The Sun. — London, England, 1817-07-23 00:00:00

PIZO\ANcIAL iouitl•-L‘Ls. it is fair to presume, that had ti e. sentiments the Pt:INCE RECOUT been those of loi(plahijud 3 1) - probation, Sit' ItALVH Woof) Pain) would have Promli!i tend triumphantly proclaimed them to the lishabitants,of Trinidad ; and vet, when the last accounts came from the Island, they wet e still kept hack in mysterious and suspicious silence. Vour old Correspondent aFsi..rts, that this Me• imolai is the production of " it cabal against the Goverwsr of 'Trinidad - , tortned by . a set of men who have disturbed the peace of that colony ever since it became British, by an idle and senseless clamour !fn. the introduction of British" !au s ; that the Spanish Code of .jurisprudence is almost di ; and that Tsioidad makes advances to consi deration and prosperity, unexampled in the his tory of British Colonixatiotl." 'llse hest of these assertions is. disproved by the tistinerous and unanimous petitiOns for British Laws, and re monstrances against the existing system, which have been presented Iro's ail p.rties interested itt the Colony, .as I haVe already stated.— The divinity of Spanish Laws ve as first set up by a party, (sue of whom.lsas declared, " His Ma jesty's Ministers will let us adopt almost any measures we please (re,spectiug Africa), pro vided we will bat sate them the trouble of • thinking..'! These Gentlemen have shown as eager a desire to govern the West Indies as Attica ; hut have happily been disappointed in their attempt. They persuaded his Majesty's l‘liuisters to reserve Trinidad as a farm of expe rieac'ut ; and prefer Spanish Laws to British Laws, because the latter would he an insuperable bar to the. continuance of their experimental system. Wihh regard to the 8 dva,nces made by the Colony io considera,ion and prosperi - y, a s none know vAtere the shoe p'neites so welt as those who wear it., the pries who haee • property in Trinidad will rrols,bly be thought better jndgys than your Old (.;(wresvondent. I shall thesetore give their sen timents, its opposition to ,his, a,,d .leave your Readers to decide. for themselves. With this view, I ropiest their attention to the foll Owing Ressolut hnts, with Which I shall Conclude this letter:— We feel great pleasure in extracting tke ft,l - just and - eaniiitl article trout the Bristol Journal of Saturday last,- as we may fairly infer that the sentiments which it contains are conge nial wirh those of the great Commercial City in which that Journal has so long cojoyed a high and well-tnetired reputation : RVEROSPECT. " We should he grossly negligent of our ditty, did We not attempt to lay hetore our. Readers a short sketch of the Parliamentary Session just terminated—a Session which, we will venture to say, has been surpassed by none in our legislative • histot y, for integi it y of princip le, firmness of con duct, or importance of result. Never did the Le gislature more ably or more conscientiously dis charge tbe functions of is high trust ;----never did it merit warmer g v,p,it nth., 01. steadier attachment, either from Sovereign or People. lVe cannot have forgotten th at gloomy at mosphere of misety and discontent, with which the . I3st winter closed ; that cheerLss fog and haze of doubt, which magnified terror and relaxed exertion. Nothing was alive and active, but the veno mous reptiles of disaffection, and sedbion, and.treason. To sneak without fi g ure, the poor were distressed, the rich alarmed, property of all kinds depreciated ; commerce and agrictainre were stagn.ant, and though cash was sthundant, yet the Stocks were muchlower than the state ort he money-market seemed to . justify. Of the causes, which. had led to this state of things, we need not now speak ; but it is certain that their evil effect was infinitely aggravated by the Sedi tious Press, which had gradually preintred the minds of the lover classes for Revolution, amd which was aided in its endeavours by the imbeci lity and folly of some less criminal writers. — Bence proceeded, in regular gradation, spiteful and vindictive calumnies against individuals in office, daring libels on all our admirable instill,- i Lions, insults on the Legislature, in the shape of " At a General Mectiag of the Planters and Merchants in- 1 petitions for Parliamentaiy Reform , a udacious ha terested in the Island of Trinidad, held at the City of Lon- , rangties of p min g :it e vill,iiiis to large and seditious doll Tavern, on Friday, the 6th of Julie, 1817 ; .meetiegs, secret consiiracies to undermine the .Totem MaaavaT, Esq. M.P. in the Chain principles of loyalty, morality and relig ion, riots, " R e solved Unanimously, ons, plunder, bhuulshed, Still at last a " Th at since the cession of Trinidad to the Crown of Great : inSurrecti Britain, the continuance of Spanish Laws has been a subject Sanguinary outrage directed against the very life Of r e peated complaints, both-front the Inhahitants of that ;01 the Prince Regent, at the momen t of his lis t olony and the British. Merchants connected w ith it; and d i nr . ri 1 „ ~., . f ' the hi,o icst funct i ons O f : sove . that these complaints -have. increased, in proportion as the I . • t+ I 6 "" " stature and erects of those Laws hare been better ascertained -; reignty. :itui understood. 1 " :7:Oill were the auspices under which the late " That Spanish Laws otter no security for the property of ; sess i on 0. Parliament was opened. It was a time his Majesty's Subjects ; that they oppose great and, in some , cases, insuperable obstacles, to the recovery of justlichts ; iof fearful augury ; but the hereditary and repre thar they are destructive of credit, more partieolarly reqoi- I sent ative Legislators of the realm were not to be site in every young Colony, and which in e very countr y is - (let ei.i.vd ', ow their great task by unpropitious given in proportion to the facility,vith which debts can be . reovi red ; and are injurious to the valne of pro rtv, hich °"I"S• 'rhey addressed theinsei Ye!)b the con e propPty, w under the present system has been already depreciated , audis ; flirt with those Powers of Darkne*vhich had atiti .leprectating 'in a most alarmilt4 degree. '! so diabolically laboured to destroy 'Constitti " That these evils have been increased by the various, sad i in many instances, contradictory constructions given to those , Linn—and Tii E CoNSTITUTI oN WAS SAVED. Laws, by the different persons appointed to a dministi•r them 1 "It is well worth while to trace the progress since the cession of the Island ; and that the difficulty of 1 „f t hi s great work ; and to observe how its sue finding mitish Subjects sufficiently acquainted with Spanish ; law• h u ts led to• • the necessity ut appointing F „„. 4o , ers to CesS gradually re - animat ed the whole tramp Of So high judicial situ.atioos in th e Colony, in the capacity of as- 1 cloy, and catised those holies to bud and blossom tie , sors, upon whose advice the deci-ion of all important.' a-fresh, which seemed to have been blighted to cases hi the highest. Court of the Island depends. Exec tit ive Government felt, "'chat repeated-assurances have been given by his Majesty's 1 the vury ""t• . The Ministers, that it was n ,, t their intention to continue the ad- 1 that at such a June; tire it should candidly an rather d cor mitiistratimt of Spanish Laws in Trinidad as a permanent 1 dishy unite itself with the Legislature, mud sl,sttan, particularly by Lord llotiAttv, in his Letter to (hover- I nor HtsLor,, dined (ire •2.4 .4 February, 1803, which expresses consult the sentiments of the latter, than dictate the anxiety of his Mai*. •ty's Ministers to introduce into the the w e a s,ires ot a policy which might at first sight }stand of I'r . oll-lid• with the least ! iossible delay, so 'ouch of ' a ppear harsh and severe. Ministers, therefore, Site Laws of Great Britain as may be judged expedient fur the - came down to Parliament, with the important in security of the persons and property of his Majes t y' s subjects, • . • • and fur the general advancement of the interests of the Set- •: formal ion which they possessed, and which Was Clement; by Lord CAmocN, at a c onference with a Deputa- l only ut a nature to be laid, on this, RS on all trail of the .aleiViants of London, in the year 1805; hy his , A . • • . -.. •. ,• • M.,IJESTY himself, in the year 103,1. •l' I before C it being declared hi the ; 'comet • occasions of a Sim I at sin( , ow l'reatult!e to Judge Ssturies Commission, that it was exne- 1 IllitteCS of Sect ecy.*Those Committees were coil]- client that Spanish Laws should remain in force until a Go- 1 posed, in both Houses, of the most distinguished vermuent and Laws for our Colony of Ttinidad could he • d • • 1 i i frathed; and by Lord LtYcIIPOOT„ ill a Letter from Mr. PEEL, ;In tvu . tia s o all p:irties ; and they were rinani wr.tten under his Lordship's directions to the then A g ent 1 mous In ICC° nnuending that . the Crown should be for tint Colony, and dated the 6th of March, 1811, scat- invested with ex:raordimary powers for the sup lag his Lordship'a wish to come to an early decision up- • I, pression of sedition. In consequence, the Bills on the q uestion, to what extent it may be advisable to alter the present administration of justice in the Island of ! ftgai Wit Seditious As,,eniblies, agaillSt seducing sol- Trinidad, and upon the nattire-oLthe alterations with which diet's from thelr allegiance, and for the protection it maim he moat advisable to continence. I of the late of the Prince Regent, were passed with " That under some or other of these assurances, many !Sri- 1 tish subjects have been induced t o invest their p ro p erty in 1 out opposition, and the Suspension o f the I l: theas the Island of Trinidad, and therefore are justified in calling 1 Col pus Act was adopted by very large ainficont - - - ' lid the seirctions upon his Majesty's Ministers to adopt measures towards ear vying these assurances into effect. " That to remove any objection to the establishment of Bri tisir Laws in the Island of Trinidad , and to guard against aoy ejudkes which may exist with respect to the provisions or those Laws, as administered in the other British Colonies, tins Meet ing think it necessary . to declare, that they will cor dially concur In any rezolations consistent with the rights of p y which the Legislature may think it necessary to enact, for the protection of the free people of colour, and the moral improvement of I he . slaves. " Th - at the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Members of the committee appointed by the Landholders of Trinidad,for their various representations to the Secretary of State for the Col,nia! Diiart went, on the subject of the Spanish Grants, rim! f.r heir statement, dated the Ist of November last; and that they he requested to make such farther Representations and Statements, either to his Majesty's Ministers, or to Par liament, as:lli/war to them best calculated to obtain redress of the grievances under which the Inhabitants of Trinidad,' and the British Merchants connected with that Colony at P resent labour. " That a Copy of these Resolutions be sent to the Fo•it Lotd of the Treasury, and the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department." . I am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, July 21, 1817. ONE OF THE TRINIDAD 'MEETING, T ar p ; , on Sunday morning last, Jontil...lttowti, r.“l. of Oieenockmains, was killed by his own ball. The du:vial first attempted to attack a boy, who flea out of his way, and next attacked the ni..sttr with such a deadly aim near the heart, that' though the family were in a tew mioutes alarmed, and cAtrien hint home, he was only heard to utter ()lie word, and died in a few minutes. Abottt six xrctlis hrtore Giibtrt Anderson, a farmer in thesame neighbonthood, was also attacked by his t.Wli bull, and besides having one of his legs brokt. was otherwise very much bruised.—He is., how evt.r, i.appily reco vering. Neither of the l,an before shorn any vicious habits.— Joa,afei.) About three weeks ago a young lady of great rPcnr , :!mbility (21 years of age) bathed at BO •,a1 vrton, in the initldie of the day, and dried t,sit i,i.mediately in the sun, which was then d;lr!ing its !;!.!iitiiat»'.ys with unosind. fervency s h e , v ;,; ,hortly afterwards taken ill, anti synip ton., of it :aui:y were apparent the ensuiht.: day• continued ever since in a most ;Haan ,;! at e of mental derangement. manding .majorities, In vain s. Papers, and their supporters, the weak and in, becile Prints, exclaim against a measure necessar. to the public peace. Parliament and the Nation went hand in hand with the Government, Libels were restrained. The chief I,heller, Cobbett, fled, in terror, to America. The doctrines of Annual Par liaments and Universal Suffrage were every where held up to ridicule and c ontempt.----Such were the measures which, it may be sand, were essential to the safety of the C o nstitutioo. • " lis the Administration of the Law many im portant changes - have taken place, 'by the new re gulation for'facilitating the transaction of bits'''. IIeSS in the Courts of King's Bench aml Exche quer, by the Statute for correcting the abuse of Extents in Aid ; and in Ireland by the Bill for re gulating the Presentments of Grand Juries. The e n nemliatatiOts ca.ttle haws affecting spiritual per sons, has placed also the situation of the"Ctergy, on a better and more intelligible tooting. " The great hopes of sedition were •built on the actual sufferings of the Poor ; these therefore it was a great object of the Legislature to fathom, and as much as possible to relive. Bence was appointed a Committee of well-informed indivi duals to investigate the system of the Poor L a ws, allowed On all hands to•be defective, .or inappli cable to the existing state of society. The former Committees on Education and on the Police of the Metropolis, were also revived, and continued their labours with new industry. A judicious and benevolent plan was deVised by the Minister, and a dopted by. Parliament, for issuing Exchequer Bills to be applied to the employment of the Poor in various works of public or private utility in the United Kin g dom. flabits of economy were also encouraged in this class of society, by the laws for the promotion of Saving Banks in Great Britain and Ireland ; nor should we wholly omit to no tice a law tending to ameliorate the condition Of a very depressed class of poor; we allude to the Bill for abolishing thy. practice of sweeping chim nies by distilling boys. The Poor, too, !mist be indirectly benefited by the attention that has been given to the encouragement of the Fisheties. A great question, that of the exportation of Cotton Twist, has hecn brought also to the notice of Go vernment; and we bc,pe its a future .Sussion will THE SUN. sotr.n Qt? DICEISS,.,.FALSUM AUDEAT. LONDON, WEDNESDAY,, JULY 23, 1817. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday last. Under the head Bourdcaux, an Extract is given 'cit Trivate Letter from Lisbon, dated 2d instant, respecting the restoration of the Royal Autho'rity at Pernambnco, but it con tains nothing new, and Huh beyond tlie announce ment of the fact, which has been already detailed in various. shapes.. Three near relative's' of some of the Insurgent Chiefs were, it is said; arrested, and immediately put to death. There is DO deliuite statement in any of the actotinti hitherto pub lished of number of the InSurgents, or of their Chiefs who escaped into the Interior, nor is 'any thing said as to the means.. they m i g ht possess either of making a 'stand or of exciting Insur- rect ion. The Bulletins continue to give very nearly the same favourable account of the health of the Duchess tie BERRY. The following are Extracts p m us, JULY 20.—The Duke of Wellington arriyed here yesterday evening. " The French Colonel Brun, Chief of the In surrection at Grenoble, has bven arrested at Genoa, at the moment he was about to embark for Ame rica with' five five of his accomplices. L ac y has arrived at Majorca, where be is to wait the result respecting his sentence. The the attention whiLL its ialportance de- Mr. Brouglitin states that his mind is ecidedly made up against the prayer of the Yeti ions O n this s,ibiect signed hy 200,000 indivi .Juals. With great deference to this Learned., Gentleman we siould be inclined to suspect, that these Peiiiiooers know at least as much about the trade in which - they are engaged, as they or any other persons in their situation do about Parlia mentary Reform. Yet in the one case the Learned Member treats the Petitions with sove reign contempt : in the other he speaks of theft %i+Oh the utmost respect,. as the Petitions of the People ! Among the other improvements which have been carried into effect in the course of the Session, that of the Coinage must not be forgot:en. A new Gold and Silver Coinage has been issued, and the• operation has been effected with unex ampled facility And - convenience. " But the great - and convincing test of tbe wisdom of measures adopted. for the national se curity has been the manifest improvement of Public Credit and of the National Resources. In the course of Session no New Taxes have been Awls imposed, When we reflect that in the preceding - Session Seventeen Millions of Taxes were taken off, we cannot bitt consider, that the being able to avo id an y ne w impositions during a session of so much public distress is a matter of sincere con gratulation. Various Reports have been made by the Finance Committees, and large retrenchments have been accoMplished by Government. !.t, is astonishing with what ignorance, for we are tin • willing to attribuce it to worse motives, the factious publicatiOns of the day repeat that no retrench ments have taken place, when it is notorious that the establishments have been reduced full one tenth, , that is to say trout Twenty to Eighteen Millions, a reduction larger than had been antici pated by the most rigid etiticisni, A Bill for the abolition of Sinecures to has pas e.(l almost sub silcUtio ; but his!ory will be grateful for these li beral and judicious measures, even if faction should cOntrive, to smother the notice of them at reset::. " The consequence of the diminution of taxes has been it large merflow of capital ; and this, as soon as public credit was secured by the prudent legislative measures already noticed, led to a large investment in the public hinds. Hence a rise of Stocks perfectly unprecedent - td. Consols, .which at the beginning of the year had been at 62, were done on Tuesday for the August Account at 85_! It is' pet fectly puerile to say, that this rise will not produce a beneficial effect on all other employ ments of capital. It is contrary to the most no torious facts.. Nay, even Mr. Brougham admits, that " an increase has taken pike in the value of land, that trade has improved, and that there are reasonable hopes- of a continued arnelioration."— Of so much we arc already certain ; and if Provi dence should bless us with an abundant. harvest, all these benefits may reasonably be expected to he increased. " Such have been the beneficial effects on our !ornestic situation produced by the measures of he Legislature during the late Session.'' THEATRICAL REGISTER. Perfirrixed Last Niglit. TUZATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—WiId Oats : 'Rorer, Mr. Mathews ; Lady Aruar,tith, Mrs. Glower. Aftir which, Mogul Tale. NEW THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISII Orr.RA-Housg..—Lo're in a : Young Meadows, Mr. l'eanuan ; Rust:Uzi, by a Yi)ung Lady. After whicb,Bachelors' Wives. DuE• 7 —l Lisbon, I •l id. • PRICE OF O r F: v E S L IT v O E C o l . , : c l oc ~,: , •• • Bank Stock,. ': . A 2.901 291 1 Bank L. Ann...., /1 5-IGilus 3 per CeSnt. Red B-2iiii India Bonds, —.1083..1 1 ns. lir. :4 per Ct. Cons.. sli 92 81i siii Exch. 8i11,....r. , 805, :14s. pr. 4 per Cents-'' 9Bi ic, cons. for Aug1a5t,......824iii 5 per Ct. Navy Ann.....105it 1 .. - 1 , . EYTOST, Stock-J11 . 0014 9., Corjihilt; ii ad 18, Covoitrkstreet. ________•:_!.._s :, . - . Hum w.ATER. A'l' LON I'YON BRIDGE To-monim W. Nloriling, 40 Onutt , s after 10. 1 Erfting, 5 minutes after 11. orders of the lii soil e communica to t Captain-General of the Island. " We learn from Cadiz, that they are aboAt to recommence the embarkation for America of the troops whose departure was suspended in conse quence of the late seditious attempts in Catalonia. Thirteen transport vessels, convoyed by two fri gates,,and a brig, have set s►il with a ditision des tined to reinforce the Royal Army of Peru. " Several persons who have circulated forged notes, purporting to be of the Bank of England, have heeu ►:rested - at Rouen. They have acknow ledged, in their interrogator y, that a great quan tity of these forged notes have been circulated at Paris, Caen, Havre, Fecamp, and Cherbourg. The Journ'tl de Lyons contains an Ordonnance of the President of tl►e Prevotal Court, summon ing 36 individuals by name, implicated in the in surrectionary movements i❑ the department of the Rhone, and who are cont►umacious, to appear within ten days: " The Earl of L9ristiale and Mr. Beckett set o':t the evening before yesterday for Steitzetland. " It is stated from Frankfort, the 14th instant, The King and Queen of Wurternberg are ex pected at the waters of Wisbaden. It is thought that the King will have an interview with his brother, Prince Paid,wholias not quitted Hamm.' " FIVE PER LENTS.--Saturday, 66f. 70c.. " ROME, JULY 4.—The state of health of the Holy Father is not so satisfactory as could be de sired, but it causes no disquietude. " It is reported that the Princess Royal of Por tugal will visit Rome before her embarkation. " The Princess of Wales appears much pleased with her residenel here, and it is hoped she will pass here the remainder of the summer. " MADRID, JULY 7.—lbe accouchement of the Queen, it is said, will not take place till early in next month. NURENBERG,JULY 1 I.—The Kingof Prussia, it is-understood, will quit Carlsbad in the 'course of next week, to proceed direct to Coblentz. " Altnitcti, JULY 12.—The Bavarian Council of State is still employed on the Constitution, and ~beir labours are far advanced." Baltimore Papers to the 22d of June, and New York /ditto to the 20th, arrived this morning, but they contain no news of any importance. We did not make Any comment on the offensive artiele A .frota Ghent in MB Stitt of yesterday, thool!TI ire. deemed it proper that we should .sub- mit it to the Public, in order to spew in what mitnuer this Country is suffered to be treated in others. We doubt not that our Rulers will take proper measures to support onr national dignity by a spirited remonstrance to the King of the • NETHERLAtibS for pertnitting.such repeated gross attacks upon this Country. It is generally be lieved, that these insulting animadversions on the conduct of Great Britain, respecting its Com mercial Presteelings, are written by the minions of BuosArAnTsTise.4l; re scattered over the Con- P Client, and who are , incessantly employed in e ag u a r i t n s e t n 9 thr e o x il c e i t t l e in Europe must be as anxious to preserve tranquil lity, as that of Great Britain was to effect. their , d t is h g e n i s n t ise a r g ie a s in o s f t n a: t b h y e sii ll . gitimate Governments. Most earnestly do we . hope that the Continent will not be miScreants ; but then the several Governments ot -thiliVeranCe.. It would be absurd in us to attempt to refute the allegations in the offensive article in question, as it abounds in self-evident falsehoods, but we enter our resolute protest against such ca lumnies against our country—a country justly re nowned for the honour of its character, while others have often been as justly stigmatised for perfidy, and we therefore rely upon Government for taking such measures to secure us from insult abroad, as it has so meritoriously adopted for 'protecting, us against insurrection at home. COUN-EXCIIANGE, Jor.:Y 23.—We had no fresh Arrivals this morning, but plenty of Grain left over from last day ; the sales in general were very heavy, and .nearly nominal, at Monday's prices ; at the close of the Market on Monday, Flour tieclined ss. per sack. Yesterday, about half-past three o'clock, the PaiNce. REGENT, arcompauted by the Duke of Your., left Carlton-house for Bagshot-park, to be present at the celebration of the Duke and Duchess of GLoucr.sTFlß's mart iage anniversary. • Viscount SIDmouTH had an audience of the • PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-house. There will be a Chapter of the Order of the Garter ou Thursday, for the election of tart BA TFIUB!3T, as StICCCSSOE to the Duke of NORTHUM BERLAND. The Prince of SAILS COBOURG has the Duke of MARLDosouGH's. The K ING ' S Palace at Weymouth is newly re fitting, by c ommand of tier MAJESTY, in a style suitable for the reception of their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess'of GLoucurren,who intend a three 1110litit'S visit to that town, to cow mence the first vect.k iu Septeplier. `•4 S