The Sun. — London, England, 1815-02-11 00:00:00

'ensui,n4 'irar ; and these expedients, though no t hitit so beneficial as the Property Tax, may an-' 3 wer that purpose ; but what is be to do 'the year arrer, and the year after that 11. e provision for a peunanent Peace Esta blishment must be made, and we incst meet the difficulty at last, after having augmented it by arse less evasions and delays. Then, must Property Tax be re-imposed, and continue t ill the accumulation of the 'Sinking Fund re the National Debt so low as to enable us a g'tit) to have recourse to that inexhaustible (if P! .o Perlv respected) treasure. This we will yen t"re to predict, must be the course taken by The Tay; is surrendered at Whoeve r is Minister. this tim e for oh‘;ious reason s ._ ciainonr was not a fit one to discuss and arran ge the modifications which ought to be Inade in it, especially in favour of the Farmer and Annuitant, upon which classes it bore peculiarly and oppressively hard. The Minister has thought that he can shift through the y ear w i t h out i t, and bef ore another be g ins, a well digested measure °f direct taxation upon property may be brought f orward :--a measure combining as equitable . o mode of •reaching' the subject taxed, and of defeating fraudulent coaceahnent, with as ball a portion of inquisit4ial prying into the privacy of individuals as can be devised. Such a would be not only the most productive hut the most easy mod e of taxation, and must'be a pproved by thetense of the Country, if convinced ttat its produce is requi te d f or the services of the llmPire. And that this conviction- would he re-a -(lily obtained cannot be doubted, for it is 'only Lsa' e . e "sarY to state the si mp l e fact - to'- esta r b eYond controresy. It is arithmetically ` tiv Qven theft the permanent Taxes are sw a ll owe d Pl Yn'en ~ v hich t of t h e i nterest of the national debt, dtsch • - Land 4tgv and NI d, we shall have, inchiding the wh al ' . ‘-ax, a balance o f th ree or f our telt man can imagine to be more than one ' to support the p - ' Qur t ,of the stun . necessary y.re t,uaneace Es6thlislnnent, to which .wc ma 4)(41 t the end of next slimmer*. There I nust of necessity, theo, as we have observed, be some pct tnanent provision made for the remain ing three_ ;• and it will be found that a well I.egniated Tax upon Property is the only measure that can be resorted to. The silenc e of the C I LAN:CP.I_I.OR of the EXCHE QUER in refusing to s • t ended fate the nature of his in- Finance, is attempted to b e r idi cu l e d by the p arty, who being so voluble and talkative themselves, seem to "Silence think th a t is only commendable Ina Elea?', tongue dried and a maid not vendible." IjTe need not rytt it tO the sense of the CoientrY to a 37 whether it would have been prudent,. under " n .Y supposition, to indulg °f t h e e the idl e cur i os i ty Talents, by prematurely divulging; what ' ni ght have led to much. speculati o n and this. chiefs in the Cou ntry : for, whether new otir ri'axe, the Sinki ng F und, or Loan, or all these ces are contemplated, it must be allowed that '4nY intimation of the fact before the Budget wa opened would have been productive of 'stock- s j:4bbing and mercantile jobbing n o t on l y i n j urious individual, but to the N at i on at large. Perhaps lese Censurers will tell us on the other hand a Las good purpose such disclosure would have ~ s wered t• A period of tv: W hen we asserted the policy of maintaining the Proper -4...;:a)c, with its existing machinery, for another year, we 1 1 " s° Princ ipally from recollecting that there are nine mil .;°l)3 °f xtraordinaries on the Peninsula to be provided . for ' 1 ' 1: that ti,e--besides the literally War Expellees attending e 4toerican Contest, which cannot be abridged before June or hIY next. t w e ha ve this day P ar i s P apers to the Sth, Ham- A: 1 1 3 111 l 'apers t o the .4th, and F ran kf ort and Brus -- Journals to the 3d and 7th respectively. They ti,t.‘'''''Y contradictory, and very unconclusive in r NI e Port s upon every matter which at present vo l les th e pu b lic mind, and we do not feel Of " ()1 to foll ow them through all their varieties Pt. ki ee and war, c ess i ons and new creations of res,i::4:l Of " I s, &c. being perfectly convinced that the it caticiii t he C ongress will be the Listing pacifi -I'o4 . E lltope, upon bases worthy of the great 4tates v"ho have couquered that blessing. Soh., tieu 4' eXtr acts from Americi.ol Papers are con" 4 vrececting column. expressior'. • Yet, tho'ig are pet - stinder' that the aband.mmellt 01 the Ta'x at this period i . cannot hut feel satisfied T. ith the immediate relief it aff(irds, and ,only wish that that rellefconid be permanent, which we think the "brief and plain re•narhs we are about to submit Zvill clemon“ratc to be impossible. W e presume to take it for granted that the firi- tiSJt Eumirc,St have a PEACF. 14:TABLISHMENT. The CirA , :c••:Lt.on Of the F XCZ-TEC4IJEri has, ,we dare say,' good rensonS for resorting to temporary expedieilts to meet the Ways and Means of the are accustomed to do of every. thing else. The Party Chronicle of to-day has a virulent and vulgar diatribe against Ministers, who, it tells us, are " a fearful, sktdking Cabal," " incompetent • to answer a simple question discreetly, or utter a sentence without hazard of exposure." We shall not desceMd to answer such impotent and unman nerly railing—the acts of the Governthent afford a better 'reply to acrimonious and unjustifiahle accusations than any speeches or writings, however long and convincing. That they have furnished this satisfactory species of answer, the Chronicle most unwittingly 'acknowledges, in the, very next of -its 'tirades uput the sub- iect of South America, whets, speaking of the inhuman excesses there committed,' it exclaims in admiration, that they are perpetrated " in the face of -Englund, who, in some measure, STANDS AS THE WORTHY' UMPIRE OF THE 11,TORLD !" And who tthide her so ?--'Tie very incompetent Ministers so described in the ! , receding paragraph ! And what made her so ?-,-Having acted for years direct oppositi 3H to Lits politics of the imbecile Talents Faction who now condemn so loudly ! SOUTHWARK ELECTiox.—This morning at 12 o'clock, the Election for that Borough con men ced at the Town-flail for the choice of :a proper person to represez,it the vacancy occurred hy . the death of 1 - Ist:RN TnottxroN, Whet, Mr.: CFI 8.141C1.%V and Mr. Jot;Fs Botturrr were proposed and put in nontini.itOm by their friends. A ship has artived from Bahia, `which has brought a(tviers from varions %luta ions Brazils to the 7th December. Cotton was at a very hitih prke in those settlenh , ots, on account of the ignorance of th e peace with the United States. The True L3ooded Yankee, of the adventures of which we have heat:d so lunch, is discovered to he at Bania. The British sloop Alba - erne, of 18 guns, was in a state of preparation to tallow close in her wake, should she take her departure. The PRINCE is expected,- in town to.onorr , ,w, from Brighton. On Monday his Royal lii 4 hness will hold a Privy Coun c il, at three a'-clock, at Cadton House, for the liurpose of rnieking f u r Slicriffi, for the year ensiti , ig• Yesterday at ,two o'clock a Cabinet Council was held at the For ign Office. Last night-Mr..McAns, the• King's nessenger, left town withthspatehes for Vienna. Yesterday the Earl of likßilowny.giive AI grand dinner, as Lord President of the Council, pre vious to the pricking for the Sheriff,. By the returns of the price of Corn for last week, it is now certain that the average for the six weeks will hring.it to ti:e rate which will shut the port: the 15th instant, against the, impor tfttion of wheat, dour, rye, -barley, beans, and pease, for three months, except at the high duty. It is :a,s yet doubtful whether the ports will be shin against oats, as the price is so very. near the average required bylaw, that the one return yet due may affect it one• way or the other. Weun derstand the war ditty is still exacted—so that for the next three months, wheat will pay as follows Duty hy the Act of 1 02, First War-duty, one-third, Second ditto, one-tiftb, - - L.i 5 o 0 8 4 --- 0 5 0 Itforning.Chronicle. L.l 19 . 4 . 111 S Majesty the Emperor of AUSTRIA Las 1)CVII pleased to confer or, Count MUNSTER, the Mini ster of the Yin of ENGLAND, the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen, as a testimony of re- - sped for his distinguished services and patriotic sentimerts. It appears Irani letters dated. Cadiz, the 16th ult. that trade is exceedingly dull in that Lisbon, on the contrary, is full of shipping : and commercial activity. It is reported that the South Sea Company has surrendered its right to an exclusive trade, on con dition of being guaranteed - by Gm -eminent in the fillramount of their usual dividend. This day Sir NEAL O'DONE L was brought up for judgment to the Court, of King's Bench, when he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, in Newgaie, and to pay a fine of 'five hundred pounds.—(Dublin Cor. Feb. 8.) We have already noticed that the Archbishop of CASHEL had refused to consecrate the new , church at Caber. Tlt following a r e f urt h er par ticulars from the Cork Advertiser : "‘A splendid new - Church was built in this town, at the instance of Lady CASTER. It is a fine ornament to the town, being a well finished piece of Grecian architecture, which costs the parish a rate of 2s: 6d. per acre per annum, during the next 14 years. A few weeks hence, his Grace the .Archbishop of CASHEL, together with a number of Clergymen, &c. came to Caller, for the pur pose of consecrating it upon trying the site with the compass, it was- found not to he due east and west, as the Canons required ; in consequence of which, his Grace declared he could not proceed to the consecration, and returned to Caller highly indignant. Previous to his departure fur Caller, his,Grace nride use of the following very just and Sarcastic exores,ion " I woulu, said he, (pointing to the old Church) for 2501. repair that building, in such a inunn!r to w eke it answer the purpose, equally as well as the new one, and in the whale coin se of inv life I never saw such an act of oppression, by unnecessarily taxing the majority of the Inhabitants of tins l'ari,lr,.for the b u ildi ng o f a Church which mild he tveil dis pensed with." • tion of th it Country are employed i❑ organizing heir Navy, of n•hiclr they boaht <a !Mich k 0 they The Parliamentary Discassidns of last night will be found in our fourth page ; the only sub ject of interest being the resolutions inhved i ts Mr. ROBINSON respecting the Trade'of Malta.— Something was said in the douse of Peers, in allusion to the late Duel between Colonels QUE N- T N and PALMER ; and we are glad to find th-ftt Government have already taken steps to prevent the recurrence of such an event. ORATORIOS. DRunT-LAts . F..---The season regularly com menced at tliis Theatre last night, and the selec tion from HANDEL and HAI- N. ira3 of a more novel kind than has been pertormel. The chief novelty, however, tvas' a Battle Symphonia - , composed by BEE'T,I-IOVEN, and-intended to tzpify' the victory gained by the immortal WELLINGTQN Over the French at Vittoria. It was a titre com position altogether, apt( very impressive in its effects. But as balite 7nugic has been several times (/resented to the public, it is only necessary to . say, that it was I:4S expressive of - the fiorrors of the scene as could be eypecteti from such per formance. Jr commenced with Be le Britatmi on the 'part of the British, and illaThroole on .that of the French, and after the defeat. of the latter cloned with God save the King, which was sung by the chief Performers. Madame SiAsst, who had previously distinguished herself in an Italian air, sung the first stanza of God 'save 'the' King with great spirit. The Wattle-piece was encored, and so was the celebrated Overture to. Zattberflote.- The Theatre was very well attended,. and the whole was received with great applause. COVENT - GARDEN.-The admired Composition of The Creation, by HAYDN, with some miscel- Tallies from HANDEL and other Masters, consti tuted the entertainment last night at this Theatre, and were so well supported by 13a.triAm, STEPUIENS, Mrs. SALMON, YINN,EY, (tad BARTLE SIAN, that the applau3e was very tvarm throughout the performances, which W:Tecprrect and pressive. IMPROMPTU On the Rattle!' introduced in the 13:kttle-Piece last night, at Drury-Lane Theatre. BEETIJOVEN, with appropriate skill, flas manag'il his tiarmoilic b,ittles, For oft, sviien I.)EATH resolve; to kill, He-tti his victims sends the Rattles. THE RECENT DUEL. DUBLIN, FEB. 7.—No-inquest has been held on the body of the tinfortunate Mr D'EsTEvRg 'amt it appears by the following letter, which was 'received by Mr. O'CONNELL on Saturday evening, from Sir EDWARD STANLEY, that there is to be 110 prosecution.:— • " " Royal Barracks, 4th r e h r u arT , 1815. Sm.... Lest your professional avocations, should be inter. rupted by an apprehension of any praeeeding being in eon templatiun, in consequeneeof the late melancholy event, I have the honour to inforra , yon that there is- not the most distant intention of any prosecution whatever on the part of the fatally or friends of the late Mr, D'Esterre. I have the honour to he, Sir, your most , obedient humble servant, " EDWARD STANLEY. " Daniel O'Connell, Esq. Merrion.square." " Merrion-square, sth February, 1515. " have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your I,tter of yesterday, and I beg of )ou to accept my sin- COT t hanks for your vdy polite and considerate attention. " It is to•laie a mournful consolation to meet such gene. , Eons sentiments front those who must, he afflicted at the late unhappy event. But- believe me, my regret at that event is most sincere and unalf,cted; and, if I know my own heart, I can with the strictest truth asserl, that n > person can feel for the loss society has sustained in the death of Mr.D'Esterre with more deep and lasting. sorrow than I do. " Allow one again to thmik you,. Sir, for the courtesy of your letter—a courtesy quite Consistent with the gentl e ma n ly 'demeanour of your entire conduct un, this melancholy tran sactian.—l hate the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL. Sir Edward Stanley.' It was a Mr. DISNEY who was shot at Staines by Lord CrtAYsToN, under circumstances which excited the suspicious of his Lordship, but are denied by Mr. D. AVIDSOR, FEB. 10.—YeSterday, at five o'clock, ha: %.I.oyal Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES arrived at the Castle, to dine with the QUEEN and PRINCESSES. Iu the evening there Was a select party of Nobility to meet her Royal Highness to tea, a concert, &c. At ten o'clock the Prkcess CHARLOTTE left the Castle for Cran bourn Lodge. JOHN Eta. —We are sorry to an notinee the death of this Gentleman last week, at his house in Spring Gardens. He was one of the most eminent Surgeons of this Metropolis, and Was hi high rejitite for practical skill and long experience. He possesSed a sound taste in Litera ture and the Fine Arts, and had a great hind of humour, which occasionally appeared in lively and spirited Cat.icattire Drawint:s, He was , a staunch enemy of Voeclnalion, but his opposi-. tion was observable in reasoning arid a reference to what be deemed satisfactory evidence, not per sonal invective and rancorous scurrility, Ile was an elegant Inn not an osten,:alions, scholar. Kualmes benefit (the last night of his per formance in Dublin) took place on Friday last, on which evening he perfOrmel Rolla, in the triwNly . 0( Pizarro, and the following morning embarked for trigland. SHAKESPEARE'S Comedy of Twelfth Night is the suost'popnlar performance at the li,:linburgh The atre. This probably arises, in srme measure, from the uncommonly strong likeness in person, voice, and manner of Mrs. H. SionoNs and her brother, IIr.IIIURRAY: Th e similittd e; it Seetns, is so imposing, that the, audience can scarcely dis cover which is. the Viola, or which the Sepastian. The Officers of Plymouth garrison are getting up a Comedy and Farce, which they:mend short ly to perform at the Theatre, for the benefit of the Charitable School Fital&slitnents in that town. The enormous Gloucestershire • three-year' old hog, the property of Mr..STo.se, of theLainb Inn, was killed on Friday last it measured front the curl of the snout to the extremity of the toll nine feet, round its body eight feet five inches, 004 vcighed forty-two score. , FAvouRITE Public are respeci fully inforMed, that by an early application at WEBE's Oftice, 17, Ludgate -street, rein' Nint i ber in the present Lottery may be obtained but from the increasing enquiries that Ore daily making for particular Numbers, those person 3 Mr , wish, to Secure one of the three 30,0001. Prize 4, sh" 10 ( 1 bespeak it immediately at Wsiies Fortonme Of fice, 17, Ludgate-sheet, near -St. where foiir Capitals in the Lottery just finished were sold in Share:, including the Orst drawn ten thou sand ponnd Prize, anti the Wit evez• slttircd. NAVAL NEWS. tAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Company's regular ship Marchioness of Ely; and extra-ship Lady Carrington, were" at Port Louis 4in . the 28iI1 of October last ; are ex- petted to sail immediately on their voyage. Warren Hastings; l'i;cenix, and Lirkins, sepa rated from the Lady Carrington to the east ar.l of the Caiie, in a gale, on the 2d of that month. 'i'f►e DEAL,TE/3. 10.-tiiih•ti this inurning of the otitward-bowid East imliamtin, tr.•tisports, coasters, and colliers, to t ,e West,vard, with a, fine breeze at S. E. AlSo sailed his Majevy's ship DessrL for Portsmouth.—iVind S E. ilmvicut, FEB. 10.—Arrived the Prince of Orange packet, with a mail Irons ILlland ; Znd the beanfoy packet, with a mail from Cuxhaven.. A writing desk has been picked up near Bradwell, in which was a ship's papers, called the Gtmton, 13.013F:HT HALL, master. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.-- . —Sailed the York man of war for Cork and the \Vest Indies ; and the Tay sloop of war, with a fleet f6i - BOUrdeallX. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10.—The weather is so thick and hazy that we cannot ascertain whether there are. any arrivals hoot the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ship Myrmidon for Plymooth.-The outward-bound convoys have made the' signal to prepare sail, and will be off at day-light in the morning. Arrived the Pitt, FOSTER, fruits - the Downs, bound to Jamaica.-Wind Easterly. SCILLY, Pet. Majesty's ship Thais, Captain WARE, came in a few days ago front a cruise, and sailed again to-dty; , - GRAVESEND, FEB. 10.—A ITIV4d the Drake, Padden, from Messina; Limerick Trader, Griffith, from Limerick ; Debo rah, Williams, from Havre; Heed, Robinson, from Drilla ; Don Cossack, Duir, from Archangel ; Hone, Scott, from All cant; Charles, Celo, from Bourdeaux; Hoppet, Hellt;burg, frOm Seville, Norway Rock, MarkeSen, from Nonvay ; and Anna Elizabeth,. Jisbeck, from St. Michael's. Sailed the Alice, Petters, for Dublin ; and Samuel Bennett, W..lker, for Bermuda. • Of the Clyde division of the Leeward Is!and fleet six vessels have vet to arrive, viz.—Orod, LANG; Si. Thoma 6 ;. St. George, APCu NS, Dome rara ;- Tapis, WYLLIE, ditto ; Emerald, rx zit:., St—Thomas; Pitt, CRAWFORD, 6EIO and audther vessd, name unknown. • IRELAND. HORRID MURDER. On Saturday, 25th Jan. last, a poor man of the name Patrick Bryan, iron, the Glen of laael, aged 80 years, on his return from Dubiin, sought shelter (ruin the inclemency of the snow %torm, then raging with great ViOienee, in the liOuse of a widow, of the name of IVl.` Donald, who resides at Horsepass Bridge', in the county of aiblin, where he took his linlgiogs for the night. About three o'clock in the 'morning, Lane. M`Donahl, son of toe widow, entered the honse, accompanied, as he alteges, by Miles Moore and Patrick Lockett, murdered and robbed the poor man of sotne clothes and 15 tenpennies in silver, then 'dragged the body along the snow aid threw it into the Liffey. John Hornidge, Esq. High Sheriff of the County of Wicklow, having- been intOrmed of the circumstance, immediately repaired to the spot, accompanied by a party of constables, there being do • Magistrate of the County of Dublin convenient, and socce.eded 13 securing Lati- Fence M'Douald, the principal of the murderers, who had on, when taken, the clothes of the de- Ceased, and who confessed bis gu;lt, alleging that he was assisted by Moore and Lockett. •Mr. Hornidge also succeeded in finding the body 100 yards 'be low where it • was thrown in.' Arthur 13. Moss, Esq. Coronet of tile County of Dublin, arrived on Wednesday last to hold an inqnest, 'and ha 3 been, ever since, busily employed in investigating the business. The result of the inquest is not yet known, the Jury not having yet given in their verdict. Too much praise cannot be given to Lieut. Hamilton and a party of the Forfar quartered in liallymore-Eustace,‘vho immediately' repaired to the spot, and afforded Mr. Ilornidge every assistance in. securing Moore atul Lockett, Dublin Correspondent, Feb. 8. LIMEMCK, FEB. I.—Gallant and effectual Re sistance.--Saturday night, a numerou s ,uaned party attacked the house of Thomas Di!lane, of Ard patrick, in th s County, (tenant to Robert Mas i well, Esq.) who, with the assistance of his two brothers, offet''ed every resistance that was pos 'Ode, which the ruffians outside finding effectual, they set fire to the house, in consequence of which the Dinanes, with pitchforks, rushed out; took three of the ringleaders, and beat off the rest, who, like cowardly villains, ran in every direction'. Dillane immediately sent to Itilti , nine 1.,r a tary detachment, and a party of the 84th regi ment, with Mr. W.lfiam Gubbins, most promptly hastened to Ardpatrirk, and conveyed the fel lows, who are named Torpy, and Rior thin, to Kilfinanel3ritietvell 4 - where they are corn. miner! by G. W. BENftery' A ' Esq. and w e are h appy tci y, .that on e o f titefnhas given touch usL fni information, SLIVII as we understand will corn pletely break up i the gangs, and restore tran quility to the neilchit - ourbuild of Xilmallock and Eilfina'ne, which bai , e lately beta scenes of con tinued nightlyllisuirblnce. • Yesterday I?ObierlJoiliz.mit, the otvlittitt)(l driver of A hae.lney-coach, eras :fined by the Ctlnimis.. ~6iotlers of. Hackney-toadies, 20s. for wilf u ll y driving against,a' Gent le tuan'S - 11-•et4l rect, .on Sttturdavlast.---The licenses of two hAcithey coach owners were suspended by the Commis sioners, for Working bad coachus, dw licenses to remain in the office until the said owUetv pr6vide proper coActlet,iwitear4f the bad ones.