The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-28 00:00:00

gtnt's feelings and character proposed. They Con tended, that because his Royal Highness wisA wor thy of confidence (in which he cordially cons urred with I hem), that therefore the whole controul of his Royal Father's Household should be - left in his hands. They thought this would conduce to his ease and comfort. For•his part, he could not con ceive a more invidious situation than that in which such an arrangement would place the Prince; nor could he imagine any thing more revolting ip his Royal Highness's feelings. - The - Hon. Gentleman opposite acknowledged that the care of his Majes tv's ' person might to be entrusted to the Queert.;-- If, therefore, any distrust of his Royal Highness ex isted, here was distrust of the blackest kind. But, surely, if it were right than the person of his Ma jesty should be plaead under the care of the Queen, it was right that the attendants on - his . Majesty should he placed under her Majesty's controul; and he was persuaded that nothing could be more grate ful to his Royal Highness's feelings, than that it should be so arranged. The Right Hon. Gentles man, however, seemed to think that he (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer), and those - with whom he bad the honour to act, had no means of knowing the sentiments of his Royal Highness, because of the restrietions under which he was placed. But he would ask the House whether, if his Royal High ness really thought that his Ministers were insulting and dee oiding him, there was any thing in these re strictions, so soon about to- expire, which would so restrain hint in the exercise of his Royal Faanttions, as to induce his Royal Highness not to withdraw the sanCtion of his authority from such servants ? But if it were supposed that ivlinisters were ignorant of the Prince's pleasure, at least it ought not to be supposed that they would he so absurd as to pro pose any thing to Parliament highly offensive to his Royal Highness. The House ought rather to b'- lieve that the subject had been submitted to the mature consideration of his Royal Highness; that his Royal Highness had been advised to adopt the plan which had been submitted to Parliament . ; and that that advice had been accepted. No one could suppose for a moment that his Royal Highness was not as free to change his Ministers, or that he did not possess as much authority in his Councils, as if these restrictions, which were so soon to terminate, . had already expired. With regard to the situation in which his Royal Highness would have been placed, had the controul over his Majesty's person, and the invidious -- task of doling out such a portion of the Civil Liq as he thought proper, been committed by him, lie had no hesitation in saying that the stuation in which the Bill before the House would place his Royal Highness, manifested a much more delicate aitention to his character and feelings. • Had the other course been pursued, had it been proposed by him to transfer the whole controul to his Royal Highness, riffn he should have been told (and told wit h infinite justice) that it was casting an invidious task upon his Royal Highness, and laying by in or der to have a future opportunoy of insinuating that the Roy,' Father had been neglected by the Royal Sort. He would not attempt to answer the obser vations vv (licit had been made by the Honourable Gatoletean opposite. On this and on every Other occas on he had poposed that - which had aiWays ap-. p area to b' to him the best plan. The Gentlemen oopo‘iie called it the worst, but at least he hoped the House and the country would think it much better than any thing they had suggested. What evils did not the Honourable Gentletn in affect to see in this proposed establiahment ! What patron age ! Four Lords of the Bedchamber ! and all the pages ! Then so many seats in Parliam4Dit ! and thst oas the retreat he had prepared fur :ilia had been called a new Court. As individuals surrounding the Monarch, they were unqueation ab6 a Court. But there was nothing new in this. When his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ar 'rived at that period of life when an eatabhshment be came its for him, an-establishment was form ed, and Parliament entertained no apprehensions of the iallueoce which his Court would occasion. Surely the Constitution of England was not so nice ly balanced that four Lords rif the Bedchamber could overturn it, even with the addition of all the pages. He c, old not conceive that, either in or out of the Binge, there could exist on the one hand any ra tional apprehension of the Constitutional jealousy which the co-operation of the two Courts might be the means of occasiouing ; or, on the other hand, my rational apprehension of the inconvenience which the hostility- of the two Courts might be calculated to promote or produce. Minute details he would re set ye for the Committee. He had gone as far as he could to obviate t he general objections to the measure. Fin trusted the House . weuld feel - that no one coeid rote ag !nisi t i,e principle of the Bill who did not think that it was radically wrung to propose any arran ge . ment before the expiration of the restrithons—that it was imot raper io surround the King with any dig. n•ty, tool equally isnoroper to toot ust the Queen wirh the controul ef those iridonduals who were to be in attendance on her Royal Coesort's person. It the erraiesetnents were too :2XteilSiVe, in the Committee they meget be co! tailed ; if they were too limited, in !tie Committee they mnight Lie iiqecased. The general principle was, that on which the House had at present solely to decide. Mr ARBUTHNOT thanked the Hon. Gentleman opposite for. the opportunity which he had afforded him ,olassuring the House that he was anxious that the fullest and most unreserved examination should take place into the accounts which had been alluded to. He must, also express his acknowledgements to the Honourable- Gentleman for the manner in" which he had been pleased to speak of his private lite, and. he hoped, when the accounts were ex-:: gruined, the Honourable Gentleman would see no thing in his public condebt; Wideh would .preclude bin) Irmo a continuance of his good Opinion. Up quetionably the sums in the accounts to which:he had aFt-aded, were large.* He felt that an explana tion was necessary, both for his own sake and for that of the country, and he repeated,• that he was really and sincertly anxious to ail4dall the infor 'nation on the subject that it was in his power to He flattered lOrnsolf, that until that eluci aimon shooid take place, the candour of the House w‘n:ld I e,eue bi,infroth any unjust or uncenerous iut pniatiun on t,is COoLiiet. provde ['Want or moon .obliges ns to give only a very brict desci:ption of the tetnai: , der of the dtlxne.] Itr. rot4sotaT doncltdect a short speech by vot: ing for the proposition of his Hon. Friend, not to put the measure aside altogether, but to postpone it for a time, that they might have more information on the subject. Mr. ADAM thought they would have a better'op. portunity of discussing the clauses of the Bill in the Committee. Ir. TtixtitY explained. The House then divided-- For going into the Committee • Against it Majority - rot 59 - -82 .0n re-entering the gallerh, we found the House in a Committee. On the diuse ena&ing, that 3a,0001. shall be transferredlium the Noce of \Vales's Exchequer Income to the Civil List, some discussion took place as to the right possessed by the House, of giving away the property of an indi vidual without•his consent formally notified. On :this point the House resumed, and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer communicated the Prince" Regent's consent to the House. Mr. Twrney, however, still thought the proceeding irregular,— his consent being given as the consent of the Re gent and not of the Prince of Wales. Mr. ADAM stated hitustlf to be authorised to give the Prince Regent's consent as Prince of Wales. , The SPEAKER thought, in .point of form, the consent of his Royal Highness was now complete, and the House again resolved itself into the Committee. AIr.'BRAND Objled to the clause asst thus stood, and stated himselfto have had an intention of mov ing an Amendment. Mr. ADAM went into a detail of what had been the situation and the conduct of the Prince. He took a view of the circumstances which rendered it itnpradicable for the provisions of the Act of 1795 to be carried into effed, and noticed the con sequent proceedings in 1803. The patriotic con dud os his Royal Righness in 1803, in taking upon him debts contrasted by another Royal person age. He also adverted to, and took notice of the various arrangements made to• satisfy-,the claims upon him, slid bore his testimony to the regularity with which they had been ena.iiited upon a very con siderable period. He enumerated the sums which at various periods the Prince had received from Par liament, and comp iring these with whit, at varioos periods be jiad given up to the public, he Lied& ed, it to be his opinion, that the clause under' corf.sidera lion ought to pass almost with acclamation ; and even it Patliament had been caked upon discharge the Prince's debts, the fads he had stated wog-.IA, he thought, have proved that such a grant might be justifiable. Some farther conversation passed on the clause, in which Mr. BEA ND and Mr. TIERNEY pal ticipaied after which, fh: question was put and carded. A discussion arose on the 15th Cause, on which the Coultuittee di: ided, For the Clause Against it Majority ... Joi 33 -- 72, When strancers were again admitted, the Chair man had left the Chinr. The House resumed, and the Repo, rof the Committee was ordered to be re ceived to:morrow. Adjourned at One o'clock this morning. ERRATUM. —ln the Officiai iiiberik-,44n our Se. ccnd Editloll yesterday, tur Lord HAWK L3LIY. read Lieut. fIAWKESLEY. • MAILS. AR AI V ID—t Cadiz, t Lisbon, i Dublin.. big —a-Brazils, Watertotd. PRICE OF STOCKS. THIS DAY AT TWaLVio'CLoest. Conf. 62i j/ ; Red. Ann. 63i j Uranium A dis. THE,SUN. •oLIM QUIS I/ICI/RS IPALIU/4 ? LONDON TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1812. We feel great pleasure in laying befog our re tiers the following Official Bulletin, whlcti, was iZutel this morning at the Admiralty. We are led to live, frdrn the concluding part of it,. that the reports re specting Valencia will turn out to be either un founded or greatly exaggerated. " Admiralty OAT., Jan. 2e. " By dispatches this day received from Commo dore PENIVOSE, at Gibraltar, dated theist, 6th, and 9th Inst. it appears that in the middle Of the day on the 30th ult. he received information that the breach in the walls of Tarifa appeared' pratlicable, and that the town had been summoned ;14 surrender, and a proper answer returned ; that at live P.M. on the Ist inst. he received intelligence that 4 storm ' , had been attempted about one nil the tireced ing day by about two thousand rnervAnd the ene my repulsed with the loss of about three hundred men ; our loss consisted of only two officers and three men. The bad weather and incessant rains, appear to hare reduced the enemy to great distress, and sickness preVailed to 'a great degree. • The ene my made a precipitate retreat on the =mine of the 511),,leaving behind _the whole of their artil lery, consisting of seven guns, and' fAtro mortars, with &lint and shells, and an immense enintity : of entrenching tools; • " Commodore PENROSE speaks in the highest terms of praise of the conduct of the Officers and men beloiging to his Majesty's ships end. vessels employed before Tariffa during the siege. " 'He . adds, that from vatious reports rispecting Valencia, lie is led to hope, that although, he lines were stormed, yet it is possible that the town itself continues to resist. " The„ Magnificent is arrived at Plymouth.— The Captain was at Valencia ou Ow-25th ult., - when an WS sate and quiet, tin 4 there appeared rot the least reason to apprehend those disastrous events' which are reported to have taken place fiat dad•." This morning we received Spanish arid Portu guese Papers, from which We have only room to make the followitig ettrkis LISBON, JAN. 13.--14mietiok, Governor of fla dajoz, ordered on' the 3d the garrison to be put upon half an allowance of flesh meat, and has di reEted the inhabitants who remained in it to quit on account of the scarcity of provisions, principally of bread, which sells at 320 reals. CADIZ, JAN. 11.—The Government his received dispatches from General MAnt, who retired to Al ziria ; they state, that a division of MArtmoNT's army having arrived, our army was, on the 26!1), attacked, and forced to retire. It appears, that Ge neral MAHI attempted to open a communication with Valencia, but did not succeed ; and !hit Ge neral BLA Ku was shut up in that capital. We have heard that General BALLASTEROS will proceed to that city. JAN. q.—On the 301 h December, the enemy opened a breach six feet wide in the walls of Tarifa. On the 31st, the impetuosity of the French not being able to defer the assauli longer, gave it with twelve companies of light troops and ten of Volti geurs, who succeeded in entering t►he breach, and there met with a death, from which they could not escape, attacked by the valour and intrepidity of Cautabria, Asturias, &c. and the bravery of our allies. CADIZ, JAN. 13.—There is .a probability of an immediate change in this Government. We are highly delighted with the gallant resistance of Ta rifa, though we are much afraid we have to regret the loss or dispersion of BLAKR'S army before Va lencia, and eventually of that famous rich city. Moniteurs and minor Paris Papers of the stst and and Q2d inst. have been received ; they are perfealy silent upon the affairs of the Peninsula. As the follow;ng official Bulletin of the substance of the dispatches from Lord 'WELLINGTON only ap peared in a part of our impression yesterday, we think it necessary to insert it again this day. . BULLETIN. VAR DEPARTMENT. Downing-street, lan. 27. A Dispatch is received from Lord WELLINGTON, dated Galiegos, Ilona! g. His Lordship invwed Ciudad Rodrigo on the alb, —The enemy had increased the difficulty of ap proaching the place, by a strong redoubt, constro6l - on the field of St. Francisco. It was necessary to attempt to take it. It was stormed on the night of the Bth, by a detachment of the Light Division, led by Lieut. Col. COLBORNE. The work was car ried in the most brilliant manner, and all the gar riion either killed,or taken. Our loss was only six men ki;led ; Capt. MEIN and Lieutenant \VOODGATE, of the 59. d, and Lieut. 1-lAwtscst,slr, of the 95th, with fourteen men, wounded. By this success, Lord :WELLINGTON has been enabled to break ground within - 600 ym-ds of the place; the redoubt of St. Francisco being converted into a part of the first paral.lel. General HILL entered Merida on tlTe 3011) of De cember. lie hA hoped to surprize General ajm naowsKt, but his approach was dlicovered by a patrole. The French General retreated from Me rida, leaving maga,..ines of bread and v+ heat, and teveral unfini:ibed works. On the Ist, Gene ►al HILL marched to attack DRouET's cops, at Akuendralego, but tie e nemy retreated to Zalr,i, abandoning 4.50,0001b5. a wheat, &c. On the 3d, a detachment of our cavalry beat a body of the enemy's horse, at Pu2tite del Maestro, taking two officers and thirty men prisoners. General D►toUET retreating - to Llerena, General H►LL found it useless to pursue him, and returt.ed on the sal of January ►o Merida. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT arrived at a late hiur on Sunday night, from Windsor, at Carlton House, Rs Royal Highness gave audience yesterday to the Earl of MOIRA, Mr. SHERIDAN, and Mr. ADAM. His Royal'H•ghness the PRINCE REGENT had a select patty to dinner yesterday, at Carlton House. He walked in ►he forenoon to the• HorSe Guards. Yesterday the Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES had her first dinner party at Warwick House : the company consisted of the Duchesi of YORK, and seven others. The Duke of Yoiu will give a grand dinner next Saturday, at Yotk The Kill of 'LIVERPOOL will give a grand dinner his day. To-morrow the Eirl'of NVES.TMORLANb Will give a C.ibinet dinuer. Admiral YouN6, ‘t hen he,restunes the command . , of the fleet oft the SOeldt, is to hoist his flag on b6o - d the impregnable, of 98 guns, initect of the . Christian VII. 11 , ..ar-Admiral MANLY DIXON IS appointed to suc ceed the. Flop. Admiral DE COURCY 10 the command on the coast of South America. He will go Out in the Vigo, 74, commanded by Captain I\I4NLY DiXON. SECOND EDiTION. iS i thY OFFIVE, TWO O'CLOCK, P . BULLETIN. Downing -street, Jan. 28, 1812. Captain . O'DoxAntre, Aid-de-Camp to Colonel SKERRETT, arrived this moroing at Lord LIVER.. 1 , 00I. ; 3 Office, with Dispatches ftom Major General Cooktt and Colonel Stlatiarrt, containing the sa• tisfa6lory intelligence of the complete repulse of a strong detachment of the French Army, - under Marshal VICTOR, in an attempt to take Tarifa-by storm, on the :list of December, and that on the morning of the 4(11 of Jawlary, the whole of tivt French army retreated from before that place, leav ing in possession of the allied troops the whole of the artillery, ammunition, and stores. The French force employed. under it Vice TOR, in I be attempt to reduce Tarifa, appears to ha! e consisted of 10,000 men, and the Allied Force op posed to them, of not more than 1000 British and 7 or 800 Spanish troops. COI. SKERRETT speaks in the highest terms of the admirable condua of all the troops under his command. He praises particularly the exertions of Lieut. Col. Lord Paorre, second in command ; d Capt. SMITH, of the Royal Engineers, and of Liebt. COI. GOUGH, of the 2d Battalion of 87th Regiment. The British loss consists of two Officers, Lieut. LONGLY, R. E. and Lieut HALL, 2d Batt. 47th, and seven rank arid file , killed :—Three Officers, Lieut. HILL, 2d Bart. 47th ; Lieut. CALItIOLL and Ensign WALLEa, 2d Bait. 87th, and 24 rank and file, wounded. A letter was this day sent to the-Loan 111.,tyoz from Lord LIVERPOOL, with the above intelligence, but as it is verbatim the same, we do not insert it, There is great rea3on to hope that the report of the tall of 'Valencia, on the Vith, is not well'lnond ed. It is certain that the firing continued on th 4 27th ; and there are accounts from Alicant of the 3lit, which make no mention of the surrender of the place. we have just heard, by a letter from Buenos Ayres, dated November 5, that the differmces be tween that place and Monte Video are completely settled. NAVAL NEWS. -1 PLYMOUTH, JAN. 20.742iied his Maj e sty' s ship Conqueror for the Downs, with a convoy. Came in the American schooner Fly, of and from Baltimore, for Bourdeaux, with a cargo of cotie , •, indigo, &c. detained by his Majesty's ship Unicorn. Its Majesty's ship Favourite has re-captured the Spanish brig Lnion, from Cotunna. FALMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Arrived this day the Marl torough packet, BULL-; with mails, in twelve days from Lisbon, left there the -V/singiant and Princess Eliz,a7;eth packets. Dispatches were received at Lisbon from Head-quarters, and which were for the former to sail on the 14th inst. Sir HENRY SULLIVAN, with Disratehes from Lord, WELLINGTON, Cam(' in the packet ; tworcOments of the British had stormed the out-posts of Ciudai Rodrigo, with the loss of three officers and ten privateS killed, and about twenty woinid, d ; the enemy met With considerable loss, having only about forty lett when the British had got possession. Ciudad Rodrigo was expected to fall sh , Atly after. A report had reached Lsbon, just as the packet sailed, that the enemy had blown up the fortress. A letter has been received from Capt. COLLYER, of the Surveil/ante, dated at sea, J 17, tat. 48. North, long. 71. and ano►her from Captain Sir THOM s STAINES, dated at sea, on bra►rd the Ha madryad, Jan. 18, lat. 49. North, long. 10. at which time they were in s,atelt of the French squa• droll of frigate; seen by the Dariirt,gton, and were aware that it was c►uizing on the northern skirts of the Bly of Bi..eoy. The Survi.illante's superiority of sailing allowed her to observe the tbanc.tutres of the enemy', squadron of two frigates and a man of war brig fortv.o days. The Memoirs of PRINCE POTEMKIN, the favourite of CATHERINE the &coi!, are at length published, and will be read with much pleasure—they exhibit fiats of peculiar inttre:4, and compriw also highly original and curioui anecdotes of Russian (-hut - tiers. 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