The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-02 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Duchess of Portland_ and the Ladies Bentinck, from
their seat, Welbeck, Notts ; the Marquis and Marchioness of
Stafford, from the Earl and Countess of_ Surrey's seat, Notts;
the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, from the Pa-
vilion, Brighton ; the Marquis of Chandos, from Stowe, Bucks;
the Earl of Arran, from has seat, Bognor; Lord and Lady
Grenville, from Dropmore Lodge.
BAT II ARRIVALS.—Lady Collyer, Lady Elton, Lady Viner,
Hon. Miss Arundel, Hon. Captain Abbot, Sir John and Lady
Cox Hippesley, Sir C. W. Burdett, Sir W. James, Sir W.
Robinson—Major-General Bridges, Lieut.-General Bridges,
Colonel and Mrs. Burslem, Col. and Mrs. Hall, Col. Brumley,
Lieut.-Col. Harrison, Elton, Capt. Aubrey, Capt. Blacker,
Capt. Byron, Capt. De Courcy, Capt. Holland, Capt. Hunt-
ley, Capt. Holton, Capt. Martin, Capt. Stack, Capt. Tiswell,
Capt. and Mrs. King, Capt. and Mrs. Nicholas.—Dr. and Mrs.
Bower, Dr. and Mrs. Somers.—Rev. Mr. and Mrs. !Shipley,
Rev. Mi. and Mrs. Fussell, Rev. Mr. Gore, Rev. Mr. Reid,
Rev. Mr. Winsloe, Rev. Mr. Whyte, Rev. Mr. Windsor, Rev.
Alr. Way, &c. _

The litike of Montrose gave a grand dinner yesterday to a
select party. _ _ _

111r.aStuart Wortley had a dinner party yesterday, at Wort-
ley House, Curzon-street.

'The Earl of Glengall gave a sumptuous entertainment on
Thursday, in Grosvenor-street.

MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, MARCH I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Zodiac, Hun-
ter, for St. Helena ; and Adrian, Horn, for Bengal; the latter
has since put back.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind S.—The Emulation, Stan-
worth, for Newfoundland, did not rail yesterday as reported.
LivERPOOL, Fxn. 28.—The Champion, Lewis, from this
port fin Boston, was spoken lath February, in lat. 49. 30.
long 15.: she had experienced very heavy gales of wind. A
sloop was boarding them for a supply of water.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Expedi-
tion, Jones, from London to Fayal. Sailed the Dwarf cutter,
for ork ; Royal Eagle, Gibbs ; and Harriet, Cummins, for
St. Michael's.

SHIELDS, FEB. 28.—Arrived the Farmer's Adventurer,
Spicer, from Berwick to London, with her pumps choaked,
and must partly discharge to repair.
COWES, MARCH I.—Arrived the Mary, Durent, from Ber-
bice, in 59 days : was struck by a sea on Bth ult., which car-
ried away her jolly boat, bulwarks, and stancheons, and made
her leaky.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH I.—Wind S.W.---Arrived the
Alfred cutter, from Guernsey, with four of the crew of the
British Army, includin,g the Master. The Ellen, Barton, for
Jamaica, has gone out of harbour, and brought up at Spithead.
WirrTnr, FEB. 28.—This morning, about 4 o'clock, the
weather being very hazy and much sea, the Elizabeth, King.
horn, of Newcastle ; and Barnwelt, Booth, of Sunderland,
came ashore within Whitby Rock, and expected to be wrecked ;
crew saved.

MAnclr I.—Arrived the Prince of Orange
packet, with a mail from Holland.

.
ABERDEEN, FEB. 24.—Put back the ship Graines, with
the loss of Captain Scorgie, who was washed overboard and
drowned on the 22nd inst.

PUBLIC CIIARITIES.—The following is a copy
of a letter which, we understand, has been ad-
dressed to the Marquis of LONDONDERRY by W.
IT. FOLLIOTT, Esq., of Chester, a gentleman
widely and justly esteemed for political rectitude
and true public spirit, and who never suffers any
opportunity to pass without evincing his zeal for
the welfare of his country, and the benefit of
mankind. The object of the letter is highly me-
ritorious in itself, and is an additional proof of
the active and disinterested benevolence of thQ
writer :

CHESTER, FEB. 25, 1822.
MY LORD—The honour I do myself in addressing your
Lordship, is not to object to your proposed measure of paying
off the 5 per Cent. Navy Annuities, though 1 shall be a ma-
terial sufferer thereby ; but to solicit your Lordship's endea-
vours to induce the House of Commons, this Session, to repeal
that part of an Act imposing a Duty upon LEGACIES, SO far
as the same relates to the PUBLIC CHARITIES of this King-
dom ; your Lordship being well aware that the incomes of
many of them will be greatly reduced by the alteration of in-
terest : having had, long before this measure was contemplated
by his Majesty's Government, much conversation, and several
interviews with Members of Parliament on the subject, who
acquiesce in the propriety of the Repeal, I wish not to take up
much of your Lordship's valuable time,
Having the honour to be,
With great Respect and Esteem,
Your Lordship's obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) WM. HARWOOD FOLLIOTT.
The Right Hon. the Marquis of
LONDONDERRY, London.

THE ORATORIO.---The new Oratorio, entitled
The Deluge, written by Mr. CHARLES DIBDI.N,
and adapted to music by Mr. BOCHSA, was per-
formed last night for the second time at Covent-
garden Theatre. We have already stated, that
in our opinion the subject is too sublime for mu-
sical expression, but we conceive that the com-
poser has been as successful as most of those who
have preceded him in the same arduous track.
There was a miscellaneous act, in which all the
performers exerted themselves with great ability,
both vocal and instrumental. Miss STEPHENS,
who is justly admired for the pathetic sweetness
of her " Auld Robin Gray," gave it last night
with unabated success, and was encored. So
was Mrs. SALMON, most deservedly, in " Aly lodg-
ing is on the cold ground,." Mr. Mold's per-
formance on the violin, of what he whimsically
styles a Potpojo
urri, was an exquisite specimen of
tasteful execution. The house was very well
attended.

Mr. ADOLPHUS, the Counsel, has displayed
such forcible eloquence, argumentative acumen,
and true Christian fervour, in the case of the
blasphemous publications, that it is to be re-
gretted he has not a seat in Parliament. Such
an able and resolute Champion for THE CONSTI-
TUTION would be a powerful counterpoise to the
BROUGHAMS, the DENMANS, the BENNETS, Grey
or black, and, perhaps, however difficult the
task, he might check the vague volubility of the
financial Encyclopedia.

GREAT SUCCESS AT HAZARD'S!--On the First
Day of Drawing, last Tuesday, llAzAnn and Co.
Shared and Sold the following Capitals :
No. 467 - - £20,000 2,290 -
283 - - £2,00012,79: -
2,305 - £5OO No. 336

£3OO
4200
£2OO

The Second Day of Drawing will be on Thursday, March 14.
The Wheel is extremely rich, and contains four of 20,0001.,
with others of 20001., 10001., &c. All Money, and not Two
Blanks to a Prize. The First-drawn Prize on the 14th March
will receive 20,0001.—Tickets and Shares are Selling at HAZARD
and Co.'s Old Established and Fortunate Offices, Royal Ex-
change-gate ; 26, Cornhill ; and 324, Oxford-street, corner of
Swallow-street; and by their Agents in all the principal coun-
try towns.

About ten minutes before four this morning a
tire broke out at the house of Mr. BAGSTI,II,
bookseller, in Paternoster-row, and in a short
time the premises were a heap of ruins. All ap-
prehension of farther danger had ceased at five
o'clock. The cause of the fire is not known.
No lives were lost.

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THE LONDON JOURNALS.

EX'TaACTS FltOli THE DA ILY lIIORNING PAPERS,

March 2, 1822.

[BRITISH PRESS]
The Ministers must have felt somewhat sur-
prised, if not alarmed, at the result of the divi-
sion on Mr. Calcraft's motion for the gradual
.repeal of the salt duties. A majority of only
four in a house consisting of 338 Members (in-
cluding the tellers), offers but little to encourage
them in maintaining the oppressive and unpopular
duty upon salt. They must feel that the sense
of the House of/Commons was against them on
this occasion, and they would act wisely and
manfully if they were to shew a proper disre-
gard for their miserable majority, and submit, by
the repeal of this tax, to the undoubted wishes of
the Commons of England. The only objection
which the Ministers urged to the repeal of this
most injurious tax was founded upon the neces-
sity of upholding their new Sinking Fund of
5,000,0001.; but they must be well aware that if
they were to reduce the salt tax, which amounts,
we believe,to about 1,500,0001. a-year,they might
`safely avoid affecting the security of the Sinking
Fund ; for even were the proposed reduction in
the total produce of the taxes by the cessation pf
the animal malt tax, and the repeal of the salt
tax, to amount fully to three millions, they have
the power of effecting a reduction in the expen-
diture to' compensate for this diminution in the
public income. Such a necessity, however, we
firmly believe would not fall upon them. Ex-
perience has often proved the truth of Dean
Swift's observation, that in the imposition of taxes,
two and two do not always make four; and upon
the same principle it might very probably hap-
pen that a diminution in the rate of taxes would
increase the total amount of the receipts, by the
impulse which it would give to trade and to the
powers of consumption.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The result of the Division on the Motion of
Sir M. W. Ridley, for the reduction of the num-
ber of Junior Lords of the Admiralty, will be
productive of no little surprise. A Majority of
54 against Ministers ou a question of economy
and retrenchment ! This is something new in the
Parliamentary History of the country—we mean
since the Revolution, when the Crown and Par-
liament became, as it were, identified.—Of the
duties of these officers, some idea was attempted
to be conveyed by Sir George Warrender, who
filled the situation for several years, as he tells
us, " with much satisfaction to himself." We
could not exactly make out, however, what the
duties were, though Sir George had been obliged
to return to London even " on the sth of Sep-
tember;" and the office, he said, interfered with
ills private pursuits, which induced him to re-
sign ! This description, we suppose, was
intended to take it out of the class of mere
sinecures, which never, of course, interfere
with private pursuits. Something, however,
was necessary, for the reputation of the Country
Gentlemen, after it had suffered so much
from a succession of votes,"ending with the con-
tinuance even of the Salt Tax, in defiance of the
Thud complaints of the country, and the Resolu-
tion of a Committee of the House. Mr. Gooch
was immoveable as a rock. " He had listened,
be said, to all the arguments in favour of the two
Lords of the Admiralty, especially those of the
Gallant Officer (Sir G. Cockburne,) and he was
perfectly persuaded there was no necessity for
them." So said many other Members, not only
never before seen in the ranks of Economy, but
distinguished for their hostility to it. The argu-
ments in favour of the retention of these two
Officers, which used to be excellent formerly,
are now• worth nothing.

[MORNING- HERALD...I
Avery important decision took place in the House
or Commons last night. It was that of Ministers
being left in a- minority on a point which they
had always maintained with much firmness.—
They had heretofore resisted every attempt at
reducing the number of- the Lords of the Admi-
ralty. Last night, while the House sat in a Com-
mittee on the Navy Estimates, Sir M. W. Ridley
proposed an Amendment, the effect of which was,
to reduce the expense of the Admiralty Board,
by the sum -of two thousand•pounds a year; or,
which amounts to the same thing, to remove two
of the Lords, and reduce the number to four.—
This was strongly opposed by the Ministers; but
on a division taking place, the question was car-
ried against them by a majority of 54—the num-
bers being 182 for the motion, and 128 against
it. We feel some degree of satisfaction at this
event; for we were beginning to fear that the
Ministers—or rather the Crown, had secured a
majority, not only in the House of Peers, but
also in the House of Commons. We are, how-
ever, happy to observe that the Third Estate of
the Realm, or rather the Democratic part of the
Constitution,occasionally preponderates.