The Sun. — London, England, 1803-03-05 00:00:00

v ty`tn qesvy: riarr - oein -gra cloudy pleased to recommend to the House to take such measures, as they should deem to be necessary and expedient, for the purpose of restoring the Prince of Wales to his state and dignity. The House had proposed a sum, which, on investiga tion, turr-1 out to be inadequate to the proposed ()Nett. The advocates of the Motion of the Hon. Gentleman, (Mr. CALCRAFT,) proposed another sum, which would be adequate to the intended pur pose. He wished to support the splendor and dig nity of the Prince of Wales. Mr. CANNING said, that in voting for the Ori gistal Motion, he should not consider himself pledg ed to agree to the future recommendation of the Committee ; that agreement or disagreement would depend upon circumstances. Upon this question he found the House in this situation. He could not consider this as an 'application from the Prince of Wales ; he considered His Royal Highness as pas. sive in the question. He was called ,upon, how ever, to vote' upon the question, and he must take it as he found it. The House had proposed a certain sum, to enable the Prince of Wales to resume his state and dignity ; that sum was found insuffici ent for the desired objets. What was the situation of the House ? They were called upon, either to give up the object, or to enlarge the sum. He wish cd to know what sum was necessary for the pro. posed purpose, in order that he might know whe ther the object to be attained was worth the sum to be given for it ? Upon this question he could not decide, till it was ascertained what sum was ac tually necessary, and therefore he should vote for the Committee. Mr. FOLLEE. explained. Mr. GoLOING supported the previous question. Mr. SHERIDAN said, that after the manner in whiCh the Motion of his Hon. Friend (Mr. CAL. CRAFT) had been met, he must suppose that there was in reality little opposition to it ; and indeed he had `observed so little difference of opinion upon the subject, that he' deprecated any hostile division upon this question. • From the indisposition of Gen. ttemen on the other side to address the House, he could not but think that they wished the eriginal Motion to be carried, • and particularly, because he could not but think that the Right Hon. Gentleman (the CHANCELLOR. Of the EXCHEQUER,) must wish to give full effed to His Majesty's Message. With. resped to the Prince's disposition upon the subjeEl, they ought to consider what was fit for the Prince, and not 'exadly what he wished. Was it )iouourable to the Prince to believe- that His Royal Highness was indifferent as to the resumption of that splendor and dignity which he owed to the Country ? What was the question ? The Right Hon. Gent. (the CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER) had said he lamented that circumstances should prevent the Prince of Wales from immediately resuming his state and dignity—circumstances which, were they known, would do the highest honour to His Royal Highness's feelings. Why should not the House know those circumstances as well as the Right Hon. Gentleman? The opposition to the motion of his Hon. Friend seemed merely to turn upon points of form; he did not doubt that his Hun. Friend would have nu objedion to change the'shape of his motion so as to meet those objedions. , An Hon. Gent. (Mr. fouteseorte) had regretted that the Prince of Wales aboaid have made any compromise of his claims ; he (Mr. So ERIDAN) did not regret it'; he thought the Prince's Law Officers had advised him well in advising him to make that compromise, as there must have been a great indelicacy in the mode in which those claims must have been prosecuted, and the manner in which the setoff against them must have been required. The Hon. Gent. (Mr. JOHNSTONE) had said, that in r"eoe there were a great many Jaco. hits, and therefore the resumption of the state and dignity of the Piince of Wales was more necessary at that period than at the present. According to this argument, the greater site number of Jacobins, the greater degree of state and splendor was requi. site fur the branches of the Royal Family. But God forbid, that the Jacobins should be the principal supporters of the Monarchy. Two owls once flis. coursing in the ruins of an old tower, ardently pray. ed for the continuance of the reign of a Prince, who, desolated the country, because they derived a ma. terial advantage from it ; so, if the argument of the Hon. Gentleman were to prevail, the Royal Family might say, God send plenty of Jacobins, for then we shall enjoy more splendor and greater dig, nity. An Hon. Baronet (Sir Rome BUXTON,) seemed to think, that there was rip necessity for any splendor to be attached to the Prince of Wales, but that his virtues were sufficient. That splendor ought to be necessarily attached to Monarchy there could be no doubt ; but if the argument of the Hon. Baronet was to be applied to the Prince of Wales, it etught to be applied to all ; for instance, the Sr emcee, if it was discovered that splendor was on. inscesAry for the branches of the Royal Family, it might next be discovered that a house at the public expense was unnecessary, for the Speaker to give his hospitable dinners in ; that a state coach to gonta to St. James's was useless, and that the SeEAKER might walk up to St. James's wrapped up in his virtues and a warm surtout : it might next be discovered that there was no necessity for any shew or parade. for the Judges going the Circuits, and the Chief Justice might be sent down in the Mail Coach to hod the Assizes. It was needless to pursue the argument further ; every one must be convinced that State and Splendor were necessary appendages to the Monarchy, and to the Officers of Govern. merit. It was acknowledged that there were pediments which would prevent the rrince of \Vales from 'immediately teaming that State and fatplentlor which was wished ; for those impediments, it wee acknowledged, arose from circumstances which did His Royal Highness. the highest honour ; it was therefore, in his opinion, necessary that the House should 191 ow what those circumstances were which would be obtained by granting the Motion of his Hon. 'Friend. Lord HAWKESIMRY said, he should not have ellen had it not been for the construction put by the non. Gentleman (Mr. SeethtsaaN), on the silence of gentlemen on this side of she House, who, as the fad was, rather chose to give ,;;,lent votes upon questioo, considering that it Led been auffi. ciendy discussed by zithers. lo oppppill the original Motion, they were • eduated by no, other nafeive thee that of duty to their King end the . upon the subject, it was principally as to the, means. The Honourable Gentleman who had last spoken, as well as several other Honourable Gentlemen, seemed to have mistaken the tendency of His Majesty's Message ; he did not see in the terms or the sense of it, any thing which held out an idea of the Prince of Wales immediately resuming his Stare and Dignity ; the objett of the Message was, a Provision for the comfort and dignity of the. Prince of Wales, and provisicin had been pro posed accordingly, for the purpose of increasing that comfort and dignity without an immediate re. sumption of His Royal Highness's State and Dignity being in contemplation. In 1795, a considerable difference of opinion prevailed upon, the subject, but it was then thought proper not to adopt any measure for the immediate payment of the Debts of the Prince of Wales. His Right Honourable Friend, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed an increase of the Income of His Royal Highness, and an appropriation of 73,0001. per annum for the payment of the Prince's Debts. His Right Hon. Friend (the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER) had a few nights since proposed to restore His Royal Highness to the full use of his Income. As to the question respecting His Royal Highness's immediate resumption of his state and dignity, there were ini pediments which prevented it ; those impediments were stated to be certain debts, which the Prince of - Wales conceived himself bound in honour to pay, and His Royal Highness would not resume his state till those debts were liquidated.—As to His Royal Highness's feelings, he could say nothing, but the question was, could the House, after the Mt of 1795, take cognizance of any fur ther Debts of the Prince of 'Wales ? Some of them might be of such a nature, that it would be neither proper nor right for the House to take cognizance of them. He thought that consistently, the House could open no new Account of the Debts of the Prince of Wales. It would be unjust to press His Royal Highness to resume his splendor until he had discharged those Debts of Honour, nor ought he to be called upon to do it. The House had proposed to give him the full use of his Income, which would enable him to discharge those Debts four years sooner than he otherwise could have done.— In doing this, he thought they had acted con formably to their duty, consistently with the AEI of 1795, and in a manner which would be cre. ditable to the illustrious Personage alluded to. He objeeted to the motion for the appointment of a Se. left Committee to inquire into the causes which prevented the immediate resumption of the state and splendor of the Prince of Wales, they did His Royal Highness the highest honour ; yet many of them might be found to be of a private nature, which it would be indelicate and. improper to in. quire into. Under these circumstances he should support the Previous Question. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY supported the original motion, reserving himself as to his future opinion. Mr. W. Shim' also supported the original mo tion. Lord C ASTLEREAGH supported the previous question, observing, that a Select Committee, if ap. pointed for the purpose specified, must examine into circumstances which it would be improper to bring into discussion, and . that no useful cu:wlusion could be drawn from the labours of a Committee comiti. tuted for such a purpose. After a few words from Colonel VEREKER, which we could not distinctly hear, the Hawse divided : For the Previous Question - 1 8 4 Against it - - . - 139 Majority against the Original Motion 45 On Strangers being re-admitted, we found the House in a Committee of Supply, in which Mr. CORBY moved for a Grant of 356,0001. to discharge Irish Treasury Bills outstanding— which was agreed to, and the House having resurn ed, the Revert was ordered to be received, and the Committee to sit again on Monday. . Mr. N. VA NS ITTART moved for several Accounts of Arrears and Balances in the hands of Officers of the Revenue, which were severally ordered. ELECTION PETITIONS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he had given notice of a Motion for this day, respelling Election Petitions, but in consequence of the thinness of the House at that moment, he should postpone his Motion, or rather several Motions, to Monday, when he intended to move to defer the consideration of the several Eleetion Petitions be. fore the House, without however interfering with those which stood for next week. Adjourned at half past ten o'clock till Monday. M LLS. ARAIVED. DUI. Holland o French o ...... figmbur4h o THE'SUN. SOLIIM QUIS DICSRg tALSUNI AUDIAT LONDON, MARCH 5, 1803. Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, HIS MAJESTY left the Queen's House for Windsor.— About twelve o'clock HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES followed. A Meeting of the Inhabitants of Southwark was held yesterday, for the purpose of agreeing to an Address to. His MA) ESTY.' Captain FLORENCE YOUNG was in the chair ; Mr. JOHN ALCOCK moved the Address, which being seconded by Mr. Pic enN, was carried unanimously. _ _ On Monday last the Corporation of Leicester unanimously voted an Address to His MAI Of TY. on the providential discovery of the late diabolical Conspiracy against his Royal Person. Thursday the Bank of England discounted • up. wards of eleven hundred thousand pounds worth Q l bills, which, at this juntlute, will be a great relief to the Commercial World. The Assi;ei on (he Home Cirenit commence at Hertford on Monday next; it Chelmsford on, Thum; day; and at M,litisto:le the Monday following. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3. SAILED the Thomas, Captain TWOBY, and the Waxsiapen, Capt. THARMOUTH, for St. Übes ; the Tigre, Capt. DAVEY, for Amsterdam ; and the km, Capt. iltaattls, for Oporto. Sailed the Hasler Sloop of War, under sealed orders; supposed fur the West Indies. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4. ARRIVED the Sincerity, BADCOCK, lane, BEVIS, ProJper - ous, COCKELL, Tiwo Friends, BORE, Sally, DowttErt,'and Alexander Duncan, JOHNSTON, from London ; Elizabeth, WARR ELL, from Rochester; Catharine, FEATHERSTONE, from Woolwich; and Mayflower, ASLETT, from Chichest v . Sailed the Richard, CRo %VD E R, Caniina, Low u, and Kitty, SUMMERLAND, for Sunderland.- HARWICH, MARCH 4. THERE are no Packets arrived, either from Cuxhaven or holland, though the wind has been fair all day. ' The Smack now' and Hannah, belonging to this Port, BARBER master, was run down about ten days since about ten leagues off the Spurn, as she lay at anchor, by a light Brig bound to the North. ward ; the Master and Crew instantly took to the Boat, and after twenty.seven hours labour and fatigue, fortunately, reached the Yorkshire Coast. DEAL, MAILCH 4. SAILED' the Bloodhound Gun.brig on a cruize ; and the Hon. East . lndia Company's homeward.bound ships, Canada and Caledonian, remain. His Majesty's ship Pallas has, upon survey, been found unfit for service, and is ordered to be broke up at Chatham: • His Majesty gun-brig Vixen, • Lieut. Num. BROWNE, has captured and carried into Dartmouth harbour the Fox Cutter, of 8o tons, having on board three hundred and sixty ankers of contraband spirits. His Majesty's Ships ArdeUt and Grampus are ordered to be got ready for service, the fornier at Chatham, and the latter at Portsmouth. The Certerus frigate, lately returned from the West Indies) is to be repaired at Cha t ham, previ- Gusty to hedbeing re-commissioned. American Papers to the end of January are re. ceived. The proceedings of the Spaniards in the Mississippi have produced considerable discussion in the American Legislature. It has been carried, however, that the management of the negotiation for procuring redress should be left to the Executive Government. The President has appointed Mr. IVloNitott to go to Madrid to complain of the vio. lation of the Treaty of which the Spaniards have been guilty. It is added likewise, that Mr. MON. ROE is to be invested with a special awl important mission to the FIRST CONSUL. There is nothing very important from St. Do. mingo relative to military operations. It is said that the distresses of the service have compelled General ROCIIAMMEAV to levy contributions on the people at the Cape in a very arbitrary manner. The Americans complain bitterly that the French Governor of Guadaloupe compels American vessels to receive on board the insurgent Negroes banished from the island. Several of these have been landed in America. It is reported th at Lord CH A R L E S SOMERSET, son to the Duke of BEAUVOILT, is to be appointed Governor. General of the Islands of Grenada, St. Vincent, and Dominica. His Lordship's residence will be at Grenada. Yesterday a part of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards had a field day in Hyde-Park. A seled detachment from the corps of Royal Marines, having under their charge 300 male con vids, ate about to proceed in His Majesty's ship Calcutta, to form a settlement at Port Phillip, which is situated on the Northern side of Bass Strait, on the Southern part of New Holland. — They are commanded by Lieut.-Colonel COLLINS, who is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. The stores an't provisions necessary for this establishment, have bee.) seleeted with every attention to the comfort of the colonists. Several Settlers proceed in the ships that take the stores and Civil Establishment. Orders are given for the removal of the Gun on the Parade in St. James's Park, which is to be re placed by a 52 -pounder captured from the French in Egypt. The ground is already measured out, which is to be covered with twenty square feet of stone, the piece being sixteen fee; long ; an iron railing is to be put round it. It is not exatlly known in what country the piece was made : there, are several Hieroglyphic Cttaraders marked on it, which have not hitherto been explained. On the Ist of January, the Captain-General and Colonial Prefeft of Martinique and its Dependencies issued an Arrete, containing the followic disposi. tions " French Merchandize shall pay nu import nor export duty. • ‘• Foreign Vessels shall pay an Import duty of two per Cent. on the value of their cargo. " Foreign vessels clearing outwards with a lading of - rum and molasses shall pay a duty of two per cent. ad vabron • 4 4 Foreign vessels entering with a cargo, arid departing in ballast shall pay 9 per cent, on the value of their imports. ," Such of the said vessels as sail without a complete car go, or with one not equal in value to the cargo imported, shall pay g per cent. on such part of the proceeds as shall not be laid Gilt in the purchase of colonial produce. port Spanish ves;els arc exempted from all import and ex duties." Thursday John Williams, a brazier', from Bridge. I water, who attended as a principal evidence for I Messrs. lIARCOtikT and AGNEW I in behalf of their Petition fora new Eledion, fell down, and suddenly expired, as he was waiting to be called before tho Cc i rron f et , TO TATE 1D SIR, I RAvE observed in your Paper, that you have received information from Dover, of that place and Deal being infected with the malignant Fever which has prevailed in France : this ; information I find has found its way into other Journals, which may naturally create considerable uneasiness in the Kingdom. I beg, therefore, to contradict this Pa ragraph in tots, as it respects Deal ; for you may be assured, that no such disorder has found its way here ; on the contrary, this place is as healthy as at any former period in the memory of man. I remain, Sir, • Your very obedient Servant, B. DURBAN• Deal, 4th March, zBO3. DOPER, MAII.CB 4. TK rumours of an infettious disease having been communicated to this place from France, ate totally void of foundation. Coughs, attended with a slight Fever, have pre. vailed to an uncommon degree, and have been con• sidered as a kind of Influenza, but unattended with any malignant symptoms, and we do not hear of a single person having died of it. A AVIV% MURP H Y, Esq.--It is with' the h i ghes t satisfadion we arc able to announce to a generous Public the following .eyent : Mr. ADD I NGTO N haS , been induced, without anY solicitation either from Mr. Mortrwr, or any one of his friends, to move HIS MAJESTY to confer a mark of Royal FaVour . upon this truly loyal, eru dite, and venerable man, and in consequence thereof Zits MAJEsTic, has been pleased to grant him zool. per annum. This unexpeded honour comes as pure as it Psi' bly could be conferred, to reward an Author who has for so many years eminently contributed to the entertainment and instruction of the Public. Vi , e , have not the _smallest doubt but the . Public wi ll justly appreciate the elegant and considerate con. daft of Mr. Apo tato rou on this occasion, and applaud Ills MAJCSTY'S bounty, in thus most gra• cionsly extending his. Royal Munificence to so d e " serving an object. . THE Olt ATORIO.—Tbe liberal Condudor of this sublime entertainment at coVent•garden Theatre, added STORACE last night to his 'vocal Corps, wh° certainly contributed very ably to the general gm! tification. The two first Ads consisted of glee' tions from HANDEL, the third was a miscellaneous assemblage from various Composers. INcispoN took his place last night, and acquitted himself with his -usual ability. BRAHMA was finely in voice' The grandeur and correctness of the whole excited, the warm applause. of a numerous Audience. ,; The I,overs of chaste and finished Singing Wm he glad to hear Mrs. SECOND is arrived in Tows from Edinburgh and Glasgow, wbare her attradion has been unprecedented. W e un d e rstand the %lilt' cert-room at Edi n b urg h was so cro wded e ach nig there could not b e l ess t h an mo o present e ver y time she performed. coa chmen ROBBER! E S . Two other hackney were robbed on Thur s d a y n i g h t last, in the sa l ", manner as stated in y ester d a y's paper, One of them was taken about eleven o'clock from Covent:. garden, by a man genteelly habited, who ordered him to drive to Battlebridge, and when they came there, said he wanted to go to a house up Maiden ' lane (a dirty road leadi ng to Highgate hill, whic h is only frequented in summer, except by carts.) The coachman with difficulty drove to almost the , end of Highgate, when the man ordered him to storo got out, asked him what was his fare, then the time ; and upon pulling out his watch, presented two pistols, demanding his watch and money, when the coachman hesitating, the robber discharged one of his pistols at him, the ball of which passed very near his head, and instantly taking a kind of dagger from his bosom, stabbed it at him, and slightly wounded him in the side. At this time the coachman perceived another man in the lane, at a short distance behind his .coach, and therefore delivered his money, amounting to about seventeen shillings, and his watch, to the robber, who immediately made off across the fields towards Kentish Town. Two balls appeared to have passed through the coach. The villain answers. the de scription of the man who committed the robbery on Wednesday night, but had something round his face, which almost wholly concealed it. The other coachman was taken on Thursday night, about the same hour, from Town to Peckham Gap, and rob• bed in nearly the 'same manner, of his watch and money, so that there must be more than one pradisa ing this extraordinary mode of depredation. BIRTH. On the nth ult. at Caen, in Normandy, the Lady of William Itcynell, Esq. of a Son. 1114RRIED. On the Ist. inst. at Fellow Hills, Berwickshire, Mr. Ileriot, jun. to Miss Ancrum. Shiner, Esq. of Broad-street, to Miss Green , eldest daughter of the late Young Green, Esq. of Poole. DIED. At the Manse of Kilmactine, Argyllshire, on the ist ult. the Rev. Hugh Campbell. O 1 YILSrE STOCICJ, IDAY. India Stock South Sea Stock Licher). Pi►la par U. dis. Fundable ditto prem. id Exchequer Hills dis. Omni= 31i dis. imper. 3 per Lent. 701.1 Ditto Ann. It 9.161 Bank for opening India for Acc. 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