The Sun. — London, England, 1801-09-16 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. FURTHER PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. Tuts day, at three o'clock, the LORD CHAN CELLOR. and the Earls of Sr. VINCENT and HAR... ILINGTON I CatTle down to the House, and being seated in their robes of state on the Bench in front of the Throne, Mr.QUARME, Deputy Usher - olthe Pack Rod, was sent to order the attendance of the Commons ; who (being represented on this occasion by Mr. DYSON, the Clerk, and the principal Officers of the House)•forthwithappeared at the Bar. -His MAJESTY'S Commission authorizing the above, and other Peers, to declare,the Royal will and pleasure for . the farther Prorogation of Parliament, was then read ; after which the LORD CHANCELLOR ad dressed the Assembly as follows : Ma Lords end Gentleme7:, By .virtue of tits MAJESTY'S Commission un " der the Great Seal, to us and other Lords di- (' reeted, and now read ; We do in His MAJ ESTY 'S " Name, rld in obedience to His MAJESTY'S COM • " mands, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the "2 zd Odriolier next, to b then - here holden ; " and this Parliament is accordinglyprorogued to " the said zzd day of Q6tober." The Ceremony took Pl ace i n the New 'Robing chamber, whither the Throne,. &c. were removed • f9r the purpose ; the great Chamber of assembling, commonly called "The House," bei ng occupied by ti , c workmen, who are employed in, construding Ventilators, and otherwise improving the place,—' , Lords HOB ART arid cATO PART attended on the Occasion. from tbe LONDON GAXETTE, Sept, j 5, t So Davinink-street, Stpezaber Is, i So i. A Dispatch, of which the following is a Copy, has been received at the Office of the Right Hon. Lord Hobart, one of His Majesty's Principal Secre taries of .State, fr om C o l on el Fraser, comManding His Majesty's Troops at Goree , on the coast Of Africa. MY LORD, Gorie, Africa ; June 16, ;So t . I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, • that, having received intelligence that there was ,large Ship, under Spanish Colours, lying off, Sene •gar, which had been brought there by part of the Crew, who, assisted . by a number of slaves, 'had murdered the Officers and ,seized the vessel o n the ; Sauthern Coast of Africa understanding likewise, that it had been proposed by Citizen Renaud, as soon as t!:e Cargo . was landed, to refit this Ship, at-• tack with her the British' vessels trading for gum, in the open roads of Port Andique, then, renew ing the depredations that had been formerly Com muted at Sierra Leone and other Settlements, to run with the plunder for Cayenne, I resolved, if possible, to frustrate those intentions, by taking or destroying the 'Spanish Ship while the'Cargo was landing ; and it was probable the enemy would be litt!e prepared for making defemce. Having requested the - assitAnce of Mr. Older-- man, Commander of the Merchant . Ship Lucy, of Liverpool, (the only Armed Vessel on. this part of the Coast,) he complied most readily. 'A few Sea_ men were procured from. the other• Traders to re inforce the little Government Schooner, chiefly.na yigatpd by 'Blacks ) and a detaChMent from this Garrison, consisting of Ensigns M'Dermot and Kingsley, Assistant-Surgeon Ryan, and Forty men embarked, and sailed on the Bth instant under .the Command of Captain Lloyd. . • • On the 1 5th Captain Lloyd returned; and by his report, which I have the honoUr to enclose, your Lordship will see that the Enemy was taken, by -surprise, and a new Ship, capable of- mounting -: Thirty Guns on her main deck, -has been destroyed without the loss of one man. All persons employed on this Service were Vo lunteers ; and the alacrity with which they engaged in it merits the highest praise. I have the Honour to be, &c. JOHN, FRASER, Commandant. To the Right Hov, Lord Hobart,' &c. !fe.&e. SIR, Garde, Jane ig, I So t I have the hcinour to acquaint you, that in con sequence of your Orders I proceeded to the Bar of Senegal, with the Detachment under my Com maud ; and on the morning of the i zth instant discovered a large Ship at Anchor about two miles off the Bar ; on our approach the Crew betook themselves to their boats ; on boarding she was found to be a new'Spanish Ship pierced for Thirty Guns, and about Nine Hundred Tons Earthen ; that she had been unloaded, stripped of her sails, &c. &c. Finding it impradicable, from the st;oe of the vessel, and the wind blowing strong on shore, to bring her off, I gave direc_ tions to Mr. Crady, Master of the Government Schooner, to set her on are, which he executed very much to my satisladion, and withqut any accident. In justice to the Officers and Men under my com mand, I beg leave to mention that they dis laved the greatest readiness in executing any orders I had :to give, and had there been any occasion s - would, I am convinced, have conduded themselves in such a planner as' to merit approbation, I have, Scc. • RICH. LLOYD, Capt. African Corps. cgign6!( _Fraser, comfrnaltdant, Prhitehall, Sept. 15, IgO I The King has been pleased to grant ,the dignity pf a. Baron of the United Kingdom of Great ilritain and Ireland, .unto tilC Right Hon. Murrough Mar- Ouis of Th . einand, Knight of th e M ost Ill ustr i ous rder of St. Patrick, 4nd the Heirs Mile of his body lawfully L - gotten, by the name, stile and title pf Baran Thomond, of Taplow 7 Court, in the Coun .. ly of Buckingham,• , Orinsnce-Ofce SeNe.773er 14, /?, 9 , 7 . .... 4'?J'f!!' . : qcgituin qf Ar;ille,,y. . , fiftin r l:eute,lant.jot.cph Heaven, to be cav;ain - by Aug. : rra7uta iir, I),iteri scpt, .„ 0;01, WE yesterday received Paris Papers to the t3t instant, which we noticed in a small part of our Im pression. The most important intelligence whicl they contain, relates to the Affairs of Germany.— The Sitting of the 31st of - August was not, as has been. announced, dedicated to the consideration of the general question of Indemnities and Secula rizations ; but on that day, the Prussian Minister transmitted to the two Ccilleges a Note, in.which he calls upon them to decide, that in case of a vacancy in any seat whatever, no. Eletion shall be proceeded upon, until a resolution to the 'contrary shall have been previously adopted, It appears that Prussia, which had at first confined itself to stopping the Eleetion of an ELecroß of Cologne and Munster, has, in conformity with the example of France, at- tempted to generalise'ihis opposition. .it seems, how ever, that this had not at f►rst been agreed.upon as a principle, but that the death of the ELECTOR of CoLoo NE gave rise both to the idea and to the occa sion.--Nothing isfpbbliSlied in the French Palers that can tend to show us how far the information con tained in the Leifi l rfront MUnster of the 4.th, which we' quoted yesterday, is well founded; but it is curious enough, that on the very day on which these prohibitory Notes of France and Prussia were presented to the Diet, the EleElion of a Sovereign -Ecclesiastical Prince took place in the Empire. • The Moniteur contains a letter from Acialir al NIELLY, on the subjea olthe Flotilla which some time ago escaped from Dunkirk to Calais,' in which be labours to establish a point of very little import ance, that is to say, that this Flotilla had passed be_• trw' een the land and cur Fleet. Still less interest ing are the observations of the Official Paper on a . subjed nearly similar. Admiral LATOUCHE TRE VILLE has given, at Boulogne, a feast dedicated to reziour, in which muskets, grenadoes, and axes of bOnour were given away ; we are astonished that chains. were not added, though it would have been difficult to have'given them as marks of honour.— A French General has pronounced a Speech to the Soldiers at Liege, in which he tells them, much to the Credit of his historical knowledge, that the RO:. mans did not loSe their Liberty and Empire until they became enriched 'with the Geld of Asia and Africa. .The French Soldiers are, we conceive, far from be ing so rich as to be in any danger, arid particularly in that of lOAng their liberty by this circumstance, and it does not seem . that such an exhortation was particularly seasonable in the dreary and miserable abode of Liege. ~ The departure of IVir. PAGET from Par;,, who, it appears from an article from 4:traiburih, passed through that City with a Passport from the Chief Consul, may probably be the cause of the fall of the French Futids, which have declined to 48. intercour.e between the two Countries . , it will be seen from our cover Letter, continues icry AlYclY3 rTHE subje& oft which wt addressed the, Public on Monday lase, is of too much importance at all times, and particularly at present, to be passed over without farther observation. The profound secrecy in which the NegotiatiOn is still involved, is less calculated to afford us information on the subje6i, .than to- shew the absurdity of the false notions to which it is the endeavour of some to give .7e; • tioo*and, it is therefore rather negatively, than positively, slut we can be useful to our Readers, This line of conduCt naturally leads ns to fall in with that, which, to its eternal disgrace, the Morn ing Chronic/e, last week pursued. When, with the most criminal rashness it advanced, that we ought to restore to our Enemies all that we had taken frornAhetn, under the pretence—pi/oat Ceylon , the Cape of Gcad Hope, Surinam, and Trinidad 'would notcoofer upon France the means of con/pasting our destrugiori, he did not shew less want of judg ment than of patriotism. How, in faa, could a State succeed in effeeting the des/me - tic?' of another, but by diminishing the power of its Enemy, and increasing its own ii the same proportion / How could the inclination of the balance be changed, but by taking from that which was the heavier part of the weight to be added to that which was lighter, an operation which produces the effett by a dupli cate ratio ? What is it besides that is wanting to France, - in order to her becoming more powerful than us, and to her efFeCting our destrutlion, hitt a Navy more powerful than our own ? Arid what are the promising seeds of such a Navy, but Colonies and the Commerce which the possession of them oc casions ? Eveay Colony restored to France, or, what is the same thing, to her.AllieS, would, in proportion as it weakened one Country, strengilten the other ; and the very idea is so extravagant, that we, can, hardly conceive that the Government .of France itsef, if truly desirous of a termination of the Warl'Oil be dispose, to keep pace with the Morning .Chronide, in entertaining so preposterous a notion. No man of intelligence will require any further arguments on this subjeel, in the distortion of which the Morning Chronicle has - emplqed all its efforts, and rested all its hopes. We may, how ever, thank Heaven,.that even according to his own account, His view of the subjeti is not familiar to the.Peolle.of this Colostry.—We Ratter ourselves it will never become so. We are not less certain than confident, that this: Journalist will not be more successfill in deceiving his Readers as to the measures which the rupture of the Negotiation would require, thin as to the terms of Peace which it would be'proper to grant. In spite of all that he has said \respeeling the measures adopted against the threatened Invasion, we are convinced that if, notwithstanding the in controvertible and proved disposition of our Mi nisters to Peace, and if, notwithstanding the per_ sonal anxiety with which, we have no reason to doubt, M. Orro concurs in the same objet, the prospea of this blessing should become more re mote, our Countrymen would continue to approve, and would support with all their means, the mea sures alr:ady . "‘4'dnpted by Government, and any still more efticaci9ps i plans which it might think proper to adopt. f For our own parts, seeing nothing in the conduft of Ministets hitherto, but what is entitled to praise and to congratulation, we shall continue to give to their Administration all the support which depends on our feeble means. We shall applaud them if they succeed in concluding such a Peace, as a due regard to our honour and our interests requires, and any other Peace, we are satisfied, they will never make. If their sincere desire of such a Peace should be disappointed, if = the constant and meritorious efForts of Mr. ADD I NGTON and Lord HAWK ES BITRY to attain it should be rendered ineffectual, by any want of reciprocal concurrence, we shalt be far from judging harshly of their merits from any such want 'of success ; but shall consider their re fusal to sacrifice the vital interest of our Country, as anew and a convincing proof of public spirit, not to be shaken, and as an assured pledge of future an d • similar condust. Such, in our estimation, are the opinions which every British heart and spirit should entertain, in circumstances of such importance. as the preient. Such are the opinions and the sentiments which the Itiornin i t , Chronicle should eVress, and should endeavour to propagate, instead of endeavouring to corrupt the public mind, to stifle those sentiments of patriotism which are natural to our countrymen, instead of depreci4tin the wisdom of our councils, and of enervating , the vigour of our arms ; instead of preaching up a fatal indolence, When we may per. haps, stand in need of all our energy—instead, in a word, .of doing all in his power to serve, ro.t his Countrymen, but their El;fmies. As long as an Englishman shall unhappily be found to play so (Jishonourable apart, we shall" never be slow to expose its turpitude, and mischievous intent; nor wanting iu our efforts to avert the fatal designs of such men and their partizan ; and we have no doubt, be supported and applauded by thi great majority of a People, on whom the most cri , tical trials have had no effea, but that of making their Honour, their Power, and their Energy moo conspicuous, To sum up all, we need _only add, that .should the Negotiation come to 'a - favourable issue, we ate certain that the present c.,_overnment: will not hall acceded to terms-in the smallest degree dishonour.' able to the Country whose Interests are committee to their charge.; if it should fail, that it will not have • been owing to their illciting on sucll as it would by disgraceful to the Enemy t o accept. In th.eis Moderatio n we have security against the latter al. ternatiye ; in - their Firmness and Public Spirit) against the former. They may, and'ought to con* cede something ; but concession beyond a certain point would . be criminal.. If their earnest endea* yours to restore repose to the world should. fail, the War, we, repeat ir, must and will be carried ca near -home. • Of Invasion we 'have no apprehension, confiding in the vigilance, vigour, - 1 - iCisvisdo rn cf our Government, and . being well persuaded that A Plan . of Defence is tdread'y matured (Vesicles what preparations have aftuany been made), which, i! 1 case ofnecessity, might be carried into instant exe, cuiion, and which, by at once out all . out means, would enable us to-bid defiance to the bUldes: attempts of active, and cnterpriiing Enemy. Thg Ifam:;iergid Mail which became due this morning, had not - arrived when our l'a F ee wa ; pul to Pfess. • . On .Thursday last the Right Han, HENR I Earl BATH ttasT, and the Hon. APsLEX nATHURer, sworn before the toRD CHA,NcELI,CR. into rho gfiiee of Clerk . of . t h e Crown, - in the room of tilt. Hun. JoHN YoRKE, - deceaied. Yesterday the Right the Loi,:o MAyot otth the M Bakers'atsonH c o o u n s l e p , a b u y y h r e t t w e ß ran . d 4 N te \r d ar P il n er?s t irsg the Assize o f B rea d, w h en hi s LOrdship ol'excie jog, b,,t else Mealweig Flour ßel'o r t h s a having t g is. il l Prices of Wheat and Floer, that Wh eat h a d fallen' 3" 3 'i d :l. sp per er sack jl'a rterbutler since their a ! g a r s e t e l:t ib err ttso , t h h e e, .45, %;a 0 3 ' Bread Half an A ss i 4e. , of d p e a r il t i h a e m 7 n i t nr t 0 1 - o r b a s i g e a t t i i l o e n or One Penny in the Peck Loaf—:to commence and The '- take place to-rnorrOw.Quartern Loaf \ f y• lieateg will then be sold for is, old, and.Hopsehold, ;cle The example of the Magistrates of Leiee“e6 who expose the names of those Bakers who defraud their customers with light bread, ought vsL 1,06 V 4 lately , 11, /luwtil in the Metropolis, Sh a me will of ten pTevent.- . people from co mm i tt i ng b a d a eti o o r when principles of virtue are totally extinguished.' 13'sides, a public disgrace of this kind would eon trait the business of such bloodsuckers of the Poor-s and consequently if the punishment was held out ii terrorem by a few exacriples,figt and in'terirt soon make them honest, The perseverance of IVl4lsou- in the defence Q Alexandria, is • exailly suitable to the pra4ice of Republican France. The Commanders, for tho sake of acquiring military fame, care not how free digal they are of the lives of their soldiers, ..fhts only wonder is; that in such desperate enterptiusi which are devoid of the stimulus of hope, the sob' diers should manifest the same perseverance merelf to gratify the pride and vanity of their cogi• manders, .;c: Dr. Hredrirs, 33 well known...for hislseienti6; knowledge, who has been five years ,at Jamaica* has recently returned from that Island, the See ManufaCtories of which have derived considettall 4 improvement under his dire Lion. This ornaglo of the medical woild of course received the highol marks of resped in the place where his talents 4 . 14 attainments enabled him to be so useful. The P o ‘ vernment has settled a liber a l p rov i s i on on him, fiat granted him leave of absence for a year. By the accounts of the general missionary Soy: cict)", published at their Anniversary Meeting In June last, it appears that the Subscriptions, Dona tions, and Colleitions for the last year, amoueted c i e r n eit ts. ors an p a ur i c. o . o : 2 9 .4 1, to i7581...t05. d 3 u p r e h r lg ce t n h t e s - ; y e a a n r d ,. d i t o t o T t l h i .:4 i t r i t p h e e r p present fund consists of 16,46001. 3 per cents ;.90371. 4 pet cents ; 33001. new 5 per cents ; toool. old $ per cents ; and 50o;• in an Exchequer Bill. • As Lord DouGLAs, and his Son, the HOS* ARCHIBALD DOUCLAS, now 27 years ofage, and cominanding the . Angus shire Militia, were last week on a shooting party near Aberdeen, Mr‘ DOUGLAS'S double-barrelled gun burst 'on the first shot, and completely tore off the fore finger of his left hand, shattered the others, and also his arm it! so dreadful a manner, that it was doubtful for seve' ral days whether an amputation could be avoided' The explosion was so great, that the two l o cks, barrels, and stock, were also shattered to pieces. .On the 21st ult. a bottle that was floating in the sea, was picked up at the East end of M arco u. It contained two letters, which being opened on sO!" picion of their containing some inimical intelll7 gerice, were found -to-have been written on board the Atincourt. One was dated June 2, and direilea for ELIZABETH EDWARDS, at T. RAIKEs, Esq. No. to, Broad-Street; London; and the other for Mr. JAMBS SHANK, Westmoreland. Attached to these letters was the following couplet : " It you are a Sailor's triend, " Convey these letiers to their end." Those who delight in the prodig;ous and the extraordinizry may be" gratified to learn, that a! Keppeler in Zutphen, in the Netherlands, a child, has been born wi t h s ix fingers on each hand, aoCi six toes on each foot. hii legs and head were equally different from those of other children. AIL tugar, to Bai of Wa from Ari Capt. the V AR Chun from TH terda) and v Frenc Dispa Expr( loats Mira' !tate, in a Uoing •its lac been and S 'were M e Si oft hi fell ii With t)f Li are c tnen t Macs May on th Chie at St Cora to it Don rive, the M a y the I all ti were t7th Wes Fo Step] Uon. Fp lipp ( ro aw Second Lieutenant Ceotge. Cobb to be First Lieutenant. Dated as above. • ~ Second Lieutenant Alexander Edgar' to be First Lieutenant. , Dated as above. • Second Lieutenant John Douglas .to be quartet-Maste r . gated as above. ' • eirps of Canner Dr?yeti. To he Cgptain-Cemmissaries. ' George Massey. Dated September 1, i2or. Charles Adolphus Quest. Dated as above, Te be Lieutenant-Coq:min - aria, Henry Willis. Dated as aboVe. . John Charlton. Dated as above, _ Thcirtias Spencer. Dated as above ? Samuel Flinder;i: Dated as above. !. ;Tenn" Lane. Dated as above. H.tilkirophries. Dated as abating, George Priites. Dated as aboVe. Tolin Smith. Dated as above. amen ElOwnlie. Dated as above: y '.. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Baker and John Shorland, of Exeter, Devonshire, woollen-drapers to surrender Sept. s 9, and Oct. 6, 2 . 7, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Field, Friday street, Cheapside. James Hitchcock,. late of Hatton Garden, Flolborn;dealer, to surrender Sept. 1 . 9, and O&., 6, 27, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Attormes, Mr. jos. Morris, or Mr. John Biggin s of the Inner Temple. 'John Pickering, of Lower E a t o n -str e et, Pimlic o , Middle s e x , dealer, to surrender Odober 6, so, and 27, at ten, at London. Attorney, Mr. Surinan, Oxendon street. • Daniel Tubbs, late of Liverpobl, Lancashire, merchant, to surrender Oclober 20, 2s, and 27, at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, john-street, Liverpool. Attorney, Mr. Joseph Daltera, - Liverpool. Thomas Saul and Join Reynolds; of Manchester, Lancashire, • wool-staoleis',tO, Currersder Sept. 25,. 26_,_and.Oet. 27, et one, at Attornies, Messrs. Swain and Stevens, Old lewrv. Henry Keene 'of 'Cleevt,Prior, Worcestershire . , baker, to surrender Keene, 2, at four, and 3, 2-7, at eleven, at the Butcher's Arms In n , i n Evesham. A'ttornies, Mr. Bla ney, Evesh„ra, Worcestershire ; or Messrs. Whishaw and Taylor, Gay's Inn-square, London. Richard Alicorp, of Hampton, Middlesex, blacksmith,. to surrender' Oclober 6, to, and 27, at ten, at Guildhall, LontOn. Attorn e y, M r . 'William Webb, No. 2., St. Tho mas's-street, South war k. DIVIDENDS. Nov. 27.. John Rouse, of Sudbury, Suffolk, linen,draper, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. oa. 13. Robert Joseph Johnson, of New SleafoßL Lin. coin, mercer, at eleven, at the White Lien Inn, New Slea ford. CERTIF;ICATES. Oa. 6. 'Henry Clarkson, of Stockport, Chester, manufac, turer. John Parker, Jun. of Great Bolton, Lancaster, iron-founder THE SUN. lOLEM QV'S DICZAL lALSUbt AUDIAT LONDON, SEPTEMBER 16, 031.