The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-11 00:00:00

'JiZVDSOR, JAN. to.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived here yester
day, and after dining with the QUEES\aild PAM•
crissas, set off for London, as did. the Duke a
YrRK.
.This morning Doctor A. WII.LI.s iettirtieCl
Windsor.—At one o'clock the Earl of AyLasiokt)
arrived at the Castle, and is expelled to remain heft
all night.

DUBLIN, Jam 7.

" Upon the subject,which has ebgrossed ad much
of the conversation of the Metropolis for the last two
days, we are enabled to lay before our readers an
accurate statement of all the facts which are .khown.
On the authenticity of our statement the Public
may impose implicit credit—these are the facts :
" About eight days ago a meet'ng was held of the
Trustees of the Charity School belonging to the Ca-
tholic Chapel, in Church•street. The School-master
neglected to attend at the usual hour, and art ived in
a state of intoxication, as the Trusiets were about to
disperse ; he was severely reprimanded for his •
absence, and requested. to state the reason of it. He
endeavoured to,excuse himself, saying, that he had
been detained by important business; but, as Its duty
requited that all his time should be devoted to the
school, the Trustees remsed to admit any such ex-
cuse,
and then he stated broadly that he had been
engaged in the business of the New Association, to
one division of which he said he was Secretary.
The nature of this Association was inquired of him,
and he gave the following account ;—That it was an
Association instigated for the purpose of separating
Ireland from England, by force of arms; that it hail
also for one of its objects the extirpation of heresy;
that, however, the most ae,ive person he knew of in
it was a Mr, Fisher, a Protestant, who assured
him, and the other persons he 'engaged in the plan,
that it bad the sanction of the Catholic Committee,
aryl Mr. Hay was their Private Seeretaryi that he
had been supplied with a blunderbuss, and many
others were armed, as it was easy to procure arms.
out of the stores of the Castle ? and that an attack
was shortly to be made in Dublin, as they were
assured that the garrisan was at present very weak.
Such was the substance of the statement made by
this man. The Trustees adjourned to the next day,
and then called him before them. Being sober, he
wished to cchiceal or retract' the fans, but being
closely pressed, he admitted that he had become a
member of such an Association, and repeated the
account he had given the preceding evening, with
this addition, that he believed the name of Fisher
was not a real, but an assumed name. The Trustees
instantly dismissed• him horn his employment as
School-master, and endeavoured to make him semi- s
ble of the crime he had committed, and of the evi-
dent falsehood of. the representations that bad been
made to Wu. On Thursday, the 2d, these facts
were communicated for the. first time at the rooms
belonging to the Catholic Committee, in Capel-
st feet, to Mr. Hay, in the presence of Major Bryan,
The Gentleman who made the communication was
not present at the examination of the School-master;
and it therefore became necessary to ascertain the
facts from some person who was. This could not
be done until Friday. On that day several mem-
bers of the Catholic Committee met at D'Arcy's, in
Eat (.street ; and the facts being stated to them, they
unanimously resolved to communicate the entire
transaction to the Attorney-General, in the presence
either of Mr. Grattan, or of the Knight of Kerry;
a precaution %hid), circumstanced as the members
of the Catholic Committee were, they thought-peu-
dent, and could not be improper. Neither of those
distinguished Gentlemen were in town on Fri•
day ; but expresses were sent them, and also to
Lord Fingal, who was at Killeen Castle; snd early
on Saturday morning the three arrived in town. It
was the opinion of those Gentlemen, that they
ought, in the first instance, to wait on the Attorney-
General, to inform him that Lord Fingal and some
other Catholic Gentlemen had a communication to
make to him, touching the existence of a treasan-
able conspiracy ; that they were ready to make it ;
and to know if the Attorney-Genet:ll was ready to
receive •them for that purpose. This.COlirSi2 was
cordingly adopted. Mr. Grattan- atick Mr..F4ge.-
sald accordingly waited on the Attorney-Genet•;il,
On Saturday last, and stated the objet of their visit.
Mr. AttorncyeGeneral was not then ready to receive
the communication ! We understand that be asked
it there were any informations on. oath ; and recom-
mended to Lord Fingal and the other
,Gentlemen to
go before a Police Magistrate, arid give their infor-
, niation to him—said, that she usual way was, to go
before a Magistrate ; and did not seem to think it at
all necessary to see the Catholic Gentlemen himself !
We understand that the Attorney General was,
strongly pressed to receive the communication;and
to submit it to the Irish Government ; that he
asked, whether the Gentlemen Meant to come to
him as a Committee; to which the Knight of Kerry
replied, " No, Sir, they will wait on you merely'
as individuats.--At length the Attorney General
appointed the hour of twelve, on Monday, the Gth,
at :Mr. Pole's Office, in he Casale, fur receiving the
communication. He said, he wanted' to go to his
country seat, and supposed there could be no danger
in the mean time!

" he Earl of Fingal, Major Bryan, and Mr.
O'Connell, %%ere appointed to go to Mr. Pole's
Office at that hour. They did so accordingly, and
were accompmied by Mr. O'Gorman. We un-
derstand that they gave a brief statement of the
confession made by the 'School-master ; gave in his
uaine, and the names and residences of some of the
Trustees who were witnesses w that confession;
and also some , printed papers belonging to /his As-.
sociation. They were received by the Attorney-
General and Mr. Pole with ceremonious politeness,
and„,having made their communication, withdrew,
leaving it to the Government to ad as they should
think tit. We have beard, too, that the Attorney-
General offered some excuse for postponing the
rneetiug from Saturday to Monday. He said he
had, on second thoughts, written to Mr. Grattan, to
say that he would be glad to see Lord Fingal on
.Sunday; but as Mr. Grattan had returned to his
house is the country, the letter had followed hitn
there;'.where Mr. Grattan had written, in answer,
that the matter did not press. Lord Fingal replied,
" Mr. Attorney-General, we felt that it pressed on
us to make the communication as speedily as pos-
Zvening Post:,

THE IVEI COMET,.

CFROM Tiat WESTFHALIAN MONITEUR.}

LiorTll.4agfi, DEC. t 4.—Having been in formed,on
tlaeOili of Dec. by a letter from M. de Lindenau, that
M. Font had distovered, at Marseilles, on the 16th of
Nov. a hew bonnet in the Constellation of Eridanias,
looked for it according to the observations made on
the 18th, Otis, toth, and 21st Nov. by M. de Zack
who is at present in the South of France. Hitherto
I have obserVed it only three times. The following
are the results :

•
at 1.
Mean Time. 1 Right Ascen. 1
c,
South &eel:
Hs. Min. Sec. Deg. Min. Sec. Deg. Min. Se
Doc. 9. 10 6 5263 49 4f,4 to 21 55'5
It• I to 34 1 I 63 13 18,0 I 9 39 46,4
U. ft 5 52 63 26 25,3 7 54 25,9

The,light-,of t his Comer being extremely feeble, it is
not visible,-totbenaked eye; but, as its nucleusis more
detetwined.tlign that of the great Comet of this year,
the Osety4kions are susceptible of a higher degree of
precision: J.:, was not able to resist the desire of
calculating previously ,accor ding to the observations of
of M. de Z.lck ant my own, the elements 'of its or-
bit. They appear to me already sufficient to etia.
ble me to prediEt generally the path the Comet
will follow, and to assert tivit it is not identical
with any of those which have hitherto been ob-
served. I have also found 'hat the Comet has
passed its perihelion, and that its light consequently
will not increase.

Porabolick Elements of the new Comet. Passage
through the perihelin.), Nov. 12, 1811,--;lsh.
Longitude of the perihelion, 48 sic,. 30 min.—Lon;-
gitude of the Ascending node; 92 dog. 4'j min.--=
Inclination of its orbit, 31 deg. 38 min.—Perihelion
distance, 1.5908.—The motion is direa.

GAus.

Much has been said pro and con respening tips
quntion whether BUONAPARTE has amually and
substantially repealed his Milan and Berlin Decrees.
The AmeriVarp, Rulers may du as they please as to
this Ifieilfbi`i,:o far as their country alone ig-con-
cernedVlC,:lint they must not expea that other
StateS"zivilllieliound by their municipal regulations
or to rising policy, and, to adopt the words of
a judicious competitor, we are of opinion, that
" there is but one proof, which it is consistent with
the huttoor either of America or England to re-
ceive; and that is A SOLEMN PUBLIC EDICT OF
REPEAL, by BUONAPARTE himself, with the SAMS
FORMALITIPs which attended the PROMULGATION
of the OBNOXIOUS DECREES."

otosftrve by the form of the new French 11.-
censes fortheexportation of raw silks, that they are
subject:tothecondition of returning in b +Oast, or
of importing iliAtaranceCertaiti artictes,yi t. sail cloth,
ship4imiliv;rr&c. Part of these articles, it will be
remarked, are articles of war, and cannot therefore
be legally eltoorted from this countiy. Being conk
trabavd of war, they cannot be a'lowed to be im:
ported into France by neutrals, which render them:
selves liable to capture by us for having such artielet
on board. The other articles, though not contra:
band of .war, are not the produce of this Country or
her colonies, and therefore we can have no interest
in encouraging or giving effect to these licenses-1.
quite the contrary:

An Evening Pper of yesterday contains the fol-
lowing m)sterious paragraph :
" The town was agitated last night, by a report,
that a female of great distinction was missing.—We
have heard a great deal on the subject, but, in a ca;
of so much importance, it would be very improper
to say more, without mature consideration, and up-
on undoubted fads."

Mr. Prophet WHITBREAD was woefully out in his
reckoning when he predi6led such melancholy
events last year as to the fate of Portugal. It is to
be hoped that he will manifest more of the true
spirit of prophecy respecting the fate of Drury-Lane
l'heAffeVariti•the rapid manner in which the edsfice
• • • •
is tising sheWs that he is not likely to be erroneous
in ibis. prognostications. Indeed it has been coatidet!ltl'ymi`enetrted that he means to complete the
St ructlVe fi'orti his own resources, if all others should
fail, which, however, can hardly be the case, as
matters at present wear so promising an aspect.

Several persons who have recently tied to Cala-
bria from Sicily, relate, that the town of Catana,
which is seven leagues from the crater of Etna,
greatly threatened by the torrents of lava with which
the valley.of I\lizzara is already filled.

I_,lssiv.wiCek,. as a sentinel belonging to the picket,
gu.rCat'/Ydxley barracks was on his post at one of
ritaleit,gi,4ls, a French prisoner asked leave to go
throstgill.; of being questioned as to his business, he
said tw:ltstas going for a bucket-full of water'; ert
which the soldier observed, that he already had one
t(whicht was at.ii ally the case),—but scarcely were
the woods pronounced, when the prisoner threw the
contents of the bucket -la the sentinel's fate, which
sudden application had such an effea upon him, that
he dropt his firelock ; this was taken advantage of
by -the Frenchman, who unfixed the uayonet, and
ran off with it. The soldier, however, quickly re-
covered hi, recollection, and having snatched too th2t
piece he discharged it at the prisoner ; the bad ens
tered belOw the shoulder and came out at his breast,
but did not cause instant death—we understand that
the wounded man is still alive.

. William Smith, a gipsey, resident in C.irnbridr,ei
has been apprehended on. suspicion of being c ,nw
cerned in the murder of M;. Carter and leis daush.
ter, at Cratfield, iik Suffolk, about 18 years ago.--•
He is committed •to the town gaol for further exa'
mination,

Raid the number of depredations which have
bcen'enliittiltted at Boston, in Lintoinshire; dues
in thilait:ten days, arid the cessation of bosi•
neks. during: that period in StamfOtda ire think it
probable' that some of our marauding corps are on a
Visit at that town. Athong other lit de iticuriiOril we
have the followthg to record t On Wed t+,d4y etien.
ing an attempt, sithilat to that made to roll tbd clerk
of Mr. Duggan a te* days befol'e, was made on the
clerk of Mr. Hart, merchant. On his way to Wiltiatn•
place with the eash,36ti from the offiCe, a fetid* dame
up to him near the church and attempted to wren
the box from him; he did not SatcedJ, hoskever, add
the boy escaped with his charge by taking tb his heels.
On Friday night some malitious persons broke into
the breWhothe of Mr. Sutton; • the Wiaite Horse, Id
West-street, and let out of the tat a brewing of
beer ; the whole of Which was 111 consequent o
lost.

HOUSE OF,PEEkS,

raIDAY, JAN. 10.

---.- The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the
Wools cl;, about. knr o'clock, and alter Prayers
were tend, a few Orders were made with respect to
judici4 business, LettdshioS then -,ljoutned
for snore-time during pleasure,r
ft ' •-•
o'clock the' Hotise resumed.On the motion of the Earl Hof 1,117E11P0-li., the
list-of the names of Lords given in by Peers
present, for the purpose of forming a C,,tnatittee
CI-:their Lordships, :for the examination of his Ala-
jeqy's Phygicians,•wa: ordered to bereierred to the
df the Lord President and
,other, PeerS,
;tot eport the names of the Lords so chosen. r.
This proceeding accordingly , took place, and a
_few- Peers retired, In, order to exetminethe Lists.
They shortly after returned; and the names.weto
read, by Lord Walsingbana at the. Table, but in
'such a tone of voice as to be inaudible below the
'bar. - •. -
The, Earl, of LIVERPOOL then movcd—" That the
said Committee, or any eight or more of them, do
meet at.,ethe hour of-one o'clock on Monday next,
in the Prince's Chamber, for the purpose of examin-
ing the Physicians attending his Majesty, respecting
the actual: state of
.his, Majesty's heahh, and, that
the Committee do have power to adjourn, &c."--
Ordered.
. The Physicians in _immediate attendance, viz.
Doctors Munroe, Bane, Heberden, and Sinirnonds,
were then introduced to the.bar,.and sworn with
respect to
.their intendett:evidence before their Lord-
ships' Committee. . .
An order,,, was made; for the attendante of Sir
Henry Halford, and the other remaining Phy-
• sicians, on Monday next, for the purpose of being

sworn.. .
. Lord WA LSINGHAM, from the Committee appoint-
ed to inspect the state of their Lordships' Journals,
reported- that two additional volumes thereof were
printed, and ready for delivery.
Oo the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, certain
ai.lionat documents relative to the state Of the fi-
ance of the country, were ordered to be laid before
the House ; to this proceeding he was induced in
consequrnce of what had fallen-froin a Noble Lord
last night upon the subject, and the motions made
by him, as tie:(kh(e. Noble -Secretary of State) wish-
ed that every possible light might be thrown upon
the subject.