The Sun. — London, England, 1801-11-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAM HOUSE OF PEERS, THURSDAY, NOV. 19. Cotttisst, were heard at some length-relative to the Scotch AppeaI,,ALExANDER - WI I, K 1 E of Qla-sn gow, , v. BENJAMIN GREIG, of . the same place, Merchant ; after which their Lordships postporx,i ` the further constderation of the Case till . to -m o r r ow, when Mr. > 13:RIONE, as second Counsel ',for the Appellant, is to beheard:; _ - - The. Land and Malt Tax Bills, the Fisheries' Salt Duty and Stale Bread .Bills, were severally - read a second time,. The other Bills before the Mouse were forwarded in their respetaive stages, and some frivate business was transatled: - • , After waiting some time in expeEation of Bills from the' Commoils, their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE Ok:'COMMONS, THURSDAY, NOV. 19. Mr. N. VANSITTART brought up a Report from the' Committee on Expiring Laws, recommending the continuance, until the Ist January 18oz, of an Aft of the 4.lst Geo. 111. for granting an addi tional Duty on Spirits imported into Scotland, and allowing Spirits to be distilled, there at a-lower rate of . Mr. N.VANSITTART moved for an instrudion to • the Committee on the Starch and . Distillery Bill, to make a, provision agreeably to the said. Repott.---- Ordered.'. The House in a Committee on, the Starch and , Distillery Bill, theblank for the-term of the conti nuance of the Sill was filled up by the Ist January, 'lBoz, and a Clause was added in pursuance of the. above Reporr.—Report to,morfow. Mr. N. Vnvst,TrAßT presented an Account of Monies advanced for the Public Service oat 'of the Ci,l List, which was ordered to lie on the Table. ame Gentleman also brought up the Excite _ (vet Nits FonaFtig Bili, which was read a first time, and_ ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Boa !i! a Committee on the Lottery Mis- Eiil.—Report to-morrow. OVLRSEZRS OF THE POOR. Mr. NEW 2 J.LT moved, that the Aft of the Bth and 9 - % 7 ,- ILLtam 111. relative to the Relief of the Poor, ot'gat be read, which being read (proforma), be movet. Ivr leave to bring in a Bill . to explain and amend that Ad.' . • • The SPEAKER, thought the Hon. Member had better state the - precise objeft ,of his Motion. Mr: NEWBOLT said, that by a part of that. Ad, Overseers of the Poor were prohibited from reliev mg Paupers nit wearing certain badges, which pro, vision not having been stridly • afted upon, Over. seers of the Poor h:ld rendered themselves liable to certain penalties: it was his wish to 'relieve those officers from the strianess of that provision. He then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to explain and amend the said Ad, so tar as it related to the prohilaiting of Overseers of the Poor. from relieving person:: not wearing certain badges specified in the said Ad. • • Sir WILLIAM -EL FORD said, he did not rise toaoppose the Motion.; an evil -appeared - to exist, and a remedy must be provided ; but he trusted the measure ,-now proposed' by his lion,. Friend was merely temporary, as he could not' consent to any permanent Aft of this nature t as his objeftions, therefore, rnigiTt be obviated. in the Committee, he should not oppose the Motion. • Mr. SHAW LEFEYRE said, he could not con sent ,to en:ourageany relaxation in the duty of Overseers of the - Poor. It was not in this instance alone, bat in many other patts of their duty, they • were equally negligent. NEWBOLT said his objeft was to diseti _ Min.tte between the Poor who were stationary in each Parish, and those who received casual relief, - and .to repeal the prohibition contained in the Aft - against the relief of the latter, without their wear ing b'idges. 'Thus far; and 'no farther, he intended the Bill he had moved for should be permanent, and not temporary.—Le.ive given. - - HOSPITALS IN IRELAND. Mr. B AGWELL said, • as, the subject of the Poor bad just been under consideration, lie wished to the attention Of the Houc to the situation of the Poor_ in Ireland, labouring under fevers and infedious dis orders.. There --was an Hospital in Dublin for the. purpose of receivingpoor persons afflieted with fevers. and, infectious disorders, but last winter so great a /number had been thus afflieted, that no accommoda tion could be made for them, and 'many were in consequence in a state of the greatest misery. Seve ral persons suffering in those disorders had, he said,. been seen,in the country, lying under the hedges, and expiring for want. The objet he had in view was, to give powers to Grand Juries or Ve.Stries to erect house's in different parts of the Country, for persons labouring under tliose disorders. Mr.-CORRY said, he did not know whether he WAS pettedly in order, but he wished to say a'word upck . n the subjea alluded to by his Hon. Friend. That subjeCt had been maturely considered by Hii Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, and a Plan had been - digested for the. establishment of .a House in . Dublin for the reception of those poor persons al oded to. The Plan was perfeCtly matured, and if he should have the honour of moving the, Supplies or Ireland in the present Session,. one of the items would be for the purpose Of carrying this Plan into effed;k_, Pc therefore hoped his Hon. Friend would not being foi-ward any proposition upon the subjed, as the Plan he had just mentioned was pettedly ready tb be carried into execution. • Mr. BAGWELL said, his intentions - were not confined to Dublin, but extended to the whole - Country. • • Mr. CORRY said, it- was contemplation to extend the Plan he had mentioned to the whole - Country, but for theresent it would be confined to - -.The Report of the Committee of Supply was or.. dered to he receiveeto-morrow. Adjourned at a (platter before five, THE SUN. SOLLIi! QUIS DICIAS •ALSUM AUDIAT ? LONDON, NOVEMBER zo, 18ot. WE this morning received Paris Papers to the 16th inst. They are so totally barren of intelli gence, that they do not furnish us with matter for a single observation. The Concordat:m still con tinues to meet with the approbation and assent of the French Bishops. :On this subjeft we find the following passage in the Maniteur Cil ARL ES • AUGUSTE LEQI.: lEN (le la NEUV I LLE, Bishop of Acqs, has given in his resignation to his Holiness in the following Letter, addressed to the Arch bishop of CO . I2INTII : " I have the honour - to addres . s to your Excel lency a Copy- - of my Resignation of my See, which I have not delayed a moment sending you. I could not hesitate an instant in making any personal sacri fice, when 1-learn that this, however painful, was ;necessary to the peace of my Country, and to the triumph of Religion. May she arise glorious from its ruing : may she rise, I will not say merely on the wreck o(my dearest temporal interests, but even on my very ashes, if I could be of any service to her by becoming a viftim. May my Fellow citizens, return to concord and holy - manners. No other' wishes shall I ever form during life, and my death will be too happy if I sec these_accomplished." 'With the same anxiety, and in the same spirit, have the following Bishops sent in their resigna, dons : Louts-RENE-Enov,kao, Prince de Ro.nAhr, - Cardinal ' Bishop of Strasburg. - • LOUIS-APPOLLINAIRE LATOUR-DU.PIN.MO'NTAUBAN, Arcithishop of Auch. ,LEAN-ANTOINE de CASTELLANE, BiShOpOf LaVaLIT. CHARLES-FRA.NjOIS-JOSEPH de PISA NI de La GAunE, Bishop of Venice. ILAN-CHARLES de CotSeY, Bishop of Rochelle.. ALEXANDRE -AMEDEE .ADON,ANNE-FRANCOIS-LOUIS IOSEPH de I..a.yztERES,TIIEMINES, BiShOp of Blois. Yesterday the Bank Dire&ors, in consequence ()!* the Petition presented to them by the Holders of Omnium, agreed to postpone the Redemption of the Stock pledged with them from the 4th of December to the 2zd of January. IT has been fully demonstrated, both in Parlia- Ment and out of it, that we have completely ob tained by the Peace, all the objects for which we engaged in the War, withcut any disparagement of our Honour, or any dereliaion of cur Principles. We have shewn by, what we think, incontroverti ble arguments, that-the Ministers of this Country, have laid such a basis for general tranquillity, as to promise to the People of Great Britain, and to the rest of Europe, security for the undisturbed enjoy ment of, this blessing. The measures, however, which have been con ceived for more fully effetling this purpose; have met with very unjust and unmerited censure in some of the Public Journals. It has been industriously circulated throughout the Nation, that our Peace Establishment will become as expensive and bur thensome to us, as• while we' were in a state of War. There does' not require much effort of rea soning to refute the fallacy of this proposition. . We ought for ever to bear in our recolleaion, that:Great Britain. made Peace in the true spirit of Conciliation; she is therefore sincere, and there is, noriason to doubt that the sentiments of the French Government perfedly correspond with- her own. Indeed, Peace is so much the interest - of France, that; it is impossible to:suppose her councils will be governed by any other principle, unless we also ascribe to them the weakest and most improvident motives. No one, however, will deny .the aim). lute propriety of adopting such measures of pre cautionEas shall not only render us confident in our strength, but shall almost preclude the possibility ,of interruption to our tranquillity. Although the foundation stone of universal Peace has been wisely laid, yet, if we turn our eyes to the Continent of Europe—if we contemplate the opposite claims of different Powers, their mutual jealousies, their am bitious pretensions; ,and the means which the Re public has acquired of a powerful interference among them, it must be evident, that the superstrudure will be the work of time, and that until we have indubitable proofs of a spirit equally pacific with our own, AdMinistration would be guilty of the most culpable indifference, were they not to exert the utmost vigilance and circumspettion, and render the attitude of this Country 'such as to command re. spetl abrOad, and ensure tranquillity at home. Governments lidve been properly compared by all Wtiters.pn the Law of Nations, to a moral per son, endowed with' the passions and the habits of thinking, of individuals. Hence, it is Plain, that it is no easy task to remove, on a sudden, that restless spirit, which has for the la-it ten years raged out in War and D6olation, and which cannot be expetied to throw off the habit of ferocity to which -the quarrels of Nations have unfortunately given rise. Besides, although our Government believe the temper of France to be pacific, and sincerely desire that it May prove such, yet there is a material di stindiOn between the aJ of terminating a AV;r, and the ad of consolidating a Peace. The lone is momentary ; the other . exaas many. superadded circumstances to give it stability. Peace is doubt less concluded with a view to its permanence ; but should any subsequent departure from its genuine intention intervene, what would be said of the su pineness 'of a Government, which voluntarily ex posed the Nation, in a defenceless state, to the pos sible dangers that might spring from a breach of it ? Those who now so violently declaim against the necessity of a strong establishment, would be the first to arraign the incapacity and delusion, of Mi. nisters. • MAcH t AvEL has shrewdly observed, that " it is a much easier thing to go to War, than to make Peace." The observation is founded on nature and experience. War operates on the passions ; Peace on the reason of mankind. The blessings of the latter must be not only desired but felt before the world can be rendered secure and comfortable under it ; therefore, the conclusion of a Treaty may, .strialy speaking, be rather considered as the Pre liminary to, than as the Peace itself. From these considerations, and from the circum stances of Europe, without making any invidious allusion to the events that occurred on the Conti nent after the conclusion of the Treaty of Campo- Formio, every rational man must be sensible, that an imposing Peace Establishment is a most indis i_ensable security for permanent tranquillity. We inhabit An Island which is one of the principal Na tiOns of - Europe ; it is necessary to the support of • this rank., :hat we take the advantages of its situa .. tion - ; we ought always to remember that we are not part of the C. ntinent, hut we ought never to forget, that we are neighbours to it. Hence our immediate Peace Establishment should convince all Europe, that though we are disinclined to, yet we are always prepared for War. From such a system of internal defenee,.•there is less apprehension of danger from without ; and, by causing the Laws to he scrupulously observed, and the Constitution to be sheltered from the inroads of di:iaffedion, this Nation must secure to itself both freedom and happiness. Indeed, these blessings - are the necessary consequences of honest poiVer : and, at this time (we mention it with mingled pride and pity), Great Britain is the only Nation, on the whcle surface of Europe, in which genuine freedom is pre valent, and fortified by the most sacred sanctions of law, habit, and inclination. If we can but pre serve a due union of hearts and atreaions among our Countrymen, in defence of our Constitution, we have a right to presume that it will be secure from any thing that Foreign Force .can do against it. The Duke de ROH AN, speaking of England, said, l'Angleterre est un grand animal, qui ne peut mourir, s'il ne se tue lui-mime." It is this species of National Suicide, which every loyal Englishman should dread ; and by only reverting to the Domestic TransaCtions of this COuntry for the last ten years, heomust perceive, that without a strong and vigorous Establishment, ,there can be no certainty of safety for our Religion, Laws, and Liberties. On the strength of this Principle, and on the. evident propriety of the Measure, Government .have already received the most flattering offers-of Service - from many of the Volunteer Corps, and there is no doubt, but .the same • Spirit of Patriotism will display itself in al) those As'soci;.ions. A cheaper or better mode of Defence could never have been devised ; it is in tria conformity with the Spirit of the Constitu tion, and the praCtice of our Fore-fathers. It is the discipline of our immortal ALFRED, that the Sword should be entrusted into the hands of the Citizen ; and it is the duty of the Citizen to volunteer himself in behalf'of those LaWs by which his Liberty and Property are proteaed. The con tinuance of the Volunteer Corps seems, therefore, to be a measure of the highest prudence ; these Bodies constitute a most formidable - bulwark of Interior Security, and compose, in the stritSl sense of the word, the Army Of Freedom, while an adequate Force of Regulars, must prove an effec tual barrier against any danger from without. When the evils with which this Country lias been threatened no longer shall exist, when (to use Lord CLA.RENDON'S beautiful sentiment) this Nation has returned sincerely to its old good humour and its old good nature, there is no doubt but the se verity of military discipline will cease likewise. It will cease with its necessity ; and the People will then acknowledge with gratitude that it was the temporary instrument of thtir salvation and lasting security. Like the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Ate, it would be a provident measure of Government, to fortify Freedom and secure the blessings - that flow from it. We may now look foL wards to happier days and scenes of rest. We have nothing more to do than to repose an honourable confidence in the men who have snatched us from the miseries of Warfare, and whose measures havc been so wise and upright, as to obtain them the most perfect unanimity in both Houses of the Legis! lature.—By a rigid observance of order, and nail. unshaken fidelity to our excellent system ofGovern-, vaent, they will be enabled to retrench our expencesf to apply the National Revenue with economy to Na tional Purposes, to liquidate gradually the Public Ill' cumbrances, to encourage ManufaCtures and Agricul ture, and 'we may hope to live peaceably with our neighb,ours, and to think of War only as 'a case of necessity, as every thinking man knows that to have been which is now happily terminated, but to be always prepared for the possibility of its recurrence, Neither of the two liamburgh Alai's due, bad ar' rived when our Paper was put to Press. The Krico'yesterday morning took an airing 0 0 : horseback in Windsor Park, accompanied by 0 attendants. It was Mr. FuLLEa, the new Member for Sum sex,. and not Colonel FULLARTON, who was intro• duced by Lord PELHAM on Wednesday last. WC understand that Sir THOMASTROUBRIDGf! after having' received his Flag, will be removed t°. the Navy Board, as Comptroller. Mr. TUCKER has succeeded to the Vacancy at the i Navy Board, occasioned by the supercession Mr. ROGERS. Lord FRANCIS SPENCER, son to the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, left Town yesterday for the Duke of GRAFTON'S Seat in Norfolk, to be married to Lady F. FITZROY. Arrangementsare nearly completed between this Country and France . on the subjeft of a regular irl; tercoursc by Packets from Dover to Calais, al*, vice versa. Provisions are made in this actable: ment which must he highly approved of. .10 Passengers, in either the French or English Packets;` are to be described in a List, which is to be de' Livered by the Captain to the teqwElive Agents at Dover and Calais, by which means the Governale o of each Country will know the charafter of ever# person entering it from the other. This regollt f intercourse is expeeted to be opened in a very le ° days. • . At a Meeting of the Dealers in_indiaStock, yesterday at th 4! Stock Exchange Coffee-house, M MAxx SPRO r in the Chair, it was Unanimously cles termined that the purchasers of India Stock, for A future period, should be entitled to - any bonus, je crease of dividend, increase of capital, or atiy . othe t advantage; and subjea to any disadvanta ge atta ch! , ed to the purchase of the said Stock. . The ten Troops of Wiltshire Yeoma. Cavaltil under 'the command of Lord Bat: CE, lave agreo' to . the following Resolution : " The Wiltshire Regiment or Gentlemes. Yeomanry Cavalry, impressed with the liveliest grx. titucle by their Sovereign's most gracious a pprobv tion of their conduct, communicated to them in $ Letter from Lord 1 - 103 ART to the Lord Lieqtenan g of the County of Wilts, beg leave humbly to o t tol-Its MAlrs - ry a continuance of their Servi ce s i i until such rime as His MA; ErTY in his wisdom no longer deem, it necessary to call on them for the ° exertions." American Papers up to the loth of Onober, were yesterday received, which state, in poielt of healt hy , the real situation of New-York. In the early 10 1: of September a fever of a malignant kind broke 0 0 `' which does not appear to have at first given rise t " „ much alarm among the greatbulk of the inhabitari ts ; By degrees, however, the alarm spread, and Vale numbers of merchants, as well as other ( lex, ip t ionsu' the people, believing that the fever was of that pe tilential and destructive nature from which they P, formerly suffered such dreadful ravage s , qu it t ed the y homes, and left the town in great measure deserte d " In this state of things the Magistracr . were ly aaire in taking every precaution against Sc c : c strunive a malady, if it should really turn out to t e such, while they spared nu pains to get' the to' t character of the disease ascertained. The real ( Physician, Donor Tt LLARY, has acCOrdink pUbiiShed several reports tending to quiet aler t ; neral apprehension. His last report comes dov0„; the rBth of Onober, and the result of his most PI gent and painful inquiries is, that the dise ase . s is a fever of a malignant kind, but that not of the destruCtive and pestilential chara': o ' which the inhabitants had dreaded. He states this last report, that from the i7th of Septerobt; to the zst of OCtober, zo persons had died of ill lever : and from the zst to the _I Bth, eighty, so f il o in. this period (which was a sickly month) the clise, l a had carried off about too individuals„ from a po,, which comprehends a population of 60, 0 60 Soul}' These fats of themselves are abundantly sUffici e 4 to prove that the disease was not in the l east oft i v as nature of the Yellow Fever, and the Physician o a st his own positive and unequivocal testimony , r i b i ,„ e reports, and a favourable change in the weather , ri, at the time the Vessel bringing these Papers satl t produced the most favourable eifFell. The alaf, had begun to subside, the Merchants and other Ip habitants who had quitted the City, were retu ro, ing, and several of the stores which had b een sh o, were again opened for carrying on business. Theii. Papers mention the appearance of the same disease, other parts of America, but give no details of numbers who had died. The reception of MarquisCoß !MAWS, at 1° , 6 . is not without precedent. ." When Lord Bot•Pri. BROKE ar.rived in France, in August 17 tz,, to 4 % ; plete the Negotiations of peace begun at titre c ,_ bc , Louis XIV. paid him the most distingP P er - , honours, and when he appeared at the.Operie/ one rose spontaneously to do him honour. 6 li e s% • received, (says St. Lambert) by Louis*Xlv: A, ;, man come to save France, and by the French. Minister who brought them a Peace so long cl ' for," *f a , Pe-1 ith liii! tie] ~I W~