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i lv .i '.-.■" ,*r>f;hls i'-1* ' \ !v t'i Mr. lVrceivai." J!. -.:.!'s t, ;.■ r, ** Sir-—Wo beg k w e mo ft hum* . tci exprcfs to your Royal High- -. T r-..r lintitill aUvnowtcdrem'iHs • rhtf srxaciousandcondcieending r: u nor in which you have had Ore ;odneis to conimunicDtc to us '.'.\ l:.vttcv of his Royal Highnefs :!v Prince Regent, on the lubjeet ; the arrangements to be now ~iide for the future Adminillra- icn of the public affairs 5 and we takv the liberty of availing our- elves ot your gracious peniiimon, -o addrefs to your Royal Elfelinefi rthi. form, whit has occurred ".o us in confc-pjer.ee of that com- rvMuicatiou. The Prince Regent, rer c:;prcllm* to vour Kayal Iliglme^, in that kttcr, his fenti- T-.ii'a on various public matters, h.j% \v the concluding p.ir.igraph, :ondcfcended to intimate his wifli :!rat Ibme of thole peribns with whom the early bahirs of his pub- : c li/ewcre formed, \v i mid ftrengt h- :\h'^ Royal Ilighiiefs's hands, and •-.-: itute apart of his govern* tent : and his "Roval Ilirhnef; is plcif.-d to add, that with fuch fup- yort, aided by a vigorous anduni- .•; i admin titration, formed on die i:. .:".."i er:i\ bads, he would look with additional confidence to a ^•/.'fpcrou; iiiue of the molt ardu¬ ous conteft in which Great Britain has ever been engaged. On the st-hcr part of his HighncQ' letter woo not prefumc to offer any nhicrvatinns, but in the concluding r:ra^raph, info far as we r.'.w t cnture to fuppoie ouricJves inctu- ded in the gracious wifli which it xprefles, we owe it, in obedience inrl dtitv to his Roval Miffhnefs, t.3 explain ourfelves with frankneis p.i'.d iinccrity. We beg leave molt arneitly to anurc his Royal High- -..,., thai no ficriiicca, except thole • •: honor and duty, could appear ' • us too great to be made, tor . io puvpote oi lwalmg thedivifm.i . f our country, and uniting both -. government arid its people. All ricftonai e:;clufion wc entirely dif- ' "aim ; and relt on public tnca- iiircs ; and it is on this ground a- Joncthat we mult exprefs, without referve, the impofiibility ot our .nitir.g with the prefent govern¬ ment.—Our differences of opinion are too many and too important to admit of fuch an union. Ills Royal Highnefs will, we arcconli- lent, do us the juilicc to remem¬ ber, that we have twice already •crcd on this imprellion ; in iSco, on the proportion then made to •is under his Majeity's authority ; and laic year, when his Royal "Iighncfs was plcafcd to require our advice rcfoecaang the forma- ■\ov. of a new crovcrnment. The reafons which we then humbly submitted to him are flrcngthcncd \r: the increaiincr dangers of the 'im<js; nor has there, down to the prefent moment, appeared even any approximation towards fuch an agreement of opinion on the public intercfb, as can alone form a. l-.afis for the honourable union pf parties previously oppofed to each other—into the detail of thofe li.-fcrences wc arc unwilling to cn- ' -r ; they embrace almoit all the adir.gteatures of the prefent pc.l- c- '. the empire ; but his Royal I: , mcf. has.himfelf, been pleated 'c ad i -': to the late deliberations if Parliament on the affairs of r fed. Th' •: a {ubjee^ abow* all oil.:.-. , invpor-srit in itself, ar.dcon- r.vil'xl witli the moil prejTingcian- srers. Far from concurrins in the Sentiments which hu Majeity's Minifters have, on that occalion, fo recently expreiled, we entertain opinions directly oppoiite j we are nrmly peilua.leil ot the necefityof a total chancre in the preient fvi- tern of that country, and of the immediate repeal of thole civil difabililics under which lb large $ portion of hisMaieily's fubjeets ftiU labour, on account: of their religi¬ ous opinions. To recommend in Pariiament this repeal, is the firft a.lvice which it would be our du¬ ty to offer to hi:i Royal Uighneis, Could we, even for the ihorteit time, make ourfelves refponiible fo: any further delay in the prol- nccl of a meafure, Without which we could entertain no hope of ren¬ dering ouricive; ufeful to his Roy¬ al llirlmet's t.he Prince Recent, or to the country. Wc uave only further to beg you to lay before his Roval Hi""hne!s the Prince Repvnt, theexpieifionsof our liumblu'uty, ik the iincere & rerpculful ailurance of our eirnefi. wiliie-. for whatever may b.eit promote xhe eaie, honour,, and advanlacje of Iris Roy High- ne(.-.' government, and the iueeefs of his endeavours for the public welfare. We have the honour to ^(Signed) tc GRKY. « GRP-NVILLK. To his Royal Iligiincii the Duke of Vork. Thcf'h'j-vln^ HLJf^g.'fi'wn His i\"vn! Wgansfs l!:.' /';/'/;,.• R.\ ri! tVUli fn'ffialttltilths ll'ifcnf C '.iimns o/i :!.<;■ I :\l'j ;fF<l-rna.-j!>y the Chan- csHor rftfo F..\>-'<.•;.•/.•■.-. Giioi^u: P. Rr. <: The Prince Regent, in the nanie and on ihe behalf of his Ma- jeily, having taken into his royal confideration the eminent and ftg- nal fervice performed by General Lord Vifcount Wellington, in the comTe ^falongferies of diitinguiih- cd exploits in the cnuipaigns in Spain and Portugal, and being- de- (irous to mark the lenfe lie enter¬ tains of fcrviccs Co honorable to the BritiCh Arms, and lb eminent¬ ly beneficial to the intcrefl of the Nation, has conferred,in the name and on the behalf of his Majeftv, uj-M>n General Lord Vifcount Wel¬ lington and the heirs male of his body, the rank and dignity of an carl of the United Kingdom, by the name, tlyle ami title of Karl of Wellington. The Prince Recent further dciirous of Q-rantino; to the I'.arl of Wellington, a net annuity of two thoufand pounds, in addi¬ tion to the annuity already granted by Parliament, and fubject to the fame limitation impofed in that grant, recommends to the Houie of Commons to enable his Roval the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to grant and fettle fuch annuity, and to make fuch further provfion aforcfaid, as may be thought moft eiieciual for the benefit of General the Earl of Wellington and his family." ' r Irighncfs in • * *y From the London Statesmen nf March I r. Fracus at Carlton /Voufr.—ThU cxtr.'oidu nnry bufiuefs, which hcis been the g< ffip pf the Eaft a-i well aa the Weft end c f the town, for wetIw pa(lt lias now aflumeil Io ifc tariffi- blc"aform, that weeannotlonger onvt rw&ie- incj it. In the Courier, oflaft night it was an¬ nounced in th? following manner;— M The Early Friends.—-We have 6xtn£fced fiom the Caledonian Mercury or Saturday lall, the following ftatement. How far it ;; cor¬ rect wc pre fume not to decied. How ft tranfpired, or why i; makes its fi* ft appear¬ ance in the Northern p^rf of the kingdom ean bed be explained Yy tth1 rt " We cenfefi v?p know nothing of »h^ fccrela tft i4;on Hoartj ami fl< »'1 ^><^>^ content citlVK^ with r!wj{ cb« MWi"g* J1" l^amrfmdft impoved edition, -/hah has spbearerl in the murnfog pap«"«i ww ilj)' 'A P.illnnr : — « N^tlunir \v%« been talced of lor the laft uvck but tta/nwWi m it w matted, vvl i h or- mtrtH at Carlton Hou.'e. on Saturday, the ii AS szdtilt. On tli.t d.'.ytli- Prtnee Kegcut ad a large party at dititsei*, among v.-hoin u-.tc the Pn'ncctCharlotte, the Dutchefs uf York, and their frmuie attendant-! ; their Royal Hie/ancfses the Duke* of York and Can'brige ;—Lords M<>iia, Eril<inc, arid L#n&sri»h ;—MtlTrs. Adam, Sheridan, &e. The eonverfatidn t'on turned on the late at¬ tempt t^f.vm an unite«/Admbiftwttbn ; and • he Prince islkidto havo exprefl'fd himlVIt" in warm lams o£dffaj*prol>aiion ofthejui.it Ictterof Lords Grey and Grenville, in anlu-fr to the letter from the Prince to the Duke of York, relative to the important buiuu-f*-. Theft cxprcllions of diiapprobation were not,however, unmixed with complaints oi l.-c;:.jr dcl'cited by lite tarlvfrieuds. rl Ike Prince Regent having repeated retire th-n mce his furprife and mortitVcation at the co'idu^.t of Loids Grey and Grenville, and characteril'ed it in terms winch Inch t-motio*i3 would oaturally fn^geil^ Lord Lauderdale, Tvho confidered himlelf particularly and pen- f'.)!udly addre(L'd to on this accafion, entered into a jullittcatton of Uh futhd^i and declared ina tone of firmnei?, net, perhaps, quite io uivrfon \\iil» thcuiiud phraicology of a Coui t, that the letter which returned the anfwfrof his two Noble Friends, did not funply fpeafc tlie individa;d fenttfnents of thofe two Noble Lord**, lv.;t that it had the ;i|,prohatiou of the principal perions who held the tame pol¬ itical principles and opinions ; and that, for himicir, he w<v, ready to £ty, that l»e w« pre¬ fent at and afifk'd \n the drawin*' up of that an'wer, and tlia^ not only every fc:itenc\ but every word in it, had his flnofl coidial a(Fent. Here, as might be expected, the eu.m uatiuii became more warm, and the Prince appeared to be fuddenly and dxply atlcfttd by Lord Lauderdale's reply, fo much lo, indeed, iiuit the Piiucefs Charlotte, who was Hill prefent, obferving his agitation, drop: her head and b'iill into te;:r:;. Upon which the lYince turned round> mid obierved—* Ton (ffihear jbmewhal nervous and' an-tv..'/, my dear*. J thin& you had fatter C',yV/^'//■/^7'.^, The temr.le part ot the company then whhdivvv ; und the Nublemen and Gentlemen remained with his ELoynl Highnefti till able hour, Aft.r the ladies had retire.!, LadyDc Clifford anxiouf- iy enquired into the caufe which apueartdto Iuive made fo deep an impreflion.on the feel- iir^softite Princcfa Charlotte, which that amiable Piinceir, * after fonu hefitatibii, proceeded to relate with the mod tducltiuA1 « ° fMHWCttJ Severn! months ago, it would fcem that her Royal Father was ferioully indtfpofed, amd under the imprefHon that fomethlng fatal mi^ht happen, lent for hisyonthfhl dHu-htev, nnd adverting to her then lituation, thought proper to advite her refpefiing the pcrfon whom, in cafe of fuch an emergency, he wimed Ucv to ctttlfult* His /Joyal Higbncf«, it is faid, then mentioned feven perfons a*rthe moil eligible* advifcrsof the PrincefsCliarlotte, which feven pcrfons, tumc*r rcprefent°, as among the number of his Royal Highnefs's c uly friends.—The Prihcefs Charlotte and the Due he fa of York afterwards went to the Opera, while the Royal Biothers and the Noblemen and Gentlemen c continued at Carlton Houfe.'—Mr. Adam is laid to have entered, at tlie rcjuell of his Royal Hni'hnefs into a friendly explanation of what had pall¬ ed with Lord Lauderdale; and bis Royal Highfiefs afterwards came up to his Lord- (hip, and, (hakrng him by the hand, Hud 4 Lauderdale, let not you and I quarrel alio.7 Here the matter ended for that nrc'ht ; but, on the following day* Lor-I Lauderdale, fear¬ ful of fome laifunderftandgjiig or mifreprcfen- tation of the matter, reduced what he had fai-! to writing, and lent it in a letter to the Prince ; which, ic is frtid lias produced nrt very agreeable iiT.preiVum on his Royal Htjjh- ncih's mind ; biuwlilch, in the opinion of th-j Noble Lord and his friends, would be con- lhlered as no unftutaWc appendix to the letter of Lords Grey a*id Crenville/' Ncxv-Vork, March 30, It appears that the rcftriclimw on the au¬ thority of the Prince Ke^enc expired as wru expected on the fSth of February, and that Mr. Perceival waited upon him on thit day as hjs decried Prime Mil iiVcr. Lord Wclh f- ley has nli*»ned his place as fecretaiy of for¬ eign affairs, and L#nrd Caftlereagh is in his room, h is Hated in the London opposition print? that 1 Lor 1 WrTefLvliad an audience ofttie Piincc Regent at Carltoti Hoiifevon Sunday, and tendered hw Royal I * Wheel's the UaL of hh othee—at which when t!ie priirice exj ref- fed hi; r. i;r«t, the N' bit Marcm's ( hktved, that \\k had bef«Mc intimated his dcterrt»hia- liou not to eoi.ti .uc to Sift Umtrr Mr. Dercc- V11_and "•nLillandinrrthathelnJKravl^. oured witli his Royal Hi^lmefs's eo^rr.mu;! to form au AdmuutUation, he had corner reqneftltH Rtipl HlgUaefs'a permiQioiiti rclign the feaUoftlie Foreign Office, tL Prince is faid to h.»vc anlvvcred, that Mr Perceval had received from him no fuch authority—he had ttnly defired himtocoiv tinue m his place till he ihuuld form an Ai miniilfation— til I he \":)* anxious that he Lord Wdlcfh.v, {hiiu'd ft^m a part ofh,and he wilhed to know whether l;e had any ok. jeeAion !vi net •:•/.' '• Mi - Purccval ? Lord \\\^ h-fley faid, I hut he utvdoubtQdly had no prr. fonal cjbjifAiti.0 tti art; with Mr. Perceval - but he had b* Fire dtitiRclly fl&tcd to Ida Roy!' al Highuel*, thai he «;onld net coutinuctOrf att wider him. The Ptinc*1 thea cxprdkd a wilh that the N -hie Li'rd \\o\x\<\ Dmunue • to hold the fe^ls far a time, until he lioiilj make an arrungfUCMt. Lord Wc'lvfley cosv- ented to hold t!iem for a (hort timv." ----------------- %Qtnhn% Fitruarx ;. I.cllcrs reccivcul yedcrJay front Paris to the 30th ult. ftiitc, that Bonaparte Jvadordtrcd the ieizure of 11 American fliips5latdyarrivctl in the French ports, as ;i repriHil for the fclzure of a French vcflel ut Philadi Ipha, under the follow* iiiff eircuniiV.mces : The rcfTd in * > queftioii had been captured by a Vrcnch privutcci' from an Anicr- ican citi^cir.iiKlcwriedintol'iancc; alter which the was J*oi;i, ^ i< ayeu'ed, u> a French merchant, fitted out anew -.nulicnt ou.vvoy.igc to America, where tlie citizen rc- cotrnizin^ tlie vcilcl, obtained aft oruer tor her feizure rroin the Am- c-: u..ui ^o\'. i-.:.ii-.-iVL*. Tt\r &&££$$ on to be heard before Judge Walb- ington, who decided in raver of his countryinan, on the ground, that the \ei!el in difpute'had never been regularly condemned .as a lawful prize in the French Courts. The whole proceedings were laid before the French government,by Whieh tiic\ were kroncrlv repmba- lee: • a:ul the ieizure of the Amer¬ ican ihips it faid to have been the coxifetuiofice* London, March 7 \z. Bonaparte has ordered the con- fcription for 1812 to be called out immediately, to con fill of 120,000 Frenchmen, -born lince the year 179 2—1 hippy race, fo foondefdneJ to fertilize their raotlicr earth1.' The loiles of England by fliip. wreck, in men andveffels, within the hilt three months, exceed the aggregate loft i'uftaincd by the oa. vy, in all the naval battles fought, and victories won, within the laft twenty years. The DublinF.vcningPoftcommu¬ nicates the following circurr.itan- ces from private fourccs ot*inform¬ ation. cs His grace the duke of Bedford requeued an audience of the Prince Regent, in order to communicate to his Royal Highncfs his feelings on the prefent pothire of public af¬ fairs and particularly as boring upon certain promifes made by his grace in the name of an illuftrious peribuftge, to the Catholics of Ire¬ land. The interview has taken place, and happy arc wcto ail* nouncc to the empiuer that the rcfult has been fuch as to flieda» frelh luftre on the character ot his Royal Highncik to impart to the people of Ireland heartfelt fatistac- tiom In the courfe of this inter- eftinc; and highly important inter¬ view, the Regent evinced the kindeitdifpolition towards Ireland —declared his opinion on the pro¬ priety of Catholic emancipation to be unchanged and unchangeable; ami as a further proof of his royal feelings infevour of the Catholic^ lie mentioned to his grace or Bed¬ ford, that on fending the blueri boon to t!y- Lord-Lieutenant ■«