The Sun. — London, England, 1811-02-19 00:00:00

WI erl 'e S r, Int t up, money extremely scarce, and trade in s condition of total stagnation. It i 3 sarcastically observed, that the paternal solicitude of NAPOLEON inclines him to relieve his new subjeas from the vicissitudes and anxieties of commercial speculation. Last night French Papers 'to the 13th instant arrived. We hare extracted from them an account of the state of their Army in Portugal, 'though rather of an old date, is still interesting, 'Oar Readers will see, by a reference to our Par litmeniary lotelli Nnce, •that questions were pro i)oted last night in the House of Louis by Lord hloitts, and in the *House of Commons by Mr: hNsot'cY, respecting the measure,ollich the Irish totem:tient have been under the necess'ty of adopt ing. The question proposed• was, whether Mini strt had taken the pleasure'of his Royal Highnesi the Regent upon the subject before they had recourse to the measure ? And the answer given by Lord LiveapooL and Mr PEIIOEVAL was; that they had' n° information whatever upon the subject. until . Thursday night, when the dispatches were re ceived fro., Ireland, and of Course the pleasure of his Royal Highness could not have been tak en , 101 , the subject ; they both also stated, that from the communicitions they had received 'fiqn Ireland, tlr-y f e lt t h e most perfect con fidence that the Irish Government, y in having re course to the moot t alluded to, exercised a sound and'wise discretion. It appears, therefore, that the assertio n tit the Morning aronicle of yesterday, that Mr. W. POLE went over to Ireland expressly f or the purpose of 1 proposing thi s measure* i s , lik e destitut e of its assertions respecting Ir e l an d, wholly " t tilute of foundation, The measure was not ih contemplation when that Gentleman left England, because at that tim e th e Catholic Committte had t 3 ssurued sub a shape as rendered it neces sary. Willi regard to the propriety of the con the of the lribh Government upon this occasion, I ve cannot believ e tha; there can exist two opi -11:14111' Of course, when we make that assertion, e ran st' be understood to a ll u d e t o t h e o pi n i ons o f the fa n' , tla base par t prriudi ce d community, y o f the . be- . thifo r t unatele for the country, there ar ea s et (14.:,1'" in it who, upon all occasions an d ' upon a ll are ready t o ma i nta i n any proposition that a u : l 3 ' a c 'nteeiv e 'n e st likely to embarrass Ministers, /Ph " '\nuld even ri4; .the safe:y ,of the country : the h () l , e driviom t hei r p o li t i ca l o ppo nents i , - n ` ° Power. If t h e ilonian Catholic Committee d co they first -- ,assembledif they lied contented them " with drawing up a Petition, the Irish Go vernit , f ered would not, e are cone inced, have inter for it It • them. But h av i ng per f orm ed the duty ..eu the i y met, th e y b egan to t a k e steps for ad fr oeasi ng . their num b er from 38 to -358;,bY no easi ng of tenlair M d embers front each .county in Ire who.were to be regularly eleeted; in a word, they wanted to constitute themselves' a permanent v . 7 Catholic Parliame n t. A n d it is fir re ti-ritln& a mea sure so fraught with the utmost an ger, that the Irish Government is loaded by the ep t ,„ • . 1 rtes "mon Writers with every species of abuse, and e ctiventloO Aa, passed under the 'auspices of Mr, Tr 1, • ITT and Lord GRENVILLE, designated a detest 7 f !, le A 6 of Parliament. We have reason to know u nit , t he sensible and loyal to put of the Roman Ca. I C' of • Irel an d hi ghly disapproved of the con ,-,tll of the Cum m i ttee. Mr. KEOGH, aMM. "r Of the Committee, strongly remonstrated agai nst the 'attempt to - Call a Convention, and 14(1)()s ed a Resolution, expressive of his senti ments upon that subject. Lord FRENCH, another the Committee that they were appointed for a spe elal purpose, which was so f ar accomp li s h e d , an d adde d , " 1)0 you mean to erect yourselves into a Perpetual Parliament 1" SuCh was the opinion en tertained of their intentions by one of their own bod y' a Roman Catholic Nobleman. Would not then the Irish Government have been most culpa ble ---would 0.7 not !mite been guilty of an unpar• donable violation of their duty, if they had Suffered ancl ' a plan to be carried into effect ? But it ' 8 the means which the Irish Government have s a ,, d 'Pled, whi c h excites the indignation of the vPPgsitinn writers. This is most singular. Go vertu pent want to prevent the assembling of an Ille ga l convention, and they are abused because the y enforce an Act of Parliament express ly testae to meet such a case ! ! We should be glad to know what other course they ought to have itd° P t ed ? But it is said that the Convection Act is an Obsol ete law ; which has been laid upon the shelf forseve nteen years. I t i s rat h er whimsical to hear the term obsolete a of paella pplied to s o ver y m o de rn an A ct rnentl but the assertion that it has been saictupon the. shelf is most absurd. No law can °Parate, unless it has something to . operate upon and If no ease Occurred which came within the put- View of that Ad, of course the At could not be enforced."' For a long time previous to the year 1794 no trial for 'High Treason occurred in this country, but was any body absurd enough to say that the law of Treason was an obsolete law, and that it was laid upon the shelf, because for a number of years no case had occurred in which it could be put in force ? The only two points for considera tion respelling the condo& of the Irish Govern ment are,--.ought that Government to have tolerat,, ed the tmeeting' of a Roman Catholic Convention, or Parliament, consisting of 358 Members, and if it ought not, is it blamable for having recourse to an Ad of Parliament , which was expressly made to meet the case ? Sunday, after his MAJESTY had given an audience to Mr. PEKCEVAL, he walked on' Windsor Terrace, accompanied by the Dukes of, YORK and CAM BRIDGE, attended by three of the Doctors. The - Royal Dukes attemards left \Vind-or for Lohdon. One of the grounds at thAnplaint against this • country, by America, has been removed by the ap paintment at an Envoy „Lx.i. , ,Aur4ivary a,id Munstet Pietopotentim‘ to 11141 cou:ltry. Mr. PINCKNEY Will ut course reniaia hew. The lett,is by the- . Fairiie Easi Indianian, from Bengal, arrived at Porstirouili, state, that it was ttie intenti4 , ll of Lord MINT() to return to England in a short time, and I..at hits Lordship %% quid take his pass,age to the illweste. Sir G. H. 8Atu.0.4. was ()awed as'his provistonal suaessor to the Go- The packet from the Brazils brings letters to the. 16t11 of December, which to not comniunicate any intelligence of iinnortance. Admiral DE COURCY had returned to Rio. Janeiro, having settled every thing amicably with 'be Simniarcig ielative to atrairs in the River Plate. The Portuguese . Minister ARANJi), who accompanied - the PRINCE REGENT to the Brazils, died in November lagt. _ . There was 'a meeting al Hertford on Saturday l a st, when, on the moliun of Mr. HALR,ititl. it was agried to pet.tion tie House of Commons in favour at Reform. Mr. BRAND ant Sir .1011 N SHABRIGHT spoke on the occasion. The following pas,age in the speeCh of the latter Gentleman was much ap plauded : " was a friend to a mild, tem perate, and well-timed Retiirm ; but he was the determiiitd enemy of those wild, fantastic, imprac ticable speculations, introduced by weak theorists.ur wicked men—(louduppluuse—)men who would de rimy what they coul.i never improve, and pull down the Constitution under pretence of repairing (Loud cheers). Tug THEATRE.—After the excellent old Comedy °lP:very Man' in his humour, last night, the Ro mance of Blue Beal d was brought forward, for the firit time, at Cowcit-Gardn Theatre, with a &Try, of magnificeoce far exceeding even that whici marked its original appearance at Drury-Lane The atre. The s , :enery was rich and beautitnl, and the general ariangene:nt of oiarclics, dances, &c, &c. proved that every ,pos•ibie exertion, had been made to gratify the public with a splendid spectacle. addition to former circumstances which -charamr ised this piece, the action was improved by a strik ing and very ieitresung display of cavalry. Indeed it is not possible in conceive, without ;retrial obser vation, the potters; exhibited by the - horses, and, except in places devoted .to equestrian spectacles, nothing equal in ded has ever been seen .on the London Stage......BARRYMORE was hoarse, but he gave strong effeet to the cart of Blue-Beard. Mrs. C. KEMBLE , resumed the part or :Irene, which she supported .admirably ; and Miss Bot.ToN was very interesting in Fatima. FAWcETT was sufficiently whimsical in Shacabac ; ate.' the chara&ers in ge• neral were well supported, The house sr. as crowded at an early hour, and prodigious as must be the ex pence attending the revival of this Romance, it is brought forward in so very ewer:lite a manner, that the Proprietors are likely' to be amply indem nified by publit curiosity. ROYAL ACADEMY.—Mr. Pl./M1:64, the Professor on Sculpture, gave the firm of his Series of Leottnes on that At t last night. He took a general review of Sculpture trout the first appearances of the • Art in the various nations of the world, and afterwards principally directed his inquiries to its origin and progress in this country. In the course of his Lec ture he exhibited some drawings and casts taken froth remains of ancient sculpture in 'some - of the venerable strudures of this come ry, an! which 'ex hibited .more taste than co tki be'eXpeCted . at 'so early a period. The 'Professor paid a very liberal tiibute to the talents of The late Mr. BANKS, and exhibited a beautiful cast of a Basso ltclievo, on the subjet of Achilles mourning the loss of Thfseis, a composition highly honourable to the genius of that artist. Tile Discourse was charaderised through out by learning, taste, and a truly liberal spirit, ex pressed in coned arid elegant language, and vi as delivered with modest firmness and unaffected silty. plicity. The room was attended by almost the whole of the Academic Body, and a vary numerous AraM of visitors, a proper compliment to the ac knowledged skill and merited reputation of the in genious Professor.' BaEsn.---To-day there being no Court of Alder meN the Lova Mayott ordered . the present prices to continue, viz. 141 d. the 'Qartern Loaf. Lieut.-Colonel CAMPBELL, Who was killed at the. Isle of France, in the attack on Port Louis, on the 3 tst December last, cot atiuding the flank com pani• s iu advance of our army, sv as son to Cols Du N• CAN CAMPBELL, Killichloban, Argyleshire, and uuliz brother toiVlajor A. ARGLE CAMPBELL, of the -it'd regiment; whose honourable and glot ions career. closed with Sir JOHN Mooka's campaign in 1809. — Lieutenant-Colonel CAMPBELL was on his return to Europe, after serving his KING and country in India for upwards of twenty yews, where his talents and merit obtained and secured for him situations of high - trust and respeetabilify, and his amiable qua lities the highest regard and esteem of all who knew NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 111.*—His Majesty's ship Ame thyst that drove ashore on the rocks near Mount Batten, during a heavy gale of wind on Thursday night, is bilge) and full of water, the greater part of her stores it is expected : will be saved ; no cor rea account of the loss 11.3 yet been obtained, but it is reported that not many of the Amethyst's crew have perished. • This morning his Majesty's frigate Frafichise, with about 16 sail of outward-bound merchantmen, appeared off this Port from . Torbay,' ,but the wind blowing strong from tLe soqthward, has obliged them to put in here; his Majesty's ship 4frica is also off this Port, and it is expeCted will come in here. The fleet under the command of ,Sir JOSEPH YORKE, bound to Lisbon, passed by this Port from Torbay last night. Arrived the brig Armada, from Falmouth, with a cargo of pilchards; and the ship Sarah, in ballast, both bound to the West Indies, put in here for con- His Majesty's ship Defence, of 74 guns, takes convoy 10 the Downs, and will sail w-nwirow morning. FALMOUTU, FRB. 16.—Sailed thii dly the Nil ford extra East Indic ship Capt:iii LEARMON?H, for Bengal and China ; the ship Si , Ciudfl ey GIBBONS. Jaartici ; the Dart, PATTERSON, for Cer coa ; the Duke of Clarence, JOHNS, tor Lisbon; the Neptune, PHILLIPS, for Scilly ; the Duke of Kent packet, CROSBY, with Mails !or the Leeward Islands; and the Ann, BRITTON, with Mails for New York ; •she also carries out, a Messenger and dispatches.. .Ilernain in Carrick Roads hiS Maiesty's ships a. fylla and Jasper, .havht the West India, Mediter ranean and Portagdl convoy signals flying ; the packets fur Lisbon and Jamaica are expe6ted to sail o-morrow. DEAL, FEB. 18.—Ariited his 'Majesty's ship De , fiance from Portsmouth. PORTSIIOUTIF, Fria 18.—Arrived the Sprightly from a cruize ; anti the Desperate from ihe Downs. S:tilcd the Saridtr:ch with a convoy fiirGtierni.ey, and the Mahe on a eruize. EAST INDIA SNIPPING The colmtry slip arrived it ,PlyraDoth he 15111 instant, Sailed St. Lit4ena .the IBth December The ships Euphrates and Alexanler had arrived at IVladras, the former on . ' he iQI h September. The ships Phizenix, David Scoit, Preston, and So vereign, arrived at Madras the egth Angt;st. • The Larkins, outward-bound, was all well on the ,ged July, in lat. t 1. 51. N. long. 25. es. W. • The Hugh Inglis, Tigris, Huddart, and North um berlLnd, sailed !runt Madras and Bengal on the 21st July. . The Tigris and Ann (Botany Bay - ships) were loaded, 'and were to sail from Bengal for England in October. BRITISH INSTITUTION. In conformity to 'our promise we resume our no tice of this Institution, convinced as we are that it has been greatly instiumental, not only in thele neral improvement of the Arts, but in bringing forth juvenile talents that will hereafter be Orna mental to their country. First, however, 'we find it necessary to correct an error which ,we fell ioto on Tuesday list, in stating the premiums for nest year, instead of those for the • present. The pre miums for. the present year, on the subjeas which we before stated, are 200, too, and .50 guineas, ac cording to their adjudged portion of merit. We understand also that we were wrong in stating that the adjudication had already taken Owe.. It is pro per.to add, that the Artists who gain the premiums, retain their property in their pidtures, and that' they are permitted to place those pictures ler sale in the , Gallery, it their merit should nvt hive secured them private purchasers. Mid now we shall say a few words respecting some of the works of the present year. We have alrrady noticed HILTON'S "Entombing, of Christ," which is a produCtien ability ; and we twist again draw the attention of the amateurs tQ CULLINSII " Young Fifer," and " Tempting Moment.". The cunning wantonness and waggeri of b r are well charaalerizod is theSe works, and they are•Ftinted 'with great neatness and beauty. Both of these Artists, we understand, are very young men. , DAINE'S picture of the " Negro and Buffalo," though well executed, is by no means so creditable to his taste and imagination as his" Andromache and Ulysses," and it i 4 lobe hoped that he will chiefly direct his powers to subje:its of a poetical and historical description. v nots has, tio.menns been so succe s sful in his " Romeeand ; Juliet" as he was in his Dentotur," which pro cured hint the first prize of last year. We must again mention the two small pictures of " - Loch Caturin," by furies, not only as the scenery rendered interesting by, .the poetry of WALTk.ii SCOTT, but as they display great,taste. The tncli.~it light scene hag swine touches in the style of WU- son, and both et and us comjunion rxliibithaturo k% it() grace and truth, and excite a sentiment ut plealtlg solemnity in the spectator. We hope the several Artists will exert themielves more for ho nour than the prizes ; for if they do not advance, they will assuredly recede and sink into dull ^ and hopeless niediocrity. Ai ERICA N CO ArCRES,(:, SENATE, DEC. 31. The Senate rewriter! the consideration of the r i , xtending the laws now in force in Orleans territory to the Perdido, 8.7 c. Mr. PicKERO4O cotnnieneed a speech, in which he proceeded about an _11. , 13r; wben be read, as an evidence in support of his argument against the ii , le of the United States IQ Louisiana or Florida between the Mississippi 4114 Perdido, a ,leitt:r from Charles Maurice Talieyrand, the French Minister for Fo.. .rein Affairs, dated the gist of Dec. 1804, to Gen. Armstrong,. cur• Minister at Paris, on the subject of certain overtures which had been made by otir-Mi nisters in Spain, for the aid of France, in piocnriliz a cession to the United. States of one or both Fii,ti das. The purport of Talleyrand's letter appeared to be, a denial that the United, States had acquired, by' the. treaty of 1803, anyvitle to Lonisiana east of the Mississippi, or some statement to that etlea.— When Mr. PICK ERI NO had concluded - the readitig of this letter— Mr. Smmt (Md.) said, he wished to inquire wile , . her the paper, which the Gentleman had just resod,. • lad ever been publicly communicated to the Semit e ?. Mr. PICKKIUNG saki it had been couununicatedi not indeed as a ptiblie paper—but for what reason had it beep communicated confhlentially ? Because by a publication of it at the time, injure might hate been done to our Minister's nr our aa,rs ahrtiad.— There was, however, now no r(-ason why the v.4hOle truth should nut be known. They weie about tak. ing a step which was one of peace or War, and it Was iMpOr3lll that every thing in ratiio:► to thi:t sub_ jet %hoold b disulostd. Mr. SMITH ( NL) said, that whenever 'papers were communicated to the Senate coniidvondlly, bet Ore they could be read publiey in this body or any other, it was necessary that the permission of the Senate shOuld be obtained; which, no doubt, if aSked in this case, would have been granted. But if ihig proceeding were pertnitted to pa<s tincotired, a n y individual might have, the power to do the grratlit injury to the nation, as his lionione tnzht thin* - .him. He apprehended the proceeding w.is a ion g. ; but Gentlemen older in the Senate than he wt+si , could perhaps better decide.. On the suggestion of a Member, the galleries ware cleared. 'The Senate sat with *dosed doors for au hour. Mr. CLAY submittedi',-the following res9hri o n, which lies on the iablecf course: " Resolved,—That the public perusal in the Se nate of certain parrs, with open galleries, by th e Gentleman from Massachnsets (Mr. Pickering) in his s..,at, without. Special order et the. Senate, re moving, the injunction orsecreey, which papers hlvd been confidentially communicated to the &mat t , by th e ,presidebl ot the United States, was it payable ot the rules of this body." The. Senate then adjourned to Wednesday. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. • • MONDAY,. FHB, 18. Thi4 dly - the Sessions for the Cc•unty commenced at t h e Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-gf ken , before W. MAINWARING, E q. Chairman, and a full Brncli of Magi‘tiates. no;las Baker, a duatman,. was inc led for an assault. The.prosecutor a person of respectability, stated, that he had cuntrotted with the - Commis sioners of Mary-k-bone . parish for- the exclusive privilege of collecting the cinders, ashes, and dust, made by the inhabitants, .for which privilege he Old the enormous sum of 1500 i. annually ; in or der to enable him to return the money so paid, he said he was obliged to .keep a good look out that there were no trespassers- upon his domain ; and in the course of hi, walks he eiscovered the defandAt conveying .away dust ; he immediately cautioned the defendant to desist, and to induce him to du • so, • informed. him: who he was; but instead of corn phring, the defendant assaulted and beat him in a most violent manner. The Jury found him guilty, and the Court sentenced him to be inviiioned three months in , the House of Corrcaion, bath-fields. LONDON SESSIONS. Yesterday the Guiidiiall Sessions were . opened be, fore the Lord Mayor. The ..only trial which ern. ployed the Jury was that of Itiur men, Edward Sad ler, Jonathan !Ind, Edward William,. and, Jam's Wood,inditted for appearing in a riot in Stnitlifield, and insulting the officers in thev duty: Several pa. .troles and watchmen proved the prisoners aprear-• once in Smithfield, at the heal cf. a gr . eat many others, at f nir in the morning on the Hi b 1 1 ), cum . her, hurling defiance at the police, and th',retitening any one tAho would dare to attack them, ' were all convitted, antl.the first three were .sentenc ed to one year's imprisonnient in Nesvgate, And Wood, who scemed not, quite so hardened as the to six months imprisonment iii G atspur. street Compter. The prisoner Sadler, wA, upon a second indictment, fur assaulting Johl Mar tip, in Smithfield, and sentenced to six luoirtHs fur• Cher inrisonment. The prisoners, .on quitting,the Court ,condutSted themselves in the most cr manner. Wild thrc.4.:ned one of the nil nt-ses with vengeance; and the prisoner Sadler, in p wising his prosecutor Martin, btruck him a violent 1 :)w in the face. They were both immediately called' hack,. and Wild ordered, in addition to his ioro“,e set)- , tvtice, to find security tin his future etiodnet ;;. and Sadler to be again inditted for the assault at the expellee. Yesterday a Coroner's Inquest was held at ti t Featlors, I/ion-street, Westminster, br.ttore AN* GELL, Esq. on the body of a ptll,oll fOulifl in the Thames on Sunday list. near •Wevoliitts'er Bridge. lip.,n investigation, It appeared the per. sOn's name was J. R. BattOa, and that be bad lai.l there eight or ten days. The Jury re4uttied a yec ditt--k'ound drowned. COAL. MARKET, I. ..ZaRIIARY (R. Ships at Marker. ships soh!. erice. ISA NiZtVrilutit: . • • J3O • 475. od. to 575, od„ 3i Siswierkind 6 211 • 4b5. od. tO SOS. Od. CUIM • • I • Sib. att. cu t 1,4