The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-02 00:00:00

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ON this Subje6l, and with the same Title;
pretty.:lonCßiiigraph 'appeared iri
Poet of yesterday, which. we have ve.too good :an-opi-
nion of the discretion, of its,Editor to sashed: that,
he would- ha vc. inserce.l Quithoz-zt it: hq•-.-.)itts- leant.
far, A' more sharrieiliimisrePresentation :Of, any
puhlic measure we never reeolleft-to have seen.,
he Writer of this ParagraPht; whose stile very,
much resetnblcs that of a dis:iNguiihed Wiemberof
Parliament, states;
." that there. has been on thiS
occasion a strange tergiversation on• the part,of A-
nisters', which die Public are left. completelitin
the dark to captain, 'or account
explanation we might
.pcillaps sat'•46fied:?ftli
`referring to the' Report of the' beilarc On :that
question, in Which the reasons tor propOsing the
original sum; and for afterwards reduerrl'it, were
abundantly explained to. the entire satisfaciion,Of
the House; and, we- thought, of Mr. Rousoit
himself. How .far the latter -circumstance will
prove the correaness of the statement, we leave it
to ihe House of Cointrions to determine. . •- .

The case; we apprehend, was simply this.' This
time twelvemonths the sum of 35,0001. was voted
for Secret Service for three months, which was taken
as a precedent at this same period of the year.-:---
But though. j. 5,0001, had been Voted for the fir'st
quarter; tt ,was found that no more than is,oool.
was afterwards wanted to complete the 'whole de-
mand for secret service for the year ; and no more
was applied for, or granted. 7 The whole sum there-
fore asked for Secret Service for the last year.wis
50;000l.-No more was likely to be wanted for the
present ; and the event of the last year proves, that
even though 35,000 had been voted for one quarter,
the sum total for the whole year need not,e-.” tt
certainly would not, have exceeded 50,0001. It,was
theret'ore, on re-consideration, found that there wa.;
no occasion to call on Parliament to vote more than
a fourth of that sum, namely, 12,5001.—A11 tliip
Mr. ADDINoToN distinaly stated in hiS speech 'Cri
that occasion.
We. arc althoSt ashamed to animadvert on such
nonsense. Unless the Minister had atually eX-
pended 120,0001. in Secret Service for the ye
1800, there is no saving of 90,0001. for ibe,yar
iB6l, by thee Vote of i2,ycoi. only for the current
quarter. In fag; there eras
a Reduaion of tefe
than two-thirds last year in that Single Article of
Public Exeenditure, which Was a pretty eot-idu'i'v
earnest of there being no larger a Suni required tfit
current year. But the most ridiculous circumstance
is, that all the Arguments, (we .should rather say
observations) of this intelligent, sapient, and inset.
elated Statesman, whom The-Morning Post stones to
have done such wonders for the Country, and whose
acuteness, and vigilance.the p-resent co reapt Minister
Must so much dread,, applied, and were btough;
forward, not when the larger Stiffi was pr-oposed, but
when the. piopriety of voting the smaller Sim wa's
under the consideration of 'the House of •ComMonsl

BRltAp.—The Lord Mayor was yesterday waited
on at Guildhall, by the Principals of the" Bake,
Company, 4especting the setting the Aisize 'of
Bread, when his Lordship, "after having Caarulto
the Reports of the Mealweighers, found ihatWlre'at
and Flour were advanced since their last.Retdrns,
ordered the Bread to be raised half an Assiteir
one penny in the Peck Loaf, to commence :Ind-rfilre
place to-morrow : the Quartern Loaf wheaten, will
then be sold:J.6i. one shilling, and Household ten.
pence.half-penny, - : -7'
Monday the Scottish Corporation held tltir.lat)o
niversary, at the London. Tavern. in the absence
of dle President, the Duke ,of MoNiRZ)s'E, WA%
AC•Asit, Esq. was called to the Chair, vliieb.lice fillee
with that suavity and politeness, for whiefi.hels
distinguished, and that attention to the objeaSa
the meeting, which from his having so long_patp-r
nized it,.he is.sowell.qualified to rritier
Several Noblemen and
.Gentletrien_sent apologies
for not being present agreeably to invitation,Cris
whom were Lord NELSON, Lord PE LHANi,
ADDINGTON.—Their healths were drank tacie cs
in three tines three..
Th
Colonel. ABERCROMBY,, Sir SIDNEY WIT,I-1 Aan A
3,1
several other Meritorious Officers,
,honoured_ the
Society with their presence. There previiiske
yet.), honest. and laudable curiosity to .see
who had fOught BONATIARTE at Acre. ,It would iic4
be easy to glYe Sir SIDNEY SMITi-{ More Pr'aisethaet
he deserves. for his condriCkin the
,11(fediterranean...v.
When Colonel ABERCROMB y's health was 4,41)14
everk."Man felt, as the Chairman justly remarked?
that the !lathe of AnEttego,Nß Y. was not onls,,dear
to all the United Kingdom, but it Was one;of,whici.i
Scotland was peculiarly and etniihaticatly proud.
On Saturday the r4.th ult.,: was marrid.at
Church, Bath, WILLIANt Flt Ngls Count; .Dg
L'AGE DE LABEETOLLIERE, Miss Stii:exii
PAL tvi 'E. it, only daughter of j 0 E R ,of
Aston inthe county of Stafford: 'The Count
DE L'Ao.E, Colonel of CaYalry, Chevalier Of-the
Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis; fel:Met-4
Fourier Major of the Body Guard C:irriany of Lrixe.m.,.
botirg of his MbSt Chiistian Majesty, is one eche
ancient Nobles of Venice, in-the province of Upper
Poitou, and has .undergone the proofs of the Chars
before Mr. CHERIN, who gave him his Certificate'.
The House of Da L'AGE DE LABRETOLLIER-Ei
allied to some of the most ,illustrious families in
France i by the matriag-e of his grandfather Tu.
L/ANI DE L'AGE, Seigneur 0,-I,A.,prtEroLLtERI:S;
with FRANCES ELIzABErri .DE BEAUVAU, in,
i 695,.
,the Count DE. L'A*6ll.--haS
,the. honour of
being related from the tith to i3th degree, to
the HoUse of Bourborr. .
On Thursday evening, a.feMale, most de4antly
dressed, was discovered in, the field leading afrdrn
Bolton-rOw almost in the a6nig of death;
4
appeared tor haVe e robbed and ill treated ; her
face and Part of her
,dress were coVered with -bldod,,
A Gentleman passing by 'was alarmed by the groans
of this distressed, obje,fl,, who lay.a few yards from
the path in this dreadful state. Nothing could be
found upon her that could lead to the leagt disco-
very, and she was top insensible to give any ac-
count of herself. The Gentleman, instead of ta
her to an Hospital, sent for a coach, in which he
Conveyed her io his own liciuse in the New Road,
and placed her: undcr the. care of his wife rind
`daughter,