The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-16 00:00:00

Nti,711:40 BEPT' n‘nr.nilig Prir. ce es At.tonstA mitt eirNilf OF WALFS toot •iiinvlinQ'R ride illi•ongh .the pleaslnt piqntaii6ns in the Great iteedmpnied Ly• Lord,- WALSINGI-1 AM, LaN! ROSSLyN, crai VYNYARD, and Colonel TAYLOR. The QrkENT and Princesses ELIZABETH and:rt,TARY took an air jug in her baronche and four, in the Great ark, for an hour, ,as did,Princess SopHIA, in her car- Tiage and four. In the k'torriool the QUEEN, .Princess. CHARLOTTE, of WALES, all the PRtIsT , CESSES, farnilV,: spent .the remainder .of the (lay at Frogniore Lodge and .Gardens, and return ed at eight o'eh,ck. This. niorniug, at twelve -in'elikek, the QUEEN, PRINCESSES, and Princess CtiAtit.oll7E of \l7,ii.ES, .tied their attendants went to Virginia Water, on ,a f i shing party, Aere they dine and sliend -the dny-. Princess CHARLOTTE f. WAL E S went i n h e r.phmton and pair, accom panied by Lady 'DI: CLIFFonn. . Military aispetches have been, received from , Major -General Ceeee, the,COminKnder of his Afa jesty's f orces i i the isiend of Antigua. Brigadier -General Swete-Ne is appointed on the Staff inNova Scotia. Admieal FERRIER is arrived in Hoseley'llay;with five• sail of line-of-battle ships..from the Texel, for ' the purpose'of receiving a supply of stores, in or der to resume the blockade of that port. We are happy to announce the arrival., at ;Aber of five foreign vessels, from Riga, with a.-x and hemp; a very seasonable sup ply to . our tanufacturers. In. consequence of the war with. America, it may be difficult to procure flat-seed In that abundance which may sow the land in cul e s tiYation; it would therefore be a desirable thing , that, during the flax harvest, due attention would be paid - to ripen and preserve the seed through out the British. EMpire, which, if properly re aped . , .is equally excellent With that of one. enemies. - Orders have been issued by the Transport Board • to send round an additional supply of transports - to Portsmouth, for the embarkation of the , corps: of the Guards now at:that port undee orders . for , P o A t t t u h g a a past one o'cloCk ' yesterday, an express 'as sent to the 'Horse Guards,by an orderly Ser jeant, from his Royal , Highness the . Commander in Chief, counternianding the marching. of the Privates of the Guards, which were to consist of 100 of the 2d regiment, ' and 150 of the. 3d regi ment, to. reinforce' the army under the Marquis of WELLINGTON : the reason assigned is, that the shipping is not in readiness to receive 'them ;' the quota of the 3d -regiment were yesterday morning at the Depot in the Birdeage-walli of St. James's • Pad', furnished with their canteens, haversacks, &c. for their use on foreign service, It is expected that the 'Life Guards will march on Wednesday next for Portshathith. • is said that six troops of the PRII7CE REGZ.rT 7 S regiment, the lath Light Dragoonse will shortly" join the Marquis of WELLINGTON. The West Suffolk Militia have marched from Liverpool to Halifax, in Yorkshire, their head- ' quarters. %Ve would advise those Irishmen who are so little acquainted with the interests of their coun try as to b e adverse to the Union, which has ren dered it an integral part 'of the British Empire, to reflect on the opinion of the great MONTESQVIEU on this very subject. According to the account of the late Lord CELMILiMONT, as given in one of bis letters; MONTESQUIETJ expressed the following • sentiments :—" Were lan Irishman," said hP.; 1 should ,certainlywish for it, (an Union he ' tweet} Ireland and this country) and as a general lover of liberty; I sincerely 'desire it ; .and for this Plain,reasote, that an inferior country,, connected '• 'rid) one much her superior in force, can never be i ccrtain of the permanent enjoyment of her con e ., etitutional freedom, Unless she has, by her repre . ecntatives e a proportional share in the Legislature of the s-a9erior r,:x.gf!'ml.'!—Surely this opinion of one of -the profoundest political writers that ern . existed r and related by a Nobleman whose veracity no Irishman will presume to. distrust, //lust have.dneweightwith every reflecting man'e e e - :But indeed the advantages of the Union are so oh that even the. opinion of the great MONTES; QUIFX, is not necessary to justify a measure which entitles those who accomplished it to the everlast ing esteem and gratitude of every true friend to .Ireland. The folloWire• letter her; been addressed to the tditOr of a Mornin. Paper, in consequence of an affair which w' alluded to in a paragraph in the_ trst of yesterday SIB., Surrey Theatre, Sept. 15, 160. perceive, by your Paper of this morning, that . some." good-natured friend" tips 'furnished you With an allusion to a fracas Which took place at this Theatre a week- ago, between Mr. Elliston. and Mr. De CaMp ; and , in such a fornt . as greatly 'to misrepresent the circumstances. ' Mr. Elliston is at Cheltenham ; and, at this mo ment, I have no means of &insulting with him, whe ther any notice should beta'ken of such a mis-state-' anent or not. AO, however, am very unfairly referred to, Ithink it right injustice to myself, as well as to, 11r. Elliston anal' Mr. De Camp, to say that the facts were simply these - . A dissension • !lid occur at the theatre, on the evening of Tuesday, the Bth instant; between Mr. Elliston and Mr. De Camp, in which . some hasty expres,sioas were used on both sides; 'and which, for -a single moment, did occasion a slight personal encounter. The effect-of this was7a meeting at tin early hour the next. morn-. ing, on Dulwich Common, where Mr. Elliston was accompanied by - myself, and Mr. De Camp by one of his friends.' Mr. Elliston and Mr. De Camp vxchanged 'shot& : and then, on the interposition Of Mr. De, Camp's friend and myself they ,were prevailed upon to shake. hands. 'No persons in ' such' a-situation could conduct themselves more properly. In reference to the allusion to myself, I'have to add; that the quarrel was not produced by any act or expression of in.ne; and that, so lat• from fo inenting any difference between tile parties-, every Possible effort was used by me to reconcile them during the, progress of the dispute, and befOre they proceeded to the last extremity. ".1 mu sorry I have been obliged to intrude upon 'nu; and 1 remain, Sir, . Your most obedient servant, Seeiu. TAo. RUSSELL. LEED::i; On Monday morning; abOut one o'clock, the -ollen manufactory of Messrs. Ricllard Lin;lsev and Sons, of Gildersome, in the IVe. , t Riding of Yorkshire, was attacked by a number of men, who, after 'breaking open the doors, destroyed 17 pairs of shears, of the best 1t... d, and grf!asly in jured the machinery used in raising and dressing the cloth. This depredation was :completed with-- out lights, and the time occupied in its perpetra tion did not exceed twelve minutes. The depredation at Southowram, on Thursday, the 3d inst. was committed on the mill of Messrs: Waterhouse. On this occasion -no shears were broken ; but two gig mills were destroyed, with their furniture, and the windows of Mr. Broad bent, the Superiutehdant of the works, were much shattered. Our Correspondent at Huddersfield, under.date of the 10th inst. says---‘‘ Several persons have been apprehended on -various charges of Lud ditism, and are now in custody here. A number of others have this week abjured their illegal oath., and taken the, oath of allegiance; they see the calamities they have brought upon themselves and neighbours by the atrocious depredations they 'have committed, and the delusions they have la boured under ; and it is to be hoped they will follow the laudable example of these their asso ciates,in discharging themselves from that unlaw , fill and ruinous -system in which they have unfor tunately been engaged, and 'return to their duty and allegiance before it is too late." NOTTINGHAM, SEPT. 12. It is with sensations of the most painful nature we have to notice , the spirit of, riot and disorder which-has prevailed in. this town during the pre mit week, occasioned by the high price of flour. -It having been ascertained that a considerable re duction took place in the price of wheat in our market on- Saturday last, (but w ich, ,it . appears, did not exceed from 10 to 15 shillings . -per quarter on corn that was in a fit state to-grind), the peo plelnaturally conceived, that as the bakers and dealers in flour had profited by the rise in ,every instance, on their stock in band, they ought, on a principle of-fair dealing, to concede the advan-- tage of a fall in the prices of corn in the market to the public. They were, therefore, persuaded, That flour would be sold on - the lNJonday following at a proportionably reduced rate ; but as the dealers had bought in their stock at the highest possible price, they could not, without sustaining a. very material loss, lower it to the. price-so confidently expected, aid so anxiously desired, and. in conse cpience, a-strong ferment wis created in the pub lic mind, which led to the commission of much Mischief. On Monday morning, parties of women and Children, acting upon the example recently put - sued at Leeds and Sheffield, visited the ,different Sour dealers and bakers' shops, bearing a penny loaf on the end of a stick, and ringing a bell, and peremptorily requiring then n to lower the:Fice of bread and flour. The different groupes were soon joined by great numbers, wbo proceeded in this i manner to all the shops in the, town. Some of the bakers' and dealers readily assented to their request ; others agreed to . it on condition that the rest in the trade did the same ; some positive ly refused ; and one baker, we are told, actually laid an advance of two ,pence per stone on the prices of the preceding weelc Such as. complied with the wishes of the multitude, were cheered; and those who refused to listen to the ,dictates of the mob, had their windows broken. In this manner, the tumult' continued during the whole of Monday and. Tuesday.—The Magistrates 'acted with , 'the greatest lenity, and .forbearance, and thOugh . they found it" necessary to read the Riot Act, they relied more on the pers`uasive means, than the use of force, to induce the mob to:dis perse. This, however, tended only. to make the mob more daring and insolent ; and it at length became necessary to call in the aid of military small parties of which were stationed in some of the bakel•s' houses for the protection of their pro perty: • Hitherto the proceedings . Were principally , con fined to the. women ; but on' Tne. , ,day evening a large mob collected in Hockley, who insultedthe Magistrates, and threw stones it the hussars, who were at length ordered to clear the streets, and several pistols having been fired by way of inti midation, the whole speedily dispersed, without further mischief. The town has 'since remained perfeetly tranquil. .The Magistrates have taken the most effectual measures for the protection. of farMers and others bringing supplies to market. Several, parties of rioters visited the mills in . this neighbourhood, and some of the farm-houses, where they were relieved with money. Guards are now stationed at several mills.. ~' CLERKENWELL SESSIONS, SEPT. 15. . Maiiel French stood indicted for having corn mated assaults on the persons of William Sim monds and ItichardSquires, on the 14th of June last, and on the other hand, the prosecutors stood indicted for having 'committed a similar offence. on the person of Daniel French, to both of which charges the parties pleaded Not Gai/O. '• William Simmonds_ said, he kept a houSe Buckingham -street, Fitzroy-square, part of which he let to Jews, of the name, of Lyons. On the 14th of June, which happened to fall on a Sunday, he was sitting in his parlour, when he heard a tap at the door, and he desired the person whoever it was to walk in. Daniel French, at that time an utter stranger to hith, entered the room, and ac costing him, said he 'called to speak to him 'con cerning a Latiy who lived up stairs, who he said had been struck by William simiuonds. He had scarce time to reply, when Mr. French called him 4n old blackguard, upon which he said, if he. Was not courteous he would have him turned out of the room ; to which Mr. French replied, that he would not belurned out. Upon this the witness wad obliged -to call in Richard Squires to his as sistance, and whilst employing their united force to expel him from the parlour, lie struck' them both with a stick, which he carried in his hand. cc We, however," said the witnesss .. turned • • c6mrh h Pieces. j o7 a b t out s noug c .t o it~~ Otis stick.'* Spiires stipportc:l the evidence of Sinitnnridg v - With:sOare.acco.nici; and prodv.ted the stick`which belonged. to • Preiich, which was broken in two (tilling the senflie. • ilini-ionds and Sarah Jones Confirin el, hi so.ine Of tile•itiateri.ti Pah - A.4;411-e preceding evidence. Mr. French then . Catrie forward. in his. own de fence, and as a yrosecutdr Upon the indictment, found against Sin - moods and Squires. He was a iespectable looking man, and had practised as a barrister with considerable success but weakness of body had caused him to desist from his Studies and practice, and he riOW lived opOti his - patri= ninny amongst his relationS. Mr. French said; that he was in the habits of intimacy with the ftiL mily of the name of LyonS, Who t*nted one of Mr. Siunnonds's ficors in Buckl»ghath-street Happening to visit them, in comp ny with his wife, on the 14th . Of JUne; he was concerned to find that Miss Lyons was ind4osed, from brutal treatment that she had experienced the preceding day from the hands of Simmonds. He learned also that a warrant was procured against the per son of Simmonds, .to answer for his misconduct, but which, as he learned., Could not be acted upon until the next day, which was Monday. Resolv - r ing to expostulate Calmly with Mr. Simmonds for brutality t 9 his friend, -he walked down stairs, and was admitted into the parlour, where he found Simmonds; reinforced by Richard Squires, who is a constable. Before that he had well opened Lis lips, on the subjea, SimmondS vociferated—" Out, °tit, out, thou white-livered Jew"—and lob'Aing at the walking cane which Mr. French held in his hand, he exclaimed to the people whom the cla mour had collected" This d—d Jew . will mur der me." The witness then threw his stick into the'pasage, When the two sprung forward upon him; and SiMmonds straek him beneath the eve with a siliall Mace Which he held in his band. By this time - Airf. French Was alarmed, and; coming . down Stairs, endeavoured to save her ttusband, when slit was struck at by Sicamonds. Tins so asperated the - witness that then, and not till then, he snatched up his stick, and struck Simmonds with it ; it broke in his hand. " some other per sons coming in, Mr.-French suffered himself to be quiet!y•COnducted tothe hick-up-house, out of which he .was released by the interposition of the Magistrate, Mr: Conant. In this narrative Mr. French vas corroborated rely amply by his wife,'und Miss - Lyons and her brother. The Arr all agreed, that Sinanoads hejd his hand, in a threatenintposture, in the face Mr; French, and' that blood was vizible about one of his eyes, from the'effects of the blow from the mace. • The Jury; after a short cot-Imitation, returned a , verdict of guilty ugainst'Siinniond.and Squires, aad acquiCed Mr. French. • • - • beth HOward and ,William Lovegrove, were - indicted for assaulting`the e person of Edward Moore, aj f alace cotirt , Officer, during the execu tion of his duty upon the I lth of June last. Edward MOOrOaitl', that he was a Police Officer • of Palace.-yard, and went on the morning of the llth of lune, : accompanied : by .his son and .a per son of the name of Higgins, to execute a warrant upon the body of a man nathed Howard; who re sided at' Finchley. They. 'arrived at that place about two o'clock in the morning, hut vfere de nied. admittiince. -A short while atter they were joined by Matthews and Cook„. two runners, whom be understood 'were ("brae with a warrant • to search the premises of Howard for an illicit still which - they .had .received ittformation was erected somewhere in his premises. He then applied himself to one of the windows for admit tance,. when -a voice . ekela;med from within, " If you don't leave the grounds, we will blow your. brains out." Presently the prisoner, Lovegrove, lehied out of one of the Windows,_aild leaving it open behind him; the witness thrust in his bead, and clapped his hand on die shoulder of Howard, saying, " You - are 'my prisoner ;" whereupon they prated - down the Sash of the window, cd holding; it. upon his neck, belaboured him minim ' HiS son then endeavoured:to rescue him, ' and 'after a fierce struggle, they succeeded' iii throuling up the Window; upon which they leap ed into the house, and found Mrs. Howard arm ed with a pitchfork, which;she applied against their persOris With considerable prowess.; another of the inmates held a'sharp 'hoe in his hand,Which he was not scrupulous of, bringing ineontact with the headS of his Majesty's liege subjects in the performance of their dtity. 'Finally, after a sharp bickering, 'in Which Moore was covered with blood, they got possession of the m,asion, and Ykr.HoWard escaped at one of windows, and had not appeared since. . On behalf of the prisoners, Sarah Lyon, Who residas in the next house to Howard, said, that she knew young Moore, ,who informed her, that ,haci a pistol which he presenled,during the scuffle , only happened to go off, he would have let . it ;. but - the pistol was not his own, and was out of order. She informed him that she was afraid he _ would h_stve done. wrongliad he discharged it ; but - he answered that he could live at Botany Bay as well as here. Howard's daughters were also called, Who' made - eVidence;Abat Moore and his companions' entered forcibly into their father's house .by the Window, and presented pistols to their breasts, - and struck the•persons :of those who endeavoured . _to defend their own habitation. .: • Thd Jury, without much hesitation, found both the prisoners , - Cara-ExCIIAN'GF, SEPT. 16.--:Do-day the Mar ket has very few artiVals of Wheat; and not inuch fine remaining, which fully maintains last prices, other qualities dull sale:; Foreign Rye in abun dance ; Barley hardly at the late reduction . ; Malt and, White Pease' nearly at last prices ; Beans of the two'sorts likewise, `and but few on hand ; Oats. are in short supply, and f.llt•nartied also . fully at the last quotation; Flour withoUt altera- . tion. Wheat - - ; Fine ditto - - EO4. 115 s. 15Qs. 1545. 15R,.. Tick Bean; - - 983. 983. Oats - - -575.-60 s. ti4s. Poland dit!.o -68 s. Potatoe (1 . 0:19 • - - €.94. 70s. * 11ape - - Cu!. C4l.' Flour -115 s. 1 , 204. Seconds - - --110 s. Ave - - - - 545.• 695. MaJt, - - - - h7A. 'White Pease 7:45. S4s: Grey ditto - - 735. 80s. Deans - z 91s. 10Cs. A.TI~T~t. i Cis.. AN ADDRESS OF MEMBERS OF TILE HOUSE OF PRESE&TA:IIVEC QP THE 001.4GRESS ON T TTNITi.',D STATES, TO THEIR.OINISTITTIEitTfi I:3t THE sunsEci . Or THE - *Akt N`J.TH GEEAT LzA`rn , (Concluded fruri our paper of Yesterday ) . , " And the address deliVered l y his Idle erica Majesty Napoleoqi to the Cotineil of .COMmerce; on the 31st March; 1811; he thos dedareS ! The Decrees of qetliri and Milan are the feindementai laws of my Fittopire Fbr the neutral naVigatiOn Ii consider the flag as an eXterisidii of territorV. the power which s4eri its flag to be tiola!lfa; cannot be considered as neutral. The fate of the Atherican ciiannerce soot be decided. I will faVooie it if the United States conform theroseleeS . to these decrees. In a contrary case, their VeS:. sels will be driven from my empire.' " And as late as the 10th OF' March .last, in a report of the French MiniSter of Foreign Rela lations, communicated to the Conservative Senate; it is declared, that as long as the British Oederi. in Council are not revoked, and the principles of the Treaty of Utrecht in relation to neutrals pot in force, the Decrees of Berlin and Maim ought to subsist; for the powers who suffer their flag to be denationalised.'--In none of these Acts is , there any exception in, favoor of the United States. And on the contrary, in the report of March last; by placing those Decrees on the basis of the principles of the Treaty of Utrecht,' the French Minister ;,as exteadeu the terms of revocation be= yond all prior pretensions. • 'Thcoic who maintain the revocation of these Decrees a. it - respects the tTitited States, rely wholly upon the suspension Of the deciSions of the • .'Tench Prize Coorts, in relation to some few veto sell and the liberathin of others, Ire the specil rection o the Pr.elleh Emocroe. C.oi there be stronfe - eoupresumptive evidence of the existence of those Decrees than this—thet no vesel eXcept.- ed frein their operation, outli after the special exercise of. he Emperor's in the particular case? " if the Decrees were effectively revoked, there e would be Ito captured; or if any were made, libera- Go a would be a matter of course and of general right, instead of being an affair of particular favour or ca- • price. Is it for vexations and 'indulgenci6s like these that the people of the United States are to abandon their. commerce* and peace ? Is it for such favours they are to invite the calamities of war ? If the resources of negotiation were ex hausted, had the Governineot no powers remain ing to diminish the causes of national controversy ,by preventing abuses ?—After this, had it no powers to provic.t.;t for protecting indisputable and import ant rights, without waging a war of offence ? In the regular exercise of legislative and executive power's, alight not the fair objects of interest for our country have been secured completely by con sistent and . whOlesome plans for defensive protec 'tion ? And Winild not eonational position, strict ly defenSive, yet highly respectable, ,Lave- beca less burthensorne to the people than the projected war ?—WOuld it not be more friendly to the cause of'Our own seamen=-more safe for our navigation and commerce—more favourable to the interests of oureigriculture—less hazardous to national cha racter--More worthy of a'people jealous•of their liberty and independence ?- " For entering into these hostilities is there any thing in the friendship or commerce of France in its nature very interesting or alluring ? Will the reaping of 'the scanty field of French trade which we seek, in any way compensate for the rice_ haivest Of general commerce, which by war we are about to abandon ?- When entering'into a war with Great Britain for comkoercial rights and interests, it seems. impossible not to inquire into the State of our coininercial relations with France, and the advantages the . United States will 'obtain. We may thus be enabled to judge whether the prize is - worth the contest. ",By an official statement, made to , Congress dnriing, the 'present Session, it appears that of 45,294,000 dollars of domestic productions of the United States, exported from September 30th, 1810, to October 1, 1811, only 1,194,275 dollars Were exported to France and - Italy, including Si cily, not a dependency of France. • " France is ocee.. - deprived of all her foreign co lonies, and by, reviewing our trade with that Country for several years past and before the date Of the Orders in Council, it will appear that, ex clusive of her foreign possessions, it has been corn- paratively inconsiderable. The annexed- state- merit "marked A. taken from official dornments, slieWs the quantity of particular articles, the pro-' duce. of the United States, . exported to all the World, distingdiShitig the amount both to' France and to England and her dependencies, from 1810 to 1511.- From • this statement it appears, how small a proportion of t:ie great staples of our country is taken' by France. While France re tainedher colonies, her colonial produce footle! it 3 way to the mother country through the United. 'States, and our trade . with. her in . these articles, was not inconsiderable. _Bat since she has been - deprived other foreign po&sessions, 'and since the establishment of ber.'rriunicipal regulations, as to licenses, this trade:has been in a great degree an nihilated: With respect to colonial produce none can be imported into France except from' partial. lar poets in the United! States and under special Imperial iieenses.' For these licenses our mere chants'inustpay what the agents of the French government think propter to• demand. As to are ticks of our domestic produce, they are burtheno ed with such exorbitant duties, and are stibje s ctett to such regulations and restrictions on their inid. "portation, as in ordinary times, 'will amount to a prohibition. On the sth of August, 1810, the very day of the Duke of Cadores noted letter, a duty was, ithposed on all sea island cotton, imported into France,. of more than eighty cents per pound, and It appears by, it, that for twelve }Ars past, France haS not taken in any year more than Cott oil 7,02D0c0 Pounds Tolr CC) 1 6,000 Ilogsheads. Rice '7,000 Tierces I Prieu it i4h 37,u00 Quintals. , Of hour, naval store3,•and luznifer, none of any/importance. -It also appears 'by it that the annual .average taken by France, for.twelve.years, was, of Cotton 2,661,090 ;':nines Tnb^_cco 5,927 ilogsh,•acli. .Fire , 2,:• - e.53 Tierces I Yie-.11 • c2 , 1,7•;.35 QU9liats. Of late y.e,ars spare-of I:ave 11.,t 1,,!:n as all dir,nt,t) 'cut 'they probatily, faun: tt.eir way thii,herthronh the .No: tilt; a ports of Eurner.