The Sun. — London, England, 1807-11-26 00:00:00

N AVAL NEWS. s , ''"' j I PLTiTOUTH,Nov.l44.—Arrived the Africaine Pri gate, 38 gul;3, ;liid Sur:doss Frigate, 32 guns, from : Portsmouth ; the 11fiwicie nne French. Privateer,- Cap % tured in the Channel, by Fortt4rise Frigate; late . this evening, a Packet, supposed the Prince of /0141; from Libon,' having on 'board Dispatches for GO: Vernment,,s4id to be of great importance, but not a Syllable has : transpired as to the nature of their con tents. Arrived the Aggressor Gutf-bilg; front a cruize ; and the Raven . Sloop of War, from off Oporto —she is aISO 'Stated to have on board Dis patches of importance for Government. Sailed the Hazard Sloop of War for the West In dies.; 'PiiitT3MOUTH, Nov. 25.—Arrived the Fox Cut ter, o f this Port, HENRY HASKELL Master s from • Lisbon, in ten days. She sailed from; hence 's Ist `ult. for Lisbon, and in consequebbe of the 'Embargo • : Cu •lii!itth Shipping in that Port,: he did not venture in, but took on board fruit - and passengeti Without' t heOnthe . gth inst. h&observed tWo Rus -*Sian Line;;of-battle Ships enter the Tagus ; the 11th, three.other Ship's of.the Line and two Frigates, alio kSne P,ortthgueie Prikate and a Merchant Ship front the Brazils, 'entered the River. On the 12th, two more Rusiihti Sail of tliiLine went up the River, making in 'tlie whole seyeii *maim Ships of the Line Ind two Frigates. AlSo arrived the kiss gins, and Blossom ._,Sloop of 'Wit from Newfoundland .; the fornier has •. 1 04 board Admiral HOLLOWAY, the Coinmander in • thief bn time it.tiktion 3" the AtnefiOan Ship ;Americo,-. i'• rom St. 'John's, With the above Ships of War. Liteivise arribed, and tuchored off the Mothek. ..,.iian t k,:ti . '.e-Edst India Ship ,/niiitY„ : Capt. WLI.ISDEN,. Di . spE9:fles, from Madras ; the ,commander, "immediately on . his arrival, landed, and proceeded.. .-IfOLLDn'tlon: Sailed the, esistailce Frigate, Capt. ADAMSON, on Came . into Harbour this day the Danish Ships of, 'War Iffuliiet;war, and Christiqn VII. ; the former fit coming in got aground on the Spit, but 'vas got %kawin without receiving much injury. thiEDNESs, Nov. 25,—Saileu the Cambrian, Fri , take; the Hon. espr. PAurr, for Portsmouth. • DEAL; I\7ov. 5.-=•:--Arriveil his Alajesty's Ship s k/sPrey, loyalist, a nd 'several Gun-brigs; from a. and several outward-bound Vessels from the iernain in the Dowilb with 'his -Alaje,sv's ri 4 • 111 i )3 ,1 B ZV. fl 176" lait. • . 1 • iNbiA-14Ouse.—Yesterday a Court Of Lirm . aors limas held; when the inider-inentioned captains were tCwoin itHt the Command of their respective Ships Capt. Wsi. MAXWELL, calculta; and WM. 'AtitrAX, ',high Inglis, - for Madras and Bengal.— the Ship :Northumberland .was taken up, and sta filmed for Mad e i ra , 'Madras, and Ilengal.• • A young Lady, from the neiglibburhOod of Can-, • terbuty., who had absconded froth her relati'ves, and tome to town in queen of her 10%%er, was fortunately 'discovereds on Tuesday last, iii.obscurc lodging hi fhe Haymarket, by her father. The fair fugitive 44d disguised herself in a sailor's drestk, and . was on the eve of setting out for . Portsmouth by the coach. , Tv EA Tx Mr. KEMBLR is still disabled by the gotta 'the part el Illacbet.lt was last night per formed, for the first time on. theilaandon boards, by • Mr' Popp. The performance of this charaeler is at, times an' attluods task, but must be considered particularly fio whet) in' Atitor" wakes his first appear.: , imee in it, and has: .to • follow .an example of aC. knowledged excellence. It is, but, justice to Mr. Popz to say that he supported the 'Part in a *banner that did.credit to his abilities: He was chiefly sue test:lfni in displaying those irresolute struggles which arose from the impnlie of arnbition and the ,!,corn punaious-visitings" of which Macteth is btriceptiblei even when he has proceeded to the trKist atrocious excesses. Mr. Pohl: experipMed :very outahle reception flom a numerous audience.. Mrs. S to otos Las so often appeared in the charaEter orLa(Vitlac kelh, that her high merit in it is universally known and admired. It is sntficient to say', that she exeaed 11111 her usual energy last right; and displayed that ,just• • • which • • discrimination invariably marks her ading. , looked nearly'as well. as she did twentryears' °P. CHARLES KIMBLE has `always made the part MaCchiffvery protriinent, and last night he seemed 4°- he 'disposed 'to render it still wore so, He ad ligrably expressed his detestation of the . ' tyrant, it'td displayed, t6iches of real pathos,' in reepiVing thi dreadful tidings of his domestic Yesterday (lied HARRY BARKER,. tsq. aged 72 ',ears, one of the sworn Clerks of the Court of Chan ce. ry for fifty years past, in h very 'extensive prac- . ' ;lee in that Court, and a man of the strictest hotiOur and integrity : he had but just retired from busi.: l 'lets., hoping for some years to have enjoyed his Ivo niefise fortune, but was suddenly snatched away by the all-wise :Disposer of men. He hai left a vcry urge circle of friends who knew his worth, lied touch regret his loss. BA ERYMORE ha s no t ma d e hi s peacewith Drury- Jane Theatre, but is performing at Manchester. S HIELD has sold hid mu s ic ro the new Opera:of 4 WO Faces under a Hood, for 8001. He was offered 19001. for it with to the representation of the, Vie " , but, with his accustomed liberality, he de clued selling it, alledging that the Drama might prove unsuccesstitl. i." It has been erroneously stated that the music , the new Melo Drama, which is' fqtlicoming at 1-: ,,ovent Garde n Theatre, is the produaion of a Mr. f l , ,uo usrus llotny 1)4, as it wholly the work of Mr. VYi compoi9r of eitablisited suorit• 'ROM THE P4PAS. LETTER STEALING. •• acT: e2.—The Editor tif the ifti • • ta.)-a, in attempting to- explain; in tliis morning's that dgly affair about the British '"se roster's dispatches, be believes the- PackiA to 1111 e Jaen a political contrivance here; n trick . invented on purpose to entral3 and eltpose hiM." It would Seen), therefore, that he supposes the British Minister. tO,be 'Perfe'Elly acquainted with 'that' unfortdnate propen tity which renders it inipossible fcir sake fucks, hav ing once got possession of anothei, person's letter, .to Jet . It go again .with: an unbroken seal. 17. We do nut believe. the inference to be just. Mr. Essx INS was not here at the . titne that. certain Let ters direeted frmm Wlishington to the . Editor of this. thiolitte came to hand through the medium of the iihiror . a. :We presume, therelore, that he was .not at all aware that placing a_ Letter belonging to an other man within the reach of Mr. DANE would lay him .under any extraordinary .temptation, or that it would prove a Sure means of drawing , hini . into disgrace., But whatever the .fact may be, the Editor takes' great credit to himielf for having suspeded the ,trick, and " for 'etfeattally 'resisting the temptation, strong as - it was. Though he does 'not absolutely say that he did not Open the packet, he plainly insinuates that be did not,' by expressing a doubt as to the contents of it, and by the exulting manner in which he announces his fortunate 'escape from the trap thus artfully and temptingly laid, for him. The folloWing are his words " The adherents of the British . Governinent have now the Whole advantage of the trick, ter - such we .. Must still believe it to be. But the trap did not cateh:=.l. they must trpanother trick, or give it vtnother. turn."—(bnitecl States Gazette.) . ' In relating the affair of Mr. Eitsitti4leS dispatches,. we stated erroneously that they Were demanded in, form by the British Consul, or by his orders. Mr.. BOND did, not apply for the Packet, mither in person Or by order. , It was; however, applied for by a Gentleman of this city, Who received the answer stated in our last.—(ibitL) The Rutland (Vermont) Heraktgives the folIdw: ing extras of a letter from Canada :--:. . , • <<The French militia have been turned oat, and th'e 3d brigade on Tuesday last. The Conirtiander called on thoSe- he chose; they being embodied; he called for . every fifth man to step six paces out froM the main body. His call was not obeyed in the least: Some said they would notatep• out without the rest : and sortie made. bold to say • they would not take up twins against- the Am licans, but would join them when they cho:ie. ' fruity, w ho said they would join the Amilribans, were committed tot mutiny, and will have their trial 04r00rr0 , .v." • •• 1(..). :23.---4ilC gilitor of the Aurora has corn , inewil a brutal defeace of the letter stealing affair which came to light a few days ago. The strong • point of his defence is, that it was a measure of re taliation for the interception and publication of Ad tuiral WlLLAustsz's dispatches to the French Am • hassador. We subjoin his words, that we. May not - be accused of misrepresenting hitv meaning '4 We cannot pass the subjed over without callin I i to the recolletlion of the public, a,datilning proof o - 1 the-base depravity of the British adherents and Tories: • , . " It is bat a few months ago, that in a Federal Pa. , per at Norfolk, there was pnblislied various Letters and Papers said to be the contents of a Dispatch ad- • dressed to the French Ambassador resident •at .Washington., , • "'When the "dispatches 'addressed to the French Ambassador were intercepted, they , were not for witrdeeto the Am bassadoti—they were not forward- ed to the Executive of the United States, the 'only legitimate channel of communication of public con "Cetinst-between citizens of the United States and Fo `titign Ministers: the first intimation of their existence :watrllteir publication in a newspaper. 'i l The dispatches to the Minister of this friendly 'Power were stopt l Not tone stopt, but the Aterican Govern inent was treated with studied insult, by the puh lkation .of those papers openly avowed. to be inter. cepted." is the defenoo set Up by a private nia'n clAtning to be an American Citizen, for intercepting andlletaining Letters addressed to the British Mi ')l*6e. !A it onteas examination will be sufficient tO convince any one that it this is all that he can say in jastitication of his, conduiit, he would much htittcr m cumin silent. The Dispatches of the French • Minister were intercepted on the high seas by a British, ffi Ocer—an Officer of a hostile Nation. ' They were therefore good prize; they became time propertLof the captor who had a perted right to break the seals and to publish the contents. A bel ligerent has a right, by the lawa of war, to seize and appropriate every spec ies of the property of' his enemy wherever he can find it. There was no vio lation, therefore, of either law or honour in the sei zure and publication of, French dirvitelmes by the British. It is true, the Aurora woald have it 'be lieved that Americans, that federalists, intercepted and published those pipers, and, perhaps, - to carry on they parallel, he expects `to have it believed that they were embezzled and opened within the United StateS by the Editor of a Paper. Unthrtunately for his defence, the well•known fad that the papers were seized and - opened by an avowed enemy, upon the high teas, and `were published' both at Halifax ,andin the West Indies' before they appeared in 'any ,plper printed in the United States. , • . „ The sole argument, therefore, on which Mr. rDn'Atsu rest his defence is in itself aselets and vi sionary, unless he stands iu the same relation to the British Government as exists between they manner. of a British Ship of 'War un the'high seas attcl the French. Government. Now, though we have long _perceived his warm attachment to the cause and Governmentof _France, we did not sup pose that he would avow such an allegiance and sub serviency its would entitle him to the •rights of la ,ilelligerent; and justify-him in seizing anti detain log British property. , As he,has chosen, however, to. take this ground, it is not far us to say that he is. not: entitled to it. lint he must excuse us oh • jeCting to his making us of our neutral territory 14..4 heatre of his warfare: against the seals of English dispatches. If he is a liege stthje6t of 800- NAPA axg, or one of his mercenaries, 'he is fully entitled to . intercept British Litters, or any oilier Briabb British territory. or- On the high seas, bat riot in the streets of l'hiladelphia, (U. S. Gazette.) • BY TE-10. PRESID . Et4 T OP TITP, LINITED STATRS, 00 AMERICA. A PPOCI.AkATION • Whereas inforliation has been received thLlt number of who, have deserted ft tier. Army bftbe Cri - , 3 ,trd Shtes, and sought shelter out the th.:reol, have beconie,iisnale of theiroftmt•e; and :us.: desirous of returning' to their. duty, a tell p:trdon k hereby,proelaitne.d to each and all such inditidirils as' shall, within foUr Months from the time hereof, surrender thenlielves to ibe `Commanding Officer of any"thilitary post Within the United States, or the territories thereof : In testimony whereof, t . hay,: caused-the seal of the United Staten to be affixed to theie presents; and signed the same with 'my.. baud.--Done at the City, of Washington, the 15th day of Otioher t in the year of Or bird 1:807, and of the Independeuee Of the United States'OlAnieriea the thirty-seond. Tu. iErrEilsoN. By the President, JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State, Akite ICAN DortiAtt , io.---Some . tlrneago we gave an ac,count of a duel fought . in Virginia', in , one of the `Secondit fired at and wounded the anta-, gonis't of his Principal. The •dbliowing corres pondence on . thiS ektraordinary duel is given in one. of the American Papers received yesterday .4 . T)511 I?DITOR OF THE NORFOLKCAND I'ORTARIOUTH• 51R-1, perceive in your . Paper ; of this day a communication, stating, that ‘..a meeting hacl. talien plaCebetWeen Dalt* Sraita and Captaiu GottnoN, Tin consequence of a dispute on the subjeo of. Ocim , mad Ore BARRON'S CPll4lla.. Several .shots were et changed without effeel. The affair terminated in the llnaor's receiving a wound in the arm from Lieutenant CaANu, the friend of Capt. GORDON It is obvious that the,intention of the Author of :that, .piece was to iojtit* Any reputation, and that too in ra ,meati and dastardly , way ; for although what he states is truths hit has not stated the cause of my firing.—lt is as, follows :.-- 7 Tbere was a - particular . stipulation beßtieen the parties, which. was con-' municated to the Gentlemen when they took the. ground; that' if :either Of them fired before they' sbauld:receive the word, the friend of the Gentle-' man fired on shooldintmediately shoot him. Dr. 'STARK fired before the ward, and I did my Writing, Sir, is not my profession. I have no wish to be engaged in newspaper 'contentions.* Should 'any thing tUrther be published' on 'this ssubjen, I hope the antrum] will add their names.--,-As the coma - tunic:lom) ;was made Ahrough your Paper, 1 expea, and r have no doubt, you will have the jus tice to give this a place. • 0 am, Sir, your obedient servant, • W. U. CltA • " Veiled Wes! litigate,.Ches'apeake,; 1 24th Sept. 1807." TO'TME EDITOR, &C. B,:'"C. f t Sin—As the friend of Dr. St.% K, in his allltir with'Coptain Gogbow, I coacentd' it myduty.to re move shy unravourable impressions that the statement 'of Lieutenant eic x E may have made on. the .Public. agree as to the stipulation, that if either a the principals fired before the word was given, th e friend Of the Gentleman fired .on had the privil eg o of .shooting him'.' :But am:, confident that. Dr. *STARK did not fir© until the, word was finished it was ruseconder two 'before Captain GORDON dis- W)arged his pistol, and immediately called out, you have fired. before the word.'—f,ieutenant CRASH, then levelled his pistol and shot my friend, at the sa m e time apeaking in the mo s t insulting manner.-- , - Can any person suppose for. a moment, that a man, • who. bad stood ,si:4 tires. before, would: attempt to take such an advantage tit the seventh ? No, .Sir, it cannot be credited. Besides -Captain GoaDON might hare retained his fire goes to -take better. ain.t..•: I shall now leave the public, to. judge between the par ties, preuriiaing a that . when 13r, 8. K. recovers. from his wound, a fiat and candid statement of fa6ta. ;hall be laid Before • I ant, Sir, your obedient servant, A. J. M'CoNsico. - " Noilblk, Sept, 28, 1807." . CA 1 Ld As the concerns of the musical World seem to excite inote attention in the present melancholy state of Europe than even during periods of general tranquillity, it may .perhaps bo - considered :.as our ditty to subunit thefollowilig Letter,tioe nLtbis cele» brated Perforzucr to the Public. TO LbITOR. : , st SIR, " I begleave 'to inform the Public, through the medium ptgyour P,aper, that instead of being anxious to sign an engagement with the Managers of, the King's Theatre, as has been insinuated, a month has not elapsed since, in .Mr. TAY LAM'S preseneti, the minute of such ati engagement was cancelled on my part,. By ibis engagement I was to have had 4060 guineas, but on condition that ['should verthrin al ternately in the first Serious and .Comic Charadersi thus Winding me to exert myselfltvice (he Aumker ,ff nigh 4 HIFI I 414 in the last- Season. My obvious and univ motive,for wishing to renonnCe this en gagement a wasi the great fatigue which it imposed upon nse. .This I beg leave to state as being ex.', attly the truth.. I presume to add, that such is my sense 1)1 the kindness of the British public, *hich ,have every where experienced, and wiii4ll has made ,a deep and lasting impression on my heart, that though no engagement at the Opera should take place, I shall still find opportunities pit Manifesting, by My beat exec buns, my gratefUl sense. of the , pnb. lie favour. Lam, Sir, " Your obedient Servant, tr ANGELICA. CATALANI." 1 " Paddington, Noy. 1807. • . . The EMpress of Trance i 3, it seems, going to bojd a new Gallery at Mzilinaison, for the purpose of containing:att the,b(!aoiitul works of' modern art itch! remains OfLitithiuily, the spoils of co nquest , which have. been brought to her from other calm- COniiZleritlg he manner in which they were obt:tined, the iii4cription over the editice'destined to ret eive these curiosities ought to.be" Thelepositeip of stolen moods." NELSON's,MONUMENT IN Y;iIiIiI)IIALL A model or the Nionurnent intended to be ereaed in Guildhall to, the memory of Lord . NELSON, at th o ex..petice of the City,. ha.; heen just completed by Nl r .. j: Crk of .I'6rqin:d-road, who g ain e d t h e • .prize otiered for the hest and I','llo is ernplo)cd to conwu;St the Monhale;4.' The de.;ign , cinnbilies s in a great degree, stnipittity and grandiur, and dism vl,tys.considerahle taste. in the cxecutioq.- 'A figure, with a mural crown, intendedlo the City or „London, is represented inscribing on, - the tough the word . ", Trafalgar," above which are al - reatry Written ." NELsoti," encircled in a wreath of ci Copphagcn." Beneath is a tablet intenkkd foi an inscription. 0n one 'side is Britannia in a techr s ing attitude, Lamming over a portr tit ot: her tavoqrito Hero. In-front, is a recninix;.ii . t ri . ,Yur ! !, rt•pi.esentirk the Ocean, expressing a mingled r setkitio4 - prise and regret at Ins_dgath.- At tat lie.l to Britannia, are the liOn and: trideht, and no h o f th e figures, trophies.' Below is a repres , latal.ion of the Battle of Trafalgar, atid on each ziL.! e Fr._.nch Spanish Captive. The monument is intended to be placed in the recess correspondiTig to the situation of Lord Chat. ham's monument'on the same sl.le. If thiii be nearly,opposite the great door, and will immediately strike Ihe'eye on entering the 11,d1. ... . ... : . , The model bas been approved of by,the City Cprn. Mittee l ; and the innnunient will be iminAliatdy pro ccodecl upon. A Considerable "time must of'cAirse elapCe bethrtho public can ,be griuitiod with 4 Vitnir of it in iti intended situltion. , . ' THE SIVIaI. The Dublin Paper, called The Correspondent ' , of the 20th Inst,ltontains• the. Tao-wing melaocholy intelligence revealing the etiWis of the tempest _on the Irish coast': ll It is with the deepest _concern that we are obliged to state 'the following fatal tifo feet of tl*storm bat night. 'On Wednesday even ing last, three Transports, with Volimteers for the 18th and 97th' Regiment,s, chiefly flora the South Mayo Militia, sailed frofn the Pigeon House D r ock. foe Liverpool. Yesterday morning they had gained so striall 'an oiling; that they, Were discernable' frocu the heights about Dunlearv, and, dreadful to rehtte, one of them, on board of whi.-:11 were t ryn soldiers, with several women arid children; was 'driven :on the rocks under the battery :it amleary Point, and all perished, except the crew and two soldiers', who were preserved by taking to the boar. Among the unhappy sufferers on occaiion we.regret tofina the name of Lieutenant' . M'ClAss, of the 18th Regiment, Who had Cliirge t)f the Recruits: He was a young: Cheer ,• of ancin,e46otiable merit and uncommon prornise,, Another V6ssel is stated' h ire sti-ack ou the White f3ank near tbs . .' Sent.... Fiuther :fecoutits state,' that a Parkgate 'Vessel, w'lth recruits. for the .97th'lleghttent, foundered in tile g:ile ; also . a Brirr,' a' Sloop, and a very large S}Vedish Ship, - which had formerly 'been i Frigate. In the multiplicity of report , . on this' distressing subjeer, it is also Said, that '. two 'VeAsels . have f6undered off Killiney`Bay. - This morning the bo• dig`s of several' soldiers, with 97 . ,on their buttons, tre drifted on shore along the Coast in the neigh , ourhood of 'Black Boa and Dunieary.. I 'Sjnce writi n g the above,' we have received mere iit/ prticz:lars of this'atlliaing catastrophe.' The 16st:h..; drite Transport, :of Liverpool, was one Of a Fleet which were conveying -to ,Ettgland the u7th Re. giment, formerly known as the Qu ee n' s Germans. YesterdaY, about three'o'clock in the afternoon, she was ob s erved from tho Black Rock, in the Otfing, and evidently in diatress. Aittsqtj . eii were' repeat- eclly lired as signals of distress„ but •the tbry of the elemems precluded the,passibility . of any assistance reaching theM. • • - • ..' . This.morniw. i at' . dav-hreak., the . mest appalling 0 - t seene'waA revealed :.Thc. , 'BllC:it'd front Dunleary to BlaCk Rock was almost,literally covered with 'the bodies of men, woipen, and children l Our Read ers will shudder to hear that tivo hundred and six. ty-seven viaims were swallowed up in the waves ; amongst whOm, we regret that We are forced to state, was Major aGuitutoooN, of the 97th Regi. 'meter.-;There were also 51 Lieutenants,. ö Serjeants, 2 . Drunim'ers, i 73 Privates,. 4y women, and 34 Oil 'then —in all 2 -67 !"-.' l'he 'NT e3Sel lies Close to the Tower ; and though her decks are peileo; her bet ',Join is completely scooped through and through.-- fit,'is a most remarkable circumstanee, that though fhe.wreck Must have happened near the shore, not a Single soul, that we have heard 'of, escaped , the (ire:whit catastrophe., It is , asserted, though we have trot egad means of ascertaining its authenti.; city, that the Prince of l# ales, Pa rkgate Packet, lies a wreck at the back of Dunleary Pt.int, and that. upwards.. of -i go - personv were . lost in her........ The , Captain, two. Officers, ancl.setne atite crew; it is said, escaped in the boat. On the whole, perhaps• no former period has to record a more tee.. mendous Visiiatien than that of the hit twenty-four hours. The late Decree of the Privy Council, respeaing the condemnation of British Vesiels captured, and na vigating under a Neutral Flag, will atford'great satis fadion to our brave Tao - , and a tiubjeft of great re gret to the enterptizing Fishextnen of Dunkirk, Ostend, and Calais. Tuesday afternoon a journeyman baker betted five guineas that he would run ten miles on, the Brixton Ro.id, in the space of an hour ; which he performed in five minutes less than the time allowed. Bets ; ran high against the runner. ' FOOT RACE.—C. R.,CovENt Y,'E4q, of Charlotte. .strevt, Fitzroy-square, „undertook yesterday,, for a wager of fifty guineatil; with a Captain Smillt, to .ran.a mile in five minutes and a half, at four starts. The ground was ,on the. foot path between Podding. .ton and , Kilburn Turnpike, a, quarter of a mile of which was measured. -Mr. C. weighs twelve stone, andhe did the first quarter - of a mile in one triimpe and sixteen econtis, the second in otter minutes and rwenty,rwo seconds, and the third be was nue mi. mite and fbui seconds doing. lits, Lad to perforll4 the otheilquarterOf a mile in one Mihute and.twelve scconds, and he lost the match by a quarter of a , The prick-striah was allowed twenty mi. flutes between each start, hut he did not take half the time. Bets were avainct