The Sun. — London, England, 1816-02-28 00:00:00

men, however, would not, GOin variatoricanses, i produree Inure 1 hin2o,ooDefficient. Everycifort had i -lace!) nit tie to- iiscerdain the lowest portion of m e n. ! f i 'ie• eaet garrison.. The nightly guard of Dublin 1 aloue • reouired 650 men. 'I he Hien lion. Pen. 1 tletoadi euteiedl ioto a variety of details to prose that rift means had been taken to employ as few troops, as possible , in any piaticalar service. Pm roue ' 1-',03 to 1807, therewas 33,000 regulars statiotted • in Ireland, and since then an averageVot,less that 3,5,000 ,was found necessary. il dal not mean to say that the same number was necessary In peace, but '20,000 regolars were absolutely SUccessfity ; and the whole nomin .. al force in that part ; of the Empire was POI now less,. 44 ail de scriptions, that.' ;15,000. lie. then proceeded to idiom liOw difficult it was to Obtain the distritm- Lion of a military tore, which was never granted by the Commandieg E(H „,„eer without the fullest prOols by the Magistracy of the existence of dis order. Yet 5 n necessary was this di*.tri4ooo; that no less tan 441 quark ers of troops,: syere siew occupied. It: liffiW be allots et! , tli t it Wes better to execute justice hy-,4 l.j .*,,if i ary force than not to execute it .at a1i534105.1 It could not be denied that it was infinitelybetter to deter from the commission of crime, by such stiesus than to transport the criminal. In 1815' ' there were no less 1110111 One thousand eight bun - •441 anti eighty-five military parties necessarily ' employed to prevent illicit distillation. He res , tell:wed' an iostimee Where one of these parties seas obliged to file no less than 200 rounds in then own defence. In short, no other. means woold enable Itie Covet-mount to collect the Re venue. The excesses of; these robbers Must' be i checked, or the whole frame of civil society in- i Ireland mast be dissolved!, Ile was not, however, without impea that the moral habits Of the people might in time he improved, as' the lower orders shoved the greatest desire and anxiety tfi obtain ethical nin,-amfit .'could be far better to have an enlightened . Catliolic than a bigot without any edlueatioa at, all, Till this great end, Iniwever, could be obtained, the rigid administration of, iiiit t ,ee i even by torte .of, arms, would be humarmy and mercy. , ' lbeettj?, 4 -. ME, WYNNE could not make up his mind tdi be.; Mete ~l refantl to he in the state in whiah l ,if,,wai described, upon the representation of any indivi dull 'Member. Nothing but a Parliamentary in quiry would satisfy him, and the-picture that had 'been drawn rendered it - the duty of every Mem. ber,to demand such on investigation, Sir Jotter NEWPORT alluded lo . the distressful State of Iceland, for which it was much to be doubted whether any adequate remedy e.aild he found, He did not think, that under all.:the;'eir..- eneustauces of Ireland,' a less force cookkhectoil fucient. , Out lie trusted that .other mearousvouid be adopted to put don ti illicit distillation than a, Military power ; the extent of the practieetias a ' Nom' of the badness 'of the system adoptedib snppress it. * ~' . . , Aisle F. Ft.OOD. concurred in, almost all that bad fallen from the :Hight Hon. Gentleman ,(Mr. Peel), as.th the general State of Ireland. lie.hrialy be lieVed that the pinion of troops .mentioned was Issicessary ; bat all parts of Ireland were not itr it state at disturbance or Alliaileetiam. H e instanced the Counties with which he was 'connected us be fug perfectly well disposed and tranquil. Lord Foutstotts, On account of the lateness -of the hour, moved an adjournment of the Do, bate till this day, which, after a few words froth the Chancellor of . the Exchequer, was put ' and csitied.. Mr. LAMUTOtti gave notice that on an early day Ile shonld make ti motion respecting an cetraordi. 'levy ret urn which htd'heen made from the.Tax.' Office. in pursnanse.of NU Order of the llouSet- 14 (3;04, of TM ; Hoy:sig. ~,:ii i .,,,. 4 The CHANCELLOR of the 14X(AllEli EatY11411C;!0! i few observetiona, which-mild not be di 4t inotty.. heard, but Which we apprehended to relate ,to the', Committee of Ways and Means. on Friday next. As tar as we could collect„We understood! him to - say, that as the protraction of the Alehate on. the . ' A rm y 4sti#l would .neeeSsarily create delay in the Other business, and as the House Would not go Into the Comrititree till Friday,. the Report could het he. presented t ill Monday, which day would be preferable for dittentsion and the intended call. 'The Motion for pbstpoping the Catll till Mon. tiny was then put and agreed to. Mr, Martian postponed his motion respecting Ceylon till Wednesday sennight; Lord COCHNANE withdrew his notice 0 ajno c ,. tlori respecting Lord Ellenborotugh, and fixed no duty 'for iti, reaewal.--Adjourned at Half-past One • STEAM linderglilld that there Is an engine and machiner l y, in a forward state oflar _ rangement at the harbour of Portobello; to affixed to a packet•boat belonging to the Barrow /q;ivigation Company: The cinternetion of the 6tiqinv-engine, and * the machinery, is entirdy new, and both are the invention of Mr. Tito".itas'CON- : : I(9Y Miebniiic Engineer, who'has noide arctlitactiore his peculiar study for tn3ny years. The steam-cpsine Consumes its own smoke, atot is conivrebsed into a . small apace; the ma is totally ditrzrent from that_of the Ain e- Vicuti boats, or front that of the Steam-vessels melt in the United Kingdom. It possessys one ilecoliar advantage—it may be attached to vessels entistcnction, anti depends, for its t acy, tin a propelling Hower, whiehis regulated ei uAttlt. The safety of the steam-engine is 4111 45 0, iii a new and ingenious contrivance; andoiti the vouile o this iiii•ctitit)ll, Sic are assured, «ill liltt:{y I..liertiiie all otiieri ; but tve shall soon have weans of - g.iving a partioll , ardescript ion, anal mail thieu we shall avoi'd entering into t4etuiis. kr,..ow,ktit4tivE, antleo. the Contiiictors tor the have the plc.iitire to ennnittee to ititi ,Frictidl, tiott they _stared and sold the' fol., i?Avii)i.; Capital Prints, which title drawn 14st fiat orally, Yehrtoity No. e,trr t a Prise of L.. - 5000, in ghat-el.! .... .1,,1',000, in aIV hote Ticket. L. 1,000, in Moues. • 11,140 l .4000, iu Sharei, Tin' , t Art Day heft (due of Drawing 14411 be WEDNASDAY, March, and the totiosvingls the (;ranii,State of Ow : 1: Tu rzo 34;00(I, Guiaens Tod PI TICS o( 20,000 Pounds, , r' that Prize or 3,000 With Prizes of L. 1,000 - 1.500 0 &c, &c. Ilacets anti Shores, %vat - ranted undrAvrti; lug se l opg ,7.ootilictors , HAZARD, iiptt.Ng, and ca, ROYAL NUL', iduildults , LONDON. IPEILVESIMY, - FE B n 6% liglith There are tn . -day no Foreign Arrivals, and the Public is too much engaged with domestic affairs to regret tbe absence of external news. The Pro .perty Tax was a good deal discussed test night in the House of Commons, on the presentation of various Paitions against that measure. The re- Oar debate is postponed to Monday, owing to the prolonged consideration of the Army Es timat es. or course many more Petitions will he presented : for nothing is more easy in this Cann try than to procure remonstrances against taxa tion, and - nothing ►i►ore difficult than to procure from the Opponents of GovernMent, a plan for the substitution of any thing else that .wills meet the necessary national expenditure. Wq . sincerely profess to deter to the popular opiniem as fer as is consistent with the general safety, bill riti► re ipect to ;wpul•rr petitioning meetings„ they are in general popular **m populous places, ,their nominal majorities will always be made ori of the least informetielass. • This' majority is usually caught in the clap-trap of some demo.' gogne, who sacrifices their senses to. his passion : for popularity. Surely the vote so obtained, earl he fairly considered only as that of a politic indi— Nidual, with Whom the. merits of :the question at. -issue, form hut a.secondati object at 'hest.---(' Let those (says the Conductor of an 'excellent pro:. •viocial Paper) * who witnessed a late Meeting in Exeter-to •petition against the contieumice of the', Property Tax, in which a Mapirity of those .whose votes carried it were really never assessed, or paid a shilling.. towards it ! and who thus assisted others equally purblind to pull doty . n upott their own shoulclet.i, its the steitd of it, 41,f1e.w budget of Asiessed Taxes ; 'pause before they exhibit themselves anti these poor,people ogainqn so lu tliernsts a light,t Of a piece With this picture are mnst of the Meetings - Which have originated Petitioos,agaiust the Nome TaX—the eoivrivers 9f all similar political. expedients have set them on font ; and, we lament to observe, hare, in this in. stance, been 'more than usually successful in covering their own baldness by the alliance of better men.'. Ilia still the immense majority of the people hive shewn, by their discaunte. nancing these proceedings, that they are.in :favour at this in preference to any other Tex. It is true that our proof of this it of the negative,kind, while that on the other side is rositive, and the enemies of Government know well lanes to vapour and exaggerate this apparent advontlZge. - The .. following paragraph, Wildest . to us this morning, describes the nature otanother Petition- . log Assembly : • " The Parish of Lambeth inelyesterdayßoom not half full, though at the/ km! I—Those wha pay the tax absent ; those who attended more for curiosity and fun, than feeling or vexation—Three or four harders at :most, had ail :wit ant! dry 3. but the meeting was temperate and lational— , heard alt, anti more than enough, on both sides, anti: stopped short, and rejected something PIOUS than. the Petition, which a Gentleman, who had for., ennui for once the 44 tie quid hustle," profited' strongly, and mere than - prudently, ot his fellow , : parishioners.!' Western Lurninarp Sound tlte Tocsin !*--The ft cedom of Old Eng. land, , our glorious Constitution, our liberties, and our lives are in danger !—Whence are we menaced ? Att Old Woman or an Old Admiral "has tijscovered the latent plot it is one of the portents " coupled with other signs of the Tutu." Listen to the horrifying tale ; a standing Army and the influence of the Crown are nothing to this new Volcano :—Countrymen, there is a Military Club! Terrific name--CLue ! Pam at Leo, and the • Comitterots of Waterloo milt into, y and fill the imagination with an indefinable apprehension of ev I L. The nation is in a fearful mess , front `this mess of. Officers. Rump steaks at their din- .hers must revive the Rump Parliament, and what after that, could the people do, against these heroes pourittg in' their grape We-must rouse, in time against this f a tal Coin«. !gustier. for already, as we loam flout untittes4 rOnable authority, has It etitiierl into tit,. intercourse with, Foreign Stat 4, talculated to subvert the understandings of its Nltmbers and consequently yin. 'liberties. With. France, Portugal, Spain, and Germany, it has formed a decided and tinti-tanititutionat connexion ; and , itu: its dangerous meetings, Claret, Port, Slit.;ry:',, and Hock, are " coupled ivith the other kiesiof ,the times." There gulping, social' hampers, they truly lay the foundation for unhinging the frame of society. There they will naturally " fight all their battles o'er again ;" and surely we , need not warn the public how' terrible . they are in these battles. We know not What guards to propose to shield our cortntry from the threatened calamity. Too strong is the Mb' . aleeatly, to he put doWn by force of arms. Oh „titilt sollle'l/ROIJOHAM or TIERNEY, some disappointed Lawyer or twitted Placeman, could bring info;', Parliament a Bill to cut down this Association. But what sort of Bill . . BM to prohibit the manufacture of scarlet cloth ,which, like the garment of Nessus, transforms the noble Champion of his Country's rights into an envenomed demon, the' loyal Subject into the ruthless Rebel, the peace ful Citizen into the raging Tyrant, the Man into the: Devil. it We have long known the hatred of Bulls to red, hat the sympathies of natural science were never before so obvious as now, when honest JOIIN BULL is made a party to this antipathy, and is called upon, for no other colourable pre. text, to gore those who hive bla for him.. • Another wit to render it high tycoon to toast if tbe Duke of York and the Alloy" right have a good effect, wait would coma with good grace, us against iStooiriirrg stetny i from a Fiction which always desired that our:Array nsigpt, fall before the invincible Napoleon !s+-Sodretliing injuriane to the Puke of Wellington Would he'ait invaluable addition. The Or g an of the Opposition says, this rnores• ing—. It h wholly eeroneotts to call the preient u COliiiHtlaiioll of the laciate Tax, The old Tax ex itited with the war. That:which is now propied is anew Income Tar." • • " This is perfect!) :trrect, and we ask the saluent Writer then to tell us, in what consists the breach of faith of which his ,Faction accuse Ministersi -11 it is u new Tax, and not the old one continued', %climbs has the Comnry b(:en deceived? ~Bitt, says this !Amulet er again, the. new iucbme Tax is levied for the need purpose of supporting a • standing army in time of pe , ICC" ?fors he mean by this, that we never had- a stattang army in time of peace before ? We thought he was 3C• gitainted with one CUARLES Fox, sSho, atnong his lAt - ministeri.tlact3, kept on Taxes to mui:lt h in a standing army in time of peace, - only 7000 meti short of the L'otablishment now, and duly ttnu porarily,. proposed Joe our widely extended Ern. !sire ! As for the Income Tax being: specifically for the purpose stated, it is too absUrd - a po , ..ition • to mer i t reintition. Parliament appropriates the consolidated produceof all our Taxes. Folly goes ; I on to state, that Its amount, indeed, at first %rill, it is said, b e less k. but no man is so stupid as to suppose it will , coutinue ses; the very slightest pretext of . foreign' or domestic trouble will be sufficient to enable Ministers to take it fora foundation, ,and balld thereon a new tax Of &r•e'at ten per cent. more." a The word " Oppobitinn,"' bus been accident. ally ()Witted its ,this paragraph before the worth , Man,"—as for the prediction at ,its conclusion;„ it is like.all the prophesies of the Party, and Mi.,. nisters are not so. fond of following die: example of their,opponents, as. to raise. " this obutoxious impost" as they did to its per ceiit. !! ! • TADZIALITT AND UANnottit.—" The Earl•of CLANCMIITY, choosing to retain his office 41$ Am. hassador to the Court of the Netherlands, - has placed at the disposal of Government Ills domestic appointment of Joint .Post. Ntister Genets! for Ireland. It' will, of course, be 'mod to obtain support for the-Property :fax ."--(.4tornin,; Chro rticle.)—The Editor, of course, joilges frinu the experience be had of kis own triettils when in office. A report is said to have reached town, in pri vale letters from America, that the President had sent down a message to Congress, of a very hos tile complexion towards Spain. The _fast-sailing vessel George Canning is arl,, rived from the River Plate in 58 days; she is the, bearer of letters front Buenos Ayres to the 23if December. Nothing had been heard Of BitowN up to that period by the government, since he left the River Plata soine Months ago. Someof the letters float the Spanish Main cont. municate the intelligence that the affairs of -independents have , gone wrong also its the vicinity of the River Plate ; that RANDEAV, the Buenos Ayres general, not being aware of the dug =Madan of the Royal Army under the command of PKZUELA, the Limo General, had sent part of his force too far in advance, when they were met , by superior numbers and defeated. This reverse 4011tpellitd RONDRAU to abandon Potosi to the Royalists. ,No, official intelligence ,had reethedi the Buenos Ayres Government on the subject ; but belief ittlite fact had mead ;mid:rabbi uneasiucas at Buttoi Apo: • 41 " Christopher Critirk's tieewiti Letttr to-morrow. MAILS. Artatven-1 Mails, 1 Waterford, 110..-1 Llibott, 4 Him burgh, 4 uottenbursti, t Guernsey and Jericy. ASH WtnNtion.v.—holiday at the !tank, ElCCheqUer, East India And South Sea 110d4nvo. L HIGH WATER. AT LONt)CIN Dal DOE TO4IOItROW. &lurloing; 19 minuirs an -3. I,llsresting, 313-miottil es 4fter 104111 QUIS PICEUIL TALWAI AODEAT? NAVA Nitlft DiAt, t'tn. 15.4c1; fey Codtra-y wina thAFIAm, ; ANDERSOC, for the Sittreyi I,NE, Ntittiouth ; aryl ri.4 At, , ,svtiork tbttsort ; awl Iris Maiesty's ship Five of the onward. bound East and Weit irtrlbirnon sribl keenin3e B ; 'liatra is generally sttmriseit Fay tl,e theyjiirust bear rip tor ilia Downs.- 64 11 in , l 114. N.W. Nottfsmoofirt, FrO. the 'Nils' bell* transport frorn "Lideira. Elizbetit kit Itlarleira the 10 AI inst. wattle the John Barry; for the WM ludic!, anti tlir gillill) l . l rg b, .fur Bengal, bad Arrivoci all well.-IVind W.S. I V* TORBAY, 'FEB. 26.---Sailed the Regent pot in‘liarnan, and several other vesschi that wet Late vritulsbottod.—Wind North. THE THEATRES. TiTE 01 , kJts. Called Lq Pat"' tr# Chasse ft' demi quatri, was perfornied for tile. first time lust night. It is one of tlit hest thinl;* Or the'kind we Live wits il e lse 4 f or Inatl y yeMl. 1 -LAN e.—The Recruiling 'Officer Was re rived aa. this' Ttaitre • last night. 'l l4 e .":; comic - strength of the company was entrit c " A,„ 'Seijeant Kite rendered •pecttliarly prominent Jon NSTOS e. We have not room for Coffflutit t day. A good deal of the original 0 1 ) 6 "" it1 11 weeded out. A Frenchman (a staunch lloonapartist) sl lx r: Y r to take a peep at England, set Oirt "" through this kingdom abbot ten da y s ago. , p 6,4 in stopped at atfrytytt in 'Lincolnshire far to hours, he was - desirous of getting forward to b North in some of the 'coaches'which 'pass thr. IMO n accordingly tow, and went to the e° l , c " 7iie . to Secure a seat, when the following 0'11.• tor.k 03ce hetWien 'Alonsieur and the bOP It. ' r eeler 'll','S ins:Sur—Sore; I•dti rant seat 'de coach ' itit 4° •Vonealtme. • • ON Jiso4-4reprr.—There are sereraicoatibcs els thiarLi Alsor—Eh oieti, sot. is de now ut Joit.W" Veo 'daps, ch- go t '..liesk,ki-eptr—First, Sir' thew is the fligliflyir A—, L•yrd Nefsbri. - .11rnsi‘or-1.)--n your tor Nels One; Brth o•kerper—Tlitn, Sir, there is the , Lord irritt'oft's Nossieitr—Vist you tell one of your Lin' Vvlliotttoo.: • flook-krepr r-.:Sext, Sir , comes, t4e Prince .111 , 0 0 ' • . Al:pkateur—V4s ever stiy body so insult I. • i t ' it fiook.krrper—Atut tbk.rt is a very excellent nett tio 4 P • othirs,r,illeii this IPoterloo.; .. : 4. ll§bsiuuri unable longer to contain .the reg g witiEft - had been gradually rising Within Ids !ret ai l latitisiincntion of 'Waterloo hum into the Pr l er violent itivestivesaglinst this country. 04: 1 0t, o , a Compound of French and. English oaths, shrOgp of the Jhunltiers, and as many uncoVit% Stumps of the feet, " away he ran,'and [icier "7" . heard of more." The 2tl Bittslinn 37th Iteginient, between ft"' and six hundred strung, strived ti urn o , tti'd ‘ t i , l4 reedity at D4ver, in tiausports. They'di i e.ob'''' etf . i . mute , iiately, 'lid iveltt into the Barraco' 'l re he 3il Battalion 9th Rifle Re i" f' - - sent iu pirriion iit'DaVer, are under Orders f°c Ireland, and .expect to march i n a d i y or tw° 166 RaPsgitte, to embark. Friday afternoon the tic jolt of the 1 50 - 1 , 1414 :! Draguont jll ived in. 'Maidstone fr<ini 4.10"" c 7r,, c Stitsex, 'and on Saturday morning triat.c.itoi - Cautirhury, where it will be Stationed, its 1dt".. 1 1 . (7 Tb'e - Sea Gull revenue cutter has brotli;h l ,:,'; 3 o Dartmouth the Freedom,' of IVeyinoutir, NV /Lli ' iiiiii i cow raband spirit. , 1 . 6 ,T6V Glasgow Theatre, which. tins "n derg° 7l • sevitritalterations, and is now newly rai"" 4/ I, l lr, :deetOed, is to be opened next wevk bY, b o ErIiUBLE, 1,40 is engaged to perform six ill ' fabunrite Characters there. r al 0-0 , Flout 'ail Irish Paper...." Galway, . reb. b 'ell Raul Mal.—Yesterday VC1111)g a %sleeting V a place near Merlin Park, betivecii P. Pili‘" ll ,,Tel i ti ' ut dill town, Mild B.'Krine, Esq. ot- . ..--1-- - / -1; the foriner received his adversary's bait lifiticr 1;10, right breast, and instatitiv expired. Ttw* C ., l .,.. kseutleinen were elose friciat for many Y" ,.- ;, z ir "I‘fri\DillOti fought several duels, in A ll of '"' i ' iv , 'l2i.. Kane acted as his second; .and it is rein. t oo able,, 11r, Dillon's, father lost his life ' ll,- i lYs t i * 4 ti*Of honour with theliteMay F lachai ,ll ( I ' - ' ,„,ot, utq,4 since age, and nearly on the sAme s p i t : ‘v4iii his son la."---We cannot. say that ble ,, R. bfoch sympathy; a professed duellist al'PeOr briii' met witlk.a very caniistent fate. b u t fekv COss:-EictrANOu, Fre. 28We hail tit arrivals this morning, but a considerabl e illift'i,,:e of inferior. Wheat left over frost last ilaY• ~,k Wheat still supports its 'price ; the stool' " 1 " . 0 ` l , applies to Fine Barley and Oats, but Illvr', t l %,i demand for ioli:li.ir sorts ; in P ease and .. there is ocialteratim); . 4. V ° . Boer --On Monday afternoon.toi - , L it ton and,Vutigilan were at Kennington, in r i l li r i+ of an Offender, they aceitlentallypet the lit ,4 ous Robert Robertti who stands i n dicted for o f a coneeriivri Its rubbing the 'Windsor col:ic., h / i tl ia. ,; psrctl belonging =to the Windsor Banie, c° l ttia rs ing lUtik.tiotes to tk. large. amount. `De" l ee bruiwilt Roberts to the Office, where he ii'!As. i 1 l it 41 . .„,,1,b411) J ~ti:tieri before Sir N. CONANT. He' Ont. , . e 0 0.• the Magiarale refused to accept it, ill tat s p t ce o f leis ant appearing to his t bail ° l ll l 3 t .es . ‘ !.:1 evoccasion.—He was Committed tor tart . , i 1; i his indletui` ..,- r . ,J 1 31311011 " whets CertifiCatO o f .4 'Will be produced. ___,!;-''''' ----- . DIED . s a lilf i . `.. I.Set week, at her tionoe in ilitabester, gird 77. M il '. TO' . Pre}irt.rter ot the Maidstone, itaceestist 'Canterbilnt 'brnifeAell*, and Fa Ye riabilik Theatres. ' _......... it L'•) 1 iON : Isy J. ti. GAIL:M.IIILS. NO. 7► ft ° f r:1 14 01 ' huittlingt ; 11 «tictxltd A. :_;(111.11' 1 'S , itiv ; WitCte "v" . 0 41. Ricieta ; Ortlos, Lotttrs (postlaid),3lc. must addre* I ul lIIL SUN. :WARR I El). to VS' Yeit6ll - ir, at Mafield-Houde, Sir Hc4ry'Welldslci, _ Gdospalia CraL - WO ° .1* Ma 1.4* The data. 41 - 4,y, at Mard-la.borine Church, t bd Esq.. lit !it iss C,'itherina second daugittdr • Wright, Esq. , thilhe 4% 1 1 Emstant, John Cary; of Lincoln ' a P' Mist of Kirstoad Hatt, Norfolk.