The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-05 00:00:00

LONDON JAILS.

Mr. HoLFonD moved the second reading of the

Sir WILLIAK CURTIS contended that this Bill
would have the effect of throwing an unineroed
censure on the Aldermen who were the Magis-
trates of London. They had done all in their
power to remedy the evils complained cf., and
when the new Prisons were built, he thoi.glit
they would be able to remove those complaints.-
He- moved as an ameniae»t, that the Bill should
be read a second time this day three months.
Sir JAMES 5/IAW seconded the motion, and
stated, at some length, the numner of the times
that the Piison as visited, and the new regu-
lations. •

Mr. TA.Y-LOIF: said, that .ttenn hl knowleke
(having ()Reif visited tlke jail of Newgatc) it wAs
badly aLiministered, dtid • Clete 'ought to be- a
remedy.
IiaNNET said, that he had also visited. the
prison, and could witness the Want of accommo-
dation. •

2,1 r. BATHURST thought that it would be better
to withdraw the Bill for the present Sessi,on, but
still to have it depending if the regulations were
not imp:oleci. •
Mr. W: SMITH W'7.S of the samf, opinion.
Sir T. ACLAND thought the Bill should not he
postponed.
Atter a pretty long conversation, the House
divided, •
For the Bill .- 23 LIF ainst it - is 1 Majority - 5
The Bill sva.s then read •a second time.
The other Orders of 'the Day were then die..
posed of.---Vijourned.

COPYR:GHT LAWS.

TO DAVIS GIDDY, ESQ. M. P.

SIR—As I find that a Petition from many.
vcncrable and eminent labourers in various de-
partthents of Literature and Science has-just beeu
presented by y6tl to the House of Commons,
against the claims of the Uoiversities and some
public Libraries to eleven Copies of every new
publication, I• ani desirous to bear my testimony
against so serious a grievance, by the following
statement :

Having devoted twenty-seven years of my life
to the calculation of Tables tor determining the
Values of Life Annuities niid Assurances,- rurex-
needing in extent any tlOng yet publi,,ied, pad
promising, its I Elauertid myself, (relyirig• on the
opinionS of the. most competent judges)„ to he of
great public utility, I circulated, in 181 i ,p,i•opos!tis,
accompanied by the recor inctidatiop_ of a Gu,t(e-
eminent in this i)raircli Of science, for•i.ir,t-
ink' the result of iny Itibbars, ill two Barge lluartu
volurnes, Containing about 1400
.pagc,;,. closely
printed, at the pr.ce of eightguincai. f -
,
I !lad taken care to furnishthe" Colleges lit
Oxfvrd..witb iir ~of my Proposal.,-;,,—throutth a
-friend officially :inoiirrccted .with- that University",
supposing: that thelsc 13u:ties, which .hove 1.1t.::n so
richly endowed the purpose of
seldnee, !tons:' ii. Ve 111,,!
not only for7.be .aketlf sel,:nce; !)tit. Of' their own
interests, as !icy ImbOurs
B wer.F..„;,,rinculatd- to be
of grot use to Corporate odies pos-essed of
property: But in. thT I w:Ci tleatived.;,
for after waiting some months; I ,was
that, though, the value htility of illy ivorlt
were admitted, not onetof „the Colb..•.v.Ge.id.
subscribe !or it, iind'tbat iceson was
assigned for their -I.fttst-il Titarth Uni-veesity
had a right to a Copy
.gratis ; and, as .was 4.4 book
of reference, this one would .terve the colle,ises."
Isom' lezirned th.,:t tun ()tiler public B.ailcS- would
make the bathe clarm,. under MI 'Act which pro-
fes'ses to have ttte encouragement..of science. for
its object, and that I nail "un prospect but :if ad:l-
-ing to-the loss of SO many yearSol,l4bour, that .of
the heavy expences of publication:
is ant, Sir, yours, most respentfully, .
BARRErr.
Hope Assurance Office, Ludgatv-111112Junti-30, 1814:

The unravelling of the Plot was last night pro-
duced in the House cf Commons; and it was sheven,
that all the clamour about the Drawing Room, was
only a roundabout way of drawing upon the
finances of the Country. The Princess of Watas
is to have ati establishment ,of £50,000 a-yeai.;
Or, in other words, the People are to add, 28,000
a-vear to her present income of £17,000 al-
lowed by the Pratade REGENT, and X 5,000 pin-
inonev from the Exchequer‘!
We, for our parts, have no objection to the
grant : if the nation and its repreSentatives ap-
prove of it, it shall never be censured by us.
But we do entertain the
.most decided contempt,
we may say detestation, of the unworthy means
taken to bring it about—we dislike the: juggling
manner in which the business was done last
night—and we deprecate the prospect opened by
the shuffling, inconclusive, and unsatisfactory
course adopted, which brings this unpleasant and
dangerous affair to no termination but leaves it
all to implied understandings the fertile source
of misunderstandings, and tacit agreements, the
sure foundations of constructions agreeable to. the
notions of their Party, and endless differences
hereafter. 'ln so far as the clear and obvious line
of manly candour and explicit justice has been
departed from, where candour and justice were so
essentially necessary not only. for
,present deci-
sion, the comfort of the. high personages them,
selves, and the future repose of the country—so
far we most unequivocally condemn the half-
faced settlement of this harrassiug and vexa-
tious dispute. It is even obvioaa already,
that tie object proposed is not effeCted. The
Princess of Was.es,,whose mouth-piece A;lr.
BREAD DOS is, has fallen into the hands of ad-
visers too sincerer bent on mischief, to allOw us
to delude ourselves, for even a single day, with the
persuasion that this adjustment will be final, in
quieting, or even repressing, the determination
to disturb the public tranquility on every possible
occasion, by re-agitating the. question between
her and her Husband. The demand of a place in
the Procession to St. Paul's, which we yesterday
noticed, is a proof of this. Not one of the Fe-
male- Branches of the Royal Family-take a part in
this grand tribute of National Devotion ; and the
request of the Princess was advised 'or no other
purpose but to create confusion and excite'dis-
turbances ill suited indeed to the solemnity
of this becoming act. HOT base and ran-
eorous do these petty persecutions, cause this
inveterate Faction to appear ? But we rejoice in
their open manifestation of such envenomed spi-
rits, and only lament that their vile proceedings
must ineslicate the Princess, under whose nominal
sanction they arc carried on. Let her be warned
in time, and . beware of the consequence. She
has been held up to the people as the sayer-
in g, let her not appear so much to be the
persecuting party. The Country is sick of the
quarrel, and will ,avenge itself by most cordial
dislike to those who persevere in bringing it too
often forward. And surely the Faction -itself-
alight be satisfied witlanyhat they, have achieved.
They succeeded in entertaining the Allied Sove-
reigns with the spectacle dear to their heart ; a di-
vided Court, an insulted Prince, a House of Par-
Lament degraded by intermeddling in the domestic
concerns she Sovereign, and every festival em-
b Itere: a something of the dia'aolism of
Party; Cannot they be content with these ex-
ploits and fifty qoit:sand potu3ds a-year, bolt they
anust beforcing themselves into the very sanctity
of the C.lllirch with unholy disputes and sacrilegi-
ous quarrels'? Must they:insult Gon hiMself in his
Temple with a presentation of a 'sight unseemly
in the eyes of men, and sorely displeasing to that
Power: who is best satisfied with offerings flow-
ing from concord, harmony, and peace !
We trust our wallnth on this subject bas not
misled us into any expressions which can offend
the rood--as for the evil-minded, we are careless

of their opinioni.
We have said too- much on the general princi-
ple, to have To= for lciii,;llmnedreartrki on the

debate of letst-n4,ht: begaß •ky a ri23t on the
Imit Of the ppposition, who wanted to bring the
REGENT da%Vil to ,Parliament, in the humiliating
situation of asking the grant. This Lord CASTLE..
REAGH eluded. ire .tv ish he had fairly met, and
exposed the insidious proposition, and told these
Viowers at once, that though the PRINCE
consented to, he would not beg the favour of
a grant to a Wife, who is made.a thorn on his
pillow.. We wisi the arts of the Party to obtain
this money (which they.would have had to appear
as 'the work of others) had been pointed out. We
wish it had been insisted on, that with truly epis-
copal,' we had almost said jesuitical,-coynesS, they
cried Nolo Episcopari " no money," but held out
their hand under the table to accept the cash, as
the fOrmer do the mitre. What miserable sub-
terfuges ! how much must they disgust every
honest BritOn, and every patriotic subject ?

French Papers to the 3d furnish our preceding
colunins with interesting extracts. Some of
our contemporaries arc in the habit of receiving
very disagreeable news from France. W►We kithw
not tor what purpose these ictimations• are in-
tended, but can- assure- the public that rrt-•nevver
get any such accounts, and do not believe them

• The capture of the Essex frigate is further cor-
roborated by 4 Gentleman from Gottenburgh, who
states, that Papers received' by the cartel horn
America, which had reached that port, confirmed
the statement in all the principal facts; and pri-
vate information further mentions: that the Essex
was watching a valuable merchant vessel, the
T,..'ini/y,ar Valparaiso ; that Captain Poarmi, of
the tinnier, agreed with the' Master of the latter,
not to leave the harbour until :,wenty-four hours
after the Entity had sailed ; that he kept his word,
and that having proceeded in pursuit of the user=
ehantman, he' eras intercepted and taken by the
Cherub and Pluite, in the manner represented.

The 28th and 40th Regiments have arrived at
Cork, from Bourdeaux.

In THE SUN of Friday we put what the Irish
call an " emphatick note„" viz. " a falsehood,"
upon a statement in the chronicle, that

" Large Orders have been received in this errantry from
the French Slave Merchants (and are at this moment in the
course of manufacture); for iron collars, hand-cuffs, and the
other articles usaal for securing and turturzng the unhappy
Negroes."

In contradiction to this,charge of inzrtion, the
Chronicle to-day says— .
- "In t of THE. SuN hal elf' 4)ed us with
falsehood, we are ccatly to prove, b.J cotirlusive ,eocfl, our
fot.mr r asrsertion, that brclera ba.±e beer. rtzeit 'I.
leis cotttt-
trt, from French Isouses, for the proper out • African
Stave Trader.

Withholding; as much as w•e think be
lief from. even this modified assertion has
converted "larg6 orders" into " ord, and
the enumeration of horrid instruments tor-

turing unhappy negroes," into the gent', at of
proper outfit of an African trader ;" an
it to the Writer of this paragraph to
the two as he can, we will j9in this atlvoe hu-
inanity, and that too from no party motive nro-
bating to the extent of his wishes the In tare
of a single implement of this deseripii the
Irritish Empire. Unblcst be the hand cork
manacles for the African, and joyless c y be
the man that forges fetters'for the slave !

The 'Whole of the information lately received
from Spain, says a Morning Paper, is of the most
.
distressing nature. The of yesterday from
St. Sebastian and France brought no letters from
that country ; 'and.by a circular whit)) a- friend has
seen, it appears that the letters are stopped by
official order. Two. Deputies who escaped are ar-
rived in town, and the account. they give of the
persecutions anti sufferings they have undergone
is truly shocking. This is the more to he
lamented, as they. have both been conspicu-
ously instrumental in the success- of their
country's cause, ,particularly Don 13Torti4, the
Member for Se'ville, .whose services )have been
of the most signally beriefical description. The
Canon Ezcotaur.z, preceptor of FEkti-stit.RND, has
resigned his employment, declaring tta.t. things
could never go on well in their pi esent state.—
What 'had caused the greatest sensation was a
public.deel-aration 'of the infant Don ANTONIO,
that FEIIDI!::1ND isan idiot, and of course inca-
pable of governing.
An officer who has just reached town Itont An-
twerp, states, that Lord Lyst:Docti has returned
to Brussels, where the head-quarters of the British
army are established. At Antwerp there were
4:500 French yet in the arsenal, • to superintend
and protect the stores and property which devolve
to their native country under the late Treaty....

Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, PrinceWu-
LIAM of PRUSSIA left Loudon from York-house.

Yesterday the two infant sons of the Duke of
BRUNSWICK were introduced to the PRINCE RE-
GENT at Caritonhouse.

The QtY PriUCCSSCS AUGUSTA and MARY,
and the Prince of MECKLENBURG, arrived in town
last evening frein.Windsor.
The King of PRUSSIA presented Lord CH ARLES
BENTINCK with a box, set I w.ta (..amonds, of the
-value of 500/. as an acknowledgment to his Lord,
ship for his attendance upon him as his Chamber-
lain during his residence in this country.
Repo;ts relative to misunderstandings between
Austria and France are prevalent at Bourdeaux.
The second rea:iiug of the ludic Shipping 'Jill
is-fixed for this day.