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In Lord diarendoes It** theta irifti# ioftg count of-it conversation with the Duke t Ormond, on a proposal Made to him, to give tap the business in Chancery, Which might be done by any man, and With which almost all his time was occupied, and to attach himself more closely to the Royal Person and to his duty as Keep , er of the King's Conscience ; but Lord Clarendon rejected the.proposal in the most re solute manner, declaring, that if a gallows were erec ttd before his door, and the alternative were impo sed upon him, he would sooner undergo the penalty than agree to convert the office of Chancellor into that of a Court favourite. What a pity it was that it "lever occurred to the Duke of Ormond to suggest the expedient of a Vice-Chancellor !—One of the greatest calamities that could befal the country was the passing of a Bill like the present, which must af fect the independence of the profession, and open a pith to its highest honours through the intrigues of a Court. Mr. TAYLOR again defended the mode in which he had brought forward his motion, and objected to its being treated as a novice in the forms of that House. The Motion was then put, and negatived without a division. Lord CASTLEREAGH then moved the third leading of the Vice-Chancellor's Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw 3 when the House divided, there appeared—For the third Reading 127—Against it 89—Majority 38. Strangers were not again admitted during the rest of the evening. Another division took place on an Amendment proposed by Mr. CANNING, that the duration of the Bill should be limited to seven years.--For the Amendment 114— Against it 145—Majority 31. While the Minority were in the Lobby, Mr. Pox `SONEY requested the attendance of his friends to morrow evening, as Lord CASTLEREAGH had signified that it was his intention to oppose the second reading of the Sinecure Bill. The House :Adjourned at half past Twelve o'clock. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1813. PRICE OF ~'COCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCKs Cone. 59-I—for ae. 591-4 per Cent. 88 89—Bds. Si. 4i. Bills 4s. Si. pr.—Ornniurn, nothing done. The baset of the Treaty with Denmark, which we specifically mentioned yesterday, have now reached this country in a demi.sfficial form. Captain LEUTKIN, of the Danish Navy, has arrived in town, and deli. vered dispatches from his Government to Lord CAB tLEREAGH on the subject. He came in a Danish man of war, which arrived in the Humber on Wednesday. If we are correctly informed, Denmark stipulates for a perfect neutrality : at the same time, her ports are to be opened to British Commerce upon advantageous terms. There was a time when BONAPARTE would have had the insolence to denounce vengeance against Denmark for her concessions I a Our Readers will find in our columns of to-day some further gratifying intelligence from the North. The letters from St. Petersburg!' announce the total downfal of the French faction at that Court, by the tetirement of ROMAN ZOFF from office. The names of TCHICIMOOFF, NOVOSILTZOFF, D'OunitiL and KOTS bum, all decided Anti-Gallicans, are mentioned as having succeeded to places of high responsibility in the Russian Ministry. The Proclam s ation from LAtintsron, who is now the only French General, with any thing like an army , tinder his command in the North of Europe, proves to demonstration that all is not well with the French interests on the Elbe. We rejoice to learn that it is 'the progress of public opinion which he dreads more than the Russian armies. Why should u frantic writings which malevolence circulates to excite revolt" alarm a French General and his invincible legions ? We are much mistaken if General Count LAURIFFON is not speedily relieved by a Russian General from the fatigues of watching the movements of the inha bitant around him. Louis XVIII. has addressed a Proclamation to the French Nation, in which he calk upon them to re-' turn to their allegiance and unseat the Usurper from his Throne.—The a times are favourable" for such an experiment, and it has this to recommend it, that the document is couched in the most temperate lan guage. His Majesty disavows all intention of forcing himself upon his subjects as their Sovereign, and ap peals to their loyalty to his family ind their sufferings under the tyranny of BONAPARTE' for the success of his claims. In pursuing this line of conduct, he Mgt carry with him the good wishes of every honourable mind, and has no doubt received the sanction of the British Ministers, for we have reason to believe that they have uniformly displayed a praiseworthy forbear ance in listening to any Crusade against France, with a view to the restoration of the BOURBONS. Any revolu tion in the French Dynasty, (and such an event is not beyond the pale of possibility) must come from the interior of France—it must be the simultaneous wish of the whole nation, otherwise it cannot and 6ught not to be successful. The following is a copy of this important document : ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE. 1, LOUIS XVIII. &c. " The moment is at length arrived, when Dlvwx Peovinracs appears ready to break in pieces the in strument of its wrath. The Usurper of the throne of St. Louis, the devastator of Europe, experiences re verses in his turn. • Shall they have no other effect but that of aggravating the calamities of France ; and will she not dare to overturn an odious power, Ito longtr protects4l by the illusiqns of victory ?,.-.. N• • • What piquiliees, or' What team, eas-tioitpwat her from throwing herself into the arms of her Zing ; and from rvognisigg, in the establishment of his le.' gitimate authority, the only pledge of union, peace, and happiness, which bis promises have so often gua. ranteed to his oppressed subjects ? " Being neither able, nor inclined to obtain, but by their efforts, that throne which his rights and their affection can alone confirm, what wishes should be adverse io'those which he has invariably entertained ? what doubt can be started with regard to his pater nal intentions ? "The King has said in his preceding declarations, and he reiterates the assurance, that the Administra tive and Judicial Bodies shall be maintained in the plenitude of their powers ; that he will preserve their places to those who at present hold them, and who shall take the oath of fidelity to him ; that the Tri bunals, Depositaries of the Laws, shall prohibit all prosecutions bearing relation to those unhappy times of which his return will have for ever sealed the obli vion ; that, in fine, the code polluted by the name of Napoleon, but which, for the most part, contains only the ancient ordinances and customs of the realm, shall remain in force, with the exception of enactments .contrary to the doctrines of religion, which, as well as the liberty of the people, has long been subjected to the caprice of the Tyrant. " The Senate, in which are seated some men so justly distinguished for their talents, and whom so many services may render illustrious in the eyes of France and posterity—that body whose utility and importance can never be duly appreciated till after the restoration—can it fail to perceive the glorious destiny which summons it to become the first instru-, ment of that great benefaction which will prove the most solid, as well as the most honourable guarantee of its existence and - its prerogatives ? On 'the subject of Property % the King, who has already announced his intention to employ the most proper means for conciliating the interests of, all, perceives in the numerous settlements which have taken place between the old and the new landholders, the means of rendering those cares almost superfluous. He engages, however, to interdict all proceedings by the Tribunals contrary to such settlements ; to encourage voluntary arrangements, and, on the part of himself and his family, to set the example of all those sacrifices which may contribute to the repose of France, and the sincere union of all Frenchmen. " The King has guaranteed to the army the win tenance of the ranks, employments, pay, and ap pointments which it at present enjoys. He promises, also to the Generals, Officers, and soldiers, who shall signalize themselves in support of his cause, rewards more substantial, distinctions more honourable, than any they can receive from an Usurper—always ready to disown, or even to dread their services. The King binds himself ' , anew to abolish that pernicious con scription, which destroys the happiness of families and the hope of the country. 44 Such always have been, such still are the inten tions of the King. His re-establishment on the throne of his ancestors will be for France only the happy transition from the calamities of a war which tyranny perpetuates, to the blessings of a solid peace, for which foreign Powers can never find any security but in the word of the legitimate Soxereign. " Hartwell, February 1, 1813." The Evening Service and Form of Prayer ap pointed for the Fast Day, were performed at Carlton ITouse on Wednesday afternoon, before the PRINCF RaGestr, the Princess CHARLOTTE, and the House hold, by the Rev. F. W. BLouseao and the Rev. J. S. CLARICE. _ The Duke of YORK went to Oatlands on Wednes day, after attending Divine Service at the Chapel Royal. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness re rturned to town. and transacted military business with the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-House. Yesterday the Palace REGENT dined with the Earl of CNOLMONDELET at his house in Piccadilly. On Monday the Marquis and Marchioness of LANE. DOWNE gave a grand dinner to the Marquis and Mar. chioness of ST/tramp, Earl GOWER, Lady C. Gowax, Lord and Lady Bassonotion, Earl GREY, Lord and Lady Ponsonar, and a large party, at Lansdowne House, Berkeky.square. _ _ _ The departure of the Earl of MOIRA and the Coon less of LOUDON and MotnA from Portsmouth is fixed for the 16th instant, the day before St. Patrick's day. Dr. HARE. late of Calcutta, accompanies the Noble' Earl, in the capacity of state and family Physician. PROUDMAN g the Messenger, experienced many difficulties in his journey to St. Petersburgh : he lost his change of clothes, and part of his baggage; and the cold was so intense, as to occasion the deprivation ' of the use of three of the toes from one of his feet, his limbs being literally frost-bitten. ColonelEwa-tom has been returned for Wootton Bassett. Lela week, the Second Division of the Court of Session at Edinburgh took under their consideration the cases of those gentlemen who voted under protest at the last Ayrshire election. Mr. DoN's vote was sustained-. Major MONTOODIKRIOS and Mr. HUGH MONTGONZRY'S were rejected, and Dr. MONTZATH% was reserved for farther investigation. The objec tions to Mr. GORDON of Milrig's retour was sustained by the Court. Several other cases remain. Saturday se'nnight, a meeting took place at Tar mon-Barey, county Roscommon, between FRANCIS aims; of Longford, Esq. and Lieutenant JOHN BAREZR, of the Royal Lmigford Militia ; the former attended by Groan* BASYNOK, Esq. and the latter attended by Lieutenant JOHN FALLON, of the 103 d regiment, when after the discharge of two case of pistols, Mr. CRUM was slightly grased, after which both parties walked oft the ground, • ?RIYCS►SS OF WALES. inutrri OF CABINET, JANUARY 25, ISO'f. " Downing-street, JantuuT LS, 447. "%RUNT. The Loin Cnxiscer.i.oa. Lora Viscount Howscu. LORD PRRINDINT. Lord Gastoni,. LORD PSIRT SLAL. Lord ELLENIOROUOR. EarifireNcaa. Mr. Secretary WINDOOIt. Earl of MoitA. Mr. Ga sum La. Lord Harm? PRTTT. " Your Majesty's confidential servants have given the most diligent and attentive consideration to the matters on which your Majesty bas been pleased to require their opinion and advice.— They trust your Majesty will not think that any apology is ne cessary on their part for the delay which has attended their delibrations, on a subject of such extreme importance, and which they have found to be of the greatest difficulty and em barrassment. " They are fully convinced that It never can have been your Majesty's intention to require from them, that they should lay before your Majesty a detailed and circumstantial examination and discussion of the various arguments and allegations con tained in the letter submitted to your Majesty, by the Law Ad. visers of the Princess of Wales. And they beg leave, with all humility, to represent to your Majesty that the Laws and Con stitution of their country have not placed them in a situation in which they can conclusively pronounce on any question of guilt or innocence affecting any of your Majesty's subjects, much less one of your Majesty's Royal Family. 'They have, indeed, no power or authority whatever to enter on suck a course of In quiry as could alone lead to any Anal results of such a nature. " The main question on which they had conceived them selves called upon by their duty to submit their advice to your Majesty, was this—Whether the circumstances which had, by your Majesty's commands, been brought before aim, were of a nature to induce your Majesty to order any further steps to be taken upon them by your Majesty's Government T And on this point they humbly submit to your Majesty that the advice which they offered was clear and unequivocal. Your Majesty has since been pleased further to require that they should submit to your Majesty their opinions as to the answer to be given by your Ma jesty to the request contained in the Princes•'s letter, and as to the manner in which that answer should be communicated to her Royal Highness. " They have, therefore, in dutiful obedience to your Majes ty's commands, proceeded to reconsider the whole of the subject, in this new view of It; and after much deliberation, they have agreed humbly to recommend to your Majesty the draft of a Message, which, if approved by your Majesty, they would hum bly suggest your Majesty might send to her Royal Highness through the Lord Chancellor. “ Having before humbly submitted to your Majesty their opi nion, that the facts of the case did not warrant their advising that any further steps should be taken upon it by your Majesty's Government, they have not thought it necessary to advise your Majesty any longer to decline receiving the Princess into your Royal presence. But the result of the whole case does, in their judgment, render it indispensible that your Majesty should, by a serious admonition, convey to her Royal Highness your Majesty's expectation that her Royal Highness should be more circumspect in her future conduct ; and they trust that in the terms in which they have advised, that such admonition should be conveyed. your Majesty will not be of opinion, on a full consideration of the evidence and answer, that they can be considered as having at all exceeded the necessity of the case, as arising out of the last refe rence which your Majesty has been pleased to make to them.” N. B. The Minute of Cabinet, inserted in oar Paper of yester day, ought to bate beendated 21st April, 1907. The Letter of her Royal Highness to the Loan CHANCELLOR and to the SPEAKER of the House of Commons is already before the public. The LORD CHANCELLOR, it is also known, returned the letter of her Royal Highness. His Lordship's letter on this occasion was to the following effect : That hit Lordship found himself under the necessity of returning the letter of her Royal Highness, which he thought it hit duty to advise the PAINCESI, from consideration of propriety as well al safety, not to make public.—The let. ter concluded with an intimation, that by command of the PRINCE REGENT, the shit: of her Royal Highness. to Warwick House, were in future to be wholly discontinued. To the above an answer was returned by the Prin. cess of WALas, expressing surprise at the manner as well as the matter of his Lordship's communication, and parti cularly at his care for the sinisrr of her Royal Highness; but intimating that his Lordship need be under no ap prehension: on that ground, as the Constitution and laws of England were her safeguards. The letter concluded with an intimation, that in future her"Aual Highness expected to receive no more letter: from the LORD CRLLOR, except ask* signed by his Lordship in hi: charac ter of one of the Privy Council. However incredible, it is true, that Sir Jona Dou- GLAS did remonstrate with Lord CASTLEREAGIi and other Members, on the terms with which Lady pou t:states decimation and evidence in 1806 was men tioned in Parliament. And he says, that what pro voked him to this step was, that Lady DOUGLAS had actually been examined again by the PRINCE RE owes Lawyers, on the very eve of the day when Lord Commutator' pronounced her condemnation. Now, he says, that the very same men, who in 1807 had pronounced her to be unworthy of all belief, thought fit to examine her again on Thursday the 4th March, 1813, thereby giving her credit for inte grity, and yet the next day they spoke with the ut most contumely of her evidence. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, MARCH it There are considerable fresh arrivals of all articles to-day, the trade in general dull in sale; Whcat supports Monday's prices; Barley and Malt is. and 25. per quarter lower; Beans of each sort likewise at a reduction In price; Oats obtain rather higher prices than our last quotation ; Mustard Seed rather lower; in Flour and other articles no alteration. English Wheat 745. 106 a. IClta. Finv ditto, 118.. 1303. Foreign d0.1145.114a. ►tye 745. 801. Barley 561. 73.. Malt, 985. 103 s. Ditto fine Ware 1101. Rape Seed £6O, £65 par last. Linseed, 68s. 84s. per qr. Ditto, for Seed, 100 s. 190 s. Ooriander do. per cwt. 395. 46a. Caraway, ditto, 90s. 665. Canary do. 901. 100 s. per qr. White Mustard Seed, 14s. It a. White Peas (boilers) 945. 1061. per bushel. Grey, ditto, 82s. 86s. Brown do. 20s. 28s. Beans, 745. 824. Clover Seed, white, per ewe. Tick ditto 66. 78s. 909.1401. Oats (feed) 261. 325. 40*. Ditto, red, 801.1265. Poland ditto, 40s. 465. Tuts, per buhel, 14s. 209. Potato, ditto, 452. 355. Am Ilya 105$ to 110% THE ARMY. Lieutenant-General Dovta has arrived at Ports, mouth, and will sail immediately for Cadiz, oil board ' the PLAtartklAsizt. Captain STSICt o of his suite, proceeds via Lisbon : he will io to the Marquis of Wist.t.moroN's head-quarters, and across the country 'to join the Lieutenant-General az Cadiz. - - General Pm-roe's horses are on board the convoy now under weigh for the Peninsula. The General will follow immediately. A vast reinforcement of artillery goes out in the convoy. If the wind continues as fair as it is now, the whole reinforcement gang out to the Marquis of WELLINGTON Will be Lindell is a few days. Lieutenant Sram.g, who commanded the Royal Marine Artillery at the defence of Anholt, is ap pointed Adjutant to the Brigade of that corps under orders for America. In addition to the 9d battali,n of the 41st (between 4 and 500 strong) which yes from this country to Canada, the 19th Dragoons from Ireland,*and the foreign corps of MIEUROM and WATTIVILLE from thos Mediterranean, are to proceed immediately for the same destination. The battalion of Marines now in Frankfort Bar. racks are in hourly expectation of orders to proceed to America. A Court Martial has been held on board his Ma jesty's ship MONMOUTH, on Captain HaricocK, of the NVNPHEN frigate, on charges preferred against' him by Lieut.-Colonel Pstissartizit, of the Tippe tary Militia, for having received on board his frigate a Musician of the said regiment, and keeping him. contrary to the rules and regulation% observed in the Naval Service, and in breach of the Articles uf War. The charges having been duly investigated by the Pre sident and Members of the Court Martial, Captain, HANCOCK has been honourably acquitted. 1+1.1Y41. IN7EI.LIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MARCH 9. Arrived the Friends Increase, from Bristol, bonng to Messina. Nothing sailed to-day. The above ves sel, and the Duke of Clarence, HODOELLY, for Lisbon, are waiting convoy.—Wind N.W. light breezes. lOW. to 105% per sack. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 10. Arrived the MOSQUITO, from the Eastward.—The GROWLER, of 14 guus, has sailed for Falmouth with a new rudder for the ANDROMEDA, of 24 guns. Remain—ln Caw•aand Bay, the Clarence, Dublin, and Pens.. broke, of 71 guns each; in the Sound, the Leonidas, Insolent, Rhin, Hermes, Favourite, Helena, Dispatch, and Mosquito; be. tween the Island and the Main, the Bloodhound, Strenuous, Re solute, Arrow, and Alphea ; in Barnpool, the Surveillante; is Stontiruse Pool, the Teaser, Bramble, Fancy, Gambier. and Neptune (1) tender; in Hantisaze, Queen Charlotte of guns, Dryad, Perseus, Omer, Royalist, and Wasp. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 11. Arrived his Majesty's ship GRLFFON, with the Wil t 1 ham Pitt, Lord Eldon, and Warley East Indiamen, and the remainder of the Downs convoy, making an aggregate of nearly live hundred sail. Came into harbour the brig Sicily, CUFFEtt, frcm London to Gibraltar, with the loss of bowsprit, fore top-mast, and her bows stove in, having been run foul of last night by a ship, name unknown. Sailed his Ma jesty's ship POKTMAHON, with some Transports, for Lisbon. The ETHALLON got under weigh with the remainder, but has brought up again. The ScErraz, for the West Indies, sails to-morrow. Wind N.E. fresh breezes and fine weather. • COWES, MARCH 11. Sailed this morning, the Boxeu and CONFLICT gun. brigs, with the trade bound to Newfoundland. Ar rived the Sinclair, PEAT, to take troops for Jamaica. YARMOUTH, MARCH i i. Arrived the Kum Gsoitcs hired cutter, from the squadron cff the Texel. Yesterday passed two Packets, with Mails, which were landed at Lowestoff. Sailed the CRACKER gun-brig, with Pilots for the ships in the Downs. Sailed for the Texel squadron, his Majesty's ships SOLEBAY, OBERON, CHANTICLEER, VIXEN, HEARTY, and CaxEaty.--Wind E.N.E. DEAL, MARCH 11. . Came down from the River the Atalanta, for Gib, raltar ; Vigilant, fur Malta; Baster, for Lisbon and the Margaret, for Newfoundland ; the latter of these remain for convoy. Arrived the CRACKER guar brig from Yarmouth, and has macksa signalfor con ♦oy for Portsmouth. Commodore Owns' having quitted the limo Nasal. frigate, has Leen appointed to the CORNWALL, of 74 guns, and is now at anchor ;a the Downs.—Wind N.E. GREENOCK, MARCH 11. The brig Rachftel, of this port, late Dalmahoy, was recaptured on the 15th December, in the Mona passage by his Majesty's ship FAWN, CApt. Ful.ows, and sent for Kingston, Jamaica. The John, Ayr and Glasgow packet, PATON mast( r, on Sunday se'nnight, at half past eigft, P. M. in working into the Troon, owing to the darkness of the night, struck on the Lapock rock, which lies a little to the westward of that harbour. The crew and two passengers took to the boat, and were with difficulty saved ; being flood water, the vessel immediately drifted off the rock, and in a tew hours after went on shore between Irvine and Saltcoats. As every exertion was made to save the cargo, the greater part has been secured, except. the sugars, which are totally lost ; and as the hull has got very little damage, she is expected to be get off the first favourable weather. The fleet which left Cork on the 20th December, is arrived out, after a very favourable passage. The post-boy, with the bags from Dublin and Limerick, fir Rathkeale and Kerry, was attacked, at eleven o'clock at night on Thursday se'nnigh, near Beechmount, by three men armed with blud geons, who beat the lad, and succeeded in robbing him of his entire charge. l it a-