The Sun. — London, England, 1812-05-23 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC. We hrg leave to inform our Readers, that on Monday next this Paper will he printed on a New Type, cast on purpose by Mr. I' IGG ttis, which we trust will meet with their pprobaialt. MAI LS. ARR lytll-1 i uernsey, lersey, Dublin. u & - 1 Cadiz, Lisbon, Dublin, 4 Waterferd. PRICE OF sTocKs. 11'1113 nnfr AT TWILLVIO I CLOCK. Consols. - bei 61* bt I Red. Ann. - - 6o 1k 'E ii E S UN. SOLKI , I QUIS I.3lCdtti. FALS4..S4 AI.DEAT L 0 N D 0 N. SATURDAY, MAY ( 23, 181 g. A vessel from the other side of the coast states, that a battle has been fought between the Russians and French; which lasted two days. The result is , not stated, and we give the report NNithout vouching in any manner for its .authenticity. Three French Regiments are said to hare been cut to pieces. Vice Admiral CROWN,. a British subject, has, it is said, been nominated by the Russian Government to the command of the squadron in the White Sea ; and as the Admirals TATE and GREIG have been re cently appointed to commands in the Russian Navy, it may be reasonably inferred, that a good under standing prevails between this country ;ncl Russia. We yesterday mentioned a Decree which Ids been recently published by BUON APARTE, porporting to be dated in April, I s I t,the objea of which is to declare the Berlin and Milan Decrees repealed, with r(lurd to Arnerh:a. A more extraordinary ma nmuvre, or, to speak more properly, a more con temptibl; fraud, was never praaised by any civilised nation. Our Readers wiarecoilect that in the autumn oft 810, BUONAPARTE announced that the Berlin and Milan Decrees would be repealed on the Ist N - ieinber following. In consequence of that declara tion, America called upon the British Government to rescind her Orders in Council. The British Go vernment replied, that France had not, by any pub-, Itc official instrument, declared, that the Decrees were repealed, and that, in fact, these Decrees were still acted upon in France. Mr. ...\-rADDISON, 110 W. ever ) chose to consider BUONAPARTE'S promise 111.4 the' Decrees should be repealed as a proof that they were repealed, and in February, 1811, the importation of British goods and the ad mission of British ships into America were prohibited. The merchants, and the Government of America, however; soon found" that the Decrees _were aalually in force, and that all the entreaties of the President, enforced by all the eloquence of Mr. BARLow, were insufficient to extra& from BUONA PARTE either any public declaration that tl.e Decrees were rescinded, or any permanent relaxation of the hostile system which he had adopted towards America. Mr. MADDISON him self, with all his predileEtion for France, has been forced, very recently, to acknowledge publicly and officially; Oita the Decrees were not repealed. What, then, must be the astonishment of the Ame rlcan Government to find, that although BUONA PARTE refused, even within these few weeks, to declare, by any public instrument, that his De crees Were repealed, he had in point of faa signed a Decree fourteen months ago, which declared them to be repealed frOm the Ist Nov. 1811 ! We are not surprised that BUONAPARTi should have recourse to traUd ; but that he should have attempted one so con temptiblyslumsy, does astonish US. A short conver sation 'took place upon this subject last night, in the 1-I,,use of Commons, when Mr. Beoudnam asked, whether in consequence of this' Decree, the British . . Government meant to make any alteration in the Orders in Council ? and-Lord CASTLEREAGH replied in the negative. Indeed, we 'cannot see bow this pretCtided Decree can in any way affe&l our Orders in Council. The PRINCE REGENT, in his declara tion of the 21st of April last, announced that " if at any time hereafter the Berlin and Milan Decrees shall, by some authentic-ael of the French Govern ment publicly promulgated, be expressly and uneon 'repealed, then and from the,nceforth the Orders in Council shall be revoked." Now this pre tended Decree of •April, 1811 does not repeal the Berlin and Milan Decrees expressly and uncondi tionallv, but confines the' repeal to America only. But if e:e 'wanted any further proof of the real . in . tention and meaning of the French Government upon this 4ubjed, we have only to look to the de etarition made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs t. the Conservative Senate on the toth March last, ire which it is declared that the Berlin and Milan Decrees are not itpealed, and that they never shall he repealed nod Great Briyin gives up not only tier Orders in Council, but Her right of search, her right of blockade, and' all ,her other maritime rights; in other words, until the naval power of Great Bri . . • is completely deitroyed. ~` 4.011118 .ience of the! vote of. die Ftwase of Cornuions upon Mr. S. WORTLEY' Motion ) the Ministers yesterda) waited upon the PP.INCE Rs GENT to tender their resignations, but at the same time expressing their readiness to hold their offices until his Royal Highness should have com pleted his arrangements. In consequence of this event, the Marquis of WELLESLEY has been again sent for by his Royal Highness, tO give his advice upon the formation of a new Administration. We do not' think it necessary to.enter into any specula tions upon this subject, until vie - are in possession of further particulars; nor shall we offer any conjectares respecting who are likely to be the Members of the ned6 Cabinet. The difficulties that. must, attend the formati , in of a new Cabinet, are numerous; the .questions of the war in the . Peninsula, the Ca tholic Claims, and the American Negotiation, are likely to interpose obstacles in the way of any very • extended Administration. Upon all the'se the opinions of the Marquis WELLESLEY and Mr. CANNING assimilate much mote nearly to those of Lord LIVERPOOL and his Colleagues ,than they do to the Opposition. Upon, the. Catholic Question, certainly, the Maryiis WELLtSLEY and Mr. CAN.. NING differ from LordStvEapooi, but they differ much more widely from Lords GRENVILLE and GREY. We shall not pursue this, subje& any further at present, but'Avve shall• take the earliest oppor tunity of communicating to our Readers any ar rangement that may be made•• SECOND E Dfl lON SUN OFFICE, Two o'CLocK. 'e have just heard that the Members of the pre sent Cabinet have declined taking any part in any new arrangement that may he made. The new Cabinet, it is said, will consist of the Marquis WELLESLEY, Mr. CANNING, the Marquis of LANsnowNE, Lord HOLLAND, Lord MOIKA, and Mr. HusKissoN. The Marquis of WELLESLEY 10 be First Lord of the Treasury, Mr.CANNING, Lord HOLLAND, and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the three Secretaries of State, Mr. HusKlssoN, Chancellor of Exchequer, and Lord MoIRA, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Yesterday morning summonses were issued for a Cabinet Council to assemble at the Foreign Of fice, soon after ten o'clock. There were present all the Ministers, including Mr. VANSITTART. The Council did not break up till one. Yesterday the MAYOR of LIVERPOOL and THOS. CORRIE, ESq. onA of the 1131143, on the part the Corporation, and Mr. A ide:man AsrtbrAL, JOFIN BOLTON, Esq. and ARTHUR litvi,vooD,.Esq. - on the part of the Town, presented Addresses of Con dolence to the PRINCE 'REGENT, on the melancholy death of Mr. PERCEVAL. On this occasion, the Corporation and Inhabitants of Liverpool departed from their usual custom of forwarding their Ad dresses to be presented by their Members, in order not only to express more strongly their regret for the loss the Country has sustained by Mr. PER ' CEVAL'S deaih, but their abhorrence of the crime, by which he was so prematurely taken from the ser vice of his Country. THE THEATRE.—We had not room to notice the first representation of a new Farce, which waS brought forward on Thursday last at the Lyceum, under the title of How to die for Love. It is lively arld, diverting in itself, and was in general well supported by the Performers. It is said to be a fraoslation from the - French, by a German Gentle man who is well acquainted with our language, and xo whose. dramatic talents the public,' according to report, has been before indebted. The Farce was very well received, and has been repeated with in creased success the two following nights. Music.--Mr. BARTLEtassi, a vocal Performer of first-rate ability,. in point of natural talents, as well as professional attainments,' had , his Annual Concert last night at the Hanover-square Rooms. The re spect in which his character is held was observable in a crowded room, among whom were many of the higher orders, and altogether an elegant audi ence. 'The Concert itself was such as might be expected ,on the occasion. The vocal Performers were BAR fLEMAN; : Mrs. AsuF, Mrs. LACY, Miss MELVILLE, EVANS, BELLAMY, and HARRISON. The music - was selected from the best Masters. Some parts were taken from ,Putscuee, which afforded good scope for- the manly powers an 4 expressive energy of BARTLENI-N. }:iattßispcsi sung " Odi grand =bra" in so elegant a manner, that the .song may be, considered as peculiarly his own,— HOLME'S bassoon . accompaniment was excellent. — Mrs. Asna gave the old air of " Robin Adair ," which BRAH,AM has revived into , popularity, in a style of beautiful simplicity, and was encored. She was charmingly accompanied on the Piano-forte by GREATOREX. A pleasing Glee, ", When the Rose bud, "% by Sir J. STEVENSON, harmoniSed_ for four voices by GREATOREX, was much admired. A new Glee. , for four voices, by HORSLEY, was alst; one of the favourites olthe,evening. The whole conclud ed with " God save the King," verse and full cho rus, which went off in a very impressive manner, the audience standing with loyal veneration. Mi. STUART WORTLEY, who moved Thursday night's Resolution, in the House of Commons, is the nephew of the Marquris of BUTE, and grandson to the celebrated Lady WORTLEY MONTAGUE, from whom the• father of Mr. S. WORTLEY inherits his extensive estates in Yorkshire and Scotland. Our yesterday's letters from Nottingham state the following alarming fad, viz. that no sooner has a person taken the oath of traitorous union in that county, than he receives' that constant pecuniary supply. which enables him to support himself and family without wort. NAVAL NS WS, DEAL, MAY 22.--Arrived his Majesty's Ship Chr stinn Vllth, and the Defiance man of wa - from off Floihing ; likewise the Aaive frigate and her prize from Poi tsraouth. PORTSMOUVH, MAY 22.—Arrived his Maje Sty's blips Spitfire and Buzzard from a erflize: The Carmarthen and Alexizader East Indiameo have arrived at the Mother Mulc from the Downs. .• PLYMOUTH, MrsY Arrived the French schooner Ilirondelle, laden with tice, from Balti more, bound to Bourdeaux, captured by the Dryad frig*. Also, the Fren 4 ch chasse roar6e La Maria Francoise, laden with brandy and wine, captured near Isle de Rile by the Arrow schooner, of 12 guns, commanded by Lieut. SCRIVEN. The drroW has also captured two French sloops, ,aden with like cargoes, Which are not yet arrived, but hourly expeBed. Afrived the . Bulwark, of 74 guns, from Basque Roads. Sailed the Romulus troop ship for Lisbon ; also, be Brune and Lulona frigatm to the westward. Arrived the Maidstone frigate from the Mediter- ranean. Sailed the Persian sloop of war for the Downs, with a fleet under convoy ; also the Snake, Bun- FORD, for London. TORBAY, MAY 22.—Arrived the Comet sloop of war, with part of the outward-bound American convoy, having parted from the rest. FRENCH DECREE. " Palace of St. Cloud, April 29,18 n. " Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Prote&or of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, " On the Report of our Minister for Foreign •‘ In consequence of the Aft of the 2d of March, 18s t, by which the Congress of the United States have enabled exemptions from the provisions of the Non-Intercourse 1161, which prohibit the entrance into the American ports to the ships and goods of Great Blitain, of its colonies, and dependencies ; . " Considering that the said Law is an act of re sistance to the arbitrary pretensions consecrated by the British Orders in Council, and a formal refusal to adhere to `a system derogatory to the independence of Neutral Powers, and of their flag ; " We have decreed, and do decree as follows : " The Decrees of Berlin and Milan are cleflni tively, and from the date of the Ist of Novempes last, considered as never having taken place (non avenues) with regard to Amilican ves,els. (Signed) • " NAPOLEON. " By order of the Emperor, " The Minister and Secretary for Foreign Affairs, (Signed) " The Count , Dmtu. (Tine Copy) "The Minister for Foreign Affairs, (Signed) " The Duke DE BASSANO." Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord ELLP.NIIOI2OiiGH' Lord Chief Justice, &c. in and after Trinay Term, 1812. IN TERM. IVIIIDDLLSIX. L•NDON. " 'Wednesday -, - lune 3 Thursday - . - lune 4 Monday - .. - tt Thursday - - it Monday - - 15 Tuesday - - 19 • AFTER TERM. Thursday - - 181 Friday - . - :Q Letters were received yesterday from. Manchester, which communicate the unpleasant intelligehce, that during the last few days several violent outrages had been committed by the Luddites. Nofewer than three persons had been shot in different parts of the coun try,- withogt any discovery' or even suspicion of the mur&rers. Besides these atroei , ies, a gentle man, obnoxious to the hatred of the Luddites was attaAed in a lane, in the middle'of the day, by se veral men who were strangers to him; atter receiv. ing a violent blow on the head with . a large stone, he had the good fortune to escape by the swiftness his horse. A working Man; who had been mis taken for another person that had given information against the Luddites, was taken to a coall,it with an intent of precipitating him to the bottOm, when it was discovered that he was not the man whom the ascailants were in quest of; and in consequence he was sofferedlo depart, without snstaining any in jury. All possible means have been tried to induce C‘e Luddites in prison to divulge the whole txtern , . of their plan, , and to impeach their ringleadetii, taut without effect. Some have been promised protec. tion, and a competency tor life, but to no pnrpose. Mr. Boniol and .Mr. Bringoll, who have'resided many years in Cheater, as French teachers, were ar rtsted in their beds, about foUr o'clock on Wednes day morning, by two King's Messengers, and with their papers sent off to London in two post-chaff o.s. • Wednesday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, a violent hail-storm was experienced at Statton Park, Hants, the seat of Sir Thomas lAaring,• which was attended witlA, thunder 'and 4litoing ; the hail-stones were unusually large, many of them being three inches in circumference„ and in a few minutes no less than 1,050 squares . Of , glass were broken in the hot-house, and { cucumber and melon-frames ;. ail the fruit and plants being laid waste. Many panes in -the • windows of the mansion were also,broken. A Farmer, in Devonshire, of the name of Mar,- tendale, has been twelve - days labouring at the Bar £lay ot a mile every hour for six wcelts. Tne.undertaking is for a bet ot 500 guineas. The pedestrian, who is a fine athletic i niin of backed by his landlord. He is ~aid to he g,ing on well, but t! e odds are two to one agalnst his ar.;- complisbing the task. Yesterday the B ght Hon. the LORD MA T the Aldermen, Sheriffs, Common Council, k.nd Ut ficer` of . the City of L )ildo 1, waited uron 1114 Royal , Highness tl e PaINO3 REGENT, at Carlton House, with - ail lit7inble'Address, which was read by JOHN SILVESTER,. Esc'. the Recorder, as 101 , lows : , TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE OF WALES, REGENT' OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The burrible, dutiful, anti Loyal Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldet Men, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.. May it'elease Your Royal Etghneis, • • We, the Lord' Mayor, Aldermen, and Com mows of the City of London, in Common Council as sembled, most lit'unbly aperoach your Roial Ugli ness, for the purpose of expressing to your Royal Highness our' deep concern, and: of dettfully ten dering to you our condolence on occasion of the se vere loss recently sustained by your Rot al [hei rless and the country in the death of the late Right Honourable Spencer Perdeval. We have been called, Sir, in common with the rest of his Majesty's subjeas, to contemplate a dis pensation most awfully awakening in its nature, most lamentable .in its consequences. We have seen a Minister, to whose public conduct (whatever differences may exist amongst us .or others of his Majesty's subje&s, with lespe'4 to the policy of measure; 'adopted by tile Governme'nt of which be was a Member), ail must agree in asctioitr the. prais'e clie to patriotism the Most ardent and disin terested, to integrity the. most o•flexible, to indus try the most perseveting, to manners .!he Most con ciliatory, and whose private . virtues were eatculTtcd" to be the exampl:, as they touSt have bsTn the ad miration; of all who were • witnesses of his do mestic life, arrested in his career by the hand of an assassin, at the doors of - that House, which had so repeatedly been the sce' e . of eloquent exertions as a Sen ttor of the Realm, and in an in stant your. Royal Highness deptived of a most faith ft.al servant, and the country of one of her brightest ornaments. 'We do not attempt to give.utterance to feelings which language , cannot express, but which your Royal Highness, in feference to ces— sations to• which, you must have yourself been sub jet% can be at no loss to form an adequate conexp fasts: The horror, the detestation, and the wig' excited in our minds, by the commission and conse quences of la crime so atrocious, as that which has been the occasion of our appearance before your Royal Highness, are nut, we trust, inconsistent with the submission with which it iS our. duty, and we would hope our inclination to bow to this in scrutable dispensation. -, Amidst the , poignancy of feeling consequent upon this most distressing event, we beg leave' most dutifully to represent to your Royal Highness the consolation which we have derived; and the m otives • of thankfulness with which we have beets furnished, from the reflection that a crime, of which, happily but few instances are recorded in the annals of Of history, was the as of a single individual, and that its perpetration does not involve the charatler of 11 10 nation. Whilst we have felt it to be incumbent upon us to lay before your Royal Highness this expressLO of our condolence, we should consider that we - tow' ill discharged our duty, either to your Royal Hig h ' ness or ourselves, were we to omit assuring you r Rnyal Highness of the grateful sense we entertaio of the promptitude with which your Royal filol - has been pleased to signify to Parliament you r wish to be enabled to make a su it a bl e provision for the widow and numerous offspring of the deceased Minister; and we beg most humbly to W . press our firm conviction, that, in the me jstirt' l which may be adopted to give efi - 'ea to feelingt,' sa worthy of your Royal Highness, as the Repre.,seow tive of our venerable and most gracious Staereigof and as the Heir Apparent to his Crown, the Lee . " ( lsture will be seconded by the unanimous voice 0 ; the riation over which your Royal Highness is calleo to preside. . Signed, by order of the. Court, • WOODTIIOR rgA If To which' Address his Royal Highnes s r t pleased, to - return the, following m'ost,gracichls ADDRESS TO THE REOENT. si.vcr I thank you for your dutiful Address. The sentiments which - you have c xpr esscd dec.? regret for the severe loss which the country 1 05 ' 1 1,; tained by the death of Mr. Perceral, of,a higb of his eminent talents and* virtues, and of ab(10; rence of the atrocious aLt which c l o sed so 1 ' ful and exemplary a life, ar most c o nsjoaUL t° "11 Own opinions and. feeline,s. I se ll ' My mind is relieved 'irOrn the most pain sations by the proof afforded upon the trial assassin, that this dreadful sat was i not ccon assassin,or . tvith auy . sanguinary sv;tern ; and annals ‘Yill not again be milked by a crime rii's" isti tie generous and manly chaiaCier 'of• thd people has ever h6ici in pec,diar,detestation• In recornuiendin to Parliament to make g 131 . e provision for his witi , Jw and flaii'v 1 " ye , d charged a duty to tilt people committe (13bat dtarge, and I am gratifi ,, d by the a,.surance9 .se. this . aC - 1 (1,1: justice 'towards & Tat t e d merit will 1W Conded by ihe,unaniinc - ;us voice of the cation., pd 11:ey were 31:1 received very graPiously, Bnu the hchotu o' kissing the PRINCE R E GENT . S 11° at A whimsical accident took place yesterdaY Levee. The two groat S!ate ',olds with ~ !`::) 0 1 -' stives, the Marquis'ot Hertford and E arl of mondelev, being tied sta,ding on their l' o 4` Levee R . oom, sat down tOgtther on an o r-17 The weight was too grat for the flimsy F c od) 1.1) "' ' of It broke own,. and brought the Lorc.lCha tnbert'“ s , and Lord Steward of the Hous , hold, with 3 Crti .lll to the ground. At that instant, Lord Sidrnouth l` tn yriri t up to assist the might 'y Pet ! rs, w hen a t the an ink stand broke and dashed all a s c2 nteli t ' (?, as the Lord Ptesident's hands.. He held 'heal J a pi it=oui sir.ht ; taut with rj. °° t l h e t a u s i l lo l or s , ho ` u ' l this is onluX 1 ttl"4l't 11 ‘ 1 d have hands." C i omt g n o is n s e iot o t u w t il ° /o °Y )e rr t caet :(I The Special 4.: next, .1 , -fore Mr. 'Chief j,iglice ." -- t pa and. MI. Justice BoaToN, when we two tl 7 n od. example will be made of tiviseVih° 2113E1 bf to de: , olve it..