The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-28 00:00:00

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`, We are indebted to a•'very respeaable'Correspon.
tent for the following Account of a Charaelei „.hose
4mily once made a conspicuous figure in 144- coun-
try: •

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liENRY BENEDICT MIMI QLEUENS; 'second ion
of '.la,sszs SruAnr, known .by; she name
14' Pretender," and of MAttrA CSANtiorrtsiit
stEsKr, 'was born at Rome, the 2rsth of March,
1723, where he almost constantly resided till .to-
wards the close of 174.5, whheu he .went. to France
to put himself at the head of L5;000 men, aSsem.
tiled in and about Dim kirk, under the command of
the Duke of •liscstzurty, • by. order of tri?.y.ts
(V. With this army HENRY'. was :to have,
taticied in England; 'in suppOrt of his brother
CHARI4;s. Bot though preparations were made
for embarking ,these troops, though once part
did ailually embark, not a single tranSport left Dun-
k•
irk Road, and HENRY PeCeiyipg intelligence of the.
issue of the battle of Culloden, returned to Rome,
where, much to the displeasure of his brother and the
friends of his family, he took orders, and in 1747,
was made .Cardinal, by Pope BENEDICT XIV. and
afterwards Bishop of FrasCati, and Chancellor of the
Church of St. Peter.

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From that time Cardinal YORK, the name he as-
sumed on his promotion; devoted himself to the
funtilOns of his Ministry, and seemed to have laid
;side all worldly
,views, till his father's death in
' 178 S, when he had,medals struck, bearing' ontheiK
faCe his head, with " HiNRICUS-NONQSA;iOI..4.IE,
ILEX," on the reverse, a•City, with " GRATIA DEr
NON VOLUNTATE JIOAIINVM." If. we. are not

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misinformed the King has one of these
Cardinal You: had two rich livings ill FLipcc,
the Abbeys of An thin and St. Amand, and a con-

Siderable pension from the Court at Spain, ail of

which he lost by the Revolution. In order to assist
dope Pats VI. in Making up the sunk required by
B.ONAR:IIiTt in 1796,
,the Cardinal 'disposed of all
the family jewels, and, among otheis, Of a ruby,,
~die largest and most perfe& known, valued at fifty
thousand pr unds..Ne thus deprived himself ofthe last

=teams ()lan independent subsistence, and was reduced

to great distress on 'the expulsion of Pius VI. and
bis Quart from Rollie. Cardinal liottGiA, who
.had
been acquainted with 'Sir JonicliztoPisLay Caxat
in Italy, represented to him, by leueri Cardinal
*Yints.'s coo. Sir Joilsi conveyed this letter to ;Mr.

STUART). .SO well known by Ins letters to Lord
istimitssatui the .botinLas Cansey and his
tpeilLatoicai iliStory of the, STUALIT
.Mr,
STUART drew up a Igethortal, which ILlr. DUNDAS
(HOW 1.,041 '..116.t.V1L.1,14) presented to His .'MAJESTY,
who granted, immediately toWrCittlat YORK a yearly,.
pension of 40001. "Thus ended, at the age of 82
years and some months, the last, in a dire
line, of the of . STUART. With-
.041, meaning to detract in the leait from the
high merit of the Itoyal bounty, it may be
stated that Cardinal YORK had some claitu' ou
the generosity, perhaps pn the justice, of this
Country. An Aa of Parliament, still unrepertled,
had settled onJAstes the'econd's Queen, ~•\lkihot,
ESTB, the Cardinal's Grandmother, a jointure:of fifty
thousand: pound,. While the Treaty of Byswick
was . depending, it .was strongly contended, on the
part of the trench Negotiators, in the name of
that. Princess, that her. husband having been de-
prived, by an Mt of the English .Legislature,
of al.l/ his right as King, and being consequent-:
45. as Ling, dead in law, she WaS• as much en'
, titled to her dowry, from the day quit event took
place, as if her husband had been !naturally dead.
4,...The English Negotiators considered the point
as too delicate for their ' interference, and del
sired it might be referred to KING WILLtAst per-.
sonany, lite proposal was assented to, and.hlarshal
DOUPIPLERS bad an interview with WILLIAM on'the
SUbjea. WILLIAM did not deny the justice of the
claim,. and An BOVVFLERS expressing a wish that the
concession of the jointure might be con6rtned by at:
least a,secret article of the Treaty, WILLIAM said,
" What ! Marshalo, will not my word satisfy you
lovPri.see bowecrargi parted, in the full persuasion
that he had obtained sufficient security. But on the
Rrst demand of payment, 'WILLIAM insisted that the
concession had been made upon a condition which
had not been Performed ; 'while BOUFFLBRS main-
'Mined the concession to have been unconditional.
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JAMES 11. died in 1701, his widow in .1718. '.No
attempt was made by her heirs' at laW to recover die
arrears of the jointure till 1786, when CHARLES) the
eldest of her grandsons, though he would not ad
himself, empowered his natural daughter by Miss
WALKINSHAW, toad in. his name for that purpose.
'A
case was made out, stating, the nature and
grounds of claim. Louis XVI. by a Petitioe, ;z hide
VERGENNES presented, was entreated to reedinmend
it, through his Ambassador at . London, to the•nt-
tention of the King of Great Britain. Lotus
erect, « C'est une famine malheureuse, dont je
thonglit the

,Int; % eux p!us enten Ire parter.",

Klng-how won he and ahno4 every branch or the
BOURBON family were to be in a situation no less un-

fortunate.

On the failure of this attempt,.another was made,
in a different way, to bring' the claim before the
King. The late Earl of PEMBROKE, while at Flo-
.
rence, where CHARLES and his daughter resided for
some time, was in the habit of visiting them, and
sometimes dined with them. The daughter, on the
Ead's leaving. Florence', beggedhe would use what
interest lie might have 'with Mr. Pirr,. in behalf of,
her fathtir's claim. The .Earl politely ofibred to do
all in, his power : as for interest with Mr. PITT, he
said, he had none, nor,3 claim to any, but that he
would try what could be-done by sonic of his ac-
quaintance who, might haVe interest with him. Ac-
.
cordingly, on his arrival in Paris, he applied to the
late Duke of DORSET, then, out:Ambassador at ,the.
Court of Versailles, who gave the Lady's Agent a
Letter of introdpaion to Me: PITT. He promised,
at the same time, to take the first opportunity of re-
commending the,claim to that Minister's favour and
protection, and he fulfilled his promise.

CARRYLL, the Lady!s Agent, on his arrival in
London, with Mr: Purr's permission, waited on him;
But scarcely had he opened the subjeet, by saying,
that'whatever right there might:be, and however
well-founded, to the whole arrears, a very moderate
part would be gratefully accepted ;' when Mr. PITT
cut him short, declaring it was a thing not to be
mentioned to the Ktts:e.. 6ARRYLL then communi-
cated the nature and grounds 9f the claim to learned'
Counsel, who advised him to bring the matter be-
:fore the King's Bench, offering, on condition of,
receiving a certain proportion of the sum recovered,
rte carry on the law-suit at . their own risk and ex-
pence,..in full confidence iliac the decision would be
favourable, ft;OM the circumstance that the Ad of
Varliament settling. the jointure ,had assigned as se-
curiry'for its payinent royal demesnes of an yearly
income more` Shan equal to the amount. But nei-
ther.. CH'AULF,B nor 1-3NRY, for . the proposal wag
Made to each•separately, would agree to it: .The
, . •
statements in thafrOich-Papers; concerning Cardi-
nal V:ovit's. bequests to the King of SARD'INIA:, are,
void of all truth. •

The tnotiument which is to be 'raised to the 'me-
Triory of the hite'Ljeut.-General SIMCOE is a proper
tribute to the character of a good Officer and an ex-
cellent member of society ill private life; We are
glad to find -that the Prince of NVAr.is subsCribed
1001.'Earl .FoaTEscne, 501.. and P. nAsTmtn, 'Esq.
the same sum; for this laudable purpose. Such tes-
timonies are due to departed worth, signalized in the
cause of patriotism, and'powerfUlly tend to excite
fUture heroism and public-spirit.

,NATIoNAtt RAtalk.--,Upwards of 300 pram ago
(in 1 504) that important Officer, called the Master
.of the Cerenionies, who officiated for Jut.los IL,
ranked the Powers of Europe according to, the fol-
lowing order; .
s. The Emperor of Germany.
2. King of the• Romans.
3. France.
4. Spain.
5. A rugon.
b. Portugal.
7. England.
8: Sicily.
9. Scotland.
IQ. Hungary.
t 1.. Navarre.
12.• Cyprus.

13. Bohemia.
14. Holland.
is Denmark.
t 6. Republic of Venice.
17. Duke of Brittany.
18. Duke of Burgundy.
19. Elector of Bavaria,
ao. Elec. of Brandenburgh.
21. E lettor of Saxony.
22. Archduke of Austria.
23. Duke of Savoy.
242 Crand D. of Florence.

Russia, Prussia; and Sweden, do not appear in this
catalogue; and the Papal Sovereign, who presided
over this College of Princes, has now, in a manner,
withdrawn from the political hemisphere.

yesterday
His word might have been weightd 'gainst half the world,
Now none so low to do bitn reverence. •

FONTAILL.—After all the vast expence which
has attended.the improvement and decoration of this.
celebrated spot, it at last came to the Auctioneer's
hammer !--.—The sale, which lasted seven days; ter-
minated on Monday, and was, through the whole of
its progress, the resort of all the rank, beauty,' and,
affluence which the adjacent counties could
,sup-
ply, as well as of those 'who.assenibled from various
other quarters: The sale took place in the Grand
Hall, and displayed every day t.n.assetublage of
most beautiful femalei, each seeming to vie with the
other in the display of their taste in dress. The
crowd was great, and such 'was the scarcity of
beds, that cottagers let their hovels for one and
two guineas 'a night. The Park and Lake af-,
forded every day an enchanting scene. The cotn7
Pany in groupes bestrewed themselves ,over the ver-
dant hills of the for Mer, to enjoy their cold collations,
and the barges crowded to the shady retreats of the
banks of, tholake, the quarry, and the Woods.--r
The auClion was conduCted in a very excellent and
quiet Manner. Competition was general,.and much
spirit and pleasing opposition occurred to excite. the
risible faculties, which the Autiioneer did not lose
.the opportunity to improve. The amount of the
sale must exceed twenty thousand pounds. The two
pidures by Vt3UNIT were puchased by Mr. ELWIN,
at 55ci guineas. The Poussins, by Mr. JEFFSKIES,
.at 370 guineas. The Raphaels, by Mr. WALSH
PaItTEIt, at too guineas. The Gipsy, by ROMNEY, at
200 guineas, by Mr. KENN Yss. The modern piaures
sold high. The Loggie of the Vatican, bought by
Mr. PAuL, 6611. The China produced enormous
price's. The Cabinets, with HAMILTON'S Painting,
were purchased by OAKLRY.—The mirrors produc-
ed near 60001. Three of them sold for 400 guineas
each. This distinguished edifice is now dismantled
:of all its interior elegance, and is to experience demo-.
;iCion next mouth, being advertised for sale in detail,
and is supposed not likely to prodtice more than
ii. 0,0001. though erected by the late Alderman 1149K-
FORD at an expence•exceediog 150,001.