The Sun. — London, England, 1804-05-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, May_ 11, 1804. MAY I beg the favorer of you to insert in your Per an observation .on_ the Property -Taxi or at lea it -that section of it respedirg the abatenTent on 4cc,,tint of. children, about -which there seems to _ _ baive beFrigenerally fOr,rned an opinion; which, upon ex trojamion, I think must prove erroneou.). , The rer h on assessed, says the r itd, is entitled to have his deducted out of his assessment,. that is, our_ toe . tit& duty which the. assessor Xr; p )inted him to pay ; then it - goes on to say what' that abatement OW' be4;vii. 4. per cent. on the ag-, greeate Tr amount'of. his ,incorne,..supposing it to be t•: , • - 2.;0,„ i'year, which, of cours e , must be 81, and his iasocbsinf..,:t must be tol. Therefore if it is intended, tolai4t.s3-and abate according to the letter of she .A.VP'Of . 'f'itiliatront, the 81. abdtetnent_roust be tle . duded fro? the . , Lpl r asse.smient, leaving the party to-nlyri.lie:diffe,renee of zi: . . _ It has been ohjedeo„ that a person having four children will ha veAo'n'ey to'-i‘e,i've;acciording to this • con:,tritaion-; :so if he,can, instrqd..the. sot vcyor how to dedud from,lol., he may take the retitinder.' Ent what say the Board'? .• ' assert, •that the 4.. per cent. or 81,' is be deduded..frorn.the aggre_gate amount, 2601. ary.itrtitettiaining 1421.. is ro be taxed at is. '.pcst6.4, leaving The party with the paltry ' al;i,teinent ; of .85 . ..3.0ich I cannot think Govern mom • ever intended; and which is a construc tion the words or the Ad will not bear, for it is de,ludins, tiot from the assessment, as the Atc:t di reaF, bu! frcrn the aggregate amount, which it does not ditea. The-ohlturity-of . the , clause seems -to lie in this, 01=i1 it 'states' how the= abatement is to be allowed, • netore it .s-taq!§.wha,flbe ab-atewnt is to be. If the sense wai not-thrown so far forward in these long clauses, but regularly dispo4, that the reader, might ti;l:e it as he went on, our Aas of Porliamentikould be much more intelligible than they are, and half the bilmber of •ivords now used would answer the pure, se better.—Quxre, Ate they paid for by the word ? Yours, &c. DUE. MAI LS. Hainburgh o THE SUN. ARRIVED. I SOLZIA QUIS DICERS FALSUNI AUDEAT ? LONDON, MAY 22, 1804. Ovt Le:ters from the Coast of Kent state, that a very heavy firing commenced yesterday 'morning, about eieven .oklbek, in the direttlionof Calais and Boulogne, which was supposed to proceed from the usual cause, viz..opr,Cruiiers endtavoutir!g► to pre_ bent some of their FlOtilla from entering Boulogue, At haq' past four, however, the firing still conti- nv.T.:l_ with great violence, , And at that hour, every in the Dwns was unmo4lring, and preparing to under wejgh. There were yesterday morning 1.1:7, of the Entrny's Gunboats in the Outer.har. bur of Boulogne, and we shall he, happy to find that ti-,ey have at length made an attempt fairly "to coma out to 'sea, because we have no doubt that it wf.;;lld end in the destruth9n pf the greater part of the 'FI itilla, as we have not had since the commenament of the War so large a Force _off .13'ul . gne as we have at present. . . We knowthat . the oscers in our,• Eloclpding Squadrons, on both the Dutch and French Coasts, have fir some days past entertained strong hopes khat. the Enemy, • from the movements they were ivaking, were about to put to sea. We this morning received a Letter from an Offi cer on hoard one of His M jesty's ,Ships at anchor" off the Texel, which states the Dutch Force in that Port to amount to six. S t Jil of 'the Line, three Fri - gates, at,d ab ut one 'Janda(' _large Transports. There are 7:5 1 00o men alreaay einharked; and about the same number encamped on Kjtiforum, ready for embarkation, The English Fliet, consisting of N eig'.t Sid of 015. Line and two F7igate,3,_ is laying at anchor, clear for action, witii;ri a le , .;'" miles of 0 er. road of the Texel. The achy in the saili!.g of the Dutch Fieet_is supposed to have arisen r to the circumstance of thcirwaititig for a new 'Lite' of - Eat:Le Snip, which came down from Am sterdam about the beginning of this month,- and vihit.h is preparing for sea with all_ possible dis- parch. ' he strong easterly winds and thick'.fogs which Ire. aiied • at' the beginning of this month, were ✓ery fav,;urable for the Enemy, if they .had been 'disposed to make the attemPt. 'Admiral THORN. BOROUGH, bad, however, taken every, precaution -to prevent tbeireScaping him,. by placing small - .vessels in vhrious direuions, to watch their mo. Lions. 'By the IlamburghM;git which arrived last .night, we have the following important State Paper : RATI'EON, MAT To.f:lay the 'following htnperi.ii Declaration, delivered yesterday t, 'the Mini , te: Resitleni, M. KLUPFELL, to . the ••. ilsrun W./NY-5 tNt, was communic.ated to the Diet. NOTE, " To- e - ^ni t'aketi place the Stater ' 1 ; 7 B•.CiR, and the conclusion of which has b'een so melancholy, This 0c , .. casioned the most poignant grief to the Emperor of all the Russias. He cannot but view with the greatest concern, the violation, which ha% been committed on the tranquillity and integrity of the German Terri. tory. His IMPERIAL MAJESTY is the more affefted by this evenr, as be never couldbave exkkeeted that a Power which had underiaken in common with him. self, the office of Mediatbr, and was consequently bound to ekerrits tare for'the welfare and tranquil. I .itY of Germany; could have - departed in .suck.' a manner from the sacred principles of the Law of Nations, and. the duties it had so Litely taken On . itself. It riould.be unnecessary to call the attention of the Diet to the serious consequence to which the German Empire must be exposed, if ats of which' the first - example has just been seen, should be passed over in silence : it 'Will with its accustomed foresight easily perceive how much the future tranquillity and security of the whole Em pire, and each of its Members, must he endangered, if such violent proceedings 'should be considered as allowable, and suffered' to - take place without ob. servation or opposition. "'Moved by these Considerations, and in quality of Guarantee of the Constitution of the Gzrmanic Empire, and that of Mediator, the EMPEROi, con.. Bidets it as his duty solemnly to protest against an alion which is such 'an attack on the tranquil lity and security of Germany.. Justly alarmed at mournful,prospea it presents, 'Hit MAJESTY made no delay to represent his manner of thinking on the subjeft- to the First Consul, through the Rus sian Chargi-di Afa;rs at Paris. " While His MAJESTY adopts a measure pre scribed 'to him by his solicitude for the welfare of the German Empire, he is convinced that the Diet and the Held of the- Empire will do jus. tice to his disinterested, - and manifestly indispen sable care ; 'and that they will unite their endea_ yours with his, to tranmit their just remonstrances to the French Government, to prevail on it to take such steps and measures as the violation of their dignity may require, and the maintenance of their future security may render necessary." - The other Intelligence brought by the Mail is of minor importance, though by no means uninte. resting. It appears, by Letters from Constanti tipple, that the ascendancy of the Beys in Egypt has been completely destroyed, in consequence of disscn. tions amongst themselves, and a quarrel with the Arnauts. in an Aition between the latter and the Beys on the L.l.th of March, IBRAHIM BEY 1-d 1110't of the other Beys were either - kill:A dispersed, or taken prisoners. EIJI BEY had previously retired into Upper Egypt. The General of the Arnauts has promised Adelity to the Porte, and the greatest joy has, in consequence, been manifested at ,Constanti noplei A Putch Journal states,,under the head Paris; , that in the Senate, SrErEs, LANJunlArs, and the late Bishop GREGO IRE, had refused their assent to the resolution for bestowing the Imperial Dignity' on BONAPA.RTE. • Yesterday evening the Moniteurs to the 15.11 inst. were received, which are nearly filled with Ad dresses from different Corps of the Army, and from Prefeels and Municipal Officers. They are all written so much in the same style of coarse slavish adulation, that we apprehend a very few specimens, will satisfy our Readers. AT such a moment as the present, when it cer. tainly is the interest,, and thet-efore ought to be the wish, of all Parties to unite against. the Common Enemy; until the danger with which' we are threat ened shall have passed,away, it is a matter , of seri_ . ! ous regret to see the spirjt of Patty .again rising in the Country, anti t;; - itee gun spirit manifestvl by language as violent as it is unconstitti;' , Tot. We were disposed for some days to pass over in Siiehce the peevishness and disposition to - invec tive, which marked the Columns of . the Paper that has long been,_ known to' speak the sell• tirnents of what is now called the Old Opposi. don. We were willing to make eery allowance for this ebullition of a hasty temper, because we must in candour admit, that their disappoint ment was extremely provoking. But we ` c- with propriety suffer . one of the most valuable and least disputed parts of the Prerogative Gf . ' the Crowti to be -denied. - We cannot suffer unwor thy and dishonourable motives to be imputed to men who, in - obedience, to the commat,ds of /I.eir Sovereign, and in compliance wivli the wishes of the People, have accepted the situction of Ministers of to CountrY, without entering . our Forest a gainst such condua. It will, know, he immei;telv til 3 r • the Prero , vative of the Crown to y appoint its own Miniiter!,, has never bcen 'denied in the Paper to w hich we allu L —true, the proposition,has never been denied i-ntitenry, - bui tlit'tnuilicns it is rE.l.u,:cd :o praaice, in a manner that disappoints the ex. t I pe&t,it,i , :ns of the Party, then we hear of nothing bar proscription and .exclusion. The right of elec tion does, at least to a common understariding, corn- . prebend a power of rejeekion :, upon what principle, -then, of common sense or decency, can it be said - that the rejeflion of one - individual -is a proof of a system of general proscription and exclusion ? With regard to the propriety-or imprOpriety of the -ex clusion of Mr. FoX from His Majesty's Councils, it -is a subjeft much too delicate, much- too high, for us_to discuss. Of Mr. Fox's talents we entertain the, highest opinion, and we have. already expressed our wish that the experiment coOld have. been made, of an _Administration comprizing all the great talents of the Country; but we cannot admit that his exclusion is a proof of a system of proscrip. Lion, or -that it can justify other eminent men in withholding their services from the CoUntry at a crisis like the present. What the - circumstances arei that at this junflure peculiarly entitle Mr. Fox to public confidence, we have not been told, and we are unable to discover What changes may have taken place in his sentiments (in his language there certainly has been none), we are yet to learn. It is not many • months ago since his political 'conduft - was most minutely investigated, and most triumphantly ex posed, in another Opposition Paper, that is now, somewhat at a loss . to discover what possible ob. jedion there can subsist to his being a Cabinet Minister. The Party, however (we mean the Old. Opposition), seem willing to console themselves under the pressure of present disappointment by the • • , prospeft of future success ; and we are - told, with great exultation, that the present is the most-re. speaable Opposition this Country ever -witnessed.' Opposition ! to what.? to measures not yet proposed--;_, to plans not yet known Is this a proof of chat cot:: - dial co.operation.for the public good at-this arduous • moment, of which these Gentlemen have talked so . much of late.? .Isit a likely-way to 'give vigour to the efforts of this Country, foi a number of Noble- Men and Gentlemen to embody thin - die - lye's into a systematic Opposition, before they know whether the,measures of the new Ministers are or are - not likely to prove beneficial to the Country ? What the conduft of the Old Opposition will be, judging from the past,' we can have very little doubt; but are they 'quite . so sure - that their new Allies aft upon,. ,the same principles, -and will cordially co,operate . in their plans ? .These are which they would do well to consider before they raise their hopes 1 too high, as it may save them the mortification of another disappoinmerit. Until the Treaties of ailiance,• offensive and defensive, between the Whig Club and the Correeponding Society have been dis solved, the former are not in a situation " to main. tain the accustomed-relations of peace and amity" with' Lord .GRENVILLE. and Mr. WINDHAM.— Anlionourable union can never take plade between !LIC GRENVILLES and the - FoxrrEs, while the latter maintain an. illegitimate connexion with the Corresponding Society. Mr. WINDHAM will never ' enter the ranks with men whom he termed, perhaps not with technical accuracy, " Acquitted Felons I, l ' and Lord GRENVILLE can never coalesce with men who carried over Addresses of Coogratulation_from 1 Seditious Societies in England to, - Revolutionary' Clubs in France. Yesterday, about ten .o'clock, the LORD CHAN CELLOR and Mr. PITT had audiences of HIS MA JESTY, and continued till near twelve. In a short timeafter,HisMAJrsTY,accompanied by the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE in his post.chariot, followed by the QUEEN and PaiNe ESSES ) attended by the Countesses of CARDIGAN and AYLESBURY, in two coaches and four, took an airing on the Harrow road, arid returned about half past three through the principal streets at the West End of the. Town. Yesterday •the RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR had an in terview with Lord HARROWBY, 111SATIge, from twelve o'clock till past five. • , Yesterday Wa s s appointed for lits MAJESTV receive the RECORDER'S report of the, Convias under sentence of death ; but, at . a late hour on Sunday night,. Ihe,LORD CHANCELLOR sent to the RECORDER to postpOne the business. • The Purser of the Sir Stephen' Lushington arrived yesterday morning at the India HOuse, with the in. telligenee of the safe arrival of that ship at Ply_ mouth,' in company with the ships Admiral Gard. ner,'Earl Howe, and Charlton, and five whalers. T ile e ar l H owe , Admiral Gardner, Charlton,. and. Sir Stephen Lushington left Bengal in. December la,t, and sailed from St. Helena Ist April ; left there the Britannia (Company's ship, outward. bound), and the Georgiana. No ships had arrived there silice the last accounts were received. Passengers per Sir Stephen Lushington, from Bengal—Col. and Mrs. Gllss and family, Mrs. Ross and farnily, Mrs. Hodges, Miss Roberts, Miss Sheriff; Col-. Gardiner and Son, I Major Gladwin, David Ross, Esq. two Miss Ross's.—Froin St Helena: Mr. Munro, Mr. ceorge Smith. Some of the New Dollars were yesterday issued from the Bank ; but we are sorry to find, that, under. vari , us pretences, great numbers of' those which Lav e lately been in circulation were refused to be taktn in exchange. This systeth, if persevered in, in4:v Drove materially injurious to many an indw_ tfl ITS i ld ivi d i J . Yesttrday we, received accounts from Faro long, 1 )Y Way of Flo'..`land, dated 2 1st of April, n - t rdy . contradid the sepals; of the broken out in that quarter. A' A r‘f NETV S. DEAL, I 'M A'Y 2—Qatirier past Four 0' Sailed the Devastation, Lticifer, Furl, B#llbud Bombs, and Lark Sloop on a rulze L o C - Calais 'an F Boulogne. rls A very heavy Cannonading was heard t his fi from eleven o'clock, ,and still continues : w hen ts vi: . ; d 'l a heard, it was from. the_ direftion - of. Calais, an a it seems to draw to the SontlWard. It is suOnse to proceed from some of the Enemy's nu r ing from the Eastern Ports for Boulogne , a nd of - Cruizers having fallen in•with them. Every the Downs except the Lit has made the Sig n ' for all Officer's to repair on -board ; i.t i. 5 irrog infi they. have orders to proceed to Sea. Half past! Four o'Clock:—Every Sh i p ill the 2 13 Downs is unm6oring, and preparing to s ail, the Cannonading' still continues. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Illustrious, Ardcnt' Virginie, Zebra, Bonetta, and 1%4 ilibrook Schooner. 7 . . DOVElti MAY 21. 1 —A, vary heavy 631111°"(liillge has been heard throughout the greatest pa rt °I ti : day, in' the.dire&Con of Boulogne. ATrig3t' a d.' ' .' rived this . evening,- which left BJulogne R°° ' , t early this morning, at which time all w ! 4--3 s ,i- 1 3 There were then about r4o of the Enemv's I' Mjti , anchored without the Harbour, but the nuil'er°°. i i, T 1 q Cruizers now off theta, will completely ke .° b e en in . check. There has at no period of the We( Q . so great a force opposite Boulogne as 2t this - ment. I . . ..„ the Earl Howe, Charlton, ~ PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.---tom into Clws and Sir Stephen A L ra iG . ar;igerl , I. 1 , ,d Lushington Indiamen, from 13e • L' g a.' ajesty , St.' 11 . A PI :: n i : s e : cl slll' the ii°s u T IVI T :o ' BMrotAhYers2" 2r.--Dropped r olpipegililtdon°::vir:ja 11: . ) 'fr-Ship Queen, of 98 - g lii from Sutherland; Mary, Clark, Two F ° l -I : ' iaids , ' "c a '' c 1)1 gencF, - Roberts, from London ; a Fleet.troinh tli: Dowil; e ilir Ru Sailed- 7 johnand Sarah, Lamb fur Sunderland i Eil Z3 , • - Burley, for Dublin; and Elizabeth, Haywood, for Do"'' I , . . 6 ALMOUTI-1, , MAY, 19.--Sailed . . His Dila cst) ; F Ship Eurydice, of 24. guns, With the mit:vat-3V°' Newfoundland and Quebe c , fleet under Cori v°Y ; vi itil also the Prince of - Wales Packet, 'Toon, ri d M the ai L ls ord f : i iv if i a t x h ..I.\ll, Charles tl le*,i h sl an e: l ce l r stl 1 Packer,inst , for c o A L T iS E b sor nn oi : . 3_ , : j,. 011/ Mails of ., _ the ...: 2clinst.. fo r Netv.-York s r ' I , by This day was detained and br.-tught i t ' i 11 1,1 1 0 5 . 4 NlajeNty's Officers . of the Ctutoms, under 'lle r, de , . vering Mt, the American Ship Charles i•Ja' ; f lel' Capt. • TOMKINSi which arrived .a few , days 5" off this Harbour, from Nurfolk, -with tobac co ' ' „ e I lit Dispatches from Admiral CO RNWALL is, hr"ver, by the Culloden, 0174 guni, wer e received, ves,lpie day at the Admiralty, dated the 16:11 instil-Ir. , d l e Indefatigable and End_yiniwi•Frigates had j I f '', die Fleet ; the latter. &kip was sent to reinfotc' : l I Fleet under Admiral COCi-iIiANE'A COrnifiall° Ferrol. . ter i t ? ' Admiral W. YOUNG is appointed Comm a " ', ar Chief at Plymouth, in th e , room of Si r JOH° ti lte d pots, who, with Admiral PATToN,,arc e g P i . t id daily in tbwn to take their' 13 seats at the ''' Admiralty. - l 'o b/ ' The Illustrious, of 74 guns, is ordered ro 34 Channel Fleet off Rre.,,. f rod f° f • The . ,it: super, WAMPRA, from London - i t 0 ,-.- , Jamaica was blown out of: Madeira cn c ;, ' ' l4° l' I... March, and was Capture'! On- the r 7 h I.IV ` c ,., a n`- Prisfe' french Privateer, of s . guns and 60 ti le- , ' t r, i ll retaken by an- English 'Frigate, with a coP' o ' - i P rii i r:g at O re ificers and ' Crew of t he 141' , 8 1 110°'1 sight The6fretim'ea Portugal, :sere unforttipat'ely wrecked on th e c .,, r )3 cli i° F two, o i e r g p . r u t et t e l : g rc tle a t o,, , i nt : v a oe u iyi S te u i h s d 9 t t a i)y, n l a c lt e ih i se o: dv - desar 1' ' had . . to' (9—e 'he}f fohoir:T:rilsiter:ll...igifsrl::o7n, ,c'vale;':d)::l;cirmuigi,eirrit,:• . . Mr. manly ; with many ' of the Officer s all ' - , :.ti - ' Were on the wreck 76 hours, 4witliput rite ; e l t i ff'. tenartc. , 9. The tiatn6 of the Officers arri ve; . 0 . . Lieutenants W. IL Douglas and E. f - larv eV ; ,e, I. k al I . ) ..drairle - 0., master ; W. .- Manly, V orger •,l ~. Alc or,. : r i i ''''' e r ; C:)pr. _Flyers of the I ,` l ' k e g h ,rt. n 1, , , i )es • M''r • ,vl - 10 vas - -3 ruts, g . i s a! , serq..) , er tc , ~:ir..,4* ~4 il we .,, 1 \ 4,1 u- 1 )1w-4, \V ,!h . r, Crouch,' .Ik 4f r , ""`' ) '' ' :',o .' i;Y sk middlionlerts E. Leivis;cierk ;76 tutu ail( ' -. r iL and Lieut, j. Campbell, aod 8 'Manned. T jeso . , i7 Officers and Men lost.—,-'2apt. Dix.w ; - 1 -.. -- licit : :', Wilson . ; Rance, surgeon ; , Lawton, gunner ; t 0,,,c- . • ley, mate ;,. Proby and Hayes, middlipmen ; r ioe s r, cabe, surgeon's:mate ; 40 tree, 7 boys, 5 f l ' a and i servant. .• . f M r' . Left sick' cif Figu,4,ra, under the charg e ' ., j i :,ir M 4 Callam, miSter's-tnate, and Mr. Pgiest, 11.„5,,,,i0, man, of the Loire..— J. Cook.,boatswain; C• ' l) ,:,",cic, ertrannalt, Mead, Fcnwich, Clarke,:rowler, P burn, Chapman, Parnell, and Denny,. SC."111111. g folio- A boat of the cutter Entreprenante, will' ') od mid,kipokan • and. fiye men, last wed: l r e ' l o o ,, , Brighton, after having been' 36 hours at " 'l4 4 ' without any food. _ Th(yy h a d l e ft t he Cut 'or . within two reagurs of Dieppe, on a desig n tCl eo ld lure a satin Frenc 1 _vessel, by a sudden I,g from either reaching trur or r c - ing their awn ship. ------ . ie wiog , As General Firzttoy was On FsidaY r e '. 1 ,, 114 but hail been prevcoio, Ole R:tyal Bucks tied \Vest Essex; at ilarwlc to I,oce• , • was thrown from Iris lur-e, With Sony' vi"' 1, 'lit' the ground. We are happy to anti, lictwr,f,. 0 lir i. •-• he was not materially hurt, being only britise.:,t4 A;,1.. • immediately mounted the horse oil w hich l i ' dor p. ; decamp was ridin, .and remained a Co l ' s _ _ .. .• • time in the lidd, . :