The Sun. — London, England, 1813-01-02 00:00:00

This morning we received Paris vipers to the 31st December, from which the following arelex- I acts :-- PARIS, DEC. 29...-4118 'Majesty to••clay presided ta a Council of Finances, which lasted from night in the morning till noon. I•Iis Majesty afterwards bunted,in the Woods of Dec. 30) B AN oi v lN E, pre. l6.—lntelligence from Spain a nnounces, that division milker; great progress among the Spaniards, who have hitherto shewn, themselves attached to the insurrectional Junta. (Journal de Paris, .Dec. 241.) BERLIN) DEC. 10.—The King is a little hulls imsed ; we hope his Alajesty's health will soon be re-estwtilished. Our anxiliny corps is still it Mittau and its neiglihntallood.---(Journal de r Empire, Dec. 27.) f ) AItIS, DEC, 29.—0 n Sunday, his Majesty, sur rounded by the Grand Dignitariet4, &e. Bce re ceived the Imperial Court, ‘'vhen he was addressed by Baron SIGLTEK, its Preifient, who thus con- cluaed ,‘ Sire, " Our fathers have braved dangers to main -1:1"11 the hereditary iuccession to the Crown; their Spirit lives in us. We are ready to sacrifice every thing for your sacred person, for the per petuation Of yotti. dynasty. Deign to receive this rev , / oath : we will remain faithful to it till death." 1 4 wo other deputdtions were afterwards intro duced, ho spoke in similar terms t tips 01:1Hity expresed his satisfaction at the sentiments expressed in these three discourses.— .1. Dtc. 20. The itionitezir of the 28t11 reflue4t from vol.-rill of the cuborcs in wirri , ;Et ii“unintrgh; Nli , ehty ti join aLc: hliare the FCrils and dangefi of the ;;tart(!. WAitsAtit, tltc. ntvto tetitiitilig has ht ei oilicred throughout. all our Duchy.—Joiiht.. de Dec. 30. ff he French Papers do not contain the least in. formation from the Orand Army. We are sorry to Gn4 that the report which was so currently circulated yesterday of the arrival of the Belle. Pottle, with her prize, off Plymouth, is 1111fOtilltred. Our intelligent correspondent at Ply mouth states, that the Belle Poule was seen at an chor in ilasque Roads since the action was said to have taken place. The circumstances which attended Lord WAL POLE'S mission to Vienna, are of a curious and in tei esting nature. His Lordship, we are credibly infornied, received letters from 1 considerable numbeit. of the principal Austrian Nobility, re , questbig him to come to Vienna, and these letters were acco:fipanied with thineceisary passports. Of the object of such an invitation it is impossible to entertain a doubt ; it must have been intended as a preliminary step towards the opening of a negoeia- tion . So anxious, indecd,were the Austrian Nobles for the opening of an intercourse with this country, that, we understand, the letters were not directed to Lord WALroLn exclusively, but to any English man of distinction who might happeu to be 'at' Petersburgh. On Thursday, all foreign hotel-keepers in Lon don were ordered to attend a t th e Alien Office, and informed, that they must regularly deliver in at that Office, accurate Lists of all Foreigners arriving at their homes, otherwise they would be exposed to the penalties of the Alien Act. We earnestly hope that the attention of Govern ment will be directed to the immense num her of foreigners at present residing in this coun try, and that some vigorous measures will be adopted for sending such of them out of it as are fairly objects of suspicion, and we believe that nineteen -twentieths of those who haveicome over since this war commenced, would come under that description. The Duchess of Batirtswicit gave, an elegant dinner yesterday, to a select party, at her house in Hanover-square. The Earl of Moran gave an elegant dinner yes terday, at his house, in St. James's4lace. Ashburnham House, that magnificent mansion, which is equalled by few for its style of building, and enrichments, ks now undergoing a thorough repair ; it is situated on Hay-hill. We are concerned to state, that Lady FOLEY continues seriously intlispo!ed at his Lordship's' house in Lower Otosvenor.4treet. We are happy to find, and cannot• eOngra tulating the country on the fact, that'Oovern ment have at length determined to stop all .inter course with France, by license. A meeting of Roman Catholics was held in En niskillen on the 24th ult. for the purpose of again appealing to the Legislature for a removal of the disabilities affecting their Bcidy. The High She riff signified thitt he was adverse to the purpose of the Meeting, but that, as a publie'oflieer, be was always ready to attend to his ditty. We learn, that for sonic time bade the Univers'', ties of Oxford and Dublin have contributed relief to the Scottish Bishops and other Clergy; and on the 14th a grace was proposed for the same pur-, pose in the Senate of the University of Cam bridge, which pa sse d without a division, and 200/. : directed to be.given Out of the public chat to the, Scots Episcopal Fund. The. Society for Promoting Christian Know. 104 e has ordered 7500 copies of the Bishop of Charge upon the subject of the no man CathOlic Who to be printed for gentill circulation. We understand that Mr.Estt, the Barrister, di*- tinguis,hed for the Reports published under his name, is appointed to succeed to the office of Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of . Calcutta, in the room of Sir If. Russel, who, is about to return to Europe. Tlic following is an Extract, of a I.tttrr from a riqnt lentun of respectalolity its fit. Mary's, Baled 0ct..8. " have just received a letter from Colonel Smith's Camp on St. - John's, stating that Dr.Cald- Will and Captain Whittaker, had just arrived from Colonel Newman's Quarters who - wai at Lower India town, with about 100 men, and stated that on Sunday last, the Indians - Met Colonel Newman with - about an equal nuMber, in the pine woods, and had an engagement, and that Newman had one man killed and seven wounded. The Indians left 7 dead on the field, and cur ried all they cotild away. " About sun-set, on t!ie same day the savages renewed the attack, with about double the num ber, and fought till night. -; " The two Messengers, above , named, did not know the result, having been dispatched that night to Colonel Smith lei. men, hurSes, and provisions, which were hastening on. I hope for the best, but fear that Colonel Newman with his brave little band of heroes, will be in u critical situation, unless timely succours are received. Other letters in town place the intelligence above mentioned, so far as bur troops having bad a battle with the Anglo Spanish Indians, beyond the possibility of a doubt."—(Quebec Paper.)' Last week; a sheep of the Leicester breed was exposed for sale in :Newcastle Market, of the fol lowing extraordinary dimensions. :—Height only 2 feet 2 inches ,• breadth acrois the shoulders two fee' ; length flout the nose to the tail, 3 feet 8 ineltes ; weight alive, I:ist. 71b.; carcase 15611). ; fore quarter 4 Ilb. Ile was bred on a farm near V , lvensworth, was two ears old, and'was never better led than the breeding ewes. 110:11,VS (;LtithlS. A 'r 1 'MEETING of several (f the INFIAIII LA. TANTs of the Cities of LONPON WESTMIN STER, held the 29th of Deeenibtr, Ibl2, IA the Loudon Tavern, sTENIEN CATTI.EY, Esq. in the Chnii•; , Resolved Unanimously; - _ Thut it is the opinion of this Meeting, it is expedient to petition lvtli [louses of Parliament, on the Subject of the Claims of the Rowan Catholics. Relolvell That the following Petition be adopted for that purpose, rainely:— " To tbv Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal Parliament :metaled : " The humble l'etition of the ondersigned inhabitants of the Cities of London and Westminster, and their Environs, ". Sheweth, " That yuur Petitioners observe. with astonishment and alarm the persevering Efforts of the Roman Catholics, to oh. twin admission to all Offices of Trust and Authority l both Civil and Military, and to the exercise ,of Legislative Functions. it is with unfeigned Satisfaction they see their!fel low-subjects of the Romish Church freed front all Pains arid Penalties on account .of their Religion, and in the full eojuv. ment of the Blessings of Toleration ;—but your Petitioners feel it their Wooden duty, not only to themselves; hilt to. Posterity, .to resist their endeavours (notwithstanding the numerous concessions already made to them) to get posses. , . sion of Political Power and Legislative Authority, and there by to destroy that Protestant Aseendancy, to which the peo ple ;of this country are indebted, tinder Providence, for the Establishment of their Liberties on a firm and staid basis ; for they consider it as a fixed and.unaltecahle principle of our glorious Consitution as settled ' at the Revolution, that the glorious Consitution as settled at the ltevnitdirsu, that the Legislative and Exicutiv'e Authorities of PrOtestant coun try um be administered only by. Protestaot . "rhat your Petitioners regard the Laws by Which that principle is established, as no less sacred and inviolable than Magna Charta and the Habeas Corpus Act.; and they implore your Lordships stedfabtly to reject'all applications fur the re, real of those Laws." . . • ' • nesolved Unanimotisly, that as a testimony of the high regard'and respect we. feel ?or the principles and virtues of John Lord Eldon, he he re: quested to .present the Petition to the House of Lords. • ItesolvcdUnnnimouliy; • • • That Sir William Curtis, Bart. ,Sir James Shaw, Dart. ;qr. Aldernian Conibc, and Mr. Alderumn Atidus, the lle rvesentatives of tlAe City' of London, in Parliament, he re quested to present the Petition to the House of Commons. Resolved Unanimonsly, •• That the following Gentleman be appointed a Committee (with power to add to their number) to attend to the progress of these Petitions, and that they be • presented to the Legis lature iininediately atter the Recess of Parliament, namely— Stephen Catticy, Edward S. Curling, • • ) Claude George Thornton, John B. Morgan, : . Ilepry Blaxlund, James Maiignall, Nathaniel Atehe eht1111:3 Sims, • • • William IJenry White, J. NI. Richardson, • • • Rni:rt Clark, • William Curling, jun. • Robert Dryden, A. D. Welch. John Paterson, Resolved Unaniiimnsly, That in order to afford to other Persons residing in Lou don, Westminster, and their Vicinity, who may concur in :t.4lititnent with this Meeting on this, impcirtant question, an opportunity to sign these Petitions, they be left at the London quvern,. Bisliopsgate-street, and at Mr. Stockdale's Book seller, Pall Mall, for Signatures until the -Ist of Febniary• ni.xt ; and that every person signing •thew, be requested to .141 his residence. • Resolved Unanimously,, That Mr. Richard Clarke, be requested to act iii"SeCeetary to this Committee, Itesolved Ununimettsly, That these'Reselutions be insertedin the Newspaper'', and printed for (Signed) NTEVIIEN CATTLEY. The Chairman having left the . • • • Resolved Urtanimuni!y, • That the Thanks of this'Aletting be given to biro fer hit able, temperate, and judicious condUct• on this occasion. .• RIC}JARD• , CGARKB, Smeary. - ...",teseeweeersel NAILS. Aanivvd Guertisey, I Jersey, 1 Dub Witterfard. Liabon, t Outtenburgli, t Heligoland, VRICI S'I I )(AS THIS DAY A r T svl IN Couioh THE SUN. 501,C4 1,11153 DICEHE MILVAT3 L 0 N D 0 N, SAIURDAY, JANUARY 2,1 S la. NAV ■i NM VB. l i r.ymourtt, tom' report hf the cap tore of a Itreiich frigate by the, Belle P6ule, aS 'mentioned early in the present week, we fear `mss without fonndation, as the latter was seen at anchor in Basque Roads, since the action was said to have taken place. The enemy's frigate which was chasen and attacked a few days since by the Albicore, Helicon, and a gun-brig, it is ex pected, has escaped from hcr pursiiers i as no far ther accounts respecting her have yet reached this place. The barque Mary, Captain BAXTER, which ariived here yesterday from Prince Edward Island; with timber for this port, was captured on the 4th instant, a few miles to the westward 'of Scilly, by the French schooner privateer L'Auguste, of 14 guns and 135 men, and given up on the same day, when the crews of'two Other vessels, which she had also captured, were 'put on board her . ; one of which was the British vessel Sparkler, and the other. a' vessel belonging and bound to Jersey, from Ameriea, both with cargoes, which were sent for France ; the Mary, after her release, put into one of the Irish ports, and landed there the crews of the captured merchantmen ; . the pri vateer had been a very successful cruizer. The Orient, GORDON, Rorer, NO and Three Friends,WitiLEv , from the Mediterranean , part of the Kent's convoy, were this day released from quarantine. Put in here this day to join convoy, the Spanish brigantine San Carlos, F .LopEz ,master ,froni Spain, with a cargo of skins, bound to Lo►►don, last from Penzance. Arrived the American schooner Blue Beard, H. N. WARREN, master, belonging to and from Charleston, with a cargo 'consisting of cotton and rice, valued at about 20001. bound to Bourdeaux, captured, on the 25th inst. by the Briton and An dromache frigates. Arri% cd the slOop Olive, LLOYD, brig Mary, Da vis, arid schooner Betsey, Elan, all from Cork, with provisions for this port; the 3chooner Henry, PELLEY, from Youghall, with a cargo of wheat fur Plymouth ; the Ann and Elizabeth, CLIME, from Fowey ; Providence, HAYES, from Falmouth, and the Dove, COOPER, from Bristol. Half-past Four p. m.—Arrived the Spanish brig lidefonso from Bilboa,with a cargo of nuts, bound to London, put in here to join convoy. Arrived the Agnes; Mc/MP:ION, from Quebec, one of the Jason's convoy, from whom she parted in a gale of wind. The Berkshire Regiment of Militia have march ed in here from Barnstaple and Bideford, and are to occupy Frankfort Barracks, in this ',town, which the Roscommon have left in consequence ; the latter are to, be quartered in the barracks at Mill Bay as soon as they are relieved froM the duty on board the prison-skips in Hamoaze. A melancholy accident happened about twelve o'clock last night, near Chudleigh, by the upset ting of the new tly-coach,on its way from Exeter to thikplace, 'whereby one of the outside passen geis was killed on ,the spot. A woman and child were also on the top of the coach ;. the former had -her arms broke, and was otherwise much hurt, and the latter was unfortunately killed. All the other 'passengers, both inside and out, received injury, more or less, and the coach was almost clashed in pieces. The ,cause of this deploraPle accident is not mentioned. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—A rri yeti his Majesty's ship Jason, from Newfoundland, and the Fox from Corunna. Sailed his 'Majesty's ship &wilt, with the eon voy for the Downs ; also his Majesty's sloops Misstetoe and Maine, for ditto. • His Majesty's ship Aboukir gives instructions for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean. TALmouru,.DEC. 30.—The Mary Ann packet, with . mails for Gibraltar and Malta ; and the Swiftsurc packet, with mails for Cadiz, are gone into the Roads. IL'Anmatrrn, JAN. I.—Since this l a.hise'nnight three foreign vessels, with cargoes, have been sent into this port by his Majesty's cruizers, and detained. Innzips OF SCILLY, DEC. 29.—Yesterdny the following vessels sailed from this port up Channel, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Scylla:—Ship Vigilant, of Hull, REYNOLDS, front, Malta, bound to London ; brig Crescent, CLIFFORD, from Pa lermo;. and schooner Badajaz, Starlit, from Mes sina : these three vessels are subject to quaran tine, but all well. Soiled also, the brig Lapwing, ARCHEL, from Liverpool to London; brig Fortitude, OwErr, from London to Liverpool ; brig Fair Cambrian, JONES, from Wexford to London ; brig New Liberty. PHITCHAED, from London to Dublin ; brig Venus, P,LNDLETON., from London to Belfast; brig Lou '4(14 irólifWateriSrlio London; brig Li Ilium ar Thotizasi. frhei Watitfoil to Portsmouth brig Mends, "EfiwAniisl from Youghall to Soutbait litOe; brigSthrM,EtaNt fropi. Waterfoiii to-Pool ; iod the brig Beauford Castle, APICENztE, 4 from Limiiiick to Sonthamiiton. The galliot Dublin, Fait:: c 2 9; is re. , shippinr, bet cargo for Londonderry. . , COVE, DEC. 28.—His Majesty's ship VirageY: Lieut. PurTmAx, and Earl Spencer, Lieut. BoTi 4- : with the Channel fleet ; sailed again olt Thursday, and put back again on f e riday. His Majesty's ship Leonida:o`. Cap' t. CrnIFFIT . II, arrived on ThUrsday from Lochswilly, aril pr°' ceeds fur Plymouth, to undergo necessary repairs. The same. day, his Majesty's ship Africa, 6 4 gun 3. the flag ship of Admiral SAWYER, from her leaky condition, forced in here, on her way to England, from Halifax. On her coming to an anchor, she saluted our Admiral . ; and nest inorning she proceeded up to Haulbowling, where she Is nbw monied alongside the Trent. ' Passengers per 4frica—;;Cipt. DACRES; of his Majesty's ship Guerriere, CaPt. 3.IULCASTEEI a the Emulous, &c. They hare taken their passak in the Leonidas frigate to Plymouth, Which acii yesterday. - Th,;' he Channel Fleet sailed again yesterday. Remain his Majesty's ships Castilian, l'u t ''' 76 ProJector,'Stc. .The Brunswick Cavalry began embarking 4 ' ll Christmas day, on board the transports fitted 11, for their reception ; some More of them embatiad on Saturday, and the remainder are expected to' day. The Whole conducted under the immediate inspection of our Embarking General Ertifito, Capt. ,Dixon Brigadier-bfajor, in the hest order pmsible, and without any accident Whatever.' They are expected to sail, with the ;other O i r 4 for Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Cadiz, under convoY his Majesty's ships Sybille and Dauntless. t°- morrow or Wednesday. HALIFAX FLEET. e 3 The Spy store-ship arr i ve d h ere yesterday,. 01i • f from Halifax the 12th N ovem b e r, being part s fleet of 14 sail, which left that port under convot of his Majesty's ship Africa (arrived here), sal" Spartan frigate : the whole of which were peraed in a severe gale lof wind, off the Grci Bank. On the 20th instant, the Spy fell in with, and was captured by La 6/oire, }i r e "' frigate, five days from Havre de Grace. La Git ' uf detained the people of the Spy till next !twill in g' and then put them on board their owr a ship• crew of the Spy comisted of 36 m en , he,i(les 1 :v• invalids, who were given up on condition that oa equal number of French prisoners should be 1.4 ' leased anti sent to France. The case of the Spy was extremely hard, :1 94 had ten days before fallen in with and best 613 / 4 .1 national scho oner ( name not recollecte), 21 miles S. W. of Cape Cle ar , mount i ng 14 gal"' 120 men and after an action o f 50 minutes' most ' gallantly 'contested, compelled the selio" er bear up with all sail, in whi c h she m ust have 5".. fered cOnsiderable loss. The Captain of La Gibire said this wo schooner w hi c h h a d made so matey valtnlbs , e ` tures off our coa s t. Th e S py h a d five woullae`l. have tei l i a u to lib y tg.—Two ladies of dashing o PP 6rati' t • levied considerable acintribittlon the tradesmen in Oxford-street. it appears I" they took very e l e g ant lodginp,s Portland;.streeli walled them se l ves th e Hon. Miss GauVtir.,Es , g a .' t under this assumed name, found means to g' goods to a ve r y l arg e amount froth the too credtr• lous deal er s! i n pl a t e , linen-drapery, &e. 3 1 decamped when the bills became payable, on` have not since been heard of. a Shocking Acridene.—On Tuesday even in t , irt ., young lady, a relative of Mr. Isms, of Beatt,—er, place, Oxford-street, was found in her chantil with her clothes literally burnt off her beck. d 3 had spent the evening out With her aunt , I ' l ' party of friends, and snore time a fter her vet she went to her chamber, and the WhOl e "l ed' was soon alarmed by her screams. She was to in one blaze, some of her clothing, as it aP,P e l y . ed, having communicated with the fire. P l i; Lit , assistance was afforded the unfortunate ladY, twenty she survived the fatal effects no more th2lltWell four hours. ,ineCs'otrito:,taeses held Iquaest the t—YKeisntg.s Head erdayafternodn 31 se , ill 3 James-street, Westminster, - before A. 6lj E c;ll e ' ci' Cpyoner, on the body of Anne Reeves, nYyje woman about 25 years of age. It apPea re ,bt, evidence that the deceased, on Sunday sen n ,7 t he in a fit of derangement, threw herself (nit of oros window, at her residence at Millbank, a nd 0 1 immediately taken up in almost a lifeless state , wre conveyed to the Westminster Infirmary , she languished until Tuesday last, when su • e bera' in great pain.---The Jury, after a short d ell tics% returned a verdict—insanity. r , 10 5 On Wednesday sennight the body of found dead on the bridge which parts the CO.t11: of Norfolk and Suffolk, between the parishes o e e lingford and Oakley. It appeared that he bad l oc il into the river, out o f whi c h he had extr i . c r , cf himself, but being b enu Mb e d by the inti,s dther, 01 : si i : 0 4 iir ; the cold, had been unable to proceed on w ney, and perished by the severity of the Wea fat his said his name was Bennett, and th at a simpler, or collector of medicinal herbs,