The Sun. — London, England, 1805-04-20 00:00:00

),1 9 .21.'1'.1.i A .itthi`§. - titt l'illilie attention has of late been called,. in to peculi ar an d striking a manner, to the AbUses Praftited by;Officers hOlding high Situations in' the Naval Departments, .that' we isonceive no. apology to be necessary for our endeavouring•ro throw - fur. ther light upon this important subject}. .• With this view, we have continued, in This Day's Paper, our Extrafts from the voluminous collection of Papers lately. presented to the-B. use of Com. !tale, on the sut.j,..ft of the Repairs of the ite ' ll O r ' and other Ships of the Squadron commanded by Sir tiphnt POPHAM. in the Red Sea. . , • We call upon our Readers, most earnestly and seriou s l y, for their minute and attentive considera. tion of these Papers.' They bring many things to kilt : lik e the Tellth Report, they contain, indeed, :t in , lh e words of an illustrious Naval I)uke; " statistic'. ?lilac r ARTICULAR !" Sirious and heavy are the Charges which will be founded upon them. It W ill, no doubt, he recolfeeted, thiit•at the lsegin , fling of the last year, very strange reports were . in theulation re speeting 144aiss S.ak- Abuses in the I V IC* ; and a story was told of the employment of this en gine (in itself only justifiable through.ne. " a sitY) fur the purposes Of INtIMIDATION, and the gratification of FsistiNAL fteseNtt,taNT. The scu t • Y seemed so very improbable, it seemed ,to cars the ac casatiorl y s Which then ab r aded, ' au much fit . r. thet liA t -n V,Peored ' to be just, that the whole was successfully ,rep6ented as an invention. of Party, Sod hit Ptthlic oatfci t ion drawn fr om the , transapion, • -Ille TILUT4I o ?tow A, f this ex t r a or dinary protredit s g pi --411 0 h UPON R ECORD ! .1 ,. 11C story is n 3 4,01 4 but a narLtive of authenticated Fiscrs. We ' will s "Lit ," d- lay it before our Readers, 'with th e niag proofs."—We. will .venture t's assert, it(bat no Hurl who voted for Mr. , Wri !THREAD'S tn , e"leti "S CA:4 acqu i t the PE RSON concerned in is transaaion. Eut th e . , . i e further we proceed in,our examination of ti „ i A t a. "allirs, the more occasion do we fi nd for -N utt I the Public will soon be acquainted with li e ~;,. t -cornstances certain of a deep-laid PLAN among Iflttt Per sons, to tate away the ckaraaer of a , hallant and meritorious Officer. Threats I held ou t , Accounts falsified, - Vottchers sup. Pressed . a no Species of intimidation unpratilsed.; . i n° 11th tatittleil. No rank too h;gls ! ; 1 41), fur th e operations of TYRANNY ! no ' station too T he ' . . 'louse of Common s has already voted a First L t d , I , of ' the Admiralty to las guilty' of " a ; High iu re ,„ • .. 4 of Duty , ;" they May soon have to decide "l a . i l l • • ... re Involving a charge of PERJURY! ' • •we hi . • • , pave . cursorily mentioned these things, to Ise* • •r merely the extreme importance of the ha. tint• l ", to %which we solemnly call the public uteri:: 1 We shall carefully and acc urate l y pursue it on • wipart s and.platige ourselves for its being worthy 4tan attenti on • no it. ~ 31 on.that may be , bestowed a non n I .t has b e ' et , • . . • ~.. ii, bicelltEof that anticipations of ,Par. " 11 44 0 / je 4a vetfiga*tio nt are NO LONCI:k .ti be . avoid e d t o t twe disapp rove of the decision, but shall tu‘vi"Pit t4l, and rega r d i t. We hill theref o y e f o ll ow up fi rm) h riot 'nicely and timi•a b ~ )1 tak ) and rritcili ly, et boldlY, qnLY ; let t h ose who are concern- I e heed to themselves. • . . . . - - 0 iLlie Shriff's of Middlesex have called a Meeting lite Freeholders, to be held no the 23 of hiraY," t h e 't3hieet of the to Report: Similar meetings., ' • i the are tube held in IC.tir, Surrey, ITlmPthire, arn 1 3 i - A r o.ogh of Sauthwaric. A requisition was Ye-ter. u'Y delivered from the latter place to Sir W. LEVrit . ol • the 14. , tn RAWL The Common Council of the 1 Cu j,, - "PW to vote an Address to klis Mn. Ilpty S ri the subjeCt. 1, . , , t o 'ke Lit alien ot the prosecution medttole" °gain"' rd Mat,vittt any} Mr. 'mattes does not seem , i,' he generally understood, it may be propel . to 'tate, that it is nor for the pailion °f recover ing'. of WhiCh has been aetually lost to Publi c, the' igr even unatcototed for (none haying been lost, "and: . ► ertrY farthing for th e being properly accounted for), but. 3 which ' )4, ~,PurPose of acquiring those. adiantagt . - . *arra it ' d I,' y e made from t h e t CI IlshectslBWhStliCPlPlC:l7ll t h ° av: remained dormant aria . le'llPri/tnietive hail he'atted agteeably to the stria s i : i n l of the AO' of Parliament which regulated the est of the Pay Office. • . 'Ve it . -, _. !may bits kop,i Highne l i 3 the Ducat 'of tvl,ZJteld a Military Levee at the Horse Guards• 41 (*leers eors;trnantling the Volunteer Brigade, M ete Present, triltillire-vrill he an extensive Brigade in Hyd.e.park, The th e Dili instant, of the Volunteer R.egtments. juta oYortx will be present. , 'A of Poorit,,,,ada JA N OMZ Ito onr ART *ill ° — " eri tted• She' lias arrived . at Lisbon, and I's fate is to it rProhahly be adn'litted i'otu Fraince-; hut then it tliair),,4b!e that she will die. of thp tame disorder „,_-4tritd Off she and PICHSGRU ' W e , 114 k )elterdily mentioned the report, that Luc ,t bN 61- fits had been 'fro/Tied in Prison, by order truo: niPerial Brother. We cannot vouch for the , , el it i, :; i. this report ; but 'there is nothing in . the I it, of , 1)% 4 ' 1 , i • -. t h e 'Lipper that can render it very trn. tht, 14 1 , e , . .if in reveng e or policy he thought such a tsi„l„rc nteelitry, His Mame/mkt Guards are cer. witliVerY well qualified to perform litich a service e4144t," initi dis k t.ite . u+tc.—=The'tiiiit Li t CO ire it of V. caland Instrumental Music was - field at, Lord STAN- • HOPE s, Stratford.. place, on Thursday evening last. DRAHAt4 sung a Brary.ura Italian Song, and " Gentle Airs,'' ae.:,,mpanied on'the Vjalan cello•by LtzIDI.E:Y) in his usual stile of excellence. Mrs. Astia'plea?ed very much indeed, in " Saveet Bird," aecorfipariied on the ,fluie by her husband, and in a beautiful Trio by GyGLIELMf, With BItAHAM aru3 ROI/EDINO. ,She . was also very sue_ cesilui in an Italian. Song, which she sung for Mrs . .' )31:tfiCHI, who was indisposed. The Instrumental Solo. Piece's were a new Flute 12uartetta, by. AMR, and PLEY EL'S favourite Coucertante, by SALOktON. The LINDI:EYS and ASH iS 'performed, deliciously. The. whale was a fine harmonic treat. I The Musical Department 'of the new Amateur Concert and Assembly is to .be condlided by the Hun. JOHN SPENCER,' this season, as it was the last; but, we understand, that the Seleetions will be , made by two different Committees, each taking al. terrtate nights, by which means a pleasing variety will be introduced, and every taste is likely to be gratified. THE tHEATRR.—Ti.e new Comedy of Who Wants a Guinea ? was represented again last night before a ' very numerous Audience. It has been Considerably reduced in length, and every exception. able allusion has been rernkived. 'The Infant Feat. snot was omitted, and the (fart is blended with EmEtY'S charader. The. whole is now in a more compaiit state, and none of 'it flags upon the attention ; the interest is fully preserved,. as well pi all its ludicrOus and diverting qualities. No Cdtnedy has ever .beeit better cast, from Kest. ILE to the lowest ;Performer concerned in it, and, independently of the merits of the Piece, with him, LEWIS, FAWCETT,'MUNDEN, EMLRY, SIMMoNs, Mrs. MAtrocxs,' and Mrs. GI aas, the Public have surely an highdramatic . treat. WADDY gives a very gond portrait of the surly, unfeeling Farther. The COmedy was extremely well received through:. out, and will most plobably have a very successful career. CooNr, it - semis, was not prevented from at tending his duty at Col . /et - ft:garden Theatre on 'Wednesday night by any obstacle •of a B a c c h ana li an kind, but was then performing at Portsmouth. It is prOable, therefore, that as the new Comedy was to have been „brought forward on that night, but . was unavoidably postponed till the next, he relied upon its representation as first settled, and thought Ithisself at liberty to "put money inbis purse" else where; It is; proper to Make this'eXplanatibn, lest an Attar, deservedly admired kir his talents, might, without catis, -incur public resentment. • • The Infant who made his flistappearance in the World in the ball-room at St. Petersburgh, no doubt heightened the scene*f revelry, by immediately let. ring up his Aim, ,The Inhabitants of St. Martin.'s Lane should not have been soincensed against the man who deprived them of knockerr, as he might. alledge in hislefence, that he wanted to produce a fuiet neighbourhood, and prevent, them from being unseasonably roused out of their beds A learned and witty Dissenting Minister, not many years deceased, married three wives ; the first for, her pecuniary adVantages the second on a c. count pf her persutial charms ; , and the third he mar ried in his old age, for the s ake of securing her tendon and his own comfort : she, however, proied 14 , a very shrew,"!--,g,.We1i,,, said the ,Rev, to a a friend, • " have,. in my time, Isad three wives— the Wdrld, the Flesh, , and the Devil 1" • There was no Race on Tuesday last for the annual Easter Plate on Barham DjWtili ; a .horse, 'meted in Mr..,Citotoat's name, walked over the course for the Plate. • The Ship Un;cor, JAcons, arrived at Philadelphia from Batavia, W;11 W,a,itded z9thian. lat.il3-59. N. long. 47. 23. W. by an armed Brig, under Spanish colours, said to be' from Cadiz, called the, Santa del Cumano ; she had captured an Entlish Guineatnan a few days before. A Letter from Sr. Petersburgh, of the' 21st Of March, itatea, that the Commission established for the-Revision of old Criminal Affairs, ha's lately pre. sented. a Report to the Emperor, in consevence of which His Majesty has pardoned several-exiled persOni. The situation of the Jews in Russia is to be greatly ameliorated. On the 9:h of February an Ukase, was published, which gives them a civil existence, the satue.as is enjoyed. by 'the Subjedl of Russia. It contains the following principal articles: " The Children of Jews are to be received at all the Public Schools, &c, and there instrufied.like other Children. Should the Jews objet to these Aeademies, &c. they may ,establish'Pri.. vate Schools for the education of their Children, at '.their own expence. The Russian, •Polish, German Languages, ohm necessarily be one of the .objeets, of their Education'. From the year .1808, no pertion shall obtain a . place in the Ma. gistracy who dues not know how to read and write the Russian, Polish,' or. German Languages. The Jews are. to be divided- into four. Classes, viz. Labourers, Artists, Merchants, and Citizens: no persons.shalEdare to molest them in the exercise of their Religion, or in the Interior of their Houses, either by word or deed." Here follows, a minute detail of dispositions respelling the Acquir e ment of Property_ b}t the several Classes ,in Russia, or any,Of its Provinces. • . We have witnessed w i t h much CitiSCeilOn'the success which the spirited exertirms of the new ar. rangernent at the Royal Circus, Sr. George's:Fields, experiences; the Audience appear out only 'highly pleased with the alterations and elegant embellish. ['lents which surround them, but delighted with the various Entertainments of the evening. he danc. ing, in the Ma rr i age Day, T of Mr. Gtitoui and the three Miss Gsautjxs, from the Opera lion4e, is in the first stile, and highly applauded. Pax Aria tlitY.4 Bravo of Venice, in,Abbellino, or the Bravo's Bride, which is a Piece of verk strong interest, criNtes a powerful impression ; as does also Mrs. STEWART. late Mias GRIFFITHS, in Rosabella, who likewise sings delightfully some excellent 444. Mrs. ROE. VIY and Mr. IVlotsrootatittY display much hurncur in Cinthia and Gianettu; and the evening's tomti t .. meots close with a b r illi ant an d pleasing Pant.o. mime, called Harlequin Bacchus. X?' AST. • • e• . 1 1 • • ritOM . THR rAPtt3 4410 - 111FIBILR THS HOUSi OF CuMmoNS, IttiaPECTINC sIR nume POI'H!t1;1. LETTER PROM SIR HOME. POPHAM TO MR. EIARSDZII, D ' ATED SEPT. 29, 18,04. (Courludei lion our P.sree' of Yerdrdo.) On my arrival at Kedgeree I was Sent for by . Lord Wellesley, whose . wish it was that I should go to Calcutta, and accompany him without any delay up the river, whither lie was proceeding on affairs of particular Moment, He was very desirous to converse with me on the subjqt, of what then. occupied hitt attention. I accordingly. left 'the charge of the Ship witli the First Lieutenant, with ortlers•to equip her a; Tast as possible.' When it is consideyd that the business to whialatny attention was called was of a must impOrtant military and particular nature, I am aware that it will not in . candour be expetted of me that I could look into all: the minute details of the. Ship ; indeed, i t is impos. sible, either with a view to the expedition of a ship', equipment at 'Mayapour, or to the general, usage which obtains for the Commander to! be on board, he should be in Calcutta, where I believe it is even the custom of the Commanderi of all Ships; to re.' sort to, whensthey are moored in Diamond Hatbaut or !Vlayapour. This is perhaps the best apology- I can offer for any informality or incurreariesa which may then have found its way into the accounts. There are not, I believe, on the records of the naval service many instances in which a private Captain has had such .a variety of duties' to perform. In the first place, I had nearly .eighty sail of 't'ransport's Under . ' my charge. Iteld the situation of Amoasia.lor to the Stares of Arabia ; ,and while my attention was, Called to the business of the States,' and to the commercial intereat_of Great B.ritarn, with which the Embassy wog connened, I had to make the ne. cessitry arrangements for an Army of so,ooo men, including followers, -in that CoUntry, I had he. sides to conctude T'rsaties, anti to employ myself in a survey of the Red Sea. The justification into which I have entered has led me to a grerit length of detail, whicti has been unavoidable, under the' particular circumstances of my case ; but 1 ;s4all not obtrude myself • on tfie time and patience of their Lordships much longer in the few observations I haVe to make. If their lordships will btpleiied to refer to my " Concise statement of they will there find that the salvation of the Soils Regiment from a wreck in a gale of wind was due, to my personal exettiona, and to those of my Officers and . Crew. On the acute of humanity, I beg to direct} their Lordships' attention to the Affi.taitt of Mr.ShOvel. ler, the Surgeon of the Romney, by which they will perceive - that I supplied one .of. the sick with a pint of port wine a day during 18 months.' According to the price at Which the wine was procured by me, this personal sacrifice amounted to upwards of 601. and notwithstanding I can without hesitation tie. elate; that it was scarcely the tenth part of the expence I incurred in administering' to the comforts of the sick and convalescents during the voyage; To this circumstance I chiefly,aacribe the abort dti.: tatiqn of any occasional attacks of disease, and the few lives that were lost.:` The Squadron corn. minded by Admiral Blankett was attended by an Hospital - Ship, which occasioned an expence of &Soo rupees per month ; and although • I had nut any such resource, at a time when the above Officer had 160 of his men in the Hospital at Mocha, I' had to only. This marked attention to the sick spews, that if I Was guilty of .any improvidence as to, the public stores, I was not less so in whatever regarded my own. But on this head any argument which can be adduced reposes merely on a Matter of opinfon. I may have unbent the sails and painted the Ship oftener than, any. other would have done, because it was consonant with my particular mode of thinking. But on the other ,hand,, I did every thing in my power to prevent abuses. It is a notorious fad, that by my endeavours to prevent them, I rendered myself extremely unpopular among- rho Merchanti and ContraCtors in Bengal, on the oceision OC the supply of every desCription of stores for, the service of the Red Sea. , If I had myself been guilty of any abiise, or had connived, either . dire4tlr. Or, indiredly, at 'those, of ethers, 'these individuals Would untiuestionably , have been produced as witnesses ; and it would have been a manly part to have braiight We to 1 Court Ivltr. tial, if 3 single cltttrge could have heen substantiated, especially acthe 2+th Article of ~the Articles of War comprises in rata the implie d ,charges in , the Report; and the Aef of Parliament admits of an Officer Wig tried even twelve months after his return to England.. - To these fads I have to add, .that it was, can. stantly my zealous endeavour to diminish the course of exchange. The hills drawn under my signitiire . were accordingly at' a lower rate than those which had been drawn under similar circumstances pievi• ously to my Arrival at Calcutta. 'This observation applies equally to those drawn by Mr. Spearman, the Naval 01'fiCer on ;,the station of the Red Sea.-- The articles purchased tar the Squadron were like. wise as cheap if .not 'cheaper than those purchased for the Squadron which had been precedently on that station; although the latter was _then by itself, anti . I had neatly So sail of Transports with me, together with ten thousand' additional people to feed. My exertious to advance serice in 'every praftica. ble manner were, I flatter tnyself, tantamount : taught practical `al.i.(4.notny and hydrography to a nutnerous'qoarter.deck, with so mach success, that' I challenge the . examjningCprruni,ssioners of the Navy' to say whether they ever met with young men so highly aecomplii , Win these respeds. These Corn. missioners, to my 'certain knowledge, live not he. skated Jo deClare, that it would be well for the se t .. vice if this particular- Science was more encourage& I furnished, and caused to be engraved, charts the dangerous station on which I was employed, ao as to guard agailat the recurrence of the disastrous accidents by which that navigation had been' before mat ked. It now<remains for *me rt> atl,l, that I have tilt fullest confidence in the libLr4lity ul‘the Lords C, m. misstoncrs, who will divest themselves of every p.rjuditae in funning a jud,Den( of my Case, and of the unparalteled hardsltiO Witter whfah havt: so',long laboured:: itltliough it i s ' scarce necessary to repeat , whit may be drawn fry in inference, yet I cannot help_ serving, to jus.ity any strung ,expressions I ma have used, thai even ;4 1 1 the misapplied dirges ha been framed from loose papers,' distorted and in '3*. c , ,nstrued videncei, and a procesi acknowledged to he unprecedented and really unconstitutional, While my tale is ;old in the plain manner of an upright heart, substantiated by the most imleinn 'affidavits; and•supported by the highest testimonies of my .strict regard to the t ota li t y o f t h e Iliadic service. J have been in anxious to return my Answer to yopr Letter of the 13th inst. encloSing the ,Navy. Board Report relative to- the several, works per.: fottned on His Majesty's Ship Romney; that _pro. bably I have not entered so fully into detail on tome points as 'night have been necessary had the Board been composed entirely ,of CiViliins ; bin as there are three professional men ; `titey_will , I trust; do the the honour to cause any further explanation to be given, either personally or otherwise ' , which they may 'think proper on this' occasion. I have the Honour to he, ger. HOME POPHAM. . .Two recruits of‘the 7th Light Dragoons last Week desetted from Ipswich, and went to Yarmouth; in cider to $o on board a man of war; when; froriV suspicious circumstances, they ivere taken into cus. tedy of the FifushireNiiitia. On their march under an escort of a file of men, one of the deerters .quested permission to 'go In a privy-in Si-mull& ham, where lie was attended to the door by theeor.;.' oral off` the file, who, after waiting a reasonable . time, opened die door,/ and to his astoßishmenr„liii bird of care had iiow . o downwards, and made his cicape. In five minutes a communidatimi was made to the Military Telegraphs, as for as Woodbridge, of what had passed; On'Saturclay night lastehn alarming pre broke ctit at Bratopton,, alkout two miles from Huntingdon,. and notwithstanding considerable help was soon procured, together with two engines, it could not pt under until the Chequer Public.hotsse, with six ~r seven other tenements, were entirely con. sumed. • 00.Saturclaylast, W a s committed to the gaol Of Hull, by JOSEPH Egal NGTON, t•q.• Makor, Tho r. Lee,_ of that Place, ,and late a altopkeeper in Pock iington, charged upon oath . with I 2ii,titteretf td WILLIAM EYE E, of the town •ot .Kingston.upon, Hull, a piece of. money, purrorting to be a Seven shillings pieee, knowiog the same to be counterfeit —3 57 zl, in money, and.securities, ,with ti coon tity of f counterfeit silver and gold coin, was found in the possession of theyriguner. A ,Ssilor on Thursday morning fell Tram the maintop of the Mary' Ann Frigate, and died lame diately after he was taken into • On the 29th of March, as the 13rit9Nnia Tender watkgetting . tinder weigh in .Guirnsey Roads, the Captain, .Mr. THOMAS 131 t ow. ay, by some tinfore. seen accident, Was knkked . overboarti. A. boat was immediately sent to his assistance, and he was 'picktol up and brought to the vessel, where every endeavour was used by the Surgeon to recover him, but without eil'e.6l. The deceased wai, a native of Whitstable, in his ,4,:ith year,. and'' has left a wife And four children. Last week as a servant of Mi. Robert B.trnard, of Great gllingliain Hall, Norfolk, was vrry in. cautiously ploughing-too near a,deep two hor s es fell in, anti were both. drowned. _ . On Saturday last died at IC t itterir‘g, in the priae of life, Mr. John Keep, joil.of that place. ,The prerniture death of this young than was pcea,ione4 by his lifting frortuthe ground, and cartyibg to a certain.distance, a sack, of turnip 'seed (upwards of 3 cwt. for a trilling wager, which he rasolurely performed, though nut' w ichuut fatally injuring biro, self. A few &Y. %ince as some workmen, employed in the inclosure of Kettering Field, Lincolnshire, were digging a trench, a box, supported on each side I. stakes, was discovered a small distance from the: iurface of the earth, in which -- were the butnes of it hoinan form, It is supposed, from the state in which they were found, that they could not have been buried there more than 12 or t+ years : it is said that a ypung nun, an apprentice to a hair-dust tt. at Kettering, was suddenly missed about that petiud, and has never sire been heard of. A horn' e-bt , ..,1 Seer, four yCiln ola t 'grazeit be M. JAMES ScAKLSTT, nrNUfttgl'SUb4:ol.lrae, lately killed by Mrs, MATTHEWS, Butcher," ofYiirinutith, was in weight and dimensions as follows • Weight - - - • - or the raised ilea?. after taken out of the . quarter " - „ of the scar Lenglh of Oitto .` :t. 16 $4 u 8- tv 14 4 3 4 the tit r . . *lite dttfereuce of the two sides of beef, when weighed - - - ° 9 to Yesterday se'nnight as Mr. John Wright, of Worksop, was returning home from a visit to frieo.l,in the neighbourhood of 'tha t place, he veal, by. some unknown accident, unfortunately ttiro from his horse, and one Of his fee t 41 . tiinglea in the stirrup, i n t h at _ perilous,,situat ion he was dragged at full speed the'distance toile la. fore his rtle'as could be effeard. He was cu,ve x , ed speechless to the nearest honse, 'where, in coast= quence of the bruisea he had rzccived, 'he expired at five o'clock on the following in.srning. • ' rltur,sday, se'nnight Vorney, a carpenter of Stamford, 70 years of age, fell oft' a ladder, and was so much hurt as to die a few days afterwates under a surgical operation, Yestetdaysennight Mr.' Wirt. sen. Cleythorpt, near-Louth, a yet y r'espeiftAbie fAtince , 41 nd grazier, w.is found deaq in his,groutids. 'Ha was being carrying very a gun o s l u ot pi 7 ms p e to se v t v % hl in thi:l !ten 'ts:vid• - "" tr went Of and lo , .fged rlac cotCenta in itts •,bo-dy, caused his immediate death, • On Wednesday last Mr. Richard Nunn, butchcr, of Miry, aged 6+, suddenly elterped down dead as he was w.ilking iii G.;lldlhill.stlett, without ail. Fevious VJ in C{A