The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-11 00:00:00

INIARit' SMI DER . 11, Smith, alias G. fiateley, who eras taken from on boarsl - his Majesty's ship Rosa mond, lying at Stromness, and who was charged, upon his voluntary confession, of being an accom plice with Williams and others in the naurderS of the-Mares and Williainson's families., arrived at the :fore last week, and was conveyed from thence to the Tender, off , the. Tower ; on board which ;vessel the 3.fagistrates . repaired (*.Sunday last, when a full investigation tookplace. I.n . this de ciatat}bn> the prisoner stated, that, his real name was John Bell, that he was hound ap-: prentice to the sea at five years of age.--He ran away from different ships, and served some years in. America, on board the .f.`resideat frigate, and was"present in the action between her and the Little Belt, from which he likewise ran away, and came to England in the Liveipool,- of Charleston,. it Dobson, master.. He remained in this ship till Christmas, 1811, and was then discharged; • and others of the crew ran away, viz. J. Williamson, and J. WilliainS, lrishmerr,.J. Wilson andJ. Jones, Scotchmen. The cause of his demanding his dic 7 charge, and that of the rest running away, was the murders at that time donebythem in liatcliff-high ' way, at .which he was present with, Jones and - Willianison, who did it, upon previous concert, the night before; intending .to have: rolihed the house, but in this attempt they baffled. He stated - the mueder to have taken place about *half ,eight at night. All went into the houSe. to getlrer, through! the shop,door, widen they found open, and a gentleinan standing behind the coun ter. They shut the door behind them, and Wit , hams, Wilson, anti tj illiamson,. went, up stairs, leaving' him behind the counter. saw, Jones, with a mall, -knock. the gentleman on'the fore head, and murder • The deponent Went up stairs, and, 'found by the way a young, woman laying murdered; iLt one of the rooms a Woman in bed;• with her throat cut, and a child in a cradle in Ihe same state: they left the house, and went to-the rendezvous on Tower,hill; from thenee the went on board the ship before mentioned. The witness told the Captain what had - taken place, and supposed he did rioteare about it, - expecting a-share-of the plunder: He also declared th at thesame Captain, wilds e name is Dob son,- on the passage to -'England, shot two :of his mates ith a pistol. Declares,that he lately confess ed" the murder of two of his-Messierates -- , on board the' Roseiniond; that he, the prisoner, can neither rent nor .write. On his re-examinationat Strom ness; the prisoner contradicted his , present state merit; by declaring that he hibself was the person who -murdered the Womiii,2 by cutting her throat when lying in bed ; that but struck at the servant, maid otitside the door ; that the mates murdered by DobsOn were natives of Liverpool. The owners of the ship atLiverpool, to phial these mates were said to belong, being written to from the Admiralty, sent ,tor answer that the Liverpool, of Charles toWn,tarrived in Liverpool in May 181-1, and afterwards at Woolwich, in October following. The Captain's .name-was DObson, but that of the mates they did not 'remenifeer. Further inquiry bein g made of -Abel and Company, of London, by whom the men's wages were paid, it appeared these mates had received-their wages subsequent to the time of the alleged. murder. Consequently this charge - must have been fictitious. The Ma gistrates of !Shadwell having cloSety interrogated the prisoner; pending a long investigation into all , the circumstances connected with the murder, • and that of his former .declaration; could trace. nothing - bid inconsistency and a want of c.onnec tioathroughout the whole narrative. The pri soner's answer to the same questions repeatedly put to him, although he persisted in accnsing'him self, were full of contradictioas,.so entirely vague and incoherent, the Magistrates could only come to this. conclusion, that ,his confession was tile off spring of a distempered mind, frOm whence they believed him to be entirely innocent of the murders, his accusing himself proceeding from the effects of insanity alone. Under this impression, -they sent for an eminent professional gentleman of 'St: Luke's Hospital, who., after a 'long conversation with the prisoner, gave it as his decided opinion, that he was insane. He was therefore ordered- to remain- on board the tender, and the proceedings were sent to the Se teetary of State's Office. , POLIOE. . GUILDHALL.,—JoSiaII Jones, a Cambrian, was charged:with having committed a violent and out rageouS assault updn Elizabeth Killington, on the llth of November last: The plaintiff was scarcely able to artieulate, from the effects of the ill-treat ment she had received, her scull having been frac tured ; and, ; on - taken to the hospital, whither she was conveyed, her life was at first deSpaired of. The prisoner was fully committed .for trial. I?ATTON-GARDEN.---NeSterdaY the long-pending case of - the Holloway Water-works, came before the Magistrates for final decision, under the Act of Parliament. It was a citation of as great ntini tier of Share Owners in the Works, at the suit of the Directors, calling for the sums in arrear fl'om the respective subscribers, and the penal ties-enacted for default in' mania g such pax thents. The -defaulters having had long indul gence, and *admonitions . from time to time, had hitherto stood out contumacious, and wholly gleCted to pay in their instalments. An order Was issu'edfor'levying such arrears' and penalties; by distress, according to the Act of Parliament. 'A number of publicans, from the vicinity of Hatton-garden, .were summoned by order of, the Society for the Suppression of Tice ; for keeping their houses open during Divine worship, on Sunday last,'and were fined 10s. each, with costs. Whitekall, Dec . : 5; 1812. His Royal Highness. the Prince Regent has been pleased, - in tinn natne'.and on the behalf of, his Majesti*, to grant the di:rnity. of-a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Sir James Shaw, baronet, of Kilmarnock; in the County of Ayr, and. Volmudie, in the Stewartry of Kirekialbright, .aud. to the heirs male of his body Tawfully be gotten, rt!mainder to John Shaw, of Whitt-halt-place, an the_ City of Wequdnister, and of Kila.afii,ek," in, the County of Ayr: Esq, nephew of, the said Sir James Shaw, and to the heirs male. o.altis body lawfully begotten. LONDON: Printed TEWIAs ItToob, of No 6 -22, Russell-court, Brydges-street, (writ-gardetx; ll ) ublished jiy WILLI:NM ARMl(ili:lt SCRIPPS, South Moholt-so-T(l 7 Grosrenoi-square, At the SUN 01>t'ICL ) No. 112, Strand, ,wlicCe iiclvserlisenteniv; Orders tor.tla Paper, Letter's tor - the Eclitor, &c. (post pati.9, must ite ‘o4l:in:ssed, A.: FLO:VI 7;73riTITERII,7 POST OF oc . rotri: (Nov 1.1), 1812. 111o;cow, Oct. 17 (29)• The enemy has not remained long in'Moscow— . : only one month and eight days ; but he has left behind him such marksiof brutality and rage, as will, in_ the annals of nations, cover ils country= men: and his posterity: with everlasting'shathe and infamy. A. inatif a virtuous mind-trernhles and ttirns his -eyes from so -cleteStal)le . an object, and , endeavours to erase it troll his memory, that the purity. of -his thoUghts may pot be defiled by the contemplation of it., .Taking a of - ail these horrqrs,-- we cannot. be ; Said to wage war with an enemy. , Such au expression would convey too faint an idea of_ the deeds that tqe perpetrating. wer sAjects the hu man race to innumerable miseries ; neVerthg'-. less, among enlightened nations at least, this. evil- has some limits set: to it 'by the princii. pies of dignity and humanity. - - The pride of one nation is Apposed to the pride of another but even in the heat of the most, violent conflicts, both sides, amidst their Woggles for victory and the glory of their army, have paid;some :regard to' :theirhonout atuOgood name. The sword subdu ed the strong,' but honour taught -to spare and . to , protect the weak. 'A military Man would have thought - it;the highest indignity and shinne to be reckoned a pilinger fand robber. A colqueror wouldtake town .that defended itsr . :l - ; but havz . . - . mg gained it, would gr:1111.- protection to per sons. and property. The peacealite_ countryman sometimes lost his 'provisions; but hi t s fields, his house, his wife, and his eh , have remained uninjured. In the wars with .the Swedes; Peter the Great,: on taking Narva,\bathed his sword in the blood of his ;own sithjectS, for haVing dared to dishonourstheniselves by pillage. In the reign of. Catherine the Second, one of our Commanders re ceived the severest reprimand. for having burnt a .SWedish 'village. The Swedes; in 'the like in:in , ner i on taking the effects of an individual, have been known to send them back' again,to us. In the last war -With England, the eaenis 'always paid • in ready money for whatever they took from pri vateindividuals ; and while they weye at Nargen, having observed a fire on that island,•sentimme diately•Sothe men from their orin Ships to assist in extinguishin it. . Such was the natui•e of -1 - !e warfare carried on between nations who have a regard for the honour of their name nay, even among savage nations, who : resembie, brutes 'more than men, Inore in clination is observahlt towards pillage than to to tal destruction of every thing,. They invade their neighbours, plunder and murder them; but do not destroy 'vbat they cannot carry away. In en lightened times like the present, and in a peop'e who atone time were distinguished for the .agree ablenss of their manners, we see instances of ferocity anewickediiess., for which we shOuld look in vain in the accounts of the mostsavage inhabi tants of Africa or America. Moscow alone will present. us ,with' a lamentable picture. of the most unheard of enormities. The enemy entered it without the smallest op - - position on the part of our forces, as well as with out any resistance of the inhdoitants, who had mostly quitted the city' beforehand,. No blood that the enemy had shed there, had given him any motive for rage or revenge. Que would imagine, that in such circumstances; mere regard for the honour of his country woad have induced him to preserve this, ancient metropolis, which had stood and been' embellished by ages ; for none; surely, - but a.madman would covet the glory of Erostra tus, who set the Temple of Diana on fire at Eplae,- Sus: But what was the case ?. Hardly bad he entered it, when his furious soldiers, officers, and even Generals, ran pillaging about the houses, breaking;binisin, cutting in pieces,andscattering like niadMen, in all directions, 'every thing that th ey could not carry away; looking-glasses, crystals, pircelain, paintings, furniture, earthenivare, &et ; wines, which they could neither drink nor take with them, they let into the streets ; books they rent, fore, 'and threw about. But this was not , enbugh : unhappy Moscow, a prey to 'these de predations, burst out into flames in numerous places ; numbers of magnificent buildings were reduced to ashes, as well as those very houses, where, but a little time before, their own cotni trymen, notwithstanding it Was time. of war, were peaceably carrying OR. their trade But this Was still not enough :' the of those houses which had been plundered, and which had not been en tirely destroyed by the fire, they took the. pains - to batter down with cannon. Even with 'this their brutality was not yet satiated : to plun der and destruction they added inhumanity and Cruelty. When they had gathered. a Leap of things, they would set the , load- on some old and maimed man whoni they caught in the streets, and force him to carry .it to their- station . ; and, when he has sunk under the' burthen, they have , been known to cut him down With their naked swords. A certain nobleman, a man in years, who had teen struck with a paralytic stroke, was not able to get, Out of •MOSCO,W, and remained in his own house: A number of men came to anil plundered and, set it on fire under his own eyes. With difficulty he, got into' the_ street, where immediately' another band fell Upon tore off his great coat, all his clothes, boots, and stockings, and were proceedinr ,, to pull his . shirt off his back, when the wretched man, press ing it to his body in sign of earnest entreaty, received a blow of a sabre on his face, and was stretched naked, all bloody and senseless, to the ground. In' many places numbers of wo men were lying violated, mutilated and dead ; in others the tombs and coffins were broken open for thesake of plundering the bodies of the-de ceased. Neither were these abominations and en °ratifies yet sufficient;' the doors of the temples of God were forced open,—the images stripped of their ornaments;—priests' vestments torn to pieees,- , -the holy shrines of Saints destroed and scattered on the floor. But let these execrable acts be hidden from our eyes. by an impene trable veil : to insult the sanctuary of God, is the height of human madness and perver- . - sity ; the works - . of Ole imp:ous are - a dis- . graee, and their way is des:traction. Already . he _is meeting his destruction :.his measure of. iniquity is ful: the burning temples, - and reeking blood of the innocent have-turned the' long-suffering of , God into wrath. Neaten vn :tilt-sides, our cue- niy no longer-intimidates us with his once-menac ing,now eNhausted, famished, and expiririg forces, but by his acts of Malice and cruelty. Plunged-in an abyss of despair„ ,seeing_ kis destruction before his eyes. he vomits the whole reaminsof his venom- ous gall, in (niter once more to bite, and go off with an act of splendid mischief. Heim lon gee attempts to • delude our people:by his deceitful asSuntrices of their: safety in remaining under his protection-in Mos -cow,—he no,loner wants to conceal the infamy of his actions by shameless protestatiOns, that . it is not he but the Russians themselves Who are the - incendiaries, and who - rob and murder. He has done with al,l these calumiies and' lies ; and hav ing-met on the field of battle with signal - defeats, and seeing himself driven out of Moscow, he gives himself up to the fullness'of his fury,- and vaunts it in a last effort, 'by blowing up the Kremlin, and the places of divine lvorShip there. Such has the head and leader of our foes strewn himself to be! But have the.executors of his will; and his slaves, and the- slaves of their own passions, shewn them selves less ferocious than himself ? Could he have' breathed his spirit of fury and impiety into a-mil lion OfheartS, if these heart; Were themselves not already perverted and, filled with Wickedness 'Although there certainly may be some Monsters in every well-ordered nation, • yet when every in dividual of whole armies is a monster, robber, in cendiary, Murderer, violator, insulter and defiler of; the sanctuary itself, it is impossible thatino-- rality, should exist in such a nation. The Mind- Of man does not become wicked and ungodly all at once ; but it becomes 'so, little by little,— by exampke,—by seduction, from' the general and slowly-instilled poison of infidelity and corruption. The French writers themselves have described the character of their nation as a mixture' of the tiger and the ape; and when was it not Where, and in what country else, .115. s ever a whole reign ing family been executitd - on a scaffold ehera, and in what country, have religion and God himself been so blasphemed ? Where,/ and in what-coun try; have the most detestable crimes and' vices been sanctioned by the customs and Let us cast an eye on the infamous and false reasonings in their writings,--orrthe dissoluteness of their life and manners,--on the horrors of the Revolution, —on the blood spilt in their own and other COUII - ;—has it ever been heard of elsewhere, of old men - a hundred years old, and - unborn infants, ing, cOndennied to punishMent and torture ? Where is hUmanity ? Where are the least-traees rality and virtue? This is the sort of nation with whom we haVe •to do ! From hence we may be - able to judge whether an end can ever . be put to. the enmity between irreligion'and , piety, between vice and virtue. Long'. time have sve been in an 'error, in looking upon this nation as worthy of our esteem, oar friendship, and even our imita tion.We have been cherishing and pressing to , oUr hos Oms • a serpent, . which at the same. time: that it has been tearing its own entrails, has been pouring out its poison on us ; and in:retrivn for our attachment and love, has been wounding us with its envenomed - sting. Let - us not be asham ed of acknowledging our weakness; it is more praiseworthy, and more secure, to fall and to rise - again, than to see one's error, and to remain in , it-, The friendship and seductive manners of a corrupted people are snore dangerous to' us than their enmity and their arms. Let us render thanks to God—hce :is our father even in his wrath, and watches for our gorid.---Trovidence, in sending calamities upon us, still shews us his loving kind ness. The loss of wealth may be made on by mo deration in our luxuries, and be compensated by industry, • and our subStmee may increase with time hundred fold ; hut the perversion of. our morals, and the infectious tendency of infidelity and , impiety, would plunge us in irrevocable struction. A most signal example which has hap pened under our eyes, replete with enormities, made flagrant by the conflagration of Moscow, and which we have, as it were, sealed by our blood and - wounds, ought at last to open our eyes, and to convince us that we have but one of two alter nativesi- to choose-either by continuing to che rish our partiality for this impious 'people, to be their no less impious ,hondmen ; or' by breaking • with them all moral connection, to return to the purity and, innocence of our own manners, and be in name, and in mind, and sonl,hraVe and true Russians. We - must, fin once, determine to: fix- . a bulwark betwee9. good and evil, that evil may not come unto "iis. It is then; that having gaiped experience by our blood and our calamities, we shall again arisew'e - shall purchase‘to Ourselves true glory—we shall procure peare and tranqui Pty to our posterity, and the Grace of God will be with Lord HEATHFiwi lies dangerously ill at -house in Hill-street; Berkeley-square. His Lord- Ship's life is despaired of, Accident Extraordinary few days - ago, as two gentlemen 'of Newcastle, were tta,,:elling on the North road, in a very high gig, when within two' miles of Morpeth, ()Wing to the darkness of . the night, they were precipitated over a bridge, about fifteen feet high, but the, horse and gig were prevented folloWirig them, by a srong.rail... Except a good ducking, little injury .was sustained by the travellers, who soon after purSued their journey, and arrived at home ,in safety.. Friday John Roche, an active and irtelligent Constable of Connie!, upon information'he de rived from a woman, seized in the-Main-street, a person concerned in ayery ,Atrocious-murder which was committed sonic time ago ida.cerrain county. This person, having been brotight before Sir Richard Jones and the High Sheriff, made a full disclosure of the facts. He says that since tile murder, he always imagined' the pre sent, accusing him of- the- deed = and he appeared ,no longer desirous of evading justice. The wo man has been lodged in a place of security. . Mo tives . of prudence prevent us at present from stat more particulars.--Clonmel Herald. 111T.il,LXSD. the fair- of Castleman exhibited' . lies of rift and outrage '"vhielt, for a e - past, 'l. - rave been suffered not oily the public fairs and, niarli.ets of rfr,t7'y, nut those of the southern parts of. the • ~-;eneral.•.' Two partieS; as it ; an'- peal`_;, „yi_e•clays before, 'were preparing ?or , the caa-L„ commenced at an early ityi.•A• of the ; •••: in a short time • one clan, by a precoi:ceffe:; retreated precipitately. 11 - 04 e the other r•;.•,•Idly advanced, until-they proceeded to WIllt! distance Oil :,,!1:1 to -Anna,- when the retreatin:,! nartv fled :,.:" •_:,a right and left, and got oNter the ditche, I.e no itconsiOeralile munbez' of t':' it fr :y in ambush, Who,' being well armed, a volley of small anus, loaded With hail, swan shot, &c. at their assailants, which did considerable .execution, — Among the sufferers were David Barry, faroi.2r, of Fieries,' killed on the spot, hav-ifig received al ball in the breast; Daniel Tangney, of Chrreas, a ball an the body, removed to this town, laughisifinglyithoutlope ofreeovery James Col lis„ cf Ballycrisp, skull fractured; Chas. M'Carty, o Gartauffuch,Arni,-;trously wounded in the side .by a ball. many, others who received. injuries of a less nat.are, but whose faces, &c: are considerably- , disfigured. Thus ended a fair, which from the uncbmmon sbew of cattle, and the vast numbers 'of buyers collected front distant parts of the province, promised to be the best .that has or win occur during: the setion.—, Kerry Herald. .. . Gen. MotuAu continues to enjoy his dignified retreat at Treirt - onhere he, with a few select friends, regularly takes the diversion of shooting. Hi g hway Robbery.-- 7 0n Monday, the 23d ult. be tween eleven and twelve o'clock at night; as Mr. Charles Smith., of Barrowby-ball, and Mr.,..T010t Prince, of castleford, were returning from.Ponte-, fract,.they were met at- MOnkbill, about half A mile from that. place, by . a man in a great coat, ' who.seized the bridle of Mr. Smith's horse with his left hand, and presenting a pistol -to his breast With the. rig , said ‘ Your Money, or you are a dead. mahi." Instead of tamely - surrendering his-.prt,-perty, I.‘ r. Smith laid hold of the pistol, h ‘ and Jumping from his horse, a struggle enssed,. during..whie`b he repeatedly urged his companion, ' to dismount to his assistance ; .but Mr. Pr:lice, . With more pritdeaec. than bravery, rode off atial( speed. Finding himself de: ,reed in - 'his uti.7ost ,- need,Mr. Smith disengaged himself from the rob ber, and,ran off towards Pontefract ; but when he had 'advanced about forty yards, the man over took him; and levelling a' violent blow at him with a bludgeon, inflicted a deep. wound on the left side of his. head; Which bled proftisely, and brought him to Iris knees. The assailant' then -retired to the distance of five Vards;and again pre6enting-tho .pistol, thi......tenine - , to shoOt himif. he did.nOt in stantly .'ei:ve-... iesistance.and flight being found alike i. , , :ii : , I.', pat, his hand into his pocket as.l. brougLt :et 17: air. t:i cash •;4-.: - 1112d., -, ,viii!;) !..:.e gave to'. . . ::::..,;.1)::: ~ , : ;ih sonie keys, the latter . of which i.e :et.irl_ , ..-!, 0b , ;2 - ing• that tlie would be Of no us':. to hi - ..:. i :::: .i:!g. put tbenioney in iiis pocket, the foot-pi s„:j ; with' a A.p..eat cie.'ll of coolness, '' NO , : : - '3;-,' y );ir pocket-book. Tlli he also gave him; and utter taking - f ! -oru if.: three guinea notes, all the' money it containo„. be re t.nrned the . hookrand i 'Several letters an , ,l phpers, with the same observation as that. he had made about the keys. On rece :lig the book, (which.. Mr. .Smith had previously taken' from an outside pocket), t instead of replacing it, he unfortunately put it into i an insido pocket, on whicie the matt sLid, " Si), I see you have another poel , :et,, Sir," . and forcing his baud into it, he drew out 351. ja bank paper and provincial notes, which Mr: Smith bad taken the precautioji to put loose in, that . pocket as a'place of safe . ty. While this villain ous business was transacting, Mr. Smith said to - the man, " You have given me a terrible. blow on the head." . ".'Yes, Sir," 'said he, "it wil t teach .yon not to resist in future iyhen any body stop you on the rOad." 'He then obser, , ed, that he only visited that place . about once every two years; and wishin.g Mr: Smith a good night, took his leave. . BIRTHS. On the'lst inst. at his hbuse in Gloucester-place, the Lady of 2rfajdr Cape, of a Daughter. • Cu Monday, in Devonshire-street, the Lady of Charlefo Littiedale,'Esq. of a Son, who died the day after. -On Taesday last, in park-street, Southwark, the Lady of nederick Perkins, Esq: ova Daug-Iter.: • The same days at'All Ca.nuings Rectory, Wilts, the wife of the Rey. T. A. Methuen, of a-Daughter. Yesterday, the Lady of James West,Esq.:of Wimp*le.. street, of a Daughter. MARRIED. ' • Yesterday, at BloolnAntry, Edward \Vise, Esq. of• Newport, • isle of Wight, r, younsest d.Loghter of Harry Wit s(m.,•Esii. of Jainqica.. DIED. Isi Septenti)er.last, at Tobago, in the West Indies, ag4 tFkr A. P. 'Nllteilel4, eldest ,7: in of Itobcfrt Mitcheil, Esq. ProvoSt- Vnetal of that ISland. • Oa Saturday, Novnnber I,•Mrs.yeirce, widow Of Thomas Peirce, late of Kirby-Street, Hatton-gardeu, Solicitor, in her 27th year. Yesterday se'unight, at his houcce in West..- - squarfi, Char Beau Cl4,rkc; liis-Majesty's late first Deputy Attc:':iey-Geue— ral in the I::;lati'd of .St. Damii~ o. . ~ . . AI 11:iogeo,bear'llertfore., oil Times:l:lv, the :.ld irist,..Alp. Sliiiiiietil, wife of Mr. 1. , .a.ae Shf:Hield, of Great Prescot-street, , London. On .iund'ay last, in the 26th j , ear of his age, after a seer and lingerie g illness; Ilia:0 - d Wood Fairfield,..E. late Cap tain :daiesty's Ott, Regiment of root.. In the evening of the Stll inst. Mrs. Meux, wife of Richard Meux, Esq-of Bloomsbury-iouare. • • On the Oth qust: 3,lrs Elizabeth Harwistin; 'of South Awl ley-street, sister to Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison; in the 72d. year of her age, Pi c 0 STOC: as YESTERDAY. lia4i4 Bonds, 7s. ss. dis. • Exclieywr Bills, 34d. per day, Is. pr. Ditto, 30:per day, ls. Zs. pr. Oinn) tim, 74 iT pr. Imperial 3 per Cent. sil Cons.-Icir katli Jan. 6144601 i 614 CI Bank Stock, ?IS , - .Navy 5 per Cent. shut 5 per 1797, 4 per Cont. 75 741 75 3 per Cent. Ilea : . 53 531,59 a 3 per Ceat. Cpci. shut • Bank L. Ann. 15 3-16ths India. Stack, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, i 5 nii:lut2s after 4. I Evening, 20 minutes after c U ~Y