The Sun. — London, England, 1807-01-23 00:00:00

NA PA L N EWS. YARMOUTH, JAN. 2 - Arrivei yesterday the Lord Netsun,Packci, Capt. STEWARTi f:9-111 Gotten burgh. Arrived this morning the Ariadne Frigate, Capt. Lord FALK LAND, in twelve days — from Gottenburgh. At the time of her sailing no battle had taken place between the hostile Armies, but the Russians were retreating and concentrating their Armies, which would soon amount to five hundred thousand effec tive men. PORTSMOUTH, JAW. 22. Arrived the William, MUTTON, from the Cape of Good Hope ; and the nua Nova Silva, from Lisbon, bound to Caen, in distress. Sailed the Saint George ) of 98 grins,. Capt. BER.. TIE, for the Channel ; Thalkt. Frigate, Captain WALKER, and the Sprightly Gun-vessel, Lieut. GORDON, on a Cruize. HARWLCH, JAN: 22.—The Danish Mail arrived last night by the King George Packet, Capt. SAUN 33Eas, from Heligoland. A Messenger from our Arnbassador at Vienna; charged with dispatches of importance, came over by this Packet, and instantly let out for London: Thd Agent for the Post-Offiqe hired two extra Vessels to carry the Mails of yesterday to Gotten= burgh and Heligoland; and they sailed in the evening. . . Yesterday the Chafgek.Gun-brig sailed, and the tlcritit arrived from a Cruize ; the 4g4Kaisor and Gallant Gun-brigs arrived this morning) also the ;01egusi*renue Cutter from a Cruize. ZEAL, J. the Phat)e Frigate, and 4'naranthe Sloop of Wak, on a Cruize. Arrived the Seagull Sloop of War from a Cruize. Came down from Sheerness the Trompease Sloop i ntWai!, and remains in the Downs With the Ships per last: ( SHEERrESS, J. 21.—Sailtiti the Norfolk Armed • and Deetia?us Frigate. Arrived the Sapply Navy Trauspoft. A great number of West Indiamen have pissed for the River. The General fiestop, GoebbN, from ,Tt N.Vfniiittl liftd for Grenada, is taken and carried into Guada laupe. The London, WA-rsow, from Africa for the West tidies ; sailed from Africa with the .Endear COWAiI, arrived at Trinidad. The John, from Africa, is wrecked off Charleston ; people saved. li:The Kate; MtLuvak; front Charleston, is on D ote off Liverpool, but expeEted to be got off. The Lucy, MAISE, from St. Kitts; that was on more at Blackwell; is got into the Docks with little damage: The ,Corsican Ustirper has condueled himself with more than - his usual humanity towards the French Merchants, for he did not prohibit them froth pay; iq their English creditors till he had first reduced them to a state of bankruptcy. As Mr. Kt LE has been Condemned by certain f astidiotis Critids, who ate not very conversant with • the text of SHAASPEARE, or the works of his con t4uporatieS,, for his pronounciation of aciles, as a dissyllabl4; the. following story, whith is given in a , r espeaable quarter; may be acceptable to .our Iteaders :—Several years ago a Gentleman dined kith the late Bishop of LIMERICk, then Bishop of iiar.,l Loa, at his Falace .at the latter place. The company consisted of about . a dozen, persons, and after dinner the conversation turned upon the pro.; foundation of this very word. One of the visitors, ;Very young man, having 'pronounced it " the Bishop, with all that suavity of manners 'for he - was remarkable, assured him, that witches" was the proper mode of pronotmeing the Word, He added, that he happened once to be in ;9mpany with the late Earl Of CHEM:HYMN in London, when a question being put respe&ing the health of a friendy a yonet. Gentleman present, an- LWered, that he was full of " aiks" and p a i ns . ig Lordship said, that the Earl of CHESTERFIELD co ndemned this otonoianciatipti in the m o st unqua .. tified terms, and requested the young dentleman to Cali i t « aitches" hi futtlre. . Our Readers will tettil- Lea that the Bishop-of LIbIERIcx was the celebrated D ean of DERRY, mentioned in GoLnsmrrit's Haunch Venison, the intimate friend and companion of ',Qat Poet, of Boaku, and other great literary cha i-aCters of that day. We may fairly presume that the Word must, in the course of their intimacy, have curred in conversation ; and that the prOnotmcia. ton 01 " audio" had ieir consent ; or that they were not able to produce any arguntent to overturn tta in the Bishop's opinion. At all events, Mr. -!%•tiatut.z, cannot be fairly accused of affeCtation or 'fib:nation in a case sanctioned by the autho r ity I, shop the late Ear CHESTERFIELD, and the late ' of Listaitt CHESTERFIELD, . MAD Dous.—From the circumstance of the 441 . _ MAYOR and M ag i stra t es h av i ng i ssue d not i ces, 7oining the inhabitant s to k ee p t h e i r d ogs w i t hi n do ors, and the number of instances we have heard til L dogs being mad, and the ala rm i ng sensat i ons occasioned, we thi n k it p ro p er , for the trine good, to call the attention of Collectors and ;',",!'veyors o f T axes to this subje& of alarm, * to be ``"l'ent in observing that proper returns, be made Inkier this bead, in the list of Assessed Taxes. It is ,notorious that a number of poor persons, scarcely i n : o support themselves, are in the habit of keep to_y_ne or more dogs; and it is to be observed, that, th ne__ are most likely to be bit by other dogs, from incal.acity of the owners to keep them, and their vonsentt ..- 1 eta liability by being obliged to range abput, Qh of food. * t . LORD NELSQ,Y. We resume our Extraet from the Acchpnt of the last moments of this ever-to-be-laaletited Fterd, trom Dr. BBATTYS interesting and valuable work recently published. " Many messages were sent to Captain Hardy by . the Surgeon,. requesting his attendance on his Lord ship, who became impatient to see him, and often exclaimed-r." Will no one bring Hardy to me ?i He . must be killed : he is surely destroyed." The Cap tain's Aid-de-Camp,,Mr. Bulkley, now tame below, and stated that:" circumstances respecting the Fleet required Captain Hardy's presence on deck, but that lie would avail himself of the first favourable mo ment to visit his Lordship." On hearing him de ' liver this message to the Surgeon, his Lordship in quired who had brought it. Mr. Burke answered, " It is Mr. Bulkley, my Lord."—" It is his voice," replied his , Lordship : *he then said to the young Gentleman, " Remember me to your. father." "An hour and ten minutes however elapsed, from the time , of his Lordship's being wounded, before '•Captain Hardy's first subsequent interview with him ; the particulars of which are nearly as follow : -They shook hands affeaionately, and Lord Nelson ''said —" Well, Hardy, how goes the battle ? How goes the day with us ?"—" Very well, my Lord," .replied Captain Hardy "we have got twelve or fourteen of the enemy's Ships in our possession ; but five of their van have tacked, and show an in 'tention of bearing down upon the Itiaor t y. I have .therefore called two or three of our fresh Ships 'round us, and have no doubt of giving them a drub .bing."—" .1 hope," said his Lordship, " none of our Ships have struck, Hardy."—" No, my Lord," re plied Captain Hardy ; " there is no fear of that."— Lord Nelson then said—" I am a dead man, Hardy. lam going fist it will be ail over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Pray let my dear Lady Ha milton have my hair; and all other things belonging to me." Mr. Burke was about to withdraw at the commencement of this conversation ; but his Lord ship, perceiving his intention, desired he would re 'main. Captain Hardy observed, that "he hoped 'Mr. Beatty could yet hold out some prospeet of life," Oh I no," answered his Lordship—" it is im possible. My back is shot through. • Beatty will , 'tell yot• so."—Captain Hardy then returned on deck, and at parting shook hands again with his revered friend and commander. 41 His Lordship now requested the Surgeon, who had been previously absent a short time attending Mr, Rivers, to return to the wounded, and give his assistance to such of them as lie could be useful to; 44 . for," said he, " you can do nothing for me." The Surgeon assured him that the Assistant Surgeons were doing every thing that could he effeaed for those Unfortunate men ; but on iris Lordship's seve ral times repeating his injundions to that purpose, be left him surrounded by Miler Scott,. Mr. Burke, and two of his Lordship's domestics. After the Surgeon. had been absent a few minutes attending Lieutenants Peake and Reeves, of the Marines, who were wounded, he was called by Doapr Scott to his Lordship, who said—." Ah, Mr. Beatty ! I have sent for you to say, what I forgot to tell you before, that - all power of motion and feeiing below my breatst are gone ; and you," continued he, " - very well know I'ean live but a short time." The emphatic manner in which be pronounced these last words left no doubt in the Surgeon's mind that he adverted to the case of a man who had some months before received a mortal injury of the spine on board the Victory, and had laboured under similar privations of sense and muscular motion. The case bad made a great 'impression on Lord Nelson : he was anxious to. know the cause of such symptoms, which was accordingly explained to him ; and he now appear to apply. the .situation and fate. of this man to himself.. ,The Surgeon answered—" My Lord, you told me so before but he now examined the ex tremities to ascertain the fa& ; when his Lordship said ; " Alt, Beatty! I am too certain of it i Scott arid Burke have-tried it alr.c?dy. You know. I am gone."--The Surgeon replied, `% My Lord, unhap pily for your country, nothing can be done for yous" and having made this declaration he was so much affected ; that he turned round and withdrew a few steps to conceal his emotions: His" Lordship said, " I know. it.. I feel something rising in. my breast," putting his hand on his left side, ",'which tellaine am gone." Drink was -recommended liberally; and Doctor Scot and Air. Burke fanried him with paper. He often exclaimed, "'God be praised, I have done my duty ;" and UpOn the, SUrgeon's :Inquiring whe ther. his pair, Was still, great, he declared; " it continued so _very. sec'ere ; that he wished he was ' dead. Yet," said he in a lower voice, one worilit . like to live a little longer, too :" and aftet'a_pause of a few minutes, he added in the same tonel:.#l.irhat would become of poor Lady Hamilt "If '*":o;kkriew my situation !" " The Surgeon, finding it impossible to render his Lordihip any further assistance, - left him, to at.. fend Lieutenant Bligh, Messrs, Smith and West.; phall, Midshipmen, and some seamen; recently wounded. Captain Hardy note came *to the cock pit to see his Lordship a second time, which was after an interval of about fifty minutes from the ton.. elusion of his first visit. Before he quitted the deck; he sent Lieutenant Hills to acquaint Adrniral Cola lingwood with the lamentable circumstance of Lord Nelson's being wounded.-.--Lord Nelson and Captain Hardy shook hands again; and while the Captain retained his Lordship'sliand, he congratulated him, even in the arms of death, on his brilliant vi6tory, " which," he said, " was complete, though he did not know how many of the enemy were captured, . as it was impossible to perceive every Ship distinaly. He was certain, however, of fourteen or fifteen hav ing surrendered." His . Lordship answered; " That is well, but I bargained for twenty ;" and then em phatically exclaimed, " Anchor ; Hardy, anchor!" To this - the Captain replied—" I suppose, my Lord, Admiral Collingwbod will now take upon himself the direaion of affairs."—" Not while I live, I hope, Hardy !" cried the dying Mel; and at that mo ment, endeavoured ineffeCtually to raise himself from the bed. " No," added he, ," - do you anchor, Hardy."—Captain Hardy then said—" Shall we make the signal, Sir ?"—" Yes," answered his Lordship, " for if I live, I'll anchor."—The ent'rge te manner in , which he uttered these his last oaers to Captain Hardy, accompanied with his efforts n . ) r lie hituxlf, evinced his determination never to re sign the do n niMand while he retained the exercise of his transcendant faculties, and that he expeaed . Captain Hardy kill to .carry -into effea. the sug gestions _of his exalted mind; a 'sense of his duty overcoming the pains of death. tie then told_Cap 7 tain _Hardy, " he felt that hi a, few minutes he should be no more ;" adciik;', in a low tone, " Don't throw me overboard, Etardy."—The Captain an swered—" Oh ! no, certainly not."—"-Then," ,plied hiS Lordship, " yott know what to do ; .and," -continued he, " take care of my dear Lady Hamil ton, Hardy ; take care of- poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy."—The Captain now knelt down, .and kissed his ch;tek ; when his Lordship said, " Now I am satisfied. Thank God, I have done my duty."—.Captain Hardy stood for a minute or two in silent contemplation : he then knelt down again, and kissed his Lordship's forehead. • His Lordship said, " Who is tha: ?” The Captain answered, " It is Hardy ;" to which his Lordship replied, " God bless you, Hardy !"—After This affecting scene Captain Hardy withdrew, and re turned to the quarter-deck, having spent about eight minutes in this his last interview with his dying friend. " Lord Nelson now desired Mr. Chevalier, his 'Steward, to turn him upon his right side; : which being effe6ed, his Lordship said, " I wish I had not left the deck, for I shall soon be gone."--He afterwards became very low; his.breathing was op pressed, and his voice faint. He said to. Dotor -Scott, “ Dotitor, I have not been a great sinner ;" and after a short pause, " Remember, that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my Country ; " and," added he, " never forget Horatia."--His thirst now inereased, and he called for " Drink, drink," " Fan, fan," and Rub, rub ;" ad'dressing himself in the last case to Doe - tor Scott, who had been rubbing his Lordship's breast with his hand, from which he found some., relief. These words be spoke in a very rapid manner, which rendered his articulation difficult ; but he every now and then, with evident increase of pain,. made a greater effort with his vocal powers, and prOnounced distin&ly these last words " Thank . God, I have done my duty ;" and this great sentiment he con.- tinned to repeat as long as he was able . to give it utterance. " His Lordship became speechless in about fif teen minutes after Captain Hardy lett him. Loadr Scott and Mr. Burke, who had all along sustained the bed under . his shoulders (which raised him in nearly a semi-recumbent posture, the only one that was supportable to him), forbore to distdrb hiai by speaking to him ; and when he had remained speech less about five Minutes, his Lordship's Steward went to the Surgeon, wlio had been a short tithe occupied, with the wounded in another part of the cockpit, and stated his apprehensions that his Lordship was dying. The Surgeon- iintriediately repaired to LIM, and found him on the verge of dissolution. He knelt down by his side; and' ook up his baud, which was cold, and the pulse gone twin thu wrist. OU the Surgeon's feeling his' forehead, which Wasiike.- wise cold, his Lordship opened his eyes, looked up,- and shut them The' Surgeon againieft him, and returned to , the wounded who required his assist ance ; but was not absent five minutes before the Steward announced to hiin that ". he believed his Lordship had expired."—The Surgeon returned, and found that the report - was but too well founded his Lordship had breathed ,h 4 last: at, tliii ty minutes' past four o'clock at which-period • Doctor Scott was in the a& of rubbing his' Lordship's breast, and ,Mr. Burke supporting the bed under, his shoulders." Yesterday was married, at Lambeth 'Church, by the Rev. SAMUEL GLASSE, D.D. Mr. BARTON, of Bermondsey, to Miss HArutis, only. daughter of JOSEPH HARRlS„Esq,,ofLarpbet4. • POLICE OFFICE ; HATToN , GARDEN.—Yesterday a number of boys, brought from Hampstead, were put to the bar, charged with Stealing ont Of a 'con feetiorier's shop a Cake, value If,2s. intended for a fa roily, which they devoured amongst them in a sta ble. The confeEtioner not Wishing to prosecute, the young prisoners were discharged, with a strong ad anonition from the Magistrate.' . On. Monday last a young man of genteel appear-. ance went to a house in Martlet-court, BoW-street, under pretenCe of loOking at a ready-furnished lodg ing, which after: being shewn to him by a seriant girl, he desired to go into the parlonr to write hi s addreSS,•'and toolt.'4a it opportunity'of stealing ft•wateh which hung up there, and got clear off. Tl'ic:next. day the-watch was found-- in, pledge atita: Pawn- ' broker's, in Greek-street,, and where it appeared'it had been' L lirought by apapg man epaly anil.Ver ing the description of the robber. On Wednesday diornitirhe ,went again to' the Pawnbroker's, ac whom `.• Com . Pa - ineci by ''a levV, "to : ~' - ' ''" 'he 4ad agreed to . sell the duplicate of the watch,' when he was de tained; and' taken to the Public-Office, Bow -street, where his person was-identified, and the above cir cumstance proved. on oath. The Prisoner in his defence said, the watch had been given, to him by another person to pawn.—The Magistrate thought it a very clear case for prosecution, but in tonsi deration of the PriSoner having been at sea; and be itig a very a&ive young man, he, with the approba tion of the Prosecutor, consented that he should be sent on board the Tender. Dashing Swindlers.—A very dashing fellow, who went by the following names, as they suited hispur 7 pose, viz.—Sir William Denny, Henry Montague, Esq. and Elliot Faweet, Esq. and a lady who passed for his wife, have practised various frauds and im . positions upon several respectable hotel-keepers and Ridging-house proprietors, at the west end of the town. It was their praalice to remain for a few days at an hotel, and then disappear, leaving their bills unpaid, and then try another unsuspeding, landlord. They went out in a hackey coach every morning, full freighted with a cargo of letters, each adapted to the particular person whose bepevolence and credulity they meant to abuse; anti in their visits ; called on several of the most distinguished Nobility, whose liberality enabled them, in the evening, to tbrego theemtmdicant, and to figure as first-rate Fashionables, at the places of public amuse ment. However, finding that a diligent search was niiikina for them, and dreading an exploSipn, they some days since disappeared, and the Gentleman was on Wednesday recognized, on his way to the Savoy prison as a deserter froth his Majesty's forces. The lady, his chere amie, proved to be the daughter of a timber merchant in Chester, formerly in affluence, hut now in reduced circunmtance3. DUBLIN JAN-. IG. . At .an early hour yesterday rnoinh-iitheTTnre digger of St. Andrew's parish repaired to the church: yard, for the purpose of preparing a grave. He had not ben there, long; when he ,nscovered .the new ,building now ereeting there, and which is to form the vestry, ringing -loft, and steeple, to be oti ,Fkimmediately gave. the alarm, and through the 'timely assistance of the lire-engines, and the prOmpt alacrityof the inhabitants, the flaines we're luckily "got under before more damage was done than the destruetion of some timbers, and the floor of the new vestry, which had been but very recent);' laid. The fire must have been kindling from the time the Workmen left the building, on the preeeding evening, during the whole of the night, altboiiglt the cause in which it originated is not knoWn—but from the circumstances of the floor having been laid immediately upon the foundation, as well as the green stateofthe walls.and mortar, the flames were retarded in their progress, and happily the loss sus tained, and the inconvenience occasioned, have beeti but trivial. From the vestry-room in which the fire broke there is a door, which leads into the reading desk of the church, under the pulpit and organ ; and but for this timely discovery the flames must, in a very short time, have communicated into the.interior of the church; and have destroyed the works of that beautifUl edifice, which have been carriing 'on near fourteen years, and which are .pow' in such a for ward state,. as to permit of Divine Service being performed. there on or before the ensuing East - dr festival. CITY OF DUBLIN QUARTER ASSEMBLY. FitiflAY, Jan. 17. A Resolution was unanimously passed, ' 1 Thai Corporation of this City will use every constitutiorai means of opposition ,to any attempt which may 1 - )4 made upon the Charter of the Corporations of frt.-- land, and will make common cause with all the Corporations in the United Kingdom in resistini any such attempt." A Resolution was passed,- that the foregoing, Re— solution be published, and a copy thereof served upon every Corporation in the United Kingdom. Mrs. FREM.INTLE had 3 very stflendid COMTI3IIf last night to her floute in Stanhope-street, May Fair., LastTuesdaY the Commissioners of Sewers fineil the Conteador for Lightincr ° the Lamps in the \Var.l of Broad-street, the sum of- 31. for negled of duty. same the sae time they tined the Contrador for Light ing the Lamps in the Ward of Farrindon Withont, the sum of for the like negle6t of duty. •• . A Coroner's Inquest was held on Miinday even ing last at the Box Tree Public-house,. in Gravel-lane, Houndsditch, before.THOMAS SHELTON', CM - C/- 11er for the. City of London, on the body of Frede rick Glove, a German, in the employ of Messrs. Slarke and Burgess, Lquor -refiners, who died on Friday last in consequence of having taken, some) days before, a pr'escription ordered f)r him by a German Priest, and niade up by a Chemist. It ap peared that .the deceased had taken about • three fourths of it was soon after taken ill, ail:: several Medical Gentlemen were called in, who at tended the deceased till his death ; when his boiy WaS opened and examined by the. Surgeon of the London Hospital.. It appeared from the evidence' of these Gentlemen, that the deceased died of an in fiarnmation in his stomach crid'bowels, and that the _complaint was likely to result from taking the Medi cine. The Jury, after a long deliberation; brOUght in a verdi&, that the deceased s died in consequence of having taken. the said medicine, ,but that it .ap peared not to have_been given to do the deceased an injury, but from want of skill and judgment. - Monday an Inquest was taken in theF:arish pf'St. James, Bristol, on the body of Sarah Davies, a b'edi t " tiful female, 21 years of age, who', Poisoned herself . by swallowing a quantity of laudanum on the pre ceding Thursday. VerdiEt—Felo de Joshua Albinson, an elderly man, who resides' at Doniton, near Manchester, and had been blind above twelve years, -has lately, had his sight suddenly re stored, without .any 'Means being made use of for that 'purpose., The. folio roll occurrence took place ozi, Thursday evening last :—A Cit, who has been, often: heard to rail agaiqst Lotteries,was noticed by an acquaintance, after the Day's Drawing, to go into a-Lottery Office near the Exchange. The latter had the curiosity to watch his. motions ; and on ob serving him to buy and pocket some Shares, ex-_ claimed, '" What ! you, my 'friend, adventuring in Fortune's. Wheel !"--" Hush (whispered . th e Cit), all the Town seem. anxious to get a slice of the 30,0001. Prizes-- 7 -I must swim With the stream ; there's no withstanding the temptation." SMITHFIELD MARKET, TAN. 23. This day's market had but a short supply of dif ferent kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, and Veal are dearer than our last report ; Pork sold at last price ; and the trade for the most part was rather flat.—The sales in the Haymarket were not lively; Hay, Straw, and Clover have fallen in price since Monday's market. The following is an accurate state ment of the prices and numbers : To Milk the Offal per stone of 81h. Beef 4s. od. to ss. od.—Mutton 4s. od. to ss. 6d.—Veal. 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Lamb oS. od. to os. od.—Pork ss. od. to 6s. od. Beasts. 630.—Sbeep , at Lambs, 2760.—Calves, go.— Pigs, 400. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET. Vay 21. 15s. to 31. ids.— clover 41. as. to 51. xos.—Straw 11. 18s. to 2.1. ss. CORN EXCHANGE, JANUARY 23.—The supply of Wheat to-day, is rather considerable, mostly remain ing samples, and the trade continues heavy in sales, and rather lower in prices ; the quantities of Barley are large, Mostly of second quality, which exceeds the demand, and is lower ; Malt is heavy in sale ; Old Beans of each kind. are cheaper ; there are toler able supplies of Oats, and excepting prime samples, this ,trade is lower ; Flour plentiful, and prices 6iyci way. , Wheat 53s a 64S a 78s od I Beans 4t5 a 47$ Od Fine ditto -80 s a 835 od I Tick Beans 35s aos 6.1 Rye . 4es a 4ss ed f Oats 22$ a 26S a 30s od Barley . . 33s a 40s od Poland ditto. 3is a 3zs od Malt . 67$ a 73s od Rape Seed zit. 281. White Peace SZS a 9os od Fine Flout 6Ss a 725 0,1 (iley ditty 42,S a 46s 6d Smnals, a