The Sun. — London, England, 1812-06-26 00:00:00

Duties would he heavily felt by the mariufactuters, &c. The Bit Lien %.etit 'through a Committee, th:,report of which W6S ordered to tie received to morrow. . . • The'Exchequer Bills • Aids Bill was read a se- cowl time, ant committed for ta-morrow. The' Assesed Taxes Bill, after a few observa tions from •Alr., VKeseern and Sir 31; Wood,. went through a- 09r2uUittee, the report of which was ordered to he received to-morrow. The finish Stamp Ditties Bill went • through a Committee, the report of which was ordered to be received to-marow. • The Unlawfur.Ozath Bill, and the Riots Bill were read a third time and passed... The Irish Population Bill went through Committee. The report was -received, .and or dered to. be taken into fuither cousideiatiOn oa Monday; Returns of the prisoners .of , war. rat present in this country , distinguishing soldiers from sailors, as far as the same was pi acticable, were ordered to - he laid before the House... • • LINCOLN PRISON. On the motion or Sir- SANUEL ROMILLY, the Petition of Mr. ,Houldem, complaining of 'the Jailor of Lincoln Jail, was read by the Clerk. Sir S. ROMILLY then called the attention .of the • 'louse to the subject. He went at length 'into: the allegations contained in the petition, the sub.- . stance of which is already before the public. .He commented -with . warmth on the treatment the prisoner had 6:pet - kneed, and on the injustice of the Jailor it') confining him as he had been con fined, for eleven days and nights. This, it - was to be observed,.Was not ,tohave been the period of his confinment ; but his release, at the ekpira tiOrydif that time, was in consequence of an event. set - forth in the Petition. It was not till the re ' ports in _the newspapers of what passed in. that House, on another Petition, had reached Lincoln, • that the present-Petitioner was. released from so lithry confinement. It was impossible to con ' template this circumstance, without, feeling the' great good which, resulted from their discussions beii~ _public. He then took •oceasion to speak of the :misconduct cif Jailors, and of the connivance of Magistrates in. certain instances, eOmmented on -the resolutions lately come :to by the Magis trates of 'Lincoln:. as being of a nature lather ex traordinary,, and. concluded-by moVing for the ap pointment of a Select CommiAee, to: inquire into, and report2to the House, what has been, .a; 3.d the Condition and treatment of the prisoners COIL --1,71-iri.Lincoln Jail, and also to inquire into . he .conduct ; In management of the said prison. CHAPMAN said; the Honeurahle and Learn ed Gentleman did'-not know on. what grounds the Petitioner.had been, confined, had been con fined on the.acensation of another debtor then in sl the jail. • He-pro.ceeded ,at some length in reply . to the last -speaker. He maintained that the Hon. and .1.2-earned Gentleman had been misinformed in a -variety of 'instances. The place in which the -Petitioner had been confined, was not what it had been-said to be. It !nut a fire-plaee, and was in .other respects different. It was true the Peti _ tioner had been - deprived of the rneanS Of convers ing with other prisoners, but this was because he happened to be the only refractory debtor in the • jail. He believed the petition would never-have, been forwarded to the HonotiiE ! .ble and Learned .Gentleman, but through the solicitations of an other person = confined in the same place, whose name he wouldnot mention. Lord CASTLEREAGH expressed hiS happiness that the motion was brought iorwar'in its pre sent forth. He thought it improper to encourage individvals to make complaints directly to Mrlia .ment; when an intermediate means of redress was presented. He. should not oppose going into the Committee, hilt wished all further discussion was • abstained from until. the. Committee was .ap pointed. . . . Mr. ELLISON defended the conduct of the Magis tracy of the County of Lincoln, and was Of opinion the observations were calculated to produce evil' „eousetptences,, by bringing the .ilagistracy of the .Country into contempt. • -Mr. BROUGHAM agreed with . :, his- llon. ‘ and s, Learned: Friend in the propriety of the nio • tion. He -thfended the previous statements made - 1.1 - y his' ions and Learned Friend, as founded' on fact. Sir F. Bunpr.vr made .a few remarks on the • state of gaols throughout the kingdom; deprecttt, - . ed the present mode of solitary confinement, al luded.to the. Report of the Commissioners of In quiry int.O.the State of Cold-bath-fields Prison, whose poWers were not sufficient for the purpose which was to he. effected. He trusted, that on • an other occasion. minute inquiry would be• made into the , state of'Liueoln ciaol. • Str.k3v LF.Yriv.REagreed with the,ll -, Oneur able Baronet„ that the system of solitary cOnfine •ment Was one which could not be too Irighly.cen *tired. ge tho9 .. ght that a. Surgeon shonld attend .the prisoners thus.confined; _to see. that theTunish inent had not an effeet on their Millds. lie de fended the conduct of the Contmittee appointed • to inqUire into the state of Cold-ha• tiaL,fields!Priso . l.l, contending • that they •had fulfilled the pswers with which theywere invested. ZNlr. WILBEIIEVcE ' coincided in Opinion with • , - the last Speaker. Sir S. Roemn.v replied; and stated Oral there was n 6 intermediate meanS,Olpreferriilg , ,the com plaint, as it was against the. existiugl7;lagistracy, and there was no useln,preferriw; a coinplaint to, etny men against themselves. He Olutied to the severity of the sentences pronotinced at Quarter fieSsions. At the same time-fie was disposed to give credit to the Magistrates, who in general were honourable men. But he had known that on ,several occaslaus the sentences were too se vere, he. should make the system' the ground of a motion the nekt.Sesgion. _ The Soi,ter•Toir-GENERAL warmly defended the • Magistrates from the general charges, which, his Honourable and Learned Friend made .against • the.M. . . •SirSAMLIEL RoNTILLT warmly disc,laitued any iutcntion of detracting froth the general (-hark ter of .Thlgistratel, whom-on .the Contrary he had nientionnii,vith,the highest honour. 'Jr , C. •W'2§ll.*N' vslag of opinion, that the gteatest publicity ought to be. given to the pro ceedings of Courts of Justice of every descrip tion. Mr. 1-1. Sumwr.R declared, that the imprfssion . of the '.l-lod. Baronet's speech on the ;Country must be to loWefthe characte.; of the Magistrates, andjo calumniate the tribunal. of the 9uarter Ses sions. To the exertions of the Magistrates; anent xi'AS indebted ...for carrying their measures into effect; they Jcept in motion the wheel. to which thelegislature gave the fiist'impulse. Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) decNred, that fnhis opinion, the Hon. and Learned Mover . had 'ntit 'said one word to cOntraveue•the . highest opinioni . of the Magistrate's of the country. Adverting .to the question_ of long imprisonments, he:expressed his opinion that it might be found necessary to propose a Billin the Legislature, to prevent Ma gistrate's at Quarter Sessions, from : sentencing to iMprisOnment beyond a certain period. Sir C. NORDATTNa allowed that Magistrates ought to be supported when they did their duty ; but denied that there was any necessity oh the present o.ecasion for 'the Watch-word which had been so 'loudly uttered by. the, Honourable, and Learned Gentleman opposite (the Solicitor-Ge neral.) The motion was then agreed to ; as A . Va.5-also_ a list of 21 Gentlemen to form the Committee pro poised by Sir S.ltomilly. On its being moved to add the Solicitor,Gene-. ral to the Committee, .. Sir S. Romml.Y opposed the motion, on the ground that it was quite uhustial to interfere with the - Mover Qt . a Committee in the arrangement of that Committee, especially when, as in the pre sent instance, it was. .evident •that lie lid exhi bited the greatest impartiality in the selection of the, Members.. • . Atthe instance of the Solicitor-General, who pleaded such a pre-engagement of his time as must prevent, his ,attendance on the Committee, the motion WAS withdrawn. Lord CASTLEREAGH conceived that_ in the Committee, as constituted - on :lie motion of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, theze were. not enough. ocCounttly Gentlemen. He moved to substitute the name of LYGON: for thit of Mr. W. Pole. • Sir SAMUEL 110:4'1, 4 Y remonstrated against:this change, as lie deemed Mr.. W. Pole to be ..peu liarlY qualified for: the investigation. A took place : - . For Mr;•Lygon?s.Oppoiptthent . Against it Majority . PG .. 27 . . (Strangers were not.re-adinitp!sl into the gal lery for near an hour, during . which period, we understand, -a great deal of discussion took place with respect to the names - of several other Mem bers whom: it, proposed to add to the\Co,m mittec. We believe .that ilTr. H,. Sumner, Mr: ,W. Bootle, and Mr. Hobhouse, were eventually added'to Mr.Howon•rn mo-,-cd for an account of all the loans raised by the East India. Company or their Pk-esidencies, from the first of May, 1798, to the 1 . 41 th of May, 1808, distinguishing those parts which were paid off from those which were .com muted. for drafts on England, and those which were still outstanding. . After a few words from Mr. Wmus, the mo tion was agreed to. LusnizwroN brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply ; the several resolu, tionsof which were agreed to, until they Came to that which granted the slim of 78,344/. as arrears on the per ventage of Mr. Palmer ; upon 'which - , • Mr..tAims contended, that if Mr. Palmer . lad any claim, to the sum as a matter of right, that Claim-would he decided in the• Courts of LaW.— The fact; however, was, that he had failed to-es tablish it. His right Was forfeited by the breach of the' terms ,of his agreement. Ile then went into various statements to spew that Mr/Pahner had- already received out of the revenue of the Post-office, not less than 80,0001. The remu neration which .he.(Mr. Banks) thought once of prOposing for public servants of the highest or der, .did not 'exceed that amount ; and the Mili tary and Naval .services of Lord Wellington and _Lord N:eso.twere not rewarded to such 'an ex- , tent.. Even persons w',lothought differently from him-on tlie..principle, would,- he expected, agree at least in'this, that the present demand was ex travagant, and such as no person actin; on the part"of the Ptiblic 'WOuld 'give hiS" assent to. In the discharge of his public duty he should endea vour to defend the revenue against it. • The CHANCELLOR of the ExttrEQuEai declared, that in official- consistency and honour; he should' follOw the steps of Mr. Perceval, anti give his sanction; as be had done, to the services of Mr.. Palmer ; but on the subject of'the present grant, he felt himself justified iu.opposiug it in - las Mai-. vidnal capaCity. . Mr. W. SYtITH supported the grant,- at tha same time he did notAtesii.ate to. say, that Mr. Palmer had 'acted incorrectly. Ile denied' that :there was any application in the services of Lords 'Nels'ou *and. Wellington ; of. pitch services •as theirs, there was- nn .pecuniary mt.asure, and -0.1.4 shttilir, in fact, be considered as •their bwn rcwara. r . } - 0,.c is EIJI; thollat 11Cthil* could be plaintr than the justice of Mr,Palinerssciaims. He recollected that the opinions of Sir Jame; Mans field, Sik• VitFkr,y Gibbs, and others,' declared the claim tO be such as would hold good in the case of but Government itself being one of the partics, the demand was defeated by a tech nical advantage. He maintained that no-miscon duct on the part Of Mr, Framer, could defeat his 'strong title to public remuneration: The SOLICITOR GENERAL spoke at some length •against the proposed grant, an:tread : a letter from Mr. Palmer to a Mr. Bonner, instructing a person :of the' name of Wilson how -to . impise on -Lord ,Val:it - 1041am, (one of the Post Masters General), to shed that Mr. Palmer had forfeited all claims to public remuneration. Sir V. BURDETT explained Mr, WfllTEßPADWsinfavortr of the grant. Mr. LOxG. was averse to fhe grant. the House divided, when tii numbers were— Illiavour of the Grant • 7,- 48 , - Again„S, • Majority (for Mr. Palmer). : ..-37 Mr:LO C K.H &TIT postponed his"motion respect ing the Palace'Court to Ttiesday. - Mr. WALLACE obtained leave to bring .in Fill to authorise the re-transfer of the EaLt dAt3 tOrnirly transferred N Ire to Lt 4-: Mr. P. Coo x.- obtained leave to hrilig in a: Thli for preventing fraull .aid abuses in the fcanie , knittinf.); inanafietoriee:'. lie then brought hi - -the 13111, which was read a iii.t time, and ante:red to' he :read ;.sec end nitre On Monday. : The. otiterOrdefs of the Day were disposed of, and the Ifontx adjouriitid . ' • ALULS. ARRIVED-1 Anholt, 1 Gilernst-:, 1 ,TerFAy, rDabliu, 1 leVa - teTturA. OF STD{ . S .2).‘y Ar Consols' .57 Ania: . 55j14 Ornniiun pr _ , _ • IA , Au - DE:vr ? L 0 NJ) 0 'N, FRIDAY, JUNE 2(3, 1812. It is entertaining to observe the manner in which the !atc disappointment operates 'upon different iNiembers of the Opposition. - Some of them are too angry to conceal their feelings, or too candid' to attempt dissiinulatimi, nod therefore they loud ly censure their Leaders for their fastidiousness and their arrogance : some: of them prettAul . to . view the. failure of their hopes with calm indif ference ; but their attempts to conceal their real feelings produce effects-quite as ludicrous as those of 'Sir Fretful Plagiar y , when he declares that he is quite delighted with the criticisms of the news papers. 'Others-declare; that as far as -they are individually concerned, they are quite -averse, to Office; that nothing—no nothing !it a desire to promote the - public good, c.iuld induce theip to accept of place,- and that their only concern now is for the Public, not for themelves ! We 'are very sorry to say, that the Public repay this dit3intc rested kindness with the most shocking ingrati tude. Not ‘a - voice was heard, from one end of the Empire to the other, expressive of a wish that his Royal Highness should call these Pa triotic Statesmen. to his Councils, nor one word of regret for the failure of - tile negotiation, as far as the Party were concerned. In the in numerable Addresses Which have been sent to the PRINCE • RF.f.3-ENT; from every part of the kingdom, there is not a single sentence 'front which - this unfortunate party, could deriVe the smallest consolation. The result of the late negotiation tends, most unquestionably, to proye that the Party do not possess the - confidence of the REGEN•r, the Parliament, or the People. Our Readers will see, by the extracts which we have madefrom the Papers whielL=iy,ed last night, that hOstilities have not yet actualh , c6tn inenced between the French and 11.1.P..ians. We be- . lieve The inactivity of the a: lies proceeds frbai the \I-ant of - provisions :aU the private accounts agree in stating that the inhabitants of . .. Poland are suffering all the horrors offatnine. This day Lord MELVILLE will hold *. Levee at the Admiralty. Yesterday Lord COCHRANE had a long intervieW with Lord MELvizr.r., previous to his leaving town 'on a secret e7 . 4)edition. Last night the Countess of GROSVENOR openc.d her noble ,mansion, in Grosvenor-street, with •a brilliant rout. li<r Ladyship was visited by. all the distinguished fashianables in the West end of the town. • Yesterday the Earl and Countess SPENCER en tertailled the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, the Margai and -- Marchioness of LANSDOWNE, the Earl- and Countes..s of JEasnY, and . a large party, with a grand - dinner,- at their .house, in St. James's .I,lare. , . _ , • Yesterday the Earl of MOIRA had a grata din ner party at hi:shouse in St. James's Place: Last. night the Countess of ESSEN had a grand concert and music party at her house in Stanhope street. * The Countess of CL' ONMELLwiII give a grand rout, next Monday, at her house in Portland Place. `On iVedncsday the Duchess of Mor,TTßosz and the younger branches of the family left town for Scotland., . Yesterday Lord and Lady SELSEA and family left, town for their seat, Nevvscells, in HertforA.- Shire. Yesterday the Ear] and Countess of CARNAI:YON arrived at their house in Grosvenor-square ; from their . seat in. Devonshire. . • His MAJT:STY!_S beautiful Young cream-coloured coach-horses are in training to be. used on state occasions. Fii!;ht of them were drove through Pa11. 7 - Kall, in one of the Royal caravans yesterday morning, and in4Ac a grand appearance.. The line of, Telegraphs, between the Adini raltv and Yarmouth, are to be fur the present dis 7 coutiinued. • Yesterday several Irish Members of the House of Commons left town for Holyhead, to embark for Ireland, in order to attend the Circuit business of their respective counties., A: Gentleman arrived in to - tin yesterday from guenos Ayres, which place he left on 'the 3d of April. fie communicates, that it w,as at Y.,tialdo undo where Billinghurst circulated the- reditious hand-bills amongst, the Portuguese troops ; and that by means of the ship. Nanc'y he was enabled to make his escape tiom the Portuguese, and. had arrived safe at Buenos Ayres, where he was - well received by the Junta. T r' TVg NAV * AL at..-4 PIAMOUtiI, JUNE 24.—!3ailed. the York man of war for Portsmouth. Arrived the Elizabeth, ENON, f;om Liverpool the Good Intent, -Ilan, and the Three Site,rs, CHArmA, from Wales ; BALLANTINE, from Sunderland. The outward-bound Newfoundla.nd fleet, under - convoy. of the• To sloop of war, got under weigh this morning, and stood to the Westward, bnt the Wind being westerly, it is expected they will be obliged. to put back. Sailed the Helicon brig of war, and the Nonpa reil and SeatarA: schoOners, on separate cruizes. FALmou'ru r lsTE,23.--Ye3terday arrived the Harmony, WrooDITALi.,- from London. This day arrrived. the brig Friends,.. SHELDON, from Liverpool ; the William, SQUIRE, from New-. tort ; and the Dolphin revenue cutter, from a, crvize. Sailed the - Princes3El.izabeth packet, KIDD',. with mails for Lisbon ; and the Aan . packet, fox the Lee - ward Islands, with mails.; also the Belo-- .; and the Jubile , FURsa, for cortinna;. Hope , HARVEY, for Bristol; and the .ildrinony, 11 7 06DIIALL; for Denicrat'a., PORTSMOUTH, JTJ E 25.—Sailed his iillajesty'a . ship, Freya for Lisbon ; Rosornond, with a con voy for Quebec ; Haniactryad, Asia, „trope, and Venieur, on a cruize. DEAL, JUNE 25.—Arrived this morning •ancl, sailed for the-River, the ilThioZ, WESTMORLA:Ti"), from St. Kitts, 'out fifty-two days, last frolirSt. Thomas's. Came down from the River, the Prospect, SPENCER, for Africa; • Isabella, PERCH, for the Cape of Good. Hope ; Hibernia, LEMON, for Ma deira ; and - the Sophia, for Cadiz. Arrived his Majesty's ship Chatiam from of -• Flushing., Sailed his Majesty's ship Horatio .for off Flush ing-. The outward bound remain. CHATHAM, JUNE 23.—Sailed- down the: River; and anchored at the Nore, his Mbjesty'S ship Briton, Captain Sir T. STAINES. • -- I On Sunday last, (hiring - a storm of hail and rain,.a,boat, in which Were the man who keeps the' Three Post-boys public-house,,and his three • sons ; was upset near 4oChester Bridge, when all of them perished. . Yesterd - iy a . marine belonging to the Nassau, in a state of intoxication, walked into the river, - and-was drowned. NAVAL' APP.OINTAIRNTS.—Capt. A. V. Drury to command the Dover frigate, at DeptfOrd, intended to Lc fitted. for the reception of troops. Lieut. W. 13. Gloster to the pion, of:74,guns; at Portsmouth. Lieut. E. J. Huleowbe to the Alonzo.. Lieut.' W. A. Thompson to the . Leonidas, at Lieut, Davenport Sidley to the -Hope sloop, at Portsmouth. Mr. J. M. Perkins to be Purser of the terrier. Mr. Jcii# Bryan to he Purser of the Mudacar frigate, at Portmionth , Mr. John. Baker to be Purser of the Laurel frigate. LITERATURE."-file efforts of literary . genius must - be always gratifying to people of t.3.;t_e 'liberality, but when they .flow froth a fe! - 1:ulc. ,Liu thor, there is a chivalrous spirit excited in every elegant and well formed mind, which gives double glow •of animation to the langna, , e of praise. "Miss 1-IvicHlNsoN, the, elegant and complished "Author of the " the ifeart," has followed up her well earned . fame that production, With a second and nirtless.strik ing proof of her chaste and highly cuitivated " Friends unmasked; qr, Scenes in re( We," her readeri‘. will find an interest excited ;And kept alive through - the whole of: the work,. which - arrestii their keenest attention„,wbilefthe of sentiment and elegance of diction which adorn .every page, cannot fail to improve the heart atgl judgment, and correct the taste Of every age and set. The moral principles wbioh tha fair author inculcates, unlike the romantic and flimsy vehicles too often resorted to by. modern uc , yel writers, to . .convey the most poisonous . doctrines, are of the purcstAnd most practical kind. She has also pro fited.hy. her visit; to the Contin to increase the value of her work by a lively des,cisipti'on of 1-101- land, and some historical .Anecdotes . of recent events in -- that country, which add g.teatly to th e :generalinterct7t. We are happy to acid, that 50 eager leas been the demand 'tor " Friends Va; masked," that a very large cilition - has been so , ' within a few days, and another is nuw ready f" r sale. ADMIRALTY SEiSIONS.,-- Old --1;5 morning : the" above Sessions was held before !r SCOTT, Judge of the High Court of A.6 1111 , - , ralty, and other pi.,:!:er Oficers, for the trial 03- offences committed on the fli.th Seas, when the , ' ' appeared only. one pl-i , 3oper in custody, of i t i . l l name of Eduard G:f,)n, • charged with the will' ) murder. of Win.Fitzerald ; but as no person at tended before the Grand - jury to prefer a 1 , ;11., 14 ‘1?%3 discharged by proclamation, and- the Soti lol/5 adjourned, to the 2sd of ,Talir. . The extraordinary will.of Mr. WILKINSON, the late wealthy Ironmaster, in South Wales, is iIO, under the adjudicature of theJud,:;Ps, in Serjeall Inn, in - which many, difficulties arise r especting... the .residuary Legatees ; for after specially b!-, queathing between Circe and four hundred thousamy pannds to two persons, he directs, that the re!" mainder of his property, nearly as much mor e ' shall go lo his illegifint t ate o gs&inz , without tnell . tioning either their names or number ; to iivh°" l : l therefore, and in what portions, this Sum s hall b . decreed, is the question now pressing for d eter minatioa.