The Sun. — London, England, 1812-10-16 00:00:00

GOTTEI<BURGH MAIL. FURTHER EXTRACT 3. GOTTENBURGH, OCT. 6.—We have received positive accounts. of the French having .entered Itlosco‘V, 'but it,does not appear that this event has/disheartened-the Russians, but. on the con trary, rendered them more inveterately hostile, and more determined to resist their inhuman in vaders.. REVEL, AUG. 26,-,-The Nobility of the govern ment Estiionia, previous to the issuing of the Imperial Manifesto of the 'l7th of July, actuated by the purest ardour for the benefit of their'na tive country, had resolved to givea certain gratui ty of corn out of their own stores, and without any contribations from the peasantry, of which, according to the estimate now- viade, there are already collected eight oe nine thousand ischle wert, besides about 200 . oxen. But after . passing the aforesaid Manifesto, 'the same Nobllity, led by their own feelings for the general welfare, have furthermore resolved, in their solemn assembly, to keep, at their own expance, twenty officers of • the recruits now raising. FROM THP. PETERSDURGH GAZETTE, SEPT. 18. We have with pleasure : herewith to render the public a few lines a private letter, *hick was: sent from the Head-quarters of our army the 7th of September • " The day before yesterday was a battle of heroes ; yesterday was a trifling skirmish ; but this clay again a combat of heroes - . The earth shakes ata distance of 18 wersts. The particu eulars ,you will learn froth the statements which have been sent from the army ; but I will merely assure you, for a fact, that on the first day; whilst the Commander, in Chief was visiting the posi tions of the army, an eagle hovered over his head. Prince Michael Leuonowitsch . took his hat off, and all gave a joyful huza. When - the RusSians golto battle, like the anCientitomans, it . is impos sible that the eagles should not hover over them." TRoCLAMATION.- All foreigners, of whatever nation, now at present in this city, and who are not either in the service of the Envoys from Foreign Courts, and by them acknowledged as belonging to their suite ; such as have taken Swedish Burgherships ; such as have by.legal permission entered into bu siness, or have obtained particular permission to reside here ; are forthwith directed and command ed, without resistance, and tinder pain of being arrested, to quit this city within four days from this date, and leave - the kingdom in the speediest manner possible. (Signed) CAlit. MORNER. , =-E. S. WESTREN. Stockholm, Oct. 1, 1812. A letter from a StaffOffieer of the sth division of the army in Spain, says, " The Valladolidi an ladies very soon hedame attached to us. From intermarriages and long intercourse, the inhabi tants of Valladolid are intimately acquainted with the strength, materials, and nature of the Prench army, and were able to give a particular account of the respective merits- and character of each of their General Officers. Marmont had always spoken contemptuously of the Marquis of Wel lington as a General iu the field ; said that he was well enough in faStuesses and mountains,4nd that the English certainly defended themseleS bravely; but,•says Marmont, let me only gel Wellington into the plains, then I wilt teach him what be does not know--;-manceuvring. Even -all the Spa niards, before the battle of Salamanca, believed that . the Engli . Sh could attack at sea and defend themselves bravely on shore, but that in making as attack, they must ever yield4O.:the impetuosity of tile French:" r• • • Another letter from a Staff Officer of the 7th di , vision, says—" Until we - made progress north ward, we did not know how complete the tdefeat of the enemy was 'on the ever memorable battle of Salanianca, nor how prodigious their loss has been. Erma numerous documents which we have taken or intercepted, from the partiality of the country people, we have undoubted proof- that Marmont bad nearly- 50,000 men = no wonder he outflanked -us, being barely 37,000. - Atter the French had gained the other side of the Douro, they could not muster 20,000 men under arms. No doubt many runaways have since joined., and they have re ceived many of the slightly wounded from the hospitals ; but the fate which bcfcl many of their straggling wounded was horrible, wherever they came in the way of the Spaniards, these put a period to their pains ; they even dug up the bodies of some•of the Officers whom the French had bu ried. .At Ohuedo the people dug up the body of a French Officer who had been buried in the ehurch, and threw it.out on the high road to the dogs; When ,our light division passed, they bur vied it decently ; but as soon as they had passed, the people,.men and women, dug it up a second time ; the. next division .of -outs - that pissed, buried it it second tine, and. the General-desired the Magistrates to see that the body was not dis-. turbed again. The eneiny have a prodigious number of sick and wounded; and, their care lessneSs and cruelty to them deserve the execra tions of the whole civilized world. Bnonaparte and his Generals regard the soldier not an instant longer than he can carry a musket for them. They 'not only leave the sick and wounded to their fate; but knowing the hrtmanity of the British, and likewise that they are a burthen to them, and a certain expence, seem ptirpOsely to desert them. Near Salamanca they left nearly 2.00 of their wounded, without a surgeon or a Stint to lobk after them. They left 900 poor wretches in -the most miserable state z , in the hoSpitals at Val ladolid, and nearly:the same number in their hos . pital at Madrid. The poor creatures themselves, men and officers, are sensible or the neglect, and bless their captors ; many of them are Germans, Poles, -Swiss, and Italians. "'The aopeatrance of that fine regiment, the 42d, or Royal Highlanders, at Valladolid, dressed in the garb of " Old Gaul," 1000 strong, delighted the inhabitants at large. BylLOrd Wellington's .desire, their parade Was in the'grand square, op :posite the --palace where he lived, whither they *marched to*the Martial sound of the bagpipe morn- ing and t uning." • . tVEIIIILL PAIR. This great Mart commenced on Saturday, which was the day for sheep. 'Mery vas a haul- snide skew, though not , quite so great as' in for rricr years. Ewes and wethers went off_ at re- thee higher prices than had been expected from. - the rates of the neighbouring markets. Lambs.. also met a ready sale. Every- pen was cleared. The quantity of hops was less than in any for meryear. Not 'one of the bOoths, either in the Farnham or the Country Row, was filled; some were quite empty. The buyers were also fewer than usual ; vet the prices were full rs,high as had' been expected. Some of the brightest k arnhams brought 241. per hundred, and the avrage ligaA called 221. Some growths of the parishes near Farnham fetched 201. and few were below !8L Fin the first time at this fair, hops were shorts front Leicestershire ; which, notwithstanding the • surprise produced by the name, went off freely,' at handsome prices, being of good colour and full of .condition. There were also. a few tons of prime pockets from Essex aid East Kent, which Went Off at .hiei prices. Cheese sold"welli Owe of the best Wiltshire dairies at 84s. Colonel Lowther declines offering himself again for Westraurlantl ; Lord Muncaster and the Hon. Colonel Lowther are Candidates for that ccuntr: Mr. Curran has accepted an invitation from the Electors of Newry to stand for that Borough. Mr. Laseclles was, we understand, put in nomi nation on Monday for Yorkshire. Sir James Mackintosh, who was expected to stand for the county of Nairn, it is understood, cannot come forward on the present occasion, owing to his not having been Infefted a sufficient length of timc to admit of his being admitted on the roll of freeholders. . The late sale of Sir Robert 'Harland's farming stock, at Wherstead, attracted a 7vast assemblage of persous from' all parts of the county. The horse stock fetched unprecedented' high prices, five chesnut mares having produced 6221. ; a ches mit .stallion 1701.;' ',thirteen • other chesnut, horses and mares 23.51: 10S. ; four-year old cl?esnut can colts and fillies 2031. The whole horse stoc't., 60 in number; pranced 3,835/. Ms. Depot at Perth.-0.0 Tuesday se'nnight an at tempt by the prisoners in the.Depor to effect their escape. was_discovered and prevented. A- mine, on which they had been'employed three days, was excavated from within the privy of the prison al lotted to the petty officers, and had been pushed. as far as - the - outer wall, on the inside. of whicb„ the earth, gave way, and occassioned a detection of the stratagem. The digging had been carried. on through the day, and at night, when the pri vies are inspected, the stones which had been re-. inOved were so neatly and regularly roplaced, as to prevent suspicloh. The petty officers are con fined in the upper story of the prison, through the floor of which they had cut a hole, by which they might pass to the lower. They had afterv3ards cut out the lock of the door which opens to t fir; yard, and consequently to. tbe entrange of thei7 mine. Yesterday morning, about half past four o'clock, an alarming lire broi.ie out at - Air, Cocks.g., hi) T ait - baker, Shadwell-doek,.which at first threatened destruction to the neighbourhood, being close t the premises of Mi.., Gonupp, distiller. ; but, by frig timely assistance.of the" Shadwell engine, the five was got under. Mr..Cocks's house and furnitui!e, with a great quantity of flour, was .eutirely con- . sunned. 'The different engines. arrived • shortly afterwards, and prevented the flames from ,sfire3A ing further devastation. - The fire was discove-red by a Waterman on the River, who immedia - tely gave the alarm. An inquisition was takes at . a public-bons; Ia Queen -street, Grosvenor-square, on Wednesdays before A. Gell, Esq. Coroner, on the body t)f a man-cook to a noble Lord, who died from effects of poison on the preceding day. It up reared in ,evidence that the deceased had purcibus ed a quantity of aqua fortis, in Oxford-street, and on.his return home he drank a wine glass of fit. — The effects were soon Visible, and although prcauPt medical aid was administered, the enfortunate man died in a short time. • It was clearly proved • thst he was in an unsound state of mind, and that attempted to drown himself a short time since. Verdict Insanity. BIRTHS. On Tuesday, in Belvidere-place, Bath, Mrs. Ashe, +rife Mr. Ashe, Director of the Corcerts in that City, of a emu. On the 14th inst. in Rockingham-row, the Lady of P. Cocksedge, Esq. of a Daughter. • MARRIED. On Thursday the Stlt init. at Tunbridge, William ltlapPe°' Esq. 'Ot Somerset-place, London, to Miss Henrietta, Sidne, of Tnnbridge.' Yesterday, at Fulham, •Major Scott Waring', of l'eterbo' rough-House., to Mrs. Fsten. On Wedithday se'uuight, Liverpool, Iliornas Thous , Esq. of-Littleton-Hall, near Chester, to . Pliftiis, Use, eldo! daughtel- of William Ileekwith, Esq. of Great Gen,gi-strae ,9 Llv..rpool. At St. Georges, - HauoverLsquare, Jos' pli Prefixal), 11f Thames-hank, .Chelse?., to Miss Freeman, €4 sar44: ul DIED. LONDON : Printed by THOMAS WOOD, of N0. , 35, Maiden-laar, Covent-gattioni• And Publiihed by M.11../lAM ARMIGFR -SCRIPPS, South Mohon-ktreet, GrosttA g vw-suaic, Paid), must be uthifesi;ect. - At the SUN 6471cE, No. 112, Straa, where Adwirtirtments, Waifs tor the Paper, Laters ter the Eeti:or, &C. (post On Monday the sth inst. Miss Judith Thqbrell.,of ham, and of :iandewell Park, in the; Count: v of Gis.ocest o ' one of the co'-h&'resses of the late . Mrs. y. • t On Sunday last, Mrs. Pickard, eltleSt dailliter Of. the 'Leonard Pickard, Esq. of Ymh., The same day, at. her house at Highgate, agc4l 7a, srs ' . Mendham. , • On Tuesday'lMt, at the Vicarage, Waterhi ach, ,nbritti, shire, the. Rev. William , On Wednesday the 14th ittst. ut her hone, W4re Canterbury,. Mrs. Knig relict of - Thomas 6' l mersham Park, Kent,Esq; t • , t o The same day, suddenly, Mr. razing, Trinter4;nerolit, Lambeth. • . • . P.ltg.T OF, STOCKS :YESTE Itli - AY. - 1 Bank itoeli, 9.161 , iilia..P.onds 15.79.5 . .. dis. Navy 5 per Cent. Sfii At - .• i ilex Con. 1 "At, 1 - • ,ci Irish 5 per Cent. Exchequer, A ills.,:ii-,41. per dl 4 per Celli. 7O 73 29. 36. pr.. 3 per Ctea. Red. 57 k/i 3 per Cent. Con. 53:4•4a 13ankl....tin. . Ditto, 3{.1, 1. 4 1 . 1 t_.i r .da pr.v , .4..5. ti. 1.4. 14 1;3-16 15-16 Zlmperial 3p4 r Petit . i,,.. India Sto(1, IGA; 163 . Cens. for c.et,l . .I.tiew WO. ' / _.......- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE., , A Morning, 7 minutes after 11. I E:enirg, 32 rz iuiif es after 1 31, 4 . A N'E TRADE: SIXTH . REPORT or THE ArRICAN BAHAMA ISLANDS, NEW PROVIDENCE. (Cur.tio,ued from bur IN:per of Yesterd;:y.) 3. §ometinia before the death.of Margaret, one of the cluOiients saw in the sick-house, a child about ten years of age, named Tamsen, with the skinsvutirelY'loffi, The deponent asked the sick nurse what was the matter witli the child ; but the sick-nurse 'refused to give u 4 answer, and seemed afraid, lest her Master 'should know that the child had been seen. On inquiry, it appeared, that the child had been dipped, by I-lodge's order, into a copper a boiling 4: In thuyitat-1-SO7, a slave called Tom Boiler, a stout,:!%.ci, hearty man, was, by Hodge's order, and in:his . p . re,sence, do \en and 'flogged without intermission, for at hour, After this in fliction,-be attempted to rise, hut could not He was taken up and carried to tbesick-house,:whence he never came out, but died in about a week. No doq,or was called to attend him. $1 Soon after the death'of Tom Boiler, another slave, named I'iosper, was, by Hodge's order, and in his presence, laid down, and _for more than an hour cart-whipped without intermission, 'He was then taken up by,frodge's order, :and, with his hands tied behind his back, lashed to a tree.---, Hodge then ordered the driver to use " close quarters," meaning by this expression a more cruel and severe cart-whippinr, used, the, whip in 'this . elm6‘ bcius shortenek and going all round the'bOdy, Cutting every par-. 'ticularly the stomach and belly, and making ax the same time.comparativelylittlenoise: In this sand rtion PrOsper was beaten till lie . iainted ; :his , head hanging down backwards, and was no - longer able, to cry out: He was; then carried tothetick=notise, Where, within i fortnight, he . diFd. . .6. A slave named Jupiter, about nineteen years of - age, was,: by liodge's oeders:„. severely cart- , whipped, put 'in heavy irons, erOok - puddiugs, rix. and allowed little or nothing :to eat: He was'also burnt in the .mouth with a hot iron. He shortly after died. 7. On the 27th March, 107, a new . npgro slave belonging to Hodge was cart-whipped, in his mas ter's presence, in the most cruel manner. He died in two or three, days after. When his body was carried out on a board to be buried; it was seen by oncof the witneSses in a shockingly lacerated state. 8. A free man, named Peter, was hired by Hodge, asat cooper, at two jots per month. This man, though free, Was repeatedly cart-whipped at close-quarters and in every other way, •by order, and in the presenee , of Hodge, wlio also put chains upon him, and had him worked - with the field tie groes. Peter SC)On died. 9. In 1808, a young slave,. named Cuffy, was, by order of Hodge, and in his presence; severely and repeatedly cart-whipped, chained, &c. "He was cut to pieces," and bad hardly any black skin ,remaining. After a cart-whipping, which lasted upwards of an hour, he was carried to the sick house, .where he died within a week. 10. Mr. Hodge frequently caused the children on his estate, about nine years of age, to betaken up by the heels, and dipped into tubs of. water with their heads downwards, and kept there.till stifled, then taken out and suffered to recover and breathe, when they were again treated in tbe same Manner, and . so repeatedly, until they have been seen to stagger and fail. On this, Mr. Hodge has ordered them to be taken up and suspended to a tree by their hands tiedtogether, and in this Situ ation cart-whipped for some time at close-quarters. Among others, a mulatto child, reputed to be his own, named Bella, was repeatedly cart-whipped by his order ; and he was also seen repeatedly to strike the child with a stick on the bead,' so as to break her head ; and also to kick her so 'violently as to send her several feet on the. gfonnd.) 11. A slave named Cusljoe, a smart active fellow,' was so severely and repeatedly cart-whipped and Other Wise ill-treated .by Hodge, that he died. An- Othet slave, named Gift, who had also previously been in good hcalth, after having been severely cart-whipped and chained, was again, •with his wounds unhealed, subjected to a further severe cart-whipping, and (lied the same night. • One of the deponents saw the body carried out for burial in a dreadful state of laceration. 12. A negro woman named Violet, belonging to Mr. Hodge, was confined, and severely flogged and eut by him, for the alleged crime of stealing can dles. She died in cOnsequence. A boy, a son of this woman, run away through his master's'flog ging him. When brought back, he was put in chains, and so severely flogged that he died.. One of the deponents saw the boy a week before he tlied, and perceived, from his swelled and lacerated state, that he could not possibly recover._ 13. A boy named Dick, whom Mr. Hodge* charged with having stolen his geese, *as very often flogged severely and in quick succession, at close quarters and otherwise ; in consequence of which he died. He had also been put and bad his moutk burnt with a hot iron. 14. One of tite.dePonents, besides Swearing to several of the above facts, stated, .that for several years, during which the deponent resided on M; . . Hodge's estate, Mr. 11. had been guilty of re peated and excessive acts of .cruelty towards. his slaves. Another deponent, who had lived at dif-, ferent periods as a manager on the estate . of, Mr. Hodge, called Belle Vue, and who was also a witness to many of the atrocities detailed above, swore, that at ,most of the numerous and severe cart-whippings inflicted by Mr. Hodge on his slaves he was not actually- present, Mr. Hodge generally choosing to Inflict them without • the • presence of ally competent witness ; but - that, in addition to - the instances at which- he happened to be present, an d which are .mentioned- above, there Were many others where be saw only the effects of Hodge's cruelty, in the lacerations, burnt mouths, &c. of -the slaN'es. He was satisfied these cruelties wee inflicted by Hodge himself; as other wise be should have heard. him inquire and corn lilain concerning these marks of suffering in his • own negroes. It was scarcely possible to remain in the sick-house on account of the offensive smell proceeding from the corrupted wounds of cart-whipped slaves. - When this deponent first went to live -on Hodge's estate, there was upon it 'a fine gang of upwards of a hundred able negroes . ; but _when the last wife of Hodge died, in 1808, .that number was ,so reduced by cruelty, and 'al) sconding in consequence of cruelty, that negroes enough were not . to he found on the estate to dig her grave ; and therefore, the deponent and Daniel. Ross, Esq. one of the magistrates who signet! his. deposition, 'assisted in. digging He could not remember the names of all the ne groes who had died in consequence of the cruelties of Hodge ; but he knew 4 ne number to be great : sometimes three and four have died in the course of a day and night. On such occasions, no doctor was ever called in. He lived in all about three years with Mr. Hodge ; and in that time he was satisfied that Hodge lost sixty negroes, at least, by the severity of his punishments ; and he be lieved that only one negro died a natural death during the same period=. Such then are the dreadful facts of this case.— . On their being brought before Governor Elliot, he immediately issued a special commission for the trial' of the offender. The trial took place en the 29th of April, and lasted from ten in the morning till half-past five on the morning of the 30th. The Jury, after deliberating for twf: hours, brought in a verdict of Guilty, on the first indict ment, which was for the murder of Prosper; (there were five other indictments in reserve) ; and sentence of death having been passed upon him, he was executed on the Bth of May. 1,3 e verdict of Guilty returned by the Jury was accompanied by a recOmniendation of the prisoner to mercy by a majority of the Jurors. To this re commendation Governor Elliot refused to pay any attention. Such, however, was the state of irri tation. produced by the novel and unprecedented circumstance ,of a white Man-condemned to death on account of the murder of his own. slave, and such the dread of an attempt on the part of the white population for his rescue, that Governor Elliot, who had judged it prudent to proceed to Tortola in person, that he Might - be at hand to watch the course of event's, felt himself under the necessity of proelaiming martial law, calling out the colonial militia,.and availing himself of the aid of a frigate, order — to awe the turbulent into submission. lii consequence of these Mea sures, the threatened distrirbanee was. prevented, and the sentence of the laW was' recrularlyexe cuted: The Governor observes in his dispatch, The state of irritation, and I may almost say of anarchy; in which I have found this colony (Tortola), rendered the above measures indis pensable for-the preservation of tranquility, and for ensuring the due execution of the fatal sen tence of the law against the late Arthur Hodge. Indeed, it is but too probable that, without my presence here as Commander-hi -Chief, in a con juncture so replete with party animosity, un pleasant occurrences might have ensued." The reply of Lord Liverpool to these commu nications is so highly honourable to him, that it is thought right to give it entire. It is dated the 20th of June, 1811. I received your several dispatches from-No. 34 to No. 41, inclusive ; and however deep the indignation which your former letters, in refe rence to the case of Mr. Haggins, have excited, and however strong my apprehension that the law,, as at present administered, is inadequate to the prevention of similar excesses, I could still little have expected the additional detail of cruel tics that is therein conveyed. " The 'individual by whom they were perpe trated, has suffered the severest and most ignomi nious punishment the law can inflict; and it only now remains for me to express an earnest hope, that this rare example of just retribution may effect that chAnge in the treatment of the unfortu nate slaves; which it should . requre no other mo tives to produce than the common feeling of hu-' manitY. towards a fellow-creature, .or even the common regard to public decency. I am commanded, by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to convey to you the high satisfac tion he has derived from your anxious endeavours, on this occ:lsion,. to secure impartial justice on the trial, and the solemn execution of the seri, tence ; _and his full approbation of your conduct, .in not permitting the intercession of the indi viduals, who partly composed the jury by which Mr. Hodge was tried, to suspend the termination of that iniquitous, career which he had but too long been suffered to pursue. " You are authorised to make every reasonable compensation to those individuals who may have. been inconvenienced by personal attendance on the, part of the prosecution. " I have received the further command of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to desire-that you will take an opportunity of publicly- assuring the Council and Assembly of the Virgin Islands, that his Royal -Highness has had the 'greatest pleasure in witnessing their anxiety to co-operate with you in the cause of humanity and Justice ; .and von will acquaint them, on the part of his Royal Highness, that his Royal Highness cannot receive from them a more flattering assurance of their'regard to the wishes of their Sovereign, and of the interest they feel in supporting the honour . of the British • name, than. their anxious.endea 7 vonrs to ameliorate the ceindition of that class of beings, 'whose bitter and dependant lot entities them to every protection and support.'' (To he continued.) Yesterday a . ballot was taken at the East India House,.on the following question, viz. That this Cana confirm the unanimous reso lution of the Court of Directors of the sth August last, whereby the Commander aml Officers of the ship 'Wind/ ama are fully acquitted of all imputa tion of neglect, misconduct, or ►rant of courage, in respect to the capture of that ship ; and wherc-' by, also, the Owners of that ship are fully acquit ted of all iinptitation of neglect or misconduct, in respect to the said capture."—At six o'clock the glasses were finally closed, and delivered to the crutineers, who reported the question to have been carried in the affirmative.