The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-29 00:00:00

Placernan sitting on the benches ; and at the same fim • orel , a Parliament would steAtastly maintain the rivileges aril endeavour to increase the happi ne3; of the ; while is would carefully abstain from the ad ption of any measures by which these pri% lieges would be invaded, and that happiness en denger ed. Mr.SHERIDAN expressed his surprise at the intro duaion into the debate by his Honourable Foend, who had just spoken, of so much irrelevant matter. His Honourable . Friend had not done himself justice, for he had put those who might be in political hos tility with him in possession not only of the motion which it was his intention to make at a future pe riod upon another subjeel, but he had also unfolded to them the arguments which he meant to urge on . that occasion. His Honourable Friend had talked a great deal of the advantages which would ensue limn a Parliament constituted in such and such , a • mintier, and of his conviction, that a P a rliament so constituted would abstain from such and such mea sures. He (Mr. Sheridan) ttaS as earnest a re former as any man ; and it his Honourable Friend's arguments would tend to induce any of the great p.ople of the country to dbsta.n from accepting places of which they stood . in t o need, he should tltink them eminently serviceable to the country. Fur instance, if a certain Node Eel could be ;e -duced brsucheergerneots to aL)stain from holding seili an offiOieeeeTestmaster-General, he thought that a. great deaf of girock weold ensue. He (Mr. Sheridan) hair said this merely to show Honaaerable Friend hoer cautious he ought to be in throwi , iLl out any general stigma.— His Henourable Friend had arraigned the con duct of Miresters in the recent appointment of Clow I Nl' Mallon to the Paymastership of Widows' Pensions, as it ;hat appointaleirt were a corrupt ad on their part to curry f•voue w;th ihe Prince. If hia Hoe. Friend ouid trove that the office ought to be abdis' eti, he authority to sac-, in the name of Cui. NPNlaho,r, Lila( he (the Colonel) would not stand in the way of such abo.ition. If k vet there was a man by the side of a Prince wi p faithfully served both ihe Prince and the public, Colonel IM‘Malloo was that ,nan. He was proud of the ho llow of calling that Gentleman his friend; and he could assure the House that Colonel M.M a hen prized infieit ly more 'the honourable testimony so generally borne to his high character in a recent discussion in the House of Com mow', than any eeeriumenis which his new situatioir might afford him, and would much rather abandon re whole of the latter than one Little of his claim to the former. He (Mr. S.) declared that he had nut heard one cony acing argument against the lxiegiog up the report of the Bill. It was with great regret that he ever differed from those with whom he had been in the habit of during his whole political life, but on this Oecasion- he must entirely differ from them. He conceived that the character and feelings of the Prince were truly consulted in not vesting to him the coiled) , arid care of his Royal Father ; and he could not conceive that a more monstrous arid recoiling proposition than the opposite would have been, could possibly have been wade. He differed also from his Hon. Friends near him in their opi nion of the situation in which her Majesty would be placed by the new airaagemeet, and of the dan ger of possibly making a corrupt use of the influence which she IA ould possest. From 'the whole tenor of her Majesty's coodud, there ap peared to him to be no ground for such a suspicion. She had accepted the situation which she was to hold from a seise of the duty whi• h she owed to her Royal Co:i , ort and to the public, and there could be no doubt that, but for that consideration, her Majesty would willingly be released then the re spolisibility thus imposed upon tier. Nor did he conceive, with an Hun. Friend of his, that any [nen, Lion of her Reyal Highness the Princess of Wales was necessary in this discussion. On the contrary, - he thought that such mention would have been im pertinent and irrelevant. With resped to an esta blishment for their Royal Highnesses the Princesses, he was persuaded, that whenever a communication should be made to the House on that sebjed from the proeer quarter, it would be received with that manliness and good will which had always been evinced by them on similar occasions, and that the terms of that communication would be taken into consideration with a generosity of feeling honour able to themselves and to the country. Reverting to the Bill before the . House, he confessed, that while it met with . his general approbation, he was not qeite satisfied with the manner in which his Royal Highness's debts were to be liquidated. He thought he could point out a mode more preferable, with respect to the comfort of the Prince and the se curity of his creditors, and much more honourable to Porliament itself. After having taken a retrospec tive view of Iris Royal Highness's pecuniary difficul ties, and the manner in which Lie had been as sisted by "Parliament, he came to the grant in 180. and contended strenuously that the grant was by .no watts considered as a compensation for the abandonment on the part of the Prince, of his claims op the Duchy of Cornwall, and that no such aban donment by his Royal Highness ever took place. From this source, therefore, the discharge of the Prince's pecuniary obligations ought to proceed. What Nould be the consequenceb of the present arrangement on this . subject ? The Right Honour able Gentleman opposite stated that 50,0001. of his Royal Highness's present income would be appro priated to the discharge of these obligations.— Was Parliament to guarantee this appropriation ? Did he ask this as implying any doubt of the prince's honour God forbid I He knew his Royal Highnesa's lAinctuality, and sacred adherence to hie word, better. But were there no other contingen cies ? Was there not in the first place—what must be the living wish in every man's heart—the possi. bility of his Majesty's recovery, and resumption of the Royal Authority ? Was there not the possibility —of which no one could speak without lamenta tion and . horror—of his Majesty's dissolution 1 in which event the income of the Regent must merge into that of the Monarch ? 'Was there not the pos sibility—an event off Which it would not be exped ed that he could speak in terms of ordinary regret, but of that warm affection, which must pervade all who had ever the happiness of approaching his Royal Highness's person—was there not the pos sibility of his Royal Highness's death ? In any one of these cases, the security of the creditors would be destroyed ; and he would ask once more, if it IA as fitting that the creditors of so august a Person age as he who, as Regent, was about to assume the L 0 IV D , WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1812. We this morning received sufbe more Ati,eiican Papers., from which the following are extra&s " NEW YORK, DEC. 25.—1 n the House of Re presentatives, Mr. iII‘.KEE has oti,..red a resolution of the following import :—Besolved, That the PRESI DENT be requested to cause to be laid before the House such information as may be in his possession, not improper to be communicated, touching any in fluence that may have been used by any subjects of Great Britain, instiziting the Indians to hostility with us—any evidence of hostility in the .Shawa nese Prophet and his adherents anterior to the late confliEt of November 7th—The orders vested in Governor HARRISON, by the United States un der which the expedition was formed ; and such other information as it may be in his power, and is proper to be communicated relative to these sub jects. On fhe moOon of Mr. TALMADGE, Mr. M`K'art amended the resolution, by adding, or of any other Power (besides Great Britain) that might have instigated the Indians.'—L tid on the table. The Senate, on Friday, passed the Bill, re prted by Mr. Gores, for raisins an additional mili tary force of 25,000 and 1 man !—The voles were 26 to 4. " WASH I NGTON, DEC. 17.-It is reported here, on the authority of weste ,- u letters, that the Indians hare &dually alienated, or ate inclined to alienate thetnselves from the Prophet, with a view td re-assume the relations of peace and amity with the United States, so blindly departed from by the savages. I have heard it mentioned that the Bri tish envoy feels deeply mottfied at the suggestion of the agents of his Government having instig - ated these unfortunate people to commit hostilities again,t us, and that he has laboured to convince some gentlemen, perhaps members of the cabinet, that his Goveinment can have no interest in such a proceed- ing. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, DATED DEC. 23, 1811. " I perceive, by the style of your composition, you are not much chilled Nvith the apprehension of war. If there are any among you, operated upon by this palsying fear, do your utmost to subdue it There is just as much likelihood of MArmisoN's attempting to scale the Moon, as to induce a war with England. He had been already suspeaed of using " Presidential Machinery," as your great Baltimore man described it, to damp the ardour of Southern War-hawks. Since the passage of the resolutions, and GILES'S Bill, the court party, that is the Palantine regulars, who are perfectly up to the President's minceuvr es, live become, xceed ingly disturbed. They seem to fear all will be lost un less the Hornet brings back tidings of a change in the ministers and measures of Engl tnd. 'W e have got the gentlemen upon the li;p, and shall inevitably floor them. - Simpletons, th n they -hou!d for ever exrea to intimidate federalists with the threat of war, and thus fasten upon the nation the conti nental system of Frznce." We feel great pleasure in being able to state, that the differences which have so long subsisted bet weer the Governments of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, are happily adjusted. A treaty has been signed, by which bosh _parties acknowledge their Sovereign FEEDINAND the Seventh, and th.e rights of the Mother Country. There are various ()net- stipu lations in the Treaty, which we have not at present room lo We are strongly inclined to think, fiorn the tone and temper of. some paragraphs in the last French Papers, respe&ing Sicily, that affairs in that island have taken a favourable 'urn, and that ihe intrign-es of BUONAPARTE and his Emissaries have been de teEled and frustrated. The Tyrant is, evidently, very much vexed at some events which have recent ly occurred in Sicily, and we hope that he will shortly have further cause fur displeasure. Muir AT, we are assure], is still in disgrace with BuoNAr.AnTrr ; and the destruion of the convoy with naval stores, at Palinuro, will, we fear, tend rather to widen the breach between the amiable pair. The Gazette and the Gazette Extraordinary, pub lished yesterday, contain the official details of the gratifying intelligence which we had previously communicated to our Readers. Some doubt still hangs over the account winch reached town on Monday, of the defeat of BLAKE?, and the capture of Valencia. If BLAKE was defewed, and Valencia taken on the 24:1I ll!cember, the news must have reached Paris before the 22d inst. to • which day we have Paris Papers, and if news of such importance had reached Pads, most u• doubtedly no time would have been lost in making it public. But though the silence of the French Papers induces us to entertain a hope that the news re speaing Valencia may prove unfounded, it must no be considered as decisive evidence that the event h s not taken place. Yesterday, the Dukes of YORK and CLARENCE visited the PRINCE REGENT. The Duke of CAmuntnoE was of the d;nner party- give') by Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, on Mouthy. A party of the military have commenced doing duty every night at the Navy Pay Odice. A dreadful accident happened about four o'clock yesterday afternoon in Leadenhall-street. A Lady and Gendemampass'ng a waggon in a g(!, the wheel of which coming in contact with that of the wag gon, the L2dy was thrown our, and ti,e wheel of the latter passing , over her head. tilled her instantly. WILLIAMSON'S MCI:MR.-Thomas Pryor, a lame man, was apprehended on suspicion of hay ing been concerned in that atrocious transaMion. Tne pri soner is known to have lodged at Williamson's on the Wednesday night before the murder was com mitted, and for ten nights before. He was sea pa4sing over London Bridge at an early hour in the morning afterwards. He was traced to have slept at a - house in Noah's Ark -court, Stangate, one night ; he was put into a room in which two other young men, named Harris and Dalton, slept, which he left unperceived by them before day-break, and on waking they found their pockets emptied of what money they contained. He is detained on suspi• cion of this robbery, as well as on suspicion of being concerned in the murders. This morning, were executed before the Debtors' Door of Newgate, the following malefaciurs, C. Phillips, for setting fire lo his dwelling 7 house, at Shadwell ; J. Frazer, E. Hall, and W. Higgins, for burglaries ; Wm. Habberfield, for forgery, and uttering Bank notes ; and P. Whitehead, for for gery. A vast concourse of people attended, and the unhappy men conducted themselves in a manner suitable to their melancholy situation. uncontroulcd e4eteise of the R tyal Authority in this great Empire, should be exposed to ali this on ceriainty ? He was pei fectly confident that if ti,e atim were thorou&hly considered, it would' be found by far the most expedient course tor tue Public to take on themselves the pay MeDt of the whale d• ht, by the means which be hid already described, and which would not - occasion any addi tion to the public burthens. Lord Ussur.stoNE, in a low tone of voice, which rendered us unable to coiled the whole of his Lord ship's obsetvations, complained of the perfectly gra tuitous allusion which the Hon. Gen letnan bad made to the acceptance by his Noble Relation-of the office Of Postmaster-General ; an office which had always been heltby an indi‘ idual of his Noble Relation's tank. Mr. Skl Els) DA NI disclaimed the least intention of saying any thin , dis.especitul to the Noble Earl.— The higher the Noble F.:ill's character, the stronger was his argument, which tended tO returnd his H n. Friend in the midst of his general principles, that there were cases in which men of the best character did accept situations, such as .those his Hon. Ft iend exclaimed against. And as to gratuitous allusions, it ought to be recollected that he (Mr. S.) tn ,, st have felt a little h‘trt at the go atuitons allusion which had been made by his Honourable Friend to ('ol. The Report was then brought up and agrred to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to morrow. lIOUSEHOLD OFFICES' 1311. L. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex. CHEQUER, the House then resolved itself into a Com mittee on the ski It, cooTrising certain clauses rela tive to the Offices of the Household, which were withdrawn from the original Bill on the subject, fur tire purpose 'of being consolieLted into a separate Bal. , On the clause for regulating the Lord Steward's Depart mew, Sir C. ButtrieLL cilled the attentiol of the Com mittee to the yituaiion of the Marshal's Alen, who pay on their admission from 800 to 900 guineas to the Kiii,;ht Mars' al of the Eions..tio;d, receiving nominally sakittes ot 2UI. per atiiillin, ti - 0111 which st. I Bs. Gd. dedut.ed by the Board ut Green Cloth. 'the prim tpal so vested, he fart her stated, at the death of a v'vlarsitalin in dues not go to his widow or to his chitdien, but reit vains in the hands of the Knight Marshal. lie did not mean_ to 'cast any retlec tiun en the Knight Marshal, but on the practice it‘elt, which had so,loog prevailed, and which might have originated with some of the other great Lords of Household. The Hot,ourable Baronet then enumerated several other otficcs in thiJ depattuient the Yeomen of the Guard, the Serjeant and Groom Porters, who also purchaied their places, and received but a very 'titling nominal salary, and who, in con sequence, were reduced to the necessity ut begging at every individual who came to Court. This, he conceived, ought not to be tolerated in a country so famed ior its liberal hospitality as Great Britain. lie thought it ought to be brought to the ears of the Prince Regent, whom it was only necessary to in form of the circumstance, to have the abuse cor rected. Mr. KENRICK, in answer t'o the statements of the Hon. 13..1ronet, disclaimed a knowledge of the griev ances he had enumerated. In one instance, indeed, he remembered a complaint had been made of some thing or the kind, hat the evil had been prothp:ly redressed. Atter some further discussion, in which Mr. Croker, Mr. Giles, the Chat:cellor of the Exche quer, and Mr. Bennett, pal ticipated;this clause was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER introduced a clause to provide for the payment of tt:e pensions of his 'Majesty's old servants and their widows. — Several other new clauses were proposed, and agreed to, and the •Bill passed through the Committe Huh out experiencing any serious opposition, after which the Hou•e resutned, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. MAILS. Aat vID -1 New-York, 2 Waterford. Dus-1 Guernsey, jerley, I Brazils. PRICE OF STOCKS. THIS DAY AT T WILY It O'CLOCK• Consols. 63 I (Thlium - dis. THE SUN. LOLLM QUIS UICiRL ►ALSUbi AUDLAT? NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Arrived the brig Volun teer, Crpt. FoxasspAcE, from Lisbon, which place she left on the 9111 instant, in company with about 0 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Leopard. On the ,16t1i, in the afternoon, the Volunteer was chased by a French frigate, off Cape Finisterre, from which she escaped during the night. On the following morning the frigate was again discovered,. and shortly afterwards the Leopardwas seen in chase of her, but unfortunately was obhged to give up the pursuit, the enemy hating out-sailed her : tie chase !awed about 9 hours. The greater part of the Leo pard's convoy were dispersed. The Volunteer was chased, about the 20th instant, by a French schooner privateer, the former hoisted a pendant when t.vithia , gun-shot of the enemy, and the latter made off under• a press of sail. Arrived the ship Caledonia, Bpc master, from St. John's, New Brunswick, with a cargo of timber fOr that dock-yard ; sailed at-out the beginning of De ember, and elate a rundng ship : the Comet, Eu- DINGTON ; Mary, HARVEY ; Diligence, SIAMON.S; together v. it h al - out seven sail of merchantmen, were left at St. John's, all which were etpeOed to sail from thence in about ten days after the d:partute of the Coled n'a, with ea: goes for England. Lieute nant Colonel CHARLES M`CARTITY, of the Royal Af ican Corps, came passenger in the Caleeonia.. Pissed op Channel yesterday, the liosino, POT TER, from St. John's, w.ith timber for Pot tstnosith, which vessel sailed in company with the Catedohia. FALMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Arrived this day the Md. singham packet, Capt. 11.0BARTS, with Dispatches from Lisbon, in t t days passage. It is supposed that they relate o the fall of Ciudad Rodrigo, as the packet Was ordered•otf without a Mid. 115 Majesty's ship Euryalus sailed the 11E1) ins 6. from Lisbon, wiih a fleet of merchant vessels and transports for England. The Princess Elize.dix packet was expeard to leave, with a Mail for Eng land, about the (20th inst. ; the wind being fat our able, she may be soon expeeled. The Lord Hobart packet, WILLIANTS, from New York, with Mails, itt also arrived alter a passage of Qj days: she did not touch at Bermuda. We do not learn that she brings any news. Also arrived the Endeavour schooner, Captain , WEnKs, from St. :Michael's, Wits a ca: , t ;&) of fruit for a market. Sailed the schooner Furne, Cat t. LONG, \% it h fruit for I,6mion:. The Darlington- packet, Captain . HAlvEY, witt'Y the Leeward Nand INT9ils, it detained tin the t.-:8 instant ; the Arabella i:acitet, with Mails for Lis bon, sails the fist fair wind. A dism3sted ship in tow of a frigate, passed this post last evening. The Duke rf Montrose packet, with Mails from Falmouth, had arrived at Cadiz, previous to the 'sail ing of the Speedy packet from thence. The Windsor Castle ) , from the Brazils, and the• Sandwich packets, from the Mediterranean, are hour ly expested. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 29.—The schooner Maria, arrived at this port from Gibialtaiand Lisbon': spoke' on the 7th inst. in lat. ag. 41. N. long. 11. 21. W. the sloop Friendship, LB QUAY master, out 17 days Trott) Jersey, for "Madeira, all well, and on the 1 5th,. in lat. 45. lona. 12. saw about 21:1 sail to windward,. supposed to be part of a dispersed convoy, standing, to the EaSi Ward, under a press of sail and in eviient confusion, and on the following morning saw tv, frigates, apparently French, standing to the West-. ward. THREATENING LETTERS.....-011 Monday night Miss St. Julian, a female of elegant and prepos— sessing appearance, was brought up to Bow-street Office, together with a Mr. Harrison, charged with sending threatening letters to the Honourable Basil Cochrane. It was stated that the lady bad beery under the protection of the Honourable prosecutor for seven years, dui lug which time she bad several children by him. In consequence of his being dis satisfied with her coodttld, he separated nom her, which separation 'minced her to apply for a settle ment. This b my ,etas d, Miss St. Julian threßt. cued, in letters, to exrose Mr. CQchrrine, by ac raising him of havng wanted her to go into a steam bath t., cause abortion. Ther, appearing sufficient ground fot con,ideting Mr. Harrison implicated in sending the threatening letters, they were hot 4 taken into custody. Alter a long examination; the patties were admitted to had, and they are to take their trial at the mating assizes fur the county ut Kent. CoI),N. EXCHANGE, JAN. 29,—W e have this day but few fresh arrivals of Wheat, owing to the law contrary ‘vindi coastwise, fine samples .dull sale, nearly at last prices, inferior rather give way ; Bar ley in short supply, and fully keeps its price ; Malt likewise; Pease and Beans Of cod] description con tinue to flueuate but little ; there are but short supplies of 0 fi ts, and the trade brisk in sale, fu Is. dearer ; Flour heavy sale, and hardly mainniius Monday's reduction of bs. per sack. Wheat - sos a 725 a 965 Tick Beans (new) 44s a sos Fine ditto - ' , ls a t ios Ditto (fine old) - sis a 53s Rye - sos a 55s Oats - -26 s a 305 a 32! Barley . 56s a 495 Poland ditto -34 s a 37s Malt 78s a Ess Potitoe ditto 58s a 3s WhitePeas,boilers 75s a 82s Rape Seed . 601. a 651. Grey ditto -55 s a 6,3 Fine Flour Bss a os. Beans . . s:s a 56s • Seconds 4,, - -75 s a Bss I