The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-31 00:00:00

I I.S. . Deit-2 Guernsey, 2 jeri.ey. I B razil s, i Dublin, z Water- ford PRICE Of' STOCKS. THIS DAY 1i TW►LV6f'CLOCK. - - 63 3 Red. Ann. - - 631 Consols. T j E SU N. SOLIM FALSUM AuDeA r LONDON, FRIDAY . , JANUARY 31, 1812. - - We understand that, fOl• some time past, a nego ciation has been carrying on between his MA4EStY'S Ministers and the Direelors of the East India Corn , pany, on the subjea of the renewal of their Charter. At present there exists in India two distinct armies, one called the Company's forces, and the other Com - posed of his M.i.r esTv 'sregular troops. In consequence of the late important, conquests in the Indian . Seas, -which pus that Government h i t possession of all In dia, as it were, to the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the vast importance of that country to Great Britain,. Ministers, we are , ,in formed, prorose that there shall no longer be two distinct armies in India, but that all the Company's forces shall be made over to his MAJRSTY. This, we believe, is at present the principal object of Ne gociation ; but there are some minor ones,—of which one as, that the subjects of this country shall be allowed to trade with our settlements in India, upon the same: favourable terras as Americ4ns, Swedes, Danes, and others. The different propositions which have hitherto been effered for the improvement _of our Police, have in general been confined to suggestions for in- creasing the number of watchmen, and giving them more formidable arms. We are far from .thinking that 'a very considerable alteration in the mode of watching the metropolis is not necessary, but it ap pears to us that .any remedy to be etfe&ual must . embrace many more objeCis. One ofthe first measures. which we should recommend, is sect), an alteration of the Police At as would invest the Magistrates-with a greater degree of power, with rbgard to reputed thieves,' than they now possess; and this measure of power we -should wish tO be given to the .Magis trates in the country, as well as to those in town. We think that the power of inflieling solitary im prisuoment under proper resit i6tions should be given to the . Magistrates, because we ...know many cases in which a Justice of the Peace has been in duced to suffer a young offender to go unpunished - rather than to send him to the House of Correction, u here, by continual association with hardened and deployed characters, he soon becomes equally vici ous. Torre is one alteratiou in the law, which .we should propose, and *Welt we admit is animportant Ot•e, and that is to make the receiving of stolen goods an original offence ; thit is to say, that the convittion of •the receiver should not depend upon the convietioq of the 'thief. The latter, we are of opinion, ought even to be admitted as evidence: against the , former, because it is notorious. that the great increase in the number of thieves arises from the encouragement which they experience from re ceivers, and the facility they find in disposing of stolen grads. It appeals to us also, that it would be advisable that all prosecutions should be condueled at the expense of the county, be catise innumerable cases occur every year, .in which persons (and those not among the poorest class) are deterred from prosecuting by the expence,• and the c'iminal thus escapes, to continue his'plunder. We do not think that the Law, as it at present stands, affords a sufficient pioteclion to Magistrates, , .vho exe cute a most arduous and clkagreeable duty gratis.— Whenever a Magistrate is pr isecuted and a verdiCt given in his favour, all his expenses should be de fay ed be the prosecutor, and if he is unable, by the county. It is notorious that, in many instances, these prosecu tions are not commenced because the Magistrates hue acted wrong, but merely lo put motley into the hands of an . Attorney: In a late case, ,a Magistrate and a ,Clergyman, was prosecuted, and a . verdia given in his favour, but the expenses of defending himself amounted to 4001. ; the con, tuquence was, ,that he deolinetrany longer to a6t as a Magistrate, not being ably: to bear the - expence. These examples, , and, unfortunately, they are not rare, often deter Gentlemen from a6lsng , .as M.lgis. traces, or check them in the etkecurion of their ' duty. It is notorious, that there existi, among a certain class of people, a disposition to run down the Atigistrates, and to frighten thetas 'prosecutions from doing their duty, they ought, : iherefore . , to be effectually protected.—We have felt it to be our duty to.throw out these few observations, from the /inn conviction, that unloss some Oiler measures are adopted, besides the mere increase of watch men and patroles, the evils of which-we now com plain will not be effectually lemoved. If any thing of audacity, insolence, and injustice, in the conduit of BIJONAtkRTE', could excite sur prise in mankind, it might anise from the venomous attacks upon this country, which the enslaved wri ters in the Cotiti;:ent,tl Jo , r;Ills are Compelled to . in sert, in order to gr\a‘ify..the spleen 0f....A low-born . Usurper, whose charatAer 1.1411 alw•ay4be marked by the vulgarity of his origin, In the 1-lamburgh Pa per, of the 7th "instant, there is an article refer ring to the loss of British veilels On the coasts of Denmark and Holland, and the ,Usur - per takes oc casion, from the loss of the 'Sit. George, to make an allusion to the Patron Saint of Great Britain, equal ly pitiful and profane, impudently representing the unfortunate fate of - that ship as " the symbol of an 6 -. 1 of solemn justice, by the Divine Government, direr d against the nation which eniploVs its policy only to pour forth the blood of its: *subjects and its blind allies - for the sake of the gold of its neigh-' bours." If the state of facts were not so well known to all mankind, Would it not excite surprise as well as indignation, that the great oppressor of man kind should dare to u...e such language, consider ing what his.conduct has been, and is at this moment ! Is it not astonishing that, though this , Usurper has for so many years " poured forth thg blood of his subjeas i and that 'of his blind allies, for the sake of the gold of his neighbours," ,and - to raise his upstart relations and minions to the thrones of rightful Monarchs, who' has deprived so many States of their independence, "and reduced them to. the most pitiable bondage 'and oppression, who holds in carivity a legitimate King and his family, with whom he lived in friendship, and from whom he received the greatest favours, who at this very mornentis' " pourhz the blobTof his subjeas, , and that of his blind allies," in order to reduce to sla very the people of Spain, whom he saciifices by thousands and thousands, for the purpose of forcing his Brother Upon them, in order w render him the despicable instillment for tyrannizing himsclf over the country, should daie to' throw his calumnies upon Great Britain, which is the asylum of man kind, and to 'Which-all • the nations of Europe, not excepting even - France, look for deliverance from oppression. The fa6t is so monstrous, that it would _be incredible if it did not pass _be fore the eyes of mankind. But the Usurper is utter ly regardless .of charaCter and consistency, and, seems to be incap:ible of enjoying any satisfaion, M his general condua to mankind he can add . insult to oppresion.' WINDSOR, JAN. 30.—The KING continues much in the same stare. lestertlay and this morning, Princesses AUGUSTA and SOITIA rode on horseback, accompanied by Count MUNSTER, Lady CRANLEY, General CART WRIGHT, Colonel TAYLOR, &C. _ _ The Dulie.of YORK arrited yesterday, and after spending the dAy with the QUEEN, returned to Lon don in the evening. The morning the Clot6N, and Princesses ELIZA BETH and MARY, took an airing to the Cottage, at Old -Windsor., The Archbishop of CANTERBURY arrived to-day about one o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess CHAEILOTTE of WALES, dined yesterday with her Royal Father the PRINCE. REGENT, at Carlton-house. His Royal Highness the Dike of CLARENcE left town at four o'clock yesterday *afternomv, for Bushy. Yesterday Ihe LORD CHANCELLOR and Mr. P. CEVAL had an *audience of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House. - Yesterday a Board of General Offaers was held at the Commander in Chief 4 S Office, in the Horse Guards, upon the business of the Military College, whiCh was attended by the Dukes of KENT and CAMBRIDGE; General Sir D. DUNDAS, IIuPE, CAL VERT, WINYARD, &C. " We were glad to learn, from what fell' froM Mr. H. ADDINGTON-43a Tuesday, when 'moving far, some Local 'Militia Papers, that Government are about to introduce some improvements into that im portant'branch of our defensive force, in a new Bill Jo be brought in for that purpose. It was erro neously slated, in some of the papers that Mr. A. 4 thought such a ineasu'e unnecessary ; on the Con trary, he highly approved of it, and applauded the 'great' attention which Mr. RYDER had paid to this subjea. From his statement it was a saiisfaaion to us to collet, that at the end of the tour first years no less than 50, or 60,000 of the present Local Mi litia would remain, who; having been enlisted since the first establishment, - would not ,be entitled to their discharge during the course of this year. - - - The new tragedy of Helga, which w.ts announced Under such favourable auspices, at Edinburg-h,' was recently brOught forward at the Theatre in that city, but unlUckily experienced such a reception. as induced the Author to withdiaw it. The ill succesS,, however, is imputed-tOparty 06personal motives. BANNISTER not only performed in 'the regular drama at Newcastle, last- week, but opened his whinsicai Budget for the amusement of the town— MUNDEN IS engaged for afew nights at L.:r e wcast He is to make his debut on Tuesday, in Sir Anthony Absolute, and .IVipperlein. MATHEWS is St;11 reaping a plentiful harvest in 'the North. His last performances were at Sunder lati,d and Durham. A total change, it is said; will take place in Lot teries, as the Minister is of opinion that it -would be better to make more middling and fewer great Prizes; and indeed it seems rather extraordinary to . Ita%e ,two Prizes of 20,0001. in a small Lottery of only 8,000 Tickets ; but it is now tipo late to alter it, the'wbole of the present Lottery must be drawn on the 18th of this month, and it is out of the power even of the Legislature, to r revent a person getting 4.0,0001.-if he purchases two Tickets of the same number. Gawler, the person for whose apprehension a re weld bas been offered for some time, was tiik:n at Newcastle on the 517th, on board a cutter. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTE'T i JA v. 29.—Last night it blevr - a very heavy - gale from the sonth duiing seve r-Al -merchantmen broke adrift, but none hate fe cei vet! any material damage. ' The French sloop that arrived here yesterday after noon, is calle&Le Marie Francois°, with a cargo of brandy and wine, from Bourdeaus. to Brest, captur ed a few days since by his Majesty's ship Diana, of 36 guns, Captain FERRIS. Put in by stress of weather • the Orestes sloop 'of war. Carne in the Pautinu, FIELD, from Cliallston. PORTSMOUTH, JA N. 3 I.—The Elizabeth, Capt. W. GOWER, is arrived from Lisbon ; it is too dark to make out whether she brings dispatches; weare anxiously waiting for a boat from her. It is said , that the Naive, Capt. GoßnoN, fell in with the French frigate Pomone, which she captured; and that Captain GORDON had his leg shot off in the aaion. Arrived the North Star sloop of war frorry.a cruize, The Aigo man of war is this day come up-from Cowes to Spithead. CHATHAM, JAN. 3Q.—Sailed down the River, and anchored at the Note, his Majesty's sloop Captain HOOP His i'vLieSty's ship Asia,, a fine new 74 gun ship, was commissioned at this .port. . The Montague, of 74, atici Horatio, of 30 guns, were tindockcd, .and are to be fitted immediately for sea. TORBAY, JAN, 29.—Yeitertiny arrived his Ma jesty's slips. Agincourt and Lightning, and ,this morning early, the Elizabeth man of war; also a three-njaSted schooner. It has blown a gale die last twenty-four hours. A brig was yesterday in great danger near Sal combq, from which..a place a boat went to itacr as sistance, but was unfortunately lost, and ,all her crew, consisting of six people; and we are infoi teed that the vessel is since also lost, and all her crew perished. A sloop belonging to this place was boarded on Sunday night by a French cutter, of 16 guns, abbut seven leagues S. W. of the 'Berry Head: after tak ing some fish,, they suffered the sloop to proceed on her voyage. • DEAL, JAN. So.-Arrived and sailed for the River a schooner from Newfoundland; partienlarS not k nown. Came down from the, River his IVlljesty's ship Princess Charlotte, and remains with the East and West Indiamen, &c. The Apollo some time ago chased a French fe hicc? so year to the batteries at Toulon, that it was an anxious doubt whether she would catch her ar not, when the Frenchman secured his escape by pushing a buy overboard, whom the htfmanity of Captain Taylor-prompted him to lower a.bott to pick up. May this-ever continue the true pidure of an English and a Frenchman ! A French store-ship,.of about 900 tons, laden with corn; 1 - 1 , 13 been captured going intocorfu, by the Elizabeth man of *ar,' and carried into Malta. The Sandwich packet, arrived at Malta on the, Loth of December, from England. • The Fortitude,- Hurdle, from Dublin to Cadiz, foundered at sea on the 20th inst.—Crew saved. The launch of a fine Indiaman, called the Princess Charlotte, took place yesterday, froM Mr. Dud man's yard-, at Deptford, The ceremony of chris tening was performed by Lord Keith, who made a short address in the name of the Princess Char lotte of Wales, after whom the vessel is named.-- Captain John Craig is appointed-to the,command of the ship. • - LEWES COURSING.—Monday se'nright, a Cours ing-match (rather a novelty-in this part of the coun try) took place on • the Downs above Fide, near Lewes, and was vety numerously and respeftably attended„ upwards of forty Gentlemen, capitally mounted, being in the field. The day was remark ably fine, and favourable to the'sport, the hares in great - plenty, and. the running excellent. Al,Jont ten days ago delegates fiotn - the operative weavers, waited upon the M lgistmes of . Glasgow, to it present to diem their distie,scd.state, and to 5 , licit their attNttion to ,the Misery o f their families. What was the result of this application we have not learnt . ; but in a day or two after, circular in,tices. were sent to all the operative weavers for many miles round Glasgow, inviting them to' assemble at. the Public Green as on Thursday last, The Magistrates, alarmed for the possible consequences, invited the Delegates to a conference, represented to them the dangers that might ,be apprehended from so large an as , iemblage, and induced them to circulate new no tices, prohibiting the proposed meeting; The mas ter Manufacturers have been required by the Ma gistrates to.have a meeting upon the business. Another forgery has been discOvered in the Bank. A clerk has been found to have given forged re ceipts for sums of money to a great amount, which had been intrusted to him to purchase in the funds, but . wbich, it appears, he:never did. He absconded inm3ediately Upon the di,co‘ery. Tuesday evening, between the-hours of seven and ten, during the absence of the latnily, the apart merits of "Mr. RAYMOND, Paul -street, City-road, were forcibly entered by thieves, who stole varrous articles of linen, wearing - appartsl, and other things, c;E•the value of betw,een 201. and 301. with which they wade their escape undiscovred. THE DELEGATES. COURT OF KING'S )3ENCI-I DUBLIN, lAm. THE KING 'V. THOS. KIRV>AN. The prosecution against the Roman Catholic Deb legates ; was, (accenting to their own ,desire) restrt' , ed this, day. About half-past ten o'clock, Mr. ATTOBINEy-GtwaAb, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Nies/40y; Slis,...4pS. BALL, MOORE, and M‘MAtioN, as' Counsel fox the CroWn, aP;:eated iu Court imme diately alter the Judges took their seat. The avenue leading to the Court vitts 'immediately thronged i as was also the Hull of, the Courts, -but the Court itself was by no means as crowded as it had, been - on the ecti'asion.. of the trial of Dr. SHERIA DA.N. This is to be attributed to the precautionA ary exertions of the Sheriffs to present a recurreUte of the kieonvenience 'which 'lnd then - been felt, After the nsual formalities were . gonethreugh the 'Jury were called. . After 14 Clerk of the Crown had read thepanel, Mr. Go4ii rose c:s i laeg of the Court a few minutes indtitgencelot . l42r. Ilualtow ES, who was ahseut,and "whom he expected in, Court in a few minutes. He (Mr. : Gooeu) 'wished Mr, BuadovvEs, as leading Counsel for the defendants, should address their Lordships upon the panel which had been: just read; as he considered a Jury in the present case, of last importance,; Mr. BYRNE ) another of the defendants' Counsel, joined in the reqUest. After a considerable delay, Mr. Bbiutowv,s . catne into Court ; he apologised for the- delay which' he . had unintentionally caused, 'and assured their Lord ships, that he did not - . know the precise front that the Court intended to sit. He tnen proceeded to say, that he was under the painful necessity of de laying the proceedings somewhat - longer; he.felt it his duty to interfere on the' part of his . Client, for the purpose of instituting an inquiry a's to the-forrna tion of the Jury which was intended to be returned front the present panel, and to demand the admini stration of the law in its purity, which could not here be afforded, as it would, be proved that a col lusion had taken place, which must interfere with and prevent the, defendant from receiving thit im partiality and justice to which he was entitled: He then-read 'a form of challenge by TuomAS against the ptesenf panel, - which he fully chal 7 lenged, because made.by JunN KINGSTON JAMES, OHC ‘of• the- Sigh Sheriffs, • and at the instance of Tirott,s KEMM is, - t he Attorney for the prosecution,- Which challenge his client was ready to verify upon The ATTORNEY-GENERAL imniediat,ely rose and sAid;i l , - )at he had no objeetjon ..:11ate.Ver to have the 'business investigated, and had no doubt that the is stie would prove that no influence or collusion what ever had been exe r ci se d on th e pa r t o f G overnment, and that in, Ens mind it appeared to be a new mode of Provigilt food for the newspapers, to bring the Administration of the country into disrepute and • I discredit; and to feed that discontent and disposition against the law which appeared so strongly manifest all over the land. Toe facts. stated iu Alt% challepge he utterly denied. Two Jurors, Mi. Robert Harcilton"and Mr. Row-. ley Heytand were then sw o rn 't o t r y the challenges, Kemmis jun. Esq: was accordingly swotryi he was examined by' Mr. Borne. Kuows J. K. JaMes; first time he knew him' vas on a trial of Lord Ormond, relative to prizage of wines—met him frequently—saw him at his own house--saw him yesterday—abd at his own house about a week ago; called at Sheriff James's house last, Quarter Assembly day—was not at liorne—went frOm thence to William-street ; saw him in the Exhibition room ; does not reColle& to have seen him in any other house except his own, Had 'a conversation with him at the E-xliibition-room—not more than three words, delivered the Venires into his hand---!; • said something relative to the Venires— d elivered them the Venires . on ,Friday se'nnight-t—had conversation With him Illative to the panel—the put port of which was his asking-hire for a copy. • which he positively denied him—told him he was. an Officer between the People and the Crown, and he Wbuld keep the panel in hiS pocket until he came into the Court. A variety of other questions were put .;o• the witness, when the ATTORNEY GENERAL, Complained that the time of the Court was muCh taken up, and that - issue must. be hetween the She rill' and the Crown Solicitor, Mr. Ksmmis, He next underwent a long'examination,--he though he had a right to the panel, and therefore -asked it when he gave the Venires-4e got a list - else- , where of names that . he supposed were to the Jury—got it from -Sir CH AR LtS SAXTON— had it, not, about himgOt •iL at the Castle on - !! Friday evening last, there Were' about .fitly names in, the list=did not know whether Mr J.AmEs's re fusal was known to Sir CHARLES SAxTON. Mr. . I KEMMIS, Sen. underwent a long examination—he produced the list spoken of; his evidence went merely to shew, that he held it for the put pose of challenging, any particular Juror. Mr. Sheriff James next underwent a long exami nation, as also a Mr. Croker, one of the Jurors, as, to the period of receiving his summons, .which he ,t:lted to have recei.ved „but last S tturday. Th. Counsel proceeded to speak to - cvidenee,--ka------1/1 which task we left them engaged at half-past five, 'o'clock. PATRIOT OFFICE, HALF PAST SIX O'CLOCK. We'fiave jest - heard, that the Court; haS derided .against the challetige made by the defendant.' A man named John Bunton, was lately commit: fedi° the City at Norwich fur burglariously erttling the premises of Messrs. Aggs, m the night, who anti s'ealin , "" some twist cotton. Thit;:conduet superiryendsor of the mantifaciory his a daughter, the department performed by women, and sleeps in a room adjoining. She was awakened by a noise, when slipping on a great coat that laid in her room, she ran to her father's chamber, who not being dressed with suffic'ent speed, she snatched up a large hammer,. and went alone, in the dark, into the ma. nufaciery, where she perceived Bunton taking the twist cotton from a loom. She instantly struck him on the back of the head with the hammer, and on his turnitig about repeated the blow on his forehead wiih.such effect, as to bring him to the ground co4ered with blood. Apprehending Int i might haye acconiptiCes, she shrieked, which brought her her os)istance, and they,lsecnrcd,thi