The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-18 00:00:00

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PLYMOUTII, MAY 16.---Sailed his i'vhjevy's ship
hTienten , Capt. Sii M. Snymouti; 13ari. for Liibon-i'
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thetakes out Gencral Si,EN-cua, who .isto command
the cavalry in Portugal... .

A gun-brig arrived here last .even7ng frorn the
Eastward, and sailed this morning .!o tl.e Westward:
Arrived the French sloop Le Picre c4e le, in
,ballast, cut out from under the Isle d'72 B.is by the
'boats of the Afuros brig.
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It wi=ts not the Lively..frigate tLt a`rived here
yesterday; but the Athelia frigate, from the coast of
France. . • '

Arrived his Majesty's ship Milford from Basque
Roads,

Sailed the Margaret; ALCHARDS, for MiniDique;
and the Podnrgus, of 14 guns, fur Poit4n4cuHh.
• Came downfrom Batni)nol, and anchored iii the
Sound, his Majesty's" frigates Lobe and Areibusa:
Attived. his , Majesty's ship Pheaiant from Ports-
mouth.

'Sailed his Majesty's scrip with ti convoy, to
the WAtwai-d.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 17.-7C.iipe in this- day his
Majesty's ship Lively, from the Mediterraite.io, with
Sir CHARLES COTTON on board:
Arrived the Ant schlner from a eruiz:?"..

v I7.—Arrived. bis IVtliesty",s ships
Bellona and Theban from. the lyVes t ward.
Came do xn from the River and shiled to the West;•
ward the Governor Halket, WATSON, for l'11) v,.)
Hanover, ADA msox, for Jamaica; and the. Hope;
LAvis, for Montserrat.

Arrived and sailed for the River the Mentor, COL:.

LIM, from Oporto.

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ELOPE` ENT.—ThP Wl-1 u" on trah_•imati in
Oxford-street,, eloped
,on wiili a'
a tradesman in Wardo.ui=stree , tvho has a ile,and •
ftraily, and althbugh her kiss pl;cir.ied in !quid
bills about the streets, she, was not fon!,(1 .u!)tii Sun-
day last, when she was discovered in no ;he
Harrow-road. The families were on the most inti=
mate terms of friendship.

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LIVERPOOL, MAY 15 —I se •d you an acceno. of
the opeungsot this Tlw;,tre, :tt vviln!, a kin,1,14 0. P.
riot has taken place, the H. P Hrty, they. ;erns
themselves, insisting upon 11.11 f pr7ce be nn,,, taken,
which has never yet taken phlee. Plar.7.irds w• re
posted up all over the town, requesting elely at-
tendance of the advocates fog H. P. The play was
Pizarro, and the entertainment the Betwooleqii'ar.
At seven o'clock the performance Commenced! On
the curtain rising, there was -:a great call .fur the
Managers (Messrs. KNIGHT and Lewis), with cries
of Off, off !" Neithel of the 'Alamigers appearing,
-much the same kind of noise was maJe during the
evening as distingutshed the opening of Giverit-
Gardeu,rheatee. During the .performance:several
things were flung on the stag among which was a4'
pennyTiece, which stt -Mr. l‘fusottp.ir. on `the
face, and caused it to bleed very profusely.i Both
the play and entertainment were got through in
less.than two lours. When the curtain dropped
the managers were again called for, but did not ap-
pear, and the spectators departed between 1 t and
12 o'clock, The. mob on the. outside of the Thea-
tre pelted stones and bricles.at the -windoi.vs, and
entirely destroyed them. A great number of stones
went through the Coffee-roorn window, -one of
which broke a large looking-glass. The disttirb-.
once was t:hiefly created by sitopmen, potters, &c.
the respectable part of the inhabitants being quite
averse.to half price being taken ; the admission* to
the Boxes is but 4s. tothe Pit, 3s.arid to the Gal-
lery, Is. Numbers of Gentlemen arethis day beieg
sworn in as
.Special Constables, and it is, intended,
if possible, to quell the disturbance to-rnotto..v night.
Notwithstanding I paid very, minute attention .to
the H. P.'s I pould not dis Cover a single gentl. man
among them. The house_ has been newly. painted,
and looks very handsome.

We have received the following letter from the
South of Spain, the date of which is three days later-
than the previous aCcounts!

-4‘ CADIZ,, MAY 4.—The desertions from ihe en&;
my are very numerous, and many of theiii enter
this town, who give accounts of the situation and
State of the enemy very satisfaaory to us. ;They state
the force of JOSEPH not to amount to more thari
nO,OOO, and several of these id their hearts enter=
tain the greatest dislike to him, Pro Visions are
scarce, and their clothing at present, independent
of what they took in Seville, is verf• bad. We are
sorry to hear that their' treatment of the peacesbie
inhabitants of the province is cruel in the extreme:
The whole of the mountains are,covered with-armed
peasantry%

Hostile ,operations on our part are talked of ;
but I doubt if it will be wise•to move from our pre-
sent situation ; it,will be a very hazardous enterprize
to retake Matagorda. The French are new improv-
ing and repairing the fortifications-with the utmost
celerity.

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" the intelligence we obtain from Madrid' only'
confirms us in the opinion w`e entertained, and which.
wanted no confirmation; of the barhatity ,of the,
French totlie conquered people. The:Spmish
soners taken are frequently openly hutchered; and
even the quiet inhabitants; who reflain. from 'all-of-
fence, are made often severely t 9 pay for what arti
called the crimes of their countrymen."

COIIN-EXCHANGI, MAY 18.--The- iuppliet of
Wheat this-day are shoe re
r, and sales theot again
rather dearer ; Barley and Malt nearly at late prices;
very few White" Peas; l3eans of the tm:o kin's fully
at last quotation; New Ticks 4.4. to 50s. per guar.:
ter; Oats Fire likewise in extreme short supply, and
thiS trade ; prices of Flour at the last ad.;
vance.

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THURSDAY, .MAY 17.

The LORD ADVOCATE o Scotland was heard at
if gth in a C.mmittee ot Priviieg-s on the claims
ot Lady Essex. Kerr to the R 'think Peerage.

Several Public and Private Bills were brought up.
fri)m. the Corm))Ons and read .a first time. Among
the former were; 'the Hawkers', and Pedlars', Bill,
the Irish High Reads, and Embezzlement Bills:
.The order for mimmoning their Lordships on the
following motions were discharged, and new orders
issued for the following 'notices on their respe6tive
days
Lord MRLVII.I.E.ti, motion respekiitig the employ-
ment of Ships of War as Transports was fixed fur
Monday next.

Lord DoNougnmofte's- motion on the Petitions
from thelti,hCathuliei was fixed for Tneschly in-
stead of Monday next ; and
Earl GREY'S' ini•tion for an Address to his Majes-
ty respecting the present stale of the Nation was
defittitivey tixecilor,Viidaythe Ist of June.

of-the clamour and discontents uit hoot doOrs.
liament wouid ad not in obedience to
,sUch, cla-
mours, lant from the' coilvittion that they were do-.
ing what was right. The people would see that,
and the well disposed; the great reajdrity, would ba
satisfied. It Was not among them -that the discos-
tents prevailed, but among those whoin nothing,:
short of confusion and anarchy would satisfy. Such '"
would always be found in this Country.. HeAtad
.observed them. for the last -sixteen ~ears. At one
time their cry was, no King, no Nobility. They,*
however, soon found that these designs were dupe
rate, and that they must siek the,attainment of their •.
object through otherareays. Their effort now is to
degrade and vilify the charade-a of thp House of
Commons, well aware,o hat if once they could sue-
-coed in breaking down that branch of the Constitu-
tion, the fall of-the Monarchy and, their Lordships'
House would naturally and necessarily follow. Such
were the designS against which their Lordships had"
*now to guard. An attack was. made on. the charac-
ter, on the dignity, on the honour and the privileges
of the other Huse, _and that attack must be re-
pelled, and set at defiance; because all Would go,-if
that great branch of the High Court of Parliament,:
if the privileges of the House. of Commons, which
existed only for the good of the 'people, could be
invaded with impunity. The Noble Earl talked
loudly Of theCondua of Ministers; of their will ex-
peditions, of Waluheren, ace. and of their general
inability to coodutt the affairs of the country. He
would tell that Noble Earl., that if he had no stronger
weapon to wield_aginst Ministers than the present
Bill, it would just have as much, riled. iii attacking
suck Adininktration, as' the little linger of a' child
could have tupulling down a iliountain.. He did
trot think it possible to ,amend the Bilt in.a Com-
mittee ; he should therefote voce against the second
reading'; intitnatihg, •hoWever, that he might hint-
'self introduce u Bill for suspending tile granting of
places in reversion, until full information could he
laid before the House respecting the merits of the ,
qut4tion, and the best mode'of proceeding.resped-
ing, it."
Lord 'Maevnea —ridiculed the arguments by
which the Bill 'on Trirmer occasions had been chiefly
supported. What, said the supporters of it, can be
more absurd than to grant placeslopersons yet un-,
born, and of whose capacity to fill such places no
idea could previously be formed ?—This objection
the Noble Earl %Vould do well seriously,' to turn in.
his-inind•; their Lordships should all give it a pro-
per degiec of attention,: they would then see how
far it went to affeet their awu hereditary honours
and distinctions, The Noble Earl was destined to
be a statesman—an hereditary adviser of the Crown
before he was born ; and who could haye been cer-
tain before-hand that the Noble Earl -would have
proved such a light to that `House, such an ornament.'
to his country, as he now proved to be ?. Besides
the high dlstinction of the peerage', the moat splen4
did the Soveteign could bestow, was often the re-
ward of the brilliant and meritorious services of the
father ; and how could a father. be' More satisfac-
torily' rewarded than by conterrieg favours and ho-
nours upon him which were to descend to his, and
to his latest posterity., In the same manlier were
places in :reversion eoatited.- The father's services
were doubly 're-Warded by coutieeing the- reward to
his 'on.-- JVthough he thought the Bill ohit-ction-,
able enough- in most or its_ provision's to be rej,cted,
yet, he would suggest .thelirbprie:y of :deferringdecision tipon tt tor' three:weeks or so, 'in order to
see whether. the other. House of Parliament would
furrish any -new grhunds to justify its adoption.
Earl GREY confessed he bad 'strong objectioc:s to
that 'clauSe in the Bill, which would gi‘ve to, either
IlOuse of Patliament .the right of recommending
what, places :should, Sr should not; •-be granted in
-reversion. He shOchl hoWeYer vete for the second ;
reading of the Bill, and wait for the Conimittee to
get the objeCtioeatale clause amended. He did, not
agree 'with the Noble Lords who preceded him es
to elle source of the present discontents, which he
feared were very L!eep and general. The real cause
of them was
,to be found ie 'the overwhelming Hese
surer of the
.present taxation, and the oppressive
mode Of levying the taxes. It would therefore tend
to appease and mitigatet hat discontent if any effort,
however small, was Made to alleviate the burthens
of the people. The, present would at least h:ne
that tendency ; to resist it therefore, was to §liew
that DO disposition existed on the part of Parliament
to meet the Wishes, or lighten the pressure of the
burthens of the people.
Lord SIDMOUTH could not approve of the. pro-
visions of the Bill. "They," went to deprive the
Crown of a prerogative which. it had immemorially
enjoyed, to tratisfer,it to Parliament, in whose 'mods.
it could not 14 more properly placed. Long expe-
rience had sensibly told us that our benevolent So-
vereign was always anxious to. listen to
_the wishes"
and to promote the happiness of his People, and to
suppose that he would abuse that branch of the pro-
rogative which made him the fountains and rewards,
was to derogate from that character of justice and
benevolence which he had uniformly maintained. •
The Earl Of lAvEaroor. agreed in all that had
fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend on the
Woolsaak. In his mind it was unpossibleto amend
the Bill in the Committee. Not a clause of it, not
even the title .or pr,amble could be left ; he -.saw
no use, therefore, in sending it to a Committee.--a
AS to the observations made respeCting the pressure•
of the taxes,. and the unwillingness of MiniSters to
gratify or relieve the people, he should be ready to
discuss these points whenever they came fairly be
fore the noise. All he should observe now was,
that the wealth and commercial 'presperity of the
country were now so great that they folly enabled the
.people to meet all the, demands on them which the
'exigencies of the ,State and of the times required;
and that the amount of the taxes at this day, in pros.
portion to the .present means and wealth of the na-
tion, were not greater thaietlie taxes at the times of
King William, with a view to the means and the
wealth of the Country under his reign.
Lord CALIYSFORT adopted the same liOe of argu-
ment as Lord Grey, Lord Redesdale, and that ef"
the Lord Chancellor; after which the question was
put on the second reading of the Bill, and negatived
without a division.

• The LORD CUANCELLOR then moyeti- that the
Bill be 'rejected ; which m...tion was ';;tl,o Hgr.•eil 10
without a .divisinn,Adjourned at Nine o'ecick. •