The Sun. — London, England, 1812-05-27 00:00:00

ARRIvErt-1 Lishol, 1 Goiern , ev, 1 Jersey, 1 Leewardislandc • 2 Waterford. Dur---I Cadiz, 1 Waterford. t'onsols PrICK OF STQCICS THIS TIAV AT TWELVE n ' CLOCX. - -61 i f Red.Afin. - - - - -Co TIIE SUN. SULEM (MIS -DICEVRE FA6VM AtIDEAT ? LONDON, WEIDtiESDA.Y, ,mAx.27, 1812: Our Readers will sge, by_ a reference to the proceedings in Parliament yesterday, that some questions were proposed by Mr. WHITBREAD re specting the arrangements for a new Administra tion, and that Lord CASTLEREAGH declared that the situation of the present 'Ministers was pre cisely what it was last Friday, and that nothing definitive had been settled. Tb.is morning has •not produced anything new upon the subject to enable us to - speak with greater certainty upon it than we have hitherto done. But though we cannot tell our Readers with precision what is likely to be the result of this important / Negotiation, we can enable them to form their own opinions upon the subject, by telling them very accurately what has passed. The Marquis WELLESLEY, after re ceiving the - Pnltzcz's commands, applied, as we before stated, to the several Noblemen and Gen tlemen who are supposed to be at the head of the Opposition, and also to Lord LIVERPOOL and his colleagues. The propositions submit ted by the Marquis WELLLESLEY . to them were as follow : Ist. An early and dispassionate consideration of the Catholic Claims, with a view to their amicable and final adjustment. 2d. A vigorous and more extended prosecution of the war in the Peninsula. T'ne answers returned were as follow : LORDS GREY AND GRENVILLE. Their joint Letter begins by declaring their rea diness to sacrifice all personal feelings in order to give effect to the Vote of the House of Commons in the present alarming crisis of public affairs.— They also express their deep acknowledgments to Lord WELLESLEY for his powerful exertions in support of the Catholic claims ; and they state their perfect concurrence in the first principle proposed by Lord WELLESLEY on the subject. With respect to the war in the Peninsula, they declare that no persons can feel more deeply than they do for its successful termination ; —that as to its management, it were difficult for any person not in office to offer a decided opinion upon such a point, without a full consideration of its details and circumstances, which can only be known to the Ileinbers of the Government, but that they are perfectly ready to enter into a full and fair discus ,sion of that very important question. At the same time they think it but fair to declare that they en tertain great doubts, whether, in the present dis tressed state of the country, it will be found' prac ticable to increase the public burdens. Lords HOLLAND and LANSDOWNE concur gene rally in the same opinion ;. but more particularly in that part which refers to the powerful exer tionsof Lord WELLESLEY in vindication of the Catholic claims. Lords MoIRA and ERSKINE, Messrs. SHERIDAN' and WELLESLEY POLE entirely concur with Lard WELLESLEY, without exception. ANSWER OF LORD LIVERPOOL AND HIS COLLEAGUES. They observe, that it is unnecessary to discuss the principles proposed by Lord WELLESLEY as the basis of a new Administration, because he (Lord DVERPOOL) and his Colleagues desire to decline being Members of any Administration which might be formed. by, Lord 'WELLESLEY. Lord MELVILLE' assented to the principles, and is v., iiiing to serve with, but not under Lord WEL- LEl' 11Y. From the above statement it appears, -as we before mentioned, that some obstacles do exist to the fofination of an Administration that would meet with the unanimous approbation of the country, yet they do not appear to us to be of an insurmountable natnrc,. and we still indulge the hope that a Ministry will be formed including the Marquis W'ELLESLEY and Mr: CANNING, the leading Members of the present Cabinet, and Lord MOIRA and Mr. SHERIDAN. In the present ar duous situation of the country, both with a view to its foreign _and domestic policy, we trust that the Noblemen, and Gentlemen to -(virom we ,have alluded, will feel the necessity of exerting themselves cordially in compliance with the wishes of the Regent and the Country, form an united and a vigorous Administration. Lord MoiaA lard an .interview with the PRINCE REGENT yesterday. In this situation this . most ininortant business at present stands; we do not think it necessary to detail to ou r Readers all the idlerumours which are in circulation, because-we. kilow that they are founded more ,upon the wishes and hopes of those - by whoni iheyi are propagated than upon any authentic information. The mo ment any definitive arrangement is concluded; we shall communicate it to the public. SiCOND EDITION, SUN-OFFICE. HALF PAST TWO O'CLOCK. As it seems now tb be admitted in the best in formed political circles, that the hope of forming new Administration under the Marquis WEL LESLEY is no longer entertained, the general idea in the same quartets at present is, that it is not unlikely that both Lord WELLESLEY and Lord LIVERIgOOL are disposed to make some abate ment of their respective expectations, in order to put a period to the unpleasant state of the Nation at this moment, and that they will agree to act under Lord MoIRA,as Premier, with the admis sion of Mr. CANNING and Mr. HUSRISSON. Lord MELVILLE, we are assured, interposes his ami cable offices, 'in order tokffect an immediate and satisfactory arrangement between the Marquis and the present IVlinisters, and for that purpose had yesterday an interview with Mr. CANNING. The latter suggested certain questions to his Lordship, the answers to which would decide his own con duct. Lord MEl.vri.r.e is said to have observed, that though it was in his power Co answer those questions at once, yet he deemed it proper to sub mit them to the consideration of the Cabinet. In consequence a Council was held last night, and Mr. CANNING i s vas 'to be informed of the result. (which we understood to be of a favourable na tuie) this day. We think we can confidently assert that Lord MOIRA -5* 'y concurs in the principles and wishes of the PRINCE 'REGENT, and therefore we hope that he will readily co-operate with the pre sent Ministers., Mr. WHITBREAD, we understand, convened a number of h'is political friends, yesterday, far the purpose of considering v►•hether a motion should be made in Parliament to exclude the present Mi nisters for ever from his Councils ! Such a mea sure was, however, deemed too violent, and par , ticularly inconsistent, on account of the over tures which had been made to them by. Marquis WELLESLEY and Mr. CANNING, and, because the two latter would of course vote against so very intemperate a proposition, and therefore the op position would be left in a minority. It is add ed, that no interview has taken place between - the PRINCE REGENT and Marquis WELLESLEY since Monday last. Monday evening the Cabinet Ministers had a general meeting athe Earl of Liverpool's house at Whitehall, and sat till a late hour. Yesterday, about 11 o'clock, the Duke of York had an audience of the Prince Regent, previous to his setting off for Ascot Heath races. Yesterday Lords EldQn, Liverpool, and Moira, attended at Carlton-house ; the two former about half-past twelve o'clock, and the latter about five On Saturday his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, gave a splendid dinner at Kensington Palace, to a number of the Vice-Presidents, Me dical Officers, and Friends of the Eastern Dispen sary, of which his Royal' HighneSs is a most zeal ous patron; The company were all highly gratifi= ed with the affable manners and polite attentions of their Royal Host. The Order of the Bath is to be extended to fifty, including the Sovereign and the Grand Masten—Twenty-three are to be installed next Monday, at Westminster Abbey, which. is the largest number that ever took place at one time, which will render. the sight the grandest that ever was seen of the kind,- Lord Viscount COMPTON' was: yesterday elected Member for Northampton, in the room of the late Right Hon. SPENCit 1 3 CEVAL, 'without op position. Yesterday the Boardof Agriculture unanimously adopted a Petition to both Houses of. Parliament, prepared by the Right Honourable Sir John Sin clair., Bart. their PreSident, praying that a Bill for a General Inclosure of Waste Lands, through out England, might pass into a Law, as the best. means of increasing the quantity of bread-corn. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY. 22.—The arms-stealing system still prevails in this neighbourhood ; there have been several stand stolen by the • Luddites this last week, from persons who had .perempto rily refused to deliver them up to Major Gordon„ Two men (one in a' very shabby dresS) ,- Were ap prehended in this town, on Wednesday last, :on suspicion of putting off forged- Bank-notes. On their examination it turned out one had been en gineer in Mr. Burton's factory in Lancashire, and. had given information against some of; the ner- . sons concerned in 'setting fire to Mr.. Burton's house ; and the other haci. prevailed 6n him to leave that country, in order that he might not ap pear in evidence against.them,on their approach ing trials at Lancaster : they had in their pockets about ten pounds each, in Bank of England note s, and had been going. from shop to -shop in this town, purchasing wearing apparel, offering notes in payment at each shop, and requiring change, which excited suspicion. They were ,es.corted by a troop of the Queen's Bays to the Public-Office, Manchester, yesterday. The man who had been prevailed upon to leave the county of Lancaster, appeared very much agitated, and said, he had been threatened by the Luddites with utter 'de struction if he appeared in evidence against the rioters, and that they would likewise murder his father and mother Daniel Isaac Eaton stood in the pillory yester day in pursuance of his sentence by the Court of King's Bench, for publishing the Third part-of Paine's Age of Reason. A hand-bill, describing him to be a sufferer, for the,Liberty 'of the Press, was circulated among the 'crowd, who cheered him during his punishment. .:.,,~ ~-~~•: NAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, 3.rfAY 24.—Arriyed this morning the (been .Charlotte packet, Capt., Mudge, with mils froin .in 6 days ; the X II ntph packet' had - arrived out and delivered her MailS, and proceeded' On for Cadiz. On'the 22d.inst: Capt. Mudge spoke his Majesty's ship Semiramis, and was informed that, they had spoke tire West India ship Patent, of London, which had been t a ke n by t w o F renc h frigates, 44 guns, each, and an 18 gun-brig, and which afterwards gave her up ; on the 9th instant,' the enemy were off Cape Spartel, and were at tacked by gun -boats, when they stood off; on the 19th, they were chased by two men of war. They had captaredand destroyed about 40 vessels (prin.- cipally Americans) : they 'ar,e.Supposed to be the same 'squadron that . was truizing .in the. West Indies, and was endeavouring to get into the Me diterranean. General Harvey. is come paSsenger in the Queen Charlotte, and is direct from head quarters. General Hill had marched to his front, taking' with him howitzers, and scaling-ladders, to destroy (it Was supposed) the bridge of Alma rei, on the Tagus, and. the works that protect it. , Lard Wellington was at ruente d'Honore: Seve ral American, ships had arrived with flour, and, it is supposed,' that purchases on account. of our Government, had been made shficient for the army for six months. . Also arrived the - Chichester packet, with a mail . from the Leeward Islands ; in 27 days.. . By the Chichester we learn that the melancholy news respecting the earthquake at the.Caraccas is confirmed, but not to the extent brought by the Indsor Castle packet; the loss how is stated to be 10,000 souls,. The shock was felt at several of , the West India Islands. . The Gioire frigate sailed from Tortola, six dayi previous to the Chichester, with 50 Sail of ships for England, leavAng 40 sail behind. The Mails for Lisbon, Cadiz, Brazils, Surinam, and LeewardAslands, are all detained by contrary wind. The Manchester packet with . Mails for the Mediterranean is detained.for further orders. PLYMOUTH, MAY. 25.—Came in the French lugger called L'Espuonor, of 10 guns and 48 men, captured off Ushant, in a calm, by the boats of his Majesty's ship Rota, out two days from St. Ma loess and had made no, captures. The Rota had one man killed and ten wounded ; the privateer five killed. Sailed his Majesty's ships Tigris, Colossus, and Pomone, to the westward. • Arrived the Spanish brig Eliza, Rondo master, from Teneriffe, bound to LondOn she was cap tured on Friday last by L'Aig/Q French privateer, and retaken, after a chase of several hours, by the Eagle Excise cutter. PORTSMOUTH, MAY '26.—This morning Rear- Admiral • 13rown hoisted his flag on board the Spitfire, and is to sail for Jersey. Sailed his Majesty's ship Vauteur, Beagle, and Linnet, on a cruize. His Majesty's ship Brisk •is appointed c onvey for Cork, and the intermediate ports in the Channel. DEAL, MAY 26. Arrived the Recovery, Spencer, from the, South Seas. Sailed his Majesty's lip Raven for off Flushing. EDINBURGH, MAY 23.—The Sarpedon sloop of war arrived in Leith Roads yesterday morning from a ciuize. TheHCiio sloop of war sailed yesterday, with Sir George Mackenzie and Thomas Allan, Esq. on a•mineralogical tour to the Faro islands. Two - brigs and a galliot arrived this morning ;. they .are supposed to be from the Baltic. One of the brigs is under the American flag. The ships of war in .the Roads are, the Ada mant flag-ship, the Egeria, Ferret, Snake, and Sarpedon sloops of war, and the Charles' armed brig. Wednesday the . Magistrates and Council. of GlaSgow voted an Address to his Royal Highness the "Prince Regent, - expressive of their condolence on..the assassination of Mr. ,Perceval, and of the high estimation in which they held Mr. Ferceval's public and private character. We mentioned in our last the melancholy fate of two boys who 'were droWned at the Black Rocks, Leith.—At that time the body of the eldest had not been found. We are now enabled to state some further partiCulars :---,When the tide had flowed so much upon them as to prevent the youngest from saving himself, the eldest, who could swim a little, immediately strippO, for. the purpose of saving his broth....r, who could not swim, and it was in attempting to do this that he lost his life. His body . was found on. Monday night at Newhaven, where they humanely dressed it in decent cloaths, and conveyed it v.), his discon solate mother, at whose lodgings it arrived just as the' body of the younger was carrying out for bu rial :—his cloaths were picked up on• Friday night in 'the harbour. .To add, however, to the poig nant distress of the poor woman, we-are informed that she has since received accounts of the death of her husband, who was a ship carpenter at Ports Mouth, on his outward-bound voyage.-- Such a complicated scene of distress seldom oc- . turs, and her case calls loudly for the sympathy of the public; we trust their wonted liberality will be excited in her behalf. Lrgamy PAPERS: Oi'oaro, iNfAir 15 .—Three - divisions . of th..! A'. lied Army Are to remain ih the North of Portugal ; they arc at present under the the orders of General Picton, but General Gran am is to command them. The troops are cantoned in the villages along.the Douro from Lamego, to Me amount of 21,006 men. The Polish troops are on their march for France the new raised conscripts are said to be on the road to replace them. . , Troops are continually embarkhig at Vigo fir South America. General CASTAN'' OS' head-quar- try are at Santiago. Thirteen American vessels yesterday arrived in this port, laden. with Corn and flour. The demand for provisions in this place is very great, and in the interior considerable scarcity prevails, as little' or none can be sent from hence in consequence of the Commandants having embargoed all the boats and carts. BANKS OP .THE .GUADALQIIIVAK, APRIL NO.--O the 25th, eight waggons with ammunition set out for Moron.. Soult appears to have intended pror , ceeding-to Grenada that day, but he did not carry his design into execution. Always When he re ceives any unfayourable intelligence from his army, he declares he will ,set out, and it was in. reality.upon the day he received accounts of the defeat .of Rey by Ballasteros that he publishtcl he would depart for Grenada. On the same day a large convoy proceeded in the direction of Ma drid, with many blind, lame, &e. and loaded wag gons. With this convoy were sent 22 patriots, taken on the 23d inst. :On the 27th 'inst. many boats were ordered to the neighbourhood.of Seville, because in that city there is now nothing to eat ; 63 infantry have en-. ‘ tered, of whom 36 only h ave b roug ht arms, four wounded ; they saythey come from Roquill4. The flotilla from Cordova arrived with some cora, so opportunely, that on the.day of its arrival the French were -without a single *ration of bread . Olt the 29th many waggons and horses were ein.. bargoed to take the Juramentados' baggage, who are going to Cordova. To-day .(April 30) the enemy are constrwting a strong battery in fropt, of Porta Barquita. Soult has appeared all this' day very pensive and thuch cast down. . Extract Of a Letter from anOtficer in the Earl of Welling-to/el; Army, to a Gentleman in Edinburgh, dated Camp at Foi - - - calhas, April . 45:-- " You will long ere now have seen the full*par ticulars of our late 'brilliant achievement at Buda' joz. It was, I assure you, one of the most galizsit things I ever witnessed. The moment our ad vanced was discovered, the enemy opened such a tremendous fire of great guns, shells, musketry, and 'Ere ball's, from all parts of the fort, that a per son at a distance would have imagined the whole • elements one Continued blaze of .electric fire, in-: deed it was the grandest but most awful sight you could possibly imagine . ; and this continued for upwards of two hours, till, to the no small asto niAllinent of the enemy, our 3d division escalact ed the walls. Thescotch brigade b e h ave d with • their usual bravery. When it is considered that one-third of what we sat down with before Bada joz were either killed or wounded, you will ac knowledge' it was tight work. We were not long permitted, after our fatigue, to be idle, or indulge our Selves with the few luxuries this country .eall afford, but marched, on the 'llth instant for the' North. 'We arrived at this place late yesterdal, evening, whiCh is within five or si x leagues Ciudad Rodrigo. A report is now in Circtilatio lll that we are to measure back our steps again fro° whence we came ; and I do not think it is at all impossible, •as the French have. again eroSsed.thg • A:gueda. and gone off to Ilacentia, in Wu sequence of which the different divisions coinpos" ing, the advance haVe received sudden orders to_ halt, and head-quarters are to-day at Guinaldn; about two.leagues in our front. Our officers e present keep healthy ; notonepresent but is ea pable of duty ; and we are in,a_fe‘V days to ge t • • Major Lloyd, from Lisbon ; Squire, Erskine , Cannon, and Stanton, from Cel er i co , where thel were all on• command for these six mouths past. By. Cannon, I understand, that all °, 111 " wounded officers who left us a t Ba.dajoz are do ing well." Private accounts from .Stockholm, received by • the last Anholt mail, mention, that the negoeia tions between England and Sweden remained for, the present suspended. Sweden, it is said, -re" ,quired a subsidy, which has been hitherto refused , at least in the saape of money ; though, it is add - 7 ed,, that a 'proposition had been made to sup Pit the Swedish troops, to a certain extent„ .with ; • arms, ammunition, and elothing. It• has been alreadYmentioned„ . tlns,t on the de parture of the Emperor Alexander to join 'bi g army, he was hailed by the acclamations ,of inhabitants of bi-; capital. ~ WitL• with France, w e . . Understand, was by no Means unpopular in Rilss i2 '' and it was generally looked upon as inevitable- SOrne days before the Emperor's , .depaetur e a .' endeavoured Lauriston to detain hi m , 'pretending • that* the French troops had advanced towards th e , RuSsian frontiers without order 3 -from , BuGua : , parte ; and 'adding, 'that Wi t h th e pe r m i ss ion • ().! , his Imperial Majesty, he would send one-of hl5 . Aides-de-camp to direct . them to countermare i t The answer of Alexander Was,' -that the • Fren c .. Marshals ,were not in the habit of acting orders ;•I that he (Lattriston) might act ..as thought proper-but,,his . pwn resolution was irr e; versibly taken. ;It is suppo se d that this ans;ve r decided the departure of Buonaparte from Pari s ' Admiral Berkeley . is to be relieved in the ceP' l l mand at Lisbon, by Admiral Martin, W4 O v • vl sail in a few days for the Tagus.