The Sun. — London, England, 1802-10-21 00:00:00

N. 4 S' SA U, (N. P.) On Monday arrived off the Bar the American brig Warren, Capt. EDDY, five days from Cape Francois. Capt. E. informed us that 8000 Troops, and five sail of men of war had arrived at the Cape on the sth instant ; that the day after their arrival, the Negroes, headed by TOUSSAINT'S sons, who had joined them, stormed a Fart not far from the Cape, and killed every Frenchman in it. The evening previous to Capt. E.'s sailing, an engagement took place so near the town, that the report of the guns was distinEtly heard by the people on board the ves sels in the Harbour. The event was not known. The French Troops continued very sickly, particu. larly those last arrived from France. Provisions were very low at the Cape—flour sold as low as 4.5. per barrel. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM FARTS, OCT. t 4,. " In tm , last, I cotnmunicated some fans respeling the tondun of certain of our Countrymen in Paris, not very creditable to the National Cbaraaer, and in no wise correspondent with the opinion their Party entertain of their good sense, talents, and acquirements. That their deportment has not tend ed to exalt them in the eyes of the Parisians, and still less procured them the esteem and homage of !en in power, is evident from the following cir. tumstanee, the authenticity of which I can vouch for, and which you need feel no hesitation in lay. ins before your Readers. " About a week ago, Mr.LTVING•TON, the Arne. rican rvliniszer, gave a grand dinner, to which Mr. and Mrs. Fox, Mr. ADAIR, Gen. FITZPATRICK, and all the Leaders of Opposition at present resident i n P a ris were invited. Cards of invitition were likewise sent to Mons. and Mad. TALLEVRAND, Ge). Dußoe and his Lady, and to Gen. ANDRE -0551, l e -ew Ambassador from the French Repub lic to the British Court. Seven o'clock was the appointed hour for dinner, hut not one of the French Party had arrived at that hour. The Company Were kept waiting upwards of an hour, when none of the Diplomatic Guests making their appearance, theY fa ngth sat down to dinner—and 'tis an ab. "lute t, that the evening passed, not only with. eut the French Gentlemen joining them, but even W ithout their giving themselves the trouble to send an apology for die disappointment. " Among the numerous presentations to the F r Rsr %-osistat., on die day of the last Parade, ( tch Ven. elemiaire, Oa. 7 ), were more than an ordinary pro _ portion of English Barristers and Lawyers. Next to Lord CARH.‘MrTON, Mr. M--K-1-1 was intro. tl.tteed by Mr. MERRY, 'under the designation of a 3zikis Caniulte, " Un Avoca:, n'est pas ?" demand ed BoNAPARTE ; after him followed Mr. DALLAS, • Un Avoca! cress; ?" asked BONA.PARTF : then Came the justly renowned and celebrated Mr. ROB • BONAPARTE repeated his question with visi ble pertinency and meaning, " Un Avocat aussi ?" Mr. MERRY replied in the Negative, informing the FIRST CONSUL, that the Gentleman whom he had now the honour of introducing to his notice, Was a Member of the British Parliament. "So mu c h the better," retorted BoteAPARTe with a • " 'we have held Lawyers enou, ,, :b Then addressing himself to Mr. Ro n soN, " POW etez un Membre n'est pas?" Mr.Rou , SO N (his cou-tenance brightening up with consci: us triumph) answered in the affirmative—" ilow did .you get into Parliament ?" continued BONAPARTE s"*"." Avez vous tine place sous Gouveruement ?" " No !" instantly retorted RousoN, " I never 'weer a Plaeeman in all my life." ' 6 Comment done ?" rejoined BO NAP ART E ihtZ VOUS :tripe Wire Plate en Parliament ?" Rolisoar professed himself utterly at a loss to comprehend the term ; at length, after the necessary explanation, he informed the FIRST CONSUL, that he held a seat in the Senate, not by intrigue, hut in virtue of his Property and Estates. " Ab! a h replied BONAPARTE shrewd.. ly, " that. a t e o r i Nts for ;t." " When the Earl ofOXYORD was introduced, Bo- NiepARTZ. with affraf!d stirprize, eKClAirfled, " You look very young, my Lord! flow comes it, that you tan be almost at use Head of the British Peerage IP' Of an Offieer in the Guards he asked, " Whether be bad been in EZypi ?" Che Officer replied in the affirmative. " You don't look well, Sir," Conti. H oed BONAPARTE, " Is it the women of Egupt, or • French Ladies, that have made you ill ?" " It i s a matter of gr-at surprize, and must appear so to all i nte lligent Frenchmen, that the English Patriots form a most curious and incongruous con_ flexion on their arrival in France. Thus, Mr. Fox, for instance, instead of courting the company of Men of Science, runs after the most notorious fe male intriguers, or else associates himself with per. sons of blasted reputation, like AV/FJI O'CoN. Hots. " He has entailed upon - himself a heavy load of obloquy and disdain, by the expensive stile and ostentatious manner in which he lives, and which intelligent Frenchmen observe, plainly prove, that he is conscious of his inability to render himself im portant by his own intrinsic merit. For his apart. merits at the Hotel de Richelieu, he pays too Louis d'Ors per month. It is expected, that he will pass the Winter in Paris, in order to attend the Coteries of Mad. STAEL, Mad. CONDORCET, and Mad. Picite I te, which commence in November. Mad. S - r Ate is at present in Switzerland, but her return is expeCted in about a fortnight. ' Madame T ALLIEN , wi t h whom Fox has formed such a highly honourable connexion, resides in a magnificent Hotel, at the expence of her two ad. miters, the Minister G—D —N, and O—H-1), the Contractor, in La Rue Babylon ! This name, as might be expec'led, has given birth to many Witty puns and epigrams, founded on a circumstance In the Revelations, which stands in no need of ex plaza:ion." The celebrated General PICHECRU, we heir, is about to enter into the Russian Service, having been strongly solicited thereto by the Emperor At.tx.kNDEP:. The General has had similar over tures made him by some other Powers, which he i dee . lined as l ong as t h ere rema i ned any chance o f h " obtaining permission to return to his native k.clun t ry. ibigBJRCIf, OCT. 18. Tn! Elgin Fencible Regiment was, on Friday the igth instant, disembodied at Linlithgow, by Major-General Dort. This loyal and spirited Regiment was levied in Scotland in the year i79¢, a period of much alarm in this country ; and, during their services in Ireland, upwards of seven years, they have preserved the highest discipline as Soldiers, and the most unshaken attachment to their Officers. In the beginning of last week, a melancholy ac cident happened in the River Tay, a little above Newburgh. A gun-brig lately purchased by some ,Gentlemen in Perth, and recently arrived in the river, lay at anchor off Newburgh. Nine men be longing to the vessel had been ashore regaling them selves in the town. Returning on hoard in the evening, the boat unfortunately run upon the ship's hawser, and was overset. One of the people swam on shore, five were picked up, but the remaining three were drowned. Ayr Fair commenced on Tuesday, when woollen cloth sold extremely high ; coarse qualities in par ticular about so per cent, above the prices of last fair. There . were a number of Irish horses at market, which sold pretty well, especially those of superior quality. Early on Sunday morning the 3d instant, the bleaching mill at Camp Bleachfield, near Hamilton, was discovered to be on fire; though every exer tion was used to extinguish the flames, the whole building and machinery, excepting the water-wheel, were destroyed. There were, it is said, about twelve pieces of cloth in the mill, which were also consumed. DUBLIN, OCT. rb. IN consequence of an altercation at the last Quarter Sessions hold at Ennis, a wee: ing took place at three o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday last, near the Spa of Newcastle, between GEORGE PEA COCKE COMYN, Esq. seconded by Capt. ComYN, and F. DALY, E-1. seconded by W. M. JACK SON, Esq. After du exchange of shots, Mr. DALY was slightly wounded in the thigh, on which the parties were reconcilel. The Limerick mail coach coming to Dublin last night, was stopped by four men armed, at the hour of eleven o'clock, -at Cherryfield, Kildare, who fired at the guard, and robbed him of his arms and the bags from the following post towns :—Monas tereven, Portarlington,Emo, Mountmellick, Mount trath, Maryborough, Moneygall, Burrosakane, and Nenagh. LIEUTENANT FRASER's FUNERAL. THE following was the Order of the Procession on the above melancholy occasion : A party of Officers belonging to the Regiment, on horseback. The Privates belonging to his Troop, on fi)ot. The Band of Music muffled. Lieut. Fraser's Charger, accoutred in black, with the military boots and arms hanging over the saddle; and on each side its head, a bunch of white ribbons, emblematical of Mr. Fraser having died unmarried. THE BODY, In a Hearse and Six. ur his Regiment, in military mourning. The Mourning Coach, containing the Father and Relatives of the Deceased; and behind it the Groom who was with Lieut. Fraser at the time of the accident, and who appeared much affected on the occasion. Four Mourning Coaches additional, and a number of private Carriages tbi lowi The whole closed by a party of the ad Regiment of Life Guards, who attended in compliment to the Deceased. On arriving at the burying ground, at five o'clock, considerable difficulty occurred, from the press of the populace, in conveying the body to the family vault; but the same being ;,t length effeeled with due solemnity, a Troop prepared for the pur pose fired the customary vollies, and the whole was concluded with the requisite order and decorum. On Saturday the loth Light Dragoons, and the Artillery stationed at the Barracks at Brighton; had a field day on the Downs, near the Race course, at which the Pit ir:c E. of WALss gave the word of command. The Downs were never before ornament ed in Odobeiwith such a numerous assemblage of fashionable speaators. In the afternoon, the ascen sion of a small gilded Balloon, not more than three feet in diameter, from the Steyne, engaged the attention of the Public. Among the most dis tinguished Personages present were, the Earl of CLERMONT, the Bishop Of ST. ASAPH, Sir JOHN and Lady LADE, Sir GREGORY PAGE TURNER, Lady ELLENUOROUGH, &C. The hull of the Brig Adventure, lately scuttled off Brighton, was sold by audion at New Shoreham, 6:i Thursday, for Bzl. We are sorry to learn that a few days ago the Earl of MOUNTNORRIS was thrown out of a gig, and, falling on his hip, was so dreadfully bruised that he has been lame ever since. Monday night a Fire-Balloon descended on a vessel off Pickle Herring Stairs, which excited great alarm, lest the rigging should take fire, which happily, by the exertion of the crew on board, was prevented. It is highly blameable in persons to indulge themselves in this dangerous amusement. The Duke de MORTIMER, and Mr. WRIGUIT, of Duke-street, Manchester-square, arrived at Brighton on Tuesday morning, in quest of a per son, who it is said, had defrauded the Duke out of 50°1. by altering the figures of a draft, which the Duke paid in Ltn,don, from 7001, to I zool. A person answering to the description given of him, they heard at the One Tun, had embarked the night before in the Bonaparte Packet for France, which Packet, in consequence of the sudden tur bulence of the weather, had put into Shoreham har bwr, to which place they went in search of him. An instance of hydrophobia occurred some months since in a Mr. Ford, near Dumfries, in Maryland. He felt none of the symptoms till the 37th day after he had been bitten, when, on going to wash his hands, the sight of the water shocked his whole frame, and produced convulsions, which terminated, 46 hours afterwards, in his death. He retained his senses to the last, and met his fate with great firmness and composure of mind. y,4m4rqA, ICINCSTOti, ,7. VrsrganAt was tried and conviftec! before the Sting Magistrates, a Watt() man slave named Tom, belonging to the Post-office, for stealing thereout a letter addressed to a mercantile House in this Town, and sentenced to receive 4 lashes this morning opposite the Post-office; AUGUST 21. The Brig General Nugent, SAMUEL Atadur Master, on her passage from Baltimore to this Island, was lost on the North_East Reef of Acklin's Island on the isth of June, and almost iostan4 bilged. SURREY ASSIZE COURT. Yesterday Tho Mas King, who was tried during the present Assize Court for the murder of his Slave, and found guilty of Mat/daughter; was sen tenced to pay a fine of 5001. and to find two Sure ties, each in 2501. penalty, and himself in 5001. for his future good behaviour for seven years : and fur ther, to stand committed till such fine be'paid, and the Securities be given. SEPTEM3ER I. Died in Vere, on Friday last, Mr. ROBERT GRANT, Overseer on Exeter Estate. MONT2CO BAY, ACTG. 14. The Schooner john, STEWART, from Charleston, South Carolina, arrived last Saturday, in twenty four days. By this vessel, the unpleasant information is re ceived of the loss of the Ship Jo/•n, DAwsoil, from this Port for Liverpool, on the Martieres Reef in the Gulf of Florida ; the crew were saved, and had arrived at Charleston. The Schooner Eagle, TROOP, for New-York, sailed last Tuesday. Thursday being the anniversary of the birth of His Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales, who then completed his fortieth year, a Royal Salute was fired at the Fort. Died at Shrewsbury, in Westmorland, last Sun day, Thomas Smalling Foster, Esq. second son of Thomas Foster, Esq. of Elim, in St. Elizabeth's. Died at Montego Bay, Mrs. Cameron, wife of Mr. Colin Cameron. AUGUST 21. Married at Earlston, in this parish, last Wed nesday, George Inne , ,, Esq. to Miss Gordon, only daughter of the late James Gordon, Esq. Died at the Orchard, in Hanover, yesterday se'nnight, William Noble Mattick, Esq.—ln this town, last Sunday, the infant daught , tr of Dr. F,romley.—At Blue Hole Estate, in this parish,- last Monday night, the Rev. Samuel Wells Barnett.— At Lucea, in Hanover, last Tuesday night, John son Brissett, Esq. the eldest son of Jo. Brissett, Esq. AUGUST 2J. Died on the passage from this Port to Bristol, Capt. Hardy, of the Ship Minerva ; at Success Estate, in this Parish, the r7th inst. Mr. William Manderson; in this Town last Sunday night, Mr. Alexander Imlach. lately ar,:••,-1 ST. ELIZABETH'S, AUG. 16. A melancholy accident happened at Paynestoun Estate, in this Parish, on - Monday the 9th in_ stant. About one o'clock a very violen.t storm of thunder and lightning came on whikr the Negroes were in the field; eleven of the gang, which be longed to Henry Ruddick, Esq. of Savanna_la-Mar, one belonging to the Estate, and one belonging to the Overseer, went into a small hut, ereaed to pro tea the Negroes from rain ; as they went in, they Laid their hoes against the hut ; the lightning struck the hut and set it on fire, when four of the Negroes were struck dead, and four others and a child, all belonging to Mr. Ruddick, were very much burnt: the estate's' Negro and. the Overseer's also much burnt. The estate's Negro is since dead with a locked_jaw ; but the Negro belonging to the Over seer, and the other burnt ones, are likely, from care and attention, to he recovered. The estate's driver, on seeing the hut on fire, instantly ran and burst it open from the top, by which means he saved all the Negroes from being burnt to death ; as they all lay stupid with the shock. One of the Negroes, a wench (who is likely to recover), had not the breadth of a hand of skin left •on her body. Several accidents of this kind have happened from the inadvertency of Negroes placing their hoes on the hut when they take shelter from the weather. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19. Fifty pounds for z yr old colts, carrying Bst. zlb. fillies Bst. TWO . yr. old C. Mr. Delme Ratcliffe's gr. f. by Precipitate - T I). of Grafton's b. f. Duckling - z Mr. Joseph Farrell's b. c. Nettle, by John Bull - 3 6to i agat. Mr. Ratclitfe's gr. 1. ; i i to 8 on Duckling. A Subscription Plate of 501. for 3 and 4 yr olds.—Across the Flat. Four yr olds carrying Bst. rolb. ; and 3yr olds, 7,t. loth. Sir C. Bunbury's b. in. Eleanor, 4 yrs old - - 1 Mr. Delete Ratcliffe's b. c. Shock, by Waxy, 3 yrs old z Mr. Joseph Farrell's ch. c. Northampton, 3 yrs old 3 Mr. Shalto's b. c. Harefoot, 3 yrs old - 4 ro to r on Eleanor. Produce Sweepstakes of toogs. each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 41b. i fillies Bst. alb.--Two yr. old C. Duke of Grafton's f. by Buzzard, out of a sister to King Fergus, - - - - i Mr. Ileming's ch. c. by Buzzard, out of Yeoman's dam z Mr. Galway's b. 1. by Buzzard, out of Sincerity - 3 6 to 4 on 1). of Grafton's t. NORTFIALLERTON—SATURDAY, Ocr. 16. The Members' Plate of 501. for horses, &c. 3 yr olds, Gst. 31b. ; 4 yr olds, 7st. rt lb. ; 5 yr olds, Bst: 91b. • 6yr olds, Bst. t2.lb. ; and aged, 9st. Mares and fillies allowed 21b. A winner of a Sol. since the first of March last, to carry 31b. extra, and of two or more, 51b.—Four-mile heats. Mr. Croft's b. c. Liquorice, 3 yrs old, Est. 71b. - 3 r r Mr. Crompton's ch. c. Rosamond, 4 yrs old, 7st. - -- - - r 3 3 Mr. Darley's b. h. Sportsman, 6 yrs old, Bst. 12,1 b. 4 4 2 Lord Darlington's ch. h. Muley MIAMI, 4 yrs old, 7st. itlb. - - - - - - 2 2 dr Yesterday Mr. HARRIS, grocer, of Black friars-road, endeavouring to stop his horse, which had taken fright, by hanging by his bridle, was thrown down : the wheel of a cart passed over the thick part of his thigh. He was much bruised, but no bones broken. - P. .4 A 4 fON-110US E O . 7. , • , • . ti• ,A account was sent this day to the Lor MAYOR, that the Fren chman who wa, examine On Monday lair, charged with tiring a pistol st Asir, iVlaryan, a silversmith, in Lorn!iard-street, was now induced to take food, which he at first r.4l.vcd. Catholic rriest who attends him, has prevailed on him to take such nourishment as was of - Fered to him, He has stated himself to be wel known to many atmb,irgh Merchants in London, kit still keerl, his name a secret ; says he was an Oaicer in tile:. Austrian Army, and fought against the French.--- He is a man about z 8 or s of age, middle sta ture, dark complexion, p,tle, and cd cher emaciates he has long whisl:.crs, wears a brown greatcoat and boots. A great many persons have attended rho.: Mansion-rmse for these two days past, to see h;(71, expecting to be brought up for a second exa. mination, some of whom gave an account of having been robbed by a manor his description very lately, who said he was an Italian in great distress, and had made his escape front prison at Antwerp. This Frenchman confessed having, to conceal his name, destroyed his passport before he committed this daring attempt. The experience of every day more and more de_ monstrates the negligent manner in which the Police is condrthted throughout the Country, but more espe_ daily in the Metropolis and its vicinity. Day after day, arid week after week, is marked by some ad fof atrocity, not committed a t t h e d ea d h our o f Nigfir„. but in the face of the Sun ; not in some spot far moved from the dread of interruption, hut in the very streets of the . Metropolis, and in the presence of thou sands. It is not by any means suprizing that we shodid so frequently hear of ruffians escaping unhurt with their booty, when those appointed to secure theril, so far from being able to engage in pursuit, seem barely able to support their tottering steps. This is a striking and radical lele a in the pre'sent sys tem of our Police. It is astonishing that those whose business it is to look into these matters, should permit such evils to exist. If they are ignorant of then, they are chargeable with most gross an most unjustifiable negligence. If they are acquaint. ed with them, and take no steps to redress them : what exeuse can they offer to their know citizen; for this disregard for the security of their persons oi• their property ? Much good would Certainly result from a system of greater vigilance on the parr ol those whose duty it is to superintend the detail; of the Police. The Bankers' Clerks have entered into a Society for the.support of them-elves when disqualified by age ^r infirmity from forowing their occupation, and for the relief of their Widows and Orphans. The Institution is so proper, that it is strange no thing of a similar kind, in their behalf, has ever been brov i lit forward before. They are a nu merous class, and but few of them have oppor tunities •of rising to affluence by being admitted into the firm of their re,rea:ve 1-louse. The Body of Bankers themselves arc certainly as wealthy as any other class of the Community, and as that Body was never more respetftable than iris arthepre sent moment. we confidenpv !In n , : to ,per . ally subscribe to an Institution, latOable in astir, and which tends to the,seeu r i t y of their ow n i nterests in providing a re3ouree for their Dependants, when past service, and in exempting these Dependants from temptations incidental to their employment,and which have too often warped the integrity of many a well-disposed young man. Servants should be cautious not to open their street doors after dusk, when they are alone in the house, without having the chain ❑p, as this precau tion may probably preserve their lives. On Sun day evening a fellow knocked at the door of a Gentleman's house in Chancery-lane, whose family are always in the country from Saturday till Mpti day, leaving it in the care of one servant, who carelessly opened it, when he immediately rushed by her, saying, " How do you do,"—but on her screaming out, a woman of her acquaintance, who had been drinking tea with her, made her appear ance on the kitchen stairs, when the viliain imme— diately turned back, and joined two or th ree o f hi s companions who were at the door; but her fright was so great, that before she could give the alarm, they all go,t clear off. At the Public-Office, Marlborough_street, yester day, David Price, a Publican ) at Hounslow, was charged with stealing corn out of the. granary of Messrs. Wilson and Co. It appeared in evi dence, that the granary. Was on‘ the premises o f Price. The evidence against' Vtn, was a . young, woman who had lived with him as servant, but had left him about four months • since. She de_ posed, that during the time of her sePvitude, Price was in ,the constant habit of taking corn from`the granary, and that he kept it in a room in his house, and used to feed the soldiers' horses with it. She supposed that he makt have taken, at various times, upwards of sixteen bushels. She. stated, that she had always supposed he had a . iight to the corn until one night, about twelve o'clock,-when he sent her to look if any rcrson was in the yard ; she re turned and told him that Mr. Rock ibrd was there. He replied that it was• lucky he h e ld sent her to look, or he should have been caught. Surprized at this, she asked him if he hid not a right to take the corn ? He said .that he had not. She then determined to quit his service, and immea dive!) , gave him warning, and left Lim in about a fortnight. Messrs. Wilson and Pather attended, but could not say what quantity had been lost ; they said Mr. Rockford waa their foreman, and could speak with more certainty. The Magistrate said Mr. Rockford must he brought forward at the trial, and that the Prisoner must stand committed. The Prisoner,-wished to. discredit the testimony of the gill, and insisted that she ~ Vas a girl of ill fame.. It appeared, however, that she resided .with a re. speaable person at Richmond. He was then fully committed for trial. On Tuesday se'nnight the'body of Adam John ston, Cook of the .Atnerican Ship Lydia, Tredwell, lying at Greenock, ‘ was found floating at the back of the East Quay ; and, a few minptes alter, the body of another man was found in the New Har. bour : the former fiat' been about a . fortnight miss. :ing. hip a' ~~ ale ing re the ns. les, of ; re° I at N. Of )re. One neql S ti. rsa and asY ;.ng 'yes lore no reiy Co ved a nd ini i tie t 11:a lA/ C I its the )een i s le Itls, Oa i tea jar• it is .;0 11 !leti nr yily r - NV D ye 6t3,1