The Sun. — London, England, 1806-02-07 00:00:00

SUN-orricE, HALF PAST TWO O'CLOCK, P. Yr. Wr, stop the Prets to announce a very confident report that the whole of the Brest Fleet is out.—We have not heard how the account has been received. MIDDLESEX MEETING. THERE was a numerous Meeting of persons yes terday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, most of whom were understood to be Freeholders of Mid dlesex. The dinner took place at five o'clock—Sir WM. RAWLINS in the Chair. Soon.after the cloth was removed, Major CARTWRIGHT addressed the Company on his old subjeEt, a Reform in Parlia ment. In the course of his speech he thought pro per , to introduce the name of Lord MELVILLE,' whom he seemed to. treat as a person aEtually guilty of corruption, though that Noblemariis yet to under go a trial by,bis Peers. We mention this as a proof of the justice and candour of the Major, that may be , considered as a general test of his, political rectitude. After stating that he had been prevented by the bat-, tie of Trafalgar, the death of Lord NELsoN, and other events, from appealing to .the People of Mid dlesex in behalf of a Parliamentary Reform, he con cluded with_ saying, that he had_ been_ persuaded. by Messrs. GREY, WHIT.saEAo, and WYVILLE, who had all been advocates for the' measure in question,, to postpone any requisition on the subjeEt for the present:-IThe question Of postponement was then . put, seconded, and agreed to unanimously.. Sir F. Bpsnta . T having been toasted, the Baronet arose and 'made just such a speech as has often issued froth his lips. He mentioned, the exertions which lie had made, to, support "the independence,of Middle-, sex, not. only at the expence of his fortune, but most at the hazard of his life. He commended'the measure of postponement 'which had just been adopt td, but expressed a hope that the system of Reform 'tvould in time be brought forward. He spoke favourably of the new Administration, and seemed to think that they would lend a helping hand to this. favourite measure. - Of Mr. Fox he' expressed him- self in high strains of panegyric. He did not abid hitely say that he would stand again for the County of Middlesex, but intimated that a' Dissolution of liarlian-Aent might be near, and that he should never zle_sert,thoseplueiples which bad recommended him to the. notice of those who had supported his cause. A Mr. HARVEY recommended_ a continuance of the exertions of ,the Committee,' notwithstanding the changes in Adfninistration. Major CARTWRIGHT, in ans.7ver to thiS Speaker, Who had complained that some of the Members re laxed in their duty, stated that every preparation had been made, and that books were ready in order to facilitate a canvass in the County, in case of a dis solution. Among the Toasts we were glad to. find, that KING, LORDS, and People," were one that ano ther was " KING ALFRED;" and that " the whole constitution" was a third, as the last must of course imply THE KING, as the guardian of it. A tendency towards innovation, hOwever, broke out- in one of the Toasts, which deserves to be noticed, Fox, the,great Sea-nuirk of the Constitution." It has been usual to say land-niark on occasions of this kind, and it is difficult to conceive why the expres sion should be changed in reference to. Mr. ,Fox.-- Upon the whole, 'a satisfa&ory conCloSion May be deduced from the proceedings. of this Meetincr, as we find that Mr. Guth, a Member of the ne:Act rninistration, and, who must, of 'course, be a Con , . . Apkil'oug character among them, as .well as Mr. WHITBREAD, one of their ~warm supporters, Fare 'verse lo the introduaion of a ll - schemes of .ParliT inentaty Reform .at this present - -Moment;_ and it may not be too Much to infer also, that the fatal •exainple of Fraince may biive induced thetp: to think it will be better never to resume the agitation of qpeculative improvements, bUt to maintain the British Constitution, in, it 4 present .state,..as. it is the.best practical , system of Government; that 'the . iiiorld has ever knw;. • • • LENT ASSIZES.—I - IpME CIRCUIT. The LORI) CHIEF BARON Ancligf.lllStiCe HEATH. Hertfordshire, Monday, March 10, at Hertford. • 'Essex, Wednesd.' Xent, Monday, 47, —Maidstone.. urrey, Monday, zit --Horsham., 'Surrey, Wednesd. 20, —,Kingst.uponThames. The death of deneral Yoaxii who accompanied Bir Home PopnAm. in the Expedition against the Cape, of Goodliope, was a : very serious loss °to the Service, as he was an Officer of distinguished abilities, and was partiCularly seletaed on this occasion for his local knowledge, and no person.could be better in formed of every point relative to the object in view. . Sir HOME himself is, however,. 'so• well acquainted with the place, and the: force he carried with him - was in such excellent order; that there,can be little doubt of the success of the, enterprize.. A. report tvas some time, since transmitted to us from Constantinople, stating,-that a• Ship was lost in the Black Sea, on board of whiCh was the celebrates' Chemist,. A. caENpnx, and the DASIEL and Hacwoa otw Tor4a, the only sons of Lord NoRtURY J Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland, and 13aroness NowwoOri'. - We are ex tremely sorry to state; that,letters, recently received • from Germany, confirm the report,. Mr. CIIENE nix Was, the grandson •of a Bishop of WATER WORD, and brother to Lady Turr was. a Gen tleman of the most elegant and refined manners, and - - fell a sacrifice to his love.of science and deep research. The Messrs.ToLErt s were very amiable and promising young men, and possessed such a desire of know ledge, that, had they returned, they Must have' proved, an honour to - their country. . • The Commander of a Gun-brig, alew days since, detainel'.a Smuggling • Cutter-. off; .Flastings, and impressed' her -crew. , He afterw,ards put some of his own 'men on board Cutter, and sent them on a cruize; When; they had the good fortune on the same evening, their design not being suspeCt ed, to fall in with two Loggers, laden with - about 000 casks ofebntraband spirits, which tfry geized s and sent into some port eastward, supposed Doveie The :Arm will Theresa, CoLLixs, froM Burrk, _bound fi r Newnham, with copper; stick on die Sker Point, on We.chteclay se'nnizlit, and stink. The cargo is mpetaed to lie saycd, U ; &ILDIMLL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was I,eld in the Council- ChaMber, at GUildhall, before the Right Honourable the Loiw MAYOR. We never remember to have seen h more numerous attend : . ance, both of Alder Men and Common Councilmen. Shortly after twelve e.clock . the.LOßD MATOR took the . Chair ;. and after isome routine business was gone through, Mr. ROBERT SLADE rose, and, pre facing his,Motion‘bya kind of apology for making it without any previous notice, moved, " That a Congratulatory Address should be presented to His MAJESTY on the happy formation of the New Ad -min istiation." A short'but animated debate took place on this; in the course of which it was urged by several Gentle men, who spoke against the. measure, that the cir cumstance of the Motion behm made without a pre vions notice was sufficient to induce the Court to negative it; but, exclusive of this, there was ano ther powerful objection, as the Court was not offi cially acquainted with the a&ual change having taketi place in the Administration. . - On the Other side, it was argued by Mr. WAITII - Mr. Deputy KEMBLE; and several other Gen tlemen, that this being an Address to His Majesty, it ,took precedence of every other business, and, therefore, did away every obje&ion with respect to the notice. As to the aanal change not having taken place, Mr. Alderman COMBE assured: the. Court, that he had himself heard Mr. Fox; in the House of Commons, move for new Writs in the room of Mr. WINDHAM, Mr. GREY, and Lord H. PETTY, they Itaiing accepted Offices in the New Administration. • The Question, at length, was loudly called for, and was put by the UECORDER. The show of hands being nearly equal, a division took place, ana there ,appeared, Por tile Address - 65 Against it 70 Majority 5 Mr. R. SLADE then gave notice, that at the next Court he would make a Motion to the same effeet. MR. PITT'S MONUMENT. Mr. Deputy BIRCH rose, in pursuance of a notice he had given at the last Court, and said, he hoped in the business he had that day to offer for the con sideration of the Court, he wouldfind, that one opi- . nion Only was entertained ; by the whole Assembly. Unanimity, with regard to the present, question, was the only method ,of adding worth to the ho nour which, of course, must be trifling, when the greatness of the man to whose memory it was in- . tended, was considered. He was convinced every Gentleman as well as he was ready to bear testi monyt to the trauscendant abilities of the Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT. It was on account of those ties he wished them to raise a .Monunient to the memory of that distinguished Statesman, now in his grave.—(A lOud cry of No,. no.!)—The worthy Gentleman conceived he might be'allowed to make use of the 'metaphorical ekpression,' , even though, that sad office had not as yet bc-ydisdharged.' He , then proceeded, and said it was not his intention to • enter upon any long or elaborate detail of the. ser vices of Mr: PITT, his unalterable love fOr'his Coun try, his exertions in her 'behalf, and finally,' MS death in her cause:' To such a-detail he was totally inadequate ; but even if he were, he would think it an insult to the Gentlemen whom he was addressing, if he entered on it. - *Hedicl not think the failure of some of Mr. PITT'S plans could be any argument to prevent the Court 'from agreeing to his Motion.— Every thing that man could do for the purpose of serving his Country; he had done ; and if ,any of his designs failed, it should not be counted his fault. Such events were more than human foresight could guard bgainst. Next to his unremitting exertions in the service of his Country, the towering abilities of the man were to be considered For his part, the more he thought on them, the more forcibly he was struck with Admiration of them.. He was con vinced that had Mr. - PITT lived in Heathen times, he would have been, merely on account of his gigan i tic abilities, raised at his death, by the admiring People, to the dignity bf a God. The worthy Gen, tiernan fora considerable time, dwelt on the many and extraordinary merits of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer ; .and concluded by moving, " That a. Monument should .be erected in the Guildhall of the,City, to the Memory of the Right Honourable WILLIAM PITT, in consideration of the Many and eminentservices rendered to his . Country, -of his Statesman-like conduel on all occasions, and of his transcendant 'abilities,..the loss of which must ever be irreparable and 'sincerely regretted by the Nation' at large." * • - • 2 . Mr. SAMUEL DlNciti e:&irideci the TilOt on, and thought it needless for him to enter into the merits of the man, as they had been already dWelt the worthy Mover ; be was convinced, hOwever, tlat:they were infinitely superior to any enlogium. He-did not think that the subjeEt was such asshotald bespoken of; a silent, mournful vote, was, hiS ppinion, the most. respeelful mode of doing homage to his memory; 'and he, therefore, wishing to avoid every thing which:Ouldprotdke a debate i coritelited himself with seconding the Motion. ' Mr. R. SI,pE, In' opposing the pfesent Motion, conceived he was doing no more than his duty as a Citizen demanded df hiei. The theasurei of Mr. arr were such as no man, who felt the effeas of . . them, could approte. He would only call the at tention Of the Court to the lines inscribed on the tomb of the irrinitirtar CHATHAM, the illustrious fa ther of the late Mr.' PITT, concerning whom they were debating: (The worthy Gentleman then read . from a paper, the inscription on . that Monument which stands in . Guildhall.) In continuation, he said, that this was ere&ed in memory of real set frees, he being the promoter of judicious and stedfast alliances abroad, and of unanimity at home: But, he would ask, cotrld a monument be ere&- ed to the late Mr. PITT, with' such an inscription When was there unanimity at home during the whole course of hia Administration ? or Where were the alliances which could be counted stedfast or judi.; cious ? The former never had existence ; and to . affirm that any of our Continental alliances were thtl• latter; would, in his opinion,. be a libel upon truth., For these simple reasons - he thought it incunalient oa Mal to oppose the Motion. Alderman. HANKET said,. he should lie sorry not to give his Vote for the present Motion, on account. - • . . of the erreat,and tray scendant abilities which, o con spicuously distinguiihed Mr. PITT' r.tbove all others. He, ho - .t'ever, could ntit teßain from making an ob.-, serLtioii bn one word-in theMotion,;:ylatch, to ~jitn, appeared highly iinprOper, and -certainly ought to alterM. That word: was, irrepartibte: 'For his part, though he- . considered that the loss of Mr. PI'T'T must be severely felt by the Country at large, yet he wag Of opinion, that. wore sh.otuld not be,applied in any instance, and it Was his wish that the _worthy Mover would alter it. At all .events, tlie Motion should have his support. J-• - Mr. WAITIIMAN, Mr. 0.171ri; Mr:CiARK, and Mr. GRIFFITHg spoke against the Motion, -and Al derman PRrNsO in favour of it. : : • Mr. GOODBIIERE then rose,.and observing,' that as there were a great many' Gentlemen who opposed the Motion, and as he, thought it would riot be-de cent to negative it diredly, he would move the pre vious question, which he concluded by doing. • Aldermp-qlowcßoFT Spoke in favour of the Mo tion,saying, that as the Country had supported Mr. PITT and his rneasitres for upwards of 20 years, if they refuSed this Motion, it would but be acknow ledging, that during all that time-they had aded as fools, and were now, for the first time, wise ; or else it must be taken that they were all :that time ading wisely, and now the contrary. Mr. BELL spoke against the Motion *; immediately after which, the question being loudly called for, the Recorder put the previous question, as moved by. Mr. GOODEEHERE, on which the Court having di vided, there appeared— . •' "‘ • For it Against it - • .„ - 8 Majority - 3 While strangers had withdrawn from the Bar, much discussion took place; ,we understand . the Court divided twice on the same motion. The first took place on a motion, " that the-Court should proceed to the eleetion of. the Irish Society." The division on that was, for it, 71 ; against it,. 77.. ' The original question was therf put, and carried by a majority of six, the numbers being'77 to 71. • A Committee, consisting of all the Aldermen, and a Commoner out of each *ard, was then appointed to carry the same into effed. - The Court ele&ed the Irish Society for the year ensuing. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS and Mr: Alderman COMBE being Candidates for the Governorship of the same, upon the shew of hands the LORD-MAYOR declared the EleEtionlo have fallen upon Mr. Alder man COMBE, whereupon he was elett.;d according, iy. .. The Committee for General Purpos9 brought up the Bill fi,r dividing the Ward of Farringdon Within ; which was read a 'first and.second time, and ordered to he read a third time at the next Catirt. ; , ,CORN-EXCHANGE, is here to day in • short supply, and scarce any fresh 'arrivals, but few sales are made, nearly at last price ; Barley and Malt are in tolerable quantities,, the latter almost without buyers; having but few White Pease orl3eans, these articles are :rather dearer ; a short supply of Oats likewise: this trade quoted at better price ; in the prices of Flour there is. little alteration: Wheat • 47s a 58s a 68s od I Beans ..- sos a 56s od Fine ditto -70 s J 733 od Tick Beans. . 44S a 5" 3 s od Rye ' - -38 s a 42s cd oats 24s a 27s a 29s od Bartel -•- 283 a-33s od. ' Poland ditto 3os a.:323 od Malt -62 s a 68s cd Rape Seed 3EI - 421 W bite Pease 37s a 44s od • Fine. Flour ~ ' 6os a 65s od, Grey ditto 3os a 34s od Seconds - , 33s aos od SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEE. 7. This day's market had but a short supply of dif ferent kinds of Cattle ; the 'prices for the most part, are reduced since Monday's market; and the trade was but indifferent. Little business was done in the Haymarket ; Straw and Clover' does not fetch last prices; Hay sold at last price.—The following prices tad numbers is an accurate staternent • To sink the Offal per stone of Sib. Beef 4S. 6d. to ss. od.—Mutton ss, od. to ss. 6d.—Veal ss. od. to 6s. od.—Pork ss. cd. to ss. 61. Beasts 475. Sheep 1654. —Calves tio.—Pigs 400. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay 31. ns. to 41. cos.---Clover. 31. Os. to 4f. 55. =Straw, los. to 11. ISs. Ludicrous Neglea.--A young tort kW iEsculapius ' in Norfolk, lately 'opened a shop as a .druggist,whicli had previously been occupied by a draper, and over the door thereof was written this very unappropriate line Funerals -furnished here" —which had escaped his notice till it had first attrated. the at• tention of another Gentleman high in'the profesSion, who was alarmed lest the Faculty in general should consider it as a libel, and the Public desert the shop of the young adventurer. • v . . LITRAViY ANTCDOTE.—WheII Captain' ‘o ROSE once tequested permission to take out of. a Church a brass plate in'ordet, to make a drawing of it, he re ceived the follOWibgkrapaniaticid and . elegailt epistle from the,ChurckWard,en StAt, I am. Sorry I can't be agreably as itYwh# yoti ax Me to do, but by the canuonical law, nobOdy - mtist notlirestiMe to_takenothing on no account out of the Church, especially the sacred ntehsils, upon pain of blasphemy ! I twist, therefore tefuse.the baSs dionu thental toth-stond which. you desired, butyou are welcome to come into the church . and dra4 , it about as much as you please. . , The town oflieeds has; for a few clays, been nitich alarmed . by a. Hen at the Bank havipg produced a most wonderful egg, on which was inscribed on the shell the words—CrisT is corning • this wonderful event has exercised the ingenuity Of all ihe . prophets and prophetesses_ of that town, who have endea voured to find the suppOrt of their predidiOns 'in thus wonderftil phenomehon. • - Early oft Sunday io'nnighf ihe_Fishermen of Holy Island, .discovered a vessel on shore, in a peril .. ons situation; upon .the rock at . the . North end. of the island. With the utmost promptitude and at ivity,.' the Life-boat stationed at Holy Island, by the' Tri nity-house of Newcastle, was disatched to:the re lief of the Crew, and lidppil - provecl the means of saving the kihole; excepting a - boy .Who had been unfortunately washed of the decl:; and drowned, previous to the arrival of the Lifeboat. The vessel was found . to be the Heilinon - , of Aberdeen, Wm. WALLAS Maiter, bound - to Warren, 14 boast. MALTA. . . Public have never been informed of a Projed !;fo:lllCC, by 40N ArARTE to ,;eize Malta, by surprise, I the instant our forces ShOuld have pvacuated thB island, and delivered it up to the 300o‘N-.npolit;ln that were sent to occupy the fortifications provisionally. - The first . news received iit Malta of Prelirninarieg of Peace having been signed, was brought by a Cartel l from Marseilles, whiCh was dis Patched in haste with part of a cargo of wifie; oil , sweet-:meats; and other IFrench merchandize, . . On the vessel's arrival She was ,put under quai'anl. tine, because at Marseilles vessels from' Malta had been made subjeEt ta quarantine, and .becausethere s were On board this vessel several Maltese, who were considered by their cduntfynit as traitors, and' had chosen to go to Ft'ance with, the garrison when it surrendered to the English and Maltese. It wal necessary to devise ,means of securing these passen ,gers froth the fury of the people, Who. threatened to destroy them. , The Captain (BLacAs) was informed by the Cap= tain Of the Part,, that all letters must be delivered to him, to, be fumigated and examined, and - that even when 'the , days of quarantine had expired, all letteis must be delivered to the : post Office. ln the evening, When the letters_ were to, be given to the Captain of the Port, this Officer came along side td receiVe them; while he - was thus Occupied, a number of other le.tters were thrown out of the cabin win flow to be Sunken ; but the Captain of the Port had placed, unobserved, ' close under the stern, a very 'small canoe, which &gelled themtp. These letters being. opened (several persons beincr acCidentall)•. preseut,) and 'dried by the fire, on the blank part-of a letter addressed to BALLA 13ELMONT, there appear ed, by the effect of the heat, another epistle 'thitt had been written with lemon juice. It was froth a Secretary of BONAPARTE„weII known in Malta.• The letter informed ' him, that .the blow to be struck would be like lightning ; that all would be done before the heavy beast would awake. What the great man had once resolved upon Must be. done 1 he never changed his determination; be was infiexi ble. There wele some prejudices to be combated ; but, there was sufficient to convince the most obsti nate,--and to deter others. The Maltese would not have to complain; for, instead of their barren rock they would receive fe,rtile plains. The orange trees and cotton plants-,being•roote(4 ,•,„ at, and the whole island sown with torn, there Id be food for the inhabitants and for the garrison, which thus could not, a secand time, be starved by a blockade. Twen= ty thousand French faMilies, - transported to Malta, would furnish cultivators and defenders. , . , The English were des grosses betes ; the Russians des fourbes, et des traitres, but they Would be duped as well as the otherS. ' , The original of this letter was sent by Mr. CAME-. Row, Hfs Majesty's Civil Commissioner at Malta, to Lbrd , HOBART, and is, now in the office of the Co lonial Department. It was sheWn td 'Several persons at Malta,.and to many of the principal people of the island, before it was sent. BAILI BELMONT, a ereliChrnan, was suffered-US remain at Malta, when the French garrison vas sent to yrance, on accbunt of his ale and apparen-re speCtal)ility. It was afte`rwarcis, however, known, that helatttakim'a very alive part in the infamous intrigue which had bArayed the island to BuNA PARTE. Some time after this letterwas interceptcd, no no- . _ tice.having - been taken of it to the Bfric,l, some chests, for-him arrived from Palermo,. and as Malta had been made a . free port • , Merchandite is net opened at the Custom House; but in p'asSing through' it one of the Chests was thrown down, and the noith it made seemed - to..the Custotnei..,-to be like that of , muskets. It was, opened; and-'about 500 muskets were found in all the Chests. - Intercepted letters to . the Rum afterWards.slaewed that' More were to be sent if these arrived Safe.. The)i came from a Knight at Palermo, and the B;AILI said they were for sale to the people of the coast of Barbary; which was ,im possible, for all the Knights took' an Path not to fur nish them with arms. . - • . - Thus we. have . a proof of the intentions of the French Government, in the stipulations that were sisted upon in the Treaty of: AmienS---atid 'can,'We expel amore scrupulous observance of other lations in future ? . ' BONAPARTE would sacrifice, a kingdom to get uf out of Malta. He knows that it is . 'Worth a kingdom; for he would be master of the Mediterranean; though Russia occupied Malta; he could pursue his views against Turkey and India, and he could block up the Russian Fleet in the Black Sea, or enter it with a superior force, and destroy all the sea ports, if Rus sia would but detach herself from Great Britain, and be on good terms with France. All our projects of 'sending British Manufadures into the Continent by the . Black . Sea,, in transitu, through Poland, Bc - c. and to Asia and the eastern parts of Thissia„ would be at an end ; and, if the portS on this-side of the Conti nent are shut against di, the' Black Sea will become of immense importance to us. . Malta, 'by some, has been considered as Useless, ;IS it does not affOrd . a station to block up Toulon. The ' value of Malta is, -that it' diVides the Mediterranean 4 secureSSicily, Turke, , ,.anclEgypt, and protects, if noLover-awes, Russia in the Black Sea, and secures her alliance,. Which . must be lost, v ith -Malta. :It • may also becorrie a great arsenal of Naval stores for our ships of war:, . . r Boulogne has:lieen so long the theme of public ob-' servation, and so MuCli the object of our national at tention, bjdckade, 'and - enterprize; froni being the great 'depth of tire enemy's naval and military force for. invading our sliOtes, that our. curiosity is Ilgtll --ally roused to obtain a thorbUgh kii6wledge of the' spot in 'a gebgraphibal point of . view 5 fully to gra tify this curiosity, and convey information both interesting and useful, we hate no hesitation-to pro nOnnce, that the Grand• Panorama of Boulogne, by .SERR, now open at the Great Room, Spring Gar- dens; and eAecuted on no less a scale than 3804 su- , perficial feet, is an exhibition masterly in the ex treme, and .coinplefelY adequate to these pur poses: .The.Fiist-drawn Ticket, : No. 17,880, entitled to 1 0,0 2 21. . was sold in ppe Half and eight Sixteenth' at Ili'airtSoN and liitooKris' old established Otfi No. 237, Piccadilly.—All Prizes s7ll at this Ciftic be paid iillt-nediately.