The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-01 00:00:00

A.ME,RICA

raIVATE LETTER.

oP'ebsi‘l.l6..V Co

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Yesterday-the Iteeoeriek read to the Members
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• 'most gracious AMwer to the Addiess
New YORK, 'FEL 26.—"" I cloaect a TOti,t; letter* - •
by the Court of
for yap yesterday,. in expedation that the Noeitiyi." on, Wesineslay
on on-coancil.
Packet would• sail at last, after waiting .upvvar&lif
weeks for dispatches or orders -'from MrhaEß, j Mr. WAITIIMAN then rose to make his promised
skatie. Distiatches arrived indeed the night becs...
iire. motion ..for presenting Petitions to both Houses of
the' last, but they were from-Mr. Rose, who,' Parliament', on the auhjed of the Revers*,
seems, intends to travel in the .United States mad • Lie Said•he felt little necessity to take up the.thne of
an answer arrives to some unexpected queries; and the Court on that occasion; in urging the expediency
some curious proposals, made to him by Messrs. and necessity• of public economy in the, various de-
JepyeasON and MADisoN. It is believed by many, partments of.the•State, as that had already been so
tle'it the party in Power intends, by its wise Etribargo; freqUently stated throughoet the Country, as well as
toSlv;eve England into its own absurd arid imper- • in his Majesty's Speech to htith Honses of Parlia-
Client terms.'' Such is at least the language of " the Merit, He se.,as sorry he did not- thee .see
.several
Court of Washington ;" but every true patriot fore- Gentle Men present: who bad on a fermer occasion
sees, that Instead of starving England into subjcc- challenged hini to ahem/ the cases wherein the power
Lion by this measure, the Executive merely reduces of granting places in reversion tended to and did in-
the majority of the American Citizens .to despair, crease the intineece of the Crown. Towards the
and perhaps to revolt. . close of, the American War, the people became so
discontented under the extraordinary pressure they
" The dispatches of 4UOI4APARTE'S Arnbtiatlabr • then suffered udder a corrupt Administration, that
for France, and those of President JEFFERSON, not Petitions were sent to Parliament front amost every
hiving arrived as soon as I hose of Mr. Rese,.andslie pare of. the United Kingdom, praying fora Change
wind being fair for the British Packet to bail, seine :of public ttiease:e6 dud a reformation. in theLegisla,
French spies contrived to bribe over the American i tore. The consequence then was, that that yeti,
pilot, on board the Packet, Who declared, that House of CoMmons, which was composed of those
he though the wind and tide were both favourable,,
very 'men of whose &irruption the people complain-
would not adviie an attempt to sail, as he was cer- .1 ed, came of•their own accord to a Resolution,' that
taia of a severe fall of anew within twelve hours.-•- the Power of the Crown had lately greatly incrOs,.
Theiugh all the American pilots are in favour Of ed, • • was daily increasing, and ought to be diminish-
France, the Agent of the Packet became the dupe ed.' Notwithstanding that Resolution, ho;:vever,
of this impostor, and.erdered the Packet to wait iii the History of the Country"Country"would' strew, that no-
tal
this day, when I hope it, will sail, as the French material reforMation had in consequence taker;
and Gallo-American dispatches are now here ori i lace. Mr. Burke's Bill went only, thelatigth
board the American Ship Osage, which sails also to- Fetrencliihr, sortie useless expenditures paid from the
day. This private Ship, hired by Government here,List. • :en the tu o abolishing eta uun
Civil ° WI1.• •1
is by many supposed to be sent to France, ?nerdy eieless places under Government' and • about Court
that it may be' captured by English cruisers, and I was discusssed,- and last. is the'Thiuse of Peers, in
cause some new complaints for the Enemies of Great the ymir 1;89, the cause of the. peOple was 'oat by
Britain in this Country who, though numerous, are . a small Majority, and the minority on that occasien.
tar from being respeduble." • ,entered a very spirited and argumentative protest on
their Lordship;',4eurnala; and the Court of Com-
mon Council aftertvards returned them their thanka-
indisjdually for their patriotic,conduCt. It would be
seen from the Records of the Court, that on that
occasion each of the Noble Lords had returned their
written. acknowledgments for the honour the Court
had done them. .He - was then desirous that their
Lordship,' respective answdrs should be read, but as
ife was unwilling to take-up touch of their tinie, he
Was contented with having that read which was sent.
by the Duke of Portland, then in Opposition, but
who nov.-, he was afraid, had changed his opinions; on.
getting to the head of the Treaiury. . [The copy of
,is Grace's Letter was then read, wherein he
gretted the ill success of the measure at that time,
and his deternaination to support it so.often as the
snbjett should afterwarda occupy tlia, attention of
Parliament.) He t Mr. Waithman) entertained_no
doubt but that his Gracie's iutluenee would have se-
cured the late Bill a more fortunate fate, had he been
of his former opinions ; but as the Country now
seemed to have: little hope of his interesting hint.;
self further in its behalf, he said it becaniethenatien
at large to express their wishes freely and boldly to
the Legislature, for if they did not, the Bill Would
always; as often as it might be discussed, experience
a similar fate. He then quoted some passages froni,.
Sir William Blackstone, Montesquieu, Hume, Coke,l
Locke, and other Poll ticall and Laa.v Authorities, teed
ing to chew the danger of enlarging the influence of
the Crown, and renderieg it independent of. the.
Parliament. lie dwelt at considerable length on the
private interest some Noble Lords, with svhom the
oppositipn to the Measure originated, had in having
the present corrupt pradice, Continued, and he like,
wise. stated the large amounts it was calculates they
annually received in tight of offices held in sever-
Skins, sineeures,.. and other IneratiVe places granted
them or their relatives for their constant attachment
to Administration., •
• Mr: GOoDBEHERE said, that as his worthy friend
had anticipated all he could have said upon the sub-'
jedt,'. he should not trouble the Court further, brag
by seconding the motion. • •
Mr. Sheriff Sturm said, that from the official.
situation he then held, he was unwilling tolake any
part in questions of a political nature,•but that was a
subjea which to him seemed to be-of a very rite.
seating nature to the Couutry, and he would 'there-
fore support the. motion.
Sir RiCHARD Citrit•GWOlN d;d tint mean to oia,
pose the motion generally, bat he Much disapproved
of the applicatibnirir.'-WaithruMf' had made of sothe
of the passages r he liad qudted, as well as the triodo
in Willa he had spoken 'Of Liird Redesdale's hiving
a salary from GOvernment, without Mentioning the
ground on Which he received it,. viz. being removed
front the Office fotld 01 Chancellor Of-Ireland. He
admitted t t the Ta'ses of the Country;had very Much
increased, anti- consequently incr6sseil the innuence
of the SoVereige; Who had the pit ronage•of l'lppoittt-
ing• people to; coiled them ; put he..nso• was 'eon:-
tident, that the advantages winch 1:10 fclforiti of '61,1r
Constitution difiscd upon tho ,
equivalent. He was an:a.Jus • that all .iiseless
should be aboliShed., anti that no improper-persoe
- should have aplaCe besitSwed, upon him, .the ditties Of
which he might be ineapahle butt
'he never would with the Crown to be deprit,(l
of. the right of •bestoiving rewards for ineritoriutis
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services.
- warmly supported the motion. •
Mr. SAAIUEk DiXONAlso...suppurted the • motive,
but did nut like the 'teenier ie which Mr..Waith-
pan blamed Members ,of the. pieseut Admiuistre•
tion, such as Lord Eftlee„ for 11;IVitt .salary of
Government, whilst he. had said out eits e--. of Noble
...Lords who composed .tide present Opposition, such
as Lord Auckland and .Lord ErAiltv, who had re-
ceived annuities, as well as those .whom he had
ripecified.
Mr. Kusittee likewise supported the motion, bet
deprecated the intredudion of patty spirit into that
Court. .He wished them to know no party but that
of the country, and to. support no set of Ministers
'longer than they continued to deserve it, and there-
by set an example of magnanimity and indepeetknee
eto other places throughput the country.
Mr. WiterristaN exiliined, that be meant to sup-
pott no party.
The question being lona!), called for
motion was unanimously agreed-Us;

FROM THE FRENCH PdPERS.

-Pmt.'s, NIATICH 23.—The Moniteur df yesteratiy l;
contains the intelligence of the march"of the Russian t
troops into Finland, and the ,arrest of the Russian
Minister at Stockholm, with the sealing o' hi:,
Patters, 4kc. It adds the following remarks : ,
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"Such an outrage on the tight of nations,. woicli
is known only to barbarians, has roused th. 11(ligila-
Con of the-whole wocld. Of what.does t",e'4ing of
swEDEN complain.? That Russia has /clam war
against him ! More than six months are 35`..,r,t, since
Russia intimated to him, that all the T..).?nciple&cif •
,ct
neutrality had been brtAeti, and that .his alliwce
with -England could not be suffered, so that itus war pt
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necessarily follow.- :

• On the other,. side, a French army ;ti entering
Zealand, and all 'preparations are m....king to send
theie Allies of . England to America, ,that they may
regn there. The King of ENGLAND maylerSS .
congratulate himself again in Parliament, as he did
before, on the new power which -he grants to his
Ally : it is-pretended also, than England is to give
St. Thomas's to the King of SWEDEN as. an
nification. Than the brave Swedish nation, after
having seen their commerce annihilated, is torn to
piecetrby a• war in their interior. :How dreadful a
calamity it is for a nation to have a King who is go-
verned by levity and folly !"

•
.11101sunGn,MAnoli 14,-While the RuSsianartny,
on the one side, has been already. seizing a large part
of the Northern States of the King of SWILDEN, on •
the other side French, Spanish, Dutch, and Danish'
troops are assembling, in order to bring to a speedy
termination the war which has.been rendered neces-
sary by the obstinacy of the Swedish Monarch;
Within a few days every thing has been in motion
around us. To-day the last .Spanish regiment has
entered on the Danish territory, and the sixth r 4—
Ment of Dutch infantry, which has entered here,
is to be folloWed by three other regiments: Gene-
ral GRATIEN has entered with them, and it is most
probable • that the whole, or the
.greater part, of
these forces are to continue their journey into Den-
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The disapprobation which BRAIIANI- has incurred
hy.reading ou the stage an unauthorised account of a
:naval vi&ory, will, it is to be hoped, operate.as a.
warning upon all similar occasions. He doubtless
aced under' the impulse ola laudable feeling,
wit bout refleklion, but. comMunications— shaukt.4tia
be made in such a manner, except upon intelligetkee
resulting from offteial authority.

• The artists are. ail .very actively employed in pre-
pAring their several works for the ensuing Exhibition,
amoi we have reason to believe tbey will atFord addi-
' tional marks of the great improvement of British 'taste
and genius.

About a fortnight since a
fire happened at the
bottom of Gravel-lane; Wapping, which consumed
three er four old houses. Sitlce that time some
large piles of ruins have been left standing, in a very
„tottering state: . Yesterday morning, between ten
and eleven o'clock, as.several children; most of them
tors and, daughters of coal-heavers, were playing
on the rubbish, the end of a house' which had been ,
left standing gave way, and buried nine of them
under it. All the assistance which could be had was
brought iu aid of the sufferers. It was a consider- •
able time before they were all found : two of whoin,
a fine girl about ten years of age; of the ttame4
I..vans, and a boy,;natned Axelby, aged eleven- year 4, .
were both 'dead.- The other seven were all much '
bruised : one of them,• a boy, who was carried to
the London. Hospital, died: during the afternoon ;
and another boy, of the name of Allen, has received
a fra6ture in the skull, which alloWs little hope of his
recovery. The others are likely to recover.
Early yesterday morning some thieves were dis-
covered while in the a& of attempting' to break into
the shop of Messrs. Weston and Co. grocers and
tea-dealers, St. Saviour's Church-yard, in the Bo-
rough 1 they had succeeded so far as to move away
the shutters, and were about to cut out the pineal;
f, ors the window, when the family discovered tfe
thieves; .who, notwithstanding every exertion w s
made to secure them, unfortunately for the pub'. c.
at large, got clear off. i