The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-27 00:00:00

OFFICE Uf ORDNANCE,

Apri! t 5, ißtzi
TFIE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA-
7ESTY's ORDAANCR hereby give Notice, that
Proposals will be received at their Office in Pal/. Mail, on or
Moacty, the 4th drty front such ee. itS ar tray
be nullling to undertake the Sup; ly of SLATES, denominated
11IPERIALS, DUCHESSES`, COUNTESSES, LA-
DIES, QUEENS, Re.GS, and W.ESTNIORELAND
SLATES, fir Sewn ice of this Department, fir a period rd. Three
Yea, s, ,determinable at the expiration of tine )ear, at the option
of rit!er Party.

!''nether particulars, together with the 'teeth and Conditi,ns ref
the Contraß, may be known up tf aolication at the SeCretav's
Office in Pall-Mall, aforesaid, ettyay between the hours of Tett
and Four o'clock, It.here the P,cp4sals mutt be deliT•ered scaled
up, and indorsed " P ropos Is for Slates';" but no Proposal cat
be admitted after the said 4th day. of May, at Twelve k
Noon of the saute Day, neither will nto, Tender be nothe 4
unless the Pary making it, or an Agent on his beliall,
attend.

31 Order r j t.6e
R. TI. CR ETC, Err.

OFFICE OE ORDNANCE,

April 11, 012.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA.
1 TESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that
proposals will be received at their Office, 'in Pall-Mall, on or
before Friday, the tat of 117ay, froni such Persons as may be
willing to undertake the Supply of Two Hundred Loads 1
FOUR-INCH ASH PLANK for Service of the Rjal Car.
Hags Deparinfrnt at It'Oolwich.
Farther Particulars, together 11,1 th the Terms and Conditions
of the Cbntratl, may be known Upon Application at the Seca-
s Office, in Pall-Mall, aforesaid, ary day betavec,: the
bears of Ten and Four o'clock, where the Prop9salr t:,.trtit be
delkerred, sealed asp and indorsedi" liroposals for Ash Plank ;"
bat nu Proposals can -br admitted after the sail lit of May.
ai Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the same Days; neiaber will a,y
Tender be noticed, unless the Party making ft, or an Agent in
his behalf, shall attend:

By Order of the BoArdi
R. H. CREW, Sec.

OEFICE UN URDANANC,

. _
Ap,ilao, 18
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of' HIS 31,1.
7ESTre ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that
Proposals will be received at their Offee, in cn or
-Wore Monday', the 4th day of May, froth such Personi as may
be willing to undertake the LiGHTING of .the LAMPS
for the Service of this Department in Pall Mall, at the Power,
and at Woolwich, for a period of Three Yeah, determinable at
the expiration of One Year, At the option o'cl:her/Parry.
Further Particulars, together with the terMs and Conditi,nt
of the C,attrael, may be known upon application at the Seireta,y's
Vire, aforesaid, any day between the hoot of
Ten and Four o'clock, where' the Proposals mast be deliven d.
sealed up and indorsed, " Proposals for Lamp Ligllting,',
but no Proposal ran be admitted after the said 4th day of May.
at Twelve o'clock at noon of the same Caj,, neither will any Ten-
der be noticed, unless the Party making it, or an Agent in 1"...4
behalf, shall attend.
4s' Order of the Board,
B. 11. CRP. fr* Secretary.

" •In a few Days will be published,
In One large Volume, duodecimo, price in boards 6s. a new
edition of
11/44EDITATIONS 'for the AGED.
11~y !l By lOHN BREWST‘ER, M.A.
Rettur of Boldon, and Vicar of Greathani, in the County of

lludlam.

Printed for F. C. and 1. Itivington, No. 6z, St. Paul's
Church-yard; sold also by liatchard, -No. rgo, Picca-
dilly.

Of ‘..liOrn may be had, by the same Author,
1. The lYleditatiOns of a Recluse :.chiefly on Religious
Subjects. The third edition. In one volume octavo, price in
boards Bs.

2.- Ledures on the Ads of the A pcntles, delivered in the
Parish Church of Stockton-upon-1 ees, during Lent, in the
Years 1813, 1304, t 8,15, ,and 18c6. lu two volumes, oditvo,
price ix boards r4s.

On the Ist of May will be published,
At R. Ackermames- Repository of Arts, tot, Strand, and may
be bed of all the liookiellers in the United Kingdom,
A TOUR, in SEAL OH of the PICTURESQUE,
.(1,. by tho Rev: Dr. SYNTAX, a Poem, printed with a
new type, en large royal Bvo. vellum paper, and hot—pressed,
price, with3r, Coloured Engravings, 215. or without En-
gravings• los. 6d.
- On the Ist of April was published, No. XL. of The Re-
pocitory of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufaaures Fa-
shions, &c. &c. Each Number of
.this splendid Work:con-
tains from Six to Eight superb Coloprecl Engravings, any
one of which is worth the price of the whole; and near 7o
Pages of the most interesting Letter. press.

A few complete sets, containing upwards of z7o plates may
be had in boards, ►:.iit-bound, or in single Numbers, price-46.
each.

N. B. Advertisers will -find it highly to their interest to
make known their new inventions, manufactures, &c. in this
%Vork, as it toes into the highest circles of society, and has a
piost extensive circulations _ _

On Ist May will be published, price One Guinea, a Book
of l'rogresSive Lessons on the Art,of Landscape Painting in
Water-Colours, by an Artist of the first eminence ; contain-
ing seven Plain and seven Coloured Engravings,_ with about
Thaty pages of ii.atruotive Letter-press, adapted to the ca-
pacity ot. the very -first beginners.
The-Cfiquilla Nut, a nun-descript in Botany, from the in-
terior of Africa, is now manufaCtured, at Ackermann's Re-
positor3 of. A rts,,intcathelolluwing useful articles, unrivall-
ed tor t-e beauty irt their colour and appearance : Sand,
poinc.i.., and Cotton-boxes, Wafer-seals, Egg-cups,Nuuneg-
gcacts 1141-pulls, and Salvc-boxes.

•, • • • . • • • • • • , •
AT MEETINGof MERCHANTS, MANIT-
FACTURERS, TRADERS, and others, interested
in the EXPORT TRADE to INDIA and CHINA, from
the PORT of LONDON, held at the City of London Ta-
vern, the 25th April, tBis,
JOHN A.TK Esq. Alderman, in the Chair.
It was moved by DaVid Gordon,- Esq. and seconded by
Stewart Marjoribanks; Esq..and tinanimously resolved,
That this Meeting, consisting of Merchants, Manufac-
turers,'.-and Traders of the Port of London, who have been
long established in the Export Trade from thence to India
and China, feel themselves called upon in defence of their
respedi ve- properties to state the true situation of such Trade
to the country at large, -in order to counteract any misrepre-
sentations which may have the effeet of misleading the Pub-
lic Mind, upon a subject of such magnitude t,o the commu-
nity at large, and in which their own vital interests-are most
deeply concerned.
That the anxiety expressed by the various Manufadirrers
in the Provincial Towns of the United Kingdom, in regard.
to the quantity of Exports to India and China, is grounded
upon erroneous data, as will appear by reference to the ac-
tual• 'Export of such Manutadures.
That it appears to this Meeting, from indisputable autho-
rity, that the quantity of Tonnage engaged by the East India
Company for the Private Traders of the United Kingdom
(exclusively ofthat allowed to be exported in the privilege of
their own Captains and Officers), amounted during the last
six years to 63,0e0 Tons, and that during that period only
0009 Tons of every species of Manufadure (inducting 13er(
and 4,000 Tons of Wine) have been actually engaged and
shipped to India.
That the fad contained in the foregoing Resolution, exhibits
a striking and incontrovertible proof that the Company and
the Public at large have been disappointed in those hopes and
expedations which led to the granting the Extra Tonnage,
and which was done upon the Renewal of the present Char-
ter, by the-desire and at the instance.of the Manufa:f.turers
and other Persons who at that time expressed similar feelings
with resped to an extensive Export, to' those exhibited at
the various Meetings which have been so recently held
throughout the Country.
That tile articles exported to India and China are various;
but not extensive in any particular manufathre, and there.
Are require to be collected from every part of the kingdom
to one concentrated point for exportation, with any rational
prospect of advantage either to the manufadurer or the ex-
porter.
That the experience of the last Six years impresses this
Meeting with a decided conviction that the market of India
is not capable of extending the consumption of manufio.iures
to the amount which the public mind'has been led to eiped,
and therefore, if the export trade to India and China, as now
confined to the Port of London, be made general to the out.
portsi it will be of no benefit to them, hut will prove ruinous
to those extensive establishments which have been formed
by the persons composing this meeting, and to the large ca.
pitals they have invested therein.
That should the Export Trade to India and China be
moved from the Port of London, the-coasting trade, of the
United Kingdom, that best nursery for our seamen, and great
bulwark of our national superiority, and strength, the inland
navigation, that new source of great national wealth, as af-
fording incalculable facilities to the improvement of the ge-
neral agriculture of the country ; and lastly, the Revenue
itself would, with these, suffer inconceivable injury.
That a Petition be presented to both Houses of Parliament
in the names of the Merchants,' Manufadurers, Traders, and
others interested in the Export Trade to India and China
from the Port of London, praying that the Export Trade to
Indixand China may be continued as heretofore to the Port
of London.

That the Meeting approves of the Petition now read from
the Chair.
That the same be now signed by the Gentlemen present,
and do remain at this house eight days" for signatures.
That the Committee chosen at the General Meeting, held
yesterday at this house, for the purpose ot preparing the Pe.
tition, be requested to continue permanent during the dis-
cussions in Parliament, and to use their utmost exertions to
promote the objet of this Meeting,, and that the Committee
have the power of increasing their number as they shall see
necessary.
That the Members for the City of London, for the Coun-
ties of Essex, Kent, Middlesex, . and Surrey„ for the City of
Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark, be requested
to support the Prayer of the Petition in Parliament, when
any discussion on the subjea shall take place.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be presented to Sir Wil-
liam Curtis, Baronet, Mr. Alderman Combe, and Sir Charles
Price, Baronet, three of the Representatives in Parliament for
this City ; and to George Byng, Esq. one of the Representa-
tives in Parliament far the County of Middlesex, for their
attendance this day, and for their kind attention to the im-
portant objeils of this Meeting.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Com-
mittee for convening the same, and for the great zeal and at-
tention they have shown to the interests thereof.
That these Resolutions, and the Petition of the Merchants,
Manufaaurers, Tradets, and others of the Port of London,
(after such Petition shall have been presented to Parliament)
be published in the Morning and Evening Papers.
That all communications upon the subject of the present
Meeting be addressed to the Committee, under cover, to Mr.
Teasdale, Merchant Taylors' Hall, Solicitor to the Meeting.
That a Subscription be now entered into by this Meeting,
for the purpose of defraying the expences of the Petitions ro
both Houses of Parliament, and of such measures as may be
deemed necessary by the Committee fur the protection of the
Rights and Interests of the Exporters from the Port of Lon-
don to India and China.

(Signed) IU IN ATK IN S, Cliairman.
John Atkins, Esq. Alderman, having left the Chair, the
same was taken by Christopher Smith, Esq. Alderman ;
whereupon it was, moved, seconded, and unanimously re.
solved,

That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Alder.
man Atkins, for his judicious and able condua in the Chair.

(Signed)

CHRISTOPHER S,Ni."l

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

*.* We should be glad to avail ourselves of the Correspond-
ence of S. S. from Manchester, but wish to convAy-a let-
ter to him. We have only received two of his favours,
though he refers to a third.

MAILS.
Guernsey. I tersoy, I 1-1.11i12X. 2
I Waterford. Du a—ir Cackz, Lisbon, r Malta.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM Q.UIS DICSAL PALSUM AUDIIAT?

L 0 N D 0 IV,

MONDAY, APRIL V 7, 181 i.

We have just been favoured with the following
most important intelligence from America, extraEted-
from the Comnbrcial Advertiser of the I t th alt

" WASHINGTON, MARCH 9.—The following is a
copy of a Message sent by the President this c'ay to
boat Houses of Congress, to the Set:late, and House

•
of Representatives :
" I lay. before Congress copies of certain docu-
ments which remain in the departMent of State ;
they prove, that at a recent period, whilst,the United
States, notwithstanding the wrongs sustained by
them, cease not to observe the Jaws of peace and neu-
trality towards Great Britain, and in the midst of
amicable professions and negociations on the part of
the British Government there, and its public Mini-
nister here, a secret agent of that Government was
employed in certain States, more especially at the seat
of Government, Massachusetts, in fomenting
disaffection to the Constituted Authorities of the
nation, and in intrigue with the clisaffeated, for ,the
purpose of bringing about resistance to the laws, and

tvenlually in *concert iviti; a Biitish force de-
stroying the Union, and 'forming the Eastern
part thereof into a political connection with Great
Blitain: in addition to the of Et which .thediscoveryl
of such a procedure 'ought io have on the public
councils, it will not fail to fender More deal._ to the
hearts of all good Citizens that hakiY Union of
these States, which, under Divine ProVidebee, is
the guarantee of our libznies,' their safety, their
tranquility, and their proiperity.

.(Signed)

March ig, Iglle.

" JAMES

"This Message was accompanied with doeumen is
upon which it was founded. 1 have not perused the
documents, but understand they contain the corre-
'spondenCe of the Earl of LIVERPOOL and Sir JAMES
CRAIG, late Governor of Canada, with •a certain
Captain JOHN HENRY, VVII:). is the secret' agent
spoken of, Ad who has himself made the
disclosure to the Government and given. them the
dOcument, alleging as] the 'reason, • that the Bri-
tish Government bad refused to give him his re-
ward. The Message has produced considerable sen-
sation in 'Congress, and,will probably strengthen the
war party in and out of Congress.
" It is believed by some that HENRY is endear
vouring to impose on the Govern/116u some similar-
purpose—this, if, true, may be difficult io prove,
and the imposing and positive manner in which the
Message:is is seta to Congress will have a power-
ful eflea in inflaming the public mind. It had
been determined, I understand, by a majority of
the House to suspend the farther proceedings on
the taxes until the arrival of the Hornet. This
was done, it. is believed„ to receive the concur-
_
rence.of several Members, who agreed, that if the
Hornet did not bring _out a repeal of the Orders in
Council, they would immediately unite in voting
the taxes and declaring war. Sv-ch, I am told,
had become the state of things in the House when
the President's Message and the accompanying
documents were received. What effeasthese may
produce in relation to our war measure, a few
days will probably disclose. We have given the
above news as its apparent importance requires ;
but we doubt the intelligence, and suspea its ac—
curacy."

No official accounts have been received of the
signature of the Treaty Offensive and Defensive be-
tween Russia and Sweden, but there is every rea-
son to believe that it was signed on the 6,h
instant. Great Britain and Turkey ate to be
invited to accede to it. By the Treaty_between
France and Austria, the latter is to be bribed to as-

sist in rivetting her own fetters by the precarious.
possession of Silesia 'and. Istria, while the King of
Prussia is to have the dominions of which he is\the
nominal ,Sovereign increased by those of Swedish
Pomerania.

When we first learnt that Lord WELLINGTON
was about to undertake the siege of Badajoz,. we
enumerated the advantages that were likely to re-
esult to the Allies if his Lordship should succeed in
that important and arduous undertaking; and the
last, accounts fr,om Lisbon shew that our conjeelures
are likely to be realized. Notwithstanding the
implicit confidence we place in the talents of
Lord WELLINoTori,-and in the bravery and discip-
line of the army he commands, we, were not, we
confess, sanguine in our
.expeClations that the fall
of Badajoz would so soon take place. The natural,J
strength of that fortress, the great improvements
Which have recently been made in , the fortifi-
cations, the number of the garrison,, consisting of
above coo picked men,: and the acknowledged
abilities and courage of General PIIILLIPON the Go-
vet nor, led us to expel a most pmtrat-ted and obsti-
nate defence, particularly as it. was known that th-e
garrison was abundantly supplied with provisions
and stores of every kind. But if Lord WELLINGTON
had such formidable &fficulties to overcome in Ba-
dajoz, the danger (tom without was not less likelY to
shake even the most determined mind.MarshalsSouLT
rind MARSIONT were hovering on the frontiers with
armies v< hich, not long ago were supposed to be suf-
-ficiently strong to drive the British out of the Pen-
insula, and there was reason to apprehend, either
Ilia. they would unite, and by advancing upon Ba-
C'ilj ,z, force Lord WELLINGTO,N,IO raise the siege
in older to give them battle, cr hat MARMONT
would make an attempt upon Ciudad Rodrigo
and Almeida, and threaten the North-East
frontier of Portugal. Such were the obstacles
which Lord Who No'roN had to• overcome, and
the danger against which he had to guard. It is pe-
cuiiarly painful to its to state, that Lord WELLING-
TON bad, in addition, << to contend with difficulties,
in consequence of the failure of the Civil Authori-
ties of the province of Alentejo -to perform their
duty, and supply the army with the means of trans-
port, and that these difficulties continue to exit,"--_
His Lordship, however, overcame them . all, and
took Badajoz in a manner of which it is impossible
to speak in terms of adequate praise. Our loss, it
is true, has been severe; no man can contemplate

it Withoit regret ; 411 it is altriost impossible to tab
tain great advantages over a braVe, active, ani
skilful enemy, without great sacrifices. In th
4 present instance it is impossible to deny tha
the result of this last most glorious achikvernin
will, in all human probability, amply compensate
u.
for the loss we have suitlined. The possession o
Ruchigo and Badajoz will not only secura
two flanks of Portugal, but enable us in conjunclicit
to a6l offensively and with etrea in Spain. DI
treneh force in Andalusia will now be placed,
irS we before observed; In such a situation, that
they must evacuate that province, and probably
Murcia" and 'Grenada. In Valencia, the least ex,
haus'ed part of Spain, the French of course,
remain as long as (hey can, but the destruetion al
the fortificrition of the City of Valencia is a prool
that SiwnET already 'contetnplates the treces,itrof a
, .
retreat ; and we confess we are sanguine enough to
think, that the time is not very distant, when the
French wilt have no farce on the other side of tive
Sierra Morena. We have not room to pursue these
observations any further at present,' but we shall
resume them at an early opportunity. ,

THE QUEEN'S COUNCIL.--.This being the lad
Salmi:lay in the month, the Members of the Queenist
Council, consisting of the Archbishops of Canteie
btfry and York, the Duke of Montrose, Earls Ayles•
ford and Winchilsea, atte,nded, on Satnrday, al the
Queen's Lodge, where Drs. Sir H. Hebeiben,
Willie, and J. and 112W111i5, were in attendunce to
receive them, a d made their Monthly Report of
the state of the, King. They afterwards went Iv
tlke Castle to hold a Council with the Queen.

The following 13u;letin was shewn yesterday at
St. James's Pal ce

" Windsor Castle, April 2i.
" Hie Mv.,tEsTy continues nearly in the same state as as
the last Molithly Report.

" H. FIALFORD.
" M. HAI 1.1,1 E.
" W. lIPTERDEN.
" I. %VI ELIg.
" R. WILLIS.

Lord ARDEN was the Lord in Waitiog at the
Palace. GenerarGAaiH attended for the absent
"Groom.
The PRINCE REGENT attended divine service
yesterday, in a. private manner, at the Chat el
Royal St. Jame's Palace, accompanied by General
BLOISIEPI ELD, &C. •
The QUEEN and PRINCESSES are expeiSled in
Town on Wednesday.
The Princess CHARLOTTE of WA LKS 1123 been
confined for a few dais past with a cold.
VO-tnorrow, the PRINCE REGENT will hold his
weekly Levee, at Carlton House, that it might not
interfere with her MAJESTY'S Drawing Room,
_which will be holden at St. James's, on Thursday.
The City of London will present the Petition of their
Corporate Body, to-morrow, to the PRINCE REGENT
or the Trone.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL entertained several of the
Cab net -Ministers yesterday, at his house, in Pri.vg
Gardens.

Viscount CASTLERBAGH gave a grand dinner yes-
terday, at his house, in King-street, St. James's-
square, to a large party. With regard to his Sun.,
day parties., his Lordship has adopted the same rule
as a Noble Eat! in Piccadilly.
The Marchionesi of SALISBURY will have a
music par-ty this evening, at her house, in Arling-
ton•strret.

The Dowager Countess of CLONMEL will give
a grand rout at her house in Portland-place, next
Thursday..
This day Captain BOLTON'S and KENNEDY'S
troops of the 18th Dt'agoons, marched into Wind-
-Sor, to do King's duty in the room of the Oxford
Blues.

Mr. Willie's Exhibition of .all the Piaures he
has piloted hai now been open for several days.
Tuesday, the .2d battalion of the 25th Regiment
marched' from GI sgow Barracks for Beres ick.
On Thursday detachments of the i 1 th, 1-21 h, and
i?th Light Dragoons,,arrived at Plymowh, and were
immediately embarked as rein forcermmts of their
respective regiment now in Portugal.

VOCAL CONCERT.--This charming entertainment,
under the conduct of liAttatsoN, BARTLEMAN, and
GREATOREX, was repeated on Friday, and as Usual
very well attended. Ai usual too, it was an exqui-
site musical repast. HARRIsON and BARTLEMAN
particularly dis,inguished themselves in " As I first
saw fair Chlora." Thepopular air of Robin, Adair,
harmonized fur four parts by. GREATOREX, was
much 'admired •and encore 3, liaatusoN gave an
Italian air with admirable expression. CATALAN(
smg in her best manner. The kt hole went Off
wish, great eclat.

•
Some of the best Singers hi St Petershurgh were
lak month ordered from that capital to Bucharest,
to .entertain the Turkish Plenipotentiaries. Their
expencesviere to be defrayed by the Emperor.
Op Saturday evening, br3twem five and six-
o'clock, as the servants of Mr. Nicholls, in Lin-
coin's Inii-ffelds, were busily employed in prepir-
ing tot dinner, the steward, on going towards the
pantry, observed a, man coining. our, and re&eting
that he was a stranger and the 'plate being about,
suspected him to be a robber, and pursued him ; fae
came no with:him -in Dtike-street, seized hini by
the collar, and took him into tie King's
publ.:C-house in that street; the landlord of the
house, knowing that Taunton, the Bow-street
Offieer, -lived opposite, sent for him, and on the
-arrival of the Officer he recognized the fellow to be
ar old Offender, and 013 searching him he found part
of a silver wine strainer belonging to Mr. Nicholls,
and a gold seal belonging to the butler. The re-
mainder of the wine strainer was found near the
spot where the prisoner was taken. He was con-
veyed to Bow.;Street Office, and underwent an exa-
mination before Mr. GRAHAM, when he gave in his
name as William Jacks, but he was recognized by
Lavender and Taunton as having been tried by the
name of Broadstock. He was coturnftted for further
examination. ,