The Sun. — London, England, 1814-05-06 00:00:00

1, 8 THE ti-itAtitt:- 1-I.I..KEAN, I* night, at Drury-lane Theatre, larfll—al'eo, tor the fi rs t r i me, i n the tety arduous of' Oihello ; and_ it but . justiceto hint to its !aY, that his performance in general was not such' tended to diminish the reputation which he bAs It must be admittted that his figure fide:ll de portment were not calculated to excite the 1/8 ut martial, dignity which generally accom -44Y a Conception of the character, bitt he atoned 11 1 great measure for this deficiency, by bursts Passi on that were natural and impressive, ( "gli at ti mes rathe r too much marked by sa -1 a " e fe rocity. He was, • as .usual, very much ap- P.ii'lded• INlks.Gt.ovEit was uncommonly effective and also received warm proofs of public iTYY"bat atioll. POPE'S logo, too, was very promi 'll(l successful. - 111isS SMITH'S Desdemana ii ., ic I,rnarlied rather ' by the whi - !edling fawning of Irtesan, than the -simple and unaffected ten threuss of the character designed by the'author. hoUSC wag quite fulh IT NIVELISTFY INTELLIGENCE; nii •D. APRIL 30 —Thursday the foliow,ing ii,,,, ell , l( 'n Were admitted to Degrees : 0r ch r : t 7 Hugh Hamner Morgan, M. A. alto ur'ch, f;ra,rid Coropourocr. TIJe F t " ' George Morgan, of Christ Chureh. . 1. • R. Heber, M.A. and • late Fellow of All Souls, tde'cted Bampton Lecturer for the year ensu ing:_ Sely_.l l ider M Nicoll, • .A. of Balliol College, is admitted (',: ar larl of the Bodleian Library. .11;e n - t ; 1 ,S 87 ID. MAY 2.—The • fallowing Gentle of Art ere: on Wednesday last admitted Bachelors :--.... • Lierre and Isaac Starke, of St. John's College ; T. C. Samp smi Kiozsford,' of Trinity College ; Yretle (4oro. ' r e, of Perobrake•, 'Francis Cunningham, of Queen T s; .41)1! Moon, of ma,:fat en; P. Scholtield Rev. 1 , . Catharinellat. Same day Mr. J.,Petc), o f rri , apt A l a.!, was admitted B. C. • 1 1.0 t ier was received here on Saturday from his Cl, H ighness the Duke of Gloucester, • our t tio glicelit m, stating his Roy-31 Highness's in en nf honou r i ng the. University with . a visit at v en4 uing Commence.ment. prPterday the Rev. Dr. Marsh; Lady Margaret's Se r 'Or of Divi n ity,- commenced . a course of Ch i -lu tis the doctrine, customs, &c. of the j ir i °es of England and name. t i urniss Agle, M. A. o f ,Jesus College, is ect ed 'elluw o f Eta: Society. IT tti r R ,RARY-PuND.—The An n i ve rs ar y Dinne r o f at ly laudable Institution took place yesterd a y '• Hall. Hall. , The Duke - of SonEtts.:T 4 1 th e Chair-,.. .There were manyclistin- Thi%ued Visitors and liberal Patrons of the Fund. and lill ttal l oya l an d patr i otic toasts were g i ven, on h ( ,e,rs, suggest e d. by t h e l a t e glorious events C ontinent. In the course of the evening, tiIe""MPBELL BROWN ably recited at Ode on occa sion, which does credit to Mr. Alderman b s ,l l-1 ; and Mr. FrrzGEnALn delivered, with his tt l - 1 4 „; "erg Y , some VigoroOs lines, breathing the 'cue spirit of loyalty and patriotism. tol - eu B RITIsIIGALLEttY.--We earnestly congra- of , " ; it!' countrymen on the admirable col:ection m ere; works o f "Sir Josuu. REYNOLDS, which lia; el ately exhibited by this Institution, and we As se el lUw to renew o u r congratu l at i ons on anot h er 11 1(T ribul uge- of Works, not less honourable to the t 4l ; l stl B cnoot.. The 'Works of Wit.so:,r, Ho- Pre s l e ' ll ,: s GAtrqsaonoupir, and ZoFFAN t , are n ow alt ~dlutt_ri to thespob4io, at the game place. We tpt not att empt to do justice to tho se exqu i s i te k ita t "tiens of beauty; taste, skill; and humour-. It t , ( Y I , Perh aps, b e said, that we ought not to in titue Z "PrANtatoong the number of Tiritish Ar, but he was so long irt this country, and so tlr a r t "ghly imbued with the British character, - may vent ure t o con sider. as a Native. ti o , 14,1'101e is a rare an d tru l y exCellentcombina tc,,,'dur talent s , an d we are .persuaded that it w ill e. v 'p fe : a ri tc !uiprov e the Artists, as %yell as gratify the t1►C117,,,r. E 14 0111) ELECTION.—State of the Poll on 'uarthtth . Col. Palliser. Mr. Power. ............ 94 . ..91 • ........toe .....183 • . Total, 841 328 Majority f or C o l one l P a lli ser , 14 Vir she ;I,llllcierstand the LORD MAYOR will . , nomit , e , t' ~,, nr -r ' us a t the Court of Aldermen whith is la."' ~.,-( uesdaY next. leisv-Ill‘the 29th of April, died,' In the G n 73d year e e o_f 1 ., 4 1 4 e, JouN CROKER, Es A 1 11 , 0 -,;` ' I Teland, and father to the Secretary o . the q. late Surveyor- f. andc r aity. In private life, he %vas one of thebest i ll , li c . r 3 t amiabl e ~,f men. In the public service,. di s w ,'lich he- was en ga ,.r e d 'f ar half a century, he t,eti,ared his duties' with an ability not often -1 "alled: - A integrity that was never exeoiea, and `with an A - ave .taeianeholy scene took place on Wednesday . lurn rlin g in Compton -street :—A Mr. S. on his te -1.0,1" i trom the City abont nine in,the evening, tri als ri " Ilis -apartments locked, and, akerseve'ati 4 t l° ent er, failed, mid supposed his wife 011 tri tai, cart, iq,'. -ring the room he observed his wife sitting i i ,, ri g 4 t in her chair ; and on approaching, .shock tni.;'„tO relate, h e fouml her throat was cut in a 1,4,:,,, dr eadful way, and the horrid weapon in her I,47ef,twhich. were carel ess l y l y i ng i n h er l ap. She th e qt five children, non w o f whom ere at home t i np ,. A . INSerious affray • took place at Plymouth on isa„ litt aY• , The Plymouth Chronicle' of Tuesday k - ;,.. 4 ' Five Officers, two belonging to the Mayo ta,:` 4l , tw o to the Royals, and the other a Por elese, together with several soldiers of the it: Yu M ilitia, we understand, are implicated in Nt,e:ll under examination. Some severe wounds tie, received during the all - ray, which commenced 1., r Prankfortplace, and was not terminated hot icy, interposition of a party of the East Nor 'Jilt Militia.'. liasitAcr----ir. ATArinzsolv, a farmer, at Lalam, t,r,:tildertaken to start neat Monday, and per t„;", sixty miles a day for five successive days, Etar.."el hundred guineas. The pedestrian will r o ,, ' ()tithe Edgware Road,- and take a circuitous 't , to 'Worcestershire. A ['aro, • i nen c:f ime toast at present, among the Gentle trYraiit ihe Tar j, is, `.` May . the Field -spoilt of *4 414 i s „ end like the Racing CaMizdar of Bootc.a ,, littiliAL ilAtid;t4ti',t-r, tIOUSE taunsnAir, MAI' 5 Ina Committee upon Qarde':" . .plvoree BW; 'the clftdi.e to prevent the interinarrnige of the offending parties wakomit ted, and the Bill was Ordered to be reported. Air. Hill; from the Trea'sury, preitented an Aa•Mint of the Disbursements of the Commissioners for the Redemption of the National Debt for the,last 4uarter. r —Ordered tt,i lie outfit': table.• The LORD 'CHANCELLOR 'stated the reason whieh in tl.-Ted the reverP.al of the Decree of the' Court pi' Session, in the case of Sibbald v. Hill, namely, that the Insurer had de- - . ceived the InSuree, with •respect to the amount 'of the Insur ance in London, by Atating'it at 8 guineas per cent. when it was actually at 15 guineas. - CORN LAWS.- - • - Earl Gap t presented a Petition from the Uet chunts, Manufacturers, and other Inhabitants of Newcastie-upon-Tyne, amounting to about eleven thousand, against the Bill, in progress elsewhere, for raising the Import Price of Corn. At the same time, the Noble Lord took occasion to ani madvert upon a particular clause in the Petition, deprecating what Were termed—" the unhallowed efforts of those who would, in pressing this Bill, deprive the country of the blessings . of Divine Providence,/ by raising the price of corn, and scat tering distress and devastation among the manu facturers and mechanics." Of this clause- he Could not approve, because it appeared defective in due deference anal decorum, and if be thought it was meant to convey any imputation . upon the motives of those Gentlemen of the other House, with whom the Bill originated, he should not feel himself justified in presenting It. But conceiving this clause to be the nide result of inadvertency, he hoped . the Hotise would alloW the Petition to lie on the table, which he moved accordingly.-- Agreed to. NOR WAY. Lord GREY, disclaiming the intention to inter, fere with any pendinc , negociation, thought it ne cessary to ask the N ble Secret , try of State, whe ther a negociation.of sonic sort had not bee❑ re cently entered into respecting Norway ? whether, with that view, Commissioners had not been sent to both Denmark and Norway ? and whether those Commissioners were directed to demand the ces sion of Norway to Sweden, as a sine qua non, or whether any alternative were offered -? Lord LIVERPOOL said, he was sure the Noble Earl ►oust feel,that, it would not be proper on his part to give a precise answer to the question which be.had just' stated ; butshe was free to say, that; on the part of. his Majesty and his Allies, Cormuissioners had been sent .to Denn►ark and Norway, relative to the cession of the latter to Sweden. • • Earl Gay could not - feel satisfied by the. an sWerof the Noble Earl, for it was impossible to collect front it whitt was the intention with re spect to Norway—whether it was intended.to allow the Norwegians to preserve, that independence for which they were so nobly struggling, against the privations' of famine, .and the pressure of various misery, or whether_ their 'submission to the Go vernment of Sweden was to be the sine qua non. He was anxious for information upon this sub ject, because the. course whi c h h e should think proper to pursue must-she regulated by that in formation, and he could not :consider it as at all inconsistent with the duty.of the Noble Secretary to answer his ,question. lf, however, 'the Noble Secretary should not make the answer required, be (Lind G.) should feel it his duty to persevere. in the motion of which he had . given notice for Tuesday, with respect to theproductionof cer tain Papers upon this subject. Lord LIVERPOOL had no difficulty in stating the _existence of the'negociation alluded to, but be thought their Lordships must feel the danger of any explicit answer. to the Noble Earrs'question, as to what might be the sine qua non of that ne gociation, for by such an answer •he was per suaded that the object of the uegociation would rather be impeded than promoted. It was, how ever, open to the Noble Earl to purstie such course as his .sense of duty suggested. Lord _HOLLAND observed, that he-never recol leered &Minister who did not'deelare, that any answer to a question of this nature would rather embarrass than promote the object of a pending negociation. But still he must say that it would not become the Ministers or that House rto sus pend the declaration of a decisive opinion upon this interesting subject, until the poor but brave population of Norway were reduced to sub Mission by force and famine. Earl Gaut' said, that being told, on the one band, that an - explicit answer to his' question would inwede the object of a pending tiegociat while apprised, on the other, measures of vio lence and injustice, totally inconsistent with the honour and character of England, were using to force the submission of a country to a foreign state,' he telt himself in some difficulty as to what course it might be deemed proper to pursue. He should, however, persevere in his notice for •Tuesday,, particularly in consequence -of some authentic in formation which had reached him ;, for he un - - dei stood, from a note of the Swedish that a special mission had been sent Denmark and Norway for the purpose of officially declaring,' that if. the latter should .not consent to be an nexed to the Swedish Crown, England and her Allies were ready to support the .pretensions of Sweden, with a view to their annexation.. This was the sine qua non , to which he had alluded, namely, that if Norway -should not voluntarily i subinit to. Sweden, arms would be employed to force that submission. If, indeed, in addition to the statements of the Noble Secretary„tlnit the object of the pending negociation_ would be im peded bit, answering the questions he had put, and that, therefore, that House should suspend the. declaration of any opinion until the negociati o n terminated, it were also communicated, that in the interim the use of force' against the Norwegians, and the blockade of the ports of Norway, should be suspended, he might be reconciled patiently to wait the result. But while measures were pur sued, in his opinion, inconsistent.will all the prin ciples which this country held sacred, and which must be held sacred among all people who re spected the rights of humanity, he could not con sent to postpone his motion for Tuesday. LORD - WELLINGTON. Lord DARNLEY, after observing upon the satis faction which the Country universally-felt from the high distinction just conferred upon Lord Wel lington, took occasion to .ask the Noble &eke- Whethedt Was in. conternpl!ition ti;ql;t4Mse ailyaildltiOrial grant tolliii',,gaiNiit,CsCr; to en hirri tv ? Fr[ th ctiritmon lie had learned - , that it cras Hiended to sonie additional Pension to. the Noble Duke; but if not to, he hit it his duty ttitake thesarliest oiport'unity of entering b:s protest against the in iention. When it WIS eouside'red tinder 1 -) rovidet - le, this Country and Europe were inainlr Indebfed tor its present happy state and I yospects to the instrumentality Of that illustrious Officer, it must be felt that the purchase of a large. domain; With the erection of a magnificent tuansitin, was due- to his merits. . - Sure he was that such was the universal feeling of the Country, and he had no doubt also the feeling of that House. He hoped that this feeling would be gratified, and Ministers would meet the public wishes upon the -subject. But he trusted that what was necessary in order to render perfect justice to this meritorious Officer would ultimately be done, even though Ministers should fail in their duty., .Lord LIVERPOOL said, ,that with regard tO,the i'Toble Lord's; question, he sho'uld probably, to morrow, or at least the next day of meeting, re ceive ',the commands of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, ,tti niake a conlinunication to their Lordships upon this subject. f And on that occa sion he shotild State the raisons for that course 'of proceeding _which ,hiS Royal. Highness'ts ad visers might feel it ti.:cirTlnty to- rtcoinmenil. INgOLVENT DEBTORS. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from the, Debtors confined in the prisons of the Isle of Man,.eomplaining that the provisions of the per manent Insolvent Act did not extend to them, and that the A& passed for their relief was very imperfect. Ordered to lie on the table. SLAVE TRADE. Lord GRENVILLE said, that teeling confident that' no opposition Could be 'consistently made to the motion which he proposed to submit', he should not think it necessary long to occupy their Lord ships' attention. On former occasions he had to apologise to the House for the extent of, the exertion which he felt it his duty to Make, in or der to produce a general conviction of the justice, the humanity, and the policy, which called , for the abolition of that great practical evil, that deep stain upon our' national' charater, the African Slave 'Trade. But that conviction now existing., he had only to,propose the means of acting upon it with ,effect: With that view, he should move for an application to other States to co,overate in that work- which this Country had so nobly com menced. When it was proposed to . make such an ap plication before the trade was abolished k ourselves as some of those who opposed the abolition strong '. ly recommended, he could not subscribe' to the propriety of the recommendation. Forbad aßritish Minister then so applied, a foreign State might well,answer, " If you arc convinced of the injus tice and impolicy of thit: traffic, why do you hot act upon your own . conviction ? If the abolition of such traffic be called for by religion, and necessary to the safety of colonial possessions, why do you not provide for your own fafety .hy abolishing it at once ? and when you have done so, you may then consistently, apply for -onir concurrence and aid, with a view to that compre hensive abolition 'which you ,profess to desire." Boy now tic, such address could be made to a Bri tish Minister, for he had it now in his power to address to other Srates, not only the appeal of humanity and' the force of argument, but theln fluence of exam; le ; for, discarding all those doubtful, wavering apprehensions, which Were conjured np' tO prevent us from doing ouri duty until-other nations had done theirs, our Legisla ture-had aboliShed this odious 'trade, and we had the consolation of thinking that we had (lone so without producing any of .those consequences which the opponents of abolition w ere so f orwar d to predict. Interest and policy had in fact been found on the,side of justice and humanity ; for our colonies, instead of being ruined, as was pro phesied, had been Most materially benefited, as we had seen from the testimony of the agent of these colonies: Thus art that had. been ,told, that althoUgh the abolition of the Slave Trade Mighl be humane : towards Africa, it would be inhumanity towards the West Indies, had proved utterly fallacious, and our colonies were f0u1 . ..) forward to render'thanks' to thel,e(!isla ture for the important benefits which the abo i rttirin had produced. The prophesy Of an injurious ef feet upon our navy and - our commerce,so confi dently dwelt tipun by the opponents of the aboli tion, had turned out equally fallacioui ; for where had such effects appeared ? On the contrary, at whit period of our history had our navy been more triumphant„ or our commerce more extend-- ed, than since the abolition ? That triumph and extent had in fact arisen in consequence of the abolition of the Slave Trade ; and he firmly be lieved, that-, under the protection of Providence, we had become of late so eminently successful, because - the Slave Trade was abolished. -Thus we had found it not,only right but expedient to get rid of this abominable Trade, and thiS Must furnish an impressive lesson to those States with whom lie proposed to negociate for its gene ,ll,l renunciation. Upon such States we could the more consistently call for concurrence in a measure indisp.eusahly necessary to satisfy the uni versal law of humanity; and the unquestionable claim of justice. In this call, he trusted that all who had the power to enforce it would act unanimously. That his Royal highness the Prince Regent would exert his utmost influen ce to second the will o f, thej.4egiSlature, anti t o promote the object of hu Inanity, lie was fully assured. He had, indeed, no idea is.hatever, that- any efforts in consequence of the Address of that I-Lfuse would not he effectually .used. It might be deemed invidious to mention particular names on this occasion, but it would not answer, the purpose - of his motion to deal in. generalities:- The Slave Trade had, it was known, through particular circumstances, been -practically abolished in several countries of Europe ; and that for some years it had been exclusively carried on - by Spain and Portugal, or rather by Emtlith sub jects 'under,the cover of Spanish and Portuguese flags.- Efforts, it w ou ld b e reco ll ecte d, h a d been made to pit an end to this scandalous traffic ; and the Prince Regent of the Brazils had actually agreed, by special treaty, to concur with our Go vernment in its abolition. He (Lord G.) was ex • .' „ trtniely titZlTvijling to szy any thihg cirnny Mate .nr Sovereign, which might appear; in tni tinliteentiti L ; on the part of a . her df the British Parlianienti but it ;kali due td truth And the imperious call a ddiY; tif - State Whidh excited his sorrow arid Stirprise, nanie.ll; that the Goirernrdent of the Brazils not Only pz.s. silted in the continuance of the iSlave'Tra'fle, Ica:* at thii very Moment, or at the period of the latiit. , intelligeriee, tell engaged iii Making s arrange=. mentS to carry that Trade' to tin extent quili shocking to contemplate. By an Edict of .tht-it Government, dated ire &OVember last he believed, the latest intelligence that had rived), it appeared, that in eonseqnence of Ott: great eXtent of the Brazilian territory, and .cOnips k i. rative scarcity of populatidn, it wat deteraiined to ida n olt number Slaves,, With a view to work .the mines and Cultivate the eartli—na . y . metre, in order to establish Mantifacttfres. BttOi a project ht could not view without paid add aS tonishment. What to people the vast territory, of the Brazils froni the ports of Africa; and that we'd . an extraordinary attempt should tie nnitie against an express treaty, and against the repeated wish of a nation to which the Government that meditates it owei -the protection of its dotniniobs. He could not suppose it possible that such 'an Undertaking would be tolerated-- . --bat he felt most strongly, that a very different language from that hereto fore. used must be addressed to the Portuguese Goverment, in order to produce the renuncia tion, not only of this extensive projeCt of injus tice and inloinianity; but of - the African Slave Trade altogether. .His Lordship observed, that this was the most propitious moment for a mea sure of the present 'nature: Was it to be a mere -nominal request, which they knew would be id , effectual, he trusted he should be spared the pains, and the House the afiliction,_of so unpro fitable a measure. Requests had been already madeof foreign powers, and stipulations had been introduced into Treaties,' but they saw how un availing, when this abominable traffic was now threatened to be carried on to a greater extent than ever. Tt would therefore be, indeed, with the greatest pain he should contemplate any measure that could produce no better results, nor could he reconcile it to himself, or to what was due to their Lordships,. to propose a measure. which: it must be known beforehand would be effectual. Now, however, when the great lead ing Powers of Europe were assembled to establiih Peace upon a basis. of justice- and liberality, when they had displayed an admirable moderation, and in their whole conduct evinced a desire to ‘ im prove the situation of m an ki n d, w h at better nao uncut could offer itself to lay before them a re quest to abolish for ever that iniquitous traffic its the human species, which we could truly, and wish a just pride,, say, we had set the example in 'de stroying. If they, by the Minh sanction. of their united authority; declared against the conti»u. , arse of this -abominable traffic, at least this good would arise, that one , Power would scarely ven ture against such authority to .persist in. upholding - this trade, njuch less in increasing so enOrmous' an evil.. His Lordship concluded by moving an Address to the• Prince Regent, - embodyipg _the principal argumentative topics in his speech, and supplicating his Royal Highness th at t h e w h o l e . weight and influence of the British Crovtn may he exerted in the pending negociations with the dif feteut Powers, in order to .-d in2re their doneur rence and co• operation in effecting an itnmediate and total .abolition of that destrutive and inhu-; man traffic---the African Slave Trade. The Address was read frOin ,the I'VoolSack;:and the question put, when it was voted by their Lord ships nemini d ‘ issentipite. • lt was then ordered to be preientecl to the Prince Regent in the usual manner, and the House adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE or COMMONS. Sir P. BURDErr presented a Petition from NiCholas Ham mond, who had been a contre.etur for Carpenter's Work, ac to o Oarracks.oi the /stand of Jersvr • r Mr. ROSE gave notice, that as the General Fishery Act would expire before the end !) the present Sesaion, he stio:Ald: take an early opportunity.of proposing to the Ho Ise the re .newal of that Act. ' 7 Mr. WYNNE gave notice, that he should more, yn Thurs da next,•an Address to the Cruwn respecting Notway. The. Slave Trade Ships Bill wen t ti.rongh the Committee, and the. Report was to be brought up- to-morrow. Mr. TAYLOR presented Petitions fruit), the Royal Btirgli of Dysart;and other orougli Towns in Scotland, respecting the Corn Laws. These Petitions ) , together with those of some other Bp.. 'mug - 11s, were received, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. LUSHINGTON; in a Coinmittee of the %%livid House, moved. a Resolution for tithing off Certain War-Duties., which likd been imposed ttpun the Manufactures and Preducevf 'Fratke aitd her Depeadt?licies, and for substituting other &ti tles in lien thereats.—The Resolutions Were 4g•reed to. s' The' second rt:adint; of the Bakers Bill was iiostpuneditin to-um:row three wee,. CORN LAWS. Sir H.I. PARNELL moved the Ortiei• of the Day for the further consideration of the Relolutious' he had before submitted do them. The Order of the . Day-haii,ing . been read, and the question being put On the further consithtratioa of the Resolutions, Mr. PROTHEII9P. appealetrto the candour of the Hon. Baronet, whether the question ought to be brought forward now.' The last time it was pOst poned,,it was on the ground that it was necessarl that the Resolutions-should-be printed, and in the bands of Members at least two before the 'diseuision. The fact, however, was, that the papers were not delivered until this. day, and many Gentlemen, who, like him, hAd been en. gaged during. the morning in Counnitto.”3., w er e now called upon, at an . hoar or two's ndtice, to vote upon propositions of 'no less impor tance than to fix the terms trponwilich the people of Englantl were to eat their bread. Sir. H. rAP.NEI.I. said, that the Hon. Gentleman might have had the paper yesterday, if. he had , taken the trouble of applying, at the Vote-Office. This subject, however, did not now cOme bef.re the House as a new question, but had occupied a good deal of thcr time last Session, and had been called to their attention by several notices which he had given in the preSent' Session. He must deny positively, Goth for the corrirnittec and hinisell,-ony intention to fix the piiee at which the people of this country were to eat their bread. A Message from the Lords was then received; agreeing to some private Bilis. On the question being put for the resolutions being referred to a Comtnittee, ' • Mr. ROSE said, that as upCni this question he