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• that he was a Member of that University; and ttat he was warwly attached to it from a residence of ye rs spent more perbat,s in - pleasure than to\advart taee. It afforded him much satisfaction to siy, that he was one of au immense majority ef th t Univer sity, %Alp- were not parties to the Petition. The University consisted of above one thousand Mem bers—the'persons ti.ho- signed the Petition did not exceed one hundred in number. AutoFg the residents, the Vice-Chancellor, the two Pro&ors, and ~ e, - eral of -the heads of Colleges dissented from the petition. Hetegrettei .extremely, that from a place dedicated to the liberal arts and sciences, any such nitrow and ill;berAl sentiments should have proceeded. He trusted that the resident Members of the University, before they again attempted any ofber p 'ilia! and unannounced convocltion, would co• , sider the just odium to which they exposed therp arives ; he trusted OA they would henceforward occupy themselves in other pursuits— • " Inter sylvas acaderni quxrere verutn." , He, by-no means, however, wished this line to be trao,ial,ti as Pope ILid rendered it :--- " And hunt for trudiln Nlaudlin's wcred Grove," hecrruse really thete Was no place in which he should think it le4s likely to find truth, than in Mdu:tlin. I%lr. MARRY ATT supported the (11017011, maintain ing that a heavy responsibility would rest upon those by whom it might be o;sposed, and that no nation wa ever ruined by v.tieratice. Lord MIL,ToN dt-teitded the lower and middle tanks of the Irish Catholics from the calumny of an Hun. and Le ,rued Gentleman (Mr. Owen), who bad asseitcd that they \mere morally incapable of filling high situations in the State. This was a country in which the meanest individual, by the exercise of talents an;l virtue, might aspire to the most rxalied dignities.. He could see no dan- ge:r whatever in the concessi.)ns to the Catholics; • but on the coon-try, he was per4taded that they would be attended with the most important advan tages. The Habeas Corpus, and the Bill of Rights, were the basis of the British Constitution, and not the A,..;ts of Non-conformity and the Test Laws. The system now pursued with reipeEt to Ireland was yimilar to'th:it by which America was lost to this Country. He acknowledged the sincerity and consistency on this subjeCt of the Right Hun. Gen- ,tleman ocposite, but he knew not how to ascribe to any but unworthy motives, 14! Condo& of other Metubyrs of Administration, who had accepted office under a Government which they knew was inimical to the Catholic Claims, altho i ugh they had forme'ly pledg , d tht , mseives to support those Claim's. Mr. C. ADAMS strenuously urged the utmost, vi gilance in guarding our Establishments. Mr. BEHNAtto did not mean to trespass on the House long ; he wished to be understood by the vote he gave, that he was not wholly inimical to the Catholic Claims ; but in inclination to concede to them ail they required, he could not forget the Protestant Establishments. He was not a little, surprised by the Right Honourable Gentleman's speech who introduced this measure—that he had entirely given up all idea of the . necessary secuti ties which he had on a _former occasion expressed as highly essential. He , (Mr. Bernard) onceived, that it the Catholic 'Establishments were made u holly independent and unconnefted wit:t our Go vernment, that the Catholic would be placed above the Protestant. The Catholic body would not only enjoy a power paramount to the Protestant Church, which is n•-t independent of the Crown, but they would he left tinder the controul and influence of foreign doiwnion. Mmy asked, whew was the - danger-mlieh !I-renter - it'd our EstaWishinents ? and stated thot- the Pope had given sufficient proof of his disinclination to give \ way, by submitting• to confinement ; though the present Pope, and all the Cler4 in Ireland, might do so, _still that might not always be-the case. The Right Honourable Gen tleman allowed it to be prr,spective, and the Ho nourable Batonet ho followed hint . acknow-, ledged, that, in every State in Europe, the Crown exercised their atnhorny, and interfered with the discipline of their religion. In the- Pro testant codniries, thmc of Dennnk, Sweden, and Prussia, Catholic Bishops were nominated by the Croat n. Why then should we not exercise the same authority and in the formation of the constitution of these commies, - it was considered highly necessary in attempting to ,adopt so great a change in the Constitution? Ile hoped the Catholics would agree to be a co-ordinate body, when be wonld be as willing as any other Hon. Gentleman to support their claims. • Thecry for adjournmentbecoming very general, and on the. niticint>f t CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, tilt debate, at Tk% O n'Clock this mornitz, was adjourned to t it;s day. MAILS. Az z tvan—r. Malta, I Guernsey, r lersey, Anholt, r Lcc -ward IsLmis, r Dublin, r ‘Vateribrci. Los-1 Cauiz, I Lisbon, r PRICE OF STOCKS. Tlits DAY ♦T YVVZLV [O'CLOCK. - - - 60 i Red. Ann. - - Consols. 59 'l' Ft S 13 N. SOLENT Q , Jib I)ICiAE FALSUM AUDE"AT?.. LONDON, FRIDAY, 1812. The extra Gizetie respecting the taking of Bada jaz will be published in the courlie of ;he afternoon. The followi ,, g are the only official details which 11:•dve been published.. - BULLETIN . . WAR DEPARTMENT Downing-street, April 23, 181 z. Di patches have been received by Lord ~IVE.III'O. O L from the Earl of Vits.LL !Not ox, dat;tl Canip at Badajoz, 7th of April. " His LordAtip reports, That o , e fire was opened irorn his second. parallel on the 31st of March, and was continued with great effea till the night of the 6th inst. when a general attack was made upon. the place. Three breaches bad been effeaed ; the at tack upon these was made by the 4th Division, led LISBO, IV MAIL. LisnoN, APRIL 6.—Soua; has advanced from , Seville, and the enemy in general appear upon' move,. but we do not think they have either ability or inclination to attack us. General GRAHAM, and a rut of our troops, are now on the road to Alba.. era, to give the Frenchmen a meeting, should they . dare to come on, but this they will not do. On the f2D h, they made a sortie,, from the fort 'ChristOval, on the 30111 British and a Portuguese red giment, and lost, t heir Commander and rainy men we. did not lose a single - man. Our works famously ; on the 3d the wall was well down, but not fits to assault. Every 12 hours we fire 7.000 balls freni '36 guns, placed at less than 100 yards distance t it its like the roaring of thuttler, amidst which the gallant, WELLINGTON iS always seen as cool and easy as if directing a review. PHILIPPON has succeeded id overflowing the 'ditch, but this impedintent be retuovd when other matters are ready. The : assault is supposed to have taken place last night. FIVE O'CLOCK, P. M. MONDAY 6.—'46telligence dated from before B.idajoz, states, that on Saturday night two breaches were then practicable, and the assault was expeoled to take place that night or Sun' day - morning. BANKS OF THE TORMES, MARCH 13.—.-The pro' je& of MARMONT against Ciudad Rodrigo, although it appears serious, is doubtful . as to the time it may be carried into execution. According to p e rsons who have arrived from Navarre, some troops have left that kingdom to proceed to France. On 010 14th of March, Gen. BONNET was. in Toro, upon the fortifications of which the gsrrison were work' NAVAL NEWS. 'FALMOUTH, APRIL 2 C.—Arrived this day the Post Office packets, Prince Adolphus, Capt BotJLDERW , .NoCion, Capt. NAYLER, and Nymph, Capt. Buts . Y. The two first wi , h mails from the Mediterranean , and the latter with mails from the West Indies' The former two left this port together, and 110 0 kept company - during the whole of the voyage' They left Messina on'the 10th of February, Mdt 3 on the 16th, Girgenti-on the fgth, and Cagliari. oll the 24th. Found at Malta his' Majesty's she; * Trident, R!ar. Admiral LA NGHORNE ; tirP Alcmene, Minorca, Irizard, and Cconfo ceti der ; and Theodosia- and Malabar schooners. IV' rived at Gibraltar on the 24 instant, and left oP the sth. Fotind laying there his Majesty's ship Sol Juan, Melpomene, Minstrel, and Pepilion Majesty's ships Luviniu and Ceop.ltra, had sailec ll/ few days previous on a ctuize. The Dispatch packe t had, arrived at Gibraltar from Cadiz, where RI I° landed a mail, after a seven clays passage from P I-. mouth. Captain NAY t.cit spoke the Duke of )!ti' trose packet wit hinone day's sail of Malta. On t ll6 17th inst. the Prince Adolphus and Aoaon, in I' ll ' 47. 15. long. g. 7. fell in wi , h a frigate of 32 0 05 ' which Captains BOULDiIRSON and NAYLER S Uppc' e " to have been an enemy's, from her continual fitit ls after making the private sigtills. One shot entered o' 6 ' No6lon, and wounded the Surgeon in the head in sti‘ :l ' a manner that it is not expected he will recover. She appeared to be in possession of the private s ;g # nals. She could not come up with either. packet.. T i ' e _Nymph left St. Thomas's on the 24th Feb." theist spoke the ship Leonidas from Jamaka, to London, and on the 15th his Majesty's ship S r miramis, with convoy from Cork to London. Also arrived the American ship Atlas, CaP i . ° DoNNovAN, from Phladelphia, in 58 da)s, for orde r ' •with about 5000 barrels of flour. Sailtitd the Lapwing packdt,Capt. HART N EY, -dr I t b Mails for Halifax and New-York. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL Q3.—Arrived his I\lije.3 ships Savage and Dews/a/ion from- the Down s, and the Finn sloop of war frOrn Plymotith. Sailed the Partridge sloop of war on a cruize.' His : Majesty's ship Vauteur is appointed c01 11 . °7 for Cork. • DEAL, APRIL 23.—Sailed several of the outwg 6 bound. Yes!erday, being St. George's iiktit - pr'r , ;c s • 1 th e REGENT entertained the Knightz tat the Gaiter a dinner at Carlton House, The day was alga served by the Guards wearing their new cloathiol including their n ew , s h a p e d hats, , with tile tops ° their fronts covered with brass. Nearly 1000 Spanish recruits have ben sent'. from Coruntia to Lisbon. , The skeleton of the 52d regiffient is on its from Lisbon it consist of 13 Officers, and 0 13 114 men. Monday morning drttaehments from' the 4 j Dragoon. Guar,ls, and Royal Dragoons, ma rch from the Cavalry De, 61, Canterbury, on. their rO.O, for Portsmotith, wh e r e th e y w ill em b ar k to i°lo their requr ;:tive. regiments now in Portugal. The report of the. duel which we alluded to Y e day, is wholly unfounded. D /E. b F 5t On the 9th inst. at his residence, the Maw:: Hoer. Aeon., Mary, the wife of W. E. Alle n , E sq . H er vi;ti i `,;c and afle;,•tsnlpt;i: example as a wife and mother, are only I.° „s Nl:ailed by the • placid submission with which she b° l o lingering and by the blessed and happy manne r ! which. she p:bied with those wh o are left t o deplore ti loss LONDON : Pril,ted by I'lOll'lAS \\MOD, of No. 35, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden% and Published by WII LIAM A 1041(3 R SCRI PPS, South Moltol.street, ;ir)sveror-sclute, At the RUN OF FIC E, No, Strand, where 4d Y e r ti semen t s , Orders• for the Paper,- Letters for the Editor, &c. (poSilaid), must be ~.iddreised. by Major-Gts - eral ana the Light Divi; sion under colonel BARNARD ; but such were the obstacles wh.ch the 'enemy bad prepared, and such the obstinacy of his defence, that, in spite of the most extraordinary eff..)rts on the part of these two' divi sions, Lord WELLINGTON found it necessary to withdraw from the aS43:llt. In the mean time, the third division, commanded by Lieut.-Gen. PICTON, made analtack on the Castle of Badajoz, which our troops carried by escalade in the most gallant man ner, and firmly established themselves there, and in the Ravelin of St. Roque, while on the other side of the city, Major-General LEITH'S diviiion; which bad ben ordered to make a false attack, or to con vert it into a real one if posiible, found means to turn the outwork of Pardillaras, and descending into the ditch, escaladed the bastion of San Vicenti in the most brilliant manner, and established them Selves in Badajoz.—Major-General WALK ER particularly distinguished himself in the achievement ; the suc cess of General PICTON'S and General LEITH'S di vis'ons, while the fourth and light divisions were prepaF . mg to renew the, assault upon the breaches, brought this severe cottfli& to a termination, the enemy laying down their arms. " The garrison consisted originally of about .5000 Men, of whom about 4000, and Generals PHILIP' • PON and VAI LLANT are rrisoners. " Major-Generals CoLvtu.E. WALKER, and BOWES, have been severely wounded ; Lieutenant- General PICTON, and Major-Gen. KLMPT, " The loss of bob British and i'ortuLdese has been very severe. In the storm, sc.2l men ‘ of the to nations have been killed, and 286 g wounded. Mr. STUART, in a dispatch of tit.... 11th of April, fronvLisbon, states, that the Telegraph from Elvas bad *winced that BALLASTEROS had entered Se ville; and this report was believed to be authentic." LETTER - TO THE LORD MAYOR. " Downing-strec., April 23, 1812 1 - to I'. M. " My Lon D-4 ) ':we the sa‘iisfatiion of informing you, that Capt. CUMMIKG, Aide•-de-Camp to LOrd WELLING-roN, is just arrived with the; in!ellig , nce of the Capturt of Bad ijoz by storm, in the night of the tith inst. after a most severe contest, in which the troops of his Majeßty, and those of his Ally par ticularly distinguished themselves. J regret to be under the necessity of adding, that this most important fortress has not been ob tained witlibut a very heavy loss. " The loss in this storm consists of about 51 offi cers, 4 serjeants; and 580 rank' and file, British, killed; 213 officers, 153 serieants,. 1033 rank and file wounded. - " The Portuguese loss consists of about :70 killed, - and more than '5OO wounded. "The Earl of WELLINGTON speaks in the-highest terms of the gallantry and good conduEt of every part of the army in this important operatio3. " No General Officer was killed, but Major G enerals Cot.va,r.c, WALKER, and Bowe s ; were se verely wounded ; Lieutenant-General' Pt croti and Major-General KtmEir, slightly wounded. " I have'the honour to be, MY Lottn, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, 6. LIVERPOOL." " To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor." We have heard the names of several of the wound ed Oilice's, but we do not think it right to publish them, without being absolutely certain of their ac curacy.—The following, however, may be depend eti upon : -Officers of the 48th Regiment who were wounded at the Storming of Budajoz. Lientenant.Colonel ERSKINZ. • • MaiOr WILSON. BFLL, FRENCH TURNPENWY, ROIBE;,T ARM STRONG, WILSON PATENEY„ Ensigns THATCHER, IOHNSON, BURK!, and Tilomr- The following Letter, with which we have been favoured this morning, may be depended upon as authentic " Camp before Badajoz, April 9. When I wrote to y6u on the sth,.it had, been e solved to. atteinpt B tdajoz by assault that night ; but • my letter had scarcely gone when 1 heard-that Lard 'WELLINGTON had postponed the execution of his plan, and you will now learn from his disp itches .that he attacked and took Badajoz on the night of the 6th. Although the Gazette will give you particu lars, I cannot help saying, that of all the desperate achievements that ever was uncle' taken, this Was the most glorious; and I am convinced that no other troops in the- world would have succeeded. In my former letter I mentioned that we [tad dade two prac ticable breaches. In addition to this, another was made on the- 6th. Though they all appeared pra:licable to us, the enemy had been so, indefatiga, ble in intrenching thetnselves behind the breaches, that when our gallant Ellows had gained the ram parts, they found it absolutely 'impossible to enter the town and they were therefore recalled to 50 H. their former position.. Had it not been for the at tack made upon the Castle by General "PICTON, and who most heroically carried it, we might have teen obliged to give up the attack. It was a considerable time before we knew for a certainty that' the Castle was in our possession until it was known, our succeeding was of course doubtful. Having, however, got posst..!ssion of that important, • place, and General WALKER having succeeded in an attack on the other flank, the attempt upon the town was no longer doubtful ; and Col. BARNARD fortunately got into one of the breaches with the light troops. Thus, being established at the flank and the centre of the place, we soon got pos,ession of . the remainder, and as soon as day appeared, the gar ri,oo surrendered prisoners of war. The Governor, PHILIPPON, and the greatest l art of the Officers, had taken refuge in Fort St. Christoval, but on being summoned, they immediately surrendered.— , Our loss, you will observe, has been very great indeed, and particularly amongst the officers ; but you must take this circumstance into considerat had not Lord NVELefiaGron pushed on the siege . with such unlooked-for and unexampled rapidity , SOULT would have come to its relief, and we should have, in addition to the loss of Badajoz, had another to sustain, probably much greater, in a general ac tion : and, therefore, you must not ineEngland run away with the idea, that lives - have been unnecessa rily thrown away. A number of, most valuable Officers have been killed or badly wounded ; and I have to lament many who were my most in , imate friends. Isf arcely ask for one without being told he was either killed or wounded. I hope you will net see in the list that you have any friends of yours. " Capt. JAMES, a relation of Lord CAMDEN'S, is very badly wounded, and I fear cannot recover : but Colonel HARDING, who is also a relation, will no doubt write on this occasion. Colonel BLAKE IVRY, who was wounded at-Albuera, has again met with the same fate, but he is not seven!) , wounded, and understand' is doing well. Major PAKEN DAM, who was badly wounded, is likely to do All. Col. TRBNCH, brother to Lord CLONCARTY, has been also wounded, but is doing very well. These are only a few names among the many gallant Of ficers who bade suffered in this occasion. As usual, I have, thank GOD ! -escaped unhurt ; but Staff Officers are not so much exposed in sieges as in general actions. " Of all the awful/ sights I have ever beheld, the attack on Badajoz was the - most so. It began at ten at night, when the enemy threw up a racket, and afterwards several fire balls. As soon as our troops approached the breaches, tremendous . explo_ sions took place, and as the rieht was very dark, you may form to yoUrself some idea how great and awful was the effect. To describe it is beyond my power. No man ever deserved better of his Country than General PICTON. Had it not been for his skill in the attack which he made upim the Castle, we might still be on the outside of the Town. He is a most extraordinaty Officer, and highly esteemeckby the 'whole army. " SOULT, of course, will not think of advancing, now that we have got Badsjoz. His army is not so good as when we were opposed to him last year, and ours is in the highest state of per feaion. MARMONT has crossed the Aguedo, and Iri s surrounded Ciudad Rodrigo, but he will not he able Co do any thing before we can send some of our troops to the North; " I trust that in England you will be satisfied with what we have done. We, who are lamenting the fate of our comrades know how to estimate their loss. But there is not a man in the army who does not feel that,with a view to ultimate success against theenemy, the taking of Badajoz was indispensable ;• and nothing but the skill and celerity of Lord W. could have given us' this most irnpoltant fortress without having to fight a battle, which must, how ever glorious had been tbe,viaory, have caused a much greater loss than the one we have experienced. It is in this way that what has been :achieved ought `to be considered : In fowler campaigns we had proofs that wewere at least equal to the enemy in the field—in this campaign we have shewn that in their .hitherto unrivalled art of besieging towns, we are in point of celerity their supetiors." Yestt!rday, about twelve o'clock, her.MA;ESTY, accompanied by the Princesses AUGUSTA and ELI ZABETH, attended by the.Gtuntesa MACCLESFIELD . , arlived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor.— They were visited by the PRINCE REGENT, the Dukes of Yontc, CLARENCE ; • and CUMBERLAND, Lady CRANLEY, Lady ELY, Miss GOLDSWORTHY, &c. Soon diet' three o'clock the QuCEN and PRIN CESSES ent in the Duke of CAMBRIDGE'S carriage to dine with the'Duchess of BRUNSI.yIC.R; .at her house in Hanover-square, and about six o'clock they set off on thrir !worn to Windsor. The Dukes of Yottx; CAMBRIDGE, and GLOU CESTER, were on the parade yesterddy morning, and inspzded the Gudrds in their new caps and knap sacksl and were pleased with the good appear.ince of the then. ins.