The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-03 00:00:00

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4% tt►linage duty it imposed upon vessels, though belong.
ing to the Pitted States, which shall ei►ter a. port in one
district front a part in another.district. (This is subject to
exceptions.)
tr. tonnage-duty is levied on American result arriving
from foreign ports, unless two-thirds of dsc crew he citizens
of thu United States. • „

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By acconnts from Port-an-Prince of 23d Feb.
twn ships, two or,three brigs, a polam, and a
ketch fiat Spaniards) which w.r.: bent fin° that
port by Insurgent cruizers, had been condemned
with their cargoes. One of the ships was tram
the fiavanna to Cadiz, laden with sugar; the
other vessels were chiefly frdm the Spani,b Main,
laden with cocoa, Cochineal, &e. Five of the,
prizes were made by one privateer, which put'
it►to Purt-au-Prince, and was also seized ,and
condemned.

The Petition from the Corporation of Dublin
does honour to their good sense, and spews tbat
they understand and are desirous of preierving
the Constitution as it was.deliverato us by our
ancestors since the Retormation. POPERY can-
not be too zealously watehed, nor can we too
anxiously guard against its allurements, its pre.
tences, and its machinations. Let us attend to
The Claims of the Eitabfished Church (see Mr.
BpwLas's admirable Tract on this subject) rather,
than to the Claims• of thine who want to undermine
it, and who, if invested with, sufficient 'power,
would batter it at once into destruction.

It was generally supposed, that, on the demise
Of HORNE TOOKE, Sir FitAKCIII BURDETT would
have in due time been divested of his political
prejudices but the opinions recently expressed by
the Baronet seem to shetv that he still holds the
principles of his quondam Thtor in high venera.
tion. Sir FeAticto, in introducing a _Petition for,
Parliamentary' Reform, deviated from the imme-
diate purpose in view, and imputed the disct elites
of the Country to the corruption of the llouse of
Commons. Even granting, for the sake of argu-
ment, that such corruption really exiiis,, it would
be a difficult matter for the Baronet to bring for-
ward any logical or probable proof that the dis-
tresses of the lower and .middling orders'of the
people arise from such a source ;—their source is
the *sudden reflux arising from a general peace.--
As to his assertion, that the war was unnecessary,
the distracted state of ell Europe, and the-,happy
tranquillity ;which that war finally produced,
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a sufliclent refutation of such ad assertion': But
the Hottoura4le Baronet uses language of a mote
dangerous tendency, when tie talks of the " pas-
sive acquiescence with which the people had yielded
to measures and endured' sufferings which might
have provoked a clifferent ,conducit" !lave the

disturbances-v.OM! he deems so light been at-
tended with no alarming symptoms ? has the
refbrining Baronet totally forgotten the excesses
of the Spa-fields Legislators—the riots and the
mischiefs on Sitoni.hill,,where4 person Was shot
who is still suffering
muter the consequences of
his wound ?-41ave the seditious movements at
Glasgow, and the dreadful machinations at Man-
chester, made no impression on his mind ?—is
that mind so warped by Party prejudices that he
can see but one side of the question ? The Ba-
ronet declared that the passkeness of the people
he considered as wonderful. Surely be cannot
deem these excesses marks of wonderful passive-
ness. But the ti nth is, thht the great body of the
litople have km much good reuse to be otherwiie
than passive under evils which are inevitable,
which are every day working their own cure, and
which the Government of the Country is adopt-
ing every measure that wigclom, sympathy, and
true.policy can devise, to alleviate and extinguish.

13 A 11 A NI A 4,

We are glad to hear by a Letter horn tee,
mas, dated March 2l; that the OWNOr hsti
advised to issue writs for conveningnini
Assembly, teturnabit on the, gth of the r
month,
forts which we may hope that then
be a speedy end to thpse.distarbances %Ara
been so much tnisrepresented iA titre country,
With respect to the above stihject• ire a"
glad to state., that die CENstis 11
upon by tie tWO houses of SOI
we litive reason to believe has 'been Ouch et
eJ
presented, has arrived in this Country, and
to be favoured wio.ll a copy of it rot imuto
Monday next. This Hill is for the purposed°,
ing a triennial Registry of all the sigma io
t
Edam's, and is of course a matter of intivrti
co the West India interests in geocral•

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SHIP NEWS•

4.A lot
MILFORD HAVEN, APRIL 30."41111"
,ug the Sandwich packet Vt? kb a Mail indorena7
gers for iVaterford ; also this Ilsi.gb%;lol4
and Turtoise lighters fur Plyraostllt 141
charged their stores id Penthroic YI
Northerly. • PO"'
The Lords, Commissioners of oe uoti
have given ,directions, through the S‘lityrY:o,
for two frigates (to be named the
Hhouttlryatl) to he built at the. New
Pembroke : .they are each to tow_ 1"
.tir:
to be exactly the sante, as to ses"l.llo6i fit
mensiorl, as the Thetis and AUSIU
just built at that yard. for Wirtz
DEAL, MAY 2.—Tlie Cornwall, litit.ello
on shore in coming into the Dom"
sit fait
on the Brake Sand, where she rew
I en nui
hours, till the water flowed i she "111 iiitiooft
and brought up into the D0t5"5,,,.*:000.1f11/
(him ige, Ai rived the Piano, t'y
Cowes, y 2,—Arriycti Yellierjo), ott116",
alit! Retrieve transports
this morning with troops for Barns1;0,11
n Arrived the lot ftr4
FALNIoUrti, APRIL *dot, wit
hart racket with a wail froll'oylieke,4oo
C. altor, in '25 clays ; atecl' 1.110
a wail horn NEW York ,; Haiti lies'
weeks trots) the former. Stliletistow,
cotter on a crtike.-"Wind r 4; • *o'oti'ltbe. Fit
-oetim Itonottred lighne" thte
.Vine Cetoi:k p OW Lb' e tbe
tiacivs heating in, slipiosrd IQ
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tiGe 1:::1;1:11
iled tvli‘e)6c t. exoliritrbutc(i '11:t ci
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first
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eb ratty Viscount UASITI.LEREAGH 1111:s e:la
111d:irs:
by dittint, a4tlM'lml """"ti.'s
inviter! 17,1 rl,e
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of the
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,_er"vt.lei.t‘l,
With ELLIN__,, tooti Hope, ;Ind the to'',
`c":4s7._?_ n haul of Li__,eultr N I l loug retteriffe : they both sole"
E CABII, at Fife 1- LI POOL and Lord' Loi2tl.oll.

THE DuctlEss np GLooccsTP.a.---Mire are ex-
tremely happy to say-that the Bulletin issued yes-
, terdly by Dr. !Luta-IR, respeeting-tfie state of the
Duchess of GLoUCEISTRIt, was of a tery favour-
able nature, and was as follows
" Her fto.yal Highness the lluehe•„s of GLoucts:sett had
several }twirl sleep last night,,rtudi:s better this morning.
"•Glotsoestof House, May
Her Hoyal Highness was more free from pain
yil+i4ercfa♦y titan she has been since her attack.—
Tfie,Duke of Yoftk, the Princess ELlzAneTtt, and
the PrillCeSS•SOVlllit of (iLiwUCESTEt, visited their
Royal Relative. The QIJP6N and the PetNca
CENT sent 'early in the morning to make inquiries,
and receive reports from the Doctor. The, in-
quirers at Gloucester House were, as usual, nu-
merous.

• Jaose.
The PRINCE REGENT cliii not go to Claremont
yeStElday. Lady. CASTLEREAGH Went ;
ship teitittitleti in-town.
A

itt a late honr on Thursday night Pr.TIERNEY
arrived at his house in Dover-street, from encod-
ing the Duke ~INewcarct.c and family where he
had heeti since last Sunday fortnight. The Doeior
had pronounced the Dul:e and lit»ity out of (ten-
ger four, or five days since, and we-understand
convalescent before he left them.
Berlin has been in a state of great gaiety with
balls, fetes and entertainments of various kinds,
in honour of the marriage between the Ptincess
CHARLOTTE 0(
,PRUSSIA and, the Grand Duke
NICHOLAS of RUSSIA.
LI COMP('tieilee 'of the Second Battalions of the
53d and 0611) Regiments having been ordered
train St. Helena to he disbanded, the Non h
comm-
e
missioned Officers, Drummers, and Privatesovitb
the Depots of those Regiments in this Country,
have been directed to be immediately discharged.
Thursday the two Honourable MissesVANNICK,
daughters of the late Lord lIUNTINCNELD; were
married at St George's Church, Hanover-square;
the eldest to Mr. DONAvost, and the youngest to
Mr. LOVELACE. After the ceremony was per-
formed, Mr. anti Mrs. Dorravox left town for the
sent of the bridegroom's hither,' at Brotilley
.in
Kent ; and Mr. and Mrs. LOVELACE left town for
Ramsgate, where they will pass the honey-moon:
DUEL.---We,are sorry to announce that a duel
took place Yesterday morning at Chalk Cart», be-
ttveen a Lieutenant BE—Ke and Lieutenant
on half-pay, in consequence .of
dispute-at the'eaveddish Itotims, Mary-le-bone,
the night before. After /an exchange of shots,
without effect, ;be seconds endeavoured, to.elfelA
a reconciliation, and we understand an IlllalOgy
. was offered Lieut. 13; which he, however; did
not consider satisfactory.
Gieot. B. They ligain firedoviten
was severely, it is thought 'inOrtally,
wounded in the body., The ball ltad oat I)ms:e-
-n-wed yesterday *ruing.
' AVILLIAM • ALYXANDEE• ES9 . M in Chan-
eery, haying been offered the highaster situation of a
Puisne Baron of the. COurk of Exchequer,, the
Learned Gentleman has declined the honour, and
Sir' 'WILLIAM GAtittow
GtnCral, , Knight, anti AlrOrneY•
halt accepted it, vice Sir BicnaaD
Ittctimlos, now Lord Chief Baran. of the Exche-
quer, vice Sir ALEXANDRE T ()mu)); deceased,
Sir Sasto.at
.$1.113141-Elin
be . SOlieitor-Generni, is to
At tor,ney-General, vice Sir t.t.t h,24 IlauW ;
and it 'IS 31InnOtiell that the office of Solicitor-
General he tilled either by Mr. ',taco or Mr.
Serjeant liksT. f! the promotion of Sir .AV st
ChCiArtitow to the Exchequer Bench, the office of
i of
.thester becomes vacant 4 and
also his seat for the Borough qt. Lye, in the tiouse
of Go for