The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-04 00:00:00

LUX C.-COL. STEEL E.

As few of our Countrymen distinguisheti them-
selves more io the service of timing the
l'eniosolor ‘,V4,Ts 111411 the Gentleman who is the
sobieet of the following testimony of Royttl ttp•
probation, we enpy with pleasure, from Wit
night's. Gazette, t)ktt Pitago4t...ll.49gt4T;s Per
to Lieot..Col —TSELS to Went the foreign ho.
noun his uttriees and wounds lurvc st)
esrnellt—
d• Whitehall, Deg., 3, 1816.—His Royal High-

nests the Prince Regent is h been.pleased, in the
name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to grant
unto Lieutenant Robert Steele,' of the Corps
of Royal Moines, tout Lientenant.Colonel of the
Regiment of Valencia in the Spanish service, his
lqajesty*ts Royal licenct kind permission, that he
may accept and near the supernutnerary Cross of
of the Royal and. distinguished Spanish Order of
Charles the Third, which his Catholic Majesty
Ferdinsnd the Seventh, King of Spain, has been
pleased• to confer upon him, in testimony of the high
sense which that Sovereign entertains of the me-
ritorions :services and gallant conduct displayed
by that ,Officer in action with the enemy dining
the Peninsular war, more especially in the attack
of the enemy's entrenchments at the passage of
the River Bidassoa, and other actions in the Pt,
renees Boring the year 1E04: provideti, neverthe,
less, that Isis Majesty's said licence anti permission
(loth not authorise, and shall rmt he demised or
construed to smthorise, the assumption of any
style, apprilation, ttitnk, precedence, or privilege
appertaining unto a (Knight Bachelor of these
realms."

Sutclus.—Mr. John Medlicott, of Little Cado•
gan.place, Chelsea,.pnt a period to his existtnee
Oil Monday last, by dtiootiug himst It through the
head with is plhtol.
At three o'eld,elt yesterday morning twenty.five
male convicts were conveyed from New ire in C°"
ravens, for the bins, at Slowness. rime was
colltidt* able .oproar amongst them art . leaving.
'lwo of them were cem+teted on the testimony of
some of the contipivatora. Their cases had hem
(nay ingoireti into.
taatsittmes itamAtNs..---it appears that the
Franklin Mannscripts have been nurchaied by
Mr. Ctmatittt4, anti that tilt first pot tion, aontain-
hig his Correspondence will appear in a few days.
it has been justly observell, that, shhong the
changes tbat have taken place in the condition of
' society, the separation of the AtitarleArs
Colonies from the Parent Country has been by
far the most prolific and extetitive in its 11404 of
any in the hiktory of modern ages; great indeed
must therefote be the +mitts of the C.,rrapotim

dense of Dr. VICAtig.t.IN, whose extrioratotYy-
Ithiiities t« tt Statustnsts anti Negotiator were reit
anti acknowietieeti io both Countries, gml by per.
1,1111 rtt oppnsits sentiments. it tu.ty oho be cowes
fittently expected that A spirit of estolottr will per.
yade the wlttAc swf 101tocs, end that they wilt
e‘itibit to oval totesotnife the Philosopher awl
Mao of liosioess. the Nior.ttist sod the Nego
ciator, thy profonoti Legishttor anti the ranting'.
reietta, %OR) opens his mini end delivers his
tOrteliti with the .smor ingerittousnoss ott matters
of tritoro awl polity, tits eooduct of toivAte tit*
01111 the Interco' of nations.