The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-15 00:00:00

10 NDO N. UZY r ISoj..

*Our Cruizets continue to send in the Vessels of
the Enemy 'coming from the West Indies. We have
no doubt but lila, the greatest part of the produce
of the French West India islands will And its way
into English Harbours,

Our Readers will see with great satiSfaetion,
that .the 'noble stand maile by Mr. Prrr in the
House of,Cominons on Wednesday night, in support
of the Public Faith with the Stock!)elders, has had
its proper effeti, and • that the proposed measine
of laying the Tax upon Income more heavily
upon them ihan,,uthets, has been in consequence
abandoned. The Country- will be able to appre.
ciate, from this circumstpite, the weight that is so
justly and properly attached to the opinions of Mr.'-
PITT by the House of. Commons, and the prompti-
utle and energy: with' which 'he stands forth, 'both
in support of the General Interests of 41te Country,
and those of particular Classes, 'whose inierests
may be compromi.ed by any-public measure in agi.
tau Mr. PITT was determined last night to
apply the whole .force of his enlightened mind to

cthvince the House that the measure of
.taxing the
mull Stockholder, while other persons of the same
Incon.e were exempted, was a violation of the Public
faith; bat this txercise of talents and patriotism
was prevented. by .the arloptign.of his suggestions of
the preceding night. We read with.some surprize
however, that the Minister professed himself un.,
convinced by the arguments, though he•aeguicsced
in t% recommendation. His motive for adoptiag it
aeon this sround, we confess ourselves at a loss- to
comprehend.
In every Loin Bill a clauie is inserted, enacting
that the Divlttenda iwayahl• at the Bank under
such shall not . be liable to any tax what.
ever. Now titis has very properly been ,con.
strued not .to, apply -to a general tax imposed'
upon this speCiei 'Of property, at the same rate,
end in commas:cuith all giber property.; but if by
utiy, aft of the Legislature, any other property is
more lightly touched than Funded Property, it then
evidently becomes a violation . of. the. Clause 'tO
which. we have referred, and a dire..? brra eb of
Public Faith. Some of His Majesty's Ministers
call the present a,Tax upon Cal}itai,others a Tax
upon kreorni, apd others a Tax upon Income arising
.from Capital DGes not this happen becatis no one
unifornt'idea is'adopted throUghout, and the grmind
is shifted to meet the particular objeftion which
may be Made to it ?
Mr. PITT has come forward upon the present oc.
cation_ upon grounds the most constitutiOnal and .pa.
triotic ; and no man of common principle, or com.
mon sense, will dare to accuse him of faCtious or
Ulm or thy motives. His ul)jea in every thing is

the Public Gthitl, ar; the Oitintry leas At present
more obligations to him than it knows, and more
than it, perhaps, can ever repay.

After our Paper went to Press yesterday, three
more Hamburgh Mails arrived by way of Ton.
ningen, the contents of which are uninteresting.

Yesterddy morning, alywt 8 o'clock, arrived at
Windsor Royal Highness the DUI CE of KENT,
from Castle Barhill.
Wednesday evening THEM MA ES-TIES walked
on' the-Terrace, which was.nutnerously attended by
the neighbouring Nobility anti Gentry. They re-
turned to the Music Rooms in the Castle scion-alter
8 o'clock.

-1-1 k Royal Highness the DUKE Of CAMBEIDGf
left Windsor yesterday morning for Lowion.

YesterOltiy morning, soon after breakeast, His
MAJESTY, accompanied by. the Duke of KENT,
Princess SOPHIA, Lady ISABELLA THY NNE,
CARTWRIGHT, General DEBUDIE, and Major DES-
BROW took an airing on horseback inWindsor Great
Patk, viewed the different Farms, and returned to
the Lodge 'by 2 o'clock.
HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, With their
usual Attendants, took an airing to Frogmore.
Yesterday the PRINCE of WALES, accompanied
by His Royal Highness the DUKE of CAIaURIDGE,
proceeded, at twelve o'clock, to inspen the La-
boratory, &c: at Woolwich, where His Royal
Highness was met by the Earl of CHATHAM, Mas.
ter-General of the Ordnance, attended by Generals
DRUMMOND, MARTIN, D'AUBANT, HULER, &C.
&c. together with Colonels,MActotoo, HADEN,
and all the Chief of the Staff of both Artillery and
Ordnance, besides 'a numerntis assemblage of Mi.
hwy charaders. The PRINCE, after examining
minutely into the entire arrangement of. this kn.
portant department, and witnessing a variety of
well-conceived and useful evolutions, expressed
his high .approbation of the exalted state of dis.
cipline which was manifested in every branch
of this great .establisliment, and returned to both
these corps his warmest acknowledgments for the
distinguished. forwardness in which he found every
thing prepared by each department ; a forwardness,
that, while it tefieeted the highest honour on the
Mauer General and General DRUMMOND, proved
also to His Royal Highness's proud.satisladion, the
..othosiastic ardour which its example of at
this momentous crisis, to every class, of His MA-
JittiTY's.Subjed,, in their glorious desire to repel
the menaces of France.

Several small Eneanipments• are now forming.on
the Eastern Coat ; Lord EnsruN's Regiment. of
Suff)lk, Militia are encamped ut Thoringdon, near
the Colne River, in Essex. The LancaSirire,Regi.
ment have orders to encamp at Purfeigh Common,
in the same County.; and .the Cheshire, for want of
room, have pitched their tents in the Batruck.prd,
at Colchester.

On SAM.tidy last-a Camp was formed at Thorne
cliffe, consisting of the following Regiments, u, del
the command of Major-General M ~OR F : Rifle
Corps, five companies ; a detachment of the Arta
lery ; ¢•h, or Ki.ng's Own ; 59th, 7oth, and szd
Light Infantry. '
'ednestlak last, the rSib Light Dr:irons were
reviewed on L-Nden Heath, by Lieuren!int-General
Sir JAMES CRAIG, K. B. The preceding we, k they
had been reviewed at IpS,wich by Major. General
Lora PAGE r. The appearance and
.performance of
the Regiment on both occasions,- highly gratified
the. Reviewing Generals and Spettators. •
The Supplementary .Militia for the County of
Perth,. ww 'embodied at Pc.rth last week:

TlKG.irrison of Limerick is to be. relieved by the.
16til and 7ad Regiments of Foot; and some Regi.
merits of Militia.

The three Senior !,,ieutenants of the First Regi-
ment of Foot Guards, two Senior Lieutenants of the
Coldstream; and' the two Senior Lieutenants of the
Tbird.Regiment, having completed their number of
thirty men each, will be immediately appointed
Captains of Companies_; vice the Majors of the Re..
gitnents, who in future are not to have Companies.
Yesterday, a second meeting of the Lieutenantcy
for Eisex, was held at the Shire Hall, at Cheims.
ford, when all the arrangeinents for the defence of
the several distritis were completed, and repotted
to,Government.

Yesterday there was a Meeting of the Proprietors
of Bank Stock, it being a General Quarterly Court,
when it appeared that ,the defalcation occasioned =icy
Mr. ASTI. ETT'S misconduft, amounts to 322,0001.
That the Bank, had redecnied r91,0c01. in &die.
quer Bills, by paying about 70,0001. for which Mr.
ASTI, PAT had pawned Bills to that amount. The
Meeting was very thin. it was, however, :moved
by a Proprietor, that the Directors should he 4n.
swerable for the deficiency. This circumstance
produced a pause ; when an adjournment being
moved, the Court
.broke pp.

, .
Orders are given for a Ship of the Line to be im.
mediatcly prepared .as'a (Iles of provisions, for:the
purpose of supplying the ships that arrive at Sheer.
ness from cruizes, with all expedition possible.
Yesterd,iy morning arrived at their father's, in
the Stable-yard, St. James's, two sons of the Earl
,of R t NGTO,I4Ij- from Germany.
When JEROME BONAPARTR dined at Kingstoun,,
Sr. Vincent's, in March last, 'he had a small fancy.
Witch, set round with brilliants, resembling.a
dangling from the button. hole of his coat, witich,
with an air of indifference, he said cost orsty,• sty
thousaa Louis

P. is a proper tribute to the profession of which
Captain lift !SAC was lately a` member, tn'omit that
part of his sentence which consigned him to the
pillory. HIS MAJESTY'S gracious regard to the
Service is highly gratifying in the lenity extended
on this occasion, and particularly 'at this period,
when the people should look with respect to every
part of the national defence.
The French Merchants, now completely de.
prived of' the hope of employing whatever capital
they possess, are engaged in string out 'Privateers.
It is stated, that no less than thirty have already
put to sea from i3outdeaux„ to wain against our.
trade: • : .