The Sun. — London, England, 1804-06-30 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLI.III,II.7.NT. HOUSE OF PEERS. FRIDAY, PINE 29. THE. Royal Assent by Commission (the rink!) CHANCELLOR, Earl CAMDEN, : , ioSLord }LIM, sitting as Cornmissiohers), was given tt, 5 8 Am.ng the Public. Aas were the.Pet4w.nent .Addi , ional Force, the Irish Linen Bounty Exe m p.' Lion, the Solicitors' and Attornies' Indemnity, the Ayleahury Ele.dion, the Caledonian Canal, and other Bills. The Liverpool East India Prize, and one Private Bill, were brought up from the Commons, and read a firit cime. The Bills on - the Table were passed in • the;r re. speftive stages. • • The second reading of the S!ave Trade M)Lilition Bill was moved - for Tuesday, on . which day the Laid: were ordered to be summoned. Adjourned to half-Cast Three to-mbirow-. ..q:CUSE OF COMMONS.. FRIDAY, ILINE 29. The , lr2AMEit•having taken the Chair, A mes:_ , age from the Lords required the attendance of the :douse to hear read-His .LVIAJEsTy's Commis sion, for declaring the Royal Asse'nt to several Bills. Th e si E r c k it, with 7S - e Vera' IVletribers; attended forthwith, and after Some time returned, and re rrted to the House that the Royal Assent had been declared by Commission to the Additional - Fdrce Bill, the Irish Public Account Bill, the• Linen: port Duty Exemption Bill, the Aylesbury Franchise- Bill, the Caledonian Canal Bill, -and several-Private. sills. Read a third time, the Insolvent Debtors' Relief Bill, passed, and ordered to the Lords. Mr. Alderman COMB s presented a Petition in he. half of those Debtors who are confined on account of offei.ces committed against the Revenue,--Ordered to lie on the Table. The Insolvent Debtors' Bill was read a third time and passed. The Cotton Manufafturers' Bill was ordered to be committed on Tuesday. A Message from the Lords informed the Hou , e, that their Lordships had agreed to the Woollen Ma rufaCiurers' Penalty Bill. The Dollar Bill was repprted, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Free Part Bill was ordered to be committed on Monday. The Expiring 'Laws Bill was reported, and Bills ordered pursuant to the Resolutionv. The Exchequer Bills Bill was reported, and or d. red -to lie read a thild time to-morrow. Mr. Husy-tssow moved an Address to •His MA- F:sTY, prAying, in the usual form, that there be laid before the House an, Account of the Sums issued from the Civil List Fund,. by His Majesty's orders, pursuant to votes of this House,. and which had not been made good by Parliament.—Ordered. SIERRA LEONE. Mr. DENT, seeing a Noble Lord irk his place (Lord HENRY PETTY) begged leave. to refililia hini; that the Papers relati-ve co the. Colony of Sierra Leone, for which he had moved, had now lain on the Table ,four months ; and a; the - Session' was rapidly.dra wing to a close, he wished to knflw ther the .Noble Lard' meant to found.acy- MutiUg . upon the suhjea of those Papers... ~, s Lord.H. PETTY answered, that. the delay..of the. Morin which he had intended, was occa;iuntri by. the situation of the House, during ; the late change, in His Majesty's Ministers. He now, however, declared, that as the Right Eon. Oen:km:in, not, now in•nis place ‘Mr. Pp -- r) had. intimated his in tention of bileging forward a Motion ui;tlje sui.jet!:r, he would hini4elf forbear to. bring 101w.acii any. IRISH AIFAIRS. Mr. 'JAMES fITZGER.4.I,I) rose; and ob.. served, :that severaldocuments which he had moved . for, respettling the Public Affairs of Ireland. had not yet been laid be fore the House, and•consequenr- Iy he would be precluded, by the very advanced period of the Session, from submitting to the House any observations which, upon a perusal of thdse . dicuments, should appear necessary. He must, therefore, postpone his objefts until an early period in the next Session,; when, if they should not be otherwise taken up in the interim, he should cer tainly call the attention of Parliament to them.— The ohjecli to u Bich he alluded, he now shortly eX;Aain . . The first was one in which he had on a former cccasinn the honour' to cu -overate with a Right Hon. Friend of his, now on the Treasury Bench (Mr. I.orsit), and one which he held it of higli importance to follow up, namely, to ascertain the exalt extent of the Population of Ireland. The next was a sOjeft long irt contemplation, namely, that of eqtiaiizing the . Ititere,fr of Money between . Great Britain and 'lreland. The next was a general assitnil ition of the Laws in IrelasA to those of Great Britain, as far as the circumstances of the Country would-admit, Feeling the importance of these kveralobjeds, he could certainly wish .them taken up by those in whose hands they would be con. dotted with so much greater:eibility, and be so much - more likely to Succeed than .in his, namtly,.His ! , .44:sty's MinisN-rso ilut if not taken u> by them in an early peritd .uf nekt Session, he. should R t .' it his du'y to britz them forward, even under es cry dis4ilifant.lge of his own inat?ility. M r . '06'1 . A.12 tegietted tb4t the order Cif Par. liarn,:ntary proceedings did not allow h'irri tomake any . observations at yresent, its answer to what had relten fft) the HL.. Cientittnan. 'ffis purpose in rising 60w, was to move, in pursuan.r.i.o 04 notice he hid giscrj, fi.r leave to bring in a l3ill or ,eer inittirig the Circulation of Votes, bar Registered• s.takers in Ireland, for sums doder :Qs. for a time . be limited, ancl tq restrain the .circulation of ,/qure's' 4 persons no, .legis,tereti Bankers, -,,tter. a . eer t •periud. The 1 - 11,use s liikrestrined, would have ritsuble4inns to his eiplainining the ob kfts. Of the Leland, 'for a cou3iileraNe tune 41 . -313 . boefrt customary wi.th. many per.. sun; trAde tti the proviticial. coy, lis there,'ltir want Diliter coinage, to issue what were called Silver that is ) ; Notes 'payable ;o bearer, On de.. mutt!, for rums F onder tine p . eutid. In a short time .1 after (I , e pract•ce cornmepeed, it became, very gene- . 1 ral, and so fat:- fr , •rn 1):!ing confined to Registered was erattisest by every lteW trader, and by men of no propel ty, •guided by, no principle but - that of their own a vai i.-e ; and so current di:i chose Note: become, and to such an enormous exttit woe they issued, that it was to be iiPPr?lietided, in case - of any sudden or general demand for payment, a general-bankruptcy; must, ensue a t rwrql.sr !hose men, and those who had given their property for' such' Notes, be losers of three-fourths. It - wasw well known that a large supply of Dollars were 'loci on their way to Ireland, which were to pass at a currency above their intrinsic value. Still they would he not only a very great convenience to the Country of themselves, but be the- means, almost immediately • on their appearance, to bring into circulation a vast ' quantity of good silver coin, which there was every reason to believe was now hbarded in many parrs of the Country. The cbjed of this Bill then was, to confine henceforth the issue Of. Notes for sums under :zos. to the Registered Bankers only, and to alloW all other per Sons, having such Notes in circulation, . time, till the Ist of Jan. to call them in ; but to pro hibit the re-issue of all notes so paid off. The re egisteted Bankers to be allowed to_ issue notes for as small sums in silver as they thought fit, there being no greet cause to apprehend any great excess in the t j issue of notes under 59. as all were liable to one stamp duty. By those means there would be time • for the gradual payment 'of the outsrending notes of persons not,registeted - Bankers in six months, with. out risking the evils to be apprehended from a sud. den deMand ; and the public would have in future i the security of persons of known property and credit, fur the solvency of such notes. He concluded by moving for leave to bring in the Bill. • A conversation of some length.occurred, in which Sir GEORGE HILL, Colonel VFQEKER, Colonel FtTiGRRALD, Mr. ALEtANDER, and Mr. R. MAR TIN opposed the principle, and leave was given for the Bill. Read a second time, the Irish Additional Force Bill. Mr. ELLIOT rose to ask the Right Hon. Secre tary for Ireland a question respecting this Bill. An ACt had, within the last few weeks, passed this House, for enabling His Majesty to increase the Mi litia of Ireland by to,ooo men. Now the Ad simi lar to the present Bill, which kid just passed into law for England and Scotland, had for its object to reduce the Militia. What he wished to know then was, whether it was the intention of Government to suspend altogether the power given to His Ma jesty by the former Bill, as he could hardly suppose an intention so absurd as that of carrying into (ye. ration, at the same-time, two Bills diametrically op. polite in their effeets. Sir EvAN NEPEAN answered, that for the present there certainly was no intention, of acting under the former Bill. It was impossible, however, to fore. see what necessity might arise for it. Sir JANIEs STEWART wished to postpone the corn mittal of the Bill to elate day in the ensuing week, as there had nut been time since the Bill was printed to give it due tiOnsidtrations Mr. ODEL thoUght there was pressing necessity to expedite the Bill, ase many persons were at this moment labouring under great-anxiety, as liable to be drawn for the Army oteßctserve. The 'Bill was committed ftir Monday. IRISH CUSTOMS AND EXCISE BILL. The House Having gone into a Committee on this Bill, pursuant to the Order of the iy, Mr. FOSTEk explained . 4ome 'alterations which he wished ,to make in the Bill . ; the most material was • in the Duties on Wine, which lee proposed to re duce, so that sixpence on a bottle would be a sofa. cleat additional charge upon the Consome - r. MC. JAMES FITZGERALD approved of the reduce. 1 , titan of the intended leletits Duties upon Wines, but he had hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would liaise given some explanation of the reasons which made it• necessary to •eisteed, so considerably, the scale of Taxation for that Country. As he under stood it, Ireland was now charged with Eleven - Millions and a Half annually, when het Revenue was but Three Millions. Mr. FOSTER said, the Revenue of Ireland was not quite Three Millions, and the Interest of its Debt was two Millions and a Half. The expenses altegether were nine Millions, which was allowing six Millions both for its quota to the' Expenses of the Empire, and three tor its own separaee expences ; it was because the Revenues of ,Ireland were so notoriously inadequate to the expenses, that lie thought it right to raise as large a SUM of Money as he could, by 'lasses which should not 'be severely, felt. Mr. Reweetorter objeCted to 'the Duty on Tea, and thought it would have a silted tendency to en courage Stnugglinee He thought, at least, that, as a proposition for the Duty was not made until after the India Sake had closed, and the Irish Agents had made elicit. purchases, ,wholly iresprehensive of such a Duty, that at least the Duty should not ope. rate for a very considerable time. • Mr. FOSTER answered, that the Duty would fall on the Consumer, and not on the Tea-Dealer, and that the Tea e dealer would not wait for imposing the inereesed price, until the duty should aatially come into operation, but lay it on the Article the very , moment that the first account of the proposed Duty reached him, He therefore wished to . put the money into the Public Treasury, and not .into the pocket of the - Teaolealer, which wools' be the case, if the operation of the Duty was postponed to •a slistant day. Col. Hu icier esot; declared, that he had received particular diteetions from many respettable persons: cf the City lie represented (Cork), to state- to the House, as forcibly as he could, the raid decline of the l'reovisiOn Trade of Ireland,' and their fears that arty additional Duty on Sale would ruin it he stated, that to the poor 'Cottagere s even a trifling 'Tax upon an Article, of such absolute' itecessity as Salt, might . be consitleTed as a st..yerp borthen. 14 I 'osiee. ,agreed. to alter t hat Cl ause , an d to allow the Winding and Warehousing of that Article, a s an encouragement to the Trade alluded to. The House then resumed, and Mr. ALEXANDER . brought op the Report, which was Ordered to . strived to-morrow. . • -.- • • The °the: Orders of the Day were then postponed, • Adjuuseeds • :*.* We have had fiequent complaints, cf attempts to ,foist other Public Prinis upon our Readers, instead of THE SUN. Rely ing Utu,n the Patronage oftbeTze.ilic, grounded apart the Authen 7 of all our Communications, we have hitherto contented,' cUrselve.ixhh merely obviatingpartieular coMplaints bat the pvql7ice is ~ r ow we findhrcome so frelment,that it is necessary to it the objecri of a mere dire. attention , We' there/Ore earnestly irticat, that wry Readers will, in all such instances, give imme diate not:ce to the Publisher, and we shall endeas;our to put a stop so urjust Proceedings. . . PP,ICE OF STOCKS,. TEII3 : DAY AT TWILLVT O'CLOCK. Consols - - 56 THE SUN. SOLEM gUIS DICERE FALSULt AubSAT LONDON, JUNE 30, 0304. IN the present unfortunate and distrafted state of the Continent of Europe, it is not surprizing that every Mail should bring over a variety of contra didory reports. At one time we are told, that the great Powers, indignant at the insults they have received, and anxious, ,while .they yet retain the means, to provide for their future safety, are ne. gotiating alliances, in order to curb the power of France; and at another, that all intention of .resistance is given up, and that for the present en joyment of a little precarious tranquillity, they ate willing to surrender their honour and their inde pendence. Unfortunately, such is now the power of France, that it is' necessary for Prussia, and even for Austria, to temporize. It is impossi ble, however, to suppose that" they. can be so blind to their own interests, or that they can . have so far lost every sense of honourable feel ing, as _that they should not eagerly lnok for the moment when they may obtain redress for the injuries, and reparation for the insults they hie received from the Dirrtiories, the Consuls, and the Emperors of Fiance. The conduft of Russia, as she has not the same reason for disguising her senti meats, has been more open and *more decisive, and we have strong reason to think that a very Short time indeed will elapse, before the dif ferences between that Power and France will. be brought to an issue. Private Letters have been received fecal Pctersburgh, dated the 24th of May, which state, that the French. Minister, 'General HEDOUVI LL E, "was to take his departure that day, leaving behind him only an inferior Agent, to trans. aft the remaining business between the two Conn-. tries ; or, as some people suppose, to aa - eventually . as Agent for Prisoners. 'A very eonsiderable Rus sian Fleet has also been equipped. Though we do 'not consider these circumstances as proofs that , hostilities will immediately commence ' they ate certainly very strong indications of the hostile dis position that exists between the two Towers, The belief that the Invasion of this Cbuntry will be speedily attempted, seems daily to rain grottnd ; bur the bustle and preparation in the Enemy's Port;, are nor infallible proofs that they mean to ventgre out. Every hour of s delay, however, will increase the difficulty of the ai tempt, for, as we hare already stated, the Board of Admiralty are indefatigable in their exertions to augment our Blockading Squadrons with that description of Force which is the best calculated to encounter their light Flotilla. It is worthy of notice, that this change in our system has not escaped the observation of the French, and they rejoice extremely that it has taken place a year too late. Thursday evening, at six o'clock, Hts MAJESTY, accompanied by the Princess AMELIA, took an air. ing on horseback through Richmond ; HeR MA. esTy and the PRINCESSES followed, in two open carriages. _ _ _ _ Yesterday morning the ROYAL FAMILY walked in Kew Gardens. Yesterday afternoon Mr. PITT had an audience of His MAJESTY. A Dublin Paper says, that the Revolutiorzaire is preparing to convey His Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE to Malta. A Common Hall will be held at . Guiklhall, on Monday next, fur the purpose of eleeting two She. riff, for the City of London and County of Middle sex, in the LOOM Of THOMAS GRIFFITHS, Esq. (who has paid the fine), and JAMES EPHRAIM LURE NE A.LSON, Esq. who has been excused serving the. office on account of hii being a Dissenter, whereby he is disabled from qualifying himself to serve the office of Sheriff; as he cannot receive the Sacrament according to the rites of the Church of England. This point was settled about forty years ago, atter a long and serious dispute between the City of London and the Dissenters, by a solemn opi nion given by the Judges, delegated on the occa sion, at Guildhall, vihich declared the Dissenters to be exempt from serving the office of Sheriff. The Commanders of some extra Ships have in. fringed the order of the Court of Direetors of the 'E,ts India Company, by demanding more of Cadets than the sum limited for their passage. A demand of this kin 4 has lately suNetied one of the Captains to 4199 !torn the service, in consequence of his having relu4ea stibMission to a . pecuniary penalty. - The 13atavian Government intecd to lay another cal: O f 21 per cent. Q a laropertzt IV 41 FAE PEWS. PLYMOUTH,- JUNE 2 B.—A rri yeti the Defiance: of 7* guns, from the Channel Fleet, and the Nim rod Sloop of War, from a cruize. Arrived the Spanish Brig El Dolce Jesus, front Spain, laden with wine, bound to Irance, detained by the Col/o . y: hired Armed Schooner ; also the Notre Dame de Bon Secours and Santa Catharitra, two French Chasse Maries, laden with corn, C. two of those captured by the Felix hired Anita Schooner, with the Dollars on board ; the others, after taking out the Specie, was sunk. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE z9.—Sailed the Afegorap with Convoy to the East Ward. The Fisgard and Convoy are waiting fora fair wind to the Westward. The .serprnt and Scvallow are waiting for a fair wind to sail with the Convoy to Africa and to the East Indies. Arrived the Falcon. Revenue Cutter, from Guern•( sey and Jersey. ' . Sailed the General Du!, Cutter, with DisratC hes for Guernsey. . _,,, Moor, Arrived the Avon, Pearson, Ann, Yenow, and l' t '',: a d Doi from Sunderland ; I.Ondoit, Rive ns , f rom L o ndoo i " phin Lugger, Lieut. --, froisfa Cruize. - DEAL, JUNE 29. -Arrived the Basilisk gu n " Brig from: the Note, and sailed on a cruize off B 9u " Itrgne; , Flamer Gun_ Brig, front Dungeness, an ct remains;_ the DeptiCrd Lighter, horn DcptiP.rd' with- stores for the King's Yard ; and Sussex Oak. Navy Transport, for Portsmouth. . The Scourge Sloop has made the 'signal of conv . of to the Westward. ; k Navy - Transort,'er:" - the Pri.vns—Monarch, Utrecht, Veteran,lnflex,ible* Virginic, Castor, Scourge, Tartarus, Zehra, Manner, Fla— rnerLighters,Sosse with Oak tte.Arinecl Depfence'DShips, and Transports as per last. id and.),:ar:nduris The Courageux' Man of War, with the Fleet which sailed, trout. Portsmouth on the Bth May 1 the - & - st arrived uff Madeira Ist Jane, bur did not anchor. - • .I '. The Dover Caitle,.Cap.t. GEO. Riciotp" for St Helena and Beng-al, and' the Asia,. Cal'" i r H. TR EMENHEgRE, for Madras and Be l l 3 ' , mere lipoke - off Mideira on the Ist. inst. •-• ! The Recovery; CROKER, from Janalca to L - don, is taken by 4,1 r Vaults-Privateer of islantz, carried into St. Ander°. • atlly The Bojd, Lirsoy, froin London to Go" - o der •• hiving-Jost her rudder, was lefr'bf the Flee t es convoy of the Prtterel Sloop, arrived at BA rbau°- . , _ in lat. .13. 34...t0r!g. 51.: Thetnis,statement in a Morning Print, rela tl i ,‘-l e N " ,' a .vv. p h r ic o h p . o w seti e.c m o :e t t r i: d g ia b ed fro Mr, PITT_ andh hat{ f. ,: u0. a ..., elation n tin i g o r n: le gli f g o e n n: w e i a o n g d•incivility to the la ; -). n ' - _etween ci m reu a t u n t s h t o a r n i c t e y, : 21' ' .11. ', I'I C) 1 1 ft we understand, previous to his r eturn %' 1 i o‘ ce, anxious to for - M "in-S.Administration ccl u t a. i . the difficulties ,of the Country, and stic ! , 3 might conciliate all Parties, intimated a 1 ,,,1 1 : .: have an 'interview. with Mr. Fox, to wl" c ' i ;',,,, • latter was by no means disinclined. Th e , ::E l ie feiethh, of Mr. Fox, however, conceiving t''' i was less selfis mt h se, a oe n tf d int . i a gle tn:itious• than theni.;elvest •' ln . ' s might, therefore, agree to sacrifice his own .111e - '' ' o . I c t h o o e n : h p:r oi l: l i e n :: proposed - meeting, Slerastte!he ind sl t i i o ce u d ld hi l i ) n e I t l n er.dsc9c3lu.'l,''',ljj• Co acquiesce in his own exclusion from ca"' t : c , - leave them in an auk.ward Pr c "l.:,l ment, between ba-vk and buzzard, after 'rh e Y wet _solemnly pledged themselves not to return t°,,P2:i no without him. Mr. PITT ,we are Instired9 ::,,liA . intention to try his powers of p erstia ,ioli ou : tu , .-. ) lic bility of Mr. Fox's temper, spirit to the test, but of really consultirg* w'' c f or of puttity' h' s j: l ° , l ole great Leader of the Opposition, up on the nest fil i can „, e i Government, vi lb h rin ieh ilig we an a e re ffie d i i e s n po l sed the most . awful situation in Which this Con"" )- ~,it condua of Mr. PITT wa ti) s gt ever involved. Accordin w this statement, ul'. in wlort lie u'' c ' - v :, that of N/It Fox is creditable to his cil ' ira ell But what must, be thought - - of Mr. of 1:1:eic highlyace great nlcf i rve,iriiaorttic:: ii:e.lll.'rlic. friends, who, from the pitiful `tie `vs of . t ;1 . 1 . owa interests could obstreff a -meeo"k, their opinion, might have led to. the cxtin eii - I r , Party differences, and the advantage of thc ( -" iLt- try l .' , - _ . o f IVleritz , BONAPARTE'S address to the . BiA O P -- ' ordering him to cause Tr Vera: and Veni Creator to wh:cho in xese, is tiio_ be sung in all the C.hurches in his DI: Utmost stretch of hypocrisy, and a needless 111qCkerrc of Religion. , Can the Usurper suppose that tu t world has firgotten his taking the name of Mt() BONAPARTE in Egypt; pr ofessing Mahometani , m„ and assuming great credit for ha is ing overthrown the Pontifical power ? l'hr.re'li something so Outrageous to deceney'as ,well' as ke c gion in this condua n that . 1 the people o f . .l l ‘ ,lnc , I al have not - taken leave- f decency. as Well as coon' 0 a devotion sr, sense, they tnust loik w ith horror and -iodigoati° upon their new Emperor. • - The report that a new Kingdom is to srring pc in Italy, of which Luc lam .BONAPARTE is W.L'i the Sovereign,. -that he is to be also Grand- Duke L.e PARMA, to hold his Court.atßolip':•,.ami tareclue.r THE ,I-10LX. FATHER . to a mere ,cYpher, h °wev . t o improbable It may•appear, -i s - not the less likely' ri be well founded. This plan in favour of I,,uc t . E oo BONAPARTE, may serve t o account -for his eicch' s ,4 from the Hereditary' Succession' to the Throne v ve, France, as be was to enjoy.an ifidepcnd rnt . 6 ° ,i.. reignty of his town. As to t he-boldness a nd cu} vi tude of the measure, 'these are considerations bel° the mighty mind ofthe Emperor 14Arot,E0N. • p ( . 1. , ? 1` For, ills but thought b y -him, arc half pertbrin • op tt Tou-row, the famn o s Paris Banker, hi" ::.,.,_ exiled - to his estate at Cl('-,s 'Srougeos, in Burgu ,urio: for having sliewn his concern fur MoitEAIT,•bY 1., uring him bills.