The Sun. — London, England, 1812-05-28 00:00:00

[The following Article indicating the poll* which flweden 'ought to pursue, has been published in an .::t vial raper at Stockholm.] What is the system of policy at present most sy,it xible.to Sweden It may, perhaps, appear _to some that the an: , cient alliance between Sweden and France, and the mutual ties of the two countries, ought still to be maintained. - But before deciding this point, we must first draw the distinction between the reciprocal rela tions of two *nations, and the alliances of . their GovernMents ; the former may exist in national character and feeling, and the latter .no longer continue. France,'which could do us very little immediate mischief, but a great deal of oltr -powerful n eighbour Russia, was in regard to Swe, den, while Finland 'belonged to -it, a Power vilose alliance must have had more influence than any other in preserving peace - between` `Sweden and Russia, andin securing to Sweden the posses sion of Finland. In every .other - respect an alli ance with France was of little consequence. Fin land, however, being now last,--that province being no- longer the object of a war of aggression On the part of Russia,—our geographical limits, and the interests even of Russia herself, no longer formin g an inducement to that Powlr to engage in Offensive war with us, an alliance with France no longer possesses its former importance; at least is not to be courted at - the expene- ofsgreat sacrifices,—, such as involving 'Sweaen in new wars, while she as sn much need of repose. Friendship, however, II not alliance,-may stil be maintained between the two nations and their Governments. -In the present` 'state of political relations be • Veen France and RusSia, it cannot be doubted - - that one conditiea of an alliance between France and , Sweden would be to endeavour to regain Fin but, doubtless, that must be a dangerous enterprise, at least' whilelittle probability existed France being able to give adednate support to SwedLth arir . e lan-;e- 1 in Finland. That Power being unable to appear in the Baltic with a fleet capable of meeting the nenel force of Britain and r tussia, the English squadrons could easily cut off communication between Sweden and the army 'Which she might land, in Finland; and which, thus left to itself,• without reinforcements or sup- Pressmust surrender at discretion, causing new l osses, both in men and money, to Sweden. But this is not. all ; the coasts of Sweden would be eyposed to all the mischief;' of war. The Prench naval force; so inferior to that of Britain, Could afford them no protection ; and while the Swedish army was 'in Finland, the English. squa drons might burn our maritime towns,.destroy our Dnfortified ports, and seize the greater part of our shipping: Thus, for the precarious object of re eovering Finland, to fisk not only the ruin of Sweden, but the less of a great part. of her army, 'would be the most dangerous policy of which we Could at present pursue ; and for which,' even the r ecovery of Finland would form no sufficient in- It does not appear that France has any thing to rer us as a com p ensa ti on f or - suc h d angers an d ° sses. The restoration of Pomerania could be no ~equiva l e nt . It would havebeenwell, perhaps, for t'veden, had she long since :o rid of this foreign ssedon;whicli'very often involved her in expen •lve.and useless connexions with the Continental P o , •v‘ ers. The system which France pursues of go-. 1 , 1 -ling the Continent with absolute sway, and° en conduct in the recent invasion of Swedish Po , Terania, present no flattering prospects of the ad -I,alltages which Sweden would derive from her al ianee ; and which are not to be compared with o ' Ur Present independence as an insulated country. 11 °ln' former declaration of war against Britain' as hitherto been attended with trifling inconve bie,,,‘ "` ; but a closer connection with France t OD I -d doubtl es s i nvo l ve us i n re al h os tiliti es w i t h b: English. During such a war, Sweden would unable to prdtect her commerce, and her flag. ra nee, however, Inch inclined to assist us, could , en d us no adequate supp or t by sea ; our commerce n navigation would be destr6yed. : and such is he naval super i or i ty o f E ng l an d , that mir come "leations even with the Continents might be cu toff. T he inevitable and immediate effects, then, of hqu a lliance with France would be,—wa r w ith t s , s ia,----the great expellee of a large army in Fin- D, its probable destruction, and a correspond ing loss both of men and money, which Sweden is able to afford ;—war with Britain, the to tal of our commerce,—the loss of our - ( 7 •e hanttrien,—our communications with the t e , u n tinent cut off,—and the danger of having our 1 1 ,. t . n s bombarded and our ports destroyed. The t e , i ," Would be exhausted without object,. and h,; 4 ":;ened without the hope of indeinniffcation. A n,,entlidiating peace would be the consequence, and : 1 leave us less abl e t o defend in future the littleAi that re ma i ne d o f our nat i ona l i n d epen d ence. ery different will be our future prospects, if attack nobody ; if we husband our resources, 4fremaining always on the defensive, prepare 4llarans of repelling future agg re s s i on . Th en in k it we concentrate our strength i ns t ea d o f destroy -41,14 and 6 eainingiriends instead of enemies, we 0/rail ourselves of our existing situation with ' s ial, t "' o nghtlessly changing it. in fine, ,he who dearthink proper to attack us, will then p a y tia tiO ~ls an attempt so contrary to the rights of it r(3 attain the great object of true indepe n d ence ; a t , tai * e ars necessary to cultivate - peace with B e i_ 41- riv, It is the only country whence .we can de "el4t,„suPPly of our want s o f th e fi rs t necess i ty, ca n t'ailicularly that of salt; and that, in return, kun uee Pif such of our exports a s th e annua l et ock,oirn, pelfe `-' of th country can furnish.pelf 27, 1812' to '" ;Tsterday L ord Burghersh gave A grd'n(.l dinner 'ri ck . Lads of Bath urs t, Westmorland, Lune- Nlorton, Lords Borringdon .and Mplgrave, atreeta large party, at his house in Seymour , f totil'esterday th e E arl and Countess of" liarring eatertained th e D u k e an d D uc h ess of Bed theth k e - Marquis a n d M arc hi oness o f T av i stock ; Nt ersi ', tr quis and M arc hi oness Cornwallts, Lord dihn er "` 4o-1 3 and a large party, with a grand s 44 4 ; at their h ouse i n t h e S ta b le -Yard, t. , 11\'‘' 1. 4 1 I' HOUSE OF LORDS-WEDNESDAY, MAY 27. Their Lordships Asseinbied bout two t-i'cloric, • and prayers being read, _ The Edinburgh Police. Bill was read S !1.• time, and referred to an out -doors Conuoittee. The Scots Local Militia, :the False . Pret,:lces. Act, Extension of the Government Securities Em bezzlement-. Bill, severally passed through Com= rniftees of the whole Honse, and were.reported without any Amendment. ' ORDERS IN COUNCIL. The House then resolved into a Committee on this subject, and Lord Walsingham having taken the Chai"4, Messrs. Okey, Richardson, Phillips, Wrig , ht, Wiggins, and other witnesses, were exa mined. A temporary resumption of the House took place, during which • The Earl of EGLINTON presented a Petition from Dunfermline, in Scotland, and the Earl of MORTON one from Inverkeithiirg against the Mo nopoly of the East India Company, which were ordered to lie on the table. • The Clandestine Marriage Bill was brought up from the Commons by Mr. Wilson, and a private Bill by Mr. Dickenson, which , were respectively read a first time. A - short conversation ensued bet Ween the Eads Grosvenor, Bathurst, ROsslyn, Lauderdale, Lord Walsiagham, and the Lord . Chancellor, in Con sequence of asproposition of the first mentioned Peer, for the production of an account of the Emoluments of the Yeoman rJshcr of, the Black Rod, and for 'addressing; the Pr Lice Regent not to confer the appointment of Gentleman Usher on any individual in case of a vacancy; until the sense of Parliament on sAjects connected with appointments of the kind, f l uid now under con sideration, should be known. it was objected, that the office in question, was in the gift of the Chamberlain, and not immediately in that o the Sovereign , . But though this was admitted,' the e-ffect of . a vote.of that House, with respect to tile "act of conferring the appointment would have, Was referred to. The result was, that the 'proposition was ordered to be taken into consi deration to-morrow, and the Lords summoned on the occasion. The. House then again resolved itself into the Committee, and several other Wit-. 11C3; 23 were examined on the subject of the Orders in CounciL Oh the resuming of the House,;the Committee were ordered to sit again at two o'clock to-morrow, and an adjournment imme diately took place. HOUSE OF COMMONS. • Mr. H. MARTIN gave notice, that on the 12th of June he would move for the appointment of a Committee to Consider whether the-Roman Ca tholics' of Ireland laboured under any; and what civil disabilities, IVheiher it would be proper to remove these disabilities, and whether their re moval ought to be actompanied with, any, and what conditions. He .Observed, that he did not intend that this motion should clash with that of Which notic - e'hfia been given for the 11th of June, by a Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canning), hut was desirous to _be preiiated in case of the inter vention of- circumstances, which might incapaci tate that Right Ilona Gentleman, by the accept ance of that high office which be•so well deserved to fill, and which-- Mr. H. MARTIN was proceeding, Mien the Speaker called him to order, and requested that he would confine himself to the subject of his notice. • The Report on the Irish Roads Bill was taken into further consideration, and the Bill was or dered to be read a third time to-morrOw. The Irish County Bridges Bill . went.through a o Committee, and the Report wasordered to be re ceived fo-morrow. On the motion of Sir T. TuRToN, the . dropped Orders ft:4 the Committees on the Calls ..or regu lating the Trade of Publicans, and the Tolls ou Carriages carrying Manure, were fixed for Wed-. nesday next. The Nightly Watch Bill went through n Com mittee, the Report was.received, - and ordered to be taken into further conslderation on Monday se'nnight. Mr. Perceval's Family Provision Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to morrow. Mr. STEWARgE WORTLEY gave notice, that he would on this day se'nnight movq for have to bring in'a ir. order to extend Parochial Re lief to ;Persons confined for Debt in the Country Gaols. The House then went , into a Committee on the Orders in Council, and proceeded to the examina tion of witnesses. Adjourned till to-morrow. Within these few days Messrs. Schaw anet Ross have been sent to Mr. Foster, with dispatches from the Secretary . of State's Office. In' the course of last week to Messengers were sent off with important dispatches to Ale North. At the Installation of the Knight. of the Bath, next Monday, at Westminster. Abbey, .after the Knights Elect, in the procession, the proxies for the absent Kriights are to walk in the places of their respective Knights, wearing. the surcoat and girt, with the sword of the Order. They are to carry the mantle on their right arias, and not to wear the spurs, hat, or feather, but walk with the hats in their hands. We have the satisfaction to state, that silver, in dollars and bullion, to the amount of 3 millions and a half stezoing, arrived by the last fleet from China. A single banking-house, at the west end of the town, had 73,000 dollars consigned to it. In con sequence of this valuable importation, the price of silver has fallen considerably. Mankind are prejudicectin favour of Modest sin cerity ; at least so the Contracipors for the pre sent Lottery seem to think, for they abstain from puffing it, although it consists but of 8,000 Tickets, with various Capitals of 20,0001. 10,0001. 5,0001. 3,0001. 2,0001. 1,0001. &c. &c. &c. or perhaps their silence may he accounted for on their certainty of selling- all the Tickets, therb being so few, and the drawing on Thursday next. L.diV REPORT. 'OUII.7I' OF COMMON.PLEAS, MAY 27. NORTH V. HULL. r.l7(is was an action brought to recover eom , Pl ,, t!on. for darriaire , ' r-presPntPd to have been :.,7tainc:i in a cargo' of Amerir.eq flour,. by the and misconduct of the defendant. The J. QB ,; 1. as estimated at 1721. ' - It appeared, that about tile beginning of last year, 'Mr. liuby, Who commanded a vessel called the Charlotte, was employed to convey 120 sacks of flour, the property, of the plaintiff, from Bos ton to England. The flour was shipped under the . .stipdintendance of a person intrusted ,by Mr. North, in excellent condition, and stowed in the customary manner. c The vessel, was .considered to be a good and sound one, and in nowise apt to accept of water at the seams/. After, the or dinary, ',length of time the vessel arrived., off the English coast, and anchored in a favour able. situation. The plaintiff dispatched a lighter 7 man to unship his flour upon the 14th day of March, 1811, who, upon application, 'v as informed-by a person on hoard the vessel, that it was impossible to CQIIIC at the sacks of flour, until that quantity corn stowed above them was removed, and• which would not be done until it was sold ; other appli cations were made with the like success. Upon the 27th of the same month, Mr. Ruby informed the proprietor of the removal of the corn, and de sired him to dispatch a lighter to carry home the flour. This was done next day. The sacks' Were landed at the Urand Junction Canal, Wharf, and many of them were discovered to be as ,Eard as marble, and the whole to have been what the deal ers denominate heated. One of the witnesses he sitated to ,declare, whether that he had perceived narks upon the lowa' tier of sacks, indicative of the admission of sea water. The whole cargo re quired to be sifted and purified, which occasioned a loss of 29 sacks, of flour, and a depreciation of the total value ; some of the loss was compensated by a sale of the garbage, which proceeded from the operation of bolting. The whole loss was mode, rately computed at 1271, Such were the leading facts described and proved ou the part of the plain-, tiff. - On the part 'of the defendant, .Mr. Serjeant BEST maintained, that the injury sustained by the plaintiii evidently arose, either from the admissiOn of sea-water, of which the marks still remained upon the sacks, or from the original blid quality• of the flour. To be sure some delay had been made to surrender the flour it the ligterman, but. the delay was sci short, that unless the carito had been in a state of corruption before its arrival; it could not, have advanced to such a head by the 28th of, March. The misfortune., therefore, hn, would Contend, had arisen from the common pe rils of the sea, and for which the defendant, by law, .was rot accountable; but, could the cfAn sel for the plaintiff' undertake to strike the. differ ence between the damage described to be sustain ed by detention, and ~.hat win-211 Manifestly ap peared to have. been occasionel : by the admission of sea water ; for the injury had a,i114,61. at such an extent, that it was impossible' th e wh o l e could have happened during the delay of .a fortnight.— He had no inclination to Press the subject beyond modest limit', but for the sake of the Captain, who was a poor than, whose whole - forinine• was 'in jeopardy .by the decision ; he wished to see the whole minutely, investigated. The LOAD CHIEF JUSTICE: relinifked to the Jury, that it was not an actio. I brought to recover coMpensation upon losses sustained by perils at SC9, but for the gross misconduct in the Captain, who permitted the flow to remain covered with a cargo of oats during the length almost of a whole voyage from. Boston, niler his arrival in England, before he Would consent to its removal. The Jury would consider the whole, and mark a-dis tinction concerning the damage represented to have been 'sustained by misconduct, and that de scribed to liave,in all likelihood, happened by the perils of the sea. 'The Jury'retired for an hour and a half, and returned a verdict of 501. damages, to,the HATT 0 N . -GARDE N .—Yesterday a young man was brought up, and underwent an examination, being charged 'by a woman, who keeps a small chandler's,shop,in Peter-street, Saffron-hill, with ifaving, accompanied - by two other men, come to her shop, sho - wing .her a harp halfpenny, and telling her, if she had any of the same kind, they would give her a penny for each, upon which the woman, having got by her near 21. in half pence, placed them out on the counter to look them over, when the prisoner was'very active in handing several to his 'accomplices ; the prose cutriK noticed their pocketing some of the smile, and begged of them not to rob her, she being but a poor woman, an& that was money put by to pay her baker with. The two.others immediately ran of', 'and she, withnssistance„ secured the prisoner, there being near ten shillings' worth Stolen.— The fact was sworn to, and the prisoner not 'making any reasonable defence, was fully coin- Mittedto Newgate for trial. The Committee of tbe Stock Exchan b . - ehave, with . in these few days ;as a terror to those who act wrong Within their House, „fixed their black boards at, each of the entrances from Capel-court and Threadneedle..-street; on which they have ph Iced the names of five Of the greatest defaulters, that they may be seen 'by every person who enters the lobbies. , There is no s truth in the report of Mr. W. tong Wellesley, having closed Wanstead Park gates. That Gentleman, it is true, thought proper to shut the gates aganst disorderly persons, but, tendered to the Gentlemen -residing in Wamtead parish, and its vicinities, keys of admission to the Park, which they did not feel inclined. to accept. A number of workmen are_ at present employed, in improving the • Green Park, finder the know diate direction of the Noble Deputy Ranger. It is very much' to be-wished that the Ranger of Hyde Park would Cause the railing to be continued from the bridge to thz gate of Kensin.crton The expellee would be very ginail; and the com fort fo those persons who walk in that Park for , - exercise or pleasure very great. At piccent they have no'protection.frorn horsemen, who arc. per petually crossing the foot-path, and cutting Lip that beautiful part of the Park between the road and .the Serpentine River. • . . MR. pEitd.BVAL: The follnwing, extract is made from a *lark re;. eerie)/ published under the form of a funeraledisa Coarse upon that distinguished Statesman and most amiable man He Was born in London in 177g2e He was the second' son of the late Earl of Egmont. He was sent at an early age to H arrow School. It usually happens, that the boy gives Some indications of what will be the 'future man'; and this is said to have'been remarkably cons pic uous i n the late Mr. Perceval. He was a school-fellow with Sir Robert Wigram ; ,and Sir , Robert, as may be seen in the public papers, in a recent testimony to his depart; ed friend, mentioned with '-the most affectionate sorrow, that the boyhood of Mr. Perceval was almost as amiable as his riper life 5 and th a t th e same gentleness, the same benevolence, the same goodness, were conspicuous in him from his ear liest years. His meekness; • indeed, which wets one of his marked characteristics, seems-to have been theconcutrent fruit of his nature and prin ciple ; in early life he had it from nature, and therefore was gentle and benevolent lvithont re flection ; in his riper years the discipline of Cheis,-; tianity improved his natural sweetness, and he be came still More gentle, and still more benevolent, because• he belonged to a religion, whose end and origin are universal love, It is of great-advantage to a young man to have the example of goodness, and in some de gree, of greatness, before his attention, froni early life. Mr. Perceval had this advantage even whilst at HarroWe He was cotemporary, I be— lieve, with Sir William Jones- 5 a name which it is impossible for any. Christian or Scholar to men tion.without veneration.-- I know not who, was at the head of Harrow School at that time ; but if the venerable Man be, now jiving, : his % sorrow, which must be great, will still- be softened with the consderation that he has given two such men to his country as Mr. Perceval and Sir Williah Jones. After having passed the usual time at Harrow, he was sent - to Trinity College, Cam bridge. Mr. Perceval was eotemporary, in this college, with many of the dearest connections of his future life ; and from the manner,in which he - apnecars to have been beloVed by them, it is a na=. tural, and indeed, a necessary inference, that the amiable qualities of his youth became strengthen ed with his e years. He took the degree of Master - of Arts whilst he was at Trinity, and was afterwards appointed one of the two. Counsel of the University. Upon the conclusion of his collegiate studies, he entered hiniself a Men ber of Lincoln's and pursued the study of Law as a profession. He carried .into this profession what it is to be wished could be oftener found there. I linoev not how it happens, bat' it has been, observed of the . law, that.the profession are somewhat le.x both in their religious notions, and in, their Moral prac- , tiee. It is therefore' to , the high praise of Mr. Perceval, that, instead of finding• and adopting an example of laxity where so many Were laa arol:nci him, lie became himself an example of piety and goodneas.Tie commenced his course as .a Barrister by ac companying the JudgeS through the Midland Cir cuit. Mr. Perceval buckted to the conflict of ta lent arel industry eyith all the aeimation which made part of his character bat his emulation itnrirtai not the sweetness of his temper nor the evenness-of his mind. 'lt is in hurnanenature, that our e pasadons should be heated, and that our lanzuage should be edged; in -the course of ci)n flict ; but the warm retort, or the biting sarcasm, was no sooner -off the,tongue, than the heart, as it were, came forward to healand to soften ; and theie was no more grace in the atoneihent, than there was pain or mischief in the errror. There was something most delightful to the feelings in this Splet.acie of the contest of 'the heart and of the rssions—of e man and of his 'virtue. It is not, perhaps, too much to say, that his virtue helped him forward in his profession much as his talents ; it very shortly procured him attention and esteem ; and the immediate fruit of such attention was that his talents became known, and thereby duly appreciated : he was according a ly considered as one who must eventually become eminent. He was appointed Counsel to the Ad trnbiartalttlymeii at an.r nearly age, and in 1799 was h ono ur e d with a silk gown. It was, about the same period ersity of Cambridge expressed 'their respect for him, by nominating him one of their Counsel. Mr. Perceval married very early in life, and the .exemplary manner in which he fulfilled 'all.the do mestic duties is not the least pleasing part 'of his character.' .A great , part of 'his youth was passel at Charlton, in Kent; and froth the family of Sir :Thomas SpenCer Wilson, Bart. in the sane pa- • rish, he selected his lady. With her did he litre more than t*enty years, in ithat sff)te of happi- • ness which virtue and affection at all times se cure :—he has left. a large family behindllin, aad has left them 'the rich inheritarKe of paternal vir tue and the public loge., r • It would be unpardonable not to dwell upon the simplicity in which he lived in the midst of hi s numerous family. Many of those who shall 'read this are, no doubt, good. husbands and affectionate fathers; yet none of theM, though they may be in•priyate life, can pass .a greater p or ti on o f th e i r time with their family than did .this first Minister of the first kingdom in the world. if any of his brother Ministers made him an ordinary visit, they found him at' a simple family meal, or, haps, writing in--the midst of his children playing round ding.' No one, indeed, dispatched the most important public business with more ,ease, more simplicity, and less ostentation. One of his young boys ac companied him to the House of Commons on the fkal day which proved his last; and final meeting of his children was at a simple family dinner, taken in the midst of them; about half past two o'clock in the afternoon, on that ever to-be-lamented day. • Mr. Perceval, was not ranch given either to public amusements or fashionable visiting; and when he did frequent them, he wa3 usually ac companied by •the greater part of his children.— No man, indeed, passed:so much of his time in this endearing societr..;• If, in any unexpected emergency in publicsinesz, there WIS a. sudden cssll for him„ no one ',had any difficulty in finding;