The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-20 00:00:00

• • .. Yellow Fever Remedy; bitarittvcross- , -A Stai, variegated lamps, very brilliant. • Mr. Stubs, in Clifford-street, Bond-street, a beautifuLtransparency, cshihiting the Marquis of Wellington and the- Prince of, Orange, in three different stages of the engagement. •: Sadler's Wells was very conspieuous. sive of -a . profusion 'of coloured lamps,- tastefully arranged, avery large transparency was 'displayed, representing the British Lionon a teraqueinis emi nence (einbitinatical of the Little Island), tread ing on the French Eagle; and _supporting a`sliield inscribed " , Salamanca ;" in the radiance 'abcive Was the word •". Wellington,"-arid on the`pendant' 'of the mast of a first rate (which, •with warlike iinpleinents, .formed the fore-ground), was in teribed " Victory." St.. James's , -street—Equally - deserving of . praise is on the iiremiiiig nights.' Piccadilly— , From . one end . to the other nated by lamp 4, torches, and candies. The Mar qui§.Wellesley's ca'n (1 Lady ca therin Tiln ey Long's , Tartic u la r ly spienniu. Bond-street—The same:brilliancy and taste as before ; Oakley's, Watson's, - Orme's, and Wat son's taking the lead. Ackermann's, in the'Strand--A. W. and young sprigs in Gas-lights; very peat, and was much ad zuired. Marriott, Furnishing Ironmonger, Fleet-street, exhibited two men in com-,Aete suits of steel and brass cap-a-pie armour, pointing to the i n iti a l s 4.1,. W. and surrounded With lamps; the effect A'yas Avv.rlike and brilliant. y iihe inhabitants of Monmouth-court, Whit tOill?e-street; through humbly situated , in life,. 'were not wanting on this joyful occasion in dis- Playing their loyalty. On the first and Second. night's illumination, the area' of . thiS pretty little court was most fanCifully fitted up whit varie gated lamps, in festoons, with a triumphal arch to correspond, surmounted with three beautiful,Gre- man b - nitch lamps, and painted globes, ,which at 7 traeted universal admiration ; to add to this ' grand display of Ornamental. light, all the resi dent frimilies danced country dances in the open court to a small band of musicians expressly hired for the purpose, observing throughout each. evening the Atrietest decctrum.: Crowds from the surrounding streets,flocked to Witness this hum ble tribute of gratitude to the marciess h4o,Wel lington ;‘ and the hilarity 'of this happy groupe, tvbo appeared to form but one family. On in viry, we - find this truly,patriOtic party are mostly composed of the 'worknien in the employ of Jliessrs. Hancock,. Shepherd, aid r?.ixon, 'of Cock sp In -street. The Lady who followed her husband to the field of battle; near . Salamanca, on the 22d, and found him among the slain, was the wife of Capt. l'REscorr, of the 7th Fuzileers. She'is now at alattianca' with her two children. Ten thousand stand of arms Were., du r i ng th e , last wee k, dispatched froui the Tower to Co zurina ; 20;000 more. are completely prep are d; b u t their destin a ti o n i s not known 1 it "...s thought that a part of them are intended fur the Baltic. Lord CLINTON, who brought the dispaielies' from the Earl •of WELLINGTON, announcing the lat e glorious victory, is one. of the oldest Baronsof . England, Baron CLINTON and SaYz---cre-ation, February 6, 1298. It is a . .Baiony in fee, deScen dible in the female as well as the male line. — It came into the' present Lord's • family (the Titt l'uso in right .of ARASELLi, Baroness CLINTON and SAYE, only daughter of THEOPHILUS, silctli Earl of LINCOLN, whoSe daughter married to' TREFUSIS,' Esq. of Trefusis, in the county of COrnWall: The present Lord,, ROBERT COTTON ST. JOHN TREFUSIS, was born the 28th of April, '1787, and succeeded hiS 'father, the late Lord GEORGE WILLIAM, the 28th August; 1797, . • A. CRITICAL MoNTH...---In the. year 1809 an Astrologer of some eminence, residing. t Pateley bridge, in this. country, ,published a T rea ti se t h at went to a secon d edition, which had for : its object the caletilation of the nati vity_,Of Buonapart ; , and, after going through. all the calculation . of the Ho rocope with great precision, the Anthor arrives at this conclusion—" The greatest calamities will attend him (Napoleon) till-the-Sun meets with the Of Saturn, direct direction, in August, 1 812, which wil) certainly put a period to his -ex istence.''. The following incident .series to illustrate, in very high der, the spirit' which animates te Ilritish militaryg ee . Last week a consider •ble numh her of Artillery Drivers and horses were, ordered to embark at Plymouth Dock for the Peninsula : ',at five o'clock i n th e morn i ng t h e w h ole paraded befor e the Barrack ,gates. One of tbe Drivers, • however, fell from his horse, and broke his thigh, When another not ordered for embarkation, *4 into the fallen man's saddle; exclaiming, " - pity so fine a horse should N,t , ant a rider ;—here's • Lord Wellington for ever ! Serjeant, take down Illy na m e !" a request with which the latter in ttantly complied. The Editor of The Tyne Mercury haS been re cently engaged in a controversy with a Liverpool Zseulapias, in which the latter has received some severe blows. The Editor,: in his last paper, re-. dates the following whiinsical anecdote, which • Bh9ws.that the person whom he attacks is not de ficient in humour as well as shrewdness, whatever 11 ?aY be thought of his medical knowledge . :--- Three or four y ou n g men , after enjoying them selves pretty freely over their bottle; formed the re solution of- going, as the termed it, quiz the iloctor. They accor di ng l y i ntroduced themselves y frankly tellin g . hi m they had come to d r i n k a glass of wine with him. They received a polite Welcome, and after dispatching with the - - doctor few bottles of wine, they told him they sh ouldlike- to taste a gl ass of his medieine, `: That you shall have, Gentlemen," replied the :oetor. The glass went round ; it was -praised, dnthe do se vvas-.repeated till seve ra l b o ttl es were i'lspatch e d. Th e partythen rose to retire, with b anks to the Doctor for his hospitality —" Stop, o / l elnen," says the Docto r , " the wine I gave 4 as a return for your visit ; the medicine I sell. b i le , guineas wo r th h as b een d run k—h ere . i s - my 4 4 . which lning insisted upon, the money was 17.—the Biriii-A4f 6f his -11Si"i:i Highness the Prince Regent, on Wednesthty was, as we anticipated, hOnoure4 in, this town, With more than ordinary, marks of i-e4e:t anti veneration. Thv morning was ushered p wit!t the ringing of bell!, &c. About noon the llnssari: and the West .Kent Militia, fired a fen-dc- ; jaie on Woodhouse-Moor,. and went, through, a variety of evolutions, to the aniazement,of an immense concourse of spectators.-Private meetings, we understand, were numerous.---About five o'clock, upwards of sixty Gentlemen sat d: , wn to an ele , , gant public dinner - at the Assembly RoomS at' the' King's Arms Inn. The M•ayor was in the chair. Several officers of the Hussars and West Kent were present, , and, the 'Band of the latter Were Obligingly Ordererl .to attend, and at dinner and during the evening, played several select and beautiful' marches and airs. On' the cloth being drawn, the professional singers in the Orchestra, sung Non nobis Domine.' The King, the Prince Regent, and the other branches of the Royal.,Family, • were given as toasts, and received with loud acclamations. Other loyal and consitutional toasts were received with sitnilar applause. . . Michael. Angelo Taylor, Esq. rose, and spoke at „considerable length to the following purport : ;Ele wished to give a toast, 'which he would pre face with a few observations. He said, he might perinmps, by some, be dee.ned an inirttaer',. but on such an occasion as the celebration of the bii-th day of the Prince Regent, in -the absence Of his mlch. honoured father, he could not resist this great public opportunity' of testifying that un bounded re§pect" and 'veneration which he felt for for . his Royal Master. .ith experience of from 30 to 40 years, bad completely estahlishf.A the charac ter of the Prince Regent, Mat be was au English- Man, in.ever; serfse of the word, that no M'an in these kingdoms venerated that excellent consti tution, which had been drunk with.. such enthu siasm, / more than his Royal Highness did —A ve neration which could only be equalled by the greatness and benevolence of his Royal mind. About ten o'clltek the Mayor retired, when Mr. Alderman Tennant .was called to the chair, who contributed .his share to keep up the uninter rupted harmony and convi•:i:jity of the evening. "Soon after eleven, the xvixlle of the coinpauy had retired. Upon the proceedings of -the day, upon the excellence and conduct of the:banquct ;- upon the loyalty and harmony which were evinc ed, there could be but one opinion,: and.that of the highest satisfaction. On every succeeding.,an niversary, we trust, the Birth-day of the P,rince, Regent will be celebrated with equal ardour,' and that, like his venerable but afflicted Father, he' may long live in the hearts of a brave and loyal people. CHESTER, AUG. S.—Tq-morrow, his iNlajesty's Justices, the Hon. R. Dallas, 'and the llon:F. Burton, are ,expeeted here, to: preside at. our Assizes. :The calendar is -not heavy in point of numbers, but wc are sorry to obsefre, that several of the offences are of the most .atrocious nature. The PRINCE'S Regiment, the 10tly., is not' to have a man in it under, five feet sevens All- uuder that standard are to be discharged. British and Foreign Auxiliary Bible Societm for, the County of Kent.—At a numerous and highly respectable meeting held at the Town Hall, Maid stone, on Thursday last, according to advertise ment, the Earl of Romney, in the Chair, a num ber of resolutions were unanimously; passed, to form a SOciety in this country, in aid of the Parent Institution. Methodist Conference, Leeds.--The last Monday and Tuesdßy evenings, 31) yoUng Ministers, hay ing finished' their - four years of .Trobation, tve;:e publicly, in the face of the congregation, received into full connexion. The Methodists, during 'the . last twelve nionthg, have an addition,. in point of number, of more than nine thousand., HARVEST.—TtIe weather of late; has been pe 7 - culiarly auspiciotia• for rendering_ abundant- and luxuriant, the fruits of the earth - ; and notwith standing the present high price ofcorn , we con fidently anticipate a speedy and considerable re duction in the price ofthat essential article of hu man subsistence. The folloWing reports, from various quarters, afford the Most cheering, prO spects.. Wales----The crops of wheat throtOlout Wales-are as abundant as ever known. Windhes ter--,--rhe wheat harvest 'has commenced hi' the vicinity of. this place, and the crops are .abiiridarit. §ussex--Throughont this county, the harvest is very promising, and a larger crop is ,expected, than has been-known for many years. York—There is-the most promising appearance of a plentiful harvest in this county. Truro—The harVest in this neigh hourhood promises to be most abundant. pool--y-Th ere has not been for Many vearsa greater promilse of an .abundant harvest : than at present, Belfast±So great has been the supply ofnew,po tatoes in the. .markerof Belfast, that pro?iibils have experienced .a speedy. reduction in their price.. Shropshire—Friday week, Mr. EdinundS, of the Buildings, near Oswestry,- commenced reaping xtrheat ; but we have not heard of' any otherfarm tieing ready fOr the Hereford—ln runny parts of this county, the harvest has.commenced ; the wheat is remarkably .fine, and the crops are very abundant. It is acknowledged on' all hands, :hat a continuance of fine weather only is. now wanting, to secure one of the fineF*.t and most abundant harvesti that the country was ever blest Pacciiiation.—A child having recently'taken the small-pax at Halderstadt, in Westphalia, and communicated it to several others, one of whom died, the. Magispacy• interfered, and - caused all the children in the town to be vaccined, and the progress of contagion was eflecinally checked. Perilarlcable Vegetation.--4 seqiing hawthorn, of this year-'s sowing, presents a beautiful cluster ed blossom at the to of its stalk, in Mr. i .Atkis nursery, near Castle Donglas. 'This beautiful arid extraordinary plant was a'blossom itself in 1810 ; was committed to the ground ,in 1811 ; arose in ApriL, .181 p r and is at preselWin flower. Two women of the town have been committed to Prioewell. for seven days,': for riotous conduct in. Fleet -street, during the illuminations, in draggirrk a coachman ,frOm his box, and actually taking db his clothes from his back. . • POL'ritY ON MONUMENTAL GRANDEUR. What toll; whit cost, to r"z1 1 . se a shell To deck the place where reptiles dWell! The wise desire no porripons tomb, When Fate awards the final doom, Nor fa:lSe inscription to declare The genius, virtue, buried thert ; But a mere stone to lead the. eye Where all their mortal reliqUes.liei Then, :.;'ry 12qmau frailty past, Tf a good name they left at last, Friendship may thither chance to stray, And sigh, in passing o'er the clay ; So shall a simple stone impart A kind memorial to the heart. POLICE. GUILDHALL --Hollaizd and Lister, who were charged on Tuesday with attempting to pick the pocket of a gentleman on Ludgate-hill, were again brought up yesterday; when the master of Hol land stated, that be had long acted in a most im proper manner, and could not be better disposed of than being sent into his Majesty's service. The prisoners were sent to the Tender. Overall, a baker, in Lad-lane, was:con victed of ekposing for sale, bread of less weight than is prescribed by law, and was fined in . tbe mitigated penalty' of 25 . . 6d. per ynuce. E. Edwards was fully committed 'for rob- , , bing John Lacklty, an aged man, and a resi dent of Henley-upon-TlistheS; of 54 guineas in gold, on the preceding night, in Fleet-'-street.- The complainant stattd,:that as 'he was walking neat the corner of Fleet-street, between II and 12 o'clock; he was surrounded by SeVeral men, who pushed him about/with great violence, He, went .intO , Tempie - I, wine vaults toavoid them, , when the prisOner rushed in -after him, seized him by the breast, and dragged, him out aniOng4t.:inis companions in' tlic street,. put - his . baud forcibly' into • his pocket;. and drew forth a small bag in which were 5-1 ,guineas ; these he attempted to give to a woman near him, when it fell on the ground, and several of the gaineas fell out ; ness immediately' grasped . the prisoner by the' throat, and although , pressed on all sides, he kept his hold until two Officers mile up, • and secured" the•prisoner. None of the guineas were recover : - ed. . ‘Jolin Baxter and Daniel Prince, two of the patrole,- heard the cry of stop .thief ! and On conning up, found the prisoner in the euetody - of Lackey.' J. titaitley, W.' Wells, and J. Bradley, were charged with picking the pocket', of J. Goodwin, in Meet-street, the night before, during the illu rninatiOn.---They were remanded. A. 1 7 11.711:, who was suffered to go at large on bail, on Tuesday, after he had been charged with break ing- Mr. Mist's windows, in Fleet -street, was call ed, but did nbt appear. Mt'. Mist attended, in the hope that some of the gentleinen alluded to, as having assisted in breaking his windows ,would come forward. Sir W. Lawns asked whether any such gentlemen were in attendance; when the constable of-theini , ,!,ht said tliat.he had called at their houses in St. Paul's, Church-yard', Doctors' Commons, the Strand, and ••;t. Switbiri's-lane, and told them that they were expected to appear before the Ma gistrate Land that they had promised to call uyon Mr Mist, and make compensation-for the damage sustaintql. Mr. Mist said, they had not called at his hOuse before 12 o'clock;' he did 'not feel dis paed to tal4 additional trouble, however, and should therefore take a legal remedy. Bow-STIMET.—On Tuesday .evening, ' .David E - manuel ; w4s.- brought up., charged with unlawfully buying guineas for more than their nominal value. . . • ; • • A witness for Solicitor the Mint . pro‘ ved his go . ,iug ; to the prisoner's house, who keeps a clot:1113s ,shop in Hemming's.cOhrt, - Haymarket, havinwa conversation with him about the Sale and purchase Of guineas; and atleugth . gelling them -for- twenty-five shillings each' The prisoner said -* he- would. give:the witness twenty-five shillings and sixpence each, if he Ntonld brim; 'him a quantity ; that he had five hundred guineas up stairs, zinc' intended - to 'take them. 'abroad himself. The witness then retired, and 'gave a Signal to . Huai phries, the Bowstreet officer, Who was waiting outside; he entered iminedia.tely, and took the pri soner into custody,. wl.lo resisted violently, asking . Hif he . wanted.to roh hihi. Humphries replied that he did not; but wanted the guineas lie: had just H bought'. Three women assisted the prioner, and seUrile ensued, in which' his waistco'ut-p,r,-ket , kas torn' off. Humphries; 'observed him put- his hand behind someclothes; he said something, to the women in Ilehrey j r, which Humphries was per snaded, frenn ' his Manner, was for them to take theguineas - aurgy, He succeeded in getting him out Of the house, and gave himin charge of an , other..man., He then returned, and found the guineas, marked, behind the clothes. On search ing him, i4counterfeit half-guinea was fohnd.— lie was, ordered to f find bail to answer for the mis demeanour.. Joseph Levy and . ilenry .b were also charg ed with a sirnilar otThnee,, by .the -same witness, at the Lion and Goat public-house, in St. James's- An Attorney attended for the prisoners, and Contended, that os l the transaction took place be tween the witness and Davis, Levy only being present, and as. it was in a public-room, if he had been there, he might as well have been implicated. Mr. Nares, however, observed, that as the meet ing:had .been appointed b Levy, , : and he I;tttended with Davis -to atOtlegai , act shoul,l hold and : ordered them both to .find bail.• ontrageiMs acts on Toes day :night were worse, if possible, than on day and it is to be lamented that the official pub lie notices that were posted up' announcing the illominatiOn to take place, did n o t .contain a strict caution against -discharging fire-arms, and lettifig off fire-works in the streets, 'and air intimation that i those who- offekted woUld'ha punished with the utmost rigour of, the law. The mob in Picca dilly on Monday night was organised and led by a fellOw _with a btigleAbiti; who collected Of t 4 A.; persed theirs by: his blasts. , . A young Wonafin„ genteelly dressed; 1711 d. was pa sing along Bow-street, had a squib thrown at her, which went under her clothes and set them in a blaze. The wretch who thtew the squib escaped undiscovered. A backtrey?Coach, with two ladies and two gen tleznen in it, passing through the Strand opposite Somerset-house, was attacked by a set of ruffians. They broke the windows of the coach, forced. open the doors, and threw inn - a number of fire Works, which set fire, to the straw at the bottom of. the. coach, burnt an eye of one-cif-the gentlemen, his coat, and across his breeches„ One of the ladies had a silk pelisse tiurnt; and the Other WHS burnt across her breast. The alarm and terror that this violent attack occasioned are moreeasilyconeeived than described.. The parties came to the Office to complain, but Mr. Nauss lamented that it was not in his power to grant them any relief, unless they could point out the individuals who 'did the acts. Commissioner belonging to one of tile Pub lic Offices in Somerset-house came to the Whee l . and stated, that there was such an immense crowd assembled at . Somerset-house, and they were throwing such. a vast number of dangerous . fire t . works, that he.was fearful for the safety of the ,building, It not being deemed an easy matter to disperse such a large as'selphlage, an expedient was thought of ;- the Stamp-office being the only public office" that was illuminated, Alr.. Biudley, ;the Commissioner, was. applied to, and he ga-vc. directions forAlre-_..lights to..be extinguished; the mob then began to disperse, A large nullifier Of officers and patrole, headed by Mr. Nares, went there, 'When - the place was cleared, and the gates' were shut. On Mr. Nares's return, be observed two lads discharging pistols, and he , had them. taken into custody, and sent to the watch house. The inhabitants of Tice : adilly . and - St. James's street kept their lights burning much .later on Tuesday than they did on Monday, in conse -qttenee of the devastation of Their windows -on Monday night. Bacon and a party of the patrole were again stationed there . to preserve order, r — About, one o'clock yesterday morning they dis-, covered four Officers in the Guards, at the door of a house, near the top of St. jaines's-street, gv ing fire-works to the mob, and assisting in ting off squibs ; they were requested to desist from their conduct, but they did not attend to it ; upon which Bacon told them that if. they per sisted, their dress should not protect them, for he would take them into custody, and lock them up in the witdohouse this threat cooled them, and they retired into the house. After this, Bacon and his party went into Eicca dilly, towards the Haymarket; they heard the noise of a mob approaching ; it consisted of a very large crowd of persons, preceded by two ro. spectable looking inen„playingelaricnets,,followtil by four arm in arm, and a woman with them. The four men appeared to be respectablil persons, in disguise like coal-heavers, and acted as leaders of the mob. When they got to the top of St. 'James's-street, Bacon was discovered, and it was buzzed among the leaders that he was among them. They proc . ..!eded to Sir F. Burdett's house, Where they, halted by command ; the ciariunets played F God save the King,'. Rule Britannia,' &c. The mob then had a general dance, after whiCh they gave three huzzaS. Several voices then called out to gothe Marquis Wellesley's; but the leaders called out home, and they obeyed them, and returned the way they came. When they got near St. James's Church, the lights in the houses, op- , posite were, gone out„; .the mob called violently for lights : a stone was thrown, which broke one of the windows or a house, at the same time at man .knocked violently at the door .Bacon ran up . to hiin, seized .him and recognised him to be a man, named Impey, and challenged him with being a thief ; one of the patrole came up at the same time, and made the same charge. The man denied_ being a thief, , but acknthvledged Oat . they had seen him - the company of thievet--. Yesterday morning he was brought from the watch-house, examined before Mr. Nares, and ordered to find bail. .The following were also charged by Bacon and his party : William and John Martin for riotously and tit , multuously, with d.iers others; stopping a.coach, opening the doors, and being about to drag . out of it two ladies . and a gentleman because the coact; - man did not take Willis hat.. They were ordered to find bail. John Murray, and'several otherS were convicted for letting off squibs. 0 : James Mason and Samuel Smith were charged with firing off a piAol in Holborn. ,The office: detected Mason, when Smith interfered to rescue him, and threatened to - fire a pistol in the officer's face. : They were. ordered to find bail. Thomas Burris was_ charged by R. Limerick with firing off a pistol. Mr. Nares identified this man as . diseharging the pistol close to him when he was,returning from Somerset-hou s e : kle.was or dered to, find bail. QUEEN- SQUARE. —. On Monday four persons were brought up to this Office, before FIELDING, Esq., charged by a lady with a con spiracy, and creating. a riot and disturbance in and,riear her house. The persons complained of were respectable trades-people, who had supplied the lady With goods of various sorts in the way of business and, on the other band, the defend- ants charged her with swindling them out of their property, and that they-came to her resi dence solely for the purpose 'O:4 demanding payment of their separate accounts. There were several other- trades-people who -appear ,ed against . -her, and -, sere particularly ur gent to have a warrant granted thein. under charge also of defrauding them,. :when the Magic.`-' trate. interfered, and 'strongly : recommended that they should not pursue any hostile proceedings, at the same time discharging those u ho had hecu taken in 'custody. Ele then stated the unhappy situation of the lady's arid particularly called the attention of the.intended compW4oB4/t, observing,, that her husband is now in prison for • considerable sums of money, hoped that they would permit her 4o return home unmolested, notwithstanding whicb, he was obliged to order two Officers to escort her to her residence.