The Sun. — London, England, 1814-12-10 00:00:00

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' i lt is, it, 4 4 , 3 13wever, decided, that no do- I` ,le d . 4, 1 -t)tit,. sin ce t i le ti. ‘4 l ti ed . first days of Legislation, r't,°°toos . 4 Inore comprehensive, genuine, tttio 111111ression of the National Mind.— t c ,, I 'Q t , 'ttir e is c omplete. ' Pn It tt N i t of Ij 4 Pt of America in her enthusiasm, her •i. k, Per s , 011,i,„411(1 Ley °nat advantage, her dignified ,rt lt 4 11 v ' native generosity, were never so tL i. 3 cl e , )i _ h t 'lf; e .L "ttd beiore. The Paper bears 4 p 114 "tse e"tlY charac • 'and .I)Psiag Ofi , •It . teristAc r. • ! I ll t Ito\ P'°fesses to come from the lei ,/, p r 'fit s 34 1 'tl4 (114 Itl• • " •N• The world is weary k r ii i tt tit ti 113: 1 1 0 1( His of Monarchs and the -.Alma .•l 1--rs; Euroi,ean - Ministers have k c/i "gr f„ l , b %,, ts ti, 41 1(1 , a nd ai earance and fondness by cf 4t ic : , Y ' l f tl, e elrl 'llals ; it was reserved for I °i Pro Yettng and unsullied virtue of ttifi4l;4itlta Iv itt a ti a ' ll l4 (i l lt not boastful in the triumphs i. 4 t,. ( -1 the teeillit)g with the future Lu :4% o ' f tN iao ,lll ` ) . ri cl , to exhibit the transcript Itl ~. s toi,, d • • 7 i lie intru k,r,'N Scat Irt , in which no ;d le °I I tl i er e tO be found where if he ; vi I e s Ple tltql. ndors of his country, he in elv hi s 'Yes, and with a modesty I • -.. ki c4 bi aJ Mr.'. CArEL, Maj or - -G enerA lß A/1.. FN'E RARILTom, are to be the Stewards. air ere i s tiau a n absurd repo rt o f t h e d efeat of Ge , o%Par datesip~G ate s we find it cart rest on no good Aft er -7--...........-- a, some discussion, the Court of Common ,1 1leo agaills. Yesterday agreed to a Petition, praying Th ere ' the re-enactment of the Property Tax.— legit no be no question upon one part of this 11 low a We all, loy a l and otherwise, tel that we Itie " 4 ; a ble to enjoy many comforts and con ye -INt th 3 w ere We relieved from this heavy burthen, t hen,. ere 1114 3 r exist , a difference of opinion as t o oese at Practicability k„ .. 4 h e sh of throwing it off. If 41 to i h twn th a t the exigencies of the Coon- Oat i}e as led to its imposition) require it "t it }ki l c°lltinu ed, the patriotic citizen who has tl e f at , s° 1 "Z, will be content to bear it a t te oth - "er for the good of his Country. On its e t' bend • it te ot , ", it behoves those who clamour ftn. `akss, )Ination, to provide the substitutes in Sle iiiiusY which its produce may be obtained for tiltc:disPensible service of the State. If they 441 tri f , 4 this, they are only co-operating with ttlq ' a and our other Foes, against the safety glo h , , It e h . 1 °r Great Britain. t 'tiv a , ve r IO space for further remarks, and shall t," NI., that we should be extremely glad to , a , i, *hh -4'( r emoved Which dips so heavily into oir s , s. 'th e 41 Ntrivare ship Matilda, from Bengal, arrived 411 e -41144th Yesterday ; she left Bengal 25th 4, 1(1 the Isle of France the Ist September. It it Very „ rll4 6enerous in the Editor of the Morn -0 Itl'i0) has vented so much unprovoked t4 lit ti P " tile memory of the late Lord MELVILLE 441 W4ithe -P" h imself the odium of having raked 43114 of the dead, for the savage purpose %t it of t! el terj til e feelings of the living. But with far 'l ther at present into a vindication ti, l t irel Z e vti AT ELYILLE's chara c t er , which re n(heation with th e J ust and Liberal, 2ocalvat the P aper in question does not seem 111 pit that he is in reality persevering in 11,111arit(lecent attack upon the character of Paret\4Val ldti t hot Defend ers , b y asserting that ade tow474ated by those proper feelings , of tout As a departed Nobleman, who . . so Qtrect r'buted to their comfort, in wisn a 4 ., t0 , Itii a , l 4 'Ptll se to his honour, buttothe 1ik,1:44 potsLiash ambition, and a fawningthis '% the real author of J . . •t wh oever he u tt e, spiri t of malign' y, Sa Y VI words of Sir WILLIAM 1) i) , 3 ‘C e t 1 ,1 4" riper, you bite a file." ko4ll l ' ,'• 4410 4 him too on the accession of a I,Prolllikilthe‘Vizzard of the Morning Chronicle, te " (I tlr Pres tll th at d ue notice on Monday, k . 4 of Foreign Intelligence this day it[ lti "a fr o -it 4, 11 41 bestowing, dismiss the matter il‘vi ng Letter, . which has just reached ci tk I :7 d ikt s " Port smou th, D ecem b er 9. ttoe su ggest a repl y to the foul calumny kttlt,E. h Time s paper respectini; the late t ; t4 t t:t ro : Isl ivor, post fata quiescit, tune suns, ex Netur honor." 4 am, Sir, " Your obedient humble servant, B. D." worthy Of a letireaf Sage, talked only of the wel fare of the generation to come. We will no longer delay the curiosity of our Readers. The letter offers the whole of Mr. JEF FERSON'S library. We have heard it objected, that it might have been more generous in the re tired Patriot to offer his books as a donative. But the objection is just of the cold and short-sighted nature that might proceed from an Englishman, and of course an enemy. What- would be the effect on a Commonwealth hitherto unequalled in the purity and fair-dealing of its commerce, if the honourable principles of exchange and barter were to be thus thrown into contempt by the example of the great Statesman. The disregard too of personal opulence,- which the example cowing from so high a quarter, might seem to sanction, could not fail of having the most disas trous consequence among a people, who know, that to be rich, is to he respectable all over the earth. Observe too, how the new world rises superior to the old. A Statesman dying in England would have thought that he paid his share of gratitude in abandoning to sonic public collection the litera ture which he could not carry %vitt] him to the grave. America " Novo gaudens splendore," has the pride of holding forth to our envy and won der a man who, during life, consents to part with treasures not to be rivalled in the land to which he has consigned his immortality, and of whose valuable bindings, elegant editions, and wire-wove paper, he exhibits all the conscious ness of an intellect exquisitely in its prime. The abundance and fertility of this great conception pullulate and swell upon the mind, on every newer view. Think of this glorious revenge upon the Vandals, who hurried the sideboards and plaster casts of Washington ; thiuk of the lofty triumph that is to compensate the desolation of the Na tional Intelligencer. The Private Correspondence of NAPOLEON has perished, to the weighty loss of American diplomacy : the grand effusions of that mind, which, after overwhelming Europe, was to give the United States the fraternal embrace, arc scorched for ever; the first hints of the march to Moscow, and the invasion of Bengal, are beyond ti e reach of mortal eyes : but, if these are lost, " all is not lost." The Corsican Correspondent will find the only compensation left to the world in tile diplomatics of the retired Patriot. The inge nious views, the generous forbearance, the honest and candid sensibility that led to the War in Spain, may be followed 'at no slight interval by the celebrated President's views on the Floridas. The manly spirit that encountered the hostility, while it respected the legitimate place•of England in the European system, and which confers such _undying honour on the ill-starred Corsican, may find its rival in the genuine good faith which dis tinguished the Peace of the American Statesman, his scorn of petty altercation, his noble resist ance of the temptation that glowed round hint in Louisiana and the Canadas. " They were lovely in their lives." If their tombs are to be divided, their memory must go together. 'What remains of their spirit must be invaluable. That 50,000 dollars should be asked for the library of THOMAS JEFFERSON may astonish those who are unac quainter! with the merits of a collection which has been hitherto supposed to be compiled of Ob scenity l and Atheism, VoLNEY and VOLTAIRE.— But we are to remember that in that collection are to be found the nurture and the produce— what formed the mind of the late American Presi dent, and what that mind formed; that in offering his books to the study of the Legislature, he has given them a standard by which they may gra duate their own vigour in vanquishing the pre judices of natural feeling, and a tuition, under which they may leave the craft and obliquity, the obsolete cunning and wily intricacy of European Machiavelism, at a distance, hopeless, immeastu able, inapproachable. The PRINCE REGENT is expected at Carlton House from Brighton either to-marrow or Mon day next. His Royal Highness was to give an elegant farewell ball and supper. last night at' the Pavilion, to which all the Nobility, Gentry, and several of the principal residents, had been ho noured with invitations. Early yesterday morning. Mr. PEGLER the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office with Dis patches from Lord CASTLEREAGH, at the Congress of Vienna. A Messenger was expected to be sent off last night with an answer to them. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, and in the evening Mr. METTS, the Messenger, was sent off with dispatches to Lord GAMBIER, Mr. GoULEURN, and Mr. ADAMS, the Commissioners, at Ghent. Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE sailed from Halifax the fatter end of October, in the Tonnant, of 80 guns, for the Gulph of Mexico, to superintend the expedition that had been sent against the ter ritories off the mouths of the Mississippi : the troops that were ordered to embark at Jamaica are supposed to be destined to assist in this enterprise. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has issued his cards of invitation for his Cabinet Pinner on Wednesday next. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. CRLM CON EARL OF ROSEBERRY v. SIR H. MILDMAY. The Defendant in this Case having let judgment go by default, a Writ of Inquiry to assess the Damages (which were laid at 30,0001.) was 'ex ecuted this morning before the Sheriff. The proceedings commenced at 12 o'clock, when the ATTORNEY-GRNERAL, as leading Coun sel for the Plaintiff, addressed the Jury in a speech which occupied nearly three hours. There are thirty witnesses to examine ; the case, therefore, cannot be finished till a late hour, and of course we cannot at present enter into any detail. When our Reporter left the Court at three o'clock, the first witness was under examination ; the obiect of his testimony was to prove a large mass of written correspondence between the PROPERTY TAX. A Court of Common Council was held yester day at Guildhall, specially for the purpose of talc.;. ing into consideration the meditated continuance of the Property Tax, Some nrivate and l oca l ba t siness, however, occupied its attention previously. Mr. Wm-rut:wax, in rising to bring under the tention was expected chiefly notice of the Court that subject to which its tt.- that it was one of as much • 1 should d before to be turned, observed Importance as tat ever expatiate them at s mir~ ame generally felt and so nlitgut:litethisi;p7pste,lLlet-ytigirarrtiaexisl-e: ous and oppressive c.haracter but its evils weie so univer sally acknowledged, that it would be a waste of time to dwell upon them with much amplitude. It might be necessai y, however, to remind. the Court of the extraordinary circumstances in which the country was placed at the time that Tax was first brought forward. The finances and the power of this country were then thought to be nearly at their end, and it was imagined that to • extricate it from the impending dangers no re source was left, but sonic bold and provident measure of finance, which might create the means of prosecuting that contest in which we were then engaged. But it was solemnly stipulated by 1. ) ;;r. liatnent, and the stipulation constituted a sacred compact between the Government and the people, that whenever the war, whose necessities called for that odious and unconstitutional, though perhaps necessary measure, should ceass, that war tax should cease likewise (hear, hear !). Still, however, it was found necessary to resort to other expedients to render so hateful and so abominable a tax even to lerable to the public feeling and to Parliament.' The promise was therefore held out, that the mode of collecting the Tax should be of so mild and gentle a nature, as to prevent the possibility of any thing tyrannical or oppressive in its opera tion. That anticipated delicacy was highly ne-' cessary ; for he would venture to say, notwith standing the singular aspect of the times at that period, when any violent opposition to Govern ment was construed into disaffection, without such a promise, the measure, however necessary, however ,urgent, would not have been carried. Iu spite, however, of all those precautions, and all that tenderness on the part of Ministers, that Court came to a resolution in 1798, (he believed), expressive of its abhorrence and detestation of the principles on which the Property Tax was founded. In 1802, after the peace ofAmiens, it was naturally thoini,lit that the country would get rid of this War Tax, and meetings were held (the first was their own Common Hall) throughout the country, because it was apprehened that 'some attempts would be made to continue it. What was the consequence ? The Minister was so intimidated by the general alarm which was felt at the idea of its continu ance by all classes of the community, that he de termined to withdraw it, rather than incur, the odium and the constitutional resistance which he would have to encounter by persevering (h ear , hear, hear !). H e begged the Court would bear that fact particularly in mind, as it would serve for a precedent in their present proceed ings. Sir John Anderson (then one of the Members in Parliament for the City and of course a Ministerial man) came to that Court and announced the intention of Ministers to with draw the Tax. Since that period, however, it had not only continued, but it had undergone much alteration, especially in the manner of levying it. He wished to speak upon that point, without giving offence to those Gentlemen who were nominated as Commissioners to carry the Act into effect ; but in his solemn opi nion, the Tax itself was so odious in prin-, ciple, so hostile to freedom, so destructive to families, so abhorrent to every mind, that it was impossible for the Commissioners, however they might be chosen, to collect such a tax with out oppression, without tyranny, and without cruelty.—(Hear, hear !)—There was one im portant variation with respect to the practical application of the Act, which bad silently crept in since its first passing. The appointment of the Commissioners had been taken out of the bands of public bodies and of the people, and vest. cd in the Crown. That change had impercepti bly taken place, and it was therefore the more dangerous. The individuals to whom was en- ' trusted the levying of that Tax were thus under the controul of the Crown, and receiving emolu ments from the Crown ; in many cases their office was but a sinecure, a pretence merely to reward them for enforcing that Act. With respect to its operation, it had been grievously felt by various classes of so ciety. The landed property, indeed, which corn plained that it compelled an,exposure of the amount of property - often highly inaur,ous, had found re lief; but how was it with regard to the trading interest ? All the heaviest consequences of the war had fallen upon that body, and none heavier than the Property Tax (hear, hear !). A man engaged in trade, subject to all those fluctuations that attend upon mercantile pursuits, might be worth 100,0001. in one year more than another ; and wAs it not a dreadful evil, one not to be borne in a free country, that an individual, whose mis fortunes, perhaps, had shaken his property to its very centre, who, bowed down by his calami ties, was afraid almost to look 'his very family in the face, that he should be dragged before the Commissioners to disclose his distresses, to unfold his poverty, to proclaim his wretched ness, in order to be exempt from the provi sions of this most iniquitous tax ! (hear, hear !). Where trade was carried on to any great extent, it might happen that the losses of one yea r ex ceeded the profits of seven, an d yet t h e tra d er must pay the Incom e Tax to the ruin of his fa mily. In cases of bankruptcy the injustice of the Tax was equally evident. In many of those bank ing-houses which had failed, the different part. ners had been paying perhaps ro the Property Tax, individually, for incomes at-the rate of two or three thousand a year, from the style in which they lived, and the appearances they kept up.___ The period of peace had try arrived, and a f ter having severely endifred the evils of war, after having patiently beiroe those hurt; ens which - the necessities of the time imposed, they had now a just right to look forward to a relief from their ta2ies. No schaule, however, had yet been in- parties. NAVAL NEWS. DEAL, DEC. 9.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Hannah East Indianian, from Bombay. Put back by contrary winds, the Deodalus, for Bermuda; the Duncombe, for Portsmouth ; and the Mercus, for Falmouth. Wind N. W. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 9.—Arrived Isis Majesty's ship Astrea from the Brazils ; her convoy is sup posed to have passed by for the River. Sailed his Majesty's ship Snap for the Downs. Wind N.W. PLYMOUTH, DEC. B.—Arrived• the Odens (a Russian) from Russia ; the French sloop Brauve Marine, from Cherhourgh. Arrived the Glasgow frigate, from a cruize. YARMOUTH, DEC. 9.—The Vrow Catharina, Bisscnorr, from Ztvolle to London, with oats, wheat, and peas, is put in leaky, and must dis charge her cargo. The Flora, RicuAßnsoN, from London to Hull, with a general cargo, struck on the Holm Sand yesterday, but is got off, and ar rived in this harbour. The linnet and Peggy, MoaGAN, and Phoenix, FEARON, from Liverpool to Newry, were lost 3d nst. oft' Carlingford. The Mary Ant], from Liverpool to Waterford, was abandoned by the crew, sth instant, near Abergely. The Perseverance, MULLET, from France to Hull, struck on the Bernard Sand, near Yarmouth, on Wednesday—most of the cargo saved. Extract of a letter from Captain GOODWIN, of the • Friends, bound to Jamaica, dated Mother bank, Dec. S :—" I have just now brought up here, all well, having parted from the fleet on Sunday evening in a heavy gale at North. I have had no commuication . from shore, or with any ships. Five sail are now coming through the Needles, belonging to the convoy." Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the under-mentioned Commanders took their final leave of the Court, previous to departing for their respective destina tions : Captain ft. Ntsnvr, Essex; Capt. J. LOCKE, David Scott, for Bombay and China. The following Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships : Capt. C. MORTLOCK, Lowther Castle, for Madras, Prince of Wales Island, and China; Capt..). Canto Princess Cha r l o tt e of Wales, f or M a d ras an d B enga l ; Capt. E. BALSTON, Prin cess Amelia, for China direct. IMPROMPTU On a Present of Diamonds front the Proprietors of Coven Garden 7'heatre to Miss O'NEILL. Why give thy Diamonds to O'NEILL, Whose eyes with so much radiance roll? For all who see their lustre feel 'Tis to .Neweastle carrying Coal. Commodore OWEN is to proceed immediately to the Lakes of Canada, and will be followed by con siderable reinforcements. A frigate is preparing at Portsmouth, for his reception, and the Officers who will accompany him. Amongst the mischievous rumours set afloat in PariS, was one that. the King was likely to be at tacked on Thursday or Friday last, either on his way to the Odeon, or during the performance at that Theatre. The Duke of RAGusa (Captain of the in waiting) tho ug h t i t t h e w i sest part to take precauti ons . Th e m ili tary on duty were therefore, doubled, and the most unremit ting vigilance exercised in all quarters—but it soon was discoVered to be a false alarm. There were, says a letter of the 3d, no poli titical papers fomnd upon Lord Ox —D, none at least of a culpable or offensive description ; and his Lordship was in consequence almost ti medietely released. Some letters from the Princess Bonc nEsE to her sister are said to have been in the keepi n g of the Noble Lord ; and their contents not being held in high reverence by the Agents of Government, are pretty well circulated through 'aris. Died, at GouroCk, Scotland, on the Ist Dec. DILLIES 11.1‘KEcu'rm 3 , aged 104, supposed to be the last of the warriors that fought with Prince CHARLES, in the year 1745, and for whom the veteran declared, within a few days of his death, that•he would still fight to the last drop of his TORBAY, DEC. B.—As the wind has been the whole of this day very strong from the S. W. with thick weather, and as no part of the West India convoy have returned to Torbay, we are in hopes they have reached Falmouth or Plymouth. Should this not be the case, we fear some part of them have suffered damage, as it blows quite a gale of wind.