The Sun. — London, England, 1812-05-04 00:00:00

V.' MAILS. Alt Iva 13-1 Heligoland, 3 Dublin, T Waterford. DuF--/ r Lisbon, r Malta, 1 Guernsey, t jersey, a Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS. THIS DAY 'Ai' TW,LvIo'CLOCK. -61 k ! Red. Ann. - Consols. - T . fl i' S U N. QUIS DlCtltt FAL SUM AUDEAT ? L 0 D 0 N. MONDAY ) MAY 4, 1812. 6rif This morning a Heligoland Mail arrived : the following is the only intelligence it brings : HELIGOLAND, APRIL 30.-By an arrival from the opposite coast yesterday, we have been informed that a native of this island who, -with 'two of his companions, were seized, on the other side, had been shot, and his companions sent to the fleet, in pursuance of BUONAPARTE'S Decrees piohibiting all intercourse with this Island. . In Hamburg() the most profound secrecy is ob served in speaking of any subje&s of a political na- They hear of the movements of troops, but as to the objeEls of these movements ►hey are per , l e a ly ignorant. ture. French Papers to the 29th ult. have arrived. We have made some extraCts from them, but they are very unimportant. BUONAPARTE has not yet left Paris; various causes have been suggested for this delay. It has been supposed, that the negotia-, tions with Russia are likely to take a favourable turn, and that his presence in the North may Dot be necessary. We have heard another cause assigned, which we state merely as a report. It is said that, notwithstanding the alliance between the Emperor of AL STRIA and BUONAPARTR, the latter is by no means sure of the assistance, or even of the neutrality, of the former, in the event' of a war with Russia. We are unable to determine what degree of credit is - due to this report. It is certain, however, that- something must have occurred to prevent his departure from Paris. His force in the North was colleted, the season for operations had arrived, it was, therefore, natural to suppose that he would strike the first blow as soon as pOssible ; such has-hitherto been his praetice, and nothing but necessity, we are convinced, has made him deviate from it in the present instance. , The secrecy which has been so properly observed by Government, respecting the Flags of Truce which have lately arrived from France, has given ample .scope. for the exertion of speculation and of inven tion. It is said by some that BUONAPAATE has proposed to open a Negotiation with this Country, in which Russia is to be included. In the opinion of .others, 'the correspondence carried on by these Flags of . Truce relate merely to some commercial negociations which BUONAPARTE is dis posed to adopt. If we were inclined to give an opi nion upon this subjea, we should adopt the latter rather than the former speculation : we are convinced that BUONAPARTE feels most deeply the etTe&s of his own anti-commercial regula tions and of the measures .aopted by the Govern ment of this country to counteract them. We believe that the firmness and perseverance evinced by this .country have forced him to relax, and that he will be forced to relax still more in his system. We therefore see with surprise, ps well as regret, the efforts made by men_ in this country, calling them selves Statesmen, to force Government to depart from that system which has ma`de our enemy feel the mischief which he meant to inflict on us—to re peal those ()ales in Council, which have re-'. duced the dominions of BUONAPARTE to the com mercial distress in which they now are, —inn word, to remove all the obstacles to the trade of France, and her dependencies. If, by repealing the Orders in Council, the obstacles which restrict t the trade both of France and of England, would be removed, there might be some weight in the argument; but the fa& is, that the repeal of the Orders in Council would afford immense commercial advantages to France, while the trade of England (except only to America) Would remain exposed to all the impediments with which it has been clogged. • To revert, however, to the subjea from which we digressed, we shall not be surprized.to find that the correspondence carried on by these flags of truce originated in a desire of BUONAPARTE to relax trota his anti-commercial system, because we believe that the distresses and discontents of his subjeas have rendered that re laxation necessary. With respect to the Flags of Truce that arrived 'on Wednesday and 'lhursdsy, they were merely sent over - with apologies to our Government, be cause our Flag of Truce was fired at by the batteries of Calais. It is to us a subjeet of deep regret that we are unable to announce to our readers the restoration of tr3ncptility in the disturbed counties. We did, re ly.ng upon . the acknowledged good sense of our countrymen, empress our firm conviction that the deluded Rioters would soon be convinced of the folly as welt ai the witkedriess of their conduct, and that they would desist from practices which not only exposed them to the vengeance of the laws; but were calculated to aggravate the very evils of which ,they complained. We are satisfied that if the misgkilded periple to whom we are alluding, .had been left, to the exercise of their own understandings, the result would have answered our expeolations. But these disturbances have now assumed a character very different indeed from that which was at first supposed to belong to them ; they are no longer ex cited by men who, from the want of work, and the high price of provisions, - Might be driven by distr .- en to acts of violence, but by men (if the ac . - counts which , we have seen are true)—tegirlarly organized, paid, and trained to mischief. Where, it has been asked, does the money come from ? The answer, we think, is not difficult : if money has been expended for such purposes, it must have been furnished by an implacable enemy, who, hav ing failed to succeed against us by force, would wil lingly have recour,e to the means of treachery and corruption. Wehave no doubt that, by the vigi lance of Government, these machinations will be ..., - completely defeated but' we cannot omit this opportunity of again calling the attention of Go vernment to the enormous ournber of Foreign ers at present in this coun-ry. We have before said, that we by no means wish that an asy turn should not be granted to those unfortunate per sons who fled hither to avoid the persecution to which their loyalty exposed them, in their own cOuntry, but we do not see why, •in times like the present, we should tolerate such swarms of o her foreigners, who either endanger our safety by their treachery, or corrupt onr morals by (heir profligacy. We have no room this day for the remainder of the Documents which we have received respeming the charge brought by America against. the British Government, on the authority of the person named HEbTRY,.but we, insert the following passage from the official Paper of the American Government on this subject : " The whole affair is one on which comment would.be superfluous. It speaks in a voice of thun der, which .the very deaf shall hear. Instead. of applying it as a stimulus to party favour, let if be come a bond of union against a common foe, who, whilst she was making lavish professions of friend ship through our Minister in England, and her Mi nister in this city, was perfidiously stirring tiP.te bellion, and : compassing disunion in this land, by secret agencies; at the moment she was pretending to hold out one hand in fellowship, with the other .she was feeling for the vitals of the Republic, to which she might in the dead Of night direst her poisoned dagger."—National Intelligeiwer, March 10.—:The same Paper .also says, " Whatever may be thought of the past, the public will not fail pro perly to appreciate the views of him who shall, af ter this disclosure, trumpet forth the justice, cle mency, and forbearance of Great Britain to the United States.—lf such a one shall be found, let him be marked as the foe to freedom, as the par ricidal enemy of his country." The Archbishop of YORK and Lord CASTLE REAG 11 had audiences of the PRINC.E. REGENT 'fester day, at Carlton House. The Address presented at the Levee on Tuesday, the handy work of our City Demagogues, was only deficient in one point to make it complete •fiom the hands of such workmen— , a panegyric on their idol, Buonaparte; far 'hard indeed have these patriotic bawlers worked of late in his cause. The few fol lowers attendant on their leaders fully testified their insignificancy. It is with pleasure we turn from contemplating this_preciouscomposition to that now offered to the consideration .of the Livery of London by Mr. Alderman' CHRISTOPHER SMITH and the Committee of the' loyal and independent ;part. of them. Its sentiments.at mice - become theta as Ci tizens of London, and members of the British Em pire. We are convinced that if the respectable in habitants of this kingdom Would only step forward with the same energy as this Committee, much might be done in counteraaing - the delusion so stu diously propagated by men who haire so little of their country's welfare at heart. IlioTs.•'--The last accounts received fro:o Man ohester, on the subject of the riots, are rather im portant, as will appear by the following extrad MANCHESTER, APRIL 30, 1812.—" We are all quiet here at present, but are still anxious to see what may happen the next two or three days, as the general meeting of the Luddites is said to be fixed for to-morrow, but the place we have yet to learn. Be that as it may, we are fully prepared, and so far I do conceive there is not the-least danger. The Bol ton Rioters' Committee, or rather the Delegates, had planned a secret meeting, at which some important matters were to bedisctrised. The faa became known" to the Officers of Police, and it was deemed pru dent not to prevent it taking place. The conse quence was, that last night the whole assemblage, consiting of 25 men, were taken by surprise, toge ther with all correspondence. A man has also been apprehended at Eccles, in attempting to seduce the Local Militia, by offering five guineas bounty, and fifteen .shillings per week, to all that would be twisted in (the term for swearing in.) Many of the delegates are going round the country tau the same service. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MAY i .—Arrived this day, a very fine American ship; of about 300 tons burthen, called the Lark, belonging and bound to Philadelphia, HENRY HUTCHINSON, "master, from Bourdeaux, with a very valuable cargo, consisting off brandy, wine, silks, &c., detained on the 2sth" Ult. by the Aienten trigate, Capt. Sir M. SEYMOUR, Bait. and the Arm de frigate, ,Capt. DUNN.i Sailed the Morristown hired armed brig, With a convoy, for Wales, consisting of the following, %iz. Rash/eigh ) MELHUISH, • Birmingham, GOA., Bed ford, NICHOLLS, Rover, DowtimAN, Boulton, SAIsT DRIIS., May Flower, WILLIAMS, Speculator, Bow- DEN, and Phcenix, TAYLOR.—AIso sailed the Elizu, FINCH, for Bideford ; and the Union cartel, belong ing to this port, for Norlaix, With about 40 released French prisoner& Arrived the Sarah Johannson, HANCHENS, from Belfast. Put- in here this day to join convoy, the ship Neptunus, HICKENS master, from the Bay'of /ion duras, with a cargo of mahogany, and the Spanish brig nianie, SARTUCII master, from Gijon, with a cargo of nuts, both bound io London. MAY 2.—Arrived- the ffilliain, belonging to_Ply mow h, TR EFEATH sm master; Elizabeth, belonging to Dartmouth, SQUIRE master; and the Unity, be longing to Exeter, LETTEN-master, from Guernsey, with cargoes of paving stones, for his Majesty's Dock-yard at this port ; the John and Mary , , JURY, from Lynn; the Two Brothers, BROAD, from Wales; and the Hope, PR YNN, from LDndon. Sailed the Whiling schooner, Lieut. MOXEY, for America, with a King's Messenger, who is charged with dispatches. The Mullet schooner, Lieut. ANDERSON, is fitting or foreign service. The Diana frigate was put cut of commission ast evening. The Endymion frigate is ordered to be paid off, and laid up in ordinary. Came down the Harbour, and anchored in the Sound, after having been refitted, the Goldfinch brig of war. Sailed the Alphea schooner, with the Dispatch naval transport under convoy, for Milford.—Also sailed the Neptune (1) tender for Greenock; and the Neptune (2) tender for Dublin. Passed up Channel an American ship, the name of which we have not been able to learn. DEAL:, MAY 3.—Arrived his Maielirg AM San Domingo, Si ' l* RICHARD ST RACHAN j and the Norge, from off Flushing; the Redpole sloop of war from off Dunkirk. Sailed the Drake sloop of war for off Flushing. Came Clown from the River ,his Majesty's ship Deligence, and sailed 'for Gibraltar ; and the,Lovely Ann, RUMFORD, for Martinique ; and the Rover, KING, for Halifax, and sailed for Portsmouth, under convoy of the Locust guo.brig. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 3 —Arrived his Majesty's ship Brisk from the West Indiesileft her convoy in charge of the Prometheus off St. Catherines'; also arrived the Thracian from a cruize". Sailed his Majesty's ship Gannet on a cruize ; Cressy for the Bajt:c ; Miseltce with a convoy for Guernsey and Jersey ; Rover on a -cruizei and the Regalus with French prisoners for Leith. FALMOUTH, MAY I.—Sailed the Eagle cutter on a cruize. The Nymph packet, for Lisbon and Cadiz, is gone into the-Roads.' DOVER, MAY 3.—Last night a French row-boat, with about 30 men, came close in-shore ; 'she was observed by our cruizers, who went in chase imme diately over to the other coast ; she had a near es cape. CHATHAM, NAY 2.—The Stirling Castle, said to be arrived at Plymouth, is still at Chatham, not yet ready for sea. The Toledo. and Briton,- the two fine -dew 36- gun frigates lately launched at th , s place, are'rigged and fitting for sea with all possible dispatch. The Dolphin store-ship is obliged to be taken into dock here, to prevent her from sinking, from the damage she sustained in being on shore. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 30.—Yesterday a sloop arrived here for Waterford; she hal been captured by a' French privateer off Falmout4 nu Sunday, who put on board her two Frenchmerrand four Spa niards; the Spaniards retook her from the Fret.ch men, gave her up to two Englishmen (pan of her crew 4 and brought her here. After she was board ed, there was some difficulty in preventing murder between the Spaniards and French: Rear-Admiral T. BYAM MARTIN is appointed to the Baltic station, in the room of Admiral DORH Am, who has hoisted his ; flag under Lord KEITH, for Channel service. The Bulwark, 74, Captain T. BROWNE, is to be the flag-ship of the late Officer. Admiral MARTIN ' has hoisted hig flag in the Aboukir. Major-General LINDSEY and suite go to Barba does in the Minerva, _Capt. HAwKINs. Admiral BROWN is to have the command at Jer sey and Guernsey, in the row:trot Admiral D'Av. 'TERGNZ. Pe t ETRY. • EPIGRAMS. To keep within her Teeth her tongue My chattering Spouse I told; Alas! she would not do so young, And cannot now she's old. At horne e 'abroad, above, beneath, She still keep'sup the din: For now, woe's me! she has .bto teeth . To keep her tongue within. One rainy morning, in a pet, NED sat with arms a-kimbo t.. The,peevisli Constables h4il set His 1. , ,:gs in wvocien limbo. He has noT-Trade, the Beadle cried— His life the Village shucks. " false," th' imprisoned youth replied, " I dabble in the Stocks." ROYAL ACAIDENIY.—The grand 'Annual Pity'', of the Royal Academy took place on Saturday 1 0 . ; in the Great Room at Somerset House. None the Royal Family were present.: The PRINCE GENT delayed his apology till late on'SaturdaY , hopes that he should have been able to attend IL' r annual festival in honour of the British Arts. 0 111 1 , ineM e ' bers of the Royal:Family, who had also b' invited, sent their apologies for unavoidable able'''';" The Marquis of STAFFORD, 00 the proposal Of "; PRINCE REGENT'S health as a toast, repeated 1 ' PRINCE'S avowal of regret for his inability to tend,-a:nd his hopes that the lamp which he had P t. ,' sented to . the Academy answered the • purr' Otherwise signifyiogs that he would direct the ait er'' ) tion to be made that might be necessary. The sident, among the earlier toasts, gave " tish institution," it was returned by the Marql l ; s ,STAFFORD', who is one of the active Patrons Of (4 excellent nursery of juvenile talents. The of the Acaderhy were given to 1110 Loan Cto!, CELLOR, and other Noblemen and Gentlemen - t sent, for the honouof their company, and t b) je healths were drank. The LORD CHANCEL E-ng a brief and appropriate address in return. loyal toasts were given, and others relative 10 t i le Arts. The Presidenraddressed the company 00 t hg great progress which British Genius had made in 11v,‘ Fine Arts, compared with the. advances of ° t ar countries, and spoke - in high and libervl tion of *the zeal and ability strewn by .the pre s candidates for public admiration. Toe addres s ' ,mtich applauded. 111 The splendour of the new lAmp gave a clear t o gratifying -view of the respedive labotcrs of Ito Artists, and it is with pleasure we can confiral eo l account ,which we ,gave on Saturday of the g - e r ' l i,e( excellence of the Exhibition. In addition to ° eli t Artists who distinguish themselves on the Pi c ' o f occasion, it is proper to ment'on the nwile s ri. NORTHCOTE, WOODFORDE, DAWE, DLVIS' p 0 COCK, and others,* whose talents-a'e well 1:no",. old the public. It is with pleasure we see a son c' I V late Mr. HOPPNER following the tr.ick of his 14 '. 1 ,,,,/ with the fairest promise of a full share of herc d a l t V excellence in the line of portrait. It:is hut j° to Mr. \WILKIE, who has been illiberally curvie r !, for having opened an exhibition of his oviN'to falsely charged with having . contributed ri, , th ill .ittv the Academy this year, to notice that the root $ 1 tains some specimens Of his skill, paioted wit his original spirit and, humour. Upon the whol e ' ll $, have full reason to- congratulate the public I) ti'' high source of pleasure submitted to them ( 3 ' 1 ' 0 ,4 occasion, and ollaudable .pride in the opP r r i , l f il l is l/ which it affords of witnessing the triumphs or') genius. it tO Though the Opposition Writers readily adtm-b,i4 Mr. HENRY, the great founder of the plot id " c ol' discredit on the British Government, is 3 010 temptible fellow," yet they strongly intimall,/ his accusation is by no means destitute.of Surely, if this man is " a contemptible by their own acknowledgment, they litiqht the appearance of liberal consis'ency, treat hi 9 L ioc a as a "contemptible fabrication." But this sectl'ooi' of candour would not suit the purpose of °l' r o rg' tion, which is to attack Ministers right or ' v ivo' or rather- to insinuate that they are wrong , ever manifest the policy of their mea..dres. t ht a The East India fleet will sail from Pot-10 0 0' the ..arly part of this week, proteaed by the j‘orP tague, 74, Admiral MANLY Dixolg. The shiP!villt, Princess Charlotte of Wales and Thomas Grr i 6l.o" for Ceylon and Bengal ; Broxborneburv, S` f Y e frey Webster, and Apollo, for Bengal dire& Ijo'1 j0' can, for Madeira and Bombay; and the Jr, for Batavia. They are to be dispatched this u'10;;1111, Yesterday arrived in town from Ports'llfieP .Lieutenant JACKSON, of the Royal Nall'. A foil Just returned from France, h.tving escaP e '"„tur r i thence on the 27th This Officer was cat ,, on board the Junon, ea; in the year 1 B ., l ',(lt' iu carried into Brest. , Whilst on his march to ve,elic! he made his escape and fl ed to. Caen; froth he went to Granville, where, with a fit ll° ,',/ sorter, a midshipman, they seized a boat a n d r o i" \ ed instantly to sea. Not having the good fo r ~/ fall in with any of our cruizers, they were or e : by .some fishing-boa!s, and carried back to r ; '' Lieutenant JACKSON . was then imprisoned it c , citadel of Verdun, from whence he made. his eaidp but was retaken two days afterwards. Again c oo,' endeavour to escape, but owing to one of his oft!, radesbreaking his leg by a fall, the whol e s 'e, were seized. Lieutenant JACKSON was escorted to the fortress of Bitche, situate 07 0 0 1 ' 1 1 Journey from the Rhine. Here he remain e `"iii i l months a close prisoner but his daring ent err iotr,, spirit and ingenuity never forsaking likn, means to traverse France in a variety of d lle , C 01 1; and at length once more arrived in safety °`„lie,''; ► Here, after remaining some time in concea" naL he made his way down to the coast, where an empty fishing-boat, he once more, wi ttlu d -assistance of any one human being . , laurie l ,' e b y ' l l the" ocean on Saturday setnnight, after skill, and the aid of Divine Providence, he, off the Qwers on Monday, where he was P' c , l) by the Maine, and conveyen to Partin-10u' kr very night. We are sorry to learn, that Sir FRANC NEUX is seriously ill, at his seat at Willow , L 'qtp ,hamshire, in consequence of the rupture of 06 ,P vegsel. Colonel HOWARD, M 4 P. for Gl ut 3 left town `express on Saturcli)'.