The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-10 00:00:00

PUNCH PAPERS.

l'Aurs, Suva 5.---They speak or , creation of
Morsuals of Fr:lnce, which is to take place on
the inarriage,Of the Duke and Duchess of Belli ;
and state also the ironies of General Officer's an
whom the ehoiee of the King most fail—they are
to the-number of four.

Thu Amhass;idor from England to the Court of.
Naples is at Paris, and will soon repair to his
destination.

The Duke of Wellington gave g magnificent
Pre on the 4th of June, at Carnbray, in honour
of the birth-day of -the king of England. His
' Grace itninedlatcly,aftet set oat for Pacist tthere
be is expected this evening.

COURT-MARTIAL/of the FIRST MILITARY DTVlstriii.
Yesterday carne on the trial of General li•on-
naire, ex-commanthnt of Conti& and his aid-de-
Camp Mielton the former, charged with f.aving
ordered or authorized the death of Colonel !to--
'tert Gordon, in violation of the law of nations,
and disregarding the sacred character of the flag
of truce with which he was invested ; and the lat-
ter with having taken an active part ;n the sunr4
der.

The Court was composed of Major-Generals
the Duke tie Maille, Count de la. Feronnaye,
Count de Macarthy, Colonel the Marquis de Ma-
.
heyssie, Viscount Pons, Captain Count de Ver-
gennes, and Captain Degray. Mr. Chtiveau La-
garde, who acted as defender of the late amen
of France, was the plieoners# counsel.
The whole of the first day was occupied by the
reading of documents lord written evidence. The
papers first read were two memorials, addressed to
the Minister at War by two brothers of the de.
ceased, Lieutenant James Gordon of the artillery,
and Lieutenant . Gordon of the Dutch naval ser-
vice, charging tire prisoner with the murder of
their brother. On the 4th of August, General
tionnaire, the
,prisoner, of whom the Minister
•
at War had in consequencealemanded en *cutout
of his conduct, transmitted a report, in which he
asserted that Colonel Gordon had obset vett none
of the forms requisite ;It flags of trove. He was
taken for a crimp, wishing to introduce himself
'by stealth loco Conti ; " The troops," headded,
" were indignant, and demanded an order for his
being shot. Jr became necessary to calm the
effervescenoe of the exasp,rafed soldiery. He was
a man then just/j/ consideral .es a traitor.
were the reasons for which this man, who had
placed himself without the law, was shoLiv
The depositions of three witnesses examined by
order of the Prefect were next read. They stated,
that when the uolortunate Gordo, made his ap-
.pearancie at Conde he was in unifOrtn, wearitig a
blue great coat. He was arrested, and brought
. before General Bonnaire, alto, after having read
bis papers, and torn a psrt of them, said, " It
was you who played the traitor in such and such
an affair." He then tore off his epaulettes, his
cross of St. Louis, his fienr de lib, and gave or.
tiers for his being shot. One of the witnesses, on
bring asked whether the deceased was regahrly
tried by a military commission, replied, that Gen.
Bonnaire, after conversing a moment With Gor-
don, cursed him to, be shot by a battalion which
had come from Paris. It watt further stated in
these depositions, that when Gordon WAS arrest-
Bonnaire at first thought of releasing him,
and firing upon hint a gun loaded with chain-shot,
when he had got a little distance. However, on
secotol thoughts, he said, "could he not be placed
in a safe prison 7" upon which Mielton replied,
" the safest way is to shoot him instantly." This
horrible advice was taken, and Gordon received
one shot in the belly, and two in the breast. his
executioners divided among them 1,200 fr. which
Ire had /upon his person.
. Theimblic Order issued on the occasion by
petal lionnaire was as follows :—gf One of the
traitors who deserted the French army on the larb
and 17th of June, made his appearance before
the fortress as a crimp and a spy, the bearer of
incendiary proclamations (viz. copies of that of
Cambray): he has undergone the fate. which he
deserved.
ileit was read the report of a Court of In-
itptiry summoned at Lille on the'prisoner, They
„gave it as their opinion, that even supposing Cul.
Gordon was a traitor and a spy, General Eon-
naire had exceeded his powers, which did not ex-
tend, to life and death. They recommended there.
fore That Bonnaire, Mielton, and those of the
soldiers who had treated ColOnel Gordon inhu-
manly before shooting him, should he brought to
trial before a Court. Martial.
The next document read' was a letter from the
Prince of Orange to the Mike of Feltrk : it con-
tained the following passage
" Colonel Gordon did not set about making the
summons with proper caution. A detachment
and a trumpeter were given him at my advanced
posts near,---; but instead of taking them 'with
him, and approaching the fortress with the
trumpeter, fee left them at Fresnes. From thence
be proceeded quite alone. Oo his arrival at the
first posts of the enemy, tie announced himself,
earl was iatrodoced within the works by the or•
tiers of General Bonnaire, who spoke to him. lie
Was very ill received in the first instance ; then be
was struck with fists ; anti, iu fine, was shot
without sentence of a Court-martial, or the least
appearance of trial.
From an examination taken at Conde, it ap-
Peared that when the unfortunate Gordon was
aware of the fate preparing for him, Inc invoked
French humanity and honour. General Bounaire r

There is nothing of interest in our Foreign Ar-
rivals to-day.

The last letters frOni the Doke of WELLINGTON,
which are of tt very recent date, were Written at
Frankfort. We Understand, not withstamling the
daily rumours of danger arising morn an unsettled
state of things on the Continent, his Grace states
that all matters wear a verylavotnahle aspect in
that quarter. His Grace was expected to remove
to Paris very soon it+, order to be present at the
Miirhige of the Duke of DEM. It is ndria
that the Duke of WELLINGTON had desired the
Duchess, who has been some time indisposed,
to join rtin? at Paris, to witness the ceremonies
on the above-mentioned occasion.

The closing of the Ports of the Island of Cuba
to foreign trade, a circumstance to which we have
already allside(r, appears in a great measure con-
firmed by the following extract

" CAM 7, MAY 17:---It is now placed, beyond donirt. that
General CirxillEOnS, whit through mistake was stated to
hare died, but who in fact lately left this place for the Ha-
vaimah, as Captain• General of the Island of Cuba, is the
bearer of a peremptory order from the Spanish Government
to shut all the ports of,said Island against foreign trade, and
it would be po"sible to state many reasons why It will be
strictly complied with against British vessels."

Panrcass ,CupatmorTE.---!We .re happy to say
that her Royal Highness the Princess CIIARF.OTTU
was better yesterday than on Saturday : she en-
joyed a good night's rest, but she is troubled
with a cough. Prince L801'61.1) is constant in his
attendance upon her. On Saturday he went to
Carlton-house, and saw the REGRNT, previofis to
the Court. Yesterday he rode out on horseback
for about an hour. The Puttirce,ltgoatur called
on Friday afternoon at Camelford-horse. The
Royal Family do not call, as no visitors are ad-
mitted to her Royal Highness's chamber. It is
the Order of the medical attendants that her noyal
Highness should be kept very quiet. The inquir-
ers at camelford-houte have been exceedingly nu-
merous, including the Archbishops of CANTOR-
BURY and YORK, Lord gLIANBOROUGII, the
Stakitza of the House of Commons, and all the
principal Nobility and Gentry in town.

Among our domestic News there is nothing
which so much attracts the public attention as
the Election at Liverpool. Nor ia thisAnrpris-
ing when we consider the high character of the
Candidate, the dread and desperation of the Par,ty
opposed to him, and the populonsness and im-
portance of the place—we had almost said—con-
tested ; but the place disturbed • is the proper
phrase.
TO the proceedings at Liverpool, therefore, do
we devote a considerable portion of our impres-
sion this (lily. In our first page will be found the
accounts of the gather btisiness. What fultow3

gatl►t`r from t'arions authentic communications
received this waning.
It will be seen that when convinced that setting
up another Candidate was utterly hopeless; anti
could only compromise the welfare of the town,
without, effecting the return of its Representative,
the little of respectability which belonged to the
Opposition formally withdrew from the contest.
But this prudent and decent course woald not
suit the maliguants of the Faction. What fur-
nishes K column of excellent jesting to the /Mm-
Hg Chronicle, viz. the probability of some pretty
rioting and a few murders, seems to have filed
&hutted spirits at Liverpool, and the 1101) have
found a nrls -leader of celebrity worthy of such an
(Ace.

Liverpool, like other places, feels at this, mo-
ment the temporary stagnation anti distress which
our• great political revolution has caused, and the
state of mind of the tower orders, in consequence
of this, was too auspicious to the wicked to he
suffered to repose, without beitig excite,/ and called
into action. Hence the mere gob, Without One man
of respectahility or common reputation to head
them, have been stimulated and let loose upon
Liverpool,- to follow the invariable bent ()revery
lawless mob, and wreck their senseless veageauce
...upon all that is higher or better titan themselves.
flow much those have. to answer who are guilty
of this anti-social crime, we shall not say, but
simply state the fact, that the peace of a very po-
pitons town has been broken, awl witch of dan-
ger loomed, by the riotous assemblages of a Party
without aim, and witlmnt expectation, unless,
indeed,, confusion be- their object, ati: inarchl
their Wish.

At the doge of the Nll on Saturday, vrhen the
numbers were,

Po; Mr. CANNL:CO sso
For Mr. LEYLAND, or rather, for the phantom' of Mr.

r.r.7r.asa
Wild) irersonal violence ensued. Mr. CA,NNING'
anti his Friends were momt infamously assawited,
anti from the Halting.; to Mr. I3ovroN's a son
of running fight was k'pt np by the lawleMs
wretches, egg ed on to this tittnalt. We rejoice
to say, that though several persons were hurt,
Mr. CANNING Rlld his Friends escaped all injury.
Some windows were broke.,
Theta Hawing ADDRESS- wa delivered from the
home of Colonel Bolton, by the lUglit Hon.
GaOIICF: CANNING, At the close of the first day's
poll, Friday evening., June 7:---

OICKTIAMCN,--of all the con,testM elect ion I in which you
1111V6 Watt caned to. bear 3 part, and certainly of all those of
which f hare ever heard, the circumstance!. of the Present
are the most extraordinary. A battle vithout an antago-
nist; and a surrender without a cessation of boatilitics.—(4-
planae,)

" GentlmerP, in most struggles, it has been sufficient for
him who carne into the add, that he had nobody to oppose
1114. But this has not been my fortune on the vresent

C:lSitill.

"Of the Gentleman whose name is thug unwarrantably put
forward against his OWII desire, I beg nut to he Understood as
meaning to speak with the slightest disrespret. Of the Gen-
tlemen who constituted himself the representativeof the non-
juring Candidate, I meat Mr. Aimphertl, I have to say, that
his conduct appears to me to have been, in all that have
seen of it, not only exempt front blame, lant entitled to the
Praise of fairness, honour, stud liberality. But who they me
that; after the abjuration of the principal, and after, the abdi-
cation of the substitute, have put themsetres in array against
the declared seuse, of all parties, to rex and harass the. popu-
lation of this great town, and ivho hazard thus, for sao object
and to tie end, all the results. which may arise from-the fer-
mentation which they haveexcited, it behaves toe Hof ttscon-
' jee:ure; nor will I characterize thew proceedings with the
epithet that I think they deserve..s(Applattse.)
4,. Our first victory, has beers from want of a combatant
next less been, over the emacknowledged Itepresenta-
tire of the combatant whom our adversaries could not bring
forword. • And having defeated the Represtatative who
wool*, not tight, we have now to fight the
.self-caostituted
substitutes, wile have thrnst themselves in the place which
be hecnrin ugly abandoned.— (Applause.)
" Gentle:nen, in this ft uitless.and unnecessary contest, we
have, however, obtained a. victory that might put to ii'ght
the most solistantial antagonist. I am assored, that the ma-
jority which we possess on this day is tinxampled for a first
day's in any cnntest for Liverpooi.—(Applause.) We
have polled, tleottemert, 250 :,--there have polled for my an-
tagonist---I beg pardon-•-I should rather say, in spite of my
entrtgottist-159; the result it a majority all in our favour.
(Applaitte.)
4, Gentlemen, I told von on our first meeting, that I alionld
no doubt be catechised sufficiently when I met my antagonists
face to face. That meeting has taken place this day ; and I
informed the Gentlemen, who, in moving and seconding this
fruitless norninatiim, thought proper to arraign my public
I continct,.that if they would do me the honour to accompany
me home this evening, they should have whatever' advantage
they might fancy they could derive from hearing my answer's
to all that they had alleged against me.—(Applause.)
" I do not blame them, Gentlemen, if they have not availed
themselves of my offer; they must consider the contest at an
end: and I am perfectly satisfied that their attacks were not
directed against ate, with any personal hostility ; hut were
only intended to influence your ittirrages,—(Applattse.)
" Gentlemen, if there were any truth—(truth, I mean, in
argument,)—in the grounds which were stated, for inducing
you to reject me on the present occasion, I will venture to
say, that. the admission of them would tend to a complete
change in the Constitution.
" Gentleman, It was contended, that any man holding
ogee---especially high and responsible office—was unfit, for
that very reason, to become the representative of the people.
--,((;lira of Nu ! No !)—I slate the argument,- Gentlemen,
only fur the purpose of answering it; of expressing, Moult

nsiteii feebler language, the just and eruphaf'," Teti.
Ulla') which it has rectived yon unaiiiinon d
(Applause.)
" Gentleaner, if there be troth in this doctrine of ours",
tersaries, I have read the Constiintion wrong; for I hared,
ways thought that it was rine great practical security forth.
continuance of that freedom which we happily enjoy, ;Inds
which we shoirld enjoy the name only, if it were not emir
died in the Constitution of the country—l hare considered it
- always, I say, as one great security, that, though !here be a
weittentlaw which circumscribes, the choice of the Crown
it
the selection of its Ministers, yet that, since England bet
been what it is, the Sovereign fiat alar,,ys looked fur his
misters among.thit Members of the two Ilouses of Parliament
(Applause.)
" Is it possible, Gentlemen, that persons of so acute en.
dersfandings as those who were arrayed against trie to-days
should not see, that if a Minister ought not to he a represcit
tatite—a representative, I mean, of a great c»iinity--tht
converse would be equally true, that the Crown ought not to
choose a Member of Parliament fOr its Minister? And wbat'
Gentlemen, would be the consequence?, ;That the House Cl
Lords, the hereditary Counsellors of the CroWn, and heredi-
tary representatives of the great 1118.511 of the property.of tb.
oon
kingdom ;—that the House of Commons, eolitaitling a seise'
tip!), through various channels, and for carious qualifications,
of all that is most distinguished in talents, in property, and
in consideration-, among the Commons of the country i-411A5
these two bodies of u►eu,—neccssaeily, from their constitir
tionf the flower of the kingdom,—should be absolutely es:
eluded from the management of the affairs of the State, and
that the Crown should be driven to look for its serrset,
bfradwuda'eenliQiUiegd,titmhwe rwephroesteolitatuld inount ot)fljtatlatin,P°lo4l:lne'lti'llwus4el::cll.lll
and shouts of applause.) to
" I take for granted,. Gentlemen, that I do no injustice
the argen.eret of my adversaries, when assume that it I
meant to exclude Members of the House of Peers, ca"3ll/
with those of the other House of Parliament, front offict,-"
If, intlted„ they intend a distinetion between the 'wag's;
candidates, to be sure,
autt would confine the great. offices of state to Peers, plow'
they are fur popular favour, mid nice-
adjusters of the balance of the Constitution !—(APPI'LLISe,
)
" But there is another view which. these Gentlenien 10"
of otlice, as if it we re something its itself dishonourable, "1'1"
thing which did out imply or convey distinction, bllt3bir
bite degradation and- contamination. When they lime'''.,
that a man holds office--or, still snore, when straining
faculties for ridicule and invective to-the utmost pitch, °lt!
riersinuate that he seeks it--=they think that they have salt
The, blow is struek —the work is done.—lle it so. llut Id
us see how far these Gentlemen are consistent in their 11'
vilerneut of office. is there no oceniion on which they tl'e°
of it in another strain, and represent it in another NO:
Call they he the same- persons Whom.rou may hare bc3(`'
ors former occasions de.claiiiiing against those laws by 'aid'
a' proportion of our fellow-subjects are excluded PII3
office ? They think, and, though. I differ front many a 1"0'
w comen, in this opinion, I think with them, that then
°
disqualifications should be removed—l have thine T 9 best i;
procure the removal of them. In this I am consisicnt:;
e
think ineligibility to office a grievance, because I thil,h '11:11
an honourable occupation.' But what is the creed a un
rersaries ? They ought, in consistency, to consider tochi 'neli-
ee
gihility as a privilege, rather than a privation. Is it tl
danger
of )eing (byroad' ? Is it ant !I!osi
thebtot:acaßvhewua if:creQeGanictLfdttici'soee4nili
itueatnma:iyili a te' os tn restraint,
my appeal
pptpot:latael tint: eoe
tii bit"
b
daft lie,
crertiesidriy,soi•ngtoal nmandite,prionropacrotitfogiciicettei:pta
part
tpolwihmaCyv
imsniogsrtaeitericeietigipoitniditoitiZt's:Ltlit4l::::;teiotitir
accept it, unless I could astign sufficient public reasons
mind,cionumntryyow'hials
, I co conceive,
insuperabler
is.e
services of every man according to the measure of his au'
e
ties. Of that meal ire tie is not himself the propet jud'
and the call of the Sovereign is kiaramount where Oise 'll' oo°
justifiable motive far a refuSal.-,-(Applause.)
Gentlemen, whatever difficulties I may hove frit 0" 'ld
met occasions, when (for ipstance) at our first ineetisgi Ic
ta ciw t liotstitcolittics
li
in acceptance. The,:i,
you that I had twice declined office in the conceit oftill)13,1
—public reasons I bare none fur declining office 1101' an)
motives. of personal feeling, if then I had any, have long 1.)5 )
wholly at an end.-qt.ottil and continued Amara itiViallie:at
" Gentlemen, the nix material charge against
behaves me to meet it fairly--is on the score of toy ab'er:
front you, for the last eighteen mouths, any}the
which I held during a part of that interval at Lisbon.

" With respect to the cause of my departure, arid of 111
solicitations to my friends here to'accept nip resignation
supply toy place, if they could not consistently with the
teceit sof
,the town indulge mein the temporary al,,,ence,
are all apprised of the facts, and I have to thank yot, all P:
your ind uVence. I know, Gentlemen, that you believe 1.;--
when I say, upon my honour, that Joy departure Ira"' 12;1'g-
land originated not in the slightest degree in any view t° tom
appointment which, indeed, was incidentally cast de:
me after my private arrangements bad beets made•
o-
rnament that I learnt the Prince Regent.of Portur irs deter
ruination not to return last year to his European dowilli
I resigned. It is false, Gentlemen, as 1 am told is assert
that I continued is,. public capacity to the period of !717
leaving Lisbon. Of the seventeen months or theresbl4s!
which I passed to Portugal, the last six .months I Wa'a4iPs;
sate an individual as any among you, and it was n 0 fault
1,
mine that I amstiot much sooner superseded: it was iu I,A
month of April, last year, that lent in my•
(Applause.)-4 remained there, according to nil aril d:,
nal intention, connected with no public character,
to
charging no public duty—and ereceiving, in coristsquenc‘o
the
public pay.—(Loud Applause. Nor c I imagine 0
mistake (if mistake be the true name) could have arisen
to my continuing in a public character, unless it were, thai,
being settled in Lisbon, I did continue, long after the CS
ration of my public character, to receive such of
.111 c`'utlx
trynten as happened to come recommended to me, will' it
civilityas the means of a private individual could
(Loud Applause.)
anif
" Gentlemen, I am not aware that there have been
other objections surged against me which Are not enn)l .
tior
under outvor other of these two beads : the question of 0t,,11
as it is now held by me; and the question of the office i,

I htld at Lisbon.
" The question which you have to decidelis--vrbetber Ycni
will now countenance nUoctrine hitherto unknown to .111°
C onstitution of this country ;—the doctrine, that a man eor
nut serve at once the people and the Crown. We l'a",ttif:
ways lout (meaning by we those who bold the principles viljl4A.
Bst brought on and me togetlier);--wc bit ea;* he—T

f,

I
t:

that the Crotn, nrmlytold Anil in the exir6seuf itt le,
gi`ituatee. but tesVrieted power, is the beet sit'fittuard for the
liber:es of the people; 'and that the lawful rights and just
freedom the people, are the bestfOunttitioni of the'Stability
of the throne'.—i4Etttits of Applause.)
" Whenever the 'opinions which have been Ifritught fortvard
to-day stall be adopted as the rule of your conduct, undoubt-
edly yott a' I must part. I need not say how Mimi' it is my
wish to. I,atpe'tuate our conneXion I trust it may co-er.4t
With the devotion of my'iervices, wheneVer they are Vhought
'Useful, to my country.--(Applause'.)
" Gentlemen, i bare detained yon longer than it was fit-
ting to do—(Cries of No, no .1)-4 bare now only to solicit the
continuance of your zeal in 'our unexampled struggle
struggle with an invisible phatutom. Let us see Whether, be.-
fore the Sabbath, this phantom will hot be taid.`---,(flapturous
Applause.)"
STATE OF THE F0C1..., AT ITS CLOSE, ON Skift) lIDAY,