The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-05 00:00:00

ASSESSED TAXES.

"The CHANCELLOR Of the
.Exentoaent adverting.
to a notice before the Hou- from •an Honourabic
114embtr (Mr. C. Duncbs); for a motion relative to.
the Cullettion of the Assessed Taxes; expressed a.
'wish that that Hon. Member would. have the good-
ness to postpone the motion until alter the recess,
as the subject was under the serious consideration
of the TteaSury, in consequence of complaints' from
various quarters.. He assured the Hon. Niember that
every •suggestion should be -attended to that could
tend so promote the 0b.1,,,Ct desired, and that wish
that vie ,v lio propos--ettp rebornmencl a measure of
regulation ,teirich, 6p d, would serve to.ob-riate
the evils corn;.lained
.of.
C.
DUNPAS, stating that he had no other
Motive in blinzolg forward thiS business than a de-
sire to relifife I he people from oppressien, expressed
his readiness to consign it to those who had more
ability to administer that:relief. . Ho was, indeed,
happy that the Right Hon. Gentleman. whip was so
ca, ah:e "of. giving etfed •to any arrangement upon
this subje(;l, had manifested art intention to follow
it up--aod be assured bin), that any materials he
hate ec!lvoted .should prAnptly at his devotion.
Thee weie..poiots whichhe begged p:tticularly to
recommenrtothe Rignl Hon. Gentleman7s consi-
deratitin,--one with "tgard to the interrogation of
men upon oath to criminate themselves, peculiarly
demanded rev;:iton ; and there
,was another point
which ai)ona:-6d to call for inquiry. Upon the latter
point, a circumstance' bad come in his knowledge,
of whic!ta plububiy, the Right Eionourable Gen-
tletA!i had not. heard. Some Commissioners of
the Lane-Tax, from the county of Hereford, . were
lovely alszed• to answer a suit in the Court
of Exchequer, in consequence of the performance of
their 'duty... In this suit they incurred an expence
of 2801,; and although the ierdia was in their
favour„they declined to avail themselves of it. This
forbearance was, no doubt, honourable to theindi-
yidilals concerned; but he submitted to the House,
Wh4ther such a case .wai. not calculated to depress
the exertions of Gentlemen who gate their services

L 0 N I) 0 cv,

THURSDAY, API:4I. 1810.

ser•.

We have received some more French and Dutch
Papers from Which 4i4ive made some extra Et. -
They relate
.p.fincipaitit to the preparations for the'
Marriage of BUONSI-V,WI

The Opposers of the present Alinisters, afte
their defeat in Parliament, are streiuing every nerve
to stir up.the people to .petition for the removal of
this Administration, And or coutSe; we preSnme, for
the restoration of Lord GRENVI'LLEan4 his Weeds.
An appeal is to be made from the Bepresentatikes
to the Constituents, and they hope to attain that
objea by clamour and misrepresentation, which
they could not obtain by 11411
.111)4 iinpartial inves,
tigation. The Nation is to be " roused to A sense,
of its osAn and it is added, that ‘f we never
shall have responsibility till the voice of the Consti,
tuent Body is audiuly heard by their Representatives.',
Such is the language ofthose who, but a 'few days ago,
when they had an accidental majority or two, \vete
so loud in their praises of the House of Commons,
and praised their_ deterrninatiott as the undoubted
sense of the People. Such is now the language of
the tup who, before the meeting of Parliament,
daily poured forth columns of abuse agmilist
ters,
_for not convening the great Council et the Na.!
tionein order that- a full- ingeirp into the Waleheren
Expedition might take plai.O. We will venture to
assert, without the h.liard of contradiaion, •thet do
instance can be found in the .anuals of Partiament,
of a more laborious, pltient, and full inquiry than
that which has just taken place ; and if the deci-
sion of the House of Commons had been hostile
to the Administration, that decision would ha\
been extolled to the skies by till,: p tray. But the
division of Saturday morning lastdisappoinfed the
hopes of• a set of men actuated solely by the de-
sire of power and emolument, and thvy now fiat-
ter themselves that. they shall be able to stir up
the People to petition for tleir testora:ion to of-
fice. 'We have heard much discibilon lately re-
spcEting the power and privileges of the House
of Commons, but we can not conceive any
thing more insulthig- to that body than that its deci-
sion should be questioned, merely, because they do not
happen to accord with the ambitious views of a just-
ly unpopular party. We trust, hOwever, that the peo-
ple of En_l :rid have too much L.0..d sense to suffer
themselves to Le made the dupes of men valo cia-

Mout ab,ut •put.lic r:pvauces, on!y 'a. t•.e pai)ose

of promoting pril ate interests; and who are anx.i_
ous to excite popular discontent, iu the hope that
it may lead to their own restoratiou to power.

in copying the reports of the Foreign Papers, al
• 1
of which ale under the influence, and many of
them in the pay of France, we must not be sup—
posed to adopt their sentiments. We leave to the
Opposition Prints to found their gloomy predictions
of The ruin or our commerce on the boasted pre-'
cautions of the enemy, while we reserve to our-
selves the pleasure of conveying the cheering intel-

ligence to our Readers, that the trade of Great &i_
tain is at this =meat, and has•b>ien for Some. time,

greater than it ever was in the memory of Man.
We all" know, that, in spite of the threats of
France, and the melancholy forebodings of the Op-7.
position, both'in and out of Parliament, the Cus-
toms of last year exceeded,, by the sum of two mil-
lions, that of every, year which had gone before it.
What now will our Readers say ! what now will our
enemies think, when we have the happiness. to assure

them that, wonderful as the increase of Commerce
was in the last year, that of the present far exceeds

it ! We state, from the most undoubted sources,
that the receipts-of the first quarter of this year, sur,
pass those of the corresponding quarter in the pre,
ceding one, by 1401iE THAN HALF A MILLION I.
. What is yet more extraordinary, and may serve to
dissipate the. fears of the Opposition, real or pi-let-led,
is, that notwithstanding the "-rancour of BIJONA-
FMB, and the blind and tntiOus Decrees against
the intr.cduaion of English commodities, the im-
. portation from this country into Franco itself is at
this moment incredibly extensive ! The simple fa&,
ilk one -word,- is, -that France, not being able to sub-'

sist 'without colonial produce, has discovered, sower
what late perhaps, that she can obtain it at a more
reasonable rate directly from this country, than
through the circuitous route of the Elbe or the We,
;Hence the multiplied reStriEtions on Ger-
many, and the recent facilities of her own ports.
The rniierable- exhibition of 12,000,000 livres,
(500,0001.) forthe whole of the Customs.of 180 g,
lias appalled 'all France; and shows the frantic Tyrant

who lords it over that unhappy country, that while
he has beep blindly. pursuing -our ruiu, he has ig-
norantly .etfecied his own. It is 'not improbable
but that Ger Many, which has hitherto been: per.
mitted to-supply France with our merchandize, will
110 W be‘forced to draw what site consumes of it from
the latter country : however this may be, the
world must carne to the l'Atgltill matk.et ; and, if
our Rulers be but on their guard against 4.tnerican
insolence, chicanery, anal fraud, bath the mercan-
tile and the shipping interests of this country have,
at., this moment, a fairer field for the exercisepf their
industry, enterprise, and honourable callings-, that
ever occurred since this Island. .rose from the
O can,

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, the KING, ar-
rived at the Queen's Pdlape, tioni•Windsor, where
he was received by the pukes of YORK, KENT,
comßstmAND, and SUSSEX. .
Soon alter two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Pri-
vate I;evee, which was attended by

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relo3ishcp of Canterbury the. Cord Chancellor, the
Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal; the First
Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Bxt.;!tcciuer, the
First Lord of the Admiralty, the three Secretaries of ,tate,
. the Commander in chief, the Lord Steward of the House-
hold, the f udge Advocate, the Bishpp of. Chester. the Puke
tifMonrrnse, Earl Ilarlowby, Lords Heatlifield
St. Helens (in waiting), Sirs C. Cockerel, and S. Cottgrel ;
Admiral Reynolds, -6 eneral Gordon (Groom in waiting), Co.
lonel Macdonnel, apd Captain Browne.
eilie following had the 11 mom' of Leing presented
•to his MAJFsiy,'
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, Rear-Admiral Reynolds on his appointment to the Baltic
Fleet.

Sir Charles Cockrell on his being created it Baronet.
Colonel. 11,1aeclonell, on his appointment as Colonel of the
Inverness-shire Local 11.41itia. •
Captain Philip Browne, on his return from the Scheldt..

Tlie Bishop of Cltester, to deliver to hiS.lVlajesty a copy of
his &nnon, pteached before the House of 14vrds on the Fast.
Day..

- Hi"s MAJEsTy-held-a Privy Council, and gav_e au=,
I.ls!tce.s to tlr 1-01! Cit A N.cE.41.0 ~..A.Larqu is WEL,
LESLUY, Earls CAMDEN and NVESTiWRLAND, Lord
Mo4oaAve., Sir DAVID DUNDAS, Mr. PERCLiVAL,
and Mr. SUTTON : thelatter laid before his MAJesTY
the proceedings of some Coults
The Royal Family are ttxpecied in town on Toes-
; his MAJEsTv 16 hold a court at the Queen's•
Palace on Wednesday, and the QucEN a Drawing•-•
room at St. James's Palace on ThurkJay.
The Marchioness of STAFFORp's Assembly, held-
last night at Cleveland House, St. James's, was a.t.
tended by a bri!liant crovvd of distinguished fa;ibion,
Wei., About 1000 persons were intited. On
this occasion all the siate,apartmenbt, including. the
magnificent pit:Lure gallery,, were thrown open,
The whole of the interior arrangements being corn
pleted, the chef crcetture excelled in every respect.
The company were in raptures with the 'grandeur
every where displayed to so much advantage. To
preserve Order, a p,irty of the police attended.

The exten,ive cotton' mills of Messrs JENKINs
and CUL/I'o RD, La•gtey, Wilts, were entirely de-
stroyed by tiro on Tuesday morning. Several head
of cattle were destroyed, and such was the rapidity
of the lames. tl►at very httle.was saved. The tire
occasiooed by the negligence of a man setting fire
to some ilim in the will.

Stioinli.--..-The body of a genteel young woman,
who turns out to
sbe the wife of a tradesman in
Dartmouth-street, Westminster, Was found in-the
River, off Chelsea College, yesterday morning. The
unfortunate woman left her home on Sunday
expresSing her determination not' to return, and she
was not teen afterwards until' picked up by Samuel,
a waterman.

NAVAL NEW ':

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Came in tbii day 11;5
Majesty's ship Owen Glendower, Donegal, Ro:7a.
Oak, and Covielle, from off Cherbourg; :and camp
to anchor at St. liele,rt's.

Went out of harbour the ship Ariel, of. London,
LINES master, last from St. Domingo, and is sailed
for London, having had her damagerrepaired in a
temporary manner. ' ,

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3.—The -Back/muse, 'SCOT,
LAND, from the Brazils for Liverpool, was Captured
on the 24th M'arcit by the Grand Napoleon !French,
privateer of 16 guns, 18 pounders, and 120 men, in
lat. 51. 30. long. 18. out 13 days` from Brest ; on,
the 27th she captured the brig .Moston, PIERCE,
from New Brunswick for Cork, which the French-
man gave to CaptainS SCOTLAND and PIERCE
,and
their crews, and in which- they arrived here late last__
night. There are four other privateers ,cruizing to
the westward of-Cape Clear, in lat. from 47. to 54'
long. 19.

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DEAL, Arittr. 4.—Arrived his Majesty's ship
froin Plymouth 5 Brothers, SCOTT, frOm
Riolaneiro;" Heywood, MACINTOSH,- in 45 days;
from Martinique; and the Onyx, BARCHARD, from
Jamaica. •

Came.down from the River the Ann East ladia-

man.
Arrived the Echo sloop of war from a cruise.
Sailed the Crane sloop of war on a cruise.

Extra' from a Letter, dated New York, the 16th
of February, 181c0 If 'the Briiisl Government
be politic- enough to send no other Minister, but
pursue their QWu measures steadily without declar-
ing war, 1. am convinced the French party in the _
United State§ will be diCcomfited. in their views of
bringing on a rupture between the two nations, by
teazing the English into a declaration,: that -the
Americans dare not attempt themselves, without •
producing a civil war. The attention paid here
to Mr. JACKSON is most flattering to him, and he
is considered, by every liberal-minded person, as
having bee-u shamefully treated without cause:., Ire
is a most gentlemanly tuan, open and candid, but.
firm to his purpose,. His letters evince great talent,
and do credit to his country,—Mr. MAcom's Bill,
whichis- alton4descript, is. hung.up in the Senate,
and it is thought will not pass : the.prob,bility is.
that no substitute will be offered, and that the. Non*
intercourse will expire. with the present Session of
Congress."

. By a vessel arrived from' Hayti, letters liaire been
received, which disclose a fact of much import
ante. They inform us .of the. iirriv,ll,. at Aux:
Cayes', of a, British vessel called Pierre Tanssaint,
and that ivhilst lying in the harbour, live of the
crew were pressed, by an order from CHRISTOPHE,
and sent oil board one of his national vessels, A
r: monstrance had ineffeanaOy been made to the
Sable Chief by the Master of the vessels,
.who had
in consequenoe forwarded a Memorial, and prayed
relief from )he British Admiral RowL'EY, on the
Jamaica station. The Seminaire, a privateer which
sailed from England some months ago, is stated
also to have made her appearance in the saline port,
and to have cut out, and piratically carried away 3
•
British vessel, richly laden.
His Majesty's ship H:an) ke, which is.arrived from:
the Gold Coast of Africa, has on boaki gold and ivory
to a very large amount.

The
_accounts .whieh this vessel brings of the 00,-*
tuation of affairs in That country are, of a very in..
Westing nature.. It appears that a =meeting had
taken place at
,Rance Island,. and had assumed avert
serious aspect, inconsequence of which application
was wade to the Governor of Sierra Leone; who re-
paired to theformer place; " taking
.Vaith him ari- ade-
quate military force:On his arrival he found the island •
in a state of the utmost disorder, and at the soli-
citation of the Superintendant, took pesselsiun of,
it provisionally, and .declared it to be' subject to
military law. The result of this proceeding tA as,
14 of the ring-leaders were brought to trial, and
found guilty, two of Avitom named . Hanna and
Morey, were sentenced to suffer death, and the.
remainder to be banished for life, This sentence
was, however, afterwards commuted., Banua and
Morey were ordered to be transported for life',
first receiving each 150 lashes. They were after'
wards, with, the other 12, transported to the British,:
Settlement of Cape 'Coast Castle. . •
The accounts further state, that three men, na°
Lives of Africa, had been raken op,: and were 01
confinement at Cape Coast, charged with the inure,
der of. Mr. FOOTE, an European, and the son of a
person of the name of LAMITTEE, a nathe of Acerb
but that no proceedings had been instituted against
the accused, the Goveincir and li:ps Council having
some doubts of their authority to proceed in such
cases. •

We Learn with pleasure that the President at
•Cape Coast had attempted to_ cultivate cotton and
-coffee, both of which were found to grow ex-
tretuely well. •
• House.--Yesterday a Court of Directors •
was held, when Captaiu Titomits HivAan was
sworn into the Command of the ship Monarch ;
as was Captain Bliootts into. the Tyne, .both con-
signed to Madeira and Bengal. Captain W. 'ANC'',
of theuship garriet, took leave of the Court,, pre-
vioui to departing for Madras- and Bengal. The
Court adjourned at six &cluck till tonortrow.
From Corunna a few letters were d,elivered yes'
terday, bY'which it appears that the French have at
last abandoned the City of Oviedo, so that 4he whole
cif As.turias is now fre d froth the intrusion of the
enemy. The French still occupy the Portion of the
plains of Leon which are contiguous to the frontier-6 •
of Asturia3 and Gailicia, rro preventOr- junction of
the Spanish detachments in the. North-Western
tremity of the Peninsula with the army under 06
Marquis de la ROMANA.