The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-17 00:00:00

MILITARY REPORT.

Lord HENRY PETTY rose to
.rrinve that the
House should go into a Committee of Supply, but
befOre hedidsohe Would take.the opportunity olgiv-
ing I-pore...specific notice than-he had as yet given
respeaing an affair which had for some time back en-
gaged- the attention of the House and the 'Public—
he. meant the Report of the Military Commission,
now lying on the Table. He before stated that the:
atiention of Ministers had been turned to thiS sub-
jeCt, and that a general system was pre.pariug for. the
rnanagement of the -Public Accounts: He now
stated that on "Wednesday next' he would propoie a
new iViiiitary. Commission, for investigating Abuses
committed in the West Indies—but as that. only
fornied,a
.part of the general system, he trusted he
would be allowed on that day to enter sQl;ge.-v4at at.
length into the nature of the ;measures relative to the
Public ACcOunts Which Government had in .comem-
plation. - Healso gave-notice that on MOnday next
he would, in the t...'orrrnitt.e of Ways and Means,
propose a new Tax in ilea of the iron eon•
ducted by moving, :Inat the- House. do go into a '-
Committee of Supply,
'• Mr. SMITH rose to. move that the Report
of tfT Committee Messrs. Chalmers-and•C4iwies•
Petition should be, referred 'tp the Committee. He
trusted lie had shown that, he had never been dis-.
posed to give away the . public money on any Occa-
sion that did not strongly call for it. But though
he was now about to propese that a:large sum should
be voted forcertain individuals, he on iy in doing so did
justice to those indiyidtials aid to the Country.- He
then stated the case in nearly the same terms as he
did On a tOrmer occasion, when moving for the Com-
mittee to' consider the Petition. In the year 1800,
when the. scarcity was so, great, it was suggested to
the Committee of Provisions that a large supply of
:Herrings might begot for this Country and her Co-
lonies from SWeden. Messrs. Chalmers 'and Cowie
.undertook the. business, and a Bill .was passed' .to
permit the importation free of duty.. About a fort-
night after the. Bill, passed, in; consequence of the
dispute with the Northerni2owers, an EMbargo was
lald on viieclisti Vessels; and the .efrea of this was,
that the adventure' totally failed-, for Governtnent
had not .granted proteeions for importing the- Her-
Tings, though they lead been purchaSed.. An im-
mense loss was incurred, snd it was under these
-circumstances that coMpensation was required. Tile
loss was proved by sufficient vouchers. But, it was
said, that the loss, might have been Inenrred though
'there had been no Embargo, and that these Mer•
chants had the monopoly of thiS business, and that
the chance of greatprofit ought to be set off against
the loss. He contended ile:t the loss .would not
have been incurred -had it not been for the Em-
bargo, and that the Merchants had not the mono-
.poly of the . business, for that the transaCtion Nvasi
perfectly known to the Public, and ,any one might
have engaged in . it. As to the Treasury Minute
that had been drawn up before the
.case had 'been
referred tea Committee, and as the Minister of the
day had agreed to refer the matter to a Committee-,
this was 'a proof that he had formed no decided opi-
nion upon it. These Merchants had certainly cal-
culated on a reasonable profit, about 12001. on a
capital of 30,0001. He only wanted for them,
ho%yever, the difference between the inoney laid out
of their pockets and that received into them. To
this, even on the principles stated in the Treasury
Minute, they were intitled, as the transaction was
such as supposed. an implied pledge, that the par;•
ties would be indemnified against any loss from,
such a cause as this, He coOluded by uoying,

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THE SUN.

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LO,NDON,

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1806.

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" That the Report of fhe•C:Anrnittee en the
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titidn. should, be .. referred.. to. the Committee of
taupply, with a view to move, there for a sum of
. no,mml. as an indemnity to Messrs. Chalmers and
Cowie." - • . .' . .

Mr. HUSKISSON, as he only ,meant to propose .a
less sum, would not oppose the Speaker's leaving the
Chair.

Mr. LONG asked the Hon. Gentleman Whetherit,
would be proper to go on when the House was so
thin ; as there were differences of opinion, he night
find himself in the minority ?
Mr. SMITH complained that this question, if it
vas to be asked at all, had not been asked before he
bad made his statement .
Lord FL VETTY.express'o his Wish that the busi-
ness should be deferred.

Mr. Rosn bid, that something ought to be grant-
ed, but 30,00°1. was by far too much.
After a few words from Mr. VANSITTART, Mr.
LONG, and Mr. WN.SMITII, the Motion was with-
drawn, and a Notice given for bringing forward. the
affair on Monday.
The House then went into the Committee on the
Motion of Lord H. PETTY, and there His Majesty's
Message was taken into consideration.

Lord HENRY PLeTTY moved, that 10,0001. should
be granted for the use of Earl Nelson ; 90,0001. for
the purchase of a House and Lands to be annexed
to the Title; and 20,0001. to be vested in Trustees,
for the use of Lord Nelson's two Sisters. These
Motions were agreed to.—Ordered to be reported on
Monday. •
• The further consideration of the Report of the
Irish. Butter Bill was postponed till Monday, .
Adjourned.

MAILS.
ARRIVED—I Dublin, 3 Waterford. Dvx—x Harribtrgb,
Gottenburgb; i Lisbon, .1 Dublin, t Waterford.

SXR SIDNEY SMITH, with the Pompee and three
17eigates, has arrived off Sicily : all apprehensions
therefore of an attack upon that Island by the French
ttinst be at an end. It is stated that Sir Srtexry has
'succeeded in throwing Supplies into -Gaeta.
Admiral LINoIs landed yesterday at Portsmouth ;
he is nearly recovered of the wound which he sus-
tained in the. late 'Adions. He is to remain 'On his
Parole at Odihani.

Its addition to the particulars whiai we,yesterday
laid before the Public., respeeling the capture of the
kolontaire French Frigate, We :have the sattstaEtion
of stating, that every Measure has been adopted by
the IC7aval and 4ilitary Commanders at the Cape,
to enable them to give a proper reception to Ad-
"miral Vria:rp.muz and JEROME BO'NARARTE, if they
should think proper to snake an attempt upon that
valuable Settlement. - The force which Sir Houg
PoPnAm has under his command consists of. the
•,.Diadent and the Raisonabk, of 64 guns each, the
DiOme'de, of s'o guns) and two Frigates. He ltas
moored these Vessels with springs upon their cables)
tinder a Battery of thirty-two pieces of cannon, so
that there can be but little doubt of the result of an
attack, if the French should venture to make it.

, • There does not appear, however, any reason to
apprehend an attempt upon the Cape, at least by
VILLIAmEz's Squadron, because, it is evident from
the circumstance of his cruizing so lung neat St.
lielena, that he *has no Troops on board, or at
least not a • sufficient. number to enable him to
attempt so, important an*. enterpr4e. An opinion
has• been entertained that the Volontaire was
the ;advanced Ship of VILLIAMEZ'S Squadron, and
that consequently he might soon be expe&ed at. the
Cape but we know that many days after the capture
of the' Volontaire, V 1 LLIAMEZ Wis still cruizing near
St. Helena., It. is therefore more probable that the
P-olonlaire was sent to the Cape to land the Prisoners,
and to procure supplies for the Squadron. If the
destination of VILLIAMEZ lad been originally
either to the. Cape or to the East Indies, be
certainly would not have 'remained so long cruiz-
ing off &. Helena ; we are therefore inclined
to belieVe that he was merely 'dispatched to cruize
tiPon that station, in the. hope of intercepting some
of our outward or homeward-bound. Convoys, and
that having failed in that object, he will endeavour
to regain some Port in France or Spain.-,--There is
however another Squadron still unaccounted for, and it
Is very probable that it has proceeded direaly to the
Last Indies ; but from the strong Force that we now
have in the Indian Seas, there is no reason to appre-
lend that , they will be able. to do any serious mis-
chief.

.7•SIR • WIIITBREAD resumed .his Speech this day
iil Westminster-Hall ; and, by the comprehensive
tenor of it, and the various topics it en:braced,
seen-led bf.no means• likely to come to an early
cc)nclusion.' He ramie many observations upon
the correspondence between Lard 'MELVILLE and
ell. Ca •
mm:ssioners for Naval Inquiry, and more
p~rt:cularl;
.on the au..ttne.nts of the Counsel for the
Defendant.

W.Z11T8117..P.3 Speech was, at times, chlirac-
The Managers' Boc

a proportioii of

thq Menibers of the 1-rouse cit,Connuoni':li4A cou
siderable number of, Peers lyere present,' and the
Galleries were crowded.

Yesterday :the Roth.c FAAILY left town for

The.bevaynes and Carmarthen,bouYeiVard-bouncl,
arrived at St. Helena--the former on the sth, and
the latter on the <.44-th -Of February bast ; and re-.
mained on the 25th of March with thc. Baring,
dlnrutck Castle, and Travers.—The General Stuart,
which sailed from Bengal in December, in com-:
pany with the Carmarthen, had not•arrived at St.
Helena the 25th of Match. •
The under-mentioned Whalers had arrived at St.
Helena bet Ween the 4th February. and loth Match,
viz. Aurora, • Charlton, "llarancicr, Dobrie, Com-
merce, Brook Watson, Kingston, and Cyrus.
We have the greatest pleasure in announcing this
news; as a report has been prevalent that St. He-
km had been taken. ._.9reat apprehensions had also
been entertained. for.the safety of the Devaynes.—
All the outward-bound -China Fleet of last season,
consisting of 16 sail, arrived at. Canton on the. 24th
of December, 1803. •

The intelligence which was yesterday,Communi- •
cated to the Public in ,thd!Gazette Extraordinary, of
the conclusion of Peace in India, •is not only highly
satisfactory as removing any uneasiness that might bo
felt respeding the security of our Possessions in
that -quarter, but because it Will relieve Govern--
naent , from the necessity.. of sending out so. large a.
- Force as was intended, and 'thereby
.in-
crease our Disposable Force at home.
As the Dutch are so bitterly adverse -to the Mo-
narchical GoVernment which is soon to be presented
to them, in conformity to the nothing/ will, which
BONA.PARTE always professes-to respe&, it is not im-
probable that their new Sov6-eign will follow the.'
titter of DR. WIT, with this difference, that Ds' WIT
fell a sacritice to the, blind,rage, not the just resent-
ment, of the People. - -

It must be highly gratifying to the public at large;
as .well as to the friends of Mr. PITT, to find that
even his political opponents are ready to do justice
le the ekalted purity of his character as well as to his
pre-eminent abilities. Mr. SHERIDAN, Tuesday night,
with a liberality which has always distinguished his
charaeter, declared that no man tiling had a higher
opinion of the transcendent talents and inflexible
integrity of that great man. Mr, WHITpREAD also,
upon a recent occasion, spoke of him as " followed
to his grave by the regret of many, the admiration of
more, and the acknowledgment of all, that he never
was excelled in political purity."
A Member of Congress, under date of the 26th
Ofllarc:i, from Washington, writes as follows :
" It is no longer doubted that the differences be-
tween the United States and Great Britain will be
happily accommodated.; especially as, previonsly to
the death of Mr. PITT, iIISItLICtiMIS had been issued
'by the British Government to ascertain the damage
sustained by our merchOts."
The foot-race between Lord.EDWARD SOMERSET
and the Hon.. EDWARD H 441391113,, took place yes-
terday morning, in Lord's- Cricket .Ground. The
rank of the swift-footed antagonists,- and the' celeL
brity they have already acquired for feats of agility,
naturally attraled a numerous concourse of fashion-
ables of botlysexes. The space to be run was nearly
100 yarns. Lord' EDWARD had the start of Mr.
HARBORD, and maintained the advantage for about
tiO yards, when Mr. HARJ;ORD' gained uptin and
crossed him. In passing, they ran against each other,
and in consequence, as it was supposed, of the ren-
contre, Lord.f,Dwa.an fell. Mr..thaisoan came in
first of course ; but a dispute arose respecting the
cause of Lord EbwAan'to,lllll, which was not de-
cided till. after a long conference between three Gen:.
ilemen to whom the matter in question was referred.
Lord FREDERICK BEAUCLERIC:was chosen. umpire--
and the decision, which proved: highly utistadory
to both parties, Was as follows, that on account of
the accident :which happened,:the race was deemed
void; but Ur. HAREonD is 'lllloWed the power 4
calling upon :Lord EDWARD to run the race (stet.
again any tune within the next six Months, . '
giving his Lordship six-weeks notice. The bets were
six to four in favour of Mt. HARBORD. ' •

Mus:c.---A very nniterous.and elegant Audience
attended Mr. BARTLEMAN'S Animal Concert last
flight at the Hanover-square Rooms, as might be ex-
pected_from his high professional talents, and the
respeelable Character he bears in private life. The
music was seleated from the venerable stores of
PtIRCELL, HANDEL, PERGOLESI, and well diver-
sified by. some, productions of the modern School.
Among the latter kind, WEBBE'S delightful Glee
Gentle Echo," wag particularly admired and ap-
plauded. Nothing could be more -charming than
the effea produced by its singers secretly stationed
at the extremity of the Room, opposite• the Or-
chestra the voices harmonized bo finely, as to
produce all the etfea of a soft reverbcr6tion.-
33AnTLE distinguished himself highly in Pua-
CELL'S Frost. Scene, from King iii.thur. The ex-
pression was bold, firm, and appropriate. HAIM-
soN was very deservedly admired for the chaste and
elegant manner in which he sung an Air from
PINDAR'S First Pvthian Ode, composed by HORSLEY.
Miss PARKE displayed her usual expression in c‘iingels
ever Bright," and an uncommon degree of flexibi-
lity in a Polacca by Fioccnz. Madame BIANCHI,
Mrs. VAUGHAN, ands other respeetable Performers
powerfully contributed to the general merit of the
Concert, which was 11110 Y led by WEICHSELL, and
admirably supported by a numerous band.

A Series of under the dire&ion of Sir
,JOHN STEVENSON, and patronized by the Duke and
Dutchess of BEDFORD, commenced last week in
Dublin, and are, of course, likely to becoMe,i,ery
attraftive.—Miss SHARPE, of Bath, is the chief
Vocal- Performer at these Concerts. She is the niece
of Mrs. KE:MBLE, and one of the most accomplished
Musicians of the present day.

ANN YE -AIISLEY, the famous Poetical Milk-woman
of Bristol, whose death we lately mentioned, was
originally brought into notice by the celebrated Mrs.
HANNAH MORE, one of our chief female ornaments
of literature. Unhappily the Parnassian Votress of
the Dairy had a quarrel with her Patroness, which
put an etid to the connexion.—ANN YEARSLEY cer-
talfily possessed talents that, with the advantages of
birth mid early
,eultivation,. might have enabled her
to rnal,:e a distinguished figure in the poetical wurld.