The Sun. — London, England, 1812-07-06 00:00:00

fibETTITI‘ . . n=v?RNA S INTEUVIEA' WITH TIM MITStS. 'IL TH E FIFTH BOOK OF ORGER'S 7P.AtiSLATICv / OVlti':l METAMORPII6SES. ..Here ceas'd Minerva longer to uphold ller martial brother born in showers of gold. Within a cloud's dayk bosons ...d 'from sight, The Goddess from Striphip; iving'd her flight, High darting o'er the main with rapid sweep, 9 ertopp'd each isle that eioWns Egea's Then passing The - bes, attain'd the liluses' shrine, And courteous thus bespoke the learned Nine 'acne tellS, that where Meduses sodring steed Struck with his horned heel your grassy mead, -A new beim fountain flows sift the tale Jr true or false, I seek Bceotia's vale; Him starting .froze the Gorgon's blood I spied, Arid fain wo u ld v i ew his hoof-created tide. W'late'er the cause, Urania thus repliits,. That brings our guardian Goddess from the skies, 'Grateful, most grateftil, are the thanks we pay. Fame, in this instance ckitints no fabled lay: Yes, th e fair str.tdin that down Our mountain flows, Sprang froinhis hoof; and, as she speaks, she shOws. Long ponder'd Pallas o'er the, recent waves, Ti me-sanction'd woods, cool grots, and mossy caves; Fair Memory's daughters in their cla.ssio bowers, On turf reclining, deck'd with countless: flowers, The boddess hails, and, wrapt in wonder, greets Their polish'd studies and serene retreats. When thus a sister Muse her Queen address'd : 0 than who sure had'st with the Nine found rest, D id not Beliotia point a loftier view, The groves-we haunt, the studies we pursue, Deserve thy praise; and thankful were our !warts,' Could we but safely keep what heaven imparts but vice unbridled like a torrent rolls— All that we see alarms our virgin souls. * * * * * * s Ceres first gave the crooked ploughshare birth. pturu'd the glebe, and scattered corn on earth; She founded laws; whate'er we boast below, TO her, the subject of my song, we owe. 41 h, that the Muse could wake her slumbering strings ro numbers heavenly as the theme She sings ! T riumphant Jove o'er huge Typhmns' head Pair Sicily with all her mountains.spread ; S tretcli'd on his•back, supine, and howling, lies / 11 Earth's dark womb th' assailant of the skies. Oft to ascend the Panting giant strains, B ut his right band immense Pelorus chains; high o'er his left Pachinus' summits meet, And Lilybmum binds his struggling feet; While by hot Etna pent, his mouth respires White cinders to the skies and crimson fires. ° ft) too, he strives, by pondennts earth oppress'd, To roll off rocks and cities from his breast : 't hence earthquakes rise, arid Hell's tremendous God 'Pre/11(61es beneath, lest, thro' the opening sod, Intrusiv e Sol descend with hateful ray, And on his spectres dash unwelcome day. POLICE. b''OW-STREET.—Watermen.—On Saturday James i t) llett, t h e owner of the wherry-boat Nto. 2,711, ellarged with refusing to take' Mr. Middleton, St; fare in hiq boat, on the 30th of June, from 1 4 , 0 1 A-l an e. Th e c h a r ge bei ng f u ll y pro V e d , he to s Convicted' in the penalty o f t en s hilli ngs and. i ti l ts, which be d ec li ne d paying: His commit ho I t w a , i n consequence orderecl,to be made out ; I .`' e ,'er, be thought proper to pay it afterwards. t oo • -I M4I Gardner was charged on s u spi c i on o f fe ta' stealing S lV a horse and chaise, til6 property toys • , arles Holl owa y, o f C ar b urton - street, Fitz th9tiare, livery-stabl e k ee p er . It a p peare d t` r it the prosecutor lived in Swallow-street about ee years since, where the prisoner called on tin, and said he was rec ommen d e d . t o hi m b y t o Oakley, and wanted to hire - a horse and chaise l l go int o th e country f or a b out t h ree week's.— ( 1, e pro secutor, k now i ng Mr. Oakley very well, 44nain,ot hesitate to let hi m h ave the horse and c : he had no t re tu rne d t h em since, an d he levery `reason to believe the prisoner had sold .11-1, anyd — converted the money to his own use. e Prisoner was committed for further • exa -nlatiotk. - • tp . , ' ONDERS *OF 'THE PRESS !-Modern Litera tl:vkirords no examp l es o f t h e multiplication a GOpi til6! to those o f MOORE'S ALMANACK -and- MAVOR'S 1 1, I NG-BOOK. Of that f amous Alruanack, about 420 kit-d",and Copies are sold annually; and of that generally )eta asl'e llin g gook, about leo Thou4and in th e s a me period : of the riro.r consists 'f y Two , and e .lej v erl; each' consumes o *B-10 onl Thionsand Sheets Sheets, th or latter 1680 A.,• 1 ,.)f Paper!' If, • then, One Printing-Press can I F iro u rk elt r;4%iteoT7. p h e t r n :N e l a o r o l re . ' i x A ‘ li i n o :t u n t a h c s k and ‘viii :‘ e ia rn y p o l7 3 sp 4 ' ) wo Presses, 4g or''Fortr nearly Six all the Year, besides the ( k . '"Yroent of Ifinders, &c.: &c. The Press of no Country 1:of Wurl:s of similar circulation. 11 EPPIEL0, JULY 4.—At late hour last night 1 4 , r eceived hi g hly i mportant an d very gratifying o r - d genco to every 'friend of peace and good I ta It states that. two Bow-street Officers il t v B been in the neighbo ur h oo d Of ll it d t- - ,field for nearly three- weeks past, .and they bad been twisted in, or in other Criss. had taken the oath of the Luddites. By means they have learned the proceedings ar e Ways o f " these infatuated persons, an d obtai ne d th e k no wl e d ge of the depot \• e e r B th e i r arms were concea l ed. Warrants si o r e yesterday (F r id a y) i ssue d f or t h e apprehen-. 4: l Pf 511 of the ringleaders, and in the course of eilt,maY a great numb er , o f t h em were ta k en i nto `"Y• The actual' Murderer of Mr. llorsfall was ttcovered in a house about. eight miles from ti(l( lersfield, and committed to Lancaster V i e to be tried for the said barbarous deed.— tv e l s seized yesterday morning, about two ° ek, withi n th e county o f -Lancaster. .The 'll; ee n's says were on duty s during the whole of ursclay night and yesterday morning ; and s the i is c ' t eh Greys have arrived f rom Ma nc h es t er to as tthem in this business. I t roil' the whole of thi s i n f ormat i on we are l ed believe that the Secret Committees appointed Parliament have recommended the executive tbvtrmnent to immediately issue authority for the Cgistrate s i n t hi s Ridi ng and in this county of 41 D,„ caster to seize th e p a p ers , arms , & c. an d to tU r euend the pri nc ip a l s and abettors of those %141. ages which hate so long disturbed so great a re of the country's peace. L ET THE GUILTY FEAR AND TREMBLE.' COrniT MARTIAL. ; . -A Court Martial to ingtiire into thC conduct of fir James Atlin' Wood, oil the Poiiyee; and Capt. Robert CaMpliell, Of the Trer4epdou; during the tine they were in sight of the L'Orierit squadrdit, da the 10th and I.lth of March last, took : place on Monday ; the businesS of the Conft connnepced by reading the corresponde&ie Between Sir J. A. Wood, ,Capt. Campbell, and Lord Keith : in con sequence of this correspondence; and the stbse ent report of the Court of Inquiry, at Plyninuth into the COnduct of the several ships on these days, While in sight of the French squadro\i; we under stand the Lot ds of the Admiralty directed the pre sent Cburt Martikl. There were no regular Charges, but the ,object of the Court appeared to be to Ascertain it any blame were imputable to these Commanders, for their conduct on that day. DIL3II3ERS OF THE COURT. President, Sir Richard Bickerton. Vice Admiral Otway Rear Admiral Hargoo:i Rear A►dtniral Foley R. Admir. Sir C. Hamiltori,i3t Capt. C. W. Paterson Capt. G. Fowk e -- Sir John Gore A. Skene - E. L. Gower - W. Fothergilt - H. Heathcote - F. Mason. The, first witness called, was CApt. Jackson; of his Majesty's - ship Poictiers, who, after being ihily sworn, stated, " On the morning Of the 10th of March, a little after 7 o'clock,. Vshant bearing RN.'E. 71eagues, the officer of the watch came in to . me, and reported that some strange sails were seen on the lee-beam, standing to the northward, wind N. E: and _byE. the TremendonS and Poic - tiers at that time . being on, the opposite tack to the Southward, . the ' enemy about--the distance, of 14 or 15- miles.. I immediately went upon deck with a glass, and the first look I had of them, and from the appearance of their sails, r had no doubt of their being French ships, and immediately _or dered the signal to be made of strange ships of the line, 3 in number, but it. afterwards turned out there were four line of battle ships. The Tre mendous having answered and affirmed the signal, we- bore up towards the enemy with all sail, in chase, steering _N,. by W. Shortly after,We bore up, and the enemy bore up also and made all possible sail from us.—We continued the chase till about a quarter past 'nine. o'clock. The Poictiers and Tremendous, at that time; were within hail of each other, when Capt. Campbell hailed me, and said, I am a . good deal at a loss to know what to do :—What would you advise ? I replied, if you. do not think we strong enough tca.ittackthem, we are, under any circumstances, capable of try ing to prevent their getting into Brest, and by following them close up, something might join us in the course of the day, to enable us to bring them to action : previous to this I had ordered the Poictiers to be prepared for - action. - The two ships continued the - 'chase tinder all sail, until about halt past nine o'clock, when the enemy hauled his wind upon the starboard tack, and ap parently offering us .battle. Capt. Campbell then made my signal to come within hail, and ordered me to work to windward and send information by a vessel (which was 'then coming down from the eastward) to Sir R. King (commanding the Eng- lish squadron off L'Orient) of.the enemy being at sea. I immediately tacked and worked up to join this vessel, ann a little before 12 o'clock succeed ed in coming up - . with her and wrote a letter to Sir R. King, acquainting him with the circum stances before-mentioned. At this time the Myrtle with 'a small c onv oy, h ove in sight to windward. I immediately sent. the letter by an officer to the master of the merchant vessel together with an order, desiring him to w or k u p t o windward, and whoever the man of war might be, then in sight, with the convoy, to proceed with that let ter with all'possible dispatch to Sir IL King, and that I believed he would find him in Quiberon' Bay, or some port of the neighbouring coast. - At this time I had separated from the Tremendous -- about eight or nine miles, and the enemy under all sail. As soon as the dispatches were sent off I made all sail after theTremendous„endeavouring by every possible means to recover the distance which I-had lost in consequence of separating from her. Some time in the afternoon the-Hyacinth hove in sight, with a convey to windward, and consider ing that Capt. Campbell Would•be desirous of hav ing another man of war with him, for the . purpose of sending • dispatches, I took upon myself to re call the Myrtle from her convoy, to join ttie•Tre mendous, which ship I pointed out to her, and made the signal to Captain Campbell that I had done so. About three o'clock in the afternoon Capt. Campbell made my signal a second time, to send the dispatches .by the - Myrtle : at this time I had cleared within three or four miles of the Tremendous, and the• Myrtle was then coming down to windward. According to order •Which had received, I shortened sail and-allowed her to come up with me,- Is:lien the Captain of the Myrtle came on board by signal, and tendered him to -proceed with the letter which I had given . him - to Sir It. King, and if he'could, without de lay, to communicate with the' Hyacinth, as-she had nut answered the signal which Capt. Camp bell had made to her of the enemy, and to ac quaint her that the enemy's squadron supposed from L'Orient, were -then in sight, steering to westward and to be guided for the safety of the convoy accordingly. The Polctiers bore up im mediately, and again made all p g ossible sail to close with the Tremendous, which we were then separated from about 9 miles. The Tremendous at this time running under all sail towards the - enemy, which then being or bearing W. by N. of the Poictiers, about 16 or 17 miles according to the best of my judgment. A little after 4 o'clock, two sail were discovered from the mast-head, upon the lee beam, bearing W.S.W. by R. Robin son (the enemy's squadron, at that time bearing about W. and by_ N. about two -miles -or less suppose) when sir. Edgar the second Lieutenant, immediately went to the mast-head, with the best signal-man I had, in whom , I placed great cdnfi dence, to ascertain what they were, when the commanding officer said it was their opinion that they were a line of battle ship and a frigate ; I did not go to the mast-head myself because as the day was then closing, and being at a considerable distance from the Tremendous, I was very anx ious to ascertain the distinguishing night signal, by Which Capt. Campbell meant to shew for art ac tion. The two strange ships in the W.S.W..when first see' ; were on the latijOard tack; and appeared to be lyhig to. A short time after they taek&l, and stood to the nOrthward; upon a wind : at about o'clock it was observed that they had again tacked._ After the close of the day, tee night sig= 7 'zialS were made for an enemy, arid were repeated by the POictiers, ,and apparently answ e red by the Strangers; in such a manner as left no doubt ijl .rhy mind of their being . friends. About half-past o'clOck, we Were Still in 'pursuit of the enemy, - ' and the night being extremely dark and squally, A a light was disbovelvd on the lee boW,. Which 1 . was at first at 'some loss to ascertain whether it was froth the Tremendoas or an enemy's squa== dron ; soon after I foutid that \ the vessel which had the light was on the larboard tack, I immediately Shortened sail and afterwards wore round, and not then seeing the Tremendous, I made the private signal to ascertain whether it was her or not that had shewn the light. Shortly After the Trernitn dons made tin{ signal at the mast-head, when IrUn down and was hailed by Capt. Campbell s saying, he had just Wore clear of the enemy, and he be hewed they : had put before the wind, and asked me what I thought of the strangers to leeward. I told him I made them out to be a line of battle ship and a frigate, and there Was no doubt of their being friends, _as they had answered all our signals, except the two last, but we would still continue the night sig. pals, 'and I had'am doubt but tii a should get hold cif thefh, as the last blue-light signal .made.on the lee beam, did not appear to me to be More than five miles from us. GT - tain tampbeli then burnt another blue light ; E then allied him what his intentions were, and what he Meant to do.that night. lle said he should wear.. round and stand to the. N. and by W. and hoped we shohld see them again in the morning i and directed me to keep close to him during the night. At day-light in the morning I reported several sail broad on . the lee bow, close together, and which I had no , doubt were the enemy's squadron, bearing about N.byW. at the distance as I judge Labout 23 or 24 • miles. I ordered the signal to be made,for them immediately,and the Tremendous_ ordered the mine, and I believe both signals were at the Mast-head touther. Capt. Campbell therrinade the signal to chase, and both ships.bore up with All sail ; the Wind now got more to the east ; and light, and the . ships going about 3 or four knots an hour, we continued to clias - e till a quarter before nine, When we lost sight or them, they apparently having a • . stronger breeze than us ; or which I think more, probable; the - haze coming over the horizon ob scured . them. At half past 12 o'clock the Tre inendons shortened sail and. brought- to, the Poictiers at this time was aboutthree4niles astern, Captain Campbell made my signal to 'go on board and advised with me what was to be done under the present eirumstances ne said he had run as far after them as:there was any probability of falling in with any of our ships, and his.mindjwas made up on the -subject, and he should now return to Brest; and said, that in proceeding `further it would be dividing the country from the two effective ships : in answer to which I said, that I did not consider dividing 'the country front' the the ships of so much consequence, as there would be three or four ships relieved from the blockade of L'Orient ; and that, if they. were bound to Amerita,which I thought very probable,-theAdmi ml on that station would be very glad to see such an addition as our two ships to his force, and I thought the Admiralty would approve of it ; and the chances were, if we got sight of them again, that some' opportunity would offei in the course of the pasiage, by gales or othenirise, of bringing them to action. (To be vontinued.) Owing to the present low price of the Funds; Farmers and other per Sons, under the authority of the Land Tax Act, may make themselves Free holders for the small suns of about £4O, by pur chasing the Land TaX upon the Farms which they occupy, or any other in theneighbourhood ; which, will enable them not only to oblige their Land lord with a Vote for the 't2.ounty, but entitle them and- their children to receive Forty Shillings a year for ever, without therisk or , expence of title deeds, parchments, &c. for the Land Tax may he redeem ed, so as to produce very near five per cent: into rest for money.----X5 a year Land Tax at 55 per cente the present price of 3 per cents; will cost :€l9O. 16s. Brl.—Such an opportunity has nut of 7 fered since the year 1804. • . We copy the following from a Paper of yester day : 7 —Robert Hepburn Ker, who, by a/late de cision in the Howe of Peers, was found entitled to the DukedoM of Roxburgh, and 100,001. sterling in the funds, was some years ago "a' pan pelt- in, the city of Kingston, Jamaica, and died there in 1801, in the hospital, and - was - buried at the expellee of the parish." SMITHFIELD MARKET, °Jura 6. This day's Market was pretty well supplied - With prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in general was considerable ; Beci", Mutton, . and Veal, were dearer; Lamb is cheaper; Pork sold it last price"; and the trade for the 'most part was somewhat brisk.—The sates in the Hay, - Market weria rather lively.; Straw and Clover have got up in price; Hay fetched last price.—We subjoin an accurate statement of the prices and numbers : TQ sink the Offal, per Stone of 81b. , • Beef, ss. 4d. to 6S. 4d. Mutton, ss: 6d: to 65."6d. Veal, 6s. 6d. to is. 6d. Lamb, - 6s. od. to Bd. Pork, ss.od. to 6s.•Bd. Beasts, 1915. Sheep and Lambs, 16,200. Gal es, 139. Pigs, 290. SMITHFIELD HAYMAIMET. Hay, 41. 10s. to 51. 10s. Straw, 21. Ss. to 31. 3s, Clover ; 51. [Os. to 71. 10s. • • CORN EXCHANGE, JuLy 6. 7 —This day the Fresh arrivals of Wheat make. a middling supply, samples of fine quality in demand, and sales in general fully. maintain last prices quoted ; Rye, together with Barley and Malt, are named at little fluctua tion ; White Pease dull in sale .; very few Grey ; beans of the two sorts also fully keep their prices ; there are•likewise tolerable supplies of Oats, and this. article nearly -at the last quotation in Flour no variation. • • Wheat -- - 110 s. 1425. 1603. Tick Beans - - - 755, 80s. Fine ditto - - 16'2s. 1655. Oats 7 . - - = 555.575. 60s. Rye Barley - - - 6.15. 71s. Malt - - - - 945. 102 s. White Pease (boil.) 78s. 84s. Grey ditto - 755. SOS. Beaus • - 765. 625. Poland ditto -. 61s. 6425: Potatoe ditto - 641. 655. Rape Seed - - - 77,1. 7SI. Fine Flour - -115 s. 140 s -Settonds . - - 1 Lai: 115 s. FROM +HE LONDON GAZETTE, SULY 4. WAR DEPARTMENT: • D6i6Aing-street, i r tdil 1, 1812. A dispatch, of AVhich the folloNi , ing• is a copy, has been' this .day received at L6rl RathurSt's Office, addressed , to ihe . Earl of Livei•po o l by Majdr:Genei:ai ltos;S, conitnanding-at Carthagena, dated May '22, 1812. MY LORD; Carthagena, May 22, 1812. haVe the ~itorionr to transmit herewith, for our Lordship's. informaticm, the copy of my dis-. patch of this, date, addressed to Major-Ceneral Cooke, giving an account of the capture Of the city of Alineria by a small Spanish force, which I lately informed your Lordship had I;een embarked. at .this port,' in •British transports., under the orders of Captain Adam, of his _Majesty's ship I have the bOnonr to be, &c. : ANDREW ROSS, Majoi-Genei•at Extract of a Letter from Major-General Ross to Major-Gene- Cooke, dated Carthagena, May 22,' 1812. My letter, No. 17, of the lfith i ns t an t, _w ou ld advise you of the progresS of a combined expedi tiou the westward of this; according to the in fOrmation Athieh Ii had received up to that date.-,- The result hag now justified the sanguine hopes that every one entertaiped of the success of opera tions,, carried on under the direction of an offi cer of the zeal and ability possessed by Captain Adam, of his Majesty's ship Invincible.: Nothing could be better tithed than the movements of General Freire, who, in consequence of the in formation I sent to General O'Donnell, made as attack upon the enemy and drove him from Baza on the 13th, the same (lay on which the force under the command .of Captain Adam appeared off Almeria ; that officer having judiciously taken , time to Send on shore, at some distance from the place, to . ascertain the strength, position, and 'movements of the_ enemy, learned that they were in the, place to the number of four or five hun dred, including cavalry, andhad not 23 yet made any detachments to assist in opposing General Freire, but early' on the 14th instant it appears - that the French General tad sent three couriers to Al2neria (no doubt ignorant of this expedition) to order the garrison to join him immediately, which it proceeded to do accordingly,, and as it marched out 'Captain Admit landed the three hun dred Spanish troops he ,had with him, under the command of Colonel Alveor, and took possession of the place. The consequence of this has been' that Captain Adam has been enabled to take or destroy . a priva teer and her two prizes ;. to blow up the castle of San Elmo, which is situateenpOn an almost inac cessible rock, and all'the sea defences and bat teries which protected the anchorage of this place, and formed a secure resort for the 'numerous pri vateers which have been long an annoyance to the British and Spanish trade on this coast. Capt. Adam haS also embarked all the service able guns, carriages, and ordnance stores he found in the place, totallydestroying the remainder, and was busily employed on these services, and inlor warding the embarkation of a quantity of sul phur and lead from the King's mines, at six leagues from that place, under the direction of a> Spanish Intendente, who had joined him with one hundred cavalry from N ijar, when he. wrote to me on the-18th instant, in answer to the express I sent to him by a gun-boat, to acquaint him of General Freire's retreat before a superior force of the enemy at Baza. General O'Donnell was with me here two days, When he received dispatches from General Freire and Colonel Alveor, inform ing him, that the inhabitants of Almeria had re ceived the, Spanish troops with the most enthusi astic demonstration of patriotism on their enter- - ing that place on the 14th instant, and as by the destruction of the 'fortifications that port' can no longer be useful to the enemy, either as a safe rendezvous for privateers, and their prizes, or as a point d'appui to the right flank of their advanced, position from whence they have hitherto annoyed General O'Donnell's army, it is to be hoped that loyal inhabitants will be relieved from any future visits of their tyrannical oppressors, when the Spanish troops are withdrawn. WAR DEPAR'I ME NT, Downing 2 g.treet; July 1, 'lBl2. A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, ha - 0 been this day received at Lord Bathurst's addressed to the Earl of Liverpool by. Joientenant.-General • Campbell, commanding at Gibraltar, dated June 8, 1812. MY LORD; Gibraltar, June 8, 1812. I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that a seN' , eie action took place on the iseinstant, between General Ballasterus's force and division of - the enemy under -the command. of General Coursoux, in the vicinity of nornos. -The General has not sent me a detailed account, but his letter i - herewith incloseu. This affair has been attended with considerable loss on both sides, that of the Spaniards not less th.llt one thousand in killed, wounded; and missing, including abbot eighty 'officers. General Ballasteros retired to his original ground in the - vicinity of the field of battle, in which operatil)n the enemy did not yen turesto interrupt ; his wounded have arrived at Algeziras; tie enemy withdrew to his en. trenchments. • I have the honour to be, .s3z.c. COLIN CAMPBELL, Lieut.-Gen. Head-Quarters, Camp before Hija Ruiry Jutle 2, 1312. MOST EXCELLENT SIR, 1 hasten' to communicate' to,your'Excellency the intelligence of the severe action which I fought yesterday, with the greater part of the troops un. der Inv command in the plains of Bornos. This i action s perhaps the most serious that has been fought since the beginning of our revolution; and an unexpected occurrence \ has alone denrived me of the glory of a complete victory. I am sur, rounded by wounded, none of ivhoni, however, received their Wounds With the bayonet or sword, although all arms were used. The loss of the French I believe to have been not less consider able, for they did not venture to throw a single party across the Guadalete to Inolest my retreat. 1 remain in my positions,, determined to perish with my troopsratlawr than abandon one wounded wan; T aal at a great loco how to provide to;