The Sun. — London, England, 1812-10-02 00:00:00

JOHN IIOANE TOOKE. For are following masterly delineatiOn of t.l) , - iiaracter, t: 0 lid vict , and labourli;',.intellettnal and political . ; o'i this Manovhich is founded uliona lift of him, latelv ,ptiblished., bot'of,voliielfonly a pass.: ing 'll -v tice is - taken, 'we are indebted to The,Quor terly ..q.c . riqt:,' .. .. . . Lt . untinneti from ottr Paper of Yesterdaya . • " In describing,generally the character of Mr. Tookt; we I;.tve already, anticipated many remarks which are particularly applicable to this part of his writings,.• •• One is every where shocked by the insolent con2l,ince with which:he prOinulgates his own,doctrines; by„ills- - contempt for the opinions of other men,. by the. strange mixture of 'facti ous politics and personal abiqe with ,grammar and nietaplivsies,. and more than all by., his unworthy, contumelious treatment of the - most 'illustrious amongst his contemporaries. It is not 'only with the spirit that reigns thro' the Diversion , : of Yuilcy that . we . ate displeased ; we think the form and arrangement of the work equally objeCtionable. • , . • • • - , "'The authority of the ancients maybe pleaded . in favour of Dialogue, as a vehicle for philoso phical discussion,thOtigi some Of the principal reasons which determined them to adopt that forrnno longer exist. It seems, however, parti-, cularly il.l atlaitedlo the investigation in which .Mr. Tooke was'. es aged. Thtt-greater part of his work (we do 4 - int say-so vvitb!any. view to dispa rage it) consists of mere lexicography—the eritp; meration, cit•yivzlitiOß, and definition _of • Words.- 7 , , It is, how-ever, extremely , wall calc4a.tetl. for one , purpose, 'Mr.- Tooke . evidently had in vie.v throughont the Work , ,that of avo i din g .any Clear, formal, precise etcplanation of his sys tem,.and of the principles which he Was desirous to!esfablish. In general s (to use the words 'of Mr. gtewart) he seems purposely to have confined himself to a, statement Of premises - withotitpointing Out (except by apiilieation or intteMio) the purposes to which Ice means them to be applied, a mode of writing :which, by throwing an air of niystery over his real design, and by amusing the imagination with the prospect of some wonderful secret after *ards to. be revealed, 'has given to his truly learn ed and original „disquisitions a degree of celebrity among the smatterers in science, whichtbey never wadi& have acquired if stated concisely and sys- . teriatically in a didactic form.'. Unluckily for him, however, this is the age of mystery, .but of free discussion and unreserved disclosure. No man can Jebeive credit for an unknown capital of know • ledge which heis unable or unwilling •to produce upon demand. The truth is, he bad no . farther dis coveries to make.; if he had, his vanity would have insured the production of themAn the thirty years 7 that elapsed between. the pUblication of his letter to Mr. Dunning. which containnithe 4 . .-errn of his subsequent philological writings,: and the close of his literary career. . - • " But •he was unable to deny himself ,the petty gratification of raising an exaggerated opinion of his talents-among theill informed part of ,his readers;'brpretensions•which be could never re alize; and was content to sihk. in the esteem •of posterity - ,.. for the' sake of exciting.a , little. more admiration in:the common. held of _his contempo. raries. - • • , • " He liked the bustle, of real life-f-pulverunt at que aciern— a great deal better than. quiet 'or mo nientary pursuits. - Those Who , have read -the letter to Mr.-Dunning will recollect the perverse. ingenu ity with which he contrived to graft his great phi lolpgical inquiry upon a legal squabble:. He comes hot frowtheCourt of King ' s Bench ' td discuss the nature of particles, of which it seems, a shame lot ignorance on the part of •the Judges, had just been -manifested in a verdict .against hint. His heat( is never clear from the polities of the day long enough to write five pages together without alluding to them, and he continually rouses his readers from calm meditation upon the origin of but, to, and from, by smart epigrams upon the natural objects of his hostility, the Prime Minis ter and the Chief Justice for the time being. The society in which he lived ,of course corresponded . to the prevalent disposition of his mind,, and Was rather politiCal than literary. He probably was not in the habit of meeting persons who were ca ' pable of diseusiing with him, upon a footing of equality, but dictated ex cathedrai to those who were unable to distinguish • what : was discovery . from what was only paradox, and s'iso gave him, as much credit for what he bad only promised as for what he had actually perfUrmed. If he had kept company in which topics of that nature were more frequently and ably discussed, if, as it were, be had breathed a more philosophic air, a benefi cial effect would, We think, be felt upon his writ ings: He would have been less haughty and less p9sitive, more clear and precise in the statement of his views, more moderate in his estimation of his owa labours, more accurate in ascertaining their real tendency, and above all, he would have seen how absurd it is, at thiatime . of day, to. ex pect any permanent or valuable increase of -repu tation from the affectation of mysterious hints and imperfect disclosures." • (To be continued.) A young lady, daughter of Mr. L. a respectable tradesman in the Strand, on Tuesday took a boat , at Biackfriars Bridge, and desired the waterman to row her to Westminster-stairs ; but when op posite Somerset House, Miss L. either from acci dent or design, the waterman could not tell which, as he was looking in another direction, fell over bOard, and . instantly sunk ; but in a second rose nearly at the stern of the wherry. He immediate ly seized some of hef garments, and conveyed her safely into his boat. She soon came to herself, and attributed her ,sudden immersion to. accident. The' man then rowed her to the shore, and con clatited her to the house of her parent, where he related tt,e circumstance, and met a suitable re ward for his humanity. , On Friday se'nnight, at Arcroft, near: Berwick, a young man employed to drive the horses which weie". turning a thrashing-machine, got entangled withithe wheel, by which he was so much bruised that his death ensued shortly afterwards. - . • LON - DON: Printed by 'IHOMAS WOOD, of . /7; 0 . 35, Maiden-lane, Corentlarden;ht and Published by WILLIAM ARMItiEII 'sut a iP e P . s.i o s. vt u p tl a l i N a, l ) ,) , lto n.4 n u -s s t t rec l t e , a cTi ct -, t r es a s , e 7 ;i s . i,uare, At the Siti OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, where drivertikenzpris,Oiders'lor the Parer, Letters for the Edit-ors SPAIN The following Mdress has been ci+culaied in Spain !--- " Spaniards-! It is not necessary: to occupy your time in reminding you of the events of the two.:ast months nor to call your at,ention to the state in Which - Tout - enemies at present are. " Listen to the relation's given by the great number of priioners and deserters - from theh'iarMy 'who_ daily arrive here ; hear the details - -of: the miseries snffered by those who Confiding in-French promises, have followed the vagabondwfortimes of the Usurper, who , has been eix.pclied fi4in the capital of the Monarchy ; hear them, -Irdut • the Nary mouth of his domestics. .and ,retinne, who have bad the good sense to abandon -that scene frof 'desolation ;---and if - the niisfortithes of your oppressors can mitigate the feelings arising from those evils which they hare Made you Suffer, you will have abundant Motives for consolation. But still much remains-to be • done, in order to conso lidate and secure the advantages already obtained. It ought to be clearly and distinctly understood that this pretended King is an Usurper', whose anth9rity every Spaniard is bound to resist; that every Frenchman is an enemy, against whom every Spaniard is bound to raise his arm. ‘c Spaniards, recollect that your enemies cannot resist long, and that -they must necessarily aban- donrthis country when you withstand the fulfil- meat of their requisitions for. provisions and Juo ney,in every instance where they are not at:coin paniedby superior force. Let every indivi dual be impressed with the conviction that ize is bound by every means to avoid affording any sort of aid to the enemy of his country ; and thus acting, the perfidious Usurper will find himself under the ne cessity of completely and disgra.cefully evacuating a country which helms entered with the 'sole view of 'roPery and pillage ; lud in which lie haS been able to remain, only because its inhabitants have • submatted to obey his orders, .and to provide for his wants. ." Spaniards !_ rise in opposition to this odious 'tyranny ; and where you can do nothing else, re move with'your remaining effects; yOur provisions - , and every thing that can contribute to enable your cruel enemy to render your slavery of longer duration ; and if you are destitute of the means of conveyance, conceal your property in places where French rapacity, shall not find it. Thus shall you be independent and happy !" The following letter front Malta doubtless als ludes to the reported phenomenon - which we late ly noticed itt an article, entitled, " Israel in Trouble," hut the scene of the miracle is here laid in a different quarter :---="lhave to acquaint you'of a Phenomenon which has appeared at Da maseus, in Syria, id April Inst. A pillar of ,fire, of an immense light , was seen towards the East, and' remained in view three days and nights, during:which time no sun, moon, or stars, Were seen, yet the light was sufficient for seeing any object; - This has given rise to many conjectures among :learned men 'in the place: The Nile has risen two months before the usual tijrie." The following anecdote is related by Monsieur Chateaubriand " The national character," says he, " cannot be extinguished. Our seamen have a saying, that in founding new colonies, the Spaniards begin With building a church, the English a tavern, and the French a fort, and, I would add, a ball-room. When I was in America, on the frontiers of the country of the Savages, 1 was informed, that in the next day's journey 1 should meet with a coun tryman of mine among 'the Indians. On my ar rival among the' Cayougas, a tribe belonging to the Troquois - nation, my guide conducted me, into a forest. In the midst of this forest stood a kind of barn, in which I found about a score of sa vages,' of both sexes, bedaubed like conjurors,. with their bodies half naked, their ears cut into figures, ravens' feathers on their heads, and rings passed through their nostrils. A little French man, powdered and frizzled in the old fashion, in a pea-green coat, a drugget waistcoat, muslin frill and ruffles, was scraping away on his kit, and making these Troquois dance to the tune of Made lon Ffiquet. M. Violet, for that was his name, followed the profession of dancing-master among the savages, by whom he was paid for his lessons in beaver skins and bears' hams. He had been a, scullion- in the service of General - Rochantheau during the American war, but remaining at New York after the return of the French army, he re- , solied to give the Americans instru ction in the fine arts. His views having enlarged with his success, the new Orpheus resolved to introduce ci s yilization even among the roving hordes of the New World. In speaking to me of the be always styled them,—" Ces Ilidsieurs Sauvage.9, and Ces Dains Sauvagos." He bestowed great praise on the agility of his scholars, and in truth never did I witness such gambols in my life. . M. Violet, holding his fiddle between. his chin and his breast, tuned the fatal instrument he then cried .out in Troquois, " To your place# r. and. the ;whole troop fell a capering like.a band; of'demons. I Such is the genius of nations l" On Wednesday Thomas Benney, Midshipman of the -press-gang stationed at Greenock, was brought before the Magistrates of that place, for wantonly filing a musket, supposed to be charged with ball, among the spectators witnessing the scene, while in the act-of impressing a man upon one of the quays. After a long and interesting examination, in which, the fact was fully proved, and from which it clearly appeared that no at tempt. had been made by the spectators to circum vent the prisoner in the pursuance of his duty, or to rescue the person impressed,'he was addressed 'by the Chief -lagitaate in a most able and elo quent speech ; he Was reminded that the service in which he had been engaged was one that vested considerable power in his hands, which power he had wantonly exceeded ; that it was a service which required him to blend the feelings of the man with the authority of the officer, but these feelings be had trampled upon and disregarded. — Bentley was brought up on Thursday, and sen tenced to thirty days confinement in Bridewell, and 'before liberation to find caution against - such unwarrantable conduct in time to come. 'AGRICULTURAL REPOra FOR SEPTEMBER. The latter harvest in the northern counties has at length:been well got in, and the Wheat crop is likely to prove the best which they have knoWu for some cars past:, The Oats also ►intiCh exceed their ,general aver age crop. The Wheats early and hastily housed in the home and .eastern districts do ,not, from what "has alreaily been threshed, promise to , rise well, and are complaird of by the inillerS as be ing $o cold as to require a considerable portion of old dry Wheat to . break with them. • " Upon.thehills in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire - , and Wiltshire, large breadths of wheat are already sown ;. but most districts the Clover leys and Bean and Pea eddi'shes are broken up . with great diffi-, enity, so that - the seed cannot be generally got into them, until rain fall sufficient to make theta work. Clover Seed falls, short of the crop expected, on account of the maggot tha.ok the bead after bloom. Potatoes, in all parts, are the largest crop ever grown. The • Turnip seed promises to be abundant throughout Suffolk and Norfolk. Flops in the Farnham and most of the Kentish gardens, will not produce-above a third; in Here for:N.ll4re and N , Vbrcestershire they expect more than half an average crop. ne. Meat markets have had a plentiful supply of a!i kinds through the mluth, several score of fat beasts being turned oyt at'Smithfield last Mon day, for want of buyers; and at St. Ives, the next largest rpart •iu 'England, the 'graziers experienced heavy sales on - the smile day. The, abundance of latter grass I:eeps up the prices of store Sheep,. as well as : lean Beast. The Wool Markets area brisk, and long Ileeces are advanced, from - a 'renewal of our cominerial intercourse with 'ltussia and Sweden. A Pigeon Club, similar to that established :*t the the Old fiats, .has beck formed at Southall, Mid dlesex. -The members consist of some of the first shots in Englandi, and on the last Meeting day the average killing was 18 from - 21, bota - ecn. Messcst, Clark (a gun-maker), and Atkinson. • A melancholy accident,' happened. on Monday morning, ,the to the:son.of Mr.!..John lington, a well-known and much - -reSpected trainer . ' ofblood -horses, of SidebotttotrrStables, on the wrest of Delaniere: Robert Billirigton; a4ed about 14 years, was tieing Mr. -Shaw's h. f. by Sir Oliver, against three others, when the .filly an fcrtunately fell as she was on full speed, and her rider was so,Much injured, that , he qlied on the following day. He was .ayouth of. the most pro raising talents and amiable. disposition: The filly . ,was nit hurt. On Tuesday se'nnight, as five men who had 1)• en out at sea . catching herrings; were returning %Vita their boat deeply laden, when opposite fitLy Jsland Castle, it unfortuna.teiy shinped a sea, and upset ; three-, of the men were' drowned. ; the two others , were salad by clinging to the bottom of the boat until picked up. Tile men drowned-be longed to Berwick, and two of them have large families. A. poor. woman was on Tuesday thrown-dort by the pole of a gentleman's carriage oa Ludgate hill, and was severely injured, although no bones were broken. The lady who was in the Carriage sent her servant with a 2/. note to the ,sufferer, and gave her card of address, *with instructions, that application should he made to her for fur ther relief. The daughter of a respectable tradesman in the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-square swallowed a ity of arsenic on Monday morning, in con sequence of having been reprimautied,byherv - rents far forming-what was considered. an iinpro per attachment. !Ile- fact of her having taken ~the poison being immediately known,. and medi cal assistance procured, she is now considered out 'of danger.: ,- BIRTHS. In Dublin, the Lady of Major Hart, Inspecting Field Of ficer, of a Sun. On Sunday lust,: at Keel-House, in Staffordshire, the Hon. Mrs. Sneyd, of a Son. MARRIED. On Thursday the StAth, ult. at St. Lawrence's, - Iteadint, Richard Westbrook, Eiq. jun.-of that - place, to Sarah. Ann, eldest daughter of the late Captain Alexander Coming, of the Hon. East-India Company's ship Castle Eden. On Tuesday last, at-Shalford, 'near 'Guildford, John - Bush, Esq. of Bradford,. Wilts, to Sarah,• only daughter of the late William -Alduton, Esq. of East Shalford, Surrey. Yesterday, at . St. Martin's Ch.irch in the 'Fields, Mr. Al-' len, of the Strand, to MisS Beck. • The same morning, at St. Clement's Church; Thomas.. Gu— rney, Esq., eldest son of the Rev. - Gurney, Rector of St. Clement's Danes, to Miss Elizabeth Totton, of Sackville street. The-same-day,- at St. Pancras Church, I'vlarmaduke Robert Lai2gdaie, Esq. of Gower-street, Bedford-square, to Louisa, the youngeit daughter of George Jourdan, Esq. 'of Guild. ford-street. - . • On Thursday,. at Walthamstow, Lieutenant Martin ,Cole; olthe Royal Louisa, voung,Nst daughter.of tiie Lit: ere, Esq. of, A:ustin-friaes, .lerchant; The same day. at Si-..lames's Church, Mr, Wattled Phipr, of Cork , stret, Iturli:lgton-gardens; to . the Right Hon. the, Lady Bafones , ...ll owe, eldest daughter of the late Admiral Eari Howe, and widoe . of the Hon. Penn - Asht.,UCurzt7n. Ivtte.lY, at Gretna Green, the Rev. H. C. Boston, .Curate , of n ear Grantham, to Miss .lanc•Shields, A.etteatt daughter of William . Shielda, Esq.: of Pristenf. .. • • . • USED. (ia the 2ath ult. at Wiiaborti, Dorset, Georr Idee . . . , q 0, the Utli ult. at his resid , .4iee near Chepstow,' VfOrt. t•• • • • murth :hire; ,Acub hi . .; ,3..)...11 year. • On Sunday last;._ in f;reat - ..Esteheap, in . hees'69th -year, Mrs: Neale, furnietiv ui Readin?„ Oti Monday, Mr: i1r4.11 , ,v, fiertiord. , . On-Wednesday last, 'Haniinersniith„,after four days. ill , ness, AntliOny Ten liroeke, Esq. in the • - rBth year of hiis'age- The same , day, at Hartford, after a lingering illness, Emma, youngest daughter of the 14te Russell Skinner, Esq, of Neo Hampshire. . Lately, in his 73d year, Rubeh Wannington, Esq. of %ar. mouth. PRIU., OF STOC. Bank Stock; shut Narys per Cent. 343ai -4 per Cent. Shut • 3'per Cent. Red: shut 3 per Cent. Con..ntlf Bank L. Ann. shut . India Stock, Indiaßonds, is. as. dis. YESTERDAI. ExOlequer Bilis, 3icl. per catty . . 4s. 2s. dis: - Ditto, aid. per day,par,3s. pr New Ann. Oninium, ri pr. • Imperial 3 per Cent. 560 Flank far' Opening, 213 Cons.l'or 9th Oct. 58i 583-,i - • HIGH WATER AT . LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOIVR.CIW. Morning, 27 minutes after 19.. I Eveni:n. , , 55 minutes after 1 POLICE. BOW-STREET.---- On Monday Eleanor Morgan was examined before Mr. READ,, on a charge'of Stealing a watch, :and other articles, the priyperty. of-Mr. Notlei-, inKing-street, Westminster. It appeared that the prisoner gained access Mr. Notl - 0"s apartments thrthigh Mrs. Notley's lister, a girl about 14 vearS of age l Whoin'shc . met With gat Bartholomew Pair ; and on parting With . her in - the evening, inkited the girl to drink tea with her, at 'her apartinents in Queen's-head court, near Golden-square. The girl went, and in return the prisoner came twice to see the girl at Mrs. Notley's. - one of these tithes she sent the girl for a pint .of porter, and, in her absence, stole a watch; a black silk gown, a pair of sugar tongs, and a waistcoat-piece: Ml.s. Notley was out of town at the time, and ,Mr: Notley engaged in, his. business. On Mrs. Notley's return to town she missed the property ; and, on appliCa tion being made at the above Office, Salmon went to the prisoner's lodgings in Queen's"-head- court. After a few questions put to herby Salmon, she gave him the duplicates of the watch and waistcoat piece, which . she had pawned- -,- she gave him the gown from a di awer, and said she had sold the du plicate of the tea-tongs. . Two.pawnbrokers attended and identified the prisoner as the person pawning the articies.---She was fully committed to Newgate for trial. Two miscreants were on. Monday brought before Mr. READ, charged with An unnatural of were apprehended by Cave, 'at the half-way house, on the Surrey side of Blackfriars-bridge. One of them is a private in the Coldstream Guards; the other fOr-some time refuSed to tell his name-- but when he did, proved to be a man of considera ble property. They were both fully committed for Bow - STREET. — Wednesday . evening several pickpockets were apprehended by Mayhew,,Laek, Cave, and ,Humphreys, and others of the Bow street patrole, among the crowd assembled in St. James's, Park to. see . the Eagles deposited,,in Whitehall Chapel, and.brought before Mir,.Nkitcs, -the Sitting Magisirate, when several silk bandker7 chiefs found on-them were produced ; and the fact being proved against two of them, they were com mitted fur trial. 'Soule of the others were dis charged;.and one was committed for further exa,- mination, The attendance of the. --now-street patrole, wberever : mbbs are likely to ,collect, is d - er t aim y of great utility, as it not.onlv prevents many, de :predations,. but gives the officers an opportir, nits of ascertaining the, persons of new offenders. Frances Sage was charged with stealing two gold seals ar.A. a. ring, from the shop of INfr. Jarman, in . the Strand, where, it appeared, she weviuunder . pretence of exchanging a ring, set 'with:peal* for some other article.: . The case being clearly made out, she was fully committed for trial, UlgtoN-HALL.--A kayman, in the employ of Messrs. "Aleux, and Co. was- charged befOre BIRNIE, Esq. with carelessly drivingt over a fine, boy, about nine years of age, son of a respectable tradesman .in Lambeth, and causing his death, on Monday evening last The prisoner, it. appeared, was driving one of the large caravans up Carlile-lane, and riding on one of the horses, and was followed by a dray, the driver of which was riding also, when they were met by the child, who, seeing the carriages coming, stood up close against the wall to - let . them pass ; when nearly opposite the place where the child was standing, the horses, :through the carelessness of the prisoner, turned. aside, and the wheel of the caravan came in contact with a post, . the leading horse was, by the shock, thrown out of -the road, and stumbled upon - the child, who was killed on the spot.—The priioner was com mitted for re-examination on Friday next. The driver of the dray was also summoned for riding whilst driviiig, and fined 40s. costs. UNION-HALL —A young man, dressed .in the first style of fashion, and representinghimself to be the son of a ,glass-matinfacturer in the City, was brought before Mr. EvAucE ,scharged by Mary Ann Watson, an interesting young woman, with defrauding her of 5/. under the following cir cumstances The prisoner ;had contrived to introduce him self to. the notice of the prosecutrix' in the street, and had persuaded her to meet him at - different tunes ; and, on..one occasion, they went into a house to •take some refreshment ; or feeling in his pocket for the money to-pay the bill, he expressed great surprise at a circumstance with which he was before fully acquainted, namely, at not finding any money there ; he accounted for it, by saying,. he had left his :purse at home : the female, upim this; produced - a pound note for his acconsmodar tion, out of which , he paid the bill, And very deli besately put the change into his before empty pocket. The next day they met at the Saine,h , iuse, and, in conversation, :be discovered that she had got some- more notes in her pocket, upon which he told her, if she could give hint four pounds he would pay 'her the :one pound he had borrowed the day .before s this she. did, and received what she thought was:.a 51. note, which she put into her pocket; he quitted her soon after sunder pretence, of going to the bar to get his watch whichihe had left there ; she waited some 'time in expectation of his return, hut waited in vain ; .and.on going to inquire for him, she understood he had been gone for sometime, - without taking leave ,-she im mediately examined her note, when she found that instead of a Bank of England 51. note, she had got a Fleet five-penny note. This was in June last, and she did not see him again till Wednes-: day evening, when he by chance came into the same box in , Astley.'s Theatre, 1R which she was -sitting with a party of friends ; he was immediate ly pointed out to Barrett, the officer, by whom he was taken into custody. 'ln-his defence, be said that he had given the prokeentrix the note in question by mistake.; it had alw:: 2 ; been his intention to rectify it, but his finances .had not hitherto been in a state which enabled him-to do to. He was committed for re examination.