The Sun. — London, England, 1812-06-11 00:00:00

AFRICAN RECRUITS plan 'has been lately devised for recruiting the . West 'lndia Regiments. bv nati-. - e.Africans. The 'merit of this promisingesta blishmentis due to ari intelligent and spirited Dirt cer, Major_ Wingfield, of the Bth West India Regi i nt. Government have liberally provided him With every necessary article calculated to engage the Africans t , Oenlist. He takes with him staff, Captains, and Subalterns, to form the sinews of the fegiments which he is expected to raise. The 110 W-commissioned officers an I the band consist of Africans -,who will be instrumental in inducing their countrymen to enter.. Each recruit is to re ceive a bounty / of, eight guineas, either. in money, or in_such articles of convenience and ornament as snit his taste. Major Wingfield is-support ed, not o i nly.by Government, but by the African society, and by all the friends "of the abolition of the hive. Trade. He sails in a few days in the .1-4croid I.irtliC4l ship, from, Portsmouth, for the i&nsl of c-ioree, the head-quarters of the establish neat. That island now contains upwards of two thousand captive blacks, who have been taken by oar cruizers in slave • shini. Government . allow for these captures a.bonntyof forty pounds amani hence this .service is become the most lucrative in ti:e Navy. These captives are set free on their arrival at Goree ; but few have the means or the wish to return to. their homes, for most of them have been taken prisoners in the petty wars of the country, and sold to slave-inercbants. It is ek pected that a great number will voluntarily enter . I LAO this service.. A Mr. Eastlake also sails in the • This gentleman is an enterprising and enthusiastic character, whose objectis to explore ;.he interior of.Africa,'andwho has taken every 1)7 , : , r;w1101.1 to avoid the difficulties to which Mull . go Parke was subjected : he has likewise received sanction of Government. He is ajOung man • of liberal education, considerable:abilities, and in-. defatigable perseverance. , Our Huddersfield Correspondent, under date of the 4th inst. says; the 14iiddites continue active in stealing fire :.,arins in this neighbourhood, not a night passa-but , we , hear of them prowling in great, numbers, throwing tire_ peaceable inhabi tants into :the utmost consternation, .demanding their fire arms, and threatening. them with instant death on refusal.—(Leeds Mercury) LONDON . : Printed 1.)-v . THOMAS WOOD, of No. 35, Maiden-lane, -Col-ent-garden;..And . Published 1 )Y WILLIAM ARNIIGER. S.CRI,PPS, South Molton treet, Cr o svenor:squai ,At the Stnq OFFic4'; No; 112 . s Strand, where 4dcertiscine;3ts, Orders for the Paper, Letters .for the Editer, must.be addressed, FdR THE SUN. 7t , : - 7.. EDITOR, In your Paper, about this time twelvemonth, I recollect some pertinent remarks on the manage- . 'of nt of the City Hospitals, which induced me to ip6uire into the conduct of them, ,nd 1 find, lifer trier GOveraments, that a great deal of money is rt ceived into their treasuries, and a great many jobs are donc i While the' executive part is carried. on, as in other places, some officers doing their duty by deputies, some acting' conscientiously, and others malting sinecures of their situations. -0 here is a vacancy now of a Surgeon to one of them, as appears by advertisement", and the candi dates suppose themselves fitted for the succession by .liifereat qualifications : one young . gentleman says he has givep Lectures in Anatomy for nine yzars past, so that he inult have began to teach either before he was, out of his apprenticeship, or bad arrived at years of d6cretion. Now, Sir, according to modernideas,,anatomy is so essen tial to surgery, that he who' can cut up a dead body best, must of course be the most dexterous at a living one ; and as the art of operating, of mangl ing and maiming the human subject is deemed much more essential than the art of healing wounds,- .or curing maladies, so the education of a modern surgeon is directed to the minutia of anatomy, instead of the practical points of his art. Many can tic up the main branch of an artery, divide a delicate nerve, or destroy an urethra by burning caustic,—but .cannot cure aninfiamed eye, apply a truss tc a rupture, or manage another complaint with out creating a stricture. For tile modern illustration of these facts I will not appeal to hospitals, Where, if report , speak truth, a woman seven months gone with child has been sometimes tapped for the dropsy, and a man . , operated upon to cure orke aneurism, while he had halt' a dozen more existing, : Wit to the cases of some late distinguished characters, whpse names-need-not be- menzioned, and many others which I cOuld enumerate, while truss-makers, co ru-e u rs , and bougie-manufacturers, ride about in as smart whiskies as. man-midwives or hogpital Si:FL`CUiI` . , to the public good,•and to the Of charity and humanity, :I(qt 'LI' election of a ,sur[4eori to so benevolent an institu tion. as a ,City tiospital, - Jhe Governors should loot; for , ne:-1 solid and established abilities, - as are not lihely to be led away by fashionable experi ments., but to practise and teach those rules df their art which have been laid down by their great predecessors; for I cannot allor that the present eminent surgeons are superior, if equal, to the Sharps, Potts,-Girles, Warners, or Elses, of my remembrance. • Let it therefore be understood, that anatomy is only one . m-echdnical part.of the art of surgery, and that the Resurrection Nall who attends the Thea t,:e, shortly-becomes a greater adept at dissection than a pupil to a couple of courses ; and if the aprrenticefis capable of reading Lectures at one 1.r::1 twenty years of age, deep learning is not es, sential s tOr anatomy, which requires due attention, but no genius ; and I could name a young Philo sophical Butcher who, both in dissecting and practical knowledge, would shame half the young men who come forward as examined and arprov- • ed surgeons. If the talent for operating was theefore check ed, and the art of healing more cultivated, the poor wretches in hospital; would have less to complain of, and the nursn also have more time to attend-, to cleanliness : at present, in some places, these.women are employed half their time iu doil.g the duty of the young students. Let the Governors, therefore, look to their choke, and make as much inquiry into the conduct of their officers, as Your humble servant; VERITAS. CALMUCKS The following account of these singular peo ple is given by Dr. CLARKE in his Travels, speak ing of one of' their camps The sight of our carriage, and of the party approaching with it, seemed to throw them into great confusion. We obseoed them running backwards and forwards from one tent to another, and moving several of their goods. As we , dre* near on foot, about half-a-dozen gigantic figures came towards us, Stark 'naked, except a cloth bound round the waist, with greasy, shinning, and almost black skins, and black hair braided in a long cue behind. They began talking very fast, in so loud a tone; and so uncouth a Janguage, that we were a little intimidated. I shook hands with the foremost, Which seemed tb pacify theth, and we were invited to a large tent. Near its en trance. hung a quantity of horSe-flesh, 'with the limbs of dogs, cats, marmot's, rats, &c., drying in the sun, and quite black. Within the tent we found some women, although it was difficult to distinguish the sexes, so horrid and inhuman was their appearance. Through a grated lattice, in the side of the tent/ we saw some younger wo men peeping, of more handsome featureS, but truly Calmuck, with long- black hair, hanging in thick braids on each side of the face, and fasten ed at the end with hits•of' lead or tin. In their ears they ware shells, 'and large pearls of a very irregul i arshape; or some substance much resem bling pearl: • The old women 'were eating raw horse-tlesh tearing it off from large bones which they held in their hands. OthErS, squatted on the ground; in their tents, were smoking, with pipes not two inches in length, nurch after the manner of Laplanders. In other respects, the tvrp`peo, pie, although both of Eastern origin, and both `nomade tribes, bear -litfie resemblance. The manner of living among the Calinucks is: :much superior to that of the Laplanders. The tents of the former are better constructed, stronger, more spacious, and contain, many of the luxuries Of life ; such as very Warm and very good beds, handsome carpets and mats, domes'tic utensils, amt materials of art and science, painting and writing 4 ; . . The Calmuck is a giant, the Lip lander.4 dwarf : both are -filthy in their persons; hut the C aim uck more so th ant erh aps any other nation. 'POf all the inhabitants of the RuSsian Empire, the Calmucks are the'most distinguished by pecu liarity of featMe and manners. In personal ap pearance, they are athletic, and very revolting. Their hair is coarse and blaCk ; their language harsh and guttural. High, prominent, and broad cheek-bones ; very little eyes; widely separated from each other ;' a flat and broad nose ; coarse, greasy, jet black hair ; scarcely any eye-brows ; and enormous prominent ears, compose no very inviting countenance. Their amusernents are, hunting, wrestling, archery, and horse racing.' They are not addict ed to drunkenness; although they hold drinking parties, continuing. for half a day at a time,•with out interruption. Upon such occasions, every one brings his share of brandy and koumiss; and the whole stock is placed upon the ground in the open air, the guests fcrming a circle, seated around it. The young women place themselves by the men, and begin songs of love or War, of fabulous adventure, or heroic achievement. Thus the fete is kept ,up, the 'guests passing the cup . .round, and singing the whole time,' until the stock of liquor is expended. As for their dances, they consist more in movements of the hands and arms, than ofthe feet. Their love of gambling is so ,great, that they will spend entire nights at play ;• and lose in t single sitting 'the whole of what they possess; even to the clothes upon their body. Wretched and revolting as their appear ance is to more civilized people, they, would be indeed miserable, if compelled to change their mode of living for ours. Among the diseases caused •by their diet and want of cleanliness, may be mentioned the itea : ty this they are very subject ; also malignant fevers, fatal to them dur ing the heat of summer. " The Calmucks form large settlements in , the neighbourhqod of Taganrog. Their camps were tumerous at the time of our visit : both Calmuck men : , ,nd women were seen.galloping their horses through the streets of the town,, qr lounging in the public places. We visited' one of their largest camps, near the town, and fOund the earth all around their tents covered with the mutilated carcases of de4,l rats, cats, - dogs, su . s/ies, and babacs.—The num ber of ICaltnucks in the Russian 'empire has i,ii minished since the 6tablishinerit of provincial go= vernments, and the division 'of lands, owing to their being more confined to limited situation;. Frequent attempts have been - made, and are daily , making, to induce them to form a regular settle ment. Like all WRndering tribes, particularly Laplanders and Crtsies, - they, are so much ac custonied: to an nncontrolled and vagrant' Pie, that nothing but extizme, indigence can . Compel them:to cultivate land, and to reside in any fixed habitation." " tent: are of a circular form, with a hole at the top: they are oou•'r:let.e:t Of canes, and covered with a thick felt made of camel's hair." 1 • • .CoNsOLAtioN:,--A young Politician dining with his uncle'at the Piazza, was obserVed - to be . very melancholy after reading the newspapers=" We are all ruined, uncle," says he,- ‘.! Then," says the old Gentleman, ." if things are so bad, let us have a bottle of champagne, TOM." On 'Monday last the Lord Nets,m, REYNOLDS, of Whitby, pia into that port, having been struck on the preceding day by 'lightning, which broke the maintop-gallant-mast to shivers, - tore large pieces out of maintop-mast and Mainmast, which were nearly cut through, penctrateddown the pump -well, which it wholly deStroyed, and re;.' turning upvi , ards, through the quarter deck, tore up 7 several of the deals, between the half d'eck, hatch, and side. No injury was, , hoWever, sus tained-by any- person on board, though one of t‘he people who was :Ip* the_ half deck was fora short time enveloped in flames, and a woman standing in the ccu was nearly suffocated by a strong sulphureous vapour. 477 REPorLr. COURT OF CHANCERY, JSNE 10. EX-PA4TE Di'N'TON, A B.kNERTIPT. Sir SAmu L RorIILLY moved for the judgment, 'fixed for this day, on this long-pending Petition for superseding a commission of bankruptcy, at tended with deplorable circumstances, threaten •ing a deprivation of tote petitioner's mental fa culties. The Loan CHANCELLOR stated, that s he had fully prepared, this judgment, but owing to the ending pain in bi, head at this moment, he should defer pronouncing it till to-morrow moil nng.-- Judgment deferred. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Juxn 10. GI ,BERT- V., SYKES, BART. Our readers will recollect, that this action arose .out of a bct, made by the parties in the year 1802,-, by which the plaintiff, on paying one hundred guineas to .the defendant, was to receive from him one guinea per diem, till the termination of the life of Buonaparte. Although' it appeared that the bet had been made,, in - a convivial nviinent, at the table of Sir Mark Sykes, yet he felt himself .bound in honour to fulfil the contract, which he (lid for six years, the plaintiff during that time having received the stipulated payments, forming a•total of 11491. 15s. The defendant then wish ing to put an end to the matter, offereJ Cie plaitl tif to get rid - of. his claim er&..,:iy, This Mr. Gilbert refus2d—but. propo4edto submit all the cireumstanees of the wage 7 to tlie*Eon of the Jockey Club, by whose determination - he ex pressed himself, ready -to - abide.. •No claim Was made iron this period, until the latter end of the year 18.11, when an action was brought by the plaintiff ,to recover , the ,sum which bad accrued during.the preceding six years.. • it was tried at the York • Assizes, and a verdict was returned for the defendant. In .the course of lasi: Term, Mr. PARKE Moved for • and obtained a. xule to shed cause why . the verdict should not b•e set aside, and a new trial .granted. Against this rule, Mr. TotiFiNG_and Mr. SCARI.ETT were heard at consi derahle length on Monday last and th s is day Mr. HoLLocit.followed on the same side. - He, contended,. that, if the sum thus stip uhlted to be paid, - were looked upon as an annuity, it must, under the circumstances of the case,, be consider ed void, as not being within the pr )visions of the Common Law.: if, on the other ha'ad, it were con strued to be an insurance -- on the,. life of Buona parte, it was equally void, as the agreement, in that case, ought to have been re(fluced to writing, and signed and sealed by the parties.. He next contended, that supposing the wager to have been regularly made, it was bad, in point of morality and sound policy—and cited - several cases, 'in which the first Law Authorities had decided, that an action could not be sustaine:l in a Court.of Law, on wagers which were conntxted with matters of public policy: ,it was true, the bet had been made in a time of peace, but it 90 happen, as in deed had happened, that 'its stipulations were to be performed in a time o,f war. Now, though an underwriter might insur't theproperty of a neutral, and became accountab'N for it, yet, the moment that neutral was engaged in a war 'with this coun try, the responsibility ceased ; for the law would not contemplate an. interest in a British subject to protect the property of an enemy ; and if that rule applied to property, he conceived it must also be 'extended to an interest in the'life of an enemy. He then dwelt, very forcibly, on the immoral tendency of tlu; wager, which gave one of the par ties an interest. in the death, no matter how accom • - plished, and' t;he other in the life, of an .enemy to the country. " The Court deferred till a future day, hearing the Counsel iii support of the rule. POLICE. Bow-STREET.--Some time since the Portsmouth coach was robbed of a pared containing Bank notes to a very considerable amount, and no trace coulclbe Made of thewill lately, when it wa, as certAined that great numbers of them had been pa'.,,ed in the City. One man, a gold and Silver sjah, took 3001. worth of them for the sale of force doubloons, by a man calling\ himself the Captain of a, vessel, who said he was going to Lisbon, and_wanted doubloons. The Bunk notes the gold and ,silversmith received Of . the Man, had been cut in two. On their being paid into the Bank, considerable diffiedlty Arose; there was no -doubt of the notes being Bank notes, bat the num, ,hers of the notes were ascertained to be erroneous; and on a close investigation and 'examination it waS ascertained that the original 'number bad been very ingeniously taken out, and others substituted, and on further tracing of the notes it was ascer tained that they were some of the notes that had been stolen ,from the Portsmonth coach. Infor mation was in consequence given at the above Office, and from the description of the man who had uttered the notes, and the ingenuity used, the • well=kno'‘rn Robert ,Roberts was suspected, and Lavender, Adkins, and others, belonging to the Office, who knew Roberts's person, were dis patched in difforent direction's in pursuit of him, which they continued far several days, and at length lie was appreh6ided bya. stratagem, On - Tuesday, in Holborn, and broUght tO the. Office, • where he was searched, and Bank notes to the amount of. 601.- a silver snufi-box and butter-knife, were found upon him. In the evening the parties whO had received the notes, attended, and Roberti underwent an examination, 'when the witnesses not being able to identify his person, he was dis charged. Joe Rowley and -jamesTarthl;ig were brought_to this Office, Sahuoir, and clfarged by George Warne with threatening to do'him a bodily injury, by assaulting and beating li;tri, because he watched and prevented them front comfnitting robbery in Drury-lane; .at a linen-drapers: -The 'prisoners were committed. MARLBOROU e.:pected exami nation of Bowler did not take place yesterday, to the disappointment of some hai;:ireds of pei;oni, who, as on Monly, assembled thereto get a sight of him. A certificate front New Prison, signed by Mr, _Webb, the Surgeon, was proditCod, Wh'ch stated that Bowler Was-not in a state to be re moved without danger. It 'appears that hiS hot is so bad with w , alkino. tha; a mortification is not p is by any means improbable. SinceiVion dayßowler has conducted hiinselfvery differently; He appears - very temperate and steady. Dr.-War burton saw his wounded foot; in company .with Mr. Webb, of Tuesday. No day can as yet be fixed on to remove him for examination. . Examination of ,owls-r's Nephew.—Previously to, and since the apprehension of Bowl,tr, various attempts have be. , z.sn made by his partizans and friends to intimidate the witnesses on the past of the prosecution, and more particularly:the JoneS, the blacksmith, at Appleton, who witnessed the attempted as , sassination. This defendant, George Bowler, who is the nephew of Bowler; and a-po tatodealer in Clare-market, was apprehended yesterday by Craig, an officer, under a peace war- , rant, for an offence of this kind. -Mr. Redford, z hay-salesman, stated, that he was at the Thistle and Ci•own, in the Ilavmarli.et, a few evenings since, when the conversation turned on .the at tentpted'assa3siiNtion of Mr. Burrows. The de fendant, in gential terms, held out threats nainst any person or p:sc,ns who should swear against uncle, and one- ,observation was particularly noticed, that " any one who swore against his uncle shotlid not live long after." Witn;!ss , was not certain whether' tae defendant said faiselg swore, or swore. ones, the.smith, _stated, he gad heard. of tits threat made use of by the defendant, and this, • combined with a threat uttered to his wife, .an 4 other, ,circumstances, initiessed him with,an idea 'that his I.;Je danifer The defendant. attributed his conduct to inebri , ation ; but his kelings were,violently hurt by it having been sail his uncle.-ought to, be hung is chains: He acknowledged the threat, but he.ha,4 said, " if atiy one falsely swore, Si.c." The defendant Was. ordered to find general sure ties to keep the peace, himself in 1001. and two sureti,es,.in 50 t. each. :.;ach sureties were not pre ' sent anti be was locked up. I • • The Middle Regiment of Royal Bucks, or King,ls ,Own under the command - of Lora Nugent; completed. their 14 days training at Ayles bury, the beginning of last week; Previous to their ti ~e reviewed, and their arms very minutely inspected, by Major-General Rebow, who expres3ed, in the strongest terias. his hi;-ii approbation of the soklier-like appear:- once and discipline of the Regiment, and svo.,:i particularly pleased with the steadiness of the .men, and the exact manner in which they per formed the di;ierent manoeuvres, and said he should , make a most . favourable report of them to tbt= Commander-in-Chief. As soon as the review Aras• finished, a deputation of the principal inhabitant With .the Rev. Dr. Lloyd, the Vicar of Ayles bury, at tit; it head, waited upon Lord Nugent , wish a congratulatory address, on the exemplary behaviour of the men, as not a single complaint of any kind was made during the whole time they were embodied. A grand dinner was given bl the Officers of the Regiment, at the George Inu; to the deputation and a numerous party. Sever al appropriate toasts were drank, the evening s;v tz ' spent with the utmost conviviality, and the 0 111 " pany did not separate till a late hour. The shop of Mr. Gray, jeweller, in Sackvilir street,. Was robbed on Tuesday, of a case coy . ' taining brilliant diamonds and other expensive jewellery, to the amount of . 30001. The robber" is supposed to have been committed by some per; son• who came into the shop under pretence of making a purchase. BIRTHS. On the Ist inst. at Folford, Mrs. Oldfield, wife of Willi° Oldfield, ,sq. of York, of a Sou. On Friday last, at Lewes, the Lady of T. R. Kemp, P. of a Son. On Monday, in, Upper Harley-street, the Lady of < l.( ' Mitchell, EFq. of a Son. The same day, iu Burton Crescent, Mrs. White, of a Diab ter. , • ' Or.. the 9th inst. in Grosvenor-place, the Lady of the 13 • 6f ' Algernon Peyton, of a Daugliter. Yesterday evenizn in Tdaycr-street, Manchester-s(o oe ' the Duchesse of a Daughter. % T -d he same ay, in,Pa;:lialnent . -struct, Mrs. Mundell, 0 Daughter. • • arta On Monday last, at St. George's Church, Hanover-Yin . 0 i... Sir It, Bromley; Bart. of stove-lic.ll, in the County of i'' .4 tinghamshire, to Miss WiLson, youngest 'daughter of P l°7 Wiilon, 1-..:q. of Dallani Tower, in 'Westmorland. ..enbbi. On the 9th inst. at Coulsdon, S7,irrry, Mr. Itiehard " '•, tha of 'Plashet, Essex, to Mrs. ingrain, 'a Upton-place, i° same Comity. Yesterday morning, by the Rev. R. Meldola, Mr. Mon t l e :: flora, of Vau,,..hall, tu'Jtsdith, fourth daughter of the lat e -13. Colien,:T44.- of Ant , :el-court, Throgmorton-street. „ , 911'0:4,10W of April la , t, at St. Zrtichaers, Thomas 1 .„ yoji, 1,1 4. ,5q. Merchant, to Miss Ellis, of Cullnm- s treet, Jav DIED. , On Tuesday the 2d inst. at cisgrove, Northampto rSh i aged .16, Mis. Mary JAwntles, sister to 'William SeMY' in the County or P.ucks,' Esq. Ou Monday last, at his house at Coleshill, near Amer' ll atui John Esq. of Gower-street. The saile dav, Mrs. Ylooth, wife of Mr. George ir o e Nevaman=fitreei, Mary-le-bonae. t tri - Ttmichiy morning, at his seat at NottinV`e,.. shire, Sir Francis Molyucaux, Usher of the Mack Rod ' l3 House of Lord,l, in his 74th year, 0, of Which he bad ottiee. 0 Ina On the 7th of May, at Estremos,- in Portig - ai, of a S l receivedin hi 3 leg, at. the 3 - Courting .13adaja . ::,to Of which he led on a detachment 61 his Reg . :Went, compoAed a part of the Forlorn Hope, Lieu:ea:nit IV: of the tiSth/rOUt. - Lately, in Great. George-street, Rutland-square , ,01 • Itohert Owenson, _;7. - :sq. aged 68; joint-Propri;:tor of sov' Theatres in Ireland. • 1 A-a P 3" L t ately, at Lexiip, Maxia, second daughter of the + 3 ‘ mer E•dgy:orth, Eq. of Loagwood, in the County of INlea!-.. Booth, COAL MARKET, Juxr. 10. .'..,4111p3 at Market. .Ships sold. Price. s m t. . . . . . 41s. Od- to 53. u t; :i. Sunderland . . . . s 4"' 6d. to 445. PRICE Of STOCKS YES'i*ERD,At Bank Stock, per Cent. shot 4 per .Cent. 74:i 3 per Cent. Red. 591 59{ Ctha: Cons. shut Bank 1.... Ann. 1.5 3-IGths India Stork,' d i ' India 80r01.. , , Is. 2s. er 3d. 'and 34d. P day', I*. 25. W. : •tto , 34vel. per.d4y, ss. 351'r. pi Cent.; Cc:as. for Opening, 6Ot3T . . . 11 ICITI ' W.. 4 ATEII, AT LONDON BRIDGE TO7l\loo'l%. Morning, 17 Lain. 'atter _.....------' 4. 1 Evening, 42 mio.:after