The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-17 00:00:00

L 0 N I) 0 N, TIITY1151)Alt, DECENIBtII 17, ISP2.. We cannot forbear again to offer our congra tulations to the public on the decisive triumph of the Russian Arm,s, the details of which were yesterday published in a Gazette Extraordinary. The poVver of France is broken ; that immense force which BUONAPARTF, had' collected for. the subjugation of Russia, is nearly annihilated, and the Tyrant himself, if not at this moment a pri soner or a corpse, is a wretched fugitive, forced to fly for safety to some of those Sovereigns Whom be has betrayed, insulted, or injured.. Various reports continue to be circulated, respecting his fate ; according to some, he has arrived at War saw orßerlin,according to others, he was shot by one of his own officers.—These reports do not rest upon any authority. We know nothing cer tain about him ; except that when he saw DA t•ousT'S corps about to be defeated, he ran away, and took the road to Lindam, which is in the direction of Orcha. It is quite obvious 'that he could not proceed in a direct route towards the frontiers, because the Russian force under TOR MAZOW, TCHICHAGOFF, and WITTGENSTEIN Op posed an insurmountable barrier. He would, in - all probability, bend his course to • the south ward, with the hope of avoiding the Russian cordon. It was on the 17th of November that he fled from his Army : if he had reached any place of safety by the 2d or the 3d of this month, some account of him would, of course, have been received at Paris, and a Bulletin would have been published. After the extraordinary specimens of invention which we witnessed in the last French- and German Papers, we shall not be surprised (if BUONAPARTE should escape) to see a Bulletin announcing the arrival of his Imperial Majesty, in perfect health, with all his army, undiniinished in numbers, in comfortable winter quarters! It was strongly reported at Peter burgh, when the Messenger carne away, that NEy was dead of Lis wounds. THE ROYAL FAMILY.—The • Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, KENT, CUMBERLAND, and CAM ERIDCE, dined with the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, at Carlton House, on Tuesday : also, a select party, were invited, and dined With the QUEEN, and spent the evening there. Tuesday the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES stripped at Kensington Paince on her way to Lon don, and dined with the Princess of WALES. In the evening between eight and nine o'clock, the Princess CHARLOTTE went to Carlton House, and joined the Royal party at supper. Yesterday morning the Qut and ,PIIINCESSIT! vi, ited the Duchess of BRUNSWICK. Yesterday the QUEEN and PRINCESSES dined with the PRINCE. REGENT, at Carlton 'House. The Countess of 14XERINGTON, Mrs.. flowE, and a select party, were invited to meet them. In the evening there was a dress party. • Mr. DANIELS, the King's Messenger, arrived. at Lord CASTIAIREAGH'S house on Tuesday night, viith the dispatches from Lord CATHCART. LOrd. CASTLEREAOH had gone to bed, having been in elfsposed for several days with a Cold : his Lord.. ship rose, and finding the dispatches so truly gra tifying, he went to Carlton House ;it a quarter past one o'clock, to communicate their contents to the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL had an audi tuce of the PRINCE REGENT. The report of the career of lluorrAPAntE having been terminated by death r,till prevailed yester day. Accounts from Berlin received by the way of Gottenhurgh, state, that on the 4th instant, a Courier arrived at the former city; requiring the 'attendance of several of the most eminent Sur geons, on a person A - ~f grcat_,distinction in the French army, who had been severely wounded in the rercat from Smolensk°. Three of the prin cipal Surgeons of Berlin immediately departed with the Courier, and the rumour was, that they were to employ their skill on BuoNAF•Awru, but from what is stated in the Russian dispatches, it is more probable that the wounded Commander is Marshal NEY. . Execution.—This morning John ,Shipman was, pursuant to his sentence for forgery, executed be fore the - Debtors' Door,, Newgate, This unfor tunate young man was brought on the platform nt a quarter after eight o'clock, attended by the Rev. Dr. Foan, witri whom he remained a few seconds 11 prayer, and was then launched off, and met that fate which the . laws of his country bad d-rsorn e, .him to. suffer, with great emotion his body, after being suspended the usual time, was cut (.; , .; , :1, and then delivered over to his - relatives, whiting-with a hearse to convey it away SECONP ; D Mr! .ON. SUN-OF, ICE, nAt.F-2%,..5T TWO 'O'CLOCK. There has been a report some days, that Lord W'ALPOLE, who iS joined with Lord CAT/iCART in the Embassy to St. Petersburgh, was gone on a Mission ,to the Court of Vienna, bat as it did not seem to wear an authentic 811 ape, we did' not think proper to: notice it. We now, however, learn, from private letters, "on which we are in clined to rely, from - St. Petersburgh, shat such . a Mission was actually about to take place when the last dispatches came from that capital ; and we, learn also, that the recent and signal triumphs of the Russian arms, had given increased latitude and importance to the communication. It Is need , less, for ns, in the present state of affairs in - fins, sia; and duly estimating the influence which its glorious victories must necessarily produce ( - )0 the Continent, , to expatiate on the vast importance of such a Mission,'nor, perhaps, should we be deemed too sanguine, if we wue to con sider it as pregnant with the deliverance of the Continental Powers, and the restoration of peace and tranquility to the civilized world. • THE 'MARQUIS OF SLIGO.—The Sentence this day pronounced by Sir WILLIAM SCOTT upon the Marquis of SLIGO, who was yesterday convicted, at the Admiralty Sessions, was, that he should pay a fine of Five 'Thousand Pounds, and that he should be impr isoned four mouths in New gate. MAILS. A nitivrn-2 Waterford. Dur-1 Cadiz, 2 Gottenburgh-, 2 Guiernsey, 2 Jersey, 1 Drazilg, 1 Dublin, .2_Waterford. IPRICE OF STOCKS THIs DAY AT 'fIVTI,II: C4LOVI:. Consols . . 624 CS 621 1 Red. Ann •• THE • SUN. e01.1;31 QUIS DICERE PAY,SI7II AIIbEAT ? NAVA NEWS. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 15.--The Vengenr' and Princess Caroline mon of 'war put into Cawtand Bay this morning, having . been blown from their station off Cherbourgli, by a strong easterly gale, which is increasing. Also arrived the Mary , SCREECH, from Exeter. FALMOUTH, DEC. 14.---Arrived this 4lay off this port his Majesty's ship Ramillies, 74 guns, to take the• outward-bound- West India fleet here un der his Majesty's ship Seahorse, and some other in ferior ships of war. They all proceeded, abeut 50 sail, with a fine breeze at East ; also arrived the Union, VAvurg, from Lisbon. Two transports for Halifax have also proceeded with the West India convoy. DEAL, DEc.. 16.---Sailed the detained ship Pc). norm for Ramsgate Pier, with the loss of an du chor and cable. • The Free Briton transport cut from two an chors and cables this morning, she has been sup plied with others, and rides very well. Remain in the Downs his. Majesty's ships Monnzouth, Chatham, Cornwall, Bedfoad, Dun- , can, eloucestor, Plantagenet, La Hogue, Warrior , . Clarence, Rinaldo, Rosario, Cretan, Moir - pito, and Manly. The Drake, Harmony, Glamorgan, Free Briton and Lady Cathcart transports. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a Quarterly General Court was held at the East India House. After the usual forms, the dividend for the half year , ending in January next, was declared to be 51 per cent. RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER. The CHAIRMAN then briefly touched upon the important subject of the Renewal of the Com pany's Charter, observing, that at present'be was usable to submit any distinct proposiOons from the Directors to the Proprietors, but trusted that in a very short time he should be fully em powered to state such points to them as had oc • curred upon a consideration of the subject; that .a Court would then be called, and the Director§ Would be happy in hearing the opinions of the Proprietary in general. He was followed by Mr. , RANDAL JAcKs'ots - F, who avoWedhis- perfect satis faction with what had fallen from the Chair, de , Glaring that nothing further could be expected at, the present ; that the propositions likely to be presented would be satfsfactory lie had no doubt, and whatever might be the final issue, it was gra tiiying to reflect that, the general body had, in every thing that related to the affairs of conducted themselves with the dignified liberality of British Merchants. He observed, that the opening of the trade in general would hazard the very existence of our power in India, and that in this opinion he had the powerful support'of such distinguished characters as Mr. PITT, Lord MEL.- viLLs, andMr.Fox,who allcontended tlmt a mono= ' poly,. well regnlated, should remain in the hands of the Company. He observeu, that such also appeared at one time to be the opinion of the present Ad ministration, though some variation of sentiment bad since taken place and a declaration had been ruati!. of an intention to allow a general export to India. Hence it Nras . inferred, that a general im port also would take place ; but as the sound po licy of a continued monopoly, under due qualifi cations, was admitted by all intelligent men, be doubted not that the interests of the Company, as connected with those of the Empire, would not, want proper support in Parliament. He was followed by Mr. Alderman ATKINS, and Mr. S. DtxoN, and after the Chairman had repeated his declaration, that a Court should soon be called, AMIIIIALTV SgSSIONS.) 00) BAILEY DEC. id, ISIS. At nine o'clock Sir W. SCOTT attended, Ancl charged the Grand Jury. The - Court thed a& journed tin ten o'clock, at whieh hour Sir W. SCOTT re!tirned, actompanied I.)V Lord ELLEN2d- ROUGH, - Mr. Baron TIIOMPSOIS, and several Doc tors Of Law. The Duke of CLARENCE was on the bench. Pie Jury were then sworn, to try the Marquis of Stparl, who appeared in Court, and sat by his counsel', Messrs. DAUNCEY, DAMPIER, and SC.CRLETT. Before the trial began, Mr. DAuNor.Y stated, that his Lordshiu wished to plead guilty as to part, and not guilty as to the rest ; and wished, therefore, only part now to he entered into. Dr. RoatNsoN, on the other side, was not un willing to accede to this arrangement ; but Lord Ellenborough said, that the indictment must not lie garbled. He must plead guilty to the whole, or• not guilty to the whole. - _ ' • After some conversation between the Counsel, the trial proceeded i the indictment was read, charging the Marquis with unlawfully receiving on board his ship William Elden, a seaman in the: King's . service, and detainirig, concealing, and secreting hini. Thesecoad count 'charred him with enticing and persuading to desert the said seaman. . The third count, with receiving the said Elden, knowing him to have deserted.' There were other counts with respect to. other seamen, and a count for an assault and false im prisonment. Dr. Rounascsr, who opened the case for the prosecution, stated, that this was an offence of the greatest. magnitude, and had been attended in this instance ,with circumstances of aggravation, both in the mode of enticing the men, and afteraeardS in the abandonment of them in such Li manner that they might all have been, as' some were, entirely lost to his Majesty's service . . The defendant was a young Nobleman, who was on hiS travels in the year It 10;and had tonchedat Malta, where he had been introduced to Capt. Spranger ; wished to have a vessel of his own, and hired one, called the Pylades. He had received assistance from Capt. Spranger in the outfit of his vessel, and had been in the habit of being carried backwards and forwards in the Captain's boat by four picked men : before • the vessel of Captain Spranger left that station, two of these met' were missing,,--men of tried fr alelity, and long standing, and to whom long al.-. - rears of wages were due,- and who, it was to be supposed, .would not have:-deserted .on .a slight occasion ; these men had attracted the notice and adMiration of the defendant, and from a sus picion that they were in his service, Captain , Spranger paid hint a' visit. 'l he defendant ex pressed himself-hurt at the suspicions of Captain Spranger, who, from his. acquaintance with the Martinis, contented himself with cautioning him on the subject, and representing to him the sate of the Service, which was then very low. He then, left the• defendant, and sent to him a descrip tion of the persons of his men who were missing, desiring' the Marquis •to . send them to Malta, if they should come td him. Six witnesses, who would he brought before the jury, would prove these' facts : it Would appear that they had been accosted by the defendant's servants at Malta, and by them made drunk, and in that state had been conveyed aboard his vessel. When they became sensible, they were introduced to his Lordship, who treated their wish to go back tOtheirships with levity. On the 13th May the vessel sailed to Pa lermo, and from thence to Messina : here constraint was exercised towards them, Italian sentinels, arm ed, were placed over them to prevent their getting on shore. At Messina his Lordship obtained a pro tection for theta for six months, inserting false names in the liSt, and pledging, as he told his craw, his word and honour that there were no men-of-war's-men„-on board. dire vessel then proceeded on 'its 'course, and on the 30t1 of May was .boarded by it. boat from his Majesty's ship the .Active. The officer of that ship had heard rumours of deserters being on board the Pylades, and sent a lieutenant and a midshipman to search the defendant's vessel. 'They were in troduced to the defendant, and told their busi -ness : he, denied that he had any such men on board, and during the search went through the' ship them with a lighted candle. They asked if they had seen all the crew ? The Marquis, on his word, assured them that they had, though the seamen Whom he had enticed were concealed in - a place under: the defendant's cabin.. This part of the evidence was „the. less liable to objection, as the defendant had himself acknowledged it in a letter. - the defendant • then went by Milo, to.. Patinos, where ten of the crew were allowed to go on shore for two or three days, and it was told them that the • vessel would not sail for 13 days : the same evening, however, it sailed without ti em, leaving them in - the greatest distress. They went to Scio to- the British Consul, - who took therm in a bOatto the4essel of the. Marquis would take only four. of theism, and tat the rest. ik a most inhuman manner to find their way back to England as they could. Some of them had surrendered them Selves wait - es ships, and had been tried by Courts-martial ; but the two most Material witnesses, 'Lee and Lloyd, of the War ' Aloe, could not be produced in Court, as Lee had 'died at Athens, and Lloyd had not yet returned to this conntry. Other persons might have been made defendants - in this' indictment, but his Lordship was selected as being the principal,. and in order that the rest might bear evidence in the historyof, the trans actions. Captain Spranor. (examined by the ATTORNEY GENERAL), stated, that in April, 1810, the Mar quis was introducedto him by letter from Admiral Martin ; his Lordshipappeared desirous of making a tour, and for that purpose hired a vessel called the Vylades : the witness gave him all the assist ance in his poweriby sending t 6 him riggers, and carpenters, 4nd gunners, who were lent to him for the purpose of outfitting his vessel, .but still remained part of his (Capt. Spranger's) crew. In the course of these transactions, his Lordship passed and re-passed in a boat called the gig, which was rowed by four men, Charles-Lee, Rob. Lloyd, Jas. Foljambe, and Jelin Walker ; the) had belonged to the boat. for three years, .and were constantly in it. The defendant observed, that .. , ArteiWar ds ; s 'aboat a week beicirc be. Saile:i e yid . a&sed two ref these men, which the'reore sin-p is ed hint, as; -they ‘vere Very trusty see!::en, had never liceli absent or irregtrlar, and, though fre onently Soffered ti) go on shore withrms--a Midsiiip man, had never in any instance abused this Confi dence. They ate d, besides, wages of :r! years due to them. On the 13th, before he sailed, he went on. board the FiVades, Pt) see Lord Sligo, and told him of the eitraOrEfinary circumstance of his missing these two - men, whom his Lordship probably recol lected. He , was then going to, communicate to Iris Lordship some suspicions which his officer 4 had suggested to him, when. Lord Sligo inter;. rupted him, saying, '' sorely; be (Capt. Spranger) could not think hint so base as to take awaY• these men ; •after the civilities by him sb6ili to his Lordship," He further said, that sorne, of the men Shot Captain s: had lent to him had offered to desert, but that he had refused to ac= eept them. lie replied 'to Lord Sligo, that lie trusted he had not his men, and that he would not take them or any others from his MajeSt'..4 service ; but lest they should come to him, hie (Capt. S.) would leave a description of their perz' sons, and would take his Lordship's word of ho-: none that he would not receive them, but give them - up to the Commanding Officer at Malta,who had,orders to keep them till his return. He then[ left his Lordship, having received his promise ,and word of honour, and having remarked to his Lordship how serious a thing it was to entice his Majesty's seamen. The fleet was at that time nearly - 2,000 below its complement, and it was very difficult to procure British sean:en. He did not muster his Lordship's crew : they seemed to be foreigners, in number about twenty or thirty. His Lordship had proposed to take about 50 men, as his vessel wits to be a letter of marque : a few would have been sudicient fir the purposes of na - Yigation. As soon as he reached the ship, he or dered the description of the two men to be • made out, and it was sent to Lord Sligo ; he received no answer then, though he afterwards hada let ter from his Lordship. (The letter was produced) . He had never seen Lee or Lloyd since. (The let ter was here read, in which Lord Sligo stated, that in the course of his voyage he found he' hasd . on board some men-of-war's men, • and that he was determined•to send them on shore thelirst opportunity: whatever - expense's he might in cur on their account, die should put down 'to. , the score of humanity, and glory in it : that he thought this explanation necessary to Cap lain Spranger, who'had treated him like-a gen tleman ; but the other Captain, who complained, be shOuld not notice : if the business . was brought into Court, he should -do the best to defend him self ; and if he did not stleeee:l, he had an ainple fortune, and could pay the tines). This letter was dated Constantinople. . . Cross-examined by Mr. DAuNetY.Said it was" usual for men on foreign stations to offer thern selves for other service ;. he' believed Lord'Sligo had offered permission to search his ship. Win, Elden, examined by Mc. DA tr N cEy.—De posea, that he had,been 'gunner's mate on board, the Montague, lying of 'Malta, in May, 1810 ; that he had been- in that ship from January, 1804; and bad been in the Navy about 13 years; he was ort shore at Malta, with leave, on the 13th of gay, and his leave being out ; was returning with his comrades to the ship ; they went into a pub lic-house to see if there were any of their shin mates to go with them ; saw those two persons in livery, but did not know them, though he had since found them to be the Marquis's ser vants. They drank together, and got so in toxicated that he does not know how he gOt on board the Pylades : when sober, he found himself in the pump-well of that vessel; wciielt was then 'under weigh : 'he saw there, olSo, two of his shipmates, Fisher and Brown ; and go- , iner, on deck, saw M`Dermot, Thompson, Cooke, Fisher, and Brown : saw Lord-Sligo that evening, who asked him his name, and whether he helone,--- ed to the Montague ? The next morning he saw Lord Sligo again, who asked him, and his coni panion•Storey; their names. Storey said it would not do to go.by their real names. Lord Siko then directed them to, follow him, and he would alter their. The witness then changed his name to Smith, and •Sto:ey changed his :to, Weight. ',A. few days afterwards his Lordship told him, that he would be useful in exercising the guns ; to ;vhich Ire replied, that be saw none - there who did not • know the use of the guns as well as •Ititn self : he then saw nine men of the Montague there, Cooke, , Fisher, Brown, Storey, Sul,- livan, Thompson, :Myers, M'Dermoc, and -Tra vers. Lord Sligo took an active part- in •the inpagement of the vessel, and assigned to them all their duties. At Palermo, he asL:ed LoYd Sligo fdr leave to go on shore, to get clothes; hit , Lordship gave him five 4 dollar pieces, foi wages ; he went ou sh6re and returued, not surrendering hiaiself to any King's ship. At Messina he begged leave to wiit e the Pylarles, and otE:ted to return all the money and clothes he bad ; his Lordship would not suffer hint, and. foreign sentinels were placed in arms over them to pit vent any from escaping.— Lord Sligo at Palermo told the crew, that he had. procured a protectiOn from Adm. Martin, having pledged his honourthat he had no men-of-war's men on board. They were afterwards chased by the Active and 'a brig, were brought to, and a King's boat came alongside. ,Lord Sligo then desired the witness to go below, who said - , be would rather stay where he was ; the, rest were then below :• Lord Sligo left him_ for a few minutes, but re turned and told him he must go down :• he then went down into the after-hold underneath the cabin, where were Ode rest of the seamen of the Warrior and the Montague : the hatch was closed over them, and a ladder placed at top. In about half an hour they were called up. They then pco ceeded to Patmos, where he and some more had leave of absence for a few days a took a letter to his Lordship from his master Liewellin ; the neat day lie sailed without giving them any notice, and left him and six more in great distress ; they were forced to sell their clothing; they had nothing hut what they stood upright in : they got a boat, but conic), not overtake the PylatleS: they then went to Scio, and went with the ilritish Consul to the Pylades, but Lord Sligo refused to take them in, and threatened to fire at them : he knew them very well, as they were all upon deck : be took four I I t o ;