The Sun. — London, England, 1806-04-16 00:00:00

-IRC.Ii•Ni . .TRADr. OF GREAT BRITAIN. -. *THE I'4:AKERS of FIG-IRON, and all others L intere:.teti in the pr , .)sperity of this most - •im r portant a n d !w;:;',,ary Metal, are desired to meet at One o'Ciock on T. riday thie ath• inst. - . at tile Crown and Anchor Tavern; in the Str:nld, to consider what consequences may ensue to tr.i; great sonrCeók our National We4ith; from a l!iir now pending in Pi.rliinnent, to -iln7ose a TAX of 40 percent, or nearly one-half of its present cost,- at the Fur -114/..e nwuth. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. . . • TUESDAY, .APRIL . 15. T.,ord Viscount DUNCAN took. the :Oaths and his Seat. The Irish Militia ServiCe Bill was read a third time and passed, and a Message ordered to be sent to the House ofCnnimons, to acquaint them thero;itb. The Irish Treasury Bills: Bill,, and the British Fisheries Encouragement 8.11, ,Were read a second time, and cornthitted for to:Morrow. Mr. Crewe, t Secretary to the Board of OrdnanCe, presented Returns .respeaitig the Strength of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, the number of Re cruits, &c. Mr.,,Worsley, - from the London Flour Company, presented - several Accounts 'froth that . Company ; .and Mr. Irving, Inspeßor General of Imports and E4orts, presented several Papers relative to the Shipping and Cot - palette of Great Britain ; all which , were: ordered to lie on the Table, and the Papers presented by • Mr. Irving to be printect ' Mr. Hawthorne and several other Members-of the -,1-iause of Commons brought up the '10,009,0001. Loan Bill, which was read a first tinre.--- Adjourned , till to-rnorrov.; (this day). . .~ HOUSE . OF COMMONS. '4W,CESDAY, AriiiL 15. Mr. FRANCIS gave notice that he should, to-mor row, move for a variety of - Papers and Accounts for the purpose of sliewing the specific nature and amount of Ihe'claims-against the Nabob of ArCot: Mr. HOBHOUSE . stated, that since he gave notice for,Monday of the second reading of liis•Bill on this subjea, - he had been . given' to understand by an Hon. Friend, that business of conSiderable,import tnce stood for that 'day and Tuesday. He, there fore,'postpOned the second reading of the Bill till to 7 morrow Mr,-Serjent BEST gave notice of his intention to 11110ve, 'On Friday, , for leave: to bring in a Bill •to prevent the, insertion, in Newspapers, of Accounts of Criminal Proceedings before Trial. SLAVE TRADE. General TARLETON presented a.- from certain Inhabitants of Liverpool traditfg, to. Africa, -the-Bill' brought in by the Attorney-Gene- Ya t i., :for prohibiting the Importation of Negroes, in British Ships, into the Colonies of Foreign StliteS not at war with this Country; and also into such Islands as have been captured by this Country dui-- ipg the.War.—Ordered to lie on ,the Table . till the second - reading of tile. Bill; the Petitioners then to be heard by Counsel.' ' GeII.TARLETON, in the course of the Sitting, Ittsked,' if it was the intention of the Attorney-Ge' neral to-urge the second reading of the Bill to-inor row, Or; to postpone it till some (Abet day ?, The * ATiORNEY-GENERAL said he knew of no thing-whi:ll should induce him to postpone the se.- cond reading of 'the Bill: General G‘sOyNE 'afterwards ii....pressed a -hope that, .as all Cie necessary Papers could not be before thellonSe tomorrow, the Learned" Gentleman would either himself , , post - pone, or' allow him (Gen. Gas Coyne) to niovc. , , that the. second reading of the Bill be postponed till ThurSday. The second reading was accordingly' postponed till Thursday. , • • , - Mr. JER vis brought in a Bill ,for rendering more speedy the Trial of persons, accused of offences corn-. witted in distant parts on. the' seas.--- 7 11ead a • tirst time, and ordered to be read a second time on this day se'unight. Mr. PnitcivAL brought in a Bill for the : better paying of Stipendiary Curates; and securing their re4iidence d'..) their Cures; which he moved should be read a second time this day sennight; Sir J. WROTTESLEY 'stated, that a business of considerable importance would - probably take place on the day alluded to, ti.nd 'suggested the propriety of postponing the second reading of tnis Bill till'to- , .morrow se'nnight.—Agreed to. , Mr. V ANOTTART brought in a, Bill authorizing Three 'Millions to be raised by'an issue of 14.2,xche quer Bills for the service of the. present y'ear.—Reacl a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-. morrow. Sirl. I.; WPO RT brought in a Bill for regulating the Packing of Butter in Ireland for Sale or Export ation; and also a Bill for Repealing the Duty of 3d. en. Dwz.nig-houses in Ireland ; both of which were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next. Ha.wrrii9RN brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply of yesterday ; which was agreed to. Lord 0550 LSTON' informed the House that His I , lajeSty had been waited - on' with their Message, and I,iad been gracioilslx pleased to order, agreeably to then' ..request, that Copies of the Capitulation of Demerara, Esseciuibo, and antinan v he taid before the Hotise. Sir . J. Duckworth's Annuity Bill was, reported, and ordered to, be read a thitdthne.to-morrow. • Mr. PAuf.,L gave -notice, that on Friday he Should inure for the Papers necssary for his Charge against Marquis Wellesley relative to Ferruchabad, and on Tuesday next should bring forward that Charge. Sir J. I . TEWPORT ' browht in the Irish Bank Note Biil ; which was read a firm: time, and ordered to be read a second tiine on Thursday. ' V•I: OE WATERFORD, NEIPPOR 7' begged leave to say a few words befbre his plight Hon: Friend . (Mr. Fox) sub-. mitted to the Metion relative to the She riff of Waterford. He hoped that whatever bad. occurred in this case from' , inattention or inadvert , env would be passed. over, and would receive that indulgence which the, House was always .accustomed -to extend to .•those who Camebefore them in such Ciircumstances, ThiS, in the present case, he hoPed they. would be:the more inclined to observe, , as some doubts had existed as 0 the operatidu 9f . the At its ~- Mr: FOX then rose, - agreeably to notice, and afttr adverting to. the nature of the Ad_by p,nal ties were imposed on the' Sheriff in certdul eases;- of which he conceived the present to be one, stated, that, in consequence 4 certain , donbts.as to the con, strue - tion .of the Aet which had prevailed in Ireland, he apprehended:the best etude in which evils'of this 'dud could be remedied tk ould be by a Declaratory RekAution of that House. Mr. LEIGH stat e d for the information of the House, that the Sheriffs- in Ireland 'had a power, ,which was , not posseSsed in this Country. In, the case of a return. for a_County Member in Ireland, the two Attornies-General of the different countries had giVen opinions diametrically opposite. This was • enough to shew that considerable misapprehension existed on the subject of the AC' s • = SirFICABY GIBBS said, it was clear "that the penalty_ could npt be levied; if the Sheriffs m ide their .return within the period prescribed by.the r ,A6t.. Mr. FOx then agreed to -abandon the Motion of which he had given notice. WITNESSES' BILL The ATTORNEY GENERKL having moved that the House do resolve itself into a Committee on the Witnesses' Bill, • • PERCI VAL said, that as. his Right Hon. and. :Learned Friend (the AttOrney-General) had stated it- to be his intention to make considerable alterations in the Bill, it was not his wish to oppose it in its present stage. He, fur oir, Was of opinion that the Bill was unnecessary, at least that it Would require very considerable alteratiomi, _but still he wished to see whether it might be rendered less ob jeaionable, and with this view should postpone his obserVations to a future stage ofthe Bill. He. begged, at present, only to subMit one thing to the consider atic.ei, of the friends- of the BiU. It was.s:tid, that the principle of the . Bill was agreeable to the old- Mon of a 'Majority: of the Judges. Six-' of the Judges who had delivered their opinionsin the ma jority, gave their opinions in a qualified manner — thereby clearly implying that they concurred in the'idea o; there being exceptions to the rule ; and if the House was now called • on to declare that to be the law which . these Judges had stated to be so, it was not. fair that th.ey should decree generally what' the Judges had only laid doWn in qualified terms. It seemed to . him that the. Bill had been 'brought forward'father in a hurry, brit he 'shotild 'pOstpone hiS general observations on it till a future :stage. 'The ATTORNEYGI',IVERAL said, it, as he underStOod the Right Honourable, and Learned Gen tleman, 'he had an invincible objeCtion to the prin ciple of the Bill s he submitted, whether it would not be a waste of thepretious time of the House to : proceed farther in the Bill, and if it would not be better to hear the obje•aions of the Learned-Gen tleman to its principlenoW.- . The MASTER of the. ROLLS was much of the same opinion as that expressed by his Learned Friend ' (Mr.'Percival). If the Bill was unnecessary, that was a'good reason why it should not pass. It might, however, be so modified as to remove the ohjec , Cons which pow existed against it. They liad up opportunity' of hearing the reasons capable of being, adduced in favour of the Bill ;. and, in that situation, •1 it was inlposSible to say if they 'Might not be con vinced. The necessity of the measure, and the dill. - ficulty attending its 'attainmnt, "were both deserving of consideration.. If the necessity was small, and the difficulty of great"consequence, the Bill would not fail to be rejected. If again the' necessity could be shewn to be of any magnitude, while. the difficulty attending it-was small,, that was a' stronger induce ment for passing the Bill. _These operated with him as reasons for wishing the Bill to proceed. If - he were called on fOr- his opinion, he would say -he concurred With the Minority. It was now, how -ever, the most adviseeble mode this House could pursue to agree' with' the majority; seeing they had delivered their opinions when solemnly tidied on to . do soby'the House Of. Lords. The majority of the JudgeS of opihion that the - objection could not • avail, the Bill then before the House was dropped ;. and, lie apprehended, no Judge would-for: the future chuse to art on his own opinion; but «n that of the Judges As already declared. They would, for the future, consider themselves called on to at, not on their own opinion, bUt as if they were cleclatingen universal law.. For this reason. he thought the unnecessary ; but still 'he wished to see it pass • through a Committee. " - The House having gone into a Committee, seve, ral Amendments were moved by Mr. GeeEs ; which were agreed to; and the , llepert was ordered,to be received to-morrow. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. • Lord Gatti.tE's again inquired, if it were the in tention of Ministe.rs to propose a Vote ofThani to . Sir D. Baird, and the ()dicers and Men under` him, engaged in the capture of the Cape of Gocd Hope, now that the island was entirely conquered? \Vr,tcritum answered, that a pmverVjudging in - -such cases being vested in Ministers, ; they did not consider thiS to be one of those cases so distin guished in its nature as to call on them to mine for- so extraordinary a Mark of public appro 'bation. ,„ ..... . Lord GARLIES was about to enter into the merits of the service, when he was Called to order by the• Speaker. . • HODDLESTONE Stdted, that ond'of the Papers contained in the Motion of which he had•repeatedly given notice, having been produced in - another place; so as fully to answer the . oljecl,Of his Motidn, such . was no longer necessary. On the Motion of OenerM TAttLETON, , Address was ordered to be presented to tlis Ma- j&sty, praying that be would be, graciously pleaSed to order a Copy of the Capitulation or the.Liland of Tobago to .be laid hcfore the Howie ; together .with Copies of the OrOrs in Council of the t Ist and 27th. of December, 1803, Lord A. HAMII4TON gave notice 1 -- 9 r Mpuday of Mation for Copies of P.illatch from Lord Wel- . lesley to the -I3oard of ,Cos trout, and of the Ans,wer `thereto. • . . • • Gentleman from the TaX OThce . presented'aq Account of the gross Assessment tinder the Pr,,,,Jerty To x for' -1804-5:.. , • • DUBLIN PAVING , BILL. Sir JOHN i'VEWPORT rose to move to post-: pone the second reading of the Bill. He said the second reading of this Bill had been, put oti on tl former occasion liecusf.t . the Report of the Commis-, sioners .tbe. board wy.4 not printed. ~~ ~~ The lame - obstacle still Subsisted—the t eprt was I not yet printed, and he, was afraid would not by for • some.titne, It did ,not.appear to hitn that the ne cessity for thiS c,il now. existed ; but, ct the same time, he: did not wish to abandon it altogether; His intention was: to move to put off the second read ino-. to'a distant<lay, and if it should be 'found that the cireuinstanCts which led oriff t ,inally to the intro-'. - Of the 'Bill again recurred, might be-, persisted in. -He moved, that the Bill be read second.timeon,the tst of May, • Dr. DUIGEN/ 111 - ,_ made some obs,ervatiOnS in favour of the,Publip Paving Board,. but in .go a tone of voice- -that we•could not distinftiy hear him ; we undr7stoOd him,to state, that the 4 - nods ' allowed to the l.'giving Board were insufficient, and therefore he did not-think the - Board deerving of blame. /lir - . 'ALEX/IN:O4:R' spoke on the same .side ; he said, he- conceived that Lord Hardwicke Upon tins occasion, been misled by imprqpet adviCe. He considered the measure which gave rise to this Bill as having been suggested by the person. be al luded to for the, pnrpoSe. of acquiring ihiluerice.- 7 . He had 'frequently in private stated his 4.)pinion upon . .the sUbje6.l-, and now thought it his duty to state it in public. Lord DE BLAQ UIEIE expressed his regret that. the Bill was again to be`postpoued, bOped thelime would soon come :when he.should,have an opportunity of fully explaining. and vindicating his condtia. • The Motion was then agreed to. Adjourned. , TRICE (41 STOCKS • Tins DnY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols. - • - - - - - 601, MMLS. Dui-- liamburgl), Gottenburgh, ; Dublin, 3 Waterford. -i THE SUN. SOLEK QUIS DICERE FAI.SUM AUDEAT ? LONDOiV, WEDNESDAY, ArlllL .16, 180 G. NOTICE was this Indraing given at the Custom- House, that Vessels . under Pappenburgh Colours are allowed, to clear outward for any Port in, Holland or Sweden, upon security being , given that they will return to Great Britain, and not violate the Blockaded' Ports.- Vessels under Kuiphuzen Colours 'are-al lowed to clear out without any restridtion. tilis.day lay before our Readers some further extraEts from the Hamburg& Mail which arrived yesterday. The accounts in the fon-I - ler French Pa pers, of,the entire. subjugation. of Naples; appear. to have been unfounded.. The, Neapolitan' Force that.retired into talahria, so far from having laid down their rtrnis and. di.werted,, have made..a, very,. formidable stand ag,linSt the Division of thy. French Army under General REpN I Ell.. It is true that the French account claims a ,yiEtory, but it contains so many inconsistencies; that we are induced to suspela that the result was pot favourable to the French • as they 'wish to represent, There is not,• however, .any ground to hope that-thci Calabrians will be able ; to oppose an effectual' resistance to the numerous and disciplined Arila tt%hicli the French hate in Naples. . There is ' reason; - however, to believe that strong symptoms of a disposition to insurrediOn (if that term can be . applied to a people endeavouring to de fend their rights-and their liberties) have been ma nifested. throughout the Kingdom, of Naf)les. josErn, BO'gArAwrli has published a Proclamation in the,Naples Gazette, in which he complains that notwithstanding' his kind admonitions, and the. arrest and removal of several -disturterC of public tranqu'rility, the'fi)9li.qt pleasure, of arming is still resorted to." * Orders ,have therefore been issued' to Marshal AI.NS.E.TA, to institute Military Commis sions, to try persons for this offence. From the determination of these- Caturnisions there ' is, no' appc,;tl,' and sentence is to be executed within. 2, t hours after it is Fssed. Besides this, a moveable Coltunn, .of 1400 men, Wcy ordered to march, for the purpose of quelling these disturbers of tte pub lic tranquillity, and to disarm the inhabitants. The Fortress of Gaeta has not yet surrendered. .THEIR MAJESTIES 1111 d three of the •PRINCEssEs.I arrived at the Queen's Hodse at twelve . : o'crock. At one HER MAJESTY, PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, SO:PHI and: 11,LIZABETLI, visited. Lady CHARLOTTE Fmcn. At four PRINCESS. CHARLOTTE of WALE visited HER MAJESTY. ,Their MAJEsnts had a seleft party yesterday, evening.--This day His MAJESTY will hold a Privy CouncA. - His Royal Highness the DuKE of CtiNLBERLAND dined Yesterday with their MAJESTIES, at Bucking- House. • , • 'n overland Packet ,was received yesterday at the' East India House. It does not contain any new in , telligence,- as the dates from Bengal are previous to the sailing.of the Medusa'Frigate. The letters froM Aiadras ore dated the..6th..of Oecobc3r ; and those frot' Bombay, the 9th of November. East-India Shipping intelligence by the above con veyance : The Cumberland, Capt, FARRER; Hope, Captain NDER GRASS ; Ereier, Captain MERITON CO/LttS, Capt. and -/Kar/ey, Capt. WILSON, ..sailed from Madras the 6th of September, for Prince of. Wales' Wand and. China, under Convoy, of the B/Vnti.eith Man of War. -L-The Ganges, .Capt. Hmt-' RINGTON, and the . D.orsciskire, Capt. 13noww, sailed from Madras the' Bth of September, for Bengol ; from whence they' are to proceed to join the China Fleet .at Prince of Wales Island, ---The Metcalfe, Capt. IsACKE, arrived at .Madras from - Bombay the k7th, iluct 540 for )3=54 on the 23(.1 . of §eptetnber. ~~~ It Appears by the le terg received from Jamaica by the last Mail, that Admiral DUCKWORTH'S VidOry had removed every apprehension entertained in that quarter, as no other French Squadron had appeared but that commanded by M. LESS,IECUES. The des tination of the other Squadrons whieh escaped from Bfest at the same time with the defeated by Ad-. Miral DUCKWORTH Still remains the suhje& of con- jc&ure; and it seems vOy surprising that no ac counts have yet been received of them. • The account given by the French. was, that 15 Sail of the Line, which•sailed from Brest, separated in a certain lati tude, into three Squadtoni, on the 24th of Decem ber last. Of two of these SqUadrons there is no intelligence; and it appears certain that they have not One'to the WeAlndies. Autheotic advice Ills been received, that the Spa, nish Court leas issued an Order for all Portugneso and other Vessels 'to quit the. Ports of Vigo, Corun na, and Ferrol, and 'to prohibit for the present the entrance of all Vessels of the same description into any of these Ports. - 'This Order is said to be for:the purpose..of concealing the obje& of a formidable Ex-- ! pedition now tittino out in the Ports of Spain ; but: -to which,,no doubl; 'due attention will be paid by our GevernMent. • LOrd GRZNVILI.R and_ Sir JOHN . NEWPORT -at tended yesterday at eleven o'clock,:, pursuant to no 7 tice, , at the Irish. Exchequer-Office, Whitehall, to theeLsuch-Gentlemen as were disposed ,to bid .for the Lean,,, They were Waited up.on by the Renresentatiycs,ef •the following . firMs : sirs.hl Reid, Irving, and Co. Messrs. lintunond and Co.; , 11••ssts. noSte, French, Burrowes,-- and, Canning; ' Atkins and ; Greenand`Co..; . Messrs. Jordan .aaft Shaw; Niessre.Goldsmid and Co. ; Messrs. Paull,'G rove,• and Co, ; Messrs. Puget,, Bainbridge, and CO. , • , 'The : Loan, aS:has been already stated, is 2,000,0001. Irish, for the.service of the year 1865, 'midis to be bid for at the Office , of the Chief Secretary, hi the 'Castle of Onblin, on 'Friday, • the 2,c1, of May, 8'66, it two o'clockdit the afternoon.' The - following arc the terms :-- - • For each tout subscribed will begiven such 'ca pital-in '3i per Cent. Stock or Debentures - as , shall be agreed upon ;• interest thereon to Commence from the 25th day of December; i80.5,' to be . consolidated With the present 3; per Cents..;.. and. the propoSal of',_ the .person offering te.take the least quantity .ofsuch Debentures or Stock of .';N per Cent will be accepted, provided-it be not more than a sum-to be mentioned in a' paper previously sealed•up. " .`" For the amount subscribed, the •SubsCriber shall . receive, at his option, either Ist. Receipts according to the manner praCtised Great Britain,suelt receipts not to exceed three in num, her; for - every 10001. subscribed; and for each receipt that-shall at any time be paid in full, the whole amount of such receipt will be' written in as stock, 'pr itt : Debentures, a not less tban .501. each :—or • dly. The Subscriber shall receive, leaving a de posit of 11 1. percent. as heretofore praCtised in Ire land, Debentures of not less than 504. each, the saidr deposit of :01. per cent. to remain as security for; making- good the subsequent installments, and upon `the last: payment being made on the end day of Ja— , nuary,' 1807, Debentures for the'amount of the said, ; , deposit will be issued. In either case, whether el Receipt or Debenture, any stun below : 501. not to be issued-in Debentures, but to be written in as stock.. Adeposit to be made by the contraClor of 100,0001. in the "Bank•ef Ireland, -toge.ther with an approved security by bond for making good the contfaLt, sub- jilt to the apprObation of Parliament. INSTALAIENTS. . . zd May, 11c6. - too,noo zoth May. • - 1 330;0:a 24th lugo. ..:!oo ! oco, 2.3 d !uly. • 3w,000 25th August. • - •po,coo 2 7 th Septernber;•: • • - ,2J0,090 22:1 NOVC:T1:1 - .1C0,000 251110.1t0ber. 10 r. es . 3 - 43.,0c,c, • 2:1: Igo. - All Interest on this Loan payable' at the Bank of Ireland. A Sinking Fund of per cent. will be 'provided on the amount of the Capital Debt to be created. A discount at 'the-rate of 5 per cent. will'be made._ forfprompt 'payment, after the deposit of the 20th May, according tip the custom in England. A sum not exceeding 100,0001. to be reserved for the Governors and Dire&ors of the Bank of Ireland. No Lottery or further Lodnin.lreland, during the present year, - is now-in the contemplation of Go vernment, excepting a - Loan from the Bank on 'Treasury not exceeding 500,0001, which is, already engaged flit by the Batik of Ireland. As soon as the terms .were eXplaincd, M . W. BURROWES, of the House of BOULE., FRENC kind' Co: set off for DUblin. S per Cent. , . The Anniversary Dinner of the Ito•YAL HumANA • SocInTY was yesterday held at the London Tavern, and <i large asserublag - e:of friends to this meritotious Institution were present. The Baron DE Ilosuc took the chair after -an excelleht . dinner: The Earl, Of ItOMNEY sat on his left hand. — A very interesting sight took place in the course. of the evening, Con sisting 'of - a procession of no less than, 95 persons who had been reSored to life by the means suggest ed by the Institution. A model of a new Life-goat, invented by Mr. MORRIS, of preenwich, gave great satisfaction to the company.—Dr. RAwEs, the es timable Founder of the Establishment, read a letter from JAMES PRESTON; Esq. of Hounslow; with a donation:of 4001. which, with former gifts from the sameliberal patron, made a contribution' of 10001. The' amount of the whole subscription for the year was 3141._ 14s, 1;1. besides .this noble b:lnefaaion.. _THE., OPERA.. LA new Comic Opera, entitled Due Nozat a un'sol Marito, last night introduced Signor. NALDI to the -Public an. this Country.--This Per former 'possesses a very high repute iii Italy as a Bull?) Singer, and his, exertions last 'night abundant ly justified all .his fame. His`voice is strong and pe culiarly well calculated for the comic Drama. He , is .evidently a good musician, and alsoa good actor. He 'was very well received; and will Certainly be-. come a great .favourite. The audience seemed to be highly gratified -at the return of • their old fa vourite MORELLI last night. His voice is-as poWer ful-as eVur, and his humour was everted with all its former spirit and effea. The music of tfiis , Opera was composed by GyoLIEr.MI, and it .has all the livi ness, Charaeter, and ingenious contrivance for which his works are distinguished. The -Piece throughqu t was much applauded . . . - $‘ ~,,a.~:~ r----~