The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-01 00:00:00

THE DANISn CLAIMS.. ---
(From the wily 11'rtns.)
The question of the Danish claims, aver tour distinct ad-
judications by Parliament in favour of the claimants, is pro-
posed to he again brought before the House of Commons to-
morrow by Mr. Hawes. The- claims originated so far back
as 1807, out of the seizure and sequestration of certain Bri-
tish ships and cargoes by the i_,ani-.11 Government, in rrrri'll
for that extraolditiary aggression by which the British Go-
vernment obtained forcible possession of the Danish fleet. The
attack upon Copenhagen, and the capture of the fleet, were,
as is well known, acts preceded by no declaration-of war; the
Denial' reprisals followed as a matter of course on the in-
stoat, as no formal declaration of war could be necessary
after such
Britishaggression . In the case of Buenos Ayres, n'm
waiting a solution, it is clear that if the Argeutiue Go-
vernment had made s, izure and contisc tier of British
Property upon the capt.:re of its KintulTo • bv the coin-
stood
fully
htt rin:osett‘i,rieinee;uesneisnat thi doe
demand, however
'tee ownersehiorwoeev
and F!el•cil fleets. as 1-1 niet it t hare
he entitle
mi
could
eoreign. °thee insists that there is. no war with Biteetrtoi:.
would
seek and obtain, or trontueno,
Am3i grebst,
although:i
g iirgri et se
'tl ern toot,
itb'Ai rivelel-4;rr Tatilm
wetsand
actua
Fa;
a.,
tha
r.
rrcl,
ao
ffect in hawing riatnr;dc I taii-11.1.:' ei under e harems un a
ti -74°*;:itIV:
The British Government of that day rds,;
there
was no war with Denmark, the car tire tl,-
notwithstanding; alialthough.ubseq...o..i. iv, :mil ni.waTisibotire7i•rt
to defeat rights incontestably establishet, and snore that, .-
ad-
mitted formerly by minieteri.l action 411,11111 plication, it is pre-
tended to efeestrty an ordinance is•ned by the 1). nish
Government after .th,; seizure and aeque,tration of British
hips and cargoes referred try, into a d,claration
of war, and the' actual deearation, when it did come,
as, by retro-active effect, converting the provisional
seizure into a ca-e of lawful prize of war. Perhaps the strong-
est point against the Government, however, is the admission
ofltir. Percival, the Minister of that day, that it fund was in
hand and set specidly apart, for the faction of these
since and now contested claims, and thus stated in the me-
morial of the claimants:— _

h isa~ derived
fi ‘e"artfiloi ne soufntChoel.lliaitis):!o:6o:lllip, swialite) frtlaontlitatllll; ;Ind-
over to the public service, instead of remaining (lids of the
Crown, • because there were certain merchants who claimed.
compensation out of it for the losses they had
itirrirs. p,
iiwrteirovrant, sttuorenei:.l4n:3eot a
r llyit:1 ItBtlho.,,
ewr,r had broke out.'--
6)llowing extends frcm the memorial strikinsly..exem•
/Ally ttl hard 'hips of-the casse,stut tits 4-
claimants have been the vicirns, itt soine instance fo their
rain.

"It will be remembered that these claimants were invited
to present their claims—that, by the express directions of the
Government, they incurred the labour and great expense of'
procuring the necessary evidence from Denmark, ICorwayg
and the several seaports of England and Scotland to sub-
stantiate their respective losses—that theclailus, after a rigid.
scrutiny of each case, have been regulariradjuaicated
Government Commissioners—and that, although Parliameet
has four times decided in their favour, yet a new pretext has
been brought forward,
on
every occasion, for denying them.
justice. The grounds now assumed by the Government for
i opposng the claims is, that the seizure so made was in effect
hat there is, consequently, no
hostile capture during 14,11"—t
d if
obligation on the part of the State to in emn • against such
loss—and that it would be a dangerous precedeet to depart
from this rule, in con a ''cleration of any peculiar circum-
stances of hardship. The claimants assert, and are pre-
pared again to demonstrate, that the seizure was not
made during an acknowledged state of war, or by *ay of
hostile capture. It is alleged that an ordinance published at
Gluckstadt on the 16th of August, 1807, was a declaration of
war by the Danish Government. The claimants waart, and
are ready to prove, 'that it was not such in fact, and s as not
so regarded either by the Danes themselves or by the British,
until it suited the policy of the British Government so to
designate it. Again, with come inconsistency, it is alleged
that the declaration of war, after the seizure of these vessels
and cargoes, did, by a retro-active efficacy, make what was
originally a provisional seizure by way of embargo, for en-
forcing satisfaction, or by way of reprisals for taking cum-
teary redress, a capture by enemies, and consequently lawful
prize of war. The claimants deny that this legal refinement
of constructive "relation, even if maintainable at all, can
change the character of reprisals, or release the state front
its obligation to indemnify, . . . • • •
" There can be no risk of establishing a dangerous precedent
by granting these claims, though there may be, and will be,
in refusing them. Is it just that the merchants who w ere
navigating the Baltic in the full security of existing ami-
cable relations, should, by the consequences of an act of
their own Government—sudden, aggress: ve, unwarranted by
any precedent—of which they neither did nor could have
surmised anything beforehand—be stripped of their property,
without one shilling of compensation? More especially, it
is respectfully asked, is the refusal of compensation Justithlla
when, by a like, but far less warrantable, seizure of Danish
property by the British authorities, a fund was realised suffi-
eient for the indemnity required--a fund, too, Lvowedly set
apart for that purpose."

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REPORTED VIAT OF PRINCE. ALBERT TO LIVER-
root..---A paragraph has appeared, stating that Prince Albert has a'.
oepted an invitation to Liverpool, for the purpose of laying the foun-
dation-stone °lithe Sailors' Home. The announcement is, at any
rate, premature ; we are not aware that anything is yet definitively
known upon the subject. We shall be hpy to fin that arrange-
ments can be made for bringing about so desirable and
event—Liver-
pool Courier.

The name of Print* Alb,,,rt appears the first in a
:•ecently-published list of the benchers of Lincoln's Inn.
The Earl of _Aberdeen entertained the Cabinet Minna
:ere at dinner on Wednesday at Aran Matte. There were nreeent—
the Right Hon. Sir Rubin Peel, the Lord Chancel:or, the (`hancellor
)f the Exchequer, the HA,: of Buceleuch, the Earl of Hacidiugton.
the Right Hon Sir James Dmham, the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone,
the Earl of Ellenhorom;11, the Earl of !iipon, Lord Granville Somer-
set, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl St. Germans, and the Right Lion,
Sidney Herbert.

- •
An institution has lately been establi,hed at West
Bromwich by G. S. Kenrick, Esq., the objects et which are to furnish
the working classes with a plate of resort In their leisure hours, and
means for innocent recreation ; to diffuse generd and useful know-
ledge among the pclile; and to aid their desire to Improve their
;sates and habits. It consists of a library, reading, news, and class-
rooms, and the subscription is but one peon per week. Lectures on
important subjects will be o,eaii, many- delivered; and the reading-
room is furnished with two daily and several Lon,lon newspapers, the
Nest periodical); and the local papers.—Birmingham (arctic
PEDEsTitiaNlsM.—George Clarke has undertaken to
walk, at the West Eriii ltetrent Gardens, Heigham, Nortek-, 1,500
nines in 1,000 successive hours, walking a mile and a half at the be-
ginning ()leach hour. Ile commenced this wonderful task at seven
o'clock in the evening of saturday, the 1 lth instant, and up to seven
o'clock in the evening of Thursday completed 432 ntilis. lie does
not appear to be the least fatigued; if we mly judge iron* his pre-
sent appearance, there is no doubt hut that lie will accomplish this
unheard-of undertaking.— Yarmouth Chroniee.

THE BOY JuNES.—The boy ;kites, of palace-entering
notoriety, who, it will be remembered, was some ears ago shipped
on board the Warapite as a buy of the second class, did not come
biome in her, but was transferred to the Incon: taut shortly before the
Warspite's leaving. Ile kid then attained the rating 01 an ordinary
e amen. At climbing he bad no sur:ericr in the Warvite ;on one
..cession he climbed to the main truck, and setting himself there.
threw off his hat, Jacket, and shirt, mid flung them on dec.:. He is
represented as well conducted, and a very good seaman, coasidering
the time he has been at sea.

CHILD MURDER.—At the Jedburgh Circuit Court,
on the 21st instant, before Lords Moncrica and Cockburn, Ann Car-
ruthers, of Gretna, was charged with the murder of her child, by
putting into its mouth small pieces of coal. She was found guilty,
and sentenced to be transported fur life.
THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. Within the, last
fortnight, a farm at Collingbounie, Wilts, o•ncist;ng of about 500
acres, the property of the Marquis of Ailesbury. became vacant.
During that brief period the Noble Marquis has received (we arc in-
formed) uo less than eighteen applications for it trim unexceptionable
tenants. So much for the anticipated effects of the repeal of the
eorn-laws.

Seo.rnsH HosPrrAL.—Wednesday a Special General
Court of the Governors of this ancient corporation was held, at their
nail, in Crane-court, Fleet-street, for the purpose of electing sixty-
three poor persons as pensioners on the funds of the institution;
Robert Low, Esq., presided. The result of the day's election was.
the admission of 33 individuals of the age of seventy and upwards,
to be recipients of a pension of 10/. each per annum ; and a second.
class of persons, 30 in number, from the age of sixty-five, to pensions.
of 81. per annum each. There are (including Weiinestlay's election)
now on the funds of the institution, 130 pet.s ..ners; Oeing IOJ at 101.
a year, and 30 at 801. a year.
Mr. Henry G. Watson, who has just gained one of
the Scholarships recently founded by the Council of King's College.
was for five years a pupil of the All Souls and St. Mar) lehone Dis-
trict Grammar-School, in union with King's College. Mr. Watson
carried off last year the highest prizes both in classics and mathe-
matics. _ _

from railway directors, all referring
lot tees.
HAVE YOU GOT A Tony?—Thetthe
sstheeokwelrne ofo „ttessiireeeesrs
,a"stwwheeichk tars
two,
when people met o Have you got a Toby ?" Once upon a time,
..t,..,a
nue day," or "le.
ince...nay on unhappy vfo.rTthobe3'l
to-
gether at a street corner, the rem.arkf
0wfa;,..,1,
has given rise to the constant i
"have you got a Toby ? '—llos on fie old
n 7 SUFFOCATION.—•
OF A FATHER AND SON
very wet." as the case might he, ,
__),
al
.1.
DEATH
A very afflicting accident, hilt one
fo
works
of
..mo&srs.
morhan,Tea
occur-
rence, took place last week In,. thetheir
lives.
It
appeiirs
that
on,
o o,t. one of the men engaged in the
' turd., morning, Thomas in , .
unfortunate: ym of Cr:: u'o et; tffigbut
"tub' through 05t; g. b which the pipes that supply the*,
/.....:and, byi,we ltilcit:i.B tether
pi t
Zoorrkkas'w:thngas empty themselves, for the purpose of pulling out .:he
plugs- and letting jut the water. In doing so a great quantity of pug
rushed out, and the unfortunate man fell down nearly suffocated.
Not returning out of the pit, which was only three or hair feet deep,
the son hastened to his father's assistance, when he too was over-
wiotuhttahefegwasm, ainnudtefsellat 4tleorww=mliest, senseless.
he
wasTlte (fuotu,ingete7: was,
edrawnofatmlieer, who was lying in the pit a considerable time longer was not
deal when taken ont, and hopes were entertained of his
recovery but he survived only till the folloaaing day (Sunday), when he
pired. Inquests were held on the bodies before George
Ilinchlr
Esq., coroner, when, it appearing that no blame could be attached tob
any one, the father having the care of the pipes for many years
verdicts of " Accidental death" were returned.— Wo'verhamptotli
Chronicle

GRAVESEND, APRIL 29.—ThilichE SHIP BRAHMIN.—The
on board the Brahmin for Calcutta,w stillwcaosnttoiihmaeves been embarked
detachment of the 10th Hussars,
town. An inspection of the vessel in respect to her on billet in
ntiothns
for these troops took place
plAce again this day, end the result is stated to
be—an order to lighten the ship, and to enlarge the accommodations
for the troops. These alterations are a full justification of the con-
duet of the otliccrs.
BRrrxsu MusEum.—To-flay the British Museum wile
be opened until seven o'clock in thc evening, and will b continued
to the end of August.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL. SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.--A.
meeting of the council was held on Wednesday at the society', house.
in Hanover-square; the President, Lord Portman, in the chair.
There were also present his Grace the Duke of Richmond, Earl
Spencer, Viscount Hill, Lord Braybrooke, Hon. P.. H. Clive, Bus,
Colonel Dl'Donally, Mr. Capel
Sir J. Y. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P., Mr. T. W. Bramstone, M.P..
Mr. A. E. Faller, M.P., Mr. J. H. LangstMe, M.P., Mr. W. Miles.
ell,newlmlre.,4l;.bePrsynue.;.re.
.(14'illahrcle'lay,PlIfcmf(.1"TrwSeelvwe
M.P., Mr. W. U. C. Stonsticld,
ICure,
.Miur .r
.AD.
and the names of thirty-eight candidates proposed for election. Mr.
P. Posey, M.P., chairman of tin journal cenunittee, transmitted to
admitted. Fisher
the council the reports of the judges in the c asses of essays on grass
lands and manure work. The following adjudications were con-
firmed :—To Mr. John Broxenden, surveyor, of Cirenecster. the So-
ciety's prize of 501., for the hest essay on the advantag es or dis-
advantages of breaking up grass land; to 31r. Hugh
bird, of of Kingraves, near Bury St. Edmunds. a prize of 201., for the
best essay on measure work in its application ro agricultural labour.
The President took the opportunity of communicating o
oh f
te council
the results of some experiments made on the growthpotatoes
from diseased tubers, of which, on a former oceasion, he had reported
progress. The meet striking fact tare bathes :—Where eyes were
planted, which had been scooped
the greater part had failed ; but where fresh eyes were planted, aIL
of !them were growing. Of the autumn planted potatoes, all art%
doing well in dry ground, but only half.promise well in ground less
friable, the other half proving rotten. All the produce from diseased
potatoes sown has proved to be sound and good. From tubers.
planted in a hothouse., in October last, in dry heat, fine sprouts have
been taken live times successively front such tubers, and planted
along with the original tubers, in the open ground, for a crisp and
all the plants of this multiplied crop are now growing luxuriantly'
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, APRIL
29The COmmandant of Chatham Gartison, Colonel Sir T. Willohirs.
K.C.8., has directed the officer in command of the 65th BeSinwate
Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Gold, to select a detachment of his Ctrr:
consisting of 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 44 privates. ,r!a__
on
bold
them in readiness to embark at Woolwich, on the 3d opo.ik,proc" ee,;l its
board the John Calvin convict ship, as a convict PZujifeuger Barry,wl,L
charge of convicts for Norfolk island•
trie ein.ited to take cenimandt
Lieutenant George Meyler, are the
'inevidfdren' undergo medical la.
of
the
guard.
'Six
worsen sad
eighincehief !lAA been plenpe4 to.
spection this day. The Commarindeer-
• e.otione.f oflicas, commencing-
grant leave of absence t" 90t9 to Jane 30 ;,
this month :—Captaln T.
_mioth neeim.," 10; Emig, s.
Ensign H. Luca,. t!,T,,,,iirn Boyle, until the period for embarka. ,
Christian, to Auen.t 31 ;
f the :16th to Julie 15,1846. The
lion ; and Ensign Leo;
(4,"
d to India with the r detachments whet[
above ofilce" will The 67th Itegiment, now in Dublin. is ese.
Tuba rkation.
,)rde„,ire";,,or the 65th Regiment at tit's garri,on ; when the
moment will
he driNillted out In ovuvict rutroils for Vain waits%
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