The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-05 00:00:00

X!IDDLESEX MEEtiAtd.

- In cdnsequened cif requisitidii from many Of the
Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, td take
into consideration the-sitiyje& of an AddreSs to His
Majesty on' the late change of.itilministration,. a
Meeting Was convened yesterday .by the Sheriff, and-
n numerous-body attended at the Mermaid Tavern,
Hackney.

Mr, Sheriff Am'st.EY • took the Chair at half past
twelve, and proceeded to open the business of the
Meeting, by reading the Requisition, and • inviting
the Assembly to a calm and dispassionate-discussion
of the subject, for the consideration of which they
were convened. But previously to their probeeding
to sttch discussion, he -begged leave to say' a few
words to them on a subje& which required some
explanation, as it 'had already excited some con-
versation and surprise. On the last occasioti he
had the .honour of meeting the Assembly; Con-
vened by the late Sheriff's, in that place, they had
voted • a Petition to His Majesty; Imploring the
dismissal from his Councils of one of his then Mini-
sters, Lord MELVILLE. Since that time, it had been
very naturally asked, what was.become of that Pe;-
tition ?—To this he would' answer, that the pre-
sentation of that Petition was deferred much longer
than it ought to have been ; and in justice to his of-
ficial predecessors, he was bound to say, that the
delay was, in a great degree, owing to himself, not
intentionally, but through mistake. ' His predeceS-
sors having had no opportunity of presenting that
Address to His Majesty, at an open levee, previ-..
ously to their departure froth office, he had occasion
to apply to the Under Sheriff, respecting some
papers,which were afterwards sent to him sealed up;
and in the same packet was a letter, 'inclosing the
Address, and explaining the reason why it had not
been. presented. It might have lain unopened three
months longer, unknown to hiM, had not some
Gentlemen Made inquiry of him, which led
.to in-
quiries on his own part, the result of which was his
finding the Address; in consequence of which, he
had immediately taken such steps as, he hoped,
would bring that I..dfdress to His Maje Sty's hands,
through the proper channel.

Mrs: TUFFN. EL. now rose, and addressed the As-
sembly on the subjea for which they were con-
vened. The last time he had the honour of meeting
them in that place, it was for the purpose of voting
a Petition to His Majesty, to dismiss from his Coun-
cils and presence for ever a .Minister who had, in
his opinion, proved himself unworthy. of puhljc
trust, by a gross and corrupt profusion of the public
money. The purpose for which they were convened
this day was of a much more agreeable nature ; it
was to congratulate His Majesty on the auspicious
call to his Councils,.: of men whose talents, princi-
ples, and tried attachment to the true interests and.
happiness of their Country, gave the strongest rea-
sans to rely, that the power placed in their hands
would be exerted to promote the security and 'the
prosperity of the Country, and in the manner most
congenial to the wishesTof the people... *Confident he
was, that' whenever power was otherwise exerted, it
would he ilways repugnant to the spirit of the Coun-
try at large, and he most firmly believed this NJ-
tion never, would have been reduced to :ale• calami-
ties and humiliations she had experienced, had the
talents of those Gentlemen been much sooner called
to the performance of those important duties they
were now destined to discharge. , Whatever human
wisdom could do, he was. confident would- be done
by them for our deliverance : but if they should fail
in their endeavours, he trusted the blame would
attach where it was justly due. There were dm-
raaeristics even in the official circumstances of His
Majesty's present Ministers, contrasted with their
predecessors, which must be, contemplated with sAL
tiSfaaion by every honest man. None had ever im-
puted to them the corrupt profusion of the public
money. None of them held pensions, or enjoyed
sinecure places—a kind of enjoyment which Mitt*
frequently absorbed all the attention of the pits-
sessors, and induced them to think, th'. performance
of their public duty but a secondary considtrlrtion.
We had very recently seen an instance in the Olt-.
dud of one .of His Majesty's departed .Ministers,exerting the very-last gasp of his power to. secure
to himself a place of this description, and the most
lucrative in the gift of the Crowoi.. which had latelT
been in the possession- of one: of his Colleagues,
now no more : he meant the Wardenship of the
Cinque Ports: but such rewards were-never intended
by the Constitution, nor considered by the -British.,
Nation, as adapted for the allotment of such men ;
for they ought properly to be couferrea'asthe tneed
of distinguished worth, or talents well exerted in'
the public service, or the reward of heroism ; so
many instances of which existed in t4e • pubiic ser-
vice of this Couptry without adequate- distiation
or emolument. They Sheuld be devoted, of. to
the : consolation of air unfortunatetand disbanded Minister, but to reMunerate• the heroic Mili-Of
NELSON otran ABERCiONtiIk; Of a CofArsoAvocitt
or a STRACITAN, whose lives had been devoted al-
most from infancy in arduous exertions -for their
Country. , Looking to the -present situation of
this Empire, the evils that pressed on .us from
all sides were alarming : but looking, on the other
hand to the talents of those Ministers who were
now A:ailed to the direaion of Public Affairs ;
looking to their exalted chara6ers, eminent talents,
tried integrity, and well known patriotism, there
was no room to doubt that they pAsessed the fulteSk:
confidence, and would be cheerililly supported 'by
the united energies of the whole COuntry ; and that
the power and resources entrusted to their hands
would be exerted with that wisdom and Vigour best
calculated to maintain the honour and the security
of the:Country, to avert the dangers that menaced
us, and to condu& the Country to an honourable,
a secure, and permanent Peace. The Gentleman
concluded by moving the Assembly to concur with
him in a most dutiful and loyal Address to His
Majesty, to congratulate him upon the calling
to his Councils.men who possessed so highly the
confidence of the Nation, and so justly merited that
of their Sovereign, whose talents and integrity were -
so well calculated to meet with effect the.dimgers
which menaced and involved . the Colintry, and to
conduct. it to an honourable and permanent Peace,
concluding,. with assuring His Majesty of the
promptitude and cheerfulness of the County of Mid-
dlesex In bearing such' additional -burdens as the
exigehcies of the pUblic affairs should be thought to
require for attaining, under His Majesty's present
Ministert, ends so desirable.

^4lll,

#~

,
,
The Addres§ being seconded, was put by the ‘ii,4.,
._
I
ruts, and a!Qpted unanimously.
• •
,nijOr CAR'i'Witidil'i .next addressed the Asserii : 1 1
- 1
Sly and after expressing his most cordial concur,. -
rence in the, Address,, begged, in pursuance of tbd
other 'purposes stated in the reqUisitien, to call their • ,
attention to some Resolutions to which. he should • "I
hope for their assent:. He sinCerely congratulated
the Assembly on the prosped before them, and that ,
the late Ministers were-succeeded by men who en, 1
joyed; as they justly deserved, the Confidence of the
Nation: It was necessary, he said, that a Meeting of
'the County of Middlesex, the Metropolitan County of I
) the Kingdoin, and the centre of information and
intelligence for every thing which interested the
general welfare, should set an example; which he
- i
doubted not would give the tone to, and be fol-
lowed by, every independent County in the King- 1
dom. It was necessary the whole Country should ci
,
feel that the recent change of His.Majeity's Mini-1
sters-was not merely a change .of Men, but a change
also of measures and principles: In the Resolutions
he should have the honour to submit; he bad
four points in view--,first, to express satisfadion at 1
. the prospe& now before them, that His Majesty's
Councils would be dire&ed by men who were best
qualified to hold the confidence of the whole Nation.
The second would relate to the redress of grier-
ances-,-the third, to express an hope that the whole
energies of the kingdom would be dire&ed to avert
the menaces that bad been held out, and to obviate
all apprehensions of the people on that bead—ar:d
lastly, to express perfe6t assurance that such vigo.::
would be exerted in the. application cf our resources
1'
as was best calculated to secure an honour-at:l'4 I
Peace, for no other Peace could he lasting.
Major CARTW4IGHT. dwelt some- time on the,s. I
points, and concluded with moving the Resolutio:Jss .
—The Meeting then broke up, after thanks bad buiti
toted to Mr. BYIiG; the County Member. I•

LAW f" h

COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH

MORSE V. ROY :LL.

During 'Saturday, Monday, and this day,
Court was occupied in hearing Mr. PERCIVAL, iyfr.
HART and Mr. BELL, for the Plaintiffs, -and the
ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR-GF.NERAL., Mr. ALEN-
ANDER and Mr. LEECH, .for the Defendants in this
suit. It i 3 an application, praying that the Court will
dissolve the le&ra! conveyance of a very large pro-
perty •in the Island of -Jamaica, made by the
Complainant to the Devisor of the atfendant, in
the year 17-65, on the ground of a fraudulent sup-
pression of the aftual value of the *estates, on the
part of the person to whoM the conveyance was
executed, and who had been some years acting ma-
nager and trustee 'fbr the Complainant. -and pther
residuary :legatees, under the will of the testator,
from. Whom the property descended. The Com-,
plainant's interest therein had been sold for a
consideration alledged not to amount to a tbnrtti
part of what had since been, proved to be its aduai
value.

The LORD CHANCELLOR being obliged to leave
the Court early. .in order to attend in the House (if
Lords, the cause still stands over for further dis=
cession.

General Bowr,Es, the celebrated Cherokee Chief,
whose death we lately noticed,. was a nacive'pf this
Country, of the must determined spirit, but Of easy,
placid, and conciliating manners. He was worthy a
betterfate: and possessed abilities that might hale
quidififd hint to make a-very,distinguished figure in
the civ ilfzed:Nirorld.

Friday, abont- one o'clocti a dreadful fire broke
but in a inalt;house belonging to Mr. Belcher, at
Wantage, Which in a short time consumed the same,
together with the sacking-manufa&ory and dwelling-
house (lately built) of Mr. Rosier, the dwelling-
houses of Mr. Whitfield, currier; Mr.Winterborne;
; and:five others adjoining. Thc flames, raged
with so much violence as to threaten destruftion to
that part of-the town ; and it being found that the
great and continued exertions of the inhabitants,
aided. b:4.the assistance of two engines, could not
repel their force, it was determined to pull 'down
two houses, to cut Off the communication of the
fire, which had the desired effe&. Most of the
houses destroyed were not insured. No lives were
lost; but in the hurry and confusion in removing a
child from its bed, by some accident one of its arms
was brok4 A third engine attended, but it was so
completely out of repair, as not to be of the least
.scrvice.

A.Ton6y afternoon, between four and five o'clock,
a firibroke out at Messrs. Tunstall's distillery, iii
Cow-lace, Smithfield, which threatened destruaion
to the neighbourhood; but the timely arrival of en-
gines, and the great promptitude with which they
were put in motion, happily extinguished the flames
before ally serious injury was sustained.

If Books, but of even moderate ,celebrity, are
daily known to beat a considerable advance of price,
fronibeing out of print, what may rationally be ex-
peeled to result from a possession of the most splen-
did and superb 'Works that the-Arts ever produced in
this or any other Country. These are attainable only
through the medium of Mr. BOWYER'S Historic Lot-
tery, and can never afterwards be had on any terms,
from that-Gentleman's liberal contra& to destroy the
Plates on the termination of the drawing of his
Scheme: This destru&ion will, doubtless, be con-
sidered by many as a- public kiss; but it will render
the Works produced from them:of incalculable va-
lue to their • fortunate possessots, and with whom
they will speedily be, as the:time of Drawing is ra-
pidly advancing. •

CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH $ .--The fresh ar-
rivals of Wheat to-day are large, many from the
North Conntry ;` expecting a further reduCtion yerr
few sales are made, and those at Jess price; narley
also in very great arrivals and cheaper Malt 'and
_White Pease vary little; new. Tick Beans 2f.-is. to.
per. quarter; having many - fres-4 cargoe. of Oat;
Come to hand, this article "is Is. ,end 2s. per quarter
cheaPer ; sales of }lour are very aciddull, expected
lower.

1 Wheat '43s- a, ;8s a 63s od -Beans. • . -t sa—s ot
Fin 6 ditto -72 s .a 73q e.:l_ Tick Beans 4'n a Ids ad
Rye-4' -- - - 365-a 40s ett Oats 21S a z6s a 28s od
Barley . - 265,.3 Sts 0(1 Poland ditto 29$ a 3 is oti
Malt. ,-: •7. • 623 a &Ss od Rape Seed .. 381 - 4zlWhirr Peaie ,36$ a ,is ad Five flour 6os a 63s 0 1
Grey ditto dos a 34$ ad .S.ecand 4
,- sis a bas ail

I