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cock ;he other two, 'but becauie they avowedly for( s!lw the tendency of each to pursue a separate intt rest of it= own ? • 'f ere. is likewise another source: of power, of nhich' the nobility have now very. largely availed tluAnselves. 1 mean the monopolST of various -estntes to which the elective franchise is annexed. it is true that the 'share which the nobility .have thus acquired in the 'return of members - to the House of Commons, is a poWer, founded...at the expensr .01:' the people rather' than "of the Sove reign ;' lint then, being once completely reared, it is as capable/of being' employed to the detriment of the SoertZgrr as of the people. - Besides, to the. Crown, modern flutes have givenxio :countervail , ing advabtage, except that very accession of .in fhience, .which so many 'demagogues are now 1&z.i.2, - uing to retrench ; whereas, the people have act!nired, as 're have seen, additions of strength so various; so important, and so unalienable, that neither the elective encroachments, nor the nu nierical increase of the peers, can, by possibility, afford: any - serious oc;asion of alarm to the bolos sal greatness ()Abe Commonalty. But, in the pre sent apology fOr the influence of, the Crown, I forbear to enlarge upon. the 'weight of the aristo cracy in the elections of representatives; because .my opponents will tell me, that thefe can be no necessity for resorting to royal inflUence, in order .to controul what might at once be repressed by a • "Parliamentary Reform." Now, though I cer tainly do nc,t think that the measure, which th e y call reform, would, - in the smallest degree, dimi nish the elective importance of the titled and : lauded interests ; yet, as it forms no part of my plan, on. 'this occasion; to enter into a question so complicated and extensive, I must be content., forthe present, with having thus indicated my ar gument, and pass on without pres Sing this advan-• tape to its furthest extent: After a due examination, then, it seems hard 'ly possible to deny, that since the epoch of our great revOlution, the poWer,loth of the nobility and. of the people, has increased, and is increas ing, with a rapid progress; the power of the no bility, by the vast accession of peers in the pre sent reign, as well as by the' acquisition of an ex tensive influence in the House of Commons ; and the power' of the people, by the continual in crease of their numbers, by their lordly accumu lations of wealth, by the confirmations which their civil liberty -has obtained from the King, the 'Parliaments, and the Courts of JUstice ; and, of all, , hy the universal diffusion of know ledge, 'and' the, gigantic - importance of public In the mean time, what has been the pro gress of that Prerogative,. which the strict letter of oin . Constitution assigns to the' Crown,' as a' check upon the-. Lori's and Commons So far from advancing proportionally with their ad vances, it has faded -into a.shadow. still lives; but, it lives neglected and forgotten. low nu merous and how formidable were the .powers left in the hands. of the Crown by our Whig ances tors, who will hardly be accused of any very un warrantable leaning towards the Court, the reader will be able more accurately to factermine, bya re ference to the last section of .this little work, in which he Some' comparisons- between the prerogative which the. Constitution settled, and the influence.by which ,that prerogative has been insensibly superseded. Meanwhile it is sufficient to• have reminded him, that whatever is danger ous or violent in the poeruf the Crown, has now beTome, not - indeed absolutely extinct, but almost irrecoveably obsolete. To be continued. MAILS, AARIVED—t Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 1 corunna. " DUE-1 Lis -I,lon, 2 Gottenburgb, IThazils, 1 Dublin,-3 ‘Vaterford. (PRICE OF STOCKS 1111$ DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. C 0115015 . 581-1 I Red. Aim. 5711 THE SUN. SOLESI QUIS DICEITE FALSCIM AUDEAT L O'N D 0 N, S ITURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, ISI2. WC have' received - ,French' 4 Papers, containing the 26th and 27th Bulletins. We regret very flinch that we have not room to offer 'any. com ments upon these most singular productions. Ic appears by the 27th Bulletin, that the Cossacks have treated BtroNAPAa'rE - With no more ceremony than they did MURAT and SEBASTIAN!. 'A body of six,thousand of them made an attack upon the rear of his position, ,and took six pieces of can non. The Bulletin then informs us, that " the Marshal lkioßmit set off "a gallop, with all the Horse-Guards, and the horde of Cossacks was sabred. " We should have thought, that cutting the poor Cossacks to picce would have been pu nishinent enough for their presumption, but the Bulletin adds,' " they were brought back, and thrown into the river." While we were lament ing the dreadful fate of these brave fellows, we were delighted to find, from the same authority,. that only " 600 of these Cossacks had been killed, wounded,-and taken;"—that is*to say, the whole bddy of 6000 - Cossacks were cut to pieces and thrown into the river, and 600 of theta were killed, wounded, and taken prisoners ! ! !--The rest of these Bulletins'are in the same style. The Duke of Montrose Packed has arrived from Corunna. She brings a report that an action has taken, place between Generals HILL and SOULT, n which the former was completely victorious.— We fear that there is not any foundation for this report, it is not mentioned in the Corunna Papers, nor have Covernment received any intelligence upon Ihe subject. It has been reported, within -the last' three or four days, that the Marquisses . of BUCKINGHAN and z CuuDEN have offered, to relinquish a thifd of their respective salaries, as Tellers of the Ex- Chequer, during the present war. The report, we -are assured, is well" founded ; • and the Noble, Lords, we understand, tendered their offer in a' joint letter to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-: . QUEIt. The unqualified demands of the Irish Catholics for the removal of all the safeguards,of, our happy establishment in Church and State, seem at length to have roused the Protestants, who, we trust,. will atone for the supineness which they have hi therto shewn, by a Arm resolution not to concede more than the security of the Constitution essen-• tially requires. Indeed this supineness has been attended with an eventual .advantage., for it has prompted the Irish Catholics to throw off the mask, and to convince mankind that nothing, will satisfy them but political power, to as full an ex tent as it is possessed by the members of the 1:s- .' tablished Church, who take the oaths of alle giance and supremacy to our legitimate Monarch. Hence, then, if the demands of the Irish Catho lics were to be complied with, they would be plaCed in a higher situation than even our Pro-. testant fellow-countrymen, who constitute the great mass , of the Empire, and be exempt from the obligations to which the latter are subject, and we should be exposed th the influence Of fo reign authority. SECOND EDI V 110 N. SUN-OFFICE, TNTO-O'CLOCK. In a Supplementary Paper. from Quebec, which we received this day, there is the 'following article which we deem worthy the attention of ou, Readers In addition to the above (the Official Dis patches), we learn, by verbal accounts, that the Americans who crossed over in the night, consist ed of about 1,500 men, The whole of these /ere killed, wounded, or prisoners, and about FIVE HUNDRED More, 'who attempted to cross after wards, were drowned. The total number engaged on our side did Lot exceed SEVEN HUNDRED men. Our loss irnot tore than FIFTY killed and ‘voundede IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack, at the usual hour; since the commence ment of the Session ; and the business of swearing their Lordships forthwith commenced,. In reply to a question from the Duke of CLA RENCE, it was stated that 95 Peers had already taken their seats.---Adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE 'UV - COMMONS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27. The House met, and had prayers read at one, o'clock, and at two proceeded with the routine business of swearing in Memberp. After which, on the motion of Mr. D. GIDDY, it adjourned till Monday. The 'Address is to be moved in the House of Lords by, the . Mai ;pis . of, QUEENSBURY—in the House of Commont it is to be moved by Lord 'CLIVE, and seconded by Arr. HARTE DAvis, jun. The Royal procession to the House of Peers is to be on the grandest and mosi,extensive scale, and active preparationg are making for that pur pose. ' The. Ithperial Crown of these realms, it is said, will be carried in precession, under the im mediate personal care of the. Lord High Steward. If thelicook sellers want a new edition tieSnAKE SPFARE, and, indeed, we cannot haVe too many editions of such an author, it is surprising that they did not apply to Mr. GIFFORD, the Editor of MASSINGER. and BEN JONSON, whose . critical acumen, learning, and extensive knowledge of English literature, render him peculiarly qualified for the undertaking. We trust, howe..-er,, that when his other labours will permit, we shall hav i e an edition of our great dramatic Bard from ttis Gentleman ; as we are persuaded that he will exe:. cute the work con amore, and with the taste and sagacity of a sound Critic, as well as the anima-. tion of a true Poet. , On Friday night last, about eleven o'clock, as Edward Smallwood, jun. carrier, of Sniethwick, was returning home from Birminghain 'he was at tacked by three footpads, between 'the canal re servoir on Birmingham Heath and Winson Green bridge, and robbed of one pound twelve•shillingS in silver. Smallwood being a 'remark'cibly.'Stout resolute man, defended himself, and beat off the first that attacked hm, when a second coming up, gave him a - violent blow on the -head with a bludgeon, and at the same time called out for as sistance, when another appeared ; they then overpowered him, beat him most seNtrely, and after robbing him, suffered him to go, they then fired a pistol. at him before he had gut many yards, * but . happily missed their Om. :1 36 :2 34 !3 31 !4 40 15 44 :6 41 :7 A 6 AL -;EIVS FALMOUTH, Nov. thiS day 'the Duke of Montrose packet with Mails from Co runna, in five days. It was reported there that General HILL had defeated Marshal SOULT with great lOis, but uncertain as, to date ; nor bad those reports any good authority. No accounts from the _ . army under Marq,IVELLINGTON had been received `at Corunna since those brought by his Majesty's - :schooner Mackarel, which .were dated llueda, 3d inst. it was said that .the head-luarters of the Marquis were at SalaManca and that General, HILL, had approached so near the Marquis as that a' junction could take place any tinie.— The "enemy had not approached Corunna.— The packet Was detained. three days for the arrival of mails from the interior; which had not come to hand when, she sailed. Left lying there his Ma jesty's schooner Bramble, 10 guns, and the Duke of Kent packet. His Majesty's .ship Medusa sailed from thence the 19th inst. to join the squadron under. Sir H. POPHAM at St. Andero • two trans ports, .., • , laden with sto res , of the: convoy which sailed from Portsmouth for Lisbori.,,i had put iuto Corunna in distress. An American brig with a cargo of rice for a market, under a license, bad also arrived there from Portsmouth. A letter from Corunna states that the army late kinder BALLESTEROS, atul that under , CAs.TANO: had 'joined the army under Geti. HILL ; that the • allied armies were-120,000 in the neighbourhood of Salamanca. „ ' Arrived this evening the ship St. Domingo, one of the outward-boutid West Indiatnen under con voy of the Coquette, from London to St. Domingo. CORUNNA PAPERS. CORUNNA, Nov. 12.—We learn, by' an extra ordinary Courier, that the French, _uniting all their forces from Valencia and Arragon, have fallen upon Madrid, into N'RliCll capital they, en tered on the Ist inst. General HILL might have avoided this if hd had judged it prudent ; but it appeared to him more so to retire and join Lord WELLINGTON, who was approaching to his assist ance, and, 'in conjunction with' him, form another plan, which, would more annoy the enemy, and they have now retired to Arelalo, Rueda, Torde &c. covering the whole line of the Douro. We, have no doubt that the stay of the French in - this capital will only be for. the tithe tbat Lou] WELLINGTON pleases, and until he shall have realised the plans which he has.forined,, but not yet completely .concluded, to restore us to success and felicity.—(Co run-ta Diary, Nov. 13.) CORLYNNA, Nov. I.2.—Yesterday a Courier Ex- i.aordiriary arrived, *ho informs ns, that on the 4th inst. he left Rueda, dispatched by Lard WEL LINGTON, who had his head-quarters there, and with whom were Generals CASTANOS, ALAVA, LOSADA, and others ; that the allied army was in excellent condition ; that it had five times offered battle to the French, which they had always re fused; that the English were expecting Gereral Him. with his army, asEsPANA's division, had already joined. Lastly, the same Courier assured us, that in Salamanca, as well as in other towns of Castile, printed papers had been published, stating the defeat of SOULT in La Mancha, of which so much has been said, though doubt fully; but these doubts would disappear, It we were ; certain that, as is reported, 'General HILL has joined Lord WELLING:rots. 'Another Courier, from Benevente, which place he left on the Bth, assures us, that the French had retired to Burgos, and that in Benevente every thing was quiet. He alsO says, that a Courier had already . been dispatched directly for Ma(?-id, and insists that the defeat of SouT.T in La Mancha was held to be certain, and : that it was hoped (as we .have never doubted) that the op= portune movement of Lord 'WELLINGTON, and all his operations, will produce the most glorious ie sult.—(4runna Diary, Nov. 12.) • What must be thought of the taste of the pub lic, the - manag - ers of a lAinth4n theatre find' it more for their interest to 'suffer the first actor of the day to wander about the country than to tempt. him by •a liberal requital to remain at home . METEOROLOGIC. BY R. B 2 ./IL 'JO KS; PUILOSOPHICAL INSTRUN ENT' M Thermometer. I 1 * 4 E. . . i ~ I c lx 0 • o 1 ^ 3003 29,95 J 35 30.10 :ally pa; guard. SIC)11. ball. of the :; euin~. FRENCH. PAPERS. TWENTY-SIXTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY, 130ROWSK, OCT. - After the battle of Mosliewa, General Kutusow took a position a league- in advanec of MOscow ; he established se veral Tedonlits to defend the town; he_remained: there 'till the last moment. On the 14th Septem ber, seeing the French army March towards him, he took his resolution and. evacuated the position, passing through Moscow. 'He crossed through the city with hiShead-parters at half-past nine in the morning. 'Our advanced guard passed through it, an hour after noon. The Commandant of the,. Russian rear-guard requested to be allowed to cle-•. file in the city without firing;' it was allowed but in the Kremlin, the 'canaille, armed by the. Governor, made a resistance, and were immedi ately- dispersed ; 10,000 Russian soldiers were the next and following dayscollected in the city, into which-they were brought by their thirst to plun4' .• der ';• they were old and good soldiers ; they aug mented the number of prisoners. " On the 15th, 16th, and lith,September, the Russian ,General counnamling the rear-guard, said that they should fire no longer, that they ought to fight no.more, and talked much about peace.. Marched upon. the road of KOlonma, and:Our advanced guard - placed itself five leagues fronr?i, Moskwa, upon the bridge of the Moskwa. 'Dur ing this time the Russian army left the Kolomna . ROad, and took that...of Kalouga by cross-roads. He this . made the half tour of the city, at ; six, leagues distance. The wind .carried thither clouds. of flame and smoke. ' This march, according, to the statements of the Russian Officers, was sons bre, and religious consternation filled their souls; they assert thatofficers' and soldiers were so pene trated, that the most profound', silence reigned throughout all the army as during prayers. . • 'f We quickly perceived the enemy's tnarch.---' The Duke of Istria marchedlo Disna with a corps . • of observation. The King of Naples, at first, followed the enemy upon Podol, and afterwards marched upon their rear, threatening to cut them off the iduga road. Although the King only had with hiM the advanced,guard, the enemy only allowed themselves - time to evacuate the trenches t!:ev' bad constructed, and marched six leagues in the reap, after a glorious battle for the advanced " Prince Poniatowski took a position beltina the Nara,:at the confluence of 1411 a. " General Lauriston having, •on the sth Oct.. gone to. the Russian 'headkluarters, the commu nications were re-established between. - our ad vanced posts and those of the enemy, be tween themselves, agreed not to attack, each other, without giving three hours notice ; brit on the 18th, at seven o'clock in the Morning, 4,000 "Cossacks came out from a wood situated within half cannon shot of General Sebastiani, form ing the extreme left of the advanced-guard, who had neither - been occupied nor inspected that day. They made an attack, upon this light, cavalry at a time when they were on 'foot, at the distribution of meal. This light cavalry could not form but at a quarter of a leakue at fartheSt. Whilst the, enemy penetrated by this hole, a park of 12 pieces of cannon, and 20 caissons, of Gen- Sebastiani, were taken in a ravin, with baggage waggons in number !".30, in all 65 wagg ons ,, instead of 100, as stated in , the last Bulletin. At the same time the enemy's regular cavalry, and two columns of infantry penetrated into the hole. They hoped to gain the wood, and the defile of VoronosvO be fore us, but the King of Naples was there ; was on horseback. lie marched and penetratO the Russian line of cavalry in ten or twelve diffe rent charges. He perceived the division of - six enemy's battaligns, commanded by Lieutenant, ! Gen. Muller, charged and penetrated it. This division was massacred: Lieutenant-General MO= ler was killed whilst this was, passing. General Poniatouche successfully repulsed a Russian divi- The Polish General Fischer was killed by a " The enemy not only suffered a loss superior to our's, but the shame of having violated tide truce concluded between the advanced-guard, a. thing hardly ever done. Our loss amounts to SOO men, in killed, wounded, and taken. That , of the enemy is doublt. Several Russian Wiicers were taken; two of their 'Generals were killed: On this clay the King of Naples has proved what presence of mind, valour, and a knowledge of war can effect : in general, throughout all this campaign, this Prince ILS shc%n himself worthy of the supreme rank in which he is placed. " However, the Emperor wishing to oblige the enemy to evacuate his' entrenched camp, and drive them several marches back, in order to be able tranquilly to proceed to the countries chosen for his winter-quarters, and actually necessary to be occupied for the execution of his ulterior pro. jects, on the 17i.11;;I'dereciG . eneral Lauriston, With LTRIVAL AKER, STRAND. Weather. Cldy. Fair Do. Do. Cldy. Fog Do. Cloudy Faire Cloudy Fair Cloudy Rain Do. ;.. 1 .°3.67 11(.: c.