The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-22 00:00:00

lIEBDOMADARY.

Aug. 17.-121:vent Sunday after 'Trinity.
Tuesdtfy, .—Aloon't First Quarter at five o'clock in the
afternoon.
Thurday, 21.-17a5, Duke of Clarence born.
Sun rose 54 min. after lour ; set i; min. after seven.

Satarday, 23.—The Son enters Virgo at 'IS minutes past
ten in the morning, and the .Izas then begin to decrease %van
gruater rapidity than they nave chwe since the Sun entered
Cancer.

The second division of the 6th Dragoon Gnareis
marched this morning from Piershill Barracks, on
their route for Engltud. The remainder of the
regiment march to-morrow. They ate to be
replaced by two squadrons of the Scots Gteys,
who marched into Music'burgh and Dalkt ith on
Saturday, front Peebles.—The Ratuilies, of 74
guns, Captain Boys, strived in Leith Roads yes.
tctday forenoon, rum Sheernes.—The Marvis of
HUNTLY, with his usual well-tinted liberality, has
sent from Huntly Lodge, to the poor of the lord-
ship of Badenoch, thirty bolls of oatmeal, which
was last week distributed among them by the
Ministers of the three parishes of which the lott'.
ship consists, together with 231. sterling in cash,
fron► his Grace the Doke of GuanoN.—(Edia-
burgh Courant, August 18,)
A Serjeant belonging to the 45th Regiment, on
the recruiting service, at Huntdoll, last Wetl-
- forenoon received 100 lashes, for mutinous
conduct. His sentence was GOO, but after re-
ceiving the above numbtr, Captain TUCKER, the
Commanding Officer of the District, ordered him
to be taken down. This man's flagrant breach of
military order is the more to be lamented, hoot
his having served in the army twenty years, 13 of
which he has been a non-commissioned officer.

Thursday the Ayrshire yeomanry cavalry, corn•
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel BoswELL, and un-
der Cie immediate command of Major CanwrtTED,
of Newfield, assembled 'at Ayr tor six days. The
corps has recently been formed into four troops of
tine looking men, in general very well mounted.
The Rev. George Frederick Tavel, M. A. has
been instituted to the Rectory of Campsey Ash,
in tl:e county of Suffolk, on the presentation of
the Trustees of the will of the late Peter Thellus-
son, Esq. of Brodsworth, Yorkshire. The Rev.
Fleetwo,d Chutchill was on Saturday last insti-
tuted to the Vicarage of Roughton, Norlolk, itt
the presentation of the Lord Pishop of Ely.
Two hundred and fifty poor persons, who were
lately forbidden to sell fruit, oysters, &c. in the
public streets, applied on NVednestlav in a !Jody
to the overseers of Marylebone parish, in order to
throw themselves into the worldimuse, when they
were told to follow their industrious occupation*
without fear of molestation.

A dreadful suicide was committed at Spalding
by a young woman, not more than 16 years of
age, daughter of Mr. Twelves, of Pinchbeck, and
s, rvant to Mr. Dann, druggist, of the fotiner
place, who rashly, and without any apparent cause,
took a large quantity of arsenic, and, notwith.
standing medical aid, died in extreme agony.
AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOT.-011 Monday, Mr.
liooTs, the Earl of CIIIC:iESTEE's gamekeeper,
killed in.Stantnote Park, at one shot, three
row hawks on the ‘viog, a sporting exploit, as it
regards the hawk, not equalled, we believe, by
ans. in the anitals of shooting.
am
MARRIAGE.—A few days ago a curious
marriage took place at Luddington, in Yorkshire.
The bride and bridegroom apprehending, front va-
rious circumstances, that there might be a great
concoursi of spectators at the ceremony, took the
precaution of approaching the church, which is
situate amongst some fields, each with a hay-rake
or fork, as if going to make hay. The mob, who
intended to salute the bride, were by this ma-
noeuvre completely toiled.
ANCIENT RING.—A very curious ancient gold
ring was lately dug up in the garden of Sarah
Bartlet, a poor woman who resides at Ilehester,
It is of a large size, weighs above an ounce, and
is eomposed of a gold coiu of the Emperor ALEX*
ANDER SEVERUS in the highest preservation, set
within a border as a ring, the reverse of the coin
appears on the inside. The poor woman, in,
whose possession it is, has been bidden forty gui-
neas for it.
EXECUTION AT LINCOLN.—William Longland,
convicted at the late Lincoln Assizes of counselling;
and abetting the burglary at Miss Morgan's, at
Grantham, and whose execution was respired for
fourteen days, suffered the sentence of the law,
on the New Drop at Lincoln, on Friday
Be ascended the platform with great firmness ;
joined in prayer ; but protested his innocence
of the plot to the last, saying he was a mur-
dered nian.—Longland had long been consi
dered a bad character at Grantham, and is reputed
to have been the chief organiser of a numerous
gang of depredators, whose exploits at Grantham,
Newark, Nottingham, Retford, &c. have occa-
sioned the greatest alarm.
John Brown, Thomas Jackson, George Booth,
and John King, convicted at the last Assizes tor,
Derby, of setting fire to the hay and corn stac4
at Sotuliwit4.,field, the property of Winfield Hal-
ton, Esq. suffered on Friday last on the drop in
front of the county gaol.

PA 1Z LI EN'i'ik RV PA

PAPERS RELATING to 0„,
yes?ird (zit's § UN.)

• (Nit. Saundert.) •• • •Pi •
. •
SainifivN; willr the greatest 'iNferetice,
= silbtaii, for the consirkration'of the
'IFOn 1. E. Villiers, a' eirettnistant;e that
aat:thiit part of the Fi.shery engaged
fhe supply of the I.oinfon ntltket with liVefsb,
are in a 110lell more disiressud state than they ever
were hefore, titaSthocht as oi 1;e tia iii
• 5 t'►!! k are flow obiged to break op their lnsur
bnee Clubs ; and t-.s the •last effort amongst most
of them to •contiotte 'in- their pursuits,. they am
.111'1.1011y divifqog-the %Mount-Of Itleir joint stock,
~•which I;as hitherto) been raise:) by a Monthly
—sCription from each 'Of the mentheis,.Qf ope
Rea IA- Month, forth e partial indemnification of
Inch of (hem. ,as were sounfot Innate as to meet'
with a total loss,•that is to say, to the amount 011
4001., J. E. .Saunders. also takes I.eaVe tOk state.
another fact, that bv: far the.largest part of those
adventurers have not only lost the.wlfole'sums•
thus invested in the cost and outfit of theft ves-
sels; say frolii-'6001:of 20001. butt ;-ire also in such;
arrears to their. butchers, bakers, rope-makers,,
sod other tradesmen; that :if their Vs'Sels were to
`be sold, they woul,l not produce any thing like
sufficient to liquidate then debts. If Government
should he pleased, Fist at this •FinctureitO bestow.
on thrill a minimum bounty of 51. per' ton on all
life c, d td),..ba#l4l,ocks, ling, scate,.and hollylant
t,,dien by the hook, that would not brio;;' two-
pence per pound, in the motlats 'of April,
'hi Ac, July, Angust, fifth. September, or four-
pence pur pouLd in the finnillis- of October, No-
iTtnbef, Dee,tub•`r, January, Ft-hrtuary, and
lia;•ch nnd bounty-Of 21, per ton on'
all lire firtt fi,h with nets, which are sold

at or ond:ir one penny per pound i.O the aforesaid
stuniner months, a d t wo-penee per poti:id iii ti.e
aforesaid winter months ; zits° a honnty.of 51,
per fon on all live turbots !alien with nets Bri-
tish fi.herntew, that Will not brin four-pt:nce per
pound in the Lo don market to the extent of
50001. it would be a most reisotrable relief to
theta hnt tla.re ;I: another branch of adven-
furrs; t.iticlt in J E. Saunders' humble opinion
peculiarly requires attention and cncontap,nnent ;
viz. those Who have, wiJiin the last two seasons,
been rite tinsecessfol c,:%upctitors with the Dutch
fishermen, by taking iurbots with the hook on, the
coast of I I.4land, alti;oogh the British fishermen

- are far. far. Superior to the Dutch in enterprise and
t3erseeranee, -yet the advintagr's are more than.
- counterbalanced` by various benefits rieried by
the Dutch from their own Government, in a way
that the Biitish fidtermen cannot expect ;' yet
they arc not wititirut hope that the fostering
band of their GOvernnicnt vtill he extended to-
wards Orem with a 'bounty of 2!. per rugistexton-
frage on the first twenty vessels that continue
ilYreat,. "for four mouths ; in Tact, the prospect
thererif has.itultrced
.several.:,oWners of vesst.:lS al-
- ready to prepare them- for that ti,hery.
Lowy'. Tharues-stri:t, ad 1 tail;

'l. Bernard)

hi the Association for the Relief of Ole Manufacturing Poor
in 181.2, I took an active part. OUr chief o'4ect was the sup-
ply of corned and salt fish ; and in 1818, as ninth a3'990 tons
(or .eighteen thousand' hundred weight) weee cored by the
agents of the Association,. 'and sold to the [ahoy, pig class,.
wh very thankfully pnrchaseff theni. I was applied to h,r
pert of this from several rtaties,•particularly frntri Slief-
fi!elel, which place ?ot this fish were sold to the
poor thei c, Who expressed the greatest gratitude. for it. We
had teason to belii've; that if the could have been
greatly increased, there would still haitelleen a ffeinand for
it. and we took measures for doublinK the supply. in 1814,•
but were thwarted by the Excise Officers, who obliged us to,
give it nit.' This charity was condoeted with very little Cost
or loss,. 'except what seas occasioned by the vexatious inter-
ference of the officers of Excise, and our- loss by that -was-very
considerable. This circumstance first led me to direct my of-
ten:inn to the in ations. erects ot: the Salt Duties.

(No. 15.—MeRsrs. Macintosh.)
COMMON • SALT.

STATV.MCNTt of GE,,ri‘E MAVINTOSIi and Co. of Gtalgow,
rt latiry to Nljin:ral Alkali.

We are decidedly4Opittion that the trade of this coun-
try Wool.] &nice very important advantages from the intro.-
diwtiun and• use of piuv Mine .11 alkali; as a sub,stitute for
potash and hat ilia ; seeing that it 'decidedly answers instead
of these 'substances, and that in ayery superior degree,.ex-
cep-tint/ oily for makini'scift soap, tor. which potash is suP-
russet! indispensable.
Alis!cr4l alkali,
,in a pure state,' is unknown at present as
an article of commerce : barilla, which approaches nearest to
it,-tieing'of exceedingly rations quality ; and when most ia
demand, and consequently dears st, is then regularly worse
in quality; hieing purposely adulterated in preparing. In
this deteriorated state, it has ,i•metintes !wen found to con-
tai'n not more than 5 per cent. of pure soda, or mineral
and when of the very hest description, nvecr containing more
than 17 to 20 per cent. of this substance, for which it alone
is useful. The Memorialists are inclined to.. believe, that
thy, tons of common Salt will produce one ton of pure
alkali, which at the least Will cettainly 'do the work of
fiv.• t. us of barilla.

Barilla has of late years fluctuated eery much in price,
having been known as high as t:;01. per ton, hut at present
nay. be bought Prow aol: to 401. per tun. Therefore
. Fire tons of barilla, say.at.33l. per ton, will

cost -
One ton.of Imre eaustiemintral alkali, i
made from duty-free Salt, may probably
be sold fur 751. perhaps for lesi; but

- L•l7 5 - -

7S -- -

Leaving in favour of our own manufacture L.lOO

In many other arts besides soap-making, the superiority of
the mineral, over every other alkali, is•universally admitted.:
Fur example, in the heantiful and in:l-or:anent led, of which
so touch is now d”al on cotton, known by the. Turkey Or Ad-
riaoople red, goods dyed with which•are exported to a great
extent annually, mineral ;alkali is consumed in very large
quantity; antithe variety of it used at present for.this pur-
pose, called crystals of soda,-contaiiiing only'about one-third
their weight of pure alkali, is sold f0r.50!. per ton. In grass-
makinc, pat ticolarly for the finer qualities, potash cannot be
used at all; and in 'bleaching, especially In Ireland, immense
quantities of •barilla 'are employed, which in every case is
only useful in itroportion to the soda or Mineral alkali it
coniains. .
GeOrge Macintosh and Co. are fully aware that calcula-.
tions of she foregoing description ought to he receives! with
hesitation, and subjected to 'minute scrutiny;
whatever the result of such may be,. they aye altogvtlier uu
cmiscions of any vish'or intentiOn to mislead ; and they hope.
that upon investigation, It will, on the contrary, lie found
they have under-rated the probable great national, as well
as individual anvantage likely to he derived from the intro-
sittlefion Of antw ni,niufacture into Our country, the success
of which Will tend 'proportionably to lower the cost of mans
ot In;rs. in an importaii;„ degree connected with our national
prusperic Sze.
(Slgncil)

GEO. AIACINTOSH and Co.

(No. IG.—Mr. W. Horne.)
. •
I ant indured iv, that in e,timating the increased
demand tor (:t the dirtywerereßcitk(l) at half a mil-
ton,, t'aiti very t(it•-ilirt of what is '4ll:crally expectedtrun,jsuctr an -,
.accorje,nce• ' .t
But assuitx.i);; the quantity to be but 500.,00,0 tous,ercn.
'mail an additi,a (wbullyiutte;:endeat of itt application to tLe

purpose, of agriculture, comnterce, and the Fisheries,) wraltl
afford the'means of most extensive emphyytneiit to the vesse(s
more ininiedi'atoly engaged in the coaStiog trade of the
United Kingilom. . • •
Of th” iticreit,e in the man,afacttire of Salt. I am of opiiiiiirt
that 100,4NA° toils would'beconsitnied in the iiito:oliate
neirlt-
honrhood of the works.' and [-alien- into the interior by inland
pavigatiott;..;4lll it .i,s.s.carewly. possibh• that more than mit
601. of the won Ili be coniTytal h,v Cail4ig, as the ek.-
pence of cortri*e 'eXceeds the rate of freight at which
it could be 14"vii.frolit,the port.uf Liverpool to the most (1i:4:-
taut 'part of the rirnaets of 'the United its 44)0,000
tons of Saii,.`(irl rirhtitil7ll to the present. ,Jeautnil) would re-
-111411 forshiptbrull to varions.ports' and places in Great ;IL V;
. it 'fOllows ti it a -demand for' vessels would ensue, coup:
inensur9te with the increased tonnage odered jot. their <lll7
ployment, A coastivig• tesset- would perform four voyait siu
year; aitirLEtrertgitiz the burl heti of such vessels at too tuna
it appears filtit tWIY) eekSilS.ivould receive
meta from the sources here described. Five thousand sca-
men would he requited to navigate these vessels; and the
a!iil relir.irs, not Id incessantly engaLle
nunivrous hotly of ariisans id hiliwirers.

- ,
The port of l.i%erpool, coiinnon with' other places to
which these vessels would resort, WoUld lie twlerially bene-
fited by the repeal of the duty on Salt and at the present
moment, it Fould be an invainahle boon iii 'relieving t4O
town from the .keee.re pressure occasioned by tile great body
of unemployed seamen and labonrers• •It would also afford a.
permanent source of revenue to the corporation, at Ihe rare
of 8,0001. per stimum.for 400,000 tons of Salt ; and it is a fact
which will be cheerfully admitted, that not only this, but any
increase of revenue, , would be applied in carrying into effect,
the splendid and nst ful improvements which have been en-
tered upon, but . are now unhappily suspended frdin the de-.
cay of trade, and the-want of funds. to pay the labouring':
classes. •

The benefits which would result from the repeal of the duty'
on Salt would
.be immediately felt. From my own experience..
and the 'OPinions of persons well versed on the subject. it ap
pears to use to be certain that au instant demand would be
created for Salt lb new manufactures—in agriculture—in the
Fisheries. No time Would be lost between the demand and
the supply of it; in less than a week brine.would convvited
ikto Salt, conveyed to Liverpool, and shipped fur its plaice of
destination; all which would be greatly facilitated by th re-
moval of the re'trictio;t,, .which at present cramp every ope-
ration in manufauturing and.shipping Salt.
Indepentrent n the employment arising trout the increase in
vessell,lndepeiident (tithe, vast employment which would be af-
forded in new miy,wfaetures, in agriculture, mid the Fishet ies,
I cannot compute (he inunber of persims in Cheshire and the
neighbouring comities, 3vho would lie immediately engaged
in, or become dependeot on tin i -,creasedmainifocturc of
add conveing it to the port of Liverpool, at less than eighi
teen thousand.

rr, bt contititivd.3

LAW. INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CIIANCERY, AUG. it.

OPERA-HOUSE,

‘VATERS U. TAYLOR.

This case is at length brought to a conchision,
as tar as regards the suit► to he paid into Court by
Mr Waters, and also as respects the mortgage
debt of Mr. Taylor.
The LOAD CHANCELLOR, on coming into Court,
said—" I beg the ' attention of you Gentlemen
concetned in the case,i►f the Opera-house, as this
question seems to be of the greates- national im-
portance now before the Court. I have read h‘er
the voluminous report of the Master. front begin-
ning to end, and I must confess I ►fo not under-
stand it, although I have paid the tt►ost scrupulous
attention to it. As to the,iquestion, • whether the
mortgage debt' Of 3,6001. is included iu the sum
.4 34,000/. 1 ani wholly at a loss to solve,' for
this great bundle of papers t eyes no i,!formation
.as to that point." After adverting to several i►ems
in the Report, his Lotdship proceeded—‘,‘ It the
34,0001. does include the whole at the clai►►ts, in-
cluding this sntn of 3,6001. w:th the interest, I
shall feel no difficulty as to the course 1
pursue ; but as the Report is wholly silent as to
that fact,- I desire it to he -stated, on affidavit,
whether it does or does not include it.; for I see
there is no other way of getting rid of thi.s.ques-
.

Mr, fIA.RT said, that, as he, understood the
'case, the mortgage debt was ineinded the
34,0001.; hot he confessed, that although he' had
given it the most seritpulc►us acention, he %vas
unable to understand it ; btit.Mr. Milk noderstood
it, for lie had ,had the benefit of an , accountant's
ats'istance. .

Mr; MILLS (Mr. Waters' S,licitor), submitted,
that if-Mr. Waters paid 28,950/. into Court, and
Mr. Taylor was-allowed to take out 3,6001, Mr.
Waters would also be entitled to take 'out of the
funds .of the Court the sum of 3,600/.
The LORD CHANCRLLOR.—" If the Accountant.
will verify that fact by affidavit, I shall know What
to do. It appears to me as clear as day-light,
that credit must be taken for 25,0001., and not
for 34,0001. You Mistake me if you think I shall
Order Mr. Taylor to have the sum lie claims out of
this Court, 'for I do not intend to order any such
thing."

Sir SAmust. ROMILLY observed, that Mr. Mills
could not make Hart understand theaccount ;
nor could he make him believe that two and three
makes five.

The LORI? CHANCELLOR..---." I. have read this
Report,. and the only fact that Appears clear, is,
that dancing is the best trade in Ellland. Let
Mr. Waters pay the money into Court:on:nr be,
(pie Tuesday next, on which day theAcconntant•
General's Office Will close. If Mr.. Waters takes
credit fi,r the whole of the _funds :in court, Mr.•
Taylor has certainly a right to have the money he
has paid into Court oat of, it and rice versa."
Sir S. RomiLLY.---My Lord, Mr. IVaters has ne-
glected to. pay the larger sum, and Mr. Taylor not
lo have his •mortgage debt out of Court.

The LORD• CHANCELLOR—",If :Mr. Waters
pleases to pay the larger sum,
.Mr. Taylor must
certainly not have his mortgage debt ; hut, if he
thinks fit to pay the smaller sum, then Mr. Taylor
must have it. Let Mr. Waters pay tl►e_ sum of
34,0001; into Court without prejudice."
Mr. Ma:A.—Will yourrLordship be pleased to
order the case to go before the Master ?
The LORD CHANCELLOR.----Ii you will pay the
whole ot• the money into Court.
After some: farther conversation, the LORD
CHANcer.Los said, " I know a suitor may often
have to complain of the stupidity of a Judge ;
but if the Counsel on. both sides feel an equal
difficulty in understanding this, perhaps 1 may
,e6cape.that imp,,tAtion."
kt;AMUEL E.OMILLY.—ThiS, n►v Lord, will
settle the question for ever. Mr. Mills says Mr.
Waters w;11 pay the larger sum into► Court.
The LORD ~CHANCELLOR.--" Let the,•Sum of
.3-1,0001. he paid into•Conrt on or:berore..Tuesday
next, without prejudice. •Wheu, we -shall have
got :he money of boil) parties into Goon, •k think
we shall have a little hunnury."