The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-20 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

Nicholas'Loais Pannier, Leicester-place,k St. Ann, 'Westmin-
ster, bool-seller.
John Hooper the 'Younger, :Worcester, tailor.

- BANKRUPTS.
John Cock, GeOrge-street, lindcliffe, mariner, to surrender
July 25; and August 1 and 29;at teti, at Guildhall, London.
Attornies, Messrs. Pearce and Son, Siyithin's-lete, Cannon-
street. •

Sin►eon Metz, Devntisliire-street, Portland-place, and Worm,-
wood-street, merchant, ,1n1y25, and- August 4 and • 29, at
twelve, at Guildhall, London. Attorney; Mr. S.. Harris,
Castle-street, Houndsditch.
Saatuel Smith, late of Charlotte-street, Rathbone-place, carter
and gilder,-July 0, and August 1 and 29, at ten, at Guild-
. hall, London. Attorney, Mr. J. B. Mills, Vine-street,

josefih Dunn, Long-Acre, man's mercer, July 21, and August
1 and 29, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Messrs.
Wilde and Knight, Castle-strset, Falcon-square.
William Clark, Bristol, vietualMr, July 20 and 27,,at eleven,
and August $9, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol.
Attonues, Mr. Rosser, -Bartlett's-buildings, London, or
J. Langley, Clare-street, Bristol.
John Rider and _Edward Rider, North-street, Westminster,
carpenters, July 21, and August 1 and 29, at ten, at Guild-
hall, London. Attorney, Mr. T. Baddeley, James-street,

Bedford-row. ..
- .
'Edward Perry, Whitebaven, ironmonger, August 7,8, and 29,
at ten, at the Biaek Lion, Whitehaven.• Attornies, Messrs.`
Clayton and :4cott, New Lincoln's-Inn, or INIr.
Younger, Whitehaven.
Joon I,avison, North Shields, Northumberland, hardware-
man, August .13, 14, and 29, at eleven, at the Star and
Garter, North Shields. 'Attornies, Nie:sra, Catdales wad.

We this morning received the following im-
portant Letter from Liverpool, dated the 18th

,nst:—

I hare to advise you that a pilot-boat has ar.
rived here to-day from New York, which she left
on the 23d June, bringing accounts that the Se-
nate, after deliberating 7 days,
_had come to the
resolution of declaring war against Great Britain,
19 to 13.

"An express had -arrived at New-York, to
Major Bx,OO:+iFrELD, which he read at the.head of
his army, formally announcing that the United
States had declared war against Great Britain.
" I think it proper to add; however, that the
Houses in New York, which dispatched the
pilot-b'oat with this information, for the pur-
pose of- Making speculations in produce,
pressly ordered that, should the Orders in CoUn,
cif - be revoked, their *friends here (Liverpool)
were on no account to make any purchase§
for them : this is a proof that this decla-
ration of war will be r,epealed on the arrival of
the: Gazette containing the revocation of the
Orders in Council.

The Mae/care' schooner had been dispatched
from New York, by Mr. FOSTER, direct for Fal-
inoutli, the day before the pilot boat tailed.—
When tlie Senate came to the declaration of war,
the account of Mr. PERCEVACS death was not
known at Washington, but it was known at New
York"

A fetter arrived 'at Lloyd's thii day mar, ..1

the ab.Ove..

Just before this Paper was-put to press, we re-
ceived the following important intelligence from

Portugal

(From the Telegrafo Portugucz of the 14th July.)

INTELLIGENCE FROM OUR ARMY.

31-ARmoNT on the 20th appeared a quarter of a
league in front of our line, with from 30 to 35,000
men.

• On the 22d, he attempted to attack our right,
but -did not succeed, being immediately repulsed
'with considerabre loss.
On the same clay he made a general review of the
troops, and on the following clay made -a
Movement, upon our ' right side,. when sup-
posing, that it was his intehtion to • pass"
to the left side of the Tormes, 'some divi-
sions of infantry ,and two - brigades of caval-
dry pursued his trak , in observation. this
skirmish we lost a considerable number of men,
principally belonging to the 15th dragoons, which
were ahnost entirely destroyed.
On the 2d, some of the enemy's columns ap-
peared in front of our line, but disappeared on
the appearance of 2,000 'of our horse, although
protected by flying artillery.

We this morning received Lisbon Papers, from
Which we have made several extracts. MARMONT
has retreated in two divisions, and the French,
aQcording to the last accounts, were evacuating
the Asturias. It does not appear that any ma-
terial change has taken plane in the pOsitions of
Generals Hir.r.. and SOULT. We 'rejoice to find•
that the fact of our troops from Sicily having

lalAra "Catalonia, is 'confirmed-. They
ilthibt, •give a decisive turn to the War in that

quarter.

• W regret that we are unable. to communicate
to our readers any further intelligence respeging
the movements of
.the French troops. in Russia.
It is stated that a, Gentleman has arrived from
France, who declares, that before he came away
he had seen the, Fourth Bulletin, which was dated
Wilna, into which place the French had entered
without opposition. The Bulletin did not mention
that any skirmishes had taken place, but merely
says, that the-Russians continue their retreat. What
degree of credit is due to this report we really
'do not know.; all we can say upon the subject
is, Chat it is probable. The important fact,
however, of the desertion of two entire
Prussian Regiments is confirmed. They form-
ed the advanced • guard of •Marshal MAcno •
NALD'.S DiviSion, and availed themselves of the
opportunity which their. situation' afforded them,
of going over to the Russians. MACDONALD sent
.80113 C cavalry` after them, but they were too late.
The next, mail from the North will probably
bring us an account' of the moyement of 'the
French army from we shad then be able
to form sonic notion of the plan BuQNAPARICE means
to pursue. If he marches upiinPetersburgh,which
its all probability he will, Li the hopes of forcing
the ,Bmperor ALEXANDER to
_risk a_. battle to
save capital, he will have near four hun-
dred miles of country to pass over, a great
portion of which is nearly desOlate by na-
ture, and which the -Russian Generals -*ill
render completely so. This is the first tine
BUONAPARTE, has had to conduct this species of
warfare (for hitherto his enemies have always
met his wishes,- by placing •the fate of the
war upon the event. of a battle), and we do
not entertain the -slightest doubt, ,that, if -the
Russians persevere in their -System, will be
driven from Russia, as • TgASSENA was from Por-
tugal, with loss and disgrace. The letters- from,
Berlin state, that the King of PRtssiA is sur-
rounded by French officers, and that he is in ef-
fect a prisoner in his own capital.

WINDSOR, /ULY 18.—Thursday afternoon the
QUEEN and PRINCESSES took an airing in a ba-
rouche and four to Maidenhead. Princess \CHAR-
LOTTE drove her four greys in the afternoon in the
Great Park.

Yesterday Princess CHARLOTTE left us in. the
morning for Ren,ington Palace, where after din-
ing with her Royal Motlitr,. her Royal Highness
returned here in the evening.
Yesterday, rtt three o'clock, the Duchess of
BRUNSWICK atrived at Frogmore Lodge, where
-her Royal 'mess is expected to reside, for the
benefit of her health. She was received by the
QUEEN and PRINCESSES—they then went to the
Castle, and at five went to Frogrnore Lodge again,
and dined with-the Duchess; and after taking tea:
and coffee, 'they returned to the Castle about
nice. .

This morning the Qua EN, Piinccsses ELI.ZA-
RETII and MARY went to visit the Duchess. of
BRUNSWICK at Frogincire: - •

On Saturday morning, the PRINCE REGENT and
the Duke:of CLTMRERLAND left town for Windsor.
Saturday a Cabinet Counsel; was held at the
Foreign Office in DOwning-street, which remained
in close deliberation nearly three hours. At the
rising- of.the Council, Mr.WELSH, the Messenger,
was sent off with dispatches to Mr."Titon,NToikr,, at
Stockholm.

The Marquis of SALISBURY gave a grand dinner
yesterday to the Judges and other Gentlemen go-
ing bn the home Circuit, at hi 3 mansion at Hat-
field. Lord and Lady MELBOURNE and other dis-
tinguisbed families were of the party.
On Saturday, Lord and Lady MELBOURNE,
Mr. and Lady CAROLINE LAie.u, left town for
Brocket

The Alarchioness of HERTFORD'S party is ex-
pected tO he very numerous and splendid,
Mr. BRUCE was presented to the PliINtE
RE-
GENT on Friday at•the Levee, on his ;being ap-
pointed Secretary to the. Board of Coutroul:
Lientenant-Gener4 the Earl of BANBURY was
also presented to, his Royal Highness.
A new and numerous batch of Baronets is to
be announced forthwith. At the head of the: list
is the LORD, MAVOR.

The merchants who applied at the Council
Office, on saturdnv, were informed that orders
immediately expected for declaring the trade
to Russia. and Sweden open ; that lieenses for im-
polling grain would he prolonged till the Ist of
November next ; and that instructions had been
sent to Sir J. SicumAr.Ez, directing him, •in case
Riga or other
_Russian ports.. should be in pos-.
session of. the French, to allow- vessels bound to
such ports to proceed to St, Petersburgh, or else-
where.

Died, on Saturday night, the 1 I`th inst. JESSIE
ASPASIA, the ivife of. FRED. Vy. CAMPBELL,' Esq.
of Barbreck,- North Britain, and
.of Wobdlands,
in li)iirey. She was daughter to the late W. T.
CA.trimELD, Esq. by JESSIE; daughter to-.1-,6rEs,
third Lord .1342-mvEN. The patience and the
mildness With which she endured a very-long and
Most painful illness, brought on by a succession
of anxieties, excited the admiration of-all who be-
held them. Through life she possessed and prac-
.tised every virtue that can adorn the character of
a wife, a relation, or a- friend, and by 'all who
were acquainted with her, will ever be most ten-
derly and.utfectionately lamented.
It was somewhat ludicrously said by an Irish
Member, that the new impost upon leather would
so much increasd.the price of shoes that it might
be considered as a general gold-tax.

_ •
SECOND EDITION.

SUN-OFFICE,

ITALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.

Dispatches were received thi, morning from the
Earl of Wm:rat/GT.Ox, dated 30th Ult. Puente
Pena, nearly 50. miles in advance from Salamancs,
on the road towards Valladolid. Ms Lordship''
aavaneed guard
_had, daily skirmishes
,with the
rear of 12ARM22;t's army, which was in full re'
treat.

We have rtuch satisfacti in stating, that-V
Portuguese had conducted thernselves .with gt'2l`t
gallantry. They had been generally in frcnt sv;th
the British, and on all occasions had hcimve'l
most nobly.
The loss of :the Allied Army in the_ sever 4
skirmishes, had been , very slight ; and they toe'
a considerable number of prisoners. It was 00'
derstood to be the intention of the Bari of WE eLizgl"
TAN to pursue MARISIONT to Valladolid, where biS
Lordship intended to establish his head-quart
leaving behind him a chain of strong positions,
order to secure a communication with Portugal..

The particulars of these dispatches are ei".
petted to be published in an extraordinary
zette, as they were too long for a bulletin. .1/4

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYITOUTIT, JULY 17.--AriiVCd the AllicE'a 111•14

Captain LE BRuN, from, Bristol, with a cargo!:
ccinsisting of provisions, bound to o.libraltar ;I -
captured in Lat. 48. 26. N. Long..o. 58. Vir.
the French cutter privateer L' Algle, (formerly the.
Chessterfield'quernse'y Racket); conamaniti by thg.
famous Captain BLAC.x,, and recaptureA, shortlf
afterwards,*bythe Rota frigate, Captain SO`'
The Aigle had captured, during heir
cruiie, seven sail of merchantmen, and was left'
in chase of a West Indianten. •

VILLE.

Arrived the, schooner Friendship,
RE N. ',NIELS master; from Corp, with a cargo '9l'
provisions, bound to London. Pat -in here to
wait convoy, the Mary, GILBERT, from Liver-
pool; Fairy, BROADWATER, • from Barnstaple;
Abner, KILLIMACH, Mary Ann, MARRACK Royn
Oak, WRIGHT, Willianz- and Francis, CAgTEg'
Ttco Brothers, BARNET, slope, PENT EEAT g'
Falkey, PENTREATH, lErideavour, ScrtrvENEas
William, ROBERTS, and the Alert, lircmitT, fry`
Penzance ; Ant, PEARCE, from Penryn ; Thor°.
and Elizabeth, RooD, from Portsmouth ; Didea‘,
your, BLOtx, and the .Wealands, HUDSON-, fr°l'..' •
Stuftderiand-; John, PRINCE, from ,11.7.1e5; 2/34,
the Ceres, TRW LN, from Southampton.

Arrived the Royal Sovereign man of \vat, Cad;'
BEDFORD, from, the squadron off Brest, *rid the
Torn Pipes, ScoßeY, from Southampton.
Sailed the Victorious man of war and her '

the Freud' ship RivOli, of- 84 gnn's, rorb."
mouth. Also sailed his Majesty's schooner PliiP/s_s'.
with a fleet of light transports under her conco.qa
for Portsmouth.

JULY 18.—Arrived the Helena, COX-ON, fi•oi>s
Nerca?.tle ; Hope, DUFF, from London : and 61.

Philippa, MADGE, from Wales.
Arrived the Sytilie frigate from—the c.-ests-vr''
.
said to be from Lisbon ;. the— Sharpshooter
s
brig from Guernsey ; and the, Resolute gan-bl'/
frorn•lreland, arid sailed for Portsmouth.

Carne.-doivit the Ilarbour and anchored •'-1
Sound, after having been refitted, the Ofestes

sloop of 'war

•
Went. up-the Harbour his Majesty's schooner

•- -
The Scipion man olwar, in- Cawsand BaY,
._.• . .
ordered to -the Mediterranean, and will sail the
moment the wind proVes 'favourable. . ; •
Sailed the hired tender for
.Bristol.; 01.1
the Nimrod hired armed cutter for the Chan°
Fleet. "- ' • _

. Mein. The .24igle ,of 14 guns; and 60. men, above
alluded to,. has singe been taken, by the 5..0'31
frigate, and arrived at Cork.

FALMOUTH, JULY 16.—Arrived the IViinr°4l
'cutter, from Plymouth; 'bour6 to -the 01"IleA

Fleet, with dispatches, and.bas sailed again
Sailed the Princess Wary packet, with mails f°l'
Gibraltar and Malta; 'and Marlborough pac—et,
with mails for, Lisbon. •

The Princess Ainejia packet; with a mail for t"
West Indies, is gone into'the Roads.

,YARMOUTH, JULY 1.9.--Arrive, on Frid
from off the Texely the Desiree.
Sailed this morning the Banteivr for oil tile-
Texel, and the Tickler for off the Scheldt.

J.,-LylB.—Arrived his Majes'y's s
BellPna from off Flushing, and remains.
-
Pm:Ts:wow:a, JUL.Y 19.—Arrived the Ruj
man of war from Plym-outh, Asia from off Cher-
bourgh, lifutine frown a erulzei, and the Pgiati6
from- the Mediterranean, with dispaLhes; 4ha is
put under quarantine.

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•
r:„ITITT7GITTI": PAtERS.

LI"oN*, Juty s.—On the 25th ult. the allied
troops stortn.ed and carried, the outworks of the
-.ent Forts in Salamanca, with the trifling
loss of only two men killed, when the French ca-
.,
Pitnlilted. Our fire had set'ihekbattery on fire.
°II the 30th our'head-quarters were at Fuente la

IVAiImoNT bas, nth-NI 'in two columns, one by
•
"11 Valladolid road, which it is supposed will be
by BoNNET's corps, and the other by the
oa. Hut continues bevonacked at Albuera;
Lis advance at Santa Martha.
lestetdav behig- the; 'anniversary of American
Independence, the American residents in this city
gave a splendid dinner to. their own people, ,the.
Foreign Merchants, &c. &C.
Lts73ox, !UNE 4.—We know for certain that
The Fort of Salamanca is in the hands of the
Allies. • •

CASTROPOL,. JUNE 16.—This moment, eleren

in
the morning, I have been assured that the
' Nithclie of the enemy;who are collected in Oviedo,
Fill evacuate this province by the mountain.
• PEFERRADA, .TUNE 17.—The head-quarters are
removed from thissplate to Audinhuela. On the
14th, towards night, some Spanish battalions ap-
proached
.Ast-Orga,' and on the 15th that place
°Fefled its fire, but with-out doing any datnage.—
...
°ll the lfith-a French drummer, Who deserted to
113, reports that there-is a great want .if provi-
%ion-s in Astosga.
enemy's sarriion consists of 1000 men.—
'General CISTANHOS is in Corunna.
PROVINCE or BußGos.—Heaven outinties to
protect the operations of the regiments of this
lar"ince:-in a most singular manner. In addition
tt, the different actions fought' by MERINO, in the
-nth of April, he on ate 9th May fought another
'* the vicinity of Burgos, with seventy dragoons,
0,1 which five only escaped.

_ FROM THE GORUNNA DIARY. ,
The enemy evacuated Oviedo .(the capital of
the Asturias) at 4 o'clock in the af,ternoon of
15th, and took the road by the heights of Pa-
34res; they took with them all their sick and
'rounded, who were able • to walk, and left those
\'1),1)(' could not, and some effects in that capital.—
‘: e are in expeptation of 'the total evacuation of
le Asturias by the enemy.
This determination of the enemy was occasion-
:4 by the loss they sustained in the action of In-
4risto onthe 10th, the total amount of which was
4
tuen in killed, wounded, and prisoners. We
are
assured that our troops are pursuing them in
th
Nib retreat,
nY a letter from Penfertada, we know that our
tro,,
1)s are before Astorga, and have besieged that
race. The enemy made a sally, and w ere driven
hack with considerable loss. On the 18th it was
'lirotnoned, and was supposed would surrender
the arrival of General SANTOGLIDES, as there
*ere but a few troops and a short quantity of
irovisions in it. With grief I have to relate the
-eath of the gallant D. tiREGORIO CRUCHAGA,
,a-"nd in command of the troops under ESPOZ and
'A, tn conseguenee of amputation.
ToLEDo, JUNE 10.—On the 4th, entered this
titY the Preach Genoral DARMAGNAC, escorted by
•°'"le Soldiers; we are ignorant of the object of
this
oneNpected visit.
On the 6th, in the afternoon, entered, here an
• tt(l)ntant of JOSEPH, and. an Oikcer of his Guard
f
I°lll Madrid, from whence they assure us that
1/'aggons, &c. are coming laden with provisions,
escorted by some infantry and cavalry ; 1.10 wag-
ttlns have been ordered by the 10th ; the enemy,
'ltre fortifying themselves in Aleacar, where there
I):
11t a Weak garrison.
On the 6th; a convoy from Madrid arrived here
-With wood, to construct a bridge, biscuit, &c.
‘-0rt,...A1 by 400 infantry and 75 horse.
L;sio'a, JUNE 29.—Bidifferent channels, none
of th6rn official, we hear that Joszrx has left Ma-
drid for Burgos.
tIC ANr JUNE I.—ln the vicinity of Castell
there has lately been a skirmish, in which the
French lost upwards of 150 men in, killed and
. oiihdtd.
NOTICE PROM GALAGIA.BONNET retired from
the Asturias, and had on the 21st. Jane joined
=lR2s-tox-r. The grois of the Spanish army
as •
In Santa Catalina, a-league from Astor-
thewhich, on' the 20th, had not surrendered :
-paniards are nevertheless masters of Leon,
Ivliich Pro •
v.
mee General LEUIAU has entered and
-s
tre'Yn all the French fortifications in \Bane-
s erite, baneza, Rio Seca, &c. &c.}
.AIARQuIttLz has entered Palencia.
junction between SOULT and MARMONT iS
talkedAi 9EI: It is likewis'a reported that 10,000
and Sicilians have disembarked in Cata-
Aorkia. •
• •
443)3014, . JULY 4.—According 'to intelligence,

ciatei June 2&,. from Cadiz, deneral BA'LLESTRROS
defeated, on the 233 of that month, in the same
place of Bornos, Geneial COURROUX'S reinforced
division.

The illustrious MINA writes froth Navarre, that
at last his friend CRUCHAGA 'had died after ampu-
tation, and states, at the same time, that he had
in.tereepted'an official dispatch from BERTH ER to
JOSEPH, in which he 4emands twenty batta-
lions from Spain for the `war in the North :
it also states, that no troops from France
have arrived on this side the Pyrennees. Accord-
ing to letters received by the Courier of yesterday
from Badajoz, the French have ,withdrawn their
artillery to Fuente deMaerhso, and that they cut
and destroy all the corn which they cannot carry
off.

The 6th army has invested the Astorga.

Lord CATHCART will set oil on his Mission
a fewdays. HiS Lordship will proceed in a fri-
gate from Yarmbuth, and be accompanied by two
Messengers.
Vice-Admiral Sir .S.•SmITH hoisted his flag-on
Saturday •afternoon,. pit Po:tsmouth, on board the
Tremendous, 121, Capt. ROBERT CAMPBELL, for
the Mediterranean. Sir .SIDNEY is appointed se-
cond in command-on that station, in the room of
Admiral KEATS, who, we are sorry to learn, comes
home from ill health. Sir SIDNEY will shift his
flag to the Hibernia, off Toulon.. The Tremendous
will sail. in a few days. - . . 2 • .• • •
We hear that the- Swedish Messenger who ar-
rived in the packet from Gottenburgh- on Tuesday,
was the beaver of-a Treaty which Mr. THoßwros
had concluded, and which was brought for the ra-
tification of the Britisth Government. Russia had
acceded to it.--The Messenger has taken his de- _
part ure for Sweden. . • -

- At the date of the latest advices from Poland,
EUGENE BEAVHARIiOIS, with the fourth and sixth
corps.of the army, was preparing to advance to-
wards the Niemen, in the •direction of Grodno,
where the. Russian General TuamAssow was sta-
tioned with the th4d Army of Observation, while
,JEROME BONAPARRE, with the fifth, seventh, and
eighth corps, had. quitted Novogrod, with the
supposed object of penetrating to BialliAock and
Braesz, where Prince BAGRATION had fixed his
hea&-quarters.
Letters from Koningsberg, of the 4th instant,
confirm the intelligence of the revolt of two:Prus-
sian regiments, one of infantryand another of ca-
valry, to the Russians. They were attached, it is
said, to the force which passed the Niemen on the
24th ult. at Tilsit, under the command of Mar-
shaf Macdonald; Forming the advance, they ac-
celerated their march, and had got considerably
beyonp the ground they had been, ordered to take
up for the night, before the Marshal was aware
Of the circumstance. Still supposing their for-
ward movement to have resulted from some mis-
conception of his orders, he dispatched an Aide-
de;camp, with orders for them to halt. They
unanimously refused obedience, and continued
their march. Upon the return of his Officer, the
Marshal sent a body of cavalry in pursuit of them ;
but they were Unable to make any impreSsion upon
the fugitives.
. _

A considerable military force was assembling in
the neighbourhood of Copenhagen, on the 26th
ult. ; but-whether for the purposes of offence or
defence is not stated, either in the public or ,pri-
vate accounts.

Two divigious of the Neapolitan troops (about
8000 men), •vho had received orders to march to
Germany; through 'the Tyrol; have been coun-
termanded, and remained, on the 16th June, at
Verona:

The inhabitants of Poland are in a state of star-
-vation, owing to the number of troops quartered
in their country.
The Archbibliop of MALINES, who was ilien-!
'tioned in, the French papers as. having been ; ap-
pointed to an important Embassy,. is residing at
Warsaw. It is said that he is 'authorised by
BuONAPARTE to make some propeials to the Diet,
in his name:

, 'Fire-engines are attached to _every corps in the
French service in Poland. They are emptoyed to
convey water to the troops with more expedition
than I#y manual: labour; through pipes, extending
,sometimes a.mile, in length:
Quebec Gaiettes to the 15th of May' have been
received. The preparations for attack on the part
of the United States had occasioned considerable
bustle among the military, and led to the adoption
of several defensive measures, among which were.
an, enrolment the inhabitants on the frontier
districts, and the raising of two volunteer regi-
nients atQnebec and Montreal. S.o gkeat was ihe
scarcity of forage In the neighbourhoOMOT Quebec
in May, that the inhabitants had.resarted to the
miserable expedient of taking the thatch of their
barns, to prevent their cattle from perishing.
The latest advices from Bt. Domingo state, that
CHRISTOPIIE was still laying siege to • Port-au-
Prince, and that two of his regiments, thel9th
and 14th, 'had dOsetted to PETION.

The Cork Chronicle states, that a Mr. ITPnEa-
sox, who, according to the_ description' given of
hire, appears to be a Roman Catholic Clergyman,
has. been sent to the Continent on a special mis-
sion; authorised by his Majestyis Ministers, for
the purpose of obtainin.7 the consent of the POPE
to a security for.the Crown, in the nature of the
Veto, upon the choice of the Catholic Bishops, as
a condition of the emancipation of the Catholics of
the British Empire.
Friday evening the French fragedy of
,11fithri4ate
was performed by a company of amateurs, at Hard-
wicke-house, St. James's-square, before the Prin-
cess of IVAtu, Princess SOPHIA of • Glouc.ester,\
the Duke "of GLOUCESTER. and about 200 of the
principal Nobility and Gentry in town.. The play
was got up in the most 'able manner,'and,notrin--.
ferior in all its characters to. the performances of
the regular companies
,of the London Theatres
and the novelty of the tragedy in french was
highly 'gratifying •to its royal and noble visitors.
After the performance, the company sat down "to
supper in the Library, served up in the most
sumptuous manner.,