The Sun. — London, England, 1802-12-24 00:00:00

FROM THE AMERICAN PAPiii: We have received New-York Papers up to the 1 4th of November. By them we learn with plea sure, that the blessings of health are returning to the shores of those so severely afflieted States. In tome principal towns, where the disease ravaged with uncommon fury, no case had occurred for more than a fortnight, Captain APPLETorr, *ho arrived _at Boston on ftue'ttst of November, in the Brig Polly, 3s days r J° l l) , - Cape Francais, furnished the following dis essing intelligence from that ill-fated Colony. states, that Port de Paix had been burnt and pil_ _s . ged'hy t h e Bl ac k s , an d man y of the white inha anta murdered ; that Aux Cayes was closely onbes ieged, and it was expened must share the s ane fate ; t h at a severe anion was fought on tine 1 4th °Etcher, at a short distance from the c aPe, in whi c h t h e Blacks were vinoriouC On t he t Same occasion a Fort was taken just without. the to wn, the Artillery taken our, and the Magazine blown up ; that on the evening previous to this en gagement, a Black General, with 1500 men , de ,ett(;(l LE CLERC ' S Army, and joined his, former c 11 111)anions in arms, and that it was expened " IsTopHE would follow the same example ; anthe force of the Blacks was upwards of 5,000, by loss the Army of LECLERC had been reduced t°ss and sickness to +coo ; that the French hie e w t ts a h, who was then without the Cape with town-- - Z-„te force. fearing_lli,s_ability rt 3 prole& the b. t ,,„' " a u sent orders for the sick and wouUded'to th e ""I°Yed from thence, and given permission for ?when and children to depart.; that all the ze " 41 -le efr e a s o f t h e Army, and of the Citi thensn, were remov i ng on . board the Fleet, and that - itY Was in hourly expedation of being besieged. s ihess of every kind was suspended, and the inhabi bits were in the utmost terror and consternation. reafting American Consul, Mr. BUDGE, had em on board a vessel bound to Portsmouth ; the inerican s hi pp i ng were embargoed, and ordered off the Bar, and the French Ships of War placed in a ° A l tnation to anno y the besiegers. A number of ...,‘lnlericans, who volunteered their services, and "tilers compelled to serve, were in the saiOn of the 1 4th, of which several were killed and wounded. , -0 this account Capt. APPLEtON adds, that a by hour previous to his sailing', he was informed Y the Proprietor of the American Coffee-house, of report being in circulation, that an Armistice had t aken place between LECLERC and the Black Ge ,,,tlerat'in Chief, which stipulated, that the French 'troops should leave the Island within three days. Letters by the Nautilus, arrived at Baltimore from Port Republicain, represent the Island to be in , most deplorable state. The Blacks continue their , ravages, and are successful in almost every action *ith the White 1 coops : they2re well supplied with arms and ammunition. They have taken t'Arcahaye, and surround and menace Port Re ' Puhlicain, which it was supposed they would make an easy conquest of, were they acquainted with the 'weakness of the place, and the disinay of their op_ portents. Three hundred women and children, and a few men, had arrived at that place from L'Ar cahaye, hut not an Officer had escaped death, and litre-rat boats, overcrowded with fugitive women and children, had sunk. Among other accounts given in these Papers, dativere_ to St. Domingo, is the following : " The inhabitants of this unhappy Island are ? acted with taxes; they have just been taxed nine e!" millions of livres, -under pretence that these tllfFerent duties are for the maintenance of the; Army, c harged with re-establishing order in St. DoMingo: " The commodities, goods, or animals of every Person whatsoever, are put into requisition ; and I paYment is asked for them, the owner is "ghed at, and treated with every indignity. _." The very inhabitants, who are oveiloaded with such enormous taxes, are forced so go upon R!fard fifteen times a month ; often to go out of the vIt Y to fight i n the Mountains, where they are sent to be murdered by the rebellious Negroes. " Every body privately complains of the despo 81stn of the C omman d ers , an d o f the general oppres 2°n, but, alas ! no one dares to raise his voice, and O nly laments his doom in silence. • t . " This, i n a f ew wor d s , i s our deplorable situ a - Tn ; ninetee n out of twenty of the Colony would gladly lave it. Far from . having any chance 40 "ter our situation, we are but too much convinced That they only want to take from us the little left 43 by the Negroes." An article from Lexington, of the 26th Odober, s ,aYs that accounts as l ate as t h e z 7t h o f Sept. s t a t e t hat the Port of N ew O r l eans , i n Louisiana, was 8 ' 1 ." up; whether this order was given by the Spa blards or by the French, was a matter of uncertain- Boston Gazetie.) ANTIQU 1 TY.—A curious piece of very ancient garble was lately found thrown aside in the pool. IrY-yard of the late E ar l of BESDOROUGH at koe-• I ,,ampton. It co n t a i ns a long inscripti on i n t he 'reek language, upon a man who had passed through I ;arious situations in life. Me. TowNeEY, who so deservedly esteemed for his taste and know. , e dge in the reliques of ancient art, has had an en_ g r aving made of this stone, for his private friends, 4 i nd the inscription has been elucidated with great e4 rning and acumen by the n Rev. Mr. KYDD. to e°l7lM or REQUESTS.---On the subjeEt of coup. rleit coin taken in payment as good, and after. ` l t '''rds disco vere d to b e b ase, so as t h at the person St in possession would be enabled to make oath srtto. the id ent i ty, i t may not b e i mproper to oh. v e ) that three several hearings took place on Wed, e 'daY; all o f w hi c h t h e Parties having positively aworn that they received them from the Defend. the pieces, to w i t , a h a lf gu i nea, a seven . s hil. ar t i l . Piece, and one s hilli ng , were cut w i t h s h eers , t _u deliv ere d to the Defendants, who were ordered " Pay the amount and costs. 4nd Lo n d on Bridge is c erta i n ly to b e t a k en d own , a new and more magnificent one to be eretted Its place. The centre arch of the new bridge t , ' . t ° he 64. fee t a b ove t h e sur f ace o f t h e water ; so It will admit ships of almost any burthen under It ' sail. iite ()PERI; • LAST night, the. tepresentatton of Merofc took place, to-morrow being Chiistmas nay. Consider_ ing the Season, it, was vety well attended. Mrs. BILLINGTON gave her AirS with all her accustomed excellence, and some Foreigners in the Pit e~:cidirn_ ed " etonnant." La Foret Ench.2ntle was a little curtailed, the Pas de deux in the First Aet,,being omitted in con. sequence of the accouchenient,of Madame CO aAL LI. After the Curtain had finally dropped; there was an alarm of fire upon the ° thake. One of the Scenes had caught fire, but it Oas.'extinguished without doing any further damage than burning the scene. THE THE4TRE. toroext Garden. Tint Dramatic Poem of Cato was last night re presented at this Theatre, and COOKE, for the first time, assumed the venerable Hero of the Piece, in which he certainly added to his professional re pute, He delivered the patriotic sentiments of the noble Roman with great firmness and dignity.— If he at times - introduced some touches of pathos that seemed not thoroughly consistent with the stoical fortitude that is supposed to constitute the main feature in the charaaer of Cato, he gave it in that tesped a degree of interest which most pro bably would not hate arisen if he had exhibited more strongly the abstract idea of Roman severity. We must again declare, that COOKE has increased his reputation by his performance of this dignified part, and he deserved all the applause which the Au dience very zealously bestowed on him. His merit was most conspicuoqs in the scene with the Conspirators; in that in which' he receives the body of his son ; and in delivering the august soli loquy which has been so long and so justly admired. The charaaer of Marcus was performed by Mr. H. .JOHNSTON in much too cold and sententious, a style for so impetuous a charaeter. It i s evidently the intention of the Author to contrast the animated passion of Marcus with the philOsophizing,-refiea ing turn of Portills; but this distinktion was lost in the aaing.. JoaNsTorr possesses many requisites for the part, and if he thißW's more fire into it, he will, no doubt render it a good performance. Miss IVIARRIOT acquitted herself so well'in Lucia, that we are surprized her talents. are not oftener brought into aaion. MURRAY did not succeed in Syphax : he gave the part a kind of familiar Hunt nes', too; nearly allied to Comedy: Mrs. LiTcll lIIz LD was sufficiently decent in Marcia: The House was much better attended than we .ex peCted, for though Cato is a fine Poem, it is but a dull drama. The Daughter of a Lady of Fashion, on Tuesday last, eloped from her mother's house at Isleworth, with an Officer in the Dragoons, on a matrimonial expedition to Scotland. The fa r fits; canhardly be excused on the score of juvenile indiscretion, as she is on the wrong side of thirty. Her military escort is only ninetten. The late Mr. WILLIAMS, Member for Marlow, was one of the most aaivc Patrons of the Literary Fond ; but, contrary to expe&atibn, he has made n o bequest in its favour, though his Fortune is un. derstood to have been considerable. Mr. Su tar DAN has lately shewn sOlnach attach mern to - sylvan scenes, by .his frequent excursions from Town, that the old report is rife again .in Theatrical Circles, of his intention to bring for ward The Foresters, for which he is preparing him self by pastoral meditations. -The situation of Musical Composer to the Hay_ Market Theatre, vacant by the death of Dr. Ait:. -trot,o, has, it Seems, been allotted.to.KtL.Lv, who has certainly acquitted himself very . successfullY in the same province at Drury-Lane. • For the sake of BRAHAM, it is to be supposed' than certain enemies of the new Opera at- Covent Garden Theatre will abate in opposition, as he so fully proves himself to be one of the sweet Singers of Israel. A great number of trees and shrubs have lately been sent from this country to Madame BONA PARTE. The soil of France is not sufficiently pro dudive to supply her nursery. It is unnecessary now for a man to put himself to the expence and hazard of traversing the Globe in search of information, as he may, according to the Report of the CHANCELLOR, obtain a knowledge of every Climate, by simply passing through the apartments belonging to the House of Peers. Wednesday between twelve and one o'clock, as ore of the Bromley and Lewisham long coaches was driving up the Strand, a young lady, an inside pas senger, who happened to sit in the hind-part of the carriage, leant against the door, which unfortunate ly flew open, when she fell out. She clung by the door, but her cloaths getting entangled with the wheel, she was dragged by its rotary motion till in the most perilous state. Providentially, however, the coach was stopped before she sustained any serious injury. When the young Lady was dis, entangled, she was carried into a shop opposite where the accident happened, and with much atten tion,, was prevented from fainting, although in a state•of stupefaftion from the alarm. She was soon recovered, and excepting .the•.shock produced by this sudden revolutionary movement, and the tear ing and dirtying of her cloaths, she experienced no other inconvenience. , . On Monday se'nnight twiiof the mail coach horses returning from their ustial - washing-place at the Ycaman Sore, Dundee, Ilia& -- the charge of a boy, fell one above the ()the& into a deep ditch which had been improperly dug half a'CrOsS . ' the public street. On the horse which fell first the boy rode, who fortunately was, by the shock, thrown forward on the opposite side of the trench, and received but slight contusions on his head and leg. The horse.; were drawn out with ropes ; the undermost that was jammed into the bottom of the drain, although bearing no external marks of violence, was misera. bly lamed. bii li s i,Sii iiiii'h-4?'. ictiikir,, 61 ii rAkit OF PCSASVRE TO• PARIS i :IN , THE MON - ;:11 OF AUGUsT, igoi;' PT 'WHICH AI' , IY P F R $0 N INTENDING TO TA.te.F. SUCH A ,r'')Uitii•EY, MAY FORM AN ACCURATE IDEA OF •I.HE EX. PENCE THAT WOULD ATTEND IT,, AND THE AMtiSEMENY HE WOULD PROBABLY RECEIVE. So much has been said on the Sine of France since the Revolution, and the swarms of. Travellers who have emigrated from this Country, have given such ample information respe'Eting the present Man ner,s of the French People, thdt hardly any ,thing new could be ,expeCied in ,a Work which, as the Title imports, was 'intended Merely to describe the occurrences in a Party of Pleasure. Indeed, the Author, in a sensible Preface, modestly says ; " If it has no pretensions to merit from the scanty information it contains, Criticisni will be disarmed by the consideration, that general utility is its only aim, and that the efforts I have made, are to give a faithful portrait of things as they appeared." We have reason to believe, that his accounts, as far as they go; are fully deserving of confidence.— The Author of this pleasant Sketch is a Very liVely and agreeable Writer. He is a man of taste and a Poet, so that all his observations have an animated charafter. His Work, on the whole, is interest ing, and contains. such information respeding .the Amusements in France, the remains of its ancient grandeur, in the track its A=lthor pursued, and the expences,attending a residence in that Country, .as will.Of course be very useful to English Travellers. The. Work is embellished with some spirited Prints in Ayuatinia; from drawings by the Author, which represent places and objects very likely to_attrad . notice. We shall., at present, only submit to our Readers, the following specimen of the Poetical powers of, our Author, which affords a very favour ble proof of his talents - and feeling THE EMIGRANT. Oft have we scent : a/Olen desolating War Has urg'd thro' conclueed landi hiS bloody'ear, Each Castle toppling and each mould'ring fane; Whilst pale-ey'd Famine stares:along the plain But say what pity shall that hand engage Which bows beneath a 16'Volution's rage ! • Alas !. how many must haVe rued the hour When Revolution prov'd the scourge of pow'r ! Freedom, whose name the fatal monster bore, And sacred Liberty were seen no more; But in their place,' bold Fadion rais'd her : head, And blood-stain'd Treason strode across the dead !'' Paris, whose*Walls with many a murder stain'd, Who maredtheslory that her country gain'd, Whose sons, nor laws cthild,cileck, nor justice bind, Broke Heavin's cOmmand—gave pity to the wind ! Scarce shall Old'Xiine in days to come efface Thy deeds of darkness, and thy land's disgrace ! Yet there each scene, of never,enciing strife; With strange vicissit t udes of busy life ; Makes Hope believe each vidirn is the last; And drops oblivion's veil upon the past. But far from thence, in.rnOreobscure retreats; Once happy vales; once pleasure's peaceful seat.); With higgard cheek, and ever-flowli:rg tears, old the wretched E migrant. appears The law repeal'd, that long these exiles drove Thro' foreign lands in abject want to rove, Once more he comes to these his father's plains ; And humbly takes the little that remains.. Then, when with mournful eye; ,SurFis'd, he seel The Mighty change that Heav'e's . high will decrees, - flow-sinks his heart r He now no more descries The towers that once so proudly pierc'd the skies ; No more the shepherd tunes his merry lay, • Nor•flocks secure, thro' - meadovvs stray, No more the wood he sees, whose solemn shade With rural majesty once crown'd the glade; iTis.desolation reigns on all around A death-like sleep and 'solitude profound ! There, whCre once stood the hospitable board, With massive plate,' and choicest viands stcred, A pond'rous ruin lies, to crirriibled dust Full many a pairetett . dome-aral well wrought bust! The spreading lake where once majestic . rode. In marble' pride full many a river god,, O'ergrown with Weeds, and thick with waving grass ' And lonely wild-fowl tenantS'oe . the place. Onward he goes, and seeks a fav'rite grove, Where,, in the days of zeal, and sacred love, His rev!rend fathers had been proud to raise An holy Chapel 'to the Virgin's prake ! • just Heav'n, he cries, and can thiS hellish rage Not e'en the presence of their God assuage ? Alas ! no rev'renee check'd the rebel band, No fear of God withheld th' uplifted hand-, ; Onward they rush, and presiiheir mad career, Murder in front and Famine in their rear ! Say thro' what paths must this sad mourner tread, Where shall the wand'rer stop, where rest his head ? Behold he kneels—and hark how pale Despair . Draws from hit; lab'ring soul a parting pray' r : "'No more, great God, misfortune's shafts I shun, " Thy wayS are wonderful—thy will be done ! " No more my breast with joyful sense inhales " The roseate blessing of the morning gales. " Bleak look the fields, and sad the scenes I lov'd, - " Lost is my peace, and vain my wishes prov'd ! " Where are my friends—companions of my youth, " Whose laws were honour, and whose words were truth " Those who restore this desolated plain " Cannot give back the heroes they have slain. " I who shOufd joy to call this lend mine own, " Am joyless all to gain it thus alone.— " Quick then, 0 Heav'n, release me from my pain, " Oh, end at once my solitary reign ! " And for my country ! may some future,age, " These scenes retracing in th' historian's pace, " Teach France in virtue's cause to take the field, " And slam once more the lilies on her shield l'' A Gentleman who has freqUent occasion to walk from town to Chelsea, complains that the Lamps in Piccadilly, by the side of the Park, as well as those along the Kino Road, and the back cf Chelsea College, are most shamefully neglected, as by far the greater part are extinguished before eight o'clock, although some of them are not lighted till an hour after dark. 6thio k E 1,7 QUI E . . . YESTERDAY morning, at ten o'cl.cel ,- ; a COroneet Jury met at the Workhotise -of the parish of Ili. shopsgaoeelor the purpose of inquiring into the east c 4 of the death of Attu Harries, who had. been treated in the Most inhuman and brutal manner by her Master and as mentioned in a for Me r. paper. The appearance of this girl was such for sonie rime before , her death, that the Surgeons said she.eould not live. On Tuesday Sir Ricii:CARR GLYN, the Alderman of that Ward, attended at the Workhouse, and had her Deposition taken in writing ; for alfhough she . was m‘ich redoced she was sensible, and being per. fe?tly collected, she give the following account : On or abodt ShroVe TUesday, she and two other little girli were put out apprentices by the Parish ofSt. Giles; to William Bro . izz'a and his Wife, who lived in Skinner -street, and Worked at pi . n.heaclingt Her mis tress carried on the business, and employed two wo men, besides two other apprentices, .who were bound with her. Her mistress had frequently beat her with a cane, the handle of a hammer; and once broke two files upon her head, and had sometimes given her no vianals for a whole day, because she had not done her task. Some tune since she made 'her stand' on one foot or the nob of the grate,. with a log of Wood tied to the other foot, .and holding tip a brick-baCiti her right hand extend ed up the chimney, fok two hours, during wis;cli" time ,tieing unable to herd it, she dropped the brit, .and her mistress then abused her ciuelly. Her ter had often kicked her, and once particularly on . the side. Being ill; she was not able to do for this Month, and her mistress beat her only t days. before she was removed ; and the journey_ woman often beat her before that time. The Jury had viewed the body before the examina_ tion of other Witnesses took place. Messrs. Bli-. zard, Smart and Wilson, and other Surgeons, opened the body and head of .the deceaSed, and after mi-e nutely investigating it, returned and gave their tes.: timnnies to the Jury, that the deceased must have been ioa consumptive state for some time, which: had occasioned ,her dissoldtion ; and that they' diS not think starvation, • or the external bruises on het head and body were the cause of her death, there be. ing rio internal marks from the external appearance; In their opinioni, thercfdre; the low and weak, state of the body might have occasioned the aliparent brdises on many parts of the body,- and on opening the head they found no apparent marks on the fore _ head. On the whole, they thought the deceased must have died' of consumption. A great number of Witnesses attended, and. manr were examined, particularly the two little girls Who • had been fellow,apprentices to the deceased, who; gave full - confirmation of the bad wage they had re... - ceived: from . their Mistress and Master; and this was all corroborated by several persons of credit ; whG were eye and ear-witnesses of cruelusage. Some of the neighbours were summoned to give 'evidence but that 'being merely common 'rumour, no respeft ‘vas paid to it. Thee Masters of Ihe School and Workhouse of St. Giles's attended to give testimony of the good health of the children w 1 ,211 they were apprenticed out ; but they were riot examined at this time. The jury, after hearing the evidence given by the Medical Gentlemen; returned a yerdia of—Died by tk,e visitaeton of Ood. The jury sa-c . till four o'clock, and this day the Coroner cc s to report the verdict to the LOKD MAyok, when the Pris-oners will bz indicted for th,e assault, Sce..* CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 24. WE have today some fresh arrivals of Wheat, and the Market short of Buyers for most articles, WhiCh causes a reduttion of fs:per quarter; there is a good supply of Barley; both that and Malt are is. and 2.5. lower; the sale of Pease and Beans are heavy, at something less ; 'Oats arc "iii tolerable plenty, and go off 6d. cheaper; Flour re mailis at little variation. Wheat ' 465 a 47s a sss &I tick Beans - 3os a 33S oci: Fine ditto '. 56s a 57s ed Oats -' - . iss a iS$ 23s Barley -22 S a 26$ 6d Poland ditto' 24$ a ass od Malt - , 4os a 44$ 6d Rape Seed - - 32 1 a 34 t I ll i ye - . -35 s aOs od Fine Flour - 44$ a 45$ o'i White Pease 33s a 4os 6d Second do. , 4os a 445 Beans , • 32s a 36s 6d On Tuesday night, as Mr. Charles Waltham, Clerk to Mr. Alderman Smith, of Blackfriars, was passing along Charles-street, Hatton-garden, be tween nine and ten o'clock, he was stopped by four footpads, who robbed him of seven guineas and a seven-shilling piece, then drew a clasp knife, and cut off part of his waistcoat, with the pocket, .it the same time beating him in it most unmerciful manner. On some assistance coining up, in conse quence of his repeated calls, the villains ran ofF, exclaiming, ." a mad bullock." A fire broke out on Sunday, in a cotton ware. house in Sir Thomas's BuikUngs, Liverpool ; but, by the assistance of a number of gentlemen, the engines, and firemen', it was soon got under, with out doing much damage. Yesterday se'nnighr were apprehended, from on board the , Osilaburgh, .How . IE, arrived at Dundee from London, two passengers, upon suspicion of having forged a sl. note of the British Li nen Com . pany, or of having uttered the note, knowing it to be forged. They underwent an examination before the Magistrates, and were committed for farther examination. A decent girl, of the name of Ferguson, who belonged to Greenock, and had been for a consider able time a respectable servant in that town, having,, , occasion to go some days ago to Paisley on business, in consequence of the decease of a relation, anal left that place on her return rather late in the day to be at Greenock with day-light, was attacked the other end of Port Glasgow, about nightfall, by a set of TUfliaps, who abused her so much, that with difficulty she reached a house the other end of that town, .where she wished to enter, and was endea_ vouring to relate her story, but the door was shoved in her face, she fell in the entry, and, horrible to relate, was found a corpse next morning. —S - was, it is said, the only support of an old and in firm father, ._ • - 1 ~" 1