The Sun.
London, England, 1813-05-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P,lll LIAMENT.

PROLOGIM
TO THE COMEDY OF EDUCATION.

, Written by Alp. TAYLOR.
SPOKEN BY MR. ABBOTT.
"'Tis Education forms the common mind,
" Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclited.''
Is this a maxim ratified by truth,
And is there then such pliancy in youth?
Alas! experience shows us ev'ry day,
That still new passions and new habits sway;
And ks Our lives fiom stage to.stage advance,
Most are impell'd by int'reat and by chance.
Spite of the discipline of wisdom's school,
The forl'of Nature will remain her foe!,
And oft, Nt c find, as varies fa;hion't code,
That vice or virtue proves tl • reigning mode;
To her each sex submissive bends in turn,
And what she teaches all ate proud to learn ;
Her wildest whims are caught with eager haste,
As if sustain'd by Genius, Science, Taste.

Tim modern Nylnph, as Fashion rules the heart,
Attempts ttt rob poor Crispins of their art,
And while to gain her smiles the Lover sues,
Now bawls bravuras, and now shapes her shoes,
The youth, whate'er his parents may have plann'd,
Who soars for fame by driving four in hand,
Though fortune may decree a noble doom,
Nature design'd a coachman and a groom. •
Let then the Drama, to its pnrptAe true,
Reflect the times, hut aim to mend them too,
Prevailing follies try to laugh away,
But deeply probe the vices of the day.
And hence our Bard, who, for your kindness past,
Bears a fond record that through life will last, •
To-night directs the Muse's honest rage
'Gainst venal defamation's daring page,
From which the highest no protection gain,
Since infamy ana law alike are vain.
Aid then the Bard to lead ingenuous youth
From Fatshion's snares to Reason and to Truth. _

NAVAL INTILIVS.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 11.—Arrived last evening
the Portuguese brig Triumpho de Unio, a prize,
captured some time since, on the coast of Africa,
by the Amelia frigate, lion. Capt. TRBN, for a
breach of the la*s for the abolition of the Slave
Trade. She is' last from Sierra Leone, as a cartel,
having on bOard the masters and crews of the.
ships Trinidad, belonging to Glasgow, and An-
dalusia, belonging to Gibraltar, with )etters of
mayque, bound to the West Indies, which vessels
were captured by the French frigate L'Arethuse,.
on the African coast. A Missionary is come over
in the above vessel. She spoke, on the 19th ult.
off the Western Islands, the American privateer
Paul Jones, of 18 guns, and 16O'inen. We under-
stand the cartel has not brought any particular
news from Africa. She sailed from Sierra Leone
dayS since.
Arrived a Lubeck brig from Bourdeaux, under
license, with a cargo of brandy, bound to
London. ,

The American ship Mount hope, Capt. COBB,
that was recaptured and sent into, this port yes,
ierday by the Surreillante and Andromache ''rigates,
in her passage from George-town, under license,
witlca cargo of rice, bounol to Cadiz, was crip. -
turd by the Invincible French corvette, which Was
afterwards
.taken :by the 'Maine brig of war, Cap-
tainlle CovacY, ailer an action of three hours,
and sent for portsmouth.
Sailed the Menelaus and Medusa frigates and
Swift store-ship for Portsmouth.
Went up the Harbour• to be 'refitted, the An-
dromache frigate. •

DEAL, MAY 12.—Arrived the. Decoy cutter from
off the French coast ; and .the Elgin cutter from
Portsmouth.
Sailed the N !mph cutter with dispatches for off
Flushing ; and the Rinaldo for off Boulogne.

FALMOUTH, MAY 10.—.• Yesterday arrived his
Majesty's ship Andromeda (20 guns), from a
cruize ; Prince Ernest packet, Prruc, with Mails
from Lisbon ; Britannia, GILI'uJ, arid Martha,
WArromq, from Liverpool, to gait convoy for the
Brazils. .dierander, LIET HE aIIsIGDON, from Mes-
sina, input under quarantine; and Nelson, from
Liverpool.

Arrived this day off the Port his Majesty's
,lirig
Childers, Capt. BEAPORD, from Bermuda, 29 clays
passage brings an account of the arrival at New
York of the American sloop of war Hornet, and
confirms th.:: account of the loss of his Majesty's
brig Peacock, 18 guns, Capt. PBAKE, after a most
sanguinary contest on both sides, Capt. PEAKk,
and the greater part of the crew being either
killett Or -wounded, and the vessel in a sinking
state, the. Peacock struck. Both-. vessels
diately 'cane to anchor, the. thew (excepting 14
men, and 3 Americans,) iVerc taken on board the
Hornet ; the PeacOck went down, and the seven-
teen hands mentioned' went down in her.

'PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12.--Wrrived his Majesty's
sliip illenc/aus,•SirP. l'AuKaa, with a convoy from
the Mediterranean, last 'from the westward, and
is under quarAntitiei also arrived his Majesty's
ship Medusl, Hon.. Captain MyrERIE; and the
Sivift store ship front Plymouth ; and Maj6sty's
ship Lacedernonient from off Cherburgh.
Sailed his Majesty's ships Primrose mid Spitfire
with a convoy for the Downs.

SITEERNESS, MAY 12.---SEliled to clay his Ma-
jesty's ships .e floe. ficaty, an(l.44greovr, wall the
13ftltic fleet, consisting of 100 Bali, TihU IleXt will
tail about the 2lth inst.

HOUSE OF LORDS • '
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12.
Their Lordships nitit ,et an early boor, tis re
-
cently ordered on Cause 'Days, and proceeded to
hear Counsel respecting the following Sects
peals
Robinson and othersat.'Clarke and 'others e and.,
Watson aced Clarke.
These two eases, proceeding upon similar
grounds- and principles, were decik.il together. L-
- Park and Carr were heard for the Appel-,.
lants ; Messrs. Adam and Horner for the 1.027,
Spolltient3 ; and Mr. Park, in ,rePly.' Their
Lordships then, as their ju !gment, ordered the
decision of the Scots .Court to he reversed.-
Counsel were subsequently heat'd fully, respecting
the case of Hag v. Napier. Judgment postponed
till kriday.—On the case: of Smith and others v.
the Bank 'of Scotland, Counsel were heard in
part ; to proceed again on Friday.
- On the resuming of the House, Lord SurriELD
took the oaths and his seat.
Lordship presented a Petition from Great
Yarmouth, ciiinOliti»ing of- the practice of regis;
tering as British ships, vessel's built in Asia. Or-
dered to lie on the tah:e.
The Irish Militia• Regulation Bill was brought
am from the Commons by .Jr. Fosrca who
also. presented sonic private Bills 1 as did Sir
JACOB ASTLEY. These were severally read a first
time.
Earl PERCY presented a Petition from Alnwick,
in the county of N(wrlonnherlimil, in favour of the
Propagation of Christian' Knowledge in India:—
Ordered to lie oil the table.
CATHOLIC CLAIMS.
Earl FORTESCUE presented a Petition, signed
by a number of • Gentlemen, Freeholders, and
'others,- inhabitants of the cou;ity of Dec on,
praying in _effect, that such a view may be taken
of the subject of the Catholic Claims as Would
give satisfaction to all ClaSSes of his Majesty's
subjects, &c. •
On the Petition being read,
Lord Roux, contended; that the Petition now
presented by his Noble Friend was
,very far from
expressing the general sense of the county of
Devon; which %Vas, as would . imeqnivoca:ly be
found, expressed in that which he had the ho-
nour to present some time since, of a contrary ten-
del.cy, and as' unfavourable to the claims of the
Catholics. The sense of the county was against
going to the lengths claimed by those persons.
He knew that threats were used to prevent per-
sons front signing the petition to.which he. allud-
ed, thought he knew it contained the general,sen-,
thnents of that.part of the country. . The
.sohject
was fully inVestigated, at the meeting wnich voted
the former petition, which, he repeated. contain-
ed the real sense of the County.
• Lord BO RI NGDON observed, his Noble Friend
was correct in his statement, and he would have
no objection to sign that Petition, because its
leading prayer was, that no alteration should be
;illo—ed in the laws, which wOuld tend to subvert
the PoOestant Established Church. .
Lord Ramie observed, the fmrner Petition was
•by -ut.;wards of IS 000 per Sons. They
wishbd every thing to be confided to the wisdom
of Parliament ; but they were adverse_to the claims
set up by t' ,e Catholics.
Lord BoaiNonolv was of opinion such Petitions
should he, considered on the ground the prayer
proceeded, and not in the view of as hat any No-
ble Lord may think or urge was the sense or the
animus of the subscribers.
Lord ROLLE remarked, the former Petition was
drawn up as well as voted at the Meeting which
sanctioned it, whereas the present sous drawn up
in London, and sent clown to Devonshire for the
purpose. He admitted, howeser, the general re-
spectability of the signatures.
Lord FoterEscua explained. He only presented
the Petition as that of the Subscribers ; what the
general sense. of the County upon the subject may
be, he did not pretend to say. • •
Lord Rota.a spoke in explanation ; and point-
edly remarked, there would be another opportu-
nityof trying the strength of the county, with re-
ference to the pending Catholic Bill. •
• The Petition was then ordered to lie on the
table.
The Bills which stood upon order, chiefly pri-'
Tate, were then yespectively _forwarded, and their
Lordships .adjourned -till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12.
LEATHER T.Y.

Mr.' BENSON postponed his mdtioti relative to
the Leather-tax froth Friday till Tuesday next.
Lord ALM ORPE rose with a desire to put
question to the Hon. Member, whose motion for
the consideration of the Report flow the Com-
mittee of the Leather-tax stood Originally.fOr this
night-'-seeiug now that the notice was altered for
Tuesday, the 18th May, his Ldrdship wished to
be informed if it was the Hon. Member's inten-
tion to bring forward his motion certainly on that
night:

Mr. Illitstsort expreSsed his obligation to his No-
ble Friend for the oportunity he thus gave him,
of declaring to the House 'his full intention to
bring the subject forward on Tuesday the 18th
May ; he stated it to have been his anxious de-
sire to have discussed this important question on
this night, hot the Catholic Question having twice
interfered with his design of hringing his motion,
forward, he had now fixed. Upon Tuesday iie'xt,
wben his motion would have prece4ence of all
orders.•

Lord STANLEY moved the second reading of the
Manchester BM.
After some disetAsion, in Which-Mr. Caw-
thorn, Mr. W. Bootle, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr.
Paton, Lord Milton, Sir S. Romilly, and Mr.
Bathurst participated, the House divided, and the,
numbers were—
For the second reading 47
Agaiist,
Ali4jority in fitrour of the Bill.— —22
Mr. C. %VYNNE brought in a Bill for the better:
reguiatiou of the laws relating to controver-
ted elections. The Bill was read first time,
and was ordered to be read a Second time tai
.n. 40 rrow •

Ur. C. Wni E also bxotttlit lo a Bill Jry the

tnw elieditiatts and regular' cofirtyntiOe of AMitt,
was re.:rd a first 'Hine, and ordered to be
read .t ,erond time to-worrow.

Air. Tut preentezi a location In, tit. X`•thd-
ley, la the \Ve-t JZ of Yorkshire i.ra .g,
tlort 7!1 :111F regtliations for the i"..me‘%;ti tie
Eat, c_.iiiiii.„):Pory'S CIFH.I(.e, 1):0,1h1.1) night
be'tirldt, (he prirriiition o;:tlie Christian lien ~
gion by t:q! iNfissifin;nies.--yrtiere:k to
lie op tio_

fir H. 1-lAmiuros:presented a Petiti:-.1 frow the
Synod of VI to thesnine dici.t.—Ortteied tO ;.ift
on the

. „
I;"6:itpOled the fitr:her catisik
thin of the licport of the Deputy itetuctuhrtuteet
of the Exclietitier' Bill till .Vctinesday
The CIIANCRLLoII of the i.:,Nc:livatlr.R.gdve 110,
Chill Atf-elorrOcv he V. ()Lid 111(')Ve for it & 'wet'
Cimunitt co t( considt.r of ;hi• ifivo,:ti of Suers,
the produce of conquered
The second reading of .the Irish Road Bill was
postponed till to-rnmro,,v..
'The Debenture :•abscripthm was read a
.
second, tim ae, nd Ordered to. be committed to-
morrow. •

The Itepott of the County Records Bill was
ordered to be re.ceived on Wednesday next:
The Scotch Court of Session Bill was. read Is
second time, aril ordered to be commit:ed on
Monday.
Mr. BaAND said, that having.presented a peti-
tion before the Holida)q Irma it Mr. Crntz:hley,
complaining of e:aortion on the part of Mr. Bar--'
ton Notice, of the Palace-court, he iuteuded
to move, that the Petition should be referred to
the consideration of a Select Committee. He
then stated the cause of the petition. Before Mr.,
Burton.Morice Irad been appointed Jude of the
Pal:,ce Court, a question had arisen bet,vecn him
and Mr. Crutehley about the disposal of -the fees
of that Court, Which hA been received fur some
time before, and which Mr.Morice wished to ap-
propriate to himself, ootwitlistanding the Opposi-
tion of Mr. Crutchley. Atter Mr. Muriel.. haci
been appointed Judge, he consulted the petitioner
about raising the fees; th which proposal Mr.
Crutchley objected.
.However, On the I sth of
November, Mr. Morice, withuutthe concurrence
of the other Judges, did of himself- make an order
for raising the fees ; and notwithstanding the re 7
monstrauees of the petitioners, had levied the fees
according to that order. The opinion,Of Connie'
had been taken, and they'were Of opinion that
the fees were illegal. He hoped. he had stated
sufficient ground for the appointment of a Com-
mittee, to inquire into the conduct of ,111 r. Burton
Morice.

On the question beingput, •
Mr: RAIN!: thought that no 'mole ground had
been oilcred•now for inquiiy than when the sues-
tion was before the House on a former occasion.
He defended, at some length, the character of the
Judge-of the Palace Court, and contended that
even the increase of fees in that. Court could he
defended, Optin the authority of .134r0n Holt, Lord
Hardwicke, and some others.
Sir PRIDERI6K FLOOD and Mr. WROTTESL“
spoke in favpur of the motion.
Mr. W. Wni-sE thought if a remoty equid be
had in any other Way, it was not consistent
the dignity of the House to troll* itself with
such complaints.
Mr. STEPHEN thought that sufficient groiniti
had not been made out for the appointment of a
Committee. It was derogatory to the dignity of
the House to entertain such petty complaints,
if they could be tedreised, as he believed they could,
in any other way.
After a few remarks from Mr. LOCKHART anti
Mr. MILLS, who supported the naotion, the. House
divided--

• .
For it l6
Against it c,
, M•ijority
T •
h n ere ot, being 40 Members present, after the
division; the llotese Adjonriteci.,

COURT OF KING'S BEN6II.—Th:. morning t!r.
Wnira, propriettir of the indepeinhat Whig, was
'nought up for. judgment, for it libel upon his
Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND.. The
libel of which the defendant was convicted, our
readers Will recollect, related to the death
.of Sellis.
Mr. WIIITE addressed the Court lit comiderable
length, and declared thnt'he was not actuated by
any malice towards the Duke of CUMBERLAND,
and that he had no intention Whatever of charge.
ing his Royal Highness with the death of that
person.. But as lie entertained great doubts wile-
'ther Sellis actually killed himself, lie wished, by
provoking discussion, tolead to the detection of
the real assassin. The ATTORNEY Ger/ell:V.: in. re-
ply contended, that it, was impossible to put uny
other colistructiOn upon the language used by the-
defendant in his paper, except the one put upon it
by the Jury, viz. that it contained tt distinct
unequivocal charge against. the Dike of CUMBER..
LAND. It was, lie Said, a most atrocious charge,
and called for the severest punishment.
The Court ordered the defendant tolie.brought
up again on Saturday week.
Some Blue-coat boys, allowed to be the. lucky
originals (having never draWn a blank) , attend
daily at PIDDING and Co.'s, No. I, Cornlini, and
3, Charing-cross, for the express puipose of
gciici-
nng adventurers on the road to fortune, or giqug -
their issistance, if desired, in choo3itig Ti;'kels or
Shares for Ouse who intend to try for the
of 30,0001. nay 40,0001. which may (..),%.
'20,000/. which must be7driiwn next Tin .11
-r the i,11';.;1-n,t
CC!. *aid et.
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beginning r l
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bids fair to be 'nen finkhed."
it, is with feelings or e*treme disgust 'that we
rceord the fqllowilig act
.of inlitimanity, which is
almost a disgrace to the country in which it ivits
committed A few days .s.ruee, a poor infirm
man, aged 103, from Yorkshire, 'vas delivered
into the custody of the Marshal of the King's
Bencha,
vfporroaceill deb of
i ot
ns Were Twentys P 1 o
treat 61.1,:lelttietvIr)1),:kr,
the prison, that he was seized with a' sudden end
violent illness, which induced the 'Marshal, On a
representation of the case, to have him contwed
to a comfortable apartment in Belvidere-place;
but notwithstanding every alle6ation ivitich
manity could suggest was prninptly ttdministered,
be expired the ;time evening.

SirjPirw Nrcnou recapitu • l ate( ...re evidence
upon the principal (apts.; and oly;erved, that as the
adultery charged was fully proved on the one side,
and not denied on the other, the CRSe' turned en-
tirely upon the question, Whether the•sort of de-
Pncc set up by the wife was borne out in proorf ;
for if it was, it would certainly gO far to-defeat
the husband's claim to a divorce; but it must be
eleally pewee() as ,against him, or it would go for
nothing. A'variety of eircusistances, in the ante-
nuptial history of the parties appeaxed detailed in
theco:n,e (.4' the evidence, but any acts of crimi-
mill • toIR-,cted from them could not be made
!ts..ti.:l,.h ,mpport-of4he case they hoc‘
irever.,
tiviaiiht that • '
Sought, ; Bart, 0! the detence whieh
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of wile's innocence. Hp. to the
_He them entered
P4oviPal points of that
oven :4tated in argument, and
(if opinion, Liv“. ii cotineint•
!,Ifil,-vv4r, wit ~u:itainedby-ACI: I:ateirred.in
fi into sviii:.ll the yowl:, ri,;;„')11'(„;"i'v 1.":*lecOn"
elf appe4red to he oi a »-tot--" PiteriPitat'7
; and ne thought the genved buar'crth'2l,3cfe_

into custody. The prisoner was desired to, give
an .account where he was on Saturday night, Int&
what had induced him to insure 4001. on an empty
house?. He said he had been its Thames-street
about eight o'clock, and had got to the Mitre
between nine and ten ; the reason for his insuring
the goods, was to secure his rent, as the persons
had gone off without paying him, and that there
were bale goods in the house : he confessed that
he had the key of the• house in his room, &c.
He begged Lordship to give him time, and he
would try to find out, the persons he.let the house
to, whom he said he knew :nothing, about. This
was complied with on all sides, when both the
prisoners were remanded;
Gypsies.-.-The Herefbrd Journal of last week
says :—The following instance of credulous folly
and infatuated.superitition, we believe, has sel-
dom been equalled, even in.timea. less enlightened
than the present, and must forcibly impress upon
the mind of every one the necessity of putting the
law in force against those pfeciatory vabagonds
%vim stroll about' the country under the deuomi-,
nation of Gypsies. Early in March, a gang of
these people pitched their tents! On a Waste piece
of ground in the parish;of Streiton Sngwas, in
Herefordshire ; and an old woman, one of the
party, called at the house of a man of the name of
Gritton, whose fortune she prevailed upon him to
let her
,predict. - After several fine promises, cal-
ciliated to lull his encums.pection and excite his
avarice, she contrived to persuade him an im-
mense quantity of gold coin lay concedged on the
prensises'be occupied, and that it was necessary
that a large sum of money shoold-betadide into a;
parcel, and, sifter being endowed with a charm,
it was to be sewed in the side-pocket of his coat,
and the more money the parcel contained, the
More %considerable would be the treasure he AMIN
. find. A stun of seventy pounds in gold, bills, and
silver, Was accordingly made up in a pdircel, and
after spine preparation, sewed by the sybil Into the
pocket of Grimm's' coat, where it was to remain •
nine days ; at the end of which time, she promised
to return, and 'a eoffer of guineas was to arise
'from the ground, and at once enrich her creduloes
dupe, who of course most anxiously expected the
insportaistAay. HoweVer, it passed without his
aged guide to wealth making her appearance—
when he was induced, to open the parcel she had
sewn up, and discovered, to his utter confusion,
the witch had managed to turn gold, silver, and
bills into' halfpence, stones, and -waste- paper,
leaving them in exchange fur his cash, and as a
'simple roan had hot.-
feward for folly ! ThiB
,rowed the -principal part of the sum lust of his
neighbours, and if he COold have procured more,
doubtless would have added it to .the prize of the
crafty impostor 1a L. had so weakly confided in,
who,. we regret to say, es6pd4 .with het' booty.

LONDON: Prilvtcd koy THONIAS I'k 001) of No. ne, Strand; andyublivli

. • DI VI DENDS---At ildhal I.
•
July 6. .1. IJampt•on, Woolwich, Xent, tvpholsterer, at ten.
Jun* 1.. It. Claridge, Upper George-strect, Manchester-
square, uphols-terer, at one.
Jane t. T. Murray, Putermister!row,Spital-fieltiii, slioemaker,
At twelve. • -
June 2. C. C. Watson, late of Fenehurch-street, wine-mer-
chant, at ten.
June 19, L. Briggs, Lontion-rand, St. George's-Meta, shoe-
maker, find Col ham-greets, soap-manufacturer, at ten.
July 9. It. Fell, II011oway; &anther:, at ten.
,Dee. 14. J. Shoollired, Mark-hine, merchant, at eleven.
Pee. 7. William Williams, Mark-htue,'merebant, at eleven.
June 12. D. Maitland, New Bridge-strectonerehant, at II .
Jane 1. J. flotindsditch, hartiv.•arealan, at ten.
July 20. J. Smitit, Vere-street, victualler, at eleven.
June 10. W. W. lleselkamps, Lawrence.Pountriey-lane, mer-
chant, at ten.
Jane 5. S. Lawrence, Stepney-green, carpenter, at ten.
Jane 19. J. Allan, orselydown, lightcrinan, at twelve.
June 4. Peribertity, I lelston, Cornwall, mercer, at eleven, at
the Star Inti,llel,l,al.
June 15, U.': F4wLeit., Liverpool, merchant, at the Globe
Tavern, Liverpool.
,1:t 'se 9. W .Blurton , Caversall, Staffordshire, dealer; at eleven,
t:.t the Crown Inn, Stone, Staffordshire.
Jane Itedliormigh, Gloucestershire, mealmuu,
fit twelve, .t the Ram Ism, Gloucester. •
June 4. It. Bownes, IticLergate, Cutitherland, drysalter, at
eleven, at the Green Dragon, Carlisle.
Juuc J• tII tellinson, Carlisle, Cumberland, merchant, at
eleven, at the same plfice.
June 8: J. Wynde, Leominster. Herefordshire,, merchant, at
eleven, at the Guildhall, Coffee-house, Worcester.
June. 9. M. Berrough, New Sariun, Wiltr,hire banker at
eleven, at the Antelope Inn, New Sarum. , ,
June 9..!. J. Stytch, Trittisarrun, Carmarth woo.stup.er, a_ en, I t
• at twelve, at the c;u)nutert:l4l 400nts, Bristol.
'WILLIAM AltMit'll'al

South Molt