The Sun. — 1844-08-07 (London, England)

ANNUAL NUMBER OF WARRANTS IN EACII TEAR, FROM 1799 TO 1844.  Year. iNumber. I Year. Number.! Year. Number. ----1' 1799 9 1815 2 1831 17 1800 11 1816 0 1832 5 1801 7 1817 11 1833 4 1802 6 1818 9 1834 6 1803 7 1819 6 1835 7 1804 2 1820 6 j 1836 7 1805 7 1821 1 1837 4 1806 9 1822 12 1838 8 1807 13 1823 7 1839 16 1808 2 1824 2 1840 7 1809 11 1825 6 1841 18 1810 6 1826 8 1842 20 1811 8 1827 8 1843 8 1812 28 1828 4 1844 7 1813 8 1829 5 1814 3 1830 14 372 Total number of persons named in the above warrants, 724.  This would give a little more thatk eight warrants, on the average, per year, and about two persons, on the average, for each warrant. Among the warrants there are eight, applied each to some particular object, but not restricted to any definite number of persons. The above warrants classed under certain heads :-Bank of England, 13 ; Bankruptcy, 2 ; Murder, theft, fraud, &c., 144 ; Treason, sedition, &c., 77 ; Prisoners of war, 13 ; Revenue, 5 ' • Foreign Correspondence, 20 • letters returned to writers, 7 ; address copied, 1; forged frank, 1; uncertain, 89. Total, 372. The Secretaries of State who have signed the warrants referred to in the two preceding abstracts, are named in the following list, arranged in the order of date :1712-13. The Earl of Dart- 1804-6. Lord Hawkesbury, mouth. and 1807.9. 1713. The Right Hon. W. 1806-7. Earl Spencer. Bromley. 1807. Right Hon. C. W. W. 1722. Lord Visct. Townshend. Wynn. 1730-46. Lord Harrington. 1809-12. The Right Hon. R. 1735-1754. DnkeofNewcastle. Ryder. 1749. Duke of Bedford. 1812-21. Lord Vise. Sidmouth. 1752-3. The Earl of Holder- 1822-30. The Right Hon. Sir ness. R. Peel. 1755. The Right Hon. Sir T. 1822-3. Right Hon. G. CanRobinson. ning. 1756. The Right Hon. H. Fox. 1823. Earl Bathurst. 1763. The Earl of Halifax. 1827. Lord Vis. Goderich. 1765-7. The Right Hon. Ge- - Right Hon. W. S. neral Conway. Bourne. 1766. Duke of Richmond. - Marq. of Lansdowne. 1766-7. The Earl of Shel- 1830-4. Lord Via. Melbourne. burne. 1833-40. Lord Palmersson. 1770. The Earl of Sandwich. 1834. Lord Vis. Duncannon. 1770-4. The Earl ofßochefort. - Duke of Wellington. 1776-7. Lord Vis. Weymouth. 1834-5. Right Hon. H. Gold-1778. The Earl of Suffolk. burn. 1782-3. The Right Hon. T. 1835-9. Lord John Russell. Townshend. 1838. Lord Glenelg. 1782. The Right Hon. C. J. 1839-41. The Marq. of NorFox. manby. 1784. Marq. of Carmarthen. 1841-4. The Right lion. Sir 1799-1801. Duke of Portland. James Graham. 1801-3. Lord Pelham. 1844. Earl of Aberdeen. 1803. Right Hon. C. Yorke. Among the warrants of the last century some few have been discovered that were issued on grounds which would now be considered highly objectionable, and would not be sanctioned by recent practice. We proceed to give some specimens of the earliest warrants. The earliest, dated Sept. 20, 1712, is as follows :To the Postmaster-General,-Her Majesty is pleased to order that all letters directed to Mr. Thomas Perrin (and three others named) be sent to the Commissioners of the Customs for their perusal, as is desired by the inclosed letters from Mr. Carkess. This method is taken in order to discover their effects ; and you are to comply with it as far as is consistent with law and the duty of your office.