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And read to the House their resolutious of the 9th J9ly, which announced their intention to persevere in their plan of adding to their numbers ten persons from each county; five from each parish in Dublin, and for the first time the Catholic Prelates, and the eldest sons of Earls were named as members of the Convention, making in tilt- whole a body of about 477 persons. When the Lord Lieutenant saw this, he was struck in various ways. 'He . thought it a most lamentable thing that Lord Fingal should lend himself to a body, which, if allowed to act as a Con vention, would eventually annul tit , . Government. If such a body met, however legal, and however con stitutional their objea, there was no answering for the consequences. He would put it to the Speaker, what would be the feeling ih that Rouse, if a Con vention of five hundred were to assemble in one of the theatres, in the Haymarket, and as the repre sentatives of four millions at people, using all the forms 91 Parliament, and appointing their Commit . tees, Sub-Committees, Committees Of Inquiry, &c. He was certain, that in such.a case, every Gentle tnan in that House would indignantly riseand say such an assembly ought to be put down. Things were in the situation he had described on the 20th July, when the Lord Lieutenant sent dispatches to ELgland on the subjetct. On the e2d, by direciion Of the Lord Lietitenant, he wrote a note to Lord Fingal, requesting to see him. On the 25th, his Lordship came, and he informed him, that if the Convention met purstiant to the Resolution which appeared with his name, it would •be proceeded 'against as an unlawful assembly. He; however, could not convince Lord Fingal - of the impropriety of its meeting, and they parted with an assurance from him (Mr. W. Pole) that it would be proceeded against by Government ; hut telling him this, he prothised to inform him of the steps which elii. rnately it might be judged expelient to take. On the 2g , h, dispatches Were received from England approving of the condua of the Irish Govern ment, but reconl:nending it to them •to proceed by proclamation. He saw Lord Fingal on the , 50th, with whom he had a long conversation, at -\ tlle close of which they were accidentally join. ed by the Lord Lieutenant and the Lord Chaneel lor, who joined with him in advising his Lordship to have nothing to do with the proposed Convention In the end Lord Fingall desired a letter from him,which he gave him, to lay bettoe the Catholic Body; The next day, however, the Catholic Coin:adore, though they had adjourned it them selves to the loth of ()aober, thought it necessary to call an extraordinary meeting on the following day, 3 rst July. The meeting took place accordingly , at which it was resolved to persevere in the course they had previously determined to pursue. The Rr. lion. Gentleman then peiceeded to notice the delusions pradised by the Catholics to make. it believed that the elections of Delegates were going on in defiance of Government, in the most open manner, while they were so concluded that the officers of Government could not discover when and where they took place. The notice of Major Bryan he next react to the Heuse, which excited much laughter. He went on to show that the Lord Lieutenant, supported as he was by the law authorities, wham it was his duty to con. salt -- by the Cabinet cf Ireland—and by the Attorney and Solicitor-General of England, and by the English Govern ment, was not only justirred in acting as he had acted, but that'had he not pursued the line of condo& so recommended to him, he would have tailed in his duty. He vindicated the Lori Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench in I retard; aid denied that he, or any other Member of the Irish G,vernmeitt had seen him on the subje& of the war rant issued, or that any contrivance or unworthy action bast been resorted to to gain it. It had been procured on the re cdnunendatiren of the La w*Officers, for he (Mr. W. Pole} had never, presumed to decide on a legarqu:stion. The Right Hon. Gentleinau placed in a luminous point of view the im proprieties which might possibly have been complained of, if they had negleded to suppress the Convention. He then noticed the thitrent occurrences at the Meeting of the 23d tha. and he mentioned the conduct of Lord Fingall, which to him appeared a proof that both he amid the Catholics were aware their proceedings were not lawful. The Peti tion, which it was pretended an assembly of five hundred were to he called to fraoie, he, from happening to get an op portunity to peep behind rite curtain, knew, was in reality drawn up by a Committee, consisting of twenty-one Gen. clement: It was their object to submit the substance of -it pro /srrns, to the Convention, have an inflammatory dis cussion, and 'then adjourn themselves front day to day, from week to week, tee. Under these circumstances the Irish Government were bound to at with reference nut to what they were told was the intent of the Catholic proceed- Sings, but to that which appeared to be their' real ohjed. The Kight Hun. Secretary continued to read a great variety of extrads from addresses voted by the Aggregate Meeting in Dublin at different times, to the Duke of Richmond ; from • Gazettes for nearly ten years back, from a pamphlet entitled " Statement oldie Grievances ill the Roman Catholics," from the tone and temper of all which publications he proved the inconsistency and unreasonableness of the Roman Catholic Ilody—t heir gratitude and affection most strongly expressed at one time to the Noble Duke (Richinood) now at the head GI the Irt.at Government ; at anodic:, their violent charges against the same chstiuguished Nobleman. of intolerance, in_ justice and oppression. Yet was lie bold to say, that he might defy any man, either in that House or any where else, to stand up and single one instance in the condua of the Noble Duke which could alfard the least colour and countenance in justi fication of such a charge. On the great question of the Catholic Claims, which had been so much insisted upon in the course of that night's debate, he must beg leave, even at that late hour, to say a word or two. It was true that he had uni formly voted against the prayer of the Catholic Petition, but be had as studiously avoided delivering any opinion upon its merits. The motive for such conduct was a desire to avoid saying any thing either to irritate the prejudices of the Catho lics, or raise and flatter their expectations. He had turned the matter often and seriously in his mind, and he felt no small anxiety that something might be done to meet the wishes and to tranquillize the minds of that large description of Ids Majesty's Irish subjects. He never was the man to say, that no consideration of times and circumstances should ever dispose him to admit their claims. Neither had lie ever said, nor was now prepared to say, that the Legisla ture should not attempt some arrangement to grant the prayer of their petition, as far as the granting of that prayer should continue to be consistent with the security of our Establishments in Church and State. He should never at the same time ever go to that length, if they continued to maintain the tone and autisuale which they lately had assumed. Before he would consent at all to en. tertain their Petition, he should observe toeir conduct and the manner in whic h they should present it to Parliament. I f that manner tad any thing in it which announced turbu lence, insubordination, or resistance, in any shape to the laws of the land, he would be among the first most strenu ously to rejea it. But if, on the contrary, their behaviour anti temper bespoke moderation, forbiarance, and a due sub. mission to the law, he would be as forward as any man to promote its success, and rejoice as sincerely as any man in the accompalishment of their wishes, as far as those wishes could be gratified without danger or detriment to Church .and State. Mr. SIIHRIDAN said, the 7iw.;ht Hon. Gentleman had repeatedly appealed to bun, although he had not uttered one word during the course of the de bate. But as he had so appealed to him, he must beg leave to say a word or two on the manner and matter of the Right Hon. Gentl , 2rlitn, whom be shou:d be proud to call his friend. lie really had a high opinion of the mind and comprehension of the Right Honourable Gentlerrfan but he had made no ( 3 ,splav on the present occasion of those talents for which he was willing to give him credit. On the the contrary, he had taken a narrow and pitiful view of so great and important a question, and stuffed his speech with endless extracts of the fliO3t miserable - minutiae, the most paltry and contemptible traib, and that in the discussion FR2XCII PAPERS. lEECEIVED AT A LATE HOUR LAST NIGHT.] rALL of VALENCIA. ultroftr or GENERAL COUNT 'SUCIIET TO firs MG NESS THE ritINCE OF WAGRAM AND NEUFCHA,TE (zxrit 4c.r.) Camp before Valencia, Doc. 29, rgz t. On the 94th, I repaired to Segorbe, where I re viewed the division of General Count Ranee, which I found in the best condition. laM also extremely well satisfied with the division of Severoli. I caus• ed these troops, toarrrive, by a, forced march of 50 hours, on the banks of the Guadalaviar. On the siGth, in the-morning, two wooden bridges were jpeedily established by the corp s o f engineers, and the artil lery at the same time threw over a bridge of boat', General Reille began, -to pass the river. Gene: ral Elatispe advanced upon Torrente. Gene ral Beussard, at the head of 4GO hussars, passed the river, and charged a squadron of the enemy, which he broke; but abandoning himself to the pursuit, he artiVed on the line of the in surgents wounded, and fell into the hands of the enemy; his brave Aide de Camp, Robert, perished, making his body a rampart fote his defence. The rest of the detachment escaped, with - only the loss of eight men.' Immediately the 4th hussars and .15111 cuirassiers, who were, on their march, put themselves on. the full trot, and soon came up with the cavalry of the insurgents, which they defeated, and released General Boussard. The insurgents, however, preserved a good coun, tenance in tke entrenched camps of Manesser and Quarte. General Muniez marched strait upon the. camp of Manesses. I had ordered the division Pa lombini to advance upon the right flank of the ene- My, between Valencia and the entrenched This attack was secondary, but it became princi pal. It was said, the success of t his day would be. owing princip a lly • to t h e so ldi ers of Italy.— ,The intrepid Italians crossed the river with the water up to their middles, and charged the enemy with shouts of " Long rive the- Emperor and King !" Gen.*Batailde, at the head of the 2d light, and 3d of the line; Italians, forced several - en trenchments, crossed several canals, maintained him self against triple the number of troops, and gave tune to the 2d brigade, consisti n g o f th e st h and 6 t h of the line, to join.. Never was Italian courage dis, played with greater intrepidity ; 50 'dragoons of Napoleon, listening only t o th e i r courage, braving the difficulties of the ground, made an extremely brilliant charge. In the mean time,, the Captain of Engineers, Henry, caused a bridge, to be established, anti out-works to support it. The battle continued, when Gen. Robert, whom I have already had so much reason to praise, arrived at the head of the 117th, and of the Ist Regiment of the Vistula. The entrenched camps of Manisses and Quarte were forced; cannon, baggage, caissons, all were taken. At this moment, General Count Beige, with the brigade of Boucle, and the division Severoli, arriving on Aldaya, entirely turned the . enemy ; the 9th of hussars charged, and made a great number of prisoners. Cut off from the road of Murcia, Blake was thrown into 'Valencia. , • While these events were passing, - .Gen. Hkrispe, who was appointed to blockade Valencia, and pass the Guadalaviar at its month, made himself master of the Lazaret, took from the enemy several pieces of cannon, and made a number of prisoners. Two vessels, two frigates, and a great number of English gun-boats, kept tip a fire during two hours, harm 16 pieces of at lidery, planted - on the mole of the Grao : they were obliged, however, to sheer off. Gen. Harispe arrived at Cantarroja, and took at Afajar a quantity of baggage and ammunition, and one howitzer. An hour before night, Valencia was invested on all sides. All the small entrenched camps were forced,the enemy everywhere beaten ; two stands of colours, 30 pieces of cannon, and too caissons, and 'the baggage waggons are taken. Part of the enemy's ermy-has been pushed into the. marshes of AIN'S - era, where it has most probably perished. The loss on our side has been stistained principally by the division of Palombini. I have particularly to regret the loss of Colonel Barbieri, of the 2d regiment• of Light In fantry, and Captain Ordineri, of the Engineers. We have had twenty Officers and 200 soldiers killed or wounded; amongst the number of the former is Colonel Perpi. The loss of the rest of the army has not exceeded 150 men. The corps of Freyre and of Bassecourt, which were at Requena, are cut off from Valencia. General Delort is arrived at Alcires, on the Xu car, on the evening of the 25rh. He there fell in with the corps of Mahi and . of Obispo, which fled with precipitation, after having cut the bridges; the inhabitants hastened to repair [heat, and receiva ed our troops with demonstrations of joy. (Signed) The Marshal Count SUCHET. REPORT OF COUNT SUCHET; TO THE PRINCE OF N4'.UFCII,ATEL AND WAGRAM. Head -quarters, Valencia, lan. 12 RIQNSEIGNEUR, I bcg your Serene fithne,-; to announce to his :Majesty ilie Emperor, th.it his orders have been ex ecuted ; Valeocia has submitted to his arms. The rapid movement of the 126th December forced the enemy to retire into their fiatified lines. The pursuit of the troops which escaped from Valencia to St. Philippe deprived Blake of all hope of escape or succour. The Investment was finished with per severance. The army thirsting for glory, sought dangers, an.d with the greatest valour repubied three sot ties. The boldness of the engineers, who in the nights of the first and second January opened trenches within from 70 to 80 toises of the enemy's works, and who, in four days and four nights, carried their mines within 50 toises of the fosse ; the surprising et - flits of the artillery, who ereaed batteries at Go toises, and which they succeeded in arnfmg, not withstanding the rains and dreadful roads ; the con btancy of the infantry in sharing in all these la bours, caused the abandonment of the enemy's lines, defended by SO pieces of cannon. These lines are 6000 toises in extent ; Valencia expended 1 2,000,000 of rials, and employed some thousands of men for two years, in erecting them. On the sth I commenced the bombardment, and LONDON: Printed by attomAs wool), of No. 35, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden; and Pyblished by WI I LIAM ARMIC;ER SCRIPPS, South M At the SUN OFEIOE, No, 112, Strand, where Advertisements, Orders tor the Pupa . , letters for the Editor, &c. (pert.pai,d of a question the most momentous that could come into discussion ; for ;Le question of that night was, whether Deland should be preserved in her allegiance to the BritiSir Crown by concilia tion and justice, or driven into the arms of the en emy, by injustice,' tyranny, and oppression ? This was. the real question belote the House, and not merely the Catholic claims, which formed only a part of the mass of grievances of which Ireland had to complain, and , on which he would trouble the House of Commons more at leegth"at amore fa vourable moment. Indeed, he had no intention of uttering a word that night, and the few words he had uttered were extorted from him by the tone and the tenets which charaelerisecl the speech of. the Right Honourable S e cretary. Who, iodeed, hear, without feelings of indignation, tfhit justice and right should be refused to a people, merely because some of their advocates may ha ve use d indecorous and intemperate language• in the as sertion of their claims ? The Right Honourable Secretary called on the Irish Catholics to come forward in an attitude of submission and humility; with a tone and language that bespoke meekness, moderation, and forbearance. Bet whi!e he was thus demanding from the Catholics every demon stration of mildness, submission, and docility, he was himself making nse of language, and insisting on 'topics, which no men, conscious of their well , . tude and of the justice of their claims, could have temper to listen to, or patience to endure. He should not now trouble the House any fUrther, but concluded with moving, That the House do now adjourn. Adjourned to this day, when the debate will be returned. Coils. - - C F STOCK S. TlifS DAY A T TM/LYE cocLocK 6z #a i Red. Ann. 63 a 63 Umnium g clis rii H I - I'd S U N. QUIS Died. FALSUM AUDLAT? L UiVDQ IV, TUESDAY, FEORTIAIIY 4, 1312. We feel great regret in staling that the melan choly confirmation of the fall of Valencia has ar rived. The intelligence %as brought in the 'French Papers which arrived last night. Valencia capitu tuldted on the gth ult, and the 'whole of the Spanish army surrendered prisoners of war. SUCHET has been created Duke of Albufcra. His cruelty, as well as his successes, have very naturally recom mended him to the favour of BUONAPARTE. The other news in these papers is not very important, nor of a more recent date than that which has al- ready reached us. _ The Hermes, which has Arrived after a passage of 36 hours (the shortest ever known), has brotight a Corunna paper, which states, that Ciutlad Rodrigo surrendered on the 19th till. We shall 'ejoice most sincerely to have it in our power .to lay before our readers an official confirmation of this intelligence. The official account of the capture of the Corcyro frigate by the Eagle, has been received. She had wheat on board fur Corfu. The two other frigates got into Brundibi. We had not a man either killed or wounded. We are sorry to say that our port letters (which we live nut room to insert) mention the loss of several vessels, in the gale of Sunday night. The extreme length of the Parliamentary Debate prevents us from inserting this day the concluding Speech of the Solicitor-General in the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, on the trial of Mr. KIRWAN.— The Judge's Charge to the Jury has not yet arrived. The Defendant was informed, that, notwithstandin& his conviaion, he was perfealy at liberty to go at large, upon the recognizance which he had already provided.—After the verdict .was given, the opinion of the Jury was taken by the Bench, upon the point which was yesterday argued by Mr.Buallowxs, against the validity of the Indictment, respeCting the parishes of St. Mary, St. Thomas, and St. George, when they declared as follows:—" We end tha t the parish of St. Mary, for which the eleaion took . place, is in the city of Dublin," and thereby sup , porting the Indictment. The late Colonel CHILDERS was son-in-law to Lord EARDLEY, and brother-in-Jaw to Lord SAY and SELF.. The Restr►.9iotas to the present Regency, and the Restrictions to our Cares Awl Trouble, may both end on the same day; the Legislature fixed the pe riod of the one, and the Minister the other, in ap appointing the 18th of This Month for the Draw ing of the Rich but Small Lottery of only 8,000 Tickets. The Town was scarcely ever known to be s o full as at present. Last October`, the Metropolis was, comparatively speaking, a Desert ; yet, in that Month's Lottery, such was the Demand for Tickets and Shares, that it was necessary to call in Country Supplies to answer Town Commissions. From these circqmstances, do Fortune's dilatory Suitors at pre sent see no risk of being speedily deprived of an op portunity to participate, on the 18th instant,. of Twenty Thousand Pound Prizes, and other great C'yitals, in a Scheme of only Eight Thousand Tickets. EtizAD.—This day the Lord. Mayor and Alder men, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to fa►l ad. per peck. Quartern loaf on the fah offered a doitnlation, wfrich being re. fused, I-redoubled our fire, and in three dayn,Ar three n:ghts 2700Ybocr,hs were thrown into the eity i causing great explosions and several vast fircs. The artillery, by a praiseworthy emulation, succeeded in ere( bog two batteries manned with 10 24-pound' ers each, ready to make a breach in - the interior de fences. The engineers, with their usual aEtivity, had effected ?rlodgment in, the last houses the suburbs, and ;laced mines under two of the piinci ---Fral gates of the town, when G•neral Blake, faring the teriible end n e a r approaches of assault, accepted the following capitulation, which places in the power of the Emperor the City of Valencia, three hundred and seventy-four, pieces of artillery, 180,0001bs. of :power, 3,000,000 cat . 11 idges, 16,13 t p: iNoners of 11 1 0 • line, according to the N - colnran 3 ing st!4ternent, de livered by the General in Chie/ ref rlo.! S'et ash St:ttf, and I,gao sick in the hospitals of Valtncia and Nla - k ,digna, 1,800 cavalry and artillery horses, 21 stands of Colours, 893 Officers, 22 Generals or Brigrk , irmong which are Zap.‘s and LardezabA, commanding the expeditionary divisions; randa, "Marco del L'on'e, Commander of the Valencian Army ; Sea, Command:lin of theNA valry ; the Marquis of Rocca, Eic. ; four Lieut.- Generals; six Field Marshals, and a great number cif Colonels, the General in Chief O'Donnel, and tain-General Blake'. • • On this occasion the insurgents have experienced an irreparable loss ; they kir 50' good Artillery Of ficers, formed in the school of Segovia ; 383 miners and sappers, and 1400 old artillery -teen, among are four fine companies of hone--artillery. The disarming of the militia is proceeded in, a ud will soon be completed. Your Serene Highness will perceive, by readil; the 4th Article of the Capitulation, that r have seized occasion to fulfill the beneficent wishes of the Emperor; in obtaining the spec dy return to u e army of 2000 French or allies pris. ners, and ilia hope of . a still more considerableexchange. I am, with respect; &c. ►SUCHET. CAPITULATION. The principal articles are—The army shall march out with the honours of war by Gate Seran os , and' lay down their arms beyond the bridge,-upon 1111-; left bank of the Guadalaviar. The Officers shall preserve their swords, as well as their horses and eqUipa&es, and the soldiers their knapsacks. Art. 4. The General in Chief, Blake, offering to give up the French, or allies of France, prisoner in 'Majorca, Alicani, and Carthegena, an equal number of Spaniards shall remain in !daces in the, power of the French, till this exchange shall bts effected, man for man, and rank for rank. REPORT OF COUNT SUCHET TO THE PRINCE pY WAGRAhI EEUECILITEL. Ifead-quraters, Valencia, lan. ;3. WONSEMNEVR—On the UVIt in the morning, the insurgent army shut up in Valencia, defiled be fore the French Fades_ its march kilted till milt!. General Blake, Chief of the insurrection, and si:c of the Aid de Camps, hare set out, esoorted by Col- Pech ; I have ordered them to P,u. General Court: l'innitur has set out with the dratcolumn of ;Jet ) prisoners by the route of Tiizuel; a similar co Intim takes alb row to Tortosa. - I have. sent to St. Philippe a column of 2000 prisoners, with_ orfler exchange all the French prisoners in Majorca ail Cadiz. The disarming of the Militia proceeds_ with the greatest activity, 'and tranquility has already been established in this fine' province. 1 have appointed General Robart 'Commandant of the town. Gene ral Harispe, with hiS division, occupies St. Philippe, and pushes his parties_ towards Alicant. We dal!) , discover new maga z i nes o f arms and clothing for.. nished by the English., Their soi-disant Consul, Tupper, was the firebrand of insuircciion—hd spated neither gold nor treasures, nor libeis, to ir ritate men's minds. The Spaniards bitterly com plain of being,compelled to desperate measures by the English, and, afterwards finding themselves abandoned by them. What is to me a particwlar object of the utmost satisfaction is, that so consi derable a result has occasioned no losses. Count StICH ET. By a decree of the 24th Jan. the Emperor 'ifs tIL - ned Count Suchet to be Duke of Alnufera. BIRTHS. On Friday the 24th ult. at Orford-Hall, Lancashire, the seat of john Blackburne, Esq. M. Y. the• Lady of Edwin Corbett, Esq. of a Daughter. On Wednesday last, at Dulwich Grove, Mrs. Glennie, or a Son. On the 30th inst. the Lady of Thomas Brown, Esq. of New Grove, of a Daughter. On Saturday last, the Lady of William Gordon, Esq. C Devonshire -street, of a Son. On Sunday evening, at Tottenham Gr..ten, Mrs. Larkeh, of a Son. M4,ItRIED. On the 28t11 ult. at Downton, Herefordshire, I'. L' Stackhouse, Bsq, to Miss Knisht, eldest daughter of Tho-' mas Andrew Knight, Esq. On TittirMidy imit, W. SiSon, Esq. to eldese . thiugh. ter of T. Burnett, Esq. Storekeeper of His Majesty's Dock yard, Woolwich. The same day, at PreStbury, William Ra%/lins, Esq.. Surgeon in the North Lincoln Regiment, and son of the )ate Henry Rawlins., Esq. (Meinber of the Royal College of Sug'. geons in London), to Miss Broadhurst, daughter of 'Air. Broadhurst, Macclesfield. Yeste:day, by special license, at Sparsholt, in Berkshire, ohn Lyon, L•sq. of Melton-[douse, Durham, to Miss Anne 'rice, second daughter of Barrington Price, Esq. DIED On the zoth inst. Miss Emily Jones Richardson, daugh ter of the late C. T. tones Richardson, Esq. of Arnerie,:. Yesterday sennioit, at his rest at Wingstead, in Holier- Mesa, aged S 3, Henry NLiit,ter, Esq. formerly Colonel of ti Militia, and Lie:in:it:int cf . the Lest Riding of County of York. Yesterday, Mrs. Scott Waring. STOCKS PRICE Yt STA RDAY. Bank Stock,! Inclta I3onds, 17s. rss. I7s. pr. Navy ; per Cent 94 93 1 Excheq. Bills, 3d. per day, 4 per Cent. 79 i 3s. 45. pr.—i4d. per day, per Cent. Iceo 63 11 45. 6s. pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. b 2 i 1. Oinniutn, liAik L. Ann. 16 5 terns a I Imperial 3 per Cent. 6i .t. India Stock, 181 i Cons. for 27th Feb. 624 HIGH IVATEK AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOR. , RO W. Morning, 55 min. after 6. j Evening, 23 min. after 7 . lel ron.street, .square, ), must b AiLire,,,eu.