The Sun. — London, England, 1817-11-14 00:00:00

.essl oll ur in r the :10 05 ' 9s. 2 651 )13,1t0 after 50.... ..-...... fig 'S at tf Bate' the I4P LeA ßfro' of t 1 D ofer'' alloole' i -alb loc e it p rh Were arrive Alert out Id, 10' iect/ I. Th e 'at riot' 0 Ilsve' ! we ° ;. Til e ly eli' spar e ' JEO 0 co PPe 6l ' letti ( ersdet l t ntld object .onglY ther i en by of la uld 9 at tile “ CO VbiCl i I, air yet t° Roya l thing. 712 e Was Air.' hat 0 { the conduct of Sir R.ICDARD. The very circum stance of having directed such a letter to be writ ten, shews that the doubts of the people at large had reached his Royal Highness. But, to use the words . of The Times, with more re spect, however, the letter front Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD " proves nothing." It shews the kind and liberal temper of the PRINCE REGENT, but cannot allay the anxiety of the people. Be sides, all the information which the PRINCE RE GENT had received, and which induced his Royal Highness to be desirous of removing the doubts Which appear to have reached his notice, must have been derived from the parties to whom the world looks for explanation. But to spew that The Times itself trusted to reports, certainly not written by a person on the spot, for otherwise how came it to say, bef4e these doubts could he prevalent, " We hope that her ROYAL HIGH NESS'S labour may appear in some degree longer, because recourse was had to professional skill earlier than is the case with persons in an umbler situation." This is an important fact, Where did The Times procure its in 'ormation ? Was the Writer " on the spot ?" This very passage contains an implication, in effect, adverse to those Medical Authorities,whose cause The Times would now seem to advocate, and strong- f true. ly enforces the propriety of ascertaining the fact.— Upon the whole, it must be admitted, that mys tery hangs over a subject of the highest interest to the nation at present,, and to the question of succession to. the Throne of these Realms. We repeat what we said yesterday, that " we are in clined to believe that all possible aid was rent deredto the departed PRINCESS, by her medical At tendants ;." but as the PRINCESS was the PROPER- , TY OF THE NATION, and the most interesting por tion of that property, even the amiable feelings of the' PRINCE REGENT, upon a point of this impor tant nature, we speak with all possible reverence, - are not so much to be regarded as what the People at large feel on that subject, at this moment, and what must be thought of it by all future Genera tions, not only in this Country, but among all mankind. For ourselves, we declare, that we lament the necessity of introducing- such a topic into our Journal. We may wound the feelings of individuals, a purpose wholly alien lonia nature and disposition, but. the feelings of individuals arc not to form with us a paramount rule of action, when the prevail ing and the prominent sentiments and expectations of the collective mass Of -the people are concerned. It is our resolute aim to render THE SUN really a PUBLIC PRINT, we might, indeed, say THE PUBLIC PRINT. The interest, the honour, and the hap piness of the Empire are the leading objects with us, convinced too, as we are, that we shall best promote our own interests by supporting those of the Community. Standing upon PUBLIC OPINION, we are " founded as the rock," and we !tire warmly attached to Government, because we confidently believe that the high and essential in terests of the Country, and all its dependencies, are the ruling principles and motives Of action with the present Administration. CORN-EXCHANGE, Nov. 14.—Our Market was very thinly supplied with all kinds of Grain this morning, and the few sales made in Fine Wheat were full as dear as on Monday ; Oats being in -demand, are from Is. to 2s. per quarter dearer; Fine Barley supports its price ; Old Tick Beans. continue to advance, and may be noted from 2s. io 3s. per quarter higher.—l❑ other articles no alteration. Foreign Wheat -45 c. 50s. Fine ditto - - gth. RiOs. English Wheat - 465. Wis. Fine ditto - - 735. 90s. Old ditto - - - gds. 100 s. Grey Pease - - -40 s. 465, Fine Grey Pease -48 s. —s. Tick Beans - - - 365. 465. Old ditto - -30 s. 6.25, Small Tick Beans 40i. 48s, Rye Fine ditto - - -48 s. —s. Barley - - - - 225. 245. Fine ditto - -48 s. —s. New ditto - - - 565. —s. Malt Fine ditto - - -80 s. 86s. WhitePease (boilers) 535. 60s. Fine ditto - - - 625..—5. Ohl ditto - - - 525. 625. Feed Oats - - -16 s. 18s. Fine ditto - - -21 s. 295. Poland ditto - -16 s. 20s. Fine ditto - - - 3is. 40s. Potatoe ditto - - 375.435. Rape Seed 501. 581. per last Fine Flour- - - 755. 80i. Seconds - -70 s. 755. In consequence of the Funeral of her Royal .Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE, a Notice is posted at the Corn-Eichange, that Wednesday next will be observed as a holiday. Her MAJESTY i by the advice of her Physicians, 'will return to Bath shortly atter the interment of the remai►►s of the lamented Princess CHAR.. I.OTTE. (Morning Post) Yesterday afternoon an Officer, in a posGchaise and four, arrived. at Lord BATHURST'S Mice, in - Downing-street, with dispatches, in seven weeks, from St. Helena. BUONAPARTE, when the officer came away, was quite well, and the island healthy. It is remarkable that Mrs. ELLIs, the Lady of the former possessor of Claremont, died in a man ner nearly similar to that of the late much-lament ed Princess. CHILD' MURDEL—Yesterday morning a new born male infant WAS found drowned in a ditch near the half-way house, Commercial-road. It was dreadfully larcerated shout the head and face, and had the mark of a string round its neck. The child was at its fall growth, and wrapped up in part of a sheet, with three brick-bats inclosed in it. SHIP NEWS. DEAL, Nov. 13.—Arr;ved. and sailed for the River, the Whitehall, TRAPPS, from Malaga. Po back, with the loss of anchor and cable, the May flower, for Gibraltar. Came down from the Ri ver the Amazon, for New York ; Westmoreland, for Tobago ; and Clarkson, for Demerara,— Sailed his Majesty's ships Pioneer and Rosario on a cruise. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12.—Put back, with loss or topmast, the Rover, HARVEY, for Bermuda, and the Theresia, COLLINK, for Bruges—the latter with loss of main-top-mast and main-top-sail. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 12. —Arrived the Dat t, Ginus, from Salo and .Gibraltar for London; Manning, REID, from London for St. Domingo ; and the General Graham, WETHERHEAD, from Bengal for London; the latter sailed from Ben gal the 30th May, and from Madras the 30th July. FOWEY, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Jan Frederick, HETMAN, from Harnhulgh for Oporto, with the loss of main-top-mast, and very leaky, and must dischanze her cargo. FALMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Artived the Favourite, GILBERT, from FHll.lld for Bourdeanx, io right weeks, and the Mat tha, from Malaga for rook:— the latter %%nit loss of top-mast. Passed by to day a bark, with toss tore and HULL, Nov. 12.—The e, - P ASTON. from Yarmonib for this port, is 0.. shore near Sahflei. , t ; the cargo landipg in good condition, and the %ea sel will be got off. Powrsmouru. Nov 13.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Tigris from a er!ti,E 5 Two Brothers, PEARCE, from Seville for London ; and Hunter,'HODGE, from Alicant. Pnt in here the L , ,nrel, M‘Do- NALD, from Z4DIC for Hull , being in want of fresh provisions : she will proceed . for Sandgate Creek to perform quarantine. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. 12.—The sloop Jenny, M'lloNALo, has been detained and sent in here by his Majesty's ship Florida, suspected of smug gling : she is from Pout Glasgow, hound to Am sterdam, laden with sugar. The brig Argo, of South Shields. is on shore near Flamburough, and, will be a total loss ; crew and materials saved. Hatta\tcx, Nov. 13.—Arrived the Prince of Orange packet from- Holland. Sailed the Auck land pa4et for ditto, and Lord Nelson packet for Cuxhaven—all ,%itb Tll E ARM Y. The following is an Extract of a Letter from the Cape of good Hope, dated Sept. 10, 1817, received in town this morning : " The 21st Light Dragoons have embarked for India, the removal of this Regiment is for many reasons unquestionably one of the greatest losses this Colony has sustained for some time ; the good behaviour of the men, And the gentlemanlike and correct conduct of the Officers, had endeared them to the settlement. Major HIGGINS, Captain LEEKEY, and many others, were universally be loved, and their depatture from the Cape sincerely regretted. We are yet at a toss to know it Go vernment intend sending us another Cavalry Regiment." It is said that a further reduction will take place in the General Officers on the Staff in the West Indies. There are now four Major-Generals em ployed there, one at each of the following islands, viz. at Grenada, where half of a regiment is sta tioned; at Antigua, where five companies are ; at Tobago, where only two companies are ; and at Demerara, besides a Commander of the Forces at Barbadoes. The Governor of St. Ltkia, who is a Major-general, is not retained on the Staff. The Staff of the Adjutant and Quarter-master general in the West Indies have been very much reduced ; as also the Commissariat. Only two regiments of infantry are now quar tered in all Scotland, viz. the 88th, head-quarters at Edinburgh ; and the 40th, at Glas:zow. The whole of the Highland corps not on service are in Ireland, viz, the 42d, 78th, 92d, and 93d. LAW APPOINTMENTS. We believe the following may be considered as nearly correct as to the appointment and prefer ment of Judges : The Right Hon. Wm. ADAM, one of the Ba rons of Scotland, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, vice Sir VICARY Gum, who resigns. The Lord Chief Baron RICHARDS, Master of the Rolls, rice Sir WILLIAM GRANT, WllO resigns. Mr. Justice DALLAS, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, vice Sir R. RICH ARDS, appointed Mas ter of the Rolls. 111.. Serjeaut VAuGRAtc, to be the Puisne Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, vice Mr. Justice DALLAS, appointed to be the Chiet Baron of the Exchequer. DUBLIN, Nov. I I.—The Hight Hon. VESEY FITZGERALD arrived in this city on Sunday from Holyhead: We are informed, that be means in a very few days to visit the County of Clare, and proceed on his canvas for its representation at the next General Election.—Five persons have been apprehended fs►r the robbery of the Belfast Mail Coach—and, after a long examination yester day, at the Head Police Office, three of them have been fully committed for trial.—The names of those committed are, John Harford and Mary Hooper, as accessaries before the fact, and Peter Ai ger for the robbery; there are seven of the gang not yet taken, but against whom there are snch informations lodged as can leave little doubt of tileir being soon in custody. A great part of the bank notes anti property taken from the passengers have been found at their house of rendezvous. . P 0 T It Y. (From the Edinburgh Evening Courant.) ON THE DEATH . OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE or• WALES AND COBURG. Fair promise of Britannia's powerful realm, To whom we proudly looted to guide the helm Amid the storms which future years might bring, Alike to Britain's subjects and her King; How fondly had we marked thee for our own, How high in hope beheld thee on the Throne ! And while we joy'd to see thee as thou west, Blest in a nation's and a husband's heart, We only presag'd, that thy placid life Was emblem of thy kingdom's, free from strife, And that the virtues of thy riper years Might raise our future hopes and quell our fears. Such were the views of mortals; but, alas! We, here, but see as darkly through a glass. Our has call'd thee to a happier sphere, And grants us hut the tributary tear To youth and virtue 4twe ! to sorrow here. Oh, may that Power Supreme! who best can know The Nation's loss—the Royal Stranger's woel Assuage our sorrows, and relieve his heart, Who wisely here has chosen virtue's part. Who like for her whose early loss we Mourn, €, So meekly ail his faculties has borne," That e'en the voice of eyer envying fame Upholds his merits and supports kis name, Claiming a double sympathy from those . Who feel the Stranger's grief—the widow's woes. Edinburgh, Nov. 9. AMERICAN PAPERS. (From the Boston Advertiser, October 20.) THE PATRIOT'S LIBELLED. - Don Antonio Argotte Willalobos, Consul of his Majesty the King of Spain, has tiled a libel in the Admiralty Court of Worgia, against the schooner Camilla and her cargo,'now at Savannah, as Spanish property, " forcibly and piratically taken on the high seas, by persons having no au thority to make prizes,of war, or capture the pro perty of Spanish subjects ; and that no sentence or decree of condemnation .bath ever been pro nounced against the said vessel, goods, wares, and merchaudize, or any part of them." A libel has also been filed in the same Court, by J. 11. Elton, commander of the United States brig Saranac, for. and in behalf of himself, his officers- and crew, and of the United States, against the schooner Iris and her cargu, no w ly ing in the river of St. Mary's. The Iris was fit ted out at New Orleans, and sailed from there for Amelia Island, about the 22d of August, with a cargo of provisions and gunpowder; was armed with two carriage guns, and several of the same description were found concealed in her hold. She was detained by the Saranac, on suspicion that she was to be employed in cruizing or com mitting hostilities against the subjects, or the property of the subjects of his Majesty the King of Spain, or against the subjects, citizens, or pro ' perty of some other prince, state, colony, dis trict, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, contrary to an act of Congress of the said United States, entitled '' an Act more effec tually to preserve the neutral relations of the United States, passed 3d March, 1817." (From the Charleston Courier, of Oct. 10.) The revenue schooner Gallatin, Ross, com mander, went down to the Roads on Thursday afternoon, and took from on board the Venezue ban brig of war•l'America Libre, Captain Fermat, eight men and a boy, who were shipped at New York, from whence she lately arrived here. The men expressed a wish to leave her. The brig has on board a Major General, A. G. Vjlleret, •and sailed yesterday morning, supposed for Saint Mary's., " 2d . INSTANT.—There were 43 deaths of the yellow fever the last week. The number will probably be greater this week, on account of the heavy fall of rain a few days past." MORE EMIGRANTS.—The ship Francis, Pryor, arrived a Phiiadelphia on Saturday, in 60 clays from Amsterdam, with four hundred and thirty passengers. , Neatly 1000 passengers have arrived at Quebec, within a few days, from Europe. NANTUCKET, SEPT.. 20.--FROM CHILI—The ship Minerva, Captain Chase, of this port, arrived at Edgartown on Thursday, lett Valparaiso 24th May. News reached there the 20th of the cap ture by the Patriots of Talcahnana, which was' the last place on the coast of Chili that the Royalists held. The whale ships generally were successful. BALTIMORE, OCT. 13.—We learn, and from a most respectable source, that Mr. Pinclkney, our Minister at the Court of St. Petersboro, finding the clime of Russia unfavourable to his health, had determined to return to the United States, and 'niay be expected to arrive here before the close of the present year, tas he will leave Russia before the winter commences. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SAVANNAH, DATED SEPT. 30, 1817. We are induced to believe the restrictions on our intercourse with your city will be done away by our Corporation in the course of a few days, they are we - know individually opposed to the system lately adopted, and there is strong peti• tions of the Merchants, aided by the opinion of a full-Board of Physicians, endeavouring to prove the fatal disorder in Charleston not infectious ; this will be acted upeon on Monday next, and we anticipate a favourable result. SINGULAR Occurtitimcs.—Extract of a letter from Donaghadee, dated Nov. :—" On Thurs day.seinnight, a brig stood in close to the Bally waiter shore, and hoisted a signal for a boat, when the following men went off, as is usual on such oc casions, viz.:—Hugh M‘Donnel, Win. M‘Chain, John Orr, John Aiken, and Wm. Hanvey. They were asked to go upon - deck, when, to their utter surprise; orders were given on board the brig to hoist the boat upon deck, which was immediate ly done, and the brig stood down the North Chan nel, with the five men above-named, and the boat in which they went off.—The feelings of their friends are more easily conceived than can be de scribed. There has not been any account of them whatever since they were carried off. Many con jectures and reports are in circulation respecting this unprecedented occurrence ; some say that it was a smuggler ; others that it is some of Lord 'Exmouth's acquaintance, whom he entertained to a hot supper lately, at Algiers." , IRELAND. We have often - stated that,.. considering this Country as an essential and vital part of the Bii tish Empire, we shall always 'feel a strong interest in its welfare. We have inserted many articles , respecting the proposed WINDOW TAX Contm tr TA - TION, which have shewn ,that the .. objec tions to it were founded, in ignorance or mistake, and were strengthened by artifice and malevolence: Matters of more pressing import ance have prevented us from inserting' the sub joined letter before, but we now present it, to our Readers, trusting that, from the high respectabi lity of the writer, as well as the facts and the rea soning which it contains, it will shew.* fal lacy of those objections. We must, however;add a few words respectingMr .VANSlTTAliT. It is evident that this Gentleman felt ,a strong anxiety for the %velfare of Ireland, and therefore was determined to visit the country, in order to obtain all possible information that- would enable him to lessen the burthens of its people. It is not often that Mi nisters will thus risque their lives, for the passage to Ireland has sometimes been fatal, to ascertain the truth, for the purpose of benefiting their fellow subjects.—But this is not all, for when he arrived there, his inquiries were directed to all quarters, and he consulted with the best authorkies. The result has been, the arrangment of a measure that will materially promote the comforts of the middling and lower order of the pe6ple Ireland, without injuring the Revenue. At all events, it is more likely that the Revenue will suffer than the People. It is evident, that if Mr. VA NSITTA RT had not felt this truly laudable zeal for the People of Ireland, be !tight fully have relied upon the judgment, the knowledge, the in tegrity, and the experience of nr. PEEL, for the most ample information, but be was determined to see nothing by deputy, and therefore, while he is the object of general esteem and admiration in this Country, he is peculiarly entitled to the gratitude and respect of Ireland. " Dublin, Oct. 14. " have had the honour of your letter of the 2(1 inst. requesting to know, on the part of the parish of Drumbeg, what description of houses and buildings were to be valued under the pro posed Commutation Tax, in particular whether bleach, flour, and corn mills were to be included therein, and generally any other information on the subject, the communication of which 1 might deem material. "lam sorry to observe, that upon many occa •sions this measure has been much misrepresented ; its object is not, as has been stated, to augment, the general amount of the public burdens, or, under the pretext . of modification, to now a greater revenue than the Window Tax now pro duces, but to distribute the charge arising from that Tax in a more fair and equitable manner, and more in proportion to the probable means of indi viduals to defray, than can be effected by a mere reference to the number of windows a dwelling house may contain ; nay, so far from any increase of taxation being • the object of Mr. VanSittart, he had under his consideration, previous to the Rent Tax being at all in contemplation, a sche dule of the Window Tax at reduced rates, con taining also modifications favourable to those classes of society upon whom that Tax, as it now stands, may be thought to press too heavily ; to the liberality of his intentions in this respect 1 can testify, having 'that document in my posses sion, and knowing him to be sincerely desirous of affording substantial relief wherever it seemed to him to be required. With regard to the proposed substitute, whatever objections may be raised, against it, the principle upon which it proceeds, of making property the criterion of contribution, cannot be justly impeached : and it would, in my opinion, be a greater improvement in the &tan— cial arrangements of this conntry,contributing ma terially to the comfort and health of its inhabi tants, if a similar commutation was extended to the Tax upon Fire Hearths, the closing of which, by preventing internally the free circulation of ,air, is so much calculated to create and preserve infection. " In England the Rent Tax is chargeable on . all inhabited houses, according to a scale of rents without any reference to the nunther of windows the house contains, and with it are to be valued all offices appertaining thereto, and also 'shops, courts, yards, awl gardens, provided that no more than one acre of garden shall be included in such valuation; warehouses, which are solely fur the purpose of storing goods, wares, and merchandise, and manufactories, both being separate and dis tinct buildings, and no part or parcel of the dwell ing house or shop attached to it, are not to be in cluded in the valuation, notwithstanding they may adjoin to or communicate with such dwelling house. or shop ; under this regulation, therefore, all the different species of mills referred to in your letter, also distilleries, breweries, and the like, would not be the subject of valuation. " To what extent - houses, not now liable to the Window Tax, would be affected by the Rent Tax, it is impossible for me to say, as that will entirely depend upon the scale, of rents that may be esta blished, and the rent or annual value of each par ticular dwelling-house ; the fixing of that scale and of the rate of the tax applicable to each gra dation of rent may, I submit, be safely confined to Parliament, who will not, it may be fairly pre sumed, suffer a measure intended for relief to be made the instrument of oppression or injustice to any class of society; unless, however, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer be furnished with a fair return of the annual value of the several dwelling houses, as recommended in my circular letter, it will be quite impossible for him to make a satis factory estimate of the probable produce of the NO )lin. rford terda nigi w' ositY wa , axes , man, P" its 1 gnO 'this , oile r ooT IS Lidge not lic 8 [low sir .sile i i