The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-26 00:00:00

LETTER FROM LORD VISCOUNT SIDMOUTII TO TILE

REV. DR. COPE, OF DUBLIN.
" 'Whitehall, Feb. 24, 1821.
" SlR—Having laid before his Majesty your letter to me of
the 13th inst. lam happy_ to acquaint you, that-the testimony
of your own feelings of loyalty to the King, and attachment to
Government, and those of the Protestant Dissenters of the City
of Dublin, was highly satisfactory to his Majesty, who entire-
ly iipproves of the manner in which those sentiments have been
conveyed to him.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, '
" Your most obedient humble servant,
" The Rev. Dr. Cope. (Signed) " SIDIUOUTH.

PARISH or .ST. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN.--A
numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the above
parish was held on Tuesday and yesterday, in
the vestry-room, for the purpose of electinc, a
Churchwarden for the ensuing year, when Mr.
SicEurwi and Mr. J. WILSON were put in nomi-
nation for the occasion. Mr. HUMMEL took the
Chair. A warm debate took place on. Tuesday,
amongst the parishioners, respecting the merits of
the Candidates. At length the Chairman put the
question, when the show of hands was decidedly
in favour of Mr. Skelton, who was about being
declared duly elected; when a poll was demanded
in favour of Mr. Wilson, which timmediately
commenced, and at the close the numbers were—
Mr. Skelton 118
Mr. Wilson 96
Majority - • - - -22
Polling was again resumed yesterday, with in-
creased spirit, by the friends of both parties, and
at the final close of the poll, at four o'clock, the
numbers were as follow :
Mr. Skelton 201
Ml'. 'Wilson 167
Mr. Skelton; on being declared duly elected, re-
turned thanks, and the vestry brcike qp.

'WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The An-
nual General Meeting of the above Society for
the London district, was held yesterday evening
in Great Queen-street Chapel, which was- com-
pletely filled. At six o'clock, RICHARD ROTH-
WELL, Esq. Alderman, took the Chair, supported
by a great number of eminent individuals of . that
denomination, and other Gentlemen. The Re-
port of the last year's proceedings was read by
the Secretary,.and presented a gratifying account
of the exertions of the Society in different parts
of the world, particularly in the West Indies,
where they had been crowned with success. The
Report concluded by calling for additional aid
to extend the operations of the Society. Offi-
cers were then appointed for the ensuing year,
and the. Chairman and other Gentlemen sew-
rally addressed the Meeting : after which it ad-
journed. -

Divisions.

Muses.

1815 1 1816 jlBl7 1818 jlBl9 11820
Upper Town - - 440. 452 45/ 454 456 458
Lower Town - 355 362 365 367 390 407
St. Roc Suburb; - 531. 552 569 642 654 721
St. Lewis, Ditto - 5 3 - 6 7 12 44
St. John, Ditto - 413 418 433 488 560 614
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Total Houses - - 1752 1789 11825.- 11958 12072 12244
Public Buildings - 19 21 21 21: 21 21

Grand Total 1771 1810 1846 1979 1 2003, 2264

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IMPETUAL CURIOSITV.—The follo.wing little
scene, says a Canada Paper, may be amusing to
our readers. It reminds us somewhat of the
ordeal through which Gulliver- is described as
havirig passed, in the presenCe of-their Majesties
of Brobdignag or Lilliput. There can be no
doubt as to the authenticity.of the narrative,
which was drawn up by Serjeant CA:NIPBEI:L, at
the request of an Officer of his Regiment :
" In the month of August, 1815, I was ordered to prOceed
with private John Fraser, And Piper Kenneth Macquay, to
the Palais d'Elisee, in Paris, then the residence of the Emperor
of Russia,' when we were joined by Serjeant Macgregor, private
Munro, and piper Mackenzie, of the 42d regiment ; Serjeant
Grant, piper Logan, and piper Cameron, of the 92d. regiment.
AbOut half an hour after our arrival at the Palace, Lord Cath-
cart sent a valet to conduct us to the grand hail, where we met
his Lordship, whom I immediately recognised—he was pleased
to order me to take charge of thq party, while he went to the
gmperor to acquaint him of our arrival, and in about ten mi-
nutes after the Emperor entered the hall, accompanied by his
two brothers, Prince Blucher., Count Platoff, and several other
distinguished personages. The Emperor had a very minute
inspection of us, and his curiosity,led him %I point upon
,me (as
being the most robust of those who accompanied me) to step to
thefront. I was surrounded by the astonished Nobility, and
the Emperor comir.enced his inspection and questions, viz.:—
" 1. Examined my 'appointments, drew my sword, in-
quired if I could 'perform any exercise of that weapon, which
I told him I could. not ; and, at. the same time, Lord Cathcart
made a remark ths.t, it was a deficiency inAlie British army
which he never took into conSideration before..
"2. Examined my hose quarters, and pinched my
. skin, thinking I wore something under my :kilt, And had the,
curiosity of lifting my kilt up, so that he might mot be deceived.
The questions were—How long I was in the army ? How
.many actions I was in ? If I was present at the actions of the
16th, 17th, and 18th ? How many Officers and men the regi-
ment lOst,' on 16th, 17th, and 18th of June ? Whether I was
in Egypt ? If we wore the kilt in winter, or if I did not feel
cold in that season ? If I was rilr.ried ? if my parents *ere
alive ? &c.
"'The Emperor then ordered lord Cathcart to make me put
John Fraser .through the manual and platoon exercise, at
which perfcrmance he was highly pleased. lie then ordered
the pipers to play up, and Lord Cathcart desired them to play
the Highlanil tune called " Cogna24-Sith," %Var or Peace,
which he explained to the Emperor, who seemed • highly de-
lighted with the music. After. the Emperor had done with me,.
the veteran Count Platoff came up to ine, took Inc by the
hand; and told' 'me in broken English that I was a good and
bravezildier,. as all my countrymen were. He their pressed
my Iluna.to his breast, and gave me his, to press to mine.. After
all was over, I was ordered to take the to Eord CatlicAri
'quarters, where we hnd a rebeshinettt,
_.,,nrlt!,7:eceived a piece of '
money each from his .Lords'elp, and aide approbation for
our appearance, &e.

" r. CAMPBELL. Se fit. 79th Reinx_e;.t.
'4' Caz. 2 uear ranifor, ti July;

1;:i .1p..,!;.3 Terms for which they have been
• ri.2'a il gla
Life ' 14
ng Male Fe- Years Fe 1 - a Fe_
14 I ~ 7
11-- Life. ' ' Years '
Ye rS Vears
Year.
ntio.
`0 °C.,,, .?. ri, ' male. Male. maL. Male.
male.
- ---7.---
,1817- 1720 101 589 13 2.79 30 852 58
1818 2181 126 663 18 376 16 114`2 93
1819 1932 . 148. E 636 27 288 45 1008 75
1820 2737 121 912 22 506 49' 1319 50
- ' ----- - Total! 8570 496 2800 80 1449 140 -.--
4321 276

March 6, 1821.

JOHN HENRY CAPPER,
Superintendent of Conviets

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STEAM ENGINES.
A Bill for giving greater facility in the Prosecution and Abate-
ment of NUISANCES arising from FURNACES used in
the working of STEAM ENGINES.

'Whereas great inconvenience has •arisen, and a great de-
gree of injury has been and is now sustained by his Majesty's
subjects, in various parts of the United Empire, from the im-
proper construction as well as from the negligent use of fur-
naces employed in the working of engines by steam : And
whereas if has been ascertained, that the greater proportion if
not the whole of the smoke issuing from such furnaces, may,
by a proper construction and due attention, be consumed, so as
to prevent the nuisance thereby arising :

And whereas by law, every such nuisance, being of a public
nature, is abateable as such by indictment ; but the' expense
attending the prosecution thereof, have deterred parties suffering
thereby from seeking the remedy given by law ;
Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Ma-
jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this, present Parliament as-
sembled, and by the authority of the same, That it shall and
may be lawful for the Court before which any such 'indictment
shall be tried, in addition to the judgment pronounced by the
said Court in case of conviction, to award such costs as shall be
deemed proper and reasoriable to the prosecutor or prosecutors,
to.be paid by the party or parties so convicted as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That if it shall appear to the
Court before which any such indictment shall be tried, that the
grievance may be remedied by altering ,the construction of the
furnace, or any other part of the premises of the party or par-
ties so indicted, it shall be lawful to the Court, without the
consent of the prosecutor, to make such order touching the pre-
mises, as shall be by-the said Court thought expedient for pre-
venting the nuisance in future, before passing final sentence
upon the defendant or defeadants so convicted.

THE NEW STAMP ACT.
The Bill for explaining and' amending certain Acts relating
to Stamp Duties, and for extending rehef in cases of -spoiled
stamps, as amended by the Committee of the House of Corn-
. Mons, has been printed. The preamble states--" 'Whereas it
is expedient to reduce the Stamp Duties granted and imposed
by an Act and schedule thereto, made and passed in the 55th
year of his late Majesty, intituled An Act for Repealing the
Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law. Proce-elings, • and other written
or printed Instruments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and
on Legacies and Successions to personal Estate upon. Intesta-
cies, now payable in Great Britain, and for granting other
Duties in lieu • thereof,'P &c.' Then follow the enacting
clauses,. with the schedule annexed of the New Duties, from
which the following is an extract
SETTLE 3IE NT.--Any deed or instrument, whether volun-
tary or ;gratuitous, or upon any good or valuable consideration
(other-than a bona fide pecuniary consideration), whereby any
sums of money, whether limited or unlimited in amount, and
whether theretofore charged or chargeable, or by such deed or
instrument made, de novo, charged or chargeable on any lands,
tenements or hereclitaments, or heritable subjects, or upon any
chattels real or personal, or not so chargeable; and if so charg-
ed or Chargeable, whether to be raised at all events or not ; or
whereby any share or shares (Whether limited or unlimited in.
amount) in any of the. Government or Parliamentary stocks or
funds, or in the stocks and funds of the Governor and Com-
pany of the Bank of England, or of the East India Company,
or of the South Sea Company; or whereby any annuity or an-
nuities, rent charges, or other annual payment or payments, or
any part or share thereof, shall be settled, or agreed to be setth.
ed, /Ton or for the benefit of any person or
.persons. either in
possession or reversion, either absolutely, or conditionally, or
contingently, or for, life, or other partial interest, or in any
manner whatsoever, or made' liable to any trust or purpose
Whatsoever. • .
If such sum or sums of money, or the value of such share or
shares in all or any of the said stocks or funds, or the value
of such annuity or annuities, rent charge or rent charges, or
other annual payment or payments, or the part or parts there-
of so settled or agreed to be settled (such value to-be ascer-
• tained as hereafter mentioned), or both shall amount
to £l,OOO , - - - •
And if the same shall amount to £lOOO and not amount
to £2,000 - - - - - - -
Abd if the same shall amount to £2OOO and not amount
_to £3,000 - - - - - -
And-if the same 'shall amount to £3OOO and not amount
to £4OOO - - -
And if the same shall amount to £4OOO and not amount
to £5OOO , - - - • - - -
And if the same shall amount to £5OOO and not amount
to £6OOO - - - -
And if the same shall amount to £6OOO and not amount
to 47000 - - - •
And if.the same shall amount to £7OOO and not amount
to £BOOO - - - - - -
And if same shall amount to £BQOO and not amount
to £10,C90 - • - - - - -
And if the same shall amount to £lO,OOO and not
amount to £12,000 - - ‘•• -
And if the same shall amount to £12,000 and not
amount to £15,000 - - -
And if' the same shall amount to 1-15,0004nd not
amount to £20,000 - , - - -
And if the same shall amount to X 20,000 or upwards
And where any such decd or instrument-as last men-
tioned,. together with any schedule, receipt, or other
matter put or endorsed thereon, or annexed thereto,
shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, then for every
entire-quantity of .1,080 words contained therein, over
and above the first 1;080 words,,a further progressive.
duty of - - - - 1 5.
This clause is founded upon the practice which has prevailed
of evading the duty by asslgnmentsof property to trustees, and
by presents dining life. .111 e duty will hencesorth attach to all
such
_grant of proyerty during life, as when regularly be-
pleathed by last will and testament.

£1 15

• FIFE Cr ITARDS.--A return to an order of the House of Com.
mons states the charge of a regiment of Life Guanls, consisting
of eight troppS, Of Cue farrier; 42inen per troop, and 274 troop
horses, fbr one day's pay,.651. ss:. 5d.; total charge, including
clothing, &c., for the year, 132,000. 1.65. tid. The charge of a
regiment of ilonse Guards, of eight troops, a farrier, 42 men
per troop, and 2;4 troop horses, for one one day's pay, 811.
Bs. :Id.; total Charge, including clothing,' &c„ for "tae year,
X 30,188- 17s. fid. The charge •of a regiment of 1)r1,1--‘o,:at
Guards, consisting of eight troops, of 413 rank and file per trooP,
and 273 trobb horses, for one day's pay, ,491. 25.. d.; total,
charge; including clothing, &c for the year, ,1:24;835: Ild.
• BRITISH 11i USEII /.I.—A• return to an order of the House of
Commons states the nunahcr of .persons admitted.* l'ikw the
-British 2;luseurn, from ate 27th of Illarjt, lu2o, to. tlfc.'2i;th of
4lareh, 1f321, at 62.543. The 'days of-
pdblic!admissidn ate:We,
idondays, %Vccluesdays, and Friclayl• in every .walt;:wkeil, bq-
twecn the. bouricf ten Ara two, T 1 4J.wrki art:
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