The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-24 00:00:00

114)USE OF COMMOJiS.

tILORSIDAY, FEB. a 3.
NA Li Es of tht Committee upon the Stitibury Flec.

tion ;
The 'tight Hun. R. Fitzpatrick, The Earl of Euston,
George -14FaiwC,,oke
' , Esq.
Citat.z, ZA,..". Hylton loililfe Esq.
W George al pol 4, • Robert 13:Nerd', Esq),
,olui Feet, Esq. . Charles Noor, Esq,
Vvilli.nu Manning, Esq. Sir %V. Ilearticote, &rt.
t:firistian Curweli, Es 4.
. .

. . NolirvEss.
Robeit Adair, anti itobert \Hurst, Esqrs.
Names of-the Committee of the Minehead Elec.
-
t 101-1:

Sir _E. Barclay, Baq. Lord Kensington,
Fr4nch Glepr, Esq. " Right Hon. E. Villiers,
lames Langharn, Esq. ,-1-ton. Horatio Walpole,
D. Giles; Esq. lion. Q. C. t,wience Dundasi
(;,:0r,,,e Porter, Esq., ArthurShakespear, Esq.
e. Bni,:e, Esq. ' ' Lord Viscount Ciattley.
.1114,:kburn,,ot Lancashire, Esq.
NOM [NEES.
S. 'Barnes, Esq. and Sir C. M, Pole, Bart:
The Bill to enable the Messrs: goydelis to clis-
rnse of their Drawings, Sec. in the City and in
Pair Min by way ChaOce; vas Icad a second
Mile. • . •

DR. DUIGE NAN moved rhe..Order of the Day on
the. Motion respening the Age of Priests in Orders
in Treland.

The Order being read, the Howe formed itself
into a Committee of the whole .House, in which the
Hon. and Learned Member moved, That ch.,-
dircaed-to move the House, that Leave be
given..to bring in a Bill to enforce the clue.observ=
ance,of the Canons and the .Rubric respetting the
Age of Persons-to be admitted into Ow Sacred O.
`tiers of Deacons and Priests. in Ireland.
The Resolution pAssed, and the House being- re..
sumed,.leave was given to bring in a Bill in'pur.
4uance O 1 itr

The Inspeaor General of the Imports and ,Ex.,
ports brought to the Tr an Account of the numb,r
of ships 4na their tonnage, which.liattarriv:ed Inort
Africa between the ph of Jan. 1800 and the sill
of Jain. 1803 ; together with the number anti theis
tonn,ge in tad) year, the number ofSlaves exported,
retaioeti, &c. Ordered to be laid'on the,Table.
Mr. 'ALEXANDER brought Up the Itei,t,vrt of
the Bill on the Greenland Whale Fishery, &c..
Ames;d ~ents rod arid agreed to ; Bili ordered to be
ingroiseCi, and tt7 be read a third time to-morrow,
if then ingrossed.
The Coinlnittee'of the whole House on the Mu.
tiny BiU w-as deferred to Tuesday, next.,
Adjourned. •

TO SILL WILLIAM- ALFORD, • BART, &L. p,

SIR,

HEAVEN, .in its wise and just divensations .of
good, will no doubt bless and aid your laudable,
generous, and humane exertions, in the case and
cause of the much aggrieved Builder Of Plymouth
Yard, whose cause ,hould not be_pourso,:ty., but that
of every honest mod well jisposed roan
'in: the Coun-
try. The fate and trea«nent
...of that poor man
`and superior Ship: builder, has cast such a cloud and
melancholy gloom over the aspiring and emulating.
minds
-of our ,!best Shipwrights and' Artificers in gee
neral, that nothing short of the praise-worthy mea_
sure you are about to. submit to the ind i n dne t •n 4
.
A' iSdOM of Parliament, can ever'remove'or do away.
Mr. MAasHALL, fr
•om possessingcmost consummate
koowledge ai',d supcn ority of abi,itieS• in his, pro_
fession'il line as ariAttist and Shipwright, so con.
spieuOiisly.sliewn in thelate arduous SVar,'and in all
his regular. and progressive gradations through the
d i,TA rht Yards, commanded a degree of love and re-
spect always from the workmen, who are not with-
Out t'.iCritninatiog rni:•.ds, which' superior 'arid shin-
ii•g-l.alents never fait to inspire ,and call forth, and
tii,itin
.thy nature of-passible events, earl never fall
~•.. , ~ . • his
to the 'lot or share of successor, even -had he.come
, .
.4inollt us with the fair'broad elaim and. recommen-
diti4i'of being regularly I.')l•ed, and' not, -as -has' been
,the.-c.lse, thrust Over the licikisioi-every -person. ,in
the King's .lards, Woweyer'meritorious, from that of
a private Merchant's - and, why' Or for - what tea-
son.„,this:.extra?rdinary Deviation ? None earthly.
litit:cause he •Was -Mr: SecteraPy TUCIVER's bro..
ttler, who, to keep.iri good humour, triust of all
. ev6tits-he prov ided• for,- tluitigh 'in' ilite4.Violarion
i)ftvry rzi!-e tA... right, uceession`,lortg...ertablished
qn.l w;:olesome.
9iSitims. Gob& Gid'rl'ean
_this
na.,:i!,_of -pc.c
reeding be iikiit Or periper'9? :S:irely not
coiwn)p.ii.isticc, withoui calling in either the aid
o:. 'prudence or refl...:ai,Tio, will without a' moment's
h,fai cation pronoun Ce. Siiiiuld Mr-. M.Ait ,H A La.;:- by
:he r, co;;:orted mans, be made to appear guilty,
anti 1:7211e irwei.74lo.7aii6 ie cxercired.to,wards that end
we _!sail :.(..4 thenii!Tr.Rur,at his,fali,, tt,...),v1 we can
nevt...r ceaseto Icinent ar—id7der,)lore Erie mode and
mintier xf li.i,s
,being:sticc'eeded,--ii_mode and manner-
that trost„put, an, effequat
744. to a, ka,,:r hopes, if
persistoed in. . All We Want- Or al-k (.41..1 Ave are
fags gisurtd iol.l.d.sire n 9 mare by the inquiry you,
. .. .

,are about to institute) is justice, and that Mr. M.
should not be suffered to rink into. retirement, and
vine away the remainder of his days (having given
his youth and attive ones to his Country) in misery,
want, and disgrace, without being given an oppor-
tunity of being heard in his own defence.
Can there be any good cause assigned why the
Officers and others in the Kingis..Arsenals. should
be dtnied, the same justice and common chance
which. the 7; -wisdom of The laws of these. realms,.
never withheld from its meanest anti worst Sub-
jeas ? Surely they are ratn, and- pi4ssess all
the feelings and faculties' of .men, and should be
treated and judged as all other men. If you should
Succeed in this good .work, you will deserve well of
your Country.-by restoring confidence-to the des.
ronding and-depressed minds and spitin of a -Useful
and numerous class of men, who never should be for
a single moment without the stimulus of ptOmo-
t ion and due encouragement before their • eyes, and
without a proper attention to which the energies
of the mind can neve' be called forth or'roused into
useful action.
May-all; the success of a-, just cause attend your
viituntfs;eritieawours, is the Brayer of an Old and ex-
perienced Workman.

ASHIPWRICHT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Liverpool, Feb. 16, 1304.

SIR,
WE should feel ourselves obliged to any of your
4
ngeDioug Readers to Inform us whether the Clerks
of DepUty Lieutenants
can legally demand seven
shillings for every man attested for the Militia or
Army, of Reserve (viz. 3s. 6d. for a Certificate, and
the same for an Order),, before a person ballotted
can receive the returns 'from the Parish ? or whe-
ther it is customary in other parts of the Kingdom.?
as we feel ourselves more aggrieved at paying these
sums, than at the loss of time in procuring, or the
money requisite to provide Substitutes, although
we have already expended 4;ol. in procuring men.
We are sensible that in the present state- of the
Kingdom, we must submit to privations for its de.
fence, but we cannot think that submitting to the
impositions of osce will tend to increase the loyalty
of His Majesty's subjeCts, or their attachment to
the British Constitution,
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
N. W. Sec.
VOR A LIVERPOOL MILITIA CLUB.

TO CORRESPONDENTS„

jir reply to a Ncte receivedyestertlay, we beg to soly, that our
Friends are perfeaiy safe. This we botr will be sufficient&

onderitood.

Mu.

DU&.

plete discomfiture, a second time, of the views .of
BONAPARTE upon Egypt, upon which we are Can&
dent he keeps a steady and a longing eye.
The Letters from Sir EDWARD PELLEW'S Squa,
dron also state, that the French and Dutch Squadrons
at Ferrol and Corunna are in statu quo. The French
Squadron, on the zd instant, hoisted in all their
launches and made a .feint as if to come out, but
on the .3d instant the launches and boats were
:_again alongside. The Crew of the Dutch 64. desert
-very fast, and enter on board our Men of War ;
they evince. the utmost -contempt and hatred for
the French : their boats' crews seldom meet on
shore without words or blows. Only a hill sepa-
rates the British, French,. and Dutch Squadrons, and
our Officers very often go on shore to look it the
French and Dutch ships; _hut since the 3d inst.
the Spaniards seem to have been more strid with
the British Officers. There- is a ship oft i a guns,
and one of 74 guns, Spanish, in commission at Fer-
rol, fitting for 'sea, and more ships are preparing
for commission, The Engineers were, with several
workmen, beginning to-repair and put in order the
different batteiies, Our Squadron is plentifully sup.
plied with fresh beef, water, &c. and the Spaniards.
are very civil.

THE state of Parties, which is one of the most
interesting subjefts at the present 'moment, may be
said also to be one of the merit difficult upon which
to offer any very, decided opinion. The friends of
Lora GEENviLLE and .Mr. Fox do not deny a
hearty ,co-opetation for the purpose of giving to
the Nition a more vigorous and efficient Admini-
stration—to what further extent this junflion may
go, or what other and more distant plans it embraces,
we do not pretend to know ; but it is evident that
men who join to turn out ,an Administration, will
very soon unite for the purpose of forming one—
and, in truth, there is scarcely common sense in
their union unless it has this ulterior objea. If we
look back to former 'petiods, it would seem that
these two parties are composed of discordant ele-
ments, but it is also true that new sittitions have
arisen, and are' still likely to arise, which may in-
duce those to join whose opinions heretofore have
been the most opposite—and it is certainly true also
that at the moment wfien the Country stands in need
of the strongest Administration by which it was
ever governed, it is at such a moment most lamen-
tably,and unfortunately under the controul of the
weakest. There is no difference of opinion upon
this point—the feebleness of the Ministry, and par-
ticularly the irresolution of Mr. ADDINGTON is
admitted, by those who still fear the shock of a

change at so critical a moment as the present.
Mr. PITT, to whom the Notion naturally look.:
up in the hour of difficulty, keeps aloof, we believe,
from all party co-operation. He wLI proba'Ay pur.
sue the line he has hitherto taken. Withont any
very high opinion of the abilitics.of tle A,imini-
stration, he seems to be rn.)re anxious to siimuale
them to those vigorous and efficient measures 'so
.ire.
cessary for our vtelfare, than. to take a retrosped of
past transadions; in which lie would certainly anti
more to condemn than to approve. He will, in
short, probably be seen more ewer. and anxious to
advise beneficial measures than to condemn or weak
ones. This certainly is -not the line that Party
views- would point out—and it is very likely that
Party-men will not approve of it; but we conceive

the reputation of Mr. PITT to rest upon more en-
larged views than those of Party. The end he aims
at will not be the gratification of personal °Netts,
but the good of the Country ; and he will, we ear-
nestly hope, continue to raise his fame, as he always
hitherto has done, upon the broad basis of PUBLIC
OPINION.

Besides the Bulletin of the KING'S health, sent
bold), to Carleton House for the PRINCE, there is
another sent three or four times every day, for the
inspedion of the young PRINCESS CHARLOTTE,
who, on receiving that of Tuesday, which stated H-is
MAJESTY tube better, kissed it with an affectionate
rapture-, and then put the paper into her bosom!
The Duke and Duchess of MARLBOROUGH are
returned to Town.
The Sete& Committee appointed to try the merits
of the Petition of Governor ARBUTHNOT. againsi
the return of Mr. ADAMS fOr the Borough of Wey-
mouth and Meleombe Regis, yesterday, decided that
Mr. ADAMS was duly eleCted and that neither the
Petition or the opposititin to the same were frivo-
lous or vexations.
The Committee "appointed to try the merits of
the Carricktergus.Eleaion, have decided that the
Sitting Member Cleeted:.
Letters frotri-iYol inention,that the. utnrsf,adi-
vity proiails than 'quarier;.'lAn order, arrived
there on Tuesday night for all Officers 'to sleep on
board their respective ships ; and it
,was ptpeaed
that His Majesty's Shipi
tridus ,would bail yesterday Morning
JO for 'tle Coast
* ofFrance.
s'c " 9" I
Admiral PATTDNhas ad op et epan o
a red and White pendant upon the.. Dock-yard sig.'
nal-post, wheneVer it blows sn hard as to tender it
dangerous fur boats tri rand upon the:beach.
-.Three aE er, Manufaclurers have been Sentenci:(l.
-by the Court of Exchequer, -t.o pay the fine of„
iscior. and toool. for not sendering: a just ..
• •
account of paper in their possession,