The Sun. — London, England, 1812-06-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE Or LORDS-FRIDAY. NEW GENTLEMAN USHER. At two o'clock a .ineeting took place, and im incyliately after prayers were read. The . Marquis of HEn'FORD (Lord Chamberlain) attended in his plitce, and officially notified, his appointuteit. of Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Knt.-as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, in the room of Sir VutteiS Mo lyneux, Bart.-.deceAse& Thoinas.^U'as 'then Called introduced as such; and took his seat in . the Gentleman Usher's Box, pro former, When he immediately retired. Hose then adjourned for some time dur ring pleasure ORDERS IN COUNCIL A short time before four o'clock the House resumed, and their Lordships forthwith resoLved into a Committee on this subject. Joseph Maryatt, Esq. M.P. was introduced to the Bar, as a witness, and undervtent a long chief and cross-examination, particularly by Earls BA THURST and LAUDERDALE, the tendency of the Honourable Gentleman's statements and opinions -were in favour of the Orders in Council. The House then resumed, and it was ordered that the Committee, as above, should sit at two o'clock on Monday. EDINBURGH POLICE BILL. On the. question for the' third, reading of this Bill, which was moved by the Duke of Athol!, a discussion of some length ensued. The Marquis of DOUGLAS adduced a variety of objections against the Bill,which he chiracterized as. highly unjust, and injurious in its tendency, as then framed, and bearing some of the features of a job. He did not wish to get rid of the measure altogether, but-merely for time and opportunity for revisal and fUrther consideration. He there fore :novel that the 24 be. read a. third time this day three weeks. The Duke of ATHOLL argued at Considerable length in favOur of the measure, and noticed the repeated. diseu4ons it had experienced in the ,Committee, Who had sent it in its original shape to the House: -. He also adverted to the considera tion of its being founded in point of principle on the existing Bill, which was not far frofn its ex pirAtion ; the errors and deficiencies of which it amoly removed and remedied. The 'Earl of LAUDERDALE decidedly supported, the 'objections-of the Noble Marquis, and empha tically characterized the measure as bearing the features of a job. The Earl of _NORTON:strongly supported' the Bill, The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed doubts as to the propriety of their Lordsl:ips agreeing to the _Bill in its present shape, inasmuch is. the in terests of his Majesty-seemed to be affected by it, • without the consent of the Crown beins , obtained, in the instances of the jurisdiction established ° by the, Bill interfering with the 'privileges of the, Royal Palace of Holytood House, the Officers of the Mint, and with respect -to the College of Justice In the case of English Bills, he was aw-tre the Itoyal cGriseut was requisite to be oh ; and he must seriously object to the pre sent measure's being hereafter adduced as a pre ceder,t in those respects. The Duke of ATHOLL explained, particularly as to these pints, and chiefly as referring to the Act of the 45th of his Majesty. The Marquis of Douglas and his Grace repeat edly spoke in explanation, as did the Eartof Lau derdale and the Lord Chancellor: The House then divided. For the third reading of the 12 , For eos4ioning it iqujority • -10 The,Curates Regalation Bill passed through a Committee of the. whole House, and was reported -without amendment. Certain DO:alinents from the Land Revenue Office, and the Privy Council, were presented in pursuance of recent Votes of the House, and or• tiered to lie on tl. table. - Mourne - 2. till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At four o'clock the SPEAKER took. the Chair, but there being only 31 Members present, an ad journment of course took place till to-morrow. MAILS. DuE-1 Dublin, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS Turs DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCSo Consols for Opening Red. Ann. - - - -58 a THl] SUN. sethEm (ens' UICERN FALSUM AUDEAT L 0 ND 0 N, SATURDAY, JUNI 13, 1812. We believe that few instances, have occurred in which the decision of the House of Commons has been more in unison with the feelings of the people, than in that which took place yesterday morning. The conduct of the Opposition, during the whole of the late Negociations, has com pletely justified all the charges which we have preferred against them, and has shewn, that power— absolute, exclusive power, was their only object, and that the distresses of the country, which they so loudly proclaim, and which they have not a little contributed to in crease, could not induce them to concede in the slightest degree from their lofty and unfounded pretensions. With the Marquis WELLESLEY they would not co-operate ; not because they differed upon • the great political principles which were to form the -basis of the Administration, but because they had not the formation of the Administration. They did not like to tell Lord 1 'at.r.E4LEY and the Public their real sentiments, but they took every opportunity of quilbting and throwing impediments in the way of the negoeie..- don. Is it possible to conceive any thing more .'contemptible than the distinction which they pretended to find out between the proposi tion . made by Lord WELLESLEY and that, Made by Mr. CINNING ? Would: any men who were seriously disposed, as they professed to be, to sacrifice personal considerations for the good of the country, have stumbled upon such an ob jection, if they had not been anxious to break off the Negociation, under the firm conviction that the REGENT Would be ultimately obliged to throw himself unconditionally into their hands ! From the manner, in which they received Lord MoißA's proposalsproposals unfettered by .any condition on the part of the REGENT, and which were made with thefrankness which characteriSes that Niable Lord, it was obvious that Lords GREY and GREN VILLE were offended, because they werenot entrust ed with the commission of forming the Administra tion. The objection with regard to the House hold was unparalleled ; they knew from Lord MOIRA that the powers with which he was. invest ed were unlimitted and unfettered with what possible view then could th;:v have made the demand of the dismissal of the Household as a preliminary, if it were' not 'With the inten tion of humiliating the' Illustrious Personage for whom they professed such dutiful respect ? The opinions of Lord • MoIRA and of Mr. kSIIERI DAN upon this subject, are, we think, deCisive : connected by habit, by friendship, by principle, with the Opposition, they have, nevertheless, been under the necessity of condemning their conduct. Even Mr. WHITBREAD did not attempt to defend them ; and, unless we are very much misinform ed, he has fully and openly expressed his dissa . tisfaction at the tone assumed by Lords GREY and GRENVILLE upon this occasion: Lord MoIRA • and Mr. SHERIDAN may expect, in deed,' they . . have already began to experience, all theeoarse invective and rancorous abuse with which the Party Writers constantly assail every man who has spirit enough to doubt the infallibi lity, orsdissent from the opinions of Lords GREY' ' and GRENVILLE. We have- seen the PRINCE RE GENT within the space,J)f a' few weeks the object of the adulation and of the abuse of these writers ; and it is not surprising that Lord MolaA and Mr. SHERIDAN, to whom the Party owe all the little popularity which they possess, should experience a similar fate. The short history, of all these transactions is simply this : the Opposition thought, from the vote of the House of Commons on Mr. Woßi- LEY'S . Motion, that the object of their ambition *was within their grasp, that the whole power of the State lutist be thrown into their hands, and, therefore, they raised the impediments to which we have alluded in 'the negotiation with Lord WELLESLEY and Lord MOIRA. They have been disappointed ;—and the House of Commons, by their vote of yesterday, have ex pressed a most unequivocal opinion upon their conduct. The reports brought by the last Anholt Mail are, as usual, various and inconsistent. It , is, how ever, quite clear, that the hostile armies have not yet ' come in contact with each other. Al most all the letters concur in stating that the French Army is considerably embarrassed. for want of provisions ; it is even said, that, a part of it has ,been obliged, on that account, to fall back behind the Oder. The Russian Army has not advanced, and we -shall . re joice to find that the accounts which have reached us respecting the Russian plan of the campaign, are correct. We understand, that instead of advancing to meet the French, and resting the final . issue of the contest on a battle or two, the Russian. Generals have determined to act entirely upon - the defensive ; to throw every possible impediment in the way of the enemy, and to dispute every inch of ground with them without risking a general action, Such a plan must ultimately succeed. The Russians are . preparing two considerable Ex-peditions, the na val part of one of which is to be under the direc tion Of Admiral. CROWN, an Englishnaan. Her MAJEsTY has expressed her intention of holding a Drawing room at St. James's on Thurs day next. Sir THOMAS TYRIVIIIT of yesterday, for the first time, as G'ntleman Usher of .the Black Rod, on the auspicious oceasion of the invest ment of the Earl of MoIR.t with the Order-of the Garter. Countess SPENCER last night had .a splendid rout, at her house in St. James's-place, Mrs. GEORGE BY NG had an elegant assemblage of the failionable Nvorld, at her mansion, in St. James's-square, on Thursday night. Lady ELLEN*IIOIIouGH entertained a select party last evening, at her house in St. James's-square. Sir SIDgEY SMITH gave a grand dinner iester day, at his house in Albemarle-street.' The Marchioness of HERTFORD has a grand party in Manchester-square, on nonday evening. NAVAL NEWS. PLYINIOUtH, TUNE hi the Teazet gun-brig froth ,Basque 'Roads. ; Neptune tender from Dublin ; and the Intelligent gun-brig from Falmouth. Sailed his Majesty's ships Helicon on a cruize ; Fanny cutter for Portsmouth ; Marici tender for Belfast; and the Hotspur frigate for Corunna. The Freya frigate has come down the harbour, and is appointed convoy for Lisbon and Cadiz. The Mutine gun-brig is appointed convoy for Portsmouth. . ,Sailed the Peter and John cartel for Morlaix, with several Ossengers. FALMOUTH, JUNE. Vl—Arrived his Majesty's ship Orestes from Plymouth. YARMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Arrived.yes.terday from the Nore the Thrashergun-brig; and tiles convoy for Heligoland. Arrived to-day his Majesty's ship ChaatiL•leer from the Nore. DEAL, JUNE 12. , --Sailed the Albion cutter for off Flushing, and the Transit for Sheerness. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Sailed last night his Majesty's ship Furious, and this afternoon his Majesty's ship Viper, both with convoys for the Downs. Arrived his Majesty's ship Fawn, with a con voy, from Guernsey. The Paulina French cutter privateer was cap tured the Ist inst. by the Flamer gun-brig. She sailed from Amsterdam the 24th ult. in company with three cutteri and two luggers, for the pur pose of cruising in the North sea. Recent letters from the Continent, brought by the Anholt Mail, mention 'a circumstance which may be considered as of ,some interest :—General LESTOQ, a Prussian General of some celebrity; had quarrelled with DURETTE, the newly-appoint ed French Governor of Berlin, on the subject of. politics. A duel was the consequence, in which the French Officer fell, and , the Erussian Veteran was of course immediately obliged to abscond. . The Governor of Gottenburgh dined with Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ, on board the Victory, a few days before the packet sailed. ' It has been decreed in the'Diet at Orebro . , that the law of 1799, respecting domiciliary Visits for prohibited goods, shall . be. put in force. This is merely with a view to ascertain the duties that ought to be paid upon them, as many goods had been introduced, by means of smuggling, to avoid the duty. The Exchange at .St. Petersburgh, on the 23d of May, was 13.1. By the Official Agents from Buenos Ayres, we have been favoured with the following coramn nication " Our army has had conflicts with the Portn guese, in all which the Patriots have been victo rious. In the last action, the Portuguese lost, in killed, 300 men. A Portuguese Brigadier-General haS been at Buenos Ayres - eight days, in the cha , racter of a Negociator ; his puzi)ose is said to have been to propose the retreat of the army of PRINCE REGENT, which is somewhat endangered by the situation of General ARTIGAS." The • first battalion of the Royal Scots (theDake of KENr's Regiment) is under orders to proceed from their present quarters in the Leeward Islands to Canada. On Tuesday three foreign Officers, of the rank of Lieutenants, prisoners on parole, were lodged in Dumfries gaol, having been detected in an at tempt to escape. ABSTRAC OF NON-RESIDENT AND RESIDENT INCUMBENT It appears by the Abstract of a Return of the number of Non-resident and Resi dent Incumbents in England and Wales, presented to the House of Commons, and ordered to be printed, on the 28th ult. that the'total number of Incumbents in England and Wales is .. Of which are Resident 1 Non-resident from Exemptions Non-resident by Licenses.. - Non-residents not included in Licenses or Ex emptions • 1,017 Miscellaneous cases of Non-residence Total Non-residents --- 5,840 Which chews, that of the whole number of 4ncum bents, the number of Non-residents exceeds the number of Residents - Capt. IJABAN, R.N. has invented a chemical pre .paration, v which he states, the timber of yes 'se's may be preserved in a perfectly durable state treble the number, of years that his Majesty's ships now continue fit for service, on account of the present rapid decay, of the,ir main timbers. • BoxiNo.-- . ---The best cizmtested pitched battle' which has occurred for a length of time, took place on Thursday, on WilsdOn Green, between Maltby and• Harry Harmer, a relation of Belcher. The seconds were. Rirlimond , and Belcher for Harmer, .and . T. Jones for Maltby. The battle continued thirty-seven minutes-, in which fifteen rounds were fought. Harmer always kept the lead, by quickness of hitting which kept his an= tagonist in a state of stupor_ Maltby contested' the battle under the disadvantage of fast fighting, with the utmost good temper and manhood until the thirty-seven minutes had expired ; when time obliged him to yield under severe sufferings, and he was carried out of the ring by his seconds. Another battle of a minor description was fought, and the sports of the day ended with badgering a bull for a silver dog-collar. - On Wednesday there was a tremendous storm at Doncaster. The hail-stones were of so consider able a size as to break the sky-lights and other windows. An oak-post, in a garden belonging to Mr. Hewitt, joirier, was shivered by the light ning. THE PRINCE REGENTS LEVEE. Z esterday, soon after two o'clock, his Royal Highness the PRINC E - IirGENT held a Levee at Car'toil House, which was very'numerousjy at' tended. There were present— - Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes'of York, Cumberland, Kent, - Sussex f • Ca:nbritige, ,and Gloucester, the Archbishop' of Canterbury and Fork, the Earl Marshal of England (the Duke of 1N0ri.,!)4 with the Staff of Office, the Lord Chair calor, the CF.,) i det Ministers the Lord Steward of the Housc' hard, the Lord Chomberlain,.. Vice-Chamberlain ' the Master o£ the Itolls, the Secretary at War, th e J u dg e Advocate, and the Lord 'Mayor of London. • - • A party of the Life Guards and Foot Guardg attended in Pall MaLl, and the Court-yard of Carlton House ; to the latter were attached 0 1 Band of the 2d Regiment, in their st a t e un if orm who played God save the King, on n the entra tof -the Royal D u kes. They also played the tArmi 1 piece, arranged as a Polacca„, and other charminf pieces. - • CHAPTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER. After the Levee, the PRINCE REGENT yield A Chapter of the Knights of. the Garter in hip Throne Room. The Knights of the Order wer= l assembled in -the Robing-room, - with the Of - licef of-State, and the Household, together with the Officers of the Most Noble and IllUStrions Onto% The principal King at Arms - arranged the Knights present in thelollowing - order : The Duke of Montrose, the Marquis Wellesley, the Marquii of. Hertford, Earl of Winchelsea, Earl of Pembroke, the D , 41 of Beaufort, Earl of Hardwicke, the Duke of Rutland, E. 413 Camden, Earl Spencer Earl of Westmorland; Earl ; of Chat ham, the Duke of 'Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge, ti , g Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of and Duke of York; the Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of at Order; the Bishop of Salisbury, the Chancellor; the Dean of Windsor, the Registrar Garter pl idcipal King of Arms, Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, and other Oilieers of the Herald's Office. They were all dressed-in their superb robes ; the Knights made of purple velvet, lined-with white satin, with the collars of the Order ; the Officc . rs of the illustrious_ Order alsee, in their ro'hes, with their staves, and other insignia of office. The whole had a very grand and splendid effect ; they pro ceeded singly, and. took their seats according to the arrangement, after the , PRINCE 3 dressed in his full fobes, had taken his seat- in a superb chair of crimson velvet. The Knights bowed to -tfic PRINCE previous to their taking, their seats o:' superb ch , lies. The 'bishop of SALISBURY, the ChanPeilor of the Order, opened the Chapter; by reading the , Statute under which the Order was held, and the:" he was dominanded by thefaiNcr. REGESIT in the name' of the Sovereign, to inform the Chapter oot there was a vacant stall, and it was his Royal vvi- 311 ,, that it should be filled u p. The principal King o f Arms being,standing at the foot of the table, re tired backwards bowing, to the adjoining and introduced the Earl of Molars to the Pitics , when .the Noble . Eari knelt on a velvet cushiott , when the PRINCE REGENT waved the sword of, state over him, and conferred the h o nour Pi . Knighthood upon him, in the usual form : upon which occasion the Noble Earl had the honour to kiss his .Royal Highness's hands. Earl 1" , 10 1 n/' retired backwards bowing.. The Chancellor th,v collected from each Knight, beginning with the Duke of YORK, the votes, which ', eac h 'Knigh t had previously written on large sheets of paper , folded in four, and presented them to the P.eI:'TGVI who examined them, and intimecd to the g< 4 o 2 ,': cellor to declare, in his name, that FEANCIS'it A d a DON HaSTINGS, Earl of MotßA,wa duly electe Member of the Most Noble and Illustrious Orae r. of the Garter. s The Marquisses WELLESLEY and HnnT , F O E 9 ! the two Junior Knights present, with the princi pal King of Arms, retired bowing to an adiola i l room, and introduced Ear MoiRA, princiPw . • King of. Arms, carrying s T l i e on G ; ai of h art i er an t d eyn libho upon a crimson velvet cushion con tinued bowing as they apprAched the I".itisi • On their arrival at the head of the table; th e Dukes of YORK and GLOUCESTER introduced ti le Noble Earl MOIRA, who, kneeling upon his knee, the PRI NCE placed ; . the Garter of t h i c Order between his left knee and calf ; the Nobl e Earl then rose. \The Knights then shook ha i r : with Earl MoIRA, and congratulated him on u 'f• election; which being over, the principal 9 0 , Arms called over each Knight's name, begin uln " at the junior first; they retired in the same orde r ' bowing to the PRINCE. The Noble Earl knelt again on his right kn ee ' when the PRINCE was pleased to place the b lue , ribbon upon his , left shoulder, and,' after rising, the admonition was pronounced. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT then retired to his closet, where a meeting of the . Nr os '. Honourable Order of the Bath took place. „ There were present, besides the PRINCE GENT, representing the SOVEREIGN, The Grand Master the Duke of York, Lord Whitworth, Sit John Colpoys, Sic Thomas John Duckworth, Sir Eyre Sir David Dundasi Earl of Northesk, Sir Philip Fralzctso4, Sir Brent Spence all dressed in their elegant robes of ern!: son and white satin. Genealogist and tlancCoursier, Herald Mr. Geore Naylor, Devuty Bath King at Arms, . and the Windsor ljeraid, Francis TowL.vnd, Esq . . were also in their robes and insignia of office. . After the usual. ceremonies Sir BRENT SPENCE R and Sir PHILIP FRANCIS retired, bowing, to the adjoining room, •and iutroducq General PAGY`."I. between them, when the Prince was pleased; confer the honour of Knighthood, and invest hio with the Red Ribbon,with the usual forms. llie ' Meeting of the Order then broke up. At the Levee, Mr. 'EDWARD HITCHIN:;, the Mayor of Oxford, received the honour of•Knigi.w hood, on his presenting an Address. He w a'' companied by Mr.-LocKHART. The following AmbaSsadors were at.the Levee! The Spanish, .Portuguese, Sicilian, Neapolltaa, and Count FOSCA'RDI; the Greek Ambassador: Major-General -LW , / presented an Addre3s of Condolence frein Criaisbv.. • . The following Addresses were also presented , Mr. Denys, High Sheriff for Northampton, with an Address; Geu.Grosvenor,Mr.Leit;ester, and Mr. Egerton, f..om Cnestcf; Mr.lA 7 elby, with an Address; Mr. Wilkins, front Radnor; ' Mundy, front Chesterfield and Derby towns; Kr. it'll(; ' rester from Much Wenlock ; Mr. f.oxn Man" L ' ter; Mr. Patten, from Lancaster; and with, one front V4,;i.rrip,r ton, resented by Mr. J. Blackburn and Mr. J. J. lilactiburr.; Mr.-Illesk, from Barnstaple; Mr. Berkeley .Peg - et, from t h e County of Anglesey; Mr. H.Browne, front ;Bridgenorth ; Scudamore, accompanied by the Duke of Norfolk, from 14 0 , c 1 - ford ; .Sir M. W. Ridley, and Mr. Brandling, from 3 . • , :etvr a l - upon Tyne; Mr. Codrington, Mr. Tracey, and ;T. Dc's s '7 7 well, the Recorder, from Tewkesbury; the Duke of Generals French andfNlanners front the town of ntbrzdg;'l. Sir C. Mordaunt i'td Mr. Dugdale, from . Birmingham ; Thorn Miller, Admiral Markham, .Mr..l-li:athcotc, and r 4".