The Sun. — London, England, 1806-03-08 00:00:00

served, tint ttic . re *ls A precedent to sanßipn the introdu&ion of need Articles of Impeachment after an answer had been ddlivei - ed in by the person against Nvhoin. an Impeachment had been dire&ed; yet that if reason, policy, and jultice demanded such a:measure, l precedent was n,vt an important obje& of ConAidera tion. The late Attorney-General observed, that the want of precedent in the case might perhaps be the cause of obstrualon to the measure in another place. Mr. WHITBREAD, in reply, stated, that the Committee were aware of the ground of objection that might be suggested on the want of precedent,. but that the substantial interests of truth; expe diency, and justice,, fully justified' the 'additional charge. He had previously stated, that.. ~w when., ever the Noble Lord gave in his answer to, the additional article, the Committee would be ready to proceed on the trial. - The Motion was then agreed to. r Yesterday rooming, about ten o'clock, His MA JESTY set off from the Queen's Palace in his tra velling carriage, for Windsor. HER MAJESTY and The PRINCESSES left the Palace-soon after eleven, for Blackheath, on a visit, to the PRINCESS of WALES, where, after partaking of an early dinner, they set off for Windsor, by the way of Clapham Common aiid Woi,dsworth. Among the most prevailing fashion and colours at the Grand Drawing Room on Thursday, we no ticed puce and purple velvet,, with gold embroidery; the sleeves were generally ornamented with Valen ciennes and point lace, looped up with diamond ro §ettes, fancifully displayed over. the, shoulder, with Vandyke, or wreaths interwoven With diamonds. The head-dresses were chiefly in the, Grecian style,• beautifully displayed with platted wreaths, or tur bans, and white 'ostrich feathers, formed in droop- . ling willow, falling from the left, which nearly co vered either the bandeau or the Grecian turban ; .the hair platted and interwoven with diamonds. or a wreath forming an angle"; the Head-dress generally finishing with a beautitill rosette at the back. The tecoud fashion "was a display of white satin or crape, with, silver shower spangles, or silver embroidery, march bad also a grand effeLa. The following Presentations, in addition to those we mentioned yesterday, took place to lita 111A 3EsTy, at the Drawing-Room : Mrs Grey, the Lady of the First Lord of the Admiralryi y the Dutchess of Devonshire. She was in a singularly beautiful dress—black velvet embossed with gold and pink _'satir. Sir Hugh and Lady Dalrymple Hamilton, by Earl Morton and the Dutchess of Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. Willett, on their marriage, by Earl Morton and the Countess of Mansfield. 'i'e-sterday his Excellency the Duke of BEDFORD iad .a .Levee at his, house, in the Stable-yard, St. aq Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, at which the ne‘V Chancellor of that Kingdom (Mr. PONSON BY), the Marquis of AZERCOUN, Bishop of CLON =UT; 'bean WARBURTON, Mr. J. FITZGERALD, 7.43qtet" of the Rolls, and most of the Irish Members of Parliainent io town attended. _ . A Complimentary Address to . Lord REDESDALE,. upon his expected resignation of the Great Seal of Ireland, has been signed by a very great nvjority of the Gentlemen of the Irish Bar. His Royal 'Highness the Duke" of Yokic. gave a grand dinner yesterday, at his'_..house. in Portman square, to a large, party of distinguished Personages. A mistake has obtained in all the Papers, that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Colltl3aed for the Lottery yesterday. The faEt.is, it was con trafied fix by Lord GairryttLE as FirSt Lord of the Treasury, the .CHANCELLOR 0 - the EXCHEQUER of course being present, as well, as the Secretaries a the Treasury. • •• On Thursday, at the Guildhall, Plymetith; Was tnariimpusly elected as allember`to serve in Parlia ment, iii thesroom of, P. LANG.MEAD,Esq. Colonel Ty AWHITT, Lord Warden of the Stannarie:s of DeVon and Cornwall. WORCESTER ELECTiON:--;-Ob the conclusion of Thursday's poll the numbers were, FOT LYGON -610, Mr. LITTELT6II. 621 CITY BeSiNF,Sg.—A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which the Lomi 144Y011, several Aldermen) , Sheriffs, City Officers, and a great number of Commoners.attended. Mr. RICHARD/KritcHT, of tile Ward of Bishopsgate,was appointed a Governor of St. Thomases Hospital, in the room of CHARLES LWcot.N, Esq. not in Com. , , mon Council. The Bye Laws for regulating the tlarbour Service of the Port of London, were read and agreed to; and it wls referred to the Committee for-Improving the Fort of Loridori,'to transmit a copy of the same to the Elder Brethren of the Trinity Rouse for their Concurrence, and to report their answer on the subject to the Court. The - Coal and Corn Committee delivered into the Court a Report, . - .trcommending an application to Parliament for an hei.to consolidate the several Laws on tb Coal Trade now in force ; and a Petition to the House of Commons being prepared thereon, was read, agreed to; and ordered to be signed by the Town Clerk, and presented to the House of Commons by the Sheriffs, attended by the Itememblkincer. The Marine Society held their' Anniversary Meet-' ing at the London Tavern on Thursday last. The Earl of ROINEY wail. in the Chair —The Company amounted to three hundred and fifty. Vpwards*of 7501.'were colleaed after dinner in support • of this excellent Institution. The day was enlivened by the vocal exertions of TAYLOR, DIGVUM, and tiESTE, and an appropriate Ode was sting by a choir of boys ; and thebovs Iron) the Ship belonging to the Society. 'The whole passed off , with the utmost cheerfulness and conviviality. INDIA 1-101.76E.''''''YySterda7 g Court of Directors vas held, when Capt. GEORGE WELDEII was sworn into the conimand of the Indus, destined to Madeira, ?Madras, and Bengal,---Captain GEORGE RICHARD WIN, Of the Doter -Castle, took leave of the Court, previous to departing.for St. Helena aad Bengal. The Direc - tors of the East India Company have appointed FpNicis HoHNER, „Esq. one of the Com 'thissioners for liquidating the debts of the Nabob of the, Carnatic, in the ruoin of ,the Hone RYDER. NA r./1 FALmptixii; MAIICH . .r.;—Arrived the Prosperous; STACIE, from Chichester. Sailed the Windsor Castle and Prince George for Cruize off Brest ; Severn, HACkWOOD ; /Vei/t/U/C, HUTCHINS ; -dnd . lndustry, LLEWELLLN, for Tenby ; and Perms, CaLLlss, for'Swansea. PLYMOUTH, MARCH "6. Sailed the Pickle Schooner, of 14 . guns, and Harlequin hired Armed Ship, to the Westward. Sailed also ;the Charlotte, of 14 guns, Lieut. ALT, to the Westward, with a Cob voy. Came in from a Cruize off the South West Coast of land the Brilliant, of 38 guns; . also the Happy Return and Reliance Brigs, with Naval Stores for Falmouth. Passed up to the Eastward a Sloop of War with a Convoy of ViCtuallers for the Red House, from Dub lin, Waterford, and Cork; four of them parted con voy off the Sound, with vietualling and coopers' stores for the Vi&ualling Office here and at South Down. Sailed for Bourdeaux and Rochefort two Ameri , can Ships torn New'-York, with sugar, coffee, &c. 'detained three weeks since by our Cruizers, as hav ing Enemy's property, but released on having their papers examined. . ,The (kitiward 7 hound, East India and Streights Fleet, which passed by last night, were out of sight of Maker Tower this tnornilig at sun-rise. DOVER, "MARCH 7.—The Hereford and Fifeshire Militias have received orders to march from hence on the 16th inst. to Deal ; they are to be replaced her by the 3d and Coldstream Regiments of Guards from thence. Arrived the Diligence Sloop of War from off Bou logne, and remains in the -Roads with the Basilisk Gun-brig, &c. Sailed the Reliance Tran.sport, No. 93, for the Downs, and alsu a large Division of Swedish Ships, going to The Downs, to be convoyed from thence by a SA.venibh Man of War. , _ . Sevei'al Neutrals are also preparing to sail for their destination. The French Privateers have not been so bolittiof late. Passed several Gun-brigS to cruize off the French Coast. The French Coast was very clear yesterday, but no appearance of any tents yet about Boulogne, PORTNIOdTH, MARCH 7.--arriVed the Steady . Gun-lyrig, Lieut. STow, from a Cruize; also the Apollo Schooner, SlltucK, from Bourdeaux, boUnd to Amsteivlam, laden with wine, detained by the , Core Gun-brig, Lieut..ELLIIRSBY ; arrived also the Mary, How, from Sunderland. Sailed the' Die Fiche, NEWENSTADE, for Liver- Pool. Went out of Harbour the Tribune Frigate. -Lord ST. VINCENT is not yet arrived. He has been expe&ed all day. . Capt. Sir THOMAS HARDY passed through this place , from Dorchester for London this morning. This distinguished Officer is to command a Ship im mediately. The Ura;zie Frigate,Capt. LAROCHE, is unmoored to proceed on the Guernsey station. Lieut. WICKHAM is appointed to the Hearty Gans vessel: ...._~.: • HARWICH, MAR=7. - ---ale American Ship Przie dent , JEFFERIEN ABNZR WERT, with iron, from Copenhagen, bound to NelA?-Yofk, artivcd here this day ; part of the cargo must be takeh Out for the Ship to, be repaired. , The Diana Packet; Capt. STEWARD, Sailed fdr Cuxhaven with the Haninurgh and Bremen Mails or the Ist and sth instant. DUAL, MARCH 7.---Sailed through the Downs the Mentor, EqtrrroN, fir SnlyrnA; and several other outward-bound Vessels; Sailed L'iminorteito Frigate an& several Gun brigs on a Cruize off Boulogne. arrived the Bonetta Sloop of War and the Arrow Schooner from off the French Coast, and remains in the Downs with the rest of the_Ships as per lasts It was the son of 'Sir LIONEL- COPLEY, we un derstand, and not Sir LIONEL. himself, who died on Tuesday last. The melancholy event whicbrocca sioned the death-of this Gentle Man has not been cor redly stated. }Le, had ascended -a library ladder, from -Which he fell, .and broke his leg in so de plorable a manner, that the bone stuck deeply in • the floor. A fever ensued, and terminated in the death of the unfortunate Gentleman. •Yesterday i i ;e'nuight a melancholy accident hap pened on Foxhole-qua) ' , Plymouth: Some men were sawing a brass-32-pounder in two parts, late One of La Scipion's guns, and W facilitate the ope ration, had lighted a fire under the gun, between two piles of large swivels, which were not supposed to 'be loaded ; unfortunately the lowermost swivel was loaded with langridge, and coming in coma& with the fire, went off with a violent explosion, knocked down, and so desperately wounded one of the workmen, of the name of Haydon, that he was obliged to have his leg amputated directly; and also badly Wounded five children, one of whom had some langridge in his groin . , and died in the night: ivtil'AL T%QUIFY • , SUBSTANCE OF THE TWELFTIi REPO AT OP THE COM-. 14ISSIO.ZEAS. OF NAVAL ~,, _, , .. - .- • On the 6th of January; 17gs, - the - k trst Lord of the Admiralty instruCted Sir Agnktiur StIAPE HAmoicli, the Comptroller or the Navy; to send an able and confidential person lb Itiga, to . purchase as much hemp as - he Could agree for, on proper terms ; which instruEtions appear to have been gi ven in consequence of information which Govern ment had received, that the French were buying up large quantities of hemp at - that place. His Lordship appears to have entertained hopes, -that by this measure His MAJESTY'S stores would not only be furnished with hemp of a better quality, but that , the supply of the Enemy would be fore stalled. . ..... " The person sele&ed by the Comptroller pf the Navy for the performance of this service Os Mr. ANDREW LINDEGREN, of Portsmouth. The- autho- rity g iven to him by the Comptroller, dated' the gth of January, 1795, is not. in conformity' with. the written instru&ions of the First Lord of the Admi- ralty ; but it is stated' by the. Comptroller, that he also received verbal dire&ions from the First Lord of the Admiralty, and that the instru&ions given by him to Mr. LINDEGREN were the result of various conversations with his Lordship. " Mr. LINDEGREN was required, by his instruc tions; to proceed without loss of time to Riga, and authorised to purchase frona three to four thousand tons of the best hemp, upon the most reasonable terms in his power. He was ,direCletilo use his best endeavours to prevetit any supply of Riga 'hemp from going to France ; and, if it could not be procured from the superiority of the• credit of this Country, or by any other means that might occur to him on the spot, he was at liberty to give an advance upon the price which the Enemy might have agreed for, taking care to have propenvoucherS for such transactions. " In case he should meet with any masts of the size of twenty inches and Upwards, at Riga, which he might have reason to believe,were going to the Enemy, he was to prevent their receiving such sup ply by the means above ,pointed out, or any other not then foreseen. • " In the event Of any thing happening to delay hint on his journey to RUssia; he was, to •Use such meant by his Correspondents on the Continent, :as might prevent any disappointment in procuring. the quantity_ of hemp- from .Riga, above mentioned ; and if it should appear to him, 'upoki 'his arrival there, that such a quantity could not be obtained, he was - at libertyto make it - up with the best Pete r rsburgh hemp, not exceeding from five to six hundred tons. For the due execution of this service he was to be allowed his travelling expences, and a commis . ; sion of five per cent. on all, the purchases he should •make for Government. , "- And as it was judged absolutely necessary that there should he an established Russian Merchant in London appointed to transact the business in this Country, he was authorised to•engage Messrs. GOD FREY THORNTON, and Son, for that purpose, who were to be paid a reasonable commission for their trouble. " On the 27th of February, 1795, Mr. LINDE GREN and Messrs_ GODFREY THORNTON and Son, entered into articles of agreement, witnessed by the Comptroller of the `Navy, by which it was stipu lated, that Messrs. GODFREY THORNTON and Son, as Attornies for .Mr. LINDEGREN, should be fur nished with such sums of money, in. Navy •Imprest Bills, as they might, from time to time, apply for that the accounts relating to all matters transaaed by-them, as Agents for Mr. LTNDEGREN, should be furnished to him ; and that, for their - trouble in transaCting the business of freighting ships, making insurances, corresponding, - keeping accounts, and furnishing titre., requisite credits, they should have a clear allowance of two and a half per cent. as a commission, to be charged at the foot of every in voice of stores provided by Mr. LINDEGREN, and delivered into His Ma;esty's•Dock-yards, such in , voices to contain the; amount of the prime cost, and all the charges and expences of every kind. • " Under this commission, Mr. LINDEGREN made considerable purchases both of hemp and masts. — He vas also employed for the same purpose in each year until the termination of the war." In detailing - toe result of their inquiries, the Com:- missioners, for the sake of greater clearness, speak of the phrchases of hemp and masts separately, - and first, with regard to the purchases of hemp : " By virtue of specific dire&ions in a commission of the 9th Jam 1795, Mr. LINDEGREN purchased and delivered at His Majesty's yards, 4160 tons, thirteen hundred, three quarters, and four pounds, of Riga hernp." • Thetoat to the Public, upon art average of the Whole quantity, was 561; is. 2d. per toll. " The commissions charged on the purchase and delivery of this henip were as follow : Five per cent. by Mr. Lindegren, on the amount r. d. of the first cost and charges at Riga - - 49 . 3 9 Two and a linif per cent. by Mess - rs. Godftey Thornton and Son, on the amount of the first cost, and aft the chargeS, , except Mr. Linde gren's commission - - 5344 2 6 " These commissions Were in Conformity to the ggreements entered into with Mr. LINDEGREN, arid Messrs. GODFRItir THORNTON and SON; but there Was, in addition to Mr..LiNntonEN'S commission on the purchase, a further el arge,en that. account; of Two per Cent. made in each invoice by Messrs. thotiey, Motigon, and Co. of Riga, the House throngh which Mt. Lindegren made his Or- Chases - - " the amount of these Commissions, being 17,2491. 18s. appearing to us exorbitant, we exa mined THOMSON SONAR, ANTHONY BROUGH, and GRo. Tom); Esqs: Russia Merchants, from whom we obtained much general information as to the mode of conduCting the trade ,both in Russia and this Country: C' From the dvidenC'd of these Gentlemen, we learned, that it is the - general praCtice at Riga and Petersbutgli, for the Merchants shipping hemp, to - charge a.commisslon . df 2 per cent. at the former, and 3 per cent. at the latter place, for their trouble in making the purchase and shipping the article, and that an Agent sent to those places .must employ a resident Merchant, or utake his purchases under Very,great disadvantages: With respe6 to the rate of commissiori . wually charged by, z,lerol o nti country for prOcuring hemp from kga; and . Managing the . ivhole Of the bilsiness attending the importation, it was stated to us by , Mr.,i3014.,tt ,and Mr. &LOUGH, that the usual commission charged in stich cas e s vi!iS 2 per cent. Ifi consequence of this information, the Colu miSsiohera called upon the Navy Board, for - an ad- • count of the rates of commission granted to *sow; employed by theM -to purchase Naval Stores dui - 7 ing the Ainerican War, when it appeared,. that. they were for Riga hemp, 2 pet cent: to the persons at home, and managing the importation, and 2 per Cent; to the merchants purchasing at Riga: As the rates of commission on the, purchase made by Mr. LlNDEGRENexceeded, by five and a half per cent: what Would have been allowed if the hemp had been procured through established merchants in thei. Russia trade, agreeable to the former praElice of the Navy Board, the. Commissioners endeavoured to asertain, whether any _advantage resulted from sending an agent, to compensate for this additional eax-;- pence ; and they found, that Mi. LINDEGREN'S first step after his appointment,' was to employ Mr. JOHR MORISON, a partner in the hot* of THoRLEY, MO RISON, and Co. of Riga, who was then in England, to purchase from 3 to 4000 tons of Riga hemp, under an agreement, that he should be allowed the same. commission as was charged by other Merchants cf that place. Mr. MORISON being anthorised to draw upon Messrs.- GODFREY„ ThoneeroN and Son, for the amount, accordingly set out for Riga; and ar rived there in the beginning of March. Air. LIN DEGREN followed him, but .lid nut arrive until the - beginning of May, at which time Mr. Mentisos had purchased, or contsthed for, the whole or greater part of the 4000 tons of hemp.—lt is evident, therefore (says the Report), as far as regards this.quantity, that if the order had been given, in the first instance, to Messrs. GODPREY THORNTONi and Sort, and conveyed by them to Mr. Aloatsw, this hemp' might have been obtained as advantage ously, and without the allowance of a commission of five per cent. to Mr. LINDEGREN, which amounted; upon this purchase, td eight thousand five huedred and forty-nine pounds three shillings and nine pence." The report, after stating-that- the appearance of an English Agent in the Riga Market was likely to create an expe&ation of an - unusual demand, and that, from the statement of Mr.Haetway, the price of hemp was a&ually enhanced by the appearance of Mr. LINDEGREN at Riga, next examines the acl= vantages expeCted from employing Mr. LINDEGREN, On this subje& it proceeds dins— ". It is stated by. the Comptroller, that the cir cumstance which led to the sending of Mr. LINDE GREN AO Riga, was the information which Govern.: ment had received, that the Enemy were taking measures to buy up large quantities of Naval Stores, to effea which, they had, at that time, an Agent at Riga; and asit was understood that they had nearry exhausted their stores at Brest, in their endeavours to fit out their fleet, after _the action of the ist of June, 1794, it became' a' great objea to interrupt their supplies. • cc We are ready to admit the importance of this object ; but we do not perceive that any advantage was obtained, by striding an Agent abroad, beyond what might have been expe&ed from the employ; ment of an established House in LondOn, whose correspondent at Riga might have performed every service which could have been requited from an Agent. " It is likewise stated by the Comptroller, that considerable advantage was expe6ted to be derived from having an Agent 'on the spot during the ship; ping season, to give inforMation of the vessels which might load with Naval Stores on account of the French Ooverarnent. This service is not men tioned in the insitu6tions which were given to Mr. LINDEGREN .but directions on this head were corn niunicated to him by- the Comptroller verbally; and it appears, that Mr. LINDEGREN did frequently, 41 the course of the year 1795, tiaristnit lifts - of ships loading at Riga on account of the enemy ; but we - are of opinion, that even this service might have been better performed by a, resident Mer Chant." '(To 6e cmtinued.) The Glanders having broken out atnarig some Of the horses of , t,he tith Dragoon Guards, at Exeter Barracks, several of the most diseased have hieen shot, to prevent infeftiori. A farmer's servant; hi the neighbdifrhood cif Hai}sham, a few days since fixed a slip chain to the tongue of One of his ritister'S horses, add therer by aEtually forced it from the poor annual's mouth I. An A& like this, which exceeds even savage bar barity; it is to be litiped will not be permitted to pass unpunished. • - A Gentlernan passing St. Paul's Observed a coun try youth gaping with considerable earnestness at the superb edifice; he interrogated the Gentleman as to its appropriated use : the former; desirous to quiz him, answered, it was a Baboon House: The latter, With some pbliit; asked, holy 'twat he got but. NNT . e are assured, that on the 15th of next month, the ANNIVERSARY Of t he ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY bd Celebrated it the Londdn Tavern. In the evening, • Honorary Medallions will be presented to the Medical Assistants, &c. The Annual Report, for 1800, will likewise" be pUbltslied the same day, and.presented to the Guardians of .the above Insti tution,'--The Bishopof .S7'.DAvtip's, Sir An. HUMS, Bait. V. P. Baron DE lithiEck, Rev: Dr. VYsE, Dr. GREGORY, and Others distinguished for their phi lanthropy; have kindly Offered to be the Stewards the present year. On Monday last John totterel Naas committed to Oakhain gaol, on suspicion of having broke into a dwelling-house belonging to Mr. Broughton, Of: Wing, in RUtland, and.stealing thereout i'6o guineas in gold. The prisoner (who came from 13arrowdeu) had formerly lived servant with Mr.Broughton, and is a priVate in the Cambridgeshire Militia. He called at the public-house in that village, and told it lad that he Much wished to speak to his old master, who he ob served vas going to church with his family. dotterel then left the pUblic-home i and Was seen to go towards Broughton's premises. When the family- returned_ frotn'. - church they found the casernent of a Window Open, rnd a qiiantity of MOO on the frame of it. I the house they discovered a poker - , which was also Moody ; with this iilstrument a desk (in which the money was deposited) appeared to have been broke open. The Prisoner was apprehended at Wakerley, and had a recent wound in Eris hands 25 if cut by •