The Sun. — London, England, 1802-05-29 00:00:00

- PITT': lent_DAY. p ! YIsrtRDAY the Anniver sa ry of the Birth of M r . i s ' l ' was for t h e fi rst t i me pu bli c l y ce l e b rate d . I t fed 'ere unn ecessary for us to trace the causes that Iv ! this event.--They sprung apparently from a k ,cak and wicked attempt to calumniate him where is tale nts h ave been most conspicuously displayed ; ' 11 ! the sentiment of respeCt for his virtues, and platitude for his public. services was so generally pe t, and so d eeply rooted in the hearts ' of ' all good 4 r l l th at t h ere wanted but the slightest occasion rsall it f ort h i nto aetion. The attempt to sully lo high and dignified fame was more than sufficient awake n it, and it has accordingly displayed itself the way that can be a dop te d cons i s tently w i t h eeharAtter of Mr. PITT. I li The de man d f or Ti c k ets f or t h e ce l e b rat i on of vs Birth-day Anniversary was so great, that it to iB found t h e L on d on Tavern woul d b e i nadequate ckithe accommodation of the Company, and Mer. t raj /0 rt Hall was procured for the occasion. a At fo ur o ' clock the Company began to assemble, n half an hour the whole body of the Hall was ba, a sp ace w hi c h conta i ne d at least 500 persons. we add to t hi s num b er t h e C ompany at t h e h ead l ee, and those who were in the ga ll er i e s, not l ess 6a persons dined in t he H a ll. Th ere w e re u ulet besides in tw o adjoining rooms for zoo or 300, that the whole Company consisted of about goo sons of the first respeetability in the kingdom, fur 11 . 4 ) cliaraeter, and opulence. ' lv little after six Dinner was served, and it a s excellent in its kind. T urt l e . was in great t 4 ndance, and every delicacy which so large a t i ° 4 2Pany could . expea. Earl SPENCER wa s i n t h e 44 .. Upon . the cloth being removed Non Nob;s v a s sung with their usual excellence -by the KNY. „PI'S, GORE, NI ELD, SALE, &c.---Then follow ``' the health of ;:rhe King, with three times three," illeh was drank with the loudest acclamations of 07. Ita CGd Save the Ki ng was sung, the whole Company nd ing, and joining in chorus. he Quee n , w i t h t h ree t i mes three." L Prince and Princess of Wales, ditto." tiliz co f.,m Duke of Y or k,. an d t h e rest of the Royal FamilY, 4 . ft/ rift. " arl „ Sr EtiC E R prefaced Mr. PITT's health by Ob. t r :lng that that Gentleman had been invited by the . -;:farnittee and Stewards to be present at the meeting t v hf i l a tdaY, but he had received a letter from him, . (I ‘ e n he would take the liberty of . reading to the acid the substance of which was, that he hilt most deeply the honour which was done him, ti4 t i .as fro m t h e nature o f t h e meet i ng , an d t h e par v„.',,,lrY of his fri en d s , f or which he w a s i mpresse d til. t " the most lively gratitude, he cauld not recon -1: 'r to his feelings to be present, he entr eate d hi s r dship t o o ff er hi s e xcuses to t h e C ompany. The li tt er was received with the loudest applause, anti Mr. LITT' s heal th was drank with an enthusiasm which no i s l i l goage can adequately describe. It was the union 1411 .rery grand,' every .grateful, every affettionate t ualent, that can be telt and concentered in the 1i t : 441 1 mind, bursting consentaneously from Eight k et ,, nd rei and Fifty p ersons , i nto adion.. The %pa; fir a ve r y l ong per i o d , was tru l y su b l i me. We .44; V enture toaasse t, it never was presented in- th e I t : Manner and degree, before. The comp an y ,h 4z not satisfied with the common expressions of h anc ting and c l ap pi ng o f hands, b ut hu n d re d s o f .erchiet's waved in the air, and produced an "hahle drift. offer the tumult of applause had subsided, the b lii .wirig son g , wiitterr for the occasion, (it wa s •nt .Pered by ,Earl . SPENCER.), was sting by M r . h,lti GPVG.--To the' Tune of the Anacreontic. 1;, - • Statesman whose genius and judgment rnatued, Oall'c ambition, 'midst Anarchy's cry, • A go _ am • E o ftiltitntry, her laws, and het commerce secutkl— ), -rq tatOn& ate grateful mtirtoseiol deify () r - ; No 1 just - to his clain3 . Of a Patriot's name, •• Y tract aot his merit to pastire;mot fame : . • Ae•ilidniberWitli pride what by CitAkTitalii,WAS dories ; .. 4 d hallow cite day that gave birth to. hiS Son. • 17,745' Senate decreed to'her Worthies, ovations, h civic r ewar d, she encircled the i r bt!ws ; ' • () , t a trUe.Bii r'is it WO R T i t v we p our our libations, "'hne Our Senate - her Ordei• of ..lkqt bcitoWs-: Amidst Europe's alarms With periiiasion's blest charms.. Councils he led, rous'd her Heroes to arms : In the dread wreck of Nations her Empire maintain'd, Tier Spirit unconquer'd, her Credit unstaired. Jacobin fires in our Fet e s h a ll p reva il, OUrs the true Feast of Reason—the soul's sociatflow— be We che r i s h t h e Fr i end, and his Virtues we hail, 131 It the Gallic Fraternal Embrace disavow i Impress'd with his worth, 44 We indulg e i n our mirth, e t bright shines. the planet that rul'd at his birth. kcnlnd thrforbit of Britain, 0 ! long may it move Like attendant Satellites circling their Jove. a the Councils of Pi TT*, in antra that's past, 1. 1 2" high rank ' m id st t h e Nat i ons this city may trace ; I : ( igh his Statue may moulder, his Mem'ry will last, The great and the good live again in their race." Ere to time's distant day, Our marble convey, *the f ame t h at now blooms, and will know no decay: O ur Fath ers ' example our breasts shall inspire, wn'll honour the Son, as they hunour'd the Sire. * The late Earl of Chatham. . , •t if _ "c l atXt Toasts were, 4, 14 1 ., : i. ' i,.. r , r -Wooden Walls of OR England." •)init,Vre‘rrny, Militia, l hoinanry, and Volunteers, of the 4%1.1'4 liT.godrrici.ayor, and prosperity to the City of Lon te The Toast that succeeded was applicable to the c a 4 lon. .. r ,_ _. 4 , e pilot that weathered the Storm." Th• IV th 11 W as received b y the Company, _ if possible, ie ri, warmer fervuur of enthusiasm th an m arked ealth af the i n di v i dual alluded to, whenit was Aritnk by barn. After this Tout, Mr. blot:i1:4 sung, or rather said, the following Song, compo'sed for the occasion , and it was reported, by the Right Hon. GEO/LCIE CANNING. Whoever wrote it, we can have little hesitation in saying, that the merit of the produEtion entitles it to immsrtality, were it not conneded with the illustrious name of Pirr. SONG. the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep, The sky if no longer dark tempests deform ,• When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep ? No—Here's to the Pilot that weather'd the storih I At the footstool of Power let; Flattery fawn; Let Faction her idols extol to the skies ; To Virtue, in humble retirement withdrawn, Unblani'd may the accents of Gratitude rise. And shall not hh Menfry to Britain be dear, Whose example with envy all Nations behold— A Statesman, unbiass'd by int'rest or fear, By pow'r uncorrupted, untainted by gold Who, when Terror and Doubt through the universe reign'd, While Rapine and Treason their standards unfurl'd, The heart and the hopes of his country maintain'd, And one kingdom preserv'd 'midst the wreck of the world. Unheeding, unthankful we bask in the blaze, While the beams of the Sun in full majesty shine, When he sinks into twilight, with fondness we gaze, And mark the mild lustre that gilds his decline. So, Pit T,,when the course of thy►grcatness is o'er, Thy talents, thy virtues, we fondly recall ; Now justly we prize thee, when lost we deplore; Admied in thy zenith, but lov'd in thy fall ! O take, then—for dangerS by wisdom repell'd, For evils, by courage and constancy briv'd— O ! take, for a Throne by thy counsels upheld, The thanks of a People thy firmness has sav'd And 0 ! if again the rude tvliirlwind should rise, The dawning of Peace should fresh darkness detbrm ; The regrets of the good, and the tears of the wise, Shall turn to the Pilot that weather'd the storm I To attempt to describe all,the testimonies of the zealous attachment of the, company to the illustrious Cause of the Meeting, wotildbe to exhaust language without conveying an itfea of thcir'effeets. The loudest acclamations accompanied every allusion to Mr. Prrr, and so highly delighted were the hearers with the above song, that it was in the course of the evening repeated, as well as the toasts which preceded it. Sir ROBERT PE EL rose, and addressing the Com pany, proposed the health of the Noble Chairman, which was drank with great applause, and his Lord ship, in very handsome terms, returned his acknow ledgments. The following Toasts succeeded : " The Memory of Earl Howa, and the Heroes of the Ist of June, 1 794." ‘, Earl ST. VINCENT, and the Heroes of Feb. 1.4, 1797.". " Viscount DUNCAN, and the Heroes of Camperdown." " Viscount NELSON, and the Heroes of the Nile and Copenhagen." " The Memory of Sir RALPH Aaikeßomay—and Lord H T c sI NSO N, and the Arrny of. Egypt" " The Throne—The Virtue that fills it, and the Councils that saved it." This toast was receiyed with particular marks of approbation and applause. " The Landed Interest of the United , Kingdom." • ' - •{ The Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistant,s of Mer chant Ta.dors' Comp - any, and thanks to them for the use of their Mall. " Rule Britannia, The Wooden W .- ails of Old Erg land, and several Glees were admirably sung in the, course of the evening, by the Professional Gentle.. men present. A little after ten o'clock the Noble Chaiiman left the Chair amidst the thanks and plaudits of the Company, for the very able and satisfactory man. ner in which he had filled it. A large proportion of the Company went away at the same time. The Marquis of WORCESTER took.thebair after Lord ENC CR had quitted supported the spirit of the Company that retrmined for .:!,considerable' time after, with good effeA rr ., .; Never did we see so riumcous a Company so well arranged—never in any body of men of what_ ever denomination, did we see such unanimity 01, sentiment--4 was the genuine tribute, we may truly say, of honest feeling to transcendant Talents and Virtue. To enumerate the Company present would exceed the limits of our Paper. Amongst the most distin_ pished.we noticed the Dux E s --Rut land, Montrose. , . MAR ou s sLs--Cornwallis, Townshend, Buckingham, Ex eter, Worcester. EARLs.—Spencer, Camden, Westmorland, Essex, Cowper, Gower, Euston, Temple, Romney - . Lo it PS— Whitworth, Carrington,Grenville, Belgrave, Minto, Loftus, Longuevil le, Walsingham; Alorpeth, G wydir, Bruce, Hawkcsbury, Rolle, Hood, Castlereagh, R. Sey mour, F. Campbell, W. ordon, Braybrook, Yarmouth, Wodehouse, A4ulgrave, Bayning, 'Hervey, G. L. Gower, Louvaine, and Villiers. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General. Admiral Berkeley. saxoNx Rs—HartWell and Gambier. G E NER Ls-----Lenox, Egerton, and Gascoigne. . Stn 3 Robert Peel ,- W W. Wynne, R. Buxton, HH. R. Vaughan,. J. Wr o tresl e y, S. S tewart , C. Baynes. Atop-. RsiEN—Curtis, Anderson, Price, and Flower. Mrssa s.—H. Addington, Corry, Berresford, Wellesley, C. - Long, Metcalf, Canning, Lascelles, G. Rose, IVindhain; W. Eliot, T.Grenville, Bragge, Hammond, King, Nepean, Wilberforce, Jackson, J. Smith, Devaynes, Claude Scott, S. Scott, Goldsraids, Dent, H. Thornton, Lubbock, C. Wynn; W. Dickenson, Fane, Gregor, Egerton, Cart wright, Sloane, Ellis, Bootle, Shaw Le Fevre, Milligan, Ellison, Maiming, Raikes, Baker, French,Turner, Sumner, Down, and Kemble. In Caermarthen Market, good Veal sells at zid. per lb. Lamb at 4d. Beef atad.,,Mutton at 6d. and Butter at Bd. per lb. - A few days since died itNrfWmn,soeet, Mrs. PAUNCEFORD, widow of "PtiNCEFORT, Esq. . . Thursday afternoon Master' &ODER rr, an Etonian, was unfortunately drowned, as he was bathing near the Eton lieadpile, in the River Thames. The accident happened in sight of. several persons, and boats were instantly pushed off in search of the body, which in less than twenty minutes was taken up in very deep water, and im. mediately conveyed ashore.—Medical aid was di. tecily obtained, and the means prescribed by the Eiunume Society used, without effcn. OAR?S; MAy t 6. Z..‘olony of Si. Poi , thigo, which for 'so .iong a 'period has been delivered up to disorder, is about to be restored to its former situation. Until this day, for some years past, its Commerce has been subject .to no regulation. The French Na tion, to whom it excluSively belongs, has not sent there a single vessel. It must tenni to the an cient order - of things, but only fly degrees ; it must also, r aS before, be divided between National and Foreign Commerce,:giving to each its respe6live share. But prudence forbids that the one to which it has been so unfortunately given up, should be suddenly taken away, and every thing restored to the other. It must wait the return of antient habits, it must wait till the products of our Manu faaures are perfeeted : the communication with Eng land has caused a. cessation of antient wants, while it has given birth to new. The trade must be suited with those articles which will be of service to the grower of colonial produce.— Who doubts that the English have introduced into St. Domingo some new processes of Art, of real uti lity, which they have been able to bring to per feaion by their great knowledge . on many points of culture and manufaCture ? The Captain-General Ltc FRC, has published the following Arrete, which is, perfedly adapted to ex_ isting circumstances, as it does riot take away every thing from Foreigners, nor restore every thing to the French ; but the diminution of half the Duties of Importation in favour of the latter, is an encou ragement, of which the effeas cannot fail to be de cisive. , ARMY OIL ST. DOMINGO. " Heail,,Qairfrr.r,, l PGrt Republi4ain ; 3i, ISO 2. " The General. in.qiii4forders, ART.' r. Tiaat Ali FAileli Vessels arriving direaly from France, -and;loaded :witir:French merchandize, shall only pay the half Of-the Ditties on importation and exportation paid by Foreign Vessels. 2. " A ll Vessels loaded with merchandize, being the ma nutadure of otber Countries, shall pay as a Duty on im portation, twenty per cent. " The General in Chief; " LECLERC." General MURAT is arrived here from Naples. The cold at the Hague was more intense on the izth inst. than wax ever remembered ae the same season. The ground was covered with snow four inches deep. They write from Nap/es, that all the Eastern part of Italy is menaced with a frightful dearth, in consequence of the excessive dryness of the seafoti. The QUEEN. of NAPLES is in a state of con valescence. Her Majesty has made a present to her Physician of a superb Snuff-box enriched with diamonds.. BERLIN, MAY 12.—1 t is generally -believed here, that the Negotiations which have been for some time carried on between Prussia and Austria, by M. de HATIGWITz and the Count de ST'IAHREM BERG, the Austrian Minister Plenipotentiary at our Court, have not had the success which the Court of Vienna promised itself. M. d! STADION was charged to make some advantageon; proposi tions to our Cabinet, on condition that it would .consent that Allet.4b.olt- f re of Munster, an.l that part of the Eleci4rate of - Cologne situated on the Right Bank of theußhine, - should be confirmed to the ARCHDUKE VICTOR ANTHONY, who should also have the nomination to the Eledorate and the Bishopric, or at least, should be all Owed to take the reins of Government in these two. Countries un til- their lot should be finally decided upon. But the Prussian Minister persisted in his refusal to consent to any arrangement of this kind, and things remain therefore in stairs quo. SIRASLOURG, MAY 16.- I —The German • News_ papers speak at present of a Heket:c C'ousu/ta, to be assembled at Strasbourg, formed on the model of the Cisalpine Cnsulta at lgovs, and having for its objed the settling a definitive form of Govern ment for Scw;tzerland. It is not known how far . this intelligence is well founded ; but it is certain that VERNINAC, the French Minister at Berne, has lately received very important dispatcheS from his Government, relative to the definitive organi zation of the Helvetic Republic. On Wednesday last, five fishermen eonduaing a patty of Ladies and Gentlemen horn Wandsworth to Chiswick in a sailing boat, after having landed the party, the young men went out in the stream ; the wind blowing very hard, the ballast being in sacks, rolled in such a manner that she immediately run under water, when three out offive young men were drowned. At the Public Office, Shadwel!, upwards of 20 persons were, on Thursday, brought up before the Magistrates, charged by the Officers of BlackwaH and Limehouse, as being vagrants, who were found lodged in the open air, in and near the West India Docks—many of them appeared to have been lately discharged from the ships of war, and had lavished away all their monies ; the' Magistrates gave them a strong, admonition, and informed them if they were found so offending again, they would be dealt with as incorrigible rogues and vagabonds. • • - • •I, AFF REP RT. OF BEN'CIT, MAY IS'. Mr. Grans moved for - leave to file a.criminitl 'Wort - nation against a Gentleman of the name of Halls upon Affidavits charging hint with taking very undtlie steps to prevent a person who had :suc ceeded against him in a suit, from using the means %%Nell the Law allow's for the recovery of it. The Court, undet a hOpe that an accommodation will take place between the Parties, granted a Rule to . shew Cause, but desired that Mr. GzaAs would not move to make it •absolute without. reminding the Court of the circumstances of the Case,--Rule to • hew Cause granted. OLD B AIL EY ADMIRALTY SESSIONS, M 1' 2,8'. TIE Session was opened this day, in the csnAl form, before Sit W. SCOTT, Knight, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, &c. Lord ALvAN.t.tY, and Mr. justice GROSE, attended as Judges on the occasion. John Shuttleaor:h was tried upon a charge of the wilful murder of W. Archer, an infant, in Novem. ber last, on board the Ship Hercules, then lying at Georgia, in South Carolina. it appeared that the PriSoner was Master *of the Ship above4nentioned, and that the deceased, a boy of between fourteen and fifteen years old, had been one of the Crew. By the accounts of several of the Witnesses it - ap:. peared, that about the latter end of Ott. last, or the beginning of November, the boy had been flogged by the Mate, pursuant to the Prisoner's order, and shortly after by the Captain himself; but with resped to the degree of severity with which the punishment was inflicted, and the interval between the two flog, giags alluded to, some of the Witnesses differed very materially=—some describing the 2d .flogging to have taken place on the very next day, while others fixed the interval at several days, even a fortnight : they also differed about the time which the second flog. iag took up, and the number of lashes given ; `some making the time to be so short as fifteen mi. nitres, and the number of lashes about two dozen ; and others, the time to be a full hour and .in ha;f, and the number to amount to roS. lashes. in addi tiori to this, it appeared that the lad was affiieted with a very loathsome and dangerous complaint, which it appeared he was .affeded with in a very extraordinary degree a few days previous to his death, which took Oace shortlY after the second flogging. Upon the whole, the evidence adduced was such as to induce the Jury to find a verdict of—Not • John Paiiky was afterwar3 tried upon a similar charge,' namely, for the wilful murder of John Jennings at Demerara, in the West Indies, on board the Antelope, .on the 24th of November, t 800. The circumstances of this case, as they appeared in evidence, were such as to induce the Jury to find' a verdiU of Manslaughter. On which the Judge of the Court (Sir W. Scorn) forthwith sen tenced hitn,_ to six months imprisonment in New. bate, and sol. fine. , . A .General Court-Martial assembled on Tuesday morning last at Chelsea College, for the trial of two Privates of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (Blue), charged by Captain Motwtrx, of the Bed fordshire Militia, with having used disrespedful and abusive language to him on the evening of the zed of April last, at Bedford, being the quarters where a party of the. Blues were, and for refusing to obey his orders when required by him to go.to their quar ters, after being informed that Captain M. was an Officer and a Captain ; and for resisting and striking the said Captain M. when in execution of his duty. mr.stsLits OF TliE COURT. Lieutenant_Colonel TYNDALE, tat Life Guards, President. Major Rebou, ad Life Guards. Major Dashwood, Royal Horse Guards, Major O'Loghlin, Ist Life Guards, Capt. Hayes, ist Life Guards,. • • • Capt. Law, Royal Horse Guards, Capt. Grant, ad Life Guards, Capt. Murray, Ditto, • • - Capt. Hill, Royal H o rse G uar d s, - •.! • Capt. Athorpe, Ditto, Capt. Stanton, Ist Life Guards, • Capt. Herbert, Ditto, Capt. Blair, ad Life Guards. The Phantasmagoria, with almost the whole of the' present Entertainments of the New Theatre Sadier's Wells, will be Withtirown after this even ing ; for on Monday several Novelties are to be . introduced, some of which are of a curious nature.. Mr. HUGHES aCting Proprietor), displays much proof of sound judgment, in keeping np this perpe-• twit variety and novelty, as nothing is more likly to redound to the prosperity of any place of Public Athusement. Redoubled splendour has attended the Boxes at the Royal Circus, ever since that charming Pro duaion, the new Grand Ballet of ARiorr, the Fatal Predktion, or Midnight Assassin; has been brought out there, which indeed could not well fail of prov_ ing she case, such is its powerful attraction in each c requisite for pleasing- throughout its highly impreS_ sive scenes, scpported as they are by excellently composed music. The body of Mr. Nath. James, of St. Michael's_ Hill, Bristol (one of the eight unfortunate persons who went from Bristol in a boat on Easter_ Mon_ day, and were drowned, as mentioned in a former paper), was yesterday seennight discovered floating on the water near a place called Cherry Stones, in the River Severn, in a very putrid state, as might be supposed.. A considerable property in bills and cash was found in his pockets. . A few days since, the following accident hap pened at Saitford • girl about four /ears old, was sent by her mother into the village to purchioe some trifling article, but she had ,proceeded only a short distance from the house, when she appeared enveloped in aflame of fire---the distressed mother and the neighbours flew to her assistance, but she was so -terribly burnt, as to occasion her death the next day, She had been sitting near the fire, and it is supposed took up a lighted coal in the told of her pin.a.fore, or frock, which the air kindled into fiame J