The Sun. — London, England, 1803-06-23 00:00:00

N,ll/441, N.Err. V JU*ll Tbe French National Brig La Colombe, which arrived here yesterday from Martinique, was captured near Ushant ; she is stated to have preceded the French homeward-bound West India Fleet, consisting of bo Sail, under con voy of a Ship of the Line and two Frigates, and , which are reported to be only a day's sail after the Colombo. It is further stated, that this information Was communicated to the Channel Fleet, and that in consequence thereof they were gone in pursuit of the Enemy in several direelions : a very short space bf titre will elapse before the truth or falsehood of this account is ascertained. Arrived the French Brig Serrene, laden with sugar, coffee, and cotton, from St. Domingo, cap_ Lured on Sunday last in the Channel by His Majes ty's Ship Jamaica. _ _ Arrived His Majesty's Ship Jupiter, from Ports. mouth ; and Ranger, Hind,. and Speedwell Cutters, from a Cruize. Sailed La Loire Frigate on a Cruize to the West 4rard. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Arrived last night His Majesty's Ship Ganger, from Jamaica ; she brought home under Convoy seven Merchant Ships, viz. four' far London, two for Liverpool, one fur Lancaster, and a Schooner for Cork. Came in the Alert, M'DONAL.D, from Jamaica for London. Arrived His Majesty's Ship Neme.ili, from the Grand Fleet., with Dispatches from Admiral CORN. .w4Lt.t's, whom he left with six,Sail of the Line off ,finest on the 1.9,11 inst. previoui to which he had detaChed three Slips, supposed for the West Indies. All the Revenue Cutters are ordered fur sea mediately. The- Ctitrione Schooner, Lieutenant ALT, has bade Signal to sail with Convoy for the Downs. Arrived the Tygre ss , a n d 'fart 'Vein-er g East linliamen, and several other outward-bound Vessels (runt the Downs. Arrived about forty sail of loaded Colliers. DIAL, JUNI 22.. Came down the Emilia Gun vessel, from Sheerness, and remains. • Mime. Captain CURRY, Of His Majesty's Ship Royal Sovereign, now lying at Shithead, is appointed to the.Priare George, of 98 guns, at Portsmouth. This Ship, is to he fitted for the Flag of Rear- Mmiral CAM,' 13 ELL, and is to join the'Channel Fleet. The exertions of this meritorious Officer are well known, and we have no doubt but that the Prince George will be soon ready for sea. Every Wen-wisher to hii Country must rejniee at the appointment of Admiral Sir jowl CoLeoYs to the Chief Command at Plymouth. His unilaunred firmness in an hour of the greatest peril, when coin. manding the London, in the unfortunate Mutiny, will never be forgotten. The suavity of his man. Hers, and an extensive knowledge of Nautical affairs, renders his appointment highly advantageous to the Navy. The liesaviur tender, Capt. Ron Err O'BRIEN, has sent into the River Coln, a Haniburgh brig, laden with French Property, from Lisbon to Ham. burgh, Value 30,0001. taken off the Vlie. Yesterday being the day appointed by the CHAN. CELIA.) R of the EXCHEQUER to take 3 fresh bidding fin the Lot terron 7o,oooTickets, instead of 80,000, which were first proposed, Messrs. Bisit,AtoH ARO. SoN, BRANSCOMS, &c. waited on him at eleven o'clock, and bid t 51. Bd. per Ticket, which sum was accepted, and they accordingly entered into a Bond for the due performance of the Contrail. The .Tic. kets are to be divided into three Lotteries, and each Lottery is to be drawn in ten days, and concluded within one month from the commenceme.tt of the • Drawing. The Prizes are to be paid in full within two months of the end of each drawing, and the first Lottery is to consist of 24,000 Tickets, .and begin the sth of September. Yesterday at noon the following Gentlemen wait ed upon Mr. CoaltY, the Chancellor of the Exche quer for Ireland, to converse with him on the pro. posed Loan of One Million to be raised for the Ser vice of Ireland. Messrs. SCOTT, lots, and Co. Messrs, linot.s, FaiNcrt, and Bussows, MCSbrs, 103sDLINE and SHAW. The Biddings are to be made at the Castle, in Dublin, .on the sub of July, in a Five per Cent. Stock, the Interest of which is to commence from the 2sth of March. The Instalments are as follow so per Cent. 3; 4 : : tooncotihne Day c o f Bidding. p com plete the first Payment itst July. lo per Cent. 300,000 loth August. 2 0 -----, 200,000 00th September. ----- 300,000 28th October. -- ico,ooo 210 November. •C iso,ooo 29th December. 100,000 loth lanuary. TS --- rio,00• soth 'February. i,ocie,ecto Discount of s per Cent. to be allowed for Prompt PaTment. NIL PITT VICIn toWalmer-Castle on Friday last, but returned to town again on Monday morning to a ttend the House of COMfIIOIO On that day. Lord CARRINGTON and his family are gone to Deal Castle, . Lord MEtviLts we understand had lately an ii!ltlience b y d es i te o f a certa in Great Personage. 'Were his Lordship and Mr. PITT and Lord Sm. CER again in office, we should he perfeellY satis "'lP as we are certain the Country would- be tn , b .', LordW HITWORTH'S servants and carriages,wnicri been detained in Franex have at length been liberated. They arrived in town yesterday. ArciO.kh? TAX. IN pursuance of an Adverasernent fur convening a Meeting of the Merchants, Bankers, Traders. Sec. of London, who -disapproved of the Income Tax, about one hundied and fifty assembled at half past one, yesterday, at the London Tavern, when Mr. 'l'. 13gowx was called to the Chair, and the business of the day commenced . . Mr. TRAVERS condemned, in strong terms, the revival of the Income Tax. He thought the Mini ster sheaved a want of judgment in reviving that Tax which must tend to make the present War un. popular in the first instance. He, had, he said, written to Mr. VANS ITTART Upon the SubjeCl, and afterwards to the CHANCELLOR of theExcaEQU S and that morning he had received a letter from Mr. HoettousE (which was read from the Chair), with whom he was intimate, stating the request of the Minister that they would suspend their judgment on the Bill for imposing a Tax on the Profits of Trade, and unite with him in the suggestion that the clauses intended to he proposed in the Committee, might invalidate the objections urged against the measure. He then read several Resolutions which he had drawn up, previous to receiving that letter, the purport of which were to express their repugnance at objrfting to any Tax in the present conjuncture of public affairs, but at the same time feeling the necessity of stating their opinion tespecling-the par. tial, oppressive, and unjust nature of the Income T.4x, and to declare their disapprobation of the principle of that measure, which no modification could rectify. He then read another set of Resole. dons, which he had prepared after receiving Mr. Hoot-louses letter, the purport of which were to thank the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for his communication, which held out the pleasing idea of an exemption with resped to the Profits of Trade, to state their readines3-to-submir cheerfully to - the pay twot of any other 'n;xes which it might be deemed 'necessary to impose, and to nominate certain Gen. tlemen to attend the re-commitment of the Biil.— Mr. TRAVERS then wished to put it to the Meeting, as to which set of Resolutions they would agree to. After same conversation upon a point of order, as to .whiCh should be put firsr, and a question as to the nature of the letter, in answer to which Mr. TRAVERS said, he considered it to he of a public nature, the first Resolution . of the last set proposed in voting Thanks to the CHANCELLOR of the Ex. CHEWUER was put from the Chair. Mr. WA ITIMAN made several observations upon the partiality, injustice, and oppression of the In come Tax, and thought the Resolutions proposed by Mr. TRAVERS did not meet the objed for which the Meeting was called. He concluded by pro. posing the following--- That it appears to this meeting that notwithstanding the opposition to the late income Tax, it is proposed to re vive it by a Bill now before Parliament. " That it appears to this meeting that the revival of that Tax, will be highly dangerous and unconstitutional, and that the arbitrary and unconstitutional powers necessary to carry it into execution, under any modification, will, by outraging the public feeling, tend to endanger the peace of the community." Some conversation ensued as to a point of order, whether the motion for thanking the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER should be put first. Mr. WAITHMAN opposed the thanks, on the ground that the nature of the Letter was not suffi. ciently clear. Mr. TitAv RXS supported the Resolution, on the ground of it's being only decorous and proper to return a civil answer to the communication of the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER. The Resolution was then carried upon the chew of hands. Mr. TRAVERS then agreed to withdraw hii other Motions, for the purpose of giving place to Mr. WAITHMAN, the first of whose Motions was car.: ried unanimously. To the wording of the second Mr. TRAVERS objeded, as tending to excite a spirit of insurrec. tion. • Mr. WAITHMAN denied that such a construdion could be put upon it. • After some conver,ttion, the words dangerous' and arbitrary' were agreed to: be left out, and the Motion, thus amended, was carried unani. rnously. Mr. TRAY Eas then proposed another Resolution, which he considered to be highly necessary after the two Resolutions they had passed, the portion of which was, to express their deep intercit in the War, and their readiness to submit cheerfully to any other Taxes, not liable to •the same ohjetrtjons as the Income Tax, for the support of the Govern. ment and the defence of the Country against the hostile aggressions of the enemy. A long conversation ensued. The Motion was opposed by Mr. WAITHMAN, Mr. TOM! NS, Mr. DAV i Es, and others, on the ground of its being unnecessary and foreign to the purpose for which the Meeting was called, and that it _went to give an approbation of the War, and of the conduct of Ministers, which that Meeting were not Galled upon to give. • - The Motion was supported by Mt. TR AVER'S, Mr. SILVER , Mr. WI LKSI an d others , on the ground of its being necessary to anew to the world, after the Resolutions they had just passed, that they .were not inimical to the Government, or un, willing to contribute their fair proportion towards its su port, and the defence of the country, and 'That by - agreeing to such a Resolution they were more likely to conciliate the Government, and to obtain any really valuable modification of the Bill. The previous question , was at length moved, and seconded, and upon a shew of hands, was declared by the Chairman to be carried. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting broke up. The PRINCE left town on Tuesday morning for Bibury Races ► . and on a Visit to the Earl of Stmt. atiRNE, at his Lordship's seat in Gloucestershire. Yesterday His Royal Highness the Dux' of yogic (eviewed the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, under, the command of General FINCH ; in Hyde Park ; several General Officesa were present; His Royal Highness gave the ward of command himself. The men went through their evolutions in a soldier-like manner, and received the thanks of His Royal Highness fur di; racirinn which they observed in firing, • ADLYIt2.IS; • SPOKEN IN Till; CtlA%.SCrutt ut A st.trikN; BY MR. KNIGRT, Openiv of th: New Liverpool 77v.ztee, WRITTEN BY T. 'Dirdix, (Spe:rkl wilt:out.) AV• A'S T, Brother Shipmates, ere Anchor.we Weight, To out rrieutls, from the Deck--a few WONs let me say t ( Elders.) . , . Here you are, and Well stow'd a glorioli's tine spew; You're all welcome oh Board—Friends aloft, anti below, - •- - %Veil, our Tackle's all ready—our Hands are all staunch, And with Rapture I hail you thwitness the Lawiel.;; We've built, as you see, a sliug, neat; pleasure Boat, And. - we hope by your Favour, to keep her afloat ; Each Cabin'S convenient, (B,arr) at least so vve plann'd, We've snug Ilirt.hs below, (Pit) and our Tops (Galled)) are well manna ; Our Timbers are taught, (Stele,...) all our CanVas is new, From various first Rates we've seleded our Crew; And each on this Deck (Stage) conies with fix'd Inelinatien To rise in the Service—by your Approbation At least we'll endeavour—come good or bad Weather, In In hopes of Preferment—to pull altogether : Tho' mother ProviSions, you find your own Table, We'll keep you in Spirits—as - long as we're able We've Artillery too—Care and Folly to shoot • And are arm'd, - as these Centlemen vlitness fOrrbettra) eir flute: We've great Guns of Tragedy—loaded so well, 1f they do but go off—they must certainly tell ; - While With small shot, from Farce and low Comedy Swivels, We've sworn--to burn, sink, and daeroy the Blue Devils ! • But aim whene we will--we shall ever require From your Harde—a itroadild: —to second our Fire! Should you ask with what Freightage our VesSel is stored; What Cargo—what Riches—we carry on Board ; Look round—you'll see all Britons value on Earth, True Fiwcloni—gocil Nature, Wit, Beauty, and Worth; With such hailing as this, while our Voyage we mesitiure, Ohr Anchor is Hope--our Compass—your Pleasure; flow) . . ( G.-b. , j—return.r. ) ' Yet hold —`ere I go—you way think it hut right To know under what Colours—we sail, trade, and fight ; 'Tit Engli cl, true. E..deish 1 •—her Name would you know ? She is c.ill'il the New Liverp , l-1,: , w ts•niill Co: Of whose Skill as.Cornitetoder (11 , ,ps kit AftS:L) I'd =arty —hut mum, • , Ifour /1,1671. speak not •g had better be i)un d But ow Vessel is itva,' —the Statittarcl you 'dew, ( Klee .i. elirmt) • IV Melt we never will strike—while supported ly . you ! Yesterday a General ,Court was held at the East India House,. when the Dividend for the last Kilt'. year was declared to be 54 per cent. The following Proprietors were appointed.a Coro. mime to inspeti the By.l.i.tws. , . I. Angerstein, Esq. ' Georke Wilsrm, F.A. Win. Drew, Esq. , Ceorge S anitiei Wexg*, Esq --MA rur, LUI. • - Sit lit:lify Strachey, Bart. Robot {hinter, Esq. . On the Motion of Mr. TWINING / . secontled by General HARRIS, Mr. TATIINI, the late. Direetur, was granted an Annuity of 3001. The Court adjourned at Two.o'Clock, sine cfie. On Saturday seinniglit the Earl of MANsnELD arrived at Scone, ills Lorti,hip has assumed the command of his Regiment, the Perthshire . Militia, which is already'in a very excellent state of mili tary discipline. We understand that Government has accepted of the ()Ter of service made by . the 2d Regitmlit of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, and that both Luta. lions of that Regiment are immediately to be re_ embodied, under the command of His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH. The 3d Regimeni of Royal Heist Indii4 Volunteers will have a field day to-morrow, when it will be inspctled by Colonel ROB ERIS. BOROUGH SCRUTINY. ---The HIGH. BAILIFF and his Attendants met yesterday morning at the Town Hall, pro forma. They did not , proceed to. business on account of the absence of Sir THOMAS MILTON. The Scrutiny, as we before stated, will not commence until this morniog. To expedite the proceedings, it has been arranged, that the Scrutiny shall only attach to those persons who shall be point. ed out by the opposite Party as proper, objeds of suspicion. Such Voters will be .brOught forward individually, as they can be found. In our Paper of yesierday, we mentioned that a Commission had been some time ago appointed by certain Board, to inquire into Abuses which were" supposed to exist at the three Head-quarters of the Royal Marines, and we animld vetted on the inde. corous'wording of the letter 'that was sent to'‘he Commanding. Officers of each of the three Divisions, beginning thus: " Whereat ntfarious and flagitious' prances have boa carried on limit . ). your Command, Rm." We also understand that a •subjed will sown be laid before the Public, and probably, made a topic of either Parliamentary or Legal discussion, of the Unconstitutional and inquisitorial mode adopted in a late Commission issued by the same Board to the two Surveyors of the Navy, the resident. Comtni,t_ sioner at Chatham taking to their assistance the Master Attendant and Builder of the Yard. We shall hot now animadvert • on this unprecedented' condud, as it will 'probably soon be taken up in another quarter, to the complete exposure of those from whom such a Commission originated. It is said, that one of .the causes which delayed BONAPARTE'S Journey to Belgium, was the reftoal of fourteen Generals, arno , ,;gst whom were Mott lr AV' and IVlassartA, to obey the orders of • Ihe FIRST CONSUL, commanding them to retire jo teagitts from Paris. BONAPARTE, in consequence, thought it necessary to negotiate, for which purpose he sent to them FOUCHE and DuROC, and the Generals luded to at length agreed to.retire to their Estates, and to give their Parole not to return till the FIRST CONSUL returned from Belgium. On the Bth inst. the occupier of a farm was fined in the penalty of 'os. for not sending a waggon and. horses to convey the arms, clothes, and accoutrements of part of the Cambridgeshire,Militia, on their march from Bury to Stowmarket ; and a constable of the Same parish was' convicted and fined 31. for wilfully hindering.and frustrating the execution of a warrant for providing g waggon and horses ; and likewise a farmer was fined in the penalty of 31. for refdsing to send his waggon and horses, though required to `do so by the constable. The Countess of Ronirt happened to slip as she was entering the Dutchess, of GORDON'S on Tues_daappyn a i r g e l n lt tiy ,and was pitched on herhead against the pavement in the Hall. She wa s s o me few se. conds m otionless, when she was assisted • toltand., She was in great pain, and - went up stairs with tome di* u lty. We hear, however, that her laidyihlp ha l wavered the shock. . . Lau/ REfi COURT OF KING's BENCH, 1;:b. IN the course ofdiscUssing a tase in which ther, - ; was a alum plea put in, and the question was, whe ther the Attorney who had filed it should-not pay costs, thereby incurred ; it Was stated at the Bar, that the pralice of sham pleading was reprehensi. ble, and •it was Much to fie laMented that ti greW into use; btit it was alto observed, that .the tice was. very general; anti an Attorney should not be so severely vi . sired as to be Made to pay the Costs in a Lase whete the other side Migtt have brought the point tri a cOnelbsion, by,taking issue •npon the plea ;—That many Client's kneW the pralice of sham pleas; hnd irisili:ed on their Attar. nies using them, in order to put off as far as poc. sible the evil day, and that an Attorney in such a case would lose his client, if he did not follow his instruCtions :—Nor were the Gentlemen .of the Bar themselves entirel, , rree from this, pract. tice ; there was not one of them who had been in the habits of special pleading, who did not sign their names to sham pleas—Such for instance as .1 plea of judgment recovered, Sic. That it might perhaps be worth while for all the Judges of the different Courts to meet and come to some ride upon the subjed, of perhaps the Legislature might pass a Law upon it, as they had done in the Case 0 pleas in ' abatement, by which it was requited th4f a plea - in abatement should be accompanied by an, affidavit of the truth of it; which had Certainly diminished the number of such pleas; but that tt would be too much in a pradice so general to make the Attorney pay costs. The Lord.CHtsi Juvrice observed, that Gen. tle.nen at the Bar, when they signed pleas brought to them ; or when they drew them from the instruc. dons of ,Atiornies, were responsible only for* the legal correctness of them, if true, and that they' should contain no matter that was scaodalous ; but they had no responsibility whatever as to the truth of the pleas, that being nutter of consideration to those alone whO furnished instructions. But with • regard to aid Attorney who gave instrueliOn; for a sham plea, he might . or hc,miglit'not have his Coss of his 'Client ; but the Cotitt, it the matter Came -beforeit, and the motion 'Was made that the actor: nev do pay Costs', %voids!, fill short of its, duty, if it did not order him so pay Costs. And in this case the Court ordered aForningly. • ionci:tt;q LAl,vitt're - a 'AND ANOTHER. 'This:was a .Rule . calling on, the Defendants, Mr: . Lawrence and Mr. M‘D,mald, Lieutenants in His, Majesty:s Navy, on the imPiess service at North Shields, for haVing' assaulted, imprisoned, and im pressed Edward Cooke nlhorrie,. a ,Brewer of that. place, who-stated in his Affidavit, that two of his men, one of them his Manager,' and without whose aid he could not Carry on his bttsiness, had beerehe., pressed; that he went to the Defendants, and asked. their "wines and the name of the ship they belonged to, for the purpose of applying to the Captain to relete,e his men, as they hati never been at sea, but did not tell these tifliCe.., that such w a s hi s reason for as,,icing their names ; and added, that it they were Gentlemen they would tell him ; on which one of them damned him, asked him if he thought they were not Gentlemen ? anti he said be thought tltey,, were not, if they would not tell their names, on which they threatened to shoot hint if he did not go, about his business; but he persisting in demanding their names, they toGle him into custody by force, using their cutlasses in every diretlion, and i n k hi m to a house a mile oil, aad insisted on impress ing him, &c. and 4:tpt him an hour. Mr. ERSKINc spewed cause against the Rule upon the Affidavits of the D:fendants ; the sub. stance of which was, that this very man himself was reported to have been a Seaman ; that when he came up to the Defendants, at. the Half-Moon they had just come ashnte upon the Impress vice ; he .was much intoxicated, behaved insolently to them, interrupted them in the exercise of their duty, although they told him that unless they made haste the Sailors they wanted would run away ; notwithstanding which he persisted in, npposinq them, upon which they tank hint into custody. The CHI F V AYST IC E observed, that the Defend ants oultt not to have impressed this Brewer, who must have been tv'ell known it the place ; but it appeared that he had also misconduded,himself, and therefore the Court would nut interfere in an extra. ordinary way in the case. in a word, there ap. • geared to he a sufficient pottion yf miscondua ott both sides to mike the tnatter fit for the considera tion of a Grand Jury. Mr. Rttus said,' that- he opened this matter mi. nutely when he moved for the Rule. Lord Et4ENnortovon.said he did, and that was very proper.—Rule disclidrged. Mr. CHARLtS 'KEMBLF is engaged f or Cogent Golden. Theatre. next season,- and Mrs. Gi.uv ict returns to that Theatre, , , The ISIARGATEMTIATRE is to open on the ittit of next month, under the M4nagementiof Mr. WIL MOT WELLS, who has already manitested all rcpt_ site ability for the situation. Miss 1)s; Cots. is engaged to perform on the first night, and she is n,O continue her exertions till the 25th. Katau Ls is engaged for eight nights. His performances cum. mence on the 29th. His first appearanee is to be in Hamltt,, then tekbard, The Stranger, Whyvian, Rolla, and Skylark. Italia he is to perform to ice, and any other Charaster he may Stied. 1CE54111.2 is robe followed by RamtAst and SroxActz, and these Performers are to be succeeded by INct.sooN and Mortnert. It is evident, therefore, that thts Proprietors of the Margate Theatre are determined to proceed with a spirited liberality, and we hope they will experience a commensurate success. :The Greek Ladies are on their return, finding that there are Some of their own race too old tot them in this Country already. As the Richmond long.coach was passing Somer.. set.house yesterday afternoon, from the badness of the pavement, one of the fore horses stumbled and fell ; the coachman, in endeavouring to pull hin\ up, lost his balance, and fell ta n the pavement, by which he was so much bruised as to make it te.-sti.. sort to convey him to thu