The Sun. — London, England, 1803-02-08 00:00:00

tpf• nig hi* an, )11 0 )rd it was a clear proposition, that if advantage was to be made by sending specie and bullion abroad, it would be impossible to prevent it. The Honour able Gentleman (Mr. TittiNEy), had said, that the Bank might bUy bullion abroad, and coin it ; but that would be perfectly useless, because if it was dearer abroad than here, it would he sent abroad as Soon asit was coined. In 1772, when there was a great deal of bad Specie in this country ] the tx. change was against Lis, and that was supposed to arise from the badness of our Currency, and the same effeet might now be produced from our pay. went being made in Paper and not in Specie: He concluded with expressing his own opinion of the competency and security of the Bank, but thought the present circumstances, and the national honour, considering tl►e connexion between the Government and the Bank, required that some in. Salty should be entered into. • Mr. BANKES said, that not knowing the limits of the Bill, but conceiving the situation of the Bank to be a very unnatural one, he was of opinion that the restriction shotild not be imposed before the necessary investigation took place. The result, he hoped, would be satisfaElory to the House, and at he must deplore the continuance of such a re. straint, though he might not wish to vote against the Motion, he hoped some other wou ld be made Which might bring the question fairly to an issue. 1 "d IMIPKES BURY delivered his opinion with much force and animation, and, though he said he had only a few sentiments to offer, replied to almost every argument and observation made use of on the other side of the questihn. With regard to the proposal made of a Committee of Inquiry, he con tefidedi that the Course of Exchange was not appli cable to that or any 'other part of the subjeCt,— looking tb the stoppage of payment abstractedly, he must acknowledge it as a thing to be lamented ; but having been once imposed, the difficulty and danger of taking it off all at once must be obvious r every one, who paid any attention to the subject. dram the measure itselt (of RestriCtion), it would not be denied that any inconvenience resulted, or Was now felt from it. The reason for its contine ' anee did not arise from any opinion of the insuffi tieney of the Bank, which never did exist in the Country, but from the nun-arrival of Bullion, which Was expected, and had not yet arrived. It must also be recolleCted, that large sums of money were exported during the War, for the use of our Forces, theha s ap - p y our Allies, &c. The course o f Ex cnge was therefore altered, but though in appear ance much against us, was not so in reality, and was nnW nearly at par. Ills reason, therefore, for tabjeCting to, a Committee of Inquiry was, not any apprehension of the result, but the fear of exciting x.ny alar m i n t h e P eop l e , and the more so, as t h e tormer Committee had sufficiently established the ?leant and resources of that Institution. The House bad a right, and ()tight, perhaps, to revise the whole System of Paper Credit, and probably something to that efreft would be brought forward. Under all the circumstances, the Country could gain nothing by a re-coinage of gold, and particularly as the ourse of Exchange was improving for the last twelve months. The proper stage, however, in which any improvement could be ',lade, must be in the Corn itiittee, upon filling up the blanks. SitirkANClS BARING shortly spoke in support of the Motion, of which he very much approved. ph, obiNcEuoß o f the EXCHEQUER, i n .7 4 1 9 . 1 y tti an observation which had fallen from an nob: Gatitleman (Mr. TIERNEY), said it was true, that at an early period of the present Session he did entertain A hope that the Course of Exchange between Country and the Continent would have been so f avourable, as to render it unnecessary for him to propose to continue the Restriftion upon the Bank. Btit in stating this, he begged that he might not be understood to rest the present Motion merely upon the state of Exchange ; there were other concurrent c ircumstances which rendered it expedient. It had seen thought proper, under the peculiar circum stances of the times, to permit the Country Banks to issue small Notes ; and if the Restriction were taken off, they would be tendered .fur payment in Cash, and this would create a demand, which there might not be a stiflicient quantity of Bullion to sup. ply. An Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Fox) had stated, that It might not perhaps he expedient to take off the Re strietion upon the Bank suddenly, but that it might be done by a gradual operation, such as ,payins small Notes in Cash. The Hon. Gentleman was no doubt aware that the Bank had a power, under the existing Aft, to make partial payments of Divi dends in Specie, upon giving notice of such payments to the House of Commons ; but it must be obviolus to the Hon. Gentleman, if small Notes were to be paid in Cash, that large Notes would be immediately changed for small ones, which would be tendered for payment in specie; so that the whole effea of the Restriction would be done away. It had been observed, that. the Bank was ready and disposed to pay in specie, if the Legislature would permit them ; whether that was the case or not, what he proposed was not in compliance with, or in opposi tion to, any thing that the Bank might wish upon the occasion, as he had no communication with the Bank, except merely to take their opinion u pon the state'of E xc h ange. I t was his intention, !I the House should think proper to permit them to bang i n t hi s Bi ll, to propose to insert a Clause, to give Parliame n t a power to a lt er or repea l i t d ur i ng the present Session, or otherwise to leave it in force ti ll six weeks after the commencement of the next Session of Parliament, He concluded with repeat. tog, that, it was with reludance and regret that he proposed the present measure ; but circumstances imposed it upon him, as a duty, and that duty, how ever painful it might be, he must endeavour to dis charge. Wir. TIERNEY and Mr. VANSIT TART spoke in explanation ; after which the Motion was agreed to, 4 nd leave given to bring in the Bill. The llouse in a Committee of Supply, voted the Irish Estimates (not different from those of last Ye"r), and the Report was ordered to be received to-lootroW. Tile Committee was adjourned to Wednesday nex t , WiCKHA M gave nnace, that he should, on Monday next, bring in a Bill for putting the Reve. those of England, b 7 pteventing their voting at Eleaions for Members of Parliament:—Adjourned. MA I LS. nut. Holland T French o - • - - - Hamburgh o PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS D•Y AT TINILY& O'CLOCK. Consols - - 70 i Consols for v . ; Febi•uary 71 THE SUN. SOLIIM QUIS DICIER* 11 , ALSUM AUDIAT ? LONDON, FEBRUARY 8, 1803. YEsiEitnar morning the Trial of Marcus Des. frard commenced at the New Court-House in the Borough. The Trial lasted till within a few mi nutes of three o'clock this morning, when the Jury, afret having withdrawn for +o minutes, found the Prisoner GUILTY ; but recommended him to Mercy, int - account of his former good charafter as an Officer. The Court adjourned till tomorrow at nine o'clock, when the Trials of the other Prisbners will commence. Tuts morning arrived a Mail from Holland, which brings Hamburgh Papers of the 28th ult. Letters from Genoa state, that if the English any - longer refuse to evacuate Malta, a French Army will march to Naples, and from thence pro ceed to further operations ; but this report is evi. dently undeserving of the least credit. Digpatches are said to hive been sent to General BRUNE, at Constantinople, ordering him to re. quire an explanation of the Porte, with respea to the favourable disposition manifested by the latter towards the English. The Ratification of the EM? POR to the general Cot/durum of the tieputation of the Empire, is daily expected at Ratisbon. The KING of NAPLES is eXpeaed to visit Spain and England in the course of the year, and to return to his own dominions by the way of rienna. Yesterday the Dispatches for Fort St. George, by the Walpole and Windham, were finally closed at the East India-House, and delivered to their respec tive Pursers. PASSENGERS PER WALPOLE Messrs. George Nl 4 Kenzie, Stewart, and Hugh Scott, Cadets PASSENGERS PER WINDHAM : Col. Francis Gowdie, his Lady, and Misses Eliza 'and . Nlil. liceut (;owdie; Mrs. Jane Duncombe, proceeding to her Husband ; Miss Camilla Patterson, to her Father ; and Messrs. John Moncriet; John Elam, and Thos. Mq.can. Mr. H. - ADDINGTON arrived at his house at Whitehall on Saturday last. He inhabits the house lately occupied by Lord GLENaßgvis, as Joint Paymaster of the Forces. Lord CHOLMO NUE L Y has no intention of return. ,ing immediately to this country. He means to spend the whole of the winter in Paris. Sir 'WILLIAM CURTIS, we are glad : to learn, has perfectly recovered from his late indisposition.— The Bath waters have been of much service to him. At a meeting of the Com Mon Council of Limerick held on the 26th ult. it was unanimously resolved to present the Freedom of that City, in a gold box, to' the Right Hon. Wt L LIAM WICKIIAI4I. An augmentation, we understand, has been made to the Salaries of His Majesty's Equerries, a mea sure which it is hoped will be extended to all the Officers of His Majesty's Stables, in the Depart tnent of the Master of the Horse. Nothing can be more teasonable, when the great advance in the price of every thing is considered. The paragraph which was copied from a Jamaica Paper, stating the death of Dr. BLAIR, proves to be unfounded, as letters have been received from that Gentleman dated the rph of December. Mr. Hu B BAR D, the Curate of Bethnal Green, is, it is said, appointed the successor of the l ate M r . PE NN ECK in the Living of St. John's, Bermondsey. Mr.,Hu BB AR!) was many years Curate to Mr. PEN. NECK in that Parish, and is a Gentleman of distin guished poetical abilities. Mr. BELOR, the translator of HEROOOTUI, is expeled to succeed Mr. PENNECK at the British Museum. In the first or second week of December last the Ifitazle' sloop of war, Captain DURHAM, on her passage from Oristan Rey to Gibraltar, met twelve large French Merchantmen, bound from Marseilles to Smyrna, with a numerous French factory on board for that place. The ships were almost solely load ed with West India Coffee, to the value of upwards of half a million sterling ; by which, as Captain Dualinm, who boarded them, learnt from some of the people, they expect to clear 300 per cent. by again shipping it from Smyrna for the London mar ket, as Mocca coffee, after being properly sorted and prepared at Smyrna. He also learnt that they meant to pursue this honest kind of traffic. in future, as the most lucrative branch of the Turkey trade. They also told Captain DURHAM, that, they hod every reason to believe, that, in three years time, from the measures which had been taken, they should completely engross the whole Levant trade, to the exclusion of the English. We hope this timely notice will be the means of preventing the Dealers in Coffee from becoming the dupes of the system which we have just de- - scribed. An inhabitant of Brussels, who lately gained a prize in the Lottery, employed the whole of the money in purchasing food, which he distributed to the poor. , SPECIAL COMMISSION. NEW SESSIONS.HOLISE, SOuTIIWARk: MONDAY, /, 1803. AI: otrr nine o'clock Edquar' Illarcur Dtspard, was brought into. Court, and .in about twenty minutes after, the JudgeS arrived, when the Court inunediatel,7 proceeded to call over the names of the persons summoned to be of the Jury. Colonel Despard rose, and begged that the Court would grant him permission to say a feW words, in order to do away from the minds of those who were to be his Jurors, any unfavodrable impressions which might haVe been made upon them by those villainous publiCations that had, at various times since his arrest, appeared against his charafter. The Loin) CHIEF JUSTICE interposed, and told Colonel Despard, that as the Jury was not then formed, he .could not make chose observations he was about to address to the Court. He shoUld, at the proper time, have a full and sufficient opportu nity of stating to the Court, any lofts which, he might conceive to be material to his defence ! at present he could not do so. , Colonel Despard.—" I am sorry far it; my Lord." The first person called over was GEO. 1711 It fiZRT, Esq. who immediately addressed the Lotto CHI Ei JUSTICE, and stated, that he was one of the Alder men of the City of London; that many, important duties were attached to that office, which must be negletted if lie was bound to serve on the Jury ; and that the consequence would ultimately be, that per. sons could not be found to fill those offices, so neces sary to the constitution and privileges of the City i and the Lord Mayor might not, at times, be able to form a Court of Aldermen, i'perioris in his situa. Lion were liable to serve on juries: The only rea_ son why lie had been summoned was, that of his having a place a short distance from London, to which he sometimes retired on a summer's evening. The LOAD CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that the statement 'made by the worthy Alderman was not such as he could, consistently with his duty; admit as a sufficitnt excuse. Mr. Alt!erman HIBBERT then added, that the Lord Mayor required his attendance on the follow. ing day at a Court of Aldermen, and that great in convenience night result to the City from his ab sence. The LORD CHI Er Jusrmg-----" That is a matter of minor importance, compared to the public busi. ness that must be attended.. to in this Court.— We cannot run the risk of not having a Jury ; but, in consequence of the statement you have made, the Court is • ready to permit you to stand by ; and in case there should not be enodgh to form a Jury, you must be ready in Court to answer, if it should be necessary to call upon you." Several persons, whose names were, afterwards called over, .ditl not answer to. the same, and were ordered to be fined, some zol. and others iol. A great many were excused from age, infirmity, or indisposition. Twenty-five Gentlemen were challenged for the Prisoner, and nine for the Crown. ROBERT DENT, Esq. of Bittersea, after having been sworn the third upon the Jury, and afterwards he a ring that persons of tlt: agc of seventy were exempte d from serving upon the same, addressed the Court, and said, lie was above that ag e , an d b egge d that he might be permitted to retire. The LORD CHIEF Jostle E said, he should have made that excuse before he was sworn ; hut as he was sworn, it was not in the power of the Court to let him leave the box. The Counsel, however, on both sides, agreed that they had no objection that Mr. DaNT should be excthed, and on that ac. count the Court complied with his request. The following Gentlemen were at length chosen as the Jury : Grant Allen,. Esq. William Dent, or Battersea, Esq. . William Davison, of Clapham, Esq. Gabriel Copland, of Clapham, Esq. Mr. Williatn Cookson, of Gainsford-street, Southwark. Mr. John Fartner, of Southwark. Mr. olio Collinson, of Gravel-lane, Christ Church. Mr. James Webber, of Surrey-roan, Christ Church. Mr. Gilbert liandiside, of Green-walk, Christ Church. Mr. luhn flamer, of Hankside. Mr. Peter Dobree, of Clapham. Mr. John Field, of Georgc-street, Lambeth Marsh. The Witnesses were then all ordered out of Court. The principal parts of the Indithuent were read by Mr. KNArr, and the Pleadings were opened by Mr. AnBoT, the Junior Counsel on the part of the Prosecution. In conformity to the commands of the Court, we close our account here. A full report will be given in our Paper, when the Trials are at an end. Colonel SEBASTIANI'S rernark upon the charaeler of General STettART, is as presumptuous as it is rude and impertinent. If he saw General STCUART at all; . it was probably only for a few minutes, •and he surely could not, 'from a short interview, be ca pable of forming a proper estimate of the General's talents, upon which he pronounces in so dogmatical a style. The praise of the French Aid.de.Camp of Gene. I'3l STEUART, by SEBASTIAN!, while the General himself is so invidiously mentioned, savours not a little of French cvanity, and is something similar to the attempt in this country, to raise the charatter of a- foreign Regiment at the expence of our own brave Soldiery. We hear, with great concern, of a very severe accident having happened to Captain ,WEST, of the Navy. He was fencing with .his Fencing Master, when the latter making a strong lounge, the foil broke through the mask, and breaking, the splinter ed piece entered ins mouth and penetrated his throat, lacerating his neck in a very dreat!fal manner. He has been delirious ever 5 neC, and it is feared the accident may produce the most serious consequences. The following singular circum,rance took pl ice at the late unfortunate fire in Mr. HAtsturoN's premises : a torrent of melted metal, formed of the liquified types, took its course into the Temple Church, and has there formed a complete coveri n g for the grave of the C'Aq)fitte.l ~~_ PI Yitto Uni, rg s . e. Aittivaii the Areiror,ANOsisoir, frotii liOndttra; and the Sisters, hit, froth Newfoundland; with los of toast and other damage. ioßr.§..voqrzi; F en. s). His Majesty'S Ship La Loire, been re; fitted, is gore out of the HarboUr this time, arid anehored at Spithead. Arrived the Nancy, WE Lt. ri:Nis, froth? ewcastie Ardent, THOMPSON, fro'm Cork and rl4. Lis, from London. Sailed the Albion, LoA)4! ) for London. YARMOUTH, F. ARRIVED the Atte;, &LARD, horn London. Sailed the Nancy, DUD LAce, and Cow/wet; LEEDS, to Hull ; Fat:vs/rite, PRATT, to Leith; Carolin`i, PR ESANT, te . "lilacney British Tar; AI4NISOri, to Liverp . ool ; Fapir, Holland, to Lon.: don and Mriry; Ciaitri, to Dover: The following Ships are rut in , wind.bound i—tEC HENDERSON, to Whitby; with goods .; Swift, BANHAK from Ireland to Hamburgh, with gdocib and Psiritilii Delight, Footo, from Lori. don, in ballaSt; The Rope, DotrGALt., . from Charante, with brandy, which came on Yarmouth Beach on tbd 24th January is got off, and come into Harbour. DEAL, 7. ThE Ship Chinon, - with Convieti for 113rany Bay, came down list night from the River, and proceeded immediately on her voyage. The Hon. East India Company's Ship Carman; then sailed from the,Downs this morning for St. Helena arid Bengal. THE DUTCH MAIL. RATISBON, lAN. I. TtiE Iniperial Plenipotentiary, Baron 1111ori,i received on the 101 a Courier from Vienna, with advice, thiit on the 13th inst. the exchange took place, of the Ratifications of the Convention con.: ducted at Paris on the 26th of December, relative to the GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY'S Indemnities. We now daily expert an Imperial Decree of Com.. mission, in which the Ratification of the recess, or general Co* . lusum of the Deputation; will be notified to the Empire. VIENNA, 'JAN: 19. THE GRAND DUKE of TUWANY has accepted the Convention that has been concluded relative to his indemnities, though he has lost more than he has received. The late Chancellor of the Nether lands, M. Von CRustrirEn, has been appointed by His Royal Highness Commissary to take posses:. sion, in his name, of his new States. The GRAND Dux.* will in June go to Salzburg. Letters from Naples say, that the KING of NA. PLES will in the ensuing year make a journey to Spain and Emsland, and return to his own Domi. nions by the way of Vienna. GENOA, JAm. 6. ME Italian Gazettes say, that a Ftench Corp, of Troops will March to Tuscany, and embark at Leghorn. It is added, that if the English shall longer refuse to evacuate Malta, a French Atmy will march to Naples, and thence proceed to under. take further operations. These reports, however, certainly deserve very little regard. General SPITHAL, who commands the Polish Troops, it is understood, will sail for St. Domingo, and take with him the French Troops at Leghorn. MILAN, D. 30. THE Minister of the Interior, in consequence of having received information, that in several Com. munes of this Republic Secret Societies arc esta. bushed, and private meetings held, has given no. tice, that no Society of this kind can be suffered without the express permission of the Government, and that the Prefetas and Officers of Police must al. ways have free admission to them. All who offend against this notice, will be considered as disturbers of the public peace, and treated accordingly. GIBRALTAR, JAN. 13, Ten men of the zgth Regiment, besides die three who were executed, were condemned t 4 death, hut pardoned by his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT. They were yesterday embarked on board the cymthia, which sails the first air• wind for England. The Sound was entirely frozen over on the t zth ulr. This morning was married, THOMAS WILSO:44 Esq. of Hampstead, to Miss EDWARL), of Colc utim-strcet,