The Sun. — London, England, 1819-01-18 00:00:00

r. so°l l o r e(' I► h A f' Apo' boo lo 1 111 r, 1011 ~% . Pr .Attgr .. Mr' ..Affr ,E, 0 if ke. , , lati oo !nt t wou'" ;00 13 1 f 6. 1/;" )0. r• . '790 Litr t 4 Cut 0 1 . P r 7, S d oet ./I • in °I 0 b ° dig 9 19 ' Ibe pool !id' til e 1 0t 001 10 5 ' 64 t es ig "f o ift b 1 alai ) 0 0 of r ‘tilit George and Saint Michael, of wbiell Tl rl Kni g h ts will be nominated in a few (lays. dreoration is a star, with seven points, re -4141'n 11 g th at o f the Leg i on of Honour. In the : ' ,, 11. ar e rep resente d on one s id e S t. George, 11 : 1 ° 1 1 the other St. Michael, above the st ar i s t `l a lCtown, the riband is scarlet edged with v I "NA, J r AN. 3.—The departure of the Em pt: "d Empress of A us t r i a i s fi xe d f or t h e 22d 10 1 4 " Y• The Emress, it is said, will sta at Op y lee and at t h e waters o f Pisa, whilst the visits Rome and Naples. Their ImPe - Iljtsiies will set out from Milan about the J une, and return to Vienna the Ist July." liat iesion P apers to the 19th ult. arr i ved th i s "'thin g. 4 , 1 (Prom Th e Charleston Courier of the isth.) N Yed t h e Venus, SAMPSON, in 22 da s from 111Ca YeS With oranges and limes •; ar l he r g Oct, loth, Tl io Passage out, after having touched at St. and in si g h t o f A ux Cayes, was boat tied 20 - 4 Nal l Sloop Out of Again, manned with . bout Itrt4ll Negroes-, under a white Captaitt ty teilltd 'is three hours, abused and robbe d us of go tt Y thing, including 6000 dollars worth of ify and W as th reatene d w ith immediate deat h -"Y a re s i„ stance was made to their vile depredations. tht-Iti"raing arrived a t A ux Cayes, and informed 4 Hl'Mlldallt, who immediately sent two 4ea i n Pursuit o f t h e Pi rate ; f oun d h er near rethe at anch or , w i th on l y one man on boar d, but 1;tI lls were gone. ts i b the 23d ult. near the flog- as board sties, w 20 tons 1,, v . Y the Mexican schooner Fortuna, of itt tt l irig . e mpany, as a prize, a large Spani shhou r s. Ti l ts '4Dtlired after a severe fight of two e'Ptain of the brig and several men w e re Her cargo was wine and silks, va lue d 4, er 81-M°o dollars. Wanted rue to take the carg o tt 'b t.'t v ti " it ed States. The Captain of the schooner t t „ i "°lrrktßuP of Newhaven, who a f ter wards essel, } rs v • titt ''tianil of the brig, being a fine of \l4 his chief Officer, HENRY P. VLEISHMA ; 4 14 1 eIV •master of the schooner. They we Theo h st 1 l Ame r i cans , an d most l y o f Newhaven , of ; k : tai tted me about a n bo or , f or t h e purpose )iin'tali.: some letters on board, duri ng wh ich thit,%they treated me with great politeness, mad e ilitt i ll°l °Kies f or d e t a i n i ng me so l ong , an d r e - " to report them. it 414 "ofide ri tl y reporte d, t h at if the LO RD eti- toit sh ou ld h e i n d uce d ; from i::- hea lt h, tI kileaigh that dignified station which he has so la: 4 ;4(l°l'lerl w i t h konour to himself an d a t° the Country, th a t it is his Lordship ' s sh e ' "at ' Chief B a r on R ICHARDS shoold be his Po tted On th e )ther hand, it is strongly re i - te to k t hat t h e VICE-CHANCELLOR is poWerft‘lil 4111 t ed to the important office.--, v tottt,bate " Ild Pleasure, however, to state, tha t the tit er t tIA NCELLOR is much recovered, anti th at he l ei 4 r) itlllb I, ediate danger that the Empire vt 11 tePrinve tl of his valuable services. I , a lt : g „, ll °Wput an end to tb e con t roversy respect 'bar &N ew Translation of the Bible, we shall Nutt room f or the contributions of those the It 4 n ie lowly alar m ed at t h e d ar i ng claims of the icttall Catholics, and are anxious to support I Ntl v rilteat ant Church. We canno t b ut feel te sta 7 hatn nished at the indiscretion of the f Pro -41 Ir e l and, who, by their efforts in fa totOiitite Roman Catholic demands, seem to * Rep ault ignorant of the true character of Po e%) n of the en m i t y to w hi c h t h ey may !"lt ii , i s , " ' if they re f use d to support t h e P op i sh lt h jt/s . Can they be so ignorant as not u (l t hat the n PAreg T s never will be sas : t llc t% 411 t he land s w hi c h b e l onge d to t h e i r -- : st sht t it'4l , and are now in the hands of Pro !" I) restored to th em ? Wh at t h en are uell; o1 r-re llen t , doing, hit f oster i ng f uture re o 11,:: ail(' promoting the ruin of themselves t hei r "seendants, as well as the destruction i f li te t 4 ‘ lt ° reli g i ous f a i th ! Surely the Members k °a l'e - : tabli shed Church, if th e y did not think it -e tv r vn gage'i n t h e controversy respecting a 41) iti 4"sta li"n of the Bible, c ann o t rema i n 1 1 ` / sl t :, Then the Established Ch ur ch i s i n d anger . L'y i the Zeal with which the PAPISTS in Ire hty 11111 ' 811 e their o bj ect, and the Lolly with which aesi stcd by the Protestants in that Conn 'e sub' • lie r . Join an Extract Irons two Dublin 4 b 515u1 have only to remark, at present, that tr'tivli,°tis and determined stand is not made in "nips °I li n e 8 of Parliament against the admission „ , r , `alpl k,atholics into a participation in Politi tvtl,Telß CONSTITUTION will he in danger of ll et l i t g i rtti l'ed by their undermining attempts, consi tplltil. their zeal in this cause,which they deem es.. to their salvation hereafter, and considering / V al ~: 4 " ' at t hey regard Protestants as Hereticks, 4 114 4 ! it is their duty to destroy by ll eans, little ed, th at the roost atrocious means are not only justified and sanctified, in their opi nion, by the end, but are deemed in the highest degree meritorious in the sight of the Supreme Being ! ! ! " PROTESTANT PETITION. cr We understand (and rejoice to hear it) that a most re spectable deputation will immediately wait on his Grace the Duke of Leinster, Lord Charlemont, Lord Cloncurry, and several other distinguished characters, for the purpose of procuring their signatures to a Requisition to the Lord Mayor, requesting him to call an early Meeting of the Protestants of Dublin, and other Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, who are anxious at this critical moment to petition the impe rial Parliament for the repeal of all Penal Laws which de grade and injure their Catholic Countrymen.—(Freonan's Juurnal) " Dublin freckly Re aster Office, Two o'Clork. " We have jest learned that the Deputation, above alluded to, will wait on the Duke of Leinster, at Carton, on Monday." We again exhort the awhotiserf Members of our National Faith to 'exert themselves with zeal proportioned to the importance of the cause, and we again assure them that the columns of THE SUN shall always be open to their communi cations on a question that is vitally united with the existence of our CONSTITUTION, our LAWS, and OUr RELIGION. SHIP NEWS DEAL, JAN. 17.—Arrived last night, and re mains, the Larkins, WILKINSON, from Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17.—1 t has blown a heavy gale last night and all this day from the West ward, and at present continues unabated. The ships of war and others appear to ride in safety. Arrived the Lark from Vaterford, leaky. Went out of harbour yesterday his Majesty's ship 'loch fort, for the Mediterranean, ant anchored at Spit head. Also arrived his Majesty's cutter Viper from a cruise. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 15 —Arrived the Herald (late 13oNsoN), frota Charleston ; sailed the 23d Dec. On the 9th January, in lat. 46. 15. long. 32. 30. was struck by a heavy sea, which washed the Captain, second Mate, and two tnen overboard : regained the three men, but saw no more of the Captain. GLASGOW, JAN. 14.—There has almost been a continued gale for some days past, and is to-day as strong as ever : a number of vessels, outward bound, are in the River, and, we are happy to say, there is no account of any of them.having sustained darmige. WHITBY, JAR. 15.—Yesterday afternoon, dur ing a heavy gale at N. N NV., a sloop was seen to overset about eight miles from land—a brig made towards her, but it blowing so hard, it is featec! the crew would be lost.—Put in, leaky, the Farmer's Adventure : she struck against the Piers, and held herself with her anchor, Ina got safe into harbour. RAMSGATR, J. l7.—Came in the Diana, RATHJBN, from Bi(boa to London, with loss of anct►ors and cables ; Vrow Catharine, from London to Ostend, with loss of an anchor arid cable ; ROBERTSON, from Exeter to Lon don. with loss of ditto ; also a few othcis for shelter. The ship James and Sophia, Somea saLL, front Madeira to► London, was driven' from her anchors off the North Foreland, during the gale of yesterday morning : others were sent off to her ; since which the boat is not returned, and the ship has not been seen front the land since yesterday afternoon. . The East India Company's ship Lady Lushing ton arrived at Bombay the 12th September. The Pulteney, MiTCHLLL, from Bristol to Greenock, was totally lost in Solway Firth on the 10th inst. CUSTOMS LIST. Entered Inwards, al (171. 16.--Ocean, Smith, Messina ; Lillie, Newton, Leghorn ; Resolntion, Clark, do. ; Eliza, Luingair, Lisbon; Rose, White, St. Nlichaers; Ann, Lewis, Lisbon ; Coventry, Horn, Madeira ; Eclipse, Alien, Alexan dria; Eagle, - Morrill, Virginia; Betsy, Maws, Seville. . . Entered Outwards, 16.—Frolic, Gray, Hayti; Etoile du Nord, Smith, Havre; General Murray, Carrington, Antwerp, _ _ Clear; , d Outwards, .lan. 16.—Volusia, Hobbs, Marseilles; Atlas, Greene, Tenerife. ST. HELENA.—The free trader Prince Regent arrived on Friday at Portsmouth, from the Mau ritius (laden with sugar), the Cape, and St. He lena—left the Matirit ins 28th April, the Cape 6th October, and St. Helena 26th November. She was dismasted off the Cape, and lay there four months repairing. The Liverpool, • Topaz, and Curlew, had touched there on their way to the India station. Detachments of invalided soldiers from the Mauritius, with the following Officers, have arrived in her :—Captain PRITCHARD, 56th regiment ; Lieutenant CAMPBELL, late of the Bourbon regiment ; Captain READ, Company's service ; Dr. RANCLAVD, Royal Artillery ; AID, Commissary; also, Mr. BROADLEY, late Mid shipman of the 11agicienne, and eleven invalided seamen from that ship. On the day the Prince Regent left St. Helena (fifty days ago) it was ascertained that BUONAPARTE was in his usual health, and safe in his residence. Nothing new whatever had transpired concerning him. The ships left there were—Conqueror (Admiral PLAm eiNi),- Eurydice, Tees, Redpole, and Dotterel.— The Hyaena had sailed for the Cape, for live stock. THEODORE HooKE, Esq. Accountant-General the Mauritius, came home in the Prince Regent. This Gentleman was sent to England by General HALL, the Commander-in-Chief at the Mauritius, limier arrest, upon a charge of inaccuracy of ac counts. On his arrival here, he was released by an order received from the Secretary of State's Office. FOR THE SUN% BARBAROUS PLUNDER. Ma. EDlTOR,—Amongst the melancholy cata logue of crimes so frequently recorded in the pub lic prints, perhaps there is none surpassing in moral turpitude the one I am about to detail, on the authenticity of which you may rely in every respect :—On the 21st of last month, a brig named the Mary, loaded with salt provisions, a large quantity of butter, and other merchandize, was driven on the Goodwin Sands, where she was soon surrounded by a number of hovelling boats, the crews of which, amounting, it is sup posed, to between 200 and 300 men, boarded her in all directions, and commenced a scene of plun der-, which would have disgraced the Barbarians on the coast of Africa. Armed with axes, they in the most daring manner cut away the masts, rigging, cables, and sails, and scuttled the decks, to carry on their depredations more readily, break ing open the casks of provisions, cutting up the ropes, and dividing all this spoil amongst each other, Nearly all the cargo, the cabin store and furniture, the Master's clothes, money, and every moveable,, article, was stolen and carried off, in the open day. in presence of himself, his crew, and the Clerk of the Agent for the vessel here, who had gone off for the purpose of assisting the unfortu nate Captain in his distress. By means of this Gentleman, such information has been conveyed to the Owners, as will lead to the identifying many of the depredators, with whose persons he is quite familiar, in the execution of his usual duties of visiting all vessels in distress coming to our harbour. The loss of cargo and stores, known to have been saved from the vessel, but since stGlen, amounts io upwards of 60001., and it is said the greater number of people implicated are the Boatmen of Deal ; it is, however, some consolation, that the evidence of Mr. Austen's Clerk will thus be the means of bringing many of . these persons to justice, the officers from Bow street being actively employed in consequence in seeking them. I am, Mr. Editor, Your very humble servant, Ramsgate, Jan. 17. AN OFFICER OF THE R. M. REGISTER OF FASHION: ARRIVALS.—Lord Erskine, from the Duke of York's, Oat lauds, and Captain and Mrs. Prendergast, at Morin's Hotel; the Marquis and Marchioness Cornwallis, from Suffolk ; the Bishop of Hereford, at Miller's Hotel ; the Couptess of Li merick and family, from Bucks; William Long Wellesley, Esq. M.P. at the Clarendon Hotel, from Wanstead. DEPARTunes.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Chulmon delcy, for Brighton ; the Earl and Countess of Liverpool, for their seat, Combe House, Surrey. BATH ARRIVAL,S.—EarI of St. Gcrrnains, Count de Chap pelles, Lord Alialey, Lord Bruce, Lord Colville, lion. Mr. Fitzgibl)on, Honourable Mrs. 'Fuson, Sir J. Gordon, Sir It. Williams, Colonel Addenbroke, Colonel Cockrane, Colonel Cunningham, Colonel M'Kenzie, and Colonel Thompion. BRIGHTON, JAN. 15.—The Marquis of SALIS BURY returned to the Pavilion, and dined with the PRINCE REGHNT, Count Funchal, late Am bassador from tire Court of Portugal, and nude to Count Pahnella, the present. Minister, arrived at a late hour last night from Italy, having tra velled by the way of Paris, Calais, Dover, and coastwise from thence to this town. Immediately upon the an ival of the Count at the Castle Tavern, he proceeded to the Pavilion, and was admitted to an audience of the Prince Regent. To-mor row the first Privy Council is expected to he held at the Pavilion, which is likely to be numerously attended. It is confidently expected that the PRINCE Re- GENT will continue to reside at the Pavilion until an advanced period of the ensuing month. its Royal Highness's health is said to be ex tremely good. Viscount CASTLEREAGH, being nearly recovered from his late severe attack of the gout, left his house for the first time on Saturday about one o'clock, and proceeded to his seat at North Cray, Kent, accompanied by his Viscountess. The Noble Viscount in other respects enjoys excel lent bodily health. He is expected to return to town to-morrow ; and on Wednesday he wall give a grand Parliamentan y Dinner to a numerous assemblage of the Members of the House of Com mons. The Prince LeoroLn is expected to return to England in company with the Duke and Duchess of KENT, his Royal Brother and Sister. Ott Wednesday the Earl of LIVERPOOL will give a grand Parliamentary Dinner to a numerous party of Peers. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH does not go to the South of France, for the recovery of his health, but to Lisbon, by sea. His Grace will be ae• companied by Captain FERGUSSON and the lion. Mr. HOME, son of the Earl of HoMe. Colonel URSLAR'S rifle regiment, congisting of 1000 picked men is completed, and the last de :achnicnt has sailed from the River. Mr. AUSTEN, who lost his arm at the battle of the Nile, under Lord NELSON, has been appoint ed Master Rigger at Chatham dock-yard. 'Ms morning, between six and seven o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at the shop of Mr. BISHOP, Baker, Duke -street, St. George's in the East, which threatened destruction to the whole neighbourhood. The flames raged with great violence, excited by a strong wind, till the arrival of engines, when, by great exertion and a plenti ful supply of water, it was. considerably abated. The dwelling-house and bakehouse were con sumed. It is supposed the fire originated from some shavings taking fire in the bakehouse. We are happy to bear no lives were lust, nor further damage done. THE MAR ETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 15. The continuance of adverse winos keeps our Market very scantily supplied with all Grain from our own coast, and the only English Wheat that appeared this morning was that by land carriage from Essex and Kent, which met heavy sale at last Monday's prices ; notwithstanding the small• ness of the supply, 0 sly that of tine quality could be got off, there being no demand for any other' description. The supply of English Barley was also very small, yet it was hilly adequate to the demand, for even flue samples sold heavily at the prices of this day week, the consumers holding off purchasing till the arrival of the expected supply from Norfolk and Suffolk when the wind changes. In Beaus, Pease, and Oats, there is no alteration. L‘IPORTATIONS LAST WEEK. Wheat Barley Oats English. Foreign. 1.903 185 I,7SG - 1,493 .... 313 SMITHFIELD, J. 18. Our Market was tolerably well supplied with prime Beasts this morning, and much business doing; prices dearer than, last week. The show of Sheep was large, and Mutton cheaper than on Friday; Pork was cheaper, Veal dearer, and few sales made of them.—The business in the Hay Market remains very dull, fine samples of Hay would not fetch our last quotations ; Clover was heavy sale, and sold at a reduc tion of lOs. per load on Friday's prices; in Straw there was little doing, and what sales were effected were also at a de cline on last week's prices.—The annexed is a correct state ment of the Numbers and Prices at Market : (To sink the Offal; per Stone of Blbs.) Beef 4s. od. to ss. 0 , 1. I Veal ss. 6d. to 7s. Od. Mutton ..ss. Od. to Gs. 4d. Pork ss. 6d. to Gs. Oa. CATTLE AT MARKET. Beasts Calves 0240 I Sheep and Lambs —.14,4.20 150 l'igs HAY AND sTa4w PRA LOAD. k 5 0 0 to,C3 0 0 Straw £2 C10ver..46 0 0 toZB 0 0 10 0 to ,C 9. 16 0 OLD BAILEY, JAN. 18. FORGED NOTES. This morning Thomas Watson, aged 15, was indicted for having, in the month of December last, passed a 1/. forged note, With intent to de fraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. He was also charged, in other counts, for a similar offence in the same month. The case was stated to the Jury by Mr. Ser. jeant BOSANQUET. The first witness that was called on behalf of the prosecu tion was John Relph, ti grocer, who, on being sworn, stated that he lived at No. 4, Gra:echurch-street ; that at the early part of Dec. or the latter part of Nov. the prisoner came to his shop and purchased grocery amounting to Is. 6d. and tendered a 11, note in payment, for which he received change. He asked hint his address, which he gave as Mr. Marchant, Ing ram-court, Fenchurch-street. The following day he paid it away, and about three days afterwards it was returned him as forged. He then went. to Mr. Marchaut's, Ingram-court, but found no such lad as the prisoner. The prisoner, about three o'clock on the 12th of December, came again to his shop, and on entering it, he instantly recognised him. The prisoner now asked fur some inure grocery, which the deponent, wishing to see in what way he meant to pay for it, gave him, when he again tendered him another note, which also proved to be forged. He then took his pen in his hand, saying, " Now, roy lad, what name shall I pot on here ?" The prisoner replied, " Mr. Watson, Bell-yard, Grace church-street." The witness then seized hint, telling him that a few days ago lie had brought hint a laad note, with a different address, and insisted. on his going with bins to Bell-yard. When they arrived there, he found that no such person resided there, it being the Excise Per mit Office. The pri4oner then took him into the George and Vulture Tavern, where he said he bad got it. The wit ness asked then to see the landlord, who said be had nu knowledge of the prisoner; he asked him if he could see the waiters ?—the waiters then came; who also said they bad no knowledge of the prisoner. The landlord reproved the pri soner very severely, for saying that he got it at his tavern, when the prisoner said he had found it. -The deponent then gave him in charge of an officer, when the prisoner said his name was IFilliams, and he had a brother a silversmith, living in Smithfield : and that he had found the Note at the top of Lombard-street. Samuel Shepherd, a constable, stated, that lie was sent for and took the prisoner into custody on the 12th of December last. That on searching him he found nothing whatever— that he told him his name was Williams ; asked him where he got the note ? The prisoner told him he found it in Bell yard ; asked him where he lived ? He answered, he lived with his brother in Smithfield ; took him towards Giltspur street Compter, when the prisoner asked him where he was going to take him ? he replied, " I ant going to take you to your brother's ;" when the prisoner said, " it is of no use to take me there." The witness then took him to the Compter, and afterwards went to Smithfield, but could find no such per son as the prisoner's brother. Jones Dallamere swore, that he resided No. 15, West Smithfield, the place where the prisoner had said his brother lived, and that no such person resided there. Mr. Lee, Bank-Inspector, being sworn, stated, that the note in question was a forgery. Mr. Justice IloutoyD detailed the whole of the evidence which had been adduced to the Jury, who at five minutes before one o'clock retired out of Courtto consider the verdict,and at a before two returned, when they gave their verdict Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his age, believing that be had been the dupe of some designing villain. GRAND JURY OF MIDDLESEX. The following Address of the Grand Jury of Middlesex was presented to the Court on Satur day, Jan. 16,1819, at the Sessions-House, Clerk eutvcll: " The Grand Jury of the county of Middlesex cannot se parate without stating to the Court, that the painful duty de volving on them liaA been rendered more acute by the hills_ brought before them, on the part of the Bank of England, against individuals charged with possessing oruttering forged notes, purporting to be the notes of that establishment. " The Grand .1 ary are aware that a strong prejudice is abroad against the Bank on this subject, and it is not their wish to increase it : it is, however, well known, that the notes of the Bank of England are much too easily imitated, and they e anwit forbear exp,resin;r, their decided opinion that such easy imitation might be prevented, and the fre• quency of the crime he consequently diminished. "The Grand Jury beg also to express their lio!)e, that a re vision of the Criminal Code is in contemplation, and more par. ticularly the law respecting the forgery of Bank Notes; and, if they may with propriety, they would suggest some other mode of punishment than that at present adopted, such as perpetual hard labour and solitary imprisonment, which would be more dreadful in the eye of the offender than the chance of escaping capital punishment by the eominutation, of death for transportation. " Signed, on behalf of the Grand Jury, hy their Foreman, " CHARLES DERRICK." The Revenue Cruizers nutter the orders of the Admiralty Board amount to 64, of which 37 are. commanded by Lieutenants. The number of vessels on the !Hill and Leith stations are Abe VMS;