.to observe r that a 'Military Subjed.(rlie 11a) stood for Monday next,.- and on - tlyst day, from 'particular circumstaoc,,es,ohvious.to moit Gentlemen present, (being St. Patrick's Day,) many Members would be absent, and therefore, for their conve. nience, he deterred his Motion until Tuesday next. He then moved the Order of the Day for the House to go in a Committee of the whole House on the Legacy Duty Bill. The Order being read, he moved, 6 6 That the SF EAKISIt do now leave the Chair." , . Mr. FOX observed, that if the Right Han. GeM. denim) had made up his mind not to.peraist in that parr of the Tax which - applied to Legacies given to Children, the Debate might be very much short. ened. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his opinion remained unaltered upon that sub jeCt. He could'not consent to give up so consider. able a part of the impost as zoo, pool ; for h¢ cal culated the Duty on the Legacies to Chi!then to that amount. • Mr. Fox asked what day the Report was pro posed to be received, for he should, as the hour was now so late, defer his observations until that stage of the Bill.—lt was fixed for Tuesday. The SPEAKER left the Chair.—The Bill passed the Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received on Tuesday. Ways and Means, and Sup. ply, deferred' to Monday. Adjoiirned at half-past 'nine o'clock. MAILS. ARNIVED-•1 Dublin, 3 Waterford. Dos—t Hantburgh, •3Gottenbursh, t Lisbon, 4 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS rail DAY ♦T TWILVIt O'CLOCK. Consols - . - sb k I Otruiiurn . - - - 31 THE SUN. SALEM QUIS DiCtitt FAI.SUM AUPEAT ? LON D 0 ' SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1805.