The Sun.
London, England, 1817-04-26 00:00:00

1101to11011 OF ILCH4STER.

Mr. GASELKE moved, for a 'rule to ihoti cause
wby au attachment should not issue against live
capita burgesses of the borough of ileheiter, and
'their snlicitor. I_, why the retina made by 'heat Os
writ.of pumrianio sholitil tint be expunged ; why
the writ should, not be delivered to the bailiff of
the linrough ; and why prheeedings on the
cilium Should not be stated, until the present
tion vas' disposed of. Tito .motiOn for an
attachment was founded upim affidaviis, chdrg
ing the five burgesses and their solicitor tvitli
preventing, ,or trativavoto ing -to prevtat., the
doe execatioa of a writ tutindonois, which
to the List term, directing the hada to
ptocevd to the election at tt capital burgess, to fill
up rt vacancy, A thy_ was appointedito that put'
pose, anti, tine notice of thd meeting was given
and' at II o'clock in the morning five-of theleapitat
Intel:v*lms tuid the bailiff attended foe the purpose
~f obtying.t!te.W of these five Ilie solicitor en.
dFavonted to draw away oily, but tt it hoot Stir-,
6.1 S i he, however, and five other, of the hnr-
gesseS, remained itt tt Ittibilt-liowie close to the
place of ; and, although repented too-
ages were sent to them, they_ did not think fit
to attendill .oHei to moake•ti majority for the eti.7e-
tiou of a person to fill ;be vacancy. The bailiff its

THE QUEEN'S ITEAT.III.
This morning the following linlletin cros issued
respecting the QUEEN'S health

" Queen's Prtlace, April ft 5, 'l'‘‘;elvo o'clock.

"The QUEEN bits kind uo return Of pain in the
side, and is now free from fever.--tier MAJCSTY

h convalescent.

" FR. MILMAN,
" lIENRY IiALFORD."

By recent and authentic letters from. Portugal
we learn,, that most active preparations are mak-
iri
to complete the military establishments of
••that Country. ArtnorieS are at..work, and the
most vigorous spirit seems .to animate, the Re,
geney, The Frontiers arc surrounded by Spanish
Troop, and matters seem ripe' for a contest.;-=-
,It is rumoured that the state of South
.America,
ail(' tie mysterious.. operations :of the Porto;
guese Army, are (rounds of this apprehended con-
test hetsveen the two Countries.

There were no 'Foreign Arrivals when. thin

Paper wng FLIt to Press.

In the liouse of Commons last, night Mr.
CA,Lcaiires Motion on the subject, of the Salt
Laws wive rise to some debate. The CHANCIIIe•
bt of, the Exc. QURR Itifri'Cii the previous que4-
tiou ; and alley several Members had delivered
their sentiments the motion was lost by a tnajo-
rit'y of nine ; the numbers being—for the mot Ion„,
70 ; for the previous question 7).

Mr, SouTuers Letter to nr. WILLIAM- SAIIra
IVHS pUhtished yesterday by Mr. Mlntaiy of Mbe.
ularle-stroit', and appears to be a very Able pro-
duction. 11.111:)y alucantion will it Eurnish*bere.
afterto those who are charged with inconsistency,
bgeouse they do not Carry the green opinion," of
their youth with them unchanged ,through the
experience of maturity, ant!, perverseiy hi•
gotei, into the vale, of years. Real won-
sisuncy I ever, appeure(.l to us uue of the

molt vt 1,131 .0t: hwn4.ll errors } no,
lane, and even in tilo3e guilty of it, is u
foible rather than a crime. Morally speaking the
only ill effect it can produce is the destruction of
confidence in individtu character, which if ex-
tended, to a mass, would cause uncertainty and
instability in the affairs amen. And if this be the
head and front of the offence, hots much less ob-
noxious- to censure is that imputed frailty which
is laid upon a man, because at forty be does not
think at he did at twenty. Nature is undergoing,
under every form, perpetual revolutions, and is
the mind of man to be the Only existence which.
can be chained for ever to one shape and at one
point 1 If so, at what period of its being is this
fixedness of principle to occur ? at the age
of 10, or 15,. or 20, or 40, or 50, or three score ?
Who is to littlit • the hour beyond which we.
shall not grow wiser nor better ? Ali ! These are
silty cavils, and below even the capacity of Mr.
WILLIAM Smyrn, whose utterance of the Speech
attributed to him adds another to innumerable
proofs, how much Party spirit debases all that is
estimable in humanity.

Witmsoa, APRIL 23.—This being the Duchess
of GLonessrett's birth-day, the morning was
ushered in ‘vith the ringing of bells, ill honour of
the day. 'fire Royal Duchess arrived at the
Castle about two o'clock ; and having visited the
Princess SOPIIIA for a short time, left the Castle
for
.I,ondotr.
The Duke of CLARRIWR is recovering from his
indisposition : he Vt'os yesterday so• much better
as to he apand receive visits from the Dukes of
COmtmat,AND and GLovcestt,a. The answer to
the inquirers was, " His Royal Highness is 'a
-great deal better."
As soon as the QUIRON is sufficiently recovered,
her 111asevry will hold a drawing-room. It is
said dill; it Aviil be the last which • her MA YRSTY
• hiteliiis to halt?, as the fatigue is too great for her
eonst It 111 ion to sits tain.

Yesterday, the Spanish Ambassador had an au-
dience of the Pattuca RaGONT at Carlton•house,
And intrOduced to his Royal Highness tieneral
WhO was most graciOusly received by the
REQP,NI".

The E3tl of Molt LET and family arc expected
to leave town on Wednesday next for the Con-
tinem.

The Earl of HARRINGTON was yesterday much
recovered.

Owing to the indisposition of his Royal High-
!less the Duke of CLARRNCIt, we understand that
the Marquis of 11UNTLY takes the Chair this day
itt the Dinner.of the Serittish Corporation, in the
Crown and Anchor Tavern. While we- sincerely
lament the nh,:ence of our illustrious President,
we trust that the standard of the gallant Marquis
will be so thronged around, that no other (Hipp.,
pointwent to the object of the Meeting will be:
'exrerienced. The Duke of WILLINGTON is ex-
pected.
There was no further intelligence front Climber
P.trit yesterday. The Duchess of NAWCASTLE has
happily tseaped the fever, but her anxiety 'nay-
he readily supposed to have affected her hitch,
and the child of which she was delivered is
dead. Fifteen of the family, including 'servants,
are ill of the fever.

To the .House tiff Commons, onl'hursday night,
the CHANCELLOR of the ;liirteneetuen stated,
" that as be should have no 'occasion to fund this
year, the limited iiisue of Exeltanpwr Bills, to the
amount of from one to two millions, could have
no sensible or bad effect upon thenittoket."--On
which Mr. TIERNEY observed, " As the Right
Honourable Gentleman, the CHANCELLOR of the',
Excnea,uert, has ennonneed, that he shall have
lib 'Loa►i this year, 1 beg to know when he will
commuilicate to the Hoase his financial plan for
the' year ?" To which the CHANcet.t.on of the
EXCHEQUER replied, that he was .fully prepared to
do so at present ; but that it was IleCeSbEkry first
to complete all the measures. of Supply. Owing
to tbe lowness of the :tone in which the words
were spoken,' this important conversation was not
reportedlo the Wining Papers of yesterday.
Cottstels, cleat/.3.—You will have read in the
newspaperi the phenomena produced in tsPein by
an igneous meteor. There was something simAar
in COrSica. For three 'months we have. had no
and- the most incessant and te'rrible winds
Mare prevailed : in the middle of March a dread-
ful conflagration appeared in the Cunton of Ve-
nnco ; in less than three hours tilt' flames bad'de-
stroved a 31111?ce of more tliAn two leagues of this
`fine cauntry. Fifteen houses Were burnt in the
orPoggio. believed that 'the cause of
tbii fire Was'eleiittienl, and that fires of tr 'siatiiar
kind 'that have happened in Other cantons belie
'had the sameorigin.
'cue Noaroeic LOYAL DECLARATION..—TO the
mtrober of 372 signatorei of the most respectable
twines in the County to this eNcellentrlocutnent,
we have now to add a second list, containing 2:,7
'names of equal sseight (total 629), nod headed by
'those of Lord ABERCAVRNNY and Lord ANCRaM.
-`fht signing still continues.
Priday,Se'ntright -died, in 'St; 'Faith's-lane.
in vonsec.tence of the injury he.received on hoard
the Steam IJu'cltet, Droott4S, iilio;iiteer of
that unfortunate vessel.--(Nertaieg Mercury )
Amongst the inhabitants of cities, many have
been led by the openness of the winter to imagine
that the season of spring is unusually for Ward.,
This is not the case by any means. Vegetation
has been retarded by the Short intervals of cold
weather, end by the want of those warm rains
which osnally accompany the present month.—
May seems to have take,, the plaee of /*throaty,
and ~March thou of April, in the succession of the
Months. ThelViteats never looked More healthy,
but tite leaies on the hedges have been killed in
their very birth/ The North sides of the hushes,'
just bursting into their full verdure about ten days
.
ago, have now the appearance of being burnt and
shrireiled to a brown crisp, through the etrecis
of thelate cutting winds.--,(ibid.)