The Sun. — London, England, 1822-10-11 00:00:00

:~' i -ti Q r,. l in to z(.l less rs ; )ing. the t ir ;n ° use, '— Don &1 1 the l a st with e ' i"° ,! ac ting iateo• [iA trim heir k bouse , T .;0 7eCei' • o o jer• tt steivb edli:3l;:gr e lect as.. A3C e ' , oo- ling I of teCroy, of ty• . 50 a , tar l • Mlo °l o' s , , a ny. of 53'1 :W ' o hs ' , 0 , fi111e 1 : : ny .00 op ar s he 1 4 i 11 00 ! r it 0 ' the tor t ba ti p 15 111.1.e5ctii 12;( 2 ('' ' NuattEß 9401.1 A PLAIN SCHEME., SWYT and Co. have the satisfaction of know as f . Jog from their Correspondents in the Country, as well f th e 'urn the best information in London, that the Scheme. o f all tresent Lottery is generally approved. It is diyested him thus novelties which have distinguished recent Lotte ries, tkill,so' p l ain and simple in its constrtlction, that no one aey, all to underst an d it. — The Prizes are all of Sterling 4 .Mo and ate thus arranged, viz. - q..... 2 . • • •of ...... 1:20,000 3 of £i, ooo 10,000 10 1,000 All, •••• .. . .. ......... ' 2 ' o ' .• , ...... 5,000 20 500 °, X3OO, 60 of £2OO, and the usual proportion of In th e . smaller Prizes. q 4, 2 Contract just ended, the Last-drawn Money Prize Ili glie (l si ° p. , and in S olo ttery drawn in June last Both the I:',4u 4PI, Alrclizgaest: t fi ., .•at na ,... _were by SWII , I and. Co. at , the_ir O ss ld . ~ uthees, No.ll, Poultry; 12, Charing-Goss . 1 „ xlio_street. . . , '••••-•.............: le DraWnig begins 30111 THIS MONTH. --.........., Al RP -DI.ICF.D FARES, TO DO CANTERBURY. • (4 • GOOD TIME, pn,„ vE, M ARGATE ANIIO AND KEEP GOO DOVER, DEAL, RAMS -• n INSIDE COACHE S. SAR ite I3Y H E AD I M NN, SKINN OUN , TAJN and Co. . SNOW HILL, E'S LONDON. IE followi n g l'lle Cc Out from th e above Inn:— inscrate, Margate, POST-COACHES, &c. set G Tele ra h " DOVER, Deal, never' saterb at . S. P , ev t , „, ), r eversham, consequence 1 th i e" d ' u tlling at a quarter . Pas and Sa t 7 above Coach, if" the Pro- Post-Coach-- 1 Pri et - Naled Preference given to the ndwich. o'Clock " .— e: it ti tt ` u ;s aN determined do ex once sha ll oa.. filt(a)r\st conveyance on the Kent ra Stroud, Gravesend, be spared to render Silt 'IPION, Cha th am, Roches ter, . ng at a quarter past 7, a l t n t ° _,urne, and Rainleun, every Morn, I Exeter, '',ft :aced Fares. y„..,H, plymout3, . tit h, . 1 44 ItoYal Eclipse," FALMOu 1 Totness, We)11 . 10 (,1)oreulle11.°111nin, Penryn, Ashburton, Bridport, Blandfo and e .teri . ler, D artmouth, and Salisbury, ev er y morning a t r d , k o , d , thlough Honiton, Axminster, tit kwater, Ila;s4hl3ol.,!.dele,Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, t .. W„r, on," SOUTHAMPTON, - Black water, and II eh -deter, B asingstoke Hartford Bri , • r ' ning at half-past Lvaiington, Lyndhurst, %t, New Four Inside ' Coach, every e to the Isle o Pi„ttll arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by ‘l'' ' This ig st delia•htfnl Conveyanc L Iht, a., G u mo o, i es Havre - de_ Grace, Cheri - ' 4l lref 'Est's!, ernsey, St. Ma 0 , has hitherto been tece;"'t, &c.—The Proptietors of the above Coach hope to tt p - 4.e a continuance of that support wh ichbe "Union."—Nu titei„,.teneed since the comutencement of t 134.1::,,aitil other Coaches. p ert , .', 1-1 and BRISTOL Flying Reading, ever) Aft:t4al, Cable, Marlborough, an dNewbury,te h Greyhound Inn, Ntli "" at one ; arrive at Mr. May's,. - Post-Coaches, through Chip- , Wells, Bridgc 44tsth'ikalt the London Tavern, Thomas street, and Swan . , tv4t ',,6rly next Morning.—Coaches to a nte itaunton, and Plymouth. e Ni 4 t/ru ll're," a New LIVERPOOL Insid, sets out Daily at 0„ •.-lt oh the Road, carrying Four afternoon at Five, through Light Coach,, only 1174.; arrives at Liverpool next _ _ or ~ Ilitti'lQ, Lathhury, Northampton ! %I'Newcastle, &nuts l'ltd, 3'., .‘therstone, Litch fi eld, Stole, If d Luttmayorth, r ,N IIItt-V l Jgon, and Prescot. ')aci i ~ ' S BURY, Wellington, and Shiffnal, 1 ., I'lle,PEY Afternoon.—Guarded. . e ter Blandford ,Salis- Light Post ,._'llt, Ah ',ni°n, WEYMOUTH , gs r . o k 7 , h nttr ""ter,Overton,Basin every Afternoon, with .. , vti co' and t agshot new Post Coac h, We •mouth to Guein ' Hartford Bridge, Black sty, j a'aruel lonly:--Th e Packets frtim B, ) every Wednesday 4, 14 4,ett't!,eY, Qierbourg, St. Malo e's , ,, .k c . • liAltNYafternoon, at Two ILK._ 1 " t C New Light Coach, Post .. _ e vry• tt , i '' OLE and Southwo- °ll Mornings at 7 ~,, (dock. ire" ~ ‘i.jaY, Wednesday, and Fr id a y I' lit Post Coach, sets ß i i ; eve ry Aft llekiogham,,, LEEDS light through Baldock, tr g tles‘vade ervaa°,l at Four; and passe Grantham, Baw , y, St ' 'Men - • Greetham, ~_ atefo rd p ) S t i lton, fold Doncaster, and ferryb d"oktiani Moor, Newark, Ret next Afternoon.- -4104 ; 1 ge ' t u the Golden Lion, Leeds, _ Notwithstantling 0 1 e lineotulei and Packages 'only 2tl per 10.— "t ' is allowed to be the ',!` ) st a " -ExPedition of this Coach,. I Conveyance on the •aivti, lieeltble and complete Public tiAitad, being unequalled by any. ot her.l t l'ost Coach, every Afterot n`'WCIAI'E and Ripon new Ligi 11,9 1., <X (i s s' 6,, a , t „Pou r, sad Eight in the Morning. n Annan, Dumfrie . s, 'ulvi,l,'"v Longtown Gretna7grel • ,! moek, KlngswF ll, all ah',''., Tlinrnhill San ' uhar-Kiln, Can Post Coach daily. TI, r tS of Scotland, 'il light four inside Shields, vi ei, t a. Scarborough, Whitby, '',., iid,tt '',Press, to YORat, „.ew light four-inside 14 'last ~ aNl,Newcastl & Edinburgh, a i'l - out every Morn.. L"ach, with Guard e' throughout ; sets . p at Ei 4lit , a , d Doncaster, Newark, Retfoi , N,1"ty1.441„. (.., Clock, by way of Ne Durham, I Northallerton, la u ' Firth t:ll,drialdeaster, Darlingitiovie:. at York the . next d t them 41v(t;t1 f l:alf- past el; i' vi,ci t ' ' an ' d clo a c r k. Passengerstut ate they Morn- Pleas'e:tigned o n iA t e li v e c j u ourney, may rest . w h at nal Fare. N llit' l 'd then • Iwith out any addition al Fare. Coach ti Liii., proccei . p' r4 tigt, "ItoUGH and Swindon, new four Lydington ,e‘vs,,, Aldhonrn, Reading, Lambourn, . . rford, Newbury .a d 11(4' ;17",(4.t0a Basset, ' Ratusbury, Hung' httiolleit head. and Holy -114(1 N C 'liNloßTE-1, Walsal, Shrewsbury, Sal e o r p n , oon. 13(.)s.ervi Light Four Inside Coach, eve' y Af r t nno. . l, , I Stilton, II,W tia , Horneastle, Spalding, Pete' bo t cin _ ms _ y, b and „1411 lailingdo D 5' Co' - I to Spilsby, Lont t, ti g o ' -, er i • - " 1 ' ' D. . Coaea ..t, I t Boston and 4nc) -u ng, at Six. The only a) f .,'11 1 1,`, 41 e. Post Coach to ' A RC ' PA Press " 'd Lig ht Four-inside ti 4r. ISl, t, ~,e ts .. a N w Four Whitehaven, goes wi t h trough, 4.l ) ,, s i 't, am _I _ l lll . ll, and way,passes through 1 hri _ ge, wall tl, y,u. ',L. Guatel all the Catterick, Boroug i d titlevb„ leta-bridge,Richmond, Newark, Doncaster, w, ~, al it ha,/,?, .Aberford, Forrybridge , Stilton, and 16 y `;t7ttiAtie':istatriford, Bawtry ? Greetham, performs the journey h y I th e .. t , ts out every Morning, and s detained on the . d 0i15i,,..6 eatest facility. Passenget _ dvantage of their `ats h"."s or pleasure have the peculiar a 4'ull; seea r d • 'i .xt Coach- I Bolton, l, )3L La e il l t ' e "`' Kirby-Lonsda e, very A ft ty , 0 , neaster, Preston, . _ Pest Co aches, c ~r;r4„uri.llsliirk, and Garstang Light 14 11‘; 1 i t al E j ," 'e Light Four Inside Post Coach, 4 t t1 , c1 ,, -i,,ithti, -,OL : P rv e Zing N to w n, Knutsford, Stone, . Stafford, After -1),4 atrihld, (oly One Night on, the Roadl, e ser y Inn, u 7 * "''str - , re t o'Cluck ; arrives at the Saracen s Head I,474k4.eit,,,Liverpool, next Evenimet, l called " the Ex tti.. " e i- t y L :,, 1 1 ) , , rtour, inside Afternoon. Pst- vvi'l 44 ,., ; " I nb r a , " Vrtechurch, ' farporley, Na e n v y r t ; Aft:; N ,;u rth ''''ell,ewa;il t iVl' l rldle wic II Light Post-Coach, e ev ee t) ZE - 11,. L A 1 d y am Light Post Coach, t ( 1,1/1 1e 1110 , ,. 1 . 14 ,t . 0 ND, i1 S e tc e li o t r o o, n e , i a n n n , Su n d etittl . It, E Winslow, 1 4Vetii ii IZYaI Express," to MANCI-1;SI hampton,new Four. 11 ) ue P,','"lewcastie, Walsal, and Wolvet e ka, sL-Coach, every Afternoon.—Only One Night on P 4 141 ' Post-Coach li ue4 y I t }-..L1) and Rotherham New Four-inside an d a l i ' s e n s s t " The f.: TilittlY('' 1,1 11 4 1,11.%tT 1 0 1 V in ‘ ' t 11? IA f E te x r7o e o s i s t ' . 4tatlt„eitsYal Express," New BIRMINGHAM Li g ht_ns i ide on ly; aaq °a sses i l u i ' lt ev erY Afternoon, carryin g F Sontham, Weedoll, 4411Javetitr.rough Warwick, Leamingto ß n ;ill -street, Binning ti..n,ext N Y 1... t11 . the Saracen's Hea d, ~it o'Clock. . . 1, 4 1o: Isi Ex pr ;' s uTg at, half- . past Sev e n v. gt ()m e. . % a New Light Post . Coach, to HULL ? Lii , t t t every Morning a itllho't_100:1•‘ t, Hum/en, and Donc a a r s k te e i t , -riace, Hull ; and t 144i•‘ it°elll°lllhe C!''''s Keys' ft M doon at Four oc I'v e , „....F l 3 lO , ~...ant In the A er d Clieshunt Coach, ' wIllr; Ware, Hollesdon, au La 4,...,6 -dig. New light h:Y claaltled Travelling by " The Chamion," a 4 ' 1 4% 114 1t, e ;3 ' '''' bol teßEsTEß, only, tin ongli I" 13 hours.l rcliOvertml, fir4oter, s,tZlwater, Basingstoke, Wlptc, no .., h pro. 4 t t t3 Of th e t! l 7 l . WOOd3 eats, and B ay' ' ll d no expenses all l'ty r ed to r cw.e CO4Ch are determine 1 eWestern Road. 4 41 1,1,1„, ender it the first conveyance on t i . at Eleven, a f'.Past..?,llANl and Edmonton Coaches daily, at „*" 11g NV°, Pire, and Eight. ttly 2(tgage pound ac kages to Leeds, York, and Doncaster, F ri : 4. h 118;.,,, . - - inly"tis 4,,ci t h e and Co. respectfully int their acq"a for las ear e le Public that they will not be accoun table vO . l e rl / 4 th el s, Pas s '. - ' l % e 41 i Pi v enger s Luggage, Writings. Plate, .x.c. t 1 14,, nteeett Pounds Value,if lost, stolen, or . damaged, un ly at * - "Vac - as such and th I surance paid according , n C4)l . l.l cad lna .. e n t snow-hill, L oll o° • , Skinner-stree , s • .\ . Ailt ~ • , 4.- 4.. r-,, ,;.:•-i: v -.4, , ...t,,,----k,I, 1,;,..,.. .3 --,, ....___ •44., -,..:, !,,,,,,, 7..e7 A . . , ..1 , . )._..-- . apo -- 4-4,-,' ,• I 1 -61:--) x,:„.„-- 17 ° ' - t.... ,_ . 7//:,...,, 4: r ° 4/. c....)1.:2,,_,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,:r.„,.;;:.,in'.',,.,,,-..,6":...5:;:;E:!--,-,-.:1.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, .1822. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS it has been represented to the Y. 7 LORDS' COMMISSIONERS OF THE AD MIRALTY, that in the Evening of the 19th of September last, THREE MEN armed with CUtlasses made an attack upon JOHN WILLIAMS, a Seaman of the Coast Blockade, while employed on his duty at his post, near the Haddock's Alratchbouse, in the Parish of Pett, near Hastings, in the County of Sussex, and after Maliciously and Feloniouslyin flicting upon him with their said Cutlasses divers dangerous wounds on the Head, left him senseless on the Beach, and made their escape. Their Lordships, for the discovery of the Persons concerned in this Outrage and Felony, are hereby pleased to offer a Reward of Fifty Pounds to any person or persons, who shall give such information as shall be the means of discovering and apprehending the said offenders ; such Re ward to be paid on the conviction of the said offenders, or any of them, by CHARLES BICKNELL, Esq. Solicitor of the Admiralty, Spring Garden Terrace London. October 84822. THE ARMY. GENERAL - ORDER RESPECTING COURTS MARTIAL. [ Directed to b e embodied in the General Regulations of theArmy.] The Mutiny Act, and the sixteenth section of the Article of War, contain the principles on which Courts Martial, both General and Regimental, are to be constituted, and their pro ceedings conducted. The duties attached to Officers employed on Courts-Martial are of the most grave and important nature, and in order to dis charge them with justice and propriety, it is incumbent on all Officers to apply themselves diligently to the acquirement of a competent knowledge of Military Law, and to make themselves perfectly acqu'ainted with all Orders and Regulations, and with the Practices of Military Courts. With this view, the Com manding Officers of Regiments, are to require all Officers, on their entrance into the Army, and before they are nominated to be Members of Courts-Martial, to attend the proceedings of such Courts, until the Commanding Officers may deem them competent to the performance of so important a duty. General or other Officers, commanding on Foreign Stations are restricted from sending home Officers, or men, with arti: des of accusation pending against them, except in cases of the most urgent necessity, it being essential towards the due admi nistration of justice, that when charges are preferred, they should be thoroughly investigated on the spot. An Officer, who may be placed in arrest, has no right to de mand a Court-Martial upon himself, or to persist in consider ing himself under the restraint of such arrest, after he shall have been released by proper authority, or to refuse to return to the exercise of his duty. It by no means follows, that an Officer conceiving himself to have been wrongfully put in ar rest, or otherwise aggrieved, is without remedy ; a complaint is afterwards open to him, if preferred in a proper manner, for which provision is made in an Article of War. In all cases in which more prisoners than one are arraigned upon different charges, and tried by the same Court-Martial, the Court is to be re-sworn at the commencement of each trial, and the proceedings are to be made up separately, and signed, as if each prisoner had been tried by a distinct Court-Martial. Officers commanding Regiments are empowered by the Mutiny Act, and by the Articles of War, to cause Regimental. Courts-Martial to be held, for inquiring into such disputes, or criminal matters as may be submitted for their consideration and judgment, and for awarding corporal or other punishments for small offences ; but the sentence is not to be carried into effeet until confirmed by the Commanding-Officer, and the award of corporal punishment by a Regimental Court-Martial is in no case to exceed three hundred lashes. General Regimental Courts-Martial are not to be applied to Crimes of a heinous or aggravated nature which require to be reported to the General-Officer commanding the district, or, on the station, with a view to their being brought under the con sideration of a General Court-Martial. Courts-Martial of this description are intended for the investigation and punishment of offences committed by non-commissioned officers or soldiers, which may not be deemed of a nature to require the investiga tion of a General Court-Martial, composed of officers of other corps, but which, from circumstances attending them, may seem to call for a more severe punishment than can, be awarded by Regimental Courts-Martial. The proceedings of a General Regimental Court-Martial, if the Regiment is in Great Britain or Ireland, are to be trans mitted to the General Officer commanding the district, and the sentence awarded is in no case to be carried into effect, until has received his sanction and confirmation. If the Regiment is not under the orders of a General Officer, the proceedings are to be transmitted to the Adjutant-General, for the approval of the Commander-in-Chief. If the Regiment is on a foreign station, the proceedings are to be submitted to the approval and confirmation of the General, or other Officer commanding, if not under the rank of Colonel, previous to the sentence being carried into effect. At all trials by General Regimental Courts-Martial, a De puty Judge Advocate is to attend, who must be furnished with a deputation from the Judge Advocate General; and the pro ceedings, after they have been duly confirmed, are to be trans mitted to the Judge Advocate General in London. General, or other Officers in command, who have authority to approve and confirm the sentences of Courts-Martial, are to be very particular in stating at the end of the proceedings, their determination on each case, and the manner in which the case is disposed of. In every case, in which a prisoner pleads Guilty, it is the duty of the Court-Martial, notwithstanding, to receive and to report in their proceedings such evidences as may afford a full kpowledge of the circumstances, it being essential that the facts and particulars should be known to those whose duty it is to report on the case, or who have discretion in carrying the sen tence into effect. - When a Court-Martial awards solitary confinement, as a punishment, it is necessary that the words " solitary confine ment" should be expressed in the sentence. The two next paragraphs are concerning the forms and cir cumstances of such commitments, adding, that no soldier is to be subjected to such confinement, except he be free from disease ; nor sent to the county gaol, except there are no other means of executing the sentence.] The Commander-in-Chief considers it of the greatest impor tance, that all Officers who may be employed on the duty of Courts-Martial, should be acquainted with the nature and ex tent of the powers and authority vested in them by the Legis lature, from the temperate and judidious exercise of which the discipline and reputation of the service will be maintained. There is not, however, any point on which his Royal High ness is more decided in his opinion, than that when Officers are earnest and zealous in the discharge of their duty, and com petent to their respective stations, a frequent recurrence to pit-- nishment will not be necessary. Too much attention cannot be paid to the prevention of crimes: the timely interference of the Officer ; his personal in tercourse and acquaintance with his men (which are sure to be repaid by the soldiers' confidence and attachment), and above all, his personal example, are the most efficacious means of preventing military offences. One company of the 15th Regiment of Foot will arrive to. day at Manchester Barracks, from Wolverhampton. Three companies of the 6Gth (or Berkshire) Regiment of Foot arrived yesterday at Hull, from Sunderland. One company of the 15th Foot will arrive at Liverpool this day, from Newcastle -under-Line, and embark with the first division of its corps for Dublin on Monday next, the 14th inst. A detachment of the 3d Dragoon-guards is ordered to march on Monday next, the 14th inst. from Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Scarborough, where it will arrive on the 18th inst. The detachment will be afterwards distributed in small parties, on the Yorkshire coast ; viz. at Bridlington, Ilomsea, Bramston, and Skipsea, in aid of the Revenue-Officers. The 43d (or Monmouthshire) Light-Infantry, General J. F. Lord Ho wden G.C.B. and K.C. Col., embarked at Cork, fir Gibraltar, as iollows : Three companies on the 31st August, on board the Success transport; five companies on the 18th ult. on board the Sophia and Ocean transports. FOREIGN TRADE OF THE cous rRY. REPORT. The SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to consider of the Means of Maintaining and Improving the FOREIGN TRADE of the Country, and to report their Opinion and Observations there upon to the House, have, pursuant to the order of the House, examined the matters to them referred ; and have agreed to the following Report : -- - In the first report presented by this Committee, allusion was made to various burdens that appeared to press upon the navi gation and commerce of the country, under the denominations of lights, harbour dues, pilotage, &c. ; and although the in tention of your Committee to examine these under their several heads was postponed, by the interposition of matters that seemed to require more immediate attention, your Committee felt anxious, at as early a peridd as possible, to -take up the consi deration of them, from a conviction that they not only were matters of importance in therrselves, but that their importance was greatly augmented by their relation to other measures; by which it was hoped to extend the foreign commerce of the coun try, to the success of which the diminution of the charges, both - on our own shipping, and those of foreign states visiting our coasts, was an indispensable preliminary.. To these subjects, therefore, your Committee, upon its ap pointment in the present session, applied its attention ; and se lected, as the first objects of their investigation, the Light Dues, Trinity Dues, Ballastage, Surplus Pilotage, and the Ramsgate and Dover Harbour Dues, which formed in their aggregate the principal part of the burdens alluded to, and which larnished grounds of complaint, in their bearing both on British and foreign shippinga.as well on account Of the amount to which they were levied, as the - manner in which the levy of them was made. - The points to which the attention of your Committee has been directed, in their consider i ation of these dues, were, the authority under which payments were exacted from British and foreign shipping ; the amount to which they were exacted ; the pur poses to which the receipts were subsequently applied ; and the means afforded of effecting a reduction of them, without injury to the public objects for which they were imposed. These dues, your Committee have found, are collected in part under the authority of acts of Parliament, in part by ancient custom, but to the greatest amount under particular patents is suing from the Crown. By the former authority have been established the Dover and Ramsgate Harbour dues, the charges for pilotage, for ballast age, and the dues in the port of London, and the lights under the management of the Northern Commissioners, constituted expressly for this purpose: By the same authority, also, have been established a part of the lights under the jurisdiction of the Trinity Corporation. The remainder, as well as the esta blishments of lights generally on various parts of the coast, granted to individuals, are established and maintained under the authority of patents from the Crown. In the acts respecting lights, as also in the respective patents, are set forth the reasons for, erecting each 'particular light, and the sums to be collected on shipping, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of erect ing and maintaining it. As the greatest proportion of the light dues, in common with other dues of inferior amount levied upon shipping, is collected and administered by the Corporation of the Trinity House, your Committee have been led to inquire into the constitution and objects of this ancient and respectable corporation, the trusts assigned to it, and the manner in which those trusts have . been fulfilled. It appears, that as early as the reign of Henry VI I., an asso ciation existed, consisting, as it is termed, of shipmen and ma riners, for the purpose of piloting ships and vessels belonging to the Crown, as well as all descriptions of merchant ships ; but what remuneration was received for this service, and what, if any, proportion of it was assigned to charitable purposes, does not appear. In the reign of King Henry VIII. the society was first in corporated by a royal charter, bearing date the 20th of May, 1514, granted to the shipmen and mariners of the realm, giving them authority to erect and establish a guild or fraternity, as well of men as of women, in the parish church of Deptford Strond, in the County of Kent : the charter provided for the due government of the guild, and custody of its possessions, by giving power to the brethren to appoint a master, warden, and assistants, it gave powers to make laws and statutes amongst themselves, for the relief, increase, and augmentation of the shipping of Eng] and, to levy pains, subsidies, &c., on offenders, to the master, warden, and assistants, and their successors, to acquire lands and tenements to a certain amount, to maintain a chaplain, and to do and perform other acts of piety, and to the community generally to enjoy all the franchises and privileges, shipinen and mariners of the realm have used and enjoyed. This charter received successive confirmations by Edw. VI., Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. -In the act of the Bth of Queen Elizabeth, after a preamble, reciting the object of the incorporation -of the society, and its duties of general supervision of the buoys, beacons, and ballastage, it is enacted, that the corporation of the Trinity House may, at their own cost, make, erect, and set up any beacons and signs for the sea, on such places of the sea shore, or uplands near the sea coast, or fore lands of the sea, only for sea marks, as to them shall seem meet. The act goes on to make it penal to disturb those marks, and also authorizes the master to license mariners to row on the Thames. In the year 1594, Queen 'Elizabeth granted to the Corp Oration the lastage and ballastage of all vessels upon the river Thames, surrendered for the purpose by the then Lord High Admiral, Lord Howard, together with all the rights held by him in virtue of his office, of making, placing, and erecting buoys, signs, and beacons for the sea, with all fees and advantages thereunto belonging. This was followed by a charter from her successor, James 1., which was grounded upon defects in preceding patents and grants, and the want of a sufficient authority to govern themselves, and all other sea faring men and apprentices; and directs, that from the guild shall be elected one master, four wardens, and eight assistants.. These thirteen persons are directed to elect eighteen other per sons to be added to the guild, out of the whole company of seamen and mariners, making together' thirty..one persons ; the successors of whom are to be called elder brethren, and all the rest of the seamen akd mariners belonging to the guild, and their successors, to be called younger brethren. Such was the constitution of the Corporation undr the charter of James I. ; and such is its form at the present day. The Journals of the House of Commons contain many entries relating to the Corpo ration, to which reference is made in the years 1643-1644- 1647 ; in which last year the. charter of James was dissolved, the members dispersed, and the management of - the affairs of the Corporation was transferred to a select committee, and by that committee was conducted till the year 1659, when the sur viving members of the Corporation re-assembled, and acted jointly with the committee ; after which Parliament nominated ,a master and a second warden, (one being still surviving), and filled up the number of wardens, assistants, and elder brethren. The restoration followed ; and in the course of a few months after the return of Charles H., the charter of the Corporation was renewed. By this charter the Duke of Albemarle was 'de clared master, four wardens were appointed, the deputies and assistants named, and the forms of election described - ; by it also is granted to the Corporation the power of appointing and regulating pilots and loadsmen into and out of the river Thames ; and all ancient profits, dues and duties, which at any time be fore, by lawful usage, prescription, or custom, they had reeeiv ed or taken by way of .loadmanage, or pilotage, are vested in the guild, the amount of which is described to be, for loadman age. or pilotage, 2s. in every 20s. ; ls. in every 305.; Bd. for every '6s. ; and 2d. for primage, every man who shall serve as' a mariner, and return into the river Thames or port ofLonclon. In prescribing the application of the certain re-. citpts arising under the grants made, it says " they shall be to the use and commodity and profit of the said guild, frater nity, or brotherhood, and for the purposes of repairing of the Trinity House and Alms Houses, and for the finding of certain persons, brethern, and the wives of brethren, of the said guild, fraternity, or brotherhood, which are fallen into decay, misery, poverty, and. need ; .and also for the relief of other poor mari ners, or seafaring men, such as by them or their successors, shall be thought meet and necessary therewith to be relieved." Except by the general directions in the charter of Henry VIII. in respect to performing works of piety, this is the first public authority by which the application of any of the receipts of the corporation is distinctly defined and prescribed. Notwithstanding the act of the 36th of Elizabeth, it appears that,a grant had been made by letters patent in the year 1672, of the right of ballastage, to Colonel Carlos, which having been litigated by the corporation, was surrendered and restored to them. and further confirmed by a grant of King Charles 11., in 1675, which was intended to put an end to doubts respecting the soil and waste grounds to the river belonging ; and it fur ther grants the rights of ballasting all vessels passing between „ef: - -, t. • ' - ,,,,C , ,,,, —,— " ' :i i - -t :: •% , I k' ..—e. ~., ” WY London bridge and the sea, and the fees, Perquisite's, and ad..: vantages thereunto belonging, for the use and benefit of thej poor aforeiaid, and to no other use, intent, or purpose what-' soever. _ _ A short time before the demise of Charles 11. the corporation of the Trinity House, in imitation of many ether corporations and in proof of their loyalty and devotion to their Sovereign', surrendered into his hands' their charter, which was regranted to them by his successor in the year 16115, and is the charter under which the corporation at present enjoys and exercises its several rights. 'Phis Carter, after declaring the purposes of the Corpora tion, appoints a master, wardens, and assistants, and eighteen elder brethren by name, preseribes the form of election, and de clares that all the rest of the seamen and marines belonging to the guild and fraternity shall be called younger brethren. — Amongst other duties it declares, that the masters, wardens, and assistants of the Corporation shall examine and certify the abilities and fitness of such children of the New Royal Foun dation in Christ's Hospital, who are, or shall be admitted, and initiated into 'the practice of the art of Navigation. Then fol lows the power of appointing pilots and loadsmen in and out of the River, subjects.° the approval of the Lord High Ad miral. The grant of the ancient fees of loadmanagenad pri mage, as defined by-the charter of Charles 11. ; the power of holding courts for the affairs of the Corporation, and after de daring that the profits of the court are to be kept to . n.nd for the use of the Corporation, for the better maintenance and preserva tion thereof, prescribed by a subsequent section, 4 that all sums -of money received by decrees, orders, agreements, fines, and forfeitures, or otherwise, &c. shall be for the use of the guild, for repairing the Trinity-house and Alms-houses situate iii Deptford Stroud, and for finding of certain poor persons, brethren, and the wives of brethren of the said guild, which shall haven into decay, misery, poverty, and need, or hereafter shall fortune to fall into decay, misery, and need, and also for relief of ether poor mariners and sea-faring men, and other public pitrpyses." I t• codeludes with confirming a former exemption to the master, wardens, and assistants of the Corporation from the service of the militia and various civil duties,. and giving them powers in certain cases 'therein specified. Under these charters, the only monies granted to the Corpo ration,appear to be those arising from ballastage and lastage, and by decrees, orders, agreements, fines, forfeitures, or other wise, the application of which is strictly defined and prescribed by the grant of King Charles 11., and the charter of J ames 11., last adverted to, and the ballastage since regulated by Act of Parliament, 1 and 2 Geo. IV. The surplus pilotage, which Is a collection of extra pilotage on foreign vessels entering our ports, is granted by the 52d of George c. 59 ; the produce of which is directed by the Stith section to be applied to the relief and support of such pilots as shall have become incapable of discharging their duty, from age, accident, or permanent infirmity. The Act of the 2d of George 111. gives the power of licensing boats on the River Thames, and directs that certain monies re ceived under its authority shall be applied towards the relief of the poor of the Corporation. By these Acts and Charters, which give to the -Corpora tion. the power of levying . monies, the application of the surplus of the monies so levied (after . providing for the neces sary expenditure) to charitable uses is alone expressly autho rised and directed. It will observed, that among these the light dues, the prin cipal source of the receipts of the Trinity Corporation, are not mentioned. Of these a comparatively small part is collected under Acts of Parliament, the remained under patents granted by the Crown, upon the petition of persons offe rin g to p a y cer tain sums for the erection of lights ; which dues the Crown authorizes the corporation to receive as a compensation for the erection and maintenance of the light required. This is the language of all the patents, and in' them, with a single exception, no other object whatever appears to be con templated. Having enumerated the collections falling upon the ship ping of the country, made under the authority of the Trinity Corporation, as being— ] st. Light Dues. 2d. Lastage and Ballastage. 3d. Trinity Dues, comprehending Buoyage,' Beaconage, Loadmanage, and Primage. 4th. Surplus Pilotage, and Fees on the granting an annual renewal of Pilots' warrants. Your Committee will proceed to notice them in their respcc tive'order, with such observations as occur either on the collec titinS themselves, or on the management and administration of them:—they. will begin with the most important one, that of the Light Dues. Of the various Light houses erected, and Floating Lights established, for the accommodation of shipping (about 55 in number), not less than twenty of the establishments , exhib i t in g thirty lights, are under the management of the Corporation of, the Trinity House. The acts of the Bth and 38th of Elizabeth, which gave to the Corporation the right of erecting at their own cost, beacons,' marks, and signs for the seas, if extending to the erection of Light Houses, have never been considered as conveyiny any power to levy a toil on shipping for their maintenance. The collections for Light Houses, therefore, having been all esta blished, either under the authority, of special acts of the Le gislature, which are' very few in number, or of patents granted by the Crown, founded on petitions of individuals de siring their erection, and proposing certain payments in consi deration of it, which the . y . the petioners consent to the collet:: tion of, as well from British ships, as those of foreign States ; these differ in amount according to the respective lights, but are in almost every case double upon the foreign ship. What ever were the grounds of policy on which this distinction was originally matte, the reasons for now continuing it appear to your Committee to be very questionable. It will hardly be contended, that in the erection of light houses on the British coast, there was any other view tban the benefit of British navigation, or that the convenience and safety of the fo reigner, except when entering our ports for the purposes of trade, was an object in contemplation; if, therefore, in pass ing along the sea, foreign navigation may incidentally derive an advantage from them, which it is out of our power to withhold, it does not seem to afford a very satisfactory plea for taking the opportunity of subjecting it, whenever brought within our power, to a severe taxation at once heavy in amount, enforced by , detention, and aggravated by the exaction of a pro spective and retrospective payment, which has the effect of deter ring foreign ships from entering our ports for shelter, except in cases of extreme necessity, and been the cause of their being frequently exposed, not only to damage and peril, but occa sionally to the destruction of the vessel, and the sacrifice of the lives of those who were unfortunate enough to be on, board, That this is the fact, that it is in a great degree attributable to the cause above stated, and' the amount of the heavy duties in hospitably levied in our ports, from all foreign vessels, whether approaching for trade, or seeking shelter under stress of wea ther, or accidental emergency, your Committee entertain the strongest belief, derived from a 'variety of testimony received by them, to which they beg especially to direct the attention of the House; and they do this not only in reference to the obvious 'consideration of humanity, but in reference also to the actual loss sustained by the country, and the advantages that would accrue to it partly from the increased amount of duties collected, and still more from the expenditure of foreign ships entering the various ports of this country, if their resort to it . was en couraged by a diminution of those charges which now operate so powerfully to avert it. The first light erected under the management of the Trinity Hoirse was in 1680, subsequent to the erection of s:veral lights by individuals, to whom . patents for the purpose had been granted by the Crown ; since this time, various others have been erected, four of which are under specialacts of Parliament. • The mode of granting patents has been already adverted to. It is wain the prayer of the Trinity House to the Crown, grounded upon the petition of individuals, soliciting the erec. tion of a light, and offering the payment of certain dues for its maintenance, when erected. The general' wish of the trade is presumed on the part of the Crown, which accordingly author izes the erection of the light, and the collection of die dues pro posed from British and oreign shipping, for the establishment and maintenance of it. Your Committee do not question the discretion with which the power of the Crown has been exercised, in the several instances of authorising the erection of lights, of the utility of those which have been established in virtue of it ; but they feel it their duty to call the observation of the House to the specific purpose, for which alone the right of receiving duties front British or foreign shipping is conceded—namely, to compensate for the erection and maintenance of the lights in question. That the amount of such duties should be measured by the necessary expenditure for that purpose, will not be disputed, and appears to your committee to be confirmed by the circumstance of no surplus (except in a single instance) be ing contemplated, and no application of it being directed. If, PRICE SEVENPENCE. therefore, these dues inipose Upon the shipping-of the country a burden much greater than by the specific purpose by which they were authorized is rendered in any, degreeniecessary, youreom mittee conceive. it. to be contrary to . the intention with which such impost-was laid, and affording a fair clan-1 . 110 relief on the part of commercial interests that are affected by it. Your com mittee have annexed returns 'from the. Trinity House, showing the establishment, expenditure, and receipt of each light, un der the Management of that corporation.' They do not feel it necessary, in this place, to dwell upon the details they'furnish. It isiufficient to state e that, assuming- the correctness of the papers delivered in by the Trinity House, they find the sum collected from shipping for 23 lights, has been ithout 90,000/. upon the averaae of the years 1818, 1819, and 1820, while the sums necessary for their maintenance . (including the commis sion paid on collection, amounted to about 11,000/.) has amount ed to about'3B,ooo/. leaving an annual surplus on the dues of these lighty only, of not less than 52,000/. • The proportions which the expenditure bears to the eeeeipts, must vary in respect to the differentlights from circumstances peculiar to each. - In the older established lights, a. large sur plus might not have been foreseen, and may be fairly assigned to the great increase of our commerce and shipping;- but that supposition will not apply to the surplus arising upon any of those which have been erected at a recent period, of . the pro -bable receipts, as well as expences attending.which a near esti mate might have been formed at the period the application for the patents was preferred, and which stands, therefore, on . a different ground. But whether originally the dues were 'not more than might be necessary, and have. since, from circum stances, become so, or whether they were calctilated with a view to a surplus, they appear now to be greatly beyond the ostensible purpose for which they were granted, or which , any contingencies connected with the maintenance of the lights and the advantage of navigation can render necessary : this is shoWn by the accumulation of a fund from the surplus collection, and the rents of estates, amounting to a sum the income arising from which is stated at 18A0/. per an. Of the manner in which this surplus so created has been applied, in by far its greatest part, your Committee feel it right to express their-approbation. It has been distributed in small portions to seafaring persons, or those connected with them, reduced to a state of distress and po verty, in various parts of the kingdom, and may be considered as having gone sofar in relief of the burdens that might otherwise have fallen upon the community for the maintenance of such per sons; and though there may be appearances, in the distribution, of partiality to certain places, which are explained in the evidence of Mr. Court, your Committee do not think them sufficient to in duce them to withhold the expression of approbation they have already applied to the mode .in which the distribution of this fund is generally - conducted. The question is less as to the application than to the principle on which the surplus referred to is collected ; and whether for the purposes of such a distri bution, meritorious as it may be, a large sum ought to con tinue so as to be directly levied on the shipping, either of this country or of foreigners, oppressive as it not only is - to our shipping directly, but productive of restrictions and imposts upon it in foreign ports, highly injurious to our commercial interests, and avowedly dependent on the continuance_of this, together with other distinctions unfavourable to foreign navi gation. • i In order to form some opinion of the extent to which the collection of the sums for light dues,_ and other purposes, may be reduced, consistently with a sufficient provision for the se curity of the objects for which they were intended, it will be necessary to advert, not only to the duties themselves, but to the expences attending the establishments: required for their collection and management. These establishments are to be found in almost every port, and appear to your Committee to be placed on a scale much beyond what a fair remuneration for the services performed can require. In most cases, the col lection at the out-ports is intrusted to the Collector of the Cus toms; it is enforced by his authority as such, it appears eeldom, to have been questioned (though sometimes evaded), and is at tended with little additional trouble or expence to that officer, except perhaps at Deal, a place peculiarly . circumstanced. It appears, too, from the evidence, that at various places the duties coula be performed by respectable persons, under ample secu rity, for two and a half or five per cent. on the collection „ whereas out of seventy-one places, at which collectors are esta blished, no less than fifty-nine appear to receive a remuneration of 20 per cent. (making a total of about 11,0001. per ann.), in ad dition to other appointments, as agents for light-houses, com misioners of pilots, supervisors of pensions, collectors of surplus pilotae, Etc.; the emoluments of which are equally derived from 'c'harges upon the shipping. Your Committee think it their duty particularly to call the attention of the. House to the manner in which the collection of the dues is conducted in London, as described in the evidence of Mr. Court and Mr. Reade—to the amount of the emolu ments—the distribution of fees to officers—and the separation of offices and collectors, where a single office, with the addition of one clerk, it is admitted would be sufficient, by which an annual saving of about 4,000/. might be made, and an incon venience to which those are subject by whorn the dues are paid, in a great measure avoided. Your Committee allude to the appointments held and duties discharged by Mr. Butterfield, Sir. Reade, Mr. Welstead, and Mr. 'larding ; the duties per formed by the three latter having been formerly intrusted to a single person. The commission paid by the Trinity Corporation in the year 1818, for the collection of Light and Trinity dues, surplus pilotage, &c. in the port of London alone, amounted to no less a sum than about 5,200/., while the total amount of commis sion for collecting the same duties under this authority in the different parts of the kingdom, amounted for that year to about 15,0001. Detailed information on these points will be found in the ex aminations of the officers of the Corporation, and particularly of Mr. Court, the secretary. Next to that for the lights, your Committee have directed their attention to the collection under the head of Ballastage, granted in the manner already stated, and continued by 2 Gee. IV. the revenue of which is expressly directed to be applied to the relief of decayed seamen, their wives, widows, and orphans. This department is underthe superintendence of two elder brethern, (chosen by rotation, and whose attendance is stated to be constant), and consists of a chief clerk and establishment of clerks, rulers, watermen, and ballastmen. The annual ag gregate receipt for ballastage is about 25,0001., and the expen diture, independent of establishment, 19,000/. The establish ment amounts to about 3,300/. per annum, leaving a net ha lance of 3,000/. out of which about 1,000/. is annually appropri ated to distressed ballastmen, their wives and widows, and children of ballastmen. --The charges on British ships vary ac cording to the service in which they are engaged ; no preference is given in the supply of ballast, except in the case of transports . and King's ships ; all other ships, whether Foreign or British, receive their ballast in their proper turns ; but the charge on foreign ships is considerably higher than on British vessels. Much has been stated to your committee to have been effected by the attention of this department, in favour of navigation, by the clearing the passage of the river Thames. Your Committee ' have.no reason to question that , or, any part of the performance of the duties assigned to it ; at the same time, considering the nature of. thoes duties, the number of lighters, and of indivi , duals attached to them, whose services are to be directed' and superintended, it does appear to your committee, that an este , blishment at the 'Trinity House,,maintained at such an annual cost, is more than is required, and might admit of reduction (To be continued.) We understand the Independent Electors of Westminster intend to meet on the day of the funeral of the late Mr. SAMUEL BROOKS, and accompany the body from Hyde Park to the Savoy Church in the Strand, where his re mains will be interred in the family vault.—( Morizirg Paper.) As JOSEPH COULSON, servant to Mr. JOHN TURNER, of Bushill, near Newbald, was going to Hull, on Monday morning last, between two and three o'clock, he was stopped between Newbald and llnnsley, by three men ; one of them seized the bridle of his horse, another attempted to pull him off, but being an active young man, he leaped from his horse, , knocked the man down, and re-mounted, expecting he had got clear off; but they . crossed an angle of the road, near Hunsley, and came up with him again, dragged him from his horse, robbed him of his watch, 191 . 19s. and stabbed him seve ral times in the breast with a butcher's knife. He heard one of them say, " D—n him, don't spare the knife." During the struggle his horse gOt away, and they heard the animal's feet on the road, which caused them to leave the poor man for a short time, supposing some person was coming up ; when they found the mistake they returned, most likely to finish the bloody deed. but he had crept a little out of the road. behind a hush, and they missed him. He now lies dangerously ill at Little Weighton. He thinks one of the men had a handka:chief over his face, and another had his face coloured ; one he described. , is being little, and the other two tall.—( Leeds Intelligences.)