The Sun. — London, England, 1807-09-03 00:00:00

THE TORPEDO. Tuts machine, by which the Americans arc cotu plyttly to dest%oy our Navy, provided our seamen 'will suffer it ,to be attached to our ships, is by no means a very recent invention. Mr. FULTON, who ;tow claims the gratitude of the Americantifor giv them.the b?neftt of an invention by which the liberty of the seas is to be residred, and the corn merce and independence of America prote6ted, did, a few years ago, make an offer of his discovery -to the British Commander ar Halifax. The oiler was . not accepted, and Mr. FULTON, in revenge, is de termined to blow our whole Navy out of the water. *similar oiler was .made to the French Govern inent, bur after a' great number of experiments, it was by them also rejeded ; ,not, we believe, on the score of humanity, but because it is al most impossible that it could ever be. applied with .effett. In the , first place, the Vessel to which it is attached must he at anchor ; in the second place, the sea mast be . perfectly calm ; and lastly, the crew of the Vessel intended to b e blown tip must give their consent to have the machine attached to their Ship now, as it is not very pro% bahle that all these facilities will often "occur, no very serious apprehensions are to be entertained for 'the safety of our Navy. • • A,dmiral DRURY IS to hoist his Flag on board the AA/mouth, of 64 guns, at Portsmouth. Be will sail in a few days. It will be remembered, that in June last the Wan derer ,Sletip . of War carried to St. Petersburgh up wards of thits'e hundred thousand pounds in specie, as a Loan froni this country to the Russian Govern ment, to be used or not astcircumstances might re quire. The Treaty . of. Tilsit put an end to the ne cessity, and, the money_ has_ since been re-shipped for England in the Astieci Frigate, which carried out Lord Gowan, and is now Mt its return to Eng land. We ire sorry to .state the loss Of the Susannah Cutter, Lieut. Le Brdirac, by upsetting at sea . ; Lieut. LE BLANC and 16, men were saved by the boats of the Naiad and Indefatigable. She was a Bermudian-built Cutter, on a plan of fastssailing, and was esteemed a tine vessel of her class. '.Extrafa of a Letter from an Officer of his Ma-, jesty's Ship , Boadicea, dated July 31, lat. 68.47. N. The last time Y wrote to you we were at Sea,. but having sailed from Cork with secret orders, were totally unacquainted with our destination ; but time has discovered it. It appears we are sent here for the purpose a protecting the Greenland whale fishery, the French having last year destroyed se veral of our Snips. The cold all this stinnuer been intense ; we have been constantly surrounded as - itli islands of ice., We were for some time en deavouring to get into a 'port on the Labradore coast, where we intended to water, but were pre vented by the ice : at lait We were obliged to bear up for the Crogue harbour, in Newfound land ; and, after having watered there, proceeded off Cape Farewell, with our consort the Topaze. We have now been out more than four months, and we expedt to remain here until the end of August, which is about the time all the whalers will have left thi. , part of the world. We then go to St. John's, Newfoundland; the Topaze takes a convoy from thence to England, and we take a convoy to Lisbon. We are now reduced to salt beef, having had the misfertime sonic time age to have all the poultry drowned, by a s e a which we shipped in a gale of wind ; and some of our sheep died, owing to the severity of the weather." 'The Blig Dave, of Weymouth, laden with Port land, stone, has been retaken on the Coast of France, and broUght ipto the Downs on Tuesday morning, by tie Seagull, Lieutenant CATHCART; it appears this Vessel had been taken some time since, and was remo ving from one port to another. A Gland Review of the German Legion will take place, to-morrow, morning, on Blackheath. Their '.ltoyal Highnesses the Dekea of CLABBNCII and CAM.. SLUDGE will be on the ground at ten o'clock, collections, last Sunday, at the Chapel at Ramsgate, and at the Churches at Margate, and at Si. Peter's, for the benefit of the Sea.bathing In firmary, exceeded ants, form'er year. The Sermons. On the occasion were preached by the Rev. R. 110D.,;s0x, Ittdor of St George's ; the Rev. J. J AM MAN, Preacher to the Philanthropic Society ; and the Rev. J. PLUMPTREE, Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. WALIcING STUAUT.—In an account from Chel tenham, which appears an a Morning Paper of ;his day, it is stated, that among the singular charatiers there, is. Walking STUART, SO, well known for leis pedestrian journeys and his equally erratic specula tions. He repairs every morning to the Well-walk in a costume of deep black, a pule pink sash, with a deep fringe, encircling his waist. He there amuses ' the Ladies by leoping 'over the paling, the chevaux de freze, &c.—Who this nerson may be we knoW not, but in justice tp the Galtlernan usually distinguish ed by the name of" WALKING, STUART,' who has been in various parts of the world, and whose mind is certainly employed in studies calculated to pro mote the welfare of his fellow -beings, it is proper to state, that he is now in the metropolis, and has not been absent from it for many months. It is said that on the French soldiery taking pos session, of TilSit, the town was g iven up.to plund"r twP days, and scenes of excess, equally shock ing,, to decency and humanity, took place. Order, nowever, was. at length restored , an d a new scene. of things opened to the view of the astonished inha bitants; the French troops (about 25 ) 000 in, num ber), released from the hardships of a campaign, un dertook to exemplify, in a very singular way, that , versatility of charadter for which they have long been' proverbial amongst their neighbours: they colleted in the suburbs-of Tilsit the wreck of some hundreds of villages (chiefly wood) wantonly destroyed in their progress, and with those they raised, in about three days, and as it were by magic, an extensive town, after the German fashion , withl many streets, and sufficiently large to, accommodate their whole body they next cut up a very fine wood in the neighbourhood, consisting of several thousands of, trees, which they transported to the acetic of their. operations, and planted in their luxuriant foliage in:the avenues of every street of this new Pandemonium ; and to complete the whole, every man who had any thing like a " stock in trade," opened a sho. The Portuguese Ambassador arrived , on Tuesday night, at his house in sauth Audley-street, from ',ti e , 1111VDS01?, Sb?T. This day the QUEEN - and PRINCESSES dined at Frogmore, and in the afternoon they walked in the 'Gardens, the Band of the Stafford Militia playing • favourite airs during the time they were thus amus ing themselves. They returned to the Palace about seven o'clock to receive His MAJESTY, who did not arrive from town till between eight and nine. The Duke of Sussex left us this morning upon a trip to Cheltenham, to pass a few days with.the PRINCE. Adrian and Orrila has been so well received at our Theatre, that it was represented for the fourth time last night. The success of this piece is, how evei, in a great degree indebted to Mrs. MuDIE, whose performance of Madame Clermont excites a strong interest, and has always been warmly plauded. Some Ladies in the King's box last night, were very much .affeEted by the force and pathos with which she represented this difficult charaaer. ,Ihe farce of A House to be Let followed, and went off remarkably well. Nothing can be more beautiful than the face of nature in all the vicinity of this place,. and Windsor has been more frequented this Summer than for many years. THE CQRK THEATRE. A series pf well selected performances, and of su perior acting, in Mrs. Powatz, Mrs. EDWIN, and Miss WALSTEIN, in Mr. POPE, Mr. H. JOHNSTON, and Irish Jo lINSTON r,, afforded; last week, continued subjects of public approbation and applause, and he would be a fastidious critic indeed. who would nut concur in their praise. Thursday night the Melo-Drame of Tekeli was repeated to a full bowie and a fashionable audience. The acting of Mr. H. JOHNSTON and Mrs. PowaLL might have made a worse piece tolerable in the con clUding scenes, and these Performers have rendered Tekeli popular. The extravagant Farce of Aetley • ribbey• followed, in whicii Irish JuHNSTONE, in 111‘Scrnpe, as usual, dreW forth thunders oflipplause, a n d'eentinned encores in the songs. Mrs. EDWIN, dUring the perfohnatiee of The Cur fru, i on Wednesday evening, received an injury from a . blow given her head by the sudden tall of one of the drop scenes, which it is feared is not of a slight nature. The sytn'pathy of the audience was strongly expressed at the time this disagreeable ac cident took place. • Miss WEBB, with her usual ac- Commodationi undertook the part whi6h this un fortunate circumstance had 'incapacitated Mrs. ED. WIN from performing. EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM ST; PETERS/31)11CH, ,JULY We have now got the French Ambassador, General SAVARY and suite, and Lord Gowmt. Olt the sth of August there is to t?e a grand masquerade at the Palace of Peterhof f in celebration of the Peace. Every thing is to be on. the first scale pf magniti 7 cence. The general opinion on 'Change is, that the Emperor is much displeased with the conduct of the late English. Government, and at present we know he rt very unfriendly to the English here. How matters will end God only kttows.. tits -Imperial Majesty has just been dawn at cronstOt.inspecting the fortifications, which have been put in . the strong est possible state of defence." Yesterday se'nnight a foot race for 40 guineas, was run ppon the Holderness road, nezr Summer gangs, between two men of the names . of Robinson and Kenningbarn; the former a carrier between Swine and Hull ; the latter a cartunan. The cis , tance, which was one mile, was run by Robinson in less than five minutes, beating his antagonist near ten yards. An amazing number of people had as sembled on this occasion ; and it is said teat up wards of 10600. was depending upon the race. Yesterday being a close holiday at the Bank, the Regiment of Bunk Volunteers hod a grand held-day, and were inspected by Colonel Hatesteisee. • They mustered at the Bank about nine o'clock, above five bemired strong. Previous to marching to their field, they were drawn up before the Mansion-house, and paid their respelEts to the LORD-MAYOR, who ap peared upon the balcony, and returned the compli ment. They looked remarkably well, and presented a hue martial appearance. The Trustees under the Ail of Parliament for pur chasing the Estate for the NELSON family, to be called Trafalgar, have not yet determined ()Iva Si-. tuition, but have had many proposals, though not immediately coming within the description of what •is wanted. A house is to be erected on the estate, upon a similar plan to that of Blenheim. Mr. HILL, the Private Secretary of Mr. JACKSON,. our Minister. to the Court of Denmark, arrived in too .n yesterday morning at six o'clock. -Mr. LlieL landed at Whitby at a late hour on Monday evening. He came over in the vessel which brought the dis patches from Admiral GAMBIER. As a spechuen of hard times, and the moderation of those who enjoy them, a number of worl,inen had a sumptuous dinner, near Sheffield, a few days ago, one article of which was a plumb pudding, brought to the table 'on a lia'nd barrow, consisting of three stone and a half of dour, 16 pounds of trait, and 40 eggs. it weighed four stone eight pounds, measured five feet iu circumference, and was one foot in height. , BAD SPELLINtk4ND PUNCTUA.TION.—A.poor wo man at Shoreham, whose husband was going trisea, handed, through the clerk, to the parsoit, this public prayer A man going to' sea, his wife desires the prayers et this congregation." The parson, pointing it in.his own way, read to the ears of his flock—" A Man' going, to see his wife, desires the prayers of this congregation,' and set them all in a titter.' CANTERBURY, 'AUG. 31.—The same cause which produced the early corn harvest has been equally genial to the hop plantations. The tine warm days and nights during the last fortnight, have ripened the plantations in a very unusual degree, arid in duced sonic of or planters to begin their picking, which next week will-be general. Friday morning we were visited with a strong westerly wind, by which many' poles were levelled with the ground, and the hops sp much bruised as to spoil the bright appearance which many grounds had exhibited. The high wind was equally prejudicial to the orch ards and gardens ; great quantities of apples, pear?, and plumb have been blown down. THE LATE CAPT. WRIGHT. The following is an Extra& from a Letter from the lamented Capt. WRIGHT, the celebrated com panion and fellow-prisoner of Sir SIDNEY SMITH. —II gives a more detailed account than any that has yet appeared, of the manner in which Sir SID NEY SMITH and Captain \Valuta became prison ers :--- "'Paris, Dec. 6, 1795. " Seven months of captivity has indeed broken off almost all means of intercourse between us, but it has, not• blunted the remembrance of my friends at borne; I,still retain a grateful sense of the sincere interests which I \ knOw yOu all feel in whatever per• sonally concerns me.' For nearly three months pre vious to my capture, I had tew opportunities of writing to my friends. Many interesting events, , "therefore, which have occurred since we parted, must remain undescribed till we meet, or at least till I shall be under less inauspictous influence. It may be useful, however, to give you some idea of our Ex pedition and .misadventure, it will corre& some false Impressions which have gone abroad, and •which, in &Et, have been circulated by the Enemy.. • " Sir iIIDNEY and tnyhelf are treated in a manner which has no parallel in Military History. The Ene my endeavours•to justify this treatment by affixing to our Expedition a motive and char:it - ter 'incompatible with the Laws of War. "The following is the manner in which we fell into the hands of these Barbarians : " Having anchored, on the morning of the 17th of April, in the Outer Road of Havre de Grace, with the Diamond alone, we discovered, at anchor in the Inner Road, an armed Lugger. A project was immediately conceived of boarding her in the night by means of our boats. In justice to the merit, and indeed necessity, Of this projed, in a National point of view, it is necessary to inform you, that this was the only remaining vessel which continued to annoy, the English Trade Within the limits of our Squa dron. She had been recently equipped at Havre ; carried to three-pounders and 45 men,; was com manded by a bold, enterprising man, with a private commission ; and sailed so well in light winds as to' have more than once eluded the pursuit of our Fri r gate, when returning , from the English coast. Her . first depredations on our Trade were of atnagnitude to warrant the risk of a small sacrifice in her pap tore ; and Sir SIDNEY had established it as a point of honour in his ,Squadron, that an Enethy's Vessel within the limits of his command, should not .evert pass from Part to Port. " The force employed in our enterprise consisted Of the launch, armed with an 18 pounder carronade and muskets, four other boats with muskets, includ ing a two armed wherry, in which Sir SIDNEY corn- . manded in person, and carry tug in all 52 persons ; viz. nine Officers, six of whom were from I 2 to 16 years of age, three servants, and'4o seamen. We were all Volunteers; were disposed to surmount all obstacles that Should oppose our purpose ; not a breath of air—not a ripple rat the water ; the tiers were mufiled; . and every thing promised the happi est :ilia:esti. We qeit RA the ship about ten o7elock, preceded by Sir 'SYDNEY Saturn in his wherry.— Arrited wit hiu sight of the Prageur, we lay upon our oar, tO !wen noitre her position, and to receive deft ,nitiv (MIC , A• This done, we took a brad sheer be tweeu -e r. and the :.shere, in order to assume the appearatice of fishing boats coming out .of the Har bour, anti thereby pretrad the moment of alarm ; in this we succeeded beyond expectation, and after wards rowed directly towards her, reserving our fire till she should canuhence the action. This hap pened after hailing us within about half-pistol shots: the Boats returned it in the instant, and within less than tethuinutes we had got possession of the vessel. was now that we first discovered our difficul ties. They Enemy had very wisely, cut their cable during the action, the vessel had therefore, been drifting towards the shore all this time. On perceiv ing it, we sought in vain fora second anchor: heavy enough to hold her against the strength of a very rapid tide, that rushed into the Seine. All - the boats were sent a-head to tow, and every sail was set ; but it was all in vain. After all these fruitless efforts, we tried the effect of a small slvdge, with out hope of its holding. The vessel dragged it a long way, and at length brought up. Here, therefore we lay, anxiously expecting day-light to discover the extent of the evil we -had to encounter, or for a propitious breeze to assist our escape. Day-light at length appeared, and 'termi nated our suspense. Our position was in the last degtee critical :'we were 11# a lea g ue higher up the liver than Havre, the Town an d Harbour of which was now in motion, in hostile preparation. No thing now remained for cis,' but t 6 - make every pos sible preparation on our parts for a desperate and un `equal confliet. The vessel, however, was &Istituto of every Material article of defeuce, such cis grape -shot and match. There was not a single rsemd of the former, and the latter wag so bad, that it would never lire upon the first applivation. , It was resolved, however, to fight as loog as the lugger would swim, in ti eexpedation that, by protrading one surrender, a prosperona wind might deliver us, even in the last extremity. AR Havre was now in motion to attack us : some shot had reached us whilst we were in the ad of discharging our prisoners, and sending them on their parole to Honfleur ; for, with his usual humanity, Sir SIDNEY 'SMITH proposed to send them away clear from the dangers of a battle in which they could not co-operate. They received his kindness with gratitude: The attack now commenced. We got under weigh to attack a large lugger which was advancing, whilst the boats were detached to rake her with grape shot and musketry. ,The result was, that she sheered off. We had not, howeVer, esbaped clear : her grape and musketry had considerably disabled our rigging, and wounded some of our best men : your young friend CI -IMO-ES B. was amongst the number. This action was scarcely ever When we were surrounded on all sides by a variety of small craft, crowded with troops ; and another ac tion immediately commenced, more desperate and more unequal than the former. Sir Sitisty ordered all the muskets to be colle&ed and loaded, aud -made such a distribution of them that each man was enabled to fire several rounds without the necessity 'of re-loading; the Midshipmen re-loaded thent as fasl as they were discharged. In this manner an incessant fire was kept up for -some time.—No breeze, however, appeared, and resistance was evi- - dently in vale, as the:country was :ISt'lDbling.---ID a word, we were compelled to surrender." copENglonti •• This city, which the events just passing rend er-GO peculiarly interesting ; is Situated on a small promon-' tory on the eastern coast of the . Isle of Zealand, in a, fiat and marshy situation. It formerly belonged tq the Bishop of Roskild, and was not distingnished by the royal residence until 1443, during the reign of Christopher of Bavaria, since which period it has been gradually enlarged and beautified, and is be come the capital of Denmark. Its population is estimated at 80,000. • Copenhagen is the best built City of the North although excelled by Petersburgh in superb edifices,. yet, as it contains 'no wooden houses, it dues not dis play that striking contrast of meanness and magnifi cence, but in general exhibits a more uniform appear ance. The city is surrounded towards the land with ramparts and bastions, wet ditch, and a few out. Works. The circumference measures between four and five miles. The streets are well paved, with a footway on each side, which is narrow and iucons'ee nient. The greater part of the buildings are of brielG and a • few of. free-stone, brought from Germany 1; . the houses of the Nobility are in general" splendi d, and constructed in the Italian style of architednia. The Royal Palace is a magnificent pile of hewn stohe, the wings and stables are of brick stuccoed. it we built by Christian the Sixth, in seven ..years, as the inscription says, without levying a single tax on hit subjeas. Part of Copenhagen, which is called Chris. tianshafer, is, built on the Isle 9f Amak, which gene-, rally attraEts the curiosity of lin - elvers. Amak is timr miles long, - and' two . broad, and is chiefly peopled by the descendants of a colony from East FriPSland, to whom the Island was consigned by Christian If. at the request Of his wife Elizabeth, sister of Charles V. for the purpose of supplying her with vegetables, cheese, and butter. From the intermarriages of the• Colonists with the Danes; the present inhabi tants are chiefly descended, but as they wear their own dress, and enjoy peculiar privileges, they appear a distinct race front the natives. The environs of Copenhagen are exceedingly beautiful; the country . is gently undulating, produces much corn and pas- Lure, and is finely interspersed .with small forests of beech and oak. The sea views are enchaming, an 3 the villas and country seats delightfully situated on the shores of the Sound. , ELSINEUE, +HE SOUND, Rc.---El+ineur• was a, small village till 1445, when it was made a staple town. by Eric of Pomerania, who conferred several immunities upon it.. From that period it has `gra dually increased in size 8041 wealth ; and is now the most co►nmercial town in Denmark, nest Co , penhagen, from which it is distant 20 mileJ. it contain* about Goon inhabitants. The passage of the Sound is guarded by the for- tress of Cronberg,which is situated on the eLle b e of a peninsular promontory; the nearest point of land to Sweden, distant about three miles. It is strongly fortified towards the land by ditches, bastions, and entrenchments, and towards the sea by several bat- tales, • mounted with do cannon, tie i 'brgest 48 pounders. Every vesselas it passes lowers her top -mils, and pays a toll at Eisineur. It is generally asserted that this tort guards the Sound, and that all Vessels must, on account of the shallowness of the water, ,and . eur- . rents, steer so close to the batteries' as to be ex , : posed_ to their fire. This, however, - ii a mistaken notion. On . account, indeed, of the numerous aiid opposite currents in the Bound, the safest passage lies near the fort; but the water In any part is of suffi cient dcpth for Vessels to keep at a , distance, and the largest Ships can even sail close to the coast of Sweden The Kings of Sweden claimed an elemption from .. toll, but by a treaty in 1721), they agreed to become subject to it. All vessels, beside a small duty, are rated at I per cent. of• their . cargoes, except the English, French, Danish, and Swedish, et hien only pay one per cent ; and in return the Crown takes the charge of Light-houses, Signals, &c. The palace of Cronberg, which is in the fort, is a square Gothic building. In it was confined the late unfortunate Queen Matilda. Elsineer Is also re markable, as being the s,:ene ofShakspeare's fiesekt ; and there is . a garden, half a mile from Cronberg, which -is said by tradition to be the very garden where the murder of his father was perpetrated.— The house is . of modern date, and is 'situated at the foot of a sandy ridge near the sea. The garden oc cupies the side of the hill, and is laid out in terraces rising one above the other. The scite of Scotland Yarn, it seems, kid formerly a Palace, which was assigned to the Kings of Scot• land when they were summoned to•attend as Peers of England, and hence the place acquired the Of pellation which it still mans. Tuesday se'nnight, about two o'clock in the tcrnooti, a little girl, two years and a half old, the daughter ofWalker Bull, a private in the gist regi ment of light dragoons, suddenly strayed away from its tnother, who lodged opposite the King's An s Printing-odice, in Maidstone, it was supposed into the country. Notwithstanding the. most vigilant search by its own friends, and' persons sent varions ways with hand-bills, &c. no tidings of it could . 1 !)e obtained till eight o'clock on Friday morning, when it was NOnd drowned in a dunghill-hole, in toe same yard where its friends lived. The body was first discovered by a little girl, from the appearance of the knuckles of one hand on the surface of the dirty filth, and soon after taken out, in the presence of the distra6ted mother, whose sttfirings on that occasion were indescribable. The Coroner's Inquest was taken on. the body, and a verdict returned of—decidoaal Death; On Friday last R. LASAUX, Esq. one °film Coro lilt. Kent, in consequence aim information sent him from the Admiralty, issued his warrant ter taking up the body of W. Thompson, son of Mr. W . Thompson, a pilot at Deal, who was supposed t o have died from a wound he • received in the late atliay; l between Some RevenueOtticers and Smugglers in the neighbourhood of Deal, and who 1,00 bu r i e d at Shoulden, near that ; place, without an iiiqueit having been held. An inquest %%rah taken on the body the same day, when the Jury returned their verdia—Apparent/y killed I'y a. suoket-ba11.....Th e Jury waited about five hours, whilst the Constable, under a warrant from the Coroner, assisted by two Police Officers from Bow-street t . .endeav,ored to up • prebend a person alledged to be a nisterial Witneo, and i.vho had been duly summoned to give evitte riv e• i but notwitlisrandink the mast vigil: 10 starch kor i du through the : town of Deal and neighbosoltood, he could not be discovered. r of rt. IU•