The Sun. — London, England, 1812-07-01 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS• Front the LON.I)OY 6_47,ETTE, ...Tow 30, Admiralty Offize, June 30, 151 . 2. Item* Admiral Sir Edward Buller has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Cap- H opk . as, °fills Majesty's sloop the Helicon, gi'ing an account .of his having, on the 25th inst. r aptured, off the Isle of Bas, L. Zulma, a French nigger 'privateer, carrying' nineteen men, with stria's'. arms, ont two days from Abervrach without waking any capture. FAtmoirrit,Nr. °.S. Arrived this day his. l ‘tajeFty's schooner Arrow; from a e'ruize, andhis r.e.jesty`s: 'ship Sabrina, of 1S• gnus', tAl ) ain .Yt'Xtvzit, fromiisbon, 14 days passage:, and !ass landed Capt. Roo', Lisszng, late of .his Ma jestY's ship Union, who /was stabbed by one .of the stamen whilst lying in the Tagus: his wound is healing fast, but he is' in a very weak . state. — seaman was hung on the following day.—Te I . , abrina sailed two dars before the Prince Ernest qad - COniequently brings tibthillg new. Also arrived the Princess Amelia' packet, Capt. Towisom, with mails ''from -the-Mediterwean';_ ltft Malta on t a e 27th of May, and Gibraltar on the 1 2th inst. ;- on the 24th ultimO, his Majesty.'s *lip confounder sailed 'troth Malta 'with a convoy I° l . Smyrna; on, the stli June, pa - ssed the Swiftsure Ptttket f or Ma4al On the 9th; biS esty's ship P ktorious sailed with convoy for triglandi Capt. 11 hrit*s an account that Gen. BALLESTEROS 1194 1 'defeated by the' enerny, With the loss of ,1500 and . that he had retired under the walls of lAtoque. The enemy must have lost consider -11b11'; as the Spaniards fought with the greatest (l ezpera.tion. The 'General, with one Aide-de... - P a lq, 'cut down fcur French Officers of an. ad. /anced party. A: Sp_anish Prince, with Gen.B. -is said 'to iiave . .fought bravely. - 17 11 e A.therican - ship - Heizry, Captain cr_IRDENER, wit 'a cargo bf brandy, and 'oil, arrived fete this day from NaPies, and is put under qua ' l'autine. She. carried out a cargo of fish. fibin LcsiXl6n,. and. 'was .the 'Only' vessel .thilt - escaped leizure• Sailed this evening the Illantura, DENNISi for 116 401, with the, baggage of the Monmouth and trecon‘Militia. PLYMOUTH', JUNh Alajesty's store ship Weymouth, from the 31editerrantan, - stood into dig Sound last evening, and after making hier 11 1luber, pro ce ed e d on t o P or t smou th; tbc port to 'hich she i 6 bound. l lis Majeaty's hrig_of war Goshawk, bound from. 16911smouth to the Mediterranean with a convoy, !ill tall off this port, and take under her protec tion the trade from:hence bound -thither. • The Rosamond brig of war, with a convoy bound to Quebec, Nova . Scotia, New • Brunswick, &c. is hourly expected off this port ; the Hope brig ( °f war also bcund thither, put into the Sound last evening, and will take the trade here, bound to America, &c. *out to the Rosamond's convoy, immediately on their appearance off this place. Came dawri the harbour . and anchored in Caw *and. Bay, his Majesty's ship Northumberland, of 74 gun's, Captain HoTHAM. Sailed the Helena sloop of. war for the ;.risb. Station ; Achdles brig of.war,. Capt. DAut s thu Sandwich hired . drilled lugger, his, Majesty' s . schooners Dart, Arrow, and &alai*, on separate truizes.- Arrived the Hawke -cartel, :belonging to Ports touth, LOBB, master, fl om-NorlaiX 5 She ;brought Pissenger Mr. J. •S. BLOUNT. . Arrived • the' Btessing, MILLS, Active, LOVII -1"11G,‘ Fancy, BANKS', Good Intent, HANNAPORD,, Mary - Ann, TIPPETT, -Marianna, BOMAN,. difer c.ury, ADAms, LOUisa, ARMSTRONG, Union, TRE 7 IsTA'suN, and the . Trim, BA.RNS, from Wales, eulm laden, fOr this Pori the Appledrarn, GANTLETT, and Dolphin; NUTTER, from Chichester-5 the ' Friends, jENNINOS, Sisters, • BALLING, and the I Vancy-, Es.sc6, from Bristol the Nancy, JOLLY, Morn Bideford ; the Speculation, PENGELLY, and Mope, CUEEGEVIN, from Exeter ; POmona, SWAL . . Low, from Portsmouth ; and the Two Brothers, WILLS, froin Portsmouth. - . Went up the harboM: to be refitted the Lyra , brig of .war, Sailed the Helicon brig of war on a cruize ; .and the American ships illiddloex, PoLtocK, and . 1/011n, DAVISON, for Liverpool. tORAL, JUNE 30.—Caine in last evening, with the loss of an anchor and cable, the Mary ; BAXTER, for Prince . Edward's island, and sailed North about. PORTSUOUTH, 30. —Arrived his Alajesty:s ship lireyrtzouth from the 31editerrar.ean, last from Gibraltar, und the Venerceb7e from a cruize. His Majesty's ship Speculator is appointed con voy tor the Downs, and is expected to sail this evening. l'll.oiNi AN AMERICAN* WILMINGTON, (N. C.) MAY 5.---Arrivect 'yet terdav the ship Thrterpri7:e, Capt. ChartesTrehd-, well, in the remarkable short passage ot:. t days from Jeremie, in.the,lsiand of St. I.4ounino. 'Ca•pt. T. has furnished us with the folio wing 'telligence, which he has, received. from cleriel Henry; Commandant at Jereinie,:— " JERE.MIE, APRIL 21.—That part of the fleet of ChristOphe,. which was employed in the bloCk ade of Port-au-lirince, consisting of One corvette and two heavy brigs,. was attacked by . the fleet of President.Petion; consisting of tWo'corvettes and two btigs, besides about' 20 armed barges. The result Of,the engagement was theisinking of one of the brigs, when the•AdMiral and all on' board perished, and the capture - of the other, which was towed: Auto Port-au-Prince by the barges ; the corvette escaped, and got under cover of a small • battery in the ppsseision 'of Christophe's army, where she continues to be blockaded. Christophe himself started next day for Cape Francois ; and there is no doubt that his army, harassed on its wings by a force of, about 5000 light troops, and. straitened for provisions since the affair with - the .fleet of Petion, will, before many days,-be obliged to follow him. It - was by-means of his. ,superior. , fleck that Christophe succeeded in transporting his besieging 'artillery before Port-au-Prince 3 - and .the same superiority enabled' him to lraw from the North, thrOugh the °same- Channel, all the supplies e necessary for his . army. . The comparative force of the contending parties stands as follows, viz. Petion'sarrny,in. Port-au-Prince 9000 then—div' i'- sion of light troops 5000 , ---of which about .2000 are cavalry. 'Garrisons of the different towns and portS' in' the South and West computed at 20.00, and employed in the reduction of the insurrection . of the Grande Ause or Jeremie 1500. Christophe's besieging army before Port-au-Prince about 8000: •Garrisons of the North 3000, Petion's maritime force at Port-au-Prince, 2 corvettes of 20, guns each, 4 heavy brigs•of 16 guns each, armed with muskets. Christophe's - maritime.force, 1 corvette of 20 gills, near -Port-au-Prince;. 2. brigs of 16 guns, near St. Marv's ; 1 schooner of 8 guns; 1. faluche of- 4 guns,. and 12 armed barges, at the Capes." . . rnspection of Cuvalry.--Yesterday, at 10 o'elock, the Tst and 2d Regiments of Life Guards, muster-, ed, with their pppointments in the fullest order, in Hyde Park, opposite the Barracks, for the pur pose of being inspected by the Commander in Chief, Lord HEATHFIELD, and-the usual Staff.— The bands of both regiments.. made a nouvelle ap pearance ; the Blacks in .the long Moorish tur bans, 4. n d the other performers in Austrian cos tume, Attracted . general .admiration. They per formed. several.. pieces of martial music, to the great entertainment of a numerous assemblage of Ladies. - The Duke of Vont( arrived, with his suite, about a quarter past ten o'clock, and the regiments went through a variety of evoletions in a most brilliant style.' Several persons of distinc tion were present. . The, 9th 'and .82d, two very 'strong and effective regiments (th'e s 82d being 1100 strong), at Gibral tar; are under orders to jOin Lord,WELL.moTok. They will be-replaced by the 26th, 77th - , and 83d. The trans Worts that carry the latter regiments to Gibraltar, will take the two former from thence to Lisbon. , , The 6th foot, 900 stron!4, at Jersey, are alsq under orders to join Lord WELLINGTON. A detachment of . the - Royal Waggox train em barked on Friday, for Portugal. Upwards of 200 rank and file of the 43d regi-' meat, second battalion, have sailed for Portugal, to join the Ist battaliOn. The.lo2d Regimettt, now at Guernsey; are ex pected shortly to out go to Bermuda: „ East, India Shipping,—The ships •Brosbourne bury, Lord Duncan; Sir Godfr:g Webster, -Diana, Juliana, - Manias ; Grfneille„ z 7 incl. Princess Ch«rlotte • of Irales,- which left Fdlinoutl► the 13'th of May, under 'Convoy of.his Mkjesty:s ship'llloittague, ar rived at Madeira the.3d' Ult. • • • • •s The 'Nobility and Araatcurs of Musical Science bave within these feui months been much interest, ed in 'witnessing the extraordinary .powers of a; grand. and novel instrument, made by Messrs. Vtdowr and RoksoN . , for the. Right Hon. Lord . : NIRKWALL, Which, by permissiozi, of his. Lord^ ship,'has'been . privately exhibited to thekobion,‘ able World, at the manufactory of the Inventors, No. 101, St. Martin's lane. This, instrument, which-performs orchestral music in parts, in the most accurate-style, has been no less an object of, admiration with the emineutprofeSsors, who have unanimously and: nnequivoeally 'declared it to be superior to any invention of the kind which has yet been produced., The' effect of. such general encomiums was, that 'large companies - of visitors to witness its performance came not only daily, but perpetually. To remedy this inconvenience, we understand that the instrument, (which will shortly be removed to the. mansion of the Noble Proprietor) may he still seen and heard for a few weeks by such of the NObility and Gentry as may think proper to make their own appointments, - It is stated in a Morning Paper, that. Mr. Kti%itste had been induced to withdraw himself from Covent-Garden Theatre, both. as Actor and Manager, because he was refused the " eanorbitimt terms" which he demanded for a re-engagement. According to report; :however,, matters have for some time not been upon a cordial footing be • tween him and • the chief Proprietor, and on this account he had been desirous of disposing of his share in the Theatre. The same Paper states, thtt he Was expected to leave town this day upon an engagement with the Dublin Manager, , and that Mr. FAWCETT is to succeed him next season as Deputy Manager.' • A few days since, the Aylesbury coach was robbed of a. parcel, directed to Messrs-Masterman and Co. Bankers, in White Hart -court, Loth bard-street, containing Reading and - . Aylesbury . Bank notes, to the amount of 16001.- - On Tuesday, the 16th instant, a woodcock waS shot by Mr. .loittc DENDY, on the premises of his uncle, at Shipley, in‘ Sussex, a circumstance that does not often occur at this season of the year.— Mr. DEXDY fiusled'his bird in'a ditch nigh to the farmlard. LAW RE'PORT. COURT OF RING'S BENOIT, 30: WART AND V. WADMAN. , . . . . . , *- This was an issue'from the Court Of ,. .i:nt:)..te.erv, 1 to tryths, validity of the Will and - codicilof.Franci.s. i Art.dnian, Esq: 'The . plaintiffs were, the'attoniey Who made the will and .codicil, andV.gio had filed i his bill in-Chancery to recover his - "lalV expenses, Sir Waiter Stirling Bart. to Whom. the codicil be- , queathed all the testator's states, :subject to.a le ,- ~.,-,, of 6001. to the third plaintiff, Major J.OlitiE,:ey .. motir Davies,who, in the will, was tenant in com mon of the.estates with Sit• W. and the defendants were theeheirs atlaw Of the testator: Mr. Francis Wadman 'was. in his life-time a Major of a volun teer dorps at. Northfleet, and was proved to have . been iii his old age amahof extreMelyfilthy 'and beg garly habits. , He hired a. lodging in Suffolk- street, at half-a-guinea per week, where'he lived without a servant, seldom or never cleaning hith self ; and, when he did indulge himself with a clean shirt, putting it on over his dirty. one... In this lodging he wls visited by Sir Walter Stirling and Major Davies, who used to come almost daily nod - pray with him. A'few days before the, '.execution of hiS will, he called _upon Mr. Has tings, a cheinist in , the..Haymarket, requesting -of him a medicine for his. complaint, which he described, and which was of sd serious a nature, that the chemist was surprised how he could walk about. He put the Medicine in his pocket, and walked: out of the shop. without paying fur it ; and Mr. - M7supposing, from his dirt and rags, that he was'a pauper, said nothing about the payment.. Mr. Watkins, Mr. Hastings's. assistant, who spoketo , the testator before he saw Mr. Hastings, was so - convinced of this circumstance, that he gave him .an 'aims of_6d. which the testator took, with ex pressions of gratitude.- The'next day Mn . Hart ' nip was Called upon iD • visit as a patient Major Wadinali , iti'' Sudo] k,s treet , whOpl ~,lie was ' 4 tir - firised-to find was t4Pe same person luOiad relieved, at his shop. . Mr. Hastings attended . linii . two', or three times after this ; and onithe 14th of, Aug. ' 1811, Was, together -with his assistant, fetched by Mr. Warrand, the attorney; to . , vtitness the Will. They: found the testator, in bed ; . 'and , - .Major Davies Said to hitn,—‘f:LTacle, we .have brought the will Tor you to sign,", turning over, the leaves of it. (The Testator was no 'relation to Major D). the Major used other - expressions of .per suasion, arid lifted the Testator-that of bed; be bad sonie clothes on; and executed the will at a table. near the window. The Chemist and 'his as4starit, and - Airs. Croft, the landlady of thelodgings, wit nessed the will, which was not read ,over to the 'testator -; nor was he told of =its' contents, Mr. WarYand, the attorney, reinainiug below - stairs ' during tiie e-,eCution. Both the cheinist and his assistant were of opinion, from the testator's im,- becility, that he was incompetent to execute the will ; and the latter obS'erved tO the-former, that if ever they were-called upon to give their testimony ' upon that subject, he should state that opinion ;Alt they witnessed the ;Till, supposing they were te..!fy ing the mere act, and not.the competency • of signa . tare. Mrs :Croftthought better ofthetestator's win ' potency,. and differed with the chemist as to the situation in which the testator . execute,d the will; she deposing that he t 7 ot out of bed Aid dressed' . ' • himself to, do it., 3, o.' he that the testatorqemained in bed. - '' ' ':' : -' •' . , A-. ' Lord *E'LLENBOII OtiGH was of • lapinion that the prObabilitY •ivas . 41 • favour - of. the assistant'S ‘ eVi.- deuce, that he .rose p . artly dressed,. and thought that these slight variations fended to confirm the general evidence iltther than to weaken and appeared that Mr: Hastings had refus ed to anticipate his evidenee . to Mr. Collier, the . attorney, and had repelled all- the parties Ni.'llO had importuned him on this :subject from liis shop. All the three Witnessss agreed as. to the .testator's weakness and that the will was' not read over._ His Lordship shoultV require, a connnuniCation tof its contents "to the tqstator, and expressed his 'surprise thatthe attorney who nude tint should not-have attended its execu , . in . the houSe at the -time. o.p,rika:, who cOndtcied' tire, plaintiff's .elge; said he ,hoidd be able to pr0.4.-e,:thp,t at •the time. of i ex ‘ ccuting the,codi i 4 in., the presence (it the landlady, Mr. .Warrand, junior; -and Bachael Colman the ntir'e - both the will and *it were read .over to the .testator, and the, latter . 're-` cognised the . contents. .of tike former. EI.r..E . NBOROUG 'held' this ndt ;:enoug - h and. it was agreed . that an should. be made to the Cbancellot . for-another : issue, in• , Warra hd. might not. be IR . ad eplaintiff; 'so that he might,he exiimined as a witnev-i : and ! ia theMea.n time a verdict was takewfor..the• de fendant, Subject to a power to-enter a nonsuit, pro vided in point of law- a, plaintiff can te`uoilsiiiteci on an, issue from Chancery. 'The .SoLlts . roAt- G.e - NrAtAL .(Mr. Garrow) 'conducted-the defenar .-,ant,'s case. • TiiE rgID,.Es9, -In this indietlnencagainst azi °lit er.' in the East India Conipany's service, for an assault 'with in tent to .commit a rape Xtpurf his servant; that count failed in proof, and it was.agreedlo take a' , , , ezdkt fur a common assault,' COURT OF COMN10:- 7 , PLC ASO.3uNi CAMPURLL V. TAYLOR. This was an action of trover, brought y one of the assignees of the estate of Gosling anti Co. to recover a bond for 5001. in the possession 'of the defendant. William Tradgly said, that on . the 13th of June, 1811, he applied to the defendant to deli( - er up a certain bond, on an order froin 'the assignees. He offered, at the same tinie, to pay -Whatever costs might be upon - the bond., Taylor informed him that he kneW the nature Of the notice very well, and, would retain the bond in his hands un til•.such time as he should make qua his bill, and when that was paid he would deliver it up.. No such bill Was ever delivered. On the part of the defend Ant, Mr. Seij cant BEST said, that his client was an attorney and solicitor for the estate of the Gosling S, and had a right to have his account' of genel-al .claiin paid upon whatever business he should, haNe , haypened to transact for them. To prove the existence of this account' he called :Tames Gosling, one of the Ter sons for Whose e'staiethe "Plaintiff was an assiOcii who pi•oved that the defendant had hietfchiployyd in the transaction of business for the Firm to '4 - considerable amount, which was yet unpaid.— Jones,' and Powell, two of Taylor's. , lerks, yroved that their master had fie'en frequently employed by GoSling . and Co. for which he was yet unpuid.. Mr. Serjeant LENS maintained, that to prove an account unpaid; was nolanswer to the action ; he should have., specified his demand at the time, according to the notice he received. . Mr. Justice C-ires said, - this was an action brought byassigifeeS to recover a hood, which they wished to employ in discharging the debts of tte estate of the persons for whom theywere appoint ed. Taylor certainly had .a'riglit t 9 hold the bona until his claims were satisfied ; and in order:tO fix a , conversion . Of the property, the Jury must be of opinion that lie had retained the something beyond what he-had a right to retain it for. If he detained - it upon his legal claims l.e was not guilty of conversion. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff:--- Damages 50W. *: Mr. Justice GIBES remarked that the strict justice of the case was, in his Opinion, that the bond should - be given up, on paying the defen- dart's deuiand, which • vas assented td ,by the Ct,:in . sel for the plaintif: • Extracts of a letter from the Speaker of the Assembly of St. Vincent, to the Colonial Agent in Lontitin; dated :_4t. Vincent, May(, 1812 : desired by the House of Assembly to give you a statement of the late' eruption of the Souffrier, with the effects it has .produced, that no mistake i . nay' take place •in the extent ,of the evil it has Caused. I not intend tollescribe the eruption, as from 'what I can learn,,you.may take what has been often written concerning Etna and, Vesuvius, mulatis mutwiclis, and you have a good•idea of what:happened-herei ' For some months-past earthquakes -have been frequently felt in theneighbourhood . of the Souf frier, particulrly to leeward ; but, about the 24th of April large bodies= of sinoke'were.seen issuing from the summit ; soon after great quantities of ashes were perceived failing around to a very con siderable distance: . About the, 2.4 th, large rochi were precipitated with great violence on the north' -Ade, . and. the smoke very much increased. Oti the. the discharge , became greater, and - many apprehended the event which soon took place.i.-- On thembrning of the Ist of May, • et about one o'c(ock, the eruption commenced with great vio lence, a!tixlieOntinued until about ten or eleven.--. Ihtririg this petiod,.the-toaring from the .Volcano - more rerseMbled the .noise : of hundredt of forges 7.v.Orkiug Small astance (and .occasionally Sott*arcadtit explotionsliesombling severe thun der), than any thing 'else I know.. `` I.prestune - ,by this time the eruption ceased; .though great quantities of fire and smoke istled, frojn. it during.•the .text,day and night. , Several bodies of Java., if 1111-ay so . call it, iss;. l / 4 ed in dif ferent. directions, one to a small military post called Morne , Ronde; another to Owia, and a third.into.liabaco..river, which it filled up, and; we fear, Permanently stopped. IVallibOu river is 1 - likewise filled, either with lava or ashes : these two 'rivers' are the most to winthscard and. leeward in the island, anti both very large. • " The discharge Of What I call ashes; though; more ; grit s a l o a i d, m ixed w i t h various particles of all . sorts Of earth, :stones, &c: 'after undergoing a, severe fusion, was iturnewe l and -the Injury at present beyond calculation. One one estate, called Wallibon, to leeward ; and' on five More: tO. wirulward - or, as we speak . • • here, in the Charaib, country, the earth is still coverad with what I, will still term ashes; from six to:twelve inches ; • and, on one estate ; the walls Of the boiling-hOuselell in, as it is supposed, from the effects' of an earthquake.. fc'EXcepring the ,one . estate to leeward, and these five - to.-windward, I do' not believe the in jurF.hits : been very great. The ashes have fallen abundantly on two or three others, but, it is ..bctpett.,,,n9A en :nigh 'Materially to injure the soil ; this, -hoverer, as well' as the effect where it is deeper, must be ascertained by experience. We have no data. to judge whether it be a mete caput inortqum, or Vit contains the sources of vegeta tidn ; if the - latter; labour and industry may. bring Matters about biitjf the former, Ido not know 'What to 'say:. • • • The eßtates,from the (hartub boundary, and frotn haye not, as I understood, re- Cei'ved 'any injtiry; . the ashes, fell indeed to the extent of. :many miles , at sea, or after the great and•lieay „part Was deposited ) the lighter parti cleSse,era v . ) have bech dispersc4 in all directions throughoht 'the' island; it has made a light thin crust about ..one-fourth or one-eighth of an inch thick,,Which we consider as doing more good than harni. r• " Only one white man; and I believe 40 of 50 ne grbes have been lost, and Some magass homes, negro Inniscs and other buildings took fire, from • , ttie..ignited stones, which were 'discharged to a considerable .dittance; and at certain periods in. . . great prolusion: '''"rhis, I believe ; is a tolerably eorrect state- Anent of the elects produced 'b' this dreadful - event, • though I speak With some hesitation as to the 'clamage•suifeied by two estates in the Charaib country, and one to leetrard called 3Zich ri ncl, the accounts which I have not agreeing very well.-- opiniOn is, that the damage is,not great, bat persons concerned in all the properties from .111cnint Young (to windward), and 'from Walli boa (to _leeward), 'may be at ease as to any • . CORN-EXCHANGE, JULY 1.-This day we have few further arrivals of Wheat, not much of first quality; and the, general sales fully sustain last prices quoted ; Barley and Malt nearly at the last currency ; White Pease, heavy sale ; and lower Beans of each sort keep their prices ; there art severil fresh arrivals' of Oats, and this trade also qui)ted at little fluctuation 5 Flour at last week's prices,. , Tick Beans A - 745. SOs. Oats - - - - 565. 575. 61s. Poland ditto - 625. 63s Potatoe ditto - - 645. Rape t..;(.ed - - - 751. 801. Fine Flour -115 s. 140 s. Seconds -110 s. 116:. Wheat -108 s. 1385.1565. Fin,: ditto - -160 s; 1645. - - -86 s. 925. - - - 645. 71s. Rye - Barley - Malt - - - 925. 100 s. \VLiite Peaie (boil.) 78s. 'B4s. Gr 6, ditto - - 745. 801. eatls - - 7Cs. F2s.