The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-11 00:00:00

" Windsor Castle, Dec. it,t3to.•
" The KING has had a very god night, and is
better this morninv

" H. R. REYNOLDS.
" H. HALFURD.
" W. HEBERDEN.
"*AI. BAILLIE.
" R. WILLIS."

We have just received American Papers to a late'
date, from vt lila we have only time to extract the
following mast important Proclamation';—

lIY TILE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
A PROCLAMATION.

" Whereas, by the 4th section of an a&. passed
May 1, 18 10,'.(the Title of the Act and the• Seiition
are recited.)

", And whereas it has been officially made known
to this Government, that the, Edicts of France,violat.
ing the neutral commerce of the United States, have
been revoketi, and cease to. have eirea, from the first
,of the present month ; now therefore, I James Mad-
dison, 'President of the United States, do, hereby pr'o-
claim, that the saki Edicts of France haVe been so re-
voked as that they ceased on the firt day of the pre.
sent month to violate the 'tetanal cut inerce of the
United States, and that from the date of these pre.,
sents, all the ,restri&ons imposed by the aforesaid
Ad shall cease, and be discontinued as relative to
France and her-dependencies.
" In: testimony' whereof, sce.
")JAMEs MADDISON."
" Nov. 2, ato."

This Proclamation is accompanied by a Circular
from the Secretary of_the Treasury, announcing the
Preside.‘'s Proclamation, adding.that "French arm-
ea vessels may, now be alnitted into the harbours
of the United State's ;" and containing also a clause
respecting the revival of the Non-Intercourse Law,
as it respects Great Britain, If her orders are not re-
voked before.the 2d February next.

This morning we received Dutch Papers to the
2d inst. from which we have wade some exit-ads :

but we have not room at present ta comment upon

them.

Accoiding to the account of a Gentleman who
left Bourdeaux on the Ist inst. 2.5,000 French troops
-.had passed through that place and Bayonne for
Spain. "They passed. the Pyr4tees in three divisions,
besides a long train of artillery. From r
3 to 0,..000
Spanish and I'ortuguese prisoiers had arrived at
Bayonne on their way to the interior. They were
in the most. lamentable state, wilh hardly any cd-
vexing, and though sick and wounded, were lerced
to tnarch. No respect. was paid to their Officers.
Nothing from theTeninsula had reached Bourdeaux
on the Ist inst. ~It : was reported that NAPOLEON
himself was to comluel the .war, and that INIAsSCNA
was to be made King of the Peninsula if he obtained
a decisive victory °ter the British Army. On ail
hands, however, it seemed to be generally adMitted,
that the French had 'a very discouraging pro•pecl
before. the.n throughout the' Pemilsula.-

If we may judge from the language of the Op-
position Papers, their political friends have conk.
pletely lo,t their temper. Instead of attempting to
strew, by argument, that the cause they support is
a good one, ..they have recourse to the most childish
and petulant. abuse. The Chronicle of this morn-
ing, after stating that Ministers have sent round a
Circular Letter,/ requesting a full attendance on
hutsday, as no further adjournment is to be pro-
p st-d, and business of importance is to come on;
prueeeds.to add, that it is'. impossible to t onjeaure
hat Teasuies-MiniSters.mean to pursue—whether
they mean to propose that they shall be con,tiluted
a.Direetory, and allowed -to dispense. with all the
guards and checks of the Constituliun ; or whether
they. wit propose that the two Houses shall declare
the iouipacity; and supi..,ly the defect.' Now, When.
a pat ty • has recourse to such language, it is,a proof
t?ttier that they are extremely angty, or that they,
are in great distress for arguments.; - but as we have
always thought that great allowances ,ought to be'
made for the querulousness usually displayed by the
Gentlemen in.OppositiOn, 'we are not disposed to
treat it in the present instance with much severity.
There is, however, one charge preferred, in the Pd..
per alluded to, against Ministers, which does •sur-prise us a little : it states:, that the nation has been
insulted With impunitp—that Sweden has declared
war against us,—that Government must have fore-
seen' this step on the part 'of the Frenchihed
Government of 'Sweden, long ago, and that
upon the same principle which influenced their
proceedings against Denmark, they ought. to
have taken precautions against Sweden. We read
with pleasure this .reluaant acknowledgment of
the wise policy.of the attack upon Copenhagen;
Government, says the Chronicle, knew that the
Frenchified government of Sweden would declare
w,tr against us; and therefore they 9n2ht to have
acted as they did in a former case, svhen they knew.
that the Fienchified Government of Denmark was
about to commence hostilities against us. These are
not the precise Words used by the Chronicle, but
they convey the substance of the argument, be-
cause,, unless the two cases were perfeffly similar, Go-
vernment could not be blamed for not aging in the
one ca,e as they had in the other. The Chronicle,

it is true, says it does not approve of the outrageous
proceedings at-Copenhagen, and yet it blames Mini::
sters tor not adopting a, similar condutt towards
Sweden, wider similar circum.tances. It is impos-
sible to defend such inconsistency. The British
Governtnent'atted either right o- wrong in the at-
tack upon Copenhagen ; if right, bow will the
'Chronicle defend the claMour which the Opp,-
sition raised against ill .t measure ? if wrong,,
with what , justice can it now censure Ministers
for not pursuing a Similar conduct now ? ,We
believe, however, that the real guilt of Ministers is,
that they have not in theiirescut instance abandoned
their duty to their Sovereign and their Country, by
the adoption of measures which there was, and is,
every reason to hope will prove unnecessary. "We
see and hear of nothing," says time Chronicle," but
.stratagenis for the maintenance of power, arid the
Continuance of Ministers in office." If the Chro;
nick can really see and hear nothing else]
its organs of vision and of hearing must be
Most lamentably defective, otherwise it would
have seen and • hegrd a great dial about the
stratagems and inttigues, aye, and the disputes, too,
of those who want to get iut., office. But we are
told, and that gravely, that the Opposition have not
the least desire to return to office. We should
have thought operwkse ; but we 'cannot dispute
.such high authority : we are glad, however, to•
hear it, because, as the Opposition do not wish to
return to power, and as the people have never ex-
pressed any wish to see them restored to office, all
parties must agree in deprecating any change..

The account of every person who comes from
Pans, represents BUONAPARTR'S tyranny as more

complete thin has ever,been recorded in the history
of any arbr'tary Government. A young EtighsS
artist, who recently left that capital, and whose
veracity is unimpeacha'Ae, declares, that nothing •
can the general detestation of the Tyrant,
but the fear of being exposed to his cruelty. his
spies abound in all qt priers, and as they are all men
selected tor an utter tletitutiou ()revery moral prin•
ciple and every feeling of km nanity, the people are
absolutely afraid to look, and almost to think,:lest
they-should be seized by the satellites of despotism,
Inci never heard •of again. 'Bat however guarded
,
penplemay be, if there has been any thing in their
former condUct which renders it likely that they'
should be hostile to the present order of things, "chef
are not safe, and accordingly individusls-, disappear
daily in, the French metropolis; and nobody, dares to
enquire what has become of them, or even to take
any notice of their removal. Nothing but the hope
that some event will happen that may rid them of 10,
detestable a Tyrant,
.prevents them fOmfalling 111;0
the most lamentable despondency. The usual Ca-
price of the French character seems to be subdued,
and even the air of fashionable gaiety which wai
once so congenial to that character, ap:sears now to
he assumed, 'in order to pr,vent the gloomy Despot
trona attributing a sullen
_'discontent to his unfor-.
tunate subjects, and inducing him, if possible, to bd •
still more watchful and -rigorous in his,usurpatio!!.
How. is it possible that such a dreadful state of
things can long exist, especially as he continues tQ
enforce his military conscriptions to recruit his
armies. in Spain and to send to almost ceilaitt de-
strut:tion, 'to fight the battles of the most perfidir
ous ambition:

Lord WELLitiorip'N's late position consisted- of
107 works, 28,490 infantry, 12 51-il}ch howitzers,
20 24.1poutidcrs, 282 L2-pounders, 121. 9-pounders,
2t 6-pounders. The rentainder.of the army en''
Ployed in keeping up the communication betwet:o
the' forts and tile. ieserve„'
1„
LI
011 JU.AN. MARTIN, or L'EmPr.cts-Ano, is a Da'
,tive of Cadiz. A short time since an Officer belong,"
log to-L'Empecinado's party arrived in Cadiz, bring-
ing, with him one R2ao, who' had forrnerly been
very a6tive, in the cause (if Ferdinand, but had de-
serted and: got to Madrid where he obtained Iron
Joseph Buonaparte •a considerable pl'ace ii the civil
department, and -became a severe op'pre.s.i'cr of tha
supposed adherents of his quondam friends. L'En)-
pecinado in one of his excursions obtaiu'ed
Bence. that .Rigo was to t.;e married at a house a
short distance from Madrid, and he and his follOwers
concealed themselves in a neighbourina w.)ocl, and,
•on the day of the nuptials.suddenly bburst into thq.
court-yard of Rigo's house. The trieuds of
who hid nief to celebrate, the wedding,were thrOW°
Into the utmost consternatkon, till L'Empecinwig
promised thit no hurt should be clonetoany of
them if I.lgo was surrende,e:: up to hits?. The uti7
fortunate wretch was ourrendered accordingly, and
L'Empecinado and his friends vanished as sudden'''.
as they had made their appearance. L'Emrein"da
sent Rigo, escorted by one of his party, to .
who brought his prisoner by' bye- ways safely into
Cadiz, and delivered him to the Junta, with a letter
from his Commander, which infoirned them that hg
had sent the traitor Rigo, and desired that he might
he tried and executed immediately on Le Plaz, at
Cadiz. The Junta remonstrated with the Officer
on the rapid proceedings which L'Empecinado ri
quested should take place; but he acquainted them,
that his orders from his Commander were, that be
was to remain in Cadiz till the instructions in
letter were compied with. The Junta then bug'
gested, that if Rigo was found guilty, he might be
privately- executed in prison ; the Officer replie_,
that L'Empecinado insisted on the execution bt'ing
public, and-that he could not return to him without
a bein an eye-,witness of the traitor's punishtnent.--
The Junta finding all other interference • fruitle4,
put Rigo on his trial, and his guiP, which was not":
rious, being fully established, sentence of death "'"'
passed on him, and he was executed accordnglV 011
Le Piaz, at Cadiz.' The Officer haVing thus cum'
pleted his mission, departed immediately to wit' ,
Commander.

. There was nb. Court of Aldermen held today.
The LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the return's,
ordered the'price of bread to be lowered Id. Per
peck; the Q.iartern Loaf will then be is..2il • 1
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—This venerable pile
be restored to all its former grandeur. Mr. WYAT'ri
the,Architect, has undertaken to put the wars and
ornaments in a complete stare of durability, wiiii°llt
doing the least injury to the monuments. A drawin,
of the original structure has been found, ill
vase taken from the Court of Records,
state of preservati,ar: From this the artist will be eil-
abled to produce all the minute ornaments
time has detstroyed. The sant:3 which stood in the
futhes are to re-appear.in a high
At an early hotir yesterhy morning, a meeting
took place near &ID ' ry,.bel wee!) J.ll—y, EStl• and
G.- B—n, Ecq. the former attended inan thlicer
of the girrison, the latter by a professional Genle
man : several Gentlemen, friends ut each, were
on the ground—every concession that could Po-
sibly be made, was offered 'oo the part of the lel!; I
ter, and many Gentlemen on eac:t side, withot%.
effect. The result, was, the parties, took the',
ground at ten paces, a case of pistols was fired,
by which each receiVtd slight wounds; O'l
,the third fire, the latter was wounded through t"e
right shoulder, which terminated
the t)ti l ness,
he being carried off the ground to his carriage.-'
Dublin, Dec. s'. ,
dig- 1
Yesterday Julia Williams, the man who %,
is
coverecra few evenings since on the roof of 110114
orreet 0'
in Store-street, was brought tip at Bow -
rice 10: examination, and committed fur trial,