The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-06 00:00:00

IRISH POST ROAD BILL

Mr. FOSTER said he hoped there would be no oh-
jeetion to the Irish Post Road Amendment Bill.being
read a second time to-day ; and he would leave it to
the Right Hon. Baronet to fis. the day when it
should go into a Committee.

Sir J. NEwrowr said it was the wish of His Ma-
jesty's Government to have the opinions of many
Gentlemen in Leland on this subjea. He bad sent
a Copy of the Bill
_to Ireland, with a request of an
answer as speedily as possible; He thought, there-
fore, Monday S'nnight the, Bill mightbe committed.
Mr. M`NAGHTEN thought Monday se'nnight
would be too long, and hoped a shorter day would
be fixed.

Mi.,• FOSTER proposed, that this day sennight
should be fixed, under a confidenbe, that if the an-
swers from Ireland did not arrive time enough to
receive due corisiderati.on before that day, that it
should be postponed to Monday se'nnight.
• Sir J. NEWPORT said, that under such a confi-
dence he had no ob;eaion, The Dill was then read.

a seeend time, and ordered to be eorriluirt,-.lon.
'day se'nuight.
Mr. Hositousg said, it would have been his,
wish to have moved the second reading of the Na-
bOb of Arcot's
_Bill this day - but as several Gentle-
men, -for whose opinions he had the highest re.
sped, add who wished to he present, could not now
'attend, and as he was desirous the Bill should have
the most ample discussion, he would, with the leave
of . the
,House, postpone the second reading to this
,day se'nnight ; which was accordingly ordered.
The Committees on the Excise Office, Stamp ,
Office, and Post Office Regulation Bills, were sere.
rally postponed to Monday:-..-Adjourned.

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THE SUN.

SULAM QUIS DICERS, FALsUM AUDEAT?

L 0 N D 0 N,

FRIDAY, JT.-E, 6, 1806.

,WE last night received Paris and Dutch Papers;
the form'er to the'2eth ult. and the latter, to the Ist
inst. from which We have made very copious ex,-
tra6ls. .The intelligence from Germany, though, as
usual,, of a contradiaory nature, tends to confirm
the opinion we have frequently expressed, that not-
withstanding the evacuation of Cataro by the Ras-
sians, the French Troops will not re-cross the Rhine
until BoistAP4aTe shall have completed the changes
which he has projeEted 'in the Gentian Empire.
The accounts from Italy represent, the people of
Naples as highly delighted with their new Sove...
reign ; but he has nevertheless found it expe-
dient to send of several hundred. persons from
Naples to
,Piedment. We are sorry, however, to
find several of the ancient Neapolitan Nobility, and
some of them of the highest rank, have consented
to accept places under King Joseph. The Siege of
Gaeta still, continues, and even the French Papers
are compelled to acknowledge the bravery of
the gallant Prince of HESSE
.-PhILIPSTHAL.••••••:
The Dutch Papers do not contain a 'single syllable
• with respe& to the change in the Government ;
but private Letters which have been- received
fully confirm the details which we laid before
our Readers a few 'days ago respe&ing the New
Constitution. - A Letter from Amsterdam states,
that the British Squadron - on -the Dutch Coast has
been lately reinforced, •notwithstanding which, Ad-
miral. KIKKERT, who has a,respe6.lable force under
his command, ao-tualcy manoeuvres his Squadron al-
most within sight of the Enemy.,

The Moniteur contains an official account of the
Mtion between the Pallas, Capt. Lord COCHRANE,
and the Minerva French Frigate, tran§mitted by M.
•ALLEMA ND, the Commander of the Rochefort Squa-
dron. M. ALLENAND represents the .iletion to have
been decidedly in favour of the Minerva. He says,
the Pallas was obliged to sheer off, and very 'whim-
sically accounts for the Minerva not pursuing her by
saying, she had lost her anchor.

Ac3miral Sir 3. B. WARREN has sailed with the
Squadron under his command from Portsmouth ; it
Consists of six Sail of the Line, a Frigate, and three
Brigs. It- is supposed that he is destined for the
'West Indies, in consequence of intelligence having
been received that JERCILWE BONAiARTE'S Squadron
had. made its appearance in, that quarter. , This,
however, is mere niatter of corijeCture:

Asiit has been intimated In some of the Public
Prints that the expedition of General MIRANDA was
undertaken with the knowledge, concurrence, and
assistance of the British Government, it is proper to
state, that eve have reason to believe Admiral Cocx-
AANE,- before he sent, home for instructions ilm;kl4
manner to act upon the occasion, had written to MI..
RANDA, regllCSlllig to know if he had any sanction
from Great Britain or her Allies,. offering, in case
MIRANDA produced any satisfa&ory proof of such a
sanaion, to co-operate with him, and lend effetaual
support to his proceedings. IVIIRANDA had given no
answer ; and as the case was delicate and difficult,
the Admiral very properly thOught that it did not
become him to interfere without full authority and
direCtion from his superiors at home. We do. not
enter into the question of the policy or propriety of
any co-operation on our part in an affair of this kind,
but rnerely3tate what we conceive to be the fa& in con-
tradi&ion to the reports which indirectly charge Go-
vernment having promoted, If-not instigated, MI,

BANDA tolindertake the Exped:tion. At the same time
we repeat, that, if it should succeed, great commercial
advantages might be opened to this 'Country. Be-
sides, considering the entire devotion of Spain to

France, it is our interest and indeed duty. to annoy
lier as much as we can. Nor would such a mea-

sure, in the present instance, want a .strong justi-
ication on the score of humanity; as the people who
are likely, by this extraordinary enterprizei to be
routed into a subversion of /the Spanish yoke, are
held in the. most deplorable state of bondage and'

Butweicppw
,that the. people in that qu3r-,
ter have long been in expeaation of MIRANDA, and-
notiong ago signified that if htt-did not soon come
to their assistance; they Woidd .exert their own
strength and endeavour to throw off the Oppressive
Government of Spain.
The last diSpatches from
,Admiral .COCIIRANE are
dated the 18th, of April; and they state, that h7l-
RANDS, after securing St. Xlarguerita, had obtained
possession of Barcelona; and, what is of still more
importance, of Cumana.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, HIS MAJESTY held .a
Chapter of the Order of the Bath, at the Queen's
Palace, for the purpose of electing Admiral Earl
NORTHESK a Knight Companion, and investing,
him with a• Red Ribband. There were present, be-
sides. the SOVEREIGN, the following Knights, in
their full robes :
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Lords Henry Hutch-
inson, De hlaquiere. an.l Keith ; Sirs loseph Banks, A lured
Clarke, [An Colpoys, I'. Trigge, J. T. Duckworth, David
Dunchs, and John Moore Dr. Vincent, the Dean of West-
minster, the Dean of the Order • Mr. Francis Townsend,
Deputy Bath King at Arms ; Sir Isaac Heard, Gent. Usher
of the Scarlet Rod and Brunswick Herald.
After the usual ceremony of openinc, the Chapter
• by the Dean, the Knights delivered to le Dean their
approbation,. in writing, of their approval of the Earl
NORTHESK being elected a Member of the Noble-Or-
der, when he was introduced by the Deputy Bath
King at Arms, and; kneeling on a cushion betbre his
MAJESTY, he was pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood_ upon him, and afterwards put a Red
Ribband over iris tight shoulder,, and 'athwart his
breast and back, under his left atm. The Deputy
Bath King at Arms then administered the usual
oaths to the Noble Earl.
After 'the Chapter His MAJESTY held a private.
'Levee, which was attended by
The Archbishop of Canterb 'ry, the Laid Chancellor, the.
Lord Chief I ustice of the Court of king's Bench, the three
Secretaries ot State, the ,First Lord of the Admiralty, the
,President of the Council, the Lord Chamberlain; the Recur.:
,der of London, Earls Aylesiord, Carnarven, Moira, North-
esk, and ‘Vinclitlsea, Ger.eials Hope, Woodstock, Vyse, and
Frazer,. Sir J,?lin Doyle, Sir John Moore, and Sir Thomas
Trigee.
The following presentations took place:
. General Sir John Moore, on his being appointed. to the
command of the British Troops Sicily.
General Ht,pe, on his being appointed to a command in the
Cape of Good Hope.
. Lieutenant-General Sir John Dnyle, by. Earl Moira, on his
being appointed to a M ',slim at Denmark. .
Lieutenant-General Sir C. Ross, on his appointment to the '
command of the 85th Itegimet4, kissed the -King's-hand.
Generals Vysc, Frazer, and Woodstock, on their being
appointed to commands in Italy.
After the Levee His MAJESTY held a -Privy Coun-
cil, to.receive the RECORDER of London's Report of
the Convicts under sentence of death in Newgate.—
The RECORDER attended accordingly, and made his
report of the twelve Prisoners capitally conviccted at
the last Sessions but one in the Old Bailey, when
Bevan and Hemmings, for extorting money from Mr.
ORD ; Walker, Dodds, and -.George Calder, for for-
gery, were ordered for execution. The RECORDER
was .prepared to make his Report of the last Ses-
sions, at which there was only one capitally convi&-
ed, viz. Robertson, for unnatural practices ; but the
Council.:clid not call,for his Report.
After the Council His MAJESTY gave audiences to
Mr. Fox and Mr. WINDHAn.
Yesterday the DUKE of CUMBERLAND completed
his 35th year:
The Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES is imaisposed
with the pooping-cough..
Yesterday the five PRINCESSES paid Her Royal
Highvns a morning visit, and likewise honoured
Lady CH;.RLOTTE FINCH with a visit, at her apart-
ments in St. Tames's Palace.
Yesterday the Du CHESS Of YORK visited HER MA- i
JESTY and the PRINvESSES.

The Cartel which arr,,ed from France, brought
over Lord ELGIN, Lord Y/.l(Motrrx, Col. ABER-
cnomny, Mr. EADES, and set cid other persons of
distinaion, who have so long and 10 unjustly been
detained at Verdun. Lord ELGIN arrrted yesterday
at Mr. NESBITT'S house in Portman-squai.:.

- .
Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH wore on Wednesday, at
Court, a• magnificent gold.embpssed sword and belt
of great value, a present from the Island of Jamaica
to that gallant, Officer.' It-is of the Most exquisite
workmanship. The pommel is a fine lion's head,
very properly emblematic of Courage and For titude.i.
out of his mouth is seen a snake, representing wis-
dom,"beautifully curved, forming the bow ; on one
side of the gripe are the arms of Jamaica, and on
the other, those of the worthy Baronet, with suitable
ti''phies, B,:c. The scabbird is ornamented, instead
of rines, uith tvh) alligators or crocodiles (being the
crest of the Island), bind witligold beads from one
end to the other; at the top is a fine figure of Nep-,
tune in a 'medallion, surrounded by rich naval tro-
phies ; down,. the scabbard 'on each side, are other
naval emblems executed in a superior style on blue
velvet, and at the centre, .a medallion representing
Commerce, with a.cornucopia in one hand, and in
the other a crown of laurels, which- she is offering
to the British Navy, for the proteaion it afforded
the Island of Jamaica. The whole forms the finest •
piece of workmanship ever seen in this Country.
'Wednesday His Royal Highneis the Duke of CLA--
BENCE gave a Grand Dinner to the Prince of WALES
and a numerous Party, in honour-of his RoYA-t.
PATH4it's Birth-Day. The capital. Sturgeon pre-
sented to His MAJESTY on 'Tuesday by the LORD
MAYOR, was cooked at the kitchen belonging to the
Palace, and served up on the occision.
The following Corps of Volunteers •were out on
W.'ednesday, in their several Districts, to fire a Feu de
Joye in honour of His MAJESTY'S Birth-day :—The
Hon. Artillery Company; at their own ground: The
Bth, 9th, 14th, and 11th Regiments 'of Loral.Lon-
don Volunteers, in Moorfields. The Loyal South-
wark and Ist Surrey Regiments, at the Montpelier
Ground. The Lambeth and Christchurch, the
Loyal Whiteehapcl, the 2d Tower Hamlet Volun-
teers, with the East India Brigade, the CuStoms,
Excise, and West India Dock CorpS, at their seve-
ral grounds,4from which they returned soon after
one o'clock, on account of the heavy rain that fell
at that time.

Wednesday, according to annual custom, two bar-
rqls of beer were given at the Admiralty to the po-
pulace,. to drink His MAJESTY'S