The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-19 00:00:00

I.ItELAND.

Mr% l'oNsoNny %%as ati,i,ious, to put a question to
the Bight Hon. Gentleman oppokilte, on 'd subject
°tithe utmost importance to the United Empire.—
Every one must have. seen a paper which had been.
published in this metinpolis, pnrporting to be. the
copy of.a circular letter, .stgned by the Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland, and 'aditres,.ed to the Sheriffs _of
Counties, and to the Chief Magisttates of that
Country., What he wished to know was, whether,
before that Step was adopted. by the Irish Govern-
mein, the pleasure of his Itgyal Highness the Prince
Regent had been taken upon it ?• and it -not, w he-
titr. the British Cabinet. had communicated to his
'loyal Highness, that the Irish Cabinet had thought
itself justified in issuing, the letter to which he
alluded?

TIIC CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER felt no
difficulty or disinclination in answering the Right
Hon. Gentleman. He could assure him that the
subject was as new to him on Tirursday as it was to
that Right 'Hon. Genilemati•that morning. Until
Thursday night, tie fitr.iit' was perfeatly unki. own
to any of his .Majesty's Servants. It was perfectly
unknown to them even that the Meetings to which
the letter 'elated, alluded to -by the Right Hon.
Gentleman, had'assittned such a character as to ren-
der necessary the step which had been taken. When
information of that measure had been.zransmitted to
his Majesty's servants, they felt deep regret that the
.Irish Government had been under •the necessity of
adopting it ; btu Irvin the Communications whiCh
they had received, (although those. communications
were net in a detailed form); they entertained a per-
fect confidence, that that Got eminent had, exercised
wise and pifident discretion'. Of course- it %as
e‘ident befit the pleasure,ot tits Reyal 'Ugliness the'
Prince Regent could not possibly have been. taken
on this subject; but die information which had
been received'byiClinisters.wn4 commUnicated to his
Royal Highness on Iriday inurniog„
WAtiu asked whether it was the intention
°fiche Right Hon. Gentleman opposite to submit to
the House a truly of the circular letter of the Chief
Secretary, or tiny-other documents which related to
this inipoi rant. affair ?

The CHANCELLyR• Of' the EXCHEQUER had no
such immedlate intention, but declared that he had
no objection whatever to the production of any pa-
pers or the nature.alluded to, that could with pm-
priety be produced. Of .course he should reherve
to hiinsell the. right- of judging on that propriety,
should the Hon. Gentleman think fit to make any
motion on the occasion.
Mr. WARD then gave notice, that on Friday he
would move that thew be laid before the House the
cireUlar letter of the Chief 'Secretary; together with
any other papers that might tend to clucidatoothis im-
portant subject.

Mr. IltrtctstrrsoN expressed his hope, that at
anon as Ministers became acquainted with tha rwot
transa6lions in Ireland, they- issued diretlinns thl
Irish Government to take such measures as would avert
misconception, and would prevent the Irish praizid
ftom imagining that it was intended to disturb theta
In the exercise of their undoubted right of pcliljun"
log Parliament against any grievance by' ‘chich 11!e1
might be affecled.. He had come down on Satur‘l'4'
with the view:of rwKpressing this ey,pe:.93000, btlt
disappoitited by tile failure in making a Hose:
At that time, it was also his intention to give 110:
tiee, that on Friday he would move for the fer
'of the Convention tia, the execution of Whitli
tention, ..troweVer, he would postpone la a clay or
t w o, until more accurate and detailed inlorivAtiol
should be received.

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141ILITIA.
Regular Mil tin. StioairenUirll‘:

OCCUKRIiNCES IN ts.o4.
In reply t;.) a question from Mr. Dundas, 4
Mr. WHITBREAD ObSEIVOd, hat some ntioppi:
tension had gone-forth thd nature of the cotir.'
which he trielot to adopt with roped to the prof
ceeding.g in I so-i. He had already given nuilt's
that OA, Monday next .he would mom for
point nien of a Committee to search tit" A'r'e
Journals on this subjed ; and any other aleSio
which he might think proper to insiitut6 rou„4",
ceslarily be consequent .on the report of 1113111°0
mittee.

- NEW . .
A new Writ was orderedW
forRIT Ayr, in ihe r°°°)of
the Honourable David Boyle, who, since hi' ftlecoi
von, had accepted the office of one of the ,1400
Session in Scotland.

. •
_ POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
M. Ross, after a variety of obiervalions on
ig
th
the benefits which had resulted, bOth in a fi"ancer
and in a military-point of view, from the last 11.',0
sure of a similar nature, moved, That leave
io bring in a Bill for ta4ing an RCCOUIIt
pulation of Great Britain, and of the increoo
minution thereof since the last retur:lc•
Atter a few remprks bym
Mr. D. Gil)' an S 0
NEWPORT, thernotion was agreed io ; and Nlt ill
brought 'in the • Bill ; lehich was read a first tine
and ordered to .be read a second time to.aiorrisl
HIGHW kYS , .51
Sir J. SINC'LAIR Obtained' leave to bring In -
h
to amend the laws respeaing turnpike and hig,lof
roads in Englind and Wales ; and on the 11°,11:dici
the Hon. BarOnet,•a Committee re'
take into consideration the Atis now in Tr.iir,4
aspnedcti,wratl;hiagnhaway and turnpike r 'l4 in ra. l 5
es
aid
might seem to them to
preseiving thereof.
IRISH EXCHEQUER. k .000
On the motinn of . • I r an
Sr
tr . L P.W.PO
was ordered to be laid nefore thief-10°6e'
paid into the British Exchequer .by the ir'Lii3;oo
chequer, during the years, 1808. 1809'
op account of the joint charqes of Ext'et'''
exspuLgi et
is,tt
fsoure ti)hereigeruail:rtivo,ii
geiher with copies of all tAurrants fur
Jame.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY* rife Eg'
On the 'mat!cii, 4
„" the CHANCELLOft 01 'd
the
CUE Usti, the nevort of the Cutnalitte4l to 11.14
whole_,_ House on tt.e Supplv to be gantc‘a,„ooo
MaJeity (which was a citcpped order, itt oi
of the failure in making a House OLI SillOP3)I '
ordered to broaght up to-tnorrow.
SLAVES AT CANADA. 1:1,001.1
Mr. BROUGHAM gate notice, that on r rlit
rnot en'
he would submit to the House fl
lacing the Slaves at Canada.—Adjoinned.-f
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against Commerce', is so great, that it - ~cl'"r
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up, money extremely scarce, and trade in
s condition of total stagnation. It i 3 sarcastically
observed, that the paternal solicitude of NAPOLEON
inclines him to relieve his new subjeas from the
vicissitudes and anxieties of commercial speculation.

Last night French Papers 'to the 13th instant
arrived. We hare extracted from them an account
of the state of their Army in Portugal,
'though rather of an old date, is still interesting,

'Oar Readers will see, by a reference to our Par-
litmeniary lotelli Nnce, •that questions were pro-
i)oted last night in the House of Louis by Lord
hloitts, and in the *House of Commons by Mr:
hNsot'cY, respecting the measure,ollich the Irish
totem:tient have been under the necess'ty of adopt-
ing. The question proposed• was, whether Mini-
strt had taken the pleasure'of his Royal Highnesi
the Regent upon the subject before they had recourse
to the measure ? And the answer given by Lord
LiveapooL and Mr PEIIOEVAL was; that they had'
n° information whatever upon the subject. until.
Thursday night, when the dispatches were re-
ceived fro., Ireland, and of Course the pleasure
of his Royal Highness could not have been
taken ,101,
the subject ; they both also stated,
that from the communicitions they had received
'fiqn Ireland, tlr-y felt the most perfect con-
fidence that the Irish Government, yin having re-
course to the moot t alluded to, exercised a sound
and'wise discretion. It appears, therefore, that the
assertion tit the Morning aronicle of yesterday,
that Mr. W. POLE went over to Ireland expressly
for the purpose of
1 proposing this measure* is, like
destitute
of its assertions respecting Ireland, wholly
"ttilute of foundation, The measure was not ih
contemplation when that Gentleman left England,
because at that time the Catholic Committte had
t
3ssurued sub a shape as rendered it neces-
sary. Willi regard to the propriety of the con-
the of
the lribh Government upon this occasion,
Ive cannot believe tha; there can exist two opi-
-11:14111' Of course, when we make that assertion,
e ranst' be understood to allude to the opinions of
the fan', tla
base part prriudiced community, yo f the. be-.
thifortunatele for the country, there area set
(14.:,1'" in it who, upon all occasions and 'upon all
are ready to maintain any proposition that
au:l3' a c'nteeive 'nest likely to embarrass Ministers,
/Ph" '\nuld even ri4; .the safe:y
,of the country
:the h()l,e driviom their political opponents
i
,-n ` °Power. If the ilonian Catholic Committee
dco
they first
--
,assembledif they lied contented them-
" with drawing up a Petition, the Irish Go-
vernit ,
fered would not, e are cone inced, have inter-
for it It •
them. But having performed the duty
..eu the
i y met, they began to take steps for
ad fr
oeasing. their number from 38 to -358;,bY no
easing
of tenlair Mdembers front each
.county in Ire-
who.were to be regularly eleeted; in a word,
they wanted to constitute themselves' a permanent
v. 7 Catholic Parliament. And it is fir re-
ti-ritln& a measure so fraught with the utmost
anger, that the Irish Government is loaded by the
ept,„ • .
1
rtes "mon Writers with every species of abuse, and
ectiventloO Aa, passed under the 'auspices of
Mr, Tr
1, • ITT and Lord GRENVILLE, designated a detest 7
f!,le A 6 of Parliament. We have reason to know
unit
, the sensible and loyal to
put of the Roman Ca.
IC' of • Ireland highly disapproved of the con-
,-,tll of the Cummittee. Mr. KEOGH, aMM.
"r Of the Committee, strongly
remonstrated
against the 'attempt to -Call a Convention, and
14(1)()sed a Resolution, expressive of his senti-
ments upon that subject. Lord FRENCH, another
the Committee that they were appointed for a spe-
elal purpose, which was so far accomplished, and
added, " 1)0 you mean to erect yourselves into a
Perpetual Parliament 1" SuCh was the opinion en-
tertained of their intentions by one of their own
body' a Roman Catholic Nobleman. Would not
then the Irish Government have been most culpa-
ble---would 0.7 not !mite been guilty of an unpar•
donable violation of their duty, if they had Suffered
ancl
' a plan to be carried into effect ? But it
'8 the means which the Irish Government have
sa,,d'Pled, which excites the indignation of the
vPPgsitinn writers. This is most singular. Go-
vertu
pent want to prevent the assembling of an
Illegal
convention, and they are abused because
they enforce an Act of Parliament express-
ly testae to meet such a case ! ! We should be
glad
to know what other course they ought to have
itd°Pted ? But it is said that the Convection Act is
an Obsolete law; which has been laid upon the shelf
forseventeen years. It is rather whimsical to hear
the term obsolete a
of paellapplied to so very modern an Act
rnentl but the assertion that it has been
saictupon the. shelf is most absurd. No law can
°Parate, unless it has something to .operate upon

and If no ease Occurred which came within the put-
View of that Ad, of course the At could not be
enforced."' For a long time previous to the year
1794 no trial for 'High Treason occurred in this
country, but was any body absurd enough to say that
the law of Treason was an obsolete law, and that
it was laid upon the shelf, because for a number of
years no case had occurred in which it could be
put in force ? The only two points for considera-
tion respelling the condo& of the Irish Govern-
ment are,--.ought that Government to have tolerat,,
ed the tmeeting' of a Roman Catholic Convention,
or Parliament, consisting of 358 Members, and if it
ought not, is it blamable for having recourse to an
Ad of Parliament, which was expressly made to
meet the case ?

Sunday, after his MAJESTY had given an audience
to Mr. PEKCEVAL, he walked on' Windsor Terrace,
accompanied by the Dukes of, YORK and CAM-
BRIDGE, attended by three of the Doctors. The
-Royal Dukes attemards left \Vind-or for Lohdon.

One of the grounds at thAnplaint against this •
country, by America, has been removed by the ap-
paintment at an Envoy „Lx.i.,,Aur4ivary a,id Munstet
Pietopotentim‘ to 11141 cou:ltry. Mr. PINCKNEY
Will ut course reniaia hew.

The lett,is by the-.Fairiie Easi Indianian, from
Bengal, arrived at Porstirouili, state, that it was
ttie intenti4,ll of Lord MINT() to return to England
in a short time, and I..at hits Lordship %% quid take
his pass,age to the illweste. Sir G. H. 8Atu.0.4.
was ()awed as'his provistonal suaessor to the Go-

The packet from the Brazils brings letters to the.

16t11 of December, which to not comniunicate any

intelligence of iinnortance. Admiral DE COURCY
had returned to Rio. Janeiro, having settled every
thing amicably with 'be Simniarcig ielative to atrairs
in the River Plate. The Portuguese
.Minister
ARANJi), who accompanied- the PRINCE REGENT to
the Brazils, died in November lagt. _ .

There was 'a meeting al Hertford on Saturday
last, when, on the moliun of Mr. HALR,ititl. it was
agried to pet.tion tie House of Commons in favour
at Reform. Mr. BRAND ant Sir .1011 N SHABRIGHT

spoke on the occasion. The following pas,age in
the speeCh of the latter Gentleman was much ap-
plauded : " was a friend to a mild, tem-
perate, and well-timed Retiirm ; but he was the
determiiitd enemy of those wild, fantastic, imprac-
ticable speculations, introduced by weak theorists.ur
wicked men—(louduppluuse—)men who would de-
rimy what they coul.i never improve, and pull down
the Constitution under pretence of repairing
(Loud cheers).
Tug THEATRE.—After the excellent old Comedy
°lP:very Man' in his humour, last night, the Ro-
mance of Blue Beal d was brought forward, for the

firit time, at Cowcit-Gardn Theatre, with a &Try,

of magnificeoce far exceeding even that whici
marked its original appearance at Drury-Lane The
atre. The s,:enery was rich and beautitnl, and the
general ariangene:nt of oiarclics, dances, &c, &c.
proved that every ,pos•ibie exertion, had been made
to gratify the public with a splendid spectacle.
addition to former circumstances which -charamr-
ised this piece, the action was improved by a strik-
ing and very ieitresung display of cavalry. Indeed
it is not possible in conceive, without ;retrial obser-
vation, the potters; exhibited by the -horses, and,
except in places devoted .to equestrian spectacles,
nothing equal in ded has ever been seen .on the
London Stage......BARRYMORE was hoarse, but he
gave strong effeet to the cart of Blue-Beard. Mrs.
C. KEMBLE , resumed the part or :Irene, which she
supported .admirably ; and Miss Bot.ToN was very
interesting in Fatima. FAWcETT was sufficiently
whimsical in Shacabac ; ate.' the chara&ers in ge•
neral were well supported, The house sr. as crowded
at an early hour, and prodigious as must be the ex-
pence attending the revival of this Romance, it is
brought forward in so very ewer:lite a manner,
that the Proprietors are likely' to be amply indem-
nified by publit curiosity.
ROYAL ACADEMY.—Mr. Pl./M1:64, the Professor
on Sculpture, gave the firm of his Series of Leottnes
on that At t last night. He took a general review of
Sculpture trout the first appearances of the • Art in
the various nations of the world, and afterwards
principally directed his inquiries to its origin and
progress in this country. In the course of his Lec-
ture he exhibited some drawings and casts taken
froth remains of ancient sculpture in 'some- of the
venerable strudures of this come ry, an! which 'ex-
hibited .more taste than co tki be'eXpeCted. at 'so
early a period. The 'Professor paid a very liberal
tiibute to the talents of The late Mr. BANKS, and
exhibited a beautiful cast of a Basso ltclievo, on the
subjet of Achilles mourning the loss of Thfseis, a
composition highly honourable to the genius of that
artist. Tile Discourse was charaderised through-
out by learning, taste, and a truly liberal spirit, ex-
pressed in coned arid elegant language, and vi as
delivered with modest firmness and unaffected silty.
plicity. The room was attended by almost the
whole of the Academic Body, and a vary numerous
AraM of visitors, a proper compliment to the ac-
knowledged skill and merited reputation of the in-
genious Professor.'
BaEsn.---To-day there being no Court of Alder-
meN the Lova Mayott ordered. the present prices
to continue, viz. 141 d. the 'Qartern Loaf.
Lieut.-Colonel CAMPBELL, Who was killed at the.
Isle of France, in the attack on Port Louis, on the
3 tst December last, cot atiuding the flank com-
pani• s iu advance of our army, sv as son to Cols Du N•
CAN CAMPBELL, Killichloban, Argyleshire, and uuliz
brother toiVlajor A. ARGLE CAMPBELL, of the -it'd
regiment; whose honourable and glot ions career.
closed with Sir JOHN Mooka's campaign in 1809.—
Lieutenant-Colonel CAMPBELL was on his return to
Europe, after serving his KING and country in India
for upwards of twenty yews, where his talents and
merit obtained and secured for him situations of
high -trust and respeetabilify, and his amiable qua-
lities the highest regard and esteem of all who knew