The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-16 00:00:00

[Tice British Press]

A report pievailed yesterday, that Ministers bad
tendered their resignations to his Majesty in the
course of the morning. The cause assigned for
their conduct is a.sociated with a very delicate
subject, on which we touch with great difficulty
and hesitation. doing so, however, we have
the example of the Ministerial Journals, some of
which do not seem to feel the necessity of any re-
serve. It is said Oral hi, Majeity had signified
hii pleasure that Ministers should press forward a
measure which he is 14 upposed to have had for
some time in contemplation ; that they sub-
mitted a case to the Law Officers of the Crown,
who were of opini,n that the evidence was
not sufficient to support the charge ; liar Mi-
nisters accordingly declared their inability to un-
dertake the duty required of them ; and that, an-
ticipating the Royal displeasure, they tendered
their resignations. Such is the report, hut 1,, its
accuracy we do not pledge ourselves. liven
though it should prove correct, we do not think a
change of Ministers by any mean, certain The
body of the Opposition, we apprehend, would
not aff,bid successors In WllOlll the same objeciion
does not apply. In the event of a new Min airy,
Matquess Wellesley has been mentioned as likely
to act a prominent part.

[The Times 1
The rumours were ,so heci ,rtif, and (irc,l4ted
su mach confuleoce, yrs(eHoy, ot rl r dis
mis.sion of Nlisds.ers, that we thipli olpseivts

This day consigns to the grave the mortal
Remains of one of the wisest, and
.certainly this
Most virtuous MONARCH that ever graced a Thiene.
There is no view in which the character of our
late excellent KING can be seen, in which he will
not appear as the Priend of his Country, the
Father of his People, and the pious servant
of his GOD. No legislative measure ever adopt.
ed in his Reign, received his sanction from
an implicit confidence in his Ministers, but
front a conviction in his own mind, after due re-
flection, that it was calculated to promote the
national interest and happiness. It has been
said, that he began his reign too much under
the influence of his Royal Mothei, and of his
earliest Preceptor, but that Mother possessed
an excellent understanding, and was truly anxious
for the welfare of the State. , Her mind was too
firm to be awed by Party from a recommen-
dation of those measures which she deemed
necessary for the general welfare, and her- du-
tiful and pious son inherited the same firm-
ness of character. As to his early Preceptor,
the Earl of BUTR, he was .one of the most
acconiplished Noblemien in the Kingdom, a
man of sound principles, with a partiality, per-
haps, towards the immediate interests of his own
Countrymen, which it is natural to feel; and
the want of vi hick would indicate coldness and
insensibility, rather than virtue and a philosoplic
elevation above the common affections of man-
kind. That Nobleman, who left an example of,
taste for the Fine Arts, and liberal patronage
of Literature, was the victim of Party, who piir-
sued him, from Wit.Kus downward to every scur-
rilous follower of Faction. His Majesty long
resisted the interested clamours raised by the ene-
mies of his Minister ; but when the bovile cry
became general, he attended to what appeared
to be the leading opinion of his people, and
dismissed from his service one whom he esteemo
as a Friend and admired as a Statesman. As the
Royal mind improved in judgment and experience,
lie called to his Councils the great Ea FI Of CHAT-
HAM, "hose powerful !tderilS and emineni services
fully justified the choice. Jr) due time his MA-
.I N. STY , with the Same discernment, summoned to
ib
GOVifiltM, the it ustrions Son of o;at disi in I

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gt;ished Statesman, and the glorious pinnacle to
which a zealous perseverance in his principles has
raised the British Empire again attested the wis-
dom of the Monatch. But it is past. The Royal
ear had long been deaf to panegyric, and pane-
gyric Cannot do justice to the memory of his
vir-
sues. The grave has closed upon his earthly re-
mains, but his character will live for ever in the
record of _History, and in the estimation not only
of his Country but of all mankind.

The reports of yesterday, which, like the clouds,
when collecting for two or three d.ys, burst into
a storm, may have the same result as storms in
their natural elements sometimes produce, and.:
h•uding destroyed noisome rep►iles, render the
soil they fall on more pure, agreeable, and fertile.
To drop all metaphor, we can confidently say,
that nothing has transpired to confirm the re-
ports of a change in the Ministry, and that we
have no reason at present to expect such an event,

The rumours of Ministerial Resignations, which
were so prevalent yesterday throi,ghout the Me-
tropolis, but particularly at the West End of the
Town, were so confidently spread, that we thought
it our duty to notice them, and, after an anxious
inquiry, to refer to them again in a brief Second
Edition. A change of Ministers is an event so
important in this Country, that it would be. want 7
ing in due respect to the People to have passe'd
them over in frigid silence, even if we had no au
thentic information to communicate. Never, we
believe, when such an event had actually taken
place was there a :stronger sensation or more
eager curiosity prevalent, than on this occasion,
A Cabinet Council was certainly held at the
Home Department yesterday, but it would be the
most presumptuous folly in any Public Journal,
however it may affect to be Ministerial. to pre-
tend to state the subject in discussion. That mea-,
sures relative to the QUaEN was the chief topic,
seems to he generally -supposed, and as that
topic has been now so publicly brought for-
ward, it would be a false and ridiculous de'
licacy to attempt to throw a veil over
It is generally understood that the conduct
of the Princess •has excited much censure, but
that conduct has, according to report, been ao
much at variance with common prudence, as to
render it difficult to give them a reasonable ere',
dit. Yet her importance iu the State, and par*
cularly.since the recent .elevation of her rank,
render inquiry, necessary, and indeed -4ps aVcsitP
able. Whether Parliamentary measures will be.
adopted, in case there should be satisfactort
pronfs of what may possibly be erroneous
gations, is a question rather of a domestic
nature than of national policy, At the same time
it should be observed, that if such proofs shoulti
really be obtained, some measure of justice
might be necessary ; for the higher the rank, the
more exemplary ought to be the conduct ; antl
no guilt should he wholly suffered to pass with
impunity. The Morning Chronicle first broached
this subject, apparently not with a desire to pro'
duce investigation,
,or to forward the ends GIP'
:ice, but to excite embarrassments in a certain
quarter, and to perplex the Councils of the Na.'
tion. The motive is obvious. No reasonable.
complaint can be urged against the Governments
and therefore, with view to the elevation of
its Party to power, that Paper thought the
best chance for such an event was if pov
sible to create differences between the Sovereign
and his Ministers, by the introduction of a slob'
ject which it fondly hoped would prove-the apple
of discord. Such we presume to have been the
actuating mative of that " Radical freedom ant
boldness" which we yesterday imputed io The
Chronicle, and which has offended it so much,
that it styles THE SUN " the Devotee of Power.
-It does not become us to boast of our principles'
Let the uniform consistency of our Paper, from,i"
origin to the pi event moment, speak for us. We shill
only add on this subject, that we would ratherb'
styled the Devotee of Legitimate Power than 01
Devotee of Deinocracy, of those Rildical Doctrine
which, instead of supporting that CoNsTyrorto,
which The Chronicle affects to hold in admiratioi
and reverence, would, in their practical operation,
soon plunge it in the depths of hopeless' anarclT
As the People in general must, of course, fe
a strong interest on so important an event at'

change in the Government of the Country, lb'
report of 'which was yesterday universally preva°
lent over the Metropolis, and confidently asserted
where the fact was most likely to he known, yv'
present to our Readers the whole of the stale'
ments and remarks on the stihjrct in gnestiot),
extracted from all the Morning Papers of this dIY

We received this nioroing the Paris Papers of
Sunday last. The Chamber of Deputies did -11°
assemble on Saturi!ay. It was Still said, tb't
the new Election Prjet would be presented. 00
Monday,

Tne following ,from The Journal de Paris, is

7:,..7;471

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'-• . 4., ~, .. -P: , . - ~. ...k.ViCt*lM' ' , I
I, and the glorious pinnacle to .•• ~
erseverance in his principles has
Empire again attested the wig- ''
, k.',
ch. But it is past. The Royal ,?''' 1
O deaf to panegyric, and pane-
stice to the memory of his vir- 1.'...*!
has closed upon his earthly re- r.. 1
racter will live for ever in the
and in the estimation not only ;,:.',' •
of all mankind. • ~
!sterday, which, like the clouds, ',; ;
✓ two or three d.ys, burst into iii
the same result as storms in ~ ,
, ,••,•
tents sometimes produce, and.: ,;..,•
~ . •,
noisome reptiles, tender the .:*,4.,;
~,
ore pure, agreeable, and fertile, •
,hor, we can confidently say, •-2, ti,
transpired to confirm the re• '':! i
, t.•
in the Ministry, and that we `..!
nesent to expect such an event,
,r,,:;,,,,,
-....P.....- . A
dinisterial Resignations, wh'ch -,,
.1:
yesterday throughout the Me- :',. '.•
:a:lady at the West End of the ~' ' •
fidently spread, that we thought
e them, and, after an anxious ,
i them again in a brief Second , ''':
e of Ministers is an event so
wintry, that it would be•want- ..„ ,
to the People to have passed '4, •'
' •
silence, even if we had no au- I: , •
to communicate. Never, we c:.
. ~
: an event had actually taken !',^;
stronger sensation or more ;. ,
i,
valent, than on this occasion• ,•,i'•-
il was certainly held at the '`,,i
yesterday, but it would be the ••:. f •i"
3 folly in any Public Journal, 7'',, ',1:',..
ct to be Ministerial. to pre-..,,,
bject in discussion. That mes 4: :': ,• ~
e QUEEN was the chief topic/ ..3: ' .z.
;rally supposed, and as that
~': ,'
ow so publicly brought for- ••., 1 ',
a false and ridiculous de' '.
! '
to throw a veil over it.---" I ‘,
inderstood that the condo& ',.= I ,
.
s excited much censure, but --,•,,, , 1 ::
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according to report, been 0° .' t
.. , .
Ith common prudence, as to ,' I '1,:,:,
o give them a reasonable ere' ?,.i=
tance iu the State, and par* '?4,,'
ecent elevation of her rank, ':' ~ ...
, ,;(,• ':
cessary, and iudeeu on avoi '. ',
:4 2-*
liatnentary measures will be
there should be satisfactort '-
iy possibly be erroneous OW
stion rather of a domestic
,tial policy, At the same time
d, that if such proofs should . , :
, some measure of justice
; for the higher the rank, the
!gilt to be the conduct ; anti
wholly suffered to pass with
ruing Chronicle first broached
fitly not with a desire to pro' , s •
or to forward the ends ding" •
embarrassments in a certsin [
)lex the Councils of the Na.. `•,,, •
is obvious. No reasonable :
..
rged against the Governments
, . .
h * view to the elevation of ' •
3., that Paper thought the
uch an event was if pus'
rences between the Sovereign i'.„•
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noly ,Arliele these fdpers contain respecting
-Prtin .

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Fvrlet of a Private. Letter from Ronda—(tio date.)
The headlnarters of General. Freyre are no
~ "at Seville; but at I.lrrera.' 'the troops only
'l'Peell to Seville to'receive their equipment's-
:, The Generals under the orders of General
,t.t'''yre
are O'Donnell, Crux, O'Lawler, and Fer-
, l'. 'rite last-mentioned commands the cavalry.
!I:1 General Freyre will proceed to the Isla de
n before ,he end of_ the month.''
ll'e fidlowing are lather extracts 7--
PARIS, FEn. 13.—The DUlie de ilichtlieu had
1111.39'"e audience ye!iterday of the King. Ills
I 1,`,,i
4, eiiency sets out this day on his mission to,
'll,4l,ind.
Friety, the President and the Bureau of the
{..:1
""'h"r nf Deputies presented tA his Majesty the
I rnj" ('e'recting the,pnssessors of National do-
t miss,,,
1 1 agreed upon on Thursday.
*.
'.fl,e Count de Chahrol, formerly under Se-
icrtt"..Y of state in the Ministry of the Interior, is
''''4ll''ll to the Council of State on ordinary
,ervice.

FIVE. PER CENTS
Saturday 74

DP,FF;:!IFD STOCK.
01 the 22(1 March. 1917, f. F,5 c.

ftd Sept. 1819,

87 f. 60 a.

ExcHANGB ON LONDON
One Month
Three Ifq;rths ' 24 f. so c.
VIENNA, Fag. 2 —The atisiis or Spain. of
"1411 mod) is said here at the present moment,
tre4re the grenieAr sensation.
iNisPitucK, Fia. 2—Letters from yeniel,
Male. that a great fettneotation•still. prevails in
Ole I .
- I"nkli Isles. .
. ... ,
A
great insurrection is said to have broken,
f),,t
~
At Smyrna." : -

DISSOLUTION ()1? PARLIAMENT -It is. said that
49°1" inconvenience. and injury will i..eadtto the
Pfu.P..le, if the General Electioo should take place
duringeteci the Assizes, Irons the-Counsel *engaged in
toneering contesis itoit their
fitful"; in consequente:of -vehich the causes in
tl'hifh they are retained tnitst either go over to
the
—funnier Assizes, or the patties.rniist resort,

yt
great expence, to other 'Counsel to nta!iage
'"eir causes for then).- Amiti4r inconvenience
arise, from so many of,:the,Orand
jug
(614,'eti to leave their counties to attend at
'be rheas which they ate desirous of represent:.
*h`g•- tinder these ciremtisran;:es it opPears t() be
4,
verY geyral wi4ll, teat the Dissolotioi of Petr-
-li'raent should not false place until atrer the Spring.
Assize,s 3 it, will tiffp r I time to pass not only tlie.
i‘lutihY Bill, hut the Bills for, the allowance of
the Civil Lists, and enable private individuals to
continue {octal, Bills, which otherwise -will expire
'Y the termination of the
.present. Session of. Par-
liament. .

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~,„1 'ld HUTCH/NSON'S frequent visits at zhe Royid
•};:tletuce, in l'all-mail, have for some days past
the subject of much speculation in the poll-
. IN world.
lki
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0 r. IIRRNRY has, it is said, shewn evident
ti-!gus Of amendment and contrition, and appears
~, nltinusly disposed to return to his duty, if art op-
Ir.P°rlunity is afforded him. He has been heard to
- :P!ak out, within the last week, very unequivo-
811Y on delicate subjects, and seems to have con-
1,
age sufficient to undertake the performance of
t
Itieswhich others of more abiiity than himself,
3
t" equal integrity, are in the present state of the
co4mq not inclined to enter upon !
14 Mr. BROUGHAM'S asperities are greatly softened
(24ww. His eye-sight is much clearer. He is less
. .: eredolons, and begins to think there may be some
t ''lti) in the murmuring whispers of the Lariat)
{'roves; and that the stories of the. ferry-moan,
"Il the Lake of .Como, are not so destitute of
tlArth as he at inst. Was induced to imagine !
One of the great stumblingi blocks to the re-
' urn of the Opposition to power was the Carhnlic
'question ; their partisans, however, noiv'say,
,'.;. 111 st in order that the Country may no longer be
d0:IN
(Itnriveci of their invaluable services,' they are
williug to concede that point, and agree ver
' 4gltin to agitate that question. The inflexible
l'llegrity and firm adherence of their Royal Mas-
ter, to the strict maintenance of the principles of
the engagement which his illusttions Ancestors
entered into on their estabiishrnent on the Throne
qf this Protestant Ltnpire, convincing them that
''
'' i‘,.. le will never accede to any alteration in the. Con-
it4. Slitutinti of the Country in Chuich and State as
116 w by law established. If the Opposition hae.e
tki'dly come to this determination, and mean faith-
t' ‘
~, liily to adhere to it, they certainly will lessen the
"'bluer of their opponents, and'render themselves
PoPtilar throtighout the Country. ,
'' 11 the changes which are mentioned as likely..,: t() I,lue place in the Goveintnent of the Country
see retie, wehope his MAJESTY will recollect the
ejl'hat t asset! sil nation at hick his illustrious pre-
",'ressor, King GEORGR the Second, fell into, la.
4 114ving too many of the Old Aristocracy of the
, e'""lry Members of his Cabinet. The period has
' "rived, when'we think a powerfull and an efficient
4(lnnoistration, on broad Protestant principles,
• 'Hight be formed,—not only to maintain and per-
Petitate those conservative principles which were
1'
Nablidied at time Revolution, but wh,ch will pre•
aerie the Monarchy and. the People from being
Tyrannically governeit by an overwhelming Oli-
144Ichy in the posse”iion of 'Borough intluien,.e.
Ins MAJESTY cannot do a more popular act, than
I' found an Administration on the principles
tr) a hick we have alluded, and which we so
l'iglilv venerate and admire.

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THE MISERIES OF CLOSE.BOROUGIO.

It. is not lam;; since we had occasion to notice
the miseries which have been entailed on the in-
habitants -of llchester, from the power and in-
fluence which has been exercised there, by the
persons who have tl.e controlling influence in the
property within that Borough ; hut we do not
believe there has occurred in the most depressed or
degraded of the Close Boroughs, so flagrant an,
abuse of power, in dtfiance.of law and decency,
and in .grass breach of the Sabbath, as occurred at
a Close Borough in Hampshire, no Sunday last,
by the unlawful and forcible possession which was.
taken of a tenement in the High-street, in the
occupation or a respectable Cooper.
Irappears,that, during his absence, the acting constable of
the place, assisted by four or five other persons with fire-
arms; had entered the premises, and, when the tenant. ap-
plied 1..6 thou to give up the possession of it to him, he was
told by the Constable, that if he or his friends attempted to
Wm. it, they would he fired at from withia. The bustle

this transaction created drew a great concourse of peo-
ple together in the course of Sunday evening, and
it was apprehended, from the indignation which was felt
in the town, and the injury the tenant was likely to sustain,
that a re-possessiou by force would be attempted.
The good sense, hoWever, of the tenant mid his friends led
them to desist from such an attempt; but all their endeavours

to gain a quiet re possession were abortive, from the violence
of' the indivitlital who had directed this forcible entry on the
premises to,be made, .and who, in the presence of the popu-
lace, declared to the tenant,, that the constable and his' com-
panions had His ottozas
,to fire on any one who should at-
tempt to regain the, possession of the tenement, and that
DE WOULD INDEMNIFY the constable mid his colleagues-
from all the consequences of it. This iiidivituat, by whose..
orders this .tollb,,us let was committed, tve arr hifw-ified,
is an Attoiny ;—one of theeletks of the Jasfices of the di-
vision, ,and the sttAard and Polit,cal Agent of the Patron of
the Bmough alluded to; whilst he is, out of this Borough,
a great stickler for the independence of the County, -a violent
declaimer for tiiC Reform of Parliament, and a liberal contri-
butor to the.-Manchester Fund

The only justification skills for this aggression on the
rights of Private individuali is, that the tenement in ques-
tion, as preten,f•d by this Lawyer, belongs to one of the
la esent Representatives of the City of t% ells, and that he 1144
received ttie latter's orders to take possession of it; hut as
the respec title_ Member referred to has for many years been
is theComaii:,,sion of the Peace,and must have read in Buns,
Wiwaais, and the other books usually referred to by Jus-
tices of the Peace, t he chapter outhe forcible entries on lands,
tenements, &c. SesideS his aeLidowledged deference and aviiw-
ed attachment to the rights and liberties of the pettple, it is
not probable ire would have given surlvan miler, to violate
the' law established by one of the most beneficial statutes
of the realm, • This Gedtleamo most havie known that the
only legal for-Win to t,ire pursued, supposing the te.-
nement- re. niece really belonged to bins, was to have brOught
an ejei;.tent against the tenaht in possession, and to have
tried before it Jury his right to the property in question ; .and
had he ohtained a verdict, he would have been entitled to his
wilt of possession, and the violence and disgraceful proceed=ings noweomplained of would not have happened. Ire un-
detstapt: this tenement never did 'belong to the ancestor of
the Memocr for Wells ; but that one behind it did, but which
some years since, became a rain, and in the course of time its
materials were removed away.
This atiray has excited great interest in the town and
neighbourhood, hnd will doubtlessly give rise to legal pro-
ceeeings, the result of which, we are induced to think, will
be attended with serious consequences to all the persons en-

gaged in it; besides the enquiry it will probably give rise to,

as to tite grounds on which the respectable Member for
‘174,11$ founds his claim to it, and from whom and under what
circumstances it is derived. That such an indecent outrage
.should have been committed in the present state of this Bo-
rough, appears to be the height of iiidiccretion ; for instead
of pursuing conciliatory conduct towards the inhabitants,
and endeavouring trecover the lost influence of the Patron,
such proceetlitigs must have the contrary affect, and tend to
widen that breach, vhich, under all the circumstances of the
town, the college, and the arbitrary management of the pro-
perty there, it is not surprising should now exist.—(2lforning
Post.)

EXPRESSIVE EPITAPH
• On Dr. FULLER.
Here lies FuLusn's Earth.
(Copied from Monumental Inscriptions.) • Q.

THE PITT CLUB.-The lamented death of the
late Duke of RICHMOND has occasioned a vacancy
in the Presidency of this Institution, so honour-
able to the Illustrious Statesman whose name it
hears, and to the Members who avow t!leir at-
tachmenCto his principles—principles which have
raised the Country to an unprectAnted height of
glOry, and'which, if duly supported, will eurrble•
it to retain that proud eminence of national su-
periorily.

From the: disclosures made, by the production
of the books and proceedings of the Trustees.of
Cnuncnstes College, Petersfield, much additional
information ha's been obtained respecting the ma-
nagement of that excellent, though notch abused,
Institution; and an amended Btll has been filed,
with the permission of the ATTORNEY,- GPNERAL,
in the suit now pending against ;II? Trustees,
which will elic►t such interesting facts, as Callnor
fail in the end to place this esrablishment in a
roost beneficial and improved condition, and lead
to the constant residence of the foundation boys
within the College.
SURREY MBETING.--A numerous meeting of
the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Surrey
was held yesterday at Epsom, at which an Ad-
dress of Condolence and Gratulation was voted,
and ordered to be presented to his MAJESTY.

LOYAL EBRIETY.—Since the Radicals have be-
come water• di hikers, sobriety has been rather a
questionable virtue; so at least thought a servant,
who, getting ,drunk on Christmas-day, was se-
verely reprimanded by his master. " Bless your
honour," stammered the fellow, " antl-God save
'the King, this is. a time when a man ought to
show hi% principles "
An approaching marriage is spoken of between
his Alajesty the Kin of .: Vi
UHTEMBURG and one of
the Vrincess?s, daughter of the late Duke Lewis,
of Wiatembusg.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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THE LATE' SIR SAMUEL RoMILLY —The fol-
lowing letter is given as the answer from this
lamented Gentleman, to the inquiry of a respect-
able Clergyman, as to the validity of English
Marriages on the Continent

" DEAR SI R—l was so much occupied during the last week
of my stay in town, that it was quite impossible for we to an-
swer your letter; and now that I have leisure 'enough, I do
not know that I can answer it at all satisfactorily. The
truth is, that the ceremonies necessary to make a valid En-
glish marriage cannot he performed in a foreign coun-
try; but a marriage between English persons solemnized in
a foreign country according to the forms required in that
country is a valid marriage in England. Two English
Protestants" married in France with those ceremonies
which make a legal marriage between French Protest-
ants, will be legally man and wifeWhe) they return to Eng-
land. lOught to explain what I mean by saving, that the
ceremonies necessary to make a valid English marriage can-
not be performed abroad. There are only two kinds of mar-
riages in England,.--marriages by banns, and they must be
published for three successive Sundays in the church of the
parish where one of the parties resides, and marriages by,
license, which license must be granted by the Bishop of the.
diocese in which the parties live. Of course neither can the
banns be published, nor can the Bishop's license hey
validity iu'a foreign country.
".Ever, my dear Sir, most sincerely your's,

" Cheltenham, Sept. 4, 1816. " S. itOMILLY."
" Rev. Dr. Atmuzit, Kensington-sq., Kensington, London."

TUB Du6ne.ss OF YORK.--We are happy to say
Sir HENRY UAL:FORD pronounced the Duchess of
YORK bet' er yesterd4y.

Tt,e Duke of Montt left "town yesterday for
Oatlands,

Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council
was held at the Secretary of. State's Office for the
Home Department, which sat till half-past four.
Yrsterday, at twelve o'clock, the Lords of the
Council tnnt et the Council Office, Whitehall, to
hear Appeals. &c. which was attended hv the Lord
PresidPut, Mr. Bathurst, Sir IVilliam Grant, Sir
John Nicholl, &c. 'lhe Lords sat till past two,
When the Lord Presideht and Mr. Bathurst went
to attend the Meeting of the Cabinet-Ministers.

Monday Mr. HILL, one of his Majesty's Meisen-
gets, arrived at Viscount CASTLEREAGH'S Office,
iu •Downing-street, with dispatches. from Lord
STEi.vAuT, at Vientri.
YesterJ:oy the Dukes of YORK. CLißeisicicaod
Sussex, Prince LBorot.r), Viscount CASTLE 3.-
VEAGH, visited his MAJESTY, at his Palace, in
PA-

The orders for the removal of the military to a
distance of three miles front the scene of election

for Members of Pat !lament, have been prepared
withio the last four days, and are now ready to be
issued at the War Office. This circumstance cot.-
rittr)rates.the report of an immediate dissolution.
--(Poitish Press )

risbe Jamaica Paper states the 'death of Bar.Aun
VARENNES -at St. Domingo; he died at Port-au
;rime, aged a 4 : he took a conspiesiouspart in
the French Revolution, and was a Member of the
famous Commit'ee of Public -Safety in 1794. - Ike
denounced•ROBESPIERREI, and caused him, with,2l'
of his aagncia:es, to be.guillnkined.
A matrinivnill union is on the tapir between
the Earl of MILTOWN, who ht.s just --come of age,
Bud-the accomplished daoghter of a Baronet of
very large• fortune.--(Morning 'Paper.)
yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, a detach-
ment of the Foot Guards marched from the
Parade, St. James's Park, for Windsor, in order
to be present at the Funeral of our late much-
lamented Sovereign.
A eonsiderable.quantity of new shillings, of the
present year's*date, have been issued from the Mint
tot he Bank, and are now delivering to the.Bank.efs
and Public.

THE LATE INFANT PRINCE .00TAVIUS.--Among
the splendid ..pencilled decorations of the altar-
piece in Saint Gii4ge's Chord]; in • Windsor
Castle, is a cronpe -cherubirns, among
which is irorodnced (by. Wesi) a fine portrait of
their late Majesties' intant son Octavhis ; whose
remains, with those of his Royal brother, Prince
Mired,- were lately removed irons King Henry the
Seventh's Chapel to the New Royal Sepulchre in
Wihdsor Castle.

'Dust,.—On Monday morning Lieutenant C.
of the -Army,.and Captain De B. of the Patriot
service, met at Badyhacmore, near this town,
to decide' an affair Of honotir, as these
rencontres are technically called. They ~were
accompanied by their ,respective seeondi- and
a surgeon. Some delay having taken place
in the arrangements, the affair became known,
and many people assembled at the spot.—
The ground was, - however, finally measured,
and the parties took their station ;. and on
the signal being given of dropping a hat, they both
fired, without further effect, as we are informed,
than that :Lieut. C.'s ball tore part of the sleeve
of the Captain's coat It has been said, that Capt.
De B. was slightly wounded in the elbow ; but
we have the authority of his second for sayipg,
that there is no foundation for the report. The
seconds were proceeding to charge the pistols
again, when, fortunately, a Magistrate hastened
to the ground, and the parties dispersed.—(Bel-
fast Chronicle.)
Toe OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-1n consequence
of this being the day appointed for the interment
Of our late Sovereign, these Sessions, which were
to have, commenced this morning, are postpoued
till to-morrow. It was first arranged, that after
the Court met, and the Juries were sworn, they
should then adjourn, but it was finally arranged,
that the Court, under the present circumstances,
thOtdd not meet till to-morrow.

SUlClDR.—Saturday evening, a young woman),
servant-of-all-work in a gentleman's family, in
Coletaan-street, having some dispute with the
cook. on which acconot she was threatened to.
be discharged went and hung herself from the
bannisters of the stairs, in which situation she was
loond shortly after by one of the men servants,
who cut her down. A surgeon was Sent for,
who bled her ; she showed s,,me Signs of life for a
time, 1)411 it was only of a short doraion, for, in
spite of all medical assistance, she extinct!.

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GENERAL' ELECiION:

Mr. LYTTLETON, M.L.• tor the County of Wor.
cester, has signified his intention to deciine a fu-

torefontest,

Sir GoDFREY WMITER stands again for the
County of Sussex, but is not likely to recom-
mend himself to the wiser past of the Electors, by
his abuse of the Into; lately passed .to secure the
country from the ruin of Radical Reform.

Mr. 821.3 Y LOWNDES has taken affectionate
Leave of ►he Freeholders of littekingbarnshi,re, no:
meani►►g tb offer himself again for that County.