The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-24 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS

The Earl and Count,* of Jersey, at their house in BerVeley-
square, from their, seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire.; the
Countess of Bristol, at her house in St. -James's-square,7from
Brighton ; Granville Penn, Esq. and Family, at their house in
Hertford-street, May-fair, from Brighton ; the Earl of-Wick-
low, at Reads. Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from .Tin.
bridge Wells; Sir Thos. Ormsby, Bart. at the Royal,H.otel,
St. James's-street, from Colchester. . ,

DE PA RT un ES.—The Earl of Besborough, for Brighton";
Lady and Miss Allen, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook4freet.,
for Hastings; Lord Thomas Cecil, from KirkhaM's'Llotels
Lower Brook-street, for Burleigh, Lincolnshire ; -lAA:hand
Lady Mandeville, from ditto, on a tour ; Lady CaroliriePori.
tague, from ditto; Mr. Egell, from ditto; Gen. Walpole, iirbm
ditto for Larlingford ; Sir John Frederick; Bart.,-fmm'iliaci's
Hotel, for his seat, Bowood Park, Surrey ; John Beautclott,
Esq., from ditto, on a tour.

•
THE THEATRE.—The Tragedy of liarnletli a$
represented last night at Covent-GardekThitoYre.,
and Mr. C. KEMBLE; whom we have seen fief Ore
in the Hero of the Piece, supported.itlaSkrotil4
with such maturea ability, and such generaVex-
cellence,as well entitled him to the approbatiou
of rigid
.criticism, as well as to general appla4se.
The latter he abundantly, and in some part.a,ens
thusiastically, received from a numerous. au-
dience. We regret that we have no room for
detail on this masterly performance.. We, must
not, however, omit to notice, that Miss M.
`razes Ophelia was truly, to use the words. of
JOHNSON, " the young, the beautiful, the harm-
less, and the pious."
M A RGATE.—This town has been so much um.:
proved of late years, and the improvements are
so much owing to the zeal, knowledge, and taste
of Mr. JARVIS, the leading Medical Practitioner
of the place, that the inhabitants in general have
entered into a subscription, for the purpose of
testifying their sense of his services by a public
memorial of their respect, esteem, and gratitude.
The subscription is far advanced, and is iu ac-
tive progression. This mark of the general esti.
'nation in which the character and conduct of
that Gentleman are held is to consist of a whole
length Portrait, which is to be placed in the
Town-Hall ; and the subscribers have manifested
their taste as well as liberality in having selected
Sir WILLIAM BEECISEY as the Artist, who is en-
gaged for an occasion so honourable to all
parties.

Ma. MARTIN'S BILL.—A Petition in favour of
this humane Bill came from Manchesteryesier-
day, signed by above seven hundred of the most
respectable inhabitants of that commercial town.
The four leading Physicians of the place, and
the SOCIETY of FRIENDS, have zealously engaged
in support of this truly benevolent measure. We
understand that a similar Petition is expected
from Liverpool for the same laudable object,- It
is gratifying to see such groat mercantile places
join in promoting a purpose highly honourable to
the country in general, as well as to the hutuane
character who is so resolutely persevering.in the
great cause of benevolence to those whom na-
ture has consigned to the protection of Man,
SIR WILLIAM DE CRESPIGNY.—This worthy
Baronet, we regret to hear, has recently suffered
under the rupture of a blood-vessel internally, a
circumstance that the public also must regret,
as he has not been sufficiently audible, for Par-
liamentary Report, in delivering those sentiMents
which are always marked by true public spirit,
as well as by sound constitutional principles.
DAvz THE COMPOSER.—The corpce of this
unfortunate Genius remains at his iodg:n. gs, i s
May's Buildings, and unless a few pos9ds are
subscribed for interment, they must be buried.
by the Parish. It would be hard, indeed, to
throw any part of the expence upon the cha-
ritable landlord of the house, who afforded the
deceased a gratuitous shelter for many years,
during the latter of which he wholly inbested on
eleemosynary aid. The Theatrical fraternity are
always zealous in relieving distressed mtmbers,
and a general contribution among them would be
honourable to their feelings, and evince a due
respect for a departed genius, who has often
afforded scope for their talents and pleasure to
the Public.

The French, Russian, and Netherlanis.Am-
hassadors returned to town on Saturday from
Windsor, whither (a, stated in a former Taper),
they went to pay their respects to his MAJESTY.

. .
A letterfrom Pernambuco•of the 31st of Dec.
received in Glasgow yesterday, stt.tteti, "that an
order had been issued ten daysliefOre for all the
natives and Portuguese to take'the oath of 'alle-
giance to the Eriaperor 'Don Pedro, -or'"to leave
the country. This order liaving'been ill;Corhplied
with, an order for the arrest of 350 individuals
had been issued, but only 30 had been appre-
hended. This measure would niake it Verk,diffi-
cult for the British merchants to recover 'their
debt.— (Glasgoui Courier, Feb: 21.) -

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

. .
DEAL, FEU. 23.—Wind E.—Passed at the .back. of the
Goodwin Sands, the Naiad, Southworth, from Rotterdam for
Philadelphia. Remain in the Downs his Majesty's :ship
Ramillies.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 22.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Clare-
mont, Rowe, from Messina, in 39 days; James, Trewaves,
from ditto, in 37 days ; also the Berjernin, Byers, from New-
castle for Jamaica, with damage. Sailed the Nelly, Burrell,
for Trieste; and Smyrna, Farmer, for Smyrna.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21.—Sailed the Ninus, Fowler, for Rio
Janeiro ; Allerton, Davis, Jamaica ; Jane, Hornby, Trinidad ;
Juno Mittemore, Savannah ; Sarah Ralston, Bowen, Phila-
delphia ; Emerald, Fox. Boston ; Antigua packet, Smith,
Antigua; John Hayes Wade, Barbadoes; Leander, Lutch,
Havannah ; Marcus, 'Drew, Charlstone ; David, Richards ;
and William, Fulford, for Newfoundland.
PLYMOUTH, FER. 22.--Wind E.—Arrived the Margaret
Boak, Lyall, from Bahia.
PcirtTsmouTir, FEB. 23.—Wind E.S.E.—No arrival s or
sailings.
The Stanton, Hawkins, from Swansey to London, has been
towed in Passage, near Waterford, with loss of mainmast; and
leaky.
The Rachel, Neilse, from Copenhagen to Guernsey, had
put into Dover leaky, and must discharge to repair, having
been on the Goodwin Sands.

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THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, Feb. 24
[MORNING POST.]

Paris Papers to the 23d inst. arrived last night
bc'Express. The near approach of the elections
eX:c.lydes almost completely from their columns
ait.that does not relate to_the hopes, fears, and
iUterests of parties. They are therefore gene-
rally barren of foreignjnrelligence. It appears
that the Duke orAfigouleme has not been quite
so successful in the'Lai)inet as in the Peninsula ;
for his protegi, General cuilleminot, who had
repeatedly refused the embassy to Constanti-
nople, in the expectation of being appointed Mi.
'lister at War, has been obliged to submit, and is
to leave Paris next month for the Turkish ca-
pital. It is not said whether his old rival, the
Duke of Belluno, will be obliged to follow his
examrplts, and to make up his mind to go to Vienna.
All that seems certain is, that owing to the con-
teptions between them, the office of Minister
at. War has fallen into the hands of a kind of
middle-man, who, having received it as a trust,
to be given up whenever either party triumphed,
is now likely to remain its sole and permanent
possessor. The Trident, 74, sailed from Brest
Onthe 15th instant, with troops to reinforce the
garrison of Martinique, where apprehensions
were entertained lest the Blacks should proceed
frOm secret " conciliabules" to open insurrection.
IntelligenCe from Rome complains of the excessive
cold of the weather, which is a phenomenon in
tbit part Of Italy. All the mountains round the
capital of the ancient ‘% orld were covered with
an extraordinary quantity of snow, and inflamma-
tions of the lungs and apoplexies had increased
to an alarming extent.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought for-
ward his financial statement called the Budget
last night. His speech will be found most fully
reported in our.columns. How far the reductions
proposed by the Right lion. Gentleman will be
satisfactory to the country at large, we cannot
now take upon us to pronounce; but his exposi-
tion appeared. to have satisfied the House, as
there was no effective opposition to his prposi-
tions,nnd triumphant cheers from the crowded
Ministerial benches attended the close of the
Minister's address. The commencement of his
speech was deferential to the house and unas-
suming. lie talked of a due vigilance being ex-
ercised by Parliament, and a constitutional
jealousy, restraining by a wholesome exerciie of
its power any prodigal abuse of the finances of
the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman then
proceeded to state the revenue and expenditure
of 1824 which he followed by a detail of the
revenue, expenditure, and surplus of the present
year.

[TH imEs.]
In relation to the Chancello7 of the Exche-
quer's new plan, we must observe, that the
publiC dislike had long settled upon various
ta.?Uts;: Rs grinding and oppressive ; and in addi-
titio, or in conformity to national feeling, Go-
vernment itself had seemed to sanction the ge-
neral condemnation of certain of the assessed
taxes by the repeal of one half of them last year.
Of the remaining half, none is so odious as the
window tax—none so universally felt as inconve-
nient and. oppressive. It is impossible to assign
any just or honourable reasou why the remainder
of this tax should not have been relinquished the
present year, as had begun to be very generally
expected. First, the machinery, more vexatious
than,the tax itself, would have been got rid of.
—We • should have heard no more of the
Window-peeper, and all that odious tribe of
inquisitors, who survey our abodes like fel-
lows,meditating a burglary. But this is not all,
uor even the chief part of the reason for repealing
the window tax. It is a direct tax. The attain-
ment of it brings Government immediately into
contact with the people : its agents come with
their books, and take the money from your
pockets. Govtriirnerit may be felt in the indirect
taxes, but is not seen. Surely, then, a Govern-
ment courting the love of its subjects, would
avoid those encounters which must engender
anger and dissatisfaction ; and as the demand of a
direct tax, like that upon windows, is pe-
culiarly. hateful, so also is its repeal most
sensibly and universally beneficial. Au in-
direct tax, like that upon coal, for example,
if, repealed, is repealed to any body rather
than,. and before, the people. It is repealed to
the proprietor of the pit, to the keelman, to the
merchant, to the subordinate venders ; for all
these absorb their portion of the proffered boon
before it reaches the general population of the
country, to whom, indeed, but little is left to re-
ceive. But the remission of a direct tax is from
hand to hand ; it is at once given by the Govern-
ment, and taken by the subject. No odious in- ,
terlopers obtrude to seize a share.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The reductions proposed last night by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, are as follows :
the duties on rnm are to be reduced by one shil-
ling and three half-pence per gallon ; on Port of
London coals there is to be a reduction of three
shillings and four pence the chaldron ; on wool,
a reduction of five pence per pound, reducing it to
one penny per pound for export as well as
im-
port ;. on raw silk there has been a considerable
reduction, and silk manufactures are to be admis-
sible at an ad valorem duty of 30 per cent.

EN ENV TIMES]
So.general was the anxiety yesterday to hear
the. financial disclosures of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, that the lobby and avenues of the
House of Commons were crowded at an early
hour by eager expectants, amongst whom were
many eminent Capitalists and Members of
the Stock Exchange, Nor was their curiosity
disappointed, The IVglit Honourable Gentle-
man drew a most gratifying picture of the na-
tional resources, invigorated as they have been by
the wise policy of his Majesty's Government,
both in regard to the foreign relations of the

country and also to the enlightened commercial
principles which have been adopted on a mature
consideration of their fitness to the present state
of trade.—From these circumstances, such a
prosperity has ensued, that the Government,
which so lately reduced the Five per Cents.
to Four, feels itself now in a situation to
propose the reduction of the Old Fours to
Three and a Half. Little or no difficulty is to
be anticipated in this operation. The Stock is not
comparable in magnitude to the Old Fives, which
were converted into new Fours, and were in con-
sequence irredeemable for some years to come ;1
and the reduction of a half per cent. on the inte-
rest is not much more than correspondent to the
present difference of market price between the
old and new Fours. The saving to the public,
however, will be about 374,0001. per annum, the
capital of the Stock to be reduced being between
74 and 75 millions.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
A new Tariff-bill is now before the Congress
of the United States, and, although considerable
opposition is preparing, in some shape or other, it
is expected to pass. Its particular object is for the
protection of the Woollen Manufactures of the

United States, which the Governor of Massachu-
setts lately represented as " extending and in-
creasing," and also added, " that, as the means of
protecting them by discriminating duties on fo-
reign imports, is, by the Constitution, exclusively
vested in the Federal Government, it is confi-
dently hoped that, on a revision of the existing
Tariff, an increase of duty on certain articles,
and on those particularly of primary necessity,
may be considered as accordant with, if not re-
quired, by National Policy." The quantity of
flannels, for example, stated to have been
manufactured within forty miles of Boston,
during the last year, was 15,000 pieces, of
forty-six yards each, comprising the various
qualities and colours usually imported, and, during
the current year, it was confidently anticipated
that the quantity of the same article manufac-
turer! would amount to 30,000 pieces, so much
were the establishments extending. There are
besides other large manufactories of the same
article in Connecticut and New York, and
some of our dry good merchants, now in the
United States, announce to their correspon-
dents here, that they will soon have to with-
draw their orders for this article, altogether,
as it was confidently expected, if the protect-
ing duty proposed only corresponded, that the
local supply would answer the demand. The
new tariff bill, which the woollen manufacturers
in the United States are anxious to obtain, as it
stands at present, not only increases the duty on
all foreign woollen manufactured goods, but also
on foreign wool in its raw state ; which latter cir-
cumstance appears singular, if the encouragement
of the manufacturer is the principal object of the
proposed change. It would seen), however, as if
the Government sought some compensation for
the expected loss in the revenue, although it
must be further observed that, in the early stage
of the affair, it would be impossible to calculate
with any certainty on the rates which may here,
after be agreed upon.