The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-26 00:00:00

SCOT'C'H POST-OFFICE.

Mr. ALLARDYCE•moved) that there be laid
before the House an Account of the Pr6cluteof the
Post-Office in. Scotland for the years 1798, 1799,
.and 1800, distinguishing the amount of each
.year.—Ordered.*
- Lord W. RUSSEL 'rose, in pursuance of the
notice he gaVe ,yesterday; to move*for leave to
bring. n a Bill to enable Magistrates, in _certain
cases, to exempt persons from the pAymenu of the
Poor 'Rates. 'He would not occupy many mo-
ments of the time of . the House, because he was
sure -that every Gentleniari mulled the propriety
of indulging* the -People in that--honest pride
Which he hoped they would always feel, of sup-
porting themselves 'and their families by their own
exertions, without being a burthen to the Parish.
If, however, there were any Gentlemen Who did
not altogether approve of the, Bill, he hoped they
would not oppose its being read a first and second
time, and in the Committee Such alterations might
be made as would yender the Bill unexceptionable.
The principal regulations he meant to propose
were, that the person applying for exemption
should swear to his incapability to pay the Rates,
and that the Magistrates should only be allowed
to grant that exemption to persons who were
rated under sl. He then concluded with moving
for leave to bring 'in a Bill for enabling Magi-
strates*, in certain cases, to exempt piers9ps_from
paying the Poor -
Mr. ROSE said,, he should be Very-happy 'to
concur with the Noble Lord in any measure that
would contribute to the kelicf of the Poor, bin he
saw eonsiderable difficulties in the Way Of the. plan
now 'suggested to `the House. the, first place,
it would throw very Censiderable burthens upon
the Nlagistratesoeme of whom, perhaps, acted
for_twenty or thirty Parishes • and, secondly, he'
doubted the necessity ofmakiing them swear to
. their incapability before they obtainedlkelief.
Loid Wur.1.0.1 Rosser. explained.
.The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said,. there was
an inquity ping on-
_before •a Committee above
stairs upon this SUbjea ; • and he thought the
House had Netter riot proceed further-upon this
Subjed, until the sentiments of the Committee
were known. • -
Mr. Al AINWARING.Aiiiihed; that the bene.
volent obiea of the Noble Lord could be attain.
ed ; but he was afraid it would be' attended with
great incoovenience, particularly in populous
places. He knew 'in Some Parishes, that there,
were five, six, and 700 Persons, who were 'unable
to pay their Rates.—lt was'ttue that.-Magistratesdid, in some instances give relief ; birt he did not
like to give them- the: power which they would
possess under this Bill. '
Mr. 110BHOU4'E said, that the circumstance
stated by the Hon. Gentleman, of die number of
unable to pay their -Rates, was -a strong
proof of the necessity of this Bill:*
ir,-EL:RoRD was apprehensive that great,
intonvcilience might ensue if this Bill should.pass. •
Mr. SH~Jf LE-FEVRE objeded to the Bill,
because he did not approve of giving the Magi-
strates a power of interfering in the Assessment
of the Poor Rates, which were now in - the dis-
cretion oaf the Overseers., He admitted that there
was greardlistress, hut, relief was now given, for
it was the custom to take the Rate with- • one
hand and return-it with the other.

Afr.'E LL 1.6 ON said, 'he would willingly con.
cur in any plan for the relief of the Poor, but he
did not like to put so much power in the hands of
the'Magistrates ; besides it would tend.to make
them odious. _
M':. M. A. TAY LOR' did not .apprehetid that
the Magistrates would be more burtheped by this
Bill than they were at present ; and, he hoped the
House would not resist the Bill, which was at
present absolutely necessary, " •
A conversation then ensued between Mr. S.
LE FEVU, Mr. BUXTON, Lord WILLIAM Rv s.
oz,L, and Mr. BAKER after which the previous
Question being moved, the House divided, •
For the previotis Question - 3 -
Against it - - - 49

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Leave was then given to bring in the Bill,
The Loan Bill was read a third time, and
passed.. _
_

Sir Sidney Smith's. Annuity Bill was read a
third time, and passed.
Mr. RYDER moved, 'that the House should
resolve itself into a Committee, to consider Of the
Bounties upon American Colin
The Hoube resolved itself into a Committee,
the'difFerent Bounties were voted, and th House
;vas resumed.

Lord WM. RUSSEL brought up the Bill for
erlabliu3 Magistrates to,exemp't Persous from the
payment of the Pour.-12:1tos, Nviii,;) was read a
rat time, add ordered ;o be read a secori4 tine
Qn Friday. ": • .

4FX/I.2VDEII movvd for a new Writ
Enr Dorougb of Downpatticki in the room of
C.:Leawow! R(,EY, Esq. wjio has accepted
tie Office of Conun;shiL)llCr of Compensations.

Mr. RYDER brought in a Bill to amend• the
36th of GEO. lIId. which enables Bakers to bake
certain kinds of Bread ; it. was read a first time.

Me. W. ELLIOT moved for leave to bring in
a Bill for the regulation of the Marine Forces
while on shore.—Leave was given 'to bring in
the Bill.

The other Orders of the Day were postponed,
and the House adjourned. at six o'c.ock till-To-
morrow.

THE SUN.

SOL,EM(dVIS DICERS FALSUV AL'iEAT ?

LONDON, FEBRUARY 25,1801.

The following is the Report signed by His
Majesty's Physicians this morning :
" Quern's House, Feb: 26.
" MAJESTY'S Fever is in no respedincreased to.
day.

(Signed) " T. GISBORNE.
" H, R. REYNOLDS."

Two ilambur,o Maih remained due when this
Paper was put to Press.
A great number of the Nobility went yester-
day to St. James's Palace, to make inquiries after
His Majesty's Health, to whom the Report of the
Physicians was sbewn by. the Lord in Waiting.

The Lord Chamberlain yesterday gave orders
from Royal Attlhority, .that there would not b.e,
any Levees or Drawing Rooms till fUrther notice:
at Saint james's,Yalace,
The Pm NC E of WALFS yesterday dined with
Lord IW' E'L BOURNE, at his house at Whitehall.
With that regard and anxiety for the in-
terests of- the Public, which have uniforly
distinguished the Paternal Charader of our
revered Monarch, he has expressed his hopes
that no inconvenience or delay may attend
the passing the Loan Bill, -and •,the other
Money 'Bills conned with it• now before Par_-.
liament, front his indisposition. This mark of.
his gracious consideration will, we doubt not,
excite sensations of the most lively and. grateful
sensibilityin the breasts of all his Loyal Subjetts.
We yesterday, Statedit as a circurnstance high-
ly fortunate at the present, moment of anxiety and
PUbJie'distress, 'at the illness of the Ktivo; that
'though he had give.d in hiS Resigna-
tiori,.:and was preparing to -gift up his Office,
had not actually completed the latter intention at
the time His MAJEs.ry was taken ill;* he, there-
fore, continues to carty on the Public `Business
with 'the same zeal and assiduity that he ever
did. Yesterday a Meeting of the Cabinet Mi-
nister's was held at his House in Downing-street,
at which the Earl of CHATHAM, Lord Ilkir KES-
MAY and most 'of the other Cabinet Ministers
attended, and likewise Mr. ADD;NGTPN) Lord

The appointment of .Lord LEW ISHAM to the
Presidency of the. Board of Controul, givesge-
neral satisfadion. His Lordship, the eldest son
of the Earl of DARTMOUTH, is of highly. re-
spedable talents, and amiable private charader.

Mr. FISHER, who 'succeeded Mr.,,FßEltE',.as
Under Secrtary of State in the Foreign Depart-
ment, retires, it- is said, with a Pension, of; 6001.
per annum. •
It is 'said that Lord GRENVILLE has -let his
House, in Cleveland:Row, at loop]. pertnnum.
• Should- the arrangements for- the new Admi-
nistration not be completed before the return •of,
the Writs moved. for in the House of Commons,
those Geritlemen Whose- appointments • have' not
yet taken }Aide, must be'again re_eleackly•
The delay here •in the complete formation of,
the new Administration' will 'retard the departure
of the Marquis CORNWALLis from Ireland..
The Jacobin Papers, ever prone to the most
'wilful-and unfounded misrepresentations, -ha-Ve as-
'ser'ted; and slitiniefully repeat the assertion, that
Mr. -Psrrr's Speedy-on :the Budget, .was 'not so
aninicited or brillimit. rlt *Will. 'Oti,thisllead we '
have only- to appeal to*those•who were so fortu-
nate. iS 'to - -His Speech • tVas.; if :possi-
ble, more than' usually brilliant, and animated;
and ofone thing-we are certain, that that partof
it which desertbes the internal situation .and re.
sources. of the 'Country; has •conveyed the most
sincere satisfaftion Ao the heart of every loyal
,nbieei; and has animated even -diase who had not :
the good fortune to be influenced by the charm
'of the unrivalled eloquence of Mr: Pi n
The nOv Taxes arc it new proof of the.Fman.
cial wisdom of Mr: PITT. They are likely to
raise,a sum adequate to the national deMand, 'and
yet.,they are by nomeans calculated' to press with
much weight -up9n.
,the PeoPle 'at :large:, Taxes
trust be raised for Public 14.:xigencies and Na-
tional': Security and, if. the new impostS de-
vised for these indispensible objeas were to
operate, wild much greater force on the: People'
than such as. have recently been proposed -can
possibly do, yet, considering from what evils
they are
,to protea us, and what a combinatidn
of Pod thr4aten ruin to Commerce and Con-
stioition, they are but as dust in the balance ; and
all wise and hollest Finglislimen 'will submit to
them. with ehearfulness, till a -safe' nrid-honour2
able-Peace shall lessen the burthed Whicli'Mces-
sity irriposes,
.On Monday Lord Frriwtm,t4m. gave a Din-
ner, and- on Tuesday morning, the Duke of
14thvoltD gavc a. Breakfast to. the Gentlemen of
Opposition. These Patriotic 'Gentlemen are at
present filled with hoPts which we trust 'we shall
never see tealiied. - , , „

Mr. Samuel Clinton Werseer of the Poor of
Muchmarcle, in Herefordshire, was. convkted a
few days ago before a Magistrate, for behaving
outrageously to a pauper who applied, to- hgn fur
relief, and for having profanely cursed and sw'org
at the said pauper eight several times.'

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NAVAL
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Noes illi imperium telagi, scruumgue It idetttem,
Srd mThi torte datum.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 2¢.

ARRIVED the Swedish Ship Lykke Wa!gang,
laden
.with salt, from Alicant, bound to Stock-
holm, detained on ,the 7th inst. by L'lmmarta-
lite Frigate; also the American Brig El Firm,
laden' with coffee, sugar, and logwood, from
Charlestown bound to Hamburgh, detained. on
the 22(1 inst. by the Spitfire Sloop of War.
Arrived the Portuguese Brig St. jot y Bona-
Ventura, PEDRO SIMONS master, from St. Übe's,
bound to Limerick, laden with salt -and fruit.—
She was captured some days since by the Bona-
pane, French Privateer of 20 guns, and re-taken
the 9th inst. by the Atalanta Sloop, of War.
Sailed L'Oiseau Frigate, on a Cruize to the
Westward.' -

BRIXIMM, TORRAI4, FE FEB;;.

ARRIVED L'lnzmortalig. Frigate, and Me_
gars Fire-ship, from separate-Cruizes. The
Meg;ria Ips taken a French Brig, and sent her
for,Plymouth. •
Sailed the Russell, of 74 guns, for Portsmouth.