The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-31 00:00:00

- -We understand that, fOl• some time past, a nego-
ciation has been carrying on between his MA4EStY'S
Ministers and the Direelors of the East India Corn-
,
pany, on the subjea of the renewal of their Charter.
At present there exists in India two distinct armies,
one called the Company's forces, and the other Com-
- posed of his M.i.r esTv 'sregular troops. In consequence
of the late important, conquests in the Indian. Seas,
-which pus that Government hit possession of all In-
dia, as it were, to the Eastward of the Cape of
Good Hope, and of the vast importance of that
country to Great Britain,. Ministers, we are,
,in-
formed, prorose that there shall no longer be two
distinct armies in India, but that all the Company's
forces shall be made over to his MAJRSTY. This,
we believe, is at present the principal object of Ne-
gociation ; but there are some minor ones,—of
which one as, that the subjects of this country shall

be allowed to trade with our settlements in India,

upon the same: favourable terras as Americ4ns,

Swedes, Danes, and others.

The different propositions which have hitherto
been effered for the improvement _of our Police,
have in general been confined to suggestions for in-
creasing the number of watchmen, and giving them
more formidable arms. We are far from .thinking
that 'a very considerable alteration in the mode of
watching the metropolis is not necessary, but it ap-
pears to us that .any remedy to be etfe&ual must.
embrace many more objeCis. One ofthe first measures.
which we should recommend, is sect), an alteration of
the Police At as would invest the Magistrates-with
a greater degree of power, with rbgard to reputed
thieves,' than they now possess; and this measure of
power we -should wish tO be given to the .Magis-
trates in the country, as well as to those in town.
We think that the power of inflieling solitary im-
prisuoment under proper resit i6tions should be given
to the . Magistrates, because we ...know many
cases in which a Justice of the Peace has been in-
duced to suffer a young offender to go unpunished -
rather than to send him to the House of Correction,
u here, by continual association with hardened and
deployed characters, he soon becomes equally vici-
ous. Torre is one alteratiou in the law, which .we
should propose, and *Welt we admit is animportant
Ot•e, and that is to make the receiving of stolen
goods an original offence ; thit is to say, that the
convittion of •the receiver should not depend upon
the convietioq of the 'thief. The latter, we are
of opinion, ought even to be admitted as evidence:
against the, former, because it is notorious. that the
great increase in the number of thieves arises from
the encouragement which they experience from re-
ceivers, and the facility they find in disposing of
stolen grads. It appeals to us also, that it would
be advisable that all prosecutions should be
condueled at the expense of the county, be-
catise innumerable cases occur every year,
.in which
persons (and those not among the poorest class) are
deterred from prosecuting by the expence,• and the
c'iminal thus escapes, to continue his'plunder. We
do not think that the Law, as it at present stands,
affords a sufficient pioteclion to Magistrates,,.vho exe-
cute a most arduous and clkagreeable duty gratis.—
Whenever a Magistrate is pr isecuted and a verdiCt
given in his favour, all his expenses should be de fay ed
be the prosecutor, and if he is unable, by the county.
It is notorious that, in many instances, these prosecu-
tions are not commenced because the Magistrates
hue acted wrong, but merely lo put motley into
the hands of an . Attorney: In a late case, ,a
Magistrate and a
,Clergyman, was prosecuted, and

a .verdia given in his favour, but the expenses
of defending himself amounted to 4001. ; the con,

tuquence was, ,that he deolinetrany longer to a6t as
a Magistrate, not being ably: to bear the-expence.
These examples,, and, unfortunately, they are not
rare, often deter Gentlemen from a6lsng,.as M.lgis.

traces, or check them in the etkecurion of their
' duty. It is notorious, that there existi, among a
certain class of people, a disposition to run down the
Atigistrates, and to frighten thetas 'prosecutions
from doing their duty, they ought, :iherefore., to

be effectually protected.—We have felt it to be our
duty to.throw out these few observations, from the
/inn conviction, that unloss some Oiler measures
are adopted, besides the mere increase of watch-
men and patroles, the evils of which-we now com-
plain will not be effectually lemoved.

If any thing of audacity, insolence, and injustice,
in the conduit of BIJONAtkRTE', could excite sur-
prise in mankind, it might anise from the venomous

attacks upon this country, which the enslaved wri-
ters in the Cotiti;:ent,tl Jo, r;Ills are Compelled to. in-
sert, in order to gr\a‘ify..the spleen 0f....A low-born.
Usurper, whose charatAer 1.1411 alw•ay4be marked by
the vulgarity of his origin, In the 1-lamburgh Pa
per, of the 7th "instant, there is an article refer-
ring to the loss of British veilels On the coasts of
Denmark and Holland, and the ,Usur-per takes oc-
casion, from the loss of the 'Sit. George, to make an
allusion to the Patron Saint of Great Britain, equal-
ly pitiful and profane, impudently representing the
unfortunate fate of-that ship as " the symbol of an
6-.1 of solemn justice, by the Divine Government,
direr d against the nation which eniploVs its policy
only to pour forth the blood of its: *subjects and its
blind allies- for the sake of the gold of its neigh-'
bours." If the state of facts were not so well known
to all mankind, Would it not excite surprise as well
as indignation, that the great oppressor of man-
kind should dare to u...e such language, consider-
ing what his.conduct has been, and is at this
moment ! Is it not astonishing that, though this,
Usurper has for so many years " poured forth
thg blood of his subjeasi and that 'of his blind allies,
for the sake of the gold of his neighbours," ,and-to
raise his upstart relations and minions to the thrones
of rightful Monarchs, who' has deprived so many
States of their independence, "and reduced them to.
the most pitiable bondage 'and oppression, who
holds in carivity a legitimate King and his family,
with whom he lived in friendship, and from whom
he received the greatest favours, who at this very
mornentis' " pourhz the blobTof his subjeas,,and
that of his blind allies," in order to reduce to sla-
very the people of Spain, whom he saciifices by
thousands and thousands, for the purpose of forcing
his Brother Upon them, in order w render him the
despicable instillment for tyrannizing himsclf over
the country, should daie to' throw his calumnies
upon Great Britain, which is the asylum of man-
kind, and to 'Which-all • the nations of Europe,
not excepting even -France, look for deliverance
from oppression. The fa6t is so monstrous, that
it would _be incredible if it did not pass
_be-
fore the eyes of mankind. But the Usurper is utter-
ly regardless .of charaCter and consistency, and,
seems to be incap:ible of enjoying any satisfaion,
M his general condua to mankind he can add.
insult to oppresion.'

WINDSOR, JAN. 30.—The KING continues much
in the same stare.

lestertlay and this morning, Princesses AUGUSTA
and SOITIA rode on horseback, accompanied by
Count MUNSTER, Lady CRANLEY, General CART-
WRIGHT, Colonel TAYLOR, &C. _ _

The Dulie.of YORK arrited yesterday, and after
spending the dAy with the QUEEN, returned to Lon-
don in the evening.
The morning the Clot6N, and Princesses ELIZA-
BETH and MARY, took an airing to the Cottage, at
Old -Windsor.,

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY arrived to-day
about one o'clock.

Her Royal Highness the Princess CHAEILOTTE of
WALES, dined yesterday with her Royal Father the
PRINCE. REGENT, at Carlton-house.

His Royal Highness the Dike of CLARENcE
left town at four o'clock yesterday *afternomv, for
Bushy.
Yesterday Ihe LORD CHANCELLOR and Mr. P.
CEVAL had an *audience of the PRINCE REGENT, at
Carlton House. -

Yesterday a Board of General Offaers was held
at the Commander in Chief4S Office, in the Horse
Guards, upon the business of the Military College,
whiCh was attended by the Dukes of KENT and
CAMBRIDGE; General Sir D. DUNDAS, IIuPE, CAL
VERT, WINYARD, &C.

" We were glad to learn, from what fell' froM Mr.
H. ADDINGTON-43a Tuesday, when 'moving far,
some Local 'Militia Papers, that Government are
about to introduce some improvements into that im-
portant'branch of our defensive force, in a new Bill
Jo be brought in for that purpose. It was erro-
neously slated, in some of the papers that Mr. A. 4
thought such a ineasu'e unnecessary ; on the Con-
trary, he highly approved of it, and applauded the
'great' attention which Mr. RYDER had paid to this
subjea. From his statement it was a saiisfaaion to
us to collet, that at the end of the tour first years
no less than 50, or 60,000 of the present Local Mi-
litia would remain, who; having been enlisted since
the first establishment,- would not ,be entitled to
their discharge during the course of this year. - - -
The new tragedy of Helga, which w.ts announced
Under such favourable auspices, at Edinburg-h,' was
recently brOught forward at the Theatre in that
city, but unlUckily experienced such a reception. as
induced the Author to withdiaw it. The ill succesS,,
however, is imputed-tOparty 06personal motives.
BANNISTER not only performed in 'the regular
drama at Newcastle, last- week, but opened his
whinsicai Budget for the amusement of the town—

MUNDEN IS engaged for afew nights at L.:r e wcast
He is to make his debut on Tuesday, in Sir Anthony
Absolute, and .IVipperlein.
MATHEWS is St;11 reaping a plentiful harvest in
'the North. His last performances were at Sunder-
lati,d and Durham.

A total change, it is said; will take place in Lot-
teries, as the Minister is of opinion that it -would be
better to make more middling and fewer great
Prizes; and indeed it seems rather extraordinary to.
Ita%e ,two Prizes of 20,0001. in a small Lottery of
only 8,000 Tickets ; but it is now tipo late to alter it,
the'wbole of the present Lottery must be drawn
on the 18th of this month, and it is out of the power
even of the Legislature, to r revent a person getting
4.0,0001.-if he purchases two Tickets of the same
number.

Gawler, the person for whose apprehension a re-
weld bas been offered for some time, was tiik:n
at Newcastle on the 517th, on board a cutter.