The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-20 00:00:00

MISSION TO ROME:

We- have 'learned, with much satisfaction, that
letters have been received from the Most Rev.
Dr. MuettA-17,,dated from Rome, the sth ult.—
That Most Rev. Prelate had, together with Dr.
MILNRR obtained 'interviews with his HoitwEss,
who. expressed his esteem for the Irish Prelacy;
Clergy, and Laity, in the wannest terms of at-
tachment and, approbation. Dr. MURRAY repre-
sents, that the mission proceeded prorsperonsly.—
The Delegates from the Irish Hierarchy were re-
ceived with every mark of attention, not-only.by
his HOLINESS, but by all the Cardinals assembled,
in Route. Doctor MURRAY and his Right Rev.
Coadjutor expected to return very shortly. The
Rescript and all other proceedings that hive taken
.place had been set aside, and Cardinal AtBKA,
,President of the College-of the Propaganda; hits
been charged with the examination of all the Do-
cuments_ to be laid before that Congregation, fur
the purposetvt nei
y
ofcoming to a proper decision. it
is xfortunate that the President under-
ei
stends English very well, and' has already pe-
rused most of those papers which throw any
,upon the subject,.!and particularly the "
meet of the Penal LawS," which he has nearly
01pTrutted to meniory. He expressed himself in
klie:inost unqualified terms of abhorrence of the
Oath, and some of the clauses of the late
-(Cork Chronicle.)

The unfortunate Miss WELCHMAN, who .was in-
buimmiy: murdered in London, is the daughte-r of
a very respectable fanner of Street, near Glaston-
bury, in this county, and about four years ago
was an assistant at Miss COLE'S, imiliner, of this
city, where she was mite* eSteemeci fpr her uni-
formly good conduct and agreeable manners. The
perpetrator of the horrid cteed.has a brother,resid-
ing in this city, ‘.lllO has for many years followed
his
:business,. as ir baker, with the ututot eradit
and respectability.---(Bath Herald.) ,

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TREASVILY Ci.-1,.:1N1i3E11.F., AUG: 1 i;71814.

GENTLEMEN,—=I ani coiiiibanded by tbo -Loids

Commissioners of his. 111aj-esty's Treasury to.in-
fOl'in you, that-they have redentTy had under their
consideration ,reptes'entatiOnS 'lron] various tiler-
chants, coniplainiUg of unjust *iiures and vexa-
tious detentions by the Officers 15f 'your depart-
meats.

In some of 'these cases my Lords hate observed,
'that the precise letter of Acts of Parlizinient framed
many yearsago, in ;time of peace-,, and of
circumscribed Commerce, have been r'igorously
tpplied amidst,all the difficulties inchleni to war,
. .
and against the manifest spirit of the ActS theta-
selves, the penalties of which were directed
the punishment of fraud or culpable negligence;
and not for accidental or trivial omissions.
To four cases which will serve as examples of
many others, I" am commanded to draw your spe-
cial attention
, •
The-first is the seizure of twenty hOgsheads of
sugar, entered with the mark RS instead of It. S. :
these hogsheads were seized by the officers of
your department, at Bristol, merely for the omis-
sion of the small intervening ,mark : and a .satis-:
faction has been demanded for the restoration of
each cask of one guinea. •
It is quite manifest, from all the circumstances -
(if case, that no fraud could have been in-
tended. To grant a 'satisfaction, therefore, to
the seizing Officer, could tend Only to encourage.
similar seizures for trifling, irregularities ; and,
therefore, :my Lords, cannot sanction the pay-
ment to the se'zing Officer of any satisfaction
whatevtr, but direct the immediate restoration of
the goods. .
_Another seizure at the port of Bristol, which
has particularly attracted their Lordship' )I,tserva,
tion, is that of two hogsheads of sugar imported'
in the ship Ruth; in the month of April, and
seized by the Officer,as he declared, for being an
excess upon the report of the 'cargo, against the
earnest remonstrance of the ow ners ,1/4.whd "Colt-
tended that 'the 'cargo entiiety Corresponded with
the report. After nearly four months detention,
and various' reports ‘''and coriTSpondence, •Ong
owners were enabled, from'the accidental eircum-
Stance'of no part of the cargo having been sold
until the whole-was delivered, to prove that there
was no ground whatever for the seizure"; and the
veryiirregularity which was the pretence lot the
§eizure, was Iraead to the Officer himself.
A third caSe at the port of Bristin, is that of
the sugars impelled ill the Anna Maria,• a part of
Which has been seized because the marks do not
entirely correspond Iv-id] the report ; but as the
whoie contents of the cargo, as reported' antrde-
vered, "agree, there is no "ground to suspect any
fraud, and-the irregularity is-not of an extent to
call for any penalty: My Lords, therefore, desire
that'the' siig'u; may be forthwith restored; without
any sa't isfaction whatever.
A fourth case, now before their Lordships, is
that of •the Perseverance, in the port of London,
votich vessel" and her cargo have been seized under
circumstances 'so extraordinary, as to demand
their Lordships' immediate interposition.
It appears .that this ship brought some cases of
su-2,•ar from Gibraltar, and, natter the existing laws,
wa3 not to seizure, but the owners were at
liberty to send the vessel- and", cargo again from
this country. They applied, however, to their
Lordships for leave to land and _warehouse the
cargo •; and whilst this application was tunLer con-
's'ideration, your Officers coast; wing such applica-
tion into an intention to land the good's for ware-
'housing, seized the vessel and cargo.
The applications to their Lordships fdr per Mi-
ssion-to warchohse being refussed, the memorialist
then applied for an order to, transmit the cargo
into another vessel for Gibraltar, " the petitione'r
being subject to heavy demurrage for detaining
the vessel ;"- to this 'request their Lordships Were
pleased to accede, and your Board was apprized
thereof on the 16th ult. and desired to give int-
mf:diate directions for that purpose.
The, vessel Perseverance and cargo having, how=
'ever, been seized by your Officers', as above stafed,
you have requested their Lordship's directions,
subntitting, ." that should their Lordships be
pleased ,to order the delivery of the goods and-
vessel, the seizing Officer might, according to the ,
practice, be entitled to a satisfaction ;' _but you f
hew to"submit how far their Lordships, -under the .
-circumstances, may think be has any claim to the .
sa rate. •

According to the view which my. Lords at pre-
sent take, of this case, the original seizure appears
tn• have been firost unjust ; and any.practice which
.would entitle the Officer to satisfaction, cannot be
too much censured, too soon abolished.

In cases like this, my Lords expect; from the,
di,:criminating judgment of your .Boardi tie
prompt and vigorous execution of the powers
veqed in you by law ; and you may confidently
rely, without' the delay of previous reference to
their Lordships; which. is in itself a heavy pu-
nishment to the merchant, upon their Lordships,*
support in whatever measures .may be neces
S try for the punishinent of oppressive or couttuna-
cious Officers.' This my Lords,-lecl to be due to
tile interest of the fair merchant, and to the cha-
racter of the Government, both of which are .al-.7
rfected by such transactions as those adverted to
this letter.*

:Arcady my Lords have instmeted you to en-
„ yoUi* 00iettrs to retrain frcim.acting upon any
COllStriletloll3 Ot lalN7s eunsrary to the .pHst
actiece-6, and to refer- such doubtii, in the
in' St j1151.411CC, to and in eases
I.,;.eat importance or dificulty; you apply for
C.eir Lordship's' cleterniirratian, -As the penalties
runtaioedin the Various laws of Qustoini were in_
tenied for the punishment of fraud, and nut of
omissions, the Officers of the
u lows nkust cease.-to conAder such misnises iiy
t• (limes of advantage to themselves ; for toy Lords
are del ermined hereafter to,marli with
LA:a displeasure every deteutioi tliat

Pear ti have been made

eences.

In order to retnov.e every: cloutt of
ship;' intentioir-tipun- fhis-sfibjgct, 1- have it in
command to desiie;': th:it if upon the delivery
Caro
Carbs' of vessels it sit all appear thatT-auy
agcs whiCh may be erroneonslY marked, do, in
subst}ince and contents correspond with the re-
port and the mapil4st, neither such goods or -:es-
sels shall he deemed liable to seizure ou account of
such error. am, Gentlemen,

• You► obedient Sercant,..
'(Signed) S.-It.
• Commissioners Customs. ,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.