The Sun. — London, England, 1811-01-11 00:00:00

• ' 1 Th. Yordint Chronicle, :n Sileakiiii; of the pro - - liisle:dvihroneinent of Qn CIIAIIIHR .the 13th, 'of Swe and , of th e power which France possesses over the Councils of that Country, says,—" and all this . is the natural re : a b roa d sult of B r i t i s h weakness.", • This is assertion ; but" assertions ss ithout proof are entitled to very little attention. We have been ili •fo long I n the 'habit of seeing 13ruish • every ad of ,• e Government abuSed iu the Paper in question, whila it teems wito panegyrics upon the superior policy of BUONAPAATE, that we . • A• should hardly have noticed the above expression, if it old aot afford another proof - of a proposition which we have frequently advanced, viz. that this propeniity iu, attack often leads the Chronicle into uninten tional Censur e of its own friends. If it be true, that life present state of Sweden is the "result of British vveakoess," to whom is that weakness, altlibilt ble, to the prescint Ministers, or to their pie. 'leeessdrs ? If the whole North of Europe is be- Comdte e hostile to ui; from . what p er i o d are we to, (hilt. hostility ? In i sob, when the p re -, bent Opposition w ere in pow er ' , we were in close allwith Russia and Svveden, aria afterwards kith Prussia. Denmark was pettedly neutral, and the flay' Towns were free. bid the Ministers 01 that day make any effort to preserve a state of things so favourable to Great Britain ? Did they niske any effort to protect the North of, Europe (torn the power of .France. ? Did they assist their Allies in whatl‘vas then' Considered as . the last idruBgle fat illdtpeltliellCe. of the CUlllinent 1.--,-No ;, fhey remained quiet spedators of the contest,. What acqwas the consequence of this supineues'i? Wl 'h Franc e uired the sarne huperiority in t heNor Lir that she had acquiren the South of tif th e Europe's she beizatne mist ress coast of , the ILltic, 60111 Lubec to Dailizte. Sae üblaited the command of the Mouths of the hm,s, the Wes'er and the. Elbe. Prussia was ob literated from thelist of lowers' s Russia was con slated from ,a friend . to an enemy ; Denmaik was rt ill.lUell a alate.of helplessness, that the whole of !et naval force in,,st have fallen, without' a struggle' into the hands of Prance, if it had not been for the pTortipt and vigorous exettions of the present Minis igtirs. Such was the state ot tbe North of Europe when the late Adnnuistiation went our of lattice in tBo'7, and now when Sweden, insnlhtecl as she is, ii.urreddded by en.einies, and torn by intestine diyi 8, has fallen u ndeth e of B TAli,AuTft, r power uos Ure are told that it is the " natural vestalt of British wea4nessto," and that to by oPaper which protesses bo a want supporter of d rat Administration. On 'Wednesday Eirl limicotywr and Co lonel tisollow Walivil upon the Quen t , t , at Windsor C ole, to learo alien her Al A r cs'ry ss uulil be pleased in receive the Address voted to h et by tier "A:9 Houses, when he, i'vlOrorry was pleased to al5P°ll." yesterday at ono o'clock, In conseir.ience of wiliolt the Members deputed by the two Houses hatuent letitown yesterday morning about half -,eat of Par eight o'clock, and arrived at the Quuen's LoJge, Windsor, where the had prisate apartments pro vided for them, and , tler dressing in full mourning,. 41 the Conunittee of the two Houses, colisting 91. the Lad of liontoN, Chamberlain to tbilicoVicr, Master of the Hors Viscount the Queen, IN)l.34ettaTow, Lord Ccivrt„ and Lord Jon N TH Y N N ee-Chamberlain to th e , ing, proceeded to the Ca.stie about twelve O'cluek. At one o'clock they 2 c'w-re introduced ,to the ihesence of her Als.rEsTv C°l°net ihs4RoW, her ViCe-Chamberlain i and 4e Committee pinceeded to present their Address, which was tut, graciously r.ceived. The Com ttittmittee was afterwitids invited by her MAsEsT Y to ake of some refreshment. .At three o'c:lock the uepotations het' otY oil their return to London. !I'dEarl Gliel, arrived in town on Wednesday last, though too late to engog e in tho regency war• 'ate, it is not to lots doubted that Ins LordAip will !oett take an a6tive Tart . in the campaign. ~., B v a letter from Gibraltar, dated November 20, "u lear, what must be very consolatory to the I.riends a,nd relati 11:5,tdOring die Ves of the inhabitants of that place, photo occasioned by the late leter, as or ftvi et. deaths occurred than at any previous Period et the ye at. • Nethiog can be: more ridiculousand conical tan tt, ptible so i the zo.urefforts of the Cit magogues who hove .1,04,1ig been labouring inks upport of !It:publican tots, to.prevent all i eta; ictio ns on the funct imp, giesitally. Nor is, Ilre attempt leSs extraordinary i chair,` w ould be tp •find the 70 . ries contending fur l'c'.(icy. or the 111,,h.Chnrchrnen patronising 4lethodiin. ''' :11illiolv., An awkward compliment has been paid to the •te of gessit, in a,...,i, of the 1114)4 prints, i state that the King of SWEDEN, WllO was r ehtn ; ( / the tluone, expressed much pleasure at a :7,11 speech a hiS Royal Highness in thereat t.ords, though the Alonarch, it seems, after war • . • (1' signified his wish to le informed of its bleaning. 1,,'"4:1.11, only advantag,which BUORAPARTV. can ex rolo his Conscription oh Children, it) order to vtt4 *hat may he Styled Il iarine infantr, is, that onr generous tars may be toO human e to pour their v ve ~ 1, tip against such a host of childish crews. tiug t , , hist i t .:, A l t t ilan the bestruyer of Alen ,ants! of Linen.- il h , L I 11.0' diffictilt indeed to d o whether his rage hintiubeken tilos:. Crexted' against Inonvaciures or mon i,,. , u tl,t it is certain alai be 111iS Leen as seit6eles in ~tl',:).'i'lliy to the orie 'as rancorous towaids the ~--~,_ . I\TAVAL N"EW S, PORTSMOUT H , JA. 1 0:-.* Arrived. this day , bis Najesiy:s ship Echo; from the D o wn s .; and thellii iwri!ai DA CaSTA, from Gottenbiarg,h for.Oporto. this day Sailed .his Maiesly's ship ,Nrsian fur cruize, and Rapid fvr Guernsey, with a convoy. 0. W.......... 0 PLYMOUTH,.JAN. 9.—Arnved the Decay cutter, Lieut. Pitikattt;: from the Downs, blown out from thence during,a gale of wind; sm. the 30th ult. cruizing in , theChauriel, picked UP „.96 WO of cot ton-wool; wing of which Watt marked, W. HAMP TON, and is to he landed here. ; • The Har►izony IttiO Concord transports ,arrived here last night, with the If►ss of anchors and cables, both of winch were blown out of the Downs during a gale. Arrived the bicl and Haru, COATI!, from : Jekary. . A detachment of Dragoons is arrived here from Chichester, to. embark (or Purtugal. Sailed the Hope, WILPMAN, for Lisbon. DEAL, JA. io. —Arrived the &chirps and Ze phyt aloop of 'War from the Westward., LU C A' P UONAPA ANECDOTE. OF BRITISH SAI LORS. EXTRAVF OF .A LETTER Fltom AN OFFICER, DATED hiALTA, Nov. 7. " Ihidetention of LUCiEr4 BUONAPARTE in this country musthase'su r p r i se d you h) England. I hate Just parted...from Captain BARRiE, of the Polllo7le, who took him. He turnished the with many in lerestiog details of the transatlion ; Many 01 which have doubtless ere this reached' you ; but there is' one • anecdote so truly characteristic of a real British •Tar, that I Gel a pleaSute in re peatmg it, even should:you have alrrady learnt it ; for the trait is at once No noble and liberal in every point of view, that I am most anxious that • all the world should know our slilors to be as getii!rous as they arc brave: As. there 'had been some pro bability of the Pwrzone detaining the American ship he was in, soMe days, before it adtially happened, Captain BsurtiE, ma•:e it known to his Officers, that if such an event took phce, he should relinquish, his claim to any share of the property, and hoped they would do the same,, which they instantly concurred in. Capt. B. not wishing by his interference to overawe the ship's company, desired his first Lieutenant to state the case, and de mand their answer. A little hesitation of speech ensued, but none of mind ; at last one of the leading men, the Captain of the hold, perct)iving mine about to reply, stepped forward, and said," Voir will pleiise to tell, his Honour, that it is our opinion Alcotild,tiOl share fur any properly we don't tight :or." Afterward.), on their arrival at Luca LN seta a draft for 20u guineas to the ship's company, as an acknowledgment tor Ike tionbie they h id es perieueed on his account ; they deehiaed the outer ; when it was again presented with the s)gnat 'of Madatite.LUClEN BUoNAPARTE, as a greater induce ment, they returned it in a letter, a copy of which, I tear, has not been .kept. It began, " Dear A l lay- darn," and proceeded to .explain that the motives which prevented their acceptance did nut prticeed from any animosity, but from not considering them selves entitled to their bounty; that so tar ti 0:0 ha)ing any personal_ dislike eitherto him or his wife and children, they should always ysish them happi ness, and. be glad to drink their health in any Man ner they. thought proper. A plentiful supply of porter was then distributed to them, widcb pleased the " Jack Tars". much better than . the greArest riches LUCIRN 'cold have bestowed on them." POMRY. ON THE ASSISTANCE AFFORDED BY ENGLAND TO OTHER NATIONS, IN TUE CAUSE OF Lineßne. England, shielded by her laws, True to Freedom's righteous cause, Now the sword vindictive draws Fur others. On ev'ry shore that Ocean laves, . To BritonS, rulers of the waves, Ihey who scorn to rank as slaves, Are brothers. Fir'd by Valour's quenchlea EitiOlutt, conscious that her name shag ever shine with Lane, 10 story, Calls the trembling nations round, Rous'd from apathy profound, To Shaft!, thro' all the world renowli'd, Her gLiy. England 1 blest with liberty, Nations, Like thyself, to tree, This has been, and e'er shall be, I'hy charter. Dangers meet thy breast appal Should the foe the world craiii al, Thou the very last wilt Call-- A martyr. But, no I '—his pride shall soon abate ; The-tyrant's bloody thread, tho' late, TW impending shears of angry Fate Shalt sever. Yes! ---Nor think my words are vain, When joised by this prophetic stra'n -- 14 England's freedom shall remain 4 * kor ever I" 04. t, at*. , THE OREdT C 1,513 OF PROX4S. 'order to clear this ques.ion, we shall advert to an obje6lion whielfmsy be made from the Standing Order of the Lords; not to admit Proxiei iii judicial eaSeS..Apd it must be confessed, that the objettion' ha 's4orce, s.pposing the Peers e% er possessed the pri viieglt of making a Proxy lie- such a case. But the fad 0, they' never had' this privilege; for the privi legenf granting a ProXy is limited in the cases stated in a summons to Parliament Now the summonses ruti in varlotis form q; wt traciandem; . l : onsuliandem, consentiendm, but 'never ad Pidicandurs. When the Crown summons the I.urdi to Parliament, it never Ehmmons them in their judicial 'capacity, bPi mei.eiyaS hereditary counsellors ; but Whenever the Peers are once shinmoned by the Ciown, and assem bled, the judicial powers attach to them, of course, kvit bout any special recommend stion from the throne; and althon'gh it former times Lards have given judg ments by Proxy, yet, in latter times; it appearing that the privilege of granting Proxies could not ex. tend beyond the causes staled in the writ of sum mons, the extension of the power beyond those causes i. properly disallowed. AXe un‘krstand that the doctrine we have laid down as to Proxies is not disputed, when the King is not in a state of personal iticapacity, and wl*tt the Parliament it once regularly opened, and the causes for its meeting by Commission ; but :iliac in the present case, the right of acting by Proxy does not attach, because the Parliament is not tegulariy opened, and the Lords and • Conitnons act merely as Slates of the Realm. • ' Now, in'order to put an end to this silly objet— 'don, cVe beg leave to ask, whether, when the l'at liatnent i, regularly opened, they will not be equally the States a/ the Itealm, and nothing less, and nothing more ? Certainh the two tout are now acting as the tthites the.ifeillm, nod, as Lord GRENNILLE assorts, in his printedlqpeeeli, they are .the two re maining- &cinches of the Legistatare; and in that 6ip.teily. they nutst ;cunt till their privileges, or none; there can be no distinction, tto.tnedinitt. Does any man mean to aisert, that in the present suspension of the personal capacity of the KING, the two Houses of Parliament, called together by lawful Commission, and sitting under that Commis sion, have lost all their ancient and legitunate privi leges ? And it they have not lost thefts all,' We should W. happy know which are abolished, and which remain in force ?--The Lords certainly have not lost the privilege of protest, for they have used it %shit uncomMon licenSe. That privilege is nokex tinguished; we should then wish to know upon what principle any other privilege is extinguished, and why.the pc iviiege of acting by Proxy is abolish ed more than any other ? Let us tbr a moment advert to the concluia of the Commons. ]'hey, during the present - emergency, having voted themselves to be lawfully; fully , and freely reptesenting the• Third Estate; have confined Ur-mit-Ives to the issuing of Writs, in order to keep . their representation full and toilful; Whereas the • etY:ct of the new doctrirre about Proxies would dis franchise all the absent Members of the HuUSe of Lords, so that their representation at Last, could not be toll. And their Lordships- took• this measure at five o'clock in the mornitig,wittiout any previous no tice to the absent 11iPmbers, without any previous suns nuns of them, intimating their intentions; anti when a large proportion Of the absent Lords, con tiding in their ancient undisputed privileges, bad sent op• their proxies in the usual manner. It has been said, that (he House of Lords, on Friday last, was not acting as a branch of the Lt c lillature, but that it was acting as a body of Peers self'-assembled, without any of the tights or privilegi!s or the Peerage. But s hat wili the Commons say to this ductline I It the Iwo Houses are at present without privileges, be it re , . metnbered that' above Ibrty days have elapsed since the List prorogations, and the Bailiffs may attend tie lobbies and arrest , the Menthols; for if the . House el Cornmons does nut Sit at present as a branch of the Legislature, but in some new capacity, all their personal, as' svell as other O'iVileges are' gone, and the mace may be defied %vial impunity, and their persons imprisoned. We have too high a respect for Lord EaSKINR to suppose his Lordship could have used the argument put into his month by the Reporter for the Morni ng, einonicle. He is there said to have argued---" that " 1 4, 02 - les ought to be rejected, because, their ad mission might alter the determination made kg the Peers present." It would be au admirable ex , cu,e for a Sheriff, on tejetting a large clasit of voters, to allege it' was through fear it might alter the majority on the poll. . All the Officers of thy Royal Academy, who are annually - eletled, are to remain in the exercise of their duty till his MAJHSTY shall be able to con6rin the re-arpointments.—The vacaucies in the Acade tnic'body are however to be tilled np, as otherwise all the Aletnbets might sot:Willy be swept away by a suJden stroke of death. The new Member.i, course, must aho bra ewnlirtned 'in the nomination by tht: Royal sanction. Mr. WESTRACOTT, the ingenious Statuary, is mentioned among thuse who have lull minion to ex pect tit:nil - ley witi bu raised from the Assihime list at the Royal Academy to the rank of Academicians. We do not hear that the dramatic productions which the elder DIuDIN has presented to both' l'lleatres is in a train for . representation. Surely it would bu politic Mille Alatvigers to bring fOrw..:d the WiAks of so popular a wilier and musician, who stings and melodies are likely to be .chaunted by our Saltlierg h Sailors, attd patriotic Englisfirn et) , 116 long as Ilritotn preserves In 7 iuttependeoce and heir latlgt:vige. Nay, if we could suppose that our independence could ever he lust by 'a degenerate, posterity; our lattgo;rge' continues in exist ence, the'songs of Dian! be'always Ikartl tii ith pleasure, said keep alive 3 Strong expressiw: .4 the tree Et - q2,1;,11 chata7: . l:r: Ti me tst art - .1 - 4 , ernetiti at th,:: Op .r a it is ciej,:ived the Ditches, el Golfo of tier bitx—a ch ,. .,tristatit7e that wpl r ,- gri:tted by tuauy of 10.4 tr:k-,nti.t, 95 it Was \va) 5 the redi v n o f !!..eil.t , Jaiable Chi/ ckut. r ~ 9•, f Ic OLD... 8,..,i7LEY. . I ! , . estertli.}•Jo , 4lLiiiite way capitally, in.lith: 7 l for fr y ; lonlously,assaulting Benjamin:l'oll(lmq, pin t in•. hint in fear,,and taking from 1)14 'prr.on sgaitht It's will a silver WfliCl4, ititt:i:i chain, g.)1.1 seal, key, atia ring, on the liling'khighveay, in the month .of 947 cetn . ber last. From the, test:rpony of the prosecutor, who is servant . , to Alderinan Scln.ley, it appeared twit lie went intro the - Tink's 'Head public-house, in Dvo!t-, sleet, St. Giles,. on the d:. mentioned its th : et in diament, where he Sa* the prisoner amigo:iv atbit men drinking'; hai tiff; taken some tetteshmenf, he left the house, but bel;ao he got Out of ,the s;reet, he %VHS ovettoketi by the prisoner and t 4 ,70 o f th e other men he seen in ihe tap-roots; ‘vho knock:4 ed him doCtrd, ant took his watch from his fob. Qt: getting up, he called, Sii.p thief atid the pri•inv e r was apprehended by a Witch:nail, the plc iwity in his possession.—GOliy, Death. LfttiCENY. ganry iYilson wit* coavitted of SiC:iiitle piece; of gingham, value eleven vc , und-i, in the dwelling-house °ibis master, Richard Let'ett I.lrucik, a linen-draper. „ . RAPE. James ,Edward Ilynne stpod indi6ted for a ripe on Sarah. How, a pour country girl. IJp i att in ‘'estigation of the cireutypn.nic-Js,' winch, from (no , . fives of delicacy, we refrain • fforn detitiling, the conduct of the prosecutrix apveareci risprt hensible, and the prisoner ,was acq,iitted. Mr. ALLEY ' Counsel for the prisoner, declared his intention to prosecute the girl tor perjury, in the propriety of which proceeding the Court. ac quiesced. . . IOURNEYI4I4N PgINTERS. . • THE MN° V. dtlY wAttEICE, AND wir.l.lAlT WEItIT- W4RTH, Foit A kONsiJLRAcy. • - - Mr. ADOL.PiIe, on the part of the defendants, moved the Court, that the recognizances cd the de- fendants to appear attd be tried thi•se S!.smons, might be discharged, )(he protiecutors consenting thereto. Mr.. ALLEY, for the prosecution . , stated , that the' defendants, joined with niuleen others, stood in di6ted for a conspiracy against th, l'roprietors of T/& Times : that the otlrar defendant 4 had been all con-, vieled, , and were now suffering the sentence , o f the ' law : that the present defendants having evinced great contrition and a dare sense of their offence, the p ro . secutors were willing, with the consent of the. Court, that mercrshould be extended to then) : that the prosecutors were not actuated In the procecution' by resentment agaimt the individuals; but by a desire, to put a stop to an alarming and increasing evil, and' by she punishment of the convicted defendants, to exhibit an example to others ; than as they conceiv ed that example had been made, and they irop - eit would have the . proper effect, they did not wisb to press the case on the peseta defendants, and there- tore they consented to the recogbzances being so' respite& The 41 EcoapEtt sad, perfeOly t‘oricurred in the observation: tat bad falltai from the I.earned Conn.. sel, that the obj.-0 of all pookhnient 'was example and that the Co:irt, in awarding punishment, alwa} si relit for the individual, and lamented the necessity of indicting it. Still, however, the Court must and did feel, it owed a duty to the Public, and of which dot v . ' it could not lose sight. Conspiracies of this nattne were of a most baneful tendeacy, and of laid' had goon to a dreadful and pernicious extent. It was the duty of the Court to cited: 'such tiansactionS, and it would check them. rf ;he example already made of other defendants had not the desired efFe6t, the Court must a nd wou ld b e 'mon.; rind more vere.. In the present instance, however, as the defendants had taken warning from the, punishnutnt of the others, and, he hoped, would still be worthy members of society, and as the prosecutors concur red in their recognizances being respited, the Court consented to the motion. Lord CotrareNtti, whose sudden embarkation, for the Continent is a subject of ,general couverti tie!), is in lineal descent the must illustrious of the British Peerage. Lie is the I 7th in lineal succession Irorn,Elt.tGll CARTENLY, Earl of DEVONSIIIitn, and MAitGARST, his v. 11e, glitt)d-datighter of Epv ' VAiti) I. ,Al.l the 22d in dos, &Om lI4GINALD nu COL/ItTE4 NEI% who came into England with I - InuaY 11. There have been several .Kangs of Jerusalem in this family, as well as Latin Emperors. 'fbey deriv4 their original descent from PIIARANIOND, 'Fontlder of 'the French Monarchy, being descended from, Louts the Vlfit, K;(ig of France, sirnamtli Gras, and .hence this I.llllily are allied to th e bleed Royal et France. Otte of the Swiss Literati, of the name. s of Ber. nard Hermann, has announced a - large work, under the title of «The Grave of Cnpernicns," in which he propn,es deinunitrate that the earth is not planer, but the centre of the universe. It %till be iecolleeted tha►t a Lot►dcin barber, a few years since, litiplrt.d to the honour at exploding the Copernican' ur Ne►►toutau 'system, ti ELt) IstailtKtT, I This day's M.trket t, ul hot tk short supply of tilt ferent kinds of Cattle;. Beef, Mutton, Ve.:l, and Pork, were cheerer) and 'the trade in gener;ll was somewhat flat.--. The sales in the Hay Mar ket were not lively; Hay, Straw, and Clover, fetched.bttter prices than Monday's Mist ktt.--The undermention4 ed.priccs and numbers are correct statement:— To sink the otEil per stone or liar.. Beef 4s. od. to ss. Mutton 4s. ort ro SS. cll. deal Ss. c.d to 75. al. Pork 4s. lid. to 6s, od. Limb cs. Qd„ tit os. ad. beasts 670. Sheep 3too Calves do. Pigs 220, SMITHIIF.I.I) itAY..MARE.EI7. • , ilay si, oi. ?xi. to 9L. 9 s . o i l. s traw xi. calto 3i . ics. otl. Clover 61. I,s, otl. (.4 91. tot. od. _ . Con.N-EXCHANGR, JA'4l I.—Owing to the thaw: not being sufficient to vle.ir the Tlonnes tion, the Market continues nearly itt the Sall)r crate as in our Wedoesday's report; vessels not being yet able to unload, no-sales are made sufficint to ~x;.trt atit varitionfront our late named prim', hich aro agiiin considered own nil,; bitttt ki..ntr to,. 10 904, Seconds 8O to 1355.