The Sun. — London, England, 1812-03-21 00:00:00

MAILS. A R alvan—t Guernsey, i Jersey, t Dublin, 2 Waterford. Durr---1 Malta, i Guernsey, I jersey, 1 Brazils, i Dublin, i Waterford. PRICE OF wrocKs. THIS DAY •T TWILY O'CLOCK. COHS:AS. 591 59i 15 per Cent. Navy, S9l 89a 'I'HL SUN. SOLEM sLUIS DlCiitit FALSUM AUDILAT? LOIVDO SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1912. This morning we received the following account from Gotienburgh GOTTENBURGH, -MARCH LS .--Accoonts have just reached this place, that the Swedish troops in Pomerania have been disarmed and disbanded by order of the French-Commander. It is really curious to hear the Opposition Writers camplain of favouritism, when they themselves re 4t od all their hopes of office upon the per.otaal regard which the _PRINCE REGENT was supposed to enter tain for them. They had no other basis upon which to rest their ,c 1 in . 's ; it was not upon their services when they v.eie in office before; it was not upon their popularity, that they rested their hopes :—No, it was upon the favour of the PLUNGE, and upon that alone, that they re lied. Last year their language upon this subjeat Was very different; they then hoisted of the exclu sive possession of the ,Royal FaVour, and spared no opportunity of taunting their adversaries with the most childish exultation.' They told the pnblia that the " PRINCE was determined that the Ministers should try with how small a portion of Royal confi dence they could carry 'on the Govertnuent."-: " We can state as a font," says the Morning Ohro nicle, in February, 1 8 11,— " we can state as a fad, which we know cannot be disputed, that in the Council Chamber the PRINCE REGENT sheaved the strcrugcst and most fiatle?ing marks of his favour, and of his kindness, to all those conneaed with the men 'known to possess his confidence; whilst to the King's' Ministers and their adherents, his deportment, always gracious, because to none can he be otherwise than gracious, marked, to all who were present, 'as well as, to themselves, the dis tance, at Idk Ilia' 'be meant to 'held them, and the terms upon which he permitted them to continue the Government." Most fortunately for the country the hopes of t hePart y - have been completely disappointed, and the PRINCE REGENT has, now ample means of judging of the sincerity o' the . protessians s as well : as of the gratitude of his "early friends." fits - Ro I Vo HIGHNEiS 'has now an opportunity of . bnowi them thoroughly. The Chronicle a few months ago spoke in high terms of the " quickness of penetration" and " rectitude of judgment" which distinguished tile rNcit RgGENT, 'and added, that " his Royal ii•glincis is not a person easily to be deceived king and the Party are now outrage ously angry because the truth of their own observa tion has been proved be; and the possibility of a doubt. PRINCE REGENT'S COURT.—Yesterday - , soon. after one o'clock, his Royal Highness the PRINCE Re- GENT held a Court at Carlton-House, which was attended by the LORD PRESIDENT of the Council. the LAID PRIVY SEAL, lllr MASTER GENERAL of the ORDNANCE, and the three SECRETARIES Of STATE, when the Marquis of WINCHESTER, as Groom of the stole, the Earl of YARMOUTH, Ss Nice-Chamber- Itin, and Colonel M'MAHoN a. Keeper of the Privy Purse and Private Secretary, were introduced and sworn in of his-MAJerry's. most Honourable Privy Council, and took their places at the Board accordingly, The RECORDER of London was admitted and "trade his report to the PRINCE in His ROYAL HIGHNESS gave audiences to Earl CAMDEN, the LORD CHANCELLOR, and the Earl of Lrvtaroor.. The Lord and Groom in attendance upon the PRINCE REGENT, were Lord &mina and the lion. Mr. HERBERT. Yesterday a meeting of the Lords of the Trea sury tcok place, at which Mr..PEacevAL presided. It is said that the Right Hon. GEORGi:Rois is to be cal!ed up to the House of Peers, by the title of Baron SYNIDHURST. • Last night Lady FRANCEs GEORGE SMITE! had a grand rout, at her house. in Lower Brook-street. 4,st night the Countess of MOUNTNOhRIS had a splendid rout, at her [wow in Stratford-place. Last .night, the Coun'ess of DERBY gave a grand Concert, at tier noble mansion its Grosvenor-3qm%. It being the first entertainment given this season by her Ladyship, great preparations were made on toe occasion. Her Ladyship was visited by a numerous company of the first distinction, including all the fas!tionables to thf: west end of the town., This day the - Earl. of DERUY will give a gratid din ner to , a• l a rge party of the Opposition Noblemen and Gentlemen,, at tie house in Grosvenor-square. Eler Grace of DORSET gave a very el;ant ball and copper, at Dorset House, in Grosvenor-place, on Wednesday evening, on which occasion, the'_accom plished Lady ELIZABETH SACKVILLEI was intro duced into the polished circles of high life, for tile trst time. _ _ _ _ . The Earl of UxBRIDGE has left 20,0001. to Sir AuTHUR PAGET; 10,0001. to each of the re s it of hi offspring, except Lord PM; r, to hal left the greatest bnllt of his fortune. NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH co.—Arrived his Majesu ty's ships Mermaid and Cadmus horn the Downs. Sailed the Pickle schooner on a cruize. The Cornet sloop of war that sailed yesterday, said to be to join Admital DURHAM in pursuit of the French fleet, it now appears, was to order the Admiral and his squadron to return to Portsmouth. YAMAYTIT, MARCH t-'O.-Arrived his Majesty's ship Desiree troll) the Downs. DEAL, MARCH 20.—Sailed the Cretan for Sheer ness, and the Lion for Jamaica. The Speculator .armed lugger has a signal for con voy for Portsmouth. kiAuwzcH, MARCH 20.—Arrived the Earl of Leicesterpacke, Capt. Hammog.o, with a mall and passengers, from Gottenburgh. A Swedish Courier has also arrived in the Leicester. LEITH, MARCH 17.—The Strehuous gun-brig arrived in the Roads yesterday morning from a cruise, with three Danish sloops, prizes. She has taken eight prizes this last cruise; seven of them have ar rived in Leith. Tee Venus frigate arrived in the Roads this morning from a cruise, and r.kewise the Hebe armed ship, from seeing the Baltic convoy sate up the Cattegat.. COVE, MARCH 13.—Yesterday sailed the llama dryad frigate, Capt. Sir T. STAINES, for Plymouth, to be ducked and refitted. The same day aimed, from Plymouth, his Ma jesty's sh:p Semiramis, Capt. R►lCHAtiDsoh'. This morning arrived the Crane sloop of war, with a fleet of transpor►s, from Portsmouth, last from Falmouth, to take out troops to Portugal. Remain the For&tilde frigate, and Providence and Prince lYilliurn armed brigs. CORK, MARCH B.—A;rived the Grand Sachem, COFFIN, of and from 11.1iltord, for the South Seas; the IVestmodand, ROACH, of and from Whitehaven, for Jmnai . ca . Ocean, CLUSSEM, of and from Bristol, for Jamaica; the Francis, MORRELL, of Portland (America),, with staves and cotton ; and the San iVicoh, orn ter forcl. - G.ILLANT ACTION. BREST, DEC. 6, 1811.—This will inform you of the capture of the Vedra, on the .s.).4th of Novell's ber, in the latitude of 60, 45, N. and longitude 8, 40, W. as I sounded seventy-five-fattionfs water, by the privateer Bresternang, commanded try Monsieur Meguetta Gallies, mounting 14 nine-pounders, and 107 men, alter an a&lion of tW`o hours and a half, within "hail all the time; which, with the great in feriority of the Vedra, was long, as I had only twelve men,- two boys, the mate, and myself, making sixteen in number ; but they were unanimously de termined not to strike while we had either powder or shot left., The first broadside - carried away our ensign haulyards, and they. cheered us, but we were not long in convincing them of their mistake; we then lashed die union jack on one side the main rig ging, and the ensign on the other, with the firm re soluiiou of never hauling them down ourselves, as my brave knows became desperate. She attempt ed to board us several times, but always failed. Unfortunately, the wind began to fail us, and the Vedra became unmanageable, from her braces being shotaway, her sails, rigging, and hull cut to pieces ; my poor fellows falling around me to the number of five, three dangerously wounded, and two slightly ; when she shot up alongside, poured 'a broadside and volley of musketry (having during the action filly men at small ,arms), and put at least forty men on board at the same time. Nevertheless, we had the temerity to let them board us- with colon's flying, and disputed her to the last moment ;*they had the . honour of hauling our colours down. I want words to express how much I feel indebted to each' individual of my brave crew. It affords me great pleasure, in giving you an ac count of our reception on board the privateer (en der, I must confess, not very favourable circum stances), when you take it into consideration that we . were boarded with colours flying,,we could not exped much mercy; fortunately no very serious consequence ensue 3, and, under ny misfortune, it is a great consolation to me falling into the hands of Capt. Meguetta Gallies, as I experienced the greatest possible attention, and my brave fellows likewise, not only from him, but every Officer on board.-- The Surgeon's particular attention and humanity to my poor wounded men, claim my warmest thanks and acknowledgmenta. , I found we had done her considerable damage, hulled her in several places;, one shot went through the arm chest, on which the Captain of the priva teer was standing;, and I am really Sorry to say, that the shock so of his legs and thighs, that he is at present unable to move : it also rendered forty of the Small arms useless. The Captain at Arnis was killed ; one man's foot was shot off; the First Lien tenant wounded in two places ; and four men slight ly wounded, besides great damage to her sails, &c. J. BAMBER. It will be necessary to inforM you, that early in the action, I received a .very severe contusion in the right breast from a musket-ball, which stunned me for five minutes. I still thought we should beat her off, and, even when she boarded, one man and my self disputed, until the poor fellow received a severe cut °a the shoulder, and another on the head; my self one on each check, one on the head, and one on the nose, and as you may suppose, a little fatigued and taint with loss of blood, when one of them put a pistol to my head, which would soon have sent me to the other world, but I suppose Dame Fortune had not done persecuting me; it missed fire; he then drew his poinard, which I received in my left arm, and down I dropped ; they then captured the Vedra. You may conceive what we 'had to contend with, from the gnat shower cf shot; on examining the cciat I wore, no less than six musket balls had per forated it ; and what is most singular, lour of them are through the breast. I am happy to say, since writi„eg -the above, my poor fellows have had their balls extracted, and are in a fair way of recovery.— Parfet. A vessel, %%have heard, has arrived horn Ostend, the Master of which reports, that on Wednesday last news was there received that BUONAPARTE had left Paris for the Muth. Notwithstanding the HarWich Letters announce the arrival of a mail from Gottenburgh, there does not appear w be any received at the Post•Olfice, it is therefore supposed that the packet alluded to only brought over the Swedish Con; ier. The Hope, BRYANT, from Liverpool to Plymouth, run on shore near Penzance, on Monday morning; but it is expelled will be got off. The Bess, CARR, for Malta, was well, off Holy-. haven, 18th inst. after having lost an anchor and cable. It appears by the Portsmouth letter, that the Comei sloop of war was not sent to join Admiral DURHAM, but to order the Admiral and his squadron back to port. Lieut. SIMMONDS, late of the Manly, now Com mander of his Majesty's brig Attack; with his offi cers and ship's company, have subsCribed two days' pay for the relief of the widows and orphans of the unfortunate sufferers in the St. George, Hero, and Defence. Letters haVe been received from the Plover sloop, one of the squadron under the command of Capt. DASH WOOD, off the island of Anholt, stating, that, the ships are constantly on the alert, and in daily expedation of being in act ion. NEW MUSICAL FUND.—Th 6 Annual Concert for the benefit of this excellent Society took place on last, in the Great Room, at the Opera House. There was such a large assemblage of the first performers in this country, who liberally ex erted their talents on the occasion, that a prodigious crowd attended, and the room overflowed so much that many of the audience were admitted, into the orchestra. Sir GRoRGR SMART presided, and the Selection was in the highest degree gratifying, as well in the choice of the compositions as in the admirable manner in which they wete performed. It is proper to notice the principal performers who kindly exerted themselves on the occasion, among whom were CA TALAN', BRAIIAm, BELLAMY, Mrs. Dioxows, Miss RENNEL, FisCHER, and TRAMEZzANI. Signor VACCARr, FitSl Violin 40 the King of SPAIN, per formed a Concerto, and displayed first-rate talents. The whole was a musical treat of the first order, and was rendered still more gratifying by the consi deration that it was instrumental to the purposes of benevolence. HARRISON, BARTLEMAN, and GREA TOHnx gave their -fifth and last Concert before the recess, last night, to, as- usual, a numerous and ele gant company. The seleetion was excellent, from various composers. The Funeral Anthem, which we_understand was intended as a mark of grateful respeCt to the memory of the late Earl of Uxs aiDGE, who was a great patron of the Concert, was very impressively performed. Madame CATALANI sang two_songs in her best manner, . and was, immedi ately on her enlre, received with general applau , e. BARTLEMAN, in " Nasce it bosco," and HARRISON, in the past.oral ballad, " The Falls of the Clyde," written by the Rev. Dr. DUDLEY, were highly ad mired and applauded. Miss DAany sang an Ita lian air with much sweetness. WEIECIISEL'S per formance, of what is called " Pot Pourri" had the applanae of the whole company, Speral favourite Glees, particularly " The 4ed Cross Knights,' which met a 'general encore, and many fine Choruses ? were in this seleetion, Which Concluded with the " Hallelujah" from The Messiah. His Grace the Archbishop of YOLK. was in one of the Royal boxes, and another was occu pied by the Countess of DAP N.LEY, and a numerous .party of Ladies of rank and fashion. The o:aforios concluded for the season last night, and it is but justice to the ASHLEYS 10 say, that they have been condutied With all requisite taste, judg ment, and liberality. Miss - Sr.trru performed the part .of Isabella, in The Fatal Marriage,, on Thursday last, for her be nefit, and made a very faVourable impression on the audience, by whom she was much applauded. Mr. KEMBLE performed Biron, and was particularly af ceding in the last scene. On account of sudden in disposition, Mr. C. Kama was•tinable to play Carlos. An apology was made, and the part was assigned to - Mr. HAMERTON. Miss SMITH recited Collins's Ode on the Passions atter the play. The house was crowded. Mr. WALTER Scion . . is said to be the author of the Farewel Address which was delivered by Mrs. SIDDONS on the last night of her performance •in Edinburgh. It is mentioned as elegant, appropriate, and interesting. The house w.ts crowded in all parts, and the audience testified the warmest resped f)r this great Actress, evidently mingled with re gret that they were no more to witness the exertion of her unrivalled talents.. • M. BETTY, it seems, has had great offers from almost every part of the kingdom, but has declined them all for the present, and is to perform again at Bath for a fortnight early in the eiisnina month. His attratilion seems - to be revived, ° and he is so impatiently expe6ted at Batb,that we are assured the people of all the surrounding vicinity are at ready eagerly securing lodgings for the time, when he is to resume his performances. We are sorry to learn that Mr. KLINE, one of the Messengers of the Admiralty, who had been sent with dispatches to Portsmouth on Wednesday last, and who had travelled with extraordinary ex pedition, was thrown from his horse within a few miles of that to.vn; and was severely injured. As Mr. DAvias, of Lothbury, the Attorney, was walli.ing out from his house with a couple of Gen tlemen, on Wednesday evening, conversing on bu siness, he slipt from the kirb, and had the misfor tune to break his leg. Yesterday, at Guildhall, Mary Smith and 4nn 4nderson, married women, were charged, with hav ing in their possession and putting off base silver shillings, in Newgate-street. The evidence not being sufficiently strong, they were of course dis charged. AtlVexford Assizes on the t oth instant, the whole of the day was occupied in the trial of Isaac Wood, for robbing the ,bank of John Redmond, in May, is He then received sentence of transportation Nr seven years. diSSIZPS. bIAMSTONE, THURSDAY, MARCH 9 g. Two Llscars were inclicied by the names Of Kia7l) and illeajou; for a rape on the person of . Emma Powel, on the ioth of Odober last, at Stone, near Dartford, in this county. The tale told by the prosecutrix was, that she lived servant at Dartford, and about four o'clock in the afternoon of the loth of Oolober, she was re. turning to Dartford, when she met three Lascarst Who accosted her in a language she did not undera. stand. She then detailed' other circumstances, net fit to be repeated, but the result of which was, the complete fa6l of a rape by the two prisoners in such cession. This. statement was confirmed, as to rho violence which appeared to have been used apinst. her person, from the bruises evident in several pails of her body. Ihe Overseer of the parish of Dartford stated] that as the report of the ill usage of the girl was spread through the parish, and she had no friend; 'of ability to inquire into the circumstances, he thought it his duty to endeavour to bring the offen ders to justice. fie accordingly took the girl with him on board an India- ship, then !Ong in Loui; Reach, where he thought the offenders probably came from, the Captain of , which ordered the crew to be mustered, and the girl fixed upon the two prisoners. 'They afterwards told the Captain of a druid who was with them, who was also appre hended, _ but afterwards discharged. The fa&s of the case being thus proved, a - witness voluntatiiy tendered himself to the Court, and beg ged to give evidence, stating that he had seen the, transaction in part. He then stated, that his name was Plumb ; that he was a master bricklayer at Stone, and in the at' ternoon of the inth of 0151ober he was returning home from a job in, the neighbourhood.; he sad'' the Lascars before him in company with the girl,. and he saw her go into the field with one of the to he kept behind, and it was a little time • before he came up to them, when he saw them in an inde cent situation.' The gi , l saw hied, and changed . colour. He said to her " • For_sharne, you hussy ; but she made no answer. She appeared per!eall consenting, and exhibited no symptoms of res;st.-' ante. Hearing. afterwards that: these men were ap prehended for ''the rape, as a matter of humanity, he came forward to give this evidence. 'I he Learned Judge told the Jury, It was ow a matter of credit between the witnesses ; if they be •lieved this latter whiles., they must acquit the pri soners. Ve tdid —Not Guilty, The Court was occupied nearly the whole day ift the trial of a cause which afforded n&' great ittle' rest. It was an information again a person of 11 01 ' name of Roberts, a Constable at ,Deal, for assaulting- an Officer of the Customs. By the evidence, on the part of the prosecution , it was stated, that the Scourge revenue cutter, ail day in Oaober last, saw a stmuggling vessel, which they chased on shore, but the smugglers carried - orf the cargo over the beach ; the boat's crew then al" tempted to seize the smuggling vessel, but it's smugglers resisted. The consequence was, that A . batik ensued, in which the smugglers fought with the thwarts of their boat, and the officets with their cutlasses and the buts of - their muskets, Se veral towns people of Deal joined in the atfr,,y, and a volley of stones from the beach were poured torth by each party against their adversaries. The de , fendant, Roberts, who Was a Peace Officer, was 0 1 the party, and as. the Custom-house people de clared, being called upon to aid them, instead of doing so, he knocked one of their patty down, and . was active on behalf of the smugglers. On th other hand, several witnesses swore that the revent o people were the aggressors, and that Roberts ciid all he could to preserve the pea Ce. _ _ Tt►e Jury futind the defe;ulant—Not Guilty. BURY ST. EDMUND'S MARCH 19. Mr. Justice"HEATH arrived here yesterday, an' this clay the Assize was opened. There are fort)" two persons on the Crown side, and amongst the one half are for offences of the most heinous 03 " titre, viz. murders, rapes, &c. The causes on di° Civil side . are few and very uninteresting. 1 116 Judge, in his address to the Grand Inquest, liment ed, in terms very expressive, that the Calendar be' fore him held forth so many enormous offences , even more than the whole of the Circuit. He , however, congratulated the county in. being amongstthe first which had given countenance to the f3do Society by great subscriptions; and observed, that by the distribution of the Bible, and the consg' T ient inculcation of Religi o n amongst the' louver orders of the poor, offences would be less frequen t ' ,and of lesser magnitude when such .occurred. Se veral causes were heard on the Civil side, were interesting only to the parties concerned. NOTTINGITASII.—A Jotter horn a Barrister, on 0 6 Nottingham Circuit, states, that the trials of rioters had commenced, and that four of those on' happy men bad been found guilty of burglary. The trills of the remaining presumed offenders %ere 1110 `going on. At the Wexford Assizes, last week, Luke Greer' .was convicted of the wilful murder of his son ; 1110 prisoner was a sweep, and his son was bis appren• Lice. The prisoner, on the 3d of December, carne home somewhat in liquor, and began quarielllng with the deceased : the child to avoid his fury rail up the chimney, the prisoner immediately put bundle of straw into the grate, and set tire to it, which burned him in such a manner that he languished for nine days, and then died. 'The prii Loner was between 6u and 70 years of age. Yesterday the Recorder made a Report to the Prince Regent of the following prisoners capitally convicted at the last Se.kions, viz.—Wm. White, for returning from transportation ; David Dickson , for stealing goods in a dwelling-house ; Jarnei Setree, Charles Wheeler alias Walker, and Edward Drouct, for stealing a heifer ; Robert Green and John Parton, for burglary; Thomas Tornkins aliS9 Ekin Britten, Elizabeth Buckley and Jane Bridger, for stealing goods in a dwelling house; and Benja' min Hitchcock for stealing a letter con , wiling Bank notes.—when they were all re4iited daring hit Royal Highness's pleisure.