The Sun. — London, England, 1813-12-07 00:00:00

~.~~ (% for An - Btenlarn greater portlo66 tyas porecd southward to Itotterdain, 44 (i i4l the tlite;.tion of the places garris clued by elion;y. n R:"; : Oll'. I:ci _..~- _-- :, 011 r able Several schtiv6 that had conveyed passengers to 4 1;1Lind have returned ladel with some arms, but the supply is yet - inSufticient. Clothing is also of necessity: The Dutch military, that have regimentals, are only with the uniform of the French Int peri.d Guard ; and many of them will'not continue t 4 tvpar this badge of slavery. "Admiral Vet:ilk:wf. still refuses to baist the flag. His fleci :trhoutits altogether to 16 * I A, eight or 'nine of which Ate of the line. A "latch was to him on IVednesday appris 'lltrkiin that he would be honourably treated if 'tt joined the Patriois ; but if not, he should be (44sidered in the light of a Frenchman, and 4 traitor to his euuOtry. His answer was briefly, qatn the servat.4 of the Emperor of the French.' . 4 "e incst *Win:tin:4 picture of the butcheries Nlitaitted by the Enemy at NiTuerden, are given I.4%letter from . Rotterdain. The bare recital is 4 *... a Itcezethe heart with horror--whit tiist *nth a scen e have been in the acting ! u le hour of retribution is at hand. ,ill 11,"' I fit r y the Gottenburgh Alai's, the arrival of fhicil we noticed yesterday, the following pri t4te accounts have been received front Sr. Peters -446 to the llth, Berlin to the 20th, from Ilel siliburg to the 29th ult. and from Guttenburgh to 4st inst. From i.)untaic it is stated, that on the 14 th November, General RAPP sent a flag of truce to the Comma der of the besieging army, re itiesting permissio4 to scud out of the garrison 411 . the German troops. Tile laconic reply of the Russian General was, x'4ll or none:' A French °Meer continued in the 641 p of the besiegers at the time when the last a dvces left the neighbourhood of the fortress'...-- l'he 113 ' 4 1 by the bombardment is considerable; the harbou r is destroyed, and all the warehouses are levelled with. the ground. 8 k r " porgy prevailed, that the differences between weden and Denmark had been adjusted. t SOntc differences having arisen in regard to the ' 411 3 +Toll which Stettin was to be surrendered) tt Wa , believed that • the enemy would endeavour nittaiotaiu possession of that place home time t°l 'l. 7 ,er. it kt earlserona there were about 400 ships, and j expeeted that a Swedisji frigat es ylkich was ""tiltt,ti.l to the Mediterranean, would afford them Pll) tecti on through this • • At. St. Petertburgit the heavy gales haul corn- Pletely driven away the flouting ice, and the wild Xeather which atteceeded bad left the navigation llttlectly open to Pronstadt. gf! french Papers to the 3d reached! Town last i llght, and occupy a portion o f our p rece di ng co fil ii4(lill• They.are singularly barren of Military in tell'Aerice, and on political subjects deal only in 1 'econd-hand hints, and crude inuendoea. The l ' :-- , n ' e 'likig of t h e L eg i s l at i ve Body in fixed for the l*l' 196 ' 't° five chance and time as it appears either for ", s°lac fortunate event by possibility to happen - , or e . tI) 4144(1 thCopp ortun ity f or p r epa r ingth is Assembly A i l : Proceed ill public as becomes the Dependants of 4 1144,0 Gre at Eutperor. 'There was from the begin ii lll; an eviden t i ndispos i t i on on the part o f Boo x: I'Att're to meet these tnett—We shall review the i tiihjeet to-morrow. ITh e . 1) l,• i u _ . ' ll I. apers assure us that. Denmark is masong , b, 7 levies to stwort her Ally, and that Hunt ate gli defies all attack. In a few days, bewever, , , have reason to believe, 1. , L .:: , Latton. , o f we shall have the gra.! laying a very different statement be '.. le our readers. The movements on the left of L ,, ttite !thine are nut of magnitude. The great Cap ri ill " reduced to regimental details. On the 6 wer Rhine, however, we are told that all is 4u ibt4 ,_. L Ctory i the 120,000 Conscription has been ~ t()l upleted, and " ill the measurestaken to make a 'igoraks resiaanee.v 4 Tile Only othe r re m ar k a bl e paragrap h s re l a t e t o It uhour of ne goc i at i ons , de r i ve d f rom a cur i ous i a ' ll 'ee---the Ca sse l Ga ze tte, o f the 17t11-..whiel l . Q 'a that these negociations are on foot. This iS 4 rt) 4 of the straws at which drowning men catch ` for ~.._ iuomentary support. 1 1 , " Pa ull news f rom Bayoune,"—we trembled ' lleo we read the words, and supposed , that t h e . ," '4 , i sbible rep ort o f t h e b lowing up of L or d W it , - • ~6 1.c l'oN and 40,000 men, was about to be con eti; Is but ou learning, r appreheniions ceased ,on ,ns.i... t :. ~, ;, that 4 . now reckoned goo d news f or F rance , '' °vie of her strongest cities affords protection rsi.s, v.OOO men and 100 cannon , aga i ns t it victo" , !lar d s • invading enemy !'r Times are sadly a!ter , •(i t , rflere i,, weak ' • fth e -- a inventton to raise a coolness on Ai ''"lliect of the Tyrol, between Ilavartaiand ~ tl ill. Such petty attempts have no .w 'lost: all 1 .4ec t. ..,,,, ' ` ' , Ai/MON NE is tivitti at Torgati, and the Ails- 1 ttiittis are prbec,:ditig prbirefouSly eni the le ge And Po. . Private letters from France mentidn the fact of insurrections baying taken place in Madders a F reat extent. The approach of the Allied Armies to the Rhine has re-animated that spirit of nation , .ality which appeared nearly extinct among the Flemings. We have learnt from the head--quar ter* of the Allies, that it was determined to break by soon after the 20th ult: t for ulterior operations; and we doubt not but that every means will then be adopted to give consistency to the Flemish insurrections by a formidable support. BREAD.—This day the LoaD-MAYoa orderei that the quartern loaf for the ensuing week should be redured lid. in its price, to take place ofi Thursday next. Yesterday morning the Duke of CAturiainGL left town to. proceed on his wiy to Hanover. At half-past seven o'clock he entered his tnivelling • carriage, accompanied by the Duke of CLAulmcn, Count MUNSTER, and Oolonel DUKE. The Duke of CLARENCE aceompanies.his Royal Brother on board, and is expected in town again to-inorroty. The Mail from the Brazils has brought letters from Rio Janeiro to the 28th of September. The ludefutigulde frigate bad arrived there.aftc crnize, and haring met with 7)0 enemy's ships, the coast was considered tolerably safe. It is rumoured, that the Conscription has pro duced disturbances at Amiens, whew the populace hung tip the Mayor. Advices from Cadiz of the 12th ult. inform .us, that the place bad been declared free of the epi denaia, by official authority, and that the Esecutive and Legislative Bodies were in consequence pre paring to remove to Madrid. Wmpson, Dec. 6.—This - morning the QUggN and Princess 111.1zABRTII, took an airing to Frog more, where her MAJESTY was drawn for a sh or t time in her garden-chai r by tier ponies. Princess AUGUSTA took an airing on horseback in the Great Park. The QUEEN, and Princesses AUGUSTA and EtIZA)jETH, leave us to-morrow for London, for a few days. • His Excellency Sir CIiARLEs STUART gave most splendid dejeune at his villa near Lisbon, on the arrival of the news of the splendid success.of the Allies. All the principal English and Portu, guse families were present', to the amount of one hundred and fifty. It was conducted with great taste, and was truly magnificent. It is with pleasure we observe, .that a Club, bearing the name of that great and honest States man, 'WILLIAM PITT, is instituted at Dudley. • PUBLIC 'REVENUi.--A4 official account, laid before the House of Commons, staes,the amount of the net produce of the permanent • taxes in l'ilreat Britain, for the year ending. the 25th of Oct. 1812, at 38,743,4281. 16S. fid.; and for the year ending the 25th.of October, 1813, at 3 7,633,3651. 12s. 13d., being a deficiency of about. 900,0091. • The same 'account states the total amount of the net 'traduce of the..war loxes,. for. tln..y.e3r.ing. the 25th Jan. 1812, a t 21,822,532/. 1.45. 10- 1.; and for the year ending the 25th of Oet.lBl- at 22,704,5681. •45. being an . increase to about the amount 'of the deficiency in the permanent taxes. Thus the net produce of the Public Re venue of Great Britian, for the year ending the 25th Oct. 1813, is 60,573,934/. 16S. 2d, READING, Dec. 4.—Pussports for the Dutch Officers, prisoners of war an their parole in. this town are arrived. On Monday they will leave us for Colchester, to take the eimimand of • the .Dutch regimentS which are organising at that place. To their honour .and patriotism it .is our' pleasing duty t o recor d, that - the first an nouncement oldie news fi•ow Holland was bailed by them with the, most heartfelt satisfaction. ; joy beamed in every countenance, and but one,senti 7 utent animated the ,wholethat.of- desite-tiiiirir lieipate in the glorious deliveranceof their conn try. A meeting was immediately called, and Cie neral delCocx, and Captain BAKR.titt, were. choien delegates, and dispatched to Loudon to tender their services to the :Prince of ORANGE. The ac ceptance of this otter crowned the sanur!it of their DURHAM ELECT ION --- An unexpected electi on contest has arisen. at Durham. Mr. Gawr..AND having declined, it was supposed Mr. ALLAN would he returned without opposition but the party relinquished by Mr. GO WI AND started a new candidate in the person of Mr.I3AK en, of Eleinere. hall. On Wednesday evening the.poll was equal, viz. 61 for each. Mr. At.LAN is a staunch Pittite, and a'suppnrter of those Ministers Whose conduct has brought so much 'glory and prosperity to'the country. • was Ur. ARCHER tionnoTes Gamekeeper, and not that Gentleman himself (as erroneously stated in most of the public prints), Who was lately so much abused by poacherS. .`rhis" desperate gang assaulted tbe young man very violently, by beat ing him, and pouring a nauseous liquid into►'. his mouth when .on time ground. A handsome reward is offered for the discovery of the eneliders, The Recorder of London will attend the Colin eil.to-day at. Carlton house, • and make n report of some of the convicts tinder. sentence. of death its Newgate. The Grand Jury of London inspected Newgate last wetec, and reported it to be crowded to ex cess-300 debtors are confined in' the space ori ginally allotted to 100 only, Dr. ROMAN, a Physician at Cork, and a 'cha racter much respected, owing to an cxecsaive flood at Ardarostig, on the Bandon Toad, Which swept away his carriage, .was lately drOwned neat' that city. The driver shared the same cielan , choly fate. Suiczns.--On Sunday last a person ,well dress ed, and of respectable app6raticC, went into the the Griffin public-house, iii Villars-street, Strand, and having written a p rescr i pt i on , sent it to neighbouring apothecary's, He mixed the medi cine that was brought to hint in some brandy and water, which he drank, and which proved to be laudanum. Ile fell into a deep sleep, and expired in a short tin*. It appeared, f ro m papers found in his pocket, that he was' a country Surgeon. NAVAL NEWS, VA:lgot,•111i DEC. 6.--The tfthisports 'with the troops under General crinas nil! still viltithig these Roads for a fair wind. The Data sclinyts which arrived last night have receivorl on board is number of arms and ball cartridges, with which 'they will proceed for the opposite coast the instant the wind h fair. The foreign ship. Schwaga, JVH/41iOLTZ, NESter. from Memel to Lond'on~ with timber and linseed, i's•on shqre on the SerOby Sand, but is expected to be got off. RaMOUTI-1, DEC. 4—Sailed the Sparrow gun brig with a fleet of transports for Plymouth. The Chichester packet, with mails for Gibraltar and Malta, is gone into the Roads. The Phoebe, Capt. Jot.t.y, of whose capture we wrote _by the last post, was taken by two American letters of marque, which sailed from Nantz in company with two French frigates, one of which is sup posed to have captured the Little Catherine packet. SUEF. E SE q S, DEC. 6.—Thnrsday last three o the carriages belonging to the Duke of CAM. 11,11/PG$ arrived here, and were taken to pieces one belanglng to Count ItaksTaa, and pin on board the Pactolus, Hon: Copt. AYLMEn.— Sunday Once chaises, full of baggage, ate. . also at.- riVed, and were directly put on board the frigate. About three o'clock this clay, his Royal Highness, with the Duke of CLARENCE, arrived in a carriage belonging ,to the latter, the postboys and horses being decorated with orange ribbons. The guns on the battery fired a Royal salute, and the mili tary, consisting of such limn, belonging to the Mi litia as refused to volunteer to Ireland,were drawn up, receiving their Royal Highnesses with pre- Sewed arms. At the Dock-yard the Royal. Dukes were received by Rear-Admiral Sir THOMAS Wm , I.NIS, Commander in Chief at this port, Com missioner 'LOUR, the Captains belonging .to the men of war at the Note, the Warden, and other Officers of the yard ; the Commandant of the Garrison, with ail the Military Officers. The arti ficers of the Dock -yard were ranged on ealb side, to the houses of the Admiral and Commissioner, giving three cheers to the Royal Visitors. Their Royal Highnesses and Count MUNSTER sleep there tonight, and embark at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. Every arrangement is made for that purpose ; the Admiral's barge is to convey his Royal Highness, and all those belonging to the ships at the Note are ordered to attend. -Hisswica , t h ey rLilliarn Teo from catwlck, and three.ships from Schevelit:g. ..PORTSMOUTH, DEC, 6.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Elephant and Duncan from the Eastward.— i‘rent out of harbour his Majesty's ship Imogen. Caine into harbour his Majesty's ship Bulwark.— Majesty's ship Talbot gives instructions to the ships bound to Cork and the %Vest Indies. Dent, Dec. 6.--Sailed the" whole of the out ward-bound, under convoy of his Majesty's 'ship , Rinaldo. Arrived his Majesty's ships Cressy and Grampus, with a detachment olMarines forinarts mouth, bound to Holland. IMPROMPTU. We often have heardof Lord WeLLiNuToN's wings, Thungh!ti# pja4l4,a4na-bis tkat - heiyatltx nu such things For wherever, on earth, he his fortune may try, The world.way in- sure that he never will Re. • New PIIICe CURRENT.--.OeTMOTTS /111(1 Mitch have then ;—Fientilitnan are rapidly falling ; tons evety where in advance. The dress of the Royal Horse Guards is about 'to be altered, similar to the Life Guards, to wear helmets -instead of hats ; but their coats or jackets are to remain blue. The Ist, or Highland Regiment of Edinburgh Local . Militia, commanded by Colonel A: APGRt- GO!: MURRAY. has, in the present crisis, made an offer to extend-its services, in order to meet the views of Government and the Legislature, with respect to the Local Militia eltablishment. Cowits, DE:c.4.—Last . week embarked on hoard the Fife West' lndiaman, about 200 men, detach ments for sev era l regiments ; and on Friday l ast eMbArked on hoard the . 011edizia about 160 more, in detachments, for Jamaica, .The Athlone Herald says, " On sundny night last, a party of armed men a ttac k e d the house of 'lmes Connell, within a mile and an half of Ath. loae; and, after having shot him through the head, as if their demonuical appetites were not' , sufficiently glutted, they dragged him, weltering {alas blood, into the , road, and drove an unbun dled pitch-fork into his heart up to the very hilt, and then, by way of finale to this horrid tragedy, fired a shot at his unfortunate wife, whieltentered at one temple t e nd came out at the other, carrying with it . both her eyes from the sockets. MI excl.. tions hitherto to trace the perpetrators, we are sorry to say, arc yet. unsuccessful. tt is supposed, that the evidence which Connell gave at the late Assize. at Midlingar led to the perpetration of this !torrid trims,.'` We understand that the Coach -masters, Post tnal3ers; and Proprietors of Stage Waggons, who use the 'PATENT ANTI-ATTRITIoN CosniosmoN, sold at No. 40, Charing.-cross, are 90 convinced of its easing draught,_ preventing wear and tear, and and saving time, labour, and expense, by which they have derived so many advantages, that they intend to present the Authors of this important Discovery with a superb piece of Plate, as a tri bute of gratitude, and as a testimony of their opi nion of the benefits the Public will experience, by its being generally adopted, to.prevent the etects of friction, otb n 1 ay. y. - . . OF THOMAS liffoOES mg Mtn bEit GiP PRESTO THE CONSTABLE . , Yesterday' TfroMas pet to Oa' *bar; eln4rgcd ‘vitli the nthriler,of Sainhei Thll intik:infant having been read; Aanot de , scribed the ,•..ie oh the Oil . Of the prow:mien, which, bei;:g so fresh in the rt.:Colter:doii of the public, we forbear here to repeat. tbe'Learned Counsel stated, tleit Ahere egret tWo'distinet: castes. tiotis for t'.e consideration of the Jury,: one; ,ftS. to the degree of guilt of the prisoner, if he were a moral and acCouniable agent ; and the other, whether 'the prisoner were iu such t State of mind" as to make him amenable to any tribunal for any part of ,his conduct. The last .qustion had been before Juries in two cases, still fresh in the re ,, , collection of evety one; and at an el:J:4er period, in the year 1724, in the case of . Edward Harlow, who had fired at. a Noble Lord. As all punish. ment was , fur the sake of example; it was self evident,. that.no one depriVed of reason could be a proper subject of it : but the plea of insanity deserved to be well weighed, otherwise it Might serve as a screen to the most atrocious Crimes ; and it must be distinctly ascertained, that the party, at the commission of the erinie, was en able to distinguish hetwecu right and wrong. In proof of insanity, th e commission of the crime could never be utnitted. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call his witnesses. George Metcalf stated hims e lf t o b e i n th e em ploy of Mr. Duffle! Haigh, uncle to the prisoner . : had knOwit the, prisoner eight of nine years,,,seyen 01. eight of which he (the prisoner) h a d liv e d with his uncle ; prisoner had been in confinement he= fore the 30th of November : on the morning of that day, had seen him at a quarter before seven o'clock at Mr. D. Haigh's ; prisoner then seta nothing ; saw him next in the warehouse talking to Bottomly, one of the men, whom he asked f o r money, but the other said h e had none. He then asked for.his trunk, and was told that it was in the 'mese; and that he might go in at the back door. Prisoner then Went away. The prisoner then seethed to be much as usual had not seen hint for 15 months previously., His general conduct was that of a rational man. Mr. Samuel Haigh, uncle to the prisoner, a warehouseman to his brother, said the prisoner called at his house, in North-place, City-road, about half-past eight in the morning of the 30th. Witness was much surprised to see him, and pri soner told him he bad got out 'of St. Luke's that morning. Wituesi told him it was uuu unfortn• nate.circumstance, as he understood he was to Continue there some time. Prisoner said he should go into the country, and asked witness to lend bird some money. Prisoner stopped to breakfast, and then witness sent to get change, and the servant gave prisoner 31. Witness asked prisoiter what he was going to do in the country ?—He answer ed that he had laid his• plans beforehe came ode,. • Witness lett the prisoner with Mrs, Haigh„ ettd went to the warehouse. He appeared to be in possession of his senses. Had not seen him sine* Februnry, a ben he was confined at Hoxton. Witness saw papers p t rinted by the pt•isOner, whiCh he said would bring about a peace :o all the lo his cross examination by Mr. Gutevar t said, that befort the *prisoner went - RY hart bit sprinted, which stated, that he (the priSoner) proposed to bring " peace to all the world," George Lowther, pawnbroker, residing tenlizon-eOurt-road, 'Said, that the prisoner einne to his shop on the morning of the 30th Nosk.itt. her, and purchased a pair of pistols for 355. They bud sonic conversation about the screws of the • pistols, which appeared rational, lie paid fur them with two 11. notes.. Miss gimlet Riley (this Witness was so oVer come by lier feelings, that she tainted, and was examined in, one of the s id e b oxes ) , had items% •the prisoner six years. lie had called upon her on the 30th of November, about ten O'elock,' and had converied with her about an hour. Met him coming tip Stairs to her bed-room, which he had never clone, before ; d e si re d hi nt to go to the drawing.room, which he did, and spoke several time's of his uncle, All. D. Haigh : said he butt been there that morning, and was kuing, there again- to settle an account : prisoner seemed to think.his uncle had done Win an injury, and would have jtaticc Witness wished hint to apologise to his tuteltsvhut prisoner said it was not the ftishion to be injured and to apologise : mentioned that he had escaped, 'and where he wets going. lacing cross-elan xined i dsaid, she ad out known the prisoner had been in Confinement; his belts viour was melancholy in the extreme; and iris sentence, incoherent. In answer. to a question front Mr. Abbott, said, he was not collected, bat could nut judge if he,were or were not insane: Mr. Daniel Haigh, uncle of the prisoner, said, he had been in his service for some time : pia con duce had been perfectly consistent until October twelvemonth, when he wrote to him at Ranisgate a letter, dated Oth October, 1612, which was tan. Minot - Int to this— , " DE AR LINE4c—A There ica tide lathe StftlTS of man, act.' I can du my country service, and to:do that is better than be ing a private individual, There it a person who can briag Knout .general p . m*, for his address look to the , n e xt skeet, Rhodes, N 0.6, Aldorraanbury. • 4 ' I must leave you —pricy lake my brother int:, y;t4r em ploy. Nation sball nu longer the against minim —* T .—. 6co' Did not send tiny unswer to this letter ; Witnefa chine 1191.4 P. ',about the leth of Oettiher, uu , i the Sunday after had some conversation with•the saner ryspemiug the scheMe he had iacontempla tion ; :i p.sistmet, 'said it ,was a secret, and he oin..it not thytthie tt ik; he said he did nut like the Mini sters, hut Burdett and Mr. Canning he re spected, .tVituess told him, if he pursuedthis Conduct, he,woutd conic to the . gallows or a inad.. !tonic; prisoner rePlied, he did not care if he lost his character, us the world was wide enough. Soon after he received this letter-- • " Ocr. 31, " DFArt UNctg—' If we fear OW, we shall pri ,, ifta'.. 7 .,( o 4li er seriptocal go , tationl followed Joa !cud rue 30001. —lf you lead me thicitt a week, I shall be your Hut I shrill be your eueuly. It Will be returned to Too with terest. " T. 11.110ligs.- After this it was deemed 'advisable to have Air. Tusluttiy iniossessorof a tuad-house, , at in the room of Mr. Jones; he Caine once or twice and conversed. with the prisoner, after which the prisoner sent the following letter : "Nov. 19. SsA-1 b ear d 41 4ux—orlat that box !a...100k to 1 yott