The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-27 00:00:00

NAVAL N., I!: W s:

MAT.; Ftp. 26.---Thc tuentiohed yes-
terday turns out to be the. ilfqd t,.of 14 vni and
46 men, fram Fecamp.
C nue d0...49 trom ifie Rivera few outward-bound
vesielS,'and temain.f.

PoitTsmotqa., FEB. fi6.:—;-.L'Aigle frigate takes
conyoy. 1.0 the West Indies ;. L'Africaine frigate to
the katit Indies;. and the Siirmalt!n to the Downs.-

As 6:9'gre4 a clawour has he.en. raised by a 'Party
wh6 have no `objet buy the eleva. ion of themselves
tO power, respecting Sinecure Places,- Pensions, &c.
and as this clamour may haye nude an unfavourable
ithpresNion upon many well-disposed people; we
deem it our duty'to submit the :following Extra&
•
from a Pamphlet iccently presented to the Public.
by Mr. ROSE, a *Geadethan whose information is al-
ways drawn froth authentic sources, and whote corn 7
munications'are invariably marked by accuracy as

well as diligent research,:

" The •:;vhole revenue of Great Britain is more
than 60,000,0001. a-year ; /he charge on which, of
242,0001. for pensions and sinecure emplo)inents at
'home and abroad,' is
,between three farthings and
one penny in the pound. . By the extinetion, there-
fore, of all sinecures and pensions, ,a. person paying
taxes to the amount of .501. ii•-year.would save about
48. Such a saving, we are far from thinking, ghoul&
be treated as trifling or insignificant ; it would ill be-
cotne the author to do so : the other hand, hpw
infinitely short woidd this "fall of the expedation that
has been held out. '• • .
" But if from the total sum received from sine-
cure "places ant pensions, dedutlions were made 'of
such as have been given as rewards for public ser-
vices, the amount would be very gre,tly reduced;
pensions to foreign rninistep p, in rticular, whose
appointnienra are hardly, in -any instance, sufficient
for their maintenance.

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The pension list also -contains provisiOn for the
branches of noble and respecilble fonilies fallen into
decay; this is, however, an exertion of national ga-
nerosity, if not of justice, which the most scrupulous
economist will hardly consider as improper,. Some-
thing Most Certainly be elloWed for mere favour ;
but when the instaric are clearly irriprov.x (and
it is not meant to contend there are no such), they
;ire • at leasi open to public animadVersion ; as they'
are now'tegnlarly laid before Parliginent, and printed
from time to time, which certainly affords at consi-
derable, if not 'an effectual chealagainif abuse. •

It we look to official Mt:vines, it- will be found
they are,- in most cases, barely -equal.to The mode,
rate, and even the necessary expenses of the par:
ties.; - in
.many- instances they ar .adually insuffi-
cient for these. May .we not then venture to ask,
whether it .is reasonable, or whether it would be
politic:. that such persons should, after spending ki
great part of their lines with industry, zeal, and fi-
delity,-in the discharge.or trusts• and public tidies,.
be lett 'afterwards without reward of any sort, and
their families entirely witboni pro Vision ?
• --It would invdly he wise, on reflection, to esta-
blish a principle would have a tendency at
least to -exclude from the sere ice of their country
TIM,/ likely, to- be :useful 'to it. Great numbers of

those who engage in trade and manufacture (shun
whom none are held in higher, eatirbation by the
author), or who enter into vajous professions,

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quently :acquire very large for tunes, and seldom, if
they have talents andperseverince.,7fail to obt2in .
•• W in-,
dependeheehat sarness, 'justice, or reason is

there then in marking the citai-aaier of the official.
man alone with disresyea, :and himself as unfit .to
baVe_ reWard in •any. case, beyond an annual stipend-
for his labour and .services, just sufficient for his
necessary current-oxpences, however •faithfully and
diligently he may have discharged an important
trust for a long series of 'years ? Surely it is not un-
wise or Unreasonable, that the public should t.%,. in.

a situation, to bid to a limited extent.for tilents, in
competition with
,other honourable and 'lucrative
professions, and various branches of trade and Ina-

nnfaEtirres►

hasialways been justly held in a free emu-
try, and particularly in this-, to be one" of its greatest
privileges, that the chiet aristocracy, as far, as relates
to the management of its public concerns, shoUld
at, aristocracy of talent and of virtue, as .well as of
rank and property T. which principle would be de-
stroyed if remuneration for public services should be
withheld ; and the community would be deprived of
all its advantages. Not-' only the great offices of
state, but some others of most efficiency most then
be Clll)fit,ed to men of hereditary wealth and inde-
pendence; and, with 'all. the proper respect which
should be entertained for such men, it must. be al..
lowed that, for the acquisition
,and improvement o
talents necessary for the higher offices; the passing
occasionaily through the inferior situations, and that
principle of activity. which animates men in the at-
taintneitt, so much More thin in, the mere poses-
S'on, of. power and station, are much more favour-;
able than the honours claimable by descent alone."

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An.lnqu6t.-Was held, yesterday, upon the body
1 of the Hon. Mr. EDEN, and the verdial was " Found
dead in the' 'Pier Thatnes;:at, half past te o'dock;
on Sunday morning, the of of February, 18 in,
but how, or by wlk:it Means, no evidence thereof
has come before the Jury."
There is no alteration in the price of Bread.
1- A new Farce was brought forward last, night at.
the Lyceum, intitled Miss. It is a 'whimsical'
production,- and among other strokes at the times,
: contains some pointed ridicule against theifour-in
.hand Club. It was well supported by ElilArnsws and
JOHNSTONE, and warmly applauded uy the audiene.
It is the production of Mr. .Pocotx,..jua. the in.
genious Artigt.'