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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEEKS. THURSDAY, JUNE 21. COUNSEL were heard in continuation, and at co'- . %iderable length;rdative to a Writ of Error, Lucena , r). Cr:iv:turd, viz. Messrs. GIBBS and PARKE 00 blllaif of the Respondents. The farther considers_ liiin cif the CaSe was deferred till to-morrow. The Judges attended on the occasion. The Bills upon the Table Were forwarded in their respeffive stages. The delivery of Judgment on the Appeal Cause, Hog v. Lashley, was postponed till Monday ; and the Order for the farthei consideration of the Claim to di( Zouche Peerage, which stood for to-morrow, was discharged, and renewed for Monday next. JUDGE FOX. Lord CART/ETON presented a Petition from LUKE Fox, E q. one of His Majesty's Judges of the Court of Coninyin ?leas in Ireland. [lt will be recolietied that some time since a Peti tion from a Mr. HART, of Londonderry, was pre sented by a Noble Martinis (AB ERCORN) charging judge Fox w ith improper conduit in his judicial capacity. That Petition was ordered colic on the Table.] Th e Noble Lord, after stating the principal heads of Judge Fox's Petition, moved that the Clerk do r-a:1 it. The Clerk read it. It went to state, that he (Judge Fox) had learnt from the public News papers that charges of gross miseondliet, &c. had been committed by him while on the Northern Cir cuit, which cha g's were coot ooued in a Petition from a rrson of the name of HART, and which Petition arid (17hirges were stated by an Hon. Mem ber of this House in his place; that being extremely' surprized at such unfounded charges, the •precise nature of which he was at a loss to conceive, further than s hat Ice had, been informed, he was anxious to vindicate his charadler, aid had accordingly applied to the Lord Lieutenant for permission to come over to Enland to repel them. Hiving arrived in Lon don, he was given Co understand that he could not procure a copy of HART~ Petition without the express permission of the House, and it being ne cessary that he should learn the specific charges alledged against him in 'or& r to prepare his defence, he h-ped th it Lortish'.ps would order him a copy of of the said Petition.—He was also informed that the Noble Lord who presented the Petition hsid given notice that he would follow the'Petition'up bs• some Motion; he wished to be prepared for his defence, and whenever that period should arrive, he was satisfied he should estabiidc his innocence in the clearest point of view. He trusted chat period was not far distanr, especially as the duties of his judi cial station Would require his presence in Ireland. Lord CARLE•TON observed, that as he had.no wish to take their Lordships by surprize, he should merely move that the Petition do lie on the Table, iotendi: g on Monday, when he understood there would be a full House, to bring the. subject under Consideration, The Earl of LIMERICK thought the case of the Learned Judge rather a hard one, in his having re. ccived no notice of the proceeding in question, tlic,ugh the f,dis to which the Petition adverted, •,‘ ere alledged to have taken placeabout nine months before. Of the fads stated he knew nothing ; but Ye felt it was a principle with that House, in its wisdom and justice, to deem every man innocent until he should be proved guilty. He considered the prayer of the Petition as perfectly fair and rea sonable, and he doubted not their Lordships' dispo bition :o accede to it. Lord MULGR.AVE recallecl to their Lordships' re. colleetion the very imp. rtant business intended far discussion on Adonday, and deprecated any dis cus..ion which may take up their Lordships' time on that day. As to the prayer of the Petition, he th.u B ht it so fair and reasonable, that it might he once acceded to. Under that impression, he moved that a Copy of the Petition, as prayed for, be furnished to Mr. Justice Fox. Upon ais, the Question was immediately put; and it was ordered accordingly. ADDI I lONAL DEFENCE BILL. The Earl of CAMDFN observed, that as the Prints of the Additional Defence Bill were upon the Table, he should now move, tl►at ►he said Bill be read 3 second time on M:)nday next.—Ordered. Adjourned till to. morrow, HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, JUNE 2r. ; NE SPEAKER, •at four o'clock, proceeded to count die H use, but there being only 38 Members Fre3cnr, the House was consequently declared to be k tVii , urned till to-morrow. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. LETTER I. Silt. • FROM the Meeting of Parliament at the end of the year 1792, I have been an anxious observer of the co k ulud of Mr. Fox, and have expressed my un qualified disapprobation of it, in a variety of publi. cAions. At the present crisis, when a second at. tempt is made to force him into the Cabinet of the S ,vereign, I shall not Irsitate a moment to return to the scruple to !irate, without fear or reserve, try reasons, such as they are, why he ought to be excluded from any share in Cie Government of this Cuuntry, while he continues to ad upon the principles which he has so long adopted. The at tempt is now made undei different auspices, the auspices of the House of Buckingham and its august head,whom rite Jacobin Papers, in the interest of Mr. ji.,• x and a q his adherents, have, from the year 1784, kleoointnated tie TdCsiairs Atialcii9. True it is too, that Mr. Fox l.as condemned, without a single excep_ rion, every tiu-Asure of Lord GitEwtrt t.t4, and repro. bated his wroganre v, id) the bitterest asperity ;while Mr. SNERADAN, with his usual merry malignity, bas ridictiled the narrow-minded selftsh. ne:is clt the Marquis ; but these hasty effusions of hailed and uvutempt will be torgotren and forgiven, awl IVIt Fn will consign the former faults and ifolirgs • 9f new friends to the vault of the Capulets," with the same eiey indifference as hedid, what he represented to be, the swindling of the kilic of PttussiA, and the madness of the Emperor Pauti, at the moment when they ce:ssed to be the Allies, or became the Enemies of his Country‘ "So much for BUCKINGHAM !"—But other auspices are mentioned, to whose existence it is impossible to give credit. No man of common sense or'common decency can suppose, that a Son so dutiful, would ob trude a Minister upon his Father, against his declared determination ; or that aPrince, so enligh tene d as t h e PRINCE of WALES is allowed to be, would lend him,elf to a FaCtion, to abridge the legal preroga tive of the KING of ENGLAND. The very idea is a calumny upon his Royal Highness, and impeaches the wisdom of his head and the goodness of his heart, both of which the whole tenor of his life has proved to be equally unquestionable. Splendid Dinners are, no doubt, repeatedly given, and Noblemen and Gentlemen of every description but one, successively invited ; but we are assured from the best authority, the Papers of the day, that these are not Political Dinners, that the KING'S Health is the only Toast after the cloth is removed, and that the whole is a happy mixture of conviviality, duty, and loyalty.— Moat of the guests are, as the Duke of NORFOLK is, very good Protestants, though, like His Grace, they seem to have a little tindu,re of the Heathen Mythology, and occasionally appear with him as votaries of Bacchus, or worshippers of the rising Sun. A SUFFOLK FREEHOLDER. tune Z. i . MAILS. DUE. Hamburgh 2 .. ARRIVED. 0 PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DA Y AT TWELVE o'ci ()cit. Consuls -56 i I Om. - 3i Red. Ann. 551 THE SUN., SOLEM QUIS DICXR.E. FALSU:4 AUDEAT ? LONDON, JUNE 22, 1804. WE have to congratulate our Readers upon 2no ther important Success obtaiqed by the British Arms, in the Surrender of the Colony of Surinam, which took place on the 4th ult. We arc also happy to add, that the loss on our part was inconsiderable. The Park and Tower guns were fired this forenoon upon the occasion, and the following Letter was sent by Lard CAMDEN to the LORD MAYOR.: " Dfrzuniv-street, June 22, 1804. " MY LORD, " I have the satisfaftion to acquaint your Lord.. ship, that Dispatches were received late last night from Major-Gen. Sir Les Gx EEu, commanding His Majesty's Troops in the Leeward Islands, dated Paramaribo, on the t 3 th May s . ‘nnouncing the Surrender of the Colony of Surinam to His Ma jesty's Arms on the 4th of that month, with a very inconsiderable loss on the part of His Majesty's Forces. " I have the Honour to be, &c. &c. (Signed) " CAMDEN. "'To the Right Hon. the Lord Major." It is confidently reported this morning, that Mar. tinique has also been added to the dependencies► 6 the British Empire. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, accompanied by the . DUKES of CUMBERLAND and CAMBRIDGE, the PRI N C EsSES SOPHIA and AMEL lA, attended by Lady J. THY NNE, General GARTH, and Mr. GR E. V I 1.1. E, took an airing on horseback in the neigh bourhood of Great Ealing. HE KMA J ESTY and the PRINC EsS ELIZABETH followed in a sociable. The ROYAL PARTY called at Lord GALLOWAY'S, and viewed the garden and pleasure-grounds. Yesterday, at two o'clnck,a Cabinet Council was held at Lord HARROWBY'S Office, in Downing_ street, which ended about four in the afternoon ; there were present the CHANCELLOR of the Ex. CHEQUER, Duke of MONTROSE, 'Earl, CAMDEN, CHATHAM, and WESTMORLAND, Viscount MEL- V L LE, and Lords HARROWS Y, HAWKESBURY, CA:,TLEREAGH and MuLGRAvE. His Royal I - lighness the DUKE of YORK has is. sued an order, ciireaing, that neither the Guards, nor any Volunteer Cirps, shall Gn any pretence use gunpowder, on their several field days, until further Orders. The Duke and Dutchess of Br oFotto go to Chel tenl:arn after the conclusion of the Sheep-shearin g Festival, where they purpose to remain for some weeks; alter which her- Grace intends passing the latter part of the summer at Gordon Castle, in Scot land. Lord MOIRA, accompanied by Colonel SUTTON, and Sir WILLIAM KIER, left Edinburgh on Mon. day, for London, and arrived in London yesterday. Tuesday se'nnight the Regiment of Ayrshire Volunteers, consisting of 800 privates, were re. viewed on Ayr Green by the Earl of EGLINTOUN. There were 778 privates present. Tire tew who were absent were sick. His Lordship expressed his satisfaCtion in the strongest terms of approbation to Colonel KELSO. On Monday the rz di inst. the 4th Battalion of the Ayrshire Volunteers, commanded by Colonel ClniNt tiGH AM, met at Kilmarnock, to do duty for thirty days. On Friday set - might, Lieut. Col. Sir JOHN MAC GR F COIL MURRAY marched the Monteath Regiment of Vulunieers into Perth, to continue en permanent duty for three weeks. The circumstance of only one man of the whole Regiment being absent on their arrival at Perth, is a pfoof that they give place to none of their country !pen in loy:iity and in ra.. • hilY AL NEWS. Pt.Tuotrrff, JUNE 20.—Arrived this morning, the 14ired Armed Ship Surinam, of 16 guns, from Surinam. An Officer, with Dispatches for Govern. ment, landed from her immediately after her arrival, and set off in a coach and four for London. It is reported that she has brought intelligence of the capture of Surinam; indeed there_ is little reason to doubt but this will turn out to be the fad. Arrived the San Josef, of tto guns, from the Channel Fleet. The Naiad Frigate went out of Harbour this morning, and anchored in the Sound. DEAL, JUNE 2L—Sailed His Majesty's Ship Seine, Harpy Sloop, and Archer Gun-brig, on a Cruize off the Coast of France. Arrived the Blazer and Bloodhound Gun.brigs, from a Cruize off Calais. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Ardent, Inflexible, Trusty, Virgiuie, Scourge, Fury, Tartarus, Zebra, Vesuvius, Locust, Blazer, and 131uodhound, Huinber Armed Ship, and the Derence Armed Ships as per last. EDINBURGH, JUNE iB.—Yesterday arrived in Leith Roads the Royal Bounty, of Leith, Captain NEwroN, lrotn the Davis Straits Whale Fishing, a f u ll ship, with nine fish, and +OO butts blubber. The Royal Bounty left the ice on the zoth May, and brings the following account of the success of the fishing. William and Ann, of Leith, Capt. LroNs, 9 fish- Raith, of Leith, Capt. KLLLY, 6 fish. Rattler, of Leith, Capt WRIGHT, 6 fish. Capt. NEWTON reports, that, the success above stated was pretty early in the season, and that the probability is, that all these ships are by this► time full. Estridge, of Dundee, 4 fish. Eliza, Swan, of Montrose, Mary Ann, of Dundee, 3 do. clean, the 6th May. Hercules, of Aberdeen, clean. Neptune, ofAberdeen, clean. Blenheim, of Hull, 4 fish. Thornton, Hull, - 4 fish. Joseph & Gardner, do. 3 do. John and Margaret, 9f Leviathan, rib. - S do. Newcastle, - • clean. Samuel, do. . - 3 do. Prescot, do. do. Elizabeth, do. - b do. Middleton, do. - s fish. Thomas, do. - 4 do. Etlrltta t do. 3 do. Ariel, do. - 3 do. Sarah, do. - 2 do. Holderness, do. - clean. Howe, do. - 3 do. Lynx, do. - do. Isabella, do. - 3 do. Oak Hall, do. - 3 fish. Content, do. - 7 do. The Na icy, of Greenock, struck on a rock in the Bay of Fundy, near Campo Bello, in a thick fog, and, after, swinging off, instantly filled with water; ,but being providentially near the shore, the crew were enabied to get her on the ground in time to save their lives ; but it is doubted if she can be moved from the place where she lies. Monday, a brig-rigged Privateer, of 16 guns, appeared off Hartlepool, and attacked one of the Carron Smacks. The Smack let the Enemy ap proach very near, when she fired into her with round and grape, IB.pounder carronades. This made the marauder sheer off. The same evening she attacked a 510. , p and some other vessels (two of them New. castle Packers), but they also be,it her off; and we do not hear of her having taken any thing. Yesterday dispatches were received from Admiral CORN WALLIS, off Brest, which state, that the Illus. trious, of 74. guns, Capt. Sir CHARLES FIAMILToN, had joined the Fleet on the isth inst. Capt. STUART is appointed by Lord NELSON to the coil - inland of the Royal Sovereign, of zoo guns, on board of which Ship Rear-Admiral Sir RICHARD BICKERTON had removed his Flag from the Kent, of 74 guns. The circumstance the Moniteur alludes *a,- of the Boats of a hired Cutter being captured in the Elbe, probably relates to the following event. Some short time since the Hawke hired Armed Cutter, corn. manded by Lieut. JAMES GRANT, crUiZifig with the Constance Frigate, Capt. Gic t FFITHs baying learnt, through means of a man sw tr an the shore to that vessel, that an E , Ship had been - cap. cured and carried up the Eibe, Lieut. GRANT re quested permission to make a dash after her; which he did, accompanied by a Butt from the Constance.' After pulling several miles, they - 7tritaineTThir. prze, but had the mortification, at gaining possession, to find she immediately grounded within reach of must quetry from the shore, of which a considerable body of French tr rips taking advantage, annoyed them first with musket bahm, then with ttieir bayonets. Lieut. GRANT, and. his little party, de. fended- themselves with the win, s. gallantry, nor was it till two balls had struck him, and the point of the Enemy's bayonets reached the gallant Lieu. tenant, that he t‘etinquished his daring conquest, and was onliged to surrender. Every thing that zeal, aaivity, and pe'rseverance could effea, might indeed be expeaed from this Offi(xr, wh•im it may be recolletted, is the same that in the Lady Nelson, of only 6o tons hurthen; performed a voyage of discovery to New South Wales, and fully established the efficiency of the sliding keel system of ship, building, for which the Country is indebted to the genius and science of Capt. SCHANKE, of the Navy. It is to he hoped Lieut. GRANT'S wounds will meet amelioration from that quarter whose peculiar pro. vince is to toward the brave, and soothe the unfor. tunate. The following article we have extra&ed from the Hague Courant, and it is dated from Paris : " Our Journals are still filled with the examina. tions of the accused, which .ire 410 of sufficient importance to be given at length. Some a;e re_ trading the evidence and answers which they gave before; others . say, that the reports thereof have been falsified. What deserves greater atten tion is, that the numerous spenators who crowd upon each other in the Court, hate presumed to ap plaud, by clapping of hands when General MyREAu made his defence. The proofs of the public favour htsformer expl o i ts), ( s ince ht is e steemed to be the restorer of peace, by are by no means equivocal.— Tile guards a t t h e entrance of the hall have been doubled, and, a menace of arrest is held out to every soedator who shall henceforth presume to chew any si g n of approbation, _Besides, the curious. are no jong,r admitted its such crowds." JERSEY, JuxE 18. LAST Thursday, the 58th Regiment was review ed by the Commander in Chief, Lieut.-G,entrat GottooN, and this day the 3 rst were reviewed on St. Aubin's Sands. 'Tis but justice to say, that both these fine Corps performed their mauceuvre 9 with uncommon precision, and received, as tiler merited, the thanks of General GORDT)2I. On Thursday last, nineteen men of the First Re• serve, condemned by the Medical Board, held here for that' purpose, as unfit,for service, were sent in a cart to St. HiWards, and embarked for England on board the Ajax Transport. They have been dila charged by General GORDON, but must go to their Counties, viz. Middlesex,London, and the Tower Hamlets, to have their discharges confirmed by tilf Lieutenancy. The Counties must furnish men in their place. The 31st Regiment expert every day Transports to convey them from this to England, as Haw"' rians, to the amount of 3000, are expeeted hero t 6 replace all the Regiments of the Line. WOBURN SHEE-SHE ARING. ON Wednesday morning, very early, as P theffY consisting of Sir Jo sE P H B ANKS , President of Royal Society ; Lord SHEFFIELD, Presid ent, and Mr. ARTHUR Y OUNG , Sec retary , o f t he Bar d of Agriculture; CRISPS, E, q. Wu. SMITOt JOHN FAR Er, &c. rode to Prisley Farm, a distanuo of four miles, and viewed the new water tneatinrt and other impr ovements , the r e on; more pleas' n e' objeft could not be presented, than the three meadowii of two years, one year, and half a year's standi"g" where the steril bog was found, by the aid of irriga' lion, covered, in proportion to the time of its apPli' stable, cation, with it s b est natu r a l grass. After breakfast, whi c h his Grace gives publ iti r during this Fête, at the Abbey, the company " sern a a t n t d li etisl the a carcasses r li c t a e s r s - e l s to o u f se t , h efatvvethe adjoininghis r G ta s which W ere examined alive on Tuesday ev enin g , were • t ed to decide on • amateurs pre s e nt , t h e j u d ge s aPP" in he,T.— minutely exam i ne d b y t h e g raziers , bu tchers, and their meri ts h av i ng previously exa mined t wes were ex'lihite (toe After this t h e S out h D own E by one in the show:house; when the company paired to Crawley Heath, a distance of a! ;gut w:lere seven Ploughmen, with their resp-6 , ve In struments, starred in the breaking up of cJi.-er II4Y as competitors f ,r the prize offered last year by 1 115 Gr ice, for the Plough which ah.)uld, with the least force, turn the cleanest and deepest i'urr,,w--the: seven Ploughs belonged t t Lord Soma av SAM. WHITBR FAD, F.,s(l. Dr. MACQUEEN, JOSE-P li CowL EY, JAMES PoTTs, MARK DUCKITT, and Mr: LESTER, the remainder being in use on his Grace farm, under the care of Mr. WILSON, the Bailiff- The M wi r A . R ß K a j o 3u sv c N ic e i x T l T li , b a it s e c d ulli a e l r o , ng the fl o ° p / c s n e r i ations of which sere inspefled by the jUdges and company; who then repaired to the Park F aral ,; where RUNC IMAN'S Horse hoe, CARTwAI G " I Costep' . Three Furrow Phugh, SALMON'S Chaff Drill and Scaler, were submitted to the in s P e s o on. - of the Mechanics and Agriculturists presen, S t '„ / unS• after three o'clock, mo re t h an 300 hundre d sat down to dinner at the A!;bey. Printed Propo sa l s w ere c i rcu l ate d for the P c r-in ee p ums to be given by his Grace at the e nsuing Shearing in June 1895, which are equally lib er ; and diteded to the same objects as heretofore , W i ll a. : the addition - of a Premium to the Ploughman , !i t h c shall hold or conduit the successful Plough , in ' bo y trial of those implements; also, to the Shepherd I/ shall have reared the greatest number of Lambs (l i r 2805, in proportion to his flock, live guineas ; f u t; other Premiums of 4, 3, 2,' and guineas ar e °_.; fered, for the next greatest numbers'io successi°3li. but the principal novelty in (lie Premiums i"' ast o liberal offer on the part of his Gr-ice, of soguir'ewecti. " the Farther ledfordshire, who shall , ne ',B o s, the Ist of January, 18 04 , a nd the r st o f Jal e a ' nd t „ to . have converted„Oie greatest quantity ot , e beat Water Meadow, not less than ten Acres, 00 and most approved system." e tk*- to ( 11- , : rj e p ds F h A iset rA ea Tly: r e i:n d tl d i i vl n eh n o i p e n r re s i p az t e c i :t i e ls te so c ea t r i p r l ec e a dd n o: i p so e r tu e r pai red e re Shrep.shearer." Several South then lett, and South Down Ewes, and Hereford a:, of n WhiCh closed aryteDiS(aiofrinw: r.rta,eu,sliptgiew' Devon Cattle, were sold by auction, this day's businesta. In the course of the aftell' ° l; the P.lr oguese Amt,assador, Earls LAtipl"-4\/%/g:. and DARNLEY. Lord WILLTANI RUS 4 "" A g. CoKE, Mr. ANNON, Mr. N OR THEY, LEL. of. ToNIE, Mr. B YNG , an d several pcfSiem. ,disrinEtion, arrived from London— Yesterday the Right Hon. the LORD IVIAYOR. ana Slivtiffs went in suite - frorn the -Mansion-Aldermen,'e' companied by the RFCORDER and several Aldermen, and attended by the City Office's, and procee4e3 v) A Sr. Margaret's Hill, in the Borough, where hts Lot/ ship held a Court of Consery fi;r the Cow) t Y ° Surrey. They afterwards proceeded WesiMittSferr, where they embarked on board the City Barge, a° 4 proceeded to the Star and Garter at Richmond, where his Lordship held another Court of Conservancy fc't the County of Middlesex, where an elegant Enter'' tainment was provided for them. By the Aa relating to Corps of Yeomanry oP Volunteers, passed on the sth instant, persons maf quit their Corps at any rime (except when on Lay duty), by giving fourteen days notice to te• Gm - in - witting-Officer, provided they deliver up their' arms, and discharge all fines due. Upon such' re., signation, such Members will be liable to serve la the Army of Reserve . and Militia, pay duties on horses, hair.powder, &c. as if they had never co' tered such C.irps. Last week, seven persons, who •had been a I °,l, time past in the County Gaol of Warwick, onclec t sentence of transportation, in consequence of O in _ o powerful inter,!st and applications in th eir favour t His Majesty's mercy, received His Majesty's 110 4 graci us' pardon, and were severally, discharge A n. ar. returned to their respeaive h o mes. • About a f° ol . l ni 4 g c l: i t ar: s ied inee, qu tl t it o e t e .c o u t s h t e ov. other persons received a re m i', ll , ot their sentences ako • the same way,way, 404 v.‘ tii It 6 P r fer , Qt,