The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-21 00:00:00

Vtre'grieve to state that, by the dispatches front Admiral SAWYER, the melancholy intelligence of the loss of his Majesty's shooner Chub has been received. It appears, that on the 23d ult. in a gale of wind, she upset, and every soul on boaad unfortunately perished. Both Houses of Congress adjourned.on the 6th July. They meet on the 2d of Nov. Duringf,ltext Session they will consist of the same Members. — The election of new Members for the House of Representatives comes on in November next; the election of President in December. Neither of them will be in office till March next ; but these elections will have a considerable influence on the character and duration of the war. The Government of the United States are mak ng to occupy the whole of East Flo rida. At the date of the last accounts, orders; hod been transmitted to Col. Smith, to resume offen-. 'Zi,Ve operations against St.. Augustine, and 1,400 troops had been detached from. Amelia Island; to assist in its reduction. Letters from Jamaica mention that PeTroer had advanced to Cape Francois with 12,000 men, and that that seat of his late rival's 'power had quietly submitted to his authority. The garrison consist ed of 300 men. The treasure which CHRISTOFHE had amassed by the most unjust exactions, to the amount of seven mfilions of, dollars, had fallen into his hands. Periora, it is said, had issued a Proclamation, declaring that this money _should - be applied in establishing the affairs of the island. Government' have received dispatches from Mr. THORNTON, announcing the result of the Congress 0 1 Abo, and the removal of the obstacles which had hitherto opposed the, active co-operation of the Swedes. In anticipation of this agreeable in telligence, orders had been transmitted for the sailing of a fleet of transports from Sheerness, under convoy of the Starling, destined to be em ployed in the Swedish expedition, Subsequently, that nothing might retard the progress ofthis fleet, orders were transmitted that no merchant Ship should be permitted to avail itself of the protection of the Starling. In consequence,ano ther convoy is appointed to sail this' day. The last mail from Heligoland brought the fol . - lowing coomunicetion " HELIG OLAND, SEPT. 10a— The same rigorous aystem- continues to be enforced on the 'opposite coast, to prevent all intercourse with England, or the sale of British goods. Bureau upon bureau has been established to accomplish this object, and. so organized as to be each a check upon the other, and to make every individual belonging to them interested in fulfilling his instructions ri gorously. Particular points are assigned on the coast, at which. every vessel or ,boat must ren dezvous ; and should they put . in at any other place, she is iminediately considered a smuggler, and the master subject to..be shot. At Hamburgh, no parcel nor paciaet whatever is allowed to be forwarded till it has first been examined, and rea ceived the seals of two or three officers of the Customs or Police ; and any cask or package :hipped must be separately examined and marked. ~„-t • D Denmark, the public sentiment towards the En fish is said tr have become more favourable, and a rerdation has lately been. published, per initting English subjects, who have resided three Years on the Danish frontiers, to travel in any Part of the country." We farther learn from this island, that the enemy have assembled at the mouth Of the German rivers about 60 gun-boats, which are constantly on the look out, Manceuvring, and advancing within 20 miles of Heligoland. Their shallow draught enabled them to approach so near the shore, that they were in no danger of capture from our cruizers. It was in these vessels that the Hanseatic youth who are drawn for the naval c onscription; were to acquire the rudiments of nautical knowledge. A 'umbel of small coasters are, from time ''to taken into Heligoland, the value of ivhieli ‘rid not exceed 50 or 601.. while the condemnation' cost 401. THE ARMY.-i:AHOther Artillery detachment :of 50 men and 100 horses, is-to embark immediately Portstnouth for Spain. Major GARDINER, of the, Gth Foot, is appointed 4 2 , 11 Assistant Adjutant-Geaer4 on the Staff of Treat Britain. The 41Ielpomene sailed on Friday from:Pot:is: mouth for the Nore, to take a proportion of the wards to Spain"' There are to be two additional troops to the 41 .0yal Horse- Guards (Blue), previous to their °,Hig on.ser v i ce . he 2d battaliOn of that highly disciplined re rtnent th e 81 s t, i s or d ere d . to j o i n ' t h e I s t batta eaun Portugal ; when together, the ,regiment ''. ll be tine strongest - in the Peninsula. The 2d Battalion o f th e Gth reg i ment i s or d ere d ta Portugal. Lao r l:l . le Gazette, of Saturday, offers a reward 'of ')/ for the discovery of the persons 'who aided . t he l 7 . escape of the French General MAURIN, and f. A 3 brother, 'Captain MaueiN, who absconded I°l a Abergavenny on the Ist instant, in violation . t c h f , their parole of houodr. The Gazette states, these prisoners are supposed to have embark ed at Deal, or its neighbourhood, on board. 1 : 0 ° ?t , named the Star, JOHN Lewis, master, and have been landed at' reaulogne, about 'the 4th ant. I t i s a dd e d , t h at t h e persons, who a i ded ' n eit escape are supposed to be the same that 'ed in the es ca p e o f G en . LEFEBVRE fronaChelLa, ett l „ l l aIn• Likewise a reward of 5601. and his MAI a ari .T's pardon, for the discovery of the writer or a f re iers of t w o anonymous threatening lettere, ad .3ed to GEORGE BELLAMY, Esq. Mayor of Ply 1. The first letter, which is dated Dublin, ao ti t g l; _ 2 7, Is to this e ff ec t : . " 011 shall die won ; laie "mg human can p reven t y our . d ea th. Th e cue s T he of Ireland s h a ll get a t err ibl e bl ow. S oo n."— a rora s eeond letter, w ith ou t date, professes to came pl4 l , a person who had been concerned irathe r aw Which he describes to be " deep laid, !and saut e ' , re pe . y aeteinuned upon;" but who, havi ng . a ary "eds wishes, by the warning he gives, to pre e the life of the. Mayor. b r Cou Nally MARKETS.—SO much new Wheat was 4' ° , l t lg.ht to market at Doncaster on Saturday 9, - pu ce that a reduction of 18s. per load took rh e a ; and. meal was ,reduced o n th e same d ay du -1 S. 4d. per stone to 4s .. Bd. and a further re etion ne Q. 3L_ • . , • ATARGITE, Bru.T. 20. This place is still all erowd, bustle, and gaiet. Amusements of various kinds prevail, and the mot ley groUps who assemble at the various diversions seem desirous of promoting the. enjoyment of each other Mrs. POWELL was engaged for three nights at the Theatre, but after her name was announced she received a.sudden call from Head- . quarters in London, and was obliged to depart without making one effort upon the Margate stage. Mrs. WELLS SUMBEL has an entertainment here, which she denominates a Lounge, and. in which ske gives Imitations of several of the London Per formers. Those Imitations are in -general. very close, spirited and characteristic. We had a foot race on Wednesday at Dandelion, , between a man named COLEMAN, and another named CHAMN,ERS,; The distance was about an hundred yards, awe: the stake Was an hundred pounds, which was won by the farmer. Mrs. BILLINGTON and. Airs. MOUNTAIN, are both here. The former is but in indifferent health, and the latter has quite recovered from her long and 'alarming indisposition. ' Mrs. TAYLOR, who has lOng been one of the chief comic props of the Margate Stage, plrvs with as much spirit as ever, and is well entitled to a station on the London boards.—GARNER, whom every bOdy esteems, is still in a very precarious state of health. GIBBON has been a favourite singer at PALISTEICS Library. The death of poor Mrs. LOVEGROVE has excited much regret here, as she was very much esteemed when Miss WEIPPERT. The melancholy event was not believed at first, as her father has con tinued to perform at the Rooms. During the ab sence of GIBBON, a Miss SHEEN was the chief vu- cal iperformer. She was admirably accompanied on the, flute by young SUTTON, whose variations excited warm applause from all quarters. We have recently had an importation of Wandering Minstrels, who play all over the:town with their organs and hurdy-gurdys, particularly on. the Parade. A very melancholy accident occurred on Tues day last between eight and nine o'clock. 'A post chaise belonging to Mangeon's Hotel at Clifton, returning from Newport with two passengers, stopped to water at the watering-place about a quarter of a mile from . BristoL Upon the post boy turning round the heads of the horses, they startled at two asses grazing in the opposite hedge, and the post=boy being shook from his seat, they imanediately set off with the greatest impetuosity,. and were, not stopped till they ar rived at Stoke's Croft turnpike, *here for a few moments they were entangled with the railing round the house. This circumstance gave Mr. Henry Newman, son of Dr. Newman, of St, Mi chael's Hill, an opportunity to tAhrow open the door and jump out, whi• h he fortunately effected unhurt. The other pasenger, a Mr. Cook, car penter, of Newfoundland -street, who could not be prevailed upon by M. Newman to sit still and wait the event, unforLurtately sprung from the chaise opposite Catherine-place, and fractured the, back of his skull in the most dreadful -manner.— Almost the very moment that Mr. Newman alighted, the 11 ,- )Fses haviag disentangled them— selves, immediately 'turned round,.and` again set off with the greatest fury, taking the road by Red 7 land to Durdham Down, and were not stopped till one of the horses fell, opposite the Black Immediately on Mr. Newman's finding_himself safe, he proceeded to look for his fellow-passen ger, whom he found lying upon hia face speech less. He procured assistance, and bad him con veyed to the Black Swan public-house ; Mr. Richard Smith, and Mr, Newman, of Stoke's Croft, Snrgeons;iiappened to be near the spot, and rendered every profeSsional assistance, but without effect. The poor man was conveyed to the Infirmary the same night, and expired thefol lowing morning. An inquest sat on the body on Thursday, and returned a verdict of AcCidental Death. On Wednesday evening a very daring attack. was made upon the military guard stationed 41t Brockwell, near Halifax, for the protection of some obnoxious machinery.—Afperson approach ed the sentinel, who, on being challenged, an swered ", a friend," but continuing to approach, without giving the countersign, the sentinel le velled his piece, and pulled the trigger, but the musket did not go off, and the unknown - enemy still advancing, attempted to cut clown the sen tinel by a stroke with a sword, with which he wounded him so severely, as to sever his thumb from his hand. The daring. assailant then retreated, and effected his escape before'the vigi lance of the other part of the guard could by awakened. A slight shock of an earthquake was fe't between eight and nine o'clock on the ewe of Wednesday the 3d. inst. at Inenton, Hoveringham, and. several other villages hi Nottinghamshire, bordering on the river Trent. It was accompanied by a noise resembling a rushing wind, and lasted some seconds. . . Friday lasewas the adjourned day for licensing the victuallers in Surrey. Five new public-houses were licensed in the parish of Lambeth. The li cense of Vauxhall was finally refused after several hours consultation. The ground of the refusal was the late masquerades. A lamentable accident happened on the Ist of August, in the small town of Villemur, near Tou louse. A house which' was re-building suddenly , fell, and in its fall pulled down another. A num ber of persons of different ages, and both sexes', were buried in the ruins.. By great exertions and. labour, 23 persons were dug out, of whom three were dead, killed at the instant of the fall,, ano-' ther died two - days afterwards, and all: the rest were more or less hurt. The landlOrd of One of the houses which fell was found in the cellar, with half his body buried in the ruins, but his head was secured by pieces of wood, which, crossing each other as they fell, formed a kind of arch over him. In this situation he remained five hours, and heard the dying grOans of a girl of sixteen, who expired over his head, crushed to death between the timbers, Thich, by the-parti, cular manner in which they fell; had - saved his life. A mother, with a child in bet arms, ,was killed by a blow from one of the falling beams, and her child fell at her feet., The cries of .the little infant were heard, and it was at length got out, no Otherwise hurt,than by \ a few scratches on POETR'''L We bare been favoured with copies of several itidressgs, which, we understand, have been pre scnted to the Committee of Drury-lane Theatre, and the following, but we do not pretend to vouch for its authentieity, is said to be the production of M. LEwis, Esq. • OCCASIONAL ADDRESS, INTENDED FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW THEATRE I•N L7RURY-LANE. As a new Temple for the scenic Muse To-night with pleasure each Spectator views, We hope more favour she will hence engage, And a new wra mark the British Stage. Critics mistake the purpose of a play— 'Tis not to shew the scenes of ev'ry day— 'Tis not to paint the characters we find • Among the usual herd of human kind . The yealous husband and the vixen wife Are common objects of familiar life, And various others we disdain to name, Are much too trite and low for scenic fame. Superior Beings should the Muse inspire— " Gorgons and Hydras, and Chimeras dire." . The Stage should deal in terror and surprise, SpectreS should dance, and furious Demons rise. Tremendous Monarchs of the' Air and Deep, • in all their horrOrs () Y e:Ale - scene shoUld sweep. Lightnings should flash around, and thunders A.mar,ic tale should harrow up the soul: A dreary Castle, at the dead of night, Where Ghosts should glide, led by a flitting light, A Dungeon's gloom., where bones are scatter'd round, And sighs, and groans, and hideous shrieks abound, Where images of murder meet the sight, • And fill the sliudd'ring Audienee with affright : Events design'd upon so bold a plan . . They ife'er have, happen'd, and they never can: ,Such lofty themes, above dull Nature's course, May tempt Imagination's utmost force: Such are the themes that hence should here be found, To them mere life is but Utasteless round, Where, like the horse that trudges, in a mill, • Man, ;:n a hackney.'d circle, lingers still; And, all unknown the 'Num `BI.7I3LIME of art, Yields to the simple passions of the heart; Those passions whence, in common chann'els, flow The grovling sympathies of joy and woe. * If any of our Readers should possess 'Copies of Ad dresses" supposed to have lec-n written for the occasion by well knotvaz Characters, literary or political, We should be glad to have them transmitted to us, and, if they should amount to a sufficient number, we may 3 .ze induced to collect and pub lish them for the benefit of the Theatrical Fund. THE THEATE.-241SS MARRIOT, Of whorti.we gave a favourable report on her performance in The Foundling' of the Forest, at Covent-Garden Theatre, appeared ,on Saturday last in the part of Elvira, in the play of Pizarro. She fully confirmed our opinion of her great improve ment as an actress. Mich allowance is to be made for the arduous task of following so great an actress as Mrs. SiDoolsTs, but Miss'MAßmoT gave a strong . interest to the part, and sup ported it throughout with feeling and expression. YouNG was very impressive in Rolla. C. KENOLE needs no eubagium in Alonzo, as his merit in that part is well knqwn. It is said that two or three of the Critical 'Com mittee, at Drury-lane Theatre, like MoLiERE's have been talking prose all their lives without kno%ying it. •These .must •be admirably qualified to estimate the, merits of the probationary Aci, dresses. Mrs. SIDDONS, we find, has really quitted hal elegant cottage at Paddingtoa, and has fixed bei abode at Southampton. Wherever she may re side, the good wishes of the Public will accom pany her, as her unrivalled talents afforded them a long enjoyment of rational amusement, and her private conduct entitled her to respect and esteem. ;.11 7 Y1.1xsi•Air CATTLE Annnal Meet ing took. place at Sir W. W. Wynn's, On Friday se'nnight. A very numerous company attended. It is stated that upwards of 400 noblemen, gentle men, and agriCultUrists, sat down to dinner: Sir Watkin selected the Judges from three different counties, viz. Mr, Akers, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire; Mr. Moody, Gainsbro', Nottinghamshire‘; and Mr, Buckley, 'Norman, Leicestershiye. —The sweepstakes of two guineas each, for the best two years old 'heifer, was adjudged to Lord BradfOrd, by Mr. Buckley and Mr. Moody ; Mr.. Akers was in favour 'of' Mr. Black's Hertfordshire heifer. The Silver Cup, for the best three years old hei fer, .was adjudged to Mr. Jones's Herefordshire heifer'; Messrs. Buckley and Moody being in its favour; Mr.. Akers's ()Onion was in favour of Mr: Phillips's (of Wackley ,Lodge) Durham heifer.— Mr. Sudworth's ploughman, of Blacon, obtained the two-guinea premium as the best ploughman. . On Tin'trsday . night a shocking occurence took place at itadstock :—Corvoral Green, who has been for some'time in Bath with a recruiting party of marines; went over to theplace, with the avow ed purpose of apprehending'a deserter ; but called on a respectable young.woman of the name of Smith, to renew his addresses which had former ly beets rejected by her parents. They. walked out together ia a neighbouring lane, when the villain, in -- a fit of desperation, took out a double barrelled pistol, the: contents of one of which he discharged at the, unfortunate woman, and with the other shot himself through the head. He died on the spot ; but his intended victim survives, and•hopes -are entertained of her ultimate reco very. A woman, on passing along the lane, heard the man exclaim —" In that case we will both die together." She had not proceeded above a hun dred yards when the ,reports of the pistol induced her to return and be the first witness of the dread ful scene. Yesterday, afternoon a fracas happened in the Commercial-road, Whitechapel,'which had near ly ended in a fatal manner. A Marine Seijeant, on the Recruiting Service, endeavoured to secure a man he had.enlisted, who attempted to getaway, being seconded by the mob ; the Serjeant, to op pose the great odds, -was indnced to draw his sword, which was -wrested from, him, and himself taken to the watch-house. Th e a ff a i r fortunately non. TAB SUN THFATRICAL - ADDRESSES MR.-EDITOR ; Many-observations have appeared in the pnhlic journals on the subjei:t of the Addresses :ntendeS for the.opening of the new Theatre, in Drury lane,lnd much has been said on the responsibility which the Committee who have invited those ads. dresses have incurred, on the difficult task of de ciding upon the merits of the several compositions have been presented forthe occasion. Ido not, however, observe that anything has been said as to the, competency of the Committee to deter pine upon the question. The occasion is really interesting (if anything tint the national welfare can be interesting at this eventful Crisis) as it re lates to the literary credit of the country, as well as to the noblest and most rational of all its amuse ments. It is evident that note but then of acknowledg ed taste and talents should be members .at such a Committee ; and however we may admire the zeal of those who hive been • concerned id the re erection of the theatre, or respect theta for the assiduity and perseverance with which they have promoted the. mideitaking, it-would be absurd to suppose that they are duly qualified for an investi gation of the comparative merits of the produc tions of literary genius. • ,As the'subjectis.public, the nadirs and charac ters• of the Committee ought to. hi public also ; and, therefore, : it is to be hoped that, before the day of decision, any member of that Committee, who upon due reflection on his own powers and at tainments, feels hitnselt deficient, will resign his situation, othemise he will certainly expose him s.elf to derision ail s & contempt, for remaining in a post of which it would be ridiculous to suppose hito qualified to discharge the duties. Any secrtt underhand measure, in a matter of this nature, would be equally disgraceful and impracticable.--- However anxious they might be .to render them• selves a dark di*an, the secret would infallibly b: disclosed, and then, to borrow the words of a ce brated writef, the incompetent m.cmbers would up ppear to the world in " a laced suit of tawdry qua. lifications- which nature never intended them to wear." AnOther reason may be urged why the Building Committee should not •he the Critical Committee, to estimate the contributions of poetil. cal genius; and that is, the pitiful partiviitrwbie4 they displayed on the recent occasion, of lighting the theatre; for, by all accounts, hardly a single in dividnalcotild be found among the spectators who were invited to the honours of the sitting, who could reasonably be supposed duly qualified to sup ply the expected composition. Hence it may fairly be inferred that a similar spirit of partiality will be manifested in the choice of the Address, and that connection, not merit, will influence the decision. • • Whether the obviously incompetent- members of the ComMittee will be induced, by a sense of modesty, to withdraw, and give way to others of known taste,, judgment, and learning, or whether, with the natural vanity of mankind, some of theta May suppose that, because they have shorn ability in the acquisition of wealth, that ability implies full capacity for the exercise of this delicate task, must be determined by the issue.• At • all events, every body must hope . that Mr. SHEF.IDAN will be a member of the.Conimittee, for even if he has written an address for the occasion, it cannot be doubted that his public spirit, and his sound taste, would prevent any partial decision, however weak and incompetent might be. the rest of the members. It is plain indeed' that he was.not cot sulted as st the persons who were -admitted to the lighting of the theatre, for otherwise no such little narrow bugger-mugger principle would have ope rated on the occasion, but that men of known taste .aatt : talents would have keen invited. Sp.nie persons have affected to laugh at the idea of chfilidering the present occasion as an oppor tunity for affordinga general test of the poetical genius of the country, and, in one respect, they may be right; as it may readily be supposed that men highly and justly distinguished' for, poetical powers, will notbe induced to enter into the com petition ; but surely thesoecasion itself is interest ing, and not nnimpbrtant, as it relate§ to a species of annisement which, if PROPERLY CONDUCTED, is well entitled to the protection of the philosopher, the moralist, and the statesman. The productions 'of this liinclfrom the pen of -DRYDEN, though se veral of them contain too many personal, and tem porary allusions, display strokes of wit, humour, and satire,that will alwayS be d6eriptive of man kind in general, ,and that will mark the character of every age, in taste„ morals, and policy. Dr. JOHNSON has left but few of this kind of composi— tion, but they are vigorous. and animated, and that upon an occasion nearly similar to the present, a new tera in the mana.gement of a theatre, under the greatesttheatrical genius that everliYed,though nfit for the opening of a new dramatic edifice, always be a subject of admiration. A people Inult have diversions of some kind or other, and the ex.- =pies of human conduct which the Stage holds forth, while they afford amusement, may also con tribute to the improvement of national taste and morals, as well as to the excitement of kind, libe ral, and dignified affections. PunLius. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 21. This day's Market was well supplied with prim* Beasts, and the show of Cattle in general was to lerably good ; Beef and Mutton were cheaper ; Veal, Pork, and Lamb, are dearer, and the trade for the most part was somewhat brisk. The salts in the Hay Market were rather lively ; Clover has got up in price; Straw has dropped in price.; Hay obtained last price. We subjoin-an accuratd statement of the'prices and numbers : Beef,' 4s. Od. to ps. Gd. Mutton, 4s. ad. to .ss. 4d. Veal, Ss. 4d. to 7s. 4d.. Lamb, ss. to 6s. 8. Pork, 53. 6d. to 78.0 d. Beasts, 2440: Sheep, 19,400. Calves, ISO Pigs,9.7a.. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET. Hay, 3L ss. to 51. 153. Straw, 21. ss. to 31. 3s. Cover, S. Os. to 71.159. CORN-EXCHANGE, 21.—There are :to-day considerable fresh arrivals of Wheat coastwise, sale's in general named at a reduction of two and three shillings per quarter, Fine Old scarce ; Rye rather dearer ; Barley and Malt at little fluctuation ; very few White P eans and sold higher about 2s. per quarter; Beaus of each sort fully maintain last prices ; Oats in very short sup ply, and the trade also named at • the last (mots....