The Sun. — London, England, 1812-03-17 00:00:00

Thisnd y V.VIT published, Elerantly printed in Six Vointhes ilvo. with a Portrait o f Mr. Asitissoss, from an or . o,indi Picture by Dahl, price 31. in boards (souse coin :u on royal price 51. 6S. in boards), T HE WORKS of ihr Right Hon: JOSEPH AowsoN A New with Notes, By the late RICHARD HURD, D.D. orrt Isisi.up of Worcester. Pr'istA Fr I . Lattrll dn.i W. navies, Strand. TO M EDI CAL I , R ACTITION ERS, HO -PITAL STUDENTS, ciI; , .iVIISTS, DRUGGISTS, PA. RIiN - FS, ND GUr.RDIANS. THIS e:‘,.iisive t;hanael of ,publicity, and com mtinicAion is adapted, to announce to the medical wodd generally the formation ot.an. Establishment, found ed and condu*4l upoll a system of Tespeda4ility and libeia lity suited to the iiii:iortance and extent of the. ohjels it is intended to embrace, 'namely, the Nledical Agency in all its various brmehes, at the Office of the ME Dl CAL AGENCY Establisient. P - 111 en, desirous of retiring from the fatigue and anxiety of I :raetice, (either totally or partially, may he provided %vita successors, or partners, with capitals ada quate to the advantages offered. Hospital Students, qualified to take upon themselves the pt,i tact duties of i.ractice, may be introduced as partners, successors, or assistants to protessional men of emine;.Ce. Parents and Guardians havtrg Youths under their charge, whfirn they intend either for the Profession, Chemical or Drug line, will be introduced to Medical Men and others, re quiring apprentices. The Stock and Goodivill of Chemists and Druggists dis posed of. tnerships likewied neguciated, as well as Assistants provided. All Letters addressed to the Proprietors of the Medical Agency Establishment, No IS, Bartlett's-buildings, Hol boin,-inust ix invariably post. paid. Medical Pr itlices an: Partnerships, from Sccl. to 1,60e1. pc r disposal. NIAILs. Artarvto—l Dublin. Ihia—r Malta, t Guernsey, t t Brazils, I Waterford. I , l<i E t)} . 1, I THIS IAY Ar Twitvzo'ciocK Consol s . 6eli b No I SOL Lio IS OTC dr‘ • S L. 0 0 TUESDAY, MA itCH 17, 1612. The Party have been of late so coni;.letely and so unpleasantly occupied with domestic politics, that they have not favoured the public with any cri ticisms upon Lord WELLINGTON'S military blun ders, or with any glowing predittions respeCting the fate of the Peninsula. They have, however, at length returned to the old sublet*, but they now seem determined to treat it in a new manner, trusting,we presume, that the public has forgotten all that they have said and written for the last two years. Hi therto they have told us, in the most peremptory tone, that all hopes of defending Portugal, or of giVing effectual assistance to Spain, was completely chimerical ; that it would be a wanton wasteef men and money to - continue the contest; that from the great inferiority of our population to that of France, it was impossible we should be able to meet her in the field upon equal terms," that BUONAPARTE would pour in thousands after thou sands, until we were overpowered by num bers, and forced to abandon the Peninsula. This Way of treating the subject has certainly been very unfortunate for the -Party, and has considerably di minished their reputation with the country, both as statesmen and prophets. They have therefore changed their grotind, and th-y now inform the public, who must certainly be astonished at the information from that quarter, that nothing can -be mote absurd, than to suppose that the French possess 3 numerical superiority over Lord WELLING TON, fcr that in fait, his Lordship has 68,000 men more than the enemy ! That so far from that Gallant General being unable to a& successfully on the defensive, he ought immediately to begin offen sive operations, and of course drive the French out of Spain ! This sudden change is really astonishing: we are very glad to see it, because, though we by no means agree with the statement to which we have alluded, yet any thing is better than the efforts we have so long witnessed to excite gleam and de spondency throughout the Nation, and to disheat ten OUT Allies. It is not true, as stated in a 'Morning Paper, that Mr. W. DUNDAS is to fill the office of Secretary to the Admiralty, but he will probably be appointed one rif the Lords of that Board. We have this day made some further extraels from the last French Papers : sse must beg to call the attention of our Readers to the Decree issued at Eamburgh—a decree which could only have pro ceeded from such a man as BUONAPARTE, and, in Voint of atrocity and absurdity; ivove verily believe, unequalled in the annals of mankind. American Papers to the 18th ult. were received this morning, of which the following are extraas:— " SUBMI6aON" TO FRANCt !—We have been favoured with the official statement of the case of the American schooner Hero, Capt. BLACKLER, taken by a French privateer on her passage from Marble head for St.Petersburgh, Russia, a country at war with England, and in allian& with France. The Hero was condemned by the Council of Prizes at Paris, Sept. 25, 181 1, and in the Decree the following pretexts alone are assigned, viz. " Forasmuch as this vessel, which was cleared out for St. Petersburgh, touched at Gottenbrrgh, was 11 6 A T ? laded with colonfal produce (of which part evidently' awe from Ben*, and part from a Spanish Colony (Laguira) in a state of in.urredion ; that if, - es the - Captain declared the Hero has not been boarded by any English ships of war, this must proceed from his being en Englishman, in 'the cUsg-nice of an Atne'- rican, and that he entered the Baltic with British Convoys." tThe Bencal produce was one case of Indio ? But are the French to take our vessels on the h►gh seas even if loaded with British produce or merchan . dize, and carry them in and condemn them tor that reason ! The Hero had as many and as good dot-u -' ments to prove her being Amerie,in as ever a vetisel carried, and had paid her Sound dues.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEE. 5 SEA-BOARD FORTIFICATION.—The Bill to appro priate one million of dollars for the defence of our maritime frontier, was read a third time, and its passage opposed by' Mr. HALL and Mr. RHEA, and advocated by Messrs. CHEEVES, MICHELL, POTTER, WRIGHT, SHEPPEY, and NIDGCRY, and passed.—Yeas, B . 3—Noes, 25. APPROPRIATION.—SeveraI military appropriation Bills passed to be engrossed, as did a navy appropria tion Bill ; when the last Bill was in discus , ion, it was moved to strike out the item, which wos negativ ed on the statement that they were sometimes called upon to serve on land. By these Bills upwards of 13 millions of dollars are appropriated for the service of 1812. FBBRUARY 13.—The Bill to exempt Minors and Aged People from the POll Tax, &c. ►vas discussed on a second reading. Yesterday Mr. LisioN trans aed business with Lord CASTLEREAGH, at the Foreign Office, pre vious to [as setting off on his mission to Constanti nople. • Yesterday the Dukes of YORK and CLARENCE, the J.\ Idrquis of WINCHESTER, Lords CASTLEREAGH and CHOLNIoNDELEY, had audieuces of the PrattcE REGi.:NT, at Carlton House. Tneir.ll.otal Highnesses the Dukes of Yottx, Kat. - r; and SUSSEX, the Prince DE CASTELCICALA, and their Excellencies the S p ;anish and Puriuguese Atubasadors, dine_wish the Highland SoLiety ou S:iturday next to commemorate the victory of Alex- The Earl and Countess of DERRY entertained on Sunday the Marquis and Marchioness of STAFFORD, the Muquis and Marchioness of LANSDOI,VNE, the Marque; and March'oness of DOWNSIIIRE, Earl and Cowness GREY, Earl Gowca, Lady CHARLOTTE GOWER, Lord and Laly GRENVILLE, Mr. THOMAS GRENVILLE, and Mr. TIERNEY, wish a sumptuous dinner, their house in Grosvenor-squire. Duke of GLOUCESTER gave a grand dinner on Saturday, at his new residence in Picea llt to t.i..r, Earls GREY, FORTESCUE, and DARNLEY ; Lord GRENVILLE, the Hon. GEORGE PONSONBY, The Alexandria frigate, which . air.ved in Leith Roach, on Monday, is under orders to be ready, at an hour's notice, to carry a person of consequence to the Baltic. Saturday morning, between four and five o'clock, as'Mr. Cowper, a !Ogler, was passing in his cart from Cbigwell, Essex, with poultry and other goods (or the London market, he was stopped by two foot pads, bet ween Laytunstone and Stratford, armed with pistols, one of whom stood at the horse's head, while the other laid hold of Mr. Cowper, and demanded his money. Upon this a thiql fellow came up, and producing a pistol, said, " if you don't be quick, 111 blow your bfains out." Mr. Cowper then immediately delivered a 11. note and 16s. in silver, when the villains made a precipit a te r e treat across the fields, and effected their escape with their booty. A very sudden and fatal accident occurred on Sunday se'nnight at the distillery of Messrs. Hexit and Co. on the water-course, Cork. The iron hoops of a large worm cooler, which contained nearly 60 thousand gallons of water, suddenly burst, and this vast body, which in a moment became unconfined, impetuously spread and overwhatted every thing which presented any resistatic,.• to it. • A wall which was immediately between this large vessel and the street, was forced front its position, and two fe males, who were passing, killed, anal another so dreadfully bruised as tD render the amputation of both legs necessary to preserve lite. A rat, of aslenishing size, was lately killed at a public-house in East Clardon, near Guildfcrd : it measured, from the tip of the note to the end of the tail, two feet three inches, and was of proportionate bulk. It is supposed he has infested the cellar where he was caught upwards of two years, during which time, the landlord calculates he has drank at least a barrel of beer out of the tap-tub, and e.it up wards of a bushel of bead, besides a quantity of other provi , tons. Davy Allen, a boy about ten years of age, was charged at the Mansion-house with distributing new coined base shillings and eighteen-penny pieces to and among the women selling oranges, &c. in and about the Royal Exchange, that they might circu late them.—Twenty-six were found upon him. He was remanded. Yesterday, at Bow-street Office, Samuel Cubi lt was brought to the Office, charged with beating and ill treating Sarah Oakley, his apprentice, frorn the parish of St. Andrew's Holborn. It appeared that the defendant had improperly beat her, and the only place she had to sleep in was the landing-place of the stairs, and sometimes there only on the boards, and he has frequently turned the gi►l out of doors ; she has been very humanely taken in by a neighbour.—The complaint was brought forward with much humanity by a lodger of the defendant's. —Mr. READ and' Mr. NARES, the sitting Magis trates, posts oned their decision to a future day, when the Parish Officers are to attend. Ba E A D.-:-To-day the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, after inspecting the returns, orcirred it to rise 2d. per peck.- , —Quarters Loaf, is. eid. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 15.—The Sa store-ship, that arrived here a few days since from Halifax and Bermuda, and which sailed from hence yesletday for Portsmouth, pit back last night. Arrived his Majesty's ships Hamadryad, of 36 guns, Captain Sir THOMAS STAINCS,'from the Irish station; and Hermes, of 18 guns, Captain BROWN, from a c•uize in the Channel, bst from Scilly. DEAL, MARCH W.—Arrived last evening the ship John, WATSON, from Charleston, with . timber, for Chatham ; she this morning cut front anchor' and cable, in consequence of drifting nearly on board one of the men of war; she has been pro vided with another, and appears to ride very well. All his Majesty's ships in the Downs are well. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH {G.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Gannet and Dexterous from a cruize. Sailed La Hogue for off Brest. Arrived the Lord Cochrane, Mary /Inn, Baring, and the ILilliana and dtfred, from the Downs. His Majesty's brig Comet is appointed convoy for Newfoundland. • His. Majesty's ship Pelona will sail to-morrow, with three sail only, laden with Government stores, for Gibraltar. Several other .vessels now lying at t!e Motherbank, have applied for histrutaions to sail with the Petorus, but have been rcii It is supposed ano! her convoy, &c. will soon be ap poi ted. Ett.matrru, MA k:cti 14.—Saikd the Quee.., Char lotte packet for ROYAL ACADEMY.—The filth, and we regret to add, the concluding Lecture on Sculpture, .was. de livered last night by Mr. FLAXMAN. The ingenious Professor commenced his discourse by a brief notice of the uninternpted harmony and beauty observable in all the works of Nature, tr.rong- the whole. by sensible demonstration and rational deduction to a great FIRST CAUSE. He pointed out the gradations of•this evidence in the structure, 'relation, and va rieties of form, in the several . classes of inferior ani mals, and the links which- separated, yet united the different tribes and species ~ w ith each other, tbrougir the whole of Creation. He extended this reasoning, and drew the same inferences respeclng the mineral and vegetable kingdom, rising at length to the completest of animals, .MAN, .who united the most perfeti form with the faculties of a rational and intelligent mind. Hence he now directed his attention to the chief object of the art of Sculpture, • representi!ig mars as the principal objet of imitation in the atts of Design. Mr. FLAXMAN pursued this, train of feasoning, by a reference to the opinions and definitions of the ancient philosophers, particularly SOCRATES, PLATO, and ARISTOTLE, in whose time Sculpture chiefly flourished. He then proceeded to notica the grotiet;oo6, of bf..atity and character by which the Greeks distinguished tl.e superior and inferior Divinities, those of heaven, earth,. and the infernal regions, and illustrated • the principles and practice by a series of the finest antique busts and drawings of antique models that could be procured. The whole lective was animated by a vein of piety, as well as by profound knowledge of.• the subject, refined taste, and correct judgment, and concluded with a cummendalk-t of plan of education pursued by the Students in that Institution, whose industry and decorum- could not, be observed, be excelled in any public school of art or university. Finally, he strongly inculcated a continuance of the same moral habits through life as the certain means for attaining excellence in the art which they pursued, observing that a generous emulation, pure from all endeavours to impede the efforts of a liberal competition, as sured!), led to happiness and honour. Music.—The- third of the Vocal Concerts under the'diretii n of Messrs. KNYVETTS and VAUGHAN, took place last Eight in the Hanover-square Rooms. The first ac.-t commenced wilh HANDL L's Overture to Atalanta, W4iCll was well performed. WEBEE'S Ode to Aletancholy, for six voices, followed, and was given with correctness and pleasing-effm...-- BRAHAM then gave a Scena, by MAYER, in a 'very beautiful style. - Here the Concert was varied by an admirable Concerto on the Oboe, by GRIESBACH. The powerful voice of FI,HER was then exerted in a Cavatina; sur:orted by a Chorus. '•A beautiful Glee for four voices, ,composed by WEaug, was so well supported by Messrs. KNYVRTT, VAUGHAN,. and J. B. SALE, that it was encored. The first at concluded with the ,Giand Finale' from the second act of Don Juan, composed by MOZART,. and ad mirably sustained by the Performers. TN' was very long, but interesting throughout. A Sythphonie of BEETHOVEN commenced the second act, and was fol !owed by a charming Glee of STEVENS for five 1 - O;CCS. We have no room, liowe% er, to detail the merits of • the Concert. BHA HAM sang the song of Fitz-Elstace, from illarmion, composed by Dr. CLARKE, in so charming a runner that it was loudly encored. The room ;vas ►ull of elegant visi tors, and of the higher order. EDINBURGH, 'MARCH 1 4. The crowd Was immense last night at the Theatre, for the purpose of witnessing the final exit of Mrs. Srootms from our stage. All the avt-nnes of the theatre here thronged at half past four &dock. When the doors were opened, the pnpalace rushed in like torrent, and the house overflowed in a few minutes. Many hats, shoes, shawls, &c. were lOst in the scuffle, but, we rejoice to say, no serious mischief occurred: The play was Henry the Eighth, in which Mrs. SIDDONS sustained the part of the Queen with in describable etre& At the end of the tragedy the curtain rose, and Mrs. SIDDONS came forward. The sight was then impressive and etTedtive ; every person in the house stood up,- out of compliment to the abilities of the speaker, and Mrs. StoooNs delivered a poe . - tical adieu to the audience, in a stile that suf fused every eye with tears, and tilled every heart with regret. At the conclusion, her son, Mr. H. SIDDONS, led her off the stage, amidst the sighs and acclamations of the audience. TRENCH PAPERS. MADRID,P2I3.eO.—The Insurgents have been c;\ , ..n.. plod . ) , routed at AltatUirt, near Tarragona. They lost 1,800, men, and two I;iecei 01 cannon, which they had with ttero., ' General ileilie is in pursuit of the enemy, and unfortunate Canhinia will soon be delitere;! from its oppressors.—Capt. Montenol, of the C 2 d goonm,, attacked and plirsued the bards of the deem and . Esc:ilera, consisting of 500 horse. Thee formed in order of battle near Yeoenes. HAMBUBMI, FEB. , . order 'of goveinmeni has been publishes! here, by which all vessels prow-d to have had communication with Heligoland, shad he seized, anu rlie commanders of such vcssrls jio Wished with death: .VIENNA, FEB. 27.—Some COurieis mlio have ars rived from Constantinople, and lately pa,st.d -through this ci►y, assert that the roads which lead to Weddrit and &amnia are covered with Asiatic troops. The Grand Vizier is at WeJdin, wh,re he is making preparations for ►he approching cAmpaign, It is thought he is decidedly determined upon 2.1- racking Servia. .PETERWAEADEN, FEB. l 2.—Letters irnrn the Turkish frontiers, for the authenticity of which we do not pledge ourselves, state, 'that the Russians hate abandoned Belgrade, nod descended the Danube. A report is likewise in cir(ulat.on that Czerne Georges has offered to sebinit to the Porte, pros ided his de- - mands were allowed, the,'priticipal of Which was his being named Paella of Set via. Letters from Smyrna inform us, that the Engkh inundate, by the way of Malta,' the Levant with Colonial products, and the produce of their tnann fadolies, but this avails them little, money is so scarce that there is barctly any sale ; for sugar and cake they are paid, not , in money, but .in pro% sions, of wish they appear to be in great watrt, and convey to Malta and the Balearic FURTHER EXTRACTS. HAMBUEGH, FEB.2B.—An order has been pub- _ lisped here by.the Governor General of the Hanse- r atic Departments, of which the following are the lions : reoul' ' A!! communication with the English at firligo land, shall be considered as treason and espionage. Every ve , 4iel proved to have been at Hengoland, or to have come from thence, whether it has brought or not correspondence with the enemy, or goucti or merchandize, shall be seized ; and the comtnaudtt of the crew punished with death. The crew shall undergo the same fate if,they are proved to -have been accomplices; if not, all who shall be capable of doing service by sea shall'be sent from brigade to briade to Antwerp, to be placed at the dispositkin of the matine; and the men tinrit for sea service Shall be punished with three months imprisonment. _The Marshal Governor- General orders that flora shall' be formed upon ti;e spot a special permanent military commission, to t a k e cognizance of these crimes, and try those Itilty o f them. [Here follow the names of the Membersof" this Commission.] The Commission shall sit at lletzebuttel. All who are to Like their trials, shall be sent to the pi. , sons of that place. The regulationS of the.present arret do not extend to the English vessels which shall be taken or wreck ed upon the coast, nor to the men which the E; g lish may land, towards whom the orde►s of tt.e Em peror shalt continue to be executed. As to the ves sels captured, they shall be treated conformably to the laws of war. PARIS, MARCH 10.—The Senate to-day as sembled extraordinarily, under the Pre,idency of his Serene Highness the 'Prince Arch-Chancellor. The orators of Government repaired thither, and commit niceted a project for a Senatus Consulwm. On the sth of March an English vessel was di ;yen on shore by the wind, , on the coast of Bret; ii,G pinnaces of Government went on board, and brought her into Port. . The LORD MAyon . has convened a Common- Hall, for Thursdiy t.ext, " to consider the unptc cedented and emblrr,lssing situation of the counrry, and to adopt. such measures as may be thought ne cessary for promoting inquiry into the state of public ad - Airs—for retouning publiC abuses—and above alit for etreotiog a reform in the represtotation . of people in Parliatw.mt." _ • The total number of yeoma6ry, rank and We, ori the establishment, accordins to the last, return, 24,013, v. of only 19,207 were - effettii,e : in fant ty and arti!:err—on the establishment, 75,346;- c:tree - live, ()Lily 49,536. The accuracy of a statement mule in this papery some time ago, tilalive to the disqualificmioo or Preach prisoners to contra 4 marriages 'wills Britislr . subjects, having been lately called to que•tion, (me. of the Clergymen of this town was ;n:tuced to apply to the Tranwot t• 13 , :ard for % - ccurate infrmation oft this sutjeCt, and last Saturday received a from which the following is an extract sal directed .by the Comn;issioners for the Transporc Service, &c. to*.licknowledge ,the receipt ut your letter of the Ist insiant, and in return to ,inforro you, . that,.bythe laws of France, any toarriae entered into here by a French prisoner and void.'--I am diretted to add, that it is highly desir' able that such connelions should be presented 0' much es postilble."—(Driinfries Courier.), Saturday night, or early on San by morning, thl premises of Mr. Stonard, in Whitecnipel-road,were forc.bly en:ered by some thieves,. at the' back pal'' . lour window, 4% ho stole articles of plate, and other property, to the amount of *b._ut. 301. with whiu> they effected their escape.