The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-03 00:00:00

SANDHU r COLLEGE.

The Eitimates of the Military College at Sand-
hurst ,having beeoleferred to the Committee of bop-
ply, the House resolved imp the Committee.
Mr. WiIARTON moved a Resoliition,

" That there be granted to his Majesty a sum not exceed-
ing 125,0eci1. fur the completion of the Royal Military Col-
lege at Sandhurst."
BANKES and Mr, SHAW LEFEVER did not
oppose -the_ motion, but remonstrated against the
great expe•nce, namely 302,0001. into w!lich the

gonse had been drawn for this object, and stranu-
Ously recommended a s::-!ct attention to economy in
the completion of it.

The CHANCELLOR of tht EXCHEQUER contended,
that the expence had not been greater than what
was necessary to put an institution so desirable on a
permanent footing.
General flortt explained' the nature of the mili-
tary education received, and particularised a number
of officers brought up at Sandhurst who had distin-
guished themselves on the Staff,- and otherwiSe, iii
our armies abroad.

After a few words from Mr. WHARTON, the Re-
solution w.as agreed to, and the House having been
resumed, 'the Report was ordered to be received to,

morrow.
The other Orelers of the Day were then di.posed
of, and the Howe adjourned.

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THE SUN.

SOLENI QUIS DICIRE FALSUNI .ktinEAT?

L () N 1) 0 A,

TUESDAY, MARCH 3, ISI2.

The mystery in which the affairs of the North
hate been so long enveloped, seems to be on tire
point of being cleared up. From the accounts
brohght by the Anholt Mails which arrived yeSter-
day, it appears, that BUONAPARTE is determined to
force the Northern Powers to make their eleetion,

without any further delay, btt ..t.een war and
unconditional submission. The seizure of S we-
dish Pomerania has, if we m.ly believe these
letters, been followed up by a - similar at
of aggression :against the tcrri:ories of the KING
of PRUSSIA, who, it is S.lid, with some eliffi.7
co-17.y eic...ped from Berlin towards the north-

eastern frontiers of his dominions. We have been.
so frequently deceived by the accounts which have
reached us from the North of Europe, that v e
are disposed. to receive any incelligence from that
quarter with considerable suspicion.. The State.
ments, however, contained in the letters to which
we are alluding, are -highly probab:e. If BUONA.
PARTE is really determined upon a war with Russ a,
Prussia must, if possible, first be secured: We trust,
however, that the latter Power has derived sorn3
advantage from the fatal campaign in t 806, and that
she will even now, reduced as she is, make a
a more formidable resistance than she did upon that
occasion. From Sweden the news still (xi. tinneg to
be favourable. The Government of that country'

appears to be anxious 1.0 Ter:3;24) upon at cable
with Great Britain, and it iy positiceiy sta•ed, that ca
Minister from that country will very sliorly arrive
here.

Regular sets of Monireurs to the 2.611 i ult. inclu-
sive have been received ; they are perfetily silent
respeEting the affairs of the Peninsula.

NAPLES, FEB. 12.—We have not for some timer
spoken of the affairs of Sicily; we were fatigued
with having always to repeat the same things, viz
of trials, inquisitions, and court-martials ; of tire
mistrust and' alarm diffused among the inhabitants ;
of extraordinary and complicated movements of
troops; of fresh British land and sea forces being
assembled in the neighbourhood of Palermo; of the
Sicilian Court bring reduced to troublefor its dear,
est members ; of long conferences between L••id
BENTINCK and King FERDINAND; all these circumt
stances have more than Once, been inserted in our
Journal, and were naturally regarded as sure pre-
sages of the catastrophe Which Brit i,h policy, and
their loyal friendship for King FERDINAND were
preparing in Sicily.

Now the English projeas, altliOngh they have
not been carried into full execution, may be con-
sidered as nearly accomplished ; if FERDINAND still
possesses a title and a name, in point of fact he no
longer reigns.

The Messina Journalist will say, it is true that
FERDINAND'S deposition is but temporary, and even
spontaneous, the reins of Government be'ng in tie
hands of his son : he will say that Fs anitlANi)
being obliged, in consequence of hii health, to re-
side in the country, did not adopt that resolution,
but after the consultations of his Physicians ; but
whoever is acquainted with recent events in Sicily,
or has read the act by v:hiCh FERDINAND abandons
to his son the shadow of the power which remain-
ed to him, will be. convinced it is a true abdication.
This will be confirmed._ by the following extract,
which we have faithfully transcribed, from the Sici-.
lian Journals. Mete follows the Act of Abdication
which has already appeared in the English Papers) ;
after which the Editor of the Monitor of the Two
Sicilies thus proceeds :
" if the reading of this document wi 1 not suffice
todo away all kind of doubt respecting the real mo-
tives which Obliged PERDINAND to adopt such a re-
solution, at least all uncertainty will disappear I.vl ea
the use wh ch FERDINAND'S Vicar, or rather Lord
BENTINCk, made of his power, morn6nt.,
he was tloathed vi ith it,- is considered.. Jn

fact, thodkht be eoula not Ozerttiso his ip;
parent and new sovereignty more advantageously
than. in reality despoiling himself, and appointing
the-General in Chief of the British Army to the
Supreme command of the Sicilian forces, and pub-
licly. and .solemnly-acknowledging him in that
',capacity.

"Thus British policy has crowned its loyal and
amicable intrigdes, which, according to the Mes-
sina Gazettes, had no other objea than the pro-
teetion of the independence of the Sicilian Go-
Vernment.

CAROLINE retiring, or pretending to retire,
!tom the thoughts and perplexities of this world,
68 gone to the solitary distril of Termini. 1-1,,w
many evils would the world have bectn spared had
She adopted a similar resolution in other times when
reason ought so to have advised her, without waiting
.10 be constrained to it by the force which at 'pre-
sent protean her !"

PARIS, FEB.' 3.—Peniscola, 13 leagues from
Tartosa, has just submitted to Marshal SUCHET.—
This fortress, situated upon the borders of the sea,
by Which 't is almost surrounded, upon an extremely
elevated point 'of land, is between Tortosa and Va-
lencia, and very difficult of access. Marshal Su-

CtIET eumentrd himself with watching it, during
Ills operations aga7nst- BLAKE'S army. After the
surrender of Valencia, he commenced the siege of
Which presented new obstacles to surmount and
fresh glory to be acquired. -
There now remains nn place to be subdued from
Tortosa to Alicant, hick t;ie Duke of A LBUFERA
is Preparing to besiege hi form; his army is already
in Motion, and will soon be under the walls of that
Place, to which the wreck of BLAKE'S army has
refired.

• SRMLIN, FEB. B.—The Servian Senate has re-,
teiteel very important dispatches from its agents,
Which it forwarded to the Rossign head-rpiarters.—
report was'immrdiately circulated that the reply
• of the Russian Court to the last propositions made
b• y the Rolle had strived at Bucharest, which was,
Bs had been foreseen, viz, that Russia 'found the pre-
lensitms of the Porte as exaggerated as those of Rnssia
b• ad appeared to the Porte. This reply has, it is
said, been sent to Conw,ntinople by the Turkish
14• 'egociators, who expect tresit instructions from
their Government, which will, in all probability de-
cide the question of peace or war.
NrtRuNA, Fits. 12.—A report. was circulated to•
;15' on_ the exchange, that the negociation4 at Bu-
c latest wele entirely broken off, and that hostilities
W°uld insmed;ately commence' after the time fixed
ler the denunciatiOn of the armistice. This im-
Portant intelligence requires confirmation ; but what
gives it a gt eat -appearance of pro'oability, is, that all
alleletters which arrive from Bucharest have never
ceased to repeat that no progress was made, and t hat
the negociators could tiot agree on any point, but in
general our news' from Turkey is-very uncertain.
It i 3 difficult to comprehend that nothing should be
116%1,n with certainty since the middle of the month
(:)f October, either relative to the Grand Vizier or
to the army shut up in Rudschuck, or indeed any
fact whatever.

VIENNA, FEB, Ht.—The Russian Minister at our
Court has received important dispatches from Ge-
neral KuTvzow, dated Bucharest. kNothing has
/et been made public on the subject, but persons
1.11 r) Pretend to be well informed Assert, thatthere
slk, longer any probtlxiity of the re-establishment
i
peace between the Porte and Russia. The Rus.
Stan Generals, in tact, are beginning to make pre-
ar4ti°ns, which seem to indicate that hostilities will
be resumed in the spring.
iV."4INa, Faa. 12.—Some persons pretend that
"e Grand Seignor has addressed new Haiti Sho-ifs
10 the Pachas of the provinces, to summon them to
1 urtlisb• more numerous contingents of ti oops.—
;hese orders have even been addressed to the
ach4s .of Asia. Great exertions are likewise made
to
reinforce the Ottoman fleet, which, as soon as the
weather shall be favourable v-111 sail for the Baltic.
Several eommercill letters were to-day circulated
134 our exchange, announcing the rupture of the
negotiations between the Porte and Russia. The
l
etters are from Temeswar, Herm3nstadt, and Pest.
We ought, however, always to be cautious how we
act upon intelligence with respect to the afli4irs of.
Turkey, as experience has sufficiently proved that
any speculators invent it with interested views.

esterday Lord COCHRANE had an audience of
.the PRINCE REGENT, at C.4lton House.
t R
er On Sunday Lord CASTLEEAGH had a long in-
view with the Marquis WELLESLEY, at.his house
PiceaJilly.
Yesterday the Earl of WESTMORELAND had an
trsiterview with Mr. PERCEVAL, at his house in
1-I°Wning-StrCet.
Yesterday Lord CASTLEREAGH. held his first
'Loevee for the Foreign Ministers at the Foreign
Q,lnce, since his appointment to be Secretary of
' for Foreign Affairs. The Levee began at
three O'clock.
L Yesterday morning the Duke of YORK, was so
alu eh recovered as to be able to lease town for Oat-
land.

NAVAL NEWS:

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH. 2.—Sailed his M:ijesty's

ship Muros.

A transport brig is on shore on the 8136 Rock
off the Needles, belonging to the Lisbon convoy.

Sir ROGER CURTIS assures us, the West India
convoy will sail to-morrow, if the wind be fair.

Arrived to-day his Majesty's ships Redpole, Specu-
lator, Regulus, GiVin, and Sprightly, with a large
convoy from the Downs.
Sailed the Warrior and Linnet for Cork.

DEAL, MARCH 2.—Came down from the River,
the Lightning, for St. Michael's, and with several
others sailed.to the westward; the Barbara schooner
take convoy to • Portsmouth ; the Pearl, CROKeR,
came down last night and sailed with the Specula-
tor's cotivoy.

LEITH, FEB. 20.—The Hele armed ship sailed
from Leith Itoads on Thursday, with a convoy of
13 sail for the Baltic.

Arrived yesterday, the Eseria sloop of war from
a cruise. She captured a Datlish gallica last Mon-

di)'.

The Dex‘erily, Thomas and Ann, 11/illivn and
Ann, and Raiih, went out of the harbour yesterday,
to the Roads, for Davis Straits ; the William and
Ann gor aground going out, but Was fortunately got
off without any damage.
The Sarpedon sloop of war went out of the hat
bour yesterday, to the Roads, after being refitted.
The Mary, MUNRo, with timber (ram Pi6lou,
arrived on Thursday, in Leith Roads, after an asto-
nishingly tedious passage of eleven months.
The_ Leith, PYBIE master, arrived yesterday at
Leith from Hull, after a remarkably fine passage.
Oa hundred men of the 2d iattalion of the 79ih,
and Go men of the 2d battalion of the 26th regi-
ment, from Glasgow, were embarked at Leith yes-
terday for Gravesend.

On. Sathrd.w last his Royal Highness the Duke
of GLOUCESTER -removed from Portman square io
Gloucester Honse, late Lord ELGIN'S, in Park-lane,
Piccadilly.

MUSIC.—MeS+rq. KNY VETT and VAUGHAN
cOrninerc,id the season of their VOCAL CoNCERT
last night at the Hanover-square Rooms. There
was a large and able supply of Performers, vocal
end in-strumental. • The chief vocal Performers
were 8(4r1A31, NALL)] • the KNYt'ETTS, the
VAuGIiA Ns, Madame DUSSEK, Signora GRIGLIETTI,
SALE, ion. aod Hsi-sot-IER. With such a list, of
course, the- dmu[crus had reason to expeM a. hits
treat, and they were not disapp"ointed. The first
a a con,,isted of a judicious selection from various
.Composers, and the seccy,d of the first acct of Don
Juan, composed by AlozArtT, an exquidte 1 iece
of music. It is but justice to say, that the whole
of the compositions received all due support from
the Singers and from the &Ind, which was most
a 414, hed by WErcHsrf.i.. The only encore. of the
night was a Duel in Don Juan by Frscnen and Mad.
DUSSEK. FISCH all, as we predt&ed, is more relished
as he is more heard. He is an excellent musician,
and when he has accommodated his style more
to the English taste, will become a great favourite.
We have not room to2particularize the merits 61 this
Concert which altogether was highly applauded. The
atidience was numerous and elegant, among whom
were the 'likes ul CUMBER.LAND and CAMBRiDGE
the Archbishop of Yorm, Lord and Lady DERBY,
the Lords FORTESCUR and MOUNT EDGECUM3E.,
&c. &c. &c. •

Baron BARnIE, late Governor of Ciudad Rodrigo,
Lieutenant Col. HusioN, Captain 'I VAULT, and
M. Ds VALUER, Guarde of- Artillery, with two
servants, arrived on Tuesday at Portsmouth, in the
Brune, trom Portug.al, in eight days. They were to
be landed yesterday, 'and proceed to Leake, in
Derbyshire, on their parole.
JAMES DRUMMOND, Esq. otStrathalian, is a can-
didate for the county of Perth. The other candi-
dates are, Sir PATRICK 'MURRAY, and Lieut.-Ge-
neral Sir THOMAS GRAHAM.

.The late Dr. GARTIISHORE is reported to have
died worthsnear.2oo,oool. He hid not made his
will till within three or four days of hi, death, and has
left the whole of his tune lo a very distant rela-
tion. Many of his friends in London, it is said,
had reason to expect to be remembered in I►is tk ill,
but it appears that they have been wholly forgot-
ten

Mrt. ALLINGH4M.—We are sorry to inform the
public of the death of this gentleman,- which look
place on Frichly last at Islington, after a long conti-
nued illness. He was the author of several of our
beet modern farces, and had strewn his dramatic
powers in two or three comedies, which were much
admired, and which merit a more frequent repre-
serita:ion. He was a manly intelligent character in
private life,and,much respected by a numerous train
of friends.

BREAD.—This day the Lord-Mayor and Alder-
men, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to ad-
vance Id. per peck. The (pattern loaf 161 d.
On. Tuesday evening last, about ten oc'clock, as
the cart iage at Sir James Like, Bart. was w siling for
the family at the door of J. P;i r hes, Esq. in Wal wick,
the post-boy having left the head of the horses,. they
set off at full speed, and every effort to stop them
%vas, ineffeelual ; the next morning they were
dis-
covered at the gate Of a farm, at Radford. It ap-
peared that they had passed through the toll .Dates of
Myttin and Radford, unperceived that they were
without a driver, when they fortunately took the
bye road to- Mr. Ayres's farm, where they were
stopped by a gate, and remained till morning : for-
tunately neither carriage nor horses sustained any

PoEtitY.

EptLoGue TO THE HOUSE OF MORViLLE

SPOKEN BY MRS. EDWIN.

A Plays a law-suit, quaking at the end on't,
The Plaintiff, Author, sues the Town, Defendant:
The Judges you—the Students further back—
The Prologue's the Solicitor in black :
The Counsel I .—My Lords, nay, no denial,
Linove tomorrow night for a new trial.
Rule granted ? Thanks ! Tit' effe‘t my fee secures ;
This hand is nobly paid when you clap yours.

But hold—no joking. Veil me, tragic fog I
Crave Plays demand a gloomy Epilogue.

Suppose me yafiet—may I beg yon Beau
To treat the Public with a It.mio
Here's a clear stage, " exceeding snug :" Nay, why
So bashful, man ? Then both the parts I'll try,
And " You, the I ily.ss, bear a wary eye."

" Lady, by yon bright moon I swear." Be steady :
" Don't- swear by the Moon I You're mad enough already.
(Nurse.)—You can't sit there: what are you about,
Sir ? I was in; Sir. No, Sir, there you're out.
Silence, you In's and Out's—" We'll part no more—
Fly to these arms !" —Box-keeper, shut that door
" I list, R9me9, hist! Love fears no harsh rebuff:"
" Yes, I am Rwnen hist, that's plain enough."
(liouse.)—Encore! Ha! Off; off.—Go -on—don't stir
Send in the Manager 1,-(Afrs E.)---Your pleasure, Sir? -
(1-kuse.)—Psha l stuff! —What, you the Manager ? A
Woman ?

(Mrs. E.)—.. When married, Sir, you'll find that's not un,

Common."

" Sweet, while I live I'll love, won't you 1" Oh, nol
4' My plan's quite different—while 1 live I'll crow !" ,

Thus blown by fashion's gale awhile to pun,
Down folly's tide still floats the bubble, fun:
Comedy the gilded vapour quaffs
From Sati►e's cup, and as she sips she laughs,

Soon shall the Muse in yonder classic dome
Find a graced welcome, and a splendid hofne;
• Each day we see her growing fame arise,
Till, like a Phoenix, Drury seeks the skies ;
Nor fears, while dills the Giant braves the wind,
That 1, though small, will long remain behind.
No I dreading from the distance to look sihaller,
I'll mount an Elephant to make me taller!

Give our poor Bard nine nights, he'll nor repine,
Cats have nine lives—a White Cat five times nine.
Oh ! joyful pledge—that smile dispels our fear,
And bids the House of Morvilleprosper here I

ROYAL ACADEMY.—Mr. FLAXMAN gave his.third
Lecture on Sculpture laSt night. It commenced
with a summary recital of the treasures of Ancient
Art and Literature possessed by the Moderns, not-
withstanding the des!ruction of time and war, and
the ingenious Professor spewed that those remains
are, in general, sufficient for our information, con-
cerning the state of knowl,,dge in different periods
of antigaity, as well as to form the principles,
and stimulate the exertions of• all who dire6t

their attention .10 such studies. The Professor
proceedei to animadvert on the barbarous state
01 Sculpture in the d,ys of D/EDALCS, .E 1,11.-
DII<US,,SCYLLI4, and DIPMNI3, and upon the slow
progress of the Art,,occasioned by the unsettled
stale Qt society. He. adverted to the ARGONAUTIC
Expedition, the THEBAN aiid TI-P•SAN Wdrs,,A hid),
of course, were impediments to the adtauces of
Sculpture, and produced no great alteration in the

In:inners or policy of the Greeks. • The contest
with XERXES, however, which struck the titst lat.d
blow to the Persian power, and made way for the
third great Monarchy of the world, the Grecian,
stimulated the spirit of Greece to the greatest exer-
tions. Then in the constellation of illustrious cha-
raelers, SOCRATES, PLATO, ANAXAGORAS,
TIADES, CYMON, JESCHYLUS, EURIPIDES, SOPHO-
qLEs,.PH/DIAS, &c. &c. appeared, and superintend-
ed the erection of works, that were to excite the
wonder arid admiration of all future ages.—.. Mr. F.
touched upon the buildings patronizedc' by PERI-
CLEs, and particolmized the temple of MINERVA,
her statue of gold and ivory, thirty feet high,
OLYMPIAN JUPITER of Elts, which rose to sixty
feet, the Venus, Cupid and Satyr, by PRAXITELES,
upon which the Prolessot bestowed pecuii.ir atten-
tion, as well as the Venus Aphrodite of CLEO-
MENES, the groupes of LAocooN, of the BOXERS,
and that of ZETHUS and AMPHION tying DIRGE to
the horns of a wild Bull, &c. &c. The chief
Schools of Sculpture of Antiq'iity were, he ob-
served, the ATHENIAN, SICYONION, and JIM/DIAN.
The Lecture was illustrated by a number of dr.,w-
ings and cast:, and as our Readers will perceive by
this brief sketch, abounded in valuable and i.,te-

testing matter.
Mr. WiwiTox, one of the Secretaries to the
Treasury, a Gentlemai of acknowledged talents
and learnine,, and Of the most respectable character
in priyatelite, has written a Poem, the purpo,e of
which is to do hosiotir to his country. It might be
' thought that a Gentleman of this de:cription,
writing up .n a matter of taste, not related to poli-
tics, would have escaped the attacks of party spleen.
A dill:ea:lice in 'political principles., however, in these
tunes, stifles every liberal feeling, and accordingly
We find in an Opposition Print of this day, a sarcastic
notice of the Poem in question, and of the Author.
It is hardly necessary to say, that if Mr. WoARTON'S
politics 'were favourable to Opposition, this very
Poem would, in all probability, have been held
forth as a-striking production of origioal genius, and
the author have been represereed as one of the
most distinguished ornaments of his country. It
is touch to be regretted that the Muses cannot
escape from party virulence, and that political con-
tentions destroy all the urbanities of private life.
A most singular ad of bravery was displayed a
few days since at Plymouth by a Mr, Holmes, mid-
shipman of the Diana frigate. During one of the
late heavy gales, being ordered to strike their yards,
a seaman aloft lost his hold and fell overboard; Mr.
Holmes sprung over after him, and secured the man
with a rope before;he scarcely drifted astern of the
ship. Mr. Holmes has twice performed the same
galiaetry, and has been promoted to the sank of ,