Star. — London, England, 1812-05-23 00:00:00

ere o f my departure for India, I stated to the late Mr. Pitt my solicitude, that he should diiect his at trntino to the settlement of Ireland; And I expressed to bins my cpnyiction, that Ireland could neither be 'nippily settled, nor firmly united; to Great Britaitt, w i t h ou t a.coucurrent settlement of the clams of hi s m a jesty's Roman Catholic subjects. Ihe opinions *inch I declared to Mr. Pitt, a , that time, respect ing the substance of those claims. were precisely similar to those which I have stated in the use of Lords during the present Session of PArliarnent.--It is not riecess'ary to enter upon any review of the tra nsactions which passed during my absence in In. slia, with relation to Ireland, or to the claims of the - Catholics. Roman I arrived from India in the month of January, 1806 ; and after a short interview with Mr. Pitt, r, assisted in performing the last sad' office of follows, log hi s r emains to the grave. • - Yon ate aware, that ii ng before that period of ', fare, the " high comideratictu*. to which you refer,. ' bad - been fixed in full force s that no attempt to • Change those sentiments could have been made with . soy prospect of. success ; and that the result, even if i *successful proceeding in Parliament, would have . .- tended only to produce the most dreadful extremity I • 61 confusion. • • • You must remember, that J have always lament. iid (as serionnational calamities, menacing the Con stitution of the Monarchy) the reference, which has necessarily been made to the existence of those per- lonsl sentiments, and the causes which have occa sioned that necessity. With the warmest sentiments 6f personal veneration, attachment, and grati6ude, my opinion has always been, that the duty if loyalty sad affection towards a British Sovereign does nor consist in submissive obedience, even to the honest prejudices or errors of the royal mind, but rather, a. respectful endeavours to remove those preju dices and errors, by free advice in Council, and by temperate remonstrances in Parliament. But the time for such endeavours had passed ; and I sub mitted reluctantly, not to my sense of the genuine duty of a faithful Counsellor towards his Sovereign, but to the painful,.and, by me, irreversible necessity of the case. 1 This is a subject of the utmost, of the most peri lous delicacy :—your letter has opened it :—l' will rum ie no farther than to assure you, that when, en the 31st of January, I declared, in the House of 'Ards, my sentiments respectin; the Roman Catho lic Claims, the necessity which had occasioned my glace appeared to me td have entirely ceased. . The second point of your Explanatiory Letter re fit to the management of the war in the Peninsula. .:—Your suggestions are necessarily indistinct, with regard to the additional means (which have occurred mace 'my resignation), of extending our • military *ts in that quarter : I think I can collect even ,ft your hints, that although those means are er a, the probability of their existence might been foreseen, as the natural result of instruc t, which were in progress of execution previous( ) *s my resignation. But my objection to the system / . lianned in the Peninsula, at the time of my resigna• was appiied to the whole frame and fabric of ear 'armament arrangements, both in Portugal and Spam, %%hien, in my j udgment, must be corrects' and eateni.ed, not only with a view to the advania eninaile Of such meal* as we a.. au pos.waa i m , the, Pula, but even of such adventitious and and extra penes means as events in other quarters may place at our vis, oval. Belirve me, ray dear Lord, always your's, r, 'it inCereiy, (Signed) WZI•LIALT. C lilt karl of Liverpool, & . 4 • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. t. fit The /REMOLD ESTATE. called WATER EATON, 'awe in the PatOh of AISEY, and COUNIY of shenised for Sale at the Aurion Mart, en Tuesday. the 26th lasts t, is DISPOetb Of DT PILLYASI COSTBACTo.-ClailLita hate, 18, dries, ha Spire. ./IIMNII!II SATURDAY, MAY 23. ?Pit OP ITOCiES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Srper Cent. Red.11:*...4 per Cent. 74i a ;yr Ci.Coes.te money 61F-Tlitp fur account 61f • neer Cent Mil -Scrip 1 p re . e.g. Anna. 1.4 7-1 1 tba Ink RAW is. -.-Douds p* to. E re. : • 4104111•011~0 Our Readers will perceive from the remarks which Ire Presumed tb offer yesterday on the progress that had been made in forming a New Administration end on. the principle adopted as the basis of their onion, that we were persuaded no Ministry, so form ed, could continue, with effect, to direct the affairs of the Empire in the present crisis. We hardly expected, bourn% that we should so soon announce the disso lution of the New Administration. To repeat all the rumours that hare been circni ! ' h ‘ led since our l as t : W ou ld be a •fruidess task : si Ice it to say, that the new Ministers yesterday fair. really tendered their resignation to the PRINCE Ra wl.; and that last night, while the House was sit; t!ng, Lord CASTLEREAGH, in a personal communiaa• ion to the _leaders of Opposition > stated that they were all in fact out ; and that they only continued .to ' bold the seals till a new Administration should be formed ; and therefore deprecated any further dis iassion. We have it not yet in our power to' announce, with . certainty, the particulars of the new arrangement, fed ve should be sorry to hasard any idle conjec itare on a sul jest so momentous. We can only state' velth certainty tl at Marquis WELLLaZY, by cow mind of die Puit.CE REGENT, waited on his Ilightiest last night, a n d that be received t ti = owes cummands to form a new Administration new biting es sanch talent and influence-as possible.-- h is , believed, however, that, no overture is to be r4ade either to Lord GRENVILLE or Earl Guy ; that rilbably overtures will be made to Earl Mom, Lord HOLIANG, ,and the Marquis LarronowNs—tbat no thanie Ikat,-t... -s___ • _, - _ 1 L. Mr. Wattestar POLE, though s suceessei will be ap. I pointed to the Duke of RICHMOND—that the new . arrangement will proceed upon the principle that none of the present Ministers are to be included in it. Our high opinion of the talents of Marquis Witt.- LEstre is well known to the Readers of the Svan.— They will not, therefore, be snrprised that we should hail, not merely his Lordship's return to office, but his elevation to the first place in our Government Councils, as portentive of much benefit to the Nation. Nor can we avoid adding, that we sincerely hope that no false delicacy will prevent Lords GORY and G RIIN• ; %ILIA from accepting any situation of responsibility I which it may be deemed advisable they should occupy fi.r the ben , fit of the State. We go still further :—The Ministers who have just retired from office have avowed, that they hold the maintenance of private opinions, on particular mea sures, as no way inconsistent with the retention of places in Administration. This. was the whole jet and soul of the propositions they made, by the com mand of the Nock RILGENT to Marquis WELLIISLIM and Mr. CANNING. It would be highly indecorous, to suppose • that their offers were made, not merely with a hope, but in a firm conviction that they would be rejected. Their persuasion mast have been, that 'the State men, to whom they applied; might, with perfect con sistency, notwithstanding their known and avowed opinions on Religious Liberty, hold places along with those who differed widely from them on that impor tant topic. We therefore infer that these individuals would feel themselves justified in lending their influ pnce and talents, in any way that may benefit the public, to colleagues differing from ,them on that particular point—and, consequently. that in the for mation of 'new Administration the Marquis might avail himself of the leading talents and influence embraced by Lord LIVARPOOL'S Administration.— To deny that they had among them men possessing abilities that might prove useful to any Government, would be unjust : and surely we need not remind the public that even Mr. PITT maintained, on one great point, opinions contrary to those of his colleagues— we mean on the Slave Trade, yet they continued to act together, and with concord too, on every other question. Is it not also notorious that on another great question, which has often been belizt; the House, we mean that of Parliamentary Reform, Messrs. Fox and WINDHAM held ,directly opposite opinions while they concurred on every other topic ? New York andiPhiladelphia Papers to the 29th ultimo, with private letters to the same date, arrived this morning. The elections seem to go on favourably to the Fe., deralists. In 481 towns in Massachusrets, they had a majority of 2,260 where the Democrats last year had a majority of 4,74 Z Tie Mercantile Advertiser of 18th April mentions the receipt of letters from Mrr BARLOW, in which he says, 44 there is no hope of a commercial or any other adv..ntag - eoui 'arrangement with France." The same Paper says- 4 4 The Embargo, No. 2, prohibits the exportation of specie." A . private letter of the 20th April says—" An Em.! bargo has been laid on all specie, both by land and water. No bill has yet passed respecting the admis . sion-of goods." , We stated yesterday, that a formal notification of the reprBsi of the Berlin and Milan Decrees had been. made to our Government, and we this day lay before our readers the extraordinary document by which the French Emperor has thought fit to make his de 'termination public. It is dated on the 28th of April, 1811, that is to say, two months after the Ameri cans had enforced their Non-Intercourse Law against us exclusively. Although there is an evident juggle in this affair, we cannot we how the British Govern ment can refuse to rescind the Orders in Council, to whiCh they stand most solemnly pledged. The French will, no doubt, continue to burn, sink, and riestroy American vessels as often as they meet with them, notwithstanding the relocation of the Berlin and Milan Decrees ; and the Americans must seek redress in the best way they can : FRENCH DECREE. 4( Palace of St. Cloud, April 28th, 1811. "14A/OLTON, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swedish 'Confederacy. " On the report of our Minister for Foreign Affairs. " Being informed of the law of the 2d of March, 1811, by which the Congress of the United States has decreed the exemp tion of the provision's of the Act at Non-intercourse, which in terdicts the entry into Amerk-akports, of the ships and the suer ' gliandize of Great Britain, her colonies and dependencies : " Considering that the said law is an act of resistance to the arbitrary preteasions advanced by the British Orders in Comte h andla formal refusal to sanction a system, hostile to the inde pendence of Neutral Power, and of thitir flags; a' We bate decreed, and do decree as follows t " The Deerees of Berlin and Milan are definitively (from the first of November last) considered as no longer in force, as far as me m &anima vessels.- , -(Signed, ac.r ''Thursday ! he Earl of Liesnroot gave a grand dinner to a large party of Ministerial Gentlemen. Thursday Earl Firawatime arrived at his house 'in Groaveoor-espose, from his seat in Yorkshire. Th ur sday. Earl Toms arrived ot his bonne in Lower Grosvaiur-street. from Stowe, in Bucking hamshire. Lower torrwirwie-.--.-• -- - . - iiumshire. - Thu 'J Loth gus a rand disoig * heir ROyal Highisbeif_ D# 4 l , 3,pqcssfsji, and aboot tbyit kormi zer s tvep. , y_ -. hAiise iu Lora "'- ~ i • .1. • -*- ` *- , e• ' -', -* • - '-...r. 7•,0' ;- • le: a-- •. : - -$1 .4.- Re 1' • • rim iItiNCE Ricrrirs LEVEE. .).' • ----- Yesterday bit Royal Highness the Palma REGENT held a Levee, received the City Address, and trans acted a variety ot other public business, at Carlton House. A detachment of the 11 Regiment of Foot GiLirds marched into the Court-yard. At three o'clock the CGrporation of London, ac- • cording to appointment, arrived with their Address ot condolance, upon the assassination of Mr. PERCE VAL, in the following order : The Marshals the Lend Miyor, in his private coach, with the mace.and Sword of State ; Akiernicsi Curti. and Shaw ; the Re corder; Aldermen &holey, Atkinson, and Ma g nay ; the she riffs, itemembrancer, the Common Serjeant, the t6.ur Counsel lors, the Town Clerk, Solicitpr, about 76 Common Councilmen. "His Royal Higliness was pleased to return the fol lowing mot gracious ansWer : " I thank you for your dutiful Address. U The sentiments which you have expressed of deep regret for the severe loss which the country has sustained by the death of Mr. Ptrceval, of a high sense of his eminent talents and virtues, and of abborrence of the atrocious act s bleb has closed so nse• 1 ful and exemplary a life, are most consonant to niy own opinions and feelings. " My mind is relieved from the most painful sensations by the proof afforded upon the trial of the auanin, that thisodreadful act was not connected with any sanguinary system ; and I trust that our annals will not again be sullied by a aline, which the. generous and manly character of the British people timaever held I in peculiar detestation. Lie" In reeommending to Parliament to make a suitable pewi t% for Ws Widow and Family, I have discharged a duty to tLe people committed to my charge, and I am gratified by the assu rances that this act of justice towards departed merit will be se conded by the unanimous voice of the nation. An Address from the Magistracy of - the Count). of Middlesex, on the assassination of the late Mr. PEisEvAL, was also presented to his Royal High. nestiby Mr. MAINWARING, Sir J. Cox HIPPISLET, the Rev. Dr. DUDLEY, and Mr. GIFFA RD. Yesterday Levee . a number Th‘ Lord b irked ship, The Dragoons, mouth, for The The 5• Ha, C4 . 14P . Art 4fein • TI had the 23d, dington A. ettrwrO from Came and bloc] peal went French BOW frigai The Levee was attended by Iranean , 'their Royal Highnesses the Dukes Of York, Clarence, Krnt, Fran- Cambridge, and Brunswick, prince Lkettkicala, the Spanish, • Rhi Portuguese, and Sardinian Ambassadors, the Arabialscps of ma i Canterbury and York, the Bishops of Meath and Kildare. the Cabinet Ministers, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, Saikd the Judge Advocate the Lord Mayor of Londeis, the Sheriffs of London and Midelat'ses, Viscount Cathcart. t PERi At the Levee the PRINCE REGENT WAS leased to f In confer the honour of Knighthood en Captain BERFs- SAT FORD, Major TYLDEN, Mr. ALEXANDER HooD, P. prison. BAOHOTT, and Colonel WOOD, as proxies to Gene- Evan rals-Beassronn, Sir SAMUEL AUCHMUTY, Sir Samtan. WI( HOOD, Sir JOHN SHERBROOKE, and Lord Viscount STRattoroao, previous to the Installation of the 1 A rr . ,. Knights of the Bath, on the Ist of Jute, at West- from' minster Abbey. East His Royal Highness held a meetiog of the most ancient and most noble Oruer of the 'Thistle, in the 1 room adjoining the Levee-room, called the Blue.room. "autiA, The PRINCE, wearing a Green Ribbon on this 04;•• A CTT' casion as representing the Sovereign, was attended sail , by the Duke of CLARENCE, Earl istowroN, the Duke Fit of ATHOL, and V iecOinn CATHCART. The Duke of BUCCLEUGH was introduced, and received the honour of Knighthood from his Royal Highness, with the ' of Sword of State. His Grace then knelt, and the da Pluses tock from a velvet cushion the Order and •: Green Ribbon, which was.handed to him by a Gen tleman Usher in'Waiiing, and his Royal Highness then lateE~ tFe Ribbon over his Grace, thereby in vesting his Grace with the Order. On his Grace's rising, the usual oath was administered to him by Roaster QuARME, Esq. Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod, holding his elegant and superb insignia of office. _ The Earl of ECLIN TowN was then introtinced, and having undergone the same ceremonies, Was invest ed with the Order and the Green Ribbon. Soon after four o'clock Mr. STUAMT WORTLEY and Viscount MILTON arrived, as the Deputation from the Commons, with the Ad.;ress voted on Thursday night, tor the dismissal of Ministers. His ROYAL HIGHNESS received it on the Throne, and re turaed a most gracious answer. 4 The following had the honour of being presented, to the PRINCE: • Captain De Bathe, upon his return from Sicily, and on hi 4 pro motiou to the Sd West India Regiment, pre.emed by die Lord b in Watinit• Lirutenant-Colonel Blakeney, Royal Fusileer-, on hi • trrival from Portugal. Captain Hugh Cook, R.N. on his return from the Indies. • Major David Davidson, to present an Address hum the Free- w boilers, &c. of the Comity of Na rue, neon which occasion he , rece ived the. honour of Knighthood. • Ot Captain Master, ad Guards. A.D. C. to Major-General the Ho- sp Pourable E. Stopford, on his return tram Portugal. ism Captain blakney, 66th Regint.nr, 4411 his arrival from Ceylon. b e '1 he Rev. Dr. Young, Cha k lain to the saw.e Corp., by ditto. Captain David: on, et . the same Corps, by ditto. Lieutenant-Colonel 66th Regiment, on promotion, and Le‘ return to Portugal. the Mr. Cunningham, on his return from India. LEY, . Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Story, 4th Leicestershire Re g iment of Local Militia. Room, Lieutenant-Colonel Painter, with an Address from the Mayor i weigh' and cor k oraitoct of Bath. I brokr Lieutenant-Colonel Cooke, Ist Foot Guards, on his promotion. Lord . Captain Molloy, Aid-du-Camp to M i arshal Sir W. liereseord, ground. on Lis return from Pot. trgaL Captain Edward Huwey, R.N. on his promotion. I as' Capt. Rakes, Coldstream Guards, on his return from-Portugal. brat Captain Dashwood, on his return from Portugal. dent Cap.ain Hawkins, iad Guards, on his prontotion and return but i from Portugal. this Cap.ana Robertson, by 11r A. Grant, of the Loyal North Britclus. gone Captain Hamilton. of the same corps, by ditto. The Honourable Dudley M'Donald, ins bang appointed to a company in that corps, by'ditto. Lieutenant-General Wemyas, to present an address. Sir J. C. Hippesfity, as Mover of the Address of the Magistrates of IMIALSex. Mr. Moore en going abroad. Earl of Rad nor, with an Acidress from the Magistrates of Berks. Major-Oenrsal Oe Watterille, ou his keying azgland. hiajtx-Gentral Heron, on Ls return from Sicily. Mr. Alexander..lood, prosy for Sir Sensual Hood, at the In- Abadan of the Bath. • Captain J. P. Beresford, l imey for Sir Win. Beresford at ditto. Major John Maxwell i ykien, on being nominated proxy for r Samuel Auchrnuty, K.ll. at the ensuing Installation. Lieutenant-Colonel G. A Wood, of the Royal Artillery, on nominated proxy far Sir John Caere Sherbrook, K. B. at ensoln,g installation of the Bath. Mr. Lindsay, on his return from China. Lord Lindsay, on his marriage. Sir H. D.liamiltoo, to present as Address from the County sf Air. e Vice-Admiral Sir Itlchard Stream, oik his neerriage. earl Waiderave; 111th Light Deßgeeell, ea blueing abroad. Captain tt igston, 11.1 Dragoon Own*, en lee prenio.ion, and pawn from P 4. Mr. Buller , M. wish ahiltilegles Iraqi the Mayor Sad Osereation _ _ _ ~.---- be, nin den as 30C1 COT E/ which during been without itht blow . fortune being , the r- . for PLIAtIff, olrEltatips: Lowrie-, wet ear Adams frail Hart reit • aasseaba cliacapeorWfa am 4411rees tan LtairroaL •• - . . , • 'ZI"""*"; 4 1 1111 1 THE ARMlr. , '• rsterday the C-mmander in•Chlef hod la left*" ee at the Horse Gu trds, which it-is stlikleTtoj ,mber of military Noblemsif and Giattlent*• ._‘ :" . tursday, Mail- CANNING, (Aid-de:CW*l - 1g WELLINOToN.) and several Other (Mc Is, ape ed at Plymou.h on b.'ard the Bars; (36) troop , and s.(i!ed immeliately far Portugal. he reinforcement for the 14 h and 16 It Light goons, which marched a few dais since to Ply- , alt, embarked at the Dock-yard on Tuesday last the Peninsula. They were Al in fine condition. 'he Ist Foot Guards, the Royal Scots, and the and 41st regiments, have been most successful btainiug volunteers from the different reBitnents nilitia r 'esterday the Royal Sontkla'neign Militia marched n Woodbridge•BarraCkS to Yarmouth. Obis morning a number of fine young men, who volunteered from - the Smith Kilo militia into ?.3d, or Welch Fuzilecrs, einitaLket in the Fad: ton Canal boats for head-quarters. . NdPiff. IArfELLIGINC6s TORBAY, MAY ea krrisred the Cosier sloop of war, Oh park of the wacd.bound Amei'ican convoy, having parted at the rest. , PLYMOUTH, MAY ii. flame in the BULWARK man or war, from off Brest. I anchored in Cawsand. The 11.-et continue •to cksde Brest very closely—the enemy thew no apt trance of a start at present. the Lai, of 38 guns, nt from liantoaze to the Boned. Arrived the ench schooner the Moods:lle,. tines Baltimore to urdeaux captured ,br the AeMice and DRYAD pates ; the MAIDSTONE .frigate, from the %Alter- man ; and a French chaise-mat., callopl la Maria ancaise, with brandy; captured near the Isle de he by the ARROW sehotmet. The Aaapw has also 'de two other like captures, bufasey have not yes Wed. Came in also the Annow from a cruize.— lied his Majesty's ships LasosiA, en icruize ; and • :imam, with a convoy for the ()owns. • In addition to the VANotiartv‘pl.-74. guns, the Lyourr, of the like rate, is ordered to be fitted as tt ison.ship.' The IlharratsAerr, firlaraten, it t g i t i : . ,o • tinoPE, are ordered to be fitted tip, Ata._ ail the new Alvin at Mill Bay is completed. PORTSMOUTH, MAY fit. Arrived* Majesty's ships SPITFIRE and Buzzillatio DM' a cruize. The Carmarthen and Alexander ast Indiamep, have arrived at the Mother Bank. DEAL, MAY as. Arrived his Majesty's ship Ctietssran 7th, and the IEFIANCE man 01 war, from off Flashing; and the .CTIVE frigate and-her prize, from Portsneouth.--. ailed his Majesty's ship ELF-PALA/IT, OK a cru'eze, of lushing.—Wind N. W. amematimeml• IRISII LOAN.—This morning. the account arrived f the Biddings which took place in Dublin, on Toe's. ay last, for a Loan of £1,500,000, to be raised in kslslin. Messrs. GlasoNs and WILLIAMS offered to 1 eke, in addition to Alpo— • .so 5 ditto, .' Treas,ury Bill of kW. 17s. for every 4100 subscri. ed. That bidding was not accepted. They then rithdrew, and afterwards offered to take a I'reasnry of £lO, which Was also refusecl.—Sir CHARLES - lANToN declared the sealed up paper contained a lighet price, and delivered over the paper (:n confi. lencc) to the Governor of the Bank, who, on view- ng it, declared it was higher than the terms of..lei s such there was nothing done. Mr. T. T. FRANK ,ecused the Government with having deprived arty ,ompetition, by not giving a s'dfic:ent notice for any English list to offer : he then I ffered better terms fur L lesser sum than 81,500,000, but Sir 52., SAXTON re- used.to take any other bid(iing. AtnOngst the best Characters at d)e Masquera le riven last night at Wrcits's Rooms, werettro Cligh- anders. The spirit of the evening was mach tut •sted ,y their dancing reels with the Linedisaire WiAws, well known its that county as the Heiresses of &hie. • An Irishman who was informed that th::: aCIS.(Ct) Prize in the late Lottery, was. btained bya gentleman who purchased the tickct in consequence 01-a on. am, sbserved that " si me people were born with silver spoons in their mouths; for his part, if he was so bickyots to dream of a number, he was mite .t wou/al be a blank." 'A whimsical accident took place yesterday at the Levee. The two great State Lords with white staves, the Marquis c f HtatTroltD and Earl srt CnOLMoRDISA LEY, being tired standing on awlr legs in tire Levee Room, sat down together On an or-mole table. The weight was tco great fur the flimsy French fabric. It broke &awn, and nrought the Lord Cliamberlain, and Lord Steward rf the Household, with a crash to the ground. At that instant Lord Sri - Aim:Tit ran up to assist the mighty Peers, when at the instant an inkstand broke and dashed all its contents over the Lord Presi- dent's hands. He held them out as a piteous sight $ but immediately said with good humour— , 6 Well 1 this is unlucky—l thought at least I should haver gone out of office with clean hands." Letters were received yesterday from Manchester, which communicate the unpleasant intelligence, that • during the last few days several violent outrages had been committed by the Laridote. No fewer than three persons had been shot in different parts of the country, without any discovery or even suspicion of the mur- derers. Besides these atroci•ies, a gentleman, ob- noxious to the hatred of the Luddites, was attacked in a lane, in the middle c f the d#y, by several men who were stranger, to hint: after receiving a v , ileut blow on the head with a large raone, he had tke good fortune to escape by the swiftness of his horse. A • working man, who hid been mistaken for another person that had glace information against the Led. dims, was taken to a coal•pit han Intent of preei- pitating him to the bottom, when it sv,s di coursed that he was not the man whom the assaiiarns were in quest of; and in consequence he was suffered to depart, without sustaining any injury. All possible means have been tried to caduce the Laufaktoo is pores to divulge the whole extent of their plan, end to im- peach their zing -leaders, but v.7,theat effect. ,trerne h eve been promised proteccion t and* itotvetesisi life, but to oo purpose , . • 41rt 4 1-