The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-08 00:00:00

WOOD.

Government have also received accounts from
Cadiz, of the date of the 23d ult. No
.event of any
ilavortance had at that- time occurred, and every
thing was considered as going on well. •

In consequence of the determination of the House
of Commons upon Lord. CHATHAM'S conda6t, his
Lordship felt hitnself bound to refag4his. office of
Master-General of the Ordnance.' :-HIS resignation
t,.ok place this morning. It is not known who will
,succeed I)is Lordship, but •Lord HARRINGTON is
HICIIIIOIIed, and we think. wit h great probability.

Last night we receive,' Paris and Thrall Papers,
the former to the 2/3th nit. and the latter to the 4th
insta.A. 1 heir contents are important. The ques-
tion vc hick has so long. agitated t..e tniLd,

pen to be made-X.ings-, Pr inces,:&c. they are told, that
the first duty of a French Prince, "'elated to the Im-
perial Throne, is to that Throne, When in opposi-
tion
,to that, all others must give way." This candid
avowal of what 13U60,NA r.t RTE expects from French
`Princes must operate as a strong inducement to the
Spaniards to secure their liidependen' ce by sub- •
mitring to the yoke. of King JOSEPH- The
French GoVerninent seems) disposed
,to' make
some alteration in' their policy tOwa'rscls AMerica,, or
at lost to assume.a.milder•tone; .a propoiticin has
been made to the :Atrietican Minister, Mr. Atm-
WRONG, to negOciate a COmmereial Treaty between
France and America.- • .

•
Yesterday, sopn.after two o'cloek; his MAJESTY
held a. Private Levee, at the Queen's. Palace, which
was,attetided by• ,
The Lpril Chanccllor,,the Lord Pres.ident of the Council,
the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of,:ine Treasury, • and
Chancellor of the E xclierpicr, the Master, General of the Ord-
nance, the three Secretari,s of State, the President of the
Hoard of Controu), the 'Commander in Chief, the judge Atf-
vocate ; Earls Harrow by, Winchelsci, Macclesfield, and
'Paulett (in waiting) ; Lords Heathfiqd sal...
tow), and Vernon ; Arltniral Sir S. Sintth; Generals, Dilkies,'
T. Anson, Cliffe, Thewles; Maitland, .andlir S. Cotten ;
Colonels pootle.and Grant; Capt. Walpolc• and Messrs.
Yorke, Fawkener and Harbord,

The following 'had the.honour of being presented
to his MAJRSTY
Mr. Yorke, upoi his being appointeda Telftt= of the Ex-
chequer. -
Major-General Sir Stapleton -Cotton, on his retutn from
Pottual, and on coming to his title. .
Major-General Frederick Maitland, on his promotion to
be •Colonel of the ist Ceyion kegiinent.
Major-General Thomas, on his promotion as Colonel of
the.3(l Ceylon Regiment: • • .
Mr. Edward Harboard, on his marriage, by Lord Vernon.
Brigadier-Gerteral Anson, on his promotion, and on his re-
turn troth Portugalt , • -
Captain Walpole, R.N. by Mr. Ryder,
Major-General. Cliffe, on his promotion.
Master Murray, upon his being appointed a Page of Ho.
roue to his Majcstp. • • • • •
Mr.'Wilbraham Bootle, on • being appointed Lieutenant-
Col,atel of The LeylaadandOrmskirk Local Militia. • •
Major.Gineral Thewles, qti his promotion.
Colonels Grant, on being appointed his Majesty's Lieute-
nant of the Co'unty of Inverness.
Brigadier-General Dilkes, of the Brigade of Guards, under
orders for L.:attic.
Lord Saltoun, by the Earl of Liverpool.

, .
His MAJESTY held a. Privy Council, and gave
audiences to the LORD CHANCELLOR, Marquis
WELLESLEY, Earls CAMDEN, CHATHAM, and•
LI-
VERPOOL Messrs. PERCEVAL, RYDER, and M. SUT-
TON, who laid before his MAJESTY tile proceedings
of some Coons Martial. • .

Yesterday the Prince of \V ,Es visited their MA-
JESTIES arid the PRINCSSES.

. • Yesterday morning Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZA-
BETH, and SOPHIA, visited Miss GOLDSWORTHY, at"
her-house in Hill-street, Berkei.ey4craafe, in conse-
quence of Miss G. being indisposed:
Yesterday, at half past three o'clock, her MA-
JESTY, Princesses ELIZABETH, AUGUSTA and SO-
PHIA, dined with the 'Duni-fess of Baoisiswlcx, at
-
her ItOuse.in Spring Gardens. 'Her MAJESTY WBS
received by the Princess of WALES, and condti4ed
to the presence of her-Royal Mother. The Duke-
of BRUNSWICK and his two sons were of the,party.
An immense number of persons were 'attracted at
the door in consequence. .

Generol BROWNRIG.G being confined by the, gout,
the'Committee of Inquiry is adjourned to Monday.
next. The persons examined on Tbesday night
were Mr. HUSKISSON,. Colonels SONTAo• and MO-
SHEIM, Capt. JONES, Mr. KEATS, and Dv.- WEBB.
A.-Council of the Cahifiet Minilters- was yester-
day held at the Foreign Office in Doi.vning,street, at
which the Earl of Ciwurizviatiended.

, . .
The new 4ye-law at the Royal Academy, for pre-
cluding all aninnadVersion, by the Professors of the
Institution On the works of li v ing Artists, has received
the approbation of the (resident andC6uncil, and only
waits for the sand;ort:Of. fits MAJESTY.. ;This law
certainly tends to prevent all, pilvate animosities,
but its opponents Contend that it-. will retard Ile
progress of taste, by checking the discussion of
enlightened criticisms, which might otherwise fa-
cilitate the estdbilshrnent of, true principles in-the
respeCtivebrancikes.of art. • ,It -has Deen- obiierved,.
abo, that: though,this new bye-law will-prevent
ill-
wilt, by prohibiting conirnents upon the defeos of
living artists, it will deprive them of that tribute
which might otherwise be paid to Weir meritS. •
Duke ot. BEDFORD is confined at Woburn by
severe indjspitioti.

respecting BU :t future wife, is at length 1 Yesterday being Ash-Wednescla•y, The Bishop of
settled, in a way that we are sure \Must give paint LONDON preached at the Chapel Royal, for the first'
- : time since his appointment to 'that See. There
tq every feeling mind :. He has fixed upon the Arch-, ;•
;errs among the congregation the Bishop of. CAR-
..• - - . .
Duchess MARIA TH RESA of Austria, and BgRTHIE4 LISLE., Lords NAPIER and WOODEOUSE. The An-
,
has been• sent to Vienna to conduct her to Paris.---; them was, " Put tne not to rebuke," by Dr. GREEN,
, and was correaly sung by Messrs. Goss, J. Sawn,
By .‘this extra s ctrdinary marriage BLITSNAPARTE [ie..;
BEALE' 04.2'C•
comes
,related to the BOURBON Family. These On' Friday last an unknoWn Gentleman called
Papers also bring us an account of BUONAPARTE's final at_the Middlesex Hospital, and left
_with the Secre-
faiy 1,320 E on the express condition that his. name,
deterMinatiou with respect to Fl. oll,:ndor-. 'mu's- is i if ever discovered, should not be made public,
no longer King of Holland, and he has been remov-. I The expeetation of hearing CATA4ANI last night
, •
ed from the. Throne in a manner most insulting to i in the Oratorio, at Covent-Garden. Theatre, drew a
his feelings,•and.to those of the People of Holland.- vast concourse of people to that place. They were,
, _ 'however, disappointed, as the Loan CHAMBERLAIN
The Fre Ilt 13 Minister for Foreign. Affairs ac- had sent an order to forbid any performance, it being
nuaints the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, that Ash-Wednesday: A great numbef of coaches hay-
BONAPARTE had thought, proper tc recall Louts, ing d their visitors, veomany
and tors, dro lf, and le ft
and the reason e assigns for this measure is most shivering in 'the cold, in dresses ill suited (or walking
• in the public streets. The Manage'rs,- we find, did
. .
singular -:l made his brother King of Hol- all in their' pOwer to prevent the disappointment;
land, he recalls him, because lie was desirous cf but were not aware of the intended prohibition till
proinoting the
• co/in-net-dial Interests of the People - ' too lath to inform the public at large.
__
A new Opera is , forthcoming at the Lyceum,
he- was- sent-to.govern. He was; it is said, "di- which, according to report, is likely to prove a very
vided between his imprescriptible duties," viz. his ' magnificent and interesting produCtion. The name -
duty to his subjects, and his duty, to his brother- ; ° f the Author has not
yet been announced; but the
- . - ' Piece is said to possess great dramatic mert. The
he pieferred the former, and therefore helms been music is mentioned in high terms of commendation:.
recalled with-as little ceremony as if be had been it comes from BISHOP, a Composer of aeknow
the Prefect of a small Department.' 'Holland s ledged excellence. The principal-chara&ers are as--
' annexed to Frasigned to PHILIPPS, Mrs. BLAND, Mrs. BISHOP, and
nce for as the
, French Minister con- ' Mrs. MOUNTAIN. There was a full rehearsal of this
tempsuously observes, " Holland-- may make a _ Drama yesterday, and it went off, it seems, with'
rid), useful, and respectable Company, but not a great eclat.
Mrs. SIDDONS it is said, is going very soon to per-
Nation." This singular document also contains a from a few nights at Edinburgh, to support the in-
kind of Code, for the government of the conduct of terests of a Theatre in which her son has so great a
the 111birlbeis of BUON APARTE'S fiiiily, who may hap-
stake. ~

The account which has appeared in several pub-
lic prints respecting the melancholy fate of-Lieut.
DARBY, of the impetumr, we are assured, is erro-
neous in many particulars. The unfortunate Gen-
tleman wag 'rendered insane by confinement and
illness in a Fretichprison disappointments'at home
produced.a relapse of his mental disease; and drove
him, in a frantic moment, to the commission of
suicide. His. friends. are now endeavouring to pro:,
cure a reversal of the Coroner's verdici, and a 're-
burial of his remains.
A shocking catastrophe' occurred yesterday after-
noon, a short distance from -Rathbone-plaee, in "Ox.!;
ford-street.. Two very decent -countrymen, rather
inebriated,were walking together, when one of them
having jocularly attempted to take- an umbrella from
his companion; they both, fell,- and the wheels of a
hackney coach, which was passing briskly at the
time, went over the neck of one of them, and killed
him on the 'spot.. The name of the. deceased was.
Maberly. He was a farmer at Littleton, near Wind-
or.

On Wednesclaytifie j otb ilt, a white-tailed eagle,
of great strength and beautiful Plumage, was shot'
by Sir Pvitss.lVloNTyk, Bart: on his', rabbit-;warren,
near Talacree, in ,the.etinty of 'Flint.. The
and talons ate remarkably large and strong, and rea-‘
thered all down to the claws. It has a large Nvl ite.
spot on the tail, whence- it derivEs its denotnitiition.'
YesteAliy morning m
Samuel IPaiker, otherwise
wasLeeson, a's e,xeckited, in pursuance of his sentence,
opposite the- Debtors' Door, Ncri.vgate.•
It may be
_recolleeted by our Readers that this,
unfortunate-luau was,tried in the Jantiary Sessions,
at tht. Old Bailey, under the Statute commonly call-
ed. Lord Ellenhorongh's AGt, forwdfully, Malicious-
and tinlafully presenting,a loaded pistol at
Thoteas Poswell;- and drawing the trigger thereof,
with intent to kill and murder the .said
The i,roSecutor was a poor gardener, residing in 'a
small' cottage, on Enfield Chace ; and Walker,
Who it app,Ars was a deserter from a marching re-
giment, came...to the cottage under pretence of buy-
' ing potatoes, and while partaking of some sprats,
which the wife of the prosecutor had just dressed
for glipper; he "drew a pistol from his breast, pre-
sented it at the prosecutor, and detnanded his jno-
ney. Btu the-prosecutor and. his NvilS, -with-equal
resolution and presence of mind, sprung upon him
and seized hiM : the prisoner immediately snapped
the,pistol, which provide,ntally 'missed fire. The
prisoner being a strong, active, young fellow, en-
deavoured •to rescue himself from theiiikgrasp, but
in Vain; when 'be drew another pistol, and snapped.
that, but it also missed L:
e A ,long contest then
took place, in which he knocked down 'both -; he•
prosecutor and his ivite alternately several. times;
but each resolute in their inteiftibn-sould.not quit
their hold, and at length, by a fortunate blow, given
by the wife.on the prisoner's head, they . got him
down and instantly tell on him and secured him,
-tying his hands and legs in. such a manner as to
prevent his stirring; 'and in Oat situation they
watched him till morning, when a Police Officer
was procured; and• he was taken into custody: On
examining the pistols-they were both-- foUnd to be
loaded with balls: Upon' these facts leing clearly
proved, he was canitally convided, and
,received sen-.
tense accordingly. • , . •
From the time of the unfortunate wretch's con-.
demnation down to the lasituoment of his existence, •
he7eViticed the most hardened and profligate' dis-
position, treating -the, Rev. Mr. Ford, .the Or-,:
.dinary o N.ewgate; who.:endeavouied to make him
sensible of his awful situation, with the greatest
disreSpea, and ..shewing the utmost. 'contempt for
every exertion that was.,made• to convince him of
those Teligions duties it becaMe him to perform ere
he rushedintbeternity. A few :Minutes previous '
to his death, he ,seemed wholly ,unconcelned,'
laughing and conversing with those, around him_
with peifed..indifference.. With the 'same callous-
did he ascend the scaffold, 'smiled at the
surrounding spectators, to whom he bowed, and
.shewed other symptoms of :insensibility, at the ap-
proach of the last- awful moment, almost unprece=
dented: .

During this melancholy scene, Mr, FORD was
using every possible argument to bring the unfor-
tunate Man to 'a proper sense of his impious con-
duct, but idvain; till within a few seconds of the.
last dreadful moment, when, as he was about' to
be turned off, Ida. few itnpassionefl words, he ex=
pressed his conviction of his. 'Wickedness, acknaw-
ledgsd the• justice of his sentence, ejaculated a fer-
vent prayer to the throne of his Creator for metOy,
.and was launched into eterhity

NAVAL NEW

PLYMOUTH, MAR CH 6.--Arrived the brig /frirs
PYR,E, from Seville, laden with fruit, bound to Lon-
don.;_..the ship Chace, FORD, from 'Oporto, laden-
Wfthii-ine and cork, bound to LOndon, was cap-
tured ,by a French -privateer, and recapiure6 by his
Majesty's ship Jalouse, Capt. MORRIS; the Pappen-
burgh galliot De Vrow Emmechena, J. W. Di JONGE,.
from Guernsey, in ballast, bound to this .port ; the.
Spanish brig Todos los Santos, M. DeiAskro,.aas-
ter, from Cadiz, laden with wine and salt; bound to
London ; also arrived, and sailed again on a cruire;
the Cormorant Revenuecutter.

Sailed the Hon. East India Company's ship For-
cia,,
_and the Spanish :brig Todos kis Santos, for the
.River; the Elizabeth, WATERMAN,' and 'Mal's,
Etn.d4.ans, for Newfoundland ; and the Alarm.
Revenue lugger, to the Eastward; also sailed the,
.Dobridge, for Liverpool.
'I-Arrived his Majesty's ketch.:Gleaner, Lieutenant,
GREEN, with dispatches from-' Minorca 5 which
place she left the 14th FebrUary,,Smyrna the 28th
Janualy, Gibraltar !ie 22d February, and Cadiz the
24th February; left LOTd:COLLINGWOOb, with the
fleet under his command,. atMinorca, .anxiously
waiting Or the French fleet to leave Toulon. We
are extremely sorry to state that his Lordship is in
a bad state of health,
..When the. Gleaner left' Ca-
diz, every thing was tranquil, and the-British: troopt ,
that were arrived were encamped about a mile from
the town, and .a bombardment from the French was
not likely tu take place.

A barge laden' with malt, from Salcornbe for this
part,lw'as' wrecked last night in Bigbury Bay, about
six milts to the eastward of this port; it is expeeted-
her cargo will be saved. ,
Arrived his Majesty's ship Orestes from a cruize;
and the Sophia, ,Ti Lr.., from Guernsey.
His Majesty's ketch Gleaner has detained the
Bremen ship America, from Lisbon, which is not
yet arrived.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Came in his Majesty's
,ships
,Gannet and Tyrian from a cruize.
Arrived last evening the- Astell, HAY, and Eu-
phrates, HERBERT, for Indira ; also his Majesty's
ship -Ant from Guernsey.
Arrivd the Borough, PATTERSON, from New-
castle; Henry, KNIGHT, and Ward, ROBINSON, from
Sunderland ; alio the Dove, BADCOCK, Hope, GER-
MAN, IfitliaM, SPICER, Zephyr, DUNNETT, Proili-
dence, SMITH, Linie Trader, WYATT, and Provi-
dence, KITTIER, from London.

Sailed this day his Majesty's ship Scipion, of 74
guns, to the Eastward; and Jason, Goo LAND, for
•
Sunderland.

Arrived:the JuIia,,STARLING, and lames, Gar L VES,
froth the Downs, for Oporto.

FALMOUTH,' MARCH s.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Espiegle, 18 guns, instructions to Lilo
outward bound convoy for the. West Indies.

Sailed this day the following packets, viz. *
Townshend, WESTERN, with Mails for Gibraltar,
Malta, and Lisbon; Princess Charlotte, KERR, with
ditto, for Sicily; Duke •of Kent, COT ESWPRTLI,
With ditto, for Jamaica; Chichester, ROGERS, with
ditto, for Cadiz.

His Maj esty's brig Encounter, 18 guns, for Ply-
mouth; the Duke of Montrose packet for America,
and the packet with the Mails for the Brazils, are
detained till further'Orders; the Success, PORRORSR,
for Martinique; the General Planter, FREUrIAN,
for 3atnaica ; and the Introshed, bAvuts,, for Ma-

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•
• Arrived the ship volunteer, FORRESTER, from

COWES; MARCH 7.—Just arrived here a Sppnish
ship named (he -Exportatio.n, from Cadiz, out t 6
dvs, with a cargo of sugar, coffee, indigo, and co-
chineal, bound for London. Cadiz was pretty se-
cure when this, ship sailed, but the French were
ereeting tiatteiies against it, and it was feared it
would not be able to make a long resistance.

SHEERNESS, MARCH 6.—Sailed his Majesty's ship
Grampus with; a convoy to Portsmouth.

MARCH 7.—Arrive_ci his Majesty's brig Ifirang

-DEAL, MA ECU 7.—Arrived the Royalist sloop of
war a 0 Bloodhound gun-brig from a cruize.

laiirA*lousc.—Yesterday a Court of Direelors
when the tindep:mentioned Commanders
Wokl*tiie of the Court, previous to departing_ for •
theii"Wilieetive destinations; viz. the Cantol, for
Ohrni diret ; Sovereign-, Diana, and Ann, lox Ma:-.
.dray and Bengal. The Court adjourned at Seven
o'clock till to-morrow.

The service for which the Guards are destined
Ave undetestancl,.of the nature of,a coup-de:mai/.
SIDNEY 'SMITH, who is, unquestionably, the bvt--
qualified OttiCei• in the service for such an enterprise,
will command the natal part..

The second division of the Guards, intended .fOr
foreign ;serviCe, marched yesterday morning froth
Pc?r!lpfigotreet barracksfor Portsniouth. - The third
and blicdiyjsion march this morning from the parit&
in the Bird-cage-walk, St. James's Park. -

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