The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-12 00:00:00

:SO 10 1 die ~ bE~t !10 0 :Ii Uf fie f ' th ( I tlio COP eat, d 1)1 ic° esi' s oef ii ; i4 , ~~jf~J A t . _, 06 oliCs p oZ f° r 31 te stl rl Ui° tes .rs sco CO' S 1)" V 3lld O' LeY Dal' 0 t4‘i'4 :`ss e~i adi" , 0 13 4 ,noo ill ~ e 100 Hfg yes ( ' e e .tbe l e!'* SIIIP NEWS: DEAL, DFc. ll.—Arrived, and sailed' for the tiv Q r, the Simnel and Jane, IhRLAI6, from Quebec. A;rived the Stafford, MANDELS, from Amsterdam for St. lhomas's. Came down from the. River the E i liza Ann, for St. Lucia.—The American ship Romulus, PETERS, from Virginia, put back from Margate Roads last evening, with loss of anchor and cable. • DOVER, DEC. I.—Arrived De Goede Trew . Vries, fiom Amsterdam for Bourdea►ux, with loss of anchor and cables, and ;very leaky, having been on=shore on the Goodwin Sands. The cargo is discharging. FlinwicH, DEC. 1 l .—Arrived the Lady Nepean packet from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Eclipse packet for ditto, and Lord Nelson packet for Holland — all with mails. PORTSMOUTH, DEC.. 11.—Arrived the John, SPENCE, from London ; she lett the Downs three days ago with 'several , others, not yet arrived. — Also arrived, the Royalist, HERBERT, from the Downs. Saila his Majesty's ship Hope on a cruiie. FALMOUTH, Dcc. 9.—Arrived the. Gratitude, from London for Venice. Sailed the Flora for arbadoes ; Sovereign, (or Jamaica ; and two or three other West Indiarnen, and should the wind continue moderate, the remainder will sail to- Thosrow. PLYMOUTH, DEC.. 10. 7 -Sailed the Clifton, Lord Wellington, Sir Godfrey Webster, Nesbitt, Allvy, and Europa, for the West Indies ; Reward, and John Barry, for Jamaica; and' the Helena, for Montserratt. Letters received yesterd,iy - morning from Bos ton state, tliat the ship New Galen, Captain TaAcY, was upset in Boston harbour, whilst load i;;;; for London. THE THEATRE.--The play-bills of Drury-lane Thf atre announced yesterdiiy, for !he night, a new Opera, under the title of Outwitted at, Last, but, in consequence of the sudden illness of Miss CU /ITT, it Was postponed, and the substitute %vim The Duenna. The Countess of WARIiiCK is in that interest ina situation which promises an heir to the family title and houours. The Master of St. Paul's School, the Rev. Dr: SLE-ATU, preached last Sunday at. St. Andrew's' Church, Holborn, to a nntnerous Cr.ngregation, a most impressive and eloquent Sermon io sop port of the Nationnl Schools in the City of Lon don. He was, we understand, particularly ani mated, land produced a powerinl effect on his au ditory, and enforced with much . energy the great adv:tutages to be derived by the establishnient of these schools. There were' one thonsand chil dren present. Indeed we have heard so much of this Sermon that we•-should have been happy to have received a. correct note of its leading fea tures. .. baron Jusr, the Saxon Minister, is about to leave England in-a day or two, on his return to Saxony. His Excellency went tr, Clirement on Tuesday, to take leave of Prince LEOPOLD. Hi; Excellency takes dispatches troll his Serene High uessl to his relatives, &c. It is stated as a. fAct,.but 'little known, that the lamented Princess CHARLOTTE corresponded every fortnight with Prince LEOPOLD, until the clay of her marriage. The epistolary communi cations commenced from the time of the meeting of the parties at thp Pulteney - where they were introduced to each other by the Duchess of OLDErniutton. Wednesday the Lords of the Council met at the Council Office to hear and'determine Prize peals, and come to a decision on three causes. — The Judge.of the AdMiralty Court, arta the Mas ter of the Rolrs, were among the Lords present. Mr. Puet. gave a grand dinner, at the PliceniX Pol, Dublin, yesterday. senuight, to his Excel lency the. Lotto LIEUTENANT and a large number of personages of rank, amongst whom were the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord NORBURY, the ATTOR -131-Ry-GENFIRAL, &c. Me. PEEL also entertained a select party of friends and personages of rank at dinner on Friday. Yesterday - a forgery was committed upon, a very respectable banking-house in Lombard -street, to the amount of upwards of 10001. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, DEC. 4. • liERBy, 1818. 11 101 apt Milton 12 to 1 agsti Ringtail 11 10 I Allegretto 14 to I Crecy 12 to 1 T utiie . 18 - 6 1 OAKS, 1818. 8 to 1 agst Loo 13 to 1 agst sister to Nectar 14 to 1 Mr. Chifncy's 1. l4 to 1 Ser‘autes 1. G. CARROLL, the Contrictor, - has. the .honour of informing the Public, that those Numbers, which on the Second Day were drawn &Werner), thtry Tieltets, will he again dr,ntyn on Saturday, the 20th Dec. and will have the same chance as before of obtaining either of the FOUR `Prizes of 20,0001. The holders, however, have the option of receiving - 12/. for them, :and it) proporiyou for Shares, provided they present then), for payment on Or before Dec. 18, in which case they give up ail clkdin to whatever Prize it may afterwards be d r awn, should it.even prove' a 20,0001. FRIDAY, DEC. s. = No. 4,349, drawn on Friday Last, a Prize of 20,000/. Class 13, being entitled to 15,000/-Consois and 50001. Motley; was Sold in Shafts by CARROLL. No. 5,842, a ,Prize of 500 Guineas 2,028, a Prize of 200 'Guineas, were also Sold, in Shares by CARROLL ; 4,720., another Prize of 200 Guineas, was Sold . by CARROLL, in a Whole Ticket.—The fortunate Possessors-may re ceive their Money on demand, at 7, Cornhill, or 26, Oxford-street. 'POETRY. The followiggLniES were written by a LADir during her Preg nancy, and given to her Husband after her safe delivery, a few days subsequent to a late much laniented Event : My God, whose all-directing power Hath brought me - to this awfulhour, Thy suppliant deign to hear. Ali ! wherefore are my spirits-fled, Why feels my heart thi4olemn dread, Art Thou not always near ? Then turn not, Lord, thy face away, Pour ou my soul hope's cheering ray, Strengthen my trembling frame. Lo, on the couch pf sorrow laid, Dark clouds seem gatheringlound my head, While pain succeeds to pain. Deeper and deeper sinks my soul— Suspense how heavy thy controul Weighs on the feeble mind ;, No hope have I in human skill, Except God's purpose to flafil...• Oh, be that purpose kind ! A moment and mylife is gone, Or doubly saved— Thy will be done On earth as in the skies— My prayer is heardaway my fears— • That hear'nly sound salutes my ears, A new-born Infant's cries ! ROYAL VISIT TO BATH, BA'ru, Thursday Morning. —Yesterday the morning was a most brilliant' one. At nine o'clock three of the Royal carriages drew up at the door of the Queen's House. In a few minutes afterwards the QUEEN and their Royal Highnesses set out on the long expected excursion to Bristol, in the ,following order —Sir Henry Campbell, Colonel Desbrowe, Colonel Stevenson, and Lieu .tenant-Colonel Cooper, of the second Somerset Militia, in a carriage and four ; the Queen and the Prineess,Elizabeth, in the travelling chariot so long used by the King.; the Duke of Clarence, Lord John Thynne, the Countess of Ilchester,and Lady Melville, in a landau and.four, They were attended only by two footmen and three outriders, and proceeded along the upper Briitol road. — At Keynsham, the first village on the road, the houses were all decorated with laurel, an() several arches of laurel, intermixed with ribbons, *ere formed over the road. A flag was also hoisted on the steeple of the Church, and the hells rang-a merry peal as the carriages passed rapidly through the place. At Brislington.--within , two miles of Bristol, post horses were stationed ;. and there also a detachment of the 15th Hussars was posted. A band of - music too was in- attendance, and played " God save the King" :whilst the horses . were changing. From this place to Bristol the road was lined with people. When the illustrious travellers reached the eminence called Totter '.down Hill, they were met by the Sl'eriffs of i•Bristol, another detachment of the 15th, and horsemen Innumerable From *the brow of this bill . Bristol appeared a field of . flags.— There was not a public building, but exhibited a. variety of colours, and the vessels, in the dock's and river,.were literally,covered with them. The Sheriffs, after ron:errin,g a few seconds with Sir Hew y Campbell in the first carrage, turned their horses and headed - 'the procession into the city, entering at Temple-gate, along Ba:h-street, Bridge-street, Corn street, and Marsh-street, -to the Mansion House in Queetf-square, where they were received by the ayor and Aldermen, with their Ladies, Mr. Vansittart the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the' very Rev , the Dean of Bristol, the Staff of the Garrison, &c. Ste- • ,Here the Queen alighted, and followed by their Royal Highnesses and their attendants, was conducted by the Mayor into the banquetting room. A de jeune had been prepared, hut ;;er Majesty did not partake of it. The Mayor expressed .to the Queen the sense which'he and his fellow-citizens entertained of the high honour done to their City by this visit, and his Worship, the Sheriffs, seve ral Aldermen, 4.nd their Ladies, had the honour of kissing her Majesty's hand. From the Mansion House the Royal Visitors proceeded to Redcliffe Church, over Prince's street Bridge, followed by an immense multitude, and escorted by a strong detachment of - the 15th Hussars;'to the Hot-wrlls,where the Queen again alighted, and spent some time in inspecting that Establishment. 'From thence they drove along the New Cut; and Cumberland' Basin up to Clifton, over Clifton DoWn, and leaving St. Vitt cent's Rocks on the left, went over Durdham Down to the point called Seawall. On this -en chanting spot`the procession halted for, near half an hour. The Queen and the Princess appeared delighted with the scene. The Illustrious Visitors seemed -reluctant to turn away front it. The processiOn slowly returned over the Downs, through Clifton, and along the Mall to Park-row,' where, at the splendid and hospitable mansion of Colonel Hugh Baillie, the Royal Party alighted, and, with all their attendants, partook of a most sumptuous dejeune.. They remained here nearly two hours, atel then set out on their,re turn to Bath, As they passed along, every en thusiaitie demonstration of loyalty greeted them' at every step,' and hundreds (af horsemen crowdesl round the carriages, till they reached Brislidgton, where the relays were posted. Here again they were saluted, by a very numerous band of 'mu sicians, with " God save the. King," • while the horses were putting to. About two -miles from the,latter place, the military escort drew tip on the right of the road, and, - saluting the Royal party as they passed, returned to Bristol, while the carriages pursued their quiet way towarda home, unattended. They arrived at Sydney-place at a quarter be fore five o'clock, and upon enquiry at eleven, the answer was, that her Majesty was very well, and had. enjoyed the excursion much. FOR TIIL. SUN. SAVINGS' BANKS IMPROVED" Ma. EDITOR,--The benevolent principle on whieh Savings' Banks were first established is in itself so obvious., and has been so fully justified, even already, by their beneficial results, that praise foam any pen is totally unnecessary.-1 address you, therefore, merely for the purpose of offering a hint for their improvement, not, indeed, novel, but hitherto unattempted since their establish- Inent. My plan may be illustrated by a single. position let us, suppose a worthy young couple, having in dividually saved as much as justifies them in mar rying, by its sufficiency . in,setting them up in a little Dusiness ; in the first year of their union they, of course, draw out their property from, the Bank, and their necessary outgoings prevent any hew deposits for teat year ; in the second and fu ture years, theexpences of an increasing family leave, perhaps; but littli ,, for accumulation,. for although when single the'spirit of saving fOr posits, aided by the pleasing contemplation . of annual interest increasing their store, may have prompted them to deny themselves many in dulgences, yet the .stimulus is not sufficiently strong to keep their purse-strings close,. when the wishes of - their children, or even the harmless vanity of the parent, shall prompt them to expend the little weekly overplus.. Something further then is required whose sti mulus will prompt them to deny to their children small and useless indulgences, and thereby to form a little fund for their future welfare. That stimulus, I conceive, 'would be found in a TON.. TINE engrafted upon the existing establishment by Act of Parliament. A simple calculation will slim the tempting re sults. Let us suppose that the parents of a child deposit Sixpence per week from its birth, until it is twenty-two years of age, then, on a rough calculation, Ist year's deposits -L. 1 6 0 Interest, at 4 per cent. during the 2d year - 0 1 OT,- . td year's deposits - • 1 6 0 2 1;3 Of Interest - - - 0 2 1 3d year's deposits - 1 6 0 4 1 Interest - - - 0 3•8 4th year's deposits - 1 6 0 5 10 5 Interest - - 0 4 5 sth ye=a's deposits - 1 6.0 7 0 10 Interest - - - 0 5 7 6th year's deposits - 1 6 0 8.12 5 Interest - - - 0 5 6 it h }'ear's deposits - 0 1 6 10 3 11 • Interest - 0 8 1i 6th year's deposits - 1 6 0 Interest - 9th year's . deposits 11 18 O -0 9 6 Interest - - 10th year's deposits Interest - - - 11th year's deposits - Interest - ii , th year's deposits Interest - - 13th year's deposits - Interest - 14th year's deposits - 1 G‘ 0 13 13 6 OIOILI ,1 6,0 Interest - - 15th year's deposits - 15 10 51 0 0 5 1 ' 6 0 17 8 10.1 0 13 11i 1 fi 0 19 S 10 0 15 6 1 6 '0 Interest 7 - IGtli year's deposits 21 10 41 0 . 17 Qi I 6 '0 23 13 6* 0 13 II 1 6 0 R 5 18 5t , 1 0 9 1 6 0 23 5 -24 1 2 ( 6 0 Interest - 170 year's deposits Interest - 18th year's deposits 30 13 9 1 4 6,i 1 0 33 4 3? 1 G 6 1 6 0 Interest - - 19th year's deposits Interest - - 20th year's deposits 35 16 91 1 9 51 -1 6 0 Interest - - 21st year's deposits 38 12 s e l'lo 10i 1 6 0 41 9 14 1 13 Ot 1 fi 0 Intcrest - - 22d yeir's deposits L. 44 8 21 So that at the end of .22 years, even if all,the Subscribers live, the child will receive 441. Bs. 2d fur the sum of 271. 6s. advanced in weekly pay. ments. Larger subscriptions may be calculated by simple multiplication. I am aware that many parents would object to a Tontine, on account of the forfeitures of sums advanced, in consequence of 'death ; but they, ought to recollect that if their own children live, this, instead of a lossovill be an advantage : and, 2* JOHN Bow .Es, Esq. whose able, pen has so often been employed in supporting the best interests of our Country, and of manlsjnd, has just published the fourth Edition of an excellent pamphlet on this interesting subject, from which we deem it our duty to take some extracts fp, the, course of next weeli.:--(ED:) if.thev die, the parent actually loses nothing. But even, that objection might in certain degree be obviated, as I shall presently chew. My plan then would be to establish a General and Central Tontine in-the Metropolis, by Act of Parliament, puch a clause authorizing every exist ing and future legal Saving's Bark to become an auxiliary branch on due rcgistration.. • , • The General Tontine should- trans - act no busi ness except, with-the • auxiliary branches ; each of which, for security of cash and accounts, should make annual remittance of sums deposited, ,toge- Cher with a copy of the annual accounts ; at tilt._ same time sending an account of cash -remitted to a - Board'of Control, which should enforce the - expenditure of theinoney in the funds by the Ge neral Tontine Office. Though th ‘ e sums would be subscribed to Snit , - in o' Banks, yet •the TontMe should be one grand aggregate, but in classes. . , On 'opening the. bOoks at - first, under each auxiliary branch, there should be -six claises'; the first from birth. to 3 years inclusire,•with division ‘4 the end of 21 years, by which means every in dividual'in that class would lac of hill sage„ . or the calculation might be made up at - the end of 19 years,- allowing each individual, after that, to Clairo.as- he comes of age, and, if tie dies between the divisional calculation, and his own majority, then his portion to go, to his heir. The second class'irom 3 to 6 years inclusive, to divide at the end of 18 years ; or, as with respect, to the first class, at the end.of ..16 years, but wait ingindividual Majority for individual payment. The other classes would then run,' in the 'same manner, from 6 to 9 ; 9 to 12 ; 12 to 15 ; 15 to 18 ; but no further. For the entry or names on the first. Tontine . , one year shoadd he • allowed ; afte'r which any person wishing to join any of those classes might do so, by paying up a sum equivalent to the pay ments and interest already existing ; or he might wait for the opening of a second Tontine account; 'at the end of three years—a new Tontine account being opened triennially, going as far as No. 33 in the•fitst century, which are. dropping , 011, or . being extinguished every three yeats, after the first division should take place. If it is judged inexpedient. to forfeit the whole sum in case of deathe• then onehalf tnay be per mitted to return to a surviving parent. If a parent begins with sixpence per week for a . child, in any one efass, and wishes at the end of. a few years to increase the deposit, then he may be permitted to enterhim in a class corresponding with his years, in the next opening Tontine; that: is to say, if 'a parent begins with his new-born, child at sixpence per week, in the first class of, the first Tontine, then at the end of ten years, if he-wishes to deposit one shilling_ per week ; he may open a new sixpenny account in the fourth class-- Vrom 9 to 12) of that triennial Tontine account, which will open the - fourth in succession, and .which will be when thechild is about twelve years old.; or lie may enter him in the third Tontine, paying the value of a share in that class calculated, upon payments and interest, without reference to deaths that may actually have taken placF. In sfiort, each individual mey enter inw as, many el. - ..sses, one in each Tontine, as he pleases. In order to encourage Depositors, an arrangement might be made, by which a parent having three children, and subieribing for two, might nomi nate the third incase of death, by transfer of the stun paid, but %eithout the interest, to the class'. agreeing in years with the new nominee, the pa rent paying up the interest to that class ; but this would be matter of nice calculation.' Should a parent, through neglect or absolute want, omit his weekly payments, these might be made up at the end of the year ; or should he omit them for years, and again be able to resume his deposits, then the temporary forfeiture should he annulled, and the coild re-admitted upon the hooks - , on payment of arrears and interest due and accruing for the interval, with a small per cent age as a check upon negligence, whilst bankrupt cy or other well-authenticated distress might ex cuse from the payment of per ceutage as a pe nalty., Should a child be bereft of both parents, and left without a friend to continue the deposits, then the sum previously subscribed, with accumulating interest, but without benefit of survivorship, might be allowed to remain on the books in his name, until he she becomes- of age ; or if the child, at an intervening period, should find . a - friend to. pay up the arrears and continue'the payments, then the same should take place as already pro vided for in case of the parents' distresS. No 'weekly [payments should be lesS than six pence ; and when the division takes place, it should be regulated, not by the actual number of survivors, hut by the sixpences in their quota—• he that holds a sixpenny deposit being a one-share holder ; a shilling depositor claiming for two shares ; and so on, the deposits not to be limited in extent, as the rich may thus be tempted to sub-. scribe, whilst their mortality will be the poor man's gain. • It may even be permitted to parents, guardians, or patrons, to subscribe the whole sum of sub scription at once, tinder circumstances that will be a temptation to the one party, and generally fa vourable ,to the other. Such, _Mr. Editor , are the oetlines, hastily drawn up, .of a plan. which may become very effi cient, in conjunction with Seeing Ittirks. Should you deem it deserving a place in your loyal: add patriotic Journal. you will confer a favour on Vour_old Cdrrespondent, . IGNQTUS. UNIVERSITY INTEIOGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Dec. U.—Tile Master and Fel lows of Christ College have presented the Rev. Charles Moisop, B. A. to the Vicarage of Help stone, Nort,hamptonshire.---The father of the.,ce lehrated Dr. Paley was the incumbent of that parish for sixty-four yeP.es. The Hon. WAI: CUST declines a contest for tit( Representation of the County of Lincoln, in at next Parliament,. and recommends Mr.. CHAPLIN the son of' their old and much-esteetned Count , >Member, to the suffrages which have placed him ,selt (Mr. Cu T) in so houourabit a post