The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-23 00:00:00

AN INVENTORY,

TAKEN OK THII STOCK tXCI(ANCIS; MAY B? sirrN ANY
1)/ Y, SUNDAYS AND lIOLIDAYS LXCILVTZD, IltOM
TILL SOVK O'CLOCK.

A Raven, a Nightingale, two Daws, a Swift, a Flight,
mid a Fall.

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A Taylor, 3 Collier. a Mason, a Tanner, three Turners,
three Smiths, three Wheelers, two. Barbers, a Painter, a
Cook, a Potter, and five Coopers.
Two Foxes, a Wolf, and two Shepherds.
Two Greens; tour Browns, and two Greys.. '
4 Bunua Child, a Good Child, and a Penny.
A Chappel, a Chaplain, a Parson, a Merry Andrew, three
Clerks, a Pope, a Pilgrim, a King, three Baileys, two Vutuis,
a Hare, and a Hussey.
Sheffield, Dover, Lancaster, Wakefield, and Ross.
Street, a Hill, a Vale, and two Fields,
A Rase. two Budds, a Cherry, a Hower, two Vines, a
Birch, a Fearn, and five Peppercorns.
A Steel, two Bells, A Pulley, and two Bannisters.
.WOOl4 Coals, Pickles, Staples, Mills, Barnes,, and a
Medley.

Yesterday morning the Prince of WALEs, and the
AOYAL DIMES, paid their respeits to their MAM-
TIES and the PRINCESM.

Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess of
WAr.u; the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, and
a seled party of fashionables, dined with the Du-
chess of 13 at;Nswrest, at her seat at Blackheath.
The young Prince of On Awnis is nephew to the
Duchess of YORK. He has just completed his 17th
year, and is nearly as tall as the King. He is •very
elegant in person'and manner, and particularly well.
informed tor. his age Next Week he sets ow fur
Oxford, where he is to continue for two years. •
/ Yesterday afternoon a Cabinet Council was held'
gat Burlington •house, at which were present his Grace
the Duke of PORTLAND, the LORD CHANCELLOR,
Earls LIVERPOOL, CANIII.?EN, CHATHAM, and,.WErr•

MORLAND, Lords: Mut..au/we and CASTLEREAbIip-
Mr. Secretary CANNING, and Mr. PERCEVAI;.
The ihnelia has taken a large row-boat (not yet
arrived) Spanish built, but fitted out by the French,
having about 16,000 dollars on board; There was
another in company with 30,000 Q dollars on board ;
Mit, to the great grief of our tars, they could not come
up with her.

The Lords of the Treasury have &react] the
Transpott Board to ailoW
,the returning transports
iti convey the twelve thousand, Merino Sheep to
"England, which Mr. 'CocauAszx JOHNSON h:ts in
charge. Eight thousand of these; as we' have already
stated, are for his MsinsTY, and fotir thousand this.
Gentleman has purchased,we understand, upon com-
mission.

Nothing can be more absurd than the.obstinate
Credulity of some of our Competitors, in doubting
the authenticity of those Austrian Bulletins, which
we bad the pleasure of presenting to the Public.
Some of the writers alluded to confidently declares
that they were-fabricated in this country. if so, the
fabricators took, a very round-about way to bring
them into this country, for they certainly ap.
peared in the Gelman Papers before they as-
Sumed in English dress. Other visionary poli-
ticians, who would fain display a more, than ordi-
nary degree of saga City, have surmised that these
Austrian Belloins were atitually ingenious devices'of
the French to, cover their own. Nign;ll.defeats and
disgraces, conceiving that the world would not think
they were as bad us they really' were, when they
found that the coricinetors gave en account of'them,
'narked by candour and moderation. How sceptical
and how 'and is party zeal ! Yet these Writers, who.
are so doubtful upon all the successes, of those'wbo
are opposed to France, are as proportionably credulotis
in all the records of French ttiurnplis, however erre.;
gam or improbable they may be, or if they even ex-
ceed the,litnits of possibility...
Cftptain BARCLAY continues his arduous ondertak-
jag. yoithout any diminution of health or Spirits. He
unquestionably one of the strongest men iq .the
kingdom. About three wears since, as a proof of
this strength, he requested the Duke ofiticitsioND
to place one toot. on his hand, and the other on, his
wrist ; which being done, be immediately lifted up
his Grace, and placed: him, with great ease, upon a
table.

The Walkers, Trotters, and Four-in-hand Drivers,
ifthty could possibly be rerneinhered beybud t he pre-
Sent'period, when the noncewhich they obtain is by
13otnettbsotan envible nature, would make but a pour
l ere to historical annals. What must be thought
of men whp, while we are surrounded by hostile
States, and' Menaced by a relentless and insatiable
enemy,. instead of rushing to' the Standard of their
Country, or joining in the noble attempt to assist
the. heroic Spaniards, are amusing themselves in a
may that, at their time Of life, would do them little
credti, even in the '4 piping time of Peace r
It is' strange that 'l,6rd SErro should have
thewn 'hitniell so unskilful in driking, as he has for
some time had his coa-Oiman as a passenger in his
borouchep in order to (tired his operations.

L.l P
.4.1!E.17,11?‘1gr01t.1t,

The following it, an tAtraa :.)f a t.ctter. from ttc Est: or
Sztxxxxio'Slaix (.7Akrwatcttr.
•

The letter, in which you proposed tc ratto 361
asia Steward at the
,approabhing meeting of the
I'riends of Varliameutary Reform, ought to have re-
ceived an earlier answer; but I have not found it
easy
.to command sufficient leisure to reply .to it; in
the manner which appeared to me dkie, both to the
respedability of your charatiter, and to the senti-
ments of esteetn,.which [know to have been enter-
tained towards you by my father and brother. Sen-
sible that in many importaq points there is a coinci-
dence of opinion between us, while at the same. time
I feel it impossible to accede to your proposal,
wish to state at some length, the motives which in-
fluence me in that determination. To Rirliamen7
Liry Reform, my father tmd, bro.her were, as you
well know, zealous friends; and all my own early
prepossessions were in favour of such a measure. I
saw, with abhorrence, the ascendancy which Unprin-
cipled and worthies charaders ofien acquired through
the influence of corruption. I lamented the.public
advantages so often sacrificed to
,the interest of in-
dividuals.

.« I was struck %kith the glaring manner in wh:ch
the praelice of our Constitution appeared to deviate
from its theory ; and I flattered myself, that if the re-
presentation of the people were put on a proper .foot-
ing; these abuses would be eradicated;--that if the
representation were equalized—the right of suffrage
extended—the duration of Parliament shortened—
bribery could scarcely be applied with etleot ; that
the influence or corruption, being thus removed, the
real triends.of the country would obtain the prefe-
rence naturally due to worth and talents; and that
the,House of Commons being so composed, every
abuse would speedily be checked or thoroughly re-
formed..

Such, Sir, were the views upon which I was led
to approve the proposal of a great andradical change
in the Constitution of the House of Commons. I
believe that through a similar train of reasoning my
father and brother lied been led, a 3 well as many
other men of distinguished worth, to the same opi-
nions. Of the correaness .of this pratlical conclu-
sion, I have since seen reason to doubt—not that my
feelings of abhorrence and contempt for corruption
and venality .have undergone any change--in these.
sentiments I do not fall short of those honoured re-
latives, with whose opinions you were well acqu'aint.
ed ; but I have had an opportunity which they never.
had, of teeing the pra6tical application of those prin-
ciples, from which we expetted consequences so be-
neficial. With grief and mortification I perceived
that no such advantages had resulted, as from theory
I had been led to anticipate.
• "r, I allude to the observations which I had occa-
sion to make in the United States 9f America, where
a system of representation is
.established, approach-
log as nearly as perhaps is pra6licable to the theoreti-
cal perfe6tion at, which you aim ; and, where that
system is combined with a general diffusion of pro-
perty, of itself calculated to check, in, a great degree,
the force, of corruption. A very short acquaintance
with the legislative proceedings of America may at=
ford couvitlioo, that universal suffrage and frequency
of elettion, prove no bar to the misconduCt. of re-
presentatives; and that a political adventurer, .raised
to • power by popular favour, is lull as likely .to
abuse that power, as the purchaser of a rotten bo.
rough.
" There is no ground for the idea, that in that
country public affairs are managed with a higher re-
gard to the public welfare than in our own. The
Parliament of England, with all its corruptions, man
not be accused of proCeedings approaching, in dis.,
grace, to the infamous and bare-faced jobs, which
have been transacted in many of the Legislatures of
Anierica.. It is evident to the most careless' obser-
vation, that the state of public morals is there worse
than in England—that political integrity is less re-
vetted—that corrupt motives have not the same de-
gree of check from feelings of honour ait they have
among Englishmen. To sum up all, there is no
room for-comparison between the two countries 'in
that great, test of 'a good Government, the adminis-
tration of justice.

" When 'I consider that a country thus deficientin.,
the most essential Points'of praaical good government\
has a Con stitotioo framed upon the very principle,
t 6 which the advocates of Parliamentary Reform look,
as the foundation of every prospe& of amendment in
our own, I' cannot avoid the conclusion that these
principles are fallacious. The reasoning* which have
occurred to Me; as to the source. of the fallacy would
lead me into too great length but 'I think the ob-
servations to which Y have already referred, sufli-
ciently justify .the opinion that Parliamentary Re-
form in England would not have the effeas which
'Us most sincere and zealous friends anticipate;
" Fully as I am impressed with the opinion .that.-
Parliamentary Reform is not the road to any pratti, .
cal politic benefit, I am very far from thinking that
there is nothing which requires reform in our Go-
vernment. I am-wellconvinced that there are many
.corruptions of the most peroicious 'tendency, which
may and ought to be eradicated. But ie have to
consider, how that obje& is to be effected, without
endangering benefits of still greater importance.
The advocates of radical and entire Reform have.
not, perhaps,.fairly considered the eitreme difficulty
of guarding every avenue to abuse, and how often
the mcresui es which are taken for repressing it in.ono
quarter, serve only to open for it 601110 new channel
still more pernicious. We have -a GovernMent in
which, with all its corruptionsoliere is much esseo-
,tially good ; though particular cases of hardships may
undoubted be quoied, yet it, would not be easy to
find inithe'the past or present state of the world, a
paraliel.to the great mass Of public happiness, which
has grown up in England, under those institutions of
which we complain. .
.The proteetien•which our Government affords
to the personal liberty ot the snbiett, the purity of
the distribution of justice, and the security in which
every. man may enjoy the fruit of his industry, are
surpassed no country in the world--hardly can
we find one that bears. the Bast comparison to our
own.- Let the Value of that which we possess be
fairly appreciated:; and then' let os consider coolly,
whetherthe blemishes of our GoVeruntent are of
such magnitude, as to warrant tile application of
remedies; which,' if they de: auVOurtv 014

LAID IMPORT.

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°tit- 'CV:M.4I,O 11 PLEAS, (vs: 22.
cows:s v. i'1111.0.1"3; it.!.11% AND r.;firtlCT.
This was', au, adion of trespass brought by the,
Plaintiti, an eminentslass manufaaurer, torecover-
the sum of 7651. the value of a service of glass seized
as being the property of his' Royal ;Highnesi.the
Duke of Sussex, under a.process issued by the De-
fendants as Sheriffs -of Middlesex. On the part of
the Plaintiff' it was eontended, that, the glass:in tines-
tion was not the property of his Royal Highness,
but only furnished to him on hire, and to, prove this,
two workmen in the employment of the.plaintitf
were examined, who stated that, in Janitaty 1807,
they were direded by their master to take the glass
in question to the apartments of his Roptl.Hig,hness,
at Kensington Palace, preparatory, to a dinner his
Royal Highness was about to give to seine of
Royal Family,:--Ottoof the witnesses stated that he
had heard a conversation Avhich passed between his
Royal Highness and the Plaintiff, in:which his Royal
Highness had klyen
,particular direotions. that the
glass, which was extremely elegant And costly,
should Oot be entrusted to any of the servants at the,
palace, but that the Ili intiff should send some of his
own people, who' should hatte the care of it, and
that only such parts of it as were absolutely wanted
.should be unpacked accordingly only particular
parts of it were delivered to the servants, and im-
mediately after dinner they were again given to ttie
witness, who, assisted by his fellow-servant, re-,
packed them and conveyed them again to fawn, that
the set might be completed, and proper packing-
cases made for them, previous to their delivery to
his Royal Highness.
Mr. Serjeant Coorta contended, that the glass
was the property of his, Royal Highness,' and had
.been manufaaured in consequence of an order frum
him; several of the articles were emblazoned with
..the Royal arms. The 'Learned Serjeant contended,
that such .a delivery had been made as vested the
property in his Royal Highness, and no after ad had
been done to destroy that property. From the books
of Mr. Collins it would appear,That his Royal High-
ness, had been debited not for the hire, bat for the
full value of the articles in question.
The ledger, &c. of Mr. Collins was then produced,
when it appeared, as stated by the Learned Serjeant,
that his Royal Highness was made debtor to the full
value of the articles.

Mr. Chapman, shopman to the Plaintiff, stated,,
that a service of glass had been prepared ,for his
Royal Highness, but never delivered; part was sent
down to Kensington, and returned. He had repre-
sented them as prepared for his Royal Highness, but
never considered them as his property.
His Royal. Highness. was then sworn and examin-
ed from the Bench. His a oyal Highness's evi-
dence was to the following cif, :-1 know Mr.
Collins ; the glass in question was not sent to me,
it was sent to Kensington.; it was lent for 'a dinner I
was about to give. Mr. Ceiling serves me constant-
ly. 'lt is usual with Gentlemen who have no esta-
blishment, to be, furnished with what they want in
this way ; I had no establishment at that time, and
I requested Mr. Collins to. send me some glass for a,.
dinner; he sent me some of different sorts ; among
other circumstances; I had ordered a servicerif glass,
but had neverseen it. I cannot say, if any part of
that service was among the. articles sent.,--[Here a
list of the articles mentioned in the ledger was hand-
ed
sto his Royal Highnesi.]
. Mr. Serjeant COCp,R.---," Will your Royal High-
ness have .the , goodness to say, whether any of. the
articles mentioned in that list were among them ?"
The Duke of Sossax—." Ido not recolle4t it is.
now more than two years sinces.and I cannot charge,
my memory with any of the particular articles fur-
nished; but they were only a loan for the day,".
Mr. Serjeant COCKLR*." I will not trouble your
Royal Highness with any otherqUestion."
His Royal Highness,then bowed and retived.
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE--" There is an end of
your case, brother Cockle; the entry in the ledger
proves nothing ; you must return the articles, ,and
refer it to some Gentleman to say what additional
compensation shall be made.": Take a verdid for the
subjeti to the award.
Verdi& for the Plaintiff for the amount of the da-
wages in the Declaration, alibied to the, award.