The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-30 00:00:00

ter came away.

We have this day laid .before our Readers the
narrative which Mr. Sheriff WOOD has thought
proper to publish, in vindication of the assertion he
made at the London Tavern. Mr. WOOD has.taken
a loni,time to prepare this narrative, and now that
he has produced it, he leaves the assertion of the
two Magistrates, "Mr. BAKEIt and Mr. BIRNIE, tin-
contradicted. The statement made by these Gen-
tlemen was simple and distina, and the cdntradic-
tion given to Mr. WOOD'S assertion at the dinner
was as dire& as language could convey it ; but in-
stead of a plain. answer, Mr. WOOD. has given a
long and confused. narrative of circumstances, which'
have no relation whatever to the point at issue be-
tween the Magistrates and him. The question
therefore remains exactly as it stood before this
narrative was published, and Mr. Sheriff WOOD
must excuse us, -if we feel dispoSed' to place a
greater. reliance upon the accuracy of the Magis-
trates than, Upon his. There is one paragraph in
this narrative, upon which we should be glad, to
have same explanation ; Mr. Woon states that he
and Mr. Sheriff ATKINS " remained in the house
of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT until-nearly half-past two
'o'clock, when the whole familY, except Sir FRAN-
CIS BURDETT, having retired to'rest,"—Are we to
infer from this. statement, that Sir FRANCIg did not
go to bed, or -that he did not sleep in* his own.

house 7 If the ratter was the ease, we,should be
glad to know where Sir 'FRANCIS BURDETT did pass
the night. We have heard that he slept at Mr.
ROGER O'CONNOR'S.; bllt upon this point the She-.
rifr's narrative seems to be.vritten with' studied am-
biguity. ' •

An Opposition Paper of this morning states, that
it' is the design of Ministers fir appoint Mr. YORKE
to the situation of First Lord of the Adiniraliy, _and
that his COiTimission its dated before his-return `to
Parliament for the ',Borough of St. Germains.
There is some• little-',cdniusion'in this Paiagraph,
for Ministers are reprOscnted in .one part of it

as designing to do th 4 which in another part they
1,4 e said, to have done. • We do not pretend- to say.
liNien Mr.. Yoaxq'sCcanuission wilt be dated, hut
'we :ore. rather siirprised, that a/Paper that has been
drivirg at the trade of finding fault witli'Ministers
for so lOog:a period, With the exception of one soli-
tary year\ when -its inCompatable friends were in
office, should not hav9 known that the forms of

_office require ;at least ten days before a new patent
can be prepared for rtke Great Seal, and that
lthe date of the Instrument is conformable-with the
affixing of the Seal ; butt truth is a gecondary,consi-
,
Aeration with the Opposition Writers ;.--Misrepre-
sentation, calculated to make unfavourable impres-.
;sions, the first. With respect to the appointment
of Mr. YOR_KE to tl4: situation of Firstlord of the
Adrniralty,,we hate doUbt that it will take place,
'-, and we think it highly probable that Lord -Mu',
.--GRAVE will be appointed Master• General of the
Qulvauce. . .

It said that the French Papers'have suppressed a
material ,circumstance which took place on.theme.:
-lancholy ceremony of tendering the homage of the
unfortunate ;-Janoverlan people to
.the upstart JE.
RoMp. The. hitter received the DepUties from that
people with great. pdrnp on .his throne; and after
the oaths of alleii4oce had be ;n taken,' Counsellor
PATJE, their Preside?.ir, had the- resolution to ad-
dres.s, the L.inbn• • he ;p:olie of the ,misery which his
4
countrymen had E, they had been de-
prived of to ;:r f0..-4,d1-. :Sovereign, under whose
reign they had been,lippy, and trusted, that their

new Monarch would heal the,wounds under which
they 'had so long been groaning. JEROME deemed
it wise to take no other notice of this intrepid,
though indirect reflexion on his brother, than to pro-
mise.,
that he would do all in his power to promote
their welfare.

--"TeirelclaY'We recaVed'Foreign Papers containing
thlelligence froM Paris• to the 23d inst. • They con,
twin an article 'of considerable-importance..lt is an ac-
count of the last sitting of the Legislative Body, which
terminated with an official address from a
Counsel-
lorUf State,- in which some interesting alluskms
were 'made to the war' with this country, and 'the
relations of France with the rest of Europe. . This
took place on the 21st inst. Count Da MONTES-
(WIGS] being President, of the Assembly.—Count
REGNAULT, Counsellor' of State, delivered the.
Speech' for Clnsirirthe'SegTiVii7csf 'Which the foll O-
wing are the principal passages:-
4 GENTLEMEN, •

" The labours of your double Session, the events
which 'ha.ve preCeded and accompanied'it, will leave
to the nation great recolleCtions and high hopes.—
The ciV,il and financial legislation has, ,during ten
Years, advanced by an uninterrupted progress to-
wards_ perfeeting the principles and completing the
system. of the former, and alleviating the weight of
the, contributions imposed by the latterhe-in,
ternal Organization .is ameliorated; _industry has fol-'
lowed in the course of former success. The plans
for all the great public labours, and. the means for
their execution, have been decreed,great political
views have extended, with wisdom and modera-
tion, and always with advantage, the limits of" the
Empire. •
" The continental peace, which before rested
only:on freaties,.and the perpetuity of the dynasty,
which had for its foundation only the genius of a.
hero and the power of -a great nation, have-nOw for"
their basis a prosperous, holy, august, and eternal"
alliance.

" Such Gentlemen, is the pielure which you
have to exhibit to the inhabitants of ydur provinces,
and of which have only to recall to your memory
the principal features; your hearts guarantee its
fidelity." '
The Counsellor -of State then proceeded to enu-
merate the laws passed during the Session, and took
a view of the_interior administration of the. Empire.
Passing next to the state of the Foreign Aelations of
.Fratice, he expressed himself thus : '

You have
,witnessed, Gentlemen, the Senatus'
Consult= which unites to the French Empire the
City of Rome, the ancient patrimony of the-Ceesars
and o Chailernagne. This aet of the Constitutions
of, the Empire, indicated by History,. counselled by
Policy, anii decreed by Genius, joins parts of the
Wegferti Empire which have Acin-g --been- separated;
and .esfablis:,i-s an alliance between the Tiber and
the Seine, between-P iris and Rome. Finaily, this
A reSpedling the auth6rity, 'alwayS sacred, Of thtl
Church, and preparing the trUe'glory.of_ Religion,
secures the independence of Thrones and the re-
speet of Sovereigns. A new Department will 'be
formed under the name' of the _Department des
Bouches du skit-in, .and the, remainder of the ceded
territory will be united to the Department of the
DeOxlVecues,,.vvnicti will tuns ue renuereo one cf the
most conSiderablt, most important, and most weal-
thy of the Empire. Direanwhile,,,the Confederation
of..the Riiine bas its consideration increased, its
power confirmed, and the ties which unite its mem-
bers drawn cloAer.

If the war still growl in those regions, the per-
.niciouS power of reaching which the English yet
retain, it is either at such a diStance on the Ironties
of the Ottoman Empire, that Europe cannot long
suffer from it, and Asia alone is menaced (unless
the Divan return to better principles)—or foi but
a short period beyond the Pyrennees, until the ports
of Spain shall be opened to our arms and closed to
England. From that moment the peace of Europe
- may be regarded as secured by the sanctity of trea,
ties, the extent of power, the contormity of,inte-
rests, and the superiority olgenins,
" You have:seen an august Messenger of Peace,
a sacred pledge of eternal alliance, arrive in-the
heart ofFrance, which has thereby been intoxicated
-with joy and transported with love. It has been
your destiny tq be witnesses of the solemn bonds
which will for ever unite Napoleon and Maria
Louisa; and. have at the same ihneunited the inte-
rest of France and the, interests of Austria, for the
happines's of t.t)e two nations and the-tranquility of
the world:—All the allied. nations bless an event
which completes the establishMent of their power,
and cements the ties Which unite them. Enlighten-
ed policy, and consoled humanity, give it equal ap-
plause; the reason of Europe sanctions it, .but it be-
longs in particular to France to feel all its value."
Count .REGNAULT having concluded, is stated to
have descended from the Tribunal amidst loud plan-
AJits. The_President replied to him-by a speech in
eke same style.

On Friday and Saturday mornings his MAJESTY
rode on horseback in Windsor Park ; on the latter
day h e was accompanied by the Dukes of CAM..
BRIDGLI and GORDON, Princess AUGUSTA and SO-.
Narquis CORNWALLIS, oenerals_PWYNNE
and FiTz ut)Y, and COl. TAYLOR. The same day.
Drs. Sir Ei'ANRY HALFORD, BAILIE and DUNDAS,
held -a consavition with Dr. POPE, 011 the state of.
the Princess AA 'ELIA.

Yesterday .ma ruing his MAJESTY, the Duke of
CA-mr3ftinGt, Pricicesses AUGUSTA and SoPHIA, ac-'
eompanied by La, dies COLLIER and DRAX GROSVE-
nor, General Gw, YNNE, and Major PRICE., went to
St. George's Chap.el, and heard a sermon by the
Rev. Mr. LONG.

We are glad to lqnd that the anniversary of -Mr.
131Tr's birth-day is I ikely to be celebrated in, many
places throughout th 4 United Kingdom. This cir-
cumstance we mentidi n with great pleasure; not only
beCause the merits of a n exalted character seem to -be
duly estimated by a Vat t majority of his countrymen,
but as..it-tends- to dada() the hopes which a certain
democratic party, mill o have; lately dropped- the
masque, 'might have 4 :ntertained of effecting a re-
volution; a party that t nust be blind indeed, if they
cau suppose that they IA 'obld profit. by such a dread-
ful event, after the hon 'ors of 'the French. Revolu-
tion, and its deplorable i 'esult, a military despotism,
and a foreign usurper, o f the most subtle and fero-
cious character.