The Sun. — London, England, 1805-04-23 00:00:00

EXTRACI ntOM 7yll PAPERS LAID BEFORE THE HOL7AI DT COMMO,NS, ItEbpEctnic SIR HOME PO UAM. (Co'Petinaei from our Paper of Yeiterday.) Charles COomit Nixon, Boatswain of the Ram. raj. Did You_ go out of Engla n d B oatswa i n of the Romney ? Yes. Have you continued in her ever since ? Yes ; ex.. seat 13 months absent at sick quarters. What 'time did you go to sick quarters ? The Bth ' Jan. Igoe. IWhat was the state of the Romney when she went ntl the River Ganges to refit ? In the passage up L i wnt the Red Sea she ma d e a b out two f eet water an pcilr,to as to keep the engine pump, ,resides the two main deck pumps, going. In what state was the rigging, sails, and other ankles in your department ? There was not a run. fling rope in her 'good for any thing ; her standing 4134 % 0 14 wanted refitting • her sails were in very bad condition, and not fit to ' bend. In what state were her boats ? In very bad state. What became of the launch you took out in the ahip? She was left at Jedda, for the Harbour Master, I be ing in very bad repair. Had You a great deal of service for the boats while employed in the Red Sea ? Yes. R L. Wh at !Wither of boats had you on charge ? A bate two cutters, a launch, and a jolly boat. ), ,what boats have yob on charge now ? Two ; a 'aut:ehi end one cutter. f iweent to us how the other three were disposed b ' ffi t ?" I ,!anrY.five feet cutter returned to Chat. ba t „I„ an eighteen feet boat supplied the Naiad ; and t b h o - at ra ut ee k tiVied the Ardent ; for which several 1.. akVC the receipts. the"here were You supplied with a launch in lieu of ,„ oil You left at Jade ? At Calcutta. bi W et the launch you carried out of England cepa e°lcarrying out the bower anchor of the Romney ? No of ItYour present launch capable of carrying a bower anch or ? N o. W ere b the condemned sails regularly surveyed, and I ~,Y , Zh i c H ri? Yes ; by Mr. Louts, the Naval °nicer I .. %Iletitta. Ha d Y O l3 occasion to d eman d worn canvas w hil e 4 dnisa rvtitting at Calc utta, and was you supplied with any ? a-a e any. —.cm no worn canv as , nor was supp li e d wit h hatr•a —rit r" supplied with boat covers, awnings, or tiers ticK cloths t g was , a l l i n l i eu ; the boat co tietn: s old ' canvas and the awnings and hammock , w ere made of _w o . R ad * Mt any cables condemned at Calcutta ?Yes ?NO to Inche s . ; 3 .' n ' i You o any receivepart of the said cables as u k ? • 3 104 7 VI Many anch ors did t h e sh i p take out with 41, 'min Engla n d ? Six ; the established number, o wer, a sledge, and stream. Stnew many has the ship been supplied with since ? / 1 1 ° : et ym....as will appear by my accounts. b ot i",,), returned all your stores into Chatham coy er . ? All except the hammocks, hammock a tor - e ;": u aila, and two boats, and a few other small 04 e 11 . ad . Y, any‘ stores upon charge over an d above all l bhahnient of t h e s hi p ? Several — wh i ch are iireilr..larted into Chatham Dck Yard. N ont :e Yee any surplus on board not upon charge ? Have lito , You ever observed any unnecessary or im. sw a P t"_,,ettPentiitu re of stores while you were boat. te, th at chi . the Romney, of any more stores supplied a t ship than were absolutely necessary ? • No . I . b.Pre• ;Poirot, Ca u lk er of the Romney. ' i " v Y; 1 1 go ou t o f E ngland Caulker of the Ram 'y .. I. d i t h. ha b l state were the decks, wales, and topsides b l d ' ` N ctrooty when bite came to sea ? In a very ‘ l t i ii e te before she got clear of the Channel? les v i re had she first' a general caulking after 0.,"11 England ? The topsides and three seams it she Of the decks were caulked on the passage ; water e ay Pe' the wales, and part of the decks and ways Wh At Cap e ) ,ate d i d you find the wales in at the on caul v e.t'Y had In some parts. ~, , atilking the abatewles at Calcutta did you find l oot o f ti hi pieces lem to bad - rot( were shifted in consequence of their being veipn...and decayed wirhin.side. v et 4 * th e ship thoroughly caulked at Calcutta ? • ' 1 / 1 1 the veu I 1 ship been since caulked ? Yes--rho. ti g o Z i csull ie d a t B ombay. )1,,, h. ''' the ship been since caulked at Bombay ? ti .en v erY well, except whetA it blow, hard. 'roper "Ave Youe ver observe d ex . •-•daerved any unnecessary or im. of the .. penditure of stores while you were Caulker t h e shil"11), or any work unnecessarily done while ' t 2 w as at CalCUtta and Bombay ? No. otv 'rally sworn befo re me i n Chatham Dock har d, the 18th day of May, 1803, Cl 'l C. Hope. .......... l y t dt ir a " Letter from Capt. Si t 11. POI•4M t 0. Sir " Nealtatr, Bart. 31 Dated 27th July, 1803. St k , York.lslaer, Portman. sqsart, ; it .. , Yuly 27, tBo3. k.ortimitainnets of the Navy and ViBualling ih Vir l desired - Nteti o me, in pursuance of their Lordships' e thinti litt to send to their several Boards any ac. otiiio "light have relating to the ships lately in ciiirthrYineonLmand in the Red Sea, I lost no time ; Mr. T. R. Spearman, who tonne led ;he d ' utY pt 114 val Of fi cer on tliat station, in con. Blii m ii i c lt e Y tt :° the precedent established by Admiral i an i teco „ .. lo transmit, with the least possible delay, st; v.; a nti I at the tifi tes "nt of all his disbursements to the several ineent's same time submitted to Lord tetti n consideration* the expediency of di. 4040111: beterv!ral Boards to call on my personal i 4 ‘ NI - trine, the 'e the Committees of Investigation, i then-1814 most expeditious mode of giving t ti pitin exPlinotions as the mi ht tr uest, anti Y g q I h i t: "1" Y Point to immediate issue. 1.7i,„,en't,:.,,1_.q..1tad the honour to receive Lord St. ~,ti __""3 , %tt to my letter of the 4th rust, i ii. r, to t 0 4 pp I Y try their Lordships through you, ' % 'ng. i ' .l Ott` 'A hi! I ttl'itht be +a tqato Di having i.uts6ed with regard to the 6u1;p:,1 ed in that note ; and as the acceleration_ of every. Report .on toy conduit is an objett I sincerely 1 ,4 1 iSh i request you will move their Lorchiliips to diree.t the Commissioners of the Navy and ViElttalling to take any accounts which can be considered as. relating to me into imaiediate investigation, and to call for my personal attendance whenever it is thought I can forward an ohjet which cannot receive too early an examination. _ . _ I have the honour to be, &c. Sir Evan Neistan, Bart. H. POPHAM. (To be continued ) The PRINCESS of WA L RS, who is always engaged in some an of kindness, has presented the Lady of the Russian General SABLORICOFF with a pkture of herself and the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. The PR INC Ess of WALES, among other ads of benignity, has recently placed a little girl in a private seminary at Bath, where she it to receive an education suitable to the hopes of a permanent provision which she has been allowed to entertain by her august Patroness. — This little girl was left at the gate of the Pat NcEss's house at Blackheath, and her origin is wholly on. known. _ _ Music.--The Marchioness of HERTFORD gave a grand Concert on Sunday evening, in Manchester. square. SALOMON led the Band ,with his usual correaness and animation. ' Madame BIANCHI. BRAHMA, anti-Mottt;Lt.t, were the vocal performers. The PRINCE of WALES, and a large assemblage of the fashionable world, were present. It has been erroneously surmized that the Rev. Mr. Flout E. is the Author of The Soldier's Return, which has been set to music by the respectable teran of the art, his father. The former, 'however, has renounced dramatic writing, though he often employs his pen with spirit and aetivity in the per. vice of his Country. The little dramatic Piece in question is, we understand, the produdiun of a Gentleman of the University of Cambridge. BRUNTON resumes the management of the Brigh. ton Theatre in the summer. It . was very success. ful under his conduit last' season. BANNISTER is to play a few nights there, and other London Per. • formers are to gratify the inhabitants in due suc. cession. I Mr. GRATTAN'S residence in the neighbourhood of Twickenham gave occasion to a very severe satire on his political condua.—He is going to re side in the vicinity of Hanoter.square, where it is probable that he may again be haunted by the Shade qf Pops. A Grand Ball was recently given at the Festino Rooms, Edinburgh, in honour ot the Earl of Moi The IMP BRIM. ARMS, and ammo of LotrooN and Mo IRA, beautifully represented in transparent paintings, were among the ornaments on this caeca. :lion. Military trophies, Sea pieces, and other gecorations, with the PRINCE of WALES'S Crest in variegated lamps, gave additional splendour to the entertainment, which was attended by a large con, course of the Higher Orders. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, he. fate the Right Hon. Sir Pates MANi4t am), Knight, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and after Easter .Term, 18og, IN TERM. attuuticsax. LoNiioN. Friday - May 3. Saturdo May 4. Thursday . g. Friday . . 1(3. Thursday Friday '7. Wednesday - s;,. U rAity AFTER. TERM. Tuesday 214. Wednesday • ' • 29. FOOT RACE.—A great concourse of people, in. eluding several Gentlemen, assembled yesterday at nine.o'clock in the morning, in Hyde Park, to wit. ness a running match between Brown, the hoot. closer, and the Earl of Dorchester's coachman. The distance was too - yards, and the stun staked twenty guineas. Brown gave his competitor three yards, and the odds were at first seven to four, and latterly two to one in his favour. He was, however, beaten by the coachman, who ran it in 30 seconds, • and won the race by nearly a yard and a hAf. This is the fifth race won by the coachman within a short time, and the first time Brown has been beaten. The coachman is a short clumsy figure, about forty years of age. He objets to run a greater distance than too yards. The St. Andrew and St. George's Volunteers returned to town on Sunday, from Croydon, where they had been for the last ten days performing mi. litary'duty. During-that time they drilled every morning from ,six till half past eight ; performed field exercise from ten to three, and again mustered on parade from seven till eight in the evening.— They have thus perfeaed themselves in discipline equal to Regular Troops, much to the credit of their Commandant, Colonel READER, who, previous to dismissing them on the Parade on Sunday, paid them many high and deserved compliments. Friday se'nnight a very fine turtle, Weighing from So to 90 pounds, was taken out of the Clyde, above the Wooden Bridge. It Was taken by a than and a boy, both of whom positively assert that. the animal was alive when they laid hold of it, but that they cut its throat to prevent its escape, and to se.: cure it from biting them. It is allowed to have every appearance of , being recently killed. This turtle has probably escaped from some of the West indiamen lately arrived. At a Fair at Middleton, in Teesdale, on Thurs.. day the t ith instant, there was a great show of cat. tie and horses. Those in good condition went off at good prices, and met a ready sale. At the Fair of Ayr, leis week, there was a con. siderable quantity of woollen and linen cloth. The woollens rather declined in price from what they were last fair, and some even remain unsold. The Town of Brixton; in the Isle of Wight, was' on Tuesday last thrown into much consternation, by the arrestation of a Spy 1 he was 'taken newt the Beacon, in the very . gtof—taking a general survey of the Country round. Information being given, a file of six men, strongly armed, soon suceeeded in securing him ; they marched him near two miles to the Commanding Officer, through the alarmed neighbourhood ; upon examination and search, he was found to have concealed about radon n;sl.l cap, 4nd a discharge from a Volunteer Corps; anti proving himself to be a working. jeweller, of Southampton, upon a Sunsiv exqutfion ) he wo not trVerely rtni;hed, DREADFUL ME at now, i 7 MIDDLESEX. (FURTHER rARTICULARL) ABOUT nine o'clock on Sunday night the fire was first discovered, bursting through the windows of one of the'rualt.houses on the North end of the ex. tensive range of malt.houses and milk belonging to Messrs. John and Charles Millwood. In a very short time the adj )ining mill, and every article ap_ pertaining toit, were consumed. Soon after the first engine began to play, :but without the least died ; and so tremendous was the blaze, and excessive the heat, the firemen *ere . obliged to shift their stoat ters, and, with much difficulty, got the engine over a wooden bridge, which was connected with the pre mises : scarcely had this been effected, when the whole range of malt.houses and mills, together with the out houses, offices, &c. were in a blaze, and the flour and grain burned with astonishing fury. In less than thee houra every part of the concern was consumed to the very foundation, consiscing of four, flour mills, malt.houses of six.. and seven floors, containing upwards ; at 2,000 sacks of flour, and a considerable quantity of wheat, rye, and other grain ; two Bagel, .which lay in the River Lea, adjoining the preniiiea, one of them laden with wheat, were consumed : the tide being out, they lay high and dry upon the bank. A strong Easterly wind set in the greater part of the time, and the tremendous blaze was c. rued through the win. dows of the malt.houies, to tie comptingihouse, and the dwelling.house of the Miller, Mr. Brook. man, which were separate buildings, at the least 20 feet distant from die malt.houses, where the fire first commenced. The compting.tmuse, with all the books, papers, &c. in a few moments fell in ruins, immediately otter, the dwelling.house shared the same fate ; but, fortunately, the Miller had time to remove the greater part of liis furniture, About eleven o'clock most of the fire.engines of London bad arrived, .and every possible exertion was made ,by the firemen, assisted by a great number of the inhabitants of Bow, Brumley, .Stratford, and time surrounding neighbourhood, without the least ef.H feet. By this time the attention was called to ar, most alarming •subject : the flames were fast op. ' proaching._ the adjacent Distillery, belonging to, Messrs.Hatchard, Corry, Smith and Co. and Ine vitable destrudion must have followed, not only to buildings in the neighbourhood, but to a great 'number of individuals who,were on the spot, from the fire communicating with the spirits, of which there was a gtcat quantity in the stores. All hands were now called to this quarter, and, by the most persevering exertions, in constantly playing upon the party.wall, and keeping it oumpletely wet, the flames were prevented from spreading to these con. cerns. By one o'clock yesterday morning the roof,' walls, &v. of the - milt-hams and mills tell in, and not till then Was the fire got undei, nor were opp prehension. dissipated with feSpCCi so the distillery. For several hours after, this mass of ruin continued to blaze with great fury, and even late last night scope parts of it were still burning. Every fear of further danger, however, was over.• The • whole pl ace exhibits a mot, terrific and melancholy scene a few.tuttering-walls remain standing,; in the inside, of which, wheat, flour, timber, brick, &c..are pro. miscuously mingled together, iu one great heap of confusion ; the large beams, lial(consumed, lay still smoaking, and scarcely a vestige of the mill.wheels are to be seen ; the iron.wotk scattered about in various direCtions, and where the barges lay, the river is c0ve;44,1 with burned planks, corn, &c. tu'a considerable .extent. The premises, which are completely levelled with the ground by this calamity, were situated at the northern extremity of what is 'called the Limehome or-Bromley Cur, being an artificial channel Con. neffing the ThaMei with the River Lea. The mills, as we have before noticed, were in the occupation of Messrs. John and Charles Midwo(4, but were the property of J. Lockwood, Esq. of Lam. bourn, ,in &Sex. There are two 'distinCtions of mills near this junttion of th: Cut a n d t he, ' t er; the one on the Cut consists of water.mins, and has received the name of the pour the other, adjacent to the River, comprises windmilfi, and is called' The Three Mills. The former are de. fin-nye(' ; the latter have suffered no injury what. ever. Although , the - first hale for a series of years been known by the appellation of The Four they, in fad, ina►uded five ,itifferent aquatic wheels, and worked fourteen mill.stnnes. The cost of the oration of these was only B,atol. they ware insured at to,o)ol. lit. we understand, in consequence of the prodigious increase in the price of labour and timber, they cannot he rebuilt 'Rt'a less expence than double the amount of the sum insured. The Other buildings, which have been reduced to a state of ruin, are two granaries of . Messrs. Mill- Wood's, and one of Messrs. Hatch, and Co. and a small dwelling-house, with a - counting.hotise at. ladled to it. The extremity of a malt-house across the channel was burnt, and the hoarded front of a cottager on the-110rib side, was ripped off to proten the Contiguous edifices. We have' much satisfanion in stating, that no person whatever received the Smallest personal in. jury, except one rwm, who was bruised in the hand, by the falling of a beam. The road from Mile.rnd to Bow Was covered with people the whole of yes. tents'', going to view the dreadlol devastation had been committed: A number of boys and persons of the lower class wore occupied in carrying away quantities of the flAir and grain in handkerchiefs, bags, &c. which they collated from among the ruins. It le supposed a small portion of the stock, which is underneath, may 'still he saved from amongst the rubbish ; but property to a very considerable amount must inevitably have been lost. No certain cause can be assigned fur the accident ; but it is generally imagined, it arose from the heat. ing of the wheels in the mill. The premises had been shut up, 'and no work whatever dune from since o'clock that afternoon. On Wednesday last a Gentleman arrived at the j't.o) - ial o.lk inn, Manchester, and in the evening went to'the play i next morning he was "heisted with a violent oain in his bowels, and, notwithstanding r every posNible medieat albsistance, he expired on Thursday evening. From the papers found in his potket,he is supposed to be the itev. Mr, rivwLlY ; Of itsughtun, near Carlisle. LONDON SRMrONS. Ira ;"1"C R DAY the Sessions commencedat Guild al'. before the LORD MAYnR, the RE'CoRD 'AI] City Officers. /rm. Lenoir and Samuel Rksrei were indiaed for an assault and Use imprisonment on G. Johnson, in conveying him on board the Ten der., The Defendant Lewis is a Printer in Paterpos. ter.row, and Russel wits a City Constable. On the 26th of Ott. the .Prosecutor, who is an apprentice te. the Defen,lant Lewis, summoned his master before the Cham!ierlain of the City of London', who dis missed the complaint, with an admonition to each of them. After they had left the Office,te Proseeutorge:,' shared to return to his work, when his Master mated to him !kat lie should either go hoMe with hi'm or go on board the tender. Lewis gave him in charge to the Defendant, Russel, and they took him to Captain Richbald, the Receiving Of eer on board, where the Constable delivered him up, stat ing, that he had been sent thither by the Lord Mayor, as an idle, refry hey apprentice. He was sent down to the Note that evening, end drafted on board the Zealous, where he rem 'toed 'until the 29th of November, on which day an Orderattived from the Admiralty for his discharge. It appeared that the contiod of the Prosecutor had been tefraelory in the extreme. On being cross. examined by Mr. KNAPP, he confessed having been sev e r al times before a Magistrate for improper con.' due, and that he had been liberated from the Ten. der by his 4Master, a short time since, where he had entered. He abused his Master when lie "thought himself ill-treated, notwithstanding he,.was alloweit all he could •earn over ten shillings, as an out-doui and married' apprentice. ' The Recorder remarked' to rhe Jury, that the fraftory condtt# of the Prosecutor was foreign to the present question. It was for them to decide whether the Defendants had not vioraied the Liws of the Country. :The case was proved by the O. cers on board the 'Fender, and if they gave credit to their testimony, they would find ItcCordingly, Verdiel,.G4i/rj.—The Defendants were sentenced to'be imprisoned in Giltspor-stfeet• Compter s six weeks each.' ' Mr. King was brought up to be discharged under the Insolvent Al. 'the RECORDER did not, how. ever, conceive, after hearing a statement of Cale, that he was entitled to be discharged at that time ; but recommended him to apply to lbei. Lord Chief Justice on the subjcia, in the course the ensuing term. • Several other assaults, &c, were stied, but none ' of general importance;. and the Se'ssions adjiurned . " till Wednesday, at Trlicks's ON TILE CALMITIES%yri'icH ATTENII TdE ERLQULNCY kiRLS. MIL BD/TOR, In the Morning r-h!tald of the t/o - th -inst. appear— ed an Article, No. 4, on the above subj.:6l,, but the plans that Writer urges * clearly will not answer had they been approved of by the Public, they would not have remattied .so . tang adopted. It has been generally admitted, that ventions oh a simple construction are, tar 'varioua reasons, the best such. arc now.discovered as Can. not tail \ nf rneoting with public satiClion ; they wilt be found to prevent a number. at .fitey ; and the, ii of one (whatever occasioned the"accidents)lvould; ,, it is hoped, have been found to have sav e d the livetto.f the unfortunate sufferers in the fires 'at Adatn.streer and Old Palace Yard, and wilt be..sci moderate in pike as. (Patent Articles) to prove generally bene, finial to society. , Six lionured pounds will be wanted to carry these ; plans into ellen. Any respeClable charatters in London inclinable to advance - this amount, in sums not less than too!. (far which 'securities will be. given, atid lawful 'interest paid), are requested to' send their names arid address to G. R. at the Office, of this Paper frost paid), where respfaable refer. ences and satilladory answers will lie given. No other Letters, or Applications, will be attended to, or any Subscriptions accepted the 'lnventor rely.' ing wholly on a gelierous Public for his mOitrii in• the extent of the sale, when the utility of his In. ventiuns are proved to their aatisfatlion. 'a One, it is stated; Would cost 3 percent. upon the build ing, in securing it ort the' inside ; the other $ per cent. on. now buildings; something more in altering old ones—And •it'appeais the wish of the . Writer that the Legislature do en force the use of these Remedies . . The making Tanks also for water is reco:ntnended, and restrialon on Etre 0111t;e1. See Morning Herald Odle a6th Feb. and t6th April. " We are happy to notice the success which attends the New Royal Circus, St, George's Fields, wide: its new arrangement ; indeed such spirited and well judged efforts persisted in' cannot fail of rendering the season abundantly prududive. The Dancing Mr,. Giroux and the three Miss. Giroux, from the Opera House, in the Marriage Day, is so truly ca. pital as to well deserve the loud plaudits bestowed upon it. The Horsemanship of Makeen is excel. lent. Thesi are followed by a very interesting Piece, called AbeNino; or, The Bravo's ; the Overture and Music to which, by W. Ware, are admirably composed, and have a fine effect. The Charaders throughout are well supported, partici'. lady by Bradbury, in the Bravo of Venice, il'lutit gomery in Gianetto, Mrs. Roffey in Cinthia, antic Mrs. Stewart (late Miss Griffiths) in Rosabella. A pleasing Pantomime succeeds, named Harlegitit, Bice ; the Music to which, particularly the Overture by Mr. Corsi, jun. is much applauded. In the late invortant Parliamentary investigation, a rapid progress in the accumulation of foriune formed a gtoun k i of suspicion of delingilency. . with the santtiOrt of Parliament, an ad of gencial interest is annually pa,seti, by . which . nultierous individuals wive more suddenly to the obtaintnent of immense riches than in the instance alluded: to. if any one doubt this let lLira view the pre s ent perlatively.rich Scheme of the last .Lottery, Aft, wherein Fives, Tens, Twenties, antievert Prizes Gt Thirty Thousand Pountiti, are gained in the ti,vink• ling of an eye. The 'sospicion that eati pina. sibly arise here, is that of imprudence, in not early. possessing *chance in so interesting a Sclietric.of Adventure. A young woman, chambermaid to the Angel 'rt . , in Macclesfield, was committed to Chester Castle, on Saturday.se'nright, clear ttl Waal the murder 0 her own ba4tßlti