The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-20 00:00:00

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the power of granting protection is a question not
now necessary to discuss.

A short coaversation took place yesterday
the House of Piers, respecting the production of
the account of the Negotiation at Chatillon.—
Lord GREY, it appears; is most anxiou's that these
Papers should be laid before Parliarnent, and leis
principal reason is, indeed, a most singular one.
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" 1 am inclined (says his Lordship) to believe, As firmiy as
he does, that the rpeasuies of Government, in recent trans-
actions, have been most meritorious ; that. is my belief, but
how can. express it as a decided opinion, or rather as the
conviction of my mind, till I haveihefore me the proofs by
which my opinion is to be fornied and my" conviction td be
ratified."

The great and glorious events which have re-
cently taken place have notio far operated upon_
his •Lordship's feelings as to deprive him for a
.moment of his Caution. His Lordship thinks
that the termination of hostilities in the mode
now to be expected, ' is, upon the whole, the
best 'that could have been attained, for the
general liberties of mankind,, And, the happiness
of this country : lie believes the conduct of
Mi-
nisters to have been most meritorious ; but he
Cannot venture to give them their full meed
of praise, upon the general' notoriety or recent
events he Must have the proofs before. We can-
not but admire the frigid caution of the NOble
Lord ; however, if our recollection does not fair
us, neither that Noble Lord nor his friends
thought it necessary to wait for proofs
,when
-they were disposed to Censure the conduct of
Ministers,

The Gazette of last night contains an abstract of
dispatcbes from Rear-Admiral rztotos, dated in
the Qironde, from the 6th to the 9th inst. stating
that the navigation of, that river was completely
cleared as tar as Blaye, the batteries having been
captured, and the French line of battle ship Re-
gulus, and other vesSels, having been burnt by
orders of the French Admiral. The .communica-.
tiou between the squadron and Bourdeaux had
been established by means of Dragoons, and
operations were concerting for the reduction
of Blaye, which fort, however, from the in-
telligence at len'gth arriving of the change in
the Government of 'France, would probably not
• much longer acknowledge the authority of BuoNA-
PARTE.—The Gazette also gives the substance of
letters from Lord AasELIUS BEAUCLERK and Sir
.11AREY NEALE, stating, that at La Rochelle and
bonarnenez the Bourbon Standard had been

hoisted..
Madrid Papers to the Sth instant reached town,
last night, containing the proceedings of the
Coates connected With the arrival of,King
NAND. HiSMajesty, it appears,.i trtemied to -pro-
ceed to Saragossa, and after staying there two days,
to travel by Teruel to Valencia, to which latter
city the English and Portuguese Ambassadors had
gone to meet, him.
'Yesterday the Duke of 'YonK held a Military
Levee at his office in the Horse Guards.
Yesterday the Earl's of Lrvenvooi., BATHU'RST,
and WesTtroaLAND, Viscount MELVILLE, and the
Duke,de GRAMoNT% had audiences of the PRINCE
REGENT at Carlton-house. The latter int rr,duced
a French Military Officer to his It(iyal Highness.
• Lord BIYEGHERSH is to attend BUoNAPARTE to.
the Island of Elba. There is to he an Officer- of
each of the Allies in
.the escort. •
The QUEEN and some of the PRINCESSES are
expectedin town to-day from Windsor.
the p.RINCE REGENT will hold a Couacil to-.
morrow, at Carlton house.
Yesterday the Princess of WAt,as removed for
the season from Connaught Place to Kensington
Palace, where her Royal Highness, dined. ,
• Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, the. Duchess of
QLDBNBURGH arrived 'at the East India-house,
with her usual retinue, where she was received by
the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, and several
of the Directors, who conducted her over the
extensive establishment, which occupied her at-
tention upwards of two. hours. From this place
the Royal Duchess proceeded to Christ's Hospi-
tal in Newgate-street,-where she was received by
the principal Officers of the Establishment, who
conducted her over the building,.&c.
An interesting discovery has lately been made
by the Keeper of the Regalia in the Tower. In
clearing! out some secret places in the Jewel Of-
fice,' a Royal Sceptre was found, equalling. in
splendour and value the others which are there
exhibited. It is imagined,' from. the decayed state
of its case, and the dust wherewith it was enve-
loped, • that this Sceptre must have been thrown
into thal/4t neglected corner in the confusion of
BLOOD'S well-known attempt on the Crown
Jewel's, nearly a century and a half ago. Its dis-
covery at this fortanate Season is a gratifying co,
incidence of circumstances, as it is surmounted
with a While Enamel. Dove--klie symbol of our
long absent and happily restored Peace. Our il-
lustrious Visitor, the Grand Duchess of OLDEN-
Butt6u,has signified .her intention, of honouring
the-Jewel 'Office with her Highness's presence.
About one 'o'clock on Wednesday an open boat
landed at Dover, with- two Gentlemen and. five
English prisoners, being the whole of our coon-
trymen in captivity at-Dunkirk ; among them is
Captain BAN, of Dover.
Captain BLACKMAN, of Dunkirk, the celebrated
Cominander.of several- French privateers, who has
been, confined as a prisoner of war at Gillingham,
was released a few, days since, and left Chatham
to go before the Trausporr: Board, preparatory to
his returning to France. 'All the natives or inha-
bitants of Dunkirk, who were prisoners, were re-
leased at the same tune, in return for the libe-
ration of the English prisoners_ of war at Dun-
kirk.

Died on the 18th instant, at Buteheott House,
near Ludlow, ELIZA, wife of the'Rev. R. F. 1-IAL-
LIFkX, Rector of Richard Castle, in the 81st year
of her age.