The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-23 00:00:00

I_IIIPERLIL PARLIAMENI HOUSE OP PEERS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22. The LORD CHANCELLOR, took his seat on the W• quarter after four o'clock, and after rt (- read, he moved—That all Writs of Error and Apral. presented to the House in the last Session of Parliament, respeaing which no Pe lt, ns mete presented, or printed papers laid before the House in the last or present Session of Parlia ment,, be referred to the consideration of the Ap peals Committee ordered to sit on Friday; and that the resne?itve Agents do attend—which was order ed accordingly, Mr. itIcKMAN, froth - 'the Secretary of State's Office, presented a comparative Statement of the Population of the several Counties in Great Britian, in the years 180 i and 1811., pursuant to a recent order of their Lordships. • Ordered to lie on table. A motion was presented (as we could colleet) by Lord Hood, of Caiterington by a person named Drummond, claiming the titles and dignity of Earl of Perth. &c. which was ordered to lie on the table. Smile judicial and private business was transacted; after which their Lordships adjourned till to-mor- Tow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22. Sir C. PRICE brought in a Bill for improving the Naviila;i:.n of the River Thames, westward of Lon don Bridge, which was read a first time, and order r a second reading. CIVIL LIST REVENUE': Mr. TIERNEY Observed, that in the Returns of the Civii List laid on the table, the outgoings were stated to exceed the revenue. by 124,0001. annually, on the averne. He would-, it the Right Hon. Gentleman bad no objection, move for an Account of the Sums voted in aid of that Revenue. The obje of his motion would be, to ascertain the pro portion of tht- sums paid from the Droits of Admi ralty Fund —He moved for An Account of the different. Sums paid in Aid of the Civil List Revenue, from the sth July, 1804, to the sth July, -181 1, distinguishing the different sources, &c. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no oh jetion to the piuduetion of the Paper.—The motion was then agreed to. AMERICAN LOYALISTS. A Pelllion Was presented from certain Claimants, for losses wl.ich 'they alleged they had sustained in America. The SPEAKER asked if the Petition came with a recommendation from the Crown ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not prepared to say that it had received the sanNon of of the Prince Re4ent but the objea of the Peti tion was within the view of his - Majesty's Govern ment, and, ultimately, he had reason to believe it die rention was then laid on the table. A Petition was presented from Birbttd , )es by Sir A. PIGOT, and was ordered to lie 011 the table. On the motion of Mr. DAVIES GIDDY, the Pe tition of the Ele&ors of Wootton Bassett, complain ing of an undue return, was postponed until the t ath of February. .Mr. D. GIDDY presented a Petition from the BOard of Agriculture, praying that Parliament would grant them the usual Allowance.—The Petition was laid on the table. Mr. WHARTON brought in the Malt Duty Bill, which was read a first time, and ordeted for a se cond reading to-morrow.. An Account w s presented, pursuant to order, of the number of Persons charged with Criminal of fences in the Cities of London and Westminster. WAYS AND MEANS. In a Committee of Ways and Means, the 611 ow. ing sums v. ere moved and agreed to, to provide for the War Taxes : By xchequer 13ilis 4 10, 5 ,,e03 Ditto - 1, 5 00,000 Ditto 8,000.000 Report was ordered for to-morrow. An Account was moved fur by Mr. WHARTON, of all sums paid out of t he Civil List Revenues, since 1804. Ordered.—Adjourned. MAILS. ARRIVID-1 Cadiz, z Dublin, z Watertord. Duz—i Lis bon, 2 Guernky, 2 lersey, t Brazils. I'ItICE OF STOCKS, THIS nAV ArTwiLvio'cLocx• Consols. - 62. 63 6 3 I Red. Ann. - - 631 H S r N. SOLYM QUIS UICdkE FALSUM.AUDEAT? L 0 N 1) 0 N. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1812. DISTILLERY 1311. L. On the bringing up the Report of the Bill for regulating the Di,tiLeriei, a conversation arose, in Which Sir John Newport, Mr. Sinclair, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Herbert, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer took part. Sir JOHN NEAItT objected to the clause in the Bill, which m cut to prohibit the exportation of Wisiskey into England during the existence of the prohibition. This he considered as contrary to tlic Gth Article of the Union, and therefore suggested the propriety of ex tending the benefits derived from so material a branch of the manufacture of that king dom, by allowing permission to export. Mr. SiNcLAIR and Sir GEORGE CLERK on the part of the Scotch Distilleries, claimed indulgencies, with respect to the Agricultural interests and the Distilleries. The Hon. Baronet conceived that the English Distiller was more favoured than the Scotch one. The CUANCELLOR of the E,XCHERIMR, denied that there was any intention on the part of Govern went to tavot4 one part of ihe E npire rn ire than the other. The measure was one of necessity, and but for a temporary purpose. With respei:t to the observations of the Hon. Baronet as to the du ties on wash ; the duty in England must be eolith ed on the spirit, and not on the wash. His calcula tions, therefore were erroneous. If any alteration Was to be made, it would go to embarrass and im pede the measure which had already had the fullest and most mature deliberation. Mr. HUTCHINSON supported the opinions of the Right Hun. Bart. (Sir J. Newport) and made some observations on the Unidn. Mr. HERBERT defended the Union, but for which the country would have been lo,t, A clause was then proposed by Sir GEORGE CLERK, embracing the object he proposed, but it was negatived. The Report, with the amendments made in the Committee, were agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-marrow. Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notice, that he should, on Tuesday next, move for leave to bring in a Bill to ascertain the population of Ireland. s et' P L Y. In a Committee of Supply, the following sums wee granted :-- To pay olf Exchequer Bills k to, soo,ono Ditto . t,500,000 Ditto -8, c,co,ooka Report was ordered for to-morrow. We have this morning received American Papers, from which we have made the following interesting Extracts :-- , WASHINGTON, DEC. 7.—Yesterday, in the House of Representatives, when Mr. PORTER called up the consideration of the Report of the Commit • tee of Foreign Relations; he briefly stated " the objeEts and views which had governed the Com mittee in their Report, which he had submitted to the House. The Orders in Council were of themselves a sufficient cause of war with the Commit tee; and which, causes were aggravated by the mi serable shifts of tire British Ministry,and their autho rity in this country. Any man not wilfully blind, could see that Britain had not acted towards us even in a manner which accorded with her own ideas of justice ; she captures under •a principle this week, which she does not avow the next ; and if a doetrine so monstrous were sanctioned, she would next trample upon .the -necks of our citizens in the streets. It was the unanimous opi nion of the Committee, that these encroachments were such as to demand war, as the only alternative to oh tain justice. Oar situation was like a young man establithing himself in society, who, if he submitted to indignities in the outset, would have to incur a double expence of time and labour, to establish his lost charader. On the carrying trade the Commit tee expressed no final opinion. It was in our power to harass tire resources of Britain, as well en tire ocean as by land ; to carry on a war against hen uct u• Otili ClCbtiliy 13,4 trade with the colonies, by the number of privateers which would befitted out ,for service. We had it in our power to make a conquest of Canada, which, to Britain, was of the utmost importance; and from whence she had imported articles of thew most ne cessity, last year to the.amount of 600,000,00 of dol lars, a great deal of which was for square timber (or her navy. We hold a sword over her resources which would cut her to the quick. It is, therefore, thede termination of the Committee to RECObIMEgD open /Par to the utmost energies of the nation ; yet he hoped it would not be entered into prematurely, for the hovslings of Newspapers. He knew that many of his filen& were for immediate war ; he felt the ndignities of our situation as sensibly as an'y man in the House, and lie would go as far to redress them, when the Preliminaries'were settled ; but he did not wish to invite to the feast till the cloth was laid— till the nation was " put into the attitude,i and a war demanded by the crisis." The Resolutions were all carried in a Committee of the whole, except the 2J, in whicb the words" ten thousand" were struck out, with a view to insert a larger number, which there appeared to be some dif ficulty in fixing on ; the lowest proposition was 12,000, and the highest not exceeding 50,00 A ; it was, however, agreed to let it remain— , so that when the Bill was reported, the House could fill as they saw proper; ,more time would elapse, and they would be better informed on the subje&. (Ten thousand was an idea quite out of order to mention; they were quite up to the war mark.) The Resolutions were afterwards taken up in the House, and the first carried by Ayes and Noes, 117 to It—Mr. RANDOLPH in the minority. ---- The second Resolution was then proposed by the SPEAKTM.—A plea for time was put in by M. RAN DOLPH and Mr. GOLDSBOHOUGH, who said, if they were to be dragged into a war, it was but reason able to give them one night more to reflect on it.—_ Whe House then adjourned till this day at eleven. The House sat but a very little time to-day, and adjourned on the motion of Mr. RANDOLPH, as the Committee of Investigation wished to have this day for the examination of persons, agreeably to their powers: unless time was given, as the duty was ar duous, it it would be putting a veto on their pro ceedings. The House of Representatives has determined to recognise formally the independence of South Ame rica. This morning we received Cadiz Papers to the eabt ult. from which we have male several extracts. It does not appear that any event of im portance has taken place since our last accounts ; but the intelligence, in general is satisfactory. The French have not yet made any impression upon Va: lencia ; and it is stated, but lint officially, that they have been repulsed, with great loss, in some attacks which they made. It is stated that SUCHET has detached 6000 men to Arragon ; if this be true, some very serious events must have taken place in that quarter, be-- cause, situated as SucnET is, he could very ill afford to spare so great a number of men.—Gem C utsTA is dead. We have received several letters from Gibraltar, mentioning that a severe gale had been experienced, which prevented for several days vessels coming from the eastward round Europa Point ; they, however, do not state any material damage having been sus tained. On the 29th ult. the Richmond gun-brig, Lieut. BARTHOLOMEW, came in from Oran, on the coast of Africa, whither he had been on a.missiem to the Bey, and was favourably received.-:--The nature of it is not stated ; but it is understood to have proved successful. In the Richmond arrived several released prisoners of war, from Malaga, whose exchange had been effeaed : Lieut. GEo. HOOPER, of the 89th regimetit, is of the number : he was taken, as also the other individuals, at the time of Lieutenant-Ge neral Lord BLAYNEY'S capture, at-the unsuccessful attack on the strong fort of Frangerola, 'near Malaga. General BALLASTEROS had been wounded by the. French, who, were in force before Tariftl The wound is not "stated as being so serious as to deprite the Spaniards of the exertions of thii gallant officer. General FRAZER, at Ceuta, was to join the army at Cadiz, and intended to have embarked for that place in the Richmond, then .on the point of sailing with a large quantity of specie to Lisbon, for the use of the Army under Viscount WELLINGTON. The quarantine on ships arriving from the eastward con tinued at Gibraltar, as formerly, and none were re leased, until pronounced healthy by the pratique officers. Yesterday the Dukes of YORK. SUSSEX, and CArst- BRIDGE, visited the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday the Marquis WELLESLEY entertained the Ministers %%lib a Cabinet Dinner. The Duchess of Yoax is expected to remain in town about a fortnight. --The Earl of DERBY has left town for the Oaks in Earl FITZWILLIANI IS 01 . 1 a Visit 10 and_Lady MILTON, at Milton-Abbey, in Lincolnshire. Mr. PERCEVAL gave a grand dinner on 'Monday, at his house, in Downing-street. Sir EVAN NEPEAN dine with the East India Directors, at the City of London) Tavern, on the 29th instant, before, his departure as Governor of Bumbay.. The Marquts of LANSDOWN gave a grand dinner on Monday, at house, in Berkeley-square, to a select party of Nobility. His Lordship will give another grand dinner this day. GAWLRR, the Citik, late of the Navy-office, for whose apprehension a great reward has been offered, was taken on Monday evening, on the coast of Essex, he was conveyed to town on Twsday, and in the eveningunderwent a private examination at Bow street, before Mr. GuAnAm and some of the Lords of the .Admiralty. THE THEATRE.-The pleasant old Comedy of She Mould and She Would Aot was represented again last night at the Lyccum before a very nu merous audience, and %vas much applauded.—Dow- TON'S Don Manuel was an excellent performance. Miss DUNCAN and Mrs. HARLOWE were very spi rited in Hippo/ita and Flora, particul :rly the former. Trappanti could not be in better hands than those of LOVEGRUVE. Vila/a - also was supported with considerable humour and effect by Miss MELLON. Mrs. HORNE was to have performed the part of Rosara, but, on account of indisposition, the part was taken at a short notice by Mrs. ORGER, and we' never remember to have seen a part suddenly taken supported with so much ease, spirit, and self-pos session. Tith IfThite Cat detained the audience till the dropping of the curtain, and excited much applause. The following is a summary of the comparative statement of ihe population of Great Britai❑ in the years 1801 at )(4 1811 ; ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 17th Jan. 1812 : POPULATION, ►BOl. Males. Females. Total. Kngland . • 3,9 8 7 , 93 i 4,343,499 8 ,33 1 ,434 Wales • • 2 57,►7 8 284,368. 541,546 Scotland . . 734 , 5 8 i 86 4,4 8 7 1,599,068 Army, Navy, &c. 47 0 69 8 • • 37 6, 59 8 Totals 5445', 2 93 5,49 2 ,354_ 10,942,646 POLUt.ATION, ISti. Males. Females. Total. England . • 4 , 555 ,2 ;7 4 , 944 ,1 43 9 , 4;9,400 Wales • • 2.' , 9,414 317,966 6.37,380 Scotland • • 82 5 , 377 979,4 8 7 1 , 80 4, 86 4 Army, Navy, tee. 640,500 . . 643,560 Totals 6,310,548 6 , 2 4 1 1596 12 ,35 8 1 1 44 INCREASE. England . . 1067,966 Wales 65,834 Scotland . 2oSolio Army, Navy, &c. 169,902 Total 3,611,582 No. 2,525, Class A, and No. 2,525, Class B, entitled each to Five Hundred Pounds, were ,both sold on Monday last, iby HORNSBY and Co.—The owners of the sane are respeafnlly informed, that they may receive their Prize-money immediately. Tickets and Shares for the Little Lottery are now selling by HORNSBY and Co. No. 26, Cornhill : the Scheme contains Two Prizes of 20,0001. and only 8,000 Tickets for sale. NAVAL NEWS. • PLYMOUTH, JAN. 2 1 .—Last night or f 3117 this morning a robbery was committed on board the brig Mary, Capt. WILLIAMSON, which vesssel is dis charging her cargo, consisting of coals, at this Port. A silver watch, belonging to the master, together with a pocket•book, which - contaiiled IAL in notes, and some of the ship's papers, were stolen ; the watch was taken fiom under' the pillow, in the bed where he slept, and thepocket-boolc from his coat pocket. The robber had, ati.ensy admittance, as unfottunately the cabin door - was net secured.— During the 'night, one of the crew belen t ;ilig . to • the smack Friendship's Increcse, Pyrruci, Master (lately arrived here from Yarmouth, and lying along';•ide' Foxhole Quay), heard footsteps on deck, when he looked up, and inquired who was there, as he then discovered a tall man, who wore a long great coat, examining papers; the robber instantly escaped without booty, and has not since. been heard of. The palters were those belonging to the. vessel. In all probability this is the same fellow Kho committed the robbery on board the Mary. It was the Mutine slOop of war that arrived hem yesterday afternoon, not the Martin; the former is from the Brazils, but we cannot learn that .she ha 4 brought any news. Arri%ed in Cawsand Bay the American ship. Faster, 'rosy master, from Charlestown, after a passage of 49 days, with a cargo, bound to Ports mouth, and is expetled to s a again immediately for her destination ; also arrived the Neptune, be longing to Liverpool, BELLMAN master, from Drogheda, with a cargo of provisions for this Port .; the Dispatch, naval transport, MURRAY, from Ports mouth ; and the Portuguese schooner Minerva, BELEAN master, from Lisbon, after a passage of 2 ( 3. days, with a cargo of fruit for this Purt ; no news. DEAL. JAN. 22.—Anived the Carmarthen front , India, Mary from the South Seas, and the Friend ship from Detnetara. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Arrived his Majesty's, ship Linnet from a cruize, and La Pique frum the Downs. Sailed the Royal Oak ,and Vent:ratle for off Chcr burgh, and the Helicon for Plymouth. BRIXFWI-QUAY. JAN. 2 .—Saqed iJis Mijestx's c—nterland, and Faivn, kir their station off the Bass Island. FALMOUTH, JAN. 2 0.—Arrived the Darlingto,s packet with a Mail from Cadiz ; and die liindra, HOCKING, horn Madeira and St. Michael's, 35 day; from the latter place, with the joss of an anchor and cable. YARMOUIiT, JAN'. 22.—Sailed 'the Providence for Cork. .............. x...1.=•••.••••••••.m.,.•••Poomm...11 Admiral MORRIS is to be employed in the fleet under the orders of Admiral Sir JAMES SM./MAR/3Z. Admiral DE COURCY is 10 be relieved in lii command on the Brazil station, by Admiral Moto. SON, who will shortly sail for Rio Janeiro for that. purpose. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have, been pleac,ed to appoint PETER fluotres, late Secretary to Admiral RUSSELL (and late Purser cif his Majesty's ship Courageux), to tile Lir Ho4tl-, the beautiful new 74-gun ship lately launched AL. Wool wick. Four sail of the line being_ to be laid do*n, by the names of the Britannia,' Princess Chn-loqrt Hawk, and Agincourt, the vessels already hearing these names are in future to be called the Princess Royal, Andromache, Buzzard, and Bristol. The extra ship Baring, TEMPLER, arived at thl Cape of Good Hope the 23d. October last, and , A to sail from thence the 27th of that month. The Aral•ella packet, which brought the Lisbon Mail received yesterday, spoke his Majesty's shiP. Leonidas, which had chaced, on the 14th inst. (;4 Scilly, a French schooner privateer, of 18 guns; but the privateer, by superior sailing (at! , :r ing her guns overboard), escaped. The Duke of Kent was at Lisbon, and expeded to s.til the 5 ' instant. Mr. OLDMIXON, the young Officer, who is [vele (lolled with so much honour in the la,t dispatche s respecting the cai.ture of Java, is a son of Mi° GEOUGE, formerly. of Diury-Lane and the 1-1.,Y , market Theatres, who untried Sir J OHN 00:r MIXON, and has for alloy years been the chief V 0 cal Performer on the American Stage. LISTON, ii, seems, has caught the rage for prov T ie cial ranthling, which several seceders from 1 , London Theatres have fou n d so profitable, and d°., not, we understand, join..the aiyrnarket Comp ol next seast.n. The following instance of French barbarity is traded from the Gibraltar Clironicle:— " Upon retiring from Igulada, in Gitalonil, t b( French, on the loth October, in order to save the' ll a ' selves the trouble of removing the sick and v, 000 ed, dug up ditches, into which they thrust, buried alive, all those whose cure would, in opinion of the doctors, have required a long tia) e i 'There was among them a Lieutenant-Colon, whose intreaties could not, any more than the I c ' t mentations and supplicatio n s o f so many wretches, seftcn the; hearts of his barbarous 0211 panions;.: