The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-04-17
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street, Earl fitzw i,ain in the chair ios the pur
pusc OF sgnirg Petition to Parliament, in favor OF
the Catholic claims On the motion Of Sir j. New
port, the following Noblcmea and Gentlemen were
appointed as Committee to carry the object os the
Pe utiOn into cffcct-rhc Duke OF Deyonshirc, Mar
qus OF Downslirc, Earl of MORA, Earl of Dainicy,
ton George Ponsonby, Sir John Newport, x Mr..
Robert La fouchc who are invested viii, dis
cretionaiy power to add four their number, it
eessary. The meeting adjourned till Monday the
9th CT April, to receive the report OF the commit
tee. =.
March 3.-The report Of n peace between En-
gland and Sweden, lately CIRCULATED with 30 mucl,
confidence, now appears to be totally destitute OF
foundation Bcrnadots-, yielding something To thu
distrcsses OF the people, may loulN comnive at
some little secret trade with this country bnt in
all the orcsi.acts of the Govcrnsnent, he continues
steady and obcdient 10 the viii! of Bonapartc. Or
ders have been recently given 20 the Governor OF
re'oube their activity tn prevent the importation of
British merchandise & the Carlslam vessels. so
often spoke Of are directed TO be sold for the ben
eft of the Grown.
request of Mi. Perciva postponed last night in the
House of Commons, from Monday the 18th to
Tuesday the lAth ofA prii-At the same timc, on
the melton OF MIR. Perciyai, the call OF the house
private letter from Lisbon, dated Feb. %,
says, Preparations OF most formidable nature
are now making for the siege OF Badajos. Marshall
Beresford is just arrived here, for the purpose of
"
the Portuguese CommSsariat On the 9th of March
the Aiarehal,is to meet Lord w ellington before Ba-
dajo, on which day il is expected the operations will
commence All hut the 9Th division are coming to
the Sout part OF the force is already arrived Alb
rantes:. The lcvying of recruits goes on briskly'
on Tuesday se'nnght, ameetiug of the Trustees
OF the Cloth Hall was held at the Committee room,
Leeds, to take into consideration the propricty of
pet'uoning the Prince Regent against the further
continuance Of the Orders in Council At this NEE
ting, which WAS nu-nerousy attended, it was unani-
rnously resolved, That it highly cxpedient to
take the most efectuai steps to procure the rescin
ding OF the Orders in Council and that for this
purpose petition should be presented to the Prince
Regent, and to both Houses of Parliament, praying
for the Withdrawing of these orders" And COM
nittee was appointed to draw up such petitions and
generally to carry into effect the resolutions entered
into.
- March H..
The following story has been for some
time in every ones mouth. 1t has travelled
tar & wide. We now copy it from Scots
paper
:" Nothing has been talked of for the last
week but the jracds, as it is called, which
occurred,at Carlton-House, on Saturday the
22d ult. On that day the Prince Regent had
a large party at dinner, among whom were
the Princess Charlotte, the Duchess o.
York, and their female, attendants; their
Royal High Hesses the Dukes OF York SeCam-
bridge; Lords MORA; .Erskihe,' and Laud-
erdae; Msssrs. Adam, Sheridan, &c. The
conversation soon turned on the late attempt
to form an united Administration and
the Prince Is said to have expressed him
telf in warm terms of Interpretation of the
JOINT Letter of Lords Grey and Grenvillc,
IN answer to the letter from the Prince to
the Duke OF York, relative to the important
business. These expressions of disapproba-
ton, however, were not unmixed with com
~ ha. ,lnco = L.. e.
Il he Prince having repeated, more than
once, his surprise and modification ut the
conduct OF Lords Grey and Grenville, and
characterised it in terms. which such emo
tons would naturally suggest, Lord Laud-
erdale, who considered himself as particu-
larly and personally addressed TO on the
occ CASTOR, entered into a justification Of his
friends, and declared in a tone of firmnes.,
not perhaps quite i'll unison with the usual
phraseology of Court, that the letter
which returned the answer of his two No
bic friends, did not simply speak the indivi-
dual sentiments of those two Noble Lords,
but that 1t had the appreciation of the prin-
ciPal persons and that for himself he was
ready to say, that he was present at, and
assisted IN drawing up of that answer-and
That not only every sehtence,but every word
IN 1t had his most cordial assent. Here, as
might be expected, the conversation be-
came more warm, and the Prince appeared
TO be suddenly and deeply affected by Lord
Undertakes reply, so much so, indeed, that
The Princess Charlotte who was still pre-
sent, observing his agitation, dropt her head,
AID burst into tears upon which the Prince
turned round and begged the female part
0. the company TO withdraw but the no.
Dlemen and Gentlemen remained with the
PrinceKegent till a late hour. Mr.. Adam
IS SAID to have entered, at the request of his
Royal itighness, into a friendly explanation
OF what had passed with Lord Lauderdale /;
and his Royal Highness afterwards came up
to his Lordship, and shaking him BY the
hand, expressed his wish that there should
be no difference between their. Here the
matter ended for that night but, on the fol-
lowing day, Lord Lauderdale, fearful of mis-
understanding or Misrepresentation, rcdu-
ced what he had said to writing, and sent it
IN letter to the Prince which, it is said.
has produced a,disagreeable impression on
the Princes mind.
Cure IT the Deaf g Danb.-The Journal de T..
Empire OF Paris (Oct. 1SI1,) announscs the extra
ordinary cure of youth deaf and dumb from his
birth Mr. ltard had taken UP the idea that many
cases OF deafness must proceed from an obstruet
or ehoakns OF the internal auditory channel, which
eNtends from the drum OF the TO the Eustachian
tube, and is mostened by lymph. This sweet and
Vlscid fluid was first discovered by Dr. Cor1,npi of Ma
pies AMI IT rs in ths that the open extremity Of the
auditory nerves is Immersed deriving from il not on
~ sotness and sensbilty but those numerous and ra-
pi undusaons which excite the sensations of sound.
hr. itard proceeding upon the principle that the
CoruEnI lymph might become consistent or even con-
crete IN certain of Deafness determined TO clear
and cleanse the conduit by meaIs of pr.o,er in;ert