The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-24 00:00:00

THE PRINCE REGENT'S CoVET AND LEVEE.

His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT yester-
day, at Carlton-house, held a Levee, previous
to which Lord ERSKINE was invested with the
Order of the Thistle, with the usual forms and
ceremonies. The LeVee was very numerously at-
.tended. Among those present were---
The Dukes of Yell, Clarence, and Kent ; the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Privy
Seal, the Lord President of the Council, the Secretaries of
State for the Home and War Departments, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the First Lord of time Admiralty, the Master-
General of the Ordnance, the Piesident of the Board of Con-
trol, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Master
of the Mint; Earl Marshal •of England, with his Staff of
Otlice; the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the gltft er
of the Horse, the Secretary at War, the Treasurer of the
Navy, the Attorney General, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer of Ireland,. the Dean of Windsor, the Lord Chief Justice
of the Court of Kibg's Bench; the Judge of the Admiralty,
the Judge Advocate, the Vice Chamberlain;. Foreign Ambas-
sadors and Nlinisters, Russian, Austrian, French, Spanish,
'Prussian, Turkish, Swedish, Danishy Portuguese, Sardinian,
,Sicilian, Bavarian, Wurtemberg, tscc.•
There was an immense number of presenta-
tions ; but we are precluded from giving the names
by the urgency of more important matter. Ad-
miral HALEOWELL, General Sir J. MURRAY, and
Sir hI. C. CA RR, were among the persons pre-
sented.
IMPORiANT CH F, AL DISCOVERY.—We: un
derstand that Mr,lioniylg, to whom the Public
are indebted for several useful discoveries in
mechanics, chemistry; &c. has, in the cOune
of his Chemical Experiments, recently disco-
vered the existence of tannin in the fibres of the
oak root, and that tl, hitherto unnoticed pro-
duction may be Very successfully employed in the
manutacture of leather, as it contains within an
eighth as much of the principle in question as the
common o 4 bark. Jr, may be very advanta-
geously employed also as a mordant in dyeing,
where a powerful astringent is required.
NEW PosT-OmcE..---We are assured that what
Mr. GRE-sIFF.t.t. said in the house of Commons on
Tuesday last, on the subject of the-intended New
Post Office, was not correctly given in aMorning
Paper, and thence- copied into Ti ft: Sow on 'the
following day. My. GuEs:FELL, we understand,
said,'" that the amount of the sum required, in- 1
stead of being, as erroneously stated, 800;000/..1
was not one half of that%sum, and that he was I
perfectly satisfied, from authentic information
which he had obtained, that a new Post-Office
would be erected on the' proposed scite for a less
sum than that for which the necessary accommo-
dation could be afforded in the present situation."
We feel much pleasure in stating this matter as
it is, because, independently of other considera-
tions, the enereased accommodation to all classes
of people throughout the Empire renders, thZ pro- •
posed removal and nelfr building one .of.the most
desirable national improvements:
Letters from Cadiz of the .3 I sth of January
state, that the British Ambassador has not, suc-
ceeded in obtaining the demands of the British
merchants resident in. the trading parts of Spain.-
The British have been called upon to pay contri-
butions equally with the Spaniards, and notwith- •
standing the several representations of Sir HENRY
WELLESLEY on the subject, the demand continues
to be enforced. There is also some misunder-
standing about the introduction of British manu-
factured goods into Spain.
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.COURT-AkiaTIAL.----A General Court-Martial
was held at the Horse-Guards, Whitehall, on the
20th of December, 1814, on:. Serjeant THOMAS
SANDALS, of the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards,
for desertion, and embezzling the .sum of 2521. 16s.
with which he was intrusted to settle the arrears of
pay due to the company to which he belonged.—
lie was found guilty, and sentenced to be trans-
ported for seven years, as a Felon. The sentence
has been confirmed by the PRINCE REGENT.
SINGULAR ROEBERY.—As GRIMALDI, the cele-
brated Clown, was returning on Monday night
from. the -Theatre,-to his house near the New
River Head, he was stopped in the Spa Fields
by a fellow.in the dress of a sailor, who clapped
a pistol to his head, and robbed him of a two-.
pound Note. The moment the footpad left.
him, he had recourse to a Pantornimical trick,
and immediately following him. on his hands and
knees, saw him take up and put on a watchman's
coat, and, fact, he was the guardian of the
night. GRIMALDI then applied to another knight
of the rattle, but who.declinod to set it agoing ;
the enraged Clown then snatched it from him, and
sp)ruit himself, and the thief in masquerade was
son taken
taken from his beat, and placed in the neigh-
bouring watch-house. Yesterdli he was examined
and committed for trial, .