The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-27 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS,

DEAL, APRIL 26.—Wind N. E.—Sailed the Win2.sor,
Haviside, for China; and Sir George Osborne, Stayers, for
the South Seas. Came down -prom the River this morning the
Bombay, Graham, for China ; Sappho,. Lamb, for the Cape of
Good Hope ; Harbinger, Watson, for Quebec; and Johames
Van Litten, Shaw, for Havre. - The Bombay still remains.
HARWICH, APRIL 26.—Arrived the Leicester packet, with
a mail from Holland..

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 26.—'Wind W.--Sailed the Mary,
Ferguson, for London; and the Triton,.for Miramichi.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL Z.—Arrived the New Blessing, Jones,
from Dundalk; and Cordelia, Owens, from Dublin.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind —Arrived off the Lizard
the Maria Elizabeth, Fokkes, from Bahia for Hamburgh, out
'67 days, all well.- Sailed the Irvis Freres, Simon; for Cher-
bourg ;. Barbara, Smith ; New Liberty, Rundle ; Fame,
Richards ; Snipe, Richmond ; Diamond, Huitable ; and Dash,
Webster, for London. •

On Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when the following Cohnnanders took leaVe of the
Court, previous to departing for their respective destinations,
viz.—Captain W; Manning, Thomas Grenville, and Capt. J.
illanshard, Marquess of Wellington, for Madras and Bengal.

LORD BYRON'S TRAGED Y.—The 'lnjunction
against the performance of this fine dramatic
Poem at Drury Lane Theatre, has not yet been
dissolved. The case will probably be heard this
day.

FREEMASONRY.—The Grand Annual Masonic
Dinner, and the Election of Officers for the en-
suing year, took place on Wednesday at the Free-
masons' Hall, Queen-street, when his Royal High-
ness the Duke of SUSSEX was unanimously re-
elected Grand Master. The Brethren of the
Order afterwards dined together (his Royal
Highness in the Chair), in the great hall. The
Meeting was numerous.. amounting to upwards of
500, amongst whom were a number of distin-
guished Noblemen. The gallery was full of
well dressed Ladies, who, after dinner, were
agreeably entertained by the vocal abilities of
several professional Gentlemen.--His Royal
Highness was in excellent spirits, and supported
the Chair much to the satisfaction of all present
IMPEACHMENTS.—The earliest formal entry
of an impeachment is that of Lord LATIMER, in
the roll of the Parliament, which met in the 50th
year of the reign of King EDwAnn the Third ;
this Was denominated—" the good Parliament ;"
and deservedly, says WALSINGHAM, who lived
before the general impression or its conduct was
worn away. His Hypodeigma Neustrize was
published in 1418, and hiS history a few years
afterward s.—(Dr.Towline's Life of Mr. Pitt.)
—There was much dispute before the revolution,
concerning the KING'S power to pardon, in case
of Parliamentary impeachment.. To remove all
doubt upon the subject, it was enacted by the
Act of Settlement, 12 and 13 WILL. 3. c. 2,
that " no pardon under the great seal of England,
" shall be pleadable to an impeachment by the
" Commons in Parliament."—" But," says BLACK-
STONE, "after the impeachment has been solemnly
" heard and determined, it is not understood that
" the KING'S Royal grace is farther restrained or
" abridged ; for, after the impeachment and
" attainder of the six rebel Lords in 1715, three
6c of them were from time to time reprieved. by
1" the Crown, and at length receivt-d the benefit
" of the KING'S most gracious pardon."—(Mid.)
We can add comp particulars of Mr. Pit t's early
preparation for public speaking, which came
within our own knowledge. I t was not only the
gallery of the House of Commons that Mr. Pitt
attended to hear the debates in that brilliant era
of forensic eloquence, -but for two years previous
to his introduction to Parliament as a Member,
he frequented all the Debating Societies, which
were then prevalent in every corner of the town,
from the one at Cornley's, in Soho-square, at
half-a-crown admission,. down to those at six-
pence, for which the spectator was entitled to a
pot of porter. At none of those societies did he
ever open his mouth, but it was usual for him,
on his quitting, the scene, to say to his friends,
that if he had had to reply to such a speaker,
describing birr, he would have said,—and here
he proceeded to an argument as an exercise of
his faculties, and by which he came to that won-
derful proficiency in the composition of his periods,
that characterised his future talent in the Senate.
So much was public speaking then countenanced,
that the Lyceum, now the English Opera Theatre,
was fitted up on the model of the House of Com-
mons, as a forum for public debate on a superior
'scale, the admission to be five shillings ; and this
speculation was entered into by John Sheridan,
Esq. a Barrister, with the express hope that Mr.
Pitt and his friends, the present Lord Grenville,
the late Lord St. John, Mr. Wilberforce, &c.
would be induced to speak. Mr. Pitt attended
the first night with several friends, but they took
their seats in the gallery, and did not join in the
discussion, which was chiefly on points of order,
as it was agreed to adopt and conduct the de-
bates on the rules and regulations of the House
Of Commons. The supporters of, the establish-
ment were chiefly young barristers, students' of
law, and reporters. It soon declined ; 'and
though the tritish Forum, Coachmakers' Hall,
and others, continued to exist for some time,
their popularity wore off. The Robin Hood had
been closed for two or three years before.—,
(Morning Chronicle.)
The Star transport arrived at Spithead from
St. Helena, 17 or 18 days' ago. On board this
vessel an Malian. named GENTILINI, a native of
.Elba, came passenger. ,He went_ out to St. He-
lena as Valet de Pied to BUONAPARTE, and hav-
ing saved a little money, and finding .his health
impaired, has returned to Europe, in order .to
jpin his wife and family. • • ' •