The Sun. — London, England, 1820-05-25 00:00:00

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Mr. o!..nnAts,2 said, he rose to call the attention of the Court to the circumstance of the Grand Jury having' been lately refused accuse to New gate• lie knew it would be t-ery indelicate to enter at -present into the subject, as lie knew it I vtts put wider the consideration of the Judges, namely, as to the right which the Jury had ot Visiting the prison. Should the Jo Iges decide t hat no such right existed, he would certainly on a future day hung forward some motion to Make tionie regulation on the subject. • tie certainly Latputed no bl ame to the respectable Keeper ot ewgate, who was at that moment placed in a very delicate situation, front the charge which lie aim' at the time, but then it was proper to have it ascertained whether the Jury had such a right, or whether it was a mere matter of courtesy. He bwould wait to hear the result of the Jodges' deli eration on the subject. betore be made any ma. t ifm ; but should they decide that it was merely a rihititer of courtesy, he would move for certain regulations to permit the Jury at proper periods to enter the nriSon and visit its different wirts. Mr. N. Vi 7 ILLIAMS observed, that while the l ittht was roused, the. Keeper of the prison was Placed in very peculiar circumstances, troy) his 'laving at that time persons in custody who were Il'lder charges of a most serious nature. He was t yre that th e wort h y G ent l eman who held that s noatiou had no wish wlistevvr to obstruct the 3 "EY, excepting when he kit hitnselt bound to do so from a sense of imperative duty. ORPHAN FUND. The LORD MAYO a said lie had a wti , ten state• t nent Ir on) Sir kV:Wain Curtis to Icy before the o urt oo th e su bj ect, for Which the Court was that thy held. MI. WAIT is MAN rose to order. N o suc h paper 31 iuld be read, lie observed, unless it was proved th at the person who sent it was so ill or otherwise "gaged, as to be absolut e ly una bl e to atten d t h e Court. After some discussion, it was agreed not to read th e Paper at that , moment. M. WAITHMAN then began his speech, enterer! into a ver y l ung d eta il of the history n he and d Pro gress of the Orphan Fond. The quest' 'lad to submit was not one of a personll.nature, /J " 1 one of general public . impo rtan ce, be as involving 'lie character of,itheyCityctedit of the I and vtas raised t originally torrilf)ra•timh—liewhichl the Orphans bad lost t payin g the debt The Fund was soon after ierQre the Rev°lnlion. 'method of raising t! to be a very convenient . be told this question ,kon e y, P er h aps h e might t , 4 e long e d to the Court of Aldermen, and not ( Thi s Court. So it did, as long as they acted as Ruardians to the Orphans ; but when the VOrporation asked for money from Ptairie liarn i got it, then as far as . freneti'tv:ma,n(the(iestiCiu became one . of public !ilter es , ~„t no longer a mere quest i on belong -4.4g 1 014 Ma 4 istrates or L.:)ndon. The Worthy ""' i ,, r d `'rrn th en ent•zred into a long detail of the aer en d r il halances which had been left in the. (. bands °} the Re ce i vers; and conten d s d that It was a 1 --cl ic)" of public duty to allow it any longer t o l go Was it proper that file Receiver should av_e 1 501 „ 1 • - year, an d a l so b e allowed to retain 11,0001 b4-4 At e ," in h is ' hand ? A Committee of the (dome .'in-"lettners had reported, that the best mode of ,"eefing. the tax Was t h at now atiOpled. Bat ":" thiS th ' Let •ri read over the list fif r e case t any ma h "lalitts and be would see the contrary ; for there were, one way and another, above 16,5001. i' : " a ". ii,eludipg the balance left in the hands of of Le Receive r of Wine Duty, who also had a salary i;:id 24l . a Year. The Worthy Alderman Con ed by trijiv - i a n r g . , that the Committee of (3 , neral , :,, "Pose s do inquire and report as to the beIIaUCCS al k I 4 ' ll 'l, and also as to rue duties of the office. Alr, ID rn ' ' ILLIADIS seconded the motion, and highly AtilhOieoded the candour with tshich the Worthy t ,i m , e , r man had stated the case. It was a matter Zl"le deepest regret that this question had been i f) i n i g, "egleeted. He believed that the thing hoc Dever be put an end to, unless this Court 4 -4 an end to it, and he would ask nby the Al- Leril'ett ough t to look to such rewardi when they i `ePted their office ? Let those who looked for 14eleni " ret ire, and it would he see n th at t h ere wou ld --;,_°therti who wou l d come forward, actuated by I: liberal motives. ':11% bix ow concur re d i n t h e mot i on; as did ;irs• G riffithsi o d Oldh am . i t l'• JAmes, in also g iving it his support , thought 0 t' , etrt, , o idd 6 e Inner ) , uni t e to the honour of the AL - th, : ,_). that n o seal o ffi ce was held by one of let; t : "'toy, and that, instead of balances being /414-hantl, t h e Co urt ought to grant salaries. )larnt,;ell'AYEt.f. regrtqle:i :he absence of the Hon ; ° Penl v t i : as that individual li„i , i“rlckeii him lte ~. ' -11 the hus tings, and had asked him Ito"' saw „drae„" ' ''l ' of "" ) '' Now," L tg say so , r;, s.) hint . t4 "da v , ~4 ;'li vell, " IJ4il he :seen here, 1 would bare 4 „ ' he wn him that And / `,.. dare do all becomes an firmest man ;' C one, S ""Id have ti,erefi•re dared to ask the 84. me)4 wi l he Lad used such epithete in allusion to the to The Worthy Gentleman Then recapirolat e d c to _ ent he trail for wetly wade in the Court Of -"It Council, to the rettisal of the loan th QOOO/. at 5 "b . . 1 ° '.lRh ,_ per Cen t, y Sir II idiom . Curti., 143 band,twit Baron e t had such large balances in M r. .„, "tr • 4 • N. Witt IAt4S thanked the worthy Al ,41") fo r b • . ' . q v ..., , tinging this motion forward so can ‘lritil.,'no dispassionately, and hoped the Court 11 e ea " "ever s „ sir W. Curtis there again, unless 4,..yh,vne to defend himself. H. was justified in lzetvnte of censure so recently tql Z e r l i no' t b a e ft l e i r a i r "' wee • • i 4 t iii, fits the tms,athighly commended the manner in A:ls', 31 ion had been brought on, and gave tt, 'PPort. 4" , .c 4 short reply from 3 , 1 r. Alderman WAITH ,I he, Was ithanithously agreed to. 'l/4•°LlFt adjourned at tour o'clock. 0 .. htivert;seil in a Provincial Paper, to v7ll"lesale, eonaisting of " several fiet d4l.,,i'dsomely bound books,, which ate as ‘, never haring been used. ' 0t 't tt 'i'', . CHURCH FELLOWSHIP. i3LorLE of the living Goo ! I have 'sought tile World around, Paths of sin and sorrow trod, Peace and 6ousfort uOw bete found NOW to yon my spirit tutus, Turns Fugitive unblest ; Brethren ! where your altar burnt, 0 receive me to yottr rest. Lonely I tic) h9tlrer math Like the elOwt, the wind. the *ate; Where you•dwilll shall be my home, Where you die shall be my grate: Mine the Gub whom you ador, Your Redeemer shall he mine ; Earth can fill my soul hd mdrei . Etery Idol I resign. Tnll me - not of gain and joss, Ease, enjoyment, pomp, and powet Welcome poverty, And cross, Shame, reproach, affliction's hour ! Follow mr !"—I know thy voice s JEsus, Lord ! thy steps I see ; Now I take thy yoke by choice, Light thy burthen now to me. Sheffield, lseo. J. MON CGOMEA.Y. REGISTER OF FASHION. HIS MAJESTY'S 1311AVVING-ROOM. We copied yesterday from the Gazette, the official notice announcing that the KINO Will hold a Drawing-room at the Palace of Buckingham House on Thursday, the lfith of June. The costume of the Ladies will be the same as on the Coutt days in her late Majesty's time, with the excep tion of hoops, which will be dispensed with. To this latter article, long felt very inconvenient, her Majesty was very partial. The coats will be white satin, covered with the finest lace, or rich embroidery in gold or silver. The robes plain, bodies very long waisted, pointed before and behind; the trains long and narrow, richly embroidered all round, and trimmed with lace; the head-dress, lappets, and bandeaus with large ostrich plumes of seven or eight feathers. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Earl and Countess of Darn. ley and the Ladies Bligh, at their house in Berkeley-square, from their seat Cobham Hall, Kent; Earl Whitworth aad the Duchess of Dorset, at their house in Grosvenor-square, from their seat in Kent; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane, from Brighton, at their house in Portman-square ; Captain and Mrs. Hawtayne, from Edinburgh, at the Hyde Park Hotel , Oxford-street; Dr. ardly, from► India, at ditto. ine3 l 5r UP en" VA@ r the d t he ins ill la esty' 3 lopes acket igthi odsor Ilene• Jerf yf ( . 411k 4 with ETON MONTEM. FURTHER PARTICULARS. WJNDSOR, MAY 24.—Yesterday his MAJESTY remained upwards of an hour at Eton College. The King then remounted his horse, accompanied by Sir B. Bloomfield and General Sir W. Keppel. The spectators then gave three times three distinct peals of hurrahs. His Majesty rode through the streets of Eton and WinAber. When the Salt hearers stopped his Niajesty on the Winds o r Bridge, and demanded their salt, the King was highly pleased with Their accomplished address, and in the purse which was put into the bag, his Majesty's contribution was discovered to be a 1001. fkink-note; a most gracious present from a Monarch to a young man just entering Can;_ bridge College front th e foundation of Eton.—Mr. Wilder, the son or John Wilder, Esq., of Pulley Hall, was fortunate enough to get the distinctiuts of Captain of the Montem. The collection of the Salt-brarers and Servitors amounted to 11301., a sum unprecedented at any preceding Montem. The last collection was 8001. This fund the young Gentlemen obtain to secure their establish ment at College. LADY HEATUCOTE'S GRAND ROUT.---,---1-ler Intlyship opened her elegant Mansion, in Gros venor-square, on Tuesday evening to the fashion able world, With one of the grandest routs given this season ; five of the spacious and elegant rooms on the drawing-rdom floor, with four on the ground-floor, were thrown open ; they were most brilliantly illuminated, and the whole of the apartments were decorated with pots of the choicest flowers, shrubs, &c. The company be-' gan to arrive about half-past ten o'clock. There were present upwards of 400 persons of the first distinction and fashion. THE SAN CARLOs' SALE.—The sale of the Duke of SAN CAttLoS' rivet!) effects commenced yester day, at the mansion of the Embassy, in Portland place, and every room was thronged with persons of distinction. None of the most superb or rate articles were brought for weed yes:erday ; and, as far the sale proceetled,they went off at very reasonable prices for instance, a very beautiful rose and tulip w o .“1 ehes , -board, curiously inlaid with ivory, had hl,l, with a double set of admirably carved ivory men, sold for the trifling sum of 71. 10s. 'the billiard table, which was a most handsome and substantial one, brought a somewhat better price ; but, on the whole, this, with every thing else 6k,ld on this (ley, certainly wept at much less than their value. • JUDICATURE Or WALRS.—At a bounty meeting convened by the Sheriff, cud held at Carmarthen, on the 10th instani, it was resolved—" That the Juritt,lici ion peculiar to %Vales appears to be ot con. sider a ol e ktftrantage to the inhabitants of the Prin .Apality, inasmuch as it has ebtahiishrd Trlbttna ls near our homes fully competent to render justice to all parties, and by which a speedy remedy for injut les, whether of a public or private nature, can be attained at an expense much less considerable than that incurred by suits in the English Courts. We, nevertheless, conceive that many improve ments may be introduced into the Welsh Jtirisdic 'ion, and are indeed become necessary from the lapse of time and change ot manners and circum stances of the people." Lady WELLESLEY is expected in town, from iliadriti, the first week iu the ensuing month, on 3 visit to her noble parents, the Mattress and 31tirchione6s Of SALISBURY. NBW ttitJrittit: liAiirsfi OF T. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH. At tour o'clock vestt foal afternoon, a Public Vestry was held in t h Vestry-room of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in compliance with a rerptisition de liveted to the Churchwardens (Mr. W. Jennings and Mr•ft.Pearce),lo consider the propriety of pe titioning the Commissioners to withhold the erec tion of any New Church or Churches in this parish. Mr. Jennings was expected to take the Chair. The hour specified in the notice craving expired, one of the Overseers was called to the Chair, but at this instant Mr. Pearce entered, and said that Mr. Jennings was unable to attend, in consequence of more urgent business. Mr. Pearce accordingly was necessitated to take the Chair.— The Chairman opened the proceedings, when Mr. LINDSEY, of Shoreditch, in a most do (pent speech, and in a manner highly creditable to himself, addressed him ; he said he was sorry to find that Mr. Jennings absented himselt, although upon a former occasion, he expressed himself a staunch friend to the interest of the parishioners. None of the Gentlemen w:to signed the requisition were present. He then detailed in a precise and conspicuous manner the whole of the grievances under which the parish laboured, the difficulty met witty, in collecting the poor's rates, and yet it was deemed proper to compel them to submit to the expcnce of building a new Church, and that too at a time sufficient accommodation could be bad for the, public worship of God.— He was informed, upon good authority, that the Commissioners were in contract with the Haber dashers' Company for the site of a new church in Haberdasher's -street, and that the papers were to be signed on Tuesday ; he would therefore propose, that a Committee should be immediately appointed to draw up a petition to the Commis sioners against the erection of a new church -- which, in the event of failing, should be present ed to the House of Common: with proper amend. ments. It was intended - that if the Commissioners built a church, when two thirds of the parishioners were adverse to the measare, they (the Commis sioners) alone would be responsible for the ex pense, agreeably to a clause in the Act ; but on the other hand it was maintained by another clause, the parishioners must support the Clergy and all their followers; that the Commissioners could de fray the expences from the funds tinder their con trout, and if a new church was built, a rate of 4s. in the pound must be levied. It being now past five o'clock, and much argu ment being adduced, Mr. Lindsey's motion was put, and unanimously car ried.--(British Press.) The Rev. PeTea IoNN, of Wolsingham, has been nominated by`the• Rev. JOSEPH THOMPSON. curate of Lancbester, to the two perpetual curacies of Esh and Satley, in the parish of Lanchester, vice the late Rev. ED. MARSHALL. The following/ apology for not accepting an in vitation to dinner, was lately sent by a gentleman of Ballybog :--" Mr. S-- is very sorry that he and the mistress were prevented cutting Mr. mutton this day, by a little accident which has unexpectedly happened, Mrs. S. har ing just got two twins, a boy and a child, who, with the mother, are fine strong babies, and likely to thrive !" Daeankot. ACCIDENT.--An Inquisition was taken yesterday at the sign of the King's-Head, Norton -street, Portlaud• place, before Thomas STIRLING, Esq. Coroner for Middlesex; on the body of Miss Mary Dalton, a fine engaging four years of age, who met with her death in the following dreadful manner appeared from the evidence that there were some men em ployed in taking a large heavy piece of timber off a timber carriage, in the mews adjoining her father's house, belonging to Mr. White ; the horses were attached to the carriage at the time, but it was standing still, the piece of timber was about 16 inches square, and 40 feet in length ; just as the timber was in the act of falling off the car riage on the ground, the deceased, unperceived, ran into the mews, and attempted to pass by one of the men called to ihe child, but could not prevent th e ti m b er f rom f a lli ng , w hi c h falling on her, its ponderous weight crushed her to death. She was taken up a most shocking spectacle, quite dead. It appeared from 'the evidence that no blame whatever was attached to any of the men employed, and that her death was purely acciden tal.—Verdict—" Accidental Death." On Saturday night, at Dumfries, there were several vivid flashes of lightning, accompanied by two or three pretty loud claps of thunder, after which the rain fell in torrents. This, added to the welcome showers which formerly tell, bail given a wonderful spring to vegetation, and every where in this neighbourhood the fields are clothed in the richest and most refreshing verdure. On Sunday the Nit!) rose to a consider able height.—(Dumfries Courier.) On Wednesday about noon, a thunder storm passed over Newcastle. Currents of tk ind seem ed to drive the charged cloads in different di rections. A concussion took place directly over the centre of the town, about one o'clock, and instantly a mass of fire fell, with a stunning report, as though a bomb had burst near the ear. The lightning struck a chimney of the house at the toot of the Side, which it scattered part ly into the Street, and partly through the roof, providentially without injuring any person. Five persons Mho were in the house, some of them near the fire-place, were struck down by the shock, but soon recovered. On Monday abort 300 of the Stl► veteran bat talion arrive►!%in Perth from Ireland, where they are,to remain for smite time. The rest are to be stationed in Aberdeen, Inverness, and the adjacent towns in the north of Scotland. The ancient State-room, in the tower of the venerable Casale at Newport, in Almrtnourbshire, which appears to be of Norman origin,'and is re markable for its fine vaulted stone root, has been converted into a Meeting-house Yor the IVeleb Independents. • "The practice of setting fire to chimneys, or sof fet ing them to continne so, when fired by accident, in older to clear them of soot, has become so general at Birmingham, that the Magistrate, ',aye been obliged to wit the Act of Parliament ageiost such a practice.io force. tONstiltttAllo*,, , ls OF. 'll-it 01 4 ' AL.TEL:N; THi 7 : btillE'S (ix TUE ISZPORTMION ;.;1 , lIDIBER, ' The subject of the Diitipttfri Wood, having been brought under discussion in tilt- ea: ry part of the year 1817. at the instance of refre.litations made in behalf of those interested in the Finsio Wood Trade, the following Letter was at!dressed by the Chain - it-1u Or the Ship Owner's :..oeiety to Tuns. LACK, Esq the Secretary et tier night lion, the Committte of Council for Trade and Plantations; on the CietaSi; , ii. Ship Ozimel Society, 9th Noy, 1817. Sit,—=The Conmitiee of the Society of Owners have had the honour of terelving your Letter of the 25 , h Februaty, acquainting them for the information of the Ship-Owners at large, that " His Majesty's Government have no inter " tion of submitting to Valiament any proposi (ion for the alteration ofthe•Tanber Duties in " the present Session ; hitt that their Lordships "think it right that the Cotntnittee should be " apprized that his Majesty's Government are of 1 ‘ opinion, that the extension of a Duty to the "'limber imported from the British North A nit. " ricer) Colonies, rtptal in athooot to the add i ional duty impoSed on foreign Timber in 1813, " would he productive to the Revenue, without "being prejudicial to the great interests con "f cerned." Your Letter haring been under the considers tiOn of ;his Committee, sod they having collected the sense of the Ship Owners of London and the principal Out Ports upon the subject ; . .and the Opinion which they universally entertain, heitrg • so decidedircontialy to that which his Majesty's Government appear to have tor Med, the Commit tee feel that they would be alike wanting in duty to their Lordships, anti to the Ship Owners, if they were to omit, or delay to submit their opi nions to their Lordships, with an explanation of the grounds upon which they have beef, bounded. Before totes ing i n to derails, the Committee de. sire toe roost respectfully to remark, that -. the itu portance of the British Colonies as a resource - for the supply of Wood fur the use of the Navy, was first perceived when •the French system of exclu sion had closed against this Country the ports of the Baltic, from which the British Dock Yards had annually received their supply of masts, tim ber, &c. Upon this occasion, every encourage. ment wa. afforded to the Colonies ; the Duties (its all foreign Wood were doubled ; and the strongest assurance Was given that the trade should con- Hone to enjoy the permanent protection of hie 'Majesty's G“vernment. The enterprize and exertions of individuals cor responding to the encouragement thus afforded, many estatilishmeAs were formed throughout the colonies. ; large contracts were entered into for the supply of the Navy ; and masts, timber, and oak, for which this country had theretofore exclu sively relied on Russia, Prussia, and Norway, were brought troth Canada, with a promptitude and regularity well suited to the wants of the Go vernment, and most creditable to the enterprize and industry of the individuals who had embarked in the trade. Continuing to experience the same encourage ment, from the effect of the continuance of the duties on foreign timber, the trade with the co lonies has gone on gradually increasing and ex tending itself, meeting with no other interrup tion than that which has been common to all commerce, on the change from war to peace ; and in consequence such has been the employ ment it has afforded to British shipping, that itt the last year, there arrived front t►tese Colonies, no less than 783 ships, measuring 181,384 tons, and navigated by 8,788 men. From the length of the voyage, ships in LIIiS uade seldom make mote tbaa one iii a year, whilst those in the Russia, or Baltic Trade, make two or three ; to the Prussian Ports tour; and to Norway six ; whence it'to►l lows (reckoning tour voyages in the year, as the average), that about 200 ships of the same ra►e of tonnage, would have brought an equal clean• tity of wood from the above countries, which it has required 783 ships to bring from the British Colonies ; and the Custom-house accounts will skew, that the Norway Trade is carried on almost wholly, and the Prussian and Swedish Trades principally, in the ships of those respective count► ies.* With respect to the exports to the Colonies, it may be sufficient to state, that in the year 1800 the official value of Goons exportrd to the British North American Colonies was 937,824/. 17s. Ild. whilst in the year 1814 it was 4,080,9901. 9s. 2d. being an increase of more than fourfold in fifteen years. The addi►ional duty imposed on Foreign Tim• ber in 1813 was 10s. 3d. per load ; Timber, fit !or Naval purposes, imported trout the 13rhish North American Colonies, is by the Act 55 Geo. 111, c. 86, free of duty until the 25th March 1820, and to this extent therefore the Trade consider the faith of Parliament pledged that no ditty shall be imposed. The duty on other Timber from those Colonies, is as follows : By the 49th Geo. 111. c. 98 CO 1 6 Additional Duty in 1813 Temporary, made permanent by .st; Geo. 111. c. i 9 0 2 41 Additional Duly as now proposed o co 3 The =omit will be per load 0 F. 2 74 The Davies on FOreign Timber, in A Foreigo, Ship, amount to pa load 31. Bs. ld. viz. Prvvious to 1813 ,C'2 3 0 Additional Duty in 1813 Temporary, made permanent by 56 Geo. 014 4 £3 8 1 If, therefore, the additional Doty of were to be imposed on British 'limber, the differ- * The following is an average statement of Tonnage arriv ed in the last three years _ _ . British. Foreign. From Sweden 18,772 tons 49,1 Vi tons ---- Prussia 38.501 —.— 79,655 --- --- Delmar 4!..; Norway 161,449 -- 76,0 , 22 206,817 t The "official value" here spoken of, is according to the value of Ow articles a hundred years ago, when accounts o f Pxports and imp o rt s were first kept. ft is retained in the üblic Accounts, merely for the purpose of skewing the ac tual increase or decrease of Trade from year to y e ar. TAO real value is, of course, much higher.