The Sun. — London, England, 1812-03-21 00:00:00

POEMY. THE KNIGHT OF THE BORDER& WRITTEN BY W. UPTON, ESQ. Composed by Mr. W. T. PARKS. Tie Knight of the Borders leap'd on his black steed, While thus to young ELLA he cried, Wipe away the sad tear, Love, I'll haste with all speed To make thee, my dearest, a Bride. He fled, and she trusted, but false, false was he, . And perjur'd each promise he . swore, With another he married, for ELL a to see The Knight u• the Borders no more,. She heard the fell tidings, but scDrn'd to upbraid, NVllik sorrow fast phrenzyed her brain, Her look was all wild, and each feature display'd A tempest of anguish and pain ; She trembled, while paler and. paler turn'd she, Her fingers lizr long tresses tore, Then swilling ex pied, by Vate cluoin'd to see The Knight of the Borders no more. The bell for ELLA, the sound caught his ear, tk s7,,rted, an,: shook eviry limb, lie gaz'd all ar , ,u1,(1 him, with conscience-struck fear, His eyes, late s brilliant, grew dim; He pr,ss'ct the Aire hand of the newly-made Bride, a pray 'r, anti sunk on the floor, He s , 1,1 have spoken, yet spike nor, but sighedTh, Borders' nu in .Fe. JOURNdL, 1)V R. 13. , ::% KS, tHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMUNT MAKER, STRAND. Thermometer. IWeather. Ili . 1 _ ..,,: i • -:. 1 i " , s , . ---. .. .... . ch •Th . _. : ..,z 1 ......__ .14 3 ° 9 3 ° B. 4 0 3. ! 3 ° 3 I 30.00 ' .03 itt ain Fair •'S 35 37„ 42. 132 i * 29 , 0 r Do. 16 3i 34• 3 8 . 1 3 . -= I ( I 5 Do. Do. 3 3 i , 3 3 3 ; / 1 7 4 . . i l o i I :5 102 I 1 C D lcly. D Cl , cly . t 9 ,33 35. 137. '3sj• 25 i 1 Do. Do. + °i 37 43. 44. 1 4= i 29.04 •09 1 ft.ain Ita;n I 1 H 1.3 2 1 - - 41 Great variation in the Barometer tnis day. I Sine snow about g. and cunski,r t;11 in the night. G ER.11,4 N PAPERS, BASLE, FEB. COliSeqUe. - ,Ce the steps Jakeo by Count Gout)lp to obia.t. , us divorce. the !Court of Baden, acceding to his wishes, sent here Il aron Berkhielm, accompanied b, a Counsellor, and on the 1713 of this mouth, at four o'clock, the divorce was pronounc-d. flis august ; , ou•e has thought it proper, although with much grief, to accede to the will of her husband, and return him t he nuptial ring. TO THE FRENCH 13/HO RESIDE IN THE STATES OE HIS MAJESTY THE KING 01 , DEN " The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni. r'reerniary iron, h is Nl,ijesty the Ernrer or of the nd), King, of Italy, to is Majesty the King of 11,nmark, iut rms th, French belonging to the Old and NC Depar:rnents or Provinces of the Empire, 'who, accordin g to ihr Deerees of the 2Gth and 28th . August last, have to request the authorization ot his Imperial Majesty and King, either to return to trance, cr render I , .., , ittrinate their D.3ll.llAlZa!iOO, 01 • even their.sunple r sidenur in the States ot his Ma jesty the King of Denmark and Not ,vay, or to re blain in, or enter the service of the King, that they most the.,s6ves mike in writing the arpiic Ilion to `his Excell•!, the Grand Judge' Minister of Justice. Zheir cbristian stirria tps, professions, their age, bi , t -plae, their last dwelling in Ft ante, and actual place of abode, mast be stated in the re quest ; the motives they have for rnaki-g it. " Frenchmen, who these requests, are de sired not to make them directly to his Excer•rty the Grand Juke, but address them to the French "tnvo ar C l ienhagen who will transint tnem to t his Minister, It should be understood that Lune of i he above explini•d lunot be o t nittel, and that they are all equally indispa.l , s3Ne. " The Minister ot Frati. e, - ALQUiER." 4 Done at Copenhagen, Feb. 22." NtA DR ID, Fes. 10.—All the intelligence received f rom the kingdom of Valencia announces that it Joys the most perfect tranquility, and theinlitants, moved by their own interests, freely gale up their arms, and neither suffer the brigands nor dispersed 'soldiers to unite. The communiation - between the most distant points of this kingdom is complete !, free ; and ih.; good disposition manifested by the l nhabitanis l ro vises that this happy state of things ' II II consolidate and extend itself to the neighbouring rovinceS. A conduit so wise cannot fail of ensur ing Valencians the proteetion and confidence of Go tt-rnment, and procuring them that tranquility of . v filch they have so lung been deprived. General Expert, Governor of Segovia, informed that a detachment of Abrel's band occupied Marsze- No, ordered between the night of the Ist and 2d instant to march an 100 dragoons of the 18th regi-, Mem, with an equal number of soldiers of the regi meta • of Castile, the whole commanded by Major 13 iturbake: This Officer concluded his troops with luck secresy and dexterity, that he succeeded in seizing Pedro Pablo, Abrel's Lieutenant, and seven of his people, took 17 horses, and destroyed or dis persed the remainder of the band. • LEGHORN, FEB. 17.—Captain Ladorene yester day made a trial of a machine of his invention, in tended to break in pieces ships which are sunk. The experiment was made a grett depth under water with success. This Officer has constructed other machines to aEI upon the Scipion, of 74 guns, which was several years ago lost near this port, and is 30 feet under water. BERNE, FEB. 19.—At St. Bernard, last week, an avelanche of snow carried with it a transport of 60 horses and their driVers into the vale beneath. SLOGELSE, MARCH 4.-Ali the necessaries of life have this month risen ab ' ove a fourth more than in the last. Very little is brought to market, The price of grain in general has risen 70 per cent. since last Jang ar y, and other provisions in proportion. IMPERL4L PAR'LLIMEN2. ROUSE OF PEERS, FRIDAY, MARCH 20'. THE ROYAL ASSENT Was given by Commission to the Lottery Amend ment Bill, the Two Mutiny Bills, Men be.s' In demnity Bill, Oak Bark and Tobacco Imp° - tation Bills, Frame-Breaking Prevention Bill, Nitting ham Watch and Ward Bill, and to several Pri vate Bills. The Lords Commissioners were, The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of MoN TROSE, and Earl CAMDEN. Mr. Cox, from the Commissioners of Military Inquiry, presented, at the B-ir, the Eighteenth Re port of that Board, which was ordered to lie on the Table. An Account was presented by Mr. Newton, from he General Post Office, of the Balances and Ar 'ears in the hands of the Deputy Post Masters, on fir ,v h of January last. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRINCESSES. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented a Message from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, relative to this subject, and similar to that delivered to the The Message was, on the motion of the Noble SECRETARY of STATE, ordered to be taken into con sideration on Monday next, and the Lords to be summoi ed on the occasion. O 0 !he motion the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Local _Ame:idment Bill was :cad a second cominitced for Mpndly. The Annual Indemnity Bill was read a third Gine and passed. The bix Millions Annuity 8,11 was brought up from the Commons by Mr. Wharton, and other Members, and read a first' time, as were a tel.v Pri vale Bills, which were brought up by General Not ton, Colonel Beaumont, and other Gentlemen. IRISH CATHOLICS. The Earl of DoNovonmoac called to the recol% le6,tion of their Lordships, tliat when he had the ho nour of giving not;cc of a Motion on dill subject tor the tOth of next month, and for which day their Lordships had been summoned ; he had stated there possibly might be circumstances. which would con trout his option, and induce the postponement of it to another day. He had row to state that the cir cumstancei to which he then alluded, had not oc curred, and he, therefore, should bring on his Mo tion on the day originally proposed. Adjourned till Monday. ROUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, MARCH 20. The SPEAKER having ,been summoned to the House of Lords, on his return, informed the House that the Royal Assent had been given, by Commis sion, to sei.eral Public and Private Bills ;. for which see our Report of the Lords. A Me-sage from the Lords announced their Lord ships assent to the f!tdetunily Bill. Sir W. SCOTT gave not;ce, that after the Holi. drys, he would move for leave to, bring in a Bill for the Regulation of Ecile,iastical Courts. Mr. BLACKBURN pre,euted a Petition, signed by seven or eight thousand inhabitants of Blackburn, in Lancashire, stating the distress of the oianUfadoring distrias in that neighbourhood, and praying fur relief. Ordered to lie on the table. Lord G. L. GOWER presented a Pelitinn from the Grand Jury of the County of Stafford, playing for a general Enclosure A Person from the Commissioners of Military Inquiry presented their Eighteenth Report, which was orde;ed lobe printed. A Pelson from the Post Office presented an Ac count of the lialaneeß its the hands of the Deputy Post Master; GClr7'rc.li '3l) 10 the 5 Li+ of January, t S 12. Ordered to lie on the table. THIRD THEATRE. The Order of the Dly hiving been read for read ing a second time the ThiAd Theatre Bill, Mr. WHITBREAD requested that !he Noble Lord wlyt had the condot3 of the would put off the second reading until Mt.,:lay, in order to give an oppirtunity for a Right Hon. Friend of his, who was iniisposed (we presume Mr. Sheridan), to be present at the dii.masion. Lord OSSULSTONE replied, that he did not feel authorised to postpone the second reading of the Bill ; and after a number of observations, which from the low tone in which his Lirdship spoke, were wholly inaudible in the Gallery, moved That the Bill be now read a second time. Mr. P. Mooac contended, that the mode pre scribed by the Bill was not that which was calcu lated to do away monopoly. The increase of popu lation was stated as a ground for this additional Thea tre. Of this, however, he Wai certain, from the ie c:ipts at the existirt ) ; Theatrrs, that the play-going population did not increase correspondent!) , with the general population. Another serious obje4lion which he had to the Bill, was, that it went to su persede the prerogative. He concluded by moving as an amendment, That the Bill be read a second time on this day six months. Lord OSSULSTONE argued at considerable !nig, in favour of :he 11111. Sir T. TURTON Opposed it. Mr. SUMNER maintained the necessity of a third Theatre. The present Theatres were so large, that those who visited them might see, Kit could not hear. This defea had occasioned the introduaion of horses, dogs, and elephants on the stage, in,tead of the ratiocial entertainment of our toretathets.— The limited number of Theatres was also a great bar to the display ,of Theatrical talent. If a Gen tleman of the brightest Theatrical talent were to offer to perform, and his abilities lay in the same way as the Kembles, he would have no chance of doing so in the metropolis, but must have recourse to a country Theatre. Mr. WI.IITBREAD supposed, that hit Hon. Friend had some ve:y excellent tragedians behind the cur tain, in Surtey. If so, he- was sure that those who had the management of Drury-lane Theatre would be very happy to receive them. The promoters of the third Theatre neLitionpd tlif. cub. jea three years ago, but, withdrew their petition, end presented it to the King in Council, by whom it was rejeaed. Last year they again presented it to the House of Commons, on the ground that Drury-lane Theatre could not be built, He (Mr. W.) desired six weeks to inquire into the subjeEt, Last year they againpresented • it to the House'of to say, what proved true, that there was a prospea of a restoration of Drury-lane Theatre. The pre sent forward state of that Theatre was evident to the public. At starting, the odds were .500 to t against them : now they were 50 to 1 in their fa vour. But the passing of the Bill before the House would again turn the odds ; for although be had no doubt that the undertaking must ultimately succeed, yet the public confidence in it would be much weakened. If, in another Session of Parliament, Drury-lane Theatre should not be built and opened, or, being built and opened it should be found that there were not Theatres enough in the Metropolis, the propriety of building a third Theatre might be discussed. The supporters of this third Theatre in the House, bad behaved in the most honourable manner; but those out of it, had had recourse to every kind of misrepresentation and strataceem.-- Adverting to the observations, of his Hon. Friend opposite, he denied that Mr. Kemble wished for a monopoly of the tragic characters of the Drama, and pronounced a high panegyric On that Gentleman's pri vate and professional charaCter. As to the introduction of animals on the stage, that was an old complaint : Horace spoke of an elephant having been so intro duced at Rome, 2000 years ago. Mr. Garrick also had been obliged to coolotm to the public taste in a similar manner. To Mr. Kemble the public was indebted for a great reform in scenic representations; he had introduced more ut the works of the greatest poet that ever lived, than any of his predecessors, and had himself performed the principal characters in those dramas in a manner never surpa , sed, r►nd which had only once been equalled. To multiply the number of Theatres in the metropohs would only be to provide the public with bad actors every where, and with good pacts no where. Mr. A. BROW NE supported the original motion. He• expressed his satisfaaion to find that it was likely Drury-lane would be completed; but this did not ap ; ,ear to him at all to militate against the erec tion of a third Theatre ; by increasing the number of Theatres, an opporturiity would be given' to those who were p,;ssessed of theatrical gttnius to emulate ail fame of that great and versatile per former to whom the expression used by Dr. John son in his epitaph on Goldsmith, might, with justice, be applied : " Nullum totegit quod non =lava." He then entered at considerable length into the his tory of the proceedings of those in whom the propo sition for a third Theatre originated, and contended that it was a proposition to which the House, on every fair view of the subject, ought to aceesie.—A division ensued— For the Amendment . Against it • 5 3 - 34 - -24 Majority PROPERTY TAX. Sir THOMAS TURTON gave notice, that he should bring forward a motion, after the Holidays, on tho 9th of April, respeL•ting the mode of collecting the Property Tax. PRINCE REGENT'S MESSAGE. The,CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER brought down the following Message from the Prince Regent : " GEORGZ P. R. " His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, thinks it necessary to acquaint the House of Commons, that in pursuance of the powers vested in his Majesty by two Ads passed in the iSth and 39th years of this present reign, his Majesty was graciously p:eased, by Letters Patent, bearing dare the 2(1 of February, 1802, to grant to their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Au gusta, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary, and Amelia, an annuity of 30,0001. agreeable to the provisions, and subjed to the limi tations of the said Ads, which grant was to take Aka from the dmiise of his Majesty, and his Royal Highness being desirous,' in the present situation of the Royal family, to beempor,vere,l to provide for the establishment of their Royal Highnesses the Princesses by a❑ immediate grant, recom mends to the House of Commons to take the subjed into consideration, and to enable his Royal Highness to make such provision for their Royal Highnesses the Princesses, as in the liberality of Parliament may be thought suitable to the ac tual situation of the Princesses, and to the circumstances of the present time." On the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Message of his. Royal Highness was ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next. On the motion of Mr. DRUMMOND, the House went into a Committee on the Bankers' Embezzle ment Bill. After some discusion upon certain clauses, in which discussion Mr. Abercrombie, Sir S. Roundly, Mr. 'Wilson, the Chauc-ikr of the Exchequer, Mr. Thompson, Mr. D. Giddy, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. M rris, and Mr. Marryatt, took pnt, the 1-louse resumed, tLe Reptirt, vas received, and the fur ther consideration of the Bill postponed for three weeks. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a Petition from the Elders of the Jewish persuasion, praying that their names might be exempted from the Cha ritable Donation Bill, as they had made certain bye laws of theit own, in which they made piovirrion for supporting their own poor. The Petition was laid on the table. PENITENTIARY BILL. On the motion for going into a Committee on the ab:nre Bill, Mr. KENRICK moved an instruCtion to the Com mittee, th,t rovision should be made, that persons convicted of felony, without • benefit of Clergy, should be kept to hard labour. HoLroaD, at very great length, went over the history of Penitentiary Houses, stated a variety of plan' submittea to the. Committee on the subj , d, and noticed pa: ticuiarly one of Mr. Bentham's, which he c , aidemned, as - front its consirudion, having no other tendency than to gratify curiosity. He de precated the idea of entering into any of those suit of contracts- fur the employment of felons, as be ing injurious to the unfortunate prisoners, and only beneficial to the cogtraelors. The Hon. Gentle tnan thought it would be much better to give the management of the new Establishment to a Com mittp, ar,4 eh= that e 4 stripped the plan of mgny of thd ob.e jedions which had previously been urged against if Sir ROMILLY was sorry the subje.4 had been brought forward at this time, and in so thin a House. He would not now enter fully into Mr. Benthiw4 plan, but it was to he remembered, that lightly ai it had been spoken of, it had on_ a mature d,libera. tion been approved of by Mr. Pitt and by Lord Melville. lie had only recommtmded the plm of Mr. Bentham to the consideration of the [-louse on account of the advantage it bid over other plans of a similar nature, on aceJunt of its superior eco nomy, and the prospect it held out of furnishing the convids with employment when the term of their imprisonment expired. He proceeded to point t.tt other advantages which might be hoped frona its being carried into eft'eel. dsveit at s,ryne length on the benefit that might be expe,::led froth Lhe assistance of those Gentlemen, who, if the sub- je& were deferred, would attend to give their ad vice. He concluded by moving as an Amendment, " That the House should res,,lve it•elf into the Committee on Wednesday, the 15th of Mr. LONG thought it almost imposAible for any man to look at Bentham's plan, an:! approve of it in every part. Unquestionably ther-t wert sug-. gestions in it which were entitled to the attention of Government, and these would be acted upon as far as they were found praaicable, but as a whole, it was not such rc could with propriety be ad,ipted. He thought the plan capable ot great improvement, and hoped the House would now suffer the Bill to go into the Committee. Mr. ABERCROMBIE spoke in favour of Mr. Ben tham's plan, though be had never recatninendeci its uuqualitied adoption. He would vote with his Hon. and Learned Friend against proceeding farther thii night, and he hoped he would take the s-mse of the House on the Subjea. Mr. Secretary RvbEtt stated his objections to va rious parts of •Mr. Benlham's plan. He strongly opposed - the Amendment, on account of the d lay it would occasion. He w.ts desirous of making the plan as- perfect as possible ; but he could see no advantage likely to result from posponing the Com mittee on the Bill, as he conceived the thinness of the House was to be in a great measure ps cribed to a feeling on the part of the Members ab sent, that to attend on this occasion was untie. cessary. Mr. WILBERFORCE spoke in praise of Mr. 13en thatn's plan, particularly of that part of it which went to restore the couvi&s to society, by fur nishing them with employment when the period for which they were sentenced to be confined was at an end. Mr. B. BATHURST spoke in favour of the mea. sure, which he thought was calculated to better the condition of prisoners. A house of that de scription had been already adopted at Nottitig hArn, and was followed by the most beneficial effeas. Mr. C. ADAMS was for the postponement, Mr. W. SMITH 5311.7 no inconvenience in ptiniog it off . for so short a period as that proposed by his Hon. and Learned Friend. Alter a few words from Mr. FL Sumner on the same side and from Mr. Holford on the contrary, the House divided on the Amendment. For the Amendment Against it Majority IS 35 -..i7 The House then resolved. itself into a Commit. tee, in w!.ich the various c►auses of the Bill under. went a long discussion. .Eventually, the House having resumed, the report was ordered to be ree ceived on Monday. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Es cnEqUER, it was ordered, that at its rising the House should aJjourn to Monday. The Order of the Day having been react for go ing into a Committee on the Charitable Donations' Bill. . On the motion of Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, the Committee was instruaed to divide the Bill ha() two. The Bill accordingly went through a Committee, in which it was so divided, and the separate Reports were ordered to be brought up on Monday. In a Committee of Supply, was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Ward, that a sum not exceediog 6,5001. be granted to the Board of Agriculture.— The Repot - t on Mcqtday. The second reading of the Military Commissioners Bill was postponed to Monday. Mr. D. GIDDY brought up the Report of the Woods and Forests Bill. The amendments were agreed to, nod the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday. Lord Wellington's Annuity Bill, the Glass Duty Bill, and the Pilchard Bill, went through Commit tees, the Reports of which were ordered' to be le ce:ved on Monday. Mr. WHARTON, brought up the reports of the Irish Militia, the Irish Militia Families, and Soldiers Wives' Bill, which were respeaively agreed to, and the Bills were ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Irish Bishops Bill and the Bermuda Trade Bill, were read, a third time, and passed. The Canada Trade Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. REGISTRAR OF THE ADMIRALTY, Mr. H. MARTIN rose for the purpose of moving for leave to bring in two Bills, in order to assimilate the practice of the High Court of Admiralty :Ind the Court of Exchequer, with respe& to the money of suitors in the custody of those Courts, to the prac tice of the Court of Chancery. As he understood that it was not intended to make any opposition to his present motion, he thotight it unnecessary to tres pass upon the House at that late hour, lot titer than by simply moving " That leave be granted to hrir , g in a Bill to regulate the ofEce of Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, and Courts of Appeal, sn far as related to the Custody of the money of suitor; in the said Courts." The CLUNCRLLoR of the ExCI3EQUER would not oppose the bringing in of this or the other Bill ;-but he gave the Honourable and Learned Gentleman notice that he should look to the Bills in their pro gress, with a view to prevent the interests of tho s e who ought to be protected, from being injured by their enaetments. Mr. H. MARTIN profeesed himself ready to meet the Right Honourable Gentleman in the c;nn. either noon the secord readin7. or in tl-s,