The Sun. — London, England, 1812-02-17 00:00:00

We received thin morning Boston Papers to the I9th ult. they state, that loud as the clamour is, there will be no war. BOSTON, JAN. 18. " Mr. FOSTER'S carriage having been seen at Mr. MONROE'S door has occasioned many crude ►eports to be circulated—it is, however, stated, that Mr. F. bas .requited an explanation on the, war talks end preparations. I have not heard what the answer, if ad y, has been." We mentioned on Saturday that a letter had been transmitted to Lords GREY and GRENVILLE, by order of the ParNCE REGENT, expressive of his Royal Highness's approbation of the condu& of his present I\linisters, but at the same time stating, that, at this arduous crisis, his Royal Highness wished to etfeet an union of the leading men of all parties, upon liberal and honourable principles. We do not undertake to -state the terms of this letter, but we believe we have given its substance. To this letter we are informed, that the Noble Lords returned an answer to the PRINCE REGENT, expressed in resperaful terms, but declin ing to form a part of an united Administration. This refusal on the part of the Noble Lords does not, as they declared in 1809, proceed from any person al feeling of hostility to Mr. PERCEVAL; but, it is stated, that it proceeds from the very dif ferent views which they entertain of the policy of this country from the present Ministers. We do. riot wish to insinuate that the Noble Lords are ac tueted by a desire of arrogating to themselves ex clusive rower; we are willing to give them credit for the principles which they profess, but, at the same time, we must remind Gem, that these pr -'fiples are peculiarly their own ; that they mere not approved by his MAJESTY,- When he was, in a state of mental health; that they me not approyei by his Royal Highnes the PRINCE REGENT ; that they never have received the sanction of Parliament ; and that the l'eople are decidedly hostile to them. It seems, therefore, that these Noble Lords have, by the answer rebid) tl►ey are Supposed to have given, irrevocably signed their own exclusion from power. We are not able to state po s.rively whether this answer of Lords GRENVILLE and GREY conveys the sentiments of the whole °fare Party of which they were supposed to be the head, or whether the Noble Lords speak merely for them selves. We do npt, however, think they speak the language of the Party, because we know that seve ral of the Noblemen and Gentlemen who compose it entertain opinions very different fro►im the Noble Lords upon some very important points of policy.— Upon the question of the war it: the Peninsula, marked difference of opinion subsists; nay, there fire some shades of variance even between the two Noble Lords themselves, upon that point. Upon . tLe subjea of our relations with America, their differences are notorious, from what passed on Mr. WHITBREAD'S motion.—On the Catholic claims there is the same dsgree of discord among them. Some are for a partial, some for a total, concession to the Catholics; some agree with Lord GRENVILLE last ye.le, that the grant of the veto, and other securities for the establishments of the State, ought to accompany or precede CoL gission ; and wale agree with Lord GLIZNVILIdi ihia [milt Vat . , that the concession ougl►t to be made wit any security at ail. Such being the state of the Party, t. must nat►ylally conclude that the letterof the Noble Lords, speaks only their own sentiments, and de clares only their own determinations. It is not ne- cessary, however, to pursue this speculation : it is sufficient to stare, what we before asserted ; that the present Administration possesses the confidence of the PRINCE REGENT. Whether any slight changes may take Place, we cannot undertake to say; but we think it not improbable. We cannot help observing here a curious di,tinc lion made by an Opposition Paper upon this occa sion : it states, that when his Royal Highness was only a subjea, his personal opinions could be openly avowed, blit that this is not the case now that he is invested with Royal power. The objea of this dis tinEtion is obvious enough; but, surely, those who have made it cannot have forgotten, that when his Royal Highness was first inttested with the R-gency, they told us that his Royal Highness had kept his present Ministers in compliance with the known wish of his Royal Father, but that he was determined to try with how small a portion of Royal confidence the Ministers could carry on the business of the State. Such was the language of the Party last year; but now, when his Royal Highness has expressed his confidence in his present Ministers, all allusions to the personal opinions of the REGENT are improper and indecent. We have heard since we wrote the above, from a quarter in which we have reason to place great con fidence, that the communication from the PRINCE REGENT was, as we before stated, in the form of a letter to the Duke of YORK, who was desired to convey the contents to Earl GREY, for that Nobleman to impart to Lo'd GRENVILLE. The letter expressed a high opinioo of Mr. PERCE VAL, but at the same time, it was the wish of his Royal Highness to form a junetion between the great political parties, for the tranquility of the State. That in this gracious communication Earl GREY seemed to be the person to whom the atten tion of the PRINCB was direeled, as he, and not Lord GRENVILLE, was the person addressed. It is said that this apparent preference has been a subject of mortification to the latter, as• be con sidered himself, and thought he was considered by all his political conneetions, as the head of the Party. The immediate positive reje&ion of the PRINCE'S gracious overture had induced theiPaiNce to signify to Mr. PERCEVAL, that he now possessed his entire confidence, and that he should look to him for such arrangements as might tend to promote personal convenience, and the honour and interests of the Empire. Many of the friends of Lords GREY and GRENVILLE is said, have already ex pressed much surprize and discontent at this hasty and abrupt rejeaion of what might have led them to power, alleging that those Noble Lords would but have consulted the interests of themselves and their Party, if they had solicited an interview with the PRINCE, in order to be fully apprised of his gracious sentiments and views, that they might fulfil, if possible, his patriotic and laudable wishes to put an end to all Party differences. The substance of the PRINCE'S letter hasywe believe, been faithfully given to the public, but certainly not the words in which it was conTeyed, whatever some public Journalists may affea to know. Upon the whole, no essential changes are at alit kely to take place. Mr. PERCRVAL, we are persuaded, has the full confidence of the PRINCE, and will make such arrangements as the welfare of the State may require. Hence, if to-morrow is to be considered as the epocha of a new reign, it commences under the most favourable auspices, as the supreme authority will now be vested in a PRINCE, who, on this occasion, has shewn that he , is animated by the sin cerest desire to extinguish all party differences, in order not only to promote national interests, but to produce domestic tranquility, and who doubtless will continue that system of measured" which has enabled us to mailhtain a proud ascendancy amidst the hu miliation, the oppressions, and the errors, of all surrounding States. As the late rejection.of the Motion in the Cotamon Council, for granting some pecuniary allowance for the support of Dr. BELL'S System of Education, seems to have excited much surprize as well as dis approbation, we repeat our hopes, that some of the leading charadters in the City will interpose, and bring the question again into discussion before tha t Body. The charaSter of the City is, indeed, deeply concerned in the subject, and it ought to strew, that in matters relating to the security of our Establish meta in Church and State, the first City in the world is superior to sei9arian and party influence.— The LANCASTER system, as it is called, however well calculated to diffuse instrutlion in reading, writing, and arithmetic, is also very well calculated to sap the foundation of the national faith ; but granting that it had not such a baneful tendency, it lends RQ ;support to the orthodox principles of our Church; rind, lhereforo, it is . ..nr!'rirnhent on tildse who rit'e vested With publid tutholty, to use their utmost endeavours to maintain and perpetuate those principles. Nothing could be more narrow-minded, not to dwell on essential points, than the refusal to give pecuniary aid to Dr. BELL'S plan, as well as to that of Mr. LANCASTER ; for the system of the for , rner provides Education for those who are over looked,-or purposely negletied by the latter. It is not to be supposed that parents, who are attached to the national fail!), will suffer their children tb go to schools where it is treated either as a mater of in difference, or where, indeed, tenets might be incul cated by no means conformable to that faith, and such parents, of course, will eagerly resort to schools founded upon Dr. BELL'S system, which are par ticularly intendcd to support the principles of the National Church. We therefore earnestly hope that the Common Council will tread back their steps, and Kiew that, as a Body, they are intlined to support a motion, the rejeEtion of which was occa sioned by the efforts of persons who seem always disposed to " fish in troubled waters," and who are the strenuous advocates for Reforms that might lead to consequences of the most ruhtous kind, even the downfal of our Constitution though we are very willing to believe that they are not influenced by :lb) , intention to produce such consequences, but are too dull and short-sighted to profit by expe rience, and the obvious dielates of common sense and common reflexion. BUONAPARTE, with that pitiful rancour towards this country, which renders his charailer as con temptible as it is odious and execrable for. the whole of his condua,has ordered what he calls a " Petit English Political Catechism," which he pretends was translated from our language, to be inserted in The Journal de l' tinpire of the 7th in4tant. The objed of this despicable fabrication is to tax the British Navy with injustice, robbery, and cowardice, in not lighting till they have double the force of their ene my, and other charges false and malignant. This is very bad policy in the Tyrant, for it would be easy to retort his paltry malice by a NAPOLEON CATECHISM, in which his whole life might be ex plored, and many of his enormities (it would be impossible to discover all) might be recited, and none of which he could deny. He might be asked, how he has condualed himself towards France, to which he swore to give a Republican Government ? how to Venice, to Holland, to Prussia, &c. ? and how he has observed the frith of treaties ? how he treated the Royal Family of Spain, whom he had found devoted to his interests ? what is his regard to the rights of independent States, when he has forced his brother upon Westphalia, and is sending his unhappy subjects by millions to be destroyed in Spain, in order to force anothey of his brothers into the Government of that country; to say nothing of his giving Naples to that ruffian MultAT, The Catechism might also be dire Bed to his private life, and he might be asked what regard he has shewn to those ties of consanguinity, which peo ple in all countries hold sacred, when one brother abdicated a kingdom to avoid his tyranny, and and other has been obliged to take refuge in this coun try, lest death or perpetual imprisonment, might await him, if he had remained on any part of the Continent. In short, if BUONAPARTE is so foolish as to like such kind of Catechisms as he has publish ed, in order to throw-discredit ou the British Navy, which is the great barrier to all his ambitious and wicked machinations, a string of queries might be proposed to him which would prove him to be such a prodigy of guilt of the deepest d; a as cannot be paralleled in all that history has recorded. The QUEEN'S Cnuncil met at 'Windier 011 Satur day to receive the Report of the Physicians o❑ the state of his MAJESTY'S disorder, and the following Bulletin was yesterday shewn at St, James's PAlace : • " IVilidsor Castle, Feb. " His MAJESTY COlllitme S in the sate slate." " 11. HALFOI2D. "nt. 8A11.1.1E. " lIEBERDENT. " J. WILLIS. " 14. ‘VILLJS." On Friday Earl AYLESFORD preiided at the Marsha!sea Court, in the Borough, aa Loid Stew ard of the KING'S Household, and will preside again this day. Yesterday Lord WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE BnCl. Ge neral GORDON were the Lord and Groom in Wait ing•at St. James's Palace. Yesterday the Duke of YORK and the Mirquis WELLSLEY bad audiences of the PRINCE. HE. GENT. On Saturday Lord ELLENBOROUGLI had an au• dience of the PRINCE REGENT, On Saturday the Duke of BRUNSWICIC visited Lord HOLLAND. Saturday afternoon Mr. PERCEVAL had an au dience of the PRINCE REGENT. After which Mr. PERCEVAL went to his house in Dowhing•sireot, and held a consultation with Earl HAREOWBY and Air. RYDER. The Hon—CAVENDISH BRADSHAW is to be one of the new Grooms of the Royal Bedchamber, 'Lord MELBOURNE, it is said, Will be one of the first batch of English Peers created by the PRINCE REGENT. It is reported the Marquis WELLESLEY is going to Spain, and that he will sail in the vesscl which has ty.!en so long wailing at Portsmoulh to convey MA SYDENHAM, &C. ?it AVA T, NE PLYMOUTH, FEB. 15.—S i! , -2 , 1 ille itr/71 Yc , : vvith bullocks ;or the squadron Ba•ild. R "d' but o‘s:inEt. to contrary winds, wa,i obiigen o back again and anchor in C,wsand Arrived the Spanish ship Aguilla, RoD: , IGO master, trom Amelia Island, with timber fort Duck Yard at this port ; also arrived the Live JACK!iON, from Ware' lord, with pro‘isons. Sailed the Loire frigate for 13ii4iuc Raids. DEAL, FEB. IG.—Sailed yesterday the Echo sloell of war %vial a convoy for Poi trilouth and to-34 his Majesty's ships litarrior, Latona, and Bacchcvii" for ditto. - Arrived his Majesty's ship Pyramus from ditigi and remains. His MAj-sty's ships that sailed for Portsmaatb are prevented from proceeding. • PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Sailed his Mai's l / 1. ships Partridge, Porcupine, and Guslutwk, on a cruio cif Elastic ; thopt down to sail for Basque Roo his Majesty's ship Cressy. FALMOUTH, FEB. i 4.—Sailed the Maritor64 ll packet for Lisbun Erecting ditto for Janaaicai Express ditto for the LtvErtrooL, FEE. 15.—The Sally Ann from Boy ton, has arrtoed bele, was boarded Bth inst. in 13G 49. 30. ; long. 49.20. ; by the Girdle French prime rateer of 14 guns, and full of men ; the privataf had captured the same day the Arcadia, SmELLlros from Nova Scotia for the Clyde ; Captain S. 3 0 ten of his ctew were put on board the Sally which ship the French Captain very politely gave °P to the two crews, and they have arrived here el l well. YArtmourri, FEB. I6.—Arrived the /dos from 04 Flushing - ; Cruizer from off the Nore ; Vixen al )c/ Pickle from a cruize ; and the King George from ou the Texel ; the cutter brings a coufiru:ation of t he loss of the Manilla, and states, that only six ofb el crew were drowned. nai SHEERNESS, F EE . 15.--Captains STEWART TANCOCK of the Gri,j on and She/drake, are 1 11.° ' rooted to the rank of Post. Yesterday as Mr. STOREY, an old pilot of thi port, was taking a man of war out of the harbour/ she ran foul of a vessel, by which means her main' topsail-yard was carried away, a pit of which , falling, struck Mr. STOREY on tile head. and "h hitn on the spot. act CHATHAM, FEB. i5.--Went up to Long r,, to take out her guns and powder, his Majesiy's Diadem, Capt. PHILLIMORE. That fine new ship, the Stirling Castle, is docked' to be coppered and fitted immediately for sea. The Diligence at this port is found in so bad state that it is supposed she wilt be paid off. J. Bari, Low , r I',iotin,, Surrey, bake. (:. H,tchcock, Bull-stairs, Christchurch, Surrey, boa' builder. R Attwcll, Toddington, Bediordshire, baker. T. Williamson, Manchester, draper. ). Randall, Leeds, glocer. L. Kendrick and M. Barlow, Warrington. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Litt!mood, scn. and T. Littlewood, jun. Rochdale, wool len-manufaCturers. 1. Duberly and E. Thomas. W. Chapple, s-n. W. Chapple, jun. and f. Chapple, St. Paul's Churct-yard, trunk-makers, (So failas regarda the said r CLapple). S. A. Simeon and F. Simeon, Bristol, lace-merchants. ‘V. Withers and T. Prfiut, Strand, medicine-viders. 1. Moody, F. Moody, and W. Moody, Pontetrad, Yorkshire, bricklayers. I.Adamson and 1. Tubbs, Liverpool, rope-makers. 'Pel - ers, Dorking, and I. Peters, Wotton, Surey, bankers. C. Evan and I. Evans, Bath, wine-merchants. W. Broad and T. Andrew, Falmouth. 1. Evans and. I. Banks. Edge-green, Lfancashire, miners. T. Dutton and I. W.iliamsoti, Watlifig-street, I. Rickaby and W. Sayer, Yarm, Yorkshire, brandy.mer chants W. Robinson, jun. Padilfam, and W. Robinson, Bury, Lan cashire, coat-merchants. 1. Fox and M. Hornby, Church-street, silk-mannfaClurers. E. Hill and I'. H. Oliver, Wainfieet, Lincolnshire, corn- merchants. 1. Scrivener arid W. Creak, George-row, Bermondsey, lightennen. ). Bracey and ►. Boult, jun. Great Yarmouth, sail-makers. C. Geddes and A. flay, Liverpool. 1. R. Wilkins and R. H. Gafford, Lime-street. W. Roster. T. Brunton, and P. Goddard, Butcher-row, East Smithfield. F. G. Ilinrott, T. Burkitt, and E. Winstanley, London, (so far as regards the said F. G. Ilanrott.) S. Parkinson and G. R. Marriott, Symonds Inn, attornies at law. M. Marshall, K. Lister, sen. and brown, Great Grimsby, butcher. • MAILS. ARR IV ID-2, Dublin, 2 Waterford. DUE—I Cadiz, i Bra zils, t Malta, t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS. THIS DAY AT TWELVIL O'CLOCK. 63i l Red. Ann. - - - Consols. - - - THE SUN♦ 110Llitd QUIS DICIME FALSUM AUDEAT L 0 N D 0 1V . MONDAY, FEI3RUARY 17, 1912. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-HONEY, The Desiree, for the FinAncier and Velocifere, en the Titr z , in:,t. at Sheerness; recalled at No. t 5, Throgrnorton street The Nereus, for the Fox, on Wednesday next, at No. 7 1 Adelphi-terrace, and there recalled. The Caledonia and. Snapper, for the San Nicholas ASO L'Aventura and the Dwarf, for New Galen. to. morrow, al No. 23, Norfolk street, StrJnd, and there recalled. Thu Daphne, for the Ann Margaretha Dorothea, o n hood , on her arrival in pot:; recalled at No.. 1, laines-strOr' Adel phi. The Humber, for the Cecilia, Catha ina, and Boleti], 011 , the 27th inst. at N o . 45, (..;eorge.stleet,Vl3nivuth Dock, apal there recalled. • •The Valiant, for the St. Nicolas and L'A venture, 0, board, at Portsmouth, previous to her going to sea ; recailei ;:t No. 44„ George -street, Ply mouth Dock, Thursday next,and there re c alled. I 4 1e 4, C G li :el George-str ee t, s o t , r for t h p (• o t ,cko The building of ships, for exportaCo,,, is 111:c1f from the increased demand, to become a lo 4 ;ratii! brae in tic{ East. At Calcutta, there were in Jails last, 14 vessels on the socks, of which, I t Iron) 500 to 900 tons, In many of the uwive port% ship timber had arisen in pricJ in cJusequence this favourite speculation. The Earl Thicarras of 1400 tons, built: tor 0 4 Company's service, was launched at Bo:nhay, tq I'vtarch last. Oa Thursday evening, in tit!' Bite at Exmouth , after the crew of the /Tellies, H. RICHARDS, wasters had retired to rest, two of the crew, one of whota. is a Wekliman, and the other a Frenchman, vvlio had been a prisoner of war in this country, ibtit suffered to enter the English service, aro'o from their cabins, plundered the sloop of all the wearing apparel they could come at, sto i c the boat, vent on hoard a pilot sloop then in tl l O Bite, cut her cabde, and in giAtini , under Weigh ran her on shore at high-water mark. Their design being thus frustrated, they made _off for Chad' leigh, where they have since been taken into cus.. tody, the Frenchman coufessin_g their intentions were to wake their e sc a p e to France. They are, however, committed to the high gaol, Devon, to take their trials for the offence. The Rambler, from Dublin, was attacked on Wednesday off the Edystone, 'by a French cutt; t privateer. Tt'ongh the privateer was full of men, and tried twice to board the Rambler, which had on board only the master, mate, and eight Men, the privateer having had a good dose of grape sheered off, and the Raailler Got safe into 'Louth.