The Sun. — London, England, 1812-03-05 00:00:00

MM ARRIVID—I Guernsey. r Verses , . Due-1 Malta, t Bra zils, r Dublin, t Waterford. OF STOCKS. THIS 0:•Y .4T TWILVL O'CLOCK. Consols 6ri ' 'THE SUN. 11%.01..Em 4111 S DICSRI ITALSUM AUDBAT ? L 0_ N I) 0 THURSDAY, MARCH .5, 1812. I'er-sons who have oiperienced, any severe disap ointment often think they find relief in venting c., , mdlaints aloud, and in abusing the supposed 6uthors of their misfortunes. We are, therefore, not surpriseA that the Party, and their adherents, should inchilge their propensity to abuse to a greater eKtent than usual ; but we confess that we are astonished to see the indecency with which the Illustrious Personage at the head of the Govern ment is daily assailed, by those who blasted that they were his friends, and who must have disgusted his Royal Highness by their slavish adulation. If the condna of the REGENT was Dot such as they thought calculated, to promote the inter,st of the Empire, it was open to discussion ; but it is not free discussion of which we complain : it is the wanton, illiberal, indecent attacks that are daily made upOn his Royal Highness by his former friends; it is the with wl.ich they give publicity to the pro ductions of every paltry paragraphist, and of every wretched versifier, who fancies he can point a pa tagraphOr an, epigram on his Royal Highness. We .had some thoughts of colleing s,meof these speci .merrS of :abiSe, and contrasting them with the co . • locrins of adulation which used to proceed from the same quarter; but we believe our labour would he thrown away,• for .we do not believe that any expo sure of .i n consistency could lower the Party in the public estimation. But though we do not think it necessary always to take notice of the abuse of the Pally, we do not think it right to suf fer their misrepresentations to go unnoticed.— Tbe following paragraph appeared in a Party Paper of this morning : " Flom the extraordinary circumstances which sccidentali.; transpired in the latter part of the Debate, the REGENT'S Allnisters now speak out, and let the country know on what groutids, the continuance of peace with America now rested. The system is no longer one of mere retaliation against the enemy—it is no more pretended to be a measure of open hostility to France—it is at length avowed to 'be a plan of mercantile policy, an at tempt, undercover of making war, to promote trade." Now we do not hesitate to say that the above is a rrtoit complete misrepresentation. No such asser tion was made, either by Mr. PERCEVAL, or by any one individual who spoke on the Ministerial side of the question. Mr. PERCEVAL said, that the French Decrees were intended as a hostile measure against Great Britain, and our Orders in Council were adopted strially as a retaliatory measure. France endeavoured to destroy our trade, our Orders in Council were adopted to protect it. Every attempt to promote our commercial interest may be called a plan of mercantile policy, but the Orders in Coun cil were not originally devised by the Government of this country, they were caused by, they are de pendent upon, they are co-existent with, the French Decrees ; they were framed to counteract the pl.ms of BIJONeNVARTE for the destruction of our trade, and notwithstanding all that has been said to the contrary, they have succeeded. The present com mercial embarrassments do not proceed from the Or ders in Council, but from causes which must be obvi ous to every man wholooks at the state of Europe. If, • t lie Orders inCouncil were rescinded, the Commercial embarassments of Great Britain would not be re moved, but the trade of France would be opened, her wants would be all supplied, and all her pro dutious exported, and yet this is a measure which the Opposition Statesmen recommend, and which we have no doubt they would adopt for the purpose of relieving our manufaaurers ! ! Mr.HASE read this morning at the Stock Exchange, the following proposal from the CHANCELLOR of the ExcuECLUER, for raising 6,789,6251. by Navy 5 per Cent. Annuities, in addition to the sum 015,431,7001. subscribed in Exchequer Bills, to be fußJed in the mouth of Feb. last, making together 12,221,3251. "Nithieb is the whole sum proposed to be funded io 5 per Cent. Stock during the present year. Every Subscriber of the Exchequer Bills funded as above mentioned, is to be entitled to contribute a further sum, at the rate of 1251. for every 1001. con tributed, 1081. in b per Cent. Stock, to be added to the Stock created by the above subscription, and to bear interest from the sth Jan. 1812. The reports in the Ministerial Circles this day were, that Lord CHOLSI ONDELEY is to be Lord Steward; and the Marquis of HERTFORD Lord Cham- InflAia. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MARCO 3.—Arrived this morning the American brig Hannah, belonging to New York, Captain DA.esoN, from Savannah, with a cargo of timber fur his Majese T)eck-vard at Pertsmouth. On the Ist inst, she was ehasee lz,ench cutter privateer ; the latter, when within gen-shot, kept up. a very galling fire of musketry, and prevented the crew of the Hannah for some time from heav ing the ship to; however this was effeaed at three o'clock in the rimming, off the Start, after having upwards of a hundred shot holes through her sails, when she was taken possession of by the enemy's vessel, the crew of which exercised the most brutal conduCt towards the American crew, by beming them about the ship for some Cute. Capt. Daw- SON received two sabre wounds, and was severely bruised by one of these inhuman monsters. Shortly after the vagabond crew had revenged themselves on the Americans, (who, it is supposed, were thus treated in consequence of their attempt to escape), a British cruizer hove in sight, which afterwards turned out to be his Majesty's brig of war ,Persian,- of t 8 guns, Captain BERTRAM; the latter bore down on the cutter and her prize ; Captain DAwsow, with his crew, who were then on board die priva teer, were imtnedivelysent adrift in an open boat, which at that moment was nearly half full of water, without provisions or a compass, and after being plundered of every ext:cept the clothes which they wore. In this distressed condition they were left to the mercy of the waves : providentially however, they were soon discovered by the British brig, by which they were picked up and sent in . safety on board their own vessel. The Persian then went in chase of the privateer, which. was at a long distance, and it was teared, front the supe riority of the enemy's sailing, that she would not come up with her. Arrived lasi evening a very fine French big pri vateer„ called Le Grand Jean Bart, pierced for 18 guts, but had only 14 mounted, with a comple ment of 130 men, captured on the 29th ult. Off Bourdeaux, by his Majesty's •ship Semiramis, of 36 gUns, Capt. ItickrAttbsoN, that arrived here yes terday from a eruize of the coast of France. The privateer was from St. Makes, and had been cruiz ing a month when fallen in with by the Semiranzis, doting which she made three captures, one of which was a ship belonging to Liverpool, but we have not been able to learn the names of either of them. The privateer was captured in Lat. 48. 35. N. 1.4 ,, ng. 6. 40. W. His Majesty's ship Melpomene (armed en flute) that arrived bete yesterday from Portsmouth, will sail from hence in a few days for Lisbon. A de tachment (250) of artillery drivers will embark from hence on board her, as will also several offi cers, who are going out to join their Regiments in Portugal. Put in here last night by contrary winds and stormy weather, the Agenoria, belonging to Yar mouth, Co,E maser, from Cork, with a cargo of provisions, bound to London. Sided the Intelligent gun-brig on a cruize in the Chaonel. Arrived the Spanish ship Cordiance, belonging to St. Sebastian's, JUAN BAPTISTA DE ZUBIAGA master, from London, to complete tier loading for Buenos Ayres and the Brazils. Arrived a brig of war from a cruiz.. ; the Ann, MILLER; Gleaner„. WEBBER ; Betsey, E 071 N ; 44etive, LAMB ; and Mary, DuNN, from Sunder land, laden . with coals fur this port ; the Three Brothers, LAMBETH, master, fru.n Poole ; the Friends, BEST , master; and the Samuel, FtißsE, from Wales ; the May flower, WiLLIAMS, master, from Liverpool; the Medina, fia . vDEsr, :from Cowes ; the Trader, BROOMHAAi, from Bristol; the Blossom, Cox, from Lynn ; Oliver , CUNNINGHAM, from London ; and the Swayze, belonging to Glou cester, MARGRATF, Master, from Dundalk, with a cargo of provisions, fur thiS p :rt. Sailed the liesatde gun-brig for. Cork. Went up the harbour the Pearlen frigate to be refitted. CHATHAM, MARCH 3.—Sailed down the River and anchored at the Nore, after having a refit, his Majesty's sloop Calypso, Capt. WEIR. Lieut. SPARKES is appointed to command the gun-boat stationed at Gilhrighana, to attend on the prison -ships, vice LEAVER, appointed to .the com mand of the Ceres slop•ship at the Nore. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Marlborough and Warrior, from off Cher burgh ; Argo, Partridge, Porcupine, and Goshawk, holm a cruize. Sailed the Grifforinc, with a convoy for the. Downs. Went out of harbour, the Thracian, in which a' detachment of the 713 t regiment had. embarked to join their regiment in Portugal. The Marine Battalion, commanded by that able Officer, Major WILLIAM!, disembatked, having just returned from Lisbon. YARMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Leveret sloop of war and Blazer gun-brig from the Nore. FALMOUTH, MARCH 2.- Arrived the Rapid schooner from the Eastward. &tiled his Majesty's ship Rover, with a convoy, for Portugal and the Mediterranean ; among them are the Sir Francis Baring, WHITE, for Gibraltar and MAltri ; Rose, BOASE, and "Inn, RivETT, for Malta ; Betsey, Rt CR.ARDS, for Lisbon ; and Jemirna, WINTER, for St. Michael's. The Dispatch packet for Gibraltar and Malta is detained until Friday. TORBAY, MARCH 3.—Put back by contrary winds the Harry transport, No. 116, bound to Ply mouth,w ith Government stores; also several others, names unknown. It would certainly be very curious in any man but BUONAPARTE to complain that the English Govern ment had deprived the King of NAPLES of his au thority in Sicily, after having himself forced the King to quit the chief part of his dominions, and after, first thrusting his brother JosEPH into that Monarchy, and then obliging him to resign it, in order to make way for his minion MUIIAT. It ic quhes uo ordmoy delptie of impudence, and con tempt of the opitoons of mankind, to touch upon such a subject, when the whsle world was witness not only to this ail of the linpetiJl Spoiler, but of his similar treatment of many other States. The dullest blockhead must perceile the difference- tye. tweet) the plote&ion which Britain has afforded to 'the remaining possessions of the King of NAPLES and the ravage which the unfortunate Monarch suffered Ingo the French Usurper. It is therefore surprising, even in him, to endeavour to misrepre sent the British Government on this point. What have we taken from the ring of NAPLES ? He was disposed to abdicate the Government of his corntry, and we have assisted in securing it to his legitimate scccessor, not taken it to ourselves, or assigned it to an Usurper, according to the NAP - LEON system. Besides, what must he thought of a man, who, while he is carrying all kinds of horrors into Spain, in order to reduce an independent and noble people beneath his dlssiraceful yoke, has the audacity (the term is ver)inadequate to brand such daring insolence) to insinuate that Great Britain has taken possession of Sicily for herself. This roan is evidently not content with oppressing mankind; his happiness can be only complete when he adds insult to injury. TEE Ayers.— Mr. DEvis, who deservedly. holds a high station among the Portrait-painters of this country, has recently finished an admirable Pidure of Lady MOUNTNoRRIS, her two beautiful datlo - and her son. There is a very interesting charac ter of natural dignity in - the figure and countenance of the Lady, and the whole gronpe, without pomp or affedarion, bear the evidel.: signs of superior rank. The Young Ladief exhibit a different expression, which seems.to indicate a difference • of disposition, the one appearing to be pensive, and the other of a more lively cast. The son looks like a spirited and pro mising youth. To render the family piece complete, the artist has ingeniously contrived to place a minia ture of Lord NintlNTNoLtilis in the hand of his Lady. There is a richness of colouring, as well as general harmony, and all air of elegance in the whole com position. The same artist has been also very suc cessful in a whole-length portrait of Captain HAY, in the naval service of the East-India Company, and in a fine half-length of Major YousG. We ere among the first to notice the fine representa lion of The Death of Nelson, by. this Artist. It did not aim at the grandeur and variety which mark Mr. WEST'S admirable pia ore on the same subjed, hut gives a sim pie and pathetic representat ion of the dying hero, in the Cockpit. Weshould dilat e on t hi s p i ctur e if BRoMLEY had not so successfully employed his graver on the subject. Mr. Davis has made some very proo,i-ing advances on four allegorical figures representing the tour ctua-zters of the World, which, as far as be has proceeded, display approp r i ate cha ratite:, and are likely to do honour to his pencil. THE ORATORIO.—The beautiful Serenata of Acis and Galatea, written by GAY', not GRAY, as the play-bills stated, was , perlbrmed at Covent-Garden Theatre'last night, and so well supported, that the admirers of,FIANDLL have reason to regret that it is not to be repeated during the season. BRAHAM gave the airs olAcis with great feeling and expres sion, and Mrs. DrcxoNs was not less skilful and effec tive in those of Galatea. The part of Polyphone was sustained by TINNEY, on' account of the intis position of BELLAMY, fur whose absence an apolo gy was ma !e.---Though • we admire BRAHAM• in dv~ry thing, yet we confess that we do not like to find that the august character of Tiu QUATOIIIO at limes, m sine degree, violate& by music of a d:fferent description.. Fos tnerly nothing but Sacred Music was introduced in this species of amuse went, and therefore, however .skilfully lie exe cuted " The Death ( - .f Nelson," we should have been, more gratiffect - , in hearing it at another time, and upon a different occasion. Indeed, we must allow, that as Acis and Galatea is_ founded on the Pagan mythology, our objections are not very ap plicable in the present instance ; but we are willing to enter our protest against any mixture of ordinary airs with the solemn character of The Oratorio. — We shall only add, that, upon the same principle, we objet to the introdudion of CATALAN! in Ola torio4, unless her powerful voice is exerted in S..cred Music, the words of which she might be taught.to pronounce properly, but, if not, the mind would not be led away fiom the awful nature of the Oratorio, as it must unavoidably be when she " gargles the glib divisions" of an Italian bravura. &Joie nights ago three villains made an a►tempt to break into Coltness House, the seat of Sir JAMES STEWART DENHAM, Bart. but were scared by one of the servants, who fired at them. They returned a shut, which did flo other injury than penetrating the door. An . investigation of the business has taken place before the Sheriff. POEM V. ON THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE NEW ormA. TICAL DRAMA, THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN. " Quod verum, atque curd et rogo,"—li R Thunder and lightning, hail and snow, Have with consummate skill, we know, Progressively been iziught to form • The terrors ot a scenic storm, But now, lo ! eirrhym2k, lend their sboCkS, The palm-tree waves, the plantain rocks, Till, loosen'd by the tempest's rage, - They fall, with ruin, on the stage; That swell: with such convulsive throws, As if the surging billows rose; While, from each subterrarean _gust, Temples are levell'd with the dust Besides, to make it more'bLfi.ited. Lo! Gotrtairp.etry transdated. THE PRINCE REGENT'S COURT, Yesterday, his Royal Highness the PRINCE R-_ GENT appointed to hold a Court at Carlton Palace. About two o'clock, the PRINCE, attended by. Colonel McMAitoiv, Generals I'eRNER and KEPPEL, left his 'private apartments and proceeded to los closet, where the Bishop of ONFOnD, attended by the D::an of WINDSOR, as Clerk of the Closet, and Mr. R' DER, as Se,Tetary of State for the Home Department, was introduced, and did homage be fore his itoTAL HIGHNESS, upon his ele6tion to hat See. The PRINCE REGENT then held a Privy Council, which vas wtended by The Prcsilent of the Council, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seat, the President of the Board of Trade, the First Lon( of the Treasury and Chancellor of • the chequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master-Ge neral of the Ordnance, the three Secretaries of State, the President of the Board of Controul, ant the Duke of Nlon trose. Viscount Chetwynd attended as Clerk of the Countil. ViCOlllll CASTLEREAGH was sworn in Secretary of Sate for Foreign Affairs. Thy REC , RDER of LONDON was then achu;tted into the Council Room, aid made his Report of the Convicts capitally couvitled at the Session before last at the OH 133iley. His ROYAL HIGHNESS give nudienves to the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl CAIIDEN, PERCE.• VAL, Earl of LIVEAPOOL, and Viscount CASTLE.. LEAGH. Mr. COOKE was introduced to the PfUNCE RE GENT, on his beiu appointed Under Sec!etary of Sat for Foreign AlT4irs, by Viscount CASTLE. REAGH. Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT, attended by COl. BLOOMFIELD, went to dine with ihe Duke of CAM. BRIDGE, at his house in South Andley-street, to meet the DiteLlors of Ancient Music, precious to tL&r going to the Concert. The Annud Meeting of the N. , :bletnen and Gen tlemen edilcated at Westminster School, was held on Saturday at WILLI ''S Ron!IIS, reet, Jam,s's, and numerons:y -attended. Amongst tho c were the Archbishop of YORK, 13i,no i ;s of OxFor,D and, LONDON, the CHIEF RA RON, M .r -quis of 1.-ANspowNE Earl KINNoUL, &c. Sevcrai appropriate toasts were given in the course of the evening, and when the Dean of WESTMIN3TERS health was proposed, it was received with thf, loudest epplause, which continued several minutes. The d3y was spent with the utmost co7;viviality, and about - eleven o'clock the company separated. The Noblemen's Catch Club held their eighth Meeting on Tuesday, at the Thatched House, J. DENT, Esq. in the Chair. Among the compa n y were—His Royal Highness the Duke of CAM BRIDGE, the Duke Of ARGILB, Earl FoIITESQUE, the. LORD MAYOR, Sir CHARLES TALBoT, Sir Cuctt. Bistiorp, &c. Most of the first Professors attended among whom were Messrs. BAR TLEMAN, KNY. VETTS, SALES, VAUGHAN, NEILD, DIGNUM, &C. There was as little candour as taste in Mr, P,RouonAm's allusion on TOesday night, in the House of Commons, to the Poem -.recently published by Mr. - WHARTON, whose habits, Mr. BROUGHAM al leged, were not fitted to such productions. What a discourse on• the OgbElis of Cc:lngot'. had to do with the subied of such an unprovoked sarcasm it will, perhaps, exceed Mr. BitouotiAm's. ingenuity to discover. But surely thiS out of the way attack, may excuse people for asking him, how the kalifs of Reviewers can quality a man to become a practical Politician ? It has often -been asserted, that some of our Op position Prints are in the pay of BUONAPARTE ; but if this charge should, be unfounded, it must be ad mitted that they dejerve a, pecuniary. recompense from him, since.the usual contents of their columns are generally.transferred into those of the Moniteur. his, however, proper to make a,distkelion tween what may be deemed the legitimate Oppo, sition P.ipeas of this country, atld those of aeJace tin::cril descrOion which disgrace our public press. 'lle . writers in the former, though Ulcies, ale not . eneit,ies_to our monarchical gove;nment, but those in t! e- latter endeavour, openly or insidiously, to abolish it altogether, thollgh the fr:lotie ideots. might be taugl,t by experienc. that their own ruia also woild be the probable conseilu , ,qice. On the night of the 21st ult. the inhabitants of Tregfry.were alarmed by a flu in the house of Mr. draper, which had made progress be fore it was discovered that the inmates had hardly time to escape destruction. In two-hours after its. di4covery, the whole premises were a heap of ruins. The dwelling-house on- the eastern side of Mr. Nicholls's was also burnt. Yesterday,.the Rr,coaDEß made a report to his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, of the follow lag Capital Convicts in Newgate Kiug and Thomas Culliver, stealing goods On the river Thames ; Giovanni Astardo, B rnard, and Mary Carroll, for stealing goods privately in a shop Richard Woodhatch and Edward Jainel, for return ing from transportation ; Thomas Hont and Thomas Wells, for highway r. bbery ; Tliom 3 s Wood, William Fowkr, George Lester, ai.d Toomas Kite, for stealing goods in a dtvelling 7 bouse ; Sarah s,latel, for selling counterfeit money : when his- Royal Highness was pleased to respite them during pleasure.