The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-15 00:00:00

MEMORANDUM.

The Appointment of Charles Comerford, Gent. to be En.
sign in thttSclgward, • Li-tit& Stanmore, and Kingbury Vo-
lunteer InLigary. as 'stated in the Gazette of 7th ultimo, has,
not taken place.
The Apppointments of Officers that liava been madeto the
Blything flundien Volunteers, have nth taken place.

ERRATUM in the Gazette of the sth inst.
Norajleet a-7-p, of the Ncrth Aflerford Legion.

For I.lreinialt Howard,•Esq. to be. Captain, vice Williams,
reLigded; 'read Jeremiah Howard, Esq. to bt Captain, vice
Rich, promoted. letennah kosher, Esq. to be Captain,
vice Williams,‘resigued. "

'Commi.ssion in the South,Hants Regiment of Militia,' fignel
the Lord Litutenay.

Peter Serle, lsq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Mitford,
resigned. Dated May 4, 1804.

. ,Commission in zbellecifordshire Militia, signed by the Lord
Lieutenant.
The honorable Georgellion to be Captain. Dated March
,30, 1804. .

Conimission: i>r the Royail.apark R.eginient of 4/I;7l','M
by the Lwl Lieutenant. •
Alexander Macdonald Lockhart, Esq. to he Second Lieutc...
nant-Lolonel: Dated' April 9., 1804. lames Lamant,
Gent,• to be Lieutenant. Dated March z 6, 1804. Samuel
Ede4l,. Gent. to be• Surgeon. Dated April 9; 1804. ,

Comniition in the Derbyshire. Supplementary Militia, signni
6y the Lord Lieutenant..
,
George Gah6rt to.be Ensign. Dated April zo, 11304.
1

LO N DON, MAY 15, 1804.

Hts MAJESTY held a Privy Council yesterday at
three o'clock, which was attended by Mr. PITT,
the Duke of PORTLAND, Lords MELVILLE,
CAsTLEREAGH, CHATHAM, DARTMOUTH, HAR-
apwaY, CAMDEN, WINCHILSEA. WESTMORLAND,
GEoact TIITNNE, and Sir H. NEALE. The fol_
igwing Noblemen were sworn into their respeetive
OfficeF, and had the honour of kissing His MAJES-
TY'S Hand. viz.

Lord MELVILLE, as First Lord of the Admiralty.
Lord HARROW BY, as Secretary of Scate for the

Foreign DepartMent.
lOrd CAMDEN, as Secretary of State for the War
and Colonial Department.
Lord DARTMOUTH, as Lad Chamberlain.

Lord HAWKESBURY, as Secretary of State for the
Home Department ; and
Lord CITE2RGE TIITNIVE) as Comp°ll“ of th;
Household,

Last night three new Writs Were moved for in
the House of Commons, in consequence of the ap.
pointment of Mr. LONG and Lard ,LouvAINE to
be Lords of the Treasury, and Mr. W. Dic
sort to be one of the Lords of the Admiralty. All
the public busincss was put off till Friday, on which
day it is expeded that Mr. PITT will take his seat
as Minister.

THE Enemies of Mr. PITT confidently redid,
that such a powerful Opposition will start against
him, as will prevent him from long holding the
reins .of power. For our part, we have no such
apprehension. He has firmly stood his ground
against a much more powerful Opposition than are
now likely to assaithim. Besides, what has he to,fear
from the GRENVILLE'S, unless they should entirely
apostatize from their own principles ?—principles
which they have supported with zeal and firmness,
bordering upon obstinacy; and if they should he
guilty of a derelidion of those dodrines which they
have so long and so fervently maintained, their
inconsistency would render their opposition wholly
abortive, as it would be the grossest libel upon
themselves. But we have too much confidence in
their regard to decency, their Country, and cOlll.
mon sense.' On the contrary, we rather suppose
that reflelion must convince them of the hasty and
rash pat t they have abed, in deserting a man with
whom they completely sympathize in opinion, in
order to jiin with one with whom the whole
system of their political lives has been completely
at variance. But what has Mr. PITT to fear at the
worst ? He has respedfully submitted to the will
of Hrs KING ; he has taken an arduous post
in the hour of danger : he has received from
Nature transcendent talents, and those talents
are strengthened and matured by experience. He
is armed .in honesty, and has nothing at heart but
the welfare and honour of his Country. He will
therefore proceed steadily in his course, guided only
by his duty, undismayed by the threats of the Enemy
abroad, and unmoved by the desertion of hollow
friends at home. The KING honours him with his
confidence, the People sympathize in that confidence ;
and though Mr.PITT may not be able to bring into the
new Administration all the talents he wanted, we
doubt not that his enlightened mind will enable
hinvto discover other talents which, in co-operation
with his own, will enable him to steer the National
Bark through all its 'difficulties. Shall a good Mo-
narch have his feelings outraged, and his Preroga-
tive invaded, by the clamours of ambition, and the
artifices of interest ? Shall he be irreverently and
unjustly accused of acting upon a System of P5O-
- because he refuses to re-admit one Man
to his Councils whose acknowledged errors produced
his banishment from them, and who has in no one
instance recanted any one of those &alines which
deservedly deprived him of the good opinion of his
Sovc reign ?
The chief organ of the new Opposition, treating
the KING'S PREROGATIVE with indecent levity
and freedom, foolishly asks, what would be the use
of the controul of Parliament, it the KING were to
appoint the Sons, Brothers, Uncles, or Cousins of
the fate Ministry, his Confidential Servants, the
moment the set against whom Parliament declares,
are withdrawn ? The question is inapplicable and
absurd. There is no occasion to propose such a guts.
. tion, because HIS MAJESTY has exercised his CONST I.
' TUTIONAL PREROGATIVE in chusing a man conspicu-
ous for wisdom and integrity. Hls MAJESTY knows
that such a man will submit to his chbice such only as,
by abilities, knowledge, and charader, are calcu-
lated to give efficacy and vigour to Government.
Such, questions are the splenetic effusions of Party,
disappointed and despairing ; but the People will
disdain such virulent and senseless speculations, when,
urged in opposition to a Prerogative which the
Constitution has vested inHfs MAJESTY, and which
HIS MAJESTY has exercised in uprightness and in
wisdom.

Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, Mr. AD.
DINGTON had an audience of His MAJESTY, and
continued with His MAJESTY till near twelve. A
short time after, His MAJESTY, accompanied by the
DUKE of CAMBRIDGE in his post chariot, and fol-
lowed by the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, in two
coaches and four, took an airing to Richmond, and
returned to, the Queen's House.
The Dutchess of YORK, according to the news.;
papers, has been expelled in town fur several days.
We are, however, sorry to learn, that her Royal
Highness has for some time been too much indisposed
to admit of her leaving Oatlands, and she is still
very far from well, having never recovered from
the dangerous illness which affefted her last autumn.
Yesterday WILLIAM LUSH INGTON,' Esq. Citi-
zen and Merchant Taylor, and EDWARD KEMB LE§
Esq. Citizen and Salter, paid a fine each of vol.
and 20 marks, to be excused serving the office of
Sheriffs for the year ensuing, to which they were
elefted at the. last Court of Aldermen.
, A detachment of the Royal Artillery praElied
the exercising of their new caravans, in Hyde Ydrk,
yesterday,
Yesterday morning the Second Battalion of
Regiment of Foot Guards had a field.day in Hyde
• park, commanded by the Earl of B.4tiiinity.