The Sun.
London, England, 1815-05-20 00:00:00

THE MILITIA'.

Copy of a'Circular Letter from Lord Viscount Stmstotern, to
the Commanding Officers of the under-mentioned Regi-
ments of Militia; dated Whitehall, 14th April., 1815:
Berkshire, Bnekiughant, Cambridge, Carmarthen, Cite,.
shire, Dethy, East Essex, West Essex, Ist Lancashire, 2d
ditto, 3,1 ditto, South Lincoln, . Monmouth and Urecon, Ist
Somerset, East Suffolk, Wiltshire, 2d West York, North
York, Ayrshire, Forfar, Renfrew.
Whitehall, 14th April, 1815.
'Sin—The period not having yet arrived, when thelic
Service will admit of the disembodying of the Regiment under
y.pur command, I ant to signify to you his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent's pleasure, that those Volunteers and Substi-
tutes now serving therein, who have completed their period
of Five Years Service, shall he discharged at the following
periods, and under the following regulations, viz.:-
- One fourth on the 10th cf May next;
Another fourth on the iotis of .tune;
Another fourth on the 10th of Jule; and
Another fourth on the 10th of 'August:
And they are to be discharged in the order in which theymay
have been enrolled, commencing, with those who have heen
lons•est in the servi,e.
Yost will immediately upon the receipt-of this Letter, com-
municate the substance of it to that description of into to
whom it partitularly refers.
I have, &c. SI DNIOTITH
The Officer commanding the ' Regimept of Militia.
A true Copy, J. 11. ADDINGTON.

The Public, we are assured, will hear with plea-
sure, that the most alarrnin symptoms of Mr.
)RUBLE'S indisposition have subsided, and con-
sequently, though not out of danger, affords
stronger hopes of recovery. He was evidently
better, we understand, yesterday morning, but re-
mained stationary during the rev- of the day. Mrs.
SIDDONS has attended him since the first serious
alarm, and has continued in his house ever since.
• Mr. and Mrs. C. KEMBLE concluded their en-
g'agement at the Plymouth Dock Theatre on
Tuesday last, with the perlottnance of Handet
and Ophelia.
We inserted a letter, signed " PomAcus," in
this Paper on Wednesday, respecting A SWORD
presented by the Corporation of London to a
Military Officer for eminent services to his coun-
try, and ..which had been the day before sold by
Mr. Itoßtxs, of Covent-Garden. AS the follow-
ing article is stated to come from authority,.we
deem it our duty to insert it, just observing that
the name of the Officer was not mentioned by Mr.
ROBINS, or in this Paper.:—
" Shortly after the taking of Buenos Ayres,
" the City of London voted their Thanks and a
" Sword, value 200 guineas, to Lortl BEREsFoRD.
"-In consequence of this vote, a sword was or-
" tiered of a Mr. A. which, when finished, was
" thought by the City to be so ill execnted, and
" so inferior to what was their wish to present to
his Lordship, that it . was returned upon Mr.
" A.'s hands, and another ordered elsewhere-,
" which was presented to Lord I3EROSFORD, and
" which is now in his possession. The sword
" lately sold is that which was returned to ME..A."

SurctnE.—We are sorry to learn that arespect-_
able Bookseller, in the neighbourhood of Soho-
square, shot himself yesterday, and died Imme-
diately..
Whilst the French rebels are straining every
nerve to procure signatures to their jacobinical
federation of the Fanxbour St. Antoine, the Ad-
dress of the loyal and independent Livel:g
.of Lon-
don, which lies at the London Tavern and Lon-
don Coffee-house, obtains daily some hundreds of
voluntary signatures. This being the last day of
its remaining open, we have no doubt the num-
bers will be greater than on any preceding. day.
.The two late abortive attempts to prOcure some-
thing
like respectable Meeting's ina ..vour of 800-
NAPARTE: at tVestminstel' and in the Borough,
afford only additional motives to those who pos-
sess the spirit of Englishmen, to declare their ab-
horrence of jacohinistu .and sedition, by subscrib-
ing a loyal and independent Address.
Bullion has fallen a little this week, being nnkv
at 51.55: per mince. The price of silver is 6s. 7d.
A coffin which is placed erect at the door of an
undertaker in Whi**echapel, had yesterday a bill
‘vafered upon it, with the following words
" Lodgings to let here, uttfurnidted.",

IMPtRIAL PARLIAME:% T.

I.Ol}PS'. FIUDAY, MAY 19
the. CRY;C. Of .Vi'arner and Cunaingban, the
the (otrt below was, al-firmed: - -

udgment of

Judgment, was, iportponed ia the case of Codiran'e apinst
Lord Minim

On Leigh Ls Divorce Bill Counivi-:were heard; and the seve-
ral Ordors of the Court'uf Chancery- relative to the Estate of
itir:••. Leigh: •
STANDl,Opit;lFtty.3enterta Petition.from the Nlanufac.
titrers at the County of Perti-, ',rasing fur a re-
peal orthe•Corn Bill.
The East indiaTiiiitiaities Bill w: read a lint time.

Earl (3-!,:p.y -inquired vhep. as, a prodncijola of
titc: Overture made. to thus. country by the French'
Government was not obje.ctedto, that document
was likely. to be communicated ?
,The tin of Ltvearoot. had not the least ob-
jection to say, that it should be laid ,tin the table
of the House on, Monday.
. Earl Garn-, considering the great extent anti
importance the iiibjects which were involved in
the expectedfdit4teMions of Tuesday
.next, depre,
eated so earlyjndi!iy.- The Treaty of.tlie 30th of
March;
,in particular, martially bound the Allies
to the stipulations agreed upon by. the Congress.
at Vienna, and before the Hou.se was called upon
to support or to approve of these stipaltions, it
should be distinctly informed:That they were.
The arrangements respecting Saxonyt.up, so in-
teresting to Europe in general, and which might
go to:affect the sueeewOf the coming contest, was
a topic on which infortnation. ought to be given
The Treaty alluded to, in its mighth. Article, in*
vitcd the King of,Vranee, to accedeth the alliance,
and called upon Ilitn to state what.degree of assist,
ariee be could, uraish.- S'lat,passed upon that
subject, and ,the answer Of. Louis XVIII. ought
to be communicated. There was another point
which he, particularly, wished to enquire about.—
He, had:Seen in a paper, of last 'night, an alleged
document, purporting to have been issued and
signed by the Duke of Wellington.- That Decla-
ratiOn was entirely inconsistent kVith the Treaty
of the 30th .of March, and' lie wished to he in-
formed whether it was in authentic document.
! The Earl of LivEar,ool. said he had never heard
Of or seen the article alluded to, till fur saw it in
One of the Eiitiling Papers of yesterday. Neither
did he thinlsnikTrobable, that i'S'troble Duke should
issue any. ,He had afterwards
Senn it in a French Paper. With respect to the
other points referred to by the Noble Earl, he
was averse from entering into any thing like a
discussion at the present moment; With regard
to the overture, he had said it was decided that no
steps
.should be taken in consequence of it. As
to what, respected the King.of France, no Act
of Aceess'ion on Isis part had been received by
this country ; and as to -the extent' of thit Sove-
reign's: itieans.v.nti reference could he made to
them,
,sp tfp ,•;79 render that consideration any
grnind for farther delay. • Indeed, lie believed
there were scVerai Who thought there had already
been trio much delay.in the decis'ion—
[The Noble Earl here being about to sit-down;
Earl Grey reminded him of his question as to the
proceedings at the Congrcss.]--As to the,pro-
eeedings,at the Congress, the Noble Earl observ-
ed, that until ['hey were reduced to the form of a
Treaty, he should not be enabled to lay any mes-
sage on the subject before the House.

Earl Gavithought such a production necessary.
The stipalations we-re•enressly-referred to in the
Treaty, an►i this co►tntry would have to pay lame
sums in consequence. There Was also one of the
Treaties which► had not been ratifie►l ; he wished.
to ,know what •power it was whose ratification
ha►l not been received ?

The Earl of LIVEI POOL.—Ausfria—(l-1ear:!)
but certain intelligence has been ieeeived that
the Treaty has been ratified by that Power•. The
Noble Earl then stated, that he should not sub-
mit any proposition to the House to approve of
any part of the arrangen►ents at Congress, which
were 11.itcAis41 before them.
The EA Of DARNLEY expressed h►s opinion
that so'inti rn'Co►ttnation respecting the declaration
of Louis XVIII. vas necessary to he communi....
cated.

Thee I%.nrcinis of BucKtxGnAm contended that
the stipolatinns agreed upon at Vienna, to which
the Treaty bound all the. Allies, were necessary to
be known.

The Earl of Lt V ERPOOT., observed, that his Ma-
jesty's Goyernment were certainly not answer-
able- 'With -respect to any resolutions formed be-
tween foreign Powers, to which they were not
part ilqs.---Acter some conversation on these topics,
The E.lrl of DARNLEY said, to bring the mat-
ter to the test, he ehoulclmove an Address for the
Copy of any Declaration of Louis XVIII., issued.
at Ghent, which might have reached this country.

The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM observed, ti►a;
Lonis.XVIII. 'in the Declaration alluded to, had
spoken not only in his own name, but in the name
of his Allies.
The Rouse then divided on the motion of Earl
Darnley. •

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Majority against the Motion.:.. —3l
IRISH. ROMAN CATHOLICK. •PETITION.

- Proxies baring been recurred CO, the strangers
were necessarily excluded some time. On re-ad,.

ITIiSSiOII,

The Earl of DOSOUGHMORE MIS on his feet,*
pre6enting the Petition from the Roman Catholicks
of Ireland.

The Petition was read and ordered to lie on the
table, and
The 'Noble Earl gave notice, that he should
submit a motion to the House on the subject mat-
ter of the Petition, on Thprsday se'nn►ght, for
which day he moved that the Lords be.sutrunoned.
Ordered;

The Nrarcinis OrBUCKINGFINV stated, that, as his
Majesty!s Ministers had declined to communicate
to Parliament the stipulations entered into at
Vienna, which this country was bound to styp-
port, and as the House could not consistently
conic to a decision on Tuesday next, without
knowing what those were, he should on Moodily
(the only opportunity that offered) move an Ad-1
tkess to the Prince I,tegent tor the production of
tbcse stipulations.—Adjourned till Monday.