The Sun. — London, England, 1820-05-22 00:00:00

WEEICIS RETROSPEU'f. It lies lot►g tri2en our intention to introduce a review of .the chief occurrences which. npiy it.ive taken &Ace 'during the preceding week ; adopt this plAn for the future, and carry it into effect on evety Mondmy.—The imprisonment ut Hurir, &c &c. by kch!ch the country has been relieved from one of its chief disturbers, though only c-mprehending a few despicable matter of no slight interest to the Nation, as it - tends to the irteservAtion of public peace.—A mote important consideration arises from the Pe titi..n of certain MerchAnts to Parliament, pray iog fora refTlOcAl of all restrictions upon foreign imports.—This Poition has been most ably op posed by another from the great body of the Ship owners, the object of which is to sbcw the vast iojory which our Colonial possessions would suf f4r by a want of due eitcourageumnt to their Timber Trade with this Country, aoci its mis chievous effect upon our mari!itne interests. We have presented the Petitions to our Readers, and have impartially invited both sides to advocate the cplestion, though for our own part heartily assent ing to the arguments of the Ship-owners.— Another topic which hAS occurred during the relates to tl►e appointment of n fifth Baron iu the Scotch Court of Exchequer. This ap- rointment, it is said, was reconvinended by Mr ADANt, formerly H flaming Patriot end the frien( of CH ARLES Fox, but who long since entered into the Ministetial ranks,and is likely to continue steady on that side for the remainder of his life. We confess, wi'b ali our confidence in Government, We do not think that the appointment in question was properly justified, considering the pressure of the times and the absolute necessity for all pos sible retrenchment, and more particularly because retrenchment has been graciously recommended from the Throne.---The proposed removal of the Elective Franchise from Graml►onnd is alto worthy of an attentive consideration. The third rending of the 13ill will doubtless produce a more ample discussign, and till then we 5h,411 not presume to enter farther into the subject. We are adverse to rotten Boroughs and occasional Voters ; but, though admitting that some alterations, arising from long=established abuses, may be necessary, and expected by the People at large, the work of correction should proceed with caution. One great remedy, however, is the positive enfotce mew of the BRIBERY OATH in all places, and the Infijetion of exemplary ponishtnent on those who are found gniky of petjury —There are other sub jects which merit attention, but as they may be said to be yet in prog r ess, we shall wait for for:her illustration before we offer our own opi nions. But while we solemnly adhere to the sys tem of that unrivalled Statesman, WILLIAM PITT, to whom our Paper is indebted for its existence, we shall vigilantly watch over the interests of the Public, having chiefly at heart the happiness of the People and the prosperity of the Empire. FOR THE SUN. EWC‘ I 6TI.E, MA7 19. SIR. EDITOR—As I see by your Prwer of yes terday and to-day that the Ship-owners in Lon don have taken up the busines3 of the American Timber Trade, I send you a copy of the Resolutions and Petition that have been prepared at this Port, which I h ave just procured front the parties, and which Petition is now in the course of signatore, in order tbdt you may see that the Ship-owners of this Port are feelingly alive to the Question. I am, Sir, your's, etc. An ARDENT ADMIRER of the PRINCIPLES and PATtuoTisM of THE SUS. EDINBURGH, MAY IS. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Yesterday afternoon, about seven o'clock, the Lord Provost and Magistrates waited upon his Grace the Earl of MORTON, his Majesty's High Commissioner, at the Levee-room, Merchant's Hall, when the ancient silver keys of the city were presented to his Grace, by the Lord Provost, ►n the customary form. The General Assembly of the Church of Scot land met here this day. His Glace George, Earl of ;Morton, K.T. his Majesty's High Commissioner, walked in procession from the Merchants' Flail to the High Church, accompanied by a number of noblemen and gentlemen of distinction, among wi►om were noticed — The Earl of ll.Klilington, Lord Robert Her, Lord Chic . ; Baron, Honourable Baron Clerk Rattray, Honour:011a Baron Sir Patrick Murray, Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Sir Howard Elphinstone, Sir Gregory Way, Sir James Douglas, tiir Patrick Walker, Sir Alexander Keith, Sir Joha Connell, Major General Stirling. ltear Admiral Otway, Col. Stewart of Garth, Colonels Walker, Mowbray, glair, Dunne, an a numlser of military and naval officers. The streets were lined, from the Merchants' Hali to the Church, by the 7th dragoon guards and detachments from the 33d and SOth regiments of foot. An excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. D. Duncan Macfarlane, Minister of Drymen, and one of the Deans of the Chapel-Royal, Mode rator of last Assembly. jt is understood, that the reverend Dr. no. mss Macknight, one of the Ministers of the Oh Church of this city and depute-clerk of the As sembly, will be chosen Moderator, •10 ...mat Yesterday the Second Division of the Court of Session, atter hearing Counsel, unanimously re fused the Petition of the Magistrates of Edin burgh, for setting aside the verdict of the Jury in the case of Lasctie v. the Magistrates, and for gran ting a t ►ew trial in that cause. EDwArtios.--On Stiturdny n Bill of Indictment was pleferred to the Middlesex Gieind Jury, against George Edwards, for High Treitsun ; the siu►tlnr to that Olt which Thistlewood and hits toml►Anious were convicted. 'Ube widow and son ol Tnisilewood, sod Mt, Brunt were among the witnesses eNitivined. At'ct Koine; through t;le extitniwitiott of the witn,sles, the Jury deli htl•aled for shoot twenty mit:tires, and then Ad joutited till MQtaley tiny ) TRINITY-HOUSE, NEWCASTLE, NIAT 16, 1820. At a Meeting of the Merchants, Ship Owners, Traders, and others interested in the welfare of the port of Newcastle, holden this dai' in pursuance of public Advertisement, GEORGE FOTHERGILL, F.,q. the Master of the Trinity House, in the Chair. This meeting haring heard with great alarm, that his Ma jesty's Ministers contemplate an alteration in the existing sys tem of foreign and British colonial duties upon wood, a mea sure which (when the ►magnitude of the various interests to be affected by it is cons i dered), appears to be pregnant with the most ruinous effects to the country at large, Resolveil Unanimously, 1. That Petitions be forthwith prepared and presented to both Houses of Parliament, expressive of the feelings of this :sleeting upon the subject. 2. That the Petition now read he adopted, and be engrossed for signature,. 3. That a Committee be formed for the purpose of carrying the intentions of this Meeting into effect, and that such Com mittee be composed of all the Committees of the Marine Insurances of this Port, and of the Members of those Societies, and that seven shall be a quorum at any meeting. 4. That tb 4i we and mode of presenting the Petitions, and other measures to he adopted for effecting the purposes of the Meeting, be left in the discretion of the Committee, who shall also have power to appoint a Deputation, if necessary, to attend the Board of Trade or Parliament, in conjunction with the other ports. 5. That these Resolutions be published in all the New exitle Papers, and in the '..;ourier, Globe, and Public Ledger iti exchange on the other, we slo.ll eventually gain nothing, but are merely carrying our good, to another mar dret, while we are losing the market formerly afforded by our own Colonies, and by such a measure benefiting States of op posite interests, awl altogether unconnected with us, at the expence of one of the most valuable dependencies of the British Crown. Your Petitioners therefore cannot but press upon your most serious consideration, the effects of a measure involving the emplornent ant even the existence of so considerable a por tion of the British Community, and humbly trust that your Honourable House will not think them unreasonable, in re questing that a portion of that protection may be extended to them, which has been most extensively afforded to other branches of commerce and manufacture, and to agriculture, and which protecting regulations, proved, in those instances so beneficial, (as a diseriwittating duty,) in this case will he found absolutely necessary to ensure the welfare and increase the prosperity of the Kingdom. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that your Honour able House will be pleased to tape the foregoing circumstan ces into your most serious consideration ; and that you will be pleased not to allow any alteration in the existing system of the duties on wood. And your Petitioners will ever pray. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Saturday Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRuRY-LANE.—AR Oratorio. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT•GARDEN.—NO performance. c o s For LITERARY REVIEW, see the First Page. WHIT MoNDAx.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East India, and South Sea Houses. Amity En-4 Dublin, 3 Waterford, 1 France, 1 Flanders. DUE—I Holland, 2 Gottenburgh, 1 Lisbon, 1 Harnburgh. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.mmutow. Morning. 22 minutes after 10. I Evening, 4$ onnutes after 10. which some of the -Jonrnals bare given cur rency.—(Journal de Paris.) , " Seircral of the Dames de la Halle, relying, upon the statements above rettrred to, went yes terday to the Hotel Meurice, Rue de Ricoli, to present bouquets to the Queen of England, and there was no little difficnl:y in convincing alto of their mistake.—(lbid.) " Lord New borough and Lord de Clifford or. rived on Wednesday at Paris. , r. " The Marquess of Santa Cruz, Ambassador from Spain to the Court of France, is arrived at Bayonne with his numerous family, stud Will shortly reach Paris. " There have been several reports of e onspi' racks against the State in Franche Comte, but there is — no truth in the insinuAtions against cer' tain persons who have been named. A ci decant Officer, named Bourgeois, has, however, been arrested at Loos le Saulnier, and two person,' also Ex-officers, have been arrested at Besancon - Bourgeois has been conveyed to the Concierger i. at Paris.—(Journal des Debats.) FIVP. PER CENTS Wednesday Thursday . 74 f. — c, . 74 1. 23 c. DEFERRED STOCK. ‘Vednesday. Thursday. Of the 92d March, 1R!7.. 102 f. 15 c... 102 f. 55 c. 24d March, 1820. ... 90 f. 20 c..... 90 f. SO c. " MADRID, MAY 9.—The Constitucional gar, we are authorized to &dare, that the a ppre .._ ... _ hensions expressed by the Conservador of the 144 See being hostile to one new Constitutional sr' tern are destitute of foundation.'" The last Private Letter from Paris, which sv° founded upon facts, excited, we find, great at teo'.' Lion in the political circles, and particularly a mnollg the Corps Diplonsatique. We have receive(' another this day from the same quarter, but to ( ' late for insertion. It shall Certainly appear t°' morrow. France, we regret to say, is apparendf on the eve of a dreadful crisis, and never sevo a skilful and experienced Pilot more necessary• is indeed doubted whether DecAze Wavlelir with all his talents, knowledge, and patli ° ' tism, would he able to weather the s torm/ There exists, from all we can learn, a complet° moral and political disorganization, which appea rs to be so pregnant with danger, that many E rr of r eigners, and indeed many of the Na t i ves, preparing to quit the Country. We have of predicted some portentous event from time Pe r ' mission which so many Revolutionary Charact er ; have received to return to the Country, e the countenance which some have recei/e' from an amiable Monarch, whose mild po )icr r is by no means calculated to conciliate suc h ti. : log and ambitious spirits. The Letter, which ‘ l ' shall present to our Readers to - mo r r ow, cottri'i° to some striking traits of the Liberals , as t he y styled, collected by our very intelligent and c is % did Correspondent, upon whom we place full • d pendenee. t Letters from Ceylon of the 20 th January Boi that there have been recently some symptoms:or another insurrectionary movement in the inter'e of that island. A native Priest, whoadvance 9 5° 04 0 pretensions to the Throne of Candy, and who f $p .0 is very active in the late tebellion, but had cool to escape apprehension, has been renewidghoid machinations. He has, however, been 18 0 ,; ( 0, of, and if he does , not meet wit h a severer , will accompany the other native Chisfa. 10 6 whom are thus now in our possession, to th e e ili of France, to which it has been resolved to s sil them. Lient.-General BROWNRIGG was t'' f ,fte for England, in the Eclipse, about the eocl ° unary. il stt His MAJESTY is expected to ma ke a short i (ct to Brighton in the course of a te w da y s, to "4 sg the works going on in the Pavilion. ci Yesterday the KING attended Divine Ser o bs i the Chapel Royal, with their R o y al oft` i the Duke of Yoart, the Duke of CLairesc", the Princess AUGUSTA. The Sermon was ri l l", by the Archbishop of YORK ; the Bishop "t p io' d DON, as Dean of the Chapel, read the Coro ll ' o d itil Service. The' Clerks of the Closet ' l 'oo were the Bishop of EXETER and Dr. 51. C L ARKS. ei e‘ On Saturd4y morning, a little befSodore 011°0 o'clock, the KING left town for his d of Hampton-Court. His 111a.sasTy fetoril (0 1 London in the evening. The most extensive preparati ons are ma,oo t Eton, for the celebration of the trieonial o le of Montem to-morrow, with ext raordin g l r ioo l o , dour. The expected attendan ce of c ol t ' t ,f will greatly heighten the interest of t he °worn ,t 1 The value of the new crown to he"" n0te,1,1,/' his MAJESTY at the corona tion is e' 54,0001. One jewel io i t is worth I V %. 4,0( old crown is not worth mo r e than 1, 000 0 , W' rt o Yesterday the Duke of Yost ( et On Saturday the Princess AUGusTA owe' Lady CREMORNE h her company 1° her house at Chelsea. an d Yesterday the Princesses Anoovrl'oci,ess Duchess of CLARENCE visited th e KENT, at the King's Palace at KensoThoe The Princess AUGUSTA dined tvitti 1) *. ' and Duchess .3t CL I±NGE yesterday• Saturday, Prince Leo roLD left tow" 0 0 ' pool. bet OC o t The celebrated DEsnsaueTs, tv „ ler t° o years the Chief of the Poli ce , 1 4 11 , 1 anal SAVAEY, lO London ;h e already a month. 11u T Lyndon Paptre. GEORGE FOTHERGILL, Chairman , . 6. That the thanlis of this Meetitig"be given to the Master the Trinity house, for his prosupitude in calling this Meeting, and fur his conduct its the Chair. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Ilritnin and Ireland, in Parliament as.,embltd. The Humble Petition of the Undersigned Merchnnts, Ship- Owners, and Others, interested in the port of Newcastle upon-Tyn e, SHEWETIL, That your Petitioners have heard with extreme anxiety and alarm, that it is in the contemplation of his Majesty's Minis ters to efiect an alteration in the existing system of F o reign and British Colonial dirties upon Wood• Your Petitioners humbly submit that the adoption of such a measure will tend very grievously to their injury, if not to their utter ruin, without, as they conceive, materially benefiting any other class of his Majesty's subjects, inumuch as it will have the effect of throwing nearly the whole of the carrying trade from the Baltic and Norway into the hands of Foreigners, and will prove most irajurious to ti►e Mother Country, and to the Colonies. That while your Petitioners admit to the fullest extent, the claim of the Manufacturers of this Kingdom to the high con sideration and protection of Government, yet they du, at the same time, most 'humbly suggest, that the admission of the ships of Foreigners to ellgpSs the principal part of the carry ing trade, of such a bulky commodity as timber, will ulti mately more than counter-balance any present advantage 1 1 that the Manufacturers might gain by the adoption of the HIPTIMITT. That the carrying trade will be thrown into the hands of f oreigners is most certain, owing to the wood being the pro duce of their own country, combined with their unquestion ed ability to navigate at lower rates of freight : and although it might cause a present demand for a small quantity of the goods of our manufacturers, (probably not exceeding the de creased consumption of our own colonies.) 'should this alte ration of the duties be carried into effect, yet it is respect fully submitted, that ruinous consequences would ensue to a great proportion of the shipping interest of the kingdom, of which so large a portion is employed in the conveyance of lumber from North America, and to the numerous branches of trade connected therewith, and dependent thereon, when every encouragement ought rather to he g iven to the t r ade fr o m our own colonies, upon which so considerable a part of the community depends fir its existence. Your Petitioners beg leave to state the great spur of this trade in a national point of view, and that otso2 ' length of the voyage, more than double the touttw site to supply the country with timber and deft; il4 sssUld possibly be employed, had we even the whole o ‘ fitge trade to the Baltic, and from the invigorating nature of .the climate, .a nursery for British seaineuralmoit unecitt;klled has been formed; but even this valuable Source of Men fit for manning our hitherto. invincible navy will be utterly lust, • should the proposed alteration take place. That the effect of the alteration contemplated in the' system of duties will be to prohibit the importation of timber from the American colonies altogether, and in this mousier the establishments of the subjects of Great Britain will be broken up, and the colonies deprived of almost their only me dium of exchange for the manufactures of this country, and the immense numbers of people who have had every encou ragement held out to them tu • eniigrate to our North Ameri can colonies, upon the faith of the trade being protected, will therebrbe thrown out of employment. Your Petitioners further beg leave to state, that a great number of the ships belonging to this port are almost ex elusively calculated fur carrying timber from liii►ish America, being too large for the Baltic trade, and from their peculiar construction, are, generally spoiling, ill adapted fir thy West India or other trades, and even were t Ivey so adapted, those trades arc already glutted with a surplus of shipping.. The only advantages to this Country which your Petitioners_ can suppose to lie contemplated to alive from the proposed alteration, will he an increased demand from the Northern States fur our Manufactures ; yet, it is must Olt 1,1.19 that AS all article of commerce, if the consumption on the one hand is to is regulated merely by the civil:mid ut4buo;dit) THE SUN. 1104 EM PICERE FALSVM AVM:AT ? LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1820. We received yesterday and this morning the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday last. In the Chamber of Deputies the discussion on the Election Prnjet was continued through Wed nesday and Thursday in the usual style, a Deputy on each side of the question alternately ascending the Tribune and reading his essay, called by cour tesy a speech. On Wednesday the discussion was opened by the Minister of the Interior, who ar gued strenuously in support of the l'roiet ; then came M. Rovita COLLARD in opposition to it, M. CHABON ye SOLILHAC in its favour, and M. MARTIN DB GRAY vehemently attacking it. These four speeches occupied the time till the arrival of the dinner hour, when the Chamber adjourned. Thursday the Minister for Foreign Affairs led off in favour of the Projet, followed by MM. Coa- CELLBS, CORNET D'INCOURT, and LAISNE DR ViLLßlrectue ; after whose speech the discussion was again adjourned till Friday. The KING, on Wednesday, gave a private au dience to the Prince of HOLSTEIN. The Court of Peers assembled on Wednesday, when the reading of the Report and the annexed documents, respecting the case of Louvel, was finished. The Procureur-Geutral BELLART was about to commence his official preliminary state- went ; but the dinner hour having arrived, he was interrupted, and the Court was adjourned till Thursday. _ _ M. Da Sexes, the Keeper of She Seals, arrived at Paris on Wednesday afternoon. The Moniteur of Thursday announces the ar rival of the Queen of ENGLAND at Paris, on Wed nesday evening, and a similar statement appears in some of the other papers. The Journal de Paris, however, of Thursday, contradicts all the statements that have recently been insetted in the Paris Journals, respecting her 111A3BOT1'S sup- posed journey in France, and asserts that the QUEEN had not quitted Geneva at the date of the latest accounts f►otn thence. The Joimial des Debats also states that a courier extraordinary art ived at Paris from Geneva, on Wednesday, to the English Embassy, who left ber MAJESTY at the latter city. A specimen of the very correct intelligen e put forth in the Paris Papers, is to be found in some of these Journals, which very positively announce the arrival of Mr. HUNT in the French capital. The following are further extracts from the Papers of Friday : " VAR's, MAY 19.—Yesterday the King gave a private audience to M. de &ire, the Keeper of the Seals. HIS Majesty also transacted business the Count Simeon, Mivisger of the Interior. " The Court of Peers assembled again yeller il,ar,.whyll M. Bellart went ou with his prelimi noFy` OcrAt statement. Au adjournment to o k 4 , C. P! ,Be,,:Orktl/414144‘, yto hear the continuation. '''''it ' : - kt s ,.4,l4,Moitrillioness of B i e who has been 16:1!:"Nic k skFt, and who arrived on -Wednes day et I'wrivhaolo4.,been mistaken for the Queen of Eng)»otrk , bkriA ‘bis error has led to the on -I.:rYthq! aaieywing tier Nokity,