The Sun. — London, England, 1812-05-28 00:00:00

. -S MAILS. ka;avzt-1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 1 TV:iterford. DUE-1 Ca diz, I Dub 1 Waterford. • Pt ICE OF STOCKS TUIS PAY Ar TWLLVE O'CLOCN. - 6 - Iff 1 Red. Ana. - - - - GOL , I :,onsois - THE SUN. • 5`Ll':M LI DICET:T. FALSUM MIDEAT L 0 D O N, T 17 P. Lis , ! , :2t.Y 28 , 1812. Onr Ph-month Letter, of this morning, con tains the following aceQunt of a most brilliant and succeisful exploit performed in: the. geci it er r a nean " An account has been received by 'the Donna Fararia, from Gibralta;, of a very brilliant and giliant exploit, which was performed in the har ,hour of Malaga a. few days before she left Gibral tar..----The :boats of the Hyacinth, of 20 guns, commanded by Captain USHER,- ,and those.' of the Goshawk, commanded by Capt. JAMES LILBURN, went into the harbour of Malaga, wheite they stormed and took possession of two small forts, the guns - of which they spiked, and destroyed the arnminition, &c. 'he Marines and Seamen then returned to their boats, and proceeded to the tack of six French 'privateers, and several other vessels which lay in the harbour, laden with sun dry-articles; the produce,of French plunder from the unfortunate inhabitants of Malaga, , all which they captured and brought away, notwithstand ing the incessant fire 'kept up on them by the troops on shore. " Those vesseh, with their cargoes, were all sent for Gibraltar, and were entering the harbour when the vessel which brought the intelligence saited . thenee, on the 7th instant. " The- loss in this moot gallant enterprise has been severe. Captain LILBURN, of the Goshawk, and many of the crews of both vessels, being killed, and several wounded." A Telegraphic Dispatch reached the Admiralty • yesterday afternoon, announcing the destruction of one of the French frigates lately returned from" the West Indies, by the Northzniberland, off L'Orient.—The official account has not yet been received. We yesterday entertained hopes that.the Minis terial arrangements were nearly concluded ; that Lord LIVARPOOL, with some of the Members of the 'present Cabinet, together with the Marquis WELLESLEY, Mr. CANNING, Lord MOIRA, and Mr. SHERIDAN, would have combined their efforts to form an Administration. Onr ,hopes have not yet been realized ; but we 'do not entirely abandon . them. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT is indefatigable in his efforts ; but they have hitherto been without success. We are . in clined to think that some of those, who have been loudest in their representation Of the. necessity of a broad and vigorous Administration — an Administration' calculated to produce unani mity at home, and direct our efforts with energy abrO'ad, haVe been the most forward to throw oh stacks in the way of such an „arrangement-- The Morning Chronicle, of' this day, speak _ jag upon this - subject, says,.—" The very na ture of an Administration that is to embrace different persons, heretofore of different par ties, presents difficulties not easily surmounted; and we have no hesitation in saying that an Ad ministration may be too extended for strength as well as too limited." This is a tolerably, distinet apknowledg - ment of the principles of exclusion by which the Party is influenced ; it is a very telligible.deAaration that their object is to obtain power, as a party, looking only to their own ambi tious plans, without any reference to the wishes and expectations either of the Regent or - 9f the conntry. After such an avowal,is it not natural to ask (with- out wishing to exasperate poWcal animosi ties at this most arduous ' crisis) what are the grounds upon .which they could hope, even if they were is power, to produce union and satisfaction at home, or to direct our efforts with more energy and succesS abroad., than the present Administra- . tion Do they really believe, that the public voice is with tilem, in - the view which they take of the differences subsisting between this Country and America? Do they think seriously tha i t they would promote the interests-, or gratify the wishes of the ' mercantile body by the abando i nment of the Orders in Council ?, Can they imagine that an unquali fied, unconditional concession of the Catholic Claims woukl reconcile all religious differences, and that while, they complied with the wishes of the Catholics they would not excite the resentment of the Protestants These are points well worth the consideration of men Who, ac cc:ding to the confeSsion of theii. friends, aspire to the exch:sive ;Election of _public affairs. deez-i it proper to add, that since we wrote the above, we learn froni the best ,tfu4 thority, that by command of the- PRINeE RE GENT, the LORD O.IIANCELLOR and the rests of the Cabinet Ministers were to wait upon his Royal Highness at twelve o'clock this day, ; for the purpose, no doubt, of consulting upon what arrangements may be most practicable and ex.- . pedient for the formation of a new Administration. it is therefore obvions•that nothing decisive can be given to the public till, the , result of this Meeting shall be known. —We may observe, how ever, that the PRINCE REGENT, .in - 'requiring .such a meeting at the present singular crisis, has shewn his confidence in the wisdom and integrity of the present Atlministration, if it can be so called,, and we indulge the hope, that under_ the auspices of Earl MoIRA the greater part of them will remain in office; and consequently • that such a new AdminiOration will be formed, as the peo ple will look to for a due regard to the interests of the Empire. Thearrangement proposed by the Opposition is said to be this , °" The ,REGENT and the country having strong objections to LOrd GRNITILIE,. who says his health is bad, his Lordship is not to be. Prime Minister, nor in any efficient office but as his friends will not come in unless he is in the Ca binet, he will therefore' accept the place of President of the Council. In compliment to Lord GRENVILLE for waving the Prerniership, the Marquis 'WELLESLEY also declines,taking any, efficient appointment, 'declining to be First Lord of. the Treasury on the pretence of a desire to avoid the fatigue in the flouSe of Lords, which so responsible an office necessarily incurs. But the MarquiS is to sit in the Cabinet. " Earl . GREY to be First Lord Of the Treasury. " Mr. TIERNEY,, Chancellor of the Exchequer. " Mr. CANNING; Lords tANDSDOWNE, and HOLLAND, to be Secretaries of State. Earl MOIRA, either to have the. Ordnance, or go Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The whole of the OppoFition to come into power, with the Marquis of WELLESLEY and Mr. CANNING, except Mr. WHITBREAD,, who declines office, but will give his support." Tuesday the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl of Liverpool, at his house in Whitehall, Which was attended by all the Members, except Lord Castlereagh and Earl Camden. Yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, Mini- sters had another meeting at the Noble Earl's house. Yesterday, about two o'clock, Lord Melville had au audience of the Prince Regent, a Carlton House. Earl Moira had two interviews with his Royal Highness in the course of the afternoon. During 'the 'morning, the Dukes of York, Cla rence, Cumberland, and Cambridge, had au diences of the Prince. The Duchess .of Brunswick gave an elegant en- . tertainmeut yesterday, to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury, MrS. Manners Sutton, the• Bliss Suttons, Mrs. Howe, and a large party, at her house . in. Hanover-square: On Tuesday,night, the Countess Grey had her first • grand assembly this season, at her elegant mansion in Portman-square, which was numerous , ly attended by the most distinguished in rank and fashion, in the West end of the town. Private accounts from Lisbon, received by the last mail, inform us, that within a very short pe riod *a whole fleet of American ships had arrived, and furnished a simply of upwards of 300,000 bar rels of flour. It is to be hoped; therefore, that the Portuguese;: and our army, will have little oc casion to draw on the resources of. this country. It is worthy of remark, that there is hardly a por tion of Fairope which does not at present feel the pressure of aclearth of proisions,, in a greater or less ,degree. The same letters add, that there was a good deal of bustle 'among our Officers at Lisbon, and that a movement was in agitation, which, if sue . ceSSful, would produce brilliautresults. Proba bly this. may allude to the advance of General Hill against Ahuarez. Letters to the 7th instant have, eached town from Gibraltar.. The following extract conveys the most prominent information : • " GIBRALTAR, MAY 3.---WV e have a report this morning, that Ballasteros is again retreating from before Malaga, in consequence of being in want of proviSions..' The 00s/:auk sloop of war came in yesterday from before Malaga, after having,Lad a very severe affair with the batteries, in attempt ing to cut out some privateers ; Captain, Hepburn and the First Lieutenant were killed. There was another brig in company, and the two have lost 60 men in killed and wounded. 7. The first Regiment of Foot. Guards, (the Duke of Yoax's) has obtained upwards four hundred Volunteers from the different Corps of Militia. A vessel is arrived at Liverpool, which left New York on the 24th_ ult. The only intelligence she brings is, that the Bill for suspending the Non-Importation Law wits still' under discussion in Congress. ' Letters frota".New York, of the 21st April, complain loudly Of the embargo,. and state, that ,a great ferment prevailed in the public mind in consequence. • The table of the house of Repre sentatives was covered with petitions, from mer chants, praying a renewal of the intercourse with Great Britain while the latest communications from Mr. Joel -Barlow; at Paris, are said to have been of the most gloomy description. • A Leeward Island Mail has arrived by the Chi chester Packet, after a voyage of 27 daYs. It brings a - distressng account of the earthquake at Caraccas: Advice's have been received from. the city itself, which are dated the 29th of. March, three days after the dreadful convulsion. It . is said that a large portion of the place was convert ed into a heap of ruins, and the most moderate calculation stated the loss of lives at 5000,persons. Intelligence had been received from La Guyra and other adjacent toWns, to which it was found the calamity had extended. What was the mischief done- in the interior of the country - had not been. ascertained: - • Extract from the Supplement to the AS`,.t. - Thomas- Ga:tilte. of the 9th of April. The . 26th of IN.ar ch . was a day of woe and. horror to the provmee of Tenezuela. .'fit four o'clock p. m. the city of Ca raccas stood in all its splendour, a . few. minutes afterwards 4500-houses, 19 churches and convents, together with irll ttke' other public buildings, monuments, &c. were crushed to atoms by a Sud den shock of an earthquake, which. did not last a, moment, and buried thousands of its devoted in habitants, in ruins and desOhtifm. That day happened , to be or Maundy Thursday, and at the precisehour, every place of worship being crowded to 'cotumemmorate the commencement of our , S k riioUr'S rassiOn, by public processiOns„ which were to proceed through the streets a few minutes afterwards, augmented the number of hapless sufferers, to an incredible amount, as every church was levelled with the ground before any person Could be aware of the danger ; the number of sufferers' taken out of one of the churches (two days after this disaster) amounting alone to upwards of '309 corpses, besides those, it may be. pr9unted, which count not yet have been dug out of such heaps of ruins, gives .an idea of the extent of the calamity. The number of dead are differently stated, from four to six, and as far as eight thousand. - Horrible as this catastrophe ap pears, it ,would be a imrtter of some consolation to know that the vicinity of that city offered .stip port or shelter tó the surviving mourners ; but the • next town and sea-port thereto, .viz.. La Guayra, ,has, in proportion, suffered still more, and that has been the case along its iMmediate coasts.---;• Huge masses of mountains have been detached from the summits, :and hulled down into -the the vallieS. Deep clefts and ~separations of the immense bed of rocks still threaten future dis asters to the hapless survivors,. who are -now oc cupied in bnrying and burning the dead, anti to re lieve the numerous maimed. perishing for want of medical aid, shelter, and other. comforts. " If any particular class of persons has suffered more than others, it may be inferred that it must be ,the Clergy, who 'were at the time necessarily assembled in the churches; and the superb Bar racks at the Caraceas, containing two battalions of veterans, and the artillery corps, preparing for' the procession, being laid fiat, it is presumed that the whole have, in one moment, fallen Vic tims to this terribfe visitation of :the Almighty.— The- inland towns and yillageS of the. province, - and the inure distant sea-ports of, Port Cabello, Cumana; Barcelona, &c: have suffered less." THE THEATRE.—Mr. TERRY, who made so fa vourable an impression c: the autience in the part of Lord Ok leby, last night appeared at the Haymarket Theatre, in the character of ,Shylock. We cannot say that he performed, the latter cha racter with equal success, but he displayed a re spectable- portion, of ability, and considering the difference of the two parts, evinced versatility of powers. We were surprised to find that he was not sufficiently correct in the text. In his act ing he was not only too Loco-niotive for "Old Shy 'lock," as he is. called, but wanted that deep and deadly spew of an ,unappeasable revenge and ma lignity which essentially mark the character. itiow ever it was, as we have said, a respectable per formance, and confirms Mr. TERRy's"claini to a permanent station in the metropolis. NiSS MA CAULEY,, from the Dublin Theatre, assumed the - part of Portia. It was evident from her accent that she is of Hibernian origin. Tier conception of the character was correct altogether, but was not sufficiently sprightly in the performance. Her pronunciation was a little formal, and had what may be styled a . fashionable fineness whenever she had occasion to deliver the vowel a. " Her action, was easy, and she may rank with those performers who are rather characterised by good sense than animated by genius. Her figure is neat, and her face capable of varied expression. Mr. SALTER, who appeared in Octavian, was last night the Bassani°, and the part was much more suited to his powers. He chiefly failed in reading-the letter from Antonio, in which he by no means displayed sufficient emotion and anxiety.—ln consequence of the indisposition of MUNDEN, the part of Launcelot was assigned, at a short notice, to IVIr. Mr. BENNET,MII.O went' through it tolerably well, but most improperly, in some places, added to the text. —The hOtise was very well attended. • M R .' CQLERIDGE.— This gentleman gave his third leeture on Tuesday at -Willis's Rooms . .—He began hy obsertingethat ,as he wished to make.the series of lecture form a consistent whole, he was necessarily obliged to limit himself in the separate divisions of his .snbject, 'which -of themselves were so comprehensive in their relations,as to require a very ample discussion. lie then proceeded to illustrate the difference between the ancient and modern draniatists, signi king, that in reference to thelatter," he should chiefly confine:himself to the powers of Shakespeare: He entered into a full de scription of the dramatic Chorus, and explained its connection with the suppose; intention-of the An cient Poets th observe strictly the unity of place, and satisfactorily *proved; that a great misconcep tion has prevailed among modern Critics on this point, and that ,they who required, and they Who ridiculed a strict regard to-this unity, were equally , erroneous in their reasonings. To illustrate the na ture, of true poetical genius, he compared it with productions of the animal-and vegetable world, , observing; that as the living being and the plant were in a great degree governed by the climate and soil Where they originated, yet, that they motilded both into their gradual formation ; so the poeti cal mind gathered and combined in its own Con ceptions whatever it derived from external' life and nature. The Lecturer displayed great acumen and powerful.eloquence in this part of his discus sion, and also in his account of the notion of Des tiny among the ancients, its supposed influence upon the gods as well ac upon mortals, ,and yet its consistency with the .attribute of feee-will. The, whole was an ailtairable disylay of profound re sedreh conveyed in an extraordinary proof of ex temporaneous eloquence. Last night Barones,s Howe gave -a grand' all and supper to upwards of five hundred of, the No bility and. : Gentry, at the Argyle Room . NAV/1L NEWS. PLIIIOIITH, MAY 26.—Arrived the Spanish . Iceteh Donna Ea!aria, %radiate .master, from Ma hon and Gibraltar, with wine,. 4e.. for orders. Sailed the &Ike, Capt. Burford, from the Cape. of Good Hope, for the, River. Arrived the Venerable, of 74 guns, from the wc4xward. The-coitirestado'r, of 74 guns, Rear-Admiral Burhani, was 'till's day paid wages in Cawand : ', Bay, and is expected:to:sail this evening for of Brest. Arrived the Union, Hugill, from Suriderland. Sailed the Orestes . ship'" of war on a cruize. DEAL,, MAY 27.—Arrived lus liajeSty's ship Rapid with a convoy from Portsmouth, which are sailed for their different destinationl. • Sailed his Majesty's ships 'Theseus and Resotution outter for off Plashing. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 27.—Arrived his Alajesty's . ship Acteon from a cruize: His Majesty's . ship Brisk has dropt down to St.' Helens. Arrived at the Motherbank the ship Mariner, Rutter, a running ship froni the CiOe and St. ge - I ,lena ; left the latter place the 2d ,of April Po' news. • - Arrived the brig Neptune,ll t ISM, from Madeira; left that lsland on the sth inst. and reports that . an American ship had arrived there as a cartel, with the crews of twenty-two British and Ameri can vessels which had been taken and destroyed at sea by two French frigates. Captain Gibson fell in with his Majesty's ships Seen ir«mis Liti madryad, on the 24th inst. *a. little to the South ward of Ushant, cruizing for the said French fri gates ; he further adds, that. the: French had taken and destroyed, in all, about 37 British and American vessels. NAVAL 'APPOINTMINTS .--Rear-A dmi Bro'vrt has been appointed' Commander in Chief of the Cluern , ey Lion, in the room of Vice-AdmiralD'Auvergue,Prinf_x f ,f wail' Ion; Capt. E. Douglas, to 'the Prince of W:ks ; C 2- 1 4" Davie, Leyden; Capt. 3aines Drury, Bucephains, vice Peliq' deceased Capt. Staufell, to the Druid frigate; Capt. Wort' to the Bulwarli, 74, the ilag-Aiip of Rear-Admiral Durham!. Capt. Gorge' Bell, to command the-Ardent, in the roma w Capt. Davie, rem, , :ved to th 3 Leyden; Capt. Sir T. Stain','' commanding the Hamadryad, to have, the Briton frigate , the room of Capt. Whitby, deceased; 'Capt. Chetharn, to th' Hamadryad; Capt: Symes, to the rank of Pct Captain. INDIA MOUSE.-YeStUdirf a Court of Dirzeto o was held,, when tk: Captain:; tire ° stvorn into the command of their re3pectivc viz. . Captain T. .Barker, Arorthai4l ptoii, 'Herbert, Euphrates; Bengal•direct. , • • • The Court adjourned'at si x 'o' cifick, 'due day heft. The Tigris arrived at St. Helens. the 2d of AP' 4l : and Was expected to sail ,for Beno-ai is about days. The Thames was to leave St. Helen-3. the 150 1° April for Bencoolen. The Regulus, armed en flute, was to sail yes t f day from PortsmOuth, for Lisbon,. with detac o, tents on board. The Recovery, South Sea whaler, arrived e l3 s Tuesday in the. Downs, from St. Helena, a fter short passage_ At the departure' of the ° Recovedi the Bengal homeward-bound fleet, consis:liog the Union, General Stuart; pevayne, Cainaid,Siet' Ocean, :Sir- W. Pultmey, James S6bald, fludd 6 :, 'and Noi-tliont?erluiz4, were daily expected to O r ' : at St. Helena. . Mr. Walhouse, nephe# to the late Sir IFlll o rd r Lyttletbn, opposes Sir John . Wlottesley, Bart' the County of Stafford. • Accounts from New'Efi l stle, state that tumul t disorder yet prevailed i Cumberland. 0 0 „ t c night of the 156.,instjthe corn mill at Monlo,;: near Carlisle, (occupied by - Mr. John Kenne-9-Y1 .was broken into by a Timber of persons, Avb ell' a f not less than 150 st. of oatmeal, and 65s t p ,',, r t wheat flour; were carried away or wasted. 4" T oi l of the clothes were also taken from a bed, 11 ,,• cut in pieceo„ for the purpose df r eino v ' e r; their booty.. On the 1-6th about twelve' at night, --Geo. Johnson, and Margaret liar i l i l osr both,of BUrgh, were attackednear two men ; bat footsteps being heard, they thcia:eiii it prudent to retreat. The persons who eall' o vi were Christopher Robinson, Drumburgh , zne tl John RObinson,of Glasson, two industrious e who had been at Carlisle reeeiyiug.pay for b 44rs , work done, and who accompanied the two mentioned persons,. They bad n o t proceeded a" 1 % , i , half a mi).e; When they were wrath a ssailed . i o a banditti, - IA-Itich consisted of seven, ,11 presented' their pistols, and after having .011j,,-4, injured the.travelicrA - with stones and blvtagl:'`: 0 11 1 compelled them to.deiiver their property. so , C. Robinson they obtainet live guineas and ;.41, silver ; from J. Robinson, some silver, aud s .,a yj icc let containing prOvisions ; from Johnson , a watch :—he was also in possession of cou?' .l ` t 0 able quantity of Bank-notes, the major 1 3 ' E iv ei which he had the adLe , ys - to throw unperce,,re into the road; whicll lie afterwards recoNcide Soon after this occurrence, Mr. Joseph ot'Driunburgh, guilig from the fair, w as atte ,e ' i ;o ed to be stopped by the same gang, Nv- 1° 611)1 ltr hold of his horse's I:4•idle ; but Mr. F. spurs' to his beast, 'dashed through an d " esc & e thorgh not without receiving a very sner e on the mouth with a stone. — A few m inut! f .fil elapsed, until Mr. R. Pattinson, wits pulled'to the' ground by the robbers, ta 4-1 A .40 rendered notes 'and cash- to between 30,aril)ry —The unfortunate persons were all 1 . 1-01' , ,Fi ta „„ ir , i,Lii eeived at Mr. Christopher Elliott's, of red, draws, where they had their s.Voundsdres -5 every m3istanee given them. --t halfl The Dowager Lady FOrtesCUe vied s vo four o'clock on Tuesday, at her hoarse , in , d l i t • pole-street. Her Ladyship was in " of Boustea,;sol fifth year, and was mother to the present rj/11 ~ `F