The Sun. — London, England, 1807-09-02 00:00:00

CARMVAL YORK. Tits following is the Copy of a Letter written in answer to one from Lord MINTO, dated February 9, 11100, informing his Eminence, that His Majesty bad settled a considerable pension on him. . FROM THE CARDINAL OF YPRK TO LORD !ONTO. " With the arrival of Mr. OAKLY, who has been this morning with me, I have received by his dis , courses, and much more by your letters, so many: tokens of your regard, singular consideration and at ten6..-m for my person, that oblige me to abandon all sort of 'eremony, and to begin abruptly to assure you, my dear Lord, that your letters have been most acceptable to me in all shapes and regards. I did not in the least doubt of the noble way of thinking of your generous and beneficent Sovereign ; but I did not eXpeot to see, in writing; so many and so Obliging expressions that, well calculated by the per- - sons who receive them and Understand their force, . impress in their minds a most lively sense of tender . ness and gratitude ; which, I own to you, oblige me more than the generosity spontaneously imparted. " I am, hi reality, at a loss to express, in writing, all the sentiments of my heart, and, for that reason; leave it entirely to the interest you take in all that regard's my person, to make known in an energeti cal and convenient manner all I fain would say, .to • express my thankfulness, which may easily be by you cemprehended, a ft er having perused the contents of this letter. lam much obliged to you to have indicated to me the way I may write unto COUTTS, the C6urt Banker, and shall follow your friendly in, sinuations. In the mean time, lAm very desirous that you should be convinced of my sentiments of sincere esteem and ftitridship, with which, my dear Lord, with all my heart lembrace you. (Signed) HENRY CARDINAL." FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. . THERE has been some time in the Garden of Plants an eagle, which her Majesty the Empress sent thither, and which is as much ,distinguished by his beauty as by . a silver ring, which he carries on one of, his talons. It is the same that has been talked of some time, and' that was originally domesticated with an English game cock, which has at last served hire for food. It is not known whether the death' Of the game cock was provoked by his own fierce ness, by some movement of anger, or, indeed, by the hunger of the eagle. The Public will not be averse to k no w the history of the 'latter bird since he • lost his liberty. He was taken 'in the forests of Pontainbleau, in a trap set for foxes, and of Which the spring broke his claw: - But Under the tare of Donor PAULET his cure has been long, and Attended with a painful operation. This the eagle has supported with a patience which it would bedif . &nit to find in man. During the operatibn his head only was at liberty, and of this he did not avail. him self to oppose the dressing of his wound, from which ' several splinters were taken, nor to the apparatus . Which the frathire required. Swathed in a napkin, and laid on one side, he passed the whole night. upon straw, Without the least motion. The next clay, when till the bandages were unwrapped, he lodged himself upon a screen, where he passed twelve Whole hours, without resting upon the unsound foot. During all that time he made no attempt to escape, though the windows were open; and he refused all nourishMent. It waS not till the 13th day that he tried his appetite upon a rabbit which waS given to him: He seiied it with his claw that, was not injured; and killed it With a stroke Obis beak; between the first vertebra of the neck and the head. After having devoured it, he resumed his place upon the screen, from whence he stirred no more till the 2 Ist day after his accident. Then he began to try the wounded limb, and without deranging in the least the ligature' by which it %Vas bound, he has regained the use of it by moderate and reasonable exercise: This interesting creature has passed three months in the room of a servant who, attentled to him. As Soon as the fire was lightr, ed he came up to it; and suffered himself to be car ressed ; at bed time he mounted his screen, as close as possible to his attendant's bed, and removed to th' oppaiite extremity as soon as the lamp went ,out. The confidence in his own power appeared to ex empt him froM every . kind of distrust. It is impos sible to spew mom resignation, more courage, and one might almost be temptetl to Say, more reason during the lotig continuance of his illness. , He is .of the most beautiful kind, and does not feel the least weakness from the accident which robbed him of his liberpr, . Music...a-The Triennial Festival of Music at Saks;• bury took place on Wednesday last, in the Assembly • , Room, and, was attended by ;t numerous and splen- • did audience. A grand seledion of Sacred Music was • performed on the folldwing morning at the Cathedral. The Rooms were crowded in the evening at a Vocal Concert. The Messiah was performed on Friday . morning at the Cathedral. There were more than 000 persons present on this occasion.; and the evening Conceit at the &toms was-also very attrac tive. The whole was under the judicious direaion of Mr. A. CORFE and went off in the best man ner.—The Vocal Performers were, BArnreenu, BRAH A NI, STotuca, and Mrs. VAUGU AN.• CRA. MER i LINDLEY, and other distinguished Performers, supported the Instrumental department with their usual excellence. PALMER, of Drury-lane Theatre, is, it is said, about to open the Royalty Theatre,' forthe purpose of shewi ng his, Portraits - a few nights, before he is summoned to join the Troops at Head-quarters, for the,Winter Campaign. • - Mrs. GLOVER has been performing with great sue- less at Liverpool, as might'be expected, considering her merit as an Aaress. She was toperfirm Lady Macbeth, to ELLISTON'S Macbeth, on Monday last. CATAL,O4I proceeds with the most triumphant success in Dublin. .Her Benefit took place, in the Rotunda, on Friday last, and the 1 - ooin was filled • very soon after it was opened. The - Manager of the Theatre has .engaged her, with Rovrpttso, MO -RELLI; and KELLY, to perform three nights in se lea scenes from the Italian Opera: •Hey, of course, pays them well, but he is likely to profit much by the speculation. The young Spaniard,' who dis tinguished himself on the violin in_ this Capital, .has been performing in the Concerts at Dublin with much success. Several alterations are going on in the interior of Covent Garden Theatre, under the superintendence of Mr. BRANDON. 'MERIC4IV PAPERS. • . NEW YORK, YULE are informed that The Corporation of this city yesierday direeted their Committee, lately appointed, to confer with the Secretary at War, to call on Coionet WILLIAMS, and request him to‘ furnish, with all possible dispatch, a plan for fortifying the Narrows, with an estimate ()film probable expence. • -A' Letter from Norfolk; dated July E.' t, The British Frigate Cleopatra has joined the Tri umph and Leopard, now anchored in Lynhaven Bay; and as Commodore DOUGLAS has sailed, it is the general opinion that he is bound for Halifax, to visit his - Admiral, who is• not the mildest Man in the world '- and that, perhaps ,in a few days, we. may have' the whole of . Admiral BERKELEY'S squadron in our waters,"—With pleasure we learn, that Ge neral MATHEws has issued orders countermand in.- th e return of the Richmond and Petersburg in fatrjr.l . Jut gi g. —lt is stated in a Petersburg Paper of July 2pd, that the British Commanders were great ly incensed at the capture oftheie Qtlicers and sea men-; that they had taken. five ,American citizens from a', coasting vessel ; and that the Commodore of thesquadron declared he would capture every Ame rican vessel going out or in, until the British pri sorters were restored. LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN, THE VIRGINIA DE TACHMENT, DATED PORTSMoUTII, JULY 17.. " On Thesday . morning, Mr. R. LEE, one of Ge neral MATHEWS'S Aids, and Mr. Aucuaa;:of .Nor folk, visited the British Squadron in Lynhaven Bay, for the purpose of delivering the dispatches' from Mr. ERSKINE, which Mr. ARCHER bad just brought from Washington. These dispatches simply adViked Commodore DOUGLAS to retire froth the 'territorial jurisdiction of th 6 United States. Mr. ERSKIN,E had no other authority ; for the British Squadron on the American station are not at all responsible to the Bri tish Minister in the -United States, except . in cer tain conditional cases, hut are generally under the controul of the Admiral, wit° is stationed at Halifax, Where Mr. 'ERSKINE could only advise, Admiral BertoE.By could command. Mr. LEE was recehed in a Most cavalier and indecorons style. The Com modore expressed his contemptuous astonishment at Mr: Lai's visit. lle asked him whether he was ig norant: that the President's Proclamation forbade all intercourse between American citizens and the British Ships ? and how could he think of flying iu the face of those laws, by paying him the honour of a visit ? As soon as Mr. Lek bad delivered the dis , patches, a signal• was given to the other vessels, and their Captains immediately repaired to the Commo dore's Ship. You are already incensed enough at the outrageous condu& of the British, and I have no inclination to make your blood indignantly boil, by a :full description of the conversation which ensued. One or two anecdotes will be sufficient to shew you the spirit of the whole. The Humphreys, tauntingly asked Major LEE, whether he was not afraid of. being inteoted by keeping company with a murderer and an assassin, such as be himself had been represented to be ? They inquired abou't the tate of the British Consul and his Lady, and inso lently demanded, whether the mob of Norfolk had hung them or thrown them into prison ?• They called the Corresponding Committee, of Norfolk a mob, they called General MATHEWS the leader of that mob ; they said they were at least-entitled-to an official copy of the President's Proclamation, un der the seal of the Secretary of State ; and they ex pressly denied the authority of the British Minister lo interfere on the present occasion. Every one of those Captains was, insolent and insulting in the ex treme, except Sir THOMAS HARDY, Captain the Triumph, the celebrated friend' and companion of Lord NELSON. He is said to have in his cabin the very whop which that great man" breathed hiS last ‘c The preceding facts . are calculated to convince you, if yon need any additional proofs, that we have :nothing to expe& from this squadron but insults and outrage."—(liichtvond Inquirer.) JuLr 30.—Five Gun-boats, from Conne&icub Rivet, have arrived at this port. Capt., DAVY, of the Coromandel, bas favoured us with a file of late Calcutta Papers: The only article we perceive in them at all interesting to this country, is an Order Of the ,Governor-General in Council,; granting permiision to neutral vessels, particularly AMerican, to import grain, .under the licence of the British Government. This Order was occaio'ned by a o.6iejty of grain, in conse q uence o f th e f a il u re ,' of the 'periodical rains. Neutral vessels, availing. themselves of this permission, Must have cargoes 'of grain exclusively, and the permission is extended to the .1 Ist. of. December, 1807, Set eral American vessels were, in couSequente, engaged in Rice voyages. A Quebec Paper of the 29th of June, says : ,‘ We learn by the arrival of Captain BeamtswoaTir, o f hi, Maj e sty's Frigate Crocodile, that orders had been received by the King's Ships, on the Halifax station, to board the American krigate now at..sea, and take by force every British seaman that may. be found on board her. The force of the American Ship is said to be 52 guni. We hear that the crocp dile brings one hundred thousand dollars." WASHINGTON, JULY 22.—Accounts have reach ed this city, dated late in June, that the Spaniards at Mobile have seized two hundred stand of arms, and a quantity of ammunition, belonging to the United States, destined from New Orleans to hat . Stoddert. This seizure was made by the Spanish Commandant at Mobile, and after Wards approved by the Governor-General of the Floridas. TQ Tilt GOVERNOR, MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OP THE CORPORATION OP NEW YORK. , . "'GENTLEMEN, " Yesterchiy my desire to satisfy public curiosity at the stated minute was as great as my never-ceasing anxiety to see our harbours and coast, placed beyond the power of foreign insults ; and I lament ex ceedingly that numbers were disappointed by the , explosion not taking place on the lust attack. But it .1183 given me much additional confidence in my engines; and I hope it will be some satisfaction to youiand the public to know, that the failure of the first attack was occasioned by the trifling circum stance of the lock being placed under the torpedo, so that when it struck, the powder fell out 61 the pan and did not take tire. On taking the torpedoes out of the water, where they had been for two fontid the to kg. and . powtter iierfealy d'ry, • and I immediately diactivered the cause of the failure, which I correaed by phicing a piece of quick match in the charge which the lock contained. Thus ar ranged, the fire was communicated to the 70 pounds of powder in the body of the torpedo. An explo , sion took place; and the brig was decomposed.. *c You .now have seen the etre& of the eitplOsion of powder under the bottom of a vessel, and this, . I believe, is the best and most simple mode of using it with the-greatest effeB in marine - wars; for a right application of one torpedo will annihilate a Ship of the Line, nor leave a man to relate the dreadful Ca tastrophe. Thus; should a Ship of the Line, con taining five itendred men, contend with ten good row-bcats; , each . with a torpedo and ten men, she would risk total annihilation, while the baits, un - - der cover of the night, and quick movements, would risk only a.few men out of one hundred. two Ships of equal force engake, - it be doubtful which will gain the viaory 3 frequently 100 men are killed on each side, as many wounded, and.the Ships much injured 3 but even the vanquish ed 'vend will'admit of being repaired, and thus the number of Ships of War are not diminished, but continue to increase, and tyrannize over the rights of neutrals and peaceable nations.' Having now clearly demonstrated thd great effed of explosion under water, it is easy to conceive that by-organization and practice, the application of the torpedoes, will, like .every Other art, progress to perfeCtion. Little diffi culties and errors will occur in the commencement, as has been the case in all new inventions . ; but where "here is so little expense; to little risk, and so much '.tn.be 'gained, it is worthy of consideration, whether this system should not have a fair. trial. " Gunpowder within the last 300 years has totally changed , tbe art of war; and-all my relleaions have led me to believe, that this application of it will in a few years put a stop to maritime wars, and give that liberty:on the seas which has been long anci .anxious ly desired by every good man, amid secure to Ame rica that liberty of commerce,, tranquillity and inde pendence, which will enable her Citizens to apply their mental and corporal faculties to useful and hu mane pursuits, to the improvement. of our country, • and the happiness of the whole people. Gentlemen, with deference, I. submit this view of the subje6t to you and every thinking American.— I have the honour to be, with profound respea, Your most obedient and very humble Servant, ROBERT FULTON. It appears by an Order from ..the Lords Commis sioners of the Treasury, inserted in last night's Ga zetti, that an Aft passed in thelleign of Wm. 111. for tht increase and preservation of timber .in the New Forest, and .that two thousand acres of that FOrestwere enclosed for the . growth of timber for the publiC 'service.. As the timber becomes past danger, from the hrowzing-of deer, &c. the enclo sures are thrown open, and more waste land en closed to keep up the continual number of 2000 enclosed acres: Agreeably with the above-mentioned A 4, 77w Gazette g ives notice, that 1,022 acres are be come past clanger, and are thrown open, - and an equal quantity of waste land is to be enclosed in lieu thereof. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY,—The filllowing mira culous story has been mentioned in an iniperfea manner in the Papers,--The following is afulier ac count of the circumstance :—Saturday, the 15th tilt. lt young girl, servant 'to Mrs. Wood, a Widow lady of Cuckfield,. in,Sussexi, complained of a 'head ache and drowsiness,w when her mistress ad v her to takesomebalm tea, and lie down; she accordingly went ,to bed, and immediately dropped into a profound sleep; and conti nuedsleeping,t houg hproper means were used by the faculty to rouse him., till Sunday, the 23d ult. (eight days), when she awoke, apparently from the sound of the church bells, . which were then chim ng, and occasioned her to remark; that her yester day's indisposition had . caused her to lie ,beyond her Ordinai-y hour, as it was church time. She got up 'Without much assistance, but complained of exces sive thirst, appearing extremely weak. MrS. Wood took all possible care of her, and she is now perfea ly recovered. During the whole of this wonderful suspension of the faculties of the mind; the flush of health appeared on her cheeks, but their fullness diminished considerably' after the third day,' when her pulsation grew weaker; and her breathing could hardly be perceived: Nd sustenance could be ad ministered to her, rior'was she. subje& to any eva cuation whatever. On Friday evening a little - boy, five years old, be longing to the' Widow Dives, a pbor woman, got upon sonic timber logs lying in the River Medway, opposite Maidstone, unfortunately fell between two of them, and was drowned ; the body was instantly searched for, .hut it could not be found next morning ; and what is very remarkable, the same child had previously several narrow escapes froM being "drowned, one, only a fortnight betbre its un fortunate exit. The Coroner's Inquest was taken on the body, and a verdid returned Uf-4cci4ntal Death; The Author of " All the Talents in - Ireland." in a Letter to Lord CASTLERRAGH, on the State of Ire land, just published, mentions the following curious filet :--" I have received a political anecdote, rela tive to Mr. GRATTP.I and the Insurreation Bill, which may serve to clear up the mystery hanging over the condua of various IVlembers of Opposition, upon the discussion on that Bill. It appears that a sketch of the Bill was found by Sir ARTHUR WEL LRSLEY in the Port Folio of Mr. ELLIOTT, and by the evidence of the hand-writing, seemed to have been either drawn up or corrected by Mr. GRATTAN. To-morrow morning, at eleven o'clock, the Loan MAvort.and Sheriffs will go in state from the Man-' sion-house - to proclaim Bartholomew Fair, in the usual form, and in their progress Will stop at New gate, to partake of a cool tankard, according to an cieta custom. Coau-ExcitAtioa, SatT. cf.—The supplies of Whedi and all kind of gram are short to-day, sales of`Wneat are fully at last prices ; Barley And Malt .heary sale, and a trifle lower; Beans appear a rising article ; there are no arrivals•of Oats coostways, and the few Foreign support an advance in price:;: sales of Flour as under tine at 60s. and tine American 365. to 40s. pen barrel, Wheat 40 a 55s a 66s o 4 'Beans (Old) 52s a 58s od Finn ditto . 65s a 72,S as; Tick ditto (do.) 42s a 48$ od Rye . - Oa d'46s ad t.LitS - ajS 26S a ,p$ od barley . . 374 a 39s od 1 Poland ditto 32$ a 33s rd I Malt ... -66 a a its oti „Rape Seed . - 2.31 * 28i os White Peaza - gos a v.os od i Fine Hour -55 s a 58s ad (hey ditto . 54$ ;IA ad ( 6.colida li • foi it SP cal POLICE. RATTON-GARDEN.—"Ann fond, a. youtk - worri4e of gentbel appeamiee, and very well dressed, « as put to the bar, under a series of charges rath;l‘r out Of the ordinary course of female speceldtioti . . the Was charged by Mr. Bruedrett; co2chmaker;* in Blackfriars-road, with itealing from hin;, on the st>, l of August; 'a one - -ii6tie chaise, • his property ; and again; by a Mr. Heider, with stealing from hitn, on the 6th of August, a taxed-cart. It appeared that the Prisoner, on the above-named day, hired of Mr. Brundrett, a one-horse chaise, which.wa's harnessed to a horse she br6ught . there. She drove away with it ; and the next day she drove in the ghaise to Mr. Horder's, and there hired the cart, leaving the chaise there as a pledge for the re. turn of the cart. On the day following she went to a Mr. Hewett, a hackney-coachman, in King-street; Bloomsbury, where she hired a tilted cart, which she promisedqomturn at eight o'clock• that night, leaving the cart she drove there as a security: Two days elaPsed' without seeing any more of the-Lady.; and he then learned that his cart was at a wheelwright's in Kentish Town. He went there and found the Prisoner, who had broken the wheels of his cart, and sent it there to be mended. When the repairs were completed, she paid the expences, ancl the owner took it home, promising to Teturn the cart left with him, when called for. Shortly afterwai di the - Prisoner went to a man named Waters, an.! offered tosell him the cart, which she told him where to see. He, in consequence, agreed to give three pounds for it, which the Prisoner accepted, and gave Waters a Written order for the cart, In conse quence of which he received it from Air. Hewett. The Prisoner had also called on. Mr. Saunders, a saddle and harness maker, and bespoke, of him har ness for the cart horse, leaving with him as security the harness she had taken with the chaise from Air. Brundrett. The person last named, naturally anxious about his chaise, and finding all inquiries about his customer fruitless, at laSt published an advertisement in the newspapers; stating the fan, ,describing her person, and ofiring a reward fa taking her; This proVed effeolual ; for she was speedily apprehended by Wood, the Police Officer, of Hatton garden, IA-ho found a)clue to: her retreat, and brought her before the Magistrates. , . The Prisometieereed much 'cast down, and offer ed nothing in her, defence. It did not appear that she belonged to the Cy Arian tribe ; nor did any feu, sible obje& appear tbr her Conduet tho present case. She is the daughter of a pour widow, resident near ,Hatton Garden, who has five other Lhildren to maintain. She was fully committed for ti ial. It. watt' undersibod that the horse which the Prisoner had brought to Mr. Brundrett's for the chaise wall obtained under similar pretences, and will. of course, become the subreft of a separate iodi6lment. ST. Domitlon.—The Philadelphia Gazette receiv ed yesterdgy containi the substance of a Report mute to CitRIST O PHR• . TehtiVe to the late Expedition to Gonaives. It is au tbilows : " The City of Gonaives had for a long time been the centre and rendezvous of the emissaries of the rebel PETION. It was from this nekt Coblentz , that some of his partizvs, under the ridiculous denom nation of .freres tie poll (brethren of colour), kept up .a corrcsptiodksuce with Port-au Prince, and ac quainted the Enemy with every movehient of our army. The sudden and necessary amst of these conspirators seemed to have intimidated the re , mainder, and arrested the progress of the evil :‘ but it was only a temporary calm. His Excellency the President of .Hayti had scarcely' left that place, for the purpose of suppressing some insnrreaiim ary movements at Gros Marne, when an ez pedition of sixteen or seventeen Sail, in which were noticed several. Arnerican vessels, appeared be fore Gonaives on the '‘.2 sth of May, having on „board a number of troops ready for disembarkation. Ge neral MAGNY, who,commanded the place, defeat d it obstinately with a garrison of only sixty men, cut his way through the revolters, after having filled the streets with their dead bodies, and retreated with his men in good order to Pongaudin, at the distance of a leage and a half, where ho remained for a week without the revolters having dared to. attack 114 n, or to pass the lithita of the city. ,“ His Excellency was no sooner made' acquaint ed with this state of things, than he dirthed Gene ral MAGNY and Colonel JASON to dislodge the Rebels, and drive them into the sea, This order was no sooner given than executed. Our troops will' a manly confidence entered the city : the revolters, panic struck, fled without ever pretending to make any resistance, and evacuating the city in disorder, ran precipitately to twoforts, which they had erected and put into a state of defence an the sea shore ; but neither their works or their cannon, nor even the vessels which they had drawn up to prote& them, could shield them from the attacks, or repress dui ardour of our brave soldiers. " After a cannonade of three days (from the 7th to the gth of June), during which a great number of the rebels were killed, they were forced to eva cuate the place entirely on the night of the 10th, leaving the shore covered with the dead, dying, an wounded., The whole of their Vessels set sail in the morning towards Port-au-Prince. Thus, notwithstanding the treason which existed at Gonaives among some weak or wicked men, neither PBTION, nor his adherents, have seen his of rorts crowned with success; they have been every , where vanquished, and obliged to fly in a shamel2l manner ; the mere name alone of the President of Hayti was sufficient to conquer or annihilate them. " What do they want ? What would these agi tators, these scourges of society have ? How lotig will they continue to beg the patience of the Chief of the State ? Are they - unacquainted with the means he posse.►sses of reducing then to dust A sword suspended by, a hair hangs over their newts, and yet they dare to irritate him whom dtks the authority belong if not tp thestrongest P'• The Gentleetan. who, has undertaken to climb to the top of Bow Church has for some weeks past been making experiinents,mouniinganddescendizig high buildings, and country church Steeples, with considerable agility ; , ,,akad his friends entertain but little doubt of I success, By a species of l';aracintle affixed. on his shoulderi . he descends any eminence, the perpendicular.height 'of whicla:.excratds ten fee.t, in perfeet safety ; and on this machine he rests his security, in case he