The Sun. — London, England, 1812-11-27 00:00:00

NAVAL NE'cv---S Lztvtovrt~,. Nod. '25.--Arrived the following erchail'tmen from Newfoundland, With cargoes, consisting of fish and oil, for this port, viz. brigS Mary, Woob, Hive, DRAKE, and the Daphne, HAR- Otis; all belonging - to Exeter ; sailed 28 days since in company v.-ith a fleet; which consisted of about 24 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Antelope, of 50 guns, the flag-ship of AdMiral Sir JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH, which they parted 'with yesterday morning at" nine A.m. ten of the beet in company; the others separated on the Passage s and have proceeded for their respectiVe destination most of which were bound up the liristol 'and Irish Channels. The fleet 'encoun tered several very heavy gales, but none of them, we understand, sustained any material damage. Two frigates and smaller shipS of war were left at St. John's, together with several British finer- ebanttnen;and about 40 sail of American vessels, Which have been captured and sent in there by his Majesty's ships of war, most Of which have on board very valuable cargoes, and are laying in tiers ; it is supposed they Will remain there during The Winter, as no orders had been received from Xngland respecting their disposal. GALLANP ACTION BETWEEN THE FROLIC SLOOP OF WAR, OF EIGIITEE:s: GUNS, kND AN AIVIRRI— CAN FRIGATE. Arrived a Prussian brig, hi five days, frOm ourdeaux ; was boardedyesterday by the French privateer Which had captured the Racehorse, Ivhich put on board 25 English sailors, taken in Prizes she had 'made, besides the'Racehorse, and 14 others, Wh9se names I have not been' able to collect. She also capttired the ship Nancy, of and for !London, frOm Honduras. This vessel, with 6 others, Were under convoy of his Majesty's ship Protic, of Is guns, and fell in with a hirtre American frigate, on Which the Merchant ships • dispersed and, to favour their escape, the Frolic brought the enemy to close action, .which was maintained for three hours; with the greatest vigour, during which the frigate lost her niain-mast and fore top-mast; and lastly, the Frolic Vias totally dis tasted, and her 'Colours went over the side, with her masts, and, it is fi ared, she was taken posses 'Sion of. Arrived the oreste s brig 'of war from the East , Ward; .the Goldfinch brig of war from Basque r..oads ; the sloop Renown, PERRY, -Master, from guernsey, with a cargo of bricks, for this port ; the Richard, Gov ci ~.fro ; the Harewood,' STYLE; from Geveck ; Industry, Epw mutts , from e4ryn ; Fortune, BADCOCK, and the Assistance, ' NIGHT, from Falmouth ; the Betsey, WILLIAMS, fro m Southampton ; Ann and Witham, BEST, frown Padstow ; the. &Oda/If/GS, GOWDY, from Sunderland; .and the Jane, BRAVEN, from Lime tick, with a cargo of provisions, for thiS port. , Put in here last night, from Portsmouth, by contrary winds.,,a transport, having.. on board a ilthichment of the Life .Guards, bound to Lisbon, And a transport bound to Quebec. 4 P. M.—Two Prussian vessels 'are now coni ng in, *lnch, it is said, have been detained by ‘'Le of his Majesty's ship% PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Arrived his Majesty's A bip Antelope, Admiral Sir JOHN 'DUCKWORTH, With a convoy tram Newfoundland ; and the Mu tinc orwar froth Halifax, with Dispatches. DEAL, Nov. '26.--Remain the outward-bound. Sailed his Majesty's ship Cygnet for off the Scheldt ; the Redpole, Royalist, Griflon, and Ro sario, for off the French coast. GLASGOW, Nov. 24..-- . --Arrived the Alexander, WATT, from Honduras; sailed 12th September, in conipany with 14 sail, under convoy . of his Ma- Jesty's ship Frolic; the Nile parted two days,_ and James seven days, after sailing to west Ward of Cape Autonie. On the 15th October experienced a_tremendous storm, and on the 16th the Alexan der parted from the convoy in lat. 36 , . 5. long. 6. 3 °. On the 17th was boarded by his Majesty's 4111. 1) Pottierst the ,ships Hussar, Hawke, 1119un 7 l oineers, Star, 1" ereeval, .Adventure, West Indian, I tnd another ship name •unknown, then - appear- . to have sustained no damage. On coming into t he North Channel, saw a fleet supposed froth North America, under:convoy of L a large ship of War, five salt of which joined the Alexander ) and Ore supposed t'o have gone into-Lamlash. , A Coroner's .Inque4 was held yesterday, at Mr. "atarkls, the White Lion, James r street Covent kiarden, on the body of Mr. William Freer, who \ Vas found dead in his bed on Wednesday m0rn ...,411g, at, his apartments, at No. 10, Hart=street, Z;ovent-Garden. A friend, who had- slept with left him in the morning, without •being ttwarcof his , death, which was first discovered by his daughter when she went to call hini. He 'las left hthind him a 'family of nine motherkss ilildren. Verdict—Died by the Visitation of God. e,\A' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, THIJIISDAY, NOVEMBER 26. ~ , • , , , The LORD CHANCELLOR took HIS seat on trig IWoolsack at a quarter before three o'clock, and the Clerks immediately proceeded to ,adininister, the oaths to such Peers as presented themselves for the purpOse. . _ . • .• Several Lords were Sworn in the course of the sitting ; among whom were,— • The Earl of Aylesford, who took the oaths and his seat, on his ascending to the Peerage, by the demise of his father, the late Earl. The Duke of Buccleugh. Marquis of Queensberry, as one of the sixteen Scqs Re prekntatire Peers. ' Earls of Orford, Wicklow, Poulett, and Shaftesbnry, Bishops of Durham and Carlisle• ' and Lord Montague. • . At four o'clock, .(as no Peers can by sworn after that the House adjourned till tol morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TIIIIRDAY, NOVEMBER 26. ThiS day, at twelve, the SPEAKER', for the rirst lime r entered the. House in state, attired in the Speaker's 'rObes. He was attended bythe Chap lain of the House, and prayers were read, as usual, previous to his taking the 'chair.. The Speaker took his eat at the table, when the Chaplain retired, where he' remained till a suffi cient number of Members , 7-ere present to form -a Muse.' Shortly after balf-past twelve, he began to count, and at abo.ut n quarter pyist one, he was enabled to take the chair, forty persons being . present. The House then proceeded to swear in the Members .present, who -had not previously taken the oaths. This ;was continued. until four o'clock, when the House adjourned till to-morrow. MEETING OF THE 'CATHOLIC litsr-tops.—Ou Tlic.tidAy last the Mceting of the Catholic Prelates :Of ireland terminated. On the subject of the Meeting we are confirmed in 0111.1°1111er statement, that it. had for. its object the,appointment of a Se leet Committee, as Deputies to wait on, Par H al-neut in the ensuing Session, in order to answer such polemical questions, and give such other in formation touching Catholic Tenets, as might be demanded of them„ . . The Meeting !assembled in consequence of a Circular letter written to each of the Bishops, which stated, that it AN aS intimated to the Right Rev. Dr,. Troy, Titular 'Bishop of Dub;in,,froni High Authority, that a.Message from Parliament, in the ensuing Sestion, *would be sent to the Me bites of Irelani, requesting their attendance be fore the House, &c. &c,—(Dublin Evening P6st.) THE=THEATRE.—The tragedy of- Tancred and Sigismunda was revived lost night at Covent Gar den Theatre, and Mr. BETTY performed the part of Tancred with full as much ability as he has shewn in any of xlie characters in which he has appeared since his return to the London stage.— The popular farce of Love, Law, and Physic, fol. lowed, but on account of MATHEWS'S having omitted an imitation which ha 4 been applied to a certain Law Officer in a high station, many of the audience expressed great disapprobation, and would not 'suffer the entertainnient to proceed.— At length MATHEWS came forward and addressed them in the followitag manner : - „ " Ladies and Gentlemen, " I am desired by the Managers most respeetfully 'to ask, what is your pleasure ?" Here a - clamour burst forth, consisting of an swers from all parts of the house, but the chief purport . was to complain of the omission of. - the son.= MATnnws then replied as foltows:-,-, "'Ladies and Gentlemen, " Understand what you mean. As an actor it is my inter est and my duty td do everything in my power to cOntribtite to `the entertainment of the Public. The imitation which is called for, which has been named by a Gentleman just under• my ear' • w.,s introduced without any earthly intention to give offence to any person. It was taken by the audience, and applied in a particular manner, which I did not exactly understand. I am certain there was no intention on the part of eitl& author ,or actor to give offence to any one. I feel myself placed in a very awkward situation ; but a circumstance has occurred, in consequence of which, for particular reasons, I can only say, - that I am positively obliged to omit it " . The solemn earnestness with whiCh this speech was delivered, ino.de a suitable impression on the audience, who received it with great applause, and the piece. then proceeded with it usual success. It remains .only for us .to say,- that whether the imitation was properly applied by the audience or nut, it was by no means offensive, or calculated to excite ridicule, and that MATHEWS, from all that we have heard of him, is not likely to give intentional displeasure, but always ready to com ply with the wishes of the public, whatever labour ' or fatigue may attend the exertion. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 27. ' This day's Market was pretty well supplied with the different kinds of cattle ; Beef, Mutton, and Veal were cheaper; Pork snpports last price . ; and the trade is genera! was somewhat flat. The sales in the ilay-market were rather dull; Clover,bas dropped in price ; Hay and Straw fetched last prices. The following prices and numbers are an accurate statement : lo sink the Offal, per Stone of 81h. Beef, 4s. •id. to ss. 2d. Mutton, 4s. Bd. to ss. Od. Veal, 4s. Sd. to Os. 4d. Lamb, 05..t0 Os. Od. Pork, ss. Od. to 7s. Od. BeasB, 1450. Sheep, 6590. Calves, 110. Pigs, 250. • SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET. • • Hay, 41. Os. to M. 10s. Straw, 21. Os. to 21. 10:. Clover, 61. Os. to 71.:55. ' CoRN EXC:IANGE, NOV. 27.—Our .Wheat Mar ket this day was very thinly supplied, and re mains full as dear ;. Oats arc from 2s to 3s. dearer ; the arrivals of this week not an swering the expectationt of the buyers, who have been holding off for some time, waiting a better supply; We had a good deal of Barley in to-day, which declined in price 2s. per quarter; Malt it dull of sale; in Otly.zr kinds of grain no alteration. New Wheat D. 100 s. 105 s. Firie ditto - -140 s. Ryo - - - '7ss. 80s. Barley - - - -• 435. t;f3s. New Ditto - tiSs. Malt -". • - - 925. 102 s. Fine ditto - - - • 1 oSs. White Pea.ie (boil.)100s. 110 s. New ditto - -120 s. Grey ditto - - - 765.. 80s. New•ditto - - • 84s. Tick Beans - - - 725. 775. Old ditto - - - 12.05. Small ditto -120 s. 126 s Feed Oats - - - 335. 425. Fiue ditto, - - - 545. Poland ditto - '-• 48s. 525.. Fine ditto - - 545. Potatoe ditto - -58 s. Rape Seed - - - 661. 761. Fine Flour - -105 s. llos. Seconds - - IVOs. ►~~, YVErt.7. - • • EPITAPH. • I-Terc licsfor scorn an object fit, Who gkiry'd in his hate of-PITT ; I-T,:tice,:iteaderiyou may say, this.grave f.:(.,..itairp what once was fool or knave. THE STORY OF ARETHIJSA AND CERES, FROM ORGLIt'S TRANSLATION OF OVID'S METAMOR- Ttiosaa'.. • Now from the tide soft Arethuaa rears Her head,airid shaking backward to her ears Her dewy locks, to vengeful Ceres said, "0 genial - Goddess! parent of the maid .• • , saaght.all nations through, fur ;ear thy toil; Nor pony thy vengeance on a faithful soil; 'Phis isle is innocent, 'twas riv'n aside Ey force resistless as the rape it eyed. Think not I sue thee for my native earth, Pisa's my loud, and Ells give me birth ; • Yet dear to me all other realats,before_ Is this this:' which a foreign urn I pour; . , My household Gods, sweet objects of antycare, While here I sojourn; gricious Goddeis ! spare. Why braving distant earth and ocean's swell, . Here in Ortygia In stranger dwell,, Fit seaman may arrive to speak, when thou • . Shall clitiae thy grief, and-smootlf thy I-tidied brow. Tfrro' coral rocks' beneath old• Ocean's waves, • Me pervious Earth drawS darkling thro' her caves, Till s hither borne, my upward fountains spy N'e'vs- 'Planes glitter in a foreign sky : As rate I murmuring lav'd the Stygitin shrine, These eyes beheld thy long,loat Proserpine ; Pale tho' her looks, and ting'd . with wild affright, Yet, mighty etuprela„isk•the shades of night, She waves her ebst. wand o'er realms unknown, • And aharei with Pluto hell's tremendous throne." The hapless mother at the dreadful tale Stood like a statue, thunderstruck and pale; But wisest a flood of tears reliev'd her pain ) • She mounts her car, ascends tit' ethereal plain; And .thus with clouded - brow; dishevell'd hair, And streaming eyes,•tnJove prefers her prayer: " Beare thy throne, great monarch ! I recline AFn pliant pleader for my bloodand If i.;Cres fail to raise the lover's fire, The child's oppression may arouse the sire; • Nor be Jore's heart regardless of her doom, 'Ev'n tho' the victim sp.aing front Ceres' womb, If certainty of loss indeed be gain, Or if io trace the captive snaps the chain,.. She whims so long I sought the world arOund; • • My child, my darling Proserpin is found. 'Tie wrong I pardon, !jot still claim the fair Tamely to brook a tyrant robber's snare, • .nd "' leave our child in Stygian caves to rove, 11l suits great Ceres and immortal Jove. ' Pledge of oar matnal joy, thy daughter shares (Thus ans)vered Jave) . our fondness add our cafes; ToThito's act apprdpriate terms affix, 'Twas love, not rapine, snatch'd our girl to Styx And could'st thow,,Goddass, thy resentment rein, Ne'er should T deem so proud a match a stain; Were ail else wantina, why should'stthou repine? 'Tis Jove's 0;; ii biaaiier joins hiSblood • to thine. .But say what elseas wanting? chance alone Debarr'd our brother from our, heavenly throne. Yet, if so great thy wish, go bid her rise To earth; and view again her native skies; On one.aonditign she may yetelude Her spouse, her lips must ne'er have tasted food; SOvill the Fates.' The parents part hi peace, And Ceres hastens to 'ter child's release; , But destiny, forbids; the simple bride, • • Late wandering in her tytatit'a orchard., spied A ripe pothegranate,•from whose pallid core To her red - lips seven seeds the dannael bore, A scalaplius alone beheld the deed, Him Orphne vilest of rite Stygiau breed, Naiad obscure, on Phlegethon'a dark shore; To Acheron in murky caverns bore; He saw, and tele. ;- this barest her upward flight, And bound her captive in the shades of night, Deep groan'd Hell's 'Empress on her throne below, , And to a bird traitsforned her babbling foe. Immers'd in Phlagethon, his face asstunea Huge eyes, a blunted beak, and starting plumes; No more himself, his bulbous head expands, Wings brace his shoulders, corlini claws his hands' His lazy arms heave nagging thro the air, • Andastaree uphold the dusky aviogs they bear; A filthy owl lie hoots discordant still, • To fear-struck mortals harbinger of ill. Fitly th' offence. here justice seem'd to reach, Meet retribution for unlicens'd speech. But why should Fate, ye Sirens ! bid you sweep, Half birds, half women, o'er Siciliti's deep ?' Say, was it nut that, lateon Pergus' shore, You cull'd with Proserpine the tiow'ry store ? When o'er the earth you sought in fain the flir, That conscious Neptune might attest your care, - You pray'd for plumes, solicitous to spread Your fond research o'er ocean's azure bed; Thc Geds propitious listeted to the strain, Light yellow pinion's Sraft•yoti o'er the main; Yet still your dulcet carols to prolong, Still' to out-warble Philomela's sung, Our eves and ears you rivet amid rejoice With virgin fates and a human voice. • ,BONAR larnde.—This great work, executed jointly by Government and the , public 'spirited land owners of the county of Sutherland, over the Dornoch Firth, on the great road leading from London through the northern counties to Wick and Thurso, at the extremity of our island, has been 'officially reported to the bridge commit tee, assembled at .Dornoch Firth, on the 12th Current; " finished and Complete," and the bridge open for travellers. The bridge consists of one stupendous arch constructed of cast iron, of. 150 feet span, bending over the rapid and deepeSt part of the gulph, and two handsoMe tone arches at the south end, where the stream is not so rapid and deep. The small arches span, one GO and the other 50 feet. The road-Way on the bridge is 1.5 feet Wide, and the whole length, between the newels at the ends of. the bridge is exactly 440 feet ; the parapets are . compol , ,ed , of cast iron hal lustrade along the whole length of the bridge, with the hand rail fixed into eight handsome stone pedestals, created for that purpose. The crubinkment on the low 'shore at the south 'end of the - bridge is 13 feet high, and declines with a gentle slope to the level ground, where a beauti ful piece of new road, a mile in length, has been opened to join that now making from Dingwall to Kincardine ; this piece of road was executed under the bridge contract. To the intelligent traveller, the design and exe cution of Bonar Bridge may he sa►'ely entrusted to. speak for itself ; it was built ❑nder very difficult circumstances, the whole of the foundations, ex- . cept the north abutment, • being sunk' in caissons, in a rapid tide, 21 feet deep ; and it is only jus tice to say, that, under all these unavoidable dif ficulties, the Contractors, Messrs. SIMPSON and CARGILL, have executed the whole of this gre.,-it work in a masterly and workmanlike manner, and, for the permanent security of the 'bridge, they have extended the water-wry of the two stone arches 10 feet each; without the expecta tio❑ of the smallest remuneration. ' Front the north end of the bridge to the church of Creich, at the termination of the Dunrobin and Skibo road, a distance of two miles and a quarter, over very difficult ground, along a rocky shore, the new road has been contracted for and begun by Messrs. SIMPSON. and CARGILL, and' will, there is every reason "to believe, from the Ivell-known zeal and activity of the contractors, be opened to tLe public some time next season. z: • 7 - FOR THE SUN: MR. EDITOR, The hubbut? 4u;ong the ,Apothecaries gni Man midWi4s; who „assembled_ last week to dChate which would be the most profitable way, to dose us in future, most evidently proves how eve have been drenched bytheir 'remedies for Many years! past, and. obliged to swallow fOur draughts day, instead of. a pill or a powder, in order to supporttheirchariotS and whiskeys,.and'to enable their Ladies to dizen -C:emselves - out at a fashion able - and play sixpenny whist at Apo thecaries' la, . A comparison between the useful and necessary Man that an Apothecary formerly was, when-he diSpensed Chemicals and GalenicalS, wholesale and retail, worked an elaboratory khind his shop, taught the young Physician how to prescribe, and' how to make up preseriptions, and a inodern.dra o.oon lectured into the fanciful opinions,of the Experimental Clr,:mist; the Anatomist, and the Man-midwife, biding his shop and his-apprentice in the back partour, driving about the streets in his. „whiskey, and learning Veterinary Surgery from his.companion, the groom.; a comparison of this kind, I say, would shew us the little reason they have to complain, and the cause why the Physician is careless where his prescription is pre pared, provided that he is not troubled- with a coxcomb in consultation, for whose benefit he must -be obliged to write down a whole long page of foolscap. • An undertaking of this kind would lead me into some history of the revolutions-which have taken.place in the practice of medicine, some in vestigation into the merits of what have been • 'called Quack Medicines, many of which have lost their title by being regularly adopted into the' last edition of the London Pharmacopeia, and would oblige me to examine the modern mode of medical education, by juvenile Lecturers and Trainers, who undertake, for a few guineas, to fit a pupil to pass an examination, and to receive a license to •do 'as much, mischief as may fall to' his - share in any expedition, or other service to . . Which he may be • vppointed by a Medical Board. , This,.however; would be a task too prolix for the limits of your paper; therefore as the long speeches Of the newly-elected .Senators _are about occupy their accustomed - share of pour pages, I will defer the prosecution of this subject to the 'Christmas vacation, when our an nual long bills, 'for lotions and potions, for the four draughts repeated daily, with the fomenta- - - ' tiOns, the eollyriums and embrocations,l will serve to convince us how little these Gentlemen have to complain of, particularly if we come into their proposal 'of returning the phials, corks, and gallipots, which, by their own account, are the Most valuable parts of their articles. I am Sir, Youl obedient Servant, A PATIENT AND SUFBEEEB• FOR THI4. SUN. AIR. EDI:TOn, is it, not advisable, for you to decline the icitnission into your Paper of any Vaccine, facts which are not authenticated by the persons who . are named ? 'By the cciatrary praCtice yOu occa sionally give unnecessary alarms to the tin id, and injure the cause of truth. l'Our correspondent on Wednesday last statea that, " The daughter of Mr. BrOwn, surgeon, in Blackfriars-road, aged about• seven years, now lies most dangerousty ill of confluent Smo l l-pox, I calle( at Mr.. Brown's house; and learnt that the young girl was recovering rapidly, the erup tion scaling oft, and her illness, according to the Opinion of MIS. Brown, strongly corrpborawi,the utility of Vaccination. The case, which is a sin .gular one,,, is, I qui assured, to b‘: published for the instruction of the profession, in a Medical Journal. It is needless to contradict every account which theAuti-vaecinists print froth vexation at the success Of . a practice Unit preserves all from death., -by Small-pox on whom it is employed. Your Paper might do infinite service to the community by publishing, not adenymous, but antla , nticated facts, such as are contained in ;the Weekly bills of mortality : where you will find that,:for the last three months; from forty to sixty persons have died of Small-pox every week. Nor is it a matter of doubt now, that this hOrrid slaughter is solely owing to the perseverance .in the inocu lation of, this fatal' contagion. Becaase in all those towns and districts where Small-pox inocu lation is abandoned, the mortality from Small pox invariably declines and ceases. The respectable Mr. Alderman Rigby, ofN:lrwich, has lately published an adthirable work upon the management'of the poor, and upon the effects of 'Vaccination, in that -populous city. Not -One child has died 'of Small-pox' fin' three years in Nor wich, and the SrnallLpo.c is then: completeii; tinguished by Vaccination. • 1 well know that•nothing will restraiii the pen or the lancet of the Anti-vaecinists; for the in cyease of the Small-pox is their principal sup port :_though I would it could be proved, for the honour of the medical profession, that the shameful attempts to mislead the world on this. subject were not made by- surgeons,' but by undertakers. Theabove.is not written by a guilty spreader of infection, but by a ngui who feels lie has in his breast' a • ,CONSCIENCE. Rear-Admiral BEnFoan is appointed Captain of the fleet in the North Sea, under Admiral YOUNG. He is an Officer of great merit and skill, and well qualified for the situation of Cap tain of the fleet. Rear-Admiral BEDfroan was First Lieutenant of the Queen, of 9S guns, under Admiral Lord GARDNER, on the glorious Ist of June, 1794. We understand that ten sail of the line, fifteen frigates, and 20 large gun-brigs, are to 'be fitted for the- American station ,directly. Le . Rhin; of 44 guns, now in Plymouth Sound, is one of the frigates: The Admiralty hare adopted a very wise regulation in increasing the crews of -the 44 gun frigates with forty additional hands, the 32 gun frigates with thirty additional hands, and gun brigs in proportion, to meet, on equal terms, the large American frigates.