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London, England, 1814-06-09 00:00:00

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RTED.AS'..,ASSINATION

or -ins
fIIC-R OF W ELLINGTON.

report
f has Just reached us, which, if well
_
Wt,,t
'"nighty forbid it should !), will

OVC,* .•
q"d the •
rejoicings in which we are en-

and
fill every heart with the deepest sor-
°4 Illustrious Visitors will no longer'

• greet,o,
itself 11.1 t eYe of the Public—our glorious Peace
°E tLe ::ant 11
lest its consideration in the mind
t norif it should turn out to be true
•
• 4l)
$ earthly
hi 41°"hl Hero WELLINGTON has closed
statedeurP
er—closed it, too, in the manner
cinder
the daggers of assassins. With throb-
big
Pulses
IN'e have taken means to ascertain

- _
tver
Pqtictdar connected with this afflicting ru-

koilr
lieh, being abroad, we are bound to no-

tiet.; .but "
shall not suffer our Paper to go forth
tit, We..can obtain the fullest information. The
4tiggetiou
" of the pnibability of such an
ent •
18 e'lOUgll to rob
its of all relish for the gay

111.eNtatinus ‘vith which we are surrounded.
V'e ean acq,:ite nofktrther information.

I:rhe Letter millet] mentions this dreadful Re-
is from Tutihnise, of the 28th cat. where is

rested "n tumour,\\*el
but the rumour had, as way
T l'ili'uPposed, excited great'Consternation
hat horrid rumour is, that the Duke of WEL-

%vas
raDi waytaid on his road Madrid, adrid, and
4‘tAsstriA• that two of Lis Aid•de-Calups

shared the same fttte ; anc: that they tver4 plun-
dered, stripped, and t!-,e.ir bodies thrown inzt;

There; arc letter:, we untlerstand,frinri

deaux of the 31st—si/eAt on the subjeCt—lk ac-

counts from Madrid are of the'24th, and-equally,

silent. From these circumstances we tru,t there

is no truth in this painful and unhappy inteili-

gence ; but we cannot help. being much distressed

by even a groundless report touching the safety of

any person so dear and preciOus to his country.

We Conclude with fervently praying to the

Althighty that lismay protect the life of our Hero.

If we were called on to describe the state of
'London, in three words we should say, " London
is mad." So we are afraid our Royal and Illus-
trious Visitors, who have honoured us with their
company, will think. Between kindness and cu-.
riosity, they are treated and maltreated in a
strange way. Horses, for example, are the most
Convenient and expeditious for draWing the car-
riages of persons who are desirous of seeing as
much as possible in a short time; bk.. regardless
of this obvious consideration, the populace will
harness themselves to the vehicles of ALEXANDER,
of FREDERICK? of BLUCHER, &c. and thus drag
them slowly when they most want to go quick.
On such occasions we cannot say, with the Rejected
Address Writers, that we
Love the coachman Who cries, whool
And spares the
We ate aware that it is impossible, nor would
we desire to repress those demonstrations of joy
and applause's° well merited by our heroic Al-
lies ; but we do most earnestly recommend to the
Public not to oppress them in the present mode;
suffer them to enjoy England, and do not send
them from tke country with so ill an opinion of
our national manners and sense as• they must
ins-
bibe, if they are not permitted, in some measure,
to do that 'which they appear so anxious to do,
viz. to inspect the plac.es worthy of notice, with-
out the excessive parade of ceremony, Which de-
stroys comfort, or the tumaltuous ebullitions of
triu,ophant processions, which are not compatible
with pleasure.
Under the usual heads will be found an account
of the movements of our Nohle Guests. The Ein-
peror ALLXANDER has, this forenoon,
,proceeded
into the City in an open carriage, accompanied by
the Duchess of OLDENBURGIL. Tie has gone (as
we are informed) to see the London Docks. The
carriage is followed by an immense crowd, shout-
ing "ALExamma for ever !" &e.

'We have French Papers to the 7th inst. from
which we have made several extracts. \Vc have
also given the KING's Speech, on opening his
new Parliament (tor which we had not room yes-
terday): it is an excellent production. We have
no space for comments on the Constitution.

• Five Gottenburgh Mails , have arrived. They
teach 'us to expect that the flame of war will be
immediately carried into Norway ; the New King
of which refuses to admit the Allied Envoys, or.
listen to any terms of submiSsion.

A Mail from St. Sebastian has also arrived.—
Great pains are taken to vilify the Cortes. in
our opinion these scurrilous articles, and those in
the French r,apers on the same subject, prove
too much. •

The firm Proclamation of the Irish Government
seems to have produced an immediate effect. The
Board tried to muster on the following day ; and
their organ, The Evening Post, gives the following
account of the abortive attempt :--

" Catholic Board Room, June 4, 1814.

" At three o'clock a few Members assembled; about four
o'clock the Proclamation above (see SUN of yesterday) was
handed to DANIEL O'CoswEnb, Esq. who read it to the Mem-
bers present (sixteen). A conversation took place, which
tended to say, that if twenty-one Members were present, the
Chair should be taken ; however, twenty-one Me nbers did
not attend, and, at half-past Ere O'c'iock, the persons present
retired."

So tails the vapourinz Giant of straw—so blown
'up with self-sufficiency that it fancied itself im-
portant and terrible, while in fact it was only in-
significant and contemptible.
The subject was touched on in both Houses of
Parliament last night by ,Lord DONOUGHISIORE,
who has followed Mr. GRATTAN'S example, and
refused to agitate the Catholick Question this
Session ; and by Mr. PEELE, who briefly but ably
characterized this illegal assembly as the coin-
pcund of all that was absurd, foolish, stupid, and
mischievous, and well-prophesied, that as its
weak and wicked conduct had quite alienated the
opinions of all men, so would its suppression be
unattended with a single regret.
Lord Dotiouonstotte very naturally rid;cules
the idea of a Protestant Ascendancy ; but we wilt
tell the Noble Peer that it is too, firmly planted in
the breasts of Englishmen to be ' uprooted by
Papistry iu any shape—outrageous or insidious.