The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-31 00:00:00

THE LQNDON MILITIA.

Mr• Alderman'Woon:brought tip the Report,
I'vhich was read by tie proper officer. It in sub-'
stance recommended the disbanding of the two Re-
,_nents on account of the heavy expence, and in
"ir room the substitution of a species of force_si-
1111ar to the Local Militia, to be trained 14 or 28
"Ys in the year:
11 The Worthy Alde_rtnan ,(when the Report_ had
e!" read) observed, that. it- was not necessary to
take 1-11) the, time of the Court in entering into a
d
',lsenssion upon the measure recommended by the
"orntnitfee ; he must, ho.wever, express his sur-
Pitrise, that as the debate had been put oil before,
that not any one of the four Representatives for the
„,IIY:of London, attended this day. He should'
" That the Ckitirt do agree with the Report."
end impolitic
Deputy Box opposed the motion, as unwise
tl4 impolitic at the present moment. The
recom-
mendation
of the Committee he considered as en-
s
,renehing in a particular manner• on the rights and
'tbunities of the City of London. In making his
Stand against the proposition now brought for Aard,
h conceived he was discharging an important
read pub-
duty. In the course of the debates which 'had
,y
passed on the subject, he had not heard any
tine argument whi.ch could justify the adoption of
Resolutions which the Committee had passed:
le.charge of the City Militia not being of use, was
t°,! h founded upon truth, for need only rcfcr to
d elf' 'services in guarding the magazines and other
.
fo`PO's for military stores at Woolwich and Dept-
t :,(1 Yards r ; besides, at a moment when; c 004.-
w4B menaced by a foreign enemy—w lien we
r 1
rflore than 120,000 foreign plisooers with%n
ores Island, it would not only be dangerous .to .reduce
(*disband the City Mititia, and therefore he should
leEt to the motion.
Mr
I.llnaeLE supported it.
biir R. C. GLYNN expressed his decided disappro-
ton to. the Resolutions of the Committee, on si-
milar grounds with the worthy Deputy. The Hon.
yabrunet entered ‘into a comparative estimate of, the-
1611e of that species of force 'anciently known to
• City,ot London under the denotninJtion of
i rained Bands," which he considered useless now
n
3,Fi'y of such vast extent as London, containin
‘l, g
th`,on its walk upwards of two hundred and tweoty
it osusand inhabitants ; but ofsuch a population was
°0 much 'to say; that two regiments, cutp'-
p h ‘
ospri ,
"" or 1.200 men only, should be disbanded as
inefficient,nt in order to give way to' such a Species of
cie aS a Local Militia, to be trained for a few days
,tfLe year ? It was necessary for the
_protedion
th tue City, that an efficient force, of the nature of
tete Present Militia, [ropeily disciplined, should be
all'ed, in order that, in case of emergency, they
L"li-1 aid the civil power. Much of the evil which
1,,;f'',1 the City of London during the disgraceful riots
liaita have been avoided if such an efficient force
worsted."fist Under the present circumstances of
flee it w'asr impossible to say what portion of
doe regular force. rni4ht be sent out, of the king-
otntil, and then the Militia must of
,course supply the
latqciencY occasioned by the removal of .the Regu-
tok To reduce
,any part of the Militia force must
f°ii reflecting mind appear a measure of great
Y. But,then it .a4s said that the Militia cos% atie
1)1°411 considerable sums ; according to the ptoposed
wall for establishitig a Local Militia, the expellee
ii)(11d amount to AO,OOOl. more, and
linotwitosiand-
vg the increased expenditure, the City would be
a-e
d its less security tjian before. •
It Mr. Alderman C. SMITH conceived the Report
at most - extraordinary one, and for the reasons
tAttive ed by the previous speakers, gave it his ne-
.

te,,l\:l". WAITHMAN contended, that the wholesys-
E‘". of those regimenis was founded in the vilest
rit't of comption and job. It took from the Go-
thtnillent .50,0001. a year, who wished to be rid of
7.. e regiments:
Ja.oKs moved, as an amendment, the to omit ill
words after " that," and insert " in conside-
\v ictri Of the Magnitude and vital importance of the
j)j4r, in which the country is engaged, it tiopld.bc
ihaqly improper to apply to Parliament for leave for
k,„eity of London to disband. arty poriion of its
thll6a, constitut:iptially formed by the choice of,
tirr Fellow-citizens, or to reduce them to Q Peace
lebiiihmenti" which Was' supported by Mr. BELL,
BLuNDELL, Alderman BIRCH, Mr. BROWNE,
fleribatl ATtutis, and-Alderman CURTIS.
i\,f 4/.,.`r. Sheriff HEYGATE was against disbanding the
11r.'GRIFFITHS, Mr. FAVEL, Mr. QUIN, and
Alderman Wool), spoke in support of the Report.
4t six o'clock_ the question was put
For the Amendment •
For the Report - . -
Majority. for the A mendiper4
•,

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Wednesday evening last, Mrs. Price, of Mich-
-I,,,lt'street, Mat yhtbonne, was induced, imprudent-
'luring the absence of her; husband, to adtnit
o,llcr house three itinerant musicians,one of whom
a,IIIed a magic lanthorn, with a view of amusing her
1)111V• The fellows having been introduced into a
thr,cur on the ground floor, which was darkened at
their Suggestion, and immediately began to display
tOr Wonders, to the no small astonishment of the
oeicldren and servants, who were all assembed on the
per4iott. While their attention, was fixed upon the,
uilermance, however, one of the fellows slipped
to Perceived out of the room, and went down stairs
elthe kitchen, where he found several valuable arti-
Lles of silver plate,-such as a, tea-pot and ewer, la,
ke, and tea-spoons, which he secreted about his per-
nt), and-returned to the parlour unnoticed, and was
w 4 afterwards, with his companions, dismissed.—
eY had not long left the house when the plate
as missed;- but although immediately pursued,
the villains retreated with such preeipitation as to
Rudelb detection. It is to be hoped this circumstance
rta.Y operate as a warning to deter others from ad"
Atntling such characters into their houses, as there is
O,VWbt many serious robberies have trees facilt-
' Oneffected under such disguises.
At the Adjourned Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday,
rney and Bicknell, two notorious characters,
• "e sentenced too six months imprisonment each.

ALIeANT, DEC. 20.—0 n the t6th Instant, ,the
Murcia Regiment of Intantiy of the line, embZoked
at this port, for Mallon, amidst the plaudits at an
immense concourse of spectators, who were filled
with respect and astonishment at the order discip-
line, and•truly martial appearance of this fine body of
men. This corps formed part of the division raised
and embodied here, by ihat gallant and most zeal-
ous-Officer, General Don Philip Roche, whose ex-
traordinary exertions, producingeffe6s, as it were
by enchantment, have completelydisciplined, and
fully armed and accnutred, a body of nearly five,
thousand Spaniards, in so short a period of time;
and called forth by this &splay of zeal and of talents,
the warmest feelings and praises of the country.
The park of artillery destined for this-division, and
the cavalry hourly expected, will give it 4.grand and
formidable appearance, furnishing Europe with an
authentic testimony of the superior abilities of Ge-
neral Roche. .

- Spain can never forget what she,owes to an'offi-
cer, quitting his native soil, the only -country ex-
empt from the profanations of the most ambitions
and sanguinary t pant, s.v Ito is ready to sacrifice himself
to•preserve to her the sacred rights of her Govern-
ment, and of her independence, in the midst of t he
clangours of the most unprincipled atrocious war
the world has ever seen or sustained.

AMERICALV PAPERS.

(FROM HAYTI.)

Captain Tuck, from Ja'queinel, informs, that
Chrisiophe was preparing to attack Port au Prince,
whet plaee had teen put into the best state of de-
feria% .`Petion has no vessel of war, but‘ his pores
were well fortified. Ciaistophe's fleet was diStri-
bu;Fd in his various ports. Captain T. saw at Ja-
quailel, a Captain in Christopke's Army, who had
deerted ; this Officer states, that two American
vessels had been taken in.the Bite of Langue, by his
cruisers,_ and carried into Gattlives, %.rid the clews
imprisoned. Paper money had been issued by older
of Christophe, and any person refusing to take it
would be arrested, and it is said, would sutler death.

THE ORATORIO.-The season of this sublime
entertainment commenced last night of Covent-
,Garden-Theatre, under the direilion of. the Aix -
LExs, whose talents andd-experience abundantly qua-
lity
,ti'etn to do justice to the undertaking. , The en-
tertainment last night consisted of a selection of
sacred music from the 11,,5t Masters. The vocal
and instrumental departments were well and amply
supplied,- and in addition to the " native talents" of
Mrs. DIGKONS, Mfs. BLAND,, BELLAMY, BROAD-.
HURST, Goss, -FINNEY, &C. the Conductors have en-
gaged CATALANI and TRAMEZZANI. We confess
that in an. Entertainment of this nature, we.should
have been more satisfied it it had been wholly
British; but we cannot blame these Condudorli for
a desire to increase the gratification of the public, at
a c6nsidcrable addition of expence ,to themselves.
The house was so well attended ,as to promise a
successful season.

the Champion of England;
had a benefit y,sterday, at the Fives-court. The
hall was crowded. to excess.' Not fewer than 1500
persons were .plesent,- inciuding many Noblemen,
and Gently- .en. second match, which was
betty_ sp MO% nf-aux and Powers, was highly in-
teresting. The latier is a most promising youth,
pu&sesses great science, 'hits at great length, and
With a,uazing quickness. He appealed in no wise
ins-riot to his sable adversary, aid is one of the
first hopes of the pugilistic school.
After a match or two of inferiot note, Molineaux
entered the arena, with Shaw, the late-guardsman.
Tile latter is a-fine acletic tellow, and in temper
not. inferior to Crib, hilt as yet little more than
a novice—his prowess, however, irritated his sable
adversary, and there was one round almost in good
earnest.

Ater the finish, Molineaux addressed the com-
pany r. GeAlemun, said he, alter reiterated
conobees, executed with peculiar grace and elegance,
" lam ready to fight any man in England born of
a woman, in any time from three months down to
a foltwight fro,n -the present day, barring Tom
. I will fight him for 2001. or any sum down
to 501. ; and if that canant be had, I will fight him
for tut:*

His ,adversary, Shaw, the Life-guardsman, then
came torward on the stage, and took up the glove
thrown down .by the sable hero. He said, lie cor-
dially accepted the challenge, and would ghdly
light his friend in two month—conceiving That
as he was only used to soldiering, eight weeks
was as little time as ought to be allowed him for
training.

The country-seat of Gepeial.Morean, at Morres-
ville, nth Trenton,
,in America, was burned to the
ground on the 24th ult. about four o'clock in the
morning. All the valuable Turniture was destroyed,
and the' General and his family, we learn, escaped,
the flames with some difficulty.
We have authority to state the following circnm-
s:ances, as to the ccmdutit of a
,Police Watchman,
which occurred in Buccleugh-street, on. Thursday
morning. Between. twelve and one• o'clock on
Thursday morning, the Lady of the house having
gone accidentally to the window, the shutters'being
in part but not entirely shut, she saw one of the
Police watchmen come to the top
_of the stair lead-
ing from the street to the sunk area ; the watchman
set down his lanthorn in the street, took the gate of.
the area off its hinges, and carried it away, going
eastward, in the dire&ion of-St. Patrick's-sluare.—
About an hour-afterwards, between one and two
o'clock of the morning, the house-bell was violent-
ly rang; the door being opened, two watchmen ap-
peared, and presented this iron gate, saying that
some person had carried it off, but that they found
it, and now brought it back. They were asked,
who was on the watch in the street at twelve
o'clock, one of them answered, it was himself, and
upon being asked his number, gave one. These
circumstances have been communicated to the
Judge of Police, and the Magistrates.—(Edinburgh
Paper.)
Whitechapel, and the Road from London to Bark-
, ing, were all alive on Wednesday,. in consequence
of three oriour persons in that neighbonrhood hav-
ing bought Shares of the Twenty Thousand Pound
Prize at SWIE-i'S Aldgate Office.

I NIPROMP'rU,

F- N E SQ.
•
IN RETURN FOR A BRACE OF sls.arEs.

a
My ti.anks I'll no longer delay,
For llirds that you shot With such skill,
Lut tlr.ugh there nothing to pay,
Yet each ot them brought in a Bill. •
I mean not, my friend, to complain;
The matte' w.ts pettedly Flj ttt,
And when bill§'such as those come again,
I'll always :Accept the,M of

REPORT..

COURT OF KING'

11FNC1:11, !ATI. 2g.

THE KING (OI THE PRospctrrioN of TIi.E,BISHOP
OF DERRY) V. MANSELL PHILLIPS, ESQ. f‘l. P.

The ArtottN EY GE NE It A.CMOVed -for- he Jaidg-
tient of the Court on Mansell Phillips, Esq.
The dkendant hiving appeared in Court, the
criminal infotihation which he was charged with
having published, in -a newspaper called The
Cambrian, • a libel against the Bishop of ',Derry,
with the nature of Which- our Readers are already
acquainted, and on which information the defendant

had allowed Judgment w go igainst him, by default,
was read.

' Mr. BEVAN then addressed the Court on the part
of the defendant. He had it in charge from hiS client
to declare, that he felt the most sincere conviction
in his own mind, that there was not the slightest sha-
dow of truth for that calumny against the Right Rev'.
Prelate, of which he had so indiscreetly suffered him-
self to be the propagator. From tbe first Moment"
that he b4arne sensible of the, injustice he had been
made the ins of rendering to the character of this
distinguished Prelate, he had frit the most sincere
contritiot; -foroffence, his and had deeply deplored
his own iTdiscretion_ on the part he had acted. In
commu&cating the intelligence, as it had come to
his hands, to the proprietor of the Cambrian, he
had not intended that it should-meet the public eye.
When he observed, therefore, that it,had been pub-
lished, he immediately wrote to him finding, fault
with him on this account. Having himself no
knoWledge of the Right Rev. Prelate, he' made
his business to obtain a.letter of introdalion) to hint

from his Solicitor, and' inspired witha wish to make
a personal acknowledgment • to the Bishop, of his
deep sorrow for the offence which he had so indis-
creetly cOmmitted, he went over to Leland for the
sake of ilriploring forgiveness.--14e was so unform-
na(e, however, as to ascertain on•his arrival in the
tieigl4)ourtiood of the Right Rev. Prelate's residence,

in frelat',d, that he had 'set out for this country ; so
that the defendant's journey to Ireland was rener-
ed .nugatory. As a Gentleman, the defendant felt
hicaself cailed on in duty to make every atonement

in his power for rhe.offence into whi6 he had in=
judicoudy fallen.- This, he now wished, in the
most unequivocal terms, to ao through
& wan) his. Counsel. He was also desirous of an
opportunity of waiting on the-Right Rpv. Prelate
himseb, that he Might, to him personally, make an
acknowledgment of his error. The defendant,:had
off-,ed +o the Bishop to pay the costs of the pro-
ceeding. but these he. had refused id receive. he
defendant in consequence, tinder the impression
that the Right Rev. Pre')ate, though he might:-be

himself to receive any thing in the shape
of a' pecuniary consideration, might not be distil-
clinic! to we it transferred to some deserving elm-
rit:ioe, institution, had piked a considerable sure

at .the disposal of the BiShop, to be appropriated to

such charitable uses as he should chuse. Ucider
these circumstances, the Learned Coun,xl hoped
that the defendant should experience the lenient

coosideolion of the Court, in the judgment which,
they were now called on to pass upon him•

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, he could not be
ignorant that no inconsiderable effect hadbeen,pfo-
_

duced on the Court, -by the address of his Learned
Friend, an), also. by the judicious line ,of condu
which the 'defendant had been advised to pursue
throughout. Little remained for him (the Attorney
General) now to say, because every objeti whiCh
the Right Rev. Prelate could . be,supposed, in the
present prosecution, to have in view, was already
answered. One word in explanation,. however, he
must' be permitted to say. The. Bishop of Derry,
with that liberality which belonged .to him, seeing
two young ,men who were exerting themselves to
carry on, in the neighbourhood of his diocese, a
manufacture, which promised, if 'successful, to be
highly.benefiL:ial to the surrounding country, assisted
theth with cno-ney for this purpose. The undertak-
ing failed ; 'the Bishop, in consequence, lost his
money ; and, on this circumstance, bact some male-
volent person raised the report that the Bishop him-
self was engaged in mercantile'speculitions, After
what had been done by the
,defendant, the Bishop
felt. he could ask no more. He had only todeclare
,as to the sum, so properly placed by the defendant
at the Right Rev. Prelate's disposal, his Lordship
had tesolvd that no part of it-should be disposed. of
in that country to whiCh he more peculiarlt belong-
ed, so as to seem to dispense with any of his accus-
tomed rharitiek in that co entry. .The Right Rev.
Prelate wished that the sum in question should go to
a,charity.in't his country-that it should go to the
.Society of the Sons of the Clergy.
Lord F;LLENBoU.OUGH said, in these circum-
stances, the proper course would be, to take the
defendant's own recognizance to appear. to'receive
the judgment of the Court when called on, and for
" his good behaviour:
The, defendant was accordingly discharged, on
giving his own recognizance to the above' elect, to
the extent of 5001.

BURDETT AGAINST THE SPEAKER.—Mr. CLIF-
FORD and other 'Counsel met to-day in the Exche-
quer Chamber, to argue in error from the King's
Bench, when the Barons postponed the hearing till
Saturday week.

SPRING CIRCUITS.-7-Alifillind,— Lord Elletibo-
ruunb.—Mr. Justice Bayley.

.2\,--0/Ib/k.,--Lrd Chief Justice Mansfield—Mr.
Justice Heaits.
Home.—Lord Chief Baron—Mr. Justice Grose.
Northern.—Mr. Baron Thompson Mr. Justice
Le Blanc.

Oxfin-d.— Mr, Justice Lawrence—Mr. Baron
Wo6d.

Wesorn.,—;Mr. Justice Chatlllare—Mr. Baron
Graham.

NOTTINGHAII. JAN. 29 —lt isiimposq,blet to COrla
vey a proper idea of the state of the publ: trim.' 01
this town, doring the last four of` five dis. 1, e,
eons tut parading of the milraty in the ht,
thei, movements in vat ions dorm.: both
night and day, give us-the _apticarante of a 4, a,e of
warfare.

On Saturday nieht the frame- orakers crossed the
river Trent) and broke f,E)Utt:eif f.ames Ru•
ton, and twenty d t Cfifton; Laving but IWO w .0-16
in the last-'r town. An -exf ress was sent otf to
Not, ingham fur a troop of the Hussars, who Went
with all possible seed ; anti as many of the fiiinney
troops of yeomanry as cou1:1 be colleced, (they be.
irg in the_ne g,,bourimod .of the scene of aHon).
were immed:ately mounted-offe party pursued the
depredators, while others seized a 1 the passes vier
over the. Trent for the-space of tour miles, under the
full pef :uasion that3he Luddite& could' not ecape;
but, such is the generalshp of the
_latter, lb; they
d b9at which nobody else hid though of, and
re-passed the river in two divisions, in perfed
safety, and eseapcd-.• , • .
On Sunday night 45 frames were broken at Set.,
son, Ragt horp, and the neighbouring hamlets, about
nine miles from this town ; and the same evening,
about seven. o'clock, acircntnstance rook- place at
,Bisford, of,the most daring descriptiOn 'fur while
three soldiers were in the house Of, 'One William'
Barns, tn. protect three frames, a party of Luddites
entered the house, and initndialely confined the
soldiers ; and•_while two of the party stood sentry 'at
the door with the soldiers' muskei.s, other, demo.
lished the frames; and when the mischief was done,
the •muskets were dist-harged .and the soldiers
berated; and the depredators wished them 'a good

night.

On Monday evening, three more frames were
broken in the saine Vinage, one of \\ inch waslaken
and fixed on the top of the reund,shouse, or viiiage-
prjson, and there left As a puhlietpettaele,.which
was seen by many.
Four prisoners were yesterday brought in.
Several .gow7street officers have arrived from
London, 'and wore are daily. expelled.