The Sun. — London, England, 1801-11-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, THURSDAY, .N0V.,26. COUNSEL were heard at some length in continu ation relative to the Scotch Appeal, LEE MUR DOCII, ROBERTSON, and Co. .viz. Messrs. ALEX ANDER and'CuLLEN, on the part of the Respond.- ents ; when the LORD CHANCELLOR, after taking a view of the leading circumstances of the case, and ,delivering his opinion thereon, moved a.proposition tending CO reverse the . principal Interlocutor of the .'scotch Court ; on which the question being put, it was ordered accordingly. .• The various Bills before the House were for warded in their respeetive stages, and some private ;.lusiness disposed of; after which the House ad . iourned till-to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, NOV. 26. •- A Petition was presented from the Prisoners con tined for'debt in Il::.hester Gaol, setting forth the hardships of their situation, and praying for relief. Mr. NEW BOLT begged, leave to withdraw the Poorßadge Bill, which, in point of form, could not pass in its present state. - - Leave was given to withdraw the Bill. Mr. NE w BOLT then moved flir leave to bring in another Bill.—agreed to. Mr. NF W BOLT then brought up the Bill, which was read a first and second nine, and Was ordered to be committed to-morrow. - ' Mr. SHAW LEFEPRE wished 'to have the Bill printed, Mr. NEWBOLT said, it was his intention to propose to print the Bill after the blanks .had- been tilled up in the Committee. The SECRETARY at WAR brought tip the Estimates of the Military Service for .Ireland, and stated, that he should propose to vote the Money for them in the Committee of Supply on- Monday. Mr. CORRY said, that in pursuance of the Order of the House for presenting the Irish Estimates, according to the manner in which they had usually .been presented in Ireland, he should now have the honour of laying those Estimates before the House. They went upon the principle, that the expence of _this year would be the same as. the last, and there fore the Estimate for the months of January, Fe. bruary and March, were one-fourth of the Sum voted last year for the Supply of the year. -Mt. Co Ray then brought up the Estimates, which were ordered to lie on . the Table ; and gave notice that he should propose to vote :he sum necessary in the Comn - iittee of Supply on Monday next; . BREAD: ALierm4n CURTIS rose to give notice, that on Monday next he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Aft of the 37th and 38th of the present King . respeeting the Assize of Bread. That Aft certainly was . passed with the very best intentions, but.the artifice of. designing persons had enabled them to evade it. Mr. 70DDREL made some observations, but in so low - a tone of voice, that we mild not distinctly j;ear ;we understood him to say, that he-wished that Corn.should be sold by weight and not by mea sure. Alderman CURTIS said, he thought the ,best thing we couk do now, was ;o recur to the Law as it_stooa before the Aet in question. After . a suc, cession of plentiful, seasons, and when our barns were full, we might be; enabled, perhaps i to make some more important alterations. INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF MINISTERS. Mr. SHERIDAN said, it was his intention yes terday to have noticed a IVlotion of his Honourable Friend respeffing the Condua of the late. Mini- It certainly was a Motion of the utmost im portance, and one very deserving of the attention of the House ; but he could not help observing, that thc worthy 'Baronet had not given notice of the ivlotion until many Gentlemen had made their ar rangements for going out of Town, and therefore wishing as he did, that this subica should undergo . a full discussion, he could not help hoping that the worthy Baronet would put offhis MOtion till after the ReCess. He confessed also, that he was very anxious that some Honourable Gentlemen who were -. : osv absent, should be present at the debate ; he did not mean those who were in the habit Of taking a prominent part in the debates on his side of the House, because he was not authorized to state their sentiments, but he alluded to some_ whose assistance he knew the Hon. Baronet was' desirous of having. It appeared to bins also, that it would be highly im_ proper to enter into a discussion upon this most im portant subjel, which must . embrace the whole Conduct of the War, while the Neg,otia,tiotss were still depending for the Definitive Treaty. He there fore submitted it to the consideration of his Hon. Friend, whether it would not be proper to put off the Motion until after the Recess. . Mr. EL4/SON said, he did not dispute the pro_ priecv of putting off the Motion, but he thought entimen oetzlit to bc, dtre!.mined - about the time which,they were to bring on their Motions. He twi,.e come above too miles out of the country to attend this Motion. Mr. lI,TOOKE said, he was not acquainted with the nature of this Motion, - therefore he could liot tell whether it ought to be put off or not. ThiS seemed to him to be one of the most important =- Merits this Country had ever experienced. It did not appear so to the Gentlemen on the other side of the House, and particut?rly, the Right Hon. Gen t:eman did not seem to see the danger of . the times ; 'but whoever considered, the number of Poor that' there were now, and the number of persons that in cmsvquenct of the Peace would be turned out of em pioyment, must feel that this was a most important c . risis. Calairel ARCHDALE said, this -was like the. i,nonntain in labour, it the Hun, Baronet- • My-. M. 4. T AYLOR called the Hon. Gentleman to Order, as there was no Question before the House. The SPEAKER said the conversation was irre- gular. • Sir F. BURDETT said, that if it was the wish of the House that this Motion should be put off, he for one could have no objeaion. The reasons which had been urged for putting it off; ape red to him so weighty, that he was inclined to put it off till after the Recess. He therefore would, on the first day after the Recess, give notice of the Clay On which he would bring forward his Motion. -. Mr. ELLISON explained. The House adjourned at Five o'Clock till To morrow. THE SUN. AULZM QUI3 DICX . RI VALSUM AUDIAT LONDON, NOVEMBER 27, ISol. DISPATCHES lvere received late on Wednesday evening at Lard Hawkesbury's Office from Mar quis CORNALLIG at Paris. By these it appears that every thing is going on there in the most satis faaory manner. The British Plenipotentiary, with his Suite, is to be at Amiens to-morrow. SOME - of the Editors of the Newspapers who were heretofore the loudest in Mr. PITT'S praise, have, as we might have exile led from the charac ters of their ConduaorS, turned their backs upon him now that he is out of Office, and are as viru lent in abuse, as they were formerly fulsome in panegyric. Those among them who approved of the War, and also approve of the Peace, find it dif ficult to invent a decent vehicle for their scurrility. They appear, by their Writings, as if they thought the must acceptable service they can render the present Minister is, the most violent and malicious censure of his Predecessor. If any circumstance, however, should (leprive Mr. ADDINGTON Of his Office, with it he would lose the adulation of these Men—but adulation would not be discontinued— it would folloW to the Treasury, whoever might be appointed to its head. Those who approved of the War, and who dis approve of any Peace which could he made with Bois - AFAR - 1 - E, accuse every'Man of Inconsistency, who having been an Advocate for the. War,. is a friend to the Peace which has been concluded. It is a. most strange and perverse ; notion of Consist ency to suppose, that those who have, under cer tain circumstances, been Advocates for War, must, to be consistent, under', circumstances totally dif ferent, be still eager for the prosecution of it— Yet to this extent do some of these persons appear to push - their extravagant opinions--'But Mr. PITT attictzlarly, in supporting the Peace, is accused of the grossest inconsistency, and the Speech which he delivered in the House Of Commons, on the 3d of February, rBOO, stating his reasons for not then treating with the 1:1-11 . EF CONSUL, is referred to as the most decisive proof of the Inconsistency with which he- is charged. From that Speech we have seen many Extraas, and to the whole of that Speech we appeal, as the best Answer to all the Comments which have been made upon Mr. PITT'S condua.— If 'he had then thought that it would have been contrary to the Interests of this Country to have made Peace with BONAPARTE, even under any cir cumstances, would it have precluded him, as an honest Man, from changing that opinion if he saw grounds for it ? But did he then think, that sender no circumstances, we ,ought to treat with BONAPARTE ? Nay, did he not see the possibility of our Interest and. our Policy leading us to make Peace with him ? And did he not refer, as it were, almost to 'the very circumstances-under which it has since been concluded ? ," What then," says Mr. PiTT, in the Speech alluded to, " is the inference I draw " from all that I have now stated ? Is it, that 'we " will in no case treat with BONAPARTE ?' I say " no such thing But I say, as has been said in the " Answer returned to the French Note, that 'we " ought to wait for Exprience, and the/ Evidence of " Fa/?s, before we are convinced that such a Treaty " is admissible. The'erreumstances I have mention " ed would well justify us if we should - be slow in ." being convinced ; but on a question of Peace and " War, every thing depends upon degree, and upon " comparison. If, on the one hand, there should " be an appearance that the Policy of France is at " length guided by different maxims from - those " which have hitherto prevailed; if we should . -" hereafter see signs of stability in the Govern " ment which are not now to be traced ; if the " progress of the Allied Army, should not call forth " such a spirit in France as to make it probable " 'that the Aft of the Country destroy the ,System now prevailing ; if the danger, the " difficulty, the risk of continuing the Contest should increase, while the hope of complete niti. " mate success should be diminished ; all these in " their due place are considerations which, with myself, arid (1 can answer for it)' with every one " of my Colleagues, will have their just weight. t at present these considerations all .operate " one way ; at present there is nothing flom which " we can presage .so favourable a change :of dispo " sition in the French Councils. There. is the " greatest reason to rely on powerful co-operation " from our Allies ; there are the strongest marks " of a disposition, in the Interior of France, to " aaive resistance against this new Tyranny ;- and " there is every ground to believe, on reviewing " our situation and that of the Enemy, that if we " are ultimately disappointed of that complete suc " cess which we are at preSent entitled to hope, " the continuance of the Contest, instead of making " our situation comparatively worse, will have made " it comparatively better." Such were the sentiments of Mr. PITT, on the 3d of February, 1800, and this Extraa is a part pf that Speech, which has been partially quoted, as a proof of his glaring Inconsistency in approving the Peace with BONAPARTE.—Whether there be really Inconsistency in such conduCt, we have only to ask ourselves these question 6 :—Do we not noiw see 4715 of stability in the Government of France, which were not then to be traced ?—Has the progress of the Allied Army called forth a spirit of resistance to the System which, then prevailed P—Had not the danger, the difficulty, and the risk of continuing the Contest increased, and the hope of complete. ultimate Success been diminished ?—And, lastly, if stye were disappointed of complete ultimate success, have pure not, by the'continuance of the Contest, instead of ren dering our situation comparati , vely worse, rendered it comparative& better, by the recovery of Egypt ? But can Mr. PITT, it - is asked, be really an Ad vocate for Peace .vith BozikiAßTE ? Mr. PITT, who has charaaerised him as the . Child and Champion of jaeohirtism=who, it is - said, has so often vilified him—who, ip thiS very speech, described him as guilty of the most atrocious aas ! —Mr. PITT, we believe, has not so loosely learnt . the principles of Morality as to think that success constitutes Virtue, or failure, Guilt. Although . . when at Peace, he may not think it decent to make any reflection upon the conduCt of BONAPARTE, We do not see why he should have changed any one 'opinion he ever held upon that subjcd, nor do we believe that the most partial friend the Chief Con sul has in the world, would he ready to justify every step by which he attained his present . power. J ff But we do not ree the security of Peace upon the character or isposiiion of BONAPARTE, though we hope we may rest that security in some degree on his interest in maintaining it. We rely for that security, to what we trust will not fail us 'while the affairs of the Nation are in the hands of the present Ministers—to our own vigilance and pre.. caution. Many of those who reproach Mr. Pirr with having used harsh terms towards BONAPARTE, while we were at War with him, certainly at that, time spoke of him with the highest respell and venera ,:ion, an.l never more, than when his successes ap. reared to affea the interests of their own Country. They have not spoken quite so respeAlfully of him since he has made Peace with us ; if any circum , stance should again involve us in War, he may again become their idol—Whether - the conduit of Mr. PITT in this resped, or of those to whom we allude, is the most natural, and most congenial with British feeling, we leave it to every candid man to . determine. All we shall say upon the subjea is, that we hope and trust it will ever be in the heart. and charaaer of an Englishman, to reflea, if he see cause, upon his Enemy, as an Enemy—not to praise and flatter him 'while an Enemy, and caluMniate him when a Friend. . Four. Hainhargh - Mails still remain due. The KING yesterday morning. rode out on horse.' back in Windsor Park, .attentted by his . .Aid-de. Camps. Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE of WAiES and DUKE of CLARENCE dined On WednesdayiNith the Chaplains, at St. James's Palace. — We have for some days been rejoiced . ",to'.liear, that a reconciliation which is reported to have taken place in a very high quarter, is soon li)Olirs i ' s to be announced publicly. 'There wants bu t i:tiiis went to render the happiness. of - the. BritishtNatjon, at the present moment, almost without alloy." The journal de Paris asserts," That Count VON 'MUNSTER was going to Petersburgh, as Minister of the KING of ENGLAND, in his quality of ELECTOR of HANov ER. The objet of his Mission is to ask in Marriage, for PRINCE ADOLPH-U,S of Englatid, one of the GRAND DUTCHESSES, Sister of the Em- FEROR Of RUSSIA ; and as tins Prince, is to reside in, and govern the Electorate of Hanover, it was thought proper that this Mission should be entrusted to a Hanoverian Nobleman." Mr. CREWE has informed his Constituents, that in case of a Dissolution of Parliament, he does not mean to offer hiriiself again as a Candidate for the County of Chester. This Gentleman has represent. ed that County in six successive Parliaments, a full proof of the con,istency of his own conclutt, atid the confidence of his supporters. NAVAL NEWS. D,EAL, Nov. 26. His Majesty's Gan-brig the Vixen, sailed to Westward. The following Ships came down this moto r from the River, and remain with 'a very largel ic outward-bound : The Fair, Walter, for Trinidad; Apollo, Phillips, for Tobago; Patriot, Stranock, for AntigUa ; And Minerva, Edwards, for Surinam. Put back the Thetis, CAME R from the We l ward, and remains with the above, arid His ISI jesty's Ships:Nemesir, Over:yr:el, AlRmaer, 111;A Amazon, Resistance, Brilliant, Jamaica, Gannet, and GalgO ; Ferretti-, Snip, Locust, and- Charger Gun-brigs. SHEERNESS, Nov. i----r--• THIS day came into Harbour His Majesty's hi:, to refit; Am Sloop to be paid •off ; Teazer, Safeguard, and Mariner Gun-brigs. HULL, Nov. 23. By the Elizabeth : Captain_ LOWE, which rived hete 'on Friday, from Memel, we i el i q that the storm pn .the '2d.instant, has been s' e ' c i destrudive •to the shipping on the coasts , Norway, Sweden, ''anciDetutiark.- the.E/izfib f : c g on her passage from Elsineur-to - Ankii: iin harbour she remained during the - storin),„ about zgo miles, absetr.vedfOuileen vessels of rent descriptions stranded, : and. cbmpletelj, wreck six of them bottom up,wards. .the D. itch boy was:th - rown upon the rocks of Anil% and dashed to pieces,-and only two of t he Ci e saved,, who were found ori_ die rock - '; tine subsided, altno,t Terished. , 61ii e ' Her go consisted 'of deals, stave; c . name known. 'the 1 1 laxtott, of this Port, .upset •iti the g,?, 4 and is:totally lost; the crew , got , tipon- her keel,r whence they were providentially taken by a Pr ') sian vessel, and-distributed amongst the ships ho' for England : four of them are arrived in the El beth. Two English vessels were observed to 101 l at their anchors on, the coast of Norway, a„ their hands lost—names unknown. The Da-II: C ( . 41, tain HILL, of his_ fort, is repOrted to have loan I , ed at sea. The Swedish, and Danish shipping ba , also suffered severely. By report from the. Ships arrived her from ', tlr ; Baltic, ,the Nancy, WAR D, of .this place, is put O r Copenhagen to repair damage; The Maxtor, S l i f Pli E NSON, of this place, is upset and:totally lost (c ll O O saved)';. the Dolphin, Of Newcastle, is 1 (crew saved}; from ten to twelve Vessehr 113 been seen on shore, and several tilstria‘tetf. Elsinore it' the late gales. The following - notice was yesterday Morn' stuck up "at Lioydivs.‘-‘1 French Passports 11, been received this day at L o ra liemxlsavi!' Office." yesterday a Court' of . Direaors was held at t''' East India House, when ;he news of the Nioc ARCOT'S death was officially announced in lette. o 'received_ by the WhiM Packet, Capt. BAgel l ' i o which came from Fort St. George in three and nineteen days. • left; t 0 The Nabob, OMDAT UL Ch4RAH, 0 Throne to his son ALLY fiusst , lN .but Pr i f AZEI4 UL D0w1.0.11, son to the late -AhltEg lt d OMRAH, and Grandson CO WAILAJAH, was iristai l o Nabob of the Carnatic on the'3ist July, by , Proclamation of the Madras Government. Th e Wh im also brings intelligence Of the r . Ship Malabar; being unfortunately burnt On th.C.O of August.--The Whim•.lid not touch either . t y Cape or St. Helena, nor does she bring anY135.6 gers. • The Hindostan, Hope, Boddam, Dover Ci i . o p Charlton, Sir S. Lushington,eaksata,.Asia, o ti ,pole, Admiral Gardiner, and Duke of Mofferof arrived at Madras. • The . True Briton had put inro the Cape, a 5) formerly stated, richly laden, on the 16th Jo iY /. was to sail from thence on the zzd. General S'ru4ar. had taken the command e Madras Army. 9 . Yesterday, 'the Right -Honourable the MAYOR held an Extra Court of Aldermen, - I °. " ceive the 'Report of the Committee appoitigr" speaing the Act of Parliament fur regulating setting the Ailsize of Bread, Bre. the particul3l.so which were ordered not to be made known far present. • e His Excellency Marquis Coßt4wALLts P l o p dinner on the 16th to six Englishmen of r s i i among who Baas Lord MINTO, lately theE n g' Ambassador at the Court of Vienna. Afer dt the CoMpany went to the Opera, where the d formance was the . " Mysteries .of D' f 4 part of the House was So crowded, that nod were unable to procure' places. Some cour t ni 4 were sung in celebration of the union of .the nations, which excited an enthus . .ism that p‘ played itself by universal and repeated bars ts' applause. Lord CORNWALLTS was so extremely afit.'ae at( the scene, that he shed tears. On his rising away, the audience recommenced theie;test; oo J', of applause. His Lord)hip shelved' how-tylUcli .was flattered by the reception he had met svithti, bowing to them in the most affecting manner' es it 4 following may be given as a specimen of'the. v sung upon this occasion : • Anglais, Francais, 'restez unis, vas cnants l'tirus7ers reponde : Quand de tels rivaux sent amis, Qui pent troubler is paix du ;Wend' Last night . the Dinchess of BtrccLEire B o town for their Graces* seat, a.t Dalkeith, land.. T he ConsO1: the C ouncil of A k , he • 1. The ( al Officers : 4-,74eral, 'Colima] 'I a General of Fi l * T Gener st Consel in p 1,_3 , The Foot-g Zeittalicns of gren o ti rs• Each of "gade h w o • - ornmandant g re _ th uacliers, and 4 11 be comman ty orders (tired' ti;,: 4 10 change -"'" of the arti I it /4„ ...1 5. Fro m t h e 2 ' e-Guatds, al L i gineers, shall za ,", 4 receive diree tot the M . lf t o them. These Cou 4 PM Yearly ol mrrtinist ration, C 7. rneThere sha: r lint, who 94u1. He sl d jutants, and s One of th( erOmandant of tit of Arms at Shall One of th ti be constan 4 14 rIng one ca Peat the Gua de rd 1 ,,,!°. The distr o f "rcls, and the 4, 4 Pajare of *4llttions of the 1, 11 . The Min riteiL4k the , ex4ecut re e it-su tt eet in the Bu (Sigugti A lt Was gt k . ' 1 30171 . W toPric of ! Chapter, that coma circa °a final det dean time h pay the p d Eledc The conch 1 2es has b 6 0 1 . tOIIIIIIU of "I L the g re the 'Tea Tl q to C o n b b 3 (i and ivri nenee ad; asider, suc tSt ee — . . . , L'Ottrkx• the Bartow, .art bn the l l orr, Esq. tw-York j t 'd States to 3 2 r dayi and % ?mpanied b ` 'tart' of AmBoR English rYi /resent t l a t9 succeed L ys Sir JAI t h — "lin or to It Ntas an Pell, that l !tersburgh l l :his - qua * lit b s ven that 1,: the Gran , ‘ ll ssiA ; al L t ill the U i r that veriap