The Sun. — London, England, 1801-11-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, NOV. 9. Tha SPEAKER reported that his MAJESTY had been waited upon with the Address of the House, to which he had been pleased to return a mostgra cious Answer. . . Lord GLENBER VIE said, some doubts had arisen in his mind with respe& to the Motion made on Friday, for a new Writ in consequence of a Member having taken Holy Orders, Some Learned Friends of his, however, had given much attention to the subject, and would doubtless be able to ren der the matter somewhat clearer. But as they were not then present, he wished the Debate upon the Motion to be still further adjourned. He then moved the further Adjournment of the Debate till Friday, which Motion was carried. ARMY ESTIMATES. The SECRETARY at WAR presented the Army Estimates, and gave notice, he should move them in tlie Committee of Supply orr Friday. Mr. ROBSON expressed a wish that the Esti mates might be printed. The SECRETARY at WAR said, they were ex_ aftly the same as last year, and were only for three Months. He did not, thdrefore, see the necessity of printing them. Mr. ROBSON thought that now more than ever it was requisite the Army Estimates should be printed. The present was a period of Peace, when a large Army would no . longer be necessary. He should certainly objet to one part 'of them, relative to the Cavalry. He was proceeding to discuss the Estimates, when he was interrupted by The SPEAKER, who observed, the only ques tion was, that they should lie on the Table.. The . CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the Hon. Gentleman seemed to wish for in formation, which could not' be derived from the Estimates. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to wish for information relative to a Peace Establishment, whilst the Estimates were for a War Establishment. They were precisely the same as last year, and though it was not supposed such a Force would be wanted, yet it was thought expedient and necessary that the kionse should he in full possession of all those means of Defence which it before had, for the period of three Months, to which the Estimates were con fined. If the Hon. Gentleman would refer to the Journals of last year, he would find all the informa tion relative to the subject which he could possibly derive from the Estimates now before the House.— He thought the printing of them wholly unneces_ nary, that it would be incurring a useless expence, and putting the . Printer to a great inconvenience, without answering any useful purpose. As to the interval between that day and Friday, it was the usual period allowed for that purpose. The Estimates were then ordered to lie on the Table. SUPPLY, AND 'WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. BRAGGE brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply, which was read and agreed CHANCELLOR of the EACHEQLTER moved, for a Committee of Ways and Means on Wednesday.—Ordered. The Committee of Supply was postponed till Wednesday. CONVENTION. WITH RUSSIA The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that in consequence of the indisposition of his Noble Friend, at the Head of the Foreign Depart ment, he begged the indulgence of the House to postpone the consideration of the Convention with. Russia till -Friday.—Ordered. • Adjourned. THE SUN. $Ol ,EM QUI , 3 DiCIRI PALiUM AUDLAT LONDON, NOVEMBER 10, 1801. YESTERDAY afternoon General Mooßt landed at Portsmouth, charged with Dispatches from Gen. Sir J. H. HUTCHINSON, and Capt. OTTER, with Dispatches from Lord KEITH. They came home in the Morg;ana Brig. About an hour after their arrival, El Carmen Frigate came into Spithead, having on board Colonel AD ERCRONIBY and Sir SYDNEY SMITH, the bearers of the Official Account of the Surrender of Alexandria, the Duplicate of which was received in the beginning of last month. All the above Officers immediately set off for Town, where they arrived this morning. WE this morning received Paris Papers to the 7th inst. If the I)(_:, , ce has been a fortunate circumstance for the Commercial World in France, it seems to have been no less requisite to the French Journalists, who now fill their columns almost entirely from the London Papers. The Paris Papers which have ar ived this morning, bring no news of any kind.— Lord CORNWALLIS, it has been officially announced in the /1//on;teur, was to arrive at Paris on the 7th instant. Tn E Con vention which has been entered into with the Court of Russia, will form the subjeta of discus sion in Parliament, this evening, we believe, in the House of Lords, and in That of the Commons on Friday next. We have carefully perused the Treaty, and we Are satisfied it will be found that all the int pnrtant objea.s for which we contended, are corn_ pletely, obtained. The cburts of Denmark and Sweden have; not yet fortpally acceded to the Con vention, ,butthey haye expressed their readitr;ss to become Parties to it. By this most important measure the advantages of our Maritime Superiority are confirmed to us ; and in case of War, the Power of Neutrals to in jure us is done away, as all those Neutral Rights which were set up by the Confederacy, as founded in the Law of Nations, are disclaimed, and the Right of a Belligerent Power to prevent a traffic hurtful to itself, and beneficial to its Enemy, is fully admitted. The mode by which such a traffic shall be restrained, is very properly prescribed ; and in securing ourselves against the prejudicial interfer ence of Neutrals, we have Agreed to do it in a way which shall expose them as little as possible to vex ation. We shouldcertainly never have obtained these concessions under the reign of the ,Emperor PAut„ unless the event of war had forced him to give way. The Emperor ALEXANDER, guided by a better policy, has. readily agreed to such stipula tions as are founded in Justice and in the Law of Nations. It is surely only justice to restrain a Power, calling itself Neutral, from injuring another at War by assisting its Enemy. The principal points which are recognized by this Treaty are, that "free Ships do not make flee goods,"—that a Neutral Power shall not convey to ;IT) Enemy goods which are " contraband of 'war," —that a Neutral Power shall not carry on either the Colony Trade, or the Coasting Trade of the Ene my,—and that to prevent any of these things be ing done, the Belligerent Power shall have the right to search Neutral Vessels, whether sailing under convoy or oche' wise. When the Northern Confederacy was formed, the contrary of all these propositions was maintained by the Parties who entered into that Confederacy. We are not prepared to say, that there may not be found some verbal inaccuracies in the Treaty, and some obscurity as to the precise meaning in parti cular parts ; and this, we hear, is to be made a ground of objeftion to it, but, as we understand it, the Treaty in substance stipulates all we con. tended for. We have indeed given up one point, and we think it —a point which Justice, and even Policy, called upon us to concede—the Neutral Trade is not to be 'impeded by Pri.vateers. This has long been a source of great vexation to Neutral Nations, and of no benefit whatever to ourselves. The con demnation of Prizes in many of the Vice-Admiralty Courts in the West Indies has been very vexatious to the captured, proceeding upon slight grounds ; and when the sentence has been reversed in thin Country, as has frequently been the case in conse quence of an Appeal to the Courts here, the Parties (though they obtained restitution of the Ship and Cargo), in having lost their voyage, or being put to heavy expence, were frequently very consider_ able sufferers in the end. Any measure which puts a stop to these proceedings, is in every view just, and worthy the fair and liberal policy of this Country. It is reported that those who opposed the Peace, are also to with-hold their approbation from this measure—We hope this is not true—We do not see why any of the objedions to the Terms of Peace should lead to systematic opposition. We give Ministers the fullest credit, both in the conclusion of Peace, and in the attainment of the Stipulations of this Convention—in having most ably seized the opportunity for accomplishing objefts, most im portant to the Interests of the Nation. Yesterday a Count of Direlors was held at the East India House, in order to read Advices, from Fort St. George, brought by the Rice Ship, Adi , ve, which left Fort St. George the 4th July, having completed her voyage out and home in ten months and eight days. By the Adive we learn that the Garrison of Tranquebar surrendered to the British Arms, headed by Lieutenant-Colonel CAMPBELL of His Majesty's 74. th RegiMent, without resistance, on the 13th of June ; that the Polygar of Veeraputchy and his fol.. lowers had been seized by the Force under Lieute nant-Colonel INNEs ; and, that Panjatamcourchy was taken by assault, by Lieutenant-Colonel AG NEW, on the 24th of June. There were not any of the Company's Ships at St. Helena when the 4e7i7oe left that island. The Court, at three o'clock, adjourned till Wed nesday next. The Hamburgh Mail due on Sunday is not ye arrived. • This morning arrived a Mail from Lisbon. On Friday the Distillers had a meeting with Mr. ADDINGTON, when it was agreed that the Distil leries should be again permitted to work on tho ist day .of January next. Monday se'nnight being the last day of the time limited by the Ad of Union, for receiving returns ,upon the Writs issued for the eleaion of a Tem poral Peer of Ireland, in the room of the late Lord RossmorCE, 'the returns were made up by the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper at Dublin, The number of 'Writs issued amount t , t) i 26 ; upon 43 of which returns have been made, viz. In, favour of CHARLES W tsit ILLIA Lord Viscount CHARLEVILLE, firty r two. In favour of CiaAtLES Lord Viscount DILLON, one. [The single vote was, we understand, that of the Earl of GLANDORE.] The Clerk of the Crown has therefote certified to the Imperial Parliament the eleClion of Lord CHARLEVILL E. Mr. TIEXNEY, it is reported, is appointed to succeed Mr. ATRINsow as Military Commissary, and Pay-Master, in the Island of Ceylon. HAVILAND LE MESUgIER, whose appointment as Commissary-General appeared in the Gazette only on Saturday last, sailed for the Mediterranean about a fortnight or three weeks ago. Mr. BußooN, the respe&able Member for the County of Durham, dLclines Parliamentary duty after the expiration of the present Parliament. Mr. Secretary ABBOT is still ill Ireland, arrang ing some concerns most material to the interests of that part of the United Kingdom. The whole of the Huntingdonshire Yeomanry have offered their services to Government, free of expence, as long as it may be thought that the cir cumstances of the country require them. It appears probable that the Meeting at Amiens will decide all the points in dispute on the Continent ; at least the Continental Powers appear to expea that it will. The German Congress is delayed ; and it may be fairly inferred, that it is to some such cause that the delay is to be attributed. The manner in . which the Peace has been welcomed at Paris, and the general dire Lion of the eyes of all Europe to the result of the Negotiation with this Country, are as stong proofs of our Political Importance, as our Naval Vidories, or our Colonial Acquisitions. The Governor-General of Bengal has made the following appointments, for the purpose of carrying into cfFet the Institution of the College of Fort William, viz.—The Rev. DAVID BROWN, Pro vost ; Rev. CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN, A. B. Vice_ Provost. Professorships : for Arabic Language, and Mahommedan Law, Lieut. JOHN BAILL I E ; for the Persian Language and Literature, Lieut. Col. WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, FRANCIS GLADWIN, and N. B. EDMONSTONE, Esqrs. ; Hindostanee Lan guage, JOHN GucHttis - r, Esq.; the Regulations and Laws enaded by the Governor-General in Council, for the Civil Government of the British Territories in India, GEORGE HILARO BARLOW, Esq. ; Greek, Latin, and English Classics, the Rev. CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN. Though we are seldom disposed to admire the Administration of France in preference to that of our own Country in any instance, yet we shall not be sorry to hear that the Police is as rigorously enforced in some instances here as in Paris. Among a number of convitiions in that metropolis, we read of two persons having been fined lately, the one for having imposed on his lodgers, and the other for having negleded to swccp his part of the - street according to the.established rules. The Duke of IVIDDENA is said at length to have agreed to submit himself to the Treaty of .Lunevilli, and to have consented to share the•gtneral fate of the States which that Treaty regulates. The vir tue which HORACE commends, rnemet submittere rebus, might have taught the Duke of MODENA the pro priety, or at least the .7.4.,;5d0m, of submission, some months ago. • It seems, from the late proceedings of the Swiss, that notwithstanding the temperance and abstinence for which they have been famed, the HelTetic Diet does not agree with the Heketic Constitution. The difference between Peace and War is sensibly felt in the Batavian Republic : immediately on the signing of the Preliminaries, the People are blessed with a cargo of fresh herrings; in the War they got nothing but a salt eel. A poor woman on Saturday pushed violently Into the Court of King's Bench; she was with difficulty removed, and the Lawyers themselves formed a conclusion that one who was so violently bent on rushing into a Court of Lazy, must be insane. A Dublin Paper has profited so little by the Union, that in the true Hibernian spirit,* informs its Readers, by a notice in its last Page, that the Postcript is to be found in the Second and Third! Dm/ ItY -LAN E .—The Opera of Artaxerxes, sup ported by the powerful talents of Mrs. 811.1.1 NG TON, attraEted an audience last night that entirely filled this Theatre. We have so often testified our admiration of this incomparable singer, that we can hardly be expeCted to add any thing to our former tribute, to her merit. Those tributes how. ever fall short of her desert, for as she displays in creased excellence on every night, she of course demands additional commendation. It is indeed impossible for vocal skill to exceed her performance, anti the general approbation of the Public is con_ firmed by the suffrage of professional criticism. Cov E NT-GARD E N.—CO OKE appeared in Richard the Third last night, and was, as usual, well attend ed. His assumption of this charader was spirited and judicious, and he was received with warm ap plause. His chief excellence was obiervable in the Soliloqu,ies, but his general attention to every thing illustrative of the charaaer, deserves particular notice. CORY performed Richmond. This per former seems to possess talents, which he wants fortitude enough to bring forward. His conception is just, but there is a nervous' tremor in his voice and in his manner, that makes him " come tardily off." KEMBLE leaves town for Sheffield to-morrow, where he intends to remain► about a fortnight. His first Charaaer will be Hamlet; Penmadock, King Richard, and the Stranger, follow in'due suc cession. Hull and Liverpool are afterwards to have the advantage of Mr. KEmB LE'S great talents. He returns to town early in January, ac 4 proceeds from hence to Paris. Mrs. BILLINGTON'S charming tones have mate rially redqed the price of cracked china at out Theatres. NA I 7 L, I\7 E Tl 7 J. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9. Tins afternoon arrived His Majesty's Brig ilf.2;•* giant', with Dispatches from Egypt, undei• the charge of General MooRE, from General HuTcH INSON, and Captain OTTER, from Admiral Lord KEITH. About ,an hour afterward, arrived the El Carmen Frigate, Captain SE LBY, from Egypt, with Dispatches from General lICTCHINSON, iri charge of Colonel Au ERCROMBY, and from Lora KEITH, in charge of Capt. Sir Si DNEY SMlTatri'" Both Ships are put under quarantine. All the above Officers landed this evening, and are sec off for Lon . don, Arried also, the Aairr:e Extra Ship, Captain SMITH, from NI-dras. Arrived the Me/pcniene Swedish Brig, Br:IC:F. SODEREEP,C., from Mogadore, in a leaky state ; and Ne'w Euphrates, FR ASE R., from the Southern Whale Fishery, with 12c) tons sperm oil. She left St. Helena the 2oth September, in company with the above Ship Aaive, and at the time of her sail-- in from St. Helena there were there the followiog Ship; homeward-bound Allegood, Flirt, Favourite, C.:harrning anti Reolu tion, tbr London t and African Queen, for Bristol. Sally, Diana, Perseverance, Cornwall, William, ar,d etc becca, outward-bound Whalers. The Euphrates has had bad weather s and recei%, ed damage. Arrived the Hope, AoCirvrorr, from Neu• York,. with 2200 barrels of flour. TOER AY, Nos. ARRIVED last evening, His Majesty's Ship DON. ?legal, Sir R. J. STRACHAII I part. and remains with fourteen Sail of the Line of the Channel Fleet, under the command of the Hon. Admiral Co %IC W A L Is. SHEERNESS, Nov. 9. ARRIVED His I\ljesty's Ship . 4mgion, Afariaer and Biter Gun brigs. The Aggibiop has come into . Harbour. Sailed the Zephyr Sloop of I,Var, and the Anacreos and Manly Gun-brip .. ;, and Dolphin Cutter, up d; Thames. The .Ready Gun-brig has gone to Cll,4tharp, Sailed His Majesty's Frigate Narcissus, itp tfi Gravesend, where we understand she is to receiyp on board the Algerine Plenipotentiary, t 9 be cc);"1:. veyed in her to Algiers. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Crew of La Suflisante, for the capture of the Johanna Maria, on board, at Plymouth, on the nth inst. To the Crew of the Garhind, for the re -capture of th! Swan, on board, on her arrival at Plymouth. To the Crew of the Spitfire, ter the re-capture of the duras Packet, on board, on lira arrival at Plymouth. To the Crew of the Duris, tbr the capture of the Cbuntow. of Bute, El Rey Carloi, Deux Freres, and Betsey,. on board, on her arrival in port. Recall at Mr. Ly ne's, Plymouth. To the Crew o: the Boadicea, for the re-capture of the c. **orator, on hoard, on her arrival in port. Recall as above. To the Crew of the Alcmene, tor the capture of the $O. Josef y Animas, on board, on her arrival in port. Recall ag. aqove. To the Crew of the Viper, for the capture of Le Mon; Blanc, on board, on her arrival in port. Recall as above. To the Crew of the Brilliant, tor the capture of the Pet Al Felix, on board, on her arrival in port. Recall as above, A Detachment of four Ships of the Line, consist' ing of the Cali,* Elephant, Granger, and Bruns.- wick, of 74 Guns each, has left the Channel Fleets ! and they are supposed to be bound for Jamaica. A Letter 9f Thanks from the Lords of the Ad- , miralty, has been received by Captain DAsktv.voa D st through the hands of the Hon. Admiral CoaNWAL- L IS, expressive of their approbation of his gallantry,, and his Officers and Men, in their two Mtions with l'Artemise, of 44. guns. The letter was read to the Ship's Company, who received it with three cheers. The Ship Cumberland. Drummond, bound to Mo rant Bay, Jamaica, passed through the Downs on Wednesday night duting a very heavy gale from N.N.W. she put her Pilot on board a small Vestel off the Isle of Wight, bound to Pool, on Friday, and . proceeded on her voyage, all well, -with a fresh breeze at E.S.E. A Transport was lost on the night of the 3d inst. in Trarnore Bay, with paid-off 'Seamen, 300 of whom were drowned. The Vessels from the Nore, under convoy of the Inspestor Sloop of War, arrive at Elsineur but slowly. The Sally Armed Ship from Hull, with cone l is arrived at Efsineur, and is to return with con o Y the first fair wind. The Baltic Merchant, Atkinson, from Hull for Petersburg, is wrecked on the Island of Oesel--- crew, materials, and cargo saved. Captain W. Calder, of the St. John, lost on Hog land, is arrived at Cronstadt ; he has only saved five casks of white lead and the ship's stores. The Peace, Pilner, from Lynn to Newcastle, i S lost near Whitby. The Ann, Cockran, from Virginia, is stranded at Dublin. The. Nancy, from Jersey to Wales, is lost on the coast of Wales. The Enterprize, Suryer, was lost on the zoth ult. on the Island of Bornholm. The Adder Gun-vessel and Convoy arrived at Elsineur September z6th. The Ruby,Witham, of Charleston, for Savannah , is on shore at Lymington ; part of her cargo 11 35 been taken out, and the Ship is expelled to, be got off without damage. Tin La ,-;6 '3 n two vessel 1 Co rs ;cc gence c d,..posed Island` /?„;;;,.:- lisp ;fie to renem that Cit Th e I Novemb merly E I:l 3renees C onneai Citize ltent of erDmmiss Lord te r of F tions b to-m orn Z•ettel that an 1 . sailed frf tatavian 11 RsSport Orl long The C ~,'"aux to . witrchati 11 0 confid "r, ante rtouse, a -11!%3SANC lent ente found in great exi dense IVleasure then, al Pl4ce o they be long. ' 3 E AN - E, TIME XL ET C 1 1 Lis Ma t( yes te tda Tight, ' the ahoy ground Situate b Weight() and whit.: l ington °TI the H c -.4y WI The fc In Bid& It _ apl fa r' er Thi s is rof i aur„i, In the fine herri few have Preparati 11 expedi The B !ants, at utnchers' tqce . p e eetln g Zlsidera u nan fi red ()as Pe ne ti r e d anc the d a .41)itants A Ili Inc f **--/Z has al, h . dr t IC hsl : r led „ t ilpr oach .A l t most rind sery , as 4 : 4 in a p ( f rki .(1 0w • "NI a l, f l4 4 ° l st c „ h ani ma em it , 1 " 4 „, to Le _red.;