The Sun. — London, England, 1806-03-18 00:00:00

After some conversation op.:this snbje&, it appear ing that - the delay- had 'been unaveidable, and -bad latterly been 'occasioned by a wish: -to consult the. new Bord" of, Contretil,' the Order being qualified, So..far, as can bediablostd without prejuiice to the public service,"—the 'Motion was agreed to. . Mr. PAULL then introduced another Motion for certain- additienal,Papt . rs„ ,as a foundation for-a new charge against .Lord Wellgsle3 by takieg a view of the, Noble- Marquis'S condua in - Oude, Bhurtpore, the Carnatic, and Sprat, - , and on the whOle;',:ileclar e that there Was net'a part of that immense Perlin siia which had not felt 'the system- iursUed by the : Noble ;1111arquis, which seemed to lead him to omit lao.opPortueity of seizing on the territories of the defeliceless.: , For:what purpose, he asked; had Mr. Hastings-bien Iria; 'but for example, • and to hold outeoclasiiNative TrinCes of India that the British government would never countenance sOcli a syst&rn that which bad been pursued by him ? On such principles had Lord Cornwallis 'aded, and there was not a Prince, nor an individualin India e who ,would have •uttered a. complaint...against his Government; tut in Oe. course of three months - the Marquis-Wel lesley had completely Oangecl the system from one extremity of the Peninsula to the other. He hoped such 'a system -.would net gain countenance in that Rouse. :He. concluded by.moving.for a number of 'apers conneded with the Territory of Surat. Earl 'TEMP LE; . while he . protested against such 'voleminons produaions without any specific reason assigned s . declared, . that on . the .part Noble Friend, - the Marquis. Wellesley, he courted thc , inquiry. 'OW the subje& -of Surat ,he should only state, that from the' year. 753 it had been .go- Verned 'by the same family. In the year 1759 a 7...'reety Was made, by which the Castle and Fleet were declared , to be under our controul. On rdarquis Wellesley's arrival he found the Throne of that Territory vacant : he-gave it to the next heir ; and, a thing that had not been before, made it he- . reditary 'in the' family, giving them a greater share than they - formerly had-in the Revenue. This .was the way in which tlie. Noble Marquis, in this par ticular. instance, verified - the statement of the Hon. Gentleman—seized on Abe Territory of the defence less. He should ten the' Hon. Gentleman - what he , would do in his case—if he felt interested in the cha racter of Lord Wellesley he would bring forward the charge—if he felt anxious for his own, he would Put the Motion in his pocket. His Lordship then read, as'part of his Speech, a Resolution of Thanks by the Court of Dire&ors to Lord Wellesley for the very service which was the subjed of the pre sent- Motion. Lord FOLKSTONE thought there was ground for the Motion. It appeared, from the statement of the Noble Lord, that the . Noble Marquis had given something .to this. Mince. If he had done so gratuitbusly, What right had he to assume such a power to himself ? If he gave, this to the Prince of Surat, lie must have taken it from some ,pe7sori Sir T. 111.ETCALFE gave a History of the Go vernrpent of su - rat, which exadly agreed with the .statement of Lord Temple: He then paid many compliments to the Marquis Wellesley, whose .cha radei for integrity the breath of „slander had never dared to' assail:- he. had left..lndia • with as clean,- hands as he had entered it ; and, had his plans been' completed, they would for half a century to cotne lave ensured the peace of India. That there Was no thing in the conduCt of . the Noble Marquis calling for the obloquy which was attempted to be cast on it, he. referred to the Gentleman at the head of the former Board of Controul, and to those who had lately come into it, not as.was generally believed with any particular desire to screen the Court of Di re&ors or the Noble Marquis. • Mr. ADDING TON, .Dr.-LAWRENCE, and Lord TEM- . _ • 'PLE each said a few VOrds. Mr. FOX thought hinaelf called on to notice in a few),vords what hid fallen from the Noble Baronet. • If the Noble Baronet meant that.he had come into . office_ without any improper desire to serve either one or oilier party he was corred. If 'he were called, On to state, taking the systems pursued by the two Noble Marquisses, Wellesley'anel Cornwallis, as ge neral principles,.which'M the two he liked best, be should sav,--the latter, as being most agreeable to the principles laid down by this House, and most to ,the credit of the India . compani. If again he were asked as.to his opinion of the delinquency of Mar quis, Wellesley, he .shoUld say.. he . had none.-- He had not yet - ; formed it; and if he had, this Was not the, time to Aeclare - it. As to an idea ~.thrown out by an Hon. Member, that such charges were better carried on by Ministers, that, fqr he disclaiMed. He thought such questions welt best discussed when no weight was lent to the accusation except What it derived from the individual who pre- • ,ferred it, and from the cause_ of truth. • - Mr. HUbDLESTONE did not assent to every thing that hadfallen frern SiF TheOphiltis'Metcalfe. ".• Mr. TIIO.4.IVTON deprecated the panegyrics .which that worthy Bart. had heaped on the Noble I\-larquis.. He knew well that he had stood almost single in the Court of Ijiredors on the subje&. The Noble Marquis had been recalled by the Cohn of DiredOrs, and he thought no Mere complete speci— men of their disapprobation of the system pursued by him could be demanded. That very recall pro duced a jealousy against him which was of itself an argument in favour,of the present investigation. Mr. P_ . 4ULL replied, and having in the course of tics speech alluded 'to' a charge . which - he intended also to bring fOrward'against the Noble Marquis, for dilapidating the public money - contrary to At of rarlianient, • , • Mr. C. 'POi.i - a - skecl, if it - was intention to charge the Noble MarquisWitli'haVing applied the Public money to his own use? Mr. PAULL answered, to his own convenience and' splendour, Contrary to' Ad of Parliament. • , Mr. POLE repeated—Did - he 'Charge ,hiM with Pe culation ? • Mr. PAuLL—Not with' Peculation, but with a' Wasteful, profuse expen4iture of a large 'sum of the public money for his own convenience and splen dour, contrary to ..ita of Parliament. • 'Mr. PoLE—That 'is to say, iu public objee.cs trary . te laW. As in the Palace at Calcutta, Body' Guard, &c. Mr. PAAJLI., hoWever, declined giving any more ,explicit statement Of What his Charge , shoUld' taiount to:' S'&43:sl*Pril ers theii 6ri'givally moved for'were. \\% granted-40 far -ai,may be consistent with the secb• ray a the p9blic service. The other Orders of the D4.vve're gone through Adjourned about half-past ten-o'clock. Whon the Aidianta feft Barbadoes, it was repott edthere that Admirals DUCKWORTH and LOUIS had • • e . fallen in with a . French Squadron, 'but. had failed -.•• • . . in their effOrts to bring on an action, and that the French Squadron had got ',into . Martinique, where they were closely :blockaded. It is perfeelly well PitICV Ot• STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. CODEOLS . - -- - - - . 6oi. - ARRIVED-.. 1 Lisbon, r Dublin. Dus—i liamburgh, Waterford. • .notion that Admiral DUCKWORTH` did chace a French Squadron, and that he lost sight of them in consequence of some of his Ships being such heavy sailers : and upon . this circumstance We conceive the above report was founded. If the French Squadron had a&ually got into 'Martinique, • Government : would of course_ have received official intelligence upon the subje&:----FroMthe length or time which has elapsed since any distill& intelligence • has, been received respe&ing., the Enemy's Squadrons, wo think it by no Means improbable that they may have shaped their course towards the East Indies. THE SUN. SOLENT QUIS DICER& rALsux AuuE.AT? L N D 0 N, TUESDAY, MARCII 18, 1806. -4 WE received this morning Dutch Papers to the 15th htsrant, which contain Paris news to the 9th instant. The chief article they contain is a long.. Expose, . which . was laid .before. the Le- THE subjea, of our Military Defence was last night brought forward again in the House .of.Cam mons, and several questions were put *to Mr.WIND gislati've Body..by CHAMPAGNY, the Mitiisier of the Interior. This Exposé contain, as might be, As it tides not appear that that. Gentlethan is yet prepared to submit 'his System to Parliament, he was of course exposed to some anidiadversion on • . account of tie freedorn with which ;le had expressed himself respeaing the plan adopted by his predeces sors, and Because he had, before lie was in office; „declared that the situation of the Country would not admit Of more than a delay of. five days in . the arrangement of a decisive system for our mi litary defnce. If, however, we may cpttfide in the information .•,,vitich we .have received from a very. reSpea - table . quarter,. Mr. WLNDIIAM is. by no means' to be, censured for' a want of attention to this important suhje&, •as 'it is said that be faid his Plan several. days ago before his Colleagues -.1 in Office, but that it had not met with their appro bation: Mr. WINDHAiI has, therefore, no doubt, :been. 'sedulously employed in correcting what ap , .peared to them to be defeas in his,Systern, and will, of. course, bring it forward after it has again been submitted to the rest of the Administration.; and received the full sanfaion of their judgment. As WINDHAM, With all his acknOWledged talents, has found so much difficulty in framing a measure suitable to this important crisis, it may be expeatd that when he is , fully prepared to'submit his Plan to the Public at large, he will, with the, liberality be .*•inirig a great •mind, acknowledge that he was scimewltat precipitate in condemning' .a system for which; whatever its defects may he, he haS not 'found it an-easy smatter to . Provi4 4.substiture. expeaed, a most flattering account of the interior . . - 'situation of France: • Jt'enlarges upon the indefa- HAM. tigable exertions of. the Emperor . in repairing 'the roads, in constrUdting canals, building. bridges, and particularly in improving the state of the sea-ports. The Expose is not concluded 'in the Papers which we have received, but there are no observations whatever hi the:part which has reached us, upon the relations subsisting between France and any ,Foreign. Powers. We will lay this document before our Readers to- morrow. PARIS, MARCH 9.—Prince JOS.RPH, Brother to theEmpernr, and Commander in Chief of the Army of Naples, took possession of the. Kingdom of Naples in the name of his Majesty, and issued a Proclamation to that effe& on the 21st of February. This Proclamation announces the ir revocable exclusion of the Dynasty of Naples from the Government of that State. It invites the People to concur in the measures which will be taken to, irnprove their Finances, to diminish their 'wants, and to, obtain for 'them Justice and Peace.— Their Magistrates are retained in their offices, and those who have abandoned their posts will be. re, placed by others.—Prince Jos zru has provisionally confided the funaions of the Secretary of State, who This morning arrived - .a .Mail from Lisbon, brought to Falmouth by the Priiice ve it:ales Packet, in 13 days' passage. Sunday evening Their MAJESTIES had a sele& party to tea and coffee. Yesterday morning a Messenger arrived at Wind-. sor with dispatches from Mipiiters:to His MAJESTY. . His MAJESTY will hold a Privy Council to-mor row at the Queen's Palace, t:t Which .the Recorder of Lohdon will attend to_ make his Report of the Convicts under sentence of death in Newgate. Yesterday Mr. ADAM,. Chancellor to the PRINCE of WALES, transacted business with the DUKE of YORK at his Office.. • was absent, to certain DireEtors. The Moniteur, after announcing the Capture of he Cape of Good Hope by, the English, tpakes the following observllioni : " The Captain-General of the Isle -of France offered, fifteen months ago, to the Comn)ander. of the Cape; to send him two thousand men as a reinforcement, but he would not accept it. The • This .morning Earl MOIRA, as I'vlaster-General of qle Ordnance, attended by his Aides,de-Camp, &c. set off to inspe& the fortifications, an:: various new works, at Galleywood.Coninion, and other parts of Essex. 7. four Dutch Ships which . are at Batavia have done no- thing for the common cause. They have not once quitted Eativia ; they have not made one prize. It is remarkable, that while England sacrifices Au stria, and the Powers which she has'seduced, she CHARLES O'HARA, Esq. Member for Sligo, and Governor of that County, is appointed one of the Lords of the Irish Treasury. Mr. HENRY ,PARNiLL, Member for the Queen's , County; son of the late Sir J. PARNELL, is also ap pointed'one of the Lords of the Irish Treasury, in the room of the Hon. GEORGE KNox. Mr. H. IraR NELL Will be again re-ele6ted for the Queen's County, without opposition: The Hon. GEORGE PONSONBY, son of Lord - Pox-. SONBY, we understand, succeeds -Mr. OR,;ISBY I the place of First Counsellor to the Commissioners in Ireland. • employs her power not against Boulogne, to make attempts on our Coasts, hit to conquer the Dutch Co- lonics. The. English make dupes,' but they, do not choose to be dupes. They will say, after this, that France wishes to exclude them from the Continent. It is England that, by her conduet, has renounced it in the most decided manlier." 'Sir JOHN NEWPORT has appointed MP:WHEATLEY to the place of Secretary to. the Irish .F,xcheAuer Of- Ace, lately filled 'by Mr. H..PAR.NtmL. Sir L. PARSpNS and Mr. FiTZGERALEI,_ commonly called the Knight of Kerry, Lords of the Irish Tre asury, it is understood, wilt retain 'their situations. We are much mistaken if this dire& attack in the Ploniteur, upon the Dutch Government, is not the forerunnerof its speedy dissolution. The Rev. Dean Wnesuß•oN is appointed First . Chaplain to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. BONA . PAATE has =voluted the Seriate,that he has affianced the Princess STEPHANIE NAPOLEON, niece We arc happy to state the safety of the. Dragon, of 74 gun's, Capt. GRIiFITiI, stud the Latona Fri gate,, Capt. CTOssLut , t, for - which much anxiety-had been felt. Advicw have been received by the Plan tagenet (which is arrived at, PlYmouth„ with the Phenix and Revolutionaire), that. they arc both crUi zing in the Bay of Biscay. Court of . Aldermen being held forenoon, the LORD MAYOR, after inspetting the Mealweighers' Returns, ordered the price of Bread to be lowered Id. per Peck Loaf, to JOSEPHINE, to the Hereditary Prince of BADEN. WE are still unable to lay before our Readers any authentic :information tespeEting the, Squadrons which have escaped ) from Brest. The following Letter, brought by the Atalanta, which has arrived at Milford Haven, from the West Indies, was yeS lerday 'received at LLOYD'S : airbadoes, lan. 2,1. Mr. PU6KLEY, the Messenger, left town last, tfight " Conjeflures are entertained that the Rochefort Squadron, for Berlin, with dispatches of great importance, and or part of the Brest Fleet, are in these Seas, and have pro. was supposed to have a further destination. ceaed to the plunder of the' Neutral Wands to leeward, as Married on the 14th inst. at the house of JOHN five strange Sail. were seen on the 18th by an .English , OAY.ERS, Esq.. Baker-street, Portmart-square; RICH. Schooner, coming down the latitude of Martinique, and was TALBOT, Esq. of Mallahide Castle, County of Ppb chased that night by 4 Brig, but escaped. .Admirkl Si!: 1. lin, to Miss MANOST SAYERS, of the . said County. DU CKWORT His Squadron had been joined by the Atlas and , _ • Saturday last a ' daughter of Mr,. .LITTLEWOOD, Northumberland, and were Martinique on the 15th. , , of Lamb's Conduit-street,. standing by the 'fire, her "The French SquadrOn which fell in with the Fisgard . clothes caught, and before proper assistance could and Wolverine Convoy', on the 7th ,December, from Cork,- he given, she was burnt in a most dreadful manner. Consisted of, the following Ships from L'Orierit : ' - She - languished till SU:iday evening; when she ex.- Regulus - So guns President - 4o guns 1 . vired. . • Cy bete - - 40 Arid Sur vernante Brig.'• ~~ NA VA L NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 1 7.--Arrived about twelve ef fourteen Sail of outward-bound West Indiamen from the Downs.—No arrival or sailing of any of His Majesty's Ships. - • .FALMOIITH, MARCH 15;.--Arrived the Piince of Wales Packet, HARRIS, with Mails, from Lisbon, • in 13 days. s Sailed .tho Ptiscella CLARK, for Bristol.; Dart, JERMOND, for Neath ; Fanny,. PittcE, for > renby Unity, GE - oncs, for Carmarthen ; Belmont, \VAT- KiNs ; \ for. Swatise ; Bee, ELrjST, and Ater!, BLY . , ‘both . for Barry. . • Also arrived His majesty's Ship Formidable from a Cruize ; and Humber hired Armed from ditto. DEAL, MARCH 1'7.--Remain in the Downs the following Ships The Edgar.and Utrecht Men of War, Thames, Ariadne, and L'lnirnortalite Frigates, Rosario, Seagull, Kangaroo, Amaranth; Oberon, and Musquito Sloops of War, Daunt less Praam, Prospero and Devastation Bombs, Speculator Lugger, Harmony. Viaualler, and several Gun-brigs. P. S. No communication with 'the Shifyin - z to the shore this rUy. A Madrid Gazette of the j ttli of Febraary states, that in the course of last sutiiinor sm.rai-lkivato.ers of considerable force had been iittztd oat at INlontevl(lca . , - cn the hirer Plate, to cmize again'st the English trade on the coast of Africa. Two of these art to lave ,had the fullowing success :—«The LaDolores,:of 24 /26() men;'under-the command of D. ESTA- NISLAO CU RAND, sailed froth Montevideo on the .23d of June, for the coast of Guinea, whCre, on the ISt of Septernlidr, she' brought to• close ae - tion the English Ships thaililive, of g 2, ginis, Clarendon, of 24, and Rebecca, of 18, with the Brigantine Vu/11n, of 14,.a1l of them fitted out as letters of marque, and - employed in the Slave Trade. Th 4 had on board at the time a considerable number of negroes.. The whsle fohr _ _ have,been . carried into MonievideO. Their value is estimated at 200,000 dollars iv specie. The Dolorei had men killed and 14 wounded in the a&ion, which was very vigorouslymaintain cdby the Ehemy." On the same day (.23d of June) sailed from Montevideo, - the- Dromedario, carrying 1 8 eight- pounders, and 208 men, under the Con:if - nand 0? D. HIPOLITO MdIIDELI4. On the 15th and 31st of August she' fought and captured; off Cape Pardon; on the COASt . of Africa, the English Ships the Are//y, of 22 guns, and the Elizabeth, of 20. Both ofthem reached 'Montevideo on the 12th October. They were laden with assorted cargoes, suited to the Slave Trade, and had 142 negroes 'on board:" Dr. ryowtEl, a Medical Praelitioner well-known in this , ., Metropolis, died yesterday at his house in Saville-row. He was an eccentric chara&er, but a man oflearning and abilities; though, too fond of de- , viating from the beaten track of his profession. He was, a native of Ireland, and cornmenced his pro fessional career aS'a:Surgeou in the Navy- 'After struggling with great difficulties ,he. at length became successful, and was in some repute. — He was one of the most violent opponents of the Vaccine System of Inoculation, and published a furious' pamphlet on the subjea; but his doarines - have ,been so ably refuted,. and he drew so much ridicule . upon himself by the work in - question, that his spirits were Much affeaed by .the discom fiture he suffered. He was cif a convivial . turn, and a passionate admirer of music, of which he was no incompetent ,judge. He was far advanced in lite, but was of an._ active, Inlstling disposition; and al ways exhibited a juvenile vivacity in social circles: BON'APAII:T . E observes, with much coolness and seeming indifference, in his address - to his Legisla ture, that through the elements he has lost a few ships in an aelion 'imprudently commenced! It is nut necessary to observe upon the wanton cruelty thus manifested to his captive Admiral, as nothing better could be expe&ed from him Wbd traduced the unfortunate BayEit after his death. But.a feiv . ship ! W t 'nat• if the Emperor FRANCIS should have told his people that he bad, thrOugh bad weather,. and a few Mistakes of his' General, lost a regiment or twos in an anion imprudently commenced ! DAtwayAL, ,the .celebrated Ballet Stister, died lately in France: he turned Politician during the French Revolution, and beCarne a, furious Jacobin. His wife was of air:. Lame principles;, and more sa vagely furioUs than , Bock{, the a&or, who bal long been a favourite at - Edinburgh, has, it is said, pUrchased Mr:Alexi:4S share of the Theatre in that City. " • O. i Wednesdaylas two Troops of the 4th Dragoon Guards arrived at Lancaster, and proceeded the next morning for Preston : and yesterday .two more TroopS arrived at the same place, and are to remain till further .orders. A child .on one of the bag-. gage carts belonging to the first division perished on Shap - Fell; Owing 'to the inclemency, of the weather. 7 • ' The order for the March of tl:e 1 Ith Light Dra goon's from Sandwich and the Isle of Thanet, has been. countermanded. • • Mr. NEVILLE, h‘il:er, of Brighton, after spending a short time at Copper's Gap, about three miles to the, west of that place,* mounted his hope to return home. ,On Thursday morning, about eight O'clock, he \vas found in the snow, about a mile t - i - orn Cop per's Gap, frozen to death, and conveyed to the ta vern af.Hove. Inthe•pOckets of the deceased were drafts to the amount of 20Q1. and cash.to the amount of 571. 15s. He was a man Of unbleniidled charac ter, and has left a wife and eight children'to lament , - ‘ his kiss. It is somewbatiingular, that on the evening Mr. NEVILLE lost his life, a "boy about two years oid, his god:son, as he was at play against a chair, on hearing the sound of a military trumpet, clapped his finger to his nose, died I ‘. bark and - instantlY dropped down in a fit, in which "he. expired - . The child was the.wi of Mr. HOBbEN, jun. who lodged with ?Az'. NEVILLE. , * -v- ' A i ., ‘ , . T . PUBLICA/FFICB, tiATTON-GARDEN:- i estert‘ay liprgan „fazes, Watch,house-keeper in St. Martin?s .le-Grand, was charged with suffering two PtiFoners to .escape who were under his care, beiog'suspeete ofluviPg reteiied a bribe of 501. li - ow one of them. ... i ~,